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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Jim and Jack Miller of S4 Shelley Street get great deal of pleasure collecting tnfo for and derive just as much when the little fellows trek into the Tower sanctum. Thanks for yesterdays contribution boys. Lee Pagan drops me line from New Orleans where he is taking in the annual Mardi Gras The carnival spirit is rampant, claims Lee, and the Gee Gees running at the Fair Grounds. Bob Kersted extends invitation to be his guest at the badmntOn exhibition of Ken Davidson, European champion, at the Central week from tomorrow night. He guar antees an evening of unusual entertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

bition; Miss Green, compliments: Miss McManus, marvellous" per- sonality; Miss Ostrander, sense of humor; and Miss White, romance.
 Unlike the much-publicized New York variety of debutantes, these have been raised in the society of the home and not of the cafe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

nanda Wanamaker of Philadelphia and Betty Ann Cook of Kansas City, who are both ready for matrimony.
 Sally Green of Dallas and Peggy McNIanus of Santa Barbara, one of Los Angeles numerous suburbs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leece sending out an nouncements of the arrival of daughter born last Friday at St. Mary's Hospital. Jay "Red" Petit of Naugatuck has joined the boroughs volunteer fire department. Francis Fahy, former Wilby football star and halfback the freshman team at St. Bona ventures College is appendicitis patent at St. Fran cis Hospital in St. Bonaventure, N. Y The Bonnes gridirOn followers have tagged the local boy fine prospect for the varsity teams backeld next season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

three, in work-or -wedlock poll of the pick of the crop from seven representative American cities - New York again excluded. Girls remaining at home are Patsy O'Neill of San Francisco, who is going to be "a lady," and Fer-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

What wonderful feeling gets when listening to the swell organ tones Rev. Austin Saunders of Our Lady Mt Carmel Church drifts the keyboards It seems to lift you fleecy snowwhite cloud and into the land of Paradise All the lads of theWPA orches- tra are wishing Jay Iorio, their former acedrummer the best of luck in his business in the North End
 Advance reports indicate full house for the South End Harmony Kings show at the Temple Hall, Saturday evening" February IT, Art Cpriano directing and the nocturnal roaer Joe J. Famigetti IT,, is handling the microphone (And howD. .. Felix DFronzo is spinning the highways in zppy new sedan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Heard in passing. .. .. Mr. and Mrs. Milton G. Harri- son of New Haven have announced the birth of son, Howard Raffe at the New Haven Hospital Mrs. Harri is the former Ruth Raffe daughter of Mir and Mrs. Louis M. Raffel of Waterbury and Milford Diane DiPetro, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Andrew DiPietrO has been undergoing hospital treatment for pneu- mOnia. . Eddie Murphy Beverage Bowling League prexy is still prevented from hitting his md-seasOn form by infected finger his right hand that has been bOtherng him since last fall Burt Bowen, pop uIar dairy executive, and son. Eddie make fine ap- pearace cantering along outlying dirt roads on their good looking horses. Ssh. George Dillon didn't let t be known too generally, but last Saturday was his birthday And he was downright secretive about his age, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

The Ice Follies of 194O current attraction at the New Haven Arena gets my bid as the best bit of ice really moved into the sphere of high class entertainment growing and to resemble the musical comedy pattern and except of course for song or two, the pro- duction is not far removed from stage revue. good deal of the of the show the humor and of the best funmaker skates featured especially Prick and Track whose assortment of trick steps is almost unbelievable This pair skate off-balance and fall only at the right tme The Follies believe, no longer of supplying the principals with an oppor their status in national Olympic competition it's enter tainment which is entertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

All roads lead to Natchez. Natchez, Mississippi is one of the old Sous most beautiful and historic cities Situated on the Mississippi River some 17O miles north of New Orleans it's residents proud of the fact that the old traditions and the old heritages that were once the Souths most precious possessions still preserved with all their richness and authenticity in Natchez Right now however, Natchez is more than usually ex cited It bstles with activity and preparation, despite the fact that recent wny blasts have penetrated as far south as it's locality For Natchez this spring will o fer to the nation two pgrimages One is sponsored by the Pilgrimage Garden Club and is being held for the ninth annual time from March through March 23 The other is sponsored by the Nachez Garden Club and is also held for the ninth successive tme the dates this year being from Easter Sunday (March 24) to April T. inclusive. In short there to be whole months opportunity to head southward and Nachezs gories and wonders with their best dress No Chamber o Commerce could ask for better cooperation than this in putting community show that has attracted in the past considerable national attention
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Japan placed 200 guards in the House of Representatives to be pre- pared for stormy sessions of the l940 Diet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Jackie Costelloe of Valentine Avenue would like to let all his little Bunker Hill paymates, whose mothers have been calling the telephone know that he is on the road to recovery and will be out and around again. The "Oe Doc" still has little fixn" to do before Jackie will be able to return to school Jackie, though only five is of the most popular kids in the neghbOrhOOd and since he's been scarlet fever pa tient his little buddies have greatly missed him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Phince Mohamned Ally, Egyp- tian Crown Prince, sent M. Dala- dier, the French Premier, $27,500 for French Red Cross work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

