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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09
MOUNT TOBE IS
 BEING DISCUSSED
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None Affected Hero

None Affected Here
 No high-ranking WPA officials in have been affected by the dismissals, according to the New Haven ofiice.
 The dismissals have not as yet touched the rank-and-file workers on the WPA though many in this category weer let go in the spring.
 State Administrator Vincent J. Sullivan is now drawing up plans for large-scaie participation by the WPA in Connecticut's portion of the national defense program. A set of broad plans is being outlined and will soon be put into operation. One of the plans features is provision of training Of men and women on the WPA rolls for mechanical training in factories handling na. tional defense orders.
 l2b LAID OFE
 New Haven, Conn. July e,-sfuPl --Siate WPA Administrator Vincent Sullivan said teddy about i25 nons relief supervisory employees Of the federal agency in Connecticut have been released within the past two days,
 sullivan sald the project super. yIsoFs were laid Of beeause of c WPA requirement that noD-Eelies employees should not exceed i've per cent Of the total employed,
 6inee relief WoEkeFs ere heinG dFepDea regularly, sullivan aaded the non relief g0lb were rising pro. pcFlionately, and had to bs cut down.
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but there still was no indication as to when the threatened blitzkrieg might start. Nazi spokesman said only Adolf Hitler knows where the blow will strike"
 The Balkan question appeared to be of monentary concern in Ber- lin. Hungary's premier and foreign minister were flying to Berlin by plane this afternoon for a confer- ence there tomorrow with German officials and with Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, who is now touring the battlefields in France and is due in Berlin to- morrow.
 Balkan reports indicated that Turkey expected demands from Rus sia probably for a mutual assistance pact and for a chance in the status of the Dardanelles, butt here was no indication that Turkey was any more favorably disposed than when she rejected these demands a year ago and signed a pact with the AL ies. There were rumors in Hun gary that Russian troops were con- centrating on the border of Iran (Persia).
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Democrat Members Of
 Control Group Meet
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commissioner far in the lead for the nomination. But observers were reluctant to write the political obituary for Dr. Gross, recalling that he has emerged successfully from threatening political situations in the past.
 State Chairman Smith allowed the balloting to go ahead, though an unoficial tally had shown that Holt would be defeated by a few votes. Apparently he sought final showdown, in order to learn the identity of several committee mem- bers who had originally pledged themselves to Holt but had later gone over to Mccarthy. The vote was by roll-call.
 Mccarthy, Smith Friends
 Mir. Mccarthy and MT. Smith are close personal friends. In fact, the local man supported Mccarthy as his successor when he sought to retire a month ago. His resignation was not accepted at that time, and in the meantime the Maloney- Smith forces swung to the view that Commissioner Hurley was attempt ing to dictate the election of Mc- Carthy. This led to the entrance of MT. Holt into the field as the Maloney-Smith candidate.
 The election itself was brief. There were no nominating speeches, MT. Smith starting the roll-call as soon as he had again offered his resignation. The resignation was greeted with a chorus of 'No's", but MT. Smith said crisply: "The ayes have it."
 All but one of the 70 committee members took part in the balloting, either personally or by proxy. MT. Mccarthy got 13 of the IA votes in Fairfield county; eight in Hartford county, including six from Hartford and two from New Britain; 12 in New Haven county, including seven of New Haven's eight; two in Litch- field county, one in Middlesex county, one in Holland county and two in New London county.
 New Chairman Introduced
 The new chairman was escorted into the main dining room of the Elton by a committee consisting of Mayor Spellacy. National Commit teeman FitzGerald, and Town Chairman John Whelan of Bridge port.
 Greeting his successor. MT. Smith said: "The committee has made a fine selection. and the new chair man can be assured of my enthus- iastic support throughout his term"
 MT. Mccarthy, thanking the members for his election promised cooperation with all in the handling of party affairs. There's no rea- son." he said, "fOr taking outside anything that happened at this meeting. What we want now is a united party. so that we can work for victory state and nationally this saii."
