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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
FUNERALS

The funeral of Edmund J. Con- way, Sr, was held this morning at 9:l5 o'clock from the Bergin fu- neral home, 290 East Main street to the Immaculate Conception church where a mass of requiem was cele- brated at g o'clock by Rev. Paul Spodnik, Burial was in St. Thomas cemetery, Southington, with com- initial services by Rev. William Kennedy. The pahpearers were: Edwin Earth, Daniel Cashman, John Kane, George McGuire, John OLeary and James Sullivan.
 The funeral of Santa Bacco was held this morning at 8 o'clock from the Maiorano funeral home. 95 Will low street to Our Lady of Lourdes church, where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated at 9 o'clock by Rt. Rev. Joseph Valdambrini, as- sisted by Rev. Rocco Nadile and Rev. John Hutchinson, S. J. Burial was in the family plot in Calvary cemetery with committal services by Father Nadile. The pallbearers were: Pasquale Porto, Daniel Fiola, Nicola Ella, Nicola DiMichele, Pas quale DiFrancesco and Crescenzo Palo.
 Funeral services for George H.. Kemp were held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, with Rev. Martin J. Lorenz, pastor of the First Lutheran church, officiating. Burial was in old Pine Grove cemetery.
 The funeral of Raymond J.. Timms was held this morning at 9:15 o'clock from the home of his sister, Mrs. Michael A. Cavanaugh of STA Chase Parkway to the Bles- sed Sacrament church where sol- emp mass of requiem was celebrat- ed at 10 o'clock by Rev. William F. Casey of Seymour assisted by Rev. Edward L. Morrison Deacon and Rev Francis J. Barrett, sub deacon. Seated in the sanctuary were: Rev. James T. Brophy of Goshen, Rev. James Mccarthy, M. s. of Altamont, N. Y, and Rev. Joseph D. Casey of Glastonbury. A musical program was rendered with Mrs. Robert F. Birt as organ ist and soloist. Burial was in the family plot in Calvary cemetery with committal services by Fathers Peter Cuny. William Casey. Joseph Casey and Edward Morrison. The pallbearers were: Dr. George Bar nett, Williar, Cavanaugh Edward Cavanaugh. Michael Mccormack, George B. Blackall and George Ca- sey.
 The funeral of Louis F. Smith will be held tomorrow morning at 8:i5 o'clock from the Mulville fu- neral home. 270 West Main street to the Church of the Immaculate Conception where requiem high Mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
THINGS | NEVER KNEW TIL NnTV AROTTT MIJSIC

THINGS NEVER KNEW TIL
 NOW ABOUT MUSIC
 q can't even play "Chop Sticks"!)
 Carusc, who. was born in Naples, sang there only once in his life, be- cause his first Naples appearance drew sour notices Gle never for gave them, and refused to sing there again.) It takes longer to make a piano than to build battleship. CThe wood used for the sounding board must be seasoned in the open air from three to five years, and then 1t takes about six months to build the piano) Mlissolini plays Beethoven symphonies on his violin for relaxation. Chemically enough, the Duce's favorite com poser was foe of dictatorsD Paderewski used to consider his piano tuner so vital to his career that he took him wherever he went, even if it was for walk around the blockI :. Bill Nye once observed that Wagnerian music is better than it sounds.
 It costs about $10 a minute for any of the better orchestras to re- hearse The eight verses of America" were composed in half an hour. (Dr. Samuel Francis Smith, who wrote the song, was A years old at the t.me.) Though Irving Berlin has written some of the grandest melodies of our day, he'd rather have written "The Rosary" than any he has composed :. =. . Henry O. Osgood, once interviewing George Gershwin about his musical background, asked him: Did you play anything when you were a yo,ingster?" Nothing but hookeyl" was Gershwin's retort.
 The tone of the violincello more closely resembles the human voice than that of any other instrument One of Teddy Roosevelt's greatest regrets was that he couldn't play any musical instrument. (Every once in a while he sat down at a piano and tried to coax out mel ody.) Victor Herbert, whose heart was as big as his waistline, used to carry a vest pocket full of five dollar gold pieces to the Lambs Club, where he lunched, to help out actors who were Up against 1t As a child Fritz Kreisler hated to play the violin, and resorted to all sorts of dodges to avoid practicing Texas Guinan often fainted when she heard an organ l. A soon-due flicker, My Love Came Back" is about a group of music students who form an orchestra to swing the classics Richard Wagned used to stand in front of a mirror and tip his hat to himself.
 Germany gets credit for many of the worlds great composers, though many of them weren't Germans (Liszt was a Hungarian, Haydn was a Croat, Gluck was a Bohemian, and Beethoven was half Dutch.) {. :. The gold piano in the White House cost the government $18,000 when it was purchased during T. R.'s ad- ministration Clemenceau, the French premier, had such great ad- mirntion for Paderewski's piano. playing that when he was intro- duc0d to him at the Versailles Peace Conference (where Paderewski came as Polish Premier) he said: "So you are now Premier. What a come down!" Ray Henderson has written song titled All This, and Heaven Too" inspired by the Bette Davis Charles Boyer romancinema. F. D. R. relaxes when he's alone after a busy day by doing a Nelson Eddy. Gle has lusty tenor) Mischa Elman never carries his violin himself, because he believes a violinist shouldn't even lift that much weight bef9rR . concert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
Chief

