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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
RUSSIA HURLED
 GERMANS BACK

(Continued from Page D ed the city and burned many homes.
 Rogachev highway was reported choked with captured German tanks.
 Both Rogachev and zholbin are on the west bank of the Dnieper. Rogachev Is on the Bobruisk -Ros- lavl-MoScow road.
 Stubborn Fighting
 The high commands afternoon communique today reported that there was stubborn fighting on the Moscow and Leningrad fronts. In other sectors, 1t said, there was no large scale fighting and there had been no changes of mos ment in the position of Russian troops.
 Russian planes bombed refineries in the Ploesti oil fields of Rumania during the night, the cosnmunique said.
 Qzvestia's telephoned dispatch, one of teh few eyewitness stories direct from the front, was an in- plicit denial of German reports that the Russian forces were In a state of dissolution and that the Germans had broken the stain line" at all important points. For the Germans to suffer a defeat in which they were thrown back % miles, would indicate that the Rus- sian forces were intact and that, as Russian communiques had inc sisted from day to day, were colIn- ter-atacking vigorously) Ripping German Lines
 The first communiQue of the day had said that the Russian troops were ripping into the German lines in counter er-attackS on three fronts and the air force, navy and coastal guns had sunk or set afire 26 troop laden German transports. three destroyers and a tank-fllIed barge in perfectly timed combined att tack in the Baltic.
 Describing the Baltic attack, war conmunique said that on Sat- urday night German convoy, tak- ing troop and tanks, presumably to Finland, heavily protected by des- troyers, patrol ships, torpedo boats and fighter planes, was sighted by Russian scout units. It was not spe- clfied whether naval or air craft had sighted the fleet.
 Two Convey Disasters
 Standardization Of the Russian claim would mean thak the Ger mans had suffered two convoy dis. asteFs in the Baltic in three days last week. Stockholm reported YFi- day that ct least three German transports, including the s.S0l ton passenger liner Tannenberg, were driven Into . mine possibly by Russian Warnhipg pg-ineS Wednes- day night Oiy tho southeast swedish coast. Many survivors weE@ landed by swedish craft. When a United pFeas Correspondent teiephoned tho story to Zurich, he he'd just siyen the nanle e the TannenbeFg, ag given hy c German survivor. and Was about to give nameg of other s1tps. wilen R oensoF, presumably 9We1lga, severed the connecticut
 1lae eollnluni@uo easd ah@& tlhoE9 was geuoNielas fighting on the keIl~ InsEaa, western and aouthMentern A4@@$s44
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
Britain, Russia Are Now Real War Allies
Prime Minister Churchill Told House of Commons To- day; Britain Will Not Fight for Communism
BY FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

London, July Is. = CUP) - Prime Minister winston Churchill told commons today that Great Britain and Soviet Russia now allies. Churchill said that "oi course the Russian agreement lis an alliance ana the Russian people are allies Churchill emphasized
 owaver that Britain has not leagued herself with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15

AgeKico has banned electric ads veFttaing and other signs that obs afFnct the view 0f hmiidings and other places ef historic value.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
Revenue Collector

State Chairman Revenue Collector
 will established ThurDday night public high auditorium providing organizations with speakers the purchase of defense bonds
 SCu, Philip state chairman of the committee Thomas Smith, collector of internal Thursday night meeting committee will also be appointed to handle the work of encouang deductions industrial the deduc tons applied the purchase of defense bonds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
nNRR AT R R aTAEI0N

The ring msmbeSB were eo deter. Eained Co Keep tiieaP aesiyiliag secret even from each ether, that 'in ai
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
GERMANY WHIPS
 A RUSSIAN TANKS

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STATE IS SAVED X. $l2,OOO YEARLY

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GOV. HURLEY
 REACHES FLORIDA

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BRITISH SHIP
 LOSES REDUCED

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
There is TO substitute for Newspaper Aduertising
Hollywood S'gsh find sousd'
x. ssAks.a Co->-..

