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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
ITALIAN REQUEST
 CAUSES TROUBLE
$2O,OOO Willed to Towns in Italy; Held Up By
 Providence Judge

Providence, R. l., May 6-(UP)-- Superior Judge Charles A. Walsh who barred transfer Of bequests totaling $20,000 to two Italian towns because the money might bt turned against the bodies of Amer. lean boys" said today he expected to stand by his decision.
 His statement was made in an. sWer to criticism of Italian news papers and radio stations which charged him with arbitrarily holding up the transfer ito satisfy his hatred against Italy"
 Judge Walsh said that unless he received explicit orders from Secre. tary Of State Cordell Hull he would withhold the money for the dura- ton. He said Hull had been chosen q trustee in the will Of the late Rev Alexander Mercer of Newport but declined the appointment.
 The sum was bequeathed to char. ities in the Italian towns Of Perugia and Assist under terms of the will. When Vinccnzo VerderoSa, acting Italian vice-conSlil, recently tried to collect the money, Judge Walsh said he was not going to send American money to Italy to be used to make bullets and machines of war that might be turned against the bodies of American boys"
 Ordinarily" the judge explained, T would turn the money over to the consul but in view of the fact that the bequeSt specified that the money be spent for the poor Of the two towns. am not convinced that the poor people would have the ben- eft of it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
TRAINING OF ALL
 AMERICANS URGED
All Able-BOdied Citizens Should Get Ready Says
 Retired Brig. Gen.

New Haven, Conn, May 6 -- (U P) Peace time training of all able -bodied Americans in a nation. al citizens army was declared today by retired Brigadier General John McAuley Palmer as "the most sim. pie, economical and democratic way to prepare America to meet the threat of war"
 This suggestion was contained in General Palmer's book. America in Arms" which was published today by the Yale University Press. The plan, he wrote, would be similar to Switzerland's military force. and as first proposed by George Washing ton and rejected for political rea- sons"
 General Palmer, assistant chief of staff of the AEF, declared that America "has never been prepared for any of her wars and has waged them with unnecessary wastes of blood and money ..
 "1t Is still true as 1t wat in Wash ington's day, that no nation is fully prepared for war unless its plans include arrangements for the mobil- ization of its whole manpower If necessary; and no man can be sure of the future . military train ing such as the Swiss have will be well worth its cost even if war is no longer an immediate threat :. let us preserve our national inde- pendence and institutions by main- taining our strength through a dis ciplined army of the people--thus, at last, committing ourselves de- finitely to the counsel that was given us by our first and most far- seeing president"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
24-HOUR WORK
 DAY FOR CONN,
Gov. Hurley Is Trying to Effect It-$5O,OOO,0
 Is Asked for Conn.

Hartford, Conn. May 6 -- tU.P) Governor Hurley said today he was looking into" the possibility of asking the general assembly to draft an amendment to the state labor laws to permit the governor to waive Sunday or overtime restric- tions So connecticut defense indus tries could comply with the pres idents continuous operation sched- ule.
 Governor Hurley said that he had conferred with several manufactur- CTS and "they could not keep up with national defense orders" under the present laws. which prohibit Sunday work and the employment of women at night.
 Already the governor has waived the no-night-work law for women so they could be employed at the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- pany. at New Haven.
 Later, today, he said, he would talk with State Labor Commission CT Cornelius J. Danaher concerning the text of the proposed amend-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
Eleven Aviators Of v. 5. Are Killed

Ottawa, Ont, May 6.--UP)' - The Canadian government disclosed in . terse announce ment today that II United States aviators engaged to fly American made b0mbers to Great Britain, lost their lives with Ill other persons in Q re- cent sinking attributed to "enemy actlon." The name of the ship and details as to the man. ner of its sinking, whether by submarine, surface raider, or bomber, were withheld, presum- ably on instructions from the British admiralty.
 Previously, Navy Minister An- gus Macdonald had announced In Commons that: "Information has been received that . ship which included among its pas- sengers Q party of military per- sOnnel has been sunk. It is feared that among those lost are 76 military personnel. The next of kin of casualties have ai. ready been informed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06

