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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
BEES IN BONNET

"Bees in her bonnet is literalt true of Ann Sothern, who tucks he
 blonde curls into a silver mes' snood covered with tiny bees mad of feather wisps in soft pastel tcnes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
. OcATToN'S WASHINGTON
 COLUMN
Fry McNutt
 Move Made Unanimous
By BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrresu0ndent

Washington, Feb. 5 - The most interesting political question here right now is: How long is Paul V. McNutt going to go on taking .t?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

Waterville, Feb. 5.-To mark the beginning of Lent. special services will be held Ash Wednesday, Febru- ary 2, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and St. Michael's Church.
 At St. Paul's; a Holy Communion service will held at g a. m., and at St.. Michael's Church, there will be blessing and distribution of ashes af- ter the 8 o'clock Mass, and after the evening devotions, at 7:30 p. m.
 Communion Sunday was observed yesterday, at the Garce Methodist Church, during the 10:30 8. m. ser vice of worship. Rev. Dr. Charles S Robertson, of1ciated, and preached a sermon on the subject, "The Story of the Last Supper" Evening church service took place at 2 p. m. and Dr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

Mrs. Peter Besancon of WatertOwn is expected to to be discharged from the Waterbury hospital late this week MT. and Mrs. John Cuddy of 841 Baldwin street were blessed with their second bundle from heaven Saturday morning 1t was son who will be christened John Robert Their first child daugh
 ter Mrs. Cuddy is the former Dorothy Irving of Baldwin street Dewey Gauthier will sever connec
 tons with the Had.ey mems clothes department next week to take similar post in Springfield, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
SOUTH
 BRITAIN BRIEFS.
By BILL GARRIGUs


 Back in 193O, when a Rockville gent named Kofelowslky was pick ed to take the farm census in Connecticut, Jim Cassidy stum- bled onto one of his best stories. It seems that MT. KofeloWsky was 8, former, student at the Storrs Farm School, and knew all about agriculture, in fact, it has been ruinored that he is an expert. But when he got to the Cassidy farm, he ran into problem that he couldn't solve. Jim kept goats. but the census blank had no pro- vision for a goat tally, or else Sammy didn't recognize the tin- can rustlers. Anyway, Census Headquarters got letter from the cow-counter as follows: Have found an animal with a forlorn expression, a long beard, a skinny barrel, and a bare trump. I can- not identify it.". According to Jim Cassidy, the reply was very def- mite and to the point. It is sup posed to have read: "The critter you wrote about is a farmer, and has no value."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

Ray Bowling, superintendent of the carton plant at the U S. Rubber company in Naugatuck is recovering at St. Mary's hospital from major operation MT. and and left the birth of last Monday morning at St. 1Garys hospital Mrs Cantn the former Sally rPietro Frankie Fugliese of Oakvle has been signed to do 4he vocals for Tommy Reynolds and his orchestra He
 will make his debut with the band at Hamilton Park be- fore March marches in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

The Liberty Bell weighs 2OsO pounds,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
Lenten Gift Boxes
 Distributed Sunday i thr Go-to-Church Crusade Discussed By Methodists; < v. Tither's Supper to Be Held Tonight

WATERVILLE Mrs E Henon Iorrespondent-ss St-TeI ss46z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

COrsets are coming out of the cObwebs When the buxom girls of pre-Word War days saw Irene Castle dance they threw their cOrsets away and began to starve. When the jockey-figured girls of the 19SOs saw Mae West with her Opulent Oriental curves set their folk Ogling and chucklng they threw away their pineapple diets and went in search of some creamed chicken and corset; at least great many of them did. Now the corset actually dares to show its armchair contours in fashion adS Mae West stars with w. c Fields in new comedy, My Little Chicka- dee" For when she made the feminine amphOral curves popular again. Mae West merely adding an other to the various vcgues she set going in real life by
 means of her stage and art Perhaps more than any other influence it the salty realistic plays she wrote about life it actually is lived such @DiamOnd Li" that broke the shackIes of fOrmality from common speech in the 1920s American speech mas been bit more down to earth eser since
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05


 The Democrats ragged. Jack Gar ner said: "The Democrats will con- trol the next Congress and we will give the country a demonstration of real economy" Roosevelt denounced Hoover. Hoover spent a small amount to make work, about $l5,- 000O0 building few halls, mess rooms, theater or two, quarters in army posts.
 Roosevelt pilloried Hoover. Hoover talked about economy" he said, but he showed how sincere he was when he spent $15,00C, 900 for construction of theaters, gymnasiums, service clubs, recreation halls for army posts" The real remedy, he said, was in tariff revision and farm aid, by which, he meant an international oOToeunapf tn rnfl1Ico cr0Y1S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

vetoing was done in such a way as to give McNutt about as notable a slap as an official of cabinet rank ever got from a president.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
F. B. |. Probes Senator Nye;
He Plans Probe to Learn Why
WithhoIds Comment
Until He Examines
Agency's Data
BY ]. A. FOX.

Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, leading member of the
Senate isolationist bloc, has been
the subject of lengthy investiga-
ton by the Federal Bureau of In
veStigation, because OF reputed
pro-Nazi tie-up, it became known
this morning when the North Da-
kota Senator said he would call at
the Justice Department sometime
today to examine the dossier the
bureau has complied.
The fact the investigation had
been conducted was disclosed to the
Senator yesterday in a conversation
with j. Edgar Hoover, head of the
F. B. I. While the North Dakotan
is in the dark as to who ordered it,
he is understood to feel that it must
have had its origin in a quarter
prominent enough to persuade bu-
reau officials that the course they
followed was called for.
Disturbed over the development,
Senator Nye declined to 60 into
any discussion of the matter until he
had had an opportunity to examine
the bureau file. He then proposes
to "have something to say" The
fact he had an engagement today
with Wendell Willkie prevented
Senator Nye from making an early
call at the department, but he plan
ned to 60 there later.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
j. ). Marines Jeered
Japanese AskApoIogy
For Police Ineident
Violent Trade Is
Directed Against
Force in Shanghai
By the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, July "a violent IT,
rade against United States Marines
was spread today across the front
page of the newspaper Tairiku
Shimpo, generally regarded as a
mouthplece of the Japanese Army
in China, as the aftermath of an
international Settlement incident.
japanese authorities demanded an
apology for ''mistreatment" of Jap
anese plainclothes gendarmes ar
rested by marines in the Settlement
July Z.
The Tairiku Shimpo declared the
marines were gentlemen with hu-
man faces, but with the skins of
animals"
Indignant patriots, it added, had
posted handbills with such slogans
as Down With America" and RE
move the American Hindrance to
Development of East Asia"
Demands Speedy Settlement.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Saburo
Miura, commander of Japanese gen.
darmes here, demanding an apology
for the July 7 affair, warned that
"a speedy settlement of the incident
is necessary or the matter is likely
to take a grave turn"
Anti-BritiSh> feeling also increased.
Posters appeared demanding with
drawal of British troops from
Shanghai.
Gen. Miura previously had apol-
ogized for presence of the gen.
darmes in the American defense
area of the International Settle
ment in violation of an agreement
not to enter without American mil
itary authorities consent.
Inciden. Previously Closed.
Col. De Witt Peck, marine COM
mander, replied yesterday, ITS a
lie in denying the japanese had
been maltreated. In a letter to Col
Peck, Gen. Miura said that despite
his previous agreement to con-
slider the incident closed, discovery
OF new facts revealing that the
Americans insulted the entire jap
anese Army" made necessary fur
ther consideration of the case.
A Japanese spokesman said the
gendarmes entered the area to safe
guard 1t. Gen. Toshizo Nishio, COM
mander in chief of Japanese forces
in China.
Col. Peck, who indicated in
formally that no apology would be
forthcoming, said today he had
asked the japanese to explain addi-
tional violations of the agreement.
He declared japanese attempted
to drive two tanks into the zone
(See SHANGHAI, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Packard Delays Approval
OF Plane Motor Contract
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July 9.-The Board of
Directors of the Packard Motor Car
Co. yesterday deferred approval of a
proposed contract to manufacture
5000 Rolls Royce airplane motors
for the United States and England.
President Max M. Gilman told
newsmen following the meeting that
"the matter of possible contract"
ben been discussed, but that no
action had been taken because
there are many matters that re-
quire further study"
Mr.. Gilman indicated he would
return to Washington soon for fur
ther conferences with the National
Defense Commission. OF the 1000
motors, 5000 are for England and
5000 for the United States.
Mr.. Gilman last week announced
plans for . $4,000, 600 expansion
program, contingent upon accept
ance Of the contract.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Spikes Taken From Tracks
For D. Chew York Trains
BY the Associated Press,


