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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-31
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the thin, sad=eyed little boy who
so often had stared at him in
wonder or sidled up shyly TO feel
his white skin In his stead was
a plump playful youngster OF
about the same age. -
Pondering this the Rajah was
mortified.
He remembered tales Of how
the Dyaks traded skinny children
for fat ones at feast time be-
cause thin children were -unap-
petizing and roasted babe was
one Of the chief delicacies at
Mak8naun.
He asked the old Dyak father
about the little fellow who had
disappeared.
The old man just shook his
head and said, Him go way"
. The mother, who was only a
slip of girl herself, just looked
at the fat child playing on the
floor and said nothing,
For nearly thirty years the
first white Rajah worked among
these people as their friend.
Lack of a son and heir was
his one great sorrow.
Charles AnthUni Johnston was
the son of Sir James Brooke's
sister and only took the name
Brooke because he hoped To in
hcrit SaraWak For fifteen years
his uncle kept him In little out
Of the way inland stations. train
ing him 10 know the country and
us people
But Charles was not friendly.
lie was one OF those strange pco-
pie who feel SO self-sufficient
that they need no companions.
When Charles was thirty-eight
ms uncle's death made him the
Second Rajah Of Sarawak
After spending one year alone
with his problems as Ruler he
went TO England 10 find himself
a wife. be had Sarawak dia-
monds 20 lay at some girls feet.
and a heart as hard as the gilt
tering gems Unconditional as
a stone. The Second Rajah went
10 pay court to a wealthy widow.
but got a look at her beautiful
daughter first
Margaret Alice de Windt was
only a fair-haired child of nine
teen, but she married the iron
hearted Second Ralah
Even their first honeymoon
meal was sad affair
Dinner, dinner stormed
the Rajah when the waiter asked
what they would have to eat.
Quite unnecessary meal and far
too expensive. "
LIS young wife looked az him
~ startled and bewildered
I've married a man with dia-
monds and a crown" she thought.
Surely he doesn't intend that l
should starve.'
But while her hp tremhled, she
said nothing aloud
Seeing her apparent distress
The man Of ice, and cast iron
seemed TO relent.
Very well Their, as II IS our
wedding evening bring me some
bread and butter and tea.
only a little better than
prisoners meal. she thought
IN Sata"aK she l'aih'a more
on nus Weann'N"
Margaret h'd some pure "h'lc
pigeons she mao i''h'd. Many
haPpy hours Sh' 7P'h'.'h lh' } az
ace EaIa'h WIN ih'Iii- rms 'ii'
stern ana sunny HaJah oolili
nov tolerate
''ne evening Wh'n u'y sal
down 10 thelr SOLITARY meal inc
Malay houSehoy served only one
dish i was hrd PIE The
Ralah watched with something
hi'" an eva sne'r 'on ms race.
II''iJ'Ihe' inc i'di'ec Ioycu Win
her fnlk
iOi Won Ike your pigeon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
BY JOHN PARRIs

United Press Staff COTeSp0ndent) London, Oct. 30.-(UP)-A Free French spokesman reported today that mysterious "black phantom" raiding units are snatching German sentries from their posts on the Nazi-occupled French coast almost every night and creating among the Germans horrible fear" of an al- lied invasion.
 The spokesman's disclosure fol- lowed reports by the Moscow radio that British and Canadian soldiers (presumably of the specially trained commando assault forces) had land ed in France recently and made raids in the neighborhood of Amiens. The raids have forced the Ger mans to redouble their coastal pa- trols, the spokesman said, while information received in London shows that French resistance is in- creasing" despite the oppressive measures taken hv the German oc- cupatlon authorities.
 r.itlsh authorities saad no com
 on the reported raiding par-
 and the censorship does not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
Plane Struck Ravine In Making Landing; Flames Kill Occupants
Injured Pilot Crawls From Plane Wreckage, Tries to Help Victims But
 COllapses; Many Bodies Burned
BY WALLACE MITCHELL United Press Staff COrrespondent)

