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Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
US. War Material
Going TO Canada
Under New License

WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. UP)-
Secretary of State Cordell Hull re-
vealed today that he had issued
general licenses permitting the eX-
port to Canada of a large number
of essential war materials previous
ly subject to specific licensing.
They covered such important ma
terials as tungsten, aluminium, gas
oline and oil production equipment.
and certain types OF machine tools.
Hulls action was the first under
an executive order signed this week
by President Roosevelt. giving him
authority to issue general licenses
for export of materials not immed-
lately vital TO American armament.
The fact that Canada alone was
granted general licensing was inter
preted as further aid for Britain.
Other countries must get separ-
ate license for each specific ship
ment.
Other items covered by the gen.
eral Canadian license included an
timony. asbestos, chromium, indus
trial diamonds, manganese magne-
SUM, mercury, optical glass, quin-
inc, rubber. silk, vanadium, nitro
cellulose, a large number of chem
icals, aircraft parts, armor plate,
optically clear plastics, tetraethyl
lead, iron and steel scrap, iron ore
and pig iron, numerous iron and
steel products, and five items re-
Gently put under license - potash
copper, brass and bronze, nickel
and zinc.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Germans Secretly
Training Colonial
Service Troops
BY ALEX DREIER

BERLIN. Jan. 10. CUP) Ger
manv is training an army for COL
onial service in east Prussia remote
frCm curious eyes. and uniform
factories have been ordered to
speed production of a new kind Of
colonial uniform for its members,
il was disclosed today.
It was believed here that the ar
my was preparing for active duty
in Africa in connection with Adolf
Hitler's secret general staff plan
for the south"
German colonial experts said
that since the start of the war
thousands Of soldiers had been I'M
dergoing rigorous physical exam
nations and other tests to deter
mine their fitness for duty under
extreme tropical conditions.
Ali work has been done under
the guidance cf Germany's fore
most colonial specialist, Col George
Izchirner, Wh0 is familiar with
military political and geographical
conditions below the Mediterran-
can, iniermants said,
The men who, according to in
tormants, are now called the south
troops are training on the remote
sand wastes Of east Prussia.
They are engaging in various ma
neuvers Stimulating desert war
fare, informants said, and are using
all kinds of military equipment.
Panzer or armored divisions and
other special units are represented
in she colonial army, it was added,
and are sharing with it the rigor-
Gus training schedule.
niormants said scme officers of
The south troops had done duty
with the Italian colonial high
command in Africa months ago as
official observers" and. after re-
turning to Germany about last Oc-
tober, had been putting to use with
Their individual units the lessons
they learned.
Col. Tzchirner, according to in
formants, maintains his headquar-
ters at the isolated fishing village
Of Pillkoppen.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
British Capture
French Ship With
Argentine CARGO

RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. i8. CUPl
Capt. D. S. McGrath, British naval
attache, said today that the French
steamer Mendoza, carrying a cargo
of Argentine wheat anG wool for
Marseilles, was captured by a Brit
ish ship outside Brazilian territor-
ial waters.
McGrath said the capture occur
ed at daybreak. He said he had not
been informed as to the exact po-
sition of the vessel when the seizure
took place, but that it was outside
of Brazilian territorial waters.
McGrath did not identify the Brit
ish vessel that took the Mendoza
ut may have been the Asturias
(the armed auxiliary cruiser that
follower the Mendoza from Mon
tevideo and twice turned it back
to Uruguayan ports) or it may not
have been that ship" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
PorIey Reveals
Axis Extremity

