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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-29
Bette at Center

Another experienced actress
in the front rank is Bette Davis.
who year after year keeps her
standing as one Of Hollywood's
finest artists. Bette, for the
second year. plays center and 1
nominate her because OF her ex-
ceptional performance in The
Letter"
To Jimmy Stewart I give the
title of quarterback. for he has
carried the ball and helped put
over many a movie. / pin my
medal on him for his fine per-
form ance IN Philadelphia
Story"
Ginger Rogers can step for
ward and receive special recog-
milton. In two pictures, she
deserves our applause. for both
Primrose Path" and Kitty
Foyle." Welcome Ginger to our
All-American annual team as a
right guard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
Population Of Waterbury Not Yet
 Fully Prepared For Publication
May Not Be Released for Over a Month Says
 Supervisor

Population figures for Waterbury will not be released for more than month, according to word from w. Harry Byrnes. supervisor for the fifth congressional district. Each portfolio handed in by enumerators must be checked to insure accuracy, stated MT. Byrnes, and only one book can be inspected day by man. There are approximately 100 such books for Waterbury. The entire census staff is directing their work toward other towns in this district and all this must be completed be- fore Waterbury's figures may be checked.
 It was first stated that the cen- sus would be completed within two weeks, starting on April 3. More than a month was necessary for "canyassing" alone and 1t will be an additional two months before the figures are made "official".
 Work has been deliberately slow to make certain that there would be no error and that the first release of figures would be "as near perfect as humanly possible, said MT. Byrnes. At no time was any mem Der of our staff ordered to rush his work. We allowed them all the time necessary and demanded that when they did complete their work that 1t was entirely correct, he added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
NAsh' y.t eba]
 War Moves On Today's Board
BY !. W. T. MASON limited Press War EXpcft)

tUndated) The success of the re- treat of the Allied forces from Flan- ders is reaching proportions that shows the great power of naval CO., operation in coastal defense has not been destroyed by attacking air. planes. Operations of the Anglo French wraships off Dunkirk and eastward are being brilliantly di- rected. Tho supplementary protec- ton afforded them by the Allied counter offensive in the air has slowed down German attempts to surround the remnant British and French divisions to point where 1t has been impossible for Hitler to spring his trap.
 The success of the Allied retreat across the Channel in the face Of q German aviation blitSkrieg marks an important advance In defensive strategy. The Allied warships have had to move very slowly up and down the French and Belgian coast aF waters and even to come to rest at times in order to make their gum fire effective. Thus, they have of- fered themselves as Ideal targets for the German airmen.
 Evacuation Goes On
 Yet, the Germans have not been able to interrupt the evacuation of the retiring troops in any major manner, nor have ths Allies suffered serious losses In ships The escape of thousands of troops from Dunkirk Is well compared by the British to Inc famous retreat 10 Corlinna by Q British army during Great Britain E operations against Napoleon, in Spain.
 The Dunkirk retirement, in fact, has much moro importance than the Corunna operations because IL will now be necessary for naval spC- CIalistS to revise previous ideas that airplancs might become the masters of Warships in a major conflict be- tween them. It is evident that the German planes have failed to drive the Allied vessels away from the Franco Belgian coast though con- ditions had been believed by the German high command to be very favorable for such an enterprise.
 More Destructive Co Army
 An air offensive against an army in the field is more destructive than against Waships because the enemy troops are massed and present far larger targets. A warship, even of large tonnage is very difficult to hit from q great height because it is not conspicuous. This is fundamental reason for the failure of the Ger mans to entrap the Allies at Dun kirk.
 Reports from London tell Of num-
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
ATTY BRONSON
 IS CANDIDATE
Son of Local Bar Dean May Be Common Pleas
 Judge in LitchfeId
tAcme Cablephoto)

