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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
U. s. SUPPLIES
 GOING RAPIDLY
Gigantic Receiving Depot Is Built On Stretch of
 Middle East Desert

Cairo, Oct. 22.-(UP)--American supplies are arriving in such quan- titles that a gigantic receiving depot has been built on a stretch of the Middle East desert from which American built trucks are sent to the front within A hours of their arrival and tanks are oiled and gassed while being unloaded from ships.
 Huge hangars and sheds have sprung up during the last four months. Cranes of all sizes have been installed on barges which ply between the ships and the Arailhead. South African mechanics and naval and army engineers supervise hun dredS of laborerS and stevedoreS.
 In one shed, hundreds of work men tune up the cars and trucks. Other sheds assemble guns of all types - from anti-tank and anti aircraft to rifles and machine guns. The tanks are ready to run, when they arrive. During the short lighterage from the vessel to the docks, they are serviced and are ready to be driven of when they reach shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
Congress Asked To Repeal Parts Of Neutrality Act
Nazi Army Major Shot Dead Last Night At Bordeaux By 4 Assassins
Ireland Will Soon Have Merchant Marine Of About IS Vessels

Washington Oct 22UP-The Irish State will have approximately IS vessels to goods from United States.
 ship fleet learned today has already departed already in Fire Its and sailing date withheld marine officials
 line been established by the Irish which Irish Shipping Ltd with shipping holding minority The line designed meet the stringent situation by the and the United prohibited combat
 acquired United through the mari commission three acquired here from foreign picked scattered parts of the world
 Diplomatic believe that Irish operations of feet though that country neutral involve with Germany since under blockade regulations call at British isle ports.
 Through ships will badly needed uel grains coffee These formerly obtained Britain and the continent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
,36 Hours Ago German Col. KiIIed-5O Frenchmen
 Executed for That
By RALPH HEYNZEN

(UM1Veu fFeSS SGaH COrTeSpOnOentJ
 vichy, France, Oct. 22-(UP)--A German army major was shot dead at Bordeaux last night 36 hours after the killing of colonel at Nantes which caused the Germans to execute 50 French hostages and to threaten the execution of 50 more, 1t was disclosed today.
 It was announced officially that the Germans had immediately ar- rested 50 Frenchmen in Bordeaux to hold as hostages and execute if the killers were not caught.
 Alarmed by the new assassination, Chief of State Marsha Henri Philippe Petain and Admiral Jean Francosl Darlan, his vice premier in the Vichy government, made emer- gency arrangements for day-long series of broadcasts to the nation, appealing for cessation of attacks.
 Admiral Darlan Warns
 Darlan, in the first of two speeches he made at Paris, where he is lle- gotiating with the Germans, said:
 "We believe that this terrorism is inspired by foreign powers who hope to poison relations between the (Gerrnan) army of occupation and France, thus delaying peace.
 Ut is in our interest that peace comes as soon as possible.
 "The fate of France is in the ball. ance. It is your duty to give all information possible to aid in catch ing those who prepare or execute such acts of terrorism"
 Petain, following immediately over the Vichy radio, called the kill. ingS "unspeakable crimes" and also blamed them on a foreign plot"
 Announcing that 50 Frenchmen had been shot this morning at Nartes--hoStages executed by the Germans because the killers of Lieut.. Col. Karl Friedrich Holtz, commanding the German Nantes base, had not been arrested, Petain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
British Govt. Says It Would Be Suicide To Open Second War In West To Aid Russia

ton of man and women power in industry.
 "It is not lack of ships, because we are sending immense supplies to Russia by sea-" Strabolgi said. "In this tremendous crisis in the history of the world we are unable to make a serious diversion in the west or create a second front because we have not reached. after five or six years, sufficient rearmament."
 Strabolgi said he understood the Germans had only 26 divisions of second line troops in all of western Europe.
 American information. which probably Is right, is that they have less than 100 tanks for police pur- poses" Strabolgi said.
 The dignified House Of Lords laughed uproaTlousiy when gtva- bolai said the war was too serious tO be left to professional s0ldlers. He asked where Britain would hagc been in lef7-l0 f it had not been for amateur ssgaseglats like David Lloyd utmge. thsa p1lme ra'n'rszl'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
Gov. Hurley On
 Special Election

