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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

10 go on" with the story but
his expression gradually changed
20 tense, absorbed interest as |
told Of Lillian's conversation
with the college and with
Carolyn, Of Marion's telephone
talk 10 me from Mrs. TIGERS
and her flight al her masculine
companions behest when he saw
Dicky's car coming down the
broad.
A savage oath broke from his
lips as l. told of Marions meek
ness IN submitting to the Mans
dictum. and Lillian put out her
band gropingly and touched his.
He lifted IL 10 his lips, and then
turned to me. for l had stopped
at his interruption.
Don't mind me-" he said. 81
won't get out Of control again.
But the idea Of that swine touch
ing Marion's arm or coercing her
In any way just drove me mad"
went on with the saga OF
Dicky's chase after the car and
of my fathers investigation.
with his insistence upon my
imitation of the mans voice, and
of Mrs. TIGERS description.
Thinking that he wanted the
picture as a whole. l did not
repeat what Mrs. TIGER had said.
and was going on to tell him Of
Dickys disheartened return TO
the farm, having failed TO over
take the swifter car, when he
interrupted me peremptorily.
"Never mind Dicky," he said.
"He didn't catch that fiend, or
Marion would he here. 1 know
the Dicky-bird that well. II he'd
ever gotten near enough to sock
that bird there wouldn't have
been enough pieces left to put
in a strawberry basket.
80 suppose you stop right
there, and let me get an earful
OF that lads description. First.
would you mind initiating his
voice as you did for your
iather:"
l shot an involuntary glance
at Lillian. Could she stand my
repeating those crassly insulting
commands to her delicately
nurtured daughter? But she had
not nerved herself in vain dur
ing her night vigil with her own
FOUL. She even sent me a faint
u ravesty Of a smile as she said
with emphasis
II can stand anything. DO
as he asks"
gave him the imitation, re-
peated it twice at his request.
Then / recited the description of
the man Mrs. TIGER had given
my father, and he asked me to
repeat that. And then he put
the query my father had voiced.
"Did he take off his gloves ."
At my negative answer he put
up his hand, palm outward, and
I promptly needed the stop
signal"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

U n h appiness
and his queer
brooding was
all Marion's
I fault" and
not LII a n
herself could
he quicker to
rise in defense
of her child
I h a n W a s
Marion's big
b luf STEP
father.
His &C
held its re-
Sentful o n X
as / obeyed
his Injunction
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

I UNDERSTAND perfectly
why Harry Underwood was so
hotly resentful against Helena
Brixton. In her incoherent let
ter she had said that Ronald 8
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-24

Answer to yesterdays puzzle.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Dictator Rules
Solomon Isles

The British Empire has just realized
it has a dictator among its rulers. He
is the high commissioner of the Solo
mon Islands, a group in the Pacific.
Although the group is under the Aus
tralian mandate and the high commits
sioner is responsible to the government
in Canberra, he is law unto himself
in the islands because he makes all the
laws. His eight district officers also are
given free hand. having no local gov
ernmentS to interfere. The commits
sioner, in his latest report, states that
there is no unemployment.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

seriously and were surprised by the out
come.
Mr.. Hastings said that when he first
heard Mr.. Willkie mentioned as a cam
oldate he told his friends that the con-
vention could never be persuaded to
nominate public utility magnate. But,
ne SAID, the more people he talked with,
the more sentiment he found for Mr..
WlIkle, and when the time came to bal
lot, the former Delaware Senator was
helping to bring about hrs victory.
IN the same plain, outspoken manner
That he approaches other issues, Mr..
Wlllkie, in his campaign literature faces
lhe question, Would the American peo-
pie vote for man in the utility busi-
nesS?"
1he same circular, written before he
was nominated, gives his answer: IF I
become candidate it will be because the
people want me to run, and before they
make up their minds, they will look at
my record and judge for themselves,
That suits me"
For Lower Power Rates.
The campaign brochure presents him
as an advocate of lowering rates by in
creased production and wider use of
electricity.
Since his nomination Friday Mr.. Will
kle has given a general Endorsement of
the new platform just adopted by this
convention, but has said he will discuss
1t IN more detail within a few days.
Before he became the nominee how
ever, his headquarters presented the
campaign issue as follows
Nominated, he hopes deeply that
Franklin Roosevelt will be his opponent.
The issue, for Willkie, is: Farming, busi-
ness and industry have made this coun-
try great-not government He speaks
for private enterprise Roosevelt speaks
for government That is why, if he is
nominated, nothing would please him
more than to have F. D. R. as his oppo-
nent. 1t makes the issue clear-cut. The
American people must be given a chance
now, out in the open, to choose our
1uture-to choose between individual
liberty and the supremacy of the State"
In 1882 Mr.. Willkie voted for Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and the fact that he
has not been lifelong Republican was
rejected IN some of the nominating
speeches at Philadelphia, when orators
SAID OF some of the other candidates, II
give you real Republican
Now that he is the nominee, however.
Republican politicians, whether they
were for him originally or not, are hop
ing that his record of having once been
Democrat will help him, especially on
some OF the New Deal issues that have
at times divided the Democrats.
Acceptance Speech.
Although he is now New York busi-
ness executive, Mr.. Willkie is thinking
OF going back to his birthplace, Elwood,
Ind, for the formal ceremony later in
the summer, at which party leaders from
Evening star., 1940-06-30
War Creates More Jobs
For Reich Executioners

