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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13

Charles A. Lindbergh was in
Detroit today, but the purpose of
his visit was unknown.
Lindbergh arrived at City Air
port yesterday afternoon in an
american AiFlihes plane and vas
met by a man and woman. He
left the airport with the couple
and told airport attendants he ex-
pected to visit his mother, Mrs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13

made no attempt to disguise their
shock and surprise.
Attaches Of the German en-
bassy also were disturbed. All day
long there was an indescribsbie
hustle and hustle In and about
the Swastika-drsped structure.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
tells hoW q Happened.
BY DAVID MCLEAN
(As Told TO international News Service)

GLASGOW, Scotland. May 81 found Rudolph
Hess in field of the farm which | work, but
dIdn t know it Rudolph Hess at the time.
| helped him to my cottage, where he gOssiped
with my mother and my relatives for AN hour before
the police came and took him away.
was in the cottage Saturday evening-just before
darkness fewhen happened Every else in the house
was in bed.
Suddenly heard the noise of planes motor overhead
ran out of the cottage and back to the farm.
heard loud crash and saw plane burst into flames
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
Flight StIlnS Toxic
Newspapers Show Signs Of Shock; Maxi Embassy
in Jap Capital Full of Excitement

TOXIC. May 13.-GNS)-Japa-
.nese officialdom was stunned to-
day by the flight to Britain of
Deputy Nazi Leader Rudolph Hess.
The semi official newspaper
Asahi and the Toxic Nichi Nichi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
AND that II WAR FOR
LONG YEARS TO COME

THAT the war will be pro-
i longed for "years to come
IL evidenced not only by express
ident Hoover's temperate state
ment but by the inadvertent
words regarding our war activities
uttered by Winston Churchill and
Lloyd George In the recent vote
OF confidence debate in the British
House OF Commons.
Said Mr.. Churchill, the prime
minister, In discussing England's
war chances for l9i1 and 1874?
and I9iS:
at may be that 1913. II
1ce hare TO endure II as n
year Of 1cor. tcH present
easier problems.
"Thc United States pa
troll announced by President
Rooscrelt' mot merely pro-
posed, mind goU. but IN
pouRccd bg President
R0oScpolD "0ad on 1rhich
the American nary and air
force ARE ALREADY
ENGAGED. takes q coHSid-
cradle part Of the Atlantic
IN a certain degrce off our
hands, bit pencCd 4 GOOD
DEAL MORE HELP.
81 expect nee shall get a
good deal more help.
I'm fact, it has been de-
cldred nc are to hare ALL
HELP NECESSARY"
So we see from Mr.. Churchill,
speech that the war we are enter.
ing into 80 heedIessly Is expected
to endure, as Mr.. Hoover says
"for long years to come" I'm spite
OF our entry. and indeed, because
of our entry.
Without our encouragement e
war and without the commitments
Of our President-secretly entered
into and undisclosed to the Amer
lean people-the war would bt
over now-wOuld have been ovel
long ago.
And England would have &C
cepted the terms of the Axis
guaranteeing the integrity of thu
British Empire and merely de
manding that England keep her in
<r-s..-I -. De-. C..a.N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
Wife Stunned

BERLIN, May 13.-(INS)---
The wife of former Deputy Nazi
Leader Rudolph Hess was de-
scribed today as completely
stunned" by his flight to Scot
land. The Hesses have a three
year-old son.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
Havana Asks u Million

HAVANA, May 13.-UNS)-
The Havana City Council today
authorized Mayor Raul Garcia to
negotiate a S12,000,000 export
import credit from the United
States to improve Havana's water
works
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
Hayfork Is Only Weapon
baling out.

raced back to the house for help but every was
asleep and felt didn't have time to rouse them.
Hastily, looked around for weapon. All l could find
for the purpose hayfork Fearing might lose the
airman hurried back to the field from the house.
saw the man lying on the ground, his parachute by
his side He smiled assisted him up to his feet and
he thanked me- but that he had injured his foot
somehow.
helped him back to my two-room house and got my
mother and sister of bed They prepared tea and offered
unexpected visitor They smiled when he remarked
81 am fond of this country. neUer drank tea this
late. ri haze only a glass of Water.'
While he having his glass of water, we sent word
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
HESS DECLARED SANE:
CRILLED FOR SECRETS
Hess Capture
Told by Farmer

