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Evening star., 1941-06-18
Within Year From the Fall Of France, Britain
Emerqes as the Almost Certain Nemesis Of Germany

the Azores, backed UP by the
government of Brazil.
The population of Italy Is Bit
terly disillusioned by the reali-
Zation that they are at the mercy
of the Germans, whom they have
always loathed while there is
every indication that Hitler is
prepared to shatter Mussolini's 8
dream of a great African empire
for the sake of collaboration
with Vichy.
An enormous amount of freight
transportation from one part of
Europe to another has always
been routed by the seaways,
which are now blocked by the
British.
U. S. Produces Miracle.
Meanwhile, what has happened
in the United States is nothing
short of a miracle.
Despite strikes, opposition and
a general feeling on the part Of
the public that not nearly enough
has been accomplished, the
United States has actually &C
complished In one year what it
took Hitler eight years to do.
America has put her resources
freely at Britain's disposal. She
has geared the immense indus
trial machine to war production
and fooled 1t up to the point
where the production problem is
solved. From now on it will
SNOWFALL.
She is in the midst of the
greatest shipbulding production
the world has ever seen.
She is building a fantastic air
force, and in heavy bombing
planes is producing machines of
unequalled speed and accuracy.
And despite Communist cells
and Nazi sympathizers, the peo-
pie Of this country are behind
Roosevelt. At not one point has
he been seriously opposed.
Hitler has a doubtfully benev-
olent and economically stagnant
Russia. Churchill has a genu-
inely benevolent and fantastically
productive America.
Hitler's Trifling Gains.
When one considers that year
ago Britain was looked upon as
lost except to the almost IDIOT
cally sanguine, the gains of Hitler
in IL months are relatively tri-
fling compared with the gains of
Britain.
True, they have been accom-
plished with a heroism in suffer-
ing on the part of the British
people that has no parallel in.
human history. Britain has
shown herself and shown the
world that a great people does
not simply drop out of history.
Britain is where she is today
only because the people of Brit
ain have demonstrated them
selves to be unconquerable by
terror.
From the unevacuated child
Princesses, one of them heir to
the throne, to the last cockney
fire warden, they have demon
strated the sort of heroism that
one expects of the kingly.
The balance sheet is of June,
l94l, compared with June, 1910.
1t would be fatuous to pretend
that the balance may not be
swung in a worse direction to-
morrow-by some fiendish new
type of all-out attack on the
British Isles.
But on the anniversary of the
fall Of France, one can still lay
a bet on the triumph of freedom.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1941-06-18

with a palm .laf
fan, and asks
you the b est
W ~ to cleGn
lamp chimneys.
With this seq
ton OF the couh-
try suf + e rilg
from a hydro
electric pow e r
shortage t he t
threatens VITAL
national defense
work, Atlantans
have voluntarily
place ed them
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Minister to Speak

Nom Rajawongse Semi Pramoj,
Thailand Minister. will speak on his
native country at a Federal Bar
Association luncheon at the Har-
rington Hotel at 1880 pm. tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Body Seals, Aground,
Can Be Fed, Not FondIed

REDONDO BEACH, Calif.-Baby
seals, Topping ashore in large num-
bers because of fish shortage out
at sea, may be fed but not fondled,
the Humane Society warns.
Evening star., 1941-06-18

which happens to have had control
of Congress and the taxing power
and could order airplanes in guam
titles sufficient to aid Britain. 1t
will be the fault of American in
dustrialists, of course, who should
have expanded their plants without
waiting for orders or for any War
Department estimates of materials
needed.
The American industrialist is the
new scapegoat to blame and Secre-
tary Ickes, with characteristic un-
fairness, starts the smear campaign
in behalf of the same sdministra-
ton which in asking for national
unity is calling on the American
people to make extreme sacrifices
to help win the war to preserve de-
mocracy.
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Evening star., 1941-06-18
On the Record

BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.
The German armies marched
into Paris just a year ago. Now
it might be well to total up the
balance sheet of II months.
Evening star., 1941-06-18

THE opinions OF the rtters page oDn
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to gtDe all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1941-06-18
McLemore-
AtIuntu's Patriot
Nicked in the Chin
By HENRY McLEMORE

ATLANTA. Ga.-You know you
are in the presence of patriot in
Atlanta If he wears a nick on his
chin, does his own airconditioning
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Ickes Picks
Scopegoot
For Failure
Aluminium Co.
Blamed in Advance
In Defense Effort
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The first member of the cabinet to
utter a defeatist statement about
the war is Harold Ickes, Secretary
OF the Interior. At a time when the
Evening star., 1941-06-18
BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER.