HOLLYWOOD, Gal March 21ts all right for the Harvard their little joke but I'm afraid they won't pension The girls busy think ing angles
 This picture doing for instance It's "A Womans picture Ingrid Sweden It's pretty girl with horic It's not the of thing girl would Maybe glamor girls would they'd insist midget dramatic but elegant and refined.
 would have of that. She wfoe-hog. She fsied around makeup and out with whale of the of dsfiguemen that would really soul the It's such honey that won't be seeing much of just enough to get the idea Later pesentable yplastic gery you'll be seeing of and the warped soul the couldn't
 All this in line George Cukor the director calls tremendous acting The of "conscence made insist they casting Susan and God adoescent daughter the play That pleading Hollywood compromise You know, that leaves the just it is except for mother young girl couldn't possibly adolescent daughter.
 When Joan turning M-GM upside down fighting for role of the cheapie in The Women she made char
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
baranof Now
 Juneau Bound

SEATTLE, March 12. Steamer Baranof sailed for Alaska ports at 3 o'clock this morning with 225 pas sengers aboard, including 60 steer age.
 Passengers aboard the Baranof booked for Juneau include the fol- lowing:
 MT. and Mrs. C. G. Louis, Miss T. Jackson, Miss R.. Monagle, Joe Albue, Frank Rochelle, Harold Schmidt.
 Earl Ellingen. Mrs. Archie Shiels, Mrs. Mary K. Cauthorn, Mrs Ruth Vending, Omil Laurin, Mrs. E. L. Kelly.
 Percy Lucha, Robert Schwaesball, George Raichlen, John Holm, Ed Nolett, Edward Madsen.
 Mrs. A. V. Street. MT. and Mrs. Jack Westfall, Dr. Fred M. Lang sam, John Haverlock, Harvey Heist, Mrs. o. M. Cole.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
S!TKA BOUND 5.5. NORTH SEA
 LEAVES HERE

Thirty passengers from Juneau sailed to Sitka on the steamer North Sea late yesterday afternoon after the vessel had docked here from the south for several hours.
 Passengers leaving here were Bax- ter Felch, Les Florence. Erling Iv- erson, A. c. Flames. Eddie Nelson, Mrs. Inez Wilson, Mrs. Albert Will Hams, H. B. Crewson, H. L. Carter. MT. and Mrs. c. M Peterson. George Hansen, E. L. Terrence, w. Hemp stead, R. c. Wakelin. Lea Brown, Norman Banfield, MT. and Mrs. Tom Morgan, Harold Foss, Willie Peters. Bob Geyer, Henry Kitka, Samuel Johnson. Jr. Albert Wilson. w. Johnson, Edith Brookline, o. F. Fair and Dude Haines.
 The vessel is scheduled to return to Juneau southbound Thursday afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
TOES

(Sun Time)
 CMarch 13 High tide-0:4l am, 180 feet. Low tide-6:47 am, -15 feet. High tide-l2:54 p.m., 18.6 feet. Low tide-7:07 pm, -2.8 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
PERCY'S CAFE
s IT q F
. DELICIOUS FOOD . FOUNTAIN SERVICE . REFRESHMENTS
 AT pERcY'S CAFE Breakiust Dinner or Lighs

sally I'd Waly Beerys grandma if it were good part"
 No off who's in there fighting and doing things feazed whwen ain is brought up unkndly, Rain" black in the Crawford diary ampooned plenty and not by Harvard for her Sadie Thompson.
 :some day" says with look in her eye I'm going to mak - but this time GOOD
 picture since her eight month vacation in New York whence with adopted daughter Christina, aged and half
 She York long enough to get the feel of living why she went For that and to read plays The plays submitted invariably centered around FEMME FATA1E full of gamut- running first fling at stage drama was stick her neck out.
 I couldn't that didn't require starring part or played second lead in the right play she says vehicles and wasn't looking for ride"
 There's "A Woman's Face" which requires Joan to play piano closeup of her hands on the key board music department came over to instruct her proper lingering characteriscay shes taking piano still at her singing too
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
NOTICE

AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Go. adv,
 The Dally AlasKa E:nplre guaran. tees the largest daily circulation Of bliy Alaska newspaper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
Yukon Sails
 To Westward

