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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-23
HENS LIKE PIPE ORGAN

Kansas City, Mo. (UP)-Not only do chickens like pipe organ music but it improves their egg laying capacity, declares H. N. Cordsen, manager of a poultry plant here. Cordsen's plant is in air conditioned building in which are housed 10000 chickens.
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appoint a pulpit supply committee and to consider applicants and rec ommend the calling of another minister.
 Rev. MT. Haines came to this church from Morris in September of 1922. In his letter of resignation yesterday MT. Haines did not give any definite reason for his action.
 His letter in full to members and friends of the church, follows:
 "On the first Sunday of Septem- Der, Is years. ago. (1922), accepted your call to become pastor. Without rehearsing the work done over these years, may I just say that if we have accomplished anything, of worth or # lasting value. it has been due to the cooperation I have re- ceived from you. You have been kind, generous and tolerant.
 It seems wise, however, that re- lations as pastor and people be ter-
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Thomaston Clergyman
 Submits Resignation
Rev. Edward B. Haines, Congregational Pastor IS
 Years Makes Announcement at Meeting Sunday

minated. I, therefore, tender my resignation as minister of this church to take effect immediately. May God bless wou and prosper you throughout the years.
 Respectively Yours, Rev. Edward B. Haines
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Special To The Democrat)

(SpeCial To The DemOcrat)
 Thomaston, Sept. 23-Rev. Ed B. Hailes, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church for the past Is years, rendered. his resignation, effective immediately, to William E. Bumstead, clerk pro-tem, at a meet ing following the weekly services yesterday morning.
 A meeting of all First Congrega- tional Church members will be held Friday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock in the church parlors to take action of MT. Haines' resignation, to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-23
MULE JUST STUBBORN

Beaver Dam. Wlss--A mule lay down in tho middle Of q street and blocked tFafflc. Resourceful police. men finally brought . horse to the scene. hltched to the mule, tho horse dragged it t0 q vacant lot- The mule then got up. cooked an car and walked away.
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one days operation og c fleet oi bombing and pursuit planes necessi. tAtes the consumption Of an amount Of motor fuel sufficient to operate 5000 American passenger cars for Q full year.
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California's highway patol halted 50,000 motorists on one Saturday night recently in the campaign against reckless driving and traffic violations.
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park, on the East Side, and along ThomaSton avenue.
 An important meeting of the corps will be held tonight, 2 o'clock, at the rooms on Thomaston avenue, when all members are urged to be present.
 A meeting of Goodwill Lodge, No. 54, Knights of Pythias, will take place tonight at 8 o'clock at Fra ternity hall, with Chancellor Com- mander Joseph Caron, presiding. Grand Chancellor. Rev. George S. Brooks, of Rockville will be present. The second reading of the recently revised bylaws of the lodge will be made.
 Mrs. Dorothy Cook, president; Mrs Ethel Byrnes and Mrs. Katherine Dadario, all members of the Casper s. Davis. Auxiliary, attended meet ing Friday night in Waterbury, when committees of various Amer ican Legion organizations were ap- pointed to arrange details for the observance of Armistice Day. An other meeting is called for Friday night. September 27.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Grace Methodist church will hold a knitting and sewing meeting We'd nesday evening, September 18th, at the home of Mrs. Russell Atherton, on Essex avenue, at 7:30 o'clock.
 The East Side Juniors trimmed the Waterville Juniors Football team yesterday afternoon at the To- cal park, by score of 40-7.
 The Everyman's Bible Class will hold it's first meeting of the season tomorrow night, 7:30 o'clock, at the Grace Methodist church. Frederick R. Book, president will conduct, and plans will be made for the fall and winter activities. The subject of the banquet of October 5th will also be discussed.
 Troop Sl, Boy Scouts held regis tration day. on Saturday at Frater- nity hall, for all boys over l2 and scouts, interested in the troop. Reg ular scheduled meetings will begin tomorrow, [ ?. m. under the leader ship of William Christie. as scout- master, assisted by Frank Ware.
 A meeting of the Ladies Aid So- ciety of St. Michael,s church will be held tonight at 8 o'clock, in the parish hall. Plans are being formu- lated for the annual Harvest Supper which will take place during octo- Der.
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Use of American medicinals is in- creasing in Switzerland.
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Additional aviation services are bein6 lnausnraied ln Mexico
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-08

