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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-04
NEW HAVEN HAD
 SIPS, 900 BLAZE

New Haven, Conn, April E(UP) Damage was estimated today at more than SIPS mo fin a two-alarm fire which sweL downtown build ing last night.
 Thirteen persons were carried to safety from a rooming house in the three-story building. Four firemen were overcome by smoke while fighting the blaze.
 Four stores in the building suf- fered heavy damage iE the fire, which tarted in the basement and rapidly engulfed the entire Struc- ture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-04
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 4-(UP)--Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Anril 2. compared with year ago: -a This Year Expenses Last Yeas $S,S75. .063, 3,22T26 s7,212,319, ,430.99
 Receipts
 $5,399, ,9S5,179.42 sl,463,S17,4t3.9a
 Gross Deficit
 ss.4aO,41s.s47.Sl $2.e77.7sl.siZss ss,s1s,74s.111.S2 ss,S14.ss7,5s4.7a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-04
Serious Situation Is Created In Milwaukee Labor Mess
British Air Force Is Turned Loose On Axis
Smash at German, Italian Armored Units, as They Withdraw From Benghazi- battle-ground Picked
 Among Hills
BY WALTER COLLINS United Press Staff Correspondent)

Cairo April A. (UP) - The British Air Force has been turned loose on German and Italian amored units invading Western Cyrenaca, RAF Middle East head quarters said today and military men, minimizing the neet the Axis forces in the hills back of Benghaz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-04

Phone, write or call for free copy "Planning Your Future" Post Jun- ior College Oe C0mmerce.-Advs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-04

Washington, April 4-(UP)-The Postal Telegraph company today re- ceived the following bill from Wally O'Hara for allegedly garbling a birthday greeting he sent to Q fe- male friend:
 Mental anguish ...........$SS0 Loss of sleep and rest ...... 800 Cost of moving ........... 70 Injury to health ............ l50 Loss of job ................. ASo
 That adds up to $1.O00, the most you can sue for in municipal court where the case was filed yesterday. The company had IS days to reply.
 aO'fIara charged that on July 22. 1889, he sent the following greeting to a friend named Mrs. Mickey Mertz:
 Mickey" Mrs. c. A. Labett. Man. hassct. N. Y.
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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11
NATION WIDE POLL
SHOWS PEOPLE ARR
BACK OF ROOSEVELT
Poll Attributes Rise In
Popularity to His For
eign Policy

A nationwide poll announced re-.
Gently that President Roosevelt's
popularity has climbed to an all
time high.
The poll attributes the rise in
the Presidents POPULARITY to the in
ternational crisis and the repeated
tendency of the American people
to turn to the militant leader of the
Democratic party when confronted
with great problems.
The latest nationwide survey
finds that 73 per cent of voters
with opinions on the subject ex
press a vote of confidence in
Franklin D. Roosevelt Only 27
per cent said they disapprove Of
him as President.
His new POPULARITY figure tops the
II per cent found supporting the
President at the time of his third
term inaugural in January and the
Y per cent recorded in a similar
survey last month.
The President was reelected last
November with SIS per cent of the
major party vote.
More than 80 separate surveys
have been conducted on Roosevelt's
standing with the public during the
past seven years. These have
shown that Roosevelt has never
been a minority President-that
is, his popularity, as recorded in
these surveys, has never fallen be-
low the $3.50 line, although there
was a time-in September, 1886
when the President received only
sos per cent support.
Until this spring the highest
points in the personal popularity
index were SO per cent in the be.
ginning of 1884, and 20 per cent in
May, 1910. when the Nazis armies
were overrunning France
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11
TELEVISION BEGINS

Owing competitive world startling
Development has America that did nearly
public attention would merited
Commercial bdcastng by televson has BEEN nuguraed
the New York station in Washington Wilt be added
March and another in Philadelphia in about a wear
While reafizng that this the best start
field Sponsors convinced that eventually
will be gigantic industry and that by beginning
valuable experience will be gained
There only 5000 teevisiOn York area
and commercial at first wifi he meagre.
tanning service believed industry will ready for
RAPID expansion when the ends There may very little
increase eeison for several since
be unable materials in competition with
program
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11
WEATHER LEGEND

