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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15

Higher Year Ago
 A year ago at this time the ex- penditures for the first two months of the fiscal year amounted to ap- proximately 19.6 per cent of the to- tai appropriations, which is more than per cent greater than the 1940 percentage figure.
 According to the Controllers sum- mary of the genreal fund for Jan- uary and February the Welfare and Street Departments are both run ming well under 1940 figures for the same two branches of the city gov- ernment. Out of an appropriation of $457, ,732.30 for the Welfare Depart ment, only $44,901 .92 has been spent to February 28, with $6,16234 in un- liquidated debts. This represents 8.1 per cent of the total approlTia- tions as compared with 14.2 per cent spent during the same period a year ago.
 Street Dept. Lower
 Similarly in the Street Depart ment there is 10.7 per cent ex- penditure this year compared to 13.5 per cent a year ago. Expendi- lures in this department to Feb. 28 include $56,861.62 plus $3,538.01 in unliquidated debts.
 Department of Education expen- ditures for January and February amounted. to $325, ,283 .54 plus unliq~s uidated debts of $21, ,795.6O out of a total appropriation for the year of $l, ,785 ,632.32. The percentage of ex- penditrre this year is almost iden- tical with that of year ago and Is well above the average which is no different from year to year as the heaviest expenses of running the school department come at this time of the year.
 Controllers Item
 In the Controllers office, the General Financial item, there is a much smaller percentage expendi- ture this year than a year ago. Out of an appropriation of 1891 ,404.25 in two months $236, 756.50 has been spent, which represents 17 per cent. A year ago PAP per cent of the to- tai expenditures had been spent during the first two months.
 This was explained by Controller
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
FLYING YANKEE
 MAKES DETOUR

Wells Beach, Me, March 15. - (UP) The Boston and Maine Railroad streamliner Flying Yam kee" made an unprecedented de- tour to stop here today on it's regu- lar Portland to Boston run.
 It picked up two schoolboys, Lawrence Hilton and Kasimer Me- linsky. who on February 26 discov- cred a broken rail, notified author ities and prevented possible wreck. They rode in the engineers cab to Boston where J. w. Smith, vice. president and general manager of the railroad, was to entertain them for the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
Charter Change Urged to Protect Local DepOsitO-
 ries, City Itself
LAW LIMITS AMOUNTS
 TO BE PLACED LOCALLY
Heavy Deposits Year Ago Forced City to Pay Off
 Loan We'll in Advance

Permission to deposit city money outside of Waterbury and possibly outside of the State of Connecticut, when it becomes necessary, is be- ing sought by officials through a legislative act amending the present char ter provision curbing all mu- nicipal deposits in local banks.
 Among the several charter changes proposed by the administration of Mayor Vincent Scully is one which would give the Board of Finance the power to approve out of city or out of state Repositories for city funds. This has become necessary the last few years owing to the large amounts of cash that the city has on hand at various periods through out the year.
 Limited By Law ..
 Under existing state bank laws any one depositor is limited In the amount of his deposit to 30 per cent of the combined surplus and undivided profits of the institution. Oftentimes the City of Waterbury funds in It's several local Repositories exceeds this legal limit considerably.
 To prevent this occurring in the future the following amendment has been proposed to the present city charter:
 Proposed Change
 Section 20 - Section 92 of said charter is hereby amended to read as follows:
 All city funds shall be deposited in such banks or banking insti- tutions in the City of Waterbury, the State of Connecticut, or the cities of New York, State of New York, or Boston, State of Massa- chusetts, as shall be designated by the board of finance whose duty 1t shall be to obtain the high- est rate of interest therefor con- sistent with the safety of the de- posits. All interest upon such deposits shall belong to the city.
 A year ago the city realized ir1- mediately heavy payments when property taxes became due in May. Large taxpayers, as well as smaller ones, paid promptly in order to be- tain the discount and within a few days the city had well over two million dollars on hand. Under the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
AMERICAN M. D.
 SAILS FOR LONDON

Boston. March 15-(UP)-Dr. Ger aid F. Houser, assistant director of Massachusetts General Hospital, will sail from Jersey City, N. J., to- morrow aboard the Excalibur for England where he will head the American Red Cross Harvard Hos- pital.
 The 22-building hospital, estab- lished for study and treatment of communicable diseases uritler war time conditions, now is staffed with more than 75 American doctors, Red Cross nurses, and laboratory technicianS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
ROBIN MAY YET
 BE STATE BIRD

Hartford, Conn, March 15-(UP) All is not lost. The Robin still may be the official bird of Connec- ticut.
 The House voted yesterday to re- commit the bill designating the Ro- bin as the official state bird. For a time, it was feared the move send- ing the bill back to committe sig naled the death of the measure.
 But. today, committee members said they were confused by the Latin definition of Robin. Tn the Dill, the wordage was planesticus migratorius. This will be changed to turdus migratorius. it was said, and the bill will be reported favor ably again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
Conspiracy Defendants File Discharge Motions
City Expenditures Are Within Budget
Summary of General Fund for January, February In' dicates Good Record-Departmen Expenses Are
 Lower Than for Similar Period Year Ago

