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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
WILLKIE CLUB
Got POOR START
Only q Persons Attended
Get-TOgether Gather
ing At Elton

A suggestion that Willkie-for-
President clubs be organized in local
factories was made at a luncheon
meeting Of the Waterbury Indepen-
dent Willkie club at The Elton this
noon. Henry d. Burial, president
Of the club. said that the plan was
being studied.
IF we decide to organize clubs
In the big factories, it's got to start
down low, so to speak," said Mr..
Burial. If we start with the man
agement. 1t just won't work.
Only % persons attended the
luncheon. Mr.. Burial admitted the
attendance was disappointing. but
said that hot weather and press Of
work had kept many people away.
Burial Only Speaker
Mr.. Burial, who was the only
speaker. said the club would devote
all its efforts to the Willkie can
didacy, and not be concerned with
any other nominees. We will work
and spend money for only one man,
Willkie," said Mr.. Burial.
1t was announced that headquar-
tiers have been secured on North
Main street for practically moth
ing" Another announcement was
= .s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15

to relieve the pressure on the city
toward which the Italians have
driven 80 miles through desert coun-
try to reach the main British de-
lenses 40 miles from its outskirts.
Today's high command commune
que. one of the shortest Of the war,
said:
Operations in British Somaliland
are in full development. Hard fight
ing, In which aviation is effectively
taking part, is taking place Arms
and prisoners are being captured"
The British are entrenched along
Z semi-circular line of defenses
around Berbera, positions to which
they had retired after the Italians
had swung down from the noun
tains to the south in the first 10
days Of their drive through Somali-
land. Italian tri-motored Savoia
Marchetti bombers, escorted by flo
Has Of Fiat pursuit planes were
aid to have cut a swath through
flis left wing az The British defense
line and that, two Italian infantry
columns were converging on the
In "a Hours
Whether these columns can slip
through and establish positions
closer to Berbera was question
which likely will be settled within
the next "a hours.
The fighting has been nearly
deadlocked for the last 70 hours.
but dispatches from Adds Ababa in
dicated that 1t had reached decis-
i've point with the final outcome ex-
pected to become clear within the
next 4S hours at the latest.
Concerning the British naval
rnaneuvers. reports here said that
the British Red Sea squadron, which
had been in the na@l base at Alden,
at the southern entrance Of the sea,
for many weeks had left suddenly
for an undisclosed destination.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
HOLLYWOOD HIT
ON COMMUNISM
Is Celebrities Are Charged
With Being Members
Or Helping Out

Hollywood, Aug. 15.--(UP)-Eigh-
teen Hollywood celebrities actors.
actresses and authors-today were
accused of being Communists or
contributors to the party treasury.
They were named in a 192-page
transcript of John L. Leech's testi-
many before an extraordinary seS-
sion of the Los Angeles county grand
jury investigating the Staying, five
years ago, Of John Riley, a seaman.
Leech formerly was the executive
secretary Of the Communist party
in Los Angeles.
The jury indicted six persons and
two John Does in connection with
the murder and deputy sheriffS were
seeking them today. None Of the
Hollywood personages Leech named
were connected with the staying of
Riley, it was emphasized.
Leech named:
Jean Muir, Lionel Stander, Fran
chot Tone, Frederic March, James
Cagney, Francis Lederer, Humphrey
Bogart and j. Edward Bromberg, all
actors or actresses;
Playwright Clifford OdetS, Pro-
ducers Frank futile, Herbert Biber-
man and Frank Davis, MRS. Beryle
La Cava, former wife Of Director
Gregory La Cava, Mrs. Tuttle, Bud
dy Schulberg, son of Producer B. p.
Schulberg. Authors Frank Scully and
Samuel Ornttz and Mrs. Ornitz.
March, Miss Muir and Bogart
categorically denied, the charges.
District Attorney Buron Fits, who
conducted the investigation. said he
would prefer no charges against the
Hollywood notables that Leech had
named.
Leech brought up the names last
week when he was giving the jury
Background" on the killing Of Riley
Fits had charged that Riley. g BIT
ter anti-C Communist, was beaten to
death on the waterfront because he
had threatened 10 reveal the plans
Of Communists 10 gain control Of
Loslg6horeuiek's unions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
WATER MAIN IN
MELR0SE BURSTS

