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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10


 to permit German air borne troops to use bases in Syria.
 Britain continued to watch this threat closely, however, if only be- cause of It's general suspicion of Vice Premier Jean Francois Darlan. The Yorkshire Evening News had reported yesterday that Marshal Philippe Petain ready went to his Riviera villa early this week because he was seriously i'll. It has been reported that Petain was the sole brake on attempts by Darlan to make radical concessions to the Germans In their demand for French "co-operation."
 Diplomatic sources showed in- creased interest in Russia, as Q po- tent factor in the west, the middle east and the far east, as the result of Rllssla's withdrawal of recogni- ton from the Norwegian, Belgian and Jugoslav legations at Moscow. Russia encouraged Jugeslavie to resist German aggression and thau
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
DEFECTIVE WIRE
 BLAMED FOR FIRE

Four companies of firemen were called out shortly before 2 o'clock this morning to the home of Ed- ward Elsdon of Greystone, near Plymouth, when defective wire caused a slight blaze. Fire com panies were out from the station for half an hour. Little damage was done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
CARD or THANKS

CNWU UT TE1NNNB
 We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors especially the Elks Club, Torring. ton Supply Go. for the beautiful kindness shown us during our re- cent bereavement, the death of our beloved husband, father, brother. MRS. XNNA REILLY and FAMILY. MRS. JAMES NOONAN and MRS. WILLIAM CLIENT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors for the beautiful floral offerings and OK. pressIons of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent bereaye- ment, the death of our beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Kurtz.
 THEODORE KURTz AND
 FAMILY, THE
 ROSS MIDGLEY, STOCK AND
 GROSSENRACH FAMILIES.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
MASSES

KEEFE--An anniversary Mass of reauiefn will be celebrated Monday morning at 8 o'clock, at the I'm maculnte Conception church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mary fawlor Keefe.
 requiem will be celebrated Tuesday morning, May 8, at 7:30 o'clock, at St, Francis Xavier's church, for the repose of the soul of the late Ser- geant John Hayes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

nGexico's new penalties for drunk @n driving include Jail sentences, A9nyy fines and cancellations of &fARlu8 ucSpeaA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

Peru has decreed that placer gold miner can develop only two and one-hak acres at tims.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
BRITISH DRIVE
 ON RAQ CAPITAL

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10
WTAMlNS USED
 TO HELP PETAIN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

With oniy two and Q half weeks ef the session remaining the rush e applicants for minor court jobs has become almost frantic. The day after Republican Chairman Ken Bradley conferred with Gov. Hurley, you couldn't walk through Che Capitol corridors without find- kng judges, would-be judges, pros- ecuteEs and would-be prosecutors An4 scores Of applicants for other eosFt tehs underfoet. It's . near miracle that dozens of them wcvsn't txampled IEnderfook.
 An, the hallowed courts Of jus. tlcsi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-10

OFdinaRllR this bill would have Deem done with the local trade school bin before the Norwich AlIl was allowed to leave the ape nKopriatlOns cosrsGnittee. There was M elip-up somewhere, however, and the Norwich bill not only came out of committee but went ehromgh tho Senate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS WITNESS

Boston, Sept. g - (UP.) - Ar- rested on evidence supplied by a Seven-year- eyewitness. Marshal Caggiano, 22, of Somersville pleaded innocent to a manslaughter charge when arraigned in South Boston district court today in connection with the hit-run death of six-year- old Barbara Tisdale. Caggiano was freed in $2,00O bail pending a hear ing next Tuesday.
 Barbara, only child of Robert Tis- dale, a Quincy shipyard worker, was killed by speeding market truck near her South Boston home Sat- urday.
 Caggiano, who drives a truck for a South Boston market firm, was seized last night after Kenneth Me- Kay, 2, who witnessed the accident had given police descriptions of the truck and it's driver. Through pro- cess of elimination, police traced the truck and had their suspicious con- firmed when police chemist fouud human hair aR is Srnut haannAx.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
MRS. ROOSEVELT
 a BURIED TODAY
Only Close Family Rela' tives, Employees Were At.
 tendants at Funeral
BY sANDoR KLEIN

