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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
GERMANY TO GET
 STRONG PROTEST
Failure to Comply With International Law 10 Be
 Basis of Complaint

Washington, June 14-(UP)-The administration is expected to send Germany strong protest on the sinking of the freighter Robin Moor, based on the contention that the at. tacking submarine commander failed to comply with international rules for safeguarding the ships passengers and crew.
 Officials eagerly awaited word Of the possible fate of 35 missing pas. sengers and crew members of the ship. There was believed to be a possibility that they were still alive and 1t was said that this couatry's reaction to the incident would be affected by the fate of those per- sons.
 Well-informed quarters predicted that the protest would demand compensation and would warn against any further violations of this governments recently-reaffirn- ed doctrine of freedom of the seas.
 Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles told his press conference yes- terday that this country stands on the principle of international law, that proper precautions must be taken for the lives and safety Of passengers and crew members be- fore ship Is sunk.
 Oficial reports to the state de- partment, based on the accounts of il known survivors, said the 46 pas sengers and crew members were cast adrift in open nfeboatS when the submarine torpedoed and shelled ths Robin Moor to the bottom Of the South Atlantic.
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HUSBAND FACES.
 ASSAULT CHARGE

Middletown, Conn, June i4-(UP) Abbott soleman, 70, faced police court today on Q charge of assault with intent to kill as his wife, and mother of ten children, fought for her life at Middlesex hospital.
 Mrs. Coleman, police said, was shot four times by her husband when he quarreled with her at the home of Mrs. George Palmer, where she was employed aS . domestic. At the hospital 1t was said her condi- ton was "fair".
 Authorities attributed the shoot- ing to jealousy and said that Cole- man had accused his wife of carry. ing on an affair with another man.
 fIe lied the Palmer home after firing the shots and was captured several hours later when he tele- phoned from Cromwell, an adjoining town, Co inquire about his wife's con- dition ct the hospital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
STOCKS COMPRISE
 BULK OF ESTATE
Inventory of Late Col Dick. inson's Estate Filed in
 Probate Court

The late Col. Arthur M. DicKinA son, retired vice-president of the American Brass O., and prominent for many years in the Connecticut National Guard, left an estate val- ued at S296, ,770.64, according to an inventory filed with Judge Patrick Healey in probate court today. Col. Dickinson died April { at Pine- hurst, N. 0.
 Stocks account for $2e3, ,e4ee8 of the estate, the inventory discloses. The remaining $33,i2l.76 consists Of real estate, bank accounts, life il- surance and miscellaneous items.
 Born in this city of a prominent family, Col. Dickinson was associa- ted for 45 years with the Benedict 6 Burnham division of the Amer ican Brass Go. He served for a long period as secretary and as 8 nlem- ber of the board of directors.
 His will, admitted to probate some weeks ago, provided for the establishment of trust funds for a sister, Mrs. Nellie Dickinson Frisbie, and a niece, Miss Helen Frisbie. On termination of the trust with their deaths, several bequests are to be paid, including $10,000 each to St, Johns Episcopal church and the Bows Club. The rest of the princi- pal Is to go to the Waterbury hos pital. Requests for several employ es were listed.
 The Inventory places Q value ot $3,75i.l0 and 5000 on two pieces of property on Cooke street.
 A mortgage bond of the Country Club of Waterbury is listed at S402.- 20, . personal note at $50060 and . loan at $13S.25.
 The estate includes two accounts at the Citizens &s Manufacturers National Bank, one containing $l3,- 207.6o and the other $6S8.54. Cash on hand was 978.18. A policy iron, the Travellers Insurance Go. has value of $l0,000. Two cars are val ued at 9l60 and 4870 respectively furniture at $500, books at $50, ar insurance refund at &i2.0t and ( railroad ticket refund at 4i7.S0.
 Numerous stock holdings art listed. the most valuable of then. being: 1900 shares, General Electris common, 959,680; 460 shares. Hart ford Electric Light O., S26 6,S1260i and 3eO shares Southern New Eng. land Telephone Co.,, se0,o4S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
NEW MACHINE TO
 TEST DRUNKENNESS
Yale Scientists Invent De. vice; Suspect Simply
 Breathes Into It

