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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
The Army Grows

There are at least ten million more pounds of soldier in the Army than there were when the Army inducted it's first million recruits. That's because the aver age soldier gained 10 pounds in his first three weeks in the Army. We have the word of the food consultants of the Quartermaster Corps for this, and it sounds pleasantly on the ear.
 Most of those men thought they were, and they were, in fairly good physical shape, or they would not have been 1n- ducted at all But the first three weeks showed that there was room for improve ment. That's one of the best ways to in- crease the power of American defense: not necessarily more soldiers, but more soldier per man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Selected Poem
sPARRoWHAWK

Gone is your mast so tall and proud, The rolling Sunbaked beach your shroud. You, gallant Sparrowhawk by name, What secrets in your charred remains Lie buried with your Tapping sails, Forever stilled by storm and gale You, whose grace and fighting might To the rolling sea gave proud delight. Yet it tossed you crippled to the sands, Stuck down as though some child's hand In play had hurled his boat ashore. And like the child, the ponderous sea Regrets and sheds salt tears for thee. When the north winds lash at your broken frame, And the storm kings would your soul reclaim, Laugh Sparrowhawk you're safe at last In the grip of the sand that hides your mast. Laugh more when the raging gales subside, When the churnng sea of fast riptides Is calm and whimsical moody sea Betokens with tempting falsity.
 Just rest your tired, weary hull There by the sea you loved so well. Hear its melodious Tapping waves, Feel its cool breezes on summer days But don't, for day, ever feel regret Of not sailing again, for don't forget You live in memories of glorious days When clipperships plowed the briay ways. I'll admit it's sad you'll not sail again, That Neptune, to you, was an untrue friend. But don't be too hard on the tickle sea, once had friend do the same thing to me!
 (By Ellsworth B. Lawrence in the Boston PosD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
The Silly Seasons Here

DgeOre we know it, the dog days will be upon us, and the silly season will encom- pass us about as the thermometer bursts It's bulbs and reason flies out the open windows. These are pretty grim times, and little stiffness won't hurt any. The danger is in taking some of the stiffness seriously. Observe what the heat has been doing, even before the summer IS we'll advanced.
 Governor O'Daniel of Texas, he of the biscuit and banjo campaign, demands that Texas be allowed to set up its own private army and navy to defend itself against O'Daniel knows what. Out ln Oklahoma several persons stand in dan- ger of 1O-year penitentiary sentences, on Terminal SyndicaliSm" charges, not be- cause they did any overt act against the goVernment but simply because they sold certain books, like Steinback'S AGrapes of Wrath" which are to be found in any civilized public library.
 m Toledo, man faces five-year sen- tence if convicted of sending nagg1ng postcards, to the President. A man is Campaigning for public office in Texas wearing only barrel Germany and Russia are each winning their war twice q day in their own dispatches. A Cleve- land girl tells tall story of being beaten by two robbers, gets national publicity, naen admits she dreamed it all.
 Tn short, the stage is being set for the fg41 version of gpole-sitting, guppie- ellping and marathon dancing. Nothing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Hartford is quite concerned over what it termed "rent-gouging". The quotes are ours for to use such an expression as the above we'd want to have pretty conclusive evidence of the same before we'd make It. After all there is such thing as a legl- innate increase in rent, as contrary as this may seem. To the person paying rent there's no such thing as a warranted ln- crease in rent unless every one of about one hundred requests were compiled with by the landlord. To the landlord any ln- crease in rent is always justified by the fact that we have them and that other vice to the tenant by yielding to his every whim So when there is charge of rent gouging" made the investigating agency has to be pretty well satisfied and has to study individual cases. It can't be charged against all landlords. It can and has been done and where there is proof of the same it should be exposed for the genuine good that it will do for the community.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
INITIATION NOT so BAD AS IT SOUNDS-DON'T REPEAT
 1888 BLUNDER

