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Churchill Thanks Commander John
 United States For Perry Named co Lend Lease Aid Kodiak Naval Base

LONDON, March 2GstF9-Win- ston Churchill formally thanked the United States for the passage of the British aid bill. He term ed 1t new Magma Charta and in spring act of faith, with a U. s. military mission in the gallery. He later received the Americans in private room.
 Churchill solemnly read the statement in the House of Com mons. He said: 'The Lease-Lend bill, as the House is aware, be- came a law yesterday when it received the immediately sigma ture of the President. Pm sure the House wishes me to express on their behalf, and of the na- tion, our deep and respectful ap preciation of this monumsnt of generous and far-seeing states manship by the most powerful democracy, which has in effect been declared in solemn statute, that they will devote their over
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FASCISTS HINT AT JAPANESE
 MOVE SOON TO COUNTERACT
 AMERICAS BRITISH AID BILL
America Has Spoken Japan Will Say It's Word

UNDATED, March II lF0-The propaganda guns of the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance boomed in concert against the United States as Japan's Foreign Minister Mat sumoka prepared to leave the Far East for important talks with Hitler and Mussolini.
 A high British naval source de clared that Britain already has enough trained personnel to man the whole United State fi.et if it were turned over to the British. The current of "the Battle of the Atlantic" so far however, is such that the British have not offic- tally suggested that United Stat es naval assistance is needed to combat Hitler's sea raiders.
 In Washington, yesterday, Brit ish Ambassador Halifax discount ed reports that the two countries will exchange naval vessels as a
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part of the British aid program
 A Japanese newspaper assert ed that the United Stats planned to send U. s. destroyers in ex- change for British capital ships for use in Far Eastern waters against Japan. Lord Halifax said he did not consider such an ex- change likely now, or in the fu- ture.
 Fascist sources in Rome hnited at an impending Japanese move under the triple alliance in reac- tion to the United States British aid bill.
 The Italian newspaper La Tri- buna declared bluntly that Mat sumoka's trip is the immediate answer to Washington's threaten ing move yesterday. America has spoken. Japan will say its word and it is for this that Matsumoka is coming to Berlin and Rome.
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Try Assassinate British Minister George Rendel

ISTANBUL, March 12 (P) - Turkish palace military author ities declared they were search ing for a Balkan bomb ring believed to be behind an attempt to assassinate George Rendel. the British Minister who left German occupied Bulgaria. At least four persons were killed and upwards of 20 injured last night, but Ran del escaped by narrow margin when a bomb wrecked the lobby of the luxurious Pera Plaza Ho- tel where the British diplomat brought party from Sofia, by train, only a few minutes before.
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German Planes Drop Bombs On Greek Towns
GERMAN WARPLANES BEGIN BOMBING OF CREEK TOWNS
 ZERO HOUR IS INDICATED

UNDATED, March l2 (F) - German warplanes have already begun bombing Greek towns from bases in Bulgaria, it was reported, as Hitler massed half million troops on the frontiers of Greece and Turkey and signs pointed to an imminent show down.
 Yugoslav leaders gathered at Belgrade amid forecasts that she will capitulate quickly to the Nazi demands to join the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance. By yield ing, Yugoslavia will presumably open a new avenue to the ex- pected German invasion of Greece. Indications that a zero hour is near, w5re seen in these
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factors:
 l. The steady southWard move ment of Nazi troops through Bull garia which has been under way for ten days has suddenly dwin dled to a trickle.
 2. German staff officers are re- ported to have disappeared from Sofaand headed for the field headquarters at Plovdiv, 40 miles from the Greek border and 80 miles from Turkey.
 3. Thousands of German and Bulgarian warpIanes have been placed in readiness for action, in cIuding the siren-screaming Nazi bombers exploited for terroriz- ing effect in Western Europe last spring.
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Bill Is 2 Months In Congress

WASHINGTON, March Il (P) Congress completed action on the historic British aid bill just after the President set seven billion dollars as its starting ap- propriation. This round figure. which will be the largest peace time appropriation ever request ed in Americas history, was an- nounced as Congressional author ities met with the President, an- ticipating his signing of the. aid legislation late today or tonight. A roll call vote sent it to the White House. It was announced that the vote was BIT to II on the House acceptance of the Sen ate amendments.
 The measure sped to the Presi dent almost two months to the day after its introduction on January 10. AS soon as the Presi- dent signs it, he will have un- precedented authority to manu- facture or otherwise procure any defense article and turn it over to the government of any coun- try whose defense he deems vit- al to the defense of the United States"
 One billion three hundred mil lion dollars is the limit imposed
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Seven Billion Is For Lease-Lend

