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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
REID ROBINSON.
 TO ADDRESS LABOR
International President to Speak at Buckingham
 Hall Tuesday Night

Reid Robinson, international pres- ident of the Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers union, C.IO. affiliate, Will be the principal speaker at an or gani1ation drive mass meeting to- morrow night at Buckingham hall Union leaders announced today that three newly formed locals, now be- ing expanded at the Scovill Mfg. Go, Chase Brass & Copper Go. and Lux Clock Mig, Co.,, will be represented by members, as will the parent local the Waterbury Brass Workers union
 MT. Robinson will also address meetings Wednesday night in Tor rington, Thursday night in AIlsonia and Friday night in Bridgeport He will be accompanied. by Don Harris director of the Brass Workers Or 1anization Committee in Connecti- cut.
 Tomorrow nights visit-will be MT Robinson's first since he opened the membership drive in Connecticut brass plants at a mass meeting foui months ago. Since that time he has been reelected to the unions inter. national presidency.
 Four Separate Locals
 Establishment of four separate Brass Workers locals here gives thi: city one of the largest union repre- sentationS in the country. Union organizers claim that membership has grown so rapidly at the Lua
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GOVERNOR NAMES
 AIR COMMITTEE
Six ip Group That Will Develop Air Defenses
 in Connecticut

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 6 - (UPJ Governor Hurley today appointed a committee of six to develop civil- ian air defenses in Connecticut and to cOllaborate with the army'g first corps area and civil aviation que thorities.
 It was estimated . recruiting pro- gram would turn ID about 1900 flyers and about 1900 other persons for ground operations,
 Named to the committee were: Aviation Commissioner Thomas Fl, Lockhart; Franklin Farrel. New Haven; Lyman Bralnerd, Hartford; State Senator Alfred N. Bingham, salem; Mrs. Thomas Bryant, Tor- Fington. and Prank s. Murphy Hartford.
 A statement issued at the Capitol sald the state would organize Connecticut wing for air defense and develop "the civil aeronausical resources 0f the state for effective cooperation wsth the military and civll defense foEoes of the state and naElon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Germans Called Raid On Berlin Big "Crine"
Nazi Newspapers Promise Vengeance in New Future; Hitler LegiOns Still Pounding at Lenngrad,
 But Are Not Advancing Very Much
BY JOSEPH w. GREGG JR,

Berlin, Sept. a.-(UP)-The Ger man press today quoted civilian de- scriptions of the fearful crash" ot British bombs in Q Royal Air force raid on Berlin during the night and denounced the attack as "lout'f trick" and a "crtme,"
 In angry outbursts, German aews- papers, for the first time since the heavy British air raids on Berlin of last fall, promised vengeance as the official news agency reported that 27 civilians had been killed.
 Describing the damage in the capital, the newspaper Nachtausgabe said that in a northern section of the city virtually the entire roof and iron balconies of Q four-story apart ment house were torn off by the concussion of high explosive bomb,
 Bombed Out Of Homes
 Berliners bombed out of their homes, the newspapers reported, were given temporary refuge in schools and other public buildings where coffee and sandwiches were distributed.
 Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels' newspaper, Der Angriff, reported that in one row of houses where British bomb crashed all the casualties either were in the front halls or on the street outside.
 The Nachtausgabe, concluding its account, said:
 "These shameful acts will be re- venged and the German sword will strike with fearful sharpness until the British world incendiaries fin ally are brought to their knees" D
 It termed the raid "one of the rottenest, most disgusting" yet a. gainst Berlin.
 Official sources claimed that 24 British planes, 19 of them bombers had been shot down over Reich ter ritory including Berlin in the past 24 hours.
 Twenty-seven civilians were killed in the raid and three British bomb
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British Bombers Subjected City To Terrific Blasting
German Newspaper Makes Most Insulting Attack Upon President

