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The Washington times., 1938-09-03
Too Many NickeIs, Dimes
Trip Runaway Boy Here

Becoming suspicious, the agent
began to question the boy.
MY name is Candy Kimble
and I'm on my way to see my
aunt in Florida. This money is
mine, too. I earned it all NOV.
ing lawns and handling a news
paper route"
Police were summoned and took
the boy to the receiving room al
headquarters. At S o'clock this
morning an uncle arrived from
Ardmore, Pa, the youths home
and took him back to his parents
The Washington times., 1938-09-03
lands CASE AFTERMATH:
SLAIN WIFE'S MOTHER
SUES OTHER WOMAN
Seeks Recovery
OF Watch GiUe1
Miss Simpson

The sensational lands murder
case of several months ago-that
say Jimmy" Lands, District fire
man, receive a life sentence in
prison-was recalled today with
the filing Of a suit against Vir-
ginia Lee Simpson, the other
woman" in the case.
The suit was brought by Mrs.
Sadie Beckert, mother of Blanche
Lands, who was beaten to edath
by her husband in Lovers Lane,
q lonely section of the Northeast.
The mother seeks to recover q
wrist watch, which she charges
Lands tore from his wife'S arm
and later gave to Miss Simpson,
then q nurse at q local hospital.
STAR WITNESS
Since the murder trial, at which
Miss Simpson was the star wit
ness for the Government, she has
been employed as q cashier at a
downtown restaurant.
Yesterday she was served with
papers in the suit while at work
and today she had disappeared,
telling fellow employees she was
going back to her home in North
Carolina.
Miss Simpson had left the city
after the murder but returned to
taStjfv of tho trial
ADMITTED GIFTS
On the witness stand Miss Simp-
son admitted that lands had
given her jewelry and asked he1
to marry him. She denied know
he was married.
Mrs. Beckert, administrative Of
her daughters estate, said today:
It was brought out in court
that the watch Jimmy Lands
gave Virginia Simpson belonged
to my daughter.
ST know he tore it from
Blanche'S arm with such force
that he hurt her wrist. She
came to me shortly afterwards
crying bitterly. She said that
Lands had forced her to her
knees, right on the street, when
she refused to give him the
watch. Then he tore 1t from
her arm"
She added:
The Washington times., 1938-09-03
ID. G.. FLAG
DESIGNS UP

Additional flag designs prepared
for the District of Columbia have
been requested by the Fine Arts
Commission in preparing to select
a fitting banner to fly over the
Nations Capital.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
who had sent two designs to the
Fine Arts Commission, was mott
fled by its secretary today that
the commission desired to view
the other 40-odd designs before
one is finally accepted.
The Washington times., 1938-09-03

The, wanderlust urge Of a IL
year-old Pennsylvania boy came
to an abrupt end in the Union Bus
Terminal at Twelfth Street and
New York Avenue Northwest here
last night when the youth at
tempted to buy a ticket to Florida
with nickelS and dimes.
Lugging a 35-pound suitcase, the
95-pound lad poured his change
onto the counter of a ticket agents
window and asked for q ticket to
Ovieda, Fla.
The Washington times., 1938-09-03
Await Fall Return

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 3 GIN.
SO.-A heavy tourist trade and
prospects of better crops are tend
ing to stimulate business here. Ex-
cept for continued mining activity,
however, basic trades are still
rather slow and any great strides
forward by merchants are not ex-
pected before the fall.
The Washington times., 1938-09-03
Meeting
Called for Monday

Sponsored by the Barry Farm
Citizens Association, suffrage
meeting will be held on Monday,
Labor Day, from S to 7 p. M, at
the Barry Farm Playground,
Nichols Avenue and Sumner Road
IS. z. Speakers will include mem
bers Of the Suffrage Council of
the District Of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1938-09-03
Cuba's Gift To U. S.

