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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

tinuous peal of thunder in a great storm. The Kentish coast shook all night.
 As the British planes swept over Germany and occupied territory, Lord Beaverbrook, Prime Minister Winston Churohill's right hand man, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Jouhert de la Ferte, new commander In chief of the coastal command, appealed for at least 10000 men and 5000 women volunteers, including Americans, to help man radio de- tectors-the secret weapons which, 1t was disclosed, has resulted in the shooting down of hundreds of German planes.
 It was said authoritatively that the government had decided to es- tablish special civilian technical corps for men who volunteered to come to Britain in e non-comhat- tant capacityl to work in the repair and maintenance establishments of the army, navy and air force.
 It was believed that all volunteers for the radio locator corps might be enrolled In this organization, though presumably they would be uniformed,
 Beaverbrook and Jouhert de la Ferte disclosed that the radio lo- cators had enabled the fighter com- mand and British anti-aircraft guns to make night raiding over Britain 50 expensive that the Germans ap- parently were trying to devise Q new bombing technique.
 British Air Force Stronger
 Belief was growing now that Brit ain'S air force, SO woefully weak at the start of the war and for many months afterward, was now able to Impair Germany's war production in the vital Rhine- Ruhr area, center of German heavy industry, by con- stant bomhings.
 An indication of the scale of the British raiding was shown last night when great formations of planes bombers escorted by flghters-flew over to France, pierced the Nazi fighter plane screen, and hurled countless tons of dbonbs on inva. sion coast objectives.
 The raid started before dusk and continued for hours. (Berlin asserted that 20 British fighter planes were shot down. It said that one German plane was ''lost.")
 The appeal for volunteers for the radio locators was made by Lord Beaverbrook, in an empire broad cast, and Sir Philip Joubert de Ia Ferte in a speech to British and American newspaper and press asso- ciation correspondents
 These locators, the two officials disclosed, detect German planes long before they reach their British tar gets and permit immediate mobiliza- ton of planes of the fighter com- mand to combat them. It was Joubert De La Ferte who asked for the 10000 volunteers in- cluding Americans, and 5000 wo- men, who. need not, he said. be trained.
 The Battle of Britain last year was won by a combination of the fighter force and radio detection, J he said.
 Then, in the first mention ever made of the method by which the approach of German planes fS de- tected, he said:
 'Radi0 waves, or call them ether
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

hSSAhtAhANa ssSAth esbS st then, the work on the streets here may be at Q halt for several days.
 About 90 are affected by the strike. There was nobody in the street department working today. The strikers sat near the fire house this morning from 6 until about i0:30 and then went to their homes, but they agreed to return to work in case any emergency should come up, such as broken sewer, etc., and to work for the period of emer. gency only.
 Claim Sailing
 A spokesman for the strikers said: They have stalled long enough. They promised us the raise months ago and we haven't got 1t yet. We want some action"
 Warden Brophy said no depart Inents of the town have yet received pay raises, and that 1t was the un- derstanding that the board would meet Friday night to discuss the proposed wage increase.
 He said he believed some of the street department workers are mis- informed if they believe the past board provided money for .05 an hour general increase in the appro- priations for the present fiscal year. The payrolls appropriations this year total only s100 more than the pay- rolls appropriation last year, which would not permit an increase of 5 an hour for more than two weeks. Not Against Increase Warden Brophy emphasized he is not against a pay raise for the street department men but wishes to see just how much of raise the borough can give and still keep within it's budget. He said he has stressed need for economy in buying in the street department so that there might be money available to permit wage increase.
 Warden Brophy felt that the com mon laborer who gets .55 per hour now and who does much of the dirty work" should receive a higher wage increase than some of the other street department workers. He felt the types of work on the street department should be classified and wage raises graded according tc the classifications.
 The truck drivers now get 05 cents an hour and one foreman gets 7E cents per hour, another foreman gets 0b cents an hour, he said to-
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Negotiations Fail To
 Reach An Agreement
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oped yesterday afternoon after the saegotiators had first reported that satisfactory progress was being made toward settlement Of lif. ferences.
 Union Procedure
 Tn the normal course of union procedure, should today's confer. ence fail to end In Q settlement, the international headquarters ct Denver would first approve the strike vote taken here, in which ei per cent of the American Brass Go. workers in the three cities vot- cd to walk out unless their de- nands were met, and then would set Q strike deadline. If there were no satisfactory company offer by that deadiine, the union member ship would walk out.
 The unions plans, however, will no doubt be subject to the action taken by the .. S. government when the dispute Is certified by Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins to the Federal Mediation Board,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
VIOLENT OFFENSIVE

