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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

sanctity Of the family.
Mr.. Lukas acted out his role
throughout its fifteen-month run On
the stage before he transferred Il
TO the picture. For his perform
ance In the stage play he won the
award Of the New York Drama ORR
tics circle for the seasons out
standing performance and It q said
he does an even better acting JOB
In the film. .
Lucille watson, George Coulourie,
Eric Roberts and Frank Wilson afO
part Of the fine cast that made the
play q hit. They are also In the
film version. Yet those Of the cast.
such as Geraldine Fitzgerald and
Beulah Bondi, who were recruited
IN Hollywood, fit flawlessly into tho
picture. Possibly this comes about
because the pictures first concern
Is to tell its story simply, straight
forwardly.
Gals. incorporated" with Leon
Enrol, Frances Langford and Glen
Gray and his Casa Iona orchestra
In featured roles IS the second hit
Of the current program.
Coming Wednesday to the Htat0
Is Warner Bros. musical extrava-
CANA, THANK Your Lucky stars''
with Eddie Cantor, Ann Sheridan,
Enrol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and
q score Of other famous stars. al
aSka" with Richard Arlen and Jean
Parker will be the second hit Of the
program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17
MOVIE NOTES

Walter Huston. who played an
American In mission to Moscow"
and a Russian in 1.-THE North Star"
tests for a role as a Chinese in
Dragon Seed" Lillian and Dor.
othy Gish, who last appeared to-
gether in orphans OF the Storm"
are seking a play or film to do to.
gether In addition to playing
himself, Oscar Levant will serve as
technical adviser on Rhapsody In
Blue" story Of George Gershwin d.
Industry announces overseas troops
are now getting four first-run films
weekly, instead Of three Lloyd
Bacon, who directed him in action
In the North Atlantic" wants to
borrow Dane Clark for THE Sui
livans" John Warburton, who
recently worked In Saratoga Trunk,
may sign q term deal with MGM
Soldiers Tho recently complete
ed filming Irving Berlin's "This Is
the Army" at Warner Bros, under.
going active combat training as pre-.
liminary to their shipment overseas
to present two tab versions Of their
show.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17
ARGUMENT AMONG YANKS ABROAD d
REVEALS A REIGN1NG PIN-UP QUEEN
Also
Of Voting and Demobiizo

started printing IN Sicily q week be-
fore Messina felD. The weekly edi-
ton which handles the, pin-iips Is
hownvto ell theaters and distributed
to the troops. Willig said Miss RUS
sell Is the most travelled pin-up Of
the war because the Yanks not only
carry the calendar around, at times
but also have sent home the COM
troversial pictures.
Yanks overseas do have their
serious side, Willig reports, and he's
decorating their foxholes with 1t,
here to satisfy that sides home
news hunger. He's their first home
front rowing correspondent.
(Which makes me o o1e-man
lobby for soldiers vote, I reckon"
he said. "The boys all want to
know how they're going to be able
to vote in the presidential election,
and one Of my running stories viii
report the progress Of arrangements
to enable them to vote. They also
want to know how they are going
to be mustered olt--are married men
to be demobilized first, or those who
are needed for jobsp
"1'll tell them, too, about the
food situation; what goes on In
their unions; how the younger
generation is behavingfn and what
are we figuring on for after the
war. The boys seems to me to be In
q big hurry to get home-but not
to crawl into their Shells"
Knowing exactly the viewpoint OF
the man in combat and what he
cannot understand about the home
front happenings he hears about,
Willig hopes to clear up consider.
able confusion.
URGES MORE LETTERS
"For instance, the Yank overseas
has heard q lot Of unconnected re-
ports about huge wages, withhold
Ing taxes and prices. I'm not sur.
prised to find people here thinking
that the boys over there are think
ing that the folks here are making
tons Of easy money. Well, I'll try to
find out and tell the fellows how all
that stuff really adds up"
Sergeant willis urges letter.
writer's to give soldiers more per-
sonal and hometown news. Families
and femmes, he said, can forget
about Observation-Disclosures stuff,
including the q famous Brownings,
and Just tell the man what gives:
who got in as tax assessor or head
Of the local Grange; and which Of
his friends has gone to what the
ater Of war.
"Above ALL" he added, "remem-
Der that the man at the front tends
to take no news from home ss bad
news. Write regularly. And II your
Yank hasn't got his own gals pic
ture to 60 with his pinup, send It,"
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- In
Hollywood
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

