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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-14
JIM MMIE, FIDLER h HoHyUood

anteed her affluence in the dark days ahead when theatres resume giving away dishes to attract pat ronage, Bob Hope, philosopher. MT. Hope attributes the youthful appearance of middle-aged glamour girl stars to the stimulation that they get from alternately touching the floor to improve their figures, and hitting the ceiling to impress their bosses.
 SMALL TALK: For a location scene in "The Magnificent Rogue" :" Republic erected alonside busy Wiltshire Boulevard a huge bill- board advertising ".Smoothie" ciga- rets, and featuring the eye-catch- ing legs of leading lady Lynne Roberts. Within the next "A hours, the proprietor of nearby drug store had ample proof that adver- Using pays By actual count, 173 persons had visited his tobacco counter to ask for the entirely fic- ticious "Smoothie" cigarets.
 Hollywood's reddest face, at this writing, is the comedy countenance of Hillary Brooke. Seated in a neighborhood movie the other eve, she felt something gently nudge her leg-and cast furious side glance at the man seated beside her. Again-and still again-she felt the nudge. Listen, you would be wolf. she hissed to her neigh Dor, then, Quit that, or I'll call the managerl@ The man-aecused smiled patiently, and pointed to the floor. T don't think you'd be safe in calling him." he said, "if that animal belongs to youa Miss Brooke's pet police dog, without her knowledge, had followed her inside the theatre
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derstudy at this point, and the usual complications with the usual out come of a happy ending took place in the usual manner.
 It appeared as though the Litch- field players, after turning in ser ies of top rate hits, just wanted a rest-and they took it last night.
 Gene Lyons as the understudy and Lawrence Slade as the actor he un- derstudied, gave their usual good performance. Slade, in role that called for exaggerated and affected spurts of dramatic egotism, took all the laughs that could be squeezed from 8 cold audience. And Lyons
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who constantly ar1azes with his na- turalness, was the only one on stage whose acting appeared like a real thing, acting that appeared not to be acting.
 The audience, for the mosk part, lived up to the Broadway statistics that proved that they are unrespon- sive to the type of play given behind Litchfield's footlights last night. Statistics show that there are more turkeys" when it comes to sophis- tication, and especially when enact ed without heart, than for any other type of play.
 Others in the cast last night were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-14
DoUeU Orchestra To Play Sunday

SaXie DoWell, who brings his or chestra to Lake Compounce Sum day evening, formerly was With the Hal Kemp band and is widely known as the author of Three Little Fishes, which set a new record for Tin Pan Alley with sales of more than 100000 pieces of sheet music and recordings.
 During the war Saxie won a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-14

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. IA Trade papers, the other day, carried a news item that's worth a second thought if you happen to be one of the millions that wonder ''whats wrong with the movies" Producer Alexander Korda, it stated, has agreed to pay Damon Runyon, the novelist, Sl00,0o0 for screen rights to a story which has not yet been written!
 Obviously, if the story is yet to be written, Korda is buying a pig in a poke He's gambling S100,000 on Runyon's ability to concoct an original plot that will make good motion picture And having once invested that first S100,000, it's eX- tremely likely that he will put the picture into production. ev n though the finished story should be below par in some particulars.
 In fairness to Runyon, let me say that he's a much safer gamble than most of his fellow scribes, for he's unusually conSlStent9
 Any writer Can-and all writers do now and then-hateh out liter ary lemons. What happens if the story, purchased sight unseen, 7" refuses to jell for filming? Is Al exander Korda going to shrug off s1O0000 loss-or is he going to forge ahead with his production plans, gambling still further on the current box-otfice boom to see him through financially-and inflict an other bad picture on audiences al- ready bombarded with bad pie tures?
 The first essential of a good pie ture is a good story. Without that the greatest cast ever assembled is helpless. Because of that incon- testable fact. it seems to me that buying stories before they are writ ten is poor and dangerous prac- tice.
 IDOL CHATTER: No matter what George Sanders says, it comes out waffle waffle Wondering muse: Should Linda Darnell be complimented, or inSulted by au- thor Kathleen Windsors assertion that shes perfect for the title role in Forever Amber? Aside to MGM bosses: No kiddin', boys, you should either suppress pictures of Lana Turner like those shots in the current issue of Screen Guide, or order her on a dietl Where's 2oth Century-F'ox hiding John Payne? Add men I'd like to have on my side in a rough-house: Robert Ryan. If all the rice thrown at Hollywood's perennial brides were re-sacked, it would go a long way toward relieving for eign food shortages. =. Random thought: Why, doesn't that Beau teous English star, Google Withers, adopt a new name?
 THE HOLLYWOOD PARADE: Kenny Delmar, diplomat. MT. Del mar. famous in the radio world as Senator Claghorn, urges, as a method of settling the long stand Ing feud between Southern and Northern California, the remaining of the latter section Upper South ern California Bette Davis, far-sighted investor. Miss Davis, by purchasing one of California's largest pottery factories, has guar
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Fire is to have a new short-wave radio station costing nearly $8O0,- 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-14

