The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-02
(By United Prcss)

While rain dampened the enthu. siaBm of thousands of May day celebrators in New York, the quiet est observance of the holiday in years was reported from other parts of tho United States and from Europe.
 The biggest celebration took place at Moscow Sunday and con- tinued to-day. Millions of Rus. slams pledged defense of the Soviet Union, while a parade In Red Square gave evidence of the pow. CT of the Rcd war machine. Two communists were killed in riotins in upper Silesia. H.E
 Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Vienna and other capitals were quiet. Lon. don's celebration was good naturcd until n crowd tried to rush the Jap. anese embassy. The embassy. Tho demonstrators were dispersed af. ter q brief encounter with police.
 Sovicts Out, In Force
 Moscow, May 2-kUPJ--Defenft mics was pledged lnHlIonP of time' military strength and allegiance ts the Soviet regime in Red Square here in the first of the May day celebrations.
 To-day's program consisted chiefly of mass meetings and Ice lures. Both Sunday andf to.da, were legal holidays. N'"
 The big parade began early Sun day and continued all day. After 35,0 Rcd troops had passed in re- view before Joseph Stalin, Premier Molotox, Coninissar of War Voro shilov. and other leaders at Lenin'i tomb. 10 new four motored bomb ing planes led 27b war planes ove tho capital tn Itussia's grcates display ofostrcngth In the air. Hundreds of new tanks and artil lery. equipment rumbied across Tte, Square. The parade revealed tn progress of mcchanization and mo torization of the Red army. It i an open secret that under pres sure of events in the Far East, thi phase of Soviet defense has beer greatly intensified.
 After tho parade of the regular troops, the million or more Moscow citizens who had waited for houri for tho word to fall into line bcgaf an amazing march through Itet Square that lasted for hours. Carry Ing banners dcnouncing religion capitalism, Japanese imperialism and plcdging defense of the Sovic' Union, the masses rolled pnst thu tomb of the little. fathcr,., way, after wave. 'NnglpE reyolutlonnri ssongs and shoutihgtRed aogaps.
 There was an unusually large number of armed factory workeri In the crowd. Men, women, anf children who had been waiting if streets and alleys since dawn Joined in the march. Their hours o waiting and marching reached dramatic ciImnx insthc few Ipinytel required to march Across Squ0r' under the eycs of khe Kremlir leaders. F E
 There were similsr dcmonsfra. ions through the vast union Tens of thousansd of meetings art other gatherings were held. Ban. ners, floats, Red bunting inscribed with official slogans were every where. sA .'.g.,
 Rest Of Europe
 Berlin, May 2-(U. P.) - Com munlsts and socinlIstssheh big ral Hes here on May Day but the oh scrvancc was quiet throughout tn country.
 Ernst Thaclmann. communls candidate In the presidential cam paign, told 100000 followers | front of the former imperial pal acc that Il new world war was ap proaching. The crowd chcered nj declaration that if the Soyists wef attacked, German and other inter national workers would march to Rcthcr in n rcd army and navy 10 the defense Of the common Father land"
 Erie Flatau, Berlin socialist lead CT. told 120.0O0 socialists at tn LustRartcn that the governmen could curb the rising tide of radi calistn' only by introducing th 40. hour week and ending wag