July 10 will be Saint Swithns Day. If rain falls-but
then everybody should know the legend thousand
In spite OF repeated weather records which tell of
times within forty days of dry Saint Swithn and drought
after fair the tradition clings.
Saint Swhins Day, if thou
For forty days it will remain;
Saint Swthin's Day, if thou be fair.
Fort forty days tweill rain mair.
Swithin was bishop of Winchester This devout
beloved of King Egbert under whom England united and
tuored the kings Ethowod Swhin accompanied Etho
Wolds Alfred afterward 1.-The Great. Rome.
Swln who persuaded the English kings 1.-THE setting aside
tenth of the income from their lands for the church.
When Swithn died in S62 he buried at his
quest outside the church, but July 5 ST. the monks
moved his body to the choir.
The legend of fair weather following his the
calendar thought to have either from the fact that
dripe from the church his grave the
monks decide bring his inside, weather
the day when the removal took place Anyhow there is
But it doesn't affect the meeoroogists who look after
American weather officially using the advanced scientific
In fact it doesn't affect the weather, it's
something to write about.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11
SIBERIA

attention is being devoted the Pacific Coast of
Russia these days Assuming Russian break down. it follows
America will have proaxis neighbor the Boring
Strait.
What will transpire in Siberia if the Stain government
Hitler takes charge in Moscow. The nazs might be
much occupied with Britain attempt to do anything in
Siberia Would Hitler stand for Japanese grab of Siberia
ayng the groundwork for later anJapanese war?
Probably and Japan logically interested only the
ongoan part Siberia and the northern half of Sakhan
prospect would be for Vichyke Siberian regime
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11
SWEET SLEEP

MISUNDERSTANDING the stylistS confessions that there
nothing under the always something of
surprise when archaeoOgs the history of garment
back thousands of years So it with paa wie
reports Eastern Siberia Is 600
Soviet arcaeologss is reported found the village
Irkutsk of Il of the
CARRIED in night clothes fit for 1914 fashion show.
1t is suspected that the modern palama
we'll of nights did the maiden who served model
for this By with this the Stone Age
it's reported rough Then indeed
good old OF the human in this year. be
said:
Not poppy, mandragora
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world
Shall medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owedst yesterday.
though styles really do change, the times do And
Adam deved and Eve span prob
the for sweet sleep and pleasant dreams Even the
Stone Age girls paamas do not help much.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11

the principal function of which would be Vadyosok
the Siberian railroad and such might
found in that tremendous expanse of bleak terrain
There would be of Qualifications the Siberian
cifc and plans for military drives perhaps against
But years of transportation transportation might
required before Siberia could become spring board for
quest.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11

George Moore, a New York
Negro, was arrested when caught
pushing a pole through a window,
lifting out mans trousers, rifling
the pockets and then returning the
trousers via the pole.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11

Emile J. Gillette of Mulberry
Kan, ate SO raw eggs in eight min
rteS.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-11
THE HAGERSTOWN GLOBE

he'd every Friday at 1O5 North Potomac Street
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29
Indefinite Military
DutyF'orGuardsme
Considered Certain
Eden States
Britain s
War Aims

London. May 29.-(Ap)--Fnr-
eien Secretary Anthony Eden. i'm
his first comprehensive state
mcnt on Britain war aims, de
clared today that "our political
and military terms Of peace will
he designed to prevent a repcti-
ton Of Gcrmany's m~iSdccdS".
Eden said that "undcr the Sys-
tenn of free economic cooperation
Germany must play a part. But
here j draw Il firm distinction.
we must never forget that
Germany is the worst master Lu-
rope has yet known. Five times
in the last century she has yiOlat-
cd the peace. She must be
in a position to play that role
again
Eden, addressing a London
audience. tcrm><i President
Rooscvelt's iireside chat Tuesday
night "a mOmentoUS world
event. because 'by his words,
the ProSidcn. mas sven rc,olutG
expression 10 the ilHcd dctcrm-
ination of the most powerful "a
ton on earth
lie asserted thai "a lasting set
Element and internal peace Of the
continent as a whole is our only
aim"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29

