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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-13

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The Valley settler., 1940-01-05

THE VALLEY SETTLER Is published every Friday by tho Tctcnuskc Valley Fcrmers Cooporc ting Associ-
 otton at Palmor, Alaska. Mng Editor: Mario Wilson
 5uoscription ratos; T. .5Oyocr By mail; l.75 y ar N9ilod onTvhoro; lOE copy This pcpor is issued for tho pur- pose of giving informo tion end ncws of tho Ma tcnusl1c VC1loy Fcrnor's s COoporc inG hssociC ions work, probl ems occompl ishmonts, also, noWs of locrl n q general interest; end to foster tho
 cooperative spirit of tho fcrmors of tho MC CtGnuskc, wiley.
The Valley settler., 1940-01-05
WHY NOT?

Thorc- is ( largo amount of Gov- ornmont lcnd lying td1o in this valley, somo good rich soil and some not so good, but all h. s somo timber. Why not throw it opon to 8ottl 4mont Givo tho valley sottlors 90 dcys to file on additional lcnd end th3n
 throw it opon to tho gonrrcl public. It would gtvo ovory body 2 chcn % to got moro pf st. ur2 nd moro ti1ltc blo 1and. It is generally agro9d thet 40 ccros Of morlot 8 rdon is suf- ficiont to satisfy tho ambitious efforts of mos t of us, but 40 acres is not enough for hoso onGa god in shoop raising or
 dtiryinG. Tho cry is for moro settlers in hleskc To Ale skans gro opposed to bringing in rofugo3s from any foreign country. Let our own pooplo hcVo tho chance, such os 1t is, to root hog or dio. Many of our pUoplo from tho
 Stctos you'd be glad to try to mako 2 go of it horo. Why givo the preference to WET refugees? Tho Homer country is being
 settled with out roads, rail or
The Valley settler., 1940-01-05

cutp. We hevo both nd very good onos ct thct. Why not use them? Let's wotr r thom out Gs fast as VIC cen, thct is vhet they ere mcdo for.
 If you stop cnd think this is ( mighty smell community. Thy not incroCso it without cny expense to tho present sottlors or the Government? Night bo ( good idoc to adopt somo of thc Crncdicn idoca cs to tho cmouht of money outs tdors hcvo, so they will bocomo en cssot cnd not e. liability.
 'o gre going to be tcxyd on rocl end por2onel property some of those fino dcys. Fish end gold are not. going to be the fcir hcirod good boys much longer. Eisory l6vos company, lots have moro company.
The Valley settler., 1940-01-05
LOCALS

Tho response to the Chris tmaa s2ol sl1c hos boon worry Good this yoCr, much bcttor than OK poctod. To d5to, this commun3 ty including LctGnus2-c, Wcstllo, md T. lkoo the hcS contributed ovor
 @5OC., nocrly ono hundred dollcrs moro then list yoCr.
The Valley settler., 1940-01-05
Z.N. Dolcnd checked out of tlD colony lcst wook nd expressed plCrs to roturn north in tho spring.
 Robert Goro loft his trcct somo inc cGo cnd movod to Anchore go.

Nr. nd Mrs Chuck Cope hcvo ro- contly signed up for tho Bisson plCco across tho rivor. Those cro tho only chcngos which hcvo boon mcdo in tho farm trcc ts s sinco Oct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
Tragedy Under Circus Tent Ends Life Of Snow Leopard

Indo was learning to do these things, but not too well.
 They had been waging feud for months, and had never been friend ly during their long European tour Yesterday, on the eve of their open- ing for a 26-day run at Madison Square Garden, nerves had been taut throughout the Court mena- gerie of tigers, lions, leopards and jaguars, and one leopard had climbed the bar of his cage, clawed away the cloth netting covering the top and daraed to short-hved free dom in the arena, stampeding a crowd of 1,5OO property men, tum- blers, trapeze artists, equestrians and freaks.
 Then, at rehearsal time, just as Court was starting his charges into the caged runway leading from the hockey team office where they were house, to the center of the arena, Indo chose the moment to settle ac- counts with Doushka.
 A circus physician reached the scene quickly. Adrenalin was inject ed into Doushka's heart, oxygen poured into his lungs, and although he rallied for a time, he died from shock after four hours of frenzied medical treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
TWO EMPLOYES OF
 CITY DISMISSED
Discharged From Welfare Dept, Harrison Avenue
 Comfort Station

