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not brought myself to the decision yet that l would
give up my career for Charlie, understood almost
too well that he wanted me to eventually.
! could arrive at no understanding as to Just
exactly what he wanted me TO do about my work
yet, because obviously Just now he preferred to
talk about the house instead.
l soon reached the point where I resented the
house for another reason: had always wanted to
buy home with my own money. And in this house
and all It's plans felt that was a stranger look
ing on.
In the hope Of overcoming this prejudice l
ordered grove of tall beautiful trees transpanted
from the northern part of California which, Incl
dcntav. turned out to be an expensive project,
"Why did YOU order those trees?' Charlie
asked, anXiousIy. when they were being planted.
AS q surprise gift
But why did you DO IL I would have had
trees planted If you'd said you wanted them
l realized then that he could not understand
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TIE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06


His pn-point eyes and unhealthy stimulation
were frightening. / knew that he would never get
we'll although | senscd his sincerity in wanting to.
When Charlie came=by for me that afternoon
was so depressed. l had seen only the glittering,
happy part of the movie colony until then and l
was sorry had come up against the sad side.
There is a very grand side to Hollywood life
Charlie SAID Tonight you will see it. We are
gong TO dine with Mary Pckford and Douglas
Fairbanks. They're just back from trip and
want to meet you
was pleased, especially pleased because Charlie
wanted to take among friends
/ had only seen Mary Pickford on the screen,
but | felt that l knew her well. From the be
ginning of Bella Donna" had used the red-black-
and-gold Chinese dressing room, which she had
used before she organized her own company and
left Paramount. Every star had wanted her dress
ing room, which had become a kind of shrine to
success-but | had been the privileged one, fact
which created untold jealousy among the female
stars
That night in the romantic setting of Pickfair,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

Intimate Memories Of Hollywood and
Europe by the Famous Film Star $3.50 So
Strangely the Fatal Woman Both in
the Lives of Her Lovers and in Her
Own Life
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

man for The Cheat and ! wanted
Wallace Reid. but always some
thing prevented our meeting. But
when | insisted one afternoon the
studio sent Wally to talk with me
in my dressing room. l look back
at that afternoon even now as one
of the most horrifying experiences
OF my life.
The wonderful specimen of
manhood l had admired in pictures
sat there before me-a shadow of
himself. A cadaver, with shaking
hands, who kept telling me over
and over:
I'm going to get well now, just
because | want SO much to make
Evening star., 1942-10-04

WITH its premiere Washington perform
once tomorrow night for the benefit Of
the Community War Fund. the Block Hills
Possion Play. tronspIonted 10 yeors ago from
its oneient home in Luenen, WestphoIo,
opens on engagement at Constitution Hall
which will continue through October Is under
ouspiees Of the Washington Lions Club
Proceeds Of subsequent motinee and eve
ming performances will go to charitable &C.
tivities Of the club
Direct descendant Of the Oldest Of Passion
PIoys, dotine boek to l242 AD, the Luenen
eompony come to this country on tour in
1882 and then established itself at speorheod.
5. Dok. in greet noturoI omphitheoter Of
the Black Hills. There on the worlds loreest
stoee-three blocks Ione-it presented the
imperishobe dromo Of Christ before more
thon 500 900 persons lost yeor On its pres
ent rood tour the cost numbers more than
100, heoded by Josef Meier, Toned portroyer
Of the Christus ond seventh in direct fomy
line to ploy the role in the Lost 200 yeors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
SdIl To Be Decided

From Washington continues to come
information relative to establishment of
fair rentals throughout various defense
areas. InaSmuch as Connecticut is
vitality concerned with the same 1t
remains to be seen Just what will follow
in the wake Of the latest announcement
relative to registration of all properties
that may be described as in the rental
field. Presumably little or nothing can
be done until there has been set up
within the various areas officials or boards
to handle the situation and to dispose
o. the preliminaries.
Basically the situation is one that
doesn't lend itself readily to settlement
for we doubt If there are any two land
lords in agreement on the subject of fair
rentals. However, the war has leveling
influence we have noted and in the name
of national defense it can be expected
that where today there does not appear
to be any unanimity of purpose or
thought some sort of order or at least
agreement can be reached.
The main idea right now is to keep the
cost of living at level not inconsistent
with the average in wages. There is also
the thought that whereas increased wage
levels warrant increased commodity costs
there are present today added burdens
of taxation and voluntary efforts to join
the war effort through our contributions.
All of which is not divorced from the fair
rental subject, a vital one and one re-
curing positive action based on just as
positive information.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
In Today's Mail

