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Evening star., 1946-01-27
DiSCOverer DOWling
By Jaw Carmodv

"The Glass Menagere" will perform
tonight benefit Paralysis Foundation fund
After it there will be upon Lauete
Tayors overpowerng
nessee Williams blance in writing such searching smns
dramatic praise too Downg Julie
Hayden Anthony something the
perfect and each participant in contributes perfection
1t perhaps rep
resented in production parts
be little group which finds that temptation to be irresistible And
analytical once again to its
nescapabe conclusion that Of all the contributors
nagerie,' the most remarkable is Mr. Dowling.
Dowing to detract from
of the others 1t just that they their
performer
His by nfalbe
mains that whenever play along which searches bit
deeply humanity possibly POLITICALLY
nature Bowling figures the thought of those associated with
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who brilliant young
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prize with his first big production Broadway Each Bowling
director co-podue
vehement however promising should out and get
themselves regulations first
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talents Bowling
paywrgh quite distinction but that regular practice with
another earlier who showed great not
greater promise than either Saroyan or Williams.
Introduces Paul Vincent Carroll
playwright question Paul Vincent Carroll the little
Irish hooma plays passion
he sometimes paywrght
exactly discovery Dowing Enthusiastic
his first brought country Bowling
fellow by the George Nathan
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to do the for, first, Saroyan then Williams
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perhaps anything than book Nathan will that
will admirng public
for his remissne Until he there anecdote which
suffice in that does give perfect clue to the
Downg effort to of THE
the the might
New York's enthusiasm for it.
But There Was Difference
letter pointed the qualifications There
question: said plays suitability for the actor
Bowling confident that the answer would be yes.
back negative however The actor fiat
Bowling character the
would welcome the opportunity to
that he could do the job DoWng
dramatic values the role WhyP Because he
knew that he would play the character
conditions that shackled
him.
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And borne out by Downgs
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Evening star., 1946-01-27
The Week on Broadway
By Jack O'Brian

cause Calhern's is so generously full
OF exquisite thespic possibility.
No Oscars This Time.
The weeks bad news is that Mel
lie Bly," the Eddie Cantor Nat Kar-
son production, is pretty awful de-
spite the work of Gaxton and Moore
and the musical aid of two movie
Academy Award winners of last
year, Johnny Burke and James Van
Heusen, who won Oscars for their
tunes in Going My Way" They
won't win Oscars for their score of
Nellie Bly," The book is dull and
struggling. The single bright spot
of the show was Benay Venuta. but
this young gal is no distaff Atlas
and therefore couldn't keep things
on generally professional plane all
by her lonesome. She tried, though,
and she must rate a great deal of
credit for that, since some of the
folks concerned didn't even expend
a minimum of intelligent effort.
Evening star., 1946-01-27