Moorhead, Minn., Oct. 3O.-(UP)-A North west Airlines transport hit ravine while making instrument landing in the dark early today, caught fire and carried IA men and women to flaming death. The plane came down through 5OO-foot ceiling of clouds three miles from the Fargo, N D. airport and all the evidence indicated would have landed safely had not been for ravne 50 feet wide and 25 deep. which cut through the otherwise level prairie.
 Pilot Crawls From Wreckage
 One man escaped from the burning wreckage. Pilot Clarence Bates of Minneapolis crawed through emer gency exit tried to aid the others but seriously injured that he collapsed and taken to Fargo hospi tai "A say1 Bates told authorities after regaining consciousness lis that I was making an instrument approach for a landing at the Fargo airport"
 Twelve Passengers Are Dead
 The copilot stewardess and 12 passengers were killed either by the impact when the plane pancaked to earth across the ravine or in the fire
 Many of the bodies were burned beyond recognition Among eight removed in the first four hours after the crash only could be identified It was that of Kn Fargo president of the Dakota Tractor and Equipment Company. sas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
Mysterious Black Phantom Snatches
 Nazi Sentinels In France Every Night

permit reports regarding the com- mando units, which aroused great interest in connection with public demands for a British invasion of western Europe in order to aid the Russians by opening a second front
 The French spokesman, however, discussed the reported raids and said the Royal Air Force bombings of occupied France had practically wiped out the textile industry in the Norde section.
 Reports from France, he said, told of mysterious figures that appear almost every night on the beaches to raid German sentry posts or carry out sabotage assignments. Many sentries have disappeared and the occupation troops, which are mostly German veterans of the World War, are feeling an increasing fear of in- vasion from the British Isles which they had been threatening to invade year ago.
 ~Fyenchmen escaping to England have told how these mysterious fig ures suddenly appear cut Of the mlsts and pouncc on the German sentries or aid In stirring up French
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
Thomas J. Fleming Will Withdraw His Petition From Pardons Board
Will Wait Until His Mini- mum Term Expires on
 March 6, l942

The Democrat learned today on positive authority that Thomas J Fleming, former superintendent of streets, now serving sentence of from one to three years on the states farm in Enfield, will with draw petition for parcon he filed recently with the state board.
 The one-time city official, defend- ant in the Waterbury conspiracy case, is said to have regarded his application as futile, and to have expressed a preference to wait un- til the expiration of his minimum term on ..Iarch 6, 1942. Only on one occasion, the same source pointed out, has a prisoner received pardon before serving 8 complete year in the Enfield farm. Rules of the il- stitution require that one must serve at least one year. Persons sentenced to shorter terms are committed to county jails.
 Under this ruling, it was observed, Fleming would be obliged to com plete the full year in any case. When he withdraws his petition, he will be eligible to receive a parole on March 6 of next year.
 Doubt was also expressed today over the likelihood that Carl D. Ol- sen, former treasurer of the Water- bury. Trust Company; serving a sen- tefice Of I to 12 years, and John s. Johnson, New ork broker, sem fenced to 2 to years, would be successful in their quest for pardons
 States attorney for Hartford county Hugh M. Alcorn, special prosecutor in the conspiracy case, has stated that he will appear be- fore the board Monday to contest the applications of the trio. The Hartford attorney yesterday an- nounced that in his opinion none of the men is entitled to freedom, and that he was prepared to oppose the requests. The fact that Olsen did not appeal to the s:ate supreme court of errors. as did the majority of others involved in the case, in- cluding Fleming and Johnson, will make no difference, he indicated.
 Olsen has had seven months de- ducted from his term for good be- havior, and has already served for two years. While two months have been subtracted from the terms of Fleming and Johnston for the same
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
$2,OOO Burglary Has Police Investigating
Took Place in Apartment Home Early This Week; Young Woman Victim Says Some Pieces of
 Jewelry Taken Were HeirIOOnis

A $2,0OO apartment burglary staged here early this week is being quietly probed by members of the local detective bureau, although no official statement has been issued that the incident had been re- ported.
 A valuable ring, several articles of jewelry prizes for sentimental as well as intrinsic value, considerable money, wearing apparel and other articles were taken from the apart ment at 380 West Main street, for merly the site of Hotel Waterbury. Although there is a suspicion abroad that it was a "key job" the door leading to the apartment was found so badly marked that 1t would indi- cate forcible entry.
 Victim Somewhat Distracted
 The occupant of the apartment, g. young woman employed in sec- retarial capacity at the Chase Brass C Copper company, and prominent ly known in social and fraternal circles, is reported as considerably distracted over the incident, espe-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
OUR DESTROYERS
 MUST BE STURDY
Kearny Arrives Safely in Port; Struck By TCr-
 pedo, Did Not Sink
BY MACK JOHNSON United Press Staff COrrespondent)