Sailing yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock, the westbound steamer Yu- kon left Juneau after unloading freight, mail and passengers and taking on 19 passengers for the Westward.
 Passengers leaving for Seward were Rose Nelson, Paul Schnee. I. H. Krause, Jean Wilson. Myrtle Mello, G. c. Denman, Judge Simon Helen thai, A. R. Berg MT. and Mrs. J. s. McCarey, MT. and Mrs J. G. An drees and H. Turner.
 For Cordova-Mr. and Mrs w. E. Diers. Ii. Kauno and H. Wuorez.
 Dr. T. J. Pyle was the only pas senger from Juneau booked for Valdez
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held before the undersigned Probate Judge on March 17th, 1941, at 10:00 o'clock, A. M, in the office of the United States Commissioner and EX-Officio Probate Court for the Juneau, AL aska, Commissioner Precinct, upon the petition of JAMES, YORK for his appointment as administrator of the estate of FRANK ROBERTS. deceased; and, upon the petition of MILDRED R. HERMANN for her appointment as administrative of the estate of FRANK ROBERTS, deceased; and, for the issuance of Letters of Administration to one of said parties. All persons in interest are hereby required at said time and place to appeal or show cause if any they have, why said petition should not be granted as prayed for.
 Witness my hand and Official Seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 3rd day of March, 1941.
 (SeaD FELIX GRAY,
 United States Commissioner and EX- Officio Probate Judge for Juneau Alaska, Commissioners Precinct. First publication, March 4, 1941. Last publication, March IA, 1941.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
Old Yale Is(on1ing
 To Alaska
Former Coastal Liner 10 Be Used as Floating Hofel
 al Naval Project

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 12. The Matson Navigation Company announces the sale of the 35-year- old coastal passenger steamer Yale to the Seims, Drake, Puget Sound Company for floating hotel at an Alaskan naval building project.
 The Yale, formerly one of the classy passenger crafts, is the last of the so-called "barnacle fleet" of nine Matson ships which had been idle in the Oakland Estuary for the past five years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
HAVANA HOSPITAL TO
 HAVE NEW EMPLOYEES

Sailing north today from Seattle on the steamer Baranof are MT. and Mrs. Ernest R. Palmer. They are enroute to Panama where Mrs. Pal mer will be on the nursing staff of the Tanana hospital and MT. Palmer will be mechanic. The Palmers are from San Carlos. Arizona.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12

Princess Norah scheduled to ar rive Friday afternoon or ev- ening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12

Thousands of pocketbooks boxes where they have been deposited by pckpockes Thieves find mail boxes handy for this because they afford quick place deposit stolen article without raising suspicion
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND


 , Princess Norah scheduled to ar . } rive Friday afternoon or ev- c ening. , Baranof due Saturday. } SCHEDULED SAILfNGS } Tongass scheduled to sail from . ? Seattle today. , Baranof scheduled to sail from c , Seattle tomorrow at 9 am. 6 , Northland scheduled to sail , from Seattle March IA at 10 . . a m. Q Alaska scheduled to sail from q s Seattle March Is at 9 am. . Tyee scheduled to sail from Se- . . attle March 18 . Mount Mckinley scheduled to . . sail from Seattle March 19 at . . am. . Princess Louise scheduled to sail . . from Vancouver March 2l . . at 9 pm. . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS . . North Sea scheduled southbound c . tomorrow afternoon. 6 Q Yukon scheduled southbound c Sunday. LOCAL SAILiNGS . Estebeth scheduled to sail every . . Wednesday at D. m. for Sit . ka and wayports. . Naha leaves every Wednesday . at a. m. for Petersburg, Port . Alexander, Fake and way . ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12

Although Richmond became the capital of Virginia in 1779 it did not receive official classification as a city until 1782.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Mu|Ioy and Sabin Defeat
Grant, BobbiH in Doubles
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE, Mass, Aug. 22-
Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables.
Fla, one of the 1910 runnersup, and
Wayne Sabin of Portland, Greg,
gained the semiflnal round of the
national doubles tennis tourney to-
day by defeating Bryan (Bitsy)
Grant and Russell Bobbitt of At
lanta, 2-6. IS, rs, 6-3, at Long
wood.
The victors, who were seeded third.
concentrated their attack against
Grant, and that tiny veteran, who
showed the effects of the 102-game
marathon the Atlanta team played
Wednesday, surrendered four of his
ten service games to give the favored
team its openings.
Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke of New
York qualified for the women s
championship round for the 10Th
time since 1880 when she and her
new partner, Margaret Osborne Of
San Francisco defeated tiny Shirley
Cation of Alameda, Calf, and Pearl
Harland of Santa Monica, Calf,
e3. So, ina one-sided semi-finals
match. -
During the past decade. Mrs.
Cooke has shared the titles eight
times with three different partners.
Last year she and Alice Marble,
now professional, won this event
for the fourth consecutive time.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
10. P. M. Extends
Control to
Chemicals

