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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
PLANT IS CLOSED
 IN PLAINVILLE
Third Strike in as Many Months Shuts Down
 One Steel Concern

Plainville, Conn.,, Sept. 20 - (U. P.) = A third strike in as many months closed the Standard Steel division plant of the Marlin Rock well Corporation, today as efforts to affect an agreement on demands of the CIO United Automobile Workers Union reached a stalemate.
 More than 1900 workers on the day and night shifts left their machines and picket lines were thrown around the factory.
 The union was demanding @ stew ard system of handling grievances, seniority rights and decision on a closed shop. The company is en- gagged on defense orders for air craft motor ball bearings.
 The Defense Mediation Board at Washington, to which the contro- versy was referred 8 week ago, ar ranged for 6 union-company confer ence Monday at 2 ?. m.
 The union several weeks gao cam vassed it's members as to whether tc strike. Although the decision was in favor of a walkout, action was de- ferred until last night when Union President Paul Baker announced the workers would quit and remain ou' until a final settlement had seer reached.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
MERIDEN CHURCH
 IN RUINS TODAY
First Methodist Edifce De. stroyed; Rogers Menio-
 rial Building Damaged

Merlden, Conn, Sept, 20-(UP)-' A 826O ,OOO fire left the First Meth. odist church in ruins today ana caused extensive damage to the ad- joining Rogers Memorial building.
 Two firemen were injured in bat ting the flames which ragged Tor two hours last night before they were brought under control.
 Robert Kingsford, janitor or the church, discovered the fire when he saw smoke enveloping the new $4S,- 900 organ. He attempted to put IL otu with a hand extinguisher ana then summoned fire apparatus.
 With an hour the flames had crept to the steeple of the 76-year- old edifice, and 1t toppled into the auditorium. Police lines held spec tatorg from within a eblock Of tn church when 1t became apparent the building was beyond saving.
 Members of the church saved rec- ords and valuables from the church and parsonage.
 Sparks ignited the Rogers Memor- ial building and the top floor Of the three-story building was consumed Firemen saved the parsonage by wetting down the building, and pre- vented spread of the flames to the rectory of St. Andrews Episco- pal church.
 After the fire was subdued, off cials of the board of the destroyed church, conferred and voted to ac- cept an offer of St. Paul's Univcr- salist church to hold services there on alternate Sundays. Trustees alsc were to meet tdoay to decide or plans for rebuilding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20

integrity of the Pacific Orient must be maintained"
 Cooper said the situation in the Orient was considerably improved, because of the cooperation of the United States, Britain and the Dutch East Indies, and the activi- ties of Russia and China.
 The strongest impression he gain- ed during his recent visit to the United States was that "all sections of the country. including the mid west, are determined and united to crush Hitlerisrn and eliminate the Nazl forces of aggression and bar barism," he said.
 Cooper cited the American Tegion,s resolution that Western Hemisphericai limitations be re- moved from the use of Americaz troops as 6 reflection of the Ameri' can attitude.
 Hs 1aid 1xitain ana tnS nutel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
MANY MARRIAGES
 IN WATERBURY
Town Clerk Mary KiImar- tin Has Recorded 36O
 More Than Year Ago

Figures released by Town Clerk Mary O. Kilmartin disclose that marriages for the year ending Au- gust 90, ie41 are 380 more than those recorded for the previous corresponding period. Also sharing the vigorous emergence of. the city from the doldrums is the birth rate which shows Q gain of 197 over the preceding year.
 Indicating that Waterburians may have at last discovered the secret of longevity Is the disclosure that deaths were 20 less than in the earlier twelve-month period.
 A breakdown reveals the follow Ing statistics in connection with the totals: 1,l32 marriages per. formed in Waterbury; 28l marriages reported by out-of-town registras making @ total of 1,4l3. Births amounting to 2,434 were recorded locally, and 14 reported by out-of- town registras, yielding a sum of g. 357. Deaths were i,094 here, and 0t
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
British War Cabinet Member Positive United States Will Take Care Of Far East