Bern Sept 8-UPThe newspaper ZwOeI Uhr batt bt.ery President Roosevelt today because of American oa that Destroyer attacked by German despite German official claims that She Greer the attacker.
 "ooseveGs Destroyer Greer unmasked was the headline of the editorial ..
 r Roosevelt attempts prOvOcate the editorial said Tt Is time he apparently has attached great importance to the quarrel"
 Expressing indignation that the president doubted German that the Greer attacked the submarines She n"s paper said: ' ,, , m . ca statement ie?" - ,
 statements made by the president on the war and continued; .
 "This man. who promised people not to his in foreign ordered United States ships to carry out patrol Atlantic and has ordered United States ships to fire ~
 "NIr Roosevelt mobllzed criminals against Hitler.
 United States of North Amer ca who exactly the contrary to what he promised his people the npudence declare an (German) statement untrue.
 the plutocrac Bolshevisc world clique everybody his words worthy of noth ing, especially in the Greer case''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
ROOSEVELT TALK
 IS POSTPONED
important Speech to World on Our Politics, Comes
 Thursday Night

Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 8AtUP)- Because of the death of his mother, President Roosevelt's "tmportant address to the American public ana the world on foreign policy has been postponed until Thursday night.
 Tn announcing the postponement, the temporary White House offices gave no hint of the subject matter. but reiterated that 1t would De or s'maior importance" directed not at the United States alone but at the whole world.
 MT. Roosevelt will speak from the White House in Washington at 10 D. m, (EDTl over the three major networks. His speech will be trans lated into i4 languages, includine German, for rehr0adcagt to all parts Of the world. He is expected to speak for about l5 minutes.
 It had been the impression here that the address would deal with the attack Of a German submarine on the destroyer Greer, but William D HassRtt, a White House secretary said he did not believe that the sud- den disclosure of Mr. Roosevelta plan to address the country and the world. which was made Saturday soon after Germany had charged that the Greer attacked the sibma- Fine, had any connection with the Greer incident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
HENDERSON IS
 UNDER CHARGES Price Control Administra- tor With Three of Staff
 Called Communists
BY JOHN l.. STEELE United Press Staff Correspondent


 Washington, Sept. 9-(UP)-Price Control Administrator Leon Tender son submits to the Civil Service commission today charges by Chair man Martin Dies, D., Tex, of the House Committee on Un-American Activities that he and five of his employees have CommuniStic aftilia- tons,
 Dies, in c letter to President Roosevelt, asked for the immediate severance from the governments payroll" of Henderson, Robert A. Brady, head consultant of OPACS (Split into two divisions in the new defense setup); Tom Tippett, as- slStant chief of rent section of OpAcS; Dewey II. Palmer, consult tant of OPACS; Mildred Edie Brady, principal specialist in con- suner education of OPACS and F, J. Lever, principal field representa- tive of OPM's labor division.
 Henderson, at Q special press con- ference yesterday, denied that he is or ever was "a member of any Com muniSt dominated or controlled or. ganization." He promised to "eat on the treasury steps any Commun- iSt organization to which I belong"
 He said the five employees referred to by Dies were being investigated "like oil other government em- ployeS."
 Fired, If Not Fit
 "If investigators determine they are not At, I'll fire them quickly" he said, "but we don't take funny letters to the President as O. basis for firing anybody"
 Henderson pointed out that the letter to the President and ths charges against himself and his eIn- ployes were made by Dies alone and not his committee. Such summary punitive action lon the basis of one mans opinion" he said, "is as un- American Q procedure as anything to which MT. Dies has yet given his attention"
 Dies, in his letter to the Presi-
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U. s. AMBASSADOR
 HAD CONFERENCE.

Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 8.-(UP)- The conference of Myron c. Taylor, President Roosevelt's enlissary to the Vatican, and the Ambassadors to Spain and France, Alexander We'd del and Admiral William D. Leahy ended today. No conmunique was issued and the American diplomats did not receive the press.
 Leahy left for Vichy by train at 10 a. m. Taylor was to take the afternoon Ala Litoria plane foy Rome and Weddell planned to re- turn to Madrid by motor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Tears Shed Today As p Draftees Departed
First Real Evidences of Grief Were Displayed; This Contingent Comes Under Latest Law That
 Requires 2K Years Enlistment