 Washington, Oct. 30 (UP) - The failure of German torpedo to sink the Destroyer Kearny con- vinced naval experts today that the United States newest destroy CTS are the sturdiest in the world.
 That was the appraisal in in formed quarters of the official re- port of the incident and of the damage to the $7,500000 speedy destroyer in which il sailors were killed. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox made the report public.
 Naval experts said there was no other recorded instance in which a thinly armored destroyer had been struck squarely by a torpedo and survived. The fact that the Kearny, escorted by other Amrei- can warships. safely reached port under her own power With her dead and 10 wounded was described as almost miraculous" a tribute to American naval designing and engineering.
 Pictures of the damaged destroy CT taken by the army signal corps and released by the navy showed the torn side of the ship.
 Knox did not reveal the port to which the Kearny put in, but one of the pictures showed a topog- raphy typical of Iceland. Bel.ei that it put in at Iceland wa. strengthened by authoritative re- ports from the navy that the des- troyer, despite the severe damage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30

resistance" he said.
 "AIl sorts Of rumors are spread ing in occupied France and the raiders have taken on the attributes of Houdinis."
 Although the Germans have trans ferred many of the original occupa- ton troops to Russia, there are still enough soldiers in France to prevent revolt and probably to prevent in- vasion, he said, but nevertheless we are told that the French are getting cocky toward the German authorities as result of the Rus sian resistance and the British bombing, which has hurt the morale of the Nazi soldiers"
 The Germans have transferred most of their planes from the costal areas to Russia, he said. but they are maintaining a fairly large force in France. He said the Germans also had moved much mechanized and motorized equipment eastward, and that ten motorized divisions which had been ln France were de- pleted as a result cf tho Russian war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
REFEREES ASKED
 INCREASE OF PAY

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 30.-(UP)- Thirteen members of the newly-or ganized. Boxing and Wrestling Refe- rees' Onion, petitioned Athletic Commissioner Frank s. Coskey to- day to establish a minimum fee of $25 for officiating at all but cham pionsllip bouts.
 The union was formed last week end, and included timekeepers and announcers. No fee scale has been asked for the latter two. as yet. Referees complained that they often were paid $l5 for nights work, re- gardless of the importance of the program.
 It was understood the union soon would ask the commissioner to set a minimum fec Of $50 for cham pionshlp bouts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30

