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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
ENTIRE ITALIAN
 ARMY IN DANGER
British Forces Threaten to Destroy Forces of Italy
 in East Africa
By H. L. PERCY United Press Staff COrreSpOndert)


 London, Feb. 3 -(UP)- British empire forces are now threatening Italys entire East Africa army, with disaster in a merciless drive from north and south supported by in- creasing thousands of Ethiopian warriors, it was reported today. The Italian army is estimated to total 200, ,0O0 men.
 Newspapers hailed the fall of Agordat ill Eritrea, and the ex- pected fall of Barentu nearby, as the beginning of the end of Benito Mussolini's shaky African empire. It was indicated that half the Italian East African army, based On Eritrea, was now in such position that escape might be impossible, and there were indications that British and Ethiopian pressure was forcing the withdrawal of Italians from outlying parts of western Ethiopia.
 British and Indian troops who captured Agordat, on the main rail- road to Asmara, the Eritrean cap- ital, and MasSaWa, a big Red Sea port, were reported to have sent a fianking solumn southward to at tack the Italian right wing at Bar entu.
 Almost Cut Off
 Between 1000 and 1000 Itlian troops in the Barentu sector were already almost cut of. Attacked from the west and now threatened with a flanking attack from the north, they had for a possible, line of retreat only rough track toward
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For map of Senatorial and Con- gressiOnal redistricting proposals in Connecticut turn to page 8.

elections be set up to administer the election laws. There was also opposition within the commission to recommendation that the terms oi state officers be for four years and that elections be held in of years
 Gov. Robert A. Hurley received the commissions bulky report last Friday. Bills incorporating the long series of recommendations have already been filed in the legislature
 Recommendations
 The recommendations of the cleo tion laws commission include:
 1. Election of governor and other state officers for four-year terms with elections in off years" from presidential elections. This would require a constitutional amendment of this proposal should be defated elimination of the party levers from voting machines is propoSed)
 2. A new form of paper ballot in towns where these are used, aimed at ending confusion and the danger of illegal ballots cast by error.
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hotSpots Saturday night. Ham, burger suggested a sail on his yacht and they motored to the harbor be- fore dawn.
 After while I heard Dolores shout that she was going for a swim" she continued. "She ran of the boat to the landing and dived In, with all her clothes on, evening dress, wrap, and everything. ran down and hauled her out.
 Then took of her wet clothes and put her in Q cabin to get warm while went looking for a robe, When 1 came back she was gone, rushed I'D 10 the deck. was too late. heard a splash and saw some bubbles in the water called for help"
 After grappling in the mud Of the haFboF bottom for half Rn hour, hremen found the body 0g the girl who came here from Detroit about i've gears ago and danced at one time or another Co most Of ihe fllm eol0ny'k pluahlekt night clubs, Bbo specialized 10 Russian and aeToba' lle dancing,
 Detectives questioned Hamburger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
Another Hollywood Showgirl Tragedy Involves Wealthy Man Of California

and Tracy briefly and allowed them to sail. Hamburger said his yacht was an auxiliary Of the coast guard and that he was scheduled to leave on a practice cruise. His wife was unavailable at their Beverly Hills home.
 Police left 1t up to the coroner to decide whether she had commit. ted suicide.
 What the coroner could not ua. derstand was why an almost naked girl should want to sym in the cold and dirty water of tn harbor. The police blotteF had HE'D (had been drinking) notation,
 The white yacht Of the heavy-set Hamburger sailed Into the mist Of the Catalina channel and dasaps peared with her motors chufning flIllspeed and her destination iinAils nOunced. The Hamburger family lk one of the oldest in southern Calts lOrnIa, with numerous interests iil real egtate, banking and mefehails dialng, The hnnlBuHEef aepafts lnNnt store, one Of the iaFgea iil lhe vest, was purchased fffefAl years ago bs ths Msy company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
SAITKOWSKI TO MAKE LONG FIGHT
Defense May Take All This Week, Perhaps Part of
 Next Week