exhibition of films showing the pow CT and majesty of Uncle Sam's naval forces. The pictures have never been previously shown here. Chief John W. McGibbons of the local recruiting agency, will be the chief speaker. He will accompany the guests present on tour of inspection of U. s. nav al training stations and will show the boys how the fleet goes into &C., tion in a big way.
 Tn view of the interest manifested locally by young men eager to select a branch of service for which they believed themselves especially quali-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

papers until they returned to New York and checked further. The special agents spent all of last Fri- day here and part of Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

xiGLATzkI-In th!s elty, 4slF sth. den st, FBneFal ThunFsdng. afisF-
 noon at 2 o'clock. from Aldersen
 runsrnl Home. 70 Central Ave. Burial in old Fine 0revs cenleieFy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

sUTHERLAND-ln this city, July carthyi Sutherland. of Cottage Place. oakvilis. Funeral Thursday afternoon. at lse0 o'clock. from AldsFson Funeral Home, 70 Central Ave. Burial Co new Pine Grove nametafy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

OtAASA huAAAdu 1SehVAeys NAv ASANhOo they say. sixty mental operations a second.) . John Golden, the the atrical producer, collaborated on songs with woodrow Wilson, Victor Herbert, Irving Berlin and Douglas Fairbanks /. :. stephen Foster, who wrote "swanee River" never saw the swanee river. Gle picked the name for his song because he saw 1t or Florlda state map)
 Contemporary song-writers aren't the only tune-pirates. Beethoven lift ed from a waltz by Diabelli, Mozart lifted from a minuet by Duport, anc Brahms borrowed whole themes by Haydn "Ta-Ra- -Ra Boom De- Ay," one of the most popular songs of the Mauve Decade, was swipee from a bawdy house in St. Louis where some musicians heard il played |. v. Andrew Carnegie hat himself awakened each morning bS the playing of bagpipes Jack Judge, the author of "1ts Long Long Way to Tipperary" (the most popular war song ever written), rar fish market by day and worked as an actor by night :. The worlds oldest tune is believed to be that of Hes Jolly Good Fellow" Charles Darwin once hired man to play a trombone daily for sev- eral hours to a row of beans. (Be- cause someone told him that music had an influence on the growth of plants.
 Talk about fate! When Eugene Ormandy, who replaced Stokowski as conductor of the Philadelphia orchestra, first came to New York he ran through the little money he had and was down to his last nickel He debated whether to spend the nickel on a subway ride or cur of coffee, and decided on the latter He sat down at a table in a restau- rant with his coffee and his music manuscripts. A fellow sitting op- posite him noticed the music and started to talk to him. He told Or mandy that he was a member of the Capitol theater orchestra and that they needed a violinist. Ormandy got the job, and ultimately became conductor of the orchestra. If, ir1- stead of spending his last nickel or cuppacoffee, he had taken the subway ride, he might still be rid. ing in subways!
 Sir George Henschel once took 6 walk with Brahms, the composer They stopped to read plaque or a house which said: Here Bee. thoven lived" Brahms commented "When I die, there will also be 6 sign on my house" "Yes, squelched Henschel, land the sigr will read: This house to let"
 When you listen to an orchestrs of hundred players, you actually hear no more than 12 different tones Carrie Jacobs Bond, who wrote "The End of a Perfect Day." was st poor at one time she couldn't af. ford to buy dress. She wore ar evening gown at a concert she made out of two lace curtains Wher Vladimir de Pachmann received tn, Royal Philharmonic society,s Golt Medal, he bit 1t to see if 1t was genu inc You wouldn't think 1t, bu violin contains sevently separat, pieces The annual royalties or "St. Louis Blues" published 34 year! ago, still amount to about $20,00t ! . Gen. U. s. Grant claimed ht knew only two chunes. "One Is 'Yan. kee Doodle" he said, "and the othe1 isn't"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
DIED

