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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
Miss tiberfYs Torch
To Burn More Brightly

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-(INS)-
New powerful ercury vapor
lamps-visible 20 miles at sea-
will be installed in the torch atop
the Statue of Liberty in New York
harbor January l., authorities said
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
r NDECENCY is the last
refuge of Incompetence

refuge OF incompetence
or perhaps the FIRST re-
sort of incapacity.
But i'm view of the bitter
experiences the industry has
had-and is now having-it
would hardly seem believable
that intelligent producers
would resort to suggestive
ness and immortality.
Yet the recent picture Of
Miss CARLOS has been de-
nounced by Archbishop
Francis j. SpelIman Of New
York as dangerous to public
morals" and has been banned
rs Objectionable" In PrOvi-
dence, Rhode Island. and has
also been banned In Boston,
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Continued on Page SKI
The Weather

The sun viii set at 500 p. m. today,
and rise tomorrow at 7:42 a. m.
The moon win rise today at 4:io D. m.
and set tomorrow at etl7,a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

Which he cuts down his foe S
a little matter of eight stutter-
ing machine guns and two
formidable cannon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
(See Story and Order Blank on Page p

TOXIC. Dec. I. - Anxious TO
postpone fatal decision until
the last moment" the government
of Premier Hideki TOTO held an
other extraordinary session today
and decided TO continue current
negotiations with the United
States, the semi-official news
agency Domei said.
Government spokesman empha-
sized. however, that a wide gap
still exists between the japanese
and American viewpoints.
Japan may ask the United
States TO reconsider its attitude
in an effort to avert catastrophe,
it was said. on the grounds there
is at present too great differ
eHee between japanese and Amer
lean policies to enable formulation
OF basic principles at the moment.
Japan's decision TO continue
negotiations. Domei said, may be
traced TO her desire Ito preserve
peace i'm the Pacific"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

VY7HY on earth are NOV
Wv ing picture people
again sub ectin &
themselves to criticism by
leagues of decency, and to de-
nunciation by great church
dignitaries, and to censorship
and black-listing by discrim-
mating communities, because
of the production of sug-
gestive pictures?
There seems to be no rea-
son for such folly.
Business in the industry
might not be particularly
good, but that is no reason for
making It worse.
People might be tired OF
war-mongering pictures, but
that is no reason for revert
ing to immoral pictures.
The pictures which have
scored the greatest successes,
and made the most money for
their judicious producers dur
ing the past couple of years,
are neither propaganda pic
lures nor indecent pictures.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
REDS COUNTER-ATTACK
international News s.ryscs cshs~

KUIBYSHEv. u. S. s. r, Dec.
1.-Major German retreats west
of strategic Rostov-on-Don and n
the lula sector, no miles south
of embattled Moscow, wera
claimed by Russia today. 49,
\ The Communist newspaper,
Pravda. said the Red Army was
counter attacking northwest q
lula and that the enemy was re-
treating TO the west.
The Red Army. claiming gains
on all fronts. also stated that tho
Nazis had staged a 100-mile 10.
treat from Rostov. which the Rus
slams have recaptured. "
Counter-attacks all along the
frontier were declared to have
halted the Nazis in some sectors
and driven them back in othera
after German warplanes struck
heavy daylight blows at Moscow.
According to the Moscow radio
the Germans lost 20 bombers ana
six fighters during the mass raids
on Moscow. Several raiders. howe
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
Opens Probe
Info Hiring,
Purchases
Supervisors Prepare
Also TO Consider
Grounds for Custer

