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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
Duke of Hamilton Much In-. volved in Hess Visit as
 
 Friend of Germany ALL OUT ATTACK OF NAZIS ALSO INVOLVED
 ,. German Surprise Threat Is Believed to Be Russia's New Move to Nazis
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Edi

NO"Seu AhssD FWAvsSH SNSW~ S~st
 British opinions toward Rudolf Hess was shifting to- day toward the view that the No. 3 Nazi's arrival in Scot- land may have been a part of a deliberate German plot, possibly to touch off a world wide "peace offensive" or for some other motive not yet revealed.
 The London press possibly In. Spired warned sharply against efforts to lioniye Britain's strange visitor and 1t appeared that no ex- tensive official statement on v~tiso Hess affair will be forthcoming at the moment. RS It had been expected that Prime Minister Winston Churchill would offer to parliament, possibly today, m extended outline of the nlyster' ious case. After a midnight coSa- ference with his closest advisors. however, 1t was reported that Churchill decided to postpone any statement In the interests of keeping the Germans in the dark aS long as possible concerning Hess.
 Nothing more than 6 brief state- ment on Hess was expected from Churchill at this time.
 It was denied officially that For. eign Secretary Anthony Eden had talked with Hess and 1t was said no conversation between Churchill and Hess was likely.
 Hamilton Involved
 Hess's initial objective in coming to Britain, it became clear today. was to meet and talk with the Duke of Hamilton, premier peer of scot- land. Three months ago, 1t was re" vealed, Hess wrote Hamilton . let' ter, thought to deal with the line sanity" of war between Britain and Germany and urging efforts for peace.
 Hamilton. the British censorship revealed belatedly, even after the outbreak Of war between Britain and Germany--in October, i939-- expressed the view in a letter to the London Times that, T look forward to the day when 6 trusted Ger. many comes into her own. We will not grudge Germany Lebensraum.
 Thus, the British admitted, Ham. ilton is 6 figure of importance in the Hess affair. second only to the Nazi leader himself.
 According to the British version, the letter Hess wrote to Hamilton three months ago was turned over to the government and Hamilton did not reply.
 We'll Laid Plan
 Those revelations appeared to In. dicate that Hess mission may have been a will-laid plan, calculated to contact clements in Britain friendly
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123 POUNDS OF
 NICKELS TO PAY

Windsor Locks, Conn, May l5- U. s. post office attaches told to- day how Adelard Courtemanche, United Aircraft Corp. employc, came in yesterday with l23 pounds of nickels and purchased 30 Ma tional Defense bonds.
 Courtemanche, 1t was said, was saving nickels to buy an automobile and had reached the sum Of $562,50. Instead of buying the car he bouSAV the &26 bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
French Empire May Be Thrown With Germany
French May Not Join Nazis in War, But Must Obey
 German Demands in Every Other Plan of Hitler Conference
BY RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff Correspondent

NGHlteu ETeSS SttH NUTTcSpOHueutD
 Vichy, France. May 15.--(UP)-- France today was OH the verge of throwing herself and her whole colonial empire, l50 years in the making, into the German economic and political orbit, in the belief that Germany will win the war.
 A basis for negotiations, drawn up by Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan, Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim Won Rib- bentrop at a conference In Berch- tesgaden last weekend, and ap- proved unanimously by the French council of ministers yesterday, was expected to produce quick results.
 It would not require France to jain Germany ill the war, or even to put her fleet or African bases at Germany's disposal, but will require her to cooperate in other matters and to accept the place Germany assigns her in the general European scheme.
 May Free Prisoners
 One of the immediate benefits to France is expected to be the libera- ton of 2500O0 French var prisoners linen needed for farm and mine and other technical jobs. These comprise about one-seventh the number of French war prisoners.
 Darlan also is pressig for modifi. cation of the boundary line between occupied and unoccupied France hoping to have 1t showed back a. far as the Angers-Eyreux- Beauvais. Soissons- Rheims regions, liberatinl Paris and enabling the French gov ernmetn to return there.
 Reduction of the costs of main. taining the German army of occu. (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 MAY IS, 194O
tBy United Press)