Washington, May 6-(UP)-The United States is planning to send four cutters to Greenland to prevent any further Axis activity ill that re- zion, 1t was revealed today.
 Two of the vessels may be the North Star and The Bear, cutters used by Rear Admiral Richard W. Byrd's expedition to the Antarctic. The North Star arrived in Boston yesterday and The Bear Is enroute to the United States.
 The North Star belongs to the in- terior department and is much needed to transport supplies to Alaska. But the need for speed in establishing patrols in the upper Atlantic may force officials to sub ordinate the needs of the Alaskan service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
COURTSHIP OVER
 RADIO SUCCEEDS
California Girl Is Married to Radio Technician of
 Byrd Group

Boston, May G. (UP)-Marriage today had climaXed a courtship that was carried on by short wave radio between A girl in California and her sweetheart in Antarctica with the Byrd Expedition.
 Walter R. Giles, %, Of Conyers Ga, radio technician, and Miss Evelyn Tanck, "A, of Pacific Beach Cal, were married here last night after receiving two speeding tickets during futile attempts to wed hastily in Providence, R. l., and Seabrook, N. H.
 City hall officials and Probate Judge Robert Gardiner Wilson Jr., worked overtime in granting the It. celse and a waiver of the flve-day law to permit the civil ceremony i'll Beacon Hill Hotel.
 The couple had kept in commun- ication once a week through anna teur radio stations, and she was here yesterday when he arrived aboard the motorship North Star.
 Giles, a technical sergeant in the marine corps. reports tomorrow to a naval aircraft factory in Philadel- phia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06

whatsoever as to the identity of the persons interested in the well-knoWn and valuable piece of.property. The anticipated transaction would in- volve approximately $400,000.
 The site is presently occupied by two parking lots and @ gasoline station and has figured in the real estate news for years or ever since the old church property was abar- doned and the new church on West Main street dedicated in 1928. Ru- nor had the property sold on any number of occasions, the purchasers ranging from prominent theatrical interests, such as Warner Brothers, a large Hartford department store, and Waterbury businessmen desir- ing to promote all office building site. z
 Many Previous Rumors
 Regularly such stories were cir culated throughout the city and regularly they were denied by Fa- ther OShea who always professed Interest in any such rumors if they could only prove of stronger cloth than mere words.
 The current negotiations, though, are expected to result, perhaps very shortly, in final disposition of the familiar site and transformation in- to different purpose than 1t is now utilized for.
 Questions as to the use of the property by the undivulged option- holder, who Is considered to be merely acting for the ultimate own CT, were answered by the state- ment that the prospective purchaser was most insistent on use Of the premises for garage and parking purposes If the option were to De exercised.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
NUN GIVEN HIGH
 HONORS IN FRANCE

Vichy. May G. (UP) - Chief of State Marshal Henri Philippe Petain today issued an order of the na- ton. the highest honor that can be conferred on French national, citing the Nun Marie Mathilde Inchelin, superior of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Joseph Hospital, Paris.
 The order said that the nun. who had served at her post 70 years died last December. ~worn out by heroic devotion to hospital patients during the German occupation of Paris"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
Small Consumers Seeking
 Lower Rates From CLPCo.

United States, he declared.
 The city recently got a better price from the power company on Its street lighting" said Alderman Walker, land it's about time that the small consumer got better bres',."
 alderman Patrick Shea, Democra- tic leader, made motion that the committee meet with .he corpora tion counsel rather than the P. U. O. but he was informed that the Walker motion was already before the board. A vote on the Walker motion was called and it was passed without dissent.
 The committee which will meet with the Public Utilities commis- sion consists of Alderman Shea, Daniel Driscoll. Democrat and Wil- liam V. 0erardi. Republican.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
U. s. Should Occupy With Britain All Strategic
 Points Everywhere SHUT JAPAN'S NAVY
 IN OWN BACKYARD Cut Neutrality FrilIs" So We Can Close All Exits
 to Aggressors
BY JOHN R. ZEAL

