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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Take Care of Yourself

More Americans will die this year, be- cause of civilian accidents, than were killed by the Germans in the first World War. More will be injured than were in the biggest army we ever raised, the World War army, including front line fighters, Service of Supply workers, and those who never got further than preliminary train ing camps in the United States.
 As many will be permanently incapaci- tated by injuries as the total of American soldiers wounded during the first World War. Individually, there is nothing sen Sational about most accidents. The vic- tim suffers. So do his wife, his children and his other relatives. His friends are sorry. Perhaps the community helps care for his dependents. It's too bad, we say, but he should have been more careful.
 In the aggregate, the time has passed when we can take this dispassionate ap- proach to accidents. The National Safety Council, with the expressed approval and support of President Roosevelt and Don- aid Nelson, is trying to reduce the acci- dent trend as a war measure. Last year four million workers were injured, three fifthS away from their jobs. Fifty thou sand of them died. Another 10000 were permanently disabled. The rest were kept from work for greater or lesser periods.
 This year, with employment up, the first five months experience forecasts A. 100000 injuries, 52,0OO deaths, 180,O00 permanent injuries. From the war pro- auction standpoint this is mighty serious. It means, the National Safety Council computes, that we shall lose five hundred million man-days of labor, at time when we are pressed to find enough workers to care for our military needs.
 Half a billion man-days is equivalent approximately to two million men work ing fifty 4O-hour weeks. Those two mil lion men are enough to provide the labor for building 71 battleships, or 625 de- stroyers, or 24,0OO flying fortresses, or 10000 fighter planes, or 312,500 light tanks.
 In time of war we can't evaluate lost labor in terms of man-days, or even in humanitarian terms. We have to think in terms of armament and munitions the tools with which civilization, as we have to come to know it, is to be saved from the Huns. It is up to every worker, and every workers family, and every en- ployer-and then to the public as whole to fight the mounting curve of acci- dents, both within the factory and out side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Any Records Today

The American Legion's drive for old records, launched successfully in the last few weeks on very general scale, has been almost simultaneous with a drive by James c. Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, against the promiscuouS use of these selfsame rec ords. MT. Petrillo has managed to make his office about the most important la bor position in the nation. And come what may nothing is going to interfere with what he terms his "duty'' towards the members who contribute their dues to union support.
 His war is against the promiscuous use of records, which, he claims, works an injustice against thousands of musicians. They would be employed, he contends, if &aany restaurants, and places of amuse- znentS could not resort to automatic rec ard-players, juke- boxes, etc. He also wid- ems the scope of his activities to the radio stations making use of recorded music. His activities are prodigious in behalf of his affiliated musicians, but so much so today that the federal government is starting to sit up and take notice.
 There haven't been many things al- lowed to interfere with an all-out war ef- fort. It remains to be seen whether Mr. Petrillo, who has in his day bested some of the best governmental agencies which set out to give him the worst of the deal, can continue his implacable course of action and upset the world of music as he has in the last few weeks. It may be that it remained for war to set him back on his heels, but there are those who have great confidence that the union head will emerge from this current fray as the champion of his boys"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Goebbels Explains

The Russians lack courage, Nazi Prop aganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels has explained to the German people. They have to be pushed into battle by commissars with revolvers. They find a million Germans in front less terrifying than a few thousand conlmissars in the rear
 This intriguing thesis might serve as the basis for any number of speculatlons For instance-what he-men those con- missars must be, that each is more con- polling from behind than few hundred thousands of Woden's most aryan sons in front!
 Perhaps it will suffice to paraphrase Abraham Lincolns remark about U. s. Grant and his whisky drinking. Let's find what Stalin gives his towards to make them fight as they do, and send cases of the same to all the anti-axis armies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

The death of Edward T. Buckingham in Bridgeport last week was regretted by many local residents who knew the for mer mayor and compensation commits sioner. A veteran of Democratic politics in Bridgeport and throughout the state there were few gatherings with a political significance in the last 30 years that weren't graced by his presence. He had the distinction, too, of having served Bridgeport as mayor in 1909 and then twenty years later being elected to two more terms. In between he served as con- pensation commissioner for the Fourth District, terms in that office also being interrupted. He had been named original ly when the Connecticut compensation law went into effect and served until re- placed by Gov John H. Trumbull. Gov. Wilbur L. Cross later reappointed MT. Buckingham and he was serving in such a capacity at his death. A star athlete MT. Buckingham performed with equal brilliance on the baseball diamond or tennis court. In the latter respect he ap- peared in Waterbury many times for tennis matches at the old Elk's Club courts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

