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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
BRITAIN, FIRE
 MAY SIGN PEACE
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 submarines, and DeValera's insist ence on Irish unity, has been ad- vanced recently by several develop nlents. One was Wendell l.. Willk1e'S viSt and his remark, after a "Trip to Dublin to confer with DeValera, that he believed American Irish opinion favored Anglo-Irish coop eration. Another was the death of VisGount Craigvaon, premier Of North Ireland and an extremist of the Ulster opinion, which opposes unity with Fire.
 It was recalled that DeValera had said recently Fire would not bar gain bases for Irish unity, and many students of the Irish partition problem doubt that & settlement could be reached immediately, even though most persons in Fire sym- pathize with Britain in the war.
 Ripe for Settlement
 It has been predicted, on the other hand, that Fires attitude probably would change if the United States entered the war, and now that United States aid to Britain was approaching warlike dimen- sions, 1t was said hte time might be ripe for a settlement.
 Irishmen and Irishwomen in Lon- don, at crowded meeting today, pledged themselves to oppose Ir0- lands neutrality and support the war aims of Britain and her Allies.
 They decided to form an associa- ton to promote their objectives. and to appoint a provisional committee to draw up constitution.
 Lord Inchiquin, Lord Trimlestown, Sir Hubert Cough, Sir Richard But Ter and others were mentioned as probable committeeman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
BULGARIA VERY
 MUCH MUDDLED UP
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(Continued from Page D Bulgarian side and that German engineers had crossed the river to work on the Bulgarian end of 1t. (The Giurgiu-Rustchuk crossing is the most important one along the Rumanian- Bulgarian frontier.)
 Withdraw First Bridge
 Also these sources clung to their statement that the Germans had thrown a pontoon bridge across the river 8 week ago some 150 miles up- stream and then had withdrawn it
 It was apparently certain that, as had been reported, the Germans had established seven bridgeheads for pontoon bridges on the Rumanian side of the river
 Budapest reported that all ship ping had been halted below the Iron Gate of the Danube since Wednes- day and that the stoppage was aimed to facilitate pontoon bridg- ing
 (The Iron Gate Is a mountainous passage through which the Danube runs near Turnu-Severin on the Ru- manian- -Jugoslav frontier. It was obstructed by boulders until 1896. Suspension of shipping below it would mean that shipping had stopped all along the river frontier between Rumania and Bulgaria
 Rioting Breaks Out
 Belgrade. Jugoslavia, Feb. 21- (UPl-Usually well informed sources reported today that rioting broke out at Rustchuk, on the Bull garian side of the Danube, yeSter- day in protest against the building by German troops of a pontoon bridge across the river. Communists, informants said, were believed to have led the rioting.
 There were reports in diplomatic circles, entirely without any coufax. nation, that Victor Plotnikov, Rus sian minister to Jugoslavia who We@ recently summoned to Moscow with other Russian diplomats in the 1AIs kans for a conference, had been ". quidated"
 Local shipping quarters reported today that the Germans had closed the Danube to all shipping for 50 miles above Giurgiu, across from Rustchuk, effective yesterday. for an indefinite time.
 It was made known that AlexaI1- der Cincar- -Markovitch, Jugoslav foreign minister, would go to 1uda- pest Feb. 25. It was believed he would exchange ratifications of the Jugoslav Hungarian treaty of friendship signed last Dec l2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
BRITISH TROOPS
 IN SOMAuLAND
Cross Jub River for Sec Ond Time - Furnishing
 Blows Strike Italians
BY PHILIP s. TAYLOR United Press Staff CorrespOndent)


