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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
INVERSION AUDIT
 STILL CONTINUES
$7l5,000 Paid William T. Truxtun Co.,; Truxtun
 Died in 1895

The McKesson & Robbins Go. audit, which few days ago re- vealed allegedly unexplained pay ments of $7l5,0o0 to the former William T. Truxtun Co.,, of Water bury, is reported by accountants to have been one of the most complete and detailed audits ever made of any firm. It is believed that the audit set new record for sheer size.
 s. D. Leidesdorf X O., did the audit oa instructions of William Wardall, who Is serving as trustee of the McKesson firm by virtue of federal court appointment. Ire audit is stfll going on, but the se;. ond report made by Mir. Wardall disl .osed the payments to the for- mer local firm. Tn the same report, MT. Wardell stated he planned to institute suit as a result of the loss- es suffered by the company. hint ing that one of the defendants in the actions would be Rowley w. Phillips, Waterbury broker who is under indictment with eight other men as a result of the McKesson & Robbins investigation.
 Truxtun Found Dead
 william T. Truxton, head of a local industrial alcohol firm, was found dead in Middlebury in 1885 several months Gafter the dissolution of his firm. His death, listed as &C., der the scrutiny of the federal cidental at the time, has been uil- grand jury Investigating the Mo- Kesson & Robbins case.
 The Leidesdorf Go. reports that more than 30J accountants wee employed in, the McKesson audit. Company books were studied at 75 different locations. Replies received from questiormaires sent to thou sands of stockholders were checked against more than 600,000 items on the books.
 Communication was had with more than three-fourths of he firms approximately 105 900 cus- toners. Books and records were even examined in several foreign countries.
 The audit thus far has cost about sf85 900. The federe, court has al- lowed a maximum of $300'00O for the work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
PAUL V. M'NUTT
 REALLY IN RACE
Already Being Described as Captive Candidate"
 of Roosevelt
BY LYLE c. WILSON


 Washington, July l8. -- (UP) -- The campaign to give Paul V. Me- Mutt the 1040 Democratic presiden- tial nomination will continue unin- terrupted by his appointment to high New Deal office, 1t may be said to- day on the best of authority.
 Campaign activity will be carried on by McNutt's friends. The tall Hoosier will have no public part in the active and aggressive McNutt- president movement.
 But eastern campaign headquart- CTS are to be established for the man who already is gaing described as a "captive candidate.
 An astern operating base prob- ably is several months off But the fact that 1t is to be set up coincides with all other evidence that McNutt has a green light for the campaign being conducted for him. McNutt is under no restraint whatever in his presidential campaign, tn United Press was informed, except with respect to his own actions.
 off On Speaking Trip
 Tn his new capacity as Federal Security Administrator, McNutt is off now on brief speaking trip. He probably will be on the musings and in the public eye rather con- sistently henceforth.
 Political Washington still Is not agreed on the significance of Mo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
TYROLESE HAVE
 NOT FORGOTTEN
Eviction of 100000 Ger man Speaking Citizens
 Arouses Anger Aplenty
BY RICHARD c. HOTTELET (Unitde Press Staff Correspondent

Innsbruck, German Tyrol, July IS -(UP)-"Don't forget South Tyroll"
 Placards inscribed with that pro- vocative slogan are appearing mys- teriously in Tyrolean towns along this mountainous frontier between Germany and Italy as Premier Beni- to Mussolini and Fuehrer Adolf Hit Ter seek to solve the problem of German minority of almost 100000 within Italian frontiers.
 l was told that the placards have appeared--usually nailed to the door of the town hall in north Tyrolean villages-since reports circulated of plans for gradual migration of Ger mans In Italy from their mountain homes.
 Sympathy For TyrOlesc
 Open demonstrations of sympathy for the Tyrolese in Italy have been frequent despite strict Nazi prohibi- ton of any admission that such a minority problem exists between the totalitarian partners. Even mention of the name of South Tyrol has been taboo in Nazi eyes since reunion oi Austria and the Reich and on occa- sions participants in cafe discussion of the subject have been jailed.
 But there are many incidents tc show the attitude of the North Ty. rolese toward inclusion of their com patriots in Italy and toward the plans for permanent solution of that minority problem by complete "Ital- ianization" of the district.
 Memorial Plaque Gone
 Until recently there was a memo rial plaque in a stone wall in the frontier sector, commemorating a South Tyrolean school teacher who was shot by Italians in 1921.
 It is gone now, and so is 100- yard section of the wall. Natives said that not long ago, when sem timent for return of the south Tyrol to the Reich surged up, the villagers began to heap flowers in front of tEe memorial tablet.
 The Italian consul, was told demanded that the tablet be re-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
146 MORE WPA
 WORKERS TO GO
Will Make Total of 800 Dropped From Rolls
 Since Friday

