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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19

swore at him; "Taxi'' the Brooklyn cab-driver, who longed see "dem beautiful buns; "Soose," who was proud of the Indian blood in his veins and the Jap blood on his bay onet; Captain Davis" the philo- sophical Marine and "Tex" the guy with glad eye for gals, and 8 deadly eye for sniperS.
 Here, too, you'll thrill to the un- conquerable courage that marks Americas glory in action-the bril- liant, hard-won action that gave the Japs their first bitter taste of de- feat. With "Guadalcanal Diary, it can be said that 20th Century Fox has truly added still another to its long list of triumphant transfer ences of great literature to screen masterpieces.
 The film stars Lloyd Nolan, Pres ton Foster, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, William Bendix and other great stars.
 The second big hit on the pro- gram is the tuneful musical hit, Harvest Melody with Rosemary Lane and Johnny Downs.
 These two great features can be seen at our Early Bird Show Sat urday morning at 10:00 a. ma show which is given every Satur- day morning at this same time for the benefit of defense workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19
TWO GRAND FILMS
 AT STRAND TODAY
Sweet Rosie O'Grady'' Continues Till Wednes-
 day Starring Grable

Current at the Strand theater is the biggest musical production of them all, Sweet Rosie O'Grady", a tuneful spectacle in technicolor star ring gorgeous blonde Betty Grable with dashing Robert Young. The film was produced under the banner of 20th Century Fox, makers of hit musicals.
 Betty plays the title role in this tale of the gay sos when the TO- nance of the Victorian era was at its height. She is gay little Amer ican entertainer who becomes the rage of London-but her past" is exposed by reporter young.
 Others having outstanding roles in Sweet Rosie O'Grady" are singing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19
BOB ASTOR MAKES
 WATERBURY DEBUT
Orchestra to Top Jacques Theater First Vaudeville
 Show Sunday

There will be three performances of Glorif1ed Follies of 1943' today at Jacques theater, at 2:30, 8:30 and the usual big gala midnight show. This production, which stars glamor- ous Valerie Parks and an outstand- ing supporting cast, concludes its local engagement tomorrow night.
 Starting Sunday and every Sun- day thereafter, Jacques theater will present a deluxe program of Broad way vaudeville bringing to Water bury, outstanding entertainers of stage, screen and radio.
 Sundays initial show will feature Bob Astor and his great orchestra with Betty Daniels. Astor comes here direct from a series of record- breaking engagements at the lead ing night clubs and resorts through out the nation. His most recent engagements being at the Famous Door in Hollywood and the Onyx Club in Los Angeles. Astors style is definitely solid and has been characterized by critics as a "Lunce- ford swine with a basic beat. In addition there will be five outStand- ing vaudeville acts including Marie Leonard and Company, direct from "Broadway's Strip For Action" show, and George Ming Loy, China's Royal Singer. The Victory Belles and others round out 8 program of fast moving stage entertainment that is bound to find favor with local vaudeville fans. There will be three complete performances on Sunday at 300, 500 and 8:30 p. m.
 On Monday Waterbury's own fa- vorite daughter, linda Nassau re- turns to her home town with her all new show Hindu Belles.'' linda has a host of friends and former school mates here in Waterbury who will want to be on hand to welcome her back to her native city. Her new show is one of the largest and most elaborate productions on tour today with @ cast of more than 40 great burlesquers including three great comedians. Benny "Wop' Moore, Harry Bentley and Fred Lewis are tops in fun making and they keep the comedy assignment in Hindu Belles" moving at a fast pace from opening to closing curtain. Others in the cast include Fred Lewis, Charlie Harris, straight man, Leslie Brooks, Louise Shan non. Don Camp and the coed beauty chorus.
 Hindu Bellies" will be presented twice daily at 2:30 and 8:30 and at the usual Friday midnight show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19
FALLEN SPARROW
 TOPS STATE BILL.
Spy-Mystery Movie Fea- lures Double Bill Start-
 ing Sunday