June 27, 194l. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The communication which you printed few days from '.The Con- necticut Economic Council by Ho- well Cheney, treasurer" requires an answer. Every statement of fact herein depending upon statistics is derived from publications of the Cleveland Trust Company or the U. s. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or from the New York Sunday Times Business Index.
 Most of us will agree with your correspondent that, to the greatest possible extent, we should favor tax ation as against borrowing and that we should, both as a nation and as individuals, econoni3e to the last limit in order that our energies may be devoted to the vital war pur- poses.
 But throughout the rest of the let ter, moved by the economic fallacy that rising price level lowers pro- duction and cheats the wage earners your correspondent would have Us avoid imitation at whatever cost, for getful that efforts to avoid imitation may lead us into something many times worse -deflation.
 A truly stabilized currency, a currency under which the purchas- ing power of a, dollar would neither rise nor fall, would be ideal. But the context shows that the "stabil- ized currency" which your corre- spondent favors is money which can rise in purchasing power without limit but can never fall in purchas- ing power; in other words money Is a system under which the price level may fall but can never rise.
 For your correspo pondent would pre- serve and increase the powers of government to prevent rise in the price level (inflation) but would destroy all power to prevent fall in the price level (defiation). A contraction of monetary facil- ities, whether by reducing the quan- tity of money or reducing its speed or circulation, lowers the price level. The lowering of the price level is brought about through the economic process of depression. That is why defiation is so disastrous.
 When the money supply is reduced or becomes less eflicient, the public, no longer has the means to pur- chase goods in normal quantity The market for goods falls of and enl- ployment and production are re- duced. When dealers and producers can no longer endure such business conditions, they cut prices in the ef- fort to regain their markets.
 When this price cutting has be- come sufficient to reduce prices gen. erally in the same proportion as the monetary facilities were reduced, the public can again buy goods in nor maj quantity. The change in the price level is then complete but at what q cost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Stanley have number of big bushes clients, and several weeks before the Chrysler controversy got out intot he open, made be- hind the scenes effort to molify Henderson.
 Their first move was an invita- tion, made personally by Stanley to visit the Chrysler plant as the guest of the company. Tender sons answer was an emphatic "No", plus a blunt warning that if Chrysler didn't back down on its defiant price increase the company would be publicly de- nounced and Congress asked for compulsory price regulation legis- 1ation.
 Later, Stanley again conferred with Henderson but without re- suits. He stood pat on his de- mand that the company drop its hted prices before discussions were begun on whether 1t was entitled to charge more.
 NOTE = In as traight- -from-t the shoulder private talk to econom- ists of the AFL, CIO and other labor organizations, Henderson, urged them to counsel their ex- ecutives to go slow in making ex- cessive pay demands; that he
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

As the two astonished stenos gaped, he added: i've been hay ing press conferences for many years now, and there is no need to spend public money for sten- ographic report. The reporters will get down everything worth taking. That's their job and they do it very we'll"
 But, MT. Mayor" broke in one of the OPM press moguls, it |"
 "And another thing" snapped LaGuardia, "I run my own press conferences = without red tape"
 NOTE = It was at this confer ence that LaGuardia, with the help of the newsmen, evolved the National Unity" label for his spectacular Fourth of July pro- program.
 FAMILY QUARREL
 Behind Chrysler Corporations defiant refusal to bow to Defense Price Administrator Leon Tender son and withdraw its price boosts, is an interesting personal angle.
 Legal advisers of the auto company i'm this dispute are for- mer Attorney General Homer Cummings and his former assist ant William Stanley.
 Law partners since they left the government, Cummings and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

The City of Meriden wants to be includ- ed on the Common Pleas circuit when the new system goes into effect in the fall. Lawyers and other officials over in the Silver City feel that the volume of bus mess that the city has to take to courts outside the city is sufficient proof for adding new court. There probably is no question but what the city could provide plenty of business for Common Pleas Court if one were established and in view of the fact that Superior Court ses- sions are to be held in Meriden probably presiding judges of the Common Pleas will heed requests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

It's surprising that badminton devotees of this city haven't urged city fathers to establish outdoor courts in some of the city parks Of course the outdoor game can't be compared to that indoors as weather conditions are variable, but a lot of fun and exercise are obtainable out doors and not too much expense needs to be put into the courts. A good grassy spot suffices with attention to proper layout and setting up lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

stands ready to give us more than the malice of man can take from us.
 When our loved ones die, when trouble comes down upon us like quick summer storm, when our hopes are blasted, when circum- stances of damaging import roll down across our pathways like an avalanche, let us hold our lives se- cure and keep the faith. The .,ne thing that makes life really worth living is the continuous realization that God loves us. We may not understand why certain things happen to us, but as we look into the face of Jesus Christ, we can understand that One in whose hands we are.
 If God be for us, who can be against us?" These words have ben comforting the souls of. be- levers through the, centuries. We know that above the malice of man is the love of God; that above in justice towers the unWavering pow CT of Almighty God to bring all things out aright.
 (All Rights Reserved -Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
In Today's Mail