Dismissal notices for an addition al 146. WPA workers were received by WPA Supervisor William F. Kennedy today, bringing to more than 500 the total dropped from the relief rolls since last Friday. Actual notice to the men was not given, being held up pending the arrival of individual dismissal slips from New Haven.
 War veterans who were dismissed Friday can return to work at once, MT. Kennedy said today. All they need to is report first at Washing ton school with their discharge pa- pers, and they will then be reas- signed to projects. Dismissal orders from New Haven in their ases were in error, since the lay-off law specifically exempts war veterans.
 May Be Replaced
 However, men dismissed though they had not served 18 months or more must await word from New Haven before being reinstated. The law provided only for the laying off of those who had held WPA jobs for a year and a half or more.
 MT. Kennedy said today he ex- poets to be given replacements for the men dismissed, but no official orders have yet come through. He is now making a survey of local pro- jects to ascertain how much the To- cal program has been impaired by the forced dismissals.
 Again today the welfare depart- ment was besieged by those who have lost their jobs. They were pro- testing against their dismissal and seeking aid from the city.
 The men laid of are officially on "30 day furlough" but at the end of that period they must be re-certi- fled and then must take their places on the waiting list It will be months, If ever, before they are re- turned to the WPA payroll.
 New Haven, July 18.-Upon his return from a two-day conference with WPA Commissioner F. 0. Har-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
JAPAN, SOVIET RUSSIA CLOSE
 TO CONFLICT Many Japanese Officers Anxious to Lead Troops
 Over Frontier JAPAN'S LEADERS
 HOLD THEM BACK Nazi Spokesmen Again Buster About Danzig in
 New Attacks
BY UNITED PRESS

Japan and Soviet Russia renewed threats of a general conflict in the Far East today with many officers of the Jap anese army in Manchukuo reported ready to fight. The attitude of a section of the Japanese army facing the Soviet frontier is that they would welcome rather than deplore an excuse to launch a general offensive against the Rus sian -Mongolian forces with which they have been engaged in sporadic fighting for weeks, John R. Morris, Far Eastern manager of the United Press, reported in an uncensored dispatch after a tour of that.
 Neutral observers and military ex- perts believed that Japan's Kwan- tung army in Manchukuo would score heavily at least in the opening phases of such conflict, but doubt was expressed whether she could hold the fruits of victories in China and also fight the Soviet Union in Q long war.
 Rejects Jap Note
 At the game time, the Soviet Gov. ernment rejected Japanese note which 1t said contained threats and is in the nature of an ultimatum, in connection with the quarrel between the two countries over oil and coal concessions in Sakhalin Island, off the coast of Siberia.
 The Japanese had sought to con- test Soviet court decisions in a labor dispute on the island, where Russian employees of Japanese mines had been awarded $74,800 on charges that the Japanese violated 6 working agreement. Japan objected to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
CORRICAN WEDS,
 ON HONEYMOON

