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Evening star., 1940-02-09
Divorce Grunted

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 9 (Spe-
ciaD.-A divorce from Herbert Free
man Of Kensington has been granted
Mrs. Dorothy Freeman of Silver
Spring in Circuit Court here, the
decree also awarding her custody Of
the couples 3-year-old child. Her
bert Frederick Freeman.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Young Delinquency

Adult crime in Great Britain is
below the level of World War days,
but juvenile crime doubled In the
war period and has been increasing
ever since.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Camel of the Ocean

Huge cavities in the skull of the
sperm whale allow it to carry as
much as 500 gallons of oil In its nose
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Traffic Record

The trafhc record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending 8 am. to-
day:
Fatalities, O..
Accidents, 18.
Motorists injured, /.
Motorists arrested, 347.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, o.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Heating and VentiIoting
Engineers Open Sessions

The American Society of Heating
and Ventilating Engineers opens
four day convention this morning
at the Wardman Park Hotel with
a fishing party on Chesapeake Bay,
Executive Committee meetings and
a general roundup scheduled as the
first days events.
Tomorrow delegates will conduct
technical sessions in the morning
and visit the Bureau of Standards
later in the day. A play lampooning
members of the society will be pre-
sented at night.
Highlight of the convention will
be Tuesday nights dinner, at which
Representative Patrick. Democrat,
Of Alabama, will speak on The
Engineer and National Defense"
Thomas H. Urdahl is chairman Of
the Committee on Arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Breckinridge to Answer
Lindberqh in Boston

BOSTON, June Is (P).-The Bos-
ton Committee to Defend America
by Aiding the Allies said tonight
that Col. Henry Breckenridge, for
mer personal counsel to Col. Charles
A. Lindberg. would answer tonights
radio talk by the flyer Statement
for statement" in a speech before a
Boston Common mass meeting to-
morrow.
Col Breckenridge, Assistant Sec
retary of War under President Will
son and later a member of the
A. E. F. general staff, created an
uproar during debate in Washing
ton last Sunday night when he
shouted a demand for an immediate
American declaration of war upon
Germany during the American
Forum of the Air broadcast before
a large audience in the Willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Lindbergh
Continued From First Page.

the war we must be prepared to
attack that nation
He charged that an "organized
minority in this country is flooding
our Congress and our press with
propaganda for war" spending large
sums, pushing us closer and closer
to the edge"
The Nation, he said, stands to-
day where the road divides, at the
signpost of war and peace"
Should it choose war, he added,
it would mortgage "the lives of our
children and grandchildren" and
every family in the land would have
its wounded and its dead"
Now that we have become one
of the worlds greatest nations,
shall we throw away the independ-
ent American destiny which our
forefathers gave their lives to VIM"
he asked. Shall we subElerge our
future in the endless wars of the
Old World? Or shall we build our
own defenses and leave European
war to ElrOpean cOuntries?"
Evening star., 1940-06-16
5000 From TronsyIvonio
Enlist in Nuzi Army

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, June IS
Nearly 5000 SWabians of Transyl
vania were reported in diplomatic
circles today to have renounced
Rumanian citizenship and to have
enlisted in the German Army in
answer to Nazi appeal for volun-
teers.
This dispatch, transmitted via
Budapest, was delayed by the Hun
garian censor for 10 hours.
Evening star., 1940-06-16

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
FRENCH ARMIES
 TO DEMOBILIZE

vichy, France, July 30.-(UP)- Generalization of the French armies in North Africa and Syria was an- nounced today by General Maxine Weygand. minister for national de- fense.
 Demobilization prescribed by the armistice conventions was begun and then interrupted several weeks ago due to the difficulties in ship ping the men home across the Medi- terranean.
 The government has chartered several steamers to repatriate sole diers from Syria but It is believed the majority of the men in the North African garrisons and camps win not be able to return home until the end of hostiiities In the Mediterranean.
 tThs French army in Morocco. Ale goria, and Tunls is estimated be- tween fD0.0o0 ard eo0o0O men he cludlne native levies. The army in Syria is believed to number i75,- |@|. M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
Four Bandits Get Away With $1O8, 900 In Cash
Held Up Two Bank Messengers in Front of Asbury Park Post Office Made Good Escape
 in Waiting Car

