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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-18
nn THoMAs N. yOHNsON


 NEA Service Military Writer :. New York, July lS.-The waE ,,,ua q by and saboteur that sfnolders nks EofeSt fire beneath the surface e American life, Is being famed py Iwo recent events: the RusSo-Ger han war and the closing of the NaM onsulates here. ,.., Many Nazi undercover activi- ies in the United states nave ,een entrusted in recent weeks nOs To Germans, but to members OA aces subject to the Nazis-Hunss arsans, Bulgariang, Slovaks ana Most dangerous of these are Q mail TykrainiaYi terrorist group. Ianatically patriotic and brave hey are suspected of responapil. ty for the bomb explosion m tns British Worlds Fair Paviiion ano erioliS sabotage in New Jersey There they are strong.
 They have direct connections hth the Usrainian Fifth Column ritler has long prepared in Gen. rai Europe, headed by Ataman koropadsky, whose son is be- eyed to have come here lately establish liaison with 6 Chicago roup.
 FREEDOM"
 5 THEIR BAIT
 The Nazis now manipulate with rolfiiees of freedom" not only the Ekrainians but two other formid- s,ie secret terrorist groups; the facedonian Imro and the notorious (stasha whose head, Ante Pavelitch, ssansin of King Alexander of Yugo.. savia, now is dictetor of the Croat uppet state. He has established h Hitler dominated Siovakia a copy the notorious Hungarian "mur- CT farm" to train terroriSts, and bme of those terrorists are now in his country. It is believed they are to lead lavIc pro-NaziS here in sabotage ttempts more extensive than nything hitherto attempted, large.
 against industry centering in 'cranton, Pa, youngstown and leyeland, O, Gary, Ind, Chicago nd Pittsburgh.
 Workers there include many na. onalities already listed as pro.NaN -but some of them include elements yal to democracy, such as Hun- arians, Slovaks, and some Ukrair- ms. Then there are the Carpatho- krainiang, the Czechs, Poles and erbS who are proclaiming war to ae knife against possible saboteurs
 American efforts to arm their rnie6 in Europe.
 Slavic democratic groups here ke urging their members to spy D the spies, to sabotage the Sabo- surs. The CzechS did this finely 1918; today they are better or- anlzed. The Carpatho Russian Unity has just sent its members rinted instructions on detecting ahotage. All plan to cooperate 4th the ?. B. I. not alone in this nt in exposing fake democratic" rganlzations.
 EDS SPLIT
 s. PROFITS
 Through this hare-up of Slavic intrigue, there Is for Uncle Sam ,St Q chance of an early cleanup Maxi spies, agents and catspaws Eft behind by the retreating con- llates. This cleanup may be aided y the Russo German war.
 Hitler's attack on Russia, acc ording to reliable information, pitt the Reds here in Q manner hat may produce startling re- lltA Not all or even most Amer kan Communists had been work ig with the Nazis on espionage Ind Sabotage-but some had been, Then suddenly the Panzers roll- |. and their world tumbled. Next anne word to New York from Eoscow that the sacred, infexible arty Line was: Throw the Nazis verboard--hardl" The throwing as begun, and promises to be ery, very hard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-18
Britain, Free French Novel Syrian War
Inside Story of Conflicts End Is Told By United Press
 Writer, Who Was Present at Climax
BY HAROLD PETERS (UnSted Press Staff CoErespOmdeat)

Beirut, Lebanon, July 17. -. (UP) - (Delayed) = Great Britain and the Free French strange war in Syria and Lebanon It is possible to tell the inside story and heard 1t here ct the General Head quarters of the vichy French during the weeks the British
 Imperial and Free French troops were moving slowly to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-18
lNYENT0R RRAIL.LE

L0fls Bfaille, inventor eg fhe eyss kaEn og FalEad printing foF blind peF- sons, was taiinaelf blind, ioalng his Ihsht at the aee of 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-18
NON GERMAN AGENTS INHERIT
 NAzIS' JOBS
SIav TerrOrists May Strike
 at Factory Cites in GA Defense Areas

Editor's Note: The author Of tho following dispatch has long been noted for his articles about and intimate knowledge of Inter- national espionage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-18
Daily Statistics
 on Auto Accidents