 "Frank smith thought that the contest tonight would be a good thing for the Democratic party" sad Chairman Mccarthy. Ills only thought was the party's welfare. I've always held him in the highest regard, and at thls moment there is no one ! think Of more highly"
 The defeated candidate. Mr. Holt, gas then called in. iIe made a brief speech eongFatulallng Mr. Nes caTthy and promising his support,
 First 0fIleial Act
 AS hls first elilelal set Chairman Mccarthy announced the Teap- poiniment Of Secretary z. walter barley, of IIaddam. formerly Of Waterbury, Treasurer William (. Farley, oi neH nFltaini Alld Ass
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(Continued from Page D and 13 minutes for a total elapsed flying time of Il hours and 43 min- utes--a commercial speed record.
 Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker set the present record, 12 hours and 19 min- utes in 1884.
 Capt. Jack Zimmerman, chief pilot of TWAS eastern division, brought the liner in from Kansas City. He said the second leg of the flight was made at an average altitude of 17,0o0 feet and at a cruising speed of 240 miles an hour.
 "We were aided by a tail wind of 20 miles an hour" he said, "and at times we hit a top speed of PAS miles an hour, although we were only using 50 per cent of the horsepower of the four engines"
 Among the 15 passengers aboard, all of whom made the entire flight from the coast were group of mo- tion picture actors and actresses, and film officials. They included Tyrone Power, Brenda Joyce, Nancy Kelly, Paulette Goddard, Alexander Korda. Barney Briskin and Herman Wobber. Harry Gerguson ,traveling as Prince Michael Romanoff, also was aboard.
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sistant Secretary Katherine Quinn, of West Hartford.
 Mir. Smith, retiring from offlce, took the defeat of his candidate gracefully. we didn't have the votes; that's all," he said.
 The committee would have been only too willing to have MT. Smith reconsider his decision to resign, but he said he would not be willing to serve again and the election went ahead.
 Brief Sketch of Chairman
 The new state chairman, MT. Mc- Carthy, is A years old and the father of two children. A former professional baseball player he was first baseman for the Springfield Eastern League club after the World. war. He also played pro- fessional football.
 Born in Bridgeport, MT. McCar- thy has been a resident of Newtown for the past IS years. He Is presi- dent of the Newtown Coal and Grain Co.,, and president of the American Brush Wire Go. He att tended Connecticut State college for two years, leaving to join the Army in 1917. He was in service % months, spending a year in France. He has been twice elected to the state central committee. He served as Newtown building inspector for several years, and is now chairman of the Newtown fire commission.
 MT. Smith leaves office after serv- ing for more than six years. He became state chairman in the spring of 1884, after serving earlier as secretary. Now 37, he was the youngest state chairman in the party,s history when he first took office.
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 But to have permanent validity a dictatorship requires a dictator of great will power who can overawe all subordinates. France has no such person. There is no French political leader with the temperament of Hit Ter or Mussolini. Since the beginning of the French republic France has always feared the appearance of 'the man on horseback" as leader of military uprising against the repub- lie. In 1889 General Boulanger made the attempt but had to flee from Paris and two years later committed suicide.
 Petain Is Too Old
 Marshal Petain, 84, is too old for the role. General Weygand has not the ability. There is no other known French general capable of such an attempt. None of the French politi- vians has sufficient following or popularity to make himself a dic- tator. So, 8 triumvirate is now scheduled to take over the govern nent of France under the new ccn- stitution. Triumvirates, however, never last. more especially in France where lengthy cooperation among leaders Is unknown.
 The present clique in control of the French government is sympa- thetic toward some aspects of the Nazi and Fascist forms of govern nlent which will be reflected in the new constitution. But any basic imi- tation of German and Italian ad- ministrative methods that may be forced on France at Vichy can last only for the duration Of the war.
 Alter peace has come and France becomes stabilized again, the French people will settle their own govern mental destiny themselves. If neees. saFy it will be done by revolution, Franceis FeeurTent way in the past hundred and fifty years of returning to democracy.
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The Japanese civilian population in China has trebled in three years.
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reduced, leaving aboard each vessel only enough men to man it.
 (rn London it was reported offi- cially that French naval units ct Alexandria include the battleship Lorraine, four cruisers and number of smaller craft.)
 Since the armistice French ships at Alexandria have been under Brit- ish guns and last week, when the British moved to prevent all French naval forces from falling into Ger man or Italian hands, the French ships here were forbidden to leave harbor.
