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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

The British lost four bombers during the nights operations, the air Iainistry said.
 The continued hammering ot northwest Germany and the indus trial Ruhr sustained 8 British air offensive in progress for nearly two months.
 It was the 84th attack of the war on Hamm, the 39th on Essen and the 23rd on Dortmund. Hamm and Essen were raided last on July 8, and Dortmund had been bombed July 6.
 The night raids followed daylight operations against targets in north ern France yesterday, during which at least four German Messer- schmitt planes were destroyed by British fighters, the air ministry said.
 A joint communique of the air and home security ministries said German air activity was on a small scale during the night, and was con- fined to areas of East England and Scotland.
 Odessa Threatened
 London, Aug. 8-(P)-Authorita- tive sources said today that Ger man troops seriously threatened Odessa, important Russian Black Sea port.
 Striking southeast from the Bel Aya Tserkov sector, below Kiev, the Germans were reported moving down the right bank of the Dnieper river toward the coast. The river remained a formidable obstacle to German tanks but, the informants said, the Germans clearly were at tempting to encircle and isolate the Russians based at Odessa and at Nikolaev, an important naval base, at the mouth of the Bug river, 70 miles northeast of Odessa.
 The Germans appeared to have found . weak spot in the southern Ukraine, the informants said.
 Tt is difficult to see any favor able line for the Russians to stand on west of Odessa" the informants said.
 They pointed out that the Ger mans had cut the main railway from Smolensk, skirting Kiev and terminating at Odessa, and that they menaced a lesser, parallel rail- road.
 North of Kiev the battle line has not changed preceptibly, the in EOrmantS said, but they believed that by advancing another 75 miles southeast, the Germans could cut off the two remaining subsidiary lines serving Odessa, preventing the ports reinforcement.
 Nazis Seek Oil Fields
 The intensification of the battle in South Russia raised the peril that the Germans would get control of the Caucasian oil fields, and it also raised the possibility of the British middle eastern army's involvement In the Russian struggle.
 The Daialy Express said that If the Germans get among the oil fields the British empire will have to fight for every bit of red ink on the map
 Hitler is nearer disaster but he is also nearer world conquest now than ever before"
 Far EsaStcIu d11duS COlLl11ueu JO command attention here and con- mentatorS now believed that Japans maSing of troops in the north may have been undertaken at Adolf Hit ier's request, to keep Russia from mlaving endorsements from the east to west.
 Newspapers avoided an outright belligerent attitude toward Japan and some quarters expressed belief that Japan would not move far enough to involve herself in war with Britain, the United States or Rus sIa. The Daily Telegraph, however said that mo one, not even, we may be sure, the Japanese themselves know how lar the militarists in con- sxol of Tokyo will commit thei1 country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
s1x-sToRY FALL SURVIVED

Philadelphia (UPl John Davis, 22, fell six floors down an elevator shaft. got up and walked of, only slightly injured. He managed to break his fall twice during the drop, once against screen guard around the shaft an dthe second time by clinging to the steel elevator cable momentarily
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
CARROTS FOR TANK DRIVERS

Canberra, Australia (UP)-Aus- tralian army authorities are experi- menting with carrotin, a derivative of raw carrots, as an aid to night vision. It is believed that tank and mechanized unit drivers with suffi- cient carrotin in their diet will be able to drive at night without lights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
YELLOWSTONE TOURISTS RISE

Yellowstone Park, Wyo.-(UP)- Thirteen per cent more visitors are touring Yellowstone National Park Ehis year than during 194O. Su- perintendent Edmund B. Rogers re- ported that there were 244,4 ,432 visi- tors in the area up to July 15, an increase of 28,262 over the same period last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
British Royal Force
 Again Hits Germany
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sengers and was particularly adapt able to service as s troop transport. She was subdivided into 13 water tight compartments and had a con- tinuous double bottom equipped to carry oil and water.
 She reached New York on her maiden run July 4, 1882 with 302 passengers, averaging 16.5 knots on the crossing. Her public rooms were lacquered in red, ebony and ivory and abounded in mirrors.
 The Georgic was 680 feet long, 30 feet wide and 43 feet, nine inches deep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

