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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

recently when one of the Mexican ships held up two Jap "flShingv veS- sels at the tip of the peninsula and interned the nine Fishermen" II was said seven of them looked very much like Jap soldiers and tho otheE two had the bearing and education of Jap officers.
 Mexican airmen are doing theli part in making air patrol over tho peninsula and the Gulf. Moreover the Mexican government has indi. cated to the United States that American airnen can join in thil work If the authorities desire to dc 70,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24

the checks that the cost of con- struction will Dc less than expected. It had been though that the cost would be over sl,oo0,0oo.
 The dam and reservoir will cofn- plete the city's water system expan- sion4 Construction of e second pipe line from Morris iS now underway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
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the north and at Magdalena Bay far down the peninsula.
 Mexico has never maintained large naval forces. The last regl- ster showed one coast defense ship, five gunboats and about . dozen coast guard patrol ships. Nearly all of these have now been stationed in the Gulf of California to patrol It's waters How immensely important this Is was demonstrated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-24
SUNS EFFECTS

The suns energy output varies, but when the sun gets hotter, the earth gets cooler, since the iNs creased solar teraperature Stlmu- iates evaporation and winds here on earth.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

We took advantage of our tempo
rary liberty to see all we could of
Biarritz At first the French, sus-
picious from bitter experience, would
have nothing to do with us. As our
story got around, however. and they
began to see us almost daily, their
attitude underwent a complete re-
versal. I spoke some French and
was eager to get their point of view.
French Prove Generous.
1--WE would have made friends
with you at first" they told me, but
we were afraid" We became quite
popular with the French. They told
us they liked us, and Furthermore,
they began to prove it. Shopkeep-
ers pressed their wares on us. We
could buy anything they had, they
said, without ration tickets. They
even cut prices to cost.
This for them was a double sac
rifice. Selling goods without tickets
simply meant they could not replace
the articles in stock. When we were
reluctant to buy on this basis, they
pressed gifts upon us-little items of
food and clothing important to their
very existence. We were ashamed to
accept such gifts. Too, were we
not to be released soon?
But the French, who knew the
Germans better, were not so opti-
mistic-insofar as We ambulance
men were concerned anyhow.
You had better accept these little
gifts, gentlemen" they said, lust
in case"
Hope Dashed.
On May 26 we were told release
was at hand. All of us were to be
sent to Lisbon, en- route home. On
May 80 we were to leave. Great was
the rejoicing. We innocents, the
ambulance drivers, set the pace for
the celebration. On the night before
the great day, however, we were
told the ambulance corps men
would remain.
On the following day there was
another parting of Zamzam pas
sengers who had been welded into
pretty cohesive group by dangers
| and hardships shared together
There weren't too many dry eyes In
our crowd, I guess. as We lined up
to wave the others of for the
| U. S. A.
We felt pretty low that night
when the Germans moved us to q
boarding house and informed us we
no longer had the run of the town
We were placed under guard ano
our food was brought by German
Army car and passed out by a Ger
man Red Cross nurse.
/ We began to talk of escape, but
decided to bide our time in hope oi
release.
We weren't far, however, from the
| Spanish border and from Free
France. The temptation increased
as the month of June slipped away
without any improvement in our
situation. Things got worse, If any
thing. News was just beginning to
seep through the censorship of the
month-old escape to England OF
Rudolph Hess. No. 8 Nazi leader
Don't tell me that wasn't a blow to
the Germans. We could feel 1t In
their attitude toward us.
We had managed to persuade q
Evening star., 1941-08-12