Melrose, Mas, Aug. l5--Up) -
A 4s-inch metropolitan water main
burst near the Afelrose. stoneham
line today, cutting service Ia seven
communities and causing minor
feeds IN suburban cellars and
streets.
water ripped q i0-fot crater in
the Feilsway east highway. epouted
20 feet N the afr and delayed hun
drcds OF commuters,
Emergency Metropolitan dlffrlct
crews restored service after Ihgee
hours hy cutting IN IA elnefneneg
line, Police fttonf16 Boston bound
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
PLANES BATTLE IT
OUT in ENGLAND
British Port, Town Report
On Scenes That Took
Place in Air
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR.

BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE, JR.
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
At Southeast Coast Port, Eng
land, Aug. l5.-(UP)--Five heavy
waves of German bombers reared
inland into England this afternoon
while German fighter planes made
an effort to distract the British
aerial patrol by a sortie against the
coast q few miles to the southwest.
The decoy effort was described as
having failed and one patrol Of
Hurricane fighters. which had been
circiing for a long time watching
for raiders, took on the German
fighters and destroyed at least one.
TIN London It was claimed that
four German Dronter bombers. Of q
number which attacked q southeast
coast town today. were shot down at
seq and that two German pilots took
70 their parachutesJ
From the sound OF the bombers
which reared inland. II was estimated
the fieet totaled about 100 planes.
They passed into the interior 20
high that they weer out Of sight
from earth but they ran Into cp-
position from q second British Pc.
lroi end sounds q diving planes and
machine SUNS Wcfe f4lntiy andihl,
inland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
British Air Battlers
Meet Massed Germans
After An Is Hour Rest Nazis Came Over in Swarms
This Mornings Nazis Planes Downed
By O'Clock Says Britain
(NEA Cablephoto)
BY WALLACE CARROLL
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

London, Aug 15.-(UP)-Massed
German bombers, escorted by
swarms of Messerschmitt fighters,
attacked Britain'S southeast coast
in force this afternoon after an H.
hour lul in air warfare.
Early unofficial compilations
showed that the Germans had lost
Is planes up to 2 p. m. % a. m.
EDIT.
The strongest German assaults
were concentrated against a rela-
lively small area Of the southeast
coast in the same vicinity where
repeated attacks have been made
in previous days.
BY $3.50 p. m. Go a. M EDIT about
$50 German planes had been sighted
over various parts of Britain. Short
ly before that hour formation of
about so German planes raided a
northeast coast town and ran into
a terrific battle with. British spit
fire defenders.
The Germans were employing
strong Squadrons of bombers, pro-
tected by numerous MesSerschmitt
fighters. A number of dive bombers
were employed against detectives
some distance from the coast.
Dogfights General
Dogfights were general. A squad
of German fighters attempted to de-
coy British defending planes away
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AS soon as the Helie Gorpeoolng
was reported Premier John Metaxas,
Greek strong man, conferred with
King George II. The attack occurred
as the warship lay at anchor. Two
torpedoes missed the warship and
hit q stone quay, killing number Of
children. Casualties aboard the
Helle were said to number 30 or
81.
Air war over Britain resumed On
mass scale shortly after noon today
following an 1S-hour, apparently
due to bad weather or counter blows
by the British against nearby Ger
man air bases.
BY midafternoon some ESQ or more
German planes had been sighted In
various parts Of Britain. Chief ct
tacks apparently were launched
against Dover and adjacent Kent
county where the Raj has many OF
its advance bases for Its defending
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NAILS REPORT
SMASH THROUGH
Break Down British De-
lenses to Again Blast
At English Towns
BY RICHARD C. HOTTELET

