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Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
ROXANA

This Sunday, November 80, be-
ginning at $3.50 A. NJ, will be OBJ
served as Rally Day in the Metho-
dist Church. 200 are expected to
be present. Special singing, music,
recitatiols and sermon.
A hand-painted chart, 14x6, en-
titled "In the Footprints of Jesus, .
is hanging in the church. Every
one should see this painting.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. E. Jones and
children visited their parents at
Penn's Grove, N. ]. on Thanksgiy-
ing Day.
Russell Wilgus has opened gem
eral store, temporarily, in his new
ly built garage, until new build
ing can be erected.
Mrs. Elwood Hudson delightfully."-
entertained the Sunshine Sunday
School class at her home Thursday
evening, November 20, with eleven
members present. After the social
hour the hostess served chicken
salad, ritz, pickles, orange and
lemonade.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service held its monthly meet
ing Thursday evening. Although
this was not the regular meeting
night, due to the revival meeting
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs, Harold Lynch and
daughter Charlotte, of Houston,
spent the weekend at their home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Derrick
son and son Jimmie, of Philadel-
phia, spent the weekend with
Harry Derrickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Hudson and
children were dinner guests We'd
nesday Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Lynch of Houston.
Asher Carey, Jr., of University of
Maryland. spent Thanksgiving hol-
idays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Carey, Sr., and sister,
Anna Mae.
A beautiful basket of flowers
was placed in Roxana Methodist
Church, Sunday morning, by the
family, in memory of R.. Alvin Nc
Cabe, who passed away two years
ago November rs. !
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28

of the joint navy and army fortifi-
cations at Fort Miles, Lewes. Miss
Wright has been a frequent visit
OF in Lewes with her fiance's par
ents.
Mayor Thomas H. Carpenter, a
Delaware pilot, escaped serious in
jury last week when on landing
at the fish house pier from the pilot
boat Philadelphia, he tripped in a
hole between the boards of the
pier. His fall caused severe cut
on his lip. Five stitches were TAX
en- at the Beebe Hospital and the
mayor was able to return home.
Mrs. Justus B. Naylor of Fort
dupont, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick G.
Clifton, Jr., of Rehoboth Beach, and
Byron Fillmore Clifton of Bridge
Vile, were the dinner guests of
their mother, Mrs. Frederick G.
Clifton, Sr., and brothers on
Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Naylor is staying with her
mother while Lieutenant Naylor is
in North Carolina on manuevers.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
WARWICK

Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Higgins OF
the white House Farm" Long
Neck, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Felix DUPONT at Combahee
Plantation, White Hall, S. C.
James Short spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
M. Short.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Moore had
as their recent guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Linwood White of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdaniel of Will
mington spent the weekend at
their cottage at Oak Orchard.
Mrs. Nina Mumford of Wyoming
was a caller in Warwick on Sun
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28

IF YOU WANT your home town
to go ahead, don't dissipate its
power to do so by spending your
money away from home.
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28

weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William d. Burton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swain spent
the weekend at their cottage at
Riverdale
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28

day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Shahan
spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
Joseph Collins in Georgetown.
Miss Marion Burton spent the
Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28

It takes most of our extra time
raking leaves which are now falling
so steadily from the trees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
Crew Of Canadian Destroyer Badly Hit By German Torpedo Brings Ship To Port

1t seemed impossible, but the Sag uenay did 1t.
 "We took over the worst of the wounded, and they came across to US in the teeth of gale, lashed in stretchers, and lowered into whale boat.
 "The men who stayed behind twanged guitars and sang hill-billy songs in order to cheer up their shipmates.
 For four of the five days of that nightmare voyage home-an easy target, without munitions even to defend herself against further att tacks because the magazine had to be flooded. i. the Saguenay alter nately was blazing. smoking and smouldering.
 "Finaily, when VIC reached port the Canadian sailors, burned the color of old copper coins. told me:
 "'By God, we'll get our own back. s'Today, they are doing it.~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
BOMB FOUND IN
 FORD MOTOR co,
Discovered in Tool, Die Building of Huge River
 Rouge Plant

