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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-02-02

C. C. Coulter Of Crooksville has
been endorsed by the Republican
executive committee of Perry coun-
ty, for the position OF supervisor or
factories and building inspector, un-
der the department of Industrial
Relations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
ly vacation. Tourists did cross back and forth every day.

ly vacation. Tourists did cross back and forth every day.
 
 During these last few days, Sheridan Starr and Hope Kildare had asked for duty at the interna- tional bridge where they could be near if Betty Mary needed them, and also be on the lookout for the women smuggling dope. The woman who, Betty Mary's letter had hinted, worked with a child.
 It was their task to inspect every vehicle that crossed during their shift on duty. They must in- vestigate everything that looked suspicious, must inspect passports, pry into packages, question for eigners, on every street car and automobile that came along their bridge. It was a task that required constant alertness.
 They saw the Tafoya woman every day and studied her covertly each time. She had a little girl perhaps five years of age, named Angelina. Angelina invariably carried her dolly, sometimes a big baby doll, sometimes a big teddy bear.
 She's been arrested and searched twice." Hope kept musing about her. And yet they didn't find anything on either mother or girl. We must be on the wrong track somehow.
 That kids cute" Sherry ven- tured, the fourth morning of their vigil. Always cuddles doll; has a new one every time she comes over and - SA-A-A-A-AY! My lord, Hopey!"
 "Hunh? Whats hit you?"
 "Sa-a-ay! Didn't you tell me you held that little kids doll one day while the matron was search ing her and her mother? Didn't you?"
 Yeah. But what--?"
 Well listen, Hopey, that kid has had new doll almost every day! But my little nieces back home, they clung mostly to just one doll, had favorite they liked to wag around! That Tafoya woman - and little Angelina's new dolls-!"
 "Whe-e-ew!" breathed Hope in sudden understanding
 They confiScated more than gallon of the little cocaine cap- sules used for doll stuffing, when they arrested Mrs. Tafoya and daughter next morning for the third time. The size capsule that retails sub rosa for about $2 each.
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Columbus-StiII Mystery After 45O Years
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A LMOST four centuries and a IA half after his birth, mystery still shrouds the full story of Christopher Columbus. There is a question even as to the city of his birth, whether or not he was Jew ish, where he is buried.
 Spain and Italy still dispute the honor of having been the birth- place of the great navigator. Most authorities agree he was born in or around Genoa. Both likewise dispute his percentage. There is evidence in Columbus letters and in his will, for one thing, that Jewish blood flowed in his veins.
 The place of his burial, more- over, has troubled scholars for many years. Some scholars con- tend the bones of Columbus rest in a Cathedral in Seville. Others contend as vigorously they are buried today in small leaden box in Santo Domingo. This question arose when the explorers remains were taken to Spain a century ago. There is indication that the body of Columbus son was re- moved instead.
 There is great mystery these days too about the life Columbus led, his domestic affairs. Why did he not marry Beatriz Enriquez who bore him his second son? What was the state of his first marriage?
 Even the personal character and the navigating and executive ability of the man lay under ques- ton today, some claiming he was dishonest, poor sailor, a weak leader. In any event Columbus lives on. He is shown above on a U. S. stamp of the Columbian series of 1893, $5, black, enlarged. l. ] (copyright. 1899. NEA Services Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
CHAPTER XIV

Betty Mary deduced accurately that Fl Casino Tecolote and The Place of the Sleeping Monk, two establishments with excellent mu- sic and excellent cuisine, really were Luis Barros favorite hangouts when he was in Juarez. But, he appeared to have business out of town a great deal of the time.
 Betty liked The Place of the Sleeping Monk better. It was quieter than the first spot. It did not have a big gambling room ad- joining. It seemed to enjoy bet ter class of customers from among the many tourists who come across from Fl Paso.
 A detail too was the fact that Luis Barro had ordered the pro- prietor and employees there to show Senorita Jordan every pos sible courtesy whenever she comes in." She discovered that his order meant she could never pay her check, nor indeed pay for any thing, despite the meticulous serv- ice they gave her. In a way she didn't like this. but in her capacity of detective she knew it was val uable lead.
 By sketching there often, and eating there at least once a day, she struck up a nominal friend- ship with the manager who sat in the cashiers booth. The fifth day of her stay in Mexico, she picked moment in mid-morning when she place was almost empty and when Luis Barro had not been around for more than a day, then opened her purse in the cashier managers presence.
 "Oh, dear, I must have left my
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
CR ANllIM CRACKERS

