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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
In The Local TheaterS
STATE

Today's audiences at the air. conditioned State Theater thrilled to Highway west" spine-tingling adventure story brilliantly acted, thrillingly told and capably direc- ted. For sheer excitement, the new Warner Bros. film ranks as one of the best of its type this season.
 The film tells the love story of young couple on Highway West for their second honeymoon. The lovely and trusting wife, played by Brneda Marshall, realizes too late Arthur Kennedy, is notorious ban dit. After his apprehension by police, the disillusioned girl opens an auto court on the Highway. But her hap piness is stortlived.
 The husband that betrayed her returns to haunt and threaten her security. He has escaped from prison and forces her to hide him out from the police. Tn addition he makes a play for her younger sister, portrayed by Olympe Branda, discourages a new suitor, and plans a daring hold up. Only in the thrilling climax is this menace eliminated, leaving his wife, her sister and the suitor to begin their lives all over again.
 Brenda Marshall handles the leading role with poise and assur- ance. Arthur Kennedy gives power and credence to the unsympathetic yet dynamic role of the criminal husband. Olympe Bradna lends her dainty Gallic beauty as the infat- uated younger sister, while William Lundigan is personable and ikeable as the earnest suitor.
 All in all Highway West" is chock full of high-speed excitement and high-tension thrills, truly a picture to be thoroughly enjoyed by every member Of the family.
 You'll see the screens big person. ality parade in the years big musical domance during the presentation of 'Time Out For Rhythm" the second big hit of the program.
 'Time Out For Rhythm" boasts such outstanding celebrities as Rudy Vallee, Ann Miller, Rosemary Lane, Allen Jenkins, Joan Merrill, Brenda
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

that of Betsy Booth, and once again Betsy helps him out of an embar- rassing situation. What happens in the city can best be explained by the fact that Andy, after his month elapsed, chooses a college career. Once again the entire family has been gathered in the Carvel home as a setting for the drama. Lewis Stone as Judge Hardy has new and intricate problems to face. As Andy, Mickey Rooney has greater op- portunity for his acting ability than ever before. For the third time, Judy Garland appears with the Family as guest star; Fay Holden is again Mother Hardy; Sara Haden is Aunt Millie, and Ann Rutherford is again seen as Polly Benedict. Life Begine for Andy Hardy" in- troduces two newcomers to the screen, these finds being Patricia Dane, and. Ray Mcdonald; the lat ter a youthful Broadway dancer. On the same program is another smash hit, T Was Prisoner on Devils Island" featuring Donald Woods and Sally Eilers.
 Current at Loew's Poi are Char ley's Aunt" starring Jack Benny in the title role, and Dressed to Kill, ( with Lloyd Nolan and Mary Beth Hughes. This double hit bill, one of the finest of the season, positively ends its engagement tomorrow eve- ming, so if you haven't seen 1t, make plans to do so before the concluding performance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

Honeymoon plans of Kathryn Ad. ains and Hugh Beaumont have been postponed because of an operation to be undergone by the groorn's mother, Mrs. Ethel Beaumont.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
POLI'S

Ringing the bell once again in its true interpretation of American family life, Life Begins for Andy Hardy" newest of the Hardy Fam lily pictures, offers entertainment plus at the Loew Pon theater on Friday where it opens for four day engagement. This latest ven- ture, which finds Andy facing life on his own, away from family ties and the protective influences of Carvel, results in 8 sobered young man-an Andy who at last realizes that living constitutes something more than class dances and foot ball games.
 The plot in brief deals with the problem facing the Hadys after Andy's graduation from high school. Whether he should go on to college to study law, or go out on his own is a situation left entirely up to him by his parents He decides to leave home for a month and work in New York. With this experience he feels he will be able to make wiser de- cision. Once again his path crosses
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true. Hope plays the part of a movie actor who's in the Army as the boomeranged result of one of his own practical jokes. He's the gum shy, goose -pinlply hero who'll floor you with his brand new. stock of Army gags.
 Bob and his two rnllsketeer rookie friends, Overman and Bracken, reach the climax of this all-out com- edy film when they take part in some war games that rival any.slap- stick hair-raisers in the memory of critics.
 Loaded with sparkling wit, tune full melodies and laugh-lines that explode in split-second precision, Caught in the Draft is prize en- tertainment--the kind that even the Army boys at the camps will write home about. And for your further enjoyment the management presents another delightful comedy that is chock full of laughs and surprises, titled West Point Widow" starring Anne Shir- ley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

