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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-19

(continued from Page 1) vichy dispatch reported last night that Paris authorities, charging sabotage, were investigating a seri- ous railroad accident at Epinay Sur Seine, on line used for German military conveys. Russia's ofticial news agency reported a serious out- break of sabotage in Norway and the Netherlands.
 In phase of the secret war against Germany, attempts were being made to organize Polish, Czechoslovak and Jugoslav armies in Russia, composed of refugees and thus hearten the peoples of those countries.
 Colonel Britton," in his mobiliz- ation broadcasts. said:
 "On Sunday the V army - Eu- ropes invisible army of many mill lions - comes into being. It is the date of Europe's mobilization against the Germans
 Do Two Things
 DO two things: First take a VOW at the earliest moment Sunday to continue faithfully this fight in the best way you can for your country's s independence and honor, and that of other nations enslaved by the NaNs; Secondly, you are asked to take every opportunity this Sum- day to demonstrate to the Germans the mobilization of the V army by putting "V's" on walls everywhere you can, and by beating out the sound of three dots and a dash whenever you get the chance.
 "Let the V splash from one end of Europe to the other. The time has come to act. You are asked tc join disciplined army, Q strange army but one to which 1t is an hon. or to belong. It is an army which the Germans fear. You have prob- ably noticed that the Germans are so alarmed by your "V's" that they are trying to cause confusion by using the V themselves. This need not worry you. Leave confusion where it belongs-in Berlin.
 "You know that this tapping means fate knocking on the door. The Germans will not drown out the knocking of fate, however loud they beat, and when they tap oul w they are merely signalling theil own impending doom. We will hurs ry it as much as we can."
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GERMANY MADE
 DAILY REPORT

Continued from Page D ensk, itself, tenaciously defended by the enemy, was taken July IS.
 Groups of the allied Finnish army broke bitter enemy resistance and thrust to the north shore of Lake Ladoga."
 Close to Victory
 German military quarters, ex- pressing increased conviction that the Germans were close to a great victory, doubted that the Russians would be able to get reinforcements to close the "gap" in the Smolensk area of the Moscow front.
 Informants intimated that the Germans were driving all along a 90-mile front between the Vitelska and Mogilev sectors, and were al- ready operating miles beyond Smol- ensk, the capture of which the high command reported in special com munique last night.
 Explaining the 48-hour interva, between an official news agency re- port that Smolensk had been taker and the high commands confirma. tion, informantS suggested that tht Russians might have counter-at. tackled and that the high command waited until these attacks had beer smashed.
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 day at the present time and the rate will be 1900 a day"
 Describing the Garand, Patter- son said that the Magazine "holds eight cartridges. A soldier can fire three tmieS as many well-trained shots in a given time as he can fire with a Springfield. It uses the same ammunition as a Springfield and carries the same bayonet."
 The army will have & strik- ing power beyond that of any aEmy we ever raised. Infantry Is still in- dispensible. The doughboys will bear the heat and burden of the day, as they have done since the invention Of gunpowder. And the arning oi our inianrtymen will be the respon- sibllity of Springfield arnlory which has never let the country down in any crisis and will not now"
 Newsmen watched e9e0 workmer at the armory where the nanufac. ture of small arms began in i70S after it was founded the pfevloui year on orders Of 0eogge Washing. ton. Work en tho development ol the 0arand has covered nearly tWf decadas. Production ek @ aaFandl Gallg staTted in Aaissist iess.
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sections of the country. Reports were given of activities of various organizations affiliated with the Federation, and a visitor, Rev. Fran cis Aukstikalnis, S. J., who is now conducting a novena at St. Joseph's church, was introduced and he, as well as Rev. Benedict Guaronskas, chaplain, addressed the members. A discussion was held on latest news reports of Lithuania.
 Professor Alexander J. Aleksis, president of the local unit and trus- tee of the national organization, will head the convention delegation. Others selected to attend are Rev. Joseph J. Valantiejus, Rev. Benedict Guaronskas, Mrs. Nellie Jenusaitis, Mrs. Charles Karinauskas, Mrs. Anna Girdzijauskas, Mrs. Anna Nor- butas, Mrs. Constance Jesaitis, Mrs. Anna Smotas and Mrs. Stephanie Dumsis. Seven remaining openings will be filled in the near future. The local lodge is composed of rep resentatives of seventeen organiza- tions of St. Joseph's church, and each one is allowed one delegate to the convention.
 Mrs. Nellie Jenusaitis, president of the Lithuanian Women's Ruta society, reported that a $1,00O in- vestment in defense bonds had been made by the society.
 An announcement was made by Mrs. Charles Karinauskas that plans have, been started by St. Fran cis society for a supper to be given
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INJURED WOMAN. AWARDED $7OOO.
Judge Borden of Hartford Hands Down Ruling in
 Local Case