The British Guild of Air Pi- lots, composed of civil flyers, have offered their services to the Air Ministr. V
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
TRAIN IS ST0RMED
BY MEXICAN GANG
Crowd Frightens American
Tourists And Threatens
Two Generals

NOGALES, Ariz., April 23.-R-
A yelling, pistol-shooting crowd
stormed a United States-b o u II d
Southern Pacific train at Hermosillo,
Sonora, today, frightened American
tourists and threatened two Mexican
air force generals.
Gen. Gustavo Leon and Gen. AL
fredo Lezama charged upon arrival
that the demonstration was insti-
gated by supporters of Avila Cana
cho, procurement candidate for
President. The generals are leaders
in the campaign of the anti-admin-
istration candidate, Juan Almazan.
Lezama reported the train was
surrounded by 300 men at it pulled
into the Hermosillo station about
4 a. m. After firing pistols in the
air and screaming insults, some of
the men boarded the train, seized
luggage, and damaged property, he
said.
None Of the cars occupied by
Americans was entered, however.
Ben r. Meyer, Los Angeles bust
ness man, said he was awakened by
Continued on Page Sevens Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
FACE
new NAZI THREAT
Swift German Troops Re-
ported Moving In On For
ces North OF Oslo

OSLO, April 23.-tR-A portion
of the Norwegian forces fighting
north of here were described in mill
tary reports reaching German-held
Oslo today as threatened both from
the north and south by swift Ger
man troops.
The Germans, striking from Hone
floss, northwest of OSLO, were said
her to be at Lillehammer, IS miles
north of the capital. Another Ger
man group, swinging up the west
shore of Mjosa lake from Eidsvold,
yesterday reached Gjovik, about 60
miles north of the capital, and Nor
wegians caught between the two
forces were reported to have but
one avenue of escape left-westward
toward Fossei mfortress and the
Va1dres valley.
The main Norwegian force north
of Oslo appeared to be closer to
the Swedish border, between Elver-
UNI and Rena, and likewise in dan
ger of being trapped.
Germans extending their line
CONTINUED On Page TWO)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
Germany Admits Direct
Fighting Within Norway
TWO TRANSPORTS HIT
Germans Report British Are
Driven Into Woods By
Fire OF Their Planes

BERLIN, April %. The
first admission of direct fighting
between British and German lant
forces in central Norway came
from authorized German sources
today but German officialdom
Analysing reports of additional air
and naval engagements, adopted
the attitude that "the more the
British attempt to land in Norway
the better we like it."
Nazi confidence was bolstered by
news of the German bombings of
Andalsnes and Namsos, British de-
barkation points south and north
of German-held Trondheim; Grong,
railway point 80 miles west of
Namsos, and Dombas, another stra-
tegic rail point so miles south of
Andalsnes. The Nazis said that An.
dalsnes had been destroyed by an
all-day air raid Sunday.
Transports Hit
In addition, DNB, the German
official news agency, in reporting
today's activities of the German
a%irforce said two British transports
were hit by bombs of heavy calibre
before reaching the Norwegian
coast and probably were unable
to unload their cargo at their place
of destination"
In central Norway, the news
agency said British troops again
were targets of Nazi airmen with
(Continued on Page Seven; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
CONVOY IS ATTACKED
Warplanes And Warships
Engaged In Two Battles
In Passageway
D%ESTROYERS SIGHTED
Powerful Allied Force Re-
ported Advancing In d.
rection OF Hamar
BY THOMAS F. HAWKINS