San Antonio, Tex, July l8-(UP) Friends said that since his name was Douglas Corrigan there could be no authoritative guesseS as to the destination of his honeymoon,
 The grinning Irishman who year ago to the day hopped the Att lantic from New York to Dublin when, according to his story, he got his directions mixed, yesterday mar ried his childhood sweet heart, Miss Elizabeth Marvin, school teacher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

firm, ana former de1enuant, testI- fled in the Waterbury conspiracy trial today.
 Dr. George Herbert Van, of 936C 206th street, Belair, New York, for- bade him to cable Borgnaes, April 18, 1888, and refused to assist in the location of the missing defend- ant, stating that 'it might be fataP' If Borgnaes were recalled from his prescribed rest cure, Murray said, in the closing moments of his direct examination by Attorney Benjamin Slade.
 Mrs. Bognaes Refuses
 Mrs. Borgnaes, who is reported to have joined her husband in Europe since the start of the trial, told Murray, T cannot and will not give you his address. My first consid- eratoin is for his health," accord- ing to the testimony of Murray, who is testifying in the defense of two brother. officers of the George H Kingsley firm-CA orge H. Kingsley and John W. Meany.
 Cross examination by Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn com- menced just before noon recess, and will continue briefly this afternoon. The prosecutor indicated at the re- cess that he was not certain if-he would question the former defend- ant further this afternoon. Four ex- pert accountants will be called to the stand to defend the Kingsley audits at the conclusion of Mur- rays testimony.
 After testifying that he had sought to locate Borgnaes on the request of Hickey, now superintendent Of the state police department. Mur- ray was asked a final question by Attorney Slade:
 Murray vitriolic
 Have you anything else to sayp"
 His reply was vitriolic: "Yes, I want to know why we had to sit here for seven months when all the information was available to Brown tthe states accountanD and the state previously. Everything we have said could have been had by them before"
 In his cross examination by the states attorney, Murray, in loud and belligerent tone said that the firm had continued to send checks to Borgnaes home, until May, al- though Mrs. Borgnaes on April 25 had told him that she would be ur,- willing to reveal the whereabouts of her husband.
 This was done. he said, because the firm had agreed to give Borg naes half pay. when he reported i'll. He said that he had seen the letter sent to Borgnaes by Mir. Kingsley, May 26, in which Borg naes' connections with the firm were severed, because of his indictment" by the grand jury on May l9.
 Murray agreed that the real rea- son for the discharge Of Borgraes, as Kingsley had said, wss his fail- ure to surrender to trial.
 The witness said that after att tempting to learn from SDr. Van and Mrs. Borgnaes the whereabouts of the former Kingsley employe = the only one of the 27 accused who has failed to surrender to trial on the conspiracy charge-he made no further efforts.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Federal Govt. Enters
 Louisiana State Mess
Five of Men, Made Great By Late fuey Long, Are
 Arraigned Today Charged With Mail Fraud; Scandal Grows Worse
BY TED MALOY United Press Staff Correspondent)


 New Orleans, July l8.--(UP)-The federal government redoubled It's in- vestigations into manipulations of the Louisiana state government and of Louisiana federal office holders today while five of the men made great by the late Huey P. Long were up for arraignment before a United States commissioner charged with mail fraud.
 Administration of the 1897 sugar act was the newest channel for fed eral entrance into Louisiana affairs. The investigation was announced in Washington by Attorney General Frank Murphy.
 A federal investigation Of reports of widespread violations of the federal oil regulations was believed reaching a head.
 The federal grand jury, which yesterday indicted five of the late Kingfish's closest friends, was con- tinuing It's investigation of the al- legged misuse of WPA materials and labor by state officials and of other phases of state affairs.
 Frank W. Lohn, divisional intel ligence agent of the treasury's de- partment of revenues, was conduct ing still another investigation. He told reporters:
 T can't tell you anything I wish I could tell you everything that we have found. It would really make good reading, can tell you"
 The five Long men, whose influ- ence and power continued and was even enhanced after their sponsors assassination, will plead before a U. s. commissioner to indictments which charged that they used the malls to defraud the state of Lou isiana of $75,000.
 Who They Are
 The five were Seymour Weiss, who was the night manager of a local hotel when he first met Long and owns that hotel and several others and is rated a millionaire; pr. James Monroe Smith, who was the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
ANDREWS IS NAMED