On U.S. Jobs

Washington, May 29.-(APD The
House committee investigating I'm
American activities said today that
d study Of communist party election
petitions in Philadelphia showed That
many of the signc>S worked in navy
yards, %arSenals and other government
positions.
Representative Starnes, Democrat,
Alabama, announced that an inVcS-
tlgation of the background of the
Signcrs of the Philadelphia petition
''rcVealS to an unusual degree 1hc
penetration of the communist party
INTO many organizations which are
essential to this democracy OF ours"
The committeeman said the IN
quirv disclosed that 83 Of the SIgnerS
were employed in the Philadelphia
navy yard, 40 in the Franklord ar
senal ana l57 in other government
positions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29
l. REFUSED.
Rail Wage
Hike Opposed

NaShlngton. May 29.-(AP)-Leon
henderson. government price chle1,
e*'l1ied today he would oppose a
suggested 33 per cent increase IL
railroad wages if the increase could
De absorbed only through increased
transportation costs
Appearing before tie Senate agri-
culture committee. the head of the
oillce OF price administration and
civilian supply was asked by Sen
''of EIlender, Democrat, Louisiana,
whether he had made any effort to
TX The price of labor"
Nhen Henderson replied negative
~ tllender mentioned the proposed
IAN wage boost and in opposing II
we witness remarked that "rlSInE
transportation costs seriously elect
al costs"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29
BY ROGER w. BABSO\,
Copyright 1871, Publishers
AE-------Al lN.na.-aLn L..

FIIIdTIVIdI bWTVdU, IIIV.
Bab>on Park, Mass, May 30
While the newspapers + filled with
wal new and il looks as if the world
might 60 to smash, it IS well to re
member a few fundamentals: God IS
still relgnirI in His heavenS; the
trees are budding as they have every
spring; and compound interest IS
going on just the same every day,
including Sundays and holidays.
Rockefeller and Edison
When graduated from college
went to work for a Boston banking
house at Sc per week. | was fairly
contented until l read a story Of
how John D. Rockefeller. ST., got
his great wealth. sad he. When |
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29
Italians
Are Landed
On Island
Capture Of Suda Bay
May Prove Turning
Point of Struggle for
Greek Island And Be-
ginning Of Another
British Debacle.
0H' To- Associated pre>s.)

tbN tBi associated ffFSS.)
stahau troops were reported
today It, havc entered the ten
dat old battle OF Crete, landing
on the eastern end of the island.
While German forces captured
tn" prize harbor OF Suda BAY on
the west. Thus the British, al
ready IN dire straits, were caught
IN a wise.
Seizure Of Suda Bay eage the Ger
mans Il brid2ehcad tor landing sea
yolne troops, and military expert
and it may prove to be the turnInl
Cairo, May 29.-(Ap-Ger-
man %air-bornc troops in Crete,
heavily reinforc~', have push
ed the defenders back from
Canea, occupying the islands
wrecked capital as well as Suda
Bay and most of the shore around
it. it was conceded in British
military quarters here today.
The British empire forces.
mostly New Zealanders. had
been pushed to points asst Of
Suda Bay.
Desperate land-to-hand fight
ing Is continuing with heavy cas-
ualtieS On both sides, ii was said.
point of the struggle-the beginuIu
OF another British dcbaCIo
lIitler'S high command report
ed that nazi mountain troops.
striking on beyond Suda Bay.
reached Almyro Bay to the east
in pursuit of the "dcfeatcd' Brit
ish.
The German communicate SAID
nazi forces had taken a large
number of prisoners.
Fascist press dispatches rcn0Hte'
also that hundreds of little Greel
-allboatS, loaded with German troops
had been safely escorted to Crct
under the guns OF Italian WarShipS.
The British admitted that cap
turc of Suda Bay, the best har-
Dor IN the i60-mi!e-lons island.
probably would be the deciding
factor III the struggle.
1t Was Jt'ej a Year ago today. m
cldcutally, that the allies, in retred
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29
Britain May Relax
Enemy Ship Rulings
Way Expected to be
Opened for Western
Hemisphere Republics
to Operate Foreign
Vessels Lying Idle in
Their Ports.

