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(Continued from Page D weather the present storm, partic- ularly because of the need for iin- mediate Allied action towards talk ing the initiative in the war.
 Reynauds position was further strengthened by the outspoken as- surance of former Premier Leon Blum that his socialist party would continue to support the cabinet.
 Postponement Cause
 Reynaud's postponement of the cabinet meeting was not only for the obvious reason of learning the fate of the Chamberlain govern ment but the fate of Blums position in his own party as well.
 Blum's leadership of the party has been subject to violent anti-Blum campaign, and party troubles will be aired at the Socialist national coun- ell meeting in Paris Sunday and Monday.
 The Pacifist wing of the party, 1t was reported, will attempt to force Socialists to withdraw from active participation in the war cabinet. Q move Blum has been working for most strenuously during recent weeks.
 Blum, who has been trying to convince the British labor party to accept 6 share in their government, wrote today in the Popuiaire that "our British labor comrades would very likely cease opposing in prin. cipie offers to participate in the government"
 Reynaud, 1t was learned, monop- olized the cabinet meeting today. He
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 come over period Of years, plus 875,000 refunds from various states as soon as settlements with the Federal Government are completed. MT. Wardell, also mentioned the possibility of claim against Price Waterhouse and Co.,, prominent Bridgeport auditing firm, auditors for McKesson and Robbins com. pany before his appointment as trustee. The name of the auditing firm has been mentioned hundreds of times during the criminal Me- Reasons trial, which Is now in It's tenth week. f
 MT. Wardell had not asserted this, he said, because he has been wait ing for publication of tho report Of the Securities and Exchange Com mission. Since this has not been forthcoming and may not appear for some months, counsel for the trus- tee are now examining the tes- timony taken in the SEC examina. ton into the accounting aspects Of the case.
 MT. Wardell also announced yes- terday that he IS negotiating for a settlement Of the personal liabilities Of the directors of the concern who arc also executive officers mot only for payment of legal dividends but also for damages resulting from le- gal negligence" His report, mailed yesterday to creditors and stock holders, also reported efforts to file
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Famed Writer Miller Found Dead Yesterday
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died an accidental death as a re- suit of falling from train at Clap ham Junction.
 "1t Is sad case" the coroner said, "a sad end to a brilliant life. MT. Miller was & perfectly normal and healthy man and there was nothing to worry him at all"
 pr. Frederick Simpson testified that Miller died from fractured skull, that "his injuries were con- sistent with 0 simple fall onto the railroad track"
 Evidence was given that Miller's body was found Wednesday morning 10 yards beyond the end of the Clapham station platform between two railway lines. It was presumed that he had stepped from his com partment thinking that the train was at the station platform. Lon- don blackout restrictions require trains to extingulsh all lights be- fore entering q station and the sta- ton platforms are not lighted.
 Funeral Friday
 Funeral services will be at 4 D. m. Friday in the Chapel of Golders Green Crematorium. Miller's ashes will be sent to the United States.
 Hiss widow, Marie Aston Miller. and his 18-year r-old son Kenneth arc In New York.
 Services at Golders Green will be conducted by the Rev. A. Taylor of Saint Brides church, in Fleet street (Church of England). The Rev. Taylor is known as the newspaper mans vicar.
 Tributes to the memory of the fa-. nous war correspondent and news executive continued to pour in from capitals throughout inc world where Miller was known personally and where his by-line had been fa- miliar to newspaper readers for many years.
 Tributes Paid Him
 London morning papers printed laudatory obituaries. Ward Price, writing in the Daily Mall, said:
 Tt would have appealed to Webb Mlller'S sardonic instinct that he who SO often was in danger all over the world should pass out at the climax of his career by an accident that might have befallen the most unenterprising suburban Stay-at- home"
 A. J. Cummings, in the News Chronicle, wrote:
 "There were few more skillful inter- preters of England In Europe. He was among the best Of American journ- aliStS and the best of them are the best in the world. His death is 6 serious loss to wartime Britain"
