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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07
Coop League Seeks
Funds For Radio

Indianapolis-The board of
directors of The Cooperative
League of the U. S. A., meeting
here for their quarterly meeting
October 81, approved the forma-
ton of a National Coop Radio
Fund and ok'd drive to raise
$4,000 to tell the coop story
to America by radio.
The proposed series of radio
programs will be part of the
Nationwide Coop Drive and will
be a project supported chiefly
by coop members who want to
make a direct contribution to-
ward the national educational
program. Up to the present time
there has been no channel
through which individual CO.
operators could support national
activities except through dues Of
5 cents per member per year paid
by regional cooperative associa-
tions.
The plan to Tell your neighbor
about the cooperative movement
by radio" will be an opportunity
for coop members who are "too
busy" or "too bashful" to multi
ply their effectiveness in reach
ing several million American con-
sumers who have not yet heard
about the cooperatives.
Although the drive will concen-
trate on finding $4,000 one-dol-
lar-a-year men, contributions of
any amount are welcome and
should be mailed to the Coop
Radio Fund, The Cooperative
League, 1877 West 18th Street,
New York City.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07
GREENBELT COOPERATOR

Chicken pot pie is as tradition
ally a Thursday" dish as fish is
our Friday" dish throughout the
hotel department of the Canadian
National Railway System.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07
PRICES

The cost of living is now $3.50
higher than in August, 1889.
There was an advance of $50
between mid-June and mid-Sep-
TENDER of this year. During that
3-month period, clothing costs
rose more than TO, house fur
nishings more than go, and food
nearly sc. Food is now 1861
higher than it was last March.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07

Use baking powder with sweet
milk and baking soda with sour
milk. When substituting sweet
milk use four times as much bak-
ing powder as soda called for in
sour milk recipe. A little lemon
juice, or vinegar, added to sweet
milk will sour it enough for cook
ing.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07

Automobile and truck users
paid out $1,722, 100000 in local.
state and federal taxes during
the last IL months, or one out OF
every nine dollars collected for
taxes in the country.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07

The largest yellow fever inocu-
lation of troops ever attempted by
the army was completed recently
when the entire command at
Puerto Rico received immuniza-
ton.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-07
Root Used BY Indians

The root of the yucca plant il
used by Navajo Indians Of New
Mexico for washing wool and
shampooing their hair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
Corporation Counsel Lynch Said Secret Connections
 Made by Govt Employees
CONNECTIONS WILL BE
 BLOCKED HE STATES
Assessments Are Slapped Down on Projects to
 Make It More Bitter

The City of Waterbury to- day was in battle against the U. s. Government and, ac- cording to Corporation Coun- sel J. Gregory Lynch, was ready and willing for action. MT. Lynch said that connec- tions with city sewers made secretly" last week from the defense housing project on Hamilton avenue had been blocked up this morning by employees of the public works de- partfnent. He said that the city knew of no attempt Co connect with municipal sewers from tho Long HI Road defense housing project, but said that the same procedure would be followed there in the event ci any attempt at connection.
 Assessments Laid
 Meantime the city, with it's fists In fighting position, added gall to the governments wounds by slap- ping down costly assessments against both housing projects. MT. Lynch said that an Se,400 assessment had been levied against the Long Hill project and one of Si4,00o against
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
ALL BRITISH AID FOR WAR PURPOSES
State Department Has Re. leased Notes From FOr-
 eign Minister Eden

