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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-16
GLASS EMPLOYES
 NOT GOING BACK
Strikers Unanimous in Vote Not to Return to
 Naugatuck Jobs Yet
fspeclal to the Dernocrat)

. Naugatuck, Sept. l6.--Striking employees of the Naugatuck Glass Company today voted unanimously not to return to work tomorrow, and to remain out until the contract be- tween the strikers and the company is negotiated and signed. This vote taken at a mass meeting this morn ing, in Linden park, was in effect a rejection of a tentative agreement arrived at a conference yesterday afternoon between a committee representing the strikers, union representatives and the company manaRement. In the tentative agreement yesterday, the strikers were to return to work tomorrow, and then a vote to determine whether or not CIO union will be the sole bargaining agent for the workers was to be taken, and ne- gotiations were to follow after that.
 However, the strikers felt today they should not return to work. They agreed however, to the vote to determine the sole bargaining
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-16
ARGENTINA HITS
 GERMAN ENVOY
Edmund vOn Thermann May Be Compelled to
 Quit as Ambassador
By HERMAN LARGER fYYnited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

Limited Press Stan COrrespOndentl
 Buenos Aires, Sept. 16.-(UP)-- The government executive branch considered taking action against German Ambassador Edmund von Thermann today after the chamber of deputies had censured him for abusing his diplomatic privileges" :"
 The chamber voted 78 to l for a censure resolution introduced by Raul Damonte Taborda, chairman of the congressional committee in- veStigating Subversive activities. The resolution does not force von Ther- mann's expulsion zecauSe only the executive can declare 8 diplomat persona non grata, but it brings powerful pressure to bear.
 Informed quarters believed von Thermann would leave Argentina voluntarily. Some newspapers said Germany had planned to recall him and that Capt. Fritz Wiedemann, former consul general at San Fran cisco who arrived Sunday, had been sent to replace him.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-16
ny IAN H. YYNDRFCH

NSb1SsHA AN8H VSeSAs GVAAVDRgAhNeSssSV
 The moment for Q new British offensive in the Middle East appears near and American war materials are likely to play a decisive role.
 Two strong Ttalo- German mech anized reconnaissance colum n s crossed the Libyan frontier into Egypt Sunday after four months of comparative inactivity in the l. 100000 square miles of desert waste comprising Libya. They were forced to withdraw after being blasted by British bombers and strafed by low flying fighter planes, which prob- ably included American-built Toma- hawks.
 The renewal of activity in the desert, where the approach of win- ter means e drop in the tempera- lures which grill tank and armored car crews, recalls the recent prom ise of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that there would be action soon in the Middle East.
 With American fighting planes and other war materials pouring in to this war theater and Germany preoccupied with Russia, neutral military experts believe the moment for the British to take the initiative in the Middle East Is approaching.
 Accomplishments, Maybe
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-16

Washington, Sept. 16-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts Tor the current fiscal year through Sept. 18th, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year s1,S45,772,2s3.62i $i,169,sO3,1o4.59 4,764s6S4.4
 Gross Deficit s2.Tl7.139.4S614 $791 1,007, ,159.1e
 Net Deficit ss,707, ,5s1 ,4S6.14 $775,5so,75s.is
 Cash Balance ,sss.547.sO2.ss s2.4es.s5l.i2e.4a
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Furnaces cleaned Rma repaired hy experts. ChlmneyB cleaned. water
 hary Heating Co. Rhone G-0a50.-Aav.
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BRITISH READY
 FOR WINTER WAR
Middle East battle-ground of Struggle; Italo-Ger.
 mans Face Attacks

Editors Note: Prospects for winter warfare in the middle east are surveyed in the following dis. patch by United Press Corres- pondent Jan II. Ylndrlch who was the only reporter with the Im- perlal forces in Tobruk during the first months of the siege there.
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The Weather

Fair for Tonight;
 Wednesday Cloudy Fun weather Report PAto 2
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
Police and President Frus. trafe RevoIution-Ar-
 rests Are Made
GERMAN MINISTER
 ORDERED ExpELlED
Former Cabinet Member Is Reported Head of Trouble
 Mdkers-Sfate of Siege

