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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Tn Greece, boats of all types rom fishing ssnacks to warship were em- ployed and thousands of Greek refu. gees were reported to have joined in the flight.
 It was believed that small, reso- lute rear guard, Q suicide corps whose men knew they had no chance Of escape, continued to protect the evacuation against hordes of Ger mans now overrunning even the peloponncsus Peninsula.
 Fought or Attacks
 Cairo dispatches told of ships or all sizes plying back and forth pc. tween Greece and Egypt, In closely packed groups which were shep- herded sometimes by British dc. stroyers and at other times by Royal Air Force planes which fought off the attacks of German bombers.
 Passengers, military and civilian, were crowded into all boats and many huddled on the open decks wrapped in blankets and coats, the civilians clutching the few possess sions they had been able to snatch as they fled their homes, dispatches said.
 Military experts warned the puh- lic to be prepared to losses, though they pointed out that according to ofilcial indications the movement as Q whole was proceeding successfully.
 Conditions In Greece, they point cd out, were not as favorable for an evacuation as those ct Dunkirk be- cause the distance to safety even in Crete was much farther than at Dunkirk and the number of evacu- ation ships was much smaller. Fur ther, they said, the Royal Air Force had lost It's bases in Greece and thus was handicapped in fighting oil the German planes. ..
 But on the other hand, they said there were many small harbors along the Greek coast from which scat. tered groups might escape. It was indicated that the loss In war material would be more serious than that In men.
 Ffitler's Next Move
 With the end of the Balkan cam paign, interest increased in Hitlers next move and the possibility that, in the eastern Mediterranean, at least, he would decide on Q drive for suez, and perhaps on Q drive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
TRADE SCHOOL
 LOOKS BETTER
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(Continued from Page D up the Waterbury trade school ap. propriation bill as its first order of business at its mex. executive ses- sion. This may be later today or tomorrow afternoon.
 Assembly Coasting
 Hartford, Conn.,, April 30-(Up)-- The General Assembly coasted to. day as consideration of major bills was put of for several days and legislators prepared to attend the big social event Of the season--the 0ridiron Club dinner and show to- night.
 Although tho State Labor Rela- tions bill was starred for action In the House today, consideration of the bill was made the order of the day for noon next Tuesday. Lesislators still were discussing the possible political effects of pa. tronage until May lS, @ requested by Gov. Hurley in c special mes. sage yesterday. Tho request was granted without debate by both chambers.
 The Judiciary committee cleared It's files of scores Of bills reconl- mending changes in the state Li. uuor control Act. Most of tho meas. ures were turned down, and no major changes will be made In the law this year.
 A few of the bills making minor corrections In the statute were ape proved by the committee.
 Newspapermen Awake
 Hartford, Conn, April 3o-(UP)-.. Legislative llewspapermen turned out today to be the best-organized and most efficient lobbyists ever seen.
 Tearful the General Assembly might ret into O tangle today--of all days - on some of the major bills now coming up for debate, the newspapermen went to work.
 The reason was this:
 Tonight Is the night of the Blen' nial Qirdiron Club show for the Governor, past governors, legislators and other capable of paying sb. But, this afternoon, the biggest, ana virtually the only, rehearsal of the show was to be held.
 Legislators obligingly promised to do nothing today to interfere with the rehearsal. Debate In the House of the Labor Relations b!l! was put of until next Tuesday, and the Merit system Investigating com mittee promised to hold on lw report---due May l-until May 3.
 Regional Market
 Hartford, Conn.,, April 30-tUp)- A bill establishing & $2o0,000 region. al market ct Hartford came into the house today on 6 favorable report or the appropriations committee.
 Among other favorable reports received during the session. which lasted less than an hour, were those approving establishing the "womenS college In New Haven," and pro. viding for 6 retirement system Tor fspae0wieh toWn employeS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
United States Patrol
 Already Functioning
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American warships would enter those zones.
 Revelations that the patrol radius has been doubled since MT. Roose- welt last estimated 1t at 1000 miles off the Delaware coast was accom- panied by an editorial warning from Berlin that protection by American warships of conveys on route to Great Britain would lead to "the rapid sinking Of American ships." Tn Rome, the newspaper Lavoro Fascista said the expanded Atlantic patrol pragram was to make patroling American vessels "stool pigeons" to tip of the whereabouts of Axis raiders.
 Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, revealed the ex. tent of the patrol here yesterday in an address before the United States Chamber of Commerce.
 5000 Miles At Sea
 1T would like to present Q piceelre to you," he said. "f wish I could talk about conveys, I would like to tell you about our patrols and where they arc 5000 miles out from the high latitudes to the Equator in both oceans. But If I did 50, some. body would say, T wonder if Betty (Stark's naval academy t1icknamel Stark has gone crazy giving ell that secret information out"
 Stark later reduced his mileage from 5000 to 2,000 miles from shore.
 Shortly afterward at his regu- larly scheduled press conference, MT. Roosevelt refused to support, although he did not deny, the ad- miral's statement on patrol opera- tions. The president, dealt in gen. eralities with the questions fired at him regarding the distance from American shores the Atlantic patrol now was operating. He said the only estimate of distance he had made was in September 1899 when he said the patrol was operating 1000 miles out from the Delaware coast.
 No Msps Of Patrol
 He warned that no published maps or analyses or patrol opera tions properly reflected what the Navy was doing in the North At- lantic. He was specific in saying there was no limit on where the Navy might go on patrol duty SC long as 1t was ito protect this hemisphere"
 MT. Roosevelt did not recognize the combat zone drawn around Great Britain by Germany in say' ing United States naval vesseli were not barred by the neutrality act from entering the prohibited zones established by the United States around belligerent areas atld into which merchant shipping may not venture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Tn Hartford Monday morning 2S truck drivers walked out and Tee fused to make deliveries. The corn- pany suspended service rather than cause a controversy by employing substitutes.
 It is charged that the company declines to enter in negotiations with ultimate hope of a contract being signed. The Hartford men are members fo Local 559, Bakery, Gro- cery and Laundry Drivers and Help- CTS. The union has been attempting since January to obtain a contract, but without success to date.
 Company officials and union lead- CTS have held series of confer ences, but no settlement has yet been recahed.
 To effect Q complete state tie-up local union members entered the picture today to enlist the coopera- ton of Bridgeport operating in this territory.
 An early adjustment of difficult ties IS expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
HUGH JOHNSON
 NOT REAPPOINTED
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animation, according to the news- paper, but War Department records showed that, in Johnson's case physical examination had been waived temporarily. Then, 1t was said, a White House spokesman said that the presidents refusal was on the ground that reappointment of general officers should be re- stricted to men called to active duty
 Roosevelts Reasons
 Washington, April 30.-(Up)- President Roosevelt, 1t was disclosed today, has refused to renew the col1i- mission of Hugh Johnson, newspa. per columnist, administration critic and one-time chief of the MIRA, as Q brigadier-general in the army TO. serve.
 Correspondence in the case dis- closed that MT. Roosevelt, through his secretary and military aide, Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson, assured Johnson that personalities were not involved in the decision.
 The commission was not renewed, the letter said, because of Johnson's age. physical condition and the fact that he has not been in active service or training for many years. Johnson will be 59 in August.
 White House Press Secretary ste- phen T. Early said the Johnson case and the resignation of col. Charles A. Lindbergh from the reserves could not be considered analogous.
 He said that no abridgement of free speech could be construed from either action, because as civilians no longer in the reserves, both John. son and Lindbergh would have greater liberty of expression than would be possible in active ser vice.
 "It used to be a practice for the war and navy departments to call men to active service and thereby gag them" Early said.
 "As a newspaperman covering the war and navy departments I have seen cases where men thus called were assigned on active service tc posts in very remote plnees.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
DANGER ZONE IN
 NEW AMHPSHIRE
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 to the outskirts of Forge Village and Qraniteville. It then back" tracked northward to TJngsboro ne- fore e changing wind.
 Kenney planned to send forces through the ravished area to srnoti. CT brush fires which he feared might send flames into areas yet untoucn- ed. Equipment was rushed from as far south as Cape God and as far west as the Connecticut River while all cities and towns were asked 70 send all available men and equip' ment.
 The Marlow- Washington fire in New Hampshire destroyed the pitcher mountain fire coptgol tow CT, 10 homes, five barns and Q tea room, and was threatening to sweep into Stoddard north of Washington.
 May Rage Afresh
 The New Hampshire Forestry Service said that 1t was feared the fire might break out with renewed fury toward noon and more than 500 men were assembled to halt any flare-up. At noon yesterday, the on. tire town og Washington seemed doomed when the fire split at the southern end of LonA Pond and tizsn swept nesntWard on either s'as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

