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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

than merely the announced pur- pose of examining the old-age pension system. He isn't adver- tising 1t, but he also plans to hold lengthy hearings on the Town send old-age pension plan, which got a rough brush-off in a House committee and faces the same fate in the Senate.
 That's why Townsendites are cheering. They will get a hear- ing on their scheme having to de- pend on antagonistic committees. pr. Townsend himself and other big guns in the pension movement will be invited to testify.
 Four members of the special committee = D0wney, Pepper of Florida, Brooks oR Illinois and LaF0llette of Wisconsin arc supporters of the Townsend plan. CoanaIIy of Texas and Green of Rhode Island are against 1t, while Thomas of Idaho is neu- tral.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 An Omaha World Herald edi- torial banning General "Pa" Wat son, White House secretary, got under his skin when he received copies from a number of Nebraska acquaintanceS A statewide poll by The Great Falls (Mont.) News on the question of approval of Roosevlt,s or Wheeler's stand on the foreign issue showed the President leading the isolation ist senator six to one While COP leaders in Congress are pot shooting at the St. Lawrence wa- terway proposal. The Republican, monthly COP publication, strong ly endorsed the project in re- cent article.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
Get .he Defense Bond Habit

Whether the Treasury is satisfied with the sale of Defense Bonds to date, we don't know. But it seems to us that not enough people have yet realized the obligation. in May, $441, ,752,000 worth of Defense Bonds and Stamps were bought, and in June only $272,00O,OO0 worth. Thus in two months not quite three quarters of g billion dollars have been directly lent to the government for defense.
 It isn't enough. More people must constantly recognize the double purpose served by these bonds, and old purchas- CTS must keep coming back, making a weekly or monthly habit of buying them. They are at once the best means of sav- ing against any postwar emergency, and of diverting excess purchasing power from a rush of bidding for declining amount of goods - which means higher prices in spite of any controls. Put Defense Bonds or Stamps on your budgetl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

The promotion of John G. Gilmartin principal of the Duggan and Begnal Schools, to the post of Assistant Super intendent of Schools, was a most de- serving one. We have many extremely fine educators among our local instruc- tors. Waterbury has always been fortun- ate in this respect-its teaching staff has been splendidly manned with men and women, skilled in the arts and more than that possessed of such characteris- tics as command the respect, attention, and interest of the pupils. Certainly the qualifications of MT. Gilmartin for the office which in our school system has been vacant quite few years are of the highest type There is no doubt but what the last few years have imposed heavy burden on Supt Thomas J. Condon. And there doesn't seem to be much doubt but what the duties will increase. It was logical to give him an assistant; we be- lieve it was logical to name John Gll- martin to the post.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

prisoners is in the early twenties. Most other forms of moral failure, however, seen to attack the middle aged more often than the young.
 The reason for this seems to be twofold. First, people generally make great moral mistakes when they find themselves called upon to bear what seem to them intolerable burdens. Also when men begin to achieve success, they frequently en- ter into a season of moral peril. Their heads are turned by a sudden change in their fortunes; the pos- session of money opens Up oppor- tunities for indulgence which they never before possessed. Many a
 man who has stood firm on all mos raj principles while he was experi- encing the discipline incident to suc- cess. has suddenly gone fiabby when he reached the pinnacle. Failure ruins some men, but success ruins on ever greater number. Men gen- erally collapse morally either when they find themselves apparently un- equal to the circumstances they have to confront, oF when they reach the heights of success and feel that the moral requirements which arc blnd- lng upon other people are no longer binding upon them.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

But despite their fame and eminence, not one of these na- tional leaders could get into Naval Intelligence.
 Reason Is that no matter what the ability, experience or prOv- en loyalty of native-born citizen, he Is barred from ser- vice in Naval Intelligence-un- less he Is a fourth generation American,
 There is no law or Navy regu- lation setting up such an extreme restriction. In fact, Navy brass hats are very careful not to ad- init its existence in writing. But like the unwritten caste rule that bars enlisted men in the Navy from permanent commissions, so this invisible but ironclad bar rier operates to keep all but a select class out of Naval Intelli- gence.
 How the system works is shown in the following specific case.
 A crack Washington newsman who Is a native-born American with a law degree and knowledge of two foreign languages, eager to serve in the emergency, applied for a reserve commission in Naval Intelligence. His recommenda- tions were of the best. But all he got was @ courteous run- around.
 Finally, after writing @ letter di- rect to Secretary Knox, the news man was referred to It. Com mander w. L. Gates, director of Naval Reserve activities, Wash ington Navy Yard The newsman called on the officer, who ques- toned him about his experience background and then asked: Were your grandparents born in the United States?"
 "No, they were not"
 "I'm sorry," replied Gates, "but no appointments are being given In Naval Intelligence ex- cept to men whose great-grand- parents were born in this cOun- try"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

