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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
TEMPLATE HEIR HONEYMOONINC
Bob Topping, Jr., Marries Gloria 'Mimi" Baker
 His GlamOr Girl

Palm Beach, Fla, Dec. 20-CUP)- Henry J. (Bob) Topping, Jr, young tin-plate heir, and his bride who until yesterday afternoon was Gloria Mimi" Baker, went honeymooning today.
 Miss Baker, society's "glamor girl'' became Topping's second wife at a ceremony performed by Rev. Arthur M. Depew, pastor of the First Chris tian church here. The marriage was performed in the drawing room of the villa of Mrs. Marget Emerson, mother of the bride. The service was considered simple compared with the brides $50,000 debut last year on Long Island.
 The bride wore a white satin gown, dirndl style, and a veil made from the lace of her mothers wed- ding gown.
 The couple left by plane, reported ly for brief stay in Nassau before going to Honolulu.
 Topping, A, is heir to a $14,O0O, ,0OO estate left by his grandfather, Dan- iel Gray Reid. He is the son of MT and Mrs. Henry J. Topping of Green wich, Conn. He was divorced last week from his first wife. the former Jayne Shadduck of the stage, in Bridgeport, Conn.
 The bride, 18, is the daughter oi the late Raymond T. Baker, one time director of the United States mint and Mrs. Emerson. She is heiress tc 8 patent medicine fortune of hel grandfather, Isaac Emerson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
TRIAL OF FORMER
 FRIENDS OF KEMP
Eight of Them to Enter Court on Jan. 10 for
 Their Ordeal

Bridgeport, Conn, December 20 - (UP) - Superior court arraign- ment of eight persons indicted with G. Leroy Kemp who last week was sentenced to 3 to 2 years in prison charges of illegally splitting com missions in state land sales, will take place January 10, according tc States Attorney Lorin W. Willis today. Kemp, former appraiser fol the highway department, was the first of the nine to go to trial a; results of revelations of an extra ordinary grand jury last spring.
 He has filed an appeal to the su- preme court from his conviction and a motion to arrest judgment and sentence on grounds the maxi. mum sentence imposed by the court was in disregard of the law.
 The offenses he has alleged ts have committed occurred prior tt 1884, his attorney claimed, and ht should have been penalized under the statute in force at that timt which provided for a maximum O five years. The statute, increasing the maximum to IS years, was no enacted until 1887.
 Among those who will be put tt plea January 10, will be Thomas N. Cooke and Samuel H. Silberman Greenwich and Stamford real estatl brokers, who turned states evidenc, and testified they split their com. missions with Kemp because h. "aSked''or expected" to share tn, fees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20

The possibility of selecting 13 or IA jurors instead of the customary 12 was discussed by counsel in chambers with Judge Inglis for almost an hour today. No new jur- ors had been selected at the time court adjourned for the 1 o'clock recess.
 The practice of impaneling an extra juror in a criminal trial has been discussed among the superior court judges of late. It is expected that some move will be made dur ing the next session of the General Assembly to draft a law providing for alternate jurors. Alternate jurors hear all evidence, but take no part in the deliberations unless menn- Der of the regular becomes i'll or otherwise unable to serve. Nine Were Questioned
 Nine veniremen were questioned today without avail, in the 18th session of the conspiracy trial since the start on November 29. A total of 204 had been questioned when court adjourned at o'clock.
 The nine examined today and ex- cused were as follows: William G. Shaw of Derby, excused by the de- fense; Charles H. Jackson of Chesh- ire by the court; Edna DeIeon of Hamden by the defense; Ebert w. Scobie of Orange by the state; John G. Fitzgerald of Ansonia by the court; Fred c. Burroughs of New Haven by the court; Henry J. Simthausler of Beacon Falls by the defense; Luke Grove, ST., of West Haven by the state; and William H. Harrison of Wallingford by the defense.
 Defense Challenged Four Using four challenges today, the defense brought their total number of disqualifications used to 10; the state used two for total of 69 and. the court used three for total of 57.
 The second panel had been de- creased to 10 at the close of the morning session, and there was good possibility that the first member of the third panel would be called for questioning this afternoon. It is also possible that a fourth panel of ven- iremen will be necessary.
 This mornings session of the trial was one of the most uneventful since the outset.
 One Venireman Known Here
 One of the veniremen excused this morning is well-known to Wa
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
FEDERATION OF
 LABOR WON AGAIN
Election in Textile Plant of Rhode Island Defeats
 CIO Control

