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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
FATHER DIDN'T
 WAIT FOR BABY
Kills Himself While in Ner- vOus State Over Wife's Confinement

New York, Aug. 4. CUP)-Months ago George Rulings, 35, clerk, was informed that his wife was going to have . baby and he began to worry about her health.
 He worried So much that month ago he required medical attention.
 Saturday, Mrs. Pulling entered a hospital and her husband paced the corridor of the maternity ward so long that physicians ordered him to leave.
 Yesterday he returned, and being informed that Mrs. Rulings bay hadn't been delivered yet, paced until his father took him home.
 A few hours later he plunged to his death farom a window in his fathers apartment. Less than a hour before he plunged, Mrs. Pulling gave birth normally and today she and her son were in excellent con- dition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
MUSSOLINI HIT
 UNITED STATES
Clash Between Worlds Has Begun; "We Wanted It,
 We Will Win"

Rome, Aug. 4. v CUP)-Premier Benito Mussolini, it was revealed today, declared in a speech at Man tua last week that the United States already is lined up with Russia and Britain against italy, Germany and Japan.
 Mussolini's declaration was made in an address to Blackshirt troops who are going to the eastern front to fight beside Germany against Russia.
 The address was made last week but was only revealed for publica- tion today.
 "The clash between the two worlds which we wanted and which began years ago with the shock troops of the revolution has reached the epilogue," said Mussolini. "The drama reached its fifth act. The lineup is completed. On one side are Rome, Berlin and Tokyo. On the other are London, Washington and Moscow"
 Mussolini added:
 No Doubt of Outcome
 We have not the least doubt concerning the outcome of this great battle. We will win. We will win because history says that na- tions representing the ideas of the past must lose to those nations which represent the ideas of the future."
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
FAIRFIELD WILL
 HAVE NEW FACTORY

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 4-CUP)-- Maj. Leanord J. Maloney, head of the State Employment Service, an- nounced today that a new factory which will construct airplane de- tectors has asked his office to sup ply HOO workers experienced in radio construction"
 Maloney asked that all persons In the state who have knowledge of radio construction in any form reg ister immediately with the state employment service. The factory, which he refused to name will be located at Fairfield. Six hundred workers will be needed by Nov. l, the opening day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
Attorney Frank Hogan Seems Sure Of Victory
Former Waterbury Resident Is Being Backed By Other
 Groups in New York for Position of District Attorney

Attorney Frank Smithwick Ho- gan, Waterbury native who has served as administrative assistant to Racket Buster" Thomas E. Dewey, may be virtually unopposed for election as District Attorney of New York country, political cir hcleS in New York indicated today. Given the nomination by the pow erful Tammany Democratic organ ization late last week in a sur- prise move, MT. Hogan is likely 10 be endorsed by the Republican and Fusion organizations, as well as by at least one wing of the American Labor party. Such endorsements would give him the election with out a contest.
 As a Dewey aide, Attorney Ho- gan played an important role in the investigations and resultant trials of such figures as Lucky" Luciano, head of white slave ring, and James J. Hines, potent Tam many figure. In accepting the Tammanyt designation over the weekend, the former Waterburian promised to continue the policies of District Attorney Dewey and to retain the Dewey staff. MT. Dewey, who is not running for reelection, approved MT. Hogan's acceptance of the nomination.
 Mayor LaGuardia In Favor.
 Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, at first reported to be opposed to the en- dorsement of Attorney Hogan by the Fusion party, is now said to give enthusiastic approval to such (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
Japan Stops Sailing 'Of Ships For America
Many Americans, Other Foreigners Are Completely Isolated Situation Between United States,
 Japan Grows Worse
By ROBERT BELLAIRE United Press Staff COrespondentl

