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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
TUTOR OF MURDER
 RING WAS GREEDY
Planned to Kill Director of One Ring Because He
 Was Cheated

Philadelphia. May 31 . (UP)- Cesare (Jumbo) Valenti, alleged tutor" of Philadelphia,s murder for insurance syndicate members, plan- ned to kill ring director because he was cheated of his share of the profits from one of the more than 100 murders, authorities asserted to- day.
 Valente, who has spent more than half his life in American and Ital- ian prisons, has been accused of importing the idea of mass murder for profit. He was double-crossed in the hit-rlin accident" staying of John Woloshyn and plotted venge- ance on Herman Petrillo, dapper spaghetti salesman who has confess sed participation in at least 2l kill- ings and faces a death sentence, according to Capt. James Kelly of the homicide squad.
 Mrs. Rose Carina, the so-called ''kiss of death widow" in the syndi- cate, voluntarily took food for the first time since starting . hunger strike Q week ago. She had been fed forcibly at Hahnemann hospital but yesterday whispered -give me food"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
WIFE ATTEMPTS
 TO KILL FAMILY
Husband Goes to Ball { Game, So She Tries to
 End All Troubles

Clinton, Okla, May 31. (UPl- Sheriff Everett Stanbaugh believed today that Mrs. Ida Watson, 34, fed strychnine to her five children, kill ing one. and attempted to kill her self because she was angry with hei husband for going to Memorial Day baseball game. In the tourist cabin where the Watsons were living temporarily Stanbaugh found a note that said: "You have your good. time, I will take the children with me-" The message was not signed or ad- dressed.
 Mrs. Watson's condition was SC serious that authorities were unable to question her. She slashed her throat with a butcher knife after giving two capsules of strychnine each to Marie, 16. Bobby. IA. David 12, Joe, g, and Jerry, 6. Jerry died.
 Other Children Serious
 The other children still were seri- ously i'll.
 Stanbaugh assumed that Mrs. Wat son was irked when her husband, Duke. told her he was going to the baseball game and that she would have to stay home and look after the children.
 Before Mrs. Watson lapsed into unconsciousness she said she found the poison in a vacant house and that she had told the children the capsules contained quinine which she wanted them to take to prevent malaria.
 When Jerry collapsed, Marie took him in her arms and raced down the street to q hospital. The other children followed. Physicians said Marie's quick action probably pre- vented other deaths.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
s72,OOO ASKED
 IN SUITS FILED
Twenty Civil Actions Put in Court of Common
 Pleas Today

Damages of $72,000 are asked in 20 civil actions filed in comon pleas court this morning, last return day for claims to be. entered on the June docket.
 Carmella Pietro of this city asks $1 900 from George H. Largay, ST.. and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Largay for injuries sustained when bitten by a dog owned by the defendants while she was playing in the Driggs school yard.
 Damages of $200 are asked by the J. E. Smith Lumber Company, Inc, against Lester Chagnot and Mary Chaffee of Middlebury for non-pay- ment of services rendered in erect ing a cement and mortar wall for the defendants in Middlebrry.
 Rose Duga seeks s5,000 damages from Joseph Hilton and Sons for alleged injuries sustained in a fall in the entrance of the defendants store. She alleges the defendants were negligent in allowing the en- trance to be unsafe for the public.
 Malicious Intent
 Salvatore Cocchiola asks $3,000 damages from Vincenzo Zurella, charging the defendant with man- cious intent to trouble him.
 Michael Fernandez is named de- fendant in a $5.000 action filed by the Home Owners Loan Corpora ton which also asks a foreclosure of property on Division street.
 The HOLC seeks $500 damages and a foreclosure of Alton street property against Flora Meehan and James F. Smith, alleging note they made to the defendants is due and unpaid.
 Frank DiVito and Lucia Del Gros- SO DiVito are defendants in $6,000 civil action filed by the HOLC which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
ASSEMBLY IN
 HECTIC WEEK
Prospects Very Strong That Scores of Bills Will
 Die in Committee

