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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
PROSPECT Correspondent: Mrs. Edmond Morln: Telephone 6.OB57.
Sewing Club Enjoys Party
 Mrs. Mclean Feies
 Neighborhood Group

Prospect, Jan. B. The neighbor- hood Sewing Club held their an- nual Christmas party Friday eve- ming at the home of Mrs. Clarence Mclean, Summit road.
 A special program arranged by Mrs. Mclean included: Carol sing ing by the group, a grab bag and midnight lunch.
 Those present were: Mrs. George Hill, Jr., Mrs. Lewis Curtis. Mrs. Normand Curtis, Mrs. Richard Oxley, Mrs. Ivar Weloy, Mrs. Maud Sankey. Mrs. Joseph Gabriel and Mrs. William H>gan.
 Hill Discharged
 Pfc. Arthur Hill, son of MT. and Mrs. George H. Hill of Jugganut Road, has received his discharge from the Army after more than years service.
 He participated in several cam paigns in the Pacific and returned recently from Japan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
.Lebanese Forbid
 French Landing

Cairo, Jan. 3-(UP)-Dispatches from the Levant said the Lebanese government halted the landing of 2iO French troops at Beirut today and threatened to use force to ex- pei all French soldiegs from the country.
 Lebanese premier raid Fl Solh was quoted as telling the Chamber of Deputies in Beirut that the French had been told to evacuate all their troops lest we be com pelled to take er-measures."
 We will not allow one foreign soldier to remain in our country, even if we have to use force." the premier said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
STRAND

Leave Her To Heaven" goes on record as one of the few books ever transformed directly from a novel into a screen play, without going through any intermediate process. Usually before a screen play is started, something called screen treatment" is written. This is Q 20 or 70 page synopsis which outlines in detail the probable form the story will take as a film.
 Scenario Writer Jo Swerling and Producer Bacher were agreed to make an exception in the case of 2Oth Century Fox'S Technicolor dramatization presented by Daryl F. Zanuck, now at the Strand Theater, starring Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde and Jeanne Grain. All of the clements of a powerful screen play were in the original novel, so they planned to retain all of the basic dramatic situations, with the same psychological moti- vationS behind them. Swerling found that the construction of the book lent itself readily to script breakdown into three acts, an in- novation which helped immeasur- ably to cut down on the number of sets, speeding up production of the film.
 Only one factor in the book needed changing: the fact that the different characters tell different parts of the story. In the picture the camera had to tell the whole story, but for that Bacher didn't need a synopsis. Camerarnan Leon Shamroy, working in close coopera- ton with Director John Stahl, was able to record everything on the screen that the characters had re- vealed about themselves in the book.
 The companion feature is Love Honor, and Goodbye" starring Virginia Bruce and Victor Me | T.aolnan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
INSIGNIA QUILT

Somerset, Mass, (uP) - Mrs. Ar- thur R. Emery of Somerset recently completed large quilt on which she sewed 258 shoulder patch insignia of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The quilt is eight feet long and six feet wide. It has insignia from Italy. Germany, India, Belgium. Autsralia. Canada. China. Burma and Alasko.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
Army Officer, Five LGI's Die in Korea

Seoul, Korea, Jan. 3.-(UP)-One American Army officer and five en- listed men were killed few days ago by an explosion during disposal of Japanese earial bombs, 1t was disclosed today.
 It. Gen. John R. Hodge, comman- der of American forces in Korea, blamed the explosion on faulty and tricky dstonating devices on the Japanese ammunition.
 The explosion was the third in which American soldiers had been killed in recent months while dis posing of munitions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

Tn New York Paper
 It. Selma Goldberg. U. s. Army Nurse Corps, stationed at Halloran General Hospital, Staten Island N. r., has been spending a leave with her parents, MT. and Mrs, Morris Goldberg of Main street.
 Monday, It. Goldberg returned to New York and Tuesday, New Years Day, her picture, with the pictures of five other veterans ap- peared in the New York Mirror. The pictures were accompanied by statements from each of the vet erans, telling how they spent New Years Eve one year ago, how they were going to spend this New Years Eve, and what their plans for the future were.
 It. Goldberg, who was the only servicewoman among the six vet erans contacted, spent last New Years Eve at a celebration held at an Officers Club which was situ- ated in Nissen hut in England where she was stationed at that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

ings of non-priority materials were constructed around permanent edi- fices. These buildings later became pyres through the use of control led" fire.
 Selected shorts and the latest news complete this lavish program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
JIMMIE FIDLER In HoHyUood
nIatIlbstsa 5 msNaaaAa sgaaIeass. Ina.

