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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
BREWERS MAKE OWN STATEMENT
Claim They Had Assur- ances of City They Could
 Sell Beer

Brewers and wholesalers replying to demands for explanations of why they have delivered beer to the city operated East Mountain golf course despite the lack of beer permit there claim they were as- sured by the city that no voilatlon of the law was involved, Edward Peters, secretary of the state liquor commission, Said today. Replies are coming in rapidly from the 14 brewers and wholesalers notified, MT. Peters said, and the investi- gating bureau will have a report ready for submission to the com- mission within a week or 10 days.
 The law specifically forbids the delivery of beer in wholesale uuan- titles to a r1on-permittee, said MT. Peters. The section in question is so plain, he stated, that it would not matter whether or not the statues are ambiguous about the need for Q municipal golf course to have 8 state permit. Thomas F. Moore, secretary of the board of park commissioners, claimed that the requirement. that the city have a permit to sell beer Is 8 question of interpretation.
 No Action Taken
 The park board took up the golf course beer question informally tt It's meeting yesterday but took no action since the liquor commls-
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
A. IS SEEKING
 PEACE WITH CIO
Resolution 10 That Effect Introduced at COnvefl-
 ton in Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 3.-(UP) A resolution was submitted to the annual state convention of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor to-day, proposing peace negotiations with the Congress for Industrial Orgari- zation.
 The resolution, still to be acted upon, was sponsored by the Cigar Makers Union of New Haven, and suggested 8 joint A. F. of L. and o. I. o. convention to be held in Connecticut In November ito bring about unity" between the two labor factions.
 In the meantime, President Will Ham Green of the national organi- zation, was expected to address the second session of the four-day. con- vention today.
 He came before the convention as a civil war broke out among dele- gates as to who was responsible for the defeat of labor bills in the re- cent General Assembly, especially the measure creating a state labor relations board in Connecticut.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
Giant British Bombers In
 Terrific Blows At Germany
Property Assessment In City Is Not Being Given Equitable Division
"Sow, Inefficient Processes" Is Report of Waterbury Taxpayers Association; They Recommend Single
 Tax Assessor Among Charter Changes

Declaring that property assessment here now consists of slow and inef- ficient processes" and that "all prop erty owners are not being equitably assessed" the Waterbury Taxpayers association today proposed 8 char ter amendment eliminating the present flve-man board of tax com missioners and replacing 1t with a single tax assessor. It also proposes a charter change providing for the appointment rather than the elec- tion of member of the board of tax review.
 The associations report is based on a survey made by Raymond F. Botch, managing director, and in- cludeS 8 series of 18 recommenda- tions designed to improve tax assess ment. The report states that it Is not to be interpreted "as direct criti- cisTh of the present members of the board of tax commissioners" but rather as commentary on the need for keeping local procedures in line with modern developments. Single Tax Assessor eN. The single tax assessor, whopheed nUk. necessarily be a resident Of Wa terbury, would supervise all prop erty valuations. He would be called on to bring the 1880 general prop erty revaluation, never used, up to date.
 Methods of assessment used in Waterbury are not modern, says the report, and no standard rules or fol- lowed. Reviews of property on sev- eral streets showed that the front foot assessed values varied.
 MT. Botch says that the many ap- peals filed with the board of tax re- view (fornerly the board of relief and the large percentage of them that are granted indicate much dis satisfaction on the part of prop erty owners and belief on the review boards part that the complaints are justified.
 A table for 1889 shows that in this city there were 9l4 appeals from assessments, filed, with 594 of those protesting gaining reductions. This compares with the Hartford figure of PIT appeals and 48 reductions, the New Haven figure of 62 appeals and 12 reductions, the Bridgeport figure
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
FOUR-DAY CONN.
 DEATH TOLL l6
Violent Casualties in State Are Increased By Six
 More Deaths
(Bv United Press)

