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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
CHURCHES WILL
 ATTEMPT NEW PLAN
27 Protestant Churches, One Jewish Synagogue
 to Boom Annual Budget

Newton, Mass, Nov. i8 - (U.P) Believed the first demonstration of It's kind, 27 Protestant churches and a Jewish Synagogue wil ljoin iE a day-long united every member caI- vass' November 30 to raise their an- nual budgets from among constitu- ents in this city of 10000.
 Described by Zions Herald, cen- tury-old Methodist weekly, as & practical undertaking which marks a distinct advance in the movement toward church union.' the campaign Is being carried on under the slo- gan "keep them ringing"
 The canvass will start with the ringing of church bells throughout the city. Bells will peal again at nightfall when canvassers complete their calls on more than 25.000 par- iShioners.
 Groups from each church will canvass their own members and each church will seek to raise its own budget, but all canvassers will make their visits during the same hours.
 The plan originated with the New ton Ministers Association who be- lieved that through the united effort ''thousands of Newton people |. (willl rededicate their allegiance and support Co the greatest instltu- ton Of all ingtAtullons --- their church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
MATTATUCK MFG.
 co. HAS TROUBLE
General Wage Increase Has Been Refused;
 Bonus Is Offered

Union employees of the Mattatuck Mfg. Co, will meet tomorrow nigh, at c. I. O. headquarters on Bank street to vote on acceptance or re. jection of what union leaders cal an "ultimatum" from William E Fielding, company president and general manager. A strike involv- Ing the coSnpany's 800 workers l: regarded as q distinct possibility.
 Headquarters of the Waterbury Brass workers union, an affiliate oi the International Union of Mine AGilI @ Shelter Workers announced ssday that MT. Fielding has submit Cd Q "flnal" offer which must be accepted tomorrow or the company Will break off negotiations with the anion. The company's offer in- wolves . Christmas bonus of one weeks pay but rejects the unions demands for general wage increase of five cents an hour.
 Union stewards at the plant have
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
ENLIST AND BE
 KISSED HIS PLAN
Army Recruiting Sergt. Is Trying New Scheme to
 Get Soldiers

Lynn, Mass, Nov. iS- (UP)-If four or five pretty girls who like to kiss soldiers report at his U. S. Army Recruiting office today, Sgt. Frank Carr will, start his enlist and be kissed" plan.
 Said Carr, it's a shame that selectees get a royal send-of while the enlisted man signs his name on a paper and is Shunted of for a three-year grind.
 To make things more equitable, Carr plans to have the "three-year feller' fet a "resounding kiss" as a reward for helping in the nations defense. Yesterday he paid for a newspaper advertisement that read:
 "Wanted-Attractive and sociable girls between IS and 25 years. Na- tional publicity scoop. Apply Army Recruiting Station, Lynn Post Of- flee, Willow street, between 9 a. m. and 3 ?. m."
 "We'lf have to get their parents approval" Carr said. They'll have to have looks and personality-you know we've got to make 1t worth while for the boys"
 Carr, married and father of a three-year-old daughter, said he will supervise each kiss.
 A recruit may kiss only one girl-- but he can look over the field and take his pick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
Germany Sends Up Another Peace Trial
 Balloon, With Won Papen As Ring Master

sident sections by starvation and extermination of opposition. He was said to have admitted that Germany can expect no more than a 20 per cent grain harvest from the Ukraine netx year and little in the way of industrial or economic benefits from Russia for two or three years.
 Won Papen's statement was re- garded in British and neutral quar- ters here as a phase of the NaA peace offensive and also as a valu- able straw supporting the wide spread belief here that the next phase of the war will be in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
 British slources expressed confid- ence that they would draw first blood by launching a big attack on LAbya--expected here from week ko week. The Germans are expected Co withdraw large numbers of men from Russia after last aklegnps % take Moscow and occupy tns cali~ casus up to tie naounlalna
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
GERMAN REPORTS
 VERY FAVORABLE
Operations in Vital DOnets Industrial Basin Going
 Ahead Nicely
By JOSEPH W. GREGG