ready groaning under costly pictufes that can't be released for tnoutfls to come, they're stlll grinding out new films at top speed Paramount according to it's big boss, has a back log of % pictures - enough to meet all of its releasing needs for the next IS months. Yet that studios i046 schedule calls for a full qiiota of 20 more, which under the pres- en inflatlonary conditions will cost m average of more than e1 500, 900 each. It doesn't make sense unless the producers. in the expecta- tion of renewed labor troubles, are determined to be in a position to close down production on mo- ment's notice.
 Basil RathbOne's avowed intention of living in New York and commut- ing to Hollywood for screenwofk interests me, for I believe his ex- ample will be followed by dozens of players who want to divide their time between pictures and the stage Today, such a program is entirely practical. The flying time between the two cities will soon be down to five or six hours, and tranpor- tation costs are astonishingly rea- sonable. Producers with an ounce of vision should welcome the pro- gram, for show business in general. is bound to benefit. Hollywood de- rives indirect profits from a pros porous stage, and certainly actors gain skill by working for both me- diums.
 1hree's more than grain Of truth in Otto Kruger's philosoplai- cal observation that Hollywood might be a kindlier town If it's peo- pie weren't so prone to remember those who should be forgotten, while forgetting those who should be re- menbered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

HOLLYWOOD, Jan 2. = can think, off-hand, of at least dozen New Years resolutions that the peo- pie of show business could have made with profit, but I'll be con- tent to cite just one. For one thing, I'd like to see every entertainer m Hollywood register a solemn VOW that he will, in 1D46, contribute every thing he can to the rehabili- tation of the many thousands Of men who are doomed to spend the year in Uncle Sam's Army and Navy hospitals.
 Certainly I have no intention of dctracting from the magnificent job done by Hollywood during the war but the fact is that many of the stars who worked like Trojans while the shooting lasted are now show ing an inclination to "let down" and rest on their laurels. That's only natural. It merely echoes the at- titude of the rest of us. The wars over we're having business as usual" and at least nine Ameri- cans out of ten are again making personal gain the principal purpose of existence.
 There's only one reason why stars should continue their morale build ing work in spite of the fact that the rest of us have slacked our efforts and that reason is that they have in the magic of their art a greater opportunity than others en ro~,,o Ali A,,na,.ioo tr,t1 lAa rratc- . ful to those of them who have vision enough to see their oppor- tunity, and heart enough to make the most of it.
 One day last week, took time out and went to the Hitching Post a Hollywood tneater that plays nothing but westerns, to see Roy Rogers latest thriller. What the plot was, I couldn't tell you. l was too bewildered by the stars unbellevably gaudy cowboy" clothes to notice. Belts with silver buckles that are almost as wide as their owner is tall; shirts that would make a crazy quilt look tame by comparison: skin tight suits with fancy piping where no real life man ever wore piping before! The whole effect is so bizarre. so ab- Surd a traveSty on real western duds, that I made up my mind tc write a protest. I planned tc campaign for cowboy stars dressed like real he-men instead of circus clowns. That was before l saw the results of this years annua popularity poll and discovered that Rogers rates No. 10 at the box office, ahead of such stars as Wal ter Pidgeon, Alan Ladd, Joseph Cot ten, Gregory Peck and Danny Kaye Having seen that, I'm going to re- strain myself. Maybe Roger knows what he's doing, after all.
 I don't mind English critics be- ing unkind to Arthur Ranks super colossal production, Caesar ant Cleopatra" whchi reputediy cos more than 5000, 900, but I disliK' the implications contained in som' of their remarks. They pan it plot, find fault with its direction and disapproval of it's performances put agree that its vulgar osten tation" should appeal to Americal fans. The things that makes remark like that irritating is tn fact that it's undoubtedly true.
 AS . Hollywood Sideliner Tn cntitiel to ask questions even thougl can't answer them. Right now there's one I'd like to ask the mel who boss the major studios-Para mount, for instance. I'd like L know why, with their selves al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
COBRAs BEATEN