toward the town.
 Though no injuries were reported, 20 dogs were cremated when fire fire ignited the kennes oi aensy McCue on Pitcher mountain road.
 Assisting in the Gro;on fire. fiehting effort were students of ex- clissiyc droton school and Lawrence Academy. At one time, 2ooo soldiers from Fort Devens were on the fire lines, Several fire.fighters suffered minor injuries, but returned to duty after medical treatment.
 The Lowell Red Gross chapter sent workers into the fire area to feed and provide temporary bed- ding for the weary men.
 Other areas reporting forest fires Included Hancock, North Sandwich and Rochester, N. H.: es. Johnsbury, Chelsea and Satnford. Vt, and Saul gus and 1auton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
Britain Explains Big Losses In Her Flight
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across interior Egypt to the Nile.
 Exeperts foresaw the possibility that dermany's arrnored forces would be supplied and reinforced from the air, by hundreds of troop carrying planes now massed ae Libyan airdromes.
 A Cairo dispatch said Royal Air Force communiques reporting bomb- ing attacks on German Junker.52 troop planes, was believed to mean that Germany was reinforcing its men at the front In the Egyptian. Libyan zone by air.
 Today,s newspapers reported that 100 Junkers transport planes were now ct the Benina airport outside BenghaSi and many others were at Libyan fields ready for Q mass as- sauit by parachutists on the army of the Nile defending Alexandria and SueS.
 On Channel Fronts
 London, April 30.-.-Waves of Brit. ish bombers attacked the southwest German commercial and industrial center of Mannheim last night drop ping many bombs. including some of the latest and most powerful type and starting large fires, the air min istry said today.
 It was the 36th raid on Mannheim and the first since Feb. 8. OH stores at Rotterdam also were bombed, the air ministry said.
 "In daylight yesterday" a co'ii- munique said, many attacks were made on shipping. One supply ship of about 5000 tons was set afire and several others damaged"
 one British plane is missing from the nights operations, the commu. nique said.
 London, April So--(UP)-The ai4 ministry today reported that direct hits were scored on ct least i've German supply ships during exteri' s!ve daylight attacks on enemy shipping of the French, Belgian and Norwegian coasts yesterday. A conmunique said that the iarg- est of the vessels struck was between GOO and 5000 tons. It was attacked of the coast of Norway.
 "Ymmediately after the bombs ex. ploded the ship was well alight and may be considered total loss" the ministry said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