Evidences of grief were more con- spicious this. morning than usual as 22 Waterbury selective service reg istrants left for the Hartford induc- ton center to begin extended 2 l-2 year training periods. The contin- gent was the first to leave from this city with the knowledge that 1t would be required to serve in the armed forces of the nation for the length of time provided under the recent Congressional ruling.
 Since the last group induction last August llth, a few individuals have been admitted at. Hartford, but to- days was the first of any size de- parting and aware that 1t would not return before 9 1-2 years had elapsed.
 Relatives and friends of the camp bound draftees attended the leave taking in larger numbers than has been the case in some time. Sorrow was unrestrained and tears were shed profusely, some of the buoyan- cy that had characterized other de- partures was noticably lacking.
 Fitxmaurice For Mayor
 In the absence of Mayor Vincent A. scully, John P. Fitzmaurice, ex- ecutive secretary to the mayor, wa' on hand to witness the tarewelis. Francis w orencole, president oi the waterbury Veterans Council. and in his capacity as a member of the service mems committee, spoke briefly, and presented the boys witf' khaki kits containing articles use' full for camp-life. Also present war Patrick Wallace, grand knight ol
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
RUSSIANS tHURL OUT CHALLENGE
Fascist Hordes Will Never See Leningrad; Defend-
 CTS Send Promise
BY HENRY SHAPIRO Tnited Press Staff Correspondent

Limited Press Stan COrrespondent)
 Moscow, Sept. 8 - (U.P.) - De- lenders of Russia's three beleaguer- ed cities - Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa - reported today that they were holding firm in furious day and night fighting against the Germans on land, on sea and in the air.
 Listen Moscow; Listen Russia l" the Leningrad radio said in broad cast message.
 "This is Leningrad speaking the heroM city of Lenin The fight goes on day and night. It. is in progress this minute.
 "The Fascist hordes will never see Leningrad. A steel wall has arisen before the city. The best Fascist divisions already are broken against it."
 Similar messages came from Kiev and Odessa as the Red army was reported off1cially still fighting strongly on the entire front and as war dispatches told of new gains in counter-attacks designed to relieve the enemy onslaught against Lem ingrad on both the south and the north.
 Soviet Cavalry Helped
 Soviet Cavalry aided in the coun- ter-blows, raiding the German rear and surprising bivouacked troops ir series of battles that killed l,20( including a general and wounded another 800, a war communiqut said. Many arInored cars, guns ana other machines were captured.
 The Red army was oftlcially saic to have captured three more vii lages and six important heights ir the central front offensive, Although positions were not given, this coun' ter-drive has been aimed to cut int the south flank of the German at tack on Leningrad.
 (Berlin dispatches indicated tha the German air force and heavy ar tillery were concentrating on con tinuous heavy attacks against tn Leningrad zone defenses in an ef fort to clear the way into the cit. at any cost. That cost was high va ] (continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
FORMER SENATOR
 SHEPARD EDEAD

Newtown, Conn, Sept. B-lUP(-- Fairfield County Commissioner Rodney P, Shepard. b2, former state senator, died Sunday at New Has ven hospital after a long illness.
 Shepard held many public offices. including that Of local tax e0llee- tor, and for some time was ehalF- man Of the Republican town e0pl- mltGee. He also was Q member oi the board of finance.
 Ehepard's death created q ya- cancy 0n the board Of three FaiF- field county commissioners, wblell probably will be filled soon by dev Hurley. The governor was expect e6 te name Q Democrat s0 the posI thus giving that party eoDsfol ol the board eog the first time iil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
MRS. ROOSEVELT
 INFLUENCED SON
But Three Crucial Times in His Life Her Wishes Had
 Not Prevailed

Washington, Sept. s-(UP)-Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt exerted a tremendous influence over her only son, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, rut at three crucial times in his life her wishes did not prevail.
 From the time the president was IS years old, his mother filled the double role of father and mother. His father, James Roosevelt, died In 1900.
 Mrs. Roosevelt supervised his edu- cation and saw to 1t that he trav- eled extensively. She sent him 10 Groton and Harvard and later saw hi5 sons, except Elliot, do the same
 The first time that the mothers wishes did not determine young
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ALLEGED SPIES
 AGAIN ON TRIAL
One of Them Had Revealed Famous BOmb-Sight to Nazi Officials

