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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Keep This in Mind

We hope that citizens of Waterbury aren't forgetting or overlooking an i'm portant campaign that will be launched locally towards the end of October. From the 18th to the 30th the Community Chest of Waterbury, Inc, will seek funds to the amount of $277, 1896 with which to finance operations of the several groups affiliated with it during the coming year. The sum is not an exorbitant one, but it certainly will go long ways towards ac- complaining good throughout the city
 This is Waterbury's introduction to the Community Chest idea. We considered it great many years ago and from time to time mention has been, made of it's adoption. Now we are pledged to sup port Community Chest, so let's do it as it should be done-With enthusiastic support for the financial campaign which is the backbone of the organization.
 Other communities in Connecticut have fared well with Community Chest; we see no reason why Waterbury shouldn't. But in it's initial drive and in its first year or two in our midst it requires all the encouragement we can give. We know this will be forthcoming as more and more people realize what benefit it is and how much it deserves our sup port. The Democrat urges the people of Waterbury to keep the Community Chests forthcoming drive in mind and to support it, not passively but with finan- cial backing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Keep Your Eyes Open

The watchword for Waterbury from now until the 17th of October is "scrap a Jap". Each and everyone of us can do our bit towards cementing the fate of the Axis powers by aiding the scrap metal drive which the newspapers of the nation are publicizing. The official collection date for Waterbury is Saturday, October n. but for week prior to that therell be expeditions to this and that section of the cifv as volunteer truckers pick up excep- tionaIly big pieces of metal junk or loads that couldn't possibly be carted away on the one day.
 Erom now until that week of Oct. 1O- f7 we've got to keep our eyes open to spot every last ounce of metal scrap. It's on sgeFv side of us for there are many ar E|eics in common use or disuse which can ze turned over for scrap. You've propab- VI been looking at them for years and newer gave thought to getting rid of sfsm. Now's the time to unload your =s<sp on the salvage committee SO that EIiifnafaly lt may be unioaded on Berlin +rd Tokgo. Every little blt helps tc make s Esr6rf bomb e blow these capitals or
 'ro|'rm 1ig lht face Of the earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
In Today's Mail

one individual is sacrificed by the invisible bullets of failure on the Home Front.
 What we have to do, and what our national genius is quite capable of doing, is to organize tiIe nation into a fully integrated and ably comman- ded Army of Supply, and so make our gigantic effort of today a total national exertion. Or, as we might more enthusiastically express it.: an all-out, win get-licked fight! In other words, we must do in 8 year what 1t took the Nazis nine years or more to accomplish.
 We will never do it unless we first insist upon, and then willingly suo- init to, the authority vital to an in tensely organized effort. Democracy, as the will of the majority, will not win the war for us. Democracy is a !; way of life, not an instrument ot military power. A Democracy can indeed, convert itself into formid- able military force, slowly and ex- pensively, after much trial and er- TOT. Tn the process we inevitably lose, and have always lost, temper arily. some of the rights we most cherish.
 Even today, we are gradually sur rendering some of our liberty oi Thought and Individual Action ir face of the demands of the crisis in which we find ourselves. That we be- come less and less Democracy in |
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

During the next few days yougl read a lot in The American, The Republican, and The Democrat about scrap metal. You'll read about individuals spotting forgotten or hidden stores of metal. You'll learn about boys and grown-upS discover ing old auto bodies, trucks, machinery, etc. Your local newspapers want to be gIutted with this sort of information. If you've got any, don't hesitate to call it in. Nothing should be overlooked this trip. We want to do thorough job on clean ing up all the available scrap metal, even if it takes days or weeks to collect and ship it all
 Our job from now until the 17th is to discover and obtain thousands of pounds of scrap metal. Don't shirk this duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Civilian Essentials

As the pinch grows tighter and Wash tngton gets tougher, it is more than ever important to understand what Army Navy-WPB officials mean when they speak of essential civilian requirements. ]" "Civilian requirements" obviously include everything that is not military or naval. Civilian requirements" includes the transportation which is as vital to war as are armies and navies; the utilities without which war could not be prose cuted; the industries that manufacture ornaments and munitions; and also furniture, hair tonic, curling irons, paper weights and house paint.
 SO whenever Washington mentions essential civilian requirements" that first word, essential, is the key word. And essential now has just one really import ant definition: That which contributes materially to the prosecution of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