LA PAz, Bolivia, July 21.--A num- Der of prominent Bolivians, includ- ing former Finance Minister Victor Estenssoro, are under arrest in con- nection with an alleged Nazi plot the police are said to have smashed by the timely action of President Penaranda, advocate of closer CO., operation with the United States. ~ Ernest Windler. German Minister, has been ordered expelled from Bol- ivia and must leave immediately. President Penaranda says he has documentary proof that Windler has attempted to meddle in Bolivia s domestic affairs.
 Estenssoro. member of the Cham- Der of Deputies and Cabinet Min ister until June 20 when he resigned as the result of the exchange rate of the peso and dollar, is described by the police as the head of the Nationalist Revolu tionary move- ment.
 The organization has been dis solved automatically by a proclama- tion of state of siege. All is re- ported quiet in the Capital City, also at other important centers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON. July 21 The thorn in the side of the United States Army for more than 1s years may leave the House of Rep- resentatives-but if he does, it will be no consolation to the Army, for he will move over to the Senate.
 Congressman Ross A. Collins of Meridian, Miss, may not be widely known outside his own state, but if there is a brass hat in the armed forces who can't tell you about him that brass hat is sleepier than Representative Collins ever has ac- cused him of being. And that would be superlatively drowsy.
 MT. Collins has just announced that he is a candidate for the Mississippi Senate seat left va cant by the death of Pat Harri- son. Whether he wins or doesn't won't make much difference to the Army because. even in the Senate wing, his voice could not be much louder than it has been for years as chairman of the Mili- tary Appropriations Subcommittee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
GERMANY TO
 BE BOMBED
 INTENSELY
Raiders Now Pounding h. dusfridl Cenfers Both
 al Night, Daylight

LONDON. July 2l-The Royal Air Force will launch the heaviest air raids in history against Ger many within the next three months authoritative sources said today as a stream of British bombers kept up a nonstop air offensive already under way.
 British raiders swept across the channel in day light today with a strong fighter escort and are re- ported to have smashed industrial Lille in northern France.
 Last night. British bombers in squadrons struck at the Rhineland and Rotterdam.
 Heavy bombers built in the Unit- ed States are expected to be the spearheads in all future attacks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
 SHAKES UP
 HIS STAFF
Sends Cooper 10 Far East as Coordindfor-B
 Is Successor

LONDON, July 21-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill has re- vised his government for the third time since May 2, dispatching Alfred Duff Cooper to the Far East as Special War Coordinator in the Brit ish War Cabinet, and naming Bren- dan Bracken, Minister of Informa- tion in his stead.
 Bracken, who has been Chur- chills Parliamentary private sec- retary, is the fourth man since the war to hold the Information port folio.
 The exact nature of Cooper's as- signment is not disclosed, but it is understood his duties will be similar to those of Capt. Lyttleton, Govern ment Coordinator in the Middle West.
 Cooper is believed to be headed for Singapore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
Germans Claim Russia, Like France, Ready
 for Killing Blow
MOSCOW AIR RAID
 PROVES B0MDLESS
Indications Russ Foriifica- lions CrumbIing
 Under Invasion
(By Associated Press)

Clinging tenaciously to its de- lenses at the head and Hanks of Germany's Smolensk salient, the Red Army is reported to be fiercely opposing the invaders from positions in Smolensk itself.
 Private Soviet advices said the Germans are being held, notwith- standing contrary German claims that the city is in Nazi hands. Smol- ensk is 230 miles southwest of Mos- COW on a good motor road.
 With the war now in its fifth week, and the Germans on their second offensive. Nazi communiques continued to mention the same areas where battles have been raging for days. These are the Polotsk- -Nevel sectors on the northern flank of the Germans Smolensk operations, the Smolensk area itself, and the Novo- grad-volynski section in the Ukraine where Russian forces defend the path to Kiev. capital of that rich oil province.
 Alarm in Moscow
 In Moscow the sixth air raid alarm of the war sirened over the city for 45 minutes, but no German planes came through.
 "A big destructive battle is in progress east of the Stalin line" German spkoesmen reported tonight. They compared the Russian cam paign situation at the end of the first month with the situation on the Western Front between the Mouse River and the English Cham nel after the Nazis had turned the Maginot Line in June. l940. Even as the Germans gave the harried French and British forces no breath- ing spell then. the spokesmen said, so the Germans are now not giving the Russians time to reorganize after the smashing of the Stalin Line in huge complex encircling tac- tics.
 Russ Division Lost
 It was declared the Germans de-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
Asks for Extension of Serv- ice for SeIeefees, Re- servists and Guards MAINTENANCE OF
 ARMY NECESSARY Situation Is Grayer than When Legislation
 Passed

