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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

War Bonds and Stamps to the limit of our ability to provide our armed forces with the equipment in guns and tanks and ships and planes needed to win this war. Particip- ation in the program is a responsi- bility that everyone without eXcep- tion must need. The degree of our participation Is a measure of our appreciation of the heroism and sacricises of the men at the front fighting for us.
 "When your canvasser calls this week, pledge the continuation of your present program. Increase the amount of your participation if possible. But be sure that your savings program is counted in the Waterbury total"
 MT. Moran said that he has been receiving excellent coopera- tion from men and women who are acting as field generals in the drive. The sections covered by these assostants are as follows:
 Mrs. Gertrude Smith, vicinity Willow street, Cooke streets, Hill side avenue and Dwight street.
 James Culbert, Fairmount sec- ton.
 MT. and Mrs. John Littlefield. Long Hill housing project
 Miss Amy Anderson, Hamilton avenue housing project.
 Mrs. Louis Boisvert. vicinity South Main street, Washington street, Hamilton avenue, south to Pearl Lake road.
 Mrs. Harry Cashin and Mrs. Raymond Synott, Fairlawn Manor section.
 Harold Hodgdon, Mill Plain dis trict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
LENDING LIBRARY
 AIDING RED CROSS

A lending library has been estab. Iished for the benefit of the Rec Cross by employees of the invoice department of the American Brass Go.
 Pocket editions of popular booE are puchased and rented. Proceeds, which approximate s a month. are donated to the Red Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

This is the season when One should admire wild flowers for their natural beauty and not they enhance the mantIe-piece The farmer is busy from dawn to dusk making your America the worlds gran ary The forgotten art of walking is being recalled by many a man or woman who thought nothing of the trip from home to work in the antebelIum days World War D The urge to be young and fleet footed again is so strong that many Oldster retres to bed early and in pain after strenuous day of baseball with the neighbOrhOOd kids
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

Award winning role, a performance that will surely have all Waterbury and the entire nation applauding. The popular star has surpassed any thing she has done before in a brilliantly sensitive performance with deeply tragic undertones.
 And for your luther enjoyment the management will prese 1t a swingy, singy tune filled second feature Sweetheart of the Fleet" with Joan Davis and Jinx Falken- burg in featured roles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Q ANSWERS .,.
 TO WAR QUIZ At


Questions on WOman's Page
 1. Insignia is worn by air raid WardenS.
 2. Napoleon led about 400, 900 men to Moscow.
 3. Japan, Germany. Italy, Hun gary, ,Rumania, Bulgaria and the puppet states Of Albania Slovakia and Manchukuo have declared war on the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
MAY (Continued)

The month of May is swiftly passing As all things pass along We know such beauty is not lasting And very soon it will all be gone. The leaves are nearly full grown, All the lilacs are in bloom. The many seeds are being sown, And will be growing very soon. It is so very pleasant and serene, Tn the very best of all the year, We all can view this wondrous scene While sitting in the easy chair Let us take another look
 And look this very day, Before another moon has passed And once more view this pleasant May. We will not forget these splendid scenes While we pass the time away, And remember that 1t means Just another lovely May.day. Hoping in the future we again will see Another beautiful month of May.
 DANIEL GILLETTE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
COLD SHOWER

susan Hayward batbes tn a forest waterfall in Paranl0unt's Technical or epic. sThe Forest Rangers," Her previous film bath was much more conventional, ln an apartment tub in ',Xoung and Willing"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
DENTISTS DAUGHTER


 Priscilla Lane; who stars in Para mounts "Silver Queen" as a society belle of the Seventies, is the daugh' ter of dentist L. A. Mullican. Th' doctor was once offered & screei. role but turned it down for a med- ical career.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
An old legend

