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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

3. Russia gave Turkey the green light Co cooperate with Britain and Greece in defense of the Darda- nelles and her vital interests in the Balkan war zone.
 q. Japan's Foreign Minister Xosuke Matsuoka sped toward Ber- In where he is due tomorrow after discussions In Moscow with Josef Stalin and Premier-Foreign Com missar V. M. Molotov which may blossom Into Q Russo-Japanese non- aggression pact.
 Today the pieces in the jig-saw puzzle of war were slipping into place so rapidly that 1t seemed possible to see the outline of events Of the immediate future.
 Attack on Greece Nears
 Signal for the start of action was expected to be a Nazi attack upon Creece-a move that may come at any moment, possibly before the woke is out.
 Germany has possibly 10000 troops massed on Greece's northern frontier, particularly in Bulgaria's Struma River valley just above the pass that leads to Salonika. In close reserve are another 100000 or 100000 in Rumania.
 Opposing this force are possibly 100000 to 150O00 of the crack troops of Gen. Sir Archibald Way ell's Imperial Army of the Nile, mostly in Greeces second line of defense which runs southeast from the Jugoslav border to the Gulf of Salonika. On the front line-if the trickle of rumor and report is cor- rect-are 100000 to 100000 Greeks prepared to fight defensively in de- fense of Salonika but ready to fall back upon the British support lines if German pressure proves too great.
 Hanks of Both Safe Germany's flank in Jugoslavia is now safe-unless the fierce-temper- ed Serbian patriots rebel against their governments action at Vienna today-and she is assured of the use of Jugoslav highways and rail- roads for the movement of supplies and wounded troops.
 The British Greek flank is equal ly safe, for Turkey has obtained the assurances that she desired from Russia to enable her to emerge from a purely defensive position be- hind her strong Qualifications in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
NEW MEDIATION
 BOARD WILL ACT
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board will try to assist ip the ad- justment of differences between la- Dor and management in the defense production industries. It represents labor, industry and the public.
 For Public Interest
 We shall urge labor and man. agement to prevent any further in- terruptions in the flow of defense material. We shall ask both to set- tie disputes around the conference table. What we all do at such a time must be in the public interest.
 Tt is our obligation -- to help labor and management reach real agreement before production is halted. To this end, we shall bend every effort.
 "This board will endeavor to deal promptly with every situation which confronts 1t. In our democracy public opinion is of decisive import ance. We hope the public will rally behind the principle upon which this board will capry on- namely that the public welfare to- day requires each of us to subor- dinate a purely private or personal interest to the good of the country and its accepted public policy.
 We shall endeavor to be impar- tial, completely honest and thor oughly non-political. We shall give out findings as we see them. We shall thus try to appeal to the sound sense and good will Of all true Americans"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
NINETEEN MEN
 WERE BURNED
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(Conttnued rom Page D W. Bruce also picked up Second Officer Heath, Radio Operator R. Cough and Seamen J. Skeviks and E. Sanders.
 Aboard this vessel were: Chief Engineer R. Priestll; his first, sec ond and third assistants, O. Mat thews, N. Steen and J. Hunt; Chief Ofiicer G. Desimone; Third Ofiicer N. Larsen, and the following mem- bers of the crew: 8. Hogge, J. Kerns, J. Pulsen, J. J. Cartwen, A. Morgan, L. North, R. Fritz, w. Campbell, c. Infante, A. Stabell and o. Degersted.
 Degersted was the burned man.
 The Pan New York is a 7,70l-ton tanker owned by the National Bulk Carriers, Inc, of New York. The w. w. Bruce is @ 6,728-ton tanker owned by the Continental Steam. ship O., of Baltimore.
 The disaster occurred in the Gulf stream, on the route of tankers en route from the. Gulf coast to New York. This ship lane is crowded.
 Washington, March 26 -(UP)- Three coast guard cutters = the Agassiz, Cypress, and Orchid-are standing by where the tanker Cities Service Denver is burning. They were dispatched from Charleston, s. O..
 Survivors Land
 Seventeen survivors of the ex- plosion aboard the tanker Cities Service Denver, were landed at Beaufort today by the rescue ship s. s. Pan-New York.
 Two of the 17 were burned sev- erely by the explosion and fire. Sev- eral of the others were suffering from minor burns.
 Five other survivors were report cd aboard the w. w. Bruce, another rescue ship which still was stand- ing by the burning wreckage. Nine- teen other members of the crew were believed dead.
 0. Matthews, first assistant en- gineer of the Cities Service Den- yer, said no one had any idea of the cause of the explosion which ripped the fore part of the ship at 10:05 D. m. last night.
 we had no idea what caused It." he said. T was asleep when the terrific explosion in the fore hold rocked the entire ship and flames leaped up.
 Only Two Alive
 "There were 2l men quartered in the fore part of the ship and only two of them apparently ot out.
 we launched two lifeboats, one from the center of the ship and ono from the rear and were in the wa ter about an hour before the Pan" New York picked us up."
 The two injured men, Oscar Deg erstedt and Winfield Campbell, were brought 10 Morehead City hos pital for treatment from the Pan New York which anchored off Beau- fort this morning. The trip was made over very rough seas in a coast guard motor lifeboat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
Bethlehem Steel CO.
 Is Battling Strike
