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Evening star., 1940-01-07
War on Land

Ghost-White Finnish armies con-
tinued to astound the world and con-
found the Russians last week.
Seemingly gathering strength as they
battle far larger Red forces on three
fronts Finland's defenders are writing
one of most spectacular and exciting
chapters of the worlds military history.
AS the new year began, Soviet in
vaders held precariously to Petsamo and
the narrow Finnish corridor to the Arctic
and stood in baffled rage and bewilder-
ment before the shrewdly planned and
stoutly defended Mannerheim line in the
Karelian Isthmus area. The Russians
were on verge of panic-stricken rout on
the east-central front.
Relentless and silent as the SHOWS in
which they fought, white-clad Finnish
ski patrols tracked down struggling sur
vivors of the 163d Soviet Division, wiped
out in death-trap of Lake Kianta. Red
casualties in this debacle, apparently
continuing engagement of several days
or even weeks, were estimated at close
to 10000 dead by Finnish fire, by cold,
or by drowning. Machine guns, few
curacy, and the ineXorable defeatism
nurtured by sub-zero cold and vanishing
supplies were effective Finnish weapons.
Then as week grew older came re-
ports of new Finnish successes-penetra-
tions by ski squadrons into Russian ter
sitory to harass supply bases and to cut
the vital Murmansk railway, lifeline of
Red armies in north
In the Petsamo sector, Firms were re-
the Arctic port
Meanwhile, on the southern front,
new concentrations of Red divisions gave
rise to runors
Firms RepuIse that supreme ef-
Monnerheim Drive fort was to be
the Mannerheim line, but initial thrusts
were repulsed by defenders
From all battlefelds of this Baltic war
came stories of demoralized Red troops,
poorly equipped and trained, forced into
battle by incompetent leaders, short of
supplies as small mobile Finnish units
engineered train wrecks and slashed at
communication lines.
Bitter fighting of this war was in con-
trast with the continued somnolence of
the western front where British, French
and Germans remain alert and ominous,
but inactive, week after week.
That this may not be so indefinitely
was indicated by the British summons OF
New Year Day to approximately 100000
more of the empires manhood between
ages of 10 and 81 to stand by for service
This addition to Britain's fighting
strength on land may bring to more than
100000 the number of Britishers under
arms by the end of 1910.
At the present some 100000 men are
believed to be in the expeditionary force
already in France.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Review of 18th Week of War
Bv John C.. Henry.
A blacked-out Europe greeted 1910.

A blacked-out greeted 1910.
Finnish
Allied with billiards. subzero counted
transportation lines of Russian armies
destruction
strategicaly located Finnish ports
At nonehees farreachng
the British all the empire
and maritime industry fully to wartime purposes
Diplomatic surprise thus oustng of Brians War
Minister Besha the mostly about Baltic
conflict the question the allied do for
land and what the Reich may do for or with Soviet
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Behind the Lines

A startling shake-up in the British
cabinet and widespread efforts of sympa-
thetic world to aid Finland against Soviet
aggression highlighted the weeks diverse
diplomatic developments.
An unexpected cabinet upheaval, an
nounced Friday night, affected ministries
of war and of information. Out of the
top military spot went Leslie Hore-Be-
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gasoline were said to be en- route from
England.
From both Paris and London came in
would stop short of sending expedition
ary forces to join Firms. Fresh man
power has been trickling into the Baltic
country, however, most of it in the form
OF Swedish volunteers. Included have
been Finlanders or those of Finnish de-
scent hurrying back from all corners of
the world, including the United States,
to participate in heroic defense of their
homeland. Ninety sailed from New York
on Wednesday.
Financial aid likewise has flowed from
several sources. In Stockholm, $4,000
Swedish workmens pledges of wages of
single day to Finnish relief fund were
matched by employers pledges of an
equal sum to assure $25000O fund. Here.
1t was announced that the Hoover COM
mittee had raised close to half million
dollars with contributions continuing at
rate of $115000 per week as the Nations
newspapers .co-operated in collection of
VIC AuAl0. 41AC <1AAiC1ASdl 1tCO S1OSS Ics
vealed that more than $4,000 of $685.
600 war relief funds has been expended
for Finnish needs. And already pending
in Congress is bill to authorize
United States Government loan of
$50, 900 900 to the Baltic government
In Washington, Finland will benefit by
receipts from showing of "Gone With
the Wind"
But not all the world looked with favor
on such positive assistance to Finland,
thor itative
Germans Threaten Berlin sources
Aid to Russia reporting that
Hitler gover
ment quite probably would extend
active support to Russia If British and
French reach point of sending soldiers
into Baltic conflict.
Sensing something sinister in British
French sympathy for Firms, Nal spokes-
men declared:
I'VE long have maintained that the
allied objective is to spread the war as
far as possible"
Ironically, it was added that if allied
aid to Finland should be on par with
that provided Poland, then Germany will
entertain no objections. Scandinavian
states, believed encouraged by Britain,
were warned by Nazi press.
But Joe Stalin's boys in Moscow may
not be satisfied with this relatively pas
sive attitude in Berlin and a projected
visit of Soviet Foreign Commissar Molo-
toff to German capital later this month
may presage more active assistance to
the hard-pressed Red armies.
That they are hard -pressed has been
evident not only In reports from areas
Of fighting but Ia tortured obfuscations
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Drive Hard in Brilliant Fight Against Retreatng Russians

kyrie Freeman Milford, statuesque Brit
ish beauty and ardent disciple of Adolf,
came home to England on stretcher,
desperately ILL.," Some accounts asserted
that Unity had suffered bullet wound
in her neck, limited at unrequited love
for Germany's little man; others said
Unity didn't even know there was
war on.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
War in Air

Red planes sought revenge for Russian
infantry reverses last week.
Turku, one-time capital of Finland and
terminus of three important rail lines
running to Gulf of Finland, was the prin-
cipal victim of Soviet raiders as bomb
barrage on Monday left much OF city in
flames More than 20 planes partici-
pated, but despite reduction of much OF
city to ruins only two persons were re-
ported killed.
In Jyvaskyla, another rail center ITO
miles north of Helsinki, bombs claimed
II civilian victims. Vaasa, on the Gulf
of Bothnia also reported serious bombing
damage Less effective were Red flyers
over Helsinki and Hanko, naval base.
In Europe's other war bitter flying
weather reduced aerial activity to min
imum.
On two occasions German planes
SCARED close to Britain's important naval
base in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
Once, according to the London air min
istry, an effort was
Raid on British made to bomb British
Worshins Fail warships, but r. A. F.
fighters were credited
with driving the raiders away before they
could reach objectives. At least one Nazi
ship was brought down, Berlin COM
munique explaining that technical trou-
BILE" forced it to land at sea; London
claimed two and asserted British planes
oil returned safely.
valuable information was obtained"
Berlin added.
Isolated engagements occurred over the
western front, but more notable were
flights of both French and German
planes into each others territories with
out interference.
On Monday it was reported that Nazl
flyers had approached the Paris area and
had been seen in several sections of East
ern France, but neither bombs nor aerial
shellfire resulted. On Thursday, it was
reported that four French flying squad
rons had penetrated Western Germany
by as much as $50 miles, but apparently
the expeditions were uneventful.
Neutrals still were being plagued by
eombatant flyers; Dutch patrols chas-
ing one unidentified squadron out Of
Evening star., 1940-01-07

their air on Friday and Belgian authori-
ties filing protest on the same day
against Nazi pursuit of British plane
over Belgium In the latter incident,
Britisher was crashed by the fire Of Ger
man Messerschmidts.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

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Evening star., 1940-01-07

erctng eadg but the real the aters
cred by this here that the efforts of Britain and Germany
other
haze been
As the entered its fifth month"; ships
death to Africa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

the deer ef our municipal audito. rum. We don't know who ordered that nefarious action or what the exact motive may have been. We do know that Southbury Main street cittSenry have always been a little jealous of this village and 1t may have been one of them. Whoever did 1t, it's a pretty low-down trick. South Britain owns the one and only Town Hall In this township, whether other people like 1t or not, That sign should be corrected be. fore election, If 1t is not, there may be an investigation.
 BILL GARRf0us
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

Y, c. King, Cambrldge grauuate or New York, and Gregory Waite, Syr- acuse University graduate, who lived in Vermont.
 (rhe headquarters dispatch re- fcrred to all four as Americans, although three were United States citizens and presumably Coster was . Canadian)
 Four other American volunteer drivers stlll were missing after hav- ing been under bombardment in the Ardennes Sector where Anne Mor- gan, sister of J. P. Morgan, was di- recting activities of the Civil Relief Committee, These drivers were Louis Wehle, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Al Raymond, Chicago, Murray Shipley, Cincinnati, Ohio. and John 0lo- wacki, Jersey City, N. J.
 The Ardennes Sector was one of the first regions oVerrun In the Ger man blitZkrleg, Mss Morgan had asked for immediate aid, after which four ambulances were sent northward. Since then no word has been received of the Americans.
 The ambuances were attached to group 22 of the American volunteer corps which left Paris Saturday for the Amiens sector. The drivers were helping other relief organizations evacuate women and children from the fighting areas.
 Clement, since his arrival in France, had enlisted in the French foreign legion and was awaiting a transfer when he heard that thou sands of wounded women and chil- dren near Amiens were to be evacu- ated. He made several trips there and returned with groups of wound. cd refugees. Then he met three other American ambulances enter ing Amiens. Volunteering to make the return trip he led the others to hospital which then was under an intense air bombing and machine gunning The four drivers came within the range of the German Panzer (armoredD division then smelling the city heavily.
 Another American Rm bu lance driver, Harold Wills, Boston archi. tect and Q veteran Of the World war Lafayette Escadrile air raiders, brsught load of wounded children to Paris from Amiens and told the United Press:
 "The roads outside Amiens arc lined with dead women and children refugees who had been shot down by the machine guns of German planes flying lb feet above tho roads
 "Amiens is under attack day and night and thousands of women and children have taken shelter in eel. lars awaiting evacuation.
 "My ambulance was fired upon re- peatedly between Amiens and Paris despite the big red cross and Amer- ican flag I had on it. The ambu- lance drivers now are painting out the red crosses which apparently offer good air targets.
 "Amiens is filled with wounded and the hospitals are overflowing with women and children.
 "several of these hospitals have been set on fire by incendiary bombs dropped by the German planes"
 Headquarters Of the American volunteer ambulance corps an- nounced, meantime, that there was an urgent need for more volunteers and materials because there is Q tragic percentage of casulaties rec maining unattended on roads It, tered with thousands of refugees trying to find shelter and nourish- ment."
 The Salvation Army established
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
LESLIE HEARING
 CANCELLED AGAIN
South School Principal or Attorney Fails to Appear
 Last Evening
lsneclal to The Democrat)

Special to The Dem0crat)
 Watertown, May 22.-Neither Miss Lucia Leslie, South school principal, or her attorney, were present at the board of education meeting last evening, SO action on Miss Leslie's contract was once again postponed, According to the board Miss Leslie has asked for another hearing June 1 which Is expected to be granted.
 Right now Miss Leslie's contract as South school principal will ex- pire next September and will not be renewed. Last nights continuance of the case was the second granted Miss Leslie
 Among others signing the petition asking that Miss Leslie be given another contract are: Harry Brown, E. Bellemore, Richard Leroy, MT. and Mrs. s. Zeidt, A. Commendat tore, A. Malanga, M. D. Carlo, c. Bar bieri, V. P. Romano, Mary Avel- lane, Mrs. Alex Dawes, Phil Martin, Mrs. Percy Hurd. Mrs. Charles T. Kelly and Pat Martin.
 Also. Anna Aurulla, Domenic Cu- iuhd, hlos AVoSC 1CotuOAiSp Mio. Mdi Baritone, s. and John Carulla, Er- nest Currulla, MT. and Mrs. Dom chic Curulla, Frank Curulla, Mrs. Mary Famiglietti, MT. and Mrs. Sandy Harrison, E. J. and Emma Barkauskas. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Geordano, Mir. and Mrs. John Ellis, William Baxter and MT. and Mrs. F. Garasty.
 Also. MT. and Mrs. J. Rock, Mir. and Mrs. George Romanuk, Joseph- inc and Jennie Primo. MT. and Mrs. Peter Kaszas. Joseph Famiglietti, John J. Cipriano. Frank Corso. Wal ter Yashenko, Edward Roeowsgi. Henry A. and Michael J. Cipriano. Mrs. Anthony Simmons, William Kowgan and Harry Skrapolis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
TOWN HALL SIGN
 PUZZLES VOTERS
Poor Attendance at South. bury Caucus Blamed on
 Missing Legend
Special to The Democratl


 South Britain, U. s. A., May 2l.-- At the Democrat Town Caucus, held in South Britain Town Hall, Greg ory Cassidy and John Reynolds were chosen to represent the Demo- cratS of Southbury in Hartford at the State Convention without Q single contrary vote. This is as 1t should be under our representative form of government, but we might have enjoyed a larger turnout with- out taxing the capacity of our Town Hall.
 There's no excuse for voters not turning out for the town caucus. If the wrong man is picked to head Q state ticket all hands are right there to complain but nobody seems to want to pass up personal pleas" ure and take the responsibilities of citizenship at all seriously. People always have a lot to say about our much-Vaunted freedom whenever any minority starts punative action to curtall freedom. In Europe, sol. diers are shooting-up each other dc. lending freedom and the right to expression, Here in New England, just handful of men, tand one lady), turn out in town caucus to voice their approval or disapproval of their representation, It doesn't make sense.
 We have one reason to believe that the apathy of the voters was not entirely to blame for this poor showing, During the evening, seV- eral cars roared through our village and the motorists might have been freeborn voters looking for the Town Hall, About year ago. some. body painted out the legend TOWN HALL and Just left the words SOUTH BRITAIN on the sign over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
FALSE EEs"

Walter Hampden, distinguished Shakespearean stage star. has liter ally changed the color of his eyes to play an Indian in Cecil B. De Miles North West Mounted Police" He does 1t by fitting undetectable con- tact lenses over the balls of his gray eyes, under the lids. Small cavities in the centcrs fo the lenses contain brown solution of burnt sugar. The picture Is in Tcchnicolor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

America needs more pioneers with the spirit that built up this land Age docsr't make bit of difference, A youngster may show signs of activity and make Q fair showing but the older men are heavier on real production. George 5tgnor, eigllty-four years young, resides in Q tidy farmhouse over- looking Jacks Brook and plans to start garden this spring. George has the plans all ready, the spade work Is done and fer. tilizer Is handy. If the New York CTS don't steal hls vegetables, MT. Signor will raise Q bumper crop and have surplus for sale. The chances are that, come Fall, George will again start looking around for charcoal to burn, brush to cut, or Q colt to break.
 George Slgnor is . man of many specialties. He got all hts learning from the Bible and he can give most preachers we know few much.needed lessons In the Scrip ture. He can doctor A horse, OF make . sound horse lame. He knows various recipes for this and that, and he seldom tries to ln- flict his will upon others with out success. George claims that he can write the name of . friend on . piece of paper, sign the chit with hls own blood, and bury the paper In his front yard. Sure as the sun rises, that friend will be unable to sleep until he pays . call at the residence of MT. George Slgnor. George has several pieces of paper buried In his front yard at this writing. If you cannot sleep, maybe he's put your name on one of them.
 Ghosts looking for houses to haunt often call on this amaS- ingly wise old gentleman, There's a house not far from Roxbury Falls that is haunted and George claims he has seen the hauntS. According to the tale, he had been down to Stratford for clans and was returning on Q bright moonlight night, Tho owner of this particular house had ordered Q mess Of clans and George saw Q woman In black standing by the woodpile as If waiting for him to make delivery. AS George drove up, two men in black came and stood beside the lady but the lady floated into c tree across the road and vanished. The two mon never made any attempt to stop her but both Of them slowly floated over to the well and just melted away. Nobody ever had any luck trying to live in that house after that, The piece now stands idle and forlorn beside tlle way.
 Don't let people tell you there are no ghosts. George Signor has not only seen them at their ne- fari0us business but he has lived near them and heard them at their work. Ghosts are just like other folks only they're harder to get on with. Maybe you'd like to hear about them first hand? If you would, George Signor lives on Castle Street, In Roxbury town ship, not far from that tumble- down graveyard that needs fix. ing up before Decoration Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

50 homes for soldiers in the army zone, but 0 number of them already have been put at the elsposal of streams of refugees arriving con- stantly from tho north. The Salva- ton Army also was distributing hot meals to the arriving refugees,
 Who They Are
 Weston, Mass, May 22-(UP)-- Harold Buckley Willis, 50, now in Paris after driving an ambulance load of children from Amiens, was captured by the Germans in 1917 later his plane was shot down at Dun Sur Mouse, his wife said today
 A graduate of Harvard college in iol2, Willis joined the American field service as an ambulance driver before the United States entered the World war, Later he joined the La fayette Escadrille air raiders, When shot down he was uninjured.
 After i8 months In c prison camp he escaped and returned to France but contracted pneumonia, recover ing only 0 month before the armis- tice.
 He married Miss Cornelia Fiske of Boston in 1920 ana they have three children, Harold, Jr, l9, Q Harvard freshman; Andrew, i7, Q student at Noble & dreenough school and Hannah, l6. The elder Willis is 0 member of Collens, Wil- lis & Hubbard, Boston architects.
 Wayland, Mass, May 22-(UP)- John Clement, %, one of four Amer ican ambulance drivers reported to- day as captured by the Germans near Amiens, France, graduated from Harvard college in i038 and was studying In France when war broke out, his father said today
 The father, James K, Clement, in- formed the young mans mother and grandparents who also live on Plain road here. He said John taught in Q school ct MiddleseX for two years after his graduation and then went to France. At wars outbreak he vol. unteered with other students In the American field service in France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
THOMASTON RIOT
 PROVES A RUMOR
Deny Department Fore. Seth Thomas Officials
 man Had Been Injured

Thomaston, May 22-Rumors that a riot had broken out at Seth Thomas Clocks yesterday afternoon and that Q department foreman had been injured have been efn. phatlcally denied by officials Of the concern. Factory employees of seV. eral departments have denied knowledge of c fracas at the plant and have expressed the opinion that stories circulated were products of a lively imagination Of some one outside of the companys employ.
 Rumor had It that an argument annent the foreign situation had started a free for all which he'd ended only when one Of those in- volved had suffered injury.
 Products shipped from Iceland to the United States last year were valued at $i,302,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY, BILL GARRIoUs

Sam Pierce deserves credit Torn by the several years of cCnstruc. ton on the state Project In his valley, handicapped for lack of water and disturbed by wave upa on wHve of dust, Mir. Pierce has lived far from . life of ease. Most men would have folded their tent long ago. Sam just worked out . better system Of service at the cafeteria, got hts drinking water elsewhere, c0mbed the dust from his hair and pinned his ears back. Undlsmayed and unafrald, Mr. Pierce is now settling out . new peach orchard and It's our bet that he makes . crop long before they ever harvest fruit at the scientific state farmstead on the hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

BILL GARRfQUS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
WALTER HOWE IN
 LOCAL ADDRESS

Members of the Young Men'S Republican club, meeting at the Colonial Room of The Elton tomor- row night a. 8:l5, will hear an ad- dress by Walter Howe, of Litch- field, MT, Howe, speaker of the house at tl, last session Of the legislature, Is Q delegate to the na. tional convention at Philadelphia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
4AmericanA Ambulance Drivers Are Captured
UncOn6rned Report Says They Were Kied-Caught at Amiens Four Other American Drivers
 Are Reported Missing

Paris, May % = (UP) = Four American ambulance drivers were captured by the Germans during tank battle around Amens headquarters of the volunteer organization reported today One entirely unconfirmed report said the four Americans had been killed The miss
 ing men were identified John Clement, Harvard Uni. versty graduate whose home was in Boston; Donald Coster Princeton graduate who lived in Montreal George
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Building Permits

The following buIldlng permits have been Issued at Che office of Building Inspector John T. Hart ley:
 Vito Santor0, Co erect shed on Pilgrim avenue, Sl00.
 Stephanle Famiglletti, Co erect garage at % Frost road. S2Bo.
 Pasquale Vendltto, to make al- teratlOns to dwelling at 7e Bur. ton street, $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
THIRD TEETH CUT AT SC

Kelso, Wash. (UP)-John Gam tenbein, 86-year-old shoe repair man, has cut e third set of teeth, The phenomenon. he said, was ac- companied by teething pains com- mon to babies,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

next month.
 Talks will also be given by the new town chairman, Vernon Hall, and by the club president, Harold Hadley.