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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25

In defense filed by the defendants, 1t was maintained that at the time of the alleged sale of the merchan- disc, Janowitz was neither a per- mittee nor a packer in the enter prise, and that if the sale had ac- tually been made to both defend ants, as charged, 1t constituted a violation of law. The defense also averred that list of items involved in the transaction, contained in q bill of particulars filed by the plain tiff, were gifts of free merchandise made to Gartzman in violation of the Liquor Control Commission reg ulations.
 Motions to set aside the jury ver- dict, entered by counsel for the de- fendants, were denied by Judge Kenneth Wynne on June 6. Ap- bearing for the appellants are Attys. William B. Fitzgerald and Francis Mcdonald. Representing the plain- tiff are Attys. Arthur Klein and R. J. Woodruff.
 Two other appeals listed on the docket have not as yet been print ed, and probably will not be heard at sessions during the coming month.
 Tn one, Helen B. and John T. Monzani, both of Waterbury appeal from a judgment by Judge A. S.. Borden in common pleas court, awarding Barbara M. Silks of this city damages of $7,000.
 The plaintiff had claimed damages of $15,00O for injuries allegedly sus- tained when she was struck by car operated by John T. Monzani, and owned by his mother, the other de- fendant. The accident occurred on West Main street, on the northerly side of the Green, while the plaintiff was in the act of crossing between white lines designated as a cross walk, 1t was charged. As 8 result of the mishap, the plaintiff claimed to have suffered permanent disabil- fly due to loss of function in the left knee joint, and was unable to continue her regular occupation as a seamstress and a clothes remodel Ter.
 The defendant was accused of operating negligently and at an ex- cessive rate of speed, contention
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4 ARMY PLANES
 STILL MISSING
EnROute From Conn. to Tacoma, Wash. Flight;
 Loses Way in Fog

Sacramento, Cal, Oct. 25-(UP)-- Four army pursuit planes were mlss- Ing in the rugged Tehachapi Noun. tains today. They were part of Q flight of le, two of which were known to have crashed. The 13 that got through safely take of ct dawn to search for the missing.
 They were all single-seater P-40 fighters which had been enroute from the 57th Pursuit Group at Windsor Locks, Conn.,. to McChord Field, Tacoma, Wash. They were on the March Field - McClelland Field leg of their flight shortly after noon yesterday when they entered e huge bank of fog over the Tehac- hapis.
 We couldn't fly over the stun under 1t, or around, and the planes were scattered" said Major c. E. Hughes, flight commander. We lost sight of each other and the ground and it became Q matter of every man for himself"
 whe the fog cleared six of the planes had made their way safely to their objective, McClelland Field here. Eight had arrived at Smith Valley, Nev., although one cracked up in landing. The pilot was unin- jured.
 Of the remaining five, only one was accounted for--that of Lieut.. J. H. Pease, which crashed on Split Mountain in the Tehachapis. Lieut.. Pease took to his parachute but had not been found, despite earlier re- ports that he had landed ct T'ehac- hapi.
 Police Chief William c. Brothers of Tehachapi had e posse of volun- teers and Indians ready to begin a hunt at daylight for the missing man.
 There was Q nebulons report that a plane was seen to crash and burn
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25
FOUR MEN HURT IN CAR CRASH EARLY TH|SA.M M. Auto Strikes Tree Near Bethany-Pr Prospect Town
 Line TWO NAMES GO
 ON DANGER LIST First Aid Given to Injured Men at Scene By Pass
 ing Motorists

Four persons were injured this morning shortly after 2 o'clock, two seriously, when the car in which they were riding crashed into a tree after leaving the Cook road; near the town line of Bethany and Prospect. Robert Me Enerney of Lake Hitchcock and Joseph Hayes, of 43 High street, New Britain, were immediately placed on the danger list at the St. Mary's hos pital. McEnerney sustained head injuries and fracture of both legs while Hayes also suffered head ifl- juries, fractured nose, laceration of the face and hands.
 William Dunn, of 21 Luke street, received a fracture of the right leg, laceration of the left leg in the crash. His condition was reported as "con- fortable" and his name Is not on the danger list.
 After striking the tree with ter rife impact, the injured persons were given first aid by Ralph Hart nett, Thomas Byrnes and his sister Eileen Byrnes. The state police of Bethany barracks were notified. .
 The conditions of McEnerny and Hayes were reported flair" this morning by hospital attaches.
 John Coyle, 22. of S1 sylvan ave- nue, the fourth injured received treatment for decorations and abra- sions of the face and was taken home,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25