 Peterborough" the columnist of the Daily Telegraph described Mil- Ter as one of the worlds greatest war correspondents.
 He was first to reach Finland after the invasion" the paper said His interview with General Man. nerheim Gin 1rlnlandD was the last of many scoops achieved during an ad. venturous career.'
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Prime Minister Will
 Battle His Enemies
2,5OO,OOO More Men
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 King George had signed procla- nation making an additional 2,5OO.- 900 men liable for militsry service.
 Many people, including well in- formed commons members. had been convinced that Chamberlain would resign, perhaps today.
 But as Commons opened he told Mai. Clement Attlee, labor party leader, that the government was ready to debate conduct of the war when the House reassembled after its recess and would agree to a se- cret session on economic warfare.
 He announced the Commons leg islative program for the next session, as if he intended to remain in charge.
 The government had introduced a motion that the House adjourn un- til May 2l. Chamberlain told Attlee that the speaker had power to sum- mon the House at any time If he thought 1t desirable.
 He said that the government would be ready to arrange debate on con- duct of any phase of the war if events made 1t desirable.
 Even before Sir John Anderson had announced the legislation to guard against attack, special pre- cautions had been taken against any invasion by parachute troops and guards at airdromes had started spe- ciaA pistol training.
 Special Powers to Resist
 Sir John told the Commons that government legislation would give special powers to resist any enemy attempt to undermine resistance to an attack, would seek to check the spread of propaganda calculated to undermine the peoples resolution to prosecute the war to victory, would provide for internment of non-enemy aliens who can not be deported be- ported because of the war, and would prescribe the death penalty for grave cases of sabotage as well as espionage. Seven years penal servi. tude or fine up to $500 ($2,000 or both will be prescribed for any Sys- tematic publication of matter calcu- lated to foment opposition to prose- cution of the war.
 Chamberlain's activity in the House today left members confused after the big two day debate on the Norwegian campaign and the unflat- teringly small confidence which the government obtained at It's end-28l votes to 200, out of a total member ship of 6l5.
 Reports had been circumstantial that Chamberlain would resign and that with him would go Sir John Simon. Chancellor of the Excheq- uer, and Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Min ister, closely linked with "apease- ment" policies.
 Starts His Day
 Chamberlain started his official day by conferring with Lord Hali. fax, now regarded by nearly every one as his political heir. Halifax
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BRITISH ACTOR
 NAPIER ANGRY
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lCOllUlIlueN lTOIH FhBC l) is making his first American theat- rical appearance, with Gladys George in Lady In Waiting
 All of Chamberlain's so"called mistakes appeasment, the sacri- flee of Poland the Norwegian fias- co--were the inevitable results of Great Britains lack of prepared ness, Napier said. and should be blamed on circumstances which the Chamberlain government inherited from preceding ones.
 "If he weathers his present dif- ficulties and remains in office until the end of the war" the actor said This true greatness will manifest itself"
 Blend Of Two Stocks
 Chamberlain is blend of two stocks, one tenacious and enduring, the other contemplating and adven- ttirols, Napier said, and he possess ses exactly those qualities of "cour- age and sanity" which Britain needs in her present crisis.
 The Chamberlains moved to Bir- mingham from London in the middle of the last century. They were Unitarians. The only other prominent Unitarians in Birming- ham then, were the Hendricks.
 "The Unitarians in those days were regarded very much as heath- en by other Christians" Napier said and 50 the Hendricks and the Chamberlains could know only each other. They intermarried and pro- duced q vigorous strain which has been running Birmingham ever since."
 The Chamberlains provided qual- ities of enterprise, imagination and boldness' which were tempered, Napier said, by the Kenrlck "cau- tion, sanity and toughness."
 The critics who annoy Napier most are those who say Chamberlain, al n, is "too old"
 All of my great uncles and great aunts have lived to be 80 or 90," he said. "The Kenricks and Chamber lains are practically in their prime at TO-"
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POST OFFICE IS
 BURGLARIZED

