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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09
WHY TAKE THE TEMPERA-
TURE?

TURE?
The citizen who wishes TO know
what services are available for his
or her care in sickness, what are the
problems of institutions that provide
such services, and what agencies
handle the institutions which are es-
tablished to provide good care at
economical cost, will find the bro
chure ''You and Your Hospitals" itl-
teresting and instructive. The bro
chure was issued by United Hospital
Fund of New York, $40 Lexington
Avenue, New York, last month.
The survey that obtained the data
for the brochure attempted to esti-
mate the amount Of time the nurse
can devote to one patient each day
in hospital. The survey indicated
that II you are in a municipal hos
pital you will probably receive less
Of the nurses time than you will II
you are In a voluntary hospital, but
on the average you get about three
hours of the nurses time out Of each
"a hours you are in hospital. If you
are mother, probably you viii get
nearly four hours of the nurses time
out Of each "a hours.
This time the nurse gives the In
dividual patient is devoted to bath
ing, administering medicine, taking
temperature, doing dressings, etc.
Taking temperatures is a pretty
business. Goes well IN q farce or q
movie. Affords the nurse an excuse
for failing to observe or record really
significant details of the illness she
is too busy taking temperature and
recording it on the impressive chart
I mean 1t and let good share of II
apply to the doctor studying the
temperature chart when he makes
his regular visits.
OF course there are conditions in
which it may be of some value to
know whether the patient has q
fever; or knowing the patient has
fever, there may occasionally be
some value in finding out whether
the fever remains steadily so many
degrees above normal or whether II
shows marked variations. But as q
general rule 1t doesn't matter dam
a tinker's dam, whether the temper
allure is 100 or 103. If the doctor
can't discern the patients state
without using a thermometer he is
not much of a doctor.
Even If you know better than ]
do about such things and insist that
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even If they lived a dozen blocks
away from us. I think the feel
ing was closer one, even If we
didn't have the telephone. We used
to speak when we'd meet at the
store, at a school festival or at
the railroad station. Furthermore,
we used to chat often and we knew
and they knew what was going on
In our community.
If a new family moved to our
street, everybody on the block
called and did everything posi-
BILE to make them feel at home
quickly. Perhaps they'd get in
town on Friday. BY Sunday the
minister had introduced them to
a lot Of townsfolk, some that
lived close by and others that
didn't.
What's more, we knew whether
they'd moved in from Baltimore
or Des Moines. And If they left
town wed write to them because
we were interested in them and
in knowing If they were happy
in their new surroundings.
City jewellers explain a lack Of
neighborlinesS by saying that ir
smaller villages everybody,s commu-
nifty of interests is narrower-there
aren't SO many movies, concerts
plays, shows, sport events to keep
folks busy-and that's why ia
vorit epastime is a Sunday evening
get-to-gether among the neighbors
But even in these busy, busting
times, I believe we'd enjoy know
ing our neighbors better-after all
the buster we are the more we have
to talk about.
The spirit Of being a true neigh
Dor is very sound one. A lot OF
American progress has been based
on just that, in the early days
when little communities stuck to-
gether and became cities, cities
grew up and spread, and the per-
feet endorsement was, why you
must know her. she comes from
our home town."
I, for one, think that knowing
and being friendly with your
neighbor is an important part OF
the complete American life.
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doctor or nurse must never fail ii
take the patients temperature, ]
hope you will grant me this minoI
concession, namely, that it is absurd
for the mother of child to use
clinical thermometer as her guide as
to what to do in threatened illness
Too many mothers have been
equipped with clinical Thermometers,
which little glass sticks bring many
a visit from the doctor, where. with
out the thermometer, the indisposi-
ton would have passed presently at
no expense to any one.
I repeat, q doctor who knows his
business can gauge the patients
conditions and needs as well or per-
hapS better without precise knoWls
edge of the height Of the tempera-
ture as he can with the aid Of the
most elaborate temperature chart.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who Pays the Freight?
Please send me the monograph on
bed-wetting, postcards. N. p.
Answer-IM do my part toward
making the country dry If you send
a three-cent stamped envelope bear
ing your address, when you ask for
the instructions for correcting bed
wetting habit.
Dry Mouth
What causes my mouth to become
SO dry at night have to wake up
two or three times to moisten it.
This has come in the last year. ] am
SO? F. L. s.
Answer Common cause is mouth
breathing due to some obstruction
Of nasal passages. You should have
nose and throat examination by
physician who treats nose and throat
troubles. Use Of mouthwash made
Of equal parts Of lemon Juice, water
and glycerin-a few drops Of this to
swish around in mouth night. and
morning, Is refreshing.
Shots
Please give your opinion Of vita
min B administered hypodermically
for nervous trouble. Miss r. L. B.
Answer = Synthetic vitamin B
(thiamin) may be administered by
hypodermic, intramuscular or intra-
venous injection In certain condi-
tions where the patient cannot take
it by mouth. But natural vitamin
B complex (all Of the entities that
grow in the vitamin b Is so easy
for Y11nSt Y1nrcnY1c IN fo Ia IN fI1a foxvr,
Of tablets, syrups, ETC., that it Is
generally preferable.
Copyright, 1898, John r. Ollie Coz
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PATTERN 7Oc

