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Evening star., 1941-09-05

feated" Soviet reinforcements yes
terday and then took tenaciously
defended Russian position protected
by tanks and heavy artillery.
In Red Army counter-a IN
an undesignated sector of the East
ern front, the agency added, tie
Red Army lost 36 tanks.
Red Attacks Belittled.
Dienst aus Deutschland news serv-
ice said the fate of Leningrad rs
only matter of time"
The same service admitted that in
the central sector "the Russians evl-
IDENTIFY are carrying out extensive at
tacks" but belittled their effective
ness.
Authorized quarters said German
tank units made successful attacks
on Russian positions in that sector
yesterday, capturing II cannon and
a quantity of other weapons.
One military writer indicated the
Germans were preparing for every
thing in the East-even for a long
war.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

over the country would cost the
District it's creates asset. that of
being the point of concentration for
Government personnel.
The Senator would venture no
guess on when legislation might be
ready for introduction, but he
promised that it would be with "a
reasonable degree of promptness
after a careful study is made.
The Nevadan said he hoped the
accomplishment of this project
would include a final settlement of
the long-standing boundary dispute
between Virginia and the District.
He has talked several times Of in
PRODUCING legislation for return to
the District of territory ceded to
Virginia years ago. but has not yet
submitted a bill to accomplish this
objective.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Washington.

communique said Russian planes
destroyed a German mechanical
column.
1t estimated that 1000 troops had
been killed and wounded and said
600 motor vehicles and 80 tanks were
destroyed.
On the northern flank, presum-
ably at Kronstadt, the port Of Len
ingrad and big naval base for the
Russian Baltic fleet, it said 100
German planes had been shot down
in an attack.
One Red fleet torpedo boat was
credited also with destroying two
German submarines.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

the cars developed by a Presidential
committee, the P. c. c. type.
Buses 45-to-27-Passenger.
One hundred and twenty of the
buses would be 45-paSSenger models,
so would be 44-passenger types, and
80 would seat 81 passengers.
Company officials said that since
January l, 1889, the company had
purchased 1877 P. c. c. cars and 374
new buses, at a total cost of S.
804744. This equipment was bought
under chattel trust loans from
Washington banks.
With the proposed new orders
the company would have purchased
more than S9200,000 worth OF new
equipment in about three years. 1t
was said that if the 200 extra puses
are purchased the company next
year will have bought in about three
years more buses-574than the
number the company had in op-
Grafton in the peak rush hours in
1887. Mr.. Merrill said the company
had not yet perfected financing
plans for the proposed new equip
ment, but that they were being
studied.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

damaging a 6.000-ton vessel of the
English east coast.
Other aircraft raided a number
of British airports, authorized
sources said.
The Germans reported this morn.
ing their fighter planes had downed
25 British aircraft in dogfights over
the English Channel yesterday with
out suffering a single loss.
Battery Claims Credit.
A suburban anti-aircraft battery
claimed it was the first to bring
down a Soviet bomber in the series
of attacks which the Red air force
has attempted against Berlin.
The bomber, described as twin
engined Martin (possibly a Soviet
copy of the United States Martin
bomber was shot down last night
in harvested grain field east of
Berlin. Its wreckage was scattered
over 100 yards and was still smould-
ering this afternoon.
Troops removed the bodies of two
OF the crew. A third fell to his
death when his parachute failed to
open. The fourth was caught in
the vicinity, apparently unhurt.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

Baker Travels
1900 Miles
To Pick Prunes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Calf, Sept. 5.-The
janitor at the State Employment
Office received a telephone call last
Friday night from Harvey Elliott,
who asked If there were any prune
picking jobs in Santa Clara County.
He told Mr.. Elliott to report for
work Immediately.
Mr.. Elliott, his wife and four chill
dren appeared yesterday and de-
manded the job.
Floyd Byrnes, Office manager,
learned that Mr.. Elliott had tele-
phoned from Portsmouth, Ohio, and
had travelled 1900 miles to pick
prunes.
MY baker business was getting
me down and I thought I'd like a
change from pies to prunes," Mr..
Elliott explained.
Mr.. Byrnes found the Elliott fam
lily a prune picking job.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Russians Expected
To Leave Seattle for
Washington Today
Flying Mission Silent
On Plans as They Rest
After Long Flight
BY the Associated Press.