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United Press Staff Correspondent
Berlin, Aug. 15.-UP)-German
warplanes smashed through Great
Britain's anti-aircraft defenses to-
day and, according to the official
news agency, blasted at objectives
in Kent, across the English Chan
mel from Calais.
Today's raids were not on a scale
comparable to those Of the past
four days. the Germans admitted,
but they were carried out success
fully despite heavy opposition and
bad weather and without losses.
Flights of Stuka dive-bombers,
DNB said, ranged over Kent, ac-
companied by Messerschmitt pur-
suit and destroyed planes. and shot
down several British Spitfires in cir
battles over Folkestone and Lympe.
The Germans also took toll Of
Britain's coastal barrage balloons,
DNB said.
The raids were spirited, the news
agency indicated, although they did
not reach the intensity of yester-
days attacks in which the Ger
high command said % British
planes were destroyed.
British Failed
although the English defense
was active" DNB said. attempts
to close the air zone with salvoes
of anti-aircraft fire were unsuc-
cessful. The swift German Stukas
broke through the curtain of steel
without losses and reached their
detectives.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
Ex-Governor Cross To
Make Vigorous Fight
In Statement to Waterbury Democrat Today, He AS
sures Public tie Will Get Personally Into
Battle for Nomination

Ex- Governor Wilbur L. Cross told
The Democrat In a statement today
that he will make vigorous, per-
sonal fight for the Democratic
nomination for governor. DR.. Gross
said that he will not be content
with efforts on his behalf by friends
and supporters, but viii himself
lead the fight for his nomination
between now and the time a selec-
ton is made by the Democratic
state convention at New Haven on
Friday and Saturday of next week.
In a move to win delegate sup
port for the four-term governor, J..
Francis Smith, former state chair
man, has written to all members Of
the convention praising DR.. Cross
legislative record and urging his
nomination. The letter praises the
achievements of the Cross admin
istration and lauds the former gov
ernor as the party's strongest can
didate.
seconding Speeches Oil
DR.. Cross, who announced two
days ago that the speech placing
him in nominationSwi be made BY
Mayor Vincent A. scully Of Water
bury, announced today that second
ing speeches for him will be made
BY Mayor william Fitzgerald. Of
Norwich. former member Of congress
and BY Joseph p. Blansfield. county
commissioner for Middlesex county
and president Of the Middlesex
County Democratic Association.
Or. Cross statement that he will
personally direct his campaign was
apparently made 10 answer the
questions Of delegates who we're
puzzled as to whether he would be
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Greenwich, Conn.,. Aug. I5i-- (up)
---Thrlce=wcd Norwegian Baroness
Dorothy 0pencfani1. Gt. Louis. Mo.
was fined 500 and costs m police
court today On drunkon driving
charge. Tho court Felnilied $50 Of
the penalty. She also Has f.nsa S.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
Italians Beat Off British; May Invade Greece
Italy May Become Involved With Greece
while Germany, Britain Fight Fiercely
(By United Press)

The Greek crisis Jared dangerously today as German
bombers blasted again at Brtans batescarred coast
and nearby inland areas.
An unidentified submarine torpedoed the Greek
cruiser Hele 215 tons, today in the ancient har-
Dor of limos the Aegean Sea.
Whether the torpedoing would be followed by graver
developments was not yet clear. But the Italian press
which has been beating the drums for transfer OF
block of Greek territory to Albania throbbed louder than
ever for action.
London diplomatic circles believed Italian action was
imminent They suggested Italian against Salon
ica Previous Italian demands have been for the Epirus
region.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
Italian Planes Blast
Holes In British
Berbera Defenses
British Admit Retreat-Greek Cruiser T0rpedOed in
Athens Harbor-Itay Has Threatened Inc
vasiOn TO Get SalOnka
BY ELEANOR PACKARD
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Rome, August is. - (UP) = Heavy Italian bombing
planes escorted by pursuit ships reported in dispatches
from Africa today to have blasted gaping holes in strong
British defenses surrounding Berbera capital and key city
OF British Somaland The British Red Sea squadron
reported rushing toward the Soaand coast in an effort
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-15
MORE PLANES GOING IN

Wel-informed German quarters predicted today
that ever-increasing Of German planes would
be flung into the mighty air onslaught against the
British Isles. As these forecasts were made the OFF,
ciaI German news agency D. N. B. said that fierce
air battles occurred Dover today, that Swastka-
marked planes blasted at detectives in Kent across
the channel from Calais and that dive bombing at
tacIs were made on the Hawkinge airport.
Nazis Are In No Hurry
Germany is in no hurry, it was said.
'We certainly do not want to waste good bombs on
British golf courses of bad visibility wenormed
quarters said. 1--WE put them to better use bombing
airdromes'
Thus far it was claimed, Germany has hurled only
small fraction of her available power into the onslaught on
the British.
rs German Planes Down
The British estimated that some Is German planes
shot down in engagements up to p. m
The Germans said that many of the attacks made
by their famous Stuka vebonbers and that British
attempts bar German planes from the coast with cur
ains of antaircraf fire ineffective However, it was
admitted that the British defenders were spirited
The Germans admitted losses and said several
British planes were shot down.
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The Weather