Detroit, May 9.--(UP)-The Fed. eral Bureau of Investigation today investigated reports that a bomb had been found in the tool and die building of the Ford Motor corn- pany's huge River Rouge plant.
 The FHr refused to comment be. yond confirming that "the. company has called the matter to our atten- ton. We are Investigating" A company spokesman referred all questions to the FBI offlce.
 State police, who have maintained a force at the plant to prevent labor violence since a United Automobile Workers (CIO) closed the factory with a To-day strike last month said they had no word that an ex- plosive had been found.
 Detective Lieut.. Reuben Orr oi the Dearborn city police said he had investigated the report and found what appeared to have been Q large firecracker, wrapped in gummed pa- per. Orr said the package had ex- ploded without a trace of damage to the cement floor where 1t had been lying.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09

us should go down in history for calmness at a moment when all would seem lost. I've been hit in the nose and it hurts," was the signal while our boats were searching for the U-boat which did it."
 Brave men in the torpedoed ship were trying to beat out the flames and-fighting against time-to make her seaworthy once more.
 "A roll call showed that i6 were missing and l8 were wounded. The forecastle and deck were torn like the jagged edge of a carelessly opened Sardine tin. The bridge was useless and the commander, officers, lookouts and signalmen evacuated to the saerchlight platform.
 "In all ways, the Canadians exer- cised ingenuity to patch up the damage. Then came this incredible signal: Determined to try reaching port under own steam
 we gasped. From cur destroyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
FIVE YEARS AGO
 ETHIOPIA LOST

London, May 9.-(UP)-Five years ago today Benito Mussolini's legions marched triumphantly into Addis Ababa. Today Emperor Halle Selas- sie was back on his throne in his capital and the remnants of a bat tered Italian army was fighting for existence on the slopes of Mt. Alaji, near the northern borders of Ethi- opia.
 Authoritative EVitish quarters said that in heavy fighting in the Mt. Alaji area the British had occupied more ground and had capturcA a machine gun company of the Ital- ian grenadiers division.
 It was estimated that the num- Der of Italians still fighting in Ethi- opia had dropped to somewhere be- tween 3OOO0 and 33,O00.
 "The Germans are doing their utmost to induce the Italians to stick there Gin Ethiopia) and the struggle may continue for some tiuae., depending on the guts of the Italians" Bsitish quarters said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
CAPT. ROOSEVELT
 REPORTED TODAY
Presents Himself to Gen. eral Archibald Wavell,
 Commander in Africa

Cairo, Egypt, May e-(UP)-Capt. James Roosevelt of the United States marines reports today to Gen. Sir Archibald Wayell, British con- naander in North Africa, to whose army he has been assigned as an observer.
 Roosevelt said he also had had Q letter from his father, President Roosevelt, to King Farouk of Egypt
 He arrived last night by way oi the Pacific, China, India and Iraq At Chungking, he missed an air raid by only an hour, and at Basra Iraq, where he spent & night, he heard firing between British and Iraqi troops but saw no fighting. He said he believed the British had the 1raq situation well in hand but that he did not believe the trouble there would be ended quickly.
 Some of the Iraq airplanes were made In America, he said.
 Asked whether he thought the United States would enter the war he said the American trend seemed to be away from isolationism. Asked about the strike situation in Amer lea, he said it was well in hand.
 Roosevelt's arrival aroused con- siderable interest among Egyptians
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09

London, May 9-(UP)-A. J. Mo Whinnie, naval correspondent of the Daily Herald, told today how the crew of the Canadian destroyer, Saguenay, brought their ship into a British port despite torpedo-hit, a raging fire and an Atlantic gale.
 Today, he reported. the Canadian warship, its damage repaired and its crew recuperated. is back in service, again fighting the battle of the At lantic.
 McWhinnie witnessed the Sague- nays fight for life from another British warship.
 "When torpedoed she was blazing badly, looking like red-hot coal in the middle of a pitch-black ocean" !" he said. Tt seemed then that only A miracle could get her home through fierce gales. with . 40-foot blaze roaring from her battered bows.
 "The signal from the saguenay to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
REFUGEES FROM
 FRANCE HELD-UP
Foreigners Being Rourd- ed Up for North African
 Labor BattaliOnS

