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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-22
NAACP Card Party
A Social Success

One of the smartest affairs on
the fall social calendar was the
card party given at the Y. w. G.
A. for the benefit of the N. A
A. C. P. The party was well at
tended by lovers of the games,
bridge and whist-expert players
and those who play only fair Cd
all in the best of fun and good
craftsmanship for the good of the
N. A. A. C. P. Many bought tai
lies who did not attend, and many
came who did not play Each had
chance for the door prize.
Prize winners were: First prize
Mr.. Woodfin; second, Mr.. Hayward
Roberts; consolation, Mr.. Chas.
Adams. At Whist: First prize,
Mr.. ]. P. Robinson; second prize,
Mrs. p Robinson; second, Mrs.
], Hill; consolation, Mr.. VIM. w.
Holmes. The &c a chance prize, a
Is pound turkey, was won by Mrs.
Frank Marshall and the door prize,
ham, went to Mr.. Terrence Good
win.
Mrs. Clarence Mccullough, gen.
eral chairman, is grateful to the
committee who worked so Loyalty
and the friends for donations of
prizes = money, cakes, coffee,
cream, the turkey and ham and to
al who assisted in making the
Card Party a grand success.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-22

Score in the Portland-Seattle
traffic contest now under way
showed that Portland had had nine
deaths in traffic and Seattle five
during October, first month of the
contest. Based on the number of
traffic fatalities in each city per
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-22

100000 population during October,
November, and December, most
dangerous months of the year, the
contest will close at midnight, De-
cember 81.
Only he sails big boats who first
sails little ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
ELECTION
 MOST EXPENSIVE

Washington, Nov. 23- CUP) - Chairman Guy M. Gillette, D., Ia., of the senate campaign expenditures Investigating committee said today that more money was spent in the 1940 election campaigng than in any other in the nations history.
 Gillette said specific complains on cases of allegedly excessive spending had been received by his commit tee but declined to disclose them. He refused to comment on reports that a large number of protests have been made on purportedly large spending in New Jersey. where Sen. w. Warrne Barbour. Republican, defeated James Fl. R. Cromwell, Democrat. for the senate.
 The committee, he said, has un- dertaken an exhaustive examination of campaign spending reports which congressional candidates are re- quired to file with either the clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate. Chairman Of major paryt groups in all states have been asked to submit complete reports, he ada cd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
WILL
 lSFILED TODAY

The will of the late John R. Clay ton, prominent local jeweler, makes provision for his wife and five daughters, also for the children of the latter The document was ad- mitted to probate today by Judge Patrick Healey.
 All personal effects and furniture are left to his wife, Mrs. Anna Cooper Clayton. The will directs that the rest of the estate be made into trust fund, with Mrs. Clay ton to receive the income and any necessary principal during her life time.
 At Mrs. Clayton's death. bequests of $5,000 each are to be paid to the daughters, Olive A. Clayton, Ada F. Clayton Klein of Naugatuck, Emma G. Lowell, Mrs. Helen E. Hindley of New York, and Mrs. Mercia E. Park. of Stafford Springs.
 The rest of the estate is to be divided into trust funds for each of the daughters. After the death of the daughters the money is to go to their children, or be held for them till they reach the age of 2l. The Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank is named executor of the will, which was drawn April %. 1887.
 Mir. Clayton. retired president of the Clayton Jewelry O., died oc- tober 24. He had been . resident of Waterbury for over 90 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
ILEAHY SLATED
 AS AMBASSADOR
To Replace Bullitt in France - President to
 Name Him Soon