Who Said That?
 If you can identify the famous statements, you're extra good at quotations.
 l. Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citi- zens." (His initials were D. W.)
 3. When in doubt, win the trick" (And he was probably the outstanding authority on the sub ject)
 3. Let us have faith that right makes might" Gle had a beard) 4. Justice is truth in action" |" Gle was Jew)
 Answers on Back Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
MODEL AIRPLANE
 MEN TO CONVENE

The Connecticut Model Airplane Association will hold its spring meet ing at the Hartford Y.M.C.A. in the Young Mems Lounge tomorrow at 3 p. m.
 Plans for the coming state model aircraft meet held at Rentschler Field June 3rd, sponsored by the United Aircraft Corporation. the Connecticut Model Airplane Associ- ation and the Hartford Y.M.CA.. will be discussed.
 The meeting will be an open one and all model enthusiasts are in- vited. Presiding at the meeting Twill be Howard Ogushwitz of Williman- tic, Connecticut, president of the CM.A.A.
 A program of aviation movies will be shown at the conclusion of the business session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
CAST OF CHARACTERS

BETTY MARY JORDAN-Prctty young Border Patrol service sec retary.
 SHERIDAN STARR Handsome
 Border Patrol officer. HOPE KILDARE - Starr's fel- low officer, also a bachelor. LUIS BARRO = Mexican sumg- gler.
 Yesterday: Betty sends letter to the offices, telling them of her discoveries, that 8 woman and child are involved in smuggling. Then she signals that she is safe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
CHAIRMEN NAMED
 BYP.T.A HERE
Competitive Night to Be Observed By Members
 Next Month
WOLCOTT Violet Dingwcll, Correspondent
 Phone 5-O534

Wolcott, April 20. The North School P. T. A. met Friday eve- ming at the school with Robert Lyons presiding. Plans were dis cussed for game" night, which will be held this evening.
 Preliminary plans were made for competitive night in May. James Stierle was appointed chairman for the men and Mrs. Robert Lyons for the women.
 William Ogden, secretary of the Board of Education, talked about the school situation for the coming year.
 Refreshments were served by Mrs. Robert Woodland and her committee. An Ask Me Another" quiz was en- joyed by all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
Personals

Mir. and Mrs. Harold Whitaker were recent guests of MT. and Mrs. John Kruse.
 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rettino, Rose Rettino, and Anthony Cordlione of Jersey City, N. J., recently visited the De Santo family of Spindle Hill.
 MT. and Mrs. John Kruse and family visited Mrs. Kruse's sister, Mrs. Edmund Miller, in Stamford, Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21

Everyone in this town was shocked at the death of Morgan Culver, p, who was killed in an accident, Tues day, while on his way home from work. He lived here all his life and was well known.
 Funeral services will be held from the home, RED, No. 2, Wolcott, this afternoon at o'clock to the Barnes Memorial Chapel in Bristol at 3 o'clock. Rev Gertrude H. Coe of Wolcott will officiate. Burial will be in West Cemetery, Bristol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
ASklar Renamed

Asklar Renamed
 Selectmen of the town have reap pointed Joseph Asklar of Hitchcock Lake as dog warden. All dogs must be registered before May l, or there will be an additional fine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-21
Dance Tomorrow

DdHCC 1OfnOTTOW
 The Wolcott Volunteer Fire De- partment and band will give dance on the Fair Grounds, Saturday night.
 The North and Center schools will hold a combined musical festival at the town hall, April 28, at 7:3O p. m. There will be dances, singing, and original music and rhythm work by both schools under the direc- tion of the teachers, Misses Amelia Galucci and Helen M Mraz. Pian- ists will be Miss Helen Mraz and Dennis J. Moore.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
Singer, AnnOyedby
Suits, Plans Long
Trip With Myrl

