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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

Heard in passing Ardent rooters at the Red Sox- Tanks double header in N Y early last week were Pat O'Brien, Pat Bergin Clark Downey Ray McKennerney, Joe Stevens and Jack Gary Repartee on the ride down and back was such as to make Downey slow down frequently that he could get into the debates with proper gestures of his hands Jim Luddy of the Cherry Street Luddys making hay at at Scov these days and informs that his diminuve twin brother Pete is now located in New York City Waterbury visitors to Ham
 onasset and Rocky Neck state Seashore parks report that all traces of hurricane destruction have been con- petey removed and the two resorts are even better than ever, well as more widely patronized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
.SCOVILL FOREMEN
 GO TO PLAYLAIND
Third Annual Outing Held Saturday-Train, Boat
 Rides Enjoyed

The third annual excursion of the Scovill Foremen's Association to Playland, Rye Beach, N. Y., was held Saturday with several hundred members and guests enjoying the trip. The group went from here to Bridgeport by train, then to the beach by boat.
 John J. Griffin was chairman of the arrangements committee. Assis- ting him were: John Thoms, Char les Dubuque, Earl O'Dell, E. c. Bradley, Gene Sullivan, Will Me- Gowan, Ralph Bates, James Shana- : han, William Cleary, J. M. Burrall and Harold Egan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
FRANCIS ENJOY
 ANNUAL OUTING
Several Hundred at Lake, wood Event-TO GO to
 Fair in September

Representatives of. Franco Ameri- can Clubs from towns around the state attended the annual outing of the local club yesterday at Bellevue Lake Grove. Several hundred per- sons were present to enjoy the varied program, made up of sports and games in the afternoon, and danc- ing in the evening.
 The general committee in charge of the affair was headed by Roger Hout, with the assistance of Emil Desrosier. secretary, and Ubald Des- aulnier, treasurer of the group. Mrs. Wilfred Bernier was in charge of tickets. | Among the guests present were visitors from Bristol, Meriden, New Britain and South Norwalk. The next outing of the club will be on Sept. IA, when they will visit the New York Worlds Fair. Romeo Dumouchel heads the arrangement committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
Barbs Italy bans night life for dogs between

Barbs Italy bans night life for dogs between and dawn Every dog still has his day, of course An Ohio golfer hooking his drives discovered he wearing two left shoes That's time it didn't pay to hit in the pinches. Rookie soldiers trained with to sweep with at first. Recent pictures of Hitler show him smiling, sign to old prize fighter that he has gone map-happy. The sea of matri- Draft. The Conn-Pastor fight was postponed three weeks because of rain, but hinterand sceptcs say: "There rain-that the second Deluge."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
ROlInd ahOut

Round about .. Casper Davis Post, American Legion will hold it's annual flower show at Sprague School on September II and 12. No meeting of the Kiwans Club will be held Wednesday noon because the group plans to meet tomorrow with the Rotary hear Dr. Hamilton Holt President of Rollins College Ii, Florida and former Connecticut resident. SS. Peter and Paul Softball League is planning its annual outing for the second Sunday of September, unless Mike German and George Daly decide that they want the boys to assemble some other propitious occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
THE HUNTED
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Eleanor Alletta Chaffee in the New York Times Whimpered the little red fox AS he slipped through the shade of tree: "This world so wide and so strange It was not made for me" Shivered the tiny lawn Away from its anxious mother: 'rThe world was not made for me, But for some other"
 The wary hawk that drifted High on wave of air Heard the sounds, and downward Curved to see what there. Steel spoke an angry word: The hawk, from his crystal world Dropped like falling stone, His feathers about him curled And the fox and the fawn drew close together, Watching the curve of a crimson feather:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
FACTORY OUTING
 HELD SATURDAY

Approximately 400 employees of the Watertown Undergarment Co. of this city attended the annual factory outing Saturday at Pleas ure Beach, Bridgeport. An all-day program of sports and entertainment was enjoyed.
 A scroll and plaque were presented by the employees to Phillip Lipshitz, president, and Louis Berkowitz, vice. president. Murray Silverman, fac- tory manager, served as master of ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
105 nm. Howitxers

