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Evening star., 1941-10-18
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Numerous difficulties beset the
housekeeper trying to make house
presentable this fall Up to now,
if she wanted new furniture and
could afford it she ordered it and
got it, but this year Just the color
carpet" you wanted can't always be
furnished. This is an excellent time
to try ingenious decorative tricks
you always wanted to do.
Take stock of what you have that
you feel should be replaced and see
if there is anything you may do to
change its character until you are
able to get what you really want to
take its place. An old radio or
phonograph which still works but
is outmoded may be tied into the
interior scheme by cutting off its
funny legs and painting it or even
papering it to go with the room it is
to occupy. It may be done in paint
old gold or silver tea chest paper
and lacquered-either of which will
make it a work of art in its own
right-or painted or papered like the
walls.
If the French door between the
dining room and hall have always
annoyed. try pasting medallions of
wall paper on the glass on both sides
of the door. Repeat the wallpaper
design as frame around one of the
windows or as panel in back of the
buffet and the dining room will have
an originality that will surprise you
Color Perks Up Rooms.
Color will do more to perk up the
house and lift spirits than any other
single item. No reason to put up
with drab or shabby draperies or
rugs, when dying them one of the
new intense shades like ruby or
jewel green and using them against
new light-colored walls will give an
Evening star., 1941-10-18

tubs and shower stalls, two of the
most dangerous spots in the home.
The fixture is made of chromium
to blend with any color scheme and
is simple in design. The grab bar
comes in four lengths-8, II. "a and
80 inches. The cost ranges from
S365 to $495, according to length.
Note-F0r further information
about any of the products de-
scribed above, write Misses Ducas
and Gordon, in care of The Eve
ming Star, and include stamped,
self addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1941-10-18

is a convenient, looking acces-
sorry for placement high on the wall
of shower stall, or on the wall by
a tub with an overhead shower,
where it is within easy reach of
occupants
The vertical soap dish and grab
rail requires no muss or fuss TO in
stall and is a welcome addition in
any bathroom where an extra or
new soap dish is needed and no grab
bar exists. No matter how steady
you are on your feet, a grab bar is
a precaution for those unexpected
slips that occur so often in bath
Evening star., 1941-10-18

dreams. Maybe you would not care
to live with these connections all
your life, but they can be made to
suffice for the time being If you
would like to share your inventions,
the Home Clinic would be interested
in any smart ideas that turn out
well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
JOURNAL-COURIER
 IS STILL DARK

New Haven, Conn, Jan. Is - CU. P.) - The New Haven Journal Courier did not publish for the sec ond time today because of 8 strike of composing room employees.
 The Yale Daily News, the oldest college daily in the country, in creased its Saturday edition to B. 900 copies, and expected to sell 5000 copies on the street. The paper tn- creased its size to 10 pages.
 The papers entire student editor ial staff was called in to aid in pub hcation of local and national news.
 The New Haven Register, after noon newspaper, also was affected by the composing room strike, leav- ing the city without local daily for the first time in nearly 26 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
GREATER BOSTON
 BEING PLANNED
Annexation of Nearby Cities Recommended in
 Land Institute Proposal :

Boston, Jan. 18.-(UP)-A reor- ganization plan that included an- nexing of adjacent cities was pro- posed today for Boston, the nation's s ninth largest city, by the Urban Land Institute, an independent real estate research agency with head quarters at Chicago.
 The institutes report was made after a study by William H. Ballard, Boston real estate appraiser who worked in cooperation with city, state and federal agencies. Accord ing to the survey, the city suffers from decentralization of population over a wide metropolitan area, a too-high tax rate and inf1exible zoning laws.
 Recommendations for Boston's re- creation were:
 l. State receiverShip for approxi- mately 10 years to permit reorgan- ization of city finances. This action would take advantage of an existing Massachusetts law in the same way Fall River did in 1882. 2. Annexation of the residential communities of Chelsea, Revere Winthrop and other adjacent cities where mutual advantage can be shown.
 3. Establishment of 8 new county government to furnish municipal services to all municipalities in the Boston area, including those now served by the Metropolitan District Commission.
 4. Removal of traffic difficulties by rebuilding the entire market dis. trict at 8 more accessible point, by halving the number of licensed taxi. cabs, by prohibiting truck traffic 1T (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
RAF PLANES IN
 SUCCESSFUL RAID