 Today's statement said that when the Franco German armistice was signed the British asked Admiral M. Godefroy, commanding French ships here, to consider joining the British, putting his ships out of action or sailing them with reduced crews to neutral haven. To Admiral Gode- froy the British emphasized the pres- ence here of a greatly superior Britt ish fleet and told him there was no possibility that he could take his ships to sea and that any attempt to do so would serve only to en- danger French lives
 British Admiral Arrested
 London, July g - CU.P) = Ad- miral Sir Barry E. Romville, 62, re- tired, friend of Adolf Hitler and of the Nazi regime, and Lady Don- vile were arrested for interment by Scotland Yard agents under the de- fense regulations, it was made known today.
 The exact nature of the charge was not disclosed.
 Domville, who retired in 1886, was chairman of the pro-German orr ganization, the Link, which was dis solved when the war started. He was chief of naval intelligence 1927 to 1880, and at one time was chief of staff of the Mediterranean fleet. He visited Germany in 1897 to hunt with Heinrich Himmler, head of the Gestapo. Twice before that he was a guest of Adolf Hitler and was in Germany a month before war was declared.
 German Author Is Refugee
 London, July - (U.P) An Ex- change Telegraph Zurich dispatch reported today that Lion Feucht- wanger, world famous German au- thor, was among refugees from Nazism who had fallen into German hands since the equalization of France.
 Feuchtwanger, German Jewish historical novelist and dramatist, emigrated from Germany soon after the Nazis attained power. Like many others of world repute, he was deprived of his citizenship. Feuch- twanger's books have been translat- ed into many languages. One, Jew Suss (published in the United States as Power) was acclaimed throughout the world.
 The Japanese civilian population
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WAR MOVES ON
 TODAY'S BOARD

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STRATOLINERS
 ARE DOING WELL
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German planes nov vsTe b6mhing Inc DTllisb isies almost necessarily
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Service Orders
NAVY.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.

PoEsF GomdT Reeez, 11sd 1s tTOE Fore. A'ne
Truitt 1t. Comdr Ira W, from U. s. s.
Arctic TO Mare Island. Can r,o
Ashcraft. 1t. Thomas from Pensacola, Fla
Brush, 1t. Frederick ] from Patrol Squad
ron 33 to Patrol Wing 3
Conrad. 1t. Robert D.. from Mare Island
Calf tc Navy Department.
Drake, 1t HARRINGTON M, from Pensacola
10 Jack Sonville
Fickling, Ii. Evan E., from Pensacola to
Haines, it. Nathan s, from Pensacola to
HawEins, Il Carson. from Pensacola to
Jacksonville
Hulchings II Charles S. from U. S. S.
Leonard 1t. Robert C, from u S S. Stock
ton TO U S S Mexican.
ment to Asiatic Fleet.
Marcy. 1t CLAYTON c., from Pensacola to
Jacksonville
wickens, Ii. Justin l., from U. s S. Var
nell to U: S s Gregory.
Brock. 1t q. gl James W, from U. s. s,
FAIRFAX to U. s S Chester
T i T. s. S Meade 10 U S. S. New York
PeTamfs Radscri 1t 10 sua9 Helena B from o s. s.
'"s'"fi Tillman ma I to i. S. T $. Pensacola O
sessrpye; gnb It. 1t = g Eyssstt Sssbvie n from
WeStn. 1t. d. g Howard S, from o S. s.
McLanahsn TO U. S. S. San Francisco.
Parker. Ensign Oscar B. from U. S. g.
WIckeS to Asiatic Fleet.
s'ssR Thatchrr hes'fp 20 u hs New 1r9% york T. >
Wallineford Ensign John R, from O. 8 8
Swasey 10 S S Litchheld
Zuinger Ensign John R, from U S. 9.
Iaraden to U S 8 MonSSen.
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'lnte'rfederation Asks
Reopening Of District
Testing Laboratory
. Massachusetts Avenue
Widening Is Made Special
Business for Next MEETING

Reopening of the District Testing
Laboratory was urged by the Inter-
federation Conference, composed of
representative from District and
nearby civic federations at dinner
meeting last night in the Y. w. c.
A. The motion was introduced by
Washington 1. Cleveland.
Mr.. Cleveland said the laboratory,
built about eight years ago for
testing construction material, could
be operated for about $4,000 year
less than the present cost of having
work done at the Bureau of Stand
ards
Widening to Be Taken Up.
