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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28

our institutions and the grudging acceptance of jobs by the tempera-
 mentally unsuitable. The salary range for att-ndants, for all other positions in the Classified Service of the State of Connecticut, is fixed. But am inclined to believe that moderate increases in pay will not prove the entire answer. Hospital
 living for members of the stan necessarily is contining and rou- tinized. Regulations must be im- posed for the protection of patients and orderly administration and these regulations must be observed. But these are restless times, with appeals to change and adventure in the air and vnder-currents of revolt against routine and regule- tions everywhere seeking overt ex- presslons. Under these circum- stances the Quantatiye and qualita- tive problem of personnel in our state hospitals for mental disease may not be satisfactorily solved un- til the war epds. Tn the meantime, relatives of the nearly 5000 patients in such hospitals, as well as the public ct large can be assured that shortage or no shortage of per- sonnei--a practice of abuse of mem tally sick men and women in insti- tutions will never be tolerated for one moment in Connecticut, and that efforts of the superlntendents and tlaelr responsible staffs will be re-doubled toward nm instant and ruthless stamping out Of whatever is0lated lnst4nces o1 this may eesug.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
State WtI Not Tolerate Abuse of "MentalLySick
Dr. Pratt, Mental Hygiene Director, Issues State ment on Conditions in State Institutions
 --Deplores Present Conditions

The nations preparations for do. fense, the draft, Rcd Cross and as. sooiated activities, the lure of big money in industries are cited among reasons why the personnel In state institutions is not up to standards set in by-gone years by Connecticut agencies. The reason Is but one part Of an interesting statement is. sued today by pr. George E. Pratt, of New Haven, medical director of tho Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, The statement was inc spiYed by tho recent arrest of hos- pltal attaches for the alleged beat. Ing of q mental patient,
 The statement of pr. Pratt fol. lows:
 The alleged beating of male patient at the Fairfield State Hos- pital by attendants is, ct this writing a matter that iS In the hands of the court. At the same time the Public Welfare Council, at the request of Governor Hurley, Is making a thorough study not alone Of this regrettable instance but of the underlying cause in the insti. tuuonal employment situation: Something of--this kind was bound to happen, For at least six months our institutions for mental illness have been fighting c losing battle with personnel; medical personnel, nursing personnel, but most of all, atkAVAdasAf VaaWanvsVNa1 Nyiaa Saaklamai emergency has drawn many of the younger psychiatrists Into the Army, Navy and Reserve Corps: the same demands plus growing Red Gross activities have taken many nurses out of civilian life, and the draft but especially the financial attrac- tons of defense industry - has vIr- tually decimated the ranks of hos- pital attendants. The sum total of results IS depletion of hospital personnel to . point where 1t takes almost super-human efforts to maintain the qualitative excellence of care for which our Connecticut State Hospitals for mental diseases are noted.
 Trying Task
 Taking care of men and women i'll of mental disease is-although 1t should not be-one of the most try- ing and thankless tasks in the whole realm of medical and social ef- deavor. Doctors, nurses and ate tendants alike are placed under inc credible strains of physical endur- ance and mental boise. They are required to work, eat and live out almost every detail of their lives twenty-four hours a day in an irl- stitution usually isolated many miles from towns offering recrea- ton or relaxation.
 Their hours are long, many of them are perpetually Ion call'', even when technically off duty; their numbers often are SO few in proc portion to the numbers of sick peo- pie they attend that 1t is hard not to become arried and harassed; and the pay that all ranks receive is SO low by comparison with what many could earn on the outside, that one wonders how any hospital of this kind can recruit personnel ak all But somehow thaT do' and,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28