Attorney Richardson Bronson, whose law office is in this city but whose home is in Watertown, Is one of the two leading candidates for the Litchneld county common pleas court Judgeship left vacant by the death of Judge Origen s. Seymour, reports from high quarters in Hart- ford stated today. The other lead- ing contender is Attorney Thomas Wall, ST, of Torrlngton, president Of the Litchfeld County Bar Asso- ciation and Q prominent Republi- can. Strong backing is said to be given MT. Bronson by Waterbury Republican leaders. He is under stood to have been endorsed to Gov. Raymond Y. Baldwin by J. War ren Upson, recently retired as Re- publican town chairman, and Wil- liam J. Pape, local publisher.
 MT. Bronson is the son of Att torney Nathaniel R. Bronson, dean Of the local bar. He is Q member Of the law firm of Bronson. Lewis, Bronson and Upson. He has not been especially active in politics, but is held in high regard by local Re- publican leaders. As resident Of Watertown. Mir. Bronson is eligible for the Judgeship. The court is not expected to convene again until September, but an early appoint inent by Governor Baldwin Is gen- orally expected at HartforG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
Allies Strike Counter Blow, Take Abbeville
Recapure Fort After 4S Hours of Fierce Fighting But Allied Troops in North France Are Fighting
 Life, Death Stugge to End
BY RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff COrresDOndcnt)


 Paris, May 3i.--(UP)--A French military source said today that AL lied forces had recapturcd the Ab- bevIle region at the mouth of the river Somme, taking 20 German prisoners and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in fierce counter thrust The counter-bloW against the German forces in north France came while an estimated 100000 Allied troops were fighting life-and- death battle against probably 600000 Germans in north France, where at least two divisions of the trapped French army commanded by Gen, Rene Prioux yesterday slashed their way through the Germans to the coast near Dunkirk.
 A tremendous battle still was in progress in the north, according to the French, but it was uncertain how many of the Allied rear guard troops had been able to make their way to the coast, from which the were evacuating them. British and French fleets were evacuating them.
 The Abbeville counter attack came unexpectedly, but was described by the French official analysis as suc- cessful.
 48 Hours of Battle
 "The French in 48-hour oper-
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Members of the British EXpedi- tionary forces, returning from Flanders, said that the casualties during the Flanders campaign had been at least five Germans to one Brlton.
 rAllied troops now are holding a line at. a certain distance from the coastpp Flilitagy Q,larENrs ssiate ,sl The The being held to cover the withdrawal of the Allied forces lis becoming appropriately known as the Corunna Line" 1t was said.
 Gn 1908, a force Of 25,000 British troops, badly beaten by Napoleon, who had 10000 men, fell back on Corunna, Spain, and effected one of the greatest and most strategic retreats In history under Sir John Moore.)
 Remarkable Event
 ".The withdrawal of the British Expeditionary forces is the most remarkable example of the com bined cooperation of three services working together visibly in con- fined space.' military experts said "Our soldiers in Belgium arc see- ing with their own eyes the mag nificent help they arc receiving from the Royal Air Force, the Navy and the merchant service"
 Military sources denied German claims that the British army was fleeing to the coast in disorder.
 Military experts said that flooding operations to protect the rear of the
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
TAXPAYERS ARE
 RUSHING THINGS
Rain Could Not Keep Them Away From Collectors
 Office Today

With tomorrow as the deadline, hundreds braycd the rain today to make payments at the office of Tax Collector Humbert Mangini. Interest at the rate of 72 per cent a year will be added to accounts not paid at the close of business tomorrow, the interest being added to the Oc- tober irstallment as well as the current May instalIment.
 Collections thus far are estimated at being in the neighborhood of e3,- ,00000. This figure includes scores Df mail payments which have not
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
GERMANY CALLS 1. II MANIPULATION l
There Is No Hope for Allied Armies Trapped in Nazi
 Pincers
BY JOSEPH W. GREGG, JR. United Press Stan COrrespOndcnt) ]

Berlin, May 3l-(UP) Fragments of two Allied armies still are fight ing fiercely in Flanders, the high command said today, but the great mass of French and British troops in the north Is annihilated or cap- tured and all resistance twill soon be broken"
 Emphasizing that victory in the bloody battle of Flanders had freed the main German divisions (eSti- mated at more than 100000 mem to strike at Paris or London, the high command reported final attacks in progress against Allied units cover- ing the evacuation of their com- rades by sea or themselves attempt.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
Allied Forces Cornered In Flanders
 In Danger of Humiliation; They Are Fighting In Life, Death Struggle
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)

