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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Highways Still Danger Zones

It is surprising that the decrease in highway fatalities has not been more marked since such things as tire and ga- soline rationing started to take their toll of the number of cars being operated. Per hapS this winter will make big differ ence in the figures, but right now they are far from encouraging to our safety of- ficials. More rigid enforcement of laws is being urged on every community as means towards general cooperation in the campaign to make the highways .Saf- CT. It is one of the surest ways of curb ing reckless driving.
 Certainly there will have to be extra vigilance maintained by both drivers and enforcement officials after November 30 in many Connecticut areas. When the dim-out regulations encompass Water bury, as we'll as other urban sections of the state, night driving will be about as perilouS as it ever was, even when automo- bile headlights were the next thing to old fashioned oil lamps Not only will driv- ing be difficult by virtue of decreased headlight illumination, but there won't be brightly-lighted streets to traverse. Anyone who visited New York of recent months knows what real dim-out area is after darkness has fallen.
 In a case like this a lot depends on the ability of the motoriSt and his complete willingness to cooperate at all times with the law. Most of us know that travelling conditions aren't expected to be very good this winter It may be difficult to get streets and highways cleaned; your tires may be getting worn pretty smooth. All these things add up to one single fact we've got to drive, if we drive at all, with extra care
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Thanksgiving, 1942

More than 300 years ago, the Pilgrims set aside day for giving thanks to God, day on which they stopped work and leisurely viewed the past with profound pride and the future with high optimism. But some of their number wondered, after burying brothers and wives and children during the dreadful New England winter, what they had to be thankful for.
 Today that question is etched in hard lines on the faces of people you meet on the streets: What have we to be thank ful for?
 Writers and orators have summed up our present assets in the one word: Liberty We hear it on our radios and read it in our newspapers. But how many of us have the vagueSt notion of what 1t means? If you inquire, you will doubt less be told, Well .. liberty means well, it means liberty" which clarifies the meaning in much the same way as did Gertrude Stein's famous assault on Luther Burbank, "a rose is a rose is rose"
 For one thing, liberty means that most of us will be able to sit down to Thanks giving dinner table teeming with the lucious delicaces which lave become so much part of the days celebration. We shall have food while others are starving.
 EaSd11l, llUClGy 1llSc1llO GIldG we Nell1 oCt aside hours for our recreation while others await their inevitable doom with the Sodden patience of a condemned man awaiting the electric chair. We can play while others are sad.
 This liberty which we boast about means, further, that when We are tired with our days labor, we can rest while others listen for the thunder of bomber engines growing ominously overhead. We can rest peacefully while their only peace is Co be found in the blessed democracy of the dead.
 Perhaps this liberty is not something to be thankful for But don't try to tell that to the thousands of American youths who have already expressed their thanks in the form of the supreme sacri- lice, or to the hundreds of thousands who will do so before this dreadful carnage is 0ve;.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Neither Did the Puriians

We don't have much coffee or tea or cocoa for this years Thanksgiving dln- ner. Many meats now are rationed. Assuming that our tires still are usable, there isn't gasoline for very long trip back to the old home town, and the rail- roads can't carry us all. The house or apartment isn't so warm as we would like. There's less wool in our new garments.
 Wages are good, there is work for all, but prices are high, taxes are heavy, and we feel impelled to spend more for war bonds than we really can afford to save, so we can't buy the things we would like. For that matter, the stores do not have them anyway, so we couldn't buy them if we did have the money.
 In many ways already we are worse off than in the depth of the great depres- sion. New privationS are in sight. Yet now comes Thanksgiving Day and again we are supposed to put on cheerful face and try to think up some blessings.
 Well, misery loves company, so let's reSurrect one of the Massachusetts Bay Puritans of 1921, in the autumn of which year the first Thanksgiving Day was ob- served. We can't take Governor Carver, because he was among the half of the col OnistS who died in the preceding winter from physical privations, including mal- nutrition. He never lived to give thanks in America.
 William Bradford, second governor, will do. Presumably he had as many comforts as there were in the village of Plymouth. Bring back the spirit of William Bradford, invite him to Thanksgiving dinner in the home of the poorest family in town, and watch his spiritual eyes pop at what he sees and what he has to eat!
 Sure, we are short of coffee and tea, spices and beef, gasoline and fuel oil and virgin wool in our store clothes. Ana how much of any of these do you suppose the Pilgrim Fathers had when in grati- t1de for their first matured harvest, which for the first time enabled them to eat satisfyingIy full meal of any sort, they established the institution of Thanks giving?
 Thew felt themselves fortunate to have some grain i've have surplus) which thew could make successively into flour and bread; some turkeys (foWls are not rakionedl which they went into the In- 6ian-infested forests and shot; crude houses in which 65-degrees of heat any where except in front of the fireplace would have seemed miraculous.
 our sons. our husbands, our brothers and onr friends are away from home, fsw dead and more facing death. Their ress husbands, brothers and friends \ z9rnaAv were dead one out of two oi I1sana - dead for lack of the food, cloth na. shelter which the most under-privi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Do you remember the good old days when photograph records, the old and disused ones, were often tossed around promiScuously. If you were in gay mood, you might initiate Discobolus and toss a few records around. But today records are priceless. With all produc- tion records being shattered in platter" production manufacturers are hard-preS- sed for the critical materials that go into the making of single record. So old records are worth while owning, because they can be turned in. Limited supplies of shellac make the old, even the broken, records worth their weight to the owner He can turn them in for price and so great has become the demand for the old records that there's a ceiling on these prices now Yep, the OPA has entered the field and set such prices as 2-cents for a 1O-inch solid stock record; Scents for 12-inch; 1-cent for a 10-inch laminated record; and 1-2-cents for 12-inch la minated record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Current Comment