Connecticut,S four day holiday violent death toll rose to IS today as six additional automobile fatali- ties brought the highway death toll alone to 13.
 Up to Tuesday deaths by violence in the state over the Labor Day weekend totaled 10, but six persons died Tuesday from injuries suffered in car accidents.
 Mrs. Frank E. Farley, T2, Middle town, wife of a retired Wesleyan University professor, died at New Britain General Hospital of injuries suffered in a Berlin crash.
 Phyllis Carver. 18, New Britain, died last night of injuries suffered in an accident Saturday midnight.
 Charles E. Barton, 66, and his wife, Florence, Mount Carmel, were injured fatally in a North Haven crash.
 Harriet Snurkowski., {, Norwich, died of injuries suffered when struck by a hit-run car at Lisbon.
 Williams J. Flanagan, 55, Meriden. died of injuries suffered when struck by an automobile Saturday night.
 Two suicides and a shooting acc counted for three other violent deaths during the four-day period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
Restaurant Owners To
 Get Another Heari119
zOning Ordinance Limiting Number of Liquor Outlets Is Protested as flurtfuI to Business; Alder.
 men Vote for Public Hearing

After restaurant owners had com- plained that adpotion of a proposed new zoning ordinance limiting the number of liquor outlets would jeopardize their business and their investments. the board of aldermen voted last night to hold a second public hearing on the ordinance. The hearing will be held at the city hall Monday, Sept. IS, at 7:30 p. m.
 A sharp contest over the ordi- nance is in prospect, with the res- taurant men opposing package store operators, who favor its enactment. At the original hearing, in August, pa ckage store permittees were strongly in favor of the zoning linn itation.
 Harmon A. Genlot, executive sec- retary of the Connecticut Restaur- ant Owners Board of Trade, charged that the ordinance might drive many from business. The provisions that one outlet cannot be located near another outlet would tend to drive out of business restaurants where the lease expired or the rent was raised, since, they would find 1t very difficult to get a new loca- ton.
 "It's all right for the package stores," he said. Like the Arabs, all they have to do is fold up their tens--just pick up the cash regis ter, send back their stock and there they are. But a restaurant man has invested in booths, a bar, fur- .niture, stoves and other costly equipment"
 MT. Genlot cited figures show ing that there were exactly the same number of restaurants and taverns here this year as last, the total being PA, while package stores had increased in number from Al to 149. Restaurant perinittees, he said, accounted for $100800 of the total of $l25.750 the city received in liquor license revenue last year.
 Alderman Joseph Reiner, sponsor of the ordinance, indicated he would continue to fight for its adoption. The same type of ordinance has worked out well in other cities, he said.
 MT. Genlot expressed the belief that this type of rodinance would not work out but said his organ ization had no objection to the lim- itation of permits on 8 population basis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
Wife Of Artillery Major Is Being Held On Suspicion Of Having Taken His Life

william, 12, will appear before the grand jury when it investigates the case tomorrow.
 Mrs. Tucker told authorities that she remembered very little about the night her husband was stabbed, because she and he had been drink ing.
 She said she hadn't quaTreled with him and couldn't remember why the blood soaked carving knife that killed him was found in the rear of & kitchen drawer.
 q remembered some things and forgot others" she said.
 Neighbors who said they were attracted to tho Tucker home by hta screams and found him lying on the bed bleeding will also testify at the grand jury hearing,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
WORLD SERIES TO
 OPEN OCTOBER 1
First Two Games Are to Be Played at Yankee
 Stadium
(NEA Radiophoto)

New York. Sept. S-(uP)-The world series will open at Yankee stadium on Wednesday, October 1, 1t was announced today after meeting of K. M. Landis, high com- missioner of baseball, with repre- sentatives of the interested clubs.
 The Yankees have not yet clinched the American league pennant, but the yare so close to 1t that no repre- sentatives of other clubs in the league attended the meeting.
 Brooklyn, St. Louis and Cincinnati all had representatives present.
 The first two games will be played in Yankee stadium. Tn event Brooklyn wins the National league pennant, the third, fourth and fifth games will be played at Ebbetss field on October 3, 4, 5.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
JAPAN IS URGED
 TO TAKE ACTION
Powerful Right Wing De- mands That Japan Watch
 Out for United States
By ROBERT BELLAIRE United Press Staff Correspondent)

