davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-03-26
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the United

Bueau)
continued cold with lowest tempera
tonight cloudy with slowly rising tenn
Thursday gentle northwest winds
coming southeast and increasing tomorrow.
continued tonight cloudy with
followed by east and in west
portion tomorrow night: Thursday rain.
portion tonight
increasing rising followed by
afternoon.
VrginaCloudy tonight followed by light tomorrow
changing rain by tomorrow night: rising temperature
Evening star., 1940-03-26
SpWok Seized on Charge
OF Criminal Libel

PITTSBURGH. March 26 (R.-
Criminal libel charges filed by q
former investigator for the Dies
Committee brought about the arrest
here of John L. Spivak, author.
lecturer and writer for the Com
munist Daily Worker and Commu-
mist magazine New Masses.
After a bitter attack upon Father
Coughlin before a community forum
last night. Mr.. Spivak was taken
into custody on a complaint of Ed
ward Francis Sullivan, who claimed
Mr.. Spivak libeled him in his book
Secret Armies" accusing him of
being Nazi agent among other
things.
Handcuffed to husky policeman,
Mr.. Spivak was about to be trans
ferred from a police car to that of
a constable from suburban Cora
opolis when he started screaming:
Police! Police! Get the police.
they're taking me for a ride"
The cries continued so Mr.. Spi-
vak's hat was showed into his mouth
as gag.
Justice of the Peace George Kazer
fixed bond at 5000, declaring he
set that figure because the accused
man lived out of the State. Date
OF hearing was not set Immediately.
Evening star., 1940-03-26
Congress in Brief
Senate:

senate:
Continues reciprocal trade debate,
noon.
House:
Debates appropriation bill for
N. Y. A., G. c. G. and labor agencies,
noon.
Agriculture Committee hears Sec.
retary Wallace on farm credit pol
icies, 10 am.
Labor Committee resumes discus
sion Of Wagner Act amendments,
1890 am.
Evening star., 1940-03-26
Airport Wins Permit

RICHMOND, Va, March 26 R.-
An order entered by the State Cor
poration Commission today granted
an application of Isaac w. Garth
and Jack Rubin for q permit to
operate the Arlington Airport, 3
miles northeast of Alexandria in
Fairfax County.
Evening star., 1940-03-26

The western disturbance. is advancing
eastward over Colorado, Akron 100O.3
millibars t2e54 inches; Pressure is low
ana the adjacent coastal region with lowest
pressures At Kodiak, Alaska: 1927 MILL
Wash. Vas ssa.2 miliiears s2e;si ,nehss,I,
eastward over the ocean. Caribou. Me,
1oo4.7 millibars t2a;e7 inches, and 10y, lov
Of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula
with lowest pressure about 1910 millibars:
High pressure overlies the region east OF
The Mississippi Valley with center OF highest
miliibars iso51 incheSl. Precipitation, has
eln States and from the Northern Rocky Rocky
Mississippi Valley. Light rain has fallen fallen
ays sop.n p.rsist.d In" IN the T Northern Appaachian
Ieeion and portions Of the New EnEland
6tates. The weather has become much
warmer over the States east OF the ROCKY
Mountains. but temperatures still remain
considerably below normal. Temperatures
are somewhat lower over the western
Plateau reFion.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
Evening star., 1940-03-26
Roosevelt Renumed

HYDE PARK, N. Y, March rs LT.
President Roosevelt was reelected
senior warden Of st. James Epis-
copal Church by the parish yester-
day. Among vestrymen reelected
was James Roosevelt, the Presidents
oldest ron. 'sa
Evening star., 1940-03-26
Shenandoah Homes
Shaken by Quake
Felt in ) Towns
Inquiries Swomp Phone
Exchanges, but No
Damage Is Reported
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WOODSTOCK, Va, March 90
Earth shocks, which sounded like
the rumbling of heavy trucks, shook
houses along a narrow northeast-to-
southwest strip Of Shenandoah
County last night.
Woodstock, Edinburg and Toms
Brook felt heavy tremor at 1890
pm. and lighter one at midnight.
Farm folk felt their beds shake and
heard their windows rattle, but an
audience watching Gone With the
Wind in Woodstock theater
thought heavy truck was passing
in the street and was not alarmed.
Residents of the upper Shenan-
doah Valley section. unused to any
such earth movements. first be-
lieved the initial shock was caused
by an explosion. They swamped
telephone exchanges Of the three
towns with their inquiries, but re-
ported no damage. q
The tremors apparently we're con-
fined to path several miles wide
extending roughly from the south
west toward the northeast through
the center of the Shenandoah VAL
ley.
Mrs. Earl Hollar, telephone op-
orator at Edinburg, said she thought
a heavy van had struck the building
in which the exchange is located.
The walls shook. The second shock
at midnight seemed to her to be
much milder. like a truck passing
some distance away.
There were no reports early today
of disruption of telephone or power
service. Mrs. Hollar said lines pass
ing Government powder magazine
on Massanutten Mountain were In
order. Citizens at Luray felt no
shock.
Evening star., 1940-03-26

