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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
One Billion Dollars Worth of Planes Will
 Be Shipped Overseas
PLANES
 ORDERED HERE
California Aircraft Fac- tories Will Turn Out 700
 in Every Month

Los Angeles, Nov. 3-(UP)-South- ern California aircraft factories ex- pect today a carte blanche order from England and France for every warplane they can turn out-some TOO a month-the minute the arms embargo is lifted.
 we expect every fighting ship to be gobbled up as fast as 1t leaves the assembly lines" said representative of one of the five big companies To- cated here. "They will probably tell us to go ahead full steam and turn out the ships just as fast as we can and they'll be waiting with cash on the line to buy them up in un- limited quantities"
 This would be a turnout of several thousand warplanes annually from Southern California. The aircraft makers heard reports that the Allies were ready to buy as many as 15,000 ships in this country. Military ex- perts saw the possibility of profound effects upon the course of the war if
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
Several Others Liable to Fall Under Official Ak of
 Mayor PerriellO NO POLITICS IN
 IT ASSERTS MAYOR Mayor Claims Several Men Have Titles of Assistant
 Superintendents

Reports of a further street department shake-up, in- volving the dismissal of AsBis s tant Superintendent Thomas Wagner and several others, went undenied in of ficial circles today. Any changes recommended by the superintendent will be ap- proved by me- said Mayor Patrick M. Perriello. The shake-up, which will extend the changes made since Mayor Per- riello took office, will be ordered by Superintendent Herbert Scott- Smith, an appointee of the mayor, Some weeks ago an economy drive resulted in the dismissal of more than 40 employees. Tn addition the city has dispensed with the services of a half-dozen trucks.
 No Political Basis
 Mayor Perriello asserted that any changes decided on by MT. Scott- Smith should not be construed as having a political basis.
 T have been given to understand" said the mayor, that We have sev- eral men in the street, sewer and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
HARVARD YOUTH
 IS AUTO VICTIM
Richard C. Wheeler, N. Y., Was Bicycling to FOOt-
 ball Game Saturday

Southboro, Mass, Nov. 3-UP)- State police today sought hit-run motorist who killed Richard G. Wheeler, 22, of New York, Harvard graduate student, as he bicycled along Worcester turnpike last night enroute to tomorrow's Harvard Princeton football game, 260 miles away.
 Wheeler and Curtis L. Clay Jr., %, of Ardmore, Pa, Harvard jun for, were on the first leg of the lofg trip to New Jersey when the accident occurred. Police said his bicycle was dragged 9i feet by the automobile. It was the second hit-run fatality here within 48 hours. Clay was un- hurt.
 James E. Gusciardi. 2s, of Tram ingham, vas under e5OOo hail after pleading not guilty Co lait-rln, man. slaughter and reckless driving after a girl was killed and another injured Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
SHIPS HASTEN
 FROM NEW YORK
Speed Away Before Sched- uled Time - Munitions
 Will Pour Across Seas

New York, Nov. 3-(UP)-The United States lines hastened the de- parture of three ships for British ports today hoping to beat the enactment of the new neutrality act which would ban them from bel- ligerent countries.
 The President Roosevelt's sailing time was advanced from noon to- morrow to noon today. Her pas sengers will be transferred to the Washington, which sails at ii p. in., five days early. The American Farmer sails at p. m, her regular sailing hour. Only the Washington carries passengers.
 The ships can be recalled If the neutrality bill is signed by President Roosevelt before they reach Britain. As an alternative, they could con- tinue to any neutral European ports not specifically designated by Pres ident Roosevelt as in the war zone.
 Munitions To Pour Across
 Final action on the neutrality bill is expected to be the signal for a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
TRUCKS STOP IN
 VERMONT STRIKE

Burlington. Vt., Nov. 3--UP)- Striking AFL Union truck drivers today began preventing out-of-state trucks from unloading except by unionists and-unexpectedly-halted virtually all wholesale deliveries here.
 Most interstate and intrastate long-haul trucking was paralyzed throughout Vermont by the strike of 400 drivers in a finish fight" for higher wages and shorter hours. However, the union had indicated that they would not bother trucks from New York and Massachusetts.
 No violence was reported and there was no picketing Strikers and organizers surrounded trucks at delivery doors and persuaded" the drivers to return to warehouses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
TAX COLLECTOR
 SENT TO PRISON
Frederick J. Surridge, Jr., of Hampton Given One
 to Two Years