Testimony by the defense in the John SaitkowSki first degree mur- der trial now entering its third week tomorrow morning at l0:00 a. m. before Criminal Court Judge Robert L. Mungr and a jury of ten men and two women, may take all of this week and possibly one or two days of next week, according to statement made this morning by dfense counsl Edward T. Carmody sweetheart Yvonne Goyette will not
 Tn all probability Saitkowski's $ be recalled to tsetify on Johns be- half," said Carmody. Asked whom he would place on the witness stand tomorrow, Carmody replied T can't tell you that, but we prob- ably won't use Miss Goyette. You can say that"
 For a time 1t was believed the defense would plead temporary in- sanity, but this was denied. In view of last Thursdays damaging 35 page written confession of Saitkow- ski read in court by County Detec- tive Roland G. filling, the defense Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN United Press Hollywood
 COrrespOndent)

Hollywood, Feb. 3 -(UP)- Cor oner Frank Nance today sought to discover why an all but naked showgirl plunged to her death from the yacht of Arthur Hamburger one of Southern Californias $ wealthiest men, at 10 o'clock sun- day morning.
 Police called 1t "an accidental death" and allowed Hamburger to sail. They also released Robert Tracy. q movie actor. and Alice Dcre. dancer, the others who were aboard the 60-foot yach, El Cofn-a- Dee. when Dolores Deimar diyed, in braElere and iilmSy panties, into the oily sweib Of the Wilmington yacht haibor.
 The 36.year.old Hamburger, scion Of q department store family, and Tracy, . newcomer 10 the illnis, told police they were adeep when Mis- polmar jumped Vff LDe pOnt 70 the pier and then Co the water below,
 Miss Dere said the quartet had mad9 the Tonnds of nolls swcod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03

dustry workers who are being brought into Waterbury and who are clearly out of the reach of private housing enterprise.
 The present recommendation for 300-unit project was made on the basis of a preliminary survey, MT. Palmer said, and may be augmented after a more thorough investigation.
 The houses will be built by the Public Buildings Administration and are tentatively scheduled to be rented at from $25 to $35 per month. The entire cost of their con- struction will be met by the federal government as part of the emer- gency national defense program.
 Cannot Meet Demands
 Although complete data on the Waterbury situation is not yet avail able, Mir Palmer reported, the pre- liminary survey indicates that there is critical housing situation" in Waterbury due to the fact that ex- isting vacancies and current private construction are not adequate to meet the demands of workers en- ployed in defense industries.
 A large group of Waterbury Man ufacturers have received extensive defense contracts for ammunition componentS and other materials di- rectly or indirectly essential to the defense program, MT. Palmer said. It is to take care of the new workers in these industries that the pres ent group of 300 houses is urgently needed.
 Waterbury companies included in those cited as contributing to the situation are: American Brass Con- pany, Chase Brass and Copper Com pany, Scovill Manufacturing Con- pany, Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company and Patent Button Company.
 No Competition
 The defense housing program is
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lllVdSlOIl UdSCS dAC 1OCdCCO. a watchdog eye on German bomb loads shortly before dawn.
 The attack followed up great RAF sweep over the invasion coast yesterday and issuance of advice to British householders on defense plans when and if an invasion at tempt is made.
 Nazi reconnaissance flights over Britain brought increasing en- phasis to the possibility Of an early all-out German offensive against the British Isles.
 The best informed sources still were doubtful whether Adolf Hitler would essay the supreme gamble of an attempt to invade the British Isles. Nevertheless there were plain signs that German activities were of a sort which would pre- cede such an attempt and there was no doubt that the government was making every preparation.
 100 Spitfires in Drive
 More than 100 Spitfire and Hurri- cane fighter planes in addition to bambers took part in week end sweep of the invasion coast ln which invasion troop barges and docks at Boulogne, one of the two
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
Petain Sends Strong Man Admiral DarIan to Paris
 to Speak for Him HITLER MAY FORCE
 LAVAL UPON FRANCE French Fleet Is Reported Ready to Fight for Its
 Own Existence
BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff COrrespondent)