Vichy, France, June ls,-tUPl- Gen. Henri Dentx. commanding Vichy troops in Syria and Lebanon has started Q violent" offensive south of Saida in an attempt to cut communication lines of Australian troops and isolate them in the port dispatches from Beirut reported to- day.
 Ofneial French dispatches said that the counter-attackE ordered by DentE had &halted the invaders.
 An extremely big" battle was re- ported raging In South Lebanon.
 Air Minister Gen, Jean Marie BeTgeret, who arrived from Vichy yesterday by cir, conferred with Dent1 and inspected airports in the Vichy defense area. It was denied that he had been sent to Beirut tc replace DentZ as commander in chief of Vichy troops defending Syria and Lebanon.
 French troops also were reported on the offensive south of Damascus where, 1t was said they improved their positions,
 British and Free French prisoners were reported to have been taken by the Vichy forces In the Damascus area yesterday,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
HUSBAND MAY BE
 SLAYER OF WIFE

Middletowr, Conn, June i8-(UP) Mfrs. Aagot Coleman, 49, mother of ten children, died at Middlesex hospital today from gunshot wounds which police said were inflicted by her husband during & quarrel last Friday.
 Abbott Coleman, 40, jobless fac- tory hand, arrested several hours after the shooting when he tele- phoned the hospital to inquire about her condition, has been placed uii- der si0,0O0 bond pending superior court trial in September. An orig inaI charge of assault with intent to kill was expected to be substi- tuted as result of wife's death.
 Mrs. Coleman was shot four times at the home Of Mrs. Ralph Palmer, where she was employed as Q dcn- egtlc. The argument. according to investigator, ensued when Coleman charged hls wife with infideIity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
U.S., S.,GermanR Relations GrowMore Embittered
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orized spokesman said today that the closing of German consulates In America cannot be regarded as Q closed incident by the German pro- test"
 Tho spokesman said no reply to German protest had been received here. His statement that the pro- test would not close the matter was made in reply to 0 question by . foreign press correspondent,
 Well informed quarters said that Washington reports of orders pre- venting Germany Nationals from leaving the United States without authorization had reached Berlin but that their implications was "in- definite" There can be no inlmedi- ate comment or forecast of German retaliation, 1t was said.
 Detail of German retaliation against freezing of Axis assets III the United States will be issued later, informed quarters said.
 It was pointed out that In prac' tice American residents of Ger. many, as all other foreigners In the Reich, have been affected by meas. ures introduced shortly after tho outbreak of war and which forhids foreigners to leave the country without an exit permit. During re- cent monss.a.s c number of Ameri. cans, including several newspaper men, have experienced delays ol from six to eight weeks in obtain ing exit permits.
 So far as was known, however there have been no eases In whiot permits were refused.
 Italy to Retaliate
 Rome, June ie. - (UP) - Compe. tent Italian quarters said today that Italy would retaliate to the United Sates freezing of Axis on an "eyt for m eye and . tooth for a tooth basis.
 Americans, official and private awaited further developments, get. ting along as best they could with out funds pending official advice or what to do.
 Italian newspapers pointed cu that she Washington order woulc cut off funds from Italians in the United States to relatives and friends in Italy.
 Competent quarters said that the American freezing order was grave rash, iniquitous and on illegal act of economic and financial warfare.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
JUDY CANOVA
 SADDENED BRIDE

