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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06
GREEKS DID NOT
 REFUSE PLANES
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Italians. For this country,s pur- poses they could be useful now only as trainers, he added. Knox Says It's True
 Knox said Cimon Diamantopoulos the Greek minister. had turned down the gift, which he said was offere with no consideration in- volved. It would have been possible to turn the planes over to the Greeks by classifying them as obso- lete, he added.
 He indicated that the Greeks were seeking to obtain more mod ern equipment by getting the British to take deferred delivery on some of their plane orders here. Although Knox declined to reveal what specific type of planes the Chinese would get, it was learned they would include bombers and fighters. They are now being built for the British who have agreed to permit the Chinese to have first call on them.
 Because of the lack of sufficient comparatively modern fighter craft the Chinese have found it difficult to cope with Japanese bombing planes.
 With bomber craft, military ex- perts here said, the Chinese will be able to strike behind the Japanese lines, supplementing the operations of their guerilla bands.
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British-Aid Measure Weakens Our Defense
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tion in Europe. I would be op- posed to our enetring the internal wars of Europe under any circum- stances.
 "This bill is obviously the most recent step in a policy which at tempts to obtain security for Amer dca by controlling internal conditions in Europe. The policy of depicting our own forces to aid England is based upon the assumption that England will win this war. Person. ally, do not believe that England is in a position to win the war. If she does not win, or unless our aid is used in negotiating a better peace than could otherwise be ob- tained, we will be responsible for futilely prolonging the war and adding to the bloodshed and devas- tation in Europe, particularly among the democracies."
 Germany Has Air Power
 During his study of European aviation in 1886, 1887 and 1888, Lindbergh said, he was forced to the conclusion that Germany was the natural air power of Europe, just as England is the natural sea power"
 Germany now has an air power advantage, he said both in num- bers of airplanes and in the geo. graphical location of bases close to important British points.
 My personal opinion is that, re- gardleSs of how much assistance we send, it will not be possible for American and British aviation, con- centrated in the small area of the British Isles, to equal the strength of German aviation, with unlimited bases throughout the continent of Europe" he continued. we would have a disadvantageous geographi- cal position from which to fight, and an ocean to cross with air craft, men, fuel, and supplies, while our ships would be constantly sub jected to the bombs and torpedoes of our enemy
 Expanded aid to Britain, Particu- 1arly in airplanes, exposes the United States to attack in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, he said.
 Prom the standpoint of aviation. the attempt to gain supremacy of the air in Europe weakens our se- curity in America" he said. If we follow the policy represented by this bill, we will find ourselves with England as bridgehead ill Europe; and, one might say, with the Ameri- can neck stretched clear across the Atlantic ocean. If we establish such a bridgehead we must make every effort to maintain it. In that, as say, I do not see how we can be successful.
 Win Take Many Years.
 eff England is able to hold out for several years, and if we devote our maximum wartime effort to the production of aircraft, we can all most certainly equal or exceed the air strength of Germany. But then we would be confronted with the problem of transporting that air strength to the British Isles. In doing this, we would have to rely largely on surface ships. We might be able to fly many of our aircraft to England, but the fuel and sup plies to maintain them would have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06
NEW CUBAN NAVY CHIEF SWEEPS UP

Havana, Feb. 6-(UP)-Col. Jesus Gomez Casa, new navy chief, or- dered sweeping reorganization of the navy department today, an- nounced plans for strict coastal patrol "in view of the international situation" and called foreign mili- tary and naval attaches into con- ference with him. There was no i'm. mediate explanation of the mean ing of Col. Gomez CaSaIS action. There had been rumors in cafes for some weeks before the dismissal of the chiefs of the army, navy and national police by president Full gerlcio Batista that Smugglers had been refueling German submarines and commerce raiders.
 Batista. however, told the United Press last night that he had abso- lutely no knowledge of such opera tionS. It was regarded as certain that had Batista had any suspicion of such refueling he would have stopped 1t, because his sympathdes are with the United States.
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to 20 by sea. Thus we would place ourselves in the position of having our aviation in England dependent upon sea lanes within easy bombing range of our enemy's aircraft.
 "It is also essential to take into consideration the fact that we have another island bridgehead in the Philippines; so that if we follow out the policy represented by this bill, we will have to maintain and pro- tect supply lines which stretch two thirds of the way around the earth, and which end in positions exposed to attack by the most powerful na- tionS of both Europe and Asia"
 DerideS Our Planes.
 Lindbergh told the committee that the majority of American war planes now are "obsolescent on the standards of modern warfare" and that the nation continues to send large part of its production abroad
 He said he opposed the British aid bill first on This opinion as an American citizen; because he be- lieves it a step away from our pres ent system of government; Second- ly, because I think it represents a policy which will weaken rather than strengthen our nation"
 "If my discussion seems material istic," he told the committee, 'it is because war is materialistic, and must be met, at least for the mo- ment, with material measures. No one deplores this fact more than I. Possibly if our outlook had been more spiritual during the years of peace, it would not have to be so material today"
 Mccormick told the committee that "this panic over possible Ger man attack" was unjustified.
 Lindbergh Attacked.
 New Glasgow, N. S., Feb. 6.-(UP) The New Glasgow branch of the Canadian Legion today attacked Col Charles A. Lindbergh "as an enemy of our cause" and demanded that the Canadian National Rail- ways cancel the flyers lifetime pass.
 The Legion announced that copies of a formal resolution seeking the railway action have been forwarded to Prime Minister King and s. J. Hungerford, president of the trans portation system.
 The resolution said:
 Whereas the said Charles A. Lindbergh has recently and for a long time past been making utter ances against the British cause and in favor of the enemy in the present world conflict;
 Be it therefore resolved that this branch express its disapproval of the retention of said pass by the said Charles A. Lindbergh, one whom it considers an enemy of our cause and that of the motherland and that We request the said pass be immediately cancelled"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06
FEW APPLICATIONS
 FOR 1941 I(SETS

