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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29

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 In London the admiralty said six Italian warships had been damaged seriously and that the only. British casualty was the cruiser Berwick, which suffered two hits but was again in service.
 Today's communique said that Thursday morning Italina naval units carried out a prolonged she'll ing action from a short distance against military objectives on Corfu (Greek Island in the Ionian Sea off Western Greece and Albania.) )"
 Greek batteries at San Salvatore, San Stefano, Cultura and Roda were hit with destructive results while defense wroks, military bar racks, radio station and the look out station of Tignola also were hit" it continued. The Greek fire from Corfu was without result" and the Italian ships suffered no damage. A fully loaded British transport ship of 10000 tons was sunk in the Atlantic by the Italian submarine Marconi, the communique said.
 British Planes Driven Off
 British airplanes again had at- tempted to reach the Italian naval and air bases of Brindisi and Taranto,. but, it said, they were driven ofY. The planes encountered such heavy anti-aircraft fire they dropped their bombs either into the open sea or into open countryside.
 In Albania, the 11th army, com- posed of the Ferrara, Siena and Centauro divisions, counter-attacked Greeks attempting to infiltrate" Italian lines mad crushed them.
 The communique said 300 Italian airplanes bombed military centers and communications lines in Greece, hitting objectives devastatingly" in the areas of Erseke and Sopiki, causing explosions and fires"
 Italian quarters denied reports from frontier points in Jugoslavia that the Greeks had captured the important Italian base of Argyro- kastron in Southwestern Albania. They said heavy fighting was in progress in the Argyrokastron sec tor,
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BRITISH DESTROYERS
 TORPEDOED

