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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-02
And Milligan Was His Name

sought. Jim Milligan, it is, and a
right good job he does in his bit.
Some day 1--WE have a feeling Mark
Sandrich, Allan Scott and Paulette
Goddard will know that name And
when the inquiring reporter asks
they'll chorus: why, Jim Milligan
YOU certainly must know JIM
X X y
Point-hoarding visitors have good
reason to gasp when they walk on
stage II at Paramount, where Fred
MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck
are appearing all this week in
grocery store sequence.
Playing couple of delightful
characters who plot to kill Bar
bara's husband and collect his in
surance in Double Indemnity" the
two fear their phones are being
tapped. So, they agree to meet at
the self-serving grocery market and
surreptitiously continue their con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-02

NOISY, IL is Jne QulnCeSSenCe OF corn
but it is also triumphant demon
stration that once you knock the
STIFFNESS out of an audience, every
body will have a good time The
Messrs. O. and J. simply have proved
that people are funny with their
hair down or their pants off.
Sons O. Fun" fresh from two
years on Broadway, gives no i'm
preston of loss of the explosive
energy which blows the customers
all the way back to the primitive.
Even the costumes and sets have
survived the wear and tear which
are the greatest wear and tear to
which any similar items ever have
been exposed. Where they do look
frayed and worn, it is because they
are supposed to look that way, which
means no doubt that even the char
women and wardrobe chatelaines
have been indoctrinated with the
notion that this, in its way, must
be art
In funneling the audience into
the realm of pure slapstick, the
stars of the show keep themselves
and their assortment of associate
vaudevillians in the spotlight. They
make an occasional furtive, slightly
leering bow to song and dance but
primarily as filler material. What
are these as compared with the
smoke bomb, the blank cartridge,
the high-pitched scream. the dance
In the aisle, and the auction? What
indeed! And what of the occasional
skit, the blackout? 1t is time-out
to permit sweeping up the debris. or
to give the audience time to get its
nerves ready for the next shock
That is the way it is with those sons
Of fun. They would not have YOU
think otherwise.
Co-comedians with the shows
stars are chiefly Frank Libuse and
Joe Besser, the former from the
sWankier vaudeville chalets, the lat
ter from the sanitary department of
ourlesque. In fairness to Mr.. Besser.
corpulent man with gestures, it
should be admitted that all other
people like him much better than
this commentator. All other people
Olsen, johnson, Libuse and Besser
couaborate in two of their carnivals
tunnler, though not new, skits. One
Is that Quiet Night in the Coun-
try which has been charming bur-
lesque audiences, in one form or
another, for decades. The other is
an induction center scene which is
a combination of slapstick and the
baWdy ballet.
Neither compares in comedy value
with those antic moments when the.
principal clowns take over as mas
tiers OF ceremonies to give the show
the flavor of a gusty box social, a
sort Of poor mans oklahoma !"
with the audience as part of the
cast. AS always and anywhere, the
high light turns out to be the auc-
ton. sequel to the country store
passage in "Hellzapoppin'." The
disposal of everything from special
lied baby plumbing to the perfume
industry's most infammatory am
brosias is a truly funny thing.
Much funnier than the undershirt-
removal contest which brings the
sequence to close.
OF specialists, Sons O. Fun has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-02
Old Pirate Stroke
Almost Conquers
Swimmer CordOva
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
An actor can be a good swimmer in
real life. but that doesn't mean that
it will do for the movies. Even in
aquatic sport, there is camera way
of doing it, as Arturo De Cordova
found out. Cordova, who once won
a relay swimming meet in Chile,
against international competition,
couldn't do a scene for his film role
as 18th century pirate because he
couldn't do the old-fashioned breast
stroke, spurned by modern SWIM
merS.
Velvet knee pants, f1ared-top
leather boots, a long -sleeved silk
shirt with ruffles and sword and
sword belt made up the costume in
which Cordova jumped into the STU
dio tank-and he went right to the
bottom. He emerged spluttering,
using the modern crawl stroke. Re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-11-02
Olsen>J ohnson's Charivari
Proves Its Mad Point Here
BY JAY CARMODY.