WASHINGTON, March II (P) - President Roosevelt, Congress sional authorities disclosed, will ask Congress for a seven billion dollar appropriation to carry out the British aid program, now un der legislation and which he is expected to sign late today or to- morrow He will probably re- quest the sum in a message to Congress tomorrow. It was dis closed also, his intention to ask the sum at a conference attend ed by members of the Senate and House Appropriations Commit tees and other legislators. What specific items the money will be used for was not disclosed but the congressman said it will per init the purchase "of all articles authorized by the British aid bill"
 Senate Byrnes, when asked what period the appropriation was for, said it would cover "the life of the bill" Furthermore, the seven billion dollar total, Byrnes said was inclusive of the billion three hundred million dol lars worth of present war sup plies and possessions of the Army Navy which may be transferred to Britain or other nations.
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ROOSEVELT ASKS CONGRESS
 FOR Z BILLION DOLLARS TO
 CARRY OUT LEASE-LEND BILL
1t Is Imperative For The Security of America That We Encourage Democracies' Heroic Resistance

WASHINGTON, March 12 (P) President Roosevelt sent Con gress a request for a seven bill lion dollar appropriation to carry out the fXzd policy of this gov ernment to make for Democra- cies, every gun, plane and mu- milton of war that we possibly can
 In letter to Speaker Raybure transmitting the d-tai.ed est mates of the budget director fol the seven billion dollar expendi ture, Roosevelt asserted, "I
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strongly urge the immediate en- actment of this appropriation"
 He declared that as an Ameri- can he felt it was imperative for the security of America that we encourage D-mocracies' her pie resistance of aggressions by nal only maintaining but aiso in zasing the flow of material and azsistanee from this country"
 Tae Jarg st item is two billion ny four million dcllars for "air =ss.t and aeronautic materials, aeIud 8 engines, spare parts 5ad acGasa0rias.
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WASHINGTON, March l2 tPl The Navy announced the trans fer of Commander John Perry from the Naval Air Seattle to be the commanding officer of the Naval Air Station at Kodiak. when it is established.
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PRESIDENT SIGNS BRITISH AID BILL INTO LAW EXTENDING
 UP UNTIL JUNE Both, l943
WASHINGTON, March II (P)

WASHINGTON, March II (P) = President Roosevelt signed the British aid bill at 12:51 pm. PSF, l5 minutes after it arrived from Capitol Hill. A battery of cam eras set off a glare of flash bulbs as a White House official waved to reporters, the signal that Roo sevelt had signed the bill into a law.
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on the amount of existing mili- tary and naval equipment that could be turned over to other nations. The Presidents powers under the law end June 30, 1943, unless terminated earlier by a majority vote of the House and Senate.
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Whelming industrial and finan- cial strength in insuring the de- feat of Nazism, in order that na~ tions great and small, may live in security, tolerance and free dom.
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CARRY ON

LONDON, March Nearly 500 Methodist churches, more than 200 of them in London, have been damaged or destroyed by air raids throughout Britain but work has continued "al- most without Interruption"
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SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
 Write to your friends and rela tives on the Outside, using Sour. ough Stationery. They Il get big kick out of 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

