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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
RUSSIANS REGAIN
 KEY RAILWAY CITY
TikhOm Taken By Smash- ing Three Nazis Divi-
 siOns; l; Italian Ship Hit

Moscow, Dec. 10 Grass Broadcast Recorded by United Press at New York; - Counter-attacklng Russian troops have regained complete con- trol of the key railroad city of Tikhvin on the Leningrad front, smashin.; three German divisions and leaving more than 1000 Nazi dead, the official Soviet informa- ton bureau said today.
 The Russians yesterday reoccu- pied Tikhovin, 125 miles southeast of Leningrad, baking a futile Ger nan attempt to cut communica- tions and menace" Soviet troops on the nor {. front, 1t said.
 During 10 days of severe" fight ing, the 18th German tank, 18th motorized end 6ist infantry divi- sions were said to have been rout- cd.
 "The Germans left on the battle field more than 7O00 of their dead. Remnants of these divisions donned
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
NAVAL BASES OF
 BRITAIN FOR US.
Singapore With Others on Seven Seas Thrown Open
 to This Nation
BY WILLIAM E. DICKINSON United Press Staff COFrespOndentl

London. December 10. - (UP) = Britain threw open its naval bases at Singapore and throughout the seven seas today to the American fleet and the fleets of Britain's other allies and associates.
 Tn the first authoritative British review Of the war in the Pacific, an informant said:
 "All bases and facilities the Brit ish Empire can afford its allies and associates are available to them"
 Reviewing the position in the Far East, the informant said:
 "The Japanese attack on northern Malaga is prliminary 70 an attempt to open up Singapore to air attack so that 1t will become more diff cut to keep the fleet there"
 Besides using aircraft carriers for attacks on Hawaii, Guam, Wake and Midway islands, the informant said, the Japanese probably were using long distance flying boats from the Marshall Islands, the mandated
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
JAPANESE ARE PROUDOF FLEET
Laud Victories They Have Won in Early Start of
 Great War
(By United Press)


 Japanese Imperial headquarters, announcing that Japanese airplanes had sunk the British Battleship Prince of Wales and Battle Cruiser Repulse, asserted today that the British Far Eastern fleet had been obliterated.
 The Mikado, in 6 special message of felicitation to Admiral Isokoru Yamamoto, commander. in -chief of the combined fleet, congratulated him on the outstanding results of the great naval war In the Pacific against Great Britain and the Unit. cd States"
 it was asserted that a United States submarine had been sunk east Of the Philippines.
 Japanese Imperial headquarters
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
HANK CREENBERC
 TO REJOIN ARMY

Philadelphia. December 10. - (UP) - Hank Greenberg. former Detroit Tigers slugger. voted the American Leagues valuable player in 194O, planned today to re-enter the Army. I'm going back in" Greenberg said yesterday while visiting friends here. we are in trouble and there is only one thing to do, return to the service"
 Grecnberg. who is 3l, was drafted May ' but released recently as a selecsee over 20. He said he didn't know exactly when he would return to the service. Baseball is out os ;he window as far as I'm concerned" !" ae said. T don't know fl I ever Will return to baseball. I have nc. 3sen cal'sd back to tho Army but ] zm going Of my own accord"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
AXIS NATIONALS
 UNDER ARREST
2,3O3 of Them Are Taken into Custody; American
 Writers Sent Home

Washington, Dec. 1O- -CUP)-At- torney General Francis Riddle an- nounced today that 2,303 Axis na- tionals have been taken into cus- tody by the federal government. He said the majority soon would be placed in concentration camps su- pervised by the army.
 At the same time Riddle disclosed that naturalization applications of German and Italian immigrants filed during the past two years would be held up for the duration of the war.
 He told a press conference that the Axis nations seized had been rounded up during a three-holir period in the Hawaiian islands by military intelligence agents, and within two hours in continental United States by the FBI.
 Riddle said those in custody iIl- cluded l,2ol Japanese, S65 Germans and 147 Italians.
 Only Small Fraction
 The aliens seized represent only a small fraction of che 100000
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10