Reports of n+zs -.lsmissal of two city employees and the appointment of their successors were confirmed today by Mayor Vincent A. Scully Those dropped from the city payroll were John J. Murphy, an employe of the city welfare department, and Thomas Ennis, janitor at the city comfort station on Harrison avenue MT. Murphy's job went to Matthew Dunphy, former member of the Democratic town committee and a prominent resident of the Brooklyn section, and MT. Ennis post went tc Michael McKenna, of Walnut street
 The mayor had no comment about the changes, other than to say they had been recommended by depart ment heads flor the good of the service" MT. Murphy, one of those dropped, is a brother of Michael Murphy, a member of the Demo- cratic town committee. Mayor Scully said he knew nothing of impending changes in the street department other than possibly the addition of a few employees for seasonal work There have been reports that major changes in the street department set-up are planned by Supt. Her bert Scott-Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
RESIGNATION OF
 MULv|LLE FIRM
Becomes Effective, He Says When Town COml=
 mittee Meets Monday

Town Chairman Joseph F. Mul- vile declared today that his resig- nation as head of the Democratic town committee will become effec- tive Monday night, when the g men members of the town committee gather at party headquarters on East Main street to elect 32 women members. The call for the town committee meeting, to be held at 8 o'clock Monday, was issued by MT Mulville today.
 MT. Mulville told The Democrat that he will withdraw as soon as the 32 women members, whose election is called for by the new party rules, have been chosen. He will recom- mend that 8 temporary chairman be named, to serve until perma- nent chairman and other officers are elected when the full town com- mittee of GA members meets a week from Monday.
 DriscOll Almost Assured
 Daniel Driscoll, local gasoline sta- tion operator and an associate of MT. Mulville, is assured of election
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
OF
 FOREIGN POWERS
Senate Leaders Aroused to Take Some Action in
 Near Future

Washington, April 5-UP)-Prop- aganda activities of foreign powers and recent "nondescript utterances' stirred senate leaders today to press for an early investigation of propa- ganda and the activities of foreign agents in this country.
 Senator James F. Byrnes, D., s. G. chairman of committee controlling senate funds, said he would call a meeting soon to consider a resolu- ton sponsored by by Senator Ben nett c. Clark, D., Mo, proposing a senate investigation of foreign prop aganda. Clark's resolution has been approved by the senate foreign re- lationS committee and calls for an expenditure of between $15,000 and 25,000.
 T have notified Senator Clark that there probably will be hearings on his legislation" Byrnes said. T want to find out what it's all about and I want to know whether we ought to spend money for such an inquiry.
 Foreign Agents Scare
 Clark said his proposed investiga- tion was designed to find out whether foreign agents have sought to lntlu- ence public opinion in this country
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
Germany Claims French Stronghold Wiped Out, But French Deny Report
ALLEGED MAP OF ANGERS
Nazis Are Sore Over It To- day-RetOuChed Fake,
 Says France

Berlin, April 5-(UP)-NaziS con- centrated their ire today on an al- legged map of Europe near which un- der Secretary o1 State Sumner Welles and Premier-then finance minister-Paul Reynaud of France posed for pictures during Welles's European mission for President Roosevelt.
 It was a map which showed a severely reduced Germany, and the allotment of generous portions of other peoples lands to friends of the Allies. It was map which showed land where part of the Ae- gean Sea and all of the Sea of Mar mora now are and showed England without its southwest tip.
 A Nazi spokesman said of the al- legged map, as reproduced" on the first pages of Berlin newspapers:
 If Welles allowed himself to be photographed with Reynaud'S map it was'a shameless action. If the photograph was taken without his permission then the French are playing an infamous game.
 Imagine The Protest
 Imagine the cry that would have .. (Csontinued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
New Swindle Revealed
 Here With Old Angle
Secretary Frank Green of Chamber of Commerce Turns Matter Over to Postal Authorities;
 Like Old Spanish Swinde