guard to accompany some of us to
town daily to buy extra food. We
saw the walls of Biarritz plastered
with signs which said: Where Is
Our Rudolph" or Hess Has Fared
to England" The Germans, ques-
toned about the flight, had a stock
answer-"he's crazy I doubt II
they believed it.
Persons unfamiliar with the total
effect of the blackout might wonder
how the French managed to deco
rate their cities under the noses Of
the German masters.
The blackout is absolute. A per-
son can scarcely see his hand in
front TO his face, much less see or
recognize a man with a paint pot
or piece of chalk at some distance.
Nazi Patrols Catch No One.
The German patrols, of course,
carry flashlights, but they invariably
wear heavy boots. Their "klop,
Hopping" can be heard for blocks.
They never seemed to catch any,
body in the act. Their recourse,
more likely, was the clumsy one of
arresting several persons in each
block. But the marking of walls
continued.
The French also had silent
hatred treatment which sometimes
got through the thick skins of the
invaders. The Germans we're pretty
burned up by our popularity with
the better class of French. especially
the girls. They had been there a
year and couldn't get to first base
with the girls.
The peasants had their word for
the Nazis-"potato bugs" Both
were green, the French said; both
gobbled up all they touched. and
when destroyed swarmed up in
greater numbers.
The French had a way Of para
phrasing the wv. H." on German
automobile tags one better not
repeated here.
Boys Mock Troopers.
Small boys liked to mock the
troopers. who hang up their belted
pistols and bayonets in restaurants
with a great clatter.
The boys wear bicycle pumps on
their belts and bang them on hooks
with the same swagger. They told
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Sdi|ings Of Conveys
Disclosed by Woman,
Dies Prober Says
Nancy Reed, New York
State EmpIoye, Accused
Of Espionage Activities
BY the Associated Press.

A Dies Committee investigator
yesterday reported that Nancy Reed,
New York State Labor Department
employe, was tipping of" infor-
nation on the movement of British
conveys prior to the outbreak of war
between Russia and Germany.
The investigator, Stephen w. Bir-
mingham, gave this testimony in
answer to a question by Chief In
vestigator J. B. Matthews during a
committee hearing on Miss Reeds
alleged Communist activities.
Mr.. Matthews told the committee
that Miss Reed was known to have
been engaged in very definite es-
pionage activities regarding the
sailing of conveys to Britain. In
dividuals known to have contact
with Nancy Reed have been taken
off convoy ships by British author
tiles"
Mr.. Matthews offered no further
explanation and Mr.. Birmingham
did not elaborate.
Earlier the committee received
testimony which Mr.. Matthews de-
clared shows conclusively that
Nancy Reed was and is high func-
tionary of the Communist party"
The evidence included mass OF
letters and documents which Bir-
mingham testified he unearthed be-
hind a Seventieth street tenement
house in New York and underneath
two houses owned by Miss Reed S
mother and sister at Sandwich on
Cape Cod, Mass.
Godfrey Schmidt, deputy Indus
trial commissioner of New York,
told the committee Miss Reed had
been dismissed effective August IS
under a New York statute which
bars civil service employment rolls
to persons who advocate the attain
ment of political objectives by force
or other illegal means.
He said she was employed as a
senior employment interviewer of
the New York Labor Departments
division of placement and unem-
ployment insurance.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Economists 10 Seek
Way Of A||eviating
Post-Defense Slump
Formula to Maintain
Present Employment
Object Of U. S. Study

With the help of a 500 900 appro-
priation from Congress, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics has tackled
new job-compounding a formula
whereby the United States can re-
tain full employment after the pres
ent war boom.
The first studies nave already be-
gun under the direction of Donald
Davenport, who formerly taught
economics at Harvard University
and is now head of the employment
and occupational outlook branch of
the bureau. Before the end of the
year, between 80 and IS experts will
be assigned to the work of studying
post war employment. it was said.
During the last year, the defense
program has created approximately
100000 new jobs, and armament
contracts now pending will provide
100000 more, according to esti-
mates of the bureau. The country
is thus entering a period of full
employment"
Before suggesting possible pro-
gram for maintaining employment
at its present level, bureau experts
will first study the composition and
the regional pattern of the employ
ment created by the Nations war
effort. More specifically, they will
try to indicate what kind, and how
much employment will disappear
when the production of war mate
rials returns to what may be con-
sidered a normal level.
The problem will not be the same
in all areas, officials pointed out.
When defense production begins to
sag. war boom towns, of course, will
be hardest hit. Many other areas
will also suffer.
Consumption of civilian goods will
also be affected by slackening in
war production, for the buying
power of defense workers will be
sharply reduced if they cannot find
employment elsewhere Immediately.
This means that the volume of re-
sulting unemployment will not be
measured solely by the decline in
the output of defense materials.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Davenport Will Head
Civil Defense Research

By the Associated Press.
Russell Davenport, magazine editor
and supporter of Wendell Wilkes
1910 presidential campaign, has
joined Mayor F. H. La Guardia's
Once of Civilian Defense to head
a bureau of facts and figures, a
research setup.
Mr.. Davenport, former editor of
Fortune, is expected to begin work
tomorrow. He will be assisted by
Robert Kintner, former Washington
columnist, who has been loaned to
the o. C. D. by the Navy where he
Is now on active duty.
Mayor La Guardia announced
when he first accepted appointment
as director of o. c. D. that he in
tended to set up such bureau. An
aide explained it is not to be a
bureau of propaganda, but one to
lind the facts and figures, and you
can draw your own conclusions"
Evening star., 1941-08-12
in south portion.

