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THE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1941. S. Aldrich, 57, Dies At Providence Former Congressman and Brother of New York Banker Director of Journal Company Providence, R. Dec. -Former Congressman of Richard Winthrop S.

Aldrich, 57, Aldrich, president of the Chase National Bank, New York, and brother-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, died suddenly at his Providence home early today. A Republican, represented the Second Rhode Island District in Congress from 1923 to 1933 and held membership on the ways and means committee. At his death, he was director and vice-president of the a Providence Journal Company, Born in Washington, February 29, 1884, the son of former U. Senator Nelson W.

Aldrich of Rhode Island, ne was educated at Yale University and the Harvard Law School. He served in both branches the Rhode Island state legislature, interrupting his political career during the first World War to go overseas as a field representative of the Red Cross with the second division. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Richard S. Aldrich, four brothers, Winthrop Aldrich of New York, Edward B. Aldrich, principal owner of the Pawtucket, R.

Times; William T. Aldrich of Brookline, a Boston architect, and Stuart M. Aldrich of Providence. He leaves three sisters, No. Mrs.

John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Stewart Campbell of Brookline, and Miss Lucy T. Aldrich Providence. tired from active life in The former congresman, had rerecent years.

William Harris Billson, Oklahoma City, William Harris Billson, Civil War veteran who looked forward to celebrating his 108th birthday January 15, died Christmas Eve. He was a carpenter, for 82 years, spending 50 Fort Worth, Texas. He was born near Cleveland, Ohio, during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson. Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce.

Chicago, Dec. -Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, widow of the late Chief Justice Andrew Alexander Bruce of the North Dakota Supreme Court, died today. She was 75 years old. She leaves a daughter, Mrs.

Glenn Bruce McConathy, and a brother, Montgomery Pickett of Maysville, Ky. Obituary Amalio DiLorenzo. Amalio DiLorenzo, 55, of 24 Enfield Street, died suddenly early Thursday morning at his home. He was born in Cupa Sessa Aurunca, Province of Naples, Italy, and had lived in Hartford 4 42 years. He was the proprietor of Eddie's Barber Shop on Temple Street for 11 years.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Florence Cermoniale DiLorenzo; two daughters, Mrs. James Piro and Mrs. Esther Calvi of Hartford; two sons, Private Carl DiLorenzo of Chanute Field, and Anthony DiLorenzo of Hartford; three brothers, James DiLorenzo of Hartford and Arthur and Adolfo DiLorenzo in Italy, and six granchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday at 9 a.

m. D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 235 Wethersfield Avenue, with a solemn requiem mass at St. Anthony's Church at 9:45. Burial will be in Mt. St.

Benedict Cemetery. Bartholomew Trant. Bartholomew Trant of 40 Adelaide Street, died at his home early Thursday afternoon. He was born Deaths DIMOCK-In this city, December 24. 1941, Edwin Waycott Dimock, son of Mrs.

Edwina W. Dimock of 26 Auburn Road, West Hartford. Funeral private. JOHNSON-In West Hartford, December 24, 1941, Hilma S. (Larson) Johnson, widow of John A.

Johnson. of 156 South Quaker Lane. West Hartford. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home of Taylor and Modeen, 233 Washington Street. on Saturday at 1:30 p.

m. Burial in Zion Hill Cemetery. KEENAN-In this city. Dec. 24, 1941, Andrew A.

Keenan of 46 Tremont Street. Funeral from the Ahern Funeral Home. 180 Farmington Avenue, Saturday morning at 8:15, with a solemn requiem 9 o'clock. mass in St. Burial Joseph's Cathedral at St.

Benedict Cemetery. LENNOX-In this city, Dec. 24, 1941. Mary Vivian Senatro Lennox. wife of Clarence C.

Lennox, age 44 years. Funeral from her home. 170 White Street, Saturday morning at 8:30. with solemn requiem high mass St. Lawrence O'Toole's Church at o'clock.

Burial in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Farley and Molloy service. SYNCOX-At Francis Hospital, December 25, 1941, John N.

