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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
SPRING CLEAN UP
 STARTS MONDAY
City Needs System of Ash,
 Refuse Removal Asserts Dr. Godfrey

Waterbury needs system of nut nicipal ash and refuse removal, Dr.. Edward J. Godfrey, city health of ficer, declared today as he made public announcement that the an- nual spring clean-up will begin on Monday. Dr. Godfrey urges that all local residents cooperate in the cleanup campaign, and suggests that insid, cleaning be done next week and outside cleaning the fol- lowing week.
 Dr. Godfrey believes that a cleaner and healthier city will be the result if the municipal govern ment instituted a program for the removal of ashes and rubbish. Such a system would be 8 valuable sup plement to the present garbage re- noyal system, he said.i The addi- tional cost to the city is estimated br the health officer at about $A0,- 900 or $42,000 a year. This would be in addition to the $53,000 now spent yearly for removal and dis posal of garbage. "
 City Incinerator
 Construction of 8 municipal in-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
NEW AUXILIARY
 BISHOP NAMED
Rev. Henry O'Brien Now Seminary Rector Ap-
 pointed By Pope Plus

Vatican City, March 23.-(UP)- The holy pontiff today appointed the Rev. Henry O'Brien, now rector of Hartford Seminary, auxiliary bishop to Most Rev. Maurice F. Mac Auliffe, bishop of Hartford, Conn.
 Authoritative Vatican sources ,in- derstood today that the Vatican irl- tended. to maintain its policy of friendship with the Italian govern ment whatever might be the future development of the war. '
 Such friendly relations, it was said, would not likely be impaired by any Italian decision to enter the European war on the German side. It was said III this connection, how ever, that of course the Vatican il- tended to maintain equally friendly relations with the Allies.
 This Vatican attitude, it was un- derstood, was made plain in an an- swer to a request of the Vatican's Apostolic delegate to Great Britain, Monsignor William Godfrey for a statement on the Vatican'S attitude toward the recent Brenner Pass conference between Premier Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. The request, (presumably made at the desire of the British governmenD was based on the interpretation that the conference confirmed anew the Berlin Rome Axis and opened the possibility that Italy might even- tually side with Germany actively.
 The Vatican, it was understood, instructed Monsignor Godfrey to in- form the British government that the Vatican maintained an attitude of scrupulouS impartiality and that it would maintain friendship with Italy.
 This was sent also to Monsignor Valerie Valeri, Apostolic Nuncio at Paris, with instructions to so inform the French government.
 Father O'Brien, new auxiliary bishop-d designate for Connecticut, has been associated with St. Thon1- as seminary through most of his priestly career. A native of New Haven, ne is now in his early 40's.
 Ordained about -16 years ago, Father O'Brien served at Fairfield for a time, then went to the semin- ary. He became president of the seminary following the appoint ment of Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe as bishop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
Tomorrow Will Be Easter Sunday; Weather Bureau Predicts No Joy
Cold Winds Will Put Halt
 to Wearing of Easter Emery
srrem paiasiag by AlsxandsF Under
(By United Press)

It's getting so you can't believe the calendar any more.
 The moon was full today and, that means tomorrow will be Easter. But the U. s. Weather bureau said that the moon would be about the only thing to make you believe it.
 Two thirds of the nation, the states east of the Rocky mountains, brushed furs and overcoats to make them do another turn in the Easter parades because the forecast was for cold, abnormally cold weather with snow and rain in some areas. The outlook was better for the western states where temperatures near 8O degrees were forecast. The warmer area centered in Arizona.
 Easter is determined by the moon because at church council i'll 325 A. D., it was decided that 1t should fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. A full moon today, three days after the ad- vent of spring, meant an early Eas- ter, just when March was gathering itself up to go out like lion.
 |, Not Principal Causes
 The weather bureau said that two disturbances were the principal causes of the inclement weather One extended from central Maine southward near Bermuda, where traditionally the Easter lilies are ir bloom, to Haiti. The other extended from the southern Great Plains re- zion westward toward California.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
MURDER MYSTERY
 HAS BEEN SOLVED
Michael s. Pavlik of New burgh, N. Y., Held in
 Bridgeport Case

