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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
Britain Is Satisfied
 Over Progress of War
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veal the terrible irladequacy" of pro- tective measures.
 The committee, an unofficial body, issued statement which quoted a committee of architects, surveyors, engineers, doctors and scientists who believed that:-
 "The first big raid will reveal the terrible iriadequacy not only of steps so far taken but also of the whole official (air raid) shelter scheme"
 The experts recommended pro- gram for building heavy air raid shelters capable of resisting bomb splinters and falling debris. They al- so urged speeding up on work by using labor temporarily unemploy- ed as result of war time dislocaA ton of industry.
 The coordinating committee said that if heavy warfare should develop and ,big bombing sqpadrons should be sent by Germany to attack Bri- tain's densely populated industrial factors the absence of heavily pro- tected shelters would almost cer- tainly result in big casualties.
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British Freighter Is
 Another Sea Mystery
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to the U. s. coast guard cutter Bibb, as reported in Washington.
 Messages were sent from Camper down to Ottawa detailing the report from the two unidentified steamers and 1t is assumed that the Bibb may have intercepted these messages.
 War time regulations prevented is- stance of any detailed report on the Coulmore. It was not known whether destroyers of the Royal Canadian navy or the Canadian coast guard were continuing the
 Search to Continue
 Boston, Nov. 2-(UP)-All Coast Guard and navy vessels on neutral ity patrol off the New England coast will continue their organized search" for the freighter Coulmore unless on other special duty, de- spite reports that the British vessel is safe, authorities announced to- day.
 We pay no attention to unofficial reports and are continuing the search" an officer at coast guard dicision headquarters here said. Four cutters and two patrol boats, but no planes, are cooperating in the hunt, which continued all night with aid of searchlights, according to the officer who declined to give his name. He said the searching ships carried total of about $50 men.
 The weather has moderated in the area being covered, he said.
 The hunt is being directed from Boston headquarters by radio, he said, adding that it will continue unless Washington says to abandon search"
 The searchers have reported. he said, that they had found no trace of the Coulmore" and have moi heard from the freighter since Il sent e submarine attack" emer. gency call early yesterday.
 The officer believed that if the Camperdown, Canada, radio station had received Q subsequent message from the Coulmore, the message alst would have been picked up by tht searching ships. The Canadian sta ton, after reporting receipt of z message that freighter was "safe" refused later to confirm or deny the report.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
HALLOWEEN WAS
 JUST NIGHT LATE

Boston, Nov. 2-(UP)-Authorities concluded today that the heavy rain mot 51 police-sponsored parties for 100 900 children-must have been re- sponsible for Boston's unusually peaceful Halloween.
 On Halloween, the children as- sembled at police and fire stations and dealt with 10000 gallons of Ice cream, 56,56O bottles of soda pop, 73,0O0 doughnuts, 2A tons of mixed candy, IF tons of peanuts, and a host of similar delicacies. Scarcely a prank was reported.
 But last night the weather was clear and, without ice cream and soda pop to distrac tthem. the chill dren celebrated Halloween in the fashioned way. Hundreds Of street lights were broken, many false alarms were sounded. signs were shifted, and police had one of their busiest nights in years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

With the European belligerents m- active on the war fronts, develop ments here and in Russia became unusually significant.
 1, President Roosevelt Hooked at the record" to disclose that Soviet President Michael Kalinin only last April favored his peace formula' which included maintenance Of ter- ritorial integrity of Estonia, Lith- uania, Poland, Finland, and the en- tire bloc of Baltic nations. His dis closure of previously confidential documents followed a White House charge that Soviet Russia, through Molotov, meddled in American af- fairs at the moment congress was taking 8 critical vote on the ques- ton of repeating the arms embargo.
 2. The American freighter City of Flint, cleared from Russian port, felt its way along the Scandinavian coas ttoward a German port, seeking to escape the British blockade and hazardous mine fields. The Al Amer ican seamen comprising Its crew pre- sumably were in custody of a NaA prize crew.
