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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
UNIONS STYMIE CONSTRUCTION

Files of the antitrust division of the Department of Justice are elo- quent about some of the things that have stymied pre-fabricated housing. Take the experience of the Gunnison Manufacturing Corp. at Belleville, Ill.
 Gunnison builds pre-fabricated houses. Its plant in New Albany Ind. is c. I. O. shop. Recently 1t got a contract to put one up in Belleville.
 At Belleville it couldn't get a con- tractor to handle the job, nor could 1t hire any A. F. of L. union workers. Hence it brought in its own crew of c. I. o. men to do the job. When , the materials were shipped in, local workers wouldn't unload them at the freight station, and local haulers would not handle them. When, fin ally, the materials were got to the lot, pickets swarmed around and there were daily fights and near riots. Efforts to get police protection failed.
 Justice Department finally moved in and indicted a lot of people local building materials dealers, local unions, and the chief of police. Gunnison was then able to go ahead and build the house. But the case illustrates the kind of problem the pre- fabricated house encounters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09
Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to page B for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09

A. October 12, Columbus Day, is a legal holiday in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09

e. How many sightseeing and Charter -hire busses are in the Uni- ted States.
 A. In 1889, there were 2,601.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-09

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Mad Butcher
Victims?
Torsos of Two Persons
Found in Box Cars; No
Clues AS To Identity
of Victims.

Pittsburgh, May 3.-(AP)-TorsOs
of two persons whom Deputy Coroner
Anthony Sappo said might have beer
the victims Of ClcVcland'S mad but
cher" were found today in box cars
in the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Rail
roads repair yard in nearby Stowe
township.
Sappo said the cars in which the
bodies were found arrived here from
StruthcrS, Ohio, near Cleveland, on
April q.
The two apparently had been kill
cd about six OF eight weeks ago, he
Sali.
A corDncrS physician asserted one
Of the bodies WAS that Of man, d
victim of mutiIntion Sex Of the other
victim was not Immediately deter
mined.
Legs and arms had been cut from
both bodies with medical precision,
Coroner p. J. Hcmncy said. Both
bodies were nude and there were no
clues as TO The identity Of the VIC
TINS.
Sappo said. however, that fingers
Of the tuo had not been harmed, and
expressed belief that police could get
good iIngCrprIntS.'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Governor And
Editor Fight
In Hotel Lobby

Jackson, Miss, May 3.-(AP)-
Governor Paul Z. Johnson Of MIS-
yissippi and Editor Frederick Sullcns
Of the Daily News, bitter enemies for
wears. fought ana rolled on the car
pets Of d crowded downtown hotel
lobby last night until pulled apart.
Both emerged from the scrap
bleeding. but neither apparently was
hurt seriously. SuIlens suffered head
cuts which doctors stitched.
The 60-year old governor, who re-
tired Immediately to the executive
mansion. issued no statement but
friends said that johnson caned
SuIlens because the editor has
harassed. prosecuted and embarrasS-
cd the governor and his family since
1881.
The 63-year old editor said the
governor. surrounded by body
guard" hoped from around hotel
pillar and made "coWardly attempt
to a5saSsinate me from the rear" by
hitting him on the head with d heavy
cane.
The governor and the editor scrap
ped bitterly during JohnsOn's first
two unsuccessful campaigns for the
governOrShip and in the one last yeal
in which. he las elected.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
FDR Forces
Fur1ctiioniing In
All Sections
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. May 3.-''North Carolina
for Roosevelt organizations have
been set up in most of the counties
of North Carolina and arc now func-
tioning actively and smoothly, Chair
man John FolPcr, head of the or
gariZation which opened hcadquar-
tiers here less than two weeks ago,
said today.
In view Of the limited time for d
world Of detail work, the North Car
DINA fer Roosevelt organization is
now working with Unusual effective
ness. Mr.. FoIgcr said.
The FDR leaders have made no
specific plans for activity at the pre-
cinct meetings which will be held
all over the state tomorrow after
noon. but they believe that the spade
work already done will result in the
Offering and adoption Of Roosevelt
for denomination resolutions IN scores
Of the precincts.
Chief emphasis. however, is being
laid on the county conventions which
will be ncld Saturday, May IL. They
are the truly decisive angles Of the
whole campaign. If the ROOsevelters
put through their resolutions in all,
or nearly all. the counties they will
have the state convention in the
bag"
Senator Folgcr went on the air last
fContinucd on Page Sevenl
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Wage-Hour
Bill May Go
ToComn1ittee

