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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31
Promising Pictures Feature Programs OF Local 7eates
.COAPOUNCE SIGNS CLAUDE THORlHILL
Outstanding Musical Or- ganizatiOn Plays There,
 Sunday

It's 6 treat to see as well as to hear Claude Thornhiils orchestra. guest artists at Lake Oompounce Sunday night. One of the largest organizations among the leading dance bands, Claude carries twenty one people. six reeds, seven brass, four rhythm, including Thornhill himself at the piano, and four vo- calists.
 Claude Thornhill's orchestra is quite different from the average band both in ar1earance and in its striking instru.elental effects. In- stead of limiting the brass to trumpets and trombones, ThornhilI has three trumpets, two trombones and two French horns usually Q symphony instrument. His reed sec- tion is similarly unorthodox with five men doubling on saxophone and clarinet, plus one who plays only clarinet.
 Outstanding musicians in the band are Nick Fatool, famed Benny Goodman drummer, Conrad Gozzo and Rusty Dedrick on trumpets and of course Claude Thornl1iil at the piano. The maestro is really something casual, easy, but strictly on the sensational side. His piano is heard to telling effect in the beau- tiful theme of the Thornhill band "Snowfall", which he himself conn., posed, and which is virtually all of the distinctive Claude Thornhill ar- arrangements. As a final appeal to the eye as well as to the ear, the band is smartIy rehearsed, routined and presented. Soloists stand as though a military command had been giv- en, and move smoothly to the microphone. Lighting effects are carefully worked out, and the bands presenta tions are without exception productions.
 Other special entertainment fea- lures at Lake Compounce include roller skating, dancing ThIlrsdag nights to Joe Lazarz and his orch- estra and on Saturday nights to the Russ Schuerer band. The concert Sunday afternoon will be presented by the Fulton American Band oi Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31
'DOUBLE-HORROR'
 SHOW ATSTRAND
Edgar Wallace Mysteries Screened; Thrills Gal-
 ore in Both

Starting tomorrow for a four day engagement, the Strand will pre- sent special double horror" show consisting of two first-run, first Wa terbury showing features. Both are Edgar Wallace's spine chilling mys- terieS.
 The culminatoin of a ten year old crime wave is the dramatic sub satnce of the Edgar Wallace thrill Ter, "The Terror" the first of the all mystery program. The story opens after Connors and Marks are released from prison and are plan ming their vengeance upon the Terror, whose double-crossing had been responsible for their convic- tion. Throughout their prison terms, the Terror had continued his depra- dations, spreading continuous terror among a helpless populace and ever increasing consternation among the police departments of many cities But, the manipulations of the Ter rod had always been so clever that the most astute detectives assigned to track him down had always failed Connors tracks down the Terror tc Monks Hall Priory, a reputedly haunted house, but, before Connol can carry out his plans, he is mur- ,, dered, then, among many eerie, un- accountable manifestations, Marks newly arrived, suddenly disappears and the police suspect that he, too is a victim of the Terror. Hidder gold, a ghost played organ, and ar awe inspiring chapel, under ground that was once used for human sac- rifices, are among the other typical Edgar Wallace touches that enter into the excitement before the sur prising solution of the many mys- teries is disclosed.
 The second feature Mystery oi Room 13" further adds to the thrills and chills. Mystery of Room 13' is one of the Wallace stories that features the famous Doctor Reader
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31

A AO.foot flat car can carry hal1 n dczen automobiles but only one medium Army tank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31
POWELL, LAMAR
 STAR AT POLI'S
"Cross Roads" Is Drama of Intrigue and
 Suspense

