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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30
MAN IN STREET
 GIVES HIS VIEWS
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Betty Haiden, waitress: If Hitler ever takes England, the United States will go, like MT. Roosevelt says. And I think there are many people here who are helping Hitler, and know it.
 Harry Jones, taxi driver: I think we put it off Gall possible aid to Eng land) too damned long as it is. We should give them everything we can. We cab drivers hear lot of people talk, and most of them think the same thing.
 Fred H Rowan, restaurant man. ager: The United States should give England all the aid it can in the way of boats, ammunitin, guns and airplanes. And if 1t becomes neces- sary to save democracy, we should get in.
 Andrew Landi, bellhop: I think | he's right in one Way-about protect ing the western hemisphere. He's do- ing the right thing about England. As for Italy, I think England can take Italy any time, and was born and raised Italian.
 LOS ANGELES Broadway
 Marvin Rucker, janitor: The speech hit the point. We've got to give Bri- tain all the aid we can and it looks as if material won't be enough. We're going to have to send man. power, too.
 Mae Harrington, amateur play wright: I am not in agreement with President Roosevelt. have no preju- diceS against any people but I have against governments that keep peo- pie in slavery. I think we ought to do something to help our own people financially before we start giving away things to the British.
 Harold Klusman, taxi driver: I think we should sell or give anything we can to the English and let them fight the battle I think eventually we will get into war but helping Bri- tain now will let Us hold of until we are better prepared.
 Mrs. Harry Comm, bakery employe, Any peace overtures should not be made now. We have started on the right policy and should continue.
 Arthur Avila, graduate student at UCLA: We must go ahead on our policy of helping Britain unless we are prepared to change our econ- omic system to totalitarian one.
 BOSTON
 Washington street Newspaper Row
 H. 0. Whitcomb, compositor: It was very encouraging to the people. I don't think it was bit too strong.
 Marjorie McLain, typist: I cer- tainly agree with him. That's the way to talk to the dictators. J. Cronin, retired: President Roosevelt was 100 per cent right in his message. That will show those birds across the water that we're not bluffing.
 Joe Joseph, pressman: It was wonderful speech to my way of thinking. It is going right along with everything he has said in the past.
 Joseph Zepf, artist: It was darn good speech. My only criticism is that it was not strong enough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30

ments.
 The parish hall of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be the scene of party given by the Holy Name society. Anthony DeLeo is chairman.
 Franco American Club.
 The usual capacity crowd will att tend the gala party arranged by the Franco American Social club at it's hall on South Main street Arthur Noel is chairman of the com mittee.
 Among the other New Years Eve parties are those of the Esquires club of the Pearl Street Neighbor- hood house at the New Garden hall; the Meteor Social club at the Pearl Street Neighborhood house; the Swedish Harmony chorus at its rooms on South Main street; and many others.
 Taverns must close at a. m. New Years Eve, but, as pointed out places with other types of liquor licenses may serve drinks until 3 a. m.
 Extra BuSses to Run.
 Extra busSes will be run after midnight tomorrow night for the convenience of holiday celebrators Theaters will offer special shows at midnight and earlier.
 Wednesday will be a holiday for most of the city. Public buildings will be closed. along with most fac tories and offices. The Scovill Mfg Go. and other plants will operate as usual.
 Church services Wednesday will be attended by thousands. For Catho- lies it will be holy day of obliga- ton, and Sunday schedules of masses will be followed in most churches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30
MORE LOCAL BOYS
 IN NEXT QUOTA

(Continued from Page D ren, and Washington, has been giv- en a quota of IA.
 The quota of 35 assigned Water bury had been announced previous ly as a tentative, but it became of- ficial today. Tomorrow the local boards will receive their official quotas frmo Hartford, with instruc- tioSls to notify the men who are called for service.
 Half Volunteers
 About half of the local quota will be filled by volunteers, If all are successful in passing final physical examinations. Additional volunteers are expected within the next day or two.
 Waterbury has now IA men re- ceiving training under the Selec- tive Service Act. All were volunteers and made up this city's November quota. They went first to the re- ception center at Fort Devens, from which they were given permanent transfers after the first month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30


