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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-20
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 The i'll wind which made national de- fense necessary has blown more good into the slightless lives of some of the nations blind than into any other quarter
 The movement which made this possible started years ago. when national defense was hardly a drop in the bucket. Then it was only an idea in the mind of q man who is himself blind-Robert B. Irwin, executive director of the American Foundation of the Blind.
 Irwin asked himself why, with Uncle Sam spending millions an- nually for supplies, some of this shouldn't go for purchase of prod ucts made by blind persons. Five years of hurling this question at Congress by Irwin and M c. Mi- gel, president of the foundation, finally resulted in passage of the Wagner-O'Day Act, providing for government purchase of blind- made products.
 Until two years ago not a cent of government money had gone for things made by those unfortu- mates doomed to spend their days in darkness. But with the way open, Clifton E. Mack, director of procurement. launched on a pro- gram of buying.
 In the first three months, orders
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Two Russian
 Planes Winq
 Batk,Mostow
Military Mission Left Seat tIe Yesterday for Sitkd
 Enroute Home

BULLETIN, SEATTLE, Sept.
 2e-The two Russian flying
 beats reached Sitka late yester-
 day afternoon, according to an
 announcement m de by the
 Navy Department.
 SEATTLE, Sept. 20.-Two Rus sian flying boats that brought @ military mission of AT men to Seat tie on September 4, left the Sand Point Air Station shortly after 10:30 o'clock Friday forenoon, the Thir- teenth Naval District announces.
 The two flying boats will follow the same route back to Moscow, touching at Sitka, Kodiak, and then Nome.
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LiqhiIess Lives of Some Of Nation 5 Blind Being
 Frightened by Defense

for the Blind to 22 workshops amounted to only $8,- GOO. The workshops had to re- gear their production 70 govern ment needs. Once that vas done, it began to appear that blind workers would benefit by govern ment orders amounting to about $800,000 year. Then came ns- tional defense and no story is more amazing than what hap pened in the workships of the blind.
 Now 53 factories" manned by thousands of blind workers in 2S states are turning out products for Uncle Sam to the tune Of about $3,O00,OO0 a year. On Mack 3 desk lies an order from the Army for 100000 pillow slips. When Uncle Sam pays the bill it will put about s650o0O in the tills of the blind workshops.
 The workshops lists of products are expanding daily and now in- clude oil-treated mops, dry mops, brooms and mattresses.
 Precaution after precaution has had to be taken under the law to prevent persons from exploiting blind labor. One provision now Is that the blind in any shop must do 75 percent of the total work on all products and another re- quires all shops to keep "eye rec ord cards" to be certain that all workers come under the Social
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WAR VESSEL
 SENT DOWN
 IS REPORT
London Newspapers Say Rumor Authentie-FDR
 Refuses Comment
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)


 The Londcn Daily Express, in an article, asserts that an American Naval ship has sunk an Axis war craft. No further details are given but the Ex- press claims the report is au- thentic.
 At Hyde Park. N. Y. when re- porters asked for corrcboration of the London Daily Express report, President Roosevelt said he did net care to make any comment, enc way or another.
 President Roosevelt at a con- ference with the newsmen also said he did net know exactly when he would sign the Na- tion's new tax bill. He said yesterday that he thought 48 hours would not be tco lcng to study the bill.
 The ncwsmen brought up wide range of subjects but the President would not talk about them.
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TRANSPORTS OF ITALIANS
 T0RpED0ED
Two Ships Carrying Sol- diers Sent Down Off
 TripoIi, Report
(By ASSOCIATED PRESs)

The Italian High Command, in an official communique at mid- afternoon, says two Italian trans ports, taking troops to Libya, have been torpedoed and sunk by Bri- tish naval forces off Tripoli but all crews and soldiers aboard have been saved.
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WAGE DISPUTE TENING PLANE PLANT
Bomber Making May Be Interrupted by Mdthin-
 ists of AFL at San Diego

SAN DIEGO. GAL, Sept. 20 A wage dispute today threatens to halt production of Consolidated Aircraft Corporations great bomber plant.
 AFL mecninists announced they are prepared to strike for a blank ct 10 per cent an hour raise in pay. The increase is twice the company's offer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-20
COUNTY FLAG

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 2o.-- Now Los Angeles County is going to have its own flag. The board of supervisors has asked several historical societies to submit de- signs.
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KETCHIKAN WOMAN HERE

