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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-13
SABOTAGE HAS
 CAUSED DAMAGE

(Continued from Page D occurred within an hour of each other yesterday. An explosion de- stroyed a 10000 barrel oil storage tank in Canton, O., last night. Cause of a S500,000 fire at the Municipal Auditorium National Guard Armory in Atlanta was unexplained. Emery dust was found in machinery at the Todd Seattle Dry Dock, in Seattle, where two vessels are being convert ed into transports for the navy. In South San Francisco, a giant crane collapsed in the ship-building yards of the Western Pipe and Steel Co.,, where ocean-going freighters are being built for the United States Maritime Commission. The toppling crane killed two men and injured two others.
 Fourteen persons were killed and at least 26 were injured in the pow der plant explosions.
 Eight Killed Here
 Six women and two men were kill cu III d DldSG dO tIlC OlllIGS 1SdllWdy Signal Corp, in Woodbridge, N. J A state inspector said this definite ly was sabotage" An FBI agent wa: sent there as an observer" although the plant was not working on Gov ernment contracts.
 Three men were Killed at the AL lentown, Pa., plant of the Trojan Powder Co.,, working on contracts totaling $200,000 for the army and navy. The FBI recently made plant survey of the Trojan company to determine its protective facilities Agents were sent to Allentown al- though plant officials said first re- ports indicated there was no evil dence of sabotage.
 Three men were killed at the Bur ton Powder Works of the American Cyanamid Corp, at Edinburg, Pa This plant had no government con- tracts but an FBI agent was sent to Edinburg to act as an observer at the local investigation.
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Six Warships Of Italy
 Wrecked By British
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man pocket battleship Graf Spec off Montevideo, Uruguay.
 The battle of Taranto was in striking contrast, British authorities said, to an Italian attack on the British fleet July g. An Italian bombing squadron intercepted the British ships within sight of Gala bria and dropped hundreds of bombs at them, but according to British, didn't hit one. The British fleet was under steam and able to maneuver freely, whereas the Italian ships at Taranto were anchored. Otherwise the circumstances were similar.
 There already was discussion here as to what effect the battle of Tar anto would have on future sea strategy, especially since Britain now faces an intense submarine and air bombing offensive off the Irish coast.
 Italy remains a formidable cruiser, destroyer and submarine force, but Taranto appeared to have accom- plished in one blow what British naval construction, including five battleships of the George V class, might have taken months to do - restored "allied" superiority over the Axis powers in battle fleets which was lost with the collapse of France.
 Heel of Italian Boot
 Taranto Bay is inside the heel of the Italian boot. Royal Air Force headquarters in Greece previously had reported raids and reconnais- ssnce flights over Taranto and an Italian communique had admitted that "a warship' was damaged at Taranto Monday night.
 Four battleships are of the Lit torio class, the Littorio, the Vittorio Veneto, Impero and Roma, all of 35,O0O tons. The Littorio and Vit- torio Veneto were launched in 1887 and when war broke out the Impero
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The illness of the Chief Justice
 of the Supreme Court interrupted
 today the arguments started yes-
 terday by defense counsel in Wa
 terbury'S conspiracy trial. Court
 will resume next Tuesday morn- ing.
 came counsel for Fleming after Judge Patrick Healey withdrew, will prob ably base his appeal argument on the claim that Fleming was not member of a general conspiracy. MT. Hummel is expected to argue that it is difficult to believe that Fleming could have been involved in what he will claim were series of unrelated transactions which in- cluded men that Fleming was not even acquainted with and whose business was far removed from the street department.
 In his argument for Leary, whc faces at 10 to Is year priccn term Attorney Warehouse will probably claim that Leary was justified ir refusing to take the stand in his own defense because he was faced with the evidence of Levy, William son, and Mackenzie. all self-con- fessed perjTers, and with book. keeping Irregularities, not in them. selves involving fraud.