Hadley, Mass, May 0-(UP)- Loot taken by burglars who blasted open q safe in the Hadley post of- flee totaied 9224i in securities. stamps and postal funds, Postmas- ter Edward c. Pelissier said today after second check-up.
 When the burglary first was re. ported, 1t was said that the loot tak- en was SIPS in stamps, SIS in cash and an undetermined amount Of bonds. Records showed, however, that the burglars, who gained eF,- trance during the night through ai, adjoining grocery gtore, obtained e306 in stamps. $136S jii cash and ei002.6O in non-fieeotiable treasury bonds.
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SHOP EMPLOYES
 GET VACATIONS
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Vacations with pay are provided for in the contracts which the Brass Workers union has with the Ameri- can Brass Co.,, the Oakville O. Ca branch of Scovill's), the Matta- tuck Mfg. Co., the Waterbury Buck le O., and several other factories. Presumably, all the factories giving vacations will close the same week
 A committee from the Brass Workers union, which yesterday be. gan negotiations with the scovill management toward a contract coV- ering it's members, yesterday ,pro- posed to the company that employees laid off since the first Of the year, but who had been employed there q year or more previously, be given weeks pay for the vacation per- iod. The management took the pro- posal under advisement.
 The scovill Co. last fall posted on It's bulletin boards notices that It planned to give vacations with pay to all employees in 194o'
 City Wide Holiday
 The plans or the weeks closing mean q virtual city-wide holiday during the first week of July. With thousands on vacation at once. cot. tages at lake and shore resorts VIII be in great demand.
 The last employment figures rec leased by the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce showed that 36,204 persons were working regularly here a gain of more than 5000 over a year ago. The city's eight largest factories had 18,801 persons on their poyrolls, 6 gain of approximately 250O over the number working at the same time in 1030.
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CRACIE ALLEN ON
 POLITICAL TRIP
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@ a beautiful press agents" Migs Allen said in an off-the-record don 't- auote-me interview, "there probably wouldn't be anything in the papers about them at all. And what 6 great relief that would be-"
 As for the wise -crack authors, Candidate Allen said she under- stood some of the other presidential candidates hired speech writer, too
 "only they use Joe Mlller's book" she said. we have fresh jokes. Don't we, deorgie.Porgie?'
 deorgie-Porgie Burns, her hus- band and vaudeville partner these many years, looked glum. He said If she didn't stop talking SO much, SO long and 50 loud, she wouldn't have any voice left in Omaha.
 When She Gets There
 Once she gets to the White House she's going to make some drastic reforms. She intends to plant nut trees. for the squirrels She's go- ing to paint the executive mansion sky blue because the people are tired of looking at 1t white; install q ping pong table in the east room for exercises. and cover the chairs in the house Of representatives In chintz.
 "They're the ugliest chairs" the candidate said. You'd think they'd been there for 50 years"
 She also intends to eliminate Washington's smoke filled rooms, locked doors, lime lights, and little black books for the following rea- sons.
 i. She doesn't smoke.
 2. On account Of the fire hazard.
 8. Lime light is hard oil e presi- dents complexion.
 4. She likes books with pictures
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CONN. GOVERNOR
 GETS INTO RACE
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CContinued from Page 1) tial or vice. presidential nomination. In event of nomination of mid- western candidate. such as Wendell Willkie of Indiana. these sources said Governor Baldwin would be in an excellent position to command attention as a vice-presidentlal nom- inee, because of geographic distrlbu- ton.
 A Willkie committee was formed here over the weekend. not to &C., quire delegates, but for information purposes.
 Governor Baldwin's training program has received national at- tention in recent weeks. He will close the fiscal year ending June 90 with q balanced budget.