HAVANA, Sept. 3 G.N.SJ.-A
scrap book of clippings, photo
graphs and booklets on Cuba's
demonstration homage to the
United States on July 4, auto
graphed by President Federico
Laredo Bru, has been sent to
President Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1938-09-03

II went to Miss Simpson after
Lands had been sentenced to
life imprisonment for the mur-
der Of my daughter and asked
her to return the watch. She
refused. So I filed suit"
The Washington times., 1938-09-03
Meets
Czechs' President

PRAGUE, Sept. 3 Q.N.S)-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. visiting
Prague on his way back to Paris
from Soviet Russia, called on Pres
ident Edouard BeneS today.
The Washington times., 1938-09-03

On Tuesday delegates will visit
Mt. Vernon and other historic
ShrineS, the convention closing
Tuesday night with no formalities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
Russian Submarine Fleet Is Largest In Whole World

goes far to support these figures. The vessels in question are believed to have proceeded to their present sta tion by way of the northeast pas sageS."
 Germany, Japan and Soviet Russia were engaged in secret capital ship building programs, Jane'S said. These programs include: Germany: Three 5000 ton battleships have been laid down and a fourth Is believed to be projected. The authoritative Ger man Meyers naval handbok, Siad that two 35,000 ton ships were under constructin and others were planned, The new German capital ships will mount eight 15-inch guns, James said.
 Japan: Four new capital ships ex- ceeding 10000 tons projected, oi which two, according to persistent reports, were laid down in 1888 They will mount eight or nine 16- inch guns and have . speed of & knots. Soviet Russia: Three S5,00C ton ships mounting nine 16-incf guns projected, although 1t had been reported that the first shir would be laid down in 1888 guns armour and boilers having been or dered abroad there was no reliable information on the subject Int book indicates that the greatest naval building race since 1918 wal now in progress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19

London, Dec. 19- (UP)-Soviet Russia has the largest submarine fleet in the world and the United States is tagging behind in the con- Struction of capital ships, the new 1889 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships said today. More than half of the Soviet's submarines are based at VladivoStock, Siberia, near Japa- nese waters, Jane's said. estimating that Russia had at least 134 sub- marines and probably considerably more. Capital ship building in the United States was proceeding slowly James said. Although the North Carolina was begun in October, 1887 and the Washington in June. 1888 up the time of going to press nc work has begun on the Indiana, Massachusetts, Alabama and South Dakota" It added, however, that good progress has been made on 10000 ton cruisers, all of which have been completed and also on destroy CTS and submarines.
 Tn addition to 30 submarines now under construction in Russia, the authoritative naval publication said that reports from Japanese sources indicate that. the Soviet fleet based at Vladivostock includes 70 sub marines, over 50 motor torpedo boats and . number of patrol vessels Oi various types" Jane's said 1t had secured independent evidence (which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
CONC. SMITH TO
 PROTEST ON WPA
Will Make Personal Appeal to Harry Hopkins About
 Workers Lay-Off

Administrator Harry Hopkins of the WPA, will hear tomorrow from Congressman J. Joseph Smith, o1 Waterbury, the personal protest ot the hundreds of WPA workers laid off in the Fifth Congressional Dis trict, and Cong. Smith will attempt to "get to the bottom" of the charges made in this section of the state that there was discrimination" in the personnel cut.
 Visited Saturday by . delegation purporting to represent WPA work. CTS laid off in Waterbury, Nauga. tuck. Torrington, Ansonia, and Der. by, Congressman Smith agreed tf do his utmost to attempt some re. lief of the conditions creating the hardship described by the delega- tion's spokesmen.
 The Waterbury congressman talk ed with State Administrator Win. cent J. Sullivan today and the lat ter said that the situation is gen. eral over the country: that the orders from Washington required that the rolls be cut to the point where money would be forthcoming for the payrolls; that the cut was not arbitrary butmeant getting rid of enough of the personnel so that the others might be paid.
 In this connection, Administrator Sullivan asked that individuals seek ing consideration of their cases take the matter up with Henry Tierney at state WPA headquarters, 12S Munson street, New Haven, the of- ficial in charge of this department
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19

this shy and gentle scholarS whose heart was so pure and whose mind was so bold"
 Replying on behalf of the court. Hughes said that This brethren on the court-still awestruck by the fate which brought his career to such an untimely and tragic end-re- ceive this tribute with hearts bur- dened by the sense of loss of that personal association which was to us priceless privilege.
 "No judge" he continued. lever came to this court more fully equipped by learning, acumen, dia- lectical skill, and disinterested pur- pose. ' "He came,to us in the full matur- ity of his Extraordinary intellectual power, and no one on this bench has ever served with more mtiring industry or more enlightened out look. The memory of that ser vice and its brilliant achievements will ever be one of the most prized tr9ditions of this tribunal.
 f:His gentieness and self-restraint lis ineffable charm, combined with his alertness and mental strength made him unique personality With us who had the privilege of daily association there will ever abide the precious memory not only of the work of great 1urist but ot companionship with beautiful spirit. an extraordinary combination of grace and power"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
STUBBORN BLAZE
 IN AUGUSTA, ME.
Paper Mills of That City Badly Gutted-37 Are
 Out of Work

