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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
Private Jones, P. A.

Every though knuckled American now working in vital war plants is soldier in the Production Army of America, and deserves the recognition of a soldier When he walks on the streets of his home town, when he attends movie, when he goes home to his family, he should be wearing a soldiers uniform. According to his job he should be given the rank of military service.
 Loyal workers in the battle plants of this country hold in their hands the late of many nations, but heir identity as fighters for liberty is lost when the whistle blows and their overalls are laid aside un- til tomorrow Because of this the stigma of slackers often settles unfairly on thelr shoulders.
 This innocent slur on their patriotism has caused many men unnecessarily to leave production lines for the fighting lines overseas. For every man who flies q plane, or mans a ship, or fires a gun, eight or more men must be kept on lathe or drill or on assembly lines. Any mum. beg less than this means an unfinished bomber, an unfired gun, delayed victory.
 Bataan fell not for lack Of heroic men, but for lack of equipment and supplies. C0FregldOr will hold only as long as sup piles and equipment last. MaeAfthur begs not for men, but planes. tanks, guns and ammunition with which to fire them. And unless called by his Government, every W0Fker.patFlot who cannot be sat. isgact0rlly replaced should be encouraged tO remain il the production service to make sure America doesn't let MaeAr' thur down.
 Those men of vision who see beyond the peril of the moment understand the vast importance Of the move undertaken by Security Administrator Paul V Me Mutt for the mobilization Of AnerlcaB Labor. 4 m0bllized army should be a uniformed army. Let's have our Private Jones, P. A., lieutenant Smith, r. A., Major Brown. P. A. Let's decorate them for outstanding performances. The boys overseas will be thankful that the eoan. try they are fighting for has at last ap- pfeciated the vital importance Of the Army bnck home, and American children will 60 proud 10 see tangible evidence that shelr aadGles are taking ar active hand M Victory.
 salute to Private Jones. Production
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
FOOD or THE FUTURE (Hartford COurant)

To those of us who like our sirIoin steaks thick, our potatoes ample and our coffee strong enough to float a spoon, the description of a dehydrated meal such as might be served from the dried foods We are sending to Great Britain is, to put # mildly, unattgactive, Visualize Q small red leaf, not unlike rose, pe- tai. resting on plate, Surround 1t with a tiny heap of gray powder, a dab of greenish paste and . dozen or SO shredded strings. Place cOu- pie of tall glasses nearby, one eoll- taining a half teaspoon of whstish powder and the other holding Q few gTeenish crystals"
 The red petal is a tomato, the grey powder is roast beef hash, the green paste is q large helping of green peas and tine saredg are uaash- cd potatoes. The white powder be- comes . glass Of milk end the gTeeTlS lgh crystals need only water to be- come lemonade, Properly prepared, the meal ig said to De indisnnguash- able in flavor from one made 0g the best canned foods,
 Debydration may save tons upon tons of cargo space, but it stu FeS cells stephen Leacock'6 nightmare fantasy of the Christmas dinner 0f the future, T'he family sits down et the table end the maia brings ip the meal-wa plate holding 0sle slaall plv for each member, Fnt0 the pilis, scientists heve packed eft the nongs islaBept as19 flayOT ef . fiill course turkey dinner, including soup end nuts, The family boss US head f0g e FeveEept grace hegoge the saeel~ sll but the baby which grabs tl1e pilis and swallows them at q glslp, As its lloETiiaed parents and relatives watch, the ehlld niONly nwelse 70 end eventually bursts with . saekenliag pep, ...
 We trust our English cousins will take warming from ME, Leae@sk1 story and keep the IaFAsE under ioek and kes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

