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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Berlin claimed that Stuka dive bombers-the German air weapon employed with devastating effect in the low countries and France were blasting at Londons transport fa- cilities, particularly railroad stations and subways.
 Part of one subway line. the Ger mans said, was "badly damaged.
 Liverpool Hammered
 Other attacks were said to have been carried out upon Liverpool's huge food warehouses and refriger- ation plants with destruction so there would be a food shortage soon. Some 5000 motorcycles were said to have been destroyed at Rolls Royce plant in northewst Lon- don and other damage was claimed at an Armstrong plant in Birming- ham and at Whitley.
 The Germans claimed that no British planes appeared over Ger many, France, Belgium or Holland last night.
 There was no hint in Berlin as to what might come next in the German offensive. but the Nazi tac- tic obviously was to keep the Brit ish guessing.
 One German source said:
 ''The British invasion phychosiS is obviously at high tide. They do not know what to expect next"
 However, the weather seemed highly unfavorable for any invasion attempt at the moment From the English Channel 1t was reported that high winds were sweeping the narrow waterway, whipping up chop py seas. There also was rain and fog.
 British opinion was sharply divid- ed. One school of thought regarded the whole invasion threat as part of Germanys war of nerves, rather than an actual military possibility. Another held that Adolf Hitler still planned to tackle a sea-borne att tack but that the RATS terrific bombing of the invasion ports to- gether with bad weather had forced a delay of the offensive.
 Bombed Relentlessly
 Tn any event there was no relax ation of the German attack on Lon
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CONSCRIPT|ON ARMY ALREADY BEING FORMED Staffs in Each State Capi= tai Were in Action to
 Obey Draft Law ARMY CHIEF HAS
 ISSUED WARNING Next Six Months to Be Most Critical in History
 of This Nation
BY JOHN A. REICHMANN

BY JOHN A. REICHMANN United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington; September IT. - (UP) - State and federal governments were creating Americas first peace time conscription army today Staffs in each state capital were in action along plans developed over many years for the huge inventory ot manpower to be conducted on October 16, the first step toward conscripting 100000 men ir the army by January 1.
 Simultaneously, 35,700 more Ma tional Guardsmen were ordered tt report for active service October 15 They will join 60,500 militiamen whe reported yesterday.
 General George c. Marshall, army chief of staff, in announcing tht second National Guard order lasi night in a radio address, cautioned that the next six months might bt "the most critical in the history od this nation"
 President Roosevelt, in the pres ence of Secretary of War Henry L Stimson and other high officials yesterday signed the engrosseo parchment, Senate Bill 4164, an6 made peacetime conscription a law affecting the lives of millions of cit iZens.
 October 16 Is Day
 MT. Roosevelt immediately issued a proclamation declaring October 1t registration day. On that date, be- tween the hours of a. m., and Z D. m, in every community in the United States men who have reached their 21st birthday, but moi their 36th will go to the local voting place and register.
 MT. Roosevelt issue statement hailing the legislation as reas- sertion of "an old and accepted principle of Democratic govern ment."
 Universal service" he added, twill bring not only greater preparedness to meet the threat of war, but a wider distribution of tolerance and understanding to enjoy the bless ings of peace"
 One vital action by MT. Roosevelt remains to be taken before the con- scription machinery will be fully ir motion. This is issuance of an exec utive order setting up the selective service administration in Washing ton and naming the man who will head it. He is expected to act on his
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BERCDOLL MUST
 SERVE SENTENCE
Federal Judge Knox Ruled Today, Famous Draft
 DOdger Must Pay