Fair. Cool Tonight;
Cloudy For Friday
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-10
Its Good
Reymond's
Old-Fashioned - Irish Style
POTATO BREAD

Is good for you. IL has that special kind
of goodness. !. that Old-fashioned flavor
that can't be beat that old-fashioned
value In plenty of wholesome, nutritious
ingredients.
IT'S GOOD ALL THE TIME - TRY II
AND SEE!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
10 File In Local Races,
A. B. Rhodes Unopposed

With - Offices to be filled, 10 can
d;dates filed with the New Hanover
county board OF elections during the
past week, and of the IL jobs there
will be only six contests.
With the exception of three county
commissioner seats, the two lower
house of the general assembly seats
and constable of Wilmington town
ship. all those filing with the cleo
tions board are either incumbent OF
unopposed.
Those filing were:
Register of deeds, Adrian B.
Rhodes, now incumbent.
Lower house of the general as
sembly: r. M. Kermon, Robert S.
LeGwin. John R. Morris and Jack
@. LeGrand. Morris and LeGrand
served during the 1889 term.
republican candidates for these Of
fces are T, A. Bodine and H. Ed
mund Rogers.
Candidates for three seats on the
county, commission are: L. J. Cole
man and Merritt are incumbent.
There will be no contest IN the
nomination of justices of the peace
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
British Fleet Blasts
Naruik's Captors In
Daring Raid On Eord
NAZI TROOPS MOVE UP
New Expeditionary Force
Landed; Drive Toward
Oslo Is Begun
BATTLING

April 49,
(AP)-German today landed
new expeditionary troops in
southeast Norway and be-
gan a brisk drive northward
toward Oslo in fierce fight
ing with Norwegian de-
tenders.
Refugees from the region
reaching Stockholm said that
throughout. large areas in
this part of Norway civil
ians had fled, leaving their
homes to be fought over by
the opposing armies. Refu-
gees poured into Sweden.
The newly-landed Ger
mans, communicating buses
and motor cars, smashed
their way through a hastily
formed defense ring which
the Norwegians had built
around Oslo to prevent the
Germans from augmenting
the forces which captured
the capital Tuesday.
Iron Ring Smashed
The Germans, according to refu-
gees arriving here, smashed the
Norwegian ring between Holen, 25
miles south of Oslo, and Moss, 10
miles farther south, on the east
side of the Oslo ford. The invaders
were heading northward.
The Norwegians fought hard but
unsuccessfully to repel them, at
one point dynamiting a bridge as
the first German bus crossed a
stream.
To prevent just such a maneuver
the Norwegians had built their ring
a semi-circle from Moss to Holen,
east to Mysen, northward to the
Romerike region 40 miles north of
Oslo and then south to Tyri ford
and Vikesund, about 80 miles west
of Oslo.
Tonight the Germans were said
to hold all the area within this
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
NAILS REFUSED
in WEST ATTACK
Infantry Slabs Savagely
AT French Positions
Near Luxembourg
BY JOHN ii. MARTIN

PARIS, April 13.-LR-German in
fantry stabbed savagely today at
vital French positions near the
Luxembourg frontier under a
screen of artillery fire but the de-
tenders beat them back and cut
them down in the tangled barbed
wire Of no-man's rand, the French
high command announced tonight.
The night French communicate
did not disclose the strength of the
attacking force, but it did say the
thrust was preceded by a violent
preparation of German artillery and
that it went forward under a pro-
tective barrage.
between the lines that the German
attack was halted, the French re.
ported.
No estimate of casualties was
made.
Earlier in the day artillery and
machine gun fire was reported
heavy at various points along the
Rhine and to the east, and the
French said their troops attacked
successfully a German position be-
tween the Sarr river and the Vos-
CUES mountains.
Fighting lear the Luxembourg
frontier has flared internationally
between the German village of Perl
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
Hundreds In City Report
EnumeratorsM Mise

