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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

The Germans continue to hold Malemi airdrome, 10 miles south- west of Canea, the capital, 1t was admitted, but fighting Is proceeding.
 At Candia, the big town of the island, the situation is satisfactory" 1t was said. Prime Minister Wins ton Churchill had said yesterday that the Germans had gained oc- cupation points in the town.
 Authoritative comment took . slightly more hopeful tone and 1t was said that 50 far as the aininuni- ton situation was concerned the position was more favorable to the Allied troops than to the Germans wh were dependent entirely on air-borne transport.
 British Can Hold
 "It Is conceivable that the British can hold out in Crete despite Ger- man domination of the air." and authoritative informant said, "be- cause the bombing of trained sol- diers does not have much effect and moreover British troops are dug into trenches and holes and are not re- treating as they did in Norway"
 British guns have shot down some German planes seeking to land men in Crete and have shot down others as they landed, 1t was asserted.
 It was pointed out that 1t was impracticable for the navy to send an aircraft carrier with planes to all the Allied forces because 1t would be trapped in the confined waters of the Greek islands by German planes.
 Informants called the fighting in Crete a dog fight.
 Dispatches from Cairo reported c weird and terrible battle, continuing throughout the night, between many groups of Allied and German troops Searchlight beams, blazing para chute flares and tracer bullets streaked the star-lit sky.
 Germans Gambling
 It was indicated that the Ger mans were committed to a tremend- ous all-or- nothing gamble iE which they were prepared. to sacrifice un- told thousands of their men in an attempt to take the island and wir the first great est of the airplane versus the warship.
 The small British fighter plane force, knocked out of actlon for lack of airports in face of the terrific weight of the German aerial attack had been evacuated. Tie British New Zealand and Greek troops were left alone to hold of the Ger. mans who had landed by thousandi from the air and awaited the arrival of tens of thousands by sea.
 The tone of comment Eere wal pessimistic, and the possibility oi German conquest of Crete and oi British Cyprus, $50 miles to the east of the Syrian and Turkish shores was acknowledged frankly.
 But though Cairo was by nc means blind to the dangers of the German attack, the tone there wal decidedly more hopeful.
 The correspondent of the highly conservative Times said 1t was be. lieved there that the German at. tack might definitely have failed and It wal estimated that the Allied defenders had killed or wounded about half of the electives the Ger. mans had showered on Crete.
 The Daily Mall correspondent cablCd:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

over the ground"
 Loening said that immediate use of the Hellcopters to protect con- voys was almost mandatory"
 Looming foresaw creation of Q new type of wing control which would triple the load capacities of ordinary airplanes.
 "A third development just ahead of us of the most tremendous in- portance for an air army IS the de- velopment of very large long-range flying boats," said Lcening.
 Lindbergh Reputed
 we hear talk-particularly from Col. Lindbergh -- that Britain, as an airbase against Germany, has great limitations because Its air fields are too vulnerable to attack and It's area is too small to house any overwhelmingly large air force But Great Britain, as @ base at which vast squadrons of transat- lantic seaplanes and flying boats can land, refuel and reequip them- selves for raid on Germany Is nothing less than ideal, Its endless
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Continued from Page III campaign, according to statements in Parliament. out of 437,ooo British Imperials on the Continent, 3s4,ooo were evacuated, aeaving 10000 pris- oners and ls,0o0 dead.
 In the Norwegian campaign, of- flcial reports list 23,s00 landed and 22,600 evacuated. There 260 were killed and 950 taken prisoners.
 Tn the Greek campaign, 45,000 were officially reported evacuated from force of 60,000. Killed and wounded were said to total 5000 and prisoners l2,000.
 The British navy casualty list to date shows 477 officers and 4,7o5 men killed. Listed as missing and presumed dead were 7o5 officers and 6,335 men.
 British civilian air raid casualties from June, l940 to April, l94l, to- taled 35,6o4 killed and 47,856 ia- jured. There were few air raid cas- ualties before June.
 British, allied and neutral ship ping losses up to May 10 amounted to 1,50s vessels totaling 6,127,67a tons. During the same period, 2,900- 900 tons of enemy shipping was captured, scuttled or sunk.
 Figures on property destruction in Britain are Q government secret, but only Q small fraction of the United Kingdoms i3,600,o00 homes have been destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
'Y0UNCSTER DARTS
 IN FRONT OF CAR