A salute to Martha Vickers of
Warner Bros. as the girl with the
prettiest legs in Hollywood!
Miss Vickers, a lovely blonde of
20, who has just chalked up rous-
ing performance supporting Hum
phrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in
1.-THE Big Sleep" has been named by
WHY'S of Hollywood, famous hose
caterer to the motion picture studios,
as the girl to head his 1946 list.
Those Academy awards for best
actor, actress, picture, ETC., are quite
all right in their category, but for
solid CT Joe glamor appeal, WHY'S
annual leggy sweepstakes commands
universal interest.
At any rate, every leg-conscious
actress in town holds her breath at
this time of year because a spot on
WHY'S calf calendar is nothing to
sneeZe at when it comes to studio
ratings.
WHY'S rates as an expert on leg
beauty because his trade requires
him to know the exact ankle, calf
and thigh measurements of every
star and featured actress in the
movie business. AS tool-maker
must know his dies, so WHY'S and
his tape must know the circumfer-
ence and even the skin texture of
Hollywood's widely ballyhooed un-
derpinnings.
The Shapely Dozen.
After careful consideration, Willys
comes up with this all-star slate for
1916:
/. Martha Vickers.
2. Jane Russell.
8. June AllySon.
4. Vivian Blaine.
S. Rita Hayworth.
6. Maria Montez.
7. Virginia Mayo.
8. Joan Leslie.
g. Constance Moore.
10. Lynn Baggot.
II. Martha Holiday.
II. Evelyn Keyes.
First thing you want to know, per-
haps. is how the leg expert arrives
at his calculation Well, it's all a
matter of mathematics to begin
with. Here is WHY'S chart of meas
urementS:
Cd Eight and one-half inch
ankle (2), 1914 Inch calf and 90
1917 inch thigh.
Any ratio to these fundamental
figures, however, permits entry OF
a girl into the select classification
For instance, you can have an 8-inch
ankle, providing your calf is II and
your thigh 10 inches in circumfer-
ence. Small girls and large girls
vary in this respect.
WHY'S (real name Willy De
MondD, who outfits 80 per cent Of
the film capitals women players
declares there should be a difference
of 4 inches between the ankle ano
the calf, inches between calf ano
thigh and that every girl on his
1916 list meets this formula.
Betty Is Too Thin.
Miss Vickers, says Willys, fits al
the requirements precisely and, ir
addition, the texture of her Skin
and the general appearance of hel
limbs is just about perfection, &C.
cording to his standards. The Il
runnersup all come very close tt
the rule, WHY'S points out, vary.
ing in one or more of the three de.
partments only by fractions of ar
inch.
Last year WHY'S picked Constanc,
Moore to head his list and in 1914
she is included However, ont
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Amber Sentenced
BY the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD.
Making Forever Amber" into a
script acceptable to censorship has
been one of the major problems OF
its kind. What to do with the
amorous and completely unscrupu-
lous heroine of Kathleen Winsor's
lengthy historical novel and comply
with all regulations about wrong
being punished and right triumph
ing, has been solved at last.
Amber will die in the picture.
Thus, what the London plague, the
debtors prison and various vicissi-
tudes of the story couldn't accom-
plish, will be done by the heavy
handed script writer's. William
Perlberg, producer of the film, also
was producer of Song of Berna-
dette," the heroine of which was the
antithesis of Amber.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Coming Attractions

NAT1ONAL-"Wlndy Hill, with
Kay Francis, starting tomor-
row night.
CAPITOL-"Up Goes Maisie,"
with Ann Sothern and George
Murphy, starting Thursday.
COLUMBIA-"Doll Face" with
Vivian Blain and Carmen Mi
randa. starting Thursday.
EARLE-"My Reputation" with
Barbara wyck and
George Brent.
KEITH'S Scarlet Street" with
Joan Benentt and Edward G.
Robinson.
LITTLE-"The Last Chance" a
Swiss film, starting Wednes-
day.
METROPOLITAN-"Tars and
Spars," with Alfred Drake and
Janet Blair.
PALACE-"Spellbound," with
Ingrid Bergman and Gregory
Peck.
PIX-"The Bakers Wife," with
Raimu, starting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Shortages Harass
Property Men, Too
BY the Associated Press.
EOII.YWO0n

HOLLYWOOD.
If you feel thwarted by shortages
in your local department store, think
of the prop man who had to dress
the set of an ultramodern New York
store for Faithful in My Fashion"
Eighty per cent of the story takes
place on this set and many depart-
ments had to be dressed completely,
as the action between Tom Drake
and Donna Reed moves through the
store. Prop Man Nolen Hurst had
an additional handicap working in
the post Christmas season, for stores
from which he could ordinarily por-
row articles found their stock at low
ebb. Prime sticker was the hosiery
department. BY the time the pic.
ture is released hosiery will be plen-
tiful but Hurst, after a tour of the
stores, had to borrow a dozen pairs
from the studio wardrobe. The
stockroom of the shoe department,
setting for love scene, had to be
filled with 1000 shoe boxes, the re-
suit of full weeks searching and
borrowing from 103 shoe stores
throughout Southern California.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Today's Schedules