@ Olsen and Chic Johnson the cnbelt clowns who millions
out OF their idea that New York for hariva
that Washington the condition the National
night Before packed house
poppn showed that virtually
jokes collecting theaer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
SHOE MERCHANT
 GRANTED NOLLE
insufficient Evidence Rules Prosecutor; Judge Wall
 Presides at Session

Samuel A. Hertznaark, who wAs fined S25 and costs Aug. i3 In city court on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses in con. nection with . slico sale, received nolle. The prosecutor said there was insufficient evidence to prove the charges. Judge Thomas Wall presided at the opening session.
 A 15-day jail sentence was inc posed on Frank Carroll, after he pleaded guilty to Q charge Of inc toxicatiCn.
 Carroll was arrested June 2i after his wife. complained to two officers that he was drunk in e tavern, the court was told. Attorney William !. Larkin, who prosecuted the charges, said the accused was good worker, calling attention to his defense, but said he indulged in too much drink ing at time. It was reported he had been charged with intoxication six times previously, but three discharges and three nolles had been entered. The sentence was recommended by tn prosecuting attorney.
 Another continuance was granted to Eugene Gasparri, whose case based on charges of keeping liquor with the intent to sell has been pending in the court for more than year.
 Other cases were disposed of as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
WEEKLY HEALTH
 REPORT ISSUED

Waterbury's health program for the week ending September Il, was marred by one case of poliomyelitis, according to the health bulletin is- sued today by the State Department of Health. For this same week there were 25 cases of polio reported as compared to A new cases reported for the previous week.
 However, the most prevalent di- sease in the state is syphilis with 36 cases to its credit, according to the report.
 Other diseases reported were: 16 cases of bronchopneumonia, IA chick pox, two influenza, 12 humps, 24 tuberculosis and l5 gon- orrhea.
 A sharp rise in whooping cough was reported for the same week with the number Of 34 as compared to the previous weeks seven cases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

lfao. Passage of cars at the scene U tIle wreck was virtually ilnpos- 6shIs until the middle of the after noon.
 n.ye witnesses of the fatal crash
 noFted the left front tire of the V1ck, heading for Waterbury, sud- enlg blew out and the vehicle 1afeed across the road into the bus WIIloh was travelling toward Chesh- |He. The impact was described as
 rinc'' and the fronts of the two Vthlcles were literally pushed back tlisn the main body parts.
 Tor more than an hour workers ,ofa at the truck before they could extficate the body of the driver. Identification was made only when the chance passing of the victims brniher. William Hemstock, also a .sek driver, who was on his way
 M Haven, brought him to the The dead driver was on va-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
Slayer of Men Found Insone

Fall River, Mass, Sept. l4. (uP)- George B. Curtis, 6e, of Berkley, charged with staying a Berkley poultry dealer, has been committed to Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminal insane.
 Curtis was ordered committed to the institution yesterday by Supe- rior Judge Joseph L. Hurley after findings of the defendants mental examination were presented to the court.
 Curtis was charged with the bludgeon murder of James Geane- copoulos, 48, on the latter'S chicken farm last April IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
FIRST AID CLASS
 STARTS TOMORROW

A standard first aid class will open tomorrow at 2 p. m. at Red Gross chapter house, l66 Grove street, Miss Alice M. Briggs, chairman of first aid for the local Red Cross chapter announced last night. Anyone wisli- ing to register may do so then.
 The class will meet each Monday and Wednesday evening. Leonard Brauseis and Miss Agnes Cronan will be in charge of instruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
Collision SideHghts

Many tales were told after the accident of persons who had plan ned to take the ilI-fatcd bus but changed their plans at the last minutes. William and Mabel Dunn of Wilby High school planned to visit their aunt in Cheshire after the close of sCslool but when they called their mother she asked them to come home instead. Mau- feen, Betty, and Robert McKen1a of Crosby High school missed. the bus. Their stop was the one be- yond the scene Of the wreck.
 Frances Williams, who was dignity injured, was unaware for sometime that her father, Charles williams, head of Che So0vlll dis- aster squad and local Red Cross first aid Instructor, was on the scene aiding victims. At the hos pitaI several Of the students won. dered if their parents yet knew Of their fate. The stan was busy siving treatment and it was not possible to notify relatives until some time had passed. One mother, whose daughter was i'm. jured, was unable to contact the hospital as the switchboard was constantly kept busy, and checked The Democrat list for her daugh- ter's name.
 Reporters covering the twisted entanglemeIit of steel, wood and rubber in the hope of phoning in their stories shortly after arriving at the scene were handicapped in their fruitless search for tele- phones. There was one in the gas. oline filling station in front of the accident scene, but 1t was in more demand than 1t ever has or ever will be. Anxious parents who had learned of the crash were there waiting to call the hospitals to see if their children were among the passengers admitted. 0. R. and L. Go. ofilcials were calling head quarters, Esso agents were con- tacting their superiors and State Police were other users. So the re- porters tried all nearby houses in search for another Mother Bell, but to no avail, as 1t seemed all housewives laid aside their after noon work to hustle down to the scene for Q first hand picture.
 Coroner Miles ?. McNin visited the scene of the accident in his preliminary investigation. He was at the hospital questioning wit- nesses within an hour of the crash. An inquest will be sched- uled for later this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
ford. Burial was in Center cemetery, Branford.

