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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
PRISON PARDON
 RACKET EXPOSE.
Negro Chauffeur of Former Gov. Rivers of Georgia
 Must Testify

Atlanta, Ga., July 2-tUP)-For- mer Governor E. D. Rivers former negro chauffeur. Albert Chandler. was en route home from Great Neck, N. Y, under arrest today to be questioned about what the county grand jury here called a pardon racket"
 Records showed 1,7OO felons had been pardoned during Rivers four years in office, 500 of them in the last few months of his tenure, which ended last January. Chand- Ter was indicted yesterday on charges of having sold. pardons to Henry Wilburn, life-term mur- dered, for $50, and to Frank Leonard, an assaulter, for $25. The grand jury charged that these were only minor incidents in the racket, however, and asked federal aid in investigating Rivers income while he ~~Was governor.
 The grand jury charged that the pardons, sin many instances, were granted while the governor was out of the state when he heard no evil dence."
 Chandler, according to the grand jury, frequently went to prison camps with pardons already signed and asked to see prisoners whom he did not know and who did mot know him."
 When the Leonard and Wilburn affairs became public, the grand jury said, the governor claimed to be ignorant of the whole affair and stated that his secretary had, per- haps, granted the pardons.
 ''The governor recalled Leonard's pardon and ordered the money re- funded" the grand jury said. "The following day Chandler went back to camp and returned the $25."
 Rivers was attending 8 conven- ton in Los Angeles and dispatches from there said he had nothing to say."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
RUSSIANS HIT
 NAzI INVADERS
COunter-Attacks Inflict Big Losses; Advance of
 Motors Checked
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Moscow, July 2.-(UP)-The Red army was officially reported today to have struck back with heavy blows that wiped out advance tank units of the German mechanical forces on the vital central front and to have checked the advance of enemy motorized infantry attempt- ing to consolidate Panzer division gains.
 Heavy casualtities were inflicted on the enemy by counter-attacks and by aerial bombardment, the war communique reported. especially on the central Minsk-Cvinsk front where the Nazi tank thrustS had reached beyond the pre-war from tiers of Russia. A total of 156 German planes were reported de- stroycd un Monday and Tuesday. in- cluding 54 on Tuesday compared to 2 lost by the SOviets.
 The number of "enemy vanguard tank units" destroyed by the Red army counter thrusts was not indicated by the communique but importance was attached to 8 state ment that our lair force bombed enemy tank troops in the Dvinsk and Minsk directions checking the advance of enemy motorized infan- try"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Toughest Youth Chicago Police Have Ever Arrested Had Killed Four People

icki told police, because he refused to join a proposed hoidup and at- tempted to grab Sawwicki,s pistor in an argument.
 The youth had killed Henry Al lain, 72, Momence, H., farmer who employed him when he was paroled from the St. Charles Reformatory, last Friday. He killed John Miller le, and Policemen Charles J. Speak Ter, 5s, during holdlps in Chicago Sunday night.
 Police captured him Monday after investigating the shooting of Kwas- inski. Sawicki said he intended to Kill two more men If the bulls had- mt uabhed me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Kwasinski, his face covered with an oxygen mask. turned and gasped: That's him."
 Sawicki told authorities he had no emotional reaction in shooting his four victims and that it was like eating an ice cream cone" Harvey Long of the State Welfare depart ment said the youth appeared to have no emotions.
 "He has no love, no fear. no loyal ties," Long said. "FIe iS the type which is usually . horderline mental defective, but in this case he Is . boy of superior intelligence" Kwasinski was hot Sunday, saw-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
V Both Sides Are Claiming Victory; But Neither Can Make Decisive Boast RUSSIANS ARE MAKING SOME FURIOUS ATTACKS Hundreds of Planes, Tanks Are Lost According tO
 Stories of Both
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign News EditOr1.
 Adolf Hitler's unprecedent- ed blitzkrieg offensive against the Soviet Union entered a climactic phase today with both sides claiming the upper hand. Fighting continued intense between tanks, air. planes, artillery and infantry on five fronts as the Russians sought to stem Nazi drives on Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev in the Ukraine, but it appeared that no definite decision had yet been reached on the most important cen tra1 front around Minsk.s
 On the central front: the Ger man high command claimed destruc- tion of the bulk of trapped Russian armies (possibly 5OO,0OO men) a1 the BiaIystok are and destruction of $40 enemy tanks on the wl1ol@ front. Nazis claimed that progress was still being made in pzazaf thrusts through Minsk toward Smolensk and Moscow and q rul11cr relayed from Scandinavia claimed that German tanks had circled heax- ily-hobed Smolensk and swept on toward Moscow, 230 miles away.
 The Russian communique, hOw- ever, said that an unspecified num- ber of advance German tanks had been destroyed in the Minsk area and that the Red air force had checked the advance of enemy nlO- torized forces, which must move speedily into the break-thrcugh sector in order to capitalize on the German panzer gains.
 Minsk Not Occupied
 The Germans did not claim offi~ cially the occupation of Minsk, al- though an unconfirmed Scandinavi- an report said the town had been taken and that large Russian mlii- tary forces were stranded, because of bombed railroad lines in Smo- lensk, part of which was afire.
 On the northern frozlS: the Ger mans, having taken Riga, advanced to VestspilS (Windau) in LGtvia and pushed on toward Estonia and Ie1l- ingrad, according to the NaziS. Tho Russian communique said that heavy fighting still was in progress in the Baltic area and that Nazl spearheadS had been damaged heay- fly by counter-blitz attacks.
 On the far northern front, tho Nazi high command said an offea- sive had been started from Finland and the Russians reported their forces fighting stubhornly in de- fense of the Arctic area around Murmansk. Unconfirmed Scandi- navian reports said Murmansk had been occupied after fierce fighting along the Arctic coast.
 On the southern (UkTaine) front, the Germans reported they had captured or destroyed 100 enemy tanks in big battle at Zloczow, 50 miles east of Lwow, and that an other column advancing from Luck had engaged Soviet tanks in 6 big
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
ACCUSED DOCTOR
 GIVES TESTIMONY
Or. Merrill Joss Attempts to Refute Evidence He
 Killed His Wife

