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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
In Today's Mail
OIL YOUR FEET, YOU MEN IN SERVICE, IF YOU WANT TO
 KEEP IN SHAPE
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 As one who knows from experience, I write to suggest that one of the best "heTps our newspapers could possibly render to national defense would be to tell our young "draftees' and their parents as well-that those in training should oil their feet.
 Napoleon told his troops always to oil their feet before a march: and the same advice is good today especially with hot weather com ing along
 Oiling the feet helps to prevent blisters, burns, corns, calluses, athletes feet and other foot ailments and diseases-as weh as to keep the feet always in clean and firm shape. All experienced fishermen and hun ters and hikers and walkers oil their feet because they know from ex- perience the awful results of walk ing on DRY feet Even the Bible teaches the good of amounting the feet with oil. All of the boys in camp should oil their feet because un- derstand that the Army, Navy and Marine Corps don't give out oil to the men for oiling the feet.
 After all an Army still lights" on its feet!
 Yours truly,
 JAMES HAYWOOD,
 84-i2 s5th Ave,
 Jackson Heights. N. Y. April 25th, ioli.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

According to Highway Commissioners William J. Cox all of this states bridges are safe for any loads that might be imposed on them during war emergency. That's good news and should quiet any fears regarding the same. While we may not like to contemplate the thought of troop movements or other war equipment across the state, we can't very well get away from the possibility of the same. And we don't think that our state off, cials should do anything to hold up plans that might make speedy transportation of vital war supplies feasible. In fact everything should be done this spring, summer, and fall to keep the highways in such condition that they would be imme- diately available for any emergency. We don't need to concentrate all our efforts on getting into war, but we certainly want to take the precautions to guard our civilian populace against anything that might conceivably happen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

Here's what happens when they make a glamour" girl out of a mere COW. Elsie, the famous bovine which has been in the movies and all over the nation as public ity for the Borden Company, died as a result of injuries she received in truck accident. The COW was being transport ed to movie theater for publicity pur- poses. Now if she had been left to browse quietly in the fields near her native heath of Brookfield, Mass, this would never have occurred. Cows just weren't made to be publicized in such fashion. Nature intended them to be providers of food for mankind so that the higher order of living creatures might make this better world in which to live.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

The reason why boats can sail against the wind as well as with 1t, is because of the way they set their sails. Every good sailor knows how to manipulate his canvas in such way that he can use Q wind blowing dead against him to take him, after some. circulocution, to the place he wants to go.
 The reason why so many people succumb to the adverse winds of life Is because they will not take the trouble to set their sails, nor will they manifest the patience which tacking back and forth requires. It's the set of the sail that counts. If we are willing to adjust ourselves to life,s unfavorable circumstances we can sail against any storm. But 1t takes courage, patience. and good seamanship. And if our sailing oc- CUTS at night, we have to put abun- dant trust in the stars.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

much sea duty mingled with press relations at various arms con- ferences.
 To assist him ex-publisher, now Secretary of the Navy Knox has chosen the managing editor of his paper, Hal O,Flaherty of The Chi cago Daily News. Charming and meteoric, O'Fqaherty may or may not be a wise choice. Newsmen have their fingers crossed.
 UNDER THE DOME
 The attitude of the U. s. A. to- ward Germany, as summed up by Congressman Bob Doughton of North Carolina, Is this: "Germany hasn't done enough against us to make the American people want to go to war against her, and England hasn't done enough for us' z. Many workers in the General Electric plants at Schen- ectady, N. r., and Lynn, Mass. went without their vacations last year to finish the turbine and gears for the North Carolina, 1arg- est U. s. battleship. Other work CTS take note Last act of Texas Senator Sheppard before he died was to send out letter soliciting donations to the Ameri- can Bible society. "This is . time when more people need to read the Bible," the senator said War may be engrossing the world, but the Federal Trade Coininis- sion is very, very busy deciding whether beauty cream manufac- turers, ct al., are violating the Robinson- -Patman Act when they supply demonstrators to big de- partment stores. One cosmetic firm already has spent $l25,000 presenting evidence on this point. Read Albert Wagg's story in the current New Republic for the shocking lowdown on how the State Department is handling the refugee problem.
 Copyright. l94l, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
 l. Which mythological Greek hero was vulnerable only in the heel?
 3. How many pairs of ribs do hus man beings have? ..,
 3. Which State is known as the Green Mountain State?
 4. Tn which of Thackery's novels is Becky Sharp the heroine?
 g. From what plant is linen lnade2
 6 What famous monument in Egypt has the body of lion and c human head?
 2. What was the name of JohA Paul Jones' flagship in the famou4 naval battle of the east coast cd England?
 8. The lowest point in continen. tai United States Is in Death Vals ley, California. In which State IA the highest point?
 9. Do American citizens lose thei1 citizenship If they enlist in Carl~ adian military forces now?
 10. With what invention are thu names Runisey, Fitch, and Fulton connected2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