The time is here when all Amer ican people must understand that unnecessary travel can do real and serious harm to the war effort. Con- ditions will become much worse un- less the American public comes to the rescue.
 Defense Transportation Director
 Joseph B. Eastman.
 There is only one standard of fit- nesS-the standard of total war Every man should have the light of battle in his eye.
 Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Mont
 gomery, British Africa commander
 The only test for military equip ment is actual combat. It is a trib- ute to our military commands and aeronautical engineers that after less than one year of war we are bringing our planes to the point where they not only compete with but usually excel, those of the enemy
 A. T. Colwell, aircraft manufact-
 uring executive.
 Just tell mon I never bobbled note. Pvt. Albert Feebls. who bugled as
 American and French flags wers
 rasied over Gran.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

According to reports from California the citrus fruit crop shipped out of that state and Arizona in the season just end ed totaled 1140O0 carloads. That lnclud- ed lemons, oranges, and grapefruit With oranges comprising more than half of the fruit. This is exceptional in view ot the fact that large quantities of citrus frults today are being diverted to plants TOT juices and for such other uses as may pc required by our armed forces. And m ao, dition we are sending lot of fruits and i,1ices to allied nations all over the world finder Lend-Lease terms One interest ing fact of the statistics is that today AS per cent of the grapefruit output is now consumed in canned form.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

e. Has the draft age in Great Rritain been raised recently2
 A. The age limit has been raised to Al. and every fit man between 18 1>2 and 4l has already been drafteNi, except those who are ir. replaceable in essential jobs.
 O. Please describe the new Ger. man plarM designated as Messer. schmitt 1OA-G.
 A. It is powered with 8 l700 horsepower nA3tor and carries three cannon and tNo machine guns. II can fly 250 miN,S an hour at 3,00t feet and 325 at 12,000 feet and is considerable slowSr and less man. euverable than previous models be. cause of the heavier armor.
 o. Is there law that authorizes the Federal Government to con. demn and take over farm homei for the purpose of establishing military camp?
 A. The law of eminent domain gives the government the right to take any private property for pulp lie use.
 o. How many veterans are ern- ployed by the Veterans Adminis~ tration?
 A. The total number of employees is approximately 45,000 persons, and eliminating the floating per. sonnel, about 65 per cent of the males are veterans and about Il per cent of the females. Including the floating field personnel, tn, average is 42 per cent veterans.
 e. I have received several ob scene anonymous letters; how car I stop them?
 A. Send the letters to The Chic Inspector, United States Post Of flee Department, Washington, D C.; give the names and addresse: of persons you suspect of having sent them and ask them to investi gate.
 e. Did Walter Paterson, whs formerly played Mickey" in the radio serial, "One Mans Family commit suicide ?
 A. He was found dead September in his automobile, where he ap- parently had committed suicide.
 Q. Who sings the song titles ir Kay Kysers orchestra?
 A. Harry Babbitt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

legged family in America possesses.
 Yet the Pilgrims thought up the idea of giving thanks all by themselves, with out benefit of presidential proclamation. We should have no difficulty, once year, in drumming up 6 little considered grati- tude toward God, toward our forefathers, toward the rich land they won for us and the freedoms they established for us.
 We should find it easy, even in such a year as this, to be genuinely thankful that we have inherited blessings of democracy that are worth preserving at far greater price than any that we may have to pay in this war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
A THANKSGIVING HYMN
 (Rv Clarence Hawkes.

