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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
Budget Approved

The budget for the town. as pre-. sented by the board of finance. wal accepted at a public meeting Men. day night. It amounts to eT4,I02 ana includes eio,O0O for paying of the town debts. Actual expenses in the loa0-4i fiscal year amounted tc e06. 6.063. The new items in the bud. get are eT00 for police work, and $500 for work on sewers and eulverts, Chairman Harry Ciassey presided. A special meeting of the finance board will be held at 2 D. m. Monday as the iowa hmll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
LEGION AUXILIARY
 SEATS SLATE FRIDAY

Naugatuck, Sept. 24-Mrs. Ethel Simmons. president of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary, has an- nouced that there will be a special meeting of the auxiliary preceding the installation Friday, September 26. This meeting will take the place of the meeting which should have been held September i7th, and has been called in order that the an. nual reports of the outgoing officer may be read. The meeting will bt called to order at 8:30 D. m. Reports on the department convention helc in Waterbury in July will also be read at this time. Following the meetings of the post and auxiliary a joint installation will take place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
Restaurant Loses $2O in Glass Jar

Naugatuck, Sept. 24--A glass jar containing about $20 and intended to aid a patient in g sanitariuHn was stolen from DaIy's restaurant on South Main street early yesterday morning. Mrs. Elizabeth Daly, mother of Francis Daly, man. ager, discovered the theft yes- terday on arrival to open the restaurant. The back dOor was open. Some time ago a key to the front door of the res- taurant was taken, and ap. parently the theft had been planned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
Actual Contract Not Awarded Yet,
 Claims Phil Rice
Grading Work Being Supervised by New Haven Con-
 struction Firm Bridgeport Men Given Archi. lecture Pittsburgh, Pa. Engineers ,r to Install Equipment
Correspondent. wm. J. Baxter-Phone Nausatuck se4S
to Install Equipment

Naugatuck, September 24 U Excavation for the new synthetic rubber plant being built by the Defense Corpor
 c. W. Blakesee and Sons, 1nc of New Haven, are in charge of excavation work and grading The Fletcher Henderson Inc firm of Bridgeport architects for the building The Blau-Knox Construction Company, Inc, of Pittsburgh Pa engineers for equipment and also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24

Most of the eggs of the codlish perish before matching, else the seas would be packed with ccdiish. This Ash lays 6.000.00 0egRs at time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24

There Is i3a times as much ter- ritory in the ocean 12,0o0 feet below sea level as there is on land i2,O0O feet above sea level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-24
BRAZILIAN SNAKE

The Brazilian wo-headed snake gets its name because of the stubby tail which resembles head. Natives say 1t bites with either end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
QUARTER MILLION
 VOTE IN BOSTON
Battle For Mayor Has Been Warm-l6 Other Cities
 In Mass. Voting

Boston, Nov. 4-(UP)--A quarter million BostonianS balloted for mayor today after a sizzling caIn- paign and l6 other Massachusetts cities also held elections.
 Seeking 6 second four.year term at S20 900 Q year, 3o year old Mayor Maurice J. Tobin (D) of Boston had as his chief opponent 66 year old James M. Curley (D). former three. time mayor and onetime governor of Massachusetts.
 The other candidates in the four sided, non-partisaf contest were former Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols (R) and Joseph Dee (D), school coEEa- mitteeman and social reformer.
 All four candidates claimed vic. tory. Both the independence demo- cratic Boston Post and the Repub- llcan Boston Herald predicted To- bins reelection by Q substantial plurality. No newspaper foresaw victory for any other candidate.
 Fair weather and interest stirred by e torrid campaign promised to bring out 66 per cent or more of the 370777 registered vote.
 It was Lees first mayogal battle, TobIn's second, Nichols fourth, and Curley's sixth. Tobin based his caTn- palgn on his four-year record of "decent and honorable" govern ment, while Curley asserted that the issue was ito end the rule of the banking fraternity and restore the government to the people of the city,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
DOCTORS GIVEN
 HONORS TODAY
Life Fellowship For One In American College Of
 Surgeons At Boston

