davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
Nazis Make Big Gains But At Terrible Price
German Forces Roll Back Red Army-Strong Soviet Counter Blows Are Taking Frightful TOll-
 Hitler Is Growing Anxious
By JOE ALEX MORRIS Limited Press Foreign News Editor)

United Press Foreign News EdltOr) Germany reported the Nazi offen- sive rolling back the Red Army in the heart of the Ukraine today, Great Britain and Russia collabo- rated in a spreading aerial offen- sive against the reich and Japan warned that a storm was about to break in the Pacific.
 On the military front in Russia, the Germans appeared to have made big gains south of Kiev and along the Black Sea coast, apparently iso- lating Odessa and striking to clear the entire Dnieper river bend of fiercely resisting Red Army forces.
 But both London and Moscow re- ported that the NaI gains had been achieved only 8 tremendous cost in men and materials and that their air offensiveS which started big fires in Berlin and battered many Ger man industrial centers had added greatly to the damage to the enemy war machine.
 Strong Counter Blows
 Dispatches from Moscow, which described the war front as quiet but failed to indicate the German gains in the south, told of strong Soviet counter blows in many sectors which routed or wiped out three crack enemy divisions.
 A local counter attack resulted in the recapture of one city on the eastern front, the Russians said, adding that a Red Army detachment which had been ercircled for 32 days had killed 5000 German soldiers in fighting its way back to its own lines.
 The Russians also reported that the Germans were attempting to force Bulgaria to send two divisions to aid the Axis drive against the Soviet Union, but that the Sofia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
JAPAN ''IS CALM
 BEFORE AST0RM'
Hostile Nations Warned Not to Underestimate
 Japanese Strength
BY ROBERT BELLAIRs

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Tokyo, Aug. 13.-(UP)-Japan is in 1the calm before a storm and hostile nations that underestimate Japanese strength are inviting un- fortunate results" a naval spokes- man warned today as restrictions on exports from Indo- China tight ened the diplomatic crisis in the Pacific.
 Japanese newspapers warned Thailand not to accept Anglo American guarantees on the grounds that nations which had done so now are dead" They said Japan would not tolerate any Thailand submission to Britain. The news paper Nichi Nichi said it was for that reason Thailand had declared her neutrality.
 "Now is not the time to fuss over whether Japan should enter the war" the spokesman, Hideo Ill., raide, told the Japanese press.
 "The present is merely the calm before the storm and the people must be prepared"
 Hiraide said that the Japanese were peace-loving but that there was limit to their patience and that after that limit was reached
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Aug. 1s-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Aug. 11th, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $2,237, 7,692,S ,S30.Ts i05,S31,517.6a
 Receipts $sos, ,sos, ,sos.s ss s574.2ss. .oss.7s
 Cross Deficit s1,ss4, ,oss. .s21.sO s5sl,o45.41s.ss $1,so7.s7s,121.so sS17.ss4.2iGss
 Cash Balance &2,sso,20l, ,ss4.IO S2.s7zsss. .ss3.7o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
SERIOUSLY HURT

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. 13.-(UP)
 Policeman Philip J. Connerty was injured seriously last night when he was knocked to the pavement by one of six negroes he was ques- tioning about upsetting rubbish barrels in the street.
 < Connerty was in plain clothes at the time. Two suspects were queS- tioned in connection with the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

Select your course: Sten0graphic, Secretarial, Bookkeeping Account ing. Post Junior College of Com nAerce Atly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13
The Wsather

Fair, Cool Tonight; Thursday Fair, Warm Fun Weather Report Page IS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

(Continued on Page 6)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

Continued on Page s)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-13

Continued on Page 6)
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Body Of Boy Killed by Auto
Identified After 10 Hours

A ..ttle sandy haired boy in Hal
loveen costume, who lay unnamed
in the District Morgue until 10:45
am. today-more than 10 hours after
after he was killed by . skidding
automobile-wasf finally identified as
Allen Mitchell Kennedy, Is, OF 2434
Franklin street NE.
His mother. Mrs. Virgie Kennedy.
was so hysterical when she came to
the Morgue. throwing herself on the
floor and struggling with oficers.
that she was not permitted to view
the body Of her son.
First Identification was made by
the boys sister. Mrs. Joseph How
ard, who rushed in and threw her
arms around the childs neck, then
tainted.
The attempt to identify the boy
with the cowboy suit. and the fiercely
mustached Halloween mask began
after a freak trafnc accident at $40
pm. yesterday at Bladensburg road
and Eastern avenue NE. Police
said q car went out Of control,
jumped of the street and across the
sidewalk and struck the boy.
When no one had claimed the
body this morning, dozens OF phone
calls came into the District Morgue,
most of them by people merely curl
GUS. Two well-dressed men who
said they were members Of Congress,
but declining to~sive their names,
Evening star., 1941-11-01