 God of the fruit, the grain, the flowers. Who plannest all things for our good By sun and rain, through summer hours, Did fashion for us bounteous food. We meet today, to give Thee praise.
 For all Thy blessings on our land. Benehcent are all Thy ways.
 Though oft we do not understand. Give Us the faith and hope to say, Thy will be done Thanksgiving Day. The path ahead may look so dark,
 We cannot even see the light, But Thou of old did'st guide the ark, And lead Thy people day and night. Thus Thou wilt lead Thine own this year. And to the merciful be k.nG, And guide this nation, to us dear,
 Strengthening heart, uplifting mind. Show us the right and lead the way, For all the land Thanksgiving Day. If Thou dost mark the sparrow's fall, And paint the lilies of the field, Then Thou wilt guide us, one and all, And from all dangers safely shield. If Thou dost count the very hairs Upon Thy loved ones head, Then Thou wilt surely hear his prayers, And feed his soul with heavenly bread So let us work and watch and pray For better things Thanksgiving Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

The Wilson dinner consisted of only three courses (D Cream of oyster soup with slices of hot but tered toast; (2) turkey with trim mings and vegetables (cranberries were omitted); (3) pumpkin pie but no plum pudding with burn ing brandy; for doubling on des- serts was against Mrs. Wilson's idea of Hooverizing. Black cof- fee followed as digestive stimu- lant.
 In contrast, Abraham Lin- coin was served the following sumptuOus Thanksgiving repast by the Sturges Rifles in 1861, first year of the War between the states: Chicken soup, roast beef, turkey, cranberry sauce,
 chicken, mallard duck, tame duck, boiled ham, boiled corn beef, fried oysters, boiled pOta- toes, sweet potatoes, boiled tur- nips, cabbage, celery, mince pie and Hamburg cheese"
 There was nothing fancy about the service but there was plenty of it.
 Thanksgiving shopping is not particularly difficult for the First Lady, no matter what the admin istration. For instead of depend ing on the market. the White House usually receives several gift turkeys. Tn recent years they have been coming from a fancier in Rhode Island. Of the six standard varieties of domesticated turkeys in the U. s. A.-the bronze, Narragansett. buff. slate. white, and black-the bronze and Narra- gansett are the largest and these
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

QtSpeuSo Gy LHe eftlLb Ol Lle war between the states.
 George told me-" said the chap lain of his company, that he never had a full assurance of his faith and his acceptance to God until he became a soldier: that in the battle of Kingston. under the terrible fire of the enemy, his Savior came to him as never before, declared His presence. revealed His love, and held His soul in Ills hands"
 We hear so much today about the temptations to which military life subjects one, and much Of this of course is true. But it is also well to remember that the experience of war has sometimes driven men to religion. Strange as 1t may seem, some men have actually had a great experience of God on the battle field. Probably the best expiana- ton Is that the tremendous excit- ment and jeopardy Of war sometimes rouses the attention Of men and puts them for the first time in their lives in a mood to receive spiritual gifts.
 War will ruin some men. but 1t will make over others and give their lives a new meaning.
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 NewSoauer Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

the project must await approval of the appropriate branch of WIPE, and whatever that branch may be, Eberstadt has his hand on the throttle.
 EBERSTADT'S HOUSE CLEANING
 Here are some of the important men who have been shifted or de- noted in recent weeks, largely as a result of Eberstadt's re-or- ganization:
 Merrill Meigs has resigned as chief of aircraft division.
 A. I. Henderson, former Deputy Director General for Industry Operations, has joinel the Army.
 c. H. Matthiessen, IT,, former Assistant General for Operations, also has gone into Army.
 James $. KnOwlsOn, former Di- rector of Industry Operations, is now Vice Chairman of WIPE, but with far less power.
 William L. Bait, vice chair man of WIPE has been shorn of most of his power, is now hand ling the Community War Fund for WIPE.
 Ernest c. KanzIer, former dep- uty chairman on Program Prog ress, is now Director General of Operations also with less power.
 Lessing ROsenwald's Conserva- tion Division is still functioning, but has undergone a shift of posi- ton in reorganization.
 Most people insidet he WIPE are counting the days till Eberstadt or Gen. Somervell himself takes over the WIPE altogether.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
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 O, What organization is assist. ing the Army and Navy in obtaif1- ing blood for wounded men in the armed servicesp
 A. The American Red Crosl Army and Navy Doner Centers in Baltimore, Md, Boston, Masss Brooklyn, N. Y., Buffalo, N. F., Chis cago, Ill., Cincinnati, Ohio, Cleve- land, Ohio, Detroit, Mich, Wash- ington D. O., Indianapolis, Ind. Los Angeles, Calif., Milwaukee Wis, New York, N. Y., Philadel- phia, Pa, Pittsburgh, Pa, Roches' ter, N. F., st. Louis, Mo, and San Francisco Callf., are conducting blood donor programs. Persons be- tween 2l and 60 years of age and those under 2l with the signed per. mission of parents or guardian are accepted, provided they are no' suffering colds or any other cur rent illness and have not had an operation or significant illness it the recent past. Donors should ap. ply at the local chapter of the Rec Cross for appointments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
CITY EMPLOYES AND THE WLP
 (New Britain Herald

