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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Gone, But Not Forgotten

It's wonderful what those intelligence
department aides can do these days.
Maybe there'll be a little disgruntle-
ment among radio listeners, but from
now on there's going to be very close
scrutiny of the questions that arc sub
mitted for the various types Of quiz
program, so popular now on the net
works. The Office of Censorship at Wash
ington believes, and it's right no doubt,
that lot Of information could be trans
mitted to enemy forces through the
medium of an innocent quiz question.
There are many ways this could be
done and if you only stop to think you
can see how clever spy rings could man
age to convey much valuable information
to enemy craft lurking in our waters or
to other spy groups within or without
this country. The possibilities are great
and perhaps SO great that they won't
be seized upon. But if they are the au-
thoritieS are prepared to meet the sltuat-
tion There'l be a close check-up and
constant surveillance to prevent any Sc
crets or information being conveyed via
the radio
OF course it will mean to a certain
extent that some types of quiz program
with audience participation may have
to be stopped completely. This seems
like lot to do, but when the country
itself is at stake we don't think there
should be any hesitancy whatsoever in
bringing to an abrupt end means or
way of aiding our enemies to scuttle
our ships or kill our boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Our Determination Known

Passage of the new selectve service act,
making all men liable for military service
between the ages of 20 and A. is notice
to the world that the United States is out
to win. Not until the late summer of
1918 did the World War selective service
act extend the military age to As, after
the United States had been in the war
more than a year The wider the range
OF men available for service, the more the
selective principle may be used. That is,
il is perfectly possible that man of 80
may have more dependents and response
bilities, be more difficult to replace in
civilian activities, than man of 40, and
in some cases he may not be in any bet
ter physical condition. The extension of
the age limit to A makes it possible to
raise the requisite number of soldiers
with the minimum dislocation to the
civilian life which must function to the
full behind any successful army Regis
tratiOn of all men from 13 to "a extends
the selective principle to home defense in
key with war as it is Waged in 1941.
How many men will be called to service
under this new law, we are not told,
and perhaps that is just as we'll. Any
estimate that the War Department might
make would be subject to revision any
way in accordance with circumstances
which no one can now foresee. Every
preparation is now under way to raise an
army OF whatever size is required. If
it takes four Million very we'll, and if it
takes ten million, we have them and they
are ready to do their part in whatever
order and at whatever time it is decided
is best for the whole war effort. Nothing
less is thinkable in the kind of wal into
which we have been plunged.
The Kaiser's Germany became con-
vinced, due to American love OF peace
and the activities Of certain groups whose
volubility was out of proportion to their
influence, that America would not fight
even if her rights we're trampled upon.
The Kaiser's Germany found out differ
emily. Whether Hitler figured that under
no provocation would the United States
fight effectively we do not know. 1t seems
likely. The new service law is the begin
ming of the answer Final delivery of the
complete answer now rests upon each and
every one of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

In our lives rests primarily upon
ourselves. We are like Uzzah, the
Old Testament character who, in
his concern for the safety of the
Ark of God, put forth his hand to
steady it, and was struck dead for
his presumption.
Gods miracles begin to be per-
formed in our lives when we really
let go and allow Him to do for
us what we cannot do for our
selves. 1t goes without saying that
we should do and continue to do
everything within our power to help
ourselves. But it should also be re-
membered that no living person Is
ever strong enough to get through
his life, or in fact to get through
an hour of his existence, without
the help of power beyond his
own. We are encouraged to trust
that power. We are to let go and
let God do for us what He alone
can do.
The miraculous power Of God is
never brought to bear upon anyone
who disbelieves in 1t or thrusts
1t impatiently aside.
GAN Rights Reserved Babson
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Current Comment