Putnam, Conn. Nov. 3 - (UP) Convicted on 36 charges of em- bezzling town funds while tax col- lector at Hampton, Frederick J, Surridge, Jr., today began serving a a states prison term of one to two years.
 Sentence was imposed by Super for Court Judge Arthur F. Els on only one count, that of converting $l, ,269.S8 to his own use. On each of the 35 other counts the court suspended judgement.
 Arrested in 1887 as result of c state tax department audit of his books. Surridge denied altering the records. The total shortage wa; claimed to Do SLABS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
House Late Yesterday By Vote of 243 to 18l Sent Measure to Conference CONFEREES OF HOUSE,
 SENATE MEET TODAY Both Chambers to Then Adopt Measure, Send It
 to White House 1
BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff Correspondent

NOhSCV kACSS SSnAA NVthCspVsuehv
 Washington, November 8 = (UP) = Only routine formalities barred the way today to enactment of a neu- trality law repeating the arms embargo. Senate and House conferees met this morning (10:30 a. m., EST.). Adop- tion of their report by both houses will send the bill to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature and make pos- sible immediate adjournment of Congress.
 When the President signs the bill - probably late today or tomorrow = it will mark a signal victory for him in a Congress that baked at nearly all his domestic proposals last session. Votes in both houses on the neutrality bill disclosed that he has overwhelming support for his foreign policy.
 The neutrality bill is virtually in the form that the administration re- quested. When 1t becomes law the ban on sale of arms, ammunition and implements of war will be lifted, making 1t possible for release of large orders of war planes and mu- nitions which were held up when the President proclaimed the exist. ing embargo at the beginning of the European war.
 Henceforth, this country will sell anything to anyone so long as the purchaser comes and gets 1t and pays cash on the barrelhead. That was the major request MT. Roosevelt made of Congress six weeks ago yes- terday when he addressed a joint session of the House and Senate on the first day of the extraordinary session.
 Vote 243 to 1S1
 The last hurdle in the admins. tration's fight for embargo repeal was crossed late yesterday afternoon when the House rejected, 243 to 181, "a margin that even the most op- timistic administration supporters had not foreseen--a motion to in. struct House conferees to insist on retention of the embrago. The Sen- ate approved repeal of the embargo last week, 60 to 33.
 Senate Majority Leader Alben w. Barkley, D.. Ky, thought there was "a pretty good chance" that final formalities could be accomplished and the special session brought to an end today.
 In the House, leaders were not so sure. They had to contend not only with rules requiring unanimous consent, but with an organized op- position to adjourning at all. Re-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
Catholics Are Prosecuted In
 Germany Since Encyclical

Vatican City Nov. sUPlH learned today that Mongnor Apostolic Nuncio Berlin reported Catholics in German territory has publication last week of the first encyca of Pope spread atheism religious
 The report it understood, charged
 youths churches the Osnabrouck diO Cologne, and chased out the faithful
 Hitler youths beat Catholics emerging from churches the Sank Polen diocese Vienna.
 not discuss the encyca their pups distribute its text in the Rotenbug diocese
 anti Catholic activity understood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
Russia Threatens To
 Crush Finland, Sweden
Finland Is Charged With Preparing War Against .SOviets Backed By Sweden, France, England;
 Russia Will Break Them All
BY HENRY SHAPIRO 1ited Press Staff COrresuOndent

n
 Moscow, Nov. 3-CUP)-The of- ficial Communist Party newspaper, Pravda, today charged Finland with preparing for war against the So- viet Union and expressed Russian determination to break all Finnish resistance
 The newspaper also accused Swedish politicians, under pressure from their bosses in the west" with attempting to frustrate plans for Soviet security in the Gulf of Fin land
 The announcements severely jolt ed the Finnish delegation waiting here to confer with Josef Stalin and Premier-F -Foreifn Commisar Viaches- lav Molotov and tell them that Russian demands on Finland arc unacceptable.
 Pravda, which inferred that Brit ain and France control Sweden and have exerted pressure on Finland to force Russia into war, said that Finn ish Foreign Minister J. E. Erkkc had directly threatened the Soviet Union in a speech which cannot be appraised as other than an appeal for war with the D. s. S. R.
 No Desire Fer Peace
 Certain leaders in Finland ex' lConkinun<s nm Para al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
Crary, Shanahan
 Come Home Mon.