New Haven, Conn, June IA (UP)-Two Yale scientists m. nounced today they had perfected a portable machine which could tell within eight minutes whether 8 person was drunk-and how drunk.
 The invention was that of Leon A. Greenberg, assistant prfoessor of applied physiology, and Frederic w. Keator, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and the result of three years of experiment tation. They expected 1t would "prove invaluable to police depart ments in deciding questions of drunken driving"
 The machine plugs into an ordi- nary wall socket and requires no special training to operate.
 The suspect merely breathes into the apparatus, the operator press es 6 button, waits eight minutes and reads Q meter. Then, as the scientists explained, "the truth is known"
 The inventors said they had talk en into account the minimum co. operation" expected from a "pos- sibly hostile witness" and that their "alcoholmeter" could not be de. ceived.
 The mechanism of the machine, they said, was based on the con- tention the ratio between the con- centration of alcohol in a persons breath and in his blood was con. stant.
 When the suspect breathes into
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
COP City Leadership
 Is Bitterly Assailed
Protest Session Last Night Results in Much Criticism; Threat of Primary Fight Even at Cost of Elec.
 ton, Voiced By Speakers During Evening

The days of old-fashioned political oratory were recalled last night as speakers at Q protest meeting at The Elton bitterly assailed the leadership of the local Republican organization. The colorful epithets and pictur- esquely-phrased invective that rec sounded through the room when speakers attacked the "Leavenworth street gang" and their "stooges" as "schemers and connivers" would have gladdened the heart of @ stump speaker of pre-radio days. No holds were barred and no punches were pulled as those at tending the meeting went to town" on the leadership.
 Open declarations were made that the COP. Organization" will have a primary fight on Its hands this fall, speakers asserting that even if this meant the loss of the elec- ton 1t would be worth while if 1t dethroned the clique" which now dominates the party. Listed as mem- bers of the clique were William J. Pape, publisher of the Republican American; Town Chairman Vernon L. Hall, Registrar of Voters Albert o. Faller, and ex.Town Chairman J. Warren Upson.
 Among the more colorful state- ments was one that "as @ town chairman Vernon Hall makes a good auctioneer"; another, that "as town chairman 1, Warren Upson, was an awful dud"; and another, that Tax Commissioner Frederick w. Palomba who Is slated to replace Prosecutor Michael J. Galullo in the city court had "sold the Republican party down the river."s
 Coming in for criticism were not only the local leadership and the deal by which MT. Palomba will go into the city court, but State Chair man J. Kenneth Bradley and the state leadership as well.
 Louis Shaker opened the meet ing and presided as chairman. The principal speeches were made by John McTIugh; former chairman oi the executive board of the Young Mems Republican Club, and Edward J. Ryan of Thomaston.
 In opening the meeting MT
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
Calais, BoulOgne Also Are Raided as RAF Nightly
 Attacks Continue RAILROAD CENTER ALSO
 IN LINE OF ATTACK Seven Nazi BOmbers Re- ported Downed; Three British Planes Missing
BY NED RUSSELL United Press Staff COrrespondent)

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 London, June 14. = (UP) - Heavy British bombers last night straddled with high explosive bombs berths at Brest at which the German battleship Scharnhorst and a cruiser of the Ripper class were lying, and blasted a trail of destruction through the German industrial Ruhr in development of the greatest aerial offensive of the war, the air ministry said today.
 Other bonbers attacked Calais and Boulogne on the French tavas- ion coast.
 Planes of the coastal command attacked German shipping in the English Channel and bombed an airdrome in Brittany.
 Damage Is Heavy
 The air ministry said extensive damage" was caused in the raids on the Schwerte industrial district of the Ruhr.
 The ministry said that seven Ger- man bombers were destroyed during raids on Britain last night.
 One British bomber was lost in the British raids on the Ruhr. Two coastal command planes were lost in the British patrols of the Eng fish Channel and the French coast.
 Third Successive Attack
 It was the third attack in three nights on the Ruhr, center of Ger many's heavy war industry, and the second in two nights on the. Brest dock area where the 26,000-torl battleships Scharnhorst and Gneis- enau and the new 10000 ton heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen had refuged.
 The area of Schwtre, 8 key rail- road center and one of the impor- tant German iron and steel centers, was the chief target in the Ruhr attack and 1t was asserted author itatively that much damage was done there.
 Many bombs were dropped, 1t was said, in the Brest dock area where the three German warships lay, by a strong force of bombing planes. Bombing Area Hit Coastal command planes rained bombs on the Boulogne area across the Dover Strait, moved on to at. tack nearby Calais, and returned to attack Boulogne again. Terrific ex- plosions were heard from the Kent- ish coast.
 As the British raiding planes swept over Germany and the inva- sion coast, planes of the fighter (Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
NAZI VERSION OF
 SINKING COMING
Particulars to Be Sought Before Any Official Com-
 rlent Will Be Made

