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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
President to Send Special Message to Congress To-
 morrow for Revision
BILLS READY FOR
 BOTH SENATE, HOUSE
Procedure Decided on To- day Otter Another Long
 Official Conference
BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff Correspondent)

Washington, October 8. - (UP) = President Roosevelt in an hour and 35 minute conference with congress ional leaders decided today to send Congress a special message tomorrow asking modification and revision of the whole neutrality law. Senate Democratic Leader Alben w. Barkley, spokesman for the congressional group, would not predict specifically what recom- mendations MT. Roosevelt would make.
 But 1t was learned that one point would be elimination of section 6 of the act, which forbids the arming of merchant ships:
 Bills incorporating the Presidents program will be introduced in both houses immediately after receipt of the message, Barkley said. The administration plan, he said, is for the house to act first.
 This was Mir. Roosevelt's second conference in 24 hours with the congressional leaders on the mo- mentous question of revising the neutrality act.
 Leaders of both parties from the Senate and House attended today's meeting, whereas yesterdays session was confined in the main to sena- tors. Additionally, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and Lend-Lease Supervisor Harry L. Hopkins par ticipated in the conference in the Presidents study.
 "The President will send a mes- sage to Congress tomorrow" Bark ley said, "The message must speak for itself.
 "The House will act first on what ever legislation is taken up."
 Barkley was pressed as to wheth- CT MT. Roosevelt would ask action first on the section which prohibits arming of merchant vessels, and propose later elimination of Section
 (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08

Red air fleet.
 Victories Reported
 The Red Star also reported im- portant victories on the Leningrad front, where the Russians recap tured one vital strongpoint in a 12- hour battle, broke through three German defense lines and forced passage across river. Guerilla forces in the Leningrad area were said to be wrecking German com munication lines and one band "ac- counted for the death of German general, POT officers and almost 5000 men," the newspaper said.
 But the main fighting, 1t was em- phasized, was on the central front.
 Toll of Lives
 Fierce hand to hand fighting, attacks on enemy tanks with bottles of gasoline and hand grenades, counter-charges by Russian tanks and elaborate land mine fields were said to have taken huge toll of German lives and to have repulSed the enemy at many points.
 The Russians were said by the Red Star to be blowing up bridges, concentrating terrific artillery fire against the German Panzer columns and beating back repeated on- slaughts.
 we have the materials and the courage to destroy the Fascist tanks" Red Star declared.
 "It is only @ matter of bravery and competence in handling our mighty arms"
 Reserves Thrown In
 The immense losses" suffered by the Germans, the dispatch added, has forced Hitler to throw in all mechanical reserves, including sec ondary forces withdrawn from occu- pied countries.
 At point "F," the dispatch said, two German battalions were wiped out when they repeatedly stormc strong Russian positions. The dis patch claimed that the the Ger mans had been thrown into battle in an intoxicated" condition.
 The German tactics are to drive sharp Panzer wedges into the Rus sion line and then bolster these aS- saults by flank attacks, but Soviet (Continued on Page O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
SOLDIERS ARE
 BROUGHT HOME

Portland, Me. Oct. e-CUP)-Two u. s. soldiers stricken with pEeu- Tnonia in Greenland were hospital- ized today after a i700-mile flight over the stormy north Atlantic in Q huge four-motored bomber which was forced by lack of fuel to iaad here.
 The plane left Greenland Friday with Corp. Everett Maggard. 23, and Pvt. valjean LydIc, 2l, of the 2iSt Aviation Engineers corps hut vas forced by adverse weather to land at Newfoundland.
 The flight was resumed yester- day and was scheduled 10 end at Boston
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
COP OFFICIALS
 ARE RETURNED

Colchester, Conn. Oct. S-(UP)- Colchester. which holds its town election one day later than the other IA Connecticut communities, returned a Republican administra- ton to power yesterday by an cysg- whelmlng margin.
 Virtually all of the states small towns held elections Monday, but Colchester followed by q day.
 First Selectman William D. oer- hardt, R., was reelected. polling 5ia votes to IT'D for Frank v. EtS- patrick, D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
Not A Single
 Warden Present

Boston, Oct. 8- (UP) - Not a single air raid warden was on the job to give the alarm last night when Q horde of Lepidoptera in- vaded the Dorchester section, causing several minor traffic jams. The Lepidoptera are com monly known as butterfly moths.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
PerriellO Heads
 941 COP Ticket

