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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
THE WORLD WAR 25 YEARS AGO,
 MARCH if, 1915
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lBy Unlted Press)
 German army began new Olfens nlve saaE PEEasnyE. Poland.
 Extension ef iiss Of sehseinie eenlFahan1" proclaimed ky BFlss iSh Order ln Council.
 RlTillah regulations as e seens linBens voyage aflseilns shlDpess e lIeIlaga0 and Scandinavian eennlFlss imposed en thela bnfs Aan ag pEeof illai eeo1n Hefe ilel aessined seT 0egmanys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
Scandinavia Reported Peace Terms Had Been
 Reached During Farley
Peace Will Put Allies In Tough Predicament
No Official Word Yet Received in Regard to Peace; Allied Powers Will Be Dealt Severe Blow
 TfPeace Has Been Signed
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News EditOr)

Finland today weighed a decision that may mean or intensified warfare in northern Europe and may directly affect the outcome of conflict between Germany and the allied powers. .
 Finnish Premier Rsto Ry and his associates receVeo Soviet Pssas modified terms for peace secret meetings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11

PleFpant's, ise Bank kl.. have a Ae. iighlful selection ef blFlhslones for AiaF. Blackstone AaHamaTine. -Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-11
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March ii - UP)- expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through March 8, compared with year ago This Year Expenses Last Yeal $6,362, ,266.21 $6,149, ,155,7 ,7O4.94
 Receipts $S,651 ,661, 5SO99 $s,76O, ,4Ss.s31.SS
 Gross Deficit s2.71O, O,s4s.s .ss5.22 ss,3sS.s67.O7s.Ol
 Net Deficit $2, ,ssO, ,2s4, ,ss5,22 s2.ss2.s14.47s.GI
 Cash Balance $2.327. ss3, ,o5O.62 s3.2s2. .sO7. .Os7.45
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AledeFn Bunlness Requires special lMts. We tre.a you. soth yeaF. Pest Junior Csilege. -Ady.
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The Weather

Generally Fair, Cold Tonight, Tuesday
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
Thomas Dewey Coming
 To Waterbury Dinner
Leading Candidate for Republican Nomination for Pres ident, Will Visit City Some Time During
 Coming Month

Thomas E. Dewey, brilliant New York prosecutor, who is in the lead for the Republican presidential nomination, will deliver an address at a dinner in his honor in Water bury next month; it was learned to- day. It will be the only appearance of the youthful racket buster" in Connecticut prior to the Republican national convention. MT. Dewey has given assurance that he will come to this city, and a definite date for his appearance will be fixed soon.
 The invitation to MT. Dewey was extended by the Italian Republican League, of which Anthony Petrillo is president. The arrangements for MT. Dewey's visit are in charge of Attorney Frederick w. Palomba, for mer Republican town chairman and now a member of the board of tax commissioners and apportionment.
 State Leaders Invited
 All state Republican leaders will be invited to the dinner, which will be held at The Elton. Among those to be invited are Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin, National Committeeman Samuel Pryor, Jr., State Chairman Benjamin Harwood, Lieut. Gov. James L. McConaughy, Senator John A. Danaher, State Treasurer Joseph L. Talbot, officers and menl-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
CONCORDAT WITH
 SPAIN IS COMING
Pope Plus Very Soon May Sign It After Long
 POstpOnement

Vatican City, April 19.-(UP)- It was reported that the Vatican might soon sign a concordat with Spain, clearing the way for Gen. eralissimo Francisco Franco to visit Pope Plus XII.
 Negotiations on the Concordat have dragged out for eight months because of failure to agree on the method of appointing Spanish bishops and archbishops. Franco was said in Vatican circles to have asked that relations be based on the 1851 concordat, which gave Spain the right to nominate three candi- dates for each vacancy from which the Pope would choose one, but the Vatican was said to have op- posed this on the grounds that the political situation in Spain had changed. Franco then was said to have proposed that the Vatican name three candidates for each high ecclesiastical vacancy, leaving the final choice to Spain. The Vati- can rejected this plan, it was said
 Spanish circles understood that the trouble had been smoothed out now and that an agreement was in sight. It was said that Franco would take advantage of his visit to the Vatican to also visit Benito Mus solini.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
Britain Lands More Troops For Smash Attacks on Nazis
NORWAY READY
 FOR BIG FIGHT
Retreat Slowly to MOun= tains Where Great Bat=
 tie of War Is Expected
BY ARTHUR MENKEN United Press Special COrreSpOndent)