WILMINGTON, Del, July g.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials dis
closed today that spikes had been
removed from tracks for north
bound trains on the main Washing
ton-New York line near Stanton,
Del, in what they described as a
case of malicious tampering."
A conference of investigators was
called for today in Baltimore. These
include agents of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, Delaware
State detectives and railroad police.
A trackwalker discovered early
yesterday that spikes were missing
from a section of track near the
Delaware Park race track at STAN
ton and that rail splice had been
disconnected, company officials said.
Investigators suspect that the
tampering was the work of some one
expert in the mechanics OF the rail-
road signal system. A wire connect
ing sections of the track was un-
disturbed. If it had been severed
or damaged, the automatic signal
system would have stopped all Penn
sylVanla trains In this area.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
French Give Up
Entire Fleet al
Alexandra
BottIeship RicheIieu
Blasted by British
In Dukur Hurbor
BY the Associated Press,


LONDON, July 9.-The battleship
Richelieu, 35,000-ton pride of the
French Navy, has been crippled by
British naval and air action, a
cheering House of Commons was
informed today as another section
of Frances feet was taken by the
British.
While A. V. Alexander, First Lord
of the Admiralty, told the House of
the British raids on the Richelieu
at Dakar, French West Africa, yes
terday, announcement was made in
Alexandria, Egypt, that the French
would turn their entire f1otilla there
over to Great Britain.
Capitulation of the French war
ships at Alexandria left the British
fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean,
which had been bottling up its for
mer allies, free for action against
Italy. The crews of the French
ships are to be transported to
France.
The French feet at Alexandria
was described by Prime Minister
Churchill July 4 as one or more bat
tleships, four cruisers C'three of
them modern. eight-gun vessels'D
and a number Of smaller ships.
Hit BY Aerial Torpedo.
The Richlieu was struck first by
depth bombs from a motorboat un-
der her stern to wreck her propeller
and steering gear, but the coup de
grace on the new, mighty dread
naught was delivered by aerial tor
pedoes dropped by British planes,
Mr. Alexander disclosed.
He said she is down by the stern,
listing heavily to port and lying in
heavy pool of oil.
The blow disposed of the seventh
French battleship, the Admiralty
First Lord said, leaving only the
Jean Bart, a sistership of the Richie
Evening star., 1940-07-09

lieu still so far from completion that
she cannot be ready for action for
months.
France had eight capital ships
when the armistice was signed, he
declared, accounting for them thus:
Three in British control, one sunk,
one badly damaged and immobilized,
one driven ashore at Oran and in
capacitated for months if not per-
manently, one which escaped to the
French naval base at Toulon after
being hit by a torpedo and the Jean
Bart.
Tribute to Sea Power"
"This is the greatest achievement
of its kind in the history of naval
operations-a remarkable tribute to
the value of our sea power, power
which we do not intend to lose,' y
Mr.. Alexander told the House.
Running the risk of blowing them
selves out of the sea, British sea-
men took small motorboat through
the outer defenses of Dakar Harbor
and dropped depth charges after the
French had failed to reply to Brit
ish conditions, Mr.. Alexander said
All the attackers escaped, he added
The airplanes attacked a few
minutes later.
The motorboat, Mr.. Alexander told
Commons, was ships boat under
1t. Comdr. r. H. Bristowe which
carried out it's mission with great
daring"
Four Choices Offered.
These choices were offered the
French commander, Mr.. Alexander
said:
/. That the Richelieu sail with g
reduced crew under escort to Brit.
ish port.
2. That she sail with reduced
crew to a French port in the West
Indies, where she could be demili.
tarized.
3. That she be demilitarized ir
Dakar within IL hours.
4. That she would be sunk within
q time limit.
No satisfactory reply was received
within the time limit, he declared.
Mr.. Alexander disclosed that tht
British Navy had engaged in two
further operations since its ATTACK
July 3 on French units at Oran tt
(See FLEET. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Senate Unit May Probe Source
Of Pro-WiI|kie TeIeqrums

nominated Mr.. Willkie were deluged
by kilograms urging support of the
utilities leader.
Senator Gillette said he could not
disclose sources of the complaints,
but that there were several, both
oral and written.
"The committee has been and
will continue to be very careful to
prevent the use of its machinery
for either smearing candidates or
white-washing candidates." the
chairman said. 1--WE are glad to
make investigations within the pur-
view Of our authority on matters
which are Of public interest to the
voter or might indicate the need
Of remedial legislation"
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Marshal Petain Voted
Free Hand 10 Draft,
New Constitution
Dictatorship Expected
To Be Established on
TotuIituriun Lines
BY the Associated Press.

