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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
RICE SHORTAGE IS
 FELT IN JAPAN
Rationing Plan to Be Adopted After NatiOn-.
 wide Survey

Tokyo, Feb. 1-(UP)-Prefectural authorities announced today that rice. Japan's staple food, would be rationed throughout the country because of shortage existing since last winter.
 A national investigation of house. hold needs of rice will be made Feb. 8, it was announced, and after its results have been collated a pass book system of rationing is to be adopted in order to effect fair distribution confirming to the needs of individuals in different circumstances, especially in the category of labor"
 The cabinet today approved ex- traordinary army and navy expen- ditures totaling 4,880, 100000 yen ($1,l45, SPA, ,OO0) for the fiscal year which begins April 1.
 The estimates bring to 22,335,- 100000 yen ($5, PA. .258, ,000) the total of extraordinary military expenses since the start of the Chinese war in 1897.
 Only recently, the cabinet sub- mitted to Parliament the biggest ordinary budget in Japans history -6, ,863, 10000 yen ($l,61i ,433 ,00O) for the next fiscal year, which makes the total of ordinary and ex- traordinary expenditures for the year S2,767, ,257 900. It was assumed that in addition there would be the usual supplementary estimates. These totaled 1000. .000, 900 yen S234.- 800OOO for military expenditures for this month and next month alone.
 of the budgeted expense for ex- traordinary military expenditures for next year, 3,eeT, ,0O0.O00 yen teese. .4ee. .0o0 will be covered by bonds.
 The House budget committee ap- proved the ordinary budget today and the House Is expected to ap- prove it tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
Sen. Egan Opposed To Refunding Bond Issue
Would Have City Issue Bonds Only for Specific Pur- poses-Advocate of Long Range Financial PrO-
 gram-City Bond Plan May Be Limited

Senator Edward P. Egan declared today that he would Vigorously op- pose any city bond issue that would be used only for refunding purposes and announced his intention of in- sisting that an legislative authoriza- ton of Waterbury bonds be given only if specific purposes for which the proceeds are to be used are list ed in detail.
 T believe in long range finan- cial program" said Senator Egan. "and I believe that we need capital improvements, but if we need bonds to pay for them, as it seems we do, the bonds should be specifically all located for definite purposes"
 Under Senator Egan's plan, the bond issue bill offered to the Gen. eral Assembly would include a list of the projects which are to be paid for. The amount to be spent each year on each project would be listed also. with the provision that no ex- captions be made.
 Controller Thomas M. Conlon's sample" bond bill, now under con- sideration by the board of finance, calls for refunding bonds totalling $3, ,O50O 900 over a 12-year period. The money in the city budget for debt service would then be freed for capital improvements.
 Capital projects mentioned by MT. Conlon include @ second pipe line from the Morris water supply, a new dam, a city incenerator, street paving, bridge improvements and Q contribution toward a state trade school.
 The statement of Senator Egan, an administration supporter and coniidant of Mayor Vincent A. Scul- ly, is considered important. It in- dicates that any bond issue bill may include stringent requirements lirn- iting the use of bond proceeds to definite purposes.
 A bond bill was offered In the as- sembly yesterday by Senator Egan, but it was in blank form. providing no details.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
MUCH SPECULATION
 ON HAYES BILL
Legislators Say Assembly Can Grant Pardon; Sena-
 tor to Withdraw Bill

: The bill filed in the General As- sembly to grant pardon to former Mayor Frank Hayes. though 1t is to be withdrawn sat his request, raised considerable speculation at Hartford as to whether the Legislature had any such power. Most members were of the opinion that the Assembly could not grant a pardon to any, one, but Senator Joseph Cooney of Hartford and others believe that the Assembly has such power, at least in theory.
 AS the law-making body of the state, the General Assembly could claim the right to over-rule any courts, boards or agencies which 1t sets up, Senator Cooney says. But any real action by the Legislature toward giving pardon is only the oretically possible" according to MT. Cooney, and would be almost "ini- possible from a practical sense"
 Senator Theodore Brysh. of Mer- iden, who introduced the bill at the request of F. Henry Sattler, also of Meriden, will ask that the bill be withdrawn when the Legislature re- convenes Tuesday. Ex-Mayor Hayes, in telegraTis yesterday afternoon to Senator Brysh and Mir. sattler, re- pudlated the bill and asked that it be withdrawn, declaring T do not want Q pardon but vtndlcation." Mr. Hayes declared that the bill was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
Italian Troops Seek To Check British Advance
Form Line West of Derna-One Remnants of City $ Garrison-May Be Seeking Respite to Organize
 Benghazi Defense
Bx H. L. PERCY