The retiring president of the American Medical Assn. makes a great plea for private medicine as opposed to socialized medicine. He claims that the drive against private medicine which seemed to reach a peak few years back when it was given considerable fostering down at Washing ton is the same as against other forms Of private enterprise. His claim is that soc- ialized medicine has failed to improve health standards, but that greater pro- gress has been made where private medicine prevails He cites the United States as the best example of this and It's pretty difficult to argue with him on that score.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
Press Comment
PIPE SHORTAGE
(New London Day)

The experts are beginning to worry about the wars effects on pipe smoking. Few of the pipe smokers have begun to worry yet (most of them are supposed to be the type of fellows who don't worry very easily, anyway for they haven't heard the news, but they may have reason to cuss the war in a reasonably short time, for the war has cut of many of the sources of supply of briar for pipes. And therein lies a story.
 The best briar, used in pipes, has been coming to America from Europe and Africa. Most of the higher quality briar originates in Algeria; 1t comes from the gnarled roots of the white heath. But "burlS" or gnarls from ebony, rose- wood and olivewood have also been used. The quality depends largely on the age, the hardness of the wood--for that is what briar really is, form of wood-its capacity to absorb without burning or char rinc, etc. When the war cut off the supplies of briar from Algeria Ca little is still getting through, incidentally the next source of supply was Spain, which has Sev- eral types of briar. But this was not only an inadequate supply hut in some respects an inferior, one, also.
 With the supply rapidly being exhausted. and an insufficient new supply being dug up, with much of that inferior in grade, the pipe makers are wondering what to do. They have experimented with vari- ous domestic roots. Manzanita and wild lilac burls. from southern Ore- gon and California, have been tried. The mesquite of Texas and the chaparrel of California also produce hurls. Roots Of other types have been sent through turning, polishing processes to see how they work out. Thus far the experl- ments have not been notably suc- ceasful.
 Another thing is also under cone alteration; for Q long time ordinary wood he's been used in some pipes, most og them cheap, Apple tree wood. hickory, maple, mountain laurel. red gum and birch hayo been used. some of the very cheap pipes have been made irosn thesa woods fer e lnog time back, with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
Current Comment

We let girls marry at is and man. age their own affairs: have no right to tell them they can't drink Harold c. Ward. Democratic flli- nols state senator in debate on bill to prevent women drinking until A. There is no escape from the truth that someone must pay for everything.
 --MaFFlner s. Eecles. chairman
 Federal Reserve Board Of
 Governors.
 
 Political freedom cannot survive lf economic freedom A lost.
 --TMEC report to ConaFeas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

An editors desk will always disclose literature advertising campaign of some sort somewhere. Right now, though, we've never noticed so much material as IS coming through in opposition to unsight- ly billboards along main highways of the eastern coastline. There seems to be run on such campaigns now with the billboard dislikers sparing TO expense Ill their efforts to sell their ideas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

indifferent results. More respectas bIe as 8 pipe material Is cherry wood; certain types of cherry wood from France have been popular for a long time. But wood, rather than root burls. raises new problems in pipe manufacture. The pipes have to be larger. In relation to the ina terIor size of the bowl, for these woods will char much more readily thA nthe hard hrlar. These pipes made from them are apt to iO0k clumsy, as Q result.
 What to do next to produce c Straight" or flame" grain briag pipe is the question, when the inis ported supply runs out. 1f thA grain of the briar runs ln pars tlculariy beautiful lines. the brlas is more ya|uable.l And even ore dinary briaF Is a biz problem. Bo the war may hit the plpe-sln0lser hard very soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
Selected Poem
JULYRICAL
By Ogden Nash

(RepTii. j from August Cosmopolitan MasadneI Hold your bTeathl Here comes July. Like . rocket in the sky.
 sunburst, cloudburst. lightning, hail, Riding madly on it's tail.
 watch 1t sparlklel Hear 1t whiSl The most spectacular month there is. Lock up the office. snatch your hat, Turn of the milkman and the cat. Old office, old milkman, old cas, goodby I'm going outdoors. here comes Juiyi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
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 Who needlessly sets foot upon A. It is from "The Task" by William Cowper, Book VI, line 66V, @. What is the real name sof the film actor, Robert Taylor?
 A. spangler Arlington 4rugh.
 e. DO selectees under the draft retain the right to vote in political elections?
 A. It is usually provided that a person neither gains nor loses citi- zenship by military or naval service; he may vote by absentee ballot IF his home State, if that form or ballot is permitted by law; or he may usually obtain leave from ms commanding officer to return to ms home State to vote, but he cannot acquire residence by being stationeo on another State.
 @. Were any children born ot the marriage of Dorothy Thompson and Sinclair Lewis9
 A. Yes; one son, Michael Lewis born June 21, 1880. a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
Daily Almanac