Barbara M. silks of this city, was awarded $7,0O0 damages in a mem- orandum of decision handed down in common pleas court today by Judge A. s. Borden of Hartford.
 The local woman had brought suit against Helen H. Monzani and John Monzani, both of Waterbury, charging that the latter was the operator of car which struck and injured her on February 7th of this year, As Q result of the accident, the Silks woman maintained, she sustained leg fracture, scalp and elbow injuries. The accident occur red at 8 croSSwalk on West Main street, on the northerly side of the Green,
 In rendering decision favorable to the plaintiff, Judge Borden com- mented: Tn arriving ct the croSs- walk, the driver should have anti cipated that pedestrians might be using 1t, and should have used suf- ficient care to see the plaintiff who was in the crosswalk at the time."
 Original damages claimed were @15, 900, and the plaintiff was rep- resented by Attorney Hugh J. Mc- Gill.
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 Act On Tuesday
 The committee will conclude tes- timony on the Army proposals Mon- day and will meet Tuesday to act upon them. Most committee mem- bers appeared impressed by the ar- guments of Gen. George c. Marsh. all, chief of staff, in support of the measure.
 Marshall told the committee that congressional declaration of an emergency would be the more direct method of accomplishing his ob- jective.
 Meanwhile, selective service ofl- cials believed that many of the 750,00O 2l-year-old men who were given draft order numbers in a lot tery Thursday night, will receive questionnaires from their local boards before the end of July.
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Matsuoka brought Honda from a f6-year period of retirement to take the Nanking post last December.
 Matsuoka, pale and apparently feverish after an illness, visited the foreign office today to turn over his duties to Admiral Teijiro Toyoda, the new foreign minister.
 Matsuoka Through
 He told newspaper corresponds that he intended to devote his time to reading and that he would not seek office again. Then he composed a two verse poem expressing his feelings.
 ct was Matsuoka who signed the Axis alliance and the Russian pact The cabinet reshuffle was effected partly to eliminate him, apparent ly0
 Newspapers predicted a qong life for the new cabinet of Prince Flu mimaro Konoye and expressed be- lief that its first concern would be to reorganize and stabilize internal conditions.
 The mass circulation Nichi Nichi said that the government might be expected to adopt a policy of self reliance. Japan's fundamental pol icy, 1t said, was to settle the war with China and prevent the Eu- ropean war from spreading to the Far East.
 Policy Unchanged
 Foreign Minister Toyoda said himself, in an interview in the newspaper Asahi, that fundamen- tai policy would be unchanged, and he defined fundamental policy as settlement of the China war. Asked what he thought of Japanese-Amer- ican relations he said that he hao not yet studied that question "ofh- cially."
 The ultra-nationalistic Kokumin which has long sought to be re- garded as a mouthpiece for the fighting forces and now is close tx some high ministerial circles, saic that future foreign policy woulc especially take into account rela' tions with the UniteG States ant Russia. It said that policy would bt to destroy third powtT machina' tions against Japan's new order 1T Asia program" The fundamenta problem, 1t said were now "the Si' berian question" and "AmericaT encirclement of Japan"
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(C0nAnued from Page 1) fighting also in the Pskov-Porkhov Leningrad) sector of the front. It was indicated that the Ger mans had sought vainly to break the Russian line. In the Pskov-P -Porkhov sector the Germans were driving up the east side of Lake Peipus on Leningrad, in coordination with 8 second force which was striking along the northern side of the great E:sthon- ian lake.
 Germans at Railroad
 Tn the Nevel area, 200 miles west of Moscow and 265 miles south of Leningrad, the Germans apparent ly had reached the Vitebsk- -Len- ingrad railroad in Q new phase of their drive.
 It was indicated that the Ger mans were concentrating on the Leningrad and Moscow fronts for the moment in an attempt to gain the big successes they had prom ised the German public and the world, but there was no sign that they were doing any better than they had been.
 Apparently the Kiev and Odessa fronts, in the south, were relative ly quiet.
 The comnunique asserted that according to revised reports the Russians destroyed S1 German planes Thursday.
 A described in the communique. In one a great German tank and truck column was destroyed and in the other, Russian planes sank an entire convoy of two transports and five oli barges at the mouth of the Danube River.
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SEARCH RESUMED
 FOR LOST GIRL