New York, Sept. 17-(UP)-FederaI Judge John c. Knox ruled today that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll must complete a seven-year prison term for lodging the draft during the World war.
 The Philadelphia draft-dodger had sought reduction of a five-year sen- tence to IS months on the ground that was the limit of punishment that he could receive under an execu- tive order of the late President Woodrow Wilson. A second sentence of three years, reduced to two years on appeal, was not challenged.
 Bergdoll had sought a writ of habeas corpus attacking his present confinement in prison quarters on Governors Island as illegal. The pe- tition for the writ cited an order alleged to have been issued by the army on August IS, 1889, the order was issued under authority granted by President Wilson on December 15 1916. The order reinstated 8 provi- sion that the maximum sentence which court martial could impose upon a soldier for desertion should be IS months. The order was to ap- ply to those who had been in the army for not more than six months The petition said that Bergdoll hac been in the service less than six months.
 Judge Knox said in his opinion that Congress had not declared peace until March 3, 1921, and that rul- ing of a court. martial before that time was valid.
 Bergdoil was said to have spent nearly eiO0,0O0 in an attempt to wir q reduction in his prison sentence
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A company spokesman in the of- flee of Works Manager James H. Cfasmar, said:
 we've called out all available guards and will take every necessary precaution."
 The present force of 30 private police was expected to be increased to 200
 $7OO,0O0 U. S. Contract
 The company, one of the nations largest manufacturers of rifle and machine gun cartridges is engaged on a $700,0OO U. s. Government order and recently announced it would increase its working force from approximately 200 to 5000. It has been operating on three shifts for months.
 Guards were posted at the powder reservation, which is set apart from the plant in protected grove, and at all entrances. Precautions also were taken to safeguard individual migsing rooms, scattered throughout the territory. These rooms, one story affairs, are flanked by earthen binkers and only one person at a time is allowed in them while the mixtures are being made.
 Hickey Notified
 Brooklyn authorities notified Westport barracks of the anonymous call. Lieutenant Willard E. Bushy sent sn emergency call to Bridge Af<t- cials, meanwhile notifying State Po- lice Commissioner Edward J. Hickey at Hartford.
 Detective Lieutenant James Bray of Bridgeport headquarters, said, "A number of officers" would remain indefinitely at the plant and await ed further details of the message from Brooklyn.
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FINAL TRIBUTES
 PAID BANKHEAD
Presidential Train Speeds Toward Jasper; PrOs-
 poets for Leadership

Aboard presidential special en route to Jasper, Ala, Sept. 17.-(UP) President Roosevelt and high New Deal executives pay a final tribute today to the late Speaker William B. Bankhead.
 Two special trains carried Mir. Roosevelt, virtually all administra- tive officials and nearly 90 members of Congress south for Bankhead's funeral.
 The final chapter in the former speakers 23-year congressional ca- reer will be written at 3:30 ?. m tEsT). Tn the First Methodist Church ct Jasper. High government oiiieials will join state leaders, rela- tives, neighbors and friends from all parts of the south in paying final respects. The special traini arrive at Jasper about noon. Bankhend. Q member Of one oi Alabama's first families whose ser- vices in the federal legialatllre datf hack co years, died Sunday in Wash- ington after an illness of only i've days. Congress in which he, hiG brother and their father served, held e state funeral yesterday which
 
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EXCLUSIVE
 OF LONDON HIT
West End Residential, Shop Districts Felt Force
 of Bombs Today
BY WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff Correspondent)


 London, Sept. 17.-UP)-Ger- man bombs fell into some of the worlds best known, most exclusive streets, it was revealed today, as Germany intensified her attack on London in the face of gales on the English Channel that seemed to preclude any imminent invasion at tempt.
 For the first time exclusive West End residential and shopping areas rocked under blasting German bombing as severe in some places as that which had struck the indus trial, working class districts of the East End.
 Bombs fell during the night in Picadilly, Park Lane, Berkeley Square, Bond street, Mayfair, Bru- ton street and Oxford street.
 Today was the 11th day of the intensive German assault on London and this morning some portions of the shattered West End streets were so piled with wreckage and debris that they might have been lined with wrecked tenements and fac tories instead of smart shops and
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Severe Storm of Hurricane Violence Sweeps Over Canada This Morning
Vital War Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Where COn- voys, Start for Britain Are Right in Middle
 of Raging Storm

Montreal, Sept. 17-(UP)-A se- were storm ragged across Canada s Maritime provinces early today, striking hard at the vital war port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, starting point of conveys to Great Britain.
 Winds of 70 miles an hour were reported in the center of the storm, which swept a path 200 miles wide across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Eastern New Brunswick. Damage was reported heavy but with communication lines down over most of the area and the wartime censorship in force, details were meager.
 Sgt. w. s. Hawkhurst of the Saint John, N. Bs police, reported last night by telephone:
 "It's the worst blow anyone can remember. We're pretty hard hit here, but Halifax is worse, I believe. The storm has been going on for IA hours. Street signs are rolling down roads, cars are stalled, wires are down, poles are knocked over. There's a driving rain that won't let you see your hand in front of your face and right now the wind is do- ing 70 miles an hour."
 Halifax The First
 The storm had to cross the Nova Scotia peninsula to reach New Brunswick, and Halifax, on the east ern short, was hit first.
 For a time, Halifaxs only means of communication Twas the govern ments short wave radio station, re- served for war matters, and a tele- graph operator reported from there early today after temporary line had been installed. that fire trucks were roaring along the streets anc that large trees were tossing about in the center of the city.
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WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 SEPT. 17, 1899
lnx IInllaA Rrnasl