in ordinary times, tpo-drawer per. Sonnel ct that. Intelligent, humane, well-trained, loyal and, perhaps most of all, imbued with . deep devotion to the task of restoring their charges to mental health, these unSung men and women go about their tasks quietly and es- hclently. You and l as representa- tlves Of the general public hear little about them and know less Of their dlfiiculties until some deplor- able incident such aS the present focuses attention on them,
 The Connecticut Society for Men. tai Hygiene, dedicated since It's founding in 1908 to improving the care of the mentally sick, has been cognlSant and deeply troubled for many months by the mounting dif- ficulty in replacing institutional personnel drawn Into one or an- other Of the nations emergency activities. It has been aware, for instance thet in some of the states three hospitals for mental disease (MiddletoWn, Norwich and Fair- tield) more than 100 vacancies for attendants have gone thrilled be. cause of the sheer physical impos- Sihility Of securing replacements. Superintendents have secured not only Connecticut but adjacent states as well to find men and women (but especially men) of adequate intel. lectual, moral and temperamenta NtYa n eNa kinpae An all kAaea l..k. a,.4 these searches have often been in vain, or, in some instances as rep- resented possibly by the type of at- tendants under accusation In the Fairfield Hospital, successful only 10 the extent of securing persons who turn out to be "drifters", the mem tally unstable or the latently brutal. Loyal, conscientious mem- bers of the hospital staffs are dis. dressed over the inhumanity of this type as you and I are. Their own tasks are made more onerous by the intolerance and lack of tact of these replacenents al dealing with pa- tients; their rlghtful professional pride Is damaged and their morale lowered.
 Fixing the Blame
 Where does the blame lie - if blame there be, and what can be done about 1t? The whole situa- ton fs the result of many factors, some local but many national, that an assessment of blame becomes a complicated process. No one can possibly condone brutality on the part of those charged with the care of the defenselesS sick, hospital su- perintendents least of all. And from its long and intimate knowl- edge of the states hospitals for mental disease and their staffs, the Connecticut Society for Mental Hy- giene Is confident beyond all Quss- ton that the responsible heads Of these institutions are doing, have done, and will do, everything hue manly possible to prevent a repeti- ton of this alleged occurrence. But with defense industries offering wages for even unskilled labor that equal an a week what the average hospital attendant can hope to ye~ relVe in a month, there can be little wonder ct the current alaortase in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
FOOD FOR FREEDOM i PLAN IS ARRANGED
Vegetable Growers to Gather ip Park City Dec.
 9 for Conference

What tho United States gov0rn- Snent expects of vegetable growers in the northeast as their share Of tho Tocd for Freedom program will be one of the subjects discussed December Q when tho NortheASteFn Vegetable and Potato Council meets in Bridgeport.
 The Council Is an organization of growers in the ii Northeastern states formed to represent their interests in relations with tho government, and to promote the sale of native vegetables In NoFtheaStern mar. kets. It is meeting in Bridgeport during the annual convention of the Connecticut Vegetable Growers as. sociation at the Hotel StratSield, December Q and 10.
 Ernest CozSocreo Of orange, gen- eral chairman of the convention committee, said today that the Council is inviting . representative Of the United States Department of Agriculture to discuss the Food for Freedom campaign. To date, while dairy and poultry farmers have been aSwed to increase produc. ton, there has been no appeal for increased vegetable prdouction in io42.
 Another subject on the program of the Council will be farm labor and discussion of possibilities for recruiting labor for vegetable farms next summer in view of on antici- pated shortage. There will be Q report also on the distribution of vegetables through the Food stamp Plan.
 Henry c. Marquart of Orchard Park, ". F., vice president of the Northeastern Council, will preside at the session in the stratfield. It win be open to all those interested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
DANIEL J. KELLY
 IS APPOINTED

Philadelphia, Nov. 2e-(UPl- l--Na- tlonal Physical Fitness Director John 3. Kelley announced today the appointment of Daniel J. Kelly, Boston, as regional director for the First district, comprising the New England states.
 Kelly, prominent football and bas- ketball offlcial, will direct the "haie America" prg0raEn in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
MRS. COOLIDGE
 HAD GOOD LAUGH