TaSS said the Germans had lost nearly 4,oo0 men in killed and wounded and the Russians had de- stroyed 34 tanks and captured 34 field guns and 1e0 trucks in fierce fighting yesterday In the Kalinin sector 100 miles north of Moscow.
 Russias war communique report- ed furious German drive on c long front north of the Sea of Azov, in the south, and an intensified drive against Moscow from the west and southwest.
 It was admitted that the situation in the south was serious.
 The Russian noon war colnmuni. que said: ur,,
 Last night our troops fought in the directions of Tayanrog, Makeev- ka, the Donets basin, Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets."
 In the south, reports received in British military quarters indicated, the Germans had driven to the neighborhood of Sinyavka, only 20 miles west of Rostov-O On-D Don, on the railroad from Taganrog.
 The Germans were reported driv- ing in full force along the entire Donets basin front as far as Ma keevka, 30 miles northwest of Ros- tov and 10 miles east of Stalino, and were believed to be making 6 front al attack on Kharkov, industrial capital of the area.
 In the Mozhaisk- -Maloyaroslavets area west and southwest of Moscow the Germans were driving with in tensified force and Russia admitted they had made some gains but as- serted the Russian line was holding firm.
 Dispatches of the official Russian news agency Tass said the Germans were driving on three main roads leading to Moscow, using fresh re- serves.
 Tn repeated attempts to break the Russian line, the dispatches said, the Germans made ferocious large scale tank attacks ell along the Mozhaisk Maloyaroslavets sector.
 A fight lasting for many hours on ffsnV,Afy,asa1 f,n Para n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25
GROSS REVENUES
 OF ROAD HIGH

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 25-CUP) The 'New Haven" railroad today announced gross revenues for the first nine months of l941 were $79,- 66.689, an increase of $lT,427, ,6S8 or 28.2 per cent over the same period of 1940.
 Freight revenue increased STA per cent during the period, and passen- ger revenue was up IFS per cent.
 Operating expenses for the nine- months period were S53.526. .609, an increase of sT,03s.O76, or l5.l per cent.
 A net income ee sl ,O07, ,e8e was reported for the month of septem- Der, an increase of eg0l .eo1 over September 1p40.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25
SPECIAL ELECTION
 DATENOT YET SET
Confirmation By Senate of Smith Nomination
 Due Next Week

Confirmation by the U. s. Senate next week of President Roosevelt's nomination of Congressman J. Jo- seph Smith to be a U. 8. district court judge will pave the way for Governor Robert A. Hurley to call 8 special election in the fifth dis trict. He is expected to issue the call soon after Congressman Smith sub- tnits his resignation, following con- dImation.
 Hope that the governor will de- lay the election until considerably after the city election Is now being expressed by leaders of 10th Demo- cratic and Republican parties. Both want an opportunity to rebuild their forces after the city campaign and also to have sufilciently long inter val elapse to insure against refusal of requests for campaign contribu- tons. It is felt that if the election should be set down for -Novem- Der or thereabouts, many who would normally contribute to the campaign fund would fail to do 50 after giving to the city campaign funds only 8 short time before.
 Some go so far as to express the hope that the election will be put over into early 1922. Though Gov ernor Hurley has not yet indicated what date he will fix, 1t would IxOt be surprising if he set the election for mid- December or later.
 A favorable report on the Smith nomination will be filed with the Senate judiciary committe Monday by a sub committee of which Sem ator John A. Danaher Is chairman. The full committee will file a favor able report with the Senate shortly afterward, perhaps even late Mon- day or on Tuesday. The vote for confirmation will be taken a day or two thereafter,
 Congressman Smiths resignation end the governors call for a special election will be followed by formal announcement of several candid acies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25
PARTY CAMP PAICNS
 APPROACHING PEAK
Radio Talks, District Can- vases, Final Rallies on
 Party Schedules

