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(Continued from Page D ment appropriation was delayed pending further study of a request by the Waterbury local, State, County and Municipal Workers Union, asking for wage increases in addition to those set up by the finance board for street department workers.
 Wage Increases
 Raises for city yards workers was the only question brought up at the budget hearing which the aldermen held before going into executive ses- sion. Speaking in favor were, James McLarney, president of the city employees union; John J. Driscoll, executive secretary of the Water bury Brass Workers Union; and John Mirfeld, member of the eXecu- tive board of the same organization.
 The union suggested additional increases totalling $6,452 but said that elimination of unnecessary jobs as listed in their recommenda- tion would mean saving of $5,170. The balance of $1,281, they said, could be made up by cutting out or cutting down some appropria ations in the street department budget.
 No one other than the union sup porters spoke at the hearing and it was one of the quietest public bud get sessions in years. Members of the East End Community Club were on hand but did not speak.
 Praised City Regime
 MT. Driscoll praised the city ad- ministration for recognizing the workers union as bargaining agent for street department employees. The last time he appeared before the board, he said, the chamber was packed with city yards workers or dered there to keep the c. I. O. from getting seats" Now, he added, the union was working for street depart ment employees, who were to be commended for their change ot heart.
 Following the executive session which lasted well over two hours the aldermen resumed their open meeting briefly, then adjourned to the 18th.
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ficerS and 68 men killed and 150 wounded. The Greeks captured five officers and 120 soldiers, as well as four auto trucks, two light field guns, nine machine guns and much other material, the reports said.
 Both Greek and Albanian flags were reported raised over Porto Edda by the Greeks.
 Report From Rome
 Rome, Dec. 5-CUP)-British air planes flew over Switzerland during the night and attacked the northern Italy industrial center of Turin, the Italian high command said today, asserting there had been no damage to military objectives.
 Its communique said one person was killed and three were wounded.
 Greek attacks and Italian coun- ter-attackS continued on the Alban- ian war front with Italy's ninth and 11th army corps bearing the brunt of battle, the communique contin- ued. Italian airplane bombed objec- tives at Corfu, Zante and Prevesa.
 The Italian objectives at Corfu, Zante, and Prevesa.
 The Italian submarine Delfino on Nov. 29 sank a Greek destroyer in the Aegean sea. Italian planes shot down five Greek planes on the Albanian front yesterday. It was ad- mitted that two Italian planes were missing.
 In East Africa, the communique said, British mechanized units which attacked an Italian outpost near Tesseni were quickly repulsed."
 Military works, roads, bridges, mo- torized supply columns and march ing troops were described as the ob- jectives of Italian bombers in AL bania. Especially attacked, accord ing to the Italians, was the road be- tween Premeti and Perati. (The Greeks have claimed the capture of Premeti)
 The communique said the British raid on Turin caused fires in dye shop, a wool mill and carpet fac tory. The flames were brought under control immediately.
 British Bombs Fall
 London, Dec. 5-CUP)- British airplanes heavily attacked Italian columns retreating from the south front in Albania, the air ministry said today.
 Both bombers and fighters par ticipated in the attacks on Wednes- day as the Italians fell back in the Tepelini and Kelcyre sectors, accord ing to the statement, and it was un- officially reported that British and Italian fighter planes battled over Tepelini.
 Ten Italian craft were destroyed but no British were lost, according to Greek sources.
 One Italian formation was bomb ed at road junction, the ministry said. and concentrations were at tackled at Kelcyre.
 On the road leading ot Tepelini and Berat, it added. buildings were bombed and an important bridge hit
 The bombers also made direct hits on an Italian destroyer off Porto Edda, the ministry said.
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MANUFACTURERS
 MAKING DEMANDS

(Continued from Page D are necessary and desirable during the armament period in individual cases should be made in the form of temporary wage bonuses rather than increases in the basic wage rates; providing, however, that the basic wage rates are not less than equal to the general wage level for similar work in the community with deu regard for the following fac tors:
 6. The wage for each job being determined in relation to all other jobs in the plant, with due regard for skill, responsibility, experience physical demands and hazards which the job requires, employers should endeavor to augment the supply of skilled labor in occupa- tions where shortages now exist or are threatened, giving as diversified training and work experience as is practical.
