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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
Of This Sum There Was Only $269,533 Placed
 in City Banks WARREN M. BROWN
 PRESENTS EVIDENCE Total of $SO2,5I3 Paid to CoppetO Concern in
 Eight Years Time
BY JOSEPH P. DONAHUE Democrat Staff RepOrter)

l
 Of a total of $721, 1,866.17 paid by the City of Water bury to the Abrigador Digger and Philip Coppeto during the years 1931-35, only $269,- 533.35 was deposited in banks, according to sched- ules introduced into the Wa terbury conspiracy trial to- day by States Accountant Warren M. Brown.
 Opening the 23d week of the trial of g men on charges of conspiracy to defraud the city of more than million dollars, Special Prosecu- tor Hugh Alcorn charged, through his star witness, that the city paid total of $802,51343 to Coppeto, a defendant, and his concern during the eight years of the alleged con- spiracy, 1930-37.
 Attorney Cassel Objected
 Counsel for Coppeto, Attorney Sidney S. Cassel objected when Ai- corn presented evidence comparing amounts of checks cashed by Cop peto with those deposited to his bank account, both on similar dates.
 "They're only condolences" said CaSSel.
 we will show so many coinci- dences and allow the jury to draw inferences," replied Alcorn.
 Street Department Costs
 The city street department ap- propriation, to which the Abrigador Digger payments were charged, principally under an item for. trap rock and asphalt, was over-expend- ed by $2,233, ,204.4l during the eight years, Brown testified.
 But for the transfer of funds to- taling $1, ,045, ,803 .94, he continued, the total over-expenditure during the period would have been $3,380,- O05. 5.35.
 Several Clashes of Counsel
 Several clashes between state and defense counsel arose today over the admissibility of the Brown testi- mony. Brown said last week that F city departments. in seven years had over-expended their budgets by almost $5,000,000. His testimony since that time has been descrip- tion of the various departments and allegations as to the amount each department spent.
 Although defense attorneys shopt- ed that the compilation of figures related to the payments to and de- positS of Coppeto, were "imagina- tion and speculation" on the part of Brown, Judge Inglis cverruled their objections to the admission of the exhibits.
 "The witness is merely guessing, !" roared Attorney Benjamin Slades
 When Brown claimed that city records had been destroyed, making it impossible to show point blank references in the city books to the particular payments, Attorney Cas- sel cried:
 Brown Is Accused
 Where you can't find the names of the payee, you very graciouSly allocate that payment to the Abri- gador Digger"
 That's far from being correct, responded the witness, claiming that he has a definite reason for each allocation.
 In 1881, the witness said. The Abrigador Digger and Coppeto re- - tsS9
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16

on charge or allowing minors to loiter in a liquor establishment. Judge Conway suspended sentence on the second fine.
 Girl Student Testifies
 Three minors, one of them a gram mar school student, testified that they were served beer in the Roma restaurant on the night of May 6, shortly before police entered the place. The grammar school girl is 15 years of age, which the other two were girl, 19, and a boy, IT.
 Mrs. Talora's husband, Frank, 39, who also faced the same two charges, was discharged, Judge Con- way stating thatt he state laws explicitly hold only the permittee responsible.
 Police said the restaurant was one of several under surveillance as a result of complaints that boys and girls in their teens were being sold liquor. in violation of the law.
 Police Had Complaints
 Lieuts. Patrick Moylan, Patrick Hobart and Ernest Pakul testified that complaints had been received about the establishment and that when they entered the place May 6. they found the three minors drinking beer.
 Police Supt. William J. Roach said that Talora asked that police ar- rest him instead of his wife. Ta- lora said, the chief testified, that though the liquor license was in hs wiie's name, he was the actual op- orator of the restaurant.
 The two girls said they had been in the restaurant a number of times and had been served beer without any questions being asked them. The young man said he had been in the place only once before the night of the raid and had been served beer.
 Owners Deny Sales
 MT. and Mrs. Talora both claimed that no beer was ever sold to minors, and said that the beer in the possession of the two girls and boy must have been given them from another table. Other defense witnesses testified to the same ef- feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
FINCERPRINTS OF
 PUTNAM KIDNAPER

