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Evening star., 1942-08-30
Marjorie Reynolds Is No Cinderella
Worked Seven Years for Success
Which Arrived in Holiday Inn
By Ted Gill,
Wide World.
HOLLYWOOD.

HoLLY WOOD.
You can take the name-Cin-
derella Girl of 1942-and stick 1t in
your Aunt Melindas knitting bag
as far as Marjorie Reynolds is con-
cerned
Furthermore, this trim blond, in
her early 20s, seriously doubts If
there ever is such thing as a real
Cinderella in the movies.
Cinderella was a girl who was
touched by magic wand, and
eVerything-riches and fame and
fortune and love-came to her
quickly, easily and in great gobs. /"
she theories sagely.
Well, things like that happen
only in fairy tales-not in Hollv-
wood. The only magic wand a girl
has In movieland is known by the
much less glamorous woodwork
Find the story behind modern
Clnderellas and you are likely to
discover more firing, heartbreak-
ing work than you ever thought
existed"
You can't convince Marjorie she
might be candidate for such a
title, even though she did rise from
ooscurlty to singing and dancing
roles opposite Bing Crosby and Fred
AStalre.
Her Chance Arrives.
But the truth is that. after her
long, hard struggle, she did SO well
In Holiday Inn" when she did get
her chance, that her studio cast
her IN an important part in "Star
Spangled Rhythm" big picture
1T took me seven years to get
thls big hreak-and every one of
those years were tough, firing ones"
recalls Marjorie.
II I'm so-called Cinderella
Girl, I'm not the only one of them
who can kick that good old kiddie
story around.
Dorothy Lamour. Paulette God
dard, Claudette Colbert. Joan Craw-
foro. Norma Shearer and lots of
others put in lots of hard work
before they got that big opportu-
nifty"
MarJorie's Is typical of what lies
oehind some of those so-called
Cinderella stories, She started a
theatrical career at 4. From S until
she was 8, she was in movie bits and
at IA she was an ambitious ballet
performer.
l appeared on a Hollywood Bowl
program before 10000 persons, doing
an adagio with a boy" She recalls |
with a grin.
1T was my big momentr 7 was
lifted to my partners shoulders andN
out we went into the spotlight. But !
IL was a deWy night and the resin
ON the stage was like melting ice.
Role In Westerns
MY partner slipped and made
my entrance sliding along on nv
race l cried all that night-then |
1 concluded this was all expert
ence.'"
After that. Marjorie danced in a
movie chorus. Then. she PLAYED a |
oailer1na in picture. but it turned |
out so badly she went back to the
chorus.
She was ready, willing and wait
ing to be discovered, but nobody |
seemed to discover her. She con- !
cluded shed do little gambling
Is Westerns.
That was my chance, decided"
Marjorie relates. I'm Western. no.
BODY cares about the girl.
But In cowgirl parts. could
learn and. If I made a mistake. no
one would care hoot. Well. / got
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a part. I told them I could ride.
But the first time they put me on a
horse, the darned thing ran away
with me.
"A cowboy came riding out Of the
group of cowpokes and yanked me
of the flying steed. The camera
man was smart. He kept shooting
the scene and they wrote it into the
story"
Then Marjorie decided to settle
down and learn the cowgirl roles.
She finally concluded that big pro-
ducers don't go to see Westerns.
So, after making AZ of them ride
'em, cowgirl, things, she switched
again-to drama. Again nothing
happened. In fact, she got so dis
couraged she almost quit.
Then, just like you see in the
movies, Marjorie got her big chance
a dancing part-a role she'd given
up for a flyer at acting. And it was
with Astaire and Crosby, too.
Afraid Of Astaire
IF you only knew how near I
came to missing that boat" means
Marjorie. Il hadn't danced for
five years. and when they thrust
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me at Mr.. Astaire, was scared
stiff.
"All my learn to- take-it lessons
IN Westerns fed I started to dance
with him-and stepped on his toe.
Then they took me to Irving
Berlin and told me to sing. I was
numb. couldn't remember a
single Berlin tune. I sang The Hut
Sut Song
They told me afterward that nv
calm and unconcern in this great
moment had gone far to get me the
part. Calm? Say, I was petrified!
Il know why I got the part. 1t
was Friday night and film ex-
changes were closed until Monday,
They couldn't get one of my old
pictures to see what 1 could do.
Gee. if they'd seen me as a cow
girl! But they had to give me a
test, You think I didn't work for
that test-and in it? Whew!
So now they say I'm a Cinderella
Girl. Oh, no! Thanks, but no. a
thousand times no. The horses 7
used to ride wouldn't like that
name for me.
They'd laugh-and that GER
tainly would be a hose laugh. tooi"
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the duration, because clothes No
longer can cover the bumps and
oulges.
That's the edict of film fashion
designers, who say that war con-
servation of materials will mean a
return of the female form divine y
Evening star., 1942-08-30

