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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

What Jackson didn't tell was how Q patriotic U. s. business firm, tipped off the Justice De- partment about the fund, and how Q fast-thinking Justice Depart ment agent nabbed 1t.
 The firms cooperation with the government was voluntary. Here Is the untold background of the money seizure:
 I. c. Farbenindustrie was indict- cd several months ago with the Aluminium Corporation of America, Dow Chemical and others on charges of incorporating mag nesiurl, Q product essential to airplanes. The Nazis have tons of 1t, while thanks to the monopoly arrangement with Germany, this country had little. But the Justice Department had been unable to serve subpoenas on l. c. Far benindustrie, and 1t looked as if the government would be baked.
 One morning & tip came from this patriotic organization that 1t would deposit that day c $2S0,- GOO check, for royalties duo I. c. F., with the National City Bank of New York, where the German firm had an account. Jackson immediately ordered the entire account impounded.
 Ills legal authority was the pre-. cedent established in the famous U. s. vs Blackmer case, In the Teapot Dome scandal, when the government was unable to sub- poena Blackmer, who fled to France. HIS bank account was attached and the Supreme Court upheld tho seizure.
 FAST ACTION
 Within . half hour after Jack son issued his order, a Justice Department agent was at the Ma tional City Bank with the nece2- sary legal papers to claim the German account, including the $250,000 check.
 But meanwhile two things hap
 pened. Several weeks earlier
 the Naxis had quietly removed
 AlI their funds from the Na.
 tlonal City, and that morning
 the bank had received Q cable
 ordering the I. c. Farbenindus-
 trle account transferred to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

l. Which two of the following classes of naval vessels, Cruisers, Destroyers, Battleships and Mine- sweepers, carry airplanesp
 2, What state Is represtned in the U. s. Senate by Garter Glass and Harry r. Byrd7 3. Is the Louvre In Paris, France Q group of buildings, Q monument or a park2
 {. The Danube River flows iMe0 the Mediterrean. the Black Sea or the Aegean Sea2
 s. Is Bordeaux in the German occupied or the unoccupied area of F'rance2
 6. Which horse won the 1o40 Preakness Stakes7
 '. Which Greek hero was lashed to Q mast on account of the Sirens9
 8. Who disputed with the Devil about the body of Moses?
 0. Which is the longest river Sys' tenn in the United States7
 10. What word describes the slow, solemn tolling of a bell to annourct death or a funeral7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
In Today's Mail
JUST DOESN'T LIKE THE AID- To.BRITAIN PEOPLE
 NO WAYS
  May 10, l04l, Waterbury, Conn.

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 I'm wondering just how long the American people can stand this bunch of Benedict Arnolds that call themselves "The Committee to De. fepd America by Aiding the Allies" To hear them talk ono would think that If war was declared they would be the first to go. Sure, that's the impression they would like to convey, but has 1t ever occurred to you who listen to their baloney to ask yourselves just who these mugs are that are trying to give us back to England. I attended one of their meetings held here in Waterbury and beleive me 1t wasn't long before began to wonder whether I was in America or England, 80 'elp I did. l beat 1t before the meeting was over, but I'll bet they finished by singing God Save The King"
 I'd like to bet 10 to 1 that there wasn't one present young enough to be drafted and not one who ever earned his bread by the sweat of his or her brow. Yes, this is Q sam. pie of the type who would drag us Into the blood filled holes of some foreign country so they could bask in the Florida sunshine and lie In the nice clean sand. Let's not be suckers to fall for the tripe they hand out to us They weren't smart or interested enough in our plight during the depression, what makes them think that we believe they arc worrying about us now. Now as ever their only thought IS of their own comfort and profits and to hell with the masses. Now they run around telling us what Q wonderful thing 1t is to be an American. Well, their Ideas of an American and an Amer lea are helluva lot different than mine.
 They are armchair patriots, the stuffed short Britain-tirst Amer jeans who yell the loudest about saving Democracy when they have made 6 mockery of it Next time you hear these money -Inad foreign- minded schemers talking just ask yourself the following questions .. Who are these mugs2 Are they eligible for Army service? . :. If 50. in what capacity2 What are their connections, here and abroad '?
 Yes. you guessed right-not one of then n would be within a hum dred miles of any danger. Yet they would send us to war. They arc for conveys. Whose boys are going to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
Selected Poem
PLEA TO THE NEo.LINdUIsTs

