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The Washington times., 1938-12-17
MRS. COSTER'S
FORMER MATE
KNE " DECEIT
Kept Silence is Years
On Rivals Past

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. II.
For sixteen years the secret Of the
masquerade Of Philip Musica, the
ex-convict. as 2. Donald Coster,
the drug magnate, has been locked
behind the lips Of Mrs. Carrie
Jenkins CosteE's ex-husband.
With Coster's suicide it all came
out-a story of silence purchased
for o pittance: of mysterious
forces that sent a successful man
on the down grade to relief rolls;
of a woman's scorn.
Years ago, Edward Hubbard, q
nephew of Ebert Hubbard, IA
nous writer, was a partner in the
New York Stock Exchange firm
Of Clark & Hubbard, a brokerage
house making its mark in Wall
Street. Philip Musica was en-
|ployed by that house.
HOW TT BEGAN
At that time, just after the war,
Edward Hubbard'S personal for.
tune was reckoned at $4,000, 900.
His wife was Carrie Jenkins Hub
bard. Carries friend was Irene
Wolf, daughter Of DR.. Adam B.
Wolf, of Ridgewood, Queens.
The Hubbards often called on
Irene Wolf, and sometimes Philip
Musica came along. In the course
Of time Edward Hubbard became
attentive to Irene Wolf, and Car
RE Jenkins Hubbard was courted
by Philip MuSica. The upshot was
that the Hubbards were divorced
in Queens on November 2, 1923.
Hubbard married Irene Wolf.
MuSica married Carrie jenkins,
the former Mrs. Hubbard.
But even before the divorce and
marriages, the present Mrs. Hub
bard said today, strange things
began to happen in the life Of
Hubbard. His prosperous broker.
age business slipped away. In
1920 it was forced into bank
|ruptcy-and she blamed MuSica
because of Carries belief that her
home had been broken up by
Irene.
AS Mrs. Hubbard told it today:
II was thrown with Ed quite
often. He came to our house
and pretty soon gossip Sprang
UP about us. One day an anony-
NOUS letter came to my father.
warning him against Hubbard.
I trace all my troubles to that
letter."
VINDICTIVE HAND
Hubbard; she said, tried to get
Job after job. He opened an I'M
yestor'S counsellor service in ia.
maica, Queens, and was closed BY
the Better Business Bureau. He
always was about to connect
when something happened and
she saw the vindictiveneSs Of her
former girl friend behind the
scenes.
About six years ago, she said.
she learned that Carrie jenkins
Musica, now Coster, had caShed in
on an insurance policy on the life
of Hubbard'S mother. She became
Infatuated, wrote to her.
Musica, then CoSer, came to see
her. He suggested a change OF
scene. Hubbard knew of the hid
den past before his spectacular
rise. But he didn't speak. Instead.
he moved to a drab house at
Breinigsville, ten miles from here,
with his family.
HUSBAND SILENT
The house was owned-stin Is
by Carrie Jenkins Coster, his
exwife.
Today. returning from his WPA
job, Hubbard said grimly:
I'll have nothing to say until
I'm sure CoSter is, dead"
Hubbard Is Sc now, his wife A,
and they have seven children.
Two years ago they were on home
relief.
Her father, DR.. Wolf, has dis
owned her. In Ridgewood, where
he still lives, he said she had
Thought she was smarter than
her parents"
Have you o toy, . gift, q doll for
some child not well situated this
The Washington times., 1938-12-17

Authorities recalled that In
1918. following the $2.OOO,0 900
United States Human Hair Co.
swindle. Coster and his father,
three brothers and two sisters
were arrested in New Orleans as
they were about. to sail for Hon.
duras. They had $350.OOO in cash
with them.
The Washington times., 1938-12-17
COSTER MOVED
IN'ULTRA' SET
At FAIRFIELD
On Friendly Terms With
Society Top-Notchers