Marseille, France, May 9.-(UP)- Between l,iOO and 1900 foreigners many of them with exit visas from France and some with steamship tickets to sail for the western Hen,isphere-were given medical examinations aboard the steamer, Magsilia, today, preparatory to their inclusion in North African labor battalionS.
 The refugees were rounded up suddenly yesterday. Among them was an uncertain number who hao tickets for the steamer Winnipeg which sailed yesterday for western Hemisphere ports.
 The refugees were taken aboard the Massilia just a few hours ne- fore the Winnipeg's scheduled san- ing time.
 There was no official explanation why the government did not per- init the refugees to sail. It was claimed that those on the Massilia did, not include any Americans, British or Spaniards and that the groups largely comprised Jews and refugees from Czechoslovakia, Po- land and Jugoslavia.
 It was understood that many or those taken aboard the Massilia not only hold French exit visas but also entrance permits to tEe united States, Cuba, Mexico or other Latin- American countries.
 The Massilia refugees, it was said, will make up the fourth labor bat- talion to be dispatched to North Africa.
 Government officials claim that the refugees are Sot being sent into forced labor. However, all those se- lecte6 for service are forbidden to refuse to 30 and may not leave the labor battalion once asSianed to It.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
LABOR BILL MAY
 NOT BE PASSED
State Labor Relations Act Is Liable to Meet Defeat
 in House

Hartford, Conn, May 9.-(UP)- The House will defeat the measure creating Q state labor relations act in Connecticut when 1t comes up for debate Wednesday, a high Repub- lican source told the United Press today. s,a
 The Senate passed the collective bargaining act unanimously two weeks ago, ,sisass;s iFsat sNes &4saS' RIqlf sfsa
 "fIouse Republicans are about 20 to 1 against the bill at the present time," the informant said. And there are ct least 30 Democrats who will vote against the measure"
 House Republican leader William l.. Hadden, West Haven, was Q Ynenl- Der of the subcommittee of the Judiciary committee which drafted the bill as now constituted, and was expected to lead the fight for the measure in the House.
 But repeated caucuses Of Repub- l!cans have convinced Republican leaders, 1t was said, that passage of the bill was unlikely, and that only @ miracle" would save 1t.
 Several leading Republicans, the informant said, were ready to offer strangling amendments to the bill, while CIO followers in the Legisla- ture also were prepared to vote against it. s 1't
 With the limited time remaining in the session, 1t was believed that even If the House passed the bill 1t might de in 6 conference com mittee. .'G
 The labor relations bill was high on Gov. Hurley's must" list for this session. It was not known whether he would take aggressive action in an effort to save the situation.
 Speeding Up
 Hartford, Conn. May 9-(UP)-- Legislative committees picked ur speed today and began clearing their files of hundreds of bills as the General Assembly session nearet (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
NO DECISION ON
 HOLDING YOUTHS
National Guard Divisions to Hold Maneuvers in
 Summer Months

Washington, May 9-(UP)-The arny's plan to include three Na- tional Guard divisions in summer and fall maneuvers renewed reports today that the ,Guardsmen would be held on active duty longer than the originally scheduled year.
 The three National Guard divi- sionS were niobiliZed last fall. War department ofiicials insisted that no decision on holding them longer than a year has been reached and probably will not be until at least June. Such a decision would re- quire Congressional action.
 The army revealed its plans for maneuvers-the greatest in history yesterday. They will begin on a small scale May 24 and last until late fall.
 The s0th and 10th divisions of the National Guard will be used in first army exercises Oct. 6 to Nov. 1 in the Carolinas, if the men still are on active duty. The 45th divi- sion. will be used in Louisiana Sept. 1-3O in the mimic warfare between the second and third armies.
 selectees also will participate in the maneuvers. War department spokesmen noted, however, that no additional legislation is required to etend their one year training per- tod. They are held on reserve for 10 years after this period, and Pres ident Roosevelt has authority to order them to active duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
GOv.HURLEY MAKES EIGHT APPOINTMENTS Only Minor Appointments; Some Major Plums Yet
 to Come NAME OF BALDWIN
 BOBS UP AGAIN Two Vacancies Left on Superior Court Bench;
 Other Prospects
Hartford. Conn. May 9