Suspense takes front seat in M- G-M's crossroads", the thrilling drama now playing at the popular Loew PoM theater. Thoroughly be- lievable and entirely expressing, the film unfolds story of romance and intrigue in Paris just prior to the present war. It stars William Powell and Hedy Lamar, with Claire Ire vor, Basil Rathbone and Margaret Wycherly heading sterling SUD- porting cast.
 Powell plays French diplomat married to the glamorous Miss La marr. Their happiness Is threatened when Rathbone and Miss Trevor engineer a blackmail plot against Powell. They charge him with mas querading under false identity and claim he is really a murderer and thief. The chain of evidence prov ing Powell to be the ex-criminal Is built up in nasterly fashion under the skillful direction of Jack Con- way. The situation is loaded with suspense as Powell endeavors to prove his true identity and expose the blackmail plot. With the ghost of his forgotten past looming omin- ously, Powell probes for the solution.
 The picture IS a tightly written, plausible drama. Its characters, in addition to those portrayed by the stars and Miss Trevor, Rathbone and Miss Wycherly, are finely drawn and expertly played by such outstanding actors as Felix Bres- sart, Vladimir Sokolon, Sig Ru- mann, H. B. Warner, Guy Bates Post, Reginald Owen, Frank Contoy, Philip Merivale, Fritz Leiber, James Rennie and Mitchell Lewis.
 Powell is superb in his first seri- ous role in some time. Miss Lamar gives sympathetic, highly effective portrayal. Basil Rathbone was never more suave and cunning as the blackmailer, while Miss Trevor turns in 8 surprise performance as the sul- try cafe singer and blackmail &C., complice.
 On the same program Is another smash hit, the thrilling, "Remember Pearl Harbor," with Donald Barry, Alan Curtis and Fay Mckenzie. The famous Andrews Sisters, Pat ty, Laverne and Maxene, will appear in person Wednesday and Thursday of next week, on the stage of the Loew Poll theater. You have heard on them on leading radio broad casts and you have seen them in innumerable screen hits, now you are being offered the opportunity of meeting this sensational singing tric here, in person, so make your plans now to attend one of the four per-
 formances they will give daily. Ir
 addition to this headline attraction
 there will be big name band and
 a surrounding all star show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31

A tense scene from Mystery of Room 13," on the all Edgar Wal lace "double-hOFrOr" show, which also includes 'sThe Terror" start ing tomorrow at the Strand for Q four-day engagement. Featured i'm the former are Sally Gray and
 Gibb Mclaughlin. The princi- pals In the latter are Wilfred Law son, Bernard Lee and Arthur WOntner. The entire program makes It's initial Waterbury ap-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31
DOUBLE FEATURE
 COMES TO STATE
''The Mayor of 44th St." Gives Freddy Martin
 Good Spot

Ending tomorrow evening at the nlr conditioned State tleater Is the seclanicolcr film Beyond the Blue Horizon" starring Dorothy Lamour with Richard Denning and . big cnst of favOrites; also the Merry nEacs and Baby Sandy in Melody T.ane.v
 Sunday the State ushers in . snaasIa twc-hit show that promises to be the talk of the town. Two big features, "Tlne Mayor of 44th Street" and sThe Wife Takes A Flyer" will grace the program which may be seen and enjoyed in air conditioned comfort.
 The Mayor of 44th Street" comes to the screen as a melodramatlc thriller played amid the shifting Iiol1ts and shadows of Broadway, and is pleasantly spiced with the sweet harmonies of Freddy Martin and his piano concerto" orchestra.
 Thoroughly up-t0-the-minute, this picture presents the seamy side of the jitterbug- boogie-woogie vogue with q courageous boy and girl wag- lng . bitter struggle for survival against an interruptions overlord or crime.
 Ceorge Murphy, whose twinkling feet have earned him top ranking ns q dancer, broadens the scope of liis talents by enacting his first dominantly dramatic role. He Is ef- fectively teamed with Anne Shirley, another youthful star who. reveals a personality of expanding charm elimpsed for the first time her new Miss Shirley allows her admirers to glsmorolls, grownup personality, a fetching combination of charm beauty, dashing style, and the boise that comes with assured profession al skill.
 Rex Dowing, 16-year-old grad slate of Our Gang comedies, plays an exacting role with impishly cap tivatiug honesty. The veteran Rich ard Barthlemess returns to tne screen after an absence to contrib ute an unforgettable characteriza- tion as the gang leader, 8 role IT which he exudes terrific menace.
 Freddy Martins sweet band music provides a pleasant balance for the tinaling suspense and melodrama ol the novel plot. Four topspot tunes bv Greene and Revel are heard tnroaghout the film. They art Breeze on Lake Louise, you're Bad for Me" "A Million Miles iron Manhattan" and Heavenly, Ism It?"
 '.The Wife Takes A Flyer" thu second hit of the program unite! .Ioan Bennett and Franchot Tone 1T another dizzy and delightful com edy. .., thrills and chills leading excitlni background ''The Wife Takes 4 FlveT' Is the fun-filled fable of aI R A r. Yankee who balls out oVe occupied territory, to. find the arm If ita loveliest occupant more dan rerous than the long arm or tn Gestapo. . warner Bros newest dramatic m saThe Gay Sisters" co-starrini Cseosee Brent and Barbara Stan rrvck with Geraldine Fitzgerald II a featured role. Spy Ship" witf Crai0 Stevens and Irene Manning ~riII he the second hit of Wednes' davis show. Coming soon to tnt at.te ia the newest Bud Abbott-Lo' costello comedy Pardon MY sa rong."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31