expected to find Producer Val
Lewton working in an office deco
rated with human skulls, spider
webs and creaking doors. I was
afraid TO even think how Lewton
himself might look. There was talk
that he walked with zombies, had a
speaking acquaintance with wer-
wolves, banshees and kindred
demons and preferred the night life
Of the county morgue to the Mo-
cambo.
After all, he was the man who
discovered a brand-new technique
Of frightening people with such hor-
r0r pictures as 1.-THE Cat People"
1.-THE Leopard Man" and II Walked
With q Zombie." The RKO publicity
department was calling him the
Maharajah Of Mayhem and the
sultan Of Shoulders.
Instead Of a monster with the
body Of Frankenstein'S playmate
and the head Of the Wolf man, I
found q scholarly gentleman who
said he was afraid Of dark alleys.
Years ago." Lewton said, II wrote
novels for a living and when RKO
was looking for a horror producer
someone told them had written
horrible novels. They misunderstood
the word horrible for horror and I
got the job.
SECRET OF HORROR
I.ewton said the secret Of
frightening people was to make
them think. Give 'em psychological
subjects, such as THE Cat People"
IN which the plot was woven
around Zoanthrop, q sort OF monia
IN which the patient believes him
self transformed into an animal.
sGometimes," he said, "a shadow
Il more exciting than q figure. The
Imagination can invent more hor-
rozs than action can portray. There
Is 4 psychological advantage In
InaVing terror 10 the imagination"
2aWlon said he has lots OF fun
making horror pictures. There was
the time one Of his associates sent
a colin 60 the once OF one OF their
wrliaFs. inside the coffin was an
actress, Elizabeth Russell, who had
played 0n0 Of The Cat People. The
writer walled 70 minutes before 10
~ Id enough nerve 10 open the
ild 1nst ~ lle dld, elizabeth started
ia lailRh ana spoiled the sag.
LOOSE LEOPARD
3hnfa was also . time Dynamite
/ tame hlank leopard, 90 Loose %
|l1e ~. LnWlon nnld " was very
'Nn8 bacannG Dynamite v MlaA y
r6le eweri ef1aluIp tnnf 40
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17
STRAND FEATURES
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
TeChnicOlOr Hit Headlines
Don Ameche and Gene
Tierney

Nothing's sacred when Ernst
Lubitsch gives that grand new
touch to the gay old nineties!
That, in q nutshell, Is the saucy,
sparkling story Of Lubitsch's pro-
duction Of Heaven Can Wait" the
technicolor hit which is now play
ing at the Strand Theater for Q
second week.
The spicy Aim is the story of
Grandpa and the French Madem-
oiselle and ladies fair who
gave their lovers the airl And when
It comes to what went on after the
gas lights went out-the flames
"Lubitsch Touch" becomes q wallop!
Don Ameche and Gene Tierney
top the featured cast Of Heaven
Can Wait" Don is q scion Of q staid
New York household-and his an
tics stand the family on its ear.
Gene Is the lady fair whom he woos
and wins-but Don is tightly per-
son. while Gene is not what you
could call submissive sort Of gal.
Which means that even after
they're happily married there are
lots Of fireworks-and plenty of OPP
portunities for Director producer
Lubitsch to inject his distinctive
"touch!"
Heaven Can Wait" is q frank,
frolicking, frivolous comedy aided
immeasureably by the calibre Of its
performers. In addition to Miss
Tierney and Ameche, others in the
large and capable cast include
Charles Coburn. Marjorie Main,
Laird Cregar, Spring Byington,
Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Palette and
Signe Hasso.
On the same program Someone
To Remember" with John Craven,
Dorothy Morris, Mabel Page.
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1.-THE Shark" which had been
threatened with production by Alex
Yokel for over year before 1t
finally got to town, proved to be q
dull and diffuse effort by the vet
eran Owen Davis, who adapted 1t
from a mystery novel by Richard
Shattuck. All about the coins on in
an isolated country house in New
England occupied by members Of
the same family, who are compet-
ing to have the first child born in
the dwelling in order to win the
fortune left by q late relative. 1t
closed the week 1t opened.
THE revivals we warned you about
L are turning up In full force
these nights.
The Shuberts have revived that
hardy operetta perennial. Sigmund
Romberg's Blossom Time" a fan
ciful story about the love life Of
composer Franz Schubert, with AL
exander Grey playing the leading
role, and If it proves to be as
successful as the equally perennial
Student Prince" which has been
coming money since It's revival here
three month ago, the Brothers
Shubert will have nothing to worry
about this season. The music Of
Blossom Time" Of course, is still
the main reason for seeing 1t.
And Tobacco Road" that fabu-
lous holder Of the all-time long-run
record for Broadway, is back again
after a two-season absence, with
John Barton in the role Of Jeeter
Lester, the out-at-toeS, turnip-eat-
ing (when he can get them) south
erner. I still don't know why it ran
as long as it did, but I suppose one
visit should be recommended for
everyone on account Of its historic
place in the theater.
Noel Coward's ''Blithe Spirit" still
a comedy to shout about, has re-
turned for visit prior to a tour
after laying off since last spring
and, strictly speaking. cannot be
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

