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Evening star., 1942-01-14
Take Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

That the word BADE (past tense
OF BID is not pronounced to rhyme
with made, paid, trade will sur
prise many readers. I am sure The
dictionaries show but one pronun-
ciation-the owrd bade should rhyme
with cad, fad, sad.
Be sure to say: bad.
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World War.
oxygen from compressed air. One
day they stayed down four hours.
Submarines were employed by
the Confederates during the Amer
lean Civil War. One of them sank
q Union vessel.
The submarine did not mean
much to the general public until
the first World War. In that war
it grew famous, or perhaps we
might say Infamous"
Germany had copied the plan of
the submarine, and had made 1t
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There Is No HOST
in HOSTAGE

In HOSTAGE, the first syllable
should not rhyme with boast. coast
roast. 1t should have the "ah'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

fortunes. The people coucurred. Now we have action, we hope
 Thanks to the l1ard-boiled realism Of the Baruch Committee, which put an end to months of floundering in the field of rubber, we have been promised not only nationwide gasoline rationing but also other steps to help relieve the rubber shortage. Within a limited field, on what might be considered a test basis, Manpower Commissioner McNutt and Draft Director Hershey are trying out the freezing of small but important group of war producers, the copper miners.
 But what of the draft? Every days story is a little different than the day before's. The President has given no word about the 1S-19-year- and majority congressional leaders can't move until they get instructions. CongresSmen are fighting about how much above parity they should fix the ceiling on farm prices A wholly inadequate tax bill is be- ing drafted.
 There Is talk, to be sure. But with the possible exception of rubber and fuel oil, there is not one of the dynamite" problems on which the taxpaying, voting public need fear that 1t will be pricked painfully before election. After election we shall feel the accumulated weight of all the delay, all the half-measures, all the evaSions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

It's rather discouraging to read the es- inmates advanced by the American Insti- ute of Public Opinion which indicate that only 3O,0O0,O00 eligible citizens will go to the polls this November. This is in contrast to a 5OO0O,O0O vote recorded in November of 194O, presidential election year. While that figure wasn't expected to be reached in this, an off-year cleo tion, still it was conceivable that 1t would run higher than three-fifths of the 1922 figure. Elector apathy this year can cer- tainly be blamed on the war. Oddly enough war ought to kindle interest in public affairs and make people want to get to the polls and express their opln- ion. True there1l be thousands of soldier votes unrecorded, but there's a good ex- planation for them, whereas there isn't for the thousands of stay-at-homes who'll offer the excuse that their work prevented them from getting to the polls. In most communities where polls are open twelve hours from 6 a. m. to p. m. that's an alibi, not an excuse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Press Comment
FOR 1s5,OoO WAR DOGS
(NeW York sunl

(New York Sun)
 We have the WAACS, the WAVES the WAFCS: there was lately form- ed canine contingent named with humorous aptness the WAAGS. The members act as sentries in the Army, the Navy and the Coast Guard, for their highly developed senses of hearing and smell make them superior to human sentries in detecting an enemy approach.
 Japan and Germany together em- ploy 100000 dogs in war work, and our Russian ally has 50.000. Mrs. Marvin Preston, president of the Westchester County Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, who is urging WestcheSter residents to donate their canine pets to the armed forces, holds that this coun- try should train at least 125, 900 dogs She estimates that 5000 of the so, 1000 dogs in WestcheSter can quail fly. The requirements are good health, minimum height of eighteen inches and age of one to five years. Dogs of mixed breed as well as thor oughbreds are acceptable.
 For months the animals have been recruited through a civilian agency called Dogs for Defense, and are sent for training to several depots. Doberman pinschers, Shetland and German shepherds are especially suitable because of their combine ton of strength and alterness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Results Are What Count