0rtctS Om All tFOMtS
 Berlin, Aug. 8-(UP)-T The Ger man high command said today that German submarines had sunk 46,- 800 tons of shipping from a strong ly protected British convoy, and added that four other ships total- ing 29000 tons had been torpedoed and so seriously damaged that they could be reckoned as lost.
 The official German news agency DNB, which said that U-boats had attacked the convoy during the past two days, claimed that the raid was made in the Atlantic and that 10 ships totalling 75,000 tons had been sunk.
 The high command said that in addition to the attack on the con- voy German bombers had destroyed three freighters totaling 13,O00 tons off the English east coast and had damaged five large merchant ships including a tanker. German planes were reported to have attacked air fields in England and a harbor on the Scottish east coast.
 Berlin, Aug. 8-(UP)-A ministry of finance decree, dated Aug. 4 and published today, provided that all United States citizens property in the Reich be reported to the min- istry by Oct. l
 The decree was based on a law empowering the finance ministry tO order all foreign property re- ported. Reportable property in- cludes real estate, movable objects securities and money. Individuals possessing no more than 800 reichs- marks need not report.
 Administrators of property be- longing to United States citizens must file reports, as must persons indebted to an American abroad regardless of the amount of the debt.
 The decree provided that reports must state property values as of Sept. 30. 1940, and as of June 30 l941.
 Helsinki, Aug. 8-(UP)-A Rus sian armored train operating against Finnish troops has been de- stroyed by Finnish heavy bomberS it was announced officially today.
 "A Russian armored train which has been seen for some time mov- ing on the railway between Suo- jarvi and Petrozavodsk troubling our troops was attacked by ouI heavy bombers yesterday and . direct hit was scored" a com munique said. ''The train was split only the engine and one car being able to continue"
 Unfavorable weather prevented enemy raids on eastern Finland, Il was said, although anti : aircraft batteries were credited with shoot ing down three Russian airplanes.
 Rome, Aug. 8-(UP)-Italian For eign Minister Count Galeazzo Cianc is confined to bed by illness, the Rome radio said today. He was toe i'll to attend memorial ceremonies at Pisa where his brother Jaw Capt. Pilot Bruno Mussolini, sec ond son of Il Duce, was killed in a bomber crash yesterday
 Countess Ciano, elder daughter of Mussolini, and her brother, Capt vittorio Mussolini. attended the Pisa ceremonies. At one time Cianc commanded a military air squad ron to which the Mussolini broth CTS were attached.
 Stockholm. Sweden, Aug. S~(UP) Reports from Bergen, Norway, to- day said 8 large crowd had demon strated against German soldiers and that 70 had been arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Others were reported injured.
 At g p. m. curfew was imposed on Bergen, according to the reports
 Increased British air activity over the Norwegian coast has confined seq traffic to nights. mostly in con
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

Henry MacRae, the serial king. is 4eparing new thriller, over land Trail which he will send be- fore the cameras soon at Universal. Ford Beebe. veteran director of chapter films, has been retained for Overland Trail.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
RRTTISH LINER HTT

London, Aug. 8.--lUP)-The N,- SDston British liner Georgic has teen damaged by enemy action, !" but the crew members are safe and there were no troops aboard, the ministry Of information announced tfay.
 me Georelc, used on the New Work run before the war. was de-
 1rsd Co accommodate 1,636 pas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
FIRST OF THREE "BATTLEoFTtiEATLATTIc" SEA TALEs-- The Skipper Didn't Forget Your Wedding Anniversary, Mrs. Percival!
BY PAUL MANNING NEA Service Stan Correspondent

Seaport England-Whn the S. Appleton anchored berth Staten Island New York taking cargo of guns apane and medical supplies Captain Percv did lot of things that last day
 He went Virginia baked hams tenpound pairs of silk stockings (No 10 sSe and packages assorted cheese Next month his wedding
 anniversary the would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
50 PEOPLE SIGN
 FOR NEW HOMES

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War Bulletins

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Briefs On AII Fronts

ture houses in Pisa were closed in mourning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

voys, and Norwegian sailors refuse to leave port unless an air escort is provided, it was reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
MISS MCCARTHY
 DIED AT NOON