For your precious leisure even
ings and your giddily busy morn
kngs, Claire Tilden mas created Pat
tern 7O8-a double asset because it
shows how to make two winsome
garments, q housecoat and an at
home frock. You're certain to look
your best in both these chic FASH
ions, and you'll like them so well
that it viii seem the most natural
thing in the world to stitch up
additional versions for, Christmas
giftSI Since this .aSy pattern is a
front-button style, it's very simple
60 fit and launder. It's SHINING
TOO, with its slightly raised waist
line and lovely flared skirt. The
collar is becoming, and especially
Gressy with ric-rac. Choose either
long or short sleeves land new
housecoat and housedress fabrics
that flatter you moStl
Pattern 70B IS cut III misses and
wnmen's sizes "A, 10. IS, 20, ~. "a.
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high class ma
terial for these
boys and girls;
better still. ref
erence C / e r k S
ready to advise
With selections
are diff err e n t
from the old
tim e dignitary
who m e re ly
pointed to the
catalogue.
Furthermo r e,
school libraries
W 1 t h their
shelves Of Sc
1ected and re-
uuired reading
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by one, add to the treasures they
hold.
I read these books for young
people with as much relish as
peruse literature for adults. They
are indeed adult and not written
down." I want to add that "An-
drew jackson by Marquis James,
(Bobbs- MerrilD is not a juvenile,
but If you own 1t, your sons of
fifteen to twenty. and daughters
too. will find it a fascinating recital.
I like biography, as you may have
noticed.
Copyright, 1888. NEA Service, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09

FREE LIBRARY is FINE
BUT 'TEENER NEEDS
HIS OWN COLLECTION
By Olive Roberts Barton

text book system, that it leaves no
sources for reference later. I lay
beside this grievance that of the
library system. Necessary and fine
though libraries are, they leave a
decided gap in a young persons
life. Books are friends. The peo-
pie in them are friends. Everyone
from D'Artagnon to George Wash
ington, from 10 March to Joan Of
Arc, is a present vibrating figure
whose near presence is a comforting
thing.
Reading Is Education
All reading is education of a
sort. Good reading is the agent
for almost everything fine there
is: inspiration, craftsmanship and
facts.
Lately I have been devouring
lot of grand books for the young
adolescent. I have burnt my lamp
into the early hours, forgetful OF
time and eyesight, lost completely
in new biographies such as
Leader of Destiny" by Jeanette
Eaton (Harcourt Brace, a grip
ping life story Of Washington.
Boys then were mature and ready
for careers at sixteen. This is a
Washington stripped of his formal
legends and become the human
being; the awkward young man,
the uncertain lover, the discour-
aged soldier, the troubled states
man. Now I am reading penn"
by Elizabeth Janet Gray (vik-
ing), the story Of the founder of
the Pennsylvania Commonwealth.
More midnight oil and loss of
sleep. I thought I knew history.
I am only learning. The little
boy, William Penn, studying Latin
from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. at nine years
of age of there In London under
the shadow Of the great Tower. His
rise to royal favor. His ideals and
plans for a Utopia in the new world.
A very human and fascinating &C
count Of greatness at its best.
Another biography that will
bring young students Of American
Literature closer to one of its
famed authors is THE Happy
Autocrat" Uongmans), by Hide
garde Hawthorne. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, the Doctor-Author of
Cambridge and Boston, who wrote
"Old IronSides," and 1.-THE Cham
bered Nautilus" was such hui
man, kindly, Woodworking man,
given to puns, that the reader
signs on closing the saga of his
busy life.
Books Help Memory
There are so many good books,
but soon I shall compile some new
lists for you. Adventure, science,
history, everything. At a forma-
tive age when memory is reten-
tive. how wise 1t is to put a shelf
in Johns or Mary,s room and, one
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09
DAISIES BLOOM, IN WOOL