FAIRFIELD, Conn, Dec. II
Q.N.SO.-When society reporters
knocked on the door of the home
of F. Donald Coster, in Fairfield,
they were invariably refused in
formation about their activities.
Newspaper writer's had attrib-
uted this attitude to the Costers'
ultra-excluSiveness as one of the
ariStocratic families of Sasco Hill,
where dwell the cream Of May
fair.
SOCIETY is STUNNED
With the unmasking Of Coster
as Philip MuSica, Sasco Hill fami-
lies were stunned at the thought
that they fraternized in their
ritziest clubs with a man who had
been twice indicted for illegal &C
tivitieS and then preferred death
to face justice in a swindle that
has rocked the nation.
They were members Of the ultra
ultra aristocratic Charity Bridge
Club, which meets Wednesdays at
the homes of members. There
they hobnobbed with such names
as Mrs. Hugh D. AuchincloSs, Of
The Washington times., 1938-12-17
Baby Brother Surrenders

One of the brothers, George Mu-
sica, masqueraded under the name
Of George E. Dietrich, assistant
treasurer and assistant vice presl-
dent of the bankrupt firm. An
other, Arthur MuSica, as George
Vernard, served as agent of the
fictitious W. W. Smith & Co. Po-
lice were forced to flourish their
guns before they trapped and cap
tured him in his Brooklyn home.
The third brother, Robert MI
sica, who was known as Robert
The Washington times., 1938-12-17

Have you o toy, q gift, q doll for
some child not well situated this
Christmas? Then telephone ME. A141
ID. C. Playground Santa Claus, spOn.
sOred by the Patterson Newspapers
station VOL and LOeW'a Theaterg.
The Washington times., 1938-12-17

"AlI-AmericaR LmcheOns" another
In the clever front page in color series
that comes each Sunday in the Amerl-
can Weekly with the Sunday Wash
inEtOn Herald-TimeS
The Washington times., 1938-12-17

FAIRFIELD, Conn, Dec. II.
Servants of ~. Donald CoSter" re-
vealed to police today that the
McKesSon q Robbins Drug Co.
president who killed himself to
escape a swindler's sentence had
made preparations to flee to Hon
duras on his luxurious yacht. the
Carolita, named for his wife, Mrs.
Carol z. CoSter.
The Washington times., 1938-12-17
POLICE SEEK
master MIND"
IN SWINDLE
Coster 'Repented,' Says
Brother in Jail
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Commission experts said the total
loss in drug firm debacle might
total $1,000, 900.
Meanwhile. attaches Of the Of
flee of District Attorney Thomas
E. Dewey, of New York. entered
the case, launching an intensive
search for documents relating to
Coster-at that time Musica-fol
lowing discovery that official
papers have been removed from
the files under mysterious circum-
stances.
The missing records are con.
nected with the indictment OF
Musica. his father and two broth
ers in 1918 in connection with a
$500, 900 human hair" fraud
charge. and with Musicals lndlct-
ment in 1920 for subornation OF
pedjury in the Borney Baff poul-
try market murder.
Registered as F. Donald Coster,
rather than under its true title,
Philip H. Musica, the dead mans
body lay at a Fairfield mortuary.
The three surviving brothers were
held in New York in the Federal
house of detention in default OF
100000 bail each.
The Washington times., 1938-12-17
Fl. DONALD COSTER'
"NeUer Glue Up Was His
Motto.'-I.N.P.

Dietrich, purchasing agent Of the
McKeSSon & Robbins Bridgeport
Comm office, surrendered after
he was identified as member
the baby brother-of the quartet.
Authorities revealed that in
1918 the whole family tried to
1lee the country after the "hu-
man hair" fraud, much like the
present one, with their United
States Human Hair Company.
They had about $3.50, 900 loot
with them at that time and were
heading for Honduras when inter-
cepted. One of the sisters inter
copied on mat attempted dash is
now Mrs. Robert Guez, wife of the
caretaker OH the estate of Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Morgen.
THAI at Fishkil. N. Y.
The Washington times., 1938-12-17
Diamond Smuggling