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'FORTY-EICHT MET
DEATH in MEXICO

CONTINUED trvm Page u
lets. Mallen has q fiancee who Is
nurse at Mercy hospital, Daven-
port, Iowa.
Thirty Killed Here
Thirty persons were killed In the
federal district here yesterday and
more than 400 were wounded In
riots. Eighteen persons were killed
elsewhere In the country, at least,
and more than 200. wounded.
AlmaEanistas said that their dead
included Col. Vicente Obregon, for
mer director Of telegraphs In the
ministry Of communications
The election was bitterly contest.
ed and both sides asserted that
their candidates could be defeated
only by fraud which, they intimat-
ed, would invalidate the poll. Hence
1t appeared that for the next few
weeks the country, divided between
the two principal candidates, would
be in turmdl politically.
There SCI he'd no doubt that the
anti-government party Of Gen. AL
mazan had shown unexpected
strength but up to this morning
there was no authentic indication
Of the vote.
Policemen and soldiers guarded
the capital In heavy numbers dur
ing the night. But rain sent crowds
home after their day Of rioting.
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WAR MOVES ON
TODAY'S BOARD
Continued from Page u

lucky enough to pass these barriers,
1t still would be necessary to run
the British blockade which Is MAIN
tanned along the Italian East Afri-
can coastline. There are very few
ports here where heavy cargo could
be discharged. The only port In
italian possession connected with
the interior by rail Is Djibuti, in
French Somaliland
The Franco-Italian Armistice
terms give Italy control of Djibuti,
Gulf of Alden opposite Alden, a base
for British naval operations. 1t Is
as securely locked against italian
shipping as is Eritrea, whose coast
line on the Red Sea Is sealed by
British control Of the Suez water
ways.
Mussolini thus has lost overseas
communication with the whole of
his new italian Empire except Libya
on the Mediterranean. His only way
Of imperial contact is by air,
which has very limited use. This
condition will endure throughout
the war or as long as the British
fleet commands the sea. Abyssinia,
Eritrea, and italian Somaliland are
now being subjected to the strang-
ulation blockade which the British
believe finally will win the war for
them In Europe as well as In Africa.
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200 of its crew were wounded or
killed.
Describing the British seizure Of
French warships in British ports,
the newspaper said that the seizure
was carefully planned and that the
French Admiral in command was
arrested at sunrise, just before Brit
ish navy men boarded the ships.
Italians Retaliate
Cairo, Egypt, July 8-(UP)-Ital-
ian planes raided Alexandria three
times yesterday in apparent reprisal
for British air raids on Libya which,
it was indicated today, did extensive
damage and marked the opening of
campaign to choke off supplies for
the Italian forces in northern
Africa.
A Royal Air force communique
said that British planes in a raid
Friday scored eight direct hits at
Tobruk, italian naval base near
which Air Marshal Italo Balbo
crashed recently.
Reconnaissance after the raid, 1t
was asserted, showed that two large
Italian ships were aground on the
southern shore Of Tobruk harbor,
that another was heavily down at
the stern, that smaller ship lay
on its side, and that cruiser and
another ship seemed to be in diff
culties.
italian Planes Raided
nutf tetH a1RS,
planes raided Catania, Sicily, Sat-
urday and scored hits on two air.
plane hangers.
The British raids on Libya seemed
clearly aimed at impeding REIN
forcements or supplies for the Ital-
ian forces in desert Libya. It was
understood here that crews Of the
French fleet at Alexandria were
completing a vote to decide whether
they will fight alongside the British
navy or return to France. A French
ship was reported to have arrived to
take aboard men who desired to go
home. French sailors on shore leave
in Alexandria fraterniZed with Brit
ish seamen.
A military proclamation issued at
Alexandria warned that merchant
ships which entered Egyptian wa
tiers at night would be fired upon.
The warning was not explained
but it was believed to have been is
sued as a precaution against an
Italian attempt to initiate German
tactics In Norway and land troops
from merchant ships.
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ITALY REPORTS
ON CONFERENCE
Continued from Page y

