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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
FEDERAL PRESSURE BREAKING STRIKES
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 State mediation efforts to end the Bonn strike collapsed last night. The company rejected 6 union pro- posal that . final agreement be retroactive to May 1 and insisted its present contract froze wages un. til April, l042. The NOME opens hearings on the dispute Monday. The Bonn company produces near ly all bearings needed in bomber construction.
 Another strike threat faded last night when representatives of the AFL Machinsits union and the Con- solidated Aircraft Corp. at San Diego, Calf, agreed on Q contract while union members were taking strike vote. The agreement will be submitted to Q union vote tomor- row. The union claimed 7,600 mem- bers among the i6,000 employees ot the company. which holds warplane contracts totaling $700, 900 900 and manufactures huge, four motor bombers for the United States and Britain c
 The Aluminium company strike at Cleveland was attended by Q walk out of some 460 workers of the Lam. son and Sessions company plant. iE the same city, which makes airplane parts and other defense materials The strikers, members of the JAW CIO, demanded wage increases. va cations and safety devices in the plant, which virtually was paralysed by the walk-out.
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1 1t, had confirmed the men were not allowed to work but declined to say why.
 Unaon spokssmen said the evio- ton was frank discrimination" and c violation Of President Roosevelt's assurance" that no man would suf- ! fer because he struck. The Spokes. men said . mass meeting had been called at 6:S0 Q. ra,, PSF (e:S0 Q. m, EDT), and that the suspensions might affect the decision to return to work.
 The union expected five other members of the negotiating commit tee to be "suspended" when they re- port on the day shift. They were William P. Goodman, Walter Witt anen, Dave Simpson, Robert Mal- tory and Elmer Freitag,
 The negotiating committee called the strike, which Richard FTanken. steen, national CIo director of avia- ton, has attributed to Communists influences.
 None of the negotiators, except Treitag, has been accused publicly of Communism. Freitag was ac- cused by Dies committee witness of having registered as Q Communist in leS8. He admitted that he had been so registered for two months.
 He said today:
 'Whenever workers try to better their conditions end improve their wages, they are always accused of suhversive activity. Always these charges stem from the same source employers and employers agents. The issues In this strike are clear whether skilled aircraft workers ere going to continue turning out planes for defense while making as low as 50 cents an hour. We are asking a 75 cent minimum. This iS the issue"
 After the strikers exploitation, S,S04 employees worked last night. Approximately $500 work normally. The full day force of 1000, and Q complete night crew was expected to return, unless the union baked at the three suspensions.
 The men went back to work with out promises. Shortly after Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles had informed Lieut.. Col. Charles E. Branshaw, in charge of the plant, that the strikers wanted to work.
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Daniel C. Beard, Boy
 Scout Co-Founder, Dies
DANIEL CARTER BEARD
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civil engineering att he age of 10, He worked as Q civil engineer for three years.
 Then followed five years with Q map company during which Beard mapped many Of the cities and towns east of the Mississippi. Dur ing this period he began to sketch plants and animals. His ability in this field of natural ability in this field of natural portraiture led him Into the field of Illustration. He joined the Art Students League studying for four years under noted painters. His artistic ability wal recognized and praised by Charles Dana Gibson, an intimate friend who was best man at Boards wed- dng, and Mark Twain.
 Was Magazine Editor
 AS a natural development from his illustrations Beard entered the field of writing. In 1905 and 1906 he served as editor of the Recrea. ton magazine. During this timG he conceived the idea of organi2- ing boys into Q scouting organization and formed such Q group under the name of the Sons Of Daniel Boone This society was organized three years before Lord en.poWell British scouting pioneer, organized the Boy Scouts. Boards organiza' ton soon combined with other sinai. lar groups, such as Ernest Thomp- son Seton's Indians" and the Boy Scouts of America was the final result, Q movement numbering more than 100000 American boys.
 Boards most active interest in the field of scouting was in wood- craft and the outdoors. He wrote Q number of books and conducted Q regular magazine department devoted to all the details of camp ing and outdoor life. His activi- ties in this branch of scouting were recognzed when Mt. Beard adjoining Mt. Mckinley, was named for him. Beard himself was Q handsome, stalwart figure typifyine his lifelong work. He often dressed in deerskins, frirged with beads high boots and wide-brimmed hat His spare, dark figure, close- clipped mustache and goatee and keen eyes make him the perfect picture Of the pioneer.