Democrats and Republicans plan to swing their campaigns into high scar next week in an effort to rouse the interest of registered vot- CTS. The tempo and the pre-elec- ton drive has been stepped up dur ing the past few days but, with the election only 10 days off, campaign CTS have been unable to get the pulp lie excited. Unless next weeks ef- forts have surprisingly good re- suits, the balloting November 1 may be far lighter than normal.
 Radio talks, rallies, and extensive district canvasses are planned for next week by the major parties. Both will hold nightly gatherings, with activity steadily increasing and reaching its climax next weekend. . The Democrats will hold their tra- ditional election eve parade and ral- lies Monday, Nov. 3, while the c. O. P. will lend its campaign by in- vading the Democratic Abrigador for a rally at PAP Baldwin street the same night.
 AAO 4AAuCPGAAuCAb DSALlOCIhtS IlhVC done virtually no public campaign ing but leaders say that personal appeals have met favorable res- ponse and predict a surprisingly large vote for their candidates.
 The campaign up to now has been devoid for the most, part of issues which awaken great public interest. The Republican candidates, headed by eX-mayor Patrick M. Perriello have tried to stir up in- tereSt but their charges of false economy on the part of the admin istration have apparently had little effect. The Democrats, after leaving it to the G. o. P. to take the initiative, are. now striving to whip Up interest by having Mayor Vincent A. Scully make two radio addresses nightly.
 Veteran political observers say that the campaign is the quietest in many. years. The principal in- terest shown is by party workers, the general public remaining apathetic. In past years at this time, street corner discussion would
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Local Appeals On
 Docket Of Court

docket of the state lists appeals
  mon pleas courts these the of the Connecticut Importing
  of this year verdict plaintiff o9 $1211O6 plus interest 6 percent  delivered She l9fO, and that the goods had paid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25

London, Oct. 25-(UP)-SQuadrons of Royal Air Force hombers raided the Rhineland, other targets in western Germany and the docks at Brest, on the French coast, during the night. It was the fifth straight night that British planes were over UmRaallw.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25
Picked T roops Of NazisHurledBack
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR.


 Oct 26-(UP)-A dispatch of the official Russian Russian fighting Aercey approaches gateway thrown division Hitler boduard troops against the Russian lines and the Russians breaking the assault counter pushed them back with them fleeing dlScardnE and equip wounded hed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25
% MILES AwAY

London, Oct. 2S-(UP)-ThO Mn~ change Telegraph agercys listening post today heard radio VichN broadcast Q German report thaN German forces were less than ca miles from Moscow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-25

Furnaces cleaned and repaired by experts. Climneys cleaned. Water bMEg Beating Ce. Khgme d-s&ys.=Adv.
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Tie Weather

Clear, Cool Todays
 Fair, Warm Sunday
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23
THE SECRETARY STOPS
BEFORE THE END