Recently, out of the vast SilenceS that have been enfolding Washington, there has come burst of activity concerning those war problems which were very hush-hlsl = the ones which were sup posed to be political dynamite and best Ignored until after November. Therefore, from the optimiSts and from that vocif- erous little group which considers any criticism of war administration to be the equivalent of high treason, arises storm of abuse of us who have berated Wash ington for subordinating the conduct of the war to it's own political fortunes.
 no this, just for the record, there are excel1ent answers. The allegation of political cowardice was not based upon mere inference as to why these unpleas- snt but urgent jobs were being delayed. Whnt logic said had to be the reason, Hcliiirians, off the record, conceded was ne reason.
 me desire was to wait until after cleo Ntn before taking any chance on such
 aters as nationwide gasoline ration .r3. fuel rationing, draft of the 1e-10-
 fsolds. wage and farm price ceilings, # Ireezing of war labor in Jobs. But the .s6s1re was too great. Hitler wouldn't
 t {of the boys to get reelected, News
 SsIz urEed pcrsua1iRtly that the war
 utfe important inan politicians
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without meetlng CempCauon, we would never develop any moral vigor.
 But the Bible makes it plain that God never allows us to be tempted beyond our ability to resist. St. Paul, in Romans lO:1S, tells us that with the temptation, God will make also the way of escape that we may be able to endure it. When some temptation cverwhelIns us, there fore, it is either because we have not resisted it with all our powers or because we have exposed oilr- selves t0 a temptation God never Intended us to encounter. The temptations we seek out ia our own perversily are sometimes beyond our powers to overcome. when we find ourselves in their tolls, ik Is then that we need to ery cut especially for the grace of God to do for as what Wo cannot do for ourselves.
 And ln the Qod~sent temptations also do Ne need grace 70 endure But wo can be nuKe that lf cod sends the temptation, Nc does % only tlat we fley grew elrong tn our FealAsanee q it He VIII open lp nlso fhs wty of escape
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

Well. you better learn to drive all over again. MT. Speeder. If you exceed 35- mile speed limit from now on you're go- ing to run counter to the law which will have additional weight of war implica- tions Connecticut in line with other states throughout the nation is going on a 35-nile speed limit for the duration And who knows what lessons learned by the effects of this war on our daily lives we'll be continuing in the future. At any rate the 35-mile limit is good one, so lar as the life of the car, its tires, and gaso- line conservation are concerned. Ano above all these it's going to mean tre- mendous drop in automobile fatantles, the fip1lres for which are already most encouraging compared to those of just a year ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Rubber Czar

Appointment of William M. Jeffers as rubber administrator will be judged by his accomplishment. There are those who feel that somebody familiar with the rubber business should have been se- lected. But there is strong counter argument. The rubber shortage has been so befuddled for so long that outsiders had to be called in to assure the public that crisis actually existed.
 Much has been made of the fact that most of those who did run the govern ment's rubber agencies were graduates of the Big Four in the industry. Per hapS it was best to get somebody against whom no possible suspicion could be cast on that score.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Military Idiots"

We can imagine the choice remarks be- ing made about Herr Adolf Hitler throughout the military world today. His remarks yesterday in Berlin were typ ically Nazi, but his choice of the expreS- sion = military idiots"--was, from a newspaper publicity viewpoint, real copy. Hitler was talking about the second front" when he unloosed this verbal bar rage. He said that if the enemy had any degree of military genius he imght have some idea where the second front would come, but inasmuch as military idiots" led the opposing forces he confessed be- wilderment
 All of which means nothing more nor less than Hitler and his aides are wor- ried, probably scared, about the allied second front in Europe. And that shows that there has been some good Strate- gy employed by the allied forces in plan ming and causing discussion of second front. So long as the enemy is confused, bewildered, puzzled, and uncertain where the next attack will come from there can be no concentration of men and materials to meet it. Maybe the term, military idiots" will smart, but when the sound and fury" dies there'n be the cold realiza- tion that progress is being made Ill Eu- ropes war of nerves.
 \ Other than to get off this quip and tell what a wonderful year it has been for the Germans Hitler failed to impress in open ing the winter war relief drive in Ger many. We hope he sounded more con vincing to the folks at home. Maybe they can't recall the grandiose promises Of year ago about Russia's annihilation In SfHA2. Well, any good American politician could have told Hitler that the guy who doesn't make good on his promises IS soon relegated to back seat. The Ger man might isn't crushed yet, but judging by the tenor of it's leaders remarks It IS badly cracked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Making It Harder