Limited Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, Feb. 1-(UP)-Six thou sand Italian troops, remnant of the garrison which fled Derna before the, British army of the Nile, are forming a line west of the city in an attempt to slow the drive of Brit ish empire forces along the coastal road to Benghazi, it was rported today.
 The Italian line was said to be based on an 800-foot ravine which, starting at the sea some distance west of Derna, extends about IT miles inland.
 Italian troops were lining the west side of the ravine, it was said, in hope that they might hold up the British advance.
 Richard D. McMillan, United Press correspondent with the army of the Nile west of Derna, sent the report and suggested that it was intended to provide a respite for the Italian forces in their retreat along the coast. It was the British relief, Mo Milan reported, that the Italians were seeking to gain time in which defense might be organized in front of Bengha1.
 British and Italian infantry patrols were skirsnishing now west of Derna, McNGillan reported, and field guns were active. However, he add ed, the British artillery was greatly superior and further the Italian artillery was almost cut of from supplies, including those at Beng hazi.
 Dispatches from Nairobi, Kenya, describing the British penetration of Italian Somaliland to a depth of 40 miles, told of the exploit of 6 ylon- descript fleet of. British empire boats, schocners, native dhows (scows with sails) whaleboats and motorboats, which captured the Italian village of Kiamboni on the Somaliland coast.
 Ofiieered by Kenya business men, farmers and settlers, and manned
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
TREASURER REGARDED AS GOODPROSPECT Political Fortunes Soar as Those of Mentor GO
 Into Decline WELL=LIKED IN
 MANY SECTIONS Party Strategists See Good Chance in Heading Ticket By BOrOughite

Joseph E. Talbot of Nau- gatuck, who retired as state treasurer January 8 and who is now compensation com missioner for the fifth con- gresSional district, is emerg- ing as a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1922. Though the prestige and influence of former Governor Raymond E. Baldwin, his political men, tor, have been declining, the Nau- gatuck mans political stature has been increasing.
 Observers at the State Capitol find q surprising amount of talk about "Joe" Talbot as the G. O. P.'s next gubernatorial nominee. Rural as well as urban Republicans speak highly of his ability and of his vote- getting power.
 No Contest?
 MT. Talbot probably would be lIn- willing to engage in contest with the ex-governor for the nomina- tion next year, but if the present. tide in his favor continues he may have no choice.
 There are many Republicans who believe that 1t would be mistake to renommate MT. Baldwin and who hold that the best chance of the c. o. P. to win next year is to offer a slate headed by someone like MT. Talbot. who would make an appeal to the Irish Catholic voters of the state.
 In Young Republicans
 MT. Talbot first became active in politics through the Young Repub7 iican club. Nominated for state treasurer, he was elected in 1888 and served two years, being close to Gov. Baldwin during that time. One of Gov. Baldwin's last acts in office was to appoint MT. Talbot workmen,s compensation commits sioner for the Waterbury district. succeeding Commissioner James M. Lynch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
WlLLKIE TO FLY
 HOME WEDNESDAY
Plane Due to Leave Then May Testify on British
 Aid Bill

London, Feb. - (U.P) = Wen dell L. Willkie will start for New York by airplane Wednesday, it was understood today.
 He has received, through the Uni- ted States embassy here, an invita- tion from Senator Walter F. George, D., Ga, chairman of the senate for eign relations committee, to testify in Washington February Il at the committee hearing on the British aid bill.
 Willkie had said earlier, on learn ing that the committee was inviting him, that he would be glad to testify and would tell the committeeman anything they want to know"
 Willkie had no appointments last night and he dropped in unexpect- edly at the American Eagle Club on Charing Cross road. He was grim ming and wore his white tin hat at a jaunty angle, but looked tired and admitted that he was, when asked if he wasn't beginning to feel the strain of his whirlwind visit. He had been to the Dover coastal area yes- terday.
 Most of the Americans present told Willkie they were Democrats.
 D. w. Logue of Springfield, Ill, told him: don't 90 to Springfield again on Wednesday, at least when ther's a sale on." He referred to Willkie's speech at Springfield dur ing the recent presidential cam paign, when Willkie attracted most of the townspeople away from ( big antique sale.
 "You sure wrecked that saie.' Logue said.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
REVISION BOARD
 FAILS TO AGREE
Commission to Change Election Laws Has Sub=
 mitted Two Reports
tBy Democrat Legislative Reporterl