DOW Richardson in the New York Sum The anc snt terms knew and loved. The hoaTy. luSty phrases, The moss-backed speech Of long ago
 With all It's earthy mazeS Are failing by the WaySide
 Where they can best decay. They are not for the modern pace.
 The speed we call Today. Farewell the old vcrnacular,
 The prose that's 0bsolctc, Such things as "it is meet for me-
 To mOdernS isn't meet. And must bid z sad adlcu
 And take the newer path To cherished forms like "yc" (bow "youo, To doth" to "runneth," hath? And no more to the archives may
 I 70 when mood fits most To read it "Verily," and note
 How one save up the ghost? This streamllned stuff has gone too Tar, publicly depIore, say, hold off and let me be Archaic just once more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "I have drank my
 milk; say, "have drunk"

@. Did Theodore Roosevelt 60 or his big game hunt in Africa befor or after he was President2
 A. He sailed for Africa on March %, 1909, Q few days after he left office. He headed an expedition financed by the Smithsonian 1n- stitution to make collection of the big game of Central Africa.
 e. How many persons in tho United States drives automobilesp
 A. Approximately 4o,ooo,ooo.
 e. To which city does Jarne Thomson refer In his poem "The City of Dreadful Night9"
 A. London. Thomson was trav- cling in Colorado when he wrote the poem, and his biographer, J. E Meeker says that it describes Lon- don, fringed with Colorado and seen at midnight"
 o. Are men who reach the ags of 36 after the registration exempt from the draftp
 A. Under the Selective Service law, they will be subject to call until the expiration of the law, May 15, l945.
 e. What was the total amount of retail sales in the United States in l940?
 A. The net sales were estimated ct about 45,500 million dollars,
 e. How many men constitute a riveting crew?
 A. The minimum number required for a single riveting crew is three Q rivet heater, a rivet driver, and & packer who assists the driver.
 e. Is the national income high CT now than during the depression that began in 19292 ..
 A. The l940 national income, ap- proxlmately $73,000 900, 900. was 84 percent above the depression low of $40, 100, ,000,0 In 1882.
 If you want copy of the latest booklet WEIGHT CONTROL, send to The Waterbury Demo- crat'S Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St, Washington, D. c. Enclose ten cents postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
Questions
 and Answers
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 The Waterbury Democrats Ser vice Bureau will answer for you free. any question of fact or in- formation, not involving exten- slve research. Write your Ques> tion clearly, sign name and ad'
 dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical OF legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser vice Bureau 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 e. What ships brought the Pil. grim Fathers to New England, tol- lowing the Mayflower?
 A. The Fortune in 1891, and th' Anne and Little James in 1928.
 e. What does the Chinese medi' cinal fruit lo-han recently classified by botanists look like, and for what was 1t usedp
 A. It has long been dried and used by the inhabitants of outer China in the form of a sweet soup as Q household remedy for colds, sore throat, minor intestinal troubles and other minor ailments. The gourd-like fruit varies from the size of a hens egg to that of c goosG egg, and when ripe 1t is greenish- yellow or dull reddish-brown. The dried shell is brittle and inside Is an excessively sweet fibrous material and flat seeds, somewhat similar to those of a watermelon, but larger and thicker.
 @. What parts of the day should be called morning, afternoon, even- ing and night?
 A. Morning is the first part oi the day which begins after mid. night and ends at noon. Afternoon is the time immediately following twelve noon to evening. Evening is the close of day from sunset to bed time. (In the South the afternoon is often called "eveningC. Night Is the period between sunset and sun. rise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 3:lG Q. m. (daylight tiTne).
 Sun rises 5:3O c. na.; sets e:o7 ?. m. (days light time). All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 April and May to date have been generally ideal, 70 far as weather conditions are con' cerned. If June. July. August and September are half ss good it will bc one Of the best years, WeatbcrwIsc, we've had in long time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
Is EDISON N NA
 WASHlNGT
Economy's A Fine Thine--For,
 The Other Fellow
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrFesp0ndent