Democrats of Waterbury continue to make it a bit harder for their opponents to beat them at the polls in November. Some weeks ago the incumbent members of the House of the Legislature were re- nominated Daniel J. Mahaney and Jonn A. Membrino. Recently Judge Patrick Healey was renominated. Last night Senator Michael V. Blansfield was re- nominated and Atty. John Tobin was named for the first time.
 The roster of local candidates ln the 1922 election picture is now complete. Republicans have yet to complete ther slate. It is safe to say they will give con- siderable thought to the job of picking candidates to run against these tried and-true Democrats whose vote-gettlng ability has been proved in the past and not found at all wanting. If you go back for enough you can discover that Atty. robin represented the city at Hartford Tn a day before complete Democratic dom- nation had been achieved.
 However, the Democratic candidates do not seek reimbursement on the basis of just what has gone before. They are natur- allv proud of their records, but they are conscious of the fact that as Democrats they can perform great service for the city in their respective offices. In view or this The Democrat has no hesitation in urging Waterbury voters to support them. But Waterbury voters, regardless of whom they vote for, should vote in this forth- coming election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

tin deposits for years, knew their extent and quality to the last ''t", and there was no use vast ing more time with Vogelsang's pussyfooting survey.
 Nelson has such myriad war moves under his far-flung depart ment that he cannot keep his fin gers on all of them. And he has not yet cleaned out the dead- wood which delays things. But when the gold question finally got to his desk he decided to close the gold mines of the nation.
 NOTE v Wendell Lund, direc- tor of WIPES Labor Production Division, also had been urging that gold mines be closed to di- vert gold miners to copper min- ing. But he was opposed by Wilbur Nelson, head of WIPES mining section and by Senator Ed Johnson from the gold-mining state of Colorado.
 (Copyrgiht, 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Inc9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

1. The national official language of the Philippine Islands is Spai1- ish, English or Malaya1l dialect7
 8. Name the man who gave the warning that enemy aircraft were approaching Pearl Harbor on De- cember ?, 1941. W :.
 3. Approximately how much was the weekly pay increase recently granted to men in the British arm. ed forces below commissioned ranks?
 {. In his recent lend-lease report to Congress, what percent of lend- lease assistance did President Roosevelt say was going to Great Britain and what percent to Soviet Russia?
 s. Which. state is represented in the U. s. Senate by Senator Wall lace II. White, Jr.?
 6. The names of eight states be- gin with the letter M: name them.
 '. Congressmen must be Ameri- can-born: true or false?
 8. Who wrote "Oh, East Is East and West Is West, and never the twain shall meet? ~
 9. John Wesley was the founder Of the Episcopal. Baptist or Methodist religious denominations7
 10. Which Central American country owns the Isia de Cocos3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