ant in the ladies cloakroom of the House at a remuneration of $1,- 6SO year. Also Weldon Patton, another son, is contract ex- aminer at the General Account ing Office at $2,600 year.
 All of which proves that Rep. Patton's flair for the unconven- tional does not extend to the gravy bowl. The spectacular Texan runs decidedly true to form there.
 WOODEN SAILING SHIPS
 When Under Secretary of Con- merce Wayne c. Taylor was fly ing to Rio for the Inter-America conference he remarked:
 "Our tOugest problem is ship ping. We have Ot find sOme- thing that will give us the most cargo space, using the elast criti- cal material. That's the for mula."
 Then he looked out of the plane window and saw a tiny sailing vessel below. You may laugh" he said, "but we may even come to that"
 That was last January. What Taylor had said on impulse stuck in his mind. At Rio he talek it over with Brazilians who worried about moving their coffee crop. He was sure he had the answer tc. the submarine campaign = ships requiring no critical ma terials, ships that would coast along in shallow waters and keep alive the trade among the Ameri-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Same EI.ewhere7

Saturdays one-day scrap raid in Wa terbury proved that to do good job our local salvage authorities either have to muster a large fleet of trucks than they had or else continue the drive for several days. By nightfall Saturday it must have been obvious throughout the city that the collectors could not make the rounds of every street in every locality. All day Sunday in some sections there were still piles of scrap along the curbs. By Monday house holders had again removed these to back-yards, where they again will &C., cumulate.
 On the basis of the returns, of course, a good job was performed in picking up so much scrap metal. But there's more to be had and certainly if it's so vital to have it all turned in to keep our steel mills going this winter it's worth the ex- tra effort of designating more raids. Results were about the same wherever there are similar collections. The large cities had trouble in getting round to all the homes where patriots had dug up their donations rom every conceivable spot.
 It may be that future scrap collections will continue for longer periods. De don't see how Waterbury can be thoroughly canvassed in day unless the number of trucks and volunteers is increased to a tremendously large figure If the next drive was to follow the same streets and general procedure the same houses would again be missed with the result that householders would become disgusted and fail to participate any more. We think that efforts might still be made this week to care for junkpiles missed Saturday by having people call headquar- terS, as they were asked to do last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
REV. JOHN c. WALKER SAYS THIS IS NO TIME FOR MIRRORING DISUNITY
 IN OUR MIDST

August 3, 1942. Editor of The Democrat:
 It was the fond hope of those who viewed the American scene before December the seventh, 1941, that with the entrance of the United States into the war, after the treacherous attack on Pearl Harbor, the divisiveness and disunity in our midst would come to an end. We realized that in a constitutional government where freedom of speech is the cherished tradition of generations of liberty loving men all groups were free to give voice to their attitudes and opinions. With our entry into the war, however, 1t was our feeling that no American would lend himself willingly or un- willingly to the services of the enemy by spreading false rumor or by permitting false charges to reach his ear without challenging them immediately.
 During the past eight months charges have been hurled at various segments of our population with the implication that their loyalty to the war effort of our United States is questionable. First the rumors were carried that the Italian American group was entering the armed forces unwillingly; then the poison bearers pointed out that a city such as Waterbury with its tremendous Irish population was not sending enough Irish boys to the front; then the spreaders of i'll will took great pains to show that the Jews of our community were not up to par in the roll of the armed forces.
 Beyond the fact that such state ments are a direct indictment of our draft boards with implication of col fusion on the part of outstanding and upright citizens who have given literally of their time and effort in our behalf, and beyond the fact that such utterances breed racial and re- hgious prejudices at a time when unity and comradeship are of the essence, these statements are sim ply not true. at
 Tn a sdrvey made of the Jewish group using as 6 base figures sup
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

,Horsemen or women with plenty of time on their hands may be put to work shortly, according to plans being out lined for the military district into which Connecticut falls. It is hoped that long stretches of coastline may soon be pa trolled by mounted guards. If you've got a good horse and can devote certain amount of time daily to such patrol work, you may be the exact person your Uncle Sam is looking. for Of course a lot of de- tail would fall on the person donating services of this nature. He'd have to be able to care for his mount until such time as the government provides stable quarters along the coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
A Little Competition

MT. Harold L. IckeS insists that trouble will come out of the OPA's decision to eliminate gasoline dealer rationing in the new East Coast system. He is afraid price cutting will result.
 The public does not share that fear. A little price competition is appreciated by consumers But more than that, the motoring public has the notion that available gasoline should be distributed where 1t can be used, and not left to lie idle in some areas while others suffer from drought. The new regulation is designed to remedy that evil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
In Today's Mail

piled through the offices of Mayor Scully, who has familiarized himself with the figures of all contingents that have left Waterbury, it was found that the percentage of Jews in the armed forces is exactly equal to their percentage of the popula- tion of Waterbury. These figures in- clude all branches of the service draftees, volunteers, national guard, reserve officers, etc.
 What is true of this group is un- doubtedly equally true of all other group s in our community. It is the duty and obligation of all loyal Americans who hear any charges brought against any group in our midst to challenge the bearer inn mediately, to ask him for his source of information; to make him realize that he is questioning the integrity of our draft boards; and to indicate to him that unconscious ly he is playing Hitler's game.
 Respectfully yours,
 JOHN o. WALKER
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