 3. In Moscow, Ambassador Stein- hardt continued his intellectual ef- forts to procure an official statement from Soviet officials on the interna- tional legal precepts under which the City of Flint was permitted to leave Murmansk. Rebuffed in at- tempts to obtain official information Steinhardt was forced to rely on re- ports from Tass, an official Russian news agency. In Washington, the state department became increasing ly angry, and, while awaiting action in Moscow, informed Berlin and London of urgent necessity for con- sidering the safety of the Flint's crew.
 Cablegrams Revealed
 White House publication of an ex- change of cablegrams between MT Roosevelt and Kalinin indicated the diplomatic emphasis being placed by this country on precedents estab- lished for peace by previous inter- ventions of MT. Roosevelt to prevent war.
 The exchange occurred after MT Roosevelt appealed directly to Adoli Hitler to guarantee the peace o1 Europe for 10 or 25 years by prom ising not to invade any of the in- dependent nations of Europe ol Asia Minor. Kalinin's cabled reply said:
 q consider 1t my pleasant duty to convey to you my cordial congratu- lations and an expression of pro found sympathy with the noble ap- peal which you have addressed tC the governments of Germany and Italy. You may rest assured that your initiative finds most ardent re. sponse in the hearts of the people, of the Soviet Socialist Union"
 Published in Moscow
 That cablegram was published fl Moscow at the ti,ne it was drafted
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Former Communist Warns Dies Committee
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the Transport Workers union.
 McCuistion said he met Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader, in 1885. Bridges, the witness said, told him the party faction had decided that he, McCuistion, must work on the west coast waterfront.
 T told him I was going to ship out" McCuistion testified. "He told me that If shipped out I'd never get back in the party"
 "Was he referring to the Com munits party?" asked Rep. J. Par nell Thomas, R., of New Jersey.
 Definitely" the witness replied.
 After some time, he said, they en- countered some of his friends.
 Russell began firing indiscrimin- ately," McCuistion testified, adding that several persons were wounded
 McCuistion testified that William Dickman, whom a previous witness, Joseph Curran, president of the NMU, had identified as NMU audi tor was considered by the commun- ists as "our man..
 New Community Group
 McCuistion said the Brotherhood of the Sea was a recently organized Communist group with headquarters at Havana, Cuba. Its insignia, he said, was @ machette and hammer Curran had told the committee that he thought this brotherhood merely was fraternal organization of sea- ,men to promote better relations be- tween North and South America.
 McCuistion identified Curran in a photograph of May day parade as "the man with the big band across his shoulders like an ambas- sador or something"
 Rep. Joseph E. M. Casey, D., asked If the unions could purge them- selves of these communist leaders.
 "The communists have such con- trol that it would take at least g year to get rid of them through con- stitutional means" McCuistion re. piled.
 "The control of unions by tho communists" observed Dies, "is nc different than control of corpora tions through stock homogeneous It is a well known fact that 10 pel cent of corporations sharehold CTS can often control an entire com pany."
 Phillips Next in Turn
 Frederick c. Phillips, who sait he was the former secretary of th' Atlantic division of the Nationa Maritime Union, was the next wit ness. He said he was expelled H. legally by Joe Curran, "and a groul of communists" and that he is con testing the suspension in the courts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

Bankhead said today that no arr ranpement had been made to act at the special session on resolution by Dies to continue the work o1 the committee for two years. Just before McCuistion testified Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex, ln- structed committee counsel Rhea Whitley to confer with justice de- nartment officials about apprehend- ing George Mink, whom McCuiStlon had described as Soviet military intelligence agent in this country.
 Had Been Threatened
 unshaven and speaking in husky voice. McCuistion testified that Communists frequently had threat ened him because of his determina- Sion to "expose Communism"
 He told of two incidents when armed Communist squads" hunted him.
 Only last week, he said, he was in New York and "the word was that if I showed up on the waterfront they were going to get me"
 To demonstrate his disregard TOT intimidation he aid he immediately went to the dock area. ;, "A squad was hastily organized nnder the leadership of Isadore Gold and Tony Lucio," McCuistion testl- fied. "They came down the street telling all and sundry they were go- ing to get me"
 He said that "some of my friends rallied around' and warned Gold and Lucio that they had better not start anything"
 They Would Get Him
 In New Orleans few weeks ago. he said, he was warned "by JarVlS and Russell known gunmen ot the Communist party" that If I didn't stay out of the FBI office they per- sonally would take care of me"
 He said he had been furnishing poliee and the Federal Bureau o1 investigation with information on Communist activities.