4xOGA0O 0VN4 4OVGk4 A(0s
 Babcock has been proclaiming his support of the President from the housetops ever since Pearl Har- bor, though he was this and that way before.
 However, his latest escapade didn't surprise the President.
 Roosevelt summed up his opinion of the coop leader in cogent terms during 8 conference several weeks ago with Jim Pat ton able president of the Ma tional Farmers Union, Secretary of Agriculture Wickard and Gard ned Jackson, one of RooSevelt'S agricultural advisers.
 At that time the appointment of an economic czar was being considered and the President told his visitors that if the new of- flee was set up, he would name an advisory council composed of two farm spokesmen, two from labor and two from business.
 ''Whom do you think I ought AWkyUhAAt 64S eAkV ADAA ARA ANR reSentatives?" he asked.
 '"That's easy, MT. President" spoke up Jackson. "One of the two men you should name is right here-Jim Patton. The other should be H. E. BabcOck."
 Have you been taken in by MT. Babcock, Gardner?" asked the President with grin.
 ooh, he's all right" assured Jackson. Hes coming over to our side. Isn't that right, Jim?" Patton nodded his assent.
 'T betcha I betcha," unused the President, with 8 dubious smile.
 NOTE - The President said nothing more, but later his visi- tors found that some years before,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Selected Poem
DIGGING POTATOES

Qnez George Gridley in the New York Times) The boy is barefooted in crisp frosty weather; He's digging potatoes and filling a sack.
 He sraightens to watch the wild geese In formation His spotted old hound waiting close at his back. The naples are burning on fence row and hilltop So briefly regretting that Summer must go The pheasants are strutting across the brown
 meadows
 And black crows in chorus are chanting their woe rake names haif forgotten that come back un-
 bldden.
 when hs IS man grown, some time with . start Tine boy will remember this moment in childhood, The earth on his feet and the song in his heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

Down in New York City one day ot campaigning produce offers of 2,S0O type writers needed for the Army and Navy. A total of 5000 has been asked. The of- ficials will even buy your machine from YOU if it meets the requirements and you don't want to donate it for the duration: But the machines are needed and every one ought to help out in the drive to pro- cure them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

when ne was raising caCCle AC Hyde Park, Babcock, as repreSen- tative of the Farmers Coopera- tives, had turned him around on 8 cattle deal.
 BABCOCK'S LOBBY WAR
 The White House conversation in which Babcock was proposed as one of the economic czarS was held in early August. Apparently, the President knew what he was talking about. One month later, Babcock sent a telegram to farm leaders urging them to come to Washington immediately and fight the Presidents anti-inflation bill tooth and nail.
 President RoOseVelt'S Labor Day message sets up a legisla- tive situation the seriousness of
 which never before has been faced by American agriculture" BabcOck wired the farmers.
 'I urge you not to minimize the seriousness of the present situation, not t0 let the expense or usual duties influence your !, response to this wire. This is war;"
 It was. Tn fact, 1t was the most effective lobbying war Washing ton has seen in years-thanks in large part to Rooseyelts' old friend, Ed Babcock.
 CENSORED ENGAGEMENTS
 The War Department won't con- firm it, but it's probably true that the most elaborate specifications in the long list of U. s. military garments are those describing the measure, shape, and quality of brassieres for the ladies of the WAACS.
 The War Department has de- creed there shall be no publicity about undergarments for the WAACS. Jim Miller, an ex- newsman who writes press stories for the Quartermaster Corps, pre- pared a story with all the details about brassieres, bloomers, slips and foundation garments for the WAACS, but just as it was about to be released the Department ordered kill.
 From official sources, at least, this is one story which will never be told.
 BATTLE OF GOLD MINES
 Behind Donald Nelson,s plans to close the gold mines of the na- ton was a backstage argument with Secretary Ickes who long as- serted that 1t was foolish to mine more gold only to bury It in the ground at Fort Knox.
 Ickes and his Bureau of Mines proposed early last summer to use gold mining labor and machinery for the production of much needed tin and copper.
 Among other things he proposed that the Komestake Mine in the Black Hills. one of the largest in the United Staets, be closed and it's machinery moved twenty miles to an important tin de- posit.
 While the United States does not have tin deposits of high- grade ore, 1t does have tin which can be mined profitably in war; time. And with cargoes Of Bolivian tin being sunk In the Caribbean, it was vital to open tin production inside the United States.
 However, when thls was pro- posed to Y. VogeIsang, chief es WIPES Tin and Lend branch, he acted just as llesuxely aa he dld before Pearl KxarboE, when ha stalled for mlasitha bG&ore oknylng an American tin ulneIteF ln the United HtaieH. EceeiSRng tried io stall aekes by saying that he was having hla tit specialist explore and gasnHsH tho tin aeDeslls.
 40 this ycies Wrete a hot Isl~ Ger tn Donald NeieQn, e1kInf n'nl whether er not ha HFeNl'Y NAHstt kn no1 lIn cat fast Ana lM EalN4 Hianf.aI HnnnifIftsH leKtE quo painted 1nt ilAat Me MslEQAN ai Mines n11 tern al1a<ID1 N' ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