August Me-, Dec. 19. (UP)-Fire- men marshalled from three cities, hampered by low water pressure, battled for over three hours early today before controlling fire that de- stroyed two large wooden buildings at the Augusta Paper Mills.
 Fire Chief George R. McCurdy, when the fire was controlled shortly after 2 a. na., estimated the loss at $300, ,000,, or more"
 As result of the blaze, S75 mill operatives were thrown out of work less than a week before Christmas. Superintendent Alfred Llind said, however, the shutdown might be only temporary. He was to confer later today with A. Mazer of New York, who has operated the plant since 1895.
 The structures leyelled were the sulphite plant and a warehouse which happened to be almost empty.
 The business center of Augusta, Maine's capital. is directly across the Kennebec River from the scene Ot the fire, but a brisk breeze carried embers away from 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
SPRINT CHAMPION
 TAKES HIS LIFE
Captain Frank s. Sears Shoots, Kills Himself in
 HolyOke City Hall

Holyoke, Mass. Dec. 19-CUP)- Captain Frank M. Sears, ST, former National Intercollegiate sprint champion at Cornell, shot and kill ed himself last night in City Hall annex.
 He was found mortally wounded near the entrance to police head quarters which he had left few minutes earlier after an hours con- versation with police Lieutenant Raymond s. Loudon. Aided by police, he walked back to head quarters and then to an ambulance which took him to a hospital where he died an hour later.
 At Cornell. where he graduated il, 1905, he won the Intercollegiate championship in the 220 and 440- yard running events. He ran the 100-yard dash at the Pan-American exposition in g 4-5 seconds.
 No motive for the suicide was ap- parent. A member of the U. S.. Army reserves, Sears was employed in the city engineering department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
Tribute Paid In Supreme Court To Justice Cardozo

Washington, Dec. 19.-(UP)- Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Attorney General Homer s Cummings paid tribute today to the memory of the late Associate Su- preme Court Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo in the supreme court chamber.
 Cummings formally presented tc the court. asking that 1t be placed in the tribunals permanent records a resolution eulogizing Cardozc which had been adopted by members of the high court bar last month.
 Terming the death of Cardozo last summer "a grevious loss to the court and the nation," the resolution said that "a measure of his greatness could be found in the recognition that in less than six years on the bench The was able to make such an enduring impress on the corlsti- tutional history of the United States"
 Expressing his personal feelings after he had presented the resolu- ton. Cummings traced Cardo7os contributions to American jur1s- prudence.
 ''Mr. Justice Cardozo has reached the end of his journey" he said. .tft has been g journey of loving service to the law and to those who live 'lIn- der the law. I venture to predict that so long as our common law and our constitution persist. men will pay txihutA to the memory 0i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
HOLY POINTER IS
 NOT SICK AGAIN
Official Denial of Reports That He Suffered New
 Heart Attack

Vatican City, Dec. 19-(UP)-The Vatican issued an official denial to- day of reports abroad that the Pope had suffered another heart attack The Pope is not i'll, a spokesman said, and "all such reports can be labeled completely false"
 The Pope held no audiences today in accordance with 8 custom of years standing by which he sets a. side Monday as day of complete rep~se. Tomorrow he will grant the usual audiences.
 He evidenced his good health yes- terday by driving in a cold rain to the Villa Plus W in the Vatican Gardens. where he delivered an ad- dress inaugurating the third year of the Papal Academy of Sciences.
 The speech lasted 45 minutes Msgr. Enrico Pucci, head of the Vat ican Press Service, said the Pope was slightly tired after such a long speech and the audiences which he held yesterday. Msgr. Pucci said the Pope was in exceptionally high spirits this morning and derived much moral satisfaction" from the academy ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
GEORGE MUSICA
 AWAITS TRANSFER
Assistant Treasurer of Drug Co. Still Confined
 to New Haven Jail

