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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-02
Games Tomorrow

Boston at Cincinnati. New York at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis CD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-02
Games To

GameS TOn0y Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Pittsburgh. Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-02
c. Y. o. Baseball
 Standing, Schedule
THE STANDING
Games Wednesday Night

First round champions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-02

It's a case of teacher vs. pupil in that golf match at Girard, Ohio, between open champion Craig Wood and PGA champion Vic Ghezzi. Ghezzi is one of the numerous young golfers whom Wood brought along and helped to good jobs.
Evening star., 1941-03-22

brick and concrete electric sub
station, 1860 Union street SW.;
to cost $1,000.
Milton Polinger, care 1929 Crit
tenden street NV, owner; Harry
A. Rosenfeld, 1929 Crittenden
street NV, builder; j. H. Abel,
1927 Connecticut avenue NV, de-
slgner; to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 572l Sixteenth street
NV; to cost $500.
Mrs. Elsie May Grosvenor, own
er; E. w. Dreyfuss, 1924 K street
NV, designer; to erect one l.
story brick and concrete garage,
1l25 Seventeenth street NV, rear;
to cost $1,000.
William Lichtenberg, 4O34 Geor-
gia avenue NV, owner; Dana B.
Johannes, jr., designer; to make
repairs, 4034 Georgia avenue NV:
to cost $4,000.
William Lichtenberg, 4034 Geor-
gia avenue NV, owner; Dana B.
Johannes, jr., designer; to erect
one 2-Story brick and cinder block
store and apartment addition. 4034
Georgia avenue NV; to cost So 900.
E. M. Aiken, Inc, 300 H street
Evening star., 1941-03-22

NV, owner and builder; G. T.
Santmyers, 14l0 H street NV,
designer; to erect one 2-story brick
and stone dwelling, 1904 Georgia
avenue NV. (addition); to cost
$4,000.
DR.. Thomas c. Thompson, 2O32
Sixteenth street NV, owner; c. j.
Harnett, designer; Clarence w.
Gosnell, builder; to make repairs,
2032 Sixteenth street NV; to cost
$500.
Bertha Hanshen. 29O9 o street
NV, owner; Bernard Hanshen,
designer; w. Hansborough, Nc
Lean, Va, builder; to make repairs,
2909 o street NV: to cost $1,5OO.
Maurice I. Schlein, 915 New
York avenue NV, owner; to erect
one 1-story frame dwelling, 405
Forty-seventh street NE; to cost
$500.
James S. Davis. $3.50 Camden
street NV, owner and builder;
Lionel H. Struck, jr, 1861 Camden
street Sc, designer; to erect one
l-story stone and frame addition
to dwelling, 1850 Camden street
Sc; to cost $1,000
Mrs. Jeanette Walker, 1925
Connecticut avenue NV, owner
and builder; Lloyd C. Mayors, de-
signer; to make repairs, 1925 Con-
necticut avenue NV; to cost 81 500
Evening star., 1941-03-22

