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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30

Special Prosecutor Alcorn parrleu all questions along that angle today. Concerning the general start of the trial, however. he stated quite cheerfully, Were all set to go. "s s'r Defense counsel. l3 strong, repre- senting the g men who have pleaded not guilty to the conspir- acy charges, reiterated the staets expressions of preparedness Tor trial. Nine men and three women will comprise the jury which will de- eide the guilt or innocence of 22 of the men. Judge Ernest A. Inglis will preside at the trial and rule on the 23d mans guilt of innocence.
 50 Witnesses To Attend
 At least 50 witnesses for the state will be present tomorrow at 10 l o'clock, having been summonsed by Alcorns assistants during the past several weeks. Mir. Alcorn decli11sd to state whether any witnesses I other than those who appeared be- fore the grand jury would be pres ent tomorrow. It is known that many have been called from other states, including bankers and brok- CTS, who presumably transacted business with the city of Waterbury and the men on trial.
 Various expressions as to the pos sible length of the trial have been given. The general opinion. and that expressed by MT. Alcorn, how ever. is that the trial will last ap- proximately three months.
 Jury Was Hard Fought
 The jury which will hear the evil dence represents almost e;gat weeks of work, during which g court ses- sions were held, and 55l prospects examined at a cost of approximate ly $15,000 to the state. Two al- ternates were selected to augment the regular panel in the event of illness or death. This is a prece- dent in the history of Connecticut court procedure-just as numerous other developments in the invest igation and trial have been new and unheard of in Connecticut liti- gation.
 The trial has been recessed since JdIludI1 10, MAlG1 tAAG AAkAaA 4AbNA~ nate juror was accepted.
 Possibilities of an earlier start in the introduction of evidence in the trial were hindered by the illness of Superintendent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming. who collapsed January 6. following the selection of the 18th juror.
 MT. Fleming's condition was re- ported as fine" today. He will be ready for court tomorrow.
 Final Preparations
 Defense and state counsel spent today in making final preparations for the trial. the magnitude of winch is unprecedented in Connec- ticut history. To date it has cost the state of Connecticut more than $60.00O in the investigation which disclosed the allegations upon which
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AUTHOR, POET IS
 FOUND DEAD

Concord. Mass. Jan. 30-(UP)'- John H. ?, Kenyon, 70. author, poet and philosopher, was found dead late yesterday in his isolated home, where he reportedly kept 3S'0oo yol- tunes.
 A native of England. he studied at Tufts Divinity school and McGill University in Montreal. He was or dained to the Uniyersalist Ministry and occupied pulpits in New South Wales, Canada. Michigan and Maine before his retirement.
 He leaves four sons. Hertord oi Wellesley. Bertram of Hazard. Ky Paul of Rockport and Ralph of Long Island, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
M'LEVY BILL TO
 MEET OPPOSITION
Bridgeport Catholic WOm' en Council Already Out
 to Defeat Measure

Bridgeport. Conn, Jan. 30-CUP) -The Bridgeport Council of Cath ollie Women urged organized opposi- tion today to a bill pending in the legislature which would abolish e!ec- ton of members of the city board of education and substitute appoint ments by the mayor,
 Catholics throughout the city were asked to attend a mass meeting oi the council Tuesday night to hear 2 discussion Of the measure.
 The councils director. the Rev Thomas B. dloster. in a letter read In all chuurches Sunday. declared passage of the bill would make the mayor a "yeritable dictator in the important field of education" anc warned it behooyes all citizens tt wake up before it is too late"
 He proposed letters Of protest t6 the governor and chairman of ths legislatures cities and boroughi committee. supported by resolutions from civic groups. The bill has beer scheduled for hearing Feb. 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
Spanish President To
 Seek Safety on Warship
Other Loyaist Notables Join in Flight to France; Nationalists Still Advance-Loyalists Pre-
 pare to Make Final Stand
BY HAROLD ETTLINGER limited Press Staff COrrespondentl