(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. l. The report of the state election laws revision commission, of which Will liam J. Pape of Waterbury and Woodbury Is chairman, was today in the hands of Gov. Robert A. Hurley but bears the signature of only four of the six members. The other two members refused to sign the report and one of them submitted Q mi- nority statement.
 Mrs. Eleanor Taft Hilton of Hart ford, leading member of the Con- necticut League of Women Voters, charged that MT. Pape had denied her the right of deciding what should be incorporated into her mi- nority report and declared that the Waterbury publishers stand "does not seem proper. Mrs. Triton as- sailed the majority's recommenda- tion that e state board of elections be created.
 The other dissenter, Prof. E. E. Schattschneider of wesleyan Uni- versity, said he also opposed the creation of a state elections board as being opposed to the program for simpiiiication of state government. He said he would issue no minority report but would not sign the ma- jority's report.
 The election laws commission at- tempted to have the text Of its re- port kept secret but it was released to the press by the governors oiflee, ReleaAe of the report was taken as an answer by the governors ofiice to the eommlsslon's action in filing bliis embodylng lts recommendations before offering its report and Tec- omrhondations Co 0ov. Hurley.
 Mrs. Triton declared that tho pros posal for . state board of elections was placed in the commissions rec pert at tho last minute. The board would take over election duties lieW performed by the Secretary ol State, and Mrs. Triton asserted that il toontInusd on Rass Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
May Substitute Credit Plan
 In Place Of FDR's Proposal
KENT COAST IS
 UNDER ATTACK
Nazi Long Range Guns in BOmbardment; Area of
 Invasion Feared
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Stan Correspondent)

London, Feb. 1-(UP)- German long-range naval guns renewed their bombardment of the Kentish coastal defense areas across the fog -shrouded strait today.
 The smelling was started three hours before dawn, in the area which would be the first objective of a German invasion attempt, and was continued sporadically, at times with only a single gun appar- ently in action.
 German planes were inactive over Britain during the night, apparent ly because of bad weather, but ex- perts, studying the strategy of the inceasingly intensive daylight raids. now inclined to the belief that the Germans were making 8 series of increasingly extensive armed re- connaissance raids in preparation for 8 our-a-day schedule of mass bombing attacks.
 On the success of the attacks, ex- perts predicted, would hinge not only Germany's chances of making a real attempt to invade Great Britain but its development of gen. eral war plans on all fronts for this spring.
 Experts said that the Germans seemed preparing for a big aerial offensive, possibly involving a uni- form pattern of attack throughout the 24 hours. They expected the Germans to start 8 new offensive where they left off early last Oc- tober, after Sobering losses in day light raids, with new high flying fast fighters and f1ghter-bombers.
 One spokesman predicted that the German planes, after crossing the Dover strait and the English channel in mass formation, would break up and bomb singly. Ma chimes using these tactics, he said, were difficult to intercept. The spokesman predicted that new Ger man planes also would be better armored than those used last fall.
 The spokesman suggested that this plan would appeal to the Ger mans because they could use the same tactics day and night.
 Speed in developing the attack is essential for the Germans" the spokesman added. Hitler faces the fact that the Royal Air Force in Britain as elsewhere will not be altogether on the defensive by day as it was last year, and that it will be much more on the offensive by night"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
APPEAL DEBATED
 | ASSAULT CASE
Judge Holds Acquitted Negro in Bail Pending
 Prosecutors Decision