Performances tomorrow evening at Warmers State theater conclude the engagements of Johnny Come Lately" James Cagney's newest hit and "Buckskin Frontier" with Rich ard Dix and Jane Wyatt in featured roles.
 "The Fallen Sparrow" an action packed and suspenseful big spy mystery movie based on the best seller of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes comes to the screen at the State on Sunday with Maureen OHara and John Garfield appear ing together on the screen for the first time.
 Garfield has played some of the screens greatest hard guy" roles, but he was never tougher nor more realistic than as the young Amer ican adventurer who returns from the civil war, prison and torture in Spain to match wits with Axis agents in his own New York city and in the midst of his circle of well-to-do friends. His love-making to three beautiful women particu- larly strikes a new note.
 Not even as william has he or any other screen smoothie succeeded in putting over such hard-boiled, ruthless romancing, quality which makes his love affairs in the picture with Miss O'Hara, Martha ODris- coll and Patricia Morrison strikingly different.
 The three women have splendid parts and enact them we'll. Walter Slezak in very difficult role fulfllls the promise he showed as Ginger Rogers husband in Once Upon a Honeymoon" and as the Nazi Major in "ThiS Land Is Mine" The cele- brated European and American stage actor takes the role of a wheel-chair invalid twice his actual age.
 Other fine acting jobs are turned in by Hugh Beaumont, John Ban ner, and large cast of character artists.
 The second hit of Sundays new show will be "The Adventures of a Rookie" which presents a mirthful and timely story of rookie life, both in army camps and or leave. The new comedy also introduces a great male comedy team Wally Brown and Alan Carney.
 Coming to the State on Wednes- day is "Old Acquaintance" which reunited the stars of "The Old Maid" Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins. Based upon the Broadway success of the same name by John Van Druten, the film features such favorites as Gig Young, John Loder and Dolores Moran. Murder on the Water Front" with Warren Douglas, Joan Winfield and John Loder will be the second hit of the program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19

Phil Began, Adolphe Menjou, Vir- ginia Grey, and Reginald Gardiner.
 The film is resplendent with daz- zling dance numbers and many of the pictures song numbers are sweeping the nation of the hit pa- rade. Don't miss seeing Sweet Rosie O'Grady" at the Strand The ater-and if you've seen 1t once al- ready, believe us, it's worth seeing again.
 On the same program is another smash hit.
 Opening at the Strand on Wed- nesday next is a gala Holiday show topped by Charles Laughton, Donna Reed. Binnie Barnes and Richard Carlson in "The Man From Down Under"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19

a Nai prisoner laugh for the first time since he was taken prisoner by pulling the old vaudeville trick of pretending to break his nose by walking into wall. Those are just some of the little things.
 Red Skelton has donated his time and talent whenever and wherever 1t was needed. That's why we found 1t great privilege to honor Red Skelton, on behalf of just about everybody.
 He deserves everything we've said about him in this column.
 Why, he's even Brownie in the Girl Scouts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19
Promising Pictures Feature Programs OF Local 7heaters
- Ln Hollywood
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON NEA Staff Correspondent

There's Q gag in Hollywood that every time Red Skelton sees man in uniform he does show. Not long ago, so the story goes, he spotted Q gent in uniform and did three routines before he discovered the guy was 6 hotel doorman.
 It's really more than just gag, though.
 Ever since the war started, the nlm comedian has given more of .his time and talent to the war ef- fort, with less publicity about it., than anyone we know. Several weeks ago we decided something |1hould be done about it.
 l We talked 1t over with Edna lgkelton and Johnny Gudel and Reds film studio associates. And o the other night, on Reds radio program, we publicly expressed an appreciation he so richly deserved.
 On behalf of thousands of sol- Miers and sailors and marines who have written us letters praising Reds entertainment tours, on be- k1aA O4 t44C AACdou4J oCPoA tAAASAAV and on behalf of the millions of lkeaders of this column throughout the nation, we had the pleasure of honoring him for his 1000 appear Iances for the armed forces, the Treasury Department, benefits and charity performances.
 HONOR LIST
 In physical form, the appreciation was expressed in lamp fashioned from 75-mm. shell from the boys of the 143rd Field Artillery. But in spirit, the lamp represented 8 lot of things - big and little things which Red Skelton has done.
 His Army, Navy and Marine camp shows at regular bases and in remote camps in the California and Arizona deserts.
 Sale of 104 million dollars of war bonds in Portland, Oregon.
 Countless flights and hours of entertainment for small groups of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19
HOW MANY RATION POINTS?