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 DATA
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Evening star., 1941-05-05
1000 Attend Patterson Fete
Given by Hebrew Congregation
Vaudeville and Circus Acts Presented
In Showboot Settings; Sports Figures There

acts, said only lack of space pre-
vented them from bringing an ele-
'-'~-+ or Two into the hotel, much
to the audible regret of the younger
members of the throng.
Overflow Affair.
The affair was so large that 1t
spread into the adjoining Chinese
room, where the Metropolitan Police
Boys Band played several selections
under the direction of Leon Brusiloff
Members of the committee in charge
of the banquet said it was the
largest attendance in the history
of the event.
Reminders of the good old days
were given in display of drawings
by Police Capt. Richard Mansfield
along the sides of the room.
Members of the current Capitol
and Earle stage shows provided the
entertainment program, at which
Art Brown acted as master of cere-
monies.
Sports celebrities were there In
abundance, including Clark Griffith
president of the Washington Base
ball Club: members of the Redskins
football team and Coach Ray Flah-
erty. and other District gridiron
coaches.
A feature of the program was the
Evening star., 1941-05-05
n. B. {. May Fight
In Court 10 Keep
Both Networks
F. G. 6. Order AssoiIed
As Step Toward Federal
Control of Rudio
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Oficials of the National Broad
casting Co. indicated today they
might challenge in the courts a
Federal Communications Commits
sion order which would force the
corporation to discontinue either
its Red or its Blue network.
The commission decided Saturday
by a 5-to-2 vote to promulgate new
regulations which Chairman James
l.. Fly called "a Magma Carta for
American broadcasting stations"
The regulations would make it
impossible for N. B. c. to continue
to operate two networks; would pro-
hibit the licensing of two stations
in the same area to one network
unless it could be shown that this
was in the public interest, and would
regulate sharply the contract af<
filiations between networks and sta
tions.
Niles Trammell, president of
N. B. c., said in a statement that
the new regulations were a definite
step toward complete Government
control of radio"
Chaos Is Predicted.
"Even a casual reading of the
regulations set forth in the report
adopted by the majority Of the COM
mission is enough to indicate that
chaos, not further competition,
would result from the blow aimed at
the American system of broadcast
ing" Mr.. Trammell asserted.
The N. B. C. chief said it was
his opinion the regulations make
certain a confusion that must lead
to further bureaucratic grip upon
the freedom of the air"
Il do not purport to know" he
said, why such bombshell should
be exploded at this critical time
in the life of our country, when
Evening star., 1941-05-05

presentation by Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld of prizes to the winners
in the Sunday school essay contest
sponsored by the Washington He
brew Congregation.
Essay Winners.
They were Harold Mesirow. Roger
kaufman, Larry Blum, Robert
Weinstein. Allen Weinstein, Steven
Winkelman, Donald Brown, Buddy
Gusdorf, Dick Buchalter, Louis
Rothchild, Bobby Wilmer, Ted Peyser
and Karl Kaplowitz.
Principal speaker was Father
James A. Magner of Catholic Uni
versity, who pointed to the devotion
between father and son as shown at
the banquet as a symbol Of this
country's democracy of spirit.
There is no place." he said,
"where this democracy Of spirit is
shown more beautifully than in the
friendship between father and SON
1t is the first school Of democratic
appreciation end is the basis Of good
citizenship"
Among those present were Repre-
sentative Bloom, Democrat of New
York; Representative Sasscer, DEM
ocrat of Maryland, and Ben G. Wilk-
inson, jr., States attorney for Prince
Georges County, Md.
Evening star., 1941-05-05
Leonard p. Robertson
OF District Highway
Department Is Dead
Engineer of Streets
Succumbs Unexpectedly;
Funeral Tomorrow

