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Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-30

Linglc Mungo-central figure of one.
of baseball's interesting experiments
and the psychological value of
such an attitude may produce the
major leagues comeback of the
year.
Il feel great and I'm not interested
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-30
Ex-DODGER MAY PULL
GIANTS OUT OF HOLE
= BY PAUL SCHEFFELS

NEW YORK, July 30. (UP)-Im not as fast when
| came up with the Dodgers but Pm fast enough know
about pitching and have mighty grudge against
Brooklyn" That the capsule today of Van
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-30
Barnes Storrning
by RAY BARNES

handler was a member of the Post
Press softball team more recently.
His friendly smile will be missed
much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
Fifth CoIumnists

The layman who tends to be impressed by the presumed exactness of all scien- tistS, would expect Philadelphia psychia- trists speaking in Boston to be meticu- lous in their terminology. Perhaps the two who discussed Subversive propaganda techniqueS before the American PSychi- atric Association recently were scientific ally accurate in their choice of words, but the standardization given the public in news reports contains certain implica- tions important enough to demand clari- f1cation.
 TWenty-five "fifth column" techniques "for producing disunity'' were discussed by the eminent psychiatrists. Those de- Scribed in press reports unquestionably were dangerous, undesirable, disruptive of national unity, helpful to the enemies of this country. They were and are types of activity in which we should not indulge while we are at war, if ever. But many if not most were not originated by the fifth column and are not confined to it's opera tions.
 "Magnifying small details until they ob- Scure the main iSsue," is one such tech- nique. We used to call it mot being able to see the forest for the trees" Of all mental weaknesses of Ci1e human race, innocent in origin and intent though often dangerous in practice, none is more universal than this inability to see through trimmings to truths.
 "Inciting capital against labor, and vice versa" There's another fifth col unan technique, says the psychiatriSts. True enough. But are we going to smear President Roosevelt with the epithet fifth columnist" because he has spent years in pursuit of the pSychiatrists' vice versa = melting labor against capital? Silly? Certainly. So the test falls in its first and most natural trial.
 s'Extracting irrelevant and long dead issues for current use" is third tech- nique. Next to the inability to see the main issue through surrounding details, probably there is no more innocent but misleading fallacy more universal in man. kind.
 And finally, for our purposes, the psy- chiatrists cite one of the most vicious Of present day evils - "magnifying religious or racial issues by appeals to intolerance or prejudice" This cannot be condemned in too strong words. Yet it is not, per SC, the test of a fifth columnist. There are many narrow, misguided men and women who are ardently, bitterly and vitupera- lively bigoted in racial and religious mat. ters, yet who are as patriotic as President Roosevelt, General MacArthur or the two Philadelphia psychiatrists. All of which leads to one principal conclusion. Fifth columniStS are doing these things They are dangerous to our national unity and therefore to our national security. But they are done also by loyal, If muddle- headed Americans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
Current Comment

Politics must not be suspended because of the war. If anyone says it must, then I wonder if he knows what we are fighting for. Mrs. Roy T. Bishop. Portland,
 Ore, Republican leader, The United States nenas busi- ness and we won't be satisfied until we see American and Chinese troops In Tokyo together. Lieut.. Gen. Joseph w. StilwelI,
 American chief of stan under
 Chiaug Kai-shek.
 No more fundamentally ur- American and anu-union organiza- ton than the Ku KIux KIan can be found in this country.
 -George P. Adde's, secretary
 treasurer, United Automobile
 Workers.
 They're darn nigh inyincible in the air.
 Capt. S. R. Young, Tucson. AFiz., describing the Flying FortFesses he piloted in the Philippines,
 
 We smacked hell out Of them, thus getting some revenge for the men Of our squadron who fought in the front trenches on BataEn. Lieut., Col, q. H, Davies, coni- mapdeT Of a U, 6, squadron which attacked Jap bases en the Rhliippines,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
National Dairy Month

