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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

to hit forget rssardIess Of the errotie mo-
ton Of their own ship or the motion Of the
forget.
The device that made this possible involves
many inventions. Its development, (and the
subsequent years Of continued development
and improvement, resulted in the United
States Nays becoming the fastest, straight
est-shooting navy in the world. Other navies
have known for years that this device exists.
but its design is still secret, and has never
been successfully initiated or duplicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

Drives were ready long before the war came.
Our Armed Forces had foreseen the need for
such Instruments and had worked with spessy
Corporation to develop them. Today, they are
working hand In hand 10 keep ahead Of the
enemy BY constantly improving Speny instru-
ments
When Victory comes Spery viii continue 10
cooperate with cur Armed Services IN research
and development We shall also apply 10 peace
time pursuits the technical skill and knowIedgs
gained in more than 30 ysars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

The Demeerat has q position open
fer boy or SRI 10 carry messages
and de eFFanas. Coed opening for
boy or giFi Ieeking for steady work
and an opening fer futuFe.
Apply at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

1nsermaslon ebews the direction and
As changes Of course Of their own ship comes
to the gunners from the sperry Gyro-c Compass.
The power that moves the guns into the proper
position and holds them there 10 furnished by
hydraulic mschanisms developed and produced
by VickerR Inc also q division Of Spery
Cooperation.
Il h h
Like nearly eli speFTy precision instruments
used In this was, the Ford Computer, the Sperry
Gyro-Compass, and the Vieken Hydraulic Gun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

In 1924, the Navy brought this problem to Ford
&c Instrument Company specialists in producing gun
computing equipment The Navy knew what it wanted,
and Ford worked with Naval engineers to develop the
equipment which furnishes complete data for continuous
accurate firing under all conditions Of wind weather. and
water It enables gunners to hit bombing plane which
has travelled miles after the shell left the ships gn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

. 70 vnderssond quickly how this gunhre con-
0s troll system keeps guns trained on target, just
imagine yourself riding bicycle. IT. while riding along
you focus your eyes flying bird and then roll your
head from side to SIDE nod up and down no matter
how you move your eyes stay fixed on the moving bird
That's what happens when u s. Naval guns are trained
On q moving target from violently tossing ship
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08

MellitS Judge Of superior court
win speak at the clubs conclud-
ing meeting to be held next Sun
day. At the Sunday morning
breakfast club meetings will be
concluded as Of next Sunday, the
Sunday services will be conducted
throughout the summer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

ANN And good thing for You, my sweet! For if
You lined up for inspection in my company with
that shrunk-up shirt you'd be mighty Soryi
ED' But, Captain mean honcy-wouid you slap
your cver-loving husband into the guardhouse for
one shrunk-up shirt; After ALL l can always buy
another.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

"soized" lobeI all b II
". SHRINK than re mems
mems shirts shorts bnas hOHsedesseS Slips
and girls patient
it. don stop asking
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Coming Attractions

NAT1ONAL-"Our Fanny" with
John Archer and Joy Hodges,
starting next Monday.
COLUMBIA Dragon Seed"
with Katherine Hepburn and
Walter Huston, starting next
Thursday.
EARLE-"Hail the Conquering
Hero with Eddie Bracken
and Ella Raines, starting
II Friday.
KEITH'S-"Christmas Holiday"
with Deanna Durbin and
Gene Kelly.
LITTLE-"Voice in the Wind"
with Francis Lederer and
Sigrid Gurie.
METROPOLITAN -" Bride by
Mistake" with Laraine Day
and Alan Marshal, starting
Friday.
PALACE Since You Went
Away" with Claudette Colbert
and Shirley Temple.
PIX-"La Martinelle,' a French
picture.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
HOLLYWOOD