Perthus, French-Spanish Frontier, Jan. 30-(UP)-PreSident Manuel Azana of the Spanish Loyalist gov- ernment plans to seek refuge on a foreign warship, it was reported to- day, as Loyalists notables joined the steady stream of refugees into France.
 Arrivals on the French side of the Frontier were reported to include Francisco Largo Caballero, left wing Socialist leader and former prem- fer; Jose Giral, another former Loy- alist premier; Col. Juan Ascensio, an anarchist leader long prominent in the Loyalist army, and number of leading writers and educators.
 It was estimated today that 35,000 refugees had entered France and that another 10000 were approach ing the frontier area.
 French authorities, their frontier guard reinforced by 5000 troops, permitted women and children to enter as fast as they could be &C., commodated-but until further or ders from Paris, the border re- mained closed tight to able bodied men. It was expected that men would be admitted as soon as the safety of all women and children had been assured.
 Terror Has Abated
 The streams of regufees continued unabated. But their terror had Sub- 
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Local Merchants Fleeced of Over $3,5OO States
 Chief Inspector Stevens
PUBLIC LINEUP OF
 SUSPECTS TOMORROW
Merchants Asked to Be Present in Order to
 Identify Suspects

Three New Haven men all legedly involved in the Wa. terbury Clock Co. bogus pay. check swindlc of last month were ordered held under bands of $l0,000 each for hearings Wednesday when arraigned before Judge Theo. bald E. Conway in city court today. Each of the trio is charged with forgery. Inspec.. ter Joseph P. Stevens said taday that Waterbury merchants were fleeced of more than $3,b00 in the swindle, in which forged checks of the local factory were casheo in every section of the city. Several other men are still being sought by tne authorities for their ~ alleged parts in the crime.
 Chief Inspector Stevens announce ed today that police will hold Q public lineup" at headquarters to- morrow afternoon at o'clock. He assed that all local merchants who wsre victimized in the swindle be present, in order that they may seek to identify the three suspects now held. The suspects will be placed with group of other men, and store-keepers and others who cash ed the bogus checks will be asked to pick out any of the men who may have presented checks at their places Of business.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
5O,OOO DEAD SAY
 CHILE OFFICIALS
New Earth TremOrs Re- ported From Area; Many
 Bodies Still Lie in Ruins
BY WILLIAM L. F. HORSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

(Unlted FreSS StafI COrreSpOnucn'
 Santiago, Chile, Jan. 30-(UP)- New earth tremors were reported from the devastated Chillan area today as ministry of interior off cials forecast that the total of dead in the Southern Chile earthquake would reach 50,000.
 It had appeared that the situa- ton of the hundreds of thousands of homeless people in the earth quake zone was as bad as it could be. Official reports had said tha; some towns were wiped out, that not one house in 10 still stood. Un. buried dead still lay in streets ano along roads. Thousands of bodies lay still in the ruins of homes. the aters. jails, churches, convents Great Assures in roads made auto- mobile relief transport painfully slow All railroads were paralyzed There was a lack of food. Water was impure. Injured people were dying still for want of care.
 Then yesterday it began to rain in the middle of the dry season.
 Great Volcano Rumbles
 Last night there came reports that the great Llaima volcano in the Cherquenco area was rumbling and distinct tremors were felt.
 At l0:45 D. m, the earth began to tremble in the Chillan area, which had been hardest hit.
 Walls of some of the weakened buildings which still stood crumbled and crashed.
 The still dazed people in the area
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FIVE PERSONS IN
 VIOLENT DEATHS
That Was Toll in Connecti- cut Over Sunday; Two
 Are From Autos
(By United Press)

Violence claimed the lives of five persons in Connecticut over the weekend. sf
 Two Negro women suffocated ir a fire at Bridgeport which swept three-story frame building. They were Mrs. Mamie Turner, Al, and Mrs. Annabelle Chambers, 30
 George R. Wright, 53, East Hamp- ton and Hartford. was killed when the car he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree.
 Mrs. Sophie Bucior, 52, Hartford mother of four children, was killed last night when struck by an auto mobile which mounted the side talk behind her. Mary Bucior, 28 a daughter, was injured seriously
 William Demartino, 24, Hartford died of injuries suffered in gaso- line explosion at West Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER FOR IT
Stephen F. Chadwich in Favor of Lifting of Em-
 bargO on Spain

Bosotn. Jan. 30-(UP)-National Commander Stephen P. Chadwick oi the American Legion favors lifting of the Spanish arms embargo.
 Chadwick, who had defended Pres ident Roosevelt's approval of sales of war planes to France. told news men last night that American manu- lecturers should be permitted to sell to whenever they desired.
 If they don't fill these orders some other country will" he said.
 "The same applies to arms for the Spanish Loyalists as applies to air planes for France" said Chadwick when asked if the arms embargo should be lifted.
 Chadwick and his wife came here from their Seattle. Wash :. home to atetnd the annual banquet rendered by the Massachusetts department t6 the national commander
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
YOUTH PLEADS
 NOT GUILTY

