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Evening star., 1941-11-13
Move Grows al Capito|
To Ask Capitalization
OF Priorities Control
President May Be Told
Many Small Businesses
Foce Extinction
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoc!at ed Press.
A bipartisan appeal to President
Roosevelt for centrallzation of con-
troll over priorities and defense con-
tracts in one agency was reported
today to be under consideration in
Congress.
The move grew out Of complaints
that the defense programs drain on
materials was forcing many small
businesses to suspend operations.
Administration lleutenants were
reported TO have asked opposition
leaders if they we're willing to Join
in protest 10 the President that
some small firms were being un-
necessarily denied the materials TO
produce non-defense products.
While there was no attempt 10
agree on specific recommendations
most OF those interested in the move
appeared to feel that the problem
might be solved if the Supply Pri-
critics and ALLEGATIONS Board were
given broader powers over the dis
trlbution OF materials and defense
contracts.
5. P. A. B. Called Ineffective.
S. P. A. B. of which Donald Mel
son is executive director. was set up
by President Roosevelt as general
clearing house for the defense pro-
gram. with a division headed by
Floyd Odlum directed TO deal with
the problems of little business"
However, one legislator. who asked
to remain anonymous, said a per-
sonal investigation had convinced
him that the boards effective au-
thority extended to not more than
80 per cent of the defense contracts
that were let.
This legislator said it was his un-
derstanding that S. P A. B. efforts
TO channel contracts to smaller bus
mess firms had been overridden
many times by Army and Navy Off
cials who. clothed with legal au-
thority to let the contracts. had in
sisted that the orders be given 10
larger companies to avoid possible
production delays.
George Reports Complaints.
Senator George. Democrat. of
Georgia said he had received many
complaints that small firms had
been denied necessary basic mate
rials. He said he believed that the
only solution lay in centralizing
authority over the entire defense
program, course that has been
urged strongly by Senators Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan and
Taft. Republican. of Ohio.
Senator Maloney Democrat. of
Connecticut told the Senate recently
that unless some action was taken
swiftly thousands of little busi-
neSses were going to be forced to
the wall. His colleague. Senator
Danaher. Republican, of Connecti-
cut, joining in this plea, recalled
that the Senate Finance Commit
tee had received testimony that
10000 firms employing up to 20
persons each were likely TO be put
out of business by denial of priori-
ties.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Demand for New Front
To Relieve Russians
Flares in Commons
ShinweII Asks Explanation
Of Why Offensive in
Libyo Is Held Up
By the Associated Pre- $

L
LONDON. Nov 13-A renewed
demand that Britain form second
fighting front 10 aid Russia with
emphasis on the possibilities of
Libya, was sounded in parliamentary
debate today by Laborite Emanuel
ShinWell. who has been among the
critics mentioned as possible re-
cruit for the British cabinet.
Why has the offensive in Libya
been delayed?" Mr.. Shinwell de-
manded, 1t has been expected
many months.
1T would in effect have created
a second front. 1t would certainly
have distracted the Nazis and Gre
ated difficulties for them. Let the
government answer that question.
fensive in Llbya may not be as
effective
High Spot of Debate.
If the failure to move again into
Libya was due to lack of equip
ment, Mr.. ShinWell added. then OBJ
viously it is idle to speak of invas-
ion elsewhere.
The Shinwell criticism was the
high spot of wide ranging debate
in the House of Commons on the
Houses reply to King George Wis
message opening a new session of
Parliament yesterday.
Mr.. Shinwell asked whether de-
| fense of Britain'S Oriental empire
represented the government idea
of a second front and. if so, whether
it bore Russian approval.
He asserted that if Britain actually
had what seemed to be air superb
ority over Germany. then the R. A
F.s failure to take the initiative
vas "ineXcusable. y
He recalled that Prime Minister
Churchill made the parity claim for
the R. A F. on Monday when he also
declared that Britain would join the
United States Immediately in any
war with Japan.
Croft Statement Hit.
Socialist Dennis N. Pritt called for
the removal from the government
of elements 'lukewarm to the
British Russian alliance.
Referring to a recent statement by
Lord Croft. Undersecretary OF War.
that the British should concentrate
their energies on defense of the
Eastern empire. Mr.. Shinwell added:
For representative of the War
Office this declaration was mex
cusable. = This would be fatal
to victory.
While large forces were i'm
mobilized Hitler would be free to
reorganize his resources and squeeze
the last ounce of production out OF
the occupied territories
Charging that Lord Moyne had
abused" government critics and re-
ferring to his parliamentary asser-
ton that an invasion of Western
Europe would be suicide" Mr.. Shin
well declared:
Mr.. Shinwell made it clear ne
was not accusing Prime Minister
/ Churchlll ana several OlIlelS III Clle
government of "harboring subverSlve
thoughts" but added I'VE are not SC
sure of all the others"
Refusal of Office Disclosed.
Replying for the government, First
Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alex
ander disclosed that Mr.. Shinwel
had refused to accept Office when
Mr.. Churchill first formed his gov
ernment in May of 1910.
Mr.. Alexander said Mr.. Shinwell
apparently had decided that in this
war his role should be that
of a self appointed critic who re-
ceives the applause of the less in
formed among the multitude rather
than to work in self-imposed dis
cipline and silence
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Bod Weather Holds Up
British Air Offensive
BY the Associated Press.