Earl Williams, 12, of 50 Pearl street, was reported by St. Mary's hospital as resting comfortably" to- day where he was admitted with n fractured right leg when struck by e bakery truck.
 Motor Patrolman John Deeley, irl- vestigating the accident, said tho truck was driven by Francis Day, 28, of 23 Wales street, and that the Williams boy darted out into the street against the left front fender of Days machine.
 Mack M. Keys of 60 Pearl street, 3 guardian of the youngster, took the boy to the hospital. No arrest was made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Continued from Page 1) confirmation of Governor Hurley's nomination to the superior court of Executive Secretary James E. Mur- phy and State Tax Commissioner Charles J. Mclaughlin. The Senate, meanwhile, confirmed the nomina- tons to the public utilities commits sion Of Corporation Counsel Vincent Dooley, New Haven, and Prof. Clyde Olin Fisher of Wesleyan university.
 The House still has to act on these combinations. The governor con- tinued to withhold nominations of two more superior court judges pending Senate confirmation of re- nmoination of Judge Alfred 0. Bald win and nomination of Judge Edwin 0. Dickenson to the supreme court.
 House approval of It's own ver- sion of the milk bill meant e pos- sible committee of conference be- cause the Senate already has pas- sed the administration bill.
 Gov. Hurley indicated the House bill was not acceptable. He said the appeals section would mean that "a single person by appealing from one court to the next could continue this condition for months and even year or longer, while farmers In the meantime could go bankrupt while awaiting Q final de- cision.
 Anyone really interested in the welfare of our milk producers and in a stable milk market will pro- test the precipitate and ill-consid- cred action of the House in adopting an appeals section which places milk control at the mercy or whin, of a single individual"
 Marsh's Name Is In
 Hartford, Conn, May 23-(UP)-- Gov. Hurley today sent to the Sen- ate the nomination of Harry w Marsh, field secretary of the na- tional civil service reform league, as state personnel director.
 Marsh was Connecticut's first personnel director, and resigned about a year ago. He was succeed ed by William H. Donning, Bridge port.
 Marsh was one of two candidates certified for appointment recently after an examination by Q special board of civil service examiners The other candidate was Ellsworth Wolfsperger, Bridgeport merit sys- tenn director. If Marsh Is con- firmed by the Senate, he will serve permanently as the directors post is in the classified service. The po- sition carries a salary of s7500 year. ly.
 Gov. Hurley sent to both legisla- tive branches the renomination oi common pleas Judge Raymond J Devlin for a four year term. Dev- lin now presides over the New Ha- ven district.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

halbors, protected waters, coves, and even lakes give us facilities that cannot be injured by bombing from the air ."
 The advantage of the flying boat over the airplane, said Looming, Is that 1t Is more efiicient, lighter and faster.
 Looming believed this nation was capable of delivering more than lo,000 military aircraft Q month If the aviation industry grows to the size of the auto industry.
 New England AirpOrts
 Chairman Paul F. Collins of the Northeast Airways, Inc, told the conference that New England soon would have more adequate air- ports for commercial and military purposes than any like area In the country
 Immediate establishment Of sev- eral United States airlines for over- seas flying was urged by Vice-Pres- ident James M. Eaton of American Export Lines. He said that com mercial warfare to follow the pres- ent military war will be fought pri- marily through aviation. :,
 "If we are to be prepared" said Eaton, i've must act now to estab- fish several strong companies un- de rthe American flag for overseas flying, covering all oceans and South America. The United States must match foreign competition, at least schedule for schedule and, If 1t really wants No, l position in world commerce, 1t must do more than just match"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

 
 Loening board chairman and con- sultant of the Platt-Le Page Air. craft Corp. now engaged In biuld- ing secretly the first American mili- ,tary Helicopter, said that develop 'tnent of this type of aircraft will obviate the limitations of landing which from the military views is of txependous importance.
 " Garry 10 to 20 Men X "Heiicopters carrying 10 to 20 men could alight anywhere - In fact on the point of rocks" said Looming. "The perfected Helicopter of only a few years nance will not have to alight ct oil in order to discharge It's cargo, as It will be able to re. main perfectly stationary Q foot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
SUIT OVER NOTE
 WITHDRAWN TODAY

Withdrawal papers were filed to- day in common pleas in the $500 civil action of the Merchants Trust Go, through Bank Commissioner Walter Perry, against Mary Corideo of this city. Basis for the suit was an alleged promissory note of SAYS which the defendant endorsed Dec. 1, 1881.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

