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Evening star., 1941-08-10

We got into the car, heading due north.
Then Niels took the next three left-hand
turns we came to. knew it wasn't any use
to ask questions; Niels is great won 't-talk
guy when he's working something out. The
mileage indicator showed we'd gone little
over eleven miles when Niels doused the
lights and eased the car to silent stop on
the near side of whte-painted steel bridge.
1--WE walk" he said Take the fiashlight,
and don't bang your door when you get out"
We walked down the road, perhaps hum
dred yards 1t was lonely stretch of black
top with heavy undergrowth on both sides.
The land sloped upward on our right; to the
left l could catch glimpse, now and then,
of the waning moonlight on the lake. And
somewhere far out on the water, could hear
the soft, thin whine of an outboard motor.
WE TURNED off the highway and into
narrow, crooked private road that wound its
way toward the lake. 1t ended beside little
cottage of log siding, stained light brown,
with stone chimney at one end, and screen
ed porch across the end which faced the lake.
Niels pressed my arm warningly: was not
to ask questions. He walked up to the screen
door of the porch, raped sharply. Someone
stirred only few feet away. A startled voice
asked: Who's there? What is it?"
The name is Jorgensen. Miss Thorpe.
Niels Jorgensen. From the homicide squad"
There was gasp, and then long moment
of silence.
Homicide squad?" A dim figure moved
across the porch foodlight mounted high
on tree some distance away beat down on
us suddenly, leaving the porch in darkness.
What do you want? Who is that with you?"
Niels drew his badge out of his pocket,
held it up briefly Here's my authority"
he said. LET us in, please"
Another light snapped on = the porch.
this time - and caught my first glimpse of
Rosemary Thorpe. She was beautiful, all
right; tall and slender and with hair that
magnificent shade of mahogany that never
comes out of bottle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
AUTO DRIVING

6 Easy Lessons. fully insured. Car equipped with dual controls. Rea- sonable rates. Ask for free demoEi- stratlon. Tel. A.Ai0e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
Additional Sport UNKNOWN PRO. SHOWS UP STARS
@9 Buy
Barbara Wins $I,2OO; Snead Wood, Smith,
 Sarazen Out

Providence, R. T., Sept. 29.-(UP) Louis Barbaro, a bespectacled Nt- tle pro from Mamaroneck, N. r., pocketed $12O0 today after winning the $5,0O0 Providence open golf tournament with a score that euualled the low for the year in 30 PGA tournaments.
 The 25-year-old Barbara, 8 con1- parative unknown, completed the 72-hole tournament with a 273 total IS strokes under par and six strokes lower than his nearest rival. The score tied that turned in by Lawson Little in the Texas Open.
 Barbaro's whitening final round of 66, six under par, boosted Sim past Sammy Byrd of Philadelphia, former rmajor-league baseball out fielder, who wound up with a 73 for a 279 total that deadlocked him with Herman Barron of White Plains, N. Y., and Tony Penna of Dayton, O.
 Short of his drives because of his Sle1QeE SLAUuIS, bdIU UdkO WaS UhS acme of accuracy with his irons and butter. He one-putted 10 greens in his final round.
 The second-place trio earned S5S3.33 each. Slammin' Sammy Snead of Hot Springs, Va, was fifth with a 280 that gained him $3.50. U. s. Open champion Craig Wood of Mamaroneck, N. T., Horton smith of Pinehurst, N. C., and Gene Sarazen of Brookfleld, Conn.,, were a stroke behind Snead.
 Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa, lead ing money earner and pacing the vardon competition, finished out of the money for the second straight tournament, with a par total of 288.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

SOUTH and SOUTH VIEW STS.- Two lots for the price of one. Dial 4-i530.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT of WATERBURY,, ss PRO- BATE COURT, September 18th, 194l.
 ESTATE of GIOVANNI DASC'EN- "A, late of the town of Waterbury, In said district, decesed.
 The Court Of Probate for the Dis trict of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said es- tate to exhibit their claims for set clement. Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly attest- ed, will be debarred q recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment to
 MICHAEL DASCENZA,
 S2 Sperry St., Waterbury, Conn. 9-26-2f-29-3t. Administrators
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
NOTICE
LIQUOR PERMIT KnTU6yE nE APPLICATION