are shown the exit by those In au-
thority. OF twenty-nine attend
ants recently hired by one State
Hospital eleven were fired for
drunkenness within two weeks and
the other 10 for temperanlental
unfitness, 50 great q turnover Is
not good for hospital or patients,
The State must share some of the
blame for the fact that incompe-
tent help Is hired; the State often
gets just what 1t pays for, The
marvel Is that SO many good men
and women continue In hospital
service for long years and It Is q
safe bet that these do not do so
because of the pay they receive but
because OF q genuine humanitarian
interest IN soeiety'g upf0rtunates,
The good mental hospital attend
ant Is real blessing, ne land sbel
Is to be found IN every State Hos
pital IN The land, Every time some
hospital bum" brings discredlt To
an institution these good workers
suffer IN prestige ION the outside"
even though no blame attaches "a
them, The whole hospital gets q
bad name because OF the behavior
Of some bum on the payroll, Ike
the four Faseals Just sentenced by
lc0Gtlnned on Next PRgel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

War or no war Ocean Beach will be
open to such public as can get down to
New London this summer While officials
of the city and members of the admin
istering board aren't too optimistic over
the seasons outlook, still they feel that
thousands of defense workers in the New
London-N orwich-G roton area, not to men
ton other sections of the state, should
be given every opportunity for some form
of recreation in their few idle moments.
There won't be as much driving to resorts
this summer as in the past, but there's
bound to be some unless gasoline rations
for each car-owner are cut to the bone.
By the same token the state parks and
forests of the state can expect good
crowds this year. People who can't make
long trips will make the shorter ones to
places nearer home 1t looks as if the war
will make every Connecticut resident more
familiar with the scenes closer to the
family hearth than ever before. And that's
not a bad way to spend summer, ViSit-
ing the home scenes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
Let's Not Be Naive

The conclusion of New York legiSla-
tive committee, that Communism may
menace the United States even more in
the future than it has in the past, should
not be brushed aside casually just be-
cause Russia happens to be our military
ally for the moment. Neither should the
danger be minimized on any theory that
radicalism is a problem peculiar to New
York, or to the larger cities generally.
There is ample evidence of its nation
wide activity.
The committees statement is partially
limited by the fact that the legislators
were restricted to the relatively narrow
field of StaliniSt activity centering in the
public school system of single city. Han
dicapped thus, after 16 months of intel
ligently arduous digging the New York
committee warns that Communism and
Communists are not working for the ben
eft of the United States, or for the cause
of democracy. They are working for
Communism, and for Russia, and for Jo-
Sef Stain.
Noting that there is no substantial
evidence that Communism's 20-year de-
signs to instigate a proletarian revolu-
alton in the United States have been
abandoned, or will be, the legislators note
the assumption that "the SubverSive tao
tics which have been temporarily dis
guiSed will emerge again. If, IN the
meantime, the Communists succeed in
extending their influence under cover OF
their present pSeudo-patriotic garb, while
we naively take them at face value and
permit ourselves to be hoodwinked into
a false sense of security, we will find to
our sorrow that the problem will be more
acute in days to come than it has in the
past"
This is true of the schools, of which
primarily it was said. 1t is true equally
of all government services, and of those
trades unions serving key industries,
upon which Stalinist organizers have con-
centrated It is not the dictum OF red
baiters. The men who directed the in
curry were known for liberalism, to the
extent that some had been accused of rad
icalism. Moreover, their conclusion is
identical with that of one of the great
liberals of all time, Prof. John Dewey, who
has written of this very problem: THE
American people should bear clearly in
mind that Stains actionS-and those OF
his agents and sympathizers here-Wlll
be governed by his own interest as he
conceiveS it, regardless of the efforts or
or the consequences to his present demo-
cratic allies Stain knows what his
apologists here apparently do not know
that totalitarianism and democracy
will not mix"
This is not to suggest that we relax in
the slightest our about effort to help
Stalinist Russia against Nazi Germany:
On the contrary, let us expand and speed
up that program to the limit of our ca
pacity. But let us keep always close be-
fore our eyes the distinction between mil
itary Russia, which is helping us to beat
the axis, and Communism, which hates
democracy more than Nazism, but fears
Hitler more than Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
Lights of Old Broadway

