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Evening star., 1939-05-04
Symphony Broodcosts

Through the cooperation OF
the National Broadcasting Co.
The Star is presenting over
WMAL each weekday morning
a movement from one of the
symphonic compositions fea-
tured in the Music Appreciation
Campaign. The program on
which the recordings are heard,
"Today's Prelude" is scheduled
daily except Sunday from $50
to 7:25 am. and The Stars
recordings may be heard at ap-
proximately Z am.
The recordings already re-
leased in the campaign, includ-
ing the latest offering-Tschai-
kowsky's symphony No. 4 in
F. Minor"-may be obtained at
the special booth in the lobby OF
The Star Building each week.
day from 8 am. to 6 pm. The
booth is closed on Sunday.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Racing Results
Norroeonsett
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE-Purse. ST oOo claiming;
3-year-old maidcns; 6 furlonzs
M ter Howard tAshcrofJ $50 $50 22O
All Mi tE. lie Blanc, $40 2.6O
Amercup tMaschek) 800
Time, 1:143s
Also ran-Royal Chemist. Bolis, Canta-
more. Joes Mary, Whisk Brisr. Night
Princess and Arabic.
SECOND RACE-Purse, $1,000: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and up: g furlongs.
Izaak Walton tWilson) $500 900 $40
PasSable Lynch) 4SO 370
Mr.. Brook fTaylor) 500
Time, 1:1425.
Also ran-Fqaming Torch. Spanish Mar
mon, Malta J. Six Flags. Spindletop Ker-
may. Hueu. Pripo and Shantime
DAILY Double paid $40 2Ql
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Excursions Arrunqed

The National Federation Of Fed
eral Employees will sponsor excur-
sions to the New York Worlds Fair
each week end this summer, begin
ming next week end and continu-
ing through october a. The par
ties will leave Washington every
Friday at 4:55 pm. and return
each Sunday night.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

sons S e e K l n 6
public assistance,
John A. Steven
son, president of
the Penn Mutual
L f e Insurance
Co., Philadel-
phia, said. He
found that the
Federal S oci a !
security program
h a S increased
CeIlQenCy OF peO-
pie to buy in
surance premi-
umS of their own
to aid in their
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Uncertainty Blamed for Idle
Millions in Insurance Accounts
TotuI Has Grown From 113 to $50 Millions
In 10 Years, Arnold Says

Millions of dollars will remain idle
in insurance company accounts so
long as the uncertainty about busi-
ness conditions continues, o. j.
Arnold, president of the North
western Life Insurance Co, Mime
apolis, told a round table meeting
of the United States Chamber of
Evening star., 1939-05-04

ahead, Mr.. Arnold said, on a sound
and profitable basis, insurance COM
panies must continue to invest
largely in Government bonds and
keep other vast sums idle, because,
he said, the safety of policyholders'
money is necessarily the first con-
sideration. During the last 10 years,
Mr.. Arnold diclosed, the idle cash
held by life insurance companies has
increased from $113,000,0 900 to $780,
100000.
Stevenson Speaks.
The country's insurance reservoir
has kept down the number of per-
Evening star., 1939-05-04

une a u q ! e n c e
present at the
discussion Of the
promotion of in
dustrial progress.
He spoke on
pro m otion by
encouragem e n t
of invention, and
gave it as his
view that the
monopoly aspect
of p a t e n is is
n e c e SSary. He
made a plea for
the inventor:
MY conviction
is that the DOOR
Evening star., 1939-05-04

The Atlantic Coast disturbance is GEN.
tered this morning about $50 miles south
east of Nantucket. Mass. moving slowly
northeastward. S. S. Manhattan. 29.5
inches. 1t has been attended by rain and
gales along the Middle Atlantic and North
Atlantic Coast. minor disturbance is
moving eastward over Northern Ontario
and Southwestern Quebec, Doucet, Quebec
29.SS inches. Pressure is low and falling
from Alaska southeastward to Saskatche-
wan and Western Manitoba and thence
southwark over the plateau and Rocky
Mountain regions and the Plains States.
Kodiak, Alaska, 29.6S inches; McMurray.
Alberta, 2970 inches and Blythe. Calf.
29.74 inches. High pressure prevails over
nearly all other sections with centers as
follows: Cape Race. Newfoundland. 30.30
inches; Cincinnati, Ohio, 1924 inches, and
Roseburg. Greg, and Port Harrison, Quebec,
3014 inches. Showers have occurred in
sissippi and the Middle Missouri Valleys.
of Texas and Oklahoma. The weather is
still unseasonally cool in the Eastern and
Southeastern States while the tempera-
ture is above normal over most other sec
tions. FroSts. mostly light, were reported
this morning from portions OF the Ohio
Valley, the Appalachian region and the
Lower Lake region
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Report for Last Fl Hours.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
| New Betting System
At PimIico Permits
Fans Early Departure
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PIMLICO, Md, May 4.-The
Maryland Jockey Club will,
within the next 48 hours, intro
duce a new wagering system
whereby fans at the end of
each days sixth race can wager
on the seventh and eighth
races and leave for home.
Special booths for this form
Of wagering will be built
throughout the plant. If a
horse runs to the position he is
wagered upon, the fans can
collect their winnings the next
day. =
Evening star., 1939-05-04

