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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25

1l1SAI 1c ONCA GC6&oA0oANC Ao bor curbs asked by the President.
 Believed Last Move
 The Whitney plan was viewed as a desperate last-ditch maneuver to forstall such a move.
 Whitney and Johnson were clear ly on the spot. They were put there, before millions of radio listeners, by MT. Truman. With cold anger, he blamed them alone for a rail strike that "can completely stifle our economy and ultimately destroy our country" Seldom if ever, has a President delivered such severe indictment of labor leaders.
 Two hours after the President spoke, Sen. Claude Pepper, (D. Fla.), met with Whitney and John ston.
 Presidential Adviser John R. Steelman was ready to resume ne- gotiations with union and manage ment representatives. There was some doubt, however, whether the talks would be resumed. Some Gov ernment officials reportedly were disposed to let Whitney and John- ston sweat it out" forcing them to come to terms.
 Appealed to Rank and File
 MT. Truman went over the heads of the two labor chiefs. He appealed to the rank and file membership of their unions to get back on the job because an 'extraordinary emergency exists, He said it was patriotic duty that "goes beyond any desire for personal gain"
 There was no way of knowing the immediate response of the rank and file. The Southern Railroad said that five minutes after the President voiced his appeal, two vet eran engineers telephoned they were ready to return.
 Leaders of the three operating brotherhoods that did not strike firemen, conductors and switchmen promised immediately that their workers would be on the job today regardless of who ran the trains troops or regular engineers and trainmen.
 Meanwhile, soldiers stood poised to run all the trains they could and protect striking railroad CTS. They were ready to do so on orders from MT. Truman who said the situation created by the strike is terrifying"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
Rail Union Leaders to Submit Compromise Offer to Truman
Senator Pepper Evolves
 Proposal in New Efforts;
 Army Mobilized to Work

W3SQ1u&UOLl, May 2O-NOGJ-1Ns4A strike leaders will submit to Pres- ident Truman today a compromise l offer to call off the chaotic train tie-up before the 5 P. M. EDT) deadline set for emergency Army operation of idled trains.
 This was disclosed by Sen. Claude Pepper, D.-Fla0, after dramatic pre-dawn conference with Train men President A. F. Whitney.
 He said the plan, presumably en- dorsed by Engineers President AL vanley Johnston, would offer to bring striking trainmen and engin- eers back to work under Govern ment-union contract.
 Face Ultimatum
 It would be effective during Gov ernment operation of the railroads while permanent union-manage- ment settlement is worked out through further negotiation or arbi- tration.
 The peace offer was drawn up after MT. Truman, in fighting mad radio address, laid down stern ultimatum to Whitney and Johnston to end their strike against the Government" under pain of drastic Government action to avert starvation and industrial collapse.
 MT. Truman said that unless the strike is ended by P. M. EDT. to- day the Army will move in and run as many trains as possible. He also implied strongly that he would ask Congress for legislative curbs against labor.
 The President goes before joint session of Congress at P. M. EDT. flor what the White House described as "one of the most tremendously l important speeches of this career" May Ask Drastic Laws
 Reliable congressional sources said he was ready to ask for a law mak- ing it criminal offense to strike against the Government. Pepper, leader of a pro-laIbor bloc in the Senate, said Whitney would submit his plan to MT. Truman in a letter before noon. He said he gained the impression that Whit ney and Johnston are working to- gether" on the plan.
 Pepper went to Whitney's hotel room at midnight, two hours after the Presidents broadcast to the na- tion. With Whitney, Pepper sought to work out a plan to end the strike and head off restrictive labor legiS- lation.
 T wanted to discover" Pepper ex- plained, whether some way could not be worked out to avoid twin dangers of a breakdown in the na- tion's transportation or the necessity of coercing free American Labor into unwilling work"
 All Means Must be Tried
 He admitted he did not know whether the peace plan would be acceptable to MT. Truman. But he felt "the Government must exhaust every possible means of voluntary settlement before it resorts either to coercion or armed force"
 MT. TrumanS railroad seizure or- der of May IT makes no provision for Government-union negotiation of an interim contract to cover working conditions during the per- iod of Government operation of the lines.
 In this important respect, it dif- fers from the executive order di- recting Federal seizure of the coal mines. That order specifically au- thorized Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug to negotiate an interim Gov ernment-union contract with the United Mine Workers.
 Congress, in a fighting mood, was geared to rush-possibly before the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
 Misses Train