Bath, Me, July 2.-(Up)-Dr. Merrill Joss testified at his murder trial today that about three months before his ptysician-wife was slain he gave his love to another woman beside q Christmas tree.
 The other woman, he said, was Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Mayo shapely and attractive 35-year old Gardiner Spa proprietor whom he first met as patient in his of flee.
 The partly bald, 34-year old de- fendant spoke easily and quietly with his hands clasped behind his back. Occasionally, he would nervously wipe his brow as he spoke of his wife pr. Luverne Har- ris Joss. 3S. who. was bludgeoned in the cellar of their Richmond home March 27.
 It was early in December, 1940 he said, that Mrs. Mayo came to his office for treatment for sore throat. Two weeks later, he tes- tified he was called to4her home to treat her sister and found Mrs. Mayo trimming a Christmas tree.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Chicago, July D. (UP) Bernard Sawicki, 19, youth with mo love, no fear, no loyalties,'' admitted to- day he was "glad" that the fourth victim of his four-day orgy of crime had died.
 Sawicki, who already had boasted of killing three men in four days. shrugged when police told him that Charles Kwasinski, IT, had died of gunshot wounds last night.
 T expected that" he said. 'I'm glad he's gone. He vas just a rat"
 Sawicki was taken to the hospital yesterday to be identified by Kwas- |insIki. He called to the dying youth; Hello, rat"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Four who had reached the age of 2l last october 18th, and should have registered at that time, filled out their cards yesterday.
 The distribution of new regis trants according to boards IS as follows: Board 15A, with the high est number, 19O; Board 15B, l62; Board 16A, 123; Board 16B, 105.
 First to be registered yesterday was Eugene Leyden, Fairview ave- nue, an employe of the Chase Metal works Company. Leyden, who was married recently, was first in line of 25 that collected outside the en- trance to the aldermanic chambers before the doors were opened at 800 6. m.
 At 10 a. m. yesterday about 125 had registered, and that number swelled to 300 at 1 p. m. Late in the afternoon. Charles E. Wcodlock. new chairman of Board 15A,, and one Of four supervisors yesterday announced that 4Tz had been re- corded. I11ikkY-10l volunteer reg lgtraz eoss sssIE ! sf the work, most 0f them local school teachers.
 IAst Man Appears
 A ahort. time before the 10 o'clock deadline, the last man, Jerry M Raimo, so Addison street, walked into the office. He has been in the National Guard for three years, and expressed the opinion that army service would be no novelty for him.
 Yesterdays registration was not without the usual interesting inci- dent. Domenic Schefeliti, Win chester. street, registered for the second time in his eventful career.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Nazis, Soviets Give Own Battle Stories
GERMANS KILL
 TRAPPED ARMY
Most of Soviets Destroyed Rest Captured With $40
 Russian Tanks
BY JOSEPH ". GREGG 1R.

