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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

of new road was built in 1940.
 Lloyd Fowler and Oliver Gill bert, our registrars of voters, wear a worried look as the hour of registration for the draft draws near. There has been some talk of the possibility of WPAsters, ("working" at the hospital job), dropping of here to register and such action would sadly tax our facilities. A sign inviting enlist ment in the U. s. Marine Corps is displayed on the post office door, but there has been no rush toward that service, or any other, as yet most of our younger men seem to be perfectly willing to take their chances with what used to be known as ''The Handcuffed Vol unteerS."
 Earl Smith, boxer, harmonica player, and genial resident of the neighboring village of SOuthbury. was in town the other night and related details of a four round boxing bout in which he upheld the honors of Connecticut in far away Vermont. Earl stayed the full limit and we'll bet the other guy knew he had swapped punches with 8 Yankee.
 Motorists traveling over Pur- chase Hill often hear mighty sweet music. Bill Platt has his dance band boys warming up every night and they're improv- ing faster than a barrel of new cider spiked with peach brandy. Swede Stolt's Hayseeders have climbed into the top brackets since last season and Bills gang has the field to themselves. A good drummer would set up Bills band as the equal of almost any out fit we've heard.
 Did you know that SOuthbuEy ignores the statute that provides "that each school shall be sup piled with an adequate water sup pIy?" And that our children carry water to school, or do without? Have you ever heard of a school strike in a rural township? Have you ever wondered why the State Board of Health does not insist on proper sanitary facilities in southbury schools? C0rrcc- ton of deficiencies in our school system and plants might well be . platform upon which an ambitious candidate could win office in spite Of the "machlne".
 DO you realize that no inven. tory exists of town property In Houthbury, and that most taxpav- ers have no Idea of the funds ln. vested In machinery for town use? 4 story went the rounds Of one tFuekman who hired out to the town for road work and who man. nged Co get away with every Rh0vel in the township. poFs haps an inventory Of town equlps ment might prove Co be as oiis Tightening as the chackup on trae- tors some years ago' According to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16
Good evening.
OUR TOWN Qntroducing Philo Greer, Jeweler)
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

OUR TOWN
 Introducng Philo Greer, JeWeler) Phlo Greer Jeweler, you know the place wel An old Main street landmark, only time will tell How many of townsfolk bought the wedding rlngs Fish platters watches and all sorts of things From old Phlo who still knows his stones Taking 8 few and then in extending loans Everybody here since way back Has bought at Philos where there never was 8 lacK Of rings bracelets coras and pearls, Fobs and watch chains and lockets for the glrS What a thrill when Philo took out tray Of all kinds of ornaments sparkling and gay! Our jeweler too could fix main spring, Put new clasps beads and any old thing. In flat silver had every design, You could the catalogue for something extra 1e At Christmas young folks liked to get job at Greers When shopping rush started selling pins and aVanereS Our ieweler has platinum take the place of gold And the gold back in design plain and bold, He always gave good price on his engraving And help to person who was sort Of saving When the five and ten came Philo wasn't down, To us he's still bright sparkle in our town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

a local pOllt1- elan is busy re- cruiting lab o r for the road gang from the members of the opposition par ty. Everything is for g o t t e n, once the tally is in, but it has been a mighty lean year for a lot of fellows in
 South Britain. n~Ixy IA vNnSIoC
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16
Economy Bloc Leader
 Occupies Novel Role
BY FRANK McNAUGHTON United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington last Janu- Woodm conservative Virginia Democrat and ead- economy boc organized his followers sdch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BILL GARRIGUS

Jack Swetland and Bill Garrigus are in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. at the Military Service Publishing Company. Jacks book of the First World War, THESE MEN, is due of the presses on Armis- tice Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

'For Peace and Freedom, the official theme song of the Worlds Fair will be played by FultOns Amer ican Band when it heads delegations of World War Veterans in the annual ArmiStice Day here Sunday, November 10th. Copies of the song that thousands have heard played at the Fair have been sent to Roe PaganO, business agent of the band. Eugene La band that has made Waterbury and the name of Full ton famous and in sending his number here enter tained doubt but what it will receive the proper interpretation. So listen friends for the strains of 'For Peace and Freedom" as the LegiOnnaires, the w. F. w., the YD and other units march by the eve of another Armistice Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

and Standard Vacuum sales organ izations which market these prod ucts from South Africa to New zea- land and from Tasmania to China and Japan.
 TANKS INSTALL COMFORTS OF HOME
 Principal producing field of Kol- oniale company is in Palembang, Sumatra. Here a six-foot giant from Tulsa, Okla, Lloyd w. (Shorty)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

F0rgetful of the favOrs shown by his own party during election,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16
DUCK LAYS HUGE EGG

Marston Mills, Mass. - (UP) - An egg twice the usual size has been laid by a duck owned by George P. Hadley. It has Q central circumference Of Q 3-4 inches and a circumference around the ends of ii is4 inches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

Jimmy Keenan of East Clay Street, well known proprietor of a North Square grill, was dis charged yesterday morning from St. Marys Hospital MiddIetown press worker, signed the dotted line for marriage license Monday afternoon at the town clerks office in the Asylum City Mrs Martin Shep- ard of Southngton presented her hubby with second son at St. Mars Hospital last Sunday Mrs. Shepard is the former Helene DrscOll daughter of MT. and Mrs Michael DriscON of ElmwOOd Avenue. Tommy Me Guire is plugging the sale of tickets for the roller skat ing party his Paramount Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps will sponsor next Saturday evening at the Garden Arena in Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

Harry Rosenfield, Martin Weisman, Murray Shefsky, MT. and Mrs Ben Kemp, Bill Solomon, Ethel Sher Godie WiIner Sylvia Swirsky and Freda Gartz- man enjoyed the annual dance of the Chi Alpha Sigma sororities of Waterbury, Bridgeport and New Haven last Saturday evening at the Race Brook Coun financial success John Ryan, doing desk duty at the City Hall where voters being made is grand recep- tionst He made everyone entering the chambers feel rght at home and aIeviated much of the tension the majority of prospective balloters under He's the kind of a man to have handy for that kind of job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

rumor, when the assessorg started looking for tractors that had never appeared on the tax llsts,s the tally was something like forty,
 Read our Town Report Study it eaFefullyi Take on Interest in the management Of town aiialfsi ,,.. After all, it's your money that's being spent and it's your town. TaKas don't gF0w en trees, yen pay them. itg youF Fesponsls blllly Co see hew town money G sponk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

Rose Fed book reviewer for New York Herald Tribune Sunday book magazine was more than complimentary dom" which has just been published by Henry Holt & Company. resident of the borough of Naugatuck
 Mr. Sugrues book is said to be repete with incidents older Irish residents there As the reviewer says Its book about the Irish in small Connecticut factory town in the year 1909 and Mr. Sugrue captures the h
 mor the wit the warmth the weakness, and the grand eur of it's people exceHently And so an accolade tonight to Thomas Sugrue his literary contribution
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16

Heard in passing Mr. and Mrs. William Knight of Putnam street were weekend visitors at the Worlds Fair and the Friars of the Atonement monastery at trip by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cotter of Westerly, R.
 George Griffin of Yonkers N Y, has returned to his home in that city after spending week with his sister, Mrs William Hands of Walnut street. Waterbury was well represented at the Southern Connecticut Kennel Club puppy match Monday night at the Masonic Tenn pect were active in promoting the welattended dog Show Ward Porter and Al Johnson are doing bit of braggng about the big they caught on recent trip to Winchester Lake Nobody believed them until they opened their baskets and then eyes popped at the size of the pickerel and perch. Al also informed the scoffers that he didn't fall out of the boat this time
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Dutch Recovering
From Immediate
Effects Of War
People OutwordIy Normal
Except in Centers Hit
Worst by Invasion
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, May $3.50 far
as possible in a country which
endured five days of Furnishing war
ware, Holland Is recovering from
the immediate effects Of the war.
In another light she is perhaps
closer to normal than any other
country in Europe.
The Germans came-suddenly
and swiftly more than two weeks
ago and for five days the Dutch
fought and the populace shuddered
and prayed.
Today, save in few places like
Rotterdam where the greatest force
of the war struck, the country out
wardly has returned to normal. The
customary crowds fill the streets
strolling in the pleasant sunshine
or sitting in front Of cafes slipping
drinks. Theaters and bars are
open.
Blackout Still in Effect.
The blackout still is effective, but
the Germans moved the clocks
ahead an hour and 40 minutes to
conform with Berlin summer time
and the day now lasts until 1890
pm.
Walking in the streets or sitting
in restaurants are numerous Ger
man soldiers. Dutch soldiers, too,
move freely about and frequently
are seen saluting their recent foes
or fraternizing with them.
But the impressive thing is the
end of the long wait. so that war
planes flying overhead now excite
only the mildest curiosity.
No disorders have been reported
since the war ended abruptly, and
yet there are fewer guards on the
streets. The German military is
the supreme authority, although To-
cal governments still function in
collaboration with the Nazis.
When the Dutch phase of the
war ended. all citizens were ordered
to turn in firearms. They were
warned against sabotage, particu-
larly to agricultural crops, highly
valuable booty to the conquerors.
Generally, however. the Dutch penal
law is in force. save in special cases,
such as violence against German
citizens-an act punishable by
death.
Germans Operate Radio.
There are penalties also for per-
sons detected listening to nom
German broadcasts or who circu-
late reports from such broadcasts.
The Dutch radio now operates un-
der German supervision.
Dutch newspapers still publish.
but they carry mostly foreign news
provided by DNB, official German
news agency.
Some restrictions have been
placed on purchases, but so far
no food or clothing cards have been
issued. Purchases of soap and shoes
are limited.
Private automobiles are banned,
and while there have been no off,
cial measures taken against Jews,
many business firms have dis
charged all Jewish employees
either on their own accord or on
instructions Some Jews still op-
crate shops and Jewish suicides,
which followed capitulation, ap-
pear to have stopped
The banks still limit Withdrawals
to per cent of the deposit monthly
or a maximum of so guilders (about
$3.50.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

ing area, apparently accounting for
the seven-mile differential.
Between the main Allied forces,
their advance guards struck again
and again into the German spear
head thrust westward to the sea and
pointed toward the British Isles.
The Allied advance units harassed
the German line of communication.
The outcome of the Flanders
battle depends on the Allied effort
to close the breach and pocket the
Germans on the coast.
Holding 170- Mile Line.
The northern Allied force consists
of French, British and Belgian there
one word was censored troops hold
Ing a l70-mile line starting (here
another words was censored) some
where in Belgium and circling south
and west through Valenciennes,
Cambria, Bapaume and St. Omer to
the sea.
The central French Army main
tained 200-mile front on the
Somme and Aisne Rivers across
northern France. (Here four lines
were censored.)
The Germans fought on a winner
take-all basis along the channel
coast, running the risk of complete
disaster If they should fail to con-
solidate their corridor position.
Until now the light mechanized
German forces and infantry had
formed the spearhead. The move.
ment of heavy forces from the rear
indicated the crucial struggle was
near.
The Germans were reported hold
ing line of small Channel ports,
including lie Touquet and Paris
PLACE. French summer resorts. Both
the British and French air forces
were active in the Channel conflict.
Cannon on French Planes.
French shifted to a new technique
of air fighting, equipping pursuit
planes with cannon to blast away at
German armored columns. Hereto
fore French pursuits had carried
only machine guns.
'"The use of aviation to destroy
tanks" wrote the military expert
of LIE Temps, has long been sought
in France. 1t seems that success
has now been obtained"
The British air force continued it's
tenacious campaign in France
against the German air superiority.
Gen. Alphonse J. Georges, one Of
the Allied commanders. telegraphed
thanks and congratulations to the
Royal Air Force for "the magnifi-
cent effort you have made"
An atmosphere of grim confidence
prevailed in Paris. THE initiative
Evening star., 1940-05-26
even more guards posted at public
buildings.

even more guards posted at public
buildings.
The fifth column roundup, which
has reached into Parliament and
aristocratic classes. continued. More
than so persons have been arrested
in Britain, among them Sir Oswald
Mosley, British Fascist leader; Capt
Archibald H. M. Ramsay. Rightist
member, of the House of Commons,
and Capt. Franz Won Rintelen, World
War German spy and saboteur in
the United States.
zoo Interned in Ireland.
The number of Irish Republican
Army men interned in Ireland for
duration Of the war is believed to
exceed 200.
A special constabulary force is
being raised in Ulster to supplement
the Royal Irish Constabulary and
deal with I. r. A. members who may
act in conjunction with parachutists
On Britain's side OF the ledger
were accounts of the prowess OF
R. A. F. planes, flying constantly
over the Flanders plains to harry
German communications and bomb
Nazi tank columns.
Fighter pilots claimed 40 German
planes had been put out of action
yesterday, bringing German losses
in the last 72 hours to more than 100
Ten r. A. F. planes were lost Friday
The navys all force co-ordinated
its work with the f A. F. to stop
marauding tanks ranging behind
Allied lines. It claimed three OF
these had been set afire and the
enemy oil depots at Rotterdam had
been bombed and enemy torpedo
boats sunk.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

is no longer entirely in German
hands," commented lie Temps.
The military analyst of lie
Journal, Gen. Duval, discussing the
position of Nazi troops which have
reached the coastal plain, argued
that this sector is less important
than that along the Scheldt River.
That" he wrote, "is where the
battle will be decided, and not at
Boulogne"
LEpoque said:
I'VE would prefer a France that
was in ruins and a cemetery to a
France whose riches would be stolen
by the enemy and whose living in
habitants would be no more than
slaves"
Other Developments.
Developments of the day included
The Simplon- Orient Express, one
OF Europe's finest trains running
from Paris to Italy through Switzer-
land, was withdrawn from service.
The Ministry of Public Works said
the order was for economy and was
temporary.
Premier Reynaud cautioned the
French people against false orders
being circulated by telephone and
handbill by German agents. He
warned also against propaganda in
tended to divide France and Britain.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Paris
Continued From First Page.

munique said the situation in the
north has undergone no important
change" 1t added that the French
were inflicting heavy losses on the
enemy "in all encounters" and that
between the Aisne and Meuse Rivers
the Allies held domination over the
Germans.
Gamble for All-Or- Nothing.
The Germans, gambling for all
or-nothing in the battle for the
English Channel coast, rushed their
heaviest tanks and motorized in
fantry through their narrow corri-
dor to support lighter advance units
Artillery followed the speedier units.
Allied counter attacks were fire.
quent and intense and French mill
tary Spokesmen asserted these had
squeezed the corridors neck from
yesterdays 80 or IS miles to 20.
The 20-mile-wide bottleneck in
the salient was described dis bounded
by the Bapaume and Peronne Sec
tors. These two towns themselves
are only 13 miles apart, but their
sectors cover considerable surround
Evening star., 1940-05-26

that Italians in Malta, Britain's S
Mediterranean naval base, might
send a delegation here to ask Mus
solini for protection" against the
persecution" which the italian
press insists Maltese now endure.
Minister of Agriculture Cassinai
told an irrigation convention in
Bologna that Italians are i'm
patiently awaiting" Mussolini's COM
mand to ''break the prison which is
holding them" in the Mediter-
ranean.
Universities of Naples, Bologna
and Catania sent messages to II
Duce telling him their students had
their eyes on him for the first sign
ito mark the way of glory for the
imperial eagle, which is about to
spread it's wings"
Army Believed on War Footing.
So many italian reservists have
been called up individually that
foreign observers believe the armed
forces already are on a war footing
with general mobilization perhaps
unnecessary.
The government, however, is
armed with facilities to mobilize
even civilians, including women and
children, for Offices and workshops,
and only Mussolini's word is needed
to start the whole nation on the
march.
The United States Embassy, ac-
cording to usually reliable sources,
is prepared to take charge of the
French and British diplomatic estab-
lishments in case of war.
Publication of an italian law gov
erning commodities ordered all
holders of more than $50 pounds of
wool or $50 pounds of cotton for
industrial or commercial use to
register it within Is days.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Rome

Continued From First Pape)
Evening star., 1940-05-26
BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS,
British War Correspondent.

PARIS, May Is IN. A. N. A., BY
Radio The gap through which
the enemy has tried to blast his way
to the coast between the Allied ar
mics of north and south is being
closed in.
Peronne and Bapaume, through
which there Is perilous passage for
German motorized units, are only
Is miles apart. That Is q narrow
strip under the fire Of French and
British guns, and the ceaseless
harassing of our heroic air force.
If that hole can be closed completely
and the French and British troops
can form a continuous line, north
and south Of the Somme, the way to
the coast will be barred and enemy
units now In the region Of Boulogne
and st. Omer will be cut of and
annihilated.
The situation changes from hour
to hour and the pressure OF huge
enemy forces increases. For that
reason one dares not indulge in any
prophecy of good hope, lest the next
news should falsify it. Yet there
are some true reasons for believing
that the enemy is being held more
tightly by the French, British and
Belgian forces.
A French counterattack has shat
tered the German effort to break
away between Attigny and Sedan.
The enemy has been flung back from
his attempts to gain the left bank
OF the Somme, near Amiens, and
Boulogne has been cleared of its
raiders.
There is general belief in France,
as far as it has reached me, that
the regrouping of the French Armies
has now made firm bastion through
which the enemy will pierce no more
holes. Probably the most critical
position Is up north, on the Scheldt
River, and on the line from Valen-
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Golden Gate Worlds Fair
Opens for 12S-Day Show

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-
Beauty and gayety ruled Treasure
Island today as the Golden Gate In
ternational Exposition reopened for
q 128-day show.
It was new exposition-new
in coloring, lighting and landscap-
ing, in cultural and recreational
attractions.
Thousands were waiting at 8 am.
for the gates to swing open. Prompt
" on the hour band struck up
God Bless America"
In the hush that followed, an
aerial bomb burst high in the clear
sky. Marshall Dill, exposition pres
ident, cut blue and gold ribbon
barring the gateway.
BY pm. 84,976 cash customers
had passed through the turnstiles.
Thirteen foreign countries and six
States opened exhibits.
The exposition ran 254 days last
year, drawing 10,500, 900 paid admis-
sions. Financially, It finished lin
the red" 4
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Allies Fate in Flanders Rests in Closing Gap Maj Eliot Says
Gibbs Finds Evidence Allies
Hold Nozis More Tightly

ciennes to Cambria, where the en-
emy pressure Is most violent.
The B. e. F. is now standing, and
holding, against heavy and des-
perate odds. I am inclined to be-
lieve, on evidence which reaches
me, that one phase Of this gigantic
battle has now ended, and another
begun. It seems likely that the
enemy has exhausted, or at least
weakened, his mechanical power of
attack and now must rely more
upon his infantry divisions rather
than upon the rush of heavy tanks
and armored cars, since it is GER
tain that great numbers of these
have been put out Of action by shell
fire and bombing. The terrific strain
put upon them for the past IA days
must have made many more unserv-
iceable, with their wreckage lying
In many bitches.
Their supplies Of gasoline are not
inexhaustable, and the Germans
have used up millions of tons of
fuel, and now that Allied artillery
is closing in upon them, these mo-
torized divisions are the targets of
an intense barrage of fire.
The next phase of the battle may
be less a wild rush through of steel
monsters, and more the slower drive
OF masses of men.
Hitler is throwing everything into
this carnage. He is utterly ruth
less of human life. He filings young
Germans into the furnace fires in
his lust for victory and power. If
ne fails-if we succeed in holding
him-those losses and that river
OF blood will soon be known to his
people, of whom, one day, he will
be afraid, when they ask Where
are our sons, and where is our
victory?"
The French people whom meet
the humble people in the streets
to whom I talk-are still confident,
in spite of tragic tidings, that the
enemy will be checked and held.