 ----------------- German and Italian ships refuged in American ports, would be in open vialtion of American neutral ity. They would mean open inter- vention in war, for which no alibi could be created" Gayda wrote.
 Regarding the alleged axis men, ace against the United States and the Western Hemisphere following an axis victory, Roosevelt knows this is grotesque fairy tale spread by Britain.
 "The axis war has well-defined boundaries in Europe and in Africa. The war is being fought to free Europe of British domination. Just as the United States fought two wars of independence to free their territory and seas of British Dominion"
 Grave Political Error
 Gayda said the United States was committing a grave political error in judging Europe.
 Roosevelt wants to believe in a British victory, passing his belief on documents furnished by Britain al- though he is aware that his aid arrived too late. England can no longer win the war. American aid would only be certain loss and would not be given without danger"
 The ultra Fascist newspaper Te- were summarized MT. RooSevelt's s speech on the front page under small headline reading: "Bellicose phantasieS of Roosevelt for aiding England" Other newspapers con- fined reports of the speech to in- side pages and did not comment on it.
 Naples Is Bombed
 Rome, Dec. 30-(UP) - British planes, attacking in waves, bombed Naples during the night and show cred leaflets on 1t, high command communique said today. Seven persons were killed, it was asserted.
 (The United Press London bur- eau learned that British planes also bombed Germany and German-oc- cupied territory)
 (It was assumed that the leaf lets dropped on Naples contained the text of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech. charging that Mussolini alone was responsible for Italy's entry into the war and warn- ing that Britain would come to grips with Italy and defeat it.
 GA version of the speech made public in Italy omitted the parts of it the British regarded as most im- portant.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30

Continued from Page D homes will cost $4,0o0 each. The other two will cost $3,000 each.
 Numerous permits have been is- sued by MT. Hartley during the month to prominent local realtors and contractors, among them Dom- enic Castelano, Lester Young, Mor- ris Kosersky and Son, and Floyd and Wesley Rasmussen. MT. Caste lano is building nine new dwellings and MT. Young 13.
 Other recent permits include:
 s. Shnaerof, to make alterations to provide eight apartments at is Hillside avenue, $5,000.
 Park City Finance Company. to erect storage building sSs e>.s ct 1912 South Main street, $7OO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30
RETAIL TRADE IN
 CITY MADE RECORD
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NOOutllucu 1IOAil FdBC ~ greatest that local merchants have enjoyed in the past 10 years.
 Stores here reported heavy bus mess once the Thanksgiving holi- day was over. Business held up during the early stages of Decem- Der, then spurted sensatlonally dnr- ing the two weeks before Christmas, especially during the week that the stores were open nightly. l
 Greatly increased employment over last year Is credited with much of the gain in retail business. Pay- rolls here now contain more names than ever before in the city's his- tory.
 Ihe cfflciAi figures here have been compiled by Mir. Green for hte O. 6. Department Of Commerce, which tho locai Chamber serves as e district agency,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30

will discharge their full responsibil- ities to the urgent needs of defense.
 "The nation expects our defense industries to continue operation without interruption by strikes or lockouts. It expects and insists that management and workers will rec concile their differences by voluntary or legal means. to continue to proc duce the supplies that are so sorely needed.
 And on the economic side of our great defense program, we are, as you know. bending every effort to maintain stability of prices and with that the stability of the cost of llv- Ing"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30

The Panama Canal will use i00,- GOO feet Of native mahogany in the new employer quarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30
UNDECLARED WAR
 ON AXIS POWERS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30
WATERBURY TO
 GREET NEW YEAR

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-30
BUILDING BOOM
 HERE CONTINUES

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To survive such e terrible era we should have to convert ourselves permanently into militaristlc pow- CT on c war economy basis, he said. nc bruebcd aside the belief of those
 who consider tho Atlantic and Pa.
 cliic adequate protection. At one point between Africa and Brasil the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L.. SIMPSON

The mounting fury of German
air and sea attack On Britain's
ports and North Atlantic sea lanes
may be designed as much to ham,
per development Of a major Brit
ish offensive against Italy as to
starve Britain out.
Serious as the admitted British
cargo losses may be Of the dam
age to shipping and rail facilities
at Bristol, Liverpool, Southampton,
Plymouth or other vitality impor-
tant English ports, there is small
reason to believe that these losses
could bring Britain to her knees
soon.
Stroke Indicated
The accentuated German drive
at ports and shipping could i'm
pede, however, whatever offensive
operations Britain is planning in
the East. And there is fresh and
specific evidence from British
leadership that such a stroke is in
preparation to cap Greek-British
triumphs in Albania and the Medi-
terranean.
In announcing relaxation of su-
gar and tea rations for tea drink
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
FUND IS ALLOTTED
TO DEVELOP BASES
Total Of $75,ooo,ooo Elk.
pected To Be Used To I'M
prove Atlantic Sites