Granting that amateur opinion is
worth less than the consensus of
professionals who will have to di-
rect and do the Job, it is now too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
KIWANIANS MEET
 TOMORROW NIGHT

The Kiwanis club will hold a meeting tomorrow evening at The Elton instead of Wednesday noon as it was scheduled to bid farewell to Major Albert E. Hermann, who has been ordered to active duty at Camp Edwards, Falmouth, Mass, starting Saturday.
 Capt. J. Peter Costigan, 18th medical regiment will be the speaker and will talk on the plans for the movement of the 43d division, which includes the local National Guard Blanding, Fla.
 The Canadian flag will be un- furled as an international gesture and members have decided to dis play it at all future meetings along with the Stars and Stripes. This display will stress the fact that the Kiwanis is an international organi- zation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
BY ELMER 0. WALZER limited Press Financial Editor

New York, Feb. 10-CUP)-Action of the British in severing diploma tic relations with Rumania today unsettled security and commodity markets.
 Trading in stocks was the light est since September 16 as buyers summed the market. Prices turned irregular after early firmnesS.
 Bonds were featured by excep- tional dullneSS in United States government issues. A firm under tone was noted in the domestic corporate group.
 Wheat fell cent a bushel and cotton held barely steady. Distant options in cocoa futures made new highs.
 Steel stocks replaced early ad- vances with minor losses. Coppers were around the previous close. St. Joseph lead rose nearly 2 points.
 Low-priced automobile shares were active around the previous close. Leading motors held part of early advances. General Motors was strong, responding to its report on Jan- uary sales which set 8 new record for the month.
 Railroad issues turned irregular. Pennsylvania railroad, the active favorite, held part of a rise of 5-8 point. Utilities moved narrowly. Oil issues were about steady. Some chemicals made good gains. Colum- bian Carbon rose more than a point and Eastman common was up near ly 2 points. Eastman preferred de- clined more than 2 points to a new low for the year.
 Universal pictures first preferred made a new high for the year at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
CORPORATIONS
 SAVE MILLIONS
51 Concerns Allowed to Write=Off $71,864,OOO
 on Federal Taxes

Washington, Feb. 10-(UP)-The National Defense Commission has authorized 51 corporations to write of over 8 five year period for fed eral taxation purposes a total of $71 ,864 900 in costs for expanding their facilities to produce rearma- ment orders. The commission issued certificates stating the ex- pansion was justified under the new revenue act permitting defense in- dustries to amortize the cost of plant expansion over a 60-month period instead of a customarily much longer time.
 The largest certificate was issued to the Ford Motor Co.,, Dearborn Mich, for constructing 23,212, GOO aircraft engine plant. Ford holds a $122,OOO,000 war department order to manufacture air-cooled air. craft engines. The next largest went to Bethlehem Steel O., Bethlehem, Pa, for $l8,404, ,000 for facilities to manufacture steel products, coke, ammunition components, armor plate, naval vessels, and forgings. The list, covering the period Janu- ary 16-31, was the second issued by the Defense Commission.
 The list of manufacturers, type of expansion, and amount involved in- cluded: Charles G. Allen Co.,, Barre, Mass, machine tools, $66,000; Bausch Machine Tool Co.,, Spring field, Mass, machine tools, 5000; The Hanson Whitney Machine Co.,, Hartford, Conn.,, machine tools: $91 ,00O; Jacobs Mfg. Co.,, Hartford, Conn, machine tool parts, $397 ,000; New Britain Machine Co.,, New Britain, Conn.,, aircraft engine parts, $4O9,OOO; Niles-Bement-Pond CO, West Hartford, Conn, machine tools, $1,883 900; the Producto Ma chine Co.,, Bridgeport, Conn.,, ma- chine tools and accessories, $32,000; the L. s. Starrett O., Athol, Mass, measuring instruments, $163,000; Universal Boring Machine Co.,, Hud- son, Mass, universal boring ma- chimes, $91 1000; Van Norman Ma chine Tool Co.,, Springfield, Mass, milling machines and grinders, $4O1 900,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
TESTIMONIAL GIVEN
 P. ROMANAUSKAS