London, Jan. IS - (UP0 Royal Air Force coastal command planes yesterday scored direct hits on four enemy ships of the Dutch coast and left one in sinking condition, the air ministry said today.
 Last night, the ministry said, tar gets at Brest and Cherbourg and German airdromes in occupied France were bombed.
 Coastal command planes bombed and machine gunned enemy ship ping of the Dutch coast yesterday afternoon and scored direct hits on four ships, one of which was left sinking with only Its stern visible above water," the air ministry's communique said. Another ship was seen listing to starboard.
 Night operations were greatly re- stricted becouse of bad weather but small scale attacks were made on docks at Brest and Cherbourg and two airdromes in occupied France. None of our planes Is missing"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
C|TYCHARTER CHANGES ARE NOT DECIDED Officials Ponder Entire New Charter or Simply
 More Amendments CORP. COUNSEL LYNCH WORKS ON SUGGESTIONS New Charter More COnven= tent, But May Not Be
 Warranted

No decision has yet been made on whether changes in the city charter recommend ed by the city administration will take the form of a 'new' charter or instead a series of amendments to the already much-amended charter un- der which Waterbury oper- ates, Corporation Counsel. J. Gregory Lynch said today. A "new" charter, if offered, would be basically the same as the present charter but it would allow all amendments, old and new, to be put in their proper places and make possible the elimination of ambigui- ties and contradictions that now exist.
 New Charter Better
 Tt would be more convenient to have a whole new charter, of course, sid MT. Lynch, but one of the questions is whether the changes to be recommended will be sufficient to warrant such proceed ure. It may turn out to be better to offer the changes as amend ments, not as part of a whole new charter"
 The corporation counsel stated that he does not feel at liberty to discuss the nature of the charter changes that will be recommended by the city administration. He is daily receiving recommendations and suggestions for amendments, he said.
 In Skeleton Form
 With January 31 as the deadline for filing bills at Hartford. it is probable that the charter bill or bills will be filed only in skeleton
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
Knudsen Makes Final Appeal For Lead Aid
Will Be Last of Administration Leaders to Seek CO= gressiona 0. K. on Bill; Sen. Wheeler in Further
 Attack Following ChurchiIs Utterances
By JOHN R. BEAL
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington, Jan. 18-(UP)-Wil- liam S. Knudsen, top figure of the nations gigantic defense effort, con- cludes the appeal of administration leaders today for prompt congress sional enactment of President Roosevelt's lend-lease bill for all-out aid to Great Britain.
 The Danish-born immigrant who rose to the top in American indus try was called before the House for eign affairs committee for testimony on the measure after Republican presidential candidate Wendell l.. Willkie had notified Chairman Sol Bloom, D., N. Y, that he would be unable to appear today.
 Prime Minister Winston Church ills appeal for far more American munitions, ships and planes than Britain can pay for served as a springboard for a further attack on the lend-lease bill by Senator Bur- ton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, leader of the Senate non-interventioniSt bloc and most outspoken opponent of the plan.
 "If there Is any question about American boys being plowed under if MT. Rosevelt's war dictatorship bill is passed" he said, MT. Church ills statement ought to settle it."
 Wheeler's original reference to the administrations foreign policy as a program to "plow under every fourth American boy" was de- nounced by MT. Roosevelt earlier this week as "dastardly, untruthful and unpatriotic." In commenting on Churchill's statement, the Montanan said:
 "It has come to me from several reliable sources that MT. Churchill has been insisting upon a declara- ton of war by this country-not with the idea of sending an expedi- tiouary force immediately-but with the idea of bolstering the morale of the small nations of Europe as well as the morale of his own people.
 My information is that MT. (Harry) Hopkins was sent to Eng land for the purpose of determining
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
BIRTH CONTROL
 WILL BE ISSUE
Expected to Provide One of Bitterest Fights in
 Legislature