Northampton, Mass, Nov. 2s --(U. P.) = Mrs. Calvin Coolidge told . netting of the Committee to Defend America and Fight for Freedom, Inc. last night that she had received. a number of letters criticizlng her Af- fiiiatlon with the group.
 The @ year old widow Of the former President quoted from one letter-'.you and Carter Glass, q couple of old age destroyers" - and laughingly remarked that she was surprised to be chased with the Vir- glnia senator since he is 2i years her senior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
PRESIDENT GOES
 ON HIS VACATION

Washington, Nov. 2s-(Up)-pres. ident Roosevelt leaves today for a vacation at Warm Springs, Ga, that has been postponed twice. He boards his special train after a morning press conference and Q few oficial appointments.
 Mir. Roosevelt was originally sched- uled to 90 to Warm Springs for Thanksgiving, November 20. Be- cause of pressing ofiicial duties, the trip was postponed to the second Thanksgiving, yesterday.
 When the president was unable to leave then, he asked the Warm Springs foundation to delay its Thanksgiving dinner until tomorrow night when he will dine with the patients and make an impromptu talk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28

Word came that the reservation had been cancelled, Rosetu asked why the cancellation. The Am- bassador pleaded illness, but he was bundled aboard ship, and away te went.
 It Is readily admitted that there are strong German organizations In Chile, and that Germans gre being regularly shaken down for contributions, which they are forced to pay, whether Sympathe- tic with NRElsm or not. But the government and the mass Of the people arc antl.Nazi. Hermann Boottger, Of the Embassy, iS roc. ogniEed as organizer end director of propaganda and found collect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
FATHER FOLLOWS
 SON INTO NAVY

Boston, Nov. 2o = eU.P.l = The enthusiasm of a sailors son has led the "old salt" back into the navy.
 When Charles A. Miller, 42. Rox- bury laboratory technician, reeniist- cd yesterday he said the ''old man has decided to 60 back in" because his I7-year-old son Charles, Jr.,. who has completed recruit training at Newport, R. T., talked SO enthusias- ticaliy about the navy.
 The Millers hope to be shipnates on the new 35.O00-ton btatleship Massachusetts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
-FIRsT oF TWO ARTIcLES
CHILE MARCHES WITH THE U. s. IN HEMISPHERE SOLIDARITY
Cooperation With Washington Assured, Despite Exaggerated Reports of Nazi Grip on Nations German Population

EDITORS NOTE; importance O Che political pgobSeus created h Che by of President Pedro Ague Cera are for the taken b tho Chean ship al involves Che United States plan oE heneEe importance sashgy underlined RoOsevet unprecedented denunc0n os magaxneand public tO Cher article reect President CdR Here below Che background of he Chilean situation and reported by Fred EeEgo president noted executive and correspondent he been repOrOral tOuy aOf he important south
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
MUD sLTNGING

Northampton, Mass, Nov. B. (UP)-Mrs. Rose Coughlin, 4S, a
 grandmother who uses mud packs" in her work as Q beautician, with- drew today as a sticker candidate In the Northampton mayoraity race "because there's been too much mud sllnslng.v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
BY FRED s. FERGUSON
 President of NEA Service

Santiago Chile Nov 2S-Chile is neither as black with the Swastka red with Communism she has been painted.
 The economic situation within the country is better than has been in years despite the and authorities be- eve 1t be maintained if sufficient materials be obtained from the United States,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28

ing. The money is used for Trans Ocean news service and other propaganda efforts. As much as aloo,oOo a year is believed to be collected locally, and the Nasl propaganda Is kept going not only through planted stories and paln- phlets, but by word of mouth.
 The blacklist S proving to he on effective weapon In Chile, as elsewhere, but the German propa- ganda has an answer to that, too. It is: "Why worry about being on the blaekilSts9 You can't get American materials anyhow"
 NExTs MOVEMENT FROM
 FIFE LEFT IN CHILE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
nnTToN FuTuREs