This town is full of anecdotes,
good and bad. but never indifferent.
l thought you might like to read a
few today so I collected some and
here they are:
During her stellar career as a
screen favorite, Irene Dunno has
had MANY thrilling experiences. but
none to compare to the day she re-
turned from her European honey
moon wearing new French cha
peau of delectable blue. She and a
very dignified man rode in the same
elevator in one of New Yorks sky
scrapers. Miss Dunno left first.
Several seconds later, as she was
leaving the building, a girl raced
after her shouting, stop, stop, you,
the girl in the blue hat-Florenz
Ziegfeld wants you" He did. too
for the lead in Show Boat" And
that's how Irene Dunno started out
by showing her legs and ending up
as one of the greatest dramatic
actresses on the screen.
When asked Spencer Tracy
about his. favorite experience. he
told me the following little story:
1T occurred during a train trip to
New York, when a shy little man
asked permission to occupy an ad-
joining club chair. During the
course OF conversation the stranger
several times complimented me on
my screen performances and COM
mented on my theatrical achieve
ments. He failed, however, to mem
ton a fact which I found out much
later-that he was none other than
Franz Werfel, the world famous
author and writer of the best-seller,
The Song of Bernadette.
w. Romance Rears Head.
If there's one thing Margaret
OBrien possessess besides the dis
stinction of being a star dramatic
actress at the tender age of 7, it
is sense of humor. Margaret and
Jimmy Durante have become in
separable since they were cast as
pals in Music for Millions" Jimmy
is teaching her to play the piano
and tells her stories, and Margaret
has learned how to initiate Jimmys
characteristic nose in the ether
stance.
Most recent development is that
Jimmy has written a song for Mar
garet. In typical Durante style the
hrst line goes, Margaret OBrien,
l love you followed by four huns.
Jimmy was singing it for a visitor
on the set, with Margaret listening
When he finished, she told him
gravely. Mr.. Durante, you left out
one hum"
Dorothy Lamour, as you all know,
started her working, career running
an elevator in Chicago department
store. Not very long ago Dotty re-
turned to Chicago on one of her
many bord-selling tours. The man
ager kidded her about her time
ability as an elevator operator, and
Dorothy Immediately offered to take
Evening star., 1944-09-10
A Lively Fellow, Mr.. Melton
Bv R0s0Iind .Shafpr

much. He resents people who con-
slider such music lowbroW
Enthusiasms and sentiment mott
vate Melton strongly. When he was
kid his favorite uncle had a White
automobile. In later years, he
bought one just like it. and that
started his collection of 80 old autos,
all of them running, though they
use kerosene, steam or electric bat
teries these days.
He Uses His Cars.
He delighted veterans at the Bir-
mingham Army Hospital here by
trucking out few of the old models,
complete with some Follies girls,
and taking the fellows for a spin.
He wears tiny auto studded with
diamonds as stickpin, that once
belonged to Diamond Jim Brady.
Mrs. Melton has been Jims wife
for Is years; in his early years she
acted as his secretary, worked hard
at writing and planting publicity
for him. She is a graduate of Bryn
MaWr. She always sees that there's
plenty of cake in the house for Mel
ton. who eats it almost as enthusi-
astically as Bernard Shaw.
Franks and informality are part
of Melton's trademark. He aston
ished his neighbor, Shirley Temple,
by leaning over the fence and sing
ing duet with her parrot. He goes
down to Pat O'Brien's and takes the
kids riding in his funny cars, as they
call them. At the studio, none was
as assiduous as Melton in helping
the show girls in the Triavata num-
ber with their tremendously heavy
hoopskirts, when they needed their
bustles lifted over the high stools
on which they rested between shots.
When Frank Sinatra came on the
lot, Melton promptly tied his four
in-hand tie into bow, so the girls
could sWoon for him, too.
There is puzzled advertising
agent who recently received some
strange pictures from Melton. Mel
ton became annoyed at the agents
persistence over a corset advertising
scheme, so when Melton found a
number of corset models on dunn
mics on a deserted set he got a
cameraman and posed in them!
Evening star., 1944-09-10
The Kisses Are Improved
By Harold Hefernan.

Possibly the most intense kisses
extant are on exhibition in Double
Indemnity" the Barbara Stanwyck-
Fred MacMurray murder show. Ac-
cording to experts, these kisses are
about as uninhibited as q circus
poster.
oldest kissing sequence Of the
season occurs In Columbia,s "The
Raiders Of Quanto Basin," q head
'em-off -at-the-pa Western, star
ring Charles Starrett. The second
lead is played by a newcomer, Tex
Harding, who is being groomed for
cowboy stardom, status he will
achieve in his next picture.
1t Would Be Unher0ic.
The situation as to Westerns, as
every schoolboy knows, is this: The
hero never kisses the heroine. It's
a rule. Thousands of small fry
would be disillusioned II their hero
turned sissy long enough to perform
such an unmanly act. But the No. 2
hero can kiss, and usually does,
copiously, for the delectation Of the
minority Of Western audiences that
think such goings-on are good stuff.
So about -to-be- starred Harding
Is giving his all with his kisses
these days. From his next picture
on, there will be no more.
Guiltiest kisses Of the silly season
appear In the picture called "Ill Be
Seeing YOU" formerly identified as
Double Furlough." Ginger Rogers.
who has been in prison and doesn't
want any one to know 1t, charms
Joseph Gotten, who is a psyche
neurotic war hero. Both know they
shouldn't fall in love and both re-
sist until brought into each others
arms as the aftermath of-of all
things-a dog fight. Then they kiss
without further ado, and very una
bashedly, too.
Messrs. Boyer and Henreid, prac-
titioners Of the continental, or de-
layed approach, are both at work,
Just to keep everything regular. Mr..
Boyer kisses Irene Dunno in "A
Woman's Privilege" and Mr.. Hem
reid kisses Hedy Lamar in Con-
flict." Both heroes are sultry, gen.
tie and insinuating in their ap-
proach-last exponents of a dying
bussing style.
All told, the Hollywood attitude
toward kisses as of the summer of
1914 Is easy to set forth:
l. Kisses are good. There ought
to be lot of 'em.
2. The way to do it is to grab the
girl by the elbows firmly and smack
her, bang!
3. This is the most satisfactory
solution for any problem, from war
to income tax, and besides:
4. The audience simply loves it,
(Released by .Iorth American Nevsp.n.r
Alliance Ipc
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Tales From the Cinema Woods
By Inga Arvad.