An old legend With the dogwood blossoms, both pink and white making the countryside gay with colors these spring days it remained for writer on the Sunday Bridgeport Post to dig up the old story about the orgn from which the cross fashioned which Jesus was to be cruced of its size and strength But this 90 distressed the dogwood that Jesus pted and made the dogwood grow senderke And to its flower he inn parted the shape of the cross in the two long and two shorter petals the tips touched with points o brown ana red to represent the nails and the blood from the SavorS
 hands and feet The center of the flower represents the crown of thorns. Examine spray of dogwood and note the legends exactneSS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

Mir and Mrs. Nicholas Grillo of Southington known to many Waterburians celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary Saturday. The former is of the states outstanding florists and is originator of several varieties of roses. . :. MT. and Mrs. Donald E. Macintosh ot Mddlebury Road Watertown have decided to christen their son of May II, William Robert Jay R. Weisel- berg of POT Plaza Avenue enlisted as private in the Ar Corps at Army Induction Headquarters in Hartford the other day. He was given an immediate furough after which he will train as an aviation air crew cadet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Good Evening.
SOME CALL IT NUTRITION

 It takes a war to Teach us how to eat, To learn the values Of beans versus meat, To add and subtract, And to multiply, And discover the merits Of wheat and rye. It takes a war to Make us realize A potato's not valued Just by its size, That it's not how much But what you cat, That keeps the old system From physical defeat. It takes war to Create a position, For the person that Majored in nutrition. It takes war to Make us fool and butter On side dishes made of peanut butter To know our onions, The carrot and the beet, To learn in short Just how to eat
 FEM. EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

Heard in passing One of our most useful, but seIdOm-seen birds is the whippOOr-will nocturnal flyer and caller who devOurs countless of insects The s. Army would like to raise the number of mules 1t uses from present 1000 up to 15OOO Contrary to belief the common ordinary mole is not the pest gardeners believe him to be. In his underground rambIings he destroys many worms and pests which are sure death to flowers and vegetables Pigs are accustomed to walIOW in mud or water not through liking for it. but because they must cool off or they would die A toad has teeth whereas frog has, e. Our Dumb Animals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

This is the town where. Lovely Margie Schrumm, petite hardresser has the customers appauding lusty in doing La Congo at of the better nocturnal hot spots. Edythe Sacco has written another hit tune, "As Far As I'm Concerned" and it looks like it's well on the way to the number position in our Hit Par ade;" Sergeant Louis Rtucci scrbbles from down under and relates things are quite on the alert They of tea every afternoon Paul Dene took exciting and nifty shots with his movie of the recent American Brass parade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
AnSlUerS To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on edi- tOrial page. l. Sydney (pOpulation 1,-
 3l1 1,O00). 2. Raymond POincare. ,. United States. 4. Maine. 5. Attorney General. 6. Kettle drum. !. True. s. Earth. 9. Lake Erie and the Hud-
 son River. 10. Williamsburg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

Morris Gest '. . The death of Morris GeSt at the age of 6l produces one more in the lights that have twinkled over Broadway for these many years The little Russian immigrant boys is over. Yes for some time now but the fame that his in theatri cal circles will live for long time. Your playov- ing pOpuIace will always remember his presentation of ssThe MiracIe", performance for which the Century Theater had to be transformed virtually into an inn mense cathedral That was during the "ROarin' Twentes. It in this same period, tOO that Gest brought from his Russia the inimitable Balieff and his troupe of performers giving hencefOrth The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" place in our music Morris Gest an impresario, very much of one His land of promise America, saw to that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

~ Good AILGhk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Major CukeIa Also Won
z Gold Medals Of Honor
BY DAMON RUNYON

disclose data on a Congressional
Medal of Honor award 10 one
Johnston and Walter A. Joyler
of BOIL Fourteenth street. Long
Island. thinks this Is because
the name was miSspelled and
that the man was Peter Johann
son. an old salt who died a
couple Of years ago in Flushing.
He says JouannSon received
the Medal Of Honor while scrv-
ing in the navy during the Span
ish-Amerlcan war for volunteer
ing to dive overheard from the
L. s. S. Maine while under fire
TO cut communication cable
under water
DUT Sy Strever, an old soldier
- Of Glendale. Long Island,
thinks the Johnston was Gordon
b. Johnston. Rough Rider. cap
tain of cavalry in the regular
army and colonel of the 18th
New York Infantry on the Mex
lean b der. who was killed
while playing polo in Texas a
few years ago.
He says Johnston was recon-
mended for the Congressional
Medal after the Cuban campaign
with a citation from Teddy
Roosevelt saying:
"a man who would charge
through hell with a bucket Of
water"
Copyright 1871 by King Features
Distributed by international News servlc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Proper Collections

