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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
SPRING SONG IN JANUARY
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

When the winter seet stings our faces It's distracting to read of organdies and aceS How contemplate the first touch ot spring With frozen pipes and everything? Are YOU at all interested an eighteenth century ruff collar When frozen hands and toes incline you to hoIer. Can you bear to think of tailored spring suit When you are cultivatng cold that is beaut? You can't deny it, now isn't 1t true That it's really sleeting seet to you? The only of the violet Is in 8 two ounce bottle, my pet Are you the least bit thrilled about embroidered batste When the temperatures down to thirty, at least? Madame, may interest you in navy and white With old winter at the very height? While that ord gent roars and glowers Can We please you with a turban of spring flowers?
 FEM EN-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
FIRST WATERBURY
 BILL PRESENTED

(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, Jan. IT. The first Waterbury bill in the 1941 General Assembly calls for the state to pay damages to Mrs. Antonina DiIeo of the Brass City.
 It is claimed that Mrs. DiLeo should be recompensed for injuries suffered in a fall on sidewalk ad- joining the state armory on Field street, Waterbury. The amount or damages sought is not listed in the bill, which will come before the com- mittee on claims.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
TYPICAL FAMILY BENEFITS AS CANADA
 SOLVES LABOR-INDUSTRY WAR PROBLEM

far-reahing changes in the financial and economic confederation Ottawa between provincial governments impact This Canadian will likely feel that impact two articles of Canadian Waying Canadian average learn later n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17

Judge TheObaId Conway heard vOluble plea in city court yesterday morning. An inebriate was ar raigned before him on an intoxcatiOn charge The proceeded to elucdate his stuation It was this way your when the magistrate interrupted Were you drlnk?' he asked. The man shrugged his shoulders and said, don't remember!' peal of laughter rang out from the spectators bench followed by the voice of Judge Conway, Thirty days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17

Mr. and Mrs Louis DiPietro of Iron Street will be happily married three years tomorrow while Louie's dad and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew DPietro of Walnut street. will celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary simultaneously |. Police Sergeant Bill SantOro is showing great improvement at the Veterans Hospital at Newington E. A. Guilbert keeps the Brass City in the light at the University of Vermont. He was recently elected chairman of the masquerade committee for the colleges big mid winter frolic, Rake Walk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17

By the side of the road Travelling north from Waterbury to ThOmastOn you still can pick out spots that were there back in the horse and buggy days.
 % was o GI Rnad that played bocce just beyond the railroad trestle. The old Watervle Hotel was landmark. The WatervilIe caves were subjects of many weird tales. Everyone had to stop look, and listen to Reynolds Bridge, for it was Steep pitch up over the tracks and onto the bridge The old knife shop along the Nuagatuck River was near the ThOmaston depot held terror for the timid Fho approached it with fear and trembling every day A the week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
Q ANSWERS TO
 CRANIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

1. Coventry is in the county of Warwickshire, in middle England.
 2. Coventry is-or was-an impor- tant plane manufacturing center.
 3. Peeping Tom is supposed to be the only person who looked during Lady Godiva's ride through the streets of Coventry. He was stricken blind.
 4. Population of Coventry is about 128,000.
 5. To be sent to Coventry means to be excluded from fellowship with ones fellows, to be ostracized. Origin of the phrase is unknown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
ILL-FATED LIGHTHOUSE SITE

Two attempts, in 1891 and 1894, were made to build permanent lighthouse on the outer reef of Dia- mond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. No further attempt has been made since that time te replace the tossing Diamond light ship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17

James H. Phillips; primary, Mrs. Austin E. Poirier; junior, Mrs. George Blanchard; intermediate, Miss Elizabeth R. Mallette; senior, Rev. James H. Phillips; home, Mrs. Harry L. Perham.
 The nominating committee in- cluded, Henry L. Riggs, Miss Sarah M. Ball and Miss Caroline s. Church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
PENGUIN EGGs

Emperor and king penguins cubate a single egg while standl erect, by holding it in a fold of sl between the abdomen and inste|
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
BY THOMAS WAYLNG NEA Service Staff COrreSnondeY,