(By United Press)
 French war office admitted German forces had broken the Allied Mouse river line and that RrusseIls anC Antwerp were un- der heavy siege.
 Outer Qualifications of the NFaRinOt Line gave way before the German juggernaut.
 Louvain. historic Belgian city, AOmbarded as sharp fighting con- aimmed ln it's vicinity.
 German troops marched peace gnlly Into The Hague.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
NAZI SURPRISE
 IS SOON COMING
Will OvershadOw Hess Mystery Flight; Hitler
 Ignores His Old Friend
BY JACK FLEISCHER United Press Staff Correspondent


 Berlin, May 15-(UP)-Author- ized Nazis said today that German military and diplomatic surprises" would soon overshadow the case of Rudolf Hess throughout the world just as it now is being ignored by the German press and radio.
 The German treatment of the flight of Hess was increasingly to ignore it and the information made available to the foreign correspon- dents in Berlin was sharply cur tailed compared with that of the past two days. The case has not been mentioned by the German press or radio since day before yes- terday.
 This procedure appeared to be based on a desire for the German public to forget 1t as soon as possi- ble Ohe newspapers are emphasizing punishment of persons who listen illegally to the foreign radio) and on the fact that future official com ment will probably depend on what Hess says or does in Britain. (Coutinued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
HITLER KNOWS
 ALL ABOUT HESS
Minister of Labor Bevin Does Not Mince Words
 in Charges
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE JR. 1 United PreaR Htnff f,nrrARnnuAnn

(United Press StaH COrreSpOndent)
 London, May l5-(UP) = dreal Britain officially expressed beliei today that Adolf Hitler knew of the incredible flight Of Rudolf Hess te Scotland and rejected any attempt 10 start . move for peace on AXia terms.
 Attempting to keep the NaZis guessing as to what Hess has said in Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill postponed c formal report on the No. 3 Nazi but he permitted Minister Of Labor Ernest Bevin to Issue statement describing Hess as n murderer" who came with Hitler's Knowledge and declaring that he would not negotiate with the NaZis.
 1T do not believe that Hitler did not know that Hess was coming to England" Bevin said in the first official statement on the subject. Prom my point of view Hess is a murderer.
 "He is no man I would ever ne. gotlate with and I don't change even for diplomatic reasons. I am not going to be deceived"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15

less caused by the comment throughout the state over the ram- ifications of the Waterbury special grand jury.
 The bill, as passed on motion of Senator Joseph F. Cooney, of Hart" ford, with debate, was amended to allow O. person accused of crime by a grand jury to have access to the tran,Eript of his testimony before it..
 It will be recalled that this point was argued many times during the progress of the Waterbury conspiracy trial defense counsel seeking the right to examine the grand jury rec ords and being denied access to the same.
 The amendment passed by the Senate today reads: Provided that any man accused of crime as Q re- suit of such inquiry shall have ac- cess ct all reasonable tirHes 10 the transcript of his own testimony given by him in such inquiry.
 Slight Accident
 State Aviation Commissioner Thomas Lockhart, Jack zaiman, United Press Legislative reporter, and the Rev. F. Dent Lackey, sen- ate chaplain, had narrow escape from injury yesterday afternoon just after taking off at Brainard Field, Hartford, when the commissioners plane engine stalled few feet off the ground. He negotiated Q land ing, lust barely missing the new dike being constructed along the Con- necticut River, but the plane was 50 badly damaged 1t probably will be junked. None of the occupants was injured, although MT. zaiman was reported by colleagues In the Legisla- ture today to be suffering from Q case of nerves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
Superior Court
 Judge, Referee To Misunderstanding
State Referee Also Included in Plan 10 Prevent Repet ton of Scenes That Took Place in Local
 Conspiracy Case
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative Reporter)

State Capitol Hartford, May IS. - The Senate today passed the bill which would allow Superior Court Judge or State Referee to conduct investigations now custoary turned over to grand es such as acted in the probe Of Waterbury's municipal affairs. The has been pending for some time and believed to have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
London Press Warns People Against Lionizing Of Hess
Senator Wheeler Believes Flight
 Of Hess Has Shaken Nazi Morale
Suggests That President Roosevelt Seize Occasion to Propose Negotiated Peace; This Brings Out
 Discussion of Many Reasons for Flight
BY LYLE c. WILSON Limited Press Staff CorresDonden ent)