Boston, Nov. 4-(Upl-Dr. John orndon of Chicago today held . life Fellowship in the American Col- lege of Surgeons as Q medical records prize.
 Certificates of honor for submitted records also were awarded fast night at the colleges presidential meeting and eonvocation to Dr. Peter c. Shifrin of Detroit, pr. Alfred N, Okelberry of Salt Lake City, Utah, pr. Arthur David Ecker of Syracuse, N. F., Dr. 0. M. flower Of Blooms. buprg, Pa., and Dr. Au Grim Myers of Philippi, West Va.
 Rear.Admiral Ross T. Mclntife. navy surgeon. general, was received Into honorary fellowship as were pr. Pablo Luis Mirizzi, Cordoba, Ar. gentina: pr. Rafael Silva, Mexico City, and Rear-Admiral Gordon Gordon. Taylor of the royal navy.
 A total e24 surgeons were received Into fellowship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

(Continued from Page D two years ago. These are usually the strongest COP. wards, and several districts therein, notably Bel and 3-2, usually give the Republican candidates large maJorities. Inis year there have been reports that these sections were not enthusiastic about the candidacy of MT. Per- riello.
 Two years ago, when the vote at D. m. was l5,754, there was . to- tai vote of 36,704. Democratic Town Chairman Maurice Tangney pre- dicted Q vote of from 36,000 to ST. 900 this year, while Republican Town Chairman Vernon |. Hall pre- dicted c vote of from 33,000 to 36,. 900. Neutral observers had expected c total vote of about 33,000 or less, since the voters had clearly shown their apathy during the campaign.
 Tho election was .n general very quiet. Police on duty at the polls reported no disturbances.
 Party organizations of the DeYIl- ocrats and Republicans appeared to be functloning efficiently, though 1t was clearly noticeable that in most districts the Republicans had more mars working than usual.
 The Independents had only Q hand ful of cars but their leaders still clung stoutly to predictions of 5000 or 5000 votes for their party. Neutral observers gave them far less,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
Germans Are Pushing Hard Into Caucasus
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ous attacks of the Luftwaffe and by a new system of teamwork In which strong panSer units crashed through the enemy lines and then worked in close cooperation with fleets of Junkers transport planes to destroy Soviet rear bases and communica- tons.
 Feodosiya, on the south coast of the peninsula, was taken and the German units pushed to within 60 miles of the narrow Kerchenski Strait leading to the Caucasus osl fields and offering a road by which the city of Rostov might be hanked, if the strait can be crossed. These operations, Berlin clG'med, already had sealed the fate of the Russian Black Sea fleet.
 The Russians made no definite report in regard to the Crimea fighting, but claimed successes on the ce.:tGal front defending Moscow.
 Red army endorsements, eStima. ted at 100000 and apparently brought from Siberia, were reported by the Moscow radio to have aided in turning back two days of heavy assault by the Germans on the stra- tegic railroad sector around Tula, 100 miles south of the Russian capitol.
 Russians Keep Up Fight
 The Russian communique said that the SoViets continued to fight the enemy all along the front, listing various isolated battles in which the Germans suffered loss of men and mechanzed material. Repeated Ger man attempts to strike across the Nara river were reported thrown back.
 Berlin still maintained official silence in regard to the Moscow front, while London suggested that Hitler was gambling with hs "last" reserves in an effort to break through before the heavy snows threaten to immobilize his panzer units.
 News from the Moscow sector, however, was delayed and unusually meager, giving only a vague picture of operations but indicating that the Russians were holding their ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

voy, was able to reach port dc. spite serious damage, the navy said , The master is Cmdr. Harley v Cope. He assumed command of the tanker on June 20 of this year. His home is 4706 Palmyra St., New Or- leans, La.
 The Navy department today an- nounced that the U. 8. s. Salinas naval oil tanker, has reached port in safety despite serious damage in- cured when the vessel was tor- pedoed without warning during the night of oct. 29 to 30, f94i, south. west of Iceland.
 "There was no loss of life or ser- ious injury to personnel.
 "AnnounceFnei of the attack was withheld until the vessel reached port in safety. No details of the damage will be released as It will be of no value except to the Nazis. The ship was In Q convoy when at" tackled, which vas about day prior to the attack and the sinking oS the U. s. s. Reuben James. ,.
 "The U. s. s. Salinas was built by the Newport News Shlphundtng and Drydock co. for the U, S. Ship. ping board in 1920. The vessel was transferred to the U. g. navy and commissioned Dec. IS, 1921.
 "The ship is of le.s0o tons dis placement and carries 6 comple- inent of l0T men; length 46S feet and beam of 60 feet. The ship is armed with two 6-inch guns and Q battery of anti-aircraft guns. The commanding officer is Commander Harley F. Cope, U. 8. navy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
Britain To Make War
 Soon Against Finland
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result in immediate Royal Air Force attacks against the Rumanian Oil- fields was not indicated.
 Murmansk cannot now be used to supply Russia because of the closeness oS German Finnish battle lines. If it were available it would vastly increase the effectiveness of tho northern route which Is now limited to Archangei. Even by use of icebreakers it Is doubted that Archangel can be kept open oil win. ter.
 There was little belief here that Finland would react Iavorably to American pressure to make peace with Russia.
 SSS CEechs Executed
 London, Nov. (UP.l - A CSech government spokeSman claim. Cd today that the Germans have ex. eCuted 336 Czech leaders in tts Ave weeks since 0estapo leader Reinhard Hydrich undertook Q campaign of reprisals Co halt Czech passive re. distance to cooperation with Ger. many.
 The spokesman claimed that l,Oee persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the special German counts set up to consider the cases of Czechs.
 The number of these executed" !" the spokesman said, lis undoubtedly much higher but we definitely have confirmed that 335 have been exc. cuted for alleged political and mill. tary crimes"
 Those executed, he said, in. clude Czech generals and other high otnceTs, political figures, doctors, professors and students.
 He claimed that thousands of CSechs have been Killed since Ger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
FATHER KILLED
 IN FAMILY FIGHT

