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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13
GOING SOUTH

Also on the move are Alan
Curtis and IllOna Massey. still
honeymoonerS. They are off by
auto for Florida hoping that the
storms have all moved on by the
time they arrive.
They're also going 10 visit At
lanta and New Orleans. Alan sold
real estate in Miami once upon a
time. and he'lllell you frankly he's
a better actor than real estate
salesman.
When Alan returns from the
jaunt. he'll 20 in Ten Gentlemen
from West Point, at Twentieth
CenturN-EnN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13
Fans Like Joan

JOAN LESLIE jumped eight
places m fan mail standing since
She appeared in Sergeant York
at Warner Bros.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13
CHATTER u LOCKWOOD

The stepfather, Allan Marston.
acquired by little Ann ellis when
her mother married last MAY no
longer exists in her hfc. Mrs
Narsion, formerly Mabel ellis
has separated from her bride
groom and VIII seek a divorce.
Mrs ellis who is hi her early
flTirtcs- ~ rcdhead like Ann and
very pretty could he on tha
screen her elf. Shes lost lot ~
weight and the ir0nic thing about
~ is that Ann has gained b..
She now weighs more than hen
mother bat perhaps she can get
nd Of % 81 She starts dieting right
now
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13
OFF FOR Y. Y.

Planning a iaunt 10 New York
iS Walter Pidgeon who has only a
week to go before Her Honor is
completed at M-G-M.
IT'S a vacation trip. but Walter
plans TO spend a lot of time work.
ing on symphony He's sung SO
little on the screen the average
movie gocr probably doesn't ever
know he has q fine voice and is a
fine musician.
MaLler know. lis gOing 10 iakl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13
Film Stars Attacked
By Wdnderlust; Leave Home
BY JOHN TODD

HOLLYWOOD oct Clark long time complete the work
Lombard have but he going keep
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13
CaSS Star Made
Actor by accident
Canada Lee on
Spot During
Rehearsal
Ry CHARLES GENTRY

CANADA LEE got his start tC
Stardom by simply being an in
nocent hyStander in a dim re.
hearSal hall
The talented young Negro
actor who is appearing in Native
Son. starting its second week al
the CaSs tonight, isn't yet quite
sure how ii all happened.
II was watching a rehearsal
OF Brother Nose waiting for
n friend of mine when the di-
rector who had been addition
ing number of actors called
me up on the stage and asked
me To read for him." Lee told
us in an interview yesterday.
II didn't even know what 10
do and they had TO show me
cues hut ! struggled through IL
somehow and the first thing L
knew l was an actor.
Eve tried lots of things and
had many occupations. I've
been n prize fighter. a jockey,
"A band leader but I think 1 can
say without doubt l like acting
best.
IN SHAKESPEARE
"After Brother Nose closed
I'm 1885. l was lucky enough TO
step right into ( II y spot Rex
Ingram left vacant i'm steve
Gore' and I've been Just about
that lucky ever since. 1 played
here in the aII-NegrO produc-
tion of Macbeth which the
first WPA theater put on so
that can even say I've served
my apprenticeship in Shake
speare.'
He likes his role Of Bigger
Thomas in Native Son very
much, and while he admits it's
a grim one, he likes playing real
people.
THE SAME TYPES rs
"In the movies, i'm musical
comedy and i'm 50 many plays,
the Negro is type. The men
always come out and say.
'Yassa, MasSa Tom. it's "A
mainly fine mohnin'.' and If the
women don't look like the Aunt
Jemima on a pancake -four box,
the public thinks they're mis-
east.
1T is only In recent years in
such plays as 'PoTgy.' steve
dore' and i'm Native SON that
Negroes are portrayed as real
people. They don't all sing and
dance and there are as many
different types in these plays
rs YOU could possibly imagine.
They give the Negro actor a
chance To play varied roles and
for that I am very thankful"
Mr.. Lee particularly admires
the work Of DuboSe Hayward and
his wife and is hoping 10 next
appear in Set My People Free, -
the play which Hayward wa S
writing at the time of his death.
UNIQUE FIGURE
"It's a fascinating story about
Denmark Nesy, the Negro slave
who started n revolt i'm South
Carolina in 1872. Not many peO-
pie know about him but he came
from st. CrOiX in the Danish
West Indies where, by coinci-
dencP, nv own father was
born. I know I'd get a kick out
of doing the role.
When be isn't acting, Canada Lee
who was SO chriStened by the late
prlLc-iight announcer. Joe Hum.
phreyS, deVoteS his time 10 run
ming the Chicken Coop in Harlem
where he claims YOU can get the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13

tAnswercs on Editorial pagc}
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
Civics and Its Good