The War Department also plans to spend about $7O0,000,0OO to build chain of 60 intuition plants between the Allegheny and the Rocky Mountains.
 Recently the Department signed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
FARM TRADITION RETAINED

Ottawa, O. = (UP) = MT. and Mrs. s. O. Hall celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on the same farm on which MT. Halls parents and paternal grandpar? ents celebrated their golden wed- ding anniversaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
BY MILTON BRONNER

BY MILTON BRONNER
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. IT = Tanks, planes and big guns can't be built in day, and the United States Army won't get the things it needs in mass production quantity until late in 1941. Navy orders will take even longer, but the navy of course is much better off right now than is the army.
 The army is issuing no public reports on numerical progress of rearmament. When the sub-com- mittee of the Appropriations Con- mittee of the House was holding hearings on the 1941 army bill, War Department officials gave a picture of what the army had and what it needed.
 Those figures are shown in the accompanying picto chart. But remember that the figures were based upon a mobilization plan I for 750,000 men-and not an army of two, three or four million. The army now has about 5000 serviceable airplane. Funds have been voted to bring this number up to 11,000. About 800 planes are ex- pected to be built for the army yet this year and 2555 will be built next lyear.
 To deal with low-flying enemy aircraft the army now has more than 1000 guns of 50 caliber. Or ders will be given for 1862 more. When this program, including that illustrated on the picto-chart, is completed the army will have 4616 mobile anti-aircraft guns of the most modern type.
 In addition to Garand rifles on hand and on order, the army has about 100000 Springfield and Enfield rifles fo the type used in the last war. These are being kept in war reserves.
 There are IA combat cars or cavalry tanks with 100 more to be procured. When this program is completed, the army will have 1900 fast modern combat cars or tanks ranging from 10 to 20 tons. The National Defense Advisory Commission has cleared an edu- cational contract for 50 giant tanks weighing at least 70 tons.
 These are of the heavy type which Hitler used to great effect in France but they will have larger guns than those mounted on the Nazi tanks.
 If these great tanks are suc- cessful in army maneuverS an- other $50 will be ordered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia.
 The army has 845 armored scout cars today and will procure S61 more. Gas masks now in the possession of the army number 407, ,696 and there are 116065 in production. Additional orders to bring the total to 869,717 will be placed.
 BREAKDOWN
 ON CONTRACTS
 The reports of contracts cleared by the defense commission do not give totals for the various items. A breakdown of these fig ures-the 35 per cent of the first $5, ,000 100000 appropriation follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
. ANSWERS TO
 CRANlUM CRACKERS

Questions on Comic Page 1. Emerson. 2. Shakespeare. 3. Tennyson. 4. Thackeray. 5. Shakespeare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
METER CLICKS ON SPONSOR

Latrobe, Pa, (UP)-Councilman Clarence Caskey, veteran champion of parking meters, was among the violators the first day the machines were in operation here. Caskey paid S1 fine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
HOW FAR HAVE WE GONE IN MoNTFis2 SECOND OF ARTICLE Army Will Get Badly Needed Weapons In Mass Production Quantity Near End of 1941
U. s. Will Test
 50 Giant Tanks, May Order More

Second of three articles an- alyzing progress of the American defense effort since the Presi- dents call to arms three months ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

la contract for a $25,O0O,OOo smoke less powder plant near Charleston, Ind. The plant will be owned by the government and will be operat- ed by the Du Pont company on a fixed fee basis. Five thousand men will be employed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

Peter" . common cat. was on the payroll of the British navy for 12 years, serving as a "ratter" on H. M. s. President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
AnsuUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. Wood ticks. 2. Winnie Mae. 3. Albatross. 4. India. 5. Yellow. 6. Ampersand. 2. One hundred. 6. No. g. Shakespeare, in Hamlet" 10. William B. Bankhead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
RUMANIA SLATED
TO START TALKS
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only the southern Dobruja, which
she lost to Rumania in the Sec
ond Balkan war in 1918, and must
leave Rumania an outlet to the
Black Sea in the .Constanta region.
This would br any common from
tier between Russia and Bulgaria.
Hungary, it is understood, will
get some but not all of Pennsylvania
the territory she lost to Rumania
in World war settlements. Exten-
sive population transfers may be
involved.
The main unanswered question
is whether the actual transfer of
territories will be effected now, or
whether Rumania will succeed in
delaying this until after the Ger
manhattan wal with Great Bri.
tain is endedin the hope that an
thing is possible.
While it is said in Slovak quar-
tiers that Germany's plans include
preservation of Slovakia~as a NOM
inally independent state, the fact
that heads of the S1ovak govern
ment also were called to Salzburg
gave rise to the belief in Hun.
gary that Slovakia may be annexed
by Hungary and given autonomy
within the framework of a new
Hungary.
In their regulation of southeast
ern Europe, Germany and Italy
seem determined to block any fur
Their Russian expansion into the
Balkans. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
"'TIL WE MEET AGAIN"
FEATURED AT CAROLINA