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 Tokyo, Aug. 4-CUP)-All Japa- nese ship sailings to the United States were suspended indefinitely today and many Americans and other foreigners were virtually iso- lated.
 It was understood that sailings would be suspended also to South America pending clarif1cation of the attitude of the South American republics toward Japan.
 More than 100 Americans had been scheduled to sail Thursday in the liner Nitta Maru, which was affected by the suspension order. Many of these Americans had al- ready disposed of their homes, furni- ture, automobiles and reserve food supplies and were at once faced with the problem of living here.
 (Reports seeping through the strict Japanese censorship indicate that food problem is becoming ser- ious),
 Isolated Americans
 The susperfstUn order almost iso- lated Americans and other fore igners in Japan because 1t is al- most impossible to obtain bookings for Shanghai. Ships are sailing to Shanghai from Nagasaki but police restrictions on travel by foreigners make it impossible to reach Naga- saki. Bookings for ships from Kobe are filled for weeks ahead and furthermore foreigners are not per- mitted to said through the inland sea which is adjacent to Kobe.
 Americans who had intended to sail in the Nitta Maru, and many others here awaiting passage, had settled all their affairs after the fund freezing orders of the Ameri- can and Japanese governments, in order to return permanently to the United States after long residence here.
 Agriculture Minister Hiroyasu Ito, after a tour of the flood zones in Chiba and Ibaraki Prefectures, said today that he was much surprised at the extent of damage to crops.
 "So urgent is the present time" he commented, that he must in
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Soldier, His Sweetheart Hang Themselves In Room

Neb., arrived here to visit their boy friends in the army. They took ad- joining rooms in hotel.
 Friday, Schroder got 8 weekend pass from nearby Fort Robinson, where he was stationed. Friends saw him and his girl that night and they were struck by the happy ap- pearance of both. That was the last time they were seen alive.
 Last night a hotel servant entered Miss Schneider's room and found their bodies hanging side by side They had used Schroder's military belts. There were no suicide notes nothing to indicate what had led up to their act.
 Schroder was member of Com pany B, 10th Kuartermaster Regi- Inent, which was the outfit recently disciplined by Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear for y0o-hcoing at girls wearing shorts on 6 Memphis solf course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
Rubber Workers
 Return To Jobs

Naugatuck, August 4 A work stoppage lasting an hour and 20 minutes took place at the boot room of the U. s. Rubber footwear plant today when about 200 employees quit work, reportedly because one empIoye of the boot room was not a member of Local 45, United Rubber Workers of America.
 The employees returned to work about 9:35 a. m. after the employe was said to have agreed to become a member of the union. It was reported this would give the boot room a 100 percent membership in the union.
 Officials of the factory re- fused to comment, indicating it was something which did not directly involve the man. agement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
ONE JAP VESSEL
 LEAVES FOR HOME
Luxury Liner Tatuta Has 33O Passengers, 1877
 Barrels of Oil Aboard

San Francisco, Aug. A. (UP) - The Japanese luxury liner Tatuta Maru sailed today after a long de- lay, occasioned by its refusal to enter port in the fact of American import restrictions and by libel ac- tions that tied up its cargo.
 The Tatuta Maru carried 33O pas sengers, lal except few Japanese nationals, and 1877 barrels of Lubri- eating oil, for which a permit for exporting had been granted by the control board in Washington.
 The Asama Maru, sister-ship oi the Tatuta and flagship of the Nip pon Yusen Kaisha line, may not dock here Wednesday, it was re- ported.
 The Asama, carrying a $3,000,00 silk cargo, left Honolulu Friday with 140 passengers abroad, but has not been reported since. Tn the face of cancellation of all Japanese ship de- partures for the United States, belief was expressed the vessel had turned around mad returned to Yokohama
 The tanker Diasan Ogura Maru which anchored in San Francisco Bay Friday en route to Richmond to load oil, departed yesterday with out its cargo, the coast guard said Restrictive export permits issuer by President Roosevelt prevented its loading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 4-(UP)- Authorities sought the key today to trfagedy involving soldier and his girl.
 The bodies of Private Kenneth D. Schroder, 22. and Miss Virginia Schneider, 22, were found hanging from pipe in Miss Schneiders ho- tel room last night. That they had committed suicide together was ap- parent and 8 cCroner's inquest SO decided.
 Schroder was a member of the Nebraska National Guard and was inducted Into federal service last January. Ills home was in Hooper, Neb., and Miss Schneider, his sweet heart of long standing, came from Fremont. nearby.
 Last Wednesday Misk Schneider, Opal Chudomelka. of Dodge, Neb., and Katherine 0elerlok. of Hooper,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
THREE KILLED IN
 TAVERN HOLD-UP
Seven Were Wounded in One of Widest Shooting
 Battles in Years