Republican party election campaign with
 ticket Patrick M Pelo and containing several which the Three of present dropped candidates declined and in political that left bewdered of the most important roles
 the decided the slate played Col Roy Rice WoOdbury weeks bitterly assaid party leadership called committee own committee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. S--(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts foi the current fiscal year through Oct 9th, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $5,509,205,645.79 $2,46S, ,605, 95S.9s
 Defense Spending $3,731, ,740,09449 s6S0.so0, ,524et
 Receipts s2,OsO,5o4.s5s.s2 s1.5s2. ,11A.is
 Net Deficit ss.4o1. .sss.o42 ssss.o4s.s .ss4.7s
 Cash Balance s1,sss.214O72sO s2,s5o.52s. .s4s.s7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
R eds Fight Off PanZer Thrusts
(NEA Telephoto).
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff COrrespondent)

reported today that the Red
 
 destroyed enemy baaOns and with of through Russian central front l30 miles from Moscow Star said that the Russians striking back behind heaviest forces by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
UNDERGRADs NAMED

Middletown, Corn.. Oct 8-(UP) A committee of the board of trustees of Wesleyan University today appointed three undergrad uate fellows to work in connection with the uniyersity's scientific rec search program, Named were Franklin F. Branln, Jr., South Orange. N. J.. a senior; and Charles E. Berr. Wegt Hartford, and David J. Smith. Indianapolis. juniors. Improve your chances Of securing employment by attending night school. Post Junior College of C0m- mefees-AdSs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08
REGULAR DEPosEToR DIES

Lynn, Mass, Oct. s.-(UP)-Henry M. Lewis. 95. retired night watch man who deposited s3.i0 in the Lynn Five Gents Saving baiiy every October 2T since 1t opened 6S years ago, died at a hospital last night. Lewis deposited that sum as the banks first customer on october 2T, 1855 and continued the practice as . hobby though on two occasions he had to be carried into the bank because oE illness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08

Furnaces cleaned and Fomm1Eed M experts. ChimneyS cleaned. water egEy MsAiins Ce. Rhsns e~ssSa.as ".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-08

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Chased, Then Sunk

The British cruiser easily over
took the commerce raider and,
according TO official accounts in
London, blasted the enemy ship to
the bottom within a few minutes.
Thus the Dorsetshire added an
other laurel TO her growing collec-
ton. The admiralty had cited the
cruiser for having launched the
three torpedoes that finished off
the 35,000-ton Bismarck on May
81, after the German battleship
had sunk the British battle-cruiser
Hood.
A month earlier, the Dorsetshire,
with two other British cruisers,
had intercepted the Nazi freighter
Wakama, which was scuttled by
her crew after having failed in an
attempt to run the British
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
British Sink
Ndzi Raider
In St. Atlantic
Cruiser Dorsetshire
Spots Graft Near
5 Supply Ships
International new. service Cable

International News Service Cable
LONDON, Dec. 6.-The battle
seasoned British cruiser Dorset
shire has sunk a big German
raider of about 10000
tons in-the south Atlantic, the
admiralty announced today.
The 9,975-ton cruiser, which de-
iiYered- The coup de grace to the
Nazi dreadnaught Bis
marck last May, closed in on the
raider, the communique said, and
sent her to the bottom under the
fire of the Dorsetshire's eight s.
inch guns.
No survivors from the German
vessel were picked up. it was
stated, owing 10 the suspected
presence of U-boats in the vicin-
ity." This recalled the destruction
Of a Nazi surface raider on No
vember % by the cruiser Devon
shire, which, for the same reason,
left .the scene without picking up
Survivors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

don't see any way to do II
alone" she wrote.
Her seldieF-husband will have a
Christmas package, they'll have
enough money for his railroad
fare back TO his post and they'll
have an invitation TO have Christ
mas dinner with generous
hearted Detroit family.
That's the spirit of Detroit.
Join in helping make every De-
troit service mans Christmas a
merry one by packing a Christmas
gift box and leaving at the nearest
school or recreation center. The
Detroit Times will see that it is
in the hands of some service man
from this area on Christmas Day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Jury SEXES
County Files
On Purchases
Ferguson, bowling
Take Over Records
Guarded Six Days

Records OF the Wayne County
department, VIII c h
have been carefully guarded for
six days 10 prevent them from
being altered or destroyed. were
seized Saturday by Judge Homer
FerguSon's one-man grand jury
investigating alleged irregularities
and corruption in county govern
ment.
records We're personally
by Judge Ferguson
and Prosecutor William +. BOWL
ing, who after having taken teStI.
mony from a group of unidentified
wenr directly from their
headquarters in downtown Office
TO the Office OF the
department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

Israel Mufson, labor information
specialist for the federal security
agency and the national youth adj
ministration, disappeared Novem-
Der 10 when he came TO Detroit 10
attend the Go convention and al
though sought by police for two
weeks, no trace of hun has been
found, it was revealed Saturday.
Announcement of the disappear
ance was made by federal officials
in Washington, who wired NYA
heads here to release information
that MufSon has been secretly
sought by Detroit police since No
.vember "a.
On that date, officials of the
Fort Shelby Hotel notified police
and. John L. Wagner. director of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Sharp Change Noted