Providence. R. l.. Jan, 30-lUP)- Elmer Leduc. i9. of Woonsocket pleaded not guilty in superior court today to m indictment charging him with the murder of his 72-year- odl grandmother.
 He was held without bail for triai and given 10 days in which to file special pleas.
 Leduc surrendered at Swainsboro Ga. Jan. II and allegedly confessed that in . fit of rage he bludgeoned his grandmother. Mrs. Anna Baker to death with milk bottle in her room at lodging house Jan. 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
JUDGE MANTON
 HAS RESIGNED
Member of House Judici- ary Committee Stated
 This Fact Today

Washington, Jan. 30-CUP)- Chairman Hatton W. Summers, td,) Tex. of the hous judiciary commit tee said today that U. s. couruit court judge Martin T. Manton oi New York has submitted his resig- nation.
 Summers made the announcemer shortly after he had revealed that his committee would begin tomor. row a preliminary study Of charges against the New York purist made by District Atotrney Thomas E Dewey.
 Summers said Manton's resignation would preclude any action by the house judiciary committee. the leg islative mody which sits as a grand jury to consider charges against fed. eral judicial officers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30

Lityinov of Russia. Leslie Hore- Bel isha of England and Leon Blum oi France will combine forces of Chris tian nations mot only to cast Hit fer into hell but to substitute fol the national anthem of the coun. tries concerned the natonal anthem of Jewry." He said the aim of three high-ranking Jews was to establish c modified, form of Communism ~sn Govts. Would Fall st
 Had the red forces in Spain beer victorious" Father Coughiin said "the government of Premier Edouard Daladier in France would have fall en and a leftist regime under the leadership of Leon Blum would have risen to power; and the admin istration of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain would have given way to one headed by Hore- -Belisha, min ister of war" .5-..
 Father Coughlin said the fall of Barcelona was a defeat for Com munist-led Loyalist troops" but that many American Jews still support ed their cause. .''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
rial Jury That
 May Make History

The jury of nine men and three women who will hear the conspiracy trial and deside the issues are:
 l. Frank M. Brown, 70, Mill ford carpenter. Accepted No- vember 20. 2. Floyd Griswold, 46, North Branford carpenter. Accepted December l.
 2. Merton F. Wright, 30, North BranforG selectman and farmer. Accepted December. 1.
 1. Clarence F. Roberts, 4s, Oxford selectman and farmer. | Accepted December 2.
 5. Milton Darlington, s9, Beacon Falls farmer. Accepted December :.
 6. Edward P. Rowland, s2, Oxford farmer. Accepted De- cember 8. :. Hiram D. w. Darlington, 52, Bethany farmer. Accepted December 14.
 6. Mrs. Edith ?. Maynard, A, Guilford housewife, former To- cal teacher. Accepted Decem- Der 15.
 3. Raymond G. Short, Sl, Bethany laborer. Accepted De- cember 21.
 10. Mrs. Besse L. Twitchell, 61. Naugatuck housewife. Ac- cepted December 2l.
 II. Mrs. Marguerite R. Spen- cer, A. Hamden housewife. Ac- cepted December 2S.
 IF. Clarence Beisiegel, 41, Woodbridge farmer. Accepted January 6.
 The two alternates who will serve only in the event of ill., ness or death of a regular panel member are: 13. Mrs. Viola Wheeler, 50, Seymour widow. Selected Jam uary 12. IA. Woodford H. Apgar, 67, New Haven gasoline station operator. Accepted January lS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
RAIN, HAIL, WIND
 FOR TWO DAYS

Hartford. Conn, Jan. 30.--lUP.- Two days of gale winds. rain, sleet and snow were forecast today for Connecticut but U. s. Weatherman Henry Hathaway said southern por- tions of New England would not get the full force of the predicted biiz- gard.
 He said the temperature would fall to about 20 degree Tuesday ana lower Wednesday. while hel0w-xer0 readings would prevail in nodthern states.
 Sleet and rain. whipped Dy stifi wind. fell during the day and the temperature was comparatively mild.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
Supreme Court Decides
 Against Utility Cos.
IVA Wins Long Expected Ruling Southern Private Utility Companies Brought Suit-Frank-
 furter Sworn In Today