Birth control promises to be the most explosive issue before the 194l General Assembly, with bitter bat tie in prospect that may interfere with other legislation as did the dual job bill controversy at the Ses- sion two years ago. Party lines will be crossed over the issue, the de- bate over which has leaders of both parties seriously worried for, as one prominent legislator put 1t to this reporter, '"The things loaded with dynamite.
 The Connecticut Committee to Make Birth Control Legal will ask the legislature either to repeal or modify decades-old statute for bidding the dissemination of birth control information. The organiza- tion has branches in most sections of the state with Horace b. Taft of Watertown as one of its most ac- tive officers and with a number of Waterbury members. The commit tees bill, though not yet introduced will undoubtedly ask that physicians be given legislative authority to dis pense birth control information.
 The fear of leading legislators is that during hearings and debate on the bill the discussion will approach or pass the danger line, involving personalities and disparagement of religious beliefs.
 Formation of the Connecticut Committee to Make Birth Control Legal began after a chain of events that started in Waterbury. Follow ing disclosure by The Democrat that birth control clinic was op- erating here, States Attorney Will liam B. Fitzgerald went into action He ordered the confiscation of liter ature and equipment at the clinic, located at the Chase Dispensary, (Continiied on Page 2l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18

Little has been heard of the bond issue proposal in recent weeks, but Controller Thomas M. Conlon has been working on 1t steadily and vir- tually all details have been arranged. It will be for the finance board to decide whether 1t should be adopted and the legislature asked to authorize the city to sell the bonds.
 Figure Cut
 In its present stage, the plan calls for a bond issue of about $2,500, ,000, only half of the figure mentioned originally when The Democrat dis closed several months ago that the bond proposal was under considera- tion.
 The bill authorizing the city would state explicitly what the bonds were to be- used for, with the require ment that they must be used for those purposes and that under no circumstances is the money derived from bond sales to go into the gen. eral fund.
 In 1nStallmentS
 After receiving legislative author ization the city would sell only $ certain amount of the bonds eacf year, for instance $500,000 a veal for five years. The money would bt used to defray the cost of such i'm. provements as second pipe lint from the Morris reservoir, a sewage disposal plant and perhaps munic. pal incinerator.
 Controller Conlon, 1t Is known, vii not favor any program which would increase the amount of bond debt and interest the city pays each veal and the new bonds would be dated to fall due after the present debt load has been greatly reduced. Some of the money raised each year might be used to pay of older bonds a. they mature.
 Earmark Money
 By the provision that the money
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
SUICIDE AIDE IS IMPRISONED

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 18-(UP)- George H. Goodrich, 31, New Brit ain, today began a five to eight years states prison term after conviction in superior court on a charge he aided close friend to commit suicide by nhaling carbon monoxide fumes in an automobile.
 Goodrich formally was charged with manslaughter in case which States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn described as fin 8 class by itself" Goodrich was accused of aiding Raymond Nelson, B, with whom he lived, to commit suicide Aug. 29.
 Alcorr said the suicide followed a quarrel between the two men. Nelson, according to the states at- torney, wanted to commit suicide, and Goodrich agreed to aid him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
1000 ITALIANS
 REPORTED TAKEN
Greek Report Also Says Two Italian Liners Have
 Been TOrpedOed

Athens, Greece, Jan. 18-(UP)- Greek troops captured 1000 Italians yesterdayl, according to an official communique and some of them were quoted that two Italian liners, the 20, ,006-ton Lombardia and the 15,354- ton Liguria, were torpedoed in the Adriatic while bound for Albania filled with troops.
 The prisoners were mainly from the famed "Lupi" division, the So- called wolves of Tuscany" the com munique said. They included many officers, among them Col. Managet- ti, commander of the 77th Regiment of "Lupi".
 A government spokesman said some of the prisoners had crossed to Albania aboard transports in the same conveys with the torpedoed Lombardia and Liguria. They had been in Albania only short time, he said.
 The Lombardia, before she became troop CrdLlSpOTC, was tne HUI largest Italian merchant ship. She was built in 1920. The Liguria was the 18th largest Italian merchant ship. Both ships belonged to the Lloyd TrieStino Line and operated from Genoa.
 A Greek submarine recently was credited with sinking two ships in an Italian convoy in the Adriatic but they were not identified.
 The government spokesman said Greek troops retained the offensive on the Albanian fronts and that re- suits were "very favorable" The Italians have been dislodg& from new positions and prisoners and war material have been captured by the Greeks, the spokesman said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
MILK FOR MANY
 PUPILS PLANNED
Gov. Hurley Works on Dis-
 tributiOn to UndernOur= 4 ished Children