Mrs. Edwin Elliott, of Ketchikail, arrived here on a Lodestar from Fairbanks yesterday and will re- main in Juneau until the next steamer through here bound for the First City. Mrs. Elliott is re- turning to Ketchikan after having attended the American Legion, De- partment of Alaska, convention at Seward.
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The 1940 census placed the total farm population of U S. at 30.- ATS .2O6. as compared with sc.445.- $50 in 1880.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-20
DIVORCE ASKED

Hilda Ellenburg filed suit for di- vorce from A. F Ellenburg on grounds of cruelty today in Fed eral Court here The couple was married in 1886 at Juneau.
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BANKRUPTCY FILED

Ivan Diboff filed a petition of bankruptcy this morning in Fed eral Court here.
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WASHINGTON-Here is the in side information regarding the con- voy of forty lease-lend ships, 3l of which the Germans claimed were sunk a few hours after the Presi- dents "shoot-first" broadcast.
 What happened was that these ships were the first to be conveyed by American naval vessels to Ice land. Secretary of the Navy Knox announced on September Is that U. s. Warsh;ps would provide pro- tection' for British vessels to Ice land, but even before his speech one such convoy actually took place though officially it didn't.
 Officially, American supply ships were en route to Iceland under the very heavy protection of the U. s. Navy, and British supply ships merely tagged along. The nevy did not turn the hitch- mixers back and they got the full benefit of our guns. But officially it was not con- voying.
 Anyway, this group of vessels got to Iceland without mishap. But then when it proceeded on to Eng land, Nazi submarines and bomb ing planes attacked. The Ger mans announced that 31 out of the forty ships were sunk. Actually the number sunk was only eight. though several others were dam aged
 This attack took place, however, after the ships had left the pro- tection of U. s. Navy and were fly ing under the Union Jack.
 2 GENTLEMEN FROM INDIANA Will Hays, Postmaster General in the Harding Administration and Czar of the movie industry, has been strangely absent from the Sen ate investigation of Hollywood. Some attribute. this to the fact that Wendell Willkie is running the show, for Hays vigorously op- posed his appointment.
 However, the two men did get
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In the first three months, orders distributed through the National
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BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
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? GENTLEMEN FROM INDIANA

lContinued on Page Four,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12

peach, turquoise, brown. Tn alter. nate squares you might have tur. quolse, orchid. ceriSe.
 Your stltchIng'g done with fat rug yarn. Each stitch In the row working to the right, should be from lower left to upper right. Coming back over these stitches, cross from lower right Co upper ieft-All crosB. es In the same dlroctlonl
 After completing all squares, make border of one row Of turquoise and one brown and stitch canvas to de- nim backing.
 our S2.page booklet has detailed instructions and diagrams for inAks ing this rug; also shows how to make lovely hoked, woven, braided and crocheated rugs. Includes oriental, Navajo, novel styles.
 Send loo IFl coin for your copy ok "IEow to Make Your Own Rags" to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 03S Sixth Ave- New York, ~. Y. Be sure to write plainly your name. address, and the name of booklet.
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Gloritdngi Yourself
RH AMela Ma1a
InA snrrlca mn Wrilar

