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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-25
GREEK FORCES IN
 DRIVE FORWARD
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The 29th Greek war communique said Moskopoi, 10 miles west of Koritza, had been captured and that 1,500 Italian prisoners had been taken in mopping up operations around Koritza.
 (The Athens radio station was heard at Sofia broadcasting that several villages near Moskopoli had been captured, that the second de- fense line thrown up by the Italians behind Koritza had been penetrated and that the Italians now would have to reorganize behind a third defense line along the Shkumbi river, below Elbansan, 40 miles north west of Koritzam)
 Pogradec was expected to fall soon. It is 20 miles north of Koritza on Lake Ochrida, astride the vital highway running northwest to El- basan, to Tirana, Albanian capital, and Durazzo, chief Albanian port. The Greeks had dragged artillery through a wild, uninhabiteed re- gions, along the east bank of Lake Malik and pushed on north to the shore of lake Ahrid, west of Jugo- slavia's famous Svetie Maum mon- astery. They threw up strong posi- tions, intending to anchor the Greek right flank at this point which has the natural protection of Lake Oh- rid and the political protection of Jugoslavia's border. Advance pa- trols from this position reached the outskirts of Pogradec at II 8. m. yesterday.
 Italian Stragglers
 Struggling Italian units from the Koritza region still were moving ul the Pogradec road and if the town fell, they would have to turn west toward Elbasan.
 Greeks were reported advancing along the whole front, bu tthe activ- ity was limited mainly to recon naissance forays. The Greek strategy was to haraSs the Italian Hanks, avoiding direct frontal attacks where Italians could bring their mo- torized equipment into play. . Premeti, Is miles inside Albania on the central front, was still in Italian hands but Greek troops had passed it on two sides. One Greek detachment was said to have pushed past the town of Flrka, on the east bank of the Voyusa river, 10 miles above Premeti. Another Greek col- umn penetrated the Iskeria noun tains and was reported approaching heights from where 1t could com- mand Premeti with artillery, from the east.
 Reports from Argyrokastron valley in the south indicated the Greeks were holding their positions and that there was little activity.
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Continued from Page D left Meridiean Saturday and ex- pected to be in Laredo late today.
 It was possible the heavy rains had delayed him. Friends in Hous- ton, however, were not concerned about him. They said he purposely had avoided making public his itin- erary since he wanted to rest as much as possible on the trip.
 Amateur Radio
 The only communication with Amarillo was trough amateur radio operators. Their sending was linn tied by the power of the batteries on their small sets.
 An unidentified amateur caused hours of consternation by a report that many fires haL broken out in the waterless city but the A -arillo News-Globe's short wave station categorically denied that there had been any fires.
 The city'S water supply was ex- hausted at 4:30 p. m. Sunday, 10 ~@N0Ao eSASSA 0 POWO4 4A14C OO IIlC SuD- urban pumping station had gone down. Private wells furnished wa. ter to hospitals and for other emer- gency purposes.
 Rain plagued most of the rest of Texas. It had rained necessarily since Wednesday night or early Thursday throughout central, east and southeast portions of the state and today at least four rivers were overfiowing.
 The Brazos, Trinity, Colorado and Sabine rivers were spilling into their lowlands, fed by the 10 to 20 inches of rain which had fallen in the last 36 hours. In most of the area the rain continued today.
 Livestock and crop losses were high. The rain and poor visibility had caused three automobile acci- dents which claimed four lives.
 Spared by the three storms were west and southwest TexsA haaEe C the citrus belt.
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tion to the question whether this aid should be expanded and espe- cialiy whether to provide war loans.
 All Aid To Britain
 William Allen White, chairman of the committee to defend Amer ica by aiding the allies, conferred with MT. Roosevelt last week. Neith- CT revealed what they talked about But shortly afterward in New York White called for all aid to the Brit ish short of men.
 we need not take Up arms-we must take sides" he said, urging abrogation of neutrality laws which keep American ships out of the war zones.
 Rep. Hamilton Fish, R., N. Y. told a weekend radio audience that we could cancel the British war debt in exchange for British West Indian Islands as a preliminary to repeating the Johnson Act which forbids loans to debt defaulters. If that were not feasible, he suggested we buy the islands for $1 1,0OO, ,000,- 900 or so, which Britain could spend here for munitions.
 Lord Lothian's urgent plea for loans may be presented directly to MT. Roosevelt ir a White House conference this week. Other Brit ish sources suggest that the United States could assign its navy to western hemisphere and possibly far eastern patrol duty to relieve British vesse1s for service at home and that we could transfer suffi- cent American merchant tonnage to British registry to compensate for German destruction of British ships.
 U. S. Will Know
 If belligerent funds were frozen, their release for expenditure would be under license or some other syS- tenn which would enable the United States to know in advance where and for what purpose they were be- ing expended.
 The president offered no clew to his attitude but his close friends indicated that unless Britain's plight becomes grave and United States fiscal officials report that its assets are completely exhausted, the administration would maintain the neutrality laws policy of cash on the barrel head" and transportation of material to the war zones in non- American ships.
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tions is being decided at this min ute in Europe" The 5,000,000 mem bers of the British trade union movement are backing solidly the Churchill government and are not considering surrender.
 Citrine was bitter about the sac- rifice of Czechoslovakia in a move to appease Hitler.