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25

get Spanish ores. For the first time since Napoleon, Britain would be under g continental blockade"
 It would be enforced by Italian and German planes, surface and undersea naval vessels, pouring out of the Mediterranean, flaming out from Spanish ports into the Atlantic.
 This would double the threat to Britain's vital supply routes from the U S., especially the one south- eatseriy from New York around Africa to Egypt and the Suez That route is l2,800 miles-all too long. The only substitute is the Pacific route, which is 14,000 to 18,000, depending on how close the ships go to Japan.
 Once allied with Spain, the Axis could have submarine bases, ports and airflelds strategically located in Spain, Morocco, West Africa and the Canary Islands, which are Spanish, and probably in the Cape verdes, which are Portuguese.
 AZORES VITAL
 TO U. S., BRITAIN
 Portugal's weakness Is now Q menace to Britain, and to the sup- plies America sends Britain. She is mouse in the jaws of the Spanish cat. One crunch, and then Spafl- isi and Nazis can slam what, after Greece, is the last door whereby British troops might regain the con- tinent of Europe. Most important loot from an Axis conquest of Por- tugal would be the Azores. A thou. sand miles west of Lisbon, two thou- sand east of New York, they are smack between the northern and southern Atlantic shipping routes.
 Both routes are fianked by who- ever holds the Azores. We held them in 1918, protecting the A.. E. Els supply lines largely with surface craft. With long-range bombers in the picture in 1941, Britain's supply lines could be far better protected-or attacked. So the minute the Axis moves into Portugal, the question is:
 "Who gets the Azores?"
 It's Q burning question-to the U. s. as well as Britain. From Spain or Portugal by air to the Azores 1t is only five hours - and on to Bermuda only half that. A German air-invasion is not to be ruled out. The U. s. has just sent troops to our new Bermuda base.
 Some American military and naval men think that we should forestall the Nazis and get the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
CATASTROPHE OF|
 WORLD REVEALED
Failure of Medical Science to SteriIize Mother of
 Hitler Is Blamed

Cambridge, Mass, April 2S.-(uPlI -The greatest human catastropheI of the past century twas the failure| of medical science to sterilize"I Adolf Hitler's mother, according to| Prof. Earnest A. Hooton, noted Har- yard anthropolagist.
 Hooton told the 25th annual ses- sion of the American College of Physicians last night that present knowledge of human genetics "un- fortunately" was inadequate to make 1t possible "unerringly to take sur- gical measures against the birth of a Hitler or a Mussolini."
 He said, however, that knowledge is ample to prevent the existence of hundreds of thousands of individu- als whose heredity is so bad that the chances of their living useful or even innocuous lives are virtually nil.
 Hooton urged medical science to aid in checking human degeneration by directing such biological measures as birth control, sterilization and euthanasia (mercy death). Only by controlling human quality and di- recting human evolution, he said, can science create a firm foundation for a tolerable society.
 "The only social sanctions witll- held from the physician" Hooton said, "are the power to end useless, defective and diseased condemned human lives, the discretion to pre- vent births and conceptions, and to forbid or enforce marriages and di- vorces. I hope that he may present. ly acquire these also, and use them wisely and couoipSHRDLETAOINS wisely and copiously."
 Product Regretted
 Hooton said the world has tolers ated the anti-social, crirninalistic in. dividual as Q regrettable product of adverse environment, always assuil1- ing that he and his kind never will constitute more than small and comfortable minority.
 "Civilization," he said, "has now to combat entire nations of crirfl- inals armed with all of its most de- structive gadgets and wholly uil- moral and ruthless"
 He said 1t was difficult fol: the lay biologist to understand how the me- dical profession can lavish its skill and devotion upon the preservation of useless and vicious human life.
 Of birth control, Hooton said there could be no reasonable objec- ton to such teaching.
 Sterilization was described as 6 much more radical and efflcacious means of checking the proliferation of the unfit. He delieved 1t would be a dangerous social policy If exer- cised at the discretion of politicians or any officials other than physicians.
 Hooton said his researches have convinced him that all criminals are inferior in physique and mentality: He said they should not be allowed to reproduce because "they almost inevitably will reproduce their anti social kind"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
EN EN.