O'CONNOR-In this city. July sth. i94O, Maureen OcOnnor, Of i2b Hillcrest Ave. Funeral tomorrow Funeral Home, % Central Ave, 10 66 Peter and Paul Church. Burial in new st. Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

Mott between ' and 9:30 o'clock in the evening. The episode occurred few hours later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

Playing classical music on a piano
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
Walter WiHlcIaeu Or BrOddzguy

trade Hsslse'sd cOpyr'e't IssO MrrOs Inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
Names Gov. Ousting State
Officers For Big Shortage

Augusta, Me-, April 18-(UP)-
State treasurer Belmont A. Smith,
65. prepared today to fight an i'm
pending custer action by Gov,
Lewis o. Barrows who already has
obtained designations of four state
fiscal officials as result OF an in
curry into Names tangled finances.
Latest resignation was that OF
7O-year-old finance commissioner
william S. Owen who acceded to
the Governors demand yesterday.
designations of Smith and Owen
were requested when private audi
tors, called in by Gov. BarroWs,
announced in third report that
shortages found now totaled $4,000
Smith demanded a public hearing
before the governor and council.
Resginations already had been
turned in by: Controller William
A. Punnells, As, who was found with
two bullet wounds in his chest at his
home April 1. He said the shots
were accidental. Police said they
found $25, 1000 in cash in his brief
case, more in safety deposits boxes
and guarded his hospital bed pend
ing his recovery when they were to
serve warrant charging embezzle-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18

ment.
state auditor Ebert D. Hayford,
charged with ineficiency.
Deputy state treasurer Louis H.
Winship, charged with failure 10
perform his duties properly.
The auditors reported that from
July 1887 to March 1910, checks
totaling $4,000 were cashed by the
treasury department and the money
turned over to Punnells. The report
said a similar exhibit of checks
of a like character" was being pre-
pared for the period Jan. !, 1882
to June 80, 1887.
Gov. Barrows charged Smith with
''inefflciency" on grounds that cash
ing of the checks was an irregular
ity in the treasurer's office. Smith
said the administrative code adopt
ed 1882 gave most of the financial
power to the controller. He said
"they took away my power and
then complained because I could
do nothing"
The law says the treasurer, elect
ed by the legislature, may be called
upon to resign after written charges,
but is entitled to a public hearing
If he refuses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
. HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
Petunia Of Ideal Shape
Wins ALL Medal

Plant breeders working with bed
ding plants have in mind an ideal
which might be described as fol-
lows: A dwarf, compact plant
forming as nearly as possible a
hemisphere of color. They would
like the flowers to be so numerous
that leaves are never-or hardly
ever-seen; and the plant should
bloom without check until frost
kills it.
This ideal has so far not been
realized, and it may be better so.
A plant that stayed Out" so COM
pletely as that would hardly seem
alive. Still, it must be admitted
that the breeders have something
when they seek plant that will
grow compactly and produce a
mass of bloom. So when judges in
the All-America trials for 1910 saw
the new petunia Cream Star, they
recognized its merit and awarded
it a silver medal.
This petu;lia is the nearest ap-
proach to the ideal plant that has
vet been produced in petunias. 1t
grows In . compact mound and its
flowers are so freely produced that
it always registers as color mass.
The color is family cream, though
, giving the effect Of white in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
Fire Commissioners
To Inspect Bumpers
Delay Action One Week On Purchasing New Appara
tus-CitatiOn Voted Private harrington