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 9-(UP) Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt rides for the last time down the elnl- lined road of her Hudson river es. tate today, en route to her final resting place in the little cemetery behind ivy-clad st. James Episco- pal Church. ..
 The mother of the president will be borne to her grave on the shoul- ders of employees of the family es- tate who have served her for Q score or more years.
 Funeral services were set for 3 D. m. (EDT), with the Rev. Frank R. wilson, rector of St. James of1ci- ating. The common touch which, despite her aristocratic background, made Mrs. Roosevelt beloved by her most humble neighhors, was pre- served in the arrangements for the final rites. They were as her griev- ing son and only child wished them to be-plain, simple. From the first 1t was decided that there would be no pomp, no flowers, no eulogies either at the funeral services or at the grave. She wouldn't have ap- proved.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
'ONE NAUCATUCK
 STRIKE SETTLED
$500 Employees of Rubber Footwear Went Out But
 Walked Right Back
Special to The Democrat)

Naugatuck, Sept. 0.-A work stop page affecting $500 employees of the U.' 8. Rubber footwear plant oc- cured here at 10 o'clock this morn- ing, but within less than an hour all employees had returned to their work, with the work Stoppage being pronounced as actually 100 per cent successful by officials of Local 45 United Rubber Workers of America
 The stoppage was called in order to make the plant 6 100 per cent union plant, and union officials said 1t had achieved the desired result as far as the day shift is concerned
 There will be a similar work stop- page at 4 D. m. to get non-union employees of the night shift to join the union, Joseph Kenishea, presi- dent of the Local AS, anticipates.
 Work stopped promptly at 10 a. m. with many employees of both the tennis mill, known as the Phoenix shop, and the waterproof mill going out to the streets. By lo:l5, employ es of the tennis mill had returned to work, and Mir. Kenishea said this mill had become virtually 100 per cent union.
 The waterproof mill employees were out longer, although from time to time as various departments be- came 100 per cent union, their de- partments returned to work. By l0:5O, all departments had returned to work.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
FLOOD CONTROL
 DAM TO BE BUILT
War Dept. Favors Pro. posed Dam on Naugatuck
 River Above ThOmastOn

A report issued today by War De- partment engineers on the pro- posed fiood-control dam on the Naugatuck river above Thomastoa recommends that 1t "be built in the immediate future, since uninter- rupted operation of the brass and other metal manufacturing facilities of this valley are vitally important to the national defense" Estimated total cost of construction Is esti- mated at $5,151 ,0o0, while average annual benefits are estimated to the Naugatuck Valley area at $282,000.
 Congressman J. Joseph Smith, convalescing at his home in Pros- pect after an illness, today began careful study of the detailed report, which covers 37 printed pages.
 The board of engineers says that use of the dam for power storage would be too costly for the benefits gained and recommends that the dam be used solely for flood con- trol.
 The report also states that costs of flood protection for the Housa- tonic River Valley would be too high and says that the Thomaston dam project is both more feasible and more valuable. The Thomaston dam would have a capacity of 4l,500 acre-feet.
 The army survey covered Housa- tonic Valley areas in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut, and Naugatuck Valley areas in Connec-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Russia Has an Immense Army of l5,OOO,OOO Men
 to Battle Hitler CHURCHILL FORESEES
 HITLER ON SEA LANES Germans Still Around Len- ingrad; Russians Smash
 Many Nazi Divisions
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS VInltad press EnralsU Nevv~ ysdlk,