Does our work in Civics benefit
US to any extent? Yes. I think
it does.
Our present unit for studying is
about the family and in this, very
pertinent questions are brought up.
Some pupils think it unwise to dis
cuss such problems in a school
room but, after all, aren't we pre-
pairing to go out into the world and
come face to face with the facts of
life? Then too, when we do exper-
fence these things. isn't it better
for all concerned to know all of the
factors involved?
This unit has brought US in con-
tact with judges, doctors and min
listers. This is very beneficial and
those who wish to take it jokingly
are very narrow-minded
1t seems to me that when we be-
come seniors we shouldn't be so
subject to "hysteria" when natural
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

soda and acid extinguishers, two
foamite extinguishers, two pyrene
extinguishers, two Indian fire
pumps, a full set of fire fighting
tools, double smoke mask equip
ment for two men, pipe plugs of
various sizes to stop gas or water
leaks and a device to shut off in
dividual sprinkler leads, one in
halator equipped to handle two
people at one time, two fire resist
ing blankets, and a stretcher sus-
pended by springs from the roof of
the car.
The panel type truck was Sc
lected by Chief Weeks and equip
ped according to his specifications.
Costing approximately $1,000, it
replaced an $4,000 unit. Accord
ing to Chief Weeks, the new truck,
at a considerable savings in first
cost and in operating cost, does a
more effective job than the expen-
lsive equipment formerly used.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
Plans for the Junior Prom
Glass of AZ

This year the Junior Class is
looking forward to having the
best prom that has ever "hit'
Smyrna High School yet.
The plan for raising money this
year is a little different than it
ever has been before. Of course
there will be the usual bakes, the
first of which will be held in Wrot-
ems Office, on Saturday, March Is.
Later there will be another such
bake in Miss Ella Taylen's store,
Hartly.
The new plan for raising money
this year is the contribution Of
S1.00 per person. With sixty
members in the class, and each one
giving S1.0O, plus the money col
lected from the bakes, the Junior
class should have one of the best
if not the best, prom.
The date has not yet been decid-
ed upon, but it will probably be
sometime in May IN order to es
cape the intense heat in June.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
First Log of Marines

Battered and worn is an old day
book that rests in the archieves of
the Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vania, yet within its covers are
some of the most dissimilar entries
ever included in a single volume.
Its pages reveal records of Masonic
meetings, tavern bills. hardware &C
counts and data comprising the
first log of the Marines.
Flames of the Revolution had not
yet begun to smolder in 1749, wnen
Quaker gentleman neatly inscrib-
ed in the leather-bound book the
minutes of a Masonic meeting. For
some six years thereafter accounts
of similar meetings We're faithfully
entered in the ledger of Tun Tav-
ern, formerly a riverside hosiery
near the Delaware in old Philadel-
phia.
But the Masons moved to new
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

Ifog of atomized water which blank
cts the blaze, shuts out oxygen and
thus smothers, or virtually "suf-
locates" the fire.
The two-way radio enables w. P.
Weeks, 77-year-old Chief of the
Battle Creek Fire Department, to
travel from fire to fire, if necessary,
without returning to the station.
The new Battle Creek unit is
built to carry six men inside the
lpanel body. An extra door on the
right side permits the three occu-
pants of the auxiliary seat to get
in and but OF the vehicle easily and
quickly.
In addition to the six-man crew,
the following equipment is carried:
one 300-gallon pump. booster tank
with capacity Of $50 gallons of
water, two booster tank leads with
fog MOBILES, two 1O-foot lengths of
lsuction hose, six fire pals, two
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
"Noon Hour