BY sne Associated PfesS.
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.-Flight plans
of the Russian military mission
which landed at Sand Point naval
air station here yesterday remained
almost as much of mystery today
as upon their surprise arrival in
Alaska five days ago.
Members of the mission were
silent. Navy officials said they had
no information, but unofficial indi-
cations were that the Al airmen and
technicians would proceed eastward
today to Spokane, Wash, by trans
port plane, en- route to Washington,
D. c.
Seattle was approximately the
S000th mile post on the flight from
Moscow.
The War Department announced
the Russians were coming on a
technical mission, to observe the
American airplane production pro-
cess. This was confirmed by Peter
Ivanov, representative of the Rus
sion consulate in San Francisco.
Brig. Gen. Mikhail Gromov, COM
mander of the group and hero of a
Russian flight to the United States
in 1887, told hotel representatives
his men were weary from loss of
sleep and needed an early dinner. A
special Russian meal was prepared
for them.
The first of the big American
built flying boats arrived at 4:25
pm. anf' the second an hour later.
They had flown approximately 900
miles from the United States naval
air base at Sitka, historic Russian
founded settlement where title to
Alaska was transferred to the United
States by emissaries of the Czarist
government in 1867.
Navy and Army officers greeted
the Russians with military honors.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Moscow
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stranded and that Soviet counter
attacks were pounding it to pieces.
The Germans on capturing villages
*" and ~" erected Notifications
and artillery positions as base for
further advance on Leningrad," Red
Army dispatches said.
Our scouts reported that the
Fascists were preparing to force
a river" one Soviet dispatch said
Our artillerymen thvarted this
plan and sank boats attempting to
carry soldiers across to the opposite
bank"
CThe Soviet dispatches. while
telling of the presence of German
artillery equipment, failed to
mention German artillery fire.
but Berlin announcement stated
that Leningrad itself was under
German artillery fire.
Heavy Battery Smashed.
"By accurate volleys," said the
Russian dispatch, "our artillerymen
smashed German heavy gun bat
terry. -thrower battery and an
observation point with a wireless
station" After this preparation
Russian units supported by tanks re-
occupied villages *" ''U" and az"
The Germans retreated abandon
ing guns, machine guns, equipment,
trucks. motor cars and staff docu-
ments," the Russians said. The
battlefield was strewn with Fascist
corpses."
Village &C" was retaken by the
Russians in similar but apparently
even more bitter fighting after
brief but. powerful artillery fire"
After heavy guns smashed Ger
man machine-gun positions Red
infantrymen rushed up, capturing
one position after another" the
Leningrad dispatch said, adding that
"the din of battle resounded for sew
eral kilometers around" BY mid
night village &C" was again in Rus
sian hands.
According to incomplete data,
our troops destroyed or captured
one German artillery battalion, a
heavy battery, 26 anti-tank guns, 9
machine guns. 7 trucks, two motor
cars, 80 carts, $50 artillery and draft
horses and large quantity of rifles,
automatics and other equipment -
the dispatch said.
The Germans suffered heavy
casualties. The headquarters of two
regiments were smashed and impor-
tant documents captured"
Night-Long Fighting.
The Germans have spent thou
sands of lives and large quantities
of heavy war equipment without
breaking the Red Armys line on
the east bank of the Dnieper River
or budging the defenders of Lenin-
grade, Kiev and Odessa, Russian
communicates reported.
The midday bulletin from the
Soviet Information Bureau again re-
ported night-long fighting on the
entire front and said Soviet troops
had routed the 263rd German in
fantry division, taking a toll Of
1000 officers and men killed and
wounded. Where this action oc-
Cured was not disclosed.
In the south, however, where the
Nazis have been trying to establish
bridgeheadS across the Dnieper from
their foothold on the west bank, the
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Surrender Leningrad
Or Face Warsaw Fate
Germans Tell Reds
Nozis' Heavy Artillery
SheIling City, High
Command Announces
By the Associated Press.

