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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-12

Ten Waterburians were hon
ored with degrees at Holy Cross
college, Worcester, Mass, today.
Nine received academic degrees,
while an honorary one--Doctor of
Literature, was bestowed upon
John G. Gilmartin, principal of
the Duggan and Begnal grammar
schools and a graduate Of Holy
Cross in 1912.
The local graduates included:
Salvatore DiLorenzo, 213 Easton
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-12

ercises, which began with a Me-
mortal Mass for deceased members
Of the lumni In st. Joseph's chapel
at 9 a. m.
They will be concluded with the
Senior Prom this evening in the
Hotel Bancroft. Arthur McDon-
aid is chairman of the Prom Com
mittee.
Degrees were conferred on gradu-
ates today by Gov. ,Leverett Sal
tonstall.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-12
Full Weather Report

boston, June 12-UP)-Wenth-
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CONNECTICUT - Partly cloudy
and warmer tonight md Thursday
followed by local afternoon thun-
der showers, Thursday.
MASSA CHU S u r rs - Cloudy
slightly warmer in north portion
tonight. Thursday partly cloudy
followed by local afternoon thun-
dershowers. Slightly warmer In
northeast portion.
RHODE ISLAND - Partly cloudy
and warmer tonight and Thursday
followed by local afternoon thunder
showers Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Fritz Kreisler, busy thinking
about all the errands he has to do
for his wife, and Alec Templeton,
thrilled over the prospect Of meet
ing "the greatest of all radio per-
sonalities," arrived here yesterday
on the same American Airlines
plane for their appearance at the
press club dinner honoring Presi-
dent Roosevelt last night.
The world-renowned violinist was
the first of the plane and, after
chatting with his fellow passenger,
started for the airport waiting room.
Reporters, on the run, caught up
with him and asked what he was
to play for the Presidents dinner.
81 don't know" he answered,
smiling. and then started on again.
A reporter asked If he would grant
an interview later.
mo, I'm afraid not" he said. Il
have so many things that I promised
my wife I would do that just won't
have time"
However, Mr.. Templeton, whose
artistry at the piano mas won MIN
admiration from groups interested
in the classics as well as lighter
music, fingered a few moments to
say he is one of President Roose-
velt's greatest admirers.
Did you favor his election" he
was asked.
We'll. you know" he replied. his
Welsh accent little changed after
four years stay in this country,
Il don't mix in politics, but I cer-
Evening star., 1940-11-10
missed one of the Presidents talks

missed one of the Presidents talks
during the campaign. Although he
has been to Washington on three
other occasions, Mr.. Templeton said
he was sure to enjoy this one most
of all because Of the prospect Of
meeting Mr.. Roosevelt.
The two artists trip together was
the first time they had met, and
both expressed admiration for each
other. Mr.. Kreisler took the plane
in Minneapolis, while Mr.. Tenn
pleton, accompanied by his wife
and father-manager, Andrew Tenn
pleton, boarded it in Chicago.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Pro.New Deal Independents
To Continue Activities
Star Staff Photo.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 9-Mayor
r. H. La Guardia announced today
that the pro-Roosevelt National
Committee of Independent Voters,
which he headed, would be kept
alive and active" as a political or
ganization to keep the people ac-
curately informed on Federal prob
lens"
Informed of the Mayors an
nouncement. Wendell L. Willkie,
defeated Republican presidential
candidate. said: 1T puzzles me.
Does this mean they are getting
ready for fourth term?"
I'VE have decided" the Mayor
said, Ito keep the committee alive
and active. We find that there is
need to keep the people informed
accurately on Federal problems, so
that we will have an Office head
quarters in New York and in WASH
ington, as well as in several States.
I'VE expect to have the Executive
Committee meet in the latter part
Of this month, or the early part Of
next month. We are concerned
with national legislation. One Of
the rules we are in general agree
ment upon is that the committee
will, at no time, or at no place, in
dorse local or State candidates"
Mayor La Guardia indicated he
would not head the group and de-
clined to say who its active leader
would be.
Scotland expects its shipments of
whisky to America to continue at
,~~o
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Kreis|er Hurried, empIeton
Thrilled on Arrival Here

tainly am one of his greatest ad-
mirers.
II never heard such a radio per-
sonality. He certainly is the great
est of all"
The blind pianist said he rarely
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Scotland expects its shipments of
whisky to America to continue at
pre-war volume.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
PLUMBERS ARRIVE
FOR BEACH MEET
Annual Sessions Will Get
Under Way AT Wrights-
Vile This Morning