AEA Service Stan WEiteE
 Want something to shoot at-- some standards hylwhich to measure your charms as you seek to increase them2 Then score yourself by the qualifications Of that modern Amer ican beauty, the airline stewardess. But first let me warn you: there's competition herel
 Fact is, the airllnes have to scout for talent as Hollywood does. Tn the current issue of Flying and Pop ,ilar Aviation, one of the scouts lists 22 tough questions, ALL Of which have Co be answered ives" to qual- ify a girl to smile along the skye ways. Outside of certain questions applying specifically to the job, this stewardess quiz should interest every woman?
 Does your personality "sparkle2"
 DO you walk and sit gracefully?
 Are you attractive.
 Do you get along well with fellow workers?
 poise2
 DO You Knew When To Talk?
 Can you recognize when Q person wants to talk and when he wants to be left alone :?
 AND do you look well in hats?
 The stewardess must also give on honest "No" to the important ques- ton: Are you nervous2"
 Notice that most of the charnl- items are acquired characteristics; you grow them, rather than being born with them. ..
 And it's never too late to start ac- qulring them.
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cd water content not only increases tho bulk Of the feces but tends 70 keep the feces fluid, which is not natural or normal.
 Mineral oil interferes not only with water absorption but also with absorption of Important nutritlve elements in the food, notably vita- min A and vltamin D. Mellanby rec ported (Jour. of Physiology, LSIV, '27) that it interferes with absorp- ton of bile from the intesttineg and hence has Q deleteri0us influence on pancreatic dgestlon. Morgan c. A. M. Al Oct. IB, '4i) ascribeg the "ln- digestIon" of persons who have the mineral oil habit to interference with absorption from the small intestine and to hurried passage of the food through the small intes- tine before pancreatic digestion there is complete. pr. Morgan gives gives a characteristic symptom complex or syndrofne Of indlvld- lalS who habitually take mineral oil - poor appetite, "ndgeston," flatulance, fatigue, "nervousness," weight loss ir many instances. Ra- pid improvement follows discons tiriuance of the oil.
 QUESTIONS A ANSWERS
 itl xt Dysentery
 Have been told that vlsitors here from foreign countries handle food and eating utensils and that we can get dysentery or malaria fl thsy have had either disease. For iIl- stance people who have come here from India. (R. A. s)
 Answer-Not malaria -that Is cars ri0d only by bite of infected moss quitoes. PerSons who have had elth- or form Of dygentefy (bacillagy or alnebic) may continue to be "car- rlerS" long after apparent recov- cry, should not handle food or eats inR utensils without having passed health department test.
 Ballet Dancing
 Nineteen, ii0 pounds, e3 inches tell, taking ballet lassong. Lied about my age to teacher who thinks pupils should not begin when they arc over i6. May say am too old and will suffer harm physically from the strenuous practlcing and stretching. (MiHB ". T)
 AnSwer-T can assure you that the stretching and practlcing will do no harm, but ! do not know whether lt is late to start lesBonS-- it would Do wise to be honest with your teacher about your age, for your own best interest.
 COc0nWtg
 am fond of this dessert nearly every day--gratcd coconutB, with peaches and milk. What vitamin lies this supply7 Can any harm como from eating this once or twice Q day? (M. R.)
 Answer e0conut pulp oE meat and from tho milk Of coeonul Q little vitamin D complex. From peaches more vltainin D complex and some vitamin A. From fresh whole milk Vltaimin D complex, Vltas min A, c little vItamin D. The dish is wholesome 10 eat aS often as you Ike, but tho amount Of vitaFnirs iu 1t wouldw not matter much in any case. Fresh peaches, and milk from cows CT goats getting fresh pasturs ago or fodder would contain also vitamin c.
 Copyright, iOAi, John ?. bile Col
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When manageS get Of she knows SLIP COVERS THAT FIT ARE MORALE LETTERS
 plays bridge the table with the woman who the best and somehow gets high
 bargain causes furry at her club meeting,
 finishes slip and f0stenS old char-and finds lt actually fits
 When goes a performance there doubt that her child Is the star performer
 When after fight her husband admits hc and that she's with him. But that satisfying rarely experiences after the first six months of marriage
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BUDGET MODE HAS SLIM LINES
PATTERN A7s

Let Claire Tllden do your "hgur- tt1g" for you, if you wear size 36 or overl Her new Pattern, 476, will figure on your budget as well, because 1t launders easily and saves your other clothes. The front but- toring set in the long narrow panel !. eives you the slender lines you need; and 6 center panel repeats the ef- feet in back. Those bias side sec- tions in the bodice come below the waist in Q downward curve front and back. Their bias contrast would look especially slim in check cd or plaid fabric and an optional belt may mark the waistline further. An alI-over print on black Is smart or you may emphasize the up-and- down lines of this frock by making the center front panel and the re- Vers of a contrasting fabric. The re. gers might be trimmed with buttons Co match those down the front. For at-hcme wear you'll want short sleeves: if you make this dress for street wear in a sheer wool or crepe luAag sleeves are appropriate. The sewing Guide ig such help with every detail, you can easily stitch up ewo versions of this slim, clever gtyle.
 ttern 47e Is cut in women's sig es os. 30, co, @, 4l. 46, 48 and SO. @laa s6 requires ( 5-s yards S5 inch fnbrics
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15cl in coins for shls pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAaGED ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders Co the Waterbury
 socras Pattern Department, 70 Mafth Avenue, New York, Ns K
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MODERN MENUS
 Home Economist Plans Dinner For Nov. 20