the time of the United States War
Between the States
After Carmen Jones" Hammer
stein is going to recondition an
other long-known musical, that be-
ing Show Boat"
Evening star., 1942-08-30

transcribed her notes. she spelled
1t Wallis, after that Warner Bros
executive.
Released b. the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.y
Evening star., 1942-08-30
Camoufage Goes
HOLLYWOOD

Wide World.
Get going on the exercise. girls,
and dig out that old reducing diet.
You must have a good figure for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
ROXBURY YOUTH
 L00TED $l2,0O0
Claims He Got That Much Since November in ROb=
 ping Mass, Places

Boston, Jan. 9-(Up)--An l8-year old Roxbury youth who said he served as lifeguard last summer at City Point confessed to police to- day that he had obtained at least $lG,000 since early November by footing pay telephones and homes throughout Boston and Brookline.
 Seized Wednesday in restaurant near his temporary room in the west end, the youth was to be ar raigned in Roxbury district court on seven charges of larceny.
 On several occasions, he told po- lice. he was accompanied by two other youths, one of them now al inmate of Concord Reformatory, tn other free on bail awaiting trial il another case.
 With Sgt Patrick J. Flannery ant Special Officer William J. Mccarthy the youth toured the city in a poilc' car, pointing out more than 2 homes he had robbed. Loot, he said included cash, fur coats, clothing and jeWelry which he sold in vari. ous pawn shops. He said he once ob tained $57O in postal savings bonds but tore them up when he founc he could not cash them.
 Ut don't make no difference what you do to me-" he told police. ". hope you hurry up and send me tc Concord. I want to get there in time to make the basketball team"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
Nurses Association
 In Panel Discussion
Two=Day Institute To Be Held at Hartford Hospital January l5=l6; Various Speakers Announced Today

Legal Aspects of Nursing in Con- necticut" is the subject of a panel discussion for the opening session o1 an institute sponsored by the Edu- cational section of the Connecticut State Nurses association, which will be held Wednesday and Thursday, January IA and Is, 1942, at Heubleln hall at the Hartford hospital, Hart ford. The session will open at 2:15 on Wedr esday with a welcome by Ethel Brooks. director of the School of Nursing, Hartford hospital. He'd wig Toelle of New Haven, is chair man of the panel with the following participants: Marion H. Douglas of Hartford, presenting the viewpoint of the Connecticut State Nurses as sociation; Hazel V. Dudley of Weth- erSfield, representing the State De- partmert of Health, presenting the annual requirements for licensing of registered nurses; Agnes K. Ohl- son of Hartford, presenting the viewpoint of the State Board of Ex- aminers for Nursing; and Mrs. Lan- sing Lewis of New Haven, the lay public's point of view. Mildred A. Richardson, director of the School of Nursing. Bridgeport hospital, Bridgeport, and vice-president of the Connecticut State Nurses as sociation, will preside.
 Specialties
 The topic for the Wednesday eve ming sesslon is "Specialties in Nurs- ing" Jare E. Tay.or, New Haven, chairman of the Educational section of the Connecticut State Nurses as sociation, will preside. Doris Lang don, or r,hopedic suparv-aing nurse i'll the State Department of Health, will discuss orthopedic nursing, and Mrs Paul Rekers from the Brea. icy school, New York city, will discuss the Eurse in the private school. The speaker on industrial nursing will be announced later. The film White Battlefronts" will be shown, with Colonel George Fisher, the speaker.
 Doris Weber, educational direc- tor of the Visiting Nurse Association of New Haven, will preside at the afternoon session January IS. which will open at 2:l5. Virginia Tender son. instructor ill nursing education at Teachers College, Columbia Uni versity, New York, will be the first speaker; her subject will be New Learning Techniques." Two demon strations will be given, the first Micro Films for the Library" by Willard Chamberlain, technician Yale University School of Medi- cine, New Haven; and the second Motion Pictures for Use in Nurs- ing Education" by Laura Rosnagle associate director, School of NurS- ing, Hartford hospital.
 Closing Session
 The closing session on Thursday January Is. will be a dinner meet ing and will be held in the Old English room at the Hotel Bond Hartford. at 6:30 p. m. Marion H Douglas, director of the Visiting Nurse Association of Hartford. will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
DR. JACKSON HEADS BOARD
Surgeon Renamed Public Health Chairman; Broad
 1942 Program Outlined