United Press Staff Correspondent Berlin, July 2-(UP)-The great CT part" of the Soviet armies trapped east of Bialystok was "de- stroyed" yesterday and $40 Russian tanks were captured or knocked out along the entire eastern front, the German high command said today. { Destruction of the Soviet armies east of Bialystok was announced in a special communique from Adolf Hitlef'S field headquarters.
 The Luftwaffe, giving strong supp port to German land forces, was reported to have blasted Russian troop concentrations and armored units, infiicting heavy losses, as Soviet troops retreated in the im- portant Minsk and Lwow areas.
 Russian forces also were reported falling back in the northern part of the eastern front, in the direc- tion of Estonia.
 Chief Maxi Claims
 Chief German claims in the spe- cial and regular coInmuniques:
 1. Destruction of the greater part" of the Soviet armies in the central part of eastern frontier and capture of more than 100000 men, 400 tanks and 300 guns.
 2. Capture or destruction of 220 Soviet tanks in big tank battle in Galicia.
 3. Capture or destruction of 100 Russian tanks in a battle near zlochok, south of the Pripet marshes.
 4. Capture of l20 tanks near Dubno. in former Polish territory,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Navy Secretary Knox fingers Few Senators
Anti-Interventionists Make Threats of impeachment for His ''War Now" With Germany President
 Is still for Keeping Out of 1t
BY LYLE c. WILSON

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, July 2.-(UP)-Con- many.
 launched an attack on Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, today, charging that he advocates war with Ger tion.
 The anti-interventionists said MT. Roosevelt had told his legislative leaders that The does not want to take the United States into war"
 They complained that Knox ap- peared to be proposing armed con- flict without congressional sanc- tion.
 There was a smattering of talk among the non -interventionists that Knox should be impeached There appeared to be no substance behind that talk. But that Knox would be asked to appear before the Senate naval affairs committee next week to say whether there al- ready has been shooting" between American and German naval units in the Atlantic appeared likely.
 Roosevelt for Staying Out
 President Roosevelt refused tc comment on Knox'S address Mon- day night advocating immediate use of the navy to sweep the At lantic clear of German forces. But MT. Roosevelt did express at Hyde Park the hope" that the United States could keep out of the war although he refused to say that he believed" this country would be able to remain at peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
|Blitzkrieg Offensive Has
 Met With Russian Ferocity
Thirty-Seven Persons Died When Fishing Boat Blew Up Last Sunday
Bodies of Seven Women, Four Men Have Already
 Been Recovered

Harpswell, Me, July 2-(UP)- Thirty seven Runford townsfolk who sailed from here Sunday for a clambake outing on Monhegan Island 20 miles off shore were giv- en up for dead today after Il bodies and bits of burned wreckage were found floating in the sea.
 The pea-soup fog that had blan- keted the coast for three days rolled back at dawn revealing only sum- flecked waves over Mark Island ledge mile and a half from this port where the 44-foot cruiser Don was believed to have gone down with all hands aboard after gasoline in bilge water exploded and fired the craft.
 Half hundred boats piled among these island dotted reaches of Cas- co Bay seeking further victims of the worst New England marine trag- edy since the steamer Mackinac foundered in 1925 at Narragansett Bay, R. l., with oss of AT lives.
 But the search was expected to be interrupted by foul weather as storm warnings were ordered hoist cd at Eastport, Mea and the fore cast was fresh toioccasionally strong southwest winds with thunder storms.
 Eleven Bodies Found
 Of the 16 women and 21 men and boys who sailed aboard the Don Sunday morning for the day-long cruise-the bodies of seven women and four men had been brought ashore. Of these nine had been identified.
 Several of the bodies were black ened and burned, grim indica- ton of the manner in which they died in the pall-like shroud of fog that hid the tragedy from shore.
 None of the victims wore life pre- servers but tied to the body of Capt. Paul Johnson, 40, of Harpswell. own CT and skipper of the cruiser, was an empty jug that indicated he had tried to improvise some means of keeping afloat.
 Fishermen in this port believed that only fire could have caused the accident-perhaps the result of a match or cigarette dropped in the oily bilge.
 From Albert Foster, brother of one of the victims, came the story of how he had helped Capt. John
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
JAPAN NEUTRAL TO
 RUSSOCERMANS
Will Try, However, to Keep United States Out of
 European Mess
Rx United Pressl

(Undated)-Japan has decided to be neutral in the Russo German war, concentrate on its Far Eastern expansion policy and attempt to keep the United States out of the war by diverting its attention from Europe, it was indicated today.
 An imperial conference, seventh in Japanese history and fourth since the Chinese-Japanese war started July 2, 1887, approved todaya foreign policy declaration of possibly his- toric importance.
 Japar's position was delicate. It was begged down in China after four draining years of war, 1t was allied to Germany and Italy, and hd just concluded neutrality treaty with Russia when Germany attacked the Soviet Union.
 Consequently, pending publication of the declaration, newspaper corre- spondents in Tokyo were forbidden
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
SEVERE SUMMER
 STORM DAMAGED
State Got Worst Pounding Since Great Hurricane
 of Three Years Ago
By United Press)