David Mclean piown,an Seottish farm. has become
national hero throughout Great Britain because he
the discover and capture" Mani Deputy Fuehre Rudolph
He sn the landed by parachute the shores of Loeb
Lomond his aerial from Germany Mclean
feIa Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
IN THE
NEWS
HOOVER'S

EX-PRESIDENT HOOVER'S
Il speech was a fine American
utterance and did much to restore
his prestige and position as a
leader of American opinion.
Let us hope that It also did
much to bring sober and unpreju-
diced thought to the American
people.
On American Week at any rate
we ought to bring careful consid-
Grafton to the best interests of
our own America, and decide
calmly and dispassionately whether
or not 1t Is for the present or
future advantage Of this country
TO project our people into this
foreign conflict.
Mr.. Hoover, according to the
dispatches. stated that although
our relations with the Axis powers
are strained, we are still not in
the war.
But, he declared, we would be
In the war the moment our navy
goes into action.
And" continued the err
president, ut IS nOW pro-
posed that nee should put
He>Americaa 4apy INTO ac-
ton.
THAT" said Mr..
HoOrer, rs q StroighttOr-
1card, Understandable pro-
poSdi, Which boldly makes
clear the meaning Of words
like conUoys and patrols.
THAT Is Joining IN this
1Cdr once and for oil.
From here the steps are
automatic.
"Our nary must attack
German submarines, ships
and f7ittttes Il Is - reef
any use.
ITO make IL effectirc
then, nc must expand Rdral
and air buses abroad.
I'VE must equip these
bases fetA orpedjti0Hdry
forces.
AND that ~ WAR FOR
LONG YEARS TO COME.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13

ing destruction of the famous old
house by German bombs, Churchill
merely said:
"a statement will be made IN
the near future regarding the
flight of q very high and impof-
tant Nazi chief"
IN SECRET HIDEOUT
When Churchill went before the
House for the regular Tuesday
session-held as cheduled despite
the incalculable damage done to
the Parliament buildings in the
"blitz" of last Saturday night--a1l
that Englanod knew was that Hess
had been whisked to a secret hide
out from the Glasgow military
hospital. :
His whereabouts kept a cloee
military secret. Hess was removed
from the hospital after being
examined by physicians who pro-
nounced him sane and healthy.
This examination completed.
officials took the heavily guarded
prisoner, who parachuted from q
German warplane to the banks OF
Scotland's Loeb Lomond, Saturday
night. away for his rendezvous
with the prime minister and for
eign secretary.
IDENTITY ESTABLISHED
Where this meeting will occur
was not divulged. But it was
arranged by Ivone A. Kirkpatrick.
high foreign office official who
flew to Glasgow and established
Hess true identity beyond an
doubt.
Kirkpatrick. former charge
d'affaires of the British embassy
in Berlin, was well acquainted
with Hess in pre-war days.
Hess status, il was learned, b
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13
Berlin Lays
Flight 10
Peace Union
BY PIERRE J. HUSS
Init News Service staff Correspondent

BERLIN, May 13.-A fixed
obsession" that by personal con-
tact with British friends he could
bring about an Anglo-German I'M
derstanding was blamed today for
Deputy Nazi leader Rudolph Hess
astonishing flight to Scotland.
The official German radio gave
this explanation for Hess action
in the first definite German adj
mission that Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler's number Nazi actually
is prisoner of war in British
hands.
The broadcaster gave the inn
preston that Hess for some time
had been obsessed with the idea
of swinging a single-handed peace
that would benefit Nazi Germany
and at the same time end war
in the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-13