 "One might as well have tried to appease a hungry wolf" he con- plained.
 He also was critical about gov ernment policy which left the nation unprepared to meet the growing menace of Nazism and Fascism.
 We attempted to cZrry on busi- ness as usual at a time when the Nazis were building up to war foot ing" he said. we failed complete ly."
 The British people, he added, did not want to fight the Germans. He said that Hitler left them no other alternative.
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BeIIigerent Credits
 May Be Frozen Here
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An official close to the president recalled the Uncle Shylock" appel lation attached to the United States in the poEt- World War years. It was pointed out that MT. Roose- welt, familiar with the background of the debts of the first World War, would steer his administration cautiously to avoid such repercus- sionS.
 Britain FavOrs Trade
 London, Nov. 25-CUP)-The sug- gestion that Great Britain offer to trade her possessions in the West Indies to the United States for arm aments is current in certain British quarters, the parliamentary corre- spondent of the British Press As- sociation reported today.
 The correspondent reported the suggestion while commenting on the statement of Lord Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, that Britian urgently need- ed American losns, munitions and ships. He said Lord Lothian has drawn timely attention to the prob- lem of how Britain will pay for supplies when her dollar resources are exhausted. He added that even if the Johnson act is not repealed There are other possible solutions and some ingenious minds have suggested that the British islands in the Caribbean sea might provide one"
 "These islands form natural de- fensive bulwarks for America" he continued, "and some feel that 8 deal whereby they are made avail able to America in exchange for war supplies being made available here is possibility of the future''
 Cause of Uneasiness
 The press association attributed "uneasineSs" caused by Lorth Loth- ian's statement to the erroneous m- pression that the ambassador re- ferred to financial resources gener- ally rather than merely dollar re- sources.
 Lord Lothian was stating po- sition which has been obvious to students of war finance" the press association said. Our dollar secur- ities and such like resources natu- rally have been running down fair ly quickly because of enormous war orders from across the Atlantic"
 The press association added that there are many who now think the Johnson act may be repealed" but if American isolationists oppose re- peal the transfer of British islands remains an ultimate possibility. The Sunday Dispatch said Lord Lothian's statement was diplo- matic blunder. It said he "chose this extraordinary phrase to launch on the world when the greatest is sues of the war are being settled in the Balkans. This phrase will chill the Greeks, dismay Turkey and will be seized by the German prop agandists."
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WAR IN EUROPE
 A YEAR AGO, NOV. 25, 1889
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
 German planes bombed Brit ish fleet in North Sea; four direct hits claimed, but British denied any damage.
 Germany charged Britain with violation of international law and txampling "thc rights of ncutrals under. foot" by the "damnable" disguis.ng of wsrships as mer- chant vessels to trap U-bOats.
 Loss of seven observation planes on Western Front admitted by Germany.
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(Continued from Page D promising that the government in- tended to prevent increased interest rates such as occurred during the World War
 Much To Be Thankful For.
 we have much to be thankful for" he continued. Our country has not been starved into surrender and indiscriminate air attack has failed. Our people have proved once again that they are stout hearted, tenacious and unconquer- able.
 "A mighty effort lies before us and in that effort we must surely conserve and utilize our financial re- sources to the full.
 "They are just as essential to vic- tory as the armed forces them selves"
 The chancellor said that all pos Sible economies had been undertak- en but he pointed out that an air. plane today costs about seven times as much as during the World War.
 Inferior ,airplanes, as the Ital- ians are discovering, mean money largely thrown away and with it. what is more important-valuable lives and experience which can only be gained by long training" he said.
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BRITISH LABOR
 HEAD AT SESSION
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"Ask yourself whether you can expect the Nazis to wait four years on you," he said. Just as certain as they fixed time table of events in Europe, so will they make a move in the western hemisphere.
 "Remember: the only thing the dictators fear is force. If you can hurry your preparedness building so that you may ba as strong as the Nazis, you will be doing Democ- racy great service"
 Delegates to the federation's 60th convention heard Citrine in silence until he declared that Great Brita;N never will give up this struggle until Relationships are abolished in Europe"
 They applauded generously this promise.
 Earlier they had laughed when Citrine compared the operations of the governments of Great Britain and the United States and said that this country enjoyed doubtful ad- vantage-the supreme court"
 He said that the fate of genera
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MERCHANTS OF
 CITY HOPEFUL
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 no heavy Christmas trade comes un- til after Thanksgiving.
 More money is in circulation in Waterbury as the holiday season approaches than In years. Not only are there thousands more peo- pie working than was the case a few years ago. but pay envelopes are fate ter, thanks to recent raises in many local plants.
 The city's downtown have already been decked in their holiday attire, merchants joining in paying the cost, and at the Green is a big lighted sign wishing all "A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year"
 Merchants say that their stocks are more varied and more complete this year than ever before. and shonnRrs win find in local establish-
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INSTANTLY KILLED