 Beard married Beatrice Alice Jackson of Newtown, N. Y, in 1894
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BIG NAzI CRUISER
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 Last nights raid was made by Q strnog force of bombers, 1t was un- derstood.
 It was believed here that the Scharnhrost and GneiSenau had been crippled by bombs, because 1t was Esunlcd that they had put in at BreSt only to refuel and repro viSino, aS Brest is an exposed port and that they would have left If they were able.
 Now 1t was believed that the Prinz Eugen, possibly damged by gun fire when 1t escaped from the fleet late last month, was trapped at Brest.
 The Prinz Eugcn accompanied the Bismarck i1 what was to have been possibly Germany's greatest attempt to knock out British ship ping, by having a 35,O00 ton battle shi pnad 8 first class cruiser in the open Atlantic where theri detection by a detachment strong enough Lc combat them would have been al- most impossible.
 With the Bismarck sunk, Ger many ws aSsued to have but one 35,000 ton battleship, the Tirpitz Its only 200 Oton battleships the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, had been under frequent punishine bombing attack at Brest. Now the Prinz Eugen, one of its four heavy cruisers of the Admiral Ripper claS was believed in position where the Royal Air Force might bring it uIl- der attack.
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Alexander died in 323 B. c. at Babylon, the city he had intended making the capital of his projected universal empire" in which he planned to fuse the races of the East and West.
 Near Damascus in Syria, Q city which was old even in the days of Abraham, . powerful radio sta- ton today sends news dispatches cracking over the ether to the press of the world.
 Outside Damascus, Lot was res- cued by the Lord as he fled from the cities of Sodorm and 0cmorrah, burned because of their wickedness.
 Tn the l2th Century, during the Crusades, the Christians drove the
 Gohammedans from tho coasts 0t Palestine and Syria ct the eastern end of the Mediterranean, and held as well the western end oG Turkey
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PIPE LINE DATA ALMOST COMPLETE

Specifications for the second pipe line and expansion of the water system are virtually complete, but notice that they are available for inspection by bidders will be de- layed another week or thereabouts, 1t was said at the city hall today.
 The delay is to allow the city to ascertain whether Congress will act favorably on 8 bill which would have the federal government pay most of the cost of the $2,O00, 900 project. The bill has been reported favorably by Senate committee at Washington and may come up for action this week.
 If the bill should be turned down, the city will finance the project with money raised from bond sales. Bonds will be sold only as needed, to avoid interest charges.
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seat of Haryn ar-Rashid, 9th ceEl- tury Caliph, whom the literature of the Arabs has made a household name. It was about Harun arr Rashid that Arabian tale-tellers wove much of the folklore preserv- ed in the Arabian Nights"
 Outside Baghdad and to the northwest is the traditional site Of the Garden of Eden. Nearby are bitumen wells said to have supplied the pitch which built the walls of Babylon. The ancient site of that city and of the Tower of Babel are about 60 miles south of Baghdad. Near Mosul. today an important British oil center, stood Nineveh, once capital of Assyria.
 The empire of Alexander the
 Great included all of the Middle East north to Armenia and Thrace and southwest over most Qf Egypt
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1f MaY amounIsd Io olA,iOe,iai .9i, AoWiHg aF increase Of e3,e2e, ,5i4,4e ns compared with the nionth Of Awfli, and on increase Of e0,i54,. 9sboe as compared with the month Nz May, iel0.
 Bank saylngs
 During the month Of May, there NgH& m net loee Of e4ii ,720.TB, aB of tt7e last day of the month. The teIhi bank savings amounted Co @kaDle.27 showing . decrease Of 94tI ,T20,7b as compared with the naBnth Us April, and on increase nf e2ael, ,D06.1o as compared with Che month of May, ie40.
 Building Permits
 There were i22 building permits asgued during the month Of May, valued at e970, 0,3e6.0O, showing an increase Of % permits and eeT ,540,00 1fl value As compared with the snonth Of April, and on increase of a. permits and eib7,T2O00 in value An compared with the month Of hfay, 1920.