Leonard Paul Robertson, So, Dis
G1ct engineer of streets, died unex-
pectedly yesterday at the Cavalier
Hotel, $500 Fourteenth street NV.
A native of the city, Mr.. Robertson
vas with the Highway Department
rising through all the grades to en-
gineer of streets He became a
craftsman in 1909 computer in
1914, assistant construction engineer
In 1929, deputy engineer of highways
In 1927 and engineer of streets in
1889. He was at his desk Saturday.
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director
m highways, expressing his sorrow,
said:
He was one of the most highly
effcient men 1 ever knew. He was
the type of man who could have
filled any position in the District
government. feel deep personal
loss
Mr.. Robertson worked closely with
Capt. Whitehurst in the District
highway planning survey, the pre-
hminary report of which was re-
leased recently.
Mr.. Robertson was a Shriner and
Knight Templar He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Marie Lindsey Rob-
ertson: a daughter, Mrs. Frances
Jones, and son, Daniel Lindsey
Robertson. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow at 3 pm. at the
Tapler funeral home, AIT Ninth
street NV, followed by burial in
GlenWood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-05-05

More than 1000 persons boarded
the showboat S. S. Mayflower last
night to attend the 18th annual
father -and-son banuue-
Brotherhood Of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation.
The entire ballroom at the hotel,
in which the event was held, was
decorated to resemble an old-time
river shoWbOat and the resemblance
was heightened by the presentation
of vaudeville acts, eliminating in
the singing by the audience Of
Stephen Foster songs.
A reproduction or the front of a
shoWboat. complete with paddle
wheel and bales of cotton, was placed
across the hotel promenade at the
east entrance to the ballroom. Be-
( hind it were typical circus side
shows, including a midget, a magi-
clan and two chimpanzees, one of
which didn't like policemen.
The animal was barely restrained
by its keeper from throwing a chair
at a passing police officer. The
trainer could give no explanation
for his charges attitude.
Animal Trainer Clyde Beatty was
there, but without any lions. OFF,
cials OF the Johnny j. Jones Ex-
position, which presented the circus
Evening star., 1941-05-05
the fullest use OF the Nations radio
IA ailifioc ic danno1ndad -

the fullest use of the Nations radio
facilities is demanded"
Mr.. Trammel said 1t was his belief
that Congress never contemplated,
when it created the commission in
1884, that it would attempt to
remake the American system Of
broadcasting without even consult
ing the Congress"
Regarding the commissions order
that N. B. c. must discontinue one
of its two networks, Mr.. Trammel
declared N. B. C. as result might
be forced to sacrifice such out
standing programs as the Town
Meeting of the Air. the Toscanini
symphony concerts, the National
Farm and Home Hour the N. B.
c. Music Appreciation Hour the
Metropolitan Opera and outstanding
religious and educational programs" "
Executive Group to Meet.
Year after year, Mr.. Trammel,
added, the commission had renewed
licenses of independent stations
affiliated with N. B. c. networks
in recognition of the fact that the
stations performed a service on the
public interest"
Neville Miller, president of the
National Association of Broad
casters, called a meeting of the
N. A. B. Executive Committee at
New York Wednesday to decide
Evening star., 1941-05-05
Trial Of Mclean Case
Scheduled for June I

Justice Bolitha J. Laws today set
June as the date for final trial of
the complicated legal situation that
has arisen as the aftermath of Ed
ward B. Mclean, former Washing
ton publisher now confined in a
mental hospital in Maryland, being
declared of unsound mind.
A pre-trial was held in District
Court this morning concerning the
consolidation of various types of
cases resulting from papers filed by
John j. Wilson, as committee for
Mr.. Mclean. Today's proceedings
were marked by the appearance in
the courtroom of former Attorney
General Homer S. Cummings, who
has been retained as counsel for Mrs.
Mclean, in addition to the firm of
Hogan & Harrison here
Attorneys explained that the con-
solidation of cases seeks to require
the American Security & Trust Co.,
trustee under the will of John R.
Mclean, father of Mr.. Mclean, to
pay all the income of the estate to
Mr.. Wilson that would have gone
to the former publisher had he con-
tlnued to be of sound mind. Fur
ther, the litigation seeks to reduce
the maintainence payments to Mrs.
Mclean, which are now $500 per
month, under a District Court order.
Evening star., 1941-05-05

what to do about the order. He
said 1t constitutes usurpation Of
power which has no justification in
law and menaces the freedom of the
American system of broadcasting. !"
The Mutual Broadcasting System
promptly asserted that Mr.. Miller's
views were not those of M. B. S.,
saying the subject was "contro-
versial one affecting competitive
conditions between the older net
works and Mutual"
On the other hand, William S.
Paley. president of Columbia Broad
casting System, said the order was
blow at freedom of the air, be-
cause a commission with such
power could reduce the networks
and stations of America to "impo-
tent vassals able to survive only so
long as they please the regulatory
authority"
Evening star., 1941-05-05