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. % U.N.S0.
Ruth Etting, the songstress, wasn't
singing today. Spotted going into
a beauty parlor in Omaha, Miss
Etting, one of the central figures
in the trial of Col. Moe Snyder
FOR shooting the man she later
married, Myrl Alderman, shouted
she didn't like newspapermen and
photographers
She also said she didn't like
lawyers, especially Omaha lawyers
who are trying to file a lot OF
suits" What the suits might be
about, she didn't say.
After revealing she was going tc
visit her birthplace, David City
Miss Etting said she and Myr,
then were going away for a long
rest. maybe on a trip around the
world.
And we're never coming
back to this d. state" she
added.
To which a newspaper, in a
headline neatly quipped: Whats
Etting you, Ruth?"
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
LEISURE
Nurse Spends Hers al
Work in Boat Shop

EVERETT, Mass, G.N.S).
When Graduate Nurse Betty Ste
phens isn't engaged at her pro
fession, she can be found working
on a 36-foot cabin cruiser in a
boat shop off one of this city:
streets.
Miss Stephens, who boasts hay
ing inherited a love for the sea
for nearly a year now has been
working with Warren Keith, de
Signer of the cruiser. They are
building the craft from a mode
that Keith made a year ago.
The vessel, which will accom-
modate IS persons, has keel 10C
years old. Materials being used ir
it's construction were obtained
from a lumber concern here.
Although Miss Stephens herself
owns four boats, this is her pioneer
venture in shipbuilding. Saturday
nights she frequently works under
arc lights until midnight in the
bOathOuSe,
The Washington times., 1939-01-28

with q TRADE against the court
and her friends who sat IN the
court room.
Mrs. Simpson was arrested orig
inally on a breach of the peace
charge over a month ago when
she refused to move out of an
apartment when served with legal
papers to do so because of COM
plants by neighbors that she was
Ia noisy tenant.
During the trial the breach OF
the peace charge was dropped
temporarily and the court began
to consider her sanity.
She was jailed 10 days for con-
tempt of court during the trial
by City Judge Joseph Weiner. who
tried the case first, when she
called him crook" in court.
Judge Weiner subsequently dis
qualified himself and Judge Pas
tore took over. His ruling followed
a trial of nearly two weeks, dur
ing which time Mrs. Simpson often
acted as her own attorney, al
though she had been assigned
counsel by the court.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
INSTITUTE
Sec. Perkins to Speak
On Welfare Problems

Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins will speak Tuesday night
at a dinner for church and social
workers, gathered to discuss rela-
tions between the Protestant
churches and the welfare agen-
cies.
The dinner at 6 p. m. at
Foundry Methodist Church will
bring tC a close the first annual
institute sponsored by the depart
ment of social welfare Of the
Federation of Churches. The in
stitute will open at 10 a. M, Tues
day with discussions of welfare
Resources in Washington in the
Public and Private Agencies" "
with the Rev. F. Bland Tucker,
pastor of st. Johns Church,
Georgetown, as chairman. Elwood
Street, director of the D. C.
Board of Public Welfare, and
Herbert L. Willett, jr.. Commu-
nifty Chest director, will be among
the speakers.
DR.. Oliver ]. Hart, rector of
st. Johns Episcopal Church, is
chairman of the dinner at which
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of
Washington Cathedral will intro
duce Miss Perkins.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
Theft of Jewelr>
Worth $1,000
Charged

MAPLEWOOD, N. j., Jan. %.
A pair of newlyweds, called by
their chums "the lovebirds," were
in ungilded cages in the Maple
wood IN. j. jail today, the bride
charged by her own mother with
stealing $1,000 worth of iewelry
and the bridegroom named as re-
ceiver of the loot.
The tangle began last week
when Mrs. Annie E. Leibe phoned
Maplewood police and excitedly
reported that her daughter was
running away from home. At a
nearby bus stop, police found the
daughter, blonde Dorothy Leibe,
10, waiting with a suitcase in her
hand.
POLICE BOW TO CUPID
Police learned she was on her
way to meet and marry 20-year-old
Montague F. Morris, son OF
wealthy Benjamin F. Morris, vice
president of Thomas A. Edison,
Inc.
Young Morris hurried to Maple
wood headquarters and claimed
his fiancee and the couple took
a bus to Elkton, Md, where they
became man and wife on Monday.
Returning to Newark, Morris
was picked up by police Tuesday
when he tried to sell his .32-caliber
rifle to get funds. Meanwhile
in Maplewood, the brides mother
told police that $1,000 worth OF
her jewelry was missing.
PAWN TICKETS FOUND
On Wednesday, a bracelet,
which police said had been
pawned by Morris, was located
in a Newark pawnshop. Mrs
Leibe identified it as one of the
stolen objects.
The young couple were taken
to Maplewood and, after police
found several other pawn tickets,
they were arrested on Mrs. Leibe's
complaint.
They are to be arraigned on the
charges today. Meanwhile, accord.
ing to Jail attaches, the newly.
Weds-in separate parts of the
jail-whiled the time away tossing
kisses across the courtyard.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
COSter PayOff
Agent Found

