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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
with the winners awarded LOew and radio contracts.

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 Highlights of the weeks listen- ing .Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals stealing the show at the opening program of the new 0,000-watter at Newark's WOR. '. Rudy Vallee again doing "The Drunkard's Song" in grand fashion. :, Gen. Hugh Johnson and Huey Long in their respective speeches. Ray Noble's marvel ous instrumentation on his We'd nesday night program .. Ben Bernie and Walter Winchell ex- change slams. .FritZi Scheff star ring on Hammerstein's Music Hall of the Air. Hearing If the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09

Amelia Earhart, featured on the Red Davis broadcasts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings next week, was a guest at the White House last week before re- turning to New York to meet the Radio Family Davis. Thanks to improved sets about which so much is heard, the Let's Dance program Saturdays has become al- most an all-night affair Parties in the Western half of the country may get the broadcast from East ern stations, and as the program moves West on its five hour routine, Fasteners may follow 1t via Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast stations. When Eddy Duchin played '@Trigonita" on the fire chief program the other night. Ed Wynn said the title was Span- ish for gun-moll. .s. Graham Mo- Nance said he hadn't eaten or had occasion to ask for it, and so wouldn't know what 1t meant.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09

In answer to the question "what becomes of ra0io anna. teur contest winners" Carl HOff, the NBC bandsman, cOn- tributes Q solution. Guy Kent, tenor, winner of a recent CBS amateur contest, is now flea. tured vocalist with the HOff orchestra over NEG M Want To Dance" and "Tovely To Look At," two original songs by Jerome Kern from the motion picture Roberta" will be recorded by Johnny Green and his orchestra at the express request of Kern, who believes that the Green Or- chestra could do full justice to the two selections that ra- dio row predicts will be smash hits. In appreciation, Green is having two records made in aluminium, to present to Kern as a lasting token of esteem. .. Ed Lowry, the CBS comic and sOngster, begins one of his ''IOng term vaudeville enghge- ments at Loew's Paradise the- ater in New York on April 5. Here Lowry will continue those very successful weekly amateur night broadcasts he instituted on the stage of a Pittsburgh theater recently,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09

Major Edward Bowes, famous snowman and noted radio person. ality, is coming to National Broad casting Company networks to con. duct his Amateur Hour under the sponsorship of the makers of a well-known coffee, beginning Sum day, March 24, at $500 p. m., E. s.
 Major Bowes' Amateur Hour. bringing a host of talented young hopefuls before a nationwide radio audience each Sunday evening. will be on the air from the NEG Radio City studios over an NBC-WEAF network for a full hour each week and win succeed the series of grand operas in English now being presented by the same sponsor.
 Major Bowes, whose original Amateur program over a local New York City station, WIN, started a major trend in radio en- tertainment, will have full charge of the new Amateur Hour. He will act as master er-of-ceremonies, ring the .gong" when necessary and ask the radio audience to select the winners. Applications for audi tions stating particulars, should be sent to Major Bowes' Amateur Hour, National Broadcasting Com pany, RIGA Building, New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Autos and Trucks for Sale


 DISTRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PROBATE COURT March Sth, A. D., 1935.s ESTATE of JOHN KINNEY, late of Waterbury, in said District, Deceased. Upon the application of George A. Hynes, Administrator praying that he may be authorized to sell. cer. tain real estate belonging to said Estate-ast per application on file more fully appears, 1t ORDERED. That said application be h card and determined at the Probate Office in Waterbury. in said District, on the 18th day of March A. D. 1885 at 9 o'clock in the fore noon Standard Time), and that mo- tice be given of the pendency of said application. and the time and place of hearing thereon, by pub fishing this order one time in some newspaper having n circulation in said District, on or before the 9th day of March, 1885.
 Attest:
 JOHN J. HOWARD. 3-9-1t Clerk.
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Moon Turns Green" and Clouds" become two of the most popular songs of the week.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Put Box AWdy

