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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-29

Try when 1t is necessary 10 insure
production of defense materials. The
House already is formally on record
opposing such grant of power.
Mostly In Harmony
In most respects, however, the
Senate and. House bills are in har-
mony. The administration chances
of getting the bill to the House floor
next week depend upon its ability
to resolve the fight in the House
committee over age limits.
Until yesterday the House bill pro-
vided for the registration of all men
between 10 and 81, with the draft
limited to those between 81 and As.
But just when the committee was
about to agree to report the bill IA
vorably, Rep. Joseph w. Byrns, D.,
Tenn, made a motion which was
adopted, 10 to 10, and which caused
the committee to suspend further
action for the day.
Members differed as to what
Byrns' motion accomplished. Since
it was made verbally, presumably the
version of Chairman Andrew j. May
will prevail when the committee
meets again today. May said that
Burns struck from the bill the regis
tration feature embracing the ages
from 10 to GA, and left-subject to
both registration and draft-only
those between 81 and As.
Burns insisted that all he did was
to strike out a distinction between
men to he raised for the army-those
from 81 to 45-and men to be used
in home defense units-those from
10 to 81 and from As to Ga.
Would ScuttIe Bill
Both Byrns and May, however.
agreed that the change would
''scuttle" the bill.
If that issue is settled today and
the bill is reported, leaders believed
the House would pass 1t next week
and send it to conference, possibly
enabling it to be enacted into law
during the week of September 9.
There is another, but less impor-
tant difference between the two ver-
sions. The Senate bill would put a
top limit OF 100000 on the number
of men who could be conscripted IN
any one year into the land forces.
The House would make the limit
1000 900. but permit the men 70 be
used either In the army or navy.
Although the navy does not now
need CONSUMPTION 10 man its vessels,
Rep. James w. Wadsworth. r., N. Y.
co-author of the bill, said that when
the two-ocean navy is built $4,000
sailors may be required and that
drafting may be necessary.
Both bills restrict President Roose-
welt 10 using conscripted troops in
the western hemisphere. United
States territories and possessions
and the Philippine Islands. Both
also carry the same basic pay rate
for conscripted men. beginning al
s2i q month for the iirst four months
an dthen increasing 10 s30-the SAND
rs for the regular army,
End Of senate Fight
The end OF the long Senate fight
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Labor-James j. Corrigan and Les
ter Wright.
Chamber of Commerce-Frank j.
Green.
Schools-Dr. Thomas j. Condor.
Medicine-pr. Edward J. Godfrey
and DR.. Anthony P. Vastola.
Food-Thomas ODea and Harry
K. Cashin.
Press-E. Vincent Maloney and
E. Robert Stevenson.
Boy Scouts-David F. Babson and
Daniel LaBonne.
Clergy-Rev. Francis M. O'Shea,
Rabbi william P. Greenfield and
Rev. David P. Gaines.
Catholic Youth Organizations
Patrick F. Wallace.
Courts-Judge Theobald E. Con-
way.
The mayor stated that additional
members may be named to the de-
tense committee from time to time.
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trical Works and the siemens cleo
trical factory had not been damaged.
The correspondents were not taken
70 the north and northwest where
observers saw intense British bomb
ing.
British raiders also attacked other
German cities, 1t was indicated, and
It was known that there was an air
raid alarm at Breslau.
Berlin's Sleep Stolen
British bombers stole Berlin's sleep
for the third time In four night last
night and II all residents were as
troubled as I was it may be said that
the raiders attained their chief OBJ
jective.
The now familiar rising and fall
ing wall of warning that the bomb
ers' hour had arrived caught U. p
correspondent leaving the United
Press office after listening to a Brit