Bridgeport, Conn, March 3- (UP)-Michael s. Pavlik 27, New burgh, N. Y, pants preSSer was held today on & murder charge as po- lice announced solution of the kll- ling of Joseph Eichen, whose body was found in a park ditch here March 8.
 Eichen, former Newburgh cloth ing factory worker was shot in the head and chest and was not identi- fled until last Tuesday when mem bers of his family at Rochester N. Y., recognized him from police pho tographS.
 Police said Pavlik, arrested at Newburgh. confessed the staying. He claimed, they said, that Eichen made improper suggestions to him as they sat in Eichen's car and he slapped his face. Eichen then drew gun. according to Pavlik, and in an ensuing struggle he was wound- ed twice.
 Investigators said Pavlik told them he then dragged Eichen's body into the ditch took his wallet and a few other personal belong ings and drove to Beacon N. Y. the gun, he said. he threw into the Hud' son River near Beacon.
 Pavlik wss questioned aftel Eichens car was found at Newburgf ! Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
SUNNY EASTER IS
 NOT FOR STATE
Below Freezing Tempera= lures Are Promised By
 Man in Weather Bureau

Hartford, Conn.,, March 23-lUP) Ali prospects for bright and sunny, Easter vanished today as the weatherman forecast below freez- ing temperatures over the weekend.
 The mercury dropped today to slightly below 10 above at a. m., but began to rise slowly as the sun came out in a cloudleSS sky.
 The cold, however, failed to ln- terfere with the annual Easter egg hunt of the New Haven Park De- partment. Hundreds of children were at hand early in five of the city's parks, where 2l 900 brightly colored eggs were hidden. Special prizes were offered to those finding extra large chocolate eggs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
SHOE INDUSTRY
 MINIMUM WAGE
Wage=HOur Administrator
 Settles on 5 Cents Per Hour

Washington, March 23-(UP)- Wage-Hour Administrator Philip B. Fleming approved 35 cents hourly minimum wage for the shoe indus try today. It will give pay increases to an estimated 6O000 of the indus try's 24O,OOO workers, effective April 29.
 The present minimum is 30 cents an hour.
 Fleming overruled the protests of manufacturers in the St. Louis area in approving the unanimous recom- mendation of an industry commit tee, headed by Msgr. Francis J. Haas of Catholic university and in cluding manufacturers, union lead- CTS, and public representatives.
 It was the sixth minimum wage order approved since the wage-hour law became effective October "A, 1888, and brought to more than 100000 the number of workers who have benefited under the special industry committee procedure under which wages may be boosted above the statutory minimum of 30 cents. Previous orders covered the textile, hosiery, millinery, knitted outer wear and underwear industries.
 Will Protect Employers
 Establishment of this minimum wage will do much to protect em- blowers who have been endeavoring to maintain decent wages in this highly competitive industry" Flem- ing said. "The 60,000 shoe workers who will immediately benefit by this guarantee of 35 cents an hour are located in mony states, but arc largely concentrated in New Eng land and the St. Louis area.
 Although there were just as many shoe workers making less than B cents an hour in New England a. in the middlewest, the New Eng land Shoe and Leather association ,~o,als,,,.aI 0ra Do0n M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23

Bridgeport in competition to Philip Musica before the former convict as F. Donald Coster had obtained con- trol of the drug and chemical com pany of McKesSon and Robbins. Simon said Musica had invited him to move his cosmetics" business, i'll which he sold cosmetics easily re- duced to alcoholic beverage, to Bridgeport, where Musica was suc- cessfully operating an identical enterprise.
 Simon said Musica introduced him to Horace B. Merwin, president of the Bridgeport City Trust com -pany, who is @ defendant with Simon on charges of aiding 1n the Coster- Musica frauds.
 No Trouble in Conn.
 "We had no trouble in getting the maximum amount permitted by the banking laws of Connecticut, Simon testified. .,
 My partner, Irving Feinberg, said that Merwin remarked when he came in first: What crooked deal is Coster up to now But Coster told us not to worry; he would speak to Merwin.
 "After that, credit was quick and easy. So far as I know, the bank never investigated us."
 Simon denied that he ever had blackmailed Coster- -Musica. He said he had "fronted" for him in 1920 after Musica had served a prison sentence for a 1913 swindle. In 1920 Musica changed his name to F. Donald Coster and slowly built up his resources until he obtained con- trol of the drug house and per petrated the $21,O00000 fraud that led to his exposure and suicide ln December, 1888.
 Impersonated Musica
 He impersonated Musica in a bankruptcy proceeding in New Or i (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
Judge McNiff's Ruling
 Going To Higher Court
Attorneys Blansfeld Albert Will Go to Supreme Court
 of Errors Jury Verdict of $2S,934 Damages IA Set Aside By Judge MCNf