Washington, Sept. i0-(UP)-T!le State department today released memorandum In which the Brit ish foreign minister, Anthony Eden, declafed that all materials received by Great Britain under the Lend- Lease act were used exclusively for war purposes.
 Eden denied that any goods were being diverted to private commer- cial channels.
 The memorandum was sent to the State department by the Amer. ican ambassador in London, John c. Winant, after conversations in London regarding charges that British exporters were using Lend- Lease materials to take business away from American firms with which they compete in the world market.
 Eden also asserted that the Brit ish government is forbidding prof. iteering in distribution of Lend- Lease goods within the United Kingdom. Whatever the method of distribution, Eden explained, the remuneration to distributors is be- ing controlled and in no instance will this payment be more than a fair return for services. Eden said that regulations prohibiting specu- lative profits are rigorous.
 Tn cases where distributors of Lend-Lease materials are not act- ing directly as agents of the Brit ish government prior approval of the arrangement will be obtained from the United States govern ment, Eden added.
 Full Publication
 Conversations regarding such an arrangement have been in progress for some time, 1t was understood, and some details of the plan Eden described have been reported from London in recent weeks. Full pub- lication of the terms of the ar- rangement, 1t was pointed out here, is designed to set at rest recur-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
POPE PLUS SEES
 TAYLOR TONIGHT
Roosevelt Envoy Wanted ' to Visit Holy POntiff
 With No Delay

Vatican City, Sept. lo.-(UP)- Pope Plus XII granted private au- dience tonight to President Roose- velt's personal envoy, Myron c. Tay- Tor. Taylor previously had conferred with Luigi Cardinal Maglione, pa- pal secretary of state. It was be- lieved Taylor handed an important message from President Roosevelt to the pontiff,
 Indicating the importance of Tay- lor's mission, he was received by the Pope at his own request tonight. The audience originally had been scheduled for tomorrow.
 Taylor just has returned to Vati- can City after long absence in the United States. On his way here he conferred in Barcelona with Ad- miral William D. Leahy and Alex ander Weddell, United States am- bassadors to France and Spain, TO- spectively.
 Cardinal Maglione interrupted a vacation in southern Italy in order to see Taylor here.
 At a general audience this morn- ing the pontiff received more than 5000 persons, including 500 Italian soldiers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
EMPLOYMENT IN
 CITY UP AGAIN
18th Consecutive Month of Increase Is Report From
 Chamber of Commerce

Employment in Waterbury gained for the 18th consecutive month in August, the monthly survey of the Chamber of Commerce showed to- day, but c flattening-out is dIs- cernible. Observers say that a grow ing lack of qualified employables and shortage of materials in non-defense industries are the joint causes of the levelling-off.
 There were 46,346 persons stead- fly employed here last month. This represents 6 gain of s3 over July, th3 smallest monthly increases re- corded since June of io40. How ever, the figure represents a gain Of 0,3i3 over the number of those employed in August of l940. Eight of the largest factories reported a decrease of 9i in the number of those on their payrolls.
 Bank debits were higher than !n July but bank clearings and SaY- ings were lower. Building activity vas less, but freight tonnage was heavier. Postal receipts were down, but consumption of gas and elec- tricity increased. The number of telephones in use climbed to new all-tine record,
 The Chamber of Commerce busI- ness survey for August follows:
 BANK CLEARANCE
 The bank clearings for the month of August amounted to $7,l90 1000 GO, showing a decrease of $4s9, 10000 as compared with the month of July, and an increase of $334, ,800.00 as
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
Railroad Strike Held Up
 Under Order Of President