Heading the cast of It'll We
Meet Again." the new Warner
Bros. picture which opens today
at the Carolina theatre are the
stars ef two of the seasons most
outstanding hits - THE Fighting
69th" and "Wuthering Heights. .
George Brent, who played the reck-
less hero, and Pat O'Brien, who
portrayed Father Duffy in Flight
ing 69th" are the male stars of
the new picture; Merle Oberon and
Geraldine Fitzgerald, lustrous stars
of "Wuthering Heights, are the
feminine stars of "'Til We Meet
Again..
Directed by Edmund Goulding
whose brilliant handling of THE
Old e. Maid" and Dark Victory
helped make those films so mem.
orable, "'Til We Meet Again" is
a subtly different. love story
The setting for the film is a lux
urious liner travelling, from Hong
King to San Francisco, and there
is action, drama, romance and com.
edy all along the way.
One of the popular Information
Please" short subjects and latest
news events r also featured on
the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
United States to conscript approx

United States to ~conscript approx
mately AZ, 900, 600 men.
"You could take them out of var
ious occupations and put them to
work at anything the war depart
ment wants, including peeling Do
tatoes or raking leaves. If this
power is given, there will be a hue
and cry to c%onscript capital. Al
ready a bill has been Introduced to
give the president this power.
"This means, of course, a totali-
tartan nation, just as Mr.. Hitler's,
Mr.. Mussolini's, or Mr.. Stalin's.
There is no emergency to warrant
such a STEP"
The military committee has ap-
proved the training bill informally,
but will take a formal vote Tues
day. Senate consideration is ex-
pected later in the week.
Senate leaders expect to bring
up tomorrow legislation increasing
benefits for railroad workers under
the present unemployment law.
The program of house leaders
calls for consideration of minor leg
islation tomorrow, then a $50, OO0,-
600 authorization for the navy. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
MANY SUGGESTED
FOR CABINET JOB
Davis, Wickard, Wilson And
Others Mentioned As Sue
cessors To Wallace

WASHINGTON, July 28.-R-
Capital speculation brought several
names forward today for the post
of secretary of agriculture w h e n
Henry A. Wallace resigns or takes
a leave of absence to campaign
for the vice-presidency.
Among those mentioned were
Chester c. Davis. a member of the
board of governors of the Federal
Reserve system; Representative
Jones (D-Tex) of the house agrl-
culture committee; Claude R..
Wickard, present undersecretary OF
agriculture; M. L. Wilson, head OF
the departments extension serv-
ice; H. R. Tolley, head of the 5u-
reau of agricultural economics,
and R. M. Evans, AAA admins
traitor.
Secretary Wallace made known
last week, after a conference with
President Roosevelt, that he would
either resign his cabinet post or
tax a leave of absence without
pay after he was formally notified
of his nomination for the vice
presidency. Notification ceremo-
MES may be held about August 20.
Most political observers took it
for granted that Wallace's success
sor would be a firm supporter of
present farm programs. 1t was
this assumption that caused them
to speculate chiefly on Wallace as
s~ociates in the agriculture depart
ment.
Davis was considered highly, but
few thought he would be willing to
give up his present post for that OF
secretary of agriculture, especially
in view of the fact that the latter
position might be for only a few
months duration. Long an agri.
cultural leader, Davis once served
under Wallace as AAA admins
traitor.
For similar reasons, few expect
ed Jones to be in the running. He
has announced his intention of Civ.
ing up his seat in the house for a
federal judgeship to which Presi-
dent Roosevelt has appointed him.
Some thought it would be possible,
however, for the chief executive to
persuade him to take over the sec.
retaryship on an acting basis for
the period of the campaign, leaving
him free to assume the judicial
post afterwards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
MCMILLAN ISSUES
SEVERAL OPINIONS
Refusal OF Prospective Moth
er To Take Wascserman
Test Mus tBe Reported