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CITY FINANCES
 REPORTED GOOD
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 Figures for virtually all depart- ments indicate that they will be able to go through the rest of the year, If the rate of expenditure is kept the same. In cases where more than one-third of the appropriation has already been spent, there have been capital expenditures that will not have to be repeated.
 Among the more important de- partments, the department of edu- cation in the first four months spent $648 8,04O.11 of a total appro- prlation for the year of $l,730, ,0O0; the police department spent $i50.O00 of $500,O00; the fire department spent $20i, GOO of $500 GOO; the street department spent $l43,000 of $48O,- 900.
 Other heavy expenditures during the four months were for interest and redemption of general bonds. and interest and redemption of water bonds.
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(Continued from Page D Mussolini said: "A glorious day in the history of our nation is May 9, 1886. It was day of sun-flood- cd victories"
 A group of more than 1000 stu dents, that had led the cheering, broEe away and paraded the streets toward the German consulate, shout ing: "Heil Hitler! Down with Eng land and France! Down with de- mocracy! Tunisial Tunisia"
 The leaders wore Fascist student uniforms. They carried Fascist and Italian flags. They stopped once before a cafe and had the orchestra there play Fascist hymns.
 Mussolini, meanwhile, was getting an ovation from the crowd in the square.
 Cries of Tunisia
 The cries of "Tunisia Tunisia! were unique In that they were shout ed without the accompanying cries of "Corsica" and sometimes Savoy" other Italian demands on France.
 As soon as the uniformed group started shouting "Tunisia" the cry was picked up by the crowd in the square.
 He left the balcony, but cheers brought him back three times.
 Each time, a group of officers i'm" mediately beneath the balcony start ed the shout of "Tunisia"
 It had been expecetd that Musso. lini might make some importan, statement today on the internationa situation. in which Senator Maurizit Maraviklia had said in a speecf yesterday Italy Is now pre- oel' iigerent rather than a non-belliger' ent.
 It had been announced yesterday that the battleship Roma, last ol four 35000 ton first class men ol war which Italy has built, would Dc launched soon at Trieste.
 Students Dispersed
 The student demonstration ol solidarity with Germany -- wa' broken up outside the German con- sulate by police before the German officials had time to acknowledge It The demonstrators carried Fascis' banners which they had seized from shops and cafes as they marched down the street after cheering Mussolini at Venice Palace.
 They demonstrated before tho German tourist office, singing and shouting, and went on to the con- sulate. .
 The radio announced that similar student demonstrations of solidar- ity with Germany were held in Bergamo and elsewhere.
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plcxity, Miller was too dangerous for the London clique. The world, however, again sees the secret serv- ice on the job and experiences the destruction of a man who had too great an integrity to help line up things in the English manner. It will be impossible to make Ameri- cans believe that Tuesday evening Q train door opened and Miller. Of all people, had to suffer fatal in- juries by falling onto the tracks After the Munich outrage, (the bombing of the Nazi Beer Cellar Shrine soon after Adolf Hitler left it), after sabotage action on the Danube, after the discovery of ex- plosives among British secret agents in Sweden, now comes this murder The war will also free the world from the secret service"
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(Continucd from Page D he was shot down when he went to investigate c noiDc at his front door aS he read an historical war novel titled "The Gun" He died of four body wounds.
 State police and federal authori- ties last night denied 6 published re- port that Allyn had been working on Q case for the Federal Bureau of 1n- yestigation. A theory that he had re- fused to give e food-concentrate for- mula to foreign agents recently also was discounted.
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CONTROL OF PARTY