ITdQlllS COnQl-
tions, but to lead
in e x t e n d ! n G
greater freedom
of international
trade. Our Gov
ernment foreign
services, cham
ers of COM
merce at home
and abroad, a for
eign trade Or
G a n i z a t ms,
American bank
ing, marine in
surance, Ameri-
can S h i p pi n G
and air trans
Evening star., 1939-05-04

Commerce ye S.
terday. The Star
h e r e r por t S
W h a t he and
others said on
the questions of
the promotion of
industrial prog
ress, the future
for power and
fuel, the contri-
button of insur-
ance to recovery
and m e t / n g
CO m p etition in
export trade.
Until business
", narnro1 o,~ n1
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Women Build Roads

Because men spend SO much time
at sea, women of the inaccessible
island of Ushant, off the Brittany
coast, make and repair all roads,
spending three days a month at
the work in payment of taxes.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

portation, radio and telegraphic
communications and all the vast re-
sources of the 48 States of the Union
and its insular possessions stand be-
hind our foreign trade policy, and
behind our ex9orters, importers and
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Weather Report
Furnished BY the Ur


District Coumba-Fair slightly
tonight;
northwest backing
Maryland slightly tonight
increasing coudiness
West Vrginia-Fair tonight
showers tomorrow night
afternoon; Saturday showers
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Jamaica

FIRST RACE-Purse, ST 900; claiming:
3-year-olds: 6 furlongs
Black Bread (Meade) Al S.5 as
Peon tWrightl Ia IL
Wescot (Longden) rs
Time, l:l3l5.
Also ran-Sagacious Titanium, Keu's
Nom and Kamport.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

Horse sense Is more dependable
than horseshoes In traffic safety.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
TemperatlIre barometer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
SUB SALVAGE IS
 MOVING RAPIDLY

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 3.-(UP) Salvage officers estimated today that 1t would take seven lucky days" of work before second at tempt to raise the sunken subma- rine Squalus and it's 26 dead could be made.
 Divers, working in clear water for the first time in week, began prep arations for the first lift" yester- day immediately after the seventh and last pontoon was raised to the surface.
 The pontoon was found to be only slightly damaged in the plunge Of July 13 when the Squalus lifted its nose from the sea and plummeled again to the muddy bottom 40 fath- oms down.
 Cheered by the successful rals- ing of the pontoon, divers began completing the work of clearing tan" gled equipment on the submersi- ble's decks, preparatory to reeving huge chain under the hull.
 The eventful day was clinaxed with the elevation to commander ol Lleutenant- Commander Charles B Momsen. co-inyentor Of the slbma- rine escape "lung" and diving on. ccr Of the SqualllS salvage unil aboard the rescue ship Falcon Momsen will take command Of the U. 6. s. sirius, naval lrantport op. crallne between Brc0klsn, V. Y, Norfolk, Va, and the west coast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
TWO AKRON MEN
 KILLED IN TRUCK

Pittsiield. Mass, Aug. 3-CUP)- Two Akron. O., men were killed in- stantly early today when their 20- ton trailer truck struck a bridge abutment at the foot Of three mile hill near New Lebanon, N. Y., five miles from here.
 The trucks owner and driver, John Nuber. 48. was decapitated and his helper, F. j. Brookover, 90, was crushed 10 death as he slept In . bunk behind the cab.
 Police said the truck and trailer were traveling at high speed when the crash came. The truck leaped 90 feet across q creek and pl0wed deep Into the earth.
 The vehicle. loaded heavily with q miscellaneous cargo from Bridge. pcrt, Conn. bound for Akron. val ! virtually demolished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
SENATOR TAFT
 IS CANDIDATE
Ohio COP Gets First Notice of Intentions to Seek
 Nomination