 2. Tn the interests of safeguard ing national defense production, en- PAOyC1o OAlOuAO Cdl C1u11y 4CVACW CklC citizenship status, the job require ments and the physical and mental qualifications of their watchmen and guards.
 8. In the interests of preventing espionage and sabotage, employers in national defense industries should provide adequate checking or identi- f1cation of those admitted to com- pany premises ..
 g. Labor unions should abandon or suspend rules and practices which prevent maximum production by in- dividual workers.
 10. "Jurisdictional disputes be- tween rival unions in national de- fense industries should not be per- mitted to obstruct defense produc- tion.
 II. When disputes between em- ployers and employees arise in na- tional defense industries attempts should be made to mediate them in a manner satisfactory to both en- ployers and employees before strike or walkout occurs.
 12. :" we believe that again Gas in the World War) .. the status quo in bargaining relation ships should be maintained so long as the preparedness program is a major national policy"
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missing, a witness said, and the plane slipped rapidly toward ground. It tore through power lines, A crash was heard as it smashed the corner from the top of a two-story frame house. Its left wing and both motors were pulled free by the impact.
 The motorless plane, with fuselage and one wing intact, plummeted to the ground in an alley-way and bounced over on it's topside. Flames ate at the nose of the ship, but did not reach the fuselage and none of the occupants was burned.
 Pulled Victims Out
 Persons in the neighborho who heard the crash rushed to the plane. They pulled the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot from the cabin. And attendants from the airport assisted in removing the others. Four were dead and Miss Selby and Moore died at the hospital
 Witnesses described the wreckage as terrifying sight" The front of the plane had been pushed back in- to the fuSelage, one wing-the left was torn away and the right wing twisted.
 Carl Graves, attendant at a gas station near which the plane fell, said he saw the plane just before it crashed into the power lines. He saw flare drop from it, he said, and then heard the crash as it struck the house. He was the first person to reach the wreckage. He said the bodies of the pilot and CO., pilot were "a gory sight"
 A United Air Lines spokesman said the crash could have been caused only by bad flying conditions-a low ceiling and stormy weather"
 The temperature was 32 degrees freezing-and the dew point was 31, heavy enough to form ice, when the craft began to land. Ice was form ing fast at 600 feet, pilots said, and probably gathered on the transport when it came below 1000 feet.
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By WILLIS THORNTON NEA Staff Correspondent

Closer relations and greater mu- tual respect and understanding un- doubtedly resulted from the tour of American defense establishments by ranking South American military men, Their hosts among army dig nitaries believe their visitors were genuinely impressed with the poten- tial power lying beneath the visible defense effort, and in many cases American officers were equally i'm pressed with the professional and personal qualities of the Latin guests.
 The problems incident to en- tertaining distinguished guests far from home, and strangers not only to their hosts but to each other, were many and trying.
 Army ingenuity was strained to
 the utmost to meet the demands
 suddenly thrust upon it.
 Diet was always a problem, and many an army cook did hand springs to fill demands which
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from Miami was made at about 27 knots in perfect weather.
 MT. Roosevelt was conferring with Captain George L. Weyler, com mandant of the naval base, Com mander J. F. Hooker. the medical officer, and Colonel William Ruper- tus, senior marine officer.
 Some 5000 marines now stationed at Guantanamo were absent, but the president was informed they were engaged in landing exercises on and near Culebera Island.
 Gets Information
 The naval base officers, however, gave MT. Roosevelt detailed reports of the progress of barracks and san- itary precautions preliminary to the enlargement of the base which is on the southeast coast of Cuba and dominates the windward passage from the Atlantic to the Caribbean and the Straits of Florida.