power has become so acute that defense chiefs have complained to Selective Service officials tha' some local boards are "too tough" about granting deferment to skilled workmen.
 Ohio draft boards, for example, are ordering the induction of craftsmen badly needed for the crucial machine tool program.
 Similar complaints have been made against Michigan draft authorities for taking specially skilled men needed by the Pack ard plant, now producing Rolls Royce airplane engines for the British.
 From Virginia have come reports that the draft Is hainperiilg the vast naval and shipbuilding pro- gram at Newport News.
 The problem of labor supply
 is also hitting agriculture. Agri-
 cultural officials fear that 50
 much labor Is being drained off
 farms that some of them want
 to bar any more defense plants
 in Mid-western dairy and pork
 sections. .,..
 NOTE - Senator Cotton Ed" Smith of South Carolina did not vote for the Selective Service act, as earlier reported in this column. He voted against it. NAVY CENSORSHIP .yS.,
 More light on the Nays cen- sorship Yun1pus regarding the crippled British battleship Malaga has been leaking out gradually.
 Latest disclosure is that the British had 8 press release all prepared, telling the American public of the arrival of the battle ship in New York. But when they showed their story to U. s. Navy officials, the latter squelched 1t. (The Navy later told news papermen that in opposing pub- lication of this news they were only acting on behalf of the Bri- tish.)
 The British press release, was quite frank and a little naive. It told what a fine ship the Malaya was, and that this was the first instance of British warship be- ing repaired in an American navy yard under the lend-leage bill.
 NOTE - New naval officer in charge of press relations will be Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, a wise choice. Hepburn IS one of the broad minded officers of the Navy, tolerant, kindly, e veteran of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

of Commons after the coll;
 One question was why the Brl- tish army had not sent tanks and airplanes to support its troops in Greece.
 To this the Prime Minister re- piled that the British simply did not have enough tanks and planes to go around. They were needed on too many fronts.
 Then came the question as to what was happening to the tanks and airplanes received from Amer lea under the lend-lease bill. Churchill had to reply that tanks were not yet forthcoming at all and that airplanes had come in comparative driblets (only 1000 have been received from both the U. s. A. and Canada since the war started two years ago).
 He tried to explain that it took time for America to get her factories geared for tank and air. plane production, also 10 ship sup plies across the Atlantic. But U. S. officials who reported the debate back to Washington got the impression that there was certain amount of criticism, or at least misunderstanding, because the United States had not come through faster.
 IT. S. A, FAILED GREECE
 Meanwhile in Athens, U. s. Min ister Lincoln MacVeagh reported that there were heart-breaking reminders for certars Greek of- ficials of the help. which the United States had promised. Even as early as last October, the U. s. Government made public state- ments promising aid to Greece, MacVeagh was told, yet no milf- tary aid had ever come.
 NOTE - When the Greek Air Minister ordered 30 Bellanca com bination training bombing planes from the United States some time before the war, Joseph Green, Of the State Department Munitions Control Board, stopped them on the ground that they were going to Spanish Loyalists. After Greece was attacked, she tried once again to get these Bellancas, but they are now rusting In Mexico.
 TENNESSEE HOSPITALITY
 The Vultee Aircraft Corpora ton in Nashville might not like 1t if all the guests invited to the opening of their new plant ac- tually appear for that ceremony.
 With a generous flourish, Vul- tee sent invitations to scores of newspapermen in Washington, to come to their Tennessee party May 3, when the new plant will be formally dedicated. The invitation held out as attractions and in- spection of the plant, cocktail party, Q buffet supper: and in- cluded Clarke Kawakami Of the Domei (Japanese) news agency; Tom Davis, of the Transocean (German) news agency, and Kurt Sell of DNB (German) official news agency.
 The invitation, also signed by the Governor of Tennessee, car- ried the notation, "Dress OptionaT. Wise-cracked German Kurt Sell: 'sThey should have added, Bring your own cameras'!" TOUGH DRAFT BOARDS
 The problem of industrial man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
Questions
 and Answers
v0TJR oTJEsTTONs ANaWERRD