Hartford, Conn. July i8.-tUP)-- Gov. Baldwin today appointed Rus cell A. Andrews, Republican. as deputy judge of the wilIimantic city court.
 He succeeds Attorney Harry Oaucher who refused the appoint gent after declaring he had not b, cI, consultcd before he was chosen for the post. Andrews formerly was deputy Judge Of the game court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
KILLS MOTHER
 IN BAD MISTAKE

Mount Holly, N. J., July 18-(cP) Charles W. Quigley, 30, was in jail today on a first degree murder charge in the death of his mother. He told authorities that IA years ago he tried to kill the man who separated his parents, and killed his mother instead.
 Returned to face the indictment, Quigley told Prosecutor Howard Eastwood he had placed a can of gasoline in a stove of his home. A boarder who had been responsible, he said, for his mothers leaving his father six months before, usually lighted the stove. But that day his mother lighted 1t. Her death had been termed accidental.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

hearing is being held in the com- mon pleas court room.
 The father, acting as administrator of the estate of his son, claims that the accident was caused by the negli- gence of the company. The son suf- fered a fractured skull and other serious injuries in the accident.
 Trolley cars are now things of the past in Waterbury, the Connec- ticut Company car lines having been succeeded by bus lines of the Con- necticut Railway and Lighting Com pany. The old trolley trestle has been torn down for several years being taken down to make way for the new East Main street highway.
 Attorney Edward Mascolo and James Mcknight, counsel for the father, brought suit against the Connecticut Company in common pleas court here late in 1884. Before the action came to trial. however the company entered reorganiza- ton proceedings. The suit then had to be made instead as claim against the company. The federal district court, which is handling all claims against the company. ordered the special hearing here today, with Judge Molloy as master. The judges recommendation will be submitted tc the federal court.
 The fatal accident occurred March 19, 1884, while Ruggiero was cross. ing the tracks at the overpasss---
 Attorney Edwin Hall of New Ha- ven appears for the trolley company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July 1S-(UP)-Govr ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through July 18th, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $4S1, ,469, ,973.69 $44O,675, ,781.42 s14s, ,o79. .47A4o $14s,932. .sos.7s
 Cross Deficit $335. 39O, ,499,29 s291,742.974.G9 Net Deficit $s35.2s1. .249.29 $291 ,6os,574,6s
 Cash Balance $2.729,2s9,256.2S $2,034, 3.iS6.09
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Trolley Accident Of Five Years Ago Is Having Hearing
Judge Mooy, Named as Special Master By U. s. Dist Court, Is Presiding Youth Was Killed Cross-
 ing Treste Out at Rockville

Judge Thomas j. Mooy, serving as Special Master by appointment of the U. S. District Court, this morning began hearing the evidence in the $10000 claim against
 the Connecticut Company in reorganization under federal laws by Bastiio Ruggero who seeks damages for the death of his The youth, Michael Ruggiero 19, killed when struck by trolley while crossing the tracks on the old Rockville overpass five years ago. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Wife Of Borgnaes, Her Personal Doctor Would
 Not Divulge information
Murray Testified That Dr. George Her. bert Van of Belair, New York, For
 bade Murray to Cable BOrgnaes
BY JOSEPH F. DONAHUE ncm0crat Staff RepOrter)

Attempts by him to locate Enoch E. Borgnaes in com pliance with request by County Detective Edward J. Hickey in April 1938 failed when the fugitive defendants wife personal physician refused to provide information as to his whereabouts William Murray, of Teaneck New Jersey an officer of the George Kingsley Accounting
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New Haven, July 18.-Upon his return from a two-day conference with WPA Commissioner P. 0. Har-
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The Weather

