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| mart. Later the Venetians made Candia capital of the island. The Turks and Egyptians successively held Crete until 1t was turned over to Greece in 1913.
 From Crete Cyprus is the stepping stone to Syria and British Palestine, as 1t was in the Middle Ages a jump ing of place for the Crusaders on their way to Jerusalem. For three centuries the island was ruled by a dynasty stemmnig from 8 Crusader, Guy de Lusignan. Both the Knights Templars and the Knights of St. John for time made their head quarters on Cyprus.
 St. Paul preached in Cyprus and once when opposed by Q sorcerer there caused him to be struck blind, mot seeing the sun for season."
 Tn ancient trade the island sup piled much copper. The word "cop- per" is a corruption of Cyprus.
 Rhodes, which the Italians have occupied since 1912, lies with Crete across the entrance to the Aegean Sea and the approach to the Dar- danelles. Possessors of these two islands can block the sea approach es to Turkey or can use them as bases for operations extending to Egypt and the Levant. Rhodes prov ed an important Axis air base in the attack on Crete.
 Rhodes, too, for @ time was ruled by the Crusaders.
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Break Ground Sunday
 For Catholic Church
Rev. Jerome Cook, Pastor, to Dig First Shovel of Dirt
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tor, former assistant ct the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury.
 The site for the new church is at the corner of MGple and Century avenues. The ceremony tomorrow will begin with Q procession to the site, followed by the singing of the National Anthem, blessing of the new ground and appropriate hymns.
 Father Cook will bless the ground and dig the first shovel of dirt. The form of the cross will be made on the ground and the initial digging will follow. A procession of altar boys will follow.
 Participating in the exercises will be Father Cook, Thomas O'Donahue, oldest living member of the parish who also saw the breaking of the ground for the old church almost 50 years ago, Oscar Johnson and Will liam Healy, church trustees; Austin Ford, first selectman, and James, John and Edward O'Rourke, Charles Kevit, James O'Gara and John Mis-, church collectors.
 Bids for the new church will be closed Tuesday morning and work is expected to start sometime next week. The old church will be sold to the state in connection with tho proposed new highway to run through this town.
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the Democrats should be having these protest meetings" He said he believed that Attorney Palomba do. served some recognition" and that 1t was unfair to condemn him be- cause of gossip and rufnors. He de- clared 1t would be foolish to dis- rupt our organization" adding how- ever, that this meeting is probably a good thing and 1t would be Q healthy thing to get rid of some 0t the stooges on the town commit- tee"
 MT. McTIugh said that MT. Kras- ow disliked to say anything against the leaders but that 1t should be recognized that the gang on Leav- enworth street runs the party, and Krasow shouldn't be loyal to the gang that put him behind the eight ball and Is going to keep him there."
 John W. Mc0urk asserted that he was in accord on the criticisms of poor leadership but that he was not familiar enough with the situa- ton to commit himself. The c. O. P.'s principal trouble, he said, $ that 1t "i1as never felt the pulse of the common people" Criticizing the state legislature for fairure to cn- act labor legislation, he said :"1 figure this meeting msy be sor1e- thing like the legislature; this sel- low or that fellow wants 6 job"
 Thomas Lepore declared that acc ton of some kind is needed, and James Boylan spoke in favor of "a general change in the local Repub- lican set-up." !.
 MT. Ryan, speaking again. said that plans should be made to have more and more meetings.
 If we just continue this effort," i" said Ryan, i've can get Q good Re- publican leadership, one that really represents the party and its nieIn- bers. It's time to get rid of the Leavenworth street outfit You all know that Vernon nail has almost nothing to say about what goes on, and I can tell you that the city court deal here was made by ]. Francis Smith, Ken Bradley and Vincent ecuily. Ts that what the Republicans ia Waterbury wanta"
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 the machine, the breath passes through @ series of reaction chaln- bers and finally liberates iodine into @ tube containing a solution of starch and potassium iodide. A blue color is thereby produced in proportion to the amount of iodine liberated. An electric eye then mea- sures the intensity of the blue light and records 1t on the meter, which gives reading in percentage of alcohol in the blood, and the degree of intoxication.
 An explanation of, the "alcohol- meter" was given today in the quarterly Journal of Studies On AL cohol, published by the Yale labor atory of applied physiology.