 Cairo, February q. - CUP) = A second crossing of the Juba River, Italian Somaliland, by British troops was reported in a headquart- CTS communique today and the middle east command of the Royal Air Force reported punishing blows against the Italians in East Africa, especially in a raid on Massawa, main port for Eritrea.
 South African troops crossed the Juba under fire two days ago, in. tenSifying their threat to Mogadis- cio. capital of Italian Somaliland. The second crossing, reported today, was said to have occurred north of the scene of the original opera ton.
 Headquarters said that operations from both British bridgeheads across the Juba were developing sat- isfactorily.
 The RAF said that in the raid on Massawa a number of grounded Italian planes were damaged and large gasoline dump was set on fire.
 Destroy Many Tanks
 Recapitulating recent operations the army command said that in fighting south of Benghazi after the fall of the Libyan base into British hands the Army of the Nile de- stroyed or captured 107 Italian medium tanks.
 A communique said that from January 20 to February 20 in Eri- Urea the British captured 47 Italian officers, including a brigade com mander, 6o8 Italians of other ranks and 5,576 Colonial (native) troops.
 Tn addition many prisoners have been taken in the areas of the Blue Nile, the Upper Nile and Gojjam (Western Ethiopit)," the communi- que added.
 RAF planes gave continued sup- port to troops on various fronts in East Africa, headquarters said.
 An enemy air raid on Benghad Thursday was said to have resulted in very slight damage and no casu- alties. One enemy aircraft was shot down in flames by anti-aircraft fire. One British fighter plane was listed as missing but its pilot was reported safe.
 Sicily Is Bombed
 Rome, Feb. 2l = (UP0 - British planes bombed the Catania area of Sicily, where German dive bombing planes are based. during the night and caused "unimportant" dam age, a high command communique said today. Six persons were wound- ed, 1t was added.
 German planes attacked the Brit ish base at Benghazi. including air- dromes and artillery emplacements, last night, the communique con- tinued.
 Tn the lower Jubaland area of Italian Somaliland . battle con. tinued on the Uba river. "In other sectors of East Africa there was nothing to report" gen. efal headquarters said. (The BFitish yesterday announced that 00utk AfEitAn tOscee hAG GeoAss ed the Juba river despite italian rec sistance)
 Italian "hyling columns" were said to have engaged in usual recon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
MAXIM LITVINOV } FIRED BY SOVIETS
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(Continued from Page D dor to London, I. s. Yumashev, commander of the Black Sea fleet, A. s. zaporozhets, vice. commissar for defense.
 The central committee is the party's ruling executive body and consists of 72 members and 68 candi- dates or alternate members. COlOrful BOlshevik
 Litvinov for years had shaped Russian diplomacy, one of the most colorful of the old Bolsheviks, a doughty fighter in conferences, he was familiar figure at internation- al conferences in Europe and spec ially at Geneva, seat of the League of Nations.
 His resignation was at once re- garded as an indication that Russian policy was turning against demo cratic front" to face Hitler and Mussolini and caused many diplo- mats to feel little surprise when Russia made a friend of Germany.
 Litvinov came to the United States in 1883 to negotiate renewal of dip lomatic relations between America and Russia.
 While he was at Washington, he conversed with his English wife at Moscow on a broadcast arranged by the National Broadcast company and the Radio Corporation of Amer ica. Speaking from the Oval room of the White House after a confer ence with President Roosevelt while millions of Americans listened in on their radios, he talked to his wife and their son Mischa.
 Lityinoy's survival in the terrible Russian purge" which killed off the old Bolsheyiks who had fought with Lenin and Trosky was regarded as almost miraculous.
 Many times his disgrace or liquid- ation had been rumored, but he al- ways bobbed up smiling, He had es- capped from Siberia under the CzaE and had lived in exile for years. Tn England he married Ivy Low. He was in London during the last war and after the 1917 revolution became the Bolsheyik representative there. He returned to Russia tl1en, and became foreign minister in 1929,
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 Russia To Aid China
 Chungking, Feb, 2l - (UP) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Chung Hui declared today that Rus sia's aid to Gen, Kai-6hek is ex- pected to continue at ful strength and expressed doubt that Russia and Japan will sign any non-ag' gTesesion agreement in the near fu' ture,
 Russia, he said, prefers to maitain her present Favorable position" in the Pare East and hence an agree- ment with Japan which would modi- fly the Soviet relations with China does not seme likely,
 Wang reiterated Chinese denlals that the Soviet has presented any demands to the government of Gen, Chiang Kai-Shek concerning the relations between the central goY- eFnment and Chinese communist groups,
 He said that Japanese allegations to this effect have no foundation in fact,
 The Soviet, SC ssldw, recognizes that the relation bstWen the Chung king government and the eommu- nists Is entirely "an internal mot. ter"
 He said that there had been no signs Of any reduction in Russian aid t0 China,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