(Continued from Page D of Bank street from Center to West Porter streets is ready 10 be sup piled ss soon as finol plars for pav' ing and widening of the street are announced Right now the city is holding up this project until oil agreement has been worked out with property owners along Bank street from Meadow street to the Nauga- tuck River, relative to damages and claims.
 The lighting survey along Bank street fig not linked to the general survey, however, and any delay iii the Bank street job will not deter the Board of Works from ordering changes made on other important thoroughfares.
 Members of the Board of Works lighting committee include Finto1 Niver, John Bendler, and Henry Bowling, chairman.
 Susanna Poster has grown fivs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

However Rep. Joseph R, Neill, Re- publican, of Watertown and Rep, Daniel !. Mahaney Democrat, of Waterbury were trying to get the Dlll passed under suspension of the rules this afternoon. In this move they had the support of . strong nl-partisan bloc of Waterbury Val. loy legislators ell Of them interested in seeing Q trade school established in Waterbury,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Tn Committee

In Committee
 Rep Edward 8. Birge, chairman of the House Cities and Boroughs committee, said today that the bill taking away from the mayor of Wa terbury the power to name the old age census enumerators and giving 1t to the Registrars of Voters was stu in committee. He had no indi- cation of what might be done with 1t, Originally this bill was used as c threat against passage of the city's charter revision bill, now in the hands of the printers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Lynch Pension May # Be Less Than Asked
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milk control act passed yesterday by the House. sections of which brought immediate criticism from the governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Late Sessions AKaln

Both the Senate and House re- coGsed immediately after converting today and the prospect of late ses- aaons was sene. Legislative leaders of both parties went Into confer enco at noon wfsh Gov. Robert A. Hurley to iron out diculties in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Bermuda's only railway has zT miles Of track. a miles being single track.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Sales of new rubber tires In Swe- den can be made only against deliV- cry of old ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
AIR-BORNE ARMY . IN UNITED STATES

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
BERLIN REPORTS
 CRETE NEAR END

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Susanna Foster has grown i've inches in two years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
ASSEMBLY TIED
 UP IN KNOT

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
MANY PLANES
 DOWNED IN WAR

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
SURVEY MADE IN
 LIGHTING CITY

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Laval May
Gain Power
Darlan Returns To
Vichy After Confer
ence in Paris With
Former Vice Premier.

Vlchy, Feb. 4.-(AP)-Admiral
oe"h Darlan left Paris shortly before
n.o'' today to bring back to Vichy a
nn,cSSage presumably from former
aie'ler Pierre Laval, with whom he
do.neFfed yesterday on Lavals con-
uu,lIonS Tor returning to a position in
vi. french government.
Aomlral Darlan, French naval
cc,''IIS'er and envoy from Chief of
J1'o'e Marshal Petain, talked with
laval several hours yesterday in a
nIoVe by the Vichy government to
,h w. increasing German pressure
nta' Laval be returned to a position
OF authority.
rrIends Of Laval declared last
hnosNl' 'he deposed vice premier, once
vn apparent to Petain's post, would
ho,15' even broader power than he
oaLl until his dismissal from the
'p pilet last December l3,
IL rIehch political circles expected
me Oarian-Laval conference to bring
Fpoltant changes, broadening
eich German collaboration and
t~;ndpS concentrating power in a
t,; 'nVlrate of ministers under Pc
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Force Hunts
Plane Wreck

Morton, Wash. Feo. l,-lAP)-Sur-
rounded by military secrecy, a force
OF soldiers with state and county Of
lIcIals undertook a trek today into
q thlcNly wooded region in quest of
a wrecked Army bomber which two
neutrality-suspicious. reported sighting
yesterday,
A bomber with seven officers
aboard disappeared january l6 on
4 flight from McChord Field, Wash.
1t was feared, should this prove to
be the W~reckage that all seven men
were killed. The Woodsmcn said there
was no sign of life at the scene
Colonel Walter Peck, operations
chief at McChord Field, denied flat
~ to neWSmen that the big plane
which vanished from there was
equipped with an Army bOmbsight.
Previously he had expressed belief
that the craft had carried some type
of bombSight.
Colonel Peck said that he would
not be convinced the bomber wreck
age had been discovered until |
actually see it,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
RETIREMENT BILL
TO HOUSE 9
LATER THIS WEEK