Peter RomanauskaS Of Alder street, Waterbury, was given a fare we'll party recently by his fellow workers ir the Autoyre Go. MT. Romanauskas was given a purse. Attending were: George Trondley, Jerry Dunn, Verdi Osbourne, Ray mond Ryan. Albert Osbourne, Bert Anderson, Arthur Lewis, Anthony Jenusavage, William Wighart, Will liam Busd, Fred Windebank, Will liam Hallowell, Herman Lane. Charles Soden, Chester Hoynacki, Arnold Wsldron, Charles Pixley, Lawrence Parsons, Jeremiah Rom pre-, Walter Zigadto, Ted Morris, Fred Burnhardt, Joseph Forest, Harold Underwood, William Void, Adrian Nadeau, John Ellis, Robert Calkins, Daniel KrumpS, Joe Splno, James Boyce.
 And Mrs. Charlss Bradshaw, Miss Raffie Aufiero, Ann Began, Dorothy Yachenko, Pearl Cipriano. Edith Lamphier, Nellie Russell, Bertha Vadnais, Ann Shanahan, Mary Thompson, Sue Handrum, Tayna Sidoruk, Stella RomanauskaS, Ann Curiello, Josephine Peters, Florence Stankevich. Olga Butkevich, Ange- line Baritone, Helen Stack, Adele Yakulevicj, Tillie Lokis, Evelyn La- Vigne, Frances Russell, Sophie Kle- ban, Lydia Beiglund and Ellamae HipShier,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
NEW ANTI-WAR
 GROUP FORMED
Committee Named to Ob- tain Central Quarters for
 Future Meetings

An anti-war committee which has as its purpose the task of making patriotic minded Americans aware of the war-minded minority in this country. was organized at a meet ing held last night at 1869 East Main street. Twenty seven persons attended.
 A motion that the group become associated with the America First Committee was unanimously adopt ed and an application for recogni- tion by the America First Commit tee will be forwarded to its national headquarters in Chicago.
 The group went On record as being strictly opposed to the war-dictator bill which passed the House of Representatives and now appears before the Senate. It was cited as a bill which leads us into dictatorship at home under the guise of preserv- ing democracy abroad. Petitions dis tributed among those present called for the defeat of the lend-lease bill and for the adoption of strong na- tional defense as opposed to the transfer of our arms and ammuni- tion to foreign powers under any guise or subterfuge.
 To the ways and means commit tee was given the task of obtaining centrally located quarters. Joseph A Augelli was elected chairman of the ways and means committee while John Festa acted as temporary chairman of the new organization and Anthony Cianciolo was elected treasurer.
 Any persons seeking information or desiring to join the organization may phone 3-7509.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
EUREKA MASONS
 CHANGE BYLAWS

Paul Reed, most excellent high priest, has summoned members of Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch Ma sons, to a meeting tomorrow night at Masonic Temple at 8 o'clock. The meeting will take up amendments to the bylaws which will be voted on for action.
 After the conclusion of the bus iness, Attorney Harry J. Beardsley will show motion pictures taken by him on a recent tour through the Southwest with a lecture accom- panying the pictures. The pictures in natural colors will reveal the Western canyons and peaks in their beauty.
 The past masters degree will be exemplified February 25 and March 25 the royal arch degree will be held. April the annual convocation will be held.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
NO DERIVATION ON
 CIGARETTE TAXES
Three=Cent Gasoline As- seSsment Deductible
 Says Official

A long line of tax payers formed at the federal building this morning to file their income returns or to get assistance in filing statements. Sat- urday also was a busy day at the revenue office.
 Gabriel Price, senior zone deputy in charge of the internal revenue office in Waterbury, said that a large crowd filled three of the offices used by the revenue department throughout Saturday. The office was opened at g o'clock until ] o'clock, with the line stretching down into the lobby.
 Mir. Price said the office will re- main open all this week from g tc 4:30 each day and again Saturday from g to l o'clock.
 Questions are asked by persons os to what are the certain deductiblt items. MT. Price enumerated 8 few to prevent any misunderstanding The cigaret tax is not deductible for one thing, he said, as many questions had been asked concern ing the exemptions on cigarettes The tax is imposed by the state o1 Connecticut and is dedeuctible only by the manufacturers or distribu- tors. The federal tax levied on cig. arettes likewise is imposed on man. ufacturers and deductible only by them.
 Also not deductible is the tax or new automobiles by the purchaser
 Installments carrying finance charges also is not dedeuctible, MT Price explained.
 Three cents tax on gasoline i'm posed by the state of Connecticut is one item that is deductible bu taxpayer must have adequate rec ords to bear out his deduction.
 MT. Price warns taxpayers tha inordinately large deductions fo charitable purposes, churches ant other items of that nature will no be allowed. He stated that tn, limit of exemption is IS per cent o the net income, without benefit o contribution deductions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
ARMY BROADCASTS ON WRIGHT FIELD