Washington. Jan. 30.-(UP-The supreme court today dismissed the suit of a group of privately-owned power companies challenging the validity of the basic Tennessee Val ley Authority program.
 The decisio nwas read by Justice Owen J. Roberts.
 The tribunal dismissed the claal- that the private companies hay, no lenge on technical grounds, ruling legal standing to maintain a s"it challenging validity of the IVA pro- gram because they are unable to prove illegal competition and dam ages.
 Constitutionality of the program was challenged by the utilities on the grounds that the expressed pri- mary objectives of the program improvement of navigational and flood control facilities-were actual ly subterfuges and that the real ob- jective was government development of power.
 Dismissal of Test
 The ruling, in effect, affirmed dis missal of the test suit by special three Judge eastern Tennessee fed. eral district court last spring.
 The lower court decision, render ed last spring. went further. how ever, and held that the broad IVA program was legal and fell within constitutional bounds of government tai activity.
 The decision was delivered by Roberts on behalf of a five-justice majority. Justices James c. Mickey nolds and Pierce Butler dissented Justice Stanley F. Reed did rot par ticipate.
 Roberts said that the court did mol feel 1t necessary to go into many oi the contentinos raised by the utili' ties since lin no aspect of the case have the appellants standing tc maintain the suit and the bill was properly dismissed" tBy the lower court.
 The utilities, in bringing theil challenge. contended that IVA offi. cials were working together with other government agencies such as the Public Works Administration and municipalities throughout the IVA area to destroy. illegally, al private power companies.
 They asserted that actually the gener IVA program constituted 6 ffsaatisa,aAd aF paQa Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
DUAL JOB FIGHT
 GROWING BITTER
Opponents of Gov. Bald. win Marshal Forces at
 Sapital Tuesday

The most important hearing of the General Assembly session thus far and one of the most important of the entire session will be held at the State Capitol in Hartford to- morrow when the judiciary commit tee will hear proponents and op- ponents of the bill which prohibit members of the legislature from holding administrative or judicial state or county posts. The issue threatens to split the Republican members of the assembly.
 At 6:l5 tonight Gov. Raymond E Baldwin will give the public his stand on. another controversial is- sue, the reform of the minor courts in a radio address over Stations WTIC and WICC. This issue is also causing Republican dissension. since 1t would eliminate scores of judge ships.
 Filed By Aicorn
 The bill against dual job holding was filed in the house by Rep. Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr, Republican majority leader, who is also house chairman of the judiciary committee. Rep Alcorn is the target q some of the bills opponents. who point out that he, though a member of the legis- lature, holds the post of assistant states attorney for Hartford coun- ty under his father, Hugh M. AL corn. ST. Rep. Harold Mitchell. an- other Republican leader, holds similar post,
 Gov. Baldwin said a few days ago that he did not believe the bill would apply to either Mir. Alcorn or Mir Mitchell. Opponents of the bill are believed ready to amend il SO that, its provisions would apply to these two.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30

put to death under the TrotSKys and Bela Runs of Communism both of whom are Jews."
 There are certain influential Jews in the United States who are looking toward the day when our country together witli England and France will throw all their resources against Germany and on the side of the communist because Adolf Hitler has persecutet the Jews resident in Germany" the radio priest said.
 What May Happen
 Unless Jews oppose Communism Fr Coughlin said. the nation eventually will regiment its men. money and munitions for Communism under pressure of prominent Jews in the press, radio and theater.
 Jewish radicals. the Catholic lead CT asserted, would exploit religious Jews and their country in an at- tempt to destroy Hitler, forsaking nationalism for racialism.
 He quoted a Hebrew magazine which he said inferred that Maxim
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
p'. .,.
 Hitler to Decide Whether Fields of Europe Pro-
 duce Grain or Guns NAZI LEADER WILL
 REVEAL ALL TONIGHT While He Speaks Only to Reichstag His Words to
 Spread Over World
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)