United Press staff Correspondent)
 Washington, May 6.-CUP) - Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, Florida, called to- day for the United States to "get tough" and occupy with Great Britain such strategic points as Dakar, Africa, the Azores, the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Singaport.
 In speech prepared for delivery in the Senate, he proposed that we also occupy points in the Far East that twill shut up the Japanese navy In It's own back lair"
 "A few American pilots and few first class American bombing planes can make a shambles out of Tokyo" he said.
 Such aggressive action is neces- sary, he contended, to close the exits Of Europe, Africa and Asia" to | the Axis.
 He proposed also affirmative. aggressive action on the home front through declaration by President Roosevelt, with congress sional approval, of state of na- tional emergency" charging that Washington has been "paraly2ed" for a month because "the adminis- tration and Congress has not dared to face the issue squarely and squarely decide It."
 Drop Neutrality Frills
 The United States should aban- don all these neutrality frills," he continued, and henceforth send American ships wherever 1nterna- tional Law permits. If Axis sub- marines interfere, he said, "blow them out of the water as fast as we can"
 "The United States must quit twaddling and lodging and cringing or trying to buy peace with appease- ment," he declared.
 Pepper is an ardent supporter os administration foreign policy and has often acted as congressional spokesman on many issues.
 His attack on Japan came 20 hours after that of Rep. Clyde T. Ellis D.. Ark, who suggested yes- terelay in the House that the United States give her "one week to check out of the Axis" under threat to start polishing her off from the face of the earth"
 Peppers speech came in the midse of increasing demands in and out of Congress for further steps to as. sure the delivery of war supplies t0 Britain.
 A bill authorizing requisitioninS and paying for all Idle foreign ships, including Italian and German, in this country Is scheduled to be passed in the House today. Admin istration leaders were confident ofI sufficient strength to beat down re- strictive amendments. The major test probably will come on an amendment to prohibit transfer of the ships to Britain. The bill was denounced bv It's opponents yester- day as virtual declaration of war.
 Speaks His Mind Today
 Pepper had planned to make his speech yesterday, but did not arrive in the chamber in time. He released 1t for publication in all editions of afternoon newspapers and expected to speak soon after the Senate con. venes at noon.
 He demanded that the adminis-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
Option On Church Property T aken Says Auth ority
Attorney Frank Healey, Acting for Rector Rev Francis N. OShea, Could Give Out No Real In.
 formation on Purchaser Or Price Paid

Sale of the old Immaculate Conception property on East Main Street believed imminent today Attorney Frank Healey, acting for tho Rev Francis M. OShea, Permanent Rector of the Church, announced that an option had been taken the site undscosed person % a Neither Attorney aasG no nor the firm
 Bronson in the transaction could offer any information
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 MAY 6, 194O
(The United Presgl

(The United Press)
 Allies admitted loss of three destroyers in Norwegian venture British Afridi, French Bison and Polish GrOm.
 JugOslavia called an additional 7O.OOO men to the c0lors.
 Grown Prince Humbert of Italy and Crown Princess Marie Jose visited Pope Plus.
 Rumanla imposed strict, cen- worsiip on all foreign newspaper correspondents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06
The Weather

Scattered Showers for Tonight, Wednesday.
 Full Weather Report Page 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-06

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Evening star., 1941-11-21
Gen. Burns, Ordnance Expert,
MAY Be Named Envoy to Russia
Steinhordt Reported
To Have Asked
To Be Relieved
nv tire Associated Press,

BY tie Associated Press.
Mai. Gen. James H. Burns, lease
lend executive. was reported in
diplomatic circles today to be a
likely choice by President Roosevelt
for the post of ambassador to
Russia.
Ambassador Laurence A. Stein
hardt, the present envoy who is en-
route home by plane. is understood
to have asked to be relieved after
more than two years in Moscow.
Gen. Burns, a Regular Army of
f1cer and a member of the recent
official mission to Moscow, is a
specialist in the production of NUM-
tions. His appointment to the Mos
COW Embassy thus would give the
United States an ambassador with
technical knowledge on problems OF
supplying the Soviet armies with
munitions.
An ordnance officer most Of his
Army career, Gen. Burns was grad
uated from the Military Academy
in 1903. He received the Distin-
guished Service Medal for his serv-
ices in heading the production Of
powder and shells for the A. E. F.
and the Allies during the World
War.
Gen. Burns has never held . poll
tical ONCE. A native Of Paving
N. Y, he is IS.
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Steel Company Close,
Five More Furnaces
AsCoa| Runs Short
Carnegie Illinois Had
Already Halted Six
Smelling Plant Units
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 2l-Carnegie
Illinois Steel Corp, chief operating
subsidiary of United States Steel
Corp, today announced the shut
down of five additional blast fur
naces for lack of coal supplies.
These are in addition to six furnaces
already closed down by the captive
coal mine strike.
The blast furnaces affected in
clude two at the Clarion works,
Clarion, Pa, and one each at the
Ohio works, youngstown, Ohio; the
Carrie furnaces at Rankin. Pa, and
the Duquesne furnaces at Duquesne,
Pa. The shutdowns were caused BY
a lack Of coal which forced reduc-
ton of operations of the Clarion
By-products Co. plant.
The company said it also would
be necessary to curtail some Of the
open hearth and Bessemer opera
tions The net result, executives
estimated, would be a cut of about
20 per cent in the steel ingot pro-
duction rate in the Pittsburgh dis
trict.
officials said there also would be
some curtailment in finished steel
output due to lack of fuel supplies
but no estimate of the size of the
reduction was available.
Carnegie Illinois Wednesday
/ banked a blast furnace at Farrell
Pa, and shut down six open hearths
there.
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Toto's Cage Struck
By Train; She Falls,
KHIinq Pet Cot