New York City's Time Square district now boasts 6,437, ,000 visitors week, feeds them 5000, 900 meals in 200 restaurants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-19
COMEDY LEADS IN MUSICAL

Wally Brown and Alan Carney will play the comedy leads in "Sev- en Days Ashore" the musical which John H. Auer will produce and di- rect for RKO Radio. Carney scored as Cary Grants bodyguard in MT. Lucky" Brown made his film debut in "Petticoat Larceny" Both won their entertainment spurs in vaude. vile,
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Id Rather Be Riqht-

ed resolutions as We 60 to church,
once a week, without prejudice to
our daily activity. When we be-
gin to internationalize something in
which there is a touch of profit,
If 1t be only ham sandwich, I
shall look up at once, my eyes pop
ping out of my head.
Shall we have an international
police force to guard our rejection
of internationalism7 Shall 1t be
everybody's police force, to watch
out. for some peoples special claims
and rights?
I feel somewhat sad, thinking of
those Senators going out into this
big, boiling, bleeding world, to look
into the question of who gets the
airports. So big a world, so small
a thing to look forl It is like
trip to the moon to bring back
hayseed.
This trip, for this purpose, projects
our self-centeredness outward; it is
American isolation on its travels,
though the men involved may not
be isolationists.
For, If we had truly lost our
isolation, these Senators would have
been asked to report on what the
world thinks of us, not on what
they think Of the world. There
are many inquiries the Senators
could validly make. Who cares what
six Senators think of the world
anyway? I want to know what the
world thinks Of US.
Is the world still impressed by
our goodwill Is IT. bothered by our
occasional yawps for airports and
Islands and such' But these ques-
tions never arise In our minds. It
is always a one-way, outward pro-
cess, as If the stage were perpetu-
ally ours and everybody else only the
audience.
1t never occurs to us to question
our own act. We know who the
star is.
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Alexandra Lions Club
Choirmen Appointed

The following committee chairmen
were appointed yesterday by Charles
Pullman, president Of the Alexan-
dria Lions Club at the organiza- =
tion's meeting in the Laura Lee Tea
Room:
Aubrey Matter, program; James
c. Bruin, attendance; Clifford Cum
ningham, membership; Claude Hoo
yer, constitution and bylaws; Allan
w. Fredd, publicity; William Coax
ley, jr., blind and sight conserva-
ton; Nicholas Colasanto, major ac-
tivities, and William Cunningham.
citizenship and patriotism
Newly elected officers of the club
were installed by DR.. Nathan Schu-
mann, past president.
Evening star., 1943-07-15

ings or take any action until
Congress returns.
This does not mean, however,
that activity by the supporters
of this proposal to bypass the
Constitution through the enact
ment of legislation has ceased.
The National Committee to
Abolish the Poll Tax is raising
funds to carry on the fight. The
CIO, which has been a strong
supporter of the effort to elimi-
nate the poll tax through legis-
lation, is appealing for the final
enactment of the law as war
measure.
With an election coming up
next year, groups supporting the
antipoll tax bill will put on pres
sure to get Senate action. Only
States which still have a poll
tax are seven or eight in the
South. Friends of the measure
feel that they can line up both
Republican and Democratic
votes from North and West
States, in many of which the
Negro vote is extensive, New
York. Illinois. Ohio and Penn
sylvania, for example. They
have done so in the past. They
did it in the House when that
body passed the poll tax bill, 265
to Ito.
Blocked by Filibuster.
Only the power of the Senate
filibuster, made possible by the
right of unlimited debate in the
Upper House, has been able up to
now to check the poll tax bill.
Southern Senators, insisting that
the measure is both uneonstitu-
tional and an invasion of States
rights, will f1libuster again.
To make such a fllibuster in
effective, proponents of the bill
are seeking to line up two-thirds
of the Senators to support clo-
ture. Only by such a vote can
the Senate bring debate to con-
clusion. 1t is problematical, how
ever, whether two-thirds of the
Senators will 60 along on a clo-
ture vote even though two
thirds of the membership would
vote for the poll tax bill If it
actually came to vote. Sem
ators do not like to invoke clo-
ture. They fear that on some
other occasion a measure which
they do not approve may be
jammed down their throats by
this process.
When Congress returns. 15h
months will remain before it
bows its way out and is sue
ceeded by the Seventy ninth
Congress. This would seem to be
ample time in which to force a
vote on the poll tax bill, no mat
ter how formidable a filibuster
might be. 1t must be remem-
Evening star., 1943-07-15