Tokyo, Sept. 3-(UP)-Powerful right wing political organizations increased pressure on the govern ment today, demanding that it take firm action in relations with the United States, particularly the ship ment of United States war aid to Russia through the Sea of Japan.
 The inspired press asserted that the arrival of two great Russian flying boats at Nome reopened the whole question of Japan's north ern" defense and said Japan could not stand idly by" while "a scheme of northern encirclement" is in the making.
 Pressure on the government to attempt to prevent the shipment of war supplies, above all avaition gas- oline, to Russia via Vladivostok came into the open yesterday when the Japan New East Asia asSocia- tion, of which Prince Fumimaro Konoye, the premier, is president, sent the government a four-point program.
 The chief point in this program, presented by the league in behalf of the 59 organizations which 1t comprises, was that Japan "exer- else the rights of self lf-defense in Japanese territorial waters"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

pack three miles and across @ river (possibly the Neva) in a surprise at- tack that still is in progress with in- fantry, artillery and tanks partici- pating.
 Exact positions were not diSclos- ed, but the Germans had reported their advance troops near Krasnoe Selo, only 15 or l6 miles from ern- battled Leningrad, in an encircling operation designed to cut of the city Of 100000 and crush the Red fleet in the Gulf of Finland.
 It appeared that from the Smol- erlsk sector, 235 miles southwest of Moscow, to the Lower Ukraine the Russian forces were setting the pace.
 There were further reports today that a terrific battle was raging in the neighborhood of Veliki -Luki, 250 miles south of Leningrad, which might become factor in the furious German attack on the old czarist capital.
 The central Russian army of Mar Ghal Semyon Timoshenko was re- ported still driving into the tEed Germans between Smolensk and Gomel, 120 miles north of Kiev.
 These drives were started to re- lieve the right wing of the army of the Ukraine under Marshal Semyon Budenny. But they had developed into the proportions of a counter offensive.
 Now Budenny's own men are thrusting out from the eastern bank of ttae Dnieper river, the new Rus sian line in the Ukraine.
 Military experts said these coun- ter-attacks apparently were effec-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
2O,116 Democratic Voters Are On Lists Of Registrars

mittee at 6 meeting Friday night at party headquarters. A meeting of the full town committee is slated for the following Friday.
 The primary lists will be increased by small margins before the prim- ary dates, since new voters sworn in may elect to register with either party and be eligible to vote in its primary. However, no previously registered voter can go on Q prin- ary list or change from one party list to the other for this years prim- aries. He can register or change but will not be eligible to take part in a primary until next year.
 Several places on the Democratic executive board are now vacant be- cause Of resignations or removals. steps to ill them will be taEen NEa- day night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
BRITAIN AT PEACE
 TWO YEARS AGO
Beaches Crowded, Church Bells Rang; But Today
 All Is Different
By JOHN. A. PARRIS United Press Stan Correspondent)


 London, Sept. 3-(UP)-Two years ago this morning Great Britain was at peace.
 A hungry man with a few shil- lingS in his pocket could sit down in any restaurant and put away six or eight rashers of bacon and half g dozen eggs, with bread, butter and jam.
 Church bells rang. (Now they are to be rung only in case of invasion) The beaches were crowded. (There were no barriers, no barbed wire, no bastionS of tubular steel, no for- bidden defense zones).
 Everybody knew that the French army was invincible; the Maginot line impregnable and that Adolf Hitler was blufflng. Sir Oswald Mosley, the Fascist leader, spoke his mind at will: Neville Chamber lain lived at 10 Downing street and Winston Churchill, not even 8 cab- met member, voiced his opinions from the back benches in Commons. ~ OOC AaAhAAAp Q AAbS4V COChlACy cab driver, reminiscing today over two war years, that Sunday morn- ing, September 3, 1889, seemed like long time ago.
 We had everything then," he rec called. Why, I remember .. :" The roads were crowded with cars because gasoline was as plentiful as Al. coupons to buy suit of clothes, a half pint of beer cost a nickel, a drink of whiskey could be had for 8 dime.
 22 Theaters Were Open Twenty-two theaters were open in the London west end: their neon signs had blazed most of the night before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

Waterbury has a total of 20,1l6 registered Democrats, figures com- piled by Registrar of Voters John T. Derwin and Deputy Registrar Michael Slavin disclosed today. The Republican total. now being compiled by Registrar Albert o. Taller, is not yet available but observers do not believe it will be higher than S,iO0.
 The 20,1l6 listed Democrats will be eligible to vote in the party primary this fall. in the event that a contest should develop. Such a prospect now seems unlikely.
 The date for the Democratic primary will be set by the executive board of the Democratic town com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