Delegates had begun arriving
at the Ocean Terrace hotel,
Wrightsville Beach, last night for
the thirtieth annual convention OF
the North Carolina Association OF
Plumbing and Heating Contractors,
opening this morning.
Several hundred are expected
from throughout the state.
The convention will open with
registration at 9 o'clock this morn
ing and the first business session
will be called to order at IL o'clock.
The theme of the convention will
be manners in which the profession
of plumbing can be improved.
The meeting this morning will
be called to order by j. W. Thur
man, of Rocky Mount. state presl-
dent, who will preside.
Speakers on the program will be
introduced by C. c. Davis, of Will
mington.
Today's program will be as fol-
lows:
Address of welcome: Dan ]. Her.
rim, mayor of Wrightsville Beach.
Address of welcome: Thomas E.
Cooper, mayor of Wilmington.
Response: Jack Rogers, Ashe-
vile.
Introductions: Thurman.
Continued OIL Page Seven; Col. II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Sudbury Sentenced In Case Marked
By Appearance Of Cooper On Stand
GIVEN 1918 MONTHS
Cooper Admits He Discuss
ed Case With Official Of
Hyman Supply Co.

Entering a plea of nolo contendre
to receiving stolen goods, Kirby c
Sudbury, disbarred Wilmington at
torney, received IL to IS months or
the state highways in superior court
yesterday afternoon in a cas- mark
ed by the appearance on the stand
of Mayor Thomas E. Cooper in be-
half of the defendant.
Mayor Cooper, under questioning
by Solicitor David Sinclair, admitted
that he had conferred with an Off.
cial of the concern from which the
goods were stolen and discussed the
case in detail.
Solicitor Sinclair Immediately ask.
ed the mayor if he had heard of the
crime of compromising a felony, to
which Mayor Cooper made no di-
rect answer.
The mayor denied that he was
anxious for Sudbury not to be prose
cuted.
Begins Testimony
Cooper, at the start of his testi-
mony, said he was of the opinion
Sudbury was at times mentally un-
balanced.
Solicitor Sinclair read a long list
of criminal violations by the de.
PENDANT, running from 1928 until
1910.
Then he questioned the mayor as
follows:
@: That's a pretty good list of
violations of the law, isn't it?
"a: It is. I didn't know about all
those things; some I knew and some
I did not. That's what makes me
think his mind is a little off.
%: The afternoon that the de.
PENDANT was arrested you went to
police headquarters and saw Mr.. c.
Harrington, the secretary and treas
urer of the Lyman Supply company?
"a: I sent for him.
60: Do you recall asking him
whether or not Mr.. Sudbury could
pay for this and not be prosecuted?
"a: I don't know what I said to
him; if I said that, I will accept it.
II discussed the case with him in
detail.
%: Did he tell you the matter
would have to be taken up with Mr..
Rice, his superior?
ga: I think he did tell me that.
80: Were you anxious for Mr.. Sid
bury not to be prosecuted?
"A: No; we had a warrant sworn
against him then.
20: What were you trying to dc
about it; you have heard OF the
crime of compromising a felony,
haven't you?
"a. We were fixing him under
bond in n case and it was a ques'
ton of whether we were gong &c
Continued onsPage Four)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
U.S.. WILL SUPPLY
PLANES BRITAIN
Beaverbrook Says Will APP.
prove Plan To Furnish
5000 Craft Monthly

LONDON, July "a. Up - Lore
Beaverbrook, minister for aviation
production, declared in a broadcast
tonight that the United States Will
approve a production plan to supply
Great Britain with 5000 planes a
month.
He said, moreover, that since his
ministry was formed May IA Britain
had purchased 1915 airplane en-,
zines from the United States.
(Lord Beaverbrook's announce.
ment would indicate either a scheme
for remarkable acceleration of Ameri-
can aircraft production, far beyond
the pace suggested after President
Roosevelt's call for So, 900 planes last
May, or merely a ~long-range program
looking ahead six to eight years.
present U. S. airrlane production
is not more than 900 machines a
month. One well-known engineering
authority has estimated that Ameri-
can factories cannot produce 5000
planes a month until the spring of
1914.
(That would be for defense needs
of the United States alone, wholly
ignoring demands for planes abroad,
ct has been estimated, too, that a
production of 5000 planes a month
would require a supervisory and ship
personnel of 475,O 900. American air
craft factories today employ fewer
than 100, 00O).
Lord Beaverbrook said Norris Will
son, head of the British aircraft pur-
chasing mission in the United States,
just had informed him Of American
acceptance of the production plan,
and that word came from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury M~orgenthau.
TT is our purpose by every means
we can develop and every device we
can adopt to give our air force bigger
and better advantages when we come
to grips with the enemy" he said.
He added Britain's own aircraft
production reached a record produc-
ton last week, and that the output
so far for this month was double
that of the same period a ear ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
TOBACCO CONCERNS
FACE U. S. COUNTS
Thirty Four Companies ;
50 Individuals Charged
With Price Fixing