Washington, Aug. g. P)-Sen. ator Robert A. Taft, R., O., an. nounced today that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination fol president in 1940.
 He revealed his stand in a letter to Ohio Republicans authorizing them to enter his name for consid- eration in the primaries. Taft was the first candidate to make formal announcement of his candidacy for the 1940 campaign.
 "As to my own position, the work of senator from Ohio is extremely interesting and l prefer it to any other ofilce," Taft wrote George F Eyrich, chairman of the Hamilton county Republican executive com mittee.
 q will not run away from hard CT job," he said. But whether l am a candidate for any other office is entirely up to the Republicans oi Ohio"
 The Hamilton county committee had urged Taft to permit the sub mission of his name in primary tc select delegates to the 1940 Repub- lican convention.
 Taft told Eyrich that he realized the peculiar provisions of the Ohio state constitution requiring that candidates running for delegates to the convention must designate on the ballot their first choice for the pres idency. The delegates cannot desig- nate anyone without that person s written consent.
 ITO refuse this consent" Taft asserted, would interfere with the right of the people of the state to select national candidates of their own choosing"
 "As an Ohio matter, therefore, l shall be willing when the time comes to give my consent to have my name designated as the first choice by candidates for delegates throughout the state. I cannot say how greatly complimented I am by your action and I hope you will express my sim cere gratitude and appreciation to other members of the committee
 Taft said that an unpleasant job lies before the next president of the United States"
 "No sensible man could be eager to assume it," he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
CAPTAIN FIRST TO
 GRAB PRESENTER
s u c h Is Testimony of Near Sound Tragedy Sent
 to Washington

New Haven, Conn. Aug. 3-(UP) Federal Investigators today for warded to Washington testimony that the captain of a 30-foot cruiser was the first to grab lifc-preserver and to board the hull of the vessel for safety when 1t overturned with 34 passengers In Long Island Sound early Sunday.
 Miss cynthia Chapin, 24, Hart ofrd, was credited with saving the lives of the group when she swam for 45 minutes and finally hailed a passing tug She was awarded a watch for her heroic act by Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy at Hartford.
 Meantime. at the federal hearing Philip H. K. Gowell, Madison, a passenger said Capt. Arthur Doolit- tie, Stony Creek, secured the first available life preserver and clamb- cred aboard the overturned hull oi the "Starlite", without aiding any one else.
 Eleanor Anderson. Leete's Island another passenger. told the same story, which was denied by Capt Doolittle.
 "When came up." he said, "l asked If the life preservers had been distributed and then 1 instructed several of the swimmers to dive down under the seat to get them. got down through the hatch and pulled out five more life preserveft and passed them around Within two minutes one Aas sent back to me with instructions that put ii ol,, as everyone had one
 The pakseiiaer6 charged the boat was overloaded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
FEDERAL PROJECT
 MAY BE CLOSED
Trouble in Colorado Is Causing Consolidation
 Officials to Act

/ Washington, Aug. 3-(UP)-Direc- tor John R. Steelman of the U. s. conciliation service said today he may ask the bureau of reclamation to shut down its S4000,000 federal dam project at Green Mountain, Colo, pending mediation efforts to settle the labor dispute which has caused Governor Ralph L. Carr to declare that a state of insurrection exists.
 Regardless of what may have happened or who has been in the wrong up to now, the place to settle labor dispute is around the con- ference table," Steelman declared.
 He expressed regret at the fighting between "vigilanties" and unlonists all dtheir sympathizers.
 Steeiman said that Conciliator P. w. Chappell is in Denver awaiting the arrival of Roy arner, official of the Warner Construction ompany, Chicago, whih has a contract for building the dam.
 The justice department directed U. s. Attorney Thomas Morrisey at Denver to take whatever action necessary.
 On the basis of initial reports, however, officials doubted there would be any basis for federal legal action unless government property Is destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
HARTFORD M. D. SHOOTS HIMSELF