John IT. Crary and Tn :mas F. Shanahan, former city assessors who were among those found guilty in the conspiracy trial, will be released from New Ha- ven county jail Monday. On that day they will have com pleted the two months in jail to which they were sentenced by Jrdge Ernest A. Inglis.
 The office of High Sheriff J. Edward Slavin said this after noon that the men will be freed at an undetermined hour M:n- day. Reports that the pair would be released Sunday were denied.
 MT. Crary and MT. Shanahan were accused of having accept ed extra wages from the city. Their claim was that the wages were for extra services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
CITY OF FLINT IS
 KEEPING ON WAY
DOdging British Cruiser That Sighted Her; Ship
 May Not Be Attacked

Haugesund, Norway, November 8. - (UP) - The American freighter City of Flint, under a German prize crew, was reported to have dodged into the narrow Channel between Karmoe and the Norwe- gian mainland today in an apparent effort to escape observation by a British cruiser trailing her toward Germany.
 The German prize crew aboard the freighter appeared to be attempting to make contact with Nazi airplanes or a Nazi freighter, messages from coastal points reported.
 The German freighter Schwaben entered Haugesund this morning
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
THE WORLD WAR
 25 YEARS AGO, NOV. 3, 1914
(By United Press)

tOy OuheCu kNCooJ British launched unsuccessful attack on Tanga, East Africa. Grand Fleet ordered hack to Scapa Flow.
 Russia declared war on Tur- key. German warships shelled Yar- mouth and LowestOft on English coast.
 British attack en Longide re- pelled.
 British Rlcet b0mbardcd outer forts of the Dardaneilcs.
 Austrian armies in Galicla rec treat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
SNOW CRUISER
 FLOODING ALONG

Akron, O., Nov. 3-(UP)-Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's 35-ton snow cruiser rumbled toward Penn sylyania today on its way to Boston for shipment to the Antarctic.
 Fifty thousand persons saw the snowmobile Biouvack at the Good year Zeppelin dock last night, and additional thousands viewed it la ter.
 Ohio highway patrolmen, who nave cleared traffic one mile ahead of the vehicles path, were Co cone yoy 1t to Pennsylvania state police near Conneaut. o. The cruiser left Chicago last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
Nazis Bitterly Critical of United States to Start
 Ruthless Sea Attacks CAN FRANCE, ENGLAND
 GET PLANES ACROSS Germans See Passage of Bill as Dragging U. s.
 Into Bloody Warfare
BY JOSEPH w. GRIGGs, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent J

NOMteO freSS Start COrreSpOn0entl
 Berlin, November 3.-UP)
 -Nazis, bitterly critical of United States embargo repeal action, hinted darkly today at a merciless submarine campaign to stop an ex- pected flow of war planes, guns and munitions to the Allies. Unofficial Nazi quart CTS charged that repeal oi the embargo would mean outright American support of the Allies. "Now all that remains is to see whether France and Great Britain can get the stuff across" said one informant.
 Official quarters refused comment until they had had time ito exam inc the full significance" of repeal. A spokesman for the foreign office and propaganda ministry said merely:
 Tt was not surprising; it was to pc expected.
 Surprising or not, Nazis were angered at legislation which they felt favored the. Allies as against Germany, and it was expected that the weekend would bring a blast of criticism from Nazi spokesmen and the inspired press as soon as Adolf Hitler had given the word.
 Paul Goebbels, propaganda minis ter, is to address German youth by radio Sunday and it was foreca st that he might mention the repeal action directly or indirectly.
 May Drag U. S. In
 Even in advance of the House of Representatives vote yesterday, Nazis fHtAy,ft,1naS a,a 0a~a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
ARSENAL OPEN TO
 BRITAIN, FRANCE
Lifting of Embargo Big Aid to Allies-NO Fear of
 Nazi Attack
BY HENRY GORRELL { United Press Staff Corresnondentl

