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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
Axis Powers To Get
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ls "awaro of the possibility that Italy and Germany may attempt to circumvent the purposes Of the freezing order by proceeding through persons in the othor American res publics and ether countries not sin- cluded in tho order"
 steps of Preventure
 "4With this possibility in mind," ho said, "carefui scrutiny will be given to the reports required under tho order and regulations, and if such activities are carried on, oil neceB. sary and appropriate steps will be taken to prevent their continuance" 1"
 It was regarded as significant that WelloS made his announcement to c group representing the Latin. American republics,
 There arc i03 United States con. sular officials in Germany, Italy and the captive states. sorno of them have dual consular diplomatic status md they gre not affected by tho order.
 Italy maintains 70 consular agen. cies In tho United States As against seven American consular establiBh- mentS in Italy Italian consulatos In Newark, N. J., and Detroit, Mich, air0ady have been CioBed by state department request. Ono Italian naval attache has been sent homo on charges Of having ordered the gabotage Of Italian vessels in American waters. The United States yesterday took over for operation the first of the damaged Italian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
IN. Y. NEWSPA PAPER
 UILDCONDEMNS
Tactics of All Communists, Nazls, Fasclsts in Labor
 Circles Protested

New York, June 70 - (Up) = The New York NewBpapoI 0uild (CfO) today condemned "the tAcs ties of Communists, NAkls and E'Ass clsls, which have exposed the labor movement to represBlvO aetlonS and reversed an earlier resolution which had attacked use of troops to break the North American Aviation coilAs panys strike in Inglewood, Cal,
 The membership meeting voted a0B to S02 Co adopt tho following substitute resolution:
 The Newspaper Guild of New York supports tho BlK points el1- phaslEed June a by Cf0 President Philip Murray; condemns the tAc. tics Of Commualstg, NaEls and rABs ciBts, which have exposed the labor movement Co represslve action als ready resulting la tho use of armed forces of tho United States at the North American plant At fnglewood, Cal, and which threaten to nulllty tho most vital gains which labor has won: and . member of the Cfo disavows tho interference Of any ofilcer of tho American News paper duIid in any strike previously dIsavowed by tho national oaicerS of the Cfo."
 The last part of the resolution concerned tho action of Milton Kaufman, executive vice president of the American Newspaper Guild, who recently called up Co guild 10. calls to protest against tho use of federal troops in tho fnglewood strike.
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tContlnued from Pogo D now pays ell. A married man with two children, who earns SS,OOO and nays nothing now, would pay %ll under the now program.
 Corporations Arc lflt
 The committee voted to tax cor. roratlons i,2BB, 200, 900. This VIII Do done by disallowing tho deducs ton of normal income taxes iii come putting excess profits, by revising slightly downward tho allowed Fe. turn on invested capital, by levy- Ing Q special 10 per cent excess profits tax in 0 manner 70 tap oe" fense contract profits, by leyying A five DOT cont on all above e2b 1000, and finally by jumping tho excess profits tax rates 10 DOT cent in each bracket to c minimum Of 3b @rd Q maximum of co per cent.
 T'no income B,irtAx schedule Will more than double tho tax load on tho iower bracket Individual. The treasury proposed to increase some tax charges as much aS 700 per cent.
 The committed sought to keep excise taxes Rg low aS possible and faced the job Of raising almost l.. GOO, GOO 000 from this source. one member said that had tho group ae. cepted tho treasury rates, "Wed have to substitute on old SaShioned Wrlnger for tho eagle as our Fa- tioiial emblem"
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Britain Losing Ships With Terrific Speed
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tons in May brought the grand total since start of the war to 1889 ships of 0,7i2,8o7 tons.
 Of this total i,008 were British ships of 4,302,446 tons, 3l4 were Al. lied of i,4ii,643 tons, and 3i7 were neutral of 08B,gi0 tons.