NOTICE OF IMPLICATION
 This Is to give notice that I, Pasquale DlCesare, of 64 sylvan Ave, Waterbury, Conn, have filed an application dated Sept. 27th, 1941, with the Liquor Control Commission for q Package Store Liquor Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 68 Sylvan Ave-, Water bury, Conn. The business Is owned by Pasquale DiCesare, of 64 Sylvan Ave, Waterbury, Conn.,, and will be conducted by Pasquale DiCesare, of 64 sylvan Ave, Waterbury, Conn, as permittee. -
 Dated Sept. 27th, 1941. 9-29-10-6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

Concord, N. H.. (upl-The state motor vehicle department warns auto drivers that there ago two ways of committing suicide with aas --''by stepping on it and by run. ning an auto motor in a closed garage"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Con- stantine Scarpone, also known as Thomas scarpone, has filed n peti- ton for pardon before the Honor. able Board of Pardons, to be heard 9-23-29 2 THOMAS SCARPONE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
OPEN

Topeka. Kas.-(UP)-state school officials estimated today that ap- proxlmateiy 1900 Of Kansas 7.2be common school districts would not maintain schools this year, sending their students to adjoining districts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
Building Lots For Sale
S

LOT-74.68 feet on Davis St. 9469 feet on Watertown Road in Oak vile. Store and 7-room tenement in one building. Also two small houses with 4-room tenements each! Must sell to settle estate. Phone 4-l452 berore p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29

WATERTOWN -- 2 family house and 2 car garage. Monthly income, $60. $900 down, Approximately $59 per month pays tcxes, insurance, water, and pays entire mortgage in IS years, Az % interest
 D. T. HARRINGTON, Inc. Al West Main St. Phone 3-3l12
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
Legal Notices
NOTICE
LIQUOR PERMIT NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF REPLICATION
 This is to give notice that l, Vincent Krasnltskas, of. 2T west Porter St., Waterbury, Conn, have filed an application dated Sept. 27th, 1941, with the Liquor Control Com mission for a Tavern Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 626 South Main St. Wa owned by Vincent Krasnitskas, of 27 West Potter St., Waterbury, Conn. and will be conducted by Vincent Krasnitskas, of 27 West Porter St. Waterbury, Conn.,, as permittee:
 VINCENT KRASNITSKAS.
 Dated Sept. 27th, 1941. 9-29--10-6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-29
AT TIE N T 0 N :! NEW VOTERS!
Waterbury, Connecticut. Special Acts 1939-Senate
 Bill No. 1-(199)

blll NO. 1-(lSSI The Board of Selectmen and Town Clerk will hold a ses- sion Oct. 1, 1941, from 9 A. M. to 8 F. M. in Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, to exam inc = for Electors - Citizens over 21 years of age. Naturalized Citizens present Citizenship papers to regis tratiOn clerk.
 Signed: BOARD OF SELECTMEN: ALBERT RICE, ALEC KOSKEY, WALTER A. SMETHURST. TOWN CLERK: MARY c. KILMARTIN.
 9-29-1t
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Albanian Front

The unhappy experiences of the 1tal-
ians in Libya, Eritrea and Ethiopia are
duplicated in Albania. The
Greeks war in that mountain coun-
Advance try between the Greeks and
the Italians is less spectac-
ular than the war across the Mediter-
ranean Sea in Libya, but it progresses.
Using British artillery pieces, the Greeks
have been shelling the port of Valona on
the Adriatic And Tepelini key noun
tain town in Southeast Albania, around
which fighting has ragged for weeks, was
aflame three days from Greek fire. In
the northern sector, in the Devol River
Valley, an Italian attack on the village
of Dobric Friday was reported to have
collapsed, enabling the Greeks to seize
strategic positions in a counterattack.
In the sea on which Valona sits, the
British and the Greeks, 1t came to light
last week, have been waging a con-
certed submarine campaign against Ital-
ian military supply routes. Reports
reached Split, Yugoslavia, on the Adri-
attic, that seven Italian vessels had been
sunk recently. Travellers from the Yugo-
slav island of Wis, so miles south Of
Split. reported Monday that submarine
sank the Italian freighter Vittorio Benito
of about 5000 tons and another Italian
freighter of about 5000 tons.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Bv Constantine Br0wn.

