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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

A. In 1888 when receipts vera $6,241 ,661 ,227 and expenditures, ST. 691 ,287, ,108.
 @. May Q man over twenty. eight years old volunteer for serv- ice under the Selective Service Act2 How long must he serve?
 A. He may volunteer under the Act, and the length of his service will depend on the duration of the emergency.
 @. Was Mayor John PuTrUy Mitchell of New York tried and coa- victed for some offenSe in connec- ton with the U. s. Army air forcep
 A. No. The reference made by Rep. Jennings Randolph of Virginia in a recent broadcast, was to Gen~ eral William (Billy) Mitchell of the U. s. Army who advocated 8 strong air force for the United States, de- claring that it would be the most important weapon in future wars. Since his views were opposed to those of the General Staff, he was tried by court martial for violation of the seth Article of War, and re- signed from the Army.
 O. Who was the first white man to see the Grand Canyon of the Colorado?
 A. Cardenas and his twelve Spanish companions. They were guided to the rim in 154l by Hcpi Indians.
 e. When did Jean Harlow, Ma rie Dressler and John Gilbert die? A. Jean Harlow, June 2, 1887; Marie Dressler, July 2S, 1884; John Gilbert, January 9, 1936. @. Which is larger, the concourse of the Union Station in Cleveland, Ohio, or the Grand Central Termi- nal concourse in New York City2 A The concourse of the station in Cleveland Is 2S0 feet long, 12O feet wide, 42 1-2 feet high. The concourse of Grand Central T'eTmi- nal is 275 feet long, 120 feet wide, and 125 feet high.
 c. How many children have been born in the White House? A. Esther Cleveland, second daughter of President and MTS. Grover Cleveland, was the only oae. She was born September g, 1898.
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Selected Poem
PENGUIN IN A ZOO

PENGUIN IN A ZOO (Arthur Stringer in the New York Times) Where the turrets of steel and granite Loomed dark in the smoke-duled sky The penguin, poised on the fountains rim, Sent forth one dolorous cry. The questioning cry of 8 sea-bird In a rookery not its own, That echoed up to the idling throng And the widowed walls of stone. A faltering cry for the ice-felds,
 Where the tundra meets the tide And low sun gilds the polar dunes And the green-white icebergs ride. And we mortals who heard that lone cry Awaken and waver and climb, We too took thought of some ghostly Home Now lost in the mists of Time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

in one of his melodramatic rlm- bles,
 ''Mr. Murray says he has been a UNIV officer for 25 years. As such he should be fully familiar with all the practices and pro- cedures of the union. If he ac-. quired that familiarity only to this late date, then there is no use discussing them with him."
 NOTE: William Hutcheson, head of the AFL carpenters, who cooked up with Lewis the surprise AFL- CIO peace move he sprang last December, is secretly jockeying to bring the miners back into the AFL fold. Working with Hutche- son is Matty Woll, AFL vice presi- dent. Woll and HutcheSon were the chief engineers of the recent AFL peace proposal made by William Green, whom thed adroit- ly used as a "frOnt" for their maneuver in advance with Lewis.
 Copyright, l942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

cause of wrong doing in the world is the desire to have more. People as a rule do not commit crimes to provide for themselves the neces- sites of life. It is always perilous to our characters when the thought keeps recurring in our minds that we will be happy and contented if we can just have more of something of which we now have a little.
 Suicide and, despair have often blighted the last decade because Tn the preceding decade men were fil- led with the spirit of speculation and fascinated by the lure of what appeared to be eaSily-made profits. If men had needed the words, Beware of the desire to have more,' in the period between 1920 and 1929, we would not have had the agony and terror which characterized the period we now. call the depression.
 It is hard to be satisfied with what we have, but those who are satisfied can face the future with calm spirit.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

When you read or hear of the "inter, est" of high officials in schemes to SUD- ply more gasoline for eastern civilian use, remember just two things. First, the steel needed for the Texas-New Jersey pipeline, which would be the best relief agency, is enough to build 12O ships with which to transport and service troops. Second the more gasoline we have, the less rub Der there will be thereafter-and we can't pipe rubber to the east from Texas or vice-verSa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

