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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

chief current object of Nazi diplcm- acy
 The address led the British to sup- gest that Hitler was losing confi- dence in his ability to secure a quick victory.
 President Roosevelt said in his brief speech that the United states had fought in the past for It's faith in the Democratic ideals of freedom and that i've are ever ready to fight again." He did not elaborate his rec ference.
 Virginia Gayda, the Fascist com- mentator. asserted that Hitler's ad- dress closed the First cycle of the axis spring offensive" and charged that although Britain is completely isolated she is doing her utmost to bring the United States into the war with the aid of the warmongerlng followers of Roosevelt"
 The Hitler address was reported tersely by the Moscow press with no mention of his friendly references to Turkey.
 Tho Germans said they had mo interest" In Roosevelts speech.
 Tn the Far East Japans Minister Yosuke Matsuoka indicated that he does not plan to come to the United States. He suggested, instead, that President Roosevelt or Secretary of State Cordell Hull come to Japan to gain c better understanding of Japanese intentions.
 In Batavia, protracted Dutch -Jap- anese negotiations were said to have come to an impasse with a 50-50 chance that they would collapse.
 Tn North Africa the British pe- ported heavy dust storms had caused virtual suspension of activity. The German high command said that strong British counter-at attacks at Tobruk had been repulsed.
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tCOntlnued from Page l) vatch's call for help. They notified firemen and policemen. A ladder was lower at Mir. Kelly,s direction and John Phillips, local fireman, and several local policemen, Patrol man George Smith. Walter Lyskie- wicz and Beecher Woodside, rescued Kovatch.
 He was suffering from 0 scalp in- jury and Dr. Victor A. Casela treat- ed him, and then ordered him rec moved to St. Marys hospital, Wat erbury, where x-rays were being taken today to determine whether or not he suffered any broken bones.
 A peculiar feature about the &C., cident was that hsi hat and coat were found on tho bank. To get to the wall, he had to get under or over . railing, and walk several yards.
 Just how long after the accident 1t was before he was found Is not known. He was found about l:30 a. r1l., but my have been uncon- sious for some time. He apparent- ly has only resided here Q short time. He had been employed at . local diner.
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BATTLE AT IRAQ
 YET UNDECIDED
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According to the Cairo commu- nique, British planes bombed an ar- mored train and forced 1t to turn back and in raids on Iraqi gun po- sltions. mechanized units and troop concentrations outside Habbaniyah airdroine, west of Baghdad did severe damage.
 Raids on the Habbaniyah were continued throughout yesterday, the communique said, after the 1raqis had shelled tue airport and caused some casualties among non-com- batantS.
 The foreign office announced that the busted Regent Abdullah Illah had proclaimed from his headquar- ters in Palestine that he was going back to 1raq to restore constitu- tional government" Tn his proc- lamation he urged Iraq! soldiers to remain at their posts peacably to await him.
 He said group Of military ty- rants and other ill-disposed persons bought by foreign gold" had thrust me from my sacred duties as guardian of my nephew your be- loved young king"
 Enemy Planes Hit
 Cairo. May 5-(UP)--The Royal Air Force reported today that Q squadron of British fighters inter- cepted enemy planes attacking Crete and shot down four of them, damaging others.
 In addition to the enemy planes brought down by the RAF, anti aircraft guns shot down several, 1t was reported.
 The air battle over Crete followed a lull in fighting around Tobruk where heavy dust storms were said to have immobilized the Axis forces attacking that besieged Libyan port.
 The RAF said that bomber forces Saturday night carried out another raid on the Benina airdrorne in Libya, causing a number of fires and explosions. Dernas airdrome was also bombed with similar re- suits, the communique said.
 Enemy motor transports and mechanized units. some of them carrying troops, were bombed and machine-gunned in the Maraua area" the RAF said. "A number of transport vehicles were destroyed and others damaged. Casualties were inflicted upon the troops.
 "Other bombers attacked the mil-
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MAYOR WILL SEE
 UNION EMPLOYES
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ment employees demands recently the mayors office announced that this year all city employees would be igven at least one weeks vaca- ton with pay. This will benefit many workers in city departments who have never had vacations In the past.
 City department heads have been advised to arrange their summer schedules so that a weeks free time will be available every worker In every bracket. office workers and higher officials will, as in the past, receive two weeks off with pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
FORMER SHERIFF DIES