The rubber in a tennis ball is equal to that in one roll of 8 ad- hesive plaster used by the Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31

when night workers In Dur ian. South Africa, recently recid- ed to use ricksnas during the gaso. fine rationing, the City Council ruled fhek ano rickshA pullehr shall ply for hire on any public roed in the rifv between the hours of II ?. m. and s .. m. on any day."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31

him. 'When got home, though, there was a man from the joint waiting for the dough-" he said. "Sitting down in the cold, gray dawn and writing 8 check for $750 of my $500 bank account was the best lesson I ever had. I've never gaimbled since"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-31

bank detective, who Is busily en- gagged tracking down the head of a nationwide ring of highly suc- cessful counterfeiters. Reader, one of the most unusual of all fictional sleuths, proves to be an even more engaging person on the screen that he has ever been in any of Wall lace's excellent stories about him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Bombing Of American Cities Not Impossible
Civilian Defense Director James M. Landis Urges
 Community Preparedness Against Unexpected

bilize them for these less obvious ways of fighting this war;
 Landis recommended that the To- cal defense council be made the war cabinet of the community and that communities be organized in successive echelons of command down to blocks or manageable Ecienoorcoct Lands called this the defense council blotk plan" an l said:
 Tn :hst way Xa; program that de:,ilils that rc'n.ens of people s.r.i Ii simple tEl.gs such as save aac i;,t.en tin ca,s |. cali be ca:- r'sd ,i3nt down it the grass roots z n. itlm of ac:: n ard not talk" i"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Stripes to the widely scattered American camps. Subscription rate: 10 cents a week (the magazine Tank, printed here from micro photo negatives flown over from America, is included with the Stars and Stripes weekend edition).
 News comes by direct teletype and by mail from part-time sol- dier correspondents who are known as country editors" in their vari- ous units. News on subjects other than doughboys-in- Britain comes from the regular established Amer ican press associations and the Office of War Information.
 The Stars and Stripes staff barges into work at l0:30 a. m. to handle this material, locks up the forms for printing at 10 p. m. It's a four-page paper five days a week. The sixth (Monday) issue is eight pages with a three-quarter page of comics. picture page and longish feature" stories. Business and circulation departments are situated in a different building,
 Stars and Stripes has no woman editor now, but expects to add one as soon as the WAACs and WAVES appear hereabouts in numbers suffi- cient to affect the circulation list.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Senigo of New Bedford, Mass, complies the days Big Ten basket- ball scores. Yeoman Tom Bernard ex-Los Angeles newsman, fights for space in the paper for the Navy. Private Charles White of Muncie, Ind, sits down to his typewriter to write out an exclusive interview with a general. Sergeant Dick Wingert of Cedar Rapids, la, laborS over a cartoon.
 And back in a separate, barer private office sits Major E. M. Llewellyn of Tacoma, Wash, (who asked that his name be mentioned last, if at alb, editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes.
 GOES TO ALL CAMPS
 "It's the first daily American newspaper ever published in Brit ain," the major points out. (Stars and Stripes in World War I was issued weekly in Paris). "The idea is to give the American forces over here the kind of American news they don't get in the British papers, where American news naturally is given British slant. Our editorial policy? It's not one of criticism. Instead, we point out the good jobs that are being done"
 The regular British newspaper trains and boats carry Stars and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Boston, Nov. -Hitler's temptation to strike at key Amer ican production centers must have been he med by Americas in- creased output, National Direc- tor James M. Landis of the Office of Civilian Defense said yesterday.
 Tn a speech prepared for the Bos- ton Advertising Club, Landis said that no one can foresee the wars end nor be certain that American cities will escape bombardment with Incendiaries, high explosives and gas.
 What aircraft carrier fleet the Germans possess is still intact" 7" Landis said. He added:
 "Hitler's temptation to strike at strategic points of American indus trial production must have beer heightened as they churn out an ever increasing mass of planes and tanks and guns to destroy Ger many"
 Lardis said that American air de- lenses had improved and that Unit ed States control of the seas was more secure but he added that technical development has both in- creased the range of the bomber and the size of the bcmb-load." He de- clared that new and more effec- tive incendiary bombs have been de- vised and precision bombing tech niques improved" He said:
 No one today can foresee the end of this war. No one can foretell just where next spring and next summer the battle lines may be. No one can be certain that our cities will escape bombardment from enemy planes with bomb-loads of incen- diaries, high explosive and even gas"
 Landis said Hitler may now be pressed too strongly to attempt an offensive against America. but ne added that Hitler is a dangerous enemy noted for attempting the un- expected"
 The civilian defense machinery. Landins said. must be perfected be- cause it "still creaks in too many spots; commands are still too mar rowiy and too loosely organized. con- fusion still reigns in too many places"
 He declared that Massachusetts and other New England states were somewhat slow" in seeing their re- sponsibility for war tasks that lacked glamour. demanded no uni- forms, no equipment-only perseyer- ance and patience.
 Referring to scrap and rubber salvage food conservation and anti imitation buying. Landis said that defense councils and volunteers "at times resented these efforts to mo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
WATR Highlights