bN NITt NSNVNId IFU FIFNNs
LONDON. Nov. l3.-Bad weather
was said today to have kept the
British air assault on Germany at
a standstill again last night, the
third in a row.
One German raider bombed q
Southwest England town last night.
the government said. but caused no
casualties and only slight damage
Evening star., 1941-11-13
IS Killed by Quake
In Eastern Turkey
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
ISTANBUL. Nov. 13.-Fifteen per-
sons were killed. nearly 100 injured
and heavy property damage done
by an earthquake which shook the
Erzincan district in Eastern Turkey
yesterday, belated dispatches re-
ported today.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Seattle Reserve Flyer
Killed in Norfolk Crash
Nv the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 13.-Enslgn
John H. Langdon, U. S. N. r., OF Sc
attle, Wash. crashed to his death
in Navy plane yesterday off Cape
| Henry.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
APPLICATION ON
 PIPE LINE HERE
Papers Required to Get Aid From Federal Govt.
 Reach Waterbury

Formal application papers for the city to file in an effort to secure federal aid, under the community service act, in erection of the new pipe line from Morris and expan- sion of the water supply system, were received today by Mayor Vim cent A. Scully during conference with Arvid H. Sjovall, field engi- neer for the Federal Works Admin istration. The city has already filed an informal application for gov- ernment grant.
 Mayor Scuily plans to delay fil- ing of the formal application pend- ing meeting with Fred L. Coe, of the federal works office at Bos- ton, who is expected here in day or two. Should the city's applica- tion be approved at Washington, MT. Coe is expected to be assigned here as resident engineer while the water project Is in progress.
 At the conference with MT. Coe, the city will be represented by the mayor, City Engineer Charles A. Root, Corporation Counsel J. Greg ory Lynch and perhaps several oth- CTS. It is believed that the gov- ernment will approve the specified tions set up by the city for the work. Bids have already been ad- vertised for. Until the community service act was introduced at Wash ington and amended by Congress man ,. Joseph Smith so that this city would be able to benefit, the city had planned to finance the pipe line with a $2000, 900 bond is- sue authorized by the General As- Sembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
|PENITENTIARY
 FACTORIES IDLE

Leavenworth, Kans., July 7.-(UP) -The shoe and brush factories ct the federal penitentiary were idle to- day, closed by the nations strangest strike affecting national defense cr- ders.
 Eleven hundred conyicts who manned the machinery turning out shoes and work brushes for the army were on strike. protesting 6 bureau of prisons' order July 1 increasing their work week from go to A hours.
 Warden Robert F. Hudspeth said that the strike began Thursday when the convlcts eat down al their Iathes and refused to work There was no demonstration and af- tor lunch the men were returned to theiF cells. There has been no fur. tlleT attempt to operate the fActcEs' hn sai4 ...,..s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
RUSSIA CLAIMS
 NAZIS STOPPED
Forced Germans on Defen- sive at Minsk; Helsinki
 Given Bad Smashing
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Moscow, July 7- (U.P0 = A Red Army counter -blitz offensive on the vital central front was reported turning back the German panzer spearhead pointed at Moscow today after inflicting heavy losses on Nazi units in fierce night battle of tanks.
 The Russian war communique said that "heavy defeat" was inflicted on enemy mechanized forces in pitched battles from Ostrov to Polotsk and that the Red Army, seizing the of- fenSive, still was striking hard at the Germans in the Lepel direction, forcing them to the defensive.
 Although the morning communi- que did not specifically mention the Berezina river front where the Ger mans had been reported repulsed with heavy losses in the Borisov and Bobruisk sectors, it said that there was no important change in the Russian position anywhere.
 On the southern front, it added, the enemy was repulsed in attempts to break through the Novograd- Volynsk sector toward the Ukraine capital of Kiev and thrown back with heavy losses to This initial po-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
GREYHOUND BUS
 IN NBADCOLLISION
Head-On Crash With Truck Injures 20 Persons Two
 in Bad Shape

