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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
SEN. WHEELER IS.
 AGAIN ACCUSING
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Japan, and other nations whose do- mestic and foreign policies we ab- hor.'
 And where do we go from there?" he asked.
 He predicted that peace would be negotiated in the end, and until that day the world suffers" He added that leach of us, from the president of the United States to the most humble citizen, should ex- ert his every effort for peace, now"
 German People Want Peace
 T firmly believe" he said. that the German people want peace just as any other people prefer peace to war--and the offer of a just, req Sonable and generous peace will more quickly and effectively crum- ble Hitlerism and break the morale of the German people than all the bombers that could be dispatched over Berlin
 He proposed this eight-point pro- gram as "a working basis for just peace" and a basis on which peace conversations could be start ed:
 1. Restoration of Germany's 1914 boundaries with an autonomous Poland and Czecho-Slovakia.
 2. Restoration of independent France, Holland, Norway, Belgium, and Denmark.
 3. Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France.
 4. Restoration of German col onieS.
 5. Protection of all racial and re- 1igious minorities in all countries.
 6. Internationalization of the Suez Canal.
 2. No indemnities or reparations.
 8. Arms limitations.
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Nazis Are Embarked On Race Against Time
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MT. Roosevelt's address has not yet been printed in Germany. But after 24 hours study of the text by the highest authorities" the official DNB News Agency was per- mitted to say that it was of the highest importance and the official line for press comment was laid down by a Nazi spokesman.
 Take Reports On Hitler
 This line described MT. Roose- welt as proceeding from a false Interpretation of Hitler's pre- Christmas address to German arms workers and charged that the United States wilfully had refused to un- derstand the German attitude.
 The American president, it was claimed, appeared to be assuming responsibility for the "lost cause of Britain" Der Angriff spoke of notorious untruths, staleness, open spitefulness reminding one of the well-known phrases of the Jew world press"
 The comment was akin to Hitler'S New Years order of the day which charged that the war went on be- cause of democratic war mongers and Jewish capitalists"
 Hitler Proclamation
 Hitler proclaimed to the Nazi par ty today that those democratic in- dividuals, who for decades have caused the world unrest and have hurled peoples into ever-recurring wars must be destroyed"
 Hitler, in a 2500-word proclama- tion to the national Socialist party, declared that Germany would fight the war to victory and final de- struction" of those elements respon- Sible for the war.
 Those democratic individuals with an interest in war who for de- cades have caused the world unrest and hurled peoples into ever-recur- ring WITS must be destroyed" he declared.
 He said that the Nazi party must work with "fannatical scrupulous- ness and wearying energy" to bring German armed forces to new heights of efficiency.
 Tt is our irrevocable determina- tion," said the Fuehrer, ito consti-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
AIRCRAFT OUTPUT
 TO GROW IN l94l
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The plane estimate excluded fig ures for several thousand other planes that will be built next year and which could be quickly convert ed for haison and photographic work. Their engine estimate was for motors of 1000 horsepower or more.
 Plane Floor Space
 According to the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, there is now 22,5OO, 900 square feet of productive floor space in airplane factories. There are under construction new plants which will have 22,600, 900 square feet.
 The experts said it was their con- servative conclusion that the new plants would be completed next year, with the peak of production reached by August.
 When the peak is reached, air. craft factories should be turning out planes at the rate of 1750 planes a month. they said, according to the formula that output is increased two-and-a-half times when floor space is doubled. Defense produc- ton chief William S. Knudsen es- inmates present production at about TOO planes a month.
 If the l041 plane production peak Is reached in August, the experts said e,7b0 planes should be built In the last five months of lD4i. They figured output in the first seven months would be approximately e400 planes, with the monthly rate increaalng gradually from 7Bn in January to 1850 in July. These fig- uFes indicate a total of l7.i60 for the year but production difilcultles may reduce t to io,0oo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