bS tIc AoooNAobcO
BERLIN, Sept. 5.-Heavy German
artillery is shelling Leningrad, the
German high command announced
today.
Informed sources said long range
guns were firing on bridges and rail
facilities in and between Leningrad
and Schluesselburg 20 miles TO the
east of the city on Lake Ladoga.
1T is a mistake to assume that
Leningrad is being shot up indis-
criminately," they said. only mill
tary facilities are involved"
Germans have said, however, that
the city will face Warsaw-like de-
struction if it resists.
Finn Troops Draw Near.
2 Finnish troops, it was added, are
approaching Kuokkala, Is miles
northwest of Leningrad, and its oc-
cupation will give the Firms the
possibility of bringing long-range
guns into play against the Kron-
stadt naval base"
4Ic uCIuc cl . Wal Uulltlul, lIlQl-
eating that the ring of steel which
German and Finnish forces are
tightening around Leningrads ap-
proaches has been almost closed,
described the situation in these four
terse sentences:
Successful operations on the East
front.
The encirclement of Leningrad is
progressing.
The city itself already is under
fire Of heavy German artillery.
"Estonia has been freed of the
enemy"
20 Miles From Leningrad.
Both the Finnish and the German
arms of the huge besieging drive
have been reported only about 20
miles from Leningrad-well within
the range of Germany's big guns
such as those used in the west to
blast ships and ports across the
English Channel.
Elsewhere on the Leningrad front
possibly in the mop-up of Estonia
DNB., official news agency, sale
German forces "destructively de-
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Railroads
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ployes department of the American
Federation of Labor, and George
M. Harrison, president Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad and Steam
ship Clerks, read:
THE heads of the IA cooperating
railroad labor unions, repl esenting
more than 100000 employees through
out the United States, announced
today that these employees by their
votes have authorized the calling
of a strike in order to bring about
adjustment of the pending Nation
wide controversy involving wage in
creaseS, vacations with pay and the
efforts of some of the carriers to
make changes in rules governing
conditions.
Deadline Is Set.
The employees involved in this
action include all classes and crafts
of railway employees, excepting those
in train, engine and yards service.
These employees, the heads of the
unions announced, have voted TO
authorize a strike on all railroads
by majorities from 95 to 100 per
cent.
AT a meeting early this morning
the chief executive officers of the
IA unions decided to Immediately act
under the authority given them by
the employees, and they are mailing
to their memberships throughout
the country today permission TO
strike at pm. September II. l941.
This action was taken, the heads
of the unions pointed out, in order
to bring into play the last remain
ing machinery of the Railway Labor
Act for adjustment of railway la
Dor disputes"
Unions Wage Demands.
The five big operating unions have
demanded 80 per cent increase in
basic rates of pay for approximately
$4,000 workers, of which the lowest
paid, switch tenders, now receive
s506 a day.
Wage boosts of from 80 to 81 cents
an hour have been demanded by the
IA non operating unions, with $50
900 members. They now have mini
NUNS Of IS cents an hour for semi
skilled work and IS cents for highly
skilled.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Scottish Coastal Town
Bombed, British Report

LONDON, Sept. pa lone
German raider dropped several
bombs on a coastal town in North
east Scotland today, demolishing
some shops and injuring several
persons.
Some German planes dropped
bombs at few points near the
British east coast during the night,
Evening star., 1941-09-05
II Are Reported Killed
In Air Fortress Raid

NEW YORK, Sept. lP,.-The
German-controlled Netherlands ra-
dio reported today that II persons
were killed and 95 wounded by the
American-made fortress plane with
which the r. A. F. bombed Rotter-
dam yesterday.
Others may be buried under the
ruins" said the broadcast.
The attack was carried out from
the "stratosphere level" the an
nouncer said. according to N. B. c..
adding: 1T was a mere chance that
hits we're scored at all"
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Pope to Receive TuyIor

VATICAN CITY. Sept. LP).-
Myron C. Taylor, President Roose-
velt's envoy to the Vatican, will
be received in private audience by
Pope Plus shortly after his arrival
here from the United States next
week, probably Tuesday. a Vatican
City news service said today.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Soldier Discovers
His Age Makes Him
Ineligible for Draft
By the Associated Press.

by tIle ASSOCletcu EIcSSs
RIVERSIDE, Calf, Sept. s.
william L. Marks of Fleming
ton, w. Va, is wiser and older
three years older in fsct-than
when he was inducted into the
Army February IA.
Marks applied for a discharge
when the War Department au-
thorized release Of drafted men
over % years old. To expedite
matters. he sent for his birth
certificate.
1t arrived yesterday and
Marks discovered he is 33 years
old and wasn't eligible for the
draft in the first place.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

causing no serious casualties and
little damage, the Air and Home
Security Ministries reported.
In the only British offensive &C
ton reported. the Air Ministry also
said a coastal command bomber
attacked tanker off the coast of
Brittany last night and another
bombed a factory at La Pallice,
France.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

