davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following couples have
filed marriage intentions at the
bureau Of vital statistics;
Herbert Fem, 80 WOOdbine
street, and Margaret Sheehan, 90
Sylvan avenue.
Lawrence Weyh, Naugatuck,
and Marguerite Cantin, 296 Will
low street.
James Donnelly, "A Eden street,
and Catherine Kane, Q RidgewOOd
street.
Albert y. TolOmeO, West Haven,
and Ida A. Rltucci, % York street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
CRUELTY ALLEGED
IN DIVORCE SUIT

Anthony h. Rinaidl Of waterbury
filed q divorce petition IA superlro
court today against 0eneviove A.
Rinaidl, also Of this city, charging
intolerahle cruelty. The couple mare
ried october 20, 1891, and cruelty 10
alleged 10 have started from that
day. The petitioner seeks custody Of
a minor child,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
SpotIighting
Brass CityNews
Foreclosure

A foreclosure action involving
property on Baldwin street was fled
in common pleas court this morning
by the Colonial Trust Company, as
trustee Of the will Of Elisha Leaverl-
worth of Waterbury, against John
B. Hull OF this city. The mortgage
Is claimed to have been taken to
secure a $500 loan made through
the Dime Savings Bank on June 4,
1914.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
Tire Stolen

Police are investigating o report.
from Kenneth Towers Of 40 Will
son street that q tire was stolen
from the trunk Of his car last
night while the car was parked In
the yard OF his home. The trunk
was unlocked, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
Cash Missing

A handbag stolen from Mrs.
Ida Cinti, 8 Hawkins street We'd
nesday night was found yesterday
and returned by Detective Ser
geant John Mates. Rosary beads
and 81 cash were missing from
the bag. Alien registration papers
were intact.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
Eager to Serve

Wallace, Stnskie, 10, son of Mrs.
John Karaban of Beacon Falls
has joined the Polish division Of
the Royal Air Force. and left to
assume duties In Canada today.
He was barred from the U. s. Air
Corps by age and education re-
strictiors,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17

90 vast ID the Milky Way galaxy
to which our earth and allli boz
long that II requires 5000 years
FOR light 70 cresEg from its outer
edge 10 this planet, and light
moves at the rate Of 10000 miles
i second.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
lHAMWAITANI TsEANDs

There are eight i9lallds u the
Hawaiian group: Hawaii, Kah0o-
lave, Kauai, LAMA, Maui, Mole
Vi, Nilhau and Oahu. There are
several other rocky islets II the
group not recenlad = sslana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
HEAVY SPENDING

Accardina To the Census Bu-
reasl. the Sa,oe1 ,B2o families Ia the
united states spent more than
ef4a 100000 daily II the nations
1zanneo retail alqEes during Aaao'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
TREASURY BALANCE

washington, April i7~s(Cp) ,
Government expenses ard reee' y a
for the current iiACal year through
April 10, compared with a yeur Hgt
This Year EXponAgh Inst " =
S22, 100, 434, gQp.b7. Sp,ia2,Dl5,28p,i1
War SPENDING
Si7.O5O, aSs, 7OS,So sIs50,5sTpiG.as
Receipts
81. 432,aio,si9,C5 36,SGs,ptL14aail
Net Deficit
sis,GT8, s5e, Co0,Oa s8,ssl,oi5,Cl;.0g
Cash Balance
S3.o67, 0s6, 037.p2 s2,i04,445,ls5,ad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-17
HouO USO Dollar
Splits--And What
It'll as D on e

. Here is how Uso will employ
the $S2,000,0O to be raised May
11-July 4 In the War Fund
Campaign to carry on It's serv-
ices:
UsO Clubs and
Units .$15,466,O 600
Overseas Services 1,877,OOO
Emergency
Services ......s. 5,61O,OOO :.
USO-Camp shows,
1ncs ,.s.... 4,VVVyVVv
Special Leave-Area
CAuDS ........ 1,VVV,VVU
Mobile Service
Units ..9,...,. 6S5,OOO
Service to Travel
Hing Troops ). $4,000
Service on
Maneuvers ....,. sSO,OOO
Repairs and
Equipment -. $4,000
Smaller items cover organ
ization of USO citizens COM
mittees and administration and
supervision of operations.
And this is what USO already
is doing in bringing off-duty
recreation and comforts:
Total Of USO
Operations 49,. 645
In COntlpental
u. S. ......... 619
Elsewhere In the
Hemisphere -. 70
USO ClubhOuses
in U. S. ...... 4OS
Elsewhere In the
Hemisphere %
Mobile Units .... "a
USO Professional
Staff .......... 1,264
USO Guests
In q month -. 2,144.291
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-01
Two From Police Force
Indicted Into Army