 Also in the journal, Yandell Hem derson, professor of physiology, pro- posed legislation lowering the proof of spurious liquor from 90 to 60 as "beneflcial to the health of the na- ton" and as means of ending boot logging.
 Bootleggers, said Prof. Henderson, specialized in 60 proof liquor and, "as 1t is not recognized by the gov. ernment and is not taxed, this high ly profitable illegal industry now makes no contribution to the fed. eral and state revenues, but Is, on the contrary, 6 cause of serious ex- pense."
 Prof. Henderson proposed 6 tax of $50 a gallon on the 60 proof pro- duct to encourage its manufacture and sale. The tax now is $500 per 100-proof gallon.
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COP City Leadership Is Bitterly Assailed
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1 Maurice Gruskay that he'd get nowhere as long as he bucked the leadership. "It's time for an upris- ing. Let's have a primary, if only to change the leaders"
 Harold Hadley said that he felt 1t Q duty as a leader in the Young Mems Republican club to attend the meeting. T admire the guts of those getting up to speak," he said, land think that the leadership should be criticized. I think we should have a larger Town Com mittee. Another thing, the party still has no headquarters though five months ago the leaders said they were acting on 1t. I'm not against Fred Palomba; think he has his good points. Much of the blame for the whole situation be- longs to Ken Bradley; we should have gotten a better split in the city court"
 Samuel Mihailoff, president of the Young Republican club, and Den- his McCleary of Watertown, spoke briefly, the latter saying that "a. thorough clean-out is needed"
 Edward J. Ryan, saying that he was being called the John Doe" who arranged the meeting, said: T think John Doe is a swell guy. I eat with him, sleep with him and walk down the street with him."
 Said Ryan: This meeting Is only the beginning. There'll be many more of them, not only here but all over the state. At this very moment there's 6 protest meeting like this going on in Bridgeport. Your party here is in the hands of Q clique of four men. Your town chairman was not even consulted on patron age, so you can see what they think of the organization here. A, for Fred Palomba, he's my friend but have to oppose him because of the way the deal was made. The Republican Party is losing jobs in the city court to give one man Q job. You can see the worth of your organization here when you re- member that last fall the Repub- lican candidate for congress from this district was the weakest carl- didate ever nominated for congress in this state. This movement will grow and spread, and eventually 1t will give the party back to the peo- ple."
 Attorney Andrew Kata and Frank Rossi made brief remarks. Samuel Cervero charged that in the 1939 Republican primary, the primary list was altered to favor the or- 1 ganization.
 Frank Varanelli, former alder man, expressed the belief that Eve ought to go out and have 6 primary. We'll probbaly lose, but what of 1t? They'll lose, too, in the election. Maybe they want that, so they can ask for few crumbs"
 Fred Palomba was a good town chairman but he retired--his ap- pendix or something. know Fred doesn't get sick for nothing. Maybe the city court job was promised to him then. All the outfit cares about now is Q ntlte gravy. The common pleas court prosecutor gets sick or something and Upson gets 6 job. He looks around for 6 Stooge and gets Hall for town chairman. Now there's anothre good set-up, give Hall Palomba's job and get another stooge for chairman. We can lick these fellows. They gave us only 36 hours two years ago and we only lost by five votes; if they give us three months we can beat them by 800 votes in 6 primary"
 Attorney Kras0w, called on again, said he realized "there is . lot of merit to what you sny, but maybe
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OBITUARY

PETRO-MrS Catherine Petro, wife of James Petro of sunnyside avenue, oakville, died at her home last night.
 Besides her husband she leaves . daughter, Mrs. Albert J. Pope Of Oakville, two grandchildren, Albert Pope, IT,, of Oalkville and William Petro, Jr, of Bristol and a niece, Miss Ethel zislatzsagi of Waterbury.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced.
 CARTOCETT - Paride Cartoceti, 06, of 22 Summer street died this morning ct his home. A native of Italy, he had resided in this city for 3l years.
 MT. Cartoceti had been employed by the Waterbury Manufacturing company for the past 30 years. He was 6 member of the Rolnaguuolo Society.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cristina (Qalli) Cartoceti, one son, Telesforo; three daughters, Mrs. Alfred Bartolini, Mrs. Vincent Semerara, and Miss Angela Car- toceti; one sister, Mrs. William Rostelli, ell of Waterbury.