During June, National Dairy Month will be observed throughout the nation. And again, as in the past, much of the work that is necessary to make Dairy Month the success it deserves to be, will be carried on by American retailers.
 Both independent stores and chain stores will participate They will promote Dairy Month in their newspaper adver- Using, through window displays, store placards, etc. They will encourage in- creased use of milk, both as drink and in cooking. And this work will not be limited to stores which sell milk and operate restaurants. For instance, the leading department store, variety and merchandise chains will also cooperate. Many of them do not deal in milk-but they too will display promotional posters, and feature milk in advertising.
 The significance of Dairy Month is two fold. First, milk is produced in every state. Tens of thousands of farm families depend upon it for all or part of their livelihood. Increased consumption of milk and milk products means better times on the farnl-and better times in urban communities which depend on the farm market.
 Second, milk should be basic part of every diet-child and adult alike. Ac- cording to authorities on nutrition, milk consumption, on the average, is only about half what it should be. Drink more milk" is health slogan, not sales slogan War makes it necessary that all work harder and longer-and milk is among the foods we need to give us the added energy. Dairy Month ties in with the recently announced national nutri- tion program which is making rapid headway now.
 So-drink more milk Take advantage of the information which will be offered you during Dairy Month. It's designed to safeguard and improve your health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
Grim Facts

Let no amount of wishful thinking de- ceive you. Next only to shipping, the rubber shortage is the most tragic bottle neck facing this nation today. In one respect, the rubber situation is even crirnmer than the maritime. We are on the way to solving our shortage of ships. If we have not quite turned the corner, we are about to, but the alarming defi- ciency in rubber remains major problem.
 Our vaunted industrial capicity de- bends, more than the layman realizes even yet, upon use of the automobile, which in turn hinges upon rubber TOT tires. Take away our tires, lmmoolllze our automobiles and we bring creeping paralysis upon the marvellous plant which we have builded and converted to supply the anti-Hitler world with armament and munitions
 Rubber is utterly essential to the task remaining before us of destroying the ability of totalitarianism to attack de- xlocracy. Yet 97 per cent of the rubber we use came from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, seized by Japan. We raise, at home, hardly enough of the gum to make a months supply of hot water bottles. The American people stubbornIy resist these brutal facts, and grab at every item of false hope they can find.
 Such items are unfortunately common. There are literally scores of potential sources of rubber right at home. Day after day enthusiasts report that they can extract rubber from some hitherto unpublished source. Sure they can Anything that can be fermented to make alcohol is potential source of rubber. But that is incompetent, immaterial and irrelevant, to use our favorite legal ob- lection. Petroleum, of which we have relatively unlimited supplies, will produce synthetic rubber better, quicker, more cheapIy than the alcohol-producipg plants. There Is no problem there,
 The difficulty is one of plant. Presently elsori. the capicity Of exiting plants can
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be tripIed to produce 12O,OO0 tons year. The Army will gobble that up and still be starved. We have 455, ,000 tons in the stockpile. This can be raised to almost 100000 tons by dilution with reclaimed used rubber. That still is less than a years consumption.
 We can and will construct plants to make more synthetic, but every such plant divertS steel, manpower, and other items needed to build the immediate imple- ments of war. Let's get wise to the facts of life. When we wear out our present tires, we will stop using our cars. We have all there is. There won't be any more for long time, for civilians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
More Power to Them

In the midst of the self-seeking, com blaming and chiseling which pockmark a generally creditable war effort, it is good to run across the story of the rail- road shop workers. Through their unions = which are neither A. F. of L.. nor c. I. O. but set an example the big boys might note = these craft workers have agreed to do government war work on their present 48-hour week basis, at their current pay scales.
 These workingmen might have de- manded the benefit of the Walsh-Healey Acts 40-hour week, and pay at the higher hourly rates. They saw no reason for sticking Uncle Sam just because others have found him good natured easy mark
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
We Hope It's True