WASHINGTON, May IS. - (UP) -- Senator Burton K Wheeler Democrat Montana suggesting that the flight of Rudolf Hess from Germany has shaken German morale proposed today that President Roosevelt seize the occasion to propose negotiated peace Wheeler leader of the nterYentonst congressional bloc accompanied his sugges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-15
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 16 (UP)-Gov. ernment expenses ana receipts for the current fiscal year through May 13th, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $10,66S, ,9l0,S03.13 $S,257,s62,252.76
 Receipts s 6,12s,ss4,14s.Os s4,ss7,44s.ss4,2S
 Gross Deficit s 4,5ss,57s,s57.o5 ss,ssO, ,4ls.Sss.4s
 Net Deficit 5 4,4ss,sse.so7.OS ss,17s,s1s,5ss.4s
 Cash Balance 2 2,sl5,sos, ,s0O.36 ,262,4s2, ,0ss.2t
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The Weather

Cloudy, Cool Tonight; Friday, Cloudy, Mild
 Full WeaGher Report Page 2
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
BY TOM MACDONALD,
The American Weekly Special Correspondent,
Johannesburg. - A

johannesburg, -. n
rHE ACHING sun pours pitllessly on the
secret rFarc Of MadjaU Rain Queen 81
the BaWcuda tribe in Letaha Northern
Transvaal The. sky. palid cloudltss. covers
land crumbling with drought \ few cattle
ribs stretching their scabby hides. low pain
fully muzzles raw with vain search for mois-
ture on the baked veldt
And Madjajt impassve sits among her
councillors, patient black eyes searching the
empty waiting.
The land Of the MadlaJ was always the
good land. where grass. lush and juicy, grew
to tho full bellies of fat cattle Trees We're
heavy with leaves and two crops came 20 the
tillers every season. Upon the harvcsts Of
this fertile country depended the fame of the
Rain Queen.
But now dust covers the veldt The land
is parched The streams are dried up Cattle
die and the people arc dry with fever. In the
memory Of the oldest men there has not been
such a drought And outside the r'gare the
chiefs wait patiently for kam-kam mutt train
medicinel But they wait in vain Some won
der II the power Of the Rain Queen is gone
II no rain comes her rule viii be al an end
Not only her rule is threatened but the lives
Of all her councillors and her subjects.
Thin times" mourn her councillors, shak-
ing grjzzled heads
But Msdjaji stares past them.
The springs are dry Where may we
battle q" wall the maidens
And all look 10 where the sacred palms Of
the Madjaii stand against the sky their stiff
fronds rstlng like tho whisper of doom IN
a hot wind For when those palms die then
Will die the Bawcnda
Perhaps even the Rain Queen doubts her
power.
Her story has been told in The American
Weekly OF how she marries unofficialy
For a King can never rule the r'garc OF
Letaba There must always be a Queen And
the Madjaji has NO DAUGHTERS
a few weeks ago l rode out Of Duivels
koof to the compound Of the Madjaj
The road was thick with red dust that
gritted acridly between my teeth Vultures
Tapped heavily from roadside trees, their
filthy feathers sinking in the heat Every
donea was dry and filled with rocks, and
ahead the Drakcnsbcrg range lifted, black as
lava in purple haze
drum suffered as l climbed the dusty
trail and grass bleached white crumbed
against my boots The pool outside the r'gare
was dry and scummy and no slim, brown
maidens ran laughing for their blankets at
the white mans coming
The ground Of the Rain Queens compound
was swept clean as a ballroom floor, and in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

the shade Of palm matches old women pounded
corn.
And Moneu. the fat one who called HIM
self Prime Minister to the Queen. Numbered
on his leopard skin kaross silent and tight
Tipped
At last on the verandah Of her European
house ! was allowed 10 see the Queen she
had aged Her hair was snow white but her
face still naughty and her old, wizened
councillors fidgetted under her gaze Moncri
acted as interpreter.
The Queen knelt on her mat, blanket over
one shoulder, bangles on arms and ankles
! asked If she were angry with the rain
clouds Had she lost the magical gray feather
of the rain-brd?
She stared and her black eyes bored
through me
L have lost nothing she said through the
fat one Drought comes because the people
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