pact has been considered dead for
all practical purposes since Ger
many and Russian signed a nom
aggression pact, they have contin-
ued to collaborate closely.
Premier Benito Mussolini's news
paper Popolo D'Italia at Milan said
Sunday that the United States was
not competent to pass judgment on
the assault on the French fleet by
British warships and that the axis
powers would sentence "all English
criminals" when Britain is con-
quered. British Prime Minister
Churchill had said that the United
States and history would have to
judge the British naval action.
The government ordered all nickel
coins Of one and two Ira denomi-
nation removed from circulation
July 81 and replaced by paper notes.
(The lire is valued at sos cents.)
Nickel hoarders were threatened
with five years imprisonment.
Jugolslavia Assailed
Rome, July 8 - (U.P) The
newspaper Piccolo Di Trieste today
attacked Jugoslavia In a front page
editorial charging the Belgrade gov
eminent continually had favored
the Allied powers over the Axis
bloc.
"A new Balkan order will be car
ried out in good time" the news
paper said. But among all the
present amorous gestures on the
part of Balkan countries there is
no lack of claws that are capable of
scratching. One should be cautious
in believing the exaggerated enthu-
siasm for the Axis which has re-
Gently been manifested in Jugo-
Slavia.
"Jugoslavia is particularly de-
pendent upon friendship with our
nation but at the beginning of the
present war inclined toward COM
plicity with France and England.
Now 1t seems Jugoslavia wishes to
turn toward the Axis. But her poll
ticians are mentally tied to France
and England and occasionally the
press gives signs of secret hostility
against Italy. This line Of conduct
is extremely dangerous"
British Units Destroyed
Rome, July - (UP) - Italian
forces destroyed" several British
units In skirmishes on the Egypt
Libya border and captured tank
and an armored car. a high COM
mand communique said today.
Italian planes yesterday bombed
airplane and naval bases at Malta
and Alexandria effectively, the
communique sid. and bombed Brit
ish airports at Malakal and Perrin
In East Africa.
II was admitted that two Italian
planes failed 10 return from the
Malta-Alexandria raids and It was
asserted that three British planes,
and probably q fourth one, were
shot down In British raids on To.
bruk. Italian North Africa. Friday.
New Secret Weapon
nome, July Q - Cu.pJ - The
authoritative newspaper voce
DTialla reported another secret
weapon" that might be used IN the
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Germany, Italy Sure
England Will Lose Out
CONTINUED From Page u