WASHINGTON, Dec. S. A
total of SIS, 200, 900 has been allotted,
it was disclosed today, to start de-
veloping sites being acquired from
Great Britain for naval and air bases
guarding the Atlantic approaches to
America.
Announcing that army engineers
had started preliminary work on de.
Tense installations in Newfoundland
and Bermuda and that additional
field parties would sail at early
dates" for the six other sites, the war
department disclosed that President
Roosevelt had allotted $25, 200, 900 of
emergency funds for initial army ex-
penditures.
This money will be spent on sur
veys and construction of facilities for
army garrisons which will be station
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04

An agreement under which the
city and state will construct a
truck lane around Wilmington was
reached yesterday afternoon in a
conference between Mayor Thomas
E. Cooper, w. Louis Fisher, com
missioner of finance, and A. r.
Powell, district highway commits
sioner, in Whiteville.
Mayor Cooper said last night
that Commissioner Powell gave
the city to understand that the
highway department will do its
part in the work.
Under the agreement the truck
lane will be constructed on approx
mately a 5000 basis" Mayor
Cooper said, with the city to build
the route from the southern end OF
town across town to the vicinity OF
Grace or Walnut streets and the
state construct the route the re-
mainder of the wav
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
EAPPORTl0NMENT
BATTLE EXPECTED
North Carolina Scheduled
To Gain Seat In House
OF Representatives

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-REA
congressional dispute over nc
of two formulas shall be used TO
a%pportion seats in the house was
indicated today following the pup
LEGATION of the new 1910 census
figures.
These figures revealed that I'M
der present law ten states, largely
in the East and the Mississippi
valley, stand to lose a member
each, with that number of seats
added to the delegations of eight
states, mostly in the West and
South. .
California would gain three, and
one each would be added to Arl-
IONA, Florida, Michigan, New Mex
leo, North Carolina, Oregon and
Tennessee. The states which would
lose a seat each are Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Nebraska, oh O.,
Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
The present reapportionment law
works automatically. Unless con-
gress enacts legislation to the con-
trary the revision will take effect
technically in March, but actually
not until the new congress is cleo
ted in 1912. The law keeps the
total house membership at 435.
Under the formula the total popu-
lation of the country Qess the
District of Columbia) would be
divided and the resulting figure
is the controlling factor in the
reapportionment.
This year it is 301, 1853. Each
state would have one house seat
for each 3O1, 1853 of it's population,
and a seat additional if the frac-
tional remainder yer more than
half of 301, 1853. The formula is
called the "major fractions" meth
cd.
Rep. Rankin D-Miss.) has long
urged a somewhat different pro-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Italian Force
Fleeing From
Greek Gains Continue
Along Entire Front Despite
The Bad Weather
OVERCOME RESISTANCE
Bombers Conduct Success
full Attacks Or Italian
Stores Behind Lines

ATHENS, Dec. 4.-(Wednesday)c
LR-Greek troops have advanced to
within a mile and a quarter of Porto
Edda, the Italians southernmost
sea base in Albania, a government
spokesman declared early today.
In that area, he said, the Fascists
were %retreating rapidly.
He reported, too, that Greek gains
were continuing, along the entire
front despite bad weather and stubs
born italian resistance at some
points.
One important advance claimed
was the occupation of the heights
northeast of Libohovo, some six
miles southeast of Argirocastro, the
Italian supply base.
Seize PlatOvOuni
In the center of the front, the
spokesman said, the Greeks seized
the plateau of Platovouni, where
our men crushed strong enemy re-
sistance."
The capture of some 100 prisoners
in that sector - specifically in the
region of the town of Premet-was
claimed, and the spokesman said
that as the Italians retreated one OF
their "choice" companies was de.
cimated and a captain, another Of
ficer and "what was left of the COM.
pany" were made prisoner.
The Greek right wing was declared
to have pushed through snow and
bad weather generally to extend it's
line northwest of Moskopolis, and TO
have dislodged the Italians from the
heights in that area.
The Greek high command itself
announced the capture Of new
heights around Pogradetz on the
northern front and the seizure of an
unstated number of italian prisoners
and certain heavy arms.
Attack StorehOuses
It's communique added the Greek
bombers had successfully attacked
storehouses behind the Fascist lines,
setting big fires. Two Italian planes
were declared shot down to II
Greek loss.
Earlier, a general advance into
Albania had been claimed for Greek
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
German Subs
Sink l7Britisb
Merchantmen
Also Claim Auxiliary
Cruiser Sent To Bottom
During Raid Or Convoy
MORE SHIPS ORDERED
England Turns To Ameri-
can Shipyards With Or
ders For so Freighters

