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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

last war, but II must be con.
SpicuOuS to anyone"
McNarney remarked that the
Army was interested chiefly in
getting men "wh0 can fight"
whether their shoes are always
polished or not. But Thomas
stuck to his point.
cas- a former Army captain
who fought In the front line
trenches in France" said the
New Jersey Congressman, II
contend that the way an officer
dresses is important. Little
things like that reflect the dis
cipline he is getting from higher
up-and we can't win this war
without discipline"
McNarney promised to take the
matter up with the Inspector
Generals office.
MAIL BAG
G. A., Charleston, w. Va.-If q
member Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives enlists in the service he
must sacrifice his salary and re-
ceive only the pay Of a soldier. /.
HI. w. c., TexaS-It Is true that
the United states Is paying the
expenses Of Axis diplomats main
tanned at resort hotels in Vir-
ginia. West virginia, and North
Carolina. Rut our diplomats in
Germany, italy and Japan are
being maintained in comparable
living quarters at the expense OF
those governments. 1t Is a re-
ciprocal arrangements. NJ. s.,
Portland, Ore.-The Administers
ton will not oppose the re-elec-
ton Of Senator Charles McNary,
astute, veteran Republican Floor
Leader. The President has warm
personal regard for him and con-
suits McNary frequently. w.
C. b., BczenAan, Manifestation
list Representative James F.
O'Connor voted against fortify-
ing Guam. Former Representa-
tive Jacob Thorkelson, although
a violent foe of the President,
voted for IL. O'Connor's friend.
Senator Burt Wheeler Is reported
to be urging him to run against
New Deal Senator Jim Murray.
Copyright, 1912, by United Fea-
.ture Syndicate, Incl
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Now under White House consid-
Grafton Is a plan to take away
from Jones the control of three
war finance. agencies and transfer
them to the Board of Economic
Warfare, headed by Vice Presi-
dent wallace and hard hitting
Milo Perkins. In addition to the
Export-Import Bank, which The
Merry Co Round previously re-
ported might be transferred, the
agencies are the Defense Supplies
Corporation and the Metals Re-
serve Company.
In urging this shift, war chiefs
have pointed out to the President
that while BEW is entrusted with
the job of waging aggressive eco
nomtc warfare against the Axis,
the chief instrumentalities for
conducting this fight are not I'M
der BEW control. This situation,
1t is held, Is comparable to the
General STAFF undertaking cam
palgn with the army run by the
State Department.
Another argument being
stressed for the plan Is Jones
banker mindedness.
1t is commended that as Federal
Loan Administrator, Jones pri-
mary concern IS ensuring the re-
payment Of government loans.
But with the country at war this
consideration, 1t Is held, is Of Sec
ondary Importance. If 1t Is nee
essary to take financial risks to
ensure victory, then they must be
taken.
Inner circlers claim that the
BEW Is hampered in its crucial
economic operations against the
Axis because Of lack Of direct
access to the financial resources
Of the three agencies controlled
by Jones. It Is asserted that
with these agencies directly un-
der REW authority, their eff
fectiveness would be enormous
" increased.
NOTE: Friends of Jones indig-
nantly deny that he had any
thing to do with Representative
Martin Dies surprise attack on
BEW, accusing IS Of its employees,
IS Of them unnamed, of being
leftwingers. Dies issued his blast
without either the knowledge or
approval of the other members Of
his committee. Because he is a
fellow Texan and on close terms
with Dies, some Administration
ties have charged Jones with hav.
ing an undercover hand in the
attack in order To block the three
agencies from being shifted to
BEW.
MERRY. GO-ROUND
To information seeking report
ers, publicity mogulS Of the War
Production Board admit that the
public has right to know the
salaries of WPB offlcials and
then turn around and under cover
do everything in their power to
keep the newsmen from getting
the figures they are after.
Fog-horn voiced Representative
John Rankin Of Miss, a noisy foe
OF "Wall Street." has a secretary
named Bonds Stocks. Viii
liam j. Elliott, head of the WPB
shipping priorities section, Is o
former Harvard professor who
acts In his ONCE as If he were
instructing a reform school class.
:. Arthur E. ("Gus'1 Cook, hard
working engineer Of the Capitol,
is one man who takes blackout
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tests seriously. At a recent one
he stayed UP all night to make
sure that 1t was success on Capt.
toll Hill.
TIN IN BRAZIL
The State Department received
a cable from the U. S. Embassy
in Rio de Janeiro recently, re-
porting the discovery of impor-
tant new tin deposits in Brazil.
Ordinarily a subject of this sort
would be reported by a routine
mail dispatch, but this discovery
was urgent enough to be cabled,
marked for the special attention
of Will Clayton, head of Defense
Supplies.
The new tin resources are found
in the state of Rio Grande do
Sui, and have been inspected, at
the request of the U. S. Embassy,
by a U. s. mining engineer, Mr..
Samuel Weis, of South Milwau-
kee, Wis.
Since the conquest of Malaga,
Bolivia has been sending us some
ore, but it is of low grade, and
cannot begin to meet our require
ments.
POLISHED SOLDIERS
Major General Joseph T. Nc
Narney, able young Deputy Chief
of Staff in the Ariny's new
''streamlined" high command, gave
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee detailed report on how
the new set-up will function.
In return, McNarney, who testi-
fed behind closed doors, got
some pointed tips from the COM
mittee on "streamlining" the per-
sonal appearance Of Army officers
in the Capital.
Republican Representative ].
Parnell Thomas of New Jersey
and others commented sharply on
the "unsoltlierly dress" of many
officers who appear in public
places.
"The privates look all right,
hut there's not enough uniform
ity In the officers attire" COM
planned Thomas. "They wear
long coats, short coats, rain
coats and trench coats. Also
their shoes are not Away pol
ished. I notice such things be-
cause was an officer In the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