NEW YORK, Jan. % G.N.S)
"A "go-between," through whose
hands passed thousands of dollars
of blackmail money, paid by the
late F. Donald Coster to conceal
his past, has been located by Fed
eral agents, it was reported today
The man was said to have fled
from New York the moment Cos
ter's identity as Philip Musica, one
time Swindler, was discovered.
AS soon as Coster committed
suicide, Federal officials uncov
cred tell-tale evidence of the black.
mail in the dead mans own
diaries. Secret orders went out to
police to find the "go-between
and bring him in for questioning
His intimate friends revealed
then that he had fled in fear OF
reprisal by those on whom ne
would have to squeal.
With the quieting down OF the
case the "middle-man," who
knew Musica for 20 years and ap-
parently took no personal advan,
tage of his knowledge, returned
to his home. Through an inter
mediary he notified the authori-
ties he was ready to cooperate,
if needed.
Arrangements have been made
to question him at his residence
over the week end. The black
mailing is estimated to have cost
the drug firm head several hun
dred thousand dollars during the
last eight years of his bizarre life.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
Contnu
Thieves Smash Windows, Raid Liquor Stores

Thieves early this morning
hurled bricks through the show
windows Of two liquor stores and
made off with several hundred
dollars worth of whiskey.
Isadore LaSkin, president OF the
Cosmos Wine and Liquor Store.
Inc, 100 block Columbia Rd.
N. w., told police two bricks were
thrown through his front window
and about 5000 worth of Scotch
whiskey was stolen. A man living
in an upstairs apartment heard
the crash and running to the win
dow, saw three men entering an
automobile driven by a fourth
man.
About 80 minutes later two men
smashed a window at the May
flower market, Connecticut Ave
nue. and L Street Northwest, and
made off with an undetermined
amount of Scotch and other
liquors, police were told.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
Wider Exemptions
From AAA Asked

Delegates to a conference Of
wheat farmers from 81 States last
night agreed to ask Congress to
exempt approximately 100000
small growers from provisions OF
the agricultural adjustment act.
The conference, called by the De.
partment of Agriculture, agreed
the present exemption for farmers
producing 100 bushels or less
should be broadened to 200 bush.
els
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
TWO Get CHAIR
IN FRIED DEATH

NEW YORK, Jan. % G.N.S0
Two 27-year-old ex-convicts, JOS
eph Sacoda and Demetrius Gula,
today faced the prospect of death
in the electric chair after being
found guilty of the kidnapping and
murder of Arthur Fried. White
Plains IN. " contractor.
A jury returned the verdict
after celebrating only three and
a quarter hours, making no rec,
ommendation Of mercy.
The State contended Fried was
slain when his relatives failed to
ransom him.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
IT'S TONIGHT!
WHAT IS? why
The JAM final
Yep, the Bugs Reach
For That C. Note
The time has come, the hepcntS
said,
To talk of many things
OF simple ShagS, and hot-toot
dr1gs
And dipSy.dGncing SUingsl

