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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

of the outstanding authorities QzS minority problems. Associated with him are Jewish scholars of rgputo who will receive the guidance Of an advisory committee, now in formation. of prominent students Of international affairs.
 The Institute as now established IS the continuation of an effort that was begun in 1o3o in Europe and which, because of the war develops ments, has now been resumed in the United States, pr. Robinson said. The work of the Institute will be conducted through four depart~ ments:
 1. Department of Political Science and Law, devotlng it's studies to the political and legal status of the Jews within the framework of the larger problems of government and protection of individual and group rights. f
 2. Department of Statistics and Economies, dealing with Jewish sta- tistics and demography and with all aspects of Jewish social and eco. homie conditions since the first World war.
 3. Department of Migration and Colonization, covering the field Of emigration, immigration. transmit grafton and colonization, as well as the implications of the refugee problem.
 {. Department of Post-War Re- construction, engaged, on the basis of the findings of the other three departments, in drafting construc- tive solutions of Jewish problems against the background Of general ideas on the organization of the post-war world. Each department will undertake to assemble the documentary evi- dence relating to its field. and to conduct special surveys into the facts involved,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

Formation of . special committee of friends of Governor Robert A. Hurley headed by John H. ooss of waterbury, Francis w. Hogan of Torringtcn, end willard B. Rogers of Hartford to raise se0,O0o to con- struct the first Of . series of build- ings at Chesnire Academy and to name it in honor of the Governor has been announced by Arthur N. sheriff, headmaster of the Academy.
 The proposed building to be named Governor Hurley hall, is shown above. At the left Is Cover nor Hurley in the steam shovel at the ground breaking ceremonies held nt Cheshire on June 9th. With him are Headmaster Sheriff and the Rev. John Davis skilton, chair man of the Acadenny's Board of Trustees. Colonel George A. Ward- inski of the Governors Staff looks on.
 Governor Hurley is chairman of the campaign to raise 2.600 In i9Ai to erect buildings and to cre- ate scholarships for Connecticut boys at Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
LOCAL DRIVER HELD
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Joseph Yurkevich of 259 Bank street, city, Is charged by Litch. field authorities of evading respons sibility when his car was involved in Q three-car accident on Toll Gate Hill, in Litchtield last Sunday night. He was arrested by State Trooper William Censer of canaan barracks Wednesday in Waterbury.
 Driver of the other two cars were Foster Blrk of Litchf1eld and Sam. uel GoluloR of Torrington. Yurke. vich will appear before the Litch. field justice court Monday afternoon and he is out on $l00 bond pending his arraignment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
BUNKER HILL MEN
 HOLDING OUTING

The Mons League of Bunker Hill will hold an outing today at the Bunker Hill park ct s ?. m. above the old tennis courts. Tn the event of rain the outing will Dc put over until tomorrow at tell same time and place. The sponsors urged that friends attend as excellent food will be served and games will Do played.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

was toug h CT than those tests given by tn c Merit System.
 The m . 1 n { h or 0uglifare between South Britain and R Q \ b q r v, Brown Brook Road, and Flat HilI Road, have not had . days work done on them since the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
ALABAMA SPINNING ROOMS

Montgomery, Ala = CUP)--Ala- bama'g cotton spinning industry Is operating At ncar.bOofli peak, with i.720,Oie Of the states total Of i,- so2,l50 spindies in operation this winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

Three bombers flew over town last week. Nothing was dropped and the observers on Cannon HiIl hardly got their sights adjusted before the giant ships roared over the horizon and away. One resi- dent cancels m order for . new car. Pettlcoat politics are fer-
 nentlng at the new defective hos. pital. Maybe it's the heat and maybe it's just signs of the times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
South Britain Briefs
BY BIIL GARRIGUs

Smoky Jenson has decided to quit contracting. He recently tried to 1t IS window screens that were not marked and he claims the job
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
CHANGED NAMES

The Northwest Mounted Police force was established in 1873. It be- came the Royal Northwest Mounted Police in 1905 and since been re- named the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