roadway for all imports except ths
few that may enter the peninsula
from Switzerland and Jugo- Slavia
The Germans have exclusive con-
troll of products from the con
quered states of the continent. Ger
many dominates conditions in Hun
gary and ovakia as well as
Rumania.
Germany mas an exclusive agree
ment with Sweden for obtainino
the invaluable high grade Swedish
iron ore. Germany, likewise, has
signed a new trade treaty with
Russia in the hope of obtaining
more grain. oil, manganese and
other armament ores.
It is essential for Germany to
keep the Italians moderately salts
fled otherwise, whatever disillu-
sionment regarding the war which
now exists in Italy would receive
fresh impetus.
This problem of payments is q
serious one for Italy. The italians
have not sufficient gold.
A barter arrangement would seem
impossible in balancing the Fascist
requirements. The Italians have
not the kind of goods that Ger
many wants in sufficient quantities
to make negotiations easy.
If strict business principles are
to apply to next's weeks conference.
it appears certain that Italy will
have to become a heavy debtor to
German. The way would thus seem
open to the NaziS to extend their
domination of Europe into the Ital-
ian boot.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Axis Economic
Confab Announced

ROME. Jan. 1S. CUP)-Germany
and Italy will hold an important
economic conference here starting
Monday TO examine all problems
connected with Italo- German rela-
tions in the economic field, it was
announced today.
There will be 35 delegates on each
side to the conference, with Kurt
Clodius, Germany's ace economic
expert, leading the Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Coventry Raids
Haven't Worked


Germans tried to hit factories and
usually But in the Co
ventrizing" raids they apparently
mapped an area of 20 or 80 square
blocks in a town and went at
it indiscriminately
Havoc Caused
With target that big they sue
ceeded in dropping most of their
bombs on or near it and, especially
III cases where they started big
fires, they succeeded in working
great devastation to the business
areas.
This has caused great inconven-
lence, much disruption of business
and civilian life, but it has affect
ed industrial production only slight
ly and the toll in civilian life has
Deen relatively small since, natural-
ly, there aren't many civilians in
the downtown business districts
after nightfall, especially with the
black out
We both saw Coventry-one of us
right after the raid and the other
later, after the mess was cleaned
up. That is the significant point
the mess was cleaned up with reaS-
onably good speed.
Coventry within a short period
Of time was functioning again. Au-
tomobile traffic moved through
the streets where the rubble of bus
mess buildings stood heaped at the
sides. New water mains had been
laid, temporarily, on top of the
ground. A sign of the one wall
that remained of the public library
directed borrowers to return their
books to an emergency depot AS
you walked along the street you
saw signs en- broken walls or posts
stuck in the ground directing eli
entS of doctors, dentists, barristers,
real estate agents or shops to new
emergency quarters in other parts
of town.
Twenty yards froL. the smashed
coventry cathedral an ancient pub
did q rushing business with even
its tiny loaded glass window panes,
for the most part, intact.
What Isn't Told
That is the thing you are likely
to miSjudge in the stories and pie
lures which we cable back from
Britain. Naturally, these stories tell
Of the havoc and the pictures show
1t, What isn't told or shown are
The hundreds OF shops, thousands
OF houses, scores of factories in the
"CoVentrized' cities where life goes
on as usual.
Take Southampton, for instance
A large section of the business
district has been "Ccventrizad"
very thoroughly. Yet, if the war
ended tomorrow and you landed at
southampton from one of the big
liners you could easily come down
the gangplank, catch the boat train
to London and arrive in Waterloo
station without noticing much war
damage.
Yet, five days after big De
cember raid on Southampton ruins
stlll Smouldered, The grass in The
public parks of the city was scared
and Scorched from the hundreds
OF small incendiary bombs and the
business section located away from
the decks and port facilities which
are the city'S chief military op-
Jective-WaS badly smashed.
Transatlantic passengers arriving
Off Plymouth and landing. as usual |
by tender, would find much the
same situation. They would have to
look closely to see what the bombs
had smashed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Daylight Raiders
Visit London

LONDON, Jan. 18. CUP)-German
raiders dropped five bombs on an
outlying London district today in
the city's first daylight air raid
alarm in II days.
Children playing in the streets
where the bomb Whistled down
flopped on the pavement and then
resumed their games after the raid.
The London sirens shrieked when
raiders flew in toward London from
the southeast coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
CHINESE DRESS OF
 MRS. ROOSEVELT