Providence, R. T., December 20. - (UP) = The American Federation of Labor today hailed its victory over the Congress of Industrial Or ganizations in an Atlantic Mills election as "an opening wedge in our efforts to unify the textile workers of the country"
 Employees of the company's They vile plant yesterday chose AFL'S Providence and Woonasquatucket as Woolen' and Worsted District Council as their collective bargain ing agency, e4-535, over CLOS tex tile workers organizing committee in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board
 TWO had petitioned for the elec- tion and publicized it as the first test of strength of the recently chartered AFL affiliate.
 The defeat was the second blow suffered by TWOC within three weeks here. On November 30, the superior court ruled that TWOC's contract to take over the organiz- ing campaign of the former AFL affiliate, United Textile Workers of America, was invalid.
 The business agent of the Provi- dence and Woonasquatucket Council is Joseph Sylvia, whose discharge as a TWOC organizer in Rhode Island last summer led to the suspension of eight locals affiliated with the council and their rechartering by the ATE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
WPA PICKET IS UNDER ARREST

Boston, December 20. - (UP) = A 19-year-old Dedham youth was in custody today for his part in protest-picketing against the pro- posed discharge of WPA workers of 65 and older.
 The youth, booked as John Ham, ilton, was arrested last night for distributing handbills without 8 per- fit as 20 alleged delegates of the Workers Alliance, the Writers Union and the Artists Uion picket ed the Massachusetts WPA head quarters.
 The pickets charged that Admin istrator John J. McDonough refused to present to Washington head quarters their protests against the diSmiSSalS.
 The arrested youth, police said was distributing literature advertis- ing 8 mass protest meeting to bt held Friday night at Faneuil Hall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
.LACUARD|A IS KNOCKED DOWN
 
Struck as He Mounted Up City Hall Steps; Assail=
 ant Believed Insane

New York, Dec. 20 - (UP0 - Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia was struck and knocked down today as he mounted the steps of City Hall by tall, stocky man who plunged out of 8 crowd. The mayor grap- pied with his assailant and a po- liceman hit the gray-haired asSail- ant full on the mouth. The police man yanked the assailant to hi. feet with the mayor hanging on tG one leg. "All right" LaGuardi: snapped, 'into City Hall with him In with him." Four policemen car. ried the man into City Hall and tC an anteroom of the mayors office where they dumped him on the floor.
 "Why did you hit meP" LaGuar- die demanded. The man did not answer. What's your name?" the mayor asked. Jimmy Hagen" "Sei him up in chair" the mayor or dered.
 Policemen lifted the man into 8 chair. Blood trickled from his mouth where the policeman had hit him. "Why did you hit me?" the mayor insisted. You know why the man said. You're putting the badge on me. You know this stuff that goes on the radio all the time" 'Who are you?" I'm ar American" the man said. I'm an American"
 The mayor decided the man was not rational and ordered a Bellevue hospital ambulance. It was expected the man would be examined in the psychopathic division of the hos pital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
Aldermen | Have Passed Thirty Five Mill Tax
Pre=Meeting Statement of Controller Rowland Clerk Bane That Tax Would Be Less, Did Not Carry
 Much Weight Last Night

Evidently displeased a pre-meet- ing statement that the budget would be cut "one mill and one-half" by Controller Sherwood L. Rowland. and his clerk, Alderman Thomas Bane, the Republican Aldermen last night adopted the 35-mill tax rate and practically the same amount of appropriations as recommended by Griffenhagen & Associates and approved by, the Board of Finance. The budget for 1899 was made off, cial.
 But there were changes. The fire department, under the insistence of Alderman Burton H. Walker, obtains an aerial ladder, or truck, one booster pump, at cost of $7,000 add ed. The amount was taken from the item set up in the engineering de- partment for addition of 8 new crew.
 Welfare Dept. Gains
 The welfare department gained 5000 which will go to pay for lights and gas for relief recipients. This was taken from the $37,552 item set up in the Board of Finance appro- priation as contingency fund.
 It looks simple on paper. But there was controversy, heated pro- test, on some of the items and two long executive sessions were held before the aldermen came back to the chamber. very late last night to pass, with reservations by one and another of the Republicans, the city's financial outline for next year.
 Politics In Evidence
 Politics was dominant at the caucuses of the Republican Alder men, following a bent reportedly outlined by Republican Town Chair man J. Warren Upson whereby the majority on the board would seek unit rule" to enforce steam roller tactics on the Democratic minority. Even the radio was used last night by the Republicans and a RepublicanSAmerican announcer at about the time the carol sing on the Green got under way, told his listeners that Controller Rowland had informed him that the tax rate of 35 mills would be "cut mill and one-half."
 The controller denied that he had
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
Philip Musica Had Legally
 Changed His Name to Coster

Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. 20. (UP)- Philip Musica, eldest of the Musica brothers, legally changed his name to F. Donald Coster shortly before he gained control of the $87, ,00O, 900 McKesson & Robbins drug finn in 1926, Samuel Reich, the late swim dler's attorney, told the United Press today. A
 Reich was mot sure" where the name change occurred. but believed it may have been at White Plain or Mt. Vernon, N. Y, or somewhere" in Westchester County, N. Y..
 You see" Reich said, "CoSter lived at Mt. Vernon about that time and undoubtedly made the change in that neighborhood. I don't think you would be far from wrong if you looked there"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
CONN. STILLRAID
 IN INVERSION CASE
Federal Authorities Ask That Bonds for Accused
 Be Made $25,OOO

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 20-(UP)- Federal authorities endeavoring to link McKesson & Robbins, Inc, with the liquor traffic, today de- manded high bail bond for the 23-year-old son of a "big time" pro- hibition era bootlegger, and one of ten men arrested in a large still seizure at Winchester early this month.
 The youth, Caesar Perrotti, woodbridge, was about to be bound over to district court in bond of $f 900 when Assistant U. s. Attor- ney Valentine J. Sacco asked U. S. Commissioner William J. Wholean to raise it to $25,000.
 Told To Hold Perrotti
 His only explanation was that he was notified to hold Perrotti" until he could be questioned by investi- gators.
 Taken with the youth was his brother, Edward, 20, and relative, Dominick Perrotti, alias Joseph Ricco, A. Their bonds were set at $1 ,000 and $5U0 respectively. Those of four brothers wro were ar- raigned ranged from $500 to $1.00O each.
 Commissioner Wholean continued Caesars case until after his attor- ney, John M. Chapnick, New Haven, conferred with federal officials.
 Chapnick declared it was "assi- nine" to fix $25,000 bond for the youth.
 Why, he was only a boy during prohibition" he said.
 Relatives Convicted
 Perrotti's father and various rel atives at Woodbridge were con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
CABINET REVOLT
 IN GREAT BRITAIN
Junior Rank of Ministers Demands designations of
 Four Cabinet Men
By WALLACE CARROLL

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 London, Dec. 20.-(UP)-Political quarters reported today that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was threatened with a cabinet revolt.
 This time the dispute involved not the governments foreign policy but its rearmament program, it was re- ported.
 According to political gossip, e number of men of junior ministerial rank, demanded the resignation of four key cabinet men-Leslie Hore- Belisha, war secretary; Sir Thomas Inskip, minister for defense co-ordi- nation; Viscount Runciman, lord president of the council, and Earl Winterton, special assistant to the home secretary.
 Runciman and Winterton joined the cabinet within the last few months. The duties attaching to their official posts are but nominal; {; they were named really to be among the half dozen leaders in rearma- ment work. :.
 Either Side Must Go
 It is reported that a number oi the younger men, that is members of parliament who, holding posts such as parliamentary secretary in the various government depart ments, are being groomed for cab met jobs. say that they will get out unless the four ministers do.
 There were other reports that because of publicity given the mat ter, the four ministers themselves may precipitate cabinet crisis by offering their resignations in order to force Chamberlain to express his confidence in them or to replace them.
 Named as leaders in the revolt of the junior ministers are A. V. M Hudson, of the transport ministry;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20