 Didn't Understand
 MT. Slade will probably also make the claim that the jury, composed of laymen, possibly did not under. stand many of the technicalities in volved and were befuddled by the claims of the state about "a genera conspiracy. Slade will probably alsc claim that "eXtraneouS matter" 1T the information of the prosecution tended to prejudice the jury by mak. ing them believe that there wa. more to the case than appeared ir the evidence
 Attorney Crawford, who made the opening argument yesterday, empha- sized that the state failed to prove general conspiracy. For Alder. man, he said that the New Haver accountant rendered valuable serv- ices to the city and never made any alleged kick backs. Attorney Persky attacked the validity of the grand jury and Alcorn appointments
 There were no defendants present during the arguments yesterday and the gallery was almost empty, except for few cub lawyers, who said they were interested in the case. Above Suspicion"
 Arguing in behalf of Charles s O'Connor, James P. Healey and Frank J. Santalucia. Attorney John H. Cassidy late yesterday afternoon declared that Judge Ernest A. Inglis ought not to have tried the case because the presiding judge should have been above the slightest Sus- picion of prejudice or bias"
 Cassidy said that Judge Inglis had appointed the special prosecutor selected and advised the grand jury and was aware of the fact that re- port of the grand jury had been re- leased to press and radio before the report had actually been read in the courtroom.
 "There is no greater weapon to destroy the popular opinion that we enjoy a democratic form of govern ment than the mere suspicion that biased and prejudiced judiciary ex- ists.' the defense attorney said.
 The main points claimed by MT Cassidy m the appeals for Santa lucia. OConnor and Healey were manifold. Cassidy said that the states case rested on inference not substantiated by admissible evidence and that many rulings Of evidence were enormously made.
 Among the 2i points on which Mir. Cassidy built his appeal were
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NCOulllucu 4IOIu EdSt 1i
 seaboard as far south as Georgia where Macon reported 222 inches but little snow was foreacst for the region east of the Appalachians.
 Chicago's 12 degree temperature was the lowest on record for this date and the weeks average was sharply below any previous Novem- Der. The U. s. Weather Bureau said temperatures over the nation-eX- cepting Florida and the southern tips of California and Arizont--were 25 to 40 degrees below normal.
 Weather men said the cold wave and storms were the most severe in years. Coast Guardsmen worked long hours on the Great Lakes rescuing survivors and recovering bodies of the dead from the wreckage of the boats that were battered to bits and run aground or disabled. Two of the vessels which went down in Lake Michigan were the William B Dayock. 7,200 ton freighter, and the Ann Minch, 4,200 ton freighter of Canadian registery. Bodies of 16 members of the crews were recovered and more were reported seen in the water but could not be reached im- mediately.
 Full Loss Unknown
 The Coast Guard said it would be several days before the full extent of the loss of life and property dam age on the lakes could be deter mined.
 Damage to fruit crops was feared as the mercury dipped to near-freez- ing in southern areas. Readings near 38 degrees were forecast for north ern Florida tomorrw, and at New Orleans the Mercury was expected to stay below 55 degrees. The normal temperature is 62.
 A cold wave was moving into Ore- gon from Canada and temperatures there were expected to drop to be- low freezing. Rising temperatures east of the Continental divide wer forecast from Montana where the mercury lowered near the zero mark and in some cities dropped below
 Deaths caused by the wind storm that swept from the Rock Mountains to the eastern Seaboard mounted as workmen cleared the debris and at tempted to repair the damage Clin- ton Eberhardt, 28, was killed near Denver, Colo, when he touched a storm damaged 13,000 volt power line. The mercury had dropped to two degrees above zero at Denver, but rising temperatures and fair skies were forecast generally for Colorado and Wyoming.
 Throughout the middle west read ings below freezing were reported.