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from a labor board order that 1t be dissolved. The ERP has existed 20 years. Bethlehem officials main tain that they have given 1t no sup- port since the the Wagner labor re- lations act was passed.
 About Elections
 R. A. Lewis, general manager of the plant, said: "Our understanding is that the elections that are being held are simply elections among the employees to determine what indi- viduals shall represent them in col- lcetive bargaining with us. The company has nothing to do with such elections"
 The plant here is the largest of seven that Bethlehem, second larg- est steel producer, operates in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York. Together these plants have contracts for $1 ,l95, ,000,000 in de- fense orders.
 A company official said the firms output was almost entirely on de- fense contracts. The largest tonnage is arnor plate for ships and tanks and structural steel for defense plants. The company also is mak- ing shell steel and gun forgings Shell steel leaves here uncompletet for navy yards and arsenals. Forget cylinders for airplane motors are another product of the plant here
 Most of the trouble occurred last night when the Il p. m. shifts left tha A1ant orA,.tH af y>iol atu ,,veat @ car in which three men were leav- ing the main gate and tried to set the car afire with flaming waste paper. Policemen rescued the three flon-strikers and put out the, fire.
 Cars Are Smashed
 At another gate, strikers tried to block the entrance with automobiles. Two cars were smashed with clubs at that gate.
 One car was overturned in 6 nearby parking lot. Windows of four other cars were reported broken as they sped past plant gates.
 Curtiss said: We expect things to be pretty tight today. Several of our men were roughe up by city police last night but that is the only casualty. I can tell you our boys don't atke kindly to that. There are rumors that the governor is sending state police but we have nothing official"
 Most of the pickets confined themselves to booing non-strikers. Typical of slogans on placards they carried was: Butcher Eugene's rot ten pig" emphasizing the letters beginning the last three words-ERP.
 Eugene Grace is president of the Bethlehem corporation.
 A SWOC mass meeting was calld for 10 a. m. today. Reports from Johnstown, Pa, said SWOC officials at the Bethlehem's cambria works, employing 15,000. threatened to call walk-out if the ERP there persist ed in its plan to hold an election Wednesday. An SWOC mas meeting was scheduled tonight at Johnstown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
JOE MARTIN HAS
 BEEN DRAFTED
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Continued from Page D to prepare for the Congressional elections of 1o4i and the Presiden- tial campaign of 1924.
 He told the committee he planned to appoint eight or 10 sub-groups to organize party activity among city voters, farm voters, and among the clubs, young voters, womens organizations, colored groups, and to do research.
 The committee gave him Carte Blanche to name the groups. Martin said he would name the members in week or two.
 A sparate committee will be set up to deal with organizational prob- lens, which Werner W. Schroeder, Illinois National committeeman, will probably head.
 Martin also told the committee he intended to appoint an assistant to relieve him of some of his duties so that he can devote more time to his job as House Republican leader. He said 1t might be Q month or more before he selects the as- sistant.
 Like Those of Hamilton
 The new assistant would have duties somewhat similar to those of John D. M. Hamilton, former Na- tional Chairman who was supersed- ed during last years campaign and made executive director, @ post he resigned after the election. Martin said he had no idea who he would pick, nor would he advance any likely possibilities, but commit- tee members attending the meet ing informally discussed Arch Rob- bitt of Indiana and Kenneth 8. Wherry of Nebraska both state chairmen.
 The National committee, in ad- dition to retaining Martin, named two new officers. Sinclair weeks of Massachusetts was named treasurer, replacing c. B. Goodspeed of Ill. inois, who resigned because of i'll health, and William F. Knowland of California took the post of chair- man of the executive committee vacated by weeks.
 The executive committee has all the powers of the full committee except the right to name officers of the party and to call conven- tions and fix the dates. Knowland is assistant publisher of the Oak land T,ribunte and former California State Senator.
 There was no attempt at the meeting, first since the National convention at Philadelphia in June, to adopt any policy resolutions. Be- fore the session convened there were reports that an attempt would be made to criticize Wendell L. Will kie indirectly through a resolution praising Martin for his vote against the Lend-Lease Bill, which Willkie strongly supported. Nothing came of 1t, however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
NUHN ESTATE
 IS $45,445.6O
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Stock holdings were as follows: 25 shares American Tel. & Tel. $4,- 16875: 12 shares Baltimore and Ohio R. R.. $58.50: IS shares Free pert Sulphur Co., $553.l3; 10 shares Irving Trust Co., $122.5O; 50 shares Kennecott Copper O., $i ,8250 00; 50 shares Packard Motor Car Co., $l87.50; 20 shares Texas Gulf Sul- phur O., $784.00; SO shares Tor rington Co, $1,50O00: 12 shares Virginia Carolina Chem. Co.,, $30.OO.
 Two mortgages held by the de- ceased were appraised at 5000. while personal effects were listed at $50, the total estate being $45.- 445. 60.
 The inventory also noted that the deceased had a one-fourth interest in the estate of the late Harriet Chambers of Southport, Connecti- cut, which estate Is still in the pro- cess of settlement. with the amount accruing to the estate of Miss Nuhn as yet unknown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
GERMANs'INCREAsED