The City Waterbury continuing to live well within the budget set up for 1941 according to the latest figures current expenditures filed today with Mayor Vincent Scully by City Controller Thomas M Conlon Of the total appropriations of $6 76224 set up in the 1941 budget up to February 2s $965 7136 had been expended Con- racted for but yet unpaid were services and supplies amounting to $5927509 total of $1 expendi- tires during January and February of 1941
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
REP. MAHANEY'S
 CHANGES GOOD
May Be Named Democratic County Commissioners
 COP. Favor Local Man
(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)

State Capitol, Hartford, March IS. Strong Republican support gives Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney of Water bury & good chance to win appoint ment to the New Haven county commissionersllip which becomes vacant this year. The only candt- dates for the post the six-tef7n Wa terbtry Democrat and the incum- bent. Commissioner James F. Hines of East Haven, whose term ends Oct. 1.
 Democratic legislators from New Haven county are expected to be divided in their &en$ipe1lt, put. A majority of Republican senators and representatives from the county ia. vor Rep. Mahaney. Ordinarily the Republicans would follow the wish of the Democratic caucus in such a situation, but If the cauus should result in & close vote in favor of Commissioner Hines they may nevertheless vote in favor of the Brass Cityite.
 Commissioner Hines is serving uil- der an interim appointment. having been named by eX-GcV. Wilbur l.. Cross following the resignation of Matthew Daly of New Haven. MT. Hines, who has been employed at the Patent Button Go. in Waterbury for many years, will have consider able support for reappointment from the lower end of the county, particularly from the city of New Haven, but Rep. Mahaney neverthe- less will win some votes in that area.
 The appointment is for four year term. and the job carries @ salary of 5000 a year plus travelling expenses.
 The other two county commis- siorers at present, Richard Clarke of Wallingford and Arthur s. Judd of Middlebury, are Republicans. Their terms expire Oct. 1, 1943.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 MARCH IS, 194O
(By United Press)

Finnish parliament ratified terms of Russ0-Finnish peace treaty.
 French senate backed Premier Edouard Daidier with 240-o vote of confidence in its govern vnent and "its Allies Co continue the war with increasing energy"
 Losses in war at sea were: Greek cargo steamers Flora and Panachrandos. Swedish steamer Norna. and German freighter La COruna which was scuttied by Che crew t0 prevent capture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-15

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Evening star., 1941-08-07
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Evening star., 1941-08-07

for three months before a neutral
intermediary arranged for her fam
lily to meet her in Switzerland and
bring her home. Her mind was q
complete blank and she had to be
taught to read and write all over
again.
She is supposed to be q little bet
ter now and residents In the Ok
fordshire village were surprised
recently to see her walking in tNe
street unaccompanied.
But it is doubtful whether she Ever
will completely regain her mental
faculties. And perhaps this is just
as we'll. 1t must be unpleasant to
know that you are the most unpopu-
lar woman in England, that all your
telephone calls, activities and move
ments are watched, that not only
do you receive hundreds of letters
calling you traitor and worse but
that your parents and relatives (and
those whom know personally are
loyal subjects) receive insulting
letters and find swastikas splashed
on their doors and fences.
No. it's just as we'll to stay in that
cloudy dream world chasing mental
butterflies and to leave reality for
those who are fighting Hitler.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Unity Freemon-Mitford, Shot
In Germany, Has Lost Memory
Recalls Nothing Of
Her Friendship
With Adolf Hitler
By SHETLAH GRAHAM.