Dr. Andrew J. Jackson, prominent local physician and surgeon, was re- elected president of the board of public health at an organization meeting at the City Hall early this afternoon. A board of health pro- gram for 1922 was discussed at the boards initial session.
 All previous members of the board were reappointed by Mayor Vincent A. Scully. They are, in addition to Dr. Jackson, pr. Nelson Pomeroy, Dr. Joseph w. Borchardt. Dr. Ed ward Kirschbaum, Michael Grout, Raymond J. Tanning, and Alderman John Kopcha.
 The board of public welfare. whose members have also been re- appointed, will meet at Il a. m. to- morrow to organize for the coming year.
 The board of finance will organize next week, probably Thursday. The only change in the memuersnip ol this board is the appointment of Alderman William V. Gerardi (R) to succeed Alderman c. Arthur Du- Bois (R), who was not renominated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
BLACK0UT RULES IN MASS. SEVERE
$500 Fine, Year in Prison, or Both for ViOlatOrs of
 Regulations

Boston, Jan. 9-(UP)-Stringent blackout regulations for Massachu- setts were announced today and an executive order by Gov. Leverett Saltonstall made violators subject to a $500 fine, years imprisonment or both.
 Saltonstall issued the regulations under his emergency powers last night and they became effective inn mediately because "the safety of life ard property may from time to time depend upan temporary, but com plete blackout."
 Whether or not blackout is or dered, the governor rules that dis play lighting on signs or show win dows must be extinguished at sunset unless satisfactory arrangements have been made to shut them off in- simultaneously when blackout sig nal is given.
 Hospitals and emergency posts were ordered to obtain blackout equipment immediately and Salton- stall said the signal for blackout would be an afraid alarm or the shutting off of street lights-Which- ever occurs first.
 The rules required that no light be visible from any house or build ing, that all outside lights or fires be extingusihed and that only ap- proved motor vehicles be operated.
 Smoking on the street was for bidde.., but citizens will be allowed to use flashlights of very low inten- sit,' f their rays are directed down. yyo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
SOUTH MAIN ST.
 1 STORE DAMAGED
Seven Companies of Fire Apparatus Check Furni=
 ture Store Blaze

Considerable damage to the stock which included household furnish ings, was caused at the General Furniture Co.,, at 326 South Main street this morning sortly after g o'clock.
 Fire Marshal Dennis J. Lahey said the fire started around the office used by the furniture company and probably was caused by discarded match.
 The flames shot up through the rear of the store, and had reached the ceiling when seven companies of apparatus arrived on the scene Smoke and water damage extended to furniture in the store.
 The building is owned by Mer- ton Greenblatt, the fire marsha, said and is occupied also by the Fulton market and Nemrow Bros. Inc. tobacco dealers.
 The General Furniture establish ment is owned by John Rocco and Edward OIero.
 The alarm was received at 9:1a at the Field street fire headquarters from where Engine 2, 3, 4, 10 and Truck 1 with Booster and Finer gency were dispatched
 The fire marshal said damage tc the furniture shop was mainly in the rear of the establishment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
ELEVEN DEGREES
 GRANTED TODAY
Judge Robert L. Munger Presides at Short Calen=
 dar Session Here

Eleven decreeS were granted to petitioners in uncontested divorce cases heard at today's short calendar session of superior court.
 Judge Robert l.. Munger aWarced S25 weekly alimony and custody o1 two minor children to Grace A. (Sweeney) Kline of this city, in a suit brought against Paul Kline, also of this city. Mrs. Kline had charged the defendant with intoleraple cruelty They married ill Brewster, N. r., October IA, 1932.
 Other decrees granted were as follows: William J. McCarragher from Ethel L. McCarragher on grounds of intolerable cruelty, award cd custody of minor child; Frances J. (Peschen) Kyauskas from John A. Kyauskas, cruelty, allowed to re- sume use of maiden name; Agnes Rubas from Thomas Rubas. deser- ton, custody of minor child.
 Mary (Forish) Jasulavic from John Jasulayic, cruelty, $10 weekly alimony, and change of name; Jean nette May Walleisa from Paul Will liam Walleisa, desertion, custody of minor child; Horace Russom from Charlotte Wright Russom, cruelty; Lillian Romano from Alfonso L. Ro- mana, cruety, custody of two minor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
Late Realty Neus