New York, Aug. 3-(UP)-Dr Carl II. Schrag, Hartford. Ccnn.. physi- cian was found dead early today fin his Brooklyn hotel room, with a bull let through the temple and a re- yolver with one cartridge dis charged alongside. Police termed Il suicide.
 At the st. George hotel, where Dr Schrag registered three days ago the desk clerk said he had phonec from his room at 2 a. m. Lnd asked for a physician. complaining thai he was ill A hotel detective went up and found him dead.
 4 note found in the room said Notify my wife. Mrs C. 1T. Schrag care Of Mrs. dyoath. SO she can no. tlfy the undertaken. Alfo sec tha' she gels my bag" TWO yalls:s com prlEcd Dr. Hehrhga iuggsgf.
 Police said Mrb, urOnthb real. dence waE ln Brooklyn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
AIderman's Counsel COn- cIudes Six Hours of
 Oratory at 1 P. M.
HARRY MACKENZIE Is
 UNDER HEAVY ATTACK
Lawyer Refers to Warren Brow n as "AlcOrn's
 Hired Man of All Work"
BY JOSEPH F. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter)

AsCPOteChJ
 Five key witnesses for the state in the Waterbury con- spiracy trial, two of whom have pleaded guilty to a con- Spiracy charge, were sub jected to bitter criticism by Attorney George w. Crawford in the Waterbury conspiracy trial today. Referring to confessed conspirators, Ed ward G. Levy of New Haven and Harry Mackenzie of Bethel, Attor- ney Charles E. Williamson of Darien. on trial, and two account ants, Warren M. Brown and James P. Purcell, Crawford said:
 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I am going to be brutally frank. l hope you will parden me for being brutally frank. You may not agree with me but so far as I am concerned, on such evidence, I would not send a yellow dog to the pound let alone human being to prison. ..-.
 Lengthy Oration
 At 1 o'clock, the New Haven law yer, representing Simon J. Alder man. an accountant, had concluded six hours and IS minutes of oratory in the defense of the 19 men on trial. He will sum up this after noon with direct references to his own client.
 In his morning argument. Craw- ford concentrated his attack on Mackenzie, whom he labelled, "the physical and mora. shell of man who had been consequential enough to be first lieutenant of the leader of the Republican party of the state" tJ. Henry Roraback).
 $50,000 Brown
 He followed that with references to Warren M Brown as "$50000 Brown-Mr Alcorn's hired man of all work"
 Defending the llembers of the board of finance, of whom Assist ant Special Prosecutor Hugh M. AL corn, Jr. spoke with "ridicule' in his arguments, Crawford said, Tt was absurd to expect the members of the board of finance to do any, thing but what they did.'
 The fact that the city's warrants payable sheets were signed by them in perfunctory manner is not un- usual, he said, pointing out that it would have required about seven and one half days to examine the number of claims presented at an ordinary meeting of the board.
 Many Claims Presented
 Seven hundred claims according to the testimony, he said. were not unusual for presentation at a board meeting. A single claim might re- quire five minutes for complete examination, and TOO claims would require $500 minutes, equal to seven and one half days.
 What businessman would Ee able to give that time?" he demanded.
 "The only issue is," he continued, Were the claims that were paid legitimate claims--are the chal- lengcd claims legitimate?"
 Attacks Mackenzie
 As the third day of the arguments got underway, Attorney Crawford turned his back on capacity aud
 Continued on Page 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
RESCUERS FAIL
 TO FIND SHIP
Plane, Boat Responding to sos Unable to Sight
 Crew of Ship

Miami, Fla, Aug. 3.-(UP).-A ship and a plane responding to ra- dio distress calls reached the s. S.. Dunkwa's last gwen position today and failed to sight either the freighter or her crew, reported to have abandoned the burning craft.
 The s. s. Ceiba, one of the five rescue vessels l., the search, report ed at l1:27 a .m., EDT.. she had passed over the position given. for the Dunkwc. "and found no trace" |" The Ceiba, @ fruit vessel, advises she was turning h<r search closer to the Bahama Islands, tropical radio here reported.
 The coast guard plane, out of the Miami base for i've hours, made an extensive search Of the Atlantic and Florida Straits near the Florida Keys and sighted nothing.
 The federal communication of- ficer here said his agency would make an investigation of the mes- sages that reported the Dunkwa'a 2 asserted plight. Shore operators sus- pected the distress calls were a hoax.
 Word from Lloyd's of London that the Dunkwa listed in its directory as a 3,789-ton freighter of the Elder Dempster Lines, Ltd, was current 'ly in Rotterdam, added to the op- orators suspicious.
 The rescue attempt climaxed a night-long watch by radio operators of commercial stations and the coast guard along the Florida east coast who picked up ilcoherent distress messages.
 The short operators were suspi- cious of hoax but because of the seriousness of the Dunkwa's report ed distress they exerted themselves to ascertain her position in order that help might be sent.
 At 4:30 a. m. (5:30 a. m. EDT) the operator who identified himself as the Dunkwa's first mate reported the vessel would no doubt sink with in two or three hours," according to the Radio Marine Corporation sta- tion at Lake Worth. The sender had reported there were 38 men aboard.
 No lives lost except second mate'' he said as the ship was being aban-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
GARNER IS GOING
 HOME SATURDAY

