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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24

which Lehman pointeGaly dee Clared for It. Gov. Charles PO- letN. Next, tae American La- bOr Party, the balance of power I'm a close New York fight, tilt- ed its nose very disapprovingIy at Bennett. Then the President himself topped off this barFage of briclEbats by telling his press conference that he had not en- dorsed Bennett.
 To insiders these carefully plant ed blasts are highly significant. They are viewed as a clear warn ing to Farley and Bennett that not only is Roosevelt detrnined to have the deciding voice on the gubernatprial nomination, but that Bennett is not his choice.
 Bennett packers claim lie ale ready has a majority of the con- vention delegates Sewed up. But Administrationites pooh-pooh this as campaign palaver and point out that none of the big counties have yet, declared themselves. Also that Tai1lmat1y, which has a big bloc of votes, has taken no stand.
 Meanwhile, next to ROOsevelt's C0ldnesh, unquestlonably the biggest blow to Bennett's hopes was the rebuff of the American Labor party. Democratic poli- tlcos know that without the ac. tive backing of the ALP, their candidate would not have much chance. The ALP itself may not be able to elect . governor, bunt it certainly can do lot ef dam- age to a candidate it's not en- thuslastic about And the Ia- boFites definitely are not .enhU- siastic about. And the labOrites definitely are not enthusiastic about Bennett. ,,.,.
 NOTE: In the last few days, Administrationites again have re- vived undercover talk in favor of Senator Jim Mead. an upsctater with a strong. New Deal and pro- labor record.
 WAR FLASHES
 Returning U. S. diplomats re. port that most of the French movie stars well known in this cou1a- try are actively. collaborating with the NaziS. Among them are Maurice Chevalier, Sacha Guitry, Danielle Darrieux, Colrinne Lu chaire, who also Is the girl friend of Otto Abetz. Nazl ambassador to Vicily, Tho Rossi, and Fernand Gravat,. =. After careful exasinin- ation of the recovered midget Jap subs sunk at Pearl Harbor and sidney Harbor, U. s. Navy ex- perts report that these craft, while spectacular, are Of little value. The experts point out that the tiny subs have yet to sink ship.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
Current Comment

If worker refuses to accept suit able employment in a war industry without reasonable cause 1t would be the duty of the United States Employment Service to report 1t to the selective service system.
 Paul V. McNutt, chairman of
 War Manpower Commission.
 
 They release Browder and de- port Bridges. don't get 1t.
 Senator Bonnet c. Clark of
 Missouri.
 The wlloIehearted way In which Americans have accepted and sup- ported the nations rationing and price control program is something which should stir everyone's pridG Price Control Chief Leon Henderson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24

British fighting ability is coming in for a terrible drubbing at the hands of world critics. Some people blame the soldiers; others the commanding of- ficers. In England they seem to blame the high government officials. It's fool ish for us to speculate on how true this is or which is right. All we can do is hope that the British will solve their problem as quickly as possible. Of course Ameri- cans believe that if their troops were in similar predicament the outcome would have been far different. We like to be- lieve that American troops are invincible. But we ought to remember today that you've got to back up these invincible troops with superior armament. So let's get going
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
In Today's Mail
WHETHER OFFERS NOVEL PLAN FOR PAYING OFF DEBT
 AFTER THE WAR
Roslindale, Mass. June 2l, 1942.

Roslindale, Mass.
 June 2l, l942. Editor of The Democrat:
 Thanking you for past favors. But this subject is so important would like to call attention to 1t again.
 Before this war ceases this coun- try will probably be over $200,O00,- 100000 in debt with no way under our present economic system to ultimately liquidate that debt ex- cept by taxation. Now is that going to be the cause of a revolution, similar or perhaps more intensive, to the French revolution which may destroy our civilization?
 Or by g different way of raising our revenue are we going to inaugu- rate bitter dispensation by appro- priating land rent or the location value of land for such purposes?
 Please take into consideration the fact that land rent has reverse effect on production than 8 tax on industry and by such method we could regain our lost domain as no one would care to pay a constant rent for land unless 1t was put to its proper use.
 Valuable land in this or any other country is capable of producing Q colossal revenue, and if used to de- fray public expenses would restore to all their heritage in the value of the land. Remove restrictions on national resources and create bet- ter feeling between nations and avoid much of the conflicts between capital and labor.
 Yours sincerely,
 WALTER A. VERNEY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
Selected Poem
DON'T BE A GLOWWoRM!
Crank Lynn in the New York Sum