Rading, Mass, July Ie-(uP)- Search was resumed today by a huge posse of Boy Scouts. eco boys. local police and volunteers for i6- yea T.id Constance ehipp who failed to return Tuesday from . trip to Q grocery store.
 Authorities were inclined to be-. lleve tho high school junior was an anlnesia victim pr mad left home Tor an unknown reason. Two fed- eFal agents joined the search 10 investigate the possibility Of kid. naplng.
 dwonaolyn Brown, is, elaSssnaGa of Che missing girl, eaid she haW Mss elsipp walking along q street wfth eR aEmfui et bundles last
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OBITUARY

ONEILL-Mrs. Ruby O'Neill, e7, of Philadelphia, 8 former resident of Waterbury, died on Thursday night at St. Vincent's hospital, Bridgeport. She was born in Phil- adelphia June 20, 1874, the daugh- ter of the late Col. James Lambert. She lived in Waterbury for some years, but in 1921 when her hus- band, Joseph J. O,Neill died here, she returned to Philadelphia. She is survived by a brother, James Lambert, Jr., of Philadelphia.
 The funeral was held this morn ing at g o'clock at St. Theresa church, Woodbrry, with Rev. Ray mond Kennedy officiating at the high Mass of requiem. Burial was in new St. Joseph's cemetery, this city.
 DI LEO-Pellegrino DiIeo, 70, of 56 Railroad Hill street, the husband of Mrs. Concetta (Pascucci) DiLeo, died this morning at St. Mary's hos pital after brief illness. Besides his wife, he leaves three sons, John, Joseph and Charles, all of this city; one daughter, Miss Josephine DiLeo, of Waterbury; one sister, Mrs. Maria Rosaria D'Alnbrosio of Italy, two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
 A native of Italy, he had lived here for 48 years, in the saloon business from 1902 to 1916, and since then in the retail grocery business for 24 years, living always in the Brooklyn section. He was mem- Der of the Frovincia D'Avellino so- ciety, charter member and former treasurer of the Frigentina society, and member of Court Verdi, For- eSterS of America.
 The funeral will take place on Monday from his home, S6 Rail- road Hill street at g o'clock, to the Church of Our Lacy of Mount Carmel for a solemn high Mass at 9:45. Burial will Be in the family plot in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the home. after 2 p. m. today.
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to add up the number of our air. craft Dr. Goebbels has destroyed" he said because I am sure that if I did so I would find I had no air. planes left"
 British Repulsed
 Rome, July 1o (UP) British forces which attacked two 1ta1:an strong holds on the Tobruk front in Libya after artillery preparation were re- pulsed, the Italian high command said today.
 A communique said also that Italian planes had scored hits on British airports near Nicosia, Island of Cyprus.
 German and Italian planes bombed railway works at Marsa Matruh, Egypt, at the end of the railway running westward along the Egyptian coast from Alexan- dria. British barracks east of Mat run also were bombed as were for tified points at Tobruk.
 British Base Hit
 Berlin, July 19-(UP) = German bombers last night attacked the
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Britain Will Strike Germany Much Harder
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[ British naval base at Alexandria Egypt, the high command said to- day.
 Its communique said German planes had sunk freighter of l. 500 tons and had scored hits on two other ships.
 Tn high command said British planes attempting to attack the channel coast yesterday lost 10 oi their number. It was claimed that five were destroyed by German fighters, three by German patrol boats and two by naval artillery There were no British flights over German territory, the communique said.
 Artificial Fog
 Rome, July 19 - (UP)-Regime Fascista said today that in attack ing the ''last remaining forts around Kiev" German forces were using artificial fog"
 The newspaper said many of the Russian forts were sunk under ground and German troops had been allowed to pass them. Then it was claimed, the Russians fired on the Germans from the rear.
 Germans were said to have de- stroyed the positions by advancing on them under cover of artificial fog and blowing them up with dye namite.
 Ammunition Train ExplOdeS
 Stockholm, Sweden, July 19 = (UP)-A freight train laden with ammunition exploded today al Krylbe station near the Gulf of Bothnia coast. The train was de- stroyed, a passenger train nearby was damaged and the station, sci afire, burned for houfs.
 Krylbe is on one of the main line stations on 8 railroad which leads to Finland.
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WAR TN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 JULY 19, 194O