1t is not given to us to peer into
the mysteries of the future; yet,
in the days to come, the British
and American peoples will, for their
own safety and for the good Of
all, walk together in majesty, in
justice, and in peace.
Winston Churchill, British Prime
Minister, to the American Con-
greSS.
This country is at war, and
enough is happening to break peo-
pies hearts without adding un-
necessary traffic fatalities.
- Traffic Commissioner Blecke of
Cleveland.
Merry ( istmas TO all who real
ize that Mr.. Churchill is the man
who started the war.
Broadcast from Rome.
The Panamanian nation contrib
uteS for liberty and democracy all
1t can give.
President de Ia Guardia of Pam
anna.
Let us never doubt that France
will continue to play a glorious
part In the pursuit OF common
victory.
Charles Boyer movie actor, at
! Free French rally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Two Helpful Hints

Here are two things in which the
ordinary citizen may help: If you are
planning to tape windows as an AFRAID
precaution, don't use surgical tape. 1t
contains three defense materials, rubber,
zinc and cloth. In the event OF real raids
it would be badly needed. Use the
ordinary gum, industrial or Scotch varle-
ties of tape.
Before buying flashlight, the supply
of which is none too great, search the
house through for old ones that can be
made to work with new batteries or minor
repairs. That will save materials ana
lessen the drain on badly needed new
ones. Those are just two things to which
the OPM has called attention. Using the
head will no doubt bring other examples
To mind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
What Is Really Essential?

The standard Of living OF the whole
American people is going to be reduced,
in the material sense, for the whole period
of the war. That is the only answer to
the devotion of bigger and bigger pro-
portion OF our material goods and facil-.
tiles to war purposes. Yet we are still
luckier than most of the worlds peoples
in this: SO far as may be foreseen, we
should have enough of the really essential
things to avoid the kind of hardship on
the material plane that kills even the
spirit.
Talking the other day to a refugee
from Europe, we found what several years
of wandering, driven before the blast OF
Hitlerism from country to country,
stripped of all possessions and the fruits
of lifetime of labor, has taught. eve
have learned" he said what is really
important, really essential. Enough plain
food, enough comfortable clothing,
warm roof overhead. People you love
about you and a chance to work with them
and for them = in freedom. Those are
essentials Whatever may be had beyond
this is good, but until these essentials
are attacked and diminished, there is no
real hardship"
American life has been the greatest
gadget civilization ever cOntrlved. We
have devised more accoutrements to the
mere business of living than any people
ever contrived before. What is gadget?
A gadget has been defined as an ingenl-
Gus mechanical device for doing eff
GENTLY something that you wouldn't have
to do at all if you didn't have the gadget.
A lot of these gadgets are going to have
to go. We can take it one of two ways.
We can howl that it is practically living
death to have an auto without two sets
of horns, cigarets without double cello
plane wrapping, one radio in the house
instead of three, lamb chops without
friled paper panties, or chocolates With
out individual tinfoil wrapping. Or we
can ask ourselves, every time one of the
gadgets goes down the drain, "Was 1t
really essential"
We may have to learn to live more
simply for time. We may have to learn
to walk instead of perpetually riding. We
may have to learn to stay home and face
ourselves and our friends and families
instead of perpetually gadding. We may
have to dress plainly instead OF frenzledly
following every Whim of fashion. Yet from
all of these "deprivations' something
good is to be had if we will but take it.
There are physical and spiritual benefits
in re-learning to walk. There are ingenu-
tiles to be uncovered in making the old
clothes do, making the plain clothes at
tractive. In being compelled to stay with
ourselves more, we may find ourselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
In Today's Mail
FLAG WAVING STUNT
DOESN'T APPEAL TO
THIS VOTER
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Our election laws are pretty lax
when they allow a hit-and-run pol
itician like this fellow, Ryan, to
nominate himself for the high Office
of Congress by forming his own
party overnight and without run
ming the test of primary and cleo
ton procedure usually required to
choose candidate.
Every independent voter who
votes for him throws his vote away.
Every Democrat who votes for
him votes for the Republican can
didate.
Every Republican who votes for
him votes for the Democratic can
didate.
1t throws the whole election off
and defeats the real wish Of the
voters under a two party system.
If all you have to do to be Con-
gresham is twist your name around
by parting it In the middle with
some sounding name, pick a
flag-waving name for your own
party, even though you don't care
whether the flag waves or not and
then make nuisance, Of yourself
by attacking your opponents and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Questions
and Answers
youR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWEhED
The Waterbury Democrats Ser.
vice Bureau will answer for you
free, any question Of fact or In
formation, not involving extern
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.
@. Where can I find out about
the government sponsored industrial
defense training courses In my To-
cality?
A. Information about them may
be obtained from the local ONCE
of the State Employment Service,
from the vocational education divi-
sion Of the school system, or from
the local board OF education. II
none Of these agencies has the In
formation, it can be obtained from
the state Office OF the Employment
Service, at the state capital.
@. When a prominent speaker is
about to appear on the platform, is
it proper for the band to play Hail
to the Chief?
A. No; that tune is reserved for
the President of the United States.
@. What is avertine, and why is
it not used more as an anesthetic?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