The boys who play in the band or the orchestras had better take pretty good care of their instruments for the dura- tion of the war. There won't be any more new ones made after the 30th of this month And all stocks on the shelves of dealers are now frozen until such time as the federal government gives the word for permission to sell them. But any frozen stocks that are needed for Army, Navy, and Marine bands must be used for such purposes and not for private sales. It is estimated that some 250 man. ufacturers of musical instruments will be affected by the order. Production or ders of about $4O,O0O,OOO year will be curtailed, so it's easy to see to what pro- portions the business of letting people make music has grown. America is def initely musical-minded, perhaps more so today than ever before. The ban on mu- sical instruments is necessary, of course, but it is one that peculiarly enough strikes at great cross-section of the na- tiOn
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 test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
 1. Who were Aramis, AShos and Porthos?
 2. How many dozen are in a great gross?
 3. Has a Negro ever graduated from the U. s. Naval AcademyF {. Vicente Blasco Ibanez was c Spanish artist, novelist or musi- clan?
 s. By which Federal agency are the railroads regulated2
 6. Which is taller, the Washing ton Monument or the Eiffel Tower? 2. The point of support on or against which lever rests is called the f-----m?
 6. How many touchdowns werO scored by the Chicago Bears in de- feating the Washington RedskinS for the 194O professional football championship? g. Which river forms part of the Mexico United States boundaryH 19. What is the source of the quotation, whatsoever a man sow eth, that shall he also reap7H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

the girls had received no pay. The OPA is expanding fast, and the creaking wheels of old line agen- cies, such as Civil Service Com mission and Treasury Department, can't keep up with the pace.
 One of the girls in this dis tress group had taken no part time job as 2 waitress, to earn dinners, waiting for Uncle Sam to pay off. All of the girls are working overtime.
 MURRAY RETALIATION
 Phil Murray is not going to take his curt custer as vice presi- dent of the United Mine Workers lying down.
 The CIO executive committee, meeting in Washington this week, will return the booting with Q couple of swift kicks to John l.. Lewis paunchy mid-riff.
 Retaliatory moves planned are (D dismissal of "Denny" Lewis, brother of John L., from his $12,- 900 a year sinecure as head of the United Construction Workers Or- ganizing Committee; (2) a mill tant crackdown on District 50, the Mine Workers branch which Lewis has been using to organize dairy farmers and raid other CIO juris- dictions.
 John appointed "Denny" to the Construction Workers job and at one time, while boss of the CIO, supported the union with a $20,- 900 a month handout. Under the CIO constitution, Denny, not be- ing an elected officer, is subject to removal by the Construction Workers executive board. Mur- ray and four other Lewis foes constitute the board, and any time they decide to do it, Denny" is a gone goose.
 In this case brother John will face the necessity of adding one more member of his family to the United Mine Worker pay roll. Already five are drawing UNIV checks.
 Feeling within the CIO against District 50 is at fever pitch. Com pletely under Lewis domination his daughter Kathryn is the $7,5OO 8 year secretary treasurer of the union = District 50 was used by him to give the works to Murray, and for other anti-CIO axing jobs. A number of CIO unions have de- manded retaliatory war on District 50, but Murray held them back in the hopse that some agreement could be worked out with Lewis.
 But with that door closed the full fury of long smOldering CLO wrath will be turned loose on District 50.
 MURRAY VS LEWIS
 Neither Lewis nor Murray pulled any punches in their verbal battle during the closed-door UNIV Policy Committe sessions preceding Murray's custer.
 Lewis started the fireworks by donouncing Murrays close friend R. J. Thomas, president of the United Auto Workers and James Carey, able young CIO secretary. Lewis followed these cracks by charging that Murray once had called him, Lewis, 8 Jap. Mur- ray denied that.
 'T didn't call you 8 Jap," he retOrted. "But there is one thing you should remember. Even a Jap doesn't turn against his own country"
 Murray also bitterly denounced the scheme to dismiss him from his UNIV vice presidency as an indecent and indefensibIe pre- cedure."
 ''This Is being done by men who don't represent the rank and file of mine workers" Mur- ray charged. "I have been UMW officer for 25 years and
 yet | don't know many of those present here today. This room is packed with strange faces"
 This charge, however, didn't faEe Lewis. Calmly he replied
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
Don't Envy the WIPE