Ann Arbor. Mich, Aug. Police
Chief Sherman F. Mortenson has
lost three policemen One is re-
signing and two are in the armed
service. The three policemen are
Ofhcer John + Wagner. PATROL
men Roland +. Wurster and Mich
cal F. Seharbat
Officer Wagner, who has been
a member Of he police force since
1888, upon his resignation effective
August Is. will accept a position as
craftsman with the Detrola Corp,
Detroit
Patrolmen Wurster and Scharbat
are already in the armed service.
Officer Wurster left for Detroit
Thursday to volunteer for immedi-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-01
Ann Arbor News

ate induction He had been on the
police force since July I, 1899. Of
fcer Scharbat left for Fort Custer
Thursday morning with the CON
tingent OF Ann Arbor's selectees.
He became a policeman August 10,
1871. Both officers are unmarried
To date only one replacement
has been made. The new officer Is
Claude Cameron %, former gas
station manager here. He is mar
ried
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-01
Alex M. Pokroosky, 81,
Buried At Fairview

Ann Arbor Mich. Aug Burial
services We're this morning at Fair
view Cemetery for Alex NJ. Pc
kroosky. 81, 90l W. Davis St, who
died Thursday night He was
native of Russia and is not known
to leave any near relatives in this
country
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-01
TAKES OWN LIFE

Algonac, Aug l. Dependency
over separation from her husband
was blamed for the death Of Mrs.
elaine Doriot. IS, mother OF three,
who ended her life Friday by
drowning in 81. Clair River.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-01

At least once annually,
let w. c. WILSON re-
new and refresh the APP
pearance of your furni-
ture. He always has the
newest ideas and pat
terms in colorfui Uphol-
stery and his furniture
Repairing and Refinish-
ing is Of the highest
quality..~...yet moderate
ly priced.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-09
Prelozil KAREL KADNER.