b1 HARhISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent
 A new Franco-German crisis arose today as Great Britain went on the alert against an expected early Nazi all-out attack on the British Isles. There was be- lief in some quarters that the French crisis was related to German preparations for the attack on Britain. Hitler, it was believed, desires to bolster his advanced striking forces in France to the greatest possible strength before launching his big offensive.
 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain sent his most trusted collaboratcr, Admiral Francois Darlan. to Paris today in an apparent effort to bring an end to the deadlock in Franco-German relations.
 German quarters intimated and the press of German-controlled Paris stated flatly that only the re- turn to power of Pierre Laval, busted vice premier, would ease the growing tension and make negotia- tions possible.
 There were suggestions that Laval might re-enter the cabinet as head of a triumvirate under Petain or that he might be named the agent of the Vichy government to handle all dealings with Ger many.
 Will Petain Yield?
 Whether Petain would yield te such a solution was not certain There were some suggestions tfat Darlan might be snubbed in Paris by Otto Abetz, Adolf Hitlers agent, unless he was prepared to offer full restitution to Laval.
 As Darlan entered negotiations at Paris, a French newspaper published an interview in which he was quot ed as declaring the French fleet would defend itself against attack from any quarter and protect the overseas French empire against any challenge. He said f1atly that the fleet would stay under French con- trol.
 This assertion appeared to be fiat answer to the constantly re- curing report that Germany is anxious to obtain the fleet and French bases on both shores of the Mediterranean in order to chal- lenge British sea power there.
 Pressure on the Vichy govern ment for settlement with Ger many is increasing. A rival political body has been set up in Paris as challenge to Petain's new one-party regime and it was learned that as many as 100 police officers have been arrested in the Paris area or charges of sympathy with General Charles DeGaulle. The officers in- clude Roger Langeron, Paris prefect and chief administrative officer of
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HOUSE TAKES UP
 AID TO BRITAIN
Former Governor LaFOl= lette Fights Approval;
 May Pass This Week
BY JOHN R. ZEAL United Press Staff Correspondent

tOmteu freSS StaH OOrreSpOn0ent)
 Washington, Feb. 3-(UP)- The house began consideration of the administration momentous Brit ish-aid bill today as former Gov. Philip LaFollette of Wisconsin fought its approval before a Senate committee on the ground that its paSsag, would give President Roose- welt a mandate for a war policy"
 First business on the house sched- ule was consideration of rule to govern action on the bill itself. The proposed rule, expected to be adop- ted in mid-afternoon, would per init three days of general debate and would place no restriction on amendments.
 Speaker Sam Rayburn. D., Tex, predicted at a press conference that the bill would pass by the end of the week with margin of 100 to 125 votes.
 That's the situation now" he said. Tt may go up."
 LaFollette, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations commit tee, said that passage of the bill
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
State Commission On
 Elections Ended Work
Gov. Hurley Has Received Bulky Document Bills Are Already Presented Recommendations
 Proposed By Commission

Recommendations of the state election laws commission, of which William J. Pape is chairman, are expected to cause considerable con-
 troversy during the 1941 session of the General Assembly. The com- missions report, made public today in full, calls for many important changes ill the election statutes. It is based on surveys made by the commission during the two years since it was set up by former Gov ernor Raymond E. Baldwin. Two of the six members of the commis- sion declined to approve recom- mendation that a state board of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
KOPPLEMAN HAS
 MADE BET ON WAR

Hartford, Conn. Feb. l3.-CUP)- Rep. Herman P. Kopplemann, Hart ford Democrat, who said in a broadcast Sunday that the lease lend bill would prevent our com bat involvement" in war, today backed up his statement with money.
 Guy Hedlund, an actor, was will ing to bet $50 to $5 that America would be at war within four months after the measure passed Congress Rep. Kopplemann took him up al once.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
TWO DEATHS BY
 VIOLENCE IN CONN.
(By United Press)

Automobile accidents claimed two lives in Connecticut over the week end, a compilation showed today.
 Edward McGinnis, 61, Canaan, was killed when struck by car at an intersection at Canaan.
 William Hunt, 20, Yale Univer- sity junior from Birmingham, Mich., died of injuries suffered in an auto mobile accident at New Raven Fri- day night. Three other persons were iniured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
NEIGHBOUR LAW IS SUPPORTED
Supreme Court UphOlds COnstitutionality of Bit
 terly Fought Law
BY GILBERT w. STEWART, JR. United Press Staff COrreSpondentl