76. of 18 Ambrose Terrace. East Hartford. Retired engineer after 50 years with New Haven Hartford Railroad. Funeral Saturday at 9:30 a.

m. at the Whitney Funeral Home. 921 Main Street, East Hartford, and at 10 a. m. at St.

Mary's Church with 8 solemn requiem mass. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, East Hartford. Funeral Directors James P. O'Brien Funeral Directors UNDERTAKER 104 MAIN ST PHONE 2-3735 JAMES T.

PRATT CO. Furnishing Undertakers 71 Farmington Ave. Telephone 5-3189 Attendants at Office Day and Night MorrisonW Inc. FUNERAL HOME 749 Albany Avenue Ahern Funeral Home 180 Farmington Ave. Phone 2-1155 TALARSKI FUNERAL HOME 380 MAPLE AVENUE in 1 Ireland, son of the late John and Mary Coffey Trant.

He was a member of the Macabbees. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Katherine Trant Island; two sons, John F. and William J. Trant; one sister, Miss Ellen Trant; three brothers, John Timothy and Morriss B.

Trant, all of Hartford. The funeral will be held Monday at 9:30 a. m. at Dillon's Funeral Home, 53 Main Street, with a solemn requiem mass Augustine's Church at 10. Burial will be in Mt.

St. Benedict Cemetery, Mrs. Olive Edna Graff. Mrs. Olive.

Edna Graff, 61, wife of Joseph Graff of 8 Washington Circle, West Hartford, died at her home Thursday night, She was a member of the Second Christian Scientist Church of Hartford and the Capitol City Camp, Royal Neighbors of America. Besides her husband, she leaves one son, Wilton C. Graff of Pawling, N. six sisters, Mrs. G.

H. Madison, Mrs. Clara Clough, both of Chicago, Mrs. Vashti Rogers of Reeds Springs, Mrs. Blanche Carey of Grove, Miss Ethel and Miss Octavia Gray, both of St.

Louis, one granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 p. m. at the Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home, 776 Farmington Avenue. John N.

Syncox, John N. Syncox, 76, of 18 Ambrose Terrace, East Hartford, died suddenly Thursday morning at St. Francis's Hospital. A retired engineer, he had been employed by the New Haven Railroad for 50 years. He was a member of Charter Oak Lodge, No.

252, Brotherhood of Firemen and Locomotive Engineers. He leaves no known relatives. The funeral will be held Saturday at 9:30 a. m. at the Whitney Funeral Home, 921 Main Street, East Hartford, with a solemn requiem mass St.

Mary's Church, East Hartford, at 10. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, East Hartford. Miss Josephine G. Lopez.

Miss Josephine G. Lopez, 21, of 255 Windsor Street, late Wednesday night at the Cedarcrest Sanatorium after a long illness. She was born in Hartford, daughter of Antonio and the late Mary Taver Lopez. She leaves besides her father, one brother, James P. Lopez of Hartford; and one sister, Mrs.

George Rober of New Britain. The funeral will be held at the family home, 255 Windsor Street, Saturday 8:30 a. m. with a requiem high mass at St. Patrick's Church at 9.

Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Mrs. Margaret L.

Banks. Mrs. Margaret Langan Banks, widow of Henry Banks, died late Wednesday night after a long illness. She was formerly of East Hartford. She leaves one Mrs.

Katherine McHale of Bethlehem, a grandniece, Mrs. Greta Mahoney of Jersey City, N. J. The funeral will be held Saturday at 8:15 a. m.

at the funeral home of J. D. Sullivan, 31 Connecticut Boulevard, East Hartford, with a service at the St. Rose Church at 9. Interment will be in St.

Mary's Cemetery, East Hartford. Charles M. Patterson, Charles M. Patterson, 80. of 65 North Highland Street, West Hartford, died Thursday morning at the Niles Street Hospital after a long illness.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Marie Schaettle Patterson; two daughters, Miss Jane E. and Miss Amy Patterson; and one son, Robert Patterson, all of Hartford. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, on Saturday. Friends may call at the funeral home of E.

