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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
ThomaSton Operetta DralUS Banner CrOuOdS
 Grove Street School Pupils To Use
 Proceeds for Audio- Visual Program

Thomaston, April 26 - The oper- etta. Honey Pirates, presented the past two nights to capacity auol- ences at the High school gym by pupils of Grove Street School TOT the benefit of the Audio-Visual pro. gram of the school, was a decided success.
 Taking part in the presentation were the following:
 Canterbury Bells
 Luna Tedesco, Thelma Kramer, Mary Ann Homan, Mary Jane McCuarrie, Linda Roesing, Rebec- ca Chipman, Barbara Smith, Patty Knapp. Richard Berg, Donald Fred lund, Charles Wysocki, Joel small Wind-Dorothea Harris.
 Blue Bells
 Beatrice Kentana, Alfred Longo, Barbara Curtiss, Judy Grano, Judy Atwood, Myra Gilman, Sylvester Waldron, Susan Schmelter, Lynne Bradshaw.
 sandamn-Billy Sofield.
 Woof wool Wool - Jacqueline Laser.
 Cuckoo-Donald Kiely.
 Bears
 Sandra Marianni, Anne kenneoy George Kindness, Margaret Eoner Beatrice Bernatchez, Elaine Deper- sia, Gail Sanford, Robert Monroe Winifred Kobryn, Penny ThomaS Lee Bradshaw, Linda Haas.
 Moon-Dolores Rupenski.
 Stars
 Ann Mae Lawson, Laura Pacz- kowski, Kay Kennedy, Arlene Dec ko. Ruth Parsons, Dorothy Fred l1lnd, Irene Rrague, Charlotte Grohs, Anna Mae Hardness, Jean Tyler, Nancy Bergemar, Donald Sulkaze, Alfred MiddlebrooKs, Rlcn- ard Kramer.
 Vincent Adams, George Knapp Donald Roberts, Samuel Martin, Richard Didsbury, Roberdt Reardon' James Hearn, Clarice Bernatcnez' Carol Galiada, Dorothy Beaulleu' Marjorie Peck, Joan Pendleton' Janice Bechard, Rochelle Brammer, Carol Anderson, Marjorie John pierre, Virginia Gilmore, Lavonne Zemak, Margaret Callahan, Harry Harlow Carl Ruggles, Terry Dono- van, Robert White, Carl Bergeman Bernard Rogozinski, Gerald Rogo- Zinski, Howard Danaher.
 Evening Star-Josephine CZyz'
 Brllin-James Berg.
 Woof-Robert Pingpank.
 WoofWoof- Phillips.
 Baby Bears Joseph Wassong, Marilyn AtWoooi Robert Fox, Irene Talley, Jack Oris, Claire Truelove.
 Honeyc0mb Orchestra (Bears)
 stephen Knapp, Judy Eggleston Janet Mcknight, George Parson Norest Ball, Gertrude Schneider, Kay Brammer, John Mueller, Rich ard Bullock, Fred Bullock, Donna Reeves, Beverly Mathews, Judy Odell.
 Eleanore Bauxbaum, Alice War ner, Mary Ann Kilman, William Gill. u Myrna Driscoll, Marie Farrell Miriam McCallum, Danny Kelleher Henry Kwiatkowski, Barbara So' field, Rernice Sipkowski, Helen Per- back, James Monahan, Francis Mar lak, Nancy Holt, John Bereza, Lewit Gesmondi, Donald Duff, Rober' Golden, Dorothy Denza, Shirley Toner, Gertrude Swift, Eileen Per- reault, Lois Newsome, June Denni. son, Edward Bergman, Edmunc Cwick, Pauline Wharton, Sylvia Moulthrop, Joyce Butler, James Smith, Donald Sanford, Raymono woods, Sylvia Wysocki, Shirley Scott, Jeanne Marcil, Carol True love, Shirley Shearer, Mary Arlene walsh, Mary Elizabeth Danaher Grace Platt, Elaine Innes, Ronald Richard, Carol Truelove, Lois Gil bert, Bennie Barron, Robert Oris Joan Welton, Clarence Gangloff Vincent Lauretano, Queen Bee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