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 Prime Minister Winston Churchill raised the possibil- ity today that Adolf Hitler faced with certainty of win- ter war in Russia and an inc creasing flow of American supplies to his enemies-will directly challenge American control of the waters within the U. s. naval safety patrol zone.
 Churchill, speaking in the House of Commons, said that Hitler doubt less would prefer to defer Q new challenge to the United States until - and if - the day comes when he has finished with Russia.
 But the prime minister said, the Russians have massed Q well-equtp- ped force of l0,O0o,O00 or 100000 men against Germany, they already have inflicted possibly 2,000, 900 casti- altieS on the Wehrnacht and have made Q winter campaign in icy Riis- sia Q certainty.
 Faced with this prospect, Church- i'll said, Hitler may well extend the zones of the battle of the Atlantic westward into the zone where the U. S. Naval patrol is successfully protecting immense supplies now streaming across the Atlantic" against attack.
 Churchill's speech coincided with these developments:
 Developments In View
 A great Russian counter-attack was developing on the central east ern front where Moscow said eight Nazl divisions have been crushed, S Nazl army virtually surrounded and forced into disorderly retreat as the forces of Marshal Semyon IL moshenko advance toward Smolensk at Q rate of eight miles a day from positions less than { miles from the city.
 The German Luftwaffe launched what may be an all-out attack against the defenses of Leningrad in an effort to fulfill Berlin predic- tionS that the former Russian capi- tai and Odessa will fall to the Wehr~ macht before snow flies.
 The U. s. freighter Steel Seafarers presumably carrying war supplies to Britain's middle eastern front. was sunk by Axis air attack in the Red Sea, second incident involving D. 6. ships with Axis war forces within five days.
 Big developments appeared indi- dicated in Tokyo in Japanese American British diplomatic nego- tiations for at least temporary set- clement of Far Eastern problems.
 Iran agreed to Anglo-Russian terms designed to safeguard that strategic middle eastern state agains Axis threats and to make tt the key route for delivery of Amer ican supplies to the Soviet.
 Britain, 1t is indicated, has estab- lished a force on the Arctic island of Spitzbergen as a northern anchor of the vast war front and possibly preliminary to operations against Arctic Norway and Finland.
 Churchill gave parliament full
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
AMERICAN FIRMS
 SHIP SUNK AT SEA
Panamerican Vessel Is
 Sent Down By Torpedo; "A Are Missing

Washington, Sept. 9.-(UP)-The stete department was informed to- day that 24 men, including one American, were lost when Pana- manian ship operated by an Amer ican firm was torpedoed and sunk southwest of Iceland.
 The state department identified the ship as the SS Sessa and said three surviving members of the crew had been rescued.
 The rescue occurred Sept. 6, the survivors stating that the ship had been sunk by torpedo on Aug. IT.
 Neither the name of the lost American or the names of the sur- vivors were available.
 The ship was former Danish vessel taken over by the maritime commission and operated by an American firm of New York. It had been placed under Panamanian reg istry and was transporting supplies Co Iceland owned by the govern ment of Iceland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
BRITISH TO STAY
 AT SPITSBERCEN
Canada Forces Led Raid to Islands; No Coal for Ger.
 many in Future
BY JOHN A. PARRIS, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent)