School should begin at $50, CIV
ing us an hour for noon. 1t IS the
opinion of most students In this
school that we should have an hour
for lunch. The pupils that eat in
the cafeteria can eat and be ready
for classes in half an hour but
those that live in town and have a
good distance to walk can not. An
hour is about ample time for them.
We have basketball teams play
ing Moons but we do not go to
watch them play long. Mostly by
the time the players eat and get
dressed it is from 1905 to 1910
and have only until 1920 to play.
Most of the pupils like to see
their own classes play and would
like to see the games last longer
than ten or fifteen minutes.
If the noon hour was longer
there would be more who would
participate in these sports. l think
the qualities of the athlete would
rise very rapidly. There could be
baseball, basketball, boxing, volley
ball and most anything that a per
son wanted to do in this hour.
In conclusion I think that most
all of the members of the ]. B. M.
would be willing to get up a few
minutes earlier to get all of these
opportunities at noon.
Elmer Ross
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

Exceedingly mobile yet big
enough to carry equipment essen
tial to combating major fires in
business, residential or suburban
sections, a new fire truck recently
placed in service by the Battle
Creek, Michigan, Fire Department
is one of the first in the country, it
is said, to be patterned after the
fire fighting equipment now being
used in London to cope with bomb
set blazes.
Streamlined and fully equipped
for first aid and emergency service,
the new Battle Creek fire fighting
machine, completely self-contained
in Dodge Job-Rated one-ton panel
truck boasts such ultra modern
equipment as a water-mist fog
nozzle and a two-day radio. The
effectiveness of the fog nozzle has
been definitely proved by London
fire fighters under the most severe
conditions. 1t emits veritable
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
Fruit Fertilizers

Nitrogen fertilizers sulphate of
ammonia, nitrate of soda and cyan
amid give the best results by way
of apple and peach tree growth,
says DR.. E. w. Greve, research
horticulturist at the Delaware Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station
Since nitrate of soda teaches
through the soil rapidly, it's best to
apply this fertilizer from two to
three weeks before the trees start
to bloom. Sulphate of ammonia is
distributed about a week earlier
than the nitrate of soda, or about
a month before the blossoms APP
pear. Cyanamid is applied in the
fall. Greve suggests about two
pounds of fertilizer for an eight
year-old tree, while 20-year-old
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
Ideas for Assembly

Our Assembly, as whole, have
been good this year. So far we
have had debates, plays, musical
programs, speakers, movies, and
pep rallies by our cheer leaders. I
think most people have enjoyed
them.
Some years amateur contests
are held in our school as an as
sembly program. This contest is
usually just for the girls and boys
in the school to participate in
Most people enjoy this form Of en-
tertainment, and I think it would
be enjoyable if we could have one
this year.
also think another musical pro-
gram would be successful because
we all seemed to enjoy the last one
that was held.
Virginia Ragolia
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

OF faulty vision. This represented
$3.50 of the total of 1920 restrict
ed licenses issued. One hundred
twenty-five persons failed com
pletely to pass the optical test.
This figure, however, is a mere
drop in the bucket compared to the
thousands of drivers who obtained
their drivers licenses before optical
tests were required and who have
faulty eyes. and you may be one
of them! Don't wait until it is too
late. If you are potential killer
because of bad vision, you should
be the most interested in finding it
out :. NOW
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

quarters in 1855, leaving their ledg-
er behind. A score of years later
when the Marines were drumming
up recruits for the new Continent
al Navy, they made their rendez-
vous at the tavern, and the book
was used to jot down the names
and records of the newly-reeruiteo
sea soldiers.
Almost as legible as wne1 they
were written the book reveals the
muster roll, pay roll and other rec
ords of these early American Mar
ines, the first Of the entries begin
ming in 1776. and showing the var
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

ious sums they were paid in
pounds, shillings and pence.
Soon after 1879 the Marines
abandoned the book and the tavern
proprietor found it handy to item
ize the bar bills of his customers,
these accounts running up until
1886. Nearly fifty years later a
hardware merchant used the aging
tome as day book.
After serving SO many purposes
the forgotten book lay IN an attic
for another half-century until it be-
came tie property of the Historical
Society in 1891.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
High School Education Is Essential