The German combat Zone in some places extends approximately twice as far westward as that de. limited by MT. Roosevelt and al. most touches the southeastern coast of Greenland an island to which the United States this month OK. tended It's protection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
TAKE OFFENSIVE

Rome, April 30.-(UP)-German and Italian forces outside Sollum. Egypt. took the offensive against the British army of the Nile yes- terday and forced the British to re- treat at several points. the Italian hieh ecznmand said tedsy. The 1Fit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Continued from Page D Casualties at one hospital, which -1lad to be evacuated. A college re- teived Q direct hit and bodies were -btrewn in the road in front of 1t. ~ Expect Another Raid People in Plymouth believe that 1here will be another raid tonight. = Last week the Germans raided Plymouth on Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday. The city has been Traded on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
 Many Plymouth residents planned to spend the night in the open scountTy.
 I stayed last night in small 1own about 90 miles from Plymouth s9because there was no room In the -city. Although I was well inland - heard the raiders swarming low -overhead as they roared to the at- Hack
 . Several of the planes were shot down by the biggest anti-aircraft barrage ever fired here, but the -Germans, oblivious to the fire, seem- 1ngly, darted down through the Bursting shells and flaming onions to make the ruin wrecked by their bombs more certain.
 Stretched in Ruins
 The city is not altogether in ruins. In some parts-smalleI now since alast night when I made Q survey aon my arrival for a second visit life is normal, homes are undam- aged and children play ring around arosy-among the sand bags.
 But 1t was sickening to see other areas. They reminded me of a ylerelict movie set.
 M Tho people already are hardened. They say 1t is mot too bad" But .one house more or less matters It. tie in @ town where whole streets have been obliterated
 The worst hit areas are like No Mans Land. ......, H At the Barbican, the old dock from which the Pilgrim father sail- ed, the Pilgrims Stone with It's yel- low monumental arch, was ,indam- aged. It looked new compared to the old fashioned shops across the street. (51 words censored) " In some streets householders had bravely chalked such signs on the battered remains as "This is Mo-, Ernie Smith and family live here They are all right. Keep smilingl' But the family was no longer there v It was districts such as this which ,Jhad caught the full fury of the Nazl Ablitz. But almost around the cor 91er in the next block I found peo. -ple carrying on normally, with onl, s.an occasional broken window to tel Of the raids.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
Lady Astor's Appeal