As proof of the morale of the selectees in the Army Training Camps Basil Rathbone offers the story of
 man he met at Camp Roberts during an Army Day visit 'He had been of the hundreds of civilian workers, employed in putting up the 500 buildings at the camp and on that job had made as high $100 week. drv- ing caterpillar tractor" said the actor "Then his number came up in the draft He was nducted sent to Fort Macarthur and from there-you've guessed it. back to Camp Roberts, this time as soldier "They found he was an experienced driver and put him that detail When I met him. he was - believe 1t or not driving the very tractor he had handled as civil ian worker getting $21 month instead of $1Oo week. and quite happy about it. He said 1t his ob and Uncle Sam wanted him to do 1t in uniform instead Of civilian overalls, that was all right with him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
CHARTERS GIVEN
 15 HI-Y CLUBS
COlOrfuI Ceremonies Held Last Evening at Cen.
 tral YMCA

Representatives of IS Hi-Y clubs in Waterbury received charters in the National Fellowship of Hi-Y clubs during a colorful candle cere- mony held last night at the Central Y. M. o. A.
 More than 200 members heard George B. Corwin, national secrey tary of the organization, stress the need of young people for a convinc- ing faith. Said he Members of the Hi-Y clubs must begin now to as- sume their share of community re- sponsibility", adding that clean speech, clean sports, clean scholar ship. and clean living are the es- sentials 0 fa good life.
 The clubs that received charters were Albatross, Ariston, Alpha Beta, Black Knights, Delta, Gamma Phi, Epsilon, Hilltops, Kappa, Props, Tech, and Volunteers of the Gen. tral "Y," Aces of the Brooklyn branch and Crusaders of the North End branch. Waterbury has 55 Hi- Y clubs with @ membership of $50 members, and is one of the leaders nthe H-Y club movement in the United States.
 Rev. James F. Woods of SS Peter and Paul church gave the invocation and William A. Carpenter led the gathering in the singing of "Ameri- ca" Kenneth Byrnes, president of the inter-club group presented Roy H. Walch who gave a short address of welcome and in turn presented the members of the Hi-Y committee present. Clarence Tappin of Crosby high school, Earl Smithies and Sam uel Meyers of Leavenworth high school. No representative of Wilby was present. Seated also on the platform were Gordon Gentle, Rev. James H. Phillips, assistant pastor of the First Congregational church and Walter F. Malins, Hi-Y secre- tary of the Y. M. o. A.
 There was dancing in the gym nasium following the ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
Gibraltar'S Peril Seen As Hint For U. s. to Take Over The Azores
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON AyEA cn~,,s... ckm@ r1n-~n~w.~,.an.,,

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Washington, April 25 - All through the fearful thunder of the modern Greek tragedy, alert ob-. servers in Government circles here keep tears sharpened for murmurs from the western wings of the Med- iterranean theater of war. They listened to hear whether Spain was about to step forth-a minor coun. try assuming Q major role in the world drama.
 For 1t is one of the ironies of this unorthodox war that one move by the little group ruling this down-at,the-heels, third-rate power might put Great Britain out of the war, force the United States in. Tn Spain Is Gibraltar - strategical treasure which, in Axis hands, would be well-nigh lethal weapon against Britain.
 The capture of Gibraltar by Germany at first glance sounds too hazardous even for the Nazis. But they have already paved part of the road to such an astouning coup. A Spanish acceptance of Axis partnership many fear, would be the green light for the Nazis.
 They have troops ready at the French frontier. They have a skeleton organization of engineers and technicians already in Spain.
 Towering 1400 feet, thrusting 2 1-2 miles from Spain southward into the narrow strait between Eunrope and Africa. The Rock has long been & symbol of impregna- bility. Rock-hewn Notifications honeycomb its limestone hiding great stores for a garrison of some 10000 men. Guns up to 16-inch caliber cover the l5-mile strait and surrounding positions for nearly thirty miles east, west and south. From sheer precipice guns bristle northward too, across Q sandy plain and Spanish La Linea.
 GIBRALTAR'S STRENGTH
 MAY PROVE MYTHICAL
 Yes, the Rock is strong, but pre- cisely because 1t is a rock 1t has weaknesses against bombing is lim- ited to anti-aircraft guns, seaplanes and carrier-based fighters. Some concrete casemates may be vulner- able to parachutists. Its limestone may be clipped by shellfire from guns as great as its own, emplaced in Spain and Morocco, where Span ish troops are said to be reinforced by 15,O00 Germans. These guns reach the naval base at the foot of the Rock.
 The astonishing truth IS that In qualified American and even Brit ish opinion, the vaunted strength of Gibraltar" may prove mythical under modern attack.
 Should Gibraltar fall, Britain's weapon, the blockade, would boomerang. No longer could she starve Italy, no longer would she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
YEAR OF SERVICE
 FOR GIRLS URGED
Mrs. Roosevelt Advocates Such Plan as Permanent
 Home Defense