Los Angeles. May i6-tUP)-Pho- tographs of fingerprints found on George Palmer Putnam's automo- bile were sent to Sacramento and Washington today in the hope they maj reveal the Identity of two Ger man-speaking men the publisher said kidnapped him Friday night.
 Putnam said he was abducted from his Hollywood home and driven in his own car to Bakersfield where he was left bound and gagged in a vacant house. Ills car was found less than two miles away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
WEATHER REPORT
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Boston, May 10. (UP)-New Eng land will have It's first heat wave of the season early next month, Meteofologist E. B. Rideout of radio station WEEI predicted today.
 It was recalled that last New Years day Rideout accurately fore- cast the current unseasonably cool spring in these words:
 "The spring will be somewhat backward during April. May and the beginning of June over much of the country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
Abrigador Digger Firm,
 Philip Coppeto Given $721,866 In Four Years
Fourteen Persons Are Homeless After Blaze
$2O,OOO Fire Swept Three Floors of Tenement Block at 256=258 South Main Street Last Evening;
 Two Alarms Were Sounded

Fourteen persons including four children, home less today result of $20000 three hour twoaarm fire which swept three floors of enement at 256z58 South Main Street shortly after o'clock last evening" Damages today estimated at 5000$20000 from fire smoke, and water to three buildings including Abers Furniture Com pany clothing store at 250 South Main owned by Abra Lchtenstein and the tenement which occupied the first floor by the Milano Importing Company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
Mrs. Talora Fined
 For Selling Beer To Three Minors
She and Her Husband Were Jointly Accused-F1e Was Discharged-Girl Grammar School Student
 Was One of Her Customers

Arrested during police campaign against sales of liquor to minors woman restaurant operator found guilty two counts of violating the state liquor laws fol-
 lowing lengthy hearing before Judge Theobad Conway M city court this morning Mrs Josephine Talora, 2S, of 352 South Main Street. operator of the Roma restaurant at 365 South Main Street. fined $50 and costs charge of selling drinks to minors and fined 25 costs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 16-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through May 18th, compared with a year ago. This Year Expenses Last Year S7,9S6, ,247, ,0s5.S3 s6.4s7,01s.t36,27 s4,s1s,ss4,577O5 s5,s44.e75.45s.4s
 Gross Deficit $1.142,942,676-S1
 Net Deficit s2,sso, ,oss, ,sos.2s si.os4.s5o, ,72s.s1
 Cash Balance ssos5. ,s4i.ls- s2,72s.sss.os7.o1
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Evening star., 1939-04-09
Mildred Rays
Industry Is
Chorus Girls
She Has 200 Now,
And Says There's
A Shortage
Bv Albert ". Wils0n,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

NEW YOfth.
To look at Mildred Ray you might
suppose she was a sweet young
country schoolma aam-instead, she
is the. boss and brains of a stream
lined chorus girl factory produc-
ing acts for night clubs In a dozen
American and Canadian cities.
A demure little blue-eyed blond
who dresses in simple and corrserv-
ative style. this Miss Ray doesn't
look day older than any of the
high kickers on her pay roll-there
are usually from 200 to 800 of them.
Their age ranges from l8 to Is.
Miss Ray looked almost out of
place as she sat in Jack Silverman's
Old Rumania in the Lower East
Side, where bevy of her glamor
girls are an attraction. She had
just got in from Montreal where
another of her chorus lines is per-
forming. She does a lot of travel
ing in her work-the Top Hat in
Union City, N. j., where she has so
girls, Baltimore, Washington and
Philadelphia are among her present
calling points.
In her studios in the Roseland
Building on Broadway she usually
tSee WILSON. Page F-2D
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Todoy's Film Schedules

EARLE-"Dodge City," Sheriff
Enrol Flynn finds excitement
in the old West: 2:35, S, 7:25
and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
2:05, 4:25, 6:55 and 9:20 pm.
CAPITOL-"Four Girls In
White" romantic drama in a
hospital setting: 3, 5:35, sos
and 1926 pm. Stage shows:
2, 4:3Q, Z and $50 pm.
Midnight gay com.
edy d'amour: 2:55, sos, 7:20
and 9:35 pm. .
Observation-Disclosures in
Hiding" the G-men win
again: 2. 1855, '5:55, 7::50 and
$50 pm.
KEITHS-''Love Affair."" and q
dramatic one, with Charles
Boyer and Irene Dunno: 2:45,
5, 7:30 and 9:35 pm. March
of Time: 2::25, 4:4O, 6:55 and
9:15 pm.
COLUMBIA-"Made for Each
Other" Carole Lombard and
Jimmy Stewart find drama in
wedlock: 2, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and
9:55 pm.
L1TTLE-"The Lady Vanishes."
suspense by the master, Alfred
Hitchcock: 2, 4, 5:55, 7:50 and
$50 pm.
T r A N S L U X-News and
shorts: continuous from 2
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