Old SaybrOOk, May 25-(UP) Bert Chapman, a retired rail- roader, was weary-eyed today, all because of the strike.
 He said he didn't sleep a wink last night because he missed the screeching whistles of the trains whizzing past his home.
 Another annoyance cropped up this morning.
 He couldn't set his watch-nO trains again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
President Watched
President Watched
 Paralysis Grips U s. Likelihood; Army MobilizeS
RY United Pressl

A troubled nation W0LCneQ FTeS" ident Truman today. Reaction by rank and file railroad strikers to his radio address last night was Scant, but indications were that they, with the rest of the nation, were waiting for the Governments next move.
 President Truman promised dras- tic steps, including the use of troops to run the trains if necessary. Hourly, more factories closed, un- employment scared and food short ages became fact instead of a threat in many cities..
 In his address last night, the President appealed to striking En- gineers and Trainmen to end the Walkout.
 Lodge Files Protest
 At Denver, Lodge 68O of the Bro therhood of Railroad Trainmen list ened to his speech and sent him 8 telegram of protest. It said in part: The entire membership Of this lodge consider your speech of Fr1- day night unfair to the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- eers."
 At Chicago, President Grant Oakes of the United Farm Equip ment Workers (CI.O0 sent MT. Truman a telegram condemning his speech as "a whitewash of the rich and arrogant railroad operators at the expense of underpaid long pa tient and i'll treated workers The impact of the strike was felt in almost every home in the nation.
 Basic Industries Frozen
 The wallEcut had frightened its paralyzing grip on basic industries. Coal production dropped oil to a mere trickle. More steel furnaces were banked and the industrial shutdown spread to the autonotive industry when Studebaker an- nounced it was closing its plants. As the crisis heightened the Government sought to meet it with these steps:
 l.. President Truman threat ened harsh anti-strike legisla- tion and military operation Of the railroads unless trains be- gin moving today.
 2. The Army prepared to take over. Several troop units were moved to strategic points, ready for any emergency.
 3. The Marine Corps put former Marines and reserves on notice for possible duty, and the Navy scanned its records to determine how many sailors can operate trains.
 {. The Post OHice Depart ment banned from the mails all
 but first class letters and post cards.
 5. Army and Navy air units
 were alerted for use in hauling
 essential freight.
 100 Trains Operate
 Some railroads were trying des- perately to keep few trains run ming. but yesterday only 100 passen' ger trains were in operation. The normal daily schedule for the na' ton is I'll, 800. The Association Q, American Railroads reported thai only 24O of the norTfial 24,O00 freigh' trains ran yesterday. On the basis of these figures, Nl' normal daily movement of 72!OOO,OO tons of freight had been cut to scant 720,000 tons.
 Army troop movements wer' under way. Five-hundred troop were being moved from Camp Al terbury, Ind, to Fort Custer, Micp for strike duty.
 At Hartford, Conn, housewlve forced several stores to close ne cause of the rush.
 Other developments reflected tn' gravity of the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
City RoiIwoy Unions View 
 Meeting Started
 One Hour Earlier; Outlook Bleak

Waterbury members of the strik- ing railway unions were in session at Moose Hall this morning to act on President TrIman's demand that they return to work b. P. M. EDT., today. Originally scheduled for II A. M., the meeting was start ed an hour earlier.
 No engineers or trainmen report ed for work this morning, said James H. Greer, assistant superin- tendent for the New Haven Rail- road. Though milk trains ran to some cities on the New Haven sys- tenn, none came to Waterbury, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
One-Legged Peddler Held for Assault