ish Broadcasting corporation mid
night newScast.
From the open, darkened windows
of the Office staff correspondent Jack
Fleischer and I watched. At first
there was nothing to see or hear ex-
cept hustling crowds, laughing ano
running down Inter Den Linden In
an effort to get home before the bus
mess began.
Then the first big flashes of anti
aircraft guns lit up the western
horizon. They were too far away
for the sound of their firing to be
heard.
AS the planes drew nearer the FIR
ing grew from faint rumble to slow
methodical booming. Usually there
were three or four in succession
mixed with the quick, impatient bang
of light anti-aircraft artillery. The
Inter Den Linden then fell into
dead silence.
Searchlights Busy
Searchlights fingered the clouds
and drew strange patterns in the
pitch black night, tanning back anc
forth but failing to catch British
planes in their beams.
As planes drew nearer we coulc
see the reddish bursts OF anti-air'
craft shells. They looked like vas
fireflies.
Then we heard distinctly the hun
of an airplane. 1t must have beer
British because German pursui
planes do not go up at night wher
anti-aircraft batteries are in action
The firing was so close that oul
office building shook and we hearc
mixed with the boonns several heav.
crunches. These last must hav'
been the high explosive bombs which
killed six persons in Kottbusser
Strasse in southeast Berlin.
I was told that two British flare
hung from parachutes for almos
10 minutes in the eastern sky ant
that afterwards the glow of severa
atties ignited by incendiary bomb
could be seen.
After that there was an ebb il
the firing and I slept a bit on
couch.
When I awakened the building
again vibrated with anti-aircraf
fire, probably as a new wave o
bombers scared over the city. Afte
almost three hours Of steady howl
ing the sirens signalled the end o
the raid. BY then the propagand
ministry was on the phone to an
noumce a trip to damaged worker!
dwellings, in East Berlin.
At a. m. we tore through tn
chilly dawn on an inspection tou
Balkans Is Powder Keg
The question whether the wa
would spread to the Balkans wa
the underlying issue of an emer
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sure peaceful settlement OF QueS-
tons which we realize must be set
tied. Our vital economic interests
in southeastern Europe demand that
the Balkans be kept from plunging
into war on this (the Transylvania)
or any other ISSUE"
(Italian sources at Rome said
Germany and Italy were only watt
ing to get the Balkan situation
cleared UP before starting a major
offensive against Great Britain, with
Germany attacking the British Isles
and Italy the British forces in
Egypt. Italian sources also said the
conference was expected to strength
en- the Balkans against any further
Russian expanSion)
1t was believed that Germany and
Italy would attempt to avoid the role
of arbitrators in the Hungarian
Rumanian quarrel, but would act as
friendly mediators," getting agree
ments from both sides to settle the
dispute themselves.
The Russian problem had been
somewhat cleared up on the eve OF
bIlc COiA1CACASC ~ ACRVA 70 4AOAA A~u
chareSt that truce had been called
on the Russian-Rumanian border
after three days of sharp fighting,
caused, repeatedly, by Russian raids
beyond the border Of Bessarabia,
which they seized from Rumania
two months ago, into the new Ru-
manian boundaries.
Object of Dispute
The object Of the dispute. Tran
Sylvania, was awarded to Rumania
after the World war. 1t formerly was
part of Austria Hungary. Hungarys
whole foreign pc.icy Is based ca get
ting Transylvania back. A Hum
garian- Rumanian conference ct Tur.
nu-Severin, Rumania, ended last
week without results, with Hungary
repeatedly demanding at least three
fourths of the $4,000 square mile
province and Rumania Offering only
q narrow border strip as gesture.
After Hungarian and Rumanian Of
ficials had been visited by German
and Italian ministers, they agreed
to renew their negotiations this
week.
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TODAY'S BOARD