Berlin, June 14-(UP)- German informaflts said today that the sinkings of the United States mer- chant ship Robin Moor was now strictly military matter. They said that within the next few days the high command might provide the necessary information" on which an official statement might be based.
 Under no circumstances, 1t was said, would the high command at- tempt to provide information to po- litical authorities until 1t had ob- tained full particulars" and had subjected the "particulars" to so close an examination that there could be no room for doubt.
 It was even said that the govern ment might possibly permit the case to slide gradually" if details available were insufficient and did not merit an official statement"
 The informants said 1t was al- most unbelievable that some peo- ple" were of the opinion that Ger many would permit ships carrying "contraband for England" to sail unhindered.
 Newspapers and the radio still had given the German public no ir- formation of the Robin Moor, even Of the fact that 1t had been sunk.
 Today's edition of Voekischer Beobachter, Nazi party newspaper, had for It's main headline, Church ills Last Subterfuge: Ghostly De- playment Against New Order in Europe" The reference was to the declaration of the British and allied governments at London that they would fight united to victory.
 Germany's general position on the Robin Moor sinking, as described by the cautious statements of authoriz-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
DRAFT DODGER CHARGE TO BE DROPPED HERE Case of Walter finders Awaits Final Decision of
 Local Board
 CHANGE IN ADDRESS OF
 ACCUSED IS CLEARED Local Man Ready to Serve If Called; Racing Stable Conipels Many Moves

Walter finders, 36, former ly of 198 Frost Road, but of late a resident of Cuba where he operated a horse racing stable has had the federal chayge of being a "draft dodger" dismissed. He IS be- ing held under bonds pend ing final decision. finders yesterday afternoon dropped In on Anthony Schiavone, chairman of Board 16-B of the local selective Service System and clarified the mystery of hil recent whereabouts, adding that ai the U. 6. Army wanted him he would be more than willing te serve.
 Mailed Questionnaire
 AnAers was mailed Q selective Service questionnaire by Chairman echiavone last February 16. The auestionnaire was sent to l98 Frost Road, but was returned to the draft board within few days, unopened. and staznpel 'rnoved-left no address by the post office. The board then looked up his registration card and saw that the name, Stanley Wilmot, i08 Frost Road, was given as the name of that person who will al- ways know the address of the registrant, Anders. The board in- 1nediately contacted MT. Wilmot and he informed them that finders, his brother -in-law, was somewhere ai1 Cuba and that he would try and locate him for the board, but the board received no results. A
 Suspected Delinquent"
 March 12, le4i, the local board mailed c notice to registrant oi suspected delinquency to finders at the Frost Road address. March 10 the board sent Q report Of delin-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
HONEYMOON PAIR
 INJURED IN BLAST

Bristol, R. T., June i4-(UP)- Former State Senator Bertram w. wall and his young bride of two weeks today nursed burns and mirl- or injuries suffered when 6 violent Illuminating gas explosion danl- aged their cottage only c few Ynin- utes after they had returned from 6 honeymoon.
 The blast, which occurred last night, blew out several windows, brought plaster trmbling down on the newlyweds and shook part of the house loose from it's foundation. Fire ofticials said the explosion was touched off apparently when Wall Nt a cigaret.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
LICENSE AID IN
 IDENTIFYING MAN

