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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-07
OLD RESIDENT DIES

Easton, Conn, June 7.-tUP)--
Former State Legislator Charles
Brakeman Tammany. %. the agn .
oldest resident. die, late yesterday.
He was q native OF Newburg, N. Y
where he was former tax collector
His widow and two children survive
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-07
Battle Of Paris" Has
Started Says Reynaud
Premier Calls Upon All Frenchmen to Stand, Fight,
Not Retreat-Al Roadways to Paris Have
Been Well Barricaded
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press staff Correspondent

Paris June g. - (UP) - General Maxine Weygand,
In dramatic order OF the day to his allied armies pub
shed by the government today sa 1.-THE battle OF France
has begun The order Is to defend positions without
thought OF retreat Officers noncommissioned officers
and soldiers Of the French army May the thought OF our
unshakeable determination to hold where you are"
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THE WORLD WAR
Is YEARS AGO,
JUNE z, 1915
tBy United Press)

German Zeppelin Lz-37 de-
slroyed near Client by British
pilot.
vaux al verdun fell 10 Ger
mans.
German army crossed Dniester
river 1t Zydaczow.
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TREASURY BALANCE

washington. June 7--CUP)--Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts for
the cOurrent fiscal year through
This Year Expenses Last Year
SS,7O2,OS4,4l9.4O $S,475,641 .0G6. AZ
s5,224.75O,44s.sI $3.50, 766;960.37
Gross Deficit
ss,477.ss3, 970.50 s3.33s.s74. iO6.os
,s.sss.sls,s7o.SSss' p'ns sis.,soi,sl7,sos.os
r4f Cash Balance
s2.00e. 800, 1896 $2.S72, S99, 234. 90
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Add distinction 10 shat bridal or
graduation gift by selecting 10 at
PierpOnt's, $50 Bank St.--Adv.
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Summer School begins guiy l. En-
roll now. Post JunIor CeIisgs. y
Fssstsst Avssws
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Furnaces cleaned. reset, repaired
Cail Homer Therricn. Waterbury
Heating GO. TEL l-o47e-Ady.
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Fair, Warmer Tonight
Saturday Partly Cloudy
Fun weather Report en- Page )
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HEALTH OFFICER TO QUIT

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Evening star., 1940-01-05
Army Enrolling Recruits
For Puerto Rico DUTY

Recruits are now being enrolled
at the Army Recruiting Station, 631
Pennsylvania avenue NV, for as
signment to Puerto Rico, it is an
nounced by Technical Sergt. Norman
w. Morgan, who is first sergeant Of
the local recruiting station.
Recruits accepted at this time will
sail on one of the Army's new
streamlined luxury transports about
February IS, it is said.
Vacancies also exist for service in
Panama, Hawaii and the Philippine
Islands, as we'll as local assignments
for those who desire to remain
nearer home. A varied selection of
branches of service is open to re-
cruitS at the present time.
Further information may be had
by visiting the recruiting station.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
DictutorS Meet
To Discuss War

tfNERO. Italo-Gc"nIan From
tier March 10. tUPl-TW) dirtators
met h"rc today to de =" t.le c)uIa,
of their nations in EurJDt's war.
Premier Bcnito Museol, 4 OF Ilait
and FuHhrcr Adolf Hit O. o. Ger
many conferred for Two hours ana
~ inmates in MusSolini'5 private car
in a meeting rumureo 10 plan Il
new peace offensive and. if ;hat
fails, Tho policy of Itals in The var
The best information WIS that
they had discussed:
IA peace offensive ba, %ol Joint =
~ by the two totalitarian powers. or.
2.-Some plan for close sarucra-
ton if Germany intcnsiti, tie war
They came from tl:1fr capltpla
IN special trains. retired 20 the salon
car of Mussolini's tram 20 talk Jnd
loft for home immc AatclY aft5r
Noy finished their cUIvCi saton
&pectators said that As tnnv shook
hands IN farewell, Mu ,o'inI was
smiling and Hitler was pale.
COmmuniques in Rome ard Bcrlr
said tn meeting had been cordial
MuSSolini arrived at $50 am.
1880 am. EST. Hitler arri@cd 10
minutes later. There was Il brief
ceremony at the station in a snow
storm driven by high wind through
historic Bremen Pass. The con
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Nazis Claim Hits
On British Battle
Cruisers at Base

