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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
FOUR PEOPLE DIE
 FROM VIOLENCE
That Was Record Toll of State in Over Weekend
 Accidents
(BY UNITED PREss)

Violence claimed the lives of four persons in Connecticut over the weekend.
 Dorothy Telfair, 26, negress, was shot in a Stamford tavern. Police held Henry Gray, 43, negro, on a charge of first degree murder. The shooting followed an argument, po- lice said.
 Mrs. Flora Anderson, 50, Stamford, died of injuries suffered when struck by an automobile at an intersection
 Joseph Rooney, 40, a railroad worker. was killed when struck by a train at Berlin. His body was found by the roadbed. Rooney was em- ployed as construction worker. , Stephen Knibloe, 51, Sharon farm- CT, was suffocated when a huge stack of hay fell on him.
 Police were Investigating the death of Mrs. Mary Nicotia, 50. East Hartford. whose body was found in an isolated Bloomfield area. Uni- identified for some time, the woman's body was unmarked except for burns on the right arm and chest. Police believe she suffered heart attack and was burned when she fell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
BALDWIN TO MAKE
 APPOINTMENTS
Will Submit His List to General Assembly Some=
 time This Week

Hartford, Conn.,, April 24-UP)- Gov. Baldwin today prepared to submit to the general assembly this week a list of major appointments required by statute to be made by May l.
 Information as to possible nomin- ations, except in one case, was lacking. It was known state welfare commissioner Frederic c. Walcott in office four years, would not be reappointed.
 Gov. Baldwin made the announce ment over the weekend, saying he had preferred Walcott a reappoint- ment but that the commissioner, a former U. s. Senator, had turned it down because he was approaching what is generally considered the retirement age"
 Walcott was appointed in 1885 by former Gov. Wilbur L. Cross follow ing reorganization of the states welfare agencies. A state welfare department was created at the time.
 No Hint Of Successor
 No inkling was given as to Wal cOtt'S successor.
 Political circles speculated widely over the weekend about the Cover nor possible nominations for high way commissioner, finance commits sioner, public utilities commissioner, insurance commissioner, police com- missioner and liquor control com- missioner.
 The police and liquor appoint ments are direct, and do not need approval by the Senate.
 It was pointed out the Senate, as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin Bitterly Attacks Russia

Detroit, April A - (U.P) ' The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin n his Sunday sermon praised Bishop Tohn A. Duffy of Buffalo, N. Y., who said he would advise every Catholic boy in the United States" to refuse to serev if the nation joined in a foreign war on the side of Russia.
 Coughlin declared that Russia twas instrumental in robbing 9,720,- 900 square miles of China and sub- jugating a population of over TO- 100000 from 1920 to 1936." but that no protests were forthcoming from the United States until Japan en- tered the field.
 Probably because our present government recognizes Soviet Russia and extends its right hand to gov- ernment, which according to the figures printed in our own federal records, massacred 20,400,000 Chris tians- probably the official recogni- tion of Russia that has not been protested by the Christians of America is the answer to silence on Bolshevik aggression" the priest asserted.
 Personally should prefer dis honor of dungeon or a concentra- ton camp than to lift my voice or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
MONOPOLY PROBE
 OF LOCAL PLANTS
Agent of Senator O'Mah= honey Committee Said
 to Be in City

John A. Coe, president of the American Brass Company today de- clined comment on reports that gov- ernment representatives of the Sen ator O'Mahoney monopoly investiga- tion were working over the books of the American Brass Company. There's nothing I can say at the present." he told The Democrat this morning. When asked if the probers were working at the American Brass company he replied, You seem to know that" Other large local manu- featuring concerns are expected to come within the scope of the inves- tigation by the congressional com- mittee, headed by Senator Joseph OMahoney of Wyoming.
 No Attack on Plants
 The investigations" carried on by the committee are not carried on as any attack on large corporations, but rather as a method of obtaining information to be used in making suggestions. The motion picture in dustry has most recently come un- der the scrutiny of the committee, which includes members of the Sen ate and House.
 No other local concerns had been checked by the government aides, so far as could be learned today. Senator OMahoney is former as- sistant postmaster general.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
HALLIBURTON IS
 GIVEN UP ASLOST