Thirty third street Sc; to cost
$1,000.
George R. Lyles and Charles G..
Raymond, 1850 Eastern avenue NE,
owners and builders; Charles G..
Raymond, ABB Alabama avenue
Sc, designer; to erect two 2-story
masonry dwellings. l2l6-l2l8 Forty
fourth place Sc; to cost $500.
Gertrude Wolf, 1929 TWenty-irst
place Sc, owner and builder; Mar
Gus Hallet, 6525 Piney Branch road
NV, designer: to erect one 2-Story
brick and cinder block fiat (two
units, 1922 Massachusetts, avenue
Sc, to cost $4,000.
Seymour B. Payne. 2l50 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, owner, designer
and builder; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 1924 Butterworth
place NV: to cost $4,000
Roy De Haven, 3508 Northampton
street NV, owner and builder; C..
B. White, 1906 Georgia avenue, Sill
yer Spring, Md, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and cinder block
dwelling, 29lO Military road NV, to
cost s6,5OO
Abner Werksman, 1901 Decatur
street NV, owner and builder;
Marcus Hallet, 6525 Piney Branch
road NV, designer; to erect one
2-story brick and cinder block fiat
(tWo units, 1888 C street Sc; to
cost $1,000
Maurice I. Schlein, 9l5 New York
avenue NV, owner and builder; j.
Marcus Hallet, 6525 Piney Branch
road NV. designer; to erect two q
story brick and cinder block dwell
ings, 404-406 Forty-seventh street
NE; to cost $500 each.
Charles D. Sager, 924 Fourteenth
street NV, owner and builder;
John D. Cobb, 1108 Sixteenth street
NV, designer; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling. 2900 Bellevue ter
race; to cost $4,000
Potomac Electric Power Co., Tenth
and E streets NV, owners and
builders; to erect one 1-story brick
and concrete electric substation,
920 D street S.W.; to cost $4,000.
Potomac Electric Power Co.,
Tenth and E streets NV, owners
and designers; to erect one 1-story
brick and concrete substation, 1872
Seventh street Sc; to cost 5000.
Potomac Electric Power Co.,
Tenth and E streets NV, owners
and builders: to erect one 1-story
Evening star., 1941-03-22
Small Home Mark
Touches 5 Billions

Applications for F. H. A. insurance
of small home mortgages have
now exceeded $4,000, ,ooO,0 900, Federal
Housing Administrator Abner H.
Ferguson announced today.
Almost $lO0000,O 900 of small home
mortgage insurance applications
were received during February, Mr..
Ferguson said, and applications dur
Ing the past week brought the cumu-
lative total since the start of the
program above the 5000, ,O00,O 900
Evening star., 1941-03-22

drive, Silver Spring, Md, owner and
builder: G. T. SantmyerS. 14l0 H
street NV, designer; to erect two
2-story brick and cinder block dwell
ingS, lis Walnut street and 6734
Eastern avenue NV; to cost $12,-
| 000
w C. & A. N. Miller Develop
ment Co, 1119 Seventeenth street
NV, owners and builders; G E.
| MacNeil, 1l19 Seventeenth street
NV, designer; to erect one 2-story
brick, stone, tile and frame dwell
ing, 4780 Hillbrook lane NV; to
cost $4,000.
$4,000 Outlay.
Walker & Prescott, Inc. Dupont
Circle NV, owners and builders;
E. Burton Corning, 1925 Connec-
ticut avenue NV, designer; TO
erect one 2l2 STORY masonry dwell
ing, 3544 Appleton street NV; to
cost $4,000.
Edna Owens. care 1927 Connec-
ticut avenue NV. owner; j. H.
Abel, 1927 Connecticut avenue
NV. designer, to erect one 2-Story
brick and stone dwelling, 5193 Wat
son street NV: to cost S11 900.
Joseph Hopkinson, 2l1 Dresden
street. Kensington. Md, owner and
builder; A. w. Smith, 1929 Leland
street, Bethesda, Md, designer; to
erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block dwelling, 4701 Butterworth
place NV; to cost S8.500
Joseph Hopkinson. 2l1 Dresden
street, Kensington. Md, owner and
builder; A w. Smith, 1929 Leland
street, Bethesda, Md, designer; to
erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block dwelling, 46O8 Forty-seventh
street NV: to cost $500
Maurice I. Schlein, 915 New York
avenue NV, owner and builder;
j. Marcus Hallett, 6525 Piney
Branch road NV. designer; to
erect two 2-story brick and cinder
block dwellings. 4710-4712 Dix street
NE; to cost $500 each.
G.. F. Mikkelson G. Son, 1858
Rittenhouse street NV, owners
and builders: E. Burton Corning,
1925 Connecticut avenue NV, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, 1899
Stuyvesant place NV; to cost
$8500.
J. Barton MacMurray, 2700 F
street, owner; Edwin A Hyde. 5918
Second street NV, builder: G. T.
Santmyers. 141Or H street NV. de-
signer: to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling. 4509
Forty fifth street NV; to cost
$4,000.
Women's Army and Navy League,
owner; Reginald R. Isaacs, archi-
tect; Marthinson & Co., 100 I
street NV, builders; to make re-
pairs, rear 1912 L street NV; to
cost $4,000.
Edward D. Hollander, 1868 Thir-
ty-ninth street NV, owner; Cam
pitelli & Co.. 603 Insurance Build
ing, builders; Julian E. Berla, 2
Dupont Circle, designer; to erect
one 2-story and basement wood,
brick, cinder block dwelling, 2425
Chain Bridge road NV; to cost
So 200.
Walter Podrog, care 1927 Connec-
ticut avenue NV, owner; Harry A.
Rosenfeld, 1929 Crittenden street
NV, builder; Joseph A. Abel, 1927
Connecticut avenue NV, designer:
to erect one 2-story brick dwelling,
5727 Sixteenth street NV; to cost
$500.
Evening star., 1941-03-22