Washington, May 3.--(AP)-lle-
pnrtcdIy convinced that the House
want, 10 90 too far on amending
the wagc-hOur act, administration
leaders were said today 10 favor
dropping the whole subject.
They were reported to DC prcpar-
ing request that the House send
the question back to committee for
further study. This would Kill
chances for action this session.
Most labor committeeman said that
while they still believed 'mOdcrate
amendments were necessary, the
committees bill Of amendments had
been too heavily loaded down" with
proposals to exempt too many opera
tons from the acts application.
It's chief sponsor, Representative
Norton, called the measure as 1t now
stands "disgracc to the country.
Meanwhile Representative Demp-
sey. Democrat. New Mexico, filed IN
the House a petition to WreSt from
the House judiciary committee a
bill extending the so-cailed Hatch
"clean politics" law. A score of the
required 219 signatures were affixed
within few minutes.
Despite this action, however,
Dempsey predicted that the House
judiciary committee would be asked
10 reconsider its vote to pigeonhole
the measure.
He minated that wrong count
IN the committee might have shelved
T. legislation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Allied NAVY
Forces At
Alexandria
Arrival Stresses De-
termination to be on
Guard in M.editerran-
can; British Spokes-
man Say Norway Not
Abandoned.

London, May 3.-(AP)- British
Spokesman today accomplished
BritainS determination to fight on in
Norway while the arrival of power
full BritiSh-Frcnch naval forces at
Alexandria stressed the allies deter
mina1iOn To- be on guard in the Mcdi-
tcrrancan against any German or
Italian move.
As if in confirmation Of statements
that the war in Norway would go on,
the air ministry reported new sue
ceSScS for royal air force bombcrS in
raids on German bases in Denmark
and Norway.
I'm the face Of reports from Stock
holm that the NamSos region north Of
Trondhcim had been abandoned by
the allied forces. as was the Andal-
Sncs sector TO the south and that both
both moves indicated d general al
lied withdrawal, one reliable military
source said:
THE government of Norway is still
in being and we have no idea Of
abandoning il or the campaign"
w mic Olllcl GuIllOllllcS SupDOIlcu
this statement, there was no word on
the situation at NamSoS.
The Stockholm report said the
British left the Steinjer-Namsos area
last night and the French the night
before, thereby abandoning the
northern jaw Of the pinccrs by which
the allies sought to capture TrOnd-
helm. The southern jaw collapsed
with the withdrawal from AndalsncS.
The air ministry communiquc reveal
ed that the British war planes had
been engaged in protecting the con-
voy Of WarShipS and transports by
which the British withdrawal was
being carried "clseWhcre," as Prime
Minister Chamberlain announced
yesterday, without indicating wheth-
or il Was bound for another Nor
Wegian battlefield or one more dis
tant.
The air ministry said the royal air
force extended its bombing attacks
on German bases in Denmark and
Norway.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Communists
Win In Court
Federal Judge Rules
Raids On Local Off,
ces Of Communists
Are Illegal.

Philadelphia. May 3.-(AP)-Fed-
cral Judge George A. Welsh ruled to-
day that raids on local offices Of the
communist party and the Interna-
tional Workers Order by agents of
the Dies committee Investigating I'M
American activities last month were
illegal.
The ruling was made in dismiss
ing motion Of counsel for the Dies
agents and Magistrate Jacob Dogolc,
which asked that complaint by the
communist party be thrown out.
The complaint made by Carl Reeve
communist candidate for the U. S.
Senate. and Frank Hcllman, district
organizer for the International Work.
erS Order. charged that warrants is
sued by Dogole for the raids April
2 were illegal and demanded return
of COnfiscated records.
Judge Welsh held that an indivi-
dual'S civil rights can be violated by
seizure of records and property Of d
corporation when the Individual is
an officer in charge Of them.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
War Methods
Are Studied

Washington, May 3.-iAP)-PrcSi-
dent Roosevelt declared today that
all possible technical improvements
in the nations offensive and de-
fensive weapons were being studied.
He had been asked at his press
conference about Secretary Edison'S
proposal OF Wednesday that Ameri-
can warships be re-dcsigncd to af-
ford greater protection against air
plane bomb attacks.
Without going on record either for
or against the Edison recommended
ton. Mr.. Roosevelt said that these
questions are always being studied.
There are many parallels. he con-
tinued. even in this cojmtry'S short
h:&tor end people are apt to draw
silly corci,:j"nS whenever a battle
takes plaLe.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
LILLIAN Force
r. Eastern
ned(iterranean
i. s. Vessels
Fired Upon In
Reorganization

