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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Executive Manager

eriAls or their markets for sales, hey are likewise unable to fit them elves into the production of defense oods on any important scale. They |re faced with prospects of neither uns nor butterl
 ITO the work of the credit execu- i've whose firm is supplyig such elds, there is added the problem of lnalyzing that more recent "c" of redit acceptability: conditions. Capital, capacity, character, and average, as to insurance protection, hay be present in sufficient degree ut conditions beyond the control the particular customer can be s hampering as the lack of any of he other factors.
 Price Policies
 Two of the many subjects in the eadlines in recent weeks have been he matter of prices and the drive alter down payments and pay lent periods in installment selling" IT. Heimann continues.
 These are not, of course, the nly concerns of today's business. an but they are particularly signi- cant. They reflect the high degrees government policy that is in. plvOd in daily business transactions. hey are two additional signs of the npsct c defense economy is bound make on our domestic scene.
 Extension of government control the price field, even beyond pres- lt limits, Is reported in the offing. ising prices will not be curbed by ere-and-there steps, however, as hst weeks have revealed. Nor will he possible to avoid rising prices the effort is centered on raw aterials or finished goods.
 ''The influence of wage and tax ctors in costs must not be over- oked. And farm prices cannot be ven the green light by legislative sa at at the same time that indus ial prices are begged.
 ''The recent price rises were not lexpected. While 1t is a worthy pjective to try, through education Id cooperation, to keep price rises nited, 1t is not safe to assume ices can be equally controlled by gislative act or administrative de- lee. Such control may be legally pssible but 1t inevitably will result placing the burden unduly on one more groups.
 '"The earnings of our corporations not permit rigid price structure thout consideration of rising cost ctors, even though 1t were at mpted through the exclusion of pckholder returns, which have not en munificent, by means, in the st decade.
 Installment Curbs
 with defense demands on in- stry rising and a big upturn in nsumer income coinciding with ose demands, there has been ad- cacy of policies desiged to check hationary tendencies and aid de- nse production by restrictions on stallment selling. It appears to be ther generally accepted that we Il witness some type of federal ntrol or pressure in the direction larger down payments and some- hat shorter periods of payment. Effective July 7th terms on the rchase of appliances sold through e Electric Home and Farm Au- ority were frightened. That this as asmuch a matter of national ample as it was a case of EHFA licy was emphasized in the &C., mpaning statement that the new stallement credit restrictions were pected to contribute to national
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Politicians Lost Peace
 Won M World War
Rev. Mir. Lackey Scores Conditions Brought About By Statesmen - Italian Veterans Hear Attack on Billions for War, Nothing for Vet
 erans -- Giordano New Commander.

Speakers at the Italian American World War Veterans of Americas convention in Hartford Saturday night, told the assembled delegates that they were solidly behind the Stars and Stripes, but bitterly cas- tigated the statesmanship that "lost the peace"
 "You won the World war on the battlefield" said Rev. E. Dent Lack ey, representing Governor Robert A. Hurley. Our politicians and states men lost the peace, and now 1t looks as if our men will have to wallow in another he'll. It is 8 shame. It is @ crimel"
 "The question now is," he contin- ued, have we grown too soft to suffer? Have we grown too selfish to sacrifice? Or have we grown too cowardly to die for those ideals we fought for in the first war2"
 Hits at Bankers
 Attorney General Francis A. pal- lotti in a discussion of veterans pensions, assailed the government for making enormous expenditures, although acknowledging their ne- cessity, and declared, When 1t was question of the bonus all the bankers and politicians said 1t would drive us into bankruptcy. But look at the billions not millions, but billions that have been spent in de- fense and we're not bankrupt yet. No matter what we spent it's worth 1t. But for Gods sake let us not only think of property rights, but of human rights and give the boys what they are entitled to-"
 Other speakers included Alder man John Kenny, representing Hartford's Mayor Spellacy; Anna Pansullo, president of the State De- partment auxiliary; Ferdinand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 JULY IA, 1940
tBy United Pressl

Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a worldwide radio address declared that Britain was prepared to fight a long war, and that the empires forces might not be able to take the offensive be- fore 1942.
 The new French government launched a purge in which Jews and leftist journalists were round- ed up.
 Britain announced the loss of the destroyer Escort by . tor- pedO.
 France observed historic Bas- tile Day by mourning.
 German dive bombers raided a convoy In the Strait of Dover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Daily Statistics
 on Auto Accidents
EENERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
DATA

