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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
BRITISH ARMY IS
 BADLY BATTERED
Ragged and BlOOd.S Stained Men Struggling Ashore
 From Battle of Crete
BY RICHARD D, MCMILLAN United Press stan COrrespondent)

Cairo, June 2 --- tU,P) -- Blood. stained, ragged, their wounds cov- cd by dirty bandagcs, many Of them without shoes, troops of the British Imperial army in Crete came back today to toll of fields filtered with dead and towns levoled in Q unique and ferocious battle,
 Unlike the British troops who got back from Dunkirk and Greece, they were grim, unsmiling, the memory still fresh in their minds of days and nights of fighting Wth- out sleep or food, and of the com rades, some close friends since boy. hood, whom they had left behind dead, wounded or, isolated and with ali hope of escape gone, still fight. ing doggedly in the hills of central Crete.
 The battle of crete had been Q mad struggle in which the Imperial and Greek troops, overwhelmingly outnumbered, had fought to the last and had evacuated from open beaches In the British destroyers which went again and again under the merciless attack of German planes and emerged with men crowded closely on their decks,
 Truck drivers, cooks, Bignalnen, engineers, alr force ground crews had seized what weapons they could get and joined the combat troops trying Co stave off the Germans air- borne troops who came by thou- sands day after day.
 DleA Llke F1les
 "T'hey died like flies, but still they camO," n soldier said.
 "You would hardly recognize Crete now, The villages are heaps of dust and rlbble and the valleys, hills and fields are covered with rot. ting bodies Canea was wiped of the map in the first few days"
 A Royal Ar Force ground crew man, one of many who had grab. bed q rife and joined in the fight, told me he had bayonetted three Germans.
 Tho hospitals were wrecked The troops who came back had been hastily bandaged at field dressing stations which were under constant machine gun fire from German planes and troops
 The evacuation had been going on for several days. Major General D. c. Freyberg, the commander in chief, had directed the last organ- ized fights and had drawn up evac- uation plans In cave In which he had established his last headqunr- ters.
 British ships had steamed back and forth between Crete and Egypt under the protection of Royal Air Force planes.
 Troops went to secret rendezvous and embarked at night under the fire of the German planes which sought them out.
 The Germans had control of the entire north shore of the island and the Imperial trops were withdrawn to beaches on the south coast, leav- ing rear guards to hold the Ger mans at passes in the interior.
 British warshipB went In under murderous German airplane fire to take off men who had been hidden in hills along the coast or were sheltreed on beaches and in seaside caves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Germany probably would spend from S20,000, ,000. 900 to S2S, ,0oo, ,0o6, 900, Italy may be e2.000. 900 900 and Japan @ BOO, 900, ,000--an Axis total of ct least sao, ,000. 900, 900.
 "It b clear that we must move faster" May sGid in . radio address yesterday. "T'hlH is A war of equipment and materiel rather than brute manpower. If wo were to achieve an annual e40,000 900 900 armament program, wO should Do doing in proportion to our strength no more than Canada or England or Germany are doing now. Tn view Of President Roosevelts declaration of our national purpose, tho ques- tion is whether we can justify doing less"
 Prices on oil commodities are be- Ing studied because of recent price increases in All phases of the indus try, R price control official said. fn- dustry representatives havev attrib. uted the increases to shortages of transportation facilities but price of- flcials believed huge army and navy purchases "had something to do'' with the price structure.
 Army, Navy OH Contracts
 The army and navy signed con- tracts last week with private oil companies totaling eiT,O2T, 700 for an undlsclosed amount Of high and low test gasoline and fuel oil for Diesel engines.
 Defense ofiicials and Secretary of Interior Harold l.. fckes, who has been appointed defense oil csar" by President Roosevelt, will confer tomorrow with . special committee appointed by the American Petro- leum Institute Co inventory avail- able rail and water transportation facilities on the east coast and to discuss price increases.
 The president has ordered 1ckes to insure that the supply of petro- leum and It's products will be accom- modated to the needs Of the nation and the defense program" Ickes has forecast an era of gasoline-iess SsiTi- days.
 Pipelines Discussed Oil industry and defense 0fiicials are expected to discuss the possihll- ity of greater utilization of existing pipelines. the repair of Idle railroad tank cars and the elimination of split csrgoes carried by the remain- ing tankers. Legislation providing for . 1500-mile pipeline from east Texas to New York City Is expected to be called for House consideration by mid-week. Construction would take nine months.
 Studies are being made of recent price increases on petroleum pro- ducts in the New England. mid-At- lantic and Pacific coast states, s price ofiicial said. A price schedule on the whole industry is mot Ilke-- ly." 1t was said. unless producers and distributors fail to comply with special recommendation
 Eastern gasoline companies al- ready have been asked by price con- trol administrator Leon Henderson to warn the office Of price adminis- tratlon and civilian supply Of "any anticipated" price increases. It was believed that Hendersons otllct would refuse any plea for pga@ raises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
ALABAMA CHECKS MALARIA