Mostly Cloudy Tonight; Showers Wednesday
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Evening star., 1939-12-10

naval bases would be required, In
addition, it may be that the recent
British attack on Helgoland, which
is said to have included photo
graphic reconnaissance, is part of
a preparation for operations of this
nature.
In other words, If 1t appears that
German move into the Scandin-
avian Peninsula is really in prospect,
that move must be resisted by Great
Britain with all the forces and
means at her command. The de-
fensive policy must be abandoned,
risks of the most formidable nature
must be taken-for no risk involved
in such operations could be as great
as the risk of seeing the German
submarines operating from Nor
wegian bases against the British sea
lanes.
Strong Action Called.
If Finland's resistance against the
Russian attacks continues to be
successful, it will, of course, be a
grave check not only to Russian
ambitions and prestige, but also to
the further progress of any joint
Russo German plans in the Baltic.
Whether German Intervention at
some decisive moment will bring
about Finnish collapse-either by a
German reinforcement of the crucial
blockade, upon which Finnish ca
pacity for continued resistance Is
so largely based, or by a direct
attack upon Sweden-we can only
conjecture. This would, indeed, be
a curious reversal of the roles which
Germany and Russia played in
Poland.
But where purposes are so obscure,
eventual objectives so difncult to
define, the nature of secret agree
ments so hard to determine, one
should indulge in prophecy as little
as possible and rather confine COM
ment to an examination of "capa-
bilities." In this case the capabili-
ties of the two dictators in the
Baltic are of sufficiently disquiet-
ing nature to call for the strongest
sort of action on the part Of the
allies. If this action is not forth
Evening star., 1939-12-10

coming it gill be an ominous COM
ment on the quality Of the allied
leadership, and by this I do not
mean the military leadership, but
the leadership Of those In whose
hand lies the power of ultimate de-
cision on grave questions Of policy.
It is not, in Britain Of today at
any rate, the military chiefs who
decide where and how Britain's
forces are to be used; it is the war
cabinet, which has available the ad-
vice of the chiefs of stan Of the
fighting services but is not bound
to follow it. The British people, of
course, can change their leaders If
they do not like them; such change
might very well be brought about
by too great hesitation and inde-
cision In just such q critical situa-
ton as the affairs Of the Baltic
region now present.
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Evening star., 1939-12-10
Naturalist to Give
Talk on AIusku

Alaska, Americas Last Frontier" !"
is the title of an illustrated lecture
to be given under the auspices Of
the National Park Service at 8
pm. Wednesday in the Depart
mental Auditorium, Constitution
avenue between Twelfth and Four
teenth streets NV.
The lecture is free to the public
and is one of series Of such lee
lures given each year by the Park
Service during the winter months.
Lecturer will be Earl A. Trager,
chief of the Naturalist Division of
the Park Service, who will illustrate
his talk with natural color lantern
slides which he took in Alaska last
summer.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
G. A. R. Ladies to Hold
Purty Tomorrow

Gen. William Beck Circle Of the
Ladies of the G. A. R., will hold an
old-fashioned pound party at 8
pm. tomorrow for the benefit of the
Girls Club and Hospice of the VOL
unteers of America, at the club
headquarters, 1925 Sixteenth street
NV.
The committee in charge is headed
by Mrs. Walter J. Hausman, presi-
dent of the circle; Mrs. Susanne
Myers and Mrs. Minnie Curtiss. An
entertainment program will be pre-
sented featuring piano solos by Lud-
wig Mandy, and Mrs. Alice M.
Burke will present an American
flag to the hospice.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Defense of Scandinavia Held
Absolute Necessity to Britain
Cannot Afford to Permit Reds or Nozis to
Get Norwegian Ports, Says Maj. Eliot
By MAI. GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT.

The situation in the Baltic continues attention
world and today 1t well examine its
pec in its possible long distance
comment the immediate military situation
develop to the of Russia
the increasing loss of prestige of the
The important question
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-10-21
Roxborough Leads
Cross-Country Packs

In the fall, aside from the exciting
sport Of football, is the gruelling
grind OF the hill and dalers which
sticks right on pigskin's heels for
popularity
From the looks OF Thursday after
moons quadrangular meet at Rouge
Park course, John Roxborough is
one OF the leaders in the cross
country pack,
Roxborough, who ran the mile
for Cass Technical high school last
season. collected Individual honors
when he led the barriers OF North
western. Hamtramck, Mckenzie and
his own teammates to finish in II
minutes and So seconds.
Cas- Tech won the quadrangular
meet scoring 40 points with North
western IS points. Hamtramck IS.
Mckenzie II, trailing.