While you won't get much of chance
to ride along the Atlantic seacoast this
summer, still if you did sail down from
PASSPORT, Maine, to Long Island, you'd
probably find all the familiar lights to
which coastal vessels have become &C
custorned of recent years missing.
ThereIl be no lights along the coasts OF
Maine, Massachusetts,, and Rhode Island.
AS a matter of fact this blackout will
cover the entire Atlantic seaboard from
Maine to Florida. There may be shore
lights, but none of them will face the
ocean. If possible any signals to lurking
subs will be completely darkened. SO
complete is to be the black-out that any
one offshore might think the country
uninhabited.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

Last Saturday the Navy reported that
one of its submarines was month over
due at it's base in the Java Sea. This
means but one thing. It's hard to read
about our American boys dying on for
eign battlef1elds, in flaming planes or 60
ing down with burning vessels, but to us
the submarine death is far worse than
any. It brings home the positive truth
that wars are tragic reminders OF mans
everlasting weakness.
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meant that the Illustration which
impedes US more often arises from
some lack within our own natures
than 1t does from an obstinate cir
cumstance planted athwart our
pathway.
One of the basic teachings Of
Christ was that man must for
sake himself before he can ind
happiness. People are sometimes
willing to give up practically every
thing they own in order to gain the
deep things Of the spirit, yet fail
to get these deep things because they
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13
In Today's Mail

Searchlight Unit on the east coast
OF Scotland. who wrote, 1T Is such
comfort to know that one can
turn to such an organization as
yours, 1t would rejoice your heart
to see the queue after Mass, watt
ing to receive the books you sent
u.s.; and last but not least, the
child who wrote, my Mummy asks
me to pray hard for all American
peoples" --these are the heart
warming things that make the work
worth while, and we simply cannot
disappoint theml
Besides building up the children's
and young peoples bodies, you can
help to strengthen their souls as
well, SO that they will be better
equipped to face the day when they
win have to cope with the super
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