Washington. Feb. 3-(UP)-The supreme court today upheld the ccnstitutionality of the wage-hour law, newest and one of the most bitterly contested of New Deal re- forms.
 The court acted in a test case against a small Georgia Lumber Company that was indicted for fail ing to pay the required minimum hourly wage and for refusing to pay time and one half for overtime
 The unanimous action of the high court came in rulings on two test cases involving a small Georgia Lumber Company and g. group oi small southern cotton mills.
 Justice Harlan F. Stone wrote the decisions.
 In one case the supreme court re- instated indictments which federal Judge William H. Barrett had quashed on the grounds the law was unconstitutional. The government had charged that the F. w. Darby Lumber Company, Statewsboro, Ga , had violated the law by failing to pay the minimum hourly wage and had refused to pay time and one half for overtime in excess of the pres cribed work week.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
BARENTER FALLS
 TO BRITISH FORCE
Strategic Outpost Over 40 Miles Inside Border of
 Egyptian Sudan
BY PHILLIP S. TAYLOR United Press Staff Correspondent

Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 3-(UP)-Brit- ish forces pushing an advance into Italian Eritrea have captured Ba- rentu, strategic outpost more than 40 miles inside the border from the Anglo Egyptian Sudan.
 A communique of British general headquarters here said:
 "As a result of our operations the enemy evacuated Barentu which we occupied yesterday"
 The British were said to be inten- sifying their drive through Eritrea and the Italian were falling back in orderly fashion. Their only path ot retreat lay toward tole, 20 miles to the southeast. Unofficial reports said they had little chance to save themselves even though they tried a withdrawal.
 The communique said that the northern flank of the British mech anized forces was pressing the 1tal-
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Your HeoIth Is VitoI

Men registered for the Draft Men engaged in defense industries and other busy ofces Your physical condition Is vital to you nowi Exercise the military directed and demonstrated by Capt Victor A. King S. A., Instructor in Physical Culture Point Follow the series of i2 luS rated articles the first Of which page of todayb Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
WILLKIE ON LAST
 LEG OF HIS TOUR
Drive to Manchester Where He Inspected FaC=
 tories That Were Hit
BY NED RUSSELL United Press Staff Correspondent

NShAVSu ASoo OsNNA~ ~SN
 Liverpool, England, Feb. 3-(UP) Wendell L. Willkie drove to Man. chester today on the last leg of his whirlwind inspection of factories in the heavily bombed Midlands.
 He will confer with industrialists today and leave for London tonight. He is to have an audience with King George and Queen Elizabeth some time Tusday, and leave for the United States on Wednesday to tes- tify bfore the Senat foreign rela- tions committee on President Roosevelts British aid bill.
 Willkie looked at two of the most bomb-battered cities ysterday. He drove through miles of ruined streets in Coventry and Birmingham waving his soft felt hat to the thousands of cheering BritiShers.
 He spoke to industrial officials privately and from them obtained reports of casualties and damage.
 Willkie drove to the Midlands from somewhere in England" where he had been entertained by
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 FEB. 2, 104O
IBy United Press)

lBy UnIted PFessl
 Russian air raids in Finland caused IB0 easualitleA. POrl and Ku0plo hardest nc.
 Germans staged "b0mb and snn" raids along 900 miles 0f Engllah coast ana claimed C One ship lost at seat N0rwe- slan fFelghter Tempo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03

ta.enegraph Machine Shorthand. Easy l0 learn, easy Co write, easy Co read. Pest Junior C0lieges--Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
Nazi Fuehrer Wants French Fleet Before Striking Blow
British Planes Smash At Targets
 In Northwest France Before Dawn
They Carry Out an Offensive Patrol Over German Invasion Bases-AirdrOmes of Nazis for
 Their Take=Off Were Hit
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

London, Feb. 3.-(UP)-Royal Air Force planes at tackled targets northwest France today The attacks made by small squadrons of British planes carrying out an offensive patrol the in which German watchdog eye on German preparations, dumped their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
300 Houses Will Be Erected Here Without Delay
Rep. J. Joseph Smith Announced That President Roosevelt Approved Project Today on RecOm=
 mendatiOn of Charles F. Palmer
Special to The Democrat)