do tOhO mi mic nenl. BY
bych zaplatil "a sveho syna
kdyby byla castka aspon pone.
kud slusnou . ma priklad diva
Get neb tricet tislc franki. Jde
vsak O ohromnou, nesl ;chanoU
castku. Tim hire pro vas! =.
|Zakon zakazuje yam, abyste
p1jcoval neplnoletemu g.
pisy vase jsou neplatne -"
"Znam zakon, velevazeny
kolego, spolehal jsem vsak ma
vasi rozsafnost a ma vasi otcov-
skou lasku -"
"Necinil jste dobre! A
nj otcovska laska ami rozSaf-
most neradi mi, abych obohatil
Vas a zaroven oloupil sveho sy-
"Nechcete tedy platiti?"
"Nechci."
"Jest to vase sledn1 slovo?"
"Ano -. Obratte Sc k OBJ
chodnlmu soudu, uznate-li to
Ia nutne."
"Snad obrat1m sc skutecne k
soudu . sam mne k tomu nu-
tfte -. Nebude to vsak obchod
nj soud -"
* jakemu soudu tedy chce-
tie Sc uteci?"
SIX sOudu treStnfmu !"
* trestnlmu soudu!" opa-
koval Joubert udivene.
"MGj Boze, ano! A to hned
Ultra setrvateli totiz ma tom
re nechcete zaplatiti dluhu pa
ma Leopolda! Zazaluji vec u
statn1ho navladnictv1. Mona
re ztratim sve penlze, jez phi
Gil jsem neplnoletemu; jisto
vsak jest, re Dude syn vas cd
souzen k nucenym prac1m pro
padelanf listin a pax S Bohem
milionova svatbo! Stane-li
Sc to, pax snadno ozel1m ztra-
Gene sve penize, velecteny ko-
lego; verte mi to! =. Bude to
oplatka "a. obchod: Marie ia
ma a Jana Marie! -"
"Syn mGj re byl by padelal
listing nebo podpisy!" zvolal
Joubert. "Kdo jej vinf?"
"Ja!" 80"
"Lzete! -"
s"Nechte takych slov!a. TX
to? -. Vfte velmi dobre,
re jest pan Leopold vseho scho-
pen +. a pax jste zajiste pre-
tax hloupym, abych
pronesl podebne obvinen1, kdy-
bych nemel dIkaz1 v ruce -"
Mate dukazy?"
"Zajiste Chci YAM je u
kaZati
XXXIII.
jacques otevrel znovu OBJ
zapisnfk, z nehoz jiz byl
vyndal litsinu S ucty, a vynal
jiz polozil pred Placi-
da.
Tento chtel il uchopiti.
Jaquier mu il rychle vytrhl a
pravil S ustepacnym 1smevem:
"Nesahejte ma to, pane Jo-
berte, house to! -"
Placide ustoupil -. byl mi
Chtel Sc vsak jeste braniti
hrozne pravde.
"Ne, ne! Tot nemozne!"
septal. "Nastrazil jste mi past
abyste mne prinutil k placenl."
V tom okamziku otevrely sc
dvere a Leopold vessel do plsar-
ny.
"Jaka to stastna nahoda!"
zvolal lacquer. Vas syn YAM
pow lhu-li!"
Leopold vida Jacquiera u
sveho otce, zdesene couvl a
chtel rychle zmizeti.
Nezbylo mu vsak jiz casu.
Joubert k nemu priskocil,
popadl jej "a limec, privlekl jej
do prostred pokoje a pravil 81
pawn hlasem:
"Mluv, b1dnfku! Jest prav-
da, zes padelal listinu a dGkaz
tive why: totiz cest i zivot sv1j,
jest v rukou tohoto muze? .
Mluv! -. TAX prece mluv!
Leopold tfesa Sc jake osyka,
sklesl pred otcem ma kolena a
septal:
"Milost! -. Milost, papin-
ku! -"
"Jest to tedy pravda!" rival
Joubert sopte sflenym vzte-
KEN.
Fatal peste a vrhl Sc ma sy-
ma; Dyl by jej zajiste skolil, a.
lie nahle naprazena jeho ruka
opet sklesla.
"Odejdi ;. rychle odejdi!'
nravil. "Odeidi Size bycE
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-09