VI eWe @@n AahJ @ Nps @AAN@W S~as&@Ae@S
 (NeWs dispatches direct from Mas nlia today related, however, that new Japanese landing attempts were in progresg on iB0.Fnile stretch Of the northwest and north coasts of LuEon.)
 The eosninunique announced that Army and Navy bomberS had scored direct hitA on thFee Japanese ships and that three other ships also were damaged. One ship capsized and sank immediately, the communique said.
 The communique stated that thus far there had been no Japanese at- tacks on the southern groups of islands of the Archipelago.
 The communlque did not reveal the size of the Japanese forces that attempted the landing.
 Not Far From FormOsa
 The scene of the fighting Is not far from the Japanese Island Of For. mosa. It iS likely that the forces may have embarked from there, although no hint was given in the coinmuniques.
 The fact that the conimunIque said there were no operations re- ported in the southern Philippine Islands was taken as an offset to the Japanese claims that operations are under way at Davao.
 The coTnInuiiique was issued dt- rectly by the War Department to waiting newspapermen in the Army offices, Instead of being released
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Dec. tO-uP)-Gov- arnment expenses and receipts for The current fiscal year through Dee. sth, compared with q year ago: This Yenr Expenses Last Year s9.66O, ,534 ,56G. 96 $4,2SS. 6,215.17
 Defense Spending j6.ss9, ,5So,O7O.15 sl.429,Q ,Qso. .442.4i
 Receipts ,O44.s3 $2,s71,140,ist.2s
 Net Deficit ;e,ssi, ,O69,s $i,S9S,9c1,s 1,sss.s9
 Cash Balance s2,O54, ,93s. .659.9s si.6s5,S90, f59.oS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10

q have bad news for the House, which thought should impart at the earliest moment A report has been received from Singapore that His Majesty's Ships Prince of Wales and Repulse have been sunk whilst carrying out operations against the Japanese attack upon Malaga.
 "No details are yet available except those con- tained in the Japanese official communique which claims both ships were sunk by air attack ! shall take occasion shortly to make short statements the general war situation which has from many points of view both favorable and adverse undergone imper- tant changes in the last few days"
 REFUSE SANK IMMEDIATELY
 Japanese imperial headquarters, whose com munique he quoted on the sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, said the British Far Eastern fleet was sighted at 1880 a m. today near the east coast of Malaga and that Japanese planes immed- ately went into action. Repulse suffered direct hit at 2:29 p. m. and sank instantly, the communique said Prince of Wales, hit direct on its starboard side, tried to escape, listing, but sank at 2:50 D. after suffering more hits, it was asserted.
 NO DETAILS OF THEIR CREWS
 An admiralty communique admitting the sink- ngs said had the previous statement, that de- tails had been received except the Japanese com munique claiming the sinking of both ships by air at tack.
 Prince of Wales was commanded by Capt. J. c. Leach, and flew the flag of Adm. Sir Tom Philips, just appointed commander in chief of the Far Eastern fleet, the admiralty communique said. Repuse was commanded by Capt. w. G. Tennant
 There no immediate news as to the fate of these officers or the remainder of the crews of che Prince of Wales normally 15OO officers and men, and the Repulse, normally about 1,2OO.
 NEWEST BATTLESHIP IN NAVY
 Prince of Wales batteship in the British Navy was sister ship King George V The two ships the first of class five S5OOO ton hatteships which many experts held to be almost unsuitable Prince of Wales somewhat different from King George V, it newer ship, and it's design was close secret.
 PRINCE OF WALES WAS FAMOUS
 Prince of Wales was already famous for having Ted last May and having been the ship in which President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill held some of their Atlantic conferences last August.
 She had just been to the Far East nt the hen n powerful fleet in anticipation of Japanese af&nr She damaged i'm the sinking of the Bismarck Prince a Wales armed with 10 14inch gums of secret daRn
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
S4 ALIENS TAKEN
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Boston, December 10. = CUP) = FBI agents have arrested 84 Ger man and Italian aliens in New Eng land because their presence is con- sidered menace to the United States" and also seized two of three Japanese students at Harvard Col lege, 1t was announced today.
 The arrests were made in all New England States but Vermont. After questioning, the aliens who included two women. were turned over to im- migration authorities pending pos slble internment.
 Two graduate students seized were Sumihijko Honjo and Masuhiro Nlsibori. both attaches at the Japa- nese embassy at Washington who were preparing to return to the Capitol. G-Men declined to say whether the pair were under arrest or were being given an escort to Washington.
 4 third student. Shmsuke Tsuru- nj. was permitted to remain at eel age but it was suggested he remain
 dents srd Ii. s : s,S ycisiel i
 nd other rights cancelled.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
First United States War Communique Is Good
American Army, Navy Forces Repuse Attack oI Japanese Who Made Attempt to Land on
 LuzOn in Philippines