 The funeral will take place from the Maiorano funeral home, e6 Willow street ct 8 o'clock on Mon- day morning to Our Lady of Lourdes Church ct 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot at Cal- vary cemetery.
 Friends may call ct the funeral home this evening from 7-l1 o'clock and on Sunday from 2-l1 o'clock.
 NOBLE-LeRoy Frank Noble of Ii0 Pearl Lake road died suddenly at his home yesterday, aS the result of 6 heart attack. A native of N@u- gatuck he was born on February 20, 1905, the son of Frank and Jose phine (fIotchkiss) Noble.
 Mir. Noble was sn e1nploye of Wilr liam T. Loeffler G Sons. He was member of the Woodmen of the World Of Naugatuck, of A. Y. 6s A. M., and King Solomon lodge in Woodbury.
 &1O AD 104 VAvOss " eAeC WeeSt Nsns VI Anna (rIickey) Noble; his parents; c son, LeRoy Frank, Jr.; two daugh. ters, Arne Mae and Arlene, all of Waterbury; three brothers, Mlls- worth, Nalph, Harold, ail of We- terbufy: six sisters, Mrs. William Treet Of Beacon Fails; Mrs. vaiefl- tine eanberg of Maryland, Mrs Robert gaber, Mrs. Anthony Bar. bieri, Mrs. Raymond Doulanger and Miss Helen Noble, all of Waterbury.
 Funeral services win be held Monday afternoon ct 2:S0 o'clock at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. Arthur T. Lewis, Of st. Michael's Episcopal church, Naugatuck, ofaciating. Bur. ial wifi be in Grove cemetery, Nau-
 rTisnds rlasy caiI at the funeral home tonight from [ to Q o'Clock ard tomorrow from g to . ?. 1ias and from 2 tO Q ?. n.
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BRITISH, FRENCH
 WAR IS FEARED
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(Contlnued from Page O vice-prsmier. Hs also named AdOlt Hitler.
 And he made blunt accusatlons.
 He charged the "Darlan-fAvAl clements" with selling out to Hitler in Q scheme to bring about Br1talne downfall and give 0ermay control of the seas.
 He charged vichy with "peEnit- ting if not abetting" expansion of German aggression in Syria, yet re. sisting British efforts to prevent German actions there.
 He charged Vichy with doing "Germany's fighting in the Syria area of the general German ad- vance,"
 He charged Germany with taking the initiative in Syria and with using France as 6 tool to start Q conflict that not only pits former allies against each other-Fr France against Britain" but which is in the nature of 6 civil war - pitting ''Frenchrnan against Trenchman."
 He charged the 'Darlan-Laval element" with attempting to stun Eitlerism down teh threats of French people. lie said that public statements by this clique "den1on- strate that the people of France are expected not only to surrender their loyalty to ell French tradi- tions, institutions, liberties, inter- ests, culture and the entire way of life which made France great, but actually to transfer all of these 1oy- alties = all hope of the Suture--to Hitler in the hope of securing his personal favor :"
 And he suggested that the French people might rise up against such leadership; that the people of the United States might do something about 1t, too
 "It remains to be seen whether the French people accept this pre- posterous status and thus pave the way for them to find themselves as- sisting Hitler as his co-belligerentS in hi desperate effort to conquer Great Britain and secure control of the high seas.
 "In teh prevention of such Q pos- sibility, both the French people and teh people of the United States have a common interest of termend- ous importance to the future"
 This, Hull said, is the broader aspect" of Franco German collab- oration, sample of which, he said, was the situation in French man. dated Syria-"a vitally important part of the general plan of Hitler's to invade Iraq, Egypt, the (Suez) Canal area, and Africa"
 Hull's statement indicated that the United States fully supports Britain's action In Syria.
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BOMBERS' OBJECTS
 TWO BATTLESHIPS
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(Continued from Page D command smashed the first real Nazi attack of the June full moon period on Great Britain, and shot down at least seven of the German craft.
 It was believed that the British raids on the Ruhr and Brest again were of tremendous force in view of the bomber commands policy of throwing the full weight of It's at- tack against major targets on per- iods of bright moonlight.
 Heaviest of War Thursday nights raid on the Ruhr was the heaviest of the entire war. It was made as soon as the weather, which had been poor for bombing purposes earlier in the week, im- proved enough to permit big scale attacks.