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
gave some very logical reasons why this
country cannot now form q centralized
air command separate from the army and
nayy-but his reasons rebound against
his own conclusion.
The secretary explained TO congress
that nothing would be gained by divorc-
ing various air arms from the army and
navy, because then there would be merely
three instead of two separate armed
forces, each entirely independent of the
other and each under its own command.
Under such setup. he argued, it would
be harder instead of easier to coordinate
air attack or defense with the ground and
sea forces.
"You see," he said, in effect, to con-
gress, ''the United States has no central
command over all of its fighting branch
es. Our coordination must be achieved
through the secretaries of war and navy,
and through the President as commander
in-chief.'
As far as he went, the secretary of war
is one hundred per cent right. 1t would
be disastrous to create third division OF
the fighting forces, and run the risk that
the ranking officers in each division,
through jealousy and misunderstanding,
would fail to cooperate with the other
arms of defense.
The trouble was that the secretary did
not go far enough.
BY his own argument. this country needs
a central command, whose word is law
to army, navy and air force. Our present
machinery is too cumbersome, and too
liable to generate costly errors. Such
central command should be made up Of
experts from all branches of service
experts who can work together, plan to-
gether, and carry out together whatever
movements are necessary to this country's
defense.
The cabinet heads, and the President
himself, are civilians. They are not train
ed in the tactics of warfare. They are not
experts. And lacking expert knowledge,
they are bound to make mistakes when
they try to act as mediatOrs between eX-
perts-when they try to take on the job
of assigning duties to various fighting
forces. We need trained men in the CEN
trail command, not amateurs.
Needing a central command before the
air forces can be given their rightful place
in the nations military machine, it is
foolhardy to delay creation of such CEN
tral command The longer our various
branches Of service pull at cross pur-
poses, the longer will we remain in dang
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23
WILL DICTATORSHIP
END WITH WAR?
(Tulare TimeS)

Neither irrevocably at war nor un-
equivocally at peace, America is engulfed
in sort of twilight zone halfway be-
tween.
The dove of peace is flutterng about
with an appealing. worried look in his
eye But the war fires are smouldering
almost high enough to Singe his wings.
Representatives of dozen new nation
wide peace organizations are pleading
from every platform But million and
a half boys in uniform, learning to drill
and march and handle their guns, are eV-
idence that the possibility of military ac-
ton is not a fiction or dream.
This twilight zone" is possibly the most
important period in the lives of contemp-
orarv Americans. 1t is breathing spell,
a chance to think out how, exactly, this
nation perferS to come through whatever
experience may lie ahead-and then set
ting about to see that the choice Is Vlndl-
Gated
The property seizure bill now in Con-
greSs as an emergency measure, has open
ed the floodgates of debate on just what
the country wants when the emergency IS
over. And just what it will get.
The measure in question would author
lze virtual dictatorship over industry,
phase of endeavor in which the presi
dents opinion affects the national de-
Tense. That might easily mean practical
iy any endeavor in the nation.
What the people want to know is-will
the president at the end of the emergency
return to their proper sources the dlcta-
torial powers now conferred on him?
President Wilson did so at the end of the
World War, relinquishlng control of
transportation, utilities, communications
and other vast war prerogatives almost
before the ink was dry on the Armistice
papers.
National exigency inevitably spells the
concentration of wide power in the hands
of leaders. If war comes, America will
not object to that But America does want
to be assured that properties necessarily
usurped by government during possible
future crisis, will be returned to their
rightful owners Immediately the crisis is
past; that dictatorial powers temporarily
granted will be conferred back on the
people when the need for a war Dictator
ship is over.
And America wants its assurance direct
from the lips of the president.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23

for any sort of billing; it was Lu-
ellie de Vasconcellos Langhanke.
For seven years she was a sweet,
innocent and usually rather sappy
heroine. One day on a local fair
way Producer Sol Wurtzel heard
her cussing a golf ball with such
fluency and venom that he i'm
mediately engaged her as gun
moll in Dressed to Kill"
STOPPED Ely SOUND
Then sound came in and Miss
Astor went out for awhile In or
der to prove that she could talk,
she became a villianess in a local
play with Edward Everett Horton.
1t brought her back, all right, to
n varied career of smooth menaCeS
and sophisticated ladies.
In 1886 came her court battle
with DR., Franklyn Thorpe for the
custody of their child, and the in
PRODUCTION into the proceedings of
her amazingly candid tWo-volume
diary Of STRAY thoughts Every
body expected it to ruin her in
pictures, but Samuel Goldwyn put
her in "Dodsworth' and she
bounced back higher than before.
Mary Astor never has been,
technically, a star. To that fact,
and to the variety of roles, she
attributes her celluloid longevity.
She never has been handicapped
by unwise advice, either, because
she's a quiet person who makes up
her own mind
An excellent pianist, she's also
a good cook. Her children and
husband are her favorite compan-
ions though-Manuel Del Campo,
No. 3, now is in Canada trying to
join the RAF. OF Spanish descent,
and wealthy, he was educated in
England before coming to Holly
wood and marrying Rusty" AS
tor in 1887.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23
PRISON WITHOUT BARS