Washington, Aug. 3.-(UP)-Vice- President John N. Garner is talk ing no chances with congress--hes s going home.
 It was revealed that the vice. president has made reservations on q train leaving for his Texas home Saturday evening. He has told friends, 1t was understood. that only an emergency" in congress would keep him here longer.
 Garner. said by President Roose- welt to keep . book" on adjourn ment dates. Is out in front on . number Of bets he has won. but Ia trailing on the amount Of money involved. Garner has told friepds that se hes won more adjournment waeers than he hag lost but that the money involved ln the betA hc lest greatly exceeds the total involv- cd in the Wlnnofs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
GAMBLING BOAT
 STILL HOLDS OUT
Tony COrnerO Fears Law Officers Will Destroy
 His Outfit

Santa Monica, Cal, Aug. 3-(UP) Tony Cornero and his Buckeroo crew of 100 seamen held out on the gambling boat Rex against navy" of law officers today and boomed word through a megaphone that they had food enough to stay be- yond the Smile limit for year, if necessary.
 Cornero, one-time rum running king, was withstanding a siege of county and state officers who want cd to go aboard his palatial steel barge and put him under arrest. He had surrendered" to the extent Of accepting service on court injunc- ton forcing him to stop his roulette wheels but he refused to permit any law officers aboard.
 Cornero cited the fate of the Tex as, one of the four gambling ships whose operations were stopped by Attorney General Earl Waren's s raids Tuesday night. An estimated $25, 1000 worth of damage was done by the raiders aboard the Texas and heavy roulette tables were tossed overheard until the coast guard angrily called halt because the floating paraphernalia was becom- ing menace to navigation. District Attorney Burton Pitts insisted his men had had explicit orders to cause no damage.
 Three patrol boats of the sheriffs office circled the Rex. The men aboard them were trying to serve warrants issued by Pitts charging Cornero and his men with con- spiracy to violate the gambling laws.
 "The only way they can get off the Rex is to head out to sea-" said sheriff's Capt. George Contreras, land if they do that, we don't care how far they go.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
6-Day Week For Police Advocated by Culhane
State Senator Addresses Annual Convention of Con- nectcm State Police Association Philip T.
 Smith Elected New President at Noon Today

A six-day working week for po- icemen was advocated teday by State Senator George T. 1Culhane speaker at the business meeting of the Connecticut State. Police -asso- citation held this morning at the Waterbury Country club. More than 250 delegates, representing rural and urban police departments, gathered at the Country club for the busi- ness meeting and luncheon, before proceeding to the Municipal Sta dium at Watertown avenue for a gala program of sports and enter tainment.
 New President
 Philip T. Smith was elected pres ident of the State association to succeed Garvin Rrrell, of Hartford. All officers elected are chiefs of po- lice in their respective cities. John B. Brennan, of Stamford, was elect ed first vice. president, while Water bury's superintendent William J.. Roach was elected second vice-pres- ident.
 The newly elected secretary and treasurer are Charles A. Wheeler, of Brideport, and William c. Hart, of New Britain, respectively. An exc cutive committee consisting of seven men was chosen as follows: Ernest Belden, Bristol; Thomas P. Murphy, of Norwich; Patrick J. Flanagan, of Greenwich; Samuel G. Gordon, of Manchester George Schoen, of Dan- bury; Michael Godfrey, of Hartford; and Commissioner Edward J. Hickey.
 Greetings on behalf of Mayor Frank Hayes were extended by At ty. Vincent Scully who welcomed the -garbed policemen to the city. Important changes in the by laws of the association were made, particularly in the insurance branch where stricter measures for receipt ing and recording payments were adopted.
 48-HI0ur Week
 Senator Culhane called the atten- tion of the delegates to the success of organized labor in obtaining a 48-hour week, and urged them to take action on sponsoring six-day working week for the policemen