Washington, May 29.-(AFp-
Great Britain may Professionally
waive self-proclaimcd rights to
seize enemy ships transferred to
neutral! flags, ii was learned au-
thoritatively today, opening the
way for western hemisphere re
pnllics to operate freely the 200
odd foreign merchantmen lying
die Ia their norris.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-05-29
Finland Faces
Food Famine

HelsInki, Finland, May -9-(AP)
+ inland is facing an extremely
Crt,caI food shortage. the govern
mcnt aud today, largely because OF
the north Atlantic blockade.
No mp arrived from any AncrI-
Can port during March, and TO tn,
end ut May only four reached Fln-
land arctic port of Petsamo.
When She coded to Russia more
than ten per cent OF her g%raIn-pro-
duclnE land after the RusSo-tlnnlSh
"5r Of 1889 40, Finland lost hcl
comparative seli-SuttlClcnCy IN gram
and now must depend ON imports.
SALLY REFUSED.
Berlin, May 29-(ApD- German
North African forces have r@ptlScC
an attempted sally by the beslegc1
british garrison in the Llbyan port
OF Tobruk, nazi press dispatches re-
ported today.
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Evening star., 1941-09-14

shores. - Meanwhile, let us hear no
vain talk of the battle of the Atlantic
having been won
Evening star., 1941-09-14
By OLiver Mckee.

be much easier than it would otherwise
be. For the backlog of consumer de-
mand would Immediately provide an out
let for products of industrial plants now
engaged in the manufacture of war sup
plies and employment for their workers.
An army of debt-free" consumers
would be great help during the post
war adjustment period, Government
economists point out. That the admin
istration Shares their views would seem
to oe indicated by the recent statement
of Mariner S. Eccles, in which he urged
the American people to take advantage
of their higher income, either to reduce
their debts or ito get out of debt"
Installment Sales Also Up.
Since the World War, when workers in
munitions plants used their increased
earnings to buy silk shirts and other
goods previously beyond their means,
the trend of installment sales has been
upward. Consumer credit Is of two main
types-that granted for the purchase of
merchandise and consumer cash loans
made by banks and other lending agen-
cies. In both types, terms in recent
years have been lberalized, through
reduction in down payments and a
lengthening of the loan periods.
According to estimates of Commerce
Department experts, installment sales
this year probably will reach a total from
20 to 25 per cent higher than last year.
In 1910, retail installment sales totaled
over $4,000, 100000, or approximately IL
per cent of the countrys total retail sales
volume Installment sales must be diff
ferentiated from the installment credit
outstanding. Figures for retail sales in
clude the down payments.
Among different types of goods, the
percentage of installment to total sales
varies widely. Approximately ga per
cent of the automobiles bought by
Americans are sold on time, or more
than three out of every five. Other per-
centages are estimated as follows: Fur
niture stores, 90; household appliances,
S.; jewelry, 30; auto tires and acces-
sories, IS; heating and plumbing, 20, and
department stores, IL.
Trend Still Upward.
That the trend of installment buying
is still upward seems evidenced by Gov
ernment figures. During the first six
months of 1910, 400 organizations report
ed to the Census Bureau the grant OF
$1,23O 100000 in credit for the purchase
of automobiles, as compared with $685.
mn mn for tho fret half 0f 1Q40 These
organizations financed the purchase OF
2,64s 900 cars-647 900 more than during
the corresponding period last year.
Apart from larger national income,
other factors explain the recent increase
in installment purchases by consumers.
Among these factors are the anticipa-
ton of price rises, and the impending
shortages of many durable goods, due to
priorities and defense needs.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