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The waterbury Democrats Sers vice Bureau will answer for yOa free, any question Oe fact Or me , formation, not involving extens slve research. Write your queBs tion clearly, sign name and eds dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Waters bury Democrats Washington Sers vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. 0.
 e. DO American men who eEliisF in Canadian forces for war Servicd9 lose their citizenship?
 A. No. Canada no longer requirN Americans to take the oath Of az legiance to that country when theH enlist for war service. Those wh0 took the oath of allegiance before the new rule went into e9fect im August, l040, lost their citizenship.
 e. How much good farm land iD in the United States?
 A. The present cropland area ok the United States is about 4lS mil. Hon acres, of which only about 342 million acres is chased aS "good"s the remainder being too steep, rough, shallow, or infertile for profitablo cultivation.
 a nid thA late Bert Williama ever appear in the ziegfeld "FoH lies"?
 A. He was 6 featured attractio1 with that revue for seven years.
 e. Does the U. s. Army and NaH offer rewards to persons giving ii1< formation leading to the appreheils sion of deserters?
 A. No.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
Press Comment
IMPROVING STATE ROADS
(iIartford Courant)


 Tn his report to the Governor, the State Highway Commissioner in- cluded some interesting data re- garding Connecticut's public road system which should be helpful to legislators struggling to revise the proposed pattern of expenditures for the next two fiscal years. Judging from the support that grant of $i 100000 for rural road construc- ton received, 1t is safe to say that few of the Senators and Repre- sentatvies have any knowledge of this material. That 1t is factually correct goes without saying, since it was collected by the experts of the Statewide Highway Planning Sur vey who have studied road condi- tions and road planning throughout the country.
 These engineers have some good things to report about Connecticut. It is noted that the major portion of the States total road mileage has some type of dustless surface, that only 9.6 per cent of its rural roads lie unimproved. A comparison with highway conditions in thirty-two other States reveals that Connecti- cut stands alone in providing its rural areas with macadan or oiled gravel road surfaces. Furthermore, 1t Is found that in general the state roads have been built with a care full eye toward uncongested travel, and since the greater portion of the system carries less than four thou- sand vehicles a day 1t is unlikely that, as has been the case in some States. Connecticut will have to em- bark upon an extensive program of general highway readjustments.
 At the same time. as Commission CT Cox made plain to Governor Hurley, serious consideration must be given to the fact that the main arteries of travel are greatly in need of improvement. Two-lane roads are unable to handle the new trafiic that has poured into the State through the Merritt Parkway. What is needed, if smooth-fi flowing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 9:44 p. m. (daylgiht time).
 Sun rises 5:56 g. m.; sets TIA p. m. day. light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The daylight time transition is an easy one for this section of the country. The mar vel of 1t is that with a national defense emergency there hasn't been greater demand for it's expansion to year-round custom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
WHY PRoLoNG CRUELTY.
Christian Science Monitor)