and at the same time end war
in the world.
PERSONAL CONTACT
"a check of Hess documents"
the broadcast said. revealed
that he apparently was obsessed
with the conviction that personal
contact with British known to
him personally would result in
an Anglo-German understanding.
at Is known that Hess re-
Gently followed the advice Of
certain astrolOgers and magi-
clans whose responsibility In the
tragedy will be examined"
The official correspondence sheet
of the National Socialist Party
likewise admitted that Hess had
gone TO Britain.
Examination of papers left
behind by Rudolph Hess shows
that he appears to have lived
under the delusion of being able,
after all that has gone before,
TO bring about a rapprOchement
between Germany and Britain
by personal contact" the publi-
cation said.
ACTUALLY JUMPED
"He actually jumped out of
his airplane-as has been con-
firmed in a report from London
in Scotland near the place he
wished to visit and was found
there.
He wanted to talk to British
persons known to him in earlier
days.
Rudolph Hess, as long known
In the party, has been suffering
for several years from a serious
physical ailment. OF late. he has
increasingly sought refuge In
various aids, such as magnetists,
astrolOgers, etc"
The publication said it was pos
sible Hess had been Intentionally
lured into a trap" by Births h
agents.
Frequent consultations with
star-gaZers, fortune-tellers ano
quack doctors were cited as evil
dence of Hess gradual breakdown
1.-THE obsessiOn which haunted
Herr Hess seemed to take pos
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
Local, State Police
 Trap Two Hijackers
Abraham E. Katz, East Aurora Street Junk Dealer Joseph Wooters of Shelton, Held in $5,OOO Bail
 After Hearing in City Court

The biggest case of hijacking to come to the attention of local State police since prohibition days was unfolded in municipal court today when two men were arraigned on charges of receiving stolen goods before Judge T. E. Conway.
 The accused, Abraham E. Katz, 8, East Aurora street scrap metal dealer, and Joseph Wooters of Shel- ton were ordered held under $5,000 bonds each for a hearing September 30.
 Katz and Wooters were arrested yesterday morning after State troop CTS seized ATS cases of tokay wine valued at $2,500 in a Shelton gaso- line station parking lot. It was allegedly stolen from Q Philadelphia gasoline station parking lot Sunday night, September IA, according to State Troopers John Pomfret and John F. Dunphy of the Bethany barracks.
 The wine was believed to be in- tended for distribution for the Jew ish holiday of Rosh Hashana and the tive men, Katz and Wooters, planned to sel lit for holiday con- sumption but last Friday State po- lice intercepted the cargo and pre- vented the disposal for the observ- ance of the holiday.
 Brake Trouble Tripped Him
 Troopers pomfret and Dunphy re- ported the driver of the consignment of wine for the Abrams Transporta- ton Company in Philadelphia was enroute to Pittsburgh but that he developed brake trouble in Phila- delphia shortly before he started his trip. The driver then discon- nected the trailer from the cab and left the trailer in a lot while he went to a mechanic to have the brakes repaired.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
Sinking of Govt. Owned Freighter Pink Star Is
 Another Sea Mystery
BY JOHN A. RETCHMANN Limited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Stan COrresp0ndent)
 Washington, Sept. 23.-(UP)-The navy secured the Iceland sea lanes today for an Axis raider which pre- sumably sank the government owned freighter Pink Subsequently, the first challenge to President Roose- velt's shoot in sight" orders.
 The Pink Star incident was the third to occur in an area of less than 100 miles diameter in a lane running along the southern tip of Greenland, which, like Iceland, is being protected by the United States.
 The Pink Star, former Danish vessel taken over the United States and sailing for the United States Lines under Panamanian registry, carried e crew of 34, none of whom were Americans. Only meager de- tails were available at the state de- partment when the announcement of the new incident was made pulp lie. Its information, relayed from the navy department failed to state whether the crew had been rescued Nor did 1t indicate whether the ship had been bombed, torpedoed or sunk by shellfre.
 Sinker Identity Is Secret
 The identity of the vessel that sank the Pink Star was not revealed, but officials indicated that they be- lieved 1t was @ Berman submarine,
 The announcement revealed only that the Pink Star carried a "een- eral cargo" and was sunk last Sat- urday 45 miles northwest of the point at which the freighter Sessa was torpedoed and shelled on Aug 17 with the loss of all but three of her crew. It was also in that same general area where the s. s. Mon- tana was sunk Sept. il just a few hours before President Roosevelt an- nounced his shoot on sight" policy and where the United States de- stroyer Greer was attacked by a submarine.
 The Sessa, Montana and Pink Star all were of Panamanian reg istry and were among the 30 Danish ships taken over by the United States last summer.
 The Pink Star was en route to a United Kingdom port via Iceland, having left New York Sept. 3. It was built in 1926 and was of 6,850 tons deadweight.
 American warships are conveying ships of all flags over the north At lantic sealanes at least as far as Iceland. Wether the Pink Star was was being escorted by warships at the time she was attacked was not made known.
 The area in which the Pink Star,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
SEN. WHEELER IN
 MORE TROUBLE
Eagles of Seattle Rented Him Hall, But Conrad
 Mann Forbade It
(NEA Telephoto>