Hartford, Conn, May g. - (UP) - Governor Hurley to- day sent eight nominations to the Senate for confirma- tion and announced he ex- pected most of his major ap- pointments would be col1l- pleted by next Tuesday. Tuesday was the deadline set by the Legislature for acting of1 executive nominations after granting the governor on extension of time two weeks ago.
 However, Governor Hurley said that if all his appointments were not submitted by that date, the Legislature 'caa take them, or leave them"
 Today's nominations were:
 William P. London, Fairfield, She'll ,tlsli x Commissioner for four years from July l.
 Carl w. Taylor, Hamdegl, suC. ceediag William H. Caldwell, New Britain. as commissioner of steam ship terminals for six years from July 1.
 Reappointments to the State Pri- son Board for four years from July 1 of Morgan B. Brainard and 1sa- dore Wise, Hartford, and John J. McKeon, New Haven.
 Arthur E. Story, Norwich, suc- ceeding Ostrom Enders, Avon, aS Q member of the State Investment committee for four years from July 1.
 disappointment of Milton o. Mapes, New Haven, for i've years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
Japan May Abandon All Attempts
 To Defeat China By Armed Force
Will Seek Pacification By Partnership Between
 Enemy Countries
BY H. o. THOMPSON United Press StaR Correspondent

'
 Tokyo, May e--(UP)- Government leaders, abandoning hope of crushing China by armed force, are consider ing @ revision of policy under which the scEe of hostilitieS would be re- duced and every effort made to pro- mote peaceful conditions and irl- proved trade in Chinese areas now under Japanese control, 1t was in- dicated today.
 Intimation that the government might soon alter Its Chinese policy was given by the Japan Times and Advertiser, a mouthpiece of the for eign office, from which 1t receives Q subsidy.
 "Ideas of overcoming this mas. todon of nations (China) must have little more appeal, even to the most sanguine of soldierly minds" 1t said.
 Soon after the publication of this editorial, 1t became known that ku- mataro Honda, ambassador to the Japanese sponsored Nanking regime in China, was coming here next week for conferences on China policy.
 The Ranking regime was set up by Japan in an attempt to under mine the Chinese government. It purports to administer Japanese -oc- cupied territory in the name of the Chinese people.
 The Times and Advertiser was the medium by which. on April 30. 8 world peace plan" was published here which would have given Ger many complete domination of Eu- rope and Japan complete domina- ton of the Far East.
 China As Partner
 Today the Times and Advertiser said that Japan's policy in China was two-fold-to restore peace throughout the country and to de- velop China as a partner on Japan's great Asia "co-prosperity sphere"
 "A peaceful China must neces- sarily mean the termination of hos tilities," it said. Possibilities would cease either by elimination of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09

Rep. Edward s. Birge, Republi- can, Chairman of the Cities and Boroughs Committee, said: "The Waterbury bills may come up next week or again maybe not until June 5. We can't do anything un- til we get this deadlock broken.
 Special significance can be at tached to the June 5 date, for that will be one day after the 194i legis- lature has adjourned and gone home. ..
 Rep. Birge when asked if he meant the Waterbury city court set" I'D by the deadlock" referred to, refused to say anything to confirm or deny this runlor which has gained much credence in legislative circles of recent days.
 In the Senate Senator John L.. Sullivan, Democrat, chairman of the Senate Cities and Boroughs Com. nitteW, said the same procedure or the last few days would be followed TherU would be 6 iiold-up on all bills coming from the House Cities and Boroughs Committee. The Sem nte itself IS prepared to pass today or next Tuesday several Ibilis rom the Senate Cities and Boroughs Committee.
 It is estimated that ct least thir. ty measures have been tabled since Waterbury legislators, Senators Ed- ward P. Egan and Michael V. Blans- field, started retaliatory steps for failure to have Waterbury legisla- ton rassed. Held up in the House with the Waterbury bills are many others, including a number of pri- vate acts.
 Milk Control Act
 State Capitol, Hartford, May g.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
NAZI BOMBERS IN
 NIGHT ATTACKS
Smashed Hull, Make Raids on English Airdromes;
 Suez Canal Area Hit