(Continued from Page D ians repulsed Greek attacks in AL bania.
 Italian planes bombed supply sta- tions and British military positions which were being prepared south of Tobruk in Libya, the communique said, and Italian flying columns were active in the Giarabub Oasis zone in the southern desert There was artillery activity on the To- bruk front, it was said.
 Slight" damage was caused by British plane raid on Assab, port on the coast of Italian Eritrea, the communique said, and there was ar- tillery action on the Sudan front.
 The war both in North Africa and Albania was at virtual standstill.- Italy said that attacks in Albania were repulsed and the Greeks re- ported small gains toward Valona in Africa, except for small scale air raids.
 In Budapest the director of Hun garian state railways announced that alI passenger traffic could cease at a. m tomorrow, probably for three days Bad weather was given as the reason. Previous interrup-
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a mems hotel Two hundred men, after working for hours by the light of the moon and automobile head lights, rescued 25 men, most of them wounded, from the ruins this morn- ing. Nine were believed still trapped.
 Guided by the cries of men held in wreckage, rescue squads used pneumatic drills to clear away de- bris.
 Thomas Dowbekin, an engineer, said that he was hurled through the air by the bomb and landed on a steel girder on the second floor. A heavy beam pinned one of his legs and he was surrounded by tangle of wires, pipes and broken lattices. Six men near him, he said, were conscious but could not move. Res cuers shouted from outside and Dowbekin in answer called out and tapped on a girder. The rescuers reached him and pushed in cup of tea.
 "It was the sweetest tea I ever tasted" Dowbekin said.
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Bombers Of Britain
 Smash WiIheImshaven
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evidently was a bombing offensive of the first rank.
 Air circles suggested that the bat tering of WilhelInshaven was re- prisal for recent German raids on Portsmouth and Plymouth, British naval bases, and the German dive bombing plane attack on the Medi- terranean fleet in the Sicily strait.
 The concentrated method of att tack, recently inaugurated by the bomber command, is one in which great numbers of the most powerful bombs are hurled by waves of planes on restricted target areas.
 The Press Association, usually eX- cellently informed, reported that actually the Wilhelmshaven raid was "the heaviest and most success full ever delivered" against ports and important military and naval targets"
 .s1 Germany Admits It
 Berlin, Jan. 16 = (UP)-Twenty persons were killed and 35 wound- ed in a British air raid on Will. helmshaven, the great German naval base, last night and this morning, the German high com- mand said in communiQue today.
 British planes bombed "a num- Der of places in northern Ger many" and explosive and incen- diary bombs started fires lin a number of residential districts" but were prevented from spreading.
 "A few incendiary bombs ignited a harbor district without causing damage worth mentioning" the high command continued.
 The German news agency said the British attack had "miscarried militarily and bombs were dropped without plan"
 Fires caused are already extin- guished," it added.
 (The dispatch was filed at Ber- lin at 12:50 p. m, or $50 a. n, EST, possibly from 10 to 12 hours after the raid.
 Nazi informants had admitted that British planes attacked "a north German harbor town, but said that they did no military dam age and merely bombed two hos pitals and several residences.
 A high command communique said the German air force in arm- ed reconnaissance yesterday bomb- ed troop camps and another objec- tive in south England.
 Last night German bomber for nations, despite u1lfavorable weather, made a rolling attack" on military important" objectives in a city in central England, simi- lar attacks were made on small CT scale on London.
 The informants said that only a small part of the planes reached the town as the rest were turned back by anti-aircraft gun fire.
 The official news agency had re- ported previously that small number of British planes flew in over the north German coast and dropped several bombs, setting fire to residences"
 Nazi Planes Destroyed
 Cairo, Jan. 16.-(UP)-The Royal Air Force reported today that its attack Sunday night on the Ger man dive-bomber base at Catania had destroyed Or damaged between 30 and 40 planes.
 The RAF said that reconnaissance flights over the base showed be- tween 30 and 40 planes had been burned or severely damaged and that three hangars and the admin istration buildings had been heav- fly hit.
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(Continued from Page D
 It was reported that in this dis trict every bomb had been put out within three minutes.
 The gun fire stopped, in indica- tion that night fighters had gone up to challenge the raiders Roof watchers heard the rattle of ma chine guns and the roar of planes high over head. After a few min utes there was silence. It was learned later that two German bombers had been shot down in the suburbs.
