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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06

The. manufacture and sale Of bootleg liquor, 1t has now been cs- abolished, afforded Coster-Musica and his accomplished perhaps the most reinunerative source of income of any of his many fraudulent en- terprises. Virtually . foolproof scheme while the crooked genius maintained his bogus Identity as Coster, It's profits were estimated to have been several million c year.
 Through ono or more Coster-con- trolled subsidiaries the crooks had access to an almost inexhaustable supply Of raw alcohol. These spirits, it was presumed, were used to dilute legitimate liquor which was then marketed through retail stores whose owners never suspected thst [ it was other than the brands whose labels it bore.
 Meanwhile. tho federal grand jury here continued to examine witnesses concerning other phases of Costcr- Musicas fabulous swindles. It waa reported that indictments would Dc returned this week against others than tho three surviving Musica brothers who were lifimasked the day following coster-Musica's sui. eide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
His Mother, Daughter of Late Thomas F. Ryan,
 Also Threatened
MRS. BLUR, WIFE
 OF N. Y. ATTORNEY
Son, Ryan Bijur, Called Home on False Tele-
 gram About Parents

New York, Feb. e-UP) Police of two states and federal investigators at- tempted today to trace threats of death made against Mrs. Harry Blur and her son because she has been aiding a group of striking apartment house employees.
 Mrs. Blur, wife of a New York attorney, has for three months been feeding and otherwise assisting g members of the Build ing Employees Industrial Union who went on strike last Oct. % charging that they had been locked out of the San Reno apartments at i4b Central Park West where the Bijurs live. The building is operated by the state banking department.
 Mrs. Blur is the former Made- line Ryan, daughter of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan, financier. Her husband Is the son of the late Nathan Blur, New York Supreme Court justice. e@
 Gets Letter Friday
 She said she received 0 letter Friday ordering her to cease sup- port of the strike and that later threats were made against her life and the lives of her two children.
 Connecticut state police and ofIi- cials of the Cheshire Academy At Cheshire, Conn., disclosed apparent attempts against the safety of Mrs.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
MOTHER OF FIVE
 CHILDREN DIES

Manchester. N. IT,. Feb. g-(UP) Mrs. Floretto Dionne, 34. mother Of Ave children. was killed instantly and her husband and another cou- pie were injured critically today when their sedan and c Boston & Maine railroad passenger train collidcd ct c crossing.
 The car. carrying the four to work ct q shoe factory, was operated by the dead woinan's husband Henry, about 35. who was the most severely hurt Of those hospitalized Also injured were dilberte Lacerte and Armando Lacorte.
 Tho Dionne children range in age from four to il years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
Catalonia Defeat Has Become Debacle-- Rich Province Has Been Lost
BOMB PL0TTERS IN LONDON COURT
Twelve Alleged Members of Irish Republican Army
 Face Serious Charge

London, Feb. 6-CUP)-Twelvc alleged members of the Irish Re- publican Army" were charged to- day with conspiring to paralyze Great Britain by bombings, fires and panic under a program known as the IS plot"
 The charges were made on ar- raignment Of the suspects hi Bow street court.
 Shortly after the men were taken to Brixton prison from the police court q new threat to blow up the court was received by officials. Ad- ditional guards were summoned and half-hourly inspections of the build- ing were ordered.
 The royal family. high govern ment officials, public buildings and utility and communication services were oil under heavy guard today after officials announced the dis coyery of the document called the IS plot" Recent bombing outrages were ascribed to it.
 The document was introduced at today's hearing. The plan called for blowing up and wrecking cleo. trio plants. subway stations, air plane factories. munitions work and newspaper offices. The Irish Republican Army hai been campaigning to have North ern Ireland joined with Fire.
 Parts Of Document Read
 The prosecutor read parts Of tho document which said:
 Tn order to exercise the niaXi- mum world effect the diversior must be carried out nt time wher no major war on crisis is on, bu, if it is carried on when trouble !i anticipated. with the jumplscEs anc nervous expectation Of the govern inent as well as the nervous and pos tentIal panic Of the people, it cai be exploited 10 the full"
 A majority Of chose arrested gave Irish names. They 'esided in the London district. however. They ranged in age from i7 to 10, The charge against them Said'
 "They conSpired together and with others in Manchester, Liver pool, Cardiff and elsewhere to cause by explosive substances explosions in the United Kingdom Of q nature likely to endanger the life and cause serious injury to property"
 We'll Organized
 Prosecutor c. B. Mcclure said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06