 Minnesota reported 29 deaths, eight of them hunters who were lots when the storms blew across the middle west Monday. Michigan re- ported 20 dead, but the number was mounting steadily as the bodies of more seamen were found which had been washed ashore. Illinois report ted IS dead, Iowa eight and Penn sylvania and New York six each. Wisconsin reported five, Indiana four and Missouri, Ohio and Okla hona one each.
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CONSCIENTIOUS
 DIRECTOR FOUND
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registrant is married and has a child. both of whom would be de- pendentS.
 Draft officials will accept each claim for exemption on this ground and will permit the quesrionnaire to take the usual course. Official action may be taken later especial ly to determine whether the sect declines to bear arms or desires to have its members exempt from all military service.
 Tn the World war Waterbury had very few cases of c. o. as they were commonly known. Only one case actually made the headlines of the papers and that was due more tO the prominence of the family ifi- volved than the rarity of the claim presented.
 No intimation was given today as to how many male members are
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the PinduS mountains comprising the central front, and in the Kal- amas river valley of the south.
 Albanians Surrender
 It was announced that six fully equipped companies of Albanian troops had surrendered at the from tier, declaring: We don't want to fight the Greeks" Meanwhile, the Albanian minister here appealed by radio to his countrymen at home to join your Greek brothers in the fight for independence against a common enemy"
 (At Ohrid, Jugoslav border town, 1t was reported that Albanisns throughout the northern Miriditti region had revolted against Italy; that the population fo seven towns in the adjoining Dukadjin region had fled east toward the JugoslaV border to join the rebels. Italy sent troops to crush the revolt, accord ing to these reports. and British and Greek planes bombed the Italian camps, killing 70 and wounding 90 at one)
 (At Budapest, Hungary, the Greek radio was heard broadcaSting that an Albanian regiment carrying an Italian flag had surrendered on the Mathematician and that the Greek right wing was advanc- ing on Koritza, one of the main Italian bases. The Italians were re- treating all along the frontier and their officers were trying in vain to get them to stop and fight, the broadcaSter Said)
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GABBY HARTNETT
 IS DISMISSED
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Dismissal of Hartnett was the first move in top to bottom" cleanup the youthful owner said was com ing. Last week he indicated he was ready to step down as president of the Cubs if he could find a suitable successor to himself.
 He hoped to persuade Vice Presi- dent Charles (Boots) Weber to take the presidency, but Weber has de- clined flatly. Hartnett was in the Cub office when Wrigley made his announcement.
 Gabby shook his head and con- mented:
 Well, it has happened to a lot of good men. l guess it can happen to me, too"
 He said he had mo plans for the future" and did not discuss with Wrigley the possibility of remaining with the club in any other capacity. but that's unlikely"
 Hartnett said Wrigley broke the news to him this morning
 Tt came as a complete surprise to me-" Gabby said.
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GERMAN PLACES HIT

London, Nov. I3.-(UP)-Royal Air Force bomber command planes last night attacked German oil plants at Gelsekirchen. Cologne, Duisburg- Ruhrr and railway centers and factories in the Ruhr and near Cologne, the air ministry said in a communique today.
 For the third time in c week the RAP heavily bombed the great Ger man submarine base at Lorient, France. and sttaeke Were made on decks ct Flushing. Holland. and Dunkirk. France.
 The communique also said that
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terbury and that they produced all their books and records and made a full disclosure of everything they knew. Mir Slade will probably also claim that at no time, between 1880 and 1887, did either of the appellants ever handle, see, or work, on records of the city.
 The fact that Kingsley and Meany testified in their own behalf and pro- duced many witnesses during the trial will also probably be empha- sized by MT. Slade.
 Argument For Fleming
 Attorney Albert Hlunmel, who with Attorney George H. Lynch, be-
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| Dulance was StatlOned, QOlng some damage.
 | Many casualties and much dam age were reported aS a result Of steady raids in the last 24 hours. Hundreds of rescue workers dug into the ruins of big buildings in an ef- fort to save many persons believed trapped.