 The Germans started two fires in all. One was put out almost at once and the other within 20 minutes.
 The all clear was sounded and it was thought that the Germans were through for the night but be- fore long the guns fired again. They fired intensively for a long time as explosive and oil container bombs dropped. The raiders this time at tackled from three directions, con- verging over the capital. The oil bombs flickered out. There were some casualties when an explosive bomb struck homes. Occupants of a big apartment house were ordered out while firemen extinguished fire there. Then there was a long lull before the second all clear was sounded.
 Raided Midland Towns.
 Before London was bombed Ger man planes raided towns in the Midlands and along the coast. Eight bombs struck a thickly populated residential area in a southeast coast town. Homes and shops were dam aged and church was struck. A reporter who telephoned his story to a London paper said that his own home had been hit and that his wife was in hospital, wounded.
 It was understood that one Ger man bomber had been shot down by gun fire in one of the home counties surrounding London, mak- ing total of three for the night.
 London's casualties came mainly from great bomb which wrecked
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Continued from Page 1) A complete outline of the cam paign's objectives will be announced shortly.
 The committees named today in- cluded:
 Publicity Committee
 Miss Mary Louise Martin, chair man; Martin Bowes, Henry Bowling, E. Christy Erk, Raymond Tanning, William T. Harrington, Roy Ferris, Ray Fitzpatrick, Erwin J. Frey, James Calvin, George Haynor, John Henry, Cornelius Maloney, Alfred Meyerhans, James Parker, Miss Julia Smith, Harold Thomas, Herb ert Smith.
 Administration Committee
 John Herbst, Jr., chairman; Miss Alice F. Casey, Earl F. Colson, Lin- ford c. White, Roger Rose, Clyde Jennings.
 Ball Committee
 James J. Curtin, chairman; Will liam Derwin. Miss Elsa Engratt, John Mcdonnell, Edward Phelan, Bartholomew M. Quilter, William J. Roach.
 Entertainment Committee
 Henry Brodeur, chairman; Eu- gene Oviatt, William Brennan, Har- " x. Cashin, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Ga- lullo, Attorney James E. Russell, George Ryan.
 Contributions Committee
 John Carlin, chairman; Miss E. Mae Keefe, Miss Mary A. Bennett, Miss Daisy Lord, Gabriel Price, Michael Kyle, Edward Kazemekas, Thomas Scadden.
 Sports Committee
 George Mulligan, chairman; Har- " ODonnel1 John Cluney, Jr., Chick" Kelly, Joseph Cavanaugh, Samuel Sena.
 Reception Committee
 Miss Dora A. Egan, chairman; Jo- seph Mulville, Attorney Vincent A. Miller, Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick, At torney Stephen A. Homick, William Kolbeck, Mrs. Belinda Tracy
 Ticket Committee Roger J. Walsh, chairman.
 Merchants Committee: George McDuff, vice chairman; Lawrence Farrell, Edward Fitzgerald, Joseph Hansen, Charles Melville, Joseph Sugenheimer.
 Motor Dealers Committee: Jo- seph Kenny, vice chairman; Fred Loehmann, John J. Collins, En- mons & Seville, Inc. Rowland Hotchkiss, Joseph Cassin.
 General Committee: Atty. Pas quale DeCicco, Patrick Wallace Thomas Scadden, James J. Hen messy, Joseph Robinson, Joseph Sullivan, William Gerardi, Patrick McDonough, Arthur Bowling. Carl Demenske, George Ayotte, Edward Green, Maurice Carey, Mortimer Conner, Francis Keefe.
 Roland filling, Thomas Lawlor John Mates, Atty. Fred Palomba William Tobin, Charles Bannon Charles Mcdonald, Thomas Bane William Lanesy.
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Blansfield, Egan Are
 Out For Trade School
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be made available for use, but also machinery.
 City Costs $25,OOO
 Their estimate was that the city would have to pay about $25,000 annually for maintenance costs. such as heat, light, and janitor service.
 It was stated at Hartford today that both legislators had talked the matter over with Mayor Scully and that he was in hearty agreement with them on the matter. They also expected to discuss the matter with state officials.
 A wide range of subjects would be taught at the institution if es- tablished in Waterbury from use of machine tools to domestic sci- ences.
 Waterbury is one of the few large cities in the state without trade school. An enrolment of 1000 pupils taking two-year course is visioned.
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United States Faces Invasion By Germany
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boundaries were continuous to Ger many's. Rising from the witness chair and facing Fish, Stimson said:
 Sharp Reply To Fish
 ''The Army of the United States today is nowhere near as large as the army of holland was last May.
 sThe Army of the United States today is not as large as the army of Belgium was last May - and mo- where near as well trained" X "Whose fault is it?" Fish asked.
 "Our fault" Stimson said. "The United States of America"
 Fish said he understood the na- tion was to have had an army of i,4O0, ,000 early this year.