Russian troops marched inlo Poland nt ( .. m. Crossing of grentier declared "snered duty" in defense of liAoo.0Do Ukrain- lans end White Russians in Mos. eow statement.
 German tEeaps captured strong hoifs ef nstIin, Kulne and bsest. Lltegsk.
 British fFe1shleF Kallflslan tsr- podeed an6 Dfillnh iFnWIer sfnk ~ nlaeiIHfel Norwegian motefnhip Foltaa s6nh be nlIRei uafma' sinsm6f fehannes alt|honsntl eH, Flese6 nn1 rnah olI NsfeeElsn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
STRIKE ENDS IN
 THOMPSO SONVILLE

ThompAonyille. Conn. Sept. i7-- (UP.) The strike Of 70 shipping department workers at the Blgelow- Sanford Carpet Company, ended tO- day as the concern reached agree Inent with cfo-unlon officials over demands for higher wages, Terms os the agreement were not dlscioned,
 Tho strike was called last Thurs day. Nearly 800 employees og other deparlmefis were Inld of at q gos niflt, and they were expected to be lahen hdek as goo1 ns piled 70 enlp- m1nln Nef1 moved,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
REPUBLICANS OF STATE CONVENE
Cut, Dried Convention to Renonlinate Baldwin,
 Rest of Ticket
By JACK AMMAN
United Press Staff Corresponds

NOUAtcU EEC8S Ob8M O0rTcSpOnucUeD
 New Haven, Conn. Sept. l7-(UP) --The Republican State convention met harmoniously in a two-day ses- sion today to re-nominate Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin and the rest of the state ticket and, unless an upheaval occurs. to nominate Paul A. Cornell, Washington, Conn. for U. S. senator.
 The senatorial nomination was the only one which threatened to provoke e floor contest, and many believed Cornell's chief opponents former Lieut.-0ov. clifford B Wilson, Bridgeport, and Col. John 1T. Machine Gun" Parker. New Ha- ven--would, at the last minute, withdraw their names from con- sideration.
 Except for this threatened squabble, the convention moved smoothly to draft a platform which was expected to acclaim Gov. Hald- wins friendly government" praise his claimed surplus Of nearly ti.- b0O,000 for the past fiscal year. and his restoration of employment through the training Of unskiIled workers in iob-lrainlng scho0la and by the confidence Of indllstry in the state administration.
 Keynote Tonight
 Tonight, the convention will hear the keynote address given hy Rep Ralph Q. Brewster Of Maine, who last week wns elected .. c. senator, Brewster replaced Rep. Charles lfalloch Of indiana, who Was cal|l1 10 accompany Wendell Wlllkios westward tour
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DEMOCRATS TO
 VOTE STRONGLY
All Evidences Pointing to Much Enthusiasm at
 Primaries
By RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK

ny MA xMOND J. F11AK KA1hAOh
 Democrat Political Reporter) Democratic voters will go to the polls tomorrow to choose two of five candidates for senatorial nomina- tionS in the 18th and 18th districts. It was estimated today that more than 10000 votes would be cast in the two districts, with campaign activity having been greatly accel- erated during the past few days, after slow start. The city admin istration will figure as an impor- tant issue ln both contests.
 In the 18th district fight are Sem ator George T. Culhane, who has served three terms in the upper house at Hartford, and Attorney Michael V. Blansfield, president of the Waterbury Bar association. Mayor Vincent A. Scully and the executive committee of the Demo cratic town committee have en- dorsed Blansfield, but Culhane has a strong personal organization.
 16th Contest
 Contesting for the nomination in
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Nazis Use Dive Bombs On London;
 British Smash At Invasion Ports
Gales Sweep Channel as Divers SwOOp Down; Exclusive Streets of London
 Are Badly Hit
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)

Great Britain and Germany smashed at each other with dive-bombing attacks today gales whip ped up choppy in the English Channel, making imminent invasion improbable. Both sides were re- ported to be using divebombers blast vital targets
 British Bombers Keep Diving
 vchy capital of unoccupied France said that British bomberS were engaged in nceSsant diving attack upon LeHavre, Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk and Ostend The bombing was on almost 24hour basis according to the reports and great damage said to have been done to port facilities and the armada of shipping con- cenraed by the Germans for possible invasion attempt
 Invasion Ships Are Hit
 Damage equipment of these vital channel ports had been seriously increased it is understood but the main targets hundreds of small ships gathered for Ger invasion attempt against Britain and of these many asserted have been including oil tanker and two unitionladen supply ships Havre intricate port has been special target and has been considerably dam aged by bongw which hit several locks and destroyed small ships tied at wharves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
Remington Arms Is Encircled By Gordon Of Guards
Armed Police, Private Guards Are Completely Sur- rounding Munitions FactOry-Tip on BlOw=Up
 Came From Brooklyn