Prosecutor William F. Bowling
and crew Of Investigators APP
peared suddenly in the office of
the board OF Wayne County audi
tors today and took constructive
possession" OF some of the boards
Bowling demanded that employ
ment records OF the last six years
and also purchasing department
records be turned over 10 him.
County Auditors Sdward II. VIII
liams said this would be done.
Bowling and his staff then de-
parted to. open an investigation
headquarters on the fifth floor OF
-I3r,ffy(t.,a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
T1HEY are such creditable
productions as penny


hawk" Edison the Man"
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washing
tom" "Strike Up the Band, ="
"Swiss Family Robinson"
Rose Marie" Goodbye MIR.
Chips, "Intermezzo,' "Stan-
ley and Livingstone" The
Great Victor II err b e t, I"
"Irene," Northwest Pa $ :
sage" Tin Pan Alley"
Northwest Mounted" 1.-THE
Westerner," THE Reluctant
Dragon" shepherd Of the
Hills" Sergeant York."
meet John Doe, "Men of
Boys Town" western
Union" Hudson Bay" How
Green Was My Valley" "One
Foot in Heaven"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

Now Reduced 1c. A Delicious
Flaked-Wheat Loaf. Promotes
Body Regularity. AT All GrocerrL
49,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
SUPERVISORS TO ACT

Dowling's dramatic move came
as the county board Of supervisors
prepared 10 open an investigation
into widely circulated reports OF
in county govern
ment with a view TO determining
W h g Their any elected officials
should be removed.
Chief targets of the investiga-
ton are the three auditors. Will
lians. John c. Cowan and Ray d.
Schneider. and Chief County Ac-
countant Benjamin B. Pelham.
They are the highest quarter IN
the county government.
Bowling revealed that he had
been investigating the reports
emanating from the county build
ing for the last two weeks.
Bowling said:
IL am authorized under Sec
tion Oh of the pubIic Acts OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

4 Ii of these pictures
~ have been approved
by the authorities, and
have been supported literally
by the public.
Obviously such commend
able pictures are the kind to
make IL the industry has in
sufficient quantity the high
order of brains necessary to
produce them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
NEW WAR MOVES

Despite this apparent official
to negotiate for peace
so long as such negotiation is in
the realm of possibility, there was
a new furry of war moves
throughout the Far East.
According to a German wireless
report heard here, United States
consular officials not only request
ed but ordered immediate evacu-
alton of all American nationals
still in Shanghai.
The Toxic newspaper Kokumin
Shimbun announced that collection
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
Peter Pam cuban Honey Breal

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

IL am authorized under Sec
ton Pa of the Public Acts OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
IN THE
NEWS

VY7HY on earth are NOV
Wv ing picture people
n~osvx a. an T. z N A 4 I N N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25

32 degrees smoother than a trained nurse makes up a hopital bed; then he nethodically slows the suspen- sion lines; next the pack. is care fully closed and adjusted; and, fin ally, it is sealed with MiSSus Browns personal seal.
 ' This seal must stay intact for 60 days, unless the chute is used to save & bombardier' life. At the end of 60 day each pack is unfolded, checked for mold, mildew. or dam age from mal-function. Then 1t is re-folded and set aside for use. Each 10 days after the Missus Brown checks through each of his para chuteg with a thin wooden paddle an inspection without opening the pack.
 Tn addition to inspecting and fold- ing the parachutes for the entire squadron. MiESus Brown also makes fabric repairs. Instead of having only one sewing machine-he has. and uses. eight different types Of sewing machines.
 MiEsus Brown was given 6 lengthy period Of special training in an army aerial school before he gas given his present post. At Channte Field, Rantoui. Ill., he was taught sewing and stitching for weeks on end. With thread and needle he erws with q neat. Eliokt stitch that would be the pride of mot ladies sewing circles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
Market Makes Rally
 After Drop Of Prices
Early Pressure Came After Secretary of Treasury PrO
 posed IOO% Excess Profits Tax on All Corporations
BY ELMER c. WALZER Limited Press Financial Editor)