movement of defense materials may necessitate this drastic step.
 Surest way to avoid 1t, how ever, Is to stagger vacations. Both government agencies and private industry should encOur- age workers to avoid the tradi- tiOnal holiday months of July and August. If everybody aims for a vacation. in these two months, there will be no travel for anyone.
 SOLDIERS PAY
 The Senate-approved bill to in- crease the pay and allowances of men in the armed services ran into "chef" trouble in the House of Representatives.
 The House Military Affairs Committee finally approved a pay rise bill last Friday, but until then there had been considerable delay in getting together with the Naval Affairs Committee on certain amendments, relating chiefly to longevity bonuses for officers in the higher brackets.
 Principal bottleneck was Naval Affairs Chairman Carl Vinson of Georgia, who wanted to scrap the whole bill and write another.
 "Y0u fellows have the wrong approach" VinsOn told the Mili- tary COmmitte at a recent cIOsed-d0Or meeting. we ought to eliminate this allow ance business and give the men i'm the armed forces flat pay increases, officers as we'll as pri- yates. It's very simple. I could write a new bill in few inin- utes on the back of an enve- lOpe."
 Other committee members cl1al- lenged the wisdom of beginning from scratch. They reminded Vinson that it took weeks of sta- tistical study to perfect the Sen- ate bill; also that there might be a long delay in getting Senate ap- proval of an entirely new bill.
 Finally. however. VinsOn was given week to produce new bill. The next day he cockily reap
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Current Comment

 Iille United states has never ads HaitteG dependency as e reason for net having enough men fn the armed forces, --gSTig Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, d. rest0g of selactsVe segvice,
 
 Beware e the man wiae instiilB doubt 10 yons mind. Ese mas not be KIisieF's agent. but he is doing the agents WoFk. War Production Chleg Donald M. tInlfon.
 Tho meEi0n picture industry eFles. eWin the var nowg Everything eige 's elofor.e -a1asle Cms wlli M. Hash
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AVy 4A6 AAVs
 The leaders are acutely aware that a lot of congressman and senators, loud in lip service to patriotism, will play petty, under cover politics on these two issues.
 Toughest battle will be over the farm parity question, thanks to the powerful and well-heeled farm lobby, one of the most potent and grabbiest In Washington.
 Within a few hours after the release of the Presidents message the farm lobby was actively wag- ing war against it. Secret stra- tegical pow-wows were called hur- riedly.
 Rep. Clarence Cannon, chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, and farm bloc lead- CT, sounded the tocsin of battle on the House floor.
 While the fighting in that chamber will be hot: the decisive struggle will take place in the Senate, where the lobby has its chief strength. It was in the Senate that the Administration lost its fight to keep the 110 per cent parity figure out of the Price Control Bill. This defeat was what forced the President to tangle with the lobby again.
 On the S2S,OOO income issue, Congressional insiders anticipate . compromise. A private poll of the House Ways and Means Committee several days ago showed q decisive aajority it. Most of the committeeman favored boosting the maximum to around $5O,OOO. However, because only a relatively small number of people are affected by the S25,OO0 proposal, and this Is . campaign year, Roosevelt may be able to bIudge0n it through if he bears down strong enough.
 Insiders predict that a lot of members will back him on the $25, 900 income limit in order to cover their opposition to reducing the parity farm price level to 100 per cent.
 TOURIST BUSINESS BLOW
 Most people don't realize it, but the tourist business of the U. s. A. runs to several billion dollars. However, that business now is threatened with extinction It's not only a matter of tires and gaso- line, but the possibility that all non-essential private travel by rail may be banned.
 Transportation Coordinatcr Eastman has warned that increas- ing pressure on railroads for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

peared before the committee, bill in hand. To everyone's amaze ment, 1t consisted mostly of the basic provisions of the Senate bill, including the $21-to-$42 a month pay hike for privates.
 The only major difference was a proposal to give officers above the rank of second lieutenant and ensign Q 10 per cent pay in crease and to make the 20 per cent extra allowance for foreign service applicable to all men in the armed forces, whether they had served abroad or not.
 This scheme ran into a storm of objections. A majority of the committee contended that men with foreign service deserved more pay than those without it, and if 1t wasn't granted in this bitll another would have to be passed.
 "All right, all right" declared vinsOn, after a long debate. 'Tf this bill doesn't suit you, I'll write another"
 Committee members groaned. The Georgian already had wasted two days.
 DIES FAMILY ON PAYROLL
 Rep. Martin Dies has received 8 lot of publicity on his investi- gation of un-AmerlcaniSn, but he has received no publicity regard ing the fact that members of his family are on the Congressional payroll.
 During last July, August and September his office force was composed of Myrtle Dies. his wife, making $325 . month, and Martin Dies, Jr., a son now in the service, making $216 . month.
 On October 1, l94l, Myrtle Dies went off the payroll for a brief spell, but Martin, Jr., stayed on, continuing to draw $2i6 a month until March of this year. When the son was taken out of the line- up by Uncle Sam, Mrs. Dies went back on the payroll in his job.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