Ottawa 17Ju the finally Typical Canada citizen Dominion Canadas industrial sep and ironed disputes industry and labor.
 thought about reading he thought the United apparently houndng
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Orders Is OrderS!'
That's Story Of Corp. Moxey. Who BaiIed Out
and Landed on Corniee Of Brooklyn Flat

of the engine so the corporal
could hear me, and then l pointed
down and told him to look"
THE next thing I knew" he
added. Corporal Monkey had
baiIed outw
Monkey, who halls from Bristol
Tenn. and who is attached TO the
60th Pursuit Squadron at Mitchell
Field, N. Y. came to a landing
when his parachute caught in ::
cornice of a two-story house.
Surprised residents, who un'
hooked the parachute belt anc
helped the dangling Monkey
through a window. took him TO q
police station where he was
treated for slight scratches OF the
leg Then the young corpora
left for Mitchell Field for an Eek
PLANTATION.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
House Speeds
Action on Bill
To Curb Strikes
RELIEF PROMISED
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL

tnti news service STAN correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-Pres-
ident Roosevelts approval of leg
islation designed TO curb defense
strikes spurred House leaders to-
day 10 speed bill to the floor
next week. but wide differences OF
opinion on remedies threatened TO
delay and perhaps imperil the pro-
gram.
Mr. Roosevelt's approval of leg
islation providing for a cooling off
period before strikes. with media
ton machinery strengthened, and
perhaps compulsory arbitration
was given to group of admins
tration advisers and House mem
bers at a White Houses conference
last night. >.,-
Both the House labor committee
and Senate judiciary subcommittee
were TO meet today on strike leg,
Iislation. First protests of repre-
Sentatives of organized labor were
expected to be delivered to the
committees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Hunting Death Toll
In State Reaches Il

Michigan's deer hunting toll to-
day was comparable to the casu-'
alties in destroyer torpedoirg.
with II hunters dead and q
wounded.
Gaylord Doremire. ~, of Whits
Cloud, became the twelfth fatality
when he died in a Fremont hos
pital 20 hours after being shot by
a hunting companion, G. J. Davis
OF Muskegon. William Thoupson.
80, OF MeIstrand accidentally
wounded himself In the foot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
President OK
Lend-Ledse Aid
To Free French
WASHINGTON - Senators Hint
at Seizure of Martinique and
French Guiana - both Vichy
colonies-by u. S. Page 2.
International New. Service Wire

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Exten-
sion of American lend-lease aid to
Free French territories under the
control of Gen. Charles de Gaulle
has been approved by President
Roosevelt, the Free French dele
CATION in the United States dis
closed today.
Spokesman for the American
delegation made public a letter
written by the President TO Ed
ward r. Stettinius, lease-lend adj
ministrator, on November II, in
, hich he authorized the latter TO
grant aid to the De Gaulle forces.
In his letter, Mr.. Roosevelt said
that he was ordering the action
because he had found that "the
defense of any French territory
under the control of the French
volunteer forces is vital to the de-
Tense of the United States"
simultaneously with the New
York announcement by the Free
French delegation. the United
States Economic Defense Board
in Washington clamped a lid on
exports to Vichy-controlled
French possessions in northern
Africa and to Spain and its pos
sessions.
THE board. which issued or
ders revoking all outstanding
general and individual export
licenses for expectations TO AL
geria, French Morocco. and
Tunis. gave no explanation for
its action. 1t was interpreted,
however, as new United States
attempt to prevent closer VichyS
German collaboration)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Raj Bags 119
Axis P| lanes
In Libya War
Intense Fighting
Near Sid Rezegh
Told by British
BY w. p. SAPPHIRE

Init News service stan Correspondent
CAIRO. Nov. 25.-Intense fight
ing between reinforced British
blitz units and Nazi panzer forces
in the pivotal Sidi -Rezegh area
still is raging. the British militar,
headquarters at Cairo announced
today.
A military communique shed,
ding light on the confused turmoil
in the Libyan desert contained
these highlights:
From dawn. November Is,
when the British offensive
began TO midnight. November
%. ll9 enemy planes were de
stroyed.
C-The British force at Tobruk
consolidated new positions
il had gained in a series of at
tacks and captured 1000 prison.
ers--half of them Germans.
o-The Fifth Indian Division OF
the British Imperial forces
captured Aguila, near Jalo.
In the southern part OF the
Libyan battle zone mobile
= British forces from Girabub
have made considerable prog
ress."
S-More than 1000 prisoners
- have been taken in the
Egyptian-Libyan frontier area
and many more are coming in.
"South Africans. who were the
first TO he depIoyed. sustained
heavy attack by German
lorry-borne infantry, supported
by tanks. The South African
troops, who were heavily out
numbered in their sector, fought
with magnificent courage until
British armored forces put in
a counter-attack which eventu-
ally drove off the German tanks
with heavy losses
meanwhile, New Zealand
forces supported by British
Continued on Page Seven)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Slain by Man
HeRefusedFood