The body was exhumed, and pr. Frank R. Webb, county autopsy sur- geon said the wound could have been inflicted either purposely or accidentally.
 Mrs. Tucker was. taken into tech- nical custody yesterday, questioned eight hours and booked on sllspi- cion of murder last night.
 Plump, less than five feet tall : she sobbed.
 T am innocent. I tell you, I am innocent.
 T loved George fervently when l married him the day he graduated from West Point. ! loved him until the day he died. I loved him enough to bear him three fine sons."
 She and the eldest of her sons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
ROOSEVELT NOT
 TO MEET PREMIER
Report in Capital He Was to See Jap Head on
 Board Battleship
By sANDoR s. KLEIN

\Unlteu treSS Stan COrreSpOndent)
 Washington, Sept. 3-(UP-White House Secretary stephen T. Early denied today that Premier Fumi- marc Konoye of Japan has invited President Roosevelt to confer on Japanese American relations at a high seas conference in the Pacific.
 Early made this statement after discussing with MT. Roosevelt the New York Herald Tribune's report that such an invitation had been extended.
 q. The President has no invita- ton.
 "2. If the Herald Tribune had seen fit to check with the White House before publication of the story, would have told them that.
 8. The only plan the President has involving a trip on the water in the immediate future is cruise from Annapolis on the Chesapeake Bay and on the Potomac River.
 "If the Herald Tribune cares to follow the President to Annapolis, they will readily see the falsity of this story
 Responding to a question, Early added that he did not believe Prince Premier Konoye would be
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
Flying FOrtresses From United States Joined in
 UnmercifuI Pounding
GREAT FIRES BURNING
 IN BERLIN, ELSEWHERE
Send All BOmbers You Got Is Word to U. s. From
 British Officials
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)


 United Press staff Correspondent
 London, September 3. - (UP) - Great fires were left burning in Berlin after an attack by giant British bomb CTS last night, the air minis try said today, and Air Minis ter Sir Archibald Sinclair disclosed that during the first three weeks of August Brit ish planes attacking Ger many dropped three times as many bombs as during the same period year ago.
 In 24 hours of big-scale aerial att tack that again brought American built flying fortresses into action, the Royal Air Force unloaded many tons of its biggest bombs on NaS targets in the occupied countries and Rhineland industrial zone and then staged a battering raid on the German capital that started big fires, Russian planes flying over eastern Germany cooperated.
 Last nights attack on Berlin marked the second anniversary of the Hateful Sunday on which Britain went to war to aid attacked Poland.
 In addition to setting huge fires and dropping high explosive bombs in Berlin, Royal Air Force planes also blasted a wide area Of western Germany.
 Sinclair referred to the raid on Berlin in Q luncheon speech and said "our bombers got there and hit the city hard"
 Asks For More Bombers
 He appealed to the United states workers to send all the planes they can produce and promised that Bri- tain would furnish the crews for them.
 Tn particular we want all the heavy bombers you can send us and the sooner you send them the quicker you will end the war;" he said.
 Sinclair said also that the Royal Air Force coastal command had turned the tables on the Germans at sea and that during July o2 Axis ships totaling 46S, 900 tons had been destroyed or damaged in the North Sea, the Adriatic and the Mediter- ranean. In addition, he said, 52 ships of unknown tonnage were damaged or destroyed.
 Heaviest of War
 A. lad al~afn~ A,aNfnaka% &Aok the attacks on Berlin and western Germany last night were among the heaviest of the war.
 : Pilots of the great four-motored planes which raided Berlin, selected from the newest types of long range bombers, reported seeing their bombs burst among industrial build ings in the Berlin area and leaving fires raging as they turned home ward through blasts of gunflre.
 Frankfurt, in the heart of indus trial Germany, took bad punishe ing, it was asserted, and heavy for nations of British planes attacked other industrial targets and rail- road centers.
 Though more planes have raided Berlin in a single night than took part in last nights raid, it was one of the biggest attacks of the war from the viewpoint of weight and numbers of bombs dropped, avia- tion quarters reported.
 Not only were many of Britain's biggest planes used but 1t was un- derstood that new tye bombs of ter- rife destructive power were hurled down in addition to thousands of incendiary bombs.
 The power of the new type bomhs is indicated by reports that in e recent raid on Dusseldorf Britasn
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