Bridgeport, Conn, September IT. - (UP) - Heavy cordonS of armed police and private guards protected the Remington Arms Company today after anonymous tee- phone call warned that the huge munitions plant would be blown up today Immediately the ca relayed from the 71st police precinct at Brooklyn N Y received at Westport State Police barracks the company called in its guards 24hor basis and detail of more than 20 local officers was rushed tO the plant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Sept. 17-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Sept. l4th, compared with a year ago; $l, ,s45,772,29s.62 $1.se7, ,295, ,05S.i0
 Receipts
 s1,054,764,5s4.44 s1.043, ,23s. .S71.e5
 Gross Deficit
 s7s1. .OO7, ,75s.ls ss24.o56. .eee.se SITS, ,5so, ,75s.ls ssss. 1921 .4so.bn s2.4ss. .s5i, ,iss.ts ss.sOi.s .ssi. .1si.7s
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-04
Party Honored
Two Key Westers

Little Miss Donnie Creel and
Miss Doreen Cruz were joint
hostesses at a party in honor OF
their 4th and 18th birthday an
niversaries, respectively, last
Saturday .5
The party was given at the
home of Mrs. M. D. Cruz, 313
Peacon Lane, with the yard
beautifully decorated for the &C.
casion. Guests, to the number
of over sixty, enjoyed the sew
eral games played.
Winning the contests played
were Gilbert Canaleio, Joseph
Thompson, Betty Wharton and
Ruth Sleeves. Miss Doreen en-
tertained the assembled guests
with a number of vocal selec-
tionS, the while delicious refresh
ments were being served.
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Meeting TOMORROW
For H. S. PIT. A.

Regular monthly meeting of
the Junior-Senior High School
Parent Teachers Association will
be held tomorrow evening, Tues
day, at 7:3O o'clock in the school
auditorium. Mrs: Reba Sawyer,
president, will be in the chair.
Miss Mary Trevor will feature
the program section of the meet
ing with a talk on 'The School
Library-Guidepost to Know
ledge and Drama.
Miss Madalaine Weeks, music
instructor, will present a piano
solo. Prof. Horace O'Bryant,
principal, will give a demonstra-
ton of the schools new slide
protector.
Members and guests at the
meeting will have an opportunity
to vie for the door prize, which
has been announced as a cake.
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A.P. ASSURES FAST.
ACCURATE RETURNS

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offices VIII run Up the totals Win
lightning speed In washiaEtun.
veteran political writers VII II
ject the figures into a stream Ct
news articles.
Stick To Figures
In the state headquarters. cd
tors and writers VIII do the sane
job. telling how Il goes for Gov
ernoE members Of the legiSlz tire.
and numerous state and l0cal O.
ficerS
The writers VIII make NJ pre-
dictions. VIII not undertake -
forecast what early returns naezn
Accuracy and objective repo-fnE
come first In 1916. when ms
of the country thought for . tine
Hughes had been elected. fhe As
ISOLATED Press stuck doggedly e
the figures, until 11-20 p m q
Thursday, the second dzy zf1e-
election, when II was able 20 las
that returns from remote zrezz
Of California had given Wlsuu .
margin Of 5000 votes II ma
state, which swung the bzlance
Election night, the progress d.
the Associated Press tsbulstluu
viii be reported over the county
and throughout the work. -
wire, by radio and BY cable EgE
early a definite victory by r BOSE
welt or WilIkie VIII be app rent
will of course. depend .1pnn 1ne
cloRneSs Of the vote
Few Isolated Spots
In The event Of y laudSli1e s.
might be apparent by midniEht
In any event, such q situation
as prevailed IN the months zfter
the voting IN 1866. when Ru1her-
ford B. Hayes was not certain C
his election until two days before
his Inauguration the next Mzrch-
is something the nation VII be
spared The Associated Pres
has been covering elections since
early in the century. ending tae
confusion and tribulati0n C
earlier days.
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=: SOCIETY =:
High SchoO! Dramatic Club Lists
Production Crew For Annual Play