Secretary Frank Green of the Chamber of Commerce has called on postal authorities for investigation of which appears to be new vari- ation of the old Spanish swindle,' ? in which riches are promised to res idents of the Waterbury area if they come to the aid of a prisoner in a Mexican penitentiary. At least two residents of this section have re- ceived letters asking their help, and authorities surmiSe that many others have received similar communica- tions.
 Charles Platt, superintendent of mails, to whom the matter was re- ferred by MT. Green, has notified postal officials at Washington, and the trail of the "get rich quick" scheme is being followed to Mexico.
 Similar To Other
 Ill general the scheme is similar to the hoary Spanish SWindle, y which has resulted in hundreds be- ing feeced, but it has the appear ance of such genuineness and there are such apparently reliable guaran- tees of good faith that it is feared some local residents might be vic- timized.
 The scheme works in this fashion: |:
 A letter is received from Mexi- can prison, relating that the pris- oner has been jailed for fraudulent bankruptcy while trying to flee the country. He has secreted large amount of money and will give one third to the recipient of the letter if he will help him. The writer speaks of his 18-year old daughter, about whom he is greatly concerned. The person receiving the letter is asked to write to the prisoner, in care of prison guard who has be- friended him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05

was the first story to appear any where stating that Roosevelt would not declare himself one way or the other until late in 1940, and eX- blaming why. In view of all the third-term speculation that has filled columns of space since then, it is astonishing to look back on these words written less than six months after Roosevelt's second m- auguration:
 "A lot of people have been puzzled by Roosevelt'S recent failure to deny third term rumors, especially when he told a newspaperman asking this question to put on the dunce cap and go stand in the corner. Many are wondering why, since he originally renounced third term 1n- tentions, he doesn't allay any un- certainty by repeating the denial.
 ITO close advisers. Roosevelt has given an explanation for this posi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
Spectacular Battle With German Planes, British
 Cruiser in North Sea
ALLIES CLAIM NAZIS
 LOST 55 SUBMARINES
Economic Front Is Where British Fleet Begins to
 Show Its Teeth
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)

United Press Foreign News Editor)
 Sharp fighting was report ed from the Western Front today as the Allied powers mustered their full economic power against Germany. The German high command an- nounced that a French stronghold had been wiped out and 15 French soldiers killed when German shock troops attacked southwest of Saar- lautern.
 At Paris, French military sources asserted that the German attack had been repulsed despite heavy ar- tillery fire and attacks by two low flying airplanes on the Allied lines.
 The action was still definitely in the category of patrol skirmishing, but with the advance of spring it appeared obvious that these battles would increase in breath and in tensity. The one reported by both sides today was described as per- haps the most severe of the war. Spectacular Sea Fight
 A spectacular air and sea battle in which a British destroyer drove off an attacking squadron of German airplanes was reported today by passengers of the steamship, Mira, which arrived at Bergen.
 The battle occurred in the North Sea off the Scottish coast. The Mira, a 1,132-ton passenger vessel of the Bergenske DampSkibs- selskab Line, was attacked by group of German planes, passen- gers said.
 The planes dropped five bombs but none struck the vessel. After attempting to bomb the ship two planes then returned and machine gunned the vessel, wounding two persons.
 Meantime, a British destroyer raced up to position near the Mira an dopened fire with it's anti aircraft battereis. Under fierce fire from the destroyer the German planes flew away.
 Passengers of the Mira were panic stricken during the attack but were calmed by the ships officers.
 Passengers of the Mira were un- able to report the final outcome of the engagement between the de- stroyers and the German planes since the ship steamed away from the scene, making for Bergen as rapidly as possible.
 Economic Front Please
 But it is on the economic front that the war is being and will be waged in it's most destructive form. The British and F'rench-after seven months of Conflict-appeared to be getting the vast power of their en- pire resources into action and were vigorously attempting to seize the iniative from Adolf Hitler by strong statements of confidence and a furore of diplomatic activity.
 Plans for mass production of mer- chant ships in Britain and com mercial schemes to out-bid and out pressure Germany in the Balkans grain, mineral and oil markets were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
AWAITED PLANE,
 TRAPPERS HEARSE
Two Tragic Dead Men Had Prayed for Months to
 Have It Come
BY RONALD DODDS