(Contlnued from Page D he was A. W. Q. L.. He managed to marry Miss Canova of the nov les, all right but he'd hardly had time to give her his first kiss before the military police hauled him otf to the clink.
 These facts and others the bare- legged Miss CanovA revealed as she returned to her studio She arrived yesterday in San Francisco abroad . Hawaiian Clipper and flew to Hollywood,
 Hubby Left Behind
 Miss CanoVa, whose press agents call her the "Jenny Lind of the Ozarks," though she's never been any closer to them than Peoria, H., said she had to leave her husband behind bars because she was Sche- uled to start Q new movie imme- diately. She said 1t was entitled "slap Happy"
 She said this was not to be taken personally. Tn fact, she said, she went to Hawaii to rest up from the exertion of making Q picture called "ScatteTbrain."
 Tt was that beautiful, soft moon," she said. "It sort of reached down and put It's arm around by Shiulder, And then just sort of bumped Into Mir. Ripley. Corporal, I mean. He was from my home town in Florida, I knew him real well, Then Corpor- ai Ripley subhed for the moon and there was Q Nightingale on Q tele- graph post and I just got swept over by love. Yes sir, just got swept over."
 Brother Wants to Know
 Her brother.manager, Pete Cam ova, wanted to know why she'd denied her marriage previously In Hawaii. She said shed done SO because she was kind of mixed up and didn't want Mir. Ripley, pardon, Corporal Ripley, to got In any worse jam with the army.
 Miss CAnova, who has earned Q fortune with her Hill Billy dialect, is 26. She divorced Williams Burns several years egg. In 1887 her press agent announced that she was tired of playing second fiddle to Q dummy and. hence was breaking of her en- gasement to Edgar Bergen, the veaa- triloquist.
 As soon as Miss Canova gets through with her Slap Happy rou- tines, she's returning to the South Seas. She hopes Corporal Ripley will be out of the pen by then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

raise for ct least c year, and that the union had declined to alter its demand for on unconditional raise of 10 cents an hour.
 Federal Govt. CoNcerned Concern of the federal govern ment over the situation was fur- ther reflected In news that with the break-off of negotiations here the Labor Department would cer. tify the dispute to the U. 8. De. fense Mediation Board.
 As the conferees met ct i:30 this afternoon there were indications that negotiations would be broken off some time today despite the efforts of the four federal and state agencies that have been at. tempting to avoid Q walk-out ct the key defense plant. The same representatives were to appear at the meeting, with the possible ex. ception that Conciliator E. J. Me- Donald, who was unable to get here yesterday because of other duties, would replace Frank Ward as an observer for the U. s. De. partment of Labor.
 Drisc0ll Makes Statement.
 John J. Driscoll, executive sec. retary of the Waterbury Brass Workers union, and head of inc unions negotiating committee, .s- sued the following brief statement before entering the meeting room at The Elton: "The union commit tee is going into this conference today because 1t wants to exhaust every possible means of effectlng Q peaceful settlement without call- ing a strike" '''''''
 MT. Driscoll said he was unable to amplify his remarks or say whether his statement meant that negotiations were at an iynpasse.
 There were unconfirmed reports that a sudden mitch" had devel-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
OLD SHEPAUC
 PIPE LINE LEAK

Continued from Page D secretary to the mayor, warned to- day that water In most sections of the city may be cloudy and dirty for 24 hours or more because of the opening In the pipe line.
 The leak was discovered yesterday but repair work was delayed until after midnight to prevent undue inconvenience. No public notice of the shut-off was given, lest the pub- lie become too alarmed.
 MT. Fitzmaurice said that the re- pairs were made within remarka- bly, short period, in view of all the circumstances.
 The city received permission from the l941 General Assembly to issue $2,00O,O00 in bonds to build new pipe line and expand the wa- . ter supply system. Bids were called for in trade journal advertisements placed this week. Federal funds may be used to aid in the project If Congress enacts the Lanham community service bill, which would allow the allocation of government money for such purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
BANKER DIES IN
 BOSTON HOSPITAL