While state investigators concen- trated on the Musicas' intricate, crooked financial dealings, seven agencies of the federal government worked together accumulating evil dence that the brothers had used the company for bootlegging, gum smuggling, mail fraud and tax evasion.
 Thirty-five persons, including the widow of Philip Musica, the family schooner who killed himself last week, and Maria and Louise Musica, two of his three sisters, have been ordered before the federal grand jury today and tomorrow. State investigators have found an account in the Chase National Bank be- longing to Maria Girard, the name used by Maria Musica, which was opened April 24, 1888, with $2,O00, and showed a $500,O00 deposit the next day. It was check drawn on the Federal Reserve Bank. The account now has $21917. Where tho fortune came from and where it went so quickly was only one of dozens of strange phases that were cropping out daily.
 Higher Ups In Danger
 Brien McMahon, assistant United States attorney, said other persons not connected with the $87 7,000. 900 wholesale drugs firm probably would be implicated, that the fantastic trail would be followed to its end, even if it involved members of Congress. A federal grand jury was still taking evidence.
 Philip Musica, ex-convict, the "big brother" of the family who killed himself when he was trapped last week, was buried yesterday in brooklyn by the name F. Donald Coster, which he assumed in 1920 to conceal his criminal identity and (Cnntiruad On Page Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
HIGH MEDICAL MEN INDICTED
American Medical AssOcia. ton, Three Other Groups,
 Twenty=One Doctors

Washington, Dec. 20-CUP)-A fed eral grand jury today returned crim- inal indictments charging that the American Medical association, three affiliated medical groups and q in- dividuals violated the antitrust laws opposing cooperative plans for med- ical care.
 Five of the 21 individuals named in the indictments were from Chi cago, including Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the American Medical asso- ciation's journal and outstanding spokesman for conservative elements of the medical profession. The re- maining indicted individuals are from the District of Columbia.
 Eliminating more than two months of investigation by the grand jury, the indictments were based on the charge that the defends specifically combined to try to block the develop ment of Group Health Inc, pioneer medical cooperative in the District of Columbia.
 Group COerclVe
 In announcing the case last Aug ust, Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, in charge of the justice departments antitrust divi- sion, said that the AAA, dominant organization in the medical profes- sion, had been accused of using its prestige and power coercively te block development of cooperative medical groups.
 Cooperative groups such as Group Health Inc, on which the antitrust case hinged, have contended that the burden of high medical costs has fallen most heavily on that por- tion of the population least able to finance such care. Burdens of medi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20

The attorney answered that's right" when asked whether Coster was the legal name of the swindler.
 Reich believed Musica legally be- came Coster about the time he was president of Giard and company, drug firm, and was preparing to en- gineer the deal which gave him con- trol of McKesson & Robbins.
 The attorney would not state his source of information, saying that's all I'm able to tell you"
 The name change" may have oc- curfed anywhere between 1922 or 1926, Reich intimated.
 Belief that Coster was the legal name of the arch-swindler gained strength when it was learned he was buried under that name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
WAR DEPT, IS
 BOMBING FILES
Fabulous Swindler Got Many Guns, But From
 Where Came Millions

Washington, Dec. 20 = U.P0 = War Department officials searched in cobwebbed files today to ascer- tain whether F. Donald CoSter- Musica, fabulous swindler whose activities included gun-running and liquor smuggling, had purchased government rifles for release to for eign powers.
 Frederic Wingersky, vice-pres- ident and general counsel of the McKesson & Robbins Company, of which Coster-Musica was president, said that he drafted several con- tracts for delivery of Lee-Enf1eld rifles, type widely used in the World War.
 One Contract Known
 He said that one contract called for immediate delivery of 100000 Enfields with 100,000,000 rounds of ammunition and full complement of bayonets, slings, Scabbards, cleaning rods and bandoliers. It also called for future delivery of 1900 900 more rifles, if ordered and paid for. He said that this sale never was consummated.
 Army officials were mystified where Coster could have obtained such quantity of Enfields, a 30 caliber rifle very similar in weight and appearance to the Springfield, official army rifle.
 Officials said that the government purchased or manufactured 2,300,- 900 Enfields during the war, but only because they were easier to make than the Springfield, pre- cision rifle with drift-slide gauge. Enfields were used by the British, Canadian and French troops. The Springfield, they emphasized, was a much better weapon.
 Large Stock After War
 After the war, the government had large stocks of unused or "un- serviceable" Enfields, which were sold in cleanup" sales of army sup plies.
 Until their search is completed, officials said they would be unable to state how many Enfields were stored in government arsenals and warehouses, but doubted that there were 10000 "or anything like that
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
SEVERE COLDHA BLASTED EUROPE
Millions of Persons Suffer From Effects-Hundreds
 Afe-Already Dead
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