Hauptmann said he did not
ask Fisch what was in the shoe
box, that he merely put it in the
broom closet.
Q.-How long did that shoe box
remain there before you disturbed
it? Am the middle of 1884.
1t was a nasty day outside. I was
looking for a broom. I looked UP
and saw money in the damaged
box.
Q.-Had there been any mois-
ture in the closet? A.-There was
some wet.
Odd you take the box
down? Ayes. I took it down
to the house.
Q.-And money was in it? A
Yes.
Q.-About how much? Al
did not count it.
When Hauptmann was testifying
about having deposited $570 in
gold notes at bank, Mr.. Reilly
said:
"They we're not Lindy gold
notes, were they?"
"NO, they were some gold
notes which I had expected to
save. had them a long time"
"What did you want to save
them fOr?"
II thought 1 play safe on ac-
count initiation"
Attorney Wilentz late yesterday
began a blistering attempt to
break" Hauptmann's Toic calm.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
2 Identify Him

Charles Rossiter, of Maplewood,
N. j., salesman, told the court
that he had seen the defendant
standing in the rear of a car
near the Princeton Airport.
This testimony came on the
heels of a statement by Millard
Whited, New Jersey backwoods'
man, that on two occasions prior
to the kidnapping, he had seen
Hauptmann in the vicinity of the
Lindburgh estate.
Mr.. RoSsiter was questioned by
Attorney Wilentz.
Q.-Have you ever seen the de.
fendant, Bruno Richard Haupt.
mann? Al have.
Q.-Where? A.-On Route 81,
near Princeton Airport, the Satur.
day evening before the kidnapping
about 8 p. m.
Mr.. Rossiter said he was on his
way to Philadelphia, his business
calling on him to make trips of all
kinds.
Asked where Hauptmann was
at the time he saw him, Mr.. Ros-
sitter replied:
"He was standing in the rear
of q car about $50 yards north
of the airport. stopped to see
II could render assistance.
J got out Of my carr I asked II /
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Stock Deals Barred

The chief of the prosecuting
staff questioned the expert closely
on all the monetary transactions
made by Hauptmann before and
after the ransom payment. Mr..
Frank testified:
Q.-On April 2. 1892, the total
cash and stock holdings of the
Hauptmanns was $203.90 in cash
and 500 in stocks?
Ayes.
Frederick A. Pope of defense
counsel objected vigorously to the
line of questioning, but was over
ruled.
Q.-Now, Mr.. Frank, can you
tell us how much money was put
into brokerage accounts in the
name of Hauptmann and his wife
from April 2, 1892, when the ran.
som was paid, until September 10,
1884, when he was arrested?
A.-YeS. The records show this
figure to be $16,942.25.
Q.-And how much cash was
deposited to the Hauptmanns'
names in banks during that
period?
A.-$9,O73.25.
Mr.. Frank explained there were
other deposits. including check
deposits, and transfers which he
did not include in the figures he
had lust given
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Police Haze Box

Q.-Where is it? Am the
possession of the police, guess.
Mr.. Reilly pounded away at the
manner in which Hauptmann was
treated at the police station in
New York city.
The prisoner then turned under
the guiding questions of Attorney
Reilly to his relations with Isidor
Fisch. He carefully recounted his
stock and fur business with the
man who returned to his home in
Germany and there died of tuber.
culosis. He said:
when FiSch went to Europe,
he comes to me and SayS-I
think l will sell some of them
furS.' said all right. We had
$4,000 worth of furS."
Hauptmann rambled on in his
laboriouS explanation of the bust.
ness deal, geSturing awkwardly
with his hands. He said he gave
Fisch check for $4,000 and Fisch
owed him money. His discussion
was confusing, however.
The gold ransom notes which
were found in the Hauptmann
garage, the prisoner said, were left
with him by Fisch in a shoe box.
Mr.. Reilly asked:
Q-What kind of a box? Al
found out later it was a shoebox.
Q.-Tell us about what he said
that last night? Ale came
into the kitchen and left a box
He said, II am leaving something
here with you, if you don't mind.
Please put it in dry place and
keep it until I come back"
It was Hauptmann's longest
speech of the trial. He seemed
calm as he told it. He kept his
eyes on Mr.. Reilly's face but had
mildly defiant expression on his
face as he talked.
Mrs. Hauptmann, in her usual
place at the defense counsel table,
was inconspicuously dressed. AS
Hauptmann testified, she listened
with her head on one side in an
intent pose. Her lips seemed to
move as he talked.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Builds Up AHbi