Washington, December 10. = UP) = War Depart ment Communique No. of the United states-Japanese announced today that the U Army and Navy forces Tad repulsed Japanese landing attempt on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines on which Manila Is situated Department and was based on report last night from Lieutenant General Douglas A. MacArhur chief of the AWoav Eaw MaafA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10
U. s. ARMY DEFEATS JAPAN AT LUZON
Big Battleship Prince Of Wales, Cruiser Repulse Sunk By Japan
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press staiR CorrespOndent)

London, Dec. 1O-(UP)--Prime Minister Winston Churchill today gave the House of Commons the "bad news" that two of Britains greatest dreadnaughts- Prince of Wales and EMS Repulse been lost off Malaga in the heaviest single blow of the war.
 The S5OOOton Prince of Wales and the g OOO-ton battle cruiser Repulse went down in operations against the Japanese attacking Malaga in general offensive against the naval base of Singapore the prime minister said
 "This is the heaviest single blow we have received throughout the war; authoritative sources said "Even pumkirk was softened by the fact that exticated the army"
 Newspaper vendors the streets confined their shouts to latest news" and refused to mention British naval losses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-10

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i'd other rishss cancelled.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Stars, on the Other Hand,
Have Their Favorite Fans
Desperate Studio Publicist Pops Up
With That Story's Other Side;
Citizen Kane Schedule Set
By JAY CARMODY.

Every there
Hollywood publicity something
writing the other Thus today the
their their favorite
ranking
Evening star., 1941-05-08

Jean Arthur: 1905, 2:30, ASS, tbs
and $40 pm. March of Time: II AS,
am, 2:10, 4:30, SIS and 9:20 pm.
Earle-"Penny Serenade," Irene
Dunno in a story of romance: 10
am, 1855, $50, 6:45 and 9:45 pm.
Stage shows: 1905, 3, 6, and 8:55
pm
Little-"The Girl in the News"
another of those deft and daft Brit
ish thrillers: 11:20 am, 1:35, 3:35,
5:35, TAO and 9:45 pm.
MetropOlitan-"The Great Lie
romantic drama with Bette Davis:
IL am, los, BIS, $40, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Columbia-"That Night in Rio"
musical with Carmen Miranda;
l1:25 am, l:30, 3:35, 5:35, TAO and
$40 pm.
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

lures. She looks awful with the
scar, of course, but that only serves
to enhance appreciation of her nor
NAL looks after the successful film
operation on her face. And her
hair-dress in the fllm-softly fow-
ing to her Shoulders-adds to her
beauty. If they can find stories
for Joan of the caliber of this one
a remake of the Swedish film, STAR
ring Ingrid Bergman-her continued
career in films is something I look
forward to. George Cukor rates a
load of praise for his superb di-
rection.
Both Ann Sheridan and Priscilla
Lane, recent strikers at Warmers,
are getting cooperation from the
studio publicity department., am
Evening star., 1941-05-08