Montgomery. Ala.--(UP)-Malaria deaths in Alabama last year show cd . decrease of 26 over the pre- ceding year, the total being 202.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Bahia. HraEA. shipped over 2b.- OO0 tons 0f castor beans ta the United states lest year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
CRIMINAL COURT
 OPENS TOMORROW

Rev. Donald J. OI,eary, assistant pastor of the Church of the Im- maculate Conception. will deliver an invocation at the opening of the criminal term of Superior Court at 10 a. m. tomorrow.
 Tn line with the accepted prac- tice Of past years, Father oLeary has been selected. At various other times clergyman representing the various faiths. Catholic. Hebrew and Protestant. have spoken at the inception of the session.
 STUDENTS ON 24-HOUR BASIS
 Moscow, Ida. --(UP)--- Defense training, like defense industries, is on an around -the-clock basis. At the University of Idaho. three eight hour shifts are being provided for training Of students in arc welding. Al oaiIani's air force in one week. 46 while aground and the remainder by fighters.
 On other middle eastern fronts Syria, Buez. Sicily and Crete--losses included 37 said to have been brought down by fighters. N by anti-aircraft fire and 72 were re- ported destroyed aground, major ity of them at Crete.
 A general headquarters com inunique said that British Imperial troops had "again been active" in the Tobruk and sollum areas.
 British mopplng-up operations were Aaid t0 be continuing in the lakes area of Ethiopia. so,lth Of Ad- dis Ababa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
HITLER CONFERS
 WITH MUSSOLINI

tContlnued from Page D Nazi air-borne offensive in Crete.
 It came as axis commentators predicted Q powerful axis offensive shortly will Do aunched from the Libyan- Egyptian frontier directed against the Huox Canal while British commentators urged aggressive ac- ton to foreStall German occupation of Syria and to protect Cyprus and other middle eastern positions.
 The identical German and Italian communicates on the Hitler-Mtis- solinl conference, however, made no mention of military disclissi0ss and emphasized that political questions were uppermost. There was no men- ton of military advisers participRt- Ing in the meeting which was at- tended, as is customary, by the axis foreign ministers, Joachim Won ltib- bentrop and Count Qaleazz0 Ciano.
 AS is almost customary the coM- muniques gave no clue to the ac- tual nature of the axis discussion.
 There has been no reported meet. Ing between Hitler and Mussolini since last January and 1t seemed likely that e multitude of axis prob- lems have arisen for discussion.
 Much Has Happened
 Since the last meeting, Germany has overrun Jugoalavia. Greece and Crete and there have been elaborate but not yet completely realized plans for the division of the Bal- kans. Italy has gotten c large share of the Dalmatian coast and has placed an Italian prince on the new throne of Croatia.
 It has been reported in some quarters that Italy, in return for her large slice of Jugoslayia and as contribution to ETanco-0 German collaboration" has given up most of the territorial claims she sought to press against France.
 Since Hitler and Muss0lini last met. great strides have been made in realization of the German ainbi- ton to obtain an intimate degree of collaboration from France and. as q result. Franco-Hrttish relations have deterlorated.
 It seemed likely that Hitler and MusA0lini discussed both political questions, dealing with the axis plans for organization Of Europe, and military questions dealing with an imminent new axis offensive in the Middle East.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
BRITAIN MUST
 ACT IN SYRIA

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
HOLIDAY DEATHS
 APPROACHING 500

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
HOLY PONTIFF .4 ISSUES APPEAL