Limited Press Staff Correspondent
 Zeballis, B. C., April 5.-CUP)-The scarlet seaplane which James Ryck- man, 56, and Lloyd Coombs, 27, had prayed for months would rescue them from starvation was the hearse that brought their bodies to civiliza- tion for burial today.
 Shrouded in purlap, the bodies crossed in a few minutes the 20 miles of wilderness that had sep arated the men from food and life. Ryckman had starved to death on March IT; Coombs committed sui- eide rather than die the same death.
 I accompanied Constable N. J. Wiengarden and Coroner Ralph Thistle to the cabin on Vernon Lake in the interior of Vancouver Island where the trapperS died.
 The lake was a dozen paces from the cabin. Two distress flags, fash toned from sheets, Tapped forlornly in the breeze.
 In canoe was a rough cedar board eight inches wide and a yard long, on which was scrawled in red chalk:
 "SOS-south end of lake-fishing been out of food for two months- for Gods sake pick us up."
 Three Bunks in Cabin
 There were three hunks in the cabin. The body of Ryckman was in one bunk on the north side of the room; the body of Coombs in the bunk on the south side. A third bunk was piled high with magazines. On crude table were frayed and dirty playing cards, cribbage board, a few pipes, empty tobacco tins and spare cartridges.
 Several pailS which had contained brothS and StewS made from small birds, animals and fish were by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
LOCAL HOUSING
 PROJECT ALIVE
Mayor Scully Advised By Several Groups to Study
 Matter Further

Possibility of a federal housing project in Waterbury is not entirely dead, according to Mayor Vincent A. Scully. A proposed housing project for the North End was voted down by the aldermen year ago, but sev- eral groups have this year urged the mayor to give the matter fur ther study.
 Yesterday afternoon the mayor told members of the Board of Fi- nance that the matter was one de- serving of careful consideration. He made it clear that he was not en- dorsing any housing program for this city, but said its an idea that we're trying to explore" He sug- gested that the finance commis- sioners give the matter thought, so that they will be familiar with it in the event that it comes before them officially at later date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
Eleven Year Old Girl In Tragedy
Chloe Davis Questioned Deaths of Her Mother, Two Sisters, One BrOther-Father, Insane With
 Grief Wants to Die
BY WILLIAM THREE

(Umted Press Stan COrfeSpOnuenL)
 Los Angeles, April - (UP) - Police today booked Chloe Davis, all II year old child with blue eyes and two blond pig-tails, on a charge of suspicion of murder. The suspicion was that she had murdered her mother, two sisters, and brother.
 Chloe had been questioned for hours and she had insisted over and over again that her mother had killed her sisters, Daphne, 10, and Ann 2, and had frightfully wound- ed her brother, Mark 3. She acknowledged having killed her mother and killing Mark, to put him out of his misery, but only be- cause her mother had so command ed.
 Police took the child to the juve- nile home at midnight for the night and formally entered her name on the blotter, adding the charge. Suspicion of murder" :"
 Dr. Paul De River, police alienist, participated in the questioning and examined the child. He said:
 "Her physical development is as- founding in one so young.
 Cool, Has No Feeling
 "She is cool, has no depth of feel ing, has great powers of imagina- ton, for fantasy, and is distinctly capable of planning and committing the murders. But so far, believe her story more than I disbelieve it.
 we must take into consideration the fact that Chloe might have had an electra complex. This would lead us to believe her capable of such a deed.
 "She has read a great deal. She is a brilliant scholar. Her physical de- velopment may be laid to her great activities in sports. Her mind is clear as bell, very quick.
 "She is an extremely well disci-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05

of provocateurs who are in the employ of the Communist govern ment of Russia and in the employ of the Communist party in our great state of New York in en- deavoring to instill discontent, re- ligious prejudice, bigotry and other un-American principles. We will show that they (the provocateurs) were planted by certain Communists holding high government positions in Washington"
 Healy maintained if there was any conspiracy on the part Of his Il de- fendants "it was a conspiracy to overthrow the Communist front the very foundation of which is to overthrow the United States gov- ernnrent and everything that's good"
 Charged With Grimes
 Healy's statement to the jury of II men and one woman followed that of D. s. Attorney Harold M. Ken nedy who said that the defendants were charged with two crimes in that they plotted to overthrow the United States Government by force and they conspired ito steal government property"
 Hcaly answered that he would prove that all of his clients were loyal, faithful and devoted citizens of the United States.
 Not one of my Il clients" he said, "has ever been convicted of any crime. Not one of them said or did anything in substantiation of either of the two charges contained in the indictment. Some were members of the Christian Front, some were not"
 Continuing on the subject of the Christian Front, Healy said it's "very touchstone was the protection of the United States of America instead of the overthrow as charged in the in- dictment"
 Two PrOvOcateurs
 Healy spoke of two provocateurs who had approached his clients.
 The second, he said, was a man named Healy land that name 'Healy' I can never forget. Healy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
Silver Shirt Leader Policy Must Be Extradited To North Carolina
Want Him There to ReiOin "Chain Gang" Shouts
 O'COnnell