Henry Prado. 30. of 1913 Bag
ley avenue, was shot and killed
early today by man he had re-
fused TO feed, at rooming house
owned by Prados 59-year-old
wife, Mary.
According TO witnesses, Joseph
CorteZ. 35, went to the rooming
house with girl friend early this
morning and demanded something
TO eat. He was told il was too
late and as he left. police said
they were told, Cortez drew a
pistol and fired twice.
CorteZ is being sought.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
international News Service Wire

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-"Ordel 5
is orders!'
With that curt army explanation
and shrug of his shoulders,
Corp. AL Monkey today explained
how he happened TO leap out of a
training ship over New York City
last night.
The 24-year-old corporal, who
parachuted to safety in a crowded
residential section Of Brooklyn,
said he went over the side when
the motor went dead and when his
pilot. Lieut.. John A. Kelting.
pointed downward in leap
signal.
But -.
A disconnected kelting gave a
different explanation. He said e
was intrigued by the lights of
New York City, and so / shut
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
CAN'T ELUCIDATE

interviewed in the lobby of
the House after his speech.
Reyes declined to augment this
statement shall he unable
publicly to elucidate 1t during
the war" he said)
Until the staff system Is
overhauled we shall always be
too late In everything we under
take"
Replying TO an inerjection by
f arl Winterton, Conservative
Keye said his remarks applied Il
the Libyan campaign as well a
continental forays. He charged h
had been served with a copy o
the official secrets act to reminC
him 10 be discreet.
II may almost be confined to
the Tower of London" he said.
"0ur victory is assured, bat IL
will be delayed while Whitehall
government area turns every
stone, explores every avenue and
shrouds the vista beyond in a
fog Of INDIGESTION.
"As long as proscrastination
Is the keynote of the war ma
chine in Whitehall, we will con-
tinue TO lose one opportunity
after another"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Santa Saved
OPM TO Lift Ban on YuIe
Lighting in Southland
International News Service Wire

ATLANTA, Nov. 25.-A threat
ened Christmas blackout was lifted
from the Southland today with an
nouncement tn a I restrictions
against non-essential electric light
ing will be relaxed before the yule-
tide.
j. A. Krug, chief of the power
branch of the OPM, said heavy
rains had aided in alternating the
power shortage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25

TN THE gay nineties &C.
Cured the brief and bril-
liant Spanish-American
war, as a result of which war
the United States rescued the
American isle of Cuba from
European domination and OPP
preston by Spain, and in
which war the American
navy "mopped up" the Span
ish fleets and swept them
from the seas.
Only a few American men
were killed I'm that short and
conclusive campaign.
But the army and navy of
the United States firmly es-
tablished as a proven fact the
dictum Of Cleveland that the
fiat of the United States was
law on this continent and In
this Western Hemisphere.
An era of great glory as
well as great gayety were the
gay nineties.
An era of great wealth Gre
ated by American individual
ism and distributed literally
in good wages.
1t was the era of the full
dinner pail.
Mckinley was the advance
agent of prosperity" and the
Mckinley tariff bill kept
American money in this coun-
try to build up American in
dustry and raise the workers
standard of living to a stand
ard of luxury.
Our funds were not then
distributed as handouts 10
foreign nations to build up
foreign industries in cOmpeti-
ton with our own, nor were
our tariff walls laid low to let
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Robbed Of $4,000 Gems

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. %
-QNS)-V. II. Comley, New
York jewelry salesman, reported
to police today that he had been
robbed of $4,000 worth of unset
diamonds. Comley said he left his
sample case standing on the floor
of a jewelry establishment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
SOVIET FORCES FIRM