New York, Sept. 8.-(UP)-United States Attorney Harold M. Kennedy charged today at the trial of l6 per- sons accused as Nazi spies that one of them had given Germany details of the famed Norden bomb-sight.
 The trial was resumed in Brooklyn Federal Court after week-long re- cess. The defendants, with 17 others who have pleaded guilty, were charged with conspiracy to provide Germany with United States defense secrets.
 Kennedy gave 8 long, dramatic account of how the defendants al- legedly gathered important military information and turned 1t over to German authorities.
 He said that one of the defend ants, whom he did not name, had obtained specifications of the Nor den bonnb-sight, considered the most accurate in the world, and res Yealed the information ot authoFi' ties In Germany in 1888.
 Kennedy asserted that one of ths defendants. Frederick J. Duquesne had been "spy for many years He charged that Duquesne wrote tho chemical warfare section of the val department asking Tor information as to how the United States would use various chemicals in event 0 war.
 In Good Hands
 Kennedy said that Dnquesne kae said in hlS letter that the intoEnaa' ton would be "in good hands" ever though at the time he was in th' pay Of the Germans.
 several motions for dlnmissni oE the grounds Of prejudice were deniee and the trial continued after Ken nedy had announced that he expect
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
From Before Midnight Un. til Early Morning Bombs
 Fell in All Sections FIRES RAGING, ONE
 HUGE CONFEDERATION U-BOat Base at Kiel, French Invasion Coast
 Also Heavily Pounded
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff CorrespOndentl

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 london, Sept. 8.-(UP)- British bombers, striking at Berlin from before midnight until early morning, sub jected the German capital to its heaviest raid of the war and started many fires, "one a very large one in the heart of the city" Other British bombers smashed heavily at Kiel, great German U-boat base at the Baltic end of the Kiel canal, and the French invasion coast. The attacks took place in the light oi full moon.
 Describing the attack on Berlin as 'heavier than any yet made on the German capital" the air min istry reported that great many high explosives were seen to burst around one of the main railway stations there.
 Brilliant moonlight outlined Ber- lin like a map" the air ministry said, Lakes to the west of the city ai.d familiar landmarks bathed by the moon guided the British bomber crews to the center" of Berlin.
 A flight sergeant was quoted as saying, soon there were many fires with one in particular blazing large and fierce in the heart of hte city as further guide to our bomb ers."
 High Explosives Burst
 "A great many high explosives weSe seen to burst around 6 main rail station and volumes Of smoke poured upwards" the air ministry reported. "On the return journey it was a long time before the crews cav the last glow of many fires to the east"
 "Herlin's defenses were ready for the attack, but our crews knew what to expect" the air ministry said. Cones of searchlights swept the skies and pursued the invading bombers. Anti-aircraft fire was tla- cessant and only stopped to let night fighters approach"
 A bomher's gunner described how |
 T saw Messerchmitt li0 coming up on the starboard quarter" he said. T gave 1t a burst and saw my tracer enter the starboard sngine. The Messerschmitt caught fire and crashed. It passed us so close that I thought 1t was going to hit us"
 Biggest Raid Ever Made
 Both in number of planes en- gagged and the weight of bombs dropped, the raid on Berlin was the biggest ever made by the Royal Air Force on a single objective, 1t was reported in well informed quarters.
 Great bombs of terrific destruc- tive power were hurled on Berlin by fleet of four-motored British long range bombers to mark the start of the fall bombing season and the first anniversary of tho !, day on which German planes be- gan their mass raids of London.
 Bombs crashed and great fires burst toward the sky in Germany, Holland and France throughout the night.
 In & carefully co-ordinated att tack plan, while great bombing planes swept over Berlin, formid- able fleet of fighter planes, swarm- ing across the channel in waves, heavily attacked all aiydromes from which German night fighter ? planes might have gone out t0 in. tercept the bombers.
 l There had been more British ? planes over Germany during sin- . (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
SARA DELANO , ROOSEvELTkT CAUEEU'SE END One of Three Women. Who Lived to See Their Sons
 Become President 86 YEARS OF AGE,
 ACTIVE TO CLOSE Never Entered Public Life Until Her Son Became
 President
BY sANDoR s. KLEIN