DATA |otaI Number of Traffic Accidents Reported Fer Last Year As Of This Dake-0,670. ESTIMATED Number of Traffic Accidents Caused So Far This gear AS 0f This Date-l2.5S2. |0taI Number of Personal Injur- les Caused Last Fear As Of This Date-~0,ige. ESTIMATED Number oe Personal EnluFlene Caused So Far This Year Ae 0f Thia Date-e.s5s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
DEFENSE
 BOND Quiz

Q. Can my children buy Defense Savings Stampsp
 A. Yes. Hundreds of thousands of American children are buying Stamps regularly as their share in the national savings program.
 o. After my child has collected enough Stamps to exchange for a Bond, can the Bond be registered in the childiS name?
 A. Yes. A minor may own De- fenSe Savings Bond. Many parents are registering Bonds in their chil- dren's names to prepare for future educational needs.
 NOTE.-To buy Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post office or bank, or write to the Treas urer of the United States, Washing ton, D. O., for an order form.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
CROP STORED FOR BRITAIN

Sydney, Australia (UP)-As @ precautionary war measure for creating reserve stocks of raw ma terials, Australia has shipped 250,- 100000 pounds of wool to tn e United States where 1t will be stored until Britain needs 1t. Brit- ain has purchased the entire Aus tralian clip for this purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

Leo Carillo received word last week at Universal that his book of poetry, "Western Freezes" is being published by Doubleday-Doran
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

entrance of high school graduates to the labor market. The total file of active job seekers in the files of the Employment Service Is now 43,- l72,. an increase of nearly 5000 over the previous week.
 It was stated that an especial ef- fort is now being made by the State
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
DEER PERIL MOTORISTS. roo

Mewherry, Mich. --(Upl-- State conservation department reperta ahOw that more than lg0 deer were killed on Michigan highways during one month. However, deer were nol lhe only vielium oe the e0lllfd0ue with motorists - 0na accident al lenst, resulted ln eeAfh lo the driver ae Wslk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

Employment Service to find posi- tions in industry for highly qualified individuals who may suffer from some physical handicap of a nature not likely to interfere with their productive ability. inc of these in- dividuals were placed in jobs last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Various Businesses
 Hit Hard By Boom"
Defense Restrictions Give Owners No Choice of Either
 Gums or Butter, !" Declares H. H. EIeinmann

Although production is rising and consumer demand is greatly inc |creased, some lines of business are seriously feeling the pinch of the defense program, Henry II. Heinann, Executive Manager of the National Association of Credit Men declares in the Associations Monthly Busi- mess Review released this morning.
 Theirs Is not Q choice of guns or butter" he points out.
 Unable to carry on in their regu- ar operations, because program re- ltrictions on their sources of ma-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

marines coming here from the New London base the parade planned for Saturday, July 26th, will be one of the most impressive military dem- onstrations Waterbury has wit messed in years.
 The convention committee will meet tonight at the Legion home for weekly reports on plans in gen. eral.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
IAfL OPEN, HR WALKa bun

Merlin. Mde-lUpl-BeEIln police |ildnt understand how william |est escaped from the city Jail. nn- the prisoner stepped sheriff ]. hlllarn MaIi oa the street and eaRe 'nself np. "f diG1f' easape.s West ld, ~she door wan left open by
 nsens nn6 ! inH salkea aNAg.A
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