London, April 30 -(UP)-- The sznessage which Lady Astor, as lady tnayoress of bombed Plymouth, sent to the United States for aid, was:
 "Alas twas worst we ever had. It's ibloody. A city in ruins. sos SOS." ~ The message had been censored swhen Lady Astor sent 1t 50 that 1t Aread:
 Alas Give words censored) it's bloody. (Four words censored) sos SOS."
 The full text was released today. Lady Astor had sent the message to Bertram Cruger, head of the British War Relief society In Amer 3ca, who at once sent $l5,000 and arranged to send 10 cases of knit .ted goods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

'CUHCIIIueu 1TUH FHBS I1 tackled the harbor at La Valletta, capital of Malta, last night, and scored bomb hits on a light cruiser Q nanti-aircraft battery and docks. Fuel depots were set afire and 1t was claimed that large merchant ship was destroyed.
 Malta airports at Lucca and La Valletta were reported attacked. The communique said that two British Hurricane fighters had been shot down in an air battle at Malta and that one German plane was lost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Susanna Foster claims ics cream keeps her thoat in trim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Deanna Durbin's fan mali is al- ready crowded with letters asking ths details of per eoPains wedding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

iSsh suffered notable" losses.
 Italian and German planes con. tinued their attacks on the British garrison at Tobruk, Llbya. A trans. port was sunk and the Italian high command said that Axis air raiders hit gun batteries and motor vehi- cles.
 Italian troops in East Africa, 1t said, continued to resist British pressure.
 British planes last night raided Benghazi, Libya, the communique said, but 1t offered no details of the attack or its results.
 German and Italian planes bomb- ed British naval units in the cen- tral Mediterranean yesterday, the high command said.
 Luxuries at Premium
 London, April 30.-(UP)-Oranges were at a premium again today de- spite 26,000 cases--about 8,000000 oranges-which arrived last week. end.
 It was England's first sizeable shipment this year and was sold out in few hours.
 Chemical preparations are being substituted for orange juice in the diet of infants and invalids.
 Virtually no fresh fruit is for sale. Canned fruit, most of which was imported from North America, apparently has been banned by gov- ernment order to save shipping space.
 Lemons were the first to disap- pear. They went in January. Then banana shipments were suspended in order to make more room for supplies to the North African troops. Grape fruit, applies and tomatoes followed in order.
 Strawberries. however, can be ob- tained - at $8 a pound. Some fruiterers offer them. as a special concession to favored customers, at 20 cents each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
U. S. PATROLS ANGER

Berlin, April 30.-(UP)-President RooseveltS plan for extending United States naval patrols to war zones if necessary brought from au- thorized German sources today a renewal of threats to sink any ship ping regardless of flag" in areas blockaded by Germany.
 The German attitude will not be changed by anything MT. Roosevelt says, authorized German quarters said.
 These quarters were asked for comment on the United States pres Tents latest statements regarding patrols.
 The German attitude towards ships entering the German blockade zone already has been stated cate- gorically by Adolf Hitler, a spokes- man said, adding:
 Tt Is all the same to us whether anyone recognizes the zone or not We proclaimed 1t, and who enters It regardless of flag, will be torpe- doed."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
CRACK AT ROOSEVELT