The American tone toward the
long -esteemed Baltic democracy,
however, has gradually undergone
a sharp change.
On at least two occasions Hull
has represented this government
as disturbed over Finland's prose-
cution of the war against Soviet
Russia despite British and Ameri-
can demarches invoking Helsinki
to deSist from collaborating with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Ships Listed

The navy listed the ships as the
steamship Olivia, known 10 be at
Boston December d; the Kuurtanes
and Saimaa, at New York; the
Aabane, at Philadelphia; the
Aagot, at Baltimore, and the
Aurora, at Newport News, Va.
"a formal state of war be-
tween Britain on one side and
Finland, Hungary and Rumania
on the other went into effect
today, London said.
Canada will follow Britain's
lead and declare war against
Finland Rumania and Hungary
tomorrow, Canadian Prime Min
lister Mackenzie King declared.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Detroit Spirit ShoWn
In Aid for Waitress
By SHANNON CoRMACK

The waitress. who was willing TO
work on Christmas Day to earn
money to help pay her soldier
husbands fare to and from his post
in Virginia, needn't worry. Big
hearted Detroiters who read her
appeal in The Detroit Times on
Thursday are flockinG to help her.
Hardly was the newspaper off
the press before telephone calls
started pouring in from people
who read her story.
"This is the first time I've
ever asked for any kind of help,
hut I don't want II for myself. I
just want 10 have a package to
give him on Christmas Day and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
u. S. Labor Aide Missing
Since CLIO Session Here

the NYA office in Detroit, that
Mufson had not been seen since
he checked into the hotel on the
of the month.
All Mufson's luggage, official
papers and government creden-
tials were found in his hotel room
and a check with his wife in
Washington revealed that when he
left the hotel he apparently had
only the clothes he was wearing
Mufson is 40 years old, 5 feet
IL inches tall and weighs 185
pounds.
He is believed to have beer
wearing gray tweed suit. gray
topcoat and a blue-gray hat. He
has brown hair, slightly gray al
the temples and brown eyes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
inquiry Speeds On

They we're accompanied by Chief
investigator John A. Hoffman and
two of his\sides, who carried off
armfuls Of records which Walter
Gutman, county purchaser. had
taken from the files.
Seizure OF the purchasing rec
ords was an indication of how
the county investigation, although
only two days old, already has
progressed further than the origl-
nal graft grand jury had in weeks
Subpenas have already been
issued and served, and witnesses
have already started telling what
they know of the administration
of county offices.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Pack Gift Boxes Today
For Army, Navy Men
Times Campaign. viii Give
Package TO Every Man From City
BY +. JEROME PETIT

loughs. But there Will be many
more thousands who viii be in far
off stations TO whom Christmas
may be just another day unless
Detroiters pitch in and make their
Christmas merry one.
Every Detroiter, rich or poor, is
invited TO take part in this enor-
NOUS Christmas party which viii
be held on Christmas Day in every
post where men from this section
are on duty.
Here's what you do. Pack a
Christmas box put in all-the good
things YOU think a soldier or sailor
would like and that you can afford
take or send your box TO the near
est public or parochial school or
recreation center and then on
christmas morning when you I'M
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Seized Axis Ships

Tonight's ship seizure was the
first such move since German and
Italian ships were taken into pro
tective custody" late this Spring
TO prevent acts of sabotage by
Axis nationals. Danish ships were
subsequently taken over.
The state department at late
hour was without comment, but
one official Indicated that similar
moves might be in preparation fol
the ships of Rumania and Hungary
The navy later announced thai
1T had instructed the coast guarC
TO take six Finnish vessels known
TO be in United States ports into
protective custody.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

The Dorsetshire was declared TO
have emerged from the action
without casualties or damage
either TO the cruiser or TO her
planes.
Reconnaissance aircraft cata-
pulled from the cruiser sighted
the raider, a converted merchant
ship. lying stationary with five
small boats alongside.
AS the Dorsetshire approached,
the enemy raider Immediately
made off, leaving behind the five
boats loaded with drums of oil and
provisions. possibly intended for
the re-fueling and re-provisioning
of a U-boat proving the south
Atlantic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Kinq Visits Raided Sicily

ROME, Dec. 6. -- (lNS) 49, King
Victor Emanuel III has gust com
pleted "A surprise tour of the most
important centerS of Sicily, includ-
ing those which were recently
damaged in British air raids, II
was announced TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

a Christmas box for every De-
trot man in the country's armed
service.
That's the goal The Detroit
Times Santa Claus for Service
Men" campaign is aiming at.
With the aid Of the many thou
sands of warm hearted. Detroiters,
on Christmas morning every serv-
ice man who calls Detroit or
Wayne County his home, is going
TO receive a box packed with the
geed things THAT wifi remind nm
he's not forgotten by the folks
back home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
Unlucky Ones, Too

