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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29

Most Administration leaders be- lieve that labor has been far more cooperative with the war effort than generally credited. They do not share in the vituperative criticism hurled at labor from some quarters. Nevertheless, they believe that with a new and criti- cal Congress in session, labor lead- CTS would be wise in cleaning their own house immediately, for their own protection.
 Among the most important of these labor problems are appren- ticeship rules, which require long service before a man can qualify for a job. The government has tried with some success to force shortening of apprenticeship periods, but there still remain a lot to be done.
 Another problem which has worried production chiefs is the slow down. Though labor's strike record during the war is fairly good, workers sometimes resort to the lnSlQlOuS pracLlce Ol the showdown. This enables them to express grievance with out mourning the wrath of the public by an open strike. Top rank labor leaders frown on strikes because of the bad public reaction, so workers sometimes turn on the showdown as 8 sneak alternative.
 FEATHERBEDDING
 But one of the most difficult of all wartime labor problems is featherbedding, or the system of putting two men on job to do the work of one. This is an outgrowth of the system current in all walks of American econ- omis life before the war. Farm CTS were paid for decreasing crops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Press Comment
1.-THE INSPECTOR" PASSES (Nau, Xa,L IIarafd -Trii,,,vaa

tNGW IOTk f1eEdlQ~ lElDuIicI
 MT David c. Thornhill, who died the other day at his home in New Jersey at the age of eighty, was not known to the public. because he al- ways chose to operate as far in the background as possible, but in police circles his name was held in high esteem. He was what might have been called detectives detective" {" which is to say he had the admira- ton of other detectives, who called him, almost with reverence. 'The Inspector" His fame was interna- tional. MT. Thornhill was a private detective who worked for the Pin kertcn agency. His active career as the nemesis of eyil-doers spanned fifty-six years Patient, quiet, kindly and shrewd, he piled up an aston ishing record. Forty years ago he caught the master crook. James Hope. alias "Old Jimmy" who had taken $l.30O,OO0 from a Philadelphia bank and sl57.700 from a New York savings institution. He it was who trapped the infamous Herman Webster Mudgett, who had killed many persons for their insurance. And there were many other cases. Crime detections, as a science, has come a long way since Mir. Thorn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
HEADLINES
 and HILARITY

Best-seller with salesgirls before Christmas was "They Were Ex- pendable." Now it's 'They Were Exchangeable."
 Radio fans are wondering what "Information Please" will do for a guest star now that Leon Hender- son is retiring from public life. They still have Mrs. Roosevelt.
 Dcferment- seeking draftees arc becoming suspicious now that Army doctors don't examine eyes and ears any mOre--they just count them.
 Sergeant Joe Louis is training Military Police candidates out In Fort Riley, Kansas. He had bet ter keep his hands out of his pockets, or they'll arrest him for carrying concealed weapons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Selected Poem
PICTURES ON THE wINDoW-PANE tsy D. Maude Gillespie in the Boston Post

On the window-pane sec
 Lovely pictures, painted there;
 Stars lay Strewn upon each iahe' Painted with an icy brush
 By some hand of genius rare Trees of fragile silver lace
 Gaze into a pearly brook; Fairies dance on fields of snow
 Just like in story book. Gardens bloom in gleaming white; Stars lay strewn upon each lane; And alabaster mountains rise
 From waterfalls of silvered rain. Knights in crystal armour ride
 Their steeds of glistening white; And kings. nobles and ladies
 Are ruffled in lacy light. A diamond castle stands
 High above the mountain side. with walls of star-dust plaster
 And a glass gate. tall and wide. The clouds are of deep silver,
 And the sky of frosted snow, And on everything is sprinkled
 Such misty, pearl-like glow. I'd like to meet the artist
 Who, with shining, silver stain, So softly and deftly paints
 Pictures on the window-pane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
the war, their attitude changed. HARRY BRIDGES SPEEDS UP