New York, July 7.-(UP)--More than 20 persons were injured, two seriously, early today in head-on collision of a Boston New York Grey hound bus and Q heavily loaded vegetable truck.
 The bus carried 60 persons from Boston and other New England points. Eight were hospitalized and others were treated at the scepe John J. Thorborn. 27. of (3O) Oak the bus. suffered fractured legs and avenue) Riverside, R. T., driver oi internal injuries. Joseph J. Mancar- ella, 25, of GA Doris street), New Britain, Conn, the truck driver, sui. fered . possible fracture Of the
 The truck was owned by Paul right leg and brain concussion.
 vegetable dealer.
 Miano, Hartford, Conn, wholesale
 Edward CantweIl, 20. of (2O oat street, Norwood. Conn. said an auto. mobile daried from the side street and ThoFborn aweryed the bus which ccllidsd with the truck, crushing tl1s fronts of both vehicles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
CHINA CAN FIGHT
 FOR MANY YEARS
4 or IA, It Doesn't Make Any Difference; Will Win
 Over Japan

Chungking, China. July 7.-(UP) -Quo Tai-Chi, Chinese foreign minister, said in a broadcast to the United States today that China was prepared to fight for four or IA more years to win the war against Japan.
 Speaking on the fourth anniver- sary of the Japanest attack on China, Quo said that China was fully prepared to fight on not only for the next four years but the IA years if that is necessary to win a final victory.
 Twenty-seven Japanese planes heavily bombed the capital last night. They plastered the suburbs and the government area with in cendiary bombs which started num- erous fires. The flow lighted the city luridly.
 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, the Chinese leader, in a war anni- versary message to friendly powers said the European and ASiatic wars had become single conflict in which anti-aggressionists were fac- ing the aggresSor nations and no nation could escape the conflict be-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
British Bombers Are Smashing At Germany
Cross Channel Again This Morning After Terrific Pounding Last Night-YOung American Eagle
 Distinguished Himself
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS Limited Press Staff Correspondent

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 London, July 7-(UP)-Big bornb- CT and fighter formations swept across the channel today to attack north France in continuation of Britain's dawn-to-dawn air offen- sive, after striking heavily during the night at Germany's industrial Ruhr.
 Strong forces of long grange bomb CTS smashed during the night at Munster, Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Cologne in the Ruhr, at the naval bases at Emden, in North west Germany, and Brest, in France. and at Rotterdam, in the Neither lands, the air ministry said.
 "Objectives at Munster were heav- fly attacked and very large fires were clearly seen," the air ministry reported.
 "A great weight of high explo- sives and incendiaries were dropped on the Ruhr and Rhineland espe- cially Dortmund," it was added.
 Lighter attacks were made against Dusseldorf, Cologne, the port of Emden and the docks at Rot terdam," the air ministry said.
 BreSt Docks Hammered
 The docks at BreSt, where the German warshipS Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen still are berthed, were said to have been heavily bombd.
 Extensive damage also was done to the naval base and l1arbor," the ministry added:
 Six British planes were lost in the night operations.
 The air ministry announced that the youngest member of the Amer ican Eagle fighter squadron had shot down German Messerschmitt fighter during yesterdays sweeps.
 ''The Messerschmidt was about to attack one of our bombers when l gave it a burst" the piloA reported. (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
NEGRO SOLDIER
 MET WITH DEATH
Four Companions Serious Iy Hurt ]; Three Car COlIi-
 sion on Boston Post Rd