over her old post In exchange for
bond purchases by customer riders.
Believe 1t or not, she sold $3.50 900
worth in 10 minutes, just riding up
and down and calling out the floors
as she went.
Claudette Reminisces.
When Claudette Colbert was a
she made her start in a
Little Theater in Litchfield, Mass.
In the same company. but much
more important person. was Corne-
liza Otis Skinner. Claudette and
Cornelia met again when the latter
was out here for few months stay.
In the excitement following the
meeting, Claudette confided to a
mutual friend. When we were to-
gether I always thought Cornelia
was fallen woman because she
used bath salts and perfume" Cor
nelia told the same friend. "Clau-
dette made her own hats, and they
were so imaginative, but dreadful,
that always wanted to feed them
to horse"
Did you know that Ingrid Berg
man almost didn't become an ac-
tress? As a teen-age youngster she
lived with an uncle and five elder
cousins. Little Ingrid wanted to be
an actress. but when she mentioned
1t the uncle and the other kids
laughed outright. The child with
drew into shell, talked no more
about it, but suddenly displayed a
great passion for music-any music.
so long as it was loud. She con-
sistently spent her allowance for
phonograph records and, locked in
her room under cover of the music,
she play acted endlessly. One day,
one OF the cousins burst in on her.
The uncle was told and Ingrid re-
celved sound spanking and a lee
ture on disobedience. That was the
end OF the photograph records, and
almost the end of her career.
Fortunately. short time later in
her school class the children were
f1dgeting because the teacher was
absent. Ingrid got up and recited
to the other children. The head
mistress happened to look through
the little window in the door, saw
the child and was amazed. From
that day on, she was allowed to
study acting, and at a very early
age became one of the most famous
in her home country, Sweden.
Tallulah Bankhead was on the
Century Fox lot the other
day and met Pvt. Barry Nelson. one
Of the handsome soldier actors of
Winged Victory" the Army Air
Forces film. During the conversa-
ton. Barry complimented Miss
on the wonderful accom-
she has to her credit.
Millions of fans worship at your
feet" he said.
La Bankhead smiled. i've often
felt" she said, that a good per-
centage OF the people who worship
at your feet are merely waiting for
the chance to step into your shoes"
Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc)
Evening star., 1944-09-10
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HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
James Melton's a character the
like of which we haven't had in
Hollywood since the days of his fell
low opera singer, Lawrence Tibbett.
He's colorful, strenuous, lively. A
big fellow, dark and square-set,
Melton's personality reflects his
Irish ancestry and his birthplace,
Georgia, for he has quick humor
and a relaxed, good-natured air
about him that suggests leisure and
friendliness.
Yet he has sharp and immediate
likes and dislikes. If person
doesn't appeal to Melton as right
guy. as he puts it, he can get very
frigid and disinterested. He likes
most people and, inevitably, most
people like him. In gathering,
people gravitate toward him and
the sound of his hearty laughter.
Melton has a deep dimple in his
chin and cleaning white teeth that
look as if they were perfectly ca
pable of holding a cutlass, pirate
fashion. or of eating an apple in
two swapping bites Then there are
those deepset dark eyes and the
heavy lashes that come swooping
out at you from under the brows.
He Is Always Busy.
Times never aWaStin' with Mel
ton. AS a youngster, he got around
attending the University of Florida,
then Georgia, then Tennessee's
Vanderbilt College, talked himself
into musical comedy and radio
toured Europe with the Revelers,
one Of the top recording groups of
that period; toured the United
States in concert with George
Gershwin.
When he decided to go into opera,
he sold his penthouse, bought a
Connecticut farm, two opera scores,
hired a coach, a baritone and a So
prano and retired to work. The
debut was in 1888 with the Cincin-
natl summer opera; since then he's
been the Metropolitans leading
tenor. Just a dumb tenor" he calls
himself, but the way he did it is
characteristic of his drive.
Melton made an excursion into
films seven years ago, made four
with moderate success, but preferred
to return to his opera work. Now
he's doing several numbers for the
"ziegfeld Follies" at Metro-Gold-
Uyn-Mayer, where they've put him
under contract as a result of his
work On the radio, and in concert,
he's known best for cowboy songs
and spiritualS, which he likes very
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Shirley's Gotham
Visit Brought Off
Very Calmly
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK

AVE-" 1otth.
Shirley Temples first trip to New
York since she attained the status
Of a "grownup" was a minor con-
quest for the personable youngster
who performed in such workmanlike
fashion in the new seven-handker-
chief film, Since You Went Away"
Directly after arriving she went
to City Hall to meet Mayor F.. H.
La Guardia and helped get a SAL
wage campaign off in sprightly
fashion. The Mayor proved he is
a normal movie fan by asking for
Shirley's autograph for his son and
daughter
On successive nights Shirley went
where she wanted most to go-to
the Stork Club and the Copacabana
She drank soft drinks and milk
exclusively during the night club
prowlings and was accompanied at
all times by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Temple.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
It's a Dangerous Job
By Jay Carmody.


aspects of the ceatiyeness with which
Lamar Trot wrote his biography Woodrow
his of editorial against
The scene family gathering waiting the returns the
election after Wilson'S group
House restve properly Wilson takes advantage the mood
and the knows
Lincoln its subject He reads the wildly accusing
Government is full of bandits 1t immoral amoral and
should be driven out Of office by outraged body polite.
The second Mrs Wilson amazemen thinking
her husband the subject of the nesrained assault
tolerate longer Indignantly approaches
dcult
to find
says Wilson, 1T refers to Lincoln"
The ends laugh. artfuly
not entirely eface the the discerning
once they have entered politics.
Writer Reflects Jeopardy
Also jeopardy those Hollywood undertake to
write about public Mr. Trot learned that result Of
wilson but it came to him surprise for he knew that in
harder be Boswell Johnson He counted little
the protection of dramatic license device by which writer's
FIND comfort in their souls but acute discomfort in all other
quarters.
especially Hollywood writer's, than Of
others and not without The thing called genay
Hollywood" largely blame along
denying the fundamental creators of its material the
who wrote it. They ignored scorned repred and
left which
type superiors iteracy
international joke their authors with crudeness
that equaled often than not ruthless indifference
to truth.
A that will always black
the its literature its handling of Samuel Buffers
classic Way great story Butler
complex Engshman life and it became universally loved
In translang
murderou saloon keeper The title alone remained
changed
Residue Of Contempt Is Large
Years of this of dsdan for literature which will always
decades,
which, indicate
the sky is high
unjust responsible greatly talented
have bringing respectabty excellence
motion pictures the last For them there
eption the adge that the of the fathers shall
visited children Other writer's of skill
responsibility protected They regarded
honorable until dishonorable They
guarded by the defense that this the
established reasonably important
charge that will be brought against them meadng
the record Stupid would be the abrupt word for them
avoided.
Let the author biography
OF popular of fiction do the
diate exposed the charge of measance in Office
under the eucalyptus where he do all
paper.
Writers Get Respect at Home
It, is the pleasant duty of the critic
this charge when the grounds for it depses
with all the in him and he with
less of passion His also the responsibility
ally honest job though he with
1t except its honesty.
He be disturbed, instance
which Preston Surges established
tutlon motherhood, smaloun America the national
electoral But he admres Surges
whose ireverence be
sructive of the subjects he decides mock
Hollywood has learned number
years
impossible that to communicate that
respectabiGty to the public of the motion picture.
That important responsibility taken much light
hesrted the movies and for which they today
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Nature Duplicated
Down to Point
Of Bud ClOsers
HOLLYWOOD.