Eleven new laws were introduced.
discussed and passed in exactly "a
minutes recently in Mexico's Cham
ber Of Deputies.
Evening star., 1941-05-05

Germany has placed time limits
on loading and unloading highway
trucks.
Evening star., 1941-05-05

Volunteer fire fighters in London
work 70 hours a week for SIS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
LOCAL CHEMISTS
 IN EXHIBITION
Turn Verein Unit COmpetes at Lancaster, Pa.-Lo.
 cal Field Day Planned

The annual Eastern QytnnaStic meet of the Swlss- American Turn Verein held recently at Lancaster, Pa, was attended by four members from the boys and girls divisions of the Waterbury 0ymnaStic so- ciety.
 The boys class who made the trip included: Roland Bucks, Charles Marcelynas, Mike Iaiennaro, and Raymond Lombardo.
 The girls team who participated in the contest were: Lillian Bucks, Josephine Cronin, Julia Russell and Norma Leone,
 Top honors among club members in the mems events went to Roland Bucks with on 87.70 points out of Q possible 100. Miss Leone won B2.25 out of e possible 60 for highest score among the local girls.
 Plans by the group have been made to hold field day at Grec0's Park, Town Plot on June 20 ct 2 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
New England Motorists Mecca Geography of New England Like Foreign Country Compared to Flat Lowlands of the West

industrial cities, They are well. marked, well tended. Only the most ardent explorer will encounter 6 real corduroy road, or e place where 6 stream edges up onto the gravel.
 It Is possible to see oil of the phases of New England is Q tour of but c few hundred miles. But many motorists like to specialize. Those hungry for the sight of noun. tainS will want to work north from the Litchfleid Hills of Connecticut up through the Berkshires in Massachusetts and into the great Green Mountain range that furrows the whole length of Vermont; then over into the mile-high Presidential Range of the White Mountains and on towards mighty Katahdin, loofn- Ing in solitary grandeur out of the Maine wilderness.
 Those who live thousand miles from the sea, but who have felt It's call, will want to skirt the coast line. The beaches and the historic, colorful seaports begin In Connecti- cut. New London is modern, with It's Coast Guard and submarine bases, but 1t once sent out whalers on round- -the-world voyages. Provi- dence, Fall River and New Bedford are important commercially now, and also made maritime history. New Bedforrd has notable marine museums and exhibits, including 0 genuine and complete whaling yes. sel set ity concrete at the waters edge. Along the Atlantic side of Cape God and back along the other, are village after vilalge and miles of beaches washed by clear warm waters. Boston Harbor, one of the most important seaports of the world, offers e busy and exciting spectacle every day. Moving north- ward and eastward, tho traveller efl- counters fabled Salem: then world. famed Gloucester, sending its fish- ing boats out into the mighty north Atlantic the year round. Then comes Essex, birthplace of many c stout sailing craft; Portsmouth in New Hampshire with It's great navy yard; Portland, Bath, Wiscasset and the island-dotted coast of Maine Stretch- ing away to far-off Passport.
 Such 6 tour gives an unforget- table picture of the part the sea has played in the making of New England. Another theme for 6 mo. tor trip is the historical. The high ways trace the paths of the pion. eers, and on entering New England you will begin at once to encoun- ter the originals of the town names you know in your own neighbor- hood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
ANNA BARNES,
 INJURED BY AUTO
Wife of Publisher of Brls. tOl Press hOspitaIized
 After Accident

Bristol, June i0-Mrs. Anna B, Barnes, n, of i67 High street, wife of Arthur s. Barnes, publisher of the Bristol Press, waA admitted to Bristol hospital Tuesday afternoon after on auto accident In which she received c fracture of the right clavicle. Hospital attendants said her condition was good" She was under the care of pr. Benedict N, Whipple.
 Mrs. Barnes was riding in . car operated by her husband when, In crossing Center street from Bene- vue avenue to enter Maple street, 1t colnded with one which Ken neth Fl. Chesney of 30 Fifth street was driving west on Center street, according to the report of ser- geants Thomas v. Mccarthy and Dewey Carpenter, who investigat- cd.
 Chesney received gash on the right hand and his son, Clayton Chesney, 4h, who was riding with him, bruised his head against the cars windshield. The right front fender, door, runningboard an d wheel of the Barnes machine and the front lenders, grill, bumper and headlights of the Chesney car were reported damaged.
 MT. Barnes and MT. Chesney were both asked to report Wednesday morning ct police headquarters,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