In Waterbury, where the admins tration also is faced with demands for salary increases by the city'i employees, the budget director has been told by the local office of the War Labor Board that the applica' ton for approval must be sent t the Boston office of the WLB. Sucl matters, whether public or private now seem to come under fedora jurisdiction. Naturally we havf been wondering, in view of the Wa terbury case. whether New Britain method of trying to settle a simila, problem is exactly apropos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Press Comment
SWEET-TOOTHED
(Boston Post)

The quartermaster corps of the army has purchased 25000 coo pounds of candy for. distribution in camps and cantonments while man. ufacturers of candy bars and pack aged cpnfections estimate that Il per cent of their production is being sold- to the armed forces. Ever Ration D, an extreme emergency ra' tion worked out by army experts contains comparatively large amount of candy elements.
 Here in Boston, long one of the nations leading confection manu- featuring cities, we can appreciate the sweet tooth manifestation b5 the army and the navy. For years we've demonstrated the value oi good candy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

William Fox, ex-movie mogul, must serve a term in the federal penitentiary for bribing the now retired Circuit Court Judge J. Warren Davis. But Davis, for corrupting whose high office Fox must suffer, goes free after two jury disagree ments. How could man bribe a judge who wasn't bribed?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

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 the author men, tions the fact that George, just before he joined his regiment in 1882, was coil- firmed in his brothers church. Although his re- iigious experi- ences had been momentous ard thorough. it was destined to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

ing commanded by Gen er a l S K ise n h O wer, Clark, Patton a nd Doolittle, t h e invasion had been con- manded by US. senators.
 s uppos ng Senator Alben w. Barkley of Paducah, Ky, had be e n in command in- stead of Gen. eral EiSenhow- or GIitnnnsiran
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Selected Poem

EDITORS NOTE: The following Thanks giving poem was written for the United Press by Clarence Hawkes., the Blind Poet oI nau ley, Mass, who has been sightless Tor 6V or his 73 years.-United Press .AsSOciatiOns.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
NOT ALL BAD
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

NUT ALL bAU
 George Brooks was the brother of the famous Phillips Brooks, rector of Trinity church in Boston and one of the greatest preachers of the nineteenth century. Tn one of the biographies of Phillips Brooks,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Either and neither designate one of two persons; no more. s'Either John or Henry will come" q asked John, Henry and Elylen, but non of them was willing to gO."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Washington Merry Go-Round
Frugaty Will Mark Thanksgiving Dinner at The White House.; Mrs Roosevelt Gives Recipe For Cranberry Sauce Speciality
 Ferd Eberstadt Now Virtually In Control Of All Production; Exercises Vast Powers Through His Authority Over Materials
BY DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON dinner White House history
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Horrors!
 What If Senators Were Generals?
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent)

To get the full drift of how com- pletely silly and antiquated is the Senate procedure over this poll tax bill, all you have to do Is consider what might have happened to the African camnaign If. instead of be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Senator the Hon. Wall Doxey of Holly Springs, Miss, had been given the job of preliminary reconnais- sance entrusted to General Clark. Supposing command of the armored force had been given to Senator Theodore G. Whatamaa Bilbo of Poplarville, Miss, instead of to General Blood and Cuts Patton. And supp osing command of the air forces had been given to Senator Kenneth McKellar of Memphis, Tenn, instead of to Gen. Jimmy Doolittle.
 All such comparisons are obvi- ously odious, and they are beside the point of rightness or wrongness of the poll tax issue itself. But some kind of a contrast of this kind is necessary to present this battle in the Senate in its utter futility and to show that in war time this is no way to run a Senate or a war.
 Picture therefore, Commanding General Barkley trying to get his general staff organized for an in- Vasion of Africa. The minutes of the staff meeting would run some thing like this, with apologies to the Congressional Record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
A Thought for Today

Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding 2e:2S.
 Wisdom and goodness are twin-born one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
 -Cowper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
ROUND AND ROUND


 The Chief Clerk called tEe roll General McKellar entered the room and was counted present. GENERAL McKELLAR. You can't do this to me.
 GENERAL BARKLEY, We just 1 did Laughter,)
 GENERAL McKELLA7. I've been insulted,
 GENERAL DoXEY. A point Of order, I move the record of pre- yious proceedings be read, and all misplaced commas be put back where they belong, so tt.a, the General from Tennessee will know whats been going on, In his ab- sence.
 The record was read, all commas were taken out, then put back in again.
 GENERAL BARKLEY. move that we proceed to tlps considefa- ton of an invasion of Africa.
 GENERALS DOXEY, BILBO and McKELLAR. l object. A point Of order, suggest the absence Of 8 quorum, This goes on for days al-4 oays until everyone gets SO tired they finally decide to abandon the whole matter. Silly. isn't it?