fuSSy food and an oVerburdened cook. It seems more American to me to get satisfaction out of e few sim. pie foods perfectly cooked than out of an elaborate and WaSteful menu, especially during the emergency"
 STUFFED ONIONS The onions are first parbo!led, then . pocket is scooped out and stuffed with q mixture Of bread crumbs. savory herbs and Q few nuts. The stuffed onions arc baked to golden brown frequently pasted.
 CORNBREAD sTUFTING
 Two cups mixed chopped celery, parsley and onion, 3-4 cup butter, fat or turkey fat, 2 quarts corn bread crumbs, 3-4 teaspoon thyme, salt and pepper to taste.
 Cook celery, parsley and onion in hot fat for about 2 minutes, Add cornbread crumbs, season.
 RAW CRANBERRY RELISH
 One pound cranberrieS 1 orange, cup sugar or strained honey, l.4 teaspoon salt.
 Pick over cranberries, discard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
BY MRS. GAYNoR MADDOX NEA Service Stan Writer

What will our official Number i American housekeeper serve at her own table for Thanksgiving dinner2 Here's the satisfying answer. pr, Louise Stanley, chief Of the U. 8, Bureau of Home Economies, plans for Thanksgiving dinner in her Washington, D. C., home this menu Roast turkey with savory stuftlng, gravy. stuffed onions, spinach raw cranberry relish, celery olives, and raw carrot strips (reliSh dlsh), mince pie and coffee.
 I'll serve the raw vegetable relishs es instead of a separate salad course, pr. Stanley says. With mince pie would ordinarily serve nlppy cheese, but none this year because Britain has need fo- all the cheese we can possibly spare.
 "I try to keep tlle atmosphere of my Thanksgiving dinner extreme ly informal and very friendly" she says. Good food well prepared is the rule in my home even for so festive m occasion, rather than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
T9E MINERAL oTL HABIT

M
 THE MINERAL OIL HABIT
 Official name for white mineral oil in the .. 6. and British pharrlA- ccpoelas is Petfoatuin LlquidufIl. It is Q mixture of hQuid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. 1t $ known by various popular names, such as liquid paraffin, paraffin oil, Russian oil, huile de paraftine (Prenchl, aceite de paraffina (Spanlsh) and by dozens of prp- prietary trade names both in the form of the straight oil and in eHnulsiOng, ..
 Mineral oIl cannot be absorbed into the syGtem, therefore has no food CT fuel value. It is more in the nature of q foreign body. IS
 Its use as a laxative or cathartlc was introduced by Sir Arbuthnot Lane, the London surgeon who ad- vocatOd and practiced removal Of the colon in obstinate cases of con. stlpatlcn with intestinal toxemla" or "autolntoxicat tion"--Lane report cd 90 cases of removal Of the colon for constipation with only 8 per cent mortality. That was ct the dawn of tho twentieth century, md at represents, I think, the peak Of the "autointoxicatlon craze which has since virtually died out (exccpt in the roStfuni and quackefy buSi- negs.)
 The theory on which the use of mineral oil was based is that it 'lubrIcates" the lining of the ali- mcrtary canal SO that tho fecal re. sldue may pass through without difticulty or delay. To the u1tutored mind that suggestion appealed strongly as the ideal way to cor. rect or prevent imaginary i1tess tinai Statis or retarded peristaltic movements. Victims of this obses- sion assume that residue from the food one day should Do evacuated from the bowel next day, whereas In truth four or five days is tho normal time required for evacua. ton of the residue. That Is, In healthy rersofls not obseSged by the autointoxlcAtioIl idea.
 Mineral oil does not produce its laxative effect by "lubrlcating" the intestine, but by interfering with the normal absorption of water in the colon the consequent increaS-
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soft or Speeked ones, wash ber- ries and drain. Wash orange, cut in quarters, remove seeds, Grind berries and orange rind through food chopper, using the fine knife, Add sugar or honey and salt, Serve with roast meat or poultry, Stored in Q tight Jar In a cold place. this relish will keep for two or three weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12

The individual touch that makes your home charming--a handmade crosS-Stitch rugl or RUQS-foE you can make several with fast, sturdy crosS-stitchl
 The first thing is to rule squares on your rug canvas (35 squares on c 26.by.36. 6.ineh pieee) leaving c l.2.inch margin on oil sides.
 Then to stitch, following for each square our pattern diagram. Each little block stands for ono cross. stitch: tho shades are for colorS--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
ToMoRRow's MENU

