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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
Slayer Of High School Girl, Notorious Roue
Thomas Cochran. Who Killed Pretty Frances Ruth Dunn, Had Wide Reputation With Police
 of Being an Adyenturer

West Palm Beach, Fla, Aug. H. (UPoAThomas Cochran, 34, who lured two girls from Miami on the pretext of getting them movie jobs and raped and murdered one of them, was revealed today to be a criminal adventurer who has been preying on women throughout the country for years.
 Police reports involved him in at least one other rape case, possibly another murder, in swindles, imper- sonations and seductions. He had deserted the army; abandoned a wife and two children in San Fran cisco; posed as a federal officer and a talent scout for the movies. At other periods of his career he had held legitimate jobs as an actor, radio program director and author of short plays. He had moved about the country continually, usually in company of pretty women whom he seduced and abandoned.
 Today he was hidden in some jail or prison outside this city to save him from mobs that threatened him twice yesterday.
 Knifed, Shot to Death
 The girl he knifed and shot to death in the swamps was Frances Ruth Dunn, IT, high school stu dent. He had taken her and Jean Bolton, blonde, r year old blues singer, from Miami Monday with their parents consent. He had said he was hunting talent for a new movie project and wanted to have them photographed at Palm Beach
 There had been no further word of the girls and their parents had appealed by radio for them to come home, when, yesterday morning, Miss Bolton telephoned her aunt in Miami from fire station at Boca Raton, town at the edge of the swamps, and asked her to send an automobile for her.
 Come alone or I may be killed" {" she said. Do not have any cars following you.'
 He Awaited Her
 Nervously awaiting her outside the fire station was Cochran, who had coached her in what to say. It was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
SQUALLS MAY BE
 MOVED SATURDAY

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. Il - U. P) - Tomorrow the navy probably will try again to raise the sunken submarine Squalus and its 26 dead.
 Work proceeded at high pitcn, having continued under fioodlights through most of the night.
 Barring unforeseen delays, the first stage of the lift will begin within 24 hours. The 10 pontoons. three more than were used in the abortive lift of July l3, were all Tn place shortly after midnight, six over the water-filled stern and four over the bow
 They will be filled with air slowly. raising the submersible 90 feet from where 1t rests 240-feet down. Then the tug Wandank will tow the sub marine four miles toward Ports- mouth with the wrecked vessels sts- tership Sculpin leading the way to avoid obstructions.
 When the Squalus comes to rest on the bottom at White Island Whistle Buoy. i60 feet down, div ing operations are expected to be less dangerous and will be speeded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
LONDON IS SAVED
 FROM WRECKACE
Black-Out Air Raid Test Proves Successful; Were
 Real Casualties
BY DAN CAMPBELL Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndcnt)

London, Aug. II - (UP0 --. Lon- don was theoretically saved from destruction during a combined black out maneuver air raid test in the early hours of this morning, the air ministry announced today
 A determined defense of the city by fighter squadrons of the air force and by anti-aircraft guns, coupled with the efficiency of the observer corps, whose men crouched in wet, muddy listening posts all over Southern England on te alert for enemy" airplanes.
 Some 400 square miles of the greater London area, inhabited by 8,000,000 people, looked like a few small, scattered villages" the air ministry said in describing the ofii- cially announced success of the blackout test.
 Some Real Casualties
 The air maneuvers were accom- panied by casualties in the Royal Ar Force. A Fairey bomber crashed in- to an electric pylon today at Carl ton, Bedfordshire, and it was re- ported that three were killed.
 Previously four men died in the crash of a bombing plane, five were missing in a plane reported to have (Continlled on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
BIG BANK SHUTS IN NETHERLANDS
Petition for Suspension By MendelssOhn Co. of
 Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Aug. II - (UPl - Mendelssohn and Company, one Of the oldest banking houses in the Netherlands and one of the leading private banks of Europe, applied to- day for a letter of license. equiva- lent to a request for permission to suspend payments.
 A petition for the suspension let ter was filed in the Netherlands courts.
 GA letter of license is defined as a paper by which creditors extend a debtors time for paying hts debls)
 Fritz Mannheimer. 49. director oi the bank. died suddenly in the Park suburb of Vaucfesson "Wednesday Death was attributed to heart d!s ease.
 McndelSsohn and Company had played an active part in placing French loans in the Netherlands
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
SNITE HONEYMOON
 IS KEPT SECRET
Man in Iron Lung," His Bride Are Not Telling
 Destination