der were said to comprise members of 8 field hospital detachment, a company of ambulance troops, a company of technicians, company of sappers and Q motorized column.
 The motorized column, it was said, was brought in to aid in Span- isI1 transport work. It was said to be equipped with a field kitchen with which to distribute 5000 rations daily.
 These rationS, it was emphasized, were for distribution to Spaniards in need, rather than to German troops.
 Maxi Envoy Made Offer
 The offer to send German troops to aid in hurricane reconstruction work was made by German Am- baSsador Eberhard Won Stotrer.
 Serrano Sumner, it was said, gratefully accepted the offer because of the urgency of the situation"
 The number of Nazi troops being sent into Spain was not indicated. However, the announcement insisted that the number was small. It men, tioned only four companies" large ly of service technicianS, and motorized column"
 The size of the motorized col- umn" was not given. However, a field kitchen equipped to provide 30,000 rations daily would presum- ably be that normally attached to 8 full division.
 Destructive fires that followed Saturdays hurricane ragged uncon- trolled for two days and devastated the center of Santander. Only buildings in the outskirts were left standing and it was estimated 30,- 900 persons were homeless.
 Money Available
 It had been reported earlier that the German ambassador had made large sums of money available to Spanish authorities for relief work in the damaged areas.
 Guido Viola Di Campalto, Italian ambassador to Spain, visited the foreign office and contributed $1O,- 900 for relief work in the name of Benito Mussolini, who he said "al- ways has been a friend of Spain in all her difficult times"
 Spain herself already had acted to relieve suffering and the govern ment believed 1t had the situation in the hurricane-hit areas under con- trol.
 Most aof the town of Santander's homeless already have been evacu- ated to villages in the Province of Santander. Santander's public serv- ices have been reestabliShed. The director of the Mercantile bank at Madrid contributed $100,000 for Santander relief and a large busi- ness firm sent its entire stock of clothing to Santander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
COLORED YOUTHS
 GOING TUESDAY

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 One Replacement
 Board 15-A will also send a white youth to Hartford Tuesday as a replacement. He is John J. Santo- pietro, of Brewster street, ordered to report as replacement for a rejectee.
 The four local boards today began preparations for calling up the 91 young men who will make up Wa terbury's March quota. It had been expected that this city would be called on for zoo or more inductees in March but it was explained today that credits for large numbers pre- viously inducted are being given this city in the March call.
 The local March quotas, the men named to which will be inducted March 10, are as follows:
 Board 15-A-28.
 Board 15-B-32. Board 16-A-16.
 Board 16-B-15.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

naissance activities in North Africa and Italian planes operating over the Kufra Oasis in southeastern Libya bombed a British military works, causing visible fires"
 Sink Three Steamers
 Berlin, Feb. q - (U.P) - Ger man air attacks on conveys in Brit ish waters yesterday resulted in the sinking of three steamers totaling II 800 tons and severe damage to four large ships. the German high command said today.
 A single British plane bombed the docks at Ijmuiden, Holland, by day. light yesterday and started large fire, the ministry said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