BERLIN. March 49, CUP)-Ger-
mans claimed direct hits by the
largest bombs" on the British bat
tie cruisers Hood, Repulse and Re-
noWn and an unnamed cruiser in
Saturday nights raid on Scapa Flow
Newspapers warned that it was Just
a sample of what the British could
expect.
Major Albert Doensch, command
Ell of the bomber squadron said it
consisted of about ID Heinkel III
type bOmberS, all of which returned
although some slightly damaged. .
Other officers on the fight said
that at least one British airport was
set afire by bombs. They said the
weather was ideal and that only
a few British pursuit ships attempt
ed to intercept them. The major
part of the defense was left to anti
aircraft guns of ships and shore
batteries, they said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18

ference began AT lU.5O.
Shades were drawn in The con-
ference car. 1t was announced that
only MCSSolini, Hitler. Italian For
CiGn Minister GalcazzO Ciano and
German Foreign Minister Joachim
Won Ribbcntrop were present in the
ear. Italian policemen and Alpine
troops wearing steel helmets and
carrying bayonetcd rifles kept guard.
They left as mysteriously as they
had come, with the world wondering
rs to the import of their meeting
It was announced that the confer
once had been arranged by Won Rib
bcntrop when he visited MuSSolini
in Romo week before last. Foreign
observers believed that if Hitler was
the inStlgator he had two specific
plans IN mind for bottling up the
Allies in the west and protecting
Germany'S TANKS elsewhere, both
of which required italian help.
One was to bring about a rap
prcchmcnt between Italy and Rus
Sia, both Germany'S friends, elm
mating the possibility that Italy's
aversion to Communism would drive
her to the Allies side. The other
was to keep the Balkans neutral,
especially Rumania. which is in con-
slant fear of territorial demands
from, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Old Age, Survivors
Insurance Agent
Due Here Soon

A representative of the bureau
of old age and survivors insurance
will be at the internal revenue Of
flee in the Ell Centre post office
Wednesday from 10 am. to 4 pm.
for consultations with residents of
the Ell Centre area.
Postmaster Frank Richmond said
Monday that representative of
the social security board will be at
the post office every Wednesday to
assist employers and employees.
The representative will explain
the duties of employers under the
social security act and assist en-
ployeS to complete applications for
social security account number cards
or to replace those which have been
lost
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
britons Fear First Air
Raid on Civilians May
F orerun MerciIeSs Attack

LONDON, March 10. (UP) =
Britons wondered today whether the
first air raid on civilians had touch
cd off new and merciless phase OF
the war, while the press criticized
the aerial defenses which permitted
German bombers to kill civilian
bomb Scapa Flow, the important
naval base, three Orkney island
towns and escape with only two
casualties.
The Daily Telegraph said What
will cause disappointment in the
public mind is the knowledge not
so much that a raid on Scapa Flow
could be achieved but that the raid
crS were able to return to their
base with such small loss.
Assuming that IL out of ID Ger
man bOmbers returned safely, the
newspaper suggested "some def
cheney in defensive strength at a
fleet anchorage as important as
Scapa Flow"
The admiralty said one Warship
III the Scapa Flow anchorage Suf-
fered MINOR damage although cot
tages were destroyed in three towns
and ID civilians and seamen we're
injured in Saturday nights raid.
CThe commander of the German
squadron claimed in Berlin that
direct hits were scored with the
largest bombs on the huge battle
cruisers Hood, $4,000 tons. Repulse,
$4,000 tons, and RenoWn $4,000 tons,
and an unnamed cruiser He said
all of the Ia Heinkel bombers par
ticipating ir~the raid returned home
although some were slightly dam
agedD
1t was suggested here that the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Laborite CHARGES
Britain ConceaIs
Shipping Losses

LONDON, March 10. CUP)-Brlt-
ain officially has greatly under
estimated the effect of German
warfare on her shipping, Emanuel
Shinwell, Laborite, charged in the
House of Commons today.
During debate on the ministry
of shipping, Shinwell said that from
one cause or another Britain had
lost rather more than 100000 tons
of merchant shipping during six
months of war
In addition many vessels have
been damaged and have not been
included in the official lists" Shin
we'll said. Many of the damaged
ships cannot be repaired for weeks
or months"
ITO say that we have lost only
100000 tons is making a traVesty of
the situation ShinWell said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Italian Transport
Crash Kills II