GervaisOve, JOubert zbledl
prece vsak pravil trpce:
Nezapomnel jsem ma sluzby
jez jste mi prokazala, mazda.
me, nezapomnel jsem vsak ia.
Ike, re jsem je radn6 zaplatil.'
Dial jsem, co jste sama ia.
DALAI"
"zadala jsem prfIis malo .
Ones jsem 81 to rozmyslila a
chef m1ti vice -"
"ze chcete? 49,"
"Muj Boze, ano -. Chci -.
A mohla bych i ffci -. "a
Joubert vytrestil ma mladou
zenu zrak.
"Zblaznila jste Sc snad?
pravil polohlasem.
"Jaky to tedy napad, zadati
-. vydirati! -"
"Vydfrati! -. Nenf to prav6
zdvorile slovo -. ia Sc vsak
pro kazdou malickost nehne-
YAM Jsem PAM situace,
nechci prijmouti almuznu peta-
dvacet tisfc frankG a pros1m,
byste mi dial vice 49,. Vsimnete
81, re jiz nezadam prosfm
-. Vidfte, jak jsem velice
roztomilou 80"
"Ukoncme 49,"
"TOP ! ma nT9n1"
"Mnoho-li chcete?"
"P6tset tisfc frankI! -"
Placide vypukl v hlasity,
strojeny smfch.
"Vidfm, re zertujete," pra-
vii.
"Nikdy nemluvila jsem O.
pravdoveji."
"Pak tedy zavolam jednoho
re svych pfsarG a dam vas Cd
tud vyvesti 49,"
"Neradfm yam to-" pravila
Lucienna S ostrym ustepacnym
1smevem. "Je-li MONA, re jste
We sve zname chytrosti jeste
nespozoroval, re vim vse a re
vas mann V moci, drahy pane
JOuberte! Kdyz jsem vas vi
della j1ti ma ostrov Saint Cathe-
rine S vaS1m duchaplnym Pol
dlckem a kdyz ella jsem ozna-
menf snatku, napadlo mne hned
abych Sc o veci trochu pfeptala
Dyl to veru znamenity ma
pad -. Velmi snadnym zpuso-
benz jsem Sc dozved6la, re ia
ma Marie de Rhode, nevesta va
Seho syna, jmenovala Sc drive
Klara Gerviasova! -. Klara
Gervaisova, kterouz chtel jste
zniciti -. Klara Gervaisova,jiz
dial jste mym prostrednictv1m
uvrhnouti do zalaTe a pTedvesti
pred porotu! -. Klara Gervai-
sova, jez jest dnes d6dickou Vi
&c nez trf milionG, jichz Sc chce
tie zmocniti! -. Klara Gervai-
sova, jejimz porucnikem jste
Sc dial jmenovati :. Vim velmi
mnoho, dobry mil prfteli, a
kdyz 81 cd tud neodnesu 500.-
900 frankG, kterez potrebuji,
budou zftrejsf noviny vylicova-
ii dopodrobna vse, CO vim -.
a pax veru pochybuji, uskutec-
Mill Sc snatek vaseho syna! 49,.
Mystic jeste, re mole mlceni
nestoj1 "a p1l milionu?"
XXXII.
Tvar Placida Jouberta sesi-
nala.
"To be byste ucinila?" ptal
sc temnym hlasem ~pTistoupiv k
Lucienne a bera il Ia ruce.
"Bez nejmensfho vahani!"
odpovedela mlada zena.
"A coz kdybych vas zde 49,.
v tomto okamziku uskrtil? 49,.
Lucienna dala Sc do hlasite-
no smfchu.
"Mrtvola ma by yam zde
velice prekazela!" pravila.
"Vasi pfsaTi videli pTec, re
schazfm do vaseho pokoje, mu-
ST mne tudfz nutne videt i Cd
chazetti NJ, vzdejte Sc do
brovolne, kdyz jiz nem1zete il
max"
Joubert napol sflen s WASN'T
wynn vztekem sv1ral ruce Lucie-
niny jake v zeleznych klest1ch.
"Ublizujete mi velice," pra-
villa dobrodruzka jasnym O.
strJm hlasem. "Nepust1te-li
mne okamzite, budu zadati o
sto tis1c vice 800"
Joubert pustil ruce Lucienni-
ny a jail Sc pobfhati pc piradne
jako Selma v zelezne sve kleci.
Nahle stanul byl odhodlan.
Polozil arch pap1ru ma stGj,
namocil p6ro, dial je do ruky
byvale milenky Leopoldovy a
z-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-09

