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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
POLL

If I'm Lucky" ends tonight at the Loew's Poli Theatre. It is a gay musical with the latest song hits featuring Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James and Carmen Miranda.
 On the same program will be shown Somewhere in the Night" with John Kodiak and Nancy Guild in thrilling murder mystery.
 Starting tomorrow will be seen MT. Ace" starring George Raft and Sylvia Sidney. The role of Con- gresswoman Margaret Wyndham Chase is played by Sylvia. Her am- bition is to become Governor. and she tries to get the support of Eddie Ace, played by Raft, who turns her down because he does not believe woman should be in politics. How she manages to get nominated mak- es an interesting story.
 One of Hollywood's most in-de- mand character actors is stocky blue-eyed Roman Bohnen, who get his first Hollywood break when he landed the role Of Candy in Of Mice and Men" Since then he has appeared in several very fine films, including "The Song of Bernadette, :" in which he played the father, The Hairy Ape" and "A Bell For Adano." Now, as the genial Professor Adams, he plays one of his biggest roles to date in MT. Ace"
 AS an added treat "The Invisible 1nformer" will be shown starring Linda Sterling and William Henry. It is a murder melodrama involving a search for missing necklace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Kiwanis To Hear
 John C. Bradley

~ The Kiwanis Clubs weekly meet ing tomorrow noon at The Elton will hear John c. Bradley, metal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
CHOICE MORSEL It Says Here
By BOB HOPE

NEW BASEBALL STRATEGY
 That off-center defense the Cards worked out against Ted Williams gave me a couple of ideas so I've been working on some new offense and defense strategy for the Cleveland Indians. The management vetoed my first sug- gestion, one vote for it and eight against my ever being allowed in the park again.
 I wanted to use eight men and a gopher in the field. At least we'd have had the only team in the league with an inf1elder who works from underneath. We couldn't have used him when we were at bat, but I'd thought of that. I was negotiating with a beaver.
 I did hire a pitcher who can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

throw with both hands and also with either foot. The only trouble is they won't let me plant 8 tree in the pitchers box and he can do it only when he's hanging by his tail.
 But when We play the Yankees I've made certain we'll win. I've signed up Senator Clayhorn to umpire-and I've got great sys- tenn for keeping our opponents from stealing bases. I've started a rumor that we've got J. Edgar Hoover coaching on first.
 Our opponents may get plenty of hits but we aren't worried about them scoring. We're planting a No Vacancy sign in front of home plate.
 Copyright, 1946,
 King Features Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
STRAND

Closing at the Strand tonight is the revival of Stella Dallas, star ring Barbara Stanwyck. The con- panion feature is The Wedding Night" also representation and starring Gary Cooper.
 A handsome sculptor's quest for along missing sweetheart is the en- thralling plot of Frenzy" the new psychological thriller which opens at the Strand tomorrow. In the haunted atmosphere of the Parisian Studio where he last saw his be- loved alive, Derrick De Marney who plays Charles Carrie, brilliant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Collision Results
 In $5,OOO Law Suit

A collision June 30 at Sylvan and Edgewood Avenues is the basis of a 5000 civil action filed in Superior Court yesterday by Domenic E. Lam zera of Waterbury against Mrs. Frances Bukoski and her son, Ed ward, both of Seymour. The plain tiff claims his car was struck by one owned by Mrs. Bukosh and operat- ed by her son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