LEXINGTON, Ky, July 24.-R)
-lhe federal government today
capped a two-year investigation Of
ae nations billion dollar tobacco
industry with criminal charges of
y p.ite liking and monopoly against
III 'ooacco companies and 80 in
Inc department of justice com
p.alll, Med in federal court here,
talleo eight major tobacco manu-
c1',s;nng and handling firms, in
raSg the big f~our''-American
Mraa. company, Liggett &
psess Tobacco company, R. j.
Ie s Tobacco company andP
balaeuces which have been de.
snS 1ately designed to dominate
NJ af4 uletate terms" both to growers
,Guacco and to wholesalers and
s l,ailers Of tobacco products were
nf mug me Department. accusations
u conspiracy.
d statement, the department
"'ued On Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
P~ROPAGANDISTS BUSY
Make Preparations For
What Reich Expects To
Be Total Onslaught
BRITISH RAID HOLLAND
Denunciation OF British
Ruling Class Poured
Over Radio System

BERLIN, July 24.-The voice OF
German propaganda rose tonlght
above the roar of bombers over
England in intense, psychology
cal preparation for what the Reich
expects to be the total onslaught.
The air force, deadly striking
arm of this prelude to the real
battle for Britain, struck with
new fury at Britain and her sea
borne commerce.
Even as new German b o m b S
fell, however, dispatches from Ger
man-occupied Holland said 5 per
sons were killed and many injured
last night in a British air raid or
Amersfort, heart of the invaded
Dutch defense system, with two
others killed at a town north Of
Amsterdam.
Shipping Destroyed
Of Germany's own air exploits.
the high command reported 3l,0O(
tons of British commercial ship
ping destroyed in the last 48 hours
and a British submarine, m n {
sweeper and two patrol boats sunk.
Vitriolic denunciation of the Brit
ish ruling class poured into the
ears of radio listeners. The official
b~roadcaster excoriated England
leaders as "mermin equipped with
umbrellas and top-hats," a pack
of criminals"
These 'plutocrats," he said, were
a voracious rabble who sent their
children to Canada while millions
of others suffered from malnutri-
ton.
The official broadcaster liekened
Foreign Minister Lord Halifax S
firm rejection of any peace talk
to similar defiant statements by
forien gminister Beck of Poland be-
fore the fall of that nation.
"Reynaud Corner Premir Paul
Reynaud of France) also used
these big words" he said.
The German press supplemented
this drive to enrage the populace
against England. A London Times
editorial approving British bomb
ing of German cities was widely
cited as evidence that England
gloats over war on helpless women
and children" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
ANTI-THIRD TERM
GROUP IS PLANNED
Senator Burke Says He Is
Forming Organization
To Oppose Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, July 24.-R-
Senator Burke (D-Neb) said he was
forming an organization to oppose
a third term for President Roose.
welt while Former Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri announced in
Kansas City that an anti-Roose-
welt meeting scheduled for Chicago
tomorrow would be postponed; he
gave no explanation.
The republican national commit.
tee made public a telegram from
Mrs. Edwin T. Ieredith of D e s
Moines, wife of the secretary OF
agriculture in the Wilson admins
tration, endorsing Wendell Willkie,
and a statement from DR.. F. L. Gu
dickson, Wisconsin republican
chairman, predicting a republican
sweep in his state.
In connection with President
Roosevelt's press conference crit
cism yesterday of John W. Hanes,
who has announced for Willkie, the
republican committee distributed
the letter Mr.. Roosevelt e
Hanes Dec. % when he resigned
as undersecretary of the treasury.
1t quoted the President as ex-
pressing to Hanes my deep and
sincere gratitude for the conscient-
CONTINUED OH Page Seven; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
ONE OF CRAFT SEIZED
FROM FRENCH is SHOT
DOWN DURING ATTACK
u. S. Made Warplanes
Used By Germans Are
Naval Export Model