London, March 25.-CUP)-Ger. man armored formations in Eastern Libya have been reenforced to a strength so great the British cannot ignore them, British military quar- terS said today. (Berlin had report ed that German troops have oc- cupied Fl Agheila, near the border of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania in Libya.)
 Military quarters thought the German reenforcements had been conveyed to Tripoli by air and sea from Sicily at night.
 It was pointed out here that Ger man commuriqueS during the past few weeks have mentioned German patrol activity in North Africa, in- dicating that the Germans had re- connoitered the eastern side of the Tripolitania desert.
 Fl Agheila is on the Gulf of Firte, 175 miles south and west of Beng had. It is the end of a fertile strip running along the Gulf of Sirte from Benghazi towards the Tripolitanda desert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
sELAssIE HEADQUARTERS

Khartoum, Anglo Egyptian Sudan, March 25.-(UP)--Emperor Halle SeIassie established field headquar- ters today at Burye, 50 miles from Debra Markos, capital of Gojjam Province, and only 150 airline miles from Addis Ababa his former capi- tai.
 Burye was captured by Ethiopian patriots and British Empire forces from Italian troops only last month. The patroit army now Is exerting steady and increasing pressure on Debra Markos.
 Tribals chdeftains and priests well comed Halle Selassie to Burye with q parade of native troops and @ ceremonial dance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
British Are Prepared

London, March 25.--(UP)-Baron Croft, undersecretary of state for the war office, indicated in the House of Lords today that for midable army stands ready to meet any German attack upon Greece.
 Croft declared that:
 Soldiers of the British empire now stand braced, hardened, experi- enced, and trained to meet the mili- tary might of Germany. We are not afraid of the issue"
 He reported that Italian casualties In all theaters of the war in Africa up to Feb. 23 exceeded 100000 in- cluding 180,000 prisoners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
BAG OF GOLD TO WAR FUND

