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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

s. to supply the Allies with muni- tions. It was only after Chap mans action aroused storm of protests in his district that he changed his tune ... Miss P. G., DetrOit-Rep. Clare Hoffman of Michigan, now being investigated by federal grand jury as to whether he. distributed seditious matter, took a leading part in blocking Rep. Earl Wilson of In- diana, from making his speech denouncing members of Congress for taking x gas rationing cards. Wilson, incidentally, has been de- luged with requests from all over the country for copies of his blis- tering speech. It concluded with this caustic admonition: "It's time to quit this damned belly aching and start acting like Amer jeans" .. J. M., Salt Lake City -Isolationist Senator Burt Wheel CT is not up for reelection this year, but he is trying to defeat Senator Jim Murray, militant New Dealer. So far, Wheeler hasn't got very far ... R. L., New York City-Principal opponent against isolationist Representa- tive Ben Jensen of Iowa is Joe Turner, veteran of the famed Rainbow Division commanded in France by General MacArthur. Turner is making big point of the fact that he is a "MacArthur boy"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
They Laughed at Dr. Townsend

Coincident with the announcement that the good old WPA may fold it's tents and silently steal away in another year comes the Washington report that to take up the slack caused by conclusion of this federal agency Social Security benefits may be broadened. One plan now under consideration is to make dl- rect federal-state payments to needy persons under 65. That's now being done for needy persons over 65 With payments by the various states ranging all the way from $5 in Arkansas to $38 in California. The federal payment would match the states.
 Death of the WPA would be both cause for rejoicing and sorroWlng. There were at the beginning of the current fiscal year 100000 on it's payrolls. The President estimates there will be at least 100000 when the new year beglns on July l. It would seem as If private ln- dustry could now absorb most of those on the rolls, but it's surprising how many people have hankering to remain ldle even when they don't have to be. Ana that is not supposed to be criticism oI the WPA.
 Like many federal agencies born of the depression it has been the target ot lot of unjust criticism. Some of 1t may have been justified, for there have been plenty of instances and examples Of boondoggling throughout the nation. But at the same time there will be many a public building or project that will long be a monument to the skill and labor of WPAers. Naturally it's encouraging when we can take down the barriers erected to stem off unemployment and depression. It means return to nor malcy, but normalcy must mean coun- try in which there is opportunity on every side for all of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

there are the countless school children who must be accommodated. In addi- tion to factory workers there are thou sands of office and business employees who use busses at least twice and often four times day.
 To prevent breakdown in our trans portation system officials of many differ ent groups, primarily concerned with prompt and orderly movement of great masses of working people, must devise program, a schedule that will meet all purposes. It's no easy matter, but we believe that with the proper study and the complete cooperation of all concerned the situation can be handled, though it may mean inconvenience for some, per haps more walking for those who have grown unaccustomed to it. If we can regard the whole matter as slight sacri- flee compared to those of the people in occupied and besieged countries our dis comforts may not seem quite so mad after all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

There may be speculation as to the makeup or personnel of the various rent control offices that have just been estab- lished here in Connecticut, but there can't be any doubt about the positive ness of the order that all rents in defense areas, of which Waterbury is one, revert on June l to the level of April l, 1941. That may not mean any sweeping changes to be made by local landlords, but then, again it may cause some quick revisions to be made in various sections of the city where owners have believed their property to be worth more in it's annual return than heretofore. Judging by what State Administrator Chester Bowles has to say of the situation there will be decisive action on the part of off cials with little effort at publicizing or surrounding their efforts with fanfare. That's the way the situation should be treated and the results will be far better if such steps are taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
Selected Poem
HARVEST OF THIS NATION

 (Charles Madam in the Christian Science Monitor) There is no time of harvest in this nation. When leaves are falling in New England hills The fruit of Texas ripens in the sunlight, Burdens the bough and fills. There is no month of harvest in this nation. Dakota wheat is snug in winter ground When berry -pickers walk the Florida orchards And warm winds sound. This nation, wide and abundant, is harvest. thousand thousand men out of this soil Roam in a world of acres, following seasons, Knead in this earth with toll Labor the mines, thrust with the gushing wells, Haul the nets of the salmon, long and timber Ride the herds in rolling dust clouds north, Take the snows for timber! This nation is a harvest; and all races Were sown and reaped to give this nation men. Here in the friendly acres, here in the mountains, Here by the sea again, Here where all seasons mingle, all bloods mingle Tn land fitly chosen to be mother. You who have asked: "What harvest2" You who
 are weary, old and embattled and bitter, here is your answer Where man says Neighbor" and "Brother"i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