By TIE Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.
Nov. 2l.-Toto. the gorilla, lost
her pet car, Principe. when q
freight train banged into her
circus cage last night.
The gorilla rolled on and
crushed the cat as the cage
overturned. Toto apparently
suffered no i'll effects.
A tractor pulled the wheeled
cage across the track in front Of
the train. The accident halted
loading operations Of Ringing
Bros. and Barnum e. Bailey
Circus for nearly an hour.
Toto was brought from Cuba
last year as a mate for the
gorilla Gargantua.
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Fleming Named 10 Head
Federal Works AGENCY

Brig Gen. Philip B. Fleming
wage-hour administrator, was NOM
mated by President Roosevelt to-
day to be Federal Works Admin
istrator.
Gen. Fleming will succeed John
M. Carmody, who has resigned the
post because of poor health. and
has since been nominated to the
Maritime Commission. Gen. Flem-
ing at one time was administrative
engineer in the Public Works Ad-
ministration.
A recent appropriation measure
carried a rider permitting an Army
officer to hold the post of Federal
Works Administrator. The head OF
this agency and those heading the
Federal Security and Federal Loan
agencies have an extra-Cabinet
status and regularly attend Cabinet
smeetings with President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Sub That Sank Ark Royal
DESTROYED, British Say
Rx xtteAssncisted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 21-The Admiralty
announced yesterday that the Ger
man submarine which it was "prac-
tically certain" was the one involved
in the sinking of the British aircraft
carrier Ark Royal had been destroyed
in the Mediterranean.
The announcement credited the
British corvette Marigold with de-
stroying the submarine with depth
charges and eunfire two days after
the Ark Royal was torpedoed a week
ago.
The corvette, the Admiralty said,
was patrolling the same waters
where the aircraft carrier was at
tackled
1t forced the submarine to the
surface by dropping depth charges,
then engaged it at once with gun
fire, the announcement said. 1t
added that the crew of the U-boat
dived into the water as the sub
marine sank and "a OF them were
taken aboard the corvette as
prisoners.
Evening star., 1941-11-21
'Acute|y Dangerous
Crisis Demands Price
Control, Barueh Says
'Over-AII' Bill Held
Preferable to Proposed
'SeIective' Method
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Bernard NJ. Baruch. who directed
this country's World War produc-
ton, told the House Rules Commit
tee today that unless Congress acts
Immediately to control prices. the
Nation will be in "a situation acute
ly dangerous"
Mr.. Baruch, who was head of the
War Industries Board. renewed his
advocacy of "over-all' price control
legislation rather than the ''selec-
tive" type recommended by the ad-
ministration.
The Rules Committee, making an
unusual exception to its usual Gus
tom of hearing only members Of
Congress. asked Mr.. Baruch to ap-
pear in person. The committee is
considering a request by Chairman
Steagall Of the House Banking Com
mittee for legislative right-of- way
for a bill to establish the limited,
"selective" type Of price control to-
gether with a request by Represen-
tative Gore. Democrat, of Tennes-
see, that his overall control
measure be made in order as a sub
stitute
Urges "Over-Alr' Control.
Due to the depth of my con-
viction that We should protect our
people against imitation, a char
acteristic of all wars" MI. Baruch
said. Il believe protection should be
established, not here and there. but
everywhere. To me that means the
overall bill"
Representative Cox of Georgia,
acting chairman of the rules group
brought up defense strikes.
rs any sort of control going to
do any good" Mr.. Cox asked. "un-
less we quell this insurrection in
the ranks of labor?"
Mr.. Baruch replied that he
thought there should be a calm
effort to learn if there was an in
surrection.
Pressed further. Mr.. Baruch said
he favored action by Congress to
regulate strikes in defense indus
tries, provided the cause of strikes
had been removed by keeping prices
in check.
While emphasizing the need for
speedy action to curb rising living
costs, Mr. Baruch asserted the long
range view was equally important.
What is the use of surviving the
war he asked, IF We cannot sur
vive the peace? We can win the
war and win the peace only if we
preserve low price structure. That
does not mean depression of the
wage scale, as some pretend. That
means continuous and developing
flow of production. -
I'VE shall be the arsenal of peace
only If our prices are kept low SC
that our goods may have access to
every market, everywhere"
Mr.. Baruch stressed that main
tanning the morale of civilian popu-
latlon was just as vital as that of
the military forces and said it was
the collapse of German public
(See PRICE CONTROL, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Moscow Drive
Is Beaten Off,
Russians Claim
Heavy Fighting Goes
On Along Entire
Line, Reds Soy
By the Associated Press.

