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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14
Benefit Garden Party
Attracts Large Attendance

Costello, Miss Alice Reardon, Miss
Louise Culhane, Carl Suffa, DR.. Pat
rick j. Brennan, Miss Mary ern-
hardt, Mrs. Frank Malley, Mrs. H.
Miller, Mrs. William Byron, Charles
Wollschlager, Miss Mary @. Kilmar-
Shove, Mrs. Elmer Shove, Mrs. r.
tin, Mrs. Emil Hummell, Mrs. George
Ratzke, Mrs. A. WengertSman, Miss
Mary Mcdonald, Mrs. James Nc
Donald, Miss Anne Hermann, Mrs.
Henry Seebach, Mrs. Anna Sirak,
Mrs. Leroy Fox, Miss Anna Nolde,
Mrs. Foley, Miss Kathleen Dillman,
Miss Patricia Healey, Miss Marguer-
lite Kennaugh, Miss Ruth Ken
naugh, Carl Frey. Miss Eleanor Hay
den, Mrs. Henry A. Hayden, Mrs.
George Corcoran, Miss Angelina
Corcoran, Mr.. and Mrs. Poeltl, Miss
Barbara Craft, Miss Catherine Col
Inns, Miss Mary Reilly, Miss Bessie
Shea, Miss Rose Foley, Miss Julia
Quill, Miss Mary Gleason, Mrs. John
Kearney, Miss Anne Phelan, Miss
Minnie Phelan, Francis Fem, Mrs.
M. Shoner, Miss Martha Shoner,
Miss M. Barry, Miss Anna Casey,
Theodore Weber, @. Straub, Miss
Dorothea Suffa, Mrs. ]. Doran, Mrs.
Francis Shea, Mrs. Savard, Mrs.
Bradagan, Mrs. M. Whelan, Mrs. P.
Troye, Mrs. Eugene Burns, Mrs.
George Dicnnick, Alfred Sherer, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Faller, Chris Dechant,
Edward Siebert, Miss Mae Shea,
Miss Betty Dwyer, Mrs. Francis
Dryer, Miss Mary Dwyer, Mrs.
Hoenig, Mrs. P. McNamee, e. Wag-
ner, Mrs. John Hermann, Mrs. j.
Duchon, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Bir-
kenberger, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Crit
fin, Mrs. George Ottinger, Miss Carl
Hassinger, Miss Nora Carey, Mrs.
Agnes Prill, Mrs. Raymond Dolall,
John Prill, Miss Katherine E. Gro
min, Mrs. S. j. Siani, AL Demenske
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14
Missing Links Club
Picnic On Saturday


Miss Gertrude Nardozza was host
ess to the Missing Links club re-
Gently at her home on Court street.
Miss Rae Guida, president, called
the meeting to order and routine
business was transacted and plans
were discussed for picnic which
will be held on Sunday.
Members present included: Ann
Sullivan, Josephine Sadak, Annette
Guiditta, Rose and Muffy CALI,
Rose Inrurvisi, Lena Garafola, Ann
and Betty Olshefski and two guests,
Mary Marciano and Rose Mendillo.
Refreshments were served and a
social hour was enjoyed. The next
meeting will be held at the home Of
Annette Guiditta.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14

Miss Dorothy Nelson Of Ease
Main street is spending o few
days in New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14
Personal