AdoR Hitler made . Nflpal ap- uealD ta Prime Minister WlngtaA Churchill, urging . cessation eG hostiIities and 8 peace in which Britain mugt make overewes or else s.face annihilation" o9 the, entire empire.
 Britain won the first FOunA Ok the battle of the Mediterranean when the Italian Cruiser Baxt0lb- meO CO1Ieoni, k,Oee tons was sunk by H.AG.S. sydney.
 Laeuk- Gen. Sir Alan Hroots replaced Gen. Sir Edmu1sd Ir0n- side as commander-in-Chief ce the British defense forces.
 The British Admiralty warned all ships i'm the Atlantic tIHat Q German raider was preying on commerce and that it he'd sunk two British vessels.
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&Or U1e DcueuG O1 S6. JOGGpnS p8k1Sn on September 2f.
 An information bulletin released by the Lithuanian legation in Washington, D. O., and outlining the effects and history of Soviet aggression in Lithuania was sum Enartzed by Professor Aleksis as an introduction to a discussion on latest European developments.
 FAther Aulstikalnis, introduced by Rev. Joseph J. Valantiejus, spoke of the importance of religion and of remembering the native land and of remembering the native land, Iithuania. Father Gaurons- kas told the members of a recent vacation trip.
 Members of the Sacred Heart Church, Stamford, in accordance with an annual custom, will corde to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church tomorrow to attend the sol- ernn high mass which will be cele- brated at II o'clock in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. They will be guests at the parish bazaar which is scheduled to end tomor- row night. The bazaar, given in ob- servance of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, has drawn hun dredS of persons each night since its opening last Monday.
 About 60 members of the St. Jo- Seph's senior and junior choirS are expected to attend the annual out ing which will take place tomorrow at Lake Compounce. The senior choir will sing at the 10 o'clock mass at St. Joseph's Church to- morrow instead of il o'clock as usual, and the members will leave for Lake Compounce by private cars immediately after the mass. A program of swimming, softball, sports events, singing, and refresh- ments has been planned. A lunch con will be served.
 Special guests will include Rev. Joseph J. Valantiejus, Rev. Bene- dict Guarnskas, Rev. Alfred Cabi- tor, and Rev. Albert Zanavich.
 The committee in charge of ar- arrangements is composed of Joseph Yanosh, chairman; Celine SmolskiS, Joan Lusas, Marion Krunglevich, Edmund Jenusaitis and Anthony Miklinevich. Mrs. Charles Kari- nauskas and Mary Kasetaitis will be hoStesSeS.
 Al Yoksa will be in charge of the annual outing of the St. Jo- seph's Holy Name Society which will take place tomorrow at the Blays farm, Watertown. A pro- gram of swimming, softball, tug of war, and refreshments has been planned. :.
 The committee assisting Mir. Yoksa with arrangements is com- posed of George Kalxaitis, Gus Krisavage, Edward Vaitekaitis, and George Riktoraitis.
 Plans for the annual joint out- ing of the Sylvester Stokes post 1 and auxiliary, Lithuanian Legion, Twill be completed at a meeting to- night at 7:30 at the cluhrooFns on Bank street. The outing will take place on August 24 at the Kruge- lis farm, Highland avenue.
 The annual outing of the St. Jo- sephs church choir will be held Sunday, July 90 at Lake Compou1ce. The choir members will leave from Congress avenue in private cars at 11:15 a. m.
 Prof. Alexis is making a special announcement, that the choir will sing at the 10 o'clock Mass instead of the II o'clock Mass, Sunday morning.
 The committee is as follows: Chairman, Edward Jenusaitis, as- sisted by Celine Smolskas, Marion Karunglevich, Joan Lusas, Al Jarus, Joseph Janush, Paul Kauneckis, Ar1- thony Miklinevich.
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The state bar examining conn., mittec yesterday elevated ono of its number, Atty. William w. Gager of this city, to the post of secretary. of the committee. Atty. Gager will succeed Judge William B. BOardman of Bridgeport, who has been named chairman of the state body.
 State Referee John w. Banks of Bridgeport, former chairman, announced his retirement from the committee. Arthur M. COnley, also of Bridgeport, was chosen for membership in his place. Atty. James E. Wheeler, New Haven, was reelected treasurer.
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Delegates Elected
 By L. C. Societies
Federation to Hold Annual Convention at MarianOpOs
 College August 7-StOkes Post Meets Tonight
BROOKLYN NEWS