New York. May 3.-tApl Two
American lrC!GhterS were swept by
machine gun bullets Whcu allied war
planes ra;dCd German sea and land
forces in bergen Norway, last month.
crew member ut onr ship charged
tndlr upon arrival III New York har-
Dor.
Returning with 4 vivid description
OF the battle OF Bcrg"n-thC first o.!
its KIND to reach this Cuuntry-thC
crew ri the frcigntcr the Flying Fish,
trapped there hv the sudden out
break OF ho<tI!tl5S, told OF narrow
escape from bombs. mines and bull
lets
They also reported for the first
time that the frcight2r Charles Il.
AIuCormick Was caught in a spray Of
machine gun fire that cut its mast
stays and wire rigging.
The State department recently IN
>titutcd inquiries to determine the
whereabouts Of the Charles L: Nc
COrmick when its owners expressed
concern ever its failure to answer Il
cable ordering it home. The ship pre-
Suma5ly sought shelter in 4 Nor
Weglan ford.
There was considerable variance
in the stories told by the Flying
FiSh'S crew. but all hands agreed that
the American ships, WhiCn displayed
their col0rS prominently, were struck
by accident.
Capt. ". W. WollaSon Of Denver,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Hitler Says
VI ar Is Fox
Exiistance
German Iuellrer Sud-
denly Breaks Silence
To Address Guard;
Germans DEFY British
to Find Success Else
where"

Berlin May 3 lap Foreign Of
flee quarters, procaiming the allied
Withdrawal from Andalsnes ~ cas-
trOphc defeat today dcfied the
British TO find success elsewhere, .
while Adolf Hitler suddenly broke
his SllcNC" To rCitCratc that the war
was fight for existence for the Ger
mans.
Speaking before 5000 army and
air force officers and leaders OF the
SIS blackshirtcd Elite Guard in Ber-
Inns sports palace, Hitler said the
conflict is "a fight for being or not
OF being of the German people"
Foreign office quarters asserted
that Prime Minister Chamberlain,
forced to look to other fields to wipe
out the stain Of the Norwegian de-
feat, was threatening action in the
Mediterranean but come what may
Chamberlain will find Germany pre-
pared for counter blow"
The German high command con-
currently announced rapid progress
Of the German forces in Norway in
the cleanup against "isOlated' reSiS-
tant =. acknowledged that the allies
were squeezing the Nazi garrison al
Narvik in the far north, and made
claims Of new blows against allied
sea power.
Asserting Gcrmanys readiness for
any British counter blow as result
of the Norwegian defeat, foreign Of
flee circles said
I'VE ask Chamberlain before the
world: who is the next victim Of Brit
ish plans for widening the area OF
combat"
is it Rumania, Greece, Yugo-
slava?", they asked.
DNB, German official. news agency
this afternoon reported 'lively re-
connOiSSancc activity north Of Stein
ker," 60 miles north of Trondheim.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Lucas Alarmed
Over Light
Registrations
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, May 3.-Chalrman VIII
A. Lucas OF the State Board of Elec-
ton views the current registration
status with concern, if not with the
traditional political alarm"
The election board head, under
whose energetic leadership numerous
radical changes were made by the
1899 General Assembly in the states
election laws. has not heard from all
the sixty-odd counties in which COM
plete new registrations began last
Saturday, but he has heard from
enough to have a fairly good cross
section: and that crOSS-sectlOn indl-
Gates to him that too many North
Carolinians are about to neglect the
very important duty Of qualifying
themselves to vote in the approaching
primaries.
There's one job the newspapers
and the politicians Of the State have
before them right now, he SAID,
That's to keep hammering away on
the registration question and thereby
seeing to it that the voters get on the
books in time TO vote on May 70.
MI. Lucas had no definite figures
Continued On Page Ti!-eel
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
BY GTNNAR KNUTSSON.