tUHat0u kxe5S StaAk OVEEeSPVAs~SA'V
 Hyde Park, N. r., Sept. a.-(UP)-An American flag fluttering at half staff from the Franklin D. Roosevelt library synbolized today the grief of the President and his family over the death of his mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt, S6 years old, one of three women who have lived long enough to. Me their sons become Presi. dent of the United States, died yesterday following Q collapse or her circulatory system brought about by old age. Death came m Q bedroom of tho ancestral Roose. welt estate here with her son ana her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, at her bedside.
 Funeral services, which will De private, will be held tomorrow rom the home and she will be buried on the left side of her husband, James Roo9avelt, who died in 1900, in the family plot in the yard of st. James Episcopal church here. Only mem bers of the family and intimates will attend and friends and the public were specifically requested not to send flowers.
 Condolences Arrive
 Thousands of messages or con dolences were arriving at the temporary White House offices m Poughkeepsie and the White House in washington. They came from the worlds great who, since !9S2' when her son became Presioent, have known "the grand old lady oi Hyde Park" as both an impeccaole aristocrat and a proud mother, ana from simple folk to whom she symbolized the material virtues
 The home in which she died was
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Sept. s-(uP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts foe the current fiscal year through Sept 5th, compared with a year ago. Thia YeaF Expenses kmmf Keoe s3,4bs.7II,s9s.Qs si,6e4,7Ss, ,a06.Ae
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Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
CORNERSTONE
OF D.R.E.A. LAID
Delaware Rural Electric AssO-
citation Ceremony on
September 9Th
NEW HEADQUARTERS

The Delaware Rural Electric As
sociation has announced that the
corner stone for their new office
headquarters on U. S. Highway 13
about one mile south of the Green
wood blinker light, was laid on the
afternoon of September 6, 1941 at
200 o. M, Standard Time. The
Delaware Rural Electric Associa-
tion has for a period of four years
been operating out of the discon-
tinued Queen Anne Railroad sta
tion at Greenwood. The limited
facilities and the increase in mem
bership of the past two years have
made this Office entirely inadequate
and it is therefore with great sat
isfaction that the Members, Board
of Directors and Staff look forward
to the completion of this building.
United States Senator, Honorable
James E. Tunnel, was the speaker.
Mr.. E. Laird Kratz presided. The
contents of the box to be sealed in
the cornerstone were as follows:
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
DEFENSE BOND
Quiz

@. Can Defense Savings Stamps
be redeemed?
A. Yes; they can be redeemed
for cash at face value or exchanged
for Defense Savings Bonds. For
example, rs of the 25-cent Stamps
total cash value $18.75--may be
exchanged for Defense Savings
Bond which in 10 years will be
worth S25.
O. How long have Defense Saw
ings Stamps been on sale at retail
stores?
A. Sale of Stamps at retail
stores originated in the State of
Michigan on July 10. The idea met
with such success that it is spread
ing rapidly, and soon Stamps will
be sold in most retail stores on a
Nation wide basis.
Note-To buy Defense Bands
and Stamps, go to the nearest post
office, bank, or savings and loan
association; or write to the Treas
urer of the United States, Wash
ington, D. c.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report Of Church Services For
Next Sunday

Report Of Church Services Fol
Next Sunday
First Church of Christ. Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. M, Sunday School IL a. M,
Wednesday evening service 500.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m; Sunday School IL
a. m, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at s p. m.
Subject for Sunday, September IA,
Substance" Golden Text: IL Cor
inthians 4:1s. The things which
are seen are temporal; but the
things which are not seen are
eternal. A bible citation from the
lesson-sermon: Ecclesiastes 2:2S.
For God giveth to man that is
good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: Correlative
from the Textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy: In proper
tion as the belief disappears that
life and intelligence are in or of
matter, the immortal facts of be-
ing are seen, and their only idea or
intelligence is in God.