There is nothing we would rather be- lieve than that the switch in war pro- duction policy is based upon official be- lief that we may be able to end the war in 1942. But they forgot to put rose colored glass into our spectacles.
 Careful reading of world news sug- gests another explanation, less pleasant but perhaps more realistic. That is that the change-over is designed to stop those continual reversals, resulting from "too little and too late" policy. Instead of expecting to win in 1942, perhaps we are seeking to assure that we can take the offensive in 1943 in order that we may win in 1944 or 1945.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28

goods will be 26 per cent less than last year.
 This wide disparity between pur- chasing power and available con- sumner goods, Henderson warned, is the great inflationary Sex pIosive" factor. With a lot more in peoples pockets than supplies on which to spend it, a competi- tive situation develops that may set off catastrophe price run away unless drastically controlled. l7-BILLION EXCESS {, Illustrating this problem, Hen- derson pointed out that about S1 billions of the estimated $117-bil- lion national income will be ab- sorbed by taxes and savings, leav- ing S6 billions in spendable money. However, there will be only 69 billions of consumer commodities.
 This IT billion excess, he de- clared, is what must be kept in check in order to prevent 1t from setting in motion an inflationary spiral that would smash the na- tions' economic system.
 Tough as this problem is, Hem ders0n predicted that the situa- tiOn will be even worse in 1943. He estimated that by next year purchasing power will be three times greater than in 1892 while the supply of consumer goods will be only the same as in that year, the pit of the depression. The Price Administrator told the committee that the only way dis astrous imitation can be averted is by the most stringent government controls.
 He said he fully realized that such measures as rationing and price ceilings might cause boot logging and "blackmarkets" But he expressed the belief that patri- otic public opinion would power fully initiate against such law breaking.
 "In England" Henderson pointed out, "bOOtlegging of food and other scarce cOmmodi- ties is causing so much public resentment that many are de- manding that those who buy or sell on the 'bIack market be talk en out and shot,"
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28