retove, cepcaTce v ulici eau
martin, a uvalila jsem podezre
nj z kradeze tie ma Klaru Ger
v%aisovou, kteraz byla nevin
ma"
Lucienna poslouchala, alt
nepsala.
mac jeste cekate?" ptal 81
Joubert.
ma svych 100000 frankd.'
81 rucky do rucky."
"Dobra. Chci je vsak vidct.
vypoc1tane zde ma tonic stole
Az zde budou, budu psati .
echo mela bych Sc ostatne ba.
tt? Kdybyste mne chtel ma "a
klade teto listing zatknouti,
~nesetrila bych vas, a Wy byste
byl tax dobTe ztracen jake ia!
-. Ostatne odcestujf do Ruska
Joubert otevrel znovu po-
kladnu a vypocftal ma still pred
Luciennu move bankovky.
"Diktujte nynf," pravila BY
vala milenka LeopOldova.
"Jsem hotova psati."
Placide diktoval.
Lucienna psala, podepsaIa,
slozila pax bankovky do male
kabelky. jiz mela ma ruce, ma
cez Sc strojenou dvornostf poz-
dravila Jouberta a vysla z pi-
sarny.
Kdyz odesla, sklesl Joubert
znicen do lenosky a ulevoval
zufivemu hnevu hlasitym pro-
kl1nanfm.
Novym zacinkanlm zvonku
byl vyrusen z nepT1jemneho to-
hoto Zamestnan1.
UTedn1k jeho mu oznamoval,
re prisel pan lacquer, jeho ko-
lega z ulice Bleue jeste S jed
nou osobou a re chce S MIN mlu
viii o obchodn1 zalezitosti.
20 obchodnf zalezitosti !"
septal Placide. cake spojeni
NIUE byti mezi mnou a tim
Jacquierem, jehoz nenavidim?
49,. Nemohu jej vsak odbyti ="
Otevrel.
lacquer vessel doprovazen
Bonichonem.
Oba dvorne pozdravili.
"Div1te Sc me ~navsteve, vele-
vazeny kolego, nen1-liz prav-
DAP" oslovil lacquer velmi
roztomile domaclho pana.
"Div1m Sc il velice," odtusil
Jouebrt chladne.
"Ucel me ~navstevy jest veil
&c opravdovy."
"Pros1m, abyste mi jej Timed
sdelil, ably sc rozmluva nase
marne neprodluzovala 80"
lacquer sedl ma zidil, KITE
rouz mu Placide nenabldl.
Bonichon 81 take sedl.
"Cekam," pravil Joubert.
"PGjdu rovne k Gill;" zacal
obchodn1k z ulice Bleue. "Chce
tie ozeniti syna."
"Jest to vseobecne znamo."
"Bere 81 dfvku. jiz jste, jsa
stastnejsf mne, nasel -"
"stastnejsf a snad i doved-
nejsi vas"
"Jedno i druhe, v~elevazeny
kolego -. 0, ia uznavam vase
zasluhy Mlada ia d1vka pTi
nasf vasemu synovi tfi a pull
milionu -"
"a Wy zabezpec1te svemu
drahemu synackovi rovnez
p6kne veno 80"
"Co yam ma tom zalez1? :"
"Zalezf mi ma tom velmi
mnoho -"
"Nepochopuji Chcete mi
snad dati ma srozumenou, re
jest mi dluzen prevzacny kole-
go, jest mi dluzen hezkych par
rank6, a myslim 81, re mel mi
ii tolik slusnosti, ably mne w.
hledal a vyrovnal sc mnou,
nez sc ozenl -"
vim, re sc chtel vyrovnati
Sc svymi veriteli, ostatne nemel
jsem tusenf, re i Wy k MIN male
ute Nezbyval mu k tomu
cas- -. Chci to uciniti misto ne
no =. Co jest VAN dluzen?"
lacquer wal z rukou Boni.
chovych objemny zapisnik, O.
tevrel jej, vynal re spis6 kolko-
vanou litsinu a podal il Jouber-
tow, rka:
"Zde jest vytah z 1ct1 :. Yes
kere dluzn1 stvrzenky a smen.
ky vaseho syna mohu YAM pre-.
dloziti, lfbo-li."
Placide pohledl ma listinu q
zdesene vyskOcil.
Ruce Sc mu chvely -. pfeC
ocima delala Sc mu ohniva kols
- --4So 49,, - zn10
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-09

