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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
Albanians Fighting In
 Hopeless Desperation
..Eagles. of the Air. They Were Called in Old Days; They Are Resisting at Every Step-fiave
 Only an Army of l2,6OO
By ELEANOR PACKARD 1939. By United PreSSl


 Tirana, Albania, April 7-UP)- Italy invaded Albania today, hurl- ing infantry, tanks and warplanes against the outnumbered but f1ercely resisting soldiers of King Fog.
 Aerial bombardment, shells from Fascist warships and machine gun bullets of the crack BerSaglieri gren- adiers marked the Italian offensive. Severe fighting took place in the AL bania coastal towns of Durazzo, Santi Quaranto, Alessio, San Gio- vanni de Medua and Valona.
 Fighting men famed nj history as "Sons of the Eagle" rushed from fields and workshops to repulse the first four Italian attacks at the Adriatic port of Durazzo. Official messages said they gave ground only at high cost to the FascistS when the invaders opened up with their vast land, sea and aerial forces.
 King Fog. in a radio proclamation that brought peasants and noun taineers hurrying to the front with their rifles, called upon his people to defend their independence to the end. The half-American queen, Ger aldine, and her two-day-old son were reported to have been sent into Greece for safety.
 Much Destruction
 The fighting along the coast was described in official messages as so severe that part of Durazzo and Val ona were destroyed and the town of Alession, in the north, was "devas- tated" by Italian aerial lombard ment.
 Four times, the government re- ported, Albanian troops aided by volunteers threw back the Fascist forces attempting to land at Dur ago. Other messages received here in the capital said that the first Italian forces landing at Valona and Santi Quaranti also were repulsed, Later advices said the Albanian resistance had been overcome and that Fascist columns were marching on the interior.
 Italian warships were said to have shelled both Durazzo and Valona, causnig heavy casualties among the Albanian population. Riflemen and even boys with only rocks for wea- pons were reported harrassing the Italians who pressed on toward Tirana, which was being surveyed repeatedly by Fascist bombing planes.
 People Forget Feuds
 Official announcements by the AL
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
RUMANIA ASKS AID OF TURKEY
Wants Free Passage for British, French Warships
 DardanelleS

Bucharest, Rumania, April T. (UP)-Rumania was understood to- day to be seeking an agreement with Turkey for passage of British and French warships through the Dar- danelles in event Rumania is men, aced by aggression.
 The Rumanian foreign minister Grigore Gafencu, was scheduled tc leave for Istanbul tonight on Ru- manian warship to negotiate with Turkish off1cilas.
 (The Bucharest negotiations ap- peared to be in line with the British French efforts to set up an anti aggression barrier in eastern Europe as passage of ships through the Dar- danelles would be of vital impor- tance if the western powers were to extend aid to Rumania-and Poland as well-in event of war in Europe).
 Gafencu will discuss various mat ters with the Turks but, it was un- derstod that his chief purpose con- cerned the Dardanelles.
 The Italian Invasion of Albania was viewed here as of importance to both Greece and Rumania, as mem- bers of the Balkan entente, which also includes Jugoslavia and Turkey
 Turkey is bound by @ special agreement with Greece, whose posi- tion would DC difficult if Italian troops remain in the adjacent AL banian territory.
 Gafencu is scheduled to go to Ber- lin on April IS, but 1t was not known whether his visit to Turkey would interfere with that engagement or with plans to visit other western capitals, including London and Paris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
BOMB PROOF PLAN
 IN ROYAL CASTLE

Windsor, England, April 7-UP) The King and Queen and Prtn- cesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose planned today to explore over the Easter holidays miles of bomb-and- gas-proof tunnels under Windsor Castle.
 Historic vaults and passages have been sandbagged and fitted with airtight doors and ventilating facilities which would enable the royal family to remain in them many hours.
 It was learned that if Bucking- ham Palace is in danger of being bombed, authorities plan to send the royal family to Windsor Castle, believing that though the castle it. self is vulnerable the tunnels are entirely safe.
 The entrances and directions along the tunnels are marked with red arrows. The passages extend beyond the castle, enabling those taking refuge in them to get clear of the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
Local Stockholders In McKesson Co. Queried
Questionnaires Are Being Sent Out By Postal Inc spectors Answers May Be Used in the Trial
 of ROwley w. Phillips