wasn't bored The worse the show the more he scribbled . One night he stopped making memos during second act |. After the second interval the bean- ing producer said: T feel better since I noticed you put away your pad"
 "Yes," grumbled Broun. T broke my pencil"
 The other column we itemd that Dorothy Parker stifled bore (who had remarked he was self-made man) with: well, why don't you finish the job?"
 A contrib notes: That's not near ly so sulphuric as: Which just goes to show you the horrors of un- skilled laborl"
 During Sarah Bernhardt's visit to America she was mobbed by armies of interviewers. Some of them made sense, others irritated her with silly queries. Frixample, she was asked: How did you ac- uuire your beautiful dimples?"
 Her retort: T sleep on collar buttonl"
 In the Singapore last night Peter Donald and others were discussing press agents and how easy they have 1t Peter remarked that the exploiters for Alfred Lunt and his wife, Lynn Montanne, must have 1t tough" Pressed for an explanation, he said: "rhe Lunts lead such a quiet, peaceful life. No fights, no separations, no scandal, no nothing. Just happiness!"
 Harry Wagstaff Gribble, the pro- ducer director, author and all around play expert, has coined a swelegant new word to replace the inaccurate "Colored" and equally untrue Negro" The casts of both Anna Lucasta" troupes are thrilled about it.
 It's pip, to wit: Negramerican.
 If anyone ever prepared statis- tical study of chorus girls, 1t eluded this column They have some interesting (and sadD numerical figures over at Equity [. |. Frinstance The average life of a dancer is short-something like three years .. The list is great on those girls who come to Broadway to get jobs in shows and have to borrow fare home They retire, usually, at 23.
 Easier Said Than Done Dept: The theme of "Bloomer Girl" is Equality For Women.
 The fact: The chorus boys in it get more than the girls.
 This one has been pinned on vari- ouS hefty humans. But Alec Wooll- colt enjoyed pinning it on himself . When Alec was tipping the scales Gin the 300s) two actors 1lo- ticed him wading in the Atlantic City surf. Said one: Let's go swimming"
 How can weP" quipped the other "Woollcott's using the oceanp
 Shakespeare was a very handy gent with the flip crack. Ham let" contains one of his most devas- tating squelches: When bore in- forms Hamlet, T will take my leave of you" Hamlet says: You couldn't take anything that I'd more will ingly part with!'
 EIeanOra Duse wasn't fond of royalty. During her tours of Eu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
Walter WincheII On BrO0dW'0y
lSaS. nsv Registered cOpynSNA S'A Da'S N'~o'

NfEMOS OF A FIRST-NIGHTER
 Helen Hayes, who will star in saThe Unsuitable Mrs. Brown" (via NEG on May 6trO, was reminuiscing about John Barrymore A stage struck youngster buttonholed him for counsel on becoming a great actor in a hurry.
 First thing you do," advised MT. B., "is to interest great play wright in writing special play with Q great leading role. Then YOU find a rich packer and intro duce him to an extravagant pro- ducer, Then assemble actors for all the roles except the great lead ing part. And then-send for meP
 That reminds us of her groom, Charles Macarthur, who with Ben Hecht) polished up flop show called "Crescendo," which will soon come to town under the name of swan Song" The collabbers, act- ing on their own volition, will use the first money the hit" makes to reimburse the packers of the flop!
 The 1946-47 season on Broadway will inaugurate departure in financing plays ,. Too many Kicks by disgruntled packers resulted in a gentleman's agreement-so there will be no more "call money" claus es in the limited partnership agree ments Call coin meant that a packer of flop was obliged to put up good money after bad, usually 25 per cent of his original kick in The principal reason for the new agreement was the flop ''Truckline Cafe" Call money bought those ads blasting the cri- tics!
 John Barrymore earned and lost several fortunes during his turbu- lent career. When colleague chided him for his financial irres- possibility, Barrymore recited an epitaph he had seen in Westminis- ter Abbey: What I gave, I have. What I spent, had. What I left, lost-by not giving it."
 Some of us wondered why Jed Harris, who once made a million dollars as a Broadway snowman, didn't connect in Hollywood Insiders insist this is why Friends brought hi into Louis B. Mayer, the movie magnate, who had been informed of Jed's genius Dn B'way.
 'How much money do you want . week?" asked Mayer.
 "EIow much do YOU get?" de- ulanded Harris.
 That did it!
 When Haywood BrOun first start ed reviewing Broadway shows he had the habit of making notes dur Ing dull shows to appear that he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
PhiIipNobIe Forum Guest SundoyNieht
 Father To Play
 SecORd Church
 Organ Numbers

Philip Noble, lecturer, photogra- pher and world traveller, will pre- sent his illustrated lecture "Cruis- ing in the West Indies" with 16 mm Kodachrome motion picture film at the closing session of the Second Church Forum Sunday night at 7:30. This will be MT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

