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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-22
Latest Styles

10 Copeland designed this dramatic, daring gown with a diamond cut-out midriff and a heart shaped, nude . neckIine. It's of sophisticated bagherra jersey, expertIy | draped to fiatter the natural
 lines of the figure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-22

O. Is the label "pre- -shrunk" a guarantee that the garment will not shrink further?
 A. No; it merely means that some shrinking has taken place.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
5 Die in French Plane
Shot Down by Spaniards

b the Associated Press.
LA LINEA, Spain, Dec. 26.-Five
occupants of a French warplane
which was hit yesterday by Spanish
nti-aircraft fire were killed when
the plane crumhled and plunged
into the Mediterranean Sea.
Rumors that prominent French
politicians were aboard the plane,
which was believed to have come
from French Morocco, could not be
confirmed.
Spanish military authorities said
the plane evidently was unable to
find the Gibraltar airfield, where IT.
was trying to land. and continued
eastward over Spanish territory.
Spanish batteries Immediately
found the plane, which broke up in
the air and plunged into the sea.
High seas prevented British and
Spanish launches from going to the
rescue.
A wing bearing French markings
and part of the gasoline tank
washed up on nearby beach. The
plane apparently was on an obser-
vation flight from a North African
base.
1t was believed the plane was
seeking to land at Gibraltar, a few
miles to the west.
Earlier, a group of unidentified
planes flew over La Linea and drew
anti-aircrafG fire.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Home FrOckS

IL AO1uV0 - = ONBS"
Q47) Housecoats of rayon
satin. Reg. 5.95----2.44
(7) All-Wool Flannel Robes;
wrap arounds. Reg. sos, 3.6S
(3) Corduroy Robes; in Zip
per and wrap-around styles.
Reg. 3.99-----------2.SS
(182) Hooverettes, in fast
color cotton prints. Reg.
69c 34e
az Housecoats of rayon
satin and crepe, zippers and
wrap arounds. Reg. 1.99-
Z.SS 90
(49) Cotton Dresses; fast
color stripes and prints.
Washable. Reg. 1.99----l.64
Goldenberg's-Second Floor
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Christmas Death Toll
Increased 10 392;
Traffic Kills 273
New York Leeds List
With al Fatalities, Ohio
Is Next With 29
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A holiday toll of at least 1872 vio-
lent deaths was recorded today in
reports Of the Nations observance
OF Christmas.
Traffic accidents accounted for
273 fatalities Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day, while 100 others re-
ported violent deaths swelled the
total from coast to. coast to more
than half the three-day weekend
toll of 678 last Christmas.
Lives were claimed in the latter
group by suicides, fires, poisonings,
explosions, drownings, stabbings and
asphyxiation.
OF the States, New York led with
Al deaths, followed by Ohio with %
and Illinois with %. PENNSYLVANIA
and California had "a each and
Texas, %.
Totals of violent deaths, by States,
follow:
ALABAMA, z; Arizona, 8; Arkansas,
4; California, 80; Colorado, 5; Con-
nectlcut, 6; Delaware, l.; Florida, 6;
Georgia. IL; Idaho, 3; Illinois, %;
Indiana, IA; Iowa, S; Kansas, 4;
Kentucky, 10; Louisiana, 2; Maine, /;
Maryland, 10; Massachusetts,, 7;
Michigan, 13; Minnesota, 4, and
Missouri, IL.
Montana, 6: Nebraska, II; Nevada,
/; New Hampshire, s. New Jersey,
10; New Mexico, g.; New York, Al;
North Carolina, S; North Dakota, /;
Ohio, 20; Oklahoma, 4: Oregon. 8;
Pennsylvania, "a; Rhode Island, Q;
South Carolina, /; Tennessee, 5:
Texas, %; Vermont, 2; Virginia. s;
Washington, 9, and Wisconsin, IL,
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Alexandra Fires
Roaming Tactics
Battles Chief