 Hc identified Jarvis as Sweet Pea Jarvis" and Russell as "Joe Russell and said that the evening or the dav he was warned "they walked into several bars with guns drawn look- ing for me- ,
 Dies instructed Whitley to issue a gubpeaa for Mink and to confer With the justice department about 1ino- ing fihim. ,.
 While Dies was instructing Whit lev. William c. McCuistion, a sea- man who says he formerly was a Communist leader, sat in the front seat. He was brought to the com mittee room by a police guard from "a District of Columbia jail where he is being held for New Orleans po- lice. They wish to question nm about the staying of Philip Carey, a union leader, there last September
 McCuistion had told the commit tee earlier that Mink is the power behind the scenes" among Commun- ist Maritime workers on the west coast. He described Mink as a di- rect agent of the Communist Inter- national. He is SO powerful, McCuis' ton testified, that he gives orders instead of taking them from lead CTS of the U. s. Communist party.
 Identified Several
 McCuistion, unshaven and wear. ing the same flannel shirt and greer leather jacket he wor when he wa! arrested Tuesday, resumed testimony by identifying several men he saic were connected with the Commun' ast party.
 He mentioned New York attor. xey named Glickstein as counsel fol
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BOARD OF FINANCE BUSY AFTERNOON
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(COIlLlnueQ ITOI1l rage U mately 100 per cent of years sal- ary.
 According to figures cited by the speakers, teachers, principals and othe members of the department have given in that period of time approximately one and quarter million dollars. These sums were given. to relieve the city of exist ing burdens, 1t was shown. But the burdens no longer exist, the speakers declared.
 Business Picking Up
 Ona of the proofs that condi- tions are picking up in Waterbury, was seen by the speakers, in the fact that 8 business magazine of national reputation advised adver- tisers to concentrate on Waterbury because of the increased activity in the factories.
 The assembled teachers and prin- Cipals were told that the proposed restoration of any cuts would prob ably have a comparatively slight in- crease on the tax rate for 1940. It was shown that although small property holders were saving small amounts in taxes each year because of the municipal pay cut, the em- uloyes affected were contributing as much as $500 a year and higher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02

(Continued from Page D traps i1 the marshes that would not be affected by freezing, and Finnish sources have pointed out that to surrender this region to Russia would open the whole country to in- vasion.
 Naval Base Serious
 The Swedish foreign affairs cor11- mittee was said to have decided that Russia's demand for naval base at Hango was the most serious point of the demands--one that would threaten all Scandinavian countries.
 The situation was expected to reach a climax soon. Finlands nego- tiators were due in Moscow today with written reply to the demands which had been made secretly at previous conferences in Moscow and were only made public by Molotov Tuesday night. ......
 Finlands foreign minister, Elias Erkko, said last night that the country would resist "any attempted territorial penetration by Russia"
 Russia Sees Surrender
 Moscow, Nov. 2--(UP)-A Finnish mission arrived today with @ written reply to Russian territorial demands and diplomats here believed the Films were ready to capitulate. v. M. Molotov, the Soviet premier and foreign minister, was believed to have spoken his final word Tues- day night in announcing that Rus sia wanted to lease Finnish territory near the entrance to the Gulf of Finland for @ naval base and want ed the Finnish frontier pushed back away from Leningrad on the Kar- Lelin Isthmus. It was believed, there- fore, that unless the Films were willing to risk armed invasion, they would sign an agreement within a few days.
 The delegation of five, headed by J. K. Paasikivi, was met at the rail- way station at Il a. m. by a repre- sentative of the Soviet foreign of- flee and the ministers of three Scandinavian countries allied with Finland in the Nordic neutrality bloc, who are watching the develop ments sharply. It was believed that the first talk would be held this af- ternoop:
 The attitude here was that the Films presumably had come author ized to conclude pact with Rus sia. The fact that they had been here twice before to discuss Russias demands, and had come home the last time to convey the demands in writing to the Finnish cabinet, was taken to mean that Finland had reached her decision. The fact that the mission was already on its way to Moscow when Molotov made the demands public, and continued its journey here, was interpreted as Finland's willingness to accede to the demands.