A. He received his commission In
the Army Of the United States and
not in the Regular Army, and con-
sequently Is not eligible. :
q. Of the forty or more thousand
persons killed IN motor vehicle &C"
cidents in 1871, how many deaths
were due to reckless driving?
A. It was estimated that approx
imately $1,000, or two out OF three'
died because Of some reckless o. lie
! legal action on the part OF the drive
err.
q. Is the masculine name TeyO
renee derived from that OF the Bo~
man comedy writer?
A. It is IriSh and means . taU
tower, and shortened to Terry. The
Roman writer's name 10 spelled Tes
renee.
O. Which musical selections were
played at the funeral Of Ignace Jan
Paderewslki2
A. His favorite hymn, "0od, Who
for Years Hast Given Thy Protec-
tion," by Kurpinski, and Chopin's
Funeral March" were played ct the
solemn pontifical mass Of requiem
at st. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
When the coffin was being borne
out Of the cathedral the organist
played the Chopin Funeral March,
and when It was en- route to the
railroad station for shipment to Ar
lington, Va, the Army Band played
Dead March from SAUL" by Han
del, and the Chopin Funeral
March," Funeral marches were also
played by the Army Band IS the
cortege proceeded into Arlington
Cemetery.
@. How many pupils are enrolled
in public schools in the United
States and what proportion are In
elementary gradeS7
A. The estimated number Of pu-
pills for the school year 104i-42 u
81 see, 900, Of whom 20,707 900 are IN
elementary grades.
EDITORS NOTE-Yf you are
deslrous Of securing this weeks
booklet, HOUSEHOLD PESTS"
address r. M. Kirby, Department
8-l0O, Waterbury Democrat SeTv-
ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, ID. c. with 10 cents
70 cover postage.
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have never resigned their own wills
into the hands Of God. Our Lords
word was IF any man would come
after me, let him deny himself"
Nothing Is so hard to give up as
ourselves. No person or thing keeps
US from full fellowship with the
divine so effectually as does de-
yotion to selfish interests. We stand
in our own way, and as q result
everything about us begins to stand
in our way. We blame others for
our failures but q chaotic inner life
Is the real cause. More often than
we think, failures arise not from
the circumstances about us, but
from the spirit we cherish in our
hearts.
AL Rights Reserved Bahson
Newspaper Syndicate,
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Job Of impressing upon Nazified
youth that tahey have something IN
their practical Christianity far
sounder than anything Hitler has
to offer.
Our boys come first, but please
put the American Committee for
British Catholic Relief second, and
make this effort Of ours q success,
by sending us $l.0O or more, 70 1z10
Connecticut Avenue, Washington,
d. O., before April i8th-an ideal
Easter gift.
MRS. FREDERIC SCHENCK,
CHAIRMAN,
American Committee for Brit
ish Catholic Relief, Inc,
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YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
me Wassrbmy Democrats Ser.
vice Bureau win answer Tor yop
free, any question o. fact o. n
formation, moe Involving exteh-
aive research. Write your auss'
tlOm clearly, Sign name ana Cd
dress, enclose Tires cent postage
stamp. Medical OF legal advice
cannot be given. Address WateE-
bury Democrats WaShImge0m Bers
Wee Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
street, washington, D. Q.
q. How much did the cost Of I've
ing advance in the United States N
1041?
A. From December, 1910, 70 De-
cember, 1e41 It increased one-tenth.
@. why Is the q. s. Navy asking
for model airplanes2
A, The Navy has invited home
craftsmen to help Immediately with
q project to build at least 100000
model airplanes as quickly rs pos
sible. They are needed to train
Army, Navy, and civilian personnel
In aircraft recognition and range es-
tianation in gIxnnery practice. Local
Superintendent Of schools have
been authorized to distribute the
working plans Of the models desired.
q. VIII Lieut.. Gen. william o.
nudseKn be eligible for Army PEN
sion when he reaches retirement
aTe2
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

That means that
the United States
is going back to
about 1900, which
was just about
the time the steel
age got going
good.
This hits you
right where you
live, and in ways
that may surprise
you. True, you
may be riding
around in autos,
listening to ra-
dios, Switching
p1otr1-11ful1t ca1o abe
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13
Selected Poem

SPRING OFFENSIVE
,ichard Armour in the New York Times)
Spring used to be,
Not long ago,
A time to live,
A time to SOW,
A time to make
Each growing thing
Reach out toward
Another spring.
But now 1t Is
The season when
The reapers reap
The fields Of men,
And cleaning, cleaning
Past years birth,
Root out the living
From the aerth.
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these test questions? Turn 70
back page for the answers.
1. Is there o Law requiring alien
residents living In the United States
TO become citizens Of this country
2. Name the capital Of New
Zealand.
8. Moros are Filipino tribesmen,
conquerors Of Spain, or Inhabitants
Of Morocco?
4. Ptzarro conquered which cotin.
try for Spain?
S. The Audubon Society Is pri.
marty interested In birds, books,
or foreign propaganda?
6. A bat Is o mammal; true or
false?
Z. Which diplomatic post did Jo-
Sepf p. Kennedy formerly hold2
8. The Mason and Dixon lire
was surveyed by two EnglishTnben,
Frenchmen, or Dutchmen?
o. Judas Iscvariot committed
suicide by drowning, hanging, Or
poisoning2
10. The United States gold de-
posltory is at West Point, N. r., AM
napolis, Nd, or Fort Knox, KY?
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day been ruined
not by the weak
ness and stupid
ity of others but
by their own sell
hShness and per-
versity. Thorau
once remarked to
E m erson that
W h en- q man
stands In his own
way, everything
stands In his
Way. Bv this he
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13
= NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
So That's
What Your Life
VIII Be Like
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, April Is w All right,
you want to know what your life is
going to be like six months or year
year from now.
SO this is telling you:
Mr.. Donald M. Nelson, the big
War Production Board man, has
just passed out the tip that by June
80 practically all Woodworking
plants of this county win be con-
verted to war production. The maxi
ing Of new metal gadgets for civil
ian consumption will then be out.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