We'll, holders of "A" gasoline books are going to cut melon after all. A good many of them have been regretting their failure not to seek ration books which would entitle them to greater amounts of gasoline, if the application was grant ed, but their willingness to be severely rationed would seem to have it's compen- sations The National Bureau of Casual ty and Surety Underwriters and the Mu- tual Casualty Insurance Rating Bureau have just recommended to state author ities that there be reductions in the au- tomobile liability insurance rates. These reductions would be as much as 20 per cent for holders of "A' gasoline ration books. Are you listening, boys and girls? For others the reduction would be pre- cisely 10 per cent And what's more all reductions are supposed to be retroactive to July 9, when gasoline rationing under the present form went into effect. The rate drop has been predicted, but it's just as welcome as if unexpected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Current Comment

Whatever the risks or dangers, whatever the efforts demanded from the workers when the word "Go" Is given. we will support the govern ment to the uttermost.
 George Gibson of the General
 Council of the British Trades
 Union Congress.
 Large achievements have reach ed India. and the number of white soldiers now In India is larger than at any time in the British connec- ton.
 Winston Churchill, British
 prime minister.
 
 The stepping up of the intensity of the vital conflict in which we are engaged and the growing need for enlarged forces make 1t clear that ail young men fortunate enough to have the physical and mental qualities to enable them 70 serve their country in the armed forces are destined for that service.
 Henry L. stimson, secretary of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

sentatives told the Russians, but the latter were skeptical. They spent an hour quizzing the Kef- log people, trying to find out if it wasn't the State Department which really had blocked the deal.
 So today you can understand why the Russians are still sus' picious.
 NOTE = Bernard Baruch cr1- ticized the fact that Jesse Jones never secured Russia's secret for mula for synthetic rubber, even though the Russians offered 1t. But Baruch didn't disclose the req son for Jones' failure, namely that the Russians asked for the know how" on cracking aviation gaso- line in return for their rubber in- formation, and the big oil com- panies dickered over the royalties. SMALL POTATOES"
 McKEOUGH
 Congressman Raymond s. Mo- Keough, fighting for the Senate seat of c. Wayland Brooks from Illinois, has forged a potent weapon for himself out of attacks on him by his opposition.
 For weeks The Chicago Tribune, which supports Charlie McCar- thy" Brooks, has referred to the Congressman as Raymond S. "SmaII Potatoes" McKeough.
 So McKeough has accepted this label, announced that Small Potatoes" symbolizes his devotion to the cause of the little fellow. As a result Small Potato Clubs have been organized throughout Illinois. Members wear buttons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

Here's a pretty kettle of fish for the Democratic Party of Connecticut. Down in the 2Oth senatorial district, which comprises 16 small towns in New London County, there isn't candidate for the State Senate. The delegates met last week, but when they got together they found there wasn't an avowed candidate and apparently as yet nobody has been found who wants to make the run. Two years ago Alfred M. Bingham, son of form CT Republican U. s. Senator Hiram A. Bingham, carried the district for the Democrats after long years of Republican domination. Such victory surely won't be let down in 1922.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
THIS WAR MUST BE AN ALL OUT, WIN-OR-GET-LICKED
 FIGHT
Hartford, Conn.,, September 28, 1942

Hartford, Conn,
 September 28, 1922 Editor of The Democrat:
 We have one condition precedent to every other objective in this war. That is to win it. Without victory all that we do today, all that we are sacrificing and must continue to sacrifice, and all that we plan for tomorrow will be in vain: There can be no compromise. We must fight until our victory is complete or go down to helpless defeat for genera tionS.
 The President has told us that we must make total effort to Win the war. It is clear beyond a doubt that we shall not win without 8 total effort. Elmer Davis, chief of the Office of War Information, has told us recsntle that we are far from making total effort, that we are only ankle deep in the war. The evidence of political muddling In Washington, as brought out by the Rubber investigation, the Congress sional failure to act on taxation and imitation, reveal state of affairs that has Its repercussions through out the land. This is far from in spring the tnorough-going, an-out -the-neck effort that we must make to win this war.
 One of the reasons for this is that we are trying to reach a total effort through political means and democratic controls. In a fundamen- tally total effort the processes of Democracy could not fail to be dam gerously slow, dividing, and obstruc- tive. Because we are fighting war for the survival Of Democracy, 1t does not follow that the people, through their representatives, must make a decision on every question. The Democratic way is dear to us, and is one that we will continue to follow in major decisions of national policy. We cannot now afford to follow the Democratic methods in matters relating to the month tc month conduct of the var. For tl means not merely tho expenditure Of treasure but playing with Che liver oG men. Out mose aaered duty under our Democracy la to see that not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Selected Poem
WORK