Hyde Park. N. r.. Nov. 23.-(UP) President Roosevelt announced to- day that he shortly will nominate Admiral William D. Leahy, former chief of naval operations, as United States Ambassador to France
 The announcement was made for the President by William D. Has, sett, White House secretary. Has, Sett said that MT Roosevelt was &C., cepting the resignation of William c. Bullitt, who previously had rep resented this government in France.
 Temporary White House head quarters gave no indication when Leahy's nomination would be sent to the Senate, but it was assumed it would go to Capitol Hill early next week.
 MT. Roosevelt selected Leahy for the important diplomatic post after Gen. John Pershing rejected the appointment upon the advice of his physicians.
 The president had offered the ap- pointment to Pershing on the as- sumption that the war time generals association with Marshal Petain of France would provide a basis fol mutual understanding which would lead to a better understanding oi problems common to the United States and France.
 l Leahy obviously was selected as a service man familiar with the de- fense problems of the United States and capable of talking in the mili- tary terms understood by the mar shal of France.
 In announcing his selection, Has sett made it clear that MT. Roose- welt had in mind Leahy's service background in making his choice.
 Everyone knows what the presi- dent thinks of Admiral Leahy $ ability as navy man and as an official of superb all-around ability" Hassett said.
 Since his retirement from active naval service, Leahy has been Serv- ing as governor of Puerto Rico Temporary White House headquar- ters did not indicate who would suc- ceed him in the Puerto Rico gover- norship or when an announcement on this subject might be expected.
 Bullitt has been back in the Uni ted States for several months and had made it clear that he did not care to return to Vichy as ambassa- dor. He announced about week ago that he had submitted his resig- nation to MT. Roosevelt, but the president deferred his acceptance until he had an opportunity to se- lect Bullitt's successor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
SURVEY OF WAGE SCALE TO CONTINUE
Finance Board Group May Work With Budget
 Director Olsen

The survey of city wage scales ordered by Mayor Vincent A. Scul- ly early this year will be continued through 1941, with the prospect that committee of the board of finance will be appointed to work with Budget Director Thorvald E. Olsen on the task Several import ant departments have already been surveyed, but it is admitted that wage inequalities exist in other branches of the city government. It is planned eventually to set max imum and minimum wages for all classifications of city workers in all departments.
 Thus far the survey has resulted in wage increases for low-bracket employees of the welfare department, whose pay was raised during the current year, and for five classified tions of public works department employees. Pay increases for the lat ter are provided in the 1941 budget.
 One of the first situations taken up when the survey is resumed will be the pay of clerks and steno- graphers in city hall offices. Girls doing approximately the same work and with about the same experience and ability receive widely varying pay checks. There are other cases ill which salaries are quite a bit below those paid persons doing the same work in private industry. On the other hand, the survey may reveal some positions that are overpaid.
 The finance board evincd con- siderable interest in city wage scales while the budget for next year was being drawn up and it was suggest ed that a committee of that board aid in the survey next year. Up to now the work has been done by MT. Olsen and his assistant, Edward Butler.
 It is planned to list and classify all city jobs. Wage scales will be set up for each general type of work, the figures being based on present pay and comparison with the scales of other cities and with private in- dustry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
k0RITzA BATTLE
 IS CALLED ROUT
Greeks Put ' Italian Divi= sions to Flight-Many
 Supplies Captured
BY BEN ANES United Press Stan Correspondent


 Athens. Greece, Nov. B - (U.P) Greek troops routed almost seven Italian divisions (1O5,0O mem in capturing the Koritza sector and seized enough guns, ammunition and vehicles to equip two divisions, re- ports from the front said today.
 The fighting on this northern front was moving toward the Jugo- slav border. A large section of the Italian force routed from its Koritza base had moved to Pogradec. % miles north on Lake Ochrida, which forms section of the Albanian Jugoslav border, and the Greeks were driving that direction in pur- suit.
 While the Greek northern forces were mopping up around Koritza, the southern army was pushing into Albania and threatening to cut of the Italians from their coastal sup ply base, Porto Edda. As they ap- preached the Argyrokastron Plains, however, the Greeks were advancing more cautiously, to prevent falling into traps or meeting maSSed form ations of Italian mechanical units, which had been of little value in the mountainous country to the east.
 The victory at Koritza, from where Italians had launched their drive for Salonika, eastern Greek port, was growing in scope as new reports of captures came from that area. It was reported that the Ital- ians had attempted to destroy the immense stores of gasoline and munitions assembled there before retreating, but the Greeks arrived in time to seize most of them.
 A communique said the booty at
 lCoptipOad O,o poon 0O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
6 DIE IN FLAMES
 OF BURNING CARS
Auto, Truck Collide Head On-Driver of One Fell
 Asleep