letter come to her recently from the
same city. In it was request fol
picture like the one a friend OF
mine, who has to use a wheel chair
clipped from a magazine" Miss
Crawford answered the letter i'm
mediately, asked the name of the
friend. When she received reply
she wrote at once to thank the
invalid for her years of interest in
the Crawford career.
Jeanette MacDonalds favorite
fans are those legions of youngsters
who would like to become successful
cinema vocalists. They are such
an enthusiastic lot that Miss Mac
Donald was forced to prepare for
them an answering pamphlet, an
item entitled mo Royal Road to
Song" which sounds like something
of which Nelson Eddy might make
q fine baritone solo.
The pamphlet produced eventual
~ Miss MacDonald's favorite Of
favorite fans. She turned out to be
a girl who was so impressed by her
stars counsel that she began an
arduous course of study. Now she
reports every month on how she is
making At.
Miss macdonald likes that at
titude.
Rosalnd Russells favorite box
Office follower represents conquest
the hard way. When the chap
first saw her on the screen in one
Of those brittle, viXenish roles which
Miss Russell plays so adroitly, he
could scarcely wait to get home to
his pen and paper to write: Il GER
tainly wouldn't want a wife like
what you were in that picture
Although he clearly had not ma
jored in composition, Miss Russell
was impressed by the mans straight
forward statement of fact. A man
Of discernment if not high articu-
lateness, she figured. She waited
for the next letter. 1t was little
better, more kindly. The next was
still better. So were those which
followed Miss Russell now rates
the man as her preferred letter
writer.
It Is all arranged now about "Citi-
zen Kane Orson Welles' first pic
ture, the one that never has had
the country less than agog, will come
to Keith's positively on May 16.
AS BELTS a product of such SEN
sational origin, Citizen Kane" will
be shown on a road show basis, that
is to say, at advanced prices and on
a limited schedule. There will be
three presentations of the picture
daily, at 2:30 and 5 pm. at which a
price scale of IS cents to $110 will
prevail. The single night showing
will be at $50. The entire theater
will be on a reserved seat basis with
prices from s1.10 to $l.65, the latter
for loge seats.
AS every one should know by this
time, unless he has just returned
from tWo-year visit to Antarctica,
the picture was written, produced,
directed and starred in by the
versatile and spectacular Welles. 1t
Is the story of journalistic tycoon
whose theory that money can buy
anything inspires him to a fabulous
financial success, at the peak of
Evening star., 1941-05-08

way, Is currently starring in "The
Texans Ride" for Columbia.
You're in the Army Now is an
other of the long list of defense and
propaganda pictures now being pre-
pared in the script departments and
sound stages of Hollywood. An in
teresting note about the Army tale,
which has Wayne Morris, Olivia de
Havilland, and Ronald Regan in
the top spots. is that it has been
written so it can be easily changed
from draft" background to real
Army story-should the Nation be
involved in war before the story is
started. The entire production will
be filmed in a Government Army
camp.
Joan Crawford really surprised
me in "A Woman's Face" It's the
first time in five years l have en-
joyed, without reservations, a per-
formance by Miss Crawford. And.
by a strange anomaly, she is more
beautiful in this than in recent pic
Evening star., 1941-05-08

DtIIa I1laCCN, aCIuaIIy SIdrIeu aS
publicity stunt. Holden was on
loan to Warmers for Invisible
Evening star., 1941-05-08

which he discovered that his phi.
losophy was one more hollow notion
Welles' supporting players in
Citizen Kane" are to a large ex-
tent his former associates in the
Mercury Theater.
Battle of the Atlantic" a special
short feature produced by Goth Gen.
tury-Fox will be shown at the Co.
lumbia starting today Quentin
Reynolds acts as narrator
Latest Roxyette to decide in favor
of marriage as opposed to a career
is Nina Tyson, the lovely. dark one,
who will become the bride of Will
liam j. Sullivan in July ). They
will live in South Dartmouth, Mass.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

assured by Boss Robert Iapllnger
Okay, Bob Shirley Temple will
star in Little Annie Rooney" for
Edward Small. Mary Pickford did
this one in 1925 When you see
"Citizen Kane" look for Joseph
Gotten, who plays the associate who
follows then fights Orson Welles.
The boy has stardom written all
over him. Now in Illusions" with
Merle Oberon, Gotten will be CO.
starred with Michele Morgan in
R-K-O's Journey Into Fear"
Carnival in Rio" will star Dennis
Morgan.
Robert Benchley is the latest of
a long list of players to be tested
for the top role in THE Man Who
Came to Dinner" Bob would be
much better than Cary Grant, who
was mentioned earlier for the part
-. With Sam Goldwyn now releas-
ing his pictures through R-K-O,
he will be able to get that studio S
top dancer-actress, Ginger Rogers,
for his planned musical with Bob
Hope. A good combination, don't
you think? . Martha Raye will
join the zanies of the film version
of "Hellzapoppin," with Olsen and
johnson from the stage . Susan
Hayward has been promoted to
Robert Preston's romance in Reap
the Wild Wind" The part Susan
was to have played in the film now
goes to Martha ODriscoll
George Bernard Shaw should not
be allowed to write film dialogue.
He inserted some banal speeches
into his movie version Of Major
Barbara" The best in the film,
starring Wendy Hitler Of "Pygma-
lion," Rex Harrison of Might
Train" and Robert Morley Of Marie
Antoinette," are the untouched epi-
grams of Shaw's original play.
(Releaset by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Film for Benefit