Fine old residences Of Alex
andria, Va, have long been
noted for pecuiarities of en-
struction, but today one OF
them produced something. en-
tirely new-the roaming fire.
When M. D. Heron left 922
Duke street at 8 o'clock this
morning there was q roaring
fire in his f1rst-floor fireplace.
When he came back for lunch
the logs were blazing on the
cement floor in his basement.
Fire Chief James M. Duncan,
who investigated, said the ex-
PLANTATION, to him, was ''incred-
ible." The logs had rolled out
of the fireplace, burned a hole
in the floor and tumbled down.
stairs without setting the frame
structure af1ame.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Fritz Thyssen Detained
By French Police
By the Associated Press,

6S Lne hS6OClaLGE freSS.
CANNES, France, Dec. 26.-Fritz
Thyssen, German steel and arma-
ments manufacturer who was
stripped of German citizenship last
February after, difficulties with the
Nazi government, has been de-
tanned by French police, it was re-
ported today.
He had been living in Cannes
several months. Germany confis-
Gated his vast holdings after he
left the Reich November IS, 1899.
No charges for the detention
were disclosed, but it was reported
he would be held pending a de-
cision regarding his permanent
status.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
UphOIStery

Upholstery
C14) Bridge Sets; including
table cover and 4 chair
covers. Reg. 1.59-1.98---6
r e m n nts of Upholstery
Squares; for covering small
chairs and pillow tops.
Eacn Sc
Remnants of Drapery Fab
rics; in a large variety of
patterns and colors, for
drapes and slip covers. Reg.
1sc to 1.59 yd.---9 to 79e
(200) Sash Curtains in
tailored and ruffied styles.
36" leng tn. Reg. Csc.
Pr. ---------------11e
t312) Odd Pairs Curtains; in
ruff1ed and tailored styles.
Reg. 39c-49c. Pr. Is.
(54) Hass0cks, covered with
imitation leather. Slight
irregulars of 1.00-1.98---5
(26) Sofa Pillows; covered
with rayon taffeta. Reg.
aye ---------------27e
1927 Odd Lots Of Curtains.
Slightly soiled. Reg. 79c to
1893 pr.---39e to 1893
(732) Full Bolts and Rem
nants Of Drapery Materials;
including chintz and Gre
tonne. useful lengths. Reg.
29c-39c yd.---I5e
(600) Remnants of Mar
quisette in pin dots and
novelty figured effects. 38"
and so" wide. Reg. 29c
yd. DE
n5) Furniture Slip Covers;
for cogswell, wing and club
chairs. Reg. 1893 ea--1.37
n2) Furniture Slip Covers;
for wing airs. Reg.
l.So ------------1.37
IS Sofa Furniture Slip
Covers; for rs" sofas. Reg.
3.oS ------------------1.66 .66
az Knitted Sofa Covers; T.
cushion sofas. Reg. 3.98,
1866
f12) Pinch Pleated Drapes;
of woven plaids and crashes.
Reg. 1873 pr. 99e
(15) Pinch Pleated Drapes;
OF spun rayon, ruftex and
crash. Reg. 3.98 pr.--1.49
Goldenbergs-Thrd Floor
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Radios
Reduced

Clearance OF floor samples
and demonstrators. All sales
final; no exchanges or re-
funds.
(1) RCA Table Model Radio.
Reg. 1875 ----13.46
% Zenith Table Model
Radio; 1895 list 500
(l) Emerson Table Model
Radio; 14.95 list ------7.46
(2) Crosley Table Model
Radios; push button style.
1926 list ------11.4S
(1) Crosley Radio; console
model. 1895 list -----z2.95
(4S) Wood Record Holders;
walnut finish. Reg. 100,
&c
Goldenberg's-Do,Dnstairs
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Protest Bad Matches

Japan's drive to save raw ma
terials has resulted in strong COM
plants that manufacturers are not
permitted to produce matches that
burn.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Chinese Food Prices
Fall After Execution
OF Rice Hoorder
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Dec. 90
Food prices in Szechuen and
other West China provinces
have dropped Is per cent since
the execution Monday of Yang
Chuan-yu, former mayor of
Chengtu convicted of boarding
rice.
In drive to prevent boarding
and profiteering, the Central
Chinese government announced
"Yang's execution will not be
the last punitive measure
taken.'
Evening star., 1940-12-26

Extracting oil from sunfower and
cotton seed is becoming a major in
dustry in Argentina.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Lamps