Moon rises s:Se ?. m. daylight tiue).
 Sun rises S:3o .. m.; sets e:2e ?. m. tday. light timsl.
 All vehicles must bs lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Kxclalm all you want about the rains of recent days. but fhese rains have been iises savers feT NeW England crops. They mey be the means of lnsuFlng ample returns Co the farmer. providing there iS 10 further drought tliin HseNth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
. EDISON IN WASHING GTON
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington F,NfreenOnflenf

Washington, July g --- of all the headaches in Washington today, the man with perhaps the most thank less job in the whole defense set- up is Leon Henderson, administra- tor of OPACS, the Offlce of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.
 All the man has to do is keep tho prices of everything, including rents,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

N3H yVW &hkCWGA 0CNGh VA SAhS~S test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 ,..4 1. Tn which Department of the Federal Government does the Unit- ed States Weather Bureau functionp 2 Chinchilla is the name of Q frozen dessert, a fur, or an alloy?
 3. The mythological creatures half man and half horse, were called q 4. Name the bodies of water cons nected by the Straits of Gibraltar. ~, 5. Is thunderclap heard before. or after the flash of lightning is, seen? = 6. Which of the following did not sign the Declarationof Independence John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin? @ 2. Social Security taxes for old- age and survivors insurance in covs cred employment are payable on the first $. =. of wages in year2 8. Death Valley Scotty" lives iIS California, Nevada, or New Mexico2 g. Turpentine is distilled from the sap of what two kinds of trees9 .i 10. Where did the excursion steamer General Slccum burn?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

from getting too high, and pro- tect consumers in their wants after military demands are met. The object of all this is to prevent profit eering and in- hation which in the last war ran costs up about $l5 billion more than they should have been and helped bring on the crash
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

O. What enables buzzards to fly and rise and dip in the air without Tapping their wingsP
 A. Buzzards, condors, hawks, gulls and almatrosses can ascend to great heights and soar for hours without any apparent motion ot their wings, by taking advantage ot. minor air currents through imper"+ ceptible movements of different parts of the body. The prInciple is sim liar to that by which kite or glloer Is flown A bird which IS flying ior- ward and upward against the wino without flapping it's wings is in effecl riding on an ascending current O. air. The motive power seems to pc supplied by very slight body, head and tail movements. e..
 c. Is the exportatlon of canned pineapple and pineapple luice B major industry Of Hawaii9 A. Yes; the exports for lo40 were. valued at $54,000,00o. e. In which British possessions does the United States have the right to establish naval and otner kinds of military bases?
 A. The U. s. was given the right to lease for 99 years, sites for nasei in Newfoundland, Bermuda, tho Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trim dad, Antiqua and British Guiana.
 @. Are persons born in the Phil' ippine Islands and Hawaii citizens oi the United States7
 A. All persons. including Chi" nese, Filipinos, Indians and Japa-. nesi born in the United states. Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico ana the Virgin Islands are citizens by' reason of their birth. Persons born in the Philippine Islands are not citizens, unless they can claim citi, zenship through their parents. 1 PARACHUTE AND AIRPLANE WINGS &@ Long staple sea- Island cotton ls reported usable for parachutes
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aged people than among young people. Embez- clement more often occurs in middle life than before. Violent crimes lon e rank fig h e r a m ong very young people e than among old- CT people. The average age of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "He won't leave me
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.
GETTING ABOVE MORAL
 PRINCIPLES

More failures in character take place after forty than before. There are more divorces among middle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-09
PARACHUTE AND AIRPLANE
 WINGS
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
PUBLIC SHOWING
 LITTLE INTERES1
Attorney Acorn Comment on Indifference to Legis'
 lative Problems

The public is far too indiqeren to problems before the legislature Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr., Speaker of thd House, declared last night at St4 Johns parish house at 6 Yneetina sponsored by the committee on adult education of the Waterbury Council of Churches. The people, he Saidl hshould keep informed of what is go- ing on in the General Assembly and should not hesitate to write to their senators and representatives to give their views.
 MT. Alcorn said that newspapers give an unfair picture of what goes on at Hartford by continually stressing the political and patronage aspects of legislation. The legisla- ture, he said, IS much more concern ed over social and moral issues than one would gather from reading the newspapers.
 He praised the proposed state- wide Juvenile court and probation system, which he said would be a real step toward combating delin- uuency. He said he opposed the pro- posal that judges of the higher courts be. elected by the people, be- lieving that the present system of nomination by the governor and confirmation by the assembly is more beneficial.
 MT. Alcorn was introduced by Frederick s. Chase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