Miss Violet Tartaglia has been
spending several days as the guest
of Attorney and Mrs. F. J. Kiely of
New York City at their summer
home at Madison.
Miss Vivian Rochon of Avalon
Circle has returned after spending
the past week in New York and
Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Healey and
sons, Edward, Frank, Jr. and
Joseph of Yates Avenue are
spending the remainder of the
season at Bay View.
Announcement is made OF the
birth of ason, Richard Carl, to Mr.,
and Mrs. Samuel Teach Of North
Beacon street on August 8 at the
Waterbury Hospital. Mrs. Teach is
the former Rita Schofiled, grand
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Mutter.
Miss Polly Shanahan Of Walnut
street is vacationing this week al
Lake Waramaug.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Connolly
and daughters Joan Barbara ane
Margaret Elizabeth of Bogota, N. j
have returned to their home after
spending a visit with Mr.. Connolly's
sister, Mrs. Christopher Hanley AND
Mr.. Hanley at their place, Linger
Long, Lake QuaSSapaug.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond German
formerly of Griggs street have taken
up their new residence on Prospect
street West Hartford.
Mrs. Alfred Miller of Waltham,
Mass. has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. James aFllon of GriggS street.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Shanney
of Jersey City, New Jersey spent
the weekend as the guests OF Mr..
Shanney's sister, Miss Gertrude
Shanney Of Grove Avenue, Lake
Hitchcock.
Mrs. Ernest Siegler of East Main
street is spending a visit with her
mother in Port Huron, Michigan.
A meeting of Winona Rebekah
Lodge will be held this evening at
8 o'clock. Mrs. iHlda Rosevear will
preside.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14

Miss OliDeM Meyers
Is Guest at Dinner

Miss Adele Meleckis OF ITewey
street entertained at a dinner party
recently in honor Of Miss Olive
Meyers who Is to be married this
month. The bride to be was the
recipient Of many beautiful gifts.
Those present were: Alice Meyers,
Adele Meleckis, Grace Stango, Rose
Romano, Edna LAwton, Lorraine
Arcand, Virginia Roberts, Adeline
Lawton, Muriel Powell, Josephine
Edmund Sullivan, q student at
Louisiana State University Baton
Rouge, Louisiana has arrived at his
home on Tudor street to spend the
remainder Of the summer. He has
Just completed q summer course at
Forestry Camp in Louisiana. At the
present time he Is confined at st.
Mary's Hospital where he. is under
going treatment for broken collar
bone.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14
Engagements

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Righton
OF Sherman Avenue, Meriden an
nounce the engagement and coming
marriage Of their granddaughter,
Dorothy Marie Pagan to Maurice j.
Clark, Jr., son Of Maurice j. Clark
Of Bronx Avenue. The wedding will
take place on August 28th at the
rectory Of st. Peter and Paul,s
Church.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14

whereupon West cashed the jack Of
hearts and again I had to make a
discard East discarded the spade
queen and I still had to guess. !
let 60 the ace Of spades, only to
have West lay down the spade king.
Thus, holding four aces and a king,
I took the magnificent total Of one
trick.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14
RTPPTERE-FAHY

Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Faly d
New Haven and Woodm0nt anA
nounce the marriage Of their daugh~
ter, Margaret, to George H0tchkisp
Rippere, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wil~
liam H. Rippere Of Holmes avenue
and Madison winch took place on
Saturday, July q, at the rectOFy Of
st. Mary's church, Alexandra, Va
The bride attended New Haven
Junior college. Mr.. Rippere, who ID
associated with the American Brass
Co., in Ansonia is a graduate Of
Ridgefield school and attended
Northeastern university.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-14
Lillian Parenteau Is
Honored At SholUer

Miss Lillian Paren:eau OF Frank
lin street, who Is to be married to
Warren J. Wentworth on August "a,
was honored at shower given re-
Gently at Harmon'S Grill.
Those present were: Mrs. George
Parenteau, Mrs. Julien Parenteau,
Mrs. Raoul Guilbeault, Mrs. Omer
Parenteau, Mrs. Edward Callan,
Mrs. Eugene NORM, Mrs. Cecile La
Periere, Mrs. Robert Houde. Mrs.
Matthew Fahey, Mrs. Sarah Callah,
Mrs. John Ruzinkovic, Mrs. Beatrice
Turcotte, Mrs. A. Parenteau, Mrs.
Cecile Gagnon, Mrs. Margaret
Wentworth, Mrs. James Murray,
Mrs. Margaret Hunihan, Mrs. A.
Brodeur. Mrs. Joseph Lamontagne,
Mrs. A. Crochetiere, Sarah O'Rourke,
Betty Fahey, Geraldine Fahey of
Torrington. Ann Goode Of Boston.
Martha Crochetiere, Mary Callan
Gertrude Parenteau, Helen F'ahey,
Irene Perigard, Rita Perigard, Marie
Cheney, Madeline Mollica, Noella
Deziel, Barbara Brodeur and Mary
Fahey of Washington, Conn.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Joseph E. Connolly
of East Hartford, Conn. are spend
ing some time with Mrs. Conz1olly's
sister Mrs. E. Norton Decker and
Mr.. Decker at their summer place,
|, AXE 0flasSapaup
Evening star., 1940-04-24
American War Refugees
Arrive in Stockholm

