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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11
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ug0af/cooxed Elsie


1HEN uhy." demanded Elmer. am I
the only one around here who has to make New Years
resolutions
Else. the Borden Cow. explained: NY resolutions
all have been made for me. Long ago-by the Borden
experts and scientists who make sure that always lead
pure and bameess life
Some life grunted Elmer. Do you think I'd let
myself in for anything like that in writing
Its a wonderful life Elsie protested: Il love
knowing thatit helps brngpurer better Borden
MIX 70 people And heaps Of pure delightful things
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

1t must be nice Elmer growled bitterly, TO be so
cocksure everything good under the is the result
of your own goodness
don't feel that way at all corrected Elsie. Il feel
it's Borden care and Borden skill that make every
thing that's Bordens good. don't happen to have
anything to do with Borden's None Such Mince
Meat. But no one ever tasted more fragrant. juicy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

You're not afraid, are you" rumbled Elmer men
acingy, of OVERRIDING my Great Reform? Perhaps
shouldn't try too suddenlyto give up all my old habits"
We must all make sacrifices, Elsie blithely encour
aged Il know feel fully rewarded for some Of mine
every time l creamy, goden-crusted piece Of
BOrden's Liederkranz-one Of the nobest Of the dis
tinguished family Of Borden's Fine Cheeses."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11
D-SCALY SKIN?
watch out for this
SKIN IRRITATION
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

character, Elmer Everyone loves neutrality-suspicious.
Marty the scrumptous sweetness fthe marvellous cook
les, candies and cake frostings that made with
MIX"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

spicy mince pies than None Such makes. Now.
Elmer, won't you sign your resolutions-right here?"
NO. beloved Elmer. Il refuse to be led by the
nose! l refuse to be bulldozedr'
You're being buHheaded," Elsie told him. Its
by being reasonable and listening others and taking
good advice that millions of people have learned to
their joy Wits Borden's, it's GOT 10 be eood!"
Fa-coior Else Pictures from the administrations only,
advertising Set Of sx suitable for framing 7ax w
inches Write Elsie, Dept. BE, Post Office Box Sd, New
York, NY enclosing 10 cents.
In Canada address Borden Spadna Crescent Toronto Ontario
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-11

The shepherd
Dogs Warm
Winter Ouiht
Is No
Hit Or Miss
Job the
Animal Was
Carcfully
Measured for
the Garment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

revived but for the more recent and more harmful furry over optimism about mil- itary operations. The Army and Navy joined in statement which startled the better-informed observers with its cheer fulness. The secretary of state said that the war might be over sooner than we expected, without saying whose expecta- tions he had in nlind, or how pessimiStic they had been. These things were timed, presumably by accident, to coincide with reports of correspondents released from internment in Germany and Italy, who told about the internal difficulties con- fronting Hitler and MuSSolini Then "a high official" Secretary Hull and finally the President had to dash cold water on the public, so that we wouldn't consider the war already won.
 One who follows these situations closely cannot escape feeling that the self-contra- diction in the governments new policy" arises from confusion of goals. Everybody, from the President down, is anxious to keep us at fever heat in the production, financing, recruiting, fighting programs. Therefore we must not become too opti- mistic. But also, being very human and not at all unpolitical, they want to appear to be doing splendid job of armament and of fighting, so we are not permitted to know about the very black spots that exist. Soon very soon = decision must be made. Shall we win this war, or make and save regulations? Is arma- ment more important, or the autumn elections?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
Confusion Worse Confounded

