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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
Rroke Christmas Truce

The official German news agency said also that operations by the Roy al Air Force against German-occu- pied France had broken the unofd- cial Christmas truce.
 While the Luftwaffe (the Ger man air force) carried out no at- tack on the British Isles during the Christmas holiday" the agency saidr British flyers attacked airdromes, harbor works and cities in occupied France boxing day and night"
 Boxing Day, as it is called m Britain, is the day after Christmas when Christmas presents or boxes are given to postmen and otherso
 Some French civilians were killed or wounded in the British raid, the agency said and minor damage was caused. It was asserted that no mili- tary damage was done and that one British plane was shot down by anti aircraft guns.
 Nazi sources said that British planes raided Bordeaux, last night and killed several French civilians They said that anti-aircraft guns drove off the British planes and that "a few" British planes which had been hit could be assumed to have been lost" One plane was shot down they said, and one member of its crew was killed. Three others de- scended safe by parachute, they said.
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Attorney Cassidy In
 His Final Warning
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oration to place a permanent ob- struction in the travelled part of the sidewalks and thus create 8 , hazard and a nuisnace that may inflict lifelong injury to pedeS- trians and make the City liable therefor. The City's legal Depart ment knows or ought to know that the existence of these up- rights in the travelled portion of the sidewalks is nuisance and that the City is liable therefor. Our Supreme court mas held that the City was responsible for the injury and subsequent death of a boy who fell over a stake placed in one of our school yards.
 Let me remind the City off cials that an orderly retreat is preferable to a disastrous rout and that it is never too late to mend. t is their duty not to de- lay removing these gargantuan monstrositieS until a pedestrian is injured for life.
 If the officials fail in their duty, then certainly it is the obli- gation of the private citizen, the abutting owner to save the walk ing public from personal harm. It is surprising how many volunteers have offered their services to me in the uprooting of the possible death-dealing hazards on my sidewalks and they are mine. Camera, please!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
LOCAL NEWSMAN
 ON COP PUBLICITY
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(Continued from Page D was the Republican candidate fo1 congressman from the fifth district last fall, winning the nomination over six other candidates but los ing in the election to Congressman J. Joseph Smith.
 A native of New Hampshire, MT Johnson attended schools at Man. chester, and later studied at Wor- cester Polytechnic Institute. He joined the staff of the Waterbury Republican in 1928, and was trans ferred to The American in 1885. He served the newspapers as assistant city editor, state editor and later as political reporter He has made his home in Thomaston since 1930 He is married, and has one daugh- ter.
 One of his first important duties will be to publicize the Republican legislative program during the 1941 session of the General assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