 Molotov had made it clear that Russia had gone the limit in making concessions by abandoning the pro- posal that Finland enter a military pact with Russia, and by announc- ing that Russia had no objection to the fortifying of the Oland Islands between Finland and Finland had announced that 1t would fight before signing any military alliance with Russia, because that would impair it's neutrality agreement with Swed- en, Norway and Denmark.
 Molotov had warned that i've do not think Finland will seek pre- text to thwart the proposed agree ment We are certain Finnish leaders propertly understand the importance of consolidating friendly relations with the Soviet union"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
Relations
 Are Further Strained
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But the White House re-issued it with the bare comment that the rec ord should speak for itself. At the same time, Presidential Secretary stephen T. Early called attention to the fact that the appeal which Kalinin endorsed called for recog- milton of territorial and govern mental integrity of all European rla- tions-including Finland with which Russia reportedly now is in criti- cal stage of negotiation.
 Earlier, Early asserted that timing of Molotov's Tuesday speech seemed more than coincidence since it CO., incided with the House vote which sent the administration neutrality bill to conference.
 In closing days of the special ses- sion, the controversy over Soviet United States relations semed likely to develop into major issue before congress returns in January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
KENNETH MOSELEY
 SUES CITY, $5,OOO
Dairy Employee s e e k s Sum For Injuries Caused
 By Street Hole

Kenneth Moseley of this city em- ploye of the Brcck-Hall dairy of Englewood avenue this morning brought suit against the City of Waterbury as a result of fall he took in front of the company's plant on May 12, 1899.
 The complaint sets forth that while walking to enter his auto- mobile he stepped onto hole in the street, close to the curb, which was ten inches deep and foot and a half wide The hole it is stipulated was the result of negligence on the part of the city.
 Injuries claimed are a sprained ankle, bruises and decorations of both knees, and torn fragments of the left leg, the latter injury being set forth as permanent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
NEUTRALITY IS
 CLOSE TO VOTE
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he said. Rep. Albert E. Austin, R., Connecticut, said the attempt to irl- crease employment by selling arms to Europe is unworthy of the tra- dition of our country"
 Administration house leaders, seeking final action on the bill be- fore Saturday night, move at ap- proximately 3 p. in, (EST), to end debate and to begin voting on pend- ing amendments or instructions" to conferees.
 Vote About { P. m.
 If that schedule is followed, the vote on the arms embargo should come about { p. m. The bill then will be sent to conference with the sen- ate tonight, and preparations made for sine die adjournment of congress Saturday.
 Six weeks ago today-Sept. q = The congress assembled in extraord- mary session to hear President Roosevelt's appeal for repeal of the existing arms embargo and enact- ment of a "cash-and- -carry" plan. Since then the senate debated the issues at length and amended q house-approved bill to conform tC the administrators plan. Actually, the House will be acting today on the amended version of a joint resolution it passed at the reg ular session. That resolution re- tained modified arms embargo de- spite strenuous administration op- position.
 The controversy has not changed since last summer, the major ques- ton being whether this nation should continue an embargo or arms to all countries on @ "coms and get 1t" basis.
 The House vote on embargo re- peal will be close. Administration leaders claim a minimum 2O-votl margin. Isolatienists contend tha they still have Q fighting chance ol keeping the ban on arms export iz the iaw.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
FRENCH TOWN IS
 HIT BY SHELLS
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(CONtlnNeQ rom rage 1I
 It was denied also that the Ger mans had occupied a strip of French territroy 10 miles wide and 2h miles deep east of the Moselle.
 The informant said that recent clashes between patrols disproved German assertions that then French had refused to undertake new op- erations since the october 16 battles
 The Germans lost in their Oc- tober 16 attack more men than they have admitted losing since the war started, the informant said.
 As regards German reports that the British lost four planes and the French two on October 30, the informant said that the French lost no planes all.