Saralie Bodge, Sylvia Stone. Mimi Palmer, John Martin and Vern Arm strong.
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great deal of respect for his hero ism as well as admiration for his musicianship as leader of the or chestra aboard the famous U.S.S. Franklin. The portly Dowell made page one of the nations newspa- pers by binding the wounds of his buddies and burying at sea many of those who did not survive the secondary explosions set of by a lucky Jap bomb hit. It was only after the injured and dead were cared for that Saxie took the band stand and with his orchestra kept at high pitch the morale of Frank lin survivors while the aircraft car- rier burned for 3 days in Pacific.
 Featured vocalists With the band are Don Grady and Connie Gale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-14
BY JOSEPH c. GILLIAN

After hitting such high standards for nine weeks the Ltchfield Sum- mer Theater's "The Curtain Rises last night, was quite a let down.
 The setting was Vienna, where a rich but unlovely middle-aged wom- an seeks romance. She hires a local actor to teach her the art of the theater, but is spurned by him and is forced to settle for the coaching of the actors understudy.
 All this takes place in the first act
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-14
Litchfeld Players Rest On Laurels in New Show

amid an unreal setting of not-too- well-acted sophistication. It was slow in getting started, the plot, that is, and in the second act, the transfiguration of the homely wench into comedy wench, was far too much like soap opera"
 Of course, as all the audience knew would happen, the actor who first spurned the girl came around and made his bid for her affections. She, of course, was in love with the un-
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
SERVICE MERCER:
On Way

With President Truman throwing
his full weight behind a merger Of
the fighting services. early congress
sional action on unifcation of the
army, navy and air forces was fore
seen.
Meanwhile, rougher sailing doomed
On the chief executives proposal for
compulsory military training for
youths 10 to 20 years of age to build
up an experienced ser adequate
to meet future emergencies.
In casting his lot for the merger
Of the armed forces after strenuous
naval objections to ~unification. Mr..
Truman called for a single depart
ment of national defense under a
civilian head, with assistants for
the various branches, and a mill
tary chief of staff. with command
ers from the three services. The
military leaders would join with the
President in an advisory council.
Maximum efficiency would result
from ~uniication, the President de-
clared, because close coordination
would acquaint each branch Of the
armed forces with the capabilities
and limitations of the others, and
economy would be achieved by
eliminating a duplication of effort
and supply.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
LABOR:
Talk Turkey

With early maneuverings for posi-
ton jolted by President Humans
request for fact-fnding anti-strike
machinery to speed settlement Of
labor disputes, the CIO United Auto
mobile Workers and major produc-
ers entered into discussions of prin-
cipal issues, with Ford continuing to
steal the show.
With the JAWS Ford division hav-
ing provided the first real break in
the deadlock with agreement to
penalize wildcat strikers hindering
output, the company took one step
closer toward agreement by pro-
posing a 15-cent an hour wage in
crea Despite Ford's alteration of
the unions security plan and the
JAWS rejection of the company's
wage offer. the two propositions pro-
vided a meeting ground for a settle
ment somewhere between.
Meanwhile, the Sinclair-United Oil
Workers (CIO) pact providing for
an 10 per cent wage raise and union
assurance against wildcat striking
doomed as the model contract for all
of industry. In arriving at a settle
ment. H. F. Sinclair declared that
the two parties agreed that volun-
tary solution of disputes was pref
cradle to government Intervention,
such as proposed by Mr.. Truman.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
JAPAN:
Tells Secret

In guarded memoirs left after his
suicide to prevent arrest as a war
criminal, former Jap Premier
Prince Konoye left some glimpses
Of the acknowledgements maneuver-
ing that marked his country's di-
plomacy before the surprise attack
on Pearl Harbor.
One of the top disclosures was
Konoye's report on the evolution Of
a peace plan covering the Far East
after unofficial negotiations in which
former Postmaster General Walker
and Bishop Walsh of the Catholic
Maryknoll missionaries figured with
government knowledge. Sabotaged
by Ultra-Nationalist japanese Off
cials, the plan called for Jap with
drawal from China, restriction Of
immigration thereto, and co-opera-
ton in the restoration of the open
door trade policy. In return, the
U. S. was to recognize Manchuria.
In another revelation, Konoye re-
ported Russia's tentative agreement
to join the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
in 1910 under inclusion of Iran and
India in her sphere of influence. No
concrete alliance developed, how
ever. because of the failure of the
Nazis and Reds to work out details.
and the whole plan collapsed with
Germany's drive to the East in 1941.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
SHIP SINKINC:
COnUict Skipper