and Cobina, The Three Stooges, Richard Lane, Six Hits and a Miss. and Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Band.
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land office business this year. Most of them attribute it to better, more professional productions, with "big name" casts. Big. names alone will not explain it. The. tryout earlier this season of a new musical here at Westport actually made money without a well-known player in the cast.
 The migration of stars to sum- mer stock is, however, undoubtedly an important factor. Take the Situa- tion here at Westport. The Country Playhouse was converted from an old cowbarn in 1880 by Theater Guild directors Lawrence Langner and his wife Armina Marshall. It has done exceptionally well as sum- mer theaters go, but this year it has broken all records. Among the
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stars who have who have packed this towering, red cowbarn to cap- acity this summer have been Tallu- lah Bankhead, Mary Roland, Con- stance Collier, Ilka Chase and Den- his King.
 The appearance of MT. Power marks potentially important milestone in the history of sum- mer theater. Hollywood moguls in the past have frowned upon let ting their chief matinee idols risk their regulations by appearing in the flesh in summer theaterS. Last year Daryl zanuck reportedly put his foot down when Power proposed to do 8 summer play. But Tyrone was not to be put off so easily. He has wanted to return to the hayloftS ever since he played in summer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

MYSTERY BOOM THAT EXPERTS CAN'T EXPLAIN GIVES NATIONS COUNTRY Tt4EATERS THEIR BEST YEAR
By TOM WOLF

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Westport, Conn, Aug. 13--If, in the next couple of weeks, you hap pen to be looking for Tyrone Power and his pretty, blonde wife, Anna bella, try a rambling, red cowbarn just off the Post Road in this pleasant New England town, Here for two weeks the Powers are star ring in "Liliom" in summer stock.
 It's strange place to find one of Hollywood's top heart-throbs, but strange things are happening to the "straw hat" country theaters this summer. Theatergoers are staging private back-to-the-farm move ment. Bessie, farmer Browns bos- sic, can't even get look in at her winter quarters. City slickers and country folks the nation over are packing the old COW barns to the haylofts to see Broadway transplant ed to Growers Corners.
 The business of summer theater is not new. Ever since the formation of the Provincetown Players in 1 1915, the "straw hat" theater has made important contributions to the stage. Not few of the nations top stars (including MT. Power him. self) and many of Broadway's top players have been discovered" at the summer hayloft tryoutS.
 EXTRA MATINEES
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 Summer theater as 8 really pro- fitable business, however, is de- cidedly new. The cowbarn cirsuit- with limited seating capacity and relatively cheap orchestra" seats has never been primarily 8 money making venture. Not until this sum- mer, anyway.
 This year mid-season reports from great majority of the nations TO- odd summer theaters are monoton- ously similar: record business, ex- tra matiness, standing room only. A few straw hat impresarios may net as much as $30,O00 profit.
 Experts are in doubt as to the factors most responsible for the
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The Powers chose "Liliom" be- cause, as Annabella explained in her charming Parisian accent, sit is play that gives us each good parts; it's a play in which my ac- cent doesn't matter; and, mostly, because we both love it. Tyrone and have been reading plays old and new - for nearly two years and we came back to Liliom' again and again"
 MT. Power hopes that, if this experiment goes well, he can play summer stock every summer. T
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stock at West Falmouth, Mass.-for it was there that he got his first big, break. This year he won.
 eve wanted to come back to summer theater," MT Power said, because it's relaxing and because it gives you new perspective. Every one has fun doing his work in stock. Here there's nothing of the huge, inhuman machine at mosphere that dominates Holly wood. And you get a chance tc see yourself in better, truer per spectiye."
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WATRfBS features tonight 5:45, Gene Auins Orch q Frank Bair, 7:3O, Tinney S:3O 9:3OCharIie Spvaks Orchestra TO- Ray mOnd Gram Swing 11:3O, Russ MOrgans Orchestra
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have no Broadway aspirations he explained, 'but I would like to take play on tour of the coun- try. I'd like to do stock often. I think it's good for you. I hope that maybe, if 'Lilionl' is a success, we can start a trend to get other Hollywood actors and actresses into summer theaters."
 If this hope materializes. the day might almost come when Broadway is just the place where plays and actors are tried out for summer stock the country over.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Ambulance Service