DITT there's nothing depressing should
~ bitter. 1t does that this world is a
that people devils 1t merely
combination still younghat and world
getting waythat we've long and thai
pretty well far everything considered
So there's the world the people with which
coming And does add up? To this
I CAN'T EXPECT TO GO ALONG TAKING THINGS EASY
AND TRUSTING THAT EVERY ONE WILL BE KIND AND
FAIR TO LITTLE ELSIE! THIS WORLD AND THIS RACE
BEING STILL BOTH SAVAGE AND STUPID, I'LL HAVE ~
WATCH MY STEP. AND 1T WILL BE MY OWN BAD LUCK
IF DONTi
THAT find ieseana HSteeeetrage and
honor generosity noble sacrifice To the contrary will
lovely miracles every day. all around meas have
always And will find them in such abundance
that they will offset any from
the darker side of life.
More than hat-behnd growing of love in the
human heart greater shining Presence that has
never failed troubled world His be~dered
children will that Presence clearly, Tor my sight IS
dim andng dull But will always know that He
sometimes. will ener-for nstant-nto His
peace and glory.
ND myself Whatever I've said about
"A the other fellow goes II getting under
way still tainted with jungle hate and fear,
and greediness. am /.
BUT HE'S COMING OUT OF TT-COMING INTO A
MORE BRAVE AND FRIENDLY SPIRrT-LEARNING 10
WALK UPRIGHT AND GIVE HAND TO THE OTHER FELL
LOW-SO AM L.
AND So I'M GOING TO START THIS NEW YEAR BY
BELIEVING THREE TII1NGs-MY NEIGIBOR MYSELF
AND GOD
No what happens, how hard the going I'm
going believe that three grand combnatonhat
joined great adventureAND THAT SOONER
OR LATER ARE GOING TO WIN 0tTt
That being so-WATCH MY DUST!
Copyright 1871 King Features syndicate
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

cornsak? Burlington, Ill, that tall being
divorced" writes feminine client part
Little Church the mediate.
Sometimes watch the weddings queer pastme
had broken heart" family
pnscher known nationally Wonder Seattle
subscriber ARNOLD 20
OF this remarkable
maintain much the superior of intelligence
business Office but he has sealed important deal
there. Carries concludes his luncheons.
sporting and fishing and hunting trips Frank Braden
Press extraordinary Publcng Frank planted
midget the lap Of the distinguished banker Morgan
committee Washington Resultant photograph
thousands of all the world What
opinion the y greatest press of all
time? Don jefferson Horse 1910 horses
the 139 times and the 10 times How about
playing trainers instead of jockeys Mr. jefferson has in his
useful animal named General Manager which is in the
Santa Anita Handicap with only LOG pounds Make note of it.
IN SELECTING maid take their babies mothers
alarmingy astonshngly parent be
her mind who the child maid who
health examination. This inspired
hearing tragic happening resulting careless hiring
o maid n o."
Ohio client who have wagered small
from Louisville. Lets all sing:
She bred in old Kentucky
Where the meadow grass blue
There's the sunshine Of the country
In her face and manner too
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
LOVELY IN GINGHAM

But Pete pushed the plate
farther away. Jessie put her
hands on her hips and laughed.
She was lovely to look at. in
a pink gingham dress, and
with her gold hair brushed
back fiyaway.
She was lovelier than she
had ever been or would ever
be again. She had the bloom
that comes to women in their
mid-twentieS, when they fall
in love. or get married hap
PLY, or buy a new hat.
You'd think she was one Of
those glamour girls who
lounge about in swanky adj
vertisements. instead of a
woman who's been married
five years to--an aviation
ground mechanic aifd=who
does all her own homework
in a cottage.
She laughed. trying to kid
Pete out of his dumps.
"YOu drank beer and ate
cheese last night"
Beer and cheese never
Z gave me the dream l had"
Come on. honey Eat your
breakfast and go to work"
I'm not going to work." he
said, stubborn. "Something
would happen"
RATHER BE FIRED
"You told me yourself
they're busy this week."
Jessie said, with a touch of
irritation. They'll be sore II
you lay off,"
I'D rather be fired than
have something happen. 1
won't take a chance-nOt to-
day-nOt after that dream"
II know the engines and
noise get on your nerves when
you're upset. Pete. but you
oughtn't to let a superstition
lick you"
I'm staying here" he said.
"Call the field and tell them"
so Jessie called the aviation
field and told them that he
had indigestion. Pete cheered
up at once.
He even ate his breakfast;
then he stretched out on the
sun porch with cigarets, and a
magazine. and a comfortable
feeling that he had avoided
the jinX. When Jessie said
that she had TO 60 to the
grocery, he called TO her:
Get asparagus for dinner
Jessie trembled a little.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