"Say that I'm dead" she
pleaded Sorrowfully today.
The second sister, Grace. who
had $4,000 in her corset on the
fruitless boat for Honduras, is
now living at WeStbury, N. Y,
where she is now known as Mari :,
Girard.
Reports flashing from Wall
Street to Washington and to Con-
necticut clouded the probe for the
brains" behind the Coster
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04
TRACK STAR BECOMES NINTH TARTAN
IN TWENTY YEAR OLD SCREEN SERIES

preted the jungle man, for
"Tarzan The Fearless" and
was succeeded in the role by
Herman Brix, shot-put ace,
who headed the cast of "The
New Adventures Of Tarzan."
In the latest Tarzan picture.
the delineator Of the role of
Tarzan's mate for the first time
occupies an athletic prominence
equal to that of the title char
acter.
And it is we'll that she does,
for the screen play calls for
considerable display of her
aquatic form.
In one sequence, the pretty
swimmer-actreSs was required
to share a pool with an alligat-
or = situation where a little
margin of extra speed was
highly desirable just in case the
saurian decided to vary his diet.
AS she swan alongside the al
ligator, two rifle marksmen
stood by - just in case.
"TarZan" Morris didn't have
to stay up nights studying his
dialogue.
He says but four words in
the entire picture. In the
eighty-seven page screen play.
Morris is called upon to read
one line:
Cynthia, / am TarZan."
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04
"STAR GAZING i"
,vith Uric Meguhun

insured with two different COM
panies to cover possible loss
during the filming. The third in
surance policy is Miss Lom-
bard's own for general cover
age.
AND SPEAKING about insur-
ance here's little item that
probably borders on the unique.
1t seems that Harold Lloyd
has dashed out against the ma
trimonial jinx that has logged
his pictures in previous years.
No less than seven former
Lloyd leads, including his pres
ent wife, all succumbed TO
cupid and matrimony either
during or shortly after work in
a Lloyd comedy.
So now he has written Glove
insurance" clause into the con-
tract of Phyllis Welch, his new
est leading lady. Under penalty
of $4,000 forfeit, she is forbid
den to become engaged or to
marry at any time during the
next six months. Miss Welch,
playing opposite Lloyd in "Pro-
fessor Beware" has of late been
linked Economically with Carl
Laemmle, Jr.
THE DIONNE GUMS will
speak English in their next pic
ture, Mother Knows Best"
James Stewart is learning to
play the pipe organ through a
correspondence course Be-
cause Louella Parsons reviewed
her first picture, Mary Pickford
recently returned the critical
courtesy by writing a review Ct
Warmers Hollywood Hotel"
Louella's first Robert Tav-
Tor will be starred in a rema',e
of Journeys End" Helen
Jepson, Metropolitan Opera
star, now engaged in making
picture, keeps white rabbit in
her dressing room Reports
have it that Gene Autry, Re-
public's cowboy star, is receiv-
ing the most fan mail Of the
Hollywood stars.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

ALICE FAYE can't read a note
of music!
She once astounded some
friends at a reception by con-
fiding that she never took a
singing lesson in her life.
So far as she is concerned
the Key of C is something that
comes from a locksmith.
She still gets frightened
when she faces a microphone.
This, from the nations No. l
song-plugger, who puts over a
song as no other woman in pie
lures.
What makes Alice so gifted
unsteady is the amazing ac-
curacy of her ear. She need
hear a song played only once,
and the tune is firmly imbedded
in her mind. She has been that
way ever since she was a child
in Manhattan.
In music, Alice can take her
place beside Irving Berlin, the
late George Gershwin, Eddie
Cantor, All Jolson, Mozart, and
Yehudi Menuhin, all of whom
scared to the heights without
previous musical training.
THREE INSURANCE compa-
MES and a policeman are keep
ing their eyes on Carole Lom-
bard while she works GOOD For
Scandal" the new Mervyn
Leroy production.
The reason for the collective
vigilance is the $4,000 ensem-
BILE of personal jewelry Miss
Lombard is wearing in her
Paris scenes with leading man,
Fernand Gravel.
The star refused to have
paste duplicates made of the
valuable pieces-watch bracelet,
clips and ring in baquette dia-
monds and rubies - because
they were a gift.
Property man Eddie Edwards
therefore asked the Warner
Brothers police department for
a cop to attend Carole all the
time she was wearing her
jewels. In addition, they were
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