HARRY BRIDGES SPEEDS UP
 Possibly for the same reason, Harry Bridges has speeded up the work of his West Coast long shoremen. The union in this case has taken the initiative, not waiting for government prodding. Joe Ryan's longshoremen in New York have done the same.
 Merchant sailors have modified standards rather generously. It used to be that before a ship could go out, it had to have a stated complement of seamen of all classes, engineers, first, sec ond, third, etc. But now ships . even go out undermanned, and when the men get torpedoed, they come back for more.
 Once they have been torpedoed they are entitled to wear badge "Torpedced". Some seamen sport no less than three such badges, and still sign up for another trip. They are doing a grand jOb"." Their wages and bonuses are high, but even so, do not get as much as men working in aircraft plants and shipbuilding yards.
 For sometime Secretary Ickes has been trying to persuade the coal miners to work longer to increase production of coal. To this John L. Lewis retorted that Ickes was trying to break down labor standards. As it happened, the operators at first upheld Lewis, indirectly, by saying there was not a demand for increased pro- duction. Later. at the United Mine Workers convention, Lewis re-opened the question. saying the miners wanted to be patriotic.
 Copyright. 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29

wouldn't help - 1t would merely make the short- ages more acute and the sllort- ages are growing worse.
 It is note- worthy, however, that most of the grief is now be- ing experienced W t h commodi- ties which are not yet under rationing con trol, or which are just begin ming to be rae
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Current Comment

Tn the long run Japan is not a good enough associate even for Ger many. There are degrees of infamy. Prime Minister Jan Shuts of
 South Africa.
  The public will not tolerate and should not tolerate the deferment of men simply because they are period.
 Robert M. Huthins. president, Universally of Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29

of the stories coming out of past centuries and some writ ten today, which tell how the Master of all good life ap- pealed through some needy per- son for help and W a S thought lessly dismissed, so that the per-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29

hill embarked upon his useful an romantic career, but the qualitie that made him a great detectiy are still important. Not all the fanc laboratories in the world, for a their value, can replace entirely tn cold logic, the implacable dogged ness and the occasional intuttiy flashes of such Q man as "rhe Tn spector."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Foodstuff
 Shortages Our Own Fault
Fly PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrresu0ndeut

Apparently the only answer which Washington can give on relief for the increasing shortages in food stuffs, fuels and practically every other necessity" of daily life is ra- tioning and still more rationing.
 Easing up on the restrictions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

signed letters pertaining < per- sonal health and hygiene, net Co disease, diagnosis or treatment. win be answered by Dr. Brady if Q stamped self-hddressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should De brief and written En ink. No reply can De made to queries mot conform ing to instructions. Address Dr. william Brady, National News paper Service, s20 West h1adlseTf Street, Chicago III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
A Thought for Today

Arc they not all mlnlsterlng spirits, sent forth tO minister for them who shall bc heirs of saliva. tlOns--Aebrcws 1;l4.
 A guardian angel OCT his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures and his cares dividing
 --Saml Rogers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Daily ,.-,.,.ac

llaUv ''-,"Gac Moon rises l2:2l a. m. twar timPe) Sun rises 8:l6 a. m.: sets 5:32 p. m. twar timel. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. Q.
ON WATCH ALWAYS

ON WATCH ALWAYS
 There have been a great many stories written about the way people have encountered opportunities to do good and have not recognized them. There is a whole saga, some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29

toned.
 Sugar rationing has now settled down to a routine which no one worries about. The coffee situation was rather hectic in the rush before rationing took effect, but that storm Is subsiding. There may ke a clearing storm when consumers are forced to declare their stocks of coffee hoarded oil Nov. 27, but 1t will pass.
 Currently the worst headaches are fuel oil and gasoline rationing on a national basis. Gas rationing in the east was so well established that when a military diversion was order ed on petroleum products from this area. the shutdown for civilians on A, B and c rations for several days was almost without incident.
 But If the country gets through the winter without rioting over shortages of some of these com- modities which will be rationed later. 1t vii be the luckiest break in the war.
 STAPLES LACKING |
 Anyone who goes to market can tell what these shortages are. Meats, canned goods, some dried fruits, butter, other fats and oils, other dairy products Later 1t may be towels. sheets and pillow leases. Still later, clothing.
 To people who don't stop to think en countering these shortages may be an indication that the country's entire national economy has broken down
 The sad fact is that the news there's a war on still hasn't regis tered with millions of people. The reasons there are meat shortages and canned goods shortages and butter shortages will probably have to be told again and again and yet again and again before they sink in.
 There will be critical shortages in all these commodities until the ma chinery for government rationing can be worked out and put in eff feet on a national basis. Ration ing is simply an equal distribution of scarce item.
 Many American people have be- haved like stampeded cattle. They have rushed in to buy and hoard. to consume more than their fair share. As long as there were no compulsory controls, they bought by the dozen bags coffee that will cer- tainly grow stale before 1t is used they bought butter by the eight and 10-pound lot where one and two pound purchases were the custom, they filled pantry shelves with stocks of canned goods that could keep the family going for a fortnight The people who haven't done these things are the ones who suffer. 1
 HUMAN NATURE A CHEAT
 The point is that voluntary con- trol over the distribution of scarce commodities is 8 complete failure. The trouble isn't with the voluntary controls. The trouble is human na- ture which prompts people to lie cheat, steal, chisel, hoard and in general behave like gutter-snipes as long as compliance is left on vol untary basis. Put on their honor enough people will display that they havenI any to such degree they'll spoil life for the decent people who have.
 Voluntary meat rationing was typi- cal. The government asked people to consume at the rate of 1-2 pounds-40 ources-per week for the last hree months of 1e42. Dis tributors were asked to hold back on deliveries. And in most localities the three-months' quotas were con- stunned in from eight to 10 weeks.
 It is hoped that compulsory meat rationing, when it can be put into effect nationally, will end su:h sorry spectacles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29