New York, Nov. 2e.--(UP)-Cots ton futures developed Q firm unders tone today in moderately active trading with mid-day prices up { to points.
 The gains reflect yesterdays improvement in cotton textile sales in Worth street. Support came prin- cipaily from Wall street and the trade. Limited offerings consisted chiefly of hedges and New Orleans liquidation.
 Yesterdays Worth street sales, variously estimated ct 10000 GOO to i2,OO0, 900 yards, were prompted by an advance in the ceiling price on cotton textiles to 4S Ia ce1lts, the first rise since the sliding scale of top prices was instituted by tho OPM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28
SEYMOUR MAN KILLED

Ansonia, Conn, Nov. % = (UP) - Egnats HareclEy, 5S, Seymour, was killed last night when struck by an automobile while crossing street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28

Tho first group of Free French troops trained and equipped in Aus tzallA hes arrived ia Anolnu1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-28

NExTs MOVEMENT FROM THE LEFT IN CHILE. T
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-'F Fantasia" the much
discussed Disney, with music con-
Quoted by Stokowski: 2:20 and $50
pm.
Palace-"Love Crazy" Myrna 10y
and Bill Powell in mad farce: ll:50
am, 2:15, 4:45, tbs and Gas pm.
Capitol-"The Big Store" the Marx
Brothers go mercantile: II a m, AS,
4::30, tbs and 10 pm. Stage shows:
l, 3:45, $50 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-In the Navy" Abbott and
Costello aid CD the defense effort ::
11:15 am, 1:2O, 1925, 5:35, TAO and
$50 pm.
Earle-"Adventure in Washing
ton," romance under the Capitol
dome: HOS am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs
and 10 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
$50, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Columbia Wanted Wings" life
among the flying cadets, exciting
10:45 am, 1:25, 4:10, $50 and 9:35
pm.
Metropolitan Time Out for
Rhythm" musical with Ann Miller,
Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane: Ills
am, 1:20, 3:25, 5:35, TAO and GAS
pm.
In the Country.
Roadside-"The Mountain Linn
tied" an old-tirne thriller melo-
drama: $3.50 pm.
Cross Roads Young April.
when young love is in bloom,
$3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

the allowance that it is likely to
be colossal also.
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The Navy makes fine frame for
the comedy style of Abbott and
Costello, comedy style which comes
pure and undefiled from burlesque.
Scorning the subtle as if it were a
deadly poison, the boys work for
their laughs with a Zany Zest which
knows no limits. Operating on a
story which looks as if it were some
thing made up as they go along,
they StreW the films generous foot
age with enough gags to choke a
hippopotamus. They are not new
gags, understand. In fact they are
frankly the residue of burlesque's
best years, but there is something
admirable about the way the cor
pulent Costello is willing to risk his
neCk-and better upholstered areas
to make them laughable
The Abbott and Costello rest
periods are filed in with some
vague hints of romance and music
provided with sweet amiability by
Dick Powell and the wiggling swing
of the Andrews sisters.
AS there would not be, under any
consideration. there is no change in
the characters played by the comedy
team. Abbott still is the skinny,
smart one; Costello, the rotund fall
guy whose dumbnesS is pathetically
hilarious or hilariously pathetic de-
pending upon your point of view.
The misadvenUures which beset
Costello, the COB, include the whole
familiar list. As dumb sailor, he
is in constant difficulty with his su-
perior officers; his love for Patty
Andrews is a torment in that he
would like her to think he is at least
a captain instead of a dumb baker :;
naturally it is impossible for him
to sleep in a hammock. and in his
dumbneSs. it is inevitable that he
shall think a portfolio is a locker
into which he must stuff his clothes.
The mishaps and miseries are nautl-
cal this time, that's all.
In view Of their success in the
first A-C service picture, it would
have been absurd of Universal not
to do a paraphrase at least on those
crap game and money changing Sc
ouences. Universal wasn't that
absurd. you'can bet Accordingly,
the insert this time has to do with
the old shell game which the boys
play with the same highly developed
righteousness. The money-changing
sequence has been carried over in
tact from the original picture.
1t takes a lot of music to get
Powell and the Andrews sisters into
and out of the picture at the proper
times. In its way, it Is as carefully
cut to the qualifications of its vo-
calists as the script to the odd
measurements of the comedians
Powell. who hasn't been singing re-
Gently in pictures, does handsomely
by a threnodic little ditty called
starlight, Starbright" and deals
with proper vigor with a melodious
chanty We're in the Navy" The
Andrews girls wrap their swingy
style around three tunes, of which
Evening star., 1941-06-27