i. What possession has Greai Britain on the continent of Soul America2
 2. What large river flows througl Burma and empties into the Bay Oi Bengal?
 3. Name the capital of Peru.
 {. What famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911?
 s, What is the correct title of thG song. which is populaFly known as My Mama Done Tol Me-?
 6. Since 1880 Germany has begun i've wars; Danish, AgistFO-P -Pgusslan, First and Second World wars; name the fifth,
 2, What federal office was haaA k Daniel D, TOmpking, HaMDsDe HamliD and Levi ?, MoFt0pP
 6. Which Of the Great Lakes llf. wholly within the United etates9
 9, Which mythoIogieal figure q, represented as bearing the earth eS
 70. Who plays the radio gele = "Dg. ChFistlap"9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
Selected Poem
MAN WITH < DOC

lKslth Themas 10 the New York Bunl Shadows Of trees are long on the road,
 Printing the sign Of dusk oyer day, @ lAst the native seeks his abode,
 Co inst the tTayelaF haStens hls way. Servant and guido through shadows . deg Faithfully leads a man who ls blind, Neither afraid of nights rising fog.
 Trust in each other firmly designed NighL 6 approaching eyes that ean see, Night 0 upon the eyes that cannot; IAttle tho daFkneas gains in degree,
 fg there ls faith Co sharing lsa lot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

Gods hands - aiI except one key, when the Lord Inquired about the one key, her aSlGWef was, "kt as OgDly q rusty little key, L0rd, Tor wbsch Eou would heye 10 use,"
 But all the keys were handed back tO her aga'n. Later the dream FeaDpeAFed, Asl6 this time ei1e Waf ready 10 hand over all the keys aAEs they slI heTe7" inquired tho E.eHd; "the little rusty key as sell as tho 0tlBeTs9" "Keg, Lord. ail thf Keys" asfhen let me have the rusty ley" replied the Lord, saild you nay hage ail the ret"
 Taie oile little thing we refuse td aBge np ig tho thing that at lngl destroys our character. We mag elEe up everything except OliF hatred foF o1e peFson, 0r olig desire fos ofse certain indulgence. We are wailing to give up all weakneaaef bHt one. Beware Of the little rusty ksy 70 wllisi yoil cling ln tale hour q eonaeeratton. Keep it, and it Will ruin the spiritual He: give ft up, ard ail ether kegs wili W y0nk&
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

8S Wle OrQer W- self. It became apparent to Omce of Price Admin
 istration officials as early as last January that the Selective price control principle was not adequate to check imitation with the country actually at war. A mum b CT of OPA men went to Canada to study
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

the throne Of God offering her
 life and at her capacities to the Nest High, She held Q bunch Of Keys tn her hand. and these
 keys unlocked every secret place Of mlnd end heart. With Joy she deliyegs A the keys into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

A. Nine exiled governments in England signed resolution on January 13, 1942, placing. "among their principal war aims punish ment through the channels of or- ganized justice" of the Axis officials responsible for civilian oppression in occupied countries.
 @. Who is the head of the Cana dian Red Cross and where Is its headquarters?
 A. Dr.. Fred w. Routley is Ma ! tional Committeeman of the Cana dian Red Cross, 95 Wellesley street, Toronto, 5, Canada.
 e. Were any new industries ere ated in the United States as a re- suit of the first World War?
 A. Yes: an outstanding example is the American dye industry which was developed after German dyes were cut of by the blockade. Start ing from scratch" at that time the industry grew rapidly and before 1899 was competing with Germany in world markets.
 Q. Was the Bible included among the objects contained in the Time Capsule buried on the grounds of the New York Worlds Fairs A. The Time Capsule contained more than 10000, 900 words and l,- 900 pictures, compressed into HOO | %Ant A% O~ASaaAE1vpN $tAnTN 100 items representing 8 cross-sec- ton of modern life. The Bible was included in the microfilm reproduc ton, also the 1888 World Almanac newsreels showing sports, politica events and bathing beauty shows important scientific formulas tha; might be lost, tiny models of air planes, telephone, ocean liners an radios; front pages of newspapers. record of Caruso'S voice, and mo- ton pictures of our industrial life.
 c. Is Jose Ollnedo better known as a poet or statesman?
 A. He is one of the most popular poets of Latin America, and while he held high offices in Ecuador, his native country, he is best remem- bered for his poem, La Victoria de Junin" (to the Nberator Boliver) 1926, and his other poems.
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ap organized plan Of letter WFltlE
 which kept him ga touch with ha constituents ag closely as eyeR tks'
 marvellous plan 0f that master str
 teglst, James 4, Farley, My, Tinkhas VII be missed tp Congress, VI
 hope that whap the present slaa0p ing ends he glay be able 70 do sosS Of . different sort 0D his own @ eAlsflk,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
SMALLER GAME EsMBEAEKEsl GMew York Herald -TfibuneD