There is a possibility that he also may discuss with Congress the pro- posalS to turn over immediately some army and navy planes and naval vessels to the British. Sey- eral army and. navy officials are op- posed to the plan, but MT. Roose- welt will have the final say.
 While Congressional and public sentiment was largely in tune with MT. Roosevelt'S fireside chat Sum- day, proposals to dispose of planes and deStroyers row on hand might encounter some Congressinal resis- tance, particularly if special legis- lation is necessary.
 Fight Is Expected.
 The extent to which all or any of MT. Roosevelt's plans to aid Britain will be put into effect is the fore- most issue facing the new Congress which convenes Friday. Lines for the fight already are shaping up as new and old members flock into town. The die-hard 76th Congress ends on Thursday.
 In the forefront of the approach ing fight was Sen. Burton K. Wheel CT, D., Mont, who replied to MT. Roosevelt,s fireside chat in a radio address last night. He charged that the administration has led the Unit ed States "aS close to the brink of war" das it was in January, 1917. He demanded that President Roose- welt and all American citizens do everything possible to bring about a negotiated peace in Europe imme- diately.
 He proposed an eight-point pro- gram as "a working basis for a just peace" and Q medium on which he said peace conversations could be started = restoration of Germany's 1914 boundaries and her colonies lost in the World War; restoration of an independent France, Holland, Norway, Belgium and Denmark, and of AlSace-Lorraine to France; in standardization of the Suez Canal; arms limitation; no indem- mites or separations, and protection of all racial and religious minori- ties.
 Verne Marshall, chairman of the no foreign war committee, criticized the President during a brief visit to Washington in which he con- ferred with several isolationist sen- ators, including Sen. Bennett c. Clark, D., Mo, and Sen. Rush Holt, D.. w. Va.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

Sive and the will to fight have dealt a blow against the enemy on the seven seas and on his coasts his coasts and have severely shaken England's position as a world power.
 Tn firm faith in God, in un- Swerving loyalty to our Fuehrer and in absolute belief in greater Ger many's future the German navy will continue to battle with allied powers and with the highest cour- age until final victory"
 Snub to Wheeler
 Berlin, Dec. 31-(UP)-Author- ized German quarters claimed today to have no knowledge of reported peace plan said to have been il- itialled by Marshal Wilhelm Goer- ing and brought to the United States October 1889, by w. R. Davis, New York oil operator.
 There was no official comment on the address of Sen. Burton K. Wheeler. D., Mont, proposing that the United States bring about peace by offering to restore Germany's 1914 boundaries and colonial possess sions.
 We can not comment on every United States Senator" authorized quarters said.
 Verne Marshall. head of the No Foreign Wars committee, asserted at Washington yesterday that "just and honorable terms" for Q con- ference to end the European con- fiict were flown from Germany to Washington by Davis in October, 1889.
 (Marshall charged that the state department had suppressed news of the German peace offcr)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
FROM DEVENS TO
 NEW HAVEN JAIL
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from the reception center Varnaus- kas was dressed in blue denims, and asked that he be furnished with civilian clothes by a member of his family. His request was granted to notify the family.
 Following the hold-up here. accord ing to the detective. the pair pro- ceeded south, where Varnauskas dee cided to abandon Kisonis in Ken lucky, and returned home again. The reason given for his change In continuing with KlEonis waG be- cause of his dread Co be implicated in Q murder charge, when kisonis constant display Of firearms alarmed hiin.
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(Continued from Page D licenses were issued for this occa- sion.
 Even the pressure of the defense program did not interfere with Washington's preparations, and ho- tel bar rooms were doing landoffice business in reservations at $5 to $7 each. Government employees did not ge their customary New Years eve holiday, because of President Roose- velt's appeal for a greater effort by employees and employers for defense, but they will have a holiday tomor- row.
 The midnight climax will be three hours reaching the nations various time belts, but it will visit them all alike, setting of the celebrations in ball rooms, street corners, parlors and backwoods settlements. The army camps are participating, and for soldielS who did not get holiday furloughS there will be celebrations at officers clubs and mess halls, many of them arranged by the new army hostesses.
 Reservations Gone
 Indicating the extent of this New Years preparations, the g hotels of the New York midtown area reported reservations 50 per cent g.eater than last year, and by far the greatest in history. The Waldorf Astoria expected 5000 guests for an evening of dancing and drinking; the Commodore hotel 2,100.
 Prices in most large cities ranged down to $1 for night cub reserva- tionS.
 On the serious side of the observ- ance, churches arranged watch night vigils to emphasize the impoi tance of the coming year and the appre- hension over war. In Chicago, 150 churches scheduled vigils
 Movie stars, including Jack Benny, Ronald Colman, Mickey Rooney, Claudette Colbert, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy will take part to- morrow night in a radio broadcast for British war relief, tickets to the auditorium selling at $1 to s each and the proceeds going to Bundles for Britain"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Germans in Hungary.