Norwich, Conn, June 14-(UP)-- A 1889 drivers license and soccial security card tentatively Identified a body found beside an isolated road as that of Ernest W. Sternberg, 36s Springfield, Mass, police said todays
 Sternberg's skull was crushed and authorities believed he either had been @ hit-and-run automobile vic- tim or he had been slain and his body carried to the place where tt was discovered. Automobile tracks were found near where the body fay.
 The victim was believed to have been employed in . Norwich fas*ory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
Bombers' Objectives Were Two Biz German Battleships
BRITISH, FRENCH
 WAR IS FEARED
Inspired Last Nights At- tack By Cordell Hull
 on France
By JOHN REICHMAlNN United Press Staff Correspondent)


 Washington, June 14-( (UP) - Fears that France may plunge into full war against Great Britain were believed today to have inspired Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull's latest attack on French collaboration with Germany.
 Hull accused the Vichy regimes "Darlan-Laval element" of schem- ing to deliver France politically, economically, socially and militarily to Hitler" He refrained from nam ing Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, French chief of state, as 8 member of that clique.
 Hull's remarks brought sharp reioinder from French Ambassador Gaston Henry Have who said that, in trying to resurrect France and protect her empire peoples, the French leaders "know better than anyone else where their duty lies"
 The increasingly sharp tone of Hull,S warnings-arld Henry Hayes relations between this government comments-showed deterioration of and Yiehy '..-'-t.---s -s~. ssa.,.'''f '
 Most observers doubted, however, that an actual diplomatic rupture was imminent.
 They did believe that Hull's statement stemmed from new and alarming news that may have been transmitted from Vichy by U. s. Ambassador William D. Leahy, who conferred with Petain, Thursday.
 It was the third broadside di- rcted at Vichy by tn United States in a month.
 First, President Roosevelt himself appealed to the French people over tn heads of their laders to resist a Franco German reapproachement.
 Then Hull warned that any Franco German collaboration which makes France an instrument of lag gression and oppression" would bring counter-steps by the United States.
 Hull pulled no punches last night.
 He named former vice.Premier Pierre Laval, who was busted from the Petain cabinet last year; and Admiral Jean Francios Darlan, chief of the French fleet and presently
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
AnylUay, H
 Was A Tunnel

B0sten, June 14-(UP)- When Mot0rist Samuel Wade of Swasnpscott hailed . pedesse trian near North Station early today and asked the way to Sumner traffic tunnel, he was told to take his third left.
 Following the directions lit- orally, Wade drove his car into the Park street subway, bump ing along the tracks until he arrived at Haymarket station with four flat tires.
 Arrested on Q drunken driv. ing charge, Wade told police he still thought 1t was the shortest route. v a 'nz E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
Fall Of Damascus Is Expected By Sunday
Odd Scenes as French Fight French in Shadow of Civilizations Oldest City; Vichy Troops Evac-
 uate Kissoue, 10 Miles South of Syrian Capital
By HENRY T. GORRELL United Press Staff COrrespondent)


 With the Free French Forces ap- preaching Damascus, June 12-- (delayed)-(UP)-The Free French army is closing in on Damascus and the fall of that city. capital ot Syria and one of the birthplaces or civilization, seems certain to occur by Sunday or Monday.
 It is a strange battle in which Frenchman fights Frenchman, for eign Legionnaire fights Foreign Legionnaire, and men from the French African Colonies fight other men from the same villages.
 By a series of flanking move ments the Free French forces are systematically undermining the last defenses of Damascus. We are well within the range of the city's big guns now and these guns have en- tered the action.
 Defenders of the city had fallen back steadily If slowly for four days without fighting a major action be- fore they took what appears to be their last stand on the lava surfaced Drug Hills immediately south oi the ancient capital.
 They had concentrated more thar, 100 tanks and armored cars, as well as numerous batteries of mortars and the famous old 75-millimetel field guns, for this stand against their fellow Frenchmen.
 After traveling for hours from the coast, where had accompanied the Australian column proceeding tc Beirut, joined the advance units of the Free French. My journey was one across the tolrid Jebel Druz Plains where the only relief from . scorching sun came from occasional blasts of wind. Even these were like gusts from an oven.
 On my arrival, the Free French leder said that with reasonable luck Damascus should be occupied within three or four days.
 London, June 14.--(UP)-Vichy troops have evacuated Kissoue, lC miles south of Damascus, and other positions within . few miles of the
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DEATH CALLED SUICIDE