Maiden, Mass, May 25-UPl A one-Iegged peddler was held today on . charge of assault with a dangerous weapon-a crutch.
 Harry R. Evans, 54, of Boston was arrested yesterday when another peddIer inched into the territory where Evans was sel- ling pencils. The two peddlers quarreled, police said, and Evans broke his crutch on the head Of Max Gardner, e. of Brighton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
cLTJR,s PATRONs ROBBED

Biddeford, Me, May 10-lUPJ- Armed with machine gun, rifle and pistol, four men held up the patrons of a Biddeford social club early today and escaped with ap- proximately $10O0O in money and jewelry, it was reported to police.
 Police Chief Albert Perry said the quartet, ranging in age from 2S to 30. were seen cruising about the area shortly before the holdup. A patron of the social club reported the holdup to . policeman on the heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
TAXI DRIVER KILLED

Boston, May 25-(UP) Harry D. Buskirk, 35, formerly of San Diego, Cal, was killed by 8 bullet from his own gun last night and a police detective seeking to question him about solicitation of long-distance taxi rides sustained shoulder wound during q struggle for posses- sion q the gun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
RAY STATE CUTS BUTTER

Boston, May 25-UP)-The use of butter for all meals except break fast will be eliminated in Massachl- setts' l4,OO0 restaurants beginning Monday, President John w. Stokes of the Massachusetts Restaurant As- sociation said today,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25
The We0thsr

Higher Humidity
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Veteran Actors Teamed
For First Time In Film

HOLLYWOOD (SpeciaD -
Wallace Beery and Edward Ar
mold will be teamed for the first
time on the screen, although
both started their film careers
more than 80 years ago at the
Essanay Studio in Chicago and
both have long been under con-
tract to Metro Goldwyn-Mayer.
Arnold has been named for a
major role in Beery's newest
starrer at M-G-M, "The Mighty
McGurk. He'll portray the
owner of Bowery barroom who
blackmails Beery, an ex-prize-
fighter.
He Joined Essanay in 1915 to
succeed Francis x. Bushman as
a star at the studios He appeared
in more than 40 pictures. Beery
was signed by Essanay in 1913,
starring in comedies.
Arnold recently completed
"Three Wise Fools" and Is cur
rently winding up his assign
ment in my Broth er Who
Talked to Horses"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
PoIs TO Mark Duranfe's
Thirty Years As Actor

/, HOLLYWOOD (SpeciaD -
Jimmy Durante is set to start
his 30th year as an entertainer
with one of the best screen roles
of his career in the Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer musical. ut Hap
pened in Brooklyn" which CO.
stars Frank Sinatra and Kathryn
Grayson.
The start of the production
will coordinate with the cele-
bration planned to fete Duran
te's more than a quarter century
in show business.
1T Happened In Brooklyn, +"
to be filmed in TechnicoIor, will
give the comedian equal oppor-
tunities to both act and sing new
hit numbers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Olivia de Havilland
Gags With Director

HOLLYWOOD - Olivia de
Havilland, where a joke is con-
Icerned, can give it out and take
it with the best of them.
On the first days shooting of
IParamount's ITO Each His
own" the stars dressing room
was crammed with flowers. One
of the particularly striking bou-
Iquets bore the name of Sidney
Lanfield. The envelope was ad-
dressed to Miss de Havilland.
Inside, however, the message
read: This is really for Lily
May, one of my favorite people. F"
Lily May is Olivia's negro maid.
An hour later, on the set of
"The Trouble With Women" the
picture Lanfield is directing,
there came a messenger boy
bearing huge cactus plant
Lanfield opened the note ad-
dressed to him. 1t read: "No
matter what people say about
you, / like you. Olivia"
THAT ought to fix him, !"
Olivia was gloating to herself as
the plant was delivered.
Back came a communication
from Lanfield: Would you care
for a personally autographed
photograph of me sitting on the
cactus?"
Olivia was afraid to answer,
for fear Lanfield would 60
through with the idea.
"He won't stop at anything
for a laugh" she said.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Beery Wins Fight
To Protect Game