New York, April 25 - (U.P) - Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sdvo- cated today in an article in the Ladies' Home Journal Q year, of compulsory service for girls as part of permanent home defense pro- gram.
 She suggested, in response to Q letter from Q girl asking how she could serve the country now that her young man" had gone to mili- tary camp, that girls serve a year in hospitals" home economies school courses farm manage ment courses in rural areas .. and in optional courses in mechan- teal training in resident centers such as the National Youth Admin istration's."
 The magazine issued a statement saying, Mrs. Roosevelt anticipates the question she will receive as to why this year of service should be compulsory and answers in advance any charges that this is Q Fascist or Nazi scheme which might lead to the system of German work camps, citing Thomas Jeffersons early stand on compulsory school law"
 Mrs. Roosevelt wrote that T am not discussing what consider home defense for an emergency per- tod. am writing of what consider participation in home defense should be as we look to the future .. not as a permanent static thing but as an ideal to grow as future. generations grow [. something better for all of us."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25

V Chester B. Zahn, editor of The Film Daily, again anonors the Tower with complimentary copy of the 23rd edition of The Year Book of Motion Pictures con- taning 1064 webaanced pages of 1940 cinema happen ings replete with moentous developments at home and abroad, both within and without the industry Many, many times within the past 12 months has Editor Zahns previous volume been responsible for answer ing many tantalizng questions from readers who seem to delight in being quz-masers So to Chester, thanks for remembering me with The Film Daily an nualy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
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 GRANlVM CRACKERS
Question on Comic Page

l.Yes. Brazil (3,275,5lo square miles) Is larger than the U. 8. (3,026, ,78o square miles), but has 8 population only one-third as large.
 2. Yes. The Amazon River (3,900 miles) is longer than the Mis- sissippi (2470 miles).
 3. Bolivia and Paraguay have no seaports. Salvador is only Central American country not on the At lantic. All others, except British Honduras, have both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines.
 1. Lima capital of Peru, is known as the "City of Kings.
 5. Argentina is noted for It's beef; Peru grows many beans (Lima beans); Venezuela has many oil fields; Brazil nuts are an after din- ner delicacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25

that if Hitler loses the war, Port uguese territory would of course be returned. Meantime we should assume a protectorate, as in Greenland. This has already been discussed with certain Portuguese, and, at Lisbon, we keep naval vessels, with radios.
 But the President wishes to avoid, if possible, this showdown
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25

Chatting with Mickey. Mike Senich, former local resident whose family still lives here is doing well by himself at the New York Daily Mirror plant: Had a chat with him Wednesday afternoon and the ex- ing work for Dan Parker in the Sports Department as well as the Mirror Art Department Mike is adept with the pencil and brushes and his nmble fingers are much in demand when it comes to turning out bit of sketch ing to ven up story to decorate special flea. ture He sent his best regards to former friends in this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25

Major Bowes has made many generous and import ant gifts especially to the Catholic Church. One of his latest gifts is to St. Patrics Cathedral in New York; to which he has presented Andrea del Sartos painting Holy Family with St. John and St. Elizabeth" The painting has been installed in the Lady Chapel. The noted painting done in 1515 and measures Al by 70 inches The figure of the Madonna is full length kneeng i'm rose colored robe and turquoise mantle. Another of Major Bowes gifts is the line of trees front and side of the cathedral which match those directly across and fronting the Rockefeller Plaza groupings
 TALL TOWERS IN 19 EMS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-25
OLD WATCH HAS CHAIN DRIVE

Nashua, N. II. - (U.P.) = A 176- year-old watch owned by Gene F. Sanborn, Nashua contractor, won Q statewide "oldest watch" contest. Made in France, the timepiece has A chain driven movement and an enamelled picture on It's back.