formed in occupied France-the "Peo-
pies Committee" This group has rami-
fications all over the country. 1t is pre-
pared to take over. in the event Petain
sticks too closely to the terms of the
armistice and Herr Abetz turns on the
green signal.
Vichy knows all this and is powerless.
The idea of Petains leaving Vichy and
going to North Africa would have been
excellent few months ago-but it is TOO
late now Gen. Weygand's army is good
but it lacks ammunition and gasoline.
The airplanes which took refuge there
arrived with empty tanks and these have
not been replenished since last summer.
The British could have supplied them
with all they needed, as recently as last
December-but now, under the shadow
of a relentless submarine and air block
ade, they don't know whether they will
have enough for themselves when they
The Germans must have full control
over the French naval bases and pos
sibly the cooperation of the French
Navy, before they start their attack
against the British fortress They mean to
obtain this cooperation by applying the
third degree to Petain this time-and if
that does not work by providing France
with another head of state more sub
servient than the hero of Verdun. Their
success in the campaign to restore Laval
to power is not conclusive evidence of
how far they can push Petain.
The inevitable passage of the lease
lend bill, and the possibility that Ameri-
can vessels may carry goods to Great
Britain, have compelled the German
Foreign Office to show more activity in
South America than in the past.
Seeks to Create Disturbances.
The aim Of the foreign Office is to
create disturbances in South America,
if possible, in the course of this spring
so as to confuse the administration in
Washington and more especially the
American people. A series of revolutions
in the southern continent would create
difficult situation.
In Brazil, the Germans are devoting
attention to certain elements of the
army. A number of senior officers in the
Brazilian army are overawed by the eff
cheney of the Germans. They share the
German general staffS opinion that
the war IN Europe is won and they re-
ceive information from Berlin about the
state OF unpreparedness of the United
States These reports are somewhat ex-
aggerated, but on the whole they confirm
what the Brazilian general staff believes
to be true.
President Getulio Vargas so far has
not applied the heavy hand to these
Evening star., 1941-02-09
NAZIS PUT PRESSURE ON FRANCE FOR AID
Diplomacy Working Effort to Buwo Invasion Plans

would-be disturbers of the present regime.
He does not want to precipitate crisis,
which might have serious repercussions
in view of the preparedness of the Ger
mans in Brazil. They are looking for a
chance to fish in troubled waters. Any
false move on the part of the Presi-
dent of Brazil would be taken advantage
of by the Nazi agents and their sympa-
thizers. The general trend in that coun-
try is more pro-American than it was q
year ago-but that is not quite sufficient.
The pro-aXis elements are better organ
lied, in QuaSi-military formations, for
unified action.
In Argentina the political dissension
is even stronger than in Brazil But
there it is out in the open There, too,
the army's senior officers are impressed
by the military efficiency of the German
armed forces. The number of Germans
is smaller than in Brazil; the Italians,
who are strongly represented, are not as
capable of organizing themselves as the
Germans in the neighboring republic.
But in Argentina the Germans make
a strong appeal to the big businessmen
the landowners who are worried about
the surplus of cattle and wheat
Nazis Present Argument.
The Germans have penetrated deeply
with their propaganda in that important
class of ArgentinianS. They tell them
that the war in Europe will soon be over.
They ask: What will you do with your
beef and your wheat? They say: We
can use every pound and every bushel
of it. The United States cannot It is
true that we cannot pay you in gold be-
cause we don't believe in the old gold
fetish. But we can supply YOU in ex-
change for your goods, with every kind
of manufactured product from railway
locomotives to sewing machine needles,
at price defying all competition. We
can dovetail your agricultural economy
with our industrial efficiency and can
assure you of a much happier life than
you ever had in the past
In Argentina, too, the pro-American
feeling is on the upswing-not so much
so as in BraZil-but more so than a year
ago. The palliative offered by the United
States, in the form of loans. is not quite
satisfactory to the Argentinian upper
class. And in this country as in Brazil.
there are many who are interested in
grabbing power by adopting political
platforms different from those of the
regimes now in power. That platform
can only take the shape of closer CO.
operation with the totaltarian states.
The activities of the axis agents In
the Southern Hemisphere are well known
here, of course, and countermeasures are
being taken as rapidly as possib!~
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Behind the Lines