Russell-this time a torso Job show
ing her seated tailor fashion on
some day and wearing fragmen-
tary frock.
"There'll be pin-up girls as long
as there are so many soldiers and
so few live girls overseas" OBJ
served Sergeant Willig, soberly.
About the girls whom the SOL
diers see, he said: Those French
gals must have been wised up by
their mothers, who were girls in
World War I. Somebody sure
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17
SPONSOR BOWLS BOTTLE

Oakland, Cal. (UP) Only be-
cause the lady was an expert bowler
was the new Navy frigate Hoquiam
saved from an humiliating launch
ing. Miss Helen Philbrick had been
chosen to break the traditional bot
tie of champagne at the Richmond
shipyards, but the Hoquian tried to
put over a walkout on her by start
ing down the ways 8 minutes ahead
Of time. But Miss Philbrick was
there fresh from the bowling alleys
and, taking a firm grip on the bot
tie, sent it scooting after the fleeing
frigate for a ten-pin strike.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

date, swinging, living and giving
out with the latest tunes In their
own 1nimitable style, none other
than the -Four Ink Spots. Watch
for these big names coming soon to
the Loew Poll theater for two days
only, and all at our popular Loew
Prices--positively the biggest and
best stage shows in New England.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

Marguerite Chapman is doing all
right at cementing Pan-American
relations. says Sr. Hector Santaela
of the Venezuela ministry of agri-
culture. Marguerite knows just one
phrase in Spanish and when the
Senior visited the set Of Columbia's
MY Kingdom For a Cook" yester-
day, she dug it up. cay! Que Bo-
nito!.. Hello, Handsomel" - or
words to that effect.
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warned 'em that the Yanks aren't
serious. The fellows who have been
in England complain most British
gals are friendly. But the French
those toujour l'amour gals, as we
thought-you make date with one,
and her mama and 3-year-old
brother alsp meet you at the
movies"
The stars and Stripes, North
African edition. Is four-page
daily published in Algiers, Gran,
Casablanca, and Palermbo. (They
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

Less automobile driving means
more dilution Of the crankcase oil
because much Of the time the engine
does not get warm enough 10 evap-
crate the moisture that, condenSes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17
BIG TOWN MEDLEY
BY JACK GAvER
United Press Drama Editor

NEW Of motherhood that threatened for Time
~
comedy THE Shark Was Boojum
e the characters in that
about become mothers the sunnng Threes Family
Elmer ices
"A Len to town. about the birth Of child
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

Gasoline can be saved by having
a mechanic install smaller main
Jets in the carburetor Of the auto
mobile.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-17

The improved "K"-type airship
operated by the Navy has a gas ca
pacity of 100000 cubic yards.
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Arlington Asked 10 Aid
tuberculosis Drive
County Manager Urges
Campaign Support

County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
han today called on the citizens of
Arlington to cooperate with the
tuberculosis Association during it's
annual campaign, as we'll as
throughout the year" to the end
that the unholy alliance between
war and tuberculosis Is not per-
mitted to occur in our midst"
Mr.. Hanrahan pointed out that
the disease already is rising in cer-
tain areas in the United States due
to wartime conditions and said that
a Nationwide rise in the disease
would seriously sabotage greatly
increased number of individual lives
as we'll as our war production.
Meanwhile, the County Tubercu-
losis Association announced a drive
to make chest rays and tuberculin
tests available to county residents.
Tests to discover incipient cases
of tuberculosis will begin in the high
schools next Monday.
During the week of April IA
portable Xray facilities will be set
up so that large numbers in each
neighborhood can be rapidly
X-rayed
Special groups planning to have
X-rays made during the drive in
clude the Arnold Bus Co., Sears
Roebuck, j. C. Penney, county Girl
Scout troops, the seven county wom-
ems clubs and the county Red Cross
chapter.
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Catholic Bishops Appeal
For War Relief Funds