QueStionnaires have been sent to McKesson & Robbins Go. stockhold- CTS by postal inspectors asking them about their purchases of stock in the concern. This is another step in the governments investigation into the $21,000, ,000 drug firm swindle preparatory to the trial of Rowley w. Phillips, local broker, and eight other men who were indicted by the federal grand jury last week.
 The questionnaires have been sent to purchasers of McKesson stock in Waterbury and other parts of Con- necticut. Postal inspectors have ended their work n Bridgeport, but are still conducting a probe in this city.
 Sold In This State
 The government claims that al- most all the preferred stock and part of the common stock in the McKes- son & Robbins Canadian division was sold in Connecticut in 1927 through brokerage firms in Water bury and Bridgeport. MT. Phillips is chairman of the board and general manager of the R. F. Griggs CO, To- cal investment firm which sold a large amount of McKesson stock.
 All Appear May Il
 Phillips, the three Musica broth- CTS, two brothers of Mrs. Coster- Musica, two Bridgeport business men and an alleged blackrnailer will all appear in U. s. district court at New York May Il, when the date for their trial will be set.
 Phillips and Horace Merwin, Bridgeport banker, are free on bonds of $7,500 each. Lesser bonds were fixed for the other seven accused in the gigantic swindle.
 Most of the investigation by postal inspec. .ors in Connecticut has cen- tered on the sale of stock of Mo- Kesson & Robbins, Ltd. of Canada Many stockholders have been per- sonally interviewed by the inspectors
 Indictment Charges
 The federal indictment last week charged Phillips and the other eight accused with one count of conspiracy 10 counts of mail fraud and three
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
FATHER, SISTER
 SHOT, YOUTH HELD

New Britain. Conn.,, April 7-(UP) Walter Duke, g, WPA worker, was held on a technical breach of peace charge today after he al- legedly wounded his father and sister last night with shot from a rifle.
 The youth claimed the rifle went off accidentally when he tried to fix the safety catch. He told police he took the rifle from his room after an argument with his father. Stanley Duke, about paying board.
 Both the elder Duke and a daughter, Jennie 16, retreated be- hind a bedroom door. The shot went through the door, nicked the girls wrist and struck the father in the leg. Both wounds were super ficial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07

only among the rank and file of the department but by the general pub- lie as well; he never talked out of turn, kept his views to himself, and said little even to his closest friends.
 "His view of departmental affairs was that no one, outside of the de- partment chief, or his secretary, should or could legally speak for the department. He was stickler in this respect; circumstances of all fires he commanded were related first to the chief, and If informa- ton was to be given out afterwards, 1t must come from the chief him. self.
 Charley McEvoy came from Out East, served with the old Brass Citys, a volunteer organization of early days, and came into the de- partment just around the close of the 18th century.
 "There wasn't a man here who didn't admir- ehim. The truth was in him at all times, and nothing but the truth was related by him in any circumstance.
 ''His death had to come, of course.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
THREE ALARM FIRE
 IN NEW HAVEN

New Haven, Conn, April 7.-(UP) A three-alarm fire today caused damage estimated at between $75,- 900 and $l00,000 to four downtown buildings. The fire broke out in the basement of the Breuing tire shop and spread rapidly. The roof of the three-story building in which the Breuing shop was located caved in. Eleven fire companies an- swered the alarms and brought the blaze under control after & two- hours fight. Fire authorities said the fire probably started from a faulty oil burner in the Breuning shop basement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
REFERENDUM IN
 CITY IS FAVORED
Cities, Boroughs Commit- tee Files Favorable Re-
 port in Assembly
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK

Democratic Legislative Reporter) State Capitol, Hartford, April T. A favorable report on the bill call ing for a referendum in Waterbury on the adoption or rejection of the city manager charter proposed by the Citizens Good Government As sociation was filed by the Cities and Boroughs Committee of the legisla- ture, 1t was learned here today. The committee will also report favorably on the administration code, a set of city regulations which would be effective only if the voters of Waterbury accept the city man. ager charter.
 The bill calls for public refer endum in Waterbury on October 3 on the city manager question. Orig inally the bill called for the special election three weeks after its pass age but 1t has since been amended by Good Government Association
 November IA is set down in the bill as the date for the city election, which would ordinarily be held Oc- tober 3, If the new charter is adopt ed October 3, the voters will ballot on November IA for seven council men and seven members of the board of education. If the voters re- ject the new charter at the refer endum, they will ballot on November IA for a mayor and other city offi- cials as in the past.
 The bill, in the form to be report ed, includes the provision that hal- loting for councilmen and board ot education members shall be under the P. R. Proportional representa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
CrOss=ExaminatiOn Given Williamson By New York
 Lawyer Was Brilliant
GOVERNOR BALDWIN
 ALSO WAS LOBBYIST
McKessOn Co. Scandal Is
 Being Lined Up With ! Present Trial
BY JOSEPH F. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter)

Corruptive influences of J. Henry Roraback and his two R publica n lieutenants, former compensation com missioner, Charles E. Will liamson of Darien an d former Labor Commissioner Harry Mackenzie of Bethel, on the Connecticut General Assembly were exposed in the Waterbury conspiracy trial yesterday by Defense Attor- new James D. c. Murray, counsel for Mayor Frank Hayes. In a lengthy and brilliant cross examination of the defendant states witness, Williamson, Attor- Murray sensationalized yesterdays session of the trial with references to the names of States Attorney Loren w. Willis of Bridgeport and Governor Raymond F. Baldwin.
 Lobbies With Williamson
 The latter, Williamson, said, lob- bied in the same interest with him in 1885, against the enactment of a chain store tax bill. Baldwin ap- peared for the Logon Brothers stores of Bridgeport and Williamson ap- peared for First National Stores, the witness said.
 Comparison of the grand jury testimony of Williamson with that given as a states witness last Tues day, commenced yesterday and will be continued when the 18th week of the trial opens next Tuesday.
 Denies Any Perjury
 Although he steadfastly denies that he perjured himself before the grand jury, the transcript shows that he testified that he never split any city of Waterbury lobbying fees with anybody but Mackenzie. In testify ing for the state he said he split fees with Controller Daniel J. Leary as well.
 Mackenzie, because of his affilia- ton with Roraback, who killed him. self a few years ago, was powerful factor in all legislation, according to Williamson.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 OF MERIDEN SHUT

Meriden, Conn.,, April 7.-(UP)- Meriden public schools. closed be- cause of an outbreak of scarlet fever among pupils, will be thoroughly fumigated before reopening, city health officials said today.
 Virtually all meetings of children were suspended throughout the city No parent-teachers gatherings were permitted.
 Health authorities banned all Boy and Girl Scout meetings and Sunday school classes, rs
 Theater managers refused admit tance to children under IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
POLAND WARNED BY NAzI GOVT.
Alliance With Stop Hitler Group Is an Encircle-
 ment of Nazi Govt.
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent


 Berlin, April 7-(UP)-Germany rejecting conciliatory explanations has informed the Polish government that it must consider the British Polish alliance an important ele- ment in an encirclement policy pri- marily directed at the formation oi an anti-German bloc, it was under stood today.
 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German foreign minister, personally conveyed this view to Joset Lipski, Polish am- bassador, it was said, when Lipski sought yesterday to assure Ribben- trop that Poland does not regard its British alliance as German or provocative.
 Ribbentrop forwarded full details of the exchange of Adolf Hitler, who was at his famous mountain villa near Berchtesgaden, studying dis patches from Italy and Britain and considering his retort to the British Polish agreement.
 May Delay Move
 It was reported nere that Eltler might delay his move until Italys position in Albania had been con- solidated.
 By that time, 1t was expected that the full implications of the British Polish agreement and reported Brit ish moves to include other nations in "stop Hitler" bloc, would have been clarified.
 Political quarters predicted that when Hitler acted, his action would be directed at Poland.
 There was some expectation that German declaration of policy might be sent to Warsaw.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
Former Deputy Chief of Fire Department Dies
 From Heart Attack
CHIEF CAVANAUGH
 GIVES HIM EULOGY
Dep McEvoy Had Host of
 Friends Both in and Out of Dept.

Former Deputy Fire Chief Charles A. McEvoy died suddenly today at his home, 68 Wolcott street, of a heart attack. Appointed deputy chief during the administra- tion of Mayor Martin Scully, Chief McEvoy was a native of Waterbury and had re- sided in the East End throughout his lifetime. His death came as a shock to members of the department and a host of friends who, today, paid tribute to Dep" McEvoy, as he was known for many years preceding his retirement in 1881.
 Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh said of the death of former Deputy Chief McEvoy:
 "Of course, am saddened by the death of Dep" McEvoy, as we al- ways referred to him. He was nat AA n1 bOAA4 Al CAAoAAI O Ot& NV AAoSAPAAA- arian, and one who attended strict ly to the duties assigned him. Only those of us who served under his able leadership for so many years, really understood the exceptional qualities of Deputy McEvoy. He fought fires in a waYsthat was in- stTUctiVe and edIcationaf to all of us; he never sought the limelight; desired and wanted to keep in the background, and disliked greatly to have his name in public print. He never reported the circumstances of a fire except to his chief. He al- ways claimed, and rightfully so, we think, that his first report should be to his superior. He never varied from this view in his many years as an officer of the department. The stiffness of his tongue, upon all oc- casions, was most noticeable. not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
TRUCK STRIKE IS
 NOT YET SETTLED
Business Agents of Drivers Adjourn Early Today to
 Meet Later

'rovidence, R. l., April 7.-(UP). !. Business agents of striking truck drivers local in Rhode Island, Con- necticut and Massachusetts adjourn ed early today without acting on a recommendation that they sub- init the wage-increase dispute to ar- bitration, proposal already ap- proved by their employers.
 The all-night meeting was held at Hotel Charles in Springfield Mass. Chester Fitzpatrick of Wor- cester, Mass, chairman of the strik- CTS negotiating committee said the business agents probably will meet again later today.
 On their action hinges early se:- clement of the 19-day tri-state truck strike. Approval of the arbitration proposal, recommended by the Massachusetts arbitration board, wold mean immediate reemploy- ment of r.00O drivers and resump- (Continued on Page 0l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07
Capture Albanian Ports After Smashing Resistance---Crush Desperate Defenders Easily
Mountain Kingdom of King Fog Made Italian PrOtectOrate; 400 Planes
 Cover Troop Landings
BEST ITALIAN TROOPS RUSHED
 INTO SUBDUE OPPOSITION
By REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent)

Rome, April 7.-(UP)- Italian troops occupied Albanian ports today, smashing the resistance of desperate defenders and marched into the interior to make the mountain kingdom Italian protectorate: Four hundred war planes and the first squadron of the Italian navy covered the landing.
 First Official Communque
 Our troops landed at the ports of Santi Quaranta, Valona Durazzo and San Giovanni Di Medua at dawn today: ..... except Durazzo where attempts to resist the part of bands was immediately smashed.
 "The Albanian population is calm and cordial.
 Four hundred airpanes of the Adratic Squadron are patrolng the Albanian skies with orders not to bomb inhabited centers and to spare the people,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07

Washington, April 7-(UP)-Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through April 5. compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Yeal $6,954, S,S22.31 $5.664,725,6 ,695.4S
 Receipts $4,44o,525.ss7.o6 $4.s7o.451,763.s s2,514.oss.1s5.25 s7s4.27s.ss1.s7
 Net Deficit $2,47s. .so6, ,o75.25 s737,2ss, ,Os1 .e7
 Cash Balance s3,317,s27.496.sS $3.Oso.ss7.s2s.O4
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The Weather

Fair, Colder Tonight; Cloudy on Saturday
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Kelly Contradicts
 Story On Pay Voucher
Mayors Secretary Directed Placing of Luke Dowling's
 Name on Health Department Payroll

Although Controller Sherwood L.. Rowland is reported to have refused payment of wages to Luke Bowling, caretaker at the Isolation hospital, the question of his authority to do this is expected to be a subject of concern to the department of health at its next meeting.
 MT. Bowling was taken from the welfare department payroll by the controller when the controller found another place, the Baldwin street firehouse, for his inventory" WPA project to which he recommended William H. Modo, extraordinary grand jury member, as foreman. The sewing project was removed by the welfare department to the Hamilton avenue school and Miss Grace l.. White, superintendent of welfare, reported to the board of finance that the isolation hospital was closed asked that provision be made for MT. Dowling's salary from some other department.
 MT. Bowling originally was on the health department payroll and, act ing on suggestion of the board of finance, Mayor Frank Hayes, through his executive secretary, Thomas P. Kelly, notified the board of health that MT. Bowling should be transferred back to the health de- partment, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, city health officer, Lemarked that there should be a watchman at the Isolation hospital to protect it from vandalism.
 There is possibility, he said, that it may be used for tuberculosis cases, as the Anti-Tuberculosis League, of which William J. Pape is president, has sought to effectuate for some months. MT. Pape was member of a committee from the League which started discussions to obtain use of the Isolation hospital for tubercular cases awaiting ensry at filled state sanitoria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
IS PUT UNDER ARREST
Bristol Resident Charged With Shooting Young
 Scout in Camp

Westfield, Mass, March 27.-(UP) Charged with murderous assault on 16-year-old boy scout, a West Granville scoutmaster was under guard today in the same hospital with his alleged victim. Both were in critical condition.
 The scoutmaster, Harris L. Blanchard, 26, confessed last night, police said, to shooting Scout Ed ward LeClair, also of West Gran vile, in the head Saturday light at a camp near the boys home. Blanchard then allegedly plunged a kitchen knife into his own neck.
 Though the bullet entered the base of his skull, young LeClair wrested the gun from Blanchard and stag gered to his home. His parents noti- fled police who found the scoutmas- ter and took him to the hospital.
 State Police Lieutenant Richard N. Cotter said Blanchard related how he borrowed the gun, 8 .22 cali Der revolver, a week ago when the boy announced his intention of re- signing from the troop. The shoot- ing occurred, he allegedly confessed, as they discussed the boys planned withdrawal after several other scouts had left the camp.
 Blanchard is an employe of Bris- tol, Conn.,, bicycle firm. LeClair is a Westfleld high school pupil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
TEACHERS MANUAL
 BEING PUBLISHED
Aid for Use With "Man and Motor Car" to Be Given
 Schools

Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Michael A. Connor announced to- day the publication by the State Motor Vehicle Department of an authorized Connecticut edition of Man and the Motor Car," 265 page textbook on good driving and traffic safety, which will be offered to the secondary schools of the state as textbook for courses in traffic safety instruction.
 MT. Connor said the book should greatly assist in the statewide pro- gram of safety education and traf- fic control now being carried on in our schools. "Seventy-five per cent of the students in the state high schools will be driving cars within three years of their gradua- tion," he said, "and if we thoroughly and properly instruct these boys and girls during the formative period of their school life we should create a superior generation of motorists" He pointed out that high school educat- ton in traffic safety was an out standing part of the Creating Safer Communities" program inaugurated last year by the State Traffic Com mission at which time a handbook of that title was distributed to offi- cials in all the towns and cities of the state.
 A first edition of 5000 copies of the Connecticut Man and the Mo tor Car" is being printed and will be available at cost in the schools through the State Motor Vehicle Department. Schools will also be provided with copies of a Teachers Manual, prepared as a teaching aid for use with the book. Man and the Motor Car" was prepared in cooperation with the National Con- servation Bureau of New York City the original publishers, which car ries on the accident prevention work of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives.
 Many illustrations accompany the text. An advisory committee of ten national traffic and educational authorities assisted in its prepara- tion. It contains sixteen chapters which not only describe how to drive safely, but picture and describe the mechanical and practical aspects of the automobile. Much other ma terial such as the history of the au- tomobile and its social and economic meaning in American Life is in- cluded as well as the Connecticut traffic laws and driving require ments.
 The program of safety education in the schools has the support of Commissioner of Education Alnozo D. Grace, members of the State Board of Education and many lead- ing educators and social and politi- cal leaders.