 Somewhere in Southeastern Nor way, April 19. - (UP) - Norwegian troops who have retreated slowly from Oslo since the start of the German invasion are forming a de- fense line between Hamar and FL verum and it appeared today that they intended on that line to chal- lenge German mechanical units ad- vancing from Tangen, 20 miles to the south.
 But on a tour of the Elverum- Hamar area yesterday I got the inn pression that the Norwegians might be seeking really to draw the Ger mans farther northward, out of the rolling plains and into the wooded mountains where the NorWegians might cut them down in guerrilla fighting while the Allies from the coast cut off German supply lines.
 At farm house near Elverum Nor wegian staff officers were packing to move northWard.
 On my tour I reached as far south as Hamar, which is 62 1-2 miles north of Oslo. At Hamar the Germans were reported at Tangen, 19 miles southward, advancing rapid ly in mechanized units.
 Hamar awaited the Germans quiet ly. Business was normal. Norwegian troops still in the area were ill- equipped and only loosely organized. They seemed exhausted.
 New Defense Sure
 The new defense line was be- tween Hamar and Elverum, 121-2 miles to the east on the Glommen River.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
Finnish, Russian Borders Covered With Dead Bodies

1900 air raids on 32 of Finland's 38 towns.
 18,OOO Finnish soldiers killed, 4O,- 900 wounded, of which 10000 were permanently injured"
 $40 civilians killed and 1,50O in jured
 The report said that the Finnish Red Cross unit, aided by "A Red Cross societies of the world, now is servi:ing civilians. It was estimated that 4O,00O tons of food would be neded between now and fall to meet the urgent food problem"
 Loss of the Karelian Isthmus, It was estimated, cut Finland's food stuff production 65 per cent. The reports said there was serious mal- nutrition problem, especially among children, because of vegetable shortage.
 Rehabilitation work being car ried on by the Finnish government, the report said, is costing about $2,OOO, GOO monthly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19

that the expulsion of the Germans from key positions in Norway, es- pecially on the west coast, should be recognized as long and difficult task, not a matter of days or ever weeks. The allies never cherished illusions regarding the impossiblllty of the little, inadequately equipped Norwegian army holding the Ger mans. They knew at the start that they would be hampered by made quate railroad and highway com munications.
 These facts have never been con- cealed. Yet even several members of parliament criticized to a United Press correspondent the contras, between the allied calculation ot long war and the German expect" ation of short one, and the 1n- fluence which this had seemed to be exercising on the viewpoint of the opposing forces.
 The encouraging factors to the British were various, but particular ly that the allied general Staffs must have known exactly what they would face in Norway and never theless sent their expedition. heliev-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
SEERESS TELLS OF
 AMELIA EARHART
She Will Be Found Dead or Alive on Island in
 South Seas

Pownal, Vt., April 19.-(UP)- Mrs. Clara Jepson, 69-year old seeress credited with accurately pre- dieting that the Kidnapped Lindbergh baby would be found dead in woods prophesied today that Amelia Ear hart Putnam would be found, dead or alive, on "a small island in the South Seas"
 She said that according to mid night vision" the globe-girdline schooner Yankee of Gloucester Mass, explained by Irving Johnson was going in the right direction to find the long-lost woman fly CT. The Yankee is now :n the South Pacific.
 "The searchers must go to a large island in the South Seas" she said "The island is well covered with bent-over trees.
 'Then I would direct them turn southeast and search for much smaller island on which there is a noticeable sandbar. Parts of this plane will be found, I believe, and then some distance to the south east or east, I see the figure ot Amelia Earhart.
 Mrs. Jepson said that to clarify her "vision," which began as a dream, she touched wrist watch band, an autographed picture of Miss Earhart, and memorandum penciled by the flyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
MARATHON HAS
 166 ENTRANTS
Gerald Cote, Canadian, Led Field Past First Tim-
 ing Station