WORK tpearlev A. Gilmore in the New Haven :.
 Journal Courier) Give me the man of action Who ain't afraid of work Who'd rather don his working togS Than sit around and shirk; Give me the man who atn't afraid To roll up both his sleeves, And wield broom or sling a mop, Or do both. if you please. The man who, asked to do some work, At once gets two cold feet Some one should take him by the pants And throw him in the street. That man ain't worth his an ounce ot salt' Who thinks that lifes demands Consist in gazing in the glass And having nice soft hands. The man who'll help his faithful wife When she's about "all in"- And do 1t without grumbling. Stands better chance to win The crown of life and mans respect, Than he who'd rather shirk Than help to ease he rburdens With little manly work. The world holds high in honor It stands aside and lauds The man who firmly sets his cchin Nor fears to face the odds. God glvs ue time and talent And He expects that we Shall use them to His honor And work out our destiny.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Questions
 and Answers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waserbuly Democrats Ser vice Bureau win answer for yeu free. any question Of fact or irl- formation, not involving extens sive research. Write your ques- ton clearly, sign name and ad- dress. enclose three cent postage staanp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats washington Ser vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, washington. D. G
 O. Is the Coast Guard required to engage in combat duty since It has been transferred to the Navyp
 A. Yes: a Coast GuardsmeIl now performs any regular Navy duty to which he is assigned.
 0. Is Marshal Himosherko of Welsh extraction?
 A. No. The Soviet Embassy says that Timoshenko was born in Fur manka, Bessarabia, of Ukrai1ian parents.
 o. What percentage of the Tia- tional income of Great Britain IS siphoned into war expenditures2
 A. About SO percent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

BasebalIs swan song for 1922 is now being sung as the champions of the American and National Leagues meet for the World Series title. Today's opening game recalls many great openers in the nast. Even the war has to suffer a little crowding in the newspapers for the event. wonder if the Yankees are bored? After all world Series are ordinary happenings to them by this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30


 1. Mrs. Nancy Hardness L0ve commands the WAACs, the WAYS or the WAVES?
 2. Which officer in the U. G. Army is known as General Ike"?
 3. How many ships were launched in the United States on Labor Day, l942?
 4. After the fall of France, Al- sace-Lorraine was or was not incor- porated in the German Reich?
 5. Women first gained equal po- litical rights in the entire United States in 1918, 1920 or 1922?
 6. Into which ocean does India ex- tend?
 T. Who occupies the post of Dom inions Secretary in the British cab inet?
 8. Was the chief god in Roman mythology zeus or Jupiter?
 8. For what was Louis Blertot fa- nous?
 10. Tn 1e41 the number of new cases of leprosy reported In the United States was g, 49 or 1902
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

shaped like potato and pay $1 for them = which is helping H. nance the McKeough campaign. The new slogan. has captured the imagination of Illinois voters and politicians say McKeough has real chance of beating Brooks. TIME WAS
 Time was when you could walk through the White House grounds as if they were a public park when the President drove around town in an open car ... when the State Department made the most important news in Wash ington '. when an obhging lady took care of all Navy press rela- tions single handed .. when gardener named Burns created new varieties of chrysanthemums at the corner of Fourtheenth and Constitution Avenue ... when you often saw a sign in front of building reading Apartments for Rent" k. when a man named Willkie got into the papers for opposing the IVA .. when German newsman named Sell gave some of the best parties in town. when 1t was scandal to be seen at the Soviet Embassy :. when you could sail little boats on the Reflecting Pool without pumping into g Temporary build ing and when soft light played about the shoulders of Abe Iincoln's status in the Lir- coin Memorial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
; NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Need Another
 Daniel Boone Spirit. On the Home Front
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndentl

THE topic will be whether in the 4 last II years the local commu- mites of these United States, the American people themselves, have become entirely too dependent on Washington.
 Among the questions it raises are these:
 Has native American ingenuity been stifled by too much patronizing from the top down?
 Are the American people no long CT a nation of self-starters, no long, CT able to solve their own local problems?
 Or do they have to wait until somebody in Washington figures out what they should do, tells them to do it, and then sees that it is done?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

4AACSS EOAA@S So are made now because of two situations: First, the extremely spotty perform ance and results obtained in local scrap drive e s. Second, the local labor shortages reported from m a n y regions throughout the country.
 In SC m in g contradiction to fhe penerallv de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Daily Almanac