Boston, June le-(UP)--James A McDonough, 56, Of Newton, part ner in the banking firm of F. H Prince @ O., died yesterday in Q hospital here after 6 short illness Funeral services Will be held Fri day. f
 McDonough. recognized in finan. cial circles as an authority on rail- roads, was president and director of the Utah Metal e Mining O.. and q trustee of the Central Manu- featuring co. and of the Hoosas Mills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

day. The dynamtter gets 30 cents an hour.
 A spokesman for the strikers said he understood that the past bor- ough board had not increased the payroll appropriation much for this year because that board felt the personnel of the department would be decreased considerably because of men finding work in private in- dustry, and this decrease in num- Der of men working would permit a wage increase for those remaining.
 He added the number of workers on the department now are not as much as last year. Apparently the strikers felt that the warden should call special meeting of the borough board today to act on their demands, but there were no indications this noon that such 8 meeting would be called. The street department has been doing oiiing work here. and have been working in the Millville sec- ton. News of the strike came as general surprise locally. As far as is known, no borough department has ever gone on strike before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
FRENCH TROOPS
 FIGHT ALLIES
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eratlons to dislodge the Viohy troops from Merdjayoun and Kuneitra,
 On the coast, empire forces ad- vanced four miles beyond Saida and sent out patrols Si miles farther north, The patrols met no oppoS- ton, 1t was said, and were now only l2 miles from Beirut.
 Allied troops advancing in the Jexxine area between Damascus and the coast inflicted severe casualties on Vtchy troops and captured sev- eral armored cars, informants said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
BANK RATING PLEAsEs WEST

San Francisco = (UP) = ThiA city has taken on the title cg ''Erinancial Capital og the West" hy reason of the fact six of its 2l banking firms are listed among thu 50 largest in the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

Cities of Guatemala are staring suburban development projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

Italy has started . campaign for cultivation Of the castor plant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
TURKEY. GERMANY PACT

Ankara, June ls.-(UP)-Turkey and Germany, 1t was said in relia- hle quarters today, have concluded as agreement believed to be Q non- aggression or Q neutrality pact,
 It was understood that the pact carries c special clause which pro- vides that 1t does not in any way affected all existing diplomatic agreements,
 This escape clause is said to cover the Anglo Turkish alliance.
 Foreign Minister sukru Sara coglu conferred with the German ambassador, Franz von Papen, to- day and then summoned the cen- tral committee of the peoples (gov- ernmenD party for a special neet- Ing later.
 It is expected an official announce ment of the agreement may follow this meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
Russla Eyacuating

1sueBlA EvaCuatzng
 Stockholm, Junes i8-(UP)-Fin- nish source reported that rumors were circuating in Helsinki that Russia is evacuating Hango and other Russian bases in Finland.
 There was no oitacial confarna- ton of the report.
 It was said that thousands of children have ben evacuated. from Helsinki and other Finnish cities and that many women are replacing men in industrial plants.
 Theaters in Helsinki were closed yesterday for two weks. A public tour of Finland which had been ar- ranged by the Stockholm newspaper Tidningen, was cancelled and Swed- ish-Danish sports events for the next few days have been called otf.
 Take Three Ships
 London, June ie- (UP)-Hugh Dalton, minister of economic war fare, announced today that the British navy had intercepted and detained three Finnish ships in the last few days since Great Britain no longer regards Finland as c truly independent state."
 The vessels were enroute to Pet Samo, Finland.
 The navy's action 1t was said, fol- lowed dispatch of a note to Finland announcing that all maritime traf- fic to Petsamo would be suspended after June l4 and that no ravicerts would be granted to ships sailing for Finland.
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BOROUGH STREET
 WORKERS STRIKE

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MAYOR SCULLY
 IN CONFERENCE

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-10
Flora Lomax
Wins West Title
Returns Home
This Week

Flora lomax third RANKING ten
mis- PLAYER. viii return 70 the cry
this week Mr. Lomax has been IN
California for tho past seven We Ks
and last week climaxed her stay
by winning the city championship
In Los Angeles
THIS is the fourth consecutive
year Mrs I.omax has sI~n' me
winter months in California on
each lrip she has put herself under
tho direction OF prominent Cali
fornia professional in an effort TO
improve her game.
Friends who have received lei-
tiers from Mrs Lomax since she
has been in california said tha' She
viii compete in most ot TIE maior
tournaments during the coming
season she will also tre and ~
cover the national title which she
lost last year At Ni,hcrforce.
Al The same time local tennis
players, are preparing for a hls
season Already the racquet visid-
ers are on the courts In large nam
hers as they 20 about limDerne up
muscles which have heer dormant
during the past four or five months
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-10
Joe LeHis VIII Not Fight During The
Month Of August; GeE Tourney Then