with the Greeks .centering their at tack on the village of Jjuks, on the road from Lin to Elbasan, according to reports to the newspaper Pravda here.
 The Greeks were said to be at tacking the north slopes of the Mokra mountains, below Lin, where the main road north of Pogradec brenches west 30 miles to Tlbasan said small. Greek anal
 Pravda's frontier correspondent said small Greek and Italian de- tachments clashed all day yesterday and that airplanes of both sides bombed each others positions dur ing every brief interval of sunshine
 Pravda reported from Salonika that Italians in Albania had been reinforced the past few days by troops transported by airplane from Italy to the port of Valona, to avoid crossing the Adriatic by ship. The dispatch quoted Greek armies as es- timating that Italy now had 0,000 troops in Albania.
 Greeks Claim Advance Athens, Greece, Dec. 27.--CUP)-A war ministry communique said to- day: Local successful operations al- lowed our troops to advance and capture enemy positions. Prisoners and important war material fell into our hands"
 A public security ministry com munique read: All was quiet in the interior of the country. Italians, while retreating from Argyrokastron Ca month ago) took as hostages more than 50 prominent citizens whose fate is unknown"
 It was reported that Italian pris- oners, including many officers, had reached Patras, in the Peloponnesus yesterday, by sea, and that they were surprised to find the city pur- suing a normal life. They were quoted: But this can't be Patras- Patras was completely razed. Every one in Italy knows that" The death toll in the Christmas raid on Corfu was reported to be mounting and was expected 50 far listed officially.
 1 Belgrade, JugoSlavia, Dec. 27.- | (UP)-Three divisions of German troops, estimated at 45.000 men en- tered Italy Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, well informed source as- serted today. It was said that one division of German troops had ar- rived to man new German troop base at Temesvar, in southwestern Rumania near the Jugoslav frontier
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German Long Range
 Guns Pound At Dover
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The sea was calm. Generally con- ditions were favorable for an in- vasion attempt but despite the ex- fraordinary watchfulness of the de- fense forces neutral military experts expressed doubt that the Germans would try to storm the coast with the Royal Air Force still intact and the British navy in control of the sea. They expressed conviction that with this situation obtaining an inc Vasion attempt would fail.
 The newspapers, reappearing after a two day holiday, paid little heed to the possibility of an invasion att tempt. However, the News Chronicle summarized various rumors under the headline What Is Hitler Planl ming Now?" and the Daily Herald gave prominence to the defense pre- cautions.
 Weather, Not Christmas
 Some experts were inclined to credit the weather rather than the Christmas spirit for the long truce in the air war They said that un- doubtedly Christmas had had its in- fluence. But they thought the wea- ther had been the primary factor. There has been fog and low clouds over the Channel area, they said, and the nights, moonless, had been especially dark.
 Idle since Monday night, as had been the German air force, the Royal Air Force had had it's longest rest since May TO- No Christmas leaves were granted aviators, how ever, because like others of the fighting forces they had been on emergency duty because of the pos possibility that the Germans would try an invasion.
 Britain Started It
 Berlin, Dec. 27 - UP9 = Au- thorized German quarters disclosed today that Christmas truce in British German air hostilities had been ordered by the German high command.
 The high command said the truce had been broken by British ar raids on German-occupied France yesterday.
 Confirming that the truce had been purposeful and not caused merely by weather, a spokesman said:
 T was unable to confirm this Christmas eve because we had no reason to beat the tom toms ln ad- vance regarding our intentions.
 However, this decision was taken before Christmas and when Lon- don quarters announce that only weather prevented German raids then clearly it was their intention to mislead the British people and not permit them to know that we purposedly did not attack"
 Authorized quarters said that the truce now had ended.
 A high command commumlque said yesterdays British raids had ended the truce and authorized quarters said Germany'S first activ- ityq at the end of the truce was long range artillery shelling of the Channel.
 The high command said that while the German air force yesterday con- ductad no offensive operations, Brit ish planes yesterday and last night bom5ed air ports, ports and towns in occupied France. There were dead and wounded among French civil ians, but no military objectives were hit. One British plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
 The communique, which was un- usually brief, said long range artil- lery batteries emplaced on the French coast shelled enemy ships in the Channel early today.
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NOOAAt4luGO HUH EdRS 4I of Sollum, advanced supply center for British operations against be- leaguered Italians in the Libyan port of Bai dia.)
 The communique said three Bri- tish planes were shot down against the loss of one Italian plane.
 Of fighting in Albania, the com- munique said there was artillery &C., tivity and actions of local char acter."
 During operations on the AL banian front Italian planes were said to have bombed port facilities, steamers and "objectives, connected with land operations"
 Tn Cyrenaica waters on the morning of Dec. 26 sea reconnais- sance fighter plane effectively bombed an enemy submarine" the communique said.
 An enemy attempt to raid one of our bases was frustrated by the quick intervention of our chasers . . in East Africa there was noth- ing worthy of mention"
 OFucfS B3r01a Held
 Cairo, Dec. 27-(UP)-Premier Benito Mussolini has ordered that Bardia, easternmost Italian port in Libya, be defended at all costs. a captured Italian officer said today. He added that strong defenses were being erected at Tobruk, west of Bardia, while the Italian garrison at Bardia fights off increasingly heavy British attacks.
 British general headquarters said that lon all front the situation re- mains unchanged" and front dis patches said that the British were pressing their siege of Bardia.
 The Italian officer said that the local commander at Bardia was pre- paring to evacuate when he re- ceived urgent orders from Marshal Rodolfo Graziaiii, commander in chief of Italian forces in North Africa. to defend the port at all cost.
 "Mussolini so insisted" the of- ficer said.
 "Graziani was perfectly aware that Bardia would fall sooner or later. He was preparing to make a stand at Tobruk, which is being very heavily fortified"
 Today's cominunique indicated that there had been little change in military dispositions before Bar- dia, which for II days has been un- der steady fire from British and and naval force and which has been pounded daily by the Royal Air Force.
 Tobruk is o5 miles west of Bardia and until Bardia falls the Britifh will be unable to advance in force against drazianis next most heavily fortified position.
 Belgrade Jugoslavia, Dec. 27.- Heavy Battle In Snow (UP)-~0reek and Italian troops have resumed heavy fighting in the nnoW-bound North Albanian 1Eont.
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(Continued from Page D ward the Axis. On the other hand it was said that tension between Ru- mania and Russia and Turkey might have brought German decision not to employ the route through Bull garia to Salonika for fear of fur ther disturbing relations with these countries.
 The reports concerning Gafencu came from Bucharest but were com- pletly unconfirmed. It was added that if Gafeniu had been recalled the Soviet minister to Bucharest, Arkady I. Lavrentiev, would probably gc back to Moscow.
 It was announced here by the Hungarian state railroads that the reduction in trains for civilian traf- fic had been postponed until mid night Saturday. The reduction in civilian trains is expected to coin- eide with peak volume of the flow of German troops across Hungary tc Rumania, according to diplomatic sources.
 12 Trains Daily
 Reliable witnesses asserted that as many as 12 German troop trains had been moving through Hungary each day recently.
 Starting tomorrow, however, 1t was forecast that this number would be increased greatly.
 It was reported that trains which took German troops to Rumanis would return with oil and other wal supplies which Germany needs. This would offset the stoppage fora the winter of Danube river traffic, sdut to ice. s
 Diplomatic quarters report thai Russian troops along the Bessara- bian frontier opposite Rumania now number about 100000, or 20 divisions double the number there last fall These divisions are reported to pos
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
SENATOR SAVES
 WHOLE FAMILY

Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 27 - CU.P)-- Arthur Glogan, 38; his wife, Flor ence, 25, and their one-year-old child were alive today, thanks to Senator James M. Mead, D., N. Y.
 Senator Mead was driving past Angola Beach in his automobile yes- terday when a man ran on to the highway and Tagged him down.
 The man shouted something about a family overcome by gas. Mead stepped on tke accelerator and drove. to a nearby Angola vil- lage. He vreturned with police, a doctor, an inhalator and tanks of oxygen.
 The Glogans were revived. Over come by fumes from heating plant they had been unconscious for a matter of hours.
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ation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch to have the meters taken out.
 ,"It is never too late to mend" said MT. Cassidy in today,s state ment. giving the city a last chance to take out the meters. He declared that if the city does not remove the devices, it is the obligation" of the owner of abutting property to rip them out ito save the walking pub lie from personal harm"
 Statement Issued
 Attorney Cassidy's statement fol- lows:
 "The direct remedy for the elimination of nuisance is the removal of the cause. There is no question but that the existence of the uprights in the travelled por- ton of the sidewalks is nuis- ance. It is ridiculous to claim that the Police Board has the right to authorize 8 private corp
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sess full mechanical equipment for fast movement.
 Diplomatic observers remained di- vided in their opinions on the reason for the reported movement of Ger man troops into Rumania.
 Some suggested that movement of the size reported would take sev- eral weeks and hence that 1t was probable the troops were not intend- ed for any immediate move. These quarters were inclined to believe that 6 spring drive through the Balkans was probable. Others expressed belei1 that with tremendously strength ened force in Rumania Germany would at once start to put pressure on Bulgaria, with the idea sooner oi later of driving wedge between Turkey and Greece and striking at Salonica.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
MICKEY ROONEY
 LEADS ALL REST