Daily Almanac
Noon rises 5:28 o. m. (war time).
Sun rises 6:1S a. m; sets T:28 (war time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
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STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
GRAPPLTNG THE WORST ENEMY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. d

The worst enemy we ever have Is
ourselves. Men sometimes waste
their lives cheriShing hatred for
some neighbor or associate, when all
the timhe their happiness has every
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13

TODAYs COMMON ERROR
Politics Is singular as well %
plural and we say: what y
(nOt are) his pOIltlcs?"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-13
Washington Merry o-Round '"
Nay Stripped Of Power Over More Fnoneu Agenees
President Plan Shift Control Economic Warfare Bood
Urged Strengthen Aggressive cOmpuisn Against Axis

Aprn13 strip
andWa
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A Thought for Today

Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due
season we shall reap if we faint nOt.-Gala-
eians $50.
The life so short, the craft so long to learn,
--Hippocrates.
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What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven o.
these test questions? Turn 70
back page for the answers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE OF HOUSE AND LOTS.

Under and by virtue Of the Power
Of Sale in Deeds Of Trust executed
by T. II. Roberts and Minnie w.
Roberts his wife July and Deem
Der 1887 as of record in the Register
Of Deeds office in Vance County, N.
c. in Book 1876 page l76 and Book
1876 page 267 | shall sell by Public
Auction to the Highest Bidder for
Cash at II o'clock (noon) wartime
on Saturday, May 2, 1912 at the
Court House Door in Henderson, N.
C. the following described property.
Lots number six, seven and eight
in Block number twenty one Of the
Chavasse Property as shown on Plat
Book A page 3, in the office Of the
Register of Deeds office Vance Co..
N. c. each lot being so by $50 feet
being the North East Corner of BLOCH,
81 of Chavasse property as recorded
in Book A page 3. Registry Of Vance
County, N. c.
This Both. day March 1912.
T. S. K1TTRELL, Trustee.
6-l3-2O-27
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27
Striking Close OF Home

W. L. Debnam, Raleigh radio new
commentator who spoke last week at
the Henderson kiwanis club ladies
night, was striking close to home for
many people when he said tina:
everyone is a Kimmel and a Short
il he is not doing everything it IS
possible for him to do in the war
effort.
The speaker referred TO Admiral
Husband +. Kimmel and Lieutenant
General Walter C. Short, comman-
ders respectively Of the Pacific fleet
and the Hawaiian department at tbs
time Of the japanese "sneak raid
on Pearl Harbor. Many Americans.
he said. are resentful that these two
officers We're allowed to retire on
pensions of $4,000 a year, while be-
ing held responsible for tack of pre-
| Oaration to meet the disastrous raid
| IN the American Pacific base.
Mr.. Debnam went on to enumer-
| ate the many different ways IN which
| the wal effort may be a;dod, Moat
| of them are familiar to most persons:
! any of them can bo learned Of by
| any patriotic American; there is no
need to list them here.
Each person may know in his own
heart whether he is a Kimmel or {,
| Short. There is no need for any one
to claim lack Of an appeal; there is
no defense for any man or woman ~
| child in a declaration Of ignorance
Of the situation: there is no Other
thing at this time so important f.
every American as doing everything
that can be done to win this wal
and to win it as quickly and as de
cisively as possible.
w. F. Debnam was striking close
to home to many who live in Hen
derson, where registrations fOl
volunteer war work have been far
far short of the need, where a few
people are carrying the bulk Of The
burde0, where there is much tina
should be done and must be done
vas he striking close TO home a
YOU?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27
nii,-Vi,e Crusade