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-R-German
submarines swooping against Brit
ish shipping yesterday sank II
merchantment-15 of them in a
single convoy-totalling more than
131, 900 tons and a 17,000-ton auxili-
airy cruiser which went down with
her guns spouting, the Nazi high
command announced today.
Besides these which it declared
sunk for sure, two others aggre-
eating 10000 tons probably were
sent to the bottom, today's COM
munique said, adding: Thus on
Dec. 2 submarines alone sank Brit
ish shipping totalling over 100, 900
TONS"
Dodge Shell Fire
In the attack on the convoy,
the U-boats were reported to have
lodged shell fire from a strong
cruiser and destroyer protecting
force to destroy 10000 tons of
ships. The other two possible VIC
tins were in this convoy.
Despite energetic fire" from
the sunken cruiser and the other
ships shepherding the convoy, the
communique said the submarines
got the range and rammed home
their torpedoes.
Apart from this attack, the high
command asserted another S,1h.
marine contributed to the days
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
BAILEY THEATRE
TO OPEN DEC. q
Work OF Completing
House, Which Will Seat
1850 People, Underway

On Monday, December %, Will
mington Theatres, Inc, will pre-
sent the people of Wilmington with
a Christmas gift-the new Bailey
theatre.
A. S. Grist, city manager of Will
mington Theatres, Inc, and man
ager of the Bailey theatre, and Emil
Bernstecker, district manager, an,
nounced the opening date yesterday
afternoon.
The theatre will open December
% at 1 p. m. and at 9 o'clock that
night formal ~dedicatory exercises
will be held, at which Mayor Thomas
E. Cooper will accept the theatre for
the people of the city. Further plans
for the opening will be announced
later.
Decorators are busy inside the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
viii Inspect
Tracts With
Local Group
Ro,endahl And Board
Scheduled To Start Tour
Of Section Early Today
INFORMATION READY
Wilmington Body Visits
Seven Sites In New Han
over, Brunswick

AZ s. Naval board, headed by
u4o;r Charles E. Rosendahl, ar
..,d in Wilmington last night to
,,oi, an inspection today of sites
=. +bis section for the proposed To-
cs+ion of a Navy lighter-than-air
craft base.
The board, accompanied by a COM
r,it-pa headed by Frederick Willetts,
will leave the city this morning at
-,0 o'clock to look over several
tracts which would be available for
a dirigible base.
Wade Represents City
lanes E. L. Wade, city commits
sinner of public works, will accom-
psny the group, representing the
city.
Can't, Rosendahl and the other
members of the board arrived about
o'clock last night. They retired for
the night at the Cape Fear hotel.
Yesterday the local committee in
spected seven sites, travelling about
100 miles to view them. Of this num-
Der Willetts said that "at least three
filled the requirements to the letter."
He did not name the three sites
which he said we're suitable.
Sites looked over included the
MaeRae tract, seven lilies from Will
%mington; the Hanson tract which
adjOins the MacRae tract; the
Schulken tract and a tract of land
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Several Local Men Aided
In Obtaining Army Camp