Seattle, Aug. 4. = (UP) - James Green, 28, admitted today that he killed a bartender and wounded his brother during an attempted hold up, but he could not explain how two other persons were killed and seven others, including himself, were wounded
 Green and two other persons were wounded critically. Ballistic tests will be necessary to determine who killed two of the three dead, and police awaited the outcome of Greens wounds before filing charges.
 Killed were Monte F. Brown, 61, executive publisher of the Daily Journal of Commerce; Gus Galma- tos, Al, bartender, and John Lind CT, 70, logger. Wounded, in addi- tion to Green, were policemen Leon L. Brown and Edgar Barr; Nick GalmatS, bartender; John Nord- strom, janitor; Horace Smith, a hotel clerk, and Carl Johnson. The conditions of Leon Brown and John- son were grave
 Police were unable to determine immediately who killed Monte Brown and Linder. Green admitted killing Gus Galmatos and wounding his brother, Nick, before police ar rived. Three shots had been fired from Greens gun when it was taken from him, but witnesses said he had fired six times and reloaded it. Robert Doyle, a bouncer, said he saw Green shooting at the bartend- CTS, and ran for help.
 He came back with the officers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
LICHTEST DEATH
 LIST THIS YEAR
One Auto, Three Other ViO= lent Fatalities Over
 Week=End
fBy United Pressl

Connecticut experienced one of its lightest fatality lists this year over the weekend, with only one auto- mobile death reported, two drown ings and one death by a train.
 State Police reported traffic was light on the state highways Sunday possibly because of the gasoline cur few.
 Halsey Clark, S6, Prospect, was injured fatally when struck by an automobile while crossing road F. Martin Dahl. Middletown, was the driver of the automobile.
 Thomas Bogdanoff, IA, New Hav- en, was drowned in a lake at Grand Lake Lodge, Lebanon.
 Theodore Coppola, A, Stamford was drowned while clamming in Stamford Harbor
 Jesse Mason, 72, West Haven, was killed when struck by a train while he was walking along the tracks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
NAzI DOUBLE BLOW TOWARD
 K|EV STARTED Nazi Armies Stopped in Drives Upon Leningrad,
 Moscow Fronts HEAVY BATTLES RAGE
 IN SMOLENSK AREAS British Planes Hammered Again at Germany Dur=
 ing Hours of Night
BY NED RUSSELL Limited Press Staff Correspondent

NCmtcu EEcSS 0taAA OOEEcSpOHucuIJ
 London, Aug. 4.-UP)- British militray quarters watched closely today the development of a German double thrust on Kiev, in the belief that the high com mand, it's armies stopped on the Leningrad and Moscow fronts, might be stalking everything for a quick con- quest of the Ukraine.
 The Germans were making one of their favorite pincers movements, it was indicated, with its claws reaching out from the Korosten and Belaya Tserkov sectors west-north- west and south-southrwest of Kiev.
 Both towns are railroad functions, and military experts, believing the Germans might have massed im- portant reserves for a major thrust foresaw that the Kiev front might soon become the biggest on the entire battle line.
 Authoritative sources said there was little evidence that the Ger mans had made more than slight advances in either the Korosten or Belaya Tserkov drives as yet and that they believed Kiev to be in nc immediate danger.
 There was some doubt that the Kiev drive marked the start of the third German general offensive, only a week after the second offen- sive when it did start, would be as powerful as the first two. But it was said that German communica- tions on the Kiev front were less difficult than on the Leningrad and Moscow fronts, and that an offen- sive there was indicated.
 Nazis in Difficulty
 Experts saw increasing indications that the extensive Russian opera tions behind the German lines, by "encircled" divisions as well as guerillas, were adding to the ditt1- culty of the German command.
 Seasonal August rains were ex- pected soon. They were calculated to slow up any German attack and give the Russians chance to re- group their immense forces.
 British informants were optim- istic regarding the general situation.
 They said the Russian fleet still controlled the eastern Baltic and the Russian army still had a firm hold on Tallinn, capital of Estonia, despite German claims that all of Estonia had been occupied. The Russians also, it developed during the weekend, still held Tartu, southwest of Lake Peipus. Experts seemed confident that Leningrad was in no imminent danger.
 To the north of Leningrad, all the way to Murmansk, the Russian Arctic base, the front seemed stable
 SmOlenSk Heavy Fighting
 London, Aug. A. CUP) = Heavy fighting continues in the Smolensk area of the Moscow front, on the Esthonian front and aroud Koros- ten and Belata Tzerkov on the Uk- ranian front, where two arms of a German pincer are aimed at Kiev, (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
J. Edgar Hoover Reveals Plot Designed To Have Blasted All War Industries In Nation