In number of sectors, said
Pravda, Soviet forces are holding
firm.
In the direction of Volokolam q,
this front-line account said, Red
army forces are counter-attacking
On other sectors, it was con-
ceded. the Soviets were forced to
retreat.
Nazi attacks in the Mozhaisk
district, west of Moscow. were
said TO have been beaten off. and
Russian artillery batteries were
credited with hating a German
attempt TO turn the Soviet de-
tense flank on the Mozhaisk
highway.
South of Moscow, the dispatch
said, Red army units continued
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25

KUIBYSHEV. L. s. r. R.. Nov.
25.-General Improvement of the
situation of hard-pressed Red
army forces on the Moscow front
was reported today by the Com
munist. newspaper Pravda, which
said fighting before the capital
was growing even more intense.
The govern m ent newspaper
Izvestia reported that Soviet forces
had advanced more than go miles
in some sectors on the front west
of Rostov-on-Don.
The, adYance is continuing.
Izvestia said, While the Germans.
realizing the force of the Red
Army's onslaught, are transferring
fresh troops from other sectors to
the scene of the fighting.
This development followed ad-
mission by government authorities
that Moscow was in grave danger
and that an estimated 100000
Nazi troops and 10000 tanks were
hammering at the city's defense
bastions.
But Pravda said the Russian
position on the central front had
improved relatively" in the last
"a hours and that fighting had in
tensified on the northern and
southern sectors of Moseows de-
tense arc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Theiland Calls Up Reserves

BANGKOK. Thailand. Nov. -.
- GNS) The Thai government
announced today that several new
classes Of reservists have been
called to the colors because Of the
Far Eastern crisis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Greek Sub Sinks Ship

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-GNS)-
The Greek consulate today an
nounced receipt of a cable from
London reporting that the Greek
submarine Glafkos had torpedoed
an enemy merchant ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Hold Firm
As Moscow
Battle Grows
Reds Coun+er-A++ack
Near VoIokoIamsk,
Score at Mazhoisk

internationai news service Cable
KUIBYSHEN. NoY. 25.-Hard
fighting Soviet troops have
stemmed the about erman ad-
vance on Moscow. while Red
soldiers in the south have bat
tered their way 60 miles into
the Ukraine west of Rostov in
counter-attacks, the government
newspaper Izvestia reporte d
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
IN THE
NEWS

XyOUR cOlumnist often
wonders why people
! are prone to ridicule
the gay nineties.
The eighteen nineties were
a period of great and genuine
gayety, and Of unusual and
universal prosperity, and of
mighty and manifold achieve
ment throughout the nation.
1t was in the nineties that
the modern automobile was
invented, and to a large de-
gree perfected.
The automobile Is quite a
respectable contribution to
the welfare of the world.
We laugh, stupidity enough,
at these early automobiles,
but without those first sue
cessful achievements i'm mo-
tor propelled vehicles we
would not have the highly de-
veloped automobile of today.
1t was in the gay nineties
that Edison invented the
moving picture.
In 1891 he applied for a
patent for taking motion pic
lures on a band Of film.
That was certainly a spIen-
did contribution to the bene-
fit and to the business of the
world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
The Weather
HOURIy TENPERATIRFs

The sun will set a. 5.0l .. m today,
and rise tomorrow At T.35 a. m.
The moon sets tomorrow a. 12:2s
q. M. and rises tomorrow at 1 80 D. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
British Force
Returns With
neCdsud|fy
Normandy Port Hit;
Germans Charge
Foe Was Routed

by MEhhlLL MOEI<LEh -
IntI News Service Stan Correspondent
LONDON, Nov. 25.-British AL.
thorities today confirmed German
reports of a British landing party
on the northern coast of France
but contradicted Berlin's claim
ahat the detachment was badly
defeated.
On the contrary, it was said,
there was but one casualty. One
British soldier received a machine
gun bullet in the arm.
LAND IN NORMANDY
Many hours after issuance of an
official German communique as
sorting that a British landing
party had been repulsed with
heavy losses" correspondents here
were permitted to reveal that the
announcement probably referred to
a recent sortie by one of Britain's
mysterious Commando groups.
On Sunday night it was learned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25