Inc, $500 or Model No. 20 and
$7,872 for Model IS.
Prior to the receiving of bids
which was the last item at the
meeting, the Board ordered Priv
Leo harrington, of the East Main
street bungalow station, to appear
at the next meeting to be cited for
his brave act in saving a child from
being struck by a car recently.
Private harrington, who was do
ing volunteer traffic duty at the
time, was praised in a letter from
the East End Community club
which recommended that he be
cited. The boards action was taken
on motion of Comsr Patrick F.
Shea.
The board also received a letter
! from Edward H. Madden, retired
from the department for nearly 80
years, who asked if the board could
give him compensation fro an in
jury he suffered in 1908. He said
the accident occurred in Bridgeport
while he was under the Jurisdiction
of the city.
The letter was placed on file.
The board sanctioned the use of
white shirts for firemen instead of
the present gray. The action was
taken as a result of request from
the Firemen's association which set
forth that gray shirst fade, but
white shirts don't.
Disagreement between the fire
surgeon and a private physician on
the condition of Private Patrick
Donahue was also seen as result
OF letter from the private doctor.
Fire Surgeon Alfred j. Finn had
previously said that Donahue who
as seriously injured on duty some
months ago was fit for duty, while
DR.. Andrew j. Jackson's letter stat
ed an examination disclosed he
isn't.
Surgeons Report
Fire Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh,
it was indicated, will follow the fire
surgeons report.
DR.. Finn also reported that an
examination of Priv. Edward Con-
nor disclosed he is of high nerv-
GUS temperament, and suggested
cocupational therapy as a treat
ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
THREE BANDITS
STEAL $4,000

Little Falls, N. j., April l8-(UP)-
Three heavily armed men, using an
imprisoned station agent as shield,
robbed mail truck at the Erie rail-
road depot here today and escaped
with a registered mail pouch that
contained an estimated $4,000.
Two of the men carried revolvers
and the third had machine gun.
The holdup occurred at $3.50 a. m.
few minutes after train had dis
charged express and pouch OF reg
istered mail consigned to the Little
Falls National bank. The three men
seized z C. Challice who was load
ing the express on a small truck
Covering him with their guns, the
holdup men forced him to the load
ing platform where the mail pouches
were being sorted by two men and a
postoffice guard The bandits herded
the men into a room, tied them with
wire and ransacked the mail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
ENRICO CARUSO. JR.
in MUCH TROUBLE

New York, April 18-(UP)-Enrico
Caruso. Jr., son of the world famed
tenor, has been living with another
woman for the last seven months,
his wife, Helene, charged in a Sc
paration suit today.
Mrs. Caruso asserted that her
husbands actions constituted cruel
and inhuman treatment. She asked
the court to award her reasonable
allowance and attorneys fees.
Since September 1889, Mrs. Caru-
SOS complaint charged, Caruso has
been living with Miss Helen Bur-
nett, in Chicago, and since May,
1886, he was consorted with other
women.
The Carusos were married in
Phoenix Ariz, in 1884.
Mrs. Caruso said that, although
he had told her he did not love her
and that he was sorry he had mar
ried her, they had been reconciled
twice after he abandoned her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
Market Opening Very
Irregular For Trade
Majority of Stock List Registered Small Declines;
SteeIs, Chemicals AirIines Some Rails Among Losers

new low at 30 ga off Ia in the nom
ferrous metal issues,
Paper stocks continued strong.
New highs were made by Kimberly
Cnlark at As IL up 10; Union Bag
and Paper 1000 shares at 10 3-8 up
3-8, and Rayonier at % IL up 3-8.
International Paper common eased
I-8 to 10 IA on $500 shares, while
its preferred was at the years
high.
Automobile equipments were firm
with Kelsey Hayes A at new high.
Douglas gained IL to 90 IL in the
aircrafts, where Glenn Martin was
unchanged and oLckheed lost Ia,
WHY'S Overland featured in volume
with a block of 1000 shares at 3 1-8
unchanged and Lockheed lost Ia
So 3-8 while General Motors held
at the previous close of SO IL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
BY DAN CAMPBELL

United Press Staff Correspondent
London, April 16.-UP)-All Eu-
rope from London and Stockholm to
Bucharest and Istanbul took emer-
gency precautions today against
Trojan Horse" activities by enemy
or potential-enemy agents.
What constituted Europe wide
scare was due to the tactics which
Germany used in its invasion OF
Norway, OF filtering men into the
country in advance. 1t was now re-
allied with startling clarity thai
such tactics had been used as mat
ter of routine technique in Austria
and CzechoSlovakia as well as III
Norway and Denmark.
Britain's Scotland Yard, it was
learned, has reached into the draw
ing rooms of smart Mayfair for So
ciety women to act as counter-es-
pionage operatives against women
agents of the German Gestapo (se-
cret police who are believed certain
to be posing as refugees and circu-
lating in west end society.
Take Precautions
Within the last "a hours Britain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Jugoslavia
Ftumania and Turkey had taken
special precautions against Trojan
Horse" agents.
Both Hungary and Bulgaria
showed alarm at the arrival of
strong groups of German tourists .
all young men of military bearing.
French newspapers began demand
ing that the government take addi-
tional precautions, particularly
against men formerly affiliated with
the now outlawed Communists party
Trojan Horse" activity was made
acutely dangerous because of the
scopes of thousands of refugees in
all European countries from Aus
tria, Germany, CZichoslovakia and
Poland.
1t is generally believed that among
these refugees are thousands of &C
tive operatives of the Gestapo.
Britain awakened only recently to
the refugee situation. 1t had in
termed only 563 aliens and put re-
strictions on the movements of an
other 1000. Now, under the direc-
ton of Scotland Yard, IL regional
tribunals are to hear cases Of $4,000
aliens, "cranks', German students
pacificists, stop the war groups and
known Communists and Fascists
Police suspect hat funds of some
stop-the-w war groups may be traced
back to Berlin or Moscow.
BY a decree effective Tuesday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18