ford. Burial was in Center cemetery, Branford.
 The funeral of Marie H. Massicot- te of A South View street will be held tomorrow at 8:l5 a. m. from the Belleville funeral home, 68 East Clay St., to St. Ann's church at g. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today, from 2 to 10 p. m.
 The funeral of Martin Higginston, 341s White Rd., was held from the Bergin funeral home, 200 East Main St., today at 8:30 a. m. to Church of the Sacred Heart where e solemn Mass of requiem was celebrated at 9 by Rev. Franklin Corrigan, as- sisted by Rev. Albert Callahan as deacon and Rev. Henry Quinn as subdeacon. Burial was in the family plot in Calvary cemetery, with the committal services by Father Cal lahan.
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary O'Brien of 16 Williams street, will be held from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main St., at S:l5 tomorrow morning, to the Church of the Sacred Heart at 9. Burial will be in the family plot, new St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today until 10 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
Will l Ever Regain
 Ny Health?

Yes, I know just how you feel. Instead of every day being one of happy antici. patton, Q n q . m b itiOn n, y o u r s Is m c ly an- other day to be dragged through. YOu were led to believe in the be gin ming Ahnk fhA nrnnn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

CLARA - is U. s. war slang sig nifying all clear following an air raid. You'll be in the clear flnan- cially if you invest your earnings in War Bonds. Back the attack with an extra $l0o War Bond in Septem- Der,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

when the news of the fatality reached Health Officer pr. Ed ward Godfrey in his city hall off flee he immediately summoned Frank Hess, president of the Biakeslee Company, who in turn telephoned Sidney Wilenshy and ordered him to fill his station wagon with stretchers and hustle Co the scene of the accident. MT. Wilensky lost no time in needing the urgent order, but upon arTiv- ing in Rockville, discovered no need for the stretchsrs as all the injured had already been removed to the hospital. MT. Wilenslty is q member Of the Emergency Re- lief Unit of the Waterbury De- fense Council.
 Hospital anlbuIances, police motor patrols, fire department emergency wagons speeded to the scene on learning the sad news and they proceeded through Ex- change Place and out East Main Street with sirens blasting away, inuuisltive residents of those sec. tlons immediately telephoned the newspapers to find out what hap- pened and where. The tragic news spread like fire on Q breezy day and attracted many to the scene. Police, however, kept most of the sightseeing car owners at dist" ance, but they were not to be side- tracked SO parked their cars and walked considerable distance 0n the tar road and dirt sidewalks to where the 0. R. 6 l.. bus and EssO refinery truck were lodged head.on, one against the other.
 Because many of the accident victims were unconscious and there was no means of identifica- ton readily on hand 1t took near- ly an hour and a half before hos pital authorities could compile the official list of names. Mean- while the press obtained names of victims from the .uninjured and relayed the information to hosp pital telephone attendants and the the newspaper switchboard so the hundreds of calls from anxious residents of Cheshire could be aIl- swered. Most of the children on the bus were classmates or neigh bors and knew the fate Of each of the passengers.
 The three girls who escaped with minor injuries were seated on the last seat of the bus and credited that as the reason for their good fortune.
 Children with minor injuries waited for their more unfortunate classmates to be treated as the hospital nurses and doctors were besieged with calls for attention. One little girl, @ Wilby student, was placed on a wheel chair and waited in the large emergency section corridor For more than an hour before she was taken up- stairs for an x-ray Of Q possible fractured knee. She expressed no anxiety about herself and spoke only of her friends who were hurt SO terribly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
OBITUARY