French forces stabbed into the German flank along the English Channel today Adolf Htlers armies bat tied the stubborny resisting remnants of Allied troops in Flanders and prepared to strike at London or Paris
 The Abbevile region, along the mouth of the river Somme at the channel coast retaen by the French according an official analysis in Paris, who said the Germans suffered heavy losses.
 An entire Nazi mechanzed column and 200 prisoners were reported taken in what may be Generalissmo Maxine Weygands first important possibly designed to open path toward Boulogne and Calais De- tails, however were lacking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
HORROR SCENES
 ON SOMME FRONT
American Ambulance Driy. CT Describes What He
 Had Witnessed

Telegraph Editors Note: Horace W. Fuller of Boston, volunteer ambulance driver with the Amer ican Field Service, has seen the action on the Somme (s0uthern) front. He tells, In the following dispatch, of the wounded scream Ing for help; the dying left be- hind when | hospital was bombed; the dead littering . road 0n the average of 10 bodies per 100 yards. Fuller returned to Paris Thursday from q station near Amiens Co help drive back new ambulances replacing those de- strOyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
100000 Troops in Danger

On the northern coast, centering around Dun- kirk an estimated 200,0 900 British and French con- tnued to fight strongly against perhaps 600OOO Ger. mans who have already won the battle of Flanders
 Fight Through German Lines
 The Paris spokesman estimated that two dvi- sons Originally around 30,000 men) of the first French army under Gen. Rene Prioux (reported cap- tured by the Germans) had fought their way through the German lines to the coast but the Nazl high com mand claimed that the "great mass of the French forces in the north had been annihilated captured
 Nazi Forces Can Now Combine
 This triumph, the German command said, re- leased the Naz forces in the north for other duties against England or the French captal-although it was admitted that fierce fighting was still in progress at scattered points and before Dunkrk the maln cen ter for evacuation of Allied troops.
 In the Dunkirk sector, the Allies were fighting in the coastal sand hills.
 Fight Against Frghtfu Odds
 With their lives and their last bullets they were exact ing from overwhelming enemy - said to outnumner them to 1 terrific price for the German victory And they delaying Naz thrust at Paris or London The chances that most of the Allied remnants cutoff split into small bands living in what survivors called the "He of Flanders" might escape death or capture were estimated at not In loo Regardless Of odds' the tght went on.
 British Under Bomb Blizzard
 Under blizzard of bombs and bullets British exped- tionary force troops even dug in on new deense me protecting Dunkirk Appropriately 1t was chrsened tne
 
 Sir John Moore in 1908 similar desperate circumstances fought an heroic rearguard action at Corunna, spain which saved the bulk of his expedtionary command
 100000 Allies Believed Escaped
 How many Allied troops already have been evacuated from Flanders a military secret but some sources estimated that if 100000 had been withdrawn the achieve ment would rank high in military annals Possibly 270O00 French and British estimated to be still in Flanders There seemed little chance that any apprecabe proportion of these could escape but the British seemed prepared to hold the Corunna Line long hope existed that any Allied remnants could cut their way through the esti- cated 0O00 Germans in the region to the sea.
 Italy Sury Coming lin
 With the Flanders chapter in its final episode new phase the appeared to be imminent Reports from British sources persisted that all hope of keeping Italy out of the war had gone and that Italian entry at Ger manys side must be expected at any time Some suggested 1t might come over the weekend
 London Or Paris Next
 The next German move, it seemed certain will be stroke at London Paris both German propaganda agencies gushed with torrent of stoes charging all manner Of crueties and atrocities against the French
 The Propaganda Not Clear
 The object of this propaganda drive was not clear Previously, German propaganda had left the French strictly alone or concentrated efforts to drive wedge between Britain and France. Some suggested that tne
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
OLDEST RESIDENT DIES

Concord, Mass. May 3i - (U.P) This towns oldest resident, Mrs Ann Byrnes Burke, i02, died at the home Of Q son-in-iaW yesterday, having outliyed her seven children. Sine leaves six grandchildrens
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
Many British, French
 Troops Escaped Trap
Over Half British Expeditionary Army Back at Eng fish Port-tiave Poor Opinion of Nazis Man.tO-
 Man-Are Going Back Again
BY SYDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