The Rev. Frederick w. Sohon, di-
rector of the Georgetown University
Seismological Observatory here, said
his instrument showed no sign of
the Shenandoah tremor. The earth
movement, however. may have been
too slight for the instrument to re-
cord, he added.
Evening star., 1940-03-26
Dies 10 Investigate
Reports Of Soviet
Espionage in U. 5.
Communist Who Used
RooseveIt's Name in
Porty Booklet Hunted
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Dies, Democrat, of
Texas said today the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
would inquire Immediately into re-
ports that Russia had hundreds of
agents in the United States to obtain
military and industrial secrets.
1--WE propose to summon witnesses
as fast as we can locate them to
find out about these reports of espi-
onage by the Soviet Union" Mr..
Dies said.
I'VE want to ask one important
Communist about the subject mat
ter of radiograms he sent to Moscow
recently"
Mr.. Dies made these statements
to reporters while Secret Service
men were searching for a Commu-
mist who used the name Franklin
D. Roosevelt" on his Communist
party membership booklet.
Sought Protection.
James H. Dolsen, who said he was
Pittsburgh Communist, testified
yesterday he had written the Presi-
dents name in the booklet at the
request of another Communist who
wanted to be protected" by a false
name"
Mr.. Dolsen said he tried to dis
suade the other man from select
ing that name because Franklin
D. Roosevelt never was a Communist
and never would be-"
After the witness declined to an
swer questions about party affairs
and some of his own activities, the
Dies Committee decided to start con-
tempt proceedings against him.
Chairman Dies said he was con-
sidering further action against Mr..
Dolsen on a charge Of being an ac-
cessory to the misuse of the Presi-
dents name. Stephen Early. White
House secretary who called the
Secret Service into the case, de-
scribed the use of the Presidents
name as too preposterous to discuss
1t was obviously forgery" he said.
Vote Unanimous.
Mr.. Dolsen based his refusal to
answer long flst of queries on the
ground that no congressional COM
mittee had authority to investigate
irrelevant matters. that some of the
answers might incriminate him, and
that he had the right to protect the
names Of certain persons.
Nevertheless. the four committee
members present unanimously voted
TO institute contempt proceedings.
| Mr.. Dies said it was not certain
whether the action would be taken
through Speaker Bankhead Of the
House. through Federal attorneys
here, or officials in Pittsburgh.
Discussing the investigation OF re-
ports about Russian agents. Mr.. Dies
said that committee agents were
searching primarily for Clarence
Hathaway. editor of the Daily
Worker. Communist newspaper in
New York He added that he also
would like to bring Nicholas Dozen
berg. a Soviet Official, to Washing
ton from New York, where he is
awaiting sentence for violating pass
port laws.
Some of these witnesses are
ducking us now, but We'll get them
all before we're through" Mr.. Dies
said. "All Of these big-shot Com
munists are reporting everything
they learn directly to Moscow"
Evening star., 1940-03-26

Americans are reported to be op-
Grating China's secret airplane fac
tory.
Evening star., 1940-03-26

Hee0fa fOf Last "a houfs
Qfom noon Yesterday to noon todayo
Highest. SO, noon today. Year aso. IS.
Lowest, IS, Z an. today. Year aEo, 56.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 65. on March 90,
Lowest, 7, on January 20.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
Nrom noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest. IS per cent. at 8 an. today.
Lowest, Is per cent, at 4:30 pm. yes
tefdAy.
The Sun and Moon.
'RRisss. ts setss
sSn. sSn tndns tomsrrov s:Ss s:Ss ss::SSss
Soon. SHa today 1904 pm. s:5a an.
Automobile lights must be turned on
o0e-half hour after sunset.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED By Omitted states Coast
and 0eodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
Heh --------.-- 1924 Pm. 1l1e pm.
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PreciDitation

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
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River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
~ Harpers Ferry: Potomac River slightly
muddy 1T Great Falls today.
Resort for Last "a Hours.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
TWO KILLED IN
MOTOR MISHAPS