 Several dead were removed from shelter that was wrecked by bomb but 40 persons were released alive. In a motion picture theater seven were killed and 35 injured but all others escaped safely after the build ing was hit.
 At an inland town, a United Press correspondent reported, several for nations of bombers were seen this morning. Some of them were be- lieved to be Italian. They dropped about a dozen bombs on the out skirts of the town as British fight CTS attacked them.
 There also was a fierce brief fight over the Thames estuary, where British fighters drove of enemy squadrons.
 Today's first alarm passed without ] incident.
 Nine Were Killed Nine persons were known to have been killed when bomb crashed ! through the theater roof and eX- ploded in the auditorium where 70 persons were sitting last night. The lighting system. failed and rescuers groped through the darkness. guld- ed by the screams of the injured Girl ushers tore up their clothes to make bandagss. It was feared that others were still trapped in the debris
 Another bomb crashed on a pub- lie shelter where 80 persons had taken refuge. RescuerS worked all night and into the morning and still had not reached the victims. It was not known whether they sur vived.
 The raids subsided before midight, but had caused widespread damage in the early night hours, according to an air ministry -hor;e security ministry communlque.
 The load from one bomber de- molished a residential area. Six persons were rescued uninjured from one house but four were kill ed in an adjoining house. A police man was killed and four persons injured in another house.
 A trolley bus was caught by the blast of high explosive bomb which burst outside an apartment build ing, and three persons were killed including an ambulance driver alighting from the bus. The driver, woman conductor and six other passengers were injured slightly.
 A lone raider dropped IS bombs in a southeast coast town, demoliShing several houses and killing two per- sons. Liverpool was bombed for the | first time in a week There, three were killed and several trapped when a bomb hit a small, surface shelter, and rescuers were still searching the ruins of three houses destroyed by one bomb after hav- ing extricated several injured per- sons.
 Other Towns Raided
 Towns in northwest and southwest England also were raided. High ex- plosiye and oil bombs fell in a west MidlandS town. causing some dam age but no casualties. Incendiary bombs caused fires in nearby town but they were quickly extinguished
 The air ministry-home security ministry,s communique said that last nights attacks were on a fairly heavy scale, that the raiders were aided by moonlight and although London was the main objective. sec- ondary and less persistent attacks developed elsewhere, notably in the Midlands and Merseyside.
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plane was missing. ITALIAN REVERSES
 London, Nov l3-(UP)-British military quarters said today that Italian reverseS in Greece continued and that in the PinduS Mountains sector Italian attachments were re- treating through Konitsa, leaving equipment and prisoners behind them
 British military quarters said that on the coastal sector, near the Ion- ian Sea, the Greeks were advanc- ing towards the Kalamas River and certainly have reached Mazarakia,' . about three fourths of the distance to the Kalamas River from the Ak heron River
 It was said that in East Africa also the Italians were suffering heavy losses and that after the Brit ish recaptured Gallabat on the Ethiopian border with the Anglo Egyptian Sudan they turned their guns on the Italian base at Me- temma two miles away.
 The Italians, who withdrew to
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Metemma from Gallabat. were being shelled by British artillery and munitions stores, believed to have been assembled at Metemma for an an invasion of the Sudan, were de- scribed as "aflame."
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| and Roma still were under con- struction.
 Each carries a normal complement of 1900 officers and men. They are armed with nine 15 inch guns, 12 six inch guns, 12 three inch guns, 40 anti-aircraft and machine guns and carry three planes each. They are among the most modern of battleships.
 Battleships of the Conte Di Ca- your class are the Conte Di Cavour, the Giulio CeSare, the Caio Duilio and the Andrea Doria
 The Conte Di Cavour and the Giulio Cesare were built in 1911 and were reconstructed from 1883 to 1887. The Caio Duilio and the Andrea Doria were commissioned in 1913 and reconstructed from 1937- 1939 All are of 23,622 tons. The Cacour and Esare are armed with ten l2-in guns, 12 five-inch guns and 36 machine guns and anti-air- craft guns. The Duilio and Doria were similarly armed except that they have more machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. Each ship car- ries four planes and two catapults. A ship of this class, the Leonardo Da Vinci, blew up at Taranto on August 2, 1916.