East Indies were prepared to resist any aggression in the Pacific.
 Everyone knows that the fortress of Singapore, which is constantly growing stronger and is the axis for defense of the entire Pacific, back ed up by American defenses in Hawaii and other mid-Pacific isl- ands, and the defenses of the Dutch East Indies, Australia and New zea- land, makes 1t possible to resist any military power which might seek to destroy the peace" he said.
 ~Our people tell me that the In dies are building a formidable de fense, and providing splendid fla son with the United States" hi said.
 AS long as the bulk of the Unite. States navy Is based at Hawai- Cooper said. it Is doubtful kaa Japan would attack Hawaii becamg ''ik would hs suicidal"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
Democrat Town Convention Will Be Busy Next Month

man Maurice F. Tangney and Sec retary- Treasurer Cornelius F. Ma loney are virtually assured of re- election.
 The town convention is expected to reflect most, if not all, of the present town committee members. It will also be called on to fill sev- eral vacancies.
 The town committee. ct its or- ganization meeting, must elect an executive board, e body created by the new rules. Committeeman from each ward elect three members making total of IS on the execu- tive board.
 Following the city election of 1889 there was a sharp intra-party battle over the failure of the leaders tc issue a call fer a town convention When one was finally held, in the spring of last year, 1t adopted new rules and namnd the present town committee. a...l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
German Baltic Armies Have Begun Great New Offensive
United States Is Throwing Full Strength To Rush Help To Russia
SOviets Need BOmbers in Worst Way; How to Get
 Them Across Is Puzzle
BY H. o. THOMPSON (Unted Press Staff Correspondent

(Unted Press Stan COrreSpOnuent)
 Washington, Sept. 20.-(UP) -The government today threw its full en- ergies into 6 race to get American bombers to Russia before the Ger man onslaught achieves success.
 Lend-lease officials, the state de- partment and other agencies were working desperately to avoid an- other situation similar to these in which outside aid for a threatened nation did not arrive in time to check e German invasion. Lend- lease officials handle exports of war material for Russia although the materials are not being paid for with lend-lease funds.
 The emphasis was on getting two- engined bombers and tanks to Rus. sIa. The production of bombers oi the desired type has been speeded greatly in recent weeks. Some are on the way to Russia. Ofacial be- lieve many more would be available for shipment to Russia within c short time. :.
 The only American planes k reach Russia thus far have beer lighters. Lockheeds of the r-36 type | They were intended originally To British use and were diverted tt Russia after arrival on the othel side of the Atlantic.
 Russians Need B0mbers
 The Russians need boSnbers more than they do fighters. The outcome of the present struggle appears te depend largely on whether tnt American bombers arrive while the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
DODGERS HAVING LOTS OF TROUBLE
Their Fight for Remnant Is No Bed of Roses for
 Them Today
BY OSCAR FRALEY United Press Staff COrrespOndentl

NOAaAhStA AEU8 Swe@AA SVAASNk
 Philadelphia. September 20. = CUP) - Trouble piled on trouble today for the Brooklyn Dodgers in their struggle for the National League spennart.
 Latest developments which made life anything but path of roses for the beloved bums," were:
 1. Unfinished business in the "Pittsburgh incident" resulting from q feud with Umpire George Mager- kurth.
 2. Manager Leo Durocher's back alley battle with a sports writer.
 3. Shaving of their lead to one. half game by the Cards, and
 4. A double header today with the last splace, but troublesome, Phillies.
 President Larry MacPhail, Duro- cher, several members of the team, League President Ford Prick and Bill Klem, supervisor of the leagues umpires, held a long conference last night concerning the Pittsburgh trouble but no official decision was announced.
 Durocher was fined $l50 by Prick (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
British, Americans On Way To Cheer Russia
Aid Missions Rushing 1urriedy to Moscow; Will Tell StaIin Material Aid Is On Way; May Get
 There Too Late
RY EDWARD w. BEATTTE, JR.