the magnitude of the disputes, the President decided that a large board was needed. Members of the board were not announced but will be as soon as acceptances are received.
 The ope1ating employees, as repre- sented by the Railway Brother hoods, have set Sept. IS for their strike. The incorporating work CTS represented by IA other unions, are set to strike at 6 p. m. to- morrow.
 The Presidents action today auto- matically defers the strikes for the 30 days during, which the board will investigate and for another 30 days following the filing of a report by the board.
 The disputes largely involve the issue of wages. They affect every large railroad n the county and niang ol iis smaller anea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
Must Be Done Quickly as Winter Nears Ignore
 Losses in ManpOwer
HITLER HURLING FULL l
 FORCE OF HIS ARMIES
Heavy Attacks Last Night on Leningrad, Moscow,
 Odessa-Battle Raging
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE, JR. United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE, JR. United Press staff COrrespOndenl
 London, September 10. - (UP) - Adolf Hitler has sent an urgent personal order to Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter Won Leeb, commanding the German armies of the north, to take Leningrad quickly at any cost, military quarters reported today. Hitler's order was ascribed to the approach of winter and to the increas- of winter and to the increasing pressure on the German lines ia the central and southern fronts which makes 1t imperative to oh- tain endorsements there.
 At the same time It was reported in well informed quarters that Josef Stalin, Russia's premier, had enlpha- sized the gravity of Russia's posi- tion and the urgent necessity of speeding and enlarging the flow of British and American deliveries of arms and other supplies to Russia.
 Stalin was said to have made his statement to Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador at Moscow, and informants said that his definition of the general situation and his alluSions to various military eventu- alities made c considerable impress sion in British government quarters.
 It was asserted that Stalin reaf- firmed his country's pledge, con- tained In the Anglo Soviet alliance, that Russia never would conclude a separate armistice or peace with Germany.
 Climax On Eastern Front
 It was believed that a climax was approaching on the eastern front as Hitler hurled the full force of his armies, reinforced by drafts from all over Europe, against the Rus Sians.
 While the Germans drove for Leningrad with apparent disregard for their losses, the Russians were gettlnS stronger on the cenCIul d1au southern fronts.
 The Russian counter offensive on the central front, in which 1t was reported that the Germans were being driven back in a retreat which at times had become disorderly, was believed here to have removed all immediat German threats to Bryansk, apex of the Bryansk- Smolensk -Gomel triangle, to the rear of the Russian army of Marshal Semyon Budenny in the Ukraine, and to the main body of the UkrNne army.
 It was reported here that the Ger mans had lost as many as S0,00O men in killed, wounded and prison CTS in the Russian central counter offensive directed by Marshal Sem- yon Timoshenko, and that another 40,00o men, remnants of eight
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10

Hyde Park, N. Y, Sept. 10.-(UP) President Roosevelt, seeking to avert a nationwide labor strike, set up five man board today to in- vestigate the disputes between unions and railways and to report its findings within 30 days.
 It was the first public official act of the President since his mother. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, died last Sunday.
 The board was established by a presidential proclamation, which emphasized that 1t was essential be- cause the disputes, involving oper- ating and incorporating railway employees, 'now threaten substan- tially to interrupt interstate conl- nierce to a degree such as to deprive the country Of essential transpor- tatlon service"
 Usually such boards ore composed n1 three members Nsas neeauaa nk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
SHOEPRODUCTION
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Boston, September 10. - (UP) -- New England led the nation in shoe production during July with an output of 15,132,826 pairs, A SIS per cent gain over July, 194C, the New England Shoe and Seather As- sociation reported today.
 During July the national produced a record total of 44,35S,063 pairs, a BOA per cent gain over July, l940, and showed a 24 per cent increase for the first seven months of this year as contrasted with the corresponding l940 period.
 Massachusetts led all shoe man. ufacturing states duu.ag July with 8,358, 1928 pairs. New York was sec- ond with 8,243,l62.
 The New England shoe states of Maine, New Hampshire and Mas sachusetts produced l0l,142,905 pairs during the first seven months this year, a "A per cent gain of the corresponding 1940 period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
FIGHTING ENDS
 AT FORT DEVENS
More Than 4O,OOO Troops Lay Down Arms, Return
 to Field Camps

Fort Devens, Mass, Sept. 10 - (UP)-More than 10000 northeast troops lay down arms and return to field camps for long sleep as fighting ceases at noon today in New Ergland's largest practice war.
 The soldiers, divided equally Into two armies took the field Monday for this last battle of the Sixth Army Corps war games. The forces have been fighting constantly since and the soldiers have had only such "cat rapS' as action permitted.
 Strong counter-attacks were be- gun at dawn today by defending army troops, spearheaded by the 26th (Yankee) Division from Camp Edwards, in an attempt to drive back mechanized and "blitz" units of the invaders which yesterday penetrated four miles into the de- fenders' lines and forced the de- lenders to shift field headquarters west of Lake Potanipo in Brook line, N. II.
 Sixth Army headquarters re- ported sharp fighting along a To- mile battle front from Townsend Harbor to Nashua, N. H., with heav- jest action near Brookline, N. Fl. objective of the invaders. Strong defender endorsements thrown into the sector dSring the night, hampered the invaders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
Son Of Coal President Killed Himself So Cleverly It Appeared To Be Murder