The new Chino mems institution, a
prison without bars for first offenders
against California criminal laws, can be
major development in penology, or it
can be a tragic mistake. 1t all depends
upon administration.
There can be no doubt that the idea
underlying creation of the institution is
sound. There are men sentenced to San
Quentin prison who are not criminals in
the ordinary meaning of the word; they
are merely guilty Of some infraction
which came about through circumstances
which will never be repeated. But, housed
with hardened criminals, they can be
turned into criminals. 1t is such men who
should be sent to the new Chino institu-
ton, with a chance to rehabilitate them
selves.
The Chino experiment will fail, how
ever, if bad judgment is used in assign
ing prisoners there, or if political influ-
ence is allowed SO much as one time to
dictate the assignments. That must not
be allowed to happen. The public should
watch the Chino institution closely, TO
see that it has a fair chance to prove its
worth
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23
by Paul Harrison -.
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

HOLLYWOOD, June % For
three weeks, recently, Mary Astor
was out of a job That was not
a wholly new experience for the
auburn haired actress but the Incl
dent illustrates a quality she has
for defying the alliance Of time and
gravity which keeps pulling players
down. When a studio drops Mary
Astor. she usually bounces a little
higher. She has been doing it d
years.
When she was signed for a role
with Bette Davis in The Great
Lie. Warner Brothers took an OPP
ton for two additional pictures at
$3.50 a week. So The Great Lie
was filmed and previewed. Miss
Astor shared the critical cheers,
but somehow the option wasn't ex-
erciSed.
Three weeks later the studio de-
cided it needed Mary Astor and
would she please come around and
sign contract at the figure orr
ginally mentioned? Haven't you
heard?" murmured the actress. My
price now is S2500'
"Yop win, said the boss. We,
still want you So now she has
the TOP feminine role in The
Maltese Falcon" and is preparing
to commit a couple of dandy
murders.
SURE SHE'LL SIGN
In her glasses and blue slack
suits. Mary Astor somehow looks to
me like a hairdresser or a script
girl and I often fail to recognize
her on lot. Autograph hounds al
ways spot her, though, and she's
great fayorito with them because
she's so gracious about stopping to
sign.
1t was a fan contest in a maga-
zine that won her a screen test
which was terrible. d. w. Griffith
tested her and that was bad, too.
Then Paramount gave her a con-
tract but cut her out of her first
picture. She was Is at the time.
Her first appearance on the
screen was in The Beggar Maid.
a tWo-reeler, with Reginald Den
ny. Her first feature was The
Bright Shawl, starring Richard
Barthelmess and Jedda Goudal
Those films were made in the east.
When she came to Hollywood and
showed promise OF becoming i'm
portant, her name was changed be-
cause her real one was too long
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23
So They Say

Let us never say to courageous
lncn that, in their hour Of need,
America could not supply them
with equipment worthy of their
courage.
Sidney Hillman, director Labor
Division, OFM.
We arc a nation of refugees
from a reality.
Howard Scott, director Techno-
cracy, Inc.
1t is not rhetoric to state that
the daring-and sometimes the
raShneSs-of com manderS and
crews, the Roman stoicism and the
high number of the fallen make
the Royal Navy brilliant with the
sun of glory!
-Benito Mussolini.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-06-23
AUTHORITY MUST CONTROL
Riverside Press)

There is only one authority in the
United States which must be allowed
to maintain order in public assemblies
that is, the regularity constituted pub
lie authority.
People who attend meetings with the
obvious purpose of disrupting them must
be suppressed, not by members of the or
ganization holding the meeting, but by
police or other public authority. For if
a meeting organizes its own bouncers to
preserve its own order, then they are only
embryo storm troopers.
Freedom of speech does not include
organized disruption and hoodlumism at
meetings.