we're among the citizens who made
trips to see the child's body.
The mother, when she arrived, said
that she was on the streets until II
O'Clock last night searching for her
son. Then she decided. she said
that he had been out "spooking'
with friends and had decided to
spend the rest of the night with his
sister, Mrs. Howard, at 725 Eighth
street NE.
At 10 an today Mrs. Jack Wilson.
who lives in another apartment at
the Franklin street address. called
the mothers attention to accounts
in the morning papers. She said
the mother and the father. Madison
Kennedy, unemployed former w. P.
A. laborer, at first could not believe
their son was involved. Mr.. Wilson
took the mother to her daughters S
home, and the alarmed family hur-
ried to Casualty Hospital. where the
boy was first removed after the ac-
cident. They were sent on to the
Morgue.
Teachers of the Woodbridge School.
near the scene of the accident. had
vainly tried to identify the body last
night. However. Allen was a student
at Colmar Manor School. He was
devoted to football and baseball
When the car crashed over the curb.
fracturing the youngsters skull,
Evening star., 1941-11-01
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON. Nov. l.-Stepping up its
battle of the west, the r. A. F.
hurled a mile-long formation against
the French invasion coast" today
after an overnight bombing which
was reported to have hit 10 ships at
sea and key cities in Germany, occu-
pied France and Italy.
Watchers at Deal. on England's S
southeast coast. saw the day shift
90 into action, heading toward
Calais and Boulogne through squalls
Of snow. sleet and hail with an
armada that blotted out a mile of
sky for the brief moment it swept
overhead. None of the planes flew
above 200 feet and the prop wash
of some kicked up Channel spray in
their wake.
German Channel guns shelled the
vicinity Of Dover on the English
southeast coast this afternoon. Two
SalvoS. OF two shells each were fired
within 20 minutes.
The shells crashed with shaking
explosions which some people at first
thought were heavy peals of thun-
der. Dover's shellfire warning was
sounded after the second salvo.
Rain poured in torrents while the
Evening star., 1941-11-01
MiIe-Long r. A. F. Formation
Strikes Nozi-Occupied Coast
German Channel Guns Bombord Dover;
Ten Axis Ships Hit in British Roid ..

guns were in action. allowing vis-
ibility of only few miles
Ten vessels. including a tanker, a
large supply vessel and an escort
ship, were reported hit last night of
the Norwegian coast and the Frisian
Islands along the Dutch coast
"A number of others were at
tackled. but it was not possible to
observe the results an Air Ministry
communique added
One plane was acknowledged miss
ing from the raid on shipping and
SIX from the night raids on Ger
many and the German occupied
French coast.
The r. A. F. struck anew at
Naples, on the shin of the italian
boot. and the Sicilian ports of Licata
and Palermo. but the British report
on these raids, apparently by the
Near Eastern r. A. F. command, had
not been received. The Italian high
command, however. did report them.
Today is the anniversary of one of
the R. A. F's first big raids on
Naples. A railway station. oil tanks
and refineries were bombed there a
year ago.
A strong force of British bombers
attacked Hamburg ana Bremen
tSee RAIDS Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Army Rushing Work
Al Seized Plant Of
Air Associates
Full Production Ordered
Over Week End to
Make Up Lost Time
BY the Associated Press