Berlin, Nov. 29.-UP)-The high command said today that German destroyers in 8 Sortie close to the English coast, had torpedoed two British destroyers.
 The battle occurred at the western exit of the channel, a communique said.
 It added that another group of German deStroyers sank a 9-000- ton and a 3,000-ton ship and two small CT ships, of the south coast of Eng land and that all German deStroyers returned to their bases unchanged.
 Last night, the communique said, German arplaneS continued their retaliatory attacks against London military objectives and new blazes and strong explosions were seen."
 British planes flew into north and west Germany last night, scattering incendiary and explosive bombs on several homes and on one hospital, the communique said.
 It claimed that 13 British planes were shot down yesterday, Il in air battles and two by anti-aircraft guns. and that four German planes were missing.
 Strong formations of Luftwaffe Wednesday night attacked, as was previously reported. the city and harbor of Plymouth, where strong explosions and large and small fires were observed" the communique said.
 Railway track and industrial ob- jectives Gin a large town in Scot- land," were successfully bombed, the communique said.
 Long range army and navy bat- teries fired on ships assembled in the harbor ct Dover" 1t said.
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GERMAN TROOPS
 NOT IN RUMANIA
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The city was expected to remain quiet during the Iron Guardists' "penitent mourning" A high gov- ernment spokesman said Premier Gen. Ion Antonescu was firmly in control" that the pro-Nazi Iron GuardistS were supporting him, and that "there is no possibility of an imminent crisis. However, in view of the present situation 1t is only natural that special military pre- cautions have been taken and con- tinue."
 An Iron Guard member, witness to the mass executions of supporters of former King Carol at Jihlava told me today that the killings had not been premeditated-that they had occurred spontaneously when Iron Guardists removed the slab from Codreanu's grave in the prison yard and were finally convinced that he was dead.
 Killed In 1898
 Codreanu and 13 other Iron GuardistS, serving prison terms for treason and murder, were shot at or near the prison Nov. 30, 1888 as a climax to the feud between the Iron Guard and King Carols govern ment.
 The Guardist informant said Cod- reanu frequently had told his fol- lowers he would never die and that when the government announced in 1888 that he and 13 others had been shot while trying to escape" some believed Carol only had hidden Cod reanu away.
 When the Iron Guardists, after finally locating the Jihlava grave, lifted the huge cement slab, uncov- cred the bones, and identified Cod reanu's belongings among them; they were stunned.
 "They stood around the grave for a moment, then, spurred by 8 great and sudden rage, turned their feel- ings into action" he said. Two leaders, half-sobbing, shouted: Hn into Jihlava'"
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in the hands of a small group.
 Letter of Ex-G Governor
 Ex . Governor Templeton's letter endorsing Col. McCook for state chairman follows:
 twill Rogers used to say that all he knew was what he read in the newspapers, and I feel good deal the same way at the present time. I have just noticed that the Con- necticut State Central Committee is talking about a chairman, and 1t appears that Colonel Anson T. Me- Cook is thought of in that capacity.
 First of all I want to say that a better man could not be found. l had great difficulty getting him to be my executive secretary, and I feel very grateful to him for steering me through troublesome times and bringing me out with g whole skin.
 "He is fine lawyer, the right kind of a citizen, a great soldier and a Christian gentleman and he comes from a family of McCooks which have been and are the backbone of our nation.
 1T would be very glad to see him chairman, if he would eccept it, and would do everything in my power to assist him in this particu- lar position"
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Britain Claims Her
 Fleet Beat Italians
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of bringing him to action. A few minutes after noon four enemy cruisers were sighted, hull down over the horizon.
 FAt 12:21 p. m. our advanced light units opened fire. The enemy cruisers replied and almost imme- diately they turned away and re- tired northeaStwardS at high speed under cover of smoke.
 "At 12:52 p. m. two enemy battle ships accompanied by cruisers were sighted.
 "The battleships were one of the Littorio class and one of the Cavour class.
 "The heavy enemy ships opened fire on our cruisers. These were forced by the much heavier metal of the enemy to make slight turn away, but within few minutes the enemy battleships themselves turned away and our cruisers at once re- stunned their pursuit of the Italian cruisers.
 "Our slower units rapidly fell astern but the battle cruiser Re- nown Captain c. E. B. Simon) fly- ing the flag of vice admiral Sir James Somerville, did its utmost to bring the enemy battleships to ac- tion, but was unable to do so owing to the speed with which the enemy retired.
 By 1:10 p. n., the chase, having been carried to within a few miles of the enemy's coast, was aband- oned.
 By this time the enemy was scattered and owing to the extreme range and smoke screens used by them, no damage to their ships was observed then.
 Subsequent air reconnaissance, however, indicated considerable damage must have been caused by our gunfire before the enemy reached the shelter of his coast or disappeared behind his smoke screen. Our enemy cruiser, believed to be one of the eight-inch gun type, Q0,000 ton) was seriously afire aft. One destroyer of the Gre cale class Q,449 tons) was seen down by the stern, listing heavily and stopping. One other enemy de- stroyer was listing slightly and los- ing way. The aircraft fleet air arm of the Ark Royal Capt. c. s. Hol- lanO attacked repeatedly during the pursuit and afterwards.
 (Some sources interpreted the ref erence to the leading ship reducing speed to mean that it also was hit, but all London newspapers this morning agreed that only three cruisers were damaged.)
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(Continued rom Page D the Atlantic had been acquired from Great Britain in return for 50 de- stroyers. The bases are now in the process of being fortified.
 Continuous Member
 Congressman Smith, who was re- elected for a fourth term in Noven1- Der by a majority of almost 12,000 votes, has been a member fo the military affairs committee since he first went to Congress as represen- tative of the Fifth Congressional District.
 Tn recent years he has gained rec ognition as an outstanding member of the committee, and has been the author of a. number of bills which have been of importance to the na- tional defense program. Some of his bills, passed as early as 1895, are proving of great assistance in the present rearmament speed-up pro- gram.
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able to meausre herself against the real enemy-Germany."
 ''We should let the proportion of those bombers which in past months have been shattering Hamburg, Leuna and Gelsenkirchen be con- centrated against cities and com munications in Italy," he said. "Let Plume and Trieste have same treat ment as meted out to Birmingham and Coventry.
 Claims Italian Fleet Fled
 The admiralty's communique al- legged again that the Italian fleet hall fled to the safety of its coastal defenses to avoid a battle. It credit ed one of the air arms swordfish torpedo-carrying planes with the hit on the Littorio class battleship, Italy'S newest and best-armored, carrying 1,600 men and mounting nine I5-inch guns. If reports of this action and the one carried out by the fleet air arm on Taranto were borne out, Italy's original fleet of six battleShips, and an estimated q cruisers, 240 torpedo boats and de- stroyers and no submarines (based on authoritative naval guides) had been reducted in two actions by four battleShips and five cruisers.
 The communique revealed that the great British battle cruiser Re- nown, (32,000 tons) flying the flag of Vice Admiral Sir James Somer- ville," was standing by in the Sar- dinia engagement and doing it's ut most to bring the Italian ships to battle, "but was unable to do so owing to the speed with which the enemy retired" It revealed also, that the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, which the Germans once claimed to have sunk, demanding that the British "produce proof if it was still afloat, once again was in the thick of the fight, as it had been at Dakar and Taranto.
 Account Of Engagement
 The communique said, in part:
 Tt is now possible to give an &C., count of the naval engagement and pursuit of the Italian forces in the Mediterranean yesterday (Wednes- dya) afternoon.
 Soon after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, our forces operating west of Sardinia received reports from our reconnaissance aircraft that enemy forces consisting of two bat tleships and a large number of de- stroyers were at sea about 75 miles to the northeast.
 Our forces at once increased to full speed and altered their course to close with the enemy in the hope
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NCouAuucu HUH Ed6S ~ record time and the raiders wree forced to drop flares continuously in the fact of the most intense an- ti-aircraft barrage in northern Eng land.
 The residential district of an- other northwest town suffered sec verely. There was no immediate count of the casualties, but today rescue workers combed the debris for bodies. In one area of the town 12 homes in Q row were destroyed and many of tEier occupants were killed or injured.
 British Bomb Germany
 London, Nov. 20--(UP)-The air ministry said today that large forces of British bombers attacked Dussel- 'dof and Mannheim last night, bombing gas works, communications and armament factories.
 'They also attacked oil and other targets at Baltic port and the in- vasion ports of Antwerp, Boulogne and LeHavre," communique said.
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to Wethersfield filed appeals in the Supreme court of appeals, but bonds were declined until the Supreme court of appeals, but bonds were declined until the Supreme court outcome of the proceedings when their appeals are brought up.
 Fails to Collect
 Listed as $l0 prize winner in the Naugatuck lottery, John De- schino as yet did not collect the money. He said he was supposed to go after it. He expects to go later to collect it, he said.
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NAPOLEON GAGNON,
 BRIDGEPORT, DIES