where no one could hear.
Jessie went in the booth.
closed the door tight, and
made a call.
Hello, Jack, she said,
breathless. This Is Jessie"
"As though 1 don't know
your voice." Jack Ryan said.
II can't go driving this
afternoon, Jack. Pete's stay
ing home"
There was silence, and
she could feel the way Jack
was looking. A crinkle of dis
appointment between his dark
eyes. Then he said:
"Okay, Jessie" And after
another pause: eff / can't see
you, 1 may as well go over to
the field. I'll take another
day Off-maybe tomorrow"
yes, tomorrow" she agreed
eagerly.
ITS always tomorrow when
there's q choice between Pete
and me-"
Don't feel that way, Jack.
I've explained so many times.
Don't be angry at me. You
know how 1t Is"
"Sure. 1 know. All right
for tomorrow then"
Tomorrow sure" she said.
SJE CAN,T Cn IN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
Daily Short Story
By ROBERTA YATES

he got the raise he expected,
they could take a trip to
Atlantic City or buy a new
living room suite-whichever
she preferred.
After dinner he went back
TO the sun porch and fell
asleep. Jessie began TO gather
up the dishes. When the
telephone rang. she answered,
with a plate in one hand.
1t was the night chief at
the field.
"HOw's Pete ?" he asked.
"Will he be In tmOrrOw
Hes a lot better" Jessie
said. I'm sure he'll be in"
Tell him we got TO work
on that second Lehman job.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

. Lehman wants II finished for
n test. The first enc cracked
up today"
I'll tell him." Jessie said,
A lump came in her throat
and she spoke over it quickly.
before the chief could ring
off. "WhO was the crack
ups"
Jack Ryan" said the chief.
1T was his day off, too. He
just happened around when
LOhman was raving for test
pilot. Poor devil. He was
dead 10 minutes later"
The plate -in~JeSSie'S hand
smashed to the floor, and
awakened Pete.
what was it:" he asked.
Jessie picked up bits Of
plate. After a minute she
said:
1.-THE night chief called. He
asked II you'd be at work to-
morrow"
"Did you tell him ! would:
Gee, i feel fine. 1 beat that
dream"
what did you dream ?"
Jessie asked mechanically.
~ dreamed I killed a man."
Pete said. ~
TIE End
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
By Dr.. Logan CIendening

and the doctor is in a hurry and
somebody says the baby is teeth
ing. so the examination is over
and everything is blamed on the
teething.
The real trouble may be a
urinary infection, or ear infec-
ton. or something in the throat,
or need of sunshine and a re-
arrangement of diet: II may be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

We are planning and building our first
house" Which is harder on a man? The
first baby or the first house? When we
build our first house l am going TO try TO
get the man who designed the Pullman car
roomettes to do the plans. Or some archi-
tect who knows how TO get the most out
of the space he has TO work with. Are
there any man and wife architect teams
There should be. Only a woman knows
what another woman would like to have in
house, But you need the man architect
10 curb the feminine architects enthusiasm
Or she will forget there is a man going TO
live in the house. Watch fer further dis
cusSions of home building in all early
issues. Am getting interested l nearly
have the first payment on my ranch.
sCINHE place where the tall corn grows"
is how Iowa is continually referred
70 Has iowa ever had 13-foot tall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

blamed on the
teething. The
list of condi-
tions due TO
detition occu-
pie d several
pages in the
xt-bookS on
the C are of
infants, b u I
as time has
passed there
h We b @ g n
m o r c a n q
m o + e OnlS-
sionS, un I ii
now it is quite
small. NJ ore
cnrnfi1l nNann-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
SHE CAN'T GO ON

AS she went about her
errands. her eyes were blue,
thinking about tomorrow.
But as she neared home, the
blue died to gray.
Jack and she couldn't go on
this way much longer. Meet
ing secretly, resolving not TO
sec each other again-and
then tomorrows. 1t was all
innocent in a fashion. Jack
had kissed her once. because
she stumbled into his arms.
They had agreed not to kiss
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

again until she reached a de-
cision. They were trying TO
be fair and honest. but the
secrecy made everything seem
furtive and soiled.
Jack said that the thing
was to tell Pete and ask for
a divorce. But Jessie kept
putting il off.
She read in the papers of
society women who married
and divorced easily, and she
wondered if their husbands
had loved them, and how they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

ricketts, or tetany. But the teeth
ing legend is accepted and a
more thorough examination is
put off.
The dentition rash of the skin
often mentioned is, in e the ex-
perience of good children's spe-
cialists, a myth. 1t may be due
to too much clothing. or i'm
properly Numbered clothing, or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
Your Health

FROM TIME immemorial, the
grandmother in the household
has prepared for trouble when
the baby began TO "teethe.'
ANYTHING that happened was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
you CAN'T BEAT. IT.