On the Stcinkier Front, Northern
Norway. May 3.-(AP)-British and
French troops which had landed
north of Gcrman-held Trondheim for
the campaign against the Nazi in
vasion embarked last night in Nam
SOS harbor and sailed away.
The entrance Of German troops in
this sector is awaited at any moment
perhaps within "a hours.
As a result of the new Withdrawal
north of Trondheim. following the
removal Of allied forces from tho
Andalsnes region south Of TrOnd-
helm. il is believed here that TIC wal
in Norway virtually is finished.
Desnito various dcnigls given out
r,ct NIGHT il wa, obyioiIs then that
IT, p,.:...b irtnndad to Ic,yc thC
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Roosevelt Says
\. S. Striving TO
Stop War Spread

Washington, May 3.-(AP-
President Roosevelt said today the
United States government was
striving as it always had to pre-
vent the extension of the Euro
pcan war to other areas and other
nations.
lie indicated at press confer
cnce that he had made this plain
in talk yesterday with Count
CO!0nna, the Italian ambassador.
Asked what steps were being
taken TO check the spread Of war,
the Chief Executive said that the
government was doing everything
il could.
Discussion Of the war was
Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Prohibition
Fight Asked
Methodist G urc h
A SIX ed To Launch
Fight For Return of
Prohibition.

Atlantic City, May 3.-(AP)-Thc
general conference Of the Methodist
church was asked today to launch
drive to arouse public demand for
return to national prohibition as
the Anti-SalOon League Of America
girded for renewed fight.
The recommendation to the Meth
odists was contained in a report by
the committee on the state Of the
church. Delegates were asked to
adopt a resolution calling on the
church to ''labor by genuinely edu-
cational methods" for voting ma
jority Of citizens over the country
which would 'demand the prohibit
ton and make it cffective'
Ralph S. Cushman Of st. Paul.
Mimi, prcsidcn; Of the Anti-SalOOn
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Tax Evasions
Bring Fines

Raleigh. May 3.-(AP)--F'cdcraI
Judge |. NJ. Mcckins imposed fines
of $500 each today on j. J. Hcndcr-
son of Wendell and Albert c. Monk
Of FarmviIlc, after they pleaded
guilty to cvadinG 1893 income taxes
Henderson admitted failure to pay
a tax Of S9,3O9.72 and Monk was
charged with cvading payment Of
S14,GG7.l3. though he paid part Of
Inc Sl9,3G3.5& due on 1888 income
The men told Judge Meckins they
had paid the cvadcd taxes.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Acquittals In
Liquor Cases

Raleigh, May . (AP) Eleven
Johnston county men were acquitted
i'm federal court today Of charges Of
cnnspiring to dciraud the govern
mcnt Of taxes through the illegal
manufacture Of liquor.
Tho jury dcIibcratcd 81 minutes.
Defendants freed were Percy Flow
cr., Jimmy Flowers, Johnnie Flow
cr$, Donald Flowers, Allison Nichols,
Milford GudWin, AIonzo Whitley,
Jack Watson. Gus Cooley, Dave
Watson and Luck Brown.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
Barkley Is
Dark Horse
Senate M a j orit y
Leader Would Suit
Roosevelt, But Faces
Other Opposition.
CHARLES p. STEWART

"-"f|I. Press OOIUnnlst
" .ng,en. May 3.-Senator Al
j.. 8ar.zlcy of Kentucky. Demo-
. leader in the upper congress
I'D chamber. isn't Il self-announc-
candidate Tor his party's presi-
... nomination. but he has d GER
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03

tain amount OF sup
port from others.
Perhaps it wouldn't
De an over-State-
mcnt 70 call him
one of the dark
horses though a
very deep brunei
one.
Barkley ought to
suit Pre- ; i d c n I
Roosevelt. if the
latter doesn't in
tend to allow him
self to be drafted
again. That is 10
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
kQah0A

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair: slightly colder north
coast, scattered frost in noun
tains tonight: fair and continued
rather cold Saturday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03

.- ought to suit f. D. r. on
.. grounds. 1t may be that
.. g..st executive doesn't think
... E"a'ucF,ian would be the
--, Imaginable candidate.
...eg. when the question Of
81. -,.a'c's majority leadership
.- cttlcd the last time the
iia..o threw its influence to
20 the disadvantage of
Pa, Harrison Of MISSISSIPPI
ALSO wanted the post.
' having been beaten very
Is IN the Democratic caucus
adc the selection. possibly
has .Dmc little feeling Of sore
-., he certainly wouldn't be
.'.-bwE.cyitc in the event of
choice At the coming Chi
~.a ontion 70 head Aunty
..c..s tic..ct in the ensuing
lru9a.gn. The worst Pat
ag Is a triiIc lukeWa:m.
Rarkl"y LOYAL
r. Barklcy has been uni
..yai New Dealer and on
ely friendly terms with the
....., He's been handicapped
" raate Democrats leader.
. refusal of lot Of anti
y.a. Democratic solons to
his leadership. He's done
ne could. however. and
ne did it as well as any
a have done.
..'. +. d. R. surely couldn't
.y- down on him, should
.r SHIFT in his direction at
"agu gathering, The odds
u.s., such shift. but such
RI. happen. It's at least
Il D.Ion ,I'lN ,noN
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-05-03
War II, Norway Is
Believed Finished