In establishing Federal control over
installment sales, which are now reach
ing the largest volume in the Nations
history, President Roosevelt has taken
action to provide an additional check
against initiation and to conserve mate
rials needed in the defense program by
reducing consumer demand. Like the re-
strictionS recently imposed on the use of
gasoline, the new curbs on time buying
will bring forcibly home to the average
American the fact that the shift of the
national economy from a, peace to
total war basis will bring many changes
In the pattern of his daily life.
Under the stimulus of defense spend
ing, national income is rapidly increas-
Ing Last year, it totaled S76,000,00 900
and in 1941 it probably will reach an all
time high of $4,000 ,O00O 900, or more.
With the current expansion in consumer
purchasing power, there is a growing
civilian demand for merchandise, par
ticularly durable goods, such as automo-
biles and household appliances, the man
ufacture of which requires materials es-
senJlal 10 the war industries.
Coincident with this rise in buying
power the Federal Government has
called upon American industry for a
maximum output of war supplies in
order that the United States may become
the arsenal of democracy. Though this
country has vast production facilities,
they are not large enough at present to
meet the needs of defense and those of
an unchecked civilian demand. Serious
shortages of many strategic materials
already have developed, and there are
shortages, no less serious, in many claS-
sifications of skilled craftsmen.
Strains Production Facilities.
A major objective of the new INSTALL
ment credit regulations is to increase the
industrial facilities and the skilled man
power available for the production of
war materials by reducing consumer de-
nand. Though the controls recently
issued by the Federal Reserve Board con-
tain no drastic curbs on consumer credit,
they are expected to put a damper on
civilian demand for durable goods by
ACNu1AAl4S LdI SCI NONI pdyillClAUo anu
shorter payment periods.
The regulations also are designed to
serve as an additional brake on inf1a-
ton. Unless restraints are placed on
the spending by the public of its in
creased income on articles that cannot
be produced in sufficient quantities to
meet the growing demand, further rise
in prices seems unavoidable. Initiation
not only would impose severe hardships
on millions of Americans, but 1t also
would add to the costs of defense.
AS third principal purpose, INSTALL
ment control is aimed to create back
log Of consumer demand for the post
war period. If the untitled demands for
durable and other goods are large enough,
the transition to a peace economy will
Evening star., 1941-09-14
DEFENSE TIMED FROM UNHERALDED M-DAY
Observance Passed Undetected, Change Comes Nevertheless

War Department vaults. These are the
schedules on which various services and
supplies will be furnished There is, for
example, one appendix for labor, another
for power, for steel, transportation, COM
modities and so forth.
They set up organization for admin
istration and suggest courses of action.
A production schedule has been worked
out for each of 10000 companies which
the department has surveyed and nego-
tiated with in the last few years. Those
among the companies which have orders
now are checked regularly to see if they
are keeping up with the schedules they
agreed on.
Where the various plans have broken
down one finds that changed methods
of warfare usually are to blame. These
changes the naval and military men
did not foresee. They made no pro-
visions for warplanes and tanks on
the gigantic scale on which they now
are being provided. They did not plan
for a separate armored force. parachute
troops, balloon barrage squadrons, air.
craft warning companies.
Two moves, military experts say,
would have helped make up for lost
time on those plans whose schedules
which were tagging:
l. Larger and more comprehensive ap-
preparations by Congress instead of the
piecemeal dealing out of money which
Fo,- To-
2. Freezing of designs on all the short
items and placing of enormous orders
for all of these materials, making mass
production possible.
Decided in Favor of Quality.
But immediate freezing of designs was
a course which Army end Navy officials
decided against, for 1t would have meant
that they could not have taken ad-
vantage of improvements in design
which are being made day after day as
planes, tanks and weapons are being
tested in action abroad. The services
soon would have had enormous quanti-
ties Of war supplies, but they would have
been obsolete before put to use. In this
war second-best equipment is as bad
as none at all. The military men de-
cided in favor of quality rather than
immediate quantity.
AS a result, some of the plans sched-
ules are not being met. Some, on the
other hand, are being followed precisely.
In any case, naval and military men
agree, the services would have been at
an utter IoSS in this emergency If the
plans had not been ready.
What time 1t is, on the mobilization
schedule, authorities disagree. Gen.
Twaddle says that man power mobiliza-
ton did not begin on full scale until
about January l. which would make the
time about M plus 255 But In the in
dustrial mobilization schedule. an Army
and Navy Munitions Board official esti-
mates, the Nation Is at M plus s65.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
ecnd World War Enters New Phase Navy Ordered Shoot First
Review of Tooth Week of War
By Blair BoHes.

Roosevelt challenged Adolf
contest the Atlantic Ocean the
from high ofci9l
President aesnakes them
the shoot
This might all the
MAJ accompanying this
changing indicated
their recent meeting
vigor
Atlantic
supplied
gamble
stalled
them in the East
the Emperor assumed
designed mitaristc policy.
n
would available