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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
PAY INCREASE
 IN TWO PLANTS
Follows Right on Heels of Report of Increased
 Employment

Pay increases for office workers and other salaried employees of two major local factories will become ef- fective this week, 1t was learned to- day, and boosts for such employees in other plants are expected to follow. These raises follow by a short time increases of four cents an hour given non-salaried workers by the Big Three" of local industry.
 The American Brass Go. has posted notices of five per cent in- crease for all salaried employees, workers at that plant said today. The Chase Brass & Copper Go. has not yet posted any notices but em- ployes have been notified individ- ually that their pay will be in- creased per cent. It is not known whether the increase at Chase's is factory-wide,
 The raises for Salaried workers come simultaneously with news that employment in Waterbury has reached a new all-time record. The action of the American Brass Co. and the Chase Go. is expected to be emulated by other local industrial plants.
 The wage boosts for non -salaried help came after negotiations by the Waterbury Brass Workers union with the American Brass Go. That company announced the first in- crease, and its example was fol- lowed by the Chase Go. and the Scovill Mfg. Go. Workers have also been informed that they will have vacations with pay in l94l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
THIRTEEN FACE
 96 PRISON YEARS
Sentences, Fines That Were Imposed Upon AC.
 cused By Judge Inglis

A total maximum sentence of 96 years in states prison faces l3 of the IA men appealing convictions in the Waterbury conspiracy trial, the only one of the defendants facing a jail sentence being John W. Meany, of Bogota, N J, Appeal arguments will begin tomorrow before the state supreme court in Hartford.
 The total in fines imposed on Ii of the defendants amounted to $5,- 500. T. Frank Hayes, Daniel J. Leary, and Thomas P. Kelly, who were given the most severe prison sentences, were not fined.
 Since the men were sentenced by Judge Ernest A Inglis on Aug. q, 1889, five days after they were con- victed 0y superior court jury, they have been at liberty in bonds total- ing S307 800, most of this amount be- ing in property.
 Sentences, Fines
 The sentences, fines and honos of the IA appellants are as follows:
 T. Frank Hayes: 10 to IS years: no fine, S50,000 bail.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
STATE FUNERAL
 FOR CHAMBERLAIN
Former Prime Minister of England Died Saturday
 Afternoon
BY BRYDON TAVES Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)

kSHIteu FTcSS Stdu SUtTOSpOiiuChtI
 London, Nov. ll-tUP)-A state funeral was planned today for for mer Prime Minister Neville Cham berlain, who in 1888 assured Great Britain of peace in our time and in 1889 led Britain into war.
 Chamberlain died peacefully" at 5:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in his country home in Hampshire while German air raiders were winging their way over HampShire's neatly mown fields for their nightly attack on London.
 Chamberlain had been gravely Ill for days at Heckfield House, near Oldham. Its walls had been camou- flaged. but several German bombs had dropped nearby. In his final hours. the former prime minister was in a coma, but for weeks he had listened to the hum of Nazi planes. With him were his wife and two sisters.
 Chamberlain was 7l. A tired and ailing man, he severed all connec- tions with the government on Oct. 3 and retired to await death unable to live for the outcome of the war he had hoped to prevent by ap- peasing the dictators.
 The funeral was being planned while government leaders paid trib- ute. Prime Minister Winston Churchill preferred to make his trib- ute. a statement to the House of Commons. It was expected that the body would be brought to London
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
SHOCKS AGAIN STRIKE ATBUCHAREST Two New Earthquakes Hit, Bringing New Terror to
 Inhabitants SEVEN SHOCKS IN
 ALL HIT RUMANIA Thousands May Be Dead as Result; Oil Wells Are
 Badly Damaged
BY K. E. STEVENS
United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Bucharest, Rumania, Nov. 11.-UP)-TWo new earth shocks rocked Bucharest to- day, bringing new terror to those who had escaped death in Rumania's most devastat- ing earthquake since 1902. Officials estimated that l. 900 persons had been killed and between 5000 and 4,000 injured in the earthquake which occurred early Sunday morning. Two more shocks were felt at midnight and two more today, at 8;36 a, m.
 This brought to seven the total number of earthquake shocks which have shaken Bucharest yesterday and today. The one at 9:36 a. nn,, was the worst of the secondard alaocks, .descrihed by observatory of- ficials as a three degree" shock.
 There were no casualties as a result of the new shocks, but thou sands rushed wildly into streets and parks.
 Authorities pleaded with the throngs to return to their homes and employers urged workers to report to their jobs. Thousands living on upper floors placed their belongings in suitcases and began seeking safer lodgings.
 Casualty Unknown
 The new shocks came as the gov- ernment sought to determine the total casualties from the Sunday earthquake which left many towns and villages In ruins.
 Only western Rumania was spared. Many towns and villages were in ruins and their living and uninjured inhabitants took to the fields fearful of recurring quakes. Many buildings in Bucharest were shaken and at least 200 were killed or hopelessly trapped when the H. story Carlton apartment building
 The oil fields of eastern Rumania which produce large amounts of oil for the German armies and air force were severely damaged In some districts great fires still were burning today and German military fire fighters were attempting to bring them under control.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
JOSEPH KENNEDY
 GIVES WARNING
Give Britain Every Help POssibIe-U. s. May Be
 in Same PrediCament

