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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08

Coughlin, famous radio priest of Royal Oak, Mich.
 As a writer and as a member of the New York Bar association Dr. Curran has been honored by sev- eral colleges and universities for his splendid work in promoting tolerance among various racial and religious groups. He is an unusually gifted speaker and his visit to Wa terbury is hailed as event of im- portance not only to members of the Citizens Study Club, followers of the so:ial justice movement, but to all who are opposed to intoler- ance playing any part in American life.
 Rev. Joseph M. Donnelly, assis- tant pastor of St. Thomas church will present Dr. Curran on the oc- casion of his lecture Friday eve- ming. A group of prominent citi- zens will form a reception commit tee as a mark of honor and respect for the distinguished visitor. The public is invited to attend. There will be 10 broadcast of the address or the musical program, the com- mittee announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
DR. CYRUS ADLER
 DIES LAST NIGHT
Famous Educator RecOg= nized By 2 Presidents
 of United States

Philadelphia, April 8-(UP)-Dr Cyrus Adler, 76, educator, philan- thropist and a spokesman for Amer ican Jews, died at his home here last night.
 Eie was stricken at his office at Dropsie college, of which he was president, last August.
 nr. Adler was called upon by President Roosevelt to represent American Jewry at interfaith dis cussions to promote world peace and to aid victims of persecution. He represented President Grover Cleve- land on diplomatic missions in Europe and the Near East.
 He was named president of the Jewish Theological seminary of New York in 1924 and held the post at his death. His varied interests in- cluded long association with Dr. Samuel P. Langley and he was cred ited with establishing Langley's rep utation as an aviation pioneer.
 Dr. Adler was born at Van Buren Ark, in 1863 and was brought tC Philadelphia when his father died in 1866. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at 19 and after studying at Johns Hopkins university taught there until 1893 specializing in Semetic languages He became librarian of the Smith sonian institute h 1893 and later served as curator of historic arche- ology and religion at the National museum in Washington.
 His wife, Mrs. Racie F. Adler, Mrs Henry I. Hamburg of Baltimore Mrs. Adler's sister, and Mrs. Wolfe Wolfinson, a daughter, were at his bedside.
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(Continued from Page D said, was "Tommyrot."
 "If that had happened, we wouldn't be back here with our car- go intact" he said. 'The British would have taken us to Hong Kong and unloaded the cargo as contra band of war. It looks to me as If the war has hit the Pacific trade routes"
 Two Russian Ships Seized
 British warships recently seized in ASiatic waters two Russian ships carrying cargo believed to have been destined for Germany via Siberia. The freighter Selenga, enroute to Vladivostok with cargo of tin, an- timony and wolframite, was seized off Formosa Jan. 13 and taken to Hong Kong. Last week the Vla- dilnir Mayakovsky, which picked up a 4,O00 ton cargo of U. s. copper and molybdenite at Manzanillo, Mex, and San Pedro, Calif., was taken into Hong Kong.
 Captain Arntz disclaimed knowl- edge of the owners reasons for canceling the voyage.
 Crew members said they had heard reports aboard ship that Brit ish warships were waiting to inter cept the Wildwood at the 18th Me- ridian. The ship turned about just short of it and about 1900 miles west of Honolulu.
 Captain Arntz termed this "idle gossip" and said he merely had followed orders"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
Third Term Decision