The favorable attitude of the Com
missioners toward plan to provide
the Police Department with four
combination scout cars and ambu-
lances is a step toward material i'm
provement of emergency ambulance
service in the District of Columbia.
Under the plan, these cars would be
used for regular police work except
when needed to transport accident
victims to hospitals.
In recent months much criticism,
largely undeserved, has been directed
at available ambulance service as a
result of delays in responding to
calls. Most delays are caused by the
inadequacy of public hospital facil-
tiles in outlying sections of the city;
by increased demand on available
machines and by the fact that an
ambulance does not have the advan-
tage of right of way, as do police and
fire vehicles, and cannot proceed as
quickly through traffic.
1t is proposed that the crews Of
the new combination cars be given
special training in first aid In addi-
ton to the standard courses which
for several years have been required
for all policemen. This is important,
since in most accident cases speedy
transportation is dangerous to the
patient as we'll as unnecessary. Some
physicians experienced in emergency
work have claimed that sixty per
cent of accident fatalities result from
well-intentioned mishandling of in
jured persons.
The District of Columbia Chapter
of the Red Cross, through its con-
tinuous program of classes. offers
every person an opportunity to con-
tribute to reduction of the accident
toll. This can best be accomplished
by skilled handling of accident vic
Tins by persons trained for this work
Amateurish treatment of the injured
generally does more harm than good.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
The Cows Go Home

Fvefy tet0elS tread mtnuets above
UilloUS,
Forming ShGdoWy tOaUS along the
riUer bed,
And from the gloomy forest on the
nearby hin
The tender cries of Sdd-throdted
'0hippoor1Oills taU
Like the SoIactng chime of Spanish
mission bells;
Tdrdy bumblebeeS drone, lodth to
cease their forayS,
While a crescent moon trembles In
the misty West:
Through ptnk-foamed masses of
tangled, delOy clover
The homebound coUS pace slowly,
peaceful and content.
oh, ,0hen my Uorld fades slotoly IN
the dimming West
And uelvet shades Of night blot out
lies fttul fray,
May there be chnStened Splendor to
GdOrn my path
And the moons benedtctton amid
soft muSic's strain
So shall I, knolUtng all is Ueu and
undfraid,
Go home, like the kline, through
fragrance of SDeet fowers.
JEAN REVEUR.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1DeH.