7:3O p m.-"California Melodies" Maxine Gray is the musical presentation from Hollywood and heard over WATR. 1:l5 D. m.-"Books We Have To Re Thankful For" - Talk by Jesette Frank, lecturer and writer of children's b O o k s. Broadcast will be pre- scented under the au- spices of the Child Study Association. Over WATR, Water bury.
 9:15 p m.-"Cresta Blanca Car nivaP Comedian Jack Pearl heads this 45-minute variety program featuring the g piece orchestra directed by Horton Gould, vocalists Jean Merrill. and Brad Reynolds, and "Shar- lie" Hall.
 11:30 D m.-"Salute To The States" a new time for this program featuring Alvin o Keys orchestra and the King Sisters, de- signed to boost sales of war bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving is the day foretathers To thank the Giver of good and perfect thing With tahnkfuness from grateful heart From this old ancient custom have to Let pause and bow heads more, And thank the gracious God of Heaven, For this great New England shore, And let still be very thankful have before. So let not forget This great suspicious day, A day pleasing recoaections When all the good should pray. The turkey still is eaten through this land There's nothing that is quite His gobbe is the best, the sound grand And the meat is better than any other food. Pilgrims had been in the nearly A year, sowing had passed and the faithfully watched The Indians bearing gifts with friendly cheer And the white man knew them well without bit of Three hundred and twenty-one years have passed Since this great first Thanksgiving day, And let hope tis not the last, All this old Cape Cod bay. Nov may all those who read this poem, And boys and friends the Just keep that cruel a going, xM we once more are free.
 Good Night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
PAPER PARACHUTE
 HAS BEEN INVENTED

Boston, Nov. 24 - (UP) A new type of paper parachute has been perfected with a view to making tremendous savings in silk and Ny lon, an army spokesman announced today.
 Mai. Robert s. Fogg, Army Air forces officer now assigned to the Civil Air Patrol in New England, said the new device has been thor oughly tested from the air by CAP Pilots.
 Perfected by Pape Products Ex- perts, the chute is made of new Para crepe paper. It is designed to lower a 25-pound load of supplies from the air and in tests it even handled 50-pound loads successfully.
 Fogg said the chute could play an important role in paratroop tactics and also prove useful in rescue missions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