Distribution of milk to under nourished school children as a means of aiding farmers to dispose of their milk surplus is provided in 8 plan being prepared for sub mission to Gov. Robert A. Hurley. The plan is being worked out by Senator Alfred Bingham, of the 2Oth district, chairman of the sem ate committee on agriculture.
 One of the most vexing questions in connection with the plan is whether the farmers should be given a direct state subsidy or whether 8 city like Waterbury, for instance. should contribute to the cost. One suggestion advanced is that state and municipalities share the cost equally.
 Gov. Hurley stressed the import ance of the milk question during his campaign and will probably ask the legislature to set up special com mission to survey the whole situa- tion. It Is his belief that the farmer should get larger share of the profit on milk, but the quest Is how steps can be taken to insure this.
 Senator Bingham believes that the income of dairy farmers could be increased by setting a program for giving the surplus milk to children in schools about the state. Much ot the surplus is now sold as skim milk and used in the manufacture of dairy products.
 During and since his campaign, Gov. Hurley has talked with farm CTS, dealers and producers to learn their beliefs on what steps should be taken to improve the milk sit- uation. It is believed that the gov erncr will make the milk question the subject of one of his earliest legislative requests
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
War Consultations of Axis Powers POrtend Fresh Impetus to Attacks MANY EVENTS LINKED
 IN DEVELOP DEMENT'S Petain Summons Meeting of Ministers Council
 at Vichy
BY HARRISON SALISBURY

BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent
 Axis war conferences, pos sibly including a meeting of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus solini, strengthened belief today that new blows against Great Britain are being prepared. The Hitler-Mus- solini meeting still was in the rumor stage but sugges- tionS that the Axis leaders might confer over the weekend received some support from Rome.
 Italian officials declined to con- ment on the reports but admitted that for the first time in many years Mussolini had cancelled an appear ance scheduled for Sunday at which he was due to present prizes to 1taly's champion wheat growers.
 Economic Discussions
 Rome also admitted that on Mon- day important war consultations of an economic nature will open be- tween German and Italian repre- SentativeS.
 There were two obscure develop ments one in the Balkans and one at vichy which may fit in with Axis war plans.
 The Bulgarian minister to Berlin, Parvan Draganof, arrived in Sofia and went into immediate conference with Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff. His return started reports that a cabinet reconstruction was immi- nent due to the continued poor health of Premier Bogdan Filof.
 Should cabinet reconstruction occur in Bulgaria it might be the signal for the long awaited and often rlmored German move into that country. Some reports have insisted that Nazi move into Bulgaria was being held up for two reasons: Necessary to reconstruct the cabi- net and improvement of the weather.
 Petain Calls Ministers
 At vichy Marshal Henri Philippe petain summoned a meeting of his council of ministers. The council has not met for many days and the call might indicate that Vichy finally has received reply from Germany on the crisis which re- suited from the custer of vice Prem fer Pierre Laval.
 It has been reported that Petain desired to make changes in his cabinet but that these have been held up by lack of word from the Germans on Adolf Hitler'S attitude.
 That Great Britain is convinced that new, powerful blows will soon be struck by Germany was made evident by Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
 Great Danger AheAA
 Iii 6 speect at Glasgow last night at which he significantly noted the presence of President RooSevelt's emissary, Harry L. Hopkins, on the platform, Churchill warned that great dangers lie directly ahead of Britain.
 Chuchill appealed for more weap- ons, ships and planes from the United States-more than Britain had funds to pay foc-but added that his country had no need "in 1941" of great armies from overseas.
 Both Britain and Germany spoke of new air weapons today. The British said they were build ing new 3-motor long distance fighter planes to escort their bom- bers on day attacks on the BWo- pean continent. They said taaey hoped for air mastery in 1943. Germany revealed that Q new (Conttnued on Page T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
Need More Than We Can Pay for, He Says, as
 Hopkins Listens PRESENCE OF HOPKINS TERMED IMPORTANT No Large Armies From Overseas" Required,
 Says Churchill
BY WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff Correspondent