So long as the monetary facilities continue to contract, so long will the depression continue.
 On the other hand, increase in monetary facilities, whether by the issuance of additional money or by an increase in its speed of circula- tion, raises the price level by bring ing purchasers into the market fast CT than the market can supply the demand, whereupon producers and dealers increase their production and raise their prices. The increased production and higher prices in- crease the supply of goods and re- duce demand for goods until supply and demand come back again into balance at the higher price level. So long as we have less than nor- nal employment the effect of this expansion of monetary facilities is to increase employment and produc- tion. After the stage of normally full employment has been reached, further imitation causes but little increase in production and the large profits and still larger apparent pro- fits tend to encourage too much and too careless capital investment. From 1914 to 1920, the period of greatest imitation that this country has known since the constitution was adopted, we had full employ ment and more than normal produc- tion. Wage earners, far from suffer- ing from fall in the purchasing power of their wages, were highly prosperous.
 The period of imitation was inter rupted by two short periods of fall- ing prices in both of which produc- ton fell of materially, in one case falling below normal.
 The German imitation was prob ably the most severe of all inflations of which we have reliable record. During its early stages. German production steadily increased. In the two years from the spring of 1919 to the spring of 1920, when the Ger man imitation was several times as Erapid as our l915-20 average, Ger man production doubled It was only when the German imitation reached such fantastic proportions that the German money ceased to perform it's function as money, that production began to fall of.
 We are having an imitation now, less imitation than the l915-2O aver age but probably more than is nec- essary to provide a safe margin against defiation. Tn the last nine months the price level has risen about1ll.6 per cent and in the same period the New York Times Business Index has risen 2l.5 per cent.
 There are two good reasons for preventing imitation, first that the tendency; under imitation, to make excessive private investment would increase the difiiculty of guiding our capital into war time industries and, second, that financing the war. by borrowing, whether borrowing by means of imitation or borrowing by any other means, will encourage us to spend money for living as usual. competing with the government In the purchase of goods and in the employment of labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

German army is a ab1e to walk through the So- viet on the three . months t i'm e ble schedule tn a t Berlin has an nounced.
 It is a fantas- tic thing to con- sid CT, yet so many fantastic things have happe ed in this crazy war that it is un- wise and unsafe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

! that the Stars and Stripes floating over Alaska and the Aleutian Islands might face a swastika over Siberia and the peninsula of Kam- chatka.
 And the possibility of actual con- flict in this territory, remote as it is, makes obvious to even the most unmilitary mind 8 type of warfare more bitter than the campaign which the Soviets waged against the Films in the Arctic regions of the eastern Scandinavian penin- sula. Long, long lines of communi- cation and supply. Extremes of temperature. A rugged, almost road less mountain terrain. A depend- ence on polar flying that would tax machines and men to the ut- most.
 ADVANTAGE LIES WITH
 SIDE HOLDING SIBERIA
 While the United States has su- preraacy in the Pacific ocean, Hono- lulu and Seattle are some 5000 miles from the Boring sea, and the Boring sea is not the Pacific. And while the United States has been strengthening its air bases and Notifications in Alaska, the advan- tage would seem to be with the side that holds Siberia. Soviet Rus sia has built an extensive system of airports from Archangel eastward along the Arctic Circle to the Ber- ing Straits. Recall the flights of Wiley Post and Howard Hughes and you see the danger here.
 Furthermore, the Soviet has two formidable armies, of some 52 divi- sions-an independent force of some 100000 men, including 10 air divi- sions and Il mechanized brigades on the Manchukuan border west of Vladivostok. The threat does not come from that force, of course, but from the fact that behind this vast army is complete and in- dependent source of munitions sup ply and shops for the maintenance of aircraft and tanks. Armies op- erating from these bases would not | be dependent on supplies fir om European Russia or Germany, while American forces based in Alaska would be almost entirely depend ent on supplies from the United States. ,NAZIS MUST DESTROY SOVIET ARMY FIRST
 Before the United States works itself into good scare over the possibility of having the Germans in control of the western side of the Bering, the Nazis must of course overcome these formidable eastern Siberian armies of the So- viet, and they must also cross the 5000 miles of Siberian plain that | separate Moscow from Vladivostok. That is long haul for even the l Nazi blitz and any consideration of that threat is conditioned only on the eventual complete destruction of the Soviet army by the German army.
 If the Soviet forces could be held together in a retreating action eastward from the present battle line, across Russia, across the Ural Mountains and across the Siberian plain that might never happen.
 But if the German army oper- ates with the thoroughness it has in past campaigns and completely destroys or disintegrates its oppon- ents, as all too many people fear it may in Soviet Russia, then there will be nothing to stop the Nazis in their march to the East. And whoever holds the trans Siberian railroad holds Siberia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Daily Almanac

