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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
PICKET HEARING
 SET FOR FRIDAY

An order to restrain persons from picketing or interfering with the business of the May Manufacturing Company of New Haven was filed yesterday with Superior Court Judge Frank P. McEvoy and a hearing will be held here on the matter Friday morning of this week at 10 o'clock in the magistrates of1lce in the sue perior court building.
 The New Haven concern is en- gagged in manufacturing women's coats. It has been in operation but two months. Since last Friday the plant has been picketed by members of a New York Union.
 Attorney Abraham S. Uliman said in court that no demands have been made upon the management as yet. The firm, he added, employs less than A persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

Italy expects to increase its production of coal 70 per cent this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

I is the longest trip ever made by ( ighter-than-air craft away from { fixed base.
 The Reliance" whose mission | to promote the new Canada Dry drink, Spur" has been especialy equipped for the occasion. The biz gas bag has been converted into { combination billboard and fiyinl broadcasting station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
Lithuanians Voice Protest Over Seizure
$50 More Farms
 Today Thar, 1880

There are $50 more farms fin LitchfieId County as of April 1, 194O, than as of the same day 10 years ago, 1t was announced this morning by w. Harry Byrnes of this city, supervisor of census. Right now the cOun- ty has 2,793 farms as compared to 2,143 in 1930.
 MT. Byrnes informed the Dem- Ocrat this morning that this fig- ure is preliminary and subject to correction. The increased figure is the result of a prelim- mary count of the returns of MT. Byrnes and his stan of the 1940 Census of Agriculture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
Resolution Forwarded
 To Washington Speaks For 10000 Residents
Sovets Action in Holding Fake Elections" Taking Over Government of Lithuania Evokes Strong
 Protest From Waterbury Societies

democratic institution. The list of candidates has been prepared beforehand, each name stamped with the approval of Moscow. Even to express disapproval of this list, or of any name therein included, is to invite reprisal in such forms in which Soviet Ogpu are past masters. The inevitable result must be a government that will make of what was the repub- lie of Lithuania just another prov- ir1ce of the U. s. s. R.
 We Americans of Lithuanian ex- traction cannot regard this state of affairs passively. We beg our American friends to believe that the vast majority of the Lithuan- ian people are unalterably oppos- ed to the principles and the poli- cies of Communism. They cherish the liberties for which they en- dured so much in the past cen- turies; they value the independ- ence so dearly won after the last war; they love their religion, their culture, their traditions, and they are profoundly grieved at the tragic turn of events tha. threat ems to jeopardize and to destroy all that they hold dear.
 Protest Recognition
 They appeal particularly to those in offlcial positions in this country, to use whatever influence they possess to the end that the present status quo, or any form of government resulting from it receive no offlcial sanction from the government of the United States of America; that the diplo- matic and consular representatives of Lithuania accredited to this country by the former government continue to be recognized as its sole legitimate representatives.
 We wish the American public to know that we cannot and will not have any part in a Moscow dic- tated regime. This appeal was formulated at a mass meeting held in Waterbury, Conn, at St. Jo- seph's hall on July 12, 1940. The delegates at this meeting repre- sented 19 societies embracing over 10000 Lithuanians of Waterbury and vicinity.
 ALEXANDER J. ALEKSIs,
 Chairman HELEN JENUsA1TIS,
 Secretary ANTHONY KATEIVA,
 HEDWIGA V. STULGINSKAS, JOHN J. RAUGALIS,
 Members of Resolutions Committee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
Holy Name Gathering
 At Lilac Farm Sunday
St. Patrick's Men to Stage Annual Oufng-K. of L.
 Convention in Hartford August 6-Dramatic Club
BROOKLYN NEWS

Lilac Farm, Oakville, will be the gathering place Sunday for mem bers and friends of the Holy Name Society of St. Patrick's Church. The occasion will be the annual outing of the organization and as in for mer years a varied program of events will be staged. Sports as usual will play prominent part in the activi- ties, with plenty of refreshments to satisfy whetted appetities. The usual rivalry will are when quoit tossers and the softball demons" partici- pate in their favorite pastime.
 President Harold Barnes and Ed ward Conlon are directing arrange ments for the event. One of the larg- est attendances in years is expected.
 Auxiliary Plans Outing
 A special meeting of Sylvester Stokes Post Auxiliary, American Legion, will be held tomorrow eve ming at the clubrooms on Bank street at 8 o'clock. Final returns and plans for the outing next Sunday afternoon at the Krigelis farm, 980 Highland, avenue, will be made.
 Dramatic Club
 Anne Rai1no will preside at a special meeting of the Dramatic Club of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at the parish hall tonight at o'clock. Plans will be discussed for the first plays of the fall season which are expected to be presented late in September, for the benefit of the new church building fund.
 The group, which has been organ ized since 1884, has given approx imately 20 plays in the last six years To date they have membership of 35.
 Present officers are: Anne Raimo, rresident: JoSephine D'Angelo, vice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