Correspondent of The Star and N. A. N. A
LONDON, Aug. z (by WireleSs).-
Unity Freeman-Mitford, the ex-
dream girl of Adolf Hitler, is still
living in a dream world of her own
in Oxfordshire where her parents
and staff of brain specialists are
working to remove the clouds that
have covered her mind since a mys-
terious bullet passed through her
brain shortly after England and
Germany went to war.
According to a member of Unity's
family, she now has the mentality
of a child of or 9. She stares into
space for hours at time, laughs
strangely for no reason at all and is
"oblivious of her continued unpop-
ularity with the people of this
country"
There are two versions as to how
the bullet contacted the blond head
of Unity. From a man who was In
Germany at the times comes this
story: =
"She was shot by order of the
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler,
who believed that Unity knew too
many Nazi party secrets. But she
was so well guarded that the shot
had to be fired from a distance,
which is why she is alive today"
Second Version of Case.
But by a close relative of the fam
lily I have been told that Unity her.
self fired the bullet that is still
lodged in the bone behind her left
ear.
To understand her bizarre story
we must go back to its beginning.
9 or 10 years ago. when Unity, a
beautiful girl of l8 and lover of
German culture, went to Munich to
complete her education. She fire.
quented cafe where Hitler, the
head Of the then small Nazi party.
lunched every day.
She conceived an alteration for
the little man with the funny mus
tache and was tremendously happy
when one day she managed to bag
his mustard pot as a souvenir.
Hitler noticed the blond girl
whose blue eyes stared unwayerinQly
at him with passionate admiration,
He asked who she was and then
invited her to his table. BY this
time Unity had been in Munich for
three months and had performed
the miraculous feat of mastering the
German language. Hitler does not
speak English and was delighted
with this girl who adored him and
whom he could understand.
They became great friends. Unity
was given the run of the now his
toric Munich Brauhaus, the BIRTH
place OF the Nazi party.
Mind Left Blank.
But am told by her relative that
she always believed Hitler's assur-
ance that he would never have war
with England. The day after war
was declared, Unity went to the
English gardens in Munich, put a
Evening star., 1941-08-07

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Evening star., 1941-08-07
ST. Lawrence Seaway
Legislation Divides
House Committee
Hearings Ended, Group
Will Meet Tomorrow
To Vote on Proposal
BY the Associated Press.

1 oS tAiS hooOS4otCa HiCSo.
After seven weeks of public hear
ings, the House Rivers and Harbors
Committee apparently was sharply
divided today on the merits of the
$285 100000 st. Lawrence seaway,
advocated by President Roosevelt as
defense project,
Proponents claimed at least IA of
the Is members of the committee
would vote for the seaway when
legislation to authorize its construc-
ton is considered at an executive
session tomorrow. Opponents, how
ever, contended the committee was
divided IL for and IL against with
one member, Democrat, on the
| fence.
The hearings which began on June
II were concluded yesterday with
testimony by Leon Henderson. Fed
eral price administrator, and the
placing in the record of letter from
Rear Admiral Emory Land, chair
man of the Maritime Commission,
indorsing the project.
Shipbuilding Aid Seen.
Admiral Land wrote Chairman
Mansfield that construction of the
seaway would add to the Nations
shipbuilding resources by making
available for ocean-going ship con-
struction shipbuilding facilities OF
the Great Lakes.
He said that the seaway would
make possible the transfer to Great
Lakes yards of some of the long
range naval shipbuilding, thus &C
celebrating in coastal yards the con-
struction of merchant ships.
Mr.. Henderson advocated the sea-
way as vital part of foresighted
program of national security and
economic well-being."
The power and transportation
facilities of the st. Lawrence, he
said, would be vital to the increased
tempo of defense production and
"of great Importance to the mainte-
nance of the supply of essential
civilian goods in the defense emer-
gency."
! Chairman Mansfield disclosed the
committee would take under con-
Sderation tomorrow a suggestion
from President Roosevelt that the
seaway be included in an omnibus
rivers and harbors bill instead of
as separate measure.
The committee has heard 113 wit
nesses. Appearing in favor of the
seaway were number of high ad-
ministration officials, among them
Secretaries Knox of the Navy,
Stimson of the War Department,
Jones of the Commerce Department
and Wickard of the Agriculture De-
partment; Assistant Secretary Of
State Adolf A. Berle and Mr.. Hem
derson.
Among opposition witnesses were
John l.. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, and Gov.
Leon Phillips of Oklahoma.
DR.. Julius H. Parmelee, director
of the Bureau of Railway Economics
of the Association of American
Railroads, in opposing the seaway
yesterday estimated it would cost
the railroads at least $1O5, ,0OO, 900 a
year in revenues.
This figure, he said, was based
on the proponents estimate Of the
amount of traffic that would move
over the waterway, virtually all of
which, he contended, would be taken
from the railroads.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
John E. Lynch Becomes
Head of EIks' Group
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
SALISBURY. Md, Aug. de-
parting Elks, at the end of four
day district session, carried home
with them today the admonition of
their retiring president to keep up
the fight against fifth columnists,
Communists, parlor pinks, pseudo
liberalists and all subversive and
un-American activities"
C. Ray Hare of Salisbury stepped
down from the presidency of Mary
land, Delaware and District of Co.
lumbia Elks at the conclusion of the
session last night, giving way to
John E. Lynch of Washington.
A grand ball and the Elks' toast
at the sacred hour of II climaxed
the meeting, attended by approx
mately 600 delegates.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Films Used os Educators

Bombay has launched a campaign
of visual education and will have
free motion picture shows in even
the smallest villages, lecturers with
projectors operated by batteries
travelling by truck to places having
no electricity,
Evening star., 1941-08-07

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Evening star., 1941-08-07
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Evening star., 1941-08-07