An appeal for funds to continue
its work among the homeless and
starving peoples of Poland Greece,
China and other countries will be
made on Sunday, April 4. in Catholic
churches throughout the country,
the American Bishops War Emer-
gency and Relief Committee an
nounced today through the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
More than $1.322,00O was dis
tributed by the Bishops Committee
last year to needy of all races and
creeds in war--torn countries. OF
this, about $3.50 900 was disbursed by
Pope Plus XII out of two allotments
made by the bishops. AS neutral
agent Pope Plus was able to provide
food, clothing and other materials
for Americans in Axis internment
camps as we'll as for American
prisoners of war.
The Bishops War Emergency and
Relief Committee conducts the an
nual collection to avoid multiple
national appeals. The Most Rev,
Edward Mooney. Archbishop of
Detroit, is committee chairman.
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Arlington Group 10 Seek
Blood Donations April 7

A mobile unit of the Red Cross
will be at Westover Baptist Church
In Arlington from 845 Am. to lis
pm. April to receive blood dona-
tions for the Red Cross blood bank
The drive is being sponsored by
the Westover Civic Association with
the cooperation of the Arlington
Red Cross. This is the first time
house toulouse blood donor can
vass has been organized by any
civic association, officials of the
group said
The Westover Blood Donor Re-
cruiting Committee plans a con-
tinuous campaign for blood donors
so every one will have the oppor-
tunity to give blood
Maj. Robert Bruce is chairman of
the committee, with Mrs. r. w.
Ayers as his assistant. Mr.. Neil
Foss, president of the Westover
Civic Association, and Mrs. Gorham
Freer. chairman of the Red Cross
blood donor service in Arlington
are assisting. Other committee
members are Mrs. Donald Payne,
in charge of publicity; Mr.. r. w.
Ayers, in charge of records, and
Mr.. Milton Cross, who will handle
the donor unit.
Area captains chosen to head the
house-to- house canvass are: Mrs.
A. D. Riblet, Mrs. M. B. Cross, Mrs.
A. c. Baur, Mrs. j. L. Reinartz, Mrs
o. A. Williams, Mrs. A. c. Elder and
Mrs. E. w. Gilkay. They will have
so block leaders working under
them
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Steps Taken 10 Obtain
US0 for Silver Spring

Definite steps for establishment
Of recreation facilities for servicemen
in the eastern suburban area Of
Montgomery County. Md, have been
launched with the appointment of
William NJ Wright, Silver Spring
jeweler and civic leader. as chair
man of the Silver Spring branch of
the Montgomery County Civilian
War Recreation and Hospitality
Committee.
The new chairman said he has
conferred with Edward A. Conover,
field representative of the Defense
Health and Welfare Services of the
Federal Security Administration, re-
garding the chances of obtaining a
USO branch for Silver Spring, and
that Mr.. Conovers response was
favorable.
Mr. Wright h" > asked the Rev
Ralph D. Smitt-, pastor of the Wood
side Meth~ -ist Church, Prof. E,
Merritt >ouglass, principal Of Mont
gomf Y Blair Senior High School,
ar William J. Brown to act as a
survey committee for the USO
project.
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Directors Promote
Boe|ey 10 President
OF Bethesda Bank
Judge Prescott to
Fill Board Vacancy;
Other Employees Raised

S. Walter Bogley, cashier of the
Bank of Bethesda since its establish
ment in 1919 ana executive vice
president for the past several years,
has been named president by the
Board of Directors.
w. Paul Stallsmith, assistant
cashier, was promoted to cashier,
and w. Casheu Shumaker, paying
teller, was made assistant cashier.
Judge Stedman Prescott Of Rock
vile was elected TO the board to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
George P. Sacks.
A resident of Friendship Heights
since 1911, Mr.. Bogley has been
closely connected with the civic and
business life of Bethesda for two
decades. He is a past master of the
Bethesda Lodge, A. F.. A. M; was
one of the organizers and a past
president of the Bethesda Fire De-
partment, one of the founders of
the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
and the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, past president of the
Bethesda -Chevy-Chase Rotary Club,
county director of the war savings
staff and trustee Of the Suburban
Hospital, Chevy Chase Junior Col
lege and the Eldbrooke Methodist
Church.
Mr.. Stallsmith has been with the
bank since 1921 and Mr.. Shumaker
since 1926.
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Meeting al Wanenton
To Discuss Rationinq