NSLiS AohuA1 0CACAiCC N0OilAVOEl
 The Massachusetts Society for tn Prevention of Cruelty to Animalz whose work requires no encomiurz here, solicits support for its effort tl retail the statute prohibiting tl1| exhibition at horse shows of an anil nal with a 'set-up" tail.
 Friends of the horse should be el1| couraged by the public support of similar appeal in New York, whicz succeeded in preventing repeal of like protective act.
 In 1884, the Massachusetts Legiz lature made 1t illegal to display horse whose tail had been delibe ately broken and reset after tE year. Currently, certain tntere are asking the Legislature to exte the time for another five years.
 Such extension would only prolo the period in which mankiiid's humanity to long suffering anil could be publicly paraded and de the day when its torture endA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

e. How Is the octane rating oe fuel determined?
 A. The fuel, and Q substancf known as octane, are mixed and used to operate a one-cylinder test engine; the relative proportions of the two substances are altered until the fuel detonates (burrls iHlstans taneously) as indicated by fuel gage. The relative proportions oS the mixture at the point of detona. ton establishes the octane number of the fuel.
 c. What railway statistics ara widely used as q reliable business index?
 A. Many business analysts rec gard car-loadirg as one of the best current indicators of business ac. tivity.
 @. Who demonstrated mathe, matically the truth of Copernicus' assertion that the earth and plan- cts revolve around the sun, instead of the sun and planets revolving around the earth, as taught by Ptolemy?
 A. Johannes Kepler, by his dis. coyery of the three laws of plan. etary motion, viZ.: CD the orbit oA each planet is an ellipse, and tho sun occupies one focus of that el- lipse; (2) the motion of the radius vector sweeps over equal areas of the ellipse in equal times; (O the squares of the periodic tyearly) revolutions of any two planets ara proportional to the cubes of their average distances from the sun.
 o. By whom was the declaration of war against Germany in 1917 signed?
 A. By Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and approved" by Woodrow Wilson.
 e. What was the original means ing of the word "cute"?
 A. Sharp, shrewd, clever.
 If you want . copy of the latest
 booklet. "The Baby Book, send
 to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
 teenth st., Washington, D. 0. En-
 close ten cents postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
Selected Poem
ACROSS A RAvIsHED LAND

(Fyizabeth Crawford Yates in the New York Times) Persephone, when you shall come again From ordered months of subterranean goom You may not hope to bless field of grain, Of find your mother where glad roses bloom. No more shall Iris of the golden wings Seek out Demeter pleading that she rise To proud Olympus. Strang, the bird that sings While Iris stands on tiptoe in the skies t., Her rich name flowers, royal as her gown, Are pitifully changed by red which flows Through sickened earth, an endless flood poured
 down
 To Hades, whence a crimson poppy grows. Persephone, across a ravshed land Your mother bears the death-fower in her hand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

There should be couple more frosts in Connecticut before summer is with us to stay. May will probably produce both of these. The "peepers'' foretold this ten days ago. We'll say they have been frozen in once since their first appearance locally. That leaves two more freezes and then old-timers will really shed their winter raiment and prepare for the new season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

will have the answer. One boat sails straight along with the wind. But there are other boats which. while they do not sail so rapidly and have to cover considerably more water in tacking. nevertheless succeed in sailing against the wind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

Why is there such a striking con trast be- tween the moral triumph of some lives and the moral failure of others?
 If you will watch sailboats skimming along in opposite di- rectionS on e windy day. vOll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

INA V "
 that 1t is im- possible for any, one not entirely familiar with the workings of any particular agency to keep track of what 1t does. Even most m e m b rs of Congress W h o passed the laws creating m os t of these agen- cies, or at least appropriate the money to keen them going, are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

trafflc and safe driving are stiA prime objectives, are broad fourlaia roads, free from sharp curves and depressions with Q parkway for the separation of opposing traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
National 
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, April 2S - There are no two ways about 1t = functions of the administration of your fed- eral government are SO complex
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
Washington Merry Go-Round
Enes Leaders Blame Lack U Equipment for Noz Wn Churchill Told Commons No Tanks oved Planes Only DrbIets
esA sgvis@ Ms
DREW PEE R s o N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