RALEIGH, July 28.-tR-If a
prospective mother goes to a phys
ician for prenatal are and refuses
to submit to a Wasserman test,
the physician should report the re-
fusal to his county health officer or
to the state board of health, At
torney General Harry Mcmillan
said today.
The 1889 legislature passed a law
requiring prospective mothers to
submit to such blood tests. Aim of
the law is to stamp out venereal
disease.
Other opinions in a digest re-
leased by the attorney general in
cluded:
An alderman who is an insur-
ance agent may not write e
towns insurance.
The mayor of a town may not
bid for the sale to the town of coal,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
'sREBECA" is OFFERED
AT THE BIJOU HOUSE

With Laurence Oliver and Joan
Fontaine heading a cast of out
standing players and with a story
filled with drama, suspense and
mystery, David o. Selznick's latest
production, "Rebecca," opens to-
day at the Bijou Theatre. The film
was brilliantly directed by Alfred
Hitchcock, known internationally as
a master of intrigue, crime and
mystery on the screen.
"Rebecca" is the film version of
the best-selling novel of the same
name by Daphne. du Maurier. 1t
was prepared for the r by
Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Har.
rison and retains all the gripping
drama of the original book.
Laurence Olivier, who last year
made a tremendous hit as the hero
of "Wuthering Heights" plays the
role of Maxim de Winter, the soci-
ally prominent owner of Manderley
the vast Tudor estate where most
of the action unwinds.
The latest Paramount News pre-.
cedes the feature on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
THREE

oil or other items to be purchased
County commissioners are justi
fed in refusing to issue a beer Ii
cense to the wife of a man who ha,
been convicted of violating the proc
hibition law, if the commissioners
are satisfied the wife is subservi-
ent to and controlled by her hus.
band.
ABC elections must be held from
Z am. to 7 pm, not from sunrise
to sunset.
Court costs on account of acts Of
state highway patrolmen must be
paid to the general fund of the
county in which the costs are taxed
and should not be paid to the pa
trolman.
The revenue act of 1899 requires
distribution of go per cent of the in.
tangibles tax, collected by tn q
state, to counties and municipal
tiles on the basis of the latest
federal decennial census" Since
the 1910 census figures will not be
available by the time set by law
for the distribution, the state would
be justified in using the 1880 census
figures.
Charging of interest in excess OF
six per cent is prohibited under
North Carolina law, and the bor-
rover is entitled to twice the
amount of interest paid to a usurer.
If the interest has not been paid.
the lender would forfeit the entire
interest. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
GERMAN BOMBERS
CONTINUE ATTACKS
AGAINST BRITAIN
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the other two had time to open
their attack"
But despite the intensity of he
attack and the constant blows at
Brains sea lanes observers ex-
pressed he opinion that full dress
bid for victory in one mighty smash
would be held back awaiting al
rangement Of the Balkan chess
board under Axis guidance.
1t was limited that Britain tiska-
ing a hand with new diplomatic
moves aimed at Misunderstanding
link in the Balkan chain.
The battle in the cloud-streaked
SKY over southeastern E G l a n d,
which gained in fury as more and
more defense planes raced from
their bases to beat off the raiders,
was fought so high that the planes
could hardly be seen.
-Four raiders were shot down, two
at sea, and the others several miles
inland. Two parachutes were seen
floating from n of the machines
doWned over water, and motor.
boats went to the rescue. No bombs
were dropped.
Earlier scattered air b ttle S,
mostly over Walesa nd southwest
England added two bombers to the
four German planes the British re-
ported bringing down yesterday.
The British described this scat.
tered fighting as small s c a | e"
raids in which some bombs were
dropped but no casualties result
ed. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
PRESENTS
HIS RULES FOR NEW
ORDER IN BALKANS
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ages to the now-dominating figure
of Europe. Previously the repre-
sentatives of Hungary had partici-
pated in political conferences with
the German leaders.
Role Uncertain
What role Slovakia is to play in
the grand re-shuffle of the Balkans
still is uncertain, but there have
been near-violent arguments be-
tween Slovakia and Hungary over
border troubles since tn disinteg-
ration of Czecho : Slovakia more
than > year ago.
Germany has acted as a guard
ian of Slovak independence since
then, and ! eich Marshal Hermann
Goering's National Zeitung today
carried { hint that Hungary might
have to take such factors into &C
count in pressing for return of ter
.ritories she lost in the World war.
The National Zeitung said salts
faction of Bulgaria's claim on Ru-
mani4's south I'm Dobruja was a
necessity of the new ORDER" but
added that Hugary (Which demands
primarily the return of Transyl-
vania from Rumania) will have to
undertake certain r ductions'' in
her ambitions.
It was not clear Wheeler this re-
ferred to Pennsylvania, or to Slo-
vakia, which wa" under Hungarian
rule before the World war and is
often shown on maps published in
as "rightf1l'v belonging"
to Hungary.
The Slovak statesmen spent an
hour ard a half with Hitler-the
shortest visit of any group in the
series. The talks were sa' to have
taken place Sin the spirit of friend
ship nd gooo understanding" but
beyond that nothing concrete was
officially divulged.
The Slovsks were scheduled to
entrair for home tonight. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Movie Revues
"EARTHBOUND" FEATURED
AT THE ROYAL HOUSE