Milford, Conn, July 7-UP)- Negro soldier from Fort Dix was killed and four companions were seriously hurt today when their automobile was ranlmed head on by a truck in a three car collision on the Boston Post oad.
 Everett E, Washington, g, 50 Westminster street, Roxbury, Mass. died at the scene of the accident.
 Taken to Milford Hospital were:
 George Brady, 24, 306 Columbus avenue, Boston, lacerations of the scalp and forehead.
 George L. Williams, 23. SS War wick street, Boston, the driver. inc jured knee, hip and arm.
 Wesley D. Tut, 3S, 70e Fremont street, Boston. laceraticns of the nose.
 Joseph Singleton, 20. 20 Elberi street, Boston, head and cheek in- juFles.
 Police said the accident occurred when e truck operated by Walter Roberts. ae. i9 Governors avenue lzafison, E. J., hit the rear end oi auother ear driven by Edward Malynow1ki, g, East Hartford. and then sWefved aercw she road and lnto the ear containing the sold. iefs, Npbegls and Maiyncwsu weri arrested,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
Red Army Not Shattered Nor DemOraIized as Nazi
 Had Planned
STALIN SAVED HIS
 STRENGTH AT START
Early Nazi Communicates Not Borne Out; Decision
 May Come This Week
tBy United Press)

It is apparent from the tone of the latest Russian and German communicates that the German blitz has not made the progress which the high command had hoped, and that the Red army, far from being demor- alized and shattered accord ing to plan, is fighting back with unexpected fury and ef- ficiency.
 The early forward progress was fairly rapid, comparing favorably with the campaigns on the same lines which were conducted with such success in western Europe. That was to be expected, since the Germans were advancing through the buffer territory which Stain seized in the Baltic states, eastern Poland and Bessarabia.
 It was his design to put as much distance as possible between the Germans and the main Russian de- fense, known as the Stalin 2al1M The outer territory was only thiilly defended as far as fixed foftifica- tions were concerned.
 No Full Soviet Strength
 Nor did Stalin throw his full nlili- tary. strength into trying to halt the German steam roller at the ollt- set. Had he done SO, his military strength might have been broken and German progress through Rts- sia prosper made easy, despite the deep Soviet defenses. Deep defenseS would be useless unless properly manned.
 Now that the Germans have reached the Stalin line and presume ably a heavy Russian reserve strength, German progress may rea- sonably be expected to slow up. The Germans claimed to habe preached the main Russian line at unspecified points, but 1t Is noticeable that the communique is vague, giving no de- tails and making no startling claims.
 Presumably 1t would be somewhere in the Luck area south of the Pri- pet Marshes, since the Russians claim to be on the counter offensive in the north, around the Lake Le- pei and Borisov sectors. The Rus. sian communique, while optimistic, makes none of the extravsgant claims which have distinguished the announcements of both sides in the past.
 Neither comrnunique uses astr0- nomical figures placing enemy losses of men in the hundreds of thou sands, and of planes, tanks and equipment in the thousands.
 It is obvious that if the earlier German claims had been true, the Russian army's power of resistance would have been broken and the 6O- viet's effective air force destroyed. More than a week ago tire Germans announced the Red Army was de- moralized and the air force made powerIesS.
 Significant Talk
 In succeeding days, the German
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
WARDEN LANES
 QUITTING PRISON
Retires From Famous Sing Sing After 2l1h Years
 of Service

ossining, N. r.. July 7.-CUP)- Lewis E. Lawes, the country's best known penologist, retires next week as warden of Sing Sing prison after 21 1-2 years.
 His resignation has been accept ed and he will retire July IS Ito hoe a few potatoes and get back to earth for a while."
 Lawes, 57, had had responsibility for 8 total of 36,750 prisoners. Op- posed to capital punishment, he di- rected the execution of 303 persons. My health is excellent and I de- sire to get out while I am vigorous: both physically and mentally" he said. T have always tried to steer a straight course, avoiding coddling on the one hand and brutality on the other.
 He did not know how the pres ent inmates of the prison felt about his resignation.
 Some of them probably will feel bad," he said. "A great many of them have been here 8 long timer men who have been saved from the chair and sentenced to life. Some of them have been very valuable, very fine men, and, I might say, very fine friends"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
GERMANY STRUCK
 HARD IN SOUTH
Advances on Entire South ern Front: Claim Break
 Through Stalin Line
By JOSEPH W. GREGG, JR.,