Crank Lynn in the New York Sum Dim, little mazda-dimmer, dimmerl (Nix little neon-not a glimmerD U-boats, beyond the three-mile limit, Bank on your brillance--dim 1t, dim itl Why give the pirates all you've got, hght2- What do you think you are, a spotlight! Stand by the boys who sail the seas, And dim 1t, dim 1t, please. Just off the coast ship is plying, Red, White and Blue the flag it's flying Don't, by your brilliance, silhouette It. Dim, little mazda, or regret 1t. Sea wolves are watching, that is certain Go hide behind a blackout curtain Stand by the boys who sail the sea@ And dim 1t, dim it, please.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
War News

Appointment of Elmer Davis as top public relations officer for the war pro gram is pleasing, quite aside from the :aliber of the individual. It means, ap- 9arently, that the President has recog- aized the seriousness of the haphazard Wstem we did have, and is doing his best
 b remedy the situation by concentration of authority. Washington has been torn between two theories = one that if Hit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24

The sugar shortage is here, probably, for the duration, and SO therefore. is rationing. In that event B. Y. o. s. bring your own sugar - may become almost as common as R. s. V. P. on ln- vitations. The welcome guest is the thoughtful guest. Such, for example, as the one who pulls talcum powder can out of his pocket and sweetens his coffee from his own half pound week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24

public Of inform"
 atioi1 prepared previously for an executive session of the House Ap- propriations Coin- mittee, when Nel- son appeared to estimate the sums
 needed to finance w P B operations during the com- fiscal year. That part of the report will be a mere c hron ol ogy of WIPE operations. H Ala. ~Al~.a AN
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 test questions? Turn to hack page for the answers.
 1. Of. which British Dominion is Wellington the capital? 2. The 79 airmen who accornpans fed James Doolittle in surprise afraid on Japan were rewarded by Distinguished Service Crosses or Congressional Medals of Honor? 3. Which of Tolstoy's novels deals with Napoleon's attack on Russia? 4. Few is personal pronoin, g female sheep, or an evergreen tree? 5. To which religious denomina- ton did Calvin Coolidge belong? 6. Which U. S. senator was mainly responsible for enacting the Social Security Aact?
 2. Does the Statue of Liberty hold a torch in her right or left hand? 8. Pure water is never hard water: true or false?
 Q. The geographical center of North America is in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota or North Dakota7
 10. IS the average longevity of women in the United States greater or less than that o9 men?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Six Month
 Honeymoon Ends For Donald Nelson
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrreSDondent

War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson is scheduled to go before Senator TrumaSl's commit tee Investigating war production some time before the end of June and give a progress report on what he has done in the six months since he took over. The formal report itself will probably oe pretty dull going. Much of 1t will be a mere making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
TODAY's COMMON ERROR

There Is . common belief that inclusion of 6 word In z dic- tiOnary proves the word to be good English. If Q word Is marked Obsolete, Slang, Low, Vulgar, Local and Colloqulal. 1t is either bad English or English not in good literary standing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
SERVICE MEMS BIG CHANGE

Pittsburgh tUP) Forty univer- sity of Pittsburgh co-eds from Johnstown, Pa. offer to write to every soldier, sailor and marine who communicates with their club at pltt's JclnustoWn Center.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24

e. What minerals are mined iAs the Ural District Of the U.S.S.R (Russia)?
 A. Iron, gold, platinum, coppe salt asbestos, coal, claromite, rnal1g anese, bauxites, oil, potash, preciou stones (including diamonds ant emeralds), semi-precious stones Gin. cluding topaz, amethyst, malachite, lapis lazul, turquoise, and many others), building stone of many kinds, industrial minerals (including graphite, fire clay, limestone, dolo- mite, magnesite) and low-grade fuels, such as Ignite, peat and oil, shades.
 e. How much will American farmers be paid under the 1922 Ag- ricultural Conservation Programp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
TALKS TO TREES. JAILED

Fort Wayne. Ind. = (UP) - George Fletchik, a transient, was picked up by police, who found him ''talking to the trees" He was booked for vagrancy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24

A. Payments will amount to ap- proximately $423 900, 900. About 45 percent of this amount will repre- sent paymenta in connection with the performance of soil-building practices. The remaining SS percent will represent payments In connec- ton with specific crops like corn cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco, peanuts and potatoes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 2:23 a. m. (war time).
 Sun rises 6:20 8 .nl.: sets S:2T ?. m. (war time). All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
Washington Merry o-Round
DREW PEA Rls o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

Droft CossicotiOns Will Be Shifted Defer IA Moried Men; They're Hot Likely Be Called Up for Least lz Monhs Bottle Over N Governohp Ro9es Inner Democratic Circles June2 registered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
@. What is double talk2


