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Evening star., 1940-08-02
5000 Members Is Cool
Of D. &. WiIIkie Club

A membership drive will be
launched today by the District Will
kie-McNary Campaign Club follow
ing luncheon at the Ambassador
Hotel
The club seeks an enrolment of
at least 5000 new members, James
A. Councillor, president, said. L. Cor
don Leech, chairman of the Mem
bership Committee, will have as his
staff captains Paul D. Crandall,
George B. Frazier. Edward L. Jones,
David Karrick, Rufus Lusk, Earl
Rannels, Harold B. Rothrock, James
E. Schwab and FLOYD Moore.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
New Democratic Boss Called
A Real Practical Politician
Edward J. Flynn Has
Long Enjoyed Close
Roosevelt Friendship

"a real practical politician" is the
tag hung on the man chosen by the
Democratic National Committee to
fill the shoes of Chairman James
A. Farley.
Edward j. Flynn, the 48-year-old
New York lawyer named to direct
President Roosevelt's third-term
campaign, operates on the theory
that mo political battle is won until
the votes are counted"
And with that in mind he plans
to make the campaign as thorough
'as though the results were doubt
full"
The new chairman is we'll grounded
in his partys affairs, having long
been q leader in. New York State
politics. For years he has been the
Democratic leader Of the Bronx. He
is Democratic national committee
man for New York State, and he
served as Secretary Of State Of New
York when Mr.. Roosevelt was Gov
ernor, and later under Gov. Lehman.
Longtime Friendship.
Mr.. Flynn's friendship with the
President dates back to the time
when Mr.. Roosevelt was a State
Senator and Mr.. Flynn an assembly,
man.
A native of New York City-hav-
ing been born there September "a,
1891TMr. Flynn attended metro
politan schools, went on to Fordham
University, and there studied law.
His political debut came in the
fall of 1917 when he was elected to
the New York State Assembly from
the second assembly district of
Bronx County. He was reelected
through 1920.
In November, 1921, he was elected
sheriff of Bronx County and served
the full four-year term. Six months
after he was made sheriff he was
chosen chairman of the Bronx
County Democratic Committee, and
subsequently became chairman of
the organizations Executive Com
mittee.
Mayor Walker appointed Mr..
Flynn city chamberlain in January,
1926, and when Mr.. Roosevelt be-
came New York's Governor in 1929,
he remembered his long friendship
with Mr.. Flynn and offered him
the State secretaryship.
New York Adviser.
The appointment carried with 1t
the post of adviser on New York
City affairs, and ever since then Mr..
Flynn has been one of Mr.. Roose-
velt's close political advisers.
Due to i'll health, Mr.. Flynn re-
signed as Secretary of State in JAM
uary, 1899. Afterward he became
United States commissioner gen.
eral to the New York Worlds Fair
and on several occasions he has
represented the President at fair
ceremonies.
Mr.. Flynn was one of the leaders
of the third-term campaign for
President Roosevelt and he took an
intimate part in negotiations at the
Democratic National Convention in
Chicago which led to the precedent
breaking nomination of Mr.. Roose-
welt last month.
The new chairman's organization
in the Bronx, borough with q
population of we'll over a million, is
closely knit, highly efficient ma
chine which has repeatedly turned
in large Democratic majorities.
But Mr.. Flynn does not take his
post with the feeling of overconfi-
dence that sometimes is blamed for
failures. In promising thorough
going campaign he remarked: Our
forces are trained to victory. Our
opponents are hardened by defeats. a."
Evening star., 1940-08-02
British battIeship
Fired in Bombing,
Italians Report
Squadron Is Declared
Attacked South Of
Boleuric Islands
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 2-The Italian high
command reported today that
Italian air bombardment of British
naval squadron south OF Formen-
terra, in the Ballaric Islands, had set
afire battleship and scored hits on
several other warships.
Stefani, Italian news agency, said
the attacked British warships, some
OF them having the last of Gibral-
tar's civilian population aboard, had
left Gibraltar suddenly, apparently
In fear of Italian bombings of the
fortress
Formentera is the smallest and
southernmost of the four major
Islands IN the Balearic group, in the
Mediterranean about 425 miles east
and slightly north of the British
naval base of Gibraltar.
Two Battleships in Squadron.
The high commands daily COM
munique said the attack was made
on a naval squadron" of two battle
ships, two aircraft carriers and a
number of smaller vessels coming
from Gibraltar.
1t also reported the British sub.
marine Oswald had been torpedoed
and sunk in the middle Ionian Sea
last night by the italian destroyer
Ugolino Vivaldi.
The destroyer picked up and took
prisoner So members of the crew of
SIS, including Capt. David Fraser, the
communique said.
Italian forces have occupied Dabel,
q miles south of Moyale, in Kenya
Colony, it was announced, after
strong counter ATTACK by the British,
who were repulsed with heavy losses.
8 Armored Cars Destroyed.
Eight British armored cars were
destroyed by aerial bombardment in
the Kassala (Anglo- Egyptian SUI
dam zone and their crews were ma
chine-gunned, the high command
said.
Air bombardment of Ell Butnana,
@iA viz Sdddli, dloo Wdo UcU.
Two persons were reported killed
and several injured in British air
bombardments Of Diredawa, Diavel-
10, Asmara and Massaua, in East
Africa. where, the communique said,
two British planes were shot down.
The Italians were said to have lost
one plane in an attack on the British
fleet units in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean.
Ell Butnana. which was bombed.
is station on one of the highways
forming the transportation network
Of Khartoum.
The Italians have been making
systematic attacks on this network,
connecting the important cotton.
growing region of the Nile with the
Red Sea.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Barney OIdfieId Pays
To Stop Divorce Dirt