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 19 -CU. p - George Musica, alias Dietrich waited in his small county jail cell today for federal officers to take him to New York City to complete the roundup of the notorious bro thers who allegedly swindled Mo- Kesson & Robbins, Inc, of at least 18,OO0, 900.
 Musica, as George Dietrich, was assistant treasurer of the concern and closely associated with his bro- ther, Philip, alias F. Donald Cos ter, who headed the $87. .000, 900 corp oration for 12 years and commit ted suicide last Friday when his true identity was revealed.
 Remanded to jail when unable to furnish $100,000 bail bond following his arrest last week, Musica was questioned over the weekend by federal prosecutors. What informa- ton they obtained concerning the operations of the four brothers and of the hinted illegal activities of the company, they declined to disclose.
 Only Surmises
 According to MuSica'S lawyer,
 (E0nt{n11nd oO poua Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
PLANE WRECK MAY
 SOLVE MYSTERY
Mildred Doran, Teacher, Took Gamble With Life
 Eleven Years Ago
By CHARLES MOORE Copyright 1888 by United Press)

lC0pyr1gnS 1SSS Dy Unlted FreSS)
 Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 1s-(UP)- The fate of Mildred Doran, Michi- gan school teacher, who gambled her life and lost in the air race to Hawaii Il years ago may be re- vealed today.
 Navy salvage crews attempted to raise the wreckage of 8 civilian plane, half buried in ocean sand, of the western most point of Oahu Island.
 It was discovered by a Filipino fisherman, diving to recover nets. He reported the wreckage to naval and army officials who sent out a crash boat.
 s Miles on Honolulu
 The spot was 35 miles northwest of Honolulu, 40 yards Offshore in 20 feet of water. Using eye goggles I swan out and examined the wreck. It was wedged between two huge volcanic rocks. Part of the fuselage stuck out from the white sand. Multi-colored tropical fish swam through the tattered yellow silk fabric and the metal skeleton of the framework.
 It obviously was an old ship and showed evidence of having been in the water a long time-poSsibly since 1927 when the $25,000 dole prize ex-
 Continued on Page N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19

original appropriation in the 1888 budget, $367, ,470, for the eleven months, according to the report submitted to Mayor Frank Hayes to- day by Mrs. Mary Doyle Camp, act ing superintendent of the welfare department.
 There were 3,154 families on relief during the year; the lowest relief figure, Cease load) was 1,241 in Feb ruary, the highest 1,567, occurred duging June.
 In December, 1887
 In December, 1897, the figure was 1,053, and the low mark for last year occurred in May when the case load was 5S6. In addition, 326 per- sons were cared for in state institu- tions.
 Many appropriations within the department were exhausted by mid- summer and about $181, 900, repre- senting the six months salary cut for city employees, was applied to these items during the past five months.
 November, 1888, Record
 h Novmeber, 1888, the case load was 1,306 compared with ei6 fam- flies on general outdoor aid in Mo- vember, 1887, with many families not eligible for general aid finding tlaaif income i1lsufhcierit to meet hoSpitai and medical care. The re- port cites of-this condition:
 "This necessitated an increase in the time given to applications for hospital care by the workers and a large increase in expenditures"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19

Yarmouthport, Mass, Dec. 19.- CUP). Charles w. Swift, II. for- mer state representative and one time publisher of the Yarmouth Register, died at his home here last night after a long illness. He was elected to the state legislature for one term in 1900 and served as postmaster here from 1917 to 1927. He published the Register, week ly newspaper, from 1903 until his retirement in 1929.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19

du 111IClL SlQ6l1IlSs
 This testimony was staggering inasmuch as the number of rifles he mentioned would be sufficient to equip a major army. It has been reported that there are some 2,200,- 900 Enfield rifles in government arsenals in this country at present.
 During the World War, before the United States entered it and after- ward, Great Britain purchased vast numbers of them from American manufacturers.
 Wingersky said later that the Standard Oil Company he men, toned and McKesson & Robbins were jointly considering the pur- chase.
 On Way to New York
 Meanwhile, George Musica, alias Dietrich, assistant treasurer of Mo- Kesson & Robbins and with Coster intimately connected with the com pany's fictional 'crude drugs de- partment," was started for New York from New Haven, Conn, in the company of three federal offl- cers.
 He and his brothers Arthur. alias George vernard, the mythical crude drug departments Canadian representative" and Robert, alias Dietrich. 6 purchasing agent for the company-were to be arraigned in federal court later today. They have been held in $100O00 bail each. The big scale munitions traffic which Philip Musica built up as F. Donald Coster, president of McKesson 6 Robbins, Inc, may have been cen- tered in Montreal, where he operat- ed an old U. s. government arsenal, the attorney generals office dis closed today.
 Munitions Warehouse
 Assistant Attorney General Joseph F. Ruggieri, who went to Montreal in an attempt to find $18,000, ,00G worth of assets which Coster- -Musics had falsely listed in the record oj the drug company's crude drug de- partment", reported that McKessou & Robbins had operated Q mr1ni- tions warehouse in the Canadian city for five years.
 He testified at the attorney gen. erals hearing as half dozen fed- eral investigating agencies merged their inquiries into the shadoWy dealings which Musica, oldest broth- CT and brains" of the swindling Musica clan of 25 years ago, directed from the high position to which he had elevated himself after emerging from obscurity in 1922 under new identity.
 CoSter-M -Musica committed suicide at his Fairfield. Conn, estate Friday, leaving three younger MusicaS to (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
THIRD SISTER IN
 MUSICA FAMILY
Seventh Child Is Mrs. Eve lyn Calafato; Takes Care
 of Aged Mother