Acquitted or a charge of inef1-
cheney in the sinking of the cruiser
Indianapolis in the Pacific last July
with a loss of $50 lives, Capt. Charles
B. McVay was found guilty of negli-
gence in the operation of the ship,
with sentence subject to review of
the secretary of the navy.
Clearance on the charge of ineffi-
cheney for not issuing timely orders
to leave the vessel after it was
struck by a torpedo followed Nc
Ways testimony that he had at first
believed the ship could be saved but
then called for it's abandonment
when convinced of the real extent of
damage. Shortly after, the Indianap-
oils capsized. taking a heavy toll
of life.
In being convicted on the negli-
gence charge. McVay was accused
of failing to order a zig-zag course
during the trip from Guam to Leyte
and thus divert the aiming Of a u
boat. In defense. McVay contended
that poor visibility and lack of moon
that night governed his decision not
to take on a diversionary course.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
FARM CROPS:
Years ReUien

With a New Year ringing in,
American farmers could look back
on the old as marking the best in
food grain production on record with
an all-time wheat crop of 1923, 49,
600 bushels featuring the harvest.
At the same time, the department
of agriculture reported that feed
grains we're the third largest on rec
ord. though corr fell off slightly to
3,018, $1,000 bushels from the 1914
figure. AS a result, huge quantities
of feed will be available for fatten-
ing livestock and assuring the coun-
try of banner meat supplies through
1916.
Along with wheat, new records
were established for oats, tobacco,
rice, popcorn, hops, peaches, pears,
grapefruit, almonds and fresh truck
crops, while near records we're set
for hay, soybeans, haxseed, pota-
toes, sugar cane, oranges, grapes
and pecans.
Despite the general banner pro-
duction, the cotton harvest fell to its
lowest figure since 1896, while ap-
pies, barley, rye. dry beans, buck
wheat, sorghum silage and forage,
sweet potatoes. sugar beets, april
cots and sour cherries were also be-
low average output.
With a decrease of 1000, 900 acres
from 1914, production of all crops IN
1915 was only is per cent off. Out
put was 2 per cent below the peak
of 1912.
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operative action and prevent the de-
struction Of modern conflict.
Acting quickly on the enabling leg
islation, President Truman nomi-
mated the U. S. delegates to UNO.
with ex-Secretary Of State Edward
Stettinius chosen as the representa-
tive on the all-powerful security
council and senior member of the
general assembly group including
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sen.
Tom Connally (Dem., Texas and
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (Rep.,
Mich.).
Under the legislation approved. the
President can enter into negotiations
with the other four members of the
security council of UNO for provi-
sion of military forces to suppress
aggression. with freedom to permit
their use after congressional sane
ton Of the arrangements. The Pres
ident also will be able to join in the
imposition of economic boycotts to
bring a troublemaker into line.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
TELEVISION:
Charge Restriction

Accusing Scophony. Ltd, of Great
Britain and Television Productions
Inc and General Precision Equip
ment Corporation Of America of re
tarding development of television in
the U. S. through a cartel agree
ment dividing markets between Eu-
rope and the ern hemisphere,
the government filed antitrust
charges in New York City.
In stating that the companies had
agreed to stay out of competing
areas, the government declared that
the American firms had obtained ex-
elusive rights to an advanced tele-
vision set controlled by Scophony.
but had done nothing to either de-
velop and exploit the apparatus
here OF promote its sale and use.
Employing an independent light
along the principle Of the motion pic
ture protector, tn, British product
Is capable Of transmitting images
20 by "a inches on home sets, 3 by
4 feet on school and club sets and IL
by Is feet on theater screens, the
government said. In contrast, Amer
lean sets are limited to reproduc-
tons Of 4 by 6 inches and 6 by 8
inches.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
Frontier Figure Dies

Death Of Norman Pruiett, 70. in Okla
homa City, Okla, from pneumonia re-
called his one-time eminence as a from
tier attorney, with a record OF acquit-
tails for 300 accused sLayers. Having
studied the lato in an attorneys office,
where he was employed as a shoe shine
boy and j%anitor, Pruiett, a colortul fig
ure with long. black hair falling belOiU
his shoulders, Wds among the first to
introduce emotion in court practice in
the Southwest.
On one occasion When the prosecu-
ton sneered at his plea OF 'se~lt-defense
for a client accused OF killing a man
who threatened him with a pencil,
"Old Norman" suddenly seized a juror
by the collar-fhrust a pencil at his
breast and secured an admission that
the pencil resembled a knife under the
circumstances.
after being conpicted as a boy Of a
robbery which he said he did not
commit, Pruiett resolved to study lau.
Addressing the Judge, he reared: "TH
turn mErderers and thieues loose in
your midst"
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said varying conditions for differ
snt crops might fail to promote max
imum production. Even with milk
at 100 per cent of parity at the
1904 base, output is below re-
quirements. he said. while eggs at
DO per cent might lead to plentiful
production.
Declaring that the parity formula
should be based upon the 10 years
preceding the present program rath-
er than on the 1904 level, Edward
A. O'Neal, farm bureau president,
called for all agricultural groups TO
unite or an overall plan rather than
insist on a separate system for eacn
commodity.
Pointing up the need for addition
al rural health and education facili-
ties, Senator Hill Dem., Ala.) said
hat with millions of farm dollars
ending up as profits in industrial dis
trictS after consumer purchases.
only federal taxation and expendi-
lures for social service could as
sure the return of some of the money
back to agricultural areas for public
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Anderson Took
OFF Heat on Food