 It was the 66th raid of the war on Brest, the 20th since the 26,000 ton battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau took refuge there late in March, and the third since the Prinz Eugen slipped in after escaping when Q British fleet sank the 3S 600 ton German battleship Bismarck.
 Seek Prinz Eugen
 The raid on Brest was believed to have been concentrated on the Prinz Eugen. The scharnhorst and Qneis- enau were believed to have been crippled in previous attacks and 1t was believed they would be unable to take to the sec for months, if ct all.
 A joint air ministry and home se- curity ministry conlmunique said that the German air force was ac. tive over widespread ares of south and southeast England, though not on a heavy scale. Reports % far re. ceived showed no substantial dam. age and few casualties, the minis tries said,
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Continued from Page D cd spokesmen, can be summarized aa follows:
 It has not yet been established, 50 far as the German government is concerned, that e German sub- marine sank the ship.
 If the submarine were German then the submarine commander un- doubtedly was within his rights ua- der international law.
 The Robin Moor was on route to an enemy harbor, carrying goods which are included in both the Brit ish and German contraband lists.
 The State Department is seeking to make war propaganda of the sinking by making 1t 6 political in- stead of 6 purely military incident
 It can be taken as q general rule that any ship carrying aid to Eng land will be sunk if caught.
 Neutral observers expressed be- lief that Germany was not seeking an incident which might bring the United States into the war, and on the contrary hoped to avoid such an incident, but that 1t did not in. tend to cede what is considered ita "war time rights"
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MARS RETRACES STEPS,
 CRETE, CYPRUS, RHODES

The famous Colossus of Rhodes was Q statue of the Sun-god, 106 feet high. It was knocked down by an earthquake and during an inva- sion by the Saracens, they sold the fragments for old metal to & dealer who used 900 camels to carry them away.
 About @ hundred miles from Rhodes, the island of Cos is the re- puted birthplace of Hippocrates, called "the Father of Medicine" be- cause he did so much to separate 1t from superstition and give 1t Q basis in science.
 Another of the Dodecanese is- lands a little farther north, Patmos, is where St. John had the visions which he recorded in the Book of Revelation.
 The Crusaders who banded to- gether under the name of this saint, the Knights of St. John, for more than 200 years held Rhodes and when they were driven out by the Turks, moved to an island which is today another British Mediterran- can stronghold, Malta. They there became known as the Knights of Malta and retained that island headquarters until 1t was captured by Napoleon in his Egyptian cam- paign.
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toners of st. MichaeI's Catholic church will break ground for the new church tomorrow afternoon ct 3 o'clock, it was announced this morning by Rev. Jerome Cook, pas. near saida.
 Reports from Cairo had indicated that envoys of Gen. Sir Henry Wil- son, British commander in chief, and Gen., Henri Dents, the vichy force 'chieftain, were in contact near Damascus and that Wilson was trying to induce Dents to evacuate the capital in order to prevent daln- age to the ancient city. These same dispatches had said that 1t was be- lieved Dertg would refuse. However, tn Allied troops were known to have forEn6 6 strong seni-circle on the southern side of Damascus, with three separate columns in liaison.
 Some air and military experts here urged that the British and Free French forces abandon their policy of preceding slowly and throw all thir strength into attacks on Damascus and Beirut.
 They cited Ankara reports of "feverish activity" by air fleets in the Italian Dodecanese Islands and in Crete, and reports that some Vichy troop units were commanded by Germans.
 The experts urged that the Allies get . solid Soothold in Syria before German planes could strike.
 Royal Air Force headquarters ct Cairo had reported during the night that Australian planes had shot down three German bunker -sS bomber planes which attacked the British fleet of saida yesterday afternoon.
 Eight or nine of the German planes, bearing Italian markings, attacked the fleet three moles oil Saida. Australian planes intervened. Four of the Jslnkers planes dived and dropped their bombs before they fled. The others jettisoned their bombs without attempting to aim and made for base.
 "Three Junkers.00S were definite. 1y destroyed as they were seen fall- ing Into the sea-" the coEnmunique said.