Bolton, Conn, June 14 = (U.P) --T1ae medical examiner said today that teh death of Mrs. Julia Doo- little, zo, New Haven, was . suicide. Her body was found hanging in the bedroosn Of . home she rented here iaSt January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
French Lessons By The Merry-Go- Round

Have you studied your French?
 The Washington Merry Co., Round believes that there is no lesson the American people need to study more than the French. So today this sparkl- ing column begins . series of French lessons" - food for thought if the diplomatic dls- aster suffered by France is to be avoided by the United States.
 The first Merry Co., Round French Iesson" is entitled: "A Waiting Game Means Victory for the Enemy" Don't miss it on page c of today's
 DEMOCRAT
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London, June 14.-(UP)-Vichy troops have evacuated Kissoue, 10 miles south of Damascus, and other positions within Q few miles of the
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The Weather

Cloudy, Showers To- day; Also Sunday
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
Youth Hired AS
Chute Inspector

is all "hot air." according to "Skip-
py", vino says that the white work
ers of Standard Parachute company,
treated him with the utmost cour-
tesy and respect.
The Perry Parachute Company of
Los Angeles, sent to San Diego, for
"Skippy" and four white jumpers,
to test a new device to be used by
the Government for dispatching pa
rachutests at the rate of one per
second. The new invention was
tried before, Unitad States, British,
Russian, Chinese and South Ameri
can officials. The Dummy tests were
reported to be highly successful
and the actual tests will be made
within the next two weeks. "Skip-
py", is expected to be on hand to
take part, using the Russell lobe
chute.
"Skippy", made his first jump at
Mines field, Los Angeles, in 1888
and was later joined by the late
Mack Graveley, who was killed max
ing a jump here in 1910. "Skippy's,"
total jumps number 1879. r
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-(SNS)-
Howard "Skippy" Smith, has left
to take over his new position with
the, Standard Parachute company,
of San Diego, Calf, as 'Drop-test"
inspector.
This position wos offered him BY
Jimmie Russell, son of the inventor
of the Russell lobe parachute.
Jimmie and his father, George
Russell, vice-president of the COM
pany, first saw "Skippy', jump in
San Diego, in 1889 and recognized
great jumping ability. They were
present at the Examiner Air Show
held in Los Angeles, May 30th this
year, at Santa Anita Race Track,
where "Skippy" jumped his way in
to the first prize money every day
of the meet.
His duties consist of packing a
chute, sending it up on dummy
for test, and general inspection
of stress and strain.
The excuse offered by some fac
tories for not hiring Negroes is that
the white workers refuse to per-
form their duties beside Negroes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13

Negro troops too, a part OF the
100000 in this maneuver area. come
in for bit of praise. Over the La
Dor Day weekend, white soldiers
crowded into some of the colored
business establishments, seeking ar
ticles of food. drink, and even hair
cuts. In some instances, they
sought to learn something racial
relationships in the south-some-
times they were misinformed, and
sometimes they learned the true
story.
All seem to be enjoying the hos
pitality of the south. High praise
was rendered Pres. j. B. Watson,
State College; Atty. H. w. Flow
ers. and other citizens of Pine Bluff
on their arrival here by member
of the 92nd at Fort Leonard Wood
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-13
New Hostess At
Camp Nolters

CAMP WOLTERS, Tex-(A N Pr
Mrs. Lyone Fitzpatrick Branch
has taken charge as hostess of the
new service club for Colored troops
Of Camp VOTERS seth and 9th
battalionS.
The new hostess is from San
Antonio, where she was employed
at the officers club at Fort Sam
Houston for. five years.
Work1nen are now putting fin
fshing touches on the new club
house. and plans are being consid-
cred for weekly dances and en-
tertainments when the doors open.
There will be a library, reading
room, refreshment room and faci-
lities for letter writing, music and
games.
The adjacent guest house is now
open, providing accommodations
for visiting parents and friends of
soldiers.