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Evening star., 1941-01-19
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
THE EYES OF THE ARMY

own lone shot," or three-lens aerial
color camera, and even in their port
able field Laboratories the men can
produce finished color prints in thirty
to forty minutes "a task that takes
the skilled amateur several hours.
Obviously, color photographs are
marvellous for spotting camoufage.
And when you see experts pick out a
hidden gun emplacement in forest
because the picture shows that certain
foliage has been burned brown by the
muzzle blasts - well, you realize that
the camoufage boys will have to go
back to the beginning and start over.
Today the aerial-photography corps
is exploiting its advances in equipment
and technique with a spirit of daring
unsurpassed by any other arm of the
service. In fact it could not be less
than daring. for your aerial observer
is fair game for everybody - to be
pursued by enemy fighters from above
and bombarded by ground batteries
Evening star., 1941-01-19

pictures that are virtually as perfect
as ones made in broad daylight.
Using parachute fash bomb loaded
with thirty-two pounds of magnesium
powder Compared to the teaspoonful
you used to use for those flashlight
shots at home), the night camera is
equipped with photoelectric cell syn
chronizlng the shutter with the flash.
The opening of the parachute actuates
fuse that explodes the bomb in
about seven seconds; the first flicker
of light striking the electric eye opens
the shutter, and when the flash reaches
its peak of intensity, the camera is
already wide open to record the pic
ture. From 5000 feet they easily.cover
square mile of territory in a 7x9
negative.
The Air Corps photographers (there
are twenty-seven of them with each
reconnaissance squadron) have accom-
plished many other significant things
in the peaceful interim since the last
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Not Much Like 1918

WHEN the boys get to taking pic
lures farther than the eye can see, you
may gather that they are good. In
deed, in both equipment and in skill
they have come long way from 1918,
when they were sardined into open
cockpit planes with so little room that
they had to sit on their makeshift
cameras as they shot through inn
provised holes in the floor.
Another significant development is
in the application of color to aerial
work. The Air Corps has perfected its
Evening star., 1941-01-19

CClENCE has proved there are certain
- food elements every person needs TO
maintain health. If there aren't enough of
them in the foods we eat, serious things
can happen.
For example, if your child doesn't get
enough Vitamin A, his growth will be
stunted If he doesn't get enough Vitamin
B, his apperites bound to fail Loss of weight
accompanied by nervousness may follow.
And so il goes. A shortage of Vitamin d
interferes with normal development of
bones and teeth. A shortage of Iron i'm
poverishes the blood.
Ovaltine supplements a child's diet with
those elements most likely TO be lacking
a sort of insurance" against food dehcien-
cies that retard normal growth and de-
velopment.
Ovaltine has always furnished a wide
variety of important food elements neces-
Evening star., 1941-01-19

from below. Indeed, at the beginning
of this war, British photographers
were knocked down like flies until
they switched from slow planes to
modern fighter ships. And in our own
Air Corps every expert photographer
is also an expert gunner with ma
chine gun only two feet from his
camera
Peppered by antiaircraft, harried by
hostile pursuit planes, numbed by the
cold, jostled by lurching ship, your
military cameraman is not engaged in
any Photographic picnic. So severe is
the nervous and physical strain that
two hours is the maximum time trained
men can stand it without losing
efficiency; they are never sent up more
than once a day except in great
emergencies.
But they grit their teeth and go
merrily on clicking their shutters be-
tween furtive glances for approaching
trouble. For they are the eyes of the
Army. Without them our marvellous,
mechanized war machines would STUN
BILE along in blindness.
The End
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Continued from pose four

war One OF their most spectacular
feats was their pioneering in infrared
photography, which eliminated in a
famous shot of Mt. Shasta taken from
a plane 33l miles away on a day when
the visibility was less than 100 miles.
This picture covers such a vast ex-
panse that it clearly shows the curva-
ture of the earth's surface.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
HOW THE new IMPROVED OVAITINE
Hz5%dv%m~shIzaAlem5Hz0ME