G. Fissette, 20 Sisson Avenue, until 1 p. m. today. Charles W.

Richards. Charles W. Richards of 29 Charter Oak Place, died at his home late Thursday night. He was born in Germantown, son of Richard Richards and the late Mary Middleton Tweddle. He leaves, besides his father, his wife, Mrs.

Isabelle McMinn Richards; and one daughter, Mrs. William Pelcher of Hartford. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at Dillon's Funeral Home, 53 Main Street, at a time to be announced. Patricia E. Reichenbach.

Patricia Ellen Reichenbach, infant daughter of Ernest and Shirley Krouse Reichenbach of 2 Irving Street, died Thursday morning at St. Francis's Hospital. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the funeral home of Morrison W.

Johnson, 749 Albany Avenue. Burial will be in East Cemetery, Manchester. Miss Mary C. Blade. The funeral of Miss Mary C.

Blade, 71, of 326 Bellevue Street, who died Wednesday afternoon, will be held Saturday at 1:30 p. m. at the L. B. Barnes Funeral Home, 2148 Main Street.

Burial will be in Northwood Cemetery, Wilson. Miss Blade was born in Peterburgh, and had lived in Hartford the past 50 years. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Lillian Tillman; and one brother, Charles Blade of Hartford. Mrs.

Elizabeth Currie Cavens. incomplete. Albert Crosby Stevens. Elizabeth Currie Cavens, widow of George Cavens, died Thursday night at 36 Jefferson Street. She was born in Scotland and had lived in Hartford many years.

She was a member of Center Church. She leaves no known relatives. Funeral arrangements are Albert Crosby Stevens, infant son of Arthur and Eleanor Crosby Stevens, died Thursday morning at his home, 51 Argyle Avenue, West Hartford. Besides his parents, he leaves one brother, Arthur Clark Stevens, of Hartford. The funeral will be held privately.

Philip P. Poriss Funeral. The funeral of Philip P. Porris of 57 Kent Street, who died Wednesday night at Hartford Hospital, was held Thursday at 2:30 p. m.

at: the Hartford Memorial Chapel. Rabbi Morris Silverman of the Emanuel Synagogue, officiated. Bearers were George Nadelson, Leo Schlain, Jonothan Poriss, Ralph Poriss, Benjamin Schwab and Herman Leah. Burial was in the Emanuel Cemetery. Wethersfield.

Mr. Poriss leaves his wife, Mrs. Celie Lutin Poriss; one daughter, Beatrice Poriss; two sons, Edward I. and Jacob Poriss, of Hartford; four brothers, Harry Poriss of Worcester, Hyman Benjamin and Solomon C. Poriss, all of Hartford; three sisters.

Mrs. Leo Schlain, Mrs. George M. Glassman and Miss Mae Poriss, all of Hartford. Stephen Oleksiw Funeral.

The funeral of Stephen Oleksiw of 15 Saville Street, Wilson, was held Wednesday morning at the J. Waszkelewicz Funeral Home, and with a requiem high mass at the St. Michael's Ukrainian Church on Walnut Street. Rev. Stephen Balandiuk Brockes officiated.

Bearers were Harry Peter Karmazyn, Andrew Zilinsky, Paul Gragodza Philip Wichniewiez and Philip Midwid. Burial was in Mt. St. Benedict I Cemetery. Dr.

Lowy Dies; Famous As Scientist Authority in Field of Organic Chemistry Succumbs in Pittsburgh After Long Illness Pittsburgh, Dec. Alexander Lowy, internationally recognized authority in the field of organic chemistry and professor in that subject at the University of Pittsburgh, died today after an illness of four months. He was born in New York City 52 years ago. Graduating at Columbia in 1915, where he conducted research work in electro chemistry before joining Pitt's faculty 1918, Dr. Lowy studied under Professor Marston T.