(19) Parchmentized L a m p
Shades; pleated styles. Reg.
100 0------------59e
Cd hrome Finis h e d
Torchiere; marred; sold "as
is" Reg. 9.98----3.49
a. Maple Floor Lamps, COM
plete with shade. Reg. 2.98,
1877
(24) Pottery Table Lamps,
complete with shade. Sold
"as is" Reg. 1876 -l.59
(1D Floor Lamps; one and
two of a kind. Reg. 8.98 to
1898 8-------6.99
(7) Table L a m ps; shades
slightly soiled Reg. 4.98 and
5.9e - 3.8S
Goldenberg's-DoUnstairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Letter Mystery

Perhaps it will prove to be just
tempest in teapot, but until all the
facts become known, the puzzling
case of the letters to the White House
which were answered by the Depart
ment of Justice will continue to whet
public curiosity. Attorney General
Jackson'S statement that nothing
sinister" was intended by this pro-
cedure does not satisfy this curiosity,
nor will it, in all probability, prevent
further use of the letters by Repub-
lican critics of the administration.
Attributing "Gestapo" methods to the
President, Representative Bruce Bar
ton of New York first called public
attention to the matter when he gave
to the press photoStatic copies of cor
respondence which passed between a
Connecticut woman and Assistant
Attorney General o. John Royce, who
heads the Criminal Division of the
Department of Justice.
The woman originally had written
a mildly critical, but respectful, letter
to Mr.. Roosevelt after the latter'S
famous stab in the back" speech at
Charlottesville, Va, last summer.
Recently she received from Assistant
Attorney General Royce brief letter
advising her that the President had
referred her letter to the Department
of Justice and that the contents had
been carefully noted" Surprised,
and DESTROYS of refreshing her recol-
lection Of what she had said in the
letter, copy of which she had failed
to keep, the woman asked the depart
ment to send her copy Of her letter
to the White House. A photostatic
copy bearing two rubber stamp marks
of the Criminal Division was
mailed to her. A similar case, also
involving a Connecticut citizen, has
come to light. This person wrote a
critical letter to the White House and
received an acknowledgment not
from presidential secretary but
from an assistant to Attorney Gen.
eral jackson.
1t is probable that letters making
threats to the President or containing
matter of a suspicious nature are
referred, as routine, to the Depart
ment of Justice. The letter of the
Connecticut woman, on its face, GER
tainly did not fall into this category.
And it does not seem logical or proper
that the Department of Justice under
ordinary circumstances should be
acknowledging receipt of letters ad-
dressed to the President in criticism
of his policies. In view of the pub
icity which has been given this
letter mystery and the political
capital which is being made Of it,
the White House or the Department
of Justice should make a fuller ex-
PLANTATION of the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Checkmute

A dispatch from Georgetown,
British Guiana, tells of a deplorable
situation in nearby Devils Island,
notorious French penal colony. With
the collapse of France, at one fell
swoop the jailers had their salary
checks amputated right at the roots,
leaving them entirely francless and
wide open to the assaults of the
butcher, the baker and the tailor.
At first their customers, the pris-
oners, did not realize the extent OF
the disaster, as it seemed natural
enough for them to get along with
out any such luxury as salary.
They even tried to cheer up the jail
ers, but in vain. The whole at
mosphere of the place became de-
pressing. 1t affected the nerves of
prisoners, who, until then, had never
suspected their existence. Many
decided to move over to Georgetown.
There was no particular difficulty on
moving day, as the warders were so
preoccupied dreaming of their fate
that their absent mindedneSS proved
as valuable as a hacksaw in Sing
Sing. All of which goes to show that,
in the pathological industry, If any
thing is mightier than the pen, 1t
is the pay check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
MARYLAND Income Tax