Montreal. Nov. B. (UP) - Mrs. Elizabeth Labele, 67. 679 Chestnut Ave, Springfield, Mass, was instant ly killed and her daughter, Linda, 39, was injured seriously when their automobile collided with truck on a highway near here todaq.
 Miss Labelle was in hospital with both legs broken, and suffering from other injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-25
BRISTOL IS SMASHED


 Berlin, Nov. 25.-(UP)-Nad in. formants said today that severa hundred German airplaneS hac "coventrated" Bristol last night dropping more than 100000 pounds of explosives and 10000 incendiary bombs on that port.
 They said that 55 large fires and hundreds of smaller fires had been observed by the German pilots and that a direct hit had been scored or 8 gasometer, which exploded. Many factories were bombed and ware- houses suffered heavy damage, Nazis said.
 (Bristol is a city of 100000. II is 118 miles west of London by rail at the confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers. It lies eight miles in- land from the Bristol channel but is a center of heavy ship trafic)
 Nazis said docks and other indus trial objectives were bombed and they claimed that large amount of Britain'S imports recently had been landing at Bristol, which alsc has the BriStol-Blenheim bomber factory.
 Nazis said that in daylight raids yesterday, German planes bombed GraveSend and oil tanks at Port land, as well as several points ir London, where fires were set. Bristol Planes Bomb
 They said that British planes had bombed Hamburg last night, killing several persons put causing little military or industrial damage. Since the begging of the war, Nazi in- formantS said, British flyers had dropped not more than 80,00( pounds of bombs on Berlin.
 Official circles here were indig- nant over British claims that severe damage had been inflicted in Ber- lin Saturday night. A party of 60 German and foreign correspondents was taken on tour to be shown that mot single bomb fell on Ber- lin Saturday-not a British plane even reached Berlin" The party WOO 0SSOAApd44cO ny dH dCtdCIlSS and members of diplomatic mis- SionS.
 The tour was preceded by brief speeches by Otto Dietrich, Nad press chief, and Lieut.. Gen. Karl Boden- Schatz, one of Air Marshal Hermann Goering's closest collaborators and a haison officer between Goering and Adolf Hitler. Both described the British claims as outright lies" :" intended to bolster the morale of the British people after the German raids on Coventry and Birmingham.
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Japanese have organized com- pany to deal in pig bristles in China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-25