There was considerable important in
ternational travel last week. Wendell
Willkie, the unsuccessful Republican
aspirant for the presidency, was on the
move. He left England for the United
States by Dixie Clipper after seeing the
island from top to bottom, from pub
keeper to King and Queen, after look-ln
at Fire and chat with Fires chief,
canon de Valera. Upon his departure,
he left a dramatic message, which was
broadcast to Germany by the British
Broadcasting Co.
"I am of purely German descent Mr..
Willkie said Il am proud of my German
blood. But I hate aggression and
tyranny. Tell the German people that
we German-Americans reject and hate
the aggression and lust for power OF the
present German government
Mr.. Wiilkie left England Wednesday.
Two days later Harry Hopkins, the
Presidents personal repre-
Enyoy TO sentative in England for al
Br;toin most month. departed from
London for a final English
week end and then the trip to Lisbon
and the United States Meanwhile, man
in the United States was prepared to
Join the travelling front. He is John G.
Winant of New Hampshire, whom Presl-
dent Roosevelt on Thursday named his
new Ambassador to Great Britain. He
will probably set off for London in about
10 days, MI. Roosevelt indicated Friday.
Mr.. Winant succeeds Joseph P. Ken
nedy. He was three times Governor OF
New Hampshire. elected as Republican,
but Mr. Roosevelt described him as pre-
eminently an American He has been
head of the Social Security Board and
president of the International Labor
Office, in which post as has met Anthony
Eden, the now Foreign Minister of Great
Britain.
Another man on the travelling front is
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura. the new
Evening star., 1941-02-09
In Europe

A visitor to Paris last Monday was
Admiral Jean Darlan, Navy Minister in
the Vichy government headed by Chief
of State Marshal Petain. He was calling
on Pierre Laval, formerly Marshal
Petains Vice Premier and Foreign Sec
retary. NJ. Laval is generally regarded
as the most imposing French promoter
of German-French collaboration, and in
Paris recently an organization known as
the Peoples Committee" was set up as
a pro-Nazi group with a close associate
of M. Laval among its leaders. The
Germans repeatedly have made a serious
point of NJ LavalS dismissal from the
Petain government, indicating that there
is no possible chance of any harmony
between Berlin in Vichy so long as M.
Laval is out in the cold.
The question confronting Marshal
Petain was whether he could readmit
M. Laval to his government
Vichy and having done so. retain its
Crisis semblance of independence
while standing at the same
time on firm relations with Germany
For Petain it was a difficult position Ad-
miral Darlan returned to Vichy Tuesday,
and at once the world was filled with
rumors the chief of which was that
"directorate" would be formed of Laval
Darlan and Gen. Charles Huntziger to
manage important affairs under Marshal
Petains orders.
If Laval were in the Vichy govern
mcnt. he would not be in Paris making
mischief for Vichy. While Marshal
Petain was cropping for solution to the
upon him demands for cession of the
naval base of Bizerte, and for the trans
port of German troops from Southern
France to TuniSia-Where they could re-
inforce the Italians fighting the British
in Libya-and threatened him with the
occupation of what is now unoccupied
France. Firm Petain rejected the de-
mands and STAYED off the occupation.
The satisfaction of the demands and
acquiescence in the occupation would
have added new difficulties to the British
position.
What value Laval sets upon himself is
yet unknown. His demands perhaps will
come to light this week. Darlan returned
to Paris Thursday for further conference
with the former Vice Premier, after
day of discussion with Marshal Petain.
Whatever might be the basis of the
Pctain-Laval negotiation, the Vichy gov
eminent on Friday advertised through
Eli ofsthe small territory it governs how
firm it was against any overweening
German demands. On that day the gov
ernment ordered broadcast a statement
by Gen. Maxine Weygand that the
French mad no intention of making avail
able to Germany the Bizerte base in
Tunisia The government ordered the
Evening star., 1941-02-09