BENDIX, N. j.. Nov. l.-With the
Army in command, 'round-the-
clock work schedule was in prospect
for the week end at the Air Asso-
ciates. Inc. plant where employees
strOve to make up for time lost be-
cause of labor difficulties.
Col. Roy NJ. Jones. Army Air Corps
of1icer now in charge of the factory,
said at a press conference this
morning he expected full re-employ-
ment of 700 workers to be completed
by today for work on contracts for
IS 900 900 worth of urgently needed
aviation equipment.
Work on a plant addition almost
to double the factory's production
space will be resumed with arrival
of structural steel shipments Mon
day. Col. Jones said. Construction
of the annex was halted soon after
the September 80 strike began.
Many Of Troops Removed.
The plant, scene OF stormy labor
strife which resulted in President
Roosevelt's Intervention, was taken
over Yesterday by 2100 soldiers from
four forts in the New York Harbor
coastal de1enses.
Col. Ralph w. Wilson said all
troops from Fort Jay had been sent
back and 315 men from Fort Han
| cock were being removed today. OF
the 1000 soldiers still at the scene,
900 are from Fort Hancock and the
other 300 from Forts Wadsworth and
Hamilton, Col. Wilson said
Col. Jones said defense and lease
lend shipments had already been
made and the plant would be kept in
full production over the weekend.
skipping the normal Sunday shut
down.
No One Refused to Work.
He said he was sratified by the
manner in which both members of
C. I. O's United Automobile Work
ers and non union employees pitched
into work. He added: We don't
have any such thing as union and
non-union workers We are work.
ing for defense. No one has been
refused employment and no one re-
fused to work"
He explained that pay rates and
working conditions would be I'M
changed.
Labor difficulties first beset the
plant three years ago when the c.
I. O. attempted to organize workers.
The U. A. w. won National Labor
Relations Board election last June,
later calling three strikes after ac-
cusing the company of failure to
sign a contract and unfair labor
practices.
Non-union members staged a
walkout Thursday when c. I. O.
members replaced non-strikers un-
der o. p. NJ. and Army orders. The
ensuing demonstration and violence
resulted in the plants seizure.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
j. ). 10 Make Survey
For Possible 4. f. F.
Landing in Africa
Gen. MuxweII's Mission
Due TO Reach Coiro
In Next Two Weeks
Ey the Associated Press.

by the sSSOtltted Prest.
CAIRO. Egypt. Nov 1.-The
possibility of a United States ex-
peditionary force landing in Africa
may be examined in exhaustive sur
veys being undertaken by two
American military missions in the
Near East.
One mission in Iraq and Iron under
Brig. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler
with headquarters at BaSra. will be
slanted primarily at the problem Of
getting aid to Soviet Russia
through the Persian Gulf route, it
was disclosed.
The other. headed by Brig. Gen.
Russell L. Maxwell, is scheduled to
arrive here within two weeks. fol-
lowed by hundreds OF military and
civilian technicians.
Not only will it put into effect the
vast program here under the Lease
lend Act but it will supervise main
tenance of American tanks and
planes. construction projects and
other Allied prsses of the program.
The likelihood that the missions
work will touch on surveys of land
ing possibilities in Africa does not
mean any such plan has been de-
cided on. it was said. but merely
that the War Department wants as
much preparatory work accom-
plished as possible if such a deci-
sion should be made.
The missions work in general will
be 4 continuation Of that which
American ofncers have been doing
here for the past year but the scope
will be enlarged enormously.
Special quarters will be necessary
at Cairo as the Legation no longer
is able to house all activities of the
United States Government here. The
legations staff, which two years
ago was a handful, now is approach
ing 200.
1t. Col. Edwin c. Piburn, defense
aid representative here, will be-
come Q member of the Maxwell mis-
sion. 1t. Col. Edwin S. Perrin, de-
Tense aid representative for avia-
tion. will be transferred to the Near
East mission.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Rainbow Bridge Opened
Over Niagara Falls
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Nov 1
Rainbow Bridge. which spans
Niagara Rivers rocky gorge below
the mighty falls, was opened to
traffic today. providing another link
of friendship between the United
States and Canada.
The 950-foot span. built at a cost
of S3,760.0O0 to replace the Falls
View or Honeymoon" Bridge de-
stroyed by an ice jam In January.
1898. was first crossed by a caravan
of automobiles bearing an official
party.
Formal dedication of the span,
which takes its name from the
rainbow visible in the cataracts
mists. will take place next spring,
Said to be the longest hingeless
arch bridge in the world, the span
was begun May is, 1910, First
steel was placed In position Febru-
airy II. this year.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Flood Breaks Levee
In Arkansas; Crest
To Pass 1927 Level
5000 Acres Inundated
When 5000 Foot Barrier
ColIopses OF HoroIdton
B. the A. sociated Press.

