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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
Cullen--Lucas

The marriage of Miss Jean Eliza
beth Cullen, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence d. Cullen, of Rising
Sun, Maryland, and Mr.. Alvin G.
Lucas, SON of Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. Luz
cas- also of this town, was performed
ON Friday, November 21st, at 500
O'Clock p. M, at the brides home by
THE Rev. J. B. Dickerson of the
James Methodist church.
The altar effect for the ceremony
was formed of autumn leaves and
lchrysanthemums, with candlelight
forming an effective background, as
the bride entered to the wedding
march, played by Miss Dorothy
|Keilholtz.
The bride wore white slipper sat
lin, and a coromet with a finger tip
we'll. Her flowers were brides roses.
Mrs. John Woolford. Of Havre de
Grace, the matron Of honor, and
sister OF the groom, wore gown of
Iblue taffeta and carried red roses.
lMr. Marvin Lucas, brother Of the
groom, acted as best man.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Mr.. David Cullen.
A reception for Is followed at the
brides home, after which the
couple left for a trip South, Mrs.
Lucas wearing an outfit of black
trimmed with mink.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucas will reside in
| q bungalow recently purchased by
1.-The groom, on the Pennington road.
south of Rising Sun.
|Meekins--ROsling
Miss Virginia Meekins, daughter
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Meekins, of
North East, and Mr.. John Rosling,
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellen Rosling
lof Dundalk. Md, were married in
| st. Mary's Church, North East, on
Friday afternoon, Nov. IA, by the
Rev. DIR. J. w. Atkinson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bolstead of
| Dundalk were the attendants.
The bride wore dress Of royal
blue velvet with hat and veil to
match and a corsage Of gardenias.
The maid of honor wore a blue
crepe dress with hat to match and
corsage of rose buds.
After a wedding trip to Virginia,
the young couple will reside at Dun
dalk. Mrs. Rosling was telephone
operator at North East for q num-
Der Of years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28

The County Commissioners have
appointed w. e. Baker, Port Depos-
It, as the assessor for the Seventh
District. The assessor for the Firs<
and SECOND districts have completed
their york for tAs vintsE
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-28
Satterfeld--Price

The wedding of Miss Grace Rebec-
ca Satterfeld, daughter of Mrs. Eva
v. Satterfield, of Elkton, and Mr..
Julian Cantwell Price, son of Mrs.
Clara Vail Price, of Newark, DEL,
took place on Saturday, November
22nd, at 1900 o'clock moon, at the
Washington Memorial Chapel, VAL
ley Forge, Pa. The Rev. DR.. John
Robbins Hart off1ciated. The couple
was attended by Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
E. Schwartz, of Wilmington, Del.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, luncheon was served at the
Bell and Clapper Tea Room, Pheon-
ixville, Pa, for the immediate men,
bers of the families and few init
mate friends.
After wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs.
Price will live at Staten Island, New
York, where the bridegroom is assoc
ciated with the Proctor and Gamble
Company.
Stokes--Temple
The marriage of Miss Ruth Stokes
daughter of Jacob Stokes, Lancas-
ter, Pa, and Burton Temple, SON Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Temple, New
Texas, took place in Bel Air, Md,
Nov. 10, Rev. Ogg oficiated. The
bridegroom is a corporal in the U.
8. Army, stationed at Indiantown
Gap. They will reside in Lancaster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
NAzI BOMBERS
 STRIKE LONDON
Although Several Fires Wore Started British De-
 lenders Held Nazis Back

Berlin, Jan. 13.- (UP)-Strong German bomber formations attacked military objectives in London during the night, starting large fires north and south of the Thames river bend and in the southeast part of the British capital, the high command said today.
 Military objectives on the English coast were said to have been bomb ed and additional British harbors were reported mined.
 The high command reported that weak forces" of enemy planes again attempted to carry out raids over occupied territory. Two British planes were said to have been shot down by anti-aircraft batteries and another was reported downed by a German fighter.
 Isolated enemy planes early today dropped bombs in the south of Ger many, including Bayreuth. the home of composer Richard Wagner, the high command communique admit ted.
 The official DNB News Agency re- ported that three Lockheed planes attacked a German patrol boat iH the North Sea yesterday with bombs and torpedoes, all of which were said to have missed the mark. The boats aAti-aircraft guns reportediy forced the planes to turn back. (Continued on Page O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
ITALIAN GENERAL
 SODDU RESIGNS
Made COnlmander=in Chief Nine Weeks Ago; l5,OO0
 More Troops Rushed In