BY EDWARD w. BEATIAE' Jt' United Press Stan Correspondent
 London, Sept. 2o-(UP)-Great Britaln's aid mission to Russia was believed to be speeding toward Mos COW today and members ot the American TnissiIlo were expected 10 leave at any time to promise Russia full aid in its stubborn fight against the steel clad German armies which had driven through the Ukraine and threatened Leningrad.
 Authoritative informants admitted that they believed at least 100000 Russians were enclosed in a German pocket east of Kiev. They said they could not confirm German claims that the great pocket had been closed but said that there was "probably some truth" in them.
 T am on my way" Lord Beaver brook, head of the British Mission said in farewell message to tank factory workers who had promised him that next week, when every tank produced in the British Isles Is to be sent to Russia, they would break all production records. m
 Military quarters watched with anxiety the race between the Ger man armies determined at any cost to win & decisive victory in the shortest possible time, and the on- creeping Russian winter which iS calculated to stabilize much Of the front.
 Won Great Victory
 Informants admitted that 1T pushing to Poltava, only 75 mile: from Kharkov, and-on the basis of Nazi claims-taking Kiev, Rus sias third city, the Germans hae won their greatest victory Of thu l3-week Russo German war.
 But they said Marshal Semyor Budenny, commanding the Russian armies of the Ukraine, still had good chance of withdrawing th' bulk of his army for a stand on new line.
 Conceding the German claim (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
RED ARMY FIGHTS
 TWO BIG BATTLES
They Are Engaged Furi' ously on North, South
 Ends of Eastern Front
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News EditOr)

United Press Foreign News EditOr)
 The Red Army fought two great battles today at the northern and southern ends of the eastern front.
 On the north, where Leningrad still held out against increasing German pressure, the NaI high command reported that its forces presumably including paratroops and naval uilits-tad invaded the Bal- tic Islands of Vormsi and Kuhu and attacked the heavily fortified island of Osel. The islands are important Russian bases of the Estonian coast and the Red air force had used them as bases for attacks on Berlin.
 On the south, the Red Army oi the Ukraine under Marshal Semyon Budenny battled to save troops that Berlin estimated at 500,000 from q German PincerS east of Kiev anc to throw up @ new defense line be- fore Kharkov and the DonetS Basin The Germans reported officially thai the Kiev garrison had surrendered after heavy street fighting and the flight of Russian commanders.
 Spectacular Drive
 The German attacks on the Bal tic island bases, where the Russian! reported tlnoy had destroyed thou sands of Nazi troops last week, vert the most spectacular operations or the eastern front, but the Na1 of Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20

This years Democratic town con- vention, to be held next month, will have the double duty of nominating candidates for town offices and of eIecting GA members of the Demo- cratic Town committee. Tn the past the practice has been not to elect the town committee until the spring after the city election. However, new party rules adopted as a climax to the reorganization" of late 1889 and early 194O provide that the committee members shall be chosen by the town convention "at last three weeks before the general fall election in odd numbered years. The committeeman elected remain ln office for two years.
 The new rules also require that within a week after their election members of the town committed must mest to elect e chairman sec- snlazV aNd tsensgxeEs Town chaar-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
Absentee Ballots For Coming City Election
To Be Cast First Time in City Election; Thomas J. Kelly, 54 Rose Street, at Camp Banding,
 Makes First Application

The first application for an ab. sentee ballot for the city election this fall, the start of flood Of such requests from men in the armed forces, was received by Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmartin at the city hall today. It is from Thomas J. Kelly, whose home is at b4 Rose street, but who is now in training with the 43d division of the U. s. Army at Camp Blanding, Fla.
 This year. for the first time, abe Sentee ballots may be cast in the city election, the state legislature having pabsed an act to that effect during the l94i session. Hitherto, absentee ballots could be cast only in state or national elections.
 In the i040 national and state election, Mrs. Kilmartin receiveds Q supply of TOO absentee ballots from the secretary of state. A total of 652 written applications for such ballots was received. Of that num- Der, 681 were returned while II were not.
 Of the actual absentee ballots re- ceived by the town clerk, Il were rejected by district moderators be- cause of faulty execution while nine were received after election day. These 20 voided ballots and the 4S surplus ballots were burned late in lo40 before witnesses.
 Workers for both Democratic and Republican parties are now making arrangements to see to 1t that all registered voters here who are in the army, navy, marine corps or coast guard are reminded that they can vote by absentee ballot this year and urged to make application for such ballot.
 With hundreds of Waterbury men in the armed services, absentee bal lots may possibly play an important role in this years election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
HERBERT EAGER '
 IS RESPONSIBLE
Death of Arthur Frageau Caused By Criminal Neg.
 Iigence Says Coroner