Washington is very, very busy city. Everybody there, with unimportant ex- captions, is working night and day to put over the most gigantic war program ever conceived. Officials like their subor-' dinates, are harried and weary. It is understandable that at times they should become careless or temperamental or both. Conceding this, and all that it implies, nevertheless, we must reiterate and emphasize that Washington'S public relations are deteriorating so rapidly as to constitute menace to public morale. The last time this was pointed out, using the gasoline rationing tragi- comedy as illustration President Roosevelt blamed the press. He said the core spondents' two-to-flve gallon week prediction was a guess - intelligent, perhaps, but, nevertheless, guess. The fact was that the prediction came from a source in the Office of Price Adminis- tration which proved to be accurate. The ration started at three gallons. Harold Ickes and Leon Henderson, with their statement that rationing would be less rigorous than predicted in news stories, were made to look more than little foolish. So was the President, with his nttempt to blame the press
 Thia now is history It should not De
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

They did everything down there in New York City to postpone the inevitable, but Park Commissioner Robert Moses certainly proved that he yields power when he wants to. The old Aquarium will be demolished. That's definite. And that's what Commissioner Moses wanted right from the beginning when he first broached the idea of getting rid of the old structure that has been landmark of New York's Battery for years and years. There were all sorts of efforts made to retain at least the building as a relic of the city's past history, but the Park Commissioner had his plans for Battery Park and they didn't include grim-looking structure like the Aquarium; It was more or less easy once the fish ana other inhabitants of the Aquarium had been transferred. But various individu- als and organizations died hard over the Aquarium and it wasn't until this week that the demolition order was adopted. So say goodbye to the Aquarium you who knew it in it's prime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
A Thought. for Today
Retailers For Victory

There have been drives and campaigns in Waterbury in the past. All have usu- ally achieved their objective. But they more or less are dwarfed by the approach ing campaign to be launched by the city'S merchants As part of nationwide effort to overwhelm the buying public with war saving stamps and bonds. The entire month of July will be one long procession of stamps and bonds over the counters of thousands of retail establishments. Every merchant and his employees will prefix or suffix sales talks with stamps and bonds appeals.
 When the drive officially begins here In Waterbury next Wednesday noon there won't be anything sold for the first fifteen minutes but stamps and bonds. You might want to buy cake of soap or monkey-wrench or dress or suit or a hat, but from high noon to 12:15 p m. your purchases will be limited to war savings stamps or even bonds. Local ner- chants will be equipped to take your orders for bonds if you prefer to do it this way. But any way you do it will be the right and only way to defeat the Axis powers now threatening the peace of the world.
 Such drive as this should need no appeal to the public. It sells itself But even in the midst of a terrible war Amer jeans are forgetful or have to be pushed into doing the things they know are best for our own safety and that of our dem- ocratic allies in this fight. Make up your mind now that every shopping trip during July will be worthwhile from two angles. You'll get what you set out to get and you'll also get lot of stamps or bonds. Once you get the habit of buying these investments it becomes second nature. Let the bond bug bite you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
Crime of Lidice

Out of every war has come some one incident on which history has hung the entire set of proceedings. For Americans probably the dastardly attack of the JapS on Pearl Harbor will long be remembered. But for the world at large nothing will ever erase the memory of Lidice, the little Czech village which this month was wiped completely off the map by German conquerors. If any one name was needed to crystalize horror or indignant fury of the democratic nations against Nazi ruthleSsness and terrorism this is it.
 Dating back to the year 1909 Lidice is no longer a physical entity. But the name is indelibly carved into world his- tory. It represents the height of German stupidity. For. if ever the Germans thought they could obliterate a small portion of the human race and impose their blind racial superiority and egoism this is the classic example. The story of Lidice is old now, though short month ago it was peaceful little town some ten or twelves miles away from the capital, Prague.
 Accused of sheltering the assaSsins of the assassin Heydrich Lidice was plotted out in this fashion. Its male population was murdered to a man; it's women were sent to detention camps, fate as bad or even worse than that of their husbands, fathers, and brothers; the youngsters were sent to Nazi culture" centerS where everything will be plotted from their childish minds save a pagan and useless Nazi philosophy. The Germans have made many mistakes in their march of conquest. The price they will pay will be terrible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
Personal Aide