ROME, March ID. (UP)-Ten pas
sengerS and a pilot were killed yes
tcrday when n transport plane fly
ING in a thick fog crashed into a
StrombOli island mountain top, it
WAS announced today.
The crash occurred shortly after
the plane left Catania, enroutc from
Tripoli to Rome. Among the dead
were the popular Italian authoress
Maria Volpi Mura, two air force
colonies and three army officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Observer Declares
HitIer-MussoIini
Farley Strategic
BY LOUIS f. KEEMLE
United Press Cable Editor

While the press and public III
Britain and France clamored for d
more vigorous prosecution of the
war against Germany, Adolf Hitler
made what seemed to be move for
another important diplomatic vic
tory over the Allies Monday.
The dramatic meeting of Hitler
and Mussolini in a railroad car in
the Bremen Pass may have been.
as suggested. connected with a pro-
poSal to negotiate peace. But it
was probably designed to cement
Germany's position in southeastern
Europe; to line up Italy as a military
ally if Italy finds it necessary OF
eXpedient to enter the war. and to
make it impossible for the Allies
to attack from the southeast.
The latter would seem Logical
tactics Tor Hitler in the wake of
Finland'S collapse, which removed
the immediate danger of an Allied
attack on Germany from the north.
II Hitler has succeeded in lining
Italy up, the chances of an Allied
blow IN southeastern Europe or
the Near East would be consider
ably lesSened. 1t would leave the
western front the only possible
theatre of a decisive war. and Hitler
is confident of the strength of
his west wall.
The alternative would be to con-
tinue the war as is until both sides
are drained of their economic life
blood and an agreement would have
to be reached which in the enc
might not prove a real victory for
either side.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18

and military detectives all around
the Scottish coast. Three trawlerS
and Collier fought off attacks off
Aberdeen and Heinkel bombers tried
TO reach the Firth of Forth bridge
but were beaten off by British
fighters.
Naval circles, apparently in reply
to criticism of Scapa Flows de-
lenses, said it was significant that
the German raiders were content
to kill and wound civilians in small
villages five or six miles from the
harbor rather than face the fire of
ships batteries
The fact that the German high
command is SO eager to magnify the
air Skirmish over Scapa Flow and
their ridiculous claims of inflicting
damage on units of the British fleet
which now are using the base, be-
trays undue nervousness and an al
most childish desire to have some
thing to boast about"
But the raid on the tiny Orkney
island villages was no "Skirmish'
to the villagers. 1t was estimated
that over 100 bombs were dropped
by IA planes, many of them incen-
diary.
Three cottages were destroyed in
the village of Bridge of WRATH six
miles from Scapa Flow, and two
others were damaged Residents told
of showers of shell fragments, the
din of roaring motors and the flash
of red hot steel splinters.
The civilian killed was William
Isbister, 40, a laborer at the Orkney
civilian air station at KirkWall.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Mechanic Cited
AS Drunk Driver

An Ell Centre mechanic was slated
to appear in police court Monday
afternoon to face charges of drunk
driving after an automobile acct
dent over the weekend in which an
Imperial resident was injured.
j. +. Catron. 81. was arrested Sat
urday night after his car struck a
machine driven by Hubert Bruton
at Imperial and Broadway. Officers
said the BrutOn car WAS struck
broadside. R. S. Cummings suffer-
ed cuts and bruises.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Death Cheats Law
In Murder Inquiry

DOUGLAS. March 10. cUP)-An
eight year old murder case was
brought to a close today when a
body found on a ranch 25 miles
east of hlro in Mexican territory
was identified as that of Claude
Gatliff. accused slayer of John
Heard U. S. customs officer in 1882.
George Smith. member of the U.
5. customs staff here, said upon re-
turn from trip to the Mexican
ranch that til" BODY was definitely
that Of Gatliff. The murder su5-
ncct apparently had frozen TO death
Smith said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
India Congress
Seeking Freedom

RAMGARH HILLS. India, March
IL. 1UP)-Thc All india Congress
committee meeting here today pre-
paratory to pIcnarG sessions of the
All Indian Nationalist congress, ap-
proved by a large majority the
Patna resolution calling for Indian
independence and dissertation of In
dia from tha European var.
The resolution, adopted by tho
congress working committee at Pat
ma last month, calls also for revival
Of civic disobedience campaign if
Britain continues 10 refuse to grant
statutory Independence to India i'm
mcd!atcly
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Convicted Killer
Seeks New Trial