Americans of Lithuanian extrac- ton in this city cannot and will not have any part in a Moscow dictated regime in their fatherland and are iinalterably opposed to the principles of Communism, 1t is shown in a resolution adopted at recent meeting of the Waterbury Federation which embraces 19 so- cieties with q membership of over 10000 Lithuanians in this city and vicinity.
 The list of candidates for the so-called plebiscite in Lithuania a week ago last Sunday is termed by the local group as an outrage as the list of candidates had been prepared beforehand each stamp ed with the approval of Moscow.
 No U. s. Recognition
 The local group in its resolution appeals to U. S. Senators and Congressmen to use whatever in- fluence they possess to the end that the form of government re- srilting from that plebiscite will re- ceive no official sanction from the U. s. government.
 The resolution adopted at the re- cent meeting on the recent occur rences in the Baltic states, signed by five members or the local feder- etion, follows in a letter addressed to the publisher of The Democrat: MT. E. v. Maloney,
 Waterbury Democrat,
 Waterbury, Conn.
 Dear Sir: ..
 Inyiew of the tragic events that are taking place these days in the Baltic States, the people of Lith- uanian extraction of this vicinity beg to present what they believe to be a true picture of the state of affairs in their homeland:
 1. The military occupation of Lithuania by Soviet troops is nothing less than the suppression of the independence of that coun- try, and the substitution therefor of a sovietized regime.
 2. The persons who have taken over the reins of authority after the punishment of the former gov- @nment, in no way represent the will of the people; nor can they in any way be considered as legitimately constituted officials. They have been selected by Mos COW from among known Com- Munists who, in former times, agitated for the overthrow of or- Serly government, and the intro duction of Communist rule.
 Traitors Arraigned
 3. These traitors to the true welfare of their country, and apostates from the true aspira- tions of their countrymen, have already instigated measures for the suppression of liberty, of self expression, of religious worship and of all cultural pursuits.
 1. Perhaps the greatest outrage being foisted upon liberty lov- ing, democratic people Is the so- called election or plebescite, sched- uled for Sunday, July IA. There is to be no freedom of expression or suffrage in this parody of 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
GRAPEVINE TELEGRAPH"

No one invented the grapevine telegraph" It originated during the Civil War and was term applied to the method of carrying news by word of mouth. In many communi- ties, this still is an essential news channel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
NO PROTECTION NEEDED

Polar bears and pcngi1ns are found at opposite ends of the earth, SO penguins need to protection from the bears, nor need they hide their eggs from them. Polar bears are of the north polar regions; penguins of the south polar areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
Full Weather Report

Boston. July 24-CUP)-Weath. CT forecasts
 CONNECTICUT Considerable cloudiness and slightly warmer with local and probably thunder storms tonight and Thursday.
 MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, and RHODE ISLA ND Considerable cloudiness and slightly warmer with local showers and probably thunder storms tonight and Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
NOT RECOGNIZABLE

The old gag about the studio gate man not recognizing the star in makeup could have worked in re- verse while Paramount was filming The Great McGinty," for Akim
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Selection Of Winkie
Praised by Edison
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. j., June 29.-Former
Secretary of the Navy Charles A..
Edison praised the selection Of Wen
dell L. Willkie as Republican presi-
Dental nominee today and said the
Navy would be in good hands" un-
der the guidance of Col. Frank
Knox.
Mr.. Edison, who resigned from
President Roosevelts cabinet to run
as Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of New Jersey, came here to
speak at the dedication of the Vet
erans' Memorial Junior High School
in connection with the meeting OF
the State Department of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars.
"I think, undoubtedly, the best
man won," said Mr.. Edison, re-
ferring to the recent Republican
convention, in an interview.
OF the appointment of Col. Knox,
as his successor, Mr.. Edison said:
It feel the Navy is in good hands
and 1 know Col. Knox has a big
lob ahead of him."
He said the defense program Is
running according to schedule, but
Congress has wasted lot OF time.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
By the Associated Press.

