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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

The 55th anniversary Of the Or
ganization of the Burns club was
celebrated in fitting fashion at the
Elton ON Saturday night. The af-
fair was one of the most largely
attended and successful ever held
by the club. g..
AS is usual the custom at Burns
club gatherings songs ana good
cheer prevailed, Scotch songs, CEN
turtles old, as well as the latest be-
ing rendered. &c.. &c.
Horace D. Taft, principal speaker
of the evening caused many laughs
when he produced book presented
to him few. years ago that set
forth that Robert Burns was Meth
err the Romeo or drunk addict he
Is professed to have been. Mr.. Taft
read several of Burns verses and
stated that they were of such quail
ity as to place Scotland's famous
song among the ilnrnortals.
DR.. John G. Walker, pastor Of the
Second Congregational church lead
a prayer for the deceased members
of the Burns club and a solemn
reply was mace ny MIS-. "iiia
Currle. o., go
''' Mayor Osners SPEAK
Remarks were made by Mayor
Vincent A. Scully, DR.. Walker and
James Davidson, club president.
Scotch songs were sung by Rob-
ert Currie, who also led IN group
singing, Robert F1nlay, Wllllam
Boyd and Mrs. George Morgan.
John S. Pearson, past president, was
POSTMASTER and piano accompanist.
Mrs. Morgan was accompanied by
her husband. An oil painting OF
Robert Burns hung over the speak
ers' table. 1t was executed by Da-
vid Guffie, a club member.
Others at the head table were
Mrs. Donald Macintosh, Mrs. Pear
son, Mrs: Scully and Mrs. Davidson.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
Private Banks Exit May
FOreShadOw J. P. MOrgan'S
Own Retirement: Flynn
BY JOHN I. FLYNN
NEA Service Staff Writer

The announcement nae y.
MOLsall 70 a.lu ~. wou ha,,n ~ the cor
s.a.us o. "a, p = Ioc;caI sten in ad.
...a.;., i an t - h,,s,nsss IN the
: JuS.I ussAs s ,ar,s oovsrni,o hankino
lac" feue. ,""0 500. 80.
AIter April ISL tne Iniu w ,,.
has peen a private partnership Slice
It's lnceptlon Will become al Aic ~.
porateo pank hks ally OViiei Ia, nc
explanation OF tne move WIZ VIC
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
new HAVEN ROAD
PLANS. SPECIALS
Waterburians May Spend
Washington's Birthday
in New York or Boston
NEW HAVEN

NEW HAVEN
An opportunity to spend Wash.
ington,s Birthday either in New
York City or Boston Is offered by
The New Haven Railroad which will
operate low-cost, rou11d-trip "spe-
Gals" as a holiday travel treat.
The New York special" Will leave
Waterbury at Z :25 q. m. Thursday,
reaching New York at 9:45 q. m.
There will be ample time to take in
the National Sportsmen,s Show in
Grand Central Palace; to visit the
Museum Of Modern Art, currently
featuring an exhibition Of Italian
Masterpieces; or to attend theaters,
visit friends and relatives, or go
sightseeing. Return Is set for 6:02
p. M, due back in Waterbury at
$3.50 p. m.
The special to Boston will leave
Waterbury at $40 a. m. Thursday,
stopping enroute at Bristol and
Plainville, and reaching Boston at
1917 p. 10. The ,return-train Will
leave Boston at sos p. M, due back
in Waterbury at lois p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

week for q visit to Newton Post
No. 1907, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. The foundation Of Peck
Post, in Newtown, came from the
membership rolls Of the local post
and a friendly relationship exists
between the two townships.
When AL LiSkin ordered a carp
from one of our commercial fish
ermen at Lake Zoar, he specified
a five-pounder. When delivery was
made. AL discovered that the carp
tipped the scales at twenty
pounds; AL likes fish, but twenty
pounds of it was almost too much.
According to reports Mr.. Liskin
gnawed away on that carp for
weeks and then fed the remains
to a neighbours tomcat. What, all
AIS friends wonder is, why doesn't
the same rule of extra measure
extend to the sale of cordwood? If
a man gets more than 100 feet to
cord these days, he's lucky.
Since the new schedule of hours
ON WPA tOwnsfolk find it difficult
IN chart the arrival and departure
NJ the busses. II used To he SO
anyone could fieure ON crossing
the street to the Post Office with
safety; now the traffic is SO
scrambled that pedestrians are in
danger almost anytime.
Local dogs are recovering from
distemner and taking rations with
more relish. Folks could use a
good Veterinarian hereabouts.
Henry Canfield. the hero of "F'rom
south Britain to Bagdad :" used to
doctor dogs here before the World
war Henry would cali for and de-
liver a nafient and he never lost
snring dav when the So,Ithbrrv
roads were hub-deen with mud.
Henry and his man drove down TO
Derby to collect some dogs to be
treatsd on the wav back three of
the nuns got loose and returned
home Mr. Garfield made dis
coverv Of his loss and again drove
to Derbv to recover the stravs II
was to,,eh on the horse INIT such
service made a host of friends
-
(sAorre HoImes. artist. merchant.
antiauarian ard natriot is, the
subiect Of am article in the Feb
rnarv issue AZ fhe Connecticut
Circle. Georre's picture annears
several nages besore tnat az Gov.
BALDWIN and It's = hetter picture
too. FoIks can aiways rate George.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