BIZ the A socIsted Press.
The Weather Bureau at Little
Rock. Ark. today forecast a crest
for the Arkansas River at Fort
Smith in excess of the stage OF the
disastrous 1927 flood as . 6.000-foot
span of the levee near Haroldton,
Ark =. collapsed.
Revising earlier predictions up
ward, MeteoroloRist Walter c. Hick-
mon said the Arkansas would reach
37la feet at Fort Smith by Monday
The river reached only 36.7 at Fort
Smith in 1927. The gauge at Fort
Smith, where flood stage is q feet,
read 33.5 at am.
The break at Haroldton. first ma
jor levee break reported, spilled the
floodwaters over 10000 acres of rich
farmlandS on which valuable spin
ach and grain crops were growing
Approximately 100 families living in
the bottoms flooded by the break
evacuated their homes last night.
Four Dead in Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, flooded Eastern Okla
llHIlA COulllCu 4ouA dCn0 oAAA 80
many missing.
An automobile carrying five per-
sons plunged through the Atwood
Bridge of the South Canadian River
near Calvin, Okla, yesterday. The
body OF Clarence Hastings. former
Hughes County treasurer. driver of
the machine, was recovered 2 miles
downstream. Missing were Mr..
Hastings wife: Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Morse and Mrs. Opal Collins, all OF
Calvin.
Oklahoma reported three deaths
Thursday.
Kansas, where floods have raget
more than a week, had 4 chang
in the weather-it showed instea'
of rained.
Missouri. after one of the wettes
Octobers in its history. had man
streams full or flooding.
| Communication facilities were re
Evening star., 1941-11-01
RooseveIt's Political
Digestion Bad, Nazis Say
BS the Associated Press.

bS tne ASSOClhteQ fGeSS.
BERLIN, Nov. 1.-Authorized
German sources, commenting on
President Roosevelt's attitude to-
ward the sinking of the Detroyer
Reuben James, said today that the
President was suffering from an
upset political stomach"
1T is noteworthy how cautious
he has become" they said. APP
parently he has the feeling that he
bit of more in recent days than he
could digest"
president Roosevelt told q
press conference yesterday that
the sinking would not change
United States policy and. in re-
ply to a question, said he saw no
possibility that diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany would be
broken over this or other recent
attacksD
There was no conf1rma ton of the
Reuben James sinking here, but one
source commented:
When a man walks on a railroad
track during the night he must not
be surprised If an express train hits
him."
Evening star., 1941-11-01
; Camp Davis Soldiers Die,
Two Injured in Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
RICHLAND. S. c.. Nov. 1.-Three
Camp Davis soldiers were killed and
two others were injured as their car
left the highway and plunged into 4
brick wall near here early today.
The dead were Corpl. Timothy B.
Clarke. 27-year -old Chicago selectee
Staff Sergt. M. r. Jenkins, 23, of
Dixie. Ga, and First Sergt. Fred A.
Makley. "a. of Vancouver. Wash,
star tackle of the Camp Davis foot
ball team and a former member of
the squad of the University OF
Washington.
Sergt. Edgar L. Butcher was seri-
ously injured and Sergt. Fred L.
Miller was hurt slightly. Their home
addresses were not Immediately
available.
They were all members Of the 93d
Coast Artillery.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
British Report Increase
In Axis Sub Activity
~ the Associated Press,


DEWSBURY, England. Nov. L.
A. v. Alexander. First Lord of the
Admiralty, declared today that
Axis U-boat and mining activities
had increased since the German
attack on Russia last June ~.
Opening this Yorkshire towns
"Warship Week" for navy funds,
Mr.. Alexander said money was
needed for 4 great variety Of war
purposes but that none is more
urgent and none will be more fruit
full than the expenditure now re-
quired for continued expansion Of
our navy In all categories to meet
four-fold enemy attack from the
air and from mine. from torpedo
and from surface raider4"
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Families Await Word
OF Relatives Aboard
Lost Destroyer
Anxious Wives and Parents
Across Nation Tell of
Recent Letters From Crew