d4AA1OA4ANC0 0O AOcb0ONA AAASAy
 Well the unfortunate answer is: "There just ain't going to be more more rubber for civilian use until 1944."
 Reason is the big war program, the long time required to build factories, but also the inexcus- able pickering of rubber experts over contracts and processes-es- pecially over the use of alcohol or petroleum as base for sym thetic rubber.
 And behind this is basic three way struggle among (1) the oil companies, (2) the farm belt, which wants to turn its surplus grain into alcohol, and (3) the big eastern alcohol companies which don't want to jeopardize their investments in Cuban mo- lasses as a source of alcohol.
 To get the full picture, examine the background of the govern ment's two leading rubber experts. E. B. Weidlein, advisor to Jesse Jones and the Rubber Reserve Corporation, comes from the Mel lon Institute of Pittsburgh, with a big business viewpoint and an oil-company blas as to whether petroleum or alcohol is the better raw material for synthetic rub Der.
 The other chief rubber expert is Arthur NewhalI, CoOrdinator of Rubber for the WIPE, formerly with E. F. Goodrich, and indoc- trinated with the viewpoint of the big rubber companies. Newhall
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was pointedly criticized by the Truman Committee this week.
 Now take a specific example of delays in rubber.
 SMUGGLING A
 POLISH INVENTOR
 A Polish inventor, Stanislaus Szuckiewicz, invented process for making butadiene (ingredient for synthetic rubber) from alcohol and had a plant in full scale operation in Poland for two years. So two enterprising young OPA economists, William s. Lacy and Lawrence Brown, arranged to smuggle Szuckiewic2 out of Po- land, on the pretense of a trip to Brazil, then brought him to the United States.
 But after the inventor had talk en out patent and begun oper- ations in Department of Agri- culture laboratory in Peoria, H., the OPM slapped a secrecy order on his process. Supposedly this was to protect the governments interest. Actually, 1t prevented 8 commercial company from develop ing this type of rubber.
 All this was before Pearl Har- bor.
 Weeks passed The Japs struck .. British rubber re- sources in Malaya were lost =. Dutch supplies in the East In- dies were about to be lost.
 Finally, on February IA, young Lawrence Brown got conservative Mellon Institutes Weidlein to ad- init he was not interested in the formula, and persuaded him to lift the secrecy order. As soon as this was done, a deal was made between Szuckiewicz and Pulp flicker Commercial Alcohol con- pany in Philadelphia-with Lacy and Brown sitting in to be sure that the contract would serve the purposes of the government. RUBBER FROM ALCOHOL
 This was accomplished on March 4. Publicker agreed to build a pilot plant 60 make butadiene out of alcohol - using its own money. Jesse Jones had loaned $650.O00.- 900 to the big oil companies to make rubber, but refused the little company.
 By this time the big companies had not even started construction of their post-PeaII Harbor plants, yet Publicker now has been pro- ducing butadiene in it's laboratory for six weeks. Yet when Pub- licker's president came to Wash ington and told Weidlein and New hall, "T'm ready to deliver buta- diene," they asked for blueprints.
 "Blueprints!" he cried. "This is not experiment. We are ace tuaIIy in production"
 Yet the governments rubber ex- perts put him off. They would not even give him an order.
 All this leaked out to the sen- ate last week and midwest sena- tors are raising cain. They are pressing Jesse Jones for an an- swer to the question: "Why did you allocate s650, ,000, ,0OO for Iaak- ing rubber from petroleum, and not Q penny for the alcohol pFO- cess"
 And the Senate is also pressing both Rubber Reserve and WIPE for an answer to the question; "Why do your experts close their minds tO new ideas?"
 HENDERsON'S WARNING
 Price Administrator Leon Hen- derson told the House Ways and and Means Committee a lot more during his secret testimony than he afterwards disclosed to news men. Here are some items which weren't made pubic;
 Henderson predicted that f the current levels of earnings are maintained, the total national in- come this year will approximate li7 billion dollars, 0g 2S billions more than in lDfi.
 On the other hand, aHe e fle enormous war production de-
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men. It has taken me a. long time to get around to that viewpoint, but I am convinced of it now. The whole problem is as simp'e as that, but its execution will be almost su- perhuman."
 The compelling situations of life have a way of making us come to definite decisions. Cynicism is a lux ur.': when men find themselves confronted with difficulty, they have to have faith in something. The Axis nations at the present. time have a tremendous faith in themselves and in the power of the material forces they have unleashed. History proves that such faith is not justified, Tn the end certain impopderables oVcFWhelm those Tho make such pretensions and bring their plans to confusion.
 No phenomenon can be explained by one factor alone, But certainly the best explanation for present world confusion is that men have foFsaken the things the Christian philosophy of life stands for. What our correspondent calls "a Christian philosophical approach to the pTob- lens Of all men" Is what . faals ished and bleeding world ls panting for today,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
o. what is laudannm2