Over WATR tonight at 9:15 o'clock, the army recruiting pro- gram will give verbal tour of the great army air corps center, Wright field, Dayton, Ohio. This field has witnessed all army planes from the small pursuit ship to the giant bomber, in action.
 Wright field cost 25 million dol lars and was established in 1926. The new 400 mile-per-h wind tunnel will also be described on this evenings program. The tun- mel has two 40-foot diameter fans of 16 blades each, operated by a 10000 horsepower motor. This tun- mel can accommodate modern 15- foot wing spread for testing.
 The tour will include a trip to the propeller test laboratory where propeller, rotating at full speed, can be slowed down by a method Simi- lar to slow motion camera tech nique so that slight irregularities can be observed.
 Facilities at the laboratory in- clude rigid tests on parachutees, fuel and lubricants, and the stress and strain of planes expected to endure in flight, are carefully noted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
CHASE COMP ANY. LOSSES HEAVY.
Storm Caused Heavy Dam- ages to Stock, Products
 Inventory Underway

Check-upS of the damage the rain-storm wrought in Waterbury Friday evening show the Chase Rolling Mills and the Waterbury Manufacturing Go. as being the heaviest sufferers. It was imposSi- ble to learn the extent of the full amount, as Charles Hart, executive president of the Chase Brass & Copper Co.,, of which the factories are subsidiaries, was out of town on business.
 Rodney Chase said that accurate figures could not be released as it would require some time before they would be compiled.
 A conduit which takes the Sluice, adjacent to the two plants became overloaded from the heavy burden of the downpour and broke, food ing the basements of the plants. At first the cause was attributable to the Great Brook reservoir in the vicinity of Lakewood, but later it was found that another cause had wrought the damage.
 During the IA hours of rain, which total a 3.75 inches of precipitation in Waterbury, melting snow and ice throughout the city, choked the ri- yers and streams which rose alarm ingly near the levels of the 1936 Hurricane stage. Public utilities re- ported no serious damage and street department had reported minor patchwork to be done on scattered streets as a result of wash-outs by the rain.
 A couple became marooned in their car on Plank road and fire men were called to rescue the stranded couple from their automo- bile.
 Water thundered over the retain ing wall facing Pine street during the height of the storm, but Herbert Scott-Smith, said today that no serious damage ensued along the course which the water had taken down Pearl street until it was ab- sorbed by the underground brook on Grove street at the First Luther an church property.
 The Chase Rolling Mills and the Waterbury Manufacturing Go. have resumed their operations today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Upheld Decree About Coercion Of Employees
(Continued from Page 1.)