Our town swimming hole has been used for . century or more. Land on the edge of the POsnper- aug at this point k owned by one Of Ehe closer bargainers on Squeak Street. This pubiic-spirited citi- zen leased the land to an out- sider who owns . trailer, MT. and Mrs, Mccoy, the tenants, dragged their chariot out into the pasture lot and immediately ordered ail kids. to stop swimming in the Pompefhug. The kids came t0 us with their story and here it Is. They cannot sec why Q local land- owner failed tO make a provision for their welfare when hc leased the land. They also cannot iin- derstand why the laDd-Owner across Che stream has shown such lack Of community spirit as to cI0se Off his acreage. The POmp- eFaug River should be free tO ell comefs and it has been these many years. Outsiders who de- pFive children of recfeatiOnal fa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
Dramatic Bombing Of|
 Unprepared City Told
Leon Kay of United Press Has Just Returned From BaIkans-Pen Picture of Bomb Blasting
 That Was Given Belgrade

N0TE-when Leon Kay returned from Che Balkans week bombing Of Belgrade Ills replies Nelored that of the had time did not through Kay has
 undefended Jugoslav capital unde aFbitx in April
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
BY LEON KAY United Press Staff COrrespOndent) lCnnYrirht. 1al1 hx the United Presal

New York, June 26--(UP)-Ths is the uncensored story of the bobi of city that was not prepared When on Sunday morning in April 1t was like earthquake, ecent that an earthnuake lasts only few seconds The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
clIitles need checking up on, and the check is underway.

The quickest way to reach these newcomers with large ideas Of their own importance will be to have the State Board Of Health make a survey of their methods of sewage disposal and general saiai- tary department. If there is Q trace of stream pollution, the State Water Commission might take Q hand. The State Board of Fisheries and Game might also be interested, because the Pomp- eraug is Q State-stocked stream. The local zoning authority might rule out transient residents in that part of town There are ways to handle the situation and If these new arrivals want war, let 1t be- gin right here.
 If Ira Hawkins were alive, that swimming hole would be open In the twinkling of an eye. Ira had some sense 0t community welfare. Ue never enjoyed anything as fuuCU hB " bgG WsAseE kwhR@ SAh5vy life. It made little difference whether 1t was the head of fam fly smiling over . pay envelope from the Hawkins trapshop or . kid bringing up bottom" at thc swimming hole, Ira wanted the full measure of happiness for his fellow t0wnssnen.
 South Britain has lost another industry. sprague 6 Hart, Linn tied, the boat builders who made q pitch at the old shop near tho bridge, have pulled up stakes and started for Bethlehem. Trucks took all the machinery and unfin- ished hulls and material. Where they will find water enough to float Q boat of any size in Beth- lehem is Q mystery, but maybe they heard of the arrival of the McCoys and the coming war over the swimming hole and decided to move out of range. ...~.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

day before election. Nice timing. We suppose the town tycoons are saving these roads for another startling show of life just before the voting
 Again the problem of recreation comes up for community atten- ton and action. One Of, the most vital Issues is the town swimming hole. Kids rate Q place to swim and they'll get it, even If they have to migrate from this town to a community offering better fa- cilities. Let's keep our kids at home Let's see to 1t that they get Q chance to swim.
Evening star., 1941-02-07

NEW LONGER JACKET. Yes, for even
the younger set In soft pIoid oouos,
rose, blue, noize. Hos cory-oII pockets.
Wool, sizes 10 to 80
BIAS PLEATED SKIRT. Port Of porode
thot olso includes swing skirts. In soft
pIoids TO match the jacket. Wool, sizes
from 10 to 3.95
Evening star., 1941-10-03
u. S. Deposits
S432,970 for
War BuIdinq Site