Kitchener, One. (UP)-Thoma; Kondert. Rumanian born unem played has presented the Dominio government with a $500 bag of gol left in his care sevesfal years az and unclaimed since. Kondert sai he was giving it as a contribution
 to the nations war effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

By means of newly invented engine which derives power from intermittent detonation of mixed fuels carbon disulphide and nitrous oxide, it is claimed that 200 miles a nhour may be added to the speed Of fighting planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
HIT BATTLEsHIP

Berlin, March 25.-(UP)-The German high command said today that German bombers had scored a heavy bomb hit on 0 British battle- ship southwest of the Greek island of Crete.
 The high command said that Ger man bombers. operating south of Crete, attacked . strongly guarded convoy and heavily damaged two freighters. each of about 5000 tons.
 Against the strongest defense our bombers attacked harbor works al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

25. - Any chance of Waterbury or other communities in the Naugatuck Valley receiving state-aid in build ing sewage disposal plants was defi- nitely killed today in the Legislature when the House passed 8 bill pro- viding that any state surplus in excess of $1 ,O00,0 should be used to retire the bonded indebtedness.
 Under the proposal contained in bill offered by Representative B. Bradley, Republican, of Beacon Falls, state surpluses would have been set up as fund to be used to aid cities and towns in building sewage disposal plants. The state would have defrayed one-third of the cost of construction, the city or town the rest of the expense.
 In view of the fact that Waterbury is contemplating such project local officials and legislators were much interested in the plan and appeared last week at the hearing in Hartford to speak in favor of it.
 Today's definite action by the House on surplus funds would ap- pear to end 0ny possibility of the sewage disposal bill being approved when 1t Is brought out of commit tee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
BRITISH NEAR CAPITAL

Cairo, March 25.-(UP)-British troops now are approaching Harar, capital of Chercher Province and second in Ethiopia, Middle East headquarters said today.
 Occupation of Harar would put the empire forces about 37 1-2 miles by road, through rugged, mountain ous territory, from Dire Dawa most important point on Ethiopia's only railroad between Addts Ababa and Djjboutl.
 A headquarters communique said that outside Keren, only 36 miles north of the Eritrean capital of Aanara, "our troops again repulsed another counter-attack in- fiicting heavy casualties on the enemy" The counter attack was said to have occurred southwest of Keren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
Commander-In-Chief
 Graziani Resigned
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La Vallette, Malta" @ communique said. Numerous bomb hits were ob- served on anchored ships and un- loading facilities.
 It was claimed that south of Crete an outpost boat was destroyed in an air attack and the high command said that the 10,000-tons tanker Sul- helm had been bombed and left in 0 sinking condition.
 A German torpedo boat was said to have shot down q British Bristol Blenheim bomber over the North Sea and 1t was added that naval artillery effectiveldy fired on ship assemblies near Dover"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Two mounted policemen, swinging night sticks, dispersed group which attempted to halt the first car which left the plant at the main gate, about 50 cars followed 1t out of the plant, some loaded with workers.
 The rest of the pickets made no attempt to interfere with other men reporting for the first day shift.
 After Q night of minor violence strike leader Howard T. Curtiss had called for heavy picketing to resume at daylight. He estimated the number of pickets would exceed the high rnark-5, ,0o0-reached last night.
 Forty state motorcycle policemen took up stations around thep lant in accordance with @ request of Mayor Robert Pfeifle.
 Doubled Guards
 The plant doubled it's force Of 200 guards, whose ordinary job IS to guard army and navy defense orders against saboteurs, the 60-man Bethlehem police force stood by and Sheriff W. Calvin Nickel announced that he had 100 special deputies available Ion a moments rlotice."
 Only city police had seen action during the night when automobiles of several non strikers were attacked on leaving the plant.
 Union leaders said that GO per cent of the 21,000 plant employees were out last night and that 90 per cent would be out today.
 The strike was called yesterday afternoon when members of the em- ployes representation plan, alleged by the SWOC to be e company union, began balloting for officers. SWOC officials had warned against any attempt to hold an ERP elec- ton when fiag-draped ballot boxes first appeared in tine plant last week.
 The SWOC claims to represent 18,000 of the 21,000 workers. The ERP claims to represent 4,000 to 5000. Both the SWOC and the Na- tional Labor Relations Board have held that the ERP Is illegal, but the ERP continues to function pending an appeal to the United States cir- cult court of appeals at Washington
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
NAzI TROOPS IN AFRICA