Chicago, Aug. II - CU.P0 Fred R Snite. Jr., the Boiler Kid" and his bride of a day played hide and seek with newspapermen today to keep secret their plans for a honey moon in his air-conditioned trailer.
 Snite. 29, an infantile paralysis victim who has lived in an iron lung since he was stricken three years ago in China, was married yester- dav at the home of his wealthy fa- finer. Fred B. Snite, ST. His bride is Teresa Larkin, 25, formerly of Day ion. O.. an attractive brunette and college chum of his sister, Mary Lor- etta.
 After the ceremony Snite said he wo,,ld take his bride to Niagara Falls ito see if the water is still running" and he kept secret when they would leave.
 Rumors early today said the cou- ple had left. Messengers and news. napermen reported mo one at home" at the Snite residence.
 The trailer is large enough to ac- commodate not only Snite and his 9O1-pound lung but also his attend- ants. He and his bride will be ac- companied by chauffeur, a woman nurse and q male attendant.
 During the first two years Of his illness he had to remain m the h,nr all the time but during the mast year he has been able to spend several hours outside. using instead 20 pound respirator which iits abo,It his chest. He is able to breathe a half hour without mech. anical assistance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
IS
 GIVEN HEARING
Judge Gaffney Held Ses- sion in Cell Block; Binds
 Him Over
(Acme Telephoto).

In special hearing in the cell block at police headquarters today, Alfred Jankauskas, 30, of 115 Rail- road Hill street, charged with att tempting to murder a felloW-em- ploye, was bound over to the Sep- tember criminal term of superior court. Already examined by an alienist at the police station, Jan- kauskas will be given sanity tests by a commission of doctors at the New Haven county jail, where he was to be taken this afternoon in lieu of $7,500 bail.
 Jankauskas pleaded not guilty and waived examination, and the bind-over was made by Judge John L. Gaffney. Prosecutor Michael Galullo informed the court that he believed it to the best interests of Jankauskas and the state to have the hearing today. Fears had been expressed for the prisoners sanity.
 James Fasanelli, AZ, of IS Lawr- ence street, was seriously wounded last Thursday afternoon at Baldwin and Mill streets when three shots, allegedly fired by Jankauskas, en- tered his body. Police say that Jankauskas has admitted the shoot- ing but claims Fasanelli had threat ened his life.
 While in custody, Jankauskas has confessed to setting fire to his own home in Watertown last December Lieut.. Frank Virelli, state fire mar shal, has questioned Jankauskas and is Investigating this phase of the case.
 Yesterday Jankauskas was ex- amined at police headquarters by Dr. John Staneslow, the request be- ing made at the request of the priS- oner's lawyer, Attorney Maurice Gruskay. The results of Dr. Stanes- lows examination have not been announced.
 Fasanelli, who was seriously wounded, is showing improvement at St. Mary's hospital.
 The arraignment today was held m the cell block because of the be- lief that Jankauskas was physical ly unable to go upstairs to appear formally in the city court room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
TWO AVIATORS
 PLUNGE TO DEATH

Hyannis, Mass, Aug. l1.-(UP)-- Civil aeronautics authority inspec- tors today studied the wreckage of a small cabin monoplane in which two fledgling aviators plummeted to their deaths in Nantucket Sound late yesterday in view of hundreds of mortified bathers.
 The victims were Frank Carlson, 35, and Richard Klimm, 22. Hyannis garage mechanics.
 The plane was owned by the Cape Cod Flying club. of which Carlson was vice president, and was piloted by Carlson, who had won his pri- vate pilots license only a week ago Seated beside him in the tiny cock pot was Kllmm. student pilot.
 A few minutes after taking off from Hyannis airport. the plane was seen by bathers at Craigville Beach to stall and whip into tail- spin while about 300 feet up. The plane sank almost immediately at- tor striking the water . mile off shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
Charles E. Williamson Joins Him in Conn. Fair
 Trade Expose
McKESSON, ROBBINS
 PAID LOBBYISTS
Senator King of Utah Pre- sents Minority Report on
 Passage of Act