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 1.-(UP) Prosecutor Loris Willis debated today whether to appeal the ac- quittal of Joseph Spell, Negro, of a charge of aSsaulting Mrs. Joseph K. Strubing, Jr., society matron for whom he worked as butler and chauffeur.
 When a jury including six wo- men, five of them married, decided just before midnight last night, after almost 13 hours deliberation, that Spell was innocent, Willis asked Judge Carl Foster to hold Spell in bail another 48 hours while he decided whether to appeal, as he may do under Connecticut law.
 The judge agreed and the 3l- year-old defendant remained in custody. He had received the ver- dict impassively. Mrs. Strubing was not in the court room.
 Judge Foster had charged the jury to decide between two ver- sions of events that are directly contradictory determine which 0A MASoG wv RSAo9sAo 70 tSAAesA9 "ss~ truth give such weight as they deserve to the natural instincts of human kind and to the natural ab- horrences of human kind"
 Mrs. Strubing charged that Spell raped her three or four times on the night of December 10, while her husband was in Cincinnati on busi- ness: that he threatened her with a knife, bound and gagged her threw her Into the Kensico reser' volr near her home ct Greenwich and threw rocks at her, trying C stun and drown her.
 Mrs. gtrublng sAid that She hat dined at 6 friends home that night had returned homo about 70 o'clocl and was taking a bath when Bpel called Co her from her bedroom demanding money. She said sh wrapped c towel around herself vent to the bedroom door and oF ! (Contlnued on PaGe 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
NEW YORKER HELD

Hartford. Conn. Fob. i-tUP)- Harry Harris, alias Gold, Bi, who gave his address as 2l0 W. obth St., Now York city, was held by author. lties today on c charge Of theft from peFaon. Harris and two other men aileaedly t0stlod 6 spectator at . travel movie in Bushnell Memorial last night. Harris yes picked lip oi,l- sldo the hall. Tthe others escaped, IIe alleeediy stole wallet eontain- lne tis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
HURLEY BUDGET TO BE RECEIVED NLEG|sLATURE Marks Principal Business for Next Week; Message
 to Accompany It LABOR BILL NOT
 YET SUBMITTED Fewer Local Bills This Session; No COP PrO-
 gram Filed
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK fnov~nncro% VamicIo five DAuortarl

BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK
 Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 Receipt of Governor Robert A. Hurley's budget will be the principal business before the General Assembly next week, as the legislators, finished with the hurly- -burly of filing more than 2,5O0 bills and res olutions, begin public hear ings on the first of the pro- posed measures. The chief executives budget message, along with his proposed budget for the next two years, will be received by both houses in joint session Tues day.
 The governors full legislative pro- gram was offered to the legislature this week with the exception of one bill, the state labor relations meas ure. MT. Hurley's recommenda- tions on a labor relations act will not be submitted until after further conferences with lahor leaders.
 .--sp Fewer Measures
 Waterbury bills offered before the deadline yesterday were fewer in number than two years ago, and the city administrators program was submitted almost entirely in blank form. The text of the bills which the city hall favors will not be sub mitted until later in the month.
 The local Republican organization failed to file any legislative pro- gram for the city. A COP. pro- gram is being worked out, however, and will no doubt be raised in the cities and boroughs committee by some Republican member.
 Charter Revision
 The city administrators prin-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
CHILDREN'S DEATHS
 BEING WITHHELD

Weymouth. Mas, Feb. i-tUP)- Hospital attaches today withheld news of the death of three Of her children from Mrs. Hilda Roberts Gould, 90. who Was in critical cone ditlon with burns suffered when she attempted to rescue them from q fire which destroyed her home early yesterday.
 The children, two, three and Ave years old. Gled ln the flames. Two older children were saved. ArB, 00nld'n husband James waA Fe. covering fFen burns and Ghoek co l Q aelshboF's home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
HEALTH SUIT. DEAD

Providence. R. T., Feb. 1--tUP1- pr. Charles v. ohApln, co, city health superintendent for % years until his retirement in iD32 and widely-knoWn for hls research iii Hanitatl0n and communieablo dis eases, dled at hls home yesterday after e short illness. lIo was one of oniy eight men lo receive tho Mar. eellus Hartley modal foF outSlanas lng WeEk ln public hsaiila.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
DIES or INJURIES

Bridgeport. Conn. Feb. i-tuP)- Paul Schmidt, 34, Trumbull. died last night after being unconscious Tor 90 days following Q truck.bus accident Dec. %. 6ehmidt's truck rammod the rear Of the bus in tho accident. and he suffered Q frae- lnrod skull.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 FEB. 1, 1040
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Russians launched direct at- tack against Elnnlsh Manner helm fine, supported by iy0 bombing planes, dozens Of tanks and wave after wave Of infantry.
 President Kyasll kaille Of Fln- land asked foF an HhoneFable eeaee,p
 SSmssa ml ssas Danish steamer Vi1sF, Norwegian steamer FingaI .aBa oFoek liner kIona siaihaleA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
The Wsnther