WASHINGTON, July 21. = Declaring that America is "in- finiteIy in greater" danger than enc year ago, President Frank lin D. Roosevelt today asked Congress to authorize extension of the one-year period for ac- tive service of Army selectees, National Guardsmen and re- servists.
 Unless this extension is granted, President Roosevelt said in his message, this Ma ton is taking a grave National risk for disintegration of the Army, underway within the past several months, and also for maintenance of efficiency of the Army.
 The extension of the service, said the President in his mes sage, rests solely with the legis- latOrs.
 The President emphasized that conditions in the world have changed since the 12-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21

, or the powerful HouSe ApprOprla- ton Committee.
 Representative Collins came to Congress in 1921 and except for a two-year interlude following his unsuccessful race for the Senate against Theodore G. Bilbo, he has been there ever since.
 Back when the whole world was talking disarmament. Collins began to dip into our military history. His thoughts then were pretty much the same as they are today. he says.
 ITO me, it is incredible that the policy makers of our War Depart ment and our Army have not seen the handwriting on the wall. I am only a civilian, but I like to suppose that the good Lord en- dowed me with at least some measure of common sense," Col lins says.
 To him then. it wasn't common sense that the Army. back in the middle 18th century, had waited
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
" FOR VICTORY" CAMPAIGN STARTS
 BRITISH .EMpIR E
Nation Must Fight for En- pire's 5 Independence and
 Honor df All Times

LONDON, July 21-Col. c. F. Britton. Director of Great Britain's " for Victory" campaign, declared Sunday. in observing the " for Victory day, said all Britishers must faithfully fight the best way possible for yours country's inde- pendence and honor, and war against the German army occupa- tions must be carried out every where and at every opportunity. The " for Victory symbol should be displayed everywhere"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
Lew Fields
 Passes Away
Half of Famous Vaudeville Team Succumbs-Take
 III Only Last Thursday

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, July 2l Lew Fields, "A, half of the fam ous vaudeville team of Weber and Fields, is dead here. His lifetime partner, Joe Weber. joined t he small family group and will attend the funeral services.
 Weber said: Tt is like losing my right arm. We have grown up to- gether. He was everything to me- 2
 Fields became i'll only last Thurs day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
NEW.sTEp5 IN AGGRESSION,
 NAzI PLANS
Sumner WeIIes Says U. 5. Learns of Proposed
 Moves

WASHINGTON, July 21.--Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State, said the United States has informa- ton Germany is planning new steps of aggression against the remaining independent countries of Europe.
 Welles made the statement at a conference with the newsmen today but he did not go into details.
 The comment of Welles, however, aroused speculation as to the pos sibility that he meant Spain and Portugal might be due for attacks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF
 INDIAN SCHOOLS HERE

Willard w. Beatty, National Di- rector of Education for the Office of Indian Affairs, arrived in Juneau today by plane from the south. He will be in Juneau for few days and will then leave for the interior. He will make an extensive tour of na- tive schools in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
FIRE IN OREGON FOREST CURTAIL5
 HEATh'5 VACATION
Forest Service Employee Is Drafted 10 Aid in
 N. w. Blaze

Because of reputaton of being an exceptionally good fighter, Vir- gil Heath, Forest Service employee at Juneau, had his vacation cut short and was drafted for work over a thousand miles from his home.
 Word received in the local Forest Service office revealed that Heath is fighting fire in oregon in the same area where he was formerly station ed. Because of the severity of fires in Oregon, Heath was drafted from his vacation trip and has been fight ing fire for the past week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
U. S. BEHIND BOLIVIA