Maryland taxpayers welcome the
announcement by Governor O'Conor
that he will favor reduction in the
States income tax. The reduction
can be achieved, the Governor has
noted, through raising the exemp-
ton levels. Many taxpayers, how
ever, also will favor a reduction in
the rates If the States financial
status will permit.
Governor O'Conor has described
Maryland's fiscal condition as
healthy" He announced that State
departments have saved about $780,
900 during the past fiscal year and
that the State surplus has climbed
to $4,000 Despite the uncer-
tainty of world conditions, the
executive believes that with such a
comfortable surplus Maryland can
consider easing the State tax burden.
He has proposed that the levy on
persons having small incomes from
investments, now taxed at the rate of
SIX per CcllI VII paw dllO ONSAJ NC
reduced by raising the 5000 mini
mum. Along the same line he sug-
gests raising the $1,000 exemption
for wage earners and the $500
exemption for dependents. Persons
having ordinary" income now have
to pay two and one-half per cent
on all earnings above the exemption.
The States taxpayers were shocked
last year when nominal one-half
of one per cent income tax rate was
abruptly changed to the two and
one-half and six per cent scale, and
the exemptions lowered. While the
new rates did not quite produce the
100000 sought, the returns, cou-
pied with the economies practiced
by the O'Conor administration, have
been more than sufficient. The
effect of the income tax now is being
studied by a State Tax Revision
Commission which will make recon-
mendations for revisions to the
Legislature which meets in January.
Members of the Assembly, acutely
conscious of the public reaction to
the tax, can be expected to expedite
the passage of any legislation that
will make it lighter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Rise in Relief Rolls

Official figures bear out the state
ment made by Wendell L. Willkie
in his speech at Louisville on Mon
day that Work Projects Administra-
ton rolls have increased by more
than 10000 since the first part
of July. On October 16, w. P. A. en-
ployment totaled 1888, 100, as COM
pared with 1,611,213 during the first
week of July. On October %, w. P.
A. reported a 1000 increase over the
totals for the preceding week. Mean
while employment in private in
dustry has registered enormous
gains. Secretary of Labor Perkins
recently announced that the number
of workers in non-agricultural indus
tries had increased in August and
September by approximately one
million.
That relief rolls should rise, while
employment in industry is growing
by leaps and bounds, seems reversal
of the trend that might logically be
expected under the circumstances.
In fairness to the administration it
may be we'll to recall that w. P. A.
officials, in appearing before the
House Appropriations Committee
last April, predicted seasonal in
crease in W. P A. employment dur
ing the fall and winter months, with
about 100000 on the rolls in Octo-
Der. That, however, was before the
preparedness program took final
shape. w. P. A. rolls are now close
to the levels of the estimates made
six months ago, when the full magni-
tude of the Nations armament effort
was yet to be revealed.
Southern States account for the
greater part of the current increase
in w. P. A. employment. In the in
dustrial States of the North, most
of which are major battlefields in
the 1910 campaign, there has been
little, if any, rise in relief rolls. Fed
eral officials cite these facts as EVIL
dence that the gain in w. P. A. en-
ployment has no relation to the
presidential election. They also point
out that the defense industries have
comparatively little need for I'M
skilled workers, who make up the
bulk of those on Federal relief rolls,
and those certified for w. P. A. en-
ployment.
As the defense program, which has
already created hundreds of thou
sands of jobs in private industry,
moves into high gear, the country
has the right, in the near future, to
look for a substantial reduction in
Federal relief expenditures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Criticizes Roosevelt
For Costly" Spending.

To the Editor of The Star:
Franklin D. Roosevelt may not be the
greatest statesman who ever welded a
sceptre in the throne room, but he is
by long odds the most costly.
He has outdistanced all competition.
He has busted the double set of books.
He has stood the country 27,000, 600, 900
sinkers in uncrossable rivers of red ink.
And that is just the beginning, the
entering wedge, the warmup jumpoff.
To defray the cost of historys record
peacetime debauch and greatest bungle,
it's the salt mines for us, our children
and great grandchildren, however cam
aign-dazzled demagogues may try TO
pervert the facts. To top 1t all, peace
talking and war-thinking, he pirates Of
democracy.
He has, however, qualified 10000, 900
people for-the right kind of-relief.
But it's not this, nor the Salvation"
of 1933-now being resuscitated and
fulsomely re-enacted-that millions will
be thinking about when, 1882 Roosevelt
voters and lifetime Democrats, they cast
their ballots November fifth. =.
They'll be thinking about conditions
and notwithstanding which forced
John L. Lewis to say that the re-elec-
ton of Roosevelt would be q national
evil of the first magnitude.
october 80. WALTER BAHNSEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
CupituI Water Front