Larry Lehrbas was a competent press service foreign correspondent, whose accurate and readable reports appeared regularly in American newspapers. Con- missioned a lieutenant-colonel, he was assigned as public relations officer for the Australian sector Now Lehrbas' assignment has been changed. He is aide to Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur.
 If Lehrbas still is delegated to see that correspondents attached to the Mac Arthur forces get the news and get 1t straight, we think the appointment IS tops. If, however, Lehrbas has been shifted from public relations work for the Australian army as a whole, and assigned to personal publicity for the commanding general, we are filled with regret. We should hate to see the public adulation which General MacArthur has won sub jected to the strain of political buildup.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

ment with natural rubber.yield- ing plants. But Congress appro- priated only infiniteSimal amounts.
 On the other hand, Agriculture Department experts certainly were not on their toes regarding cryp- toStegia. For as late as January 5, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor, they published 8 very discouraging report on its possibili- ties.
 RED TAPE UNWINDER
 The man who finally blasted cryptostegia out into the open was Miles Sherover, assistant rub. Der chief of the Bureau of Econ- onic Warfare, who had previously organized rubber factories in Chile and Venezuela.
 He pointed out that despite the billion dollars being spent by Jesse Jones on synthetic rubber and despite all we could scrape together in the Amazon, the na- ton would be at least half a Iilil- lion tons short in 1943. He also argued that even If cryptostegia cost a dollar a pound to grow, 1t would be cheap at the price if our wheels of transportation could be kept turning.
 Finally, SherOver argued that cryptOstegia was the fastest
 growing of all rubber plants, maturing in about six months, therefore was 1he only possible means of filling in the year and 8 half before Jesse Jones' syn- thetic factories could get into large scale production.
 However, Sherover got no- where with the lesser bureau crats, finally proposed resigning from the government and offered to raise a million dollars from pri- vate business to finance the grow- ing of several hundred thousand acres of cryptostegia.
 Tn the middle of these behind. ,the-sceneS debsres, newspaper sent a reporter to Mexico to inves- tigate the plant and he brought back a glowing account of its possibilities. This electrified the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

hitherto sleepy rubber experts, and on the same day the story was published they called a meeting to reconsider their previous lack of enthusiasm for cryptostegia. URGES BOLD POLICY
 At this meeting the experts largely reversed their negative re- port of last January. But even so, they still wanted to do what Jesse Jones at first did with syn- thetic rubber. Just as he con- tracted for pilot" plants to test out the product, they wanted to plant only ten or fifteen acres of cryptostegia. Then after several months of experimentation, they proposed planting more.
 Against this, Sherover urged the planting of about half million acres.
 'Ts there any one of you who won't admit we can get rubber?". Sherover asked.
 The answer was NO.
 Them persisted SherOver, tits chiefly a matter of price
 whether we pay fifty cents . pound or one dollar. But I don't sec that price Is important when the economic life of the nation is at stake. admit it's a gamble we can't afford to take"
 Discussions are continuing. App parently Sl1erover has made 8 dent. More far-sighted execu- lives of the Bureau of Economic Warfare are now supporting him, and believe that a large scale ex- pertinent in this new rubber weed must be undertaken-even if it is costly.
 So, quick-growing cryptostegia may yet help to fill the rubber vacuum otherwise bound to occur between the exhaustion of our present reserves and the time when Jesse Jones synthetic rub- Der will be on the market in l944. <,
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
THE HEARTLEss JAP
(New London Day)