Since January 1, iel0, monthly checks from the Federal Govern. ment have been going to retired workers past age 6b who were in. sured under the Social Security Act. When the retired worker has Q wife also mast 66 years Of age, the monthly income Is increased by Q half. When an insured worker has died since January l, iel0, and left young children, msGtkls DasmsSte SC mAds e his family,
 The amount of monthly retire. ment benefits received by an in- sured worker under the Social se-
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Continued from Page D which should not be made public. One reporter suggested that since the press. in America is not con- trolled by the government, the press itself must necessarily make its own decision as to what constitutes de- fense information worthy of restric- tion and what constitutes informa- ion which is being suppressed by a government official but publication of which would not be deterimenal to the national welfare. MT. Roose- welt said he thought that is not the case.
 He said that information present. ed by defense officials in executive congressional sessions is obviously a matter of national defense and that the final judgment as to whether it should be made public should rest with defense officials.
 Suggests No Remedy
 But, MT. Roosevelt insisted, he was not suggesting any remedy; he was merely raising the question as an interesting point.
 He said that he did not think that the time has arrived when news papers should begin to think of cen- sorship but he made it clear that he feels that newspaper publishers should impose their own ethical re- Strictions on confidential defense information of the type presented yesterday by Marshall.
 He said the question is not a new one, adding that he supposes that it has been moto since the re- public was founded ill 1776.
 Although virtually his entire press conference was occupied with the discussion of ethics of the press, he made it clear that he does not con- done original disclosure of the con- fidential information by the con- gressmen who received it in execu- tive session.
 Question of Ethics
 He said the whole matter boils down to two questions of ethics, morals and patriotism:
 1. Whether the members of the committee ought to disclose to anyone on the outside what was said.
 2. If the committeeman do dis close this information, whether own- CTS, managers, or managing editors of newspapers are not under a moral, ethical, and patriotic duty not to print information which was brought out of the committee in violation of the rule of secrecy.
 MT. Roosevelt sad he was not asking for a decision by reporters who gather the news. He said it was 8 matter of policy that must be decided by owners and managers and radio. Any reporter worth his salt will obtain such information as he can and report it to his office. the President continued. But once the information arrives at the of- flee, the question of putting it into print or on the radio immediately arises.
 Censorship Worked
 MT. Roosevelt said that the cen- sorship applied through the com- mittee on public information during 1917 and 1918 appeared to have worked quite effectively. But he insisted that in recent years there has been little or nothing kept se- cret in Washington by government officials, except information whose publication would be detrimental to national defense.
 The President said he did not want to be portrayed as criticizing the press or radio. or as being angry or irate. He is not angry, he said but merely interested in a problem of ethics-a problem which he feels should interest the American people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

curerity Act or the monthly in- come which his family gets in case of his death depends on his wages received in employment covered by the Federal old-age and sur- viyoTs insurance system. That Is the reason the worker should make certain the Government has g complete record of his wages,
 This Federal insurance system is explained in c social Security Board pamphlet entitled, "old.Age ard nagvtw0gs SHRiagAnee for W0FkeFs and their wamilles". A copy of this pamphlet can be cb- talned free by writing or visiting the field office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

through a floor beside a man who was sitting at desk. The rush of air from the bomb upset the mans balance. He fell through the hole to the floor beneath and, scrambling to his feet, fled only slightly wounded as flames shot up.
 The first German planes dropped both incendiary bombs and the new combined incendiary-e explosive ones Planes which came later dropped explosive bombs.
 Three other Welsh towns were bombed.
 London had three alarms during the night and during one alarm pe- riod high explosive bombs caused damage and causalties in one Lon- don area.
 Gun fire was heard in the London area shortly before the noon houi but there was no alarm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
TIPPLER WALKS
 TOO STRAIGHT

Dener - (UP) - When police told suspected inebriate to walk a straight line as part of a sobriety test, he took them at their word and walked straight through a glass door at the end of 1t. Destroying city property was added to the drunkenness charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
wINDRALL OE SEA CRABS

BFislle, V, J, lUP)--"It's an III wind that blows no good" High Vlnds cavsed tllopsends es kSse- clawnd sea crabs to be washed q. shore tn this area, Residents Lost no time gathering and preparing them for meals,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
sPEAKER TO vIcE.PREsIDENT

Of the q men who have held the important ofiace of Speaker of the HiAss e EalseAantA.sAses "a the 76 United States Congresses, only two have later become vice-presidents: Schuyler Colfax and John Nance Garner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Bomb Nazi Airdromes