 The German high command, in war communique No. 119. said to- day:
 "The night was calm along the whole front"
 Tn the west there was only slight artillery fire at several points" theitmininGer- the
 Italy, Greece Prepare
 Athens, Nov. 2.-(UP)-Italy and Greece have concluded negotiations reaffirming their 1920 non-aggres. sion treaty, it was announced of ficially today.
 The two governments, it was an nounced, have exchanged notes em' phasizing that "the friendly rela. tions ebtween the two countries con. stitute a factory for peace in the eastern Mediterranean"
 The notes will be published Fri day.
 Diplomats believed that the Italo' Greek friendship pact not only Woule stabilize conditions in the eastern Mediterranean and lead to i'm proved relations between Italy ane Turkey but would contribute tt realization of projected plans for neutral Balkan bloc under 1taliar leadership.
 The way for Italo- Greek rap prochement was paved last montf when the two governments agreed to withdraw from the Albanian frontier the troops which had beer confronting each other since Italy conquest last spring.
 The reaffirmation of the non-ag gression pact was forecast early thi week by diplomatic circles in Lon don which predicted a new Balkan alignment under Italian leadership The London dispatches said tha Balkan countries, with Italy par ticipating as an observer. soon woul' meet at Belgrade to draft pac of mutual resistance to any German or Russian expansionism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
JAPAN ANSWERS UNITED STATES
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- Sasiiy Worsen, and we wish to avoid that."
 The cabinet is preoccupied at present with problems concerning China, particularly the proposed es- tablishment of a Japanese-dominat- ed central Chinese government under Wang Ching-Wei. After China policies have been clarified, an official said, Admiral Kichisabu- TO Nomura, foreign minister, would be better able to discuss American relations with Grew. Pending that time, Grew awaited an invitation from Nomura to open discussions.
 Constantin Smetanin, new Rus sian ambassodr, was expected to ar rive tomorrow from Moscow with detailed instructions bearing on Japanese-R Russian relations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
BARON WON PAPEN
 TO WARN TURKEY
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Schulenberg, likewise requested to come here to report, was expected today or tomorrow to remain for about two days by airplane.
 Nazis finally admitted today that the speech of Russian Premier Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molo- toy had made it plain that Russia did not intend to give any military aid to Germany-except 1t was said, in event of an Allied threat" which would affect Russia's Black Sea 1n- terests.
 Soviet Russia will feel herself involved only if her own vital in- terests in the Black Sea are threat ened," said the Hamburger Frem- denblatt.
 Calls Germany Friend
 "Molotov declared unmistakably that Moscow was determined tc tolerate no attacks on its friend Germany in its sphere of influence
 - including the Black Sea-" said the Voelkischer Beobachter, official newspaper organ of the NaA party
 This was the way the newspapers put the situation. Nazi informants said Russia was backing Germany 100 per cent but made 1t plain that now this HOO per cent backing ii confined to the diplomatic and eco. homie fields. While recently the in spired newspapers had intimate6 unmistakably that unless Great Brit ain accepted peace on Hitler's terms not only Russia but Italy might join Germany in the war, now they explained that Germany had always intended to fight the war with its own resources and that it never had asked either Russia or Italy fol military aid.
 The Voelkischer Beobachter, apro- pos of the general situation, threat. ened the long-awaited intensified was against Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
SEIZURE OF COW
 CAUSE OF SUIT

A COW with e crooked hornr" is the cause of a $l00 action filed in the Court of Common Pleas this morning Leo Mcdonald claims that Frank Matasavage Is illegally hold ing the COW (to say nothing of get- ting up too early to milk itD
 MT, Mcdonald wants the COW and a hundred bucks for the experience he is getting in court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-02
TAX COLLECTOR IN
 HARTFORD SHORT
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payment of taxes, that uncollectable taxes have been listed as assets on the office books, that records of tax warrants have been kept poorly, and that state laws and city ordinances have been consistently violated.
 The auditors claim that payments to the city treasurer of taxes re- ceived have not been made in the period required by law.
 The audit of the tax books was authorized by the Board of Alder men on request of the mayor. Copies of the report will be submitted to the aldermen at their meeting Mo- vember IS.