By far the least of an elaborate cere- mony which accompanied the dedication of a new "Haven" of Father Divine Tn New York on Sunday last was the accom- panying banquet which writer for the N. Y. Herald Tribune described in detail and with apparent gusto. It was three hour meal with nothing left off the menu which required eight pages and com prised some 200 items, running from cheese souffle with mushroom sauce through pigs feet, roast goose, and broiled squab down to hints, candies, etc. An innovation on the menu was honey in the comb, but honey in any form may grow to be stable menu ot many tables if the sugar shortage grows any worse.
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Current Comment

4.
 Those who insist that we con- quer Hitler first seem incapable of understanding that we are in a world war. Herbert V. Evatt. foreign minister of Australia.
 Peace must not be a Pax Bri- tannica, or g Pax Germanica, but a pax huInana. Rabbi A. H. silver of Cleveland. If women buy in a black market they are as guilty as those who sell scarce goods at an Illegally high price.
 Helen Gregory, office of Price Administration official.
 Hitler will be Killed by his own generals. who will then say, i've are good boys. Make peace with ug." Emil Ludwig, German born bi- ogFapher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
Still Staggering

Don't be alarmed by the title. It's simply a question of rearranging our hours of communication so that one group of workers won't interfere with another. Tn short Waterbury is rapidly outgrowing itself in every way. True the city's physi- cal limits haven't been reached by build ing expansion, but other features, such as transportation definitely have. And transportation will be even more difficult as the number of cars on our streets con- tinues to decrease. That can be expected from day to day through the summer months, odd as this may seem.
 There will be less driving as tires begin to show signs of wear. Gasoline rations may be less after July than at present. Both features will cut down on operation of private cars and cause more demand for busses, particularly at the hours when men and women are going to and coming from work. In the midst of that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
For Powder, Not Tires

The grain farmers, who would like to see surplus wheat and corn used in the war effort, are misdirecting their efforts They ought to shoot at the munitions end, not at rubber Scientists working on the rubber problem tell us that short of miracle petroleum will always beat grains as a source of synthetic rubber, because the process is more direct.
 But grain is an ideal source of alcohol, rfow being made from molaSses at the cost of sugar rationing for the public. Nobody yet has given convincing req United Nations munitions out of grain, freeing the sugar for heat-producing food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

of all the noble families should carry 1t to the capital with paeans and prayers. The mad emperor or dered the statues of the gods torn down and replaced by statues of himself. Before his image the peo- pie were instructed to prostrate themselves and worship.
 Does this all seem part of an order long since past? The deifi- cation of man today is just as real as 1t ever was. We think of cer- tain dictators who are looked upon by their people as mystical irlcar- nations of the spirit of race. This Is not so different as we might suppose from the principles upon which the Roman emperors de- manded the worship of their sub- jects.
 But the modern dictators are not the only offenders. Leaders in every age can demand such homage from their people only because their peo- ple have come to believe that man IS m end ln himself, and therefore IS worthy subject of worship.
 Hunlanigm is always Q disguised form of id0latry.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
WASHINGTON. May 27.