Structon of 3OO-unt defense housing project in Water bury approved by President Roosevelt today recom o~dinator according to Representative J. Joseph Smith This number of units is needed immediately, Mr. Palmer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-03
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 3-UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan. 31st, compared with year ago:
 This Year Expenses Last Year SG,292, ,515, ,9034S $5,4S0, 4G1, ,4l3.S9
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Fair, Colder for
 Tonight. Tuesday. Fun Weather Report Page
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-15

The Sussex County Pomona
Grange will have their picnic at
Trappe Pond, August 20. Every
body welcome.
The classes Of the Junior Depart
ment of the Presbyterian Sunday
school will hold a bake sale at the
Ben Franklin store, Saturday NOR
ming, August 16.
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Many Of the canneries in this
vicinity are preparing for the 1941
lima bean pack, which is believed
will be the largest in years. Good
weather and an almost complete
absence of the Mexican bean beetle
in some sections has caused the
crop to flourish.
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Peaches are now being harvested
in this section, and while the crop
is reported to be one of the largest
in recent years the price remains
low. Several of the orchardists have
stopped sending the fruit to the big
city markets and are huckestering
it through the towns and villages
throughout the state.
-
The August meeting of the Wo-
mems Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church will be held
at Mrs. Joseph Pearce's cottage in
Rehoboth next Wednesday after
noon, August 20, at 8 p. m, D. S.
T. Following the meeting the mem
bers and friends will enjoy a COW
cred dish supper under the pines.
Be sure to be there and bring a
iish. For transportation call Mrs.
Al Humes-14O.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES

Christian Science Church Service
Report for Sunday, August II: Sub
| ject: Soul"
Golden Text: Psalms 103:1. Bless
the Lord, o my soul: and all that
is within me, bless his holy name.
A Bible Citation from the Les
son-Sermon: Psalms 62:1, 2 & s,
Z. Truly my soul waiteth upon God:
from him cometh my salvation. 2.
He only is my rock and my saliva
ton; he is my defence; l shall not
be greatly moved. 8. My soul, wait
thou only on God; for my expec-
tation is from him. z. In God is my
salvation and my glory: the rock
of my strength, and my refuge, is
in God.
Correlative from the Textbook,
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: AS used in Christian Science.
Soul is properly the synonym OF
Spirit, or God; but out of Science.
soul is identical with sense, with
sensation. :. . The sun is
not affected by the revolution of
the earth. So Science reveals Soul
as God. untouched by sin and
death,-as the central Life and in
telligence around which circle har-
all things in the sys.
TENS of Mind.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-15
Salisbury Leaders
Honor New Industry
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fill orders to meet the needs of ma.
tional defense. Employing scores
of Salisbury workers, it is equip
ped to produce precision instru-
ments, airplane parts, ordnance
items, etc., for both the Army and
Navy.
With the erection of this plant
as a starter, local officials are
hopeful that the government will
eventually give the Delmarva Pen
insula full consideration in the
construction and expansion of fur
ther industrial plants. This pro-
gram of industrial activity is re-
ceiving the full support of the
Salisbury Chamber of Commerce.
Pointing out Salisbury's excel
lent position from the standpoint
of manpower and finance, Henry S.
Todd, Jr., president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, said, There is
no reason why our city should be
neglected in the program of ma
tional defense. We have sufficient
men and skilled workers to keep
factories running day and night.
"The opportunity of industrial
employment such as, here offered
by the Precision Development
Company will help to eliminate the
loss of many of our more desirable
citizens to locations off the PENN
sula where many defense programs
are in progress"
A special note of significance to
the occasion will be given by the
presence of Lowell Thomas, dis
news commentator. Mr..
Thomas will not only be a guest,
he will also make his nightly news
broadcast to 100000 persons in
the nation from the banquet room
Of the Wicomico Hotel while the
banquet is taking place.
In the afternoon preceding the
banquet, Army and Navy officials,
together with the legislators, will
be escorted through the plant of
he Precision Development Com
Dany. At that time, officials of the
new company will show the guests
low this new plant is prepared to
make the tools and instruments
which are so vital in the national
lefense program of the United
States.