Associated Press Cor
Responder. r e p c.
Embarkation Of Allied
Troops at N a m S o S
Harbor; Says British
Suffered Heavily.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Consumption Opens Door
To Fascism, Rally Told

Speakers at an anti-conscription
rally here last night told gathering
of about 300 persons that proposed
compulsory military training in
peacetime would lead the United
States toward Fascism and is not
necessary for national defense.
Joseph Curran, president of the
National Maritime Union. told the
session. sponsored by the Washing
ton Peace Mobilization and held in
the National Press Club auditorium,
that the Burke Wadsworth COM
pulSory training bill threatens to
take away most of the economic and
the past 20 years.
Mr.. Curran and Representative
John M. Coffee, Democrat, of Wash
ington, alleged that proponents Of
the draft do not dare submit the
issue to the electorate at the No
vember election, Mr.. Coffee assailing
the forces of big business for what
he called their refusal TO participate
in the national defense building pro-
gram without large profits for them
selves.
Earlier, DR.. Walter Rautenstrauch
of Columbia University asserted that
CONSUMPTION would break up the
Nations educational processes.
Louis Burnham. national eXecu-
tive of the Youth Council of the
National Negro Congress. stated that
Negroes opposed CONSUMPTION.
Dan S. Gillmor. editor of Friday
Magazine, presided.
The invocation was by the Rev.
Albert F. Harkins of Alexandria, Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
u. 5. Ambulance Drivers
Get Croix de Guerre

bS lIle hSSOC4d ltu fItSS.
CLERMONT- FERRAND, France,
Aug. 21.-Twelve American ambu-
lance drivers and their leader. DR..
James V. Sparks, were decorated
with the Croix de Guerre here to-
day for accomplishments of most
perilous missions under particularly
difficult circumstances
DR.. Sparks, whose home is in
Indianapolis; Philippe Muir of
Philadelphia, David Edgar of New
York City, Saverio Pagnotta of
Paris, France, and Henry Lessard
of the University of Minnesota were
cited for the Order of the Army,
Dominique Recchia of Paris,
France. and Adrien Engelhard of
Honolulu we're cited for the Order
of the Army Corps. George Cox
of WATERFOWL, N. Y; Gilbert APP
peubaum of Chicago, Durham
Robinson of Paris, France, and
Albert Hochsteter and Frederick
Fontanais of New York City were
cited for the Order of the Division.
The first three named were made
members of the French Legion and
received the CroiX de Guerre with
palms.
Decorations and accolades were
given by Gen. Jean de Lattre be-
fore ranks of French troops stand
ing at attention on the Place de la
Pyramide.
DR.. Sparks, who in peacetime was
Paris dentist, said he would leave
today with 20 of his men for Lisbon
and the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Nazi Believed Fleeing
To i. ). From Canada
BY tie Associated Press

By tie Associated Press.
SOMEWHERE IN ONTARIO
Aug. 21-Police today investigated
the possibility that 28-year- old
German naval lieutenant who
escaped from a Northern Ontario
internment camp Monday now is in
Toronto or headed for the United
States border.
Home guards and mounted police
continued, however, an intensive
search of the area around the camp.
indicating belief there was still
chance the fugitive, Werner Roche,
might be hiding in that vicinity.
Reports that the officer had been
seen in dense bush country were
denied officially. A wooded area was
surrounded yesterday, but authori-
ties said another case was involved
Police said they believed workmen
who had been discharged from the
camp for conversing with the pris-
oners in German might have aided
Koche's escape.
Without outside help, it was said.
it would have been impossible for
Roche to obtain timber to line the
tunnel through which he fled and
which was apparently constructed
to facilitate a large-scale escape.
A crude radio receiving set and
an uncompleted transmitter, found
in the camp, were constructed by the
prisoner in part from odds and ends
of wire and metal ripped out of bar
racks buildings, police declared, but
they expressed belief some of the
equipment had been struggled into
the camp.