The crash occurred at 3 a. m EST. The Douglas transport had Jeff Minneapolis at 1:13 a. m. EST en- route to Seattle, Minn. It vas due at Fargo at 2:35 a. m. but was fly- ing behind schedule.
 Six minutes before the crash Bates radioed Dave Evans, manager of the Fargo airport, that he was going to land by instrument" Evans reported. Bates was flying at 2,700 feet at the time. The ceiling was 500 feet.
 Airline officials believed Bates may have mistaken the prairie field for the Fargo airport. According to Evans, the pilot in his last radio message had reported everything ell right"
 One Engine Torn Away
 One engine was torn from the plane and embedded in the ground Fire enveloped and destroyed the cabin. Only the right wing and tnii were unscorched. The fire was vis- iblbe at the Fargo airport.
 After the crash floodlights from the nearby Moorhead Rod and Gun club were focused on the wreckage to aid persons searching for bodies.
 Wheel marks across the ravirle from the wreck showed where the plane first touched t'>e earth. Clay County Attorney James Garrity said the transport apparently hurtled op the ground.
 across the ravine and smashed into
 Bates declined to amplify his first statements until he had talked with airline officials. His chest and back were injured and he was cut severe ly.
 Airline officials said 1t was the first fatal crash on their system since Jan. 13, 1889, when four per. sons were killed in crackup neal Miles City, Mont.
 Weather Was Good
 Airline officials said the weather was "all right for operations"
 When authorities reached tht wreckage they found Bates stagger- ing around the plane.
 l want to help get the people cut he said.
 After the pilot was taken to the Fargo hospital, Garrity said he mad
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 30.-CUP) "A sister of the late Mrs. Luverne Harris Joss today revealed her plans to fight any attempt to ootain a pardon for Dr. Merrill E. Joss, now serving a 20-year sentence in Maine for the murder of his wife.
 Mrs. Rosalee Harris Wright, a Glencoe, Ala, school teacher, asked Gov. Frank M. Dixon to advise her how to protest the reported plan of pr. Joss relatives and friends to have him freed on tsse ground that the state withheld certain evidence at the trial. Dixon advised her to write the governor of Maine.
 Mrs. Joss, also a physician, and Mrs. Wright were natives of Jack son. Ala, where the slain woman is buried. Her body was exhumed and taken back to Maine for second autopsy during the trsal there in July. Mrs. Wright heard of the re- ported pardon effort through the Boston Post and enclosed . clipping from it under date Of Oct. .a.
 ~rhe only evidence the state Sistihsid was a personal letter from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
SOME MINES TO BE REOPENED
 BY TONIGHT All Captive Mines Involved to Be Back in Opera.
 ton Friday LEWIS, TAYLOR IN
 FRIENDLY SESSION Threat to Take Over All Mines, By President Had
 Telling Effect
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Washington, October 3O.- (UP) = President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers Union (CIO) in a joint press conference with Myron c. Taylor, announced today union acceptance of President Roosevelt's pro- posal for reopening captive lSoal mines "just as fast as Arrangements can be made locally"
 Lewis said that lin many in- stances" mines will be reopened with the night shifts tonight and in other instances as quickly as the arrangements can be made, presum- ably tomorrow.
 In an oral statement ofter a brief meeting with Taylor, a director of U. s. Steel Corp, Lewis expressed gratitude" that "the matter is on the way to complete settlement to the countrysend the defense pro- gram" E }QT sss.kassska4
 Thankbd EaSh Otls9F
 Taylor, who stood beside lewis in the small hotel sitting room where the conference was held, shook his hand. saying:
 Thank you, Mr. Lewis
 Thank you, MT. Taylor" Lewis replied.
 The Lewis-Taylor conference was started after Lewis had consulted with UNIV district leaders at his
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
Sister Of Slain Woman To
 Fight Freeing Her Killer

Dr. Joss to his attorney admitting he had committed the crime but would never confess to the public" !" she wrote Dixon. My parents are old and are unable to press this ob- jection. I teach school and as you know do not make enough money to turn the matter over to lawyers. Her friends are his friends, for they never apparently had any marital troubles. Many people, due to his likeable personality, do not believe he is guilty or that the story about the other woman angle Is true. Con- sequently I am facing a blank wall as to procedure to take. I do know that he is a cruel. barbarous animal and should not be allowed freedom. Other innocent victims are sure to come later"
 The "other woman" mentioned was Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Mayo who has since reportedly become reconciled with her husband
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
NEW POLITICAL
 PARTY FOR CITY
Edward J. Ryan to Be Can- didate for Congress in
 New Regime

Formation of new political party, which will have Edward J., Ryan of Thomaston as its candi- date for congressman in the fifth district special election, was a11- nounced today. The party will be known as the American Progress sive party and the announcement of its formation stated that 1t had the support of many voters in northern New Haven County and Litchf1eld County, the area which comprises the fifth district.
 MT. Ryan, former newspaperman and radio commentator, said that he will campaign on five point platform: D A strong national de- fense for America; 9 To keep America out of foreign wars unless we are attacked; 8 To aid the underprivileged; A To aid in se- curing legislation helpful to the American people; 5) To aid in se-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
INTERPRETATION
 OF AID TO RUSSIA
Archbishop McNichOlas of Cincinnati Gives Defini-
 ton of Encyclical

Cincinnati, O., Oct. 3o.-CUP)- Archbishop John T. McNicholas of the Catholic church warned today against interpretation of the anti Communist encyclical of the late Pope Plus XI as forbidding aid to Russia by the United States and other countries in the present nili- tary crisis.
 However strongly we condemn Sovietism and all the satanic crimes which can be charged to it." the archbishop wrote, i've must not, from the words of the Pope tlnathe encychcaD say that the great and courageous Pope was laying down. a course of action governing our country and all other countries re- earding every future circumstance whatsoever especially in . war of defense. #
 "Such an interpretation seems to Us extreme. The Pope wishcd only to condemn atheistic Communism and its tactics and did so in lan- guage that no one can fail to un- derstand. He gave directions to To- cal ordinaries that cannot be mis-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
GERMANY MAKING
 BIG MOSCOW DRIVE
May Be Final One Before Real Winter Sets in;
 Shifted Weight
BY EDWARD w. BEATIE United Press Staff COrrcSDondent)