Moderate to heavy rains with numerous
thunderstorms have occurred within the
past "a hours over the Lake region. the
with. marked disturbance which is now
attended by fresh to strong shifting winds
ins RAPIDLY vs eyer the Mi, Missouri and upper
rapidly eastward and southwark behind the
New 1wsr and causing
cloudiness and with few scattered show
ers and thunderstorms prevails pver the
southern States, while cloudy. cool weather
OF the Far Western States.
Five-day forecast for the period from
7;3o pm. Saturday, AUGUST is. ls41, in A.
elusive.
Middle Atlantic States DISTRICT Of Co
Maryland. Eastern PENNSYLVANIA and New
York;
Fair weather with considerable sun
temperatures will continue until about Fri
day when temperatures will rise and cloudi-
ness Increase followed by showers and
Saturday. The temperature will average
about normal over southern portion and
somewhat below normal over northern
Ohio Valley lKentucky. Ohio. West vir-
sinia, Western Pennsylvania) and Tennes-
see:
Except for continued cloudy. warm
weather with thundershowers in Tennessee
tonight. fair. weather with considerable
sunshine, cooler nights and moderate tenn
perature will continue until about Thurs
day when temperatures will begin to rise
with increasing cloudiness followed by local
afternoon showers and thunderstorms Fri
day afternoon and evening and with more
general showers and thunderstorms on
Saturday. Temperatures will AVERAGE nor,
NAL or slightly higher in Tennessee and
about. normal in other sections for the
next four days
Evening star., 1941-08-12
By DONALD STEWART KING,
AS Told to w. H. Shippen, Jr.


Escape was never far from the
minds OF the men in our outfit once
we began to absorb the atmosphere
of enslaved France and to sense the
reluctance Of the German masters
to set us free.
That part Of Southwest France
was weighted with the presence Of
armed guards and their stool pi-
geons. 1t resounded to the "klop,"
"klop" of booted heels, all striking
| exactly together. and to the solemn
propagandized marching choruses OF
the soldiers.
Never gay, rarely lively the songs
were timed to the route step and
| the words were based, almost in
variably, on the German dream OF
military conquest-our day is COM
ing, we are faring for England, the
Fuehrer leads us to world victory,
etc.
l doubt il any one ever heard a
German column singing marching
song without being impressed, or at
least depressed.
A Comic Aspect.
But there is a comic aspect. The
| troops, or the ones I saw, at any
rate, seemed desperately anxious to
impress people.
It was amusing to see the strutting
heroes in their rigid postures rolling
their ewes to see how tine act was
going over. The French pointedly
ignored them
Our landing at st. Jean de Luz
from the German supply ship
Dresden on May 90 was sickening
in more ways than one. For one
thing, We were forced to say good
by to the English and Canadians
who had shared our tribulations
on the Zamzam. on the German
raider which sank her and on the
Dresden. More than so Of them
were sent to German concentration
camps. Too. we didn't take very
happily to the atmosphere OF oc-
cupied France.
An immediate but trivial effect,
/ tlOW6NSI, WAS bllC 1dIio slIhAlcoo
which staggered some of us once
we got our feet on solid ground for
the first time since We showed OF
from Pernambuco. Brazil, on April
9-more than 40 days at sea, 80 OF
which had been spent on the
| Dresden.
Given FREEDOM of City.
We Americans from the Zamzam
were taken in shiny new buses to
Biarritz, where the Germans quar-
tered us in hotel and gave us the
freedom of the city. The only re-
striction was the curfew at IL pm.
Our party received German Army
rations-substantial fare. but not
too much, and pretty 'monotonous.
A typical menu would be ersatz
coffee with black bread and jam for
breakfast. We usually got meat Of
some sort for the principal meal at
noon, along with potatoes and per-
haps a second vegetable. For supper
there was heavy soup with bread,
or bread and cheese and ersatz tea.
1t was a balanced menu, much bet
ter than we got on the Dresden.
I was down to 120 pounds. having
lost about 40 pounds since leaving
New York, and began to put on .
little weight. but slowly.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