When you have to sit at home for lack of gas, and your coffee tastes bitter, and you hear there may be shortage of golf balls, and life seems hardly worth the living, don't envy the War Production Board. That groups latest under taking is to standardize cosmetics. They propose to ban some as non-esesntial and curtail others. They talk of eliminating certain shades and colors. Ye gods! Think of the howl that will go up when a thousand women who have dotted each on her distinctive perfume go to the store, and find - let us say - only two dozen different odors to be had. We'd hate to be in the WIPES Division of Industry Operations on that terrible day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
Press Comment
SUBSTITUTE, INDEED!
(Hartford Tirnes)

In an article in a metropolitan contemporary, describing how sci- entiflc genius has found substitutes for various essential metals and commenting on an exhibit of some of the modern marvels, the eye catches the following: "For the home there are transparent knives and forks made of cellulose acetate; griddleS made from soapstone, Q substitute for aluminium and por- celain-enamel frying pans."
 That transparent knives and forks made of cellulose acetate are Sub- stitutes for steel and silver is ap- parent, but soapstone griddleS, in- stead of being substitutes for alum inumer and porcelain enamel thought of. Indeed, any resident of Chester or Perkinsville, Vt, where soapStone is still Quarried and manufactured into a variety of use- full products, will tell any inquirer that aluminium and porcelain -ena- mel are substitutes for soapstone, which at last is coming back to Its own.
 Which brings before the public the possibility that SoapStone bed warmers may be welcome if there should be a serious shortage of coal or fuel oil next winter. Even considered, may shed warmth in surprisingly high price, all things soapstone stoves, which sell for a houses where hitherto one needed only to set thermastat and the automatic device just off the rum puS room in the basement would do the rest. A few sticks of hard wood and small slab or two of soapstone have spread 8 lot of com- fort in the past, and can be de- pended on to do so again, if they should be needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

Ak1 4S34 VI tAlC CtsAS payers of MySl3,- 561. Nor W CT c there very many eyebrows raised when the senator discloS e d tha t these bureaucrats had to get along with only 062 ChauHeurs whose combined s a'lary amounted to less than a million dollars.
 Maybe all this is chicken feed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

AANAAss a 4AA8 WSA N@ in the original text, -deriv e d from W ord s W hich mean "tl1e desire for nHore." w h a t our Lord really said was, "Be- ware of the de- sire for more"
 It is probably not too much to $ y that the m 0St fren1fant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
BusSes Of
 Bureau Boys
 Beat the Bans
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COEEespOndent

Nobody paid much atention to the blast which Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Berryville, Va, loosed the other day against the 1S,04S govern ment automobiles which the non- military federal agencies operate, travelling 21l ,S66,S7s miles at cost
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
SATISFIED WITH LITTLE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

In the parable of the rich man who pulled down his barns to build greater, Jesus sounded the signifi- cant warning, Beware of covetous- ness" This word "covetouSneSs" is,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
Washington Merry Go-Round
DREW PEAR s o N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

Problem of Choosing CoodotoT Delays Information Cnodution List Sted to Bult D. w. Garrett, Rubicom Price, and Mee C0 Plans Repso Against Lewis for oustng Murray from Mne Will Crack Down Brother Denny and Kothryns District 50
  question government problem deciding Co-ordnor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises II Al D. m. (war time) Sun rises 5:22 a. m.; sets 8:17 p. m. (war time) All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