Hollywood, December N-OP)- Mickey Rooney, the cigar-smoking toughie of Mickie McGuire two- reelers IS years ago. has been voted the nations foremost box office att traction by theater men for the sec- ond consecutive year. the. Motion Picture Herald reported today.
 The poll placed the actors and actresses as follows:
 l. Mickey rooney; ? Spencer Tracyffi 3. Clark Gable; 4. Gene Autry; s. Tyrone Power; 6. James Cagney; | Bing Crosby; 8. Wallace Beery; g. Bette Davis; 10. Judy Garland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
sovereignty to Norway, Denmarl Holland, Belgium and France.
 Priority Program


 Washington, Dec. 27.-(UP)-Es- tabhshment of a priority program for British orders on American war materials is one of the most urgent problems today facing the newly created defense council.
 Although it may mean delays to U. s. army and navy orders, a pri- ority policy for British orders is needed if Great Britain is to get quicker deliveries defense officials said.
 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., and Arthur B. Pur- wis, head of the British purchasing mission were understood to have reached decisions earlier this week on what Britain needs first. It was assumed that the new defense council would act on that list as soon as the necessary executive orders giving it authority to do so have been issued.
 Heretofore, the production of ar- mamentS has ben on an informal basis, President Roosevelt,s 50-50 rule of thumb" policy, and in the case of bottlenecks adjustments have been ironed out informally on the basis of individual items.
 But defense leaders say now that schedules for both countries are be- ginning to "get into high gear" and that definite policy for the future must be laid down. These quarters believe that such policy probably will provide for right of way" treat ment for all British orders listed as urgent. On less important matters, or questions of reserve supplies, this priority would not apply, it was be- lieved.
 Asked about the Congressional peace movement proposals at a press conference, MT. Roosevelt replied that he had no news on htat today. Asked further if the reply that he might have something on the sub- ject later, he repeated that he had nothing to say today. MT. Roosevelt also said, in response to questions whether he might discuss a peace movement on his Sunday night ad- dress. that he couldn't tell yet be- cause he had only reached draft No. 2 of the address.
 He was told that there had been suggestions that he had arranged the Christmas air truce between Great Britain and Germany and was asked whether he cared to comment. He didn't care to comment. Neither would he comment on the German official spokesmans declaration that the United States foreign policy was one of "pinprlcks" and that seizure of foreign flag ships in American waters for use by the British would be c war like" act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
AUTO INDUSTRY
 YEAR ENDS TODAY