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Under Secretary of State Summer Welles told the newsmen at conference today the United States has prom ised full support to Bolivia in event international incidents might arise in the alleged attempted Nazi coup there, also the immediate expulsion of the German Minister to Bolivia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Canadian Women in War

Funny thing about the uniforms women are wearing in Canada these days-a lot of the men don't like them. Canadian women, though, are dead serious about their part in the war. Mar garet Kernodle of the AP Feature Service has written two articles on Canadian women in the war. The first is in todays Empire Read it
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
GRUENING RETURNING

Latest word received from Gov Ernest Gruening, on flying de- fense trip to the Interior with as- sistant Civilian Defense Director J. J. Ryan, was radiogram from An chorage saying he is on the return trip, and will arrive in Juneau within several days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21

WASHINGTON-Friends of the President in Hyde Park the other day were urging him to deliver an- other fireside chat. They wanted him to keep the American public buoyed up, enlighten them further on American foreign policy.
 One of these friends was Florence Kerr, able assistant of Civil Defense Administrator LaGuardia. She said:
 MT, President, lot of us would like to have you make a fireside chat every week or ten days, give us the news hot off the griddle and keep our minds straight about the international situation.
 All right, Florence the Presi- dent replied, "I1l give a fireside chat a week-and you'll get a new President"
 What Roosevelt meant was that it takes so much time and study to prepare each fireside chat that he would be able to do little else, would have to neglect affairs of state.
 However, the President indicat- ed that he did intend to deliver an- other fireside chat on the war sit- uation and on American policy in the near future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE

MT. and Mrs. o w. Jenson from Anchorage are now staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July q. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is AS, American Can 89A, Anaconda 29ss, Bethlehem Steel 77A, Commonwealth and Southern 7/16, Curtiss Wright 9%, General Motors 39A, International Harvester 561s, Kennecott 39A, New York Central 1873, Northern Pacific 75s, United States Steel 599s, Pound $4y04.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 129.50; rails, 30.54; utilities, 1861.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
CAN RUSSIA LAST?

Despite all the conflicting reports from the Russian front, U. s. ex- perts have not wavered in their be- lief, arrived at regretfully. that in the end Russia cannot stem the tide of Nazi mechanical force.
 The two big things they are hop ing for are: CD that Stalin may keep his Red Army intact, retreating sclowly and giving terrific punish ment to the enemy; @ that the Russian peasants and army may
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-21
Army May Gel Rid of Thorn in House bui He
 May Move Into Senate
II. I. ". Phonc1 photo

of the powerful House Appropria- ton Committee.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-30
Discuss Changes
AT Two Schools

Meetings are scheduled for Roy
and McKenna this week TO dis
cuss with County School supt.
Percy J. Cox the effect that the
school reorganization law might
have on these two school districts
The Roy meeting is slated for
sp. m. at Roy gymnasium while
the McKenna meeting will be held
at S p. m. Friday at the McKenna
school. A similar meeting il
scheduled for this Tuesday night
at Lacamas school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-30
Roy School Meeting
On Thursday Night

ROY-Burt F. Whitehead. clerk
of the Roy school board and a
member of the Pierce county re-
organization committee, announces
a public meeting to be held in
the Roy gymnasium Thursday
evening, July 31st. at s O'Clock.
Members Of the Thurston county
committee will attend as will
Percy Cox. superintendent Of
schools Of Pierce county. The
meeting is for the purpose Of dis
cussing problems affecting the
local high school, and interested
patrons are urged to attend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-30
aluminium Violin
To Aid u. S. Defense