WHEN GLENN MORRIS,
world decathlon champion, and
shapely Eleanor Holm, back
stroke swimming ha NIPPON,
stepped before the cameras in
CO.. tellar roles for "TarZan's
Revenge" they were continuing
a series that has enjoyed phe-
nomenal longevity.
For nearly twenty years, film
audiences have shown them
selves receptive to the enter
tanning adventures of Edgar
Rice Burroughs jungle char
acter.
Tarzan made his first screen
appearance in February, 1918,
when the old National Film
Corporation produced "Tarzan
OF The Apes" with Elmo Lin
coin in the title role. The
unique quality of Burroughs
character, already widely
known through the sale of his
books, captured the public fancy
to an extent that startled even
the producers, and when the
final returns were in it was
found that the picture was the
second in history to gross over
a million dollars - distinc-
ton therefore held only by ID.
w. Griffith's Birth OF A Ma
ton"
Gene Polar, an ex-lieutenant
of the New York police, was
the next Tarzan in "The Return
Of Tarzan," produced in 1920.
Then P. Dempsey Tabler
played in "The Son Of Tarzan,"
and James H. Pierce, who later
married Burroughs daughter,
took the title role in "TarZan
And The Golden Lion"
Two serials, "Tarzan The
Mighty" and Tarzan The
Tiger" with Frank Merrill fit
ting from tree to tree brought
the notable ape-man saga to
the end of the silent picture
era.
Johnny Weissmuller, swim
ming champion, introduced
Tarzan to the talking screen -
although the jungle hero
turned out to be an unlo-
quacious fellow - with "Tar-
Fan The Ape Man." produced in
1892. He afterward played in
"Tarzan And His Mate" and
"Tarzan Escapes"
Larry Crabbe next inter-
Evening star., 1938-06-30
AMERICA IS SAFE,
NAVY MAN SAYS
Fleets Control of Air Cannot
Be Taken by Foe, Capt.
Ingram Ayers.

, "Under present-day conditions 1t
may be reasonably assumed that no
foreign fleet could cross either great
ocean and arrive with sufficient air
strength to wrest control of the air
from our proposed fleet" This re-
assuring note comes in an article by
Capt. Jonas H. Ingram in the Scien-
tific American, in which Capt. Ingram
states the United States Navy is at
present minded to the nth degree.
, He is reassuring also in regard to
the ability of surface units of any
fleet, in cooperation with its air force,
to fight off any air enemy no matter
how strong.
The issue of the superiority of the
plane over the surface ship repeats
again the issue that came up when
supporters of submarines and torpedo
boats said either of these two units
would make obsolete all larger types
OF warShipS. Capt. Ingram admits a
lone battle line, if attacked by a num-
Der of submarines or number of air.
planes, would be at a disadvantage
yet he says recent improvements in
the construction of warships provide
much greater protection against either
OF these units than in years past
Furthermore, the battleship's heavy
anti-aircraft battery would certainly
do much damage to attacking aircraft
even though it could not beat off the
attack.
! ut is. however, hardly conceivable
= that lone battleship or lone battle
line would ever be allowed to be
subjected to such an attack unsup-
ported" says Capt. Ingram A strong
air force of our own is our first de-
Tense against such attacks The Sec
ond defense is concentrated anti-air-
craft fire from the entire fleet. The
third resides in the armored deck
protection, compartmentation, blis-
tiers and maneuverability of ships.
Maneuverability is important, for it
is much more difficult to bomb NOV
Ing ship than 1t is to bomb a town
or other shore area Anti-aircraft
fire will force the attackers to a high
altitude and the higher the enemy
flies the poorer his workmanship.
Actually there are more than 800
b-inch and 3-inch anti-aircraft guns
in the fleet. This battery, which is
probably the largest in the world, is
capable OF putting into the air more
than 5000 rounds of shrapnel a
minute. Surely enough to make the
overhead spaces very dangerous for
any type of plane. bumpy enough to
jar the most intrepid ace. Their ef-
fectiveness cannot be discounted: they
are capable of placing barrage at
greater height than 10000 feet and
they are effective for direct hits
against fast-moving target at from
10000 to $4,000 feet. They can put out
terric fire against dive bombing"
Evening star., 1938-06-30
SALLY RAND CANCELLED