New York, Sept. 25 = U.P) - Stocks developed mild rallying ten- dencies today after prices had set up losses ranging to a point in the early dealings.
 Early pressure, attributed to un- easiness over Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's recommendation for a. 100 per cent excess profits tax on all corporate profits over per cent on invested capital, frightened as noon approached and most issues flrmed from their lows in quiet trade. s&i Chrysler pushed up to Ia point gain at 59, while General Motors re- covered to around its previous of 4i 1-8. U. s. Steel also steadied at its, previous close of 56 1-2, while Beth lehem edged up IA point to 67 1-2. Santa Fe had 3-S point gain to 28 1-4.
 Douglas Aircraft held around 75. 1-4, of 3-4 and most others in the, group had small losses. Curtiss- Wright, an active feature, held at 9 5-8, unchanged. Consolidated Edi-' son sold at 16 5-8, of 1-8, after reaching a new low at 16 1-2.
 DuPont, Climax Molybdenum, General Steel Castings preferred, Midland Steel Products, Wesson oil. International Silver, International Harvester, Oliver Farm Equipment and U. s. Gypsum were down a point and more each.
 Wool Market
 Boston, Sept. 25 (U.P) Numerous inquiries for domestic wools were received at the Boston Market, but actual sales were rather slow, the U. s. Agriculture Depart ment reported today.
 Many of these inquiries were made in anticipation of awards of pending government contracts. In- terest covered @ wide range of terri- tory and fleece wools. Asking prices of these wools were firm although largely nominal because of the slow trade. "
 Cotton Futures
 New York, Sept. 25 -- (U.P) -- Cotton futures rallied to around previous closing levels in moderate forenoon dealings today after an early decline ranging to about 50 cents bale.
 Relatively heavy liquidation in the October delivery unsettled the market at the outset and first prices were 9 points lower to higher. Around noon the list stood un- changed to 3 points lover. /
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
TWO INJURED IN
 AUTO COLLISION
Robbins St. Driver Faces Trial on Tipsy Driv.
 ing Charge

Timothy Cronin, 35, of 290 Rob- bins street, was granted O continu- ance to Oct. 23, on a charge of oper- ating under the influence of liquor when his case was called in muni- cipal court today before Judge T. E. Conway.
 Cronin was arrested last night after an accident on East Main street in which two persons were injured slightly. Those hurt were William H. Hazelhurst, 60, of 2S46 East Main street and his wife, Em- ma E., 73. The couple were treated at Waterbury hospital ard were discharged later after pr. J. Henry McGrath took the two to the hos pital in his car.
 Sergt. Charles McWeeney, Motor Patrolman John Walsh and Patrol. man George Flavin, said the ac- cused's automobile struck one driv- en by Mir. Hazelhurst on EaSt Main street, near Maple street and that both cars were considerably dam aged.
 Joseph A. Couture, g, of Maple street, Litchfleld, also charged with drunken driving was given @ con- tinuance to Friday.
 Philip Nirka, 33, of 268 Hamilton avenue. charged with driving his car while his license was under suspension was given a continuance to Oct. IT.
 Eddie Smart, 3S, of 1888 Thomas ton avenue, paid $l0 for a nolle on @ charge of speed. smart is an- other of the violators arrested iii the motor patrol drive on motorists who Haunt the 25-iniles-a -hour city speed law.
 Elsa Dabramo, 2S, of 103 Dike- man street, charged with road rules violation paid $5. Dambramo was involved in a sli6siS accident carly this morning and was arrested by John J. Mcdonnell.
 Ernest Hayward, 37, of 12O Circu- lar avenue, received an outright nolle on charges of drunkenness, assault, breach of the peace and resistance.
 A nolle without payment was also granted Ernest La Fontaine, 28, of 57 Railroad Hill street, charged with non-support.
 Fred G. Box, 57, of Maple avenue, West Cheshire, received continu- ance to October on 8 charge of reckless driving.
 John Herman, 30, of 19 West View street, paid $5 for a nolle on road rules violation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
CITY DEFENDANT
 IN $l5,OOO SUIT
Frank Walsh Seeking Damages for Injuries
 Blamed on Roadway