Boston, April 19 - (UP) - A classy field of 166 American anc Canadian runners that included six former winners started from Lucky Rock Manor, Hopkinton, at noon to- day in the 44th renewal of the Bos- ton A. A. marathon.
 An estimated 5OO,OOO spectators, lured by the first real day of spring, gathered along the 26-mile-385- yard course between Hopkinton and Bostons Back Bay to encourage competitors in their tortuous trek.
 Defending Champion Ellison (Tarzan) Brown of Westerly, R. l., Narraganset Indian record holder and top favorite, as well as five other former titlists were buried deep in the pack as the field got of.
 A brisk tail wind aided the run ners in their quest for a Greek laurel wreath, a gold medal, and a berth on the 1940 U. s. Olympic team for games that may never be staged.
 No favorites, were among the 28 scratched from the original entry list of 194.
 Gerald Cote Leads
 Gerard Cote of St. Hyacinthe, Que, a favored Canadian, led the field past the first official timing station at South Birmingham, 5.3 miles from the start. Cotes time ot 3l minutes 39 seconds was IS S-5 seconds faste rthan Browns time last year, when the Indian smashed the course record.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
REV. DR. JOHN N. LEWIS WILL FILED
Trust Fund Provided for Widow; $lO,OOOLeft to
 St. Johns Church

Provision for his wife, nieces and nephews are contained in the will of the late Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis, rector of St. Johns church for 40 years, who died last week after 8 short illness. A trust funH for the widow. Mrs. Mary N. s. Lewis, is created, with the income to go to her during her lifetime and with the principal to be shared by Dr. Lewis nieces and nephews after her death.
 s The sum of sl0,OO0 is left to st, Johns church. The will does not stipulate how the money shall be spent but expresses preference on the part of. Dr. Lewis that 1t be placed in "the Permanent Endow- ment Fund of the parish We all love SO we'll" t
 A portrait of Dr. Lewis father is left to John D. Lewis, son of the rector's nephew, Kirtley Lewis.
 Kellogg Street Agreement
 The will states that in March,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
Fifty-First Birthday For German Dictator
Observances Will Be Held in All Factories in Order Not to Take Men From WOrk-Hitler
 Restrans Enthusiasm
BY GEORGE KIDD
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
 Berlin, April 19. ' (UP) = Ger many tomorrow celebrates the 51st anniversary of the birth of Adolf Hitler, the first soldier" of the Reich.
 All over the Reich today - a greater Reich than the world ever has seen before - flags were being draped on houses, factories and office buildings for the celebration.
 The celebration has been keyed to a note in accord with a Germany at war. The chief address Of the day will be made by Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, speaking from Ber- lin factory and directed to the Ger man youth on whom the war effort depends so largely.
 Observances will be conducted simultaneously in factories, making possible minimum of interference with wartime production.
 The celebration has been re- strained at Hitler's wish. None of the elaborate parades and fanfare of previous years is planned. Hitler asked that gifts which have poured in to the chancellory on previous occasions be omitted.
 Gifts of Nation
 Instead, the nations gift to the Fuehrer will be collection of thous- ands of tons of scrap metal which will be melted down for use in arms construction.
 Hitler is said to be in excellent health despite the fatigue and strain of days as leader of nation at war. He finds little time for relaxation. His meals are restricted to the ra- tions which all Germans now live on. His only exercise is brief daily walk in the brickwalled park back of the chancellory.
 Whether Hitler is more or less popular with his people than i'll former years is difficult to tell, but his picture drew applause when flashed on the screen at showings of the Baptism of Fire" film, record ing the German invasion of Poland - an unusual circumstance as ordl- narily he is not applauded at cinema houses.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
NORWAY STAFF IS
 OUSTED BY REICH
Ordered Out of Germany TOday-Nazis Land
 1000 Men Daily
By RICHARD c. HOTTLET United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Berlin, April 19-(UP)-The off, cial news agency said that the Nor wegian minister, Arne Scheel, and his staff had been requested to leave German territory today because of the hostile attitude of the Norwe- gian king and the former Norwegian government"
 "A new Norwegian government, ' approved by the German invaders, has been set up in the German-oc- cupied region of Norway, headed by I. E. Christensen as premier. The "old" government has fled with King Haakon to eastern Norway, near the Swedish border.
 The high command said that Ger man airplanes had attacked British naval units and transports trying to land troops north of Narvik, and had sunk one British submarine.
 An authorized source said that a British battleship believed to be of the 30,6O0-ton Warspite class had been attacked by German planes near Narvik Wednesday and was struck by bomb but only slightly damaged.
 Official Statement
 The news agency's statement on the Norwegian minister was:
 Norwegian Minister Scheel, who yesterday in behalf of the Norwe- gian king and the former Norwegian government of Nygaardsvold Johan, the old premier) asked that he be allowed to remain, in Berlin and continue to conduct the affairs of the legation, was today requested in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
Bodoe, Narvik Violently Besieged; TrOndheim to
 Be Bitterly Assailed GERMANS MAKING
 SEARCH FOR FOOD Holland Will Make Her Own Defense-Submar= inc of Poland Fighting
BY PETER c. RHODES