Sweaters are such an important
part of the college girls ward
robe, she simply can't have too
many. A new sweater set-cardi-
gan mohair is embroidered at poe
kets and collar with small daisy
motf-just enough decoration to
make the set charmingly femi-
nine. You may choose from
twelve delightful colorS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09
BY KATE SMITH

Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Inc.)
How well do you know your
neighbor?
Do you know her well enough
tot borrow a pattern or a cup OF
flour or to send Johnny over to
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In The Local 7heaters

roles, as a publisher, Lynne Over.
man as a wise-cracking reporter,
Andy Devine as an airpalne
mechanic, and Kitty Kelly IN q
mother role. Virginia Weidler, DON
aid O'Connor and Billy Cook por-
tray the three leading characters
as children.
Charlie Ruggles in his latest We
hicle His Exciting Night" will be
seen as the second hit Of the pro-
gram. Ona Munson is starred in the
leading feminine role.
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are boon denied the youngsters of
my day.
The child in his teens is more
than ready for a personal library,
however. 1t is one thing to read
q fine story or biography and an
other to own 1t. I have always de-
cried the one weakness of the free
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09

% o + r o W ner
lawn m o W e r
when yours is
broken?
I'm q t r a l d
tina the answer
is mo in a sur
prising number
f A m e r / C q n
of Am eric a n
h o m Q S. The
faster pace at
which we travel
these days has
done a lot to
remove the old
f e e | i n e OF
n e / ghborliness
we used to ex-
perience not so
manu- YEARS a10
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WE THE WOMEN
Our Good Neighbor' Policy
Should Begin at Home With
ACall on Folks Next Door
WE, THE WOMEN
Singer Would Revive NeighborIiness

Although everybOdys neighbOF by
radio Smith thinks
fendness which
used TO mark community e In the article below she remncs
about the old and that Americans get together
again. Miss Smith Of several who will
tribute daily to The Waterbury Democrat during the illness Ruth
Net author Of this popular cOlmm entitled We the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09
T. NJ. REG. o. s. PAT. OFF.
BY BILL PORTER AND
GEORGE SCARBO

BY BILL PORTER AND
GEORGE SCARBO
Four years in America have
changed Freddie Bartholomew
he's growing up voice is chang
ing ). losing his English accent
has turned thumbs down on
Elton collars 3. spends spare time
building soap-box cars ardent
fisherman i. would like to fly an
airplane so far he has just built
models drives a car on the
screen for the first time in Listen
Darling" :. likes to practice jill
jitsu f. was IA March % five
feet five inches tall, weighs ITO
started reciting at age of three
made a few English pictures -.
but without great success.
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AZ OLTYE RORERTS BARTON

The problem Of good reading for
adolescents is really no longer a
problem at all, with the hundreds of
magnificent volumes now published
for children of early teen age. Public
libraries are stocked to bullying with
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Ho1e, 70 Keep Well
b DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

heath ard .yss.s .c 60
reply be made to
Chicago
r.naEa nj XRa1 erhnrR nenannE . y Z ~
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ANSWER:

Sister you patient there's the the
that girl is smtten with
the thing she hasn't thought for the mans nrmties Attic
disabilities derictiOnS She will blind deaf
cripple will him in the hospital in the Jail Gf
thought the whatever
handwriting the wall
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09
Caroline
Chatfield
Says Today
Girl Should Use Head as Well as Heart in Selecting
Mate, but If Heart Is Deeply Involved Head
Doesn't Work.
DEAR MISS cHATFTELp:

The boy friend family He's susceptible
colds and when
him the get married life would turn
would be in step that would spend
my life regretting would you in place?
PERPLEXED
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using head and her heart and deliberate cold
the selfish advantages which mamony will
yield there vast difference girl should her head take
Inheritance including disposition
and also she should consider his prospects for the future But when
because he has asthma and big
positive that
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-09