 A. Actually 1t is nothing but non- sense spoken in very rapid syllables. spaced and infected similar to real speech. Clifford Navarro of Holly wood inaugurated the fad. Everyone who tries 1t does 1t little differ ently, Considerable practice is re- uuired to do 1t effectively, so that it coufoundS or confuses the isten- CT.
 O. What are some of the uses for waste sawduSt?
 A. Because of its insulating, abe Sorbert, and resilient properties. sawdust has several mechanical uses. Among these are heat and sound insulation in walls, floor sweeping compounds, packing for fragile articles, composition tlOor" ing. and wood flour. Although the uses are numerous. they are chiefly local, owing to the bulkiness of the raw material; and together they ac- count for 0 very small part of the sawdust produced in this country. one of the easiest and in many cases ore of the most profitable uses of sawdust at present is for fuel at the sawnlill or woodwork ing plant.
 O. How can scratches on 8 win dowpane be eliminated?
 A. Slight scratches may be par tially polished out by rubbing with moistened rouge (lron oxide powder) upon piece of soft leather. If they are deep, they will have to be- ground out with the finest emery that is used by opticians, and then polished with rouge.
 e. Did Luther Burbank write a book favoring marriages between peoples of different races? A. He favored the idea, and in his Training of the Human Plant" 1907, he presented his beliefs.
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e. Please name the two men wha were cited for heroisrn in Presideni Roosevelt's speech on April 2S.
 A. Captain Hewitt T.. Wheles. Army Air Corps, and pr. Corydo: M. Wassell, Lieutenant Commando U, s. Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-24
A Thought for Today

Likewise the Spirit also heIpeth our inRrmi- ties: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh in- tercession for us with grOanings which cannot be uttered.--ROmans S:26
  Blessed influence of one true-loving human soul on another-George Eliot
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Questions
 and Answers
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Whats Your !. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to hack page for the answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

the British consider that more Sc
rious effect can be produced by
forcing the enemy to fight on all
fronts throughout the winter.
The enemy's locomotive situation
is also known to be approaching a
crisis. The first deliveries of 5000
locomotives recently ordered cannot
begin to 90 into service before an
other six months al the earliest,
probably longer. Royal Air Force
raids like the recent ones at the
Elves. Lille and Duisberg, coupled
with -straflng in daylight
sweeps, increase transportation prob
lens which are further increased by
forcing the enemy to move troops
across Europe and supply them.
A third consideration is the re-
duced size of the Luttwaffe. While
they have no intention of being
caught mapping, the British are at
present disposed to question the en-
emy's ability to extend themselves in
Spain in the near future.
Copyright, 1912, Chicago Daily News, Incl
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Phillips
Continued From First Page.

tablished at New Delhi in November,
l941, by Thomas M. Wilson, who
recently was made Minister to Iraq.
Col. Louis Johnson. former under
secretary of war. also served for
time as the Presidents personal rep
resentative at New Delhi.
In a statement at his press con-
ference announcing the appoint
ment. Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out that
Mr.. Phillips had entered the diplo-
matte service in 1908. and has rem
dered his Government long and dis
tinguished service in the Far East,
Europe and Washington.
Rank Awarded for Service.
I'm recognition of these services
the President added, he will have
the personal rank of ambassador"
Mr.. Phillips status is similar to
that of Myron c. Taylor, Mr.. Roose-
velts personal representative to the
Vatican, with the rank Of ambassa-
dor.
Mr.. Phillips served as chief of the
State DEPARTMENT. Division of Far
Eastern Affairs for a brief time in
1908, and after other services abroad
was Undersecretary of State from
1922 until 1924. He served later for
a time as Ambassador to Belgium
and returned to Washington as
Undersecretary Of State in 1888,
holding that position until he was
made Ambassador to italy In 1886.
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1912 Iron Ore Movement
On Lakes al New Peak
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Dec. 1.-THE 1912
iron ore movement on the Great
Lakes reached new high of 90 .076,-
781 tons. the Lake Superior Iron
Ore Association reports.
This was 1893 per cent above
the previous record of S0,1l6,3 $50
tons moved in 194l and compared
with 63,7l2,982 tons for the 1910
season.
Shipments from at least two ports
Marquette. Mich. and Ashland,
Wis.-dropped below the 194l level.
however, because large amount Of
ore from the Marquette Range was
shipped by rail to Escanaba, Mich,
to reduce the haul in ships.
Partly as a result of this. Escanaba
shipped 6,255 800 tons this year,
compared with 4.5l3079 last year
This was the largest tonnage for
the port since 1929. when 6349 900
tons were shipped from there.
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EncircIement
Continued From First Page.>