 London, September g. - (UP) - British occupation forces are re- maining in the Arctic Islands of Spitsbergen, 1t was indicated offi- cially today in comment on 6 swift raid that eliminated the possibility of Germany receiving coal from the strategic islands.
 Indications that some of the oc- cupation forces, including Canadians and Norwegians, were remaining was given in an official statement which said the Allied front now stretches in an immense crescent from Spitsbergen to the north Afri- can coastal base to Tobruk. The statement was not clarified.
 There had been no official intima- ton that all the British, Canadian and Norwegian forces which raided the islands in the greatest secrecy had returned, and on the other hand there were strong implications that only part of them had been withdrawn.
 When authoritative military and other quarters were asked to clear up the confusion, they said that great pains had been taken to leave open the question whether troops remained or had all returned.
 ''The Germans would like to know" a spokesman commented.
 In sending an expeditionary force to the Spitsbergen group, comprising four main islands and several small ones, the British were assumed to have concentrated on West Spits- bergen, the largest island of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
BENJAMIN COZ
 DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent in Manufactur. ing Interests; Director in
 City Banking Institutions
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Benjamin Lee Coe, c former preSi- dent of the Steele & Johnson Manu- featuring O., and director of both the Citizens & Manufacturers Bank and the Waterbury Savings Bank, died suddenly carry this morning at his home. MT. Coe was el, and was born in Beacon Falls on January 2S, 1860, the son Of John and Mary (Hoadley) Coe.
 Mr. Coe was educated at the Birmingham High school, now in the City of Derby, and at the Wesleyan Academy, WilburhaIn, Massachu- setts. He arrived in this city in 1878, and his first employment was with the firm of which he later became president.
 MT. Coe was married here In 1882 to Katherine Margaret, daughter Of sherman Steele.
 MT. Goes activities, fraternal and civic, were manifold. He was Q member of the First Methodist church, and one of its honorary trustees. He belonged to the Lib. erty Lodge of Masons, the Eureka Chapter of the Royal Lodge of Masons, and was @ thirty-second degree member of the Ancient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite of Masons.
 MT. Coe was also for many years Past Commander of the Clark Com mandery of Knights of Templar, and a Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Con- necticut.
 Big Fraternity Man
 At the time of his death MT. Coe was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Commandery. He was also a mem- Der of Naomi Chapter, Order of Eastern Star; the Nosehogan Lodge, I. O. o. F.
 MT. Coe is survived by three sons, Benjamin Steele, Robert Lewis and John Sherman, all of this city; one daughter, Margaret Coe Bristol; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Augusta Abbott, who celebrated her i0lst birthday on July 28.
 The funeral will be held at o'clock Thursday at the First Meth odist church, with Rev. John Shavely officiating. Burial will be in River side cemetery.
 Friends may cali at the Alderson Funeral Home, TO Central avenue on Wednesday evening from 2 to g o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
United States Sending Too Many Supplies To Soviets
British Bombers Smash Germany; Warships Wreck Ships Last Night
All Germans, Italians At Iran
 Must Be Surrendered To Allies

Tehran, Sept 9-(UP)-The Iranian parliament by the AngoSovet terms for settlement of affair."
 The accepted by parliament included:
 Russian occupation In North Yan extending roughly miles of the capital Kas and thence south to the Iraq border.
 g. British troops occupy the entire south extending to amadan but central Iran including the capital will be unoccup
 Germans, to be rounded and inerned cpt diplomatic representatives special hnanS essential to number exceptions not specified
 Hungarian Italian and Rumanian legations to be closed oil fields to be in the hands of the British.
 communications be in the hands of the British and Russians
 settlement include the Italian nationals custody Great Britain and Russia the expulsion of German and Italian dpO control maintenance of all waterways and other for guaranteeing the Ango-S position in Iran.
 London statement said that the settlement not only nuI fled German ntgues Tran but will afguar the focal point the route by which American aid will How to Russ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Air Bases, New Routes To Africa Being Backed, Aided By United States Govt.

for American-operated air service in Africa.
 The air distance from Monrovia to Dakar, a part of the French em- pire controlled by the Vichy gov- ernment, is about 800 miles. The establishment of large-scale air facilities at Monrovia would place Dakar within bombing range of big planes of the flying fortress type.
 President Roosevelt has empha- sized that the new facilities, partic- ularly the bomber ferry service, would be primarily for the benefit of the British in the middle east. It was pointed out, however. that planes for Russia also could be moved advantageously over the new route
 Spokesmen for the Pan-American said commercial service probably would begin sometime during tho fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Ex-Mayor Perriello
 Prepared For Battle
Ready to Give Fight to Republican Organization in Primary Contest Unless He Receives Mayor
 atty Nomination

Friends and supporters Of eX' Mayor Patrick M. Perriello were to- day making ready to battle the Re- publican organization in Q primary fight unless he receives the mayor atty nomination. MT. Perrieilo would not state whether or not he would enter 0 primary, but added that he night have something to say of- ter 0 meeting of Republican town committeeman and district leaders Thursday night. However, friends said he waJ willing to run If the party leadership decides on "handplcked" ticket like that Of two years ago.
 A story in yesterdays American reporting c Fusion ticket with MT. MT. Perriello as the candidate for tax collector was labelled by Per- riello supporters today as Q "feeler" by the organizatlon. MT. Perriello himself said he absolutely would not accept or consider the nomina- ton for tax collector"
 The former mayor said he had no objection to e Fusion ticket but be- lieved that the top place on the ticket should 90 to Q Republican. John J. Kearney, former 1ndepen- dent Democrat who was elected to the board of education two years ago as e Republican, has been men, toned as 8 possible Fusion candi- date.
 Factions Mark Time
 Several anti-organization factions within the Republican party are only marking time before joining In plans to battle the leadership. Some of the groups, strong packers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
BRITAIN WILL PRODADLYPAY STATE TAXES Attorney General PaIlOtti May Decide Against Bri.
 ish Govt. $24,OOO,OOO IN
 FOUR CONN. CITIES Waterbury Is Included in the List; $5OO,OO0 Is
 Involved