Production is proving an indus trial miracle. More tanks were produced last month than during all of the last war. Plane produc- tion is now over $500 monthly. The army is becoming better equipped and better trained every day.
 However, coupled with this optimism Is some very realistic
 thinking which, while 1t can't
 be labelled discOuraging, never
 theIess gives definite cause for pause before shouting any vic- tory hurrahs.
 This realistic thinking is con- cerned with the great difficulty of creating second front against Hitler in Europe. Here are some of the cold, unacceptable facts we are up against.
 First, it Is estimated that Hit Ter has an army of around 4,000,- 900. Russia has 6,000,0 GOO men, but they are not so well trained and equipped as the Germans. Yet Hitler, despite the power of his army, has been extremely careful not to get involved on two fronts at once. He has picked each ob- jective coldly, carefully, and knocked it out separately.
 Even the Russians, with their tremendous army, shy away from the idea of having another front created in Siberia.
 THREE U. S. FRONTS
 Second, the United States with total army of around 3,000,000 men, and with most of these still in the United States, must think of three froE.s-Australia, the Middle East, and the prospective front in Europe.
 Of course, American troops for the European front still are only token force. Actually England hes enough men under arms to constitute an invading army. But the main problem facing both England and the United States is ships.
 Nazi announcements of ship sinkings show that they have a pretty good Idea of U. S.-British ship tonnage, so it can be no se- cret that we lack not only the ships to keep 8 big army supplied with munitions, but might find it very difficult to take an invading force across the channel in the
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first place, and keep 1t supplied in the second place.
 Third is the problem of landing on the European continent at all. During the two years that the Nazis have held the coast of France, Holland and Belgium, they have not been idle. They have taken all the French guns out of the Maginot Line and studded the coast with them. This shore is probably better fortified than the British coast and Hitler was not able to invade England. Therefore, the surest means of pounding Hitler in Europe con- tinues to be from the air. And this undoubtedly will be the chief U. s. and British strategy. But despite the almost super-human obstacles, it is still considered absolutely necessary, somehow or other, to get land force on the Continent to set up second front agaInst Hitler. And the age of miracles is not over.
 OFFENDED BOOTLEGGER
 Court Asher, whose isolationist weekly, X-Ray", was banned from the mails, admitted at the Post Office Department hearing that he was an ex-Ku Kluxer and had been convicted of violating state and federal liquor laws.
 But the browny Indianan in- dignantly denied that he had been "a petty bOOtIegger."
 "Why," he protested angrily, 'T never sold less than a case of liquor in my life. It's an out rage calling me a petty bootleg er."
 CORRESPONDENT DEPT.
 One stumbling block to entering the Navy Is defective eyesight. And out in Detroit two optom. etrists, DTS. John Ross and L. E. Rehner, have been giving their ser- vices at nights to youngsters from the University of Michigan who have passed all their navy tests except for their eyes.
 The remedy prescribed by Drs. Ross and Rehner is very simple also very similar to that prescribed by the Navy - chiefly eye-ex- ercise, plus plenty of carrot juice.
 The exercise includes moving the eyes sidewise, then up and down, then diagOnaIly for fif- teen minutes in the morning and fifteen minutes at night. After this, the Navy prescribeS mas saging the closed eyes with a
 large sewing thimble for five minutes.
 Drs. Ross and Rehner also ad- wise using the eyes outdoors to look around as much as possible without turning the head. What the eyes need, they say is plenty of muscular exercise, for eyes are like leg muscles, arms or any, thing else.
 The two doctors paid tribute to the eagerness of hundreds of young men to get into the ser- vice, and so these scientists are working nights to do their part to help them.
 MAIL BAG
 c. B., Paris, Ky.-Regardless of Rep. Virgil Chapman's campaign (claims that he supported the Presidents foreign policies, the of ficial record shows that Chapman voted against repeating the arms embargo in 1889 to. enable the U.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
Questions
 and Answers
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 The Waterbury Democrats Ser vice Bureau win answer for you free, any question of fact or in- formation, not involving extens sive research. Write your ques- ton clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser- vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c.
 o. What shall I do with the tin. foil which I have collected for nas tional defense?
 A. The office for Civilian De- fense says that the best thing to do is to sell it to a junk dealer and do- nate the money to some defense or- ganization. The government iS not now collecting tinfoil.
 O. What is the altitude record for delayed-opening parachute jump?
 A. Arthur H. Starnes jumped from an altitude of more than 30.- GOO feet on Oct. 24, 1941. He did not pull the rip-cord until he had drop ped to an altitude of less than 2,O0O feet.
 e. If a selectee dies during his period of Army service, is he entitled to burial in Arlington National cem- etery?
 A. Yes.
 o. What was the total number of labor strikes in the U. s. in 1914?
 A. The statistics are incomplete but the approximate number was l. 204.
 o. Who was the first priest to be made cardinal in the United States?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

The pace is starting to tell. Car owners in increasing numbers are patronizlng the public utilities these days Occass- ionally traffic gets heavy, but not as 1t once would around this time of the year. This weekend will really tell the story as it will be the first holiday weekend since gasoline rationing started. There should be good reports along the highway bat tle-fronts, once accustomed to link VIC tims by the hundreds after Memorial Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
Whats Your I. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