Fair, Warmer Today;
 Cloudy Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
SEEK CITY GRID TITLE

The football teams of ST. fffet-
esa and Cooley high schools, vino
last year played 60 tie, battle
for the city championship 49, al
Briggs Stadium the proceeds going
10 swell the Goodfellow Fund
This afternoon for the second
year Detroit football fans were 10
see two crack Negro organizations
=iH-aetieH- when the WiibeTforce
University and West Virginia State
College teams meet al The I'm
versity of Detroit Stadium
And tonight, what promises 70
he the best hockey game so far
this season will bring together De-
q troit's own Red Wings and the
Toronto Maple Leafs al Olympia.
Through yesterday hy plane.
train, bus. and sometimes by
hitch-hiking hundreds OF soldiers
sailors. marines and coast guards
men swarmed into the city 70
spend the holiday with thcir
families Last night theaters and
other places Of amusement were
dotted with men in uniform
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Blue Sky Writs
Accuse Two

After five years of OF and on
investigation by the police, prose-
cutors office and state securities
commission, warrants were issued
today charging Albert Moore and
George L. Nadell with violation Of
the blue sky laws in the selling Of
stock of the American Mailing
Company, now defunct.
Moore was president of the
company and Nadell a former De-
troit broker. The violation OF
which they are accused involves
the selling of $4,000 shares of the
malt company's stock.
According to Detective Joseph
Althoff the company was author
lied to sell 100000 shares of the
stock at 81 a share. The warrants
charge that Nadell and Moore
transferred the $4,000 shares to
four unknown persons, then re-
turned them to the company and
sold them at a price ranging from
iS1.75 to 81 per share.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Young israel
Opens Session

Young men and women from all
parts of the Midwest today opened
the Eleventh Regional Conference
of Young Israel here
The first two days Of the con-
yennon will include business ses-
SONS. a Thanksgiving dinner. raj
lies and Sabbath morning services.
a public session will be held
Saturday afternoon at the B nal
Moshe Synagogue with a pageant
Saturday evening IN the Detroit
Leland Hotel Adjournment is set
for Sunday morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
SpiIlster's
Cache Is
S43,5OO

A total of S43.500 in United
States treasury bonds. postal saw
ings certificates, bonds and .
certificate of deposit, found in the
safety deposit box OF Miss Flora
Walter, 7S-year-old spinster,. who
hanged herself three weeks ago,
was held by Probate Court today
pending settlement of her estate.
The box was opened by Deputy
County Treasurer Harold J. Hoff-
man and George A. Otto, special
for the estate OF
Miss Walter. and her nephew. Also
in the box was faded letter in
German signed with the name
Bismarck.
The box contained one $4,000
United States bond and number
of smaller ones, all totaling $780,
800: postal savings certificates
totaling $500, a certificate Of
deposit of the Union Guardian
Trust Company for $1,000 in bonds
and a $500 bond.
In addition to this. the estate
contains SIS $50 in bank notes found
in a pocketbook in Miss Walters
room in the Reid Hotel. % Char
lotte street, where she hanged her.
self.
just where all the bonds came
from is a mystery TO Mrs. Otto.
wife of the special administrators,
who lives at 16705 Chandler Park.
THE way she lived 1 didn't
think she had much money! she
said. I'VE thought she was living
on money left by her father
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Family Man
Autoworker Made Whisky
Just TO Please Wife &,
PHILIP MURRAY

To please his wife, Charles Ia
laba. as, of 1927 Wanda avenue
autoworker, made his whisky al
at home, he told Federal Judge
Frank A. Picard.
Thus Talaba explained the unas.
sembled still and the gallon oi
moonshine alcohol which fedora
agents seized in the attic of his
home.
Talaba pleaded guilty to violat
ing the internal revenue law ano
the court referred his case to The
probation department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-20
Two Drivers Sentenced

Two men were given sentences,
without the alternative Of fines,
IN Traffic Court on reckless driv-
ing charges. Judge George Murphy
imposed a 30-day sentence on Lee
w. Russell. %. Of 6647 Yinewood
avenue. Violently a. Pelzak. AZ,
Of $50 Elmer street. was sem
fenced 10 seven days by Judge
Thorna = Maher.