Washington, May a - There will be heard certain amount of ora- torical sharpshooting ct the subject of economy on the congressional front In the near future, but whe- ther the shell will be plank cart
 ridges or honest-to-goodness ball ammunition, followed by Q bayonet charge that will cut to shreds the appropriations for non.defense items is Q question that will be answered only when the battle is over and the targets are examined.
 Corgressmen being congressman, 1t is this departments guess that the battle will be 0 sham, deciding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

nothing except that we will 20 merrily on our spending way. And the old cry of "Spendp We haven't begun to spend," will be heard again throughout the land. Even the President has Ind c Q ted he would lik to have some sug~ gestions for cuts please give us @ s> ,na A n.a,AAa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

draWS HIGH tO God. And 1t has also been said that # we were to take out of our religion that vicarious death for human sin, we would de. magnitize Chris tianity and turn the cross into . mere symbol.
 Peter tried to take the cross out Of Chris
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
RELIGION WITHOUT THE

And If I be lifted up, will draw ell men unto myself"
 Some one has said that the cross Of Christ is the magnet of Chris tianity; that Is, the power which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
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DREW PEA R s o N
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Washington May 2 Attorney General
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

If you want a copy of the latest booklet WEIGHT CONTROL, send to The Waterbury Demo- crat's Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c. Enclose ten cents postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
TRUCK DRIVERS
 OF CITY HELPED
Over 300 Here to Benefit
 By Increase of Wages Voted in Mass.
(NEA Photo.)

Over 300 truck drivers in Water- bury will benefit by an average in- crease of five cents an hour, voted yesterday at Southhridge. Mass, at the last of 9 series of meeting of the Fair Trades Practices Board of the New England trucking industry. The increase, affecting 12,000 en1- ployed by 800 trucking concerns, Is retroactive to Sept. 15.
 Rudolph Tata, of the Truck Driv- CTS local, unit of the International Union of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen & Helpers, said today that no local meeting will be held to discuss the raise. In Hartford, how ever, a meeting will be held Sunday to protest that the amount granted is too small in view of increases in living costs. Harold Galloway, secretary of the Hartford local. said that union members would not be satisfied with the increase.
 Timothy Collins, of the Waterbury local, took part in the Southbridge conferences. He had not arrived back in Waterbury today.
 The question of wage increase went before the Fair Trade Prac- tices Board several weeks ago after the union had demanded large wage increases to meet higher living costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
Red Army Turns Back All German Attacks
Desperate Fighting in Snow Cold Rains, Leaves Bat- tIefieIds Uttered With Dead-MOscow Is Stand
 ing Under All Nazi Attacks
By EDWARD w. BEATTTE United Press Staff CorreEDOndent) J

NOHAVGu EECSO 6VWR SVAAVasgVASSSAp
 London, Oct. 22. - (UP)es Red Army counter-attacEs today were reported turning back German ate tacks on the wintry Moscow front and toward the key city of Rostov in the Ukraine.
 Desperate fighting in snow and cold rain was acknowledged as a result of reinforced German drives with tanks and air-borne forces, but dispatches via the Moscow radio and from Kuibyshev said that the Russians had held firm or thrown back the enemy with severe losses at Kalinin, Mozhaisk and Maloy- aroslavetS on the defense arc be. fore the Soviet capital.
 At Kalinin, 100 miles northwest of Moscow, a bitter street battle was reported with the newspaper Izvestia saying that the Russians were improving their position de- spite relentless enemy onslaughts. A Russian counter attack wiped out a German detachment that had crossed 8 river and "only a few" enemy. soldiers escaped.
 At Mozhaisk, both sides attacked and counter-attacked without indi- cation of important change in po- Sitions 60 miles from Moscow.
 At Maloyaroslavets, on the south, the Russians reported that the bat tlefleld in front of their positions was filtered with wrecked enemy tanks, motor vehicles and dive bomberS.
 Holding at ROstov
 In the Ukraine, the Russians said that their forces were holding be- fore RoStov and that counter-at- tackS had regained some ground but the Donets Basin situation admit tedly was serious.
 On the north, the Russians said they continued to gain in counter blows around Leningrad.
 The most intense fighting, how ever, was around Moscow.
 Authoritative British advices said that in areas where 1t was not showing, a cold heavy rain had
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
Members Of Crew
 Are AM Rescued