Boston, Oct 26-(UP)-Two per-
sons were killed and score in
jured in traffic mishaps on rain
swept, Massachusetts, highways last
night.
Mrs. Frances E. Smith, 46, of
Milton was killed instantly when an
auto driven by her husband Frank,
46, was in collision with, car op-
Grated by John Dicesare, 10, of
Readville on an American Legion
highway overpaSS in Mattapan. Di-
cesare, who was held on techni-
cal manslaughter charge, Smith and
his sistre, Miss Anna Smith, SIS,
were treated for minor injuries.
In Grafton Celestin Rambold, SO,
OF (Sumnier street, Holyoke was
killed when car in which he was a
passenger Skidded into a tree. Driver
Romeo Brizard. So, was injured crit
ically. while Charles Witty, 54, also
Of Holyoke escaped with minor
hurts.
Three of five men Injured when a
tire burst and sent their car skid
ding against tree were reported in
critical condition. They were Roam
Neshinsky 81, Martin Judge, so, and
Joseph Skiodis, all Of North Abing-
ton.
Several other accidents were re-
ported caused BY the rain. but none
was seriously injured w .,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
NO PROVISION FOR
MORE FIREMEN
Budget Director May Pre-
sent Plan for Time Off
With Present Force

The budget for l941 recommends
ed by City Budget Director Thor
valid E. Olsen makes no provision
for the appointment of additional
members to the fire department, but
Mr.. Olsen claims that plan can
be worked out whereby present fire.
men will be able to have a day of
week without enlarging the force
Fire department officials ha6
asked that provision be made foi
the appointment of IL new privates
and the promotion of two men tc
heutenancies, claiming this to be
necessary If the firemen are to reach
long standing goal of having q
day of each week The total fire
department appropriation asked fol-
1871. was over $658,000, but in the
budget recommended by Mr.. Olsen
to the board Of finance. the figure
has been cut down to $618,00O This is
approximately $1,000 less than the
appropriation given the department
for this year.
Mr.. Olsen,s recommendations car
be upset by the board of finance il
it so desires, and it Is known that
(C0ntirltad IN pa 70 ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
APPOINTMENT NOT
ELECTION URGED
Wrenn Seeks Change in
Office for Which He Is
6. O. P. Candidate

Attorney Maurice p. Wrenn, Re-
publican candidate for judge OF
probate in the Waterbury district
declared at rallies last night that
probate judges in the state be ap-
pointed by the governor rather than
elected by the people. He urged
other probate reforms, including the
elimination of the fee system.
Speaking at rallies sponsored by
the Young Mems italian Republic
can Club and the italian Republic
can League, Mr.. Wrenn said that
certain changes in the probate set
up have already been proposed to
the state bar association and ex-
pressed the hope that action to-
ward revision of the probate sys-
tenn be taken by the next General
Assembly.
The candidate came out strongly
for the appointment of probate
judges by the governor, with the
approval of the state senate, and
the elimination of the present
method of electing them by popu-
lar vote. Probate judges should be
chosen as are other judges, he ar
gued.
The appointed judges, he said
should be paid a salary common
surate with the Importance of their
courts and the amount of business
annually before them. He declared
that the present fee system should
be abolished entirely.
Mr.. Wrenn, who is opposing
Judge Patrick Healey, Democrat,
pledged himself to work for the
reform he espouses.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
Democrats Open Big
Campaign Attacks
big Guns" Of Party in Waterbury Today-Attend
WOmen's Luncheon at Noon-Speech at Town
Committee Rally in Buckingham Hall Tonight