Rome, Jan. 13-(UP)-Gen Ubaldo Soddu, made commander in chief of the Italian forces in Albania only nine weeks ago, has resigned flor reasons of health" and will be suc- ceeded by Gen. Ugo Savallero, chief of the general staff, it was an- nounced today.
 Cavallero, who succeeded Marshal Pietro Badoglio as chief of staff in the shake-up of December 6, will re- tain that post.
 After the first Italian reverseS in Greece, it was announced on Mo- vember that Soddu, then under secretary of war, had succeeded Gen. Sebastiano Prasca as com mander in chief in Albania. It was said at the time that Soddu was favorably known as a practical sol- dier who had served with distinction in the World war, and as an ener- getic leader, whereas Prasca had been known as Strategist.
 Marshal Badoglio, conqueror of Ethiopia and Italys foremost soldier since the end of the World war, was succeeded as chief of staff by Caval- lero, December 6.
 Cavallero had served as under secretary of war from 1925 to 1928, and in 1888 and 1889 he was com- mander in chief in Italian east Africa. He is known as believer in German blitzkrieg methods.
 A communique announcing retire ment of Soddu and appointment of Cavallero to command of the forces in Albania was broadcast nationally.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
FORT EDWARDS
 MEN ARE INJURED
U. s. Army Private, Six Comrades Are Hurt in
 Auto Crash

CranSton, R. T., Jan. 13.-(UP)- 4 U. s. army private was hospital ized and six companions were shak- en or slightly cut today when the auto in which they were riding from Bridgeport, Conn.,, to Camp Edwards at Falmouth, Mass, skid ded and overturned near here on the New London pike. Peter Said loski, 9, of IT Railroad avenue, Mill ford, Conn, was taken to Rhode Island hospital at Providence for X-rayS of left shoulder and left knee injuries.
 Three Bridgeport youths, Joseph Gleb, 21, of 418 Park avenue, Eu- gene Seyfert, 21, fo 370 Newfield avenue, and Robert Bratcheu, 19, of 1713 Washington avenue, were treated at the scene by Dr. L. Ad- dison Curran. Gleb complained of chest pains, Seyfert of chest pains and cut right leg and Bratchell of a cut nose and right leg bcuiSe.
 Unhurt but shaken were Ernest Beckwith, q, of 8l Buckingham avenue, Milford, the driver; An- thony Freitas, 20, of 401 Myrtle avenue, and Louis Messina, 21, of 25 Anford street, both of Bridge port. Their auto was so severely damaged that an army truck was sent to bring the men to camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
Attorney Cassidy Asks Injunction On Meters
Files Application Against Meter System in Court of Common Pleas-AttOrney Also Asks for
 S5OOO Damages

Question of legality of Water bury's parking meters moved into the courts today even as wHkmen completed installation of the devices and as police began to prepare to is- sue tags to motorists failing to pay the required fee or over-staying the designated time limit. Attorney John H. Cassidy, bitter critic of the meters, filed application in con- mon pleas court for an injunction restraining the city from enforc- ing the meter regulations. Judge John F. McDorough set down Jan. 31 for a hearing, at which time the city must show cause why the meters should not be removed.
 MT. Cassidy, who asks for $5 ,000 damages in addition to the injunc- ton, charges through his counsel the firm of Bronson, Lewis, Bronson & UpSon, that the contract with M. H. Rhodes, Inc, manufacturers of the devices, is illegal, that installa- ton constitutes a hazard to pedeS- trians and that the right of prop erty owners are interfered with.
 He Had Married
 Filing of the court action today fulfillS warnings by MT. Cassidy that he would take legal steps un- less the meters were removed from sidewalks in front of property he owns on Leavenworth street and at West Main and Willow streets.
 MT. Cassidy, in the writ filed through Atty. Lawrence L. Lewis, charges further that placing of the meter standards on the travelled portions of the sidewalk is in vio- lation of the rights of property owners. He declares that operation of the meters will interfere with his right as property owner to free ingreSS ana egress from his property and contends, that the meters will impair the value of his real estate by discouraging drivers from stopping because of the park ing fee.
 Violation of Charter
 Claims of violation of several
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
SECOND LOCAL UNIT ANSWERS MILITARY CALL Left By Bus Early Today With Their First Stop
 at Hartford l8O MORE WILL GO
 TUESDAY MORNING They Are Units of 2O8th Coast Artillery; Are Slat= ed for Fort Edwards