London, October 30. (UP) = British military experts reported today that new German offensive action on the Moscow front may prove final Nazi attempt to seize the Soviet capital before winter and that failure probably would force the Germans to withdraw the bulk of their armies as far west as Smolensk.
 British information and Russian reports received here indicated re- newed German attacks on the Mos COW front despite sharp counter action by the Red army in an at tempt to wear down" the Ger mans.
 Powerful NaZi thrusts into Cri- mea and north through Orel to- ward Moscow also were reported.
 The British experts believed that Adolf Hitler may have ordered 8 tremendous attack on Moscow be- cause of the necessity for providing his troops with warm winter quart CTS in addition to desiring the cap- ture of Moscow for reasons of prestige.
 These experts said that if the at tempt failed, Germany might not be able to launch another big at tack on the Moscow front thls win- ter. This eventuality probably would mean that the mass of the Nazi forces would have to be pulled back west to Smolensk and other Russian cities because of the hardships of a long, hard Russian winter in the open.
 In this event, the observers said
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
Wolcott Policeman Is
 Commanded to Resign
Raymond w. Leavenworth, Member of Force Since 1884, Told to Have His Resignation Ready
 By This Evening

Raymond W. Leayenworth, a member of the Wolcott police force since 1894, has been given until this evening by the police commissioner of that town to submit his resigna- tion on twin charges of islander and conduct unbecoming an officer. It is rumored the accused will not re- sign and may go step further by filing civil actions for islander against the board members. He was out of town today and could not be reached for a statement.
 The veteran Wolcott law enforcer Is alleged to have made deroga- tory remark about Representative Charles H Gibson, Democrat, re- gently defeated for the post of town tax collector. However, the charges against Leavenworth were not pre- ferred directly by Representative Gibson. The latter had discussed the matter with the police board, but the action which followed was the boards own judgment. MT. Gib- son also added that the derogatory remark made by Leavenworth against him had not been made in his presence.
 Had Signed Statement
 Fred J. Bridgee, of 287 Bank street. Waterbury, an auto mechanic told The Democrat this noon that at meeting in Wolcott Monday evening of this week he did sign a statement stating that he heard Leavenworth make the derogatory remark against Representative Gib- son. Leavenworth, by the way, has been before the board on charges previous to this incident. Some time ago he was reprimanded by the board for speaking too frankly At
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
LAY BROTHER HAS
 ANNOUNCED vows
Brother Leo, for A Years Famous as Lecturer Is
 to Retire

Denver. Colo, Oct. (UP)-- Brother Leo, for A years Catholic lay brother, famous as an educator and lecturer, revealed today Chat he has renounced his VOWS to return to secular life.
 He said he had received papal dis pensation to withdraw >com the order of Christian Brothers which he en- tered at 16. He is now 60. He is re- suming his secular name, Francis Joseph Meehan.
 My retirement was not motivated by any feeling of antagonism, he said. T have reached the stage when I don't have to worry about tomo. row or the day after tomorrow and I want to enjoy Colorado sum- shine and long walks"
 His plans, he said, are very indefi- mite. They may include trip east. He'll read, attend football games, and spend "a general life of leisure" <"
 And I suppose I'll co enough writ ing to keep from turning into a vegetable" he said.
 He laughed at rumors that his withdrawal from the brotherhood
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. 30--- (UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Oct 2Sth, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $6,S99, S23, ,301.T6 $S,095, ,190, ,6O9.3A
 Defense Spending $4,750,1ss,574.54 $S7l, ,634, 926.ss s2,sss,114,s4s.e2 s1.7sa.7ss,e4 s4.515,ss1, ,So5.14 si.2s4, ,ssi, ,9s5.7s
 Cash Balance
 s2. ACC. .ose. .01s.l5 $l,sse. .2eo. .Ss5.sa