Injuries suffered in a fall in an allegedly broken roadway on sep- tember 25 of last year, form the basis of a $15,0o0 civil action brought in superior court today by Frank Walsh of Waterbury against the city of Waterbury.
 The plaintiff claims that at the time of the accident he was @ tenant in a house located at TO- 172 Orange street, and that the dwelling and an adjoining lot were owned by John Stack, a resi- dent of this city. The only means of ingress and egress to and from the property was roadway, strewn with jagged rocks, stones and boul- ders, it is charged, and this condi- ton had caused the existence of many holes, crevasses and pits. In addition, it is stated, although the passage-way was used by all the tenants in. the building, 1t was in- sufficiently lighted.
 As result of the fall, Walsh claims to have sustained a fracture, laceration of ankle fragments, and a sprain of the right foot, as well as bruises, contussions and abra- sions over the body. AS a further consequence of the fall the plain tiff maintains that the injured member has become deformed and rigid, necessitating the use of a specially constructed shoe.
 The city is accused of having per- mitted the roadway to become broken, sunken, eroded and dan- gerous for the use of pedestrians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
JOHN E. DOWD IS
 GLAD IT IS OVER
TwO-Year Fugitive From Justice, Contends That
 lie Is Innocent

Boston, Sept 25 (UP) = Former Sheriff John F. Dowd of Suffolk County (Boston) a fugitive for nearly two years since his in. dictment on bribery charges, claim ed today that he was broke" and that at times during his flight he worked for $240 a day as a fruit picker.
 Three Boston police officers were to arrive at Ventura, Cal, by air. plane this morning to return the 48-year-old Dowd by train early next week to face 126 bribery counts carrying a possible maximum pen- alty of 547 l-2 years Imprisonment.
 Dowd was said to be in good spir- its In the county jail after being arr rested and fined for drunken driv- ing under the name of John F. Nor ton, released and re-arrested when fingerprints disclosed he was the longsought sheriff.
 He contended he was innocent of charges that he corruptly requested and accepted gratuities totaling $26,o00 from county employees, in- cluding courthouse scrubwomen.
 Broke, Glad It's Over
 I'm broke and I'm glad this whole thing Is over," he quoted. "If I got all the money they say I got, I wouldn't be broke now. I haven't been living on the fat of the land out here. I've been working three days a week picking apples, lemons and walnuts."
 Arraigned yesterday in Ventura an fugitive charge, he waived eX- tradition and was ordered held In $50, ,000 bail. Dowd said he made a mistake" in accepting the advice of friends and fleeing in November 1889 when the Boston Bar Associa- ton instituted custer proceedings in the Massachusetts supreme court charging him with job selling and extortion.
 Held In Jail
 Ventura, Cal, Sept. 25 (U.P) John F. Dowd, AS, former sheriff of Suffolk County, Mass, was held in jail today in lieu of $50,000 bail pending his return to Boston to face charges of bribery.
 He said at his arraignment on a fugitive warrant yesterday that he would not fight extradition and was willing to return to Boston. District Attorney William F. Foley said three deputy sheriffs would accompany him.
 Dowd, who had lived here under the name of John F. Norton for six months was caught aftre he had been arrested, fined and released at San Luis ObiSpo for drunken driv- ing. A check of his finger-prints re- vealed the Massachusetts charge and he was rearrested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
OFFICIALS ATTEND LECTURE IN BOMBS
FBI Agents Take Part in Demonstration of Meth-
 Ods in Sabotage