play by Lillian Hellman which gives
Tallulah Bankhead the first hit
vehicle she has had since she came
back to Broadway from her highly
successful career in London.
Family Portrait" a lovely play
picturing the personal lives of the
family of Jesus Christ. Judith An
derson gives an electric and stimu-
lating performance as Christ's
mother.
Here Come the Clowns" mys-
tical play by Phillip Barry which
shows the personal lives, happiness
and troubles of a group Of show
people.
THE Philadelphia Story" another
Barry play which tells the story Of
the society set in Philadelphia and
also brings Katharine Hepburn back
to the stage.
In the field of musical comedy,
aside from Leave 1t to Me-" the
best of the season includes:
THE Boys From Syracuse" hi
larious musical based on Shake
speares Comedy of Errors" At
least, that is what the producers
claim. They are honest fellows.
When they use the one line they
borrowed from the bard, they have
an actor step up to the footlights
and announce the line is taken
from Shakespeare,
"One for the Money" is a timely,
clever revue which started slowly
and then blossomed into a hit.
Nancy Hamiltons impersonation of
Mrs. F. D. R. is one of the highly
clever bits.
Jimmie Durante, with his Desc,
Dose. Dem and Dat emerges from
his Hollywood hideout to delight
again with his tomfoolery in Stars
in Your Eyes"
Noel Coward scores again with his
"Set to Music" and much of the
credit must be given to quaint hu-
NOR of Beatrice Lille. Also, to a
hitherto unknown actor, Richard
Haydn, whose major accomplish
ment is that he initiates fish and
hilariously so.
Then, among the select list, must
be included the two swing versions
OF Gilbert and Sullivan's The
Mikado." Both are definitely in
the groove
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Coming Attractions

CAP1TOL-Joan Crawford goes
skating in ice Follies of
1889" starting Friday. Jim
my Stewart is her leading
man. The stage show will
be the new Dave Apollon
Revue. i.
EARLE-Bob Burns comes back
again Friday, this time with
Gladys George as his lead
ing woman. in the new
comedy, I'm From Mis-
souri," Vincent Lopez and
his orchestra provide the
stage show, featuring Pa
tricia Ellis.
KEITH'S-From all present in
dications Deanna Durbin's
latest picture will arrive next
Friday. It's Three Smart
Girls Grow Up; sequel to
her first success.
METROPOLITAN-More f1vinp
thrills promised in Women
in the Wind" slated to open
Friday. Principal woman in
the wind is Kay Francis and
the top male role is played
- by William Gargan.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

From that moment she was def
nitely lin" There were two sea-
sons of touring with Publix units,
and then, with talkies coming fast
in Hollywood. mother and daughter
decided the time was ripe to swing
Westward. For eight months they
assaulted casting Offices in vain
Then came an offer of bit role. It
wasn't easy to step down from top
parts, but Ginger took the chance
Here again came a discoraging
note. Director Mervyn lie Roy, now
one of the screens leading pro-
ducers, pronounced her impossible
for movies"
Still they hung on and Ginger
wheedled her way into an un-
promising assignment in Forty
Second Street" The part gradually
was built up around her personality
and dancing ability and, when the
picture was released, the studio was
swamped with inquiries about the
unbilled girl who had all but stolen
the show.
Shortly after that came the turn
ing point in Ginger's career. She
was selected to dance with Fred
Astaire in Flying Down to Rio. )"
The rest is more or less modern
screen history. Astaire and Rogers
emerged as the film sensations of
the year and R-K-O has been ham,
mering out successful song-and-
dance spectacles featuring the duo
ever since.
Wisely, Ginger's screen work has
not been confined exclusively to
dancing pictures. She has alternated
with straight dramatic roles, such
as stage Door" and "Vivacious
Lady," in both of which she also
has demonstrated a remarkable fair
for comedy. Shortly she will be
seen, again with Astaire, in The
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle"
and will follow it with straight
dramatic role in Little Mother"
probably opposite Charles Boyer.
Success rides easily on Ginger.
She is unaffected and charming
Soon after her arrival in Hollywood
she married Lew Ayres. They sepa-
rated a few years later, but never
have been divorced. With Ginger,
her mother, whom she always calls
"Lela," comes first. And deserv-
ingly so. For it was Lela's expert
and devoted guidance that proved
the buffer in softening so many of
those hard knocks on "the road
ushering a 15-year-old Charleston
winner into hilltop mansion and
a half-million- dollar fortune.
(copyright, 1889. by the North American
Ne~Spapae Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1939-04-09