italy in" the next month, when
the Sicilian operations are likely
to be completed.
1t appears that the Italians
lack of enthusiasm in fighting
the Allies was an even greater
surprise to the Germans than to
us. Had even the relatively poor
units which had been placed to
defend the coasts of Sicily shown
any desire whatever to fight
there is no question that our
initial losses would have been
heavy.
Germans Thwarted.
AS it is, the eagerness Of the
Italians to surrender has been a
severe blow to the NaZi high
command. The German strate-
gists apparently figured that the
coastal defenses would delay our
forces sufficiently to enable the
so-called first-class italian troops.
strongly supported by the Nazis,
to give battle on a terrain which
is highly advantageous to Defend
ing forces.
Everything was perfect - on
paper-and there seems to be no
question that the Germans were
correct in their calculations that
the conquest of Sicily could be
delayed for many weeks
The Germans are said to feel
now that it is useless to sacrifice
more troops to show Mussolini
that Hitler kept his pledge to
defend Italy's most important
outpost in the Mediterranean.
Although no Official figures are
yet available, unofficial communi-
cations indicate Allied casualties
have been negligible. Gen. Eisen-
hover had expressed the view
Evening star., 1943-07-15

ments six months after the end OF
the war.
Such big world, and such little
thing to look for in 1t! We have
built these airports, true, but on the
territory of our Allies. Shall we now
claim permanent rights? A little
pulse of acquisitiveness beats
strangely, Unexpectedly.
Senator Mead says at once that,
under Lease-Lend in reverse, we
ought to obtain rights to the use of
these fields in the postwar era. Our
rights! The man talks about our
rights! The bloody old phrase crops
up in the bright new war.
Special Rights Unsafe.
But there is only one safe way to
guarantee American rights to use
those fields. That is to guarantee
the use of those fields to all the
United Nations. 1t should be like
your right to breathe the air, the
best safeguard of which is every
body elses right to breathe it. The
merest touch of EXCLUSIVELY threat
ems everybody's rights, including our
own. No rights are less safe than
special rights,
This incident will explain why I
find myself a little less than ecstatic
about those congressional resolu-
tions in favor of an international
police force, etc.
Those resolutions should, of
course, be passed. I am for every
one Of them. If 10 more are written,
I shall be for them all. But they do
start at the wrong end.
If we internationalized a series
Of key airports around the world,
an international police force would
follow, naturally and inevitably, as
an international guard for an in
ternational institution. But from
an international police force alone,
nothing follows. 1t is the period
without the sentence.
Resolutions a Habit.
We go to these vague, high mind
Evening star., 1943-07-15
| Mountain of Mail
| Answers Plea for
| RuttIesnokes
BY the Associated Press.

SAN GABRIEL, Calf. July 15.-
Florida, get ready to take over the
snake letters.
Word got around few months
ago that Herpetologist George l.
Dowden was in the market for q
few hundred rattlesnakes. He was
extracting venom which the Govern
ment uses to make antitoxins and
pain-relievirg serums
Letters from snake charmers
fanciers, collectors and hunters be-
gan to swamp the Dowden mailbox
In the midst of the deluge, George
enlisted in the Army.
Mountains Of mail, offering snakes
for sale, It'll are coming in-C. L.
Dowden, Georges father, laments.
THE only man I know Of" he
adds, who Is doing work like George
used to do is Ross Allen at the
Florida Reptile Farm in Crystal
Springs. Fla. understand he is
extracting venom from rattlers for
the Government"
Evening star., 1943-07-15
PRESBYTERIAN Evangelism
Committee Heads Named
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, July 15.-The Com
mittee on Evangelism of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States, reconstructed on authorize
ton of the General Assembly of the
church last May, is headed by DR..
Frank c. Brown of Dallas, Tex.
Other officers, named yesterday,
are DR.. D. w. Richardson of Rich
mond. Va, vice chairman, and M. o.
Sommers of Raleigh, N. c.. secretary.
DR.. Richardson also was chosen
moderator of the General Assembly
Members of an Executive Com
mittee named t. serve with the
officers are the Rev. c. Logan Land
rum of Macon. Ga; the Rev. M. A.
Boggs of Little Rock. Ark: the Rev.
Lloyd Courtney of Lewisburg, w. Va,
and Mrs. Francis r. Crawford of
Farmville, Va.
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Puerto Ricun Doubtful
TuqweII Will RESIGN
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, July
15.-Dr. Antonio Fernos Isern, acting
Governor, yesterday characterized as
lust rumors" speculation that Gov.
Rexford G. Tugwell would not re-
turn from the United States, leaving
DR.. Fernos as Governor.
1t has been speculated that Mr..
Tugwen might resign, thus opening
the way for President Roosevelt to
appoint the islands first native
Governor. There have been recent
shifts in personnel in the insular
government.
DR.. Fernos, regularly the health
commissioner, leads the majority
party and has a strong political
following.
Evening star., 1943-07-15
The Political Mill