TODAY's COMMON ERROR The expression "Sure, I will cOme," Is slang. There Is no great objection to using such slang in conversation, but tt should be recognized as such
 The correct adverb iS surely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTION: AlQBVyEED
 The WaseEbuey DemooEstSS eeE. vice Bureau win angWoR fer yeu eFee, any question q fact e ln- formation, not involving extsA- sive research. Write your G4ss- ten clearly, Glgn mama and 04- dreas, enclose . three cent postag0 stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot he given. AadreSg Water bury Democrats Washington Ser
 vice Bureau, 1O13 Thirteenth street. Washington, D. C.
 Q. What Is the approximaNa aEo9 of Tidewater Virginia, and how far up the Potomac and James RSveED does the tide go?
 A. Tidewater Virginia iS 6 some what indefinite term, but the area may be given as about $500 square miles. The tide goes up the PO- toYnac River to washington, 126 miles above its mouth, and up the James River to the Rockets just below Richmond, and 16O miles from it's mouth.
 e. Are silkworzns raised coEn- mercially in the United States7
 A. The Bureau of Entomology says that experiments in raising silkwor1ns in this country have been unsuccessful, chiefly on ac- count of the high cost of labor, and no attempts are being made to raise silkworms here commercially.
 Q. Tn which year during Pres- dent Roosevelt's administrations has the deficit been smallest?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
A Thought for Today

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself Is brought tO desOlatiOn; and . house divided against house falIeth-Luke 11:17. =
 
 Union gives strength to the llumble-Syrus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02
Whats Your I.Q.?

Can yOu answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-02

A. In 1888 when receipts were $6,241, ,661 ,227 and expenditures, $T,- 60l ,287, ,108.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30
Give Up "Makeshift"
Constipation Remedies!

Why fool with constipation? Why
try to combat the trouble after
it has already made you miser-
able?
It may well be that your con-
stipation is caused by too little
bulk food" in your diet, for med
ical science warns that lack Of
bulk" is one Of the commonest
causes Of constipation.
IF yours is this kind Of con-
stipation, those purges and ca
thartics can give you, at best,
only temporary relief. Eating
KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN regu-
larry, on the other hand, corrects
the cause by supplying the "bulk
food" you lack and must havel
Enjoy this crisp, crunchy cereal
daily, drink plenty of water, and
like SO many others, you'll Join
the Regulars"l ALL-BRAN is
made by Kellogg's in Battle
Creek. IF your condition is not
helped by this simple treatment,
see a. doctor.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30
Hermit Monks

In Tibet, many Buddhist monks
spend their entire adult life sealed
up in little stone huts with only
a small opening for the passing
of air and food, says Golfers. A
few years ago one of these men
was dragged out of his hut after
being shut in for SO years and
was found to be blind and shrunk-
en- to half his former size. Con-
tact with daylight killed him with
in an hour.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30

Medical officers have long rec
ognized tobacco as an aid to mo-
rale among our armed forces.
Surveys among the men them
selves have shown that tobacco is
their favorite gift. If you have
friend or relative in the Army,
Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard
who smokes a pipe or rolls-his-
own, nothing would be more ap-
preciated than a pound of his ia
vorite tobacco. Prince Albert, the
worlds largest-selling smoking to-
bacco, in the pound can is rec
commended by local dealers as an
ideal gift for men in the SERVICE
Adv.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30
Currency Lost

If bill or sheet of currency is
lost at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing in Washington, and
all attempts of the department and
the secret service fail to locate it,
the employees must make up the
amount to the treasury out Of
their own pockets.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30
Astonished at Million

In Egyptian hieroglyphics, the
character representing the sum of
100000 is a picture of man with
his arms appraised in an attitude
Of astonishment.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30

from the moment it opened, will be
photographed in color, luckily. Irv-
ing Berlin will supervise the pro-
duction, in Hollywood.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30
BY VIRGINIA VALE

Released by Western Newspaper Union.
CEEMS as if a doffing of hats
~ to Gene Aubrey, who en-
listed in the Army Air Corps,
is indicated. ''He will not re-
ceive a commission" an
nounces the report. He'll get
one, of course, eventually
he's bound to, because he's
the stuff that officers are
made Of. But when SO many men
of the motion picture industry are
stepping right out as officers at the
start, isn't it swell Of Gene to begin
at the bottom? Reminds me of one
movie executive who told me that
he had applied for a commission as
lieutenant colonel in the army; il
he didn't get it, he'd stay out! P.S.-
He didn't get it!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30