LOS ANGELES. March 49, up
Laurel H. Crawford Al, convicted
of four murders in the automobile
death of his wife and three children,
to collect $30,500 life insurance, to-
day filed a motion for a new trial
Sentencing of Crawford to four
life terms or first degree murder
was deferred until next Friday when
his attorney, w. w. ARISEN, will
argue the motion for a new trial
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Pomona Troop
Visits in Valley

Scout Troop 6 of the Old Baldv
council in Pomona visited Imperial
county during the past weekend, &C
cordlng to Bill Kenny, assistant
county scout executive.
The troop spent one night in
the sand hills east of Calexico. hik-
ed into Mexico and visited several
points of interest in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18

raid might have been in retaliation
for successful reconnaissance flights
over the German naval base in
Helgoland Blight Saturday in which
British planes bombed German
naval vessels. Several individual
combats during that flight were re-
ported, hut both sides emerged with
out loss.
In addition to the Scapa Flow
raid, Saturday evening. German
bomberS attempted to bomb naval
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
Local Educators
AT Conventions

Conventions occupied several OF
Ell Centres chief educators Monday
with six out of the city.
Leo DeCelleS, Don Ketchen, Guy
Weakley and w. A. Payne attended
a conference of all state secondary
school principals which lasts three
days at Long Beach.
Mrs. EStelle feid and A. E.
Prince attended a meeting of gram
mar school principals at Santa Bar
bara Monday anS Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
DUTCH STEAMER
SINKS AFTER BLAST

FLUSHING, The NctherlandS.
March, l8. oUP)-The Dutch steam
9r Sint Annaland of Rotterdam.
1248 tons, was sunk by an explosion
between Fairy Bank and North Hin
der Bank in the North Sea Sunday
and all q members of the crew
Tcre rescued. it was learned TODAY
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
PERSHING ENDS VACATION

TUCSON, Ariz., March 10 OUP)
Gen. John j. Pershing ended his
annual Arizona winter vacation to-
day and left for a physical "check-
mp at the government hospital at
Hot Springs, Ark, before returning
to Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-18
CUB PACK ACHIEVEMENT
COUNCIL PLANNED

Members Of Ell Centres new Cub
Pack rs will attend an achievement
council at Mckinley school on
Thursday, according to Jean Carroll,
cubmaSter.
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Boy Scout Camp
Uses p. p. & L. Bunks

twenty double decked steel hunks,
ned in Pacific Power & Light COM
Mnys general stores here since
obstruction of the Condit- Union
zap transmission line, have been
sent by the company to Wallowa
LAKE, Oregon, for use in the Boy
scout camp there, according to Roy
d. Skill, district manager for the
company.
Inc camp, which serves the Blue
Aomtain council of the Boy Scouts,
; located on 40 acres of tract of
,acllc Power & Light company
!aaa at the site of it's WalloWa Falls
lsIoelectcic plant. It is operated
Siaet an indefinite term permit is
S4so by the company.
Inc Blue Mountain council gov
Gus all Boy Scouts in eastern Ore
sUa and southeastern Washington,
ms, a Pasco-Kennewick, Walla
."a la anc Dayton in Washington,
a snterprise, LaGrande, Baker,
.s Pendleton and as far west as
|lagton in Oregon.
s,. ue picturesque camp, used last
~. es Tor the first time, drew
s,a from campers and Scout
thu. '.ees alike, particularly from
t~ VINO had never seen the Wal
valley, widely known as "the
S'l'zerlard of America.
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Derrick Moving Should
Be Carefully Watched

BE careful when you move a hay
derrick under power line" is the
friendly warning repeated by Roy
Skill, district manager for Pacific
Power & Light company.
Serious injuries are almost GER
tain to result if derrick boom or
cable comes in contact with the
hlgh-vOltage circuit when the equip
ment is being moved under a line"
he pointed out. Every year lives are
lost unnecessarily through failure
to observe simple precautions
First safety measure in moving a
derrick under a power line is to de-
termine whether or not it has suf-
flclent clearance, with several feet
recommended as a minimum. Care
also should be taken to make sure
the derrick boom is firmly dashed
down so it will not be thrown up
ward unexpectedly when moving
over rough ground. Special warn
ing is given against pulling on a
cable or rope to free the boom from
contact with wire.
If clearance is insufficient, or if
there is any doubt at all about the
safety of moving a derrick, Pacific
Power & Light company is always
glad to send experienced men to as
sist without charge in getting the
equipment safely past the hazard.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11