The local police were asked yes- terday to seek two persons in con- nection with the death of Napoleon Thoudle Gagnon. Gagnon was found dead yesterday in Bridgeport.
 A sister of MT. Gagnon who was listed as Mrs. B. Pilton of West Liberty street and a friend, Arthur Bilbia of aBnk street. The names were not listed in the city directory.
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BACHELORS ARE HAPPY FAIR

Tampa, Fla. = (UPJ = TWO bachelors have lived together in Q seven-room house here for 10 years, sharing the work Of cooking dish- washing. bed-making and house. cleaning, without an argument. They are 0. O. Byers. se. and Fred L. Morse. b7, Morse specializes in cakes and pies.
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Templeton
 Will Support Me Cook
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man Sam Pryor, whose home is in Greenwich, both hail from Fairfield
 Stratford, and National Committee county, and that election of a state chairman from that sector would place the party machinery entirely
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MOVIE COINCIDENCE

Barbara Stanwyck, in real life married to Robert Taylor, who was bornin the tiny Nebraska town of Filley, marries Henry Fonda, Grand Island, Neb., product, in 'The Lady Eve" at the Paramount studios.
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FRENCH BATTLE
 WITH SIAMESE

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CONGRESSMAN
 MADE CHAIRMAN

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LIVERPOOL GETS
 ERICHTFUL BLOW

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.NAUCATUCK MEN
 TRIED SATURDAY

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ITALY, GERMANY
 TELL OF FIGHT

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ITALIAN TROOPS
 RUSHED TO FRONT

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Evening star., 1940-07-31
Pro-Nazi Put in Charge
OF SIovakian Police
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, July 81
Appointment of Sano Mach, chief of
the pro-Nazi Hlinka Guard, as In
terror Minister was regarded by OBJ
servers today as evidence of a Ger
man attempt to make Slovakia-
along with Hungary and Rumania-
a political buffer between the Reich
and Soviet Russia.
Mach takes over police powers
formerly held by Ferdinand Bur-
chansky, whose resignation as For
eign Minister and Interior Minister
was announced by Premier Joseph
Tiso, recently returned from confer
ences in Germany.
Alleged Soviet leanings by Bur-
chansky were said to have caused
disfavor in Berlin. The Foreign
Ministry portfolio. it was announced,
will be taken by Prof. Vojtech Tuka,
a former Interior Minister.
Mach was expected to launch a
vigorous campaign, among other
things, to get at the source of mys-
terious Communist posters reported
to have been pasted up at night in
various parts of Slovakia on several
occasions.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Otto Asks Mexican Haven
For Austrian NobIemen
BY the Associated Press.

DS Tie hSSOCldJeQ fEeSS.
MEXICO CITY, July 31.-The Of
flee of President Cardenas reported
today that Archduke Otto of Haps-
burg. pretender to the non-existent
Austrian throne, had asked Mexico
to provide refuge for nine Austrian
noblemen to keep them from falling
into the hands of the Nazi con-
querors of France.
The noblemen, reported living in
the section of France not occupied
by the Germans, were said to in
clude Baron Walter Won Schusch-
nigg, brother of the former Austrian
Chancellor. Kurt Won Schuschnigg.
Archduke Otto, himself a refugee
in New York, wrote that those for
whom he sought a haven were
writer's, artists and men of science.
He said strict United States immi-
grafton laws made their entrance
there almost impossible.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Fame Of Small Claims
Court Here Spreads