bered, however, that Congress will
have a raft Of other measures
pressing for attention, many Of
them directly connected with the
war effort. They cannot be held
up indefinitely while the support
ers Of the poll tax bill try to
break the opposition.
Fight in Tennessee.
The poll tax as requisite for
voting was imposed in many
States. Gradually, however, the
States themselves have aban-
doned these poll taxes. The last
State to make the effort was
Tennessee. It's General Assembly
passed a law doing away with
the poll tax. However, short
time ago the State Supreme
Court ruled the act unconstitu-
tional on the ground that the
Tennessee constitution specif1-
cally provides for poll tax as a
requisite for voting. The de-
cision was three to two. 1t would
appear, moreover, that 1t has
effectually checked an effort by
legislation to override the State
constitution. The people of Ten
nessee, of course, can go ahead
and amend their constitution,
which was adopted in its present
form In 1870.
1t is easy to attack poll tax.
No one, it is argued, should be
compelled to pay tax in order
to vote for the kind of govern
ment and administrators he
wants. The question involved in
this congressional fight over the
poll tax is not whether poll tax
is meritorious, but whether the
Congress, by Federal law, shall
undertake to impose its will on
the people Of sovereign States
who still desire to have a poll
tax.
Poll tax foes could campaign
throughout individual States
which retain the tax and by a
process of education wean them
away from the poll tax, but they
want action now. They could, If
they wished, seek to amend the
Constitution so there would be
uniform law prohibiting a poll
tax. But that, too, would be
long process.
Contentious of Both Sides.
The contention is made by
friends of the poll tax bill that
Congress has the right to pre-
scribe the qualifications and con-
ditions which voters shall have
to take part in the election Of
Senators, Representatives and
presidential electors. The Con-
stitution says, however, The
House of Representatives shall
be composed of members chosen
every second year by the peo-
pie of the several States, and
the electors in each State shall
have the qualifications requisite
for electors of the most numer-
Gus branch of the State Legis-
lature." In other words, 1t left
to the States to determine what
those qualifications shall be.
Opponents of the poll tax bill
say that a State may Ak as a
qualification for voting the pay
ment of a poll tax, and do it
constitutionally.
The effort to have the Congress
ride over the States In this mat
ter is dictated largely by poll
tics. Negroes claim that the poll
tax is imposed in the Southern
States to prevent members Of
their race from voting. They
can, If they wish, pay to poll tax
and vote. There are many whites
Co,,tI, r1,I,a ,.nnIa,k
Evening star., 1943-07-15
This Changing World

that the initial operations would
take a heavy toll and he had
prepared for such an emergency
by having large requirements on
hand.
The Allies have suffered some
casualties particularly from air
bombardments, but, on the whole,
it is questionable whether they
exceeded 1000 up to Tuesday.
Disintegration Seen.
Unless there is an unexpected
and complete change OF heart
among the Italians, it would not
be indulging in unwarranted op-
timism to say that the italian
forces defending Sicily rapidly
are disintegrating
1t appears that most of the
prisoners, and particularly those
who surrender without fighting,
are anxious to spend their time
as prisoners of war in this coun-
try. The first question asked by
these men is when will they be
sent to America.
The war material captured from
the Italians Is good. The morale
of the prisoners and the popula-
tion Is equally good. 1t can be
summed up in the words: To
hell with the war and Mussolini.
24-Hour Lull Expected.
The next "a hours probably
will be marked by a lull. Allied
beachheads have been establish
ed firmly and Gen. Eisenhower
is rushing large quantities of
war materials and supplies for the
big push, which is expected to
start as soon as sufficient sup
plies have been landed.
For the time being, there
seems to be no need for landing
more men. They are on hand
and can be put ashore on short
notice.
But the casualties we suffered
were so small that substantial
increase in the force on Sicily
does not appear to be necessary.
Even the light brushes we had
Tuesday with a German column
which attacked our hanks did
not cause any read loss of men
and war material.
After a short engagement, the
Nazis withdrew hastily, leaving
the Italians to hold the bag as
they did in Africa
This Mussolini's soldiers re-
fused to do this time and sur
rendered as soon as the Germans
disappeared.