The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-28

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 There was second alarm during the lunch hour. At the same time it was reported that a German plane had been over eastern England dur ing the morning.
 The third alarm came early in the afternoon, and guns again fired.
 Digs Out of Blizzard
 London, Jan. 28 - CUP) - Great Britain has just dug itself out of one of its worst blizzards and cold waves in years, one which disrupt ed communication and food trans port in and between big cities and left some areas isolated.
 All mention of the storm and cold wave in dispatches abroad was forbidden by the ministry of information until sufficient time had passed to make it certain that the news could not be of benefit to Germany.
 Today, 1t is possible to say that northern Scotland was swept by its worst blizzard in 20 years and that the rest of Britain shivered in the grip of great cold wave.
 Airplanes were used to drop sup plies to parts of Sutherland and Caithness counties, in far northern Scotland, when Is foot snow drifts cut them off from road and rail communications.
 Sixty train passengers were snow bound for two days near Kinbrace, in Sutherland County, and 16 mem bers of a train crew were snow bound for three days, in a freight train.
 There were 15-foot drifts also in the MoorS between Lancashire and Yorkshire, across northern England.
 Snow fell for three days continu- ously at Birmingham and for four days continuously at Liverpool. Traffic was disorganized in these cities and in Manchester.
 Food distribution suffered general ly because of the storm.
 At one point off the southeast coast of England the sea was frozen.
 London, Jan. 28. (UP)-Prime Minister Winston Churchill today described as heart breaking busi- ness" a parliamentary committees finding that Robert Boothby, former parliamentary secretary for the minister of food, had supported liquidation of British claims against Czechoslovakia allegedly for per- sonal gain.
 Boothby already has resigned from the ministry of food, but Churchill suggested he also should quit his seat in commons.
 Paying tribute to Boothby's min- isterial abilities, Churchill said in Commons:
 "As for MT. Boothy, I can only say there are paths of service open in wartime which are not open in times of peace and these paths may be paths of honor"
 Commons, without vote, approved the special committees report.
 Sharp Reply
 London, Jan. 28. (UP)-The House of Commons resounded with lan- guage seldom heard in its dignified precincts today when Home Min ister Herbert Morrison replied in salty terms to critics of his sup preSsion of the Communist news paper, Daily Worker.
 fingered by the criticism, Morri- son told the startled members of the house that when police raided the press room of the Daily Workers an employe told the officers:
 I'm just here to earn a living and I don't agree with the politics of those baStards upstairs"
 Members stirred uneasily in their seats.
 Shipping Lost
 London, Jan. 28-(UP)-Shipping lost by enemy action during the week ended midnight, Jan. le, took an upward swing, totaling 68,2l2 tons, including five British vessels aggregating 34.772 tons and six Al. lied ships totaling 2S,440 tons, the admiralty said today.
 It ended c three week period in which shipping losses for the week ended midnight Jan. i2 were 30,- 226 tons.
 But the tntai stIIj was below the weekly average since start of the war. Up to the week ended Jan. 12, the aggregate average weekly loss Waa af ll7 toms.