Hollywood, Oct. 29 - For the past month, the trade press of Hollywood has been filled with dire editorial Iorebiddings. Box-office returns, on the one hand, have gone into notable slump Production costs, on the other hand, have mounted to almost incredible highs. If the slump continues, the average pie ture will have little or no chance to break even. The producers are wor- ried.
 Anyone who has been in close contact with Hollywood during the big boom now ending is going to find it bit difficult to feel much sympathy for the producers. Con- sider their plant about high pro- duction costs, for instance. Of course they are high-but not, primarily, because the average pie ture worker has been given big pay boosts. They're high because the producers, riding boom like wild men, with little thought for future stability, have bid against one an- other for stars, directors, scenaristS, stories and production executives and run the scale of prices in those fields to dizzy figures. Reports that this star is being paid $15O,O0O per picture, that this director is getting even more than that, that some featured actor without box-office following is drawing down $100,000 a job, and that studio has pur- chased story for $300,000 or $4O0,- 900 have been too commonplace to excite comment.
 And with it all, the average qual- ity of the films produced has been low-lower, perhaps, than ever be- fore in the history of the movie in- dustry Nov it's time to pay the piper-always an unpleasant task.
 Speaking of. stellar salaries, it seems to me that 1t would take Solomon, at this late date, to work out fair, equitable system capable of def1ating the balloon. Consider, for instance, the recent quarrel be- tween Cornel Wilde and 2Oth Gen. tunry-Fox which came near stop- ping (for the second time) produc- tion on Forever Amber" I've heard half dozen explanations advanced for Wilde's walk-out, but only one that made sense. According to that inside dope" Wilde, now one of the hottest boX-office bets in the in- dustry, rebelled when he discovered that he was being paid only half as much for playing the romantic male lead as another actor. of far less box-oftice standing, was getting for doing a supporting role. Is Wilde to blame for getting huffy and making demands? Or were the pro- ducers to blame for signing the other man at far more than his real worth? FeudS under such circum- stances are inevitable.
 A local columnist reports that Peggy Cummins, during the course of recent interview, informed him that Hollywood society had drop ped her" when she lost the title role in Forever Amber" and then taken her up again when 10th Century Fox, instead of releasing her from contract, announced that she would be starred in two important pic lures. If that is true, Miss Cum minS has been well paid for not playing Amber" The young act ress woh discovers, early in her career, the insincerity of the false friends" who infest Hollywood has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

London Zoo bought animals from the famous Hagenbeck Hamburg Zoo, in Germany, which recently auctioned stock because of the food shortage.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Hearing on Freezing
Of Commercial Rents
Here 10 Start Soon

Hearings will start soon on the
Barry bill proposing commercial
rent ceilings, it was announced last
night by the House District Com
mittee.
The measure, introduced by
Representative Barry, Democrat, OF
New York, would freeze commercial
rents here as of March /, 1912, and
would extend the controls until
December /, 1947.
The hearings will start either
this week or shortly after the Easter
recess, it was said. Representative
Combs, Democrat, of Texas, has
been asked to conduct the hearings.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Barry said he has
received several additional COM
plants of rent gouging" on business
properties.
He added that he had received
other complaints in the past and
would press for quick action on the
measure. The bill has met with op-
position from the District Commits
sioners, who contend that not
enough information has been re-
ceived involving "rent gouging" to
Justify the creation of an expen-
sive and highly technical agency to
attempt to regulate such rents for
a comparatively short time"
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Xonten Says D. C.Rubbish Gould
Bury Washington Monument

At the end of "clean up, paint up
week" last night, District Refuse
Director William A. xanten charged
citizens with a lack of civic pride, "
and put out another call for them
to contribute to Washington's beauty
BY observing cleanliness regulations.
To substantiate the statement, the
director said that during the year,
an average of 120 truck-loads of
street and alley litter is removed
daily by street cleaners. This guam
tity of miscellaneous litter and de-
bris totals 100000 cubic yards, and If
placed in one pile would bury the
Washington Monument, Mr.. Xanten
said.
'The physical beauty of our Ma
tion's Capital is being spoiled by
the appalling carelessness of most
citizens with respect to the way they
litter the Streets" he said, "and in
a great many instances, with their
failure to take full and proper ad-
vantage of the refuse collection serv-
ice afforded them"
Some downtown streets are
cleaned as often as six times q day.
Certain residential streets are
cleaned from once day to three
Evening star., 1946-04-14
| Man Sproins
Ankle Jumping
Rope at Home

