The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

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 hand pump organ in his hometown church. In the goofy POS, the Guild flourished. Il held meetings any place and any time two or more members got to- gether. and 1t made a show of sev- eral real national conventions. Like all conventions, the Guild had no pass resolutions and do things off, cially. So finally there emerged a Guild Purpose. It was "The preser- vation of cast-iron animal life in America"
 Well, this business of Walt Dis ney's donating his cast-iron deer to be melted up into howitzers, bombs and high explosive shells just about wrecks the motto of the G. O. F. P. O. F., and there seems to be nothing that can be done about 1t. Early in the war, Chet Shafer of Three Rivers, Mich, who Is the present Grand Diapason of the Guild, wrote a letter to President Roosevelt, pledging the organiza- tion's loyalty and offering to be of service. But for some reason or other the White House chose to ignore the communication.
 TYPED
 A New York department store re- gently wrote into the Army, asking for the loan of a typewriter that had been through the war. What the store wanted was something that looked pretty well shot-up to put in the window to encourage people to turn in their surplus typewriters for government use. In the Services of Supply headquarters there was finally found battered old portable which was just what was ordered. Maj. Karl Detzer, who used to write pieces for the magazines be- fore he became public relations officer for the s. O. s. and ghost writer of speeches for generals, thereupon sat down and ghosted the poor little typewriters auto- biography. It read like this:
 T am an Army typewriter.
 T have been to war on five con- tinents and above the seven seas.
 Last year, abroad a plane of the Ferry Command, Army Air Forces, I flew the Atlantic to England. I have heard the sirens cry their warning of a London air raid. I was in Moscow when the Nazi army was pounding at the gates.
 T have done duty at Cairo and have flown over the African desert front. I have pounded out orders in India. served with General Mac Arthur's forces in Australia.
 T have flown home across the Pacific and across thee continent.
 There's still some fight left in me-"
 GASSED
 There is one spot in the eastern seaboard which has had plenty of gasoline all summer, and practically no takers. That is the Shenandoah National Park, over in Virginia. the Shenandoah resort has had almost the heaviest attendance of all national parks ever since the famous Skyline Drive was opened, this year the number of people who have made this two or three-hour drive from Washington has been re- duced to practically nothing. There were several government concession gas stations along the picturesque route, and at the beginning of the gas rationing period, deliveries to these stations were cut 50 per cent. It was way too much with the tourist trade missing, so most of the station operators have thrown up their concessions.
 This same thing has happened, with notifications, at practically every one of the national parks in the country, even in areas where there has vbeen no gas rationing. People haven't been taking vaca- tions and they've been saving their tires. Bus line operators, hotel camp operators and other park conces- sionaires have taken a terrible beat ing.
 BOTTLED
 The Puerto Rican sugar industry which has been battling Gov. Rex Tugwell al lover the island and back to Washington has a new reason for warfare. Puerto Rico has surplus of sugar and a shortage of food, and the business interests of the island want those commodities given prior ity on the few boats which do make the trip to and from the States.
 But Governor Tugwell wants Puerto Rican rum given some con- sideration on shipping priorities. moving the empty bottles and cases from the mainland to the island, and bringing them back full. The reason is that all the tax receipts derived from the sale of the rum go back to the island treasury For the year ending last June 30. that rum revenue on Is million cases ex- ported to the United States amount ed to around $20 million. The Tug well administration needs that money to carry on It's program of reforms, says the Puerto Rican Trade Council, which is waiting for 6 showdown on whether the island government decides to ship the rum, or to ship the sugar to relieve U s. rationing, and curtail the rum shipments, even though that means a sad shrinking of the islands