"He's sending news to Norway" But from this high h-voltage switch- ing board in WRUL's Hatherly Beach, Mass, transmitting station, six radio beams send Allied prop aganda not only to Norway, but
 all over the globe.
 From @ Norwegian town: "Your broadcast is a bright star shining in the heavens of American liberty into the corners of an oppressed land."
 From Paris: '"There Is enough food in occupied France. The Ger mans are pleading for food so they can take it."
 At Sea: Representing hundreds of Dutch seanen, I thank you for your excellent broadcasts you have given Us hope"
 Mrs. Ingraham tells the visitor that WRUL now IS entirely on its own, pioneering in listener in sup port. The Rockefeller grants ended last year. The Carnegie and Sloan foundations helped, as did Thomas J. watson, president of 1nterna- tional Business Machines Corpora ton. Walter LenHnon is associated with MT. Watson. But 1t IS the dimes and dollars of the listeners which are going to tell the story of the stations existence from now on. These must tot up to $l00, ,U00 year or WRUL will have to look for another angel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
Industrial Chorus
 In Annual Concert
Attractive Program Prepared for Tomorrow Evenings
 Event in Buckingham Hall; Special Banner Posted
children, above.

The banner came from New York, but when 1t reaches Waterbury, 1t will just be beginning It's travels. After the local concert, 1t will be shipped to Wisconsin, Indiana, Hud- son Valley, New Jersey, Bridgeport and back to New York for series of concerts by other organizations af- filiated with the national body. So Waterbury leads againl Clayton W. Old, president of the national organization, was to be the guest of the Industrial Male Chorus ct the concert tomorrow, but MT. Old is i'll. Tn his plact, James s. Stevens of Hartford, vice-president of the Associated Glee Clubs, will come to Waterbury as guest of the local chorus.
 The guest soloist will be Carolyn Ives Fowler, accompanied by Helen L. Heebner. Waldo Newbury will be at the organ. Norman D. Hovey is the accompaniest for the Chorus. Programs Organ Music ... Waldo s. Newbury Brothers, Sing On GA Choral Salu- tation) ............ Edward Grieg arr. Mckinney LaudamuS - (Welsh Chorale)
 arr. Daniel Protheroe Suabian Folk Song
 .............. Johannes Brahms
 arr. A. T. Davison The Blind Ploughman
 ................ Robert o. Clarke
 CHORUS
 Adieu Foret (from Jeanne D'Arc'D ................... Tschaikowsky
 CAROLYN IVES FOWLER Sea Fever .......... Mark Andrews
 arr. 8. R. Gaines A Summers Lullaby ................ s. Archer Gibson Italian Street Song (from Naughty Mariettac ...... Victor Herbert Gncidental solo-Carolyn Ives
 Fowler)
 CHORUS
 By Lonely Forest Pathway
 .:': :..'.''..'. CEntes Pierrot .........~. Win tier Watts MlQSuHHler '...,.'.'. ALLY WOIuI
 CAROLYN IVES FOWLER onward, Ye Peoples" ............... Jean Sipellus l arr. Lefebvre
 Stouthearted Men |. .............. Sigmund Ronlherg arr. Walter Scotson Border Ballad ...... J. II. MaundeI This Is My Country
 ...... Wareing Glee Club Series arr. Ringwald (SOLOIST AND CHORUS)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
RESERVE OFFICERS
 MEETING THURSDAY
Col. s. Kellogg Plume to Accept Presidency of
 Local Association

The Waterbury chapter, Reserve Officers association, will meet Thursday night at the city hall to elect 6 slate of officers headed by Col. s. Kellogg Plume of Water town as president. Nominees were chosen at a meeting of the execu- tive committee last night at the home of Col. Harry J. Beardsley.
 Capt. J. William Johnson was nominated for vice-president. Also selected were: Capt. Arthur P. Bliss, secretary; Capt. William J. Slator, treasurer; and Col. William J. Shanahan, second vice-president.
 The chapter voted to have Capt. Walter J. Lynch, now at Camp Liv- ingston, La., and Lieut.. Frank Me- Cue, who has been assigned to Jackson, Miss, serve as delegates to the national convention at New Or leans, May 24 and 25. It was voted to award medals again this year 70 ranking R. o T. o. students at the University of Connecticut.
 State department officers VIII at- tend the meeting here Thursday l nigh.