Washington, April 6.--tUP)-- JuGge Jesse c. Adkins of district federal court today denied the peti- tion of William Dudley Pelley, the Silver Shirt leader, for 8 writ ot habeas corpus to stay his extradi- ton to North Carolina.
 He announced the decision after T. Edward O'Connell, Pelley's at- torney, charged that the Silver Shirt leader was being "railroaded" to North Carolina by @ conspiracy in which Chairman Martin Dies of the house committee Investigating un- American activities had participated.
 "They want to take Policy back to the chain gang which was de- signed for negroes and Yankees, O'Connell shouted.
 Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat previously hal. ordered Pelleys eX- tradition to North Carolina, which alleged that he violated terms of a suspended sentence imposed five years ago after conviction of blue sky law violation.
 Released on Bond
 Pelley was released on $5,000 bond pending perfection of an ap- peal to the District of Columbia court of appeals.
 Judge Adkins overruled an at tempt by O'Connell to question Dies concerning the alleged conspiracy, holding that such testimony was not material to the extradition hearing.
 Although Dies was in the build ing, he did not appear in Judge Adkins court. Neither did two others subpoenaed by Pelley's coun- sel-Rep. Samuel Dickstein, D., N. Y, vice chairman of the house com- mittee that investigated subversive activities in 1884, and Robert Barker, Dies committee investiga- tor.
 Instead, Judge Adkins informed T. Edward O'Connell, counsel for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
SUSQUEHANNA IS
 CLIMBING AGAIN

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 5 - (U, P0-The Susquehanna river climb ed rapidly today, shattering predic- tions that the new crest caused by rains would be lower than that reached earlier this week when the rampaging flood waters caused mil- lions in damage and caused the death of 12 persons.
 It had been predicted that the water after subsiding would not rise above the 25-foot level, but at 6:45 a. III. the of1cial reading was 25.15 above the low water mark. The crest of S16 was reached Monday night. a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
Washington Merry Co., Round Forecast
 Third Term Strategy Almost 3 Years Ago

ton. He says that he wants to profit by the mistake of Teddy Roose- welt, who kept repeating that he had no intention of running again. and as result lost influence with the Republican leaders.
 Franklin Roosevelt intends that his influence in the Democratic party shall continue to be real and vital factor until the end of 1940 Also he intends to have an import ant part in the selection of his Suc- cessor. Therefore, while he definite ly does not intend to run for third term, he does not intend to be harp ing on that point constantly.
 "One statement that he will not run again, he has told intimates, is enough"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05

Middletown, Conn.,, April 5-UP) A coroner's finding today absolved New Haven Railroad engineer Her bert P. F'risbie of responsibility for a grade crossing accident Feb. 29 in which Albert E. Beach, 63, Hig- ganum, was killed at Middlefield.
 Signal lights and an alarm bell were in operation, coroner Morris H. Wrubel said, when Beach drove his automobile onto the tracks. Two others in the car escaped serious injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
 GERMAN SHIP TAKEN

London, April 5-(UP) The Ger man steamer Uhenf slds. 7,603 tons, captured by the British navy in the South Atlantic, was brought up the river Thames today. It was the first captured German ship to reach London since the start of the war. The ship was moored to a dock pending decision on its dispo- sition by a prize court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05

New York, April 5.-(UP)-An outburst of jungle passion-jealousy, perhaps, over the starring role in their American debut-cost the life of Doushka, the only Siberian snow leopard in captivity, at dress re- hearsal, and threw pail of mourn ing over the opening of Ringing Brothers -Barnum and Bailey's Cir GUS today.
 Doushka was killed by his under study, Indo, an Indian leopard. There was a lunge, quick as blink, and the animal from the hot blood ed cline had his jaws clamped on his northern cousins throat. At tendants had to pry his mouth open with iron bars. Doushka was stran- gled,
 Doushka was priceless, the hand somest animal in the circus, the fea- tured performer of Alfred Courts animal act. His fur was white with black spots. He could walk a mar row, iron high bar, leap IA feet from one pedestal to another, and as a climax to his act, permitted Court to wrap him around his neck like a fur piece.
 When vOu are well trained, you can