 The president remained aboard the Tuscaloosa during the night and there was no indication when he would decide to pull up anchor and leave for another base or projected base. He had passed the Bahamas, where one Of the bases leased to the
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the scores of unfamiliar national anthems which had to be playet perfectly and in accordance with minute instructions. proper ruffles and flournishes had to be rehearsed minutely, as not even the appear ance of any slight could be tolerat- ed among representatives of coun- tries jealous of prestige among themselves Officers still speak feel ingly of one such national anthem which required nearly eight min utes to play through once. When followed by the Star Spangled Banner, this meant nearly 10 min- utees of standing at rigid salute.
 If you don't think that's some
 thing to remember, try 1t some
 time..
 Language of course created some difficulties. The army has many of ficers who speak Spanish and French with more or less fiuency, but Portuguese is not so commonly known.
 Occasionally the language barrier was too high. A demonstration at tack by tanks, for instance, is known in army slang as 'rat race" One American officer who laugh ingly called his Latin guests at tention to this bit of slang, was met only by puzzled and elevated eyebrow. The general just didn't make anything of thi quaint Americanism. Desperately the Am erican host tried a literal trans lation. "Corrida de raton" (coursing of the rat) he offered.
 "Ah." said the general his face
 lighting with sudden cOmprehen-
 sion, Mickey MOuse!"
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Eight More Victims
 In Tragedy May Die
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fractured skull, fractured leg, frac- tured nose.
 Wolins, Leo, 37, Chicago, building contractor, fractured collar bone.
 Woodbury, R. G., Al, New York, vice president of Textile Bank, scalp injuries, fractured leg.
 Frederick and Ryan were not considered seriously injured. The last rites of the Catholic church were given Miss Little, whose con- dition was more grave than the oth- CTS.
 Police Guard Wreck
 United Air Lines and the Civil Aeronautics authority ordered in- veStigators to the scene. Police guarded the wreckage pending their arrival. Frank Caldwell, chief of the CAA's accident investigating section, left Washington last night by train. Air line officials said the investiga- ton was scheduled for 2 D. m. today. It was the second fatal accident on the lines Cleveland Chicago run.
 The 21-passenger plane had made a slow trip from New York, where it took off at 10 a. m. Wednesday. Most of the passengers boarded the plane at its lest stop, Cleveland.
 Airport radio operators were in communication with the plane when it approached the field from the south. Seconds before the crash, the control tower saw its lights flicker" as it circled the field and then the ship was lost.
 The pilot had been flying by in struments because of the low ceil- ing.
 The plane again was sighted as it broke through the mist prepara- tory to land. Then a motor began
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SNOW CAUSES BAD
 STREET TRAFFIC
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NCOlClIlueO lTOIn rage 1) Fulton, Hamilton and Washington parks until the thickness of the ice was sufficient. The requirement. by the park department is for at least four inches of ice before it acn be used.
 A great many skaters went to Moran's pond in Fulton park to take advantage of the near-zero o weather in the seasons first skating last night.
 State highways were reported in perilous conditions. Many cars were stalled in the snow between here and New Haven. Other instances of cars stalled were reported in dif- ferent counties.
 A mishap by @ Connecticut Rail- way and Lighting Company bus on Walnut street was reported last night. The bus went into a skid on the snow covered pavement. The hydrant was damaged. No passen- gers were in the bus at the time.
 The record low of 2 degrees yes- terday was the coldest December 4 in thirty -four years. The mercury was at 20 degrees at a, m, but rose to B degrees at noon today.
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frequently to shake hands with sol- diers and workers and to hear stories of heroism and devotion to duty, like that of Miss May Tad pole, organizer of the Women's Vol untary Service.
 Miss Tadpole, the King was told, found buildings on both sides of her office aflame but she drove under a canopy of fire to remove two mo- bile canteens to safety before the building fell.
 As the King walked along one devastated shopping street, the pro- prietors of the little stores and shops stood with their families in the gutted and burned buildings and cheered.