Attorney Michael V. Blansfield, who with Attorney Harry Albert ob- tained one of the largest jury yer diets in an accident case in the his tory of the state courts in the case of Russell B. Nichols of Cheshire against Lloyd T. Williams, ST., Lloyd T. Williams, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Grace Graves of New Haven and Irving Block. of Greenfield, stated today, that he will appeal to the supreme court of errors on Judge Miles F. McNiff's decision to set aside the jury verdict. The jury award was for $28, ,934. -
 Tried in Common Pleas
 The Nichols case was tried at length before Judge McNiff and a jury in the local court of common pleas, Nichols World war veteran, and perator of a -:one-man garage and towing station in Cheshire, had his leg aInputated as a result of an accident in which the defendants were involved. The acci- dent took place on the Cheshire Milldale road in December of 1858. The plaintiff was engaged late at night in towing ill car in the midst of snowstorm and was standing in the highway fixing his tow rope when he was jammed between his tow car and the car being lowed with the result that he lost his leg. The evidence in the case showed that he suffered excruciating pain aand is still suffering and that he is deprived for life from pursuing his job as mechanic. &
 Lloyd T. Williams, Jr, a Yale stu dent, was the driver of the car, owned by his father, which is all legged to have caused the accident. He ran into a car driven by Miss Graves and owned by the defend ant, Block, causing it to run into the car Nichols was towing.
 ContributOry Negligence
 Judge McNiff set aside the huge jury verdict not on the ground of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23

Fulliero, of 40 West Clay street.
 Wave of Fatalities
 The inquests are all into the wave of automobile fatalities which swept this city at the end of January and beginning of February. One finding, that into the death of James F. Leary, brother of former controller Daniel J. Leary, killed on Thomas ton avenue during the same period, is still pending, but may be released early next week.
 Findings i'm Three Cases
 Howard Petit is found guilty by the coroner of gross and criminal negligence in the death of Peter Servidas, Jr,, three, of Washington Depot, who died January 29 as the result of injuries received in an ac- cident in Middlebury the preceding day.
 B.saudry is held guilty of gross and criminal negligence in the death of George Verrier, IA, of 174 Railroad Hill street, killed when struck on Railroad Hill street Feb- ruary 3 by a car driven by Beaudry and owned by Raymond Fulliero, who was not held.
 Santo Cardillo was found not guilty of negligence in the death of Michael J. Breen, 52. who died Feb ruary 10 as the result of injuries received three days earlier on Hill street when struck by Cardillo's truck.
 Unusual Death
 The Servidas child was injured in an unusual way. The coroner states that the boy was riding on the lap of his father in car driven by Frederic A. Markham, Jr., of Woodbury,, when the car was struck by Pettit's machine.
 "The child was wrapped in blan- ket and sleeping" states the cor oner. After the collision the occu- pants of both cars got out and the child was placed on the seat of the Petit car, where he lay seemingly asleep until Officer Walter FolgmaIl, of Middlebury arrived and advised the father to take the child to a nearby house, for the time being, to get him out of the cold, which was done. A short time later the father
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
BIRTH CONTROL
 RULING APPEAL
Supreme Court of U. s.
 Will Be Called on to . Settle Case