Among the 80 District residents
treated in hospitals last week TO,
home accidents was a 22-year-old
man who sprained his ankle jump
Ing rope.
The Red Cross Accident Preven-
tion Service reported two persons
died from falls, bringing the years
home accident fatalities to II - II
more than had died this time
last year.
Other accidents last week in
ciuded: Burns of the hands, arms
and face to a man lighting gas
oven; woman cut her hand on a
perfume bottle, two children drank
poisons, q man suffered severe
bruises when jack slipped as he
changed an automobile tire In his
back yard.
Evening star., 1946-04-14

Agency was gratifying" and ex-
pressed satisfaction that Congress
seems on its way to passing" legis-
iation to set up definite parking
policy Tor Federal buildings. Park
ing garages stimulated by the
MVPA and Federal building park
ing legislation, however, must be
augmented. he said. by action OF
the zoning Commission to require
on -street parking of new CONNER
clal enterprises. 1t has had this
authority since 1898, he. added.
s. Streamlining of public trans-
portation so that "the greatest pos
s1ble number Of persons will be
induced to use it to and from the
central area rather than private
automobile"
Would Move Through Traffic.
4. Removal of through trifiic from
downtown streets by developing
surrounding streets "a start has been
made on this, In the case of K
street N.W) to- insulate the central
area against undue congestion,
S. Development OF East Capitol
street to exert pull from the
opposite direction to hold high down.
town values in position. Gen. Grant
described the East Capitol street
project as an "anchor out to wind
ward" in this respect.
If Washingtonians can pull to-
gether to prevent the situation
which threatens, he said, "then we
may feel confident that the blight
Of substantial decentralization of
the heart Of our city will not hit
Washington so disastrously as it has
many Others"
Evening star., 1946-04-14
|OH-SuIe Beer
esUnchonged
lOPA Warns

The District OPA announced yes
terday that retailers of beer for off,
premises consumption shortly will be
required to post price lists in a con-
spicuous place in their establish
ments.
There have been reports recently
that, because of q shortage of beer.
some retailers have increased prices
of bottled brew.
OPA reminded that all beer and
ale sales are under price control, and
that no recent price increase has
been granted
The new requirement, the agency
said, will make it easier for both the
retailer and consumer to know the
correct prices by referring to a
printed list which will be issued by
OPA.
A recent meeting was held at OPA
headquarters with representatives of
local breweries and wholesale dis
tributors at which time the program
was discussed.
The program Is similar to the
present plan of requiring posting OF
price lists for meats, groceries and
other foods In stores and meals in
restaurants.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Lady Baden Powell
Tells D. T.. Girl Scouts
OF Comrades in War

Lady Baden-Powell, chief guide of
the World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts and widow OF
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder
Of Boy and Girl Scouts, yesterday
told approximately 1900 Girl Scouts
and Brownies of the. Washington
district, of underground activities OF
their fellow Scouts in Nazi-occupied
countries during the war.
Lady Baden-Powell, on a world
tour Of Girl Scout centers, was
shown examples of Washington
Scouting activities in demonstra-
tions by girls of Scouts districts
here. She was welcomed at the
rally at the Sylvan Theater by Mrs.
Adolphus Station, president of the
Washington Girl Scout Executive
Board.
The chief guide will be honored at
noon tomorrow at luncheon given
by the Washington Girl Scout Lead
ers' Association in the main dining
room of the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs.
Frederick Brooke, United States Girl
Scout Advisory Board president;
Mrs. Station and Mrs. Mahlon
Padgett, president of the associa-
ton, will be present with 600 others
interested in scouting.
Lady Baden-Powell and Mrs. Sta
ton will be received by Lady Halifax,
wife of the British Ambassador, at
4 pm. tomorrow at the British EN-
bassy, and Lady Baden-Powen and
Lady Halifax will be received by
Mrs. Truman at the White House
at 5 pm. ...~
Mrs. Brooke will give a tea. for
Lady Baden-Powell at 4::30 pm.
Tuesday at her home The Execu-
tive Board and wives of Ambassa-
doris, who are honorary members,
will be present. Lady Baden-Powell
will address Scout rally at the
University of Maryland at pm.
The chief guide arrived in Wash
ington from New York Thursday
with Miss Clementine Miller, of the
international Division of the United
States Girl Scout Organization, and
will leave Wednesday for Phila-
delphia.
She arrived in the United States
In March, after attending the West
ern Hemisphere Girl Guide and
Girl Scout Training Conference in
Cuba and touring West Indies
Scout centers. She was honor
guest at the United States Scout
Organization convention at Atlantic
City March 20. She will leave the
United States for Canada in May.
Evening star., 1946-04-14