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Shaker said that 1t had been called to consider abuses in the Republi' can party, which hasn't won a city election here in over 20 years"
 Said MT. Shaker: "The party has two papers and MT. Pape < recognized as titular head of the party, yet they've never been able to swing an election. The papers are supposed to be powerful. but they've accomplished absolutely nothing for the Republican pary.
 "The trouble is that the rank and file has been ignored; they're not asked for suggestions or advice; everything Is handled by few That isn't good for the party"
 MT. Shaker first called on At torney Harry Krasow, but the latter said he had come only to "see what this meeting was all about MT. Krasow said all that he knew was what he had read in the papers, adding: "You know you cant believe what you read in the newspapers" However, later in the evening he did speak, concedine that there are some stooges on the town committee" but pleading for party unity to defeat the Dem- ocrats.
 John McHugh asserted: Unlike Harry Krasow I'm not Q curiosity seeker. want to stand up here and look you all straight in the face. Our party is in the hands oi a small few. We have 8 leadership of such kind that men big enough to be judges are threatened with the loss of their jobs if they don't appoint so and so. We'll always have deals as long as We have poli- tics, but it's not a good deal for the Republican party when import ant jobs are given to those who are known as damned poor Republicans It proves again that we need new leadership"
 "A small clique runs the party" said McHugh, land anyone who dares to oppose them Is relegated out of the party. The people had no say in the last election. They dumped Pat Perriello and John Bergin, then a letter insulting Per- riello's intelligence was sent out by Upson, the then Republican chair man. Pat had done more in 20 weeks in the mayors office than others had done in 20 years. We want men like him, not the schem- CTS and connivers who lead us now, with their stooges running back with stories from every street cor- ner. It's no time to be tirnid. You all know the conniving.
 Look at Mike Galullo. He got Q job two years ago as prosecutor and did 1t well, but now another Repub- lican Is after his job. Mike is out because he wouldn't do favors for the picayune politicians. Should Fred Palomba represent lis? He's a close friend of Scully's. Upson told me two years ago that they couldn't afford to have Fred Pa- lomba in the court; how can they do 1t now? Palomba always thinks first of Fred Palomba. He got 6 city job because he sold the Republican party down the river"
 we thought that Upson would be good town charman, but he turned out to be an awful dud. He was governed by a small clique, even changing the rules to keep John Bergin from being nominated for city clerk. As for Vernon Hail. as town chairman he makes a good aucticneer. He threatened
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 Welles indicated there would be . fuller statement when the doposi- tions of the survivors have been studied. They are being brought here by Philip P. Williams, vice. consul ct Rio de Janeiro, who went to Pernambuco, Brazil, to interview them. Flying up from Brazil, Wil- Hams Is expected to arrive here Monday.
 Welles saii, in connection with German assertions that published lists of the Robin Moor's cargo showed goods classified as contra band by the British-and hence placed in the same category by Ber- Nn-that this country never has ac- cepted the British or German defi- nitions of contraband. He said noth- ing is less settled than the issue of what constitutes contraband.
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BY ROBERT L. FREY United Press Staff Correspondent)

IUnlteu fkeoS StAkk COTEeSpOuuentI
 New York, June 16-(UP)-There are parts of the world to which his- tory returns again and again. Such are the islands of Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes in the eastern Mediterran- can.
 Since the beginning of recorded history these three have never for long been out of the current of world affairs. Now the struggle for control of the Mediterranean once more has turned the spotlight on them.
 The city of Candia in Crete, over which the Germans and British fought so bitterly, is near the site of ancient Knossos, said to have been the first large city of Europe. Semi-legendary king of Crete was Minos, son of zeus, first of the Olympian gods.
 Candia originally was @ fortress built by the Saracens in the 9th century when the island became Q nest of pirates and Q great slave
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city, it was said authoritatively tc. day.
 It was understood that British Royal Air Force planes were watchs ing the withdrawal of Vicfy tfanss port columns from the Merdjayotin ares, 22 noiles inland from eaidA.
 British imperial troops have taken Nabatfye, between Merd1ayogt and the coast, it was asserted.
 It was admitted that the imperial tToops stiu encountered expedition
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EDITORS NOTE: This Is an- other story in the series on the Middle East, which has been . battle-ground for ages and now is the scene of conflict between Brit. ain and the Axis powers.
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ize the danger of the threat ta our lives and our freedom that even now is offered to Us by the totali- tafian powerA