for Roosevelt. The only contest is between two Roosevelt slates, one backing Harry Hershey of Taylor vile for governor, the other back ing Lieut.. Gov. John Stelle.
 The battle between Hershey, with the Governor Horner and Chicago Kelly Nash machines behind him, and Stelle, who is organizing 6 re- volt against the machine, is the most spectacular.
 This fight is so bitter that 1t bodes no good for the Democratic pros poets in the fall. Stelle is charging the Horner- -Kelly-Nash organiza- ton with vicious machine practices, and the mysterious death of F. Lyn- den Smith, Horner campaign man. ager, has brought investigation of two pen cent" machine funds en- trusted him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
INVERSION CORP
 FINANCES HIDDEN
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(Cont1nued from Page D $500 paid by the company to Harry E. Mckenzie, former Republican leader in Connecticut who later served prison term for the Water bury, Conn, frauds. The check was listed as payment flor 8 survey of drug and liquor conditions in Con- necticut."
 Will Pay Creditors
 New York, April 8.-(UP)-Mer- chandise creditors of McKesson & Robbins, Inc, whose frozen" bal ances amount to more than $100 and less than $1,O0O, will be paid in cash without interest in full settlement of their claims, according to an or- der filed today in the federal district court.
 The order, expected to involve pay ment of approximately $511 ,000, was made on petition of the merchandise creditors committee.
 William J. Wardall, trustee of the firm, supported the action. He ex- plained, however, that it might be some time before payments under the new order could be completed. because of the necessity of reconcil- ing creditors claims with the com- pany'S books.
 A recent order by the court per- mitted payment of frozen" balances of $100 <r less.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
British Warships Are
 Ready to Back Mining
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to hinder or prevent Germany from obtaining resources or facilities from Norway; that they had re- solved to deny the use by Germany of territorial waters for carrying contraband, and that they had mined three sections of the Nor wegian coast to that end.
 Justify Their Course
 Justfiying their course, the AL lied governments charged Germany with indiscriminate mine-laying and ruthless submarine warfare; with murder on the high seas in at- attacks on fishing boats; with cam paign of "pure terrorism" against neutral shipping.
 They held that international law has always recognized the right of a belligerent, when his enemy re- sorts to mystematic illegality, to take appropriate action.
 Germany's action, the Allies said, placed the Allies at dangerous disadvantage. Their notification continues:
 If the successful pro ecution of the war now requires them to take such measures, world opinion will not be slow to realize both the ne- cessitv under which they are con- strained to act and the purpose of their action. Their purpose in this was is to establish principles which the smaller states of Europe would themselves wish to see prevail, and upon which the existence of those states ultimately depends"
 By implication, the notifications held that Norway had actively aid- ed Germany's use of its territorial waters for contraband running, out of fear of German displeasure.
 Three Named Areas
 The three areas mined off the Norwegian coast are:
 1-Stadlandet, off the southwest coast, at a point where the coast juts out westward.
 2The bud area south of Chris tiansund, where there are wide dan gerouS shoals on the coast.
 SThe west Fjord, the outlet rom NarVlk, whence Germany ob- tains its iron ore supply.
 It was indicated that the Allied mine fields were designed partly to force German ships out of Nor wegian territorial waters at these three points, to meet waiting Allied wsrships.
 Announcement of the British and French action came few hours af- ter disclosure that a German sub- marine had torpedoed, allegedly without warning, the 2,118 ton Norwegian steamship Navarro, with the loss of its four officers, six men of the crew and two male passen- gers. It was alleged that the U- boat watched while a life boat cap- sized, sending six men to death, and made no effort to aid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
GERMANY CLAIMS
 ALLIES MAKE WAR

Continued from Page D trality," it was said. Tt will be in- teresting to us to see how the neu- trals react to these acts of rape. We are watching developments in the north, east, south and west"
 Calls Act of War
 Authorized quarters referred to reports of British commercial opera tions along the Danube, which flows from Austria through Jugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania, as Ian act of war against Germany prepared on neutral soil"
 It was decided that the German government was in contact with the Rumanian government regarding allied efforts to tie up Danubian shipping.
 Mining of Norwegian waters was described as "very grave and most ominous for the future"
 Exactly what German counter measures will be taken I naturally cannot say, especially since no ofi- cial German report on the allied declaration has yet been received but that they will be very strong is certain" an authorized source said.
 The Essener National Zeitung, which is close to Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, said that "all indications are that the plutocratic powers now are conduct ing a decisive stroke against the continuation of Norwegian neutral ity and intend to expand the war to this region (Scandinavia)."
 Serious Threats Hinted
 The newspaper said that the Scan- dinavian nations now must reckon with serious threats from Britain.
 The German official news agency D. N. B. announced that the foreign office was in possession of documen- tary evidence of "colossal sabotage plan of the English secret service on the Danube"
 The plan provided, D. N. B. said. for armed British motor boats and barges manned by British naval and military men to attempt to sail up the Danube and blow up the banks of the Danube at certain points, sink barges in the channel and halt Ger man use of the river in trade with southeast Europe.
 The agency said that as result oi the revelations the Rumanian au- thorities were halting and searching ships on the Danube.
 Maxi Fleet At Sea
 Oslo, Norway, April 8.-(UP)- Usually reliable informants reported today that a fleet of German war. ships was steaming through the Kat tegat between the Danish and Swed. ish coasts, on the route from the Baltic to the Skager Rak and the open North Sea. The report was moi confirmed but came from source. which have been reliable in the past.
 The Oslo newspaper Dagbladet hae reported in an extra edition that g large German fleet was steamine northward via the Kattegat, anc that it was believed there were about IS ships in 1t.
 According to this report, most o! the German ships were proceeding by the Great Belt, between the Dan ish islands of Fuenen and Zealand and that six were steaming by way of the sound between Zealand anc Sweden.
 According to reports here tht Shins were already in the Kattepat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
Burke, Cochran
By NEA Service