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.-Its cost
ing Barney Oldfield, one-time racing
driver, twice as much in attorney
fees for his wife because, his lawyer
said, 1--WE don't want to mix up the
property interests with the dirt of
divorce case"
The court suggested that Oldfield's
divorce suit against his wife, Hulda,
and another for division Of $125 900
community property be consolidated
When Oldfield declined the judge
ordered him to pay Mrs. Oldfield
$500 more.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
French DemobiIize
20-Yeur-OId Troops
By the Associated Press.

6y tEe ASSOClNteu FFeSS.
VICHY, France, Aug. 2.-Twenty-
year-olds called to the colors June
8 and 9 were demobilized by de-
cree today and were organized into
youth groups" for six months OF
obligation service.
These 125,000 youths Joined the
army when Germans were descend
ing on Paris.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
British Report Losses
In Libyon Border Fiqhts

LONDON, Aug. 2 P).-Italian
losses in the Libyan frontier fighting
thus far known to the British are
20 killed, 20 wounded, 472 captured,
along with 80 vehicles and is guns
taken. the British announced off,
cially yesterday.
British losses were listed at 20
killed and missing. 10 wounded and
10 vehicles CAPTURED.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Golden Wedding Cone

Among the canes donated in
southgate. England, for wounded
soldiers was one having gold band
inscribed Golden wedding, Au-
gust q. 1912"
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Italian Arms Dump
Roided, r. A. +. Claims

CAIRO. Egypt, Aug. (P.-The
Royal Air Force announced today q
highly successful raid" on an
Italian ammunition dump near
Bardia, Libya. Plane crews reported
seeing flames and smoke caused by
their bombardment from a distance
of 40 miles.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Weather Report
| States weather BureauO
Furnished BY the [


District of Coumbia-Fa continued cool
Sunday generally fair with slowly rising temperature gentle east winds
slowly rising temperature in the interior.
West VgnaGeneray fair tonight slightly
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Tn rAceSS

Senate:
In recess.
House:
In recess.
Senate and House Military Com
mittees continue study of conscrip-
ton bill.
House Ways and Means Subcom-
n1ittee begins work On excess profits
tax bill.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Weather Conditions Last ~ Hours.