San Francisco, April 24.-(UP)- MacKay radiomen and officers of the liner President Coolidge were con- vinced today that adventure writer Richard Halliburton and his crew of IA had drowned in the Pacific. A month ago yesterday, the Coolidge, then en route to Hong Kong, picked up the last radio message from the 75-foot Chinese junk Sea Dragon in which Halliburton and his crew were attempting a trans-Pacific voy- age to San Francisco En route home from Hong Kong, the liner searched the area where the junk sent out it's last position report some 1900 miles west of Midway Island. No trace of the junk which had been due at Midway April 5, was found.
 The officers also revealed for the first time that the message March g from the Sea Dragon said its lee rail was awash. As junks, exception ally seaworthy vessels, ride high in the water, this was taken to mean the craft was virtually swamped at the time
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First, Great Britain and France are immensely encouraged by the attitude of MT. Roosevelt. They are hopeful of aid from the Soviet Union and Turkey. They believe they have made progress toward united front designed to convince Germany and Italy that the totali- tartan bloc cannot get away with a large-scale territorial grab without war and could not win such a war. This united front against aggression is intended to prevent war by warn- ing the Nais and Fascists in ad- vance. But the strength of such a front may also Oe it's weakness. To keep the peace it depends on an un- precedented massing of war forces. That in turn creates a danger to peace because mere accident might explode the entire arsenal.
 Totalitarian Bloc Strengthened
 Second. the totalitarian bloc has been strengthened beyond eXpec5a- ton by the attitude of strategic Spain. It is also now assured of the cooperation of Hungary. Jugoslavia and possibly Bulgaria. This lineup puts the Nazi-Fascist bloc on an equal footing with any other com bination of powers, except, that the bloc faces the probability of steadily decreasing comparative strength The fear of decreasing force has driven Germany and Italy into speedy action toward bringing the Balkans into their orbit.
 This outline explains ill part the jumbled picture of Europe thai talks of war and of peace in the same breath-a Europe that pre- pares day and night for a conflics that each capital insists it is trying desperately to avoid.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
Conspiracy Trial To Open Twentieth Week
18th Witness Will Be Called to Stand Tuesday; Alternate Juror Plan Brought Vividy Home By
 Mistria in Newark
BY JOSEPH P. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Rep0rter)

Special Prosecutor Hugh M. AL corn will call his 38th witness in the Waterbury conspiracy trial to- morrow as the 20th week is con- vened in superior court. Who the witness is has not been revealed, but the states attorney indicated that the cross examination would require more time than the direct question ing.
 Proof that the alternate juror plan, in effect in the local trial, is not completely flawless, developed during the weekend when a mis- trial was declared ill the closely re- lated Newark, N. J. land purchase conspiracy trial, involving Mayor C.. Ellenstein and eight others.
 One Juror Stricken
 Twelve male members of the reg ular panel had been deliberating the case, (which was in trial since Jan- uary 18) seven minutes short of 48 hours, when one member was strick- en with appendicitis. Two alternates who heard that case, were excused when the deliberations began. In the Waterbury case. the stipulation for alternates, provides that they be ex- cused also when the deliberations commence.
 Had the juror in the Newark case become i'll before the deliberations began, one of the alternates would have taken his place, and no mis- trial would have developed.
 Defense Refused Verdict
 The defense in the Newark case refused to accept verdict from the II remaining jurors, one of whom was described by a physician as suf- fering from hysteria, after the long
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my hand in collaborating either re- motely or intimately with Russia or Germany"
 Another historical fact of which Coughlin said Americans were "ig- norant" was the "factual story why we engaged in the World War"
 He said that on March 5, 1917, the American ambassador to England cabled the secretary of state insist ing that we should go to war to make profits and to save the gold capitalistic system"
 "The document cabled by Walter Page informs us that if we did not throw our resources against Ger many and the Central Powers the gold of the world would fall into German hands; the European financial system would crash and the money which we had invested in England and France would be lost
 Ambassador Page insisted that we should go to war to save the credit of England and France; that we should extend more loans to Aipport an unsos,nd system of econ- omy; and as a result of our entrance into tn ewar we would reap untold profits" ''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24