STOCKHOLM, April 90. G9-
Fierce sea-and-air warfare, spanked
by an attack on a German transport
convoy, was reported raging in the
Skagerrak tonight while Allied
troops in Norway threatened Nazl
positions on three fronts.
The Stockholm newspaper Nya
Dagligt Allehanda reported from
Sweden's west coast that warships
and airplanes were engaged in two
battles in the ~Skagerrak.
From the roar of gunfire off the
coast, it said, the fighting seems
likely to prove the most severe in
the two weeks since Germany in
vaded Norway.
Destroyers Sighted
Many fighting planes were involv-
ed in the battles and at n coastal
vantage point, 10 d~estroyers coulc
be seer speeding past, all of then
with their guns spouting.
On land, meanwhile, the newspaper
Aftonbladet reported a battle in pro
gress "at tn edoor of OSLO" in the
sector from Elverum to Hamar ane
Lillehammer, about 60 miles nortt
of Norway's Nazi-held capital.
These reports said a powerful Al
lied force is advancing in the direc
ton of Hamar. The Allied forces, al
ready engaged in a widening series
of encounters with the Germans, ap
parently are heading toward a de
cisive clash there.
The Germans effort seems to be
concentrated on cutting the railroad
between Hamar and Andalsnes, Nor
wegian west coast debarkation poin1
for the British forces, to isolate the
Hamar sector.
Important junction
Dombas, which the Germans nave
subjected to heavy bombardment anc
near which they dropped parachute
troops, is an important junction or
the Andalsnes-Hamar line.
Reuters, British news agency, sale
in London that British and Norwe-
gian troops are reported attacking
north of Hamar for possession of the
gateway to Oslo through the Great
|Gubrandsnal valley, and that British
| Norwegian pressure is forcing thu
Germans back from Elverum, furth'
er east.)
Another major battle seems to b.
Continued ON Page Seven; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
GREATER SPREAD
OF WAR Is SEEN
Danger OF Sweden, Yugo-
slavia Becoming Involv-
ed Talked By Allies

PARIS, April 23.-P-The dan
gers of a spread of the European
war into two now neutral spots
Sweden and Yugoslavia-were re-
ported to have been brought into
sharp relief at the two-day, eighth
meeting of the Allied war council
ending today.
Sources close to the French for
eign office sal dhte political and
military leaders of Great Britain and
France, Joined for the first time by
representatives of German-con-
quered Poland and German-occupied
Norway, considered the present
state of the war and studied pre-
Iiminary plans for the future.
Earlier in the day French mill
tary commentators reported there
CONTINUED On Page TWo)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
BITTER WARSHR. PLANE
WARFARE is BELIEVED
IN SKAGERRAK
The European
War Situation

(By the Associated Press)
LONDON-British battle for
gate" to Oslo; other sharp
struggles north of Trondheim
and in central Norway; tax i'll
creases required for 10-billion.
dollar budget; war OH whole
German people hot Hitler
alOne-is urged by Duff Coo.
per.
STOCKHOLM - Sea-air war
reported raging in Skagerrak,
and Allied land forces threat
ening German positions on
three Norwegian fronts.
BERLIN - Germany claims
fresh successes at sea and in
air while acknowledging that
British are fighting OH Norwe-
gian soil.
PARIS-Allied war council,
with Polish and Norwegian
leaders attending, studies pos
sible spread of war to Sweden
and YugOslavia.
TOKYO-Japanese foresee AL
lied concessions in return for
benevolent neutrality" to aid
Pacific blockade; U. S. COM
plains of Japanese enforced
hardships on Americans in
Tientsin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
O'SHEA SAYS REDS
DOMINATE UNIONS
Claims They Are In Posi-
ton To Paralyze Import
ant Transport Systems

WASHINGTON, April 23.-CP)-
From red.headed Thomas Humphrey
OShea, who said he was the first
president of the Transport Workers
union, the Dies committee heard TO-
day that communists were in a posi-
ton to paralyze the transport sys-
tens of New York and Alaska.
In the brogue of his native Ire
land, O'Shea testified that the com
munist party not only dominated the
Transport Workers union and the
United Radio, Electrical and MI
chine Workers union Cloth C1O) but
that it held key positions IN mari
time labor organizations.
Furthermore, he said, gun CLUBS
had been organized by transport
nnion members for regular target
practice.
ado they have these guns for the
same reason that these IT Chrlstlan
Front people had then?" asked KEEP
Thomas GRIND, referring evldentls
to the group prosecuted IN New
York on charges of plotting to oVer-
throw the government.
O'shea agreed.
In New York, Michael j.. gull
international president OIL the
Transport Workers union, lssuee
q statement in which he salc
IO,shea's testimony was
"There are no gun clubs IN the
Transport Workers union" ne saiu
He added that the charge OF ON
munism had been denied lo'
times"
Quill said O'shea had been eS
nelIed from the union in 1888.
O'shea testified that the con
munist party controlled transpor
unions in Alaska for the purpose
of committing sabotage in even
of war between this country ane
Russia. 49,,
Calling Quill a communist thu
witness said he had heard MIN say
at q communist convention ina
his union would crush the baronS
of wall street. as a steam hamme
would smash a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
British Adopt
Huge Budget,
Heavy Taxes
Gear Spending To Same To-
tai As Spent In Last Year
OF The World War
.|$e,334,5OO,oO IS TOTAL
War Costs Will Amount To
$3.50 For Every Per-
son In The Nation
By EDWIN STOUT