New York, May 0--(Upy--A Chl- nese dress made in America was en route to Mime. Chang Kai-shek in China today, the gift of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
 The Presidents wife visited 6 pre- view of Chinese legendary print dresses to be sold here for Chinese relief, picked out one for the Chi- nese Generalissimo's wife, and bought two for herself.
 Mrs. Roosevelt enclosed 6 gift card in the package thanking Mime. Chlang for her kindness to James Roosevelt, who recently visited Chunking.
 The note read:
 T hope you will enjoy this dress made here from the material being sold for Chinese relief. You were 50 kind to my son and we deeply ape preciate 1t.
 with every good wish for this good cause and to you and MT. Gen. eralissimo. Believe me.
 Cordially Yours,
 'Eleanor Roosevelt"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
Latest Types Of U. s.
 Planes Join Attacks
(Continued from Page 1.)

command carried out subsidiary ct. tacks during the night on Berlin Emden and other targets in north- west Germany and on coastal ships ping"
 The first formal announcement of the record breaking raid came in 6 brief authoritative statement:
 Hamburg and Bremen were heavily attacked last night when the bomber command sent a record number of aircraft to Germany. :. Subsidiary attacks also were made on Berlin, Einden and several other tragets."
 It was understood that the Royal Air Force used nearly twice as many bombing planes as it had ever used before, in It's smashing attack on some of the most important targets in Germany.
 Tn the previous record raid, several weeks ago, Its was understood that between 160 and 200 planes bombed Hamburg.
 Britons, i1eartened by the news oi last nights great raid, hoped the Royal Air Force, which he'd hus- banded its resources through Q grim autumn and winter, might now, re- inforced by American planes, be ready to unleash a inerciless offen- sive on Germany, in fulhllment of promises by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Sir Archibald Sinclair air minister, that when the time came Britain would pay Germany back three or four bombs for one.
 Tn striking hardest at Hamburg and Bremen, easily the most heav- fly bombed cities of Germany, the raid was linked with the vital battle of the Atlantic.
 Both ports have most extensive shipyards In which Germany Is be- lieved to be speeding construction of submarines to tighten It's counter. blockade and seek to impede the growing flow of American war ms. terials to Britain.
 Hamburg. In addition, has cheml- cal factories, oil plants, a large gas works and other important targets, and Bremen Is the site of the Focke-Wulf airplane factory, where Atlantic raiders are turned out, and oil reflneries.
 6Bth On Hamburg
 Last nights attack was the 0sth on Hamburg and the 65th on Brem- on.
 Tn It's first detailed communique on the British raids, the air ministry said:
 Hamburg and Bremen last night bore the brunt of the heaviest attack yet made by the Royal Air Force on Germany. The weather was good and our bombers pressed home the attack with decided results despite strong opposition.
 High explosive bombs caused widespread destruction and many great fires were seen raging in ship. yards and industrial quarters in both cities.
 "Other aircraft of the bomber
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
Japan May Abandon
 Hopes To Beat China
tcOntlnued from Page D

conditions for Japanese trade and industry.
 This view appears questionable even from the standpoint of indus try itself. The maintenance of peaceful conditions by armed gar- risons would always involve con- siderable expense. Chinese cooper ation will not be forthcoming un- less there Is good reason for it.. Coercion would be useless. The Man. King government should prove It's rule beneficient and the Japanese army should prove that its presence In China means no encroachment on China's political and territorial integrity but insteda means pehce- full, friendly intentions"
 Peace Treaty
 As the Times and Advertiser ed- itorial was published, 8 peace treaty between Thailand and 1ndo- China, and 6 much more important agree- ment by which Thailand and Indo. China agree to adhere to the Jap- anese diplomatic sphere, were sign- ed at the residence of Foreign Min- istr Yosuke Matsuoka.
 The treaty conformed to the med- iation agreement signed March Il, by which Indo- China ceded large areas of territory to Thailand. There was one change, by which In- do-China remained in possession of the Island of Khong in the Mekong river. The treaty provides that in demilitarized zones specified in ter- ritory which Thailand obtains, Thailand may maintain only a po- lice force and is not entitled to build Qualifications or construct mil- itary aviatino fields. Thailand is to pay Indo-China 6,000,000 piastres ($l,383, ,560) for installations in ceded territory.
 Under the protocol to the treaty Japan guarantees fulfillment of the pact and Thailand and Tndo- China assert that they have no intention of entering any agreement with an outside power which would envisage political, military or economic CO., operation against Japan.
 Foreign Ministre Matsuoka, con- graduating the signatories on their treaty, said that 1t marked @ new epoch in relations between Thailnad and French Indo-C China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09