IF YOU saving tin cans, tinfol blades
l war contribution stop your efforts now and concen-
trate savagng those articles that the conservation
division wants
These listed newspapers scrap metal, old
rubber and old rags
Collect them in ireproof corner and then sell them
to your junk dealer call the Salvation Army the Voun
teers of America similar agency which will pick the
discarded articles up and that they go to the proper
channels to help win the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Jobs for Detroiters

MAYOR EDWARD J. JEFFRIES JR. has asked COM
wi mon council definitely to establish the policy of
"Detf2it city jobs for Detroit residents as long as
quaiS - applicants available.
his is not only the proper attitude for Mayor Jefres
to take but is the only possible under the letter and
spirit Of the city charter.
1t evident that during the coming period there will
be shortage in for city hospitals for engineers
and craftsmen and for other types Of employees
needed during the
II is probable the condition will at times, necessate
the waving Of resident requirements by the civil service
commission which is empowered to do so when necessary
But before the civil service commission goes outside
Detroit limits for municipal employe it should first
prove to common council and to the mayor that such
step is imperative.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Holiday Production

MO LITTLE credit should go to the men in Detroit
defense industries who of their volton decided
to work New Years Day to continue unbroken the flow
of arms to army and navy
The sacrificing of this traditional holiday will mean
bombers fighting planes guns ships and shells for the
boys who doing the job for in the front lines of
battle.
These at the lathes have recognized their part
and in this act have done much to redeem any i'll will
labor may have built up the early days Of the defense
program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Your Red Cross Dollar

NOV past the halfway mark in its Detroit drive for ST.
100000 the Red Cross needs the help of 81 and So
contributors to go the top
Says Emmett F. Connely, chairman of the campaign:
1--WE might just well realize here and now that our
last million doars-f are to get il at all-must come
from the small giyer. Virtually all of the big contribu
tons in and we've got to count multitude of
smaller contributors"
Get your dollar ready. The Red Cross needs it
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Illegal Parking

n GRANT MICKLE and his traffic engineering bu-
II. reveal by exhaustive survey that of 1900
vehicles parked downtown streets average bust
ness day. between 5000 and 5000 parked illegally.
Mr.. Micke's findings satisfactorily shocking and
his long range plan to end the violations contains much
merit.
What the general public would like to know is why
the traffic bureau investigators weren't accompanied by
policemen armed with traffic tickets, handing out
each to the 5000 5000 illegal parkers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Good Advice

GAGE words Of advice recently from Dr. Lowell s.
- Selling psychiatrst of recorders court There 10
rules for constructive living. Read them and
practice them:
/. Do not talk too much
2. Do not listen to gossip
8. Do allow your emotions to be swayed by single
episodes.
4. Have faith in your experts.
s. Economic
g. Stay home
= Watch your health.
s. Recreation is necessary
g. Do not let George do it.
TO- Be alert,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
| e # ers 10
the Editor
TO TILE EDITOR.