NEW YORK, sJuly 24.-(AP)
The Chance Vought 156 dive
bombers, which the British air
ministry reported were taken
from the French and used in
today's German raids on Eng.
land, are listed by James "All
the Worlds Aircraft" as an eX-
port model of a U. S. navy
plane.
The bombers are listed now as
Vought. Sikorsky planes since
the Chance Vought corporation
became a part of the Vought-Si-
korsky division of United Air
craft corporation of Stratford,
Conn.
The 156 model, a low-wing
monoplane built to carry a pilot
and gunner with machine gun
armament and bomb racks, is
described as 'the same as the
standard U. S. navy model, with
certain exclusive U. S. navy fea-
lures removed"
1t has a wing span of AZ feet,
a length of "a feet and is pow
cred by a Pratt and Whitney
"Twin-Wasp Junior" engine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
ANOTHER IS DAMAGED
Germans Lose Il Planes
As They Continue Bomb
Attacks On England
SEA FORCES ACTIVE
Germans Claim Five Ships
In Convoy Sunk And An
other Set Afire

LONDON, July 25.-(Thursday)
An American-made dive boober
seized by the Germans from the
French was shot down yesterday
and another was damaged by Brit
ish spitfires in fierce bomb RAID
battles which cost the Nazis IL
planes.
At least two raiders were brought
down by coastal anti-aircraft guns
and the rest by fighting planes as
the raiders struck hard at Eng
land ports and sea lanes all day
long.
Contemplating British air a nd
sea forces smashed back at boats
and take-off points the Germans
are spreading hastily along tn e
eastern North Sea in "pre-lnvas-
ion' readiness.
Sighted Twice
The British air ministry, claim
ing success often against h
odds for Britain's fast little SPIT
fires, said that American-made
planes, identified as "chance
vought 1885," were encountered at
least twice in the German raiding
formations.
The American planes were the
first of the wartime deliveries to
France reported seer in action
against England.
The British claimed that at least
three of the fighter escort were
downed in the attacks to get at
the bombing planes. The first
American plane was described as
sWirling into a spin and plunging
into the sea. The seconds wing
was damaged badly by gunfre.
Again and again through the day
the barrier line" of high-fying
British defense planes dived into
dogfghts to drive waves of Ger
man Heinkel, Dornier and junk
ers bombers and Messerschmitt
fighters from attacks on ship con-
Voys.
"Spitfire Day"
1T was a spitfire day." the air
ministry declared, in contrast to
recent Gays in which the British
hurricanes have carried the brunt
of the defense load.
Since the small hours of h e
morning wednesday," the air
ministry said, "spitfires and anti
aircraft guns have been beating off
the attacks of German bombers,
fighters and mine laying aircraft
on ships and shipping. Up to the
early evening they were still sue
ce. sfully destroying and teating off
the enemy"
Flying and fighting conditions
we're poor. Planes lodged in and
out f heavy clouds and struck
through heavy wind and thunder
storms.
One Messerchmitt attacked over
thw sea contained a rubber din
ghy.
The Messerschmitt burst into
flames in the fighting, and the pilot
parachuted into the water. The
British last saw him swimming to-
ward his rubber boat.
In the days biggest air battle a
patroling squadron of spitfres, T..
900 feet up, saw a flight of raiders
heading toward the Thames Estu-
airy, Water-gate to London.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
HAIFA AIR RAID
TAKES 46 LIVES
Eighty Eight Wounded
When Planes Bomb
Streets And Harbor

JERUSALEM, July 24.-tP-For-
ty-six civilians were officially re-
ported killed and 88 wounded to-
day when ten enemy planes drop
ped 80 to 100 bombs into the har-
Dor and on the streets of Haifa.
port city of the British-mandated
Holy Lands.
The planes roaring over the east
ern section of the city from the
southeast were driven off finally
by anti-arcraft fire.
One of the bombs struck a fish
ing boat and killed two Arabs.
The first air Rad on Haifa was
July Is. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
FRANCE TOT PUNISH
WAR PROMOTERS
Pledges Punishment For
Men Who Plunged Our
Country Into Conflict