 This brought the monthly av0r- ago since the start of the war to 3l0, i67 tons. The average in the last i2 months has been Al ,760 tons per month.
 Revised Figures
 The Admiralty revised c number Of monthly figures on losses previously announced and reported that the totals for July, l040, are now i04 ships of 400,363 tons, for January, i04l, 30 ships of 300,73i tons, Febru- ary, i04i, 87 ships of 330,833 tons, and March, i04i, i22 ships of B0S,- 2bl tons.
 In most instances these were up. ward revislons of only 6 few thou. sand tons DOT month.
 The Admiralty said that tho sharp upward revision of the April loss figures was due to further reports of losses in the evacuation of Greece largely representing Greek ships.
 It broke down the May losses as follows: British 7S ships of 3b6, 6,032 tons, Allied 20 ships 02,2oi tons and neutral 5 ships, il,0ob tons f.
 Tt should bo noted that the above figures include losses suffered in the Eastern Mediterranean dur- ing military operations" the Admir- alty said,
 Axis Report Made
 The Admiralty noted that the Axis had claimed to have sunk almost twice as many ships in May aS were reported by the official British fig. ures.
 "The Germans claim they have sank in May 805,40 tons and tho Italians claimed b0,000 tons, making e total of 86i ,460," the Admiralty noted.
 The Admiralty estimated that on. emy tonnage captured, sunk or scut- tied from the start of the war to June 10th was as follows:
 German i,888,000 tons, Italian l.. 239,000 tons, useful to the enemy" e4,00o-a total of 3,2ii, ,000.
 These figures include the loss of 2oe,000 tons of Axis shipping since teh last Admiralty estimate.
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MIGRATORY HELP
 CAUSES NO HARM
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Ffe further pointed out the city'S plans for relieving tho situation.
 Housing Situation.
 With regard to the housing sits uation locally the mayor, whose report was based on figures 0b talnablo In his own office and those supplied hin by City Hoaith Officer pr. Edward J. Godfrey Supt. of Parks James Curtin, and Prank droen, secretary Of the local Chamber of Commerce, said that the federal governments 300-unit housing project which VIII oil: ciaily start next Monday, should provide immediate temporary re.
 Tine mayor pointed out, though, that low cost housing still iS Of general interest to the city, though not as acute problem as that of on adequato water supply.
 The problem of sewage, increased by additional workers and their families, was also discussed with the city's plans for ultimate solu. ton of this with . disposal plant and c main carrier up tsie Msd River being cited. Additional sew- age now being emptied in the Naus gatuck river directly raises Q ser- ioug health problem, which the city recognizes fully, the mayor OK. plained.
 Education Problems.
 Our education problems are not serious, Mayor Scully told tho in. yestigator for the House Commit tee. He said that we have ade- quate facilities now in the event the school enrolment figures are greatly increased in the next four years.
 The need of the city's recrea- tionai facilities keeping pace with any increase in the number of children due to higher numbers of workers in our defense industries was also stressed in the mayors survey. He visioned considerable expansion in the next few years.
 Additional fire fighting equip- ment and larger personnel were also mentioned by the mayor, but he termed this 6 problem more properly linked to the work of Na- tional Defense Administrators Flor. ella Laduardia.
 It is interesting to note that in figures furnished by Secretary Green of the Chamber of Com- merce the city's present-day popu- lation is placed ct 100000 as com- pared with the e0,000-odd figure of 1D40, the official federal census figures for that year. Secretary Green also says that the city IS not experiencing any serious mic gratory worker problem and cites the fact that Waterbury annually copes with such problems with lit- tie or no trouble.
 Bureau figures cited by Mr. Green are an increase of $50 new families in the past year and con. siderable activity in the housing field.
 Dr. Codfrey,s figures stow that if the city is experiencing my sizeabIe migration of workers it has not materially affected our health. The city'a death rate e placed at approximately the same figure, as ls also the tuberculosis death rate. A slight increase in She number l ol enlnmunleablo 0lDeaeNa i9 noted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