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LEFT $l7O,4l7
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Continued from Page ID
ed: two y. s. $10,000's, valued at
$22,562; one U. S. 5000, valued at
$3.50: one U. S. 5000, valued at
IS, 466.25; three U. s. $100's, valued
at $307.66: two Waterbury Country
Club $100's. valued at 5000.
Stocks Included
The estate includes the following
stocks: 500 shares. Scovill Mfg. Co.,
$10,625; 1000 shares. Standard
Brands. $500; 500 shares, General
Motors, $23 $3.50: 500 shares.
United Gas Improvement. s7.l25;
500 shares. General Foods $23, 3l2.50;
500 shares. Kennecott Copper ST.
1870: 500 shares. General Electric,
$4,000; 500 shares. National Lead,
ei0.500: 5 shares. Waterbury coun-
try Club S..
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Senate's Provisions
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came last night when the galleries
packed and the rules relaxed to al
low few spectators to stand on the
floor of the chamber.
Eight Republicans joined with so
Democrats in voting for the bill.
Seventeen Democrats. 10 Republic
cans, and the four minor party men,
bers voted against it.
Passage became certainty when
the Senate defeated the amendment
by Senator Francis T. Maloney, D.,
Conn, which would have postponed
the draft until January l, adopting
it then only If a voluntary enlist
ment program had failed.
1t was defeated so to IS. Weary
at the tag end of three consecutive
night sessions, the Senate devoted
comparatively little time to it.
There was more fire in the debate
in the afternoon over the Russell
amendment, although it was adopted
by a wider margin, SO to 16.
Russell's amendment would allow
either the secretaries of war or navy,
if they needed an existing manu-
featuring plant for national defense
and were unable to agree with the
owner ON its use, to condemn it and
take it over pending court deter
mination of the issue.
A somewhat similar proposal, ap-
plying only to the navy, was enacted
as part of the naval speedup bill
passed hurriedly in June. The House
has voted to repeal it. but the re-
pealer has not been acted on in the
Senate.
Russell said his am en- d m n I
doesn't 60 so far as to say the gov
eminent is going to take over all in
dustry, but we're going to take over
that part which doesn't cooperate In
these times Of emergency"
ROIl-Call Vote
Washington, Aug. 29-(UP)-The
roll-call on Senate passage Of the
Burke Wadsworth bill:
FOR THE BILL-(58)
Democrats (50-Andrews, Bailey
Bankhead, Barley, Bone. Burke,
Byrd, Byrnes, Caraway, Chandler
Cravez, Connally. Ellender, George
Gerry, Glass, Green, Guffey, Harri-
son. Hatch, Hayden, Herring. Hill
Hughes. King, Lee, Lucas, Maloney
Mcclellan. Mead, Miller. Minton
Nicely, O'Mahoney, Overton, Pepper
Pittman. Radcliffe. Reynolds. Rus
sell. Schwartz. Sheppard. Slattery
smathers, Stewart. Thomas OF Okla
homa. Thomas Of Utah, Truman
Tydings and Wagner.
Republicans (8)-Austin. Barbour
Bridges, Quincy. Hale, Lodge. Tobey
and White.
AGAINST THE BILL-(3p
Democrats d7)--Adams. Ashurst
Brown, Bulow. Clark OF Idaho. CLARK
OF Missouri. Donaiiey. Downey. Holt
johnson OF Colorado. MeCarran
Murray. Schwellenbach. Smith, Var
Mugs, Walsh and Wheeler.
Republicans tio)--capper, Dana.
her. Davis. johnson Of California
J Nye. Talt. Thomas Of Idaho. Town.
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in CITY NAMED