@. What is laudanum?
 A. An alcoholic extract of opium, prepared by rubbing opium with wa ter, adding alcohol, straining off tEe liquid portion, ard diluting to the desired strength. It is brown cclored liquid. valuable medicinallp on account of the morphine content
 @. Was Edward D. White of Louisiana, who immediately precsd- ed William H. Taft as Chief Justice of the United States, appointed j., Democratic or Republican Pres ident?
 A. Tn 1894 President Grover Cleveland (Dem) appointed Edwarc D.. White Associate Justice of tht Supreme Court. In 1910, he was ap, pointed to the post of Chief Jus tice by President William H. Taft (Rep0 who later Gin 1921) succeed ed him.
 @. Which branch of the armed fcrces is called Devil Dogs?"
 A. The Marines. The hickman originated with the Germans in tn, first World War when they referre to the Marines by that name, be cause of their tenacity in battle.
 @. What are some slam signal used in playing Contract Bridge?
 A. Opening two bids; forcint takeouts or forcing rebidS; any fret bid above game; bidding suits bit by the opponents.
 @. What Is the real object of thu prenatal blood test laws?
 A. To discover venereal disease in the early stages of pregnancy when the danger of transmission tC the unborn child can be overcome by treatment.
 @. Did the poet Edwin Mark. ham use any other name?
 A. He wrote first under his full name, Charles Edwin Markham, but later dropped the Charles.
 o. Do sapphires ever occur ill any, color other than blue?
 A. 1co, tAAcy pTeSSIlL hlLI1OSC every variety of color, altho blue is the most familiar, deep shades being most valued.
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The marketing cooperatives represent organized farming" at it's best. These organizations aren't in business to shor- ten working hours and "slow down" pro- duction. Instead, they exist to show farm CTS how they may produce more. They help stabilize markets. And when 1t comes to "wages," they ask only that the farmer reeieve price which will pay his costs and leave little profit for his work. Today the farmer must face some of the toughest problems in history - higher taxes, higher costs of all kinds, a fast dwindling labor supply, sacrifices Of machinery and other commodities, The marketing co-Ops arc helping him make tho difficult and IlecessaEy adiustmentg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28

Once upon time, many and many a year ago, men did not wear paiamas when they went to bed They wore nightshirts ssneess acept ace st ev Ssuay a4e ade bags with sleeves. The War Production Board toyed with the idea of shifting all men from pajamas to nightshirts until we beat Hitler. They may have thought we would hustle that much more to finish the job. But kindlier, calmer second thought intervened. They'll take the frills off our pajamas, but they won't sen- tence us to nightshirts. The ultimate in indignity has not been achieved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28

The Red Cross is faced with the task of finding about a thousand nurses a month, for the rest of this year, for the Army and Navy. The rapid expansion of our armed forces, and their movement into the fighting zones, make it certain that tremendous expansion of the nursing service will be required. If this is to be orderly with minimum of upset to civilian institutions, it must be plan ned now. The Red Cross must learn upon whom our soldiers and sailors can count
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e tc. will be changed. Pc r. sonally I do not think 1t will hurt us mater ially, but it will change us. Of course the real answer to the whole problem is a Christian phil osophical ap- proach to the nr0hien1s 0f all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
Press Comment
SPICES Boston Post)

Housewives can feel poyful at the news that there will be no shortage of spices. There had been talk for & time that housewives would be wise to stock up on spices, but there Is no necessity for this.
 The glad tidings have been ar- nounced that there will be plenty of spices for the duration, even pepper and cinnamon, which are imported from the Netherlands East Indies. Spice dealers have reported there are sufficeint stocks of pepper and cinnamon to last long time, while other spices so precious to the house
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-28
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 @. have been told that the very small species of crab apples are not good for jelly. thought all crab apples made good jelly. Am l wrong?
 A. The fruit of all bearing crab apple trees may be used to make jelly, and each species has a more or less distinctive flavor. Some kinds, however, are SO small that they are hardly worth using.
 @. Did the late King George V of Great Britain contract mnrganatic marriage with e commonerP
 A. The alleged marriage of King George V to daughter of Rear Ad- miral Seymour was the subject of a court proceeding for libel in Eng land; an editor having published the statement in a magazine. The King took the extraordinary action of suing for libel; the editor was tot ally unable to prove the charge and the decision was against him. The King took this action to clear up once and for all this story which alleged that he had married the Admiral's daughter while serving on a naval vessel at Malta.
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sons go 70 war in tanks that are only 30 per cent efficient so that you can go ,joyriding, then maybe this rub Der shortage can be solved. But If you W a n t your son to fight in tanks that are 100 per c en t efficient and better than the e n e m y s, then you'll have to do without the joyride.
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