There'il be thousands of soldiers
and sailors eating their Christmas
dinners this year with their
families. Those are the lucky ones
who have been able 10 draw fur.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
10, 20 or More Ships

.ProC0pe declined to elaborate on
the number of ships that would be
involved. explaining that it might
be 10, 20, or more"
American seizure Of Finland's
flag ships followed by only several
hours a state department confer
ence between Procope and Under
secretary of States Welles.
Responsible quarters t on ! 6 h
considered the ship seizure as
only the first of a series Of eco
nomic restrictions by the United
States against Finland.
Secretary of State Hull told his
press conference today that Amer
lean relations with Finland were
unchanged because of the drastic
British war declaration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
American Hostages Inside Germany Starting Monday

years in Germany and the occupied lands of Europe
Mr. Huss of few people who have of Nazi Ger
the hafyear the Of the Russoeman Few
alive could truhfuly accurately write INSIDE GERMANY
TODAY He writes from positive personal knowledge from
hearsay wshful thinking
The series itself with these and other subjects
about which the American public wonders
The German poinofUiep relations beveen Germany and
America concentration the Jews raons Nazi politics, Hit
ers dreams and ambitions, and German morale.
Mr. uss articles unmatched by other American newspaper
magazine in tomorrows MONDAY Detroit Times
EDITORS NoTEou H article
a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

Only last week Hull roundly
condemned Finland's adherence to
the anti-comintern pact and scored
Helsinkfs evasive replies to Amer
ica's request that Finnish military
operations against Russia be
brought to an end.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

swifttyto1 take over all Finnish
flag ships in United States ports
as an initial measure to endorse
Britain, declaration ofwar against
Finland.
Disclosure of the American &C.
lion came from Finnish Minister
Hjalmar Procope who further adj
mitted that the Finnish legation
had been informed of the forth
coming seizures "seme days ago. +"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

This excerpt from Pierre j. Iuss' INSIDE GERMANY
TODAY tells for the first time the TO-DAY of United States
citizens in Naconrod Europe 1t is part of the first frank
acknowledgment that Germany and the German people consider
themselves virtually at war with the United States
INSIDE GERMANY-TODAY!" uncensoed series of II
ticles, in tomorrow's MONDAY Detroit Times
Mr. uss eight years chief Be Rim correspondent for International
News Service and The Detroit Times has returned to his American
homeland within the after onea uninterrupted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07
IN THE
NEWS

You have probably
heard the reverberatiOns of
the Journalistic rumpus in
Chicago.
A new paper has been
started there.
1t is an Administration
paper.
Its first issue is filled with
congratulations from MEM
bers of the Federal Admins
tratiOn, from President RoOse.
welt down to Secretary Ickes
and that is a long way
down.
The Administration already
has two very good papers
supporting it in Chicago.
One Is the Evening Times
and the other is the Evening
News - Col. Frank kn0x's
paper.
You know the Colonel,
folks.
He is our distinguished
Seeretaryof the Navy
He not only supports the
Administration, of which he
Is a conspicuous part, but he
Is very busy waging wOrdy
war against Germany Italy,
Japan, RumaRia, Hungary,
. Latvia, Lithuania, EsthOnia,
Finland, ct al-et al, being
any nations which do not do
what our doughty Secretary
tells them 10 do--and quickly.
THEN there is in Chicago
the Tribune, which is
NOT an Administration
newspaper.
Col. Mccormick runs the
Tribune.
He Is very able and q very
good citizen.
He was "A good soldier, too,
i'm the first World War
He acquitted himself nobIy
on the field Of battle, and won
his insignia of rank i'm hard
service.
Col. Mccormick does not
approve of the United States
getting into foreign wars.
He speaks, too, with au-
thority and experience.
Still, anyone who does not
want the country TO go to war
Is persona non grata with the
Administration, from Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the head
to Secretary Ickes at the tail.
T>HEN again there is the
Hearst paper in Chi
w. cago, the Herald-Amer-
} lean which tries TO be reason
ably non-partisan, but which
does not approve the United
States meddling in all the
conflicts on the face of the
globe either.
The policy of the Herald
American is that this country
ought to be a refuge for the
people of the world who do
not want war, and that con-
sequently this nation ought,
above all others, TO be the ma
ton to maintain peace, and
to extend the blessings and
benefits of peace to the war
weary peoples of the world.
Consequently the Herald
American is not an Admins
tratiOn paper and not an anti
Administration paper, but
just a newspaper with the
editorial ideal that this United
States should be a haven Of
peace and security and liberty
Continued on Page Four
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-07

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