bx S1DNEY J. WILLIAMS
 United Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, Dec. 20.-(UP)-A cold wave, increasingly more severe as it continued, caused suffering to mill lions and death to hundreds today over all Europe.
 Temperatures ranging down to 40 degrees below zero were record- ed and it was reported that the worst was to come. Snow storms swept some areas. Reports from all over the continent, and from towns in the British Isles, told of the dan ger of terrible fires because hose lines froze and firemen were unable to do anything but watch fires. Ships were frozen in ice at numer- ouS ports. RavenouS wolves made desperate by the rigorous weather raided the outskirts of villages in the Carpathian mountains, seeking sheep. Heavy damage to winter crops was feared because the snows which finally fell came only after the ground was frozen hard.
 Death Toll Grows
 Casualty reports were fragmen- tary but they indicated the tol, which must have been exacted. Twenty-Five deaths in Great Bri- tain were attributed to the cold; it was reported from the Lodz area of Poland that 70 persons had been frozen to death. Ten deaths had been recorded among Jewish refu-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
Coster Will Filed
 By Mrs. Coster

Fairfield, Conn.,, Dec. 2O.- (UP)-An application to admit the will of Philip Musica, alias F. Donald CoSter, late president of McKessOn & Robbins, Inc, to probate, was filed today by his widow, with Judge Bradford BOardman. The size of the es- tate, of which Mrs. Carol E. Coster was named as sole bene- ficiary, will not be known until an inventory is made by ap- praisers. She was named as exc cutrix, without bond.
 Whereas Mrs. Coster is named as sole heir at law in the docu- ment, the application contained both the names of Mrs. COster and Mrs. Antonio Musica, West bury, N. Y., mother of the noted Swindler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
MRS. ROOSEVELT
 IN OFFICIALLY

Boston, Dec. 2o-(UP)-Mrs. El- eanor Roosevelt, wife of the pres ident, was officially a director of Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc, Boston insurance firm, today.
 She was elected at a meeting of stockholders yesterday. Her only part in the firm will be to protect the interests of her son James. who, though remaining . partner, will be forced to spend most Of his time on the west coast as . vice-preSident of Sam GOldwyn productions, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
Jurors Accepted
 Up To Present

1. Frank M. Brown, 70, Mill ford carpenter.
 2. Floyd GriswOld, 46, North Branford, carpenter. 3. Merton F. Wright, 20, North 3ranf0rd Selectman and farmer.
 4. Clarence F.. Roberts, 43, Oxford selectman and farmer.
 5. Milton Darlington, 59, Beacon Falls farmer.
 6. Edward F. Rowland, g, Oxford farmer.
 2. Hiram D. w. Darlington, 52, Bethany dairy farmer.
 8. Mrs. Edith P. Maynard, A, Guilford, former Waterbury school teacher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
LOVELY LIPS TO
 JOIN IN CONTEST

Boston, Dec. 2O-(UP)-A lovely lips" contest, open to all girls in New England, will be conducted at the fifth annual trade and style show of the Massachusetts State HairdresSers and Cosmetologists as- sociation here Jan. 22-25, it was an- nounced today.
 The girl with the loveliest lips will be chosen by a committee of beauty experts. Contestants will be masked so that only lips will be revealed. The winner will receive screen test.
 Mrs. Bertha Lindley of Springfield will receive entries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
POPE PLUS 59
 YEARS A PRIEST

Vatican City, Dec. 20. (UP)-Pope Plus XI observed the 59th anni- versary of his ordination to the priesthood today with a busy sched- ule, ,,attesting to his vigor in his 82nd year of life.
 The Pope started the day with Mass in his private chapel, which was banked with flowers. Then he spent an hour with his secretaries reading hundreds of congratulatory telegrams from all parts of the world. Next the Pope granted seven successive private audiences in the library,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
TO RECEIVE BONUS

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 20-(UP) Some 900 employees of the Fisk Rubber Corporation here will re- ceive total fo $84,OOO from q Christmas club conducted for them by the company, 1t was announced today. Individual checks will range from $50 to $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
TREES COME HANDY

Newport. R. |, Dec. 2O-CUP) - A cargo of Christmas trees enabled the Canadian steamer Moyra to reach this port safely.
 When her bunkers were enptied after figghsing storms, part of the cargo was fed into the boilers. On this makeshift fuel the boat reached Castle Hill.