paign will depend the extent of the
remaining Russian strength for the
spring and summer campaigns Of
1913.
The Russians are realistically try
ing to anticipate Hitler's 1913 in
tentions. They do not believe he
will be content to defend the Euro
pean fortress in accordance with
propaganda statements. They think
he will still try offensive actions
somewhere. They discount an at
tempted invasion of Britain and
doubt his ability to renew the Cau-
casus drive unless he invades Tur-
key, which the Russians consider a
most difficult operation.
Moscow concludes that quick
German drive across Spain should
not be excluded. The objective of
this move would be to embarrass
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's North
African operation because the Ger
mans recognize that Tunisia will
become base for an Allied attack
on Southern Europe.
Nazi Oil Shortage Seen.
British opinion seems to take
other, most important factors into
account. The recent German de-
crees ordering the conversion of all
automobiles, stationary motors and
even oil-fueled ships to other fuels
than petroleum derivatives seems a
clear indication that the Germans
either are already suffering from a
grave oil shortage or they anticipate
one shortly. This does not suggest
that they expect to control the
Caucasus within. say six months.
The British believe that Germany
is now using up substantially more
Oil than it is receiving from all
sources. Besides synthetic produc-
ton, there is little important oil
reaching Germany except the Ru-
manian supply which at present is
estimated at 100000 to 5000 900
tons annually.
The Russian Maikop field was
put out of production by Russian
demolition crews before their with
drawal and is not likely to be oper-
ating again before the end of 1943
Locomotive Situation Serious.
Germany already has cut down
domestic oil consumption below
normal efficiency requirements ano
| little can be gained from further
cuts. While it is probably tempting
to bomb the German synthetic
plants at Leuna and the Ploesti
wells and refineries in Rumania
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| WPB to Cut Use
|Of Oils, Fats
For Soap
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Oils available for the manufac-
ture of soap will be curtailed by rap
idly increasing demands for edible
fats and oils to feed this country's
Allies this winter, the War Produc-
ton Board reported today.
The Foods Requirement Commit
tee has recommended that no edible
fats or oils be used for soap max
ing.
WPB reported that demands for
oils and fats, as we'll as for meat and
grain, far surpass the stocks on
hand Despite the increased pro-
duction of peanuts. flaXseed, cotton
seed. hogs and soy beans, there will
not be sufficient supply of edible
Oils to All the needs of lend-lease
and manufacturers in this country
as we'll WPB said.
A subcommittee now is consider
ing means of eliminating edible oils
and fats in soap manufacturing.
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Africa
Continued From First Page

only Allied losses said nine Allied
planes were shot down over the
Libyan war theater yesterday In a
new acceleration of the air warfare
there.
Major Role in Fighting.
Air borne troops we're filling the
major role on both sides of the Tu-
nissan front, while the mud begged
down the heavy armor of the ground
forces.
Yves Gallagher. Associated Press
correspondent at Allied headquar-
tiers in North Africa, said Junkers
So transport trailing glider lows
we're trying to dodge American P-38
Lightning fighters to get Axis re-
Inducements through overcast sky
ways into Central Tunisia.
These were intended to face the
threat raised to the Axis flank and
communications line by American
tanks and parachutists which have
penetrated inland between Tripoli
and Tunis. The Germans also were
reported pushing inland from their
coastal bases at Sfax. Gabes and
Sousse to meet the Americans on.
potentially, q second big battlefield
in Tunisia
In the Tebourba area before BIZ
serte and Tunis-the Italian COM
munique reported only local en-
gagements," but said the air-sup-
ported Axis units had gained new
positions and knocked out SO Allied
tanks. some armored cars, anti
tank guns and motor transport.
81 Tanks Destroyed, Nazis Say.
The German high command
placed the figure at 81 tanks de-
stroyed or captured. but neither
communique mentioned where the
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1913 Subsidy 10 Encourage
Production Of Cheese

BY he Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department said
today its subsidy program. designed
to encourage greater production of
American cheddar cheese to meet
war needs, went into effect Wednes-
day.
Under the program professors are
paid 81. cents a pound on all grades
OF American cheese. They must
pass this on to farmers supplying
milk for cheese production.
The subsidy makes it possible, the
department said, to retain a price
ceiling of 1914 cents a pound set on
such cheese by the Once of Price
Administration.
The subsidy program was an
nounced November 80 in connection
with the departments 1913 farm
production goals.