High school education is a very
essential thing to have. Most every
where you go and try to get a job
they either prefer or require high
school graduates.
The standard of education and
the standard of living is slowly
increasing. The country is moving
rapidly. The employer wants
someone that is fast and efficient
at the same time. The people
nowadays want things done as fast
as possible and at as little cost as
possible.
An old saying among people is
that, education is one thing that
cannot be taken away from you"
I have heard many people, both
young and old, say that person
would never be sorry if he had all
the knowledge he could get. Many
people say they wished they had
gotten more out of school or had
continued to go after they gradual
ed from high school.
BY this we can see that high
school education means much il
life towards getting good job and
a steady income and that we al
should try to get the best of edu
cation and the most out of schoo
while we are still young. Later il
life we will find it is too late.
Elmer Ros:
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

questions arise and call for discus
sion and understanding
After all the family is the cen
ter of all things and it is just
through such lack of common-sense
knowledge that we are breaking
down the family at the right end
of the scale and building it up on
the wrong end.
Betty Phillips
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

ability, treacherous pavements and
uncertain motor operation. Com
bine these factors with faulty eyes
and you have the ingredients of
tragic accident.
Four thousand six hundred eight
persons in neighboring state who
applied for drivers licenses in 1889
received restricted licenses because
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

tree gets abon+
trees of other Nv i've pounds ,
portionate amo,,S 9es receiving
fertilizers viii - - :, The Min,
when spread II > q Most !
trees, COVERING !. " Gle ulds
foot out from tba : Ground m,
three feet beyond J, trunk 70 !,
branches. ne sprest 4
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

Lower karat ~
more tarnisb-rasie4s are n
ton Of small n srlslant by ta !
ium. eng ges Of d
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

Subscribe 10 ma
$3.50 PEI year. n st 9nly'na 4
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Smyrna times., 1941-03-13
GOOD EYES ARE
DRIVERS NEED

Continued From Page Two,
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

BAY VIEW BAGS HANDIcAP-Tony Pei
lsisri's Bay View. a ss-so-l shot. rompsd to
an easy victory over sloppy track In the
100000 Sonio Anisa Hondieop.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

THE SUBJECT BORN THIS WEEK WILL Be
GIFTED NTH ElOQUENCe IN SPEECH
AND WRITING. RECOGNITION MILL COME
BUT ONLY AFTER UNWEARYiuC EFFORTS
IN DEVELOPING THE NATURAL TALENTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
DAIRYMEN, MILK
 DEALERS COMBINE
They Will Defend One Cent Increase of Milk Prices
 in Connecticut

Hartford, Conn.,, March 3l--(UP) Organized dairymen and milk dealers in Connecticut today com bined to defend the one-cent in- crease in the price of grade B milk which goes into effect tomorrow iu principal markets in the state.
 The increase was attacked by Gov. Robert A. Hurley as one which could not happen If the milk con- trol act, which I offered to the gen. eral assembly, were now @ law" He said the price rise was agreed upon by farmers and dealers at secret meetings.
 The Connecticut Milk Producers association issued this statement:
 "The farmer has got to have more money for his milk. He can't wait now for the general assembly and the governor to agree on a new lllilk control law and he can't wait for the courts to decide whether our old law is constitutional"
 Lyman E. Hall, president of the Connecticut Milk Dealers associa- ton, issued an open letter defend- ing the increase because of rising costs and lack of labor.
 Tt is extremely unfortunate, Hall said, that a small, publicity hungry, irresponsible, unsuccess- full minority within the industry, and a small, apparently. unin- formed minority outside of the in- dustry seem to derive so much pleasure from sniping at the dealer group from behind microphones. press conference desks and banquet tables throughout the state"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
PAUL PETRILLO
 IS ELECTROCUTED
First of Insurance Murder Ring Pays Penalty in
 Penn. Today

Bellefonte, Pa, March 31.-(UP) Paul Petrillo, mild-mannered lieutenant of Philadelphia's mass murder for insurance ring, paid with his life in Pennsylvania's elec- trio chair today for the murder of one of the rings approximately 100 victims.
 The first of three condemned ring members to executed, Pc. trillo, 49-year old father of seven, who left his South Philadelphia tailor shop to help dispense death in five states, maintained stolid calm to the end. His execution fulfilled the sentence imposed for the 1892 arsenic staying of Luigi La Veccho, immigrant laborer, for a share of his $l,600 insurance.
 Petrillo, salf-professed witch doctor" who was described as the syndicate,s poisoning Romeo" pleaded guilty two years ago to La Vecchio's murder, one of six which he was indicted. The ring was al- leged to have reaped profits in ex- cess of $l00O00 by conspiring with discontented wives to poison their insured mates.
 Operations of the ring, whose &C., tivities were discovered in 1888, were traced to New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Delaware, besides Pennsylvania.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
SOUTH AFRICAN
 FIGHT STILL ON
British Forces Are Steadi- ly Advancing; Italian Re.
 port From That Front