WASHINGTON Dec the Roosevelt Administration nas been d which not made public
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Generally Cooperative But Serious Abuses Still Prevoi
 Production Chiefs Worried by SowDown Express Grievances SquobbIes Unions Also Hinder War Eor Won Through Yeors of Struggle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-29
Welding

Please advise whether welding i injurious to the eyes? Miss v. J.
 Answer-Not if suitable goggles ol helmet is worn to protect welderi eyes against the extreme heat ant the flash or ultraviolet light.
 Copyright ie42. John P. Dille Go.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Newark Likely to Put Biggest
Group in |. L. AN-Stor Game

George StirnWeiss, Shortstop Bill
johnson and Outfielders Frank Kel-
leher and Arthur (Bud) Metheny Of
his own club to start.
Baltimore is slated to have First
Baseman Eddie Robinson, Third
Baseman Bob Lemon and possibly
Outfielder Henry Edwards as start
ers. Sid Gordon of Jersey City also
is an outfield possibility.
BOBBY Coombs of Jersey City or a
Syracuse pitcher, Nate Andrews or
Charley Barrett, are the leading
candidates for the opening mound
assignment.
Montreal and Buffalo will share
most of the assignments on the
Northern stars, managed by AL Vim
cent of Buffalo.
The inf1eld places Les Burge of
Montreal on first, Dutch Meyer OF
Buffalo on second, Stan Rojex Of
Montreal on short and AL Rubeling
Of Toronto at third
For his outfield Vincent can
choose between Eddie Kobesky and
John Welaj, Buffalo; Jack Graham
and Gene Moore, Montreal, and
John Wyrostek, Toronto.
Southpow Tony Sierra Of Buffalo
and Nick Strincevich Of Toronto are
regarded as the two most likely can
didates for the first pitching call.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Rigney, al Old Stand
Hur|s for Sailors
In Relief Clash
Twin Bill in White Sox
Park Nay Set Season
Attendance Record
BY the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOcldtco fTess
CHICAGO, July 2.-Johnny Rig
ney, now a sailor, will return to
Comiskey Park tonight to pitch for
Army-Navy relief in a double
header that may bring Chicago Its
largest baseball crowd OF the year.
Advance ticket sales already have
produced more than $4,000. So to-
nights demand well may send the
attendance figure to or beyond
38,042, the high mark of the season
established Sunday when the White
Sox twice thumped the Yankees.
Rigney will pitch for Great Lakes
against the Cahnute Field service
team in a twilight game preceding
the White Cleveland clash.
1t. Mickey Cochrane, who will di-
rect. the service team against the
major leaguers at Cleveland, said he
expected to use Cecil Travis, former
Washington infielder, and Sam
Chapman, former Athletic outfielder
Other former major league stars,
including Bobby Feller, also may get
some action.
Members of the all-star service
team not connected with Great
Lakes held a long batting drill yes
terday.
The entire service squad will not
get Its first chance to work together
until Friday, when 1t travels to
Kalamazoo, Mich, for a game.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Service Grid Teams May Steel Fall Show

Mccarthy hasn't about
of all health secondly the
his thirdly Bill Dckey and Gordons insist
avid fans both take
Add findings horseman is lifted by his mount
three times different riders the
Cornelius
for
Warmerdam down it's
roll him.
organizing football teams and
looking opnocher from the
Training Station smaller outfits it's almost
steal the
the United
1877,
Training Station whitewashed the Marine Bar
17-0 bowl classic
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Baseball Equipment Fund Is in Need Of RepIenishing