erably since the favorable early
season. The decline is reported to
have taken place principally in the
heavier soil sections of eastern
Washington with the drier, lighter
lands still indicating a favorable
yield of fall wheat.
The 1910 production of all fruits
except citrus in the nation is ex-
pected to show some reduction as
compared to the rather large crops
of last year, but the total volume
will probably equal the average to-
tai crop during the previous 10
years.
Apples over the nation show a
slightly lower condition report than
last year, but we'll over the 10 year
figures. In washington the apple
bloom was unusually heavy, but I'M
favorable weather during the bios
som period in Wenatchee and Okan-
ogan districts interferred with the
pollination, and set of the fruit,
therefore, is considerably lighter
than the bloom seemed to indicate,
according to the U. S. Agricultural
Marketing Service. The same gen.
eral condition holds true for pear
production, although the national
and Pacific Coast production of this
fruit is indicated as about the same
level as 1899 and above the 10 year
mark. In Washington the set of
fruit on pear trees is much lighter
than the heavy bloom seemed to in
dictate especially in Bartlett orch
ards.
The nations hay crop is indicat-
ed at the highest level for a num-
Der of years although dry condi-
tons have reduced the prospects in
several districts. Pastures in the
West are reported to have suffered
considerably from the drought of
the past several weeks.
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Crop Prospects Are
Above Last Year

Composite prospects for all crops
over the country as whole averag-
ed about five percent higher on
June 1 this year than on the same
date in 1889, according to R. M.
Turner, extension economist at the
State College of Washington.
The production of winter wheat
as indicated on June 1, is expected
to be about 489,OOO,OOO bushels,
which would be 10 percent less than
the same crop last year and IA per
cent below the 10 year production
level, Turner declares.
The economist points out that the
winter wheat crop prospects in
Washington have declined consid-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
Mrs. Ridley Enjoys Trip
by Plane to Kansas

KENNEWICK VALLEY - Mrs.
Inez Riney left Sunday for Spo-
kane, where she boarded a North
west air line plane for Kansas City
to visit her brother, Lloyd Waldorf
She expects to be gone two weeks.
Misses Theo Lampson and Yvonne
Davis left Wednesday for Centralia
where they will visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cormac Thompson
of Prosser spent the holiday at the
w. T. Elliott home.
Miss Ruth Swayze spent the hol-
iday with home folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Lum of
Ellensburg spent last week at the
G. E. Lum home and attended the
wedding of his sister, Miss Jean
Lum on Sunday. They are spend
ing this week with her parents at
Richland.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Wagner of
FreeWater, Oregon spent the holi-
day here at the G.. A Rupp home.
Mrs. w. S. Dickinson and Mrs.
Wilma PEBBLES and children of
Walla Welia spent the Fourth here
visiting relatives.
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IDO
/ YOU
KNOW?
~ Washington Stase Prooress commissie,

There are 70 golf courses in the
State of Washington, divided about
equally between public and private
club use. Attendance figures show
that about 100000 persons played on
the 13 Seattle courses during 1888.
which is approximately the total
population of Seattle and its i'm
mediate suburbs not served by 9th
er courses. This general relation of
the number of players to the popu-
latlon is borne cut also in Spokane.
Tacoma and other cities.
Winter sports have become a
great attraction in Washington
State. Rainier National Park had
91!667 visitors for winter sports De-
tween December l, 1885 and April
30, 1899. Mount Baker had a 1857
1888 season attendance of $4,000
with a peak day of 5000 attendance.
Snoqualamle Pass had $4,000
skiiers in 1938-1939 Snouualmie
Ski Bowl has had an annual at
tendance of 10000 for winter sports,
and a number of less accessible
areas attendance OF several thous-
and persons.
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for constant cold, and has convenient
compartments for storing meat, vege-
tables and each kind of food.
You, too, will find it easy to make
one of the new refrigerators pay for
itself. After all, 1910 electric refrig-
rators cost only half as much to buy,
half as much to operate as 1880 models.
See the nesO electric retfgerators and
bHv yours notU!