Rlainville. Mass, Nov. 23-(UP) Six persons died in the flaming wreckage of an auto and truck which collided head-on when, inveS- tigators believed today, the driver of the auto who had been attend ing an all-night wake fell asleep at the wheel.
 Joseph Ando, 18. of 72 Tiffany street, North Providence. R. T., driver of the auto, his father Car mello, 60, and his mother Anna, 57 were returning home from Boston where they attended the funeral of a cousin when their car collided with the truck on the Boston-Prov idence superhighway last night.
 Immediately after the collision the huge truck burst into flames which cremated George Mitchell, 25, driver of the truck, his brother Theodore, IS. both of Jamaica Plain, and Thomas Bucknam, IS, of Roxbury.
 Motor Vehicle Inspector James D. Moore said he learned from rela- tives of young Ando that the youth had not slept since Thursday and had attended an all-ngiht wake that preceded the funeral Moore said he believed the youth fell asleep.
 The impact was so great that the cars engine was hurled 30 feet into a roadside swamp. and the car was demolished. The wreckage caught fire and flames leaping 100 feel into the air prevented other motor ists from extricating the bodies ol the truck and auto occupants.
 The Andos apparently died in. stantly but witnesses said that thu cries of the Mitchells. sons of thl president of the Albanian orthOdo' church of Boston. and Buckuau could be heard above the roarinl flames.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
TIME BOMB GOES
 OFF IN CLEVELAND
StOuffer Corp. Restaurant Damaged-Owner Witt
 ness in | LabOr Trial

Cleveland, November 23-UP)-A black powder time bomb exploded in the rear of a downtown restaur- ant of the Stouffer Corporation to- day, damaging kitchen equipment and slightly injuring one employe.
 The explosion occurred at 1:45 a. m., less than 24 hours after bomb had partially wrecked the entrance to one of the chains restaurants in Philadelphia.
 Six employees here were at work when the bomb went off. Louis Reao, "A, a student manager, suf- fered head cuts from fragments of window glass. Windows on two floors of the building were broken but damage was estimated at only $100.
 Vernon B. Stouffer, president of the restaurant company, said he had had no labor trouble. The company has two restaurants here and is preparing third. Special police details were sent to guard the others.
 Police said the bomb was placed on top of a small annex at the rear of the building, used to house elec- trical transformers.
 Stouffer said union labor had been used throughout in preparing the new restaurant. Although wait CTS and waitresses were not union members, they were paid higher than the union scale and there had been no employe dissatisfac- tion, he said.
 Safety Director Eliot Ness, close friend of Stouffer, went to the dam aged restaurant with him and it was reported he had received cer- tain information which Stouffer was not willing to disclose gen- eraliy.
 Stouffer was an important wit- ness at the trial two years ago of extortionists Don A. Campbell and John F. McGee. former labor lead- CTS. Both are now in the state peni- tentiary. They threatened to inter- fere with the remodeling of one of the company restaurants unless Stouffer paid them S1 200. Although police officers said they were unable to fix a motive, Ness (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
HITLER CONTROL IN EUROPE NOW HAS
 SWEEP FROM GERMANY TO BLACK SEA
Rumania' s Signature of Axis. Pact Widens Nazi Influence
Repairs Rushed
 On U. 5. Capitol

Washington, Nov. 23-UP) -Workmen rushed repairs to- day on the weakened 86-year- old roofs of the senate and house chambers.
 Warned that the roofs were in danger of cOllapsing, both houses voted unanimously yes terday to hold their remaining sessions this year elsewhere to permit repairs.
 The senate will move back into the old supreme court chamber it occupied for 40 years prior to 1859. The small, marble pillared chamber, un- used since the supreme court moved into it's marble mansion in 1885, once resOunded to the Oratory of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John c. Calhoun.
 The house will move into the bright and modern ways and means committee room in the new House Office building. It has chairs of robin's-egg blue and controlled lighting. An ad- joining lobby OverlOOks a spa cious, mountained courtyard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
PAVING OF BANK STREET PLANNED
First of Big Improvement Projects in City Dur=
 ing l94l