Westbury, N. Y, Dec. l9-(UP)- A seventh child of Antonio and As- sunta Musica. parents of the un- masked president of McKesson & Robbins, Inc, was discovered today in the person of Mrs. Evelyn Gala. fato, 34.
 Before the suicide of the McKes- son president Philip Musica, alias F. Donald Coster-last Friday, po- lice had known of only five chill dren. They were Philip, the oldest brother; Arthur, George, Louise and Grace.
 The events of Friday, however unnasked a fourth brother, Robert and pr. stephen J. Petroyits of thi. Long Island community revealed the identity of the third sister.
 80 Year Old Mother
 Mrs. Calafato had been living with her 80-year-old mother, known as Mrs. Mary Girard," and sister Grace, who posed as Marie Cir ard" The names, apparently, had been taken from the name of the hair tonic company, Girard & Company, through which Philip Musica, as Coster, got the finan- cial boost which led him to the top of the drug firm by diverting gov- ernment alcohol to bootleggers.
 The other sister, Louise, was found on the Fishkill, N. Y, estate of secretary of the treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., as Mrs. Robert Guex, wife of the Morgenthau Gar dener. The father of the clan is dead.
 Doctor Describes Family
 Grace MuSica and her mother left last week for Florida for the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
City Assessors Are Not Wanted As Appraisers
Attorney Herman J. Weisman Objects to Them in Re- ceivership of Industrial Properties, Inc, Judge
 McEvOy WithhOlds Decision

Appointment of city assessors as appraisers in the receivership of the Industrial Properties, Inc. was ob- jected to by Attorney Herman J. Weisman at a hearing concerning the corporations affairs this morn ing in superior court before Judge Frank P. McEvoy.
 Attorney WeiSman, present re- ceiver of rents for one of the cor poration,s buildings, and represen- tative of several creditors expressed the opinion that the assessors would be "lease qualified" for the task. Claims Attorney Vincent A. Scully, receiver for Industrial Pro- pertieS, Inc. stated that the asses Sors would serve without pay, in or der that the corporations funds might be preserved for payment on the $l04,000 due the city for taxes. Payments Are Asked
 Attorney Richardson Bronson, counsel for Richard w. Van Riper, stockholder, and temporary receiver until the appointment of Attorney Scully, asked that MT. Van Riper be paid $1, 100 for brokerage services
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
FREAK BABY IS
 GROWING BIGGER

Providence, R. l., Dec. 19-(UP)- Baby Laura Mulvey, who weighed only 28 ounces at birth, has gained IT ounces during her 24 days of life and may be able to go home soon after Christmas.
 "She has had her bad days, of course" said Mrs. A. Henry Hahn at Hahn Maternity Hospital today, "but we think she is doing fine."
 The baby, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William Mulvey, still is on c diet of protenized milk, fed from an eye-dropper, and occasional drops of diluted whiSkey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
DEMOCRATS TO
 WIN IN 194O

Boston, Dec. 19-(UP)-Democrats will win the 1940 presidential elec- ton despite recent Republican gains, Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for president in 1886, pre- dicted last night in a debate.
 However, Thomas .contended he was interested neither in a Demo- cratic victory nor in what kind of q fool the Republican candidate in 1040 will be-"
 He argued negatively on the sub ject Gan We Have Recovery Under Capitalism" against Charles c. Batchelder, New York lecturer and puhlicisk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
THIRTY TWO KILLED

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 19- (UP)-Thirty-two killed and 60 in- jured last night in a train crash on the Central Do, Brazil Railroad in the State of Minas GeraeS.
 The crash occurred between the stations of Joao ,Ayres and Sitio when a runaway freight train struck the express Rapid Mineiro" which was travelling from Rio De Janeiro to Bello Horizonte.