Residents in the neighborhood
of Riopelle street and Nevada ave-
nue. today charged that police told
them 10 pull down your window
shades" so they wouldn't see traf-
fic accidents al the intersection
after they had asked that warning
signs be erected.
Twelve accidents, three involv-
ing injuries, have occurred at the
intersections OF Riopelle
street, Orleans street and Hull
avenue with Nevada avenue since
the first of the year, according to
police records.
81 went downtown more than
year ago to complain that
these corners should he marked
with some sort Of warning" said
Mrs. Verne Cooper of 1875
Riopelle street, WHO lives on the
corner.
SUCCESSION OF ACCIDENTS
However. when two police
men came out TO investigate
they told me I had too many
windows In my house. They said
1 should keep the blinds drawn
and 1 wouldn't see the accidents.
They said they couldn't put stop
signs at every street corner and
added that besides, nobody had
been killed yet"
The succession OF accidents
has made nervous wreck Of
my Wife" her husband added.
"Why just last Sunday we had a
serious collision out here in
which one of the cars turned
over and they brought little
baby who had been injured into
our house"
The condition was called 10 the
attention of The Times in letter
written 10 the editor by Mrs. j. A.
Nicholas of 1858 Riopelle street.
PLEAD IN VAIN"
'The people OF this community
have been vainly struggling for
approximately three years to
have the safety Of this street
promised" the letter states in
part. I'VE have drawn petitions
and have gone to ask the people
whom we thought could help us
To protect Of community and the
people VIII ouse the main street
surrounding our community.
But our pleas have been In
vain. We have been politely told
to draw the shades TO this men,
ace and bloOdshed under our
very noses. We have also been
informed Of our nOsiness."
1T isn't so much for our own
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
MILITARY SECRET

Exact nature of the expedition
was, of course, military secret.
But the chief job OF the COM
mando" forces is to destroy
communication lines or ammuni-
ton dumps, as well as to carry
home to the people of occupied
countries that Britain is still fight
ing for their liberation.
1t was regarded in London as
significant that the German an
nouncement came at a time when
British authorities were at last
lifting the veil of secrecy sur
rounding the increasingly impor-
tant role Of the commands"
For months this was a WE'LL
kept secret. The British, however.
have always frowned upon any
attempt to portray these raids as
major occurrences. Rather. il was
pointed out, they are for the pur-
pose of marrying the enemy and
obtaining information regarding
troop and defensive positions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
Reds Gain so Miles in Rostou Driue
Blame Accidents
OnPOIice LaXity
Resid en+s Of Area Told Pull Shades,
Letter TO Times Editor Declares

sake that we want the intersec-
tions marked" Mrs. Nichols
said. Its for the people who
do not know the neighborhood
and how dangerous Nevada ave-
nue. Is.
RELIEF PROMISED
"They come along. not realiz-
ing how much traffic there Is
on Nevada, and before they
know IL they've been smashed
up or killed. Nobody knows
who has the right of way
Nevada avenue was widened and
made into main thoroughfare
about three years ago. Mrs,
Nicholas said, but nothing has
ever been done abo6t putting up
warning signs on the interesting
streets.
d. Grant Mickle, Detroit traffic
engineer. said that an investiga-
ton had been made and that he
was under the impression that a
work order had been issued for
marking the streets. He promised
TO see that the matter was fol-
lowed through at once.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25
ASSaiIS Brifain'S
Failure to Invade
Army Missing Big Opportunity,
Says Ex-Chief Of Commands
BY LOWELL BENNETT
Init News seryie. stan Correspondent

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The man
responsible for development and
training of Britain's Commands,
whose most recent raid on the
French coast has pust been Off
cially revealed, assailed alleged
representation of the British war
office in speech to the House
Of Commons today.
He is Admiral Sir Roger Keyes,
hero of the Zeebrugge raid in the
World War, who offered person.
ally to lead a successful full-scalef
expedition 10 Norway in this one.
Sir Roger was dropped five
weeks ago as commander-in-chief
of the Commands. He took oc-
casion today to charge that the
British war office is missing oppor-
tunity after opportunity.
SOUGHT INVASION
Singled out for attack was the
failure of the war office to sane
ton and carry out "amphibious"
action overseas--such as a large
scale invasion of the continent of
Europe.
His duties as chief of the Com
mandos, Keyes said, included
raising, organizing and training
the men as we'll as ships and naval
personnel associated with them.
"My responsibilities termi-
mated five weeks ago." he said.
IL was informed that the Com
mandOs are being handed over
to the army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25

1.-THE premier and I were keen
to act vigorously I'm the face of
hazards to achieve great results,
which IL we had been allowed to
carry them out might have cleo
trified the world and altered the
whole course OF the war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-25

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