Hartford, Conn, May 31.-(UP)- The General Assembly began its final turbulent week of the 1889 ses- sion today, with prospects strong scores of bills would die in com- mittee.
 Possibility existed also major leg islation, though reported out by committees, would be last in dis agreeing action between the two Houses
 Legislative leaders urged commit tee chairmen to finish executive ses- sions on Friday, and make reports on all bills this week to enable printing. Party heads hoped for a minimum need of suspension of the rules to pass legislation.
 Sessions were scheduled every day from now on, except Sunday. The legislative term must close at midnight, June 2, according to statu- tory requirements. In 8 jam, how |ever, the clock could be stopped.
 Major legislation still unpassed by both Houses included:
 The budget.
 Transfer of motor vehicles fines and forfeitures from the highway fund to the general fund.
 Financing of 75 per cent of state police department costs from the highway fund.
 Judgeships and county commis- SionerS.
 Motor vehicle inspections.
 Socialist Bridgeport bills.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
SUB SALVAGE IS
 DIFFICULT TASK
High Navy Official Believes It Will Not Be Raised
 Before August

Portsmouth, N. H., May 31.-(UP) Navy salvage workers reported slow but steady progress today to- ward raising the sunken submarine Squalus and its cargo of 26 dead men.
 How long 1t will take to bring the 299-foot underseas craft to the sur- face, no one knew. One high naval official saw little prospect of the submarine being raised before August.
 One week after the B survivors had been brought to the surface found the attaching of an air hose to the water-free control room of the Squalus the principal accom- plishment in salvage operations.
 Through this and other lines compressed air will be pumped into the dry compartments to make the submarine more buoyant and to pre- vent the ocean pressure-109 pounds per square inch at that depth from crushing the craft.
 Blast Tunnels Underneath
 Through tunnels, blasted with air hoses through the soft mud beneath the Squalus. chains will be drawn and attached to six pontoons to provide more lifting power.
 For the first "lift," the Squalus probably will be raised only 100 feet and then dragged to shallower waters. After further salvage work at that depth, including adjust ment for decreasing pressures, the vessel will be raised nearer the sur face and again brought to shallower waters. A third such operation would bring the craft to the surface.
 The decision to drag the Squalus to shallower waters was prompted by the fact that divers airlines were threatened constantly with freezing at the present depth. Then. too. the divers can work only 30 minutes at 8 time under present pressures.
 Halted During Tribute
 Salvage operations were halted yesterday during a Memorial Day tribute to the victims of the disaster. A 2l-one gun salute boomed from the cruiser Brooklyn. flagship of the salvage fleet, while overhead flew e
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
"Mike" Thompson Dies At Elnmitsburg

Michael Thompson, 62, more familiarly known as Mike" to his legion of friends, died last night at midnight of a heart attack in Emmitsburg, Mary land.
 He was well known as . teacher at Mt. St. Mary's Col- lege and one of the most pro- minent football officials in the country. He was born and raised on Washington Hill in this city.
 He was the son of Owen and Mary Ann Thompson. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. George Stanley of Holmes ave- nue, 8 brother, William V. of Los Angeles, California, and . second sister, Mrs. William Fox of Hamden, Conn. =
 Burial will be in Emmits- burg, Md. Saturday, time and other arrangements to be an- nounced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
Nazi Govt Admits for First Time She Had Aided
 Nationalists 10000 ITALIANS ON
 BOARD NINE SHIPS They Will Sail Away for Naples-Leave Planes, War Materials Behind