The trial was in recess since Friday afternoon, with no develop ments--save a minor incident re- ported. A tall. unidentified young man presented himself to Frank Healey guard of the exhibits stored in Superior Court by the state. today and asked permission to see records of the Board of Finance
 Referred to AlcOrn
 MT. Healey referred the man to Special Prosecutor Alcorn. who is at Hartford today. expected to arr rive in Waterbury tonight The man refused to leave his name or telephone number.
 Aevy. confessed conspirator, awaiting sentence. has been on the stand since early Wednesday when he succeeded City Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice. It is believed that Levy will spend several more days under cross examination by De- feIase Attorney Thomas P. Mo- Donough, and then be subjected to redirect examination by MT. AL corn.
 Tn his testimony on cross exam nntion late last week. the witness ac.niitted himself Q conspiratur. e liar and Q perjurer. It is possible that. when. he Is excused, an asso- cistd George fiofoVitz. of New Haven, will be called by the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
LOCAL BILLS TO
 GET HEARINGS
Several Measures Will Be Attraction for as Many
 Waterburians

Hearings on several bills of local interest will attract large numbers of Waterburians to the State Capi- tol in Hartford this week. Stand- ing out on the weeks calendar arc hearings on the teachers tenure bill, which will Dc discussed before the education committee of the, General Assembly at 1880 tomorrow after- noon, and tho juvenile court bills, which will be given hearings before tho Judiciary committee ct 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
 Bills introduced by Senator George T. Culhane and Rep. Hugo duastaferri have also been set down for hearings this week.
 Tenure Measure
 The tenure bill, drafted by tho Connecticut State Teachers associa- ton, is aimed at the divorce of pol- itics from the hiring and dismissal of school teachers in the state. It would allow teachers to Dc dismissed only for inefficioncy, immortality or c necessary decrease in personnel.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
France Issues Orders To Loyalist Refugees
Must Not Function as Governments on French Soil; Britain, France Seek Peace-ltalian Troops
 Will Stick Until Finish
BY RALPH HEINZEN
 United Press Stan Correspondent

Paris, Feb. g.-(Up) France, facing c most delicate diplomatic situation after the Spanish Loyaiist rout in Catalonia, advised the Loy- aiist, Catalonian and Basque auton- omist governments today that they would not Do permitted to function as governments on French soil.
 The warning was conveyed to Premier Juan Negrin Of the Loyal- ist government, who crossed the frontier thiG morning to Pcrpignan; President Luis Companys of Cata- ionia who arrived there yesterday, and Jose Antonio dc Aguirre, presi- dent of the Basque autonomous goy- ernment, who arrived in Paris this morning.
 Can Have Refuge
 The government told the three leaders that they and their coin- paaiions would be given refuge and that they would be treated as heads of friendly governments but that they must make no move that would prejudice Frances position Of absolute neutrality.
 It was made clear. s regards Frances decision to give refuge to Loyaiist troops and civilians, that the action was taken OH purely hue inanitarian grounds and despite the diplomatic difficities involved.
 That the diplomatic position wal c delicate one there was no doubt
 Thousands of French troops, ar- tillerymen as well ag infantFymen were on tho frontier to receive any- where Up to 100000 Loyaiist sol- diers who sought safcty-and to guard French territory. Three tiHiet yesterday French Anti-aifcraft bas. teries opened ID against eflcroach. ing Nationalist airplanes.
 fC0ntaniiad nn pann Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
1000 FAMILIES
 FLEEING HOMES
Ohio River Surging Higher as Hours Advance-Red
 Cross Is Busy

Louisyille. Ky, Feb. 6-(U.P.) - Rising temperatures sent the Ohio river surging over flood stages in Kentucky today and the crest Of q seasonal flood. sweeping down from the Alleghanies, moved rapidly toe ward Louisville.
 Red Cross officials estimated that 1000 families already had been forced to flee in sections of West Virginia Kentucky, Ohio and Ton nessee, where tributaries choked by melted snow and rains had sent the Ohio and Tennessee rivers over their banks.
 The Ohio had risen here early to- day to c stage Of 2e,8 feet--six inch- es over flood stage and U. s. Fore. caster James L. Kendall forecast additional rain tonight and tomor- row. Hc predicted that the river would reach q crest Of 36 feet by tomorrow night.
 Adds Co Fears
 Ills forecast added to the appfe. hension of residents. Several hun. dred crowded the waterfront and extra police were assigned to duty [ okeep traffic moving at tho scene. Mayor Joseph D. scholtz treasured citizens against fears Of c disas- trous flood.
 He said there was no indication tho flood would reach even near the proportions of one which devastat ted the city in i037.
 Police estimated that about 200 persons had loft their homes in the west end section Of the city where water had washed ever roadbods.
 Although the flood threat at the Ohio's headwaters had diminished, nneteorologists forecast crostS Of be. tween 50 and 50 feet--six to 10 feet over flood stages-for the dis tanco from Huntington, W. Va, to Carrolton. Ky. The Alleghany and Monongaheia rivers, which join to form tho Ohio at Pittsburgh, had
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
DEVENS SOLDIER
 TRIES SUICIDE