Hartford, Conn, septem- Der g. - (UP) = State Cap itol legal experts said today 1t was likely Attorney General Francis A. Pallotti would rule against the British Govern ment in its request that $24,- 100000 of British-owned property in five Connecticut cities be exempted from local taxation. More than $500, ,000. in taxes was involved in the cities of Hartford, New Haven, Wa terbury, Bridgeport and Danbury.
 Attorneys close to the situation said section 1l36 of the general statutes, which lists exemptions from taxation, does not include property owned by foreign govern ments. Unless on international treaty has been approved supersed- ing the state statutes, 1t was re- garded aS likely that Pailotti would 0e BuApSu " UGte WN%AllptAOA oVotubS
 It wAs said that the State of Cal- ifornia recently refused to grant a British request to have English property there declared tax.empt.
 PallotM probably will Issue an opinion on the question before the end of the week. He was asked to mako Q decision by State Tax Conn missioner Charles J. Mclaughlin, who has supervisory powers over local assessments and tax collection.
 The British request was said to be approved by the U. g. State De. partment, and correspondence was exchanged between the British ein- bassy, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the State Tax Division.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Hitler May Be Forced To Hit United States
Prime Minister Churchill Foresees Germany Getting Rled at Our Help to Europe; Battle of Atlantic
 Is Not Yet Won
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR. United Press Stan Correspondent


 London, Sept. 9 (UP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons today that Adolf Hitler might be forced to car- " the war into the United States patrol waters despite his desire to Ideal with" America after finishing of" Russia and Britain.
 The British Prime Minister, tn- dicating important decisions in British-American efforts to prevent future Japanese aggression in the Pacific and to help Russia to keep fighting this winter on the eastern front, said that Hitler now found 1t necessary to try to halt United States supplies to Britain.
 This need might force Hitler to carry the war into the waters pa- trolled by the United States navy and air force in the Atlantic, des- bite his preference to deal with America after Russia and Britain, Churchill said, in apparent refer" ence to the encounter of the U. s. s. Greer with 6 German submarine off Iceland.
 In this connection, the prime minister paid tribute to the effec- tiveness of United States patrols in helping to turn the tide of the bat~ tie of the Atlantic and said that both Britain and the United States had considerable" army and air forces in Iceland.
 Churchill said that, while the United States patrol system had done much to help turn the tide of the battle of the Atlantic, there should be mo vain" talk about that battle having been won and that he could wish" for still greater help on the part of the United States.
 Points In His Speech
 In his speech, the prime minister made these points:
 1. Russia with between 10,000,- 900 and 15,O00,000 troops in the field most of them equipped and armed has definitely blasted "Hitler's hopes of a short war" and has made certain that the Germans must fight on the entire eastern front all winter. He said Germany already has suffered in three months of war
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

CTS to the Russian air force, as well as to the British in the middle east.
 Pan-American will operate the ferry service and the commercial transport line from Miami, Fla, to LeopoIdville, using equipment owned by the American governmen. Intermediate points on the South Atlantic route to Africa will include Natal, Brazil, and Monrovia.
 Pan-American engineers already have started work on the base at Monrovia where $l,O00.O00 will be spent in building facilities for land planes, as well as improving Fish erman's bay, protected inlet, Tor flying boats and seaplanes.
 Supplies also have been shipped for construction work and fuel depots at Leopoldville, far to the sout.. of Monrovia. Leopoldvilie ui- tina*alx win haeanAa . focal point