! Waterbuly's birth control case will be taken on appeal to the Su- preme Court of the United States. This was the opinion expressed today by persons closely connected with the birth control advocates. who received severe shock on Thursday when the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a Superior Court decision, which proclaimed the pres ent birth control laws of the state unconstitutional. .....
 The establishment of the conSti- tutionality of the birth control laws by the state Supreme Court means that doctors. cannot furnish advice or information with regard to birth control and. has attracted nation wide attention among the medical profession health leaders, and birth control advocates.
 Promoters Confer
 Conferences have been held by Connecticut birth control promoters throughout the state since the re- lease of the Supreme Court decis- ion and these conferences, which de- veloped that an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court would be backed by birth control advocates throughout the nation are said to have prac- tically resulted in the taking of the appeal. A decision will be an- nounced within few days, It IS said. S,
 If the appeal is taken two Water bury attorneys will figure promi- nently in the hearing before the nations highest court. They are States Attorney William B. Fitz- gerald, who scored the victory pro claiming the states birth contro laws constitutional and Attorney J Warren Upson. Y.
 Arrest Is Background
 Attorney sUpson represented pr William A. Goodrich. Dr. Roger B Nelson and Mrs. Clara McTernan a nurse, all of this city, who were Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
PAUL REYNAUD
 STARTS BATTLE
French Premier Opens His
 Fight to Vim Strategy .-----.--=ili France
By M. S. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Paris, March 23-(UP)-Premier Paul Reynaud'S new inner war coun- cil met for the first time today. to plan it's flight to win" strategy with Gen. Maurice Gamelin, chief of the national defense, and Admiral Francois Darlan, commander = m = chief of the navy, attending.
 Gamelin and Oarlan are not members of the council and were not originally scheduled to attend.
 The meeting was delayed for an hour, from 10 a. m. to Il a. m. 4 a. m. to a. m. EST) while Game lin conferred with Edouard Dala- dier, war minister, at the war ot- flee.
 Reynaud, pledged to a vigorous prosecution of total war, had sum- moned the inner council meeting as soon as he decided to remain in office though the Chamber of Deputies had given him its confid- ence, technically, by majority Of but one vote-268 to 156 with III abStalnlng.
 Reynaud, vice premier Camille Chautemps, war Minister Edouard Daladier. Reynaud's predecessor Navy Minister Cecar Campinchl Air Minister, Laurent Eynac, F- nance Minister Lucien LamoureuX Armoments Minister Raoul Dautry Colonial Minister Georges Mandel and Blockade Minister Georges Monett constituted the inner war council, which is one of two new executive arms" of the govern ment. The other is the inter-minis- terial economic council.
 War Council Meets
 The war council met at the tor-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
 Lifeless, FOOdless City Is Handed Over to VictOrs Early This Morning TO PAY $l44,OOO
 YEARLY, 30 YEARS Thousands of Finnish PeO- pie Had Spent Happy Vacations There
BY HUBERT UExKUELL

BY HUBERT UEXKUELL United Press Staff Correspondent
 Helsinki, Finland, March 23.-UP) - Russian troops landed in the lifeless, foodless city of Hanko today and raised the hammer and sickle flag over the bomb battered town hall. Communicated Finnish icebreakers cleared a path through yard-thick snow from the gulf and the Russian advance troops landed from them, to take for naval base city in which no people, and noth- ing which the people could carry away, were left.
 A little after midnight Finnish detachment had handed over the city to Russian political commis- sar and an army colonel.
 The troops landed, and marched through the city, in a dead silence under heavy fall of snow which was hiding the scars the city had suffered in 1-2 months of war.
 The Red banner was hoisted over the town hall and on water tower on the hill overlooking the city.
 S144,OOO Per Year
 Under the Finnish peace treaty of March 12, Finland was forced to lease for 30 years, at yearly rental of 8,0O0,000 marks ($144, ,O0O) the bustling port. III whose suburbs thousands of Films had spent happy hours on seasl1ore vacations
 After the brief, stiff. formal hand ing over ceremony the last of the Films left the city. Arrangements had been made between a group of, tight-lipped Finnish officers and Russian commission which landed from lanes in the bay ice yesterday
 The Russians were to have landed an estimated 5000 men at dawn to- day, to take over the city in triumph and. with it. to seal tight the en- trance to the Finnish gulf. They had already secured from Esthonia, across the gulf, the naval base needed on the south side.
 Just off the coast this morning hours after the occupation was to have been effected. Russian warships lay in the ice, bearing the occupa- tion troops.
 Films Had To Help
 The Russians had not brought their own icebreakers, and they communicated Finnish ones this morning to smash a path through | to the docks. .-. But the ice was thick-and fur ther, Hanko today was a dead city. Alone, the Russian commission and the little group of Finnish officers under Maj. Jarl Wickstrom, awaited to go through the coldly polite for malities of handing the Finnish city and the peninsula bearing it's name to the Russian victors i'll the brief. sanguinary war.
 Every man, every woman, every child of the people in the peninsula had gone. The Russians were taking the city but took its bare bones alone.
 Alone among newspapermen, I succeeded in making the trip to Hanko yesterday.
 was able to assure myself that at midnight, the handing over hour. the Russians would get 100-square- mile area devoid of human life.
 The 5000 people of Hanko, the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23