Cairo, March 3l-(UP)-British South African forces are pressing close to Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, after completing occupa- ton of Diredawa along the impor- tant Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad. a communique from British middle east headquarters said today.
 At the same time the Royal Air Force command revealed that Brit ish bombers had attacked heavily the harbor of Tripoli, where Ger man mechanized divisions were re- ported to have landed to bolster the shattered Italian army in Libya.
 The general British advance vest ward upon the Ethiopian capital continued at a rapid pace and there were indications the British hoped to bring their Ethiopian campaign to a quick end.
 Occupation of Diredawa was com plcted Saturday, the middle east command reported, after the British had seized Harar, second city in Ethiopia.
 "Our general forward movement is developing the communique said, "and the number of prisoners is steadily mounting while guns and war material abandoned by the en- emy in his withdrawal is being collected in large quantities"
 The communique also reported a general advance continuing toward Asimara. capital of Eritrea, while there was mo change" in the situa- ton in Libya.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
LIVE GOLDFISH
 SUIT SETTLED
Joseph DiIibertO Had Sued Associated Press for
 Sum of $25,OOO

Two civil action damage suits to- talng $25,0OO, and one foreclosure action for $2,500 were today with drawn from the docket of Common Pleas and settled out of court. Terms are not disclosed. The alleged "eat- ing of 89 live goldfish" made in Q statement by the Associated Press April 1, 1940, formed the basis for the $l5,000 damage suit of Joseph Diliberto of Waterbury against the company.
 Deliberto, charging the defendant company with malicious and false distribution of this news, states that he suffered public ridicule, contempt, and embarrassment in consequence of the alleged incident. At the time, Diliberto was a student at Clark University, Worcester, Mass. and, according to the news paper article he ate 80 live gold fish, eclipsing the record fo 67 con- sumed the previous day at Waltham by Gordon Southworth of Middle sex University" Atty. Francis j.. Sunma represented the plaintiff.
 Woodbury Defendants Frederick A. Markham Jr. and Charles, Markham, both of Wood- bury, were named defendants in a $lO,OO0 fatality suit filed against them by Peter Cervidas of Washing ton, administrator of his sons es- tate. Peter Jr, aged, was allegedly killed as the result of injuries to his head in an automobile accident on the Middlebury highway Jan. 28, 194O. Atty. Vincent A. Miller ap- peared for the plaintiff.
 The Home Owners Loan Corpora ton sought damages of $2,600 from John William and Lillian M. John son of Naugatuck, on the basis of a loan to the defendants dated Nov. "A, 1883, and secured by mortgage on property of the defendants at Cliff street, Naugatuck. Atty. Frank T. Healey appeared or the H. o. L. Q.
 Case Withdrawn
 Withdrawn today from the docket of Superior Court was the $5,000 damage suit of John Thibault of Waterbury against Mitchell J. AL bert, also of this city. Plaintiff sought to recover for injuries alleg- edly suffered when he fell on an icy walk at 193 Orange, adjoining property owned by the defendant The accident occurred March 10, l940. Atty. Thomas F. McGrath ap- peared for MT. Thibault
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
 New Labor Board Group Is Working Speedily on
 Other Labor Disputes COAL STRIKE NEXT
 TO CREATE TROUBLE Only a Miracle Can Stop Soft Coal Walkout Say Officials
BY FRED BAILEY

tUnited Press Staff C0rresp0ndent)
 Washington, March 31.- (UP)-The new defense me- diation board announced today that it has obtained a settlement of strikes in the four plants assigned to it by the Labor department last Thursday. Vanadiurn Cor poration officials and union representatives signed an agreement to reopen the plant at Bridgeville, Pa., and resume full operations immediately, the board announced this morning before 8 scheduled conference on the case began.
 Previously the board had ob- tained agreements ending strikes at the Universal sCycl6ps Steel CO, plant, Bridgeville, N. J., and at four International Harvester Go. plants in the middle west.
 Board Chairman Clarence A. Dyk- gtra announced that Philip Mur- ray, president of the Congress for Industrial Organizations, signed the agreement for the steel workers or ganizing committee at the Van- adium plant employing 225 men.
 All Will Return
 Under terms of the agreement all of the strikers will return to work at once and the company agreed not to discriminate against any of the men who struck. Differences between the company and union
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