Washington, Oct. 22.-UP) - The maritime commission announced that 22 missing sea- men from the torpedoed Amer ican freighter Lehigh had been landed safely at Freetown, British West Africa. All A men who were aboard the ship now are known to have been rescued.
 The Lehigh was tOrpedOed Sunday night off West Africa while en route from Bilbao, Spain, to an African port where the ship was scheduled to pick up . cargo of ore for return to the United States.
 It was announced yesterday that % men had been landed at Bathurst, British Gambia. Today the commission was mo- tified that the % others, in- cluding five stowaways, had been landed safely at FreetOwn.
 Two of the men were .in- jured: Joseph Brady, 42, third assistant engineer of Brooklyn, N. Y., who Is suffering from serious leg injuries, and Joseph Bartlett, ordinary seaman, "A years old, Oakland, Calif., who lost three toes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
Movie Producer Was
 Good Friend To Bioff
Thought It Was Good Business to Be Friendly to AL legged Grafter May Have Saved His Life
 He Said

New York. october 9 = CUP)-- Harry M, Warner, president of Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc, be- lieved 1t was good business" to maintain friendly relations with William Bioff, but he said, he also considered two bodyguards neces- Sary when he was late in making 8 $20,000 contribution to Bioff.
 He denied yesterday at the trial of Bioh and George F. Browne on a charge of exhorting $550000 from four motion picture companies, that their friendship had been more than superficial. Bioff Is west coast representative of the International Alliance of Theatri- cal Stage Employes (AFL); {; Browne is president.
 Having testified that he fear cd bodily harm" If he did not up. Warner said he was late in 1887 in paying the final $20000 install- ment on his company's annual $50,- 900 tribute to Bioff.
 When I refused to give him that $20,000, I was fearful, so went over to Laney Matthews, who is in charge of our police" Warner said. T said wanted some protec- ton. He said he would assign two men to follow my car, and so he did"
 He finally paid the $40, 1000, he said, after Bioff had told him some peo- pie in Chicago" were dunning him for 1t, and the bodyguards went back to their studio jobs.
 Witness There
 Samuel Carlisle, controller of the company, said he was with Warner in May, 1887, when Bioff called to demand $l5,000.
 I'm going to a labor convention and I have to dish 1t out there to the district leaders," Carlisle quoted Bioff.
 He said Bioff refused a check, and few days later got the $l5, 1000 in cash.
 Carlisle and Thomas J. Martin, Warner Brothers auditor, testified how the payments had been cov- cred up. Martin described 40 vouch- CTS.
 One for $2,5o0 was to buy cigarets for the convicts in Sing Sing prison, in connection with publicity for a picture. He said $500 worth of cigarets were bought, and Bioff got $2y000.
 Other vouchers included Christ mas gifts for critics" Special gifts for feminine critics" and advertis- ing.
 Austin Keough. vice president and general counsel for Paramount Pic lures, Inc, testified in federal court
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
16-Year Old Problem Child Sentenced To Die In Chair

in the jam-packed courtroom, trem- bled uncontrolably and bowed his head.
 The death sentence was manda- tory since Woodward on Monday had made an almost unprecedented plea of guilty to a first degree mur- der charge. He was the youngest person ever sentenced to the elec- tric chair in Massachusetts. Tn the only previous case paralleling his, Jesse Pomeroy, IS, won a commit tation after being sentenced to the gallows for mutilation murders in Boston.
 The Shipp girl disappeared last July IS after going to a neighbor- hood store in Reading. a Boston suburb. Four days later, her niuti- lated body was found in tenn porarily-vacant Baptist parsonage two blocks from her home. Wood- ward confessed that he lured her into the parsonage, rendered her unconscious with a wrench, and then, for three or four days. as she
 ay unconscious. lie inflicted . to- "a of 70 atah wounds ca her face and body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
President Demands Right of Our Ships to GO Any-
 where On Seas PROTECTED BY GUNS
 UNITED STATES FLAG Latest Sinkings By Ger. man Submarines Stir Up American Citizens
BY JOHN R. BEAL