Another motion by Mr.. Cleveland
will make a motion in special order
at the next meeting opposing re-
surfacing of Massachusetts, avenue
between the Rock Greek Bridge now
under construction and Wisconsin
avenue NV. unless the road is
made at least so feet wide. Mr..
Cleveland said he understood pres
ent plans call for widening during
resurfacing from the present 40
feet to A feet, which he claimed
was not adequate for a main high
way. Harry Stull. president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
asked that the matter be left to
the next meeting to allow his fed
Grafton a chance to discuss the
proposal.
The reports of the five fedora
tionS of citizens associations repre-
sented at the conference were pre-
sented by Mr.. Stull, District fedora
ton: DR.. c. P. Martin, Fairfax
County (VaD federation; DR.. Victor
Meyers, Arlington County tVaD
federation: Mr.. Cleveland. Mont
gomery County Md federation,
and w. F. Mulligan, Prince Georges
County Md federation.
Meeting Visits Suggested.
Jesse Suter suggested that it
would be helpful if the members
visited the meetings of other fedora
-tiOnS and Mr.. Stull invited the
members of the conference to at
tend the next meeting of his fed
Grafton, which will be held on the
first Saturday of next month
A motion by Mr.. Cleveland that the
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secretary send notices to members

secretary send notices to members
of certain changes in bylaws so
that they could be discussed at the
next meeting was passed. A COM
mittee on curbing American
activities was discharged after a
report was made by Culver Cham
berlain, chairman. The discussion
was in executive session.
Presiding at the meeting was
Chairman Fred w. Cast of Prince
Georges County.
Alfred Bailey, a former justice of
the peace, attending from Prince
Georges County, was stricken after
the meeting and taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, where it was stated
that he would probably leave this
morning.
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WRIGHT Will Speak

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. % (Spe-
ciaD Carroll M. Wright, executive
secretary of the international
Christian Endeavor Society. will
speak at a rally in the Christian
Church here tonight in the interest
of obtaining a field secretary for
the Maryland Christian Endeavor
| Union.
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Chest
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hing for the protestant churches of
the Nations Capital" the Rev. w. L.
DARBY, executive secretary of the
washington Federation of Churches,
said:
1--WE must not allow the uncer-
|tainty of conditions in our Nation
and the world at this critical time
to lessen our interest in our fellow
men close at hand or decrease our
contributions toward the assistance
required by so many right here in
our own city. The needs of the
|agencies in the Community Chest
continue and must be met. This is
time for every Washingtonian to
do his duty in behalf of the Chest!
And we must not fail"
Hazen Issues Statement.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen is
sued the following statement on
"why we should be glad to make
the Community Chest successful this
year of all years.:
The citizens of the District should
be particularly glad to contribute
to the Community Chest this year
because of a feeling of gratitude.
Be thankful that this Nation of ours
is free of the terrors of war. Be
grateful that we have no thousands
upon thousands of youngsters made
orphans by bombs and rifle bullets.
Be glad that our parents, our chill
dren, our brothers and sisters are
here, living with us instead of lying
dead as penalty pledges to the god
of Mars.
"1f our citizens will only stop and
consider the misery and suffering
OF those other fellow beings whose
countries are locked in a death
struggle, they will be eternally
thankful that the contribution called
4 for by the Community Chest is not
to alleviate similar suffering in this
country. 1t is equally true, however
that the contribution is to help the
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lin School, ST. Johns College and
graduated Georgetown University
medical school IN D., 1906) teacher
of medicine and surgery, George
town Medical School, 1909 1888;
chief of staff and chief surgeon,
Gallinger Hospital, 1914-1928; ex-
amining surgeon for United States
Bureau of Pensions, 1913-1918; now
in private practice. A member of
the Committee on Medical Re-
sources, former chairman of Ex-
ecutive Committee of District Medi-
cal Society. Married; sons. James
A. Cannon, jr, teacher at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore. and
Robert I. Cannon, Glenn Martin
Aircraft factory. Baltimore.
John Callan OLaughlin, presi-
dent Copley Press. Inc. publishers
of the Army and Navy Journal;
business representative on board;
born Washington, D. c., January
II, 1878; attended Columbia Uni
versity, Washington correspondent
for Chicago and New York news
papers, 1893-1917; secretary to
Theodore Roosevelt on African and
European trips, major in United
States Army in World War; resi-
dence. 2435 California street NV.