Budapest, Dec. 31.-(UP)-Heavy German troop movements today moved across Hungary to Rumania for the third successive day.
 (Reports from Rumania stated that the movement of Nazi troops into that country was accompanied by a return flow of German troops going to Germany for leave, The Hungarian censor repeatedly inter- rupted the United Press core spondent at Budapest when he sought to telephone details of the German troop movements to Zurich, Switzerland, for relay to the United StateS.)
 It was said that the Carpathian mountains, forming the boundary line between Hungary and Soviet Russia, are manned by large num- bers of Hungarian troops who took up positions in that region when Pennsylvania was transferred from Rumania to Hungary.
 Hungarian forces in the Carpath- iar area, 1t was said, have been steadily reinforced during the past four months as Q protection to this German flank.
 Hungary today was calling up for military training 2l-year-olds who have not yet had army duty. How ever, 1t was suggested that Ger many would hardly rely on these small numbers Of troops tc cover her rear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

Modern equipment from the United States will be used in new motion picture threater in Panama City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Cut Down on Food.

 Woolson, food minister, warned the nation in a broadcast today that it would have to eat less in 1941 and that the danger from German at tack on Britain's food supplies was much worse than in the last war.
 'The enemy is making direct attack on our food ships and is sinking quite a number of them" " he said.
 we ate nearly as much in 1940 as we did in 1939," he said, land we shall have to do with less meat in 1941."
 He urged the public to eat more potatoes as substitute for bread.
 we grow the potatoes here" he said, "but the vast majority of the flour we use in bread takes up ship ping space"
 Woolton complained that Britons had not given up making porridge and using imported breakfast foods. we cannot afford shipping space for breakfast foods," he said. Urging conservation of canned foods, he said:
 Regard your canned foods as an iron ration in case supplies break down at any time in your district" :"
 Lord Woolton asked the public not to buy cheese unless necessary and said: Don't eat it as an extra" !"
 He indicated that in future less cooking fats would be available.
 This is indeed war in all its starkness against the food with which we sustain life," he said. 'The war against food supplies may grow in intensity as the months go on not a pleasant prospect, but it's war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

England reports its iel0 toy pro- dilction broke all records.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Nazi Road Roughens.

Nazi Road ROughenS.
 London, Dec. 31.-(UP)-Informa- tion has reached a well informed foreign embassy here tending to confirm reports that Germany is meeting increasing difficulties in establishing its new order" in Ru- mania as well as France, it was learned today.
 Not merely a few French war ships but the bulk of the French nvay has been transferred from French ports to North Africa to escape possible seizure by Germany and Italy, according to this infor- nation.
 Also, according to the Embassy News, Marshal Philippe Petain, chief of the French state, made the move after Otto AbetZ, chief German diplomatic envoy to France, had conveyed to him a demand by Adolf Hitler that the fleet be sur rendered to Italy.
 In diplomatic quarters it was suggested that Hitler had intended to shift in Italy's favor the balance of naval power in the Mediterran- can. This balance was additionally tilted to Great Britain,s side by its dramatic raid on Taranto.
 Hitler had also, it was suggested, hoped apparently to offset Italy's reverses in Albania and Libya.
 According to the same informa- ton Petain has confided to his friends that if Germany persists in demands in excess of ist armistice terms he is prepared to transfer Frances present status to one of resistance to Germany and Italy.
 Petain's f1rmer attitude, it is be- lieved here, is due in large part to American encouragement.
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WEATHER HELPED
 TO SAVE LONDON
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Not a single raider had been re- ported over Britain between dusk yesterday and mid-morning today.
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CELEBRATIONS
 ALL OVER NATION