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, April pa group
Of American war-zone refugees, es-
corted by 1t. Comdr. Ole o. Hagen,
United States naval attache at
Oslo, reached here today from Nor
way.
Among those in the party were
Mrs. Raymond E. Cox, wife of the
first SECRETARY of the American Le-
cation in Oslo, and her son; Mrs.
Thormod o. Klath, wife of the Lega-
tion's commercial attache, and
child; Mrs. Austin R. Preston, wife
of the Consul at Oslo. and child;
Mrs. Easton T. Kelsey, wife of the
Vice Consul; Prof. Andreas Ronhove,
his wife and two children.
Mrs. Florence Jaffray Hartman,
Minister to Norway, arrived last
night, announcing she planned to
remain in Stockholm until the sit
uation is cleared. Mrs. Hagen ar
rived from Oslo this morning.
The body of Capt Robert M
Losey, 31-year-old assistant military
attache at Stockholm, who was killed
in German bombing raid at DOM
has. Norway, on Sunday. will ar
rive here at am. tomorrow. A
delegation from the American Le-
cation will meet the train.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Army's Big War Games in May
To Exclude Foreign Observers

Foreign military attaches will not
be invited to watch the Armys war
games in the Louisiana Texas area
next month, 1t was disclosed today.
It was exlained oficially there
would not be sufficient accommoda-
tions for the large number Of per-
sons wishing to view the maneuvers
of some 10000 troops In the largest
peacetime operations Of stream
lined" divisions.
Foreign attaches were welcomed at
first Army maneuvers last summer
at Manassas, Va. and Plattsburg,
N. Y, and are expected to receive
invitations to witness war games Of
the same organization in Northern
New York next August.
Foreign observers, however, were
excluded from the joint Army Navy
maneuvers last summer in Califor-
mia, where West Coast defenses
against sea attack were tested.
The prospect that the louisiana
Texas maneuvers May 11-25 will
attract hundreds Of American ofhcial
observers has presented q problem
which the general staff has not yet
solved. Ranking National Guard OH
GERS will take part both as observ-
ers and as actual commanders. All
members Of Congress have been In
vited.
The Army command feels that By
Evening star., 1940-04-24
More Penguins
For Capital Zoo
Reach New York
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, April 24.-Eleven
tuxedoed pals for the Emperor Dug
gam hitherto the only South Polar
penguin in the United States, arrived
in the Grace liner Santa Maria today
en- route to the National Zoo in
Washington, D. c.
The shipment of company for
the lonely "Duggan," who arrived
several weeks ago and is now strut
ting stylishly in an air-conditioned
room at the National Zoo, is COM
prised of black-and-whi Adele
penguins from Antarctica.
The consignment of 200 birds,
mammals and amphibians also in
cluded a mouse-siZe Chilean mar
supial which carries its young in q
pouch like kangaroo, golden frogs
from Panama and four Chilean black
hens which lay green eggs.
The cargo was in charge of NAL
colin Davis, curator of birds at the
Washington Zoo and a member of
the United States Antartica Explor-
alton Service under Admiral Rich
ard Byrd.
Mr.. Davis said one of his prizes, a
crab-eater seal, was the only Ant
arctic seal ever taken out alive as
far as he knew. He captured 1t with
a net while the seal was sleeping on
an ice foe.
During the voyage north the pen
gums were kept in the refrigeration
room at a temperature between IS
and 40 degrees, and occasionally
were allowed to sport in temporary
tank built on the after deck.
Evening star., 1940-04-24