caS.
 But he struck a snag in Wash h.gton. The Maritime Comlnis- sion was not interested. Skeptics said it was a reversion to the "hOre-and buggy days" at the sea. Three times Taylor worked up his project in revised forms, but each time it failed to click.
 Then he tried another tack. He published an account of the project in a trade weekly of the Department of Commerce. Imme- diately it struck fire. Boat build CTS al lover the country wanted to take part in the enterprise. Official interest was kindled.
 Result was that REC allO- cated SIC, ,OOO, ,OOO with which the Rockefeller office is setting up corporation to build and acquire wooden sailing vessels for inter- American trade.
 Two designs have been com pleted, one for a shallow draft vessel and one for a heavy sea vessel. Yards have been selected in Latin America, and contracts are being let.
 There will be an endles belt of 3OO-ton sailing ships, making long and short voyages, using auxili- ary engines when necessary, but saving fuel by using, most of the time, the trade winds that made the Caribbean famous in the days of Clipper ships.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Selected Poem

THE WALL
 (Glenn Ward Dresbach in the Christian
 Science Monitor) high wall Is between our places A cool, green wall of trees And just below, the spring brook races, And just above, one sees Rock lodges climb, to west and east, To the sky above us all. We are not parted in the least By such friendly wall. Between the great tree trunks we pass Through gates no one can lock; Our steps move softly on the grass Though under it IS rock. And we are far enough apart And close enough to know The wall that does not crowd the heart Gives it more chance to grow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Capital
 CapitulateS To Miracle-Man Kaiser
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrresDOndent

Big. bald, bespectacled, bottle neck breaking Henry J. aKiser, who builds things people say can't be built, breezed into Washington like the western tornado he is, wearing smiles and a double-breasted blue suit. radiating so much confidence he didn't even bother to take of his vest though the temperature and the humidity were terrible. On his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

1. Name the Swedish liner that recently brought refugees from Europe to the United States.
 2. Whom did the Filipino, Colonel Carlos P. Romulo serve as aide-de- camp?
 3. Is the famed Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean?
 {. One cubic foot of water weighs approximately IS pounds, 36.4 pounds, or 62.5 pounds?
 5. Milkweed floss is now being used as substitute for kapok to fill life jackets; true or false?
 6. Who wrote short stories under the title "The Gentle Grafter"?
 2. What is a lagoon?
 8. What is the singular of dice?
 9. For what government agent, do the initials FAA stand?
 10. With what sport is Ben Hogan principally associated?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Sandy Hook lighthouse is blacked out The famous light that has been burning almost every night since 1764 has sue cumbed to the war Its beacon proves too helpful to the enemy as well as the friend Built in 1764 there has been beacon In the 9O-foot tower ever since. It is situated in the military post now known as Fort Hancock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Current Comment

| am telling Tokyo that we have thousands more Colin Kellys and Butch O'Hares and Jommy Doolit- ties on the way. This is just the dawn of a day of wrath. -Lt.-Gen. H. H. Arnold, comman-
 der Army Air Force.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

o. Are wholesale as well as re- tail prices regulated in the Unlteo States at the present time?
 A. Price ceilings apply to manu- facturers, wholesalers and retail CTS.
 o. What causes a rotary laWr sprinkler to operate? A. It is a common belief that the rotation of these Sprinklers Is caused by the jets of water Strik- ing against the air. That is not true, because a rotary sprinkler will operate in vacuum much fast CT than in the air. The principle of operation is that one side ot each radial arm or pipe is pierced bv small holes thruogh which the water emerges. This reduces the pressure of the water inside the pipe against that side, hence the pipe tends to rotate toward the side with no holes in it - the side against with the greater amount of pressure is exerted.
 o. Please quote the brief poem recited by Raymond Massey in the scene in Dangerously They Live when he visits the heroine for the first time in the hospital. A. Here lies man who lived to age.
 Who still from death was flying
 Though never sick, was never well,
 And died from fear of dy-
 ing"
 o. How should a cracked con- crete garden pool be repaired? A. Cracks should be thoroughly cleaned, chiseled and roughened to make the cement bind. A half and half mixture of sand and cement can be used to make the repair. All visible cracks should be repaired before the pool is painted. Pores or fine cracks may be closed by painting with cement. Hot asphalt | is an excellent and harmless ma terial for filling cracks.
 o. What is the weekly sugar al- LO OI1C OANAAA4eAAJ NSAAoNA@ANA ~~S Germany?
 A. According to figures issued in July, 1941, the weekly ration at that time was just under half a pound. o. How many factories in the United States manufacture food and kindred products? A. The latest Census of Manu- lecturers G930 reported 5l,448.
 @. When did the old-age and survivors insurance system of the Social Security Act begin to oper- ate?
 A. The original Social Security Act was passed by Congress i'll 1885 and the old-age and survivors insurance system began to operate January l, 1887.
 EDITORS NOTE = If you are
 desirous of securing this weeks
 booklet, VEGETABLE COOK
 ERY", address F. M. Kirby. De-
 partment 2-1O0, Waterbury Dem-
 Ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- Annnkh C%rn0k Wa oh iu pfOn n a..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