It begins to look as if the song-Writers
and the singers of songs would have to
revise some of their old themes New
York is suffering a dim-out these nights
along with all other spots along the At
lantic Coast from the rockbound shores
Of Maine to the sun-kissed sands of Miami
or is it the coral-Studded reefs of Key
West. At any rate New York is begrudg-
ingIy joining in the procession of dimmed-
light communities along the shore-line.
Only police action accomplished this,
though, for New York lights only dim
to the law.
In this instance it required the COM
bined efforts of the Army and New York's
constabulary to dinl-out Times Square,
the stronghold of the electric sign in all
its brilIiancy and variations. The white
LIGHT district hasn't yet been reduced to
subdued glow, but it's not as bright as it
was. Continued pressure from the police,
backed up by the Army, is expected TO
achieve the result that is desired. AS
vet sailors at sea have not been con-
facted to find out If the horizon glow
from the New York vicinity has been
cut TO a pin-point of light.
Eventually we presume New YORK az
night will resemble any small-town COM
nunity after the curfew whistle has
blown. Behind It's black-out shades life
will continue to roll along merrily, but
To all outward appearances the town VIII
seem deserted. That's a small contrlbu-
ton to help win the war when you come
right down to It. II dinmed lights can
keep the enemy from our shores, deprive
his underwater craft OF all means OF
identifying off-shore positions, then we
eertainly ought to have . grand orgy OF
covering lights, covering windows, turn
ing out Lights, etc. A lightless commEn"
itv Is to be preferred to q lifeless one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
Such Nonsense

The executive officers of the CLIO.
reject firmly the silly notion that the
United Mine Workers merely lent that
$1,665,OO0 for organization purposes.
They say it was gift. We were not
present at the original conversations at
which that. lease-lend operation was ar
ranged
But we can't see why John L. Lewis
is SO anxious about little sum like that.
He isn't going to redistribute it among
the miner dues payers, is Sc? Or to fl
nance a strike in the coal fields? Or to
pay the costs of organizing the dairy
men to charge more for the milk they
ship to the cities where the miners buy it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
NEED or MORE RELIABLE
ATTENDANTS IN MENTAL
HOSPITALS SHOWN IN
RECENT COURT CASE
Everett, Mass,
April 80. 1912.

Everett, Mass,
April 80, 1912.
Editor OF The Democrat;
A Connecticut court has just
passed sentence on four State Hos
pitai attendants and Let us hope
this will be q lesson to other "hos-
pital buns" more interested IN o
flop" and good grub than In the
humanitarian treatment OF the
mentally III, These occasional eases
OF brutality by mental institution
attendants always result to the dis
advantage OF the hospitals and
naturally lessen public confidence
IN such places, Now that we have
reached q more progressive ere N
caring for mental patients y rs
high time that once and for Ill an
end be put TO such happenings ny
paying attendants a wage COM
mensnrate with the importance Of
ward work, Progressive hospital
managers have realized this need
for q long time but year after year
their pleas TO the Legislature have
Faileo upon GEAR ears, Dol Only w
Connecticut but almost universally,
New York State seems 70 have
made the most progress IN tho mat.
ter OF ward personnel pay although
the hospital managers feel that y v
stu too low,
Many people not familiar with
mental hospital routine have little
idea of the things ward attend
ant, especially on the back wards,
has 10 put w, Because this u 70,
q special type Of help is necessary,
but almost impossible 10 get f0f the
money paid, ~ the past State Hos
pitals have been locked upon by o
certain type ct social parasite ee
good places 10 get IN out Of the cold
where one n assures Of @00d gflib
and spending money f0r liquor.
Even to-day attendants ere hired
and fired because Of liquor RuS9ling
- some Of them work ouly long
enough to get enough money foF q
good drunk and then vainoose 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