NA1lONAL-In Glass Men
agerie":: $3.50 pm.
CAPITOL - The Harvey
Girls: 1:50, 4:30, tbs and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: los,
3:45, 6:25 and 9:l0 pm.
COLUMBIA-"They Were Ex-
pendable": lbs, 4:05, $50
and 9:35 pm.
EARLE-"Kiss and Tell: 12:45,
3, $40, 7:25 and $40 pm.
HIPPODROME "T anya":
$3.50 $40 and 9:10 pm.
KEITH'S - "The Bells of st.
Mary's": 1, $50, $40, 7:35
and 9:55 pm.
LITTLE-"The Informer":: 2:05,
4:45, TBS and 10 pm.
METROPOLITAN -" San An
tonic: l:5o, 4:3o, 7 and $40
pm.
PALACE Leave Her to
Heaven: 1:5o, 4:25, 2 and
9:35 pm.
PIx-"You Were Never Love-
ier": l, 4:05, ITO and 9:55
pm.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts.
Continuous from l pm.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Problem Solved
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Trying to outfit glamour chorus
with raincoats, umbrellas and over
shoes isn't an easy matter, especially
when June Allyson and the chorus
are to perform the title song, Till
the Clouds Roll By.
Oiled silk is impossible to obtain,
but Designer Helen. Rose, who shops
around like any housewife, had seen
some glamorous-looking shower cur
tains, newly back on the market
since the war. She bought several
bolts of the material, in pink, blue
and white; blue for the men, pink
for June and white for the chorus
girls.
The matter of rubbers and ga
loshes was solved by timely sale
of Army stock surplus. Sprayguns
provided pink galoshes for June.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Kids Like Frances
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
Frances Clifford has received a
really odd nomination. 1t came from
group of sixth grade youngsters in
an Eastern school.
Dear Miss Clifford" their letter
stated. 1--WE thought you were Won
derful as the schoolteacher in Our
Vines Have Tender Grapes So
we've nominated you as the Lady
J We'd-Like-M Most to- -Teach-Us."
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Robert Ryan Returns
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOoD.
Robert Ryan, who enlisted in the
Marines after playing opposite Gin
ger Rogers in Tender Comrade, "
will resume his screen career in
|RKO Radios Desirable Woman. y
He wins the masculine romantic
lead opposite Joan Bennett.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Buster Goes South
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
Buster Keaton has to go all the
way to Mexico City to become a star
again. He'll make two pictures a
year there for the next four years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
The Forgotten Man

wear has passed since Adolf Hitler disappeared from the worlds view He died in the ruins of Berlin ms assoc ates said Probably it is so Thus the clvzaton "cn lS almost destroyed cheated of its vengeance et the eu which overlook him perhaps just and hitting than trial before humanity and death upon the gaows wouo have been. E.: For Adolf Hitler, the man, nIncompoop an III, significant creature without mental dlstnc!lon or e national depravty, he was an eaftn-snakg y h; at acour0ed the world with pack of boodthlrsy hehons ct his heels But as a man. he was nothing.
 ters sense of the theatrical would have been o1enoeo by his death It an antl-clmax deVolu ol any ++on ivnact He the destroyer, swallowed up ana in the destruction that he created The olssoCo oi M ont (which he willed) and the triumph of his enemies (which he could not prevent) completely oversnaoo"eo HIS personal demise. a
 s keeps cropping up the Nuremberg trials where his posthumous role is that of scapegoat for ms capv henchen But elsewhere Adolf Hitler, the man, IS all put forgotten. ,,.
 The name which millions of his victims cursed IS seloom spoken. The death for which millions pTayeo was disbeleved then gradually accepted with haroiy mo than sigh of relief the troubled world moved on put t troubled world cannot forget Adolf Hltlers legacy G like the lingering complications of an acute illness: le complications remain to plague and cflpple lons ~ @ lack that caused has passed from conscious
 So men today are trying piece together the prokn fragments of world which Hitler DequeaCneu. lney @ largely conscious of the task at hand of anu
 nnrecedented in history of the difficulty ot building pc even with the ghasty souvenirs of war all aoout tel % +ho+ {. Adolf Her's triumph His ghost still walks tne
 +h T. srvevs the ruin which, if he could not have world rue he desired and decreed .
 Perhaps we should remember more vividy the Ado1 Hitler of the pasered foreock the bugng eyes, the Cn lin mustache the narrow shoulders ana te cnuooS ot For if the people of the world and their statesmen do not now create an international atmosphere ot peace ana COT antent and trust another Adolf Hitler can come forWaro as the spark which will touch off the last great war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
Times Are Different
By Thos. Stokes