ANU wee
he-'dvhIs ol I'm section oi ue
'"'r VIII have h"te th"h oid'h"t5
ihi'i'T III report that frdcf"I W'
'h"rl''T- 'fe considering drastic
a'ep@ To >''i"p cat VICE III areas sui
rounding iI'II'''Fy camps villa Par
"c''I"' emphasis on conditions III 'he
fvf' hIa3S NicIh''y.
ARRIVAL OF oidiets al Carp But
net VIII he 'ht signal O an niIuN
col Pe'\eNeis oi r"nmerclallE"d vice
'i''' 'le territory heai 'he camp, ana
henderson VIII not De immune roll
social problems accompanying 'he
training "i "o.Voo young me al "
camp only d ie" miles Fol the city,
AIItduN we vance county htaiIH.
department mas undertaken " cam
Nalgn against disease among
resident, "I ohe county Many per
SONS wa" nave bteh known 10 nave
\tHtiral d-NedNt are DeIhS required
|" report tor treatment ana many
Other persons suspected OF injection
ore BENG tested to determine "heth-
q s5II' tbltc'loii tNiS'S.
ihis campaign IS worthy OF COM
~ d"lI II Is an extension OF "orN
"iti1i IA been carried on IoI many
NJaiN. an expansion made possible nv
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27
Question Box
Is Well Filled
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By BOB THOMPSON

Each Monday the Daily Dispatch
Raleigh bureau viii answer ques-
ton, concerning the wars effect
ON civilians. All answers will be Of
~t.ciaIIy verified. Send your ques-
tlpaS 10 he Daily Dispatch Raleigh
bureau. p. Q. Box 1909. Raleigh,
N. G.
9. I want to know if | Ear make
delivery of a new stoker 10 a church.
Do churches have a blanket priority
rating?
\. Churches have an A-10 priori-
ty rating only for repairs and main
tcnance. a church has no rating for
additions or requirements. and there
fore it could not buy a new stoker
until il had secured a preferential
rating. ~
@. A hotel wants to buy a second
hand stoker from me and also a
new boiler to replace II dam ged
by fire. Can | sell him?
A. The stoker can be sold because
il is used equipment, and the boiler
can be sold if you are sure It falls
in the category of repair work.
However, the purchaser must sign
a statement certifying the new ma
terial is to be used for the purpose
outlined under F-84.
9. | notice that the plumbing re
striction order eNempts plumbing tof
the operation of a farm. l have an
order to install a water closet and
a water pump for a farmer, Can
proceed?
A. If the water pump is 10 be
used in operation Of the farm as a
productive unit. it may be sold and
installed. But the toilet is a house.
hold installation, not directly neceS-
,ary for operation of the farm, ana
your customer must get an A-l0 or
better priority rating.
9. | see that lOng-distanCe truck
operators can get emergency tires
| and tubes equal to 10 per cent Of
ne total running wheels on the
| truck. l have only one truck-siX
wheels. Can | qualify?
a. Yes. An operator of q single
Guck With less than ten tires can
'~.|rt- .-rnrf';.e
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-.IIc;en, for NV
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27
Example of Democracy

II day brings q striking example
ii the workings Of democracy
Millions ui American men-those
IN ne age bracket ifo" % u to-
VIII be registered III the NTH seIec-
tive service registration, subject 10
can ton military service Il necessary
and subject to call tof wa service
other than on the battlefield. ANG
with TINS group there was registered
this morning the President o. the
United States.
OF course, Franklin D. Roosevelt
VIII not De called from hls present
duties 10 take up arms as a ~eiectec,
and none could hold that any other
wartime occupation could be more
essential than the carrying OF the
tremendous responsibilities which,
rest upon ms shoulders as ne guides
the destinles Of this nation, and the
tate OF the world, N these critical
days
Yet Franklin ID Roosevelt, PreSl-
lent OF the United States OF Amer
lea, IS signing a registration card
exactly like the ones being signed
,,,our orI y, viii 49,, =, III
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27
NOTICE..

l have this day sold my interest
IN hat Partnership known and OPP
Grated as The Mokor Bakery Com
pany, to James A. Dodd, and the
public is hereby notified that he IS
the sole Wner thereof, and that from
this date forward | viii not be l!a-
BILE for any debts incurred by the
said MOkor Bakery.
| take this opportunity to thank
the public for their patronage and
| solicit your continued Good vii,
for The Mokor Bakery Company,
This the 25th day Of Ap~i, 1912.
l.. B. SNEAD.
27-29-l
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27

Speaking Of hot news '|ere's that
story about the OPA Lt,cziag OF
anthracite.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-27

Hitler. says an editorial, is TAX
ing the German people for a JOY ride.
What do they mean, "joy"?