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 2S.-(UP)- Sen. Burton K. Wheeler'S plans to speak here tonight under sponsor ship of the American First Com mittee hinged today on the Fra ternal Order of Eagles and the Vet- eranS of Foreign Wars. The Eagles rented their hall for the America First rally but Conrad Mann, na- tional managing organizer in Kan SaS City, ordered the fee returned and the hall closed to the meeting. Thomas N. Swale, chairman of the auditorium committee, indicated, however, that Wheeler could use the hall.
 Regardless of where the rally Is held, the veterans will conduct a non-violent" demonstration, State Commander John L. Slavenburg said. Wheeler told an isolationist rally of 5000 persons at Portland Ore, last night that Prime Minister Winston Churchill is as untrust- worthy as Stalin, Hitler or MuSSo- lin. He declared that he was de- nouncing MuSSolini "at the time Churchill said if he were an Ital- ian he would be Fascist; at a time when Lord Halifax was hunt ing boarS with Goering."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
Nazi, Soviet Reports
GERMANY

By FREDERICK c. OECHSNER Limited Press Staff Correspondent
 Berlin, Sept. 23-(UP)-Nazis claimed today that German armed forces were rapidly mopping up trapped Russian Ukraine armies in the greatest encirclement battle of history and hinted that Red army losses in prisoners and casualties would total more than 100000 men.
 The high command asserted that 380,000 prisoners had been taken in the encirclement east of Kiev, that 50 Russian divisions totalirg up to 750,000 men could be regarded as destroyed" and that Russian re- sistance generally was weakening in the DeSna-D -Dnieper river trap as a result of swift action by the Ger man forces in cutting the enemy up into small units.
 Nazi military experts described this operation-which pushed the German advance units eastward toward Kharkov and the Donets basin-as the greatest battle of en- velopment in history, outranking the earlier battles of Minsk- -Bialy- stok and of Smolensk.
 No Definite Figures
 They declined to give definite fig ures on casualties but said that final results might show the Rus sians had lost 800.OO0 men in dead or wounded in addition to prisoners
 The number of prisoners taken SeO, ,0OO---is rapidly mounting. 1t was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
But Both Nazis, SOviets Are Asserting That They Are Real Victors LOSS OF AMERICAN
 SHIP ALSO PUZZLES
  May Have Been With l3 Other Vessels That Nazi Subs Sent Down
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

United Press Foreign News Editor)
 Both Russia and Germany claimed smashing new suc- cesses on the eastern front today and the Nazis threat ened worse Axis submarine warfare in the Atlantic zone patrolled by British and American naval Forces. Claims and counter-claimS from the Russian front were of q preliminary nature and appeared likely to be reduced on both hdes by final reports but it was indicated that the Red army was striking back strongly after severe defeats. The Soviet ambassador an London esti- mated that Germany had lost 3,O0O,- 900 men in casualties and prisoners and $500 airplanes.
 War dispatches showed the fol- lowing:
 On the Ukraine Front-The Ger man high command claimed the capture of 3s0,000 Russian prisoners in a big military trap east of Kiev and said that number was mounting rapidly. while Nazis suggested that total Soviet losses in this sector would be around 100000 in the greatest encirclement battle in his- tory. The Germans reported 90 Russian divisions, probably 7b0,000 men, destroyed as fighting units for the present.
 The Russians did not comment specifically on the Ukraine front other than to report severe fight- ing generally, which the Nazis ad- m!tetd in the southern areas around Poltava and before the big city Of Kharkov.
 On Other Fronts
 Central Front-The Red army was reported by London to be smash. ing forward in a counter-drive from Giukhov area, which is midway be- tween Smolensk and Kharkov, in A desperate attempt to rescue the forces trapped east of Kiev. The outcome of this offensive was not indicated but If 1t continues 1t will be of utmost importance in the battle for the Ukraine industrial region as 1t is designed to flank the Germans in the south. Berlin ignored the central front.
 Northern Front-The Russian army newspaper Red Star reported that three armies which the Germans had once said were destroyed crashed forward into the rear of the Nazi forces besieging Lenia- grad, inflicting some 50000 casual ties on the enemy in the Lake 1l- men area. The Russians admitted 30 900 casualties in this action but said the Seth German army corps and hte eighth tank division had been decimated.
 Situation Grave
 Despite the Russian reports of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
E-COV. BALDWIN
 GETS OFF FENCE
RenOunCes Isolation POli- cies as Dangerous to l1-
 terests of Nation