The following real estate papers have been filed at the office of the town clerk: '."
 Mortgage Deeds
 Nicholas A. D'Aniello, ST., to the First Federal Savings & Loan As sociation of Waterbury, property on Altyre street, $4,OOO.
 James and Beatrice Rankin to the Bridgeport-PeOpl Savings bank, property on Homestead avenue, $3,500.
 Raphael and Nazzarena Con tinell0 to the First Savings & Loan Association of Waterbury, property on Charlevoux street, $4,5OO.
 John H. and Jane c. Cullinan to the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, property on Wood street, $2,100.
 EsteIle Suder Miller to the Wa terbury Building & Loan AssOcia- tion, Inc, property on Baldwin street, $6,O0O.
 Warranty Deeds
 Leda M. Bouley to Nicholas A. D'Aniello, ST., property on Altyre street.
 Michael2 DeSantis to Raphael and Nazzarena COntinello, prop erty on CharlevOux street.
 Howard w. and Nelson T. Mill Ter to Estelle Suder Miller, prop erty on Baldwin street.
 Frank Cuba to Anthony Fer relli, property on Olena avenue.
 Quit Claim Deeds
 Nellie McGrath to Julia Me- Gra.h, land on Stills0n road.
 Fitzgerald & Platt, Inc, to the city of Waterbury, land on ThOm- aston avenue.
 Mortgage Release
 Waterbury Savings bank to Theodore H. Miller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09

In recent years, the nearest ap- proach 10 the biting frigidity eX- perienced here last night occurred on January 25, 1885, when ther- mometers recorded IA below. On January 19, 1888, eleven below weather ,.ept local citizenry chained to the headth. A new record for January was established by last nights chilly blasts.
 Promise of relief came with the weatherman-s prophecy that to- night would bring increased warmth, cloudiness and occasional lig h t snow. Clearing weather towards morning was forecast. At noon to- day, in keeping with the optimism of the sage's prediction, the mer- cury had climbed to 18 degrees above zero.
 Throughout the state last night communities bore the prunt of the severest siege of cold within mem ory of most. Danbury and Man chester reported 16 below, New Ha- ven zero and Hartford, below. Ten and eleven-below weather was experienced in twons surrounding the latter town, and in North Ha- ven, residents sWore by readings of 19 below.
 In western Connecticut, towns le- ported the following lows: Norfolk, "A below; West Morris, 18 below; Bristol, Is below; Lakeville, 20 to 28 below; Bantam, 22 below; Can aan, g below; Cornwall. Is to 20 below; Salisbury, P below; Ches- hire, IA below; Bakersville, 20 be- low; Woodbury, 16 below; Wash irgton, 20 to 27 below. The mini mum at Ashley Falls, Mass, was 20 to 25 .elow
 In chilly Litchfield county the following temperatures were an- nounced: South Plains, g below; East Bridge and Harris Plains, 25 below; Milton, 24 below; and Gai- lows Lane, "A below. Wolcott ex- plared the depths of 16 below, and Torrington shivered in 12 below weather.
 Coal and fuel dealers, hard pressed by demands for prompt tie livery, complained today that peo- pie characteristically waited until tke last minute before ordering fuel supplies. No shortage exists however, it was said, and deliveries will be made in short order. A re- turn to normalcy, though, may take as long as a week, due to deartn of labor in the industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
THREE JAP PLANES
 WERE SHOT DOWN

San Francisco, Jan. g --(UP)- Three Japanese planes were shot down from 9 flight of six which at tackled the city of Tarakan in Brit ish Borneo, the Netherlands East Indies high command announced tonight.
 The NET communique was quoted in a CBS broadcast from Batavia recorded here. The high command said the bombs from the three planes which escaped fell wide of their marks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09

preside. The speaker for the evening will be James A. Hamilton, director of the New Haven hospital, New Haven, and president-e-ect of the American Hospital Association. MT. Hamilton's subject is House For Defense"
 There will be an exhibit in Heu- blein hall of teaching and illustra- tive material arranged by Betty Ricklefs of New Haven, in cooper ation with the schools of nursing.
 Mildred Casscl, instructor at the School of Nursing, Hartford hos pital, Hartford, is chairman of the local arrangements committee. Elea- nor DoWd of New Haven and her committee have arranged the pro- gram.
 The officers of the Educational Section are: Chairman, Jane E. Taylor New Haven; first vice-chair- man, Helen Marchant, Stamford; second vice-chairman, Ruth w. Jes- see, Bridgeport; and secretary, Ber- nice Allen, New Britain.
 All registered nurses are invited to attend the institute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09