The United States yesterday de-
posted a check for $432,9l0 in the
clerks office OF Federal District
Court at Norfolk, Va, in payment
for 1851 acres of land, of which 1t
has taken possession in Arlington
County, for use as a site for q War
Department Building.
The declaration Of taking was
filed by Secretary Of War Stimson,
the Associated Press reported. Sec
retary Stimson said in the con-
demnation papers that the lands
are selected for use in connection
with the establishment of a War
Department Office Building, includ-
ing access roads and automobile
parking areas. and for other uses"
Five plots altogether were taken.
Their owners, their acreage and the
amount allotted for each plot were:
David and Harry Sirkins, Arlington,
2.75 acres, s37,7oO; Washington Pc
troleum Products Co, Washington,
280 acres, $50 .260; West Bros. Brick
Co., Washington, IS of an acre,
300; Jacob Dold Packing Co,
Washington, 6.43 acres, s273 $50, and
Mary Crockett PEBBLES and David
Meade PEBBLES, Washington, $50
acres, $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-10-03

provoke an incident which would
get us into war" Senator Clark, a
critic of administration foreign
policy. said he would oppose any
changes in the present act. .
Isolationists Confer.
Senators Clark, Taft. Represent
atives Fish, Republican, of New
York, and Shannon, Democrat, Of
Missouri, and former Representative
Samuel B. Pettengill of Indiana
conferred on the neutrality ques-
ton late yesterday with Chairman
Robert E. Wood Of the America
First Committee.
After the conference, held In the
Office Of Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
Of Montana, Mr.. Pettengill told re-
porters that there would be con-
siderable resistance against pro-
posal to lift the present combat
zones, and I believe it could be de-
feated. There would be less resist
ance to arming merchant ships"
President Roosevelt received a
first-hand report yesterday on war
time conditions in Britain from Lord
Halifax, British Ambassador, who
has just returned from a visit Of
several weeks in London.
The envoy, In talk with reporters
as he left the White House, empha-
sized the need of an "aIl-out effort
to defeat Nazi Germany and de-
clared the British are certainly not
disappointed" at the flow of Amer
lean aid. Increased and speeded
assistance to Soviet Russia is vital,
he said.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Case on Shooting Into Cell
Going 10 Grand Jury

The District grand jury today was
to hear Assistant United States At
torney Charles B. Murray present
the case against Policeman Arnold
F. Jackson, %, accused of firing a
revolver into a first precint cell
quartering Roland J. Lindsey, 10,
colored. under indictment for
criminal assault and assault with
intent to kill.
The officer Is charged with as
sault with dangerous weapon.
The incident in which he allegedly
figured occurred July %, accord
ing to Lindsey. Arrangements were
made to bring Lindsey before the
grand jury as complaining witness.
The policeman is under $2,500 bond.
Lindsey will go on trial Monday
In District Court on a charge Of
criminally assaulting an 18-year- old
girl in Patterson Woods, July 10.
and another charge of assaulting
with intent to kill her soldier escort,
Pvt. Lawrence E. Mccullough.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Neutrality
Continued From First Page.)

Senate yesterday that the Presi-
dent could permit the arming of
American merchant ships and au-
thorize them to travel in belligerent
zones merely by revoking his 1889
proclamation putting the law into
effect.
Says President Can Revoke 1t.
The act may be put into effect
by the President or by Congress
whenever either finds that a state
Of war exists and that application
Of the law SIS necessary TO promote
the security or preserve the peace
Of the United States or to protect
the lives Of citizens Of the United
States.
Senator Pepper told reporters to-
day that "the President has a clear
right to revoke his proclamation
and II Congress does not approve
then it will have clear right to put
the law into effect again"
If the President should revoke the
proclamation, the only major neu-
trality provisions remaining in eff
feet would be those setting up the
Munitions Control Board and forbid
ding foreign vessels to fly the Amer
lean flag.
Arguing that revocation of the
proclamation would violate the
spirit of the Neutrality Act" Senator
Taft charged that 'it would only
represent another attempt to in
volve the United States in war with
out the consent of Congress.
only Congress can declare war,
and if war is being considered then
the whole question should be SUBJ
mitted to Congress"
Clark Is Critical.
Senator George, Democrat, OF
Georgia, ranking member of the For
eign Relations Committee. declined
to discuss the merits of Senator
Peppers proposal, but told reporters
that it would be effective in relax
ing the present prohibitions against
arming ships and sending them into
belligerent ports and combat areas
Senator George, who has urged in
the past that Congress should be
consulted regarding any step which
might lead the Nation into war, de-
clared he saw no objection to arm
ing merchant vessels but added that
he was not ready to express an
opinion on the question Of sending
American merchantmen into BEL
ligerent waters.
Another Foreign Relations COM
mitteeman, Senator Clark, Demo-
crat, OF Missouri. asserted, mean
while, that the administration zap.
parently is seeking to get rid of the
Neutrality Act by the process of
emasculation."
The purpose Of arming merchant
ships, he declared, would be to
Evening star., 1941-10-03
50 Million Miles Awuy,
Mars Won't Come Closer