London, Feb. 21-(UP)-Royal Air Force planes bombed German air. dromes in northern France during the night and returned without loss, the air ministry said today.
 A communique said two British Spitfire planes had been shot down near Dover yesterday and last night German planes successfully bombed" harbor works and docks in the Thames area and the Bristol channel. A British west coast harbor was said to have been mined by German planes.
 In the Mediterranean German bombers attacked British troop con- centrations near Fl Breda, North Africa. A Libyap harbor also was said to have been attacked.
 British planes were said to have bombed onepoint in German -occu- pied territory without damage"
 The official news agency said that last night German bombers attacked Swansea, South Wales, in weather clear enough for pilots to recognize their targets. Harbor works were badly damaged and, it was said, nu- merous fires were observed. One huge explosion occureed near the harbor.
 Bombers also attacked the harbor at Chatham, at the mouth of the Thames, causing several fires in the harbor works, the agency said. A few German planes were said to have flown over London to bomb military objectives on the Thames,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
British in Ethiopia


 London, Feb. 2l-(UP)-Miiitary quarters disclosed today that British forces were operating with Ethio- plan rebels in Gojjam province, south of Laka Tana. They said the British had advanced several miles from Dangila towards Lake Tana, indicating & pincers operation against a large Italian garrison at dondaF, north of the lake.
 Dangila is south of Lake Tana, near the headWateFs of the little Blue Nile. After its occupation by British and Ethiopian forces early this week the Philippians struck southeast towards Addis Ababa and occupied Enjabara and then moved on towards RuFye, Today's disclo- sure by military quarters indicated that the British, however, pushed on noFthwaFd towards Lake Tana, thus jeopaFdizing Italians falling back on dondaF in the fact of 8 thrust by empire and Ethiopian tFops from Gallabat in the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan,
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interpreted as a gesture contribute ing to the peace of the Far East." :" At that time he said that British preparations could be regarded as pressure against Thailand (Siam) which, according to Akiyama, is cooperating with Japan in an effort to establish a new order in East Asia.
 Yesterday the official Japanese Domei News Agency blasted at French Indo China, accusing French authorities of a pro- British attitude.
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HUNDREDS ARE
 MADE HOMELESS

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PRESIDENT VERY
 MUCH DISTURBED

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-02


Washington, Apr 2 UP-Mari-
time commission officials believed
today that conviction of Italian
and German seamen of sabotage
would give the United States the
legal right to requisition Axis ships
which it now holds in protective
custody.
1T is pretty much conceded"
high maritime commission official
said, that if the crews are guilty
OF sabotage We could take the YES
sells for our own use under the
World War Espionage Act. How
ever. the commission has as yet
not discussed plans for taking over
and operating the ships"
One section of the 1917 Espion-
age Act makes it unlawful for the
owner or persons in command or
the crew memuers OF any vessel IN
United States territorial waters.
&c ''willfully cause or permit the
destruction or injury Of such YES
sell" Violation makes the vessel
subject to seizure and forfeiture
10 the United States lin the same
manner as merchandise is for
feited for violation OF the customs
revenue laws
All action here pointed TO the
flat rejection by this government
OF German and Italian demands
that the 30 ships and their crews
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-02
Softball Diamond,
Picnic Grounds
Proposed

A softball diamond and picnic
ground in Recreation Park was
proposed by the city recreational
commission Tuesday night at a
meeting with the city park COM
missioners and Board of Com
MERGE parks and Identification
committee.
A hardball diamond was con-
sidered by the group but because
the present tennis courts inter-
fere with the necessary diamond
layout. the softball diamond plan
was sanctioned. Home plate for
the proposed diamond would be at
the northern edge of the park
with bases running south and
east. Costs of the construction
would be borne by the recreation
fund set up b. the city council un-
der a new system last year.
For the proposed picnic ground,
the ditch near the race track
would be tiled and filled with dirt
and surrounding land would be
leveled. Grass would be sown and
evergreen planted. Several trees
already in he proposed picnic
area would be replanted. The new
picnic ground is deemed a neces-
sity by the groups as present facil-
tiles are inadequate. Necessary