Thirty-four young men, making up Waterbury's sec ond contingent called for military training under the Selective Service, left from the city hall by bus at $40 this morning. After exam nations by army physicians at Hartford, the youths were to proceed to the reception center at Fort Devens, Mass, where they will receive pre- liminary training prior to perman- ent assignments to various army camps.
 Tomorrow morning will bring the departure of 18O more Waterburians for army service as local units of the 208th Coast Artillery, Connec- ticut National Guard, leave for Fort Edwards, Falmouth, Mass, to begin a years training. The units, Bat tery E., Battery G. and the 206th regiment band, were to have formal farewell ceremonies this afternoon, with parade through the down. town streets at p. m. and guard mount at the armory at p. m. The guardanen will leave by train in the darkness at $40 a. m. tomorrow from the railroad station.
 Plenty of Tears
 Tears fell freely at the city hall this morning as the Selectiye Ser vice group left. More than 100 per- sons, including fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters and friends, waved goodbye as the bus pulled away from the curb. In the contin- gent were the city's first draftees, 21 of them, called by their draft boards to undergo army training for a year. The other 13 were volun- teers. The city's first contingent, which left in November, consisted of IA volunteers.
 we know that you will justify that trust your families and all of us have in you," Mayor Vincent A. Scully told the departing induc- tees" You are a group of fine, clean
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
Senator Burton w. Wheel CT With Senators Van= derberg, Taft Leaders BATTLE IS EXPECTED
 TO START AT ONCE Two Rival Labor Unions Also Will Oppose Part of
 Defense Measures
BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff COrrespOndentl

United Press Staff CorrespOndenU
 Washington, Jan. 13.- (UP)-Congressional oppon- ents of President RoOsevelt'S bill for all-out aid to Great Britain picked Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, today to be co-leader of their bi- partisan strategy group. At a meeting planned for early this week, they will have a Republican-either Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio or Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan-to help him lead the fight against the bill that they charge is equal to a declaration of war" and "dicta- torship for the United States" Their first objective will be to limit dras- ticslly any powers granted the Presi- dent.
 Organization of the opposition group is similar to the one set up in 1897 to fight MT. Roosevelt's pro- poSal to reorganize the supreme. court. Wheeler directed the strategy then.
 The opposition's battle line was formed even before congress started working on the proposal to give MT. Roosevelt blanket power to extend "all-out" aid to the anti-AXis na- tions
 Preliminary debate may come in the House today when that body votes on a motion by Chairman An drew J. May of the military afr fairs committee to take the bill from the foreign affairs committee and refer it to his group. This jurisdic- tional dispute does not involve the merits of the legislation and will not provide test of strength.
 Sol Bloom Unconcerned
 Chairman Sol Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs committee appeared unconcerned about the outcome of the attempt to take the bill away from his committee and scheduled hearings to begin tomorrow Secre- tary of the Treasury Henry Nor genthau, Jr., Secretary of War Henry L. Stirnson and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox will be the first witnesses.
 Chairman Walter F. Georges senate foreign relations committee meets tomorrow, but is expected to go no urther than to discuss pro- cedure. It also may consider resolu- tiors for an investigation of pro- paganda activities in this country and a proposal by Vandenberg to summon Joseph P. Kennedy, former ambassador to Great Britain for a general discussion of the foreign situation.
 George, who has endorsed the ob- jectiveS of the British-aid bill pro- vided it is amended to require ''rea- sonable" security of any nation to which war materials are loaned. said his group might start independent hearings if house hearings were pro- longed.
 The senate is in recess today, but
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
State Liquor Board Begins To Clean Up Restaurants