 Electricity
 T7nsre were 2s,00i,2o4 XVII of electric current consumed during tfe month of May, showing an Ins crease of i,20e,B ,B05 XVII as con1s uaged with the month of April, and afl increase of 6,i4e,0i0 XVII ns compared with the month Of eaAy, ielo.
 Employment
 During tho month of May, there were 46,348 persons employed In manufacturing, retail stores, public sitiiitieg, etc., showing an increase Dg e39 persons As compared with tlbo month of April. and an inS rrpase of iO.Bo0 persons ag cofnpars cd with tho month of May, 1040, kn eight of the largest factories. c total of 2S,g30 persons were eiils lplcyed, showing an increase Of 4o7 pergonS as compared with the Hllonth Of April, and an increase K 7,277 persons as compared with kho month of May, i040.
 Freight Tonnage
 The freight tonnage for the city, recoived and forwarded during the Fsonth of May amounted to: L. C.. E Cars received, 4,e38 tons; Car. lead cars received. T0,i3b tons; l.. c. L. Cars forwarded, 0.020 tons, cod Carload Cars forwarded, H.. n90 tons, showing aYl increase in L.. c, K. Cars received, 67o tons; an isicrease ifa Carload Cars received, aael tons; on increase in |. c. L.. cars forwarded, 624 tons, and an asacrease in Carload Cars for.
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(Continued from Page D Seminary. After six years he ea. tered the Hulpician Seminary at Boston where he remained Q year, He then went with his professors when they transferred their senain- ary to Baltimore, Md, concluding his philosophical studies and three years of theology.
 Returning to St, Hyacinthe M lsl4 he made application to Archbishop Langevin for transfer to St. Bont. face diocese. He was accepted aS teacher at the Minor Seminary oi st. Boniface and on June l7, lel6 was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Beliveau.
 Flrst Appointment
 Ills first appointment was as . curate At st. Honiface cathedral where he remained until 1921. On February { of that year he was ele- vated to the pastorate of Sioux Lookout parish, He remained there until December 2l, ie27, when he was transferred to his present post as pastor of the English speak ing parish of Holy Gross In St Boniface. His pariShloners, the lest few weeks, have been organizing tc celebrate the 2Sth anniversary ot his ordination.
 Monsignor Brodeur is one of the six members of the Ecclesiastical Society of st. Doniface He is also Q member of the advisory board ot St. Boniface archdiocese of the Manitoba Sanatorium Board, dlrec. tor of Catholic Hospitals in the St Honiface diocese and last year was appointed spiritual director of all Catholic hospitals in Manitoba, Sas- katchewan and Alberta.
 One of Monsignor Brodeur's sis. ters Is Mother Superior of the st, Boniface Sanatoriuln, while another Is Sister St. George of the Sacred Heart hospital at Sherbrcoke, Cue, He has four brothers, Emile, George, Joseph and Anne, all of Waterbury, also several nephews and nieces.
 Monsignor Brodeur will be corse- crated as Bishop in St. Hyacinthe cathedral Monday, June 90.
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 eff we have to move any ground forces of the Army to any locality he said, "aS an eXpedittonary force, that Is one of the divisions that we , contemplate using, It, therefore, gees priority and 100 per cent of equip ment.
 The "priority." congressional sour. ces said, now amounts to stripping other army units of equipment te make the first division ready to ge on short notice.
 The first marines, these sources said, have had an average strength of about TOGO men. To bring them up to . full war division of 16.000 men and equipment have been transferred from other marine units
 In an exchange Of notes between Washington and Lisbon, Portugal inquired about MT. Roosevelt's 1n- tentions and Secretary of State Cor. dell Hull countered with gently worded reply.
 But the hard facts of aGIninistra- ton policy remain aS they were stat. cd on May N by the President in Q firestde chat. Portugals 1nsist- ence upon her own neutrality and her intention to defend her sov- ereign rights was not unexpected here, since any intimation that the Lisbon government was favorahly inclined toward American policies would jeopartlize Portuguese stand ing with Germany. The note oi protest or inquiry deliver by pr Joao Antonio Dc Bianchi, portu. guese minister, aroused SO little con. oern at the State Department that MT. Roosevelt was not even advised that 1t had been received. A few minutes before the state department made public Hull's reply MT. Roosevelt told questsoners at his regular press conference yesterday that no note had been received from Portugal.