With the deadline set at mid- night February 28, passenger and truck owners obtaining aluminium insets were numbered 300 out of a total of about 25,000 vehicles in this area, Mrs. Alice Bradley, supervisor, said late yesterday.
 Michael A. Connor, commissioner of motor vehicles, said yesterday the new insets must be displayed on cars for which the renewal of registration must be obtained after February b, but if the 1941 regis tration is not a renewal the regis tration does not become effective until March.
 The commissioner adds that no motorist can operate a car within the law with 1940 marker insets after midnight of February 28, and stressed the fact that no grace period is allowed.
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.$42,OOO,OOO A
 DAY BY BRITAIN
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determination to prosecute the war with all It's might, energy and speed"
 Sir Kingsley appealed to civilians to continue to curtAil consumption and save every penny to lend to the state.
 He said he felt the danger of ln. fiation had been greatly exaggerat. ed. However. he added. the governS ment was keeping a close watch on tho situation.
 "rhe government iB very much alive Co tho whole matter and will not beAtltAta io take any practical steps tO control the danger ai0llld lt arise" he said. "it obviouAly Is . subject which can be tackled from several angles"
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(Continued from Page D program could be undertaken with out the approval of the cities in- volved. However, this did not ap- parently coincide with word from Washington today which was to the effect that the Federal Works Ad- ministration had placed "construc- ton assignments" for 300 defense housing units in Waterbury. No To- cal officials were consulted on the matter.
 Survey To Be Made Governor Hurley remarked that he was sure that a further survey of actual housing needs in Water bury would be made before actual construction work started and he could offer no explanation for the Washington announcement.
 It is not known whether the Housing Directors in Waterbury and elsewhere throughout the state will be named directly by the governor or their appointment will be hand- led through Washington. In addi- tion to the director there would be set-up in each city where pro- grams are planned with field staffs | to be composed of WPA employees. Windsor Locks Tract Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 6 = (U.P0 - All but two small parcels of land at Windsor Locks, needed for the 1700-acre air base for the army has been acquired by the state through an agreeable settlement with prop erty owners, Governor Robert A. Hurley said today.
 These two tracts, he said, would be condemned and compensation would be fixed by the courts.
 The army expects to begin opera tions at the base by May 1. Mean while, the governor said, army off, cials said that adequate time should be given some 50 property owners to obtain new homes before they are compelled to abandon their present residences.
 Governor Hurley also announced that "the army will ask the state to set up definite defense plan with in few days"
 He has proposed the present de- fense cabinet and council be discon- tinued, and a small state defense commission created to eliminate red tape and confusion of authori- ties. When the army suggestions have been received, the governor will set the proposals before the legislature for approval.
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duties, particularly those relating to commercial matters. It was not known definitely whether MT. Roose- welt would create such post later. The British have two ministers here to assist Ambassador Lord Halifax.
 Selection of a man of Winant'S type 8 senvoy to London indicated the emphasis the administration is giving to the problem of long range cooperation with the British Elm pire, looking toward social and eco- homie reconstruction after the war.
 He is quiet, studious New Eng lander who started talking about the short work week and job security back in the lush boom days of 1928.
 As U. s. representative and since 1889 director of the international labor office, Winant became a close friend of Ernest Bevin, the minister of labor in the Churchill cabinet and who is mentioned as a likely suc- cesSor to Britain'S war prime mir- ister when the reconstruction era arrives.
 Winant's Rose Rapidly
 Winant's rise in public service has been rapid since 1924 when a group of young New Hampshire Re- publican ProgreSsiveS decided that he was the man to force the regular Republican party organization in that state to nominate younger and more liberal men for office. Not many in New Hampshire took his announcement as candidate for the governorship seriously. But the voters elected him not once but broke all New Hampshire prece- dents by electing him for a second term and still again for a third term.
 In 1885 the President called Wi nant into his administration as chairman of the Social Security Board. He held that post for two years, resigning once during the 1886 campaign to reply to attacks on the Social Security from his Re- publican colleagues. MT. Roose- welt accepted Winant's second res- ignation in February, 1887. after the board had completed the task of registering millions of workers.
 While serving on the Social Sc. curity Board, Winant also was U. 8. representative to the International Labor office, then at Geneva. Since 1889 he has been chairman Of that group, which assemblies statistics on employment and studies labor trends throughout the world.
 Born In New York