Two fishermen spent cold hour
clinging to rock in mid-Potomac
above Chain Bridge late yesterday
before police rescued them from the
precarious perch they reached after
their boat capsized in the rapids.
Tossed into the chilly river when
their outboard motorboat struck a
submerged rock were Robert Swish
er, 81, of 1929 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, and Norman C. Pines, As, of
1887 T street Sc, both Navy Yard
employees.
Clambering onto a jutting rock,
Mr.. Pines pulled his companion up
with the anchor rope Summoned
by other fishemen, Seventh Precinct
policemen James F. Smith and Nor
ton j. Walker made the rescue after
tossing a light line some 40 feet
from the shore to the rock.
Swisher and Pines then pulled
a heavier rope to the rock and, first
Pines and then Swisher was
dragged ashore. The officers took
them to the station house, where
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Sock for Parking Loss
Draws Man $40 Fine

There is cause for chagrin, un.
doubtedly, when someone beats vo,
to a parking space, but expressing
your disappointment with a punch
IN the jaw isn't sanctioned ir
Municipal Court.
William A. Carey, %, of the zoe
block OF Eighth street NE. paid .
$40 fine yesterday after appearing
before Judge John P. McMahor
on charge of assault under those
circumstances.
Nicholas M. Raskhodoff, 572s
Euclld street, Cheverly, Md, de.
clareo Carey hit him after accusing
MN OF usurping a parking space on
a lot behind the Sears Roebuck store
in the 900 block. of Bladensbure
road NE. April 6. :
Carey was arrested on a warran,
Friday.
Evening star., 1946-04-14

times a week, Mr.. xanten said. "A
cleaning once week or even once
month should be sufficient to
maintain slightly conditions" he
declared. Alleys are cleaned from
twice week to once every three
weeks.
Trash collection is made once a
week at private homes, the director
said, and suggested that in resi-
Dental areas such material as hedge
cuttings, grass clippings and leaves
should be placed in receptacles
rather than leaving them for street
cleaners to remove. He also cited
a city ordinance prohibiting the
piling OF refuse on public space.
He said some of the worst violators
of city uncleanliness are the "un-
thinking pedestrians" who litter
streets with rubbish.
Mr.. Xanten especially urged wider
use of the large trash receptacles
placed along streets and in park
areas, and at the same time deplored
the widespread practice" of setting
the receptacles afire. Many of the
fires are started by pedestrians who
toss lighted cigarettes into the re-
ceptacles as they pass by, he
declared.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Hahn Clerks Charue
'Strikebreaking';
Long WaIkout Seen

Prospects for early settlement oi
the day-old strike of approximately
$50 retail clerks of the William
Hahn g. Co. stores appeared slim
last night. No date has been sci
to resume negotiations and union
oMcials have charged the company
with using strike breaking tactics
in advertising for additional help.
The clerks walked out yesterday
after representatives Of Local 262
Retail Clerks (AFL), said negotia-
tions broke down over company
failure to meet demands for a SIC
weekly raise for shoe statesmen and
a S. boost for sellers Of hosiery and
handbags.
Company officials refused to com.
ment yesterday on a statement by
John Tracy, business manager OF
the local, that a newspaper ad-
vertisement for clerical helr
amounted to "strike-breaking tao
tics"
All but one of the five Hahn stores
in the District, the women's shol
at 1907 F street NV, remained
open yesterday, and officials said ar
effort would be made to operate or
a full scale tomorrow.
At the same time, Mr.. Tracy said
negotiations looking toward agree.
ments with II leading mems stores
would proceed on the basis of the
settlement with the EiSaynop,c .,s
Raleigh haberdasheries the union
approved Friday night.
Acceptance Of terms offered by
the two haberdasheries, including
a 51s per cent commission on a $4s
weekly salary for clothing statesmen
and 61z per cent for furnishings
men drawing $40 a week, union offi-
cials said, averted a threatened
strike in all 13 stores.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Gen. YoungPo Postpone!
Drive for Veterans
Homes 10 May |