NEW YORK - Jascha Heifetz
came here by air from Los An
geles today to present 500 alu-
minum violin to Mayor F. II. La
Guardia in connection with the
national aluminium drive. Heifetz
carried the violin with him during
the flight. He used the instrument
in practice.
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March. 1865. Charles Wood. OF
Olympia, sent about three-quarters
81 a bushel Of hop roots 70 the
store at Steilacoom 10 be delivered
to Meeker's father who had taken
a claim near the settlement that
became Sumner. John Meeker. a
brother. volunteered 10 carry the
roots on his back the 20 miles 10
the fathers claim. but before he
did 30 Ezra picked out six Of the
best looking roots and planted
them on his claim. now a part Of
Puyallup.
The elder Meeker, following
directions. planted the re-
mainder of the roots and that
fall harvested enough hops to
make . bale of $50 pounds
which he sold for S153. The
half dozen hills on Ezra's
claim had produced as well
proportionately.
The story that Jacob Meeker
had sold his one bale OF hops for
more than $150-more cash than
most OF the early settlers received
in one season for all farm products
inspired other settlers to in
vestigate the adaptability of the
valley soil and climate for that
product. The next year f. c. Mead
and L. F. Thompson obtained
barrel of roots and planted four
acres of hops.
The following year Ezra obtain
Cd enough roots to plant four
acres. Twenty-Five years later he
had increased his acreage to about
200 with production Of more
than 400 tons a year. That made
him one of the biggest hop pro-
ducers In the country.
Through his father, who died in
1869, Ezra Meeker made a con-
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differences between historians
related by Meeker probably
any of them.
nection with Henry Winehard. =
Portland brewer. and one Of the
largest buyers Of hops IN the west
he contracted FOR all the Meeker
hops and for a number Of years
bought the entire crop at = price
sometimes 81 high as 81 pound
Profits from the hop fields
were hey ond the dreams Of
avarice." Everybody Was get
ting rich and there seemed "a
he no limit 10 the demand No
matter how the acreage In
creased, the demand con-
tinued until the fall of 1869
when the market dropped.
The next year. 1870. there was
nationwide business depres-
sion and the market went TO
pieces.
More fortunate than his neigh
hors. Meeker sold his hops IN Port
land for IS cents a pound. Two
other big growers. Mead and
Thompson. sold their hops for
barely enough to pay the delivery
costs.
Discouraged. Mead and Thomp-
son the next spring plowed up
Part OF their hop acreage. Meeker.
with canny foresight, leased
two and a half acres Of the old
hop fields and enlarged his opera
tons. He paid $40 an acre for
the use Of the land and from the
two and half acres produced
1000 pounds Of hops which he sold
for so cents a pound.
Business picked UP the next
year but many had become dis
couraged and replaced the hops
with other crops, all but Meeker.
He gradually increased his acre
age until he was one OF the largest
growers In the west. Then gen
eral failure Of the hop crop in
other parts OF the United States
and in Europe sent the price boom
ing. The top price was 81 a
pound and Meeker sold 100, 900
rounds for 20 cents pound.
About this time Meeker be-
gan to look about for a wider
market. He established con-
nections In England and after
several trial shipments OF
few bales he made a contract
for regular shipments. The
heaviest year was / / 900 bales
for which he received more
than a half million dollars,
largest individual hop deal
ever made here. The pros
perity continued for several
years. Meeker became one Of
the strongest men financially
In the Northwest.
Then out Of a clear sky came
the deluge the valley hop fields
were attacked by parasite which
shriveled tne crop before 1t rip
ened. A spray was recommended
which was working in other sec
tons but the quantity Of spray
required 70 penetrate the thick
foliage Of the valley vines caused
as much damage as the parasites.
The market continued 10 decline
because Of The poor quality. One
after another Of the growers went
broke One crop which Meeker
sold for three cents a pound cost
Il cents TO produce.
At that time he held notes
Of the valley growers TO the
amount of 100000. They had
nothing with which to pay and
Meeker wrote off most of the
accounts and forgot them.
Though the boom came 10 a
tragic end, the hop business,
while it lasted. was one Of the
mainstsys Of the Northwest. II
If estimated that until the begin
ming OF the decline in the bust
ness, hop growing had brought
more than 20 million dollars into
Washington territory.
Ito Re ContinuedD
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Lights and Shadows Of Hop
Business in Valley
Parasites and Ponies Send Growers
From Afluence TO PERJURY

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