Vatican City, March 23--(UP)-- Pope Plus. KIT has appointed Mon- siglior Vincent Ryan, now vicar general of the diocese of Fargo, N. D.. bishola of Bismark. N. D.. it was announced at the Vatican today. {
 Monsignor George Donnelly, now chancellor of the diocese of St. Louis. Mo, has been appointed auxiliary bishop to Archbishop John Gle1non of St. Louis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
Finland Compelled To Lease Bustling Port
 To Russian Invaders
Former Bootlegger Is McKesson Go. Witness
Benjamin Simon, "Perjurer" and "Payoff' Man lestl- fes Bridgeport Banker Financed COster in
 Deals for Three Years

New York, March 23. = (UP) = former bootlegger, ger perjurer and payoff man for the blackmaers o % the late Donald Coster testified at the McKesson and Roo bins fraud trial that Bridgeport Conn, banker financed Coster for three years although he had once asked what crooked deal is Coser up to now Benjamin Smon one time investigator the Attorney General of New York State said he had started bootegging business in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
Two Men Held In
 Auto Findings Of Coroner Hennessy
Two Were Released d-Total of Three Held for Week; Finding in Death of Three=Year-Old Peter
 Servidas, Reveals Strange Event

Two men were held and two released by Coroner William B. Hennessy in automobiledeath findings issued today The findings bring the total of those held this week to three Deputy Coroner Miles Mcff Jr having held Dominic Forno 24 of South Leonard street. Tuesday Held Paul Beaudry of 500 West Main street. Released are Santo Cardlo of 872 North Main street, and Raymond
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-23
THE. WORLD WAR 25 YEARS AGO,
 MARCH 9, 1915
lBy United Pressl

Battle of Carpathians ragged on, with Russians trying to break through Austrian lines.
 Allied troops active in St. D1ihiel sector.
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NEW BISHOP NAMED

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The Weather

Fair, Cold Tonight and
 Easter Sunday {
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La gaceta., 1940-11-22
ESTE AN0 PODRA Ell CO.
BIERNO AB0NAR ID
SUS GASTOS

Washington, Nov, 22.-El Blu
no del PresupueSto calcula hoy
que en- este aho fiscal ell gobier-
no podra pagan sus gastos nor
males, pero sin incluir Ia defen-
sa nacional, los ingresos siguen
aumentando e indican un deficit
de $500, 900, 900, o sea la can
tidad anticipate para las defen
sas pavaleS y militares.
En- loS Gltimos dias Ell repre-
sentante democratic Doughton
ha venido recomendando que sc
Green las contribuciones sufi-
cientes para cubrir los gastos
normales, exluyendo ell progra-
ma de defenSa. Nc cree Ell que
deben paSarse a las futuras ge-
neraciones, cargas que las pre-
SenteS puedan pagan.
La gaceta., 1940-11-22

TrasladamOs esas energicas
palabras de "Espana Libre'' a
los obreros de Tampa. Aqui va
Sc habla de un barco para los.
refugiados... y hablan de el los
comunillas y sus pocos adlate-
res. mo entreguen sus pesetas
los obreros, a esos individuos
que, como dicen los to~rcedores,
"cortan por el lomo''!
Hay que cerrar la puerta a
los propagandistas de Moscu.'
ahora amiguitos, cen su desca-
70 peculiar, de los nazis y los
iy en- canine de SER
10 de Francol
iEviten que sus pesetas cal
gan en- las manos de los wives
y 81 insisten... ipidanle cuentas
del dinero que en- 1881 recogie-
ron de casa en- casa, para los
presses de Raifordl
La gaceta., 1940-11-22
DECLARE Ell CAPTAIN FL
LIPINO ROMERO

Manila, Nov. 22.-Acusado
de conspirar para vender infor-
maci6n militar, Ell captain filipi
no Rufo Romero, graduado de
West Point, declare que los car
gos hechos contra 81 fueron ge-
nerados por sus enemigos con la
esperanto de verlo separadO de
su esposa americana. Ofreci6
someterse a una operation del
cerebro para eliminar cualquier
posibilidad de reproduction de
la information motive de la eau
sa. mo es cierto que haya mos
TRADE los mapas de Fort McKin-
ley a ning1n agente extranjero.
mo he conspirado para revelar
Secretos militares''. Los mapas
fueron encontrados en- ell bail ce
rrado del coche del captain.