All over America families were
waiting today for word OF men
thought to have been aboard the
torpedoed Reuben James.
Hes simply got to be alive" cried
Mrs. LLOYD E. Sims. wife of one of
the destroyer's first class water
tenders. At Marina. Fla. she was
informed OF the rescue OF A seamen,
but could not learn if her husband
was among them.
At Portland, Me. were so wives
who had recently come from all sec
tions of the country and taken uI
residence At the port in the hope
they might see their husbands dur
ing brief furloushs from convoy
duty When the news of the sink
ing came they besieeed newspaper
offices. franticallv telegraphed Navy
officials at Washington. and through
the night sat by radios with theil
children.
When I see the name of that
ship in the papers I get cold chills
up my spine" said one OF them
Mrs. Salon D. BOYD. wife of a
machinist's mate from Birmingham
Ala. Mrs. FLOYD Morris. whose hus-
band is aboard another destroyer
tried to comfort her.
A different reaction came from
the mother of a Buffalo IN. y
sailor.
He should have got his torpedo
of before that submarine did" she
said The mother was Mrs. Ernest
P. Howard. whose 21-year-old sor
Robert WAS a third-class torpedo
man on the ship. His last letter
dated October 10. said the destroye,
might soon 60 to an Atlantic Coas1
seaport for overhauling.
Wrote Of Sub Encounters.
Guy Evans, a seaman who lived
near Miami, Fla, repeatedly wrote
q friend recently that we encoun-
tered several subs = but dropped
depth charges and I guess We de-
stroyed some OF them as wreckage
and oil came to the surface"
Chief Petty Ofhcer Alton A.
Cousins, A. left his gold watch be-
hind when he visited his family two
weeks ago at Cranston. r. l., the
Associated Press reported.
I'm going to leave this here. it's
not going down with me- he told
his wife as he laid the timepiece on
the mantle
James Walton Rogers, "A, seaman
from Chattanooga, Tenn, wrote hi,
father a letter on October Is, de.
scribing convoy trip:
Yes, We saw and contacted sew
eral subs this 37-day cruise.
Our job is only to drop ash cans t
keep EN- scared away from the con
voy. but we're asking for it
and As you predict, it'll probabl
happen any time now"
John Fitzgerald. II. of Hampstead
tSee CREW, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-11-01
UncIothed, Unormed
Briton Captures Two
| In African WHds
By the Associated Press.

By the ASsoc!sted Press.
LONDON. Nov NAKED
and unarmed in the wilds OF
East Africa. Second It. Johan
Zirk van-Gass Boshof1 captured
two Italian soldiers and routed
eight others. the War once
said today in awarding him the
military cross for the exploit.
He encountered the Italians
unexpectedly when he emerged
from the ONO River after
swimming the stream to facili-
tate the crossing OF his company
of East African engineers, the
citation said.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Death Toll Put at n
In Coal Mine Cove-in
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORDEGG, Alberta, Nov. IA
toll of ~ lives was set tentatively to-
day in an unexplained blast which
Yesterday caved in section deep
In the Brazeau collieries in the foot
hills of the Rocky Mountains 2 miles
from here.
The bodies of 81 miners were re-
covered last night and mine omcials
abandoned hope that six others still
underground had survived the ex-
plosion in the fourth left level,
three-ouarters Of . mile from the
entrance. .
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Summary Of Todoy's Star

NationoI.
Seventy-six still unreported In sink
ing of destroyer. Page Al
Army rushes work at seized Bendix
plant. Page Al
Washington and Vicinity.
Pedestrian killed by auto becomes
10th victim of year. Page AS
Court ruling puts Maryland Are
works ban in effect. Page Ais
Miscellany
Service Orders. Page B-7
Vital Statistics. Pare b.
Natures Children. Page Bio
Evening star., 1941-11-01

See FLOOD, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-11-01

See BOYAPage A-3)
Evening star., 1941-11-01

tSee RAIDS. Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-11-01

(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-11-01

Page B-7
Page b.
Page B-10
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-25
32DISEMbARK FROM SOUTH ON COLUMBIA

With over 150 passengers aboard fer Seward. the steamer Columbia, making it's first trip this year, dock ed in Juneau from the South at o'clock this afternoon with g pas sengars for Juneau Captain of the vegsel is 4. A.Anderson and the pur- ser. Paul Gee. The Columbia will sail for the Westward at o'clock tonight.
 Passengers arriving from Seattle R. G. Arncld, E. P Dick, Jr, s. F. Fink, MT. and Mrs. F. B. Gillespie, Mrs. w. L. Hancock, M. K Jiveoff, s. L. Johnson, Walter Ludtke, S. D. Mason. Mrs. H. D. Mead, Joe Ram stad. Eether c, Rbind Peto Gor'- uelson. M. c, Smith Jr., A. F. Stranf- berg. Elmer Swanson, John Winther Jr., Jean Winther, Renee Spencer, Raymond Baxter, Robert Baxter, Phillip Evans Dave F'erIlll, Edward Franc, Henry Mead and Leo Rcnsch.
 From Wrangell-Leo Mccormick, J. M Bradford, Mrs. William Tam aree and the Rev. J. P. O'Reilly.
 Julia Moi was the only passenger to Juneau from Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-25
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

center in Bristol of
  to the Aeuian Clear partly skies generally
  the Aeuan Islands Southeast Alaska precipitation recorded slightly northern portion Alaska north of the Valley lowest which
 
 moderately moderately high ceilings visbie WrangeI the north portion prevailed the
 
 weather chart indicated a mlbars mbar a of 1923 miibars 3018 Southeast Alaska, third miibars (304 located
 
 of 1928 miibars nches) B degrees north and 133 degrees west
 m,