shoestring wrappers. Their suspi- cions aroused by these clues, police searched the sewer, found the gun, and were able to reconstruct the suicide.
 Authorities said no inquest would be held.
 Relatives and friends said they knew no reason why the boy should have killed himself. They said he was imaginative and well-informed, although he did not travel with the crowd much"
 His grandfather described him as an adventurous, inquisitive lad, who never left path unexplored." !" He was said to tread everything in sight"
 He was the son ef Justin Potter, ST., president of the Nashville Coal company. which operates several mines m Kentucky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
War Menace Shifts To
 Atlantic From Pacific
Sinking of American Ships Has Reused Officials at Capital President Is Back, Ready to
 Reveal Policies on Thursday
BY LYLE 0. WILSON (Unlted PFess Stan COrrespOndent)

 Washington, Sept. 10.-(UP)-Re- sponSible officials said today that the war menace to the United States had shifted from the Pacific to the Atlantic and there was c suggestion that Germany might be following a pattern of unrestricted sea warfare.
 "rhe danger of American involve ment in the war has shifted back Into the Atlantic" Sen. Walter r. George, D., Ga, who has just re. linquIshed chairmanghip of the for- eign relations committee, told the United Press. "One cannot escape the conclusion that incidents piling up bring the United States closer to war or at least to definite decision on foreign policy"
 Sen. James E. Murray, D., Mont. said 1t "looks as if Hitler is going into the unrestricted sinking poll icy"
 He seems to be seeking to create an incident which might involve us in war. Just how that would benefit him, I cannot see."
 George and some other well in- formed persons believed that Japa- nese- American tension was easing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
NORWAY FEELING
 NAZI IRON FIST
Martial Law Declared With German Armed Forces in
 Readiness to Subdue
BY OLAF MYRE

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Oslo, Norway, (via Berlin) Sept. 10.-(UP)-German authorities to- day invoked drastic regulations in- cluding the summary death sem tence under martial law against Norwegian factory strikers.
 Dispatches from Stockholm re- ported that strong German army concentrations surrounded Oslo and controlled all roads, arresting per- sons without special permits to en- ter the capital, and that commu- niSts were blamed for widespread general strike threats and anti-Nazi demonstrations)
 The factory workers simply walked out on Tuesday and said they were not returning to their jobs. It was not known when work might be resumed.
 Under state of emergency and martial law declared by the German authorities, it was provided that a maximum death sentence could be imposed without appeal for viola ton of the regulations. A minimum sentence of 10 years hard labor was ordered.
 Armed Forces Ready
 Any resistance will be broken by armed force, the German officials warned in connection with the gov- ernment's recent declaration that violence would be met with violence
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
BRITISH PLANES
 RAID ITALY AGAIN
Reggie CaIabria, Messina in Sicily Were Bombed,
 Is. Rome Report

Rome, Sept. 1o-(UP)-The 1tal- ian high command said today that British planes had raided Reggie Calabria in the "toe' of the Italian mainland, and MeSsina in Sicily. A communique said, however, that there were no casualties.
 Italian planes were said to have bombed petroleum plants at Haifa, Palestine, and port works at Fama- gosta in Cyprus, causing visible fires and explosions"
 The high command reported arr tillery activity at Tobruk, Libya, and at Sollum, on the Egypt-Libya frontier. British mechanized units were said to have been destroyed" by German and Italian artillery fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
RUSSIANS FIGHT
 FURIOUS BATTLE
Have German Armies in Full Retreat With Great
 Losses on Central Front
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff C0rreSpondent)