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Washington, October 22. (UP)-President Roosevelt's White House spokesman Stephen T. Early, virtually invited Congress today to repeal section two of the neu- trality act along with section six to permit American mer- chant vessels to go anywhere on the seven seas under pro- tection of their own guns and theh own flag.
 Early spoke to reporters a day after announcement of the ninth and tenth sinkings of Americana operated ships during this war, half as many as were sunk before tho United States entered the World War.
 Emphasizing certain portions of MT. Roosevelt's neutrality revision recommendation by reading them at a press conference, Early pointed out that in his October g message to Congress MT. Roosevelt:
 1. Called for repeal of section six of the act with all speed" to permit guns to be placed on Amer lean merchantmen.
 3. Asked that congress give earnest and early attention" to section two, repeal of which would open belligerent ports to American merchant vessels.
 Clarifies Position
 Early explained. that he merely was clarifying MT. Roosevelt's posl- ton by re.reading the message. But his action came at a moment when the Senate Foreign Relations Cozn- Enittee is closely divided on the question of enlarging the House. approved neutrality revision bill to include repeal of section two. The Senate committee heard its first opposition witness today. former Senator David A. Reed, Republican Pa.
 Secretary of State Cordeil Hun already has called for repeal oi section two. MT. Roosevelt said yesterday that his own viewpoint on this subject was expressed in his October 9, message, adding that if this message were re-read 1t would grow on the reader.
 Early did just that at . press con- ference. He put the emphasis on excerpts which called for overhaul of the entire act and repeal of both sections two and six rather than elimination only of section six.
 Early noted that whereas Mr. Roosevelt called specifically for re- peal of section six in the message, section two was not mentioned by number. To clear up this point, he said that specific passages of the Presidents message referred to section two. This quotation, for instance:
 Cease Aiding AggressoEs
 'There are other phases of the neutrality act to the correction os which I hope Congress will gIEn earnest and early attention. Ona of these provisions is of major ilsi- portance. believe that it is essezl- tial to the proper defense of our
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
FALL OF RUSSIA
 MEANS DISASTER
Democracies to Lose Last Chance for Foothold to
 Strike at Hitler
BY LYLE c. WILSON

UuIGS0 FEeSS SLaIt COETeSpOH0enL
 Washington. Oct. 21-(UP)-High lend-lease officials expressed fear today that If the Soviet Union goes down the democracies will lose the last possible European foothold from which to launch an offensive against Nazi Germany.
 They have agreed with President Roosevelt on steep increase in aid to the Russians to speed im- mediate and "very substantial" de- liverieS of airplanes, tanks, guns, and ammunition. The President is expected to make an announcement on aid to Russia this week.
 w. Averen Hartman, lend-lease expediter and head of the United States missio nto Moscow, has re- ported to MT. Roosevelt that Soviet Union requests were reasonable" but were for substantial quantities of munitions and raw materials Others here insisted, however, that practically everything going to the Soviet Union would be a finished product. Shipments re expected to move from Boston across the Atlan- tic to Archangel on the White sea.
 Situation Critical
 The situation frankly is viewed as critical. Emphasis here on the importance of keeping the Russians in the fight coupled with the Brit ish governments firm refusal to undertake landing operations in the west indicated a hope both here and in London that the full force
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
GERMANS ADMIT
 THEY ARE HALTED
Driving SnOwstOrms, Ter. rife Counter Attacking
 Has Slowed Drive
By JOSEPH W. GREGG, yR.

ny JOSEFh w. ONAOHS JN' United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Berlin, Oct. 22-(UP)-Nad in- formants admitted today that driv- ing snowstormS had slowed German encircling operations against Mos- COW and that the Russians were counter-attacking in the Leningrad area, but claimed that gains in the industrial Donets area had broken the Soviet's economic backbone.
 The high command reported that the drive into the DonetS area was continuing according to plan, but informed quarters said the advance In this area, too, had been slowed down somewhat to give German troops a breathing spell" after the long forced marches they carried out in the past two weeks.
 NaziS claimed that Germans, smashing into the Donets basin, had seized control of 70 per cent of Rus Sia's coal, including the brown coal area southwest of Moscow, 85 per cent of her iron ore, S5 per cent of her pig iron, 84 per cent of her tin, 75 per cent of her bauxite and al- most all of her sources of man. ganese, nickel and platinum.
 Battle Is Furious
 German sources reported that the battle before Moscow continues to rage with undiminished ferocity, but indicated no sensational develop. ments could be expected in the in- mediate future.
 Nazi panzer forces were reported slowly fighting their way forward in
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