BERLIN Correspondence of the Asso-
ciated Press s).-The war has made work
for the executioners.
Death penalties have multiplied as
stern war measures were introduced,
and there are frequent reports of execu-
tions-by firing squads or the guillotine.
Germany has always dealt severely
with traitors, and even before the war
death was the usual penalty imposed on
persons giving even trifiing information
to foreign spies. Under regulations
death is inflicted for such offenses as
injuring the economic structure of the
state, or destroying property.
A death penalty may even be i'm
posed for repeating to others reports
carried by foreign radio stations, al
though no instance of capital punish
ment for this offense has been an
nounced
The special war court usually is a
board of three judges which sits secretly
and from whose judgments there Is no
appeal.
Several death sentences have been
imposed for theft in the darkness of the
blackouts.
There seems to be wide variation in
the severity of penalties. Thus, man
in Bruenn (Brno) was sentenced to
death for burning farm buildings
II just wanted to get into Jail over
winter" he protested.
But a man in Jirkov, in Eastern
Bohemia, who had hidden rifles, an
offense which Germans might be ex-
pected to regard seriously in the grum-
bling protectorate, escaped with SEN
tence Of one years imprisonment.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Decided Last May.

ST. Paul. He was told they would like
to see how the Midwest would react to
him.
From there, Mr.. Willkie began accept
ing invitations to speak elsewhere, and
about this time voluntary committee
was set up in New York to distribute
his speeches.
Oren Root, jr., grand-nephew of
Elihu Root, was one of the volunteers
who gave momentum to the drive by
starting out Single-handed to circulate
petitions in support of Mr., Willkie. When
he got up to 500 he found interest in
creaSing to such an extent that he or
dered 100000 petitions.
Meanwhile, Willkie clubs began to
spring up in various States. and, in
order to coordinate their work. the
Associated Willkie Clubs of America was
formed. When the convention assembled
at Philadelphia a week ago 45O0 900 sig
natures had been obtained through the
petition method
AS the Willkie boom began to attract
attention, Russell w. Davenport, man.
aging editor of Fortune. resigned to
join in the movement to nominate him.
His Crusading Spirit.
The crusading spirit that prompted
friends and admirers to put their shoul-
ders to the wheels to get the Willkie
bandwagon started less than two months
ago was apparent also among the rank
and file of the Willkie boosters in Phil
adelphia.
And when the candidate himself
arrived in the convention city last Sun
day his personal magnetism no doubt
was a big factor In winning many of
the votes that gradually moved over
from other candidates to his column
on each succeeding roll call.
To look at Wendell Willkie you would
never think of him as the president of
big utility corporation. A plain
dresser, with thick, dark hair that he
keeps pushing back from his forehead,
there is no trace of aloofness about him.
Shortly after his arrival last week he
started to enter the lobby of the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel, where the Repub-
lican National Committee had its head
quarters. The lobby was jammed with
arriving delegates and when they rec
ognized him they crowded around to get
closer look. Instead of hurrying on to
the elevator, he stood and chatted with
them, answering without hesitation ques-
tions that were put to him from the
crowd.
After Mr.. Willkie had been nominated
early Friday morning comment made
by former Senator Hastings of Della
ware helps to explain why so many
delegates and veteran Republican poll
ticians did not take the Willkie boom
Evening star., 1940-06-30