us that bands of French paraded in
Paris for weeks with poles on their
shoulders before the Germans
caught on. The French word for
pole is "gaulle," and the parsdes
were street rallies for the free
French leader of that name.
All this may seem petty in free
country like ours, but the fact that
so many Frenchmen risk severe
penalties to indulge their whims
suggests an underground movement
of great strength. I think the Ger
mans will be surprised by its magni-
tude if the British ever land on the
] Channel Coast in force The hard
headed French, however, won't be
too quick about joining until they
believe the English are there to stay
this time.
In France I heard rumors of list
of German fellow travellers being
kept for just such day of reckon
ing. God help the turn-coats then
their own countrymen certainly
won't!
In our new confinement we played
cards, backgammon and chess-I
had a pocket set along. Many Of us
studied the French language. We
tried to keep busy, because we were
getting sick with worry. We were
downright scared-any man who
wasn't was crazy.
There was no hint of release and
on June % We got word to prepare
for a long journey. We were to
pack two days rations and be ready
to move. 1t sounded ominous. A long
train trip, probably. A guard told
us we we're ticketed for Lisbon, but
we doubted it.
We were loaded into army trucks
and taken to substation on the
railroad. We saw the Lisbon train
come and go. Then they loaded us
on a train headed the other way.
We changed at Bordeaux and got on
the Paris express. 1t was then We
decided all bets were off. There
was no use sticking together any
longer. 1t seemed obvious we were
headed for a concentration camp.
We agreed, If an opportunity for
escape arose, it would be every man
for himself.
I talked things over with our
leader, Fred Roeing, a former pro-
fessor at William and Mary COL
lege in Virginia, I believe He said
If any of us could escape it was
o. K with him.
I thought things over for hours
while our blacked-out train ran
through darkened countryside.
In Poitiers two of our gang. Tom
Greenough of Charlottesville, Va,
: and Jim Stewart of upstate lew
/ York, went out window In the
darkness they slipped behind a shed.
While the train stood there, a man
came along swinging a light. We
, held our breaths. But the man
passed. He was a French trainman.
II he glimpsed the two fusitives
. pressed against the wall he made
no sign.
AS our train pulled out OF the
, station and gathered speed, told
: some of the others, I'm going out
the window"
ITO Be Conttnued)
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Three Aboard MISSING
Langley Field Plane

by tDe ASSOCIATED treSS.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 12.-Langley
Field officers reported today that
three Army flyers were missing and
indicated they probably were occu-
pants Of plane which crashed into
the surf a few hundred yards of
Virginia Beach last night.
Those missing are Second 1t
Adrian J. Wilcomb, the pilot; Sergt.
Allen Rogers and Pvt. Philip r.
Wheeler, all of the Sd Observation
Squadron.
Residents OF Virginia Beach re-
ported seeing plane strike the
water after apparently flying out of
control near the beach.
Hope was abandoned for the fly
ers' safety after no trace of their
plane had been found today.
The home addresses of the miss
ing men were given at Langley Field
as follows: 1t. Wilcomb, Hammond,
La; Sergt. McRogers, Bingham,
Mass. and Pvt. Wheeler of Lock-
port, N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Normal Traffic Restored
After Pennsy Line Break
Hy the Associated Press.

Hy TIE Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 12-Al trains
were reported moving normally be-
tween Baltimore and Washington
on the Pennsylvania Railroads elec-
trified tracks today after a line
break last night that delayed about
IS passenger and nine freight trains.
Railroad officials said the line
broke near Odenton, from yet un-
determined cause Operations were
restored to normal about l am. to-
day. The break occurred about $3.50
pm. last night.
Trains moved past the break by
pulling their overhead trolleys down
and coasting through the area where
the line was broken.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

Civilian Conservation Corps en-
rollees will be given leave without
pay to assist farmers and orchard
operators to harvest their crops,
James j. McEntee, director, an
nounced today.
Mr.. McEntee said the step was
taken in the interests of defense
and that, while there was no imme-
diate prospect of a labor shortage,
the c. c. c. boys would be avail
able If needed"
Approximately 100000 OF the l90,-
900 corps enrollees are expected to
be ready for this seasonal agricul-
ture work, the director said.
Persons interested in securing C..
c. c. labor should apply to the
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Land Seizure Power
May Be Invoked 10
Construct Pipeline
Builders Ask U. 5. Aid
In Getting Rights Of Way
For Conduit in Georgia