bS Iilt aSSOC1hleu fIeSS.
COFFEYVILLE, Kans., June 20
Sly hints of romances which never
blossomed and praise for his athletic
teams-drat that poultry show any,
way-are chronicled for Wendell
Willkie in yellowing pages of the
Coffeyville High School year book
for 1914.
Then the Republican party's 1910
presidential nominee was popular
professor of history and, in the year
books own words, Fresh from the
University of Indiana"
Then the name listed below pic
ture of somewhat lean-faced man
read Lewis w. Wilkie."
CThe use of one l. in the name
follows the year book copyo
adviser to the Y. M. c. A, organizer
of the debating teams, coach of "the
best track team ever turned out of
C. H. S." and also mentor of the
basket ball team-but drat that
poultry show.
That year his basket ball team
played 10 league games, winning six.
Losses Are Explained.
1.-THE loss of the other four" the
year book dutifully explains, being
due to lack of practice caused by
occupation of the coliseum by the
poultry show and the poor referees
that are bound to show up ever SC
often"
His students fancied romances
between their history professor ano
three women members of the
faculty. One writer in the year book
suggested a telephone between his
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Democratic Women
Delegates TO Be Feted
AT Series Of Dinners
Division Headquarters
To Be Opened in
Chicago July 10

Woman delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention in Chi
cago will have plenty to do besides
casting votes, according to advance
information from Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Conkey, official Chicago hostess for
the convention.
Breakfasts, lunches and banquets
arranged by various Chicago groups
will keep the woman delegates en-
tertained.
National Chairman Farley has ap-
pointed five national committee
women to the convention Commit
tee on Arrangements. All veterans
in Democratic organization work
the committeewomen are Miss Helen
Hanson of Maine. Mrs. Emma Cuff
fey Miller of Pennsylvania, Mrs
Lyon Childress of Tennessee, Mrs
Mildred Rees Jaster of Ohio and
Mrs. Henry Grady of California and
the District. Mrs. Grady, Mrs. Mil
ler and Miss Hanson are also vice
chairmen of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Convention Opens July Is.
Most of the woman delegates are
expected to arrive the Saturday be-
fore the July IS opening of the con-
vention. A staff from the Washing
ton headquarters of the Women's
Division of the Democratic National
Committee will 60 to Chicago July
10 to open headquarters for the
Women's Division in the Hotel
Stevens.
First event on the woman dele
gates convention program is a din
ner at the Palmer House July 13 for
national committeewomen, State
vice chairmen, delegates and alter
mates.
Mrs. Conkey to Be Hostess.
On July IA Mrs. Conkey, who is
Democratic national committee
woman from Illinois, will be hostess
at lunch in the Palmer House for
national committeeWomen.
The delegates, aiternates and ma
tional committeewomen will get TO-
gether again for breakfast on July
l6. sponsored by the Illinois Wom-
ems Democratic Clubs.
Chicago alumnae of Theta Sigma
Phi. women's honorary journalism
fraternity, will hold open house fol
visiting newspaper women in the
press lounge of the Stevens Hote
during the convention.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
CoffeyviIIe High School Annual
Missed Prophecies on WiIIkie

room and that of one teacher. "It
would save time" (The students
guessed Wrong-he went back to
Indiana and married Hoosier girD i.
The man who has promised the
Republican party an aggressive
fighting campaign was gaining a
reputation 26 years ago as an
energetic orator. One caricature in
the year book presents him as an
animated pepper shaker addressing
a school assembly. The artist label
ed him The Pepper Can of c.
H. S.
Debated on Presidency.
In listing all faculty members
under heading: What a High
School Is For" the answer given in
his case was: ITO make speeches
in chapel"
The question he tossed at his
first debating team was: Re
solved-that the President of the
United States shall be elected for
a term of six years and be ineligible
for reelection" The negative side
won.
Somewhere there's a writer who
must be blushing over this imagined
bit of correspondence appearing in
a "Chaperon" column of the year
book:
Dear Chaperon-Can you send
me an address where I can secure
a blue tie to match my eyes. Mr.
L. w. Wilkie.
Don't worry about that. Try tc
get soft hat to match your head.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Home Town Seeks WiIIkie
For July tomato Festival

By the Associated Press.
ELWOOD, Ind, June 29.-If Wen
dell Willkie makes his formal ac-
ceptance of the Republican presi-
dental nomination on the steps OF
Elwood High School. as tentatively
planned, he will speak under an in
scription reading, "The hope of our
country"
Elwood residents say the inscrip-
tion was there-over the arched
doorway of the brick and stone
building-when "Win" Willkie was
one of the schools bright, but not
exactly model, pupils. One of his
old teachers, kindly Miss Mary Cox
recalled that Win shone in liter
ature and history, but didn't care
for algebra. Despite his dislike for
algebra, he was graduated at IS.
Elwood, known principally as a
mato-groWing center until Will
kie's nomination thrust it into the
spotlight as his birthplace and boy
hood home, would like to have its
most famous son deliver his accept
ance speech on July 26, the opening
day of Elwoods annual tomato fes-
tival.
Willkie promised several weeks age
that, If nominated, he would come
home to Elwood for his formal
} acceptance.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
London
Continued From First Page.)