BY PETER c. RHODES United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Luleaa, Sweden, April 19. - (UP) - British troops are besieging Bodoe and Narvik. on the Norwegian west coast and have landed a force to the south for a big scale at tack on Trondheim, it was reported today. BritiS l. naval and land forces are expected to make combined on Trondheim and Narvik
 Latest reports said that British endorsements had landed both north and south of Bodoe and that siege pressure already was being exerted on the German force there.
 Narvik was under the closest siege and the food of the German defend- CTS was reported running low.
 Bodoe is no miles south of Mar vik and 295 miles north of Trond- helm.
 According to reports from refugees and the Norwegian frontier, British endorsements were disembarked at the village of Loding, on the Salten- fjord just south of Bodoe; in the Landegode Islands just to the north, and at the tiny port of Valvic, on the mainland opposite the islands.
 Thus it appeared that Bodoe already was under substantially siege conditions.
 Another Landing
 There was further report that a British force had been landed at a seaport roughly midway between Bodoe and Trondheim, to prepare a base for big attack on Trondheim and the Trondheim- Swedish from tier railroad.
 Narvik, northernmost of the Ger man. occupied ports, was under tightening siege by the British.
 German army authorities, pre- pairing for bitter fight, mobilized all Norwegian men between the ages of IT and 50 years of age in the Narvik area and put them ot work on emergency Notifications.
 Refugees who arrived at the Swedish frontier after hard trek across the snow-covered mountains to avoid German patrols said that the food situation in Narvik was now serious. Normally a town of 10000 people, Narvik now has POGO or more German soldiers to feed It is isolated and hence no longer gets the fish and other supplies on which it had depended from outside. Po- tatoes and other root foods had been frozen.
 Germans After Food
 The Germans requisitioned foods in stores soon after they occupied Narvik. Last Sunday they started a search of homes and, it was said. seized all the food they found. Ra- ton cards were distributed to civJl- ians Wednesday, so that civilians became dependent on allotments from the Germans.
 Despite persistent reports, it was indicated that though the British were beSeiging Narvik the Germans still held it in force.
 British and Norwegian troops were operating in concert and it was
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Washington, April 19-(UP)-Re- ports from American R ed Cross rep resentatives in Helsinki, Finland, said today that the Finnish Russian frontier "still is covered with the frozen bodies, of soldiers Of both sides"
 The reports received at Red Cross headquarters here said that there had not been time to bury the dead because the "disorganization of na- tional life has placed so many re- responsibilities on the able-bodied.
 "The common graves in parish church yards are an impressive sight, with open graves lined with balsam boughs awaiting the bodies of the dead" the report said.
 The report gave the following sta tistics of the war estimated by Fin nish authorities: {
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 Assistant U. s. Attorney-G General Howard Corcoran, however, had stated positively to The Democrat representative in the courtroom at noon that MT. Phillips would be placed on the stand within. forty five minutes. Inasmuch as court customarily adjourns at o'clock, 1t was not readily apparent whether MT. Phillips would go on just prior to recess or would be the first witness called immediately upon resumption of the ease later this afternoon.
 MT. Phillips was expected to be called to testify in his own behalf late yesterday, but continued cross-exanl- inat4on of John McGloon, former controller of the McKesson Com pany, and the surprise calling of several character witnesses for MT. Phillips changed the planned po- cedure.
 McGlOon Testimony --t
 New York, April 19.-(UP)-John H. McGloon testified in federal court today that the late Philip Musica, who swindled the McKes- son and Robbins Drug Company out of an estimated $21,Ooo, 900 played Canadian and United States tax collectors against each other In order to cheat boh.
 McGloon, one of five men charged with helping Musica in his depreda- tions, denied any responsibility for his superior's activities despite the fact he was then McKesson vice. president in charge of accounting.
 Musica, as F. Donald Coster, pres ident of the $86,000,0O0 drug com- pany, committed suicide in Dec- ember, 1888, following his exposure as the head of a notorious family of swindlers.
 McGloon said Coster told United States tax agents that the firms crude drug inventories were in Can ada and then told Canadian off, cials that they were in the United States.
 we always believed the Canadian business was in America, but Cos ter said it was in Canada, "Mc- Gloom testified concerning the visit of United States tax agent in 1937 Since Coster was president, he add
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
ITALY IS ALMOST
 CERTAIN FOR WAR
Any Chance Allies Ever Had to Win MussOlini
 Has Been Passed
BY ELEANOR PACKARD