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Refld. Vandenberg and Wiley.

send. vandenberg and Wiley.
armer-Laborites co - Lundeen
and 6hipstead.
Progressive ti)-LaFollette.
Independent d)-Norris.
The following pairs were an
nounced:
NcNary for. Gillette against: Hol-
man for. Frazier against; Gibson for.
Reed against.
riot TccoFded-Biibo.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Old Age, Pressure Beot Yonks, He Says

When the old boy talked of at the time he his rule
he did calling another he viewed with
alarm the traffic players the Browns the Yankees
haven't the
selling sold occasionally shued
players sometimes
the Yankees the ST. Louis fugtves helped them
Crf convinced it's good rule he intends battle
enforced the
sought unked month-wont battle
meeting They won't champions then think Gr
they'll able to trade while the winner will be barred
But" the Old when he this
And didn't make the Yanks lose the either knew before
that rule Dckey Serk Rufhng Crose
fellows
spring training campaigning
anything
Prddy
big nfeld didn't they bring Pddy
Croeu
folded?
I didn't lose the pennant."
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Rich in Ex-Terp Aces,
Capital Trackmen
Invade Middies

Maryland recruits dominated the
Washington Athletic Association
track team that headed for An
napolis today to compete against
the Naval Academy's second class
team in a dual meet.
Coach Harry Helms squad of Is
stalwarts included Tommy Fields
and Jim Kehoe, crack Terrapin
mlddle-dlstance runners; Harry
March, North Carolina U. sprinter.
and Fred Willcut, District A. A. U.
hammer-throw champion. Kehoe is
national Junior A. A. U. 1,500 yards
champion.
The track meet features the clos
ing program Of the academy's sum-
mer sports activities and the Mid
dies were reported ready for their
visitors with one of their strongest
teams in recent years.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Redskins Again Have Another
Cliff BottIes';; This Time It's
Bob Seymour of Oklahoma

all, should prove to be a tremendous
help to us this year."
Frankly, Seymour does look good
An almost handsome youth, with
coal-black hair and a happy go
lucky smile that never wears of,
the sturdy Oklahoman has been a
standout in every drill to date. At
1870 he possesses a more rugged
physique than Battles and he stands
6 feet 2, to give you a rough idea.
AS runner, he looks like million
and he also passes. There's no
doubt about his making the grade,
but he'll let future events take care
of that another Battles" simile.
If you can calm down again after
the thought of another Battles in
burgundy and gold this fall, we'd
like to report that Micky Parks
again is out for practice and that
Bob Fisher may be able to pass up
that appendicitis operation until
after football season. At least,
that's the way it looked this morning
when the big ex-Trojan reported ice
packs had eased his pains consid-
erably.
Oh, yes. There's bit of news
about a fellow named Filchock.
Seems as if Flaherty heard from
Prexy George Marshall that he
(MarshalD had received a letter
from Flingin' Frank saying that he
would be in camp after a few more
games of baseball" That Kitty
League he's playing in must be the
cats meow, huh?
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Shorthonded Pitching Staff
Giving GHffs Their Best
Record For the Season

starting the fifth inning Boston
owned a two-run lead. Krakky re-
tired in order the first nine Red
Sox to face him and allowed only
two hits, both singles; no walks and
no runs in his inning relief
stretch.
Walker Collects Four Hits.
The Mats shaved Boston's margin
to 5-4 in the seventh when Gee
Walker singled to center, stole Sec
ond. took third as Cecil Travis and
Buddy Myer walked to fill the bases,
and scored as Jimmy Pofahl forced
Myer at second.
Lifted for Pinch Hitter Jake
Early in the eighth, Krakky saw
Carrasquel pitch the ninth and
receive credit for the victory when
the Mats manufactured two runs.
Walker launched the ninth with
single to left for his fourth
straight hit and Travis walked.
Sammy West batted for Jimmy
Bloodworth and sacrificed with a
neat bunt, at which point Joe
Heving was called from the bullpen
to replace Jim Bagby on the mound
for Boston.
Myer was purposely passed, filling
the bases, but after throwing two
strikes past Pofahl Heving also
walked him, forcing in Walker with
the tying run. Rick Ferrell then
slammed a single over Left Fielder
Doc Cramer's head to score Travis
with the winning run.
Leonard, who started for the
Mats, was hammered hard, yielding
five runs and eight hits in the first
three innings, while Washington
chased Fritz Ostermueller, who
started for the Sox, in the fifth.
Hudson will hurl for the Mats
tomorrow. with Washington journey
ing to Trenton, N. j., for an ex-
hibition night game on Monday
before invading Philadelphia for
another night engagement on Tues
day.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Hoffman Quits Skins
To Join AII-Stdrs
For Packer Game
BY Staff Correspondent of Tn. Star.