Completion of two new units of
the Washington Channel yacht
basins, which will be turned over to
the United States Engineers office
within a few days, involves more of
importance to the National Capital
than the mere recreational factors
involved. This work is important to
the hundreds of boat owners who are
eager to obtain berths for their craft
in the new marinas, the most mod
ern type of small-boat docks in use.
To them it means winter security for
their vessels and ready accessibility
to the (recreational resources of the
Potomac in the summer.
In making the river, as resource
of the community, available for
healthy and entertaining pastime
use by a greater number Of citizens.
the eight-year development program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Safeguarding Defense

While investigators are said to dis
count the theory of sabotage, it is
only natural, in times like these,
that the possibility of alien plotting
should come to mind in such Incl
dents as the fire at the War Depart
ment. The alien Saboteur often
resorts to arson to accomplish his
purpose of wrecking or impeding the
machinery of national defense. The
flames swept close to the War De-
partment's message center, or BLACK
chamber" where secret codes are
kept, and they also menaced other
confidential data of military ma
ture.
Regardless of origin of the fire, it
has served to focus pHl5llc and official
attention on the need for a tighten
ing up the building protection sys-
tenn at the War, Navy and other
departments where secrets pertaining
to war plans and national security
are kept. During the first World War
employees of such vital Federal offices
were identified by pass-cards and all
visitors were questioned or required
to register before being admitted.
The system caused but little incon-
venience to employees and to the
public and proved quite effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
WILKES Campaign
Statements Assailed.
To the Editor Of The Star

40 tne Edltot OF Inc StAr.
In this campaign Mr.. Roosevelt has a
record which every one knows He will
stand or fall on that. Mr.. Willkie has
little or no record in Office. He is trying
to show the people his quality, offering
arguments and promises. These speeches
will be his record. He is doing well.
How will this record be analyzed by
the per cent of undecided voters who
will determine the election? What is it,
really? Most of the arguments are COM
mon property, guaranteed to make faith
full partisans roar with delight. no matter
who presents them. But what Is new
and characteristic? First, very skill
full presentation of the old theory that
depression can be quickly annihilated by
reducing taxes and otherwise encourag-
ing business. Since Mr. Willkie, If
elected, will certainly try that, he is en-
titled to the credit of whatever the theory
is worth. On the other hand, we have
attacks on his opponent which are bitter,
inconsistent, contradictory, and some
times incredibly lacking in truth.
For example: One celebrated state
ment mad to be fatty recalled. Again,
Mr.. Willkie believed" that Mr.. Roose-
welt, if reelected, would soon drag us
into war. When the President denied
this, Mr.. Willkie could find no better
answer than to say that the Presidents
promises were worthless. But Mr. WILL
kie had been making a charge for which
he has never given any respectable evil
dence-if any at all.
Actually, there is a certain consistency
behind these inconsistencies. Mr.. Will
kie's motto is, pretty clearly, ANY brick
bat in fight"
october 26. WALTER P. WHITE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31

for the harbor is of real civic
benefit. One need not be a long
time resident to have witnessed an
amazing growth in popular use of
the river. Not only have power
cruisers and speedboats increased,
but the advance in sailing has been
phenomenal. This has been due to
improved facilities and to the popu-
larizing influence of sailing events
in the Presidents Cup races.
But more important is the proof
rendered again by the success of
the new yacht basins that the long
range program of waterfront i'm
provement as worked out by a
committee of the Board of Trade is
a wise one. This program, developed
over a period of years, emissions
industrial and commercial develop
ments as we'll as recreational pro-
visions. 1t has met, at times, with
strong opposition, particularly inso-
far as it relates to industrial uses.
But 1t is designed to provide the
greatest city-wide benefits to the
District by meeting as broad a field
of community needs as possible. For
this reason the Georgetown water
front has been made industrial and
the city has benefited. And for
similar reasons other areas, con-
tiguous to industrial property, have
been suggested for further develop
ment along these lines.
Years will be required for full
realization Of the whole program, but
so far each step has fulfilled all
expectations.