(New London Day)
 Nat Floyd, a one-man missionary in the cause of arousing the Amer ican people to the sacrifices needed in the war effort, and to an appre- citation of the ruthlessness of the Japanese and the extent of their territorial aims, got his inspiration while a reporter on the Manila Daily Bulletin, in the Philippines. From time to time he has issued warnings to the American people once in the form of a full page ad- vertisement in trade magazine for newspapermen urging them to take the war more seriously.
 Now he has issued another appeal. He is impatient with the lack of un- derstanding on the part of the peo- pie. After q month in the United States, when he returned after getting out of the Philippines amid many thrilling experiences, Floyd points out, T have found my deep concern Cover the war) matched only by army and naval ofncers and few news men close to military affairs" He paints the Japanese as thoroughly treacherous, thoroughly ruthless and thoroughly sold on the philosophy of his religion and na- ton. No humanitarian instincts can be shown toward the Jap, he adds; "Tne Japanese is a cruel fighter. He Is Q treacher0us fighter. There Is nothing he will not do tO win. He has no respect for his own women and the world knows what he does t0 captive women. But Ina ig one Of the worlds most effective soldiers. because nc has an emotional force
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

Construtcion of private homes in Waterbury, as in other defense areas, IS at a distinct standstill now, according to all reports, Even defense housing projects have more or less run up against governmental regulations, restrictions, scarcity of materials, and what-not. II it wasn't bad enough to have to depend on lot of substitutes the industry finds itself more or less confronted with an implacable attitude on the part of the government which recognizes no prob lem in housing save that of placing de- fense workers. Actually the problem is greater today than it ever was, due to influx of defense workers in territories where they are needed. By fall it's hoped the bottleneck will have been widened to permit resumption of some operations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

e. What Is the title of the selec. ton played at the beginning and end of the photoplay, ITO Be or Not to Be?"
 A. "Polonaise in T Major," by Chopin.
 Q. How many persons were awarded monthly retirement bene- fits under the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System during 194l?
 A. The number was l14,66O and the total monthly benefits amounts to $2,604, TAO, which is 13 percent less than in 194O. In 1040, awards were made to 132,335 persons.
 c. When Is the best time to fell trees to make a log cabin?
 A. If the logs are to be peeled, winter is the pest time to fell the trees. If felled in the spring while the sap is running, the logs deteri- crate on account of the development of stain and decay organisms. Bark will adhere to the logs if the trees are cut in the late summer, but to avoid insect injury the cutting should be postponed until about the time of the first frUst.
 @. What does the surname Me- Grew mean?
 A. It is Irish, and means "son of grace" McGrath Is another com mon spelling of the same name.
 e. I have a piece of polished furniture which has developed a dull gray bloom. Can anything be done to remove 1t?
 A. To remove the bloom on high. ly polished furniture, dampen 6 piece of clean cheesecloth with g solution made from one quart of clear water and a tablespoonful Of vinegar, and apply 1t to the sur- face, rubbing with the grain.
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirOus of securing this weeks booklet "THE BEST BOOKS" ad- dress F. M. Kirby, Department S.1OO, Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. 0. with IS cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
Selected Poem
TRAPPED WATERS

TRAPPED WATERS (Glenn Ward Dresbach in the New York T1mes) These are the waters left by floods or rain In lowlands and in hollows; they are dark With what they brought in, and they leave a stain Upon emerging graSs trees show the mark To which these waters climbed but could not stay. In darkness, slowly they will creep away Along root tunnels and the hidden stone, And drift back to the air in heavy breath. Upon their surface no cloud-ship is shown And no wing dips there. If they stay too long The place is heavy with the hush of death Beneath their darkness-but in them is strong And secretive the urges to escape .. And, after they are gone, the very shape Of their invasion hour.shes in grass And strange wild blooms that were not there
 before
 As if an urgency, before they pass, Gets into things that drowsed from shore to shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

The New Haven Road is nothing if not conscious of the times. Ten of its stations along it's tracks running out of New York City into Connecticut now boast bicycle racks. Commuters are using bicycles instead of cars to get back and forth from the stations. And to take care of a clutter of bicycles the racks have been called into service. Horse barns behind churches will soon be rehabilitated, no doubt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27
Views Of The Press

within him that drives him on to victory or death. In the Bataan campaign our men killed thousands of Japs-and captured only 56."
 The original story, given to Amer jeans, that the Jap was a fanatic who almost welcomed death for his gods and his nation-has been soft pedaled somewhat in recent months by the government propaganda agencies because of the feeling that 1t doesn't truly represent the typical Japanese soldier. And yet the story keeps cropping up -- that the av- craze Japanese is utterly fearless. and certainly does not look upon death as an Occidental does. What ever the fact. the advice Floyd gives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