oSNJ NNAASAA wy A0C0 POC C1OAN
frankI ~"
Ne, ne!' zvolal lacquer Sc
smichem, 'tak to neni, veleva-
zeny kolego!"
"Ze ne?"
Padelana smenka nepatri do
naseho dct1! -. Ia jest ma pro
ldej.'
ma prodej?" opakoval Jou-
bert zdesene.
"Ano, a Wy mi il odkoupfte a
sice bez smlouvan1.
"Zac stoj1?"
ga 100000 franknI Do
hromady tedy 9O5.OOO franKd.'
1905. 600 frank1! "zvo-
lal Joubert, oplraje Sc o stll,
ably neklesl. "Nikdy! -. Mix
dy! Nabfzim yam stotisfc
frankG "a tn smenku -"
Marine mluveni a smlouva-
nj -" odmftal lacquer. me
slevlm ami jedineho sou Ia
platte, anebo p1jdu odtud row.
nou cestou k trestn1mu soudu a
vznesu zalobu ma vaseho syna."
ALE zadate ma mne me cele
jmen1 -. Skorem cely mi
lion! Dam-li yam je, jsem
znicen!"
Vsak Wy snesete i silnejsi ra-
nu, vytecny kolego! -. Jste bo-
hat! velmi bohat Vas
syn ostatne dostane pres tri
miliony cd slecny Jany Marie,
a vas syn tvoT1 S vami toliko je-
dnu osobu. Dostane-li sc vsak
Leopold pred porotu, pax jest
pc svatb6 a pc venu. Nezdra-
hejte sc tedy veTte mi, re
nezbyva YAM nez zaplatiti."
Placide jiz opet nabyl obvy-
kle sve acknowledgements.
"Nemam zde vsak tolik,"
pravil.
"V6rim a pochopuji to -.
vas podpis vsak jest dobry a
prijmu milerad poukazku ma
lyonsky 1vernl 1stav vim,
re mate tam ulozeno pres mi
Joubert otevrel zasuvku psa-
chic stolu, vyndal z nj poukaz-
ku, vyplnil, podepsal a slozil jill
podavaje il Jacquierovi pra-
vii:
este zaplacen vratte mi
listing -. a dejte mi stvrzenku
ma cely obnos."
Obchodnlk z ulice Bleue ro-
zevrel pc tret1 ohromny svdj
zapisn1k, vyndal z neho veske-
ra dluzn1 upsanf Leopoldova,
polozil k MIN padelanou smen-
ku, podepsal stvrzenku jiz Jou-
bert zadal, a podal mu S hlubo-
kou. poklonou listing rka:
"Jsme vyrovnani, pane kmo-
ire! Vsak ia vedel. re prij-
de rada i ma mne! Co fikate
teto splatce "a pGjcku?"
Ulozil poukazku ma lyonskou
banku do zapisn1ku a odesel
doprovazen Bonichonem, nez
mohl Joubert vypraviti jedine-
no slova re st1snenych prsou.
Znstav O samote, odevzdal Sc
otec Leopold1v vasnivemu vzte
ku a prudke zoufalosti. RIVAL,
stkal, rival 81 vlasy, hrozil pestl
v stranu, kudy lacquer odesel,
a septal nesouvisla slova, z
bylo rozumeti toliko
"zkaza" a "pomsta".
Pc prudkem tom zachvatu ma
desla zahy 1plna zemdlenost a
ochablost, tax re zdal Sc byti
Joubert zcela klidnym, kdyz
mu po chvili jeden z pisar1 pfi-
nesl telegram.
Telegram nemel zadneho pod
pisu a incl takto:
"Prosfm, prijd'te lined do u
lice Saussaies. Velm nutne."
"Pnjdu TAM, septal Joubert.
Vessel do SVehO DyCu, any Sc
oblekl.
Leopold sedel tam bled a Wy
desen. Plakal jake decko a spl-
nal proti otci ruce. -.
mac jej mofiti vycitkaml,
pomyslil 81 Placide. Go ude-
lal, udelal." 80,
"Jsi velice trestu hodny,"
pravil pax haste. "Lehkomy-
slna tvoje sllenost stojl mne
polovici jmen1 Odpoustlm
ii vsak jen s tou podminkou, re
pom1zes mi, abych jmeni zno-
WI zfskal -. Vrat Sc DON'T -.
chod i ma dale denne ma ostrov
Saint Catherine a nezapomen,
re name pozejtff podepsati
svatebni smlouvu -"
Leopold vratil sc skrousene
do sveho bytu v ulici Saint
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Passion Plays
Premiere Slated
Tomorrow NIGHT
Famous Black Hills
Drama Sponsored
By Lions Club

The world-famous Black Hills
Passion Play, with its cast of more
than 100, featuring the celebrated
Josef Meier. as the "Christus,' will
have its washington premiere to-
morrow at Constitution Hall, where
it will have a 12-day and 12-night
run under the sponsorship of the
Washington Lions Club.
Anxious to do their bit, the Lions
are donating all the proceeds from
the first nights performance to the
Community War Fund. Proceeds
from other performances will go to
the Lions charities fund.
This noted drama is in its Tooth
year of continuous production, hav-
ing been organized in 1912 AID. in
Luenen, Westphalia, the first of five
great major Passion Plays. Today
it is the only one in existence, hav-
ing migrated to America in 1882
when Meier established perma-
nent home in the Black Hills of
South Dakota-in the tiny village
of Spearfsh.
The Passion Play is given in %
striking scenes, running for 2 hours
and 40 minutes.
Large Cast in Drama.
Josef Meier. who was born IN
Luenan, Westphalia. high lights the
q leading roles with a superb and
Sincere portrayal of the Savior
Leland Stanford Harris, whose work
has been proclaimed by critics in
ternationally. is Judas. Clare Hume
Meier, Josef's wife, is Mary, the
mother: Karl Way is Caiphas, the
high priest; Ernst Noble is Dathan,
Harold Rogers is Pontius PLATE
Eugene Stuckman Is John Augusta
Randell, Simon Peter; Charles Con-
dit, Ezekiel: Johannes Baere, Annas;
Dorothy Houten. Machel; Rosa Gem
thon, Magdalene.
This may be the showing Of the
Passion Play in Washington. 1t has
the Endorsement of His Excellency
the Most Reverend Michael j.
i Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore and
Washington, and the washington
Federation of Churches, Of which DR.
| oscar BlacKWelQeT is pTeSlueiiI.
Actor Is Director.
Previous to the translation into
English and the company's arrival
in America, a tour of France, Eng
land, Germany, Poland, Italy, Ru-
mania, and all the Balkan states was
completed. When the crisis came In
1882, the players departed for Amer
lea and established themselves In
the Black Hills of South Dakota,
Meier not only portrays the role. o1
the Savior, but directs the play.
AS a tribute to the leading actor
| a Meier Day" will be held Wednes-
day at pm. at the Mayflower Hotel
There, leading clergymen and Lions
Club leaders will honor Meier foi
$500 continuous performances as
the "Christus." Representative Jen-
nings Randolph will be the oficial
greeter.
The Lions Club, through Chair
man w. C.. Hanson, has arranged
for 228 schools in this section to
release students early enough fol-
the 1870 matinee performance or
specified days. Tickets are on sale
ut Kits, 1880 g street NV.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Today's Film Schedules