BOULDER, Colo, June 80 (P.-
Although Sally Rand of fan and
bubble fame has spoken at Harvard
her appearance at the University OF
Colorado to discuss art and the work
ers" was Cancelled yesterday because
President George Norlin said, she
doesn't fit into our picture"
Miss Rand, in Denver, called the
cancellation poor taste"
Evening star., 1938-06-30

HOOVER MAKES APPEAL
Urges Election Of Anti-New Deal
Congress This Fall.

Congress This Fall,
SEATTLE. June 80 R.-Forme,
President Herbert Hoover last night
urged voters to elect an anti-New Deal
Congress-whether Democrat or Re.
publican-this fall.
THE administration has been ex.
perimenting on the people all tni,
time and it's high time the voters
themselves were experimenting" hi
said in an interview before departing
for British Columbia on 4 fishing trir
with two OF his former cabinet mem.
bers, DIR. Ray Lyman Wilbur ant
Arthur Hyde.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
NAVY BOMBER FLYER
:. RETURNS, ENDING HUNT

SdPt. 1cIly n. 6m1Cn OF mdf1ne
Corps Reports Being Blown
Off Course.
9v the Associated Press.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 3o.-Capt.
Perry K. Smith, U. S. Marine Corps,
landed his naval bomber at Interna-
tional Airport here yesterday, ending
a widespread search instituted by AZ
Navy planes when he disappeared
Tuesday.
Capt Smith said he was blown from
his course while dodging summer
storms" and landed at Bacadevachi,
Sonora, 100 miles below the border.
The pilot and passenger. r. F.
Mates, Marine Corps painter, spert
the night in Bacadevachi.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
WORKERS GET BONUS
eheaffer Pen Co. Employment
Tops 1929 Peak.

FORT MADISON, Iowa, June 30
R.-On the eve of its annual vaca-
ton period, the W. A. Sheaffer Pen
Co. yesterday paid to all its employees
q bonus Of Tx per cent based on each
employees earnings for the six months
ended June l.
In announcing the bonus payment,
w. A. Sheaffer, president, said that the
Accompany now employed more people
than it did during the peak of its
activity in 1929. The plant here nor
mally employs about 1000 persons
The company has branches in Chicago,
New York and San Francisco.
Ninety-eight wrestlers were sent
from japan to Shanghai to entertain
the soldiers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01
SPECIAL VENIRE
 ORDERED. DRAWN
 IN SMITH CASE
Present Panel Almost Ex- hausted as Court Ad-
 iourns Until Tomorrow

Selection of a jury in the Forrest Smith murder case was started in Federal District Court today and when court adjourned this after noon only IS jurors remained in the box and a special venire of 35 was ordered drawn by Judge George F. Alexander to report at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning when the case resumes.
 Acquaintance with the defendant or others connected with the case and questions relative to the "un- written law" proved the stumbling block for many cf the prospective jurors who were excused by either the government or the defense.
 With the defense still having Is challenges and the prosecution nine, the tentative jurors in the box as court adjourned were:
 Amanda Cook, Mrs lone Cook, Jenkins Williams, Oscar Christen- son, Mrs. Helmi David, Edith Hou- kill, Esther Boyd, Chester L. Will Hams, Mrs. Isabel Jorgenson. Mrs. w w. Council, R. H. Williams Sr., and Hugo Frederickson.
 Attorney Henry Roden was ap- pointed by the court to assist the defense counsel now made up of Paul Danzig and George Grigsby. Assistant District Attorney George w. Folta is prosecuting the case for the government
 Smith is charged with first de- gree murder in connection with the staying of Thomas Colling. steward on the TongasS, in the Smith home here several weeks ago. The defen- dant alleges Ceiling was intimate with Mrs. Smith.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01