Asbury Park, N. J., July 3o-(UP) Bandits held up two messengers of the Asbury Park National Bank & Trust Co., in front of the Asbury Park post office today and escaped with. two bags containing $l08,0o0 in cash.
 James Forsythe, vice president of the bank said four men commit ted the robbery at 10:50 a. m.
 Three men walked up to Clarence Barton, Jr., 25, and Joseph Sturm. 50, as they stepped from a private automobile and started toward the post office entrance. The bandits thrust guns at the two messengers, seized the bags ana lied to 8 sedan. An accomplice started the gar as the three bandits swung into It and they fled north toward Allenhurst. The money was being sent to the Federal Reserve bank in New York.
 Botk messengers were armed but the robbery was so swift they had no opportunity to use their guns.
 The sedan went north toward AllenhurSt.
 Was Done Rapidly
 Witnesses said the robbery was completed 50 rapidly they did not know what was taking place until the car roared up the street.
 The messengers described the bandits as between 30 and 35 years old, of dark complexion and we'll dressed. They were not masked.
 Police said the money was wrap ped in. packages of several thou sands of dollars each. They could not give the denominations of the bills.
 Bank officials said the money was carried in two bags and described it as excess funds" to be shipped to the Federal Reserve bank through the post office.
 A messenger, Clarence Barton, Jr., 25, and a guard, Joseph Sturm. 50, took the money to the post of- lice in 6 private car. Both were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
OF
 no BEFORE DEATH
Walter Develeskis, Who Died of Prostration, Reg
 istered That no

Walter Develeskis, 49, of 5l Dra- her avenue, Waterbury, who died Sunday at the Waterbury hospital from heat prostration, had the phenomenal temperature of 110 de- grees when he was stricken in Wood bury Saturday, hospital attaches said today. The amazing tempera- ture was higher than that register ed in Nicollo Scopino, 65, a Phila- delphia street-cleaner who was stricken in that city yesterday and who was last reported in critical condition. His temperature was said to be one of the highest ever re- corded in a human in Philadelphia.
 Waterbury hospital authorities said that Dr. H. s. Allen of Wood- bury reported that Develeski's tenn perature was 110 degrees when he examined him in Woodbury and or- dered his immediate removal to the hospital. Develeskis was treated with ice-packs at the hospital and his temperature descended. only to rise again before he died. In the Philadelphia case. the street-cleaner was put in an ice bath and then in an oxygen tent. His temperature then went down. Develeskis was stricken in Woodbury while working on a hay wagon on farm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
HIGHWAY DEATH
 TOLL INCREASES
Fifteen Per Cent More Than in l939-'Jitters
 Over War in Europe

Chicago, July 30-(UP)-The Na- tional Safety council reported to- day that "jitters" over the Euro- pean war had increased the death toll on U. S. highways during June IS per cent over the same period during 1889.
 The increase for June was the ninth consecutive monthly increase, corresponding to the ninth month of Hitler's advance in Europe. It was the largest increment for any month since the war began and corresponded with one of the cli- maxes of the war, the surrender of France.
 "The council believes that the na- tion'S habits reflect an attitude of recklessness, preoccupation and con- fusion of values growing out of the war in Europe" the council said.
 At least 14,700 persons have died on the highways between Jan. 1 and June 30 and 2,820 of them were killed during the last 30 days of that period. The increase for June alone was 12 per cent above the total for May.
 Increased travel on the highways - percent greater than during 1939-was reported by the council as secondary reason for the mounting toll. For a proportionate mileage, the 1940 death rate was only one per cent greater than the 1889 rate.
 From Rural Zones
 Most of the June increases irl fatalities were reported from rural sections and the council estimated a 9 perecent hike in deaths in the non-urban areas this year owe, June, 1889.
 On the bright side. 13 states re. ported decreases in fatalities on ths
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
CANADA COOL AIR
 MOVING OUR WAY
Freezes Already Have Battled With Heat in
 Some Eastern Zones
tBY UNITED PREss)