Raleigh, FEB. f. (AP)-The
House education committee today
heard legislators and school folk
urge approval OF the UmStead-Prit-
Chctt bill to extend the standard
school term to nine months and was
told the State employees retirement
program bill would reach the lloor
this week.
Chairman a. T. Allen Of the COM
mittee said il vas planned to make
the retirement bill a special order OF
business in the House, probably
Thursday.
He urged the committee to unite in
supporting the bill.
Representative UmStead OF Orange
said after the hearing on the nine
months bill that he was assured of
enough committee votes to carry the
minority report 10 the House floor
if the committee rejects the meas
ure. He SAID he did not know when
the committee would vote.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Majority and Minority
Recommendations as
We'll as "Report" Will
Be Made by Commits
sion, Averill Declares.
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
IN the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY HENRY AVERILL.

Raleigh, Feb. 1.-The Wage and
Hour commission is divided three to
TWO IN the recommendations it will
mako in the General Assembly thro-
IGN Governor j. NJ. BroughtOn.
A. a result there will be majority
and minority recommendations in
addition to a "report' or finding Of
facts which viii be signed by all five
NemperS.
The majority recommendations arc
beng prepared by former State Sen
tor Y. p Taylor of WadeSboro. He
viii be joined by the two sitting
members of the current General As
Sembly who are serving on the wage
hour group-Senatnr Hugh Horton
ol Martin and Representative Henry
G Dohson OF Starry.
The minority recommendations
Nsit be signed by Commissioner of
Labor Forrest II. Shutord and Capu,
N2YnicN, High Point editor.
It is a atrikiu2 fact that the three
legislative W"rbGrs viii take q much
,ae Uhcral' -t1ud than the two lay
tu.0, % to spea&. ON the commits
ION.
Sue urou 10 u. divided commits
>gru oaGE" i'm wire service stories that
~euHt11 V5yIa Is preparing the re
port. H. NIrN ct HE feet rGat MIR.
>HuJarJ is chann.un and Mn. Way
nick H. vice chairman, tic only logi-
(CoutuGcd on Page SovcnD
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Lease-Lend
Bill Debated
Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee An
nounces Support OF
Southern Governors.

Washington, Feb. I. - (AI)-
Charles a. Beard, the historian, tod
Congress today the British ard blIl
would ~"inVolVc Us officially IN war
and ne urged us dcleai' p"I N'c"l g
Fielding Eliot, the writer, argued 1t
should be enacted with certain pro
per limitations' because OF the world
military situation,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Wheeler Says That Army
Has No Modern Warplanes

Washington, Feb. +-(AP)-Sen-
ator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana,
said today he had absolutely reliable
that the Army does not
have q single plane suitable for COM
bat service in modern Warfarc.'
Wheeler declined to disclose his
source of Information, but declared
he was convinced of its reliability.
During 1910, he declared, total
Warplane deliveries were 2,884, Of
which, he said, 2,308 went 10 Great
Britain and other foreign countries
and 576 went to the United States
Army and Navy.
On January /, Wheeler said, the
Army had $50 planes divided among
various categories as follows: 81
heavy bombers, 80 medium bomb
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Cuban President Tells
Army, Navy and Po-
lice Forces He Has Ar
rested Their Chiefs
Constitutional Guar
antees Suspended.

HaEaea, Feb. 4-(AP)-Presidcnt
FuIgeNclo Batista told the Cuban
army, navy and police forces today
that he had arrested their chiefs to
suppress a seditiols plot.
Authorities declared that the grOup
co1sy5'ed to oVe!thco" Batista and
that he had feared for his own safe
BocaUse of the serious charges and
The internal crisis involved in the
asserted plot, Batista suspended con-
S,'tHtio03i guarantees for IS days.
The strong man" president ar
Her had formally announced d deep
crisis which endangered the stability
Of the republic has been overcome
and order and tranquility prevail
gain
Bati>td held personal control Of
tie army for several hours after
gStlng il, chief, then turned that
Command over to Colonel Manuel
Lopez Mjgova. He already had APP
pointed new chiefs Of the navy and
national police in steps he declared
necessary to '~'represS' the alleged
Seditlon and "rc-cstablish public ord
er."
Protective measures included the
mounting OF machine guns and bar
IlcadeS at entrances TO the presi-
DENTAL palace.
Those arrested were Colonel Jose
FedfaIa, the army chief and national
police chief since Saturday, and
Lieutenant Colonel Angela Gonzalez,
ouSted navy chief.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Willkie Sees
Valera
Comment Refused on
Subject of Long Inter-
view With Irish Prime
Minister.