He succeeds the late Patrick Car dinal Hayes as head of the New York archdiocese, the richest in the church.
 From a humble beginning as a grocer's boy in Whitman, he had won, scarcely before middle age, sev- eral of the highest honors of the c urch. Under the late Pope Plus xI he was for a time papal secretary of state. He served on the Popes diplomatic staff became confidential courier for His Holiness, and in 1881 was credited with having outwitted Benito Mussolini's Fascists by fly ing from Rome to Paris with the Pope's encyclical to get it beyond reach of Italian censors.
 Pope Plus Consecrated Him
 The present Pope, then Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli and secretary of state to Pope Plus XI, was the con- secrant when Spellman was conSe- crated bishop here.
 During his diplomatic career, Spellman broadcast the first radio message of the Pope from the Vati- can. It was estimated at that time that his voice had been carried to more people than had any persons before then.
 In appearance, the archbishop is round-faced, baldish, frequently smiling. In personal dealings he is is shrewd, kindly and persuasive. He once kept a collection of hostile Fascist caricatures. At whitman, he was undisputed horse shoe pitching champion.
 Graduate of Fordham
 He was graduated from Whitman high school and Fordham university in New York in 1911. Then he at tended the American College in Rome until he was ordained priest May IA, 1916. His first assignment was as assistant pastor at All Saints parish, Roxbury, Mass, which he held from 1916 to 1913. He was director of Catholic literature in the archdio- cese of Boston from 1918 to 1922, then vice chancellor for two years. In 1924 he served as editorial writer for the Boston Pilot, religious
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
Roosevelt Is Planning Major Cabinet Change
This Week Will Be Important One in Domestic, For= eign Policy-Secretary Swanson May Retire;
 Waiting for Hitler
BY LYLE c. WILSON Limited Press Staff COrrespOndcnt)

Washington, April 24.-(UP.-Re- ports that President Roosevelt con- templates another major cabinet change contributed today to the pos sibility that this week would be an important one in domestic and for eign policy.
 Both the war and navy depart ments figure in discussion of cab inet shifts. It is understood that an active search is on for successor to Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson, who long has been i'll.
 MT. Roosevelt probably would find another post for Swanson who is a political strategist of long experi- ence. There appears to be less basis for expecting an early vacancy in the war department which is headed by Secretary Harry H. Woodring. Both service departments have grown tremendously in importance during the Roosevelt administration as arms limitation policies were suc- ceeded by an emergency re~arma- ment program which is costing the tax payers $l,OOO,OOO,OO0 or more year.
 Hitler May Change Plans
 Importance of war and navy ad- ministration and of the re-arma- ment program may be further en- phaSized this week when Chancellor Hitler utters Germany's reply to MT. Roosevelt's April IS peace plea. Hit Ter will speak on April 28.
 The conflict between MT. Roose- velt's and Herr Hitler's ideas now has become so pronounced and evi- dent that what the German says ill Berlin must be expected to have direct impact in Washington. The temper and tone of his reply are particularly important on this oc- casicn because congress is ill the process of revising our neutrality legislation.
 There are two opposing groups here with numerous body of con- fiicting opinion in between. One group would give the president free dom to forbid potential enemies ac- cess to our raw materials while of- fering every facility for potential friends to arm themselves from our stores of foodstuffs and munitions. The other yroup, the so-called isola- tionists, would treat all alike and preferably, prevent either friend or enemy from dipping into our re- soudces in time of emergency. What Hitler says and how he says it may weigh heavily in the scales of that dispute.
 Domestic Problems Urgent
 Domestic problems are almost
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
FLAGS HOISTED
 FOR WORLD FAIR
All Streets of New York Decorated Today; Sun=
 day Opening Day
BY EARL E. STEELE