 Here Is what took place with re- spect to the Azores and Cape Verde Islands:
 On May 27, MT. Roosevelt said I AAt & WOkt0~WAdS OaV00S0Ses
 "The Naxls-have the armed pow. CT at any moment to occupy Spain and Portugal: and htat threat ex. tends-also to the Atlantic fortress of Dakar, and to the island outposts of the New World the Azores and Cape Verde Islands. The Cape Verde Islands are only seven hours dis- tance from Brazil by bomber and troop carrying planes. They domin- ate the shipping routes to and from the South Atlantic. Control or oc- cupation by Nazi forces of any oi the islands of the Atlantic would jeopardige the immediate safety oi portions of North and South Am. erica"
 Later the Portuguese minister de- livered Q note to Hull reaffirmine Portugal's position of neutrality and It's determination to defend its neutrality and its sovereign rights against any attack"
 The state department yesterdAy published Hull's reply, explaining that he United States "harbors nc agfressive intentions against the sovereignty or territorial integrity
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of Israel to the Promised Land. Their people saw Alexander the Great become the master of the known world; they heard St. Paul preach the Gospel in his journeys from Palestine to Macedonia. The incursions of the Crusaders marked the beginning of virtually modern" times in the memories of these countries, where the recorded his- tory and legend of the Western World begins.
 For example, Basra at the head of the Persian Gulf. now the port of entry for the British into Eraq was the port from which Sinbad the Sailor is said to have set on hil travels. West of Basra, 125 miles was the birthplace of Abraham founder of Judaism.
 Baghdad, successful objective cl Bgitish operations la 1gaG was thu
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t0ontinued from Page O man tod workers,
 "I don't believe this cause is lost at all. Public sentiment Is behind us.
 "r advise aN of you to 90 back to work and hold your ranks on the inside. Your leaders who have been suspended or fred will fight for you from the outside"
 WyhndhAm Mortimer, interna. tional representative of the CIO Automobile Workers, also urged the men to forget their resentment and return,
 "What must be done is that we go back at ' o'clock with our heads up," he said. we are not sabo- teurs, but each meeting we hold gets smaller and smaller. We will get further by sticking together" Pre-. viously, William Blackman, one oS the negotiation committee, who was elected from the plant last night, had spoken. .
 seventeen cops grabbed me as If I had Q bomb and wanted to blow up the place." he said, 1T went to the factory to find out whether the troops were there to get production started or whether they were there for union breaking purposes" T found out they were there for Q complete nlorale-busting caSsa- paign," he continued.
 Backman said company police took him to . shack near the fac- tory entrance, relieved him of his tools and Identification card and sent him away.
 There were shouts of Lets raid the place. and Lets ell quit In a body" as Bachman finished his talk Smith spoke next and charged of- hcers had seized him in c similar manner and told him "You're through"
 Smith said he was told he would be paid off next week. He com | plained against seizure of his tools which. he said, were his personal property.
 Army ofncers, who are running the plant while 2.000 soldiers guard
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Over 45, 5,OOO Workers Employed Here In May
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waFded, ss tons as compared with the month Of April, and afi ins crease in L, c, L. Cars received, p. IA tons; an Increase in Carload Cars received, 26,e0i tons; an inc crease In l.. 0. L. Cars forwarded, e4b3 tons, and on increase in CaFs load Cars forwarded, e,068 tons As compared with the month Of May, ie4o.
 During the month of May there were i02 2,2S2,0 900 GU. fh Of gas con. Bumed, showing Q decrease Of D. i000O0 GU. ft. Ag compared with the month of April, and on increase of iD,Oe4,0OO GU. ft. as compared with tho month Of May, i040,
 Health
 There were i05 cases of coTns municable diseaSe and c deaths rec sulting therefroFn during the month Of May, showing decrease Of II cases and ar increase of death resulting tlierefroFn aS compared with the month of April, and on increase of 90 cases and no change in the number of deaths resulting therefrofi1, aS compared with the month of May, 1920.
 Marriages, Deaths and Births During the month of May, there were % marriages, B0 deaths and 200 births, showing afl increase Of 3 marriages, 6 decrease of i2 deaths, and an increase of i04 births as compared with the month Of April, and af1 increase of 90 rniarriages, a decrease of i8 deaths, and an in" crease of i26 births as compared with the month Of May, i040,
 New Families
 There were 62 new families who came to take up their residence in Waterbury during the month Of May.