ILrSC Oay ne Ap- peared before two Senate investigat- in g committees, made a speech at
 a luncheon, held a press conference for gal reporters, a n d though he
 didn't make one specific statement as to how he was going to build s. 900 cargo planes, after five minutes
 with every group he had everyone
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Questions
 and Answers
voVyR orEsTTONs ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrsfs Ser vice Bureau win answer for you free, any question of fact or An' formation, not involving exten' sive research. Write your ques- lion clearly, sign name ana e0- dress. enclose three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal aavlce cannot be given. Address water bury Democrats Washington Ser
 vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteentn Street, Washington, D. C.
 o. How much useful rubber can be obtained from 100 pounds or scrap rubber?
 A. One hundred pounds of sal- v.Oe or ssrap rubber will yield aoouC 35 poEnos of reclaimed rubber, Wnlcn vii rortain about 45 pounds of ac- tual rubber carbon, and 4O ncunds of filters and other 11on- rubber ingredients. The 85 pounoS of reclaim will make the same amount of rubber products as 40 pounds of new or crude rubber.
 o. Where can I obtain intorma. tion about the allowances granted to dependents of men in the lower ranks of the armed forces
 A. Send a stamped, self-addresS- ed envelope to The Democrat Serv- ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street. Washington, D. C., and ask for "De- pendents Allowances" circular.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR You although it may designate one person, is grammatical ly plural and its verb must always be plural. Say you were, not you was.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
A Thought for Today

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.-Matthew 25:29.
 Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures. that is the only wealth for ever yours. Martial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

WASHINGTON Aug 4-Eght onh ago one % the biggest ocage enough that after would be oveou
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 12:50 a. m. (war time). Sun rises $50 a. n.; sets S:O5 ?. m. (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

EDITORS NOTE = If you are desirous of securing this weeks booklet, VEGETABLE COOK ERY", address F. M. Kirby. De- partment 2-10O, Waterbury Dem- Ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. C., with 15 cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Whats Your I.Q.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Sponge Experiment May RevoIuonize The Industry Congressman Adds Father Of New Granddaughter To US Poyo Rockefeller Committee Sets Up Company To Build Sailing Ships
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

o. Are wholesale as well as re- tail prices regulated in the United States at the present time?
 A. Price ceilings apply to manu- lecturers, wholesalers and retail CTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

Copyright, 1942, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

@. When did the old-age and survivors insurance system of the Social Security Act begin to oper- ate?
 A. The original Social Security Act was passed by Congress i'll 1885 and the old-age and survivors insurance system began to operate January 1. 1937.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04

o. How many factories in the United States manufacture food and kindred products?
 A. The latest Census of Manu- lecturers (1939) reported 51,448.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-09
Mrs. Grant Harley
Transferred to Kellogg, Ida.

Mrs. Grant Harley, local agent
for Interstate Telephone Co., has
been promoted to cashier in the
company's divisional office at KEEL
logg, Ida, and left for that post
Monday, just IS years to the day,
April 6, since she first came TO Lib
by from St Maries, Ida.
Socially prominent, Mrs. Harley
will be greatly missed by her host
OF friends. business associates and
by members of the Order of Eastern
Star of which she is worthy matron
for the year.
Mrs. Harley's successor as Libby
agent is Mrs. Abbie Ward who has
been with the company at Mullan.
Ida, since 1926, and who two years
ago was presented with her 15-year
Service pin. Mrs. Ward is due to
arrive here next Monday.
According to the MullanI News,
"Mullan people have enjoyed
prompt and courteous service such
as is found in few towns of this
size. Under her efficient manage
ment, the number of telephone sub
scriptions has increased from IT. to
I'll. Mrs. Ward has made hundreds
of friends during her residence here
and she will be missed not only by
the telephone users Of the town,
but by the many Mu1lanites who
value her friendship"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-04-09
Hospital Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hudacek
are parents of daughter, born
April 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Cannon of
Troy have a son, born April 3.
Janet johnson, high school stu
dent and daughter of Mrs. James
johnson, underwent an appended
tony Saturday night.
Mrs. Tom Prichard of Troy was
released Thursday. ~
Joe Shelters was admitted as a
medical patient.