Noble's third appearance at the Forum.
 Accompanying him to Waterbury, enroute to Virginia, will be his father and mother, Dr. and Mrs T. Tertius Noble. pr. Noble is fam ous organist and composer and will play two or three selections on the organ at the Second Church.
 In addition to the above program, the Community Male Chorus will sing several Negro spirituals as a prelude with George O. Ward as director and Mrs. Sylvia Harvey as accompanist.
 rope, when Kings and Queens asked to visit her dressing room, she usually turned them down. But the King of Sweden was invited because he sent diplomatic letter in ad- vance: Tt is not the King who asks an audience, but the most hum- ble of your subjects"
 David BeIascO was once cornered by a thespian who went into a hambo routine about his alleged triumphs in the thittir. After yawning his way through the mon- ologue, Belasco left him with this canny counsel: Let others form your opinion of yourself!"
 Novelist Bulwer LyttOn has wov- en this literary lace about the sor- cery of the theater: There is that in theatrical representation which awakenS whatever romance belongs to our character. The magic lights, the pomp of scene, the fair, the false, exciting life that is detailed before us, crowding into some three short hours all our most busy ambi- ton and desire. All the vain ap- peal to our senses is not made in vain. Our taste for castle-build- ing and visions deepens upon us, and we chew mental opium which stagnates the other faculties, but wakes that of the ideal"
 Sir A rthur Conan Doyle once related a bantering conversation he had with S10-a-Week actor who was cast in one of his plays. The young chap had laughingly sug- gested that the two agree to divide their incomes with each other for the rest of their lives Natural ly, Sir Arthur had refused such ridiculous offer,'
 The $l0-a-week youngster was Charlie Chaplin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

Tn the part of Russia occupied by the enemy, 3,250000 acres of forest must be restored, and some in the Ukraine already has been replanted and reseeded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

When Haywood BrOun first start pd reviewing Broadway shows he had the habit of making notes dur Ing dull shows to appear that he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

Every member of your immediate household between the ages of 10 and 70 who crippled deaf blind is the Application Blank Page II and mail it today! NOW!
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09


 The Alaska brought new ct torn y to Kodiak in the pe,son of William fl. Olsen, who has been pracJicing in Ketchikau, ms home town, with fonA CT Dl'trlcT Attorney Mccain.
 MT. Olsen announced tod Y that he has obtained space the Fielder building for an office and will open there as soon as the 0E- flee is ready.
 MT Olsen was accompanied here by his wife and 4 children, James Fl, Dennis 6, Michael 7 and infant daughter, and by his mother, Mrs. Loulse Olsen. They have rented the former Coast Guard living quarters from P. J Watkinson.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

Years baby.
 Nurse Curtis said she could not give the information on it but that the birth certificate was filed at the Commissioners office. An umpteenth check at the lat ter office disclosed no record of the birth there
 So Thursday the father came in person to the Mirror office. He had a copy-of-the bl,th certi- fcate endorsed by the Commis- sioner's, he said, but had left it home.
 "But I can prove it," the ia. ther said, "because we've got the baby home."
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09
kow,stoEn Hits

bOtHSfoFGI1 HIIS What is described by longtime ldents as the heaviest 4S-hour lwfaII in the past 25 yeaiS hit ,diak beginning early Saturday kning, and drifted by strong < Lds tied up transportation Tn Ea and at the base.
 midnight Saturday the lw began falling in earnest H continued on Monday. Offic- I6gures f the Navy weather Itrsl show that from Saturday h yesterday IS inches of snow
 with 16 inches accounted for the 48-hour weekend period. Hiring the same 48-hOur period bborage recorded over 5inches. Drifts as high as 8 feet blocked Ids and streets and the road to base was completely closed. Number of serv cemen were Handed in town but seemed to sby their vacation. The Navy
 was kept off it's run and navy bloyes in town were unable to < Eo work. Before the road was lined a boat from the base car
 men to work from town. The
 e road was opened Wednes'
 evening and first liberties re allowed service personnel. -The Alaska arrived at the base Hing the storm, and the freak
 ess of the weather was shown
 the fact that the vessel made lbral at mpts to dock in a 1ug D. 30 mile wind, while in
 at the s me time there was Eind at a l.
 Assengers from the vessel tied up St veral hours with ,-I road still closed, and were |Elly brought to Kodiak in a F. k boat Outgoing passengers were also taken to the F. by boat.
 r 'wo buIldozers were kept busy < he city streets scraping the /E. With Mill bay road c osed tmaster Maurice Briggs hiked / York from his home at the end {.
 / he road, and pr A. Holmes
 hson, who resides at the end { Mission road, came to his of on snow shoes b ought from } gon and used for the first
 in 8 years. He also made
 ical calls on the snowshoes. II eld conditions and wind
 led cancellation of Pacific to thern plane flights, and kod- was without a plane from
 ay until Wednesday.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