Six months now have passed since Pearl Harhor, and priceless time has been frittered away in getting rubber workers started in the jungles of the Amazon. One of the Merry GO- Founders was in Rio de Janeiro during the Pan American Conference last Janu- ary when U. s. experts dickered over prices but did almost noth- ing toward starting an army of rubber workers up the Amazon.
 And after the Rio conference, more precious time was wasted while the State Department and the Bureau of Economic Warfare haggled over who should handle the rubber program in South America.
 As a result of al1 these delays, coupled with Brazilian ship slnkines, the, unfortunate fact Is that only 800 tons of rubber were imported from Brazil i'm April, and only 10.00o tons arc expected during the whole of l042. And the armed forces, plus bare civilian needs, will re- quire around S00,0o0 tons.
 Finally, 6 hybrid working ar. rangement has been patched up between Jesse Jones, the State Department and the BEW, which ytill leaves Jesse Jones Rubber Reserve, the outfit which was so short-sighted last year, virtually with final control.
 RUSSIAN RUBBER
 Meanwhile, it has been re- vealed that experts of the Agricul- ture Department had been sie- ting on two kinds of natural rub- Der which can be grown in the southern United States and Mex leo. Filed away among the learned tonnes of the Departments scientists are reports on kok- sagyz and cryptostegia. both quick growing rubber plants. But the Department of Agriculture scien- tists had been doing very little about them.
 Tn contrast, the Russians in 194l planted the amazing total of B. OOO,OO acres of kok-sagyz, which grows in temperate climates. Be- ing more far-sighted than Jesse Jones, they foresaw the possible ity of war with Japan and loss of rubber sources.
 After Pearl Harbor the United States gathered up all the kok- sagyz seed 1t could get from Rus sia and flew it here by plane, and 1t Is now planted. But the amount of seed we could get was limited.
 Meanwhile, g botanist in Brownsville, Texas, named Peter
 Heinz was bombarding Jesse Jones, various rubber experts and aImOst every member of Congress with letters pointing to a Eub- ber weed called crypSostegia, which grows in Mexicos Haiti, southern California and Florida.
 The letters which Heinz sent to Washington constitutes 2 file more than foot high. But nobody would listen to him.
 It should be said for the Agri- culture Department that ever since 1922 its experts have been aSk- Ing Congress for money to experi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

1. There are four, nine or fifteen Army Corps areas in the United States?
 ?. Name the temporary capital of China.
 3. Which of thef Marx Brothers of the stage and screen wore red wig?
 1. A short sleep at midday is called "siesta" In Spanish; what Is Spanish fiesta?
 5. Under which president was the first Mothers Day celebration pro- claimed in the United States?
 6. With which large denomination are the Reformed Churches closely affiliated?
 '. The Taoiseach is c hill In Scot- land, the title of the prime min- ister of Fire, or Druid deityp
 8. Tn which country was Giuseppe Mazzini 8 patriot?
 g. James Doolittle is a major. cole onel or brigadier general in the US. Army Air Force?
 10. Over which agency of the federal government does Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines preside?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

is doubtlessly good. He urges that American fighters show the Japan ese no mercy. One of our greatest faults has always been a sort of un-
 deriving sloppy sentimentalism when we ought to be firm, even heartless, sr dealing with bitter enemies. When the enemy doesn't appreciate consideration, and regards 1t as an evidence of weakness, it's time for us to get tough and stay that way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-27

fective ways to deal with temp tatioa is to get out of it's viciri- ity as quickly as possible.
 The story is told of Q man who was for many years g drunkard T q who was ct last converted and brought into the