Windsor, Conn, May 5-(UP)-- Funeral services will be held We'd nesday for William A. Seymour, 8l, former Hartford county sheriff and state representative, who died sud- denly Sunday.
 Seymour, Q Democrat, was a for rler assessor and member of the East 0fanby board of education. He died at the home of his daughter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Govt. Price Control
 Officials Will Act
Prepared to Block Movement Should New Increases
 of Prices for Food Become at All Evident
BY MERRIKAN SMITH United Press Staff CoFrespondent)

Washington May 5.-(UP) Government price con- O officials studied food prices today prepared to act at to control them should increases become evident
 The cost of food has been rising slowly for several months and has reached the stage where ceilings retail prices seriously considered according to informed officials
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

to have made a daylight attack on the airfield at Mansion yesterday and destroyed a number of planes aground and fired barracks and fuel depots. Armament works Mt Hart1epool also were attacked.
 The high command reported that the Danube Flotilla" had estab- lished mine~free shipping on the Danube river.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

University of Connecticut asking him to restrain agriculture Dean Edwin c. Woodward from speaking in ap- proval of the bill at Woodbury meeting tonight.
 "It is unfair" the telegram said, flor a dean of our university pulp llcly to take sides between two groups of taxpayers and university sup- porters."
 The milk bill was designed to re- organize the states milk control set- up whereby a ike price would be paid to farmers by dealers. but deal- CTS would be placed in competition with each other for the consumer. The pins goal fas lower prices for the consumer.
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FOUR WEEKS OF
 ASSEMBLY LEFT

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DIRECT HITS ON GERMAN WARSHIPS

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GEORGE KOVATCH
 FOUND IN RIVER

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
SICNS:
OF Revolt

Stockholm dispatches that Nor
way was practically in a state of
siege because of serious outbreaks
on the part of the people against
German occupational control were
taken to indicate that the pressure of
the war on the Russian front was
thinning out the German guards and
giving the populations of occupied
countries a chance to strike back.
Some analysts pointed to the fact
that this report closely followed the
intensifcation of the bombing of
Germany and occupied territory by
the Raj, and the opening of the
"V for victory" campaign.
At all events the word from
Sweden was that Norwegian courts
had been put out of business, and
that any offenders against the law
were now being tried in German
courts-martial.
The possibility that there might be
a British invasion of Norway was
seen in a Nazi order that all resi-
dents of coastal, frontier and GER
tain key towns in the interior turn
in their radio sets at once to the
Germans.
Future building of radios or their
sale to any but Germans was said
to have been fatty forbidden.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
RUSSIANS:
SLoiU TEMPO

Most of those who conned the
Russo-German war scene believed
that the Russians had slowed the
German advance down to less than
walk.
A realistic Russian source claimed
1880, 900 German casualties on the
long war front since the attack
started, and closed with these
words: land if our losses have been
greater, what of it,"
That statement gave the picture Of
nation of 172, 0OO, 900 people pretty
well geared for war, willing to fght,
and seemingly possessed OF huge
quantities of arms and ammunition.
It was nearly a repetition Of the
Chinese answer to Japan's attack,
resulting IN a stalemate war now
well into its fifth year, with the pres
ent front little changed in q long
time, and Chang Kai-shek reput-
edly having a larger organized
army on the front than the Japanese
by two or three to one.
The Japanese casualties admitted
ly had been heavy, the Chinese adj
mittedly much heavier-''but what
of it?"
Russian sources were, however,
claiming much more than this. They
were claiming not only the actual
destruction of German division aft
er division; they were asserting that
there was definite Nazi withdrawal
in the central, or Smolensk region,
made necessary by fanking and
"cut-through" movements.
Gloomiest anti-war correspond
entS, some of them far from the
front, pictured the German advance
lines within 100 miles Of Moscow,
but few there were who believed
that there was any real capture of
territory as close to the capital as
that, partly because of the complete
failure of the Nazis to bomb Mos
cow with any effectiveness.
Russia claimed that some of the
Shutdown bombers showed a gaso-
line content that told of having come
from far-distant bases. A real cap
ture of territory within 100 miles of
Moscow would make possible land
ings and take-offs and sustained
flights over the capital.
There was jubilant character in
the Moscow dispatches that could
not be overlooked, and the lack of
detail from German sources, and
the fact that the identical claims
were put forth each day concerning
the identical territories painted a
picture of strong Russian resistance.
The tip-off as to the situation
came from Adolf Hitler's own news
paper, the Voelkischer Beobachter,
which said:
"We have found in the Red army
an enemy who battles with logged
tenacity, who surpasses all previous
opponents in fighting temper.
MANY of us believed that after
the first waving of the German
sword the enemy in the East would
collapse like a colossus on feet of
clay. But the Soviet armies are de-
Tending themselves with logged res
olution, still throwing new material
into the battle"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
DRAFT Law BRINGS ABOUT
HEALTHY ASSOCIATIONS
PATTERSON
tReleased by Western Newspaper Union.