Winsted, Jan. 3-GcalS by Olszan- ski and Sweeney in the overtime session gave Winsted a 54-50 win over Bristol CobraS last night at the YMCA court. The score was tied at 50-50 at full time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
More Contributors

Aooltlonal contributors to Water town -Oakville Honor Roll have been announced as follows: Henry Cope land, Mrs. F. I. Hughes, E. M. Man ming, T. F. Butterfield, J. c. Powell, H. Turrell, Harry P. Atwood, v. Fogelstrom, Elton Cleveland. Her bert Dayton, E. Perry, Luke Paske- vicz Oliver Blansfield, Ed. Butter field, End, John Habelka, Stewart Howard, Mrs. Ray Peck, P. Nuebir. L. Boyce, l.. IIaneville.
 The Missionary Society of the Congregational church will meet at the home of Mrs. Harold Kopp of Pine street this afternoon at 3. Mrs. Henry Copeland will have charge of the devotional service and Mrs. F. H. Peterson will be in charge of the program topic, Sleepy Lagoon Mystery"
 Altar Committee
 The Christ Churct Altar Com mittee for January includes Mrs. Theodore Lilley and Mrs. A V. s. Lindsley.
 The altar flowers will be present. ed as follows: Jan. 6, the Bucking- ham family in memory of Anne Mclean Buckingham: Jan. 13, Mrs. Thomas F. Magee in memory of Robert V. Magee; Jan. 20, Mrs. Theodore Lilley in memory of Rutherford Page; Jan. 27, Mrs, Samuel T. Buzzee in memory of Victoria G. Want You'd. Mrs. Sexton Hostess
 Mrs. Harlan Sexton of Taft school annex will be the hostess Tor this weeks meeting of Sexta Feira at her home Friday after noon at 3.
 Mrs. Sexton will present her pa- per on Lovely is the Lee" by Rob- ert Gibbings.
 St. Johns Church Notes Confessions will be heard today from to 6 and from to g D. m Friday. first Friday, there will be only one Mass. This Mass will bt celebrated at a. m. Communion will be distributed at 2 a. m.
 There will be no 8 a. m. Mas, at St. Johns church during thu rest of this week.
 Miss Florence Sanford of thu Church Mission of Help. Bridgeport will be the guest speakers at tn, monthly meeting of the World Service Group of Christ Episcopa church at the church today.
 There was monday intercessiol at l2 noon followed by a Luncheon at 1 and the meeting at ?. Mrs Leon c. Smith was chairman ii charge of luncheon arrangements
 Pianos Needed
 The Watertown Board of Educa ton is anxious to receive informa tion from residents of WateFtowI and oakville. who have piano which they might wish to donat to the schools.
 Anyone who has such c piano asked to notify the Superintendent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
Current Films
 Time Schedule

WARMERS BTATE-"san An- tonlo": 1;Ao, 4slO, esae. o.lO b. mn. L0EW's PoLI---~They Were Ex- pendsble7; 1saB, s.SS, e,Se, esOo D. m. L0EW's sTRAND-"Leave Her To Heaven": s;2C, S,AS, 9:OS D, m.
 'Love, Honor and Goodbye: 1:Oo, 4:2o, 5:l0 ?. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
Leaves For station

Leaves For Station
 Ensign John Marshal Hayward, U. s. Naval Air Corps, who has been spending a holiday leave with his parents. MT. and Mrs. Marshall Hayward of Cherry avenue, has left to return to his base at Santa Rosa, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