 The great powers entered another Hateful week today with Adolf Hitler again hold ing the answer to whether Europe's fields will bear grain or guns in the spring.
 Tonight, on the sixth an- niversary of the Nazi rise to power, the fuehrer will ad- dress the Reichstag of greater Germany for the first time, giving a worried continent a preview Of what the dictators plan for 1889.
 Answers to two specific questions affecting the broad problem of war or peace will be sought in Hitler,s words.
 Of greatest immediate concern will be an indication of how far the military might of NaN Ger many will be used In support of her diotatorial partner-Italy-and in furtherance of Fascist imperialism at the expense of France and Great Britain in the Mediterranean Basin. Plans for Expending
 Of equal importance will be the Nazi fuehrer's plans for expanding the German end of the Rome-Ber- lin axis by demanding restoration of the Reich's pre-war colonial empire or even by an adventurous new step eastward toward the oil wells and wheat fields of the Ukraine.
 Hitler. in fact, will speak not to the Reichstag and not to the Ger man people. He will speak instead to the government leaders of Eu- rope. And on what he fails to say as well as what he says they will base the next moves in an historic struggle that now touches every cor ner of the world.
 For weeks. the march of events has been toward the day when plans of the Nazi-Fascist partnership would be disclosed and a sign given whether they would risk enough for each other to work squeeze play on the democracies by simultaneous demands at both ends of the axis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Jan. 3O-tUP) -Go Goy- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan. 2Tth, compared with year ago; s5,I56,I44,33l93 ss.2f4,I7s,5 ,5s4. De ss.ts2.s2s.b76.s5 ss.l72.s5i,452
 Gross Deficit
 si,9es.si5.75s.os ss4i.22s.I4t 4g $i,sss,239, ,l5s.0s $70f.GeO,s9l.4e
 Cash Balance
 s2.s39.s97.e2i.ss sa.a5s,7e2.fRi.s7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
Rev. C. E. Coughlin Asks Religious Jews To Fight Communists
Must Show Same Force Against Communism They Have Against Nazism in Order to Keep
 United States Out OfNext War

Detroit Jan. 30.- (UP)-Religous American Jews must denounce Communism as forcefully as they haze Nazism to prevent the United States from taking either side in inevitable" European war; Father Charles Cough lin said in his weekly radio sermon yesterday Father Coughln declared that atrocities had been commit ted by Communists on Christians than by Nazs Jews
 He said that than POI 900 Christians had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30
Prosecutor Is. Ready To Open. Bag Of Secrets
Thirteen Defense Counsel Are Also Prepared for Battle; g Men Will Be-
 gin Fight for Freedom
BY JOSEPH F. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter)

First witnesses and testimony will be introduced by Special Prosecutor Hugh Acorn tomorrow in the sensa- tonal Waterbury conspiracy ralthe trial which started November 29-nvolving 23 charges of defraudng the City of Waterbury of than million dollars. Preferng to keep secret the of his first witness
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ed it to the delighted boy. "Remem- Der Tim, all it will buy is an ice cream cone" Every child in Sumner knew of Doctor Alan's lice cream cone nickeIs" and he always carried a seemingly endless supply.
 "Ice cream cone nickell" Tim shouted again as he hurried away to show his gift to his mother.
 No, Alan thought, I can't take this with me.
 Days were too short for Emily. AL though no word had come from Dr Peterson, she was already planning on what furniture she would move to St. Louis first, what she would put in storage until her dream home there became reality.
 Her days were full. letters to old friends, plans for farewell parties, hopes for the future kept her from missing Alan. And he had kept his promise, too, to try to spend more time with her. Even steady two-day downpour failed to quell her bubbling spirits.
 The rain reminded her of Eric and she wondered how the work at the dam was progressing. She had not seen Eric since that last night, but she had heard of him indirectly from the Price boys, from Harry Brown, who was working at the dam. Every un- employed man in the country was working up there, Alan had said.
 Emily hoped Eric would beat the rain. That dam was his en- tire life-now.
 Alan came in, his raincoat drip ping. A small stream ran from the brim of his hat down over her head and neck as he kissed her.
 T hope you can stay at home tonight" she told him. This is the kind of a night for popcorn and apples and a good book"
 I'm afraid you'll have to enjoy that alone - and envy you," he answered. i've a night at the hospital ahead of me. Mrs. How land is in"
 "They lost their first baby, didn't they?"
 Alan nodded. Premature. Dead at birth. I'm not expecting trouble, but I'm not taking any chances"
 The doorbelPs ringing inter- rupted him. Emily answered it. In a moment she returned, waving a yellow envelope
 "Telegram-for you, Alan"
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