Here he was cheerful and
hungry; no reason why he
should not have gone TO work.
She kept her voice steady as
she answered.
"AlI right. Asparagus and
sirIOin for dinner, mister"
STOPS TO TELEPHONE
She started down the street
in the direction of the
grocery. but when she turned
p the corner she darted into the
drug store instead.
At this hour the store was
deserted. save for a man who
pottered with pills in the rear.
The telephone was at the side,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

THE surgeons stated immediate operation necessary
the mans life The didn't think operation
and kept the from him with Such
Dr. Abraham Lands father Judge Lands base
ball In Civil War battle of Mountain Doctor
Lands hit in leg by rolling ball His
fellow surgeons wanted to amputae the shattered leg but
aforementioned kept from doing point of
Doctor Lands lived regain almost complete of his injured
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

nature planned il that way.
The baby hasn't yet learned to
control its saliva. so IT drools.
Some people never learn to con-
troll it. even after they get A
full set of teeth, including the
back ones.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

than I have ever done before. And I be-
lieve that the best way TO start will be to
set down the truth about my woodland
myself.
I'm too old to kid myself about this
world. Once thought it was a sort of
Enchanted Land with pot of gold watt
ing at the foot of every rainbow. There's
no excuse for me if continue to believe
such fairy tales-or whine because they
don't come true.
1 know the truth about this world now.
1t isn't an Enchanted Place. 1t isn't
even a civilized place. 1t is supremacy
beautiful, interesting, dangerous, unde-
veloped place, which comparatively short
time ago, was mass of boiling mud. And
it is filled with not-so beautiful, but even
more interesting undeveloped and dam
gerous people, who act, much of the time,
as if they too were filled with boiling mud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
A TEETHING RING

Then give il a teething ring.
So it can chew on the hard ring.
Isn't that a swell idea! If your
gums were sore it would help
lot to have a hard rubber ring
to chew on. wouldn't it?
These very sensible ideas were
suggested TO me by doctor far
more experienced in baby ham
ding than | am - DR.. Caldwell
Summers-Hand they strike me
as very sound.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
Elsie Robinson
A Neto Year Creed

I WROTE this for myself for the New Year. bit late to hand
on-but perhaps it'll help ~
NEW YEAR CREED.
begin another year. make a
1 things with myself and for my world
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
TIE END.

TOmOrrOw's short story:
"SlOw Motion in Florida" by
Alma and Paul Ellerbe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


II. What is the difference
between phlebitis and throm-
bosis ?"
Answer-Phlebitis is throm-
bosis of a vein. Thrombosis
simply means the CLOTHING Of
blood inside a blood vessel.
J. O.-"Is rosewater and gly-
cerin good to apply to the face
and hands at night, and what
is the proportion of each to use ..
Acknowledgements is nothing
but perfume. 1t has no medicinal
action. 1t can be added TO gly-
Germ as a hand lotion in any
amount to suit the wishes OF the
user. Glycerin is often used in
hand lotion. 1t helps heal
chapped hands and assures in
the skin of the face, but it is
drying and should be combined
with boric acid q parts) and
lanolin C16 parts). with glyceria
(16 parts. Toilet lanolin is q
good lotion and has no odor. a.
D.O.T.:-"What are the symp-
toms of tuberculosis? Can ,
person have it with bout 2
cough?"
Answer-Yes, I have known
cases that were not detected for
years and years. simply because
there was no cough. In fact,
there may be no symptoms
whatever. although the usual
ones are a feeling of being tir>
loss of weight in spite of 60
appetite. and afternoon fever.
with rapid pulse and low blood
pressure. A great many people
who have no cough. complain
of catching cold easily which, OF
course. is the same thing as hav-
ing a chronic cough.
N. HIS asthma contagi-
Gus ?" -
Answer-No, not in any form.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

Doctor Ciendening will an
Swer questions of general inter
est only. and then only through
his column.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17

TERE pleasant little game that will message
every day numerical puzzle designed to spell out
your fortune Count first II the number
Of letters subtract the number is less than
your key Start at the upper left
OF key
the the letters under
the checked figures give you /-Z
Features Ina
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-17
DOCTOR SHOULD DIAGNOSE

The bugaboos of teething may
stand in the way of really find
ing out what is the matter with
a sick baby. The baby is sick,