was gone. The partnership form was
a great aid to the Morgan partners
in escaping at times by legal means
income taxes.
A law passed during the Coolidge
regime enabled partners, whenever
a new partner entered the firm or
left it, to close its balance sheet and
list as realized losses declines in sec
urity holdings even though the Sec
urities were not sold.
1t fell out that the firm took in
several partners when market prices
were low; thus it was able to list
as realized the actually unrealized
losses on securities. This is no longer
important since the most profitable
part of the business is in the new
underwriting firm, Morgan Stanley
and Co.
NOW CAN CONDUCT
TRUST BUSINESS
Aside from these considerations
there is no other immediate I'M
portance to be attached to the move,
as was supposed when the an
nouncement was made. twill enable
the firm to conduct trust business
which will compensate for any other
disadvantages it may suffer.
1t may have a bearing on the
possible retirement of j. P. Morgan
himself from the business Or GER
tainly from active participation IN
it, 1t is understood in Wall Street
that he has contemplated this step
for some time. 1t Is also said that
he will, If he retires, probably spend
most of his time in England.
The new firm will, of course, con-
tinue to hold its interest in Morgan
Grenfell and Co., and in Morgan and
Co., investment bankers in London
and Paris respectively. But the
Drexel firm in Philadelphia, into
which the elder j. P. Morgan went
in 1871, will be completely disassoc-
lated from the Morgan firm.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

/. The People Of Northern
Louisiana are SO irate over the
Roosevelt Administrators sus-
pension Of the New Orleans grand
jury investigation, and the alleg-
ed Third Louisiana Purchase"
that a Shreveport grand jury now
may move in on certain key fig
ures Of the old Huey Long gang.
2. The Federal Government,
while supposing that 1t was help
ing to clean up Louisiana graft.
actually-though perhaps unwit-
tingly-waS permitting its agen-
cies to aid or condone further
maneuverings.
Most fragrant case Of this was the
manner in which the Social Security
Board in Washington helped to pay
50 political bonus to all those re-
ceiving old age pensions in Louis
lana. This windfall came on De-
cember IL, just month before the
primary in which. Earl Long and
Sam Jones were deadlocked. Natur-
ally, the Long-Maestri machine con-
bkO1o tAlC 1OCo4 cOCuA4vy OAACC, BOt
credit for the So extra payment. The
man credited with pulling this
stroke is A. r. Johnson, head OF
the Louisiana Department Of Public
Welfare, and Long appointee.
PROFESSIONALLY, Paul McNutt
Federal Security Administrator, and
other security officials in Washing
ton knew nothing about the deal
even though they contributed $50
out Of every So paid to oldster voters
in Louisiana. They know about it
now, however, for James j. Morri-
son, professor of law at Tulane
University, has filed charges with
McNutt that johnson completely
disregarded the Social Security Act
which forbids arbitrarily increased
payments except in extraordinary
cases.
u. s. Collects Campaign Funds
Another fast one which the Long
Maestri machine has pulled at the
expense of a naive federal govern
ment is to use the q. s. Employ
ment Service as a means Of collect
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

on a commercial banking business
from engaging in security under
writing and distribution and sub
jected all banks to series Of regu-
lator measures which forced the
Morgan firm to submit to examina-
lions and to make reports like any
other bank.
This compelled the firm to make
the difficult decision as to whether
it would continue as bank or as an
house. 1t met the diff
Guilty by remaining as a bank but
sponorsing the formation of another
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS

Passersby along the South Brit
ain Road often hear an ungo1Iy
sound from the Businesses Of East
Hill. Local people know what that
sound Is, but visitors are some
times frightened and some afraid.
Those noises come from the
Threats Of Texas bullfrogsl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
Todsys Answers 20
cRAEllUNa CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

Questions on Comic Page
I. Powerful argument for tenn
perance workers: "Ten Nights in
q Barroom"
2. Mythical voyage, described
by. Jules Verne: Eighty. Days
Around the World"
8. John Reeds story Of the
Russian Revolution: "Ten Days
That Shook the World"
4. Experiences of Warden Lewis
e. Lawes: Twenty Thousand Years
in Sing Sing
S. Collections Of tales: Zone
Thousand and One Arabian Nights"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

and separate company-Morgan,
Stanley and Co.-to carry the sec
urities business. 1t is incorporated.
The funds were supplied by the
Morgan partners.
With the security business thus
divorced, and the secrecy of the
private bank gone, there was no
longer the same need for continue
ing the partnership form Of the
bank.
LOW INCOME TAX
NOW IMPOSSIBLE
But another important advantage
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
Good Evening.
ASKING WE WILL GO
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

(Repeat from Another Skiing Season.
Let's HE to the great open spaces
But not too open, you know;
Stick in few convenient mountains
Nicely covered with mantle OF snow
Let the snow be of good depth but not blizzardy
AS we set forth in twos and threes
To the station to board the Snow-train
For a weekend Of sdmming on skis.
Up to the snow-topped Adirondacks
Or the Green Mountains Of old Vermont,
White Mountains, Berkshres, what's the din,
For the good old sporting jaunt.
For luggage Wen just pack our snow SUITS
Heavy sweaters wooden sox and stick,
Sliding down mountains we may need crutch
II not skilled in the ski-jumping trick.
Sing ho for the great open spaces!
Where through the deep snow we'll mush,
With hopes there's no rain in the meantime
Changing all our nice snow to slush.
EN- EN-,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
INTERNATIONAL STAR

Born of q French father and Irish
mother in Darjeeling, India, vivien
Leigh Is said TO be the most inter
national, star In the movies. Her
education was, obtained ip London
Paris, italy and Bavaria. K
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

George Cas-,
a former Wat
erburian, came
to South Brit
ain awhile ago
an d married
M Is S NJ q b C !
Hawkins, daug-
h ter of the
owner Of the
trap shop. Geo
rye spent sew
eral years here,
prospered, and
bought la n d /.
Some of that
land purchased
W as on East
Hill, and 1t
wasn't long be-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
Louisiana Scandals
Continue To Pile Up


BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT s. ALLEN
(CO-AuthOrs of The Washington Merry Go-kOunD
washington Especially AS Louisiana approaches
its most crucial February 20 primary when 1t will vote
on whether to reflect Governor Earl Long brother OF
the famous Huey Sam Jones' two things apparent
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19
STAR CAST

Robert Young and Helen Gilbert
in ''Florian" head a cast that IN
cludes Reginald Owen, Charles Co
burn, Lucille Watson, Lee Bowman
Soke Sakall and Rand Brooks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-19

The Mems Wear Council of Brit
ain 1 sadvising men to wear lighter
clothes during blackout periods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
NAILS CLAIM WIDE
GAINS IN SEA WAR
Assert Half OF Britain
Most Powerful Battleships
Are Sunk Or Damaged

BERLIN, March 1S-R-Half of
Britain's most powerful battleships
(which represent the kernel of Eng
fish marine power" have been sunk
or damaged by German submarines,
mines and planes, the official Ger
man news agency, DNB, said today
in a resume of the a at sea-.
DNB said the heart of the British
grand fleet consisted of Is battle
ships, of which only the Nelson,
Rodney and Hood are regarded as
modern according to German stand
ards.
Of these Is vessels Of the first
line, the 2%9,000-ton Royal Oak was
sunk by Captain Lieutenant Guen-
Their Prien, who steered his subma-
rine boldly into Scapa Flow the
night of Oct. 10.
Among those damaged and in a
measure disabled, DNB listed the
AZ, 1O0-ton battle cruiser Hood, the
3~3,950-ton b%attleship Nelson, the
80 O00-ton battle cruiser Repulse and
the 31,100-ton battleship Barham.
1t was conceded that some OF
these vessels, after being repaired
might have been struck again IN
an air attack on Scapa Flow Sat
urday night, but DNB contended it
was conservative to assume that
half of the heart of the British
fleet" had been disabled. In add
Continued On Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
REQUESTS OTHER AID
Official Announcement OF
Talk AT Brennero En-
phasizes Cordially
Rv RICHARD G. MASsOCK