 1. Ceylonese is the name of kind of cloth, the natives of Ceylon or g kind of spice?
 2. General Douglas Macarthur was once superintendent of the U. s. Military Academy at West Point; true or false?
 3. Is there any chemical differ ence between sugar produced from cane and that produced from beets? 4. Why is a coin sometimes drop ped on 8 hard surface to see If It will "ring?" 5. DO like magnetic poles attract or repeI each other? ... 6. What name is associated with Pyramus?
 '. Who wrote "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"?
 8. Water can be taken Into a locomotive Gender while the train is in motion; true or false9 2. With what major league base ball club does "6keeter" Newsorle pIayq
 10. How many years are usually counted as 9cneratione
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

that c. b. baIQ- win, who heads Farm Security Administration in the Department of Agricu l t ure, might be a Com nunist, this re- porter went out to inspect.
 Everyone now agrees that these Communists are darn clever people but if MT. Bald win is 8 Com munist, the way fhavy Oof in their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

erect a temple to the worship of the emperor.
 When Caligula ascended t h e throne, he had his name in- scribed on a shield of gold and appointed a day when the priests. senators, and the s o n s and daughters families should
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27
. IoNAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Red Tint
 Scraped From Farm Security
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Any time an attempt is made to hang the Communist label on gov- ernment official. it's fun to go around and have a look at the ac- cused, to see how long he lets his whiskerS grow, whether he wears his shirt inside or outside his pants, and just how big supply of bombs and vodka he keeps.
 Consequently, when 1t was charged on the floor of the Senate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-27

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR "There are various kinds of men," is a true saying, of course, In the sense that kinds vary, just as every man varies from every other man; but in the sense of numbers kinds, the correct expression is several kinds Of men.
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A. Rev. John McCloskey, by Pope Plus TX. The investure took place in the old cathedral in Mott street, New York City, April 27, 1875. John McCloskey was born in Brooklyn in 1910. He became the first President of St. Johns College, Fordham.
 @. Which selection was sung by Irene Dunne and others in the oper- atic scene in unfinished Business" and who was the tenor?
 A. The selection was the aria Finale" from Act of Martha" by F1otow, and the tenor was Henry Korn.
 @. What makes soap bubbles round and what gives them color?
 A. Equally distributed air pres- sure within bubbles, resisted by Q film of equal tensile strength at all points, makes them round. ThC beautiful play of colors in soap bub- bles is caused by refraction and re- flection of light.
 @. When was the Louisiana Pu-- chase completed and by whom?
 A. On April 30, 1903, an agree ment of sale was reached by the United States Government and the government of France. Thomas Jeff ferson was President of the United States and Napoleon Bonaparte wal Emperor of France. The region was more than a million square miles in extent, and cost about twenty dol- lars a square mile.
 e. How is humidity measured?
 A. Most meteorological stations use a hygrometer, called a psychro- meter, which consists of pair of mercurical thermometers, one of which has its bulb wrapped in thin muslin, and the other is an ordi- nary thermometer. The muslin is moistened and the thermometer is whirled several times before the reading is taken. Unless the air is saturated, the wet bulb is cooled by evaporation and the difference between the readings of the two thermometers, with the aid of suit able tables, gives the absolute and relative humidity and the dew point. The dew point is the tenn perature at which, under ordinary conditions, condensation of water vapor begins in cooling mass of air, and varies with the absolute humidity.
 @. Is there simple method for severing the top from glass bot tie so that the bottom can be use6 as jar?
 A. Saturate piece of wrapping twine in turpentine or kerosene, and tie 1t around the bottle where the break is desired. Ignite the twtne and let it burn until 1t drops off, then dash cold water on the bot- tie and it will break where the twine was tied.
 o. What part of speech As the word please" in the sentence please go."
 A. It is verb. The fulfil sens is If it please you, go," may please you to go"
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 so that when she does decide t. return to an even keel again she may not turn herself over on hey starboard side and undo . years
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

HUMANISM AND IDOLATRY
 Caesar Augustus proclaimed him. self god and ordered temples built that his subjects might accord him divine honors. Tiberius deprived a large city in Asia of it's position as a free city because it failed to
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SO that when she does decide k return to an even keel again she may not turn herself over on hey starboard side and undo Q years work. It's 8 huge job, but 1t will be done.
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets $50 a. m.( war time). Sun rises 5:26 8. m.; sets e:l2 p. m (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
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Washington Merry Go-Round
DREW PEAR SON ROBERT 8. ALLEN

Westinghouse War Optimism Tempered by Realistic Thinking; Our Armed Forces Are Still Small for Enormous Tasks We Foce Shipping Is Big Hondcop PIunnns Invasion of Euope Immediate Strotesy Keep Pounding Foe from the Air
  feeling about the picture lot the old
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A Thought for Today

win both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. | Psalms 4:S.
 To be trusted is a greater compliment than t0 be loved.-George Macdonald.
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o. What part of speech As the word please" in the sentence please go."
 A. It is a verb. The fulfil sens is If it please you, go," may l. please you to ,go."
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