 "You've been a soldier, MT. Fish Stimson said, land I've been a sol- dier. You know the difference be- tween that number of men and an army. You speak as if we can pass
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helmshaven was the heaviest and most successful made by British planes since the war started and expressed belief that it would be "some considerable time" before the base could resume normal war work.
 In addition to raiding Wilhelm shaven, the air ministry said, Brit ish planes attacked docks at Emden and Bremerhaven, Germany, and Rotterdam and Flushing, Holland, and airdromeS and other military targets in northwest Germany and Holland.
 Planes of the coastal command at- tackled the German submarine base at Brest, on the French coast.
 Only one British plane failed to return of all those engaged in what
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NSOAAVA4lOSl 14OAA1 | fl5N ~ present time" he said. T haven't made up my mind. I do consider legislation far more pressing than appointments"
 Governors Bills Wednesday.
 Bills carrying out the Governors s recommendations will be sent to the legislature next Wednesday and it was understood prompt action would be asked.
 Among the recommendations made by the Governor were those granting authority to savings banks to issue life insurance; less strin- gent laws concerning municipal ownership of public utilities; enact- ment foa wages and hours law; creation of a state defense con- mission and an Investigating group to inquire into subversive activities; providing sem-annual, rather than annual, bank examnations; man. datory periodic audit fo public utii- ties companies; appointment of minor court judges by the governor, and a provision requiring a two- thirds majority in the legislature to override Governors veto.
 Only One State Job
 Hartford, Conn, Jan. 16.-UP)- Rep. E. O. Smith, Mansfield, an in- dependent-Republican offered bills in the House today to prohibit state officials Or legislators from holding more than one state job.
 One bill banned dual job-holding by persons in the legislative ano executive branch of the government the legislative and judicial, or the executive and judicial.
 In other measure he would pro- hibit any salaried state official. from engaging in political campaigns ol making contributions to a politica, campaign, under penalty of being removed from office. Also, he would prohibit any officer of a politica, party or member of a party com mittee from registering as a lobbyist in the General Assembly.
 Other bills received in the House during a seven-minute session pro- vided:
 Outright repeal of the state merit system.'
 Reduction of motor vehicles oper- ators' licenses from $3 to 50 cents.
 A minimum payment of $40 to ole age assistance beneficiaries.
 An appropriation of $12,820 fol the biennium to set up a state cen tral social service index for the state welfare department.
 Down to Business
 Hartford, Conn, Jan. 16.-(UP)- Its routine organization completed the General Assembly today got down to the business of accepting bills and assigning them to the vari- ous committees.
 Only two or three measures were received by the clerks at yesterdays session, but windfal Twas expected from now on. A deadline on submiS- sion of bills by members has been set for Jan. 31, and, as result, hun dreds of measures probably will be placed on the hoppers in the next two weeks.
 In the Senate, Gov. Hurley's re- appointment of three superior court and common pleas judges was tabled for the calendar. Some Of the major bills carrying out the program out lined by Gov. Hurley in his inaugu- ral message probably will not arrive until close to the Jan. 31 deadline The governor indicated he wanted additional time to discuss the meas ures with interested parties.
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GRAND JURY
 HAS MURDER CASE
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terbury business men and officials. Judge Robert L. Munger then pro- ceeded to read the charge to the jury as requested by States Attor- ney William B. Fitzgerald. A true bill of first degree murder was asked in connection with the murder of Mrs. Susan Beal, wife of the slain Cheshire oVerSeer.
 The jury list consisted of the fol- lowing men: E. J. Daly, Jr, John F. McLinden, Harold Smith, John Monagan, D. T. Harrington, Jr., James E. Mcknight, James E. Rus sell, John w. Bendler and Wendell L. Cross, all from Waterbury; Rob- ert E. Lee, John J. DeMayo and Thomas Reyes, Jr., all from New Haven; Herman Angles, Meri6eE: Walter w. Joy and Joseph Shea, both of Milford; and James Wal ters and John McNamara, both of Ansonia.
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tions of civil train traffic have been attributed to heavy movement of German troops and supplies.
 Frontier Reports
 Struga, JugoSlavia, Jan. 16 - (U. p = Frontier reports said today that Greek troops have driven about mile north of Gjormi, about IA miles southeast of Valona.
 Greek forces advancing along the main coastal road were said to have repulsed two strong counter-attacks by the Italians about three miles northwest of Dukati.
 The Greek coastal forces were said to be about 12 miles southeast of Valona.