 Strength of Fleet
 "The total strength of the Italian battle fleet was six battleships, two of the Littorio class which had just been put into service, and four of the recently reconstructed Ca your class.
 "As result of this determined and highly successful attack, probably only three battleships now remain effective.
 Tt will be recalled that the Italian communique issued on the 18th of November admitted that one warship was badly damaged. The Italian communique also claimed that six of our aircraft had been shot down and that three others probably had been shot down. In fact only two of our aircraft are missing and it is noted that the enemy claim that part of their crews were taken prisoners"
 The admiralty said that mean while, the British Mediterranean fleet continued to harasS Italy's communications with her armies in Libya. On Saturday night suc- cessful bombardment of Sid Bar rani the Italian advance headquar- ters 75 miles inside Egypt, was car- ried out despite fire from coastal batteries, the admiralty said. IL said no British ships were damaged in the exchange.
 The admiralty also reported that British submarine recently had attacked two supply ships escorted by destroyer; that one ship of 5000 tons was sunk and the other dam aged and probably sunk. Locality of the attack was not given.
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Italian Reports.

Italian Reports.
 Rome, Nov. 13.-CUP)-Virginio Gayda wrote in the authoritative newspaper Giornale D'Italia today that the German and Italian fleets were being combined flor the first time for joint action in the North Atlantic" to intensity the anti-Brit- ish blockade (The Admiralty in London announced that Monday night the Royal Navy's air arm dealt crippling blow to the main Italian battle fleet)
 "The decisive war against Eng lands empire is essentially naval, Gayda wrote.
 (The British Admiralty said that only three of Ttaly's six battleships remained effective after Monday nights raid on Taranto and that two Italian cruisers and two au%il- iary cruisers also had been dam aged heavily)
 "The convenience of grouping to- gether all Axis naval forces around the northern zones of the Atlantic for the purpose of hGlting on the most important routes conveys laden with cargoes for the British Isles has been recognized Gayda wrote,
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More than one-half Of the flowers ln the world are some shade of red.
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included in the group, which has given notice Of its intention e ask exemption.
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GETS TOUGH Brenda Marshall plays tough girl for the first time in her career in East of the River
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British, Axis Planes
 Battle Over England
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ITALIAN REYERSES

several German airdromes had been attacked and that only one British plane was missing.
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COLD WEATHER IS
 FOLLOWING GALES

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GREECE, ITALY
 STILL FIGHTING

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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-12
RUSH A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
Charles II. FoOo;a M;r;e+o,.

A large crowd observed Communion
Sunday morning. The subject Of Rev,
Foggle's sermon was ''Disarmed. .
Members and friends were happy to
see Mrs. Alice Scott and Mr.. Tucker
with us again.-Dr. Albert Sanders
spoke to an appreciative group at
Christian Endeavor Sunday evening
and the pastor preached on "a Car
ment That Never Wears Out"
Mrs. Eta Moss, President of Boston
District of the Missionary Department
OF the New England Conference,
Misses Lois Harmon, Josephine Bled-
soc and Rev. Foggie attended the Dis
trlct Conference and Christian Educa-
ton Convention at Portland, Maine
last week. Mrs. Moss presided over
the Missionary Session and gave the
keynote address at the meeting.
The Organ Committee will sponsor
a Mystery Ride" Thursday October
II, at 800 p.m.-There will be a
Deaf and Dumb Supper" sponsored
by the Young Ladies Usher Board
Thursday, October 24,-Home Coming
Day will be observed Sunday, October
IL. The pastor will preach on "The
Game of Life.
Visitors and friends are always well
come at Rush.