Queen Of Destiny" technicoIor
motion picture story of the life Of
Queen Victoria, starring Anna
Neagle and Anton Walbrook. will
be presented at the Newton Theater
in Brookland Thursday afternoon,
May %, at 100 o'clock, under the
auspices of St. Gertrude's Guild.
Musical selections on the program
will be provided by Gene Archer and
Sidney's Orchestra. Proceeds will be
used to further the work of St.
Gertrude's School Of Arts and
Crafts.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

stripes. Al the
S a m e tim e
B r e n d a was
making a pic
ture on the next
stage. Came the
preview of In
visible Stripes" "
and q studio
press executive
asked Brenda
a n d William,
then strangers,
to attend to-
gether. At the
last minnie
Holden, working
~ anrr Tou,,, ,,
Evening star., 1941-05-08

from the girl.
all of them un-
signed because
the girl is a Grip
pie who feared
she might be re-
garded as max
ing a sympathy
a p p e a /. Miss
Crawford W a S
curious, but her
efforts to iden-
t1fy the girl were
futile.
he mi & h t
have gone on
b e in G curious
had not another
Evening star., 1941-05-08

such ranking N any Star category
of preferred people. For years, Miss
Crawford has been getting letters
Evening star., 1941-05-08

way, Is currently starring in "The
Texans Ride" for Columbia.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

in Our Town. sheilah Graham.
could not go. But the item OF their
attendance was given-over Hold
ems protest-to the press anyway.
And that. my readers. was the be-
ginning of the love that will lead
to the altar in June. Bill, by the
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Possible Call by the Army
Doesn't Bother Holden
BY SHEILA GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

William making private regard
of whether the board calls him don uniform Will
called encouraged
planning Brenda
Marshall that month and shortly
a attempted invasion of England
Holden Marshall marriage like the Tyrone
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Student Prince,
still the same prince, same favorite
tunes: $3.50 pm.
Screens.
Palace-"Road to Zanzibar" Hope,
Crosby and Lamour on the loose
again: II am, los, 3:l5, 5:25, 1885
and Gas pm.
Capitol washington Melo-
drama" love secrets of a million
aire: II am, las, 4:30, tbs and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: 1245, $50,
6:15 and PPM.
Keith's-"The Devil and Miss
Jones'" bright comic affair with
Evening star., 1941-07-11

an assembly line at the Toledo
WHY'S Overland plant, engaged in
fabricating Army reconnaissance
cars, had been forced to shut down
because of a shortage Of parts sup
piled by Sealed Power. The Cum
Minis Engine Co. plant at Coium-
bus, Ind, reported it would be forced
to close tonight because of parts
shortage, and the Allis Chalmers
plant at Milwaukee reported it would
be out of pistons by Monday night.
Both firms are engaged in defense
production.
At Toledo, Joseph Fraser, president
of the Willys-Overland Co, said his
firms automobile line had been
closed for two days due to lack of
pistons supplied by Sealed Power.
but that the Army reconnaissance car
assembly line was still in production,
and that arrangements for additional
pistons for them had been arranged.
In Chicago. an agreement for
stabilizing labor conditions in Great
Lakes shipyards was approved by
delegates to the Great Lakes ship
building and ship repair stabiliza-
ton conference, subject to ratiflca-
ton by the parties concerned.
Walter T. Fisher, a Chicago attor-
ney who served as chairman of the
conference representing the Once of
Production Management, in an
nouncing the agreement said one OF
its principal provisions was:
This agreement is a guarantee
that there will be neither strikes nor
lockouts"
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Plans Made 10 Mobilize
Nursing Strength

Plans for mobilizing the Nations
nursing strength in the national
emergency were being made today
at a conference in the auditorium
of the new Social Security Building.
The session was called by the sub
committee on nursing of the Health
and Medical Committee, Federal Sc
curity Agency. Representatives were
present from the Army. Navy, Public
Health Service and other Federal
agencies.
Speakers to address the two-day
meeting include Surgeon General
Thomas Parran of the United States
Public Health Service and Miss Mary
Beard, chairman Of the subcommit-
tee which called the session.
It is the first meeting OF the
subcommittee with the Nursing
Council on National Defense and
the National Committee on Red
Cross Nursing. the leading nursing
groups working for national defense