cause of friction or the provision of conditions which would assure Q basis for orderly living.
 "The effect of 8 Japanese conquest over the Chinese government would be- decidedly inconmersurate with the cost involved. The Superiority of Japanese arms has been as convinc- ing as China's ability to survive cor- poral punishment. Ideas of overconl- ing this Yaastodon of nations must have little more appeal even to the most sanguine of soldierly minds. It is obvious that conditions for or- derly life can not be realized before hostilities have been reduced to a great degree.
 Oficials refused to comment on the Times and Advertiser editorial. Other Japanese said the editorial re- fiected the opinion of some moderate clements and there was no indica- ton that the army shared the view that further prosecution of the China war on the present basis was vain.
 It was indicated, however, that strenuous efforts would be made soon to solve the Chinese war and that the editorial was an exploratory one to focus attention on the need for more moderate methods.
 Chinese May Hop Ahead
 ''It is often argued that Japanese withdrawal would result in the ad- vance of the Chinese forces Unto territory now occupied by the Jap auese army). This view, is open to question. Its contradiction may be based on recent experience In Kwangtung and Kwansi provinces. It seems logically sound that Q sllrinkage of fronts would lead to less chance for hostilities.
 "There Is 6 sizeable body of opin- ion which holds that peace and or- der should be maintained over an extensive area in order to provide
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
Yelled Threat Made
 On Waterbury Bills
Ccontlnued from Pare l,

Marcy Berger. well-known Wood bury milk producer, adopted a unique method Of criticizing and opposing the MIX Control Act being recommended as Q successor to the existing one when he today had q petition introduced In the Legisia- taxe calling for equalization of pay 1or every state enploye from Gov. Nohert A. Hurley and the judges of our highest courts down to the low Hest Job.
 Rep. Nils J. Lofmark introduced the resolution which would make everyone in the states employ get exactly. the same pay. Mir. Berger claims that this is what the equal- aEatlon fund in the proposed new milk law would do.
 Ills explanation ran something like tilis-pool the entire salary item of the State Of Connecticut. Esti- mate the number of employees. Di- vide the latter into the former. That would be the pay of every employe, nigh or low, irrespective.
 Senate and House members were not expressing themselves as i'm. pressed by the Woodbury sarcasm" nor were they herating the author.
 Favorable To Cheshire
 State Capitol, Hartford, May o. The House today received a favor- able report on a bill which allow the Town of Cheshire to be placed once again among those towns of the state which receive aid for pu- pills enrolled in the high schools of other cities or towns.
 Cheshire at one time enjoyed this state air privilege, but of re- cent years has not been accorded annual grants due to the fact that tss tax levy has been greater than ne $60,000 limit imposed by the law. MBoth Cheshire and Montyille, which is in the same category, are ptitioning the legislature to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
NAzI BOMBERS IN
 NIGHT ATTACKS
(Continued from Page D

nesday but caused no interruption in the water traffic.
 French dispatches said that the Egyptian State Railway running parallel to the canal was hit but not seriously damaged.
 Headquarters said that emergency measures insured speedy action In dredging the canal of sand slides or of raising any barges which might be sunk In 1t. Much repair material was reported concentrated on the banks of the canal.
 The official agency report claimed that the attack lasted for several hours and included the bombing of the canal and important military installations along its route.
 (Cairo reported yesterday that Axis planes had attacked the canal zone and caused damage to rail- roads and other facilities in the area.)
 DNB said that strong anti-air- craft fire was encountered by the Axis raiding squadrons but that de- spite this opposition many hits were scored on the rialroad along the canal. The power plant mad electri- cal facilities were destroyed, it was claimed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09