Sun rises SPA a. m; sets s2S p. m. day. light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The moon entered its first quarter phase last night shortly before midnight (standard timel. This is the best possible indication of fair weather for the next week, but until the siiltriness dissipates thunderstorms will re ur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

greater than the
 hatefulness of man. Let US not believe that we have lost ir- r e t rie V a bly, when men tear our possessions from our hands or wrest from us the fruits of diligence a n d prudence. The l0VA of God
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

LET US NOT BE DISPLAYED
 Let us not be dismayed if the world shakes about us; the pur- poses of God are never shaken. Let us not be discouraged if men treat us heartleSSly; the love of God is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

is better to while away hot weather te- diun than little foolishness. But per- sonally, we'll take ours straight. When silly-season stuff is blended into politi- cal cocktail, the result may be dynamite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PEAR S ON
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

WAsHI1ToN July The Brsh extremely patient But would lot Department
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Current Comment

Our Bunker Hill of tomorrow may be several thousand miles from Bos- ton. President Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "The data is cOf- rect;" because "data" is . plural word, the singular number of which is datum"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

PAPER IS NOT EXPENSIVE
 The average American uses a. bout 25O pounds of paper each year. It requires only one sheet to send 2 question that you want answered to Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau. The address $ 1913 18th St., Washington, ID. c. The service is free. Sign yOWr name and address plainly and eli- close S-cont stamp for reply postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn te last page for the answers.
 l. Name the British ambassador to the United States.
 2. Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania2 3. Who was the first secretary sOf commerce under President Frank lin D. Roosevelt?
 4. How many former presidents of the United States are 1iving2 5. What are the young of geese called?
 6. Who was Sancho Panza? T. Of which river is the Ciinch river tributary?
 8. With what sport is Al Hcstak associated? x
 9. where is Alcatraz reniten- tiary?
 10. What is the name for the earliest inhabitants of a country2 These are the dnect dangers of imitation but the great danger is inc direct. It is the danger that the Connecticut Economic Council and those of like mind may be successflil in the presentation of their views and throw such scare into the monetary authorities that, to avoid a comparatively harmless imitation. they would throw us into . disas, trous depression. That was what happened in 19S6-38 and now is DC time to repeat that blunder.
 Very truly yours,
 CLEMENT A. FULLER,
 stasnfoed. conn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
. EDISON IN
 WASHIN
By PETER EDISON, Waterbury Democrat washington Correspondent.

Washington, July 2-Reduction 9 of the distance separating Nazi Ger many and the United States from 300 miles of Atlantic ocean to 30 miles of Boring sea is a remote but none the less real possibility if the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Q. Is it possible to be citizen of the United States ard of a foreign country at the Same time?
 A. Yes; this is known as "dsial nationality" Dual nationality issa fact only in third country. In the United States such persons are American citizens, and in the coun- try of their father, or the country of their birth. they are citizens. or subjects, of that country and not of any other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
e. What is kleptoplaobia2 A. Fear of stealing.

e. Can you tell me something about the FIisparlic Society of Arn- erica?
 A. It is an international organi- Sation with membership limited tO 100 active and 300 corresponding members, which include specialists and scholars of all countries who have become distinguished in the Hispanic field. The deed of fCunda- tion provides for the blishment, in the City of New York, of a public library and museum designed to be a link between the English, Span ish, and Portuguese speaking peoples. It provides also for the advancement of the study of the Spanish and Portuguese languages literature, art and history ard the study of tiae countries wherein Spanish and Portugese are or hays been spoken languages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
Questions and Answers

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 The Waterbury Democrats Ssr- vice Bureau will ansWer for ye1 free. any question of fact or he formation, not involving extc1A~' sive research. Write yOur qtleg- ton clearly, sign name and all- dress, enclose three cent p0etags stamp. Medical or legal advics cannot De given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington seEs vice Bureau, lOl3 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

o. How much meal and oil can be extracted from shelled peanuts2
 A. They yield approximately s per cent oil and 65 per cent oak. or meal. The meal is used almost ex- clusively as a high-protein feed for livestock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02
What's Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn t0 last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-02

Q. Describe the operation of the photof1ash bulb. A. Aluminium foil is stuffed into bulb, from which the air has been exhausted to remove the nitrogen, whic hhas . damping effect. The bulb is then partially filled with |pure oxygen. Lead wires from the socket extend into the bulb and are surrounded by the foil. At the bulb ends of the wires is primer which, when fused by an electric current, ignites the foil. The foil and the oxygen in the bulb combine rapidly to furnish intense illumination.