Winchcndon. Mass, Feb. 0--(uP) ---Isefusal of q girl friend to kiss him good night was blamed today for thc alleged suicide attempt Of Harold Smith. ie, c Fort Devens soldier. t
 Smith. found unconscious ct the roadside carly yesterday, told police later that he had escorted c girl friend and her mother to cafe Saturday night and then taken them home. When the girl refused to kiss him good night because iys had been drinking, he said. he Shot himself in the chest. His condition was critical today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
FORMER JUDGE DIES

old Orchard Beach, Me. Feb. c. (U.P)--fsaac Y. Ferris, 70. founder and proprietor of the saco and Old Orchard News and former niuiii- cIpai court judge. died at c Didde- ford hospital yesterday.
 He leaves q wife. Laurana ehcl- don Ferris. writer, and . brother, Richard Ferris of New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06

At dawn today, with the jubllant Mathematics marching to the from tier and hardly 10 miles away at some points, French authorities in- yited the first 42.000 of some 10000 Loyalist troops waiting in the from tier area to enter tho country and surrender their arms.
 Three thousand motor cars crossed tho border during the night at Le Pcrthus alone, with men, women and children refugees.
 0,ooo Fled from Barcelona
 Nine thousand soldiers who had retreated oil the way from Barce- Iona. including 1000 cavairymen with their horses, crossed in the early hours of the morning and were sent to one of the new eoncentra- ton camps ct Angeles. At tho village of La Menere i,3b0 men eftrccd and were disarmed.
 Three hundred Loyaiists who tried
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
Attorney Levy To Take Stand Again For New Chilling
Reading Transcript of His Testimony Given Before Grand Jury to Continue Mystery Man Tries to
 See Record of Finance Board
BY JOSEPH P. D0NAHUE (Democrat Staff Writer)

Reading of the transcript of testimony given by Attor ney Edward C. Levy of New Haven before the grand jury concerning his receipts of than $0000 from the city between i932-1937 will continue tomorrow when Levy takes the stand for the fourth day in the Waterbury con
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. e--fuP).--uov. ernment expenses and receipts for tho current fiscal year through Feb. ard, compared with . year ako; i6,se4.ii5,7o4os Sa,sei,Sis.l6i.ss
 Receipta s ss.sso. .siAses.os gg,Bsssss. .eos,os
 Gross Deficit ss,o4s,sci,s4oe4. ..tsis.s4s,sss,7s
 Cash Balance M ss,07s,tbs,eoa.s7 ts,970, ,sse,s4s.4f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06
$7Oo,ooo,ooo For Beauty!

Beautifying costs pretty penny in America each year. More than sSsl,ooo.ooo for cos-
 metics, another siio,ooo.ooo for
 soap. For beauty services alone, faclals, manicures, per. manent waves, etc., between
 siOo,ooO,0oo and ssoo,ooo,ooo. Somewhere in this cost flg- qured Susie, drab. unhappy,
 Susie, who ionged for beauty
 with all her heart. Hnsie won .it. too. Hut tho victory turned
 out Co be something she had
 scarcely dreamed.
 Her story Is told in an ab- sorblng, new serial. truly n "wo. mans serial' "Women Want Bcauty!' beginning on page ! of today's ' DEMOCRAT
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Snow, Rain Tonight;
 Rain For Tuesday Fun weather Report Page .
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The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
EST. LOUIS WOMAN" and go
DOWN MOSES" TO FOLLOW
run LITTLE CHILLUN", If
IT EVER CLOSES

Los Angeles, Jan. 5 (ANP)-
That the Negro eGit of the FEEDER
al Theatre project, hailed for It's
current success in run Little
Chillun', will be brought a stef
closer to its ideal of a Negro Art
theatre, was suggested in a state
ment released this week by James
R. Ullman, newly appointed direc-
tor for FTP. of Southern C%aliforn-
ia.
"From the archives of American
history-both past and present. we
are considering, a living newspap-
Ell dramatization of the Negro and
his struggles in the United States
to be done by the capable cast of
players within the Los Angeles
unit" Ullman stated.
Because of the success of "Run
Little Chillun,' and its contribution
to the local project in helping to
popularize federal theatre produc-
tions, we aim to keep the unit work
ing" While no closing date for
Run, Little Chillun' is announced
several future plays for the unit
are being considered. Among them
Is "St Louis Woman" by Arna
Bontemps and Countee Cullen.
Go Down Moses, " Theodore
Brown, which depicts the life of
Harriet Tubman, a slave woman
who made a career of leading her
people to freedom through the UNI
foreground railroad, is also on the
list of possible productions.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