London, Nov. 3 - (U.PD The prospective lifting of the United States arms embargo will place an "arsenal of unlimited resources" at disposal of Great Britain and France, Minister of Supply Edward Leslie Burgin said today.
 When the embargo is lifted as ex- pected, Great Britain will review her own arms production and then fill any shortages from the United States, Burgin said in speech that gave the first official reaction to the American embargo repeal legisla- tion.
 T should say we want machine tools of certain types, raw materials and, ultimately, some ammunition, he added. The tools and raw mater ials could be bought regardless of embargo repeal.
 He did not mention the big air. craft purchases expected to be
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Nov. 3--(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Nov. 1, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $3,259, ,151.6S $3,032,959,27l.63
 Receipts
 s1,7ss,527,sso.77 s1,s54,1ss,e47.24 sl,475,77s.ssO,s1 si,i7s.7so,s24.ss
 Net Deficit l s1, ,465, ,sos,5-o. si,163, ,22s, ,774.ss
 Cash Balance $f,953, ,464,e10.19 $2,560, ,956,477.6a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
The Weather

Generally Fair, Cold Tonight, Saturday
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
DeIovs
HoIidoy. Postmon

GRAND CANYON. Ariz., Oct. Is.
fUP)-With less than 25 miles of
his projected 200 mile hike COM
pleted, Berle Putnam. the peram-
bulating postman of Prescott. Ariz..
emerged from the floor OF the
Grand Canyon today when high
water in the Colorado river block
ed the trail between Grandview
and Phantom ranch.
1T was impossible to get through. $
Putnam said, but I'm going to
start 1t again tomorrow and follow
a trail higher up the side of the
canyon. I'll make it or swim this
time"
The 3l-year old mail carrier now
on vacation. started two days age
on his unprecedented walk over
the floor of the canyon from the
junction of the Colorado and Lit
tie Colorado rivers TO Boulder Dam
"a distance of more than 200 miles
through wild and in some instanc-
es unexplored country.
Putnam said he had one narrow
escape from possible death during
the first day of his hike.
Il was going along one of the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
Finance Director
Hits Pension Plan

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct 49,
(UP)-John R. Richards, newly
appointed state director of finance.
today denounced the $50 Every :
Thursday pension plan as "fantas-
tic and cruel" in mis- first public
statement since assuming his new
position.
Richards declared that if the
pension proposal should be adopted
at the Nov. special election it
would result in complete state dis
organization
The complete scrapping of demo-
cratic processes is as alarming TO
democratic ideals as the bad fl
nancial program, the finance direc-
tor said. The aged people are fol-
lowing leaders who have set out
to make a totalitarian state of Cali
fornian
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (UP)-
President Roosevelt said today that
consideration was being given to
utilization of part of the govern
ment's huge gold supply for making
direct investments in Latin Ameri-
can countries and to stabilize their
banking system.
Not only has the study been un-
der way for three years, the presi-
dent told his press conference, but
in the case of one country which
he did not name it has almost
reached the negotiation stage.
He made the disclosure in dis
cussing a proposal by Sen. Robert
M. La Follete, Prog. is, that I'VE
can wisely and with great foresight
and consideration for our national
interests use part of our large
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
Were Sitting on
keg Of Dynamite
Declare Farmers
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Meanwhile, the strike centered in
MADEIRA county where violence was
threatened last night after at least
100 men and 13 women in auto
caravans were arrested yesterday by
Sheriff w. o. Justice and his depu-
ties for violating the county anti
picketing ordinance which prohib-
its holding a parade without a per-
NIT. Five men were in Jail in Tulare
county. 1t was believed deputies
patrolling cotton fields in Tulare
county may have arrested a few
additional persons for violating an
anti-picketing ordinance.
H. N. Ferguson of the Producers
Cotton Oil company, Fresno, said
cotton gins throughout the valley
have been running to capacity. Fer
guson termed the condition strange"
in view of the strike activity. He
said even in MADEIRA county, where
somewhere between rs per cent
tthe unions estimate) and 25 per
cent (Sheriff Justices estimate) of
the workers were on strike, the gins
ran almost normally yesterday
Ferguson predicted ginning opera
tions in MADEIRA county would drop
off today.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
Europe Ready for
Bath of Blood as
Peace Hopes Fade