mencement address at Syracuse University.
 Both young men were equally ardent m con- demYing COP standpatism. Both agreed Substan- tially with objectiveS of the New Deal but both criticized the method of the Roosevelt and Truman adninisrataons in trying to achieve those objectives "aa,toritarian rather than liberal" MT Lodge struck at 'the lack of effective leadership, the bungling the inability to get things done" today, adding on behalf of his party i've say that they don't go 1ar enough with their own program
 Also similar were their descriptions of the dif- erence between the administration approach and that which they favor
 Senator Ball said: "The administrations ap- proact basically is that government should guaran- tee everyone high standard of living regardless or what the individual himself does. The liberal ap- proach is that governments obligation IS to make sure that every individual has fair and equal opportunity to achieve his economic desGny ana then leave it to the individual"
 Mr. Lodge said: ''The fundamental cleavage between our two major parties lies in thS 1act: favorng social legislation as supplement- to your economy and favoring governmental action as your chief source of jobs"
 Senator Ball deplored Communism and Fasclsm with equal fervor He thinks the threat to freedom today Nis from the left rather than from the rgnt in which of course he finds disagreement Beng
 political liberal is not easy he said, and the noerai will be called Communist" by the right, Fas- cst" by the left.
 The day before he made his speech. Senator Ball denounced OPA as "the most important single collection of American Fascists we've got, otners are just as certain OPA is "Communistic
 Which indicates the difficulty of young men searching their souls today.
 It was much easier for Jim watson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

gathering depression as the sun dlspeS ule HO11I- ing mist-as he said it would.
 Jim Watson is still around, aged but active in the private practice of law Political men and man. -rers have changed somewhat, of which there was an illustration this past weekend. Two younger men of his own Republican party took to the platform to testify and publicly search their souls They were seeking way out of all the troubles that have come down upon US since Jim and his crowd were orummed out of power by the Roosevelt regime-and to the tune of that same Happy Days are Here Again"
 They are further ahead of Jim and his crew than the mere years between. What is important is not what they came up with-tor they share m the confusion of our times about what is right and left and -te-road politically speaking the fact that they are trying to pull some sort or philosophy out of the madness of our era.
 Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. who again is seeking seat in the Senate which he ledt 10 % to the war was making at Portland, Ore. h4s first major political speech since he got out of the Army. Sen Joseph H Ball of Minnesota was tnlnK- ing out loud about what is nberaNsm? in com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
DIR. sHEPARD's RETIREMENT
(Hartford Tianes)

In the retirement of Dr. Odell Shepard, James J. Goodwin Profess sor of English. Trinity College loses a faculty member who is outstand- ing in his field in the nation. The English department at Trinity en- joys a high reputaton and Dr. Shepard had supplied the leader ship which has made it so. Alumni, student body, and the community at large are likely to regret that he has seen fit to resign under the conditions which impelled the trus- tees to accept his resignation.
 Dr. Shepard is many-sided in- dividual. An authority in the field of English, he is interested as well in life and affairs. Social problems are his concern and he has partici- pated freely in their discussion, while his interest in government led him into politics and he became Acknowledgements of the State for a term. Not many States have thus been served by 8 Pulitzer Prize win- ner, his "Pedlar's Progress" the life of Bronson Alcott, having given him that distinction, but not by any means being all that he has done in the field, of writing. He is a music ian of no mean ability.
 What pr. Shepard will do in the future is of large interest here. He has made a place for himself in Hartford and Connecticut affairs, as well as in educational circles. The natural hope will be that he will continue to be 8 resident here and to continue active as 8 citizen and in public leadership.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
FIVE MINUTES TILL MAY
(New York Times)