Therell be lot of efforts made these
DAYS to save the anti-freeze fluids IN
automobile radiators the past winter. In
a good many cases it isn't even necessary
to drain these fluids from the radiator as
they will stay there through the warm
summer months without causing any
trouble, provided, of course, there are no
leaks. If you have your radiator flushed
out periodically you can draw OH tne
fluid and store it, preferably in glass con
tanners, until next winter. AS rule inns
isn't encouraged, and good many people
always maintained it was to noost more
sales the following winter, but presence
of impurities in the fluid lessons itS eiiec-
tiVeneSS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

the White House. THE Presidents
name is never entered ON the
bOard.)
A few days ago, the social
blackout was lifted to admit the
crown Princess of the Netherlands
and her ccnsort, for a dinner
party. But no guest list was re.
leased, and the affair was kept
on the level Of family dinner,
in the family room.
A year ago it was possible to
drive along Pennsylvania avenue,
turn in at the White House gate,
hand a calling card to the foot
man at the front door, and
eventually receive an invitation
from Mrs. Roosevelt to come to
tea.
Today, the gates are closed
and heavily guarded. The two
avenues thanking the White
House are barred to traffic en-
tireIy. Never In 100 years has
the White House been SO heavily
guarded. The teas and recep-
tiOns are cancelled for the dur
ati0n, and the normally demo-
cratic residence of the Chief
Executive stands cold and aIOOf.
ALASKAN HIGHWAY
After all the ilullabaloo about
the vitality needed military high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

!, Arthur Macarthur, father o.
Gen, Douglas Macarthur, was also
q geseral IN the U, q. Army; true
or false7
2, Poppaee was the wife of Herod,
Nero, or Glaudius2
3, IN which year did John y.
Lewis retire as president Of cEo9
4, Did Napoleon die at Elba, Gt,
Helena or Reunlop9
8, n which state Is the Erie
CaDal2
O. who called the English . |pes
ton Of shopkAepeFs'9
7, Which city In Scotland has
the largest p0pHlati0n9
3, with which sports n Al Bl0zis
principally RsE0elated9
2, The name Tor Q male swan y
cob, cod, on e0g9
10, Henry David Th0Feaw was IN
economist, naturalist eT edueateF9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
Holding the Bag

The Reconstruction Finance Corpora
TONS willingness to take unstable auto
mobiles, tires, refrigerators, ETC., off the
hands of manufacturers is commend
able step toward relief of an extremely
hard-hit class of little business men.
The real beneficiaries will be the dis
tributors. Having been deprived OF their
normal means Of livelihood, these dis
tributors should not have their capital,
including loans on which they must pay
interest, tied up indefinitely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

The Alaskan officials propose a
short quick route straight up from
the State of Washington to Prince
George, then on to White Horse.
Part of this-about 400 miles
to Prince George-already is built.
And If interned German, italian
and japanese prisoners were put
to work on the remaining link, it
might be finished before winter.
However, both the Army and
the Canadian Government favor
the longer route via Edmonton.
This would follow the chain of
Canadian airports to Alaska.
These airports are operated by the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, which
may be one significant reason why
the Canadians want o road to
link them up.
The Army originally picked
this route because last summer
some Of It's planes, en- route to
Alaska with green pilots, got
lost and cracked up. So IL was
suggested that a highway link
ing the airp0rts wOuEn serve
as q guide to airmen. The
Army also favored this route i'm
order to send gasoline and sup
plies by truck to air bases. The
war may be just about over,
however, before this interior
highway is built.
NOTE-Under the Army's con.
tract, the u. s. A. pays for the
road and maintains it until after
the war Is over. Then 1t reyerts
to Canada. However, the Army
failed to insert clause requiring
Canada to keep up maintenance
after the war.
Copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
AFTER Certain Investigations in a Nova
Scotia Garden)

latter Certain lnyesUgatloUs ~ MOVE
Scotia GaTden)
patience Eden In the Christian Science MONITOR
One twitter OF q chill beWildeFed bird
One soggy patch OF green beside stone
A certain moving shadow sweetly blurred
tulip spearvhead tbrustng up alone
Where winter SHOWS have drifted deep and long
The claTnog OF the small, important streams
Running beside the road, tFeshvfed and strong
The hardened hillside cracking az Etle seams
And fancy skps two months OF days and hours
To watch the tuEnhling summer breezes race
Along the breaking surf Of golden noWeFs-
Where not bloom has shown lbs spFtng1me facet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