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 22.-- (UP)-Gov. Hurley said teddy he would await Senate confirm atlon of Rep. J. Joseph Smith as Connecticut federal judge before calling . special cleo ton in the fifth congressional district to decide on his success Sor.
 The governor said he definite ly Eeuld not set the election dats for Nov. 1, as had been ruNorAd, because time would not permit the holding of caucuseS and nominating con- ventions aby the two major parties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22

Chinese method of committing suicide on your enemy'S doorstep.
 "You cannot land a force with merely rifles and bayonets to face all the artillery and tanks available in France"
 Moyne pointed out that when Britain had an expeditionary force in France before the French defeat its commander in chief, Lord Gort. pointed out in his dispatches that the numbers of men was less im- portant than equipment. Moyne said that since then there had been q big increase in the need of tanks.
 He said Britain had done remark. ably well on her war production.
 "We are far ahead of America, as has been said," he added.
 Before Mcyne spoke Lord Stga- bolgl complained that when the greatest opportunity of all time had presented itself Britain had been unable to strike in The vest hecause of tho lack of equipment, He urged more ofEecilFe c&snHsra=
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22

London, Oct. 22.-(UP)-Lord Moyne, speaking for the government In the House of Lords today, re- jected demands that Britain open a second front in the west to aid Russia.
 Moyne implied that equipment, especially tanks, now in British hands was not sufficient to make the opening of front in the west possible. He said that a western front operation would severely strain British shipping and would denude Britain of an army needed to repel possible German invasion.
 "It would be madness for us to improvise an expedition of that kind" Moyne said. -You cannot land a well equipped army without a cast amount of shipping. E would be folly to denude this coun- tEy Of an army we will need in case uf invasion. ! cannot imagine any- thing which would suit MltleF'a move better thar Y We adopted ihe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
SOME STRIKERS
 RETURN TO WORK
Threat of Govt. to Take Over Great Lakes Steel
 Plant Scared Them

Gcorse, Mich, october %. - (Ur) -- Approximately l,500 out of 5000 striking employees of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation returned to work today in response to a warning by steel workers organizing committee tCIO) leaders that If the SWOC doesn't reopen this plant the army will"
 The l,500 returned to work at the Hanna Furnace Corporation, a sub sidiary of Great Lakes. The parent plant and the subsidiary Michigan Steel plant remained idle. A picket line of approximately 5000 strikers milled outside the gates of Great Lake when the first shift was to have reported at 8 a. m.
 At . meeting last night about 5000 of the strikers had agreed to reopen the plants, closed seven days, provided 26 strike leaders dis missed with union authorization for alleged Axis activities" were rein- stated and negotiations for a New York contract were bgeun within 30 days.
 Strikers insisted today that Orval
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
FOURTH FRENCH
 REPUBLIC ASKED
Marshal Petain Has Re- ceived Draft-NO Die.
 tatOrship or Monarchy

Vichy, France, oct. 22-(UP)- Marshal Henri Philippe Petain has received the final draft of a con- stitution. drawn up by a special consultative council, which recom- mends the establishment of the fourth French republic and seeks to limit Petair's powers as chief of state under the present regime, 1t was understood today.
 Infosmants said the draft was submitted to Petain last night and that he would start considering 1t today.
 Petain was believed preparing to promulgate the constitution at any time, either in its present form or with revisions, but the German controlled Paris press was already attacking 1t on the ground that 1t was inapplicable so long as some of the 19 provinces in which France would be divided, as In old monarchy days, were still occupied by the Germans.
 It was reported that the commis- sion advised that the power of the present regime be limited by setting
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 22.-(UP) Raymond L. Woodward, Jr., 16- year-old problem child" was sen- fenced today to die in the electric chair during the week of Jan. 25, 1922 for the confessed mutilation murder of Constance Shipp, IS, his former Sunday school classmate.
 Atty. Joseph P. Donahue of Low ell. court-appointed defense coun- sei, announced that a petition will be fled shortly with Gov. Leverett Saltonstall and the executive coun- cil, asking that the sentence be com muted to life Imprisonment because of Woodward's extreme youth.
 Not flicker of emotion showed on the prisoners handsome face as he stood rigidly in the cage and listened to Superior Judge Harold F. Williams fateful words-"that you suffer the punishment of death by the passage of a current of elec- tricity through your body. :" But Woodward's father. seated nearby
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
DIR. BLUNT RESIGNS