The planet Mars is about 38.000,-
900 miles from the earth today, its
closest approach Of the year, Of.
ficials of the Naval Observatory an
nounced.
H. E. Burton, chief astronomer at
the observatory, is making mathe-
matical observations, it was said,
but conditions are unfavorable be-
cause Mars and its two satellites
have been veiled by clouds.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
All the Wesley Heights ANsy Oats

All the Wesley Heights AHsy Oats
need now Is q mascot.
The Is boys Of the Wesley Heights
area who formed themselves into
a football team yesterday afternoon
have everything else. Their organic
er and press agent Is freckle-faced
Shaler Chevalier, 10, Of 45l5 Dexter
street NV.
Their coach Is Rsdskin Fullback
Andy Farkas, Weighing in at 185
pounds. None Of the Alley Cats
may weigh more than 120. Their
football field is a recreation ground
below old Fort Kimban at Cathedral
avenue and Foxhall road NV.
Their uniforms will be red and
white with headgear especially de-
signed for them. Opponents will in
clude the Cleveland Park Athletic
Club-"the Clippers"-and teams Of
Evening star., 1941-10-03

by a German court martial and
executed for shooting and killing a
German railway official from am
bush.
A London dispatch to the Neither
lands Indies news agency in New
York placed the total Of executions
in Holland at eight and said the
specific charge was that they had
aided British flyers.
1t quoted the German-controlled
newspaper Haagsc.le Courant as
announcing that "the German au-
thorities state that punishment in
the future will be even stricter and
will be carried out more promptly"
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Florence Marie Greaney,
Trinity Student, Dead

Florence Marie Greaney, 19, honor
student .at Trinity College, died yes
terday at Garfield Hospital after a
brief illness. She was to have en-
tered hersjunior year at college this
week.
Miss Greaney, an accomplished
pianist, was majoring in nathe-
matics and had won scholastic
honors the last four semesters. A
native Of Washington, she was a
graduate Of st. Gabriels Parochial
School and Holy Cross Academy,
both of which selected her as May
queen.
She is survived by her parents,
Attorney and Mrs. John Greaney,
61l2 Western avenue, Chevy Chase;
a brother, John Kennedy Greaney
and her grandmother, Mrs. James
Kennedy of Newburgh, N. Y.
Requiem mass will be offered at
II am. tomorrow at the Blessed
Sacrament Church. Chevy Chase
Circle, with burial in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Military Order 10 Open
Convention Here Sunday

The Military Order Of the World
War will open its 2lst national con-
vention at the Mayflower Hotel
Sunday with a session from noon
until pm, attended by national
officers and members of tre general
staff.
The first general session will be
held at 10 am. Monday. Visitors
will be welcomed by Brig. Gen.
Charles w. Kutz, District Engineer
Commissioner. Representatives OF
the Army. Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard will speak,
Col. Charles c. Alien. U. S. A.,
retired, of Philadelphia, Is COM
mander of the order, and Rear Ad-
miral Adolphus Station, U. S. NJ.
retired, heads the local chapter.
Federal Security Administrator
Paul V. McNutt will be principal
speaker at a banquet to be held
Tuesday night at which ranking Of
ficers Of the armed forces will be
guests.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
With Forkos as Their Coach,
Alley Cats Seek q Mascot