Hawing bid farewell to 1o46, whose historic events will prom inensly remain in the annals of history, we would like to pause for a moment (and only 8 mo- ment) to doff our hats and wigs Co this new year of sport: now al- ready three days old and plenty cold. A new year that he hope will continue the work of peace that was kindled again by It's pre- decessor in the latter part of 1945's reign.
 well, 50 much for 1045, but now, O. our reception committee moves back on the shelf to await anoth- CT festive occasion, let's see what significance the start of Q new year has on the average sports man.
 First, to the popular John Do- nut who is interested only in cold facts, it means another five bucks and thirty-five cents for a cor1- bination license whose privileges he may never get around to en- joy for these reasons. Poor Johns prize fly-rod has been put out of commission by little Junior who still can't understand why 1t broke from the weight Crandpa's chair, when it stood the strain of the big fish that Dad always caught, but no one, ever saw. But why be pessi- Inistic Mfr. Donlit, there's still the Hunting Season to look forward to.
 The outlook to the Hunting sea- son is slightly brighter for John this year because the same ailing- back that kept him off the field last season is now much better 90 much better that his new fac- tory job will keep him occupied Mx days e week, thus leaving only Sunday to hunt-which he won't be able to do because it's against the law to hunt on Sunday in Connecticut. Which all goes to prove that as far as the Hunting and Fishing seasons are concerned this year, poor John Donut is nothing but a cooked cruller.
 And such is the significance of . new year on John Donut, who has finally resolved to resort to chess-playing for sport--a game that hasn't recorded fatality by accident in the past ten years. Nevertheless, be careful of the Jumps, John. (cough).
 In order to take our prospects from all walks of life, let's look in- to tho case of Joseph ,. Spitapeep. Joe is Q good sportsman and 6 hard worker who earns his living by the sweat of his brow; which hasnt been sweating much lately
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
HuntIng dndFishing
 By GENE vALLoN
By GENE vALLoN

since he shot off his big toe while cleaning an empty gun that really didn't need cleaning, because 1t never fired when you wanted 1t to. What 1t actually needed was a couple of hours in melting pot, or, to be less gruesorne, stored in the attic in remembrance of Joe's grandfather, who used 1t as a boy.
 But, regardless of his present condition, Joe has keen eye to the future which, in turn, won't be too keen on his eye nor Joe as a marksrnan since he never was much of a good shot, and under the circumstances there is no room for improvement because his wife has decided that the coming sea- son won't find him on the field bothering harmless game. Joe dis agrees ernphatically and always winds up with the stark revelation that he seldom bothered the game since he could never find them; and when he did, he always missed-when the gun fired.
 Joe won't need a combination license this year because 1t might be safe to assume that Fishing will be the only outdoor life he'll see. But that too is doubtful. Joe hasn't been working for a whole month now, and Mrs. Spitapeep can't see him paying over three dollars for a fishing license when the combination license (which he won't get) would have cost a lit- tie over five dollars. Consequently, the new years significance on poor Joe can be better imagined than described.
 IN PASSING-the first three days of this year, finds that we'll known quartette not only in sport circles, but elsewhere. The quar- tette we speak of are chills, ills, pills and spills-all appropriate to this season, but unwanted hazards of the malady, known commonly as the cold. This subject doesn't fit in too well with Hunting and Fishing but with the effect that it is having on New England, 1t can hardly be passed off without men, tion.
 ON THE ArR-on or about the third week of this month, our Hunting and Fishing radio pro- gram, originating from the studios of WATR, will be changed to a new weekday.
 Our program, presently heard on Thursday nights at 7:30 D. m., will be scheduled for Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m. and every Tuesday night thereafter. You may consult this newspapers radio page for WATERS schedule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

Fr. Calvin HOspitalixed
 Rev. Myles P. Calvin, pastor of St. Johns church, Is patient at St. Marys hospital, where he was taken Sunday.
 During Pr. Galvin's absence there will be no o'clock Mass on week days at the church. On Friday morning, the first Friday, there will be only one Mass which will be cell ebrated at 6 o'clock. Communion will be distributed at 2.
 Under the direction of the Water town -Oakville Recreational Council dance project for girls will be started in the public schools in both towns. Miss Beth Olson, daughter of Mir and Mrs. Jos1n Ci- son, of Main street. who is in her third year of training as dance major at Bennington College, will teach the classes as a part of her college winter work period, as a dance major.
 Glasses will be held two after moons week in Watertown and three times a week at the South school, Oakville, and groups will be divided so that each girl will have two one-hour classes a week. The purpose of this project is to provide recreation after school dur ing the winter months, and classes will be held between and D. m. during January, February and part of March.
 Miss Olson has taught dancing to children at Bennington College. at the Lenox school in New York city and at the Huntington Camp in Syracuse, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03
WATERToWN
Correspondents Mrs stephen Canty Ave Phone less
Woman s Association Renan1es President Mrs. Justin Smith Honored by
 Congregational Group; St. Johns
 Pastor Hospital Patient