New London. Conn, Oct. 22-(UP)
 The resignation of pr. Katharine Blunt as president of Connecticut College, effective at the end of the present academic year, was an- nourced today. pr. Blunt said she would retain the position after that time if 1t were found impossible to decide on a successor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. 22-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Oct. goth, compared with year ago: $6,S99, ,551.49 $z,S84,S10.S17.48
 Defense Spending $4,375,S54,4 ABBOT S796, ,961, ,S9S.6a
 Receipts s2.2ss.se4,4Os;s4 s1 s1,71l.ao6.s27.al s4,11o.s5s. .ssl.s5 si.1ss. .7so, ,sss.gs
 Cash Balance $2.ss2.564.67s.S1 s2,06S.74S.ssl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22

NOW is the time te tnFeli, to pre-
 pare for business Position Rest 9unieF Collexe eg cemnprcs issv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22

Furnaces cleaned and repaired by umneria. Chimaeys cleaned. Water hpEy fIeaflng Ce. Rhous f<sf7s. .-Aag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-22
zhe Weather

Fair, Cool Tonight; Warmer Thursday
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

the appointed hour of the walkout
10 a. m. Pacific standard time
at which four officials of the union
declared that between 100000 and
closer to 100000 welders through
out the nation" would quit work.
EDITORS NOTE:- The
claim that there were between
X 100000 and 100000 welders in
the, United States was disputed
by the labor division of the
Office of Production Manag =
ment in Washington, whISW
doubted that there were more
than $4,000 welderS in the
countryD)
The dispute Stemmed from a
long smouldering jurisdictional
dispute between the independent
welders union and the AFL trade
unions, such as boilermakers, me-
ChanicS and blaCkSmiths.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
LOtGiventoU.M
By Col. George

ANN NRBOR lee CO. Th
board OF regents Of The University
Of Michigan today accepted % plot
Of land on Woodward avenue
north Of Nerpor highway Nrc sT
III Cos Edwin :. George ot Detroit
The assessed valuation ot theNC[
Is $50 $50 Al present Il is n Use
as a parking lot
Income from rent or tho tract
VIII provide a scholarship ana enc
dowuent for the Edwin ). George
Foundation north OF p.nCkney
Mich. for the study of natural
hSlorH%
A endowment of $4,000 Ton
research m the field OF pcaia'ric>
donated hy the ". Is kciloCg
Foundation OF Battle Creek WAS
accepted. together with >3-l79 n
other cash gifts.
II was voted that Studcnis who
arc forced 10 leave The university
10 serve IN the military forces VIII
be given ''prorated' credits for THO
amount Of work completed up 70
the time Of Withdraw al.
tM0-Ae.4l,- llt2as,l---sIE---- -
uate course leading up 10 a batch
elor of business administration
degree was also approved. This
was done 10 meet the requirements
for a "Speedup' in the business
training OF students needed in de-
Tense industries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Restrictions Hit
Cdnadidn-BOrn

The plight of thousands o
Canadian born residents of De
troit. who are unable TO obtair
work because most factories re
qure certificates of American
citizenship. was described Satur
day by w. +. Hamblin of 3Sll
Tyler avenue.
fBut my 2l-year-old son can
be drafted" said Hamblin. Gle
can fight for the United States
but his father can't obtain
work. Thousands OF men are
in the same boat as I am. It's
not fair"
Replying to lIamblin'S state
mcnt Paul Werner. assistant di
rector of naturalization said;
There are thousands Of
American-bOrn citizens " no
cannot obtain work. The law
specifics that American citizens
are the only ones that can work
on defense materials. Hamblin'S
SON or any other alien can't he
drafted unless they have filed
their first papers.
I'VE have more than 100000
naturalization cases pending in
Michigan. 1t may be hard on
this man but there's not much
we can do about it,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Welders Spurn
Call TO Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. &C
QNS).-Only a handful of welderS
today answered nationwide
stop-work order issued by officials
of the independent welders union
AT lTodd-California shipyard, IN
Richmond, Cal, three men quit
work, and % others at United
Engineering Shipyard, in Alameda
Cal, walked off their jobs shortly
before noon.
This was almost two hours after
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
5 Artists, Photographers
Plan Detroit CamOuflage