The city's public improvement program for 1941 includes the re- paving of Bank street and the com pletion of underground work pre- liminary to the repaving of South Main and North Main streets. Lay ing of new pavement on the two latter streets is not planned for next year.
 The new Bank street surface, to be laid from Center street to Brook lyn, will cost $105,70O 1t is esti- mated. This sum has been allo- cated for the work from the street and general improvement bond fund in the city budget for next year The underground work on Bank street has been in progress last year and this year and is virtually completed.
 Installation of sewers and other underground work On South Main street will cost an estimated $53, ,265 The work on North Main street will cost an estimated $47 ,337
 It is planned to call for bids for the Bank street paving as early i'll the spring as possible. The work will include removal of trolley tracks and installation of new sidewalks.
 Another improvement listed for next year is the construction of new bridge over the Mad river on Bald win street. The sum of $93 ,268 has been allocated for this project, which was originally scheduled to be com- pleted this year. The money comes from the bridge bond fund and will not directly affect the regular city budget. Preliminary work near the new bridge has been underway for several weeks, and it is believed that most of it will be completed before wintry weather sets in.
 Other city projects for next year, some of them in cooperation with the WPA include installation of ad- ditional sanitary sewers, construc- ton of new storm sewers, and ex- tension of water mains.
 State aid in the laying of new pavement on South Main and North Main streets will be sought during 1941. The state several years ago paved South Main street as far north as Washington avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
Generalization Of City
 Departments Planned
$7,5OO in Budget for Proposed Changes Probate Court to Be Moved Out of Building-Tax COllec=
 tor, Assessors Involved in Plan for Merging

Transfers of city hall offices to centralize departmental activities and to allow sufficient space for bureaus now with limited quarters are planned for 1941. The finance board has placed an appropriation of $7,500 in next years budget for the expenses involved in the chang es: The probate court to be moved out of the city hall entirely, with the city paying most of the rent for private quarters.
 The tax commissioners and aS- sessors to move their office to the probate court.
 In Assessors Office
 The tax collectors office to take over the assessors office, thereby occupying the whole north side of the city hall first floor, from the main entrance to Field street.
 The budget directors office to be moved from the controllers office to one of the two former welfare department offices on the city hall nrSt floor.
 The purchasing directors office to be moved from the second floor to the other former welfare depart ment office.
 Other Changes
 Other less important changes are also contemplated but have not yet been worked out in detail.
 The transfer Will bring out one result that has been sought for years-the centralization of all tax department branches in one office. Such a plan has been recommended by Griffenhagen & Associates and other auditors.
 The wall between the present tax office and the assessors office will be broken down, and it is planned to install cages and payment win dows along almost the whole length of the enlarged office. At present
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
BIRMINGHAM IS BELIEVED TOBE BIG CITY HIT Churches School, COf- vents, Homes Are in
 Ruins
 If% DIVE BOMBING
 TACTICS USED Attacks Continued From ' P. M. Until 6 A. M. Dis-
 patches Say
BY NED RUSSELL
United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, November 23. = (UP) = German air raiders made a savage, all-night raid on a city in the western Mid lands, dropping high explo- sive bombs on churches, ho- tel9, conventS, schools, mu- nicipal buildings, stores and homes.
 (Nazi informants said the attack was on Birmingham, Great British steel and munitions center, a city of 100000 persons They said the entire city quarters as well as fac tory areas were destroyed and gut ted" that fires could be seen on the French coast, ITS miles away and that dive bombing tactics were used on Birmingham for the first time.)
 The attack lasted from ' o'clock yesterday evening until nearly 6 a. m. today. The planes came from all directions. wave after wave, at 10-minute intervals. The city had been subjected to a fierce pounding several nights ago.
 Damage %eSTiSe.
 The residential section suffered fearful damage. Fire fighters and civil defense workers toiled unceas- ingly throughout the night, even while the raid was at its height and bombs were raining down all about them.
 A heavy bomb struck the rear of an art gallery and hundreds of tons of masonry crashed into the street, blocking it.
 Masonry from the damaged post office blocked other streets.
 Many windows in municipal build- ings were smashed.
 Had to Take Refuge.
 An air raid protection worker said: "I had started for walk and had not gone far when I heard the whistle of a falling bomb. I Topped on my belly and debris spattered my back. As soon as there was Hull I continued on my way but things got so bad I had to take refuge in a public shelter, where I stayed un- til there was another lull. It was easy to dodge flying debris in the light of gun flashes and of the flares the raiders dropped.
 ,"I saw Gouds of incendiary bombs fall in front of me. They popped like firecrackers. When the explo- sive bombs started falling again l fiopped and then took shelter. thought my last moment had come when a bomb fell on a house near me
 "As soon as I could I continued my journey, but practically all the way I was lodging from one door, way to another.
 One raider flew low and used machine gun. The tracer bullets could be seen flying all over one district"
 The center of the city escaped the worst of the damage and busses this morning were crowded with workers and shoppers as usual. The woman driver of one bus said the raid start ed when she went of duty last night and was still going on when she took the bus out of the depot this morning.
 T went to bed and took no notice of it." she said. "The noise awoke me sometimes but managed to get a fair amount of rest. I rather like the exciting part of this job but cannot pretend I am not frightened.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-23
Russia Must Look With Suspicion on Sphere
 of Action MOSCOW DENIES PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE Rumanian Oil Fields Are Now Legitimate Prey
 for British
BY J. w. T. MASON United Press War Expert