oS tHS ASSOCldteQ tTeSS.
VICHY, France, July 9.-The
French Parliament gave the govern
ment of PREMIER Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain free hand today to
write new, totalitarian constitu-
ton.
The swift parliamentary action
virtually sealed the doom of the
Third French Republic.
After the Chamber of Deputies
had voted 395 to for a bill grant,
ing the Petain government full pow
ers to write new constitution. the
Senate concurred with 225 votes to
only / against.
All that is needed now is final
formal approval of the National As
sembly, composed of the two houses
sitting together. The vote in both
branches today makes the outcome
of the Assembly meeting tomorrow
in the Vichy Casino a certainty.
To Have Own Laws.
Petain's government is expected
to emerge with greater power than
any free government of Republican
France ever held-authority to
frame its own laws and constitu-
ton and then create its own as
sembly to ratify them.
The measure, however, declared
that the new constitution of Ger
man-mastered France must guar
antee the rights of labor, family
and country"
The three Deputies who voted
against the bill were the Radical
Socialist Margarine and the Social
lists Jean Biondi and Leon Roche.
The vote showed that less tilan
two-thirds of the Chambers normal
membership of 618 was taking part
However, these ministers or former
ministers were present: Camille
Chautemps, Charles Pomaret, Andre
Fevrier, Albert Chichery.
M. Laval, Vice Premier, moved
that there be no debate on the bill
and the motion was accepted. He
promised to answer questions at an
other Chamber session tomorrow.
Both steps by the chamber
authorization to convoke the AS
sembly and the resolution to en-
trust Petain's cabinet with draft
ing the constitution-were COM
pleted within an hour.
Only One Article.
The bill contains only one ar
ticle-giving Petain's government
power to draw up the new charter
by degree.
Before the vote, Herriot recalled
Frances sufferings in the war ano
expressed hope for a better future
Pierre Laval, former Premier ano
Foreign Minister, announced thai
the existing Parliament would con.
tinue functioning until the new con.
stitution had set up a successor.
A dispatch to the Grenoble news
paper LIE Petit Dauphinois said thai
Deputies going to Vichy from Glib.
Grated zones eS"-apparently a refer.
ence under censorship to the zone.
still occupied by the Germans-were
surrounded by eager crowds asking
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Pavelic, Croat Nationalist,
Reported Suicide in Italy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SUSAK, Yugoslavia, July 9.-Dr.
Ante Pavelic, Croat Nationalist
leader accused of responsibility for
the assassination of King Alexan-
der of Yugoslavia in 1884, has com
mitted suicide" in Italy, according
to unconfirmed reports received
from Italy by Yugoslav authorities.
The reports said that DR.. Pavelic
ended his life when he was interned
by Fascist authorities under a re-
cent agreement between Italy and
Yugoslavia to intern each others
political exiles.
DR.. Pavelic, three times sentenced
to death in the course of a stormy
career, was a Croat Nationalist
leader whose -minding for
the notorious Ustachi terrorist band
nearly wrecked the Yugoslav state
Evening star., 1940-07-09
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Federal Security Administrator
Paul v. McNutt, who withdrew his
own candidacy for the Democratic
presidential nomination because he
believed President Roosevelt should
and would run again, told reporters
after a White House conference to-
day that he still believes he is guess
ing right on the Chief Executives
Intentions.
Asked directly if Mr.. Roosevelt
had told him today what these in
tentions are, Mr.. McNutt said he
had not. but added:
Il have thought for a long time
that I knew what was in the Presi-
dents mind"
Asked then if he had changed his
opinion, Mr.. McNutt smiled and
said, No"
Security Plank Discussed.
The former Indiana Governor said
he had discussed with the President
the social security plank to be in
cluded in the Democratic platform.
While he would not discuss the mat
ter in detail, Mr.. McNutt indicated
he was in accord with the Presi-
dents views on this matter.
In addition to the pre- convention
conference with Mr.. McNutt, Mr..
Roosevelt was to see today Mrs. Dor
othy McAlliSter, chairman of the
Women's Division, Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Both Mr.. Nc
Mutt and Mrs. McAllister are PLAN
ming to leave for Chicago. the con-
vention city, in day or two.
Bishop Hughes Is Called.
Among the Presidents other ap-
pointments today he met Bishop Ed
win Hughes, retiring head of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, who
came to the White House to present
his successor, DR.. A. w. Leonard.
Another scheduled appointment was
with Count de aint-Quentin,
French Ambassador.
With so many of his appointments
of recent days dealing with politics
and the forthcoming Chicago con-
vention, Mr.. Roosevelt yesterday
received a plea from Massachusetts,
Democratic delegates to make the
third-term race. Although the Mas
sachusetts delegation is committed
to the candidacy of Postmaster
General Farley, it was explained
by those visiting the White House
yesterday that they believed Mr..
Roosevelt should make the race.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Chinese Engineer Kidnapped