While Joe Louis and his agers-John W. Rox-
borough and Julian a. Black-haye made plans for the
champion to defend his title four times this summer Joe
has definitely stated that he will take opponent
during the month of August.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-10
Friars Ale Five-Man
Team Sets New Marks

The sensational bowling OF tne
sweepstakes champions. Frlsrs Ale
five-man team. has just about made
the team Detroit's favorite IN the
National Negro Bowling tourna-
ment which will open Friday night
at Forest club.
The Grady Jackson-sponsored
Ale fye swept all existing city re-
cords off the books when they bowl
ed middle game OF 1892 against
Jasper Adams Super Buick hve IN
tho closing Detroit Bowling league
schedule.
Following the last league game
cant Bob Dawson issued a chal-
lenge 10 Porters Cleaners. winners
OF the championship in the Motor
CITY league. for match game for
the city championship Dawson
wants the match for nine games 10
no rolled over six alleys, Porters
has not as yet accepted the chal-
lenge.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-10
Detroit Teams Open Tourney Friday
Night In Drive To Win National Titles

With 75-fve-man teams, 20 double. and 50 indiv-
duals entered the third annual National Negro Bowling
opens at Forest Club Friday evening and
inues through Sunday.
According J. Elmer Rood. Ioaga. .-.re.arz. and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-10

This will be the fiisi hrak In
the champions fighi-a month cam
paign which no lannccd lasi Nov
II will 10 breathing spell ior
Lonis who ha defended hi title
sixteen times since liflluc i from
James j Bfaddock in 1855
Bat It IS not tho breathing spoil
that Joe wants 40 sirrco. Ms JUST
that Louis want. 10 be % pclroii
10 attend tho frs annual Joe
Louis Open eolftocrnamcnt which
is scheduled for Rackham, Aug u.
13 and II
The champion has set NJ ~ "o"
10 he awarded IN prizes $50" GONG
10 the winncr If the event There
will be a beautiful trophy for me
leading amateur.
The Tournament viii he played
under rules of Tho Froie- sinnal
Golf association Each contestant
will play is holes ON Tho first two
days. and 80 on the final day
The National Amateur iourna-
ment will be hold al River Rouge
the week preceding the Joe Louis
Open. and large number OF tho
amateurs are eNpocter 70 remain
TO participate IN tie Open.
Bernard Odel. director Of the
tournament. said This week that he
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-05-10
Harris Hopes
To Crack Record
OF Last Year
Diamonds Mark
Oldest Of Big Ten
Track Records

While Big Ten athletes have been
smashing records with reckless
abandon during the past decade,
there is only one mark which seems
TO he in danger with the forty-hrst
annual Western Conference track
and field championships open al
the University OF Minnesota Friday
This is tho discus throw record es-
iablished last year by University Of
Indianas Archie Harris.
Last year Harris heaved the big
platter ls6 feet s "a inches. Al the
Kansas Relays two weeks ago Har-
ris tossed the discuss III feet "a
inches. II Harris can add four feet
to this he can have world record
Mark Stanls Assault
While Big Ten athletes have
shown proficiency in smashing re-
cords. there is one which has with
stood the assaults OF runners dur
ing the past % years. That's the
record OF i7.4 seconds made by
Binga DESMOND. OF the University
OF Chicago. Diamond set his 40
record running the long straight
way and around only one turn.
Ivan Fuqua. white. OF Indiana.
has come the nearest to Diamond s
record. Fuqua running the distance
around two turns in AIS seconds.
The greatest record-smashing OF
any Big Ten athletes, and Of any IN
the world. was the performance
turned in by Jesse Owens. Ohio
state. in 1885 at Ann Arbor. with
ing span OF two hours Owens
broke three world records and tied
another. Owens set marks IN the
22O-yard dash. the 220-yard low
hurdles and the broad Jump. He tied
the world 100-yard dash record OF
"a seconds.
owens broad jumped 26 feet SIP
inches and no one since has come
close TO challenging his tremend-
Gus efforts.