HOLLYWOOD - Thanks to
Wallace Beery, the wild life of
jackson Hole, Wyoming, no
longer is threatened with extinc-
tion by hunters.
For years the Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer star has campaigned for
.a law setting aside the area ad-
hcent to his mountain ranch as
game preserve. He was noti-
fled recently on the set of "The
Mighty McGurk" that his efforts
have been successful.
Gov. Lester c. Hunt, officially
named the area a state park
after hearing Beery's warning
that, unless steps were taken to
prevent 1t, the animals of Jack
son Hole forest would all be
killed off.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Star Plans Visit
To Native Land

HOLLYWOOD-Michele Nor
gan, wearing a new and de-
cidedly beco ming shoulder
length hairdo, paid a visit on
Teresa Wright on the set of
Paramount's THE Imperfect
Lady"
Miss Morgan told Miss Wright,
Ray Milland, Virginia Field and
director Lewis Allen about her
approaching visit to France. She
plans to leave Hollywood soon,
and besides seeing her family
once, more, she'll also do a pic
ture in Paris, What about your
husband, Bill Marshall and child
here Teresa asked.
"Oh, I'll be back within a few
months" the French star said.
1t was her first visit to q
studio in over q wear.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
hunor.

humor.
In the film, Bob and Barbara
are married, have a fine home,
are deeply in love, and are un-
Aappy. Bob is novelist whose
yboks on the Old South bring
him the constant attentions of
ladies belonging to historical or
ganizations. Barbara, resentful-
ly, devotes herself almost entire
ly to her horses, her goal in life
being to win a classic steeple-
chase cup. Cummings cannot
abide horses, and is jealous of
the expert equestrian, Patric
Knowles, who is their neighbor.
Into this highly charged at
mosphere comes further compli-
cations in the form Oh u b b a,
hubba) of Diana Lynn, young
and flirtatious member of an
Old South society, whose inter-
est In Cummings leans more
toward love than legend. She
manages to lure Bob into few
embarrassing situations, causing
Barbara to pack up and leave.
II Is Bob's desperate attempt to
in her back, by riding in the
eeplechase, that brings about
the uproariously funny ending,
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert
Cummings prove themselves an
expert comedy team in "The
Bride Wore Boots" and the
glamorous Stanwyck is as lovely
and alluring in smart riding
habits as she Is in the flimsy
negligee with which she charms
Cummings in particularly
amusing scene. Diana Lynn's
heart is still young and gay, but
there is definitely more matur-
ity in the twinkle in her eyes.
The fine supporting cast in
cludes, in addition to the hand
some Mr.. Knowles, Peggy Wood,
brilliant stage star of "Blithe
Spirit" fame, the late Robert
Benchley, whose inimitable
Mranda of humor will be sorely
missed in the future, and Willie
Best, popular Negro comedian.
Produced by Seton I. Miller
and directed by Irving Pichel,
"The Bride Wore Boots" Is an
original screenplay by Dwight
Mitchell Wiley.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Star SdUes Place For
Ex-ROOnlnGte

HOLLYWOOD - Before
the war took them away
from the Hollywood scene
six years ago, David Niven
and Robert Coote shared
bachelors abode at Santa
Monica, their domicile be-
ing known as "Cirhossis by
the Sea"
Niven, esumi ing his
American screen career in
THE P e rf e t Marriage"
Hal Wallis production for
Paramount, recently an
nounced that he and Coote
are again house mates.
II own the place in Brent.
wood which l got for my
wife and two children when
they came from England"
the actor explained. Bob
got in from London the
other day and was hard put
to it for living quarters.
I've made him our star
boarder by renting him a
spare bedroom.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31

affections with the
horses she adores, and which he
lors with equal zest. He fl
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Broadway Actor
To Mimic Stars