sary to robust health. But the netV, imbroped
Ovaltine has been enriched in every one of
the rarer vital food elements-the precious
Vitamins A, B and D and the minerals Cal
cium, Phosphorus and Iron.
For example, three glasses of the new
Ovaltine-made with milk according to
directons-furnish your child with his es-
timated faH daily requirement of Vitamins
B and G. And all the Calcium, Phosphorus
and Iron he needs.
1t also supplies more than u of all the
Vitamins A and D that your child needs.
This is enough 10 make practically certain
that-together with his regular meals-he
will get all of these rarer protecting" food
elements he requires.
Soft your child tends to be thin and
nervous-start giving him new, enriched
Ovaltine. Results may surprise you. Get a
tin today.
Evening star., 1941-01-19

telephoto which will make seven
inch picture of the George Washington
Bridge from an altitude of five miles.
Then they gradually work up to the
toughest phase of the course, mosaic
mapmaklng in the laboratory and,
later, in portable field laboratories
Usually the class is assigned to col
lective job the mapping of county,
for example, in which each individual
has his particular role. Roughly, the
procedure is for Photographic plane
to fly in predetermined straight line
while the cameraman, guided by his
altitude and the focal length of the
lens, sets the automatic mechanism of
the camera to snap an unbroken Sc
quence of pictures of the territory
below
This is termed strip reconnais-
sance." And as the plane completes
one flight line, it flies back over
parallel line to shoot another strip,
and SO on, Unless, of course, time is
factor - in which case two, three or
more planes might fly abreast and do
the whole job at once.
The students then learn how to
group all these single strips in mosaic
assembly," plunging into the intrica-
cies of polyconic projection and
dozen other sprightly little details.
Through all this training the Air
Corps demands accuracy, uniform
quality and fast work. No going out
with two or three dozen films and
hoping to get one good shot - no
going back for retakes - no waiting
until the light conditions are ideal: it's
gel 1t noto and make ii sndpbyi
And "snappy' means just that. It's
routine stuff for these lads to develop
and fix negatives in sixty-five seconds
and have finished print two and one
half minutes later. Recently several
high-ranking Army officers visited the
school on an inspection tour. As they
came down the walk toward the labo-
ratory, one of the students snapped
their picture, unbeknownst to them.
When they left the building about ten
minutes later, they were astonished to
see an l1xl4 enlargement of the group
hanging on the wall near the door.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Mosie With Mops

lHE aerial-photography course cul-
inmates in some very intensive work
in the Interpretation of aerial pictures
"a neat speciality all by itself. To the
layman. vertical aerial shot is pretty
meaningless, but an expert will tell
you what kind of crops are growing in
field - or even what species of tree
predominates in forest - just from
the gradations of the grays in the
print. Measuring shadow and noting
the time of day recorded on the print,
they'll tell you the height of any given
structure in the picture. Even objects
whose protective coloring fools the
eye can be picked out by the shadows
they cast on the ground. Thus camel
corps on the desert, which might blend
perfectly with the sand, is unmistak-
ably revealed by shadows.
In short. reading an aerial photo
graph is just as specialized as reading
an X-ray picture. This faint fuzz up
here means barbed wire to the skilled
eye; this harmless looking crescent is
poorly camoufaged gun pit; these
tracks mean trouble because they go
into this thicket but don't come out
any place. And a strange thing about
tracks. incidentally, is that they can
often be picked up by an aerial camera
when it is impossible to find them by
walking over the very ground where
they lay. Thus tanks or ammunition
trucks, surreptitiously moved at night.
may leave their telltale autographs
for the aerial cameraman simply be-
cause those on the ground see nothing
to obliterate.
Even camouflage can be penetrated
by the camera when prints in pairs are
put in the modern version of Grand
mas stereoscope, giving that breath
taking third dimension. Likewise ef-
forts at concealment are revealed by
the shrewd employment of films with
varying degrees of color correction;
for instance, by the use of special
filters which disclose the presence of
paint where paint isn't supposed to be.
Of course, the increased efficiency
of aerial observation during the last
war soon resulted in a universal effort
to make all troop, supply and ammu-
milton movements under the cover of
darkness. With this in mind, the
United States Air Corps embarked on
a series of experiments in night pho
tography which covered period of
twelve years. And today they are
equipped with marvelously simple
camera development for making night
Evening star., 1941-01-19