Moon rises iO:30 ?. m. twar tme). Sun rises e:4e a. m. sets o:S7 ?. m. (war AIi vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR There are few English nouns that have no singular form
 and are always fin the plural,
 as scissors, wages, goods,
 thanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

0. If the wife of a worker who is in covered employment under Social Security, attains her 18th birthday before her husband at tains his, is she eligible to apply for monthly benefits?
 A. The wife, regardless of when she becomes 65, is not eligible for a wife,s benefit until the insured worker begins to receive monthly benefits, at age 65 or after.
 e.. What are the duties of Navy photographers?
 < A. To organize and direct op- eratior1s of a naval photographic unit; install aerial mapping cam egas in planes; make and assemble aerial mapping photographs, operate motion picture machines and pro- lection lanterns, make and show slide films, develop negatives ana make prints.
 o. How long after birth does the brain continue to grow and what is it's average weight in men and women?
 A. The average weight of the brain in adult males is about 48.6 ounces, and in adult females about A ounces. The brain grows rapid ly up to the fifth year, and general ly ceases to grow in the eighteenth to twentieth year. As age advances the brain loses weight. 
 o. What is the origin of the proverb, Nothing is sure but death and taxes?
 A. It is from 8 letter by Benja- min Franklin to M. Leroy, l7S9. @. Who was Isaac JogueS? A. A French Jesuit missionary, sent to America in 1856. He was killed by Indians at the Indian yil- lage of OSsernenon on the banks of the Mohawk river in 1646. He was lvenerated as a saint September 26, 193O. Jogues was one of the early explorers of this continent. He dis covered Lake George in New York State May 30, 1886. | e. When is Indian Summer?
 A. A short season of pleasant weather in the Central and Atlantic Coast states usually occurring in 1 October or November, and more
 rarely in December. It is charac-
 terized by an almost cloudless sky,
 calm or light air, hay atmosphere,
 and mild temperature in the day, but rather cool at night. It may last one or two weeks and may re-
 cur two or three times in 8 season. A circular on Indian Summer may
 be obtained by sending a stamped,
 addressed envelope to the Water bury nemocrat Service Bureau, 1913
 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D
 c.
 o. What is terrazo?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

September 30 Russs refusal permit observers d HGa get sin to yield on this point
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirous of securing this weeks booklet ARMED FORCES OF THE U. s. address F. M. Kirby. De- partment 2-1OO, Waterbury Demo- crat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth St., Washington, D. O., with IS cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

O. What is terrazo?
 A. It is kind of flooring made. of small chips or marble set IT. regularly in cement and polished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
What'sYour I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
Washington Merry Col Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Soviets They Sought Our Oil Secrets ere of Texos Refneres Delayed Six Months Amid Crisis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30
A Thought for Today

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get under standing.-ProverbS 4:7.
  But they whom truth and wisdom lead can gather honey from weed.-Cowper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-30

Copyright. 1922, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-30
z Omahy, Nebraska, Sc pise:

10, to ted uz nep1jde, pTi-
stoupit k telefonu a zavolat 81:
Halo, poslete mi krabicku sar
dynek, ale hodne brzy, je?"
DIE vsech znamek takove pfi-
vazen1 pFestane. Bude b1da O
.rafy = gumu potrebuje vlada
- a groceraci budou muset ra-
fly, ktere mali, setTit.
Sdruzenf omazskych groce-
.rakG a rezn1k6 usneslo Sc We
ctvrtek vecer ma obmezeni do
davek. Obmezen1m dodavek
usetrf Sc guma, tricky, gasolin
a jine pfedmety, potfebne v o.
brannem programu Stryce Sa-
ma. Usnesli Sc ma tom, re S OBJ
mezen1m dodavek zapocato bu
de v pondelf a hospodynky
jsou zadany, ably 81 pokud jim
mono, odnasely bal1ky samy a
pomahaly tax k setTenf mate
rialu k obrane potfebneho. Blu
dou dovazeti pouze jednou den
ne a to dine nakup nasledujfcf-
no. Ia zvlastn1 dodavku bu-
dou poc1tati 25c. Pry sc caste
stale, re nektera hospodynka
ma neco zapomnela a nechala
81 privezti tTeba jen bochn1cek
chleba. Mono re pry pozde-
il dodavky budou kazdy dru-
ny den.
No, nam to zrovna moe neu-
bllz1. Nase sedma svatost mic
pc telefonu neobjednava =
(v1te, protoze telefon nema-
me) a nar1df mi, primes tohle a
tohle a tax to pTivezu sam =
pc pedalech (karu taky nema-
me, ponevadz "a jedno ver1me,
re tuzenf doln1ch koncetin je
propsesnym a "a druhe ma ka-
ru nejsou tititi). Kdyz mi to-
no najmenuje moe, to je snad-
ma ponce, ma neco Sc zapome-
ne. No, a tim z~apomenutim u-
lsetTi Sc taky kapsa,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-01-30