~ the Associated Press.
The once of Defense Petroleum
Coordination indicated today that
the land condemnation powers of
the recently enacted Cole bill might
be invoked for the frst time to OBJ
tain rights-of-way, especially
through Georgia, for the $50 ,000, 900
pipeline by which the Plantation
Pipeline Co. proposes to funnel Pc
troleum products to the Atlantic
seaboard.
Plantation filed the first formal
request for Federal aid in obtaining
such rights Of way for its 1,200-mile
conduit from Baton Rouge, La, to
Greensboro, N. C.
Deputy Petroleum Co-ordinator
Ralph K. Davies subsequently issued
q statement saying the line "is one
the co-ordinator's office is especially
desirous of having constructed as
expeditiously as possible"
Mr.. Davies said the line could be
completed by late December If legal
obstacles were removed and thus
could aid soon in alleviating the
shortage Of petroleum products in
the East, where gasoline rationing
now is threatened.
General Compliance.
Meanwhile, Petroleum Co-ordina-
tor Ickes reported that a review
Of the first week of the filling sta
ton curfew indicated virtually 100
per cent compliance among opera
tors, with little employment loss.
Not only did stations in the II
affected States and the District Of
Columbia participate, he said, but
requests were received from opera
tors in adjacent areas asking per-
mission to join in.
Sales figures for the first full
week, which will indicate the
amount of gasoline conserved by
the curfew, now are being assembled.
Bid on Small Tankers.
In a move to increase oil trans
port tonnage, the Maritime Com
mission opened bids yesterday for
construction of Is small coastal
tankers of about 1880 tons each and
a capacity of 12,800 barrels.
They will have an overall length
OF 220 feet, beam of 81 feet and
a depth of IA feet inches, with
single screw propulsion, direct Diesel
drive. Their speed will be l01a knots.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
George Expects Cut
In Tax Exemptions
To $3.50 and $500
Committee Heads Sees
Some Reudjustment'
Of Income Levy Rotes
By the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee voiced the
opinion today that the committee
would vote to reduce personal in
come tax exemptions to $3.50 for
single persons and 1900 for mar
ried couples, as recommended by
the Treasury.
Present exemptions allow $500 for
single persons and $4,000 for those
who are married.
Senator Geosge also said that he
expected some readjustment of
personal income tax rates" to be
made by the committee before it
finishes its work on the new $3,236,-
100000 tax program already ap-
proved by the House. He did not
give particulars, however.
AS the committee convened to
hear a new group of witnesses tes-
tify on specific sections of the
measure, Senator Nye, Republican,
of North Dakota. suggested that the
present 10 per cent defense tax be
matched by a IS per cent lease-lend
supertax to help meet the costs OF
British aid.
Nye's LeaSe-Lend Tax.
Nye proposed that an additional
line be inserted in the Federal in
dividual income tax return on which
the taxpayer would compute IS per
cent of his regular tax and add that
amount to the total bill
That would drive home to the
people" he said, the knowledge
and to many that would be the
first knowledge that they had-that
the lease-lend aid program is cost
ing them money"
Few legislators, however. thought
Senator Nye would get very far with
his idea.
While committee members dis
cussed possible methods of boosting
the amount of revenue to be raised
by the pending bill, Senator George
minimized the likelihood of a gen.
eral sales tax, as was advocated by
some witnesses.
II don't see any chance" he said
"of going to general sales tax, al
though some members of the COM
mittee favor it."
George Opposes Bigger Tax Bill.
Predicting that Senate changes
would bring the revenue yield from
the bill to an amount in excess of
$500 900 900. Senator George said
that the Treasury's goal of two
thirds taxation and one-third bor-
rowing to meet Federal costs was
put forward at a time when antlci-
pated expenditures were lower than
Is now expected. The Treasury has
said that the revenues expected
from the present bill would be in
suficient for the financing on that
scale. and has suggested a S5,o00,-
100000 tax revenue.
THE committee" Senator George
held, however, lis likely to reach
the conclusion that 1t is far more
important to impose tax that will
enable the American industrial
machine to operate and enable the
taxpayer to carry on his business
than it is to get a specific sum of
money. However, the general idea
probably will be not to fall below
$500 900 900.
1--WE might this year get the pound
of flesh and the next year have the
whole industrial system skele-
tonized."