London May 31. = (UP) - British military quarters said today that Large numbers" of British and French troops escaping the German trap in Flanders that new Allied line had been created in France and that the Germans unable to inct than minor losses on ships evacuating the forces from Flanders
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
By HORACE W. FULLER NVrilInn Rnn ihn IInllah Rrnsh

Paris, May 30. (Delayed tUP) T have just returned from duty with the French armies in the field, where I have been driving an am bulance in the Amiens sector, The following are notes I wrote dcscrib- ing my experiences during the past ten days.
 Sees Amiens Bombed
 am in an advanced dressing station in a wheat field on the south bank Of the River Somme, l look about a mile ahead into the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 3l--UP)--Gov- crnmcnt expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through MhS 1'hls Year Expenses Lnst fenr Ss, 6,275sS SS,2f2,279, ,2la32
 Receipts y5,lI9,232, ,1Ob.42 s5,Ose, ,sO2,73L9S
 Gross Deficit es.437,ibi.t70.f6 s3,2fz,l7S, ,fSiSS ,s,sss,ses s,sso'iS sS,i7b.lss,7sLss
 Cash Bniauce ts,o2i, e9,GOfsl ts,9lp,big,SSS'ze
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Fer yeur plcnlcs and outing Frank furt and Sandwich Hell cali 6-l202 echneider's. s5 r. Main Ht. AdH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Take summer in your stride |. m
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
THE WORLD WAR 25 YEARS AGO,
 MAY 31, 1915
lBy IlnltcG Pressl ]

(By United Press)
 British began siege of Garua, CafncrOOns. q Zeppellns raidcd London. Turks routed north of kurna, Mesopotamia. -S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Add distinction to that bridal or graduation gift by selecting it al PierponCs, lb0 Bank Bts--Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Make your summer months pay. En. ter Pest Junior College Juiy 1. short hand, typcwrilIng, beokkesping. Adv
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31
The Weather

Rain for Tonight; Sat- urday Mostly Cloudy
 Fun Weather Report on Page 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

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Evening star., 1940-01-02
Prof. Anton }. Lang, Jr., Among
SO Persons NuturuIized

Fifty-eight persons began the new
year today by becoming American
citizens at a naturalization hearing
in District Court before Chief JUS
tice Alfred Wheat. Among those
admitted was Anton J. Lang. jr.,
professor of German and German
literature at Georgetown University,
son of the late famous Christus Of
the Passion Play in Oberammergau,
In Southern Germany.
Mrs. Lang, the former Klara Mayr,
who took the part of Mary Mag
dalene in the 1884 Passion Play,
also came to District Court today
and filed her second papers, looking
to being admitted to full -fledged cit
izenship three months hence. Mrs.
Lang's father took the part of Judas
in the classical German drama.
Prof. Lang came to the United
States in 1882 and was married two
years later in Oberammergau. They
have four children and make their
home at 2027 Huidekoper place NV.
AS the wife of an American cit
izen, DR.. Lang explained, Mrs. Lang
does not have to file first papers for
citizenship.
Eugene E. Cole, naturalization ex-
aminer in the immigration and
Naturalization Service of the De-
partment of Labor, moved Dr.
Lang's admission as well as that of
the other successful applicants.
Chief Justice Wheat denied citi-
Evening star., 1940-01-02
John |. Smith, Jr., Leaves
Proctor 10 Practice Law