VICHY, France, July M.-RN
The authoritarian regime OF con-
ouered France, in a dramatic
statement declaring ION the day of
their trial our dead will be pre-
sent among the accusers." solemn
ly pledged punishment tonight for
the men who plunged u coun-
try into war"
Speaking in the name Of tn e
government of Marshal Philippe
Petain, minister of interior Adrien
Marquet denounced in a nation
wide broadcast the men he termed
responsible for declaring war
against Germany and assured his
hearers the guilty soon would be
tried.
His address came shortly after
it was revealed that Former Pre-
mier Daladier and 16 other for
mer government leaders or men,
bers of parliament were confined to
Marseille.
Dramatically the minister ex-
claimed:
''In the name of justice those
responsible for SO much political
ineptness and military Ignorance
will be punished
He described the men who must
be punished as those who plunged
our country into war at a time
len it was not prepared to fight
When the German army attack
el, he said, "a spent political, eco
nonic and social organization col
lapsed over your heads.
I'VE are buried under the ruins
of a liberal parliamentary capital
ist regime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Proposals Include lnvesti-
cation OF Diplomatic
And Consular Agents
CUBA PRESENTS PLAN
suegests That Any New
World Territory May Be
Used By Americans
nv 7. c. STARK

HAVANA. July 24.-lR-Firm
..o.s,,res to stamp out fifth col
,.,o~ activities by foreign diplo'
matte agents or other persons and
knit hemisphere defenses were If
gently advanced tonight by foreign
ministers of the American repub-
lies.
p~ronosals before the peace pre-
servation committee headed by
Secretary of State Cordell Hull IN
cluded an investigation of diploma
tc and consular agents and posi-
Me- limitation of their immunity
privileges.
simultaneously Cuba went a
step ahead of the United States
PROPOSAL to establish a collective
trusteeship' over western colonies
Of European nations in the event
they are threatened with acquisl-
ton by another non-Amerlcan
stae.
Cuban Suggestion
Cuba suggested that the Pan
American nations issue a declar-
alton warning that ANY western
hemisphere territory offering per-
IL to any American nation may
be occupied by armed American
forces.
The United States already has
begun Investigating foreign consul
lar agents at home and warned
The German embassy in Washing
Ton in one case that its officials
must refrain from public ciscus-
sion or activity in domestic affairs
Or leave the country.
Tighter immigration control and
close surveillance of aliens within
Continued Oh Page Four)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Zone Is Swept
By Rumor Of Explosion

PANAMA., July 24.@RNAn ex,
tensive check of military and civil
centers here failed to disclose the
source of a widespread rumor to-
day that a bomb explosion had
taken go lives N the canal zone.
Officials engaged in construction
on a third set of canal locks and
other defense activities fatty de,
MED any explosion has occurred
at the Pedro Miguel locks or IN
that vicinity. A check OF workmen
also was negative.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
SMITH AND DAVIS
PUT ON PROBATION
Plead Guilty To Conspiracy
To Steal Auto And Collect
Insurance On 1t

Owen F. Smith and James Fl. Da-
Wis, charged with conspiracy to steal
Davis automobile and to collect in
uranc on it, entered pleas of guilty
when called yesterday in superior
court and were placed on probation
by Judge w. Fl. S. Burgwyn.
Smith. was given three to six
months and Davis was given - to Is
months, both suspended.
The two men were arrested on the
night of July II by city detectives
on a warrant charging that they con-
spired to defraud the Morris Plan
bank of $3.50 in connection with the
allegedly stolen automobile.
Yesterday morning Judge Burg
wynn ordered a special venire of SO
Jurors, in addition to the regular
panel of "a men, to be called for this
Continued ON Page Four)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
LINE CLOSES

NEW YORK, July 24.-R-
An official German radio an
nouncement heard tonight by NBC
said the French line, operators Of
the great liner Normandie a d
others has ceased to exist" The
announcement said the line was
ceasing to operate, effective today,
because it has no more ships to
carry on business. Most of h e
lines ships were said to have been
.eized by the British.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Republican Committee
Will Meet August 6

RALEIGH, N. c., July 24.-R-
The state executive committee OF
the republican party will meet in
Charlotte Agusut 6 to plan its cleo
ton campaign, Calvin Zimmerman,
committee member, announced
here today.
He said state and congressional
candidates had been asked to at
tend, j
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

NEW PRICE LISTS
RALEIGH, July a. up The
state ABC board has sent out new
price lists, effective August l, low
Continued on Page FOur)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
WEATHER

yo,a FORECAST
day and aroma: Partly cloudy Thurs
tered aftnrnloudy with a few widely scat
"'ef'loon thnndershowcrs.
ending i"@nlosical data for the "a hours
''"o p, m. Yesterday.
Leo Temperature
n. s.: 'po q; 40 a. IN. 81: 30 p
Minimnm ~ ~ p. m. 10; maximum 81
%; mean 80; normal 70.
l:3G . humidity
III. Ga: 1.g a. %; 40 a. m. IS: 1:3O p.
Tota, Precipitation
O26 incb bof y hours ending 7:3o D. m.
Month 'eI'pS total since first of the