meaning of the word, are Bette
Davis, Paul MUM. Luise Rainer,
Fred Astaire, Nelson Eddy and
Charles Laughton. All of them put
art before life. To create something
beautiful, something perfect. that is
what makes them "tick." Bette
Davis sacrificed a happy marriage
for her work. Paul MUM becomes
the actual character he is creating.
before and during his acting and
until the next role. Luise Rainer
abandoned her film acting career
entirely because. it fell below her
standard of perfection. Fred As
taire works harder than any slave
of old over his dance routines.
Nelson Eddy's life revolves around
his singing. Ditto Charles Laugh
ton and his acting.
Enrol Flynn's desire for money is
only a small part of his ticking"
process. If he wanted a fortune as
much as he says he does. he would
not spend so much today, but save
it all for tomorrow. More than
money, Mr.. Flynn wants adulation-
but, unlike Fairbanks. jr, who Graves
the appreciation of the many, Enrol
wants the approval only of the dare
devil princely type-the kind of per-
son he wants to be himself That ex-
plains Errol's yacht, his frequently
expressed contempt for his producers,
his high-handedness with the people
who work for him.
Oracle Allen would like above all
things to be an obedient wife and
mother. But she has a husband
who is comedian, so she becomes
an acting nut, obeying and loving
George Burns. 1t was her idea to
adopt their two children.
The "tick' behind Constance Ben
nett is the fear of being alone, and
the fear of not being stared at.
That is why you always hear her
voice above her particular crowd
of the moment, the reason for her
numerous lawsuits, and her exhibi-
tionism on the set.
Dick Powell and Don Ameche are
the sort of boys whom you see
leaning over piano when some one
is playing. Their favorite hobby is
their work-which makes them two
of the happiest men in Hollywood.
. Robert Taylor's tick" is the
fear of ridicule. Margaret Sui
lavan wants to dominate her life
and the moment. . Spencer Tracy,
man of strong passions and equally
strong conscience, is motivated by
a desire to do the right thing. . .
Gary Cooper wouldn't care If he
stopped acting tomorrow. He'd find
something equally congenial to do.
=. With Madeleine Carroll, I think
it's money. She would be happier
leading private life.
Lionel Barrymore, a sick man,
keeps going through professional
and family pride. He is the perfect
trouper and will finish his acting
chore regardless of physical or
mental pain.
Irene Dunno gets a humorous
pleasure out of life, from its oddities
and it's pathos. That's why her
screen comedy is so honest.
What makes Clark Gable tick?
There you have me. Clark is on
top, in the same way that Franklin
D. Roosevelt is on top. It is hard
to know what makes the people on
top tick They are so far away
that their ticking" is too faint to
be heard by ordinary mortals.
(Copyright. 1889. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1939-04-09
BY Harold Hefernan.

HOLLY WOOD.
Some stars are ladled into Holly
wood in a silver spoon. Others
conquer the town the. hard way"
Ginger Rogers is one of the latter.
She started several yards behind
scratch.
In fact, the early lifeline of no
other celluloid luminary today re-
veals quite so much in the way of
hardship. hunger and disappoint-
ment.
But don't waste too much SYM
pathy on the Ginger of 1899. Her
name over theater marquee Is a
guarantee Of bumper business. She
earns close to 100000 a picture.
Her hilltop home is one OF the sight
seeing spectacles pointed out and
barked about from tourist-laden
buses. And. by the time her present
contract at R-K-O expires she'll
have $500, 900 in coin and gilt-edged
securities slowed away in the bank
Twelve years ago the eyes of Mrs.
Leila McMath, drama and society
editor on a Fort Worth, Tex, news
paper, sparkled proudly as she sat
in theater audience and watched
the judging committee in Charles
ton dancing contest place first
prize trophy cup in the hands of
her 15-year-old daughter, Virginia.
1t was a link in series of regional
contests, the winners of each to be
rounded into a dancing act to tour
the country in vaudeville.
Mrs. McMath did some quick and
solid thinking that night. . Virginia
had planned to become a school
teacher. But now a new. more
glamorous and more remunerative
career was beckoning. Mother and
daughter talked 1t over and decided
to take the stage plunge. Mrs.
McMath resigned the newspaper job,
withdrew her meager savings and
escorted Virginia to Chicago. from
which point the act was due to
start its tour. Once there, the
manager, first of all, decided Vir-
ginia McMath wouldn't do as a
stage name. So the 15-year-old
became Ginger Rogers.
In Chicago, heartbreak and hard
ship joined in a twin assault on
mother and daughter. There was
trouble brewing In the act and most
Of the girls deserted. It left Ginger
and her mother stranded. Their
reserve funds faded rapidly, and
soon Ginger took q job in cheap
night club. She worked three weeks
to earn fare back to Fort Worth.
Back home, . little money was
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Seldom Have
Teams Split
Ginger and Fred
May Overcome
The Tradition
BY Hubbard Keavy,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