ia every detail, even TO surround
mg trees and grass.
After the model is completed
tho artists viii perfect The best
method of camoufagIng the yard.
Painting and the use of nets VIII
be among the mediums used.
Williams sand that after the first
model is completed similar. camou-
nage problems will be considered
IN relation 10 the gas tank al city
airport, the smokeStackS of plants
along the river and other sites
easily spotted from the air,
The project IS entirely voluntary
and is intended TO be of aid 10
artists who may be called into
military service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Euict Widow, Z Children
After Near Doubling Rent

Christmas was indeed far away
Saturday for Mrs. Coral NOEL, 40,
and her seven children.
Mrs. NOEL. whose husband. Eu-
gene, left her with IL children
when he was killed in an automo-
bile accident five years ago, was
evicted Thursday from the house
she had rented for S35 a month.
Her sole income is a widow
pension of S91 a month.
Mrs. NOEL said her landlady.
Mrs. Agnes Quick, raised her rent
TO 500. The eviction order was
granted by Circuit Court Commits
SiOner William Cody.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

FIFTY artists and photographers
under sponsorship of the Scarab
Club. have undertaken an anhi-
uou> program 10 develop the art
os camouaaCc to protect Detroit
factories from aerial attack y
Conceived by commercial artists
EIdep Roth(and Lionel Beck,fith,
The mem are meeting regularly
under the Craftsmanship of Jack
advertising executive.
First step IN the program is the
building with plaSticS and other
artists materials of a typical oil
tank yard The yard VIII be built
100 miniature but will be complete
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
In 2 Tiny Rooms Now

Mrs. Noel sits in two small
rooms at 1888 Hart avenue with
four of her children.
Three of her children are mar.
ried and have small families
They. too, have been logged bl
Illness and misfortune. A mar.
rled daughter is caring for three
of the children temporarily. They
have scarcely enough to eat.
The temporary rooms are small
barely breathing space.
Mrs. Noel shares one bed with
her two little girls, Gladys, 7, and
Betty 5. The boys. Howard, 16
and Edward, II. sleep on the limo.
leum-covered floor.
Edward manages TO clothe him
self by working as a grocery de-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Union Gives $3.50
To Old NeWsbOVs

A check for $3.50 was TUNED
over TO the Old NewsboyS Good
fellow Fund Saturday by Richard
T. Leonard and William Taylor.
e,4fffteiit-4--eff- Ford Local, No. SEE
of the UAW-CIO.
The check was accepted by Jack
Sabin, employed in the office OF
the Wayne County drain commits
sion. The money was raised
through the unions sale Of Good
fellow F'rolc tickets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Shoe Heel Slayer
OF Father PdrdOned

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 20 QNS).
Edith Maxwell, The mountain
school teacher who was sent to
prison for 20 years in 1885 for kill
ing her father with her high
heeled shoe, has been freed under
a conditional pardon issued by
Gov. James Price, it was disclosed
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Cares for Blind Man, SO

In addition TO her family OF
seven. Mrs. NOEL has her father
in-law. Charles NOEL, SO, who i,
totally blind and deaf
When they were eVicted from
their home Mr.. NOEL collapsed
and was taken to MARI Gonzales
cent Home. Trumbull and Grand
River avenues.
"If l can only find house."
said Mrs. NOEL maybe we can
have him with us for Christ
mas"
The other NOEL children are
Virginia, IA, Leonard. II, and
Raymond. ..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Mexico Takes Over
Il Spanish Planes

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 20 GNS).
Twcnty-onc Bellanca alrplaneS
consigned 10 the Spanish Rcpub-
lean government and seized by
NcXiCan authorities. have been
taken over by the Mexican army.
il was announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

livery boy after school each day,
Towards earns 81 a Woodworking
as delivery boy after school in a
fruit market. ...
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

Gen. Hugh s. JOhnso
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Evening star., 1941-09-30
The F ranking Privilege
Brood Question of Abuse Moy Be Aired
As Result of Recent Capitol Hill Episodes