Hamburg, May 31. = (UP) = Five thousand German troops who served with the Spanish Nationalists in the civil war returned home in triumph today as the Nazi government admitted for the first time that German forces played an important part in General Francisco Franco's long fight against the Spanish Republican gov ernment.
 AS the Germans arrived here, 20.- 900 Italian troops embarked al Caditz, Spain, for Naples, and tht Spanish government informed the French government that all Italian troops had left the strategically im- portant Balearics Islands. Five German ships of the vaca- tion strength through joy" fleet teamed up the River Elbe to Ham burg late last night, escorted by the battleship Admiral Graft Spec and a destroyer flotilla and anchored. High Officers Meet Them Field Marshal Hermann Goering, air minister, and commander in chief of the air force; General Wil- helm Keitel, chief of the High Com- mand of the armed forces; General Walter Won Brauchitsch, com mander in chief of the army and Admiral Erich Raeder, commander in chief of the navy, welcomed the troops back home formally to- day.
 Goering boarded the Yacht Ham, burg and took the salute as the fleet steamed past An anti-air gun battery at Neu Muehlein fired 2l gun salute and the Admiral Graf Suee replied.
 General Baron Wolfram Von Richtofen, commanding the Span ish war troops, reported to Goering on the new bridge across the Elbe, and then the men of Condor Legion" as the troops are called, disem- parked for parade past Goering through Hamburg.
 Later, mass formation was scheduled in the Hamburg Meadows, with Goering and General Von Rfchtofen as speakers. It was arr ranged that the troops should re- turn to their ships for the night. and later go to Berlin for a parade June 6. After that they will be reincorporated in the army, many with promotions.
 Papers Exploit Efforts
 Newspapers all over the country carried articles pages long today on the exploits of the German troops in Spain. It was announced jubi- lantly that the first Nazi had gone to Spain before the end of July, 1886 = the civil war started July IT, 1886 - and that Adolf Hitler de- cided in November, 1886, to send q complete air corps.
 The newspapers disclosed that the first Germans went to Spain in ths guise of tourists in July, under the auspices of the "Sepcial Section" ot the air ministry, travelling by liner Twenty German bunker passenger planes were sent to aid the Nation- alists in taking 15,000 Moroccani across the straight of Gibraltar tG spain. Other Germans followed
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
Senator Vandenberg In
 Fight For Presidency
Will Contest With Senator Robert A. Taft District At. torney Thomas E. Dewey for Nomination on
 Republican Ticket Next Year
BY LYLE c. WILSON

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington, May 31-(UP)-Look at the record of Sen. Arthur H vandenberg, R., Mich, who has re- vealed that he would accept the 1940 Republican presidential nomi- nation with a one-term pledge shows today that the backbone oi his platform would be budget bal ancing, economy, and a protective tariff.
 It is a political certainty now that the Vandenberg For President movement will be major factor in the 1940 pre-convention campaign. Today he is bracketed with Sen. Robert A. Taft, R. Ohio, and Dis trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey of New York as leading contender.
 Varldenberg has advocated Re- publican Democratic coalition against the Roosevelt Party"
 Thumbnail Platform
 Unlike Dewey and Taft, Vanden- berg's years in the senate have placed him publicly on record on practically every political issue. Here is thumbnail platform he proposed in November 1887:
 1. Stop governmental hymns of hate against business.
 2. Balance the budget as soon as possible.
 3. Substitute incentive taxation to encourage profit sharing for pun- itive taxes and modify or repeal corporation surplus and capital gains taxes.
 4. Amend the social security act to stop the needless drain" on both labor and industry.
 5. Revise the Wagner Labor Re- lations Act.
 6. Abandon the fight for a wage hours bill and enact legislation to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
GEN. MOSELEY ON
 WITNESS STAND
Wanted to Make State. fnent But Is Prevented
 By Committee
BY JOHN R. BEAL

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, May 31 - (UP) = The House committee Investigating un-American activities today began examination of Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley after ordering the retired army officer to defer presentation of prepared state- ment.
 Moseley was refused permission to present his statement after an angry exchange with Rep. Arthur D. Heal- ey, D., Mass, presiding as chair man in the absence of Rep. Martin Dies, D., Texas.
 Insisting that the committees counsel first examine Moseley to ascertain what he knew about an alleged anti Semitic campaign Healey told Moseley he would have ample time later to present his statement.
 After a few preliminary questions bearing on Moseley's army career committee counsel Rhea Whitley asked when he first met James Er- win Campbell, retired army engi- neers reserve captain of Owensboro Ky. shown in previous testimony to have distributed material about purported Jewish Communist plot to seize the government.
 Moseley Is Interrupted
 "Gentlemen," Moseley began, q am here"
 "Just a minute" Healey inter- rupted. You can answer that ques- ton. You're not here to make speeches"
 five been before committees oi Congress for years," Moseley said land they've always permitted me to make a statement"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31