11OLA "oOo.
Rogers and Astaire may kick
Hollywood tradition in an effective
spot.
They have, as you probably know,
split up. The rule is that members
of a film team seldom are worth
a dime as individual performers.
So many have gone their separate
ways. only to regret the step, that
it is a wonder the red-haired Ginger
and the slick-stepping Fred would
take chance
The last picture you may ever
see them in together is The Story
of the Castles" acclaimed at a
recent preview with enthusiasm,
despite its to faithful adherence to
the narrative of the Castles. The
producers failed to dramatic the
story. but the dancing of the pair
and the spirit of yesterdays music
prove captivating combination.
Astaire refused to sign a new
contract with R-K-O after COM
pleting this film. He announced he
wanted more time to himself. didn't
want to be bound by a term con-
tract. expected to make a picture
(See KEAVY, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1939-04-09

cerned with what the world thinks
OF them and live accordingly. Some
are absorbed with the resolve to be
true artists and sacrifice everything
to that end. Some are ambitious.
Some. like Shirley Temple, tick
through discipline.
The six years that Shirley has been
picture making are a monument to
the authority of her mother. At the
end of each and every scene, the
moppet's eyes search for approba-
ton in those of her mother. If Mrs.
Temple mods affirmatively, Shirley
relaxes. If not, she remains tense
and watchful. Shirley is probably
the most disciplined and obedient
child in America. I have never yet
heard her disagree with either of her
parents. Blindly and resolutelv she
follows their commands. When
Shirley reaches the age when disci-
pline becomes irksome, she will have
to find another motivating force to
carry her through the business of
being a star.
Jane Withers has something quite
different behind her ticking" proc
ess. She is the dominant type, the
future club woman. Jane will always
hold the center of the stage-and
heaven help those who try to stop her
Norma Shearer is an idealist. She
Is forever seeking the kernel of per-
lection. In other circumstances
Norma might have been a nun
She genuinely wants to be a good
actress and good woman. Every
one who knows her we'll is con-
vinced of her absolute sincerity.
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., ticks" like
Sls father. Both of them want to
oe good fellows" They want to
Ne liked by the majority. They want
to be appreciated. Before doing any,
thing important they pause to Won
DER, What will they Think" They
are both extraverts and tinged with
exhibitionism.
Ronald Colman's inner and outer
selves are concerned with being a
gentleman, with playing the game,
with keeping up his chin. He is
fashioned of the same stuff as those
British officers during the war who
calmly flicked the ash off their Gig
arettes before nonchalantly going
over the top. Like Sir Francis
Drake, Ronnie would finish his
game of bowls before tackling the
Spanish armada.
The tick" in Tyrone Power spells
ambition" He wants to be as good
as his father was. Tyrone's boyish
smile only hides his burning desire
to be great. His ambition causes
him to accept without protest the
big men" roles that are unsuitable
for his age and talents.
ARTISTS" in the 100 per cent
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite" has been selected
as the final title for M-G-M's COM
edy teaming Annabella and Robert
Young, hitherto known as Maiden
Voyage" The supporting cast in
cludes Walter Connolly, Billie
Burke, Arthur Treacher, Virginia
Field, Reginald Owen and Gene
Lockhart. William Thiele directed
and Edgar Selwyn produced.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

borrowed and Ginger toiled dill
gently with her routines to whip
up an act that might have some
chance Of hitting the road as a
Single" Three months later the
couple started out on their own.
They opened in Memphis. to thea
ter populated by II people. Ginger's
act died before it got fairly start
ed. Standing behind the wings,