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. TO-
Here today, gone tomorrow best
describes Bob Hoffman, another
rookie back from Southern Cali
fornia. He met the Redskins for the
first time here yesterday and was to
leave today to join the all-star
squad in Chicago for the big game
with the champion Green Bay
Packers on August 20.
One look Was enough, however, to
coFince all that Hoffman should
bes a powerhouse for the Redskins
this year. In the nude, however,
he looks like nothing so much as
Atlas, big, powerful muscles ripping
throughout his well-built body.
Said to be the best blocking back
the Skins have acquired since
Erny Pinckert, Hoffman will rejoin
them in Milwaukee on August 81
when they arrive there for their ex-
hibition game with the Packers on
Labor Day.
Although he probably won't play
with his new teammates, he should
provide them with some handy in
formation about the 1940 edition
OF pro footballs champions of yes
teryear. He'll be in the starting
lineup of the college all-stars.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
RadcIiff and Danninq
Continue 10 Show
Way 10 Hitters
Hold Leadership Although
Slipping q Bit; RoweII
Is Climbing Rapidly
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The same
old hands still are at the batting
helm of the two major leagues, and
nothing short of some sudden and
surprising effort from the rest of
the hitters is likely to bring about
a change.
Both Rip Radcliff of the st. Louis
Browns and Hank Danning of the
New York Giants slipped slightly
this week, but the era of good pitch
ing in the big leagues had the same
effect on the batting averages of
most of the other top hurlers.
Radcliff's mark went from .367 to
.360 and Danning's from 1886 to
1884. However. Barney McCosky, the
No man in the junior circuit, also
fell points to- .348.
This latter development was ac-
companied by the sensational squirt
of Boston's Carvel Rowell. who
moved from nowhere into second
place with a mark of .327
The 10 leaders and ties in each
league:
Evening star., 1940-08-10
By BILL DISMER,
Star staff Correspondent,

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 10.-Hold
your hat, folkses. Here we 60 again
for ride on another Cliff Battles"
bandwagon. 1t was bound to come,
sooner or later, and the only sur
prise is that it took three days of
training before the 1910 refrain was
sung. With all the novelty of an
other escapade by Wee Willie Wilkin,
the annual words were uttered for
the first time this season yesterday
by Coach Ray Flaherty at a lunch
con meeting of the Spokane Press
Club at which the three Washington
correspondents here proved them
selves better writer's than after
luncheon speakers.
Flaherty, of course, was the one
che assemblage was most eager to
hear, but he hadn't been on his
feet Is seconds might have been
Ia when he concluded a sentence
with and from the way he's going,
he'll be another Cliff Battles"
At the words, one Washington
writer yawned, another ficked the
ashes off his cigarette and third
awoke with start, saying "Battles?"
"Battles?" Can't we ever get together
socially without some one bringing
up the war?
BY now, you-al back in D. C..
must be writhing to know the iden-
tity of the current candidate for Cliff
Battles II and so, we give you, by
courtesy Of Ray Flaherty, Inc, the
guy who'll make you forget the
great gipper-Robert c. Seymour
of the University of Oklahoma, if
you please.
Yep. Seymour's the nominee, al
thought he's been seen in action for
only four days and his hardest work
has been to dodge Opposition" tack
lers in dummy scrimmage. But take
the floor, Ray, as you did yesterday.
We've got a really great back in
camp in Bob Seymour of Oklahoma," +"
were Flaherty's mildly exciting
opening words. ''In way he re-
minds me a lot of Cliff Battles,
perhaps the greatest back we ever
had. He pivots like Battles. side
steps like Battles, is fast and more
Dewerful than Battles and, ali Ia
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Wrecked 20 Years Ago, Red Sox Still Struggle