81 emigrace. U stol1 sedeli mu-
zove, kterf uz nepodlehaji vo-
jenske sluzbe, i muzove 2 vol
ska propustenf. Byly zde i da-
my.
Zach, povfdam 81, tady okfe
il, tady Sc osvez1m krajanskym
duchem, tady naberu novych
sill k dals1mu putovani."
Sedl jsem 81 stranou skrom-
ne do klubovky a zaposlouchal
Sc do zmeti HAST, ktere seveli-
ly kavarnou. Zaslechl jsem
nemcinu, anglictinu a dokonce
Sc zde mluvilo i cesky. ,Vedly
Sc vesmes odbojove feci. Vedle
u stolu vykladal jeden pan dru
hemu jak to della, ably uSetTil
denne dive cigarety. Jiny pan
chodil cd stolu Ike stolu a r1kal:
ga mel donna tri cinzaky a sta
tex. Vsechno jsem to tam mu-
sci nechat, protoze jsem nepo-
slechl pr1tele, ktery mi radil, a
bych 81 koupil anglicke pap1ry.
Kdo mi ted zarucf, re to vse do
stanu zpet? Co mystic, dosta-
nu to? Zaruc1 nam to anglicka
vlada?" u jednoho stolu Sc
deli muzi a umlouvali 81 neja-
Ike transakce S cigaretami a ia
bakem. i iineho Ease Sc pro-
davaly latky a kupony vselija-
keno druhu. Tam v koutku
prodavali papriku, cibuli, kmin
cesnek a slaninu. Vedle Mich
prob1rali soukromy zivot jiste-
no politika. PAM u krbu po-
mlouvaly nejakou damu, ktera
pry mic neum1 a pTece il wall
ma ministerstvo. mo jo, ale "a
to ma peknou postavu", pozna-
menala babicka, ktera pletla
fusekli. U trf stol1 vedle sebe
Sc svorne nadavalo ma Cal, ma
vladu, ma ministry, ma vojaky,
ma pocas1, proste ma vsechno.
Jeden starsf prosedively muz,
ktery pry byl jiz v prvnim Cd
bOji, mi T1kal: "Je to marne,
Rusove zas ustupujf, Angle ne
ma vojska. Hitler to vyhraje,
uvidfs a tady je plno spicld. ia
Sc nam ma tohle dfvat! Vzdyt
je OF strasne, vzdyt ,oni mi ne
chtej1 dat ami l1stek do Ameri-
ky" PAX mne chytla skupina
bojovn1kG, kteT1 nadavali, re
je propustili z vojny. Byli tam
vsak take JIM, kterf Ease NADIA
vail, re je ma vojnu povolavaj1.
Vsichni svorne prohlasovali, re
az oni prijdou odmd, re jim to
spoc1taj1. Jedni poole povahy,
81 brousili uz ted tuzky, JIM no
re.
Nemohl jsem to dele vydrzet
a utekl jsem k voj1nu a basnl-
ku Jirkovi. Ma pekny byt, je
pravda, ale taky uz nacichl
Londynem. Tvrdil mi, re tady
V Anglii pry host must byt zdvo
fily a must odm1tnout, kdyz mu
nablzej1 nejaky drink. "Jarku,
ia ma drink nepfisel, ale vyme-
nil bych 81 S tebou peknou cepi-
CT, mole cepice je unikat. Tri-
KRAFT mi il vymenili a pokazde
vratili. Jednou mi il pTejelo
auto, jednou jsem 81 il pral V
polevce. Ma tehle cepici nemu-
sis sedet. Tu tt zarucene nikdo
nesebere." Jirka nechtel vsak
o teto transakci slyset. TAX
jsem ST rano pTivstal, no, a je-
no cepici jsem mu sebral. Pred
stavte 81 vsak ty londynske mo-
resy: Pfijel 81 pro tn cepici az
"a mnou do posadky.