about el0o.o0OOO in each depart ment. or about one mill on our tax rate.
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ments almost everything under the sun for gifts for loved ones and friends.
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(Continued from Page D three tremendous aerial assaults last week.)
 London also had two alarms and suffered some damage and Q few casualties, ending the quietest week. end the city had had in three months. A club was bombed and there were a number of casualties, some fatal. One bomb killed three persons in a road. There were other casualties in several London dis tricts.
 Today's first daylight alarm in London passed without incident, al- though distant gunfire was heard.
 Hundreds on Cliffs
 At Dover, hundreds lined the cliffS last night to watch British boHmbers subject German gun emplacements on the French coast to Q ferocious bombing. The attack continued several hours, apparently centering on gun emplacements at Calais, Dunkirk, Boulogne and Cap Gris Neg. Observers believed Boulogne was the main target. Fires started by the bombs were reflected in win- dowS in Kent.
 It was announced that three raid- CTS had been shot down in daylight yesterday, in addition to the two last night.
 Saturday nights raid had been concentrated On a south coast town. (NaN informantS in Berlin said it was Southampton; that 250 Ger- man planes had participated and that 600,000 pounds of explosives and 12,OO0 incendiary bombs had been dumped on harbor works and warehouses;
 William Sheppard, United Press staff correspondent who visited the south coast town yesterday, report ed seeing a congregation gather in partially-wrecked church, visible to passers-by through bomb holes in the walls, in pews filtered with debris, to pray for those who had been killed. Four movie theaters in the town were bombed and two were burned, but the audiences eS- capped.
 Flaming Wreckage
 (In Berlin, 8 German pilot who took part in the Southampton raid was quoted that the city was "a single mass of flaming wreckage from which new fountains of fire as big as trees kept shooting up |. 1t looked as if Southampton had been turned in to great erupting volcano.")
 An air ministry home security ministry communiQue said that last nights attack, centering on the west Midlands, started soon after dark and continued until shortly before midnight.
 High explosives and many incen- diaries were dropped. Houses and commercial buildings were damaged by fire and explosions. Some per sons were killed and others injured"
 The communique said places in the London home counties also were bombed early in the night and that ''in many of these places houses were damaged. There were some casualties but casualties as a whole were few"
 This morning the German chan mel coast guns were in action again, firing shells at the Dover area at five minute intervals through mist.
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BRITAIN PAYING
 OUT HEAVILY

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VICE-PRESlDENT
 ELECT IN FLOODS

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INAZT RAIDERS ! | BLAST BRISTOL

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
Pitcairn Re- DiSCoverer
Will Receive Tribute

Massilon, O., Dec. r. UP -
Authors OF "Mutiny on the Boun-
ty' have been asked to assist In
honoring the memory OF the old
Yankee skipper and early Mas
81 Ion settlers who more than 1870
years ago found the secret South
Sea island refuge OF the Bounty
mutineers.
Citizens here plan to erect me-
mortal marker at the grave Of Capt.
Mayhem Folger. the seafarer who
re-discovered Pitcairn's Island and
brought back to the world the story
of the fate of nine of the mutt
neers of II Ms. Bounty.
Charles Nordhoff and James
Norman Hall. authors OF the story.
have been asked to provide suit.
able inscription for the marker.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12

they do vote 1t, he'll go on making
life a burden for the justice de-
partment.
Considering that the administra-
ton has a big party majority on
Capitol Hill 1t may seem as II its
majority win vote to muzzle the
Texas representatives. critter. Yet
it's to be remembered that the
Democratic majority on the Hill lie
far from manageable. Plenty OF
anti-New Deal Democrats there
greatly enjoy seeing the White
House, the justice department, the
FBI and the state department per-
secuted and Dies pooch is perse-
cutting them worse, II anything
than he's prosecuting our anti
American contingent. So It's nc
safe bet that Martin won't get his
100000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
MAGIC EoR truth

We have heard about there be-
ing tricks in all trades, but it IS
something Of a shock to see them
tossed mo the church. It's gong
TO be tough on ministers if they
are forced to follow the lead o..
handsome Johy<Booth. who forsook
the nightclub Tor a pulpit to make
his magic perform for Truth. Ac-
cepting the title Of assistant pastor
at st. Pauls Congregat. onal
Church In Chicago he had women
weeping and others thrilled" as
he punctuated his first profess onal
sermon with sleight-ofhand.
Pledged to rekindle enthusiasm
for the church by miracles OF ma.
gle, Booth steps 10 the pulpit be-
fore an astonished congregation
and produces an empty cylinder
your life he calls it-and places
in 1t ribbons OF multi-colored silk.
He flips his wrist 4 bouquet of
genuine roses towers from the yes.
sci
As you SOW your good deeds.
so shall they blossom" he chants.
Tall and dark. with an Enrol
Flynn mustache, Booth has won
honors for oratory at the Universi.
~ OF Chicago Theological Semi.
nary. where he enrolled this fall az,
ter six years as a touring magic an.
He says success on the stage has
proved tina front is 30 per cent If
all trickery". but he wants TO de-
vote his talent for mastery OF
people" to a constructive service.
Accepting an invitation from ST.
Pau.s. the 2S.year-old Canadian
promised to pack the pews for
Christianity II have to pull rab
bits from the organ stops"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12

Tonight
The War-NBC-Red 1915. 7:45;
MBS 6. 9;15. 10. l1:15 1890. CHS
s:55, 10.45; NBC $50; NBC ~.
NBC-s-Fannie Brice.
s30--Aldrich Family;
9 Bing Crosby;
10-Rudy Vallee and John Barry
more.
l0.30- Musical Americana.
CHS 100 Vox Pop:
S-Ask 1t Basket quiz;
$50 Strange AS II Seems;
9-Maior Bowes Amateurs;
1915 tWABC OUT Choose Up
Sides
NBC-s-Ho Heidi show;
S:30--Amateur Song Writers;
Eastman symphony.
9:35-Town meeting. What Are
We Preparing To Defend?'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
Michigan Men to go to
Fl. Sheridan, Fl. Custer

Chicago, Dec. 12-AP - Sixth
Corps Area headquarters announced
today the 1913 men drawn in Mich
igsn will fill the January selectiye
service quota will be divided be-
tween the Fort Sheridan QllD and
Fort Custer induction centers.
Fort Sheridan will receive 222
men from the Escanaba induction
station. Fort Custer will get 2.0sl
men from the Detroit station. $50
from Kalamazoo and 327 from Sag.
NAV.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12

BOMBAY, India -AP - Be
cause OF heavy war demands in
the United Kingdom. the British
government will be unable to &C
cept orders from India for most
classes Of steel, 1t was announced
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
Pick of the Air Today

MBS--S: 30-In Chicago Tonight:
l0:SO-Chicago Symphony;
11:15-Rep. ]. 6. Alexander on
New World Order
Friday
The War--CBS s. 9 a. m. 6:45 D.
m; MIC a. m. las p. m: MBS
II. l1:20 a m. las. 2. $50 p. m.
NBC-l-Songs. Bonnie Stewart.
3:i5-Vic and SADIE;
6-Jimmy Dorsey music.
CBS-ll a. m.-New Serial, Char.
lie and Jessie;
3 80 p. nc. +. lettering at n.
a. VI. convention on World Ahead ."
; 30--CBS concert orchestra.
NBC-12:30- Farm and Home
hour:
2 Music Appreciation Hour;
i:l5-Club Matinee
MBS-2 30--Wythe Williams at
NAN. convention on when Peace
Comes;
BIS - Philadelphia Orchestra.
Paul Robson.
Short Waves-DJD Berlin, s.
Youths Songs:
csc esd London s:l5-vsriety;
TGWA Guatemala 10 Radio Thea
ter. CSC esd GSL London l1-Mu.
sic Of Britain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
HANDSOME IcEMAN JOINS COPS

Columbus. o.. Dec. T. UP -
Ohio's handsomest iceman, Charles
f. Koehler, is now swinging might
stick instead of chunks of ice. Vot-
ed the states best looking ice-man
at the state fair this summer and
awarded third honors in national
competition. Koehler has deserted
his ice route to become police
rnokia
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Detroit. Mich. Dec i2-Mrs.
Clara Esseltine, SO. Wyandotte, was
in critical condition at Wyandotts
General Hospital Wednesday OF in
juries suffered when she was struck
by car driven by Clifford Wallace.
81. Riverview. Witnesses said that
Mrs. Esseltine turned back while
crossing Fourth at Cherry and
walked into the path OF the car.
Wallace was released.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
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CKLW, 100; WLW, zoe. and WGN.
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