The film version of Irving Ber-
Inns 'This Is the Army" the army
show which delighted New York
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30

3
You really ought to see Mrs.
Miniver," if only to find out why
the worlds largest theater, the Ra-
dio City Music Hall, booked it for
six weeks running, with 1898 peo-
pie seeing it during the first five
weeks-a figure equalling the popu-
lation of Boston, Mass.
Robert Donat's first screen ap-
pearance since Goodbye, Mr..
Chips" will be made in Sabotage
Agent" It will be directed by Har-
old Bucquet, who has just finished
''The War Against Mrs. Hadley,"
and will be made in London.
3
The biggest stride of any regional
radio network show has been made
by "Grand Ole Opry," the Saturday
night folk music program heard
over NBC. 1t was the first of the
in-person shows to make regular
army camp appearances last fall,
under the name of Caravan" Now
there are four road units touring
the camps. One master of cere-
monies has landed a network con-
tract on the new CHS Caravan Hour.
3
To prove that Uncle Sam uses
radio talent to the best advantage,
take the story of Detroit's Frank
Telford, director of the '"This Is Our
Enemy series heard over Mutual
Sunday nights. A former script
writer for the Detroit board of edu-
cation, Telford went to Washington
without network experience, but
with a briefcase full Of ideas. Now
he's made a niche for himself as a
radio executive.
3
ODDS AND ENDS Al in one
Ueek Frank Morgan celebrated his Sind
birthday, began his Sind feature pic
ture, "White Cargo" and celebrated
the completion OF rs years as a motion
picture actor Red Shelton says that
he has played so many camp sho,Os that
every time he sees soldier he goes in
tn his nlOnOLOgue lack Benny mont
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30

Pattern 318 contains transfer pattern
of motifs ranging from 21a by to
Ga by 91a inches; illustrations of stitches;
materials required. Send your order to:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30
[l| i!!l!|'|7 &EH
For You To Feel Well


"a hours every day, days every
week, never stopping, the kidneys filter
waste matter from the blood.
If more people were aware of how the
kidneys must constantly remove sur
plus fluid, excess acids and other waste
matter that cannot stay in the blood
without injury to health, there would
be better understanding of Why the
whole system is upset when kidneys fail
to function properly.
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina-
ton sometimes warns that something
is wrong. You may suffer nagging back
ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic
pains, getting up at nights, swelling.
why not try Doam's Pills? You will
be using a medicine recommended the
country over. Doan's stimulate the func-
ton of the kidneys and help them to
flush out poisonous waste from the
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Doan's today. Use with confidence.
At all drug stores.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-07-30

Mans Personality
Personality is to a man what
perfume is to a flower .-Schwab.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-06
DRIED TOMATOES
Dear Almanack:

Dear AlnandCK.
The following recipe for eva
porated tomato is being used by
relatives of mine in England, and
is considered a wartime conser-
walton of fresh fruit or vege-
tables. 1t will be equally good in
this country, particularly now
when tomatoes are at their best.
Break up fully ripe tomatoes
and stew in their own juices UNI
til the peels begin TO curl Then
push through fine wire sieve.
Stew the pulp very slowly in
open kettle stirring occasionally
TO prevent sticking. When thick
as very heavy cream spread on
baking pan and put into cool
oven until quite dry and free
from the bottom. Then roll up
like a blanket. put into muslin
bag or jar, and in a warm, dry
place ii will keep indefinitely To
use, soak with a little water for
an hour. Good for soup. sauce.
stews. etc. A little sugar is es-
sential TO bring out best flavor.
Mrs. r. Williams,
Coral Gables. Fla.
(Mrs williams. this II timely
and helpful recipe. II wins a prize
Mary Lee swami
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-06
Akron, Ohio.
CANNING PEPPERS

Dear AImandCK.
/ am writing TO tell you how l
can peppers which taste very
much like fresh peppers through
out the winter months. Winter
guests at our home are often
amazed at being served fresh"
peppers stuffed or fried and they
can hardly believe that they are
merely canned peppers. The rea-
son for this is because the amount
Of salt in proportion to the