sin, because my people
learn the ways Of white
men. Some Of them
are evil ways They
break the laws Of our
nation "
Overcoming my dis
co m fort under her
blank scrutiny, l asked
bluntly
Can you bring the
rain p"
There was a shocked
gasp as Moneri trans
lated.
The Madjaji rose and
| was astonishcd at her
height. She stood tall
as a Zulu. robe draped
like the toga of AFRO
man senator. staring
over the parched brown
earth. She hesitated.
hands clenching and
unclcnching.
only God can bring
the rain" she said, and
even Moneri CAPPED.
How can God be kind
20 men who are at war ?
Great cities are heaps
Of rubbish. There arc
loCusts with stings in
the skies. Fire falls
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

power and in the knowl-
edge that it would be
passed on to her daugh-
ter N'dodini Then her
older son, Fatudi, went
away 10 the gold fields
of johannesburg and
learned the evils Of
strong drink one
day he was found dying
IN agony from wood
alcohol The queen
made sacrifices of
fowls and cattle TO
save the young man
but il was too late. She
hid the fear that the
gods were veXed and
conferred her hopes on
her daughter.
Bawenda custom is
that the Rain Queen
must not marry, and if
her daughter marries
she must renounce all
hopes TO the throne.
But N'dodini. strong
daughter of a strong
mother, fell in love
with a young common
or from another tribe.
Fearful Of her mother
she eloped
The MadJaji tried to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

would he as nothing, and the Rain Queen and
her followers would die most painfully if her
people knew her power was less than the dust
devils on the drought-stricken veldt.
l wonder if the Rain Queen through all
those turbulent years has come to believe in
her powers. Or if she fears that her reign Is
finished. She has no daughter, And she dares
not sacrifice as once she did, for the Rooineks
the British, are too inqusitive Rumor in the
kraals has it that the British would like the
excuse of failure to bring rain 10 depose her
for her methods have often clashed with the
white mems laws.
Years ago MadJaji was happy-for a while
In those days she was younger and beautiful
And at night her familiar a fat, young man
with artful eyes often visited the kraas 10
bring her stalwart husbands She had a son
and daughter And when the girl child was
born the rgare echoed TO the shouts of re-
joicing tribes folk, the drums doomed, cattle
were slaughtered and great dances raised the
dust for miles around. And then a younger
son came TO her
The Queen grew older. content in her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

from the skies Guns talk louder than thunder
and fare from their threats is wilder than
lightning. God Furnishes the world. There is
no peace earth in the skies"
She turned and STROBE into the house.
60 She Elephant. O, Daughter of the
Water Calabash!" muttered her councillors
The Madjaj has given you the answer"
stated MOnen.
rs there no other answer 20
He made a clicking noise in his throat,
which is the Bawenda way Of Struggling
our grain pits are full. We are like ants"
he said
On my way back TO Duives Kloof l met
dusty anxious supplcants for kam-kam mutt.
And / knew that~they would return painfully
10 their kraals believing the story the Rain
Queen had told me.
II is perhaps we'll that the Rain Queen
can use the World War as an excuse for the
Smyrna times., 1941-10-30

Pearl Emily Pippin, Robert Pippin;
third, Macs Queen o. Hearts, Mr..
McCrackin. Best breed, Gregory's
Toby.
Pointers, puppies: First, Jud,
Clifford Clark, Kenton. Dogs, first,
Pat, c. D. Goodrich, Dover. Bitch
es, Penzance Spice, Harry Jackson,
Dover. Best of breed, Penzance
Spice.
Irish settlers, puppies: First, Lady,
Beatrice j. Townsend, Camden.
Dogs, first Michael O'Neill Flag,
Miss M. Catherine Sullivan, Wash
ington, ID. c.; second, Prince, John
Henry Mcdonnell. Michael O'Neill
Flag also won second award in the
mixed class for English and Irish
settlers.
English settlers, dogs: First, Blue
Freckles of ROCKFORD, l.. Wilson
Davis, Baltimore; second, Penzance
Buccaneer, Isabelle H. Jackson;
third, Penzance Joe, same owner.
Bitches, Brown Freckles of Rock
boro, Mr.. Davis, second, Betty l..
w. Zychlinski, Dover; third, Pen
zance Hope, Billy Hughes, Dover.
Best of breed, Brown Freckles.
Chesapeake Bay retrievers, pup
pies: First, Dad of Clayton, DR.. R.
w. Comegys, Clayton; second, Jer-
ry, DR.. Floyd P. H. Moore, Dover;
third, Mac, DR.. w. L. Parrott, Do
yer. Dogs, Duck Creek Chris, ]. c.
Goldsborough, Smyrna; second, Big
Chief, William c. Holden, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-30
GAS TAX BILL
PASSES BILLION
Delaware Motorists Miss Bill
lion Dollar Breathless
Moment in 1941
PASSED ON SEPT. 18TH