A severe summer storm which gave Connecticut its worst pound- ing since the hurricane of 1888, caused thousands of dollars damage to utilities and communications late yesterday and was responsible for one death and injury to several other persons.
 A drenching downpour, accom- panied by winds of gale force, light ming and hail knocked more than 5000 telephones out of service. up- rooted trees, damaged homes, fiood- ed streets and streams and was the cause of iI1numerable fires.
 A bolt of lightning killed Clement Gagne, 28, WeSt Thompson farm hand while he was milking goat. The animal also was electrocuted.
 Just before the storm broke. Louis P. Cascone. 26 Derby welder. and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
BRITISH PLANES
 CONTINUE HAVOC
Smashing North France Again Today; London Be-
 lieves Russia Will Hold
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, July 2-(UP)-WaveS of British planes sped across the Eng fish Channel toward north France today, following 8 night attack on Brest during which a drydock, where a German battleship was berthed, was said to have been straddled with bombs.
 Observers on the channel coast reported hearing the drone of planes winging toward the French coast for a half-hour. Most of them sounded like fighters, they said.
 Soon after they passed overhead. the observers reported, the sound of exploding bombs could be heard faintly, apparently coming from some distance inland. However, they said that they heard no chal- lenging German gunfire.
 The air ministry said that the drydock at Brest, where the bat
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
MEMORIAL AWARD

East Hartford, Conn, July - (UPl United Aircraft Corp, an- nounced today the George s. Wheat Memorial award viii De given July 5 at Chica@o. at the national cham pionship nlodsl airpaane meet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
MORE CONTRACTS

Washington, July 2-CUP)-War Department contracts: United Shoe Machinery Corp, Boston, guns, Sl,- 0O2, ,374, to be manufactured st Beverly, Mass, and Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn, metallic belt links. $l,l68,OOO. N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
627 Youths Sign Up Yesterday For Selective w ork
That Was Total Number in Waterbury, With Few From Outside e-l2 ,O28 Registered Through
 out Whole State

Yesterdays registration of young who had arrived at the age of 21 since last October 6 brought 627 regis trats for selective service to the adermanc chamber in City Hall Of the number signed up yesterday, 4s were from outside of Waterbury, and required to register here because of absence from their home towns Their regis tratons will be forwarded to their home draft boards later
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Hieh School Grnduatesl Mave you the qualifications to become good secretarles2 EnrDII now. Post gunior College of Cemmexce. Ady.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July D. {UPl The final report on government expenses and receipts for the i94l fiscal year ended June 30th, compared with \ This Year Expenses Last xear ,323.97 $9,665, ,0S5, ,S39.41 s 7.6O7,211, ,S52.OS $5.s24,ss6,4 ,4o2.7e $ 5,167,67S, ,471.Ss s$3,740.24s.1se.yK
 Net Deficit
 s 5,103,417,971,S9 $s,6I1, ,Oe6, ,0se.Ex
 Cash Balance
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-19
4-17-18--2t

DISTRICT OF WATERBURY,, ss.
 ss. PROBATE COURT, April 18th.
 TsTATE OF MARIE ANNE AR- C1IAMBAULT, late of Waterbury, in said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of DORIS A. LA FRANCE, Administratrix Q. t. a. representing said Estate to be in- solvent, and praying for tho settle ment of same without the appoint- ment of commissioners, as per ap- plication on file more fully appears, 1t Is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined at the Pro. bate office In Waterbury, in said D. 1941, at 10 o'clock in the fore noon (Standard Time), and that no: tice be given of the pendency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing this order one time in some. news: paper having q circulation in said District, also by leaving with or by mailing in letters, q copy of this order to all the creditors of said es- tate, and to all Attorneys of record, on or before the 18th day of April, 1941.
 MARGUERITE M. FAHY, 4-19-1t Asst. Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-19
NAUGY OPPOSES
 TORRINGTON TODAY

Naugatuck, April 19-The Nauga- tuck High baseball lteam will start its season this afternoon at 2:30 meeting Torrington High at Recrea- ton field. The local nine will show a number of new faces from last year and is expected to develop with experience.
 George Baylis, a veteran from last year, will take the mound for the Foleymen with Ed Mariana com pleting the battery. The rest of the Naugautck lineup includes: Fo- garty, first base; Furs, second base; Schiafoli, third base; Caulfeld, shortstop; Murphy, left field, Mu- Aeski, center field and DeCarlo, eight field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-19

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