Gross and criminal negligence on the part of Herbert .Hager is rec sponsible for the death of Arthur Frageau on Aug. 30, according to a finding today by Deputy Coroner Miles 2. McNiff, Jr.
 Tie coroner finds that the trau- matIc shock and traumatic concus- sion, as well as fractured. ribs and abraSions from which Frageau died, were the results of Hager's negli- eence in attempting to pass another car and then swinging sharply out to the right while driving south on Sylvan avenue on the evening of Aug. 25th, and thus striking Fra geau, who was walking along at the edge of the road.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
RESIDENCE ON '. HARVARDST.
 BURNED DOWN Spectacular Blaze Sweeps Home of Mr., Mrs. Earle
 Wooster Early Today EARLE WOOSTER, JR.,
 SLIGHTLY BURNED Fire Officials Report Great Difficulty in Getting to {; Scene of Fire

z z A blackened chimney z marked the remains of the !, home of Mir. and Mrs. Earl { Wooster of 35 Harvard street, !, Waterville, after a spectacu- liar fire swept the one story , wooden structure early this y1norning. In an attempt to save his clothes, Earl, Jr., 19, received first and second de- gree burns of the body. He was taken to the Waterbury hospital shortly after the fire was !, discovered by Kenyon, 10, who awoke to find the room full of smoke. He quickly aroused his parents. MT. Wooster saw the kitchen ablaze and made an attempt to beat the fire out bat finally had to make q quick exit es the blaze spread rapidly.
 Difficult to Reach
 Fire Marshal Dennis Lahey and Lieut.. Gene Legge of the nlarshals staff reported the alarm was turned in at 2:i3 0. m. from box 03 off Yale street and firemen had difficulty In reaching the scene Of the blaze. They said Q quarter of c mile Of hose line was laid, were attached to two hydrants. The flremen and volunteers who gathered to watch the huge blaze, dragged the line through the woods over rocks, forced their way through the tan- gled vines which obstructed their passage. They clambered over StoneS, bent saplings and finally were able to pour water into the structure.
 Marshal Lahey and Lieut.. Leege said the household furnishings were rot covered by insurance and virtu- ally nothing remained except the wall of the dwelling.
 Defective Oil Burner
 f They reported the fire started from Q defective oil burner At- tached to the kitchen stove.
 The marshal and his aide said
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
Last Russian Outpost on Baltic Attacked FierceIy
 at Dawn Today KIEV GARRISON HAS
 CEASED RESISTANCE Russians Defended Therls selves From Street to
 Street; Still Fight
BY FREDERICK c. OECHsNER United Press Staff Correspondent

BY FREDERICK c. OECHSNER United Press Staff Correspondent
 Berlin, September 20. - (UP) - Germany'S Baltic armies, in a new and power full offensive, have opened an attack on RusSia's fortified islands off the western ESton- ian coast, the last Russian outpost on the Baltic, the high command disclosed to- day. Indicating that the at tack was started at dawn today, the high command said the Island of Vorrnsi, closest to the coast, had been captured at noon and that the invasion" of the strongly fortified island of Osel, to the south had be- gun.
 (Radio, Berlin, in a broadcast picked up by the United Press liSteI- ing post in London, said German troops had succeeded in effecting a landing on Osel, attacking from the smal nearby Island of Munn. and had thus established Q bridge head.
 Previous Attacks RepuIsed
 (Russia had reported the repulse. with l5,000 Germans killed, of previ- ous attacks on Osel - attacks in which, 1t said, the Germans used parachute and other air-borne troops. Berlin previously had de- nied any attacks on the Osel groupD
 The high command said Moscow and Odessa had been bombed dur~ ing the night.
 It asserted the entire garrison ce Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, had surrendered to the Germans.
 Competent quarters said the Ger man flag had been hoiSted over the city's citadel at Il Q. m. yesterday and thereafter the German storm troops fought their way quarter 1y quarer through the hilled Ulraia- ian capital.
 Fighting was described as ferOA cious. The Russians defended thenAn selves from street to street, tnfoEsza@ ants said.
 The high command in its coEns munique issued from Adolf Hitler'a headquarters, said the Kiev garrison ceased resistance after the fight of its own commanders.
 German infantry divisions bron@ into the city yesterday, the com munique said, after several dayB 0E heavy fighting through outer ana inner defense rings.
 Furious Fighting
 Competent quarters supplementea the high command communique ny saying that divisions of the armies of Field Marshal Walther Won Reis chenau thrust on Kiev from the south and broke into tho citadel az@ ter two days of ferocious fighting.
 Concentric attack, with Germa1 forces moving in from all sides. waa started wednesday, informants satd and the citadel, with its arsenal and numerous barracks, fell ETz- day morning.
 Nazis intimated that the 0eKman now intended to drive on through the Ukraine to Kharkov, the entsre Donets river basin and to RoStOv an the mouth of the Don. a jumpins of place for an attack on tns Caucasus.
 Military quarters reported advAcez that Marshal Semyon Budeunx. commanding the Russian army q the Ukraine, had succeeded in with drawing a considerable part e h1z forces to the east.
 nudenny was seeking so fezzn z strong new defense line, iEfcruazxM said. and had left only . compaxar tive small sacrifice force % dsznna the Crimean peninsula.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20
By VIRGIL PINKLEY limited Press Stan COrrespondent)