London, January 18. = (UP) - Prime Minister Winston Churchill, address ing an open air gathering of air raid precautions workers at Glasgow last night with Harry L. Hopkins, President Roosevelt's special envoy, on the platform with him, asked for American aid in weapons, ships and planes.
 He said frankly that Britain would require more weapons, ships ano planes than 1t could pay for in or der to maintain "the, front line o1 civilization" He added: we or this island stand four square in the path of the European dictators Their threats will not appall us" He expressed his hope that bJ the end of this year or the begin ming of 1942 Britain would have reached arms equality with Ger many, and his conviction that Bri- tain would win complete and de- cisive victory over the forces od evil".
 Hopkins Present
 It was evident that Churchill at- tached great importance to the pres ence of Hopkins. He and Hopkins had just ended a rapid tour ol Glasgow's civil defenses when he made a short speech in response tc the cheers of a crowd. Hopkins was sitting shyly beside | Churchill, his face half hidden be. hind one hand, when Churchill said:
 MT. Hopkins has come in order to put himself in the closest rela- tion with things here. He will soor i return and report to his famou! chief the impressions he has gath cred in our islands"
 Don't Need Armies Then he turned toward Hopkin! and continued:
 we do not require in 1941 large armies from overseas. What we dt require is weapons, ships, airplaneS 1 (Contirled on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
MAIDEN, MASS, TO
 UNDERGO CLEANUP

Maiden, Mass. Jan. IS = (U.P) Mayor William E. Hastings today ordered closing of all gambling es- tablishmentS and other illegal en- terprises after an ultimatum by DiStrict-Attorney Robert F. Brad ford that he would take action him. self if the cleanup was not effected within 24 hours.
 Bradford's warning followed the beating of an alleged bookmaker Thursday by four assailants. The attack occurred in a resort which police had ordered closed a day earlier
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
KIDNAPPING IS
 BEING PROBED

Boston, Jan. IS - (UP0 - Police investigating the Kidnapping of 13- month-old Joan Marie Havlin, found unharmed in a snowt fit near her home, today pursued meager clues after search of the vicinity of the Havlin home in Dorchester re- vealed no footprints in snow under the child's window.
 Members of the family expressed doubt that an intruder could have passed through the house and taken the baby without being noticed. Only traces of the kidnaper were the footprints of a woman's shoes near the spot where the child was found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 JAN. 18, 194O
By United Press

By United Press
 Films reported more civilian fa- talities from Russian air raids. Five men killed In explosion Of Royal GunpOwder Factory at Waltham Abbey, Eng.
 Losses i'm the war at sea: Bril- ish ship CairnrOss and tanker 1n- verdargIe, Norwegian steamships Fagerheim and Enid, and German steamship August Thyssen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
BRIDGEPORT INCLUDED

Washington, Jan. 1S-(UP)-The Civil Aeronautics board late yester- day granted the application of American Airlines, Inc, to tncEsde Bridgeport, Conn, as an inter- s- diate stop on its New York to Bos- ton route.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
Program Whipped Into Shape
Finance Board To
 Get Bond Program
Plan for Long Range Capital Improvements Here in New Shape-Figure Now $2,5OO,OOO- to
 Sell Part of Issue Each Year

program of capital improvements will be submitted to the Board of Finance for consideration very soon reliable sources said today. Mayor Vincent A. Scully who is moi yet committed to the pan is expected to place before the finance commissioners at either special executive session or at an adjourned meeting the 27th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-18
The Weather

Clearing Tonight; Sum- day Mostly Fair.
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