NOASCu AACSS war GARCEG
 Rumania's signature af- fixed today in Berlin to the triple alliance, added to Hun gary's inclusion within the German sphere gives Hitler formal control over a contin- uous sweep of territory from the German border to the Black Sea. Russia cannot help but look with suspicion and diSfavor on this expan- sion of German paramountcy to the shore of her own southern water boundary
 However, Stalin may possibly be forced to disguise his feelings, for the present, it is impossible to over look this new menace to Slav influ- ence in the Balkans Sooner or later, it will be necessary for Russia to make some countef-move or else abandon all Slavonic ambitions in southeastern Europe.
 Strategic Command
 A glance at the map of Europe will show how Hitler now has un- interrupted strategic command of the center of Europe extending from the North Sea to the Black Seas northwestern coast line. Hun gary and Rumania, as Germany'S military vassalS, have allowed Hitler to threaten Russia with a southern blockade.
 Moscow's denial of Berlin state ment that Russia previous had been informed of the invitation to Hun gary to join the triple alliance is significant of Stalin's feelings. More pointed is the report from Sofia that Bulgaria is reluctant to follow Hungary and Rumania without Rus sia'S approval. Russian pressure on the Bulgarian Slavs thus may be beginning.
 how Russia will formulate an iIn- mediate policy. Above all else Mos COW will desire to avoid an open break with Germany while the Ger man army retains its strength. It may seem advisable to the Krem- lin to display outward friendlinesS for Germany, while waiting for the war to continue until weakness de- velops.
 See Hitler Intention
 But more than ever before, Rus sia can now discern Hitler's inten- ton to keep Stalin out of Europe by a policy of envelopment The German gesture of pointing to mid- dle Asia as Russia's future area of expansion is being followed by un- disguised strategic movements of enforcement. That seems to be the most significant meaning of Ru- mania's hand placed on Hungary's shoulder, as both fall into the gooSe-Step parade.
 Secondarily, Rumania's ohedience to Berlin has made hes e. 6e1da legitimate target for British and Turkish bombing if Germany starts an offensive movement against the Dardanelles. The Rumanians can- not hide behind cloak of neutral ity, should the war spread s0uth- eastward, even though Rumaniau troops do not participate.
 At present German troops in Rue mania are disguised as military in- structors, making their presence theoretically legitimate. But by fur- mally allying herself with the Ger mans, Rumania must face the cons sequences of that military pact if hostilities spread near her boun~ dary.
 Oil Wells Important
 Should the Germans direct the
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