DRAFT LAW BRINGS ABOUT
HEALTHY ASSOCIATIONS
THERE IS A JOB the new army
is doing that may not be realized
by all. 1t is breaking down the class
consciousness that was growing all
too rapidly.
When the poor mans son and the
rich mans son sleep under the same
canvas or occupy adjoining hunks;
when they wear the same kind of
clothing, do the same routine jobs
day after day, they find they are
very much alike. They are both
young men with the same aspira-
tons, much the same likes and dis
likes, both of them human.
They find the top sergeant knows
no distinction between rich and
poor when it comes to naming a
kitchen police detail; that the rich
mans son can go to the guard house
for any infraction of army rules
quite as quickly as the poor mans
son; that in army regulations there
is no rich or no poor-an are sol
dierS.
Out of it all will come many thou
sands of lasting friendships between
the rich and poor. When it is over
and the poor boy goes to factory
job and the rich boy to the office
desk, the friendship formed in the
army camp will continue and will
result in better understanding in
that factory.
Service in the army is making for
better American citizenship that is
fully as valuable as the making of
soldiers. When the emergency is
over, the draft law should be con-
tinued, with the age limit reduced to
% years, so all American boys, rich
and poor, may continue to get &C
quainted. The nation will be strong
er because of such acquaintance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
GASOLINE:
Curfe,U Starts

The gasoline curfew, ordained by
Secretary Ickes at the request and
instance of the oil producers and
dealers in the eastern United States,
was started on short notice, but
seemed doomed to failure, and some
form of rationing seemed certain
to be adopted.
Scarcely anybody except some
few oil dealers and some govern
ment officials believed that the clos
ing of gas stations from z p. m. to
a. m. seven days a week would
accomplish anything except two
things:
1t would throw out of their jobs
some 100000 filling station opera
tives and it would change the gaso-
ine-buying habits of the people of
the affected districts.
Trucks, many of them carting
goods in the national defense, were
to be exempted; also taxicabs, and
the buses, most of which today are
diesel-operated, nearly all carry 20
hours supply of fuel, the curfew not
hampering their operations what
ever.
Ickes expressed hope was that the
curfew would make the populace
conscious of the shortage, and hence
inclined to cooperate in a restricted
use of the fuel.
But most believed it would simply
mean that those taking long trips
would drive by day instead of at
night; and that most city jewellers
using their cars to and from work
and for pleasure driving at night
would see to it that they had full
tank at z %, m,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
STkGE&SCREEMaRADI
By VIRGINIA VALE

Released by western newspaper omoh'
THE Bahama Passage"
i troupe won't soon forget that
picture. They journeyed to Mas
sau and began work in the mid
die of May at Salt Cay, a desc
late island nearby. Aftel .-iat
they worked on other islands, in
caves and finally some of them
worked under water. Edward
Griffith, producer and director,
hied himself to submerged wreck
and went down in diving bell to
officiate while scenes were made OF
Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hay
den (we're assured that they didn't
use doubles!) diving down IL feet
to the ocean floor.
Shooting the underwater scenes
was no small task; it took more than
day to set up the heavy Techni-
color camera inside the diving bell.
Fourteen-year-old Stanley Glenn
ents has already retired twice. A
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
ECONOMIC:
Var OUTSTANDING