Charges that the Connec- ticut Fair Trade Act of 1887 was passed by the General Assembly through large ex- penditures for lobbying by the McKesson & Robbins Company and the Retail Druggists Association are contained in a minority re- port of the Senate District of Columbia Committee filed at Washington by Senator King of Utah. rhe House has passed bill setting up fsir trade regulations for the District of Co- lumbia, and a Senate committee has voted favorable report, A scath- ing denunciation of the Fair Trade Act, however, is scontainLs i,1 tlse minority report opposing the bifi. /
 Criticised By Jury
 Passage of the Connecticut act was criticized last year by the Wa terbury Extraordinary Grand Jury, which declared that the druggists organization had paid $13000 to se- cute passage of the bill. It charged that $6,000 was received by Charles E. Williamson, Republican leader, who allegedly "split" with Harry Mackenzie, another G. O. P. power. The remaining $7000, according to the grand jury, was divided among lesser lobbyists and lawyers.
 Spent Large Sums
 Senator King claims at Washing ton that the McKesson & Robbins firm spent large sums to secure en- actment of the legislation. His minority report charges further that the act was not designed to protect the small business man. The Mo- Kesson firm, he said, does about 19 per cent of all the wholesale drug business in the United States.
 Grand Jury Report
 The grand jury report alleged that Mackenzie was on the McKesson & Robbins payroll receiving a salary of $3,9O0 year and an expense ac- count of 5000.
 During the time that Williamson and Mackenzie were on the witness stand in the present conspiracy trial, defense lawyers sought to wiring from them the admission that F. Donald Coster, head of the McKes- son firm and a suicide last year, had been leader in the campaign tor passage of the fair trade act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
TROPICAL STORM
 WEARS FLORIDA

Miami. Fla, Aug. l1.-(UP)-A tropical storm moved toward the Florida coast oday. The federal hur- ricanc warning system reported that It's wind was 50 miles an hour and that 1t would strike the coast at noon if 1t continued its present west-northwestward course.
 Caution was advised against heavy gales. The Jacksonville. Fla. coast guard sent communicati tions and rescue trucks to Palm Beach to stand by. A bulletin at midnight reported the disturbance about GO miles east-northeast of Nassau, Ba- laamas, moving ct il miles an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
Three Things Were Necessar

The central figures of the conspir- acy, Alcorn said, were Hayes, form CT Controller Daniel J. Leary, AL derman Thomas P. Kelly, Carl D. Olsen, former banker and Account ant George H. Kingsley.
 Members of the Official family" or "key men" he added were Mar tin J. Dunn, Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor, Thomas J. Fleming, John H. Crary, Thomas A. Shanahan, Henry w. Minor and Si- mon J. Alderman.
 The conspiracy needed feeders, he added, and they were Edward c. Levy, John s. Johnston, Philip Cop peto, Dan Peters, Frank (Burns) Santalucia, James P. Healey, John G. Purdie, Charles E. Williamson and Harry Mackenzie.
 Mitchell Preceded Him
 Before Alcorn opened his argu- ments, Assistant Special Prosecutor Harold E. Mitchell had argued for little more than an hour. He told the jury that the City of Waterbury under the Hayes administration had been "a cesspool of municipal cor ruption"
 Alcorn opened his argument at 11:35 this morning. All defense (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
ASSOCIATE OF
 FORD IS DEAD

Philadelphia, Aug 11.-UP)-' Funeral services will be held tomor- row for Michael c. Colby, 67, an as- sociate of Henry Ford when the au- tomobile magnate was in the bicycle business, and childhood compa- nion of Irish Prime Minister Ramon De Valera.
 Colby. a native of Ireland, came to the United States in his youth after graduating from Dublin College and studying in Germany, He died We'd nesday at his home here.
 Colby was associated with Ford early in the 2Oth Century and was prominent in Irish fraternal ser- vices.
 He leaves his wife and eight children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
Nine Months Old Conspiracy Trial Nears End Case Goes To Jury No Later Than Wednesday
Judge Inglis Will Deliver Only Part of Charge Today; Will Finish It
 Up on Tuesday
STATES ATTORNEY ALCORN
 ASKS CONVICTION OF ALL
BY JOSEPH P. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter)