Detroit, Dec. 27 = UP0 - The automotive industry's year ended today in the midst of a record breaking production schedule and intensive preparations to i'll vital portion of the nations defense needs. It had been the third great est year for autos, and it marked the second time in history that mess production techniques lad been applied to armaments mallu- fracture. The publication Automotive News estimated 1e40 output of cars and trucks in the United States and Canada at 4.860.O00 units. compared with 5,621.T1 in 1929 and 5,Ol6,4 ,437 in 1887. Production was 24 per cent higher than in 1889, and 1t was the ninth year teh figure scared over 100000.
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(Continued from Page D satisfactory. It is understandable that the French cannot do any more for these people than for their own. But there could be some inn provement.
 When 5000 German Jewish refugees arrived from the Palatin- ate, Baden and Wurtemberg, the commander of the camp received nc increase in his food allowance. Ii this situation continues many of the older refugees as well as the sick and some 500 children will die fol lack of nourishment."
 Sahlman said the Jews were given only an hours notice to pack a few belongings and leave Germany.
 War Bulletins
 Melbourne, Australia, Rec. 27.- (UP)-An enemy sea raider, flying the Japanese flag, heavily shelled Nauru, one of the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific, today, Prime Minister Menzies announced.
 The ship had a Japanese name it was said. The smelling caused considerable damage, but no casu- alties.
 Nauru, sometimes called Pleasant Island, is a former German posses sion administered by Great Britain under a League Of Nation mandate It is 26 miles south of the equator is approximately 1000 miles north east of Australia, in longitude 166 degrees east. Its area is 5,396 acres Its chief commercial importance is the production of phosphate.
 Menzies said the island was en- tirely undefended in accordance with the League of Nations mandate.
 In 1899, the island had a popula- tion of 3,383, 187 being European. 1,517 Chinese, and the rest na- tive.
 An East Coast Canadian Port Dec. 27.-(UP)-Fifteen survivors of the British freighter Aracataca, tor pedoed 700 miles west of Ireland Nov. 20, were recovering today from the hardships of four days in an open lifeboat.
 The fate of 49 others in three lifeboats which left the fruitShip bound for England soon after a German submarine torpedoed her was unknown.
 The IS survivors landed here yes- terday after beieng 22 days aboard a free" French ship.
 Berlin, Dec. 27.-CUP)-A Nazi spokesman, declining today to dis cuss Pope Plus Christmas message said it was given principally from the Christian standpoint land this is not a Christian war but a poii- tical war;"
 "The speech was directed mainly at the conscience of individuals, ? the spokesman said. Therefore we have no reason to quarrel with t but can not discuss 1t.
 Rome, Dec. 27.-WP)-Gi Giorgic Sansa. war correspondent for Po- polo Di Roma, writing from French Atlantic port" reported to- day that an Italian squadron ol submarines had slipped through the narrow straits of Gibraltar and had carried out successful attacks on British shipping,
 10 date ll1is squadron has sunk is steamers and one destroyer sansa wrote, and larger scale action is cnvisagcd, he added.
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spoken forcibly for greater aid to Great Britain. Kennedy has been warning that the United States should stop, look and listen. It is reported that he no longer enjoys White House favor.
 Give Peace Plan Chance ?
 Proposals for peace feelers" or use of American economic pressure toward an end of hostilities appear to be based partly on the theory that we should be certain peace is impossible before further determin- ing British aid policies.
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Government control regulations have become SO heavy in Japan that Tokyo will recruit 1900 additional policemen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

Malaga has . new plan making it compulsory to settle labor dis- putes without xesorting to strikes.
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COMMUNIQUE IS
 SENT BY ITALY

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UNCONFIRMED
 RUMORS HEARD

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WAR REFUGEES
 ARE POORLY FED

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-06-14

ais who strive to translate their
thoughts into action. We happen
to live in one of the very few
countries in the world in which it
is not downright dangerous to
think and, even here, there are
many who look askance at him
whose thoughts run contrary to the
reactions of the multitude.
A false optimism is very skill
fully encouraged by those whose
Self-intereSt demands that existing
evils be undiscovered and unrem-
edied. Many of our pOllyannas are
weak individuals who hide their
heads in the sands of illusion, like
SOME sort of human ostrich, in
order to avoid the facing of I'M
pleasant facts. The true Optimist
is a tOugh-minded person who
strives to get at the truth in all
of it's ugliness and tragedy and
then seeks for some means of al
leviating the horror and the misery
which he has uncovered.
The genuine optimist is a rare
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-06-14

OF meeting our editor in person
agree with Mr.. Edrehi. and
say, when the Mrs. was in Pen
sacola, quite a number of the Pen
sacola Jewry approached me and
said that she, too, had a most
pleasing personality. We Pensa-
colans want to congratulate Mr..
and Mrs. Moscovitz on their fine
paper and wish them all the sue
cess in the world.
The wedding of Miss Sara Ellis
and DR.. Harry Koretzky of New
Orleans, which took place on Sun
day evening, May 26th, at the San
Carlos Hotel, was one of the most
outstanding affairs of the season.
Mrs. Koretzky is the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. Meyer Ellis and is one
of Pensacola's most talented pian-
lists. More next week.