, Chief Of the B. E. T. in France, and
Alfred Duff Cooper, Minister of In
formation, were reported 10 have In
spected Gibraltar defenses over the
weekend. Two squadrons of French
naval planes bombed Gibraltar,
Vichy said.
New French Govt.
The French were preparing to ess-
tablish new, apparently totalita.
ian constitution. Vichy said the
chamber and the Senate would meet
separately Tuesday and hold joint
session Wednesday to hand over
their constitutional powers to the
government in which Vice-Premier
Pierre laval is emerging as the
leading figure.
Bucharest reported thousands of
Jews and Communists have camped
on the banks Of the River Pruth
hoping to be admitted to Soviet Bes-
sarabia but that the border is closed
and the Russians have not indicated
whether they will allow the refugees
to enter
At Simla the working committee
of the Indian National Congress de-
manded India's immediate freedom
from Britain.
Hostility Increases
There were increasing evidences OF
hostility between France and Brit
ain over the naval battle at Oran,
Algeria, in which four French cap
itol ,rro rcl,iy,c rx,ora c,,Y1L ~ 10 dl,,
damaged by the British to keep Ger
Reports coming indirectly from
many and Italy from getting them.
Fracne said that two squadrons OF
French planes had taken part in
raids on Gibraltar, in retaliation for
the attack on French ships at Oran.
The British Isles saw new signs of
an approaching blitzkrieg in the con-
ference at Berlin yesterday of Adolf
Hitler and Italian foreign minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano, and in the
fury and "reminiscences of German
air raids. London announced that 10
persons had been killed and numer-
GUS injured by German raiders Sun
day and last night, and that several
more had been killed this morning
when German plane dropped
bombs into a shopping street in a
southwestern English town.
The Germans were sending Mes
serschmidt fighters to accompany
their bombers over Britain now and
today's German communique said
that places bombed included the
rail center at Brighton, coastal bat
teries on the Isle of Wight, harbor
works and barracks at Falbouth and
armament works at Middlesborough
and Newcastle. The Germans also
claimed to have sunk 2l,50O more
tons of British merchant shipping,
including the 13,000-ton freighter
San Fernando, off the coast of
Spain, and one transport and two
merhcant ships off the south coast
OF England.
The Germans said the British
were bombing western Germany with
little success, but London dispatche
told of devastating rails on the Ger
man\shipyards at Kiel and Bremen,
the arms depot at Emden, and on
several occupied airports.
Italy claimed that her troops had
destroyed" several British units on
the Egyptian-Libyan border. Alex
andria, Egypt, was bombed three
times by italian planes Sunday but
British sources there said the raids
evidently were in retaliation for
British raids on Libya, which were
believed to have done extensive dam
age and to have marked the begin
ming of campaign to choke off
supplies from italian troops in North
Africa.
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GERMANY SAYS
FRANCE AROUSED
Continued from Page u