Yesterdays IA victims were shot down of the southeast coast. A Polish squadron of hurricane fight CTS shot down three of them in seven minutes. according to the air ministry. One British spitflre squad- ron got five German planes without loss to itself. Another spitfire squad- ron added three more. Anti -aircraft guners got two more, one of which fell into the sea trying to reach the French coast. Some of the battles took place five miles high. From the ground, the planes were mere silver specks, darting in and out of the clouds.
 Liverpool and the Merseyside area were bombed for the eighth consec- utive night.
 One of the fl planes shot down was a prey of British fighters pat- rolling a German air field in France. The other 10 were shot down over the British Isles, where only occa. sional clouds dimmed the brilliant moonlight. The moon reaches It's full phase Sunday, and the efIi- clency Of British night fighters is expected to improve untll then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09

placed back in the list, although their tax levy lists are still in ex- cess of the limit.
 Under the law the state pays two- thirds of the tuition cost of any pupil per year, the limit being $50. The state also pays one-half the transportation cost with a limit of sS5. The town usually pays the dif- ference.
 The house was expected to pass the measure this afternoon,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
LABOR BILL IS
 FACING DEFEAT
tContinued from Page i)

its closing days.
 The Judiciary committee which has been laboring overtime to clear it's decks, reported favorabiy an amendment to the old age assist ance law which would increase the benefits from % weekly to $40 monthly.
 Other changes included making payments every two weeks, instead of weekly, thus saving administra. tive expense.
 The house roads bridges and rivers committee voted 6 favorable report on 6 measure increasing by $2,O00,000 the state grant to towns for dirt road improvement.
 About $3,o00,0o0 annually now Is distributed to towns, divided equal ly among l60 communities. The new appropriation would be divided according to need.
 The Senate labor committee sub- mitted a favorable report on bill repeating the present 10 p. nj. cur. few on female entertainers, 6 ban which hos excited considerable cp- position in entertainment places.
 The new measure permitted any girl over 2i to work not more than eight hours daily or 40 hours week. ly under permit from the state la. bor department.
 Reorganize Insurance
 Hartford, Conn, May o-(UP)- State Comptroller John M. Dove said today that ten Connecticut fire insurance companies had agreed to reorganize the states $66,000,00o protection policies whereby an an- nual saving of IS to 20 per cent on premiums could be affected.
 The state now pays 00,000 c year for both fire and casualty prern- iums, but Dove did not say how much of this amount was for fire insurance.
 Through the reorganization the number of policies will be reduced from 423 to about 20 or 25 by group- ing many Of the current policies. This reduction will be accomplished by a subcommittee of three, repre- senting the insurance companies, and an agent-adviser to the State. Also, Rowe said, the companies agreed to make sefni-annuai inspec- tions of the insured buildings, most- ly institutions, which house approx imately l4,000 persons.
 The policies, he said, would be placed on a "budgeted basis" bear- ing a reasonable constant annual cost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
REV. JOHN McCABE
 HOSPITAL PATIENT

Rev. John McCabe of Shelton was reported today as slightly improved at St. Mary's hospital where he was admitted yesterday afternoon.
 Rev. McCabe is a relative of the late Luke Fitzsimons who was pas- tor of the old Immaculate Concep- ton church on East Main street.
 Authorities at the hospital said that although he showed improve ment, he is still very III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-09
MINISTER DENIES
 RUMOR OF CHANGE

Rev. Matthew c. Madden, pastor of the Mill Plain Union church, to- day denied 6 recent rulnor to the ef- feet he was a candidate for the pas- torate of the Second Congregational church in Winsted. The rtisnor spread after Rev. Madden appeared as guest minister in the Winsted church last Sunday. ffe said he has not applied to the church pulpit supply committee to fill the vacancy created by the recent resignation ol Rey. Thomas Street.