Berlin, March 25.-(UP)-Inform- ed German quarters said today that German troops in Africa had oc- cupied Fl Agheila, near the border of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania in Italian Libya
 Bl Agheila, 175 miles southwest of Benghazi, was the Westernmost point of the advance of the British army of the Nile in North Africa.
 Details of the reported occupa- ton were not available immediately but 1t was recalled that last month both Berlin and London reported clashes between German and British motorized scouting parties in the vicinity of Fl Agheila.
 Claims of the German occupa- ton of Fl Agheila coincided with 6 Rome announcement that Marshal Rodolfc Graziand had resigned as commander in chief of Italian troops in North Africa, governor of Libya and chief of the army staff.)
 The official news agency said that the German air force, in Mediter- rean operations yesterday, sank e 10000 tons tanker of Rhodes, in the Italian Dodecanese Islands. It was reported also that the Germans sank an outpost vessel off the Greek island of Crete, 6 British base. It was claimed that the tanker was atts cked twice and suffered three bomb hits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

already has been in command of large forces in Africa. He was chief of staff of the Governor of Trip olitania.
 At His Own Request
 The text of the communique an. nouncing the shift:
 "Following his own request mar hral of Italy, Rodolfo Graziani, ceases to exercise charge as chief of the Army staff, Governor of Libya and superior commander of armed forces in North Africa.
 "These latter two posts are taken over by Army General Tatlo Carl boldi. The post as chief of the Army staff has been taken over by the present vice. Chief of the Army staff has been taken over by the present vice-Chief of Staff, Army General Mario Roatto. Division General Francesca Rossi has been named vice-Chief of the Army staff.
 Reports of Graziani's resignation or impending resignation have been current since the British Army of the Nile threw back his invasion of Egypt and drove his forces out of Eastern Libya. Much of GaHiani's army and equipment was captured.
 Graziani has been replaced as Commander in Chief in North Afri- co and as Governor of Libya by Gen. Gariboldi, the conn unique said. He has been succeeded as Chief of the Army staff by Gen. Mario Roatta, who was vice-chief.
 The Chief of the Army staff Is g. post subordinate to the Chief of the General staff.
 Gen. Roatta has been succeeded as Chief of the Army staff by Gen. Francesca Rossi, @ division com mander.
 Graziani, @ hard-bitten soldier, won fame for his pacification of Libya after the World War. During the Italian conquest of Ethiopia in l935-36 he commanded the armies that operated against Southern Ethiopia from Italian Somaliland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
Hitler Paves Way For
 Challenge To Britain
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Three just east of the expected Maxi thrust at Salonika.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-22
SATURDAY NIGHT
 DANCES PLANNED
CIO to Sponsor Series of OId-FashiOned Barn
 Dances

A new mecca for barn dancers is now open weekly right in the heart of Waterbury. Every Saturday niRht ct the Cro Community Hall, barn dance enthusiasts line up for square sets, join hands for rounds and reels, or move briskly about to the stra 'ns of lively polkas.
 William "Duckx" Qulll, popular caller from Oakvllle, keeps the barn dancers moving ct pretty pace with his expert prompting. A four.piece orchestra spreads the faVorlte call music to the four cor. ners of the large community hall
 Barn dancing, with all It's trim' mings, downtown In Waterbury ii convenience which many local residents have been quick to ap' nreciate. The CIO, therefore, ex. tends It's invitation to all barn dance fans to visit our largC community hall, and enjoy the fur and friendly spirit of Q real barr dance.