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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
Read About This Improved"
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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12

The people of the nation are
eager to emerge from tn quag-
mire of inefficiency and insin-
cerity foreign ideologies and
continuous sitting of free enter
prise in which they have for
seven years been immersed.
In the persons of Wendell L.
Lewis and his running mate
Senator McNary they feel they
they have found leaders at a
critical time who are brave,
honest and alert to the hangers
besetting our republic. They are
two men who will arouse the
imagination and affection of
the people as have no leaders of
recent years.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
ROOSEVELT MAKES UP
MIND ON THIRD TERN

President Roosevelt has a
last made up his mind as to the
third term try, but with a mos
curious and pointless secrec!
has revealed his decision to bu'
one man and charged him t.
say nothing. 1t is most decided
ly nothing but a case of a MAJ
hoping that he will have 81,
term but waiting to be sure tina
he has a chance, and if he be
liewes he has to 90 after tn,
Nomination, if not to decline
to run, both instances givini
the impression that was what
he meant to do all along.
The New Dealers are perfect
Y able to renominate Roosevelt
)ut they have Il suspicion the!
better not-evon the Republi
:ans have i'm the past dareC
hem to do just that.
Our guess is that Roosevelt
will decline and step out Of Tho
presidency as gracefully as h,
IAN and retire to private life
COR the American people are 90
ng to scuttle the New Deal fol
)nce and all in November as be.
ing too expensive non produc
i've and too free and loose with
he American way Of life. The
discovery that we had been led
wrongly to believe that our ma
.ional defense was adequate
when in fact it was about the
size army that Bolivia or Chile
maintains to police its territory
and that our navy is so small
and ill-quipped we are wide oper
to invasion right now and will
be so for at least two year.
resulted in the American peo
taking things in their own hand.
by deluging Congress with let
tiers demanding that the natiol
get an army and a navy that i
big enough RIGHT NOW!
For the New Deal. solely an,
completely to blame for thi
dangerous condition to hope tn
people will return it to powe
is childish-no, we don't thin
MIR. Roosevelt wants" a thir
term = for exactly the sam
reason we don't want the moon
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
ON TO VICTORY!

Once again the Republican
party has arisen to the peremp-
DRY needs and demands of the
country in a great national
;riSiS.
1t has given the people noml-
ices for president and vice
president of the United States
Who measure up to the best
radtions Of the party of Abra-
lam Lincoln and Theodore Roose
veft-nOminees who wiz lead
he nation to an overwhelming
ictory for Americanism and
2epublicanism in November.
The choice of Wendell L. Will
kie of Indiana as the nominee
or president and of Senator
Charles l.. McNary of Oregon
Is the vice-presidential 'neminee
'epresent the will of the rank
md file voters of the Republi-
an. party and was accomplished
through the responsiveness of
he convention delegates to this
will. Y
The delegates met, debated
md made their choice in a
ipirit of high patriotism, rele-
,ating to the background con-
iderations of narrow PARTISAN
hip, doing that which in their
ober judgment, was for the
best interests of the whole peo-
pie.
In their dedication to this one
purpose, also, the other candi-
dates for the presidential and
vice presidential nominations
promptly acquiesced in the deci-
sion of the majority, in the true
American way. In each instance
they pledged their whole-heart-
ed support to the ticket.
There is thus presented a
united Republican front that
alone would prove invincible
Added to this solid phalanx will
be tens of thousands of rea
Democrats who will join forces
with the Republican party to
free this nation forever from
the threat of dictatorship rum.
Gus bureaucracy waste and ex
travagance incapacity and NAL
, adjustment from top to botton
! which has characterized the
New Deal. ~ :asd~
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12