Limited Press Stam COrreSpOndent) Berlin, Nov. 16-(UP)-The Ger man high command reported today that operations in Russia's vital Dcnets industrial basin are now go- ing forward with the benefit of im- proved weather conditions.
 The high command indicated that DonetS operations had been suspended or impeded for period due to bad weather.
 On the Crimea front, said the communique, German level and Stuka bombers carried out heavy attacks against the harbor of Sevas- topol, Russian Black Sea naval base
 One large freighter was reported sunk and one Russian destroyer and one merchant ship was reported damaged.
 In the Donets region, said the high command, the enemy was routed from "stubbornly defended field positions" Additional indus trial areas were occupied, the high command said. and several trains ready for departure were captured in @ surprise attack.
 In the far south, said the high command, German bombers att tackled Soviet barracks in the Kan dalaksha bay area. Night air attacks were carried out against Moscow Leningrad and Russian air fields ir the Vologda district.
 War Briefs
 London, Nov. l8 = (U.P.) - Min-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18

Won Papen's statement was that Russia is crushed by Germany, Eu- rope vii lbe So exhausted that a general armistice" must follow in which Turkey, in her chosen role as a peace power, may play a great part"
 However, he added, should Britain refuse an arInistice. the war must continue for Q ''very long" time and Germany will proceed to drive Bri- tain from the Mediterranean.
 Turkey. and Spain. he noted, re- main outside the war as strong na- tions, guarding the east and western ends of the Mediterranean There fore, he said Turkey and Spain may be called upo neventually to provide certain transit facilities" and coop eration in exploitation Of resources in return for their non-involvement in the war.
 Germany, Von Papen indicated. e proposes to unite Europe and oVer- wheim Ruasia. ''paclfying~ any dis-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
CANOE CORTECE
 CARRIES BODIES
Moves Down River in Maine Bearing Broken
 Remains of Army Flyers

Bangor, Me, Nov. IS = CUP) - A canoe cortege moved down the Passadumkeag river today bearing the broken bodies of four U. s. Army fliers who died Saturday when thell twin-motor bombing plane crashed and burned in the fog at the foot oi Oak Mountain, 20 miles north oi here.
 The partys destination was Lee, a wilderness hamlet, where ambu- lances waited to return the men to the army's northeast airbase al Bangor for which the men were headed on a training flight when the acident ocurred.
 A posse of hunters, guides and army officers fought their way to the scene at mile-an-hour speed yes- terday through tangled forest and desolate bogs.. ..
 Beside charred wreckage of the ei25 .000 ghip they found the bodies Of Lieutenant Peyton Beckharn, of Houston. Tex, Lieutenant Wyman O. Thomson of Underwood, N. D., Corporal J. L. Parsons of Holbrook, Pa, and Private J. E. Rothermel of Valley View, Pa.
 Al had parachutes strapped to their backs and had been hurled 100 feet from the wreckage. None had been burned. Searchers believed the men had attempted a forced landing and had struck a knoll. Trees and brush for 50 yards were broken by the planes fall.
 Lieutenant Payton'g body was strapped in the seat in which he pdloted the plane that overshot the Bangor field in bad weather.
 While court of inquiry was be- ing appointed, word was received that plane had crashed in swamp lands at Amity on the Canadian border near Houlton. Two women made the report to state police who planned to investigate. One woman said she saw Q man leap in a para chute just before she heard the crash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
MILK RETURNS TO
 FARMERS TOOLOW

Hartford, Conn, Nov. lS-CUP)- Robert s. Clark, Woodbury, presi- dent of the Connecticut Wholesale MIX Producers Council, today urged State Milk Control Administrator Donald Q. Hammerberg to amend the states milk control regulatinos to permit 2 higher return for farmers.
 "The income of milk producers, |" he said, "has diminished to the point where many of them are no longer able to employ labor. but must press their families into serI vice to get the work on the farm done. There is danger that it will create sort of peonage which is foreign to the American tradition" !"
 Clark spoke at one of a series of special meeting called by Admin istrator Hammerberg to consider amendment of the regulations which went into effect Oct. 1.
 There is a grave question" Clark said, whether the new orders alone will provide an increase in the income of producers sufficient to encourage the into continue to sup- ply the Connectiut market. Already there are alarming trends visible. The number of persons disposing of their herds and going into defense industries Is steadily inreasing."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
German Forces Start NewAttack onMoscow
They Failed to Penetrate Red Army Lines Around TuIa; Russians Say Nazis Thrown Back to
 Their Original Position
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff COrrespondent)