Plymouth, Mass, Nov. =(Up)- George Nightingale, 47, died at a hospital today of a bullet wound allegedly inflicted during c family argument by his 17 year old son Al. Ian, who had donated blood for 6 transfusion in an effort to have his life.
 The father was wounded Sunday night. The son is free under e1,6O0 bail pending a hearing November 12 on 6 murderous assault charge to which he pleaded innocent in dis- trict court yesterday. Police said that as result of the fathers death . more serious charge would be lodged against the boy.
 Young Nightingale allegediy told police he shot his father in the ston1ac.1 with c heayy-calibsr rife after the victim had threatened the boy's mother, MaFion, @.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
PRESIDENT CAST | HIS VOTETODAY
Gave Occupation As Farm CT To Clerk V ExiIed
 Princess Looked On
BY T. F. REYNOLDS

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 Hyde Park, N. F., Nov. 4-(Upl-- President Roosevelt cast hls vote to. day In towr=slp and county elec- ton while the exiled princess of The NetherlGssdS, Juliana, looked on with interest,
 As Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park farmer and tax payer, the President identified himself to poll ing clerks and cast his vote in the green curtained voting machine booth at li:30 Q. m.
 An exile from her own land since It's conquest, Princess Juliana looked on with obvious curiosity, as Mir. Roosevelt voted and was followed into the polling booth by Mrs. FL eaHir Roosevelt.
 A few minutes before motoring to the Town Hall to cast hts vote, however, Mfr. Roosevelt was work ing as the chief executive of a na- ton engaged in limited shooting war" In the North Atlantic. By telephone from Washington, he rec ceived the last minute Navy depart- ment reports, detailing the tore pedoln gof the U. s, s. salinas, navy tanker, off Iceland, and her subses quent arrival in port.
 Although MT. Roosevelt was in- formed of all details available to the navy, his secretary, William D. Eassett, said he would have no comment.
 The election in which MT. Roose- welt participated was strictly local. Although he had thrown his pres. tige behind Mayor Fioreilo H. Lac Guardia of New York for re-elec- ton with & strong endorsement which disregarded party lines, he could not participate in the New York mayoral election.
 With Q blue navy cloak over his shoulders, the President arrived at the little town hall shortly after II 6. m. accompanied by Mrs, Rooses welt, the Princess, and with his black Scottie dog, Falla, peeping over the door of his open car.
 Inside the hall, he walked up to Emma Crapser, in charge of the polling book.
 "Name, pleaSe2 she S@td.
 Franklin D. Roosevelt" replied the President.
 "Occupation?" she continued.
 Farmer" he replied.
 Mir. Roosevelt signed the registra- ton book and was assigned No. 234 as his voting number. Mrs. Roose- welt, who meantime had been ex- plainlng the voting machine system to the Princess, signed and was giv- en No. 235.
 Inside the polling booth, MT. Roosevelt faced Q ballot listing can. didates for district attorney, town supervisor, town clerk, justice of the peace, town council man, coun. ty assessor, town superintendent Of highways and school director. Yes. terday, he had given his unquell: fled endorsement to two of the local candidates seeking re e- election - Town Supervisor Elmer Van Wag. aer and Highway Superintendent Cecil Marshall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
WINANT SAYS HE'S
 NO AMBASSADOR