Boston, Nov. 1l-(UP)-The Bos- ton Sunday Globe in a copyrighted article quoted Joseph P. Kennedy. ambassador to Great Britain, as advocating that the United States give the maximum possible aid to England.
 Aid England as far as we can that's our game" The Globe quoted Kennedy. AS long as she can hold out, give her what it takes, what ever we don't have to have, and don't expect anything back"
 The ambassador was quoted as saying he was willing to spend "all I've got to keep us out of the war. There's no sense in our getting in. Wed just be holding the bag"
 The Globe said Remedy already had started a fighting crusade to keep us out" and that the ambas- sador was amazed" at how little the Congressmen he'd talked to understood the war and America $ relation to It."
 Aid to England was insurance for the United States. The Globe said Kennedy stated.
 England's fighting for self-pres- ervation just as we will if 1t comes to us.' Kennedy was quoted.
 The Globe quoted Kennedy as saying that fl this country enters the war democracy will be "all done. "
 "A bureaucracy would take over right off" he was quoted. Every thing we hold dear would be gone, They tell me that after 1918 we got lt all back again. But this is dif- ferent. There's different pattern ln tho world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11

at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month entire nations prayed, in remembrance of the millions long dead now on fields once bright with shrapnel fire.
 But not today.
 There was no time for such things today. This anniversary of an arm iStice that was to silence guns for ever, came on the wings of war be- yond the conception of the men who dropped their guns on the crim- son earth p years ago. The eleventh hour struck and today was unheard in the deadly din. To stop even for c minute, could mean the dif- ference between victory and death
 One minute: A woman's hands take 10 more smooth-nosed bombs from the conveyor belt at Coventry. One minute: A sweating steyedore huras a hundredweight of grain ashore at Liverpool and never once looks up to see the bombing planes against the sky. One minute: A pilot dives five miles across the clouds.
 Cry of Weary People
 Twenty-two years ago a rumbed silence settled over Europe's battle- fields and out of that silence came the cry of weary people that there should be no future war.
 (Today the tall, unhappy old man who had promised peace in our time" lay dead in an England that was rocked by the blast of oombs)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
ITALY, GREECE IN
 DEATH STRUGGLE
Greeks Aided By British BOmbers Hit Hard; Italy
 Makes Her Report
BY J. H. YINDRICH