Yep! Tonight's the night!
The positively last finale Of The
Washington Times-Capitol Thea
ter Jitterbug Jamboree!
Tonight's the night the winners
of all the semifinals which have
featured the Capitol's mil.iman's
matinees for so many weeks will
unbuckle their elbows and un-
strap their ankles and go to town
for one hundred bucks
YOU AMT SEEN 1T
Jitterbugs-you have done your
stuff! You have worn Phil Lamp.
kin's boiler factory down to a set
of Slivers fit for oboe reeds! You
have Strewn bustleS all over F
Street, and tossed your shoes
through every plank on the Capi.
tol stage! You've got poor
Curly" the drummer so tagged
that every time he hits a pigskin
it sounds like a swish on the sill
yer cyr1bals. But
You amt seen nothin' yet!
Tonight's the night you and
your ickie had better jam your
selves in line long, long before
1870 when the special midnight
show begins-for if you don't
you'll not be there at all Every
seat will be filled with alligators
ready to snap their fingernails off
applauding their favorite winnah
And early, too!
HE'LL OPEN UP
Yowzah! Phil has told the boys
he's going to open up a jam ses,
sion, let 'em 1--WE, and ride right
out of this world while he throws
away his Stove-poker and cuts a
rug along with the frantic flat
foot floogies and their Uncle
Dud's!
Boy, what a session this is going
to be! Free-for-all! and no holds
barred! Catch as often as possible
and dol-si-do! Will the little sol
dier from Fort Belvoir win? Will
William Bender and his partner
Who will.
WHO CAN TELL
Who but YOU can tell!
So-come on out early-see tn,
entire stage and screen presenta
ton of the Capitol Theater il
ADDITION to the Grand Final
of the widest Jitterbug Jambore
the town has ever seen-and d.
YOUR part to send the winner
home squeezing hands and a hun
dred dollars! No extra charge
. and you'll be sorry if you miss it
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
INSANE WOMAN
RAILS At COURT

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. %
G.NS0.-Climaxing a breach of
the peace trial, Mrs. Lydia P.
Simpson, 40, divorced wife OF
George G. Simpson, of New York,
internationally known paleontolo-
gist, today had been committed
to the Middletown Hospital for
the Insane.
The order was issued by City
Court Judge Philip R. Pastore
amid disorder seldom seen in the
court room, with Mrs. Simpson
interrupting the judges remarks
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
Director Charges
Natalie Bodanya
Owes $216

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. %. ALI
was not harmony in opera circles
today as Sylvan Levin, director Of
the Philadelphia Opera Company.
awaited legal action on his suit
against Natalie Bodanya for $216
for music lessons.
In 1880, Levin charged in his
suit. he began teaching the Metro
politan Opera star now to sing.
Miss Bodanya in private life In
the wife of Prof. William Cor
man, of St. Johns College, An
napolis. Md. Last September. she
turned down an invitation to sing
in Venice because of MuSsolini'S
anti-Semitic stand.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
court FIXING
BRINGS TILT
At HINES TRIAL
Dead Magistrates Acts
Questioned by Dewey
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

BY JAMES L. K1LGALLEN
NEW YORK, Jan. % G.N.S).
Retrial of James j. Hines, Tam
many district leader and alleged
political "fixer" for the Dutch"
Schultz mob in operation of the
policy racket, was featured today
by a legal battle over circum-
stances surrounding dismissal by
city magistrate, now dead, Of
cases against 26 defendants ar
rested in policy raids.
District Attorney Thomas E..
Dewey asked the court to instruct
the jury that minutes of the
policy hearing before the late
Magistrate France Erwin, whom
Dewey claims was under the in
fluence of Hines, showed the
magistrate was under legal re-
striction to hold the defendants
rather than discharge them.
STRYKER OBJECTS
Hines chief counsel, Lloyd P.
Stryker, vigorously objected, urg-
ing Judge Charles C. Mott, jr.,
to rule exactly the opposite. Court
temporarily reserved decision.
big Joe" Ison, West Indian
who operated the raided bank
told how he saw the light and
ioined the combination controlled
| by Schultz after several of the
"Dutchman's" henchmen took
him for a ride in an automobile,
during which they reinforced
their arguments by keeping a
pistol pressed to his ribs.
BOTH "PERSUADED"
lson knew the various Schultz
mobsters, he said. He knew j.
Richard Dixie" Davis, the com
bination's lawyer; George and
''Bo" Weinberg and Abe Landau
Schultz bodyguard.
Another banker, Alexander Pom
pez, was similarly persuaded, Ison
said. Ison added he paid $500 a
week tribute to the mob until he
was badly hit when a heavily
played number showed up
Schultz took over the business
Ison said, overruling 1son's plea
for a $3.50 split by waving re-
volver in his face. Ison Wilteo
and agreed to one-third cut.
The Washington times., 1939-01-28
NLRB Handles 81
Strikes in Month

GN.S) The National Labor Re
lations Board today reported to
President Roosevelt on handling
81 labor cases involving strike
situations brought before it during
the month of December. Of the
81 cases involving 1920 workers.
"a were settled amicably and
1893 men went back to work. Four
cases were withdrawn, two were
dismissed. and one is still pending.