Berlin, May sE(UP)-The Ger man high command said that the Luftwaffe, besides blasing Hull, raided English airdronaes and at- tackled shipping In British waters.
 The high command said that Ger man planes bombed with resultant great destruction factories in the Midlands, especially at Nottingham. Attacks also were made on harbors in South England.
 A communique said that a few British planes succeeded in flying past Berlin as far as the former Polish Province of Posen.
 German planes attacking Hull were said to have bombed and fired docks, warehouses and grain eleva. tors. Low level attacks were report cd made on large airplane factory and air field in South England.
 Flames started at Hull were vis- able from a great distance, the high command said.
 The high command said thaC German bombers had destroyed a merchant ship of 5000 tons off the English coast and in operations off the east coast of Scotland had damaged six other vessels so severe ly that "the loss of many of them may be reckoned"
 A submarine commanded by Lieut.. Commdr. Kuppisc was said by the high command to have reported the sinking of four merchant ships to- taling more than 10000 tons. These were in a strong convoy in the north Atlantic.
 Maxi Planes Hit Canal
 Vichy, May 9-(UP)-Suez Canal company offices near Diom reported today that German planes raided the canal area for two hours We'd
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
BRITISH DRIVE
 IRAQ ARMY BACK
Occupy Plateaus Over. looking Royal Air Force
 Base at Habbaniya

Cairo, May 0-(UP)-British irn- perial forces have driven of 1raqi troops and occupied te plateau over- looking the Royal Air Force base at Habbaniya, British general head quarters said today.
 The plateau had been held by pro- Axis 1raqi troops which opened hos tilities in Iraq by smelling the Hab- baniya airdrome. British reinforce ments, flown with how!tzers from India, had lifted the seige Of the RAF base previously and taken six guns and 400 prisoners in their first attack on the plateau positions.
 The communique said that the plateau now had been mopped up in an important phase of the campaign to end an Axis threat to the great MoSul oil fields.
 Remnants of dissident elements of the Iraqi army which attacked Habbaniyla have withdrawn toward Rainadi and Falluja," the commit nique added.
 British Patrols Active
 British patrols are active in the direction of both of these places, the communique continued, indicat- ing that the British were pursuing the pro-Axis forces. Iraqi war nate- rials of all types were captured ill the Babbaniya sector.
 "In the Basra area, all is quiet, te communique said.
 British sources previously had dis closed tat imperial troops landed in considerable strength at BaSra had occupied all strategic points, includ- ing telegraph offices and banks, fol- lowing some disorders there.
 British forces near Sollum on the Egypt-Libya border vigorously raided" German and Italian troops seeking to thrust into Egypt while operations at Tobruk, Libya, were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
NAzI MERCHANT
 CRUISER IS SUNK

London, May 9.-(UP)-Britain's 10000 ton cruiser Cornwall has in- tercepted and sunk a German armed merchant cruiser in the Indian ocean and rescued 27 British prisoners from it. the admiralty announced today. Cornwall sustained super ficial damage in a fight with the German raider, the admiralty said. but its fighting efficiency was url- impaired. Fifty-three Germans sur- yived the fight. and were made prisoners of war. The date of the en- gagement was not given.
 The admiralty'S communique said: "A German armed merchant cruiser acting as a commerce raider in the Indian ocean, has been intercepted and sunk by His Majesty's Ship Cornwall. Twenty-seven British merchant seamen held aboard the raider as prisoners have been res- cued. Fafty-three Germans survived and are prisoners of war. Cornwall sustained superficial damage but her fighting efficiency is in no way Impaired"