putting National Guardsnen In re-
sponsible positions in the field they
will be able for the first time to
gain valuable experience as troop
leaders in an extensive operation.
New weapons will be used in the
maneuvers, but most already have
been standardized.
Some observers believe, however,
the Army may introduce some of
its more closely guarded develop
ments which officials would rather
not have foreigners see in action.
European powers have been re-
ticent to tell United States military
attaches stationed abroad what they
have developed. Some oflcials here
take the position that if foreign
powers refuse us information, there
is little reason for this country to
tell them anything gratis.
The war games will cover more
than 5000, 900 acres of Texas and
Louisiana. In this vast field of op-
Grafton the latest anti-aircraft guns,
the new Garrand .30-caliber rifle,
tanks, streamlined mechanical units
and heavy field pieces will be given
severe tests under simulated battle
conditions.
The climax Of the battle is ex-
pected to come about May 20, when
Secretary Of War Woodring, Gen
George G. Marshall, chief of staff
and other ranking officers view the
spectacle.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
British Invite Soviet
To Propose Trade Pact
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 24.-Britain has
invited Russia to put forward con-
crete proposals for a trade agree
ment, having regard to Britain's
paramount object of preventing war
supplies from reaching Germany
the government informed the House
OF Commons today.
This report was made by R. A.
Butler, undersecretary for foreign
affairs. who added that no date had
been fixed for the return of the
British ambassador. Sir William
Seeds. to Moscow. The ambassador
returned to London several weeks
ago on leave.
Mr.. Butler also said the status
of Greenland, a colony OF German
occupied Denmark, was receiving
consideration" by both Britain and
Canada.
Capt. Harold H. Balfour, under
secretary of state for air, announced
that recent developments" had
made it necessary to divert airplanes
intended for British transatlantic
service to certain defense services, "
but added that every effort" would
be made to reopen service "as soon
as circumstances permitted"
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Syt Airdrome Is Bomburded
For Hour and 40 Minutes
Foes Counter-Attocks in Trondhem Area
Beaten off, Lines Re-estubIished, London Says
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 24.-The Wester-
land Airdrome on the German
island of Sylt was subjected to IAN
almost continuous, bombardment for
one hour and 40 minutes, during
last nights air raid, an authorita-
tive British source said today.
The War Office announced that
British troops in the. Trondheim
area had beaten off a strong Ger
man attack after some
sharp fighting" yesterday and had
're-established their lines.
The Sylt raid was one of a series
of five reported by the Air Ministry,
the others being on the German
airdrome at Aalborg, Denmark, and
the occupied airfields at
Stavanger, Kristiansand and Oslo,
Norway.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Norwegians Describe
Sinking Of Gneisenau
By the Associated Press,

6y the hSSOClAteQ STeSS.
LONDON. April 24.-The official
Norwegian Telegraph Bureaus ac-
count of the alleged sinking of
Germany's 26O00-ton battleship
Gneisenau-"bow first, with three
propeners racing in the air, amid
big area of flaming oil"-was
published today in Stockholm dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
british news agency.
Earlier Norwegian reports of the
destruction of the Gneisenau were
quoted yesterday in a statement in
the House of Lords by Lord Hankey,
minister without portfolio.
The Norwegian Telegraph Bureau,
which is operating somewhere in
Norway" said the alleged sinking
occurred in the early phase of the
German occupation of Norway dur
ing an attack on Oslo Fjord. This
account said the battleship was hit
twice at 1,400 yards by guns of the
Oskarborg Fort and by torpedoes
from a torpedo battery.
The Germans tried to run the
ship ashore, but she sank rapidly,
bow first, the Norwegian-British ac-
count said.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
House Unit Backs Bill
To License Foreign
Securities Sales
Measure Would Clarity
Presidents Power to
Freeze Assets Here
BY the Associated Press.