Greenwich, Conn, Sept 23.-(UP) Former Gov. Raymond E. Bald win, in the first pronouncement by a major Connecticut Republican lead- CT on the international situation, today renounced the policy of iso- lation.
 "There are two sides to every pon- tical question:" the former gover- nor told the Greenwich Women's Republican club, ''and there's 8 fence.
 Lets get oil the fence. I can't believe in the policy of isolation. That is not the traditional Republi- can policy.
 "As Republicans we must think calmly and soberly what is best for us to do to preserve our way of life.
 "A good many Republicans be- Iieve you can't do that by building a wall and sitting behind 1t and waiting for the other fellow. I am willing to send our men to the four corners of the globe if I am con- vinced 1t is the sane course of meet ing the threat where 1t is best met.
 Baldwin,s stand was in direct op- position to the isolationist position taken by U. S. Sen. John A. Dan- aher, who has consistently voted against the administration Of de- fense recommendations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
ATLANTIC STORM
 NOT COMING HERE

Boston, Sept. 23-(UP>-The At lantic storm roaring northward from the Virginia Capes is expected to sweep out to sea late today before reaching New England, according to a weather bureau bulletin.
 Easing the prediction on reports received at 2 a. m, the bureau said the storm was about 120 miles east of Cape Hatteras and was moving north at 14 miles an hour.
 Gales were reported at the storms center and strong winds over a wide area.
 The storm was reported curving eastward and was expected to pass about l75 miles southeast of Nan- tucket this afternoon. The wind was not expected to exceed 30 miles an hour at that point and "proh- ably will be much lighter elsewhere along the New England coast"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
FOUR BANDITS TO
 FACE HIGH COURT
Caught in Stamford After Holding Up Bridgeport
 Club Last Saturday

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 23-(Up) Four New York men, accused of robbing 40 patrons of the Savoy Athletic club of Several hundred dollars after forcing them to shed their trousers to prevent pursuit, faced superior court arraignment today on bench warrants charging robbery with violence.
 The warrants, according to States Attorney Lorin W. Willis, will be sworn out against Dominick Cara veilli, 24, Joseph Santaneillo, 25, Sevastian Gagliardo, 24, and Paul Zerba, 24, who were captured at Stamford within an hour after the holdup last Saturday. Willis said the men admitted the holdup but denied several others which oc- cured in the city within the past few months.
 Santaneillo, paroled from a New York prison in April, will be re- turned to complete a IS years sem tence for attempted robbery after his case is disposed of here, said willis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23

Two candidates not on the Demo- cratic ticket two years ago will be on the party's slate this fall. Both were appointed to replace elected members of the board of alder men.
 Alderman Daniel J. Drlscoll, who was appointed last year after the death of Alderman Thoma as J. Reidy, is the choice of the leader ship to run for office in this elec- ton.
 Alderman Edward l.. Lasky, who was appointed to replace Alderman Joseph P. Alsshausky when the latter was called for training un- der the Selective Service act, will also be on the ticket if leaders follow their present plans. It had been thought that ex-AldeEman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
RUSSIA
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Moscow, September g. - (UP) - Three Russian armies, which the Germans recently claimed to have wiped out, were reported today to have inflicted 50,000 casualties on the Nazis in the Lake linen area and to be pounding into the rear of the German besiegers of Leningrad.
 A special dispatch to the Red Star, army organ, by Lieutenant General N. Vatutin, claimed that the three Host" armies had "decimated" the Seth German army corps and the eighth tank division in beating back the Germans.
 Regarding the German claims, Vatutin admitted the Russians had suffered 30,000 casualties, but said the three armies never had been fully encircled. He reported that some troops had been cut off, but eventually broke through to rejoin the main forces.
 Tn conjunction with the drive from the Lake linen area, about l40 miles to the south, Russian forces at Len- ingrad were reported to have routed a German division and pushed the Nazis back six miles in furious fight ing.
 Counter Attacks Go on
 The Red army appeared to be counter ttacking along the entire front.
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