April did London but Inc , M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

TODAY's COMMON ERROR The word 'cMessrs. "ls incorrect
 as the saIutation in . letter;
 substitute "Gentlemen."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
STRENGTH
 FOR THE DAY Rv rAvr.v nny,rr ASS n m
By EARL |. DOUGLASS, D. D.
THE SET OF THE SAILS

Why is 1t that some lives go straight ahead in spite of trouble and seem to grow stronger the more their misfortunes increase?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28
A Thought for Today

Nc shall not therefore Oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for am the Lord your GOd.-Leviticus 2S;f.
 1, When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.-Quin- tus Curtius Rufus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-28

If you want . copy of the latest booklet, "The Baby Book, send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth St., Washington, D. 0. En- close ten cents postage.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-11-21
SPORTS LECTURES A. A. MUSEME N En-? PAGE
First Anniversary

(continued page p
We as members Of Mt. Cal
vary unanimously say that we.
hope that for many years to
come we might have the honor
Of preparing anniversary cele-
brations this time each year for
Rev. and Mrs. Mundy.
Many happy returns! We re-
call with much cheer that you've
been with us one year, and we
all pledge support with hearts
most sincere.
We are confident before many
years have passed, with this
leader, there shall be even q
greater Mt. Calvary than even
our fondest hopes might wish for.
We would not fail to take this
opportunity Of expressing our
sincerest thanks to our sister
churches that have from time to
time worshipped with us.
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Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt
Named Honorary
ChairlDoI11an Of ALI
Stars YANKEES Game

NEW YORK, Nov. l9--(ANPl
Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt has
consented to become honorary
chairwoman of the committee in
charge of the charity football
game to be played ut the Polo
grounds Sunday, Nov. 80, be-
tween the Colored All-Stars and
the New York Yankees.
Active head of the charity or
ganization is Commissioner Sam
uel J. Battle who was selected
by Mayor La Guardia to take
the late Lou Gehrig's place on
the New York City Parole board.
The Associated Football Chari-
ties, Inc, which hopes to make
this game an annual affair, rep
resents various Negro, Catholic
and Jewish charities.
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THEATRICALS


once refused the stamp Of APP
proval of censors, is startling.
thrilling and dramatic story of a
great race rising up IN arms
against those who would degrade
it before the world, and reveals
the intimate and tangled lives Of
the various tenants of the brown
stone front Harlem apartments,
including three chorus girls, who
share an apartment, and when
they throw a "rent' party the
lid is off. A tremendous true-to-
life climax is reached amid hi
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larious comedy and red-hot nau-
sic, which makes Murder on
LenoN Aevnue' picture not to
miss, and .one that will never bs
forgotten.
The second big feature on this
double-billed program co-stars
Ray Middleton and Jane Wyatt
in Hurricane Smith, a story Of
q rodeo star and his reporter
sweetheart tracking down q gang
Of railroad robbers. The former
football star, sSlingin' Sammy"
Baugh, is featured in chapter 4
of King of the Texas Rangers
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NOTE-To buy Defense
and Stamps, go to the near
est post office, bank, or say
ings and loan association; !;
or write to the Treasurer of
the United States, Washing
ton, D. G. Also Stamps now
are on sale at retail stores.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1s.-
lTYP)-Ask anyone here in
New York where is the Savoy
Ballroom. Ask them, too, what
Foes on up there. They will di-
rect you to the place where rhy-
thm is king. Where the first blue
note Of swing burst forth. Here
where swing was born, jive talk
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came into being where Utter,
jump /, jive made nation alive
with the rhythmic beat Of the
drum; the blare Of the trumpet; ];
theglare of brass, and the vo-
cal sweet songs and hot tunes Of
both singer and swinger that's
Harlem's Savoy, the Home of
Happy Feet.