 MEN CUT SHORT
Some Pound They Didn't Get That Lone Dollar
 on Pay Day

Washington, June 9o.-CUp)-The reason for that lean, hungry look on tho faces os the governmentB ei.A-year men has been revealed.
 They waltst almost i2 months for the day when they would receive their 8i cheeks, and when they came. none wAs higher than % cents, and some were as low AB 0T cents.
 The story of how these ei pa- trlots suffered came out of c dinner given by William s. Knudsen, die rector of the ofiiee of production management, where most of them work.
 Knudsen, himself, is known to government paymasters aS Q WOo- meaning he serves without compens Bation. Recently, the former Gen. Motor executive decided it was time his ei.a.year staff received A 10. ward. He gave c dinner and passed out the paSchecks. Nobody was
 The technicalIty was thIs: None of tho ei-a.year men had been on the government payroll Q full fiscal year. Some had worked with OPM for months before going on the treasury books as f,ill-piedged 9i-a. year employees. The checks had t6 be made out on tho basis of tlHie-ofl- the-pAyroll instead of actual tirne- iyi~8ervtee.
 Among the executives who re- ceive0 only D7 cents waS John D. Blggers, director of production and president of Libbey.O Owns-F'ord Glass co.
 At the last count, there were moro than l00.a-year men working for OPM.
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boosted previous reports of April sinklngs by 100000 tons to make that month the blaekest at seq.
 The figure for May was 40l 1928 tons end the new figure for April was 5ei, ,2Si tons-a total of l,042,b7o tons.
 The authoritative source said that Britain has been "uslng more des- troyers and corvettes from British yards and transferred U. s, destroy CTS" In combating the U-boat mem ace.
 "A number of former United states coast guard cutters also are in service" the source said. "The number of contacts with U~boats since March 1 Is a record,
 "T'he enemy has changed his tac- tics and gone farther atield, This met somo initial success and losses farther south and farther east have risen.
 steps arc being taken to deal with this and 1t Is hoped that the June figures will show an all around improvement"
 Asked whether any changes arc being made in the protection Of shipping, the source said:
 "The Admiralty is for the convoy system on the basis of known re- sults."
 It was said the Navy has been inc proving its facilities In Iceland ever since the British landing there.
 Highest Of War
 The Admiralty issued revised tab. ulations disclosing that British ship. ping losses in April were the highest of the war with total of i34 ships totaling 6si ,25l tons. Previously April losses had been placed at nearly 100000 tons less, 488, ,i24 tons.
 The losses for April include ships sunk In the Greek campaign. Losses for May include the Crete losses,
 Tho loss of O0 shlpS md 40l,32H
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German Troops Still Hold Pass On British
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They and the British made two big attacks with the bayonet. They killed many Germans who were holding the machine gun nests, and they almost fought through, But there were too many Of the seven -day" men. The Germans had manned every inaccessible cleft in the rocks, It appeared. Their losses were frightful, but they held the pass,
 ft IS difficult to make 1t plain iust what the Imperial-and Ger man--troops went through in this battle, Even the desert snakes and lizards seemed torpid because of the heat, but the soldiers sweated under their tin hats and carried on,
 Guns Too Hot Co Hold
 Heatp You pick up rifle and the barrel burns like Q poker fresh from the fire. T'hlrsty9 You try to ease tho parchlng ache In your throat with water, half boiling from gasoline can, salty, brack- ish, filthy looking liquid which nevertheless eases the pain of cracked lips. Hungryp You open Q can of corned beef, The meat comes in Jumps, cooked by tho sun to Q tasteless, greasy mass in i20 degree heat, Dlrty9 You find . little tainted water and rub sand and ruhble along with Soapy lath. CT into smarting skin and eyes. Ttredp You cGNn lie down amidst prickiy camel thorn and risk the bites of scorpions, If you want shade there Is none til evening except under an oily, hot muni- tions truck.
 watced the opening phase of the battle from under truck where I took refuge from Messer- schmitt planes which were ma- chine gunnlng our columns. It was an odd sensation to lle Idle on my back in the middle of the desert while armies clnshed with terrible ferocity Q mile away.
 was one of . very few spectators, That is one of the few merits of desert warfare; the innocent by- stander is absent, The desert is given up to fighting men and their tanks, cannon, machine guns, arm- ored cars and fighting and bombing planes, There arc no civilians to be killed. It was all 6 place for fight ing men along the l5-mile front be- tween the Emerald and Turquoise Mediterranean below Sollum, and the blasted, smoking fort CapuzEo whose walls had been ripped to tat ters by British guns,
 Who Did Fighting
 The men who did the fighting were mostly clerks, shop assistants, bus drivers, insurance agents and so forth, a year ago They live and march under terrible conditions for months on end without complaint, and even laugh,
 A fellow correspondent said to me.
 "A strange thing about the British even In Q desert and In the middle of a battle they stlll manage to make their cup of afternoon tea"
 That was true, At least one Tom my in every company takes advan- tago of a lull In the fighting to light Q fire, boil some bracklsh, tartained water and brew some "chNr,"-black, scalding ten,
 Another strange sight was the Germans trudging back as prisoners, emerging suddenly from the smoke in no mans land while tho planes roared in the dazzling sky, All the fighting troops captured were Ger mans. But some of the Imperials got back to teh second line, where they took some Italian prisoners,
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nM types Uf machine guns and the
 ldeiire one-pounder guns Of the MMVal nom-pom type, watched M#eish Tummies and troops from us hIil country Of India advance On these men with the bayonet, un- dGf An intense baTTage by British artillery batteries; climbing the dus- 1ycFUvices into the pass under pail of snrfe-colored desert dust mixed with the grayish-black smoke of bursting shells. It looked ct times as'if the whole front of the steep es- cnrpment was . wall of twisting, opouting fire.
 Tho Indians, seasoned In fighting on the northwest frontier, were es- peeially adept In hopping and Rcfamhllng from boulder to boulder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
DENTISTS GATHER
 AT ANNUAL OUTING