FLICKERS
by ALVIN MOSES
(for AMP

New York, Jan. 5|OHN DAN
GER, dance arranger and produc-
Ell. is proving to be a most genial
host at EYE PLANTATION CLUB
One of the better night-life places
especially designed for-World's
Fair Trade. We won't tell you
too much about the excellence of
the sepia floor show,-just take our
tip and drop in one night from
nine until.
xXxxXX
NOBLE SISSLE might rightful-
lv be called the best business man
among leaders and directors OF
"name bands. The former part
ner of Eubie Blake opened with his
aggregation in the swellegant new
BILLY ROSE CLUB.-and that's
the kind of ticket they pay off on
at the race track windows.
xXxxxx
SAYS JOHN CHAPMAN,
DAILY NEWS"-"There are 10
colored actors, headed by Ethel
Waters, in-"Mamba's Daughters"
which is rehearsing at the Empire
theatre. Last Monday, following
Equity regulations, they were paid
$40 rehearsal money each and a
stud poker game started immed-
lately in a dressing room. In an
hour three of the cast had all the
money"
NOW WOULDN'T CHA LIKE
TO KNOW@who comprised the
unholy trio? bet you would tool
xxXxxx
LEW LESLIE'S BLACKBIRDS
who have had some stormy pre-op-
ening moments due to financial
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

as dead in Tin Pan Alley as "tootsie-
wootsie.p Nor is any attention paid
any more to baby" But the song
writer's moon keeps a-shinin' -. /.
Shrewdest Snowman in the musical
world is Leopold Stokowsky. Head
lines are as easy-for him as Bach.
-. The old tune, "Aw Gee, Be
Sweet To Me, Kid" is being resur-
rected by the swing boys. -.
49,
Seldom hear hillbillies play the
old hoedolcnS as grdndpdppy aud
Uncle Freedom qcould hare liked to
haze had them played. Maybe. it's
because too many Of the hillbillieS
come from the slopes Of BroadUdu.
They're Family Men
Orchestra leaders. as a rule, are
family men, despite their nomadic
existence. Whiteman takes great
pride in his young son. Olsen has
two children. Bestor's particular
Joy is a young daughter. Isham
Jones is a proud father. So is Hal
Kemp. Emil Coleman is training
his son for a maestro's career.
Cufiously, only a handful of
dance band batoneers are composers
or lyricists and belong to the i'm
posing membership of the American
Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers. The select list includes
Rudy Vallee Che was part author of,
among other things, Deep Night"
and Betty Co-Ed"), Wayne King,
Isham Jones, whose I'll See You in
MY Dreams" still gets a big play
annually; AL Goodman. c%oncocter of
innumerable popular arrangements;
Ernie Golden, Duke Ellington. Ted
Fiorito, Jerry Livingston.
OF all maestros, none takes great
er pride in past associations than
Jack Denny. He likes to recall that
he was official jazz dispenser to the
Duke of Windsor Chen Prince OF
Wales) and Prince George during
their visit to Canada some years
ago. Denny got a leave of absence
from the Montreal hotel where he
was playing, spent five weeks with
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
RANKED WITH ALL-TIME

GREATS
The foremost white figure in
swing was that of Blk Beiderbecke
who died several years ago. As a
trumpet player he ranks with such
all-time greats as Armstrong, Joe
Smith, King Oliver, and Freddie
Keppard and Bubber Miley. He
died before the present interest in
swing, but thanks to records. ex-
amples of his marvellous easy style
are with us.
Recently his JAZZ ME- BLUES
and AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL
were reissued on Vocation 3042.
Blk was greatly influenced by King
Louis, but he was nevertheless able
to deyelope an original style. This
record not only shows him at his
sensitive best, including . brilliant
solo on the Jazz Me side, but prov
es that the boys of several years
q could give out as we'll as most
of the hot men today. Adrian Roll
lini on the bass sax sets a standard
that otrers on that instrument
would do well to study closely.
All of the five records listed be-
long in your record LIBRARY no mat
ter whether you are a jitterbug or
a serious student of swing music.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