New York, Aug. 4-(UP)-J Ed- gar Hoover. director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today in an article written for the Amer ican Magazine that organized sabo- teurs had planned a mass attack on defense industry plants last May, including bombing of factories from private planes.
 Tt Is now possible" Hoover wrote. ito tell the real story behind the headlines in the newspapers across the country last May: Troops rush to airplane factories - soldiers guarding ammunition factories
 "The reports were accurate. They caused considerable speculation. Three weeks earlier, startling inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04

formation from reliable sources had reached the FBI that organized sa- boteurs were blaming mass attack upon vital defense industries dur ing the long decoration day week. end.
 TWO general plans were to be followed. First, certain individuals were to be inside the factories to stop production bloodlessly, taking advantage of the holiday absence of many employees. If this failed sahoteurs In private planes would destroy the factories by bombing.
 'Alrplane and munitions factories were to be the principal targets. On May 2T, three days before tho holi. day, the F'Bi confirmed tho reports
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
Owners, Managers of Sta
 tions Generally Complied <, With Requirements
SEVERAL CARS WERE
 STALLED SAY POLICE
Throughout New England, Rest of East Motorists,
 Stations Obeyed

Waterbury motorists today settled down to observance of the 2 p. m. curfew on gaso- line sales after the first en- forcement of the regulation had passed without major incident. All but a few local stations, which stayed open to service trucks and busses, observed the curfew last night, and owners and man. agers were adjusting their schedules to conform with Co., ordirator Ickes' proclamation for an indefinite period.
 Police reported several instances of cars being stalled for lack of gas, the drivers being obliged to borrow fuel or leave their vehicles over night and walk home. Local resi- dents driving back from New York reported seeing a number of cars stuck" on the Merritt Parkway, with their drivers either hitch hiking or settling down to spend the night in their machines.
 Gas Sales Plentiful
 Gas station managers and at tendnnts reported heavy business yesterday morning and afternoon as motorists drove in to get 8 large supply of gas before the curfew hour. At several stations there were long lines of cars waiting be- tween 6 and T o'clock.
 John Frey, federal director of marketing, has notified the Water bury Gasoline Dealers association that permission will be given for one downtown station here to re- main open each night to service trucks and such vehicles as are be- ing used in an emergency. It is probable that the opportunity to re-
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Pincers Move Is Blocked While Russians GO Into
 Counter Attacks GERMAN DRIVE MAY
 PROVE MUCH TOO LATE Germany Admits SoyietS Fight Back, But Say Red
 Army Is Doomed
BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff CorrespondentD

BY HARRISON SALISBURY
 United Press Staff COrrespondenty
 German forces started a new pincers attack toward Kiev today and fought fierce ly to break Russia's stubborn resistance in the vital Smo- lensky sector, 235 miles from Moscow. Nazi reports claimed that swift German Hungarian forces cut Soviet rail communications in the Kiey defense area and the Russians admitted that the two arms of the German pincers now are at Koros- ten, 90 miles west northwest, and Belaya Tserkov, 50 miles south southwest, of the Ukraine capital.
 But Moscow indicated that Kiev was in no imminent danger and re- ported the destruction of additional NaI forces in the bloody Smolensk battlefields.
 Red Army forces were reported tonight to be halting a German pinchers offensive aimed at Kiev, and in the Smolensk area on the
 Moscow front were said to have seized the initiative with a series of smashing counter-attacks.
 The 1s-day battle of Smoiensk. 235 miles southwest of Moscow, was said to be raging with unabated fury as the Russians hurled repeat- ed counter attacks in an effort to wipe out German salient.
 The Germans were reported throwing large forces into their three-day-old, two-pronged offen- sive against Kiev, but Marshal Sem- yon Budenny's forces were said to have halted their forward movement at Korosten and Belaya Tserkov. On African Front
 Action flared on the African front where axis planes carried out a heavy air attack on the Seuz Canal area and the British reported that axis troops had withdrawn from ad- vanced posts around Tobruk rather than give battle to. the, steadily more aggressive British patrols. A Nazi spokesman denounced the latest U. s. warning to France to beware of granting favors in the colonies to the axis, calling>it 'part- ly threatening, partly irnpertinent and partly stupid" The spokesman said that the French press--which Is controlled by Germany--would al1- swer the American declaration to- day. -
 Another axis warning came from Virginia Gayda whose editorials in the Giornale D'Italia are devoted in large part to attacking the United States and criticizing various poli- cies. Gayda warned that the United States was inviting reprisals from Japan by cutting off Tokyo's oil supplies and shipping fuel to Russia, Some London observers believed the Germans, stalled on the Central and northern fronts, have staked , their chances for a quick victory over Russia upon the new Ukraine attack. However, British military experts said that the drive thus faI has not picked up great momentum and said that Kiev is not yet threatened.
 Korosten is about 90 miles west northwest of Kiev and Belaya Tser- Continued on Page S)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
ENCIRCLED ARMY
 OF SOVIETS FREE
Crack 09th Russian Divi- sion Reaches Safety Aft-
 CT 40 Days of Fighting

Moscow, Aug. 4(UP)-A Russian infantry division has reached a rest area, almost intact, after 40 days of continuous fighting on the Kiev front, 1t was disclosed today.
 The divisions is the crack 99th, one of those whoch bore the first shock of the German attack and since then, according to various Nazi announcements, have been vari- ously encircled, broken or annihil- ated.
 A single sentence in a long Rus- sian communique, June 26, when the German armored divisions were driving eastward, said laeonieally:
 "Our troops by swift counter attack recaptured Przemsyl."
 The statement was 6 puzzling one ct the time because it was known
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from foreign sources. The informa- ton was transmitted instantly to all field offices, to military and naval intelligence services, to the treasury department, to local lave enforcement agencies and to the factories marked for destruction.
 Precautionary measures were iln- mediately taken to meet any eventuality. Word reached the news papers and headlines shortly were blasoning a warning that Americas defense industries were vinged with steel.
 And nothing happened. Here, national alertfiesS and widespread publicity may have clrcumyented c disastrous outbreak of sabotage"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 4UP)- Rev. R. Dean Goodwin, assistant minister at Central Baptist church since 1888, said today he would re- sign in the fall to become associated with the Temple Baptist church, Dorchester, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04

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 Winsted, Conn, Aug. +(UP)- Funeral services will be held Tues day for Superintendent of Charities Edward M. Phelps, 70, who died Sunday after long illness.
 Phelps was active in town affairs and for some time was a member of the board of Selectmen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Aug. 4-OP)-Gos- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Au- gust 1st, compared with a year agoi This Year Expenses Last Year $I,6SS,549,19S.9S SS49,s74,235.4a
 Receipts s427, ,645,S ,S76.6o lss347, 7,62s, ,s2z.04
 Gross Deficit s1.2sO,sOs.s .s22.ss $5O2. .s47. .sos.ss
 Net Deficit $1.24e.o1s,ss2.sS s4so.1ss, ,s5s.ss
 Cash Balance $2.5s1, ,716,ssS.iS S2,57e, ,014,6ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04

I3 VIOLENT DEATHS Boston, Aug, 4-(UP)-Thirteen persons met violent death in New England over the weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04

Train at Fest Junior College el Commerce. Sand term begins Sept 6. Cntalog on Fequesl.--Adv.
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MINISTER TO RESIGN

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EDWARD M. PHELPS DEAD

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