taken prisoner-358,080 in Belgium
and 100000 in the battle of France.
Lord Strabolgis action against Mr..
Chamberlain and Lord Halifax came
just one day after the declaration
Of a neutral diplomatic source that
a peace move was ''in the air" and
that Soviet Russia's natural con-
Germ" over Adolf Hitler's intentions
might put Russia on Britain's side
at a peace conference table.
But, this source added, such a
thing could come about only if the
British install genuinely leftist
government which does not try to
make a catspaw of the Russians.
"Mr. Neville Chamberlain has
found it necessary to give an inter-
view to the Americanspress denying
In his letter, Lord Strabolgi said: !:
that he is in favor of asking Ger
many for peace negotiations. =
Unfortunately, the past of these
two statesmen is so identified with
the appeasement policy that, so long
as they are in the inner war cabinet,
the German propagandists will find
credence for their fairy tales about
suing for armiStice. =
IF Messrs. Chamberlain, Halifax
and Hoare could see their way to
retire for a space from public life
1t would be the greatest service they
could do to their country and to
the cause for which we are fight
ing, and an act of high patriotism
Threat to Sea Supremacy.
Neutral sources declared that a
direct threat to British sea suprem-
ecy was implicit in the possibility
that Germany had seized four
French men of war-which would
give her a 6-to-3 edge over Britain
in these fast craft with the striking
power of dreadnaughts.
These sources said that if Ger
many has in fact added the $4,000
ton Richeieu and Jean Bart and
the 26,500-ton Dunkerque and
strasbourg to her battleships Scharn-
horst and Gneisenau she might
with sufficient air and undersea
auxiliaries, be able to challenge the
British battle line.
Gen. de Gaulle, who is forming
French legion to fight on at
Britains side, but hope of any con-
siderable French support appeared
to be fading.
Vernon Bartlett, commentator for
the News-C Chronicle, predicted the
detection of most of the French
and added:
Faced with the possibility that
the French African colonies now will
surrender, the British government
must be prepared to fight two wars
the one west of Gibraltar and the
other east of the Island of Pantel-
laria, the Italian fortress between
Sicily and Tunis.
Dispatches from Cape Town re-
ported that thousands of persons
in meetings arranged by the gov
ernment's opposition, had urged the
Union of South Africa to seek
"without delay" an honorable
peace with Germany and Italy.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
Adventist Elder Hits
Bills Which Suspend
American Rights
Cont Save Democracy
By Adopting HitIer's
Methods, He Says

Declaring the constitutional rights
Of Americans should not be sus-
pended at any time in the operation
of our Government, Elder Charles
S. Longacre, associate religious sec
retary OF the General Conference Of
Seventh-Day Adventists, last night
characterized number of bills
pending in Congress as "un-Ameri-
can"
Elder Longacre spoke on religious
liberty at the annual camp meeting
of the Potomac Conference of Sew
enth-Day Adventists on the Wash
ington Sanitarium grounds in Ia
koma Park, Md.
II do not believe we can adopt
Hitler's methods in fighting Hitler
and preserve our democracy" the
speaker said.
The fact that there are nearly
100 resolutions pending in Congress
which would change the Constitu-
ton fundamentally shows a tend
ency to draw away from American
ideals, he asserted.
Sees Threat to Freedom.
Several of the pending bills are a
direct threat to freedom of speech
and OF the press, Elder Longacre
declared.
"The right to dissent is a sacred
right and should be sacredly guard
ed" he added.
Opposition to legislation calling
for compulsory Sunday observance,
proposed deportation of aliens who
at one time belonged to some radical
organization, even though they
have withdrawn, and a proposal to
allocate 100000 900 for public edu-
Evening star., 1940-06-30
cation also was voiced by sths

cation also was voiced by .ths
speaker.
He also objected to the bill which
includes pastors, priests, churches
and employees of religious institu-
tions under the Social Security Act.
Such measure would INTRODUCES
force into religion, he said.
Hits Taylor Appointment.
The Presidents appointment OF
Myron Taylor to the Vatican was
protested by the speaker because,
he said, 1t gives exceptional prestige
and influence to one denomination.
At services yesterday morning,
Elder Meade Mcguire spoke on mis-
sion work and several thousand
dollars were collected for missions.
A. w. Spaulding of the General
Conference and Elder A. B. Russell
spoke at services yesterday after
noon.
The camp meeting, which has
been attended daily by about $500
persons, will close tonight with serv-
ices at o'clock, when DR.. Ben G..
Wilkinson, president of the Wash
ington Missionary College, will
speak.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

But in its more serious passages,
the campaign biographer is also
earnestly eager to give you por-
trait Of big shot" utility execu-
tive who undeniably is a self-made
man.
1t tells you how the ailing B. c.
Cobb, executive of Commonwealth,
called the able lawyer from the
Middle West to New York at three
times his Midwest income and in
1888 made Willkie the boss of the
whole show at $4,000 year.
mo wonder" the biographer adds,