In normal times Britain imports
over so per cent of her food sup
plies
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
 the boulder started It's plunge.
% in New England

Boston, June 2a-(UP)-A fuor- day heat wave was broken today by thunderstorns in New England where IS persons drowned over the weekend while seeking relief from the uncomfortable warmth.
 Tn oil, 2M persons met violent deaths In the area. Despite the heavy trafilc, only five auto fataii. ties were reported-all in Connec- ticut.
 Only one fatal heart attack was attributed to the record high tenn perature in Boston yesterday. Are thur L. oLeary, 73, collapsed in front fo his Roxbury home and was dead before reaching Q hospital.
 The temperature reached o4.7 in Boston, c record for both the date and the season. In Portland, Me-, 1t scared to o6 degrees, the record for the date for 70 years. Rain began falling late last night and shortly after dawn the tempera. ture had dropped to es h Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
RUBBER PLANT TO BE TESTED

Davis, Gal. - (UP) - The Asricul. turai college of the University og Callfornia has undertaken to e@s tablish whether 6 rubber prodtes ing industry from the guayu1e plant is Q practical possibility in California. 4 nursery has been Set aside for the growing of seed. iings of the plant and these will Do distributed throughout the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
gerous. Tn . statement Issued by tho navy department 1t was said that:
 Dlvlmr I1mn0aglhlA


 '"rfe salvage operations which re. quire diving in uflarmored suits are impracticable in depths over 300 feet because of tho danger to life of the divers. If there were any ev- idence or any possibility of life in the submarine the hazard to the divers in rescue operations would Do justified and would Do undertaken. Such possibility in the case of the 0.9 does not exist"
 Three and c half hours later i,- blue ciad sailors lined the rails of the flotilla of i2 rescue ships an- cluding submarines, tugs and . dc. stroyer that were grouped around the spot where grapnels had hooked the 0.e.
 His head barred and clad In a white summer suit on which was . black crepe armband. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox stood on the aft deck of the submarine Triton to conduct ceremonies.
 No Relatives There
 The Portsmouth navy yard chap- lain, Lieut.. Corndr. Homer c. 0iunt read scriptures and said c brief prayer. No relatives of the lost crew were present to hear the tributes or tho 2l-gun salute that Te.echoed to tho hay obscured shores. The skies were darkening with thunder.head clouds as Knox cast a sesfestooned wreath on the rippled sea and said in an emotion -choked voice:
 1T want the people Of the United States to remember that these men went to their fate willingly as voiun. teers because every officer and man in the submarine service must Do c volunteer.
 'srhe first duty in such . country as ours Is defense in time of danger. Defense means necessary risk. These men incurred such risk.
 "With oil the conviction inst I am capable of uttering, say that our country will last only as long as there are men left to make sacri- 9icos as these men did.
 "Every stride of civilization has been paid for 1n sacrifices-to you and your shipmates we say goodbyO and God bless you."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23

heavily on the Soviet eNnkeEs be- hind thiS no-man'S-lNnd, the Ie- norteES said, They described how farm houses vent up In bright yel. low flames whtle pieoSe ot concrete and iron flew into the air AS Rus sian plll boxes were blasted,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23

negro college student employed on c Windsor tobacco plantation, was downed In Pennington rivFe, and the body of Joseph Wodsinskl 2T, Throop, pa, was recovered from Long 1slend Sound ct Bridgeport.
 At @tratford, i0syeAr-old Michael HoFucki was crushed to death sn- der c 1000 pound boulder. yorucki end John Stewart, ie, were slttlng on the boulder when it became dis. lodged and fol lover c ledge ct the edge Of Aa old dam. Stewart os- caped injury whom he jumped as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
sTRAWnERRxEss HERE'S
 WIzopPER

Morrlstown, Minn. - (Up) = Strawberry raisers attentionl Mrs. Emil schults claims something in the way of record. She says she plucked one from her garden that Was s Ia inches in circumference,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
ITALY TOO JOINS UP