Its Ike travelling In a foreign country"
 So say hundreds of thousands of people on visiting New England for the first time.
 For one reason, New England is old. Geologically, 1t Is more an- cient than almost any other part of North America. And, of course, 1t represents the longest period of continuous cultural development that this country has had. People have been living in New England for more than three centuries, and they have created Q way of life unique in the world. Their speech, their food, their institutions oil are favored with c "sense of the past" i"
 The geography of New England is like Q foreign country to those who have known only tho broad flat prairie regions, the suil-swept South- west, the tveeleSs mountain sites, Tn certain parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island, where the rolling rnoors dotted with gorse and cedars slope away to the sea, you might well be In southern England. Parts of Boston are pure London, In Ver- mont and New Hampshire you sec what the upland regions Of scot- land are like. Tn Maine you will find land and sec reminiscent of Scandinavia, an actual fjord where c mountain drops abruptly to the Atlantic, and sea fills deep gorges.
 New England is a land of per- fection for the motorist. Recent years have seen the development of express highways between larger cities along the coast. There are thousands Of miles of number one roads, national and state highways. High speed travel is possible along the main channels of traftic, and a two-day motor trip of only 600 miles embraces the capitols of all six states.
 But the real delight of New Eng land, the one that gives the pleas- ure Inotorist the greatest reward, is the innunerable tourways the scenic secondary roads, either paved or gravel, which open up the riches of the back country. They 60 wind- Ing and searching of through broad fields of the farmiands. They make their way from the valleys to the upper slopes of the veTdant noun- tains. They skirt the rugged sea. coasts.
 There are very few stretches that are not tree-shaded and cool, and easy on the drivers yes. They thread together the quiet villages, the great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
Dental Commission
 Scored In Decision
Dr. Joseph E. ReardOn Denied Hearing in Violation of Statute High Court Declares--LOcal Dentist
 Wins Appeal

Sustaining the appeal of pr. Jo. seph Y. Reardon, dentist, 82 East Main street, from Q six months suspension of his license to prao. tlce, imposed by the state dental commission, the State Supreme Court of Errors at Hartford de- clared In an unanimous opinion that the hearing had been con- ducted In such Q manner that "the very result which the Legislature intended should not happen came Co pAsS".
 Chief Justice William N. Maltbie, author of the opinion, declared that Reardon ''did not have such Q hearing before the commission as the statute provides,
 After the April 10, 1889, suspension by the commission, Reardon took an appeal to the Superior Court, which entered 0 judgment for the commission. Tn this connection the opinion states that the violation Of proper judician behavior twas so Fundamental that whether or not Che plaintiff had been guilty of vio- lating the prohibitions of the statute, the trial court should have sustained the appeal".
 Tn part the opinion states:
 "An examination of the transcript of the proceedings before 1t, dis closes that two members of the com- mission, not including the recorder, testified ct length as to tho results of their personal investigation of the offices conducted by the plain tiff at Waterbury and New Haven, 1t appears that the members had discussed the matter among them selves before the hearing. Three members stated that before 1t was held they had formed definite opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the plaintiff. The very result that the Legislature intended should Oot happen came to pass"
 Tt was clearly the Intent of the legislature" the court noted, "that the commission, in acting upon charges made against 6 licensed dentist, should proceed In c quasi- judicial capacity. It Is not within the contemplation of the statutes that any of the commissioners, ex- cept the recorder, shall personally Investigate any charges"
 "Such investigation might well lead them to approach the hearing with 0 preeonceived idea of tho guilt or innocence of the accused" the opinion adds.
 Evidence produced ct the hear ing should be the only determining factor in deciding upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, the court indicated.
 The personal investigations con- ducted by the commission members places the burden of proof upon the accused.