 The Union Jack fiuttered from many of the tostering walls. Near one flag an old man, blind in one eye, stood on a corner with his crippled wife. As the King ap- rroached he piped;
 "0od save the Kingi'
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Attack On Turin

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 London, December 5. (UP) - The Air Ministry reported today that Royal Air Force bombers inflicted considerable damage" upon Italy's great northern industrial city of Turin in night action over Europe that included attacks on Dusseldorf and objectives in German-iccupied France and Belgium.
 The ministry did not indicate the size of the bomber squadron which attacked Turin, where, it said, "se- lected targets" were bombed.
 Considerable damage was o5- served by our bomber crews" the ministry said. It reported that one plane was missing after the attack on northern Italy but that no other RAF planes were lost in night op- erations.
 The attack on the Dusseldorf area was described as sustained" and fire and explosions were said to have followed the visit of the RAF air men.
 Other targets of the RAF were listed as Antwerp and Calais. In ad- dition German airdromes, search light and anti-aircraft batteries were attacked.
 Thirteen German planes and one British fighter were reported shot down today during air battles over Britain.
 Planes For Canada
 Washington, December 5. = (UP) Several score surplus" Navy guns will be made available to Can ada for fertilization of Nova Scotia, it was learned today.
 The four and seven-inch weapons, described as extremely old" were taken from old warships and are considered not essential to the de- fense program. They are mounted on steel pedestals but officials said they would be adaptable for seacoast defense purposes if dismounted and set in concrete Qualifications. Their transfer was arranged by the United States-Canadian Joint Defense Board.
 It was disclosed that the guns will be transferred the same way in which surplus" and obsolete" war planes, arms and ammunition and other war implements were made available to Great Britain and Can ada earlier this year
 The Navy, it was said, will trans fer the guns to the War Department which in turn will deliver them to an export firm for sale to Canada. The firm will allow this government a credit" on it's own defense pur- chases to the amount realized in the sale.
 Yankee Planes Fighting
 London, December 5. - (UP) - The Ministry of Information said today that American airplanes were being fought successfully in many places, particularly the middle east, and that "the United States will be interested to learn an American air. craft took the Taranto photographs" 7"
 The photographs confirmed the damage done to Italian warships in an aerial assault on the Taranto naval base. It was understood that 8 -motored Glen Martin bomber was used for the photogra- phy.
 The ministry said the Royal Air Force was enthusiastic about the performance of American machines; that American engines had repu- tation for reliability and that Hud- son planes had been used in hundreds of bombing raids from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. American fight ing planes also were praised but the only type the ministry mentioned was the Curtiss Hawk, used in France early in the war. It was the first reference to the use of American planes in the middle east.
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PEACE APPEAL
 IS TURNED DOWN
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'It is no good blinking that fact and there is no good in suggesting that all the German people are sim pie, kindly folk" he said.
 McGovern deplored the govern ment's failure to propose a peace conference and called upon it to bring the war to an early conclu- sion on the basis of restoration of freedom in all countries.
 He quoted an extract from Prime Minister Winston Churchills book, "The World Crisis" and said it was a statement showing the danger of continuing struggle too long until people of the world were prostrate with grief and poverty.
 Don't let us be misled by state ments about fighting for freedom and democracy" McGovern said, asserting that peace efforts should not be discredited and in asking whether the government was pre- pared to make statement of its war aims.
 "State your aims in terms for ending the conflict. If you state them Sympathetically there will be response over the heads of poli- ticians from the people of Ger many"
 Vichy, France, Dec. 5.-UP)- Reports persisted in diplomatic quarters today that Premier Dr. An tonic Salazar Of Portugal was sounding out warning nations on the possibility of mediation by Pope Plus and President Roosevelt.
 Qn Berlin, authorized quarters said nothing was known of Sala- zar,S reported peace move but that it must be clear to everyone that peace can be obtained only with the unconditional surrender of Brit ain.")
 Authoritative quarters in Lon don denied Knowledge of peace move by Salazar and said Britain was determined to win complete victory" and fulfill her pledges to restore conquested ter1itorieS.)
 AS reported here, France was taking no part in Salazar's peace move because of the "non-interfer- ence" terms of it's armfstice with Germany and Italy.