A candy sale to raise funds for the Kodiak Community Center will be conducted today by the Camp Fne Girls. Candy will be sold on the streets and at the Northland Photo shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

Eric Noldon and William Shultz arrived on the Alaska en route to the Far North Packing company at Moser bay.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

Two civ'I suits have been filed at the U. s. Commissioners court, hearings to be heard after the return of the Commissioner from Anchorage.
 The suits are: J. H. Pierce vs MA. Triplett, seeking judgment for $669.85; and Jack Altman vs Pa rick Lynch, for $995.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09
disorderiy charge ia the U. s.
 Commissioners court Sunday.

The title of Kodiak's first New Year baby is hereby awarded to the 4th daughter of MT. and Mrs. Tom McKean, which arriv- ed Jan. IA at her parents home on Mission road. The McKeans are formerly from ChIgn'k.
 The new arrival weighed 7 and a half pounds, and has been named Janet Wallin McKean. The middle name is taken from Mrs. Walhn, midwife at the bilth.
 Nurse Marion Curtis, who said it was the first home-born child in about a year, first told the Mirror about it after publication last week of the item that said January had passed with no New
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

ck Hardin, employed at sty's bakery, left by plane |erday for Las Vegas, New, re he was called by the seri-
 Illness of his wife.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

Jorgen Fredrickson and J. H. Pierce left on Wednesdays plane for Anchorage, where they were called in connection with the Schultz safe robbery trial
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

civilian base employe picked fter indecently exposing him. on the main street Saturday lined $l00 on a drunk and
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09
|Wn Topics

ospital authorities are taking fntage of 8 temporary qulet |bd to have the women's ward
 the main entrance and corri-
 painted, also the nursery furniture has been ordered he two W omen's wards, which match that now in the priv room.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

by Snyder has announced
 he and his Fairbanks part
 J, E. Mainella, have pur- led the site of the burned banks Mecca bar and plan bbuild.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-02-09

Mirror Classifieds Pay
The union times., 1946-09-21
Cal. AFL Battles
 Attempt To Wreck Unemployment Law

San Francisco (LPA)-The Cali fornia Federation of Labor will launch a vigorous campaign in com ing months to combat the efforts of the California Manufacturers Assn to destroy the state Unemployment Insurance Act.
 The Manufacturers Assn has had the temerity to send out letters to trade unions and other Organi. cations expressing its views on how to correct abuses" in the state job. less benefits law. It is aiming its drive at the l947 session of the state legislature.
 Answering CMA's proposal that compensation be denied to persons "who refuse to work under any com mon sense definition of suitable em- p1oyment' the AFL asserts that CHA means any job offered to an un- employed worker
 The AFL also attacked the CMA's charge that workers "purpose1y'' quit jobs to get unemployment benefits pointing out that workers must leave a job for good cause before benefits are paid.
The union times., 1946-09-21
Top GEL Heads Participate In Hartford Meet
Collins, O'Rourke Are Key Speakers At Catholic
 Labor Conference

Two top officials in the Connec- ticut Federation of Labor were key figures in the two-day conference between labor and management held under the auspices of the Catholic Conference of Industrial Problems.
 GEL President Timothy Collins was chairman of the afternoon ses- sion on Monday at which speakers stressed the cyclical nature of wages, prices and production.
 GEL Secretary-Treasurer Joseph M. Rourke addressed the Tuesday afternoon session on "PrOblems Facing Labor.''
 Sponsored by the Most Reverend Henry J. O'Brien, Bishop of Hart ford, and by a local committee the conference chairman was the Rever- end Joseph F. Donnelly, director of the Diocesan Labor Institute.
 The two-day conference heard addresses and discussions by lead. CTS from government, management, union and Catholic circles and was open to the public. According to a statement, the purpose was to dis. seminate facts about labor as a fac. tor in the economic system and in the social order.
 Closing remarks were made by Bishop O'Brien.
The union times., 1946-09-21
Work Injuries Up
 As Jobs Increase

Washington (LPA) - Disabling work injuries in manufacturing in creased to a total of 124,000 in the second quarter of 1946 as a result of rising employment, according to a re- port released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Dept.
 This total represents 16,50O more injuries than occurred during the first three months of the year, and 5000 more than occurred in the last quar- ter of 1945-but 23,0O0 less than in the same three months of 1o45. The highest injury frequency rate for any industry was 64.6 for sawmills. The synthetic rubber industry with a rate of 2.9 had the best safety rate, with the electric lamp industry second.
The union times., 1946-09-21
AFL Auto Workers Score Victory