 Postal Receipts
 The post office receipts for the month Of May amounted to S48,s 004.Oo, showing 6 decrease Of D.. eb067 as compared with the FionIh of April, and an increase Of e3,. i46.26 aS compared with the month of May, ie4O.
 Telephones
 There were 22,0S0 telephones in tse at the end Of the month, show. ing an increase Of 270 telephones as compared with the month Of April, and an increase of 2,i00 telc. phones aS compared with the month of May, ie40,
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STRUGGLE IN MIDDLE EAST ENVELOPES
 BIBLE LANDS THAT CRADLED HISTORY

south of western end of Turkey south of Cozastantinople. The routes of seven Crusades made a network by land and sea over the area where the Axis today is reaching out to- ward the Sues Canal.
 Haifa, important oil pipeline out- let to the sea in Palestine. is just south of Acre. At Acre during the Crusades, 00.0o0 Christians lost their lives in e two-year siege, which ended in capture of the port from the Saracens.
 About 40 miles southeast of Haifa is the traditional location appointed for the Battle of Armageddon, where the forces of good and evil were to meet flor the last battle of the world"
 NEXT: The H0ly Hand, oldest \ hnAfnAmKmmmn nk thA WexA4.
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EDITORS NOTE: The struggle between the Axis Powers and Great Britain in the Middle East is ehurning over lands where civilization of the Western World had its beginnings. The following story Is the first of a series identi- flying points In the news today with sites which the history and legend of antiquity have made familiar to every enc.
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sOAPBOx DRIVE PAYS FINE

Pueblo, Colo. (UP)-When @ junior college student was threat ened with @ jail sentence because he couldn't pay 8 traffic fine, his fellow students launched Q cam. paign-witt billboards, posters and soaj j-box orators--and raised the necessary s3.i7. plus tax.
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British rhlps at seq as the ANgerN. llans attacked, to meet heavy Tire from French machine gun and trench mortar units,
 Ono Prisoner
 At Sur last night, the only prls. oner taken la the attack of that town--a French AvlAtor-told me that the Vlchy troops had rallied after their first big retreat and would put up Q good fight.
 This pilot inadvertently had landed his seaplane oR Sur after the Australians had taken it, and he rowed ashore to be made pris- oner.
 HIS prediction as regards the fighting came true.
 The artillery began pounding the French positions at S:S0 Mon. day morning and the Australians attacked at BsS0.
 Thereafter there was unineer' rupted fighting for hours with q barrage from land, seq and atr which gradually increased to . crescendo.
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LONG LETTER

Don Castle, Paramount's newest discovery In ''World Premiere" re- ceived Q fan letter from an admirer in Houston, Texas. that was written on wrapping paper. It was eighteen feet long.
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Rx ROBERT L. FREY

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 New York. June ii (UP)-The war in the Middle East Is making news in far-off places with the ring 0a antiquity in their names.
 Turkey, Palestine. Araq tMeso- potamia) and Iran (Persia) were cd wln0n AGoGses led the Children
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ATTACK REFUSED

Viohy, France, June il.-(UPl-- Vichy forces have repulsed . violent Allied attack, supported by artil. lery, in the MerdjAyoun sector 42 miles southwest of Damascus and have slowed the Allied operations on all syrian fronts, Q communaque from Beirut said today.
 Marshal Philippe petaln called all ranking members of the govern ment into Q two hour conference ot, the Syrian situation and other pressing matters.
 Beirut reported that Gen. Henri Dentg, the Vichy commander in
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of any other country" But Hull said United states policy was based on the inalienable right of self defense"
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WAKE UP. YOUR LIVER BILE -

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 Liver Pills t0 get these pinss og bile How. inR freely so make you feel s'up and up.'' Get e package today. Take as directed. AmasinR In making bile flow freely. Ask 4oR CarssE's Little Liver PillB. 1oe and 2ss.
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Practically oil motor vehicles ii Honduras are American.
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NEW WA.E.E. BEING
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ALL STRIKERS AT
 PLANT ARE BACK

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NEXT: The Holy Land, oldest battle-ground oe Inc wssad.
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FORMER RESIDENT
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