Bridgeport, Cam, May Q = (U. p - Control of the Democratic party in Bridgeport vii be decided at city-wide urinary tonight. Town Chairman James J. Whelan is op- posed by faction headed by Pros- ecuting Attorney John T. Cullinan.
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Full w eather Report

Boston. May O-(UP)-Weatb- CT forecasts
 CONNECTICUT = Partly cloudy tonight. Fair FFiAny. Not much change ln temperature.
 MAsSA CHU UBETTS-pnrtly cloudy preceded by showers op the south . cast coast tonight Friday fair and continued cool.
 ItHODE ISLAND ~ Partly cloudy tonight followed by fair Friday. Continued cool.
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spoke almost continuously, discus sing the cabinets internai disputes. consequences of the Norwegian venture and also the French high command.
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CORONER SAYS ACCIDENT

London, May 0.-(UP)-After an inquest at Battersea mortuary, Cor oner Hervey Wyatt decided today that Webb Miller, European gen. eral manager of the United Press,
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BOY HURT FATALLY

Glastonbury, Conn, May Q tU. P0 - Four -year-old George Muller was injured fatally last night when he was struck by an automobile while riding Q scooter.
 Frank Muccio, Q local fire com missioner, was held as the driver.
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MUSSOLINI IN
 PLEA TO CROWDS

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France produced 1,soo,ooO gallons of wine last year.
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CIVIL SUITS IN
 INVERSION CASE

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PAUL REYNAUD
 MUCH STRONGER

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MURDER OF PROF.
 ALLYN BATTLING

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Ten Volunteers Will
 Leave City Tuesday
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[ three separate uniforms. After a brief period there, they will be or dered to military camps that are all ready to accept them. It is most ! probable that all groups from this city will be quartered at Camp Ed wards in Falmouth, Massachusetts
 All local factories and other en- ployers are asking their workers to obtain their call numbers so that they may make preparations for their leaving. In a few instances where it is found that it will be to the disadvantage of the country to take these men from their jobs the employer has submitted spe- cial defeIment form to the draft boards to consider allowing these men to remain at their work.
 Ability To Replace Men
 Colonel Ernest L. Averill. in a 1 statement to all boards, said, that the ability of industry, business oI even a municipality to replace a man is one of the main factors which will be considered by local boards in honoring requests for de- ferments. Because a man is em- ployed in key defense industry does not mean that he should be deferred because of that reason alone. Consideration will be given to the possibility of replacement and if man can be easily replaced
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HALLE SELASSIE
 IN NATIVE LAND
British Officers Play Trick on Italians to Get Him
 Back Safely

New York, November 15-tUP)- Halle Selassie, refugee emperor ot Ethiopia, was hidden in the wash room of the Italian Yacht Club at Alexandria, Egypt, by British ofh- cers, dispatches in the Sierre Leone (African) Daily Mail, received here said.
 The incident occurred during the emperor's flight back to his native land from England to take com mand of forces opposing Italian armies which invaded his country.
 The newspaper. published in a British protectorate, said Halle Selassie was flown across occupied France to the Sudan. His plane waited in Alexandria harbor for darkness and an artificial disturb ance was set up on pier to attract attention away from his landing place.
 Halle Selassie, wrapped in a great cloak, was hurried to the Yacht Club while British officers hastily took over the main room for a party which they utilized to mask his arrival
 When the coast was clear, the little monarch emerged and became the center of a gay celebration with toasts to the success of his mission drunk in Italian wine from the clubs cellar.
 Had Good Time
 "In highest spirits and in civilian dress" the newspaper said, "the emperor laughed and joked with his British hosts who entertained him with Italian Chianti. Success to the Abyssinian campaign was toasted in Italian wine and the emperor invited the officers to visit him any time they were near Addis Ababba."
 The newspaper said he changed then into a new. smartly cut uni form of an Ethiopian generalissilno, remarking when next you see me I'll be wearing the crown"
 After the party. he again was wrapped in the cloak and taken to Khartoum where the British have placed a house at his disposal.
 The newspaper did not explain why such precautions were taken at Alexandria to conceal Halle Selassie's identity, since he pre- sumably would have been in no danger there, but it was presumed that that the British sought to conceal the fact of his presence in the neat east from Italian espion- age agents.
 The newspaper also revealed that Sylvia Pankhurs5, famous English Suffragette, has been working se- cretly in North Africa for four years to stir up revolt among the Abys- sinianS. Her work in smuggling messages from the Negus to the Ethiopian tribes has won her the title Joan of Arc of Abyssinia. She is quoted by the paper as eS- timating 100000 Philippians are ready to rise against Italy in Kenya.