ROME, March 1S.-R9-A d o f
Hitler, in a two and a half hour
conference with Premier Mussolini
today was believed by neutral OBJ
servers to have enlisted the aid of
his acknowledgement ally in neutraliz-
ing a safety ring" around the
Reich.
The German fuehrer also was be-
lieved by these observers to have
sought assurance that if Germany
starts an offensive against Frances
Maginot line and loses hundreds OF
thousands of soldiers thereby, Italy
would then consider the question OF
throwing her military weight in
the Nazi scales.
Reply Not Known
Mussolini's reply to the latter pro
posal in the momentous conference
in the historic Alpine Pass at Bren
ero, could only be conjectured.
But the official announcement OF
the talk emphasized its cordially
italian circles expected Premier
Mussolini would inform President
Roosevelt's fact-finding envoy, I'm
~dersecretary of State Sumner
Welles, of some phases of the talk
at least in a conference tomorrow
morning.
The "safety ring" around Ger
many, neutral observers said, might
be achieved by neutralizing the
Balkans against any British-Frencf
war offensive and making a series
of pacts with the little southeastern
countries.
Of a Berlin dispatch predicting
Ia Rome-Moscow rapprochement
sources usually well informed or
Italy's relations with Russia said
that neither Italy nor Russia haG
made a move thus far toward such
an undertaking, but it was admit
ted that Germany might enter into
negotiations with Russia for a
three-cornered arrangement.
After travelling overnight by rail
way train from their respective
Continue On Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
LINER QUEEN MARY
TO CARRY TROOPS
Plans Also Under Way To
Convert New Mauretania
Into Transport

NEW YORK, March 18- Up l.
Secret preparations to make Au-
tralian troop transports Of Britain's
81, 00O-ton liner Queen Mary and it's
35, 000-ton New Mauritania were IN
der way here tonight.
Both built for the luxury trans
Atlantic trade of peacetime, they
hale been lying here idle under
dirty gray camouflage paint, the
Queen Mary since the outbreak of
the war and the Mauritania for
some three Llonths.
The British admiralty's decision to
put them in the troop service was
not made known officially, but the
intention was disclosed with the ar
rival late in the day, aboard the
British steamer Antonio, of ITO Of
ficers and men to supplement, the
Continued On Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
EnliStS ItalV'S
Help In Safety Ring
Japs Protest To Reds
Over Border Battles

TOKYO, March 10 (Tuesday).
-(R-An informed source said
today that Soviet Russian sol
diers fired on Japanese on two
occasions March 16 on Sakhalin
Island, incidents which Japan's
foreign office twice has protest
ed to Russia.
The second time, this source
said, Russian fire was directed
against Japanese civilians. No
details were given.
The first reports of the shoot
ing said there were about a
dozen Soviet and two Japanese
casualties in a border clash.
Russia has the northern half of
the island, Japan the southern
half.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
Mine BLAST TOLL
MAY CLIMB TO 73
Crack Rescue Squads Bore
Through Fallen Rock,
Brave Deadly Gas

ST. GAINESVILLE, O., March Is
-CP-No longer expecting to finl
life, crack rescue squads bored
steadily through fallen rock and
deadly gas tonight to reach IS men
entombed in the blast-torn Willow
Grove coal mine.
With eight men alreadv known
dead, the toll of Saturdays blast was
expected to reach 70.
1t may be tomorrow before the
squads break through the last of a
/, 0O0-foot heap Of debris and enter
the area where the miners were
trapped.
More than 100 men, most CT them
either gassed OF injured, were res
cued a few hours after a terrifying
explosion struck the drift" mine
near the Ohio-West Virginia border.
Six bodies were found today. They
were identified as John Marks, Ross
McFadden, Constantine Daroma,
harry Klee, William Gardner and
Elmer Clerk. John Richards, mine
superintendent, and Triple Boss
Howard Sanders were killed by gas
CONTINUED On Page Three: Col, "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
%PENDERCAST GANG
FIGURE SENTENCED
Matthew S. Murray Given
Two Years For Evading
u. S. Income Taxes