The House Banking Committee,
acting with unusual speed, unani-
mously recommended today legis-
lation to clarity the Presidents
power to require licensing of trans
actions in securities of foreign
governments and their nationals.
Chairman Steagall said the leg
islation was requested after New
York attorneys questioned the Pres
ident's authority to impose the liz
censing requirement with reference
to stocks and bonds owned by Dam
ish and Norwegian nationals. Pres
ident Roosevelt issued an executive
order on April 10 freezing Nor
wegian and Danish assets in this
country and requiring licenses for
future transactions affecting them.
The Senate Banking Committee,
also seeking to expedite the legis-
lation, arranged meanwhile to con.
slider it at a midafternoon meeting.
Glass Backs Proposal.
Senator. Glass, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, committee member, said he
had conferred with Secretary Nor
genthau regarding the proposal. He
added:
Il am one of those impossible
persons who believes that we should
keep Germany from getting any of
the property of those invaded coun-
tries-do it right if we can; do it
wrong if we must"
Meanwhile, Senators crossed swords
today over politically attractive
bill authorizing 1921 ,090,05O for al
river and harbor projects throughout
the country.
The legislation was taken up as
the Senate received from the House
a measure-approved without dis
sent-to promote Army officers auto
matically after specified terms Of
service.
Democratic Leader Barkley told
reporters that there are a lot of
controversies" in the rivers and
harbors bill and that several days
debate might be required. A num-
ber of Senators are making de-
termined efforts to obtain improve
ments within their States.
Memorial Service Today.
The House set aside all business
today for memorial service honor
ing 20 members of Congress who
died during the last year. They
are:
Senators Logan, Democrat, of
Kentucky and Borah, Republican,
Of Idaho; Representatives Lord Re-
publican, of New York; Owen,
Democrat, of Georgia; Griswold,
Republican, Of Wisconsin; Mercy
nolds, Democrat, of Tennessee;
Eaton, Republican, of California;
Mcmillan, Democrat, of South
Carolina; Bolton, Republican, of
(see CONGRESS, page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Col. Raymond Robins
Seriously III in Tampa
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, April 24-Brought
from his Chinsegut Hill estate near
Brooksville for an emergency opera
ton for appendicitis, Col. Raymond
Robins, widely known social econ
omist, is in serious condition at St.
Joseph's Hospital here.
Col. Robins, a self-educated man
who founded his fortune on gold
from the Alaska rush, has been an
invalid since September, 1885, when
he suffered spinal injury in a fall
from a tree.
The title of lieutenant colonel was
bestowed on Mr. Robins when he
commanded the American Red Cross
expedition to Russia in 1917 and
1918. His disappearance in 1882
while he was en- route to Washing
ton for an engagement with Pres
ident Hoover caused a Nationwide
search. A victim of amnesia, he was
subsequently found at Whittier, N.
c.. living at boarding house under
the name of Reynolds H. Rogers.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Ex.Detroit Mayor Denies
Indictment; 134 More Cited
B, the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
DETROIT, April 24.-Grim and
angry, former Mayor Richard w.
Reading surrendered today on a
warrant charging him with con-
spring to protect the policy house
racket.
'It's lot of nonsense" Mr.. Read
ing declared. TT is ridiculous. I
don't even know what policy is"
The former Mayor, who retired
from Office December 80, 1899, after
his defeat by Edward j. Jeffries.
stood mute on arraignment and a
plea of innocent was entered for
him. Bond was set at $1,000.
Standing near Mr.. Reading in
court was Chester P. OHara, chief
prosecutor of the special grand jury
that indicted him. Mr. O'Hara is q
longtime friend of MIR. Reading
and has acted as his attorney, but
neither spoke a word to the other.
The grand jury charged 1876 per-
sons with graft and corruption
conspiracy in operation of lottery
and numbers rackets. It named
% others as co-conspirators, but not
defendants. Included were Wayne
County Prosecutor Duncan McCrea
and present and former police Of
f1cials.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Germans Reported Emborking
In Baltic Opposite Sweden;
British Raid Five Nozi Bases
Icebreuker Fleet
Hints Operations
Far to North
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 24.-A spokesman
for the French War Ministry said
today German troops and arms were
being embarked aboard transport
ships accompanied by icebreakers
at German ports on the Baltic Sea
across from Sweden.
The embarkations were interpreted
by the spokesman as an evident
menace" to Sweden following the
German invasions of Norway and
Denmark.
The possibility that the German
force was intended simply to REIN
force the Nazi expeditionary corps
in the Oslo sector of Southern Nor
way was not excluded by the spokes-
man, but he pointed out that the
scene of action made this unlikely.
The Germans were said to be
massing at ports directly opposite
Southern Sweden and we'll to the
east Of the Danish Straits through
which transports for Norway would
pass.
The presence of icebreakers also
was taken to indicate the fleet
was destined to operate farther
North in the Baltic where the waters
still are cluttered with ice foes left
later than usual by the long, hard
winter.
French military sources have ex-
pressed belief that the Germans may
so into Sweden to bolster their Nor
wegian campaign.
The allied Supreme War Council
yesterday drafted plans to counter
act any such. action.
Evening star., 1940-04-24
Ohio River 10 Reach Crest
Today With Little DAMAGE
ey the Associated Press.