Mr.. Reilly was laying the foun-
dation for Hauptmann's alibi. The
defense contends the defendant
went to the Majestic Apartments.
in New York city, the date of
the kidnaping-March /, 1882.
Hauptmann had been working
there.
Hauptmann then told where he
was or March /, 1882. He said:
II went to the Majestic Apart
ments to go to work on some
carpenter work. But the Su-
perintendent said he could not
start me to work until March
15."
On the meantime, were you
trying to obtain a position at Ra.
dio City. "A couple of times
over there.
Mr.. Reilly then questioned
Hauptmann about his where
aboutS on April 2, 1882, the date
DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Condor paid
the $4,000 ransom to a mys.
terious John" in a cemetery in
the Bronx.
Q.-April 2, 1882, was a satur.
day, was it not? A.-Yes.
Q.-And you worked that day?
Ayes.
Q.-When did you leave work?
A.-At five o'clock.
Q.-The Majestic Apartments
are how far away from your
home in the Bronx? A.-Approxi.
mately eight miles.
Q.-You heard the timekeeper
from the Majestic Apartment tes.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
$4,000 Traced

The prosecution has traced $44,-
800 into the Germans possession,
and defies him to explain how he
could have acquired this sum le-
ultimately in 80 months without
working.
Through witnesses the State has
shown that man described as
Hauptmann passed ransom note
before the time when the prisoner
says he received the eXtortion
hoard from Isidor Fisch "in a
shoe box"
And during the past week it was
shown by a wood research expert
that a piece of lumber found in
Hauptmann's home was of the
same material as part of the lad
der used in the kidnapping.
On the basis of these develop
ments, Attorney General David T.
Wilentz argued that the State had
proved the German carpenter had
come to the Lindbergh house with
the intent of stealing the child
and that the death had resulted
from the burglary. He said:
"The State has a wealth Of
evidence that q burglary was
committed and that the death
of the baby resulted from that
burglary"
The final points brought out by
the prosecution during the first
several days of last weeks court
sessions were of great Importance
in the States case.
Hauptmann was portrayed as a
Wall Street speculator whose deal
ings in stocks after the date Of
the Lindbergh ransom payment,
April 2, 1892, amounted to more
than a quarter of a million dol
lars,
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Charges Beating

During his second day on the
witness stand Hauptmann stated
that he had been beaten by New
York police shortly after his ar
rest.
Attorney Reilly questioned him
closely about the incidents lead
ing up to and following his de-
tention.
Q.-When we're you arrested?
A.-September 10, 1884.
Q.-Where we're you taken?
A.-To New York police station,
at night.
Q.-Were you beaten? Ayes.
Q.-When did it start? A.-The
second night I was arrested.
Q.-Then were you taken to the
Bronx? Ayes.
Q.-When were you beaten
there?
Again Mr.. Wilentz objected.
Mr.. Reilly withdrew the ques.
ton.
Handcuffed on Street
Q.-You were arrested in the
street and handouts were put
on you? Ayes.
Q.-Then did they search you?
A.-Yes.
Q.-Then did they tell you you
had Lindbergh money? Ayes,
that was the first time I knew it.
Hauptmann said his home was
searched. then he was taken to
the New York police station and
ordered to write.
Odd they tell you how to
spell? Ayes.
Mr.. Reilly picked up the oil can
found with $4,000 in ransom bills
in Hauptmann's garage. Haupt.
mann admitted he had put the
bills in the can. Mr.. Reilly asked:
"When?"
"A week before my arrest"
''Now, you had large ledger
in which you kept account Of
your money, didn't you?"
| HVnS -
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
ShOlUed Net Loss

Mr.. Wilentz then wanted to
know about the profits or losses
in the Hauptmann brokerage ac-
counts prior to April 2, 1882. The
agent replied:
Their accounts showed a net
loss of SS,3O4.66 before April e."
Q.-What were their profits or
losses in stocks between April 2,
1882, and September 10, 1884?
A.-They had a loss of $5,728.63.
Q.-So the stock transactions
of the Hauptmanns up to and
after April 2, 1882, showed a net
loss of $9,132.29? A.-That is
correct.
Mr.. Wilentz asked the Govern.
ment agent to add up all the as.
sets of Hauptmann at the time
of his arrest, including the $14,.
600 ransom money found in his
garage, but excluding any assets
the defendant had acquired be.
fore April 2, 1882.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Dealings Traced