The Government today assumed
priority control over hexamethy-
lenetetramine and, believe it or not
you may be affected by the order
Hexa-a-well, you saw what it was
in the first paragraph-together
with paraformaldehyde and formal
dehyde, were placed on a defense
needs preference basis because OF
their importance in explosives and
plastics. ..-... ..-.........
In announcing the action, the Of
fee of Production Management and
the Office OF Price Administration
and Civilian Supply prohibited use
of synthetic resin tmade from the
three chemicals) in manufacture
of amateur Photographic equipment
hardware, smokers articles. picture
frames, toys, games and the like
And such. uses as manufacture of
public and industrial power equip
ment were given preference. over
use for production of automobiles
radios and kitchenware. ..-
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Army Will Add Fifth
Armored Division
To Striking Force
Training Storts Oct. IS
At Fort Knox, KY, War
Department Reports

A fifth armored division for the
Army, eventually scheduled to have
$4,000 men, will be created October
at Fort Knox. KY, headquarters
of the armored force.
The War Department in making
the announcement today said the
5th Division is the first to be ac-
tivated BY Maj. Gen. Jacob L. Bev-
ers, new commander of the armored
force. who replace the late Maj.
Gen. Adna R. Chaffee. The latter
died today in Boston.
No commanding general for the
In its makeup it will be similar
to the other four, each of which has
five echelons.
In the organization of the new
unit groups of seasoned men from
other existing divisions will form a
nucleus. Trainees from the arm
ored force replacement center at
Fort Knox will help swell the ranks
1t was expected the new division
will be ready to begin training by
mid October. At the start its nu-
merical strength will be greatly be-
low the approximate 10000 Of an
armored division.
Units making up the division will
include a command echelon, COM
prising headquarters and a signal
company. There also will be a re-
connaissance echelon consisting of
battalion of strongly armed, fast
scout cars, a light tank company
and motorcycles. Light tanks weigh
about IL TONS
The striking force of the division
will consist of an armored brigade
of two light and one medium tank
regiments and an artillery regi-
ment., The Army'S medium tanks
are 28 tons. &c..
In addition, there will be a sup
port group consisting of an infantry
regiment, an engineer battalion and
a field artillery battalion that in
cfudes section of anti-tank guns.
The remaining units will be an ord
nance battalion. quartermaster and
medical battalion and marching and
combat field trains of the other
echelons.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Child 5, Is Killed instantly
When Struck by Hit-Run Car

run down. The impact knocked both
the child's shoes of and threw the
body for a considerable distance.
The child was pronounced dead on
the scene and his body was removed
to the District Morgue pending an
inquest.
The boys mother was notified of
the accident and ran to the scene
before the body was removed. Wit
nesses said the automobile was NOV
ing east on I street at high rate
of speed and came near to COL
lision with a truck while leaving
the scene. Witnesses disagreed as
to whether the child was walking
or running across the street when
struck.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
D. T.. Pilots Crash Death
Confirmed by Army
Earlier Story on Page A-2J