Members of the food and price
divisions Of the Arlington County
War Price and Rationing Board will
attend discussion of the Federal
program Of rationing tomorrow in
the Warrenton tVaD High School
auditorium.
Speakers will include Harry Duval,
State food rationing officer; c. Hart
Schaaf, State rationing executive:
P. M. jackson, State Agricultural
War Board assistant, and DR.. Ray
mond P. Pinchbeck, State price ex-
ecutive. Northern Virginia slaugh-
terers, packers, wholesalers, bntch-
ers, restaufateurs, butter and cheese
producers and members of agricul-
tural boards are expected to attend.
County rationing officials also
pointed out that tomorrow marks
the first day of operation of the Sec
ond in series of community assist
Evening star., 1943-03-25
Bus Shelter Is Built
By Residents Of
landover Hills
Children Helped to
Erect Structure in
Nearby Maryland

They're putting the finishing
touches on much-needed bus stop
shelter in Landover Hills, Md, to-
day and if the citizens don't like
the final product they can write a
letter OF protest-to themselves.
Residents of the nearby Maryland
community started construction of
the shelter last Sunday, and the
men, women and children made up
in willingness what they lacked in
skill.
The shelter is built Of lumber
and asbestos shingles donated by
Munro Warren, builder of the Land
over Hills development. Peter
Sword, a contractor, and Nels
Anderson, carpenter, both resi-
dents Of the community, served as
foremen.
The residents just pitched in and
did what they were told to do. The
shelter is an 8-by-l2-foot struc-
ture. -.s......ta.
Children Of the community who
take the school bus to- Lanham and
Bladensburg and the large number
Of persons vino commute daily to
Washington will benefit most from
the new shelter. located at Seventy
first street on the Defense Highway.
Mrs. E. C. McEntee, chairman of
the Transportation Committee of
the Landover Hills Citizens Asso-
citation, said the Greyhound Bus
Co. had agreed to make Landover
Hills an official stop on its Annap-
oils run.
Evening star., 1943-03-25
McCand|ish Requests
State Aid for Teachers
Delegate Asks Dorden
To Act ImmediuteIy .-

Robert j. MeCandlish, jr., Fairfax
County member of the Virginia
House of Delegates, has requested
Gov. Darden to consider an imme-
diate increase in State aid for teach
ers' salaries and If necessary to call
a special session OF the Legislature,
1t was revealed today.
In message, Endorsed by G. WAL
lace Carper, chairman of the Board
Of Supervisors; L. M. Coyner, treas
urer; Paul E. Brown, Common
wealth's attorney, and other county
officials, Mr.. McCandlish pointed
out that sentiment in the county
is Strongly in favor" of an imme-
diate increase in State aid to teach
ers.
Il feel it my duty" Mr.. McCand-
lish told the Governor, ''to urge you
to call special session of the Legis-
lature without delay"
Mr.. McCandlish pointed out that
taxes in the county, particularly for
farmers, already are high, and de-
clared the tax burden could be ma
terially reduced by an increase In
State aid for teachers salaries.
Mr.. Coyner explained that the
present school tax rate of $1.25 per
500 property valuation will be
raised to $1.65 under the proposed
increase in teachers pay provided
in the county budget for the year
beginning July l.
He added that this rate will be
reduced in direct proportion to the
amount the county receives this
coming year in State aid.
Mr. McCandlish said it was I'M
portant that the Governor act be-
fore final budget hearings In coun-
ties throughout the State. In Fair
fax County the public hearing on
the proposed budget is scheduled for
April S.
County officials pointed out that
it is becoming increasingly difficult
to obtain good teachers at salaries
now being paid. They said school
officials have indicated that unless
salaries for teachers are brought
more in line with salaries being paid
Government workers, county schools
will face a serious teacher shortage
next year,
Evening star., 1943-03-25
u. S. Workers Bad Bills Set
At 100000 at One D. G. Store

One District department store
charged off 100000 in bad debts last
year, half of which represented un-
collectable accounts of Government
employees whose salaries could not
be garnisheed or attached, House
Judiciary Subcommittee was told
yesterday
The witness, Abe Coonin. repre-
senting the National Retail Credit
Association, said, Because this
amount was charged off as an oper-
ating expense, the Government lost
at least $4,000 it might have re-
cevied in taxes" He explained that
a survey made by his associations
Legislative Committee shows that
there is large percentage of de-
linquency among Government en-
plos in paying their accounts, due
to the fact that their salaries can
not be garnisheed.
The hearing was on a bill spon-
sored by Representative Kefauver,
Democrat, of Tennessee, which seeks
to make Federal employees pay
checks subject to attachment. The
credit association indorsed the bill.
Mr.. Coonin said that the fact that