Judge Ernest A. Inglis opened his charge to the jury in the 9-nonths-old Waterbury conspiracy trial at 80 o'clock this afternoon the final feature of the trial preliminary to the deliberations which will de- termine the guilt innocence of the 19 trial to the jury. He planned to deliver only portion of his charge during three-quarters of hour, then ad ourn court until Tuesday morning for the conclusion The will go to the jury later than Wednesday.
 States Attorney In Surprise Move
 In surprise gesture Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Acorn concluded his final arguments to the jury at 1225 o'clock this morning after calling upon the jury for vctions of all the defendants Starting at 1135 o'clock following the arguments of Assistant Special Prosecutor Harold E. Mitchell Alcorn relred 50 minutes to charge that Mayor Frank Hayes the 1ead of puppet gov ennent which he used for his own purposes to defaud the City of Waterbury,"
 Court Room Packed to roors
 packed courtroom heard the final summations of the trial delivered by Acorn voice which at times trebled with emotion he charged that Hayes arrogant, gru and defiant that he controlled the city court and the police department, the board of finance and the poraton counsel
 Three Things Were Necessary
 Three things necessary to the conspiracy Alcorn sad the jury leaned forward nenty and the overflow crowd of spectators, extending out into the corridors pressed closer An interruptions mayor crooked banker and dishonest auditor necessary he cried and if anyone of the three had fallen the conspiracy would been failure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
PRESIDENT HITS
 CONSERVATIVES
Gives Notice He Will Not Support Such Candi-
 dates in l940
By RONALD c. VAN TINE limited Press Staff COrrespOndent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, Aug. 11-(UP)-Pres- ident Roosevelt's announcement to Young Democrats that he would not support a conservative Democratic presidential candidate in 1940 was interpreted today as the first move of a drive to block the candidates of Vice President John N. Garner and other conservatives.
 A third term note was seen in the demonstration that followed the reading of MT. Roosevelt's announce ment to the Young Democrats meet ing at Pittsburgh, and in the keynote address of Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla, who said:
 Irrespective of a third term for MT. Roosevelt himself, the Young Democrats of America demanded a third term for Roosevelts ideas. A third term for Roosevelt's ideas that is the keynote of this conven- tion."
 Bitter Criticism
 MT. Roosevelts letter brought bit- ter criticism from conservatives who fought his policies in the last ses- sion of congress and enthusiasm from New Dealers.
 Garner, in Uvalde, Tex, had noth- ing to say. His friends here reiter- ated their recent announcement that his campaign would continue re- gardless of whether President Roose- welt decided to run for third term
 Senators still in Washington were wary when asked to comment. Sev- eral said privately that MT. Roose- welt had brought into the open a New Deal effort to control delegates
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
MISSIONARY LOST

Southampton. England, Aug, ii.-- tUP) Miss Martha Shenk, Ameri- can missionary. disappeared i've days ago from the liner Carnarvon Castle the ships master reported on ar- rival here today yfrom Cape Town The liner turned from its course and made a futile search for her.
 Miss Shenk was on route home ioi vacation. She belonged to the Or ganization of the Brethren in Christ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
Speech of Danzig Leader Is Considered to Be De-
 fenSive in Tone
GERMAN, ITALIAN
 MINISTER'S CONFER
British Quarters Express Belief Italy Does Not
 Want War Over Danzig
BY WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff Corresp0ndent)