Members of the Board of Fire
Commissioners today were plan
ming to make practical inspections
of various makes of bumpers, fol-
lowing a meeting yesterday at which
representative of six concerns SUBJ
mitted bids and the board deferred
action.
The lowest bid was from the
Ward La France Co., whose repre-
sentative gave a net price of $6,933
He said the regular price was $7,871
but charged off the difference to
advertising.
The Ward La France agent said
his machine fulfills all the city's
specifications and possesses addi-
tional features. He urged the COM
missioners to inspect a model at
MiddletoWr.
Defers Action
The board went into private ses-
sion to consider the bids, but after
an hour announced the action will
be deferred until next Wednesday
Meanwhile models will be inspected
Other bids were: American La
France, $500; Maxim & Co., ST.
1926; Seagraves Co., $500; PirSch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
YALE PROFESSOR
DIES YESTERDAY

New Haven, Conn.,, April 18-(UPD
Prof. Frederick Bliss Luquiens, 65,
chairman of the departments OF
Spanish and italian at Yale Univer-
sity and an outstanding authority
on Spanish American literature, died
at his home late yesterday.
Born at Auburndale, Mass, Prof.
Luquiens was appointed to the Yale
faculty in 1897 on graduation from
the college. He served on several
commissions studying South Ameri-
can problems, and in 1923 was Sec
rotary of the commission of finan-
cial advisers to the Columbian gov
eminent.
He served with the Intelligence
Division of the U. S. Army during
the World War.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
81, 200, 100000
FOR OUR PLANES

Washington, April 18-(UP) Art
hur B. Purvis, chief Of the Anglo
French purchasing mission, said TO-
day that he has signed contracts for
large quantities" of the latest type
Curtiss pursuit and Douglas bomb
ing planes.
Purvis would not reveal the exact
number of, or the types of planes
ordered, but said that the sums
involved were Every large indeed.
The new plane purchasing program
by the Allies is expected to reach
a total of about $1,000, 100000
commitment moved rapidly,
Purvis said, "and we expect
possibly to sign another contract
today and more in the very neal
future"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-18
Swiss Call Up Troops

Zurich, Switzerland, April 18-
(UP)-The government today called
an additional SIS 900 territorial troops
of whom about $4,000 are to report
in May, 5000 in June, and 1900
in July.
Comprehensive instructions were
issued concerning measures which
will be ordered in case of a surprise
attack on Switzerland. The COM
munication was addressed by the
army command to civilians and
militia men who are not now under
arms.
The instructions emphasized the
possibility that false reports might
be spread by radio or leaflets which
would cast doubt on the nations firm
resolution to resist any invader All
such reports, the army command ad-
vised, are to be regarded as enemy
propaganda.
In case of attack, said the instruc-
lions, war mobilizat ion will be Or
dered and communicated to the pop
ulation by posters, radio announce
ments and ringing of alarm bells.
All men, liable to military duty but
not at the moment of attack under
arms, must Immediately proceed to
their units or mobilization points.
The militia was instructed to act
Immediately to beat off any air at
tacks or attempts to land troops
by parachute and to watch for
saboteurs.
The measures, it was understood,
were determined on as a direct re-
suit of the Norwegian Trojan
horse" experience. The federal coun-
Gil was understood to have decided
upon additional measures against
fifth column" activities but these
were not published for reasons of
secrecy. Strictest watch of all per-
sons and organizations suspected OF
secret foreign connections were ex-
pected.
Other Neutrals
Rome, April 18-UP)-A COM
munique today said that Italy and
Germany were exchanging military
missions in program to maintain
constant contact between the armed
forces of the two nations"
IAN exchange Of military missions