ny tQe hsSOClaCeQ ereSS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, April a.
The Ohio River was expected to
crest here today, leaving muddy
trail 500 miles long, but little dam
age.
Weather Bureau observers pre-
dicted the river would reach a CO.
foot stage, 8 feet above the flood
level, by noon and then remain
stationary at the crest for "a hours
before starting its runout.
Most of the damage was caused
by flash floods in tributaries of the
Ohio. Huntington, w. Va, lay snug
behind its uncompleted flood wall.
where last years flood forced 5000
people from their homes.
Evening star., 1940-04-24

The British account said that dur
ing the raid on Stavanger Airdrome
about 20 enemy aircraft were
heavily bombed" and a number were
believed destroyed or badly dam
aged.
Raiders Evade Barrage.
The raiders at Kristiansand con-
centrated on airdromes and runways
and evaded a "barrage sent up by
ground defenses," it was said.
Bomb bursts we're observed and
confirmed on the edge of the run
way, between the runway and
hangers, and one salvo exploded
within so yards of the main hang
ars."
Offensive reconnaissance" was
reported carried out over Trond-
helm Fjord.
A Reuters British news agency
dispatch from Stockholm said Brit
ish and Norwegian anti-aircraft
(See LONDON Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-04-24
212 Die as Fire
Races THROUGH
Dance Hall
CoIored Victims
Trapped in Building
In Mississippi
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NATCHEZ, Miss, April 24.-Two
hundred and twelve colored men and
women burned to death here last
night when flames, racing through
decorations Of dry Spanish moss,
trapped them in one-exit dance
hall.
One witness attributed the fire to
a carelessly lighted cigarette.
Coroner r. E. Smith said a num-
ber of the survivors remained in
critical condition, and expressed be-
lief that others might die.
About 300 dancers were in the
hall when the fire broke out and
f1ared suddenly There were no rear
or side doors in the building and
windows had been boarded up.
From my examination, it ap-
peared that most of the people died
of suffocation. the coroner said. A
majority of the victims were about
Is or 16 years old.
Thievery Reported.
Deputy Sheriff William I. Hebert
said after the blaze died down he
enlisted the services of several COL
ored persons in removing the dead
but soon discovered they we're rifing
the pockets of the corpses. Even as
late as daylight, he said, he caught
one sneak thief leaving with a cor
net.
The deputy said Bandleader Wal
ter Barnes was among the dead and
that only two members of his 12-
piece orchestra escaped.
"The building is entirely sheathed
with corrugated iron" the deputy
said, land this formed an oven The
only exit was an ordinary sized door
at the front.
Spreads Quickly.
"All indications are that the fire
started near the door and spread
| quickly in the moss, which had been
hanging for several years. A venti-
lating fan in the rear may have
sucked the fire upon the helpless
dancers who huddled near the band
stand.
At least a score or more persons
were burned or injured in the stam-
pede for the door after the fire
| started