'
 London, Nov. ls.-(UP)-German troops smashing at thc defenses of Moscow have opened a new attack il. the Volokolamsk sector, north of the city, following failure to pene- trate Red army lines around Tula iu the south, radio Moscow said today.
 The United Press listening post heard the report tf,at heavy fight inS had tlared uo at Vo.okololamsk, where the Germans were reported to have thrown in tanks and in- fantry endorsements.
 The Russians salo the Germans had been thrown back to their original positions in one Voloko- lansk sector but, had tried an- other bfeak-througn north of Mos COW.
 Radio Moscow said that a tank battle ragged for three hours be- fore the second Germ an attack was repulsed The G:Imans lost 20 tanks and two companies of infan- try (about zoo mem, the Russians reported.
 Nazis Frozen to Death
 Authoritative British quarters re- ported today that many German soldiers have been frozen to death on the central Russian front and that Naz troops are suffering ter- rlbly !n the cold blasts of the s.eppes.
 British reports said many Nazi troops in Russia have been found wearing women fur coats and other lnakeshift garments to protect them from the bitter cold.
 "Very few" German troops. these reports said. are properly equipped for the winter. .
 Tn contrast. said the British sources, Soviet troops on the Mos- COW sector are well equipped and life in Moscow, close behind the front is proceeding normally.
 "The Muscovites are taking things seriously.7 said the British source, but there is no despondency. Their
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18

fully prepared" to meet "eventualis ties" and changes in the situation after the lower house approved resolution calling on the government to continue It's greater East Asia policies.
 Premier General Dideki Tojo speaking as wa: minister, gave the assurance for the army while navy minister, Admiral Shigetaro Shi- Inada, said that "the navy has conn pleted al necessary preparations"
 Taeo and Shimada were ques- ton by diet members as to whether the armed forces stood as prepared as the Japanese people "to meet the worsG eventuality" after Q par- liamentary spokesman had said that the United States was "the root causs of the world upheaval."
 Led by United States
 "A Domel Japanese News Agency dispatch from Tokyo, received in Shanghai, said the lower house of the diet unanimously approved resolution charging that "the great est obstacle to settlement of Chinese hoStillties Is the action of hostile nations led by the United States" The resolution blamed continuance of the war on Americas "inordinate desire for world hegemony" which 1t said was indicated by AemFican refusal to recognize Japan's East Asia program, "Tshe Japanese peo- pie believe there is no chance of rising without fighting this battle through" the resolution said.)
 The lower House approved reso- iution encouraging the government to continue its plans for the East
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
President Calls Leader Into Conference Before
 Decisive Action ROOSEVELT BLOW MAY
 FALL AT ANY TIME National Grange Calls on President, Congress to
 Act Swiftly
BY FRED BAILEY

United Press Staff COFrespondentl
 Washington, November lS. - (UP) - Associates of President Roosevelt said to- day that he is ready to "crack down hard" to break the strike in Captive coal mines threatening the steel production that Is vital to the national defense program. Postponing for the second time his departure for q Thanks giving holiday in Warm Springs, Georgia, the chief executive sula- moned hls legislative leaders to the White House for i0:S0 Q, ul. coa' ference to discuss the strike. Some of the leaders expected him to Tec- cuamesia antl-strikes laglalaAaon.
 There vas no cfsicinl indication when or how Rr. Roosevelt would act.
 He had issued without comment the reports of the heads of three steel corporations and of the execu- tives oS the United Mine Workers of Americadetailing whiy they had been unable to agree. The union demands a union shop in the steel corporations Captive" mines, which 1t has in a vast majority Of other coal mines. The corporations refused to grant one.
 What President Faces
 The President faced this situation today:
 About 4s,oO0 of the SSoOo employees of Captive" pits are on strike.
 Mass picketing of mine entrances began in Pennsylvania and West Virginia this morning at Gary, West Virginia, two miners were shot and wounded.
 Some 2,00O Commercial Iainesz have already struck in sympathy and 7,500 more have voted to strike today.
 The steel mills have enough coal at most, to keep going for thres weeks more.
 Reports from Army headQuarters in Mississippi and Louisiana indi' cate that troops are ready to move into mine areas at Q moments notice.
 Congress is howling for legislation to curb defense strikes and Speaker Sam Rayburn has promised 1t aas the earliest possible moment"
 There were several moves MT Roosevelt might make. These wers e "go-ahead" to congress for enact. ment of anti-strike legislation, oa seizure of the mines by the Army, or a direct appeal to the miners to return to work.
 Not Very Long Now
 Speaker Sam Rayburn said today after conference with President Roosevelt that T don't think 1t will be Q very long time" before congress begins consideration 0e legislation to curb strikes.
 Rayburn, Vice President Henry A. Wallace, house Democratic leader
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
West Virginia Mines Are Scene of First Violence
 in Srtike
OVER 6O,OOO MINERS
 ARE BELIEVED IDLE
CIO Convention Backs Up Roosevelt Defense, But
 Hillman Is in Fight
BY JAMES c. AUSTIN United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