Fort Wayne, Ind.-The AFI.'s United Auto Workers Union scored smash hing triumph in an NLRB cleo ton at the Spicer Manufacturing Co. here by defeating the CIO by mar gin of 2H to 1. The successful cam paign was directed by International Representative Alex Peterson, Re gional Representative Gilbert Jewell and Regional Director Earl Heaton.
 MERCHANT PRINCE''
 The U. s. Commerce Dept last week sent us press release saying that Persons considering opening a retail apparel store should not set their sights at the merchant prince level but should plan to develop slow ly." Most of the returning CTS we've heard about would compromise on being dukes or counts, if they could get hold of decent piece of apparel.
The union times., 1946-09-21
Texas Labor Set
 To Combine For P olitical Action

FORT WORTH, Tex. (FP)-A statewide Railway Employees Pc litical Action Committee has been organized by the Texas railroad brotherhOods. It will cooperate with all political action committees set up by bona fide unions in Texas.
 At the same time delegates repre- senting 225,000 AFL union members in Texas prepared to meet in Houston to adopt a unified program of po1iti- cal action, with local political actior committees already set up by AFL unions in Dallas and elsewhere.
 Conway Leads
 Formation of the Railway En- ployes-PAC was announced by w. M Conway, legislative chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (unahlliated) who said that letters have been mailed to all towns in Texas where there was group of railway workers, advising them to "get together and form a political action committee"
 Que to the fact that recent labor troubles have convinced us our only remedy is the ballot box, we have de- cided to form these organizations to give railway employees a chance for more intelligent use of the franchise, 2 Conway said, declaring that RE-PAC would take the record of all state and congressional candidates to the voters
The union times., 1946-09-21
A1to Industry Nov Tries To Blame Truman For Shortages
Scab's Accident
 Kills Young Boy

DENVER-(FP)-The death of a 15-year-old boy while illegally em- p1oyed as stock boy in the strike bound May Co., department store here will be investigated by a grand jury, the Retail Clerks Intl. Protective Assn. (AFL) has been promised.
 The youth, Richard Meyer, was hired two days after 800 of the 900 May Co. employees struck de- manding an increase in their aver age $l8.5O weekly pay. He subse- quently was killed when an under age elevator attendant failed to take adequate precautions while operating his elevator.
 The union has accused the company of hiring over 100 youngsters as strikebreakers, and protested to gov ernment officials against fragrant vio- lation of the child labor laws.
The union times., 1946-09-21
Saposs Named For BLS Appointment

Washington (LPA)-David J. Sa- poss, nationally known labor econo- mist, is slated to become labor con- sultant to Commissioner Evan Clague, of the Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics, it was dis closed here this week.
 Saposs' appointment received the approval of both AFL President Will liam Green and CIO President Philip Murray.
 Author of number of standard works in the field of labor economics, Saposs was co-author with John R. Commons of the History of Labor in the United States. For the 20th Gen. tury Fund he was assistant director of research in the 1884 study of labor government relations. Other books by Saposs are Labor Movement in Post War France and Readings in Trade Unionism.
The union times., 1946-09-21
Musicians Win 2O% Night Club Raise

NEW YORK-(FP) Owners of Al night clubs here yielded to a strike threat by Local 802, American Red eration of Musicians (AFL) and granted their orchestra men 2O% pay increases above present rates.
 The musicians strike against hotels still goes on as owners continue to refuse to meet demands for the same increases won from the ni9ht clubs.
The union times., 1946-09-21
Stooge Union Hit By AFL Teachers

DETROIT = (FP) . In high powered crusade against evils in edu- cation the Detroit Federation of Teachers (AFL) killed company union with one blow of the tomahawk and kept right on going after super intendent's pets who get the cushy jobs on basis other than merit.
 Supt Arthur A. Dondineau meek1y disbanded the Detroit School En- ployes Council, set up by his prede- cessor, when the union showed him that it violated Sec. 16 of the Michi- gan labor mediation act. The act for bids an employer among other things to initiate, create, dominate, contri- bute to, or interfere with the forma- tion or administration of any labor or ganization."
The union times., 1946-09-21
Virginians Under A Draftable For Striking

RICHMOND, Va. - CPD = If you're under A and go on strike in the Old Dominion, the local draft board will get you.
 That became apparent here in a se- lective service order aimed at strik- ing AFL merchant seamen and truck drivers in Virginia which was sent to all draft boards. It directed reclassif- cation of all deferred men who are no longer active in the occupations for which they were deferred. The order was signed by Col. Joel D. Griffin, state director of se1ective service.