A spectacular demonstration Of many Of the devices used by sabo- teurs to undermine the national de- fenSe effort was given in the city court room yesterday by FBI agents, before a gathering of police officials and representatives of the local in- duStries.
 Specal Agent William Morin dis cusged time bombs, chemical bombs, trigger bombs and pressure bombs, and gave demonstrations of how they worked, in considerably modi- fled form. In addition to his own talk, he showed pictures of many ot the discoveries made by the FBI In its war against saboteurs in de- fense industries.
 Tracking down persons engaged in such dangerous Subversive activ- ties he asserted is the business of the trained policeman, while civilians should simply report to the proper authorities the appearance of any suspicious characters.
 The agent warned against at tempting to remove anything Sus- pected of being an internal instru- ment, pointing out that certain kinds of bombs are so constructed that they will explode If moved at all, and sometimes even if tilted in a certain way. The best method of dealing with them is to notify the police. and put up a barricade a. round the suspected bomb, he ex- plained.
 Agent Morin demonstrated the ef- fectiveness of certain incendiary capsules. which are so constituted chemically that they are only spread, not extinguished by water.
 Yesterdays demonstration was one of nine being given by the FBI throughout Connecticut. to instruct the police, leading industrialists, and the general public on the best means of combating the efforts of sabo- teurs.
 John T. MadIgan Of New Haven. chief of the FBI in this state. Spec ial Agent Prank Whelan, recently assigned to Connecticut. and Valen- tine ]. Sacco. assistant U. S. dis- trict attorney at Hartford also took part in the demonstration. Police and fire officials from Waterbury and from all the nearby towns ai. tended. as did representatives of local and out-of-town Industrial Arms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
Bridgeport Police
 Seeking Clue Here
Investigation of Theft of $4,OOO Shipment of Electric Razors Leads to City; Wine-Jackers Await Trial

Bridgeport police in attempting to solve the theft of $4000 shipment of electric razors taken on Aug. 30 from a trucking terminal there have conferred with local investigators in the case of Abraham Katz, B, Q Waterbury scrap metals dealers and Joseph Wooters, 26, of 38 Oak street, Shelton, now held as suspects in a wine hi-jacking case. Lieut.. Ernest Pakul of the Waterbury police de- partment and State Trooper John Dunphy discovered razors and car tons in the basement of Wooters, a truck driver for KatZ
 Capt. James Bray of the Bridge port police did not mention if any warrants would be issued charging Wooters and Katz with the theft of the razors. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents again question ed Wooters at length but no infor- nation was revealed what they have learned.
 During all this period, Katz had made no admission of the charges preferred by local and out-of- town police.
 Katz and Wooters were given & continuance yesterday in municipal court when they were arraigned on charges of conspiracy and larceny to oct. 2. A third man, Gasmond Nigro, %, of 52 West Porter street, this city, who has been working for Katz, was also given a continuance to Oct. 2 on charge of possessing stolen goods when poliGe found three tires which were sti ip ped from a trailer stolen from Philadelphia on Sept. IA, and found Friday on the property of Katz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-25
TWO APPRAISALSl RECORDED TODAY
Ellen SOmers' Estate Is Valued at $l4,S45; '; Kay
 Estate, $S,8I4

An inventory, appraising the es- tate of the late Ellen Amelia Som- CTS, of this city, at $l4,S45. AS, was filed today in probate court.
 The document lists among assets, property situation on Baldwin ave- nue, valued at $7,00O; a savings de- posit IT. the Waterbury Savings bank amounting to $6,S67.97, and two other accounts in the same bank, to- talling $l,234.02 and $59.94 each. A cash sum of $1SS.5O in included in the inventory. Executor of the estate iS William M. Gillette.
 Mrs. Somers died in this city on December g, 1889. She was the widow of the late William E. Som- CTS, s,lso of Waterbury, and was born in Vienna, N. Y, on Novem- Der l7. 1853.
 Only $8,814.50 is the appraised volth of notes originally possess ing a face value of $22,40O, accord- ing to an inventory of the estate of Mary Atwood Stiles Kay.
 Other items listed include checks of the Second National Bank of New Haven, estimated at $165 and a deposit in the Citizenss' and Man ufacturer's National Bank amount ing to $754. The eresidue of the estate consists of the notes, distri- buted among a number of banks, and moking total inventory of $9,- 733.5O.
 Miss Kay was born in Midle- bury or January 12, 1858, and died in this city last July 24. She is sur- vived by {. brother in Midlebury, Homer s. Atwood, and several nephews and nieces, residing in this city. Watertown and Woodbury. Ex- ecutriX cf the estate is Mary B. Wintelmute, niece of the de- ceased,