a%pplauding the weekly offerings of
Noble Sissle, Earl lFather) Hines,
Erskine Trumpet King) Hawkins,
Lucky watch my leap) Millinder,
LOVELY AVIS ANDREWS, Geo
rge Dewey Washington, Ruby Ely,
Buck and Bubbles, Eddie Cotton
Club1 Mallory, Blanche Galloway.
Florida Serenaders, Claude Hop
kns, Don arrangement MASTERY
Redmon, Edgar Hayes, Fletcher
Henderson, Eubie Blake, Tiny Brad
shaw. Ernest Whiteman, Chick Car
ter, ct al. The Incompatible fun
STEERS: "Pigmeat" Markham, Geo
sge Wiltshire, Jimmy Baskette,
Sandy Burns, Dusty Fletcher, Swan
an1 Lee, and that darling Of them
all-VINIAN HARRIS.
xxxxxx
ANDY KIRK, with sweet singing
PHA TERRELL and that gracious
%aueenbee of the twinkling worries.
may turn out to be the surprise
band of 1889.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
COUNT Basic AIRS HIS
VIEWS ON MUSIC

New York City, Dec. Body
Rothschild Francis for ANP)-Re-
cent criticism of Negro artist by
Germany's Nazi-controlled press
last week prompted Count Basic,
famed colored orchestra leader to
air his views in the New York
Post. Drawing a sharp distinction
between 'Kultur' and Culture the
Count said:
despite the duspeptic believing
Of race purifiers and their contri-
button to the downfall of all crea-
tive art, music is still the univer-
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
RATING THE
RECORDS
(by Frank Marshall Davis for
AMP
AMP

FIVE FOR COLLECTORS: Ser
ious students of jazz are always
intensely interested in the compos-
itions and performances of Duke
Ellington and his band. To this
writer, his greatest title among a
large selection of amazingly fine
compositions is Black and Tan
Fantasy, a number that shows
Duke at his weirdest and most pre-
else best.
Last summer the Duke recorded
PROLOGUE TO BLACK AND
TAN FANTASY and NEW
BLACK AND TAN FANTASY for
Brunswick. They were released
at different times, with the pro-
logue appearing recently. They
r a highly interesting contrast to
the Black and Tan recorded 10
years ago and released on Victor
21137 in which the great Rubber
Miley blew his immortal trumpet.
Although Duke is still Duke, his
musical ideas have changed consid-
erably in a decade. He is now CIV
en- to more intricate harmonic
structures, more elaborate scoring.
His music is still of black Africa,
but Of an Africa that has assimil-
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

sal language and no great proof
is necessary than the Carnegie
Hall concert at which | have the
honor to be presented. The fact
that members of the colored race
are invited to sing o rplay ia this
citadel of American fosters it,"
The management of CARNEGIE Hall
maintains that art has no color
line"
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
NORyELL TO MAKE DEBUT

North Highs prominent colored
singing artist, Vercylee Norvell,
shall make his North side debut,
when he is presented about the
third week in January in a pre-
song recital by his accompanist,
and very talented pianist, Miss Ed
Rose Willis.
This will be presented at one of
the local chuches. Probably during
the month of March, we will hear
him in his 1889 Song Review.
Watch this paper for the dates.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

the royal brothers. airing the lates,
American dance tunes for them at
their various stops in the Dominion
He never worked, he relates. for
more considerate. more appreciative
employers. Though Wales, he
found. was somewhat bored with
the social world, brother George
was as enthusiastic, as ready for a
good time as a boy out of military
school.
49,
Can't recall erer having heard the
Red Caps bnnd Of the Grand Central
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

OF a brief silence
at the end of
concert b o a d.
casts is all well
and good. but
thus far listeners
have been their
own judges as
to when the sill
enc perio d
should b c gin .
Often it occurs
at the start of a
program
"Sweetie" seems
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Terminal. Maybe. they're getting
ready Jor the Worlds Fair UtSitors.

Terminal. Maybe. they're getting
ready J0r the Worlds Fair viSitors.
We've always wanted to know how
really to appreciate the tango. 1t
has remained for Xavier Cugat to
tell. He, if anyone, should know.
Advises Cugat:
IF you cannot dance. then have
a bottle of sherry at your elbow and
a plate of Andalusian f~ritters ON
your lap"
p-"
Titles of some recent unsolicited
contributions of amateur songwrit-
ers, unduly concerned with life, to
Broadway music publishers: II Owe
Everybody in Iowa" at Amt Love,
So 1t Must Be Hate" my Tele-
phone Win Always Be Busy to You,
You Rat"
It's hard to believe, but the boys
haze 7oritten aoords to Sdint-Sdens'
"Ddnse Mdcabre." NeaoeH Chase has
prepared q vocdl Interpretation OF
the eerie composition. -