Weather Conditions Last ~ Hours.
A trough of low pressure with axis ex-
tending northeast-southwest is central
about 500 miles east of Nantucket Mass
disturbance is moving slowly eastward
over Western South Dakota. Rapid City
1O061 millibars t2s.71 inches). A high
pressure area Is moving eastward over New
England and New York, Concord, N. H.,
1O2s.4 millibars (3O.37 inches). with a
wedge extending southwestward over the
Middle Atlantic States. Pressure con-
tinues relatively high over the Gulf of
Mexico. New Orleans. La, !0l6.s millibars
t30.O3 inches), and is high in the North
Pacific States. Tatoosh Island, Wash.
1927 millibars (3O.2O inches). During
the last "a hours showers have occurred in
the Northern Rocky Mountain resion. the
Plains States. the upper Lake region. the
extreme upper Mississippi Valley and in
the South Atlantic and portions OF the
Middle and East Gulf States. Tempera-
ture changes have been unimportant.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1940-08-02

Thirty deaf mutes in Johannes
burg, South Africa, held a meeting
for world peace.
Evening star., 1940-08-02

Brazil Is about to manufacture its
own steel for the drst time In 100
ye91k
Evening star., 1940-08-02

reay Wallace who enthusiastic boomerang thrower gives
his fellow cabinet member Attorney Jackson few
lessons the art Of throwing boomerang Photo made
this morning they took their the
polo field here in Washington.
Underwood & Underwood Photo
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Report for Last 24 Hours.

Record for Last - Aours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today,
HiEhest, 81. I pm. Yesterday. Year
aGo. 90.
Lowest, SO, $50 am. today. Year ago,
-.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100 on July ~.
Lowest, Z. on January 20.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 70 per cent. at q am.
Lowest, 35 per cent. at 2 pm.
Tide Tables.
Furnished By United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to dateD.
Evening star., 1940-08-02

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1940-10-06

THIS mother and child series
from the Monkey House at
the Zoo is on excellent intro
'duction to the pig toiIed mo-
coque fomiIy Of Borneo and
the Eost Indies. The mother
is on intelligent nurse and
teocher for her boby, now eight
months old.
She springs from q fomiIy
widely domestieoted by Eost
Indion motives. The motives
moke the pig tolls work for q
living. The monkeys ore es-
peciolly useful at running up
cocoonut poIms to throw down
the fruit. One motive house
wife told Zoo Director WiIIiom
N. Nom her monkey did more
work thon her husbond.
The orieinol colony which
Dr.. Mann brought back from
the eost Indies several yeors
oeo now numbers seven.
Evening star., 1940-10-06

When this lost picture wos token.
mother and child we're getting bit
bored with it all. They come over to
the front Of their coee to see If they
could get at Ieost q peonut for their
trouble.
Star Staff Photos by Elwood Baker.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

"By giving your support to the
work of the committee and the po-
lice for the remaining two months,
Waterbury will experience the SAT-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
BREAKING RECORD
Clerks Working Overtime
to Comply With Numer-
Gus Requests

Absentee ballots flooded the mail
today as persons who will be un-
able to get to the polls Oh Tuesday
hurried to get them in before the
deadline. which comes at midnight.
It's the greatest rush of absen-
tee ballots we ever had, said Town
Clerk Mary C. Kilmartin. We've
never seen anything like it In past
elections
Mrs. Kilmartin will keep part Of
her staff working tonight to stamp
the special ballot envelopes as be-
ing officially received. She will
collect the last available letters with
ballot enclosures at the post office
a few minutes before midnight, and
have them stamped at her office Just
before the deadline. Ballots re-
ceived after midnight will have no
standing.
The town clerk secured an orig
inal supply Of 500 absentee ballots,
but this supply was rapidly depict
ed and this week she had to send to
Hartford for several hundred more.
The large number of absentee
ballots is taken as an indication of
great interest in the election and Of
heavy vote on Tuesday. The abb
sentee forms have been in use since
1895, and allow votes to be cast by
persons out Of the city or too III to
60 to the polls.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
1910 Election Tests
Famous Hatch Act
What SO-CaIed "CIean=POIitics" Act Accomplished
Will Be Seen After Smoke of Battle Clears

ure, asserting that 1t was "a step
in the right direction" and asking
Congress to consider similar prollt-
billions against state employees paid
in whole or in part from Federal
funds.
The complaint had arisen in Con-
gress during consideration of the
original measure that state poll
teal machines would take advantage
of the prohibitions enforced against
Federal office holders to attempt to
unseat incumbent Congressman.
Some senators and representatives
asserted that state political ma
chimes were financed through con-
tributions made by employees in
such state departments as the high
way divisions, which receive large
grants from the Federal government.
The Hatch act was amended July
10, 1910, to bring state employees paid
in whole o. in part from Federal
funds within the scope Of its pro-
hibitions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
New Safety Record
Possible For City
With Pubc's Cooperation Waterbury May Witness
Substantial Decrease in Number of Auto Mishaps