Singapore, Sept. 20.-(UP)-Al- fred Dun Cooper, British war cab inet member assigned to the Far East, said today he was convinced that any arrangements which washington might work out with Japan would certainly provide full justice for China"
 The United States obviously is de- termined to stop the spread of az gression, he said in an interview, as he left for Batavia, capital or tne Dutch East Indies.
 Commenting on the Pacific situa- ton. he said Japan was spreading many rumors and much propaganda in aIl effort to make 1t appear thai the United states favors appease. ment.
 sSThis is only wishfui thinking hn aniA ha tn6aen0e enl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-20

Furnaces cleaned and repaired by experts. Chimnsys cleaned. Water huxy Heating Co Rhana A-s AlAs
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Tie Weather

Fair, Milder Tonight; Sunday Very Cloudy
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Duke of Kent Drops In
On ROOseUelts at Hyde Park

OF PoughkeepSie, nearby country
seat. were clear of crowds.
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived at Hyde
Park before lunch 10 aid the
President in welcoming the Duke
OF Kent. Also present was Mrs.
Elliott Roosevelt, wife Of the
Chief Executives second son. FL
lott is now in London on special
mission as a captain Of the army
air corps.
A complete air Of informally
prevailed at the Roosevelt family
home. The duke was greeted and
dispatched 10 his room in the up
per floor 10 freShen up. Dinner
was served after a brief inter
ludc in the spacious library living
room. No announcement was made
of the guest list. 1t was explained
that it was completely family az
fair.
The duke will 60 back TO Wash
ington with the President tomor-
row night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Leaves Cancelled

N.caVcS az several army posts
in the New York area were cam
celed tonight, creating reports
that troops would be dispatched
10 Kcarny 10 stand guard Of the
strike-bound Federal Shipbulld-
ing and Dry Dock plant until
the navy takes il over.
In Washington, Secretary OF
the Navy Frank Knox tonight
designated Rear Admiral Harold
G. Bowen. his technical aide, 10
take possession OF the plant on
Monday and 10 direct the TO-
sumption Of ship construction as
soon thereafter as possible)
The sweeping seizure ordeI
marked the second time that Mr.
Roosevelt has invoked his emer
gency powers 20 take over ar
industrial plant al which a labol
dispute has halted production o
vital defense materials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Reported 8 Miles AWay

bucharest reports quoted by
the l. o n d o n radio in a broad
cast recorded by NBC. said the
Germans and Rumanians were
within nine miles Of the city.)
In the north. German and Fin
niSh forces. closing in from many
sides on Leningrad. were stated 10
have thrust ba'tering ram spear
heads 10 points within 30 miles Of
RusSia's second city following Ger
man capture of KranSnogvardejsk
and Finnish seizure of kaekiSalmi
tkexholm). respectively, sou h
and northwest OF the metropolis.
A renewed threat 10 Moscow
was revealed with. announcement
that German troops in the south
central front had pushed more
than so miles east of captured
Gomel to come within less than
300 miles southwest OF the Soviet
capital. This drive was protecting
toward the pivotal junction OF
BryanSk on the main Moscow-Kiev
Railway
The gigantic German offensives
in the north against LenLngrad
and in the south against Odessa,
Kiev and the Russian Dnieper
River Notifications were portrayed
by Nazi military spokesman as in