THE two-f1sted fighting style of their
l. new leader, Wendell Willkie, tenn
pered by winning personality, sent
the Republicans homeward bound from
Philadelphia talking with more courage
and confidence than they have shown
during recent New Deal years.
Many of them had arrived in the City
of Brotherly Love week ago singing
the praises of Dewey, or Taft, or some
favorite son. They had heard, of course,
about the new entry, Willkie, who had
entered the race actively only a few
months ago, but few of them would have
wagered much on him as the winner.
Nevertheless, when the battle was over
there was no mistaking the enthusiasm
this rugged, hard-hitting. Hoosier born
lawyer, who rose to the head of a big
utility corporation, had aroused among
the delegates generally
Some of them were still wondering
how it all happened. They were amazed
that a man could pitch into the race
on the home stretch and win The
Willkie boom will no doubt stand out
In political history as one of those
story book dramas that make truth
stranger than fiction.
Several years ago one of Mr.. WILKES
close friends, who saw in him those
natural attributes of a successful cam
paigner, urged him to get into politics.
But this Midwesterner is said to have
brushed aside the idea, preferring to
continue in his position as president of
the Commonwealth & Southern Corp
one of the countrys leading utility COM
panies. More than 20 years ago he
had made the same decision, when, re-
turning from the World War at the age
of 81, he went into legal work instead
of encouraging suggestions that he run
for Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
Mrs. Mary Buckmiller
 Succumbs In Borough
Mother of Naugatuck Funeral Home Directors to Be
 Inferred Tuesday-WelI Known for Generosity
(special to The Democrat)

Naugatuck, Oct. 12 y Mrs. Mary (OLeary) Buckmiller, 65, wife of Ernest Buckmiller of 20 Pleasant View street, succumbed this morn- ing at her home following finger ing illness.
 She was born in Killarney, Ire- land and for the past 49 years was a resident of ths5 town, devout communicant of St. Francis Roman Catholic church here and promi- nent figure all over the state through her geneoritsy to the poor and through her many untiring ef- forts on behalf of numerous charit- able undertakings.
 News of her death spread quickly through the borough. Her pleasant disposition and philanthropic out look on life endeared her to a legion of friends who were deeply moved by her demise this morning.
 Besides her husband she is sur vived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Paris of Teaneck, N. J., and Miss Ethel Buckmiller, of Bridgeport, a registered nurse; three sons, Paul, Louis and Leo Buckmiller, all of Naugatuck, and well known as di- rectors of the funeral home which bear their names; brother, Daniel OLeary of New York city, and one grandchild.
 The funeral will be held Tuesday morning from the Buckmilier fu- neral home, 22 Park place, to St. Francis church where a solemn high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
Local B.P.O.E. Plan Tribute
 To Pershing


 A class of candidates to be dedicated as General Pershing's Preparedness class is being formed by the Waterbury Lodge of EIks. Formal initiation of the applicants for membership is expected to feature the Dis trict Deputy Night, November Fist. More than a score of can- didates are expected to be ready by the night of the ritu- alistic ceremonies.
 General Pershing, command CT of the A. E. F. in the World War, is an honorary life mem Der of EI Paso, Texas Lodge. Every lodge in the country in appreciation of Pershing's great record of service to Amer ica and his appeal for Prepar- edness is expected to take part in 8 formal initiation ceremony by dedicating a class in his honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
"I Shall Vote For Roosevelt BECAUSE:

The New Deal policy of soil con- Servation will in time save the coun- try far more than the entire cost of all the Roosevelt policies Odell Shepard, Democratic candidate for lieutenant-governor, declared Fri day night to the Hartford Get-To- gether Club at the Hotel Bond.
 MT. Shepard spoke on "Why I shall vote for Franklin D. Roose- velt," and summed up his reasons under fourteen points, which he listed as follows:
 Because Roosevelt is utterly de- voted to the task of making our American dream come true.
 Because he is the beloved and trusted leader of those among us who do the hardest work for the least pay.
 Because prefer great deeds to fair promises, and experience to ambition.
 Because, of two men whose pro- fessed policies are nearly the same, I prefer the one who has proved his fidelity to these policies and also his ability to act upon them.
 Because of the manifold tang ible properties and the vast in- crease in our national well being that his administration has brought uS.e
 Because his policy of soil con- servation alone will save us fa1 more, in the long run, than all his other policies taken together have cost.
 Because he has done more than other American Presidents to de- stroy the hatred of class for, class by striking hard at its tap-root- poverty.
 "Because he has made politics worthy once more of a thoughtful mans attention. Because of the effect his re-elec- ton will have upon the plans ano conduct of Hitler and of Hitler's American friends.
 Because he has looked death ir the face, and knows the daily dis. cipline of pain.
 Because he has dignity, charm knowledge, wisdom, human sympa. thy and religious faith.
 Because he is well aware tha our present problems, though so' cial and economic in outward ap. pearance, are fundamentally mora and religious.
 Because he is the friend ant champion of the poor, of the veal and afflicted and oppressed, of chil dren, of the aged, and of all wh, bear too heavy a load.
 And then too-for this is one O the most honorable things that W, know about him-because of tn enemies he has made"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
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East End reported that her clothes lines had been cut into spaghetti lengths, that her veg etable garden had been "churned" and that garbage mingled with the autumn leaves on her front lawn.
 From the West End came re- ports of ash cans atop telephone poles and cut wires. One resident said his folding cellar door had been ''unfolded" and the two boards removed. He said the cellar steps were filtered with rubbish and that the broken cellar doors were found later marked with charcoal "X's" in a remote corner of his yard.
 There were no complaints of doOrbeu ringing. Many persons re- ported wrong number calls on their telephones, however.
 Noting the unusually early &C., tivity on the part of the HalIowe'- en vandals, Supt. Roach said that special orders have been issued to the force to show the boys no mercy. The probation office was also instructed to be severe.
 Supt. Roach said that the first boy caught will be punished in such a way that the example will not so unobserved by other boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

(Continued from Page D last one ended earlier than any of the past week.
 London'S chief casualties were in the district in which the bus was hit. Two other busses near it were damaged. One wrecked shops and burst a water main, and it was feared that some persons had been buried in the wreckage,
 In Liverpool a bomb scored a di- rect hit on a hotel. Patrons and employees were buried under wreck age but they were dug out by rescue parties. The last man emerged three hours after the bombing, still cheer full.
 Other bombs damaged a restau- rant, broke a water main and caused fires which were put out quickly.
 The failure of the Germans to do more damage in London seemed partly due to anti-aircraft guns which kept them at great attitudes Those that got through seemed, from the sound of their motors, to be converted fighter planes with ex- ternal bomb racks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
PROTEST VOICED ON CONVENTION
Anthony PetriIIO's Friends Agitating Alleged Illegal
 Ruling of Chairman

Friends of Anthony Petrillo. who was defeated for the Republican senatorial nomination of Harold B. Post at the district convention last Saturday, today renew their claims that the convention procedure was Illegal because alternateS were re- fused permission to sit for absent delegates. As stated yesterday, MT. Petrillo is unwilling to contest the legality of the convention but is still being urged to do so by his sup- porters. Possible action on his be- half, even without his permission, is being considered.
 Town Chairman Vernon L. Hall, who presided at the convention, told The Democrat he had been informed by several lawyers that he had ruled correctly but said he had no ob- jection to any action against his rulings.
 At the convention MT. Hall re- fused to seat alternates who had been elected in the Republican pri- maries even though the. delegates from their sections were absent. h. stead he allowed the seating of per- sons with proxies from the absent delegates. Had the alternates been seated, 1t is claimed, Petrillo would have won the nomination by an 11-1o vote. With the proxies being seated instead, he was defeated, 14-7.
 "Why elect alternates at all if they can't take the place of an ab- sent delegate" the Petrillo packers are asking.
 The argument advanced for the seating of proxies rather than alter mates was that the senatorial con- vention had the right to make its own rules. This was the claim of Attorney Michael J. Galullo, of the anti-P -Petrillo group, who led the fight for the acceptance of the proxies.
 Petrillo packers denied today a statement in The Republican that MT. Galullo was "parliamentarian" of the 18th district convention. He had no official position in the con- vention whatever, they asserted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