est year it has ever had" stated
Major John, Burial, Chairman Of
the Waterbury Citizens Permanent
Traffic Committee today.
He declared also that the two
months are months when traffic
death rates soar, due to long hours
of darkness and winter conditions
of snow and ice.
Driving today is full time job,
and demands that you give it the
required attention, Major Burial
continued.
The committee report said there
were 81 accidents recorded up. to
the end of September 1910 as COM
pared to 60 for 1888 and As for 1889.
The figures are used up to the end
of September.
Of these were fatalities to the
end of Sept. 1899; for 1888 and l
for 1910.
The committees report follows:
The accident summary for Septem-
Der released today by the Waterbury
Citizens Permanent Traffic Com
mittee shows slight increase in ac-
cidents as compared to September
of 1899. The following accident
analysis and summary was compiled
| from the records of the police de-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
SMITH SPEAKS ON
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Tells of Work Being Ac-
compIished By New Deal
at Five Rallies

The work being done by the
Roosevelt administration for ma
tional defense was outlined by Con-
gresham j. Joseph Smith, Demo-
cratic candidate for reelection and
member of the military affairs COM
mittee, in campaign addresses last
night. Congressman Smith spoke at
"Joe Smith Night" programs in
Wolcott and Prospect, the Young
Democrats rally, at a meeting OF
the Colored Smith for Congress club
and at Lithuanian women's meet
ing.
Said Congressman Smith:
II can testify that In the efforts
we have made to build UP, streng-
then and prepare the defenses OF
the nation to insure us against at
tack by any foreign power or COM
bination of powers, 1t has been the
younger men. together with the vet
Grams of the World War, who have
been the first among the members
of Congress to see the necessity fol
our preparations"
1.-THE intense interest in our gov.
eminent shown by your presence
and enthusiasm tonight must b
encoura ging to all who are inter
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

Best known are the nominees of
the Republicans and Democrats,
the least known represent the So
cialst-Labor, National Greenback
and Prohibition parties.
The nominee Of the National
Greenback Party, which will be
recognized in few states as legally
qualified to enter its candidates
upon the ballots, is John zahnd,
amateur horticulturist of Indian
apolis. His running mate is James
E. Yates, apostle of the Phoenix,
Ariz., Church of Christ.
Almost equally little heard of
during the campaign have been the
candidates of the Socialist Labor
party, John w. Aiken, Massachu-
sets cabipet-maker, aspiring to the
Presidency, and Aaron NJ. Orange,
New York school teacher, Vice
Presidential candidate.
Earl Browder, at liberty under
bond pending appeal of his convic-
ton for passport fraud, is RUNNING
again on the Communist ticket.
Browder's party will be left off the
ballot of most states, including New
York state. His teammate is James
William Ford, Negro. Both were
nominated when the Communists
held their convention in New York
City last spring.
Another candidate previously
Presidential nominee. is. Norman
Thomas, titular head of the Social
list party, who shares the ticket
with Maynard G. Kruger, Univer-
sity of Chicago economist.
The seventh party is the Prohi-
bitionists. Roger Ward Babson,
WELLESLEY Hills, Mass, statistician
and newspaper columnist, is their
Presidential nominee, and paired
with him is Edgar Vaughn Moor
man, weli-to-do feed man of Illi-
nois.
None of the minority party cam
didateS nor platforms of the party
has been mentioned by President
Roosevelt, seeking his third term
as President, or Wendell L. Willkier
Republican nominee.
Newspapcrman a Candidate
Newspapermen and publishers
who are candidates for Office at
the election are numerous. One Is
Dwight Griswold, Republican nomi-
nee for governor of Nebraska, pub
Usher of small-town newspaper in
western Nebraska. He has been
member of the Nebraska legislature
and was Republican nominee fol
govMnor in 1882, "a and '36. His
opponent. Terry Carpenter, Demo-
crat of Scottsbluff, two years age
was unsuccessful candidate for lieu
tenant-governor Of Nebraska.
tseeks Borah's Senatorial Post
The seat of the late William E
Boyah of Idaho, in the United
States Senate, is sought by cow
boy, Glen Taylor. His campaign has
been in sharp contrast to the cam.
paign methods Of Senator Borah
Taylor, his wife and five-year-olt
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