HULL "OOD.
BY the Associated Press.
The poppy closers are taking a
bow.
California poppies that bloom in
the spring-3,1Oo of them-had to
be duplicated artificially to dress
field for scenes in Mob Hill" with
George Raft, Vivian Blaine and
Peggy Ann Garner.
But one of the scenes was a night
sequence, and some one recalled that
poppies close at night and look like
buds. Five greenery men spent the
night pulling the poppies individ-
ually, rolling each by hand to avoid
bruising, replanting each in its orig
inal hole and smoothing the ground
again.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Ida Names Kitten
By the Associated Press,

HOLLYWOOD.
Pet-loving, music loving Ida Lu-
plno has a new kitten. discovered
for her IN the dark recesses of
stage 3 at Warner Bros. by friendly
workers.
Its name Is Rimsky," said Ida.
After Rimsky- -Korsakof, the Rus
sian composer?
"Rimsky, Of course, of course ~
said Ida.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
Tallulah Defiant
BY the Associated Pres.

hssOCIdttu FIeSS.
HOLLYWOOD.
Tallulah Bankhead, coming back
to the screen in "Czarina," is de-
flying the old stage superstition
against the color green in selecting
her film wardrobe Eight of her 20
costumes will be in Erins favorite
hue.
Evening star., 1944-09-10
TOday's Schedules

CAPITOL -" Wilson: l2:45,
$50. SIS and 10 pm. Stage
shows: $50, 6:35 and $40
pm.
COLUMBIA-"Home in Indi-
ana: l, sos, Sis, 7:2O and
$50 pm.
EARLE-"Janie": las, 4:25,
7:05 and 9:45 pm. Stage
shows: los, 3:45, $50 and
9:10 pm.
KEITH'S-"Casanova Brown:
l:20, 3:25, $50, 7:35 and $40
pm.
LITTLE-"The Ghost Goes
West: l, ESQ, 4:30, 6:l0, 7:50
and $50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures by
Night: l:35, 3:35. $40, 7:45
and GAS pm.
PALACE-"The Seventh Cross:
12:45. 2:55, sos, 7:20 and
$50 pm.
PIX-"Banjo on Ny Knee: /,
4, 7 and 10 pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from l pm.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-14
AnnuoI War
Chest Meeting
Is Scheduled

CIO members and all other
contributors to the Greater To-
ledo War Chest are invited to az
tend the annual meeting of the
Chest and Toledo Council of So
cial Agencies, which is scheduled
for Thursday evening, April %,
in the Commodore Perry Ho-el
ballroom.
Lee A. White, director of pub
lie relations of the Detroit News,
will be guest speaker. Subject of
Mr.. Whites talk will be Youth
Service.
Brief reports will be given by
Ray S. Lotus, Chest secretary
and Eugene Shenefield, Council
secretary. Carroll L. Proctor,
chairman of the nominating COM
mittee, will port for his group
Children of Mars motion
picture dealing with juvenile de
linquency in a typical American
feature, will be shown.
A dinner will be served at $50
pm. at charge of SIPS. Those
who wish to attend the meeting
only may do so. Reservations
must be made for the dinner with
the chest office b.. Saturday,
April %, and checks must be re-
ceived at the same time. William
E. Wright, Chest president, will
preside at the event.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-14
Police ond
Firemen Refuse
Defermenfs

Many members of the fire and
police departments have refused
deferments asked for them by the
City. This was told to members
of City Council at It's Monday
night meeting by City Manager
George N. Schoonmaker in reply
to an inquiry made by Council
man Ollie Czelusta as to the sue
cess of the City Manager in OBJ
tanning deferments for the mem
bers of the two departments.
According to the City Man
ayers estimate approximately
one-fourth of those eligible for
the draft will be taken into the
armed services.
Mr.. Schoonmaker revealed
that he is trying to work out an
overtime schedule for the fire
department which would be
equivalent to adding sc men to
the department if the plan
proves to be acceptable to the
firemen. Some apparatus is op-
Grating at times with only two
men to a crew, whereas there
should be at least four men TO
man each fire truck.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-14
JAW Vets Vote
Swdsfiko For
Ronkin

WASHINGTON, April g (FP)
"A black swastika, about l3
inches square, will be presented
to Rep. John Rankin ID. Miss.)
by veteran. of the present con-
flict and of World War |.
The honor" was voted Ran
kin April E at a conference Of
labor unior veterans sponsored
by the United Automobile Work
ers (CIO) Pres. r. J. Thomas
named a committee headed py
Wendell Hardy, 25, member
from Joliet, Ill to present the
fascist emblem TO Rankin. Hardy
is veteran of 7 naval battles
il this war, first seeing action
at Pearl Harbor. He was blown
off the Cruiser San Francisco
during the battle at GuadaIcanal.
In voting Rankin the swastika,
the UAW conference said it
would express the contempt of
CIO veterans" for his fight "a
keep members of the armed
forces from voting this Novem-
Der.