Rome, April 30.-(UP)-President Roosevelt is attempting to provoke the Axis in order to thrust the United States into war, Virginio Gayda wrote today in the authorita- tive newspaper Giornale DTtalia.
 Roosevelt seeks by every means to provoke Axis reaction SO he may claim the United States has been the vic- tim of aggression and intervene in the war on the false basis of de- lending the United States dignity" Gayda wrote.
 He also wants to drag South America into the war. It is not seen how Roosevelt's ruinous policy can be arrested Americans under stand that intervention merely will prolong the war and will not save England"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
FRISBlE PIE co. SUFFERS STRIKE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
PLYMOUTH NOW a LIES IN RUINS

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GERMANS SEIZE
 5000 BRITISH

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Evening star., 1941-10-27
Son Sees Mother Killed
By Train at BeIfsviIle

While one of her eight children
looked on. Mrs Blanche Dent. So, OF
Beltsville, Md, was killed by Balti-
more & Ohio passenger train near
the Beltsville crossing this morning.
Thomas J. Doyle, railroad agent
at Beltsville. said Mrs. Dent and
her son Leonard, II. were on their
way to the post Office when the
accident occurred.
According to the story the agent
obtained from the boy, Mrs. Dent
and her son had paused at the
side of the tracks waiting for a
Baltimore-bound freight train to
pass.
When the freight cars passed, Mr..
Doyle said he was told. the mother
started across the tracks and was
struck by the engine of passenger
train coming from the opposite di-
rection.
Mr.. Doyle said that the engineer
of the train continued on toward
Washington without stopping. not
knowing he had struck the woman.
The passenger train was travelling
about so miles an hour at the time,
Mr.. Doyle said
In addition to her eight children,
Mrs. Dent is survived by her hus-
band, Percy. 81. an employe of the
Beltsville Agricultural Experiment
Station
Evening star., 1941-10-27
New 0.P. N. Emp|oye
Faces 17-Year-0|d
Bribery Charge
Check Of Record Brings
Old Indictment in
Virginia to Light

A check on the record OF new
employe of the Office of Production
Management brought Nathaniel j..
Botwin, 39-year-old accountant, into
Federal District Court at Harrison
burg, Va. today to answer a IT.
year-old indictment charging at
tempted bribery of a Federal officer
Mr. Botwin. according to the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, dropped out
of sight in April, 1924. when he was
released on $500 bond after indict-
ment for reputedlv offering $3.50 to
two Internal Revenue agents. Rufus
P. Bell and r. S. Gochenour, in con-
nection with an adjustment of the
income tax affairs of Henry Green
stone. a Staunton CVaJ merchant.
Mr.. BotWin, New Yorker, was
auditing the books of the merchant.
The accused denied the charge,
but did not appear for trial. When
he was employed by the o. P. M.
under the name Of James BotWin,
according to the authorities, his old
record came to light in the course
of the investigation to which all
employees are subjected. In the IT.
year span, it developed. he had ac-
quired an enviable reputation as a
utilities accountant, and had served
both the New York State Power
Authority and the Federal Power
Commission.
He was taken to Harrisonburg last
week.
Evening star., 1941-10-27
| 77-Year-OIds
ToRuIe eGIenEcho
For Week

For one week beginning tonight,
the $50 residents of Glen Echo. Md,
will place their government in the
hands of town officials not more
than II years old.
According to custom now in its
third year, all Offices of the town
will be placed in the hands of the IT.
year-olds after an election at the
firehouse in Vassar Circle at 7::30
o'clock tonight. From then until
Halloween is over. the young people
will sit in the seats of their elders
and rule as they have been ruled.
On hand to supervise the election
will be Mrs. Beulah H.. McCuen,
Mayor of Glen Echo, whose idea it
is to give children an opportunity
to learn through experience how a
town is operated. All young people
of the community and its environs
will be eligible to hold the Offices of
Mayor Town Councilmen, clerk,
treasurer, fire chief, marshal and
deputy marshals.
AS a climax to the week, Mayor
McCuen will entertain the tempor-
ary town officials with a party. This
was scheduled for Halloween, but
was postponed until Monday because
she was unable to get the enter
tail1ment talent she desired