 New York, April "A - CUPJ - Flags were hoisted in all streets today to signal the approach of the Worlds Fair, which opens next Sun- day and is expected to bring 15,000,- 900 visitors to spend $1,000,000, ,000 during the summer.
 Final preparations were disturbed by fire at the glass center at the fair grounds last night; by labor troubles for Billy Roses Aquacade, and the arerst of Faith Bacon, ''in- terpretive dancer" for appearing in the streets wearing f1imsy Grecian costume, leading fawn and letting one of her press agents sass cop.
 Fire In Glass Section
 The fire vas at building called Glass, Inc. Edward F. M. Hanrahan of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com pany, one of the three firms oper- ating it, said "the building cost $1,- 100000 and that's exactly what the damage is." The fire was in a flue 70 feet above ground and although it was of a minor nature and vas out in 20 minutes, firemen Swamped the building with one of water. A glass blowing apparatus and elaborate mirrors were feature attractions of the stucco and glass brick build ing. Water collected on top of the ceiling. which is 70 feet in diameter, and threatened to break it down. Although Hanrahan announced on first inspection that the exhibit was a total loss, he said later that it would open next Sunday anyhow, unless tlse ceiling collapsed.
 The engineer of the glass house, Richard Vassett, surveyed the place in daylight, and estimated the dam age at from S, 5,000 to $10,000. He said some artistic framework and light ing fixtures were ruined.
 Snowman Rose Hard Hit
 Rose, the loquacious little show man, said lis Worlds Fair plans also were ruined by the demands of bis 220 dancers, swimmers and show Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
GENERAL HUGH s.
 JOHNSON TALKS
Wants Ambassador Ken= nedy Investigated Be-
 cause of War Talk

Washington, April 24-CUP)-Gen. Hugh s. Johnson told the senate foreign relations committee today that a modern war would destroy American Democracy.
 He testified at hearings on pro- posed changes in the U. s. Neutral ity act.
 Johnson suggested an inquiry in- to the conduct of Ambassadors Jo- seph P. Kennedy and William c. Bullitt to make certain that they have not been influenced unduly III the manner of Walter Hines Page, wartime U. s. Ambassador to Britt ain whom Johnson criticized severe ly.
 Tt would be~a good idea" said Johnson, ito inquire whether we haven't got another of those things at the court of St. James right now. The dowagerS and the duchesses- not to mention the debs--are po- tent pill. And while we are about it, we might take careful look at our other ambassador in Paris"
 Learned In 1918
 "We learned in 1918," Johnson said, that war against dictatorship can be waged by democracy only if it transforms itself into an even more ruthless dictatorship.
 T think that congress has no right so far to surrender it's duty to the people as to make it possible to stake so great hazard on the judg- ment of any single individual" Johnson said in opposing proposals to permit the president to name treaty violators and apply economic pressure against them.
 T very we'll know that nothing IS here proposed or could be proposed that would authorize the executive alone finally to execute an alliance or finally to declare war;" John- son said.
 But something is here being at least discussed which could permit an executive so far to commit this country to war that there might be no drawing back"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
BRITAIN MAKES
 PEACE GESTURE
RedOubles Efforts to COn= vince Hitler, MussOlini
 They Cannot Win
(By The United PresS)

Great Britain sent her ambassa- dor back to Berlin in an eleventh hour peace gesture today and re- doubled efforts to convince the to- talitarian block that it cannot win general war, as Europe tensely awaited Adolf Hitler's reply, due Friday, on President Roosevelt's peace message.
 Conscription in Great Britain ap- peared to be the weapon that the government of Prime Minister Me- vile Chamberlain will use if neces- sary against Germany and Italy, if pleas for Hitler to take a construc- tive attitude towards the presidents proposals, fail.
 In Paris, high source said that Sir Neville Henderson, the British ambassador to Berlin, would warn Hitler that Britain contemplates breaking with tradition and intro ducing conscription.
 In London, Winston Churchill, dissident conservative, said that compulsory service was increasingly possible. Thus, Hendersons sudden return to his post was expected to be both an offer to Germany to negotiate for peace and warning that Britain would go the limit if necessary to end aggression ill Eur ope.
 Tug-of-War Goes On
 Whether these movesslead nearer to war or back along the road to- ward peace will probably depend on the outcome of the present tug-of- war between the British-French bloc and the German Italian bloc for dominance in the Balkans.
 With Hungary already securely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
KING ALFONSO TO
 GET HIS PROPERTY