 He was born in New York City February %, 1889. He attended st. paui's School at Concord, N. H., and holds degrees from Dartmouth and Princeton. He has three children, two sons and q daughter. In 1917 he enlisted ln Paris 90 . private in the A. E. '. and became Q captain ln the first Aero Aquadron.
 White House Secretary stephen T. Early told reporters tho shift Of
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 In London, the ministry of infor- nation disclosed the text of meS- sage Willkie had left for transmits sion to the German people. It was understood that a British Broad casting company official had asked Willkie if he had any message he would like to send to Germany and that Willkie had written the follow ing note for the B. B. c. to trans init to the German people:
 Of German Descent
 "I am purely of German descent. My family name is not Willkie but Willicke. My grandparents left Ger many 90 years ago because they were protestant against the autoc- racy and demanded the right to live as free men. I, too, claim that right. I am proud of my German blood but I hate aggression and tyranny. Tell the German people my convic- tions are shared in full by an over whelming majority of my fellow countrymen of German descent. They, too, believe in freedom and human rights. Tell the German peo- pie we German Americans reject and hate the aggression and lust for power of the present German gov- ernment."
 After Willkie reached Lisbon safely yesterday the British government, always secretive about traffic to Lisbon, disclosed that a squadron of fighting planes had been sent to escort the commercial plane on which Willkie rode, but the sky was so cloudy it was doubted that the fighters ever found the commercial liner once 1t had taken of.
 Observers here believed that Will kie had seen considerably more of the serious side of British industrial war production than had been in- dicated by the newspaper ballyhoo over his public appearances.
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British Forces Are
 Making Big Advances
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There was doubt also whe, her Marshal Rodolfo Graziani could spare any of his Tripolitanian forces to aid the men fleeing toward Benghazi. According to advices here, Graziani had only about three divisions, or 45, ,0O0 men, in his main Tripolitanian army, and he needed these to guard Tripoi and the from tier of French Tunisia where tens of thousands of French Colonial soldiers would welcome an order to march into Italian territory.
 In event that the Italians decid- ed to make stand at Benghazi they would risk being completely wiped out.
 It was indicated that as in Libya the Italian retreat in the Barentu zone of Eritrea was approaching a rout. The northern claw of the Bri- tish advance there had to scale a 5000 foot plateau to take Keren, on the railroad to Asmara. But it seemed unlikely that there, either, real defense could be made.
 Rome KepOrtS AdVerseS
 Rome, Feb. 6.-(UP)-British troops are only 35 miles northwest of Asmara, capital of Eritrea, the Italian high command said today.
 A communique said fighting in the Keren sector, 35 miles from As mara was Fierce" and a battle for the plateau there having ragged throughout yesterday.
 (The fighting in the Keren area not only threatens Asmara but places the British only 60 miles north by west of Massawa, Port of Eritrea on the Red Sea. Except for Mogadiscio in Italian Somaliland, Massawa is the only really valuable Italian port in East Africa. Assab, port of Southern Eritrea, has been blasted repeatedly by the Royal Air Force and the area behind 1t falls off into desert)
 In North Africa, Italian planes machine gunned and bombed British mechanized forces, the communique said. In Albania, activity by ar- tillery and patrols was hampered by bad weather.
 Aviation of both sides participated in the Keren fighting. the com- munique said. It claimed that Italian pursuit planes shot down three British Blenheim bOmbers in flames.
 The high command said an Italian siilhrnariYle commanded bV Lieut.. Commdr. Primo Longobardi had sunk the British steamer Urla, 5,200 tons. in the Atlantic on Feb- ruary 2 the high command credited Longbardi's submarine with the sinking of three steamers in the Atlantic.
 EneIand Attacked
 Berlin, Feb. 6 - (UP) - Wide. spread attacks on military import- mt" objectives In England caused numerous fires while other German planes inflicted extensive damage 70 British shipping, the German high command said In communique to- day.
 Last nights attacks were said to have centered on southeastern Eng land and it was said numerous fires were caused among the harbor works Of Q coastal city.
 Enc cAmmunlque Tale that Gres eeFe sst southwest M HhI@ieh. Ships ia the mouth of the Thames river were attacked and the high command said . vessel of 5000 tons
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Ambassadors To Many
 Countries Are Named
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Ambassador Johnson from China to be minister to Australia, a step down in rank, was "a technical de- motion but actually is a reward" |"
 He pointed out that Johnson for many years has been living under difficult conditions in China, being forced to move each time the Chi nese government moved. and being confronted with one crisis after an- other during the undeclared war between China and Japan. He said President Roosevelt wanted to re- ward him by moving him to a place where he could return to a quiet, peaceful life and have his family with him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06
ARCHITECT HELD
 IN WEES DEATH