KANSAS CITY, March 1S.-f'-
Matthew S. Murray, two-job wheel-
horse Of the Pendergast democratic
machine was sentenced today TO
serve two years in federal prison ~.
evading income taxes, ana ano
machine lieutenant, R. III III ,
o'Malley, came back from prison ~
face two state bribery nolclnieins
Murray. 5e-year-old, choiarls-a
pearing engineer, was the 1lrs' n'a
ior %Pendergast figure to stano 'l,a
on tax lodging charges ana 'ne
sixth to be sentenced.
The gray-haired executive VINO
,,,it Under fire as Missouri's WPA
administrator and Kansas City 5
Continue On Page Three; Co'' -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
Senate Passes
Hatch Bill On
SO To % Vote
Measure Would Bar Ap-
%proximately 100000 State
Workers From Politics
SENT TO HOUSE
Speaker Bankhead Tells
Reporters He Is Not In
Favor OF Legislation
BY RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, March 18-R-
The new Hatch bill, barring some
500,0 900 state employees from politics,
was passed by the senate today with
an unexpected, two-to-one majority
and sent to the house, where a high
ly uncertain future lay before it.
The vote, So to 20, surprised even
the measures principal sponsors.
The republican membership lined
up solidly behind the measure, as
had been expected, while numerous
democrats who had voted with the
opposition on various preliminary
tests turned on the final roll call to
the bills support. Most members
from the south persisted in their op.
position to the last.
Extension OF Act
The bill is an extension of the
original Hatch act which applies to
federal workers. It would forbid
state employees, paid in whole or in
part by federal funds, to engage in
political activities. AS the admin.
istrator of the proposed law, the
civil service commission would in
vestigate complaints and if thew
were found justified would order the
dismissal of the offending employe.
Unless the latter were fired, federal
funds to the amount of twice his an.
nual salary would be withheld from
the state or locality involved. The
employe would have the right Of
appeal to the courts.
In addition, written into the bill
by the opposition is a proviso that
no individual may make campaign
contributions of more than $4,000 in
any year-a clause which the oppon-
ents hoped would make the bill sc
distasteful as to assure it's ultimate
defeat. In fact, they fought the bill
tooth and nail until that amendment
was adopted.
Another major amendment was
written into the bill shortly before
it's passage. Proposed by Senator
Byrd (D-Va), it would forbid any
holder of a government contract tt
make a contribution to a politica
party upon penalty Of $4,000 fine q
five years Imprisonment. In some
cases, Byrd said, government con
TRACTORS have made contributions
which could be considered az
bribery"
In the house the bill has opposi
ton in important places. The mea
sure must first go through the
judiciary committee, where it con
cededly has many enemies. Then
Continued On Page Three; Col. S,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
CONFER in RAIL CAR
Germany Also Expects Ex-
tension OF Rome Berlin
Axis To Moscow Soon
SAFETY RING IS SEEN
Berlin Hears Won Ribben-
trop Plans To Confer
With Premier Molotoff
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER

BERLIN, March Is. R Adolf
Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a
sudden, momentous conference in a
railway car on their common frontier
at the Bremen Pass today from
which Germany emerged with these
certain expectations:
1. That Italy is ready to join the
European al actively on Germany's
side if and when needed, and
2. That the Rome-Berlin axis
would be extended to Moscow soon,
perhaps before the week is over.
German-Italian aims for remodel
ing Europe will be endorsed by Mos
COW, observation-disclosures sources
said, as a third partner. Germany
does not expect, however, that Rus
STA will become a belligerent. Rather,
she is looked upon as a great store
house of raw materials.
Enlists Italy's Aid
lin Rome, where the only official
comment on the conference was that
it was Cordial" neutral observers
believed that Hitler enlisted Italy's
aid to seal a safety ring" around
Germany, perhaps by ~neutralizing
the Balkans against a British-French
war offensive by making a series OF
pacts with the small southeastern
"ountries.)
a-~
AS details of the spectacular meet.
ing in II Duce's private car at Bren-
nero, on the Italian side of the from
tier, trickled through to Berlin, it
appeared that the two statesmen
agreed that italy would join the wal
on Germany's side if it should be-
come desirable for her to abandon
her present status in which she is
mot neutral and yet not waging
war;"
Until such time, it was said, Italy
would lose no opportunity to demon
| strate to the western powers that
she is Germany's ally economically,
politically and ideologically.
The two statesmen were under.
stood to have agreed that an Italian
Russian rapprochement must come
CONTINUED On Page Three; Col. 81