 United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, August Il. = (UP)-Diplomatic observers expressed belief today that the speech of Albert Fors- ter, Danzig Nazi leader, indi- cated that Adolf Hitler felt that the time had not come
 eek a solution of the Dam zij rpblenn and had not de- eide what course he should take in efforts to regain the Free City area.
 There had been some alarming rumors about what Forster might say after his visit to Hitler. The actual speech was called defensive ir tone here. The result was that 2 was received with relief.
 Nevertheless, the feeling remained in the diplomatic world that there would be events during September which would reveal the future course of European diplomacy.
 Speeches, conferences, army ma neuvers and allied activities, 1t was held, were sharpening lines be- tween nations.
 Forster's speech was regarded as the opening move in Nazi cam paign which was likely to gain momentum during the next few weeks and possibly reach its climax after Hitler's scheduled speeches at the Tannenerg battle anniversary, August 27, and the Nazi party rally at Nuremberg starts September 3.
 May Tax Italy's Role
 The conference at Salzburg, start ing today, between the German and Italian foreign ministers, was re- garded here as aimed at fixing Italy's role in the Danzig campaign.
 British quarters expressed con- viction that Italy did not want to be involved in a war over Danzig. Fas- cist leaders had said that the Dan- zig problem ought not to be a mat
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Aug. 1-UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for current fiscal year through Aug. 9, compared with a year ago: Tbis Year Expenses Last Year $l, ,103, ,495,S ,S37.3S S1,O4O,5O5,0 ,043S2
 Receipts $514465, ,SSs.1S s599S06, ,5s7.54
 Net Deficit s5s9, ,949.2O s441,19s, s,5O6.2S
 Cross Deficit $5ss,s95. .699.2O $441,061. .1O6.2S
 Cash Balance $2,455, ,0SO. .632.95 $2,242,57s,9 ,969.2 21
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15
FREUD'S EGYPTIAN MOSES
THEORIES REFUTED IN NEW
BOOK BY SEMITICS SCHOLAR

few months Professor Sgmund Freud SO years old
Father of created sensation by stating in
his book MOnOheism that Moses
Egyptian MonOtesm imitation of ancient
Egyptian cult
These destructive theories have been critically examined by
Dr. Trude Weiss ROsmarin prominent Semcs scholar and
Jewish educator book The Hebrew Noses An
Answer Freuds assertions that
Moses Egyptian, that Jewish mOnOtheism is ma
ton of the Egyptian Atom that circumcision adopted
by the the Egyptians Moses murdered by
the Hebrews who rebed against his eXactng religious de-
and that there TWO Noses Egyptian and
a Midianite.
Dr. ROsmarin contends that Freud who knows neither
Hebrew Egyptian based his theories Outaed and
scientific TRANSACTIONS has completely ignored the latest
results of EgyptOlOgy and archaeology.
Freud book is the Jewish people, according
to Dr. ROsnan for draws analogy between 1.-THE murder
of Moses" the murder of jesus Freud holds that's
The Jewish people, who with its usual stiffnecked
Obduracy continued their father has
dearly eXpated this in the centuries Over
again they reproach: killed
is true if rightly interpreted Not all accusations
with which nSemitism the descendants of the Jew
ish people are based such good foundations"
"The Hebrew Moses" is published by the Jewish
Club, 10 West 10th Street, New York City.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

ern Prometheus, but human,
all too human, in the pathetic ao-
mission of his decline.
That his physical powers VIII
not permit him to produce the
amount of creative work he was
accustomed to in his prime goes
without saying, but from his lat
est achievement. I should not
gather that his intellectual func-
lions are impaired.
That the anticipation of Freud
was correct is borne out by the
fact that even before the book
could be read, some rabbis, on the
basis of reports in the general
press, have begun to lambast the
man who revolutionized psycholo-
CIV. Yet. let me quote a passage
from the book to show Freuds
critical attitude toward himself,
which becomes apparent whenever
he makes an assertion in conflict
with the universally acknowledged
facts.
The more significant the posi-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

chapters were published several
years ago in the psychoanalytlc
journal Image. The final part,
which was written before March
1888, in Vienna, because OF its
disparaging remarks on religion,
treating it as a neurosis, could
hardly be published while the au-
thor was residing in a Catholic
country, hence Freud did not eX-
pect it to see the light of day IN
his lifetime.
Ironically enough, it was Hitlers
invasion of Austria and Freud S
subsequent departure for England
which made possible the publica-
ton of this sensational mot in the
derogatory sense) a book which
contains, true enough, a mod
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

good deal of archaeology, history,
sociology and psychoanalysis but
more than all this, it affords
glimpse into Freuds own state
of mind at present. His apologize
attitude, on the one hand, evil
denced again and again in the
various prefaces throughout the
book, and his severe censure of
the totalitarian governments. lin
Guiding USSR) on the other hand,
presents him in the form of a