Democrats turned their big cam
paign guns on Waterbury today,
sending their leading candidates
here for major gatherings U. S.
Senator Francis T. Maloney, Robert
a. hurley, the party candidate for
governor, Congressman j. Joseph
Smith and Mrs. Chase Going Wood
house, candidate for secretary of
state, were to head an imposing list
of speakers at a luncheon given by
women Democrats at The Elton at
p. m.
This afternoon the candidates will
attend a reception and tea at the
home of Mrs. George Corcoran, 101
Idylwood avenue. A day of political
activity will be climaxed by pa
rade and rally tonight under the
sponsorship of the Democratic town
committee.
The principal speaker at the rally,
to be held at Buckingham hall al
8 p. M, will be John p Cudahy, U.
S. Minister to Belgium. Senator Ma
loney, Commissioner Hurley, Con-
gresham Smith, members of the
state ticket and local candidates
will also speak. Mayor Vincent A.
Scully will act as chairman.
The parade, forming at 7:15, will
travel over some of the principal
streets of the city and end at Buck
ingham hall.
The parade will form or Freight
street, facing east. Along a route
lighted by red fire, it will go to Mea-
dow street, to Grand, to Bank, to
North Main, to Cherry, to East Main.
to West Main, to Leayenworth, to
Grand and to the hall ON Cottage
place. 1t will be led by the Fulton
American band.
Taking part in the parade will be
delegations from all Democratic or
CARNATIONS in the city. Each unit
will be led by identifying posters, and
all the cars will carry campaign pos
tiers and placards.
Arrangements for the parade and
rally were completed at meeting
OF the town committee last night.
with Chairman Maurice F. Tangney
presiding.
The luncheon and tea this after
noon have been arranged by wo-
mems Democratic groups, with Mrs.
Henry A. Hayden, president of the
New Haven County Federation of
Women's Democratic CLUBS as chair
men of the general committee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26

vised registration total for Water.
bury announced by the State Selec-
tive Service Board, is expected some
time today.
The state board announced fina.
registration figures for Waterbury
districts as follows:
15A (the first ward and Districts
4, 5, 6 and Z of the Second Ward)-
4,323.
15B (the Third ward and Districts
/, 2 and 3 of the Second Ward)-3.-
773.
16A (the Fourth warG-3,182.
16B (the Fifth ward)--2,569.
Board members and clerks work
ed to a late hour last night, endeav-
oring to complete enough assign
ments Of serial numbers so that the
task could be finished today and al
low all regiStrants ample time to
learn their serial listing before the
national lottery at Washington
Tuesday.
The local baords will begin accept
ing volunteers next week, and the
rules require that volunteers be call
ed for service before those who are
drafted. Each man called for service
will be given five days to wind up
his personal affairs. No man will be
sent to camp while any appeal from
his classification is under considera-
ton.
The listing of serial numbers
which are assigned by chance, was
Continued on Page %
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
WARSHIPS SHELL
MAKTILA REGION

Rome, Oct. 20 (UP) - British
warships shelled Italian positions in
the Maktila region east of Sid
Barrani on the Egyptian front dur
ing the night a high command
communique said today.
1t was asserted that the Smelling
caused no damage.
italian planes bombed a railroad
works at the British base of Marsa
Matruh and attacked Ftika and FL
Daba on the Egyptian front, caus-
ing considerable damage and fires,
it was said.
In East Africa, Itaiina planes
bombed a British air filed at Ma
kindi, on the Kenya coast, and
British bombed Cora, Tssab and
Decamere. it was said.
British planes also bombed the
italian Tobruk naval base In North
Africa, the conlmunique admitted.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
LEWIS STAND Is
HIT in STATE

Hartford, Conn, October IS. =
(UP) - Nicholas Tomasetti, Con-
necticut president of labor's Nom
Partisan League, today repudiated
John L. Lewis endorsement OF
Wendell L. Willkie for president.
Tomasetti. a state representative
and leading New Britain CLIO Off
cial, said: IT want to publicly as
an individual and as candidate for
public office repudiate John l.
Lewis endorsement of Wendell
Willkie for president.
At the same time, a New Britain
CIO branch of American Hardware
Corporation workers adopted a res
olution condemning Lewis stand and
called for his immediate resigna-
ton" as president of the Congress
of Industrial Organiza tons.
1--WE feel" the resolution said
'that John L. Lewis as president OF
the CLIO had no right as such to
speak even as an individual in be-
half Of candidate who obviously
represents the most reactionary
group in big business"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
STREET DEPT. TO
Get MORE FUNDS
Budget Directors Figures
Show 100000 Increase
for Depts.

An increase of close to $1,000 in
the street, sewer and water depart
ment appropriat ion is provided in
the budget for l941 recommended
to the board of finance by Budget
Director Thorvld E. Olsen. The
additional funds should be used
for wage increases, additional work.
men materials, equipment and snow
removal. Smaller increases while
decreases in others are suggested.
The proposed budget calls for
total expenditures of $6,103, 1859 90
next year. This compares with total
appropriations Of $6.159O22.72 for
the current year. In making up his
budget, Mr.. Olsen made sharp
slashes IN totals requested by de-
partment heads, who sought $780,
1882
The budget recommended by Mr..
Olsen would call for a tax rate Of
31.18 mills, as compared with 32.5
mills this year. However, he sug-
gested that the rate be placed at
Tire more convenient figure of 31.5
mills, which would make available
$4,000 for defense or other emer-
gency purposes. Administration off,
Gals are talking of rate lower than
(COntinued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
PEACEFUL AID TO
GERMANY ASURRED
Vichy Government Expect
ed to Adopt COllahora=
ton Program