By NEA Service
 Omaha, Neb., April 8-A battle of giants" on the scale Nebraska used to see when William Jennings Bryan and Gilbert M. Hitchcock strode across the political stage is being fought out at the primary April 9.
 Senator Edward R. Burke and Governor R. L. Cochran, battling for 6urke's Senate seat, are overshadow- ing even the presidential contest. President Roosevelt's name is on the Democratic preferential ballot, but without opposition, as Garner forces failed to file.
 Vandenberg and Dewey are the Republican opponents, with active campaign forces hotly at work, but neither has created much excite .ment. Veteran party leaders lean
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(Continued from Page D they took shelter in harbor.
 Big British warships were seen of the coast near Bud Island, where the central mine field was laid.
 During the morning they steamed to point about IA of a mile of the coast and took up their station near Lyrodden.
 A German freighter which passed Lyrodden was not halted.
 The British and French ministers, Sir Cecil F. J. Dormer, and Andre Dampierre, delivered notes to the foreign office at a. man hour after the mining was announced to the world by radio-informing the government that the mines had been laid in Norwegian waters and stat ing the reason for the action.
 A secretary received the notes and immediately informed Foreign Min ister Halvdan Koht, who was still asleep. Dressing hastily, Koht sum- moned the foreign affairs commit tee of the cabinet.
 Shipping quarters were thrown into greatest confusion. Excitement and tension prevailed throughout the country, and people of all class es specuated on the possible results of what was regarded as a sensa- tional violation of Norwegian neu- trality.
 A heavy British naval watch, it was indicated, was ready to prevent any Norwegian attempt to sweep the mines clear.
 The Allied move came close upon news that a German submarine had torpedoed without warning the Nor Wegian Steamship Navarro.
 Ingve Haugen, secretary general of the Norwegian Seamen's Union, implied in any angry statement that Norwegian Seamen and dock workers might refuse to man ship bound for Germany or even to load or unload German ships at Norwegian ports.
 It was emphasized that this was Haugen's own statement, but 1t was said also that 1t expressed the feel ings of many people in influential quarters and large section of the public, entirely aside from any attt- tude the government might take.
 Haugen said:
 we can not permit things to go on this way. Something must be done, and quickly. We shall have to wait for detailed information of the Navarro first of all. But the at titude we shall have to consider in- cludes not only possible refusal to send out seamen abroad ships bound for Germany but also the possibility of halting the loading and unloading of German ships in Nor wegian ports"
 Thorwald H. Halvorsen, a leading Norwegian ship owner, went to Ber- lin recently and discussed the sink ing of Norwegian ships with German naval leaders. Of this visit, a ship ping man said:
 For about one month Norwegian ship owners and sailors cherished the hope that German sea warfare would be modified. Halvorsen re- ceived promises to this effect. Viola tions since his visit of what Norway maintains is the neutral right of way on the open sea have been con- sidered accidental. But the recent attack on the Steamship Mira (bombed by German planes> and the sinking of the Navarro certainly have no connection with accidents"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
Moon Steals Spotlight" M
 Aerial ShouU