Service Dept.-When Corpl Otto
Meyers of Camp Roberts, Calf,
swatted a terrific homer on make
shift ball field, 1t. Col. r. E. Smith,
the camps special service officer and
a red-hot baseball fan, quickly heard
about it. So Corpl Meyers was
given the task of converting chunk
of wilderness into flrst-class base
ball park. Recognizing the value of
the corporal's accomplishment, the
colonel named it Meyers Field.
Pitcher John McGill of the Cha
mute Field Ill) Green Hornets soft
ball team had no-hit, no-run
game against the Decatur Staleys
until two were out in the ninth in
ming and there were two strikes on
the last batter. Then he folded and
lost the game, 7-2 That's once
when a hornet was stung.
Maj. Conny Smythe's Canadian
anti-aircraft battery, which Is due
Evening star., 1942-07-02
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 2.-Newark
seems likely to have the biggest rep
resentation Of any one club on the
field at the start OF the Interna-
tional Leagues all-star game next
Wednesday night at Buffalo.
Newark, Jersey City, Buffalo and
Montreal each placed six men on the
Northern and Southern all-star
squads announced last night by
League President Frank Shaugh-
messy. But the pace-setting Bears
may be the only outfit to get as
many as five men in the starting
lineup.
Billy Meyer, Newark manager
and pilot OF the strong Southern
squad, is expected to choose Catcher
Aaron Robinson, Second Baseman
Evening star., 1942-07-02
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, July 2.-The base
ball equipment fund, which gets the
first 100000 of the dough you folks
will pay to see the two all-star
games, already is $4,000 in the red
after starting out last year with
$27 500. But Ford Frick, who runs
the show, says the fund has man
aged to provide a little equipment
for every outfit in the United States
anda few outside. Total admins
trative expense so far has been just
SGT 81. BY way of showing appre-
citation, the War Department has
provided plane priorities so the St.
Louis players can get here in time
for Mondays game.
Tanks for the memory--After the
Army's big war show, featuring
tanks, jeeps, peeps, etc, has fin
ished . weeks stand at Philadel-
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Mats Get Break With Red Sox Invading

Mats home to stand" Friday it
at least They will
Athletics night
meeting twice Saturday July and finishing
Sunday
could the Washington Ball Club would be
although the nmen pretty sad their twin
hottest the almost certain
q earelout.
Grihth. biting his lips
reading the and blowing
the last inning
selectve service occupaonal question
a mind For professional
before occupation below in which
belong 38
st of selected occupations and still no spot and SO
those spuds Which
happened to his
htters laughter), they could better at night?
Evening star., 1942-07-02

to go overseas before long, is made
up mostly of sportsmen, hockey
players and newspaper men. Should
be plenty of sharpshooters there.
A short answer-After a recent
brawl in the Pacific Coast League,
Umpire Jack Powell penned this re-
port: "Gilly Campbell and Al Niemic
fought for is minutes-nothing hap
pened." In reply, Prexy Will Tuttle
said: IF they can't hit each other
in Is minutes, break them up"
Evening star., 1942-07-02