SO, SO, 40 and AZ. Size 16, house
coat, requires s yards SO inch fab
rio.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (I5c) i'm
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to the Waterbury
Democrat Pattern Department.
Thursday: Doll Wardrobe.
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1ncideny medical science made wonderful
stick a
eggplant
brings attacks, whether
tobacco that sws him like poisoned and when the
substances patient
queny the attacks to minimum
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While making mind to take patient leave
him. might him to
usually highly nervous sensitive suggesbe
precious
coming long before you get there.
CHATFIEID.
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he
All held confidence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-01
CHINESE VICTORS.
IN AIR BATTLE.
over HANKOW.
Armada Is Driven Off,
Is Planes Shot Down

SHANGHAI. June 1 G.N.SO.-A
Japanese aerial squadron of "a
warplanes was defeated in a gigan-
tic air battle over Hankow, Chi
ang Kai-Shek's provisional CAPT.
tai, Chinese authorities claimed
today.
Fifty Chinese fighting craft rose
to meet the Nipponese armada,
which carried tons of bombs
meant to destroy Hankow.
In a spectacular battle directly
over Hankow, China's war pilots
fought off the Japanese for more
than an hour and a half. Chinese
advices said IS of the Japanese
planes were shot down, while the
others fled to safety. Only two
Chinese planes were lost, it was
stated.
DISPUTE REPORT
japanese reports disputed the
Chinese victory claims, however.
Nipponese authorities asserted 20
Chinese planes were shot down
while the japanese lost but one.
Later, Japanese military head
quarters here issued a communique
stating Chinese casualties on the
Lunghai front since May "a
amounted to 100000 dead and
wounded, including 100000 killed.
In addition, the Japanese
claimed new advances in central
China, aimed at cutting the south
ern section of the Peiping- Hankow
railway. The Japanese claimed
their troops advanced to Luyi
along the Lunghai line, penetrat-
ing to a point 100 miles west of
the Peiping- Hankow line.
10000 IN WISE
Chinese war bulletins asserted
the Chinese still held 10000 Japa-
nese troops in a wise near the
railway station at Ian
feng. The japanese faced annihi-
lation, it was claimed.
Among the encircled detach-
ments was the fourteenth division,
commanded by Lieut.. Gen. Kenji
Doihara, famous as Japan's Law
renee Of Manchuria" and China's
public enemy No. l."
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Czechs.-Quiz
British Girl

LONDON, June 1 GN.SO.
Unity Milford, British girl admirer
of Chancellor Hitler, was stopped
and searched by Czech police
while motoring from Prague to
Carlsbad, the London Daily Elk
press reported today.
A Carlsbad dispatch to the
paper said the police confiscated a
number of her letters, three cam
eras and IA exposed film rolls and
q book of German poetry.
The newspaper quoted Miss Nit
ford as stating Indignantly:
I'VE stopped at a barricade
about 80 miles from Prague. A
policeman, rather insolent,
opened my boxes and dropped
things on the road.
II was not wearing my swaS-
tika. He snatched a photograph
from my arm, broke the back Of
the picture, then took us to the
police station where officials
from the Prague examined me
and my belongings.
"A woman detective stripped
me and even took off my stock
ingS,"
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The raids were carried out al
midnight by brown-shirted Nazt
officials and police. They entered
scores of fashionable cafes. round
ing up nearly TOO persons for ques
tioning.
EVIDENCE GATHERED
An official statement said that
as a result of evidence gathered
by authorities in seeking out
criminal elements" police had
netted 76 criminals. The state.
ment added:
There were also a number OF
political suspects. A number
of foreigners who were not in
possession of the necessary iden.
LITIGATION papers also were taken
into custody.
"At the same time, quantities
of evidence of criminal viola.
lions were found"
WILL RELEASE FOREIGNERS
It was not Immediately learned
whether there were any Americans
among the detained foreigners,
but it was assumed the foreigners
would be released shortly with the
exception of criminal or political
suspects.
1t was believed a chief purpose
Of the raids was to check the
identity of Jewish cafe frequenters
in the hope of catching unwary
non-AryanS consorting with Ar
vans.
The arrests also were expected
to give Nazi authorities a chance
to force Berlin Jews to explain the
source of any pocket money they
may have carried to establish
whether they have engineered any
foreign exchange violations.
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Communist Salute
Blamed for Clash