London, Feb, 4.-(AP)-Wendeu
l.. Willkie, returned to London from
a flying trip to Dublin to see Irish
Prime Minister cannon de Valera,
received today by King Geore"
VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Dublin, Feb. 4.-(AP)-Wendeu
l.. WllIkic, on a WhirIWind visit to
neutral Ere talked with Prime Min
lister cannon dc Valera at length to-
day but was silent on the subject OF
the interview.
Before meeting dc Valera, the 1870
Republican presidential candidate
had said he intended to question de
Valera on the subject Of Irish ports
and baScs-repcatedly sought by
Great Britain for defense against the
German counter blockade.
Il had a long discussion with Gle
Valera before and during lunch
about the position Of ireland, the
international situation and so forth"
Willkie said.
AS to what the discussion Was
about | obviously cannot say. but We
did have a very long and interesting
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04

ers, six light bombers, one pursuit
fighter, PIP pursuit in%terceptors, 23l
observation, IA reconnaissance and
as transport.
He gave the figures in an inter-
view.
OF the 500 planes, Wheeler SAID,
not one was suitable for combat in
modern war because all lacked self
sealing gas tanks or sufficient fire
power and armor plate.
Wheeler, a leader OF the fight
against the administrations aid to
Britain bill, said he had read reports
quoting Secretary Stimson as saying
the Army had $50 first line combat
planes. The Montana senator added
that the Wan secretary must have
given an approximate figure for all
types of Army planes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04

Gratified
Wage-Hour Admins
traitor Pleased With
Supreme Court Rule
on Labor Legislation.

Washington, Feb. 4.-(AP)-Col-
oncl Philip B. Fleming, Wage-hour
administrator. expressed qualification
today over the Supreme courts &C
ton in UNFOLDING constltutlonality
of the national Wagc-hour act and
declared the law had put an extra
$500, 100000 into workers. pay en-
NelopcS since it became effective De-
tober ~, 1888.
The courts decision yesterday,
Fleming said, protects these wage
increases for the future.
I'VE estimate,' Fleming said, that
The 30 cent minimum wage, constltu-
tionality Of which was upheld IN the
Darby lumber case, has increased
paw envelopes about S65, 900 ,00v.
The Opp cotton mills case upheld
tine procedure we have been follow
ing in issuing wage orders, we eS-
innate that u wage orders setting
minimums of 32.5 to 40 cents an
hour account for an additional So5,-
100000 in Increases
The decisions not only upheld all
phases of the law, but also specItl-
cally oVelruled a 1918 Supreme court
decision which inValidated a statue
intended to outlaw child labor.
Although yesterdays ruling appar-
entity gave the Federal government
the right to regulate child labor, the
children's bureau of the Labor de-
partmcnt said it would continue to
urge ratification Of the child labor
amendment inasmuch as it contends
that three-fourths of child labor is
engaged in intrastate commerce.
TWen.-eight of the necessary SO
states have ratified the amendment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
Opinion iuidedm
Wage-Hour Group
Big Liner
Set Free

West Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. A.
(AP)-FlVc straining tugs aided by
d wave crest set free the Sl0,000,000
liner Manhattan shortly before las
midnight. pulling and washing her
from a sandbar on which She Went
aground three weeks ago.
Three Of the tugs pulled nightly
ON the "a, U0O-ton United States Line
vessel while two others shuttled
back and forth on the shore side 10
churn up sand, dragging the big ship
a final Is feet INTO deep water.
The 1919 passengers were removed
JANUARY I3, the day after the Man
haitian went aground.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-04
JAPANESE TROOPS
LANDED IN CHINA

Honqkone. Feb. 4.-(AP)-Jap-
anese troops effected a surprise laho-
,ng at dawn today on the kWahg-
,ung province coast somewhere norm
of Hongkong following their ARRIVAL
on a fleet of W~arshipS and transports
shouded in the morning haze.
1t was officially stated hat they
planned to cut off the route over
which they said large quantities OF
Chinese war supplies have been
flowing into the interior from the
colony. ,
The scale of operations Was not
indicated but it was believed to be
the biggest since the abortlve Jap
anese drive northWard from Canton
many months ago.