Effective today, John Lewis Smith,
jr., who has been secretary to JUS
tice James M. Proctor of District
Court for more than two years,
resigned to enter the private prac-
tice of law. His place is being taken
by Frank ]. Burkart, who for the
last five years has been legal &C
countant and auditor in the office
Of the register of wills, Col. Theo-
dore Cogswell.
Mr.. Smith is an honor graduate
of Princeton and secured his legal
education at Georgetown University.
taking his bachelors degree in 1898
and his masters last year. He at
tended preparatory school at Law
renceville. N. J. He will enter pri-
vate practice with his father, John
Lewis Smith, president of the Bar
Association of the District of Co.
lumbia in 1923, at 729 Fifteenth
street NV He is a native of the
National Capital.
Mr. Burkart, also a native WASH
ingtonian, attended Central High
School, secured his bachelor of arts
degree from Washington and Lee
University at Lexington, Va, and
his legal education at Georgetown
University. He obtained his bach
elor's degree in law In 1887 and his
masters degree the year following
He is the son of Joseph A. Burkart,
who was president of the Bar Asso-
citation in 1927.
Evening star., 1940-01-02

zenship to four applicants, some of
them on statutory grounds, after
Mr.. Cole had drawn the jurist's at
tention to the circumstances. The
chief justice denied citizenship to an
italian man who has been in the
United States since the beginning
Of the century and is now more
than 10 years old, after the Gov
ernment claimed the reason he
wanted to get his final papers was
because he desired to 60 on relief
and get an old-age pension. This
man, the Judge was informed, is
unable to read or write and so can
not pass the required examination
regarding American Government.
He Is barber.
Evening star., 1940-01-02
Typical Kid Stuff
Linked With Shooting
OF Czech Students
eyewitness Tells
Of Purude
Ending Fatally
/EnrfH- {rI nf ~ Cor;oc 4
BY WILLIAM L. WHITE.
(Forty-Thtrd OF a Series.) }

BERLIN (By Air MaiD what
about the nine Czech students that
were shot?"
That was a sad business said
the American who speaks excellent
Czech. You see, ever since the
Munich business last year, the
Czechs have celebrated every con-
ceivable Czech national holiday with
big parades, and the Germans have
usually been pretty reasonable about
letting them blow off steam
well, this particular Czech stu
dent parade was an unusually big
one. The war had already started
and they were all stirred up. Felt
that maybe there was hope some
day the French and British might
break through and help them
Anyhow, some one in the line of
march yelled Down with the house
painter!' and pretty soon lot ni
them took it up"
Typical kid stuff" I said
In the worst possible taste" he
said.
Il should certainly never have
done it." I said.
Germans Stirred.
"The incident made quite a stir
among the Germans" he said. II
understand it was even reported to
the Fuehrer himself"
Il don't see how any loyal Ger
man would be justified IN keeping it
from him." I said
Exactly" he said. The nine
students they shot were carefully
picked from prominent Czech
families of all classes, to make an
example to the Czech people. To
show them that German indulgence
had not been weakness"
Exactly" I said.
But the biggest blow was the
closing of all higher Czech schools
and universities for three years. You
see, under the old Austro- Hungarian
Empire, the Czechs had been looked
down on. Few Czechs could aspire
to be anything higher than walters
VI otoUlC UOyS. IL was ullItllIlkdOle
that one should be a high govern
ment counselor. So under their little
republic they had such a marvellous
time governing themselves! To
think that any Czech boy might W
grow up to be in Parliament or
professor in a university o. even
president of the republic!
That's why the closing of Czech
universities is so terrible to them.
Now whole generation is barred
from intellectual life and must go
back to being walters and stable
boys. After all they'd noped for"
Declared Vindictive.
How about the Sudeten Ger
mans?"
Very, very vindictive. Having
a wonderful time now in Czechia,
ordering Czechs around. You won't
like them"
Did the Studetens really have
anything to be vindictive about?"
Eyes, they did little. The Czechs
aren't perfect. They could have
treated them better, all light OF
course, they let them nave their
own schools and their own political
parties and let them intrigue across
the frontier against the republic.
Evening star., 1940-01-02

deducted. The Government was
represented by Assistant United
States Att Jrney John L. Laskey.
The attorney for the administrator
Bernard H. Conn, who was merely
q stakeholder In the case, said there
would be no appeal.
Mrs. Anna Won Bergen Kluepfel
lived at 1912 Lamont street NV.
and died a year and a half ago.
Justice Bailey held today that the
authorities had made a sufficiently
diligent inquiry to determine If Mrs.
Kluepfel had left any known heirs.
Her home was sold and after cred
Evening star., 1940-01-02
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