Watertown, Jan. 3--Mrs. Justin Smith was reelected president oi the WomanIs Association of the Congregational church at the an- nual meeting Wednesday afternoon at the church house.
 Other officers, all reelected, are Vice-president, Mrs. Herbert S. Dayton; secretary, Mrs. Stanley Barnes, and treasurer, Mrs. George Mattson.
 The chairmen of various com mittees are Mrs. Charles Coon Cre- elected), work committee; Mrs. Seymour Smith, ways and means committee, and Mrs. John Linsky, kitchen committee.
 Sewing preceded the business meeting during which the election was held and routine business con- ducted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

of Schools, c. 0. Swift, North street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

In order to take our prospects from all walks of life, let's look in- to tho ease of Joseph J. Spitapeep. Joe is . good sportsman and a hard worker who earns his living by the sweat of his brow; which hasnt been sweating much lately
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-03

AS . Hollywood sideliner I'm cntitiel to ask questions even though I can't answer them. Right now, there's one I'd like to ask the men who boss the major studios-Para- mount, for instance. I'd like to know why, with their selves al-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-01-11
BAD MANNERS
HURT NEGRO,
WRITER SAYS

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (ANP) -
bad manners do more harm to the
Negro than anything else except
outright crime," declares the noted
liberal editor and author, Oswald
Garrison Willard, writing on "The
Strategy of Good Manners in the
current Negro Digest. Willard
states:
"Bad conduct is doing great in
jury and tying the hands Of those
of us outside the race who, during
our entire lives, have been standing
by the colored people and doing our
utmost to aid them to obtain their
rights"
The former editor and publisher
of the New York Post and Nation
in what he calls 'the most import
ant message" that he has ever sent
to Negroes, declares:
Through fine manners Negro
Americans can pile up a rational
bank account of good will to help
them along the road to the goals
they rightly and determinedly pro-
pose to achieve and will achieve.
"In the great fight the Negro is
to obtain justice and the
civic rights to which he is entitled
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-01-11

a rather touchy subject if every girl
who went overseas were questioned
about her behavior. True some of
the Wacs did get mixed up in affairs
and conduct themselves in way
that reflected badly on the whole
organization. By the same token, a
lot of Negro Red Cross workers and
nurses were not beyond reproach
but for every girl who ignored her
reputation and got herself into
trouble, there were hundreds of de-
cent Christian girls who kept their
states clean and can proudly face the
critical world.
If facts are to be related, less than
one percent of all Negro women in
the armed forces overseas, returned
or will return with a black mark in
good conduct.
The girls who got themselves into
rouble overseas would have done
the same thing on this side or any
where else.
1t is a known fact that a good ap-
pie is a good apple and if an apple
isn't so good to begin with, there's
nothing much you can do about it.
And too, lot of the girls who got
themselves into uniform and lot of
unfair criticism, can smile at the
fridge playing ladies who fought
the war with a deck of cards and a
bottle of gin.
The Wacs, Nurses and Red Cross
workers can smile because they
nave done a wonderful job and in
spite of ugly rumors, have proved
a credit to the Negro race and the
United States army.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-01-11
NEGRO WA(S FACE
WHISPERING CAMPAIGN;
CRITICISM UNJUST
By Will V. Nicely

DETROIT, Jan. II (ANP)-A
WAC in uniform use to be the talk
of the town. However now that the
shooting is over, Negro Wacs,
Waves, Red Cross workers and any
other woman who donned a uniform
during the war, are becoming the
target Of unfair gossip concerning
rumored bad behavior while in over
seas ports.
Part of the gossip was started by
persons who themselves were un-
able to make the grade with Uncle
Sam. A lot of it came from well
know women's organizations
which claimed to know what they
were talking about, but who limited
their war activity to gossip and
bridge playing.
Negro girls of Uncle Sans army
are not the only ones who are get
ting the old One-tWO upon return to
the States. In several cities it is i'm
possible for white Wac to obtain
employment because other members
of the firm might cast a peculiar
look in her direction and the whis-
pering would begin. A few days ago
a white Wac complained in a widely
circulated publication that when
she approached a huge corporation
concerning a job of stenographer,
the boss looked at her, grinned and
said, wed like to hire you lady,
but you know the Wacs' reputa-
ton"
Negro girls are finding them
selves in the same boat. 1t would be