United Press starr C0rreSpondenO
 Moscow, Sept. i0.-(UP)-The Red army was reported tonight to have destroyed 539 Nazi tanks and inflicted more than 80,000 casual ties on the Germans in a mighty counter offensive on the central front, while in the south one-haH of the entire Rumanian army was said to have been wiped out,
 German forces on the central front were reported in pell-mell re- treat after suffering terrible losses and dispatches from Odessa as the city entered its second month of siege indicated growing confidence in ability of defenders of the big Black Sea port to hold out.
 Red army troops, popular guards and marines, defending Odessa, claimed destruction of one-half of the entire Rumanian army in the first month of siege.
 N. Gurevich, secretary of the Odessa Communist party. tele- graphed Moscow, that neither the barbarous bombing nor the artillery fire against civilian quarters are able to halt the mounting patriotism and preparedness. Odessa was, is and will be Soviet"
 Great Barricades
 He described an elaborate system of barricades blocking all streets and alleys in the Pearl of the Black Sea-" He emphasized the vital role being played by women and chill dren and told how they carried shovels and pails, digging up pave ment stones from the street, for the construction of new fortifica- tions.
 The army of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko was reported in com munique to be pursuing the flee ing Germans in the direction of Smolensk after having smashed en- emy stands in two tank-led bat
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 10-(UP)- Police decided today that 15-year- old Justin Potter, Jr., son of a coal company president, had killed him. self with such an ingenious gun arr rangement that he almost convinced everyone he had been murdered.
 His body was found in a field. A bullet had pierced his brain. Death obviously was instantaneous and there was no gun in sight.
 This is how he achieved that ef- feet:
 He chose a spot by an old storm sewer, resembling a well, which had a ledge five feet high around it, as the scene of his death. Around the barrel of the gun-an old revolver of his grandfather's--he wrapped a handkerchief and put Q rubber band around ik to keep 1t In place. Ma Aipa fnaar xhneskxinqa together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10
German Field Marshal Told
 To Destroy Or Capture City
JAPAN LEADERS
 APPROVE PEACE
Secrecy Is Maintained Be- cause of Difficult Prob.
 lens to Be Settled
BY ROBERT P. MARTIN Limited Press Staff Correspondent) J

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 Shanghai, Sept. l0-(UP)-Relia- ble diplomatic informants said to- day that Japanese cabinet leaders had approved Japanese United States negotiations designed to eff feet e preliminary agreement on Pacific problems,
 The preliminary agreement, as reported, would provide the basis for long range negotiations, admit tedly most difficult, aimed at fitting together the interests of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and China.
 It was emphasized that the Japa- rese approval of the negotiations held so far was dependent on ac- ceptance by army leaders and other pro-Axis elements. The army has vigorously opposed any concessions which would permit United States Japanese British rapprociiement.
 Informants said that unless the Japanese army interfered with the diplomatic program, simultaneous statements were planned at aWSh- ington and Tokyo giving an idea of, but not fully revealing, the impor- tance of the negotiations already held.
 Problems Difficult
 One reason for conservatism in any announcement, 1t was ex- plained, was the difficult nature of the long-scale problems involved, as regards Japan's desire for ex- pansion southward, the rights of China, and Anglo-American far eastern interests.
 Another, according to informants, was the essential change in Japan's foreign policy which would be a part of any agreement with the United States and Britain.
 It was aserted in responsible
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-10

attached one end of this line to a l0-pound rock and the other end to the trigger of the gun. He lay both gun and rock on the sewer wall, held the gun barrel to his temple and pushed the rock into the well with his elbow.
 The handkerchief evidently was supposed to prevent powder burns. The rock served the double purpose of firing the gun and pulling 1t down into the sewer.
 When his body was found, in Q field denuded by fire, with his bi- cycle lying a few feet away, police decided at first glance that he had been slain while riding. They were starting a hunt for the "killer" when they noticed powder burns on the boys haiids-the handkerchief had not served its purpose. A search of the hoy's clotllsE gevealed she