Major Bernard A. O'Hara, home on a furlough from the 43d division surgeons office ct Camp Blanding, Florida, spoke at the annual outing of the Waterbury dentists held yes- terday at the old Mill inn in Southington. He regaled the local dentists with his experience in the army and said he anticipated his re- turn to Camp Blanding where the soldiers will participate in the maneuvers in Louisiana.
 pr. Leo Finkelstein was chairman of the event. Games of softball, quoits, and golf were enjoyed. Some took advantage of the unusually hot day, and went swimming.
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freezing American funds.

freezing American gufldS.
 American congulRtes here end at Florence, Genoa, Milan, Trieste, Turin and Venice must Do cloged by July iB under tho Fascist gov. ernment's order. The result will Do that oil Americans in Italian towns outside Rome will Do out os contact with the United saes foreign service.
 The Italian closure order was tak- on to Do implicit notification to the United States tha Iaiy will real!ate agains any United States action affecting German interests, and that f. the United States fights Germany t must fight Italy as well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
FAMED LOCKS HIDDEN

That long, blonde, oVersOfle.eye hair dress Of giamorous Veronica Lake's which aided her to fame in 1T Wanted Wings" will Dc up under < cap for tho majority Of "Sullivan's TraVeisp since she iilagquoradoD aS . boy hobo with Joei McCrea In theae scenes,
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Ahead i'm Syria
 Cairo, June 20- (UP)-British middle eastern headquarters re. ported today that the Allied cam- paign is making progress on all fronts in Syria.
 Australian forces are slowly cd. vancing in the face of stiff resist- ance by French troops in the coastal sector, the communique reported.
 South of Damascus, the conl- munique said, Free French forces were holding their ground against the determined counter-attacks of superior Vichy forces.
 British Indian troops were rec ported to have made local advances in the area south of Damascus.
 Heavy fighting was reported in the Merdjayoun district but the out- come was not clear, headquarters said.
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HITLER MAY RULE
 U. s. CATHOLICS
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efeller Foundation. Speculating on the future of American Catholics, he asks;
 Four Speculatlons
 What will happen to tho structure of Catholicism If money Is not allowed to be sent to Europe from the United States, one of the church's largest sources of funds?
 2,-Can Hitler and Mussolini by putting pressure uron the church In Rome, assure themselves that such pressure could be relayed indirect ly to Catholic bodies on this side of the water-not only In the United
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states but In Latin America as welip