Bogart, president of the International Union of Chemistry. He specialized in protective chemicals and discovered and patented methods for the safeguarding of banks and vaults as well as making important contributions in the study of dyestuffs. Funeral services will be held here Sunday. Mary R. Jepson Dies, Taught Here 25 Years Miss Mary Rose Jepson, a teacher at the Henry Barnard Junior High School for 25 years.

died Thursday morning at her home in West Avon. 3a January Born in 12, Miss Foster, N. Jepson had on retired from teaching 12 years ago. She was a member of the Central Baptist Church of Hartford and of the Oxford Group. She had lived in Hartford the greater part of her life.

She leaves. three sisters, Miss Edith Jepson, Mrs. George W. Parnell, both of West Avon, and Mrs. Jane Schneider of New Canaan; and one brother, George E.

Jepson of New Bedford, held Mass. A The funeral will be privately Saturday afternoon at her late home. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at her home in West Avon this afternoon and evening. Mrs.

T. J. Mulrooney, 87, Dies In Unionville Unionville, Dec. Mrs. Thomas J.

Mulrooney, 87, died Thursday night at her home on Elm Street here. She Was born August 11, 1854, in Burlington, a daughter of George C. and Bridget (Lyman) Burnett, and had lived in this town most of her life. She was member of St. Mary's Church, and a charter member of the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association.

Mulrooney leaves a daughter, Mrs. Richard F. Jones, Hartford; and two sons, George Mulrooney of Yonkers, and Thomas Mulroney of Springfield, 10 grandchildren, six great great-grandchildren, and a sister. Mother Marie Francis of Mt. St.

Joseph's Academy, West Hartford. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at the home and at St. Mary's Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Mrs. Joseph Engels Dies; Former School Teacher Middletown, Dec. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Cronin Engels, wife of Engels of 10 Arnold Court, Bristol. and former Middletown school teacher, died at Uncas-onthe- Thames in Norwich Thursday.

She was born in Middletown, daughter of Time and Lillian (Doherty) Cronin. one was a Middletown High School and New Britain Teachers College graduate and taught school in the Maromas District here until her marriage. She leaves her husband; a son, Michael; her parents; a sister, Mrs. John E. Ewald of Cromwell and a brother, Joseph J.

Cronin of Meriden. Funeral services will be held at the home of her sister on Newfield Street, Cromwell, Monday at 9:15 a. m. followed by a requiem mass at St. John's Church here at 10 o'clock.

Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. British Announce Nazi Tanker Sunk Off Spain London, Dec. -The story of a 30-hours pursuit of a German tanker, possibly a submarine tender, with its eventual sinking Wednesday off Spain under attack by relays of various types of British aircraft, was told in an Air Ministry communique this afternoon. (German News Agency dispatches.

identifying the sunken craft as the steamer Benno, declared she was sunk in Spanish territorial waters causing "greatest indignation in Spanish naval Soldier Arrested in Car Reported Stolen Here Private George LaChesky, 18, of Barre, who told police he has AWOL from Fort Devens for five months, was arrested in Stratford Thursday night in an automobile owned by Mary Brennan of 120 Franklin Avenue and reported stolent LaChesky Tuesday on Charter Oak Avenue. will be returned to Hartford today to face a charge of taking an automobile without the permission of the owner. 25 Years Ago Dec. 25, 1916. (AP.) -Third Christmas of World War passes without much fighting on Brit-French fronts.

Von Mackensen's army in Dobruja begins attack against bridgehead at Matchin. ECONOMY AT NEW YORK'S NEWEST HOTEL The ABBEY 51st ST. AT RADIO CITY EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH AND RADIO $2.50 SINGLE $4.00 DOUBLE Within Walking Distance Of All Shops and Theaters Plane Engine Production To Be Doubled By Buick Flint, Dec. Harlow H. Curtice, president of Buick Division of General Motors Corporation, said today that, under a War Department authorization, the firm would move immediately to double its airplane engine output.