Delaware motorists this year
failed to receive the customary
advance warning of the "'Billion
Dollar Breathless Moment" which
falls each year on the day when
the nations gasoline tax bill pass
es the billion-dollar mark. THE
speed-up in gasoline taxes this year
was so fast that the motorists of
the nation paid out billion dollars
in such levies before anybody real
lied it." said Mr.. H. V. Daniel, Sec
retary, Associated Petroleum In
dustries of Delaware. "The billion
dollar breathless moment this year
fell on September 18, or two
months earlier than last year. Mo-
torists first observed the breathless
moment on December Is, 1889, the
first year that revenue from state
and federal taxes on motor fuel hit
the billion dollar mark. Motorists
and other highway users, as well
as service station operators, were
called upon to pause moment on
that day in observance of the event.
Last year the moment moved up
month and was celebrated on No
vember Is. This year." continued
Mr.. Daniel, because of the higher
federal talk on gasoline, plus in
creased use of passenger cars and
trucks in defense activities, the
date jumped up two months and
had passed before the date was
announced.
Delaware and other motorists,
however, will have plenty of time
to be breathless over gasoline tax
es during the balance of the year.
In 1889, the first year that the ma
tion's gasoline tax revenue reach
ed the billion dollar level, a total
of $1,031 ,650,000 was collected in
state and federal gasoline taxes.
This year, it is estimated $780,
100000 in gasoline taxes will be
taken from the pockets of the ma
tion's motorists. An increase of
$500, 100000 in their annual tax
bill in three years should be enough
to make the motorists breathless
any time they think of it,"
Smyrna times., 1941-10-30
Infantile Virus
COunteracted by
Quick Treatment

INTO disease frightens parents
In as much as infantile paraly-
sis. But the disease is compara-
lively rare and its dread after
effects can be largely minimized or
frequently eliminated entirely by
prompt and effective measures.
This reassuring message from
Maxine Davis, the worlds fore
most reporter on medical subjects,
appears in an up-to-the-minute
discussion of the disease in the
August issue of Good Housekeep-
ing magazine. Infantile, Miss Davis
says, is caused by virus, an organ
ism so small that it cannot be seen
through a microscope. Doctors be-
lieve that it usually enters the body
through the upper part of the nose
or the intestinal tract, and that
once it has gotten into the spinal
cord, it attacks the cells that act as
storage batteries for the nerves,
which go out like electric wires to
the muscles.
But the chances of contracting
infantile are small, Miss Davis re-
ports. There were fewer than 10000
cases last year and only small
fraction were fatal. Actually, ac-
cording to the Good Housekeeping
article, the label "infantile" is mis-
leading, because it occurs in adults
as well.
The symptoms, says Miss Davis,
are mild fever, upset stomach, per-
sistent headache, and a rapid pulse.
Then, when the temperature drops,
the paralytic stage sets in. 1t is
impossible to tell what portion of
the body will be paralyzed, but if
terrific pain is suffered in some
portion of the body, it is probable
that that area will be affected.
Miss Davis says frankly that
doctors do not know how to con-
troll infantile. But once it is dag
nosed, an orthopedic specialist
should be called in Immediately, for
Vic PioiuPIilSoo WIFI WulCfl yOu dCG
may make all the difference in the
world to the patient. In most cases,
the orthopedist will place the pa
tient in splints if there is any evil
dence of paralysis or muscle weak
ness. These splints are designed to
hold the muscles of the body in a
position as nearly neutral as pos
sible. Drugs and serums are not
used in treating the disease, but
special treatment known as phisio-
therapy consisting of supervised,
exercise, heat, and massage are
prescribed to maintain muscle tone.
Infantile treatment is not to be
had inexpensively, Miss Davis
points out, but the federal gov
ernment, under the Social Security
Act has appropriated money for
the care of all crippled children,
including victims of paralysis. The
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, located at 120 Broadway,
New York City, is another agency
which supplements the services Of
local and federal governments.