aided monopoly inquiry by testi- mony as to the slowing down of the Nations economic machine dur ing recession cost billions of dollars in national income to the present time.
 Lubin appeared as the first wit ness of the Legislative and Executive Committee, members of which have spent many months in preparatory surveys of National economy, how it works, how constructed and why broken down as in depression times.
 Discussing how the system works, Lubin said the loss in wages and salaries. arising from unemployment since '29, had exceeded one hun dred and nineteen billion dollars in income.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01
CHAMBER ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS FOR COMING YEAR
Board Will Select Officers to Handle Affairs
 During l939

H. o. Adams, Charles D. Beale, Charles w. Garter, T. J. Dyer, George w. Folta, Wellman Holbrook and Dr. M. J. Whittier were named to the Board of the Directors of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the annual election held by the Chamber today at its weekly lunch con meeting in Percy's Cafe. The new Board will select the new offi- cers of the Chamber from its mem- berShip.
 The committee which will be headed by H. L. Faulkner, was au- thorized by the Chamber to draw up a resolution in support of the position taken by Acting Gov E. w. Griffin on the European refugee proposal as well as covering immi- grafton to the Territory generally, the resolution to be circulated among the various chambers in the Terri tory and sent to the proper authori- ties in Washington.
 Endorsement of plan to further in every way possible the establish ment of radiophone service between Juneau and Atlin was given and it will be taken up with United States and Canadian authorities.
 Guests of the Chamber today were Lieut.. Comdr. N. G. Ricketts, a return member, and Lieut.. Comdr R. c. Sarratt, both of the Haida Jack Littlepage, mining man; Dr R. H. Kitts. new resident of Ju- neau: M. J. Manahan, Traffic Man ager of the Northland Transporta- ton Company; M H. Heneghan and H. F. Sprague, Ketchikan business men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01
BURIAL OF FRANK
 ALFORS SATURDAY

Funeral services for Frank Alfors, who passed away late Tuesday eve ming at St. Anns Hospital. will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o. clock at the Chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
 The Rev. John L. Cauble will read the eulogy and interment will fol- low in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec l. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9A, American Can 97i1, American Light and Power 5ss, Anaconda 339s, Bethlehem Steel 71is, Commonwealth and Southern 19s, Curtiss Wright 67s, Central Mo- tors 49ls, Kennecott 437s, New York Central 1872, Northern Pacific Ills. Safeway Stores 28b, Southern Pa-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01

attacked a column of Japanese troops in North Kiangsi Province several days ago and at least 300 Japanese were killed.
 Chinese airplanes are also report ed to have successfully bombed the Japanese airdrome at Hankow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01
SCOUT COURT OF
 HONOR TOMORROW
 NIGHT, HIGH SCHOOL

Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held in the High School at o'clock tomorrow night with H. L. Faulkner presiding, it was an- ncunced today by Scout Commis- sioner David Wood Jr. All five troops will be represented and a feature of the program will be the presentation of the Holbrook trophy to the Douglas troop. This trophy, a silken banner, is awarded annu- ally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01

Here's list of the months char acteristic flowers that will come in handy when planning party: January, carnation; February, prim- rose; March, violet; April daisy; May, lily of the valley; June, roses; July, sweet peas; August. gladioli; September, aster; October, dahlia; November, chrysanthemum, and De- cember, holly or poinsettia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01

Postal officials say that when a letter is delivered several years late it's 99-1 chance that a care less patron, not the mail man, was at fault.