1t is an amazing thing, how long the
parent birds will feed the young.
Often an observer tends to become i'm
patient with the young, that they do not
learn to eat by themselves but the par
ent birds do not feel that way.
Last summer, when we put out ground
beef, male cardinal appeared at this
feeder one day in tow of young one.
The latter was very large bird, but
it kept waiting for its father to feed it.
The latter evidently decided that he
had done this long enough.
The baby kept crying for food
The father suddenly leaned over and
pecked the young one, which drew back
in great surprise at such treatment
The father gave 1t another peck. then
suddenly arose into the air and flew
away.
For long time the youngstcr sat
there, refusing to dip its bill into the
heap of beef, on which it had been fed
since birth
Then it decided for the great adven-
ture, eating by ones self.
Down went its bill.
It gobbled with great satisfaction, then
another. and another.
Life on its own had begun.
Cardinals usually begin nesting in this
vicinity sometime after the middle of
April
There are mostly two broods, from two
to four eggs being laid each time. Tie
eggs are white. blush or greenish- white,
marked with shades of chestnut. purple
and brown, usually scattered over entire
surface
This accounts for the fact that some
persons report cardinal eggs which are
basicslly white, while others say the
eggs they have seen are greenish or blu
ish in hue
These birds do not seem to have very
good sense in locating a nest.
More often than not It Is very low,
either in an evergreen or shrub, or on
a fence.
While in most cases the nest is rather
well concealed from the human eye, II
may be understood that other bnGs,
especially the f1endish grackles, nave no
difficulty in seeing it.
If you know cardinals are nesting in
your yard, it is a good plan to keep
watch for grackles, which some persons
call "blackbirds.'
One of the garden tragedies N our
yard two years ago was the wiping out
of three baby cardinals in almost the
twinkling Of an eye
They were seized by lone raider of
grackle at o'clock in the morning
Each head was pierced by the long cruel
bill, and in some cases entire legs we're
torn off
The three round IfelesS bodies lay on
the driveway as mute testimonial to the
innate cruelty of nature, that nature
above which man aspired to soar until
either 1914 or 1899, take your choice
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Fan Bites Track

Santa Anita's hitherto steady as
sault on the fan received a setback
the other day, and like an Italian
invasion, it went into reverse. When
grooms struck, necessitating the can
collation. of racing for a day, patrons
had themselves a belated Christmas.
Oodles of them, who had driven into
parking lots without paying, got
back quarters on demand. Great
numbers, who had been lured by free
programs serving as admission tick
cts, lined up at the windows and re-
ceived $220 each for them. Some,
more farsighted than the average,
even tore their programs in two and
collected that much for each half
This tale is chock full of maxims
and moral lessons. In the first place,
it gives the lie to the old saw that
there Is no way to beat the races.
Perhaps there is not, as long as the
race goes to the swift and it is not
known in advance which horse will
be fast on the track: but If they are
all fast in their stalls. it is possible
to catch the officials f1atfooted and
beat their barrier. The tale is also
new version of a news headline
senSation-Fan Bites Track. Besides
this 1t sheds light on the ancient
mystery of whether or not Santa
Claus Is bachelor. He Is not; surely
Santa Anita is either his wife or his
daughter.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear sir:
81 enjoy your interesting and instruc-
tive articles and have learned a number
of helpful things Today for the first
time this year we heard cardinal sing
ing, also our sweet-voiced song sparrow
Does not the latter sing nearly the whole
year through?
"One of our graceful and playful squir-
rels came on our front porch and caught
a peanut had tossed to him. I did not
know until I read in your column that
squirrels ate peanuts and peanut butter.
I'VE have not as great variety of
birds as some, but we can boast of Eng
lish sparrows, starlings, song sparrows,
jays, juncos, titrnice, cardinals, mocking-
birds, and in summer, Wrens and others.
The mockingbird, this Christmas as
formerly, was interested in our outdoor
Christmas tree and enjoyed feasting on
the bright red berries on the wreaths
which I hung on the outside of our
windows. especially for him.
Il find the mocker. as well as other
birds, enjoying suet which I have wired
on one of our feeding stations, which is
q window box
When the very cold and snowy wealth
er arrived, I fixed a roof over this, re-
membering your instructions Protect
the feeding station on the north side
Il have, too, a protected feeding place
for the birds on our sunny back porch.
Last summer a handsome pair Of
cardinals built nest in one of our
ramblers at the end of our screened side
porch.
1T was wisely hidden from the outside
world and possible enemies, but in plain
view Of persons on the porch
1T seemed such a short time to us
when the eggs Matched. Then it was
interesting watching both the father and
the sedate mother feeding the ever hun
cry babies.
Another seemingly short period. and
the young birds tried their wings and
were out In the wide world. Prior "
this, to my surprise, one or more f1utter-
ing young cardinals, nearly as large as
the parent prds, appeared from nowhere
and came on the ground floor under the
rosebush and were fed by the father
cardinal, but they never went near the
nursery or their baby brothers and sis
ters
DO cardinals usually have two or
more broods year?
Please accept my grateful thanks for
the many helpful suggestions contained
In your This and That column.
Sincerely yours, E. NE D."
x
When the cardinal babies are Matched.
the male cares for them while his mate
is brooding second setting of eggs.
In this way the male often shows up
attending young cardinals as large as
he is. They look even larger. because
they are fluffy. and the father has worn
himself to a frazzle trying to feed them.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Favors Help for Britain
In Name of Righteousness.