e. Have the United Service or ganizations any units in Iceland4
 A. No.
 o. Please name the pictures in which Victor Mature appeared be- fore joining the Coast Guard.
 A. "The Housekeeper,s Daugh- ter" 100000 B. o." Captain Cau- tion," No, No, Nanette," T Wake Up Screaming" (also shown under the title of 'Hot SpotD, '"The Shanghai Gesture" "Song of the Islands," My Gal Sal" and Foot- light Serenade."
 @. Describe the different types of Army pursuit planes. A
 A. They include interceptors-- very fast, maneuverable and capable of climbing almost vertically; sine gle place fighters planes with q short span and length, maneuver- able, and used for escort and patrol in addition to ordinary pursuit mis- sions: and multi-place fighters. us- ually bi-motored, larger and heav- fer than the other types, used for escort and patrol duty.
 @. If property is held in joint title by husband and wife, can the children claim any part of it in the event of the death of one of the parents?
 A. Title to the property passes to the surviving spouse who can diss pose of 1t as he or she desires.
 e. What are the mineral srali@ uleS on the surface of composition roofing?
 A. It is surfaced on the weather side with mineral granuleS, usually slate or sand, and sometimes mica or tale. The underside is generally dusted with mica or soapstone.
 @. Who played the role of Billy Harrison" in "Call Out the Ma. rines"?
 A. Robert Smith.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
True Words

Never, since Philip Murray attained the limelight, has he spoken truer words than he addressed to the Canadian Con- gress of Labor the other day, urging against strikes calculated to injure your country" "They will only injure your families and your unions," he added. If that generalization could be applied by American Labor in every specific dispute, the cause of unionism would benefit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Current Comment

If I did not think the soviets would win I would not be . gen- eral.
 .-~Mator General Alexander L..
 Belyadv, chief og Soviet
 Purchasing Commission in the
 Q. 6.
 My left hand was hurting like holl. Look at t. its swsiIed ID Ike q poisoned pup. The ola banee can't take lt any more. 6nb4 Ruth. after hitting exhibition lii N4R XQEk xnnAea Waf aen@iIs same.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Current Comment

In industry labor should eliminate the racketeer so that there will be an end to disturbance and strife while we and the peoples of our allied countries are fighting to pre- serve fundamental principles of life and liberty. = Judge Charles !. MoNamee. Ohio jurist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

That is. God so orders the path
 way of our lives that we are re-
 quired to en- counter certain temptations, the over coming of W h ic h W ill strengthen our characters. If we were to go through 1 f 6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01

tories and the other essential industries = so m q n y festric- tipns have been placed on local d F a f | boards that before long there must be considered the question of where will they find n1anpower to i'll up the ex- banding ranks of the Army.
 T h e present
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
TopAY,s CoNrnaoN ERRoR

When the prepOsitiOn-c clauses as to, in regard tO, in respect
 to, govern clauses, they should not be made to gOv- ern a substantive within the clause. Wrong "A dispute arose as to whom the honor should belong" Right: ~as t0 who should receive tho honor"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION"

Many people are mystified by the petition in the Lords Prayer. Lead us not into temptation" Tn great perplexity they ask. Docs God ever lead anyone into temptation?
 The answer must of course be Yes.