stead of weekly from the equally time -hallowed, but much more se- date, plant of the London Times.
 Enlisted men staff the paper, mostly. They've finally succeeded in getting war correspondents standing, so they can talk to their officers freely even if respect fully. They're all soldiers - not stooges-so they have intelligent regard for military propriety; but they're newspaper men, too, and when it comes to the hustle and hustle of getting out daily paper, they just naturally behave like newspapermen. They've even had to tell the Times English copy boys that they don't need to knock be- fore entering.
 "THUNDERER, JR.'
 Stars and Stripes now is known as the "Thunderer, Jr." (after the Times ancient nickname of "Thun- derer'D. The newsroom is buried ill the stomach of the musty old Times shop, at the end of a maze of railways in which half the staff members get lost on their way to work. On the walls of the room are war maps; blob of slightly used chewing gum placed there thoughtlessly by a soldier-reporter in the frenzy of creation; and a photo of a Hollywood starlet wear ing two polka-dot handkerchiefs.
 Look around. There's the news edfcor. He's blond Sergeant Bob Moora, whose old job on the city desk of the New York Herald Tribune is waiting for him. dn- cidentally, he's one of the few non- coms outside the air force who ever was rushed to Britain by plane).
 And there's enthusiastic Ser geant Bud Hutton, co-news edi- tor, dummying the front page of 'S and s" with little time in which to wonder whether after the war he'll go back to the New York World Telegram, or farm his 483 acres in New Jersey, and write f1c- tion.
 In a corner Lieutenant Harry A. Harchar of Bethlehem, Pa, bangs out his popular column Hash Marks" Picture Sergeant Ben Price of Des Moines, Ia, sends out a chesecake photo of Broadway babe to startle the engraving room of the Times, which doesn't itself, print pictures like that.
 Sports editor Sergeant Mark
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Golenpaul is going to send his Information Please" radio program to tour to sell War Savings bonds, the first show being scheduledfor Bostons Symphony Hall on Dec By way of curtain call Oscar Levant will render few selections the piano. and MeSSrS Keran and Adams will recall vaudeville for few feetng mo- ments before consgnng it forever to oblivion In the cast with Waterburys Caleb Gray in revival of Elmer Rice's "Counsellor- -At-Law" are Paul Muni Joan Wet more, Olive Deerng, and Ann Thomas. Private James Corrigan of Fort Monmouth N J. spending the holiday with his parents Mr. and Mrs James Corrgan Sr, and his wife Fairlawn MT. and Mrs. James J. Gladney celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
ARMY-NAVY GAME
 TO BE BROADCAST

The Army and Navy football game at Annapolis, Md. Saturday, Nov. 28 will be heard over WATR and the Yankee network stations. Broad cast of the football classic will start at i:i5 p. m. with Mel Allen and Connie Desmond at the micro phones.
 Wartime restrictions on travel and the subsequent shifting Of the game from Philadelphia to Annap- oils for the 43rd annual meeting may bring the largest radio audience in football history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
NEW COINS ARE BEING PLANNED

Washington, Nov 2S = (UP) - Coming of . second watlme nickel n three-cent piece, and . new one cent plece--all of xonc.coated stecI was indicated today by mint officials.
 The Senate yesterday passed . bill which would authorize tho Secretary of Treasury to order the ninting of any coins of non-stra. teglc materials, including piastics.
 Mint spokesmen, however, said plastlcs were virtually "out."
 Steel. mint spokesmen declared, seems to Do the most "plentifuw metal. But steel rusts, go coin ex- perts now are experimenting with . coating of zinc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
WHOOPINC COUGH
 CASES INCREASING

The total number of whooping cough cases in the state climbed to l07 last week, says a report of the state department of health. There we're 70 cases recorded the week before.
 Waterbury had four cases of whooping cough and four of lobar pneumonia. There were 47 cases of lobar pneumonia in the state at large.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
VINCENT YOUMAN'S TUNES ON AIR

The striking arrangements of Morton Gould and his orchestra, highlighting Schenley's "Cresta Blanca Carnival" will next feature some of Vincent Youman's most popular tunes. "Hallelujah" and ''Tea for Two" will be heard tonight over WATR, Waterbury.
 Brad Reynolds, tenor. will sing Love Is Song" and Metropolitan Opera star. Jean Merrill will sing. '~Ihe Lnrds PraEer,''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Q ANSWERS
 TO WAR QUIZ
Answers on Want Page

Answers on Want Page 1. German infantry private, first class.
 ?. Army slang for kitchen in- spection.
 3. First wife of a president to fly the Atlantic; first to expose her self to the dangers of war; and first to visit Europe unaccompanied by the Presidentd z