 The local took the stand that the state board had not been emphatic enough in asking the Scovill Manu- featuring Company to agree to arbl- tration on it's demands for a wage increase of 10 cents an hour and a bonus of two weeks pay. According to the union. the company refused to agree to submission of the issues to arbitration. (Meantime, in an- swer to a telegraphed request by the union, the U. $. Cancellation Service is sending a cancellation board to this city next Monday or Tuesday,
 The Scovill local wrote to Gov ernor Hurley that the board of medi- ation and arbitration was not llv- ing up to the standards of the Vic tory Compact" which the chief ex- ecutiVe induced labor and manage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09

ment representatives to sign soon after the outbreak of hostilities.
 The unions demands for a wage increase and a bonus were sub mitted to the company several weeks before Christmas. When the com- pany turned down the proposals, a meeting with the state mediation board was arranged for last Friday At this session, according to union spokesmen, Alan c. Curciss, assist ant to the general manager al Scovill's, flatly rejected a plan fol arbitration. Furthermore, the unior claims, MT. Mooney did not insist that the company agree to the terms of the compact.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
EXPEDITIONARY
 ITALIAN FORCE

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 9-(UP)- Plans are underway for the forma- ton of a free Italian expeditionary force to be based ill North Africa, Girolamo Valenti, editor of the nti-Fascist La Parola of New York, said here last night.
 Proponents of the Free Italian force are now discussing plans with the Allied nations, Valenti said. If the plan is approved, he said, 10000 could be put into the field immed- lately.
 The average weight of an ele- phant is about five tons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
15-Below Zero Mark
 Officially Recorded
COdest Spell in Many Years Experienced Here During
 Night; Low Marks Registered in Parts of State

The codest weather in the history of most living resi-
 dents of Waterbury seized this city in grip of ice last night and this morning, the mercury pumetted to an official recording of Is degrees below zero Unofficial reports told of temperatures wentyo and twentywo degrees below The paralyzng cold surpassng records established all but three occasions has been uneualed since January 19 1887 On that day. and again on Janu- ary 12 13 1886 the mercury touched minus twenty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
Marriage Intentions

Marriage intentions have been filed at the town clerks office by the following couples:
 Norman German, B Pemberton street, and Bcrnice J. Boucher, 328 North Main street.
 Ludger Bouffard, 90 Ridge street, and Germaine COrmier, 32 Clifton avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
MAN MOUNTAIN DEAN

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 9-(UP)-An army barber scraped off Il years growth of beard yesterday and found Man Mountain Dean underneath.
 Thus the wrestler, despite his 50 years and 2sO pounds, became sol dier once more. He first saw service in World War I.
 Dean was assigned to the tank cOrDS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
Skating In All
 Parks Announced

Prospects for continued skat- ing in all the city's parks over the weekend appeared very fa- vorable today, with continued near-zero weather and no im- mediate threat of sn0wstOrm to impair skating conditions.
 Skating was officially safic- tiOned in all Waterbury's parks today, according to announce ment by Supt. of Parks James J. Curtin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09

children, and $8 weekly for their support; Anne Keane from Edmund Keane, cruelty. custody of minor child; Emma B. Poirier from Louis Simeon Poirier. assertion: Mabel Fredericks from Edmund Frederlcks, cruelty, change of name to Mabel Rarrett
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
Suggest Disbandment
 Of Mediation Board
CIO Union of ScoviIl Employees Register Vigorous Pros test With Governor furley Compact Spirit Violated

Dsbanding of the State Board of Mediation and Arbi
 ation and unless the spirit Of the management-labor compact is lived up to was urged today on Governor Robert A. Hurley by the Scovl Manufacturing Company local of the International Union of Mine Mill and Shelter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
ORDERS

Premier Mussolini once issued several pamphlets giving advice to neWlyweds and implying that each couple was expected to rear F children.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-26
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Marlene Dietrich's glamor
suffers even more than it did
in "Destry Rides Again" for her
role in the film. She walks into
the Canteen ready and willing to
dance but one sight of La Diet
rich and the soldiers start fight
ing the war right there on the
dance floor. Marlene is knocked
off her famous underpinnings,
loses as much clothing as the
censors will permit and energies
from the melee dancing with a
little five-foot soldier.
And well, that's the way 1T
goes-4O stars in brief bits.
ABOUT THE STARS"
AS to the real stars of Stage
Door Canteen '-Cheryl Walker
and William Terry-its the
biggest break given any Holly
wood newcomers this year.
Cheryl has been around the stu
dios for several years, ever since
she was queen OF the Pasadena
Rose Tournament. She's played
many bit roles and even worked
as a stand-in for Veronica Lake
and Madeleine Carroll.