London, Nov. 4- (UP)-United States Ambassador John O. WinaItt told an overseas league luncheon today that T really have no QuallA. cations as an ambassadors.
 T remember" he said, "that when I came over here many years ago, I thought I would like to 60 In the diplomatic service.
 i've were asked to Buckingham Palace to tea and wanted to be very correct. I remember getting e tall hat-the first I had ever worn--and q tail coat.
 we presented ourselves. But everybody else wore 6 straw hat and c short coat. A few days later we were asked to the races. I told Q friend I would not make c fool of myself again. So I wore 6 short coat and Q straw hat. Everybody else had 6 tail hat and 6 tailed coat.
 T retired then from the diplo- niatic scene"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

j. lContinued from Page D
 ocratic National chairman, SUD. ported O'Dwyer, District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn), who broke up Brooklyn's organized ring of gster-TiuydererS. He was elected to that office by the Brook. lyn Democratic organization and was its candidate, as well as that of Tammany Hall in today's con. test.
 There are three other candidates for maycr-0eorge ". Hartman, Socialist party; Max Schachtman, Workers party, and Flames P. Cans non, TrotSkyist Antl-WaR party. And there were numerous other of. fices involved-city councillors. dis. trtct attorneys, Shertffs, regigters and JIistices-and four proposed state amendments and three county reform propositions, but ell were subordinAted to the maycEaity race.
 Frank O. Hogan Assured
 In the race for New York County District Attorney, Frank s. Hogan, . Dewey aide, was assured of elecs ton as tho candidate Of the Repub. lican, Democratic, Labor, E1ision and United City parties. Dewey is retiring, preparatory to running for Governor next year and seeking the Republican presidential nomiras ton in 1894.
 The nlayoralty campaign in It's closing days reached unprecedented heights of acrimony, with Lehman saying LA0uagdia was abusive and intoler9ble" and Farley calling him G "cad" for lleged ttacks upon the court of ppeals. La0u~rdia was ac- cused of, hvlng chaEgOd Iehman with fixing" the court, and Dem. ocrats charged that La0ueydIa had called the Governor ''goniff." which is yiddish for thief.
 La0uardia. while heftlng a cah~ bage In q Brooklyn market. had compared 0DwyeT's head ko 1t,
 But La0uaTdla's main talking point was whether voters wanted his "h0l1esw administration continued. or to return to the maladminIstra. ton 0f TAmnaany Hail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

CConsinued rom Page I) a.andon her military activities a, inst the Soviet. It revealed offI- cislly for the first time that in Au. gust the United states had sought to bring about . peace which would give Finland substantial teFTitor- ial gains. The offer was never co. knowledged.
 Tn substance, Hull called on Fin- land to stop hostilitieS and call her army home. Just now that army has pushed Into Russian territory. At points 1t commands the Murmansk- Lenlngrad rail line over which allied and U. s. war supplies might move to the Soviet MurInaIask is an all year port while the alternative route, through Archangel, calls for stren- uous If not impossible struggle with ice in winter.
 Maxi Pressure May Win
 For this reason it was believed that German pressure on Finland to remain in the fight would out- weigh anything the U. s. might bring to bear.
 Military observers, however, felt that German military might would not be the deciding factor in de. termlning Finland's reaction to the American demands. Best available reports indicate that only one di" vision - about i6,O00 - German troops are in Finland. A more like. ly deterrent, it was said, was the danger of NaM coup within the country in event peace with the Soviet were made.
 The Robin Moor correspondence aroused keen speculation also, due to the fact that it terminated Seps teinber 26 and was withheld from the public until now. Some oh. servers believed this was doao be. cause the United States plans some new stap against Germany.
 C0Erespondecne
 The correspondence showed that:
 On June 90 then Acting Secretary Of State Sumner Welles gave Thcgns sen c copy of President Roosevelt's message to congress denounclng the Robin Moor sinking by . submarine lS1 ynid-ocean aS on act of piracy" to send to his government.
 On June q Thomsen informed Welles he would not even transmit the message to his government.
 On September 10 Hull offered Co accept from Germany e2,ee7 ,0e2 in .. s. currency in full settlement of damages if rendered before Decer1. Der I0,
 on September 2e Thomsen replied that Germany did not intend to make any reply to that.
 Diplomats said they believed the German action was without prece. dent and that if Germany were intent on maintaining some seYnb" lance of diplomatic relations with this country, the note would have been answered, even with 6 rejecs ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