De legates to the bI-annual con- vention of the Federation of Lithu- anian Catholic Societies of America were selected at a meeting of the local lodge of the organization last night at the. clubroorns in the old St. Joseph's school. The conven- ton will take place on August 2 ct Maxianopolis college, Thompson, with delegates expected from all
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LOSES HIS LIFE

Fort Deyens. Mass, July io-(UP) John R. Dean, 36-year-old Maiden
 WPA laborer, lost his footing on the running board of c 10-ton truck here yesterday and was instantly killed when ne fell beneath itl wheels. Dean was employed on the construction Of an access road be. tween the non.comsnissioned os- flcers' quarera and the fort proper
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at 8:iE Monday morning to St. Lucy's church at 9 for a solemn high Mass. Burial will be in the family plot in new St. Joseph's cems etery. Friends may call at the fus neral home this afternoon and eve- ming and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
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Surrounding . street caF in De- lem 90 Para, Brazil, . herd of sebu held the frightened passengers and crew ln the car until 6 rescue paFsy routed the beasts.
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Tuesday. A letter the girl was to mall for her mother wns received ak ila New Hamp6hlFA destination. Police said nc clues he'd haoH found which would explain the slfls Mlsss tefieas dl1appeaFanee
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WNwEaYN

DIED DI LEO-In this city, July 18th, 1941, Pellegrino DiLeo, of 56 Railroad Hill St. Funeral Monday morning, 56 Railroad Hill St., to the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Burial in family plot, Calvary cemetery.
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CARD or THANKS
159 BANK STREET

CARD OF THANKS
 friends, relatives and neighbors. especially Dept. 2, of the waterbury Buckle Co, the U. S. Rubber Co. and the Terryville Furniture Store, for floral offerings and the express sions of sympathy end Kindness shown us during our recent bereave- ment, the death of our beluve64 mother, Mrs. Martinella DiSapio.
 (Signed)
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Optimism is displayd very fre- uuently in politics but seldom has 8 party appeared to be so sure of winning an election, almost year and a half before 1t is held, as the Republicans of sweeping the state next year. It's gone so far already that they're talking about the distribution of patronage by exc Governor Raymond E. Baldwin when he is returnd to Hartford by The voters next year.
 Party leaders haven't shown the Alnbridled optimism of many of their satellites and they're planning to mix . little spade work with the rosy hopes. For one thing, eX- Congressman Albert O. Austin of Greenwich has been named to di- Eect the campaign for election of bix Republican congressman next eear. The appointment was made biar recommendation of the national eommittee, and indicates that the @ational organization plans a long hl1d intensive drive in an effort to
 win control of the House at Wash Nngton next var.
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JAPAN TO GO ON
 INDEPENDENTLY

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Politics in-
 Passing
By RAYMOND J.F1TzPATRICK

The ultra -lsoaationfst stand of U. s. Senator John A. Danaher has lost him the support of a large bloc of Republicans, and even some of his supporters concede that If he were up for renomination this year he would have very difficult time of it. Fortunately for Senator Danaher, his term does not end Alntil after the 1944 elections and tn the three years bfore the 1944 conventions political changes may work to his advantage.
 Though losing the backing of many Republicans for his anti British stand and for his alli- ance with Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Senator Danaher has won support from some Democratic isOlatiOnlsts and several of the isOlatiOnist organizations.
 If the Republicans were nOmi- mating a candidate for U. S. sem atOr this year, the chances are very slim that it would be MT. Danaher. Whatever the situation in 19A4, there will be an infiuen- tial group within the G. o. P. that will not forget Senator Dan- aher's speeches and votes of 194O and 1941.