The fame of the small claims and
conciliation branch of Municipal
Court has spread to a number of
States and even to far-off Hawaii.
Judge Almond w. Scott, who
presided in the branch in June. told
Attorney General Jackson in a let
ter accompanying a report on the
work for that month that inquiries
on the branch's operation have come
from several States and Hawaii.
where similar courts are being
established.
Individuals filed 859 cases as
against 764 by corporations in the
branch during the month, accord.
ing to the report. Partnerships,
trading firms and associations filed
100 cases. Total claims involved
S44,844.29. Judgments entered during
the month amounted to $25, ,640.52.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
First Of New Freiehters
Is Turned Over to Line
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TAMPA. Fla, July 31.-The Sea
Witch, first of eight large cargo
freighters being constructed here
for the American Pioneer Line by
the Maritime Commission. was
turned over formally to the line
yesterday.
The Sea Witch was to leave today
on its maiden voyage to Baltimore
to begin loading cargo for Manila,
Shanghai and Hong Kong.
The freighter, powered with Diesel
engines developing 6,0o0-horsepower,
recently made test run with a
top speed of 1874 knots, nearly 3
knots above its contract specifica-
tionS.
1t is 439 feet long and 63 feet
beam, with a gross tonnage of 10000.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
the Democratic party, but it is

the Democratic party, but it Is
apparently not good thing any
other time. incidentally, the same
Department of Justice has not dared
to prosecute any of the corporations
or their executives for violating the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act in
purchasing campaign books in the
1886 campaign and is now overlook
ing the same unlawful method of
contribution for the 1910 campaign
books.
Small wonder that the average
businessman doesn't consider the
New Deal is fair, but believes instead
with considerable foundation today
that the old motto of equal justice
for all" has been abandoned by the
law enforcement agency of the
United States Government in order
that it may play favorites as between
groups and business competitors.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1940-07-31
The Capital Parade
Appeosement' Move Seen in Druft Opposition,
Wheeler and Taft Appear Ready to Participate

opposition to the conscripton
something unpleasant than the natural reluctance poll
election Speaking
"appease"
bids fair to destroy the British Empire itself
yanmeings of like Senator D.
Robert Reynolds ignored
Senate has steadas refused to listen Holt
follow the
is of
Yrton Wheeler
Evening star., 1940-07-31

It's a tough
a assignment. And
the fortu n a t e,
or unfortunate,
possessor of the
name to come
out Of the hat
will confront a
tougher. Inevit-
ably, he will be
compared with
Farley, and the
comparison, at
least for a good
while to come,
is likely to be all
in favor of Big
H. TY
Evening star., 1940-07-31

Pile. That's why
the attention Of
responsible au-
t h critics in
w ngton-
executive, legis-
lative, military
and naval - Is
riveted on the
Battle OF Brit
ain.
Its outcome
may affect the
national defense
program, tn e
CONSUMPTION bill,
inter American
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rather startling
as details are
revealed con-
corning the con-
tents of tn e
document filed
in court.
First of all, it
appears that un-
like most of the
other criminal
cases filed under
t he Sherman
anti = trust law,
this one W a S
never submitted
to a ny grand
Jury. but adYan-
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States will be at hand.


This be alarmis
of described
possibility by the
teg situation be- afford bland compacenc But when
brilliant officer fatty Really would
Norway complacency tends to vanish rather rapidly.
y hAmerica Anance,In nc
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Father, Daughter Principals
In Double Wedding
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, July 31.-The
Rev. DR.. S. l.. Flickinger, pastor of
Centenary Reformed Church. said
today he had officiated at a double
marriage in which a father and a
daughter were two of the principals.
James c. E. Miller, the father,
married Miss Desdemona Esther
Deysher and Miss Eleanor Miller,
his daughter. became the bride of
Paul L. Swartz. All are from Lam
caster, Pa.
Evening star., 1940-07-31

Taft, show signs of readiness to
participate in the new movement.
The signs are fairly clear,
chiefly consisting in an apparently
complete failure to grasp the nature
OF the situation which makes i'm
mediate conscription urgently nee
essary The reason for the con-
scription bill is simple: In the
opinion of the State, War and Navy
Departments. some form of Ger
man assault on South America
Evening star., 1940-07-31
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Great Britain's fate-survival or
subjection - permeates and almost
dominates every major issue mo-
mentarily before the American peo-
Evening star., 1940-07-31

plans for hemis- Frederic william Vile.
phere solidarity in defense and
economics, and even the presidential
campaign. If, by a miracle, John
Bull proves able to ward off Ger
many if, in particular, British
naval power is overwhelmingly
all the problems with which the
United States is now grappling-in-
deed, our whole way of life in the
immediate future-will be mater
tally influenced.
Never before has it been so widely
or profoundly realized how i'm
portant British command of the
Atlantic is to this country. Our ma
tional security situation and whole
international outlook would auto
matically assume new phase, once
Britannia ceased to rule the waves
between Americas eastern seaboard
and the coasts of Europe. Our posi-
ton in the Pacific would be in
stantly altered. Meantime we can
not afford to take any chances. Full
steam ahead with preparedness is
demanded.
Evening star., 1940-07-31

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