The Dramatic Club today an
nounced the production crew of
their three-act play, "The Imag-
mary Invalid, that is to be given
at the High School Auditorium,
November %, at BIS p. m.
The crew is as follows:
Treasurer: Blanche Cervantes.'
Scenery: Don Herrick. Roy
Chanchellor, Eugene Roig, Max
Labrada.
Makeup: Elaine Carney, Edith
Sands, Shirley Elbertson, Elsie
Hartman.
Business Manager: Ray Pierce.
Tickets: Flossie Key, Alicia
Borges.
Advertising: Wilma Russell,
Barbara Johnson, Sara Ann
Lowell, Louise Collins, Betty Ann
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INTEREST RUNNING
HIGH FOR ELECTION

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tors: Armando Bermudes. Marie
Cappick. Arleen Sheppard.
Precinct No. 31526
Precinct No. 3-City Hall. Ann
and Greene SITS, Key West. Fla ;
Clerk: Robert Saunders; Inspectors:
Alfredo BarrOso. Cecil Russell.
Chas. G. Mendoza
Precinct No. +527
Precinct No 4-521 Division St.
Key West, Fla; Clerk: John w.
Roberts: Inspectors: Stephen c.
Baldwin. Orlando Rodriguez. Harry
Baldwin.
Precinct No. 5-5ss
Precinct No. 5-33I William St.
Key West. Fla; Clerk: Frazier ].
Pinder; Inspectors: r, s. Curry.
Herman w. Saunders, Geo. G.
Precinct No. SOS
Precisct No 6--322 GrinneHs St,
Key West, Fla: Clerk: C. C. Saun-
ders: Inspectors: Donald j. Curry.
Stanford Watkins, Ulmont E. Rus
sell.
Precinct No. 7-el4
Precinct No sos Ashe St. Key
West. Fla; Clerk: Maynard V.
| Lowe: Inspectors: Geo. Curry,
James A Curry. Leonard GrfIlon.
Precinct No. SITS
Precinct No. S-No. 3 Fire Station.
Cor. Grinnell and Virginia SITS, Key
West, Fla; Clerk: Christian Nome
macher: nSpectorS-Merlin Albury.
Sullie Ochanderina. Rafael E. Lazo.
Precinct No. o44s
Precinct No. S-Golden Eagle
Hall. Petronia St, Key West. Fla. /:
Clerk: Harold E. Russell: Inspec-
tors: J. Joseph CIeare. Clifford
Precinct No. l0-57s
Key West Fla: Clerk: Robert
Bethel; Inspectors: W. B. Curry.
Manuel Lariz. NOrberg Diaz-
Precinct No. ll-45l
Precinct No. 11-High School
Clerk: J. R VillareaI: inspectors:
Eduardo Albertus. Elvie II. Pierce,
Emerito Gomez
Precinct No. l2-saz
Precinct No. 12-IIOs Cor. florida
and Virginia SITS. Key West Fla.
Clerk: J. F. Fleitas; Inspectors:
Richard H Sawyer. Sydney A.
Curry, Orion a. Russell
Precinct No. l3-l2S
Precinct No. Is Marathon
Grocery. Marathon. Fla: Clerk: A
E. WOOdburn; Inspectors: Harry H.
Snow. Paul o. Roberts, Isabel u.
Duffy.
Precinct No. 14-Ilo
Precinct No. 14-Lee Finders
Garage. Islamorada, Fla: Clerk
Edna 3. Parker: Inspectors: P. B.
Pinder, Raymond s Russell, J. B.
Pinder.
Precinct No. 1888
Precinct No sc o. CARROTS
Packing House, Rock Harbor. Fla
Clerk: Ivan z. FELTON,: Inspectors:
| John Curry, Thomas J. Johnson,
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Pierce, Carolyn Cherry, Manuel
Fernandez.
Lights: Billy Spillman.
Ushers: Front door: Barbara
Guero. At Auditorium: Della
Mae Curry, Geraldine Kennedy,
Virginia Rodriguez, Catherine
Conner, Florence Jarrett, Dorothy
Wickers, Amalea Blanco, Viola
Whitmarsh, Praxedes Narcissus,
Mary Belle Archer.
Prompters: Lillian Pent, Isa-
belle Poe.
Properties Managers: Sylvia
Sawyer, Eola Johnson.
Costumes: Grace Perez, Laud-
lima Perez, Florence BOA, Ella
more Carney, Florence Adams.
Transportation: John Marzyck.
Sound: Roy Rogers.