The trade body manager said Will
mingtonians from all sections Of the
city, both white and colored, have
complained that they h We not been
counted.
J. H. Darlington, area supervisor,
Of Lumberton, has been summoned
to come to Wilmington to investi-
gate the situation and to determine
where the inaccuracy lies.
Moore said no efforts will be
spared in the effort to see that the
city gets it's just deserts in the
census.
He asked that all persons in Viii.
mington who have not been tabu-
lated in the count, call at his office
in order that their names may be
recorded and in order that they will
not be missed.
All persons missed thus far and
who have called at the office have
been recorded, Moore said, and their
numbers run into the hundreds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
NAZ[-RED MEXICO
PLOT IS CHARGED
Dies Calls On F. R. And
Hull To State U. S.
Deep Concern

WASHINGTON, April 10 Up -
Rep. Dies (D-Texas) asserting that
he had information of a Russo-Ger-
man plot to set up a puppet govern
ment in Mexico, called on President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hull tonight
to declare that any such attempt
would be regarded az a violation of
the Monroe doctrine.
1.-The President and secretary of
state should say to the world" the
house investigator told newsmen,
"that the Monroe doctrine not only
bars armed intervention but pro-
hibits outside powers from setting
up puppet governments in the west
ern hemisphere"
Dies, chairman of the committee
inauiring into un-American activi-
ties, declared that Germany and
Russia were violating 'the spirit if
not the letter of the Monroe doctrine
by indirection."
"They are sending thousands of
agents and smuggling arms and am
munition into Mexico for the purpose
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
Nazii Attack
Is Raped
By F. D. R.
Powerful Must Respect
Weak If Civilization
Is To Survive
INVASION CONDEMNED
He Pays High Tribute To
Norwegian And Danish
Peoples

WASHINGTON, April 13.-LP0
President Roosevelt, in a formal
statement today, condemned Ger.
many's invasion of Denmark and
Norway, and declared that if civil
cation Itself is to survive powerful
neighbors" must respect the rights
of small nations to independence.
The Presidents statement, first
formal expression of this govern
ment's attitude toward the Nazi
blitzkrieg into Scandinavia, was
handed to reporters at the White
House. It said:
Once More Marching
"Force and military aggression
are once more on the march against
small nations, in this instance
through the invasion of Denmark
and Norway.
"These two nations have won and
maintained during a period of many
generations the respect and regard
not only of the American people
but of all peoples, because of then
observance Of the highest standards
of national and international con
duct.
The government of the United
States has on the occasion of recent
invasions strongly expressed it's dis
appreciation of such unlawful exer-
else of force.
1T here reiterates, with undi
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14

Louis T. Moore, manager of the
chamber of commerce, said last
night more than 100 people have
been into his office and reported
they have not been counted in the
current census, despite the fact
enumerators here claim they have
tabulated more than 80 per cent of
the population.
And the 100 callers, Moore said,
will aggregate more than 500 peo-
pie when their families are in
cluded.
at is apparent there are hun.
dreds of people will be missed in the
census" he said, and the chamber
of commerce is going to continue
its campaign for an accurate count"
Moore's report came a day after
a check by reporters of The Will
mington Star-News had showed that
out of approximately 100 persons in
terviewed in a Sidewalk survey"
only IA had been counted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
.NAZI DEFENDANT
ENDS own LIFE
Claus Ernecke, On Trial In
Sedition Case, Is Found
Hanged Yesterday

NEW YORK, April 13.-tR-A
"a hour search for Claus Gunther
Ernecke, 36. missing defendant in
the trial of II men accused of plot
ting to overthrow the United States
government, ended today in the
basement of a Brooklyn apartment
house, two blocks from his home.
Apparently terrified by threats
against his life, and fearful of the
outcome of the trial in federal
court, Ernecke, a German-American
bundsman and former trooper in
the New York national guard,
had hanged himself.
Medical examiners sail he had
been dead at least SO hours. Federal
agents and detectives had been
hunting him since yesterday when
he failed to appear for the trial ses-
sion and Judge Marcus B. Camp
bell, FORGETTING his $1,000 bail, had
issued a bench warrant for his ar
rest.
Ernecke's last appearance in
court WAS on Wednesday when the
governments chief witness, Dennis
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