 The hope for some kind of ne- gotiated peace is strong here. It is pointed out that only four Euro pean nations are at war: Britain, Germany, Italy and Greece; but that while the war goes on seven other nations-France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Pola:sd and Albania--are unable to repair even elementary war damage and are blockaded into near starvation, and five other nations-Turkey, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, Rumania and Sweden must keep mobilized and are unable to proceed with normal activities.
 It is estimated that war casualties already approach i,0o0,9Q0: that war costs approach si00.000,000 e day and that if peace came today it would take two generations to work of the war debts.
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$50, 900, 900 LOAN
 FOR ARGENTINE

Washington, Dec. 5-(UP)-Secre- tary of the Treasury Henry Mor- genthau, Jr,. said today that the treasury is planning a $50.000,00O currency stabilization loan to the Argentine government.
 The loan, Morgenthau said, will be along the same general lines" as the recent $50,00O000 stabilization agreement wjth China
 Since Argentina Is at peace the treasury will not feel obligated to discuss the' matter with Congress first, he said.
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There have been no official com plaints in Watertown about the en- tire affair, MT. Stevens said.
 No Bonds Raised
 Guerdon Brown and Louis Gold smith, of New York, who are being held at the New Haven county jail in connection with the probe of the lottery sponsored by the Crusader post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Of Naugatuck, were unable to raise $1O,O0O bonds for their release up to press time today.
 Attorney Edward Mascolo, coun- sel for one of the men, said he ex- pected the bondsmen to be in this morning, but they failed to appear. It was reported the two accused has raised some of the bond, but were unable to raise enough for their re- lease
 Meanwhile, two other New York men for whom bench warrants were issued Friday, were reported still at large.
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Latins Leave Trail
 Of Maddened Cook,

had place reserved for each ger eral with the tour-others with le. ser rank were allowed to find whs ever places turned up.
 But one representative indif nantly stalked out and wer back to his native heath becaus he, while only colonel, is ye chief of staff of his country.
 Bandmasters and their mu clans sweated industriously owe
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WILL SPEED MORE
 AID FOR BRITAIN
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they had planned 60 freighters.
 Sten JJp ArmamentS

they had planned 60 freighters.
 Step Up Armaments
 Chairman Walter F. George of the Senate foreign relations committee proposed that armament production be stepped up to a war time basis ito provide substantial aid to Brit ain and to get the American arma- ment program into high gear lie said he was not advocating partici- patton in the war, but precaution- ary measure against future lags in production.
 Statements by two high admins tration fiscal officials-Federal Re- serve Board Chairman Mariner s. EccleS and Secretary of Commerce and Federal Loan Administrator Jesse H. Jones - aroused further speculation as to financial aid to Britain. Jones hinted he would not be opposed to loan by asserting that he considered Britain a good risk" Eccles belatedly revealed that in an address in New York last week he suggested that Congress consider the advisability of, extending credits to Britain as means of combating the threat of imitation because of huge reservoir of idle bank funds in this country.
 Flying Fortresses
 The flying fortresses-huge, four engined Boeing BITS originally or dered by the army air corps-Were released after several weeks of nego- tiations. That releasing them was being considered was announced last month when the army permitted the British to take prior delivery on 26 consolidated, four-motored bomberS, very similar Sto the flying fortresses. At least one of these has been de- livered; the remainder will be ready by March l, 1941.
 The Morgenthau-Phillips confer ences, informed sources said, prob ably would go into the question of Britain's financial requirements.
 "The first thing to do is to discuss what are the present lacks in our financial position" Phillips said, Our financial position has never been stronger. The war is costing us $45 100000 a day and we are able to stand that. The only technical difficulty is one of dollars and I be- lieve that we will be able to arrange that"
 That raised the possibility that Britain may be seeking to increase its dollar balances through some ar engagement for a large-scale liquida- ton of assets. The Bank of England has taken over British private hold ing of about ITS American stocks with an aggregate market value of $450, ,000. 900. but it has liquidated less than $200, 100000 worth. The bank could take over all other British holdings of American securities.