United Press staff COrrespOndent)
 Pittsburgh, November IS. (UP) - Violence broke out again today in the Penn- sylvania-West Virginia cap tive coal mine fields as the United Mine Workers Union massed pickets in an attempt to persuade" recalcitrant members not to work. At Gary, West Virginia, close to the Kentucky-Virginia state line, two Negro miners, members Of an independent union, were shot and wounded when they attempted to charge Q picket line ct the Number 10 mine of the United States Coal and Coke Company.
 small details Of Pennsyivania motor police were sent to two United States Steel Corporation Captive Mines in Fayette County when augmented picket lines got out of hand. A picket line Of 100 threatened a non-striker at the Red Lion Mine in Fayette County when his automobile grazed a picket and at the nearby Romeo mine, pickets allegedly stoned recalcitrant union members who sought to go to work.
 Sympathy Strikes Spread
 Sympathy strikes were spreading in the Commercial Mines - those whose product is sold on the open
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
Republican Party Has Deficit After Election
Almost Sl, 900 in "The Red" Is Report of Town Com mittee; Spent $S,O43.77, But Collected Only
 Sun, of S5.O54.Ssa~

A deficit of almost Sl,O00 in itS city election campaign fund was re- ported today by the Republican town committee. The party, in Q report filed at the ofEice of Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmartln, listed con- trIbutions of $5,0S4,S5, while ex- penses amounted to $5,o43.T7.
 Largest of the campaign contribu- tions was one of 5000, this sum be- ing comprised of fund raised by friends of ex-Mayor Patrick M, Perriello, the unsuccessful Espub- lican candidate for mayor. Names of many former contributors were miss- ing from this years list.
 Individual Gifts
 Mir. perriello made an individual contribution of $l50. John P. Elton gave 4250; James P. McGrath, can- didate for tax collector. gave $l00: William J. Pape, publisher, contrib uted $500: E. Robert Stevenson, edi- tor of MT. Pape's newspapers, $l0. Judge T. E. Conway contributed $50 and Registrar of Voters Albert o. Taller $ll0.
 Most of the expenditures were for rental of cars and pay of workers on election day. The principal other expenses were: telephone service, $400; rent of general and special headquarters and ofkice expenses, S2IO.
 The following donations were made to the Republican campaign fund:
 Harry c. Post, candidate for Board of Education, $25; Alderman William J. Kolbeck, .$25: Harley W. Tripp, $1O; Municipal Court Judge T. Con- way, $l5O; Italian Republican League, S25; Henry Barry, candidate
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
GERMANY LOSES FAMOUS GENERAL
Col. Gen. Ernst Udet, Ace in World War, Killed
 in Accident
By JACK FLEISCHER United Press Stan COrrespOndent)

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 Berlin, Nov. 1S.-(UP)-The luft- waffe suffered a severe blow today with announcement of the death while experimenting with firearms of Col. Gen. Ernst Udet, World War ace and originator of the Nazi parachutist technique.
 Udet, 45, was head of the tech- nical bureau of the air ministry and was responsible for many of the technical achievements of the luft- Waffe in the war.
 Adolf Hitler ordered a state funeral for him in recognition of his achievements, and named luft- waffe squadron No. 3 the Udet squadron in his honor.
 Udet was Germans No. 2 ace of the World War-second only to the great Baron Manfred von Richtho- fen-with 62 planes to his credit. His record has since been exceeded by some of the young flyers of the luftwaffe to which he had devoted his energies since the start of the Nai regime.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
BY DANA ADAMS SCHMIDT United Press Stan Correspondent

W4 DANA ADA1MS SAnMADA United Press Stan Correspondent
 Ankara, Nov. IS -- (U.PO - Ger many, 1t was revealed today, has lifted another peace" trial balloon. while limiting that certain transit facilities" in Turkey and Spain may be required in the new Mediterran- ean-Middle Eastern phase of the war expected to get under way this winter.
 The hint was given by Franz von Papen, ambassador to Turkey and ace Nazi diplomat, in an interview with the Spanish Falangist news paper, La Vanguardia of Madrid.
 Won Papen at the moment Is busy pr. Paul Schmidt, through cere- ushering the German press chief, monies and calls upon Turkish offi- clnas which are expected to c1lmin- ate in tho issuance Of new com nauniQue 'reaffirmlng" the aznity of tho German and Turkish press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
Japanese Army,
 Navy Prepared To Meet Emergency
United States Is Blamed for All Present Troubles; Meanwhile Secretary of State Hull COnfers
 With Peace or War EnvOys
BY ROBERT BELLAIRE United Press Staff Correspondent