4 band of cool air moved slowly southward from the Canadian bord- CT over the eastern half of the United States today beginning re- lief to areas which had suffered for il days under intense heat and op- pressive humidity
 Cooling breezes followed scattered thundershower in the section which stretched from the plains states eastward to the Atlantic seaboard and southward toward the Ohio River Valley and. in the East. lower New York State.
 The U. s. weather bureau said the rain and lower temperatures would extend over a greater area today, but the mountains and plains states of the west could look for ward only to more Scorching wealth. CT. The Pacific coast was cool with a maximum of GA degrees forecast for San Francisco.
 662 Reported Dead
 At least 622 persons died of heat prostration or drowning. Heat deaths totaled 329 and drownings s33. Pennsylvania led the states with es dead Ohio reported 79s 9sMichigan se Illinois 65 New York 55. and Wis corsin 8.
 Hundreds more were treated for sun stroke and others collapsed when the muggy blanket of air set-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
Germany, Italy Make Report Of Successes
32.OOO Tons of Shipping, Fifteen British Planes Sent Down By Nazis-British Conveys Are
 Destroyed By Italians

Berlin, July 30-(UP)-German airplanes, attacking the British Channel coast port of Dover yes terday, struck four ships totaling 32,000 tons and damaged them so severely that "they can be regarded as total losses" the German high command claimed today.
 A communique by the high com- mand said. that Is British planes were shot down at Dover in fierce air battles" and it was admitted that three German planes were lost.
 (The British claimed in London that g German planes were shot down yesterday, most of them in fighting over Dovero :.
 The high command claimed also that a British cruiser of about 'l0.- 900 tons, one merchant ship of about 1000 tons and another Brit ish merchant vessel were damaked severely of the east coast of Eng land yesterday.
 Describing the fighting over OOVeT Lle A1Sn COuALAid1Ao odA0 oAAe' ish losses included 12 British Spit fires and three Hurricane pursuit planes.
 The high command admitted British planes again last nigh raided northern and western Ger many.
 Houses Damaged
 "With bombs they hit exclusively non-military objectives," the com munique said. "Thus, in Duessel' dorf five houses were severely dam aged Fires which broke out or roofs were quickly quenched by in teryention of the air raids precau' (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
Willkie Is Scored By Official or CIO|

St. Louis, July 30-UP)- President R. J. Thomas, in his opening address to the conven- ton of c. I. O.'s United Auto Workers denounced Wendell L. Willkie, Republican presidential nominee, as q stream lined version of Herbert Hoover" and Ian enemy of labor."
 'He Is slicker, more clever, and more charming than Hoov- er," Thomas declared. Under meath his synthetic buiIdup, there Is still the mind and the outlook of . public utilities manipulator, . utilities profiteer and an enemy of labor"
 Delegates leaped cheering to their feet when Thomas mem tioned the JAW executive boards endorsement of . third term for President Roosevelt which Lewis opposes. Some delegates thought Lewis might discuss national politics today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30

fTaIlce, Ut IS UOuay AbISiNpCulS O meet the demands of air chiefs for 10000 or more planes month.
 In her do-or-die efforts to chal- lenge Germany's air supremacy, an effort upon which may hinge the. outcome of the Battle of Britain, the nation finally has discarded the economy, which stunted the Royal Air Forces growth in the POS and ,30s).
 The RAF is now a healthy, cen close cooperation with the. army and navy. With its seven commands all under one control, it is the cimpleSt of the three organizations.
 Other branches of the British commonwealth's air power include the fleet air arms-aircraft and personnel attached to naval ves- sels = which is responsible only to the admiralty, four foreign air forces subordinate to the air staff and the independent empire air forces.
 Birth of RAF
 The story of the RATS birth, de- veloped and centralization goes, back to an afternoon in late Novem- Der, 1916, when Great Britain's war committee was studying anxiously a letter from the World War cam mander of British forces in France.
 The letter was from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and he was de- manding immediate reinforcement of the royal flying corps in France by 20 fighting squadrons or l20 planes to meet a German threat to Allied air supremacy.
 The new German Albatross and Halberstadt fighters were outper-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
CONGRESSMAN {
 SMITH TO RUN
Secretary Joseph P. DOna- hue Announces Candida
 cy to Litchfeld County
(NEA Telephoto)

Formanl announcement of the candidacy of Congressman J. Joseph Smith for renomination and re- election as representative of the Fifth Congressional District was made last night at meeting of the Litchfield County Democratic Or ganiza tion in Thomaston by MT. Smiths secretary Joseph P. Dona- hue. The announcement was greet ed with spontaneous ovation, although MT. Smiths candidacy had been expected.
 Congressman Smith was unable to attend the meeting due to the urgency of national defense legis- lation and the necessity of his pres ence in Washington as a member of the military affairs committee. In announcing Congressman Smiths intentions of seeking reelection to a fourth term, MT. Donahue said that the Congressman will have to depend to a great extent this year on the loyal support of Fifth Dis trict leaders and voters because his work on defense legislation will keep him in Washington during the cam paign.
 Keep Congress Working
 Congressman Smith is in favor of keeping Congress in session throughout the year if necessary" i" said MT. Donahue, ito strengthen our defenses and place our forces in a position to discourage any at-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
w ar Moves On Today's Board
B. J. w. T. MASON Limited Press War Expert)

(Undateal Reports from Marseille that German troops are being lagin- ed along the channel coast are be- ing circulated simultaneously with Q statement from Paris that Germany is -ncentrsting On building up the Hitler war machine for invasion ot Great Britain. Paris likewise says the channel coast zone is file. wisE military supply |; ,Cks but tl,ere IS cont sion ,..r the Paris reports
 Correspondents who have been visiting the area of movement are prohibited from mentioning which direction the trucks are going. If the trucks were moving from Ger many into France, the direction would be taken for granted and would scarcely receive mention. It may be, therefore, that the trucks are carrying back into Germany supplies left behind by the British and French troops who retreated after the Flanders disaster.
 This assumption is strengthened by reference of the same report from Paris of. huge quantities of enemy material, still remaining in channel coast f6wnss including meat, coffee and cigaretles. It would seem | therefore, that German troops in ths channel coastal territory may be re- claiming captured supplies rathel than concentrating there for an in' vasion pf tlle British isles.
 tt Hzn<l zIoo Generous
 II the Gesrnen high commanl really wtre moving troops Co strateg 10 places k9r an assault on England 1t Is scpftclF pfohabls that news Q
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 ly diAtfi|>NlDd. Every effort Wo,lll
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 taxactaR Eec!tt 1heze have been in
 creesing~ bolnhings aurine the las
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
BOMBS FALL IN
 ENGLISH TOWNS
Crash Into Streets Today of Southeast; Blockade
 Has Been Extended
BY WALLACE CARROLL Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Staff C0rrespOndent)
 London, July 30.-(UP)-German airplane bombs crashed into the streets of 8 southeast England town today, killing or wounding numerous people, destroying two busses and damaging others.
 Circling the town, German plane dropped succession of heavy bombs on a congested residential area. A number of working class homes and business premises were damaged.
 Some residents, abed, were buried in debris.r
 One bomb dropped in a street be- tween a nursing home (small private hospitaD and a women's hotel, but only damaged windows.
 Anti-aircraft guns blazed furious ly during the raid and one German plane, believed to have been Q Junkers-88, passed over the outskirts of the town with part of its fuselage afire. It crashed into a field and burst into flames. Several open para chutes were found in the vicinity but there was no trace of members of the crew.
 German planes began sweeping over the coast at dawn in the 43d straight day of bombing.
 Wales was bombed for three hours during the early morning and towns were damaged in northeast, south east and southwest England by high explosive and incendiary bombs.
 27 Downed In All
 The first plane shot down today added to yesterdays bag of 20, as unoff1cially reported. and 27 accord ing to official reports.
 Casualties were reported generally light in this mornings bombings and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
JAIL SENTENCES
 ARE HANDED OUT

Boston. July 30-(UP)-The sec retary to the mayor of Boston, a police lieutenant and two youths were given jail sentences in niuni- cipal court today for contempt of court and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
 Angelo Berlandi. secretary to Mayor Maurice !. Tobin, received nine months. Police Lieut.. Harold P. Walkins six months, Berlandis brother Alfred. 60. three months and Carmen olordano, 70, 70 days. The four were convicted earlier e eon- sniring Co have 0iofdano "iaks the |raps for Alfred DeEiandi in c hand. bag Elatching ease. Young neflafdi nov is serving e tam foE ihe shsit'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
Germans Make Big Claims

In the British Isles, defense forces continued their stubborn battle against German bombing planes that dropped high explosives in the streets of southeast England town, killing or wounding many persons and causing extensive damage. One Nazi bomber was shot down in addi- tion to possibly 27 brought down on Monday.
 Other German planes made hit- and-run raids on Wales and other areas of Britain, while the Nazi high command reported that four British ships totalling 32,000 tons and Is British planes had been de- stroyed in yesterdays fierce dive bomber raid on the port of Dover. Statements Disagree
 The communique, which also claimed damage to a 10,000-ton Bri- tish cruiser and two other vessels, was in contrast with London state ments that damage caused by the Na1 raids was slight.
 In the Mediterranean, the Italian high command reported, Fascist bombing planes attacked a British convoy and caused serious damage to several ships, one of which was set afire. One British and one Italian plane were reported shot down dur ing the air and sea battle over the convoy between Crete and Libya.
 Rome press reports said 24 Italian
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
FRANCE TOSTART UP HER FACTORIES
Frances Has Been Land of Idle Wheels Since Armis-
 tice Was Signed
By RALPH HEINzEN

Limited Press Staff Corresp0ndentl
 vichy. France, July 30-(UP)- France is making strenuous efforts to restart production in thousands of idle factories which escaped de- struction in the war.
 Reports from Paris today said Fi- nance Minister Yves Bouthillier had drawn up a plan whereby French industrial groups would re- finance reconstruction of devas- tated industrial areas by raising loans with government guaranties.
 Government circles consider rec sumption of industrial activity an imperative necessity and measures have been taken to achieve that goal as stocks of consumer goods approach c point of exhaustion. Frenchmen who still have liquid funds have been buying up eoFn- mQfit',s of all descriptions but wt. .salers and retailers find it ale most impossible to replenish sup- plies.
 nsssnsiEasa nElaass
 ooyen.mont circles also feel fiat reconsideration of thousands of de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
DECLARATION AT
 HAVANA SIGNED
Democrats, Republicans Are Satisfied at Work
 Done By Sec'y Hull
BY HOBART c. MoNTEE

(Uu1tc0 EEc3S St4M C0EEe5YOm08Mtl
 Havana. July 30 - (UP) = The 2l American Republics formally sign today a continental Monroe Doctrine which will seal the vest ern hemisphere from Totalitarian influence and penetration.
 Delegates to the conference of American foreign ministers gave unanimous approval to the projects intended to promote the external security and internal harmony of the new world. These included . plan to prevent the American pos- sessions of warning European na- tons from falling into the other hands, an economic agreement to make the western hemisphere self- sufiicient. and a plan to police the continents 60 ag to prevent tin- American activities by fifth column lsts.
 Results of the conference wsrs largely q victory zor the United states and Secretary cf State Cor
 sCuntinusd Cd Pare a