&aHeAS SSS SSNANS VI
 Rome, June 2S,-tUp)-ltaly, too. was at war with Russia today in fulfillmeHt of her treaty obligations to Germany,
 To6ay'S Italian war eommuniQue made no mention of the new exten- sion of the war, however,
 The eommuniQue said that dur ing An air battle in the Central Mediterranean between British and Italian planes yesterday, one Brit tSh BlenheiM bomber was shot down, and that two other Blen. helms were Sowned by anti-aircraft Ire from torpedo-hoatS,
 Italian and 0erMaN planes con- tinued to pound the Lihyan port Of TobrUs, the communicate said,
 The Italian garrison at Uolshefit in the 0onsiar region, one of the last centerS Of Italian resistance in Ethiopia, was reported to have ear rte0 out an offensive thrust that put strong enemy eontingents to flight
 British planes raided Henghasi, the communicate said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23

Dora Cisment and, Lucille Ward have been cast ag nlrweg in Unis versais "Almiost efl Angel" co.stAr- ring Dsanna Durbin and Charles LAughton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
Nazis Also Claim They Are Crushing Russia
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said,
 One of the first things the high command did was to warn people of Eastern Germany to wNteh for Rus. sian parachOtlStS,
 It said that some paraehWtiStS might even be German Communists, who had, been refOge6 in Russia,
 The government warned German shipping to seek shelter in Baltic ports and issued new warnings ot mine fields,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
ERRORs BLAMED no NOISE

st, Iouis-(up) - If the boss ae- euses you of making too many errors In your work, blame it on the noise. Experiments conducted at Ht, Louis prepared to launch 2 campaign to dilninish unnecessary noises were reported as showing noise abatment reduced typine errors as much as b2 per cent.
 defends, and how to defend it."
 The Finnish minister, Hjaimar J. Prooope, said his country was not at war and that the holnblngs ot Finnish territory were @incidente." e." Yfe said that Finland would fight any aagressor but that Eanland, "whatever happens, will remain . liberty. loving democratic people"
 There was speculation here As to whether Hitler's move against Rus. sic might be almost wholly poll. tieal end designed to strength Nazi ties with Spain and Japan, both ag9yesslvely anti communistic states.
 It was recognised that acceptancs of the Soviet Union as 6 partner in the democratic effort against Germany would require conslder- Mbla Ea~orientatl0n Of American xor- oign poiicy end uG popular opinicn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
Naxls IEato Churchill

Berlin, June 2S-tUP)--A NasI spokesman said today that Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech gave extensive new proofs of Brit- ish.Russlan military and political cooperation as had been charged by Adolf Hitler.
 The spokesman said that this co. operation had been continued for 6 long time and that this was rec vealed plainly by Churehill's State- ment that he had warned Josef Stalin of 0erlnanys intention of attacking Russia.
 This indicated quite clearly" the spokesman said, "the close liaison between the British government and the Kremlin potentates."
 The spokesman said that ct "the right time" they would give 'par- icularly piquant details" concern- Ing tho visit of Sir Stafford Cripps, British ambassador to Moscow, to London.
 These details, the spokesman said. would show that Cripps was en. gagged in furthering Angio-Rassian cooperation.
 Apart from Churchili's attack on Germany which was couched in language that could hardly have been exceeded" said the spokes. man, the speech gave the impress sion that he twas hardly in possess sion of his normal faculties Of judgment when he spoke Of the Russians praying and of villages where maidens love and children play"
 "one can only recall the weil- known Bolshevist principles of life In this connection" the spokesman said. Tt iS quite evident that Ohuys chill has been on hobnobbing terms with his BolshevlSt teachers and has not hesitated to try to Enob- ilize them against Germany and Europe.
 Al states of northern and South- efn Europe can only imagine what would have been their fate ig that had succeeded"
 The spokesman said Churchiii'i remarks regarding the bringing oi those guilty Of starting the war tc judgment "can only De laid down to either naegaiomania or senile dc. inentia."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
PRESIDENT HAS
 ' ANOTHER PUZZLE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23

Ne tried desperately to knock out Britain in the nmknn 0 l0RO when the uftwaffe sought Co pave the WAy Aor Invasion The offensive failed since then tne Royal Air Force has gained strength With American n,d A nrosenls growing obstacle to Maxi march on fnndon me NaS air and submarine siege of the Br- tsh Isles has proved increasingly effective but due to extension Of American patrols in the Atlantic there vas
 o raranee That t would strangle Britain before winter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
SUBMARINE TO
 LIE IN SEA CRAVE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-23
EIGHT VIOLENT
 DEATHS IN CONN.

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