NOHiteu freSS SLaH correspondent
 Athens, Greece, Nov. 1l.-CUP)- Aided by British bombing planes which assailed Italian concentra- tionS and supply lines, Greek troops on the offensive in the Kalamas valley and Pindus mountain sectors, have dispersed large bodies fo Ital- ian troops, reports from the front said today.
 Reliable quarters said that an Italian Host division in the Pindus had been annihilated. leaving the Italian southern sector, in the Kala- mas valley. exposed to flank attack from the west. The Italians were said to have retreated down the val ley after two of their battalions had been dispersed. Greeks were re- ported to have captured mortars, machine guns and other equipment.
 A Greek communique today said that the Italian third Alpine divi- sion had been shattered, that many were killed, wounded or taken pris- oner and that the survivors had swept their reserves Def ore them in headlong retreat, with Greeks pur- suing them.
 Thus the Alpiners completely failed in their assignment of cut- ting the road from Epirlls to Thes- saly," the communique said.
 Meanwhile. British bombers. CO., operating with Greek ground forces. were reported to have raided Ital- ian embarkation points and other Albanian Eorts, as well as treop concentrations and supply roads behind the Italian lines.
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also greatly exceeds the boom year figures of 1929
 Other business indices followed the lead of employment by climbing sharply. Bank clearings, bank debits, and bank savings all went up, while consumption Of gas and electricity also increased. Building activity was greater, and freight tonnage 10 and from the city showed big gain, Postal receipts and number of tele- phones !n use also went up. The continued upsurge in employ ment hiehlights the monthly survey and promises to be reflected in rec ord business for merchants and other retailers during the winter months. Eight Of the largest factories had total of 2l,646 persons on their payrolls, a gain of 97l over September and a gain of 2,735 over October of 1889.
 October Survey
 The Chamber of Commerce survey for October reads as S@Alows.
 Bank Clearings
 The Bank Clearings for the month
  of october amounted to $78l750000, showing an increase of $l408,7 00 as compared with the month of September, and an increase of $839,- 6oo0o as compared with the month o5f October, 1889.
 Bank Debits
 The bank debits for the month of October amounted to $36 ,296 ,733 02 showing an increase of $7,839, ,785 GA as compared With the month of September and an increase of $6,- o3,l59,49 as compared with the month of October, 1889.
 Bank Savings
 During the month of october
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 NOV. II, 1889

A nationwide celebration vas held in Germany in honor of the seven killed in the bombing of . beer garden at Buergerbraeu Hall in Munich. Rudolf Hess was the principal speaker of the day. He declared that Provi- dence had protected Adolph Hitler and was with him in his fight for right.
 President R0osevelt's Armistiee Day message said in part that i've work for peace, we pray for peace and we arm for peace"
 There was nttle activity along the Western Front, however, preparation of defenses of Che Netherlands and Belgium vas noted by observers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
SENATOR PITTMAN
 DIES SUDDENLY
Passes Away Sunday From Heart Attack in Reno,
 Nevada

Washington. Nov. 11.-(UP)-The death of Chairman Key Pittman of the Senate foreign relations com mittee was expected today to lead to stronger administration demands that Congress adjourn this week.
 The Senate meets tomorrow and will recess immediately as a mark of respect for Pittman who died early yesterday of a heart attack in Reno, Nev. The House meets today and probably will recess immedi- ately.
 Pittman'S successor as foreign re- lations chalrman.-the most impor- tant committee post in the Senate -still was doubtful. Sen. Pat Har- rison. D.. Miss. is the ranking Dem- ocrat on the committee but he tele- graphed from his Mississippi home that he would retain his chairman. ship of the finance committee. Har- risOn predicted that Sen. Walter F. George. D.. Ga. who follows him in seniority, would be elected to Pitt mans post unanimously"
 George was reelected to the Sen- ate in 1888 despite President Roose- velt's attempt to defeat him in the primary. He has differed with the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
British Down Italian Planes For First Time
They Came Over With Nazis This Morning to Bomb misunderstanding Attack Made on Danzig
 Last Night
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR. limited Press Staff CnrreSnOndentl

London, Nov. li.-(UP) British fighters destroyed eight warplanes of Italy-World War ally of Great Britain-in battle over the Thames estauary today after an air raid alarm at the historic Armistice day hour of Il a. m. ana a night of heavy bombardment.
 Destruction of the eight Fascist craft including five bombers was announced by the air ministry fol- lowing an official report that 10 enemy craft had been shot down during extensive daylight air oper- ationS.
 British Hurricane fighters were credited with the victory over the Italians, which were attempting to attack shipping.
 It was said that the eight Italian planes were in addition to the ten planes previously reported shot down today, bringing the days total to IS so far reported.
 First Brought Down
 The eight Italian planes were the first Fascist craft brought down in England although they previously had been reported aiding the Ger man attacks.
 Italian hombers, however, have not yet succeeded in dropping bombs on British soil, authorities claimed.
 A heavy anti-aircraft barrage fol- lowed the signal for the fifth day
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
PRESIDENT IN
 TWO SPEECHES
Men of 1917, 1918 Did Not Die in Vain; DemOc.
 racy Lives
BY T. F. REYNOLDS United Press White House Corre-
 SD0ndent