 Rome, April 19-CUP)-Italy's ex- change of military missions with Germany seemed to give increased evidence today that she was prepar- ing for war on Germany's side.
 Italian diplomats were tieing Italy inextricably with German interests in the Balkans, and the press con- tinued to attack the allies.
 The exchange of Italian and Ger man military missions was an- nounced in a communique, and au- thorized quarters said that it would be no halfway measure, but that technicians from every branch of the two countries armed forces motorized infantry, artillery, caval- ry, aviation, tank corps and chem ical units-would be exchanged.
 Diplomats believed that if there ever had been a chance of the al- lies winning Italy to their side, it was lost now, because Italy has been giving Germany such exten- sive diplomatic aid in the Balkans, both politically and economically, that she could not change her pol
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19

New London, Conn.,, April 19- (UP)-Robbers broke into the Gulf Refining O., distributing office dur ing the night, rolled out 600-pound safe and drove it away in a stolen truck.
 Gulf officials, however, said they would get surprise when they opened it. There was only $1 in stamps inside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
BY WEBB MILLER Limited Press Staff COrrespondent)

(UnltCu ETCSS OOtSAA SVAASSPVA-A1
 London, April 19-(UP)-Political quarters, newspapers and members of the public showed an increasing tendency today to demand quick big scale action against Germany in Norway.
 The feeling seemed to be harden ing that the Norwegian campaign was of tremendous importance to the prosecution of the war as a whole.
 It was estimated that three Ger man divisions, about 45,000 men, were now operating in Norway and that so far the German force was stronger than the allied one. There had been no indication that the all lies were overtaking Germans in the matter of endorsements. Re- ports that German troop replenish- mentS were arriving in Norway in a steady stream were disquieting.
 It has been emphasized repeated ly in high quarters from the start
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
Speedier Big Scale Action Is Demanded From Allied Forces In Norway Campaign

ing that they could oust the Ger mans.
 The British navy controlled the sea and German forces at Narvik, Bodoe and Trondheim were isolated except for possible aerial aid.
 The question of aerial superiority -emained to be fought out.
 British experts estimated that in Scandinavian operations the Ger mans had lost about 75 planes in all, against 25 British planes.
 AS to the general situation Sir Arthur Salter, of the governments economic advisory council, said in a speech last night that Britain s average monthly shipping losses so far during the war had totaleo about 88,000 tons a month, com pared with a monthly average dur ing the last war of about 154,000 tons. Shipping lost. he said, had been offset by new-btilt ships and captured and purchased ships with the result that Britain had now 99 per cent of its pre-war tonnage. s-~- s....,,.-- --.-.~. -.--- .--.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-19
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 19-(UP)- Government expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through April IT, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $7,644, ,037.21 $7,2S3, ,657,353.S5
 Receipts $4,6O6,74s, ,O65.3O $4,544,O76,S79.7O
 Gross Deficit $3,037,9SS,971.91 $2,739,5 9,58O,974.l5
 Net Deficit $2,96S, ,O19,121s1 $2,7OS,5O3,72415
 Cash Balance $2,so9, 9,4s1,535.52 $3,O93,17S,641.19