The War Department this after
noon confirmed news of the death
Tuesday of George Everett Meeks,
q, of Washington, an Army Air
Corps pilot, in an airplane acci-
dent on an Atlantic base" The de-
partment withheld information OF
the place where the, accident oc-
Cured.
The young flyer, commissioned
slightly more than year ago, was
the son of Capt. George c. Meeks,
retired commander of District fire
engine company The following
message was sent to Capt. Meeks
by the adjutant general OF the
Army:
Deeply regret to inform you that
your son, Second 1t. George e.
Meeks. Air Corps, United States
Army, reported killed in an airplane
accident August 10 on an Atlantic
base. Remains will be shipped to
the United States by first ava. |aole
Transportation. Further information
will be furnished when available y
Evening star., 1941-08-22
1000 Strike al Cudahy's
Plant in Kansas City
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Kans.. Aug. o.
A walkout of 1900 employees after
an argument between a non-union
girl worker and 81 woman C. I. o.
members halted work at the Cudahy
packing plant here today
Most of the workers left the plant
after officials of the Packing House
Workers Organizing Committee
said the company discharged the
81 women who had insisted on the
dismissal of the non-union en-
ploye.
Police Capt. Stanley Beatty said
after a conference with union and
company officials that settlement
appeared near. Negotiations for a
contract have been under way at
the plant for some time.
A. D. Challberg, plant superin-
tendent, denied that the women
were discharged. He said the union
officials had insisted that the girl
either join the union or be dis
charged.
I'VE told them we didn't intend
to let her 90 and the trouble began" /"
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Mayor Of Hamtramck
Indicted in Bribery Probe
BY the Associated Press.

BY INT Associated FreSs.
DETROIT. Aug 22-Mayor Wal
ter Kanar of suburban Hamtramck
was indicted by Wayne County's spe-
cial one-man grand jury today on
charges of accepting a bribe and of
conspiring to protect prostitution
and gambling.
Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson,
conducting the grand jury inquiry
accused Mayor Kanar and two other
persons. in one warrant, of taking a
$500 bribe in connection with the
installation of parking meters in
Hamtramck
A second warrant named Mayor
Kanar and II others. including his
brother Henry L. Kanar. fire depart
ment captain, of conspiracy to pro-
tect prostitution and gambling.
The two named with the Mayor
on charges of accepting $500 each
in connection with the parking meter
deal are Frank Matulewicz. former
Hamtramck city clerk, and George
A. Danish, member of the City
Council. ...-...
Today's indictments were the third
series in five days dealing with
charges of graft and corruption in
Hamtramck. Two warrants yester-
day named % persons.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Texan Shoots Hoie-in-0n
In Practice for Amateur r.

Ey the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Aug. 22-Bill Welch of
Houston, Tex, the 1s41 public links
titleholder, scored a hole-in-l on
the 150-yard eighth hole of the
Field Club course today in practice
for next weeks National Amateur
golf championship. 1t was the first
ace of the tune-up rounds that have
been going on all week.
Contestants from all over the
country checked in today, among
them a strong delegation from Chi
cago that included Ray Billows of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, winner of the
Great Lakes Invitation there yes
terday and twice a finalist in the
National; Wilford Wehrle and John
Barnum Of Chicago and Lyr1ford
Lardner of Oconomowoc. Wis. They
tried out the course for the first
time with Ellsworth Vines, the for
mer tennis champion, also tagging
along
Best of the practice scores re-
ported during the early afternoon
was par y by Johnny Jacobs,
husky 20 -year-old Iowa State CHAM
pion from Cedar Rapids. Jimmy
Wittenberg of Memphis, Tenn, who
Is fresh out of high school, shot
70.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
British Official Report
Praises Russian Army
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-An official re-
port to the War Office from Lit
Gen. F. N. Mason -Macfarlane, head
Of the British mission to Moscow
praises the morale and efficiency of
the Russian Army, authoritative
sources said today.
The report said Gen. Mason Mac
farlane visited TIE Smolensk area
and saw division in action. He
arrived in Moscow June %.
Considered an able Judge of mill
tary tactics, Gen. Mason Macfar-
lane said he was impressed by "the
excellent cooperation between the
Red Air Force and other arms"
He noted in his report that the
Russians cleared the battlefield
over which the division fought me-
thodically and quickly and buried
al German dead within "a hours.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

-year-old Buddy Armitage,
905 Fifth street NV. was run down
and killed almost instantly this aft
ernoon in the 400 block of / street
NV. by a hit-and-run driver. who.
according TO witnesses, did not stop
and left the scene at . high rate Of
speed
Police late today sought to trace
the driver through a license num-
Der supplied by witnesses. The
death car, it was said, was an in
expensive dark-colored coach oper-
ated by young white man who was
alone in the vehicle Buddy had
been to park across I street from
his home and was returning when