Tooling for this and other defense projects, he said, already is under way, and additional contracts are being negotiated. Curtice disclosed that, within eight months from the time ground was broken, Buick has begun mass production of Pratt and Whitney 1200-horsepower aviation engines as part of the nation's huge bomber program. Papal Dispensation On Meat, Fasting Is Discretionary Probably Will Not Be Invoked Here, Diocesan Official Says The papal dispensation from fasting and abstaining from meat on Fridays for the duration of the war, reported extended by Pope Pius XII to all Roman Catholic bishops in the world for use at their discretion, will probably not be passed on to members of the local diocese, Rev Wililam F. Kearney, assistant chancellor of the diocese, said Thursday night. "These powers are given the bishops in case emergency, Father Kearney explained.

However, at the present have access to all kinds of food, he continued, and the bishop does not believe the dispensation necessary to people in the diocese of Hartford, which comprises the entire state. "If there is any, crisis," He remarked, "I don't bishop will hesitate to invoke these powers. You may recall that during the last war Bishop Nilan bestowed a dispensation from all fasting and abstinence during a Lenten period, but that was following the influenza epidemic." Autos Take 6 Lives In State (Continued from Page 1.) spotter and his body was found hanging at his observation post. Other causes: Michael Tinto, 18, of Brookfield, killed Christmas Day by a bullet from a .22 caliber rifle which accidentally discharged as he and two young companions were engaged in a mock war with imaginary Japanese troops in a field near his home. State Dept.

Calls Coup 'Arbitrary' (Continued from Page 1.) conversations at Martinique between Rear Admiral Frederick J. Horne, USN, and Admiral Georges Robert, French high commissioner there under whose jurisdiction not only Martinique but St. Pierre and Miquelon are governed. In French circles the accord was described as a "gentleman's agreement" securing possessions against any infringement of their sovereignty. The attitude consistently maintained by the United States Government has been that it has no desire to infringe on the sovereignty of French possessions in the Western Hemisphere but cannot permit them to fall into Axis hands.

The Horne-Robert conversations were understood to have clarified this situation and laid the groundwork for improved relations with Vichy, France. Now, however, the seizure of St. Pierre and Miquelon by Free French (De Gaullist) forces opposed to Marshal Petain has injected a new element into the complicated picture. In Ottawa a government spokesman stated flatly that the Canadian government was not informed in advance the Free French plans, that Canada "took no part in the occupation" and that no preparations for it were made on Canadian soil. Newfoundland Mentioned.

A spokesman for the French embassy here agreed that there was no indication the coup was prepared on Canadian soil, but said it appeared to have been prepared on nearby Newfoundland, which is not a part of Canada but is a British Crown colony. This spokesman pointed out that the seizure of the islands came only a few days after widespread circulation of rumors that Marshal Petain had resigned and that his successor was about to turn the French fleet over to Germany. These rumors coincided, he said, with new attacks on Petain in the German-controlled press of Occupied France, following Petain's declaration of neutrality in the war between the United States and the Axis. In such a delicate situation, he explained, with Marshal Petain obviously working to maintain French neutrality, the sudden seizure of French territory in the western At- lantic was a diplomatic blunder. Won't Affect Canada.

It was considered significant here that the Canadian statement disclaiming any part in the seizure added that "it is not expected to have any effect on Canadian-Vichy relations." Ever since the rupture of diplomatic relations between France and Britain in 1940, Canada's continued maintenance of diplomatic relations with Vichy France has, created a delicate problem the Ottawa government. Critics of the government frequently have demanded that Vichy's minister be expelled and that a policy of out-and-out support of the Free French movement be followed. The government's answer has been that the Vichy legation in Ottawa provided a useful indirect contact between the Petain regime and Britain and other members of the British Commonwealth. Because of the traditional bonds of sympathy between French Canada and the French people it has also seemed desirable to avoid an open break with Petain so long as possible. Whether the Monroe Doctrine is involved in the present complications is another question raised in diplomatic circles.