Necks were craned by the thousand yesterday afternoon as Waterburians viewed an an- nular eclipse of the sun. At the peak of the eclipse, reached at 5:05 p. m., the sur was 66 per cent covered by the moon.
 The moon first began to cross over the sun at 3:50 p. m., and the area covered increased steadily until 5:05. Then the shadow began to recede, and the eclipse was entirely over shortly after 6 o'clock.
 During the eclipse, the air was a Sickly yellowiSh green in color, and observers had the impression of an eerie twilight.
 The sky was clear through most of the eclipse, and ex- posed film and dark glasses gave many 8 clear view of the phenomenon.
 In the southern part of the country, the eclipse was a total one.
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(Continued from Page D automobile for sale. Kurzawa an- swered the advertisement, took Bowman to the home of Kasap $ parents, who were away, where Kasap was waiting with pistol. Kasap confessed yesterday, as Kur- zawa confessed last week, that Bow man was slain, his body was dump ed into his own car, carried to dump, saturated with kerosene, and set on Fire. Feb. Il 1t was ident1- fled through dental work.
 Meanwhile, Kasap and Kurzawa had forged Bowman's name to a bill of sale and sold his car for $385. With this money they rented and furnished murder house" and while looking for new victmis, dug two graves in the cellar and bought quantity of quick lime.
 Wife to Have Baby
 Loyst's wife was going to have baby and he needed money. He ad- veritsed L...5 car for sale and Kur- zawa answered. They drove about for a while, Joyst demonstrating the machine, then went to murder house." Kurzawa saying he wanted his wife to see it. Kasap was wait ing just inside wiht the pistol. Loyst was marched to the cellar and forced to strip to his underwear. He was then commanded to lie face down on the bare ground. He com- plained of the cold and was per- mitted to put on his overcoat first. Then Kasap said in his signed statement D police, he fired two shots into the spine of his prone victim. Loyst stirred and moaned, he said, SO he fired shot into the back of his head.
 Loyst's hands were dipped in quick lime, his body was dumped in one of tre graves and covered with quick lime, then the grave was filled. Kasap said the other grave, though empty, was filled at the same time.
 Name Was Forged
 Loyst's ne.ne was forged to a bill of sale and his car brought $325. The slayers spent 1t all on clothes and couldn't pay the next months rent on "murder house" because Ralph Selden, an automobile sales man, had an intuition that Kasap was not bonafide prospect and broke off negotiations with him.
 Murder house" was vacated and the agent found the mounds in the cellar. Police dug and found Loyst's body. Though Kasap had rented the house under an assumed name, the agent Identified hi min the rouge's gallery.
 On March 2, Kasap walked into poice headquarters and said he un- derstood police were looking for him. They questioned him daily sometimes 32 hours at stretch without getting the slightest admis- sion cut of him until yesterday.
 Meanwhile, they had learned that Kurzawa had been his constant compan. ,n. They traced Kurzawa to Imperial, Pa., where he was arrest ed. Ballistic tests had already shown that the bullets which killed Bow man and Loyst had been fired from the same pistol. A pistol was found in Kurzawa's pocket and this was identified as the pistol.
 Both Confessed
 Friday Kurzawa confessed. Yes- terday, shown his signed statement, KaSap broke down.
 Both youths had been in the hand of the law for house breaking.
 Both seemed of inferior intelli- gence. Kasap is gaunt-faced youth with a singular brayado, an egotiSt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08

Battle

The Burke Cochran battle is tops here. Burke, ending his first term in the Senate, is challenged by Cochran, closing his third term as governor. In past elections both have shown equal strength, and the odds today are distinctly 50-50. Cochran started with strong lead. based on Burke's senatorial opposi- tion to several New Deal measures But Burke has been recovering rap- idly before an electorate which likes @ man who Speaks his piece and doesn't back water" Cochran is trying to draw a line between Jeffer- sonian and New Deal democracy.
 Five candidates complicate the Republican senatorial primary.
 Nebraska shows a definite swing back toward Republicanism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08

unusual musical merit and which will serve to acquaint the groups many friends of the splendid pro- grass made by the club since its organizatin. In addition to the choral group Eugene T. Oviatt, well known musician, will be presented in special organ recital.
 Both musical features have been arranged as prelude to the lecture of Rev. Dr. Edward Lodge Curran, president of the International Catholic Truth Society, who is ap- bearing here under the auspices of the Citizens Study Club. Dr. Curran widely known as an orator and writer has shared on several occa- sions the honor of being a princi- pal speaker with Rev. Charles s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
CROWBAR USED TO
 EXTRICATE MEN