son, have stumped the state at
tracing audiences by singing cow
boy dittieS.
Swallows Campaign Button
The campaign buttons of the two
major parties have been numerous
and unique. Crowds stopped on New
York streets where collections Of the
Republican and Democratic party
buttons were displayed. Some Of the
buttons became collectors items due
to the smallness of the number
issued.
One child, however, did not APP
pear to enjoy the buttons. She was
Patriciao Smith, 18-month-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James /.
Smith, Jr., of Circleville, O., who
swallowed a Roosevelt campaign
button and had to be taken to a
hospital to have 1t removed. The
child's father said he was Repub-
lican.
Miner Is Candidate
One of the most colorful persons
for a seat in the lower house Of
Congress is Lee r. White, so, pio-
neer mining man of Torrington,
Wyo. White wears frontier clothes
and his hair hangs to his shoulders.
I'LL not change my attire If
elected, even if Washington Is used
to seeing stiff collars and spats,"
the old miner said. "If it's good
enough for Wyoming, it's good
enough for Washington.
Christian Name Is Judge
Judge Mcbride Columbus, O.,
lawyer, is a candidate for the Ohio
Supreme Court, Politicians in Ohio
said his Christian name would help
him in the race. His surname Is we'll
known in the state judicial circles as
one of the Common Pleas court
judges was named Smith and once
was candidate for the Supreme.
Court.
Would Change Constitution
The Tennessee constitution has
not been changed since 1870. This
year Tennessee will vote on two
amendments, one increasing the
term Of the governor from two to
four years and making 1t ineligible
for any governor to succeed hin-
self. The second would increase the
per diem of the General Assembly
from 81 to $40. The two amend
ments were approved by the Gen
eral Assembly in 1887 and 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

washington, Nov. 2-(UP)-For
the first time in national election,
the great game of politics was play
ed under the stringent rules Of the
Hatch clean politics" act.
The measure provided broad con-
troll over the political activity OF
Federal employees and those state
workers who are paid in whole or
in part from Federal funds. These
employees, with the exception of po-
licy-making officials, were prohibit
ed from campaigning or soliciting
funds for their party. They could
make voluntary contributions to the
party, however.
In return, the employees were
guaranteed protection against at
tempts at coercion or intimidation
by their superiors.
Expenditures by the national po-
litical parties during the campaign
we're limited to 100000 each by
the Hatch act. Some dispute arose
in connection with this provision,
with contentious that the limitation
did not apply to all expenditures
made by state adjuncts Of the ma
tional committees Of the parties.
This point remains to be settled,
possibly by future legislation.
Persons or firms doing business
with the Federal government were
prohibited from contributing to po-
litical parties. Penalties also were
provided for candidates or parties
found soliciting such sources for
fund.-.
Individual political contributions
were limited to $1,000 under the
Hatch act.
Protects Relief Workers
Workers on relief projects were
provided extensive protection from
political coercion. The measure
provided penalties for persons con-
victec of soliciting relief workers
for campaign funds, disclosing lists
Of names of persons receiving relief
money, and for attempting to in
terfere with or restrain a worker
in the exercise of his right to vote
Prohibitions against offering job
in return for votes also were pro-
vided.
Attorney General Robert H. Jack
son has taken steps for enforcement
of the act. He appointed Maurice
M. Milligan, United States Attor.
ney for the western district of Mis-
souri,, as a special assistant to di
rect investigations of alleged abuses
Milligan was the prosecutor il
election fraud and income tax case
which led to the imprisonment o
Thomas A. Pendergast, Kansas Cit,
political boss.
Roosevelt Signed Act
The original Hatch act, the scoop
of which was limited to Fedora
employees, was enacted Aug. 2, 1885
President Roosevelt signed the meas
driving and walking we can achiev
substantial decrease in our traf
fic death rate
Walking today also is Difficult
and hazardous task. We urge tina
you follow the rules Of commo,
, sense and protect yourself. Cooper
| ate and 1910 will be the safest yea
, Waterbury has ever experienced.