First the boys from the country came
to the city to work in the factories. Then
there isn't enough help to plant, culLl'
yate and market food crops. So uncle
Sam goes to the cities to find men 70
send back to the farms to do the WORK
there. Probably it is inevitable. But y
sounds more than little daffy, DOESN'T
it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

seem 10 De ABOUT
as many hot shots
in the govern
ment out cunning
for CCC as the
CCC has camps,
the latter number
being around 600.
If you want to
make q little side
bet, just lay a
buc k or SO that
before very long
there will be more
statesmen clam
oring for restor-
ing or enlarging
tina HCH than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

@. Whom did the late Senator
Thomas J. Walsh Of Montana marry
and is his widow still living?
A. He married Nina Chaumonl
de Trufiin, of Cuba. She is now
living in Havana, Cuba.
Q. How is oxygen obtained com
mercially?
A. Either by electrolySis, or b.
air liquefaction. In the electro
lytic method, the oxygen is obtained
from water. When an electric cur
rent Is passed through water con-
tanning sulphuric acid or an alkali
Ito facilitate the passage Of the
CURRENT, hydrogen is formed at the
cathode and oxygen at the anole.
BY providing means for collecting
the gases, they are obtained in
very pure condition. Oxygen is OBJ
tanned from liquor air by fractional
distillaticn. Since the boiling point
of oxygen at atmospheric pressure
is 1877 degrees c., while that of
nitrogen is 1885 degrees c., by
proper fractionating apparatus, the
nitrogen in liquor air can be al
lowed to boil of first, leaving pure
oxygen behind.
Q. Who played the role of the
blonde m "Torrid Zone" with
James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and
Pat O'Brien.
A. Helen Vinson.
q. When were the signatures Of
the designers first placed on coins?
A. The custom dates from re-
mote antiquity. Many Greek coins
are signed with the initials of the
artist, and in some cases with his
full name.
Q.What sizes of electric motor
are used on household vacuum
cleaners, and how fast do they run?
A. The motors range from l-3 to
2-3 horsepower, and the speed is
usually 1880 revolutions-per- min
ute.
Q. Does freezing ruin electric dr.
cells?
A. No. Repeated tests have
shown that dry cells which have
been frozen are disable after they
have been thawed and brought tc
o reasonable operating temperature
Q. Who was the founder Of the
Salvation Army?
A. william Booth, who was born
April 10, 1929, and died August 20,
1912. The anniversary Of his birth
is celebrated by the organization
throughout the world. 1t is COM
monty called Founders Day"
EDITORS NOTE-If you are
DESTROYS Of securing this weeks
booklet. THE DOG AND CAT
BOOK, adrdeSs r. VI. Kirby, De-
paTtment s-lOO, Waterbury Dem0-
crat Service Bureau, 1913 ThiF-
teepth Street, Washington. ID. c.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01

The Nazis should introduce q new
column In their war casually sta
tistlcs called slightly killed"
Soviet Spokesman 8. a, Loz0ygky,
commenting on German claims
that Russia had lost 20 million
men,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
A Thought for Today

Let thy mercy, o Lord, be upon us, according
as we hope in thee.-PsaIm 1922.
The corn that makes the holy bread by which
the soul Of man is fed, the holy bread, the food
unprced thy everlasting mercy, Christ
Masefield
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-01
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
CCC Loses
Caste With

BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat washington
Correspondent

Washington, May / - The way
government agency can be a hero
today and a heel tomorrow was
never better Illustrated than in the
case of the Civilian Conservation
Corps, the we'll and once oh SO
favorably known CCC. Three or
four years ago, no one had enough
praise for the CCC, but today there