private schools and Young Mems
Christian Association groups.
But though Shaler has been or
ganizing his team since July, and
though they are meeting again this
afternoon and three times . week
hereafter, . mascot goes unsolicited.
Keith Casey, 10. OF A0l Dexter
street NV, brought his half-spitz,
half-collie JEFF to practice yes
terday. JEFF had q fine time nip
ping at ankles and the punt-worn
ball, but he did not qualify as
mascot.
One thing about the mascot Is
definite, however. 1t Is not going
to be q girl.
Girls on my team7- said Shaler.
"Girls on our team2" echoed the
Alley Cats.
HNYziv
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Britain viii Speed
Infantry Conversion
To Mechanized Un!ts
Aim to Increase Striking
Power Without Droining
Man Power Further
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. 3.-Great Britain
will speed up the conversion of in
fantry units into armored mechan-
| lied divisions in an effort TO increase
! the striking power of her army with
/ out draining man power from war
industries, informed quarters said
today.
The conversion will proceed as
rapidly as tanks and other equip
ment become available, these quar-
! terS declared.
An unofficial source said the Gov
ernment long ago had determined
the limit of man power obtainable
by the army in the United Kingdom
and asserted that this had now
been reached"
Increased mechaniZation has
caused the army TO absorb many
men with technical training, which
in turn has brought protests from
| the press and some labor leaders
that the output in guns and tanks
has been handicapped.
House to Debate Question.
The House of Commons will de-
bate-probably in secret-whether
Britain can continue to conscript her
own man power for an eventual con-
tinental offensive and still turn out
the armaments which both the Brit
Ish and their Allies need, Prime Min
lister Churchill disclosed yesterday.
Mr.. Churchill told the House the
| problem Of distribution of man
power was direct and central part
of the war effort" and that the de-
bate, therefore, probably would not
be public lest the information de-
veloped might aid the Germans.
Only this week the Prime Minister
told the House that Britain never
will have an army comparable in
numbers to the armies of the conti-
nent." about 100000 men of all
categories are actually or techni-
cally under arms in the United
Kingdom, but less than half this
number could be used overseasD
Invasion Clamor Falls.
To offset the drain of experienced
workers from factory to army, the
government has tried to put more
work on women, but the recruiting
drives of the women's auxiliary
forces have yielded insufficient
numbers and what conscription of
women has been tried has fallen far
short Of plugging the gaps in indus
tries.
Actually, a growing feeling that
| Britain is near the limit of her
manpower resources, except that
which she is able to draw from the
empire, has been responsible for {
measurable dwindling OF the public
clamor for an attempted invasion
of the continent now in order to
ease the German pressure on Russia
There appears to be growing ac-
ceptance of the idea that such q
land offensive must be deferred one
year, possibly two. Thus, instead
of invasion talk, there is growing
emphasis on the devotion of al
efforts to providing arms and muni.
tions for Russia's millions of men.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
300 Homeless as Flood
Covers Texas LowIonds

By the Associated Press.
WICHITA FALLS, Tex, Oct. s.
Rescue workers IN boats evacuated
lowland residents today as flood
waters drove hundreds of persons
from their homes. Three hundred
persons were reported homeless in
Wichita County.
The flood resulted from three con-
tinuous days of heavy rainfall
reaching more than 8 inches in some
watersheds north and west.
Evening star., 1941-10-03
Newcastle Is Bombed
Aqoin, Germans Say

BERLIN, Oct. 3 LPl.-A strong
formation of German bombers at
tackled the shipping center of New
castle again last night with pro-
nounced effect, the high command
said today. in a series of thrusts at
British objectives.
Further air attacks" it reported,
were directed against military tar
gets on the British east and south
east coast, as we'll as several air.
dromes."
Three British planes were de-
clared to have been shot down by
chaser units of the German Navy
in the English Channel area yes
terday and another three we're said
to have beeen destroyed in the
Mediterranean of the Libyan coast
The enemy did not fly over Reich
territory either by day or by night,
the communique said.