Col. Gillette, the senior Regular
Army officer and only engineer,
took a leading part in the prelimi-
nary work, but other Wilmington
ians played major roles by supply
ing highly specialized services or
talents.
Col. r. S. McClelland, command
ing officer of the 252nd Coast Artll-
lery, a North Carolina National
Guard regiment, with headquarters
here, is a lawyer in civil life and it
was he who served with Lieut.. Col.
James deb. Walbach, then National
Guard instructor here, and Lieut..
Col. William Van Dyke Ochs, COM
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Camp Turns Sleepy
Into Boom Town

ona aaNEsVILLE, Ca, Dec. s.-lR-
smts lsepy Hinesville, a typical Old
The r. farm village undisturbed since
IL I'Sl war, awakened overnight
bDrt SsoVer a huge army camp being
stslv nearby and to confront immedi-
incrs NE boom-created necessity for
sten'a 'nan three months ago. Camp
about ~ was only a newspaper story
on anti-aircraft training base.
Crowley y almost 1000 persons are
" a., asu into buildings where exact
SIsou were housed before.
into Dlns quarters suddenly can e
neven "seht demand. Residents VIII,
srs' ufeamed of taking in board
offjcAr npvhed their homes to army
and civilian employees who
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04

would otherwise have had to sleep
in cars or bunk in makeshift tents.
Merchants found themselves over
whelmed with orders. Trailers, tents,
old automobiles and tin signs were
placed along the mile of highway to
the army reservation, where 5,ooo
workmen struggled against time to
erect quarters for $4,000 antl-alrcraft
soldiers.
There hadn't been a train whistle
heard in H~inesville before a govern
ment switch engine raced onto brand
new tracks to haul freight cars from
a mainline road some miles away.
All around the courthouse, set IN
q. square in the middle of town, busl-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04

A group Of Wilmington military
and civic leaders, led by Col. George
W. Gillette, played an u~nobtrusive
but effective part in advancing the
preliminary surveys that preceded
announcement of the Army's plans
to establish a 50, 900, 900 anti-aircraft
firing camp for approximately 10000
troops in the Wilmington vicinity.
The activities of this group began
early last summer and steadlly
widened in scope and intensity as it
gradually became apparent that
data gathered was proving to the
War department that the Hollyrldge
sector in Onslow and Pender coun,
ties was the logical place for the big
new base.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
ON WEATHER
Seventeen Trucks Now Be-
ing Used To Haul Rock
From Quarry To Field

With weather conditions permit
ting, the three new runWays at
Bluethenthal airport should be
completed by February %, w. Joe
district WPA supervisor,
said yesterday.
Prevette said he anticipated the
completion of work on two of the
runways by the middle of January
and starting of asphalt paving on
the third runway about a month
later.
In the event of favorable weather
conditions, he said, WPA forces
should have the work of preparing
an asphalt top and rock base for
two of the runways fully completed
about the middle of February.
Using II Trucks
Seventeen trucks are now being
used to haul rock from the coun-
try's quarry to Bluethenthal field
in an effort to finish the entire
project in time for inclusion in the
ever-expanding national defense
program, said Prevette, who made
his predictions following an inspec-
ton tour late yesterday afternoon.
Prevette was accompanied on his
inspection trip by Addison Hewlett,
chairman to the board of county
commissioners; Harry Gardner,
county commissioner; and a group
of local and state WPA officials.
Wholehearted cooperation OF
New Hanover county officials with
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
CREEKS MOVE WITHIN Ia MILES OF PORTO EDDA
Naval Board AIS To View Dirigible Base Sites
Jordan Believes l94l
Will Be Big Year For
Newspaper Advertising

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.-(R
C. l.. Jordan, executive vice
president of the N. w. Aver and
Sons, Inc, predicted today 1871
will be zone of the biggest news
paper advertising years since
1929"
The advertising agency execu-
tive said industrial recovery end
the national defense program
have sent thousands of workers
back to work, giving them pur-
chasing power they have lacked
since the 1929 crash. He added:
Newspaper advertisers who
want to reach these workers
with money to spend will not de-
pend on one newspaper, but will
use as many as possible"
"The result we anticipate" he
said, lis that newspaper adver-
tisers will intensity their cultiva-
ton of local markets through use
of more newspaper advertising
than they have used in many
years.
important to all the newspa.
per advertisers will be the fact
that most families in all mar
kets will be receiving full-time
incomes, which will make full
and intensive coverage of the
market advantageous.
newspapers in the past have
been very successful in jobs
which required intense cultiVa-
ton Of local markets and Should
prove an effective medium i'll ac-
complishing the task again.