ny JO0G1 41 w. G4~10%AS SAesS United Press Staff Correspondent.
 Berlin, July 7-UP) German armies advancing on the entire southern front were officially re- ported today to have captured the modern defense forts of the Stalin line protecting the Ukrain- ian capital of Kiev.
 The break through by German troops was claimed by the official news agency which said the attack was launched as the Red army fell back from the Volhynia area of southern Poland, apparently in the Novograd Volynsk sector.
 (Extent of the reported break through was not indicated by the official agency and in view of the fact that the Stalin line is sup poSedly built in great depth the agency'S dispatch indicated that the ans had merely broken through 8 strong line of pill boxes and other Qualifications. The break through was not mentioned by the high command communique.)
 Novograd Volynsk, where the Rus sian communique h a d reported heavy fighting, lies just inside the pre-war Soviet border and Kiev is l20 miles to the east. :.
 Both the high command and the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07

New York, July T-(UP)-The National Association of Manufac- turers said today that defense pro- duction is lon schedule or ahead" It had made Q telegraphic survey of i6 major industrial areas.
 Shortage of materials is hamper ing production, the NAM indicated. with Ian average of 60 percent of the responding manufacturers stat- ing that this constituted e major obstacle. But although 63 per cent of the producers reported delays ln January because of shortages in machine tooiD, only 70 per cent made such reports in May.
 Ezsly.slx per cent of the Espurt-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
Defense Production Is On Schedule Or Ahead, Is Statement Of Manufacturers

vance delivery dates because of the urgency of the preparedness effort. !" NAM said. "This latter figure ap- pears even more significant es NAM reported in February that S2 per cent were being pressed by the gov- ernEnent for advance deliveries" Fifty per cent of the nianufactur- CTS reported delays because of changes in specifications and 4i per cent said government inspec- ton technluues were delaying de- liveries.
 Of specific areas, the report sad
 Hartford, Com. .--Mor@ than B. eco machine siins of four dlfferanl varieties turned out daily by CoItl ] patent Firearms"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
German Blitz Fails To Gain
 As Much Progress As Hoped
ECUADOR, PERU
 START NEW WAR
Two Countries, That Have Been GrOwIing at Each
 Other, Are in Fight
BY SUCRE PEREZ United Press Staff Correspondent

Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 7.-(UP) Ecuador and Peru engaged in un- declared war along their frontier today, shattering the peace of the western hemisphere and frustrat- ing the efforts of the United States, Argentina, and Brazil to mediate their century-old border dispute.
 Patriotic demonstrations swept Ecuador. President Arroyo Rio, in a fervent manifesto, called upon the people to rally around the flag and pledged his government to "com- ply with its obligations without weakness or timidity."
 The fighting began on the from tier Saturday was intensified yes- terday, continued today. Artillery and airplanes were engaged. The government, in detailed statement, charged that Peruvian forces had at- tackled Ecuadorian border guards, in- vaded Ecuadoran territory, and had been the aggressors throughout.
 (The Peruvian government charged in Lima, the capital, that Ecuadoran forces had been the ag- gressors throughout and said Peru vian forces had fought defensively only)
 Long Series of Scraps
 The outbreak of fighting was an- other in a long series of skirmishes, battles and wars between Ecuador and Peru that date back almost 100 years over a strip of territory along their border which both claim. Only on May 13, both Ecuador and Peru accepted the good offices of the United States, Argentina, and Brazil to mediate their quarrel, the only threat to efforts to unify the western hemisphere into continents of good neighbors.
 News of the fighting stirred patri- otic nationalism throughout the country. Twenty thousand demon strators charged through the streets
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-07
24MORE YOUNG MEN ARE CALLED
They Will Leave July l6 for Fort Devens for
 Years Training

Twenty four more young men were summoned to a years army training today by the four local Selective Service boards. They will leave July IS for the. induction cen- ter at Hartford, then proceed to Fort Devens, Mass.
 Board l5-A has 11 of the new quota; Board 15-B has eight; while Boards 16-A and l6-B have only one each.
 The list for 15-A includes two brothers, William T. Daly and Don- aid F. Daly of 499 North Main street, who will begin their train- ing together, and the names of sev- eral Select,Cs who have brothers al- ready in training.
 The local boards are awaiting 1n- structions, now expected within a day or two, on classifying the young men who registered last week for Selectiye Service. The new groups names and numbers will be min gled with those of earlier regis trantS.
 The lists announced today for the July 16 call are as follows:
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