Worcester, Mass, April 8.-CUP)- Police used crowbars today to extri- cate two severely-injured Ohio men from the jammed cab after their 12-ton trailer truck overturned on the Boston-Worcester turnpike.
 Driver Darwin Frye, AS, of Mon- roeville, O., was hospitalized with a fractured right hip, broken rib, scalp cuts and shock, and Wilbert .. Reed, 26, of Norwalk, O., with possible broken ankle.
 The truck, loaded with machinery, was bound for Beverly when its brakes apparently locked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
AGED CHESHIRE
 MAN DIES TODAY
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end:
 Miss Stephanie Dembowsky, of 80 Oak street, suffered a possible frac- ture of the right ankle, in an &C., cident near Lakewood early Sunday morning. Police said she was injured after car driven by Stanley zim- insky, 24, of 36 Camp street, and John D. Coe, "A of 84 Pierpont street, collided. Both cars were ex- tensively damaged and Ziminsky was notified for traffic court on charges of speeding and reckless driving.
 Bristol Woman Hurt
 Mrs. Palmina Amici, 50, of Bristol, was injured in a leg and forearm when four cars collided on Wolcott road near Bouley manor early Sun day. Edward Sabaliauskas, g, of Prospect street, Union City, was charged with reckless driving ana speeding. Mrs. Amici was a passen- ger in a car operated by Dr. Pearl J Amici, of Bristol, which was struck by Sabaliauskas' car. Two other cars were involved.
 Dolores Fibre, 8, of 27 Grand street, suffered abrasions of the side Saturday afternoon when she darted into the path of car operated by Alex Baukus, of 53 Spring street, Union City, at South Main street, near the Italian church.
 No arrest was made.
 Drive On Speed Limit
 The drive against violators of the 25-mile an hour speed limit con- tinued with the arrest of Francis Melillo, 34, of 136 Ashland street, North Adams, Mass, Stanley zim- insky, "A, of 36 Camp street; and William Menturewick, 24, of 19 Denning street. Another motorist, Elmer R. Hager, g, of 30 Gates avenue, was arrested on charges of reckless driving and speeding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08

The fields were chosen carefully, it was understood, so as to leave no inland channels or islands be- hind which iron ore ships could avoid passing out onto the high seas.
 Aside from crippling all German trade because German ships from and to the Baltic take advantage of the Norwegian coast, 1t was un- derstood that the Allies hoped to bottle up German warships in the Baltic, as those ships also are be- lieved to use the coastal route to reach the open sea.
 Ia was announced that the Allies reserved the right to take such mea- sures as they might think necessary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
HOLLAND PLANS
 IN CASE OF WAR

Rome, April 8.-(UP)-The news paper Popolo Di Roma reported from Amsterdam today that Holland plans to place Dutch insular possessions under the protection of a great pow er-presumably the United States if she is involved in war in Flu rope.
 The newspaper said that the great power" would be neither Eng land nor Germany.
 (There have been persistent ru- mors-denied in official sources that Holland might turn her West Indies possessions such as Curacao over to the United States or that they might be put under American protection in some manner in event of the Dutch being engaged in war)
 Tho uater from pn1fed icnhorOS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
Vote May Affect
By NEA Service

Springfield, IT., April 8-Because Garner forces have made their pri- issue rather than seeking delegates isue rather than seeking delegates for the vice president, the Illinois primary April g may strongly affect President Roosevelt's decision.
 Garner forces are not expected to win more than 10 per cent of the vote, but they argue that all Garner votes at the primary will go to the Republicans if Roosevelt is the Dem ocratic nominee.
 Thomas Dewey is all alone in the Republican field.
 The Illinois presidential primary is not binding on delegates, only ad- visory. Since they have this year no choice, they are likely to feel less bound to Dewey than ordinarily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-08
Catholic High Pupils
 In Musical Prelude
Choral Club to Present Informal Concert Program
 Friday Evening With Dr. Curran's Lecture

The Waterbury Catholic High School Choral Club will make one of its rare public appearances in Buckingham hall next Friday eve ming. A group of some sixty stu dents will b. heard in special selec- tionS that comprise g program of