Hardly OF secondary importance
to the diplomatic blitzkrieg launched
in the Far East and Pan-America
by the Axis was the worldwide eco
nomic war engaged in by Pan
America, the United States and Brit
ain against the Axis, now more
sternly than ever against Japan.
There were analysts who felt that
the outbreak of war between Ger
many and Russia was directly
caused by the success of the eco
nomic blockade, plus the fact that
Russia either would not or could not
trans-ship sufficient needed goods
from Japan, nor furnish enough of
her own.
Despite the huge losses Of the
British at sea, it was pointed out
that ships sent to the bottom simply
meant goods not reaching England
it did not mean that any of this
material was reaching Germany.
The economic war, therefore, not
only launched the Russo German
war, but also the renewed move by
Germany to attempt to corral the
French fleet, to replace her surface
raiders which were either sunk or
bottled up, with which Germany
might hope to reopen some trade
route now that the Japan-Russia rail
method had been halted by the war.
Other observers saw in the sue
cess of the economic war against
Germany definite sign that Ger
many could not win even if she won
complete victory over Russia with
out one further VICTORIAN actual
taking of the British Isles and with
it the British fleet.
For as long, they said, as the
sea-lanes were open only to British
cargoes, and as long as Axis pow
ers were denied the use of the
oceans, then the needed materials
never could be obtained, even by
the utter conquest of the entire con-
tinent of Europe.
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PHOTO FINISHING
;;ili;as;;i;|
Famous Romance

The romance of Paolo and
Francesca da Rimini in Thir-
teenth-century Italy has been the
subject of more famous music, lit
erature and paintings than any
other true love story, says Col
lier's. Operas include one by
Debussey; symphonic poems in
clude one by Tchaikovsky; poems
include those by Dante and Leigh
Hunt; paintings include those by
Dore, Watts, Rossetti and Cabanel;
and plays include those by dan
nunzio, Pellico, Echegaray and
Maeterlinck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
CONNALLY:
On Foreign Relations

The elevation of Sen. Tom Con-
nally of Texas to the craftsmanship
of the senate foreign relations com
nittee brought forth from the SEN
ate veteran of quarter of a CEN
fury the following brief statement of
policy:
"Our foreign policy must be Wig
ofous and positive. We must not be
truculent, but we must let other ma
tiens know that we have rights we
viii fight to maintain"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
DIPLOMACY:
Var Bitter

It seemed hard to believe that
with 100000 to 100000 human
beings bitterly engaged in death
struggle on the Russo-German
fronts, that battles of diplomats and
economists could stand out in the
important news of the day, but such
indeed was the case.
Germany was engaged in a we'll
defined diplomatic blitzkrieg against
Pan-American solidarity, and many
believed that the entire fabric of
japanese moves in the South Pa
cific were not only Nazi-inspired,
but executed unwillingly by Nippon
in obedience to direct orders from
Berlin.
The effort obviously seemed to be
so to engage the attention Of the
United States at half a dozen diff
ferent points that Americas entry
into the war would be postponed to
the last possible moment.
Or, if that entry could not be
avoided, the Axis intended that the
first attention of the United States
should be directed toward the East
Indies, thus holding our fleet away
from the Atlantic.
There was conceded to be little
change that the outbreak of border
war between Peru and Ecuador, the
attempted Nazi coup in Bolivia, the
ditto in Argentina, and the strained
relations with Mexico were not part
and parcel of gigantic diplomatic,
propaganda and espionage cam
paign against Pan-American soli-
darity.
Though it might be said to have
failed, it nevertheless engaged our
attention for more than a month.
Then came Dakar back onto the
front pages again, with Nazi de-
mand upon Vichy which seemed not
only aimed at bases in Dakar, but
a new effort to enroll the French
fleet as a direct German-Italian in
strument of warfare.
These were big stakes, and the en-
tire trend and sequence of them al
most dwarfed the fighting on the
Eastern front, particularly since it
continued to be difficult to gain any
accurate picture of what was going
on in the active fighting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

program! he and
his Royal Canadi-
ans have won no
end of popularity
contests, so prob
ably you've had
them on your list of
broadcasts that you
want to hear since
they began this Sc
ries on August 2.
Guy plans to intro
duce at least one
new number week
ly which he expects
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