young Ring Lardner, jr., and
Michael Kanin. The movie is titled
Woman of the Year" and has
Spencer Tracy co-starred. How
about calling it Deal of the Year?
Ann Sheridan has been going
places recently with. Director Jean
Negulesco. I saw Negulesco on the
Warner lot yesterday, and asked him
whether he had supplanted George
Brent in AIMS affections. Say"
he said Indignantly, II knew Annie
when she was fat little stock girl
at Paramount" Later he admitted
that Brent is out of town, land I'm
sort of looking after her until he
returns" To judge by their eye
gazing at the Mocambo the other
evening. he is looking after Annie
very, very well.
Gretta Garbo did not. after all.
allow Hairdresser Guilaroff to shear
her locks for her dual role in her
still untitled picture. She will wear
two wigs, one chic, short and curly,
the other long, and straight. For
the smart part, she is dressed by
Adrian For the drab, she has VOL
unteered her own Wardrobel
Kay Francis has sold the big house
in which she invested S85,000 She
is building something smaller and
Evening star., 1941-06-27
Signs Unknown

In keeping with his policy Of
bringing new starring talent to the
screen. Alexander Korda has signed
Patricia ORouke, 14-year-old un-
known, to play the role OF Mahala
opposite Sabu in his technicolor
production of Rudyard Kipling S
The Jungle Book"
Miss ORouke, who is a student
at Hollywood High School, has had
no theatrical experience.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

the most spirited is Harlem
spiritual called Gimme Some Skin"
Their admirers will have nothing to
complain of in the music Of Gene
De Paul and Don Raye.
One definite improvement in the
latest Abbott and Costello picture
is to be found in its production.
Their first one bore the earmarks
of a quickie, thing on which even
the modest spending appeared to
be merely tentative. When Uni
versal found out there was such a
public demand for the pair, it got
downright lavish.
The 400,000,0O0 Chinese who are
keeping the light of democracy alive
in the Orient are the stars of March
of Times latest issue, China Fights
Back" supplemental screen feature
at Keith's this week. Their in
spring, tragic story comes off as
one of the most dramatic things
on which M. of IT. has turned its
cameras in months. Its telling Is
remarkably complete and effective
piece of pictorial journalism.
Evening star., 1941-06-27

still legion, despite some less than
spectacular recent effort of the trio.
The Big Store" is, for that mat
ter, no blaze of glory to climax the
career of such a popular comedy
team. For one thing its pace Is
hardly to be called sustained; it
wakes to heights Of slapstick dafri-
ness, but it also wanes to out right
dullness at other moments. There
are more than few flashes, how
ever, of that old Marx spirit Of
utterly ridiculous insanity and these
come as wonderful interruptions in
a script which tries too hard to be a
plot, something no scenario faced
by the Marx Brothers should at
tempt.
High point Of the whole business,
perhaps, is a chase sequence as riot
GUS as any the Marxes ever staged.
No normal citizens, 20 umay be sure,
could be so inventive about their
flight through a department store
from a pursuing villain Ordinary
mortals might run as fast as pos
sible, finally be caught or shot, but
not the Marxes. Before they are
through, Groucho is riding bicycle
that has become unicycle, Harpo
is skating and performing leaps
Tarzan would envy, Chico is pole
vaulting and the pursuing villain is
a bedraggled victim.
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The Marx inventiveness shines
brightly in some other moments,
too. There are, for instance, Harpo s
harp solo. in which he turns out to
be (and it is done with mirrors an
instrumental trio; the piano duet
performed by Chico and Harpo and