man, Cl6 WlCneSS admlLGeQ that "OIl the surface" the total of prepay rnents made in January, 1892, given by him at $799, ,205.55 appears to be incorrect" But there must be some , explanation for 1t, he continued. De- fense counsel contended that the fig ure was 60 per cent incorrect.
 This mornings session was delayed for an hour and a half by a mys- terious mission of Special Prosecu- tor Hugh M. Alcorn, accompanied by Assistant Special Prosecutor Harold E. Mitchell, and County Detective Edward J. Hickey.
 A1corn Refuses Comment
 Although they arrived at the courthouse before 10 a. m., they left in hurry just before the scheduled court opening, after Alcorn had con- ferled with Judge Ernest A. Inglis and requested a delay. When he re- turned at 11:30, accompanied only by his two assistants, he refused to comment on the trip which delayed the session.
 Two items, one for $13S, ,460 and the other for $105, 5,762.50 were in- cluaed on the bank reconciliation sheets of January, 1881, as prepay ments," as a portion of a total of $A66, ,705 .59, Brown said. He admit ted. however, that they should not have been included.
 Were Kent By Purcell
 The bank reconciliation sheets, he said, were as rule kept by City Accountant James P. Purcell. who has been a witness for the state The January, 1851 sheet was not kept by Purcell, however, Brown said.
 Brown said also that he had not "adopted" the 1881 sheet as it did not contain any record of payees of the totals.
 The January, 1892 reconciliation sheet, although subjected to vig- orous checking by Seaman, was, in the opinion of Brown, 99 99-100 per cent correct.
 "The other day you were 100 per cent correct" said Seaman. "Now you're cutting down a bit." Continu- ing he argued, "A reconciliation sheet cannot be 99 per cent correct, it must be 100 per cent perfect"
 A Little Incorrect
 Admitting that 1t was a little in- correct" Brown argued that there must ''be some reason for 1t, which I can't give offhand."
 The January, 1882 reconciliation sheets showed prepayments of $799, ,205.55,. Brown continued, as Seaman examined him in re- lentless fashion.
 Mentions Some Items
 Among numerous items which Seaman showed were posted regular ly on warrants payable sheets, were several totalling 1000, which were posted under date of January 30, yet appeared as prepaid items.
 Therefore the reconciliation sheet must be wrong" cried Seaman.
 "As it appears on the surface,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31

Paris, May Sl--(UP) - Edouard Herriot, former Premier of France. suffered head injuries today in an automobile accident near Montargis. He was brought to Paris where it was said his injuries were not ser- ious.
 Herriot. who is s7 years old. is president of the chamber of depu- ties and has been prominent in French politics sinos tDt4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
Five Thousand German Soldiers Returned To Hamburg This Morning
British Air Ministry Probing Smith Canard
Duty Officer Gave Out Information That Smith Had Landed at FOynes, Ireland-Ihere Is Only
 One Slight Hope for Him

London May 31. - (UP) - The air ministry today st was Investigating the origin of reports Monday that had landed in the British Isles Investigation centered around statement of the duty officer at Croydon Airport
 outside London that Smith had landed at Foynes Ireland refueed and taken off for England It the basis of this statement that agencies reported the safe
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ALEXANDER GUMBERG DIES

Norwalk, Conn. May 3l--(Up)- Alexander dumberg. 51, member Of the executive stan of the Atlas cor- poration. investment firm, died last night of a coronary thrombosis.
 oumberg was former director of Condo Mast Publications, Inc. and director of Franklin simon and O., Inc. department store. ize leaves his widow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
EIGHT STATE ALARM

Bellows Falls. Vt. May s1-(Up) An eight-state teletype alarm was broadcast today for police Chief Kenneth 2. Perkins. 36. last seen Friday when he left on what was to have been . hria{ business txips
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May s1--(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through May 21th, compared with a year ago; $S,242,279,21s.s2 $6,72l, ,494,7s1.91 $5. .02e.S02.731.93 s5,453,s6S,61o.zo
 Cross Deficit
 $1,267,s2s, ,121.5J ss.i7s.4ss.7s1.ss si,2os.z7s.s71.s1
 Cash Balance s2,s4o,517.565.26 $2,5S6.542.5Sz-<1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
Warren M. Brown Admits His Story Had Inaccuracies
Cross Examined By Attorney Seaman, Brown Couldn't Explain Why This Was So-AIcorn Refuses to
 Comment on Mystery Mission
BY JOSEPH P. DoNAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter

Inaccuracies in the bank reconciliation sheets from which he computed totals of prepayments" by the city in January 1931 and January 1932 admitted by States Accountant Warren M Brown in abbreviated and fiery session of the Waterbury conspiracy trial today
 Under examination by Attorney Joseph J. Sea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31

SSA VSSA VA VAN &A4AASA ASSsAA A y VA
 The duty officer, an air ministry employe, first gave the statement to the United Press correspondent at Croydon at 5:30 p. m. asserting flatly that Smith had landed at Foynes, refuelled, and taken off for England. Repeats Statement
 Later, he repeated the statement by telephone to the United Press of- fices in London explaining that he had official reports from the air ministry's control officer at Foynes.
 As reports started coming in of the sighting of Smiths plan in half a dozen places the United Press checked direct with the Foynes duty officer by telephone and was in- formed he had made no such report to croydon.
 The Croydon duty officer then was checked again, but said he had been ordered to make no more statements.
 The air ministry then announced that the first statements made at Croyden had not been authorized officially and that more would be said about the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-31
One Slight Hope

London, May 31-fUP). The only remaining hope for Thomas Smith, the American youth who took of from Old Orchard Beach, Me, in 8 65-horsepower airplane Sunday on a projected transatlantic flight. was that he might have landed alongside some small ship that had no radio to report his rescue. The 40-hour supply of gasoline-169 gall lons-that the plant carried would long since have exhausted and 1t was certain that he had been forced down. His take-off was at 4:50 a. m. Sunday.
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Fair, Cooler Tonight; Unchanged Thursday
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-03-04

the very youthful slim figure and
the more dignifed lady with
"curves." 1t is just such a pace
setting fashion as will appeal to ev-
cry woman who knows her fashions.
Gray wool with green and red
stripes makes the attractive suit
conferred in the picture. The jack
ct offers a compromise between the
longer and the shorter versions. The
advent of suits made of colorful
novelty Woolens is one or the high
spots on the current fashion pro-
gram.
Not only is a suit imperative this
spring if you would be costumed in
the height of fashion but with it
must go all the "fxings" that add
exciting detail and be assured that
the accessories that go to complete
the new spring ensembles are all
exciting to sensational degree. 1t
is indeed a colorful story replete
with thrills that fashion is telling
in regard to the new suits and the
accessories that go with them.
1t is not only that the suits them
selves involve color combinations
and contrasts that simply are
breathtaking in their daring and
originality but this drama of color
reflects throughout every detail of
the costume even to the sprightly
colorful wells the witchery of which
cannot be told in words, likewise
new footwear which has yielded to
wild flights of color as have in fact
the countless other details that con-
tribute to the glory of the spring
1899 costume. Perhaps most signifi-
cant of all is the challenge a "suit
seas non" never fails to fling to the
blouse.
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which she made by saving the original
table in half and securing it to the
wall by brackets. The skirt was
pleated first and then tackled on. To
give 1t finish she pasted a strip of
the wine colored cotton around the
top, using household cement for this
purpose.
AS the old medicine cabinet had NO
glass in it, she purchased for a small
sum at a secondhand store, a door of
the proper size to fit the cabinet, and
placed the renovated cabinet over the
dressing table. To give the impress
sion of complete unit, she had her
husband make small case of the
same depth as the cabinet, which,
when placed on the table below the
cabinet, fitted into the ensemble
These things, the small case, the
tabletop and the wooden part of the
cabinets she painted ivory. In the
Five and Ten cent store, she pur-
chased at a small cost a pair of LAMPS
complete with shades. Another clever
find was pair of flat-topped wall
ornaments which she placed on each
side of the cabinet and used for such
items as perfume bottles, lip-sticks
and cold creams.
The mirror which had hung over
the tub was taken down, the moulding
painted in ivory, and hung lengthwise
beside the door. AS the style of her
old hamper did not fit into the new
scheme, she purchased fiat one done
in ivory, which serves also as bench
for the dressing table.
Fresh towels in the new bright gar
den colors completed the transforma-
ton.
On the whole it was most success
full experiment, and required the out
lay of very littly money. If you are
interested in new ideas of household
decorations, address your requests to
this department and we will try to
fulfill them.