:. Los Angeles, Sept, S.-(UP)- Mrs. Marie M. Tucker. Se. whose husband, Maj. George A. Tucker, was supposed to have stabbed him. self while making sandwichesS was held today on suspicion of having murdered him.
 She said she was innocent and had "loved him fervently" for IT years.
 Major Tucker, an artillery ofi- cer at Fort MacArthur. Cal, died l2 days after he was stabbed dur ing 0 cocktail party at his San Pedro home on July 1. Police, unsatisfied with the army statement that he had driven q knife seven inches into his chest, while making ham sandwiches. started an investigation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
FRANCE TO SHAKE
 UP POLICE FORCE
Terrorism Is Spreading in That Nation; Crashed
 Plane Is Found
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press staff Correspondent

NOmteu FreSS StaH COrreSpOnuentl
 Vichy, France, Sept. 3.-UP)-A shake-up in the national police force was believed imminent today as In- terior Minister Pierre Pucheu strengthened his department to deal with spreading terrorism.
 Henry ,Chavin, secretary general of police, probably will resign to become regional prefect, it was understood. He formerly was pre- feet at Constantine, Algeria, and in the difficult mining region of Lille.
 The first contingent of 1900 French volunteers destined to fight beside the Germans on the Russian frUnt, leaves today for Poland, 59 enter training. It was during re- view of this contingent at Versailles last week that Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat were wounded by Paul Collette, an assassin in the volun- teers' ranks.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
Nazi Forces Are Still Hammering Towards sLeningrad
Germans Claim They Are Only 16 Miles Away-Sur. prise Attack Hit Them Today; Furious Battles
 Raging All Over That Big Front
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)

fierce Red army counterblow was reported pushing back German siege troops the Leningrad front today after British bobers had blasted Berlin and industrial Germany the second anniversary of the war Led by Marshal Kement Voroshlov the Russians were said by the army publication Red Star to have driven the Germans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

Furnaces cleaned and repaired by experts. Chimneys cleaned. Water huEy Heating Ce. Rhone e-ea56s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03

Eam Term begins Sept 6. Register now. O0ano opeM A. M. Co 5 '. N. pegt Swnieg Collegs -Aass'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-03
The Weather

Fair, Cold Tonights Thursday Very Cloudy Fun Weather Report Page .
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Evening star., 1941-09-06
Keller Memorial
To Conclude Series
Of vesper Services
Dr.. Mumper to Preach
In Morning on why Do
We Have Luw?'

The last of the series of summer
vespers services conducted by the
young people of Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church will be held to-
morrow at pm.
The service will be in charge of
Raymond Kyber and Robert L.
Lang, the latter one of the five young
men of the church now studying for
the ministry. The assistant pastor.
the Rev. Cedric w. Tilberg, will
preach on What is Good Neigh
bor?" Special music will be pro-
vided by Evelyn and Marjorie Web
er.
The pastor, the Rev. DR.. J. Harold
Mumper, will preach at the morning
service on why Do We Have Law?"
F. Elwood Moreland, tenor, will sing
1.-The Grace of Heaven" by Royle.
The Women's Missionary Society
will meet Wednesday at 1:30 pm.
The church's new parish worker,
Miss Helene H. Harder, will be one
of the speakers. Miss Harder was
a former missionary to Japan. The
same evening, the Luther League
will meet.
On Friday the Church Council
will be hosts to the senior choir
at dinner at $50 pm. followed by
a business meeting.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Radio Themes for
Week Are Announced

Back to Bethel" will be the sub
ject of Evangelist Dale Crowley's
radio message over WWDC tomor-
row at 10:30 am.
Themes for discussion on the daily
devotional period at 6:45 am. over
this station for the week beginning
September will be as follows:
Monday, "A Blind Man Receives
Sight; Tuesday a message by the
Rev. Robert Savage of Michigan;
Wednesday. 'Enoch Walks With
Cod; Thursday, "The Courage of
Faith; Friday. Faith in Action"
and Saturday, Faith Triumphant"
The Bible and Temperance" will
be the subject of discussion on the
Bible Round Table over WWDC
Monday at 7 pm, in which local
temperance leaders will participate.