Stage
Army Irving all-soldier
230 and $50 pm. ...--b
Screen.
CAPITOL-"Orchestra Wives" Mlels 435
725 and 1920 Stage shows 1885, 6:25 and $40
COLUMBIA-"Somewhere1 III YOU Clark Gable
setting torrid 245, $685. 7:2o and $50
EAREWake Island perturbation the rarres stand q $40
$50 sos and 1915 Stage shows 50 725 and s4o
Felix story 12:45.
2:20. 1855. $50, 705 $40 snd lo:l5 pm.
LITT1E-"Th the Soviet impression Of the Naz
2:25, 4:25, 6:lO, and 9:55 pm.
INTERCOLLEGIATE Haunting Will CO. Laurel Hardy and
magician: 240 425 615 805 and 9:05 pm
PAIACEoiday Inn the musicale with Fred Astare and
Bing Crosby: 2:20, 4:45, 7:l0 and $40 pm
PIX-Berln Correspondent Virginia
drews:: 2:50, 4:35, 6:35, $40 and 1920 pm.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

but, all and sundry, believe us, the
livery stable drama is back, mean
ing Wine, Women and Song" at
the Ambassador. In the very ma
ture of occupation I am denied the
use Of shotgun, q dirk, or even a
can of Fit in dealing with this OBJ
scene Offering. AS for mere words,
they seem so inadequate. Names of
the producers do not appear on the
program. The actors and actresses
have to take it and they do not seem
to mind at all. The name of the
house physician, however, does ap-
pear-a good idea, it seems to us.
They call it vaudeville. A recent
report from the Department of Ag-
riculture notes that the wheat fields
in North Dakota no longer suffer
from smut. I know now what be-
came of it. This alleged vaudeville
offering, of course, is nothing but
burlesque which asks nothing at all
of the shows in this genre which
the police years ago routed out of
the old Irving Place Theater and
the East Side and houses further
uptown. 1t is bold, brazen, vulgar,
malodorous, and impudently so, in
many of its phases in others the
comedy is forlorn, old and stale.
Savo Talent Misplaced.
You see that self -denuder, Margie
Hart, and you see the other top
liner, Jimmy Savo. Jimmy, like that
comedy cyclist, Joe Jackson, came
into fame via the ancient commedia
DELI Arts, that wenspring of genius
for all mines and zanies. Mores
the pity they did not give him some
thing with which to work in the
current production. He revived.
with every good motive his-and
ours-old favorite, River, Keep
Away From My Door" Sad to see
he could not keep from his door the
river of muck which flowed about
his ankles on the stage Of the Am
bassador. One can, however, bestow
orchids upon those amusing Wesson
Brothers and four modest, comely
and artistic women singers, the Don
Ritz Favorettes.
"Strip for Action"
Say, if you too..s burlesque troupe
-raided in Cleveland and elsewhere
to small Maryland town near an
Army camp and produced it for the
boys that would be WOW, would 1t
not? Some one proposed this idea
to Howard Lindsay and Russell
Grouse, or they thought 1t up for
(See PERRY, Page E-3D