UNITY FREEMAN-MITFORD.
revolver against her right temple
and pressed the trigger. Instead of
killing her, the bullet passed through
her brain to the bone behind her
left ear. She still does not re-
member what happened.
Unity was in q German hospital
Evening star., 1941-08-07
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
STRAND

Capacity attendance at the pop- ular Warner Bros. Strand theater yesterday marked the opening per- formances of "The Thief of Bag dad" with Sabu, Conrad Veidt, June Duprez, John Justin and cast of thousands.
 Produced by Alexander Korda en- tirely in technicolor "The Thief of ,Bagdad" Is termed as the wonder picture of all time. It tells Q story right out of the Arabian Nights the story of the young Prince of Bagdad who with his friend and companion, the little thief of Bag dad, seeks the hand of the Princess of Basra while opposed by his evil Grand zizier, the Magician Jaffar, who desires. the Princess and the throne for himself. 'as <
 The screen is literally dominated by the immense crowd scenes in dazzling technicolor and the magic and miracles" in, the picture leave one in breathless amazement. The Flying Horse, the Magic All-Seeing Eye and Q Djinni who changes at will from Q titan 200 feet high into a tiny being who can fit into a bot- tie, are but Q few of the memorable feats accomplished in this picture.
 Needless to say, "The Thief of Bagdad" utilized new ard reyolu- tionary as well as secret technical methods in achieving the spectacu- lar sequences that. far from ever having been equalled, have never
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
TOMMY TUCKER AT LYRIC THEATER
Unusual Attraction for Music Lovers Booked for
 Sunday, March 9

The Lyric theater in Bridgeport, offers another gala stage presenta- ton, next Sunday, March g, one day only. Tommy Tucker and his or- chestra, headliners from the realm of music, share honors with the screens most beloved character ac- tor, Henry Armetta, supported by a brilliant cast of stage and radio artists; all in person on the Lyric stage.
 The long familiar radio introduce ton, It's Tommy Tucker Time" will be heard at the Lyric Sunday, when Tommy leads his band in score of the current song hits, just as he plays them on his new and pop. ular Pot O Gold" radio program now being heard weekly, coast to coast.
 The petite and dainty, Amy Ar- nell. vocalist, will also be featured in the same show along with Don- aid Brown, romantic baritone, and others of the Tucker organization.
 Henry Armetta, veteran charac- tor actor of the screen, is beloved by millions of movie goers for his delightful Italian dialect character izations. Armetta has been in pie lures for twenty-five years and has appeared in hundreds of films, many of which were epics of the indus. try.
 Armetta was born in Palermo, Italy, and came to America as a poor immigrant boy, where after going through the usual hardShips he started his career in the theater and from there went into motion pictures to become the favorite of the nation.
 Includsd in his highly entertain ing routine to be seen at the Lyric Sunday, will be "bitS" from some of his most famous screen suc- cesses and amusing stories of his career in Hollywood.
 Currently at the Lyric and to be seen for the remainder of the week, Is an all new, travelling burlesque show in which the vivacious, Vickie Wells, is the feminine star and in which the comedy Is in the capable hands of Bob Ferguson and Max Coleman.
 The titan haiyed Vickie, is one of the most sensational burlesque artists in the business and does a breath taking and startling routine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
STATE

Capacity attendance at the War ner Bros. State theater marked the opening performances of the pic- turization of Fannie Hurst's sensa- tional novel, Back Street. with Charles Boyer and Margaret sulla- van in the co-starring leads.
 Hailed as one of the outstanding pictures of this or any other year, Back Street" is definitely one pie ture you must see. It's romance so human, so sincere and 50 real that you'll remember 1t for life- time.
 No better choice than Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan for the roles of Ray Smith and Walter Saxel could have been made. Skilled, convincing, competent in their handling of the delicately shaded situation, powerful in the heavily emotional scenes, Mir. Boyer and Miss Sullavan truly reach new heights of greatness.
 "Back Street" first appeared in serial form in a popular magazine and aroused storm of comment from all literary quarters. The bold ness of It's theme, It's candid hand ling of the situations, and above all, the excellence of the writing, made 1t one of the most talked-of stories of the day. It was published as a novel and immediately scared into best-seller proportions. Translated into every civilized language, the sales of the book ran into the hun. dreds of thousands. It enjoyed a greater reader audience than any popular novel published up to the time of It's appearance.
 The picture tells the story of q girl who Is content to live in the back street of e successful mans life, demanding nothing but that he love her; helping him to q world-recognized success, while she herself remains in the shadows.
 Others in the notable cast in- clude Richard Carlson, Prank Me- Hugh, Tim Holt, Samuel 8. Hinds and Frank Jenks.
 On the same big show Is "Blondie Goes Latin" with Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms.
 Plan now to see this show at the