IMPORTANT Please understand that improved Ovaltne far
more Just vamns and minerals
gasul furnishes number of valuable
special combination found n any ordinary food.
the bring about
very rapid energy Another feeling
Still another absolutely essential muscle and sin
These few of the why Ovatne is known
to thousands a the ideal protecting fooddrink.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-08
Japanese Publication Says
Cermany's Defeat Assured

il-foundsd plans have h~en de.
feated. u does mean that by the
end Of the third year. the finish
Of the horrible carnage should be
within the grasp n tho allies"
However well Adolf Hitler may
have thought he planned q march
to world domination. 1T II now
quits apparent that even no 10
fallibls," News Week said.
The end Of the second year
finds an expanded Royal Air force
attacking at will vital spots In
Germany and occupied France" II
said.
The subsequent failur. 10 drive
British shipping from the Atlantic
must have been more bitter yet
. perhaps no less disheArtsnins
to the chancellor CHitlerD u the
slow progress being made in an
attempt TO subJugats the mighty
Red army OF the Soviet union"
The previous issue OF News
Week. on Aug. 30. had urged that
American and japanese states
men get together In a spirit Of
"oompromiss and Cancellation and
try 10 bridge IN. bottomiess
chasm" between the two countries
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-08
Assign Mediator
In Mill Strike

Less than ~ hours after eerfifi.
cation ~ the labor dispute that
shut down the extensive pisrcs
county logging and mill oper-
atoms 81 ths Pacific National
Lumber Co earlier this week.
Federal Conoiiator VI y Jack
son has Dsen assigned 10 mediate
tho disagreement. II sss an
rouneed saturday.
Some $40 msmbsrs Of tbs IAsm.
Der 4 ssHmiii WORKERS union
lAFLl struck against ths com
Ysny because q az alleged breach
u contract. whereby the eom-
pany arbitrarily refused 10 sbifs
By terms of a ~sfs scale obtained
IN Industry ~1as negotiations last
March.
The company 10 sndsTsso1d 70
hold a number - "dsf.nss orders.
Principally tlnbsrs for naval con-
,inletion. ana mediation pfoossd-
irss are expected 20 ps commanded
early neat vssk
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-08
Fail 10 Set
Trial Date

Assignment of trial for John
~ Van wagner. charged ~i'h at
tempted grand larceny. -ss pos'
pon.d until Monday Al 10 . m.
~ Juds. E NJ. Card In risrcs
county superior soar, saturday
Scheduled for sssixnmsn, sat
urdsy, 'hs cas-. sss st over ~
Judge Card because Van WaEs
n.rs attorney. sam cfippsn, sss
rot In eauft a. tns time Judge
Card Was ready 10 msss ,ns
assignment
crippen had been In eesift
earlier bit lsft bef0rs the Van
wagner ease vas called in order
10 keep an appointment !, -.
the first assignment dsy u The
fan term and tho Van wagner
case, ~sll down on the doesss.
vas not called until shortly esf0fs
MON.
Prosecutor Thor Tollsfson ssssd
N. court that tins earliest possinls
trial date 10 sst. bt, Jsiass Card
..la b. woasid not assign the cass
,or trial without enppsn cssns
present
DE Instructed TDiisfssn % ~
form cuppsn ths, his pfss%s.ss
sould 10 required n saast hsshF
cay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-08
What Maxi Victory Would Mean 10 Americans !,
In-iaIlmest VIII
HTTLEn'S BARTER METHODS

Americans who believe ne might come 10 some sort af
satisfactory trade relations with victorious Germany
might study the American Commeres Hullstin Of
March l9d published by the Board Of Trade Tor German
American Commerce. New York.
On page three appears lead editorial German. Amer
lean Relations the Crossroads Part of this
follows
Germany, with population Of more than one
hundred million people. could easily buy from the
United States each year three To four million bales
of cotton large quantities of wheat, lard. canned
meat, fruits copper. and great variety Of finished
products IL reasonable and normal trade relations
could once be established between both eoun-
tries VIII American wheat farmers. cotton growers,
and fruit producers be given the opportunity 70 es-
port again when the restoration Of peace will 1essr
most OF Europe bare and In vital need OF thsss
essentials -
This is the sort of propaganda German business circles
have been giving us for years
Unfortunately for these hard. working German pvcpa
gandss In New York their magazine contains paHs
twelve official article sent from Bsrin and signed
Erich Neumann, secretary Of state In the ministry n
seonomcs-ous of the responsible heads Of the knsi
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