level. The number of applications
is approximately 1,140,000.
During February, applications for
F. H. A. insurance of new-home
mortgages showed increases over
both the preceding year and the
preceding month, Mr.. Ferguson said.
Evening star., 1941-03-22
More Permits Listed.

Margaret White. 518 Twelfth
street Sc, owner; w. c. Prohaska,
1888 R street Sc, builder; John
Thurston designer; to erect one q
story brick and block dwelling, 1929
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Z Hurt as Truck
Upsets Bus

Twelve persons were hurt, one
seriously, today when lotion
truck sidcswiped a Lincoln Park
bus and overturned il.
Badly hurt was Herbert Penn
berton. 80. Of 1905 Keppen avenue,
Lincoln Park. He is in Wyandotte
General Hospital witt. head in
juries,
According to the bus driver.
Sherriel BHkey of Inkster. he
stopped his bus at Dix avenue and
Southfeld road in Lincoln Park to
pick up Pemberton when the big
truck hit the bus IN the side,
knocking it over.
The truck was from Ohio and
was driven by Eugene Heck of
Urchsville. O,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
HeffrfeS
In. HOUSING
ParIey

Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr.
today accepted the invitation of
federal housing officials to confer
in Washington later this week on
proposals for completing the Her
man Garden housing project
The mayor added that he has
received no official word either
from his own housing commission
or from Washington authorities
about plans for dissolving the De-
troit housing commission and
placing the Detroit projects under
the direct supervision Of the fed
eral government
Work at the 2.150 family pro-
ject has been stopped after Circuit
Court charges that the conStruc-
ticn- contract between the city and
the a. Smith and Lipnan con-
strucuon companies. Of Chicago
was obtained by hribing council
men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Full Emergency
Edilt Expected
Of Roosevelt
Ry KINGSRURY SMITH

Int News Service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 2.-There
is a growing belief in official
quarters here today that President
Roosevelt will, before long, extend
the scope of the national emer-
gency TO cover shipping, national
defense production and possibly
price levels.
Such action would give the
government absolute control of
shipping and national defense
production, and, if applied to price
levels, would enable the govern
ment to control the price of every
thing from rents to labor costs.
Some quarters believe that the
President may extend the scope
Of the national emergency grad
ually. applying it TO shipping first
and national defense production
later. Others think that he may
proclaim a full state of national
emergency as a prelude to indus
trial mobilization.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Sweet Verdict
Hunt for Candy Wins
Speeder Freedom

Searching for candy store at
$50 a. m. in which to purchase
his girl friend a gift. today re-
suited in Michel Malaschuk, 81, OF
1887 Normandy avenue appear
ing before Traffic Judge Thomas
F. Maher on a speeding charge.
"My girl works nights in a
restaurant" said Malaschuk, Il
was driving down to take her
home when. l remembered she
was a little sore at me for not
buying her Valentine Day
present. So l decided 10 get her
some candy. | couldn't find a
store open SO I was speeding a
little when picked up"
Judge Maher said he was inn
pressed by NalaSchuk' 5 truthful
ness in the case and put him on
probation for 90 days instead OF
imposing a Jail sentence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
VIII H. Hays Backs
SChen(k S Character