nearFnneament of the 1oih Aaaes naehllaells congFess District. Hbie1 hs has represented fog tw0nte.eisllt FHaxw, and naaSihiy, a ageNd in @NgiA affH1fe which ls Nistasl2glA 4s NIM base <1Ffe6 oooFEe Ie|frn XInke tea Ao aane'.nep M 1ae zese'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
Their Heroism Is Q Promise 'I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all ask is tall ship, and star to steer her by ."
-MaSeheld

-MaSefleld
 Poets have written the songs of the sea and of the bold men who accept the chal- lenge of the vast white watery waste. And, though we have come far since our copper-colored aborigineS first gazed in awe at the gray sails of the ships of Col umbuS, the spirit of men who go down to the seas hasn't changed since Homer's day.
 Listen to this: "Then the sub fired a shell from 50 yards away, and the ship rolled over. jumped into the leaky boat and for II days we alternated in bailing out water. The two boats kept close together most of the time We signaled plane overhead and got no answer . For three days there was no wind then we saw smoke and a ship picked us up '. I guess we could have stood it another three days-after that, no food"
 That is an excerpt from the story of a survivor of a merchant vessel sunk off the Atlantic coast. A leaky boat-no friendly wind to fill a crudely improvised Sail-and down to the last mouthful of food! But a few days ashore, and the same men shove off again.
 These men wear no uniforms. No gold braid. Just old nondescript clothes, the kind many of us send to the church rum- mage sales. They are grizzled by wind and weather, or Soiled with the grime of the boilers they stoke as their ships churn on through waters where torpedo may find the bowels of their boat at any moment There is plenty of Macarthur in these men.
 More than 100 merchant ships have been sunk by submarines off American shores since we entered the war. About half of them were American craft. Many of the ships, indeed most of them, were not even armed. Arms or no arms, when the day came for these ships to sail there were men who stepped forward to sail them. Most of us are people of the soil, and did not realize the work that these men were doing until the war brought 1t home to us. Now they are vital to all we hold dear. They maintain the life lines across remote oceans to our men on the worlds fighting fronts, carrying the tanks and planes for the men to fight with, and transporting the men them selves.
 They have seen the limbs of their com fire. They have kicked about in cold and oily sea, watching black smoke belch from the ship that was the only home they knew. There have been starving, thirsting. despaiying days in Ieaky life. boats or on frail rafts, tossed about at the mercy of storm and wave.
 But they are picked up-s0me Of them -and they tell their stories to curious Iand-folk ashore. It sounds like dream to us whose homes are reared on brick foundations. But after these geanlen get their legs back under them, they go back down to the sea that invites their spirits with a call that will not be denied. These are men who are flghlng our battles for us now. Their bold defiance Of peril is Q promise that America shall not faii.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR The all too common habit of clipping phrases by elimina- ton of an essential word ts exempIified in the expression "Rev. Smith called on us last week." Say, "The Reverend MT. tor Dr.) Smith,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D

FIFE LITTLE RUSTY KEY
 Frances Willard used to tell of . dream she had had in her youth. She seemed to be standing before
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Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac nun rises s.As .. m.; sstg T:b2. ?. ns. lwar timel. Al vehicles mnst bs lighied thirty min- ule after sunset
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2 NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
For The Merchants Another Headache Freezing:
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington GlnrnnnnnnniannA

Washington, May 5-The l.7 mil- lion retail store owners of the Uni- ted States are now busier than they ever were at big sale time, inven- tory time or income tax time, try- ing to figure how they're going to come out on this new general max imum price regulation order slapped down by Price Administrator Leon Henderson.
 The story behind the Issuance of this order is almost as interesting
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Washington Merry Round
Trouble Is Expected Enoens Full An-InotOn Progrum; Farm MOhos To Oppose Cut In Po Percentages; Ceiling Strongly Opposed But Moy Be Pushed Ihroush Vacations Are Advised To Avert Bon On Ro Travel
DREW PEAR s ON
 ROBERT 6. ALLEN

Capitol Hill expect
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c. Please describe the Army jeep

e. Please describe the Army jeep.
 A. Jeep can carry four or five passengers. They can be tipped on their sides to an angle of 65 degrees without overturning. They have six forward speeds and two reverse; in the low range speed used for heavy pulling they can go 25 miles an hour. In reverse they can travel IS miles an hour, and as high as 90 in high range intermediate. m upper high they can travel ct least 55 miles an hour and some have bettered this speed. The teeps are used chiefly as scout and recoEnais- Sance cars.
 Q. What is the sO-called "ven- geance pact"?
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Questions and Answers
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What's Your l. O.?

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22

daughter Of Bloomingburg and Hiss
Betty Case OF Dayton visited the past
week with Rev. and Mrs. Bernard
Baughn.
Mrs. Mae Bailey spent the week
end with Mrs. Ward Vert and fam
lily at Lima
Sherry Jan Zimmerman is visiting
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Amstutz
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clark and dau-
ghter Ellen visited the Rev. Edgar
Leeson and family last Sunday at the
home of DR.. Niswander at Pandora,
Mrs. Cynthia Elliott is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Schmidt and son at
Perrysburg.
The Farm Woman's club held a
guest day meeting at the Methodist
church on Thursday afternoon. Rev.
L. H. Myers of Lima was the guest
speaker. Mrs. Wade Carroll gave a
piano solo and several members of the
club presented playlet and mock
wedding, entitled "In the Nick of
Time" A girls trio, Marion Pugh
Irene Rowland and Doris Gerdeman
gave two selections. A social hour
followed and refreshments concluded
the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Arnold hao
as last Sunday dinner guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Brennaman and daught.
er Of Lima; Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Wolfe and Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Driv.
er and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Anderson anC
daughter of Bluffton and Mrs. Donald
Vanmeter were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cook.
The Farm Woman's Improvement
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-10-22

Miss Victoria Moser of Bluffton,
Urban McCarty of near Alger are
spending few days in Camp Shelby
with Pfc. Lyle McCarty who is SER
iously i'll with penumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. |. Moore, Mrs.
Leo Beagle and children of Detroit
called Friday evening at the c. b.
Klingler home.
Mrs. VIM. E. Coldiron of Detroit
is spending the week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. klingler
and. family.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. p. Hartman were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Whether of Lima.
Mrs. Sarah Oates and son, Miss
Ciarabel Owens, Mr.. and Mrs. Merle
Gallant, son Roger and daughter
Mary Jane spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Hod Murray.
Mrs. Leo Beagle and children OF
Detroit spent the week end at the
w. |. Moore home. Mrs. Daisy
Steinbrenner, Mrs. Edith Matter
Mrs. Dale Moore and daughter were
Sunday visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. p. Hartman call.
ed on Bert Teethworth at the Lima
Memorial hospital.
Pvt. Clyde Klingler of For
Bragg, N. c., is spending two
weeks furlough with his parents.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. anC
Mrs. C. f, Klingler were Mr.. ans
Mrs. J. c. Montgomery, Mrs. VIM
E. Coldiron Of Detroit Pvt. anc
Mrs. Clyde Klingler Jr., Mr.. ant
Mrs. John w. Wilkins and family Of
near Arlington, Mrs. Robert Matter
Sue Montgomery. Afternoon caller:
were Marjorie Ream and Chas. Mont.
gomery, Mr.. and Mrs FL. o. Hilty.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Hilty, Mrs
Eva Moser called at the Chas. Mont.
gomery home Monday evening.