You'll be amazed and smile at
the adventures of Warner Baxter
and Andrea Leeds, who are starred
in "Earthbound," the film which
opens today at the Royal Theatre.
Baxter is murdered early in the
fascinating film drama, and con-
tinues in the form, of a ghost who
walks through walls and doors
and is haunted by the living! 9th
r in the cast are Charley Grape
win, Lynn Bari, Henry Wilcoxon,
and Elizabeth Patterson.
Royal Varieties features a sport
reel entitled Ely Casting, and
there is the Movietone News and
a Musical. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
BATTERIES
KEEP CANAL WATCH
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guns had their range and, the
oretically, were firing away.
And, mind you, the simulated
raid was a surprise to every
element of the defense forces
except for a very few high Of
ficials.
The impression of the poten-
cy and growing effectiveness of
the canal defenses gained from
this experience a empha-
sized by today's visit to the
battery hidden deep in the jun
gle.
Almost daily these batteries
go through the whole process
of Tending off practice attacks
and they are proud of the
ability to swing into action in
five minutes, eight at the most,
without advance warning.
The battery went through every
step of defense against an actual
raid-following reports of the
planes progress that came in from
other gun, searchlight and obser-
walton posts; spotting it with COM
plicated range-computing appara-
tus; training its guns by the data
thus obtained; and feeding and fir
ing practice ammunition.
For this particular battery the
maneuver was over in less than
half an hour. But across the gun
bristling jungle it was repeated
over and over at scores of other
It's a lonely existence for these
guardians of the canal and a none-
tco-easy one But there were no
complaints about the daily dose of
quinine, jungle post routine against
malaria, or the heavily-chlorinated
drinking water.
Snakes and insects? OF course.
the soldiers had more to
say about the ever-present termites
which must be guarded against
lest a chair or even a house col
lapse. They mentioned only in
passing that a boa constructor was
last night near the battery
headquarters. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
NO RELIEF FROM
HEAT WAVE SEEN
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and downtown maximums w e r e
identical today.
Although tomorrow may be
slightly cooler than today, the max
imum will be well over 80, and
there is little chance for real relief
by Tuesday, the observers said.
For the last 10 days, in Raleigh
and most other cities in North Car
DINA, the maximums have been
above 90. The record duration of
a heat wave here was II days of
above 80 maximums, in 1892.
Thundershowers we're reported
in widely scattered sections today,
and possibly will occur tomorrow,
the forecasters said. There is little
prospect, however, of a widespread
rain, which is badly needed by
Tar Heel farmers. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
PASSENGER TRAINS
HALTED IN FRANCE
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ueularly facts concerning seizure
OF the French fleet,
Inc French press. without call
a,s britain by name, joined al
"tos' unanimously in charging
ioielgh intrusion into French ma
s molal politics brought on the war
",nl germany and it's disastrous
ouleOlle. 1