Mr.. Reilly brought out that as
early as Nov. /, 1929, Hauptmann
opened his first brokerage account
with the firm of Carlton Mott and
Company. He asked:
$50, two and One-half years
before the kidnapping, Haupt-
man was in Wall Street,"
Eyes, sir"
Mr.. Reilly then attempted to
show the large figure involved in
Hauptmann's stock transactions
gave a misleading impression of
the amount of money actually
used because of the fact that
Hauptmann had traded on mar.
gin. The lawyer asked Mr.. Frank:
"The amount of stock bought
on margin on the purchase side
does not show the amount of
money he put up, does it?"
"NO, it does not show his
equity in the stock"
Hauptmann continued to listen
to the testimony with the greatest
interest. So did his wife. Anna.
Inferentially Mr.. Reilly criti-
cized a brokerage house method
of booking. The defense lawyer
one point remarked:
"UnaccuStOmed as am to
Wall Street, / cannot figure
this out"
The witness. Mr.. Frank, straight.
ened him out.
Mr.. Reilly showed the jury the
exhibit which had confused him.
The State produced additional
testimony to the effect that
Hauptmann was in New Jersey
around the time when the baby
was kidnapped.
Earlier in the trial residents
of the vicinity of Hopewell stated
that they had seen the German
carpenter near the Lindbergh
mansion
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Carpenter, Shaken by Grilling,
Trapped on Spelling of Boat

of the holes when we fitted the
upright and the joist together.
The nails could be pushed in with
finger.
Mr.. Bornmann was asked to
identify a section of yellowish
pine board about 6 feet long. He
said:
That's the piece of board 1
took from the attic"
The board was admitted as evi.
dence over the vigorous objection
of Frederick A. Pope of defense
counsel.
Following the detective to the
witness stand, the Government
wood expert, Mr.. Koehler, stated
that tools belonging to Haupt-
mann had been used to fashion
the kidnap ladder.
A wood plane belonging to the
defendant was exhibited and used
to plane down piece Of wood in
court. The Government forester
stated that the marks left by the
tool were similar to those found
on the ladder.
The plane, initiated with an
"H," was found in Hauptmann's
garage after mis- arrest and put
into evidence a few days ago. Mr..
Koehler said its own peculiar
markings we're left in the wood
of the ladder.
The expert improvised work
bench on the judges bench and
the plane bit into Ponderosa pine,
which he said was the same type
The Washington times., 1935-01-26

Iof the ladder rail and the piece
of wood from the attic.
Mr.. Wilentz quickly brought the
questioning to the link between
the ladder upright and the attic
floor board. The expert said:
Gas a result of very careful
study, l have come to the con.
clusiOn that these two pieces
at one time were one piece, and
they were cut in half"
Holding the board and the lad
der section, with the aid of the
attorney general, Mr.. Koehler
demonstrated his belief they were
one piece. He separated them
about half an inch to show their
relation.
Mr.. Pope objected to Mr.. Koch.
ler's references to the nails as
those from the board in the attic
and Mr.. Wilentz did not press the
point. Mr.. Koehler said:
Il put the nails in the holes
in the rail and with the nails
projecting, 1 laid it on the jOiSts
and they fit exactly in the four
holes in the jOists.
I'm my opinion that rail had
at one time-that plank was
nailed to those jOistS, and it is
incOnceivable-"
Mr.. Pope objected to the
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The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Total of Assets

Defense counsel objected vtgor-
ously, but the witness was per-
mitted to answer. He said:
"The total is $44,486. This in.
cIudes $16,942.75 deposited in
brokerage accounts, $9,O73.25 in
banks, the items $14,6OO IRAN
som money recOvered), $3.50
in a mortgage and $12O in gold
coins. That totals $44,486."
Defense Attorney Reilly cross.
examined the witness in an at.
tempt to show that the prisoner
might have been able to amass
the small fortune attributed to
him through his efforts since COM
ing to this country. and that
Hauptmann had always been in.
terested In Wall Street.
Q.-So you can say Hauptmann