SpOndenO
 Washington, Nov. Il -- (UP) --- President Roosevelt declared today that the men who suffered and died in 1917 and 1918 were not sac- rificed in vain and stated his faith that democracy, the new order of the ages" will survive the present era of modern feudalisTll. and dicta- tors.
 The president spoke at the Arr lington National Cemetery Amphi- theater after a solemn ceremony in which he placed a wreath on the Unknown Soldier.
 He called for elimination of ag- gressive armaments; breaking down of barriers in a more closely knit ted world; restoration of the honor of the written and spoken word and improvement of the processes of Democracy.
 MT. Roosevelt spoke amidst a new war raging 9 years after the first World War terminated in the 1918 Armistice. But he said that a cen- tury from now historians will brand as "puny and false" efforts to con- vince the world that the blood sac- rifices of the first World War were wholly in vain"
 Will Live Always
 q, for one, do not believe that the era of Democracy in human affairs can or will be snuffed out in our lifetime" he said.
 e. mere force will be successful in ster- ilizing the seeds which had taken such firm root as a hamburger of better lives for mankind
 T for one, do not believe that the world will revert either to a modern form of ancient slavery or to con- trols vested in modern feudalism or modern emperors or modern dicta-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
MIDDLE EAST IS
 BATTLE-GROUND
Fierce Struggle Taking Place for Supremacy
 By Great Britain

London, Nov. ll-CUP)-A fierce and protracted" struggle for su- premacy in the middle east was foreseen by authoritative sources to- day upon the conclusion of four weeks, 30,O00 miles tour of the Med terranean basin by war secretary Anthony Eden.
 Great Britain, it was emphasized, must reinforce and equip middle eastern outposts with the utmost yigor before the British can strike for victory" in the eastern Mediter- ranean area.
 British circles, indicating that no early aggressive action by the Brit lSh could be expected in that war theater, said that it was stroke of extreme good fortune that Egypt and other nearby strcngholds were not attacked after the collapse of France,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
State Supreme Court Sits in Hartford Tuesday to
 Hear Arguments
PRISON, JAIL TERM
 TOTAL 07 YEARS
Attorney Crawford Will Open Arguments; AttOr-
 ney Murray Will Close

Seeking to set aside Q blan- ket verdict of guilty re- turned by a superior court jury more than a year ago, IA men convicted of conspir- acy to defraud the City of Waterbury of more than a million dollars, and sem sentenced to serve maximum prison and jail terms total ing 97 years, will present. their appeals to the State Supreme Court of Errors in Hartford to- morrow. The appeal arguments are expected to be concluded by Thurs day.
 Attorney George W. Crawford, counsel for Simon J, Alderman, New Haven accountant accused of ex- tracing important records from the vaults of the controllers office, will open the arguments for the defense. facing prison sentence of from l to 5 years and a $500 fine, Alderman was also accused of receiving funds from the city which were not conn mensurate with services rendered.
 Attorney Murray to Close
 The closing argument will be made by Atty. James D. c. Murray, coun- sel for former Mayor T. Frank Hayes, who was sentenced to from 10 to IS years in prison as the head of a "puppet government" which the state claimed he used to defraud the city. Hayes was mayor of Wa terbury for five successive terms and was twice elected lieutenant-gover- nor of the state.
 Only one of the appellants faces a jail sentence. He is John W. Meaney of Bogota. N. J., who was given one year in jail and fined $500 af- ter the jury found him guilty of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
Verdict Of Guilty Was dedDown Year Ago
 After Grand Jury Probe
More People At Work Here Than Ever Before
Survey By Chamber of Commerce for October Shows 30394 Are EmpOyed-AlI Records Are
 Broken in City