TO THE EDITOR:
IN THE present national crisis
il is not impossible that war
hySterla may cloud sound judg-
ment as 10 what must be done
10 meet any and all eventualities
as a result OF our being In a
state of war. This letter is
prompted by the action Of all
organized veterans to offer their
services TO the city, state and
the government. 10 be utilized
in any manner that will help TO
follow this war through to a
successful conclusion,
In the organized veterans
groups will be found thousands
of men who are familiar with
war conditions, having been un-
der fire. They are not liable 10
become confused or even hyS-
terical should they again find
themselves in this condition.
Would il not be well for the
newspapers, in their desire 10
help. 10 urge those in control TO
utilize the services of these
men?
If our past experiences are TO
be of any benefit, then one Of
the important measures, IN the
opinion OF the war disabled. al
least. is the immediate erection
of hospitals
After the last World War
wounded men returned from
overseas. were put in dance
halls, abandoned buildings and
other places.
That is because this phase OF
war was completely neglected.
How much more necessary is
il now that modern warfare Gre
ateS more casualties among the
civilians than il does among the
soldiers themselves ?
If Detroit were suddenly at
tackled our hospital facilities
would be inadequate 10 take
care Of thousands Of injured
Statistics published by the
Veterans Administration show
that we have 81 government
hospitals in the United States,
occupied al the moment by some
$4,000 veterans from the last
World War
The Dearborn facility has on
It's waiting list more than 200
Why not appoint a qualified
committee 10 study this alLim-
portant measure and arrange
for proper hospital facilities out
side the immediate metropolitan
arca7
Detroit has been described as
the arsenal Of democracy" and
certainly would be one Of the
first aerial detectives should an
enemy suicide squad elect 10
cripple or even destroy our mu-
milton plants.
There are in Detroit about
10000 organized veterans, all Of
whom have pledged their serv-
ices.
There also are about 40 organ
nations in Detroit made up of
patriotic men and women not
directly connected with the last
World War but who also are
anxious 10 serve.
They have had experience i'm
caring for the wounded and car
rying on other valuable services.
This information. if properly
spread, might relieve many OF
our citizens Of a fear that De-
troit is lacking in trained per-
sonnet 10 take care of any emer-
gencies.
MICHAEL A. WHALEN,
Secretary.
Allied Veterans Council, Inc,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02

ONE Of these days we must
" visit the war department in
Washington and get ourSelf
Strengthened out on the Con-
gressional NJ @ d a ! of Honor
awards. We mean the gold
Congressional Medal of Honor.
the highest American award for
valor in the line of duty and
beyond ~
There have been other con-
greSSiOnal medals for dlStln-
guiShed army and navy service,
among them the bronze Philip
pines Congressional Medal. and
we think some of our readers
are confusing them with the
gold medal.
Not long ago we published a
list of II names of persons who
had twice been awarded the
gold medal, this list being fur
niShed by Robert ID. Shank from
the records. Since then we have
received letters from readers
claiming other two-timc winners.
and i'm most cases we think the
readers are wrong.
We think they have been mis-
led by the title Congressional
Medal and have not bothered 10
look up the exact nature of the
medal There IS only one gold
Congressional Medal of Honor.
HOWEVER. it would appear
IL that in one case of omission
on our part, a number of our
readers are right. We failed 10
mention the name of Louis
Cukcla of the United States
Marine Corps as a two-time
gold Congressional Medal of
Honor man. the same as the
late Sgt. Dan DAILY and the late
Maj. Smedley Butler Of the
marine corps.
Cukela was a sergeant in the
marines in the World War and
is now a major doing duty with
the marines at the naval operat-
ing base in Norfolk.
Sgt. William +. Willett Of the
marine corps, who is stationed
at Mare Island, Cal, quotes
from the register of commits
stoned and warrant officers of
the United States Navy and
Marine Corps dated July !.
1910. on this point
Cukela at that time was on
the retired list and alongside his
name in the register is "A p"
the "a standing for awarded
medal of honor" and the - for
twice decorated, which ought to
settle that one.
Sgt Walter J. IIildebrandt.
also Of the marines. gives us
list of Major Cukela's decora-
tons and sends along a faded
newspaper clipping showing the
major in his bemedaled glory.
He has enough hardware on
his manly chest to ballast
liner. Besides his medals of
honor, Major Cukela is holder
Of the L gion of Honor. the
Medaille Militaire. the Croix de
Guerre, with three palms and
Silver Star and the Cross of
Merit of Italy
LIE HAS the Victory Medal
III of the United States. the
Silver Star Of the army. the
Yangtze Medal. five American
EXpeditionary Medals and the
Royal Crown of JugoSlaVia.
The major is a native of
Serbia II would appear from
the above list that ne is one of
the most decorated mon ever in
4 the service Of the United States
though of course General PERISH
ing tops them all on awards
/ from other nations.
Mr.. Shanks relates that the
war department records fan 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
BAERlNG DOWN ON TIE NEWS:
HOW About H.?
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