incumbent Edward Eicher goes Oh
the federal bench. Rober t
O'Brien, another crack young ca
reer man who is head of the
SECS utilities division, will be ap-
pointed to Echer's seat as a mem
Der of the Commission. Piqued
at Purcell's elevation to the
Craftsmanship, veteran Commits
sioner Robert Healy has resigned
and is looking for job outside
the government. A number of
the employees at the White Sui
phur Springs Hotel, wilere Ger
man diplomats are being "enter-
tanned" by the Government, are
of German descent. Dave
Robertson of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men has urged members of his
union to buy Defense Bonds with
the back pay they will receive for
September, October and Novem-
Der.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

Under a plan submitted to the
President by OPM Associate Di-
rector Sidney Eillman and Fed
eral Security Administrator Paul
McNutt, unemployment compen-
sation benefits would be consid-
erably increased for the jobless.
This is what Hiliman and Nc
Mutt proposed:
The present period of benefit
payments to be increased from
Is to 26 weeks.
The percentage Of a workers
pay paid him while idle TO be
boosted from so to so per cent.
The existing weekly maximum
he can receive as jobless in
surance to be raised to S24.
Under the Hiiiman -McNutt
plan these liberalized benefits
would operate for this year only.
BY 1943 it Is expected that all
change-overs to war production
will have been completed and that
every person capable and willing
to work will have no trouble get
ting a job.
The President has indicated
his approval of the Hillman-Mc-
Mutt plan and the necessary steps
to put it into effect will be taken
shortly.
NOTE: Hillman, original author
of the plan, also proposed to the
President that 1t be revived i'm
mediately after the war to cushion
the re-conversiop of industry to
peace production
NOISY SECRETARY
Edward Prichard, tall, smart,
young Kentuckian, who is a mem
Der of the OPM legal staff, was
selected by Chairman Will Davis
to act as secretary of the recent
Labor conference.
AS one of the session broke up
for lunch, Prichard reminded the
delegates that they were to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

I. The "Whiskey Rebellion" il
1894 was a protest by Colonia
whiskey manufacturers against the
tax on distilled spirits, or the low
tariff on French wine?
2. How many dozen are in a great
gross?
3. Who first established the
theory of blood circulation?
4. What are the present names
of the countries, formerly called
Persia and Mesopotamia?
S. Who wrote THE Innocent,
Abroad? !.
6. Who became president of the
United States upon the assassina-
ton of Mckinley?
7. If you bought car for $170
sold it for $3.50. bought 1t back foi
$3.50, and finally soldi it for 5000
how much profit would you make;
8. The rank of lieutenant genera
is higher than major general; trut
or false?
9. One state Of the union has g
one-house legislature. Name it.
10. The capital of West Virgins
is Parkersburg, Charleston, OF
Wheeling?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

the guests of Secretary Frances
Perkins. In the confusion and
noise, no one heard MN, SO, rap
ping sharply with the gavel,
Prichard shouted,
Gentlemen, if you will take
the elevator to the right, you
will find cars waiting to take
you to the Labor Department
for lunch with Miss Perkins"
The below apparently annