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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
PREMIER CLAIMS
AGENTS IN FRANCE
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N~Se~SAAACSAA =
chamber to vote between Blums de-
mand for secret session and Dali
aider's for an immediate public
discussion Of such matters as could
be debated without danger to the
national security. Blum won. But
Daladier had not made the vote
one Of confidence in his cabinet, so
the cabinets position was not weak
ened.
Blum to Interpellate
Blum's Socialists at once named
him, Fabien Albertin and M. Rives
to interpellate the government dur
ing the secret session.
1t was for Blum the end of a
long fight to revive the World War
custom of holding secret sessions.
None had been held since the arm
istice. Technically the meeting was
a "secret committee" an extra legal
proceeding. No decisions reached
could be binding because French
parliamentary sessions to be legal
must be public.
But regardless of technicalities,
the session was secret enough for
anyone at the moment. Only depu-
ties were allowed to remain even in
the building. Even bartenders were
sent outside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
DISTRESS SIGNAL
IS INTERRUPTED

Boston, Feb. 9.-(UP)--A distress
signal from the British steamer Sea
Rambler was intercepted at 5:37 a.
m. (EST) by coast guard division
headquarters today.
The message said that a hatch was
.'stove ill.," apparently by heavy seas,
and the ship was making water.
Her position was about $40 miles east
Of st. Johns, Newfoundland.
Though the vessel asked ships in
the vicinity to stand by, the coast
guard said, no acknowledging call
had been heard up to ITO a. m. The
ship was too far at sea for the coast
guard to dispatch q vessel to her aid.
The Sea Rambler'S home port is
Dover, England: She Is Of 1897 gross
tons and 294 feet long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

two in the past 40 hours, rushed into
the streets carrying possessions.
Police, sheriff, and newspaper Of
fees were unable to handle the
thousands Of frantic calls for infor-
nation.
Firemen were unable to cope with
the plant fire but Fire Chief o. N
Fowler said the buildings were &c
situated that there was no danger
Of the fire spreading. The plant wal
q total loss and damage was es-
timated at 4l50,O00.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
DR.. FRED KRATz
FORUM SPEAKER
Local Medical Society to
Sponsor Illustrated Talk
Thursday Evening

pr. Fred w. Kratz Of the New
York branch Of the q. 3. P. II. serv-
ice WIN speak on syphilis and IT.
Control" at the forum Of the Wa
ferbury Medical association next
Thursday evening, Feb. 18th, ct els
at the castle Memorial building on
Central Ave.
The discussion win be opened by
DR.. II. J. Stettbacher.
In conjunction with DR.. Kratzs
discussion the picture with These
weapons" will be shown. This Is q
new picture dealing with the eiimi-
nation and control Of syphilis.
This month the forum is in cele-
bration of National Social Hygiene
day which was designated as Feb
ruary LIST, but was postponed until
February 18th, so 1t could be cele-
brated at the forum.
A question and answer period VIII
follow the discussion in which the
public viii be invited to participate
These forums are arranged by the
Medical Association free Of charge
to the public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
LABOR PARTY TO
DISCUSS PLANS
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(CO0tl0uS0 1EO4U rage ~
sent to Leon Blum, French Social
list leader as basis for the Feb.
"a discussions. The declaration
read:
''The present close cooperation
between the British commonwealth,
France and their allies in the poll
tical and economic spheres should
be the nucleus OF this wider asso-
citation membership in which should
be open and advantageous to all
nations this authority must
control such military and economic
power as will enable it to enforce
peaceful behavior between its mem
berS and thus secure an an-around
reduction in national ornaments to
the level required for the preserva-
ton Of internal order.
"All international disputes, wher-
ever arising, and Of whatever sort
must be settled by peaceful means
through predetermined procedure
for arbitration and Cancellation.
The declaration urged that the
allies negotiate only with a Ger
man government which has made
restitution by withdrawing Ger
man soldiers and police from Po-
land and Czechoslovakia and hold
ing plebiscite in Austria. It con-
demned the Russian invasion OF
Finland as "a shameless imitation
of the Nazi technique in foreign
policy"
The declaration was expected to
please French as well as British
government leaders. A sympathetic
reception also was expected In
Scandinavia, Holland and Belgium
although the illusions to talitarian-
ism were expected to cause crit
icism in Italy and Spain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

CONDITION BAD

Round Hill, Va, Feb. Sup
The condition Of william =. Dodd,
former ambassador to Germany, was
SO Critical today that doctors ad-
ministered oxygen to him through q
mask. He is i'll Of pneumonia.
During the night Dodd's condition
became "worse and he grew weak
err" his physician, DR.. T. J. Aber-
nathy said.
Dodd became critically Ill yester-
day and doctors advised against
moving him from his home here q
O hospital. I.
Dodd served as ambassador "a
Germany from 1888 to 193o, reighine
after bitterly. denotincing Hitler and
the Nazl government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
Hayes Checks Again
Mentioned In Case
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tation In Waterbury. Other Wit
nesses similarly testified including
Sergeant Charles McWeeney Of the
Police Department, Jeremiah Crit
fin Of the Fire Marshal's office, Pat
rick J. Reardon, well known local
realtor, william Christian, former
Republican eelectman, Patr0lman
Joseph Garvey, city court officer,
James Meehan, wen known local
printer, John Collins, Water Depart
ment employee, Bernard Keefe, well
known plumber, Arthur J. MalOney,
former head Of the State Employ
ment Bureau In this city, and Ber-
nard Mullen, well known clothing
salesman who Is associated with
the ]. johnson & Co.
The appearance Of James p. Pur-
cell IN the courtroom caused consid-
cradle excitement. MFR. Purcell, for
mer city accountant, was perhaps
the chief witness IN the Waterbury
conspiracy trial. He was on the wit
ness stand In that trial for 10 days.
Mr.. Purcell Is expected to be
called to witness stand this after
noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

ing openly discussed, at his request,
would not be published.
Atty. hleNiff Queries
Atty. Mclgiff started off his ex-
animation Of Miss DeBonis on the
matter Of bank statements. The
girl explained that the Controllers
office gets these statements once a
month from the banks on all city
accounts.
She said that when the bank
sheets were received Cancellation
sheets were made in the Controllers
office. She said In response to a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
HOAX SUICIDE NOTE
FINALLY CAME TRUE

Duxbury. Mass. Feb. 9-(UP)-In
1881, q noet signed Or. Robert
Cartwright" informed Boston police
that the writer would be found dead,
Q suicide, at Portland. Me.
DR.. Robert Cartwright Cheney,
Boston surgeon on whose stationery
the note was written, said It was q
hoax.
Yesterday DR.. Cheney, As. come
mitted suicide with shotgun ct
his home here.
Friends said the surgeon had been
Iin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
44-HOUR WEEK
IS ASSURED
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liest possible moment. It now APP
pears, he said, that the longer
work-week can be resumed at the
end Of this month unless some un-
expected emergency arises.
Both the mayor and MIR. Driscol
said that the discussion had. been
largely general and on q most amic-
able plane.
With Mr.. Driscoll at the confer
ence were william M. Quinn, CLIO
organizer, and T. p. Healey, trustee
Of the Waterbury Brass Workers
Union.
They said that the next meeting
of the city workers union win be
held Tuesday night, but that APP
pointment Of a grievance commit
tee will probably be declared until
a later meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
BLASTS ROCK
Los ANGELES
Continued from Page u
Pasadena, 20 miles northwest.

Pasadena, 20 miles northwest.
Hundreds Of persons in the sur
rounding area were thrown from
their beds. Passersby in several
block area were thrown to the street
by the conclusion.
Panic-stricken persons, fearing an
earthquake, Of which there had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

&nlDUAIl| OAA t1hS 0AAbAoAA SSNoes
Issanbul, Turkey, Feb. o-CUP)-
Turkish sources said today that %
Germans who had been completing
submarine for Turkey at the Turk
ish Golden Horn shipyards had left
for home and that Turkey would
complete the submarine itself.
The Golden Horn yards were built
for Turkey by Germany, It was said,
and as they are in military zone
had been under constant guard.
German technicians at the yards
had completed one Of two subma-
rines being built and were finishing
the hull Of another, informants said,
but were unable to get further ma
terial. As the result, It was said,
the German director, three engi-
neers, and II other specialists re-
turned to Germany Wednesday and
Turkish aficials said they would
complete the second submarine
themselves.
Turkey ordered four submarines
from Germany in all. Two were to
be built in Germany and Of these
one has been delivered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

Effort5 to establish factories In
Ethiopia are handicapped BY high
wages, difiiculty IN obtaining raw
material and poor transportation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

Approximately 1850 100000 doz-
ems Of eggs are produced In the
United states annually. This
amounts to 224,O00 carloads, Of 4OC
cases each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09

The United Kingdom is buying
$4,000 tons Of butter from New
Zealand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
EPILEPSY = EPILEPTCS!

Detroit lady finds relief for hus:
band. She will tell you how. All
letters answered. Mrs. Geo. Demp-
ster, Apt. O., 5000 w. Lafayette
Blvd, Detroit, Mich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-09
TURKEYS new
SUBS GUARDED
CcOntinued from Page 1,

aIlgned with finland against Russia.
were now showing resentment
against 0eFmany's airplane bombing
and machine cunning Of neutral
shipping on the British coast.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
New British Flights
Over Reich Reported

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The air min
istry said today British flyers had
made reconnaissance flights over
Northwest Germany last night and
the night before.
During the night of Thursday.
January 10, and again last night"
the air ministry communique said,
units of the Royal Air Force car
ried out several reconnaissance
flights over Northwest Germany"
Britain last night conducted the
biggest air raid rehearsal to date In
the five London boroughs south Of
the Thames.
Two thousand air raid precaution
workers battled make-believe fires,
bombings and gas attacks In Bat
tersea, Camberwell, Lambeth. South
wark and Wandsworth.
The air ministry, releasing for
publication various pictures Of Ger
man Notifications, airdromes and
seaports purportedly by Royal Air
Force photographers, said they left
"little mystery about what goes on
in the enemy camps"
Evening star., 1940-01-20
La Guardia Shuts Off
Coal Megotiators Heat
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Mayor La
Guardia put the heat" on dead
locked coal strike negotiators in
more ways than one yesterday-but
one of the ways was in reverse.
Pressing for a settlement of the
controversy that has tied up de-
liveries four days, he not only urged
an agreement, but had the radiators
turned off in the City Hall confer
ence room.
Leaving the meeting after calling
another for this morning, he re-
marked to bystanders:
'1t was rather chilly in there,
wasn't it?"
The union, representing 5000
coal handlers, is asking q pay raise
from 81 to $1.20 an hour and an ex-
ira man on each truck. The coal
companies say this is impossible be-
cause it would increase operations
costs 40 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Child Conference
Outlines Plans for
i0-Year Program
President Reminds Crop
Thot Treasury Has
Some Bottom to 1t
(Tert of Roosevelt Speech,
Page Al.

Having personal suggestions from
President Roosevelt for guidance,
the White House Conference on
Children in a Democracy today was
formulating plans for putting into
effect a 10-year program designed
to aid the youth of America.
The social planners went about
their work with the reminder that
the Federal Treasury has some
bottom to it" and mere handouts"
are not the permanent solution Of
the needs of Americas poorer chill
dren and their families"
The President made this state
ment in a nationwide radio address
last night, In which he discussed
SO recommendations in the confer
ence report calling for continued or
increased spending in at least ten
fields.
Two Main Policies.
Agreeing that public assistance Of
many kinds was necessary, the
President suggested that mere
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nent solution, but that we should
address ourselves to two policies:
First, to increase the average in
comes in the poorer communities
and area and, second, to an insist
ence that every community and area
pay taxes in accordance with its
ability to pay"
When Mr.. Roosevelt mentioned
handouts from the Federal Treas
ury," he turned from his prepared
text to comment:
But I suggest to you that the
Federal Treasury has some bottom
to it."
Speaking from the East Room
Of the White House, the President
strayed frequently from his pre-
pared text and interpolated 50 much
additional that he ran Is minutes
over his scheduled Commute radio
period. At one point he said Il
have been speaking practically ex-
temporaneously." He blamed this
on the size and complexity of the
conferences report, saying 1t was
like mail order house catalog. The
faee CHI nREN pa0e A.9l
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Finnish Women Cook and Wash
For Troops Under Reds Fire
Lotto Svords Brave Machine Gun and
ShropneI Dangers to Keep Army Alive

male cooks in the Finnish Army.
The food Is all cooked and served
by the Lotta. It is entirely volun-
tary, the women buy their own uni
forms, and even in peace time q
hundred thousand of them were en-
rolled, and every year Lotta mobi-
hzed with the army to cook for the
Home Defense Guard during sum-
mer maneuvers. Today Lotta in
cludes practically every able-bodied
woman In Finland.
Just behind the lines the women,
under shrapnel and machine-gun
IRE, cook for the soldiers, wash and
mend their clothes when necessary.
Every Finnish regiment at the front
has its quota Of dairy cows, 80 that
the soldiers get ample quantities Of
rich fresh milk. The women see
(oeo LOTTA eVARD, PNG0 A.6.)
Evening star., 1940-01-20
BY WILLIAM L. WHITE.

HE1S1NKI, Finland (By MaiD -
Any one who starts out to do .
cute little woman's angle on this
Russo Finnish War must put on .
gas mask and steel helmet, be-
cause the woman's angle in these
parts is up on the line under shrap-
mel fire. And when you get 1t, you
begin to understand how 900, 600
Finnish soldiers were able to hold
back 1900, 600 Russians.
The womans angle In Finland Is
an organization called Lotta and 1t
includes almost every able-bodied
woman In Finland. The women
wear drab gray wool uniform, and
they take over al the work In the
army which need not Be done BY i
man.
For instance, thsrs ars almost no
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Swedes in Finland
Shoot Down Six
Russian WarpIanes
Reds Bombing Roids on
Southern Region
Are Resumed

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 20.-The
headquarters of Swedish volunteer
forces In Finland reported today
that Swedish airmen already had
destroyed at least six Russian
planes.
The Swedish flyers went into &C.
ton in operations carried out in
cooperation with Finnish infantry.
The Swedes themselves lost two
planes which collided in the air
killing two ofncers and one non-
commissioned ofIlcer. Another non-
commissioned oflicer who survived
the crash made his way back to
the Finnish lines on skis, head
uuarterx feuorted.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Pope Sees Slight Hope
For Peace, Letter 10
President Reveals
Holy Father Welcomes.
TuyIor's Appointment
As Roosevelt Envoy
fSee tert of Pope Plus reply on
Page A-4)
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

Pope Plus XII foresees slight prob
ability Of immediate success for
peace efforts in Europe 80 long as
the present state of the opposing
forces remains essentially un-
changed" it was disclosed here to-
day with release for publication of
letter from the head of the Roman
Catholic Church to President Roose-
welt.
Formal acknowledgement and ex-
preston of gratitude of the Pontif
at Mr.. Roosevelt's designation Of
Myron c. Taylor as his personal
representative to the Vatican, the
letter was delivered to the White
House yesterday by Archbishop
Amleto G. Cicognani, apostolic dele
gate in Washington, and Msgr.
Michael J. Ready, head of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference.
It's publication was scheduled
simultaneously today here and in
Rome.
Cites Longing for Peace.
Paying a warm tribute to the pur-
pose and to the feeling manifest in
the Presidents letter announcing
the Taylor appointment, the holy
father wrote sadly of "the longing
for peace that pervades, the hearts
of men and their determination to
find and to apply the means that
lead to peace"
Without mentioning Mr.. Taylor
by name, Pope Plus assured the
President that the emissary would
be received with all the honor due
to his well known qualifications and
to the dignity of his important mis-
sion."
Mr.. Taylor. is now convalescing In
Florida from a recent illness but is
expected to leave for Rome in about
a month.
At the time of the selection of
the retired steel magnate, a Pro-
testant Episcopalian, to be an ennis
sary to the Vatican, the President
wrote nearly identical letters to Pope
Plus, to DR.. George A. Buttrick,
president lof the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America, and
to Rabbi Cyrus Adler, president of
the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America.
Others Visit White House.
To them all he wrote that ut Is
well that we encourage a closer as
sociation between those In every
part of the world-those in religion
and those in government-who have
common purpose. +
when the time shall come for
the re-estabnshment of world peace
on a surer foundation, it is Of the
utmost importance to humanity and
to religion that common ideals
shall have united expression"
To DR.. Buttrick and Rabbi Adler
the President extended invitations
that they call on him at the White
House. Both have since done SO
and expressed themselves in hearty
accord with the objectives of bring
ing closer the ties between church
and state.
From some Protestant denomina-
tions objections were raised to the
appointment of q special Papal en-
voy, but even representatives of
these faiths were among subsequent
White House callers and indicated
themselves somewhat molliied by
q more complete discussion Of presi-
Dental objectives.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Capital and Nation
SILVER in Intense
Cold Wave
Temperature Of 8 Above
Recorded Here; Snow
Flurries Forecast

Frigid Washington shivered with
the Nation today as the intense cold
wave presented a chilling panorama
Of exposure deaths in Northwestern
States. ice skating in Southern
Louisiana and freezing temperatures
in sunny Florida.
The cold moderated somewhat in
the Middle West and Rocky Noun
tain regions after several days of
sub-zero temperatures, but lower
temperatures were in prospect to-
night for much of the East
and South already blanketed with
ecord-breaking cold.
In the District the mercury eased
down to q four-year low of degrees
at 3 o'clock this morning but failed
to drop to the zero level predicted
xt ene time Yesterday.
The cftys trafic lighting system
jammed when oil in the control
boxes froze tight overnight. All
motorcycle patrolmen were called to
the downtown area to handle rush.
hour trafic, and only few minor
Jams were reported.
The lights began working in order
just as the heavy flow of traffic
ended.
Snow Flurries Forecast.
A bright sun pushed the tempera-
ture slowly upward today but the
skies were expected to become over
cast later, with snow hurries follow
ing tonight. The Weather Bureau
forecast a low of IS degrees for to-
night and continued cold tomorrow
and Monday.
Scores of fires directly or indi-
rectly attributable to the weather
were reported during the might. but
attaches at the Fire Board room in
the District Building said none re-
suited in serious damage. One
man was seriously burned early to-
day when his clothing caught fire
while he was pouring kerosene on
a small blaze at one of the building
projects on the Gallinger Hospital
grounds. The victim, Francis Gray,
'colored nightwatchman, was treated
at the hospital for burns on his legs
and arms.
, 28 Deaths From Exposure.
The Associated Press reported %
deaths from exposure in a dozen
States this week. Overheated stoves
caused hundreds of fires which took
at least % lives. Traffic accidents
blamed on snow, ice and the cold
claimed Is victims and IA persons
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Return of kits
To Scotties
Is Demanded
1865-1940
BY the Associated Press,

oy (Ile ASSUClhteu FreSS.
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The Ladies
From He'll" have lost their kits and
Capt. Colin N. Thornton-Kemsley
Scottish Conservative member of
Parliament. wants to get them back.
Kills for Scottish soldiers who won
the sobriquet Ladies From He'll in
the World War have been banned
and Thornton-Kemsley said he
would put an objection before the
war minister Tuesday.
The Scots want to know. he said.
whether 1t is Britain's aim to pool
the army's manpower regardless of
nationalities and the Scots fighting
records.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Explosion HurIs Two
Into Furnace Pit
~ the Assor,.tsd prss.

By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT, KY. Jan. 20.-Two
workers were burned to death early
today when an explosion hurled
them into a furnace pit in the An
drews Steel Co. plant.
The dead were Orville Tungate,
28, and Jesse Phillips, 81, colored.
Coroner Martin ]. Sauter said the
men were attempting to loosen some
Stag with picks and opened q pocket
Of water. Three rapid explosions
followed.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Junior Honor Society
Broadcast

A. q feature Of the junior
high school broadcasts the Ma.
tional Junior Honor Society
Chapter at Jefferson Junior
High will conduct induction
ceremonies over WMAL at
1880 pm.
The Daughters Of the Amer.
ican Revolution and the Amer.
ican Legion will also present
special student awards.
The junior high series is
sponsored by The Star with the
cooperation Of the National
Broadcastine Co. and the Board
Of Education.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Coast Guard on Lookout
For Boy Supply Ship
NJ the Annotated Press.

~ Ghe AS60CI6te0 FteS8.
CRISFIELD, Md, Jan. 20.-A
Coast Guard cutter searched
through heavy ice foes in lower
Chesapeake Bay today for the sup
ply steamer Island Belle, which
failed to reach Smiths Island with
milk for babies.
The cutter McLane radioed that
the search for the 45-foot vessel
was being extended farther down
the bay in the belief she was wedged
in the Ice.
= The steamer was to have stopped
ut Smiths Island last night. Island
ers previously radioed they had suf-
tlcicnt food, but lacked fresh milk.