The Monroe trine formulates the United States's attitude against European seizure of any western Hemisphere territory; but the seizure of St. Pierre and Miquelon presents a peculiar situation in that one French faction seized control from another, both claiming to represent the true interests of Franch. With Britain's Prime Minister, Churchill already in Washington and Canada's Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King due arrive shortly, the formulation a cotor ordinated policy on the St.

Pierre and Miquelon affair was expected soon. Maneuvers Cloak Coup. St. Pierre, Dec. -The four Free French ships which occupied the islands of St.

Pierre and Miquelon yesterday were part of a group of Free French naval vessels which left an eastern Canadian port Monday for maneuvers on the high seas, and then suddenly slipped away on their mysterious mission, it was disclosed today. Jean LeBret, a reporter for the Montreal newspaper Le Jour, said he received the story through the services of the Free French Information Service here. RCAF Boy, On 5-Day Leave, Having Tough Job Getting Home To Texas Washington, Dec. That young son of yours, who Gale Trewitt, Dallas, Texas: Mrs. volunteered in the Royal Canadian Air Force last July, tried awfully hard to get home for Christmas.

He knew you would have a special dinner fixed but he just couldn't make it. He is on the way, though. Rather dusty and very tired he passed through Washington this morning. He left Quebec on December 23 and he hasn't stopped to sleep at night, he confided, because he only was supposed to have five days leave, and they are passing fast. The rides he planned on didn't pan out exactly as he hoped, and military regulations won't permit him to look like he is hitchhiking.

So he is having a bit of a hard time, though he is getting some lifts from friendly, motorists. dian Air Force uniform. It was He has a on blue-gray Canaspic and span when he left. He wanted to look nice when he got home. He has dark eyes and a funny grin.

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Sills, 20, also of Bridgeport, a lacerated forehead; Charles Riordan, 24, of Wallingford, a severe injury to the chest. Almeida and Riordan were on the danger list at the hospital Thursday night. Sills, who was riding with Almeida, was discharged after treatment. According to Lieutenant Roy B. Pettengill of the Colchester Barracks, an automobile driven by Almeida overturned in the highway and State Policeman Henry M.

Gowdy was investigating the mishap when the car driven by Riordan came along and struck the policeman's parked cruiser, which burst into flames. Gowdy and several others managed to get out of the way in time but the impact pinned Almeida between the burning cruiser and the highway fence. The car operated by continued on and struck the overturned vehicle. Sills received his injury in the turnover of the automobile in which he was riding. The police cruiser was destroyed by the flames.

St. Pierre Votes For De Gaulle (Continued from Page 1.) thing. Two questions were posed. Each was printed in equal size type. The first line of the ballot read, "Ralliement eFfee a la France Libre" (rally to France).

below it appeard, "Collaboration avec les Puissances laboration with the Axis powers). Voters had their choice of blacking out in pencil whichever idea they opposed. A sizeable proportion of the voided ballots were not marked at all, but simply folded and dropped into the ballot box. From questioning various voters, this reporter decided it is fair to assume that most unmarked ballots were dropped into the ballot box by fishermen who cannot read and who had believed that filing their ballot was enough to register their vote. A somewhat larger were voided because both proportion were crossed out obviously by Petain adherents who yet do not favor collaboration with the Axis.

Some of these had written on their ballot, "Petain is not German" and "Vive another had written pathetically, "I want the France of Jeanne d'Arc." The balance of the voided votes were a result of Admiral Muselier's decision to nullify ballots which had been folded together. It was apparent that most of these were for Free France, of Free Each ballot, as it was counted, was held up by the admiral's chief of staff and announced to the assembled crowd. When the final result was given out, the crowd roared for the arrest of the 10 collaboration voters SO Admiral Muselier held up his hand for silence Star Takes Part In World Broadcast ROBERT MONTGOMERY. and said, "I proclaim the island of St. Pierre as a part of Free France.