Earl Goodwin, newspaper corre-
spondent and radio commentator.
representative of business on board;
residence, 1850 Mintwood place
NV; native of Washington, SO
years of age: former president
White House Correspondents SAsso-
citation, member of Washington unit,
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suffering of our own unfortunates
who are in need. and / am sure
that there will be a great outpouring
of financial aid to these sufferers,
when our citizens remember with a
deep sense of gratitude that their
ability to contribute is so greatly
enhanced because of the fact that
our beloved country is still blessed
with peace"
Robert E. Bondy, director of pub
lie welfare, gave the following mes
sage:
The national unity that all de-
sire will come by making our
American democracy work. Along
side our democratic system Of
government with its public welfare
services is the service of private
agencies supported by the Com
munity Chest-a generous express
sion of neighborliness and an es-
sential in the meeting of human
need here in Washington.
Each Community Chest contribu-
tor is, therefore, a participant in
making democracy work. He fur
nishes the means for rendering nee
essary services to children, to sick
people, to broken families, to the
aged-services that would not be
available otherwise. Who would not
be glad to help make such a cause
success?"
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American Newspaper Guild; served
as first lieutenant IN Chemical War
fare Corps during the World War.
DR.. George c. Havenner, citizen
representative on board; former
president Federation of Citizens
Associations, honorary lifetime
member of Anacostia, Congress
Heights, East Washington High
lands and Hillcrest Citizens Asso-
Citations; born Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Md. September %, 1866; statis-
tician and author of works on sta
tistics; graduated from Howard
Medical School, 1888; member OF
inaugural parade committees, 1929,
1888, 1887; residence. 1912 Albemarle
street NV.
DR.. c. Herbert Marshall, jr., ply
sician: president of the Washing
ton branch of the National Associ-
alton for the Advancement of COL
ored People; president, Rock Greek
Civic Association. Born 1898 in
Washington; educated, Washington
schools and graduated from Howard
University medical school IN. D.,
1926; served as staff physician at
Freedmen's Hospital: now in pri-
vate practice. Vice president of
the National Medical Association
and member Of the Medico- Chi
rurgical Society.
John LOcher, prominent figure In
Washington labor union circles for
years: labor representative on board; |;
president of Central Labor Union
since 1888 and officer for that body
since 1926; executive secretary of
Building Trades Council; vice presi-
dent Of Maryland State and District
of Columbia Federation of Labor
"a. F. of L.. Born in Washington,
1884, educated Holy Trinity School.
Georgetown University; member
Holy Trinity Catholic Church; holds
card in Iron Workers Local Union,
No. S; married, two children; lives
at 1923 o street NV; office 1211-A
Connecticut avenue NV.
Cecil Owen, president Of the
Washington Industrial Union Coun-
Gil; now publicity director for the
United Construction Workers Or
ganizing Committee, has been active
in public relations work for the
Congress of Industrial Organizations
for several years. Born September
6, 1904, descendant of Robert
Owen, pioneer Socialist; educated
Antioch College and Columbia Uni
versity; a District resident since
1927; Office, Fifteenth and streets
NV; residence, 2l09 Huidekoper
place NV; married, two daughters.
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Greek and British Planes
Hoross Fleeing Italians

By the Associated Press.
BITOLJ, Yugoslavia, Nov. 22.-
Greek and British warplanes, follow
ing up the capture of the italian
base at Koritza, haraSsed Italians
retreating westward today with re-
peated bombing and machine-gun-
ming attacks.
The Italians themselves sent over
waves of planes to pound Koritza
in an effort to slow up the Greek
ground forces smashing at the heels
of the Fascists. These attacks
started a few hours after the Greeks
marched triumphantly into the
town.
One low-flying British squadron,
blasting an Italian column headed
toward Elbasani, in Central Albania,
was reported to have been caught in
Italian .anti-aircraft fire, with one
of the craft downed and another
disabled. The latter was said to
have landed behind Greek lines,
plumes of smoke trailing from its
motors.
A considerable amount of war ma
terial in KoritZa was declared to
have fallen into Greek hands, al
though the border advices said the
Italians managed to get out most Of
their stores.
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of the Italian forces which defended
Koritza, but it was reported that a
large number were captured.