SHANGHAI, July (P.-S. T.
Chen, Chinese engineer who attend
ed Technical College at Worcester,
Mass, was kidnapped in the Inter-
national Settlement today by Chi
nese gunner who are believed to
have taken him to the "Badlands"
just beyond the settlements borders.
Chen is vice president of the Amer
ican Engineering Corp. (China), in
corporated in Delaware.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
BY the Associated Press.

Chairman Gillette announced to-
day that several requests" had
been received by the Senate Cam
paign Expenditures Committee for
an investigation of "the alleged
high-pressure telegram campaign
in behalf OF Wendell L. Willkie."
The chairman of the committee
directed to police this years presi-
Dental and senatorial elections said
he would clay the complaints be-
fore the committee in a few days
for such decision as they direct"
The complaints, Senator Gillette
said, were that delegates to the Re-
publican National Convention which
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Threat Of Sabotage
Leads Pepco 10 Place
Barbed-Wire Barriers
Plants Also Protected
With FIoodIights;
Property Guarded

FolloWlng the threat OF an en-
ploye who said he could wreck the
plant" if he wanted to and infor-
nation that a number of persons
recently have entered power plants
on fraudulent errands, the Potomac
Electric Power Co. has enforced
a strict system of pass control to it's
generating stations, is protecting the
stations with barbed-wire and flood
lights. and is planning to double it's
force of armed guards as part of a
thorough program to prevent sabo-
tage. it was revealed today.
I'VE are, of course, concerned over
present events" Alfred G. Neal
president of the company. declared
"and we are going to do everything
in our power to insure against any
sort of attack, from without or with
in"
In line with his statement anc
measures already taken, it was
learned that the directors of the
company will be asked at the next
board meeting for a blanket per.
mission for use of any amount OF
funds which might be necessary to
protect the plants.
Phone Company Acts.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.. it also is known. is 60
ing ahead with precautionary
measures on its own score. Man.
hole covers are being locked at key
trunk lines, and employees must
identify themselves before entering
them, among other new restrictions
The two most vital points in
Washington are the generating
plants at Benning and at Buzzaro
Point. If either of these large
powerhouses were put out of COM
mission the electric supply to essen
tial governmental buildings would
be seriously threatened, despite the
cross-country booster supply line
which comes into Washington from
Safe Harbor, Pa.
The vital point in both plants is
the Anacostia River, on which the
plants are situated. The principal
defense of the stations must be
aimed at the possibility of attack
from the river either by boat OF
floating dynamite. In connection
with the latter, special anti-tor-
pedo screens to guard the plants
intake valves are contemplated.
Both the Buzzard Point and Ben
ming plants now are completely cir
cled with fences, on top of which is
barbed wire. From dusk until dawn
powerful. f1oodlights illuminate the
yard inclosure and coal bunkers, as
well as part of the river frontage.
Guard Force Doubled.
The company is increasing its
guard force from Is to so men to
watch over the two plants and the
warehouse at Tenth street and
Florida avenue NV. The guards
it is pointed out, are men who have
served in one of the countrys armed
forces.
To supplement this regular force
the entire personnel of the organiza-
ton has been requested to be ION
the alert" presumably against pos
sible fifth columnists" or callers
who somehow have managed to get
into the buildings without permis-
sion.
The employe who threatened he
could put one of the generator sta
tions out of commission disappeared
before he could be apprehended for
questioning, after company officials
had learned of his remarks.
Information concerning those per-
(See SABOTAGE. page A-161