(Continued rom Page D laughter frequently during a series of verbal duelS with some of the outstanding isolationists, pounding his desk and demanding that they say How many ships you want sunk-how many lives you want lost' before the United States could be said to have cause for war.
 MalOney Outlets Laughter
 He could not get an answer that satisfied him from Sens. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, Bennett Q. Clark, D., Mo, or Robert A. Taft, R., o. Finally Maloney got to his feet.
 How many more SinkingS would you suggest before we should de. clare war-now answer that" he said.
 "Yes, I'll answer that" said Con- nally. We should take action when the people of America become SO aroused that they make clear to the Senate and the House that they desire action. Now how about you?"
 Maloney, who had not announced his position, seemed stung by the challenge. He chided Connolly for introducing 6 Gilbert and Sullivan atmosphere" in the debate and added:
 T am not deserting the policy of arming merchant ships, the original request the President made of Us, but beyond that point I am at this time unwilling to 90. We are fac- ing q difficult decision. I have prayed often during the last few weeks for guidance. AS sec the present proposal leaves nothing for us but to prepare a vote 6 little later for war. There Is no other choice.
 "There Is such . thing as going too far and going too fast"
 Maloney was so obviously under 0 strain that his words had a sober ing effect on the galleries which a few minutes before had been laugh. Ing heartily at the quipS Connally and Wheeler threw back and forth
 Speech Effective, Said Taft
 Taft said the speech was most effective" and would have decisive effect"
 Scheduled to speak today in addi. ton to Lodge are Sens. Scott w Lucas. D., H., Theodore c. Bilbo D., Miss, D. Worth Clark, D., Ida. and possibly Wheeler.
 The Maloney- -Connally exchange was the high spot of yesterday ( debate which included four other speeches:
 Sen. Walter P. George, D., Co., neutrality Is an "urtenable" con. cept for the United States; enact. ment of the lend-lease law threw that concept right out the win. dow" Passage of the pending bill does not involve an AEF; that car come only on an outright declara. ton of war-don't fool yourself"
 Sen. Chan 0urney, R., s. D. '"The neutrality act was disastroul compromise with Hitler, It not onlS prolonged the war but helped star It." He called for outright repea of the neutrality act and an enc to "hAlf.way measures"
 Sen. Guy M. Gillette, D., 1a.-ThC neutrality laws are q dam of re. straint." He opposed revision.
 Sen. Henrik Stlpstead, R., Minn -Mr. Roosevelts 1887 "QuarantinC speech" at Chicago pledged the na. ton to 8 foreign policy leading in. 1 AVikAbiV kA wHaPO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
NAxHs LOST MUCH

New York, November A-(UP)-. A London broadcast today quoted the Red Army publication Red Star as saying that the dermang had lost 5000 men, 160 planes and 20O guns in the Criniea, but had launched 6 great new drive in the Ukraine in an enOrt to reach the CaucAsllB oll fields.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
Naval Tanker Escapes

Washington, Nov. @(Up)-The navy announced today that the ma. val tanker Salinas was torpedoed off Iceland the night of oct. 20-S0 but managed to reach port safely.
 There was no loss of life or ser- ious injury among personnel.
 The Salinas was an oil tanker of i6,600 tons and carried coinple- inent of i07 men.
 The navy said that the torpedo attack came without warning, c day before the attack on the de- stroyer Reuben James, which was sunk.
 No details Of the damage will be released, as it "wili be of no value except to the Nazig," the navy said.
 The salinas, which was in c01-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
CHIEF CHEMIST

Only woman chief chemist for Q large water system ig Mrs. Eioise H. Heath, wilo guards the purity Of the I7.O00, ,000, 600 gallon water supply oG New Haven, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

WATR tonight at 6 o'clock. Ray has been diligently spraying his throat with extract of lemon juice for at least the past three weeks. in anticipation Of the event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04
Am Rvanlvn iMapIy

Stockholm, Nov. 4-(Upl-Swed- ish clrcios believed today that Fin- land viii make an evasive reply to the United States denagche on pence with Russia because Ger faany is in . position to prevent Tinisnd from acting contrary to Nazi interests.
 Tne Finns established . rigid ceri- ,sorsi1ip on reports dealing with the oeace issue and correspondents n HeIalnki were only allowed to trans fnit a brief statement by the off, clal Eznnish news agency.
 This statement said that the Unit- ca states demarcte han been Ss- celved blst that "naesages from washington concerning this are not quito C0sZect.~