HOLLYWOOD - Alan Ladd,
Geraldine Fitzgerald and Bing
Crosby will all be on Broadway
this summer-though this is
probably news to them.
Broadway star John Hoyt,
whose deft impersonations of
famous folk made him the
favorite of Manhattan cafe So
ciety, has just completed a role
in. Paramount's 20. S. S." his
first film. While in Hollywood
he studied the mannerism of
studio celebrities, and his i'm
pressions of the cinema celebs
will be featured in a Broadway
musical now in preparation for
summer production.
Prior to coming to Hollywood,
Hoyt was co-starred with such
theater headliners as Katherine
Cornell and Orson Welles.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Filming A-Bomb
Story Gigantic
Hollywood Job

HOLLYWOOD Is p &c j a D.
One of the biggest production
preparation tasks in Hollywood
history is drawing to a close, AS
Metro Goldwyn Mayors "The
Beginning Or The End" story of
the atom bomb, nears its starting
date, a job comparable to that
which preceded such pictures as
Gone With The Wind" and
Ben Hur" is being completed in
record time. =.
StupendOus Research
First came a staggeri n g
amount of research, followed by
careful preparation of the
screenplay by three of Holly
woods ace writer's. Next was the
construction of the sets to dupli-
cate the many famous atomic de-
velopment sites and the gather
ing of thousands of props, in
Guiding much scientific and mill
tary equipment.
Still another huge undertak-
ing in which Director Norman
Taurog and Producer Sam Marx
now are engaged is the casting
of 83 speaking roles in their
film. All but three of these
will be filled by men.
The casting of such real-life
figures as the late President
Roosevelt, President Truman,
Major General Leslie R. Groves
and various leading scientists
poses yet another problem. The
studio is currently making ex-
haustive tests to fill these i'm
portant roles.
Bombs Shap A Puzzle
Some of Hollywood's largest
and most automatically repro
duced sets now are being readied
for the start of filming. Camera
crews already been working at
Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, N. M,
Hanford, Wash, in Building in
Washington, D. c., and at Col
umbia and Chicago Universities.
Not the least troublesome of
the questions still confronting
the movie makers is the one
concerning the atom bomb itself.
Ever since Hiroshima, the world
has wondered what 1t looks like.
For security reasons, descrip-
ton of the shape or size of the
shape or size of the Bomb have
not been released. ao9'f'h
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Build Famous Ship
For Special Scene

HOLLYWOOD - The Queen
Mary, built in week, had made
a landing on Paramount's Stage
8, for scenes in Suddenly It's
Spring"
A huge section of the ships
side was reproduced in actual
size and placed on rollers, so
that it eased up to a New York
dock for the Decentralization of
troops and a group of G.. I. war
brides escorted by Paulette God
dard, playing WAC captain.
Mitchell Leisen is director of
the Claude Binyon production.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
BRACKEN's UNDERsTUDY

On the set of Ladies Man"
recently its top star, Eddie
Bracken, recalled that when he
was the lead on Broadway in
TOO Many Girls" his under
study was Van Johnson; yes, the
star of today.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
OFF TO SLOW START

. The first six plays William
Bendix, one of the star of Para
mounts Two Years Before The
Mast, appeared in on Broadway
were all flops. Then he have his
hit performance in Time OF
Your Life" which brought him
a Hollywood contract.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31

naly succeeds
in pro V / n 6
h i m S e f the
more desirable
of the two, but
only after a Sc
ries of riotous-
ly funny epi-
sodes c u ! m j.
n a t in g in a
horse race fin
ish whichs is
nothing short
of cVclOnic in
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31
Stanwyck, Cummings A Riot In NeqU Film
A Lovely Moment In Paramount'S Delight
by Burny Zawodny

Robert Cummings hlarously strives to catch Barbara Stan
off throughout the entire running time of
modern comedy The Bride Wore Boots
which opened at the Paramount Theatre with Diana
Lynn also starred other words Bob objects to sharing
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