Roosevelt entered the White House,
373, 3,440 1868 pieces of mail, dispatched
by executive branches of the Gov
eminent, cost the Post Office De-
partment $14,315,414. For the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1910, the last
for which figures are available, these
same departments mailed 999, 1888, ,119
pieces at a cost Of SAL ,533,510.
In contrast, congressional franked
mail has increased very little. 1t
amounted in the 1888 year to 36,171,-
088 pieces, costing the Post Office
$l,Ol9627. In the 1910 fiscal year
it totaled 45.128,977 pieces at a cost
of $1,217,346.
In the course of a Senate debate
on the Wheeler incident, Majority
Leader Barkley read the law govern
ing the congressional frank, with the
conclusion that the loaning of the
free mailing privilege to outside
organizations is clearly illegal. The
law reads:
Law Carries No Penalty.
ut shall be unlawful for any per-
son entitled under the law to the use
of the frank to lend such frank or
permit its use by any committee,
organization or association, or per-
nit its use by any person for the
benefit or use of any such commit
tee, organization or association.
This provision shall not apply to
any committee composed of mem
bers of Congress"
But there Is catch in this law.
1t is that no penalty is provided for
its violation. If it Is violated, as it
obviously is on wholesale scale, no
one can do anything about 1t be-
yond exposing the facts to public
view.
Misuse of the executive frank, on
the other hand, does entail penalty.
The offender can be fined $500 for
each letter or parcel Illegally mailed.
Again, however, this law doesn t
prevent the departments from send
ing out printed matter in the guise
OF Government reports which is
really designed to influence votes
or otherwise promote political
causes.
Members Of Congress pay for con-
gressional reprints. but at price, on
large lots, not much more than suf-
ficient to cover cost Of the paper
consumed. The per page rate for
lots of from 1000 to 1000 it s5.42 for
the first 1000 and S1.57 for each ad-
ditional 1000. On lots of 1000 to
10000, the price is s647 for the first
1000 and s1.l2 for each 1000 there
after. If you buy in excess Of $4,000
copies the price is sl9.87 for the
first 1000 and 81 cents for each
succeeding 1000.
Evening star., 1941-09-30

ity vote of workers employed in the
plant at secret ballot election held
under government supervision"
If legislation is needed, Mr.. Bridges
offers to help. But since the present
system of compulsion whereby en-
ployers must accept the findings OF
the Defense Mediation Board has
been applied by the President with
the full force of the Army and Navy
behind him, it would seem superf1u-
Gus to ask Congress to pass any law
assuring the workers of a right to
ballot secretly on whether or not
they want to strike.
The only protests against this
plan" says Senator Bridges, will
come from labor leaders whose pri-
vate bank accounts would be ad-
versely affected by its adoption and
from Chairman Davis, who appar-
emily thinks that battles are won
by surrender"
The labor controversies which are
reducing the number of man-hours
worked and are losing valuable pro-
duction time even as the public is
Evening star., 1941-09-30

whole way in bringing about
their defeat-a defeat which has
become increasingly important to
America.
The Neutrality Act has been
revised" at least twice since the
war in Europe broke out. On the
first occasion, the embargo
against the sale of arms to
belligerent nations was lifted.
On the second, by the passage
Of the Lease-Lend Act, re-
strictions against the sale Of
supplies to Britain and her
allies except for cash were
discarded and a new method of
extending credit was found.
Both of these acts have found
favor with the American people.
The remaining prohibitions con-
tained in the Neutrality Act,
however, continue to prevent this
country's going the full length
of effective aid. The very fact
that an act entitled neutrality"
remains on the statute books is
regarded in many quarters as
stating to the world that this
country is neutral" in the tre-
mendous struggle now going for
ward, when every one knows that
1t Is not, and has not been neu-
tral for long time.
The advocates Of the revision"
plan, rather than outright re-
peal-some of them at least
are saying that to call for repeal
would be to stir up last-ditch
opposition Of the isolationist
group In Congress and out. They
contend that it would be a shock
to the American people to do
away with this Neutrality Act"
These are, in the final analysis,
arguments to "appease" the iso-
lationists. If the revision pro-
posal is adopted, it can only pro-
long the befuddlement of a great
many of the people. Another
argument advanced is that the
act contains some provisions
which should be allowed to stand,