Brig. Gen. Gordon r. : ng,
chairman of the District Veterans
Emergency Housing Committee, last
night announced that opening of
the drive to overcome a critical
shortage of homes for veterans here
has been postponed from April 20
to May owing to recent reorgani-
zation of the committee and to
avoid conflict with religious observ-
ances during the Easter period.
Gen. Young, District Engineer
Commissioner. invited every Gov
ernment and business Office and or
ganized activity" in the District
area to join in the drive to open up
additional housing units in existing
homes here. He said the campaign
will continue through May IL.
The committee chairman an
nounced the campaign will be under
supervision of A. Julian Brylawski,
committee vice chairman.
mo idle room can be justified
here" Mr.. Brylawski said last night.
when veterans are forced either to
double up with other families in
inadequate quarters or to search out
the nearest empty park benches.
The time has come for drastic
action as each week brings another
peak load of homeless veterans to a
metropolitan city bulging at the
seams
MIR. Brylawski said the District
Housing Center, 140O PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV, had reported to Gen.
Young that 5000 veterans have been
turned away because registration of
available housing units has "vir-
tually halted"
1t is civic obligation" Mr.. Bry-
lawski continued, for any one with
available accommodations to report
them to the housing center, Execu-
tive 4160 Extension 2o11
Evening star., 1946-04-14

they sat -shivering on radiator
while waiting for their wives to
bring dry clothes. Scores of spec
tators watched the rescues.
Mr.. Pines chung to one fishing rod
throughout the ordeal, but boat
motor, the rest of the tackle and
q days catch were lost. Asked why
they attempted to go SO far up
stream into the rapids, they replied: :
There was beautiful eddy up
there that just yelled of big fish"
In another river rescue, three
small boys from Virginia who were
stranded on Roosevelt Island be-
tween Memorial and Key Bridges
last night when the kayak in which
they were padding ripped open on
a rock were taken off by a fisher
man in boat. They were Robert
Brown, 13, of 106 South Lee street,
Alexandria: David King, 10, Of 17l2
North Highland street. Arlington,
and William G.. Anderson, IL, of
2732 North Eighteenth street, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Senate Gets Bill 10 Grant
Charter for Amvets

A bill has been presented in the
Senate to provide a congressional
charter for Amvets, the American
Veterans of World War II, national
headquarters announced here yes
terday.
introduced by Senators McCar-
ran of Nevada and Mcfarland OF
Arizona, both Democrats, the bill
has been referred to the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee, of which Senator
McCarran is chairman.
Amvets is also backing bill pre-
serted in the House by Representa-
tive Green, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
vania, which would give Amvets the
same recognition by the veterans
administrator as is now accorded by
the act of 1886 to older veterans
organizations in the presentation of
claims on behalf of veterans.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Trout Released
In Foirfox Streams

State Game Warden Arthur w.
Mills has released 1890 brook trout
Of legal size in Colvin Run and
Snake Den Branch, in the north
western section of Fairfax County.
The trout received from the State
fish hatchery at Montebello, Va,
were equally divided between the
two streams. The trout season
opens in Fairfax County April 20,
continuing until July 81.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Star of Shrine Circus Is Injured
In Fall From WoIkinq Ladder
La Toscu ConestreIIi
Taken to Hospital
After Mishup

An act not on the program pro-
vided the audience at the Shrine
Circus with dramatic moment
last night when the star performer,
La Tosca Canestrelli, 81, wobbled
in obvious distress atop high
ladder and finally fell
La Tosca, taken to Sibley Hospital,
where first examination showed she
may have broken ankle, was
walking" the ladder stiltlike across
the stage.
The audience in Uline Arena was
hushed with suspense as she swayed
after a leg of the ladder struck a
rough spot in the stage.
The ladder finally fell forward,
and the girl fell backward when it
hit the stage.