Clinton P. Anderson, the secre-
tary Of agriculture, won White
House entree during Roosevelt days
by taking the heat off the admins
tration with a food investigation. La
Dor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach has been described as more
New Deal than Roosevelt"
Continuing, it was President
Roosevelt who brought Tom C.
Clark, the present attorney general,
into government service, placing
him in line for the advancement
which Mr.. Truman gave him. Paul
v. McNutt, who left recently to be-
come high commissioner in the Phil
ippine islands, was originally a
Roosevelt appointee.
Even in the intimate surroundings
Of the White House will be found
several ''hold-overs," notably schol-
arly William D. H~assett, a preSiden.
tial secretary whose typewriter has
turned out many of the lyrical
speeches delivered by the late Pres
ident, and whose skill can be detect
ed by Washington newsmen in Mr..
Humans more formal addresses.
j. A. Krug remained at the head
OF the War Production board until
it went out Of existence, although
the new President was often critical
of WPB when he was presiding
over the senate committee which
bore his name.
Almost every move made by Mr..
Truman in organizing his official
family had underlying it a record
of Roosevelt association. There has
been only n notable d~iscernible
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
LUFTWAFFE RECORDS;

A 250-ton documentary record of
the German air force which will tell
the American people more about the
Luftwaffe than the Germans them
selves know. has been housed at
Wright Field, Ohio.
In disclosing possession of the rec
ords, the army presumed possession
of a detailed report on German re-
search would save the government a
great deal of time and money by
eliminating duplication of expert
mentaticn in those fields in which
the Germans had surpassed us.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05

Sec. of Agriculture Clinton P. An
derson believes the Farm Security
administration should be combined
with the FCA, but by retaining all
agencies within the department of
agriculture. He believes that farm
loans are inter-related with all the
other functions of the department,
and that persons who have a voice
in making credit available to farm
ers should have a voice in the for
mutation of other farm programs to
make a maximum contribution to
the welfare Of the farmer.
Because Of the prevailing view
that agencies Of the federal govern
ment should be grouped under cabi-
net officers responsible directly to
the president" Mr.. Anderson said,
II believe that for the long run, the
question is not whether the farm
credit and the farm security pro-
grams should be set up within an
independent agency of the federal
government. To me, the question
rather seems to be whether it is
more appropriate for these agencies
to be in the, department Of agricul-
ture, or in some other executive de-
partment of government. Since these
are farmers programs. it seems
obvious to me that they belong in
that department which is engaged
primarily with the problems of
the farmers"
This writer believes that since
Mr.. Flanagan is chairman Of the
house agricultural committee and
his measure has been reported out
for passage, it is likely it will stand
a good chance to pass the house in
spite of the opposition of the agri-
cultural secretary. Whether it will
get by the senate, however, is an
other question.
The Farmers union believes the
Flanagan bill will definitely kill
the FSA and they are standing
alongside the secretary in the fight to
keep the credit agencies within the
department of agriculture.
The Omaha guide., 1946-01-05
Stresses Need for Additional knowledge # Nutrition

A drastic change in the diet may be harmful even when it
adds beneficial food. DR.. c. A. Evehjem, professor of biochemistry
at the University of Wisconsin, asserted in calling for increased
research into nutrition to permit wider knowledge of balanced
consumption.
For example, DR.. Elvehjem says, most workers in this field
regard a high level of protein in the diet as desirable, but it has
recently been discovered that a deficiency in vtamin BIG
or pyridoxne, develops faster on high protein diets. A high level
OF fat may tend to reduce tooth decay, he continues, but it NAV
also tend to reduce the necessary synthesis of vtamins in the
intestinal tract.
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ded that a maintenance electrician
must stay on the job until it's COM
pletion, it cost $1,000 just to plug
that cord in.
The skill required, according to
the report was the same as that
required to plug in a toaster on a
breakfast table.
Billions in Construction
Americas construction industry
while anticipating higher wages
and material costs during the next
year, expects new contracts at the
rate of SIP billion annually.
This will give direct employ
ment to 2,400, 900 on-site workers,