Tokyo, November 18. = (UP) = Japan warned the United States against establishing bases in the strategic to the north today and indicated that basic Ame
 canJapanese understanding is baked by American support of the chungkng regime in China The Japanes army and assured parliament today that the armed forces
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18

Tickets for "Ece- Capadea of lotg~ a& New Haven merit week, is purchased at McCOy's Music < .Jse, BieneEss sport Shop and Che Anehex Gxlia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18

Furnaces cleaned and repaired hy
 expex1m Chammeys cleaned. Wateg- huay Msating CM Ehune a-saSs.-Advs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18

Washington. Nov. 1e-(UPl-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Nov. 18th, compared with a year agos This Year Expenses Last KemR $S,l2s,97S,727.31 s3,el4,S9S, ,717.46
 Defense Spending s5,694, ,0ee, ,S12.41 91,110,3S7, ,s41.41
 Receipts
 s2,762,1s1,754.29 s2,022,S2o,e ,els.ee s5.sIs, $50. .s7s.Os si.57s.s7S.s2o.ss
 Cash Balance s2,4is.6S5.s51.6l si.S7s.Sl7.eao.1s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
The Weather

Fair, Warmer for To-
 night, Wednesday Fun wsathss Report Care 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
TREASURY BALANCE

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-30
INSTRUCTORS
 IN FIRST AID
 TO BE TRAINED
Red Cross Sending Dr. F Hull Here to Teach
 Standard Courses

Because the development of First Aid work has reached an advanced stage in the Juneau and Douglas division, the American Red Cross is sending Dr. Frank E. Hull to Juneau to further develop First Aid to the point where there vii be left a group of volunteer lay First Aid Instructors.
 It is believed by the Red Cross that from the. group that has all ready received training here, Dr. Hull will be able to select large number who have sufficient gen. eral qualifications to become in- structors.
 Dr. Hull will arrive in Juneau on November II and will remain for two weeks During that time he will teach the standard Red Cross course as well as the in-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-30

Ella D. Smith, Mazis Ward, Edna Swap, Alleine Council, Etolin Coul- ter, Pat Dooley.
 Dorothy Russell, Dorothy White head, Louise Blanton, Mrs. F. Oakes. Mrs. Ed Sweeney. '
 Douglas First Aiders
 Those in Douglas who have com pleted the course are as follows; Lena Aalto, Mrs. Catherine Balog, Mrs. Kathleen Andrews, Mrs. Fife Lindstrom, Mrs. Flora Kirkhanl, Mrs. H. L. Cochrane. Mrs. Frank Campbell, Margaret Pearce.
 Mrs. Kathleen Mccormick. Ms Mamie Jensen. Mrs. Beatrice Cue kin, Mrs. Lenpi Edwards. Mr.. William Cooper, Mrs Lillian Bon ner, Mrs Anna Clark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-30
Arrive
 From Seattle
 On Norfh|and

Southbound after remaining in port overnight, the motorship Northland sailed south from Ju- neau this afternoon. The vessel arrived here at 9:30 o'clock last night rom Seattle via Sitka.
 Coming to Juneau on the ship were c. Gustafson, MT and Mrs. Merle Davis, MT. and Mrs. Al Swap Miss Mary Gutsche, Ms sam Fenton, A Westerburg, s. w Nicely, Mrs. w. c. Johnston, Mrs. R. Peterman, Fly Harrison, R. Har- ris. Bert Bate.
 R. G. Rudy, John T. Welch, Ms. A. Notar, L. Mokke, Mrs. Elsie E, Blythe, c. D. Schaffner, S. L Johnson, Mrs. Ardelle Cleveland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-30
IS TAXING
 N0(HANCES

NEW LONDON, Conn, Oct. 3U.- The Coast Guard Academy foot ball team beat Worcester Tech 48-0, but Lieut. Johnny Merrimsn, the coach, was just as irked over clipping penalties that nullified two touchdown runs as if it had been a close game.
 Declaring T don't want those penalties to make blockers hesi- tant in the future" Merriman showed his squad moving pictures which, he said, proved that the blockers head was in front of his opponent in each instance when an infraction was called