gents particular mind
BostonNew shuttle
straight world championships under Lannn
by Harry theatrical 1916 following
championship The Sox powerful, respected club.
Still venturing heatica sometimes
lost it in show business 1920 the
Col Jacob Rupert the Yankees
Dutch Leonard followed
New the sale of Ruth price
Waite Waly
of the Yankees followed
have followed the Yankees world
that followed-six times succession
After Frazee Quinn
tune needed years bought
sox
struggle still goes
We have idea this what Grinhth thinking
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Capital Sailors Win
In Two Classes al
Oxford Regatta
Bankers Penguin and
Daniels Comet Set
Speedy Poces
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.,

OXFORD, Md, Aug. 10.-The 10th
annual Tired Avon Yacht Club Re-
gatta went into its second stanza
here today as more than $50 sailing
craft concluded a day-long series
yesterday in a typical capricious
easterly which found Washington
yachtsmen scoring major wins in
two classes.
Chesapeake Yacht Club, which is
staging its annual regatta in con-
junction with Tired Avon, will take
over the spotlight tomorrow with
important trophy events for four
classes. Losing a third place posi-
ton on the opening lap, Ernie
Covert of Capital Yacht Club sailed
his blue-hulled Escapade back into
first place on the second circuit to
lead a feet OF Is comets. Clarke
Daniels Robert E. Lee, also of WASH
ingUon, was second, 212 minutes be-
hind Covert.
The two Capital shippers in turn
administered sound trimming to
the 1888 champion, 58-year-old Ed
ward K. Merrill of Riverton, N. j.,
who was third in his Spoof1y.
Dinghies in Spotlight.
The little Penguin dinghies, which
attracted six Washington and nearby
sailors, took a favored spot on the
regatta program for the first year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bankers, SAIL
ing their Catspaw, won the event.
Delmas Stutler of the West River
Yacht Club was second in Judy.
Another man and wife team, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Youngs of Alex
andria. was third in their Seabiscuit.
Yesterdays show opened with
free-for-all handicap for all racers
that saw 50 starters of 10 assorted
classes sailing in a light north
easterly. The event was won by
Henry Winners Aries II, current
champion of Chesapeake Bay stars.
20-Footer Winners.
Other f1rst-day winners included
Carl Bordely's Carlsack, Chester
town, Md, 20-foot division one;
Vincent Kramer's Seawitch of An
napolis, 20-foot division, two; w. c.
Mcneil, Baltimore, snipe class.
Judge Prentice Edrington OF
Washington was second in the Sec
ond division Of 20 footers.
Light airs and head tides slowed
small fleet of cruising and racing
yachts in their 55-mile race from
Gibson Island here. The United
States Naval Academy entry, the
ketch family, won the event, finish
ing shortly after sundown. Several
of the yachts, including William
Labrot, turned on engine and came
in under power.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Hits Devastating TRIBE

Fontaine, Powers Builders left
fielder, spoiled a game in more ways
than one for Benny Rubin, pitcher
for Standard Linen softball team.
AT Ballston Stadium last night
Fontaine ruined no-hitter by
blasting the only hit off Rubin, a
triple in the fourth inning that
scored two mates who had walked,
giving the Builders a 2-to-1 victory.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Wiley Moore Reaches Trails End at Berger, Tex.

show Joe Louis has lost his punch.
I don't know how or where 1t
went to, but Louis hasn't got it
any more. johnny Ray, Conn's
manager.
Be prepared for a lot of red hot
political forecasts in this colyum
beginning Monday. Last report
we had of Col. Brietz he was in
the midst of a Republican caucus
In Charlotte, N. c., in company
OF Jake Wade, sports ed of the
Observer. ThereIl be "A huskies
on hand when Jim Yeager Of Iowa