States but In Latin America aS wellY
 3,-Will the Catholic church, in order to save It's European property and protect the lives of It's leaders, have to consent to Q political com promise which would endanger our safety insofar as American Cath. olics follow their churchp
 4.--Would Hitler even go so far as to hold the church up to ransomp
 "These speculations," Miller says, raise alarming possibilities for the future"
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snaineo uncertain of the effect of the German closure order on the com hined American embassy and con- euiate general here. It was believed that the functions of consulate would he continued by officials act- Ank In a diplomatic capacity.
 fn addition to 67 American cih- xens employed in consulates in Ger mdny outside Berlin, there are A consular officers In consulates in conquered territory, and an unknown number of Americans working in lesser capacities. Most of those in the embassy here have double con- eular and diplomatic rank.
 1'he Berlin office Of the American Express O., which is also to be closed, employs about 50 Germans but no Americans. It is unknown here whether there are any Amer acuns at the Paris office, There are none ct the Amsterdam and Rotter- dam offices.
 It was learned that two men cited ala charges of inlmlcal activities in Norway were American students who were employed for brief time in the consulate at Oslo.
 These men are Ivan Jacobsen, al- legged to have carried written notes" from Oslo to Moscow regarding the number of German troops in Nor- way, and one Nelson. Germans learned for the first time today how serious tho state of Ger American relations had become since President Roosevelt last Sat- urdny fro2e Axis funds In the Unit cd States.
 Turkey Assures Britain
 Ankara, Turkey, June 20.-Turkey has given Great Britain assurances that it will never permit German war materials or troops to cross It's territory, 1t was said authoritatlvely today.
 Tho assurances were given by For eign Minister Sukru Saracoglu to Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull- Hugessen, the British ambassador, yesterday, the day Turkey signed Friendship pact with Germany, It was GAid.
 1nformants said the assurances would be confirmed to Great Britain An written form.
 Germans here wore swastlka eIn. blems for the first time today,
 rt was forecast that the immediate results of the Turkish German treaty would be an increase in trade exchanges, already large.
 Tho trade exchange for the last three months was twice that of the corresponding months Of last year. This year Germany has bought about half of Turkeys tobacco crop,
 Newspapers announced today that negotiations have been started with Italy for trade exchanges.
 It was reported that the Turkish radio would soon start sending pro- grams In German,
 It was understood authoritatively that the Turkish press In comments on Turkeys foreign policy had been Inspired to say that Turkey remains neutral and politically, free, that 1t will defend itself against aggression and remain Britain's ally and that all existing pacts will remain in- tact.
 Saracoglu told British correspon- dents yesterday that Turkey will carry out all treaties especially that with Britain.
 It was reported that an 1stanbul newspaper had been suspended for one month because 1t attacked Brit ain editorially.
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merchant vessels seized last March 90.
 Tho concenBus here seemed to be that thore will not Do c break in diplomatic relations with either Rome or Berlin unless tho Axis takes tho initiative. But circunn. stances will control that situation and may change it.
 Meantime, responsible officials dis- iiissed aB German propaganda" reports from occupied France that tho United States had sounded out Latin-Amcrioan governments on Q possible rupture on our relations with Vlchy and the occupation of French possessions in tho western hemisphere. Chairman Walter Y. George, D., da., of the Senate for. United Press that those French elgn relations committee, told the holdings would not Do seized "uf- 10 BB there iS c definite Axis move westward in tho Atlantic"
 George is too powerful for tho administration to Rfltagonige him by any such international moves without his knowledge, hence at was believed he knew what he was talk ing about. But relatlonA with Vichy admittedly arc under severe Btrain.
 A survey Of South American sources, likewise, discounted the res ports.
 Washington did not riso inlmedi. ately to the suggestion iil the Lon. don "Evening Standard" owned by Lord Deaverbrook, Primo Minister Winston Churchiil's right hand man, that the United States and Great Britain should join in promising aid to Rusia in any conflict She had with Germany. lt is reasonable to believe, however, that If active Rlig- sion movement against Germany assured, tho attitude of Washington would Do ct least sympathetic. The administration has encouraged or actively assisted every other nation which has challenged tho Nagi drive.
 George advanced tho Idea that siiaSsing of German troops on Rus. sian frontiers might Do c prelude to an attempt to invade Great Britain.
 Rome, Juno 20s--(UP)--Most of the b000.edd Americans in Italy who are not detained because Of business or professional interests are likely to return to tho United States. t was indicated oday, because of the Italian order closing American aaga aVgia tAa Rzy1aotta Na9aissgaA asa sas,aaa,
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BLONDES or 4 FEATHER

Perc Westmore's blonde-o-meter shows that Alexis Smith and Lu- cile Fairbanks have exactly the same shade of blonde hair--a ls- 0o0~t0~one coincidence.
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BRITISH BOMBS
 TAKE HEAVY TOLL

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 GERMANY ACCUSED

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SURPRISE EXCISE
 TAX LEVIES NEAR

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