Justices Stanley Reed, William O. Douglas and Hugo L. Black dis Sented.
 Black and Douglas contended that evidence of violence was not convincing in the controversy which involved the Chicago AFL Milk Wagon Drivers Union and Meadowmoor Diaries, Inc. Reed held that even though violence were rampant, the state courts should not be permitted to set aside constitutional guarantees of free dom of expression.
 Ford's labor policies have been the subject of controversy before the National Labor Relations Board in more than dozen cases during the past four years, NLRB records showed. Most of the charges by the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions' United Automobile Workers have involved alleged interference with union organization, discrini- nation and refusal to bargain.
 Both Unions Interested
 Both the CIO and the American Federation of Labor have sought to organize Ford employees and have filed charges against the company The CIO now has an application for a representation election at the Lincoln plant. The AFL claims a majority of Ford workers at the Lincoln and River Rouge plants.
 Labor board rulings against Ford plants in Dallas, Tex, Long Beach Calif., and Buffalo, N. Y, now are before lower courts. These involve alleged diScriination against union members and refusal to bargain.
 Complaints of interference with union organization and refusal tc bargain collectively at Richmond Calif., and Chicago plants are now before the board.
 The board has issued orders fol the Ford Company to cease alleged interference with union organiza tion, discrimination and to bargain collectively in plants at Somerville Mass, St. Louis, O. and Kansas City, Kan.
 Charges Filed
 The UAW-CIO has filed four charges against Ford actions at the Dearborn, Mich, plant in addition to those considered in the courts de- cision today. NLRB officials would not make the charges public.
 Ford's objection to inclusion of a clause in defense contracts binding him to comply with federal labor laws resulted last week in his being denied War Department contract on which he was the low bidder. Sidney Hillman, associate director of the OPM and an official of the CIO, had carried on campaien to have defense contracts denied Ford be- cause of his labor policies. Con- tracts for small automobiles had been awarded to Ford earlier by the army.
 The supreme courts ruling in the Chicago case was the first by it limiting the right of labor to picket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
1000 PLANES IN
 JANUARY OUTPUT

Washington, Feb. 10-(UP)-The United States aviation industry produced between 900 and 1000 planes" in January, it was learned today. An office of production man. agement spokesman said that the figure. is from 150 to 250 planes more than were produced during December" Of the January pro- duction, the spokesman said, about 40 per cent were for training pur- poses and 50 per cent for combat.
 Director General William &. Knudsen of the OPM previously had announced that 799 planes were produced during December. Knudsen said that he had not given up hope that by July, l942, the United States will have pro- duced 33,000 planes. Of that num- Der, he said, 19.000 would be for this country and 14,000 for the British.
 The OPM spokesman said that January plane production was practically up to schedule" He indicated that an official announce ment regarding last months plane production would be made soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
UNFAIR TREATMENT
 OF NEGROES PLAYED

The Negro worker in this city is permitted to do only unskilled la- bor, claimed Miss Inez Alexander of the Pearl Street, Community House in an address yesterday at the Sunday Noon club meeting at the Second Congregational church. Skilled Negro workers are employed only as sweepers and the like, she added.
 Miss Rebecca Hovey introduced the speaker whose talk was fol- lowed by an open forum. Negro spirituals were offered by George Ward, assisted by his wife at the piano.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
East End Club Meets
 Tomorrow Evening

The regular meeting of the East End Community club will be held tomorrow night at the Hamilton Park pavilion at 8 p. m.
 Several changes in the bylaws have been recommended by the by- laws committee, and will be dis cussed at the meeting. Also sched- uled for discussion is the annual Mardi Gras. President Raymond Burke has been working on plans for this event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
SEN. WHEELER IS
 CONTRADICTED

Washington, Feb. 10-(UP)-The war department today denied a charge by Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont, isolationist leader, that the army has made arrangements to buy 1,500,000 coffins.
 Officials said that army policy during peacetime is to contract di- rectly with undertakers for funeral services only as and when needed The contracts require the under taker to furnish the casket.
 Oficials said that the peacetime policy is being observed and that the army has not bought cofinS, as alleged by Wheeler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements were filed teddy with Compensation Commissioner Joseph P. Taiboti
 Jehn zuccarslil Of bi2 South Main street, against the Manu. lecturers Foundry Company of Waterbury. eia.be beginning Jan' uaFy ib. feF . bruised left foet.
 John AdAmiak. ll. Maple street, Seymour, against the seymour Manufacturing Company, tii.ts starting Jem !, seF fracture of the left thumb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
WOOL MARKET

Boston, Feb. 10-(UP)-Only oc- casional inquiries were being re- ceived for domestic wools in the Boston market today, the U. s. agri- culture department reported.
 Most of the interest continued to be in offerings of spot foreign wools of fine and half blood grades. Some houses were showing increasing in- terest in the medium and now grades of South American wools and sales of moderate volume were closed at firm prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
COTTON FUTURES

New York, Feb. 10-(UP)-Cotton futures held virtually unchanged in negligible forenoon dealings today.
 The market opened unchanged to 1 point lower and around noon prices were unchanged to l point higher.
 Small trade purchases and hedg- ing transactions were about evenly divided. The overseas markets ex- erted no influence marketwise here and Bombay participation was limit ed to very few orders on both sides.