of the duties of the servants of the throne"
 Asahi in a dispatch from Batavia quoted Seizo KobayaShi, chief of a Japanese mission to the Netherlands East Indies as saying in a speech:
 Japan is making the utmost ef- forts to establish Self-suf1cient common prosperity for greater East Asia through peaceful diplomatic measures. But if any nation ob- structS these diplomatic measures we shall be compelled to take firm stand"
 Nichi Nichi, urging the govern ment to seek closer relations with Russia, expressed hope that Russia would reject temptations from the Anglo American camp and unre- servedly exchange views with Japan for establishment of solid founda- ton for lasting peace and friend- ship"
 The newspaper generally took the view that Japan was remaining calm while public opinion in the United States was excited. They tended to hold that 1t was up to the United states to alter its attitude unless there was to be what Asahi called c catastrophe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
GAMBLING HOUSE
 MANAGER FINED
Eleven Freqnenters Pay
 S5 Each for NOIle of Charges

Charged with keeping 9 gambling place, Joseph Pinto. 30, of TAI North Main street, was. granted a nolle on payment of $25 in city court to- day. Eleven men charged with fre- quenting the place, a pool room on North Main street, were given nolles on payment of s each. The men were arrested in vice-squad raid Thursday.
 John. Barkauskas, $, of l9o Draher avenue, charged With v.o- lating the rules of the road after his car was involved in a collision at Scovill and South Elm streets October T, was granted an outright nolle, Judge Theobald E. Conway ruling that>the case was civil rather than criminal. The operator of the other car was John Herbst, 30, of Bank street.
 Other cases:
 William c. Leary, 51, of 178 Ed son .street, charged with reckless driving and speeding, was given a nolle without payment on the first charge, and a nolle on pay ment of $10 on the second; Ed ward Hanley, 37, of Meriden, rules of the road, paid $; Henry J. Burke, 43, of 203 Orange street, non-support, Oct. 19, and Charles Delevieleuse, g, non-support, Oct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
OBITUARY

WRIGHT = Mrs. Ella Louise Wright. 66, wife of M. Edward Wright, died last night at her home in Middlebury. Mrs. Wright was born May 28, 1874 in Albany, N. Y., the daughter of the late George N. and Katherine (Sugden) Valiant. She lived in Waterbury 9 years before moving to Middlebury two years ago. She was a member of the First Methodist church.
 Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by four sons, George R., and Harold S., both of Waterbury, and Edward L. and Emory V. both of Middlebury: a daughter Miss Gertrude E. Wright of Mid dlebury; a sister, Mrs. Laura Coo gan of Albany, N. Y.
 Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Alderson funeral home, TO Gen. tral avenue. Rev. Dr. John J Snavely, pastor of the First Metho- dist church, will officiate.
 Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from to 5 p. m and from 2 to g p. m.
 GIANGIACOMO-Mrs. Teresa Gi- angiacomo, 60, wke of Vincenzo Gi- angiacomo of 179 Macauley avenue, died at her home yesterday after noon after long illa1eSs. Mrs. Gian- giacomo was a native of Italy, but had lived here for the past 20 years.
 Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by g son, Anthony; four daughters, Mrs. iCarmine Dad damo, Mrs. John Zappone and Mrs. Mary Guarino, ali of Wa terbury, mad Mrs. Frank Can- ale of Buenos Aires; and Is grand children.
 The funeral will be held at o'clock Monday morning from tht Maiorano funeral home, 95 vii, low street, to the Church of Oul Lady of Lourdes, where a higt Mass of rel;:iem will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in Cal vary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funera home from 2 to Il p. m. today ana tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

mania).
 Rumanian officials insisted, how ever, that the display was put on exclusively by the Rumanian air force, and that no German flyers were in the planes.
 New Class Called
 A new Rumanian military class was called last night for Nov. 20 in connection with German plans to reorganize the army"
 It was reported that the German training units" already in the country exceeded 10000 men as- signed to strategic points through out country, and that another in- fantry division (15,OD0 mem and an aviation division were coming, along with enough equipment for 100, ,000 to 150,O00 Rumanian troops.
 There no longer was any effort at discussing the presence of Ger mans. Officers in uniform were conspicuous in the leading hotels and restaurants. Most of the. Ger man activity was obscured, How ever, by the dispute with Hungary over alleged atrocities in Tran SylVania.