The Dipper is hung high in the heavens, so high you have to tilt your head back to see it, and Cas- siopeia is down on the horizon, half hidden unless you are on a high hill. Pegasus is out of sight there in the west, and Aquila has not yet risen. The evening is young.
 Down in the moist lowlands the hylas are shrilling, with the basso counterpoint of the frogs in an ir- regular syncopation. Somewhere down there an owl hoots at the moonless dark. And the breeze, stil. carrying the chill of a spring night, whispers among the naples where the new leaves are still much too small to rustic.
 When your eyes have become ac- customed to the darkness you walk down toward the orchard, and you smell the tang of wild garlic crushed uncerfoot. Then you come to the place where birdsfoot violetS are purpling the grass, and their frag- rance seems momentarily to fill the evening air You have to get down on your knees to the violets to catch so much of their sweetness
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01


 behind the tirnes and that cities had far better medical service and sanitation
 The importance of this indictment hits home in the fact. that, while only 57O00OO0 people little over 40 percent of the U g. population. live in rural areas well over 50 percent of American children under IS years of age dwell on farms The rural birth rate is higher than the city birth rate, In other words and it's the migration from country to town that maintains the population increase under the bright lights.
 The serious shortcomings of rural health were shown in the results of Selectiye Service physical examinations said Brannan Fifty-three out of every 100 farm boys of 1S and I9 who came up for the draft were turned down for physical defects This rate of rejections was % percent higher than that for all other population groups
 The death of mothers in childbirth is . third higher on farms than in cities. The death of the babies themselves is fourth higher Both bad rec ords are traced to the fact that few rural maternity cases are handled in hospitals ,t5
 Typhoid fever claims three times as many farm as city victims. The death rate for dAphtheria is twice as high Only third of the farm children up to eight years of age have been vaccinated against smallpox And so on.
 Another bit of American farm folklore which Grammar took shot at was the great myth of the country doctor Despite the fact that 40 ptrcent of the population is rural said Grammar. only IS per cent of our doctors h farm and village localities
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
Views of the Press

by daylight; but now it rises to greet you.~ Then you are among the ghostly forms of the apple trees, faint clouds of blossom, and the spiced delight of their fragrance smothers all other smells.
 There is the frightened rush of a small animal, probably a rabbit; and from down the valley comes the thin voice of a pup proclaiming the right to challenge the nys- teries of the night. A pair of automobile lights go glaring down the country road, and a bird twit- ters sleepily. You glance up, and the clock of the stars points to five minutes till May.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
Plans for the Juvenile

The question of juvenile delinquency comes up repeat dly It is repetitious phrase which boring perhaps but juvenile delinquency arriving at it's present stage as serious We are asked to rely on sucd nnons in this matter as those of J. Edgar Hoover ana Msgr Edward Joseph Flanagan known to all as Father Flanagan of Boys Town, Nebraska.
 Father Flanagan is presently meeting Admiral Cnester w. Nimz on the USS Tarawa to exchange views wlIn te latter on this question: New legislation planned to esS crimes major misdemeanors which lead eventually so crime is gratifying to know that there IS to De
 rous consideration of how to curb the existing condlton
 The proposed program planned will take into consldera; on parental and teachers responsibility that of the school community has it's own problems Each community has it's civic and social welfare organizations it's good schools ana it's good clubs working in the interests o youth put eacn community nonethees is faced with the problem ot Juvene delinquency. .
 It is necessary then work just little bit harder we would make the community more what It snoulo Oe m the conduct of a particularly those designated as juveniles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
May

May May gives the green again and the flowers again In May compensated for the unpeasantness first patch of vioets thrill the sight of the blossoms of the apple and pear trees.
 May is beautiful month in New England which brings it pretty close to home In our state and vicinity have unparalleled scenery We have the apple blossoms and the acs the smaller floral growth such as anemones for getme-nots voets and cowsp well surrounded by varie ties of ferns and pulpit We have lovely valleys like our own by the meanderng Naugatuck River we have landscape broken up by topography that gives variety to the picture We have small streams and larger ones In short much in natural beauty in the coun try around in May
 One is reminded at this of the that the month of May is significant in religious sense It is ded cated to Mary the Mother of God called in her tany queen of Peace This is favorable time to thnk o1 tne Mo1er of God in this light with lasting occupying the at tention of all nations