OLD GRIST MILLS

(By Harvey w. Hammer (Char
lesion Printing Co., Charleston
w. Va. 1910. 26O pages: $3.50
After reading Sen. Harmer's
book, one cannot help a feeling
of nostalgia for the good old
days." This may be induced, in
a large part, by the sheer con-
trast between the peaceful and
calm days of the "old grist
MILL" and the hect.c tumultous
days of the Frightening 40's"
In any event, we recommend
"Old Grist Mills of Harrison
County," as a book which
should be read.
A great amount of research
and study has gone into this
book, as even the most careless
reader will note. the author
first delved deeply into the old
laws of Virginia to find wherein
they pertained to the grist
mills. He found that the first
Act, in relation to grist mills,
was passed in the General AS
sembly in 1645, almost three
hundred years ago. Some of
these laws are Incorporated into
this book and are exceedingly in
teresting. ~
Most of these early laws per-
tanned to the amount of toll
= that could be lawfully charged
by the millers and to the loca
ton of the mills.
Many persons were visited
and hundreds of old documents
. were examined. Courthouse rec
lrds yielded much that was
valuable to the writer in his
search into the past.
With this book, Senator ,Har-
mer has made a valuable con-
tribution to the political and
economical history of early
West Virginia.
Through the medium of this
book, one can learn much of the
activities of some of the fore
most pioneer citizens of West
Virginia today.
Senator Harmer has not con.
fined himself to the mere re-
cita of the ownership and opera
ton Of these grist mills. When
ever possible he has interviewer
stories of romance and intrigue
and politics which have as their
locale the particular grist mill
under discussion.
To those who remember tht
grist mills as a vital part OF.
their early life to those who
have heard of the grist mills
from the lips of their. elders and
" those who have no knowledge
of the grist mills, we recommend
this book. To the older folks it
will revive memories and to
the younger generation it will
present a picture of days not 50
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Politics - !
o., 60
BY q >.
MRS. cHAuNcEY o. HINERMAN
Associate Chairman
Republican State Committee

MRS. cHAUNcEY o. ZIMMERMAN
Associate Chairman
Republican State Committee
A man once bought an ex-
pensive barometer. When it
was delivered to him he was
very much perturbed,to find the
needle stuck at hurricane" He
shook it, turned it over and still
1t said hurricane" He sat
down and wrote letter to the
manufacturers and went out to
mail it in a great state of en-.
noyaEce = When he returned no
found his house was gone and
the barometer with i.
The barometer Of state he's
lorg said STOP OFFENDING"
yet the Fedor5l C.ovc.r.,,cn.
spending rrosran fcc i1l1 Is
the largest of az Coy:r1..o.:::
in al history.
chall We he'd 10 7a2riDr CT
IN oPrTocch:ny lrrr.cz2c or
shall &c rofrGo % rolicyo ua.I
1t Is too la.a2
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
ALL-GIRL ORCHESTRA
VContMued from page ~


August 18th.
The fifteen beautiful brown
girls composing this orchestra
representing Mexico, China, India
Hawaii, Asia Minor and the US
make up the only musical aggre
cation of it's kind in tn worlc
Having played throughout this
country, Canada and South
America, these international
female swingsters have piled
top honors for their unique
intrepretion of Swing music"
Each player is a sepia artist in
herself; one of them, Edna Will
liams, being able to master any
instrument in the band. Featur-
ed with the group are the girls
trio: Pauline, Queen of the
Drums; and Nena de la Crux,
directress.
Dancing will be included in
this colorful jamboree, from 10
It'll 2 am. Tickets are priced at
75c in advance and 81. at the
door. Purchase of tickets may
be made at Kinslow Drug store
Travellers hotel and Towards
Drug store. White spectators
will be admitted for SOC per per-
son.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-07-12
Christianity Never Adopted

Christianity has never been adopt
ed, even as the ostensible principle,
by any nation in its international
relationships.