phia's Franklin Field, H. Jamison
Swarts, Penn graduate manager of
athletics, surveyed the battlefield
and found the turf on the gridiron
was practically ruined, the surface
of the running track was gone and
an area of about IS square feet,
where flame throwers had been in
action, had to be dug out 6 inches
and refilled with fresh soil.
Sportpourri-Item on the wires
the other night reported Larry jan
sen, San Francisco pitcher, had in
fluenza and a temperature of 1,103."
Ken Hunter of the Spokane Spokes-
man-Review suggests the Seals
could use a pitcher as hot as that.
Manager Freddie Sommers reports
everything is settled for his boy,
Cleo Sans, to fight Pittsburgh
Jackie Wilson for the NBA feather
weight title at Wilkes-Barre. Pa,
August 10.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting-Gordon, New York. .357;
Doerr, Boston, .347.
Runs-Williams, Boston, 6b; d. Di
Magic, Boston, So.
Runs batted in--Williams, Boston, rs;
Doerr. Boston, 55.,
Hits-Spence, Washington. 81; Cor
don, New York. and Pesky, Bosotn.
Doubles-Hissins. Detroit, 27; Doerr.
Triples-spence. Washington: Heath.
Gleyeland, and J. Di Masrio. New
Home runs-williams, Boston. II:
Stolen bases-Case. WASHINGTON. and
Kuhel. Chicago, ID.
itching-Borowy, New York. 81;
Chandler, New York, So.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-Reiser. Brooklyn. .34s: Med
wick, Brooklyn, .342.
RunsIott; New York, SO; Mize' New
Runs batted in-Mize. New York. 56;
Elicit: Elliot, -, Pittsbprsh' and Medwick'
Hi5smMizs, s-odHizs New New York So; Medvick'
Doubles-Joost, Cincinnati, 20; Hack.
Tripies@Slaushter- st. Louis, II.
Nicholson. Chicago. g.
Home runs-Mize, New York; OFT,
New York, and Camilli Brooklyn, 4,
Stolen bases--Miller, Boston, and Rel
ser BROOKLYN; 10. o,, ..
Starr, Cincinnati and M. Cooper, st.
Louis | ii
Evening star., 1942-07-02
World Mark for Mile
Is Claimed by Ha1g
In Race in Sweden
Anderson, Second, Ties
Old Record as Rival
Registers 4:M.2
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GOTEBORG, Sweden, July a.
Gunnar Hagg, crack Swedish middle
distance runner, laid claim today
to the title OF the worlds fastest
miller. Only a few hours after an
eight-month suspension had been
lifted, the slim track star blazed q
mile In 4:06 2 last night, clipping two
tenths Of a second of the recognized
world record established five years
ago by Sydney Wooderson OF Great
Britain.
Hagg nosed out Arne Anderson,
who tied Wooderson's world mark
Of 1864.
If the International Amateur
Athletic Federation meets sometime
after the war to approve new records,
Hagg will have two marks up for
consideration.
He stepped the 1900 meters in
3:476 last year, lowering by two
tenths OF second the recognized
world standard set by Jack Lovelock
in the 1886 olympic games.
. Hagg was suspended last fall until
July / for differences with the
Swedish amateur authorities over
expenses.
In his mid-20s, Hagg has been one
Of SwedenS best middle distance
runners for several years.
(While 1864 is the recognized
world record for the mile on a
standard track, the fastest mile ever
run was 4:044 by Glenn Cunning
ham of Kansas over the special track
of ga laps to the mile at Dart
mouth, March 3, 1898. The record
books list Cunningham's perform
ance as an American record on a
course more than 220 yards to the
lap.)
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Berry Wood, 81, Named
Medical. Professor

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, July BARRY Wood
of Harvard football fame, now more
formally DR.. William Barry Wood
jr.. has assumed his duties as
professor OF medicine at Washington
University.
Thirty-two years old, he is one OF
the youngest men ever named to a
full professorship by the university's
medical school.
From Harvard, where he was
quarterback and captain of the foot
ball team in 1881, Wood went to
Johns Hopkins medical school and
became an instructor there after re-
ceiving his degree.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Ten to Ace Runs Like Deuce
So Heavy Choice Conodion Derby Betting
Cancelled, Runs 9th as Moeinot Line Wins

a quarter In 2:13. Fighting Finn,
from j. N. Pitts Winnipeg Stable.
was second and Panbroon, owned
by L, R. Knofong Of Austin, Tex,
was third.
Ten to Ace ran sixth. There
were six horses in the field.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Sturs Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

Yank Terry and Joe Dobson. Red
Sox-Former pitched perfect ball for
three innings in relief to beat Sena-
tors In first game of double header and
latter hurled fiye-hitter to take night
cap.
Eden Auker. Bpewns--Pitched five
hit ball to shut out Tigers for his
! 9th triumph of sea SON
Ernie White. Cardinsls-BIanked Pi-
rates on six hits.
AL Smith. Indians--Kept White Sox
shut out till ninth on seyen-hit hurl-
ing
Claude Passeau. Cubs--Scored 18th
triumph OF season with five-hit pitch
ing against Reds.
Bill Knickerbocker, Athletics--Made
four hits in perfect night at plate to
help beat his former teammates, the
Yankees
Evening star., 1942-07-02
p tie Associated Press.

p TIE Associated Press.
Canadian racing officials will
think twice before they call off
the betting at another race be-
cause of the heavy odds on the
favorite.
They held the Canadian Derby
at Winnipeg yesterday and every
body was sure the winner would
be Ten to Ace, regarded as Can
ada's outstanding 3-year-old,
that the race was declared a mo
betting" affair.
Maginot Line, owned by DR.. l..
H. Appleby of Vancouver, fin
ished first, covering the mile and
Evening star., 1942-07-02
AII-Stur Tits on MBS

NEW YORK, July 2 (P--Mutual
Broadcasting System has announced
it would broadcast both all-star
games, July 6 in New York and
July in Cleveland, over coast to
coast hookup and also was making
arrangements to carry them short
WAVE