LONDON, April 23.-LP-G r e a
Britain, less than eight months al
war, today geared her spending fol
the 1940-41 fiscal year to virtually
the same staggering total which she
paid in the final, exhausting veal
of the World war, imposed heavy
new taxes to meet part of the cost
and gave official impetus to a revo'
lutionary economic scheme under
which the British consumer is ex
pected to rigidly "do without"
The total of the budget which
Chancellor of the EXchequer Sil
John Simon drew from his little
red dispatch case in the house OF
commons is e., 667, 900, 900, or 1884,
500, 900 at the New York exchange
rate of approximately $3.50 and con
siderably more at the British peg
ged'' rate of $4.02-$4.04.
$3.50 Per Person
1t amounts Cat the New York
rate) to $3.50 for every man, woman
and child in Great Britain. More
than half must be borrowed.
Moreover, this budget figure
(Which, naturally, is an estimate
very likely to be exceeded by sup
Elementary war expenditures), com
pares with expenditures in the 1917
10 fiscal year of f., 696,221, 000.
That per capita bill for carrying
onboth the government and the wal
is more than three times the PEI
capita cost of the United States
federal government in 1959-$70.
AS for the cost of the war itself
Sir John told the house that Grea
Britain spent 1905, O00, 900 (about SO,
1877, 900, 0O0) in the first sever
months of the conflict.
He declared that figure indicated
an annual war expenditure at th'
rate of about fl, $50, 600, o0o), but tina
the estimate was rising and tn
rate of annual expenditure would b,
2 1000, 900, 900 (about $1,000, 900, 900,
by theend of the fiscal year mex
March.
Large Increase
The budget represents an increas'
in the expenditure of $3.50, O0O, 90
($2,975, 900, 00O) owe the 1884
year.
Under it the government woul'
spend almost the equivalent Of tn
output of all the factories in thl
industrial kingdom. The factory pre-
duction under the 1885 census wa
valued at f2,S06, 600, 900 (hen abou
$14, O30, 600, 900, when the pound wa
valued at 5000
The amount to be raised entirel,
by taxation, heaviest in British his
tory, is estimated at f1,234, 600, 00'
81, 319, 900, OO0), but the government
still must borrow f1,433, 000, 900 S.,
SIS, 500, O00) to make both ends NEE
in the 1940-41 fiscal year.
The British national debt alread,
is IS, 931, 900, 900 $31,25S, 500, 000), o
about $500 per capita as compared
with the United States nationa
debt of $30S per capita in 1889.
Wholesale Sales Tax
Sir John announced a proposed
new wholesale sales tax the rate
of which have not been determined
and which would "reduce the de
mand for supplies and conserv'
manpower."
Taxes were hiked on several othe:
items, but the heavy income ia,
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
ANNENBERG PLEADS GUILTY TO INCOME
TAX CHARGES BUT JUDGMENT della YED

both. But Annenberg's counsel,
Weymouth Kirkland, intimated
he had hopes for len;ency
when Judge James I'll. Wilker-
son acts upon the plea on May
20.
At the same time, however,
U. S. District Attorney William
j. Campbell stated that 'the
government has not agreed to
make any recommendation as
to the sentence to be imposed"
Attorney Kirkland outlined
his clients position this way:
g. NJ. Annenberg was
influenced by the fact that any
alternative would involve years
Of trying and expensive litiga-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
Wheeler Says Farm Debt
Problem Must Be Solved
TALKS AT CHAPEL HILL
Deplores Farm Credit Poll
cy Which Creates Many
New Tenants