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 13-OP)- State Liquor Control Commission Chairman E. Gaynor Brennan to- day declared that moral and physi- cal conditions in many restaurants in the state approached the setup of the Barbardy Coast in its hey day"
 Illegal sale of liquor to minors, drunkards and failure to comply with regulations against dimly- lighted boths and curtained win dows, he said, resulted in the revo- cation. of 200 liquor dispensing li- censes within the past week.
 Many of the places, Brennan said operated as. restaurants 'aS Sub- terfuge to sell liquor."
 We're opening them up to the light of day."
 Commission inspectors, he de- clared, tock numerous pictures of botohs and windows, which, under the law, must be visible from the street, and the commission acted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13

promptly to enforce the regulations.
 we are Straining to make these places visible. The commission feels its primary duty to the public is the regulation of the social and moral side of the liquor industry
 The legislature, he said, would be asked to givethe commission wider discretion" concerning the issuance of licenses and for more authority to investigate the extent of business of restaurants, the number of per sons served and the type of neigh borhood in which they were To- cated."
 The cleanup campaign, he de- clared, would bring about i'm provement of many existing places and reduce the number of restau- rants now operating by wedding out the "undesirable" places.
 Local police, Brennan said, CO., operated with the commission in- spectors in obtaining photographic evidence of the law violations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
James P. Purcell Given Permanent State Position By Wm. H. Donning
Named Business Manager of Mansfield Training
 School, Hospital
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK memncrat Political RennrIerl


 Hartford, Jan. 13-James P. Pur- cell, one of the star witnesses for the state in the Waterbury conspiracy trial, who has been holding provi- Sional job in the state department of finance and control, has been ap- pointed business manager of the Mansfield State Training School and Hospital. The appointment, which went into effect last Wednesday, be- came known today.
 MT. Purcell, who after the trial secured a provisional appointment as property control examiner under Budget Director Robert H. Weir was last week certified for perman- ent appointment to the Mansfield post by State Personnel Director William H. Donning. MT. Weir said today that MT. Purcell was chosen from list of candidates seeking the place. The Waterbury man had not secured certification for permanent appointment in his previous posi- ton.
 During the conspiracy trial MT. Purcell was on the stand longer than any other witness. He had been employed as city auditor since 1930, when Mayor Frank Hayes took office, and he testified to many fin ancial transactions taking place in ensuing years. Private records which he kept of Waterbury financial mat ters were an important factor in the trial.
 While on the stand. MT. Purcell was subjected to lengthy, whitening cross-examination by members of defense counsel,
 In his new post, MT. Purcell suc- ceeds Willard B. Harrington. He will manage the business and financial affairs of the Mansfield institution, whose property is valued at $1,800,- 900, and which last year cared for 400 patients.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
WILLKIE TO PAY
 VISIT TO LONDON
Takes Another Crack at 2 Roosevelt But Backs
 Up Defense Plan

New York, Jan. 13 (UP3 - Wendell L. Willkie, having endorsed the lend-lease bill for aiding Great Britain. with its. grant of full power to President Roosevelt, prepared to- day for an investion visit to Lon don.. He will have no mission, official or unofficial, representing only my self"
 Ali M. Landon, 1886 Republican presidential candidate, had de- clared in a speech at Tulsa, Okla, Saturday night that he did not be- lieye future United States security depended on a British victory, even though he favored all aid to Bri- tain short of war. In his statement yesterday, Willkie said he "refuted the statement that our national se- curity is not involved in 6 British defeat. The difference between a British defeat or victory is not only military but economic"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
RUSSIA HASSAY
 ABOUT BULGARIA
Has Not Given Permission for Any German Troops
 to Enter There
BY HENRY SHAPIRO nited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