Major BoWeS dis
covery, he landed
an engagement with
a theater manager
in Chicago; home
sickness ended it,
and he went home
to New York. A few
days later he re-
turned to Chicago
and a strep infec-
ton sent him home
once more. Then he
landed in the NOV
ies-in "Tall, Dark
ond uorIconoo -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14
JAPAN:
POurs Men In

Creating the greatest army in
point of numbers in her history, with
100000 men reported called to the
colors, japan was warning of an inn
minent explosion" in the Far East,
and was pouring men and munitions
into Indo-C China.
It was pointed out that large Sec
tons of the Burma road, of Thai
land, of the Dutch East Indies, and
the whole of the Philippines were
soon to be vulnerable to Japanese
bombing raids as soon as the new
air bases are established through
the Franco-Japanese agreement.
The world repercussions were ter
rife, and to each of them Japan's
apparent answer was to become
more and more warlike, more and
more apt to predict that only mill
tary outcome could be looked for in
view Of the economic pressure be-
ing heaped upon her.
The OPM's dictum that the entire
output Of the silk industry would be
needed by the army and navy, pre-
sumably for parachutes sent Amerl-
can women rushing to department
stores to buy up all their stocks.
They asked the women of the ma
ton to "give the producers Of silk
substitutes" a chance to get their
supply lines organized. Meantime
the hosiery industry faced a close
down, and it appeared that ITS, 900
workers might be thrown out of
work.
With Britain, Canada, Australia,
the Netherlands East Indies and
Pan-America cracking down on
trade with Japan, the crisis mount
ed at home and abroad, with the
probability that Japan's mutterings
might soon become something loud
er and palmer before long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-14

While Paramount's testing to find
the right actress for the role Of
Maria" in "For Whom the Bell
Tolls" Ernest Hemingway, the au-
thor, cabled from Cuba that he's
found the perfect solution. She's a
Russian-Spansh girl who looks ex-
actly like the heroine.
If Raymond Massey didn't look SO
much like Abraham Lincoln he
wouldn't have to wear false nose.
He wears 1t in the new DeM1Ile
picture, "Reap the Wild Wind" He
plays a deep-dyed villain, but he
wears the same kind of clothes he's
worn when he played Linssln, and
all Of us have grown accustomed to
thinking Of Lincoln when we see
him In clothes like that. So-he's
wearing q pointed extensioa on his
nose, to make him Ieok properly sin
iSter.
The announcement that Frank
Capra and Robert Riskin, his writ
ing partner, would handle the screen
version of Arsenic and Old Lace"
for Warner Bros. assured the pub
lie that the picture will be a good
one. The sum of $175, 900 was paid
for the motion picture rights to this
very successful and hilarious stage
success, in which Boris Karloff re-
turned to the stage.
Remember Singin' Sam? You
should, though he's one of radio
most unpublished stars. He's been
on the air for IA years, and his re-
corded programs are heard on more
stations than any other program in
America. In fact, it's estimated
that he has more listeners than Jack
Benny-about 100000 a day, the
year round; his "Refreshment
Time" is heard over 227 stations
daily.
ODDS AND ENDS-Cene Au<eys
signed to appear IN the satlimn at the
t<Oo OtBSc2t TO2cO6-tA lVCzC Ofk ma N
Boston Al Pesrce and his gang, ,oho
return to the cir soGUes in October, ,ciu
be starred in Q feature film BY Republic
Saidios John Garfield piolentiy objected
to appearing IN "NeU Ortean: Blues," but
made up s0ith the studio ,ohen he ,0as as
signed to Bridges Are Bull at Nighf"
-. Richard Arlen's starring in series Of
three suiatioH pictures for Paramount re-
Lease And Chester Morris in three
mysteries Maureen OSulIiuan and
Johnny WeismuiLer are housekeeping in a
tree again, for their ne,o ~Tarzan" pic
tt1e.
When the American sailors
marched up the main street of
Reykjavik, Iceland, they saw IA
miliar sight, sign on local movie
theater-"Tonight: Ann Sothern in
Congo Maisie' Hollywood movies
invaded Iceland long ago; there are
about a dozen theaters, and films
reach them about six months after
they are shown here. Clark Gable,
Greta Carlo and Cary Grant top the
popularity list. The pictures are
shown just as they're made for us
without dubbed-in languages or
titles.