NEW YORK, April PMS
VIII H. Hays, former postmaster
general who for many years has
served as the official conscience"
Of the movie industry as head of
the Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors Of America, testified
today TO the good character Of
Joseph NJ SChenck who is charged
with income tax evasion Of
S4lS.000.
Hays said nc had known The
producer for p years and that
he had a reputation for truth
{ulness. honesty and integrity
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
President Frees
Billion Aid; Sees
i. 5. Conveys
BY CECIL d. DICKSON

lnii News SERVICE >taH Correspondent
WASHINGTON. April 2.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt announced today
that S1.0SO000.OOO in lcase-lend
funds had been allocated 10 aid
Great Britain and other nations
resisting aggression and disclosed
tn government is considering use
of conveys TO deliver war materials
safely.
The Chief Executive told his
press conference the question of
.convoyS has been under study by
the government for year and a
half and that it was still under
study
Despite persistent questioning he
refused 10 60 further on the con-
voy question. except to say that
there was lots of government
machinery through which ma
terials loaned and leased 10 the
democracies could be channeled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Electric Club Officers

Officers elected ar the annual
meeting of the Electric Club Of
Detroit al the Detroit Leland
Hotel are Arthur II Jones. preSi-
dent, II { JooS. vice president.
{, J. Strohmer, treasurer r. B.
Barnes. G. r Bull {. { Nuuroo,
i 3. Bo0fIcid. {. o. Richard. COY
ernor>. and y. II. Van Gordcr.
secretary manager.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Trapped by Troopers,
Identified as Killers

CAMBRIDGE ONO April .
Guernsey County officers today
announced that Owen Bickel. q
Of Coshocton, and Harold Cox. 20.
Of MillerSburg. trapped last week
~ Michigan State police after an
SHeged holdup tour. had been
Identified here as the killers Of
MRS. Margaret Foley
Mrs. Foley Sc mother Of nine
children. was shot 10 death in
Youngstown March 10 The iden-
fiiieatien vas made by Eileen
Sullivan Is and Mrs Jane Cox,
HHroid's 1f-year-old wife
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
HAD SEVERAL DRINKS

Dwight told Of talk he had
with Mrs Connolly after the mur.
der lie said:
Mrs. Connolly told me Patrol
man Connolly was supposed 10
go to work AT Dawson station
at =. m. In the morning they
had had several drinks In q beer
garden. When they returned
home Mrs. Connolly said she re-
jected unwelcome advances from
the officer.
He went into the bathroom
To shave. Mrs. Connolly told me
she was 80 angered she took his
revolver and began firing. After
five shots hit the door Connolly
yelled he WAS coming out BY
that time Mrs. Connolly had re-
loaded and fired again"
Mrs Connolly. an eXpec tsni
mother. Is expected to testify
Her child. Carl Jr, is being cared
for by relatives
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
london RdiidIIIess
For 18th Night
Int.rnatIonaI New. serric. cahIr

LONDON. April 2.-Save for a
few bombs dropped on south
western England, German air at
lacks on Britain came TO a virtual
halt during the night, the air
ministry announced today.
For the twelfth successive night
Nazi raiders failed to attack Lon
don.
An earlier announcement said
Raj fighter patrols destroyed two
enemy bombers off the Welsh
coast yesterday afternoon.
Raj fighters shot down raider
east of the Devon coast today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
International New. Service Cable

VATICAN CITY. April Pope
tests 10 Germany against increas-
ing signs that persecution of Cath
olics is being renewed in the Reich,
IL was learned on reliable author
ity today.
This revelation was supported
by an announcement of the Vati-
can radio. which said
Anxiety is felt in the Holy
See over preparations to found
I'm Germany a new church indie
pendent of Rome.
ATTACK ON CATHOLICS
alfred Rosenberg CNazi Gull
tural chief terms the Catholic
Church a Mediterranean Jewish
myth, and Germans protesting
the vocation of the priesthood
are liable TO be sent TO labor
camps"
The Pope's protests, II was
learned. have been sent through
Mgr CeSare Orsenigo, papal nuncio
in Berlin.
Only his deep desire TO avoid
even involuntartly creating the
impression that the Pope favors
the enemies of Germany, or per-
hitting the mistaken notion that
the Vatican is taking advantage Of
a delicate wartime political situ-
alton, has kept His Holiness from
open and more vigorous express
Sions of unhappiness over the
Reich situation, it was stated.
IRRITATE SITUATION
II was felt also that following
the example of Plus XI, who boldly
protested each case of prosecu.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
TIRED OF wRANGLING