You have voted freely and every man's opinion is free here." The crowd fell silent a moment and then broke into the stirring strains of the Marseillaise. At the conclusion of the national anthem of liberty-loving France, many men were weeping openly. The 350 inhabitants of neighborMiquelon will get their opportunity to vote tomorrow since Free French naval forces occupied the island too late last night to the election machinery today. Only two men here were prevented fore from voting today--Henri Moraze, under detention as a suspected Nazi agent, and the former governor, Baron De Bournat, who rea mains at home with a guard outside his door. Although Admiral Muselier appointed a Free French commissioner for the islands today, plebiscite was supervised by a civil authority.

The islands' newly appointed commissioner is Alain Savary, a young man participated in the present World War as a lieutenant on a French cruiser during the bloody action at Dunkirk, Cherbourg and Boulogne. Before the war he had been in the French diplomatic service and after the Petain armistice he served Free as Admiral Muselier's chief of cabinet. He stated that the policy of his administration would be to "respect liberty" while harnessing the islands to the Allied war effort. Commerce Department Sets Up Small Business Unit, Jones Announces Washington, Dec. (AP.) Secretariat Jesse Small Jones Business announced Unit had been set up in the Department of Commerce to cope with problems facing small concerns in wartime.

It will be headed William Sheperdson, of New York, former management consultant for facturers and distributors. The announcement said: "Up to the present the most pressing problems of the small manufacturers have derived from their inability to get defense contracts or to convert to defense production. Under the war economy it is expected that there will be increasing problems in the distributive trades due to shortages goods to sell, and later, problems of labor shortages in all classes. It is to cope with these future developments that the small business unit was created." Sees Love Of Freedom Winning War One Thing Anti-Axis Nations Have in Common and Unites Them, Francis Biddle Says New York, Dec. General Francis Biddle told the nation today neither to "overestimate our capacities job that lies ahead nor underestithe evil strength of our adversaries." Biddle spoke from Washington on a radio "Victory Roll Call" of spokesmen for nations fighting the Axis powers.

The program, carried by NBC, was broadcast throughout the world by shortwave. their unity "against the subtle Calling upon, Americans to guard attacks that Hitlerism will surely continue to make against it," Biddle saldie can look to the one thing we have in common- one thing that unites us all--the one thing that saved the British at Dunkerque, that turned back Goering over London, that keeps the millions resisting all over the continent of Europe -we have that one thing that threatens Hitlerism itself at its very foundation the one thing that will win the war we have a love of freedom that is beyond the love of life- and that unites us here and all around the world this Christmas Day." Woman's Part In Fight, The only woman speaker, Madame Ivy Litvinoff, wife of the Soviet ambassador, praised the role played by women in war and said that the fight for democracy was as important to them as to men. "Woman has much at stake," she declared, "for the victory of Nazism would fling us back into the dark ages, depriving us of the hard won rights which modern man under democracy is so proud to share with us. And when the cause of freedom triumphs, we women, not without blood and sweat tears, will have earned our share in it." Other program participants included Dr. Lin Yutang, author, for China, actor Charles Boyer for Free France, actor Raymond Massey for Canada, actor Edmund Gwenn for England, leading aircraftsman Alex McWilliam for Australia, Dr.

Nicholas Slotemaker de Beruine for the Netherlands, and Enrique S. de Lozada, former charge d'affaires of the Bolivian legation in Washington, for Latin America. Lieutenant Robert Montgomery, screen star now serving with the Navy, acted as narrator. Pacific Isles War Victims Reach U.S. San Francisco, Dec.

victims of the war in the Pacific islands have reached San Francisco. Large numbers, including many wounded as the Japanese bombers pounced on Pearl Harbor December 7, were brought here either as evacuees or for hospitalization, Navy and Army authorities disclosed. Those requiring medical treatment were taken to facilities made ready at outbreak of the war. The Red Cross set up stations for care of any who might need help or shelter, but there were few of those Football teams of Williamette University, of Salem, and of San Jose (Calif.) State College stranded in Honolulu by outbreak of the war, also have reached San Francisco. NOTICE During daylight hours from December 24, 1941 January 26, 1942 inclusive the east channel through the railroad across the Connecticut River a Middletown, Connecticut, will be closed to navigation.

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