BERLIN, June 1 GN.S)
Marxists, who gave the Com
munist salute when a Germanic
anthem was played, were blamed
today for the shooting ARRAY al
Eyer, Czechoslovakia, in the off
cial version of the German gov
eminent news agency.
The account, as carried by the
DNB news service, said:
After midnight, some Marx
lists, accompanied by Czecho-
slovakian noncommissioned Of
ficer, entered a restaurant
where some members and
friends of the Sudeten party
were enjoying themselves.
when the Egerland march
was played, the noncommis-
stoned officer jumped up and
knocked the violin out of the
violinist's hand.
"At that point the innkeeper
exhorted the Czechs to keep
order.
Then the Marxists raised
their fists in the communist sa-
lutte.
THE Sudeten Germans pro-
tested, declaring that the time
of the Marxist terror was over.
Shortly afterwards the Sude-
tens withdrew, giving the 'heil!'
salute.
THE German guests were
very excited, and were prepar-
ing to beat up the assailant
(who shot and wounded two
Germans)
"Only the greatest restraint
by a policeman Of the German
race prevented a fatal clash
with the Czech and Marxist
provocators."
LONDON, June / (INS0-A
large number of arrests in Vienns
in the last few days was reported
today in a Reuter- dispatch from
the former Austrian capital.
No official figures regarding thu
number of arrests could be OBJ
tanned, but it was understood II
semi-official circles 1000 had beer
taken into custody, including Jews
and Aryans, according to the dis
patch,
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Rebel Drive
Imperils
Valencia

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Bor-
der, June l U.N.SO New victor
les on the acknowledgements
front we're claimed by the Spanish
nationalist high command today
after devastating series Of ma
tionalist air raids left 200 dead
and more than 400 wounded at
GranollerS in Catalonia.
An announcement from Sara
gossa said troops of General
Franco had overrun the strongly
fortified area of the Teruel sector
which is regarded as the first line
of defense of Valencia, vital gov
eminent port.
PALMA BOMBED
The ground troops, it was
claimed, are now advancing down
hill toward the coastal town of
Saguento.
In retaliation for the Granollers
raid, government planes bombed
Palma, Majorca, location of the
nationalist air base from which
scores of raids have been launched
against government cities and
towns along the coast.
A Barcelona communicate said
the raid had destroyed part of the
Palma base, setting three nation
alist warplanes on fire.
Is PLANES LOST
On the Levant front, between
Teruel and the Mediterranean, the
communique claimed, the nation
alists lost IS planes and the gov
eminent but five in spectacular
aerial battle.
A nationalist dispatch from Sal
amanca, admitting the damage to
the planes at Palma, asserted other
government bombs struck school
at the Majorca city. Eight hun
dred children were housed in the
school, it was said, but whether
any of them were killed or
wounded was not revealed.
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Defacer of Rock
Plans to Appeal

PLYMOUTH, Mass, June /
UN.S0.-Convicted in district
court of a charge of defacing his
toric Plymouth Rock with red
paint, Stanley E. Blackwell, As,
steel worker of Gibsonia, Pa, to-
day decided to appeal to superior
court a sentence of nine months
in the House of Correction. The
higher court begins sessions June
and Blackwell, father of four
children, continued at liberty
under $1,000 bail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-01

Lawn Dresses: Lawn Gertrudes:
Flannelette G owns & Gertrudes;
Sleeveless & Short Sleeve Shirts:
Hand Knit Wool Bootees .. Rubber
Sheets.
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3l7 Jews Arrested
In Series Of Raids
On Berlin's Cafes
Only Rounding Up "CriminaI Elements"
Nazi Police Officials Declare
By PIERRE J. HUss

BERLIN June (N.S).-A total of 339 persons including
S7 Jews under arrest here today following series of
sneeaeuar Naz raids along BerIins .Great White Way
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A Home You Never
Expected to Find for
$3.50

ARLINGTON, vA.-New 5-room brick
bungalows, fully equipped kitchen, full
basement. hot-water heat. large attic,
porch; completely screened and weather.
stripped: lot sodded and Handicapped: close
to schools, stores and 10c bus.
For further details see the Classified Real
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