Burgos, Spain, April 24.-(UP)- An official decree was published to- day regulating the methods by which banks and administrative au- thorities will retur nto former King Alfonso his property and private for tune ,sequestrated after the fall of the monarchy in 1881.
 A previous decree of last Decem- Der 15 issued by the Nationalist gov- ernment had restored to Alfonso all rights of citizenship and revoked a law of November 26, 1881, depriving him of his rights. By the same de- cree all laws depriving Alfonso of his private property in Spain were annulled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News EditOr) Copyright, 1889, by United Press)

Peace in Europe is now long shot
 The odds favor war, and today the danger of armed conflict is graver than during the Sudeten crisis in September.
 This is the opinion of statesmen foreign office experts, ambassadors and fnancers who were can- vassed over the weekend by representatives of the United Press. The inquiry was extended to every great capital of the world. All agree that Adolf Hit ler's speech to the Rechstag on Friday of this week may mark turning point.
 Odds Strong Against Peace
 Meantime, those who should know say that the odds are running strongly although by no means hopeessly against peace They Europes troubles rapidly set tng down to realistic clash between economic interests of the big powers Populations have been prepared for where last spring they planted sweet peas The turn toward peace depends largely upon the risks which Hitler Mussoni may choose to take and the next Hitlers His reply to President Roosevelt Friday must be considered against the background of these vital points:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
Controversy at Present Is Over Paying Cost of
 Printing Bill
SENATOR CULHANE
 BALKS AT EXPENSE
Good Govt. Group Has Refused to Guarantee
 Printing Payment

The Waterbury city man. ager referendum billl is stymied again in the State Legislature at Hartford, this time as a result of a con- troversy over the printing of the lengthy document. Sena- tor George T. Culhane has refused to authorize the printing expense, which will amount to from $1, 100 to ST. 300, and on Friday the Citi- zens Good Government Association refused to guarantee the cost.
 Several Senators have declared that the bill must be printed be- fore they will vote, for it. Their contention is that the measure is so vitally important to the people of Waterbury that it should be read and studied by each member of the Senate before action on it Is taken.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
LINDBERCH GOES
 FIRST TO BUFFALO

Buffalo. N. Y. April 24-(UP)- Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, on spe- cial mission for the U. s. Army landed at Buffalo airport at 11:10 a. m. today.
 Col. Lindbergh. flying P-36 sim gle scatter pursuit plane. landed here after a weekend visit to the ex- perimental laboratory of the U. S. Army air corps at Wright Field, Dayton, o.
 He was met at Buffalo airport by Lawrence Bell, president of the Bell Aircraft Company, and Burdette Wright, head of the Curtiss- Wright Aircraft Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
Bishop Spellman
 To Be Successor Of Cardinal Hayes
Announcement Is Made Officially Today From Vatican
 City-Rose From Grocer's Boy to Highest Station in Church

Vatican City, April 24.-( -(UP)-Bshop Francis Spell man of Boston named archbishop of New York to- day. it announced officially It considered here to be foregone conclusion that he would be named cardinal at one of the early consistories
 native of Whitman, Mass he was the first American preate to be consecrated in the Vatican Basca His Secraon here in 1882 attended by the highest dgna taries of the church The new archbishop is 50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 24 (UP)-Gov. ernment expenses and receipts foG the current fiscal year through April 21, compared with year ago. This Year Expenses Last Yeas $7,372, 5,570.SS $6,015,335, ,266.22
 Receipts $4,57S,015,364,O $5.OO9,SS7, 7,S14.S7
 Gross Deficit $2,7s4,55o, 2O6.s6 s1,oO5, ,497,451
 Net Deficit $2,75S,24S,s56.S6 $947,65S.70l.s5
 Cash Balance s3, 3,1O6,62S,5OS.43 $2,SO1, ,405, 1922
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-24
MessageF Flashed Around World To All Major
 Capitals Brings Reply
Peace in Europe Is Now a Long Shot; Danger of Armed Conflict Is Closer
 Than in Sudeten Crisis
LEADERS OF EUROPE EXPLAIN
 VIEWS TO UNITED PRESS

a from asking its the authoritative opinion the Their replies based off, talks with policy makers world beginning of what fateu week in Europe's history.
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The Weather

Mostly Cloudy, Warm
 Tonight, Tuesday Full Weather Report Page 3
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