To the Editor of The Star:
1 have an almost Unsuitable desire to
know why some one hasn't advanced the
argument that we ought to pass the
lease-lend bill simply because England
is in the right and the axis powers in
the wrong in this conflict.
We fancy ourselves as a Nation of
rugged individualists, taking up the
cause of the downtrodden regardless of
odds and for no reason other than
righteousness. How we can reconcile
this fancy with the nlercenary argu-
ments offered for and against the bill
is beyond my poor powers of perception.
Socrates said: IF you think that a man
of any worth at all ought to reckon the
chances of life and death when he acts,
or that he ought to think of anything
but whether he is acting rightly or
wrongly. and as a good or a bad man
would act, you are grievously mistaken"
VERNON T1SE.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Complains About Pictures
In Washington Artists Exhibit.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Having seen some reproductions Of
paintings by Washington artists now on
display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
I went to see the exhibit today.
I WAS amazed that the Corcoran
Gallery of Art would exhibit SUCH
stuff. THE man in the street will lose
all interest in art" if such ridiculous
things continue to be placed before the
public gaze.
Representative of the majority, how
ever, was one large figure picture. all
out of drawing. poor in color. Where
Is the satisfaction in doing such things2
In contrast found in the hall space
the painting entitled "Night"-some-
thing beautiful In color, Of most wonder
full grace and well-nigh perfect in draw
ing.
shall never forget the exhibit at the
Corcoran Gallery, back in 1921, when "A
portraits by Philip A. de Laszlo, the
Hungarian painter, were shown. He was
a really great artist His portraits showed
the character of his subjects. Only a
lover of art could DO such work.
Absolute perfection in art is i'm
possible, but why not aim at it?
know some real art lovers in WASH
ington who refuse to attend further
art" exhibits for fear that they may
see some Of that modern art" which
Is more than their artistic taste can
stand. H B. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1941-02-15

Britain, Congress will soon be called
upon to levy additional taxes. 1t Is
of vital Importance that the new
revenue legislation be fair to the tax
payers. and that it impose as light
burden as possible on the productive
power of the country. In the Treas
ury. and in Congress, there is need
for an independent appraisal of the
merits of the various tax proposals
that may be submitted, with a view
to securing laws that will give the
Government the tax money 1t re-
quires without infiicting unnecessary
harm on the taxpayers. In no field
of Federal activity can the services
of experts be used to greater public
advantage than in the drafting and
administration of tax laws.
Evening star., 1941-02-15
Fears Lease-Lend Bill
May Lead to Part in War.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The people of the United States now
are confronted by the most drastic, the
most aggressive measure yet proposed
to forward participation in the Euro
pean war The lease-lend bill is one
more step toward sending our boys to
die on foreign bsttlefields to settle for
eign differences, and assuredly it is
seven-league step
Would it not be wise for the United
States, which has everything to lose in
this terrible carnage and nothing to gain,
earnestly to consider some sort of right
compromise among these unhappy coun-
tries and thus shorten the conflict. rather
than by unqualified support. encourage
fight to the finish in order that the
side which we favor may emerge full
handed?
Certainly the world has given the
policy Of "the haves and the have-notS"
every opportunity to prove its efficiency,
but it has not worked, and simply be-
cause any policy based upon selfish in
terest alone, whether applied by the
individual or the nation is unavoidable
1t is not founded upon truth. Justice
alone supplies the right balance Many
in every nation are beginning to realize
that blind departure from the funda-
mentals of Christianity has swept the
world into the morass of blackness, terror
and despair, and that the one way out
lies not through material force but
rather through fairness. unSelf1shness
and honest cooperation.
LLWYN TURNER.