More people are working in Waterbury than ever before in the cys history with the Chamber of Commerce business survey for October showing employment here climbing to 39394 far in of all previous records Spued by the national defense program business hired
 271 workers last month for of the greatest ad vances in single month ever recorded The employment
 total is almost 4000 greater than it year ago and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
ONE VIOLENT DEATH

Stamford. Conn. Nov. ii-(UP)- Connecticut's only violent death of the weekend was the accidental carbon monoxide gas poisoning of Alvin Brooks, %, while he was re- pairing his automobile in garage. Brooks was the father of three chil- dren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
1918 Armistice Fails To Silence 194O Death Guns
Eleven O'Clock Strikes, But People of Europe Hear Only Roar of Death Overhead War
 Is Only an Echo
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Once every year since 1913 millions in Europe paused this day to commemorate the World War armisce But not today Every year for than two decades the ancient bells spoke solenly the countysde the Whrr of machines in factories and the creak of wheels dusty roads to sudden stop Every year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11

As fast as we graduate them our students step into good jobs. Post Junior College of C0mmerce.-AdV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-11
Headlines
 And , History

The headlines of today are the history of tOmOr- row. How well do you keep informed on the news which jams the front pages. day after day and month after month? It's q e0ubIy diincult task, with events coming so fast in Europe and Asia. as well as Q. home.
 There's a quick and pain. less test Of your knowledge Of current affairs ln Cra- nluln Crackers this week. questions dealing with men and places. news and hiss tory. Turn tL Cranlum Crackers now on page 70 ef t0day's
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The Weather

Light Rain, Warmer
 Tonight, Tuesday. Fun Weather Report on Page 3
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-08
SURVEY REVEALS
AUTO TRAVEL

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period there will be over 100000
visiting cars in Florida, and with
the total 475,OOO Florida register
ed vehicles, this will give us
nearly a million cars on the $500
miles of the state maintained
roads, or a congestion of 1873 cars
to every mile of highway in Flor
ida.
Continuing, Frank stated that
if these cars were placed bumper
to-bumper it would make line
reaching from Tampa to Los An
geles. Further, these 100000 cars
would bring over a million and
a half visitors to the state.
Concluding, Frank stated that
every driver and pedestrian must
be on his guard. Drive and walk
carefully, for the traffic 1--WE have
at this time of the year" is the
heaviest and unless 1--WE do this
it will cause congestion" on the
streets and highways of the
state.
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SUGAR CONSUMERS

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independence from the United
States. Governmental and other
reports indicate that a much
happier state of affairs existed
prior to the time that all the good
land was devoted to suger pro-
duction because of duty free ac-
cess to the United States mar
ketS.
The Philippine Islands were
acquired at the same time as
Puerto Rico. The Filipinos in
sisted upon their independence
from the United States and in
compliance with such demand
full independence will be ac-
corded them on July 4, 1916. At
the time the Islands were freed
from Spain sugar production was
less than 100000 tons per year.
After they obtained unrestricted
and free access to the American
market Philippine production in
creased by leaps and bounds, to a
peak of 100000 tons, mostly at
the expense of Cuba.
When asked to comment on the
situation relative to these three
sugar producing areas, Clarence
R. Biting, president of United
States Sugar Corporation, oper-
ating cane-sugar plantations in
the Everglades of Florida, stated:
Hawaii is the only offShore area
entitled to treatment anywhere
near equal to that accorded SOW
ereign states of the union. l &C
cord Hawaii this treatment not
only because of its status as an
Incorporated territory but, even
more important in my opinion,
because in Hawaii the laborer is
accorded fair treatment and re-
ceives wages comparable to those
paid on the mainland. Puerto
Rico'S problems are most serious;
it has been suggested by some
Puerto Ricans that Puerto Rico
should reduce her sugar produc-
ton so she can. produce more of
her own needs and thus return to
a greater degree of self-suffi-
cheney as was had in the past
when her people were not as
poverty stricken as governmental
and other reports disclose to be
today's condition. The Filipinos
have asked for and received their
independence and thus there is
no need for the United States to
continue the pampering of the
past. Certainly sugar control
such as has recently been expert
enced, created largely for the