Vichy France, Oct. 26- (UP) =
The cabinet, at a meeting today,
was expected to approve a decision
by Marshal Philippe Petain, chief
of state, for peaceful collaboration
with Germany.
Petain, it was understood, in
tended to ask the cabinet to APP
prove a collaboration program on
the conditions submitted by Adolf
Hitler in their talk Thursday.
It was emphasized that the COL
Liberation would be entirely political
and diplomatic and would not be
of military nature.
Unanimous approval by the cab
met, sitting as formal council of
ministers, was expected.
French sources said that they had
no knowledge of any intention by
German and Italy to ask Preside. t.
Roosevelt to initiate a peace move,
as reported abroad.
Vice Premier Pierre Laval left
Paris this morning for a 175-mile
automobile drive to Vichy, where he
and Petain were to give their re-
ports to the cabinet.
The meeting was set for p. m.
I'll a. m. EST. but depended on
Laval,s arrival. Petain was prepared
to summon the cabinet as soon as
he arrived.
While awaiting him, several MEM
bers of the cabinet met to study
reports of Petain's talk with Hitler.
It was reported that Laval. while
in Paris after attending the Petain-
Hitler talk, had conferred secretly
with a high Italian emissary, pos
sibly Count Galeazzo Ciano, Ital-
ian foreign minister.
It was reported that Laval, after
attending the conference between
Petain and Adalf Hitler, had held
secret conference somewhere in
France with Count Galeazzo Ciano,
Italian foreign minister.
Petain joined the conference Of
ministers, and they started q formal
council meeting, but. adjourned after
an hour because Laval sent word
that he had been delayed on the
road.
Laval desired to bring about
reconciliation and collaboration
with Italy. it was said unof1ciaily.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
Britain Sends Message
OF Sympathy to France
King Says Nation Confident OF Victory-France
Would Share in Benefits British Reported En-
cOuraged By Diplomatic Events Abroad
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press Staff Correspondent


London, Oct: 26.-UP)-King
George sent encouragement and
sympathy to France in a message
to Premier Marshal Philippe Petain
today. He told him Britain was
confident of victory and France
would share in the benefits.
Two days after Petain conferred
in a railway car with Adolf Hitler
the king followed up the speech last
Monday of Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, who, addressing the
French people, said: IF you can't
help us, don't hinder u.s.
The kings message was said to
show that British uneasiness over
Hitler's negotiations with French
and Spanish leaders was subsiding
Diplomatic reports from abroad
were reported to have encouraged
the British to such an extent that
a personal message from the king to
Petain was deemed worthwhile. 1t
was noted also here, however, that
greater assurance was felt with re-
gard to Spain than to France.
Major interest conferred on events
in Vichy where Petain was inform
ing members of his government of
his conference with Hitler. But the
British also kept an eye on Madrid.
Two embassies received reports di-
ect from Madrid that Generalissimo
Francisco Franco had refused three
proposals by Hitler-that Spain ac-
lively take part in the war, that it
permit Germany and italy to use
its naval and air bases, and that it
give Germany facilities for troop
transport to Gibraltar.
Most diplomats here expressed be-
lief that these reports were correct,
though a few suspected that they
were intended to throw Great Brit
ain of its guard.
However, the more cheerful spirit
here was in great part due to a
feeling, on consideration. that Hit
(ContiEued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-26
Democrats Parade
Line-Up Announced

4 &.
Democratic headquarters an
nounced today that the cam
paign parade tonight, starting
on Freight street, will line up
as follows:
Police Detail
Local Candidates
Band
State Candidates and Guests
Delegations from all Democratic
Political Clubs, including
Federated Democratic W0men'S
Clubs
Italian American Democratic
Club
Italian American Democratic
Club Auxiliary
Italian American Democratic
W0men's Club
Polish Democratic Club
French Democrat Club
Young Democrats
Delegations from various dis
trictS.
Political clubs line up on
south side of Freight street,
facing east, with head of col
umn just west of railroad tres
tie in order as above.
Line of march-Freight to
Meadow to Grand to Bank to
Exchange place to North Main
to North Square to Cherry to
East Main to Exchange place to
LeavenwOrth to Grand to Buck
ingham hall.