BY ARTHUR "BJGS" BAER
Something mysterious in the war last month
that didn't quite understand.
We're fighting everybody that Russia is fighting but
Russia isn't fighting everybody were fighting.
That doesn't any more sense than half the
alphabet.
But that's me way it and if that's strategy you
can make vanilla.
The fact TIA, no. UNDERSTAND doesn't make it
wrong But where raised if gov got a time at the
bat you had 10 take a time in the field
ps.esa,e - It.sra4ossi ssrv.,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
Jan. 2, 1871

Shipyards and factories of
Bremen are heavily bombed by
Raj planes.
Unidentified aircraft drop
bombs on Dublin and other parts
Of Ireland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
% YEARS AGO TO-DAY
Jon. 2. 1917

Allies report they captured
$4,000 prisoners during the war
last year.
Germans make strong attacks
against the British near Yer.
melles and Tyres, but arc re-
pulsed.
RumanianS gain ground along
the Kasino River section near
the hungarian frontier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-20
BEST CROP PRODUCTION CALLS
FOR MORE LIME

Maryland farmers use less than
half as much lime as is needed for
best and most economical crop pro-
duction, according to DR.. w. B.
Kemp, head of the agronomy de-
partment at the University of
Maryland.
Dr. Kemp says that it is possible
to know the approximate lime needs
of soils in the State from the thous-
ands Of soil samples sent in each
year for test. A study of the results
Of such tests, he states, shows that
more than 100000 tons of ground
limestone each year would have to
be applied to the soils of the State
to keep them in condition for high
est crop production.
A total of 1881 tons of lime in
various forms was sold in Maryland
in 1910, according to records of the
State Inspection and Regulatory
Service, DR.. Kemp says. When con-
verted to an equivalent in ground
stone, that represents 10000 tons,
or 100000 tons less than the AGO.
900 tons needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-20
MARYLAND TUBERCULOSIS
CLINICS

1000 more patients were exam
ined in the diagnostic clinics of the
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
during 1941 than in the previous
year, it was announced at the As
sociation's headquarters today. Also,
in 1941 80 additional clinics were
held.
These free clinics are held in all
of the counties of Maryland by the
Maryland tuberculosis Association
in cooperation with the State De-
partment of Health and in every
county. with the exception of four,
there was at least one clinic per
month 'ef
During the year there were a
total of $50 clinics in which 1902
patients were examined OF the tot
al number of patients, 5000 were
white while 1,942 were Negroes.
Tabulation shows nine clinics held
in Cecil county, and 235 patients
examined; 218 white, II colored.
OF the patients that attended the
clinics, 353 were advised to have
SaHatOrlum care, OF winch ZZ9 were
white and 124 colored
On releasing this report, William
B. Matthews, Managing Director of
the Association, expressed much sat
isfaction by saying, when the As
ISOLATION started free tuberculosis
clinics in 1923, no one dreamed
that they would grow in such large
numbers. Even in the last ten years
we find rapid growth for in 1881
we held 219 clinics which were at
tended by 1907 patients. Therefore,
in the last ten years, we were able
to give the citizens 1873 more clinics
and the number of patients exam
ined has been doubled.
by large numbers being exam
ined in our clinics, the death rate
can not help but be affected favor
ably as the more early tuberculosis
we find the quicker the cure and
fewer deaths from the white
plague.