CHAPEL HILL, April 23-CP-
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) held UP
tie farm debt tonight as one of
The nations principal problems and
said that unless it were settled by
liberal action now, drastic ac-
lion, fascist or communist would
follow.
Addressing the Carolina Political
Union, he deplored a farm credit
policy that creates new tenants
through foreclosure faster than any
government agency can rehabilitate
them and called for "a new philo-
soDhy Of agricultural credit that
would keep the farmer on his farm
and afford him a measure of
security"
Wants Interest Cut
He urged the passage Of a bill
introduced by himself, Senator
Bankhead (D-Ala3 and Senator La
Toilette (Prog-Wis) which would
reduce interest rates on government
loans to farmers and provide a
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. 4)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24

CHICAGO, April 23.-R-
NJ. l.. Annenberg, affluent pub
Usher who once dominated a
nationwide racing news em-
pire, pleaded guilty today to "a a
charge of evading $1'2i7'296
in income taxes but final dis
position of the case was de-
ferred for a month.
The delay i'll pronouncing
judgment afforded time for a
Settlement of civil claims i'll
n@eootiations through which
eventually the government
60 nm mn from the Philadel-
phian and some OF his many
corporations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
COOPER GIVES VIEWS
English Leader Calls For
Total War Against The
Whole German People,
WAR BUDGET IS GIVEN
First Major Battle Of Nor
wegian Campaign Begin
ming Near Lillehammer
Rv DREW

LONDON, April % ZIP The
tide of war on the hard northern
battle-ground boiled tonight into
southern Norway and found Allied
and German troops, alike far from
home, engaged in a battle of SEEM
ing decision for the gate to Oslo
and, perhaps, command of the M
vaded nations destiny.
At home, on the day of st.
George, Britain's patron saint, the
war front hardened, too. Alfred
Duff Cooper, former war secretary
and first lord of the admiralty,
gave voice to the increasing senti-
ments of the treat Germany
rough" school of highly-placed Brit
ish thought.
Asks Total War
He called the nation to a total
war against the whole German
people''-not only the nazis de-
clared "the German people, must
be beaten in battle and warned
them they need expect no sympathy
if, afterwards, they come whining
and groveling" as he said they did
at Versailles.
But of more immediate concern
to every one of Britain's people
was the f2,667, 900, 900 (S9,344,500,
O0O) war budet fogr the next fiscal
year, as unfolded by Chancellor of
tie Exchequer Sir John Simon in
+ho Lo,1ea of oonmnpC
While another uncommunicatlve
communique from the war office
pictured British and Norwegian
troops as fighting together and re-
sisting enemy pressure" in the
south of Norway, unofficial British
and neutral military observers
pieced together this picture of the
land war
Major Battle Starts
l.. The first major battle of the
campaign is beginning at the gate
near Lillehammer where the Great
Gudbrandsdal valley enters the
southern plain. 1t is at Lilleham-
mer that the Allied columns must
debouch from the valley if they
are to strike across the plain at
German-held Oslo.
2. A flying column of Norwegians
and British has thrust southwark
from the Britons' central-west
coast landing places and, thanking
! CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24

ton. He hopes to dispose
of the civil claims for taxes
that have been made and will
be made against him and the
companies in which he is inter-
ested. He further hopes that by
taking responsibility upon him.
self SO far as he can, this will
be taken into consideration by
the government and the court
in connection with the charges
pending against his associates
and employees.
"In the proceedings upon the
imposition of the sentence, we
feel confident that the absence
Continued on Page Seven; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24

Annenberg, tall, gaunt and
grave, entered Il plea of guilty
to evasion of $~1,217,296 in
Ievies on his 1896 incomes.
That constituted one count of
a ~six-count indictment alleging
failure to pay $3,258,809 alto
gether OH his earnings from
1882 to 1886, inclusive. The adj
dition of 1929, 574 in penalties
and interest brought the total
sought to $5,54S,3S3 and made
it the largest criminal tax case
on federal records.
The maximum penalty on the
count involving the guilty
plea would be five years inn
prisonment Or a $4,000 fine, Or
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
MEET OF DISABLED
VETS SLATED HERE
Approximately $50 Dele.
gaes To Attend Sessions
June Il, u And e

The Disabled American Veterans
of North Carolina will hold their
annual department convention IN
Wilmington on June Fl, % n 70,
State Commander George r.. Pickett
announced in Charlotte last night.
Between $50 and 200 delegates are
expected to attend the meeting.
Norwood S. Westbroow, of Will
mington, D. A. V. official, said last
night that no definite plans for the
convention have been made, but will
be started soon. The invitation to
meet here was extended by Cecil
Morgan, of the Wilmington D. A. v.
nnSt.