Reports from Washington stated
that the United States Housing
Authority was tired of more than
five years OF Wrangling with the
Detroit city government and that
as a result Of the recent council
bribery scandal they were consId-
erlnC finishing the Job here them
selves.
III i their money. isn't IL?
the mayor said. They can do
what ever they want
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Conducts 3-Oay Retreat

The Rev Richard T. Deters. s. J
of the Jesuit House of Retreats,
Cleveland. will conduct the annual
three-day retreat in which los
students of the engineering branch
of the University of Detroit will
take part. The retreat will be con-
Quoted in the chapel of Gesu
Church
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Wife Tells
OF Killing
Policeman

A few minutes after Mrs. Cath
crime Connolly. 81, poured a volley
of bullets into the body Of her
policeman husband, Carl Connolly,
27, in their home at 7476 Emily
avenue, she went to the home Of
a neighbor, asked for cigaret
and unfolded a historical story OF
domestic unhappiness.
Mrs. Dolores Powierski, the
neighbor, of 7456 Emily avenue,
gave this testimony today in the
court of Recorders Judge John V.
Brennan. where Mrs. Connolly is
on trial for murder.
Mrs. Connolly came running
to my door about $50 p. m. on
February T." said Mrs. POWER
ski. "She yelled:
"I have just shot Carl Is
times
STARES AT JURY
"She asked for a cigaret and
kept moaning she had killed her
husband. She said Mr.. Connolly
had killed their baby eight
months before and wanted TO
kill their unborn child.
Mrs. Connolly said:
"It was his life or the life Of
my baby"
Mrs. Connolly her face pale and
dressed in a black fur coat. black
hat and veil, stared at the jury
as Mrs. poWierski testified She
appeared unmoved and frequently
whispered TO her attorney, Oscar
A. ft1upCtte.
Earlier. Or. Leo Kallman. Of
the coroner's office, said six bull
lets had struck Patrolman Con-
molly and five Slugs were found in
the b a teh o ON door. Detective
Lieut.. William Dwight said Mrs.
Connolly said she reloaded the
Wrannn furlfp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
FROM AID FUND

The S1,0S0, 100000 comes from
the $1,000 100000 lease-lend fund
and covers materials for army and
naval use. automotive equipment,
aviation. food and miscellaneous
military items
He refused to divulgc details on
the allotted aid 10 the democracies
or 10 which countries il is destined.
Neither would he comment on the
action Of the government in taking
protective custody OF 50 German,
Italian aHa--Rafiisif vessels IN
American ports.
Pressed on when Great Britain,
Greece. China and Yugoslavia
might get the materials ordered
today under the billion dollar al
lotment, he laughed when he said,
in about two years. He empha-
sized that the materia' would not
be sent out Of this country until
ii was completed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
LIMITED EMERGENCY

At present. a limited state of
national emergency exists. II was
proclaimed by President Roosevelt
on Sept s. 1889, and was intended
10 apply only to matters affecting
American neutrality in the Euro
-pt-drT WIT and The strengthening
Of national defense within the
limits Of peace-time authorize
tons
Government legal experts do not
believe the President has suffi-
Gent power under this proclama-
ton 10 take over complete control
of shipping including the requisi.
tioning Of foreign ships in Amer
lean waters. or 10 order anything
in the nature of industrial mobili-
cation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
LibYdn Town S
Fall Claimed
By Rome

ROME. April g. ms -
Combined Italian and German
forces have captured Mersa
Brega IN Iihya. the italian high
command announced IN a war
bulletin today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
GUNS TO GREECE