KELLY-Robert F. Kelly of 1875 East Main street, died this morning at St. Mary'S Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in this city and had been a lifelong resident of the East End. He was a comInuni- cant of Sacred Heart Church.
 MT. Kelly in survived by his par ents, Patrick J. and Ellen Delehanty Kelly, both of this city; four sisters, Mrs. Raymond Snagg, Mrs. Frank Cassin, Mrs. Charles Griffin and Mrs. Edward Belmay; three brothers, Walter, John and Harold, all of Wa terbury; and several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street, Thursday morning at 9:30, to Sacred Heart church at 1O:15 o'clock. Burial will be in new St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after TOO p. m. today.
 DUGGAN - John H. Duggan of 283 Hamilton avenue, died early this morning at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in Waterbury, the son of the late Matthew and Mary Eustice Duggar, and had resided at his home all his life. He was an employe of the International Silver Company.
 MT. Duggan leaves two sisters, Miss Mary P. Duggan of this city and Mrs. Dennis P. Sullivan of Thomaston; two brothers, Edward of this city, and Captain William J. Duggan of the Waterbury Police Dept: and several nieceS and nephews. The funeral will be held Thursday from the home at S:15 a. m. to Sacred Heart Church at goo. Burial will be in old St. Josephs cemetery. Friends may call at the home after D. m. this eve- ming.
 DESCHESNES - Louis Desches- nes, 34, of 437 South Main street, died last night at St. Mary's hos- pital from injuries sustained in the automobile-bus collision which oc- cured yesterday on Cheshire road MT. Deschesnes was @ native of Can ada, and had been a resident of Waterbury for the past 18 years. He was o member of L'Union St. Jean Baptiste d AmeriQue.
 He leaves his wire, Cecile Vourni- val DescheSnes: one son, Donald: one daughter, Dorothy; his parents, MT. and Mrs. Ferdinand Deschesnes: six brothers, Richard, Gerard and Julien, all of this city, Oscar of Cheshire, Raymond of the U. s. Army, stationed in the South Pa- cific war zone, and Harold, stationed With the U. s. Army at Camp Croft. N. O.: and two sisters, Mrs. Pros per Cossette and Miss Mariette Deschesnes, both of Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held Thurs day from the Belleville funeral home, 68 East Clay strete at SIS a. m, to St. Anns church at 9. Burial Will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from ' to 10 p. m. today and from 2 to 10 ?. m. tomorrow.
 SENIoR-Albert Senior, S3, died Sunday at his home in Hamilton, R I. MT. Senior, native of Water vile, was employed in the button department of the Scovill Mfg. Co. for more than 40 years before his retirement a few years ago, when he moved to Hamilton.
 Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Jennie Simons and a son, Albert bother of Hamilton; a sister, Mrs, Anna Benham of Waterbury; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning in the Episcopal church, Wickford, R. l., with burial in Woodbury cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
ANDERSON GAINS
 NEW LONDON JOB

H. Fremont Anderson, formerly of Central avenue, was voted a mem. Der of the New London city coun- cil yesterday. Mir. Alderson, son of Mir. and Mrs. Idris Alderson of Woodside avenue, is now an under taker in New London. He was graduated from Crosby high school and . Cincinnati, Ohio, embalming school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
FUNERALS

Funeral services for George Lord, brother of Marjorie Lord, Hitchcock, lake, who died Saturday at his home in Norwich, were held today in Nor wich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

Funeral services for Frederick Heliman, 76, former Waterbury resident who died Sunday at his home in Branford were held to- day at 2 ?. m. at the Lamb fun- eral home, lO1 MontoWese St., Bran.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

DEsCHEsNES - In this city, Sept. I3th, i943, Louis Deschesnes, of 437 South Main St.
 Euneral Thursday morning, at S:15 ' o'clock, from Belleville Funeral s Home, 6s East Clay St., to St. Ann's I Church. Burial in Calvary ceme- r tery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
Full Weather Report

Boston, Sept. 14 (CP)-Weather forecasts
 CONNECTICUT and RHODE IS- LAND-Slightly warmer with rain near the coast tonight. Slightly war meR Wednesday morning. FFensh winds.
 MASSACHUSETTS, - slig htIy warmer tonight with raln on Cape Cod. Slightly warmer with rain Wednesday m n z. Moderate winds except fresh on Cape Cod. nuN AR RnMMe R &famAMs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

bottle and pill box would restore you to your former health and nov know from experience that you were misled. Further infOr- nation of this sort will be that the drug no longer has effect, that you should change climate, give up your hard earned posi- ten, etc. and etc.
 Nc - do not be discouraged, many patients who are now re- eeiving treatments at this office were also once given this same wrong information.
 They are now again radlating Happiness as they note how the treatments are steadily bringing them back to their old time, Ma tural, Inward Health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
CAnn OF FHANKs

CAMD or EMANIAs We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and nelghboFs, for floral offerings and the express sl0nn Of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent beTeaye. ment, the death os our beloved husband, and father. Thomas Hatri- gan,
 MRS. THOMAS lIARTI0AN
 and FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

wELLY-In this city, Sept. 14th,
 is4s, Robert r. Kelly, of 1875 East
 Main St.
 Funeral Thursday morning, at 9:S0 ! o'clock, from Mulville Funeral ! Home, 270 West Main St., to Sacred ' Heart Church, at 10:l5 o'clock. z Burial in new St. Joseph's ceme- atery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14
DIED

nUGGAN-In this city, Sept. 14th, 1e4s, John H. Duggan, of 2SS Ham, iiton Ave.
 Funeral Thursday morning, at S:lb Gclock. from 2S3 Hamilton Ave, to Sacred Heart Church. Burial In old Sk. Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-14

The three girls who escaped with minor injuries were seated on the last seat of the bus and credited that as the reason for their good fortune.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
MARRIAGE LICE

william Keel 30 Blanche AuroN Bourbon
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James Yshn. IS Louise c. HosnisM Nsen
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Death Hotlres

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