Greenwich, Conn. Feb. 6.-(uP) -Chr.-.es Hooker Talcott, 3e. meni- Der W a New York architectural firm, was held for superior court today on q manslaughter charge resulting from an automobile acci- dent Dec. 10 in which his wife, Hope o. Talcott, was killed.
 Additionally. Talcott wns charged with operating e car under the il. sl3Rnce es llQyOr Anc Nenklem driving. gIls bond Wns eee at oS- 800 when given . preliminary hear' Ing before Town Court Judge Louil E. BlSson today.
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John Saitkowski Has Begun Two Life Terms
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impassioned plea to the jury, ham, mering away at the States charge that Saitkowski committed cold blooded deliberate crime. Gager argued that his client had no thought of murder when he struck the Bealls.
 Defense Counsel Edward T. Car mody expressed satisfaction today with the decision of the jury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06
Personal To Fat Girls

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JUDGE PICKETT
 RESUMES OFFICE

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 6.-(UP)- New Haven Common Pleas Judge Water M. Pickett began another term today after legislative confir. nation Of hs renomlnation by Gov. Hurley.
 The senate voted 2i to Q to con. firm the renomination. and the House vote was ib6 to 20.
 The confirmation came after a week.long tlissle over the remonlna. ton. chief objection to Judge Pickett was that he lived in Litch. fisid county, and mol ln New Haven county, as required by lev.
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was sunk while flames caused great damage to another large merchant vessel.
 According to the communique a long distance German bomber att tackled a merchant steamer 260 miles west of Ireland with bombs and machine gun fire. The ship was forced to halt with heavy list, it was said.
 British planes did not fly into the Reich or German-occupied territory last night, the high command said, although earlier informed German quarters had said that British planes attacked Ostend, Ypres and Nieuport, damaging residences and causing some civilian casualties.
 The high command said that IT British planes had been shot down yesterday. Informed quarters placed the total of British planes shot down yesterday at IS and the off cial German news agency. D. N. B., said that Tuesday and Wednesday Britain lost total of q planes.
 Italy Stops Passports Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. $ - GU. P0 = Italy has suspended the lS- suing of passport visas for entrance to Italy from Switzerland and has suspended the validity of visas al- ready issued, it was disclosed today.
 The suspension was made known by the Italian consulate general here in response to inquiries.
 It became effective at midnight.
 Reasons for the suspension were not disclosed.
 It was understood that freight traffic to Italy continued uninter- rupted.
 Rome, Feb. 6 - (UPA Five hundred students marched in the main streets of Rome today demon stration against a whispering cam pa gn in connection with the war.
 The students carried Italian and German flags and posters which said:
 Cease whispering. Aid victory
 The students sang Fascist songs.
 Some Fascist newspapers have denounced editorially persons ye- sponsible for defeatist whisperings, chiefly in provincial cities, and some of them have demanded 6 purge of allegedly defeatist elements.
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Amendment Sought

A bill aiding the beneficiarIes Of social security is to be raised in the House judiciary committee ct the request of Rep. Daniel ]. Mahaney of Waterbury. It provides that any person. 66 years or over. whose main income is from social security or sclne other form of pension be giv- en tax exemption to the amount of eO.O00 on c dwelling. This exemption would hold only # the income Of ell other occupants of the homo was IAnp than es0N por year Jt ls expect. ed that enc nfAhAnsy eik V1H Ne added G . score of others affecting tho social security laws % an amendment
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(Continued from Page D ing until it had been decided what
 le new state defense program ac- tually would be. The governor indi- cated that whatever form the new state defense program takes the To- cal defense committee in Waterbury as well as those elsewhere, should stay in their present form. but might expect more aid from the state committee than they had here- tofore.
 The Waterbury defense commit tee was formed by Mayor Scully last year and is composed of repre- sentatives of various fields of en- deavor here in Waterbury. The may or is the official head of the group, but Attorney Fipton Phelan has been acting chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06

Greer Carson stars in "Blossons in the Dust"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-06
"CHARMOLA"

"CHARMOLA" The newest charm on Mrs. Aag6 Hale's bracelet is the prop tooth Jim Cagney yanked from AlanS mouth for scene in '@The Straw berry Blonde"