Mr.. Roosevelt said that the
.modernized French IS nm. guns
he had ordered sent to Greece from
Fort Bragg, n c., would come un-
der the $1,000 100000 figure set by
Congress on the amount OF ma
terial he can draw from present
army and navy stocks and which
is entirely apart from the $1,000
100000 fund.
Meanwhile, congressional non
interventionists agreed to force a
showdown on the question Of
American conveys for vessels car
ryinG munitions to England
Called together by Senator
Wheeler Cd of Montana. a group
of IS senators and representatives
adopted a policy program to raise
the convoy issue at once by press
ing for action on a resolution by
Senator Tobey (R) of New Hamp-
shire, 10 prohibit use of conveys.
House members will demand ac-
ton on similar resolutions pending
in the lower branch of Congress.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
By W T SAPPHIRE


intl Nsvs Service star NofffsFnnaf"t
CAIRO. April 2 E8crunterine
little resistance from The swiftly
reirestine Italians BRUSH Indian
and other inlperiai forces today
pressed deeper into Ertre7 after
capturing Asmars. capital and
transportatio7 center of Ifsiys
Oldest East An can colony
In an advance GILMORE than 30
miles in togr days The empire
troops cleared the way for a drive
on Msssaws. chief Eutean port
and final victory N the campaign.
Other British armies thrust
closer towards Adds Ahaha on
three fronts III Ethiopia and a
new fight broke out N Lihya az
Nersa BregA-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Plus Protests to NaZiS
Against Prosecutions

ton. might make worse. the al
ready bad local religious situation
in Germany.
Therefore Plus XII has sane
toned only isolated voices of
protest. such as permitting state
ments by the Vatican radio and
pastoral letters from such prelates
as the Archbishop of Freiburg--
most of which were suppressed in
Germany. -
During the middle period of the
war, the Holy See thought that
alleged persecution had diminished.
The anti-Catholic press campaign
died down and the so-called moral
ity trials were abandoned. The
Pope hoped for complete disap-
pearance of unfavorable conditions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
REVIEWS ACTIVITY

Recently it was said, however,
the Pope was moved TO new action
by a reported revival Of anti
Catholic activities in the church.
The Vatican, according 10 reports,
was informed that prosecutions in
certain regions of the Reich were
especially severe.
Children's church activities,
schools, charitable inst utions, and
even converts and other purely re-
ligious organizations met with in
reference. Some eve were re-
ported closed.
One particular protest was made
through Monsignor ,OrSenigo
about three weeks ago when Ger
man authorities evacuated some
and closed other Bcnedectine Alb
beys. The Holy See pointed out
that the Benedictines had worked
only for the benefit of the German
people for centuries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
F3LL or CAPITAL

Announcement Of The fan Of the
Eritrean capital only four days
after Keren collapsed following a
fortnights battle, was dramat-
Cally brief.
"Asmara cspltulsted TO our
tronnS fndaA = --24ld------------------
The capital was taken az The
end Of a 50-nile thrust through
difficult terrain along a mountain
railway line which the Italians
wrecked in their retreat Sixty
miles farther on. down the rail-
road and a fairly good highway,
lies Massawa.
Military autharities announced:
Capture OF Asmara leaves the
---ss-anen- for a British drive on
MaSsawa. Itsly's last port on
the Red Sea-
Asmara and Massawa also con-
troll the only rail line and high
way system stretching up and
down the Eritrean coast.
SWIFT DRIVE
The swift drive on Asmara. said
a communique was made IN spite
OF extensive denoliuons on the
main road During the last as
hours 500 prisoners were taken.
The prisoners. II was stated. in
GUIDED a general in command OF
an Italian hrigade-the second
brigade commander 10 be taken
IL the Eritrean campaign.
, Preceding the attack on As.
mara, the Raj bombed and
started several fires around the
railroad station. The Assab sec
ton in southern Ertrea also was
bombed.
Other Raj units heavily at
tackled enemy merchant ships and
docks at Tripoh and airports and
camps IN other parts Of Tripoli-
tanla.