A communique IRON Fuehrer's
headquarters today said that Ger
man submarines had sunk 2l,500
tons of enemy" merchant shipping
including the armed British freight
err San Fernando, Of $4,000 tons, oil
the Spanish coast.
It said that German airplanes
had bombed many points in Britain
including the rail center at Bright
on, coastal batteries on the Isle Of
Wight, harbor works and barracks
at Falmouth, armament works at
Middlesborough and Newcastle.
In attacks on the south coast Of
England, two merchant ships and
one transport were sunk and other
ships severely damaged. the commit
nique said. 1t said IA British planes
mad been shot down and that three
German planes were missing. Ten
Of the British planes lost were Spit
fire types, shot down in a fight over
the English channel, the commun-
ique said.
It added: British planes dropped
q few bombs in West Germany dur
ing the day Sunday with little
success. In the night, attacks on
north and west Germany did only
little material damage. Two civil
ians were killed.
Conquest of England
Newspapers said today that Ger
many and italy took the conquest of
Great Britain for granted and were
arranging for the new order in Eu-
rope"
The Essener National Zeitung,
commenting on the visit to Germany
of ITALIAN Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano, said his conferences
with Adolf Hitler and German For
eign Minister Joachim Vn Ribben-
trop concerned postwar arrange
ments, a question that has come
into the foreground because England
Is isolated"
''These discussions naturally in
cluded questions of southeast Europe
which has been spot-lighted by So
Wet activity" the newspaper said. 1t
added that "the curtain is about to
rise on the last act Of the present
war" and that Britain would be de
stroyed by common deed of arms"
Other newspapers pointed out that
Ciano's last visit to Germany had
been in October, Immediately after
the end Of the Polish campaign and
Hitler's Oct. offer to the Allies of
peace on German terms.
Ciano conferred with Hitler for an
hour and As minutes yesterday af-
ternoon and left in the evening for
q two-day tour Of the German occu-
pied region Of France, to view the
work of the German blitzkrieg. 1t
was said that the trip was arranged
at Ciano's request. He returns to
Berlin Tuesday.
The official German news agency
yesterday announced the return to
port Of Lieut.. Cmdr. Guenther Prien,
the U-boat commander whose feats
have made him a national idol. In
his latest excursion, the news agency
said, Prien sank 10 British ships to-
falling $1,000 tons and used his last
torpedo and grenade before return
ing home.
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Another Far Eastern sector APP
peared easier. Hong Kong report
ed that shipping with French Indo-
China had resumed, apparently un-
der an Anglo French agreement to
maintain the status quo in the Far
East despite the tension between
the British and French elsewhere as
b result Of the British attack on
the French fleet. -,
A dispatch from Singapore said
the Bao Dali, youthful Emperor OF
AMMAN, a part of Indo-China, had
been assassinated at Hue. There was
no official confirmation Of the re-
port or indication whether 1t was
connected with Far Eastern tension.
Airplane bombing raids were
traded by Britain and Germany with
increasing frequency and severity
London admitted that German
weekend raids were the most de-
ter1nined so far and reported 10 per-
sons killed and many wounded. Nine
German planes were reported shot
down and one British craft lost. The
raids resumed this morning when a
bomb fell on main shopping street
of q Southwest British town. several
were killed.
what Berlin Claims
Berlin's version was that the
Brighton rail center, Isle Of Wight
coastal guns, Falmouth Harbor
works and barracks and Mindless
borough and Newcastle Armament
Plants were bombed. 1t reported IA
British planes shot down, three Ger.
man planes lost. Some 81 900 tons OF
British shipping was said to have
been sunk by submarines and two
merchant ships and transport by
airplane bombs.
In the Mediterranean and Africa,
italy claimed several British units
were wiped out and tank and ar
mored car captured on the Egypt
Libya border. Italian planes raided
Malta and Alexandria effectively"
Two Italian planes were missing ana
three or four British.
The British said the italians raid
ed Alexandria three times yesterday.
Nine persons were killed and one
wounded in the latest Malta raids
and II persons had been killed and
seven wounded in previous raids OF
the past few days. The British
claimed eight hits on Italian vessels
In Fridays raid on Tobruk.
Viscount Gort, Commander-ln-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-08
FOURTEEN IN CONN.
(By United Press)

Fourteen persons died violently in
Connecticut over the long July 4th
weekend, a compilation disclosed
today.
Automobiles killed eight persons,
three died in falls, man was
drowned in the Connecticut River,
a train killed another, and there
was one suicide.
The latest dead:
Carl Ericsson, 81, New London,
was killed when a freight train
struck his car at Sound View.
Walter Kosciolek, Is. Hartford,
was injured fatally in a motorcycle
automobile crash at the Hartford
Wethersfield line.
Walter Greenman, 81, Hampton,
was killed in a roadster truck COL
lision at Hampton.
Sophia Malaski, 40. Greenwich,
was injured fatally by truck at
Greenwich. william T. Walsh, rs,
Boston. driver of the truck, was
held pending an investigation.
Hjahmar Westbom, SO. was
drowned in the Connecticut River
at Hartford when he fell from a
rowboat while fishing.
william II. Manning, IS. Man.
chester. a utility company lineman.
was injured fatally In q fall from O
pole.
Michele Porco. 90, Greenwich.
whose body was found In q barn,
was believed 10 have died In q fall.
However. the Greenwich Medical
examiner ordered an investigation
into his death.
81 In New England
Boston July e-(UP)-New Eng
lands toll OF violent deaths during
the four-day holiday period was In
creased 10 81 by total IL highway
fatalities. The long weekend had
started with the safest July N
years showing 10 dead.
The four-day total included two