BREAKFAST: Pineapple and grapefruit juice, cracked wheat cereal, toast, jelly, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Prlscillas corn pudding, lettuce and apple salad, cookies, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Tomato juice, lamb stew with vegetables, boiled po- tatoes, lettuce and celery salad, grape custard ring, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
HOSPITAL FREES
 MRS. MAE DIVER

Mrs. Mae Dwyer, 5S, of 16S East Main street, was discharged last night from the St. Marys hospital where she was under treatment for injuries sustained when she was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12

knocked down by car ct Grand and Canal street Monday afternoon. She was crossing the street when the accident occurred and suffered leg and ankle injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
Ldtest Styles
HEALrR
.Hoze, 10 Keep WeU
BY pR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

sinsa psra.g ges.osai health s1s lsisns ts Mm@erea semSpa emecned eesexs e9ml4 he n c0lan reply Aaafeng Brady West Mnaapn nsre| CAeasc h
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favor of the man Bhe married, B StH pueheor'
 When she has said goodbye to the last guest ct one of those big yearly parties women give In order to wipe their social sates clean.
 When male diner guest says, "ThiS Is the best coffee I've tasted in years And then turning to his wife adds Why can't you make it like this MaryP" (IIis wife will take care of HIM oil the way home)
 When, after months of dieting, she finds that she can got Into a size l4,
 When the local society editor in An expansive mood refers to her as the always stunning HarriGtte Jones'"
 When the one unattached man ct q party Of married couples singles her out for special attcn- ton. to the envy Of every wife present.
 When q gallant md attractive man tells her hus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
CAROLINE ClEATTIELD.

 n thIa column Letters unsuitable for VII Ss anrsd eavelOp held confidence Write Ms ChatMea n Cf
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THE WOMEN Anv Women Will Perk
 Up When These Occur
RUTH MIL.LETT LISTS ACE BOOSTERS FOR DEFEATED FEMININE EGOS
BY RUTH MILLETT

times in life when she feels completely and utterly satisfied herSeSasAed almost to the point of smugneSs Here of them
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r.nacisy of Woman's Love a Mystery.
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Tenacity of Woman's Love Mystery.
 haven't relative or anyone and now at my huss.l
 ng in triangle utterly I Sae G not S S Gns s common ass and arrive understanding I've recently discovered nss ny n @ eyes himself He has told her that ne nss Sesu1 M % @ mother of M C r T Se TS Sa mssS sO s anot attractive sCoa company and MEss S h cs @ R t. n times was eager the football games but stayed SwSy on toys going he takes her regardless of the cost
 VI, .u m. n0u,s have gone with him anyhow should have seen had partner in his pleasures He doesn't Esa.e has C. turn of %Sd sRS %y V . SGSas SSs hSVs for nineteen years to bua should separate me n % ust man who cruel thing to meS My home has been and S S AHS %nS n & % consolation will be appreciated and any advice fAOwsG ANSWER:
 consolation for woman who has hSS faith and Sn the third leg of the triangle ana seen us @ ne nnt % @ Meybe thc eer conscience viii soeday console 8u the mental anguish St It's height and tho nSeSnd sS decoyed not the clear conscience gives peace
 What then can woman dO9 First dossedly that sefghteOuness self pity rprOachu tears cheat her of % ..nS % : S noS %vSs S% @ Ss% Ss1s a tho husband making goes on and on endsy away pleasant home atmosphere human effort Co in his own rap wreChed guilt and deserving her loving sympathy ,sa
 All of which is large requiring maximum of self ne a9ns say nd Mo womn & for hr hsbsnd her home her family fe She muster miraculous power to save It.
 Keep your seat Why should get and give ncOpcr" Your husbands fever will probably oo the itself Maybe there Is crack in your relation Sups that are cracked ehppsd dssoors plenty satisfactorily with husbands who morally cracked '"''''N ""~ ~"''' CAROLINE oMATFIELD. FsS::s: @ s.%. :n s'r:;s % "s:: : t @ E s::' VII Ss'@SS % Sd %sS % SS,@ Ms Ms CS%Ss m .s
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All of which requiring the maximum of sefeon- tro pebundance of faith hope and charity Can't be done say "A that hath will be give woman love for her husband her home her family miraculous to save It.