tOnlte0 FFeSS StdII OOTTcSpOuucHtJ
 Moscow, Jan. 13-(UP)-Russia made it known today that ia had no knowledge of the presence of any German troops in Bulgaria and had not given its consent to any Ger man military move in that key Bal kan country bordering on Greece and Turkey.
 A statement issued by the off, cial news agency tass only few hours after a banquet at the Spiri- donovka palace in celebration of the new Russo-German trade agreement made the announcement.
 At the same time the army news paper organ Red Star in its weekly war review emphasized Italy's diff culties in Albania and Northern Africa.
 The Tass statement on Bulgaria (which seemed clearly statement of RuSsia'S close interest in any German move there) was as fol- lows:
 Referring to certain Bulgarians as a source of information, the for eign press circulates report that 6 certain number of German troops already have been dispatched te Bulgaria, that the dispatching o. German troops to Bulgaria is con- tinuing with the knowledge ane consent of the Soviet Union anc that the Soviet Union has replied by consent, to an inquiry by the Bulgarian government concerning passage of German troops to Bull garia.
 Statement Authorized
 '"TaSs is authorized to state that
 "l. If German troops really art present in Bulgaria, and further ii the dispatch of German tropos tC
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
NAz| INVASION
 TROOPS ARE HIT
British Bombers Pick Them Out in Dugouts at
 Night Raids
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, Jan. 13. 3.CUP)-London newspapers today headlined reports that the Royal Air Force had ma chine-gulned invasion troops" on the coast of France as powerful forces of British bombers smashed at vital Axis oil facilities in Ger many. Italy and Belgium. The London Evening News appeared with a double banner line in big type proclaiming that:
 Royal Air Force Fighters Ma chine-Gun German Invasion Troops in Day Attack"
 The headlines followed the report of the air ministry that the RAF, following up its new. policy of day light raids on German-held invasion coast, had attacked German troops ill trenches on the beaches along the coast facing Britain.
 Official sources declined to Specu- late on the purpose of the trenches or the presence of German troops in such ground works.
 The trenches, it was thought, might be designed to repel British invasion attempts, protect troops against air raids or for carrying out drills and maneuvers.
 Oil Supplies Attacked
 The attacks on Axis oil supplies were made at Porto Marfera, near Venice, Italy, Regensburg, Germany and Ostend, Belgium.
 Small forces of the bomber com nand were dispatched to Regens- burg and Porto Margera.
 "In both of these towns there are important oil refineries," the air ministry explained. At Regensburg several fires were started and at Ostend large explosion followed by fire was observed.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13

showing that 63 per cent of Amerl- cans would like to see the lrlSh grant Britain the naval bases. The paper emphasized that the future of Fire depended upon the attitude of Prime Minister Ramon De Valera
 Cartoons Galore
 The Daily Sketch carried a car toon showing a British sailor carry ing an old woman (De Valera) through sea filled with German U-boats on basket filled with sup plies and foostuffs for the Irish.
 Jason, so legend has it," the newspaper said, had to carry an ole woman across a dangerous stream and the old woman made it as diff ficult as possible"
 The Daiiy Herald caTTiedsa caS' toon showing De Valera garbed a: an African explorer wandering ir1 boneswept desert of neutrality whn' savages (Field Marshall Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler) hid be hind rocks and hurled spears bomb on Eire) at him.
 The Star made much of the re- cent action of Fire in taking dowr the signposts on her roads.
 Remove Old SignpostS
 Why not take the time to takt down the signposts that point al ways to the old prejudices and mis- understandings?" the newspaper asked. For centuries Ireland's pre- occupation has been her relations with Britain. It has to be realized that we live in a new kind of uni verse now. In the age of a new order the slogans of the home rule era are not only futile, but nobody even understands them. They are as dead as Parnell. Likewise slain last spring in Scandinavia and tht Low Countries is the Victorian con- cept of neutrality. MT. De Valera has our sympathy in his dilemma.
 The fact that Germany allegedly was counting Irish favor was dis.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
VERY REV. JAMES
 MCDONALD DIES

Lawrence, Mass, Jan. 13-(UP)- The Very Rev. James A. Mcdonald, 63, pastor of St. Laurence's Roman Catholic church for the past five years, died of heart disease early to- day after a months illness.
 A native of Andover, he was or- dained at Washington in 1901. For three years he was English profess sor at St. Augustine's college, Ha- vana, Cuba, and was an army chap lain during the World war.
 He also served parishes at Bryn Mawr, Pa, Hoosick Falls, N. Y., and Detroit, Mich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-13
HUGE U. 5. LINER GOES AGROUND
Went Into Mud Last Night Off West Palm Beach
 in Florida
BY JACK WOLISTON United Press Staff Correspondent

West Palm Beach, Fla, Jan. 13- (UP)-Two coast guard cutters swung the huge United States Liner Manhattan half way around today, heading her toward Che sea, but were unable to free her at once from a sand bar.
 The cutters Vigilant and Mojave started pulling at 7:30 a. m. when the sun had risen sufficiently to light the scene. Their tugging swung the ship around from a posi- tion parallel to the shore so that she was headed due east, but she remained hard aground.
 High tide was reached at SPA a. m. but the two cutters even then were unable to free the Manhattan from the bar. They continued ef- forts to release her, however, while
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