By the Associat Press.
LONDON. Nov. 2l.-A big new
German push on the Moscow front,
which the Russians declared was
launched last Tuesday by strong
German forces. was declared by the
Moscow radio today to have been
beaten of in bloody fighting.
German losses in men and ma
chimes were described in the broad
cast as tremendous sacrifices In
at least one place Russian counter
attacks were said TO have dislodged
the Germans from their early gains.
The Moscow radio broad dcast dis
patch by Tass, official Soviet news
agency. saving bloody fighting is
now in progress in the central.
northern and southern sectors Of our
defenses. where the enemy. having
massed large numbers Of tanks and
motorized infantry, launched an Of
fensive on the night Of November 10.
Fighting Tense in North.
Fighting is especially tense in
the northern sector Of the front,
where the enemy flung IN large
forces of tanks and infantry and
tried to break through 10 the town
x"
All enemy attacks during the
night of November l9 were repulsed
with heavy losses.
"One of our units supported by
tanks counterattacked near *,
occupied two villages. ambushed the
headquarters Of large enemy unit,
wiped out 100 enemy soldiers. and
DESTROYED many tanks, trucks
motorcycles and guns.
"A violent tank combat took place
in ID" on the first day of the Ger
man offensive. The emmy fallec
to achieve any success, lost 40C
killed. four tanks, a large quantity
of other arms and fell back.
On November l9, the enemy con-
tinued to strive forward despite
heavy losses during the night. II
the area IS" he threw into actor
so tanks followed by infantry. AT &
cost of tremendous sacrifices the
(See RUSSIAN. Page A-21D
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Auto-Train Crash Kills 7,
Six in One Family

BY the Associated Press
PADUCAH, KY. Nov. 21.-Seven
persons-six in one family-were
killed yesterday in an automobile
train collision at a side road cross
ing Z miles southeast of here.
The dead: Charles Whalen, So
boilermaker's helper at the Illinois
Central Railroad shops here; his
wife, Fatis, 81, and their four chill
dren. Ira. is; Evelyn. Is; Juanita
9, and Wayne, Z. The seventh VIC
tim was Randall Petway, IL, of Nc
Cracken (Paducah) County.
Randall's brother. Robert. wit
messed the accident from the Petway
home.
The train involved was a fast
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
passenger, en- route from Memphis
to Paducah.
Evening star., 1941-11-21
Torrance Accident Witness
Found, Police Announce
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTERREY. Mexico, Nov. al
Ernesto Bali, chief of state police,
announced today he had found an
eyewitness to the alleged automobile
accident in which Arthur Torrance
claims his wealthy bride received
fatal injuries.
He said the witness was travelling
Immediately behind the Torrance
honeymoon car, and saw it swerve
from the road. Bali would not dis
close the name of the witness.
Torrance, accused of numbering
his elderly bride, the former Mrs.
Ada Loveland of Kalamazoo. Mich,
today waived his right to bring the
case before a judge Immediately.
Under Mexican procedure, the
first phase of the investigation is
questioning of witnesses by the po-
lice. The second is the inquiry by
the district attorney and the final
step is turning all evidence over to
the Judge for his decision.
Today would have been the dead
line for presenting the case to the
Judge, but Torrance's waiver will
allow District Attorney Juan Jose
Vallejo time to continue his inquiry.