While the German high command is
making intensive preparations for what
it hopes fervently will be the final on
slaught on the British Isles. German
diplomacy is working overtime to build
additional fences to aid the armed forces
in their gigantic task.
For several weeks, the Germans have
been extremely active at Vichy and in
Paris. Before starting the drive on Eng
land they want to be sure of the full CO.
operation of the French. This must be
obtained at any price, whether Marshal
Petain is willing or not.
The foundations for a German
French cooperation tending to shorten
the war and put an end to the economic
and social upheaval in Europe were laid
by former French Vice Premier Pierre
Laval. There was no provision in the
Laval plan, as far as is known here, for
any specific surrender of French naval
bases or of the French feet. But it was
implied, it is understood, that if the Ger
mans should need either of these, in Or
der to shorten the war by defeating
Great Britain, they would be loaned"
to the Reich.
Pressure Put on Petain.
This agreement became obsolete with
the downfall of Laval. The Germans at
tempted to revive it by negotiating di-
rectly with Marshal Petain. But the old
warrior has a keen sense of honor, and
he maintains that since this was not
provided for in the armistice agreement,
there is no reason for the Germans to
ask for these provisions now.
Admiral Darlan, the present chief ad-
wiser and trusted man of Marshal Petain,
is opposed to the surrender of the French
fleet and African naval bases, but is less
adamant than his chief. He sees Frances
future generations weak and degenerated
because of lack of food, and he is con-
vinced personally that Great Britain
cannot make the grade and defend her
self against an overwhelming German
force. The victories in Egypt and Greece
have made no impression on the COM
mander in chief of the French Navy He
always has doubted Italy's fighting abil-
ity Darlan, like the entire French gov
ernment, rejoices over the. rap on the
knuckles that Mussolini has received, but
that does not change his mind regarding
Britain's ultimate collapse.
The Germans, who have been patient
with Petain for the last few months, now
are putting pressure on the aged marshal
and are giving him the choice of yielding
to their plan of full cooperation or get
ting out of Office. Under the auspices of
Herr Abetz, who knows France well and
who knows also where to spend money
advantageously, q new group has been
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Bv Leslie H0re.BeHSha.

government, and Petain would be master
in his own household. If he was given
the feeling. as on occasion he was, that
instead of presiding over his own cab
met he, in fact, was acting as chairman
of fifth column meeting at which Laval
was the principal speaker, he was break
ing no covenant with Germany in max
ing any desirable revislons OF personnel
That he himself took this view was
shown by the language he used in broad
casting the decision to depose Laval. 1t
is for high reasons OF internal policy,
he said, that have taken this decision
1t has no repercussions at all upon our
relations with Germany If he now
has been rudely corrected in his con-
fidence that the Germans would respect
his right as head of state, he must be
aware equally that the most critical mo-
ment has come for France since the
historic day the capitulation was effected.
Eases Further Abrosations.
1t is not only the future of Laval
which is at stake. His replacement must
finally compromise the remaining pre-
tensions of independence which the
Vichy government can claim. Other
articles of the armiStice which still offer
some protection against the designs OF
the axis will the more easily be abro-
gated.
The Vichy government, which can now
| refuse conveyance of German soldiers or
military stores through unoccupled
France to Italy may be called on to
make this concession also. The railway
through the Brenner Pass is inadequate
| for such heavy traffic, and two lines
through unoccupied France entering
| italy at Modane and Ventimiglia would
be most helpful supplements The roads
and railway lines toward the Spanish
border may likewise in due course be
required for a similar purpose.
While invasion of Britain naturally is
preoccupying the minds Of statesmen OF
this country, and there has been since
the fateful spring of 1910 wise inten-
sification of precautions to prevent a
landing. the eyes and energies OF the
axis have been forcibly turned toward
the south. The fall of Bengasi and with
1t the whole of Cyrenaica make it urgent
for the enemy, if possible, to place new
obstacle in the way of British movements
in the Mediterranean.
1t is this consideration which has
prompted general expression of the view
that the inwardness of the quarrel be-
tween the Nazis and the Vichy govern
ment is related to disposition OF the
French fleet The armistice, it is true,
provides that except for that part of it
destined for protection of colonial inter-
ests. the French fleet. was to be recalled
to France and the whole collected in