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heavy reinforcements to the line
itsell. possibly the forerunner of a
major offensive. In view of COM
parative German inactivity during
recent days on the western front
intelligence reports indicated that
this might be the cam before the
storm.
In London, the British govern
ment, TOO prepared fatalisticaily for
the worst. The Chamberlain speech
il was emphasized. firmly rejected
any peace based on Hitlers terms
but left the way open for more ac-
ceptable proposals - especially il
Germany got rid OF the Nazi sys-
tenn - guaranteeing future security
IN Europe.
There appeared to oe Sliht hope
in British sources that any new
or more acceptable terms woulo
come from Hitler or that President
Roosevelt or any other neutral would
be able to advance plans for a basis
for peace negotiations unless there
is a drastic change in the present
situation.
The Scandinavian nations were
more and more worried about the
possibility OF Soviet demands OF
Finland drawing them into the con-
flict.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway ano
the United States had made repre-
SentationS to Moscow expressing
hope that nothing would be done
to infringe on the independence of
Finland, but there was nothing
from either The Russian or Finnish
capital to indicate definitely the
trend O. political and economic
negotiations at Moscow.
It was believed that the SoviatS
want several small Finnish islands
which protect Lenngrad and want
either TO aid in fortification or to
demilitarlze the important Aaland
islands near Sweden.
In Washington. meanwhile, Chair
man L. Buell. Snyder OF H.. house
military appropriations suocommit-
tee said that half a dozen" foreign
submarines are operating in the
Caribbean. Snyder, just returned
from an 1000 mile inspection tour
Of coast defenSes, said the SUBJ
marines belonged to a country "em-
bittered against the British" He
said they were first seen about
three weeks or a month before Ger
many invaded Poland.
Nobody could tell me where they
refueled," Snyder said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
Hearing Reveals
Navy Yard Spy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 up
Maurice L. Malkin. who identified
himself by membership card as
charter member of the U. S. Com
munist party, told the Dies COM
mittee today that the party has
nuclei at the Brooklyn navy yard
which have been transmitting secret
information to Soviet Russia FOR
years
Malkin testified that the infor-
nation goes to Russia through an
OGPU agent named Dirba who is
operating in New York City now
He said that all Communist party
members working in industrial
plants transmitted whatever mfor-
nation they could gather to party
officials, who in turn gave it to
OGPU agents.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
State Board Maps
Job|ess Program

SACRAMENTO. Oct. 13. up
A broad program OF production-for-
use for the unemployed, more COM
plete utilization Of farm surpluseS,
rural housing and assimilation of
the states migratory labor popu-
lation was presented today in the
full report of Gov. Culbert Olson's
commission on unemployment.
The commission, headed by John
R. Richards of Los Angeles, newly
appointed state director of finance,
describes unemployment as the
greatest single menace of the pres
ent worldwide capitalistic system :
and declares men and women must
be given an opportunity to work.
Condemning the cash relief dole
along with wars and Communism
as three unsuccessful systems of
unemployment economics the re-
port makes the following recon-
mendations:
l. Creation of a new state plan
ming board with wide powers to in
tegrate all departments of the state
in attacking the problem of unem-
ployment.
2. A works program, featuring
producing cooperatives, consumer
cooperatives, direct production prof.
ects, and a centralizing manage
ment unit.
8. Diversion of the states, agri-
cultural surplus to relief, with pay
ment for the products in cash at
first and later, with development
of the works program, payment in
orders on consumer cooperatives.
4. A wide program for rural
housing, including the creation of
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state housing authority.
5. Assimilation of the states mi
gratory labor population through
cooperative action of the state and
federal government.
6. Expansion of state relief adj
miniStration services to coordinate
and centralize various services for
the unemployed, including special
aid to unemployed youth.
The commission declared the pur-
pose of its program is to supple
ment and complement, not to scrap,
our present economy" and outlined
the mechanism for a private coop
erative economy for the unemploy-
ed. distinct from governmental en-
terprise.
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narrow ledges about 100 feet above
the canvon floor. he said. and 7
grasped a protruding rock for sup
port. The rock wasn't as strong
as I figured and Il gave way but
managed to jump 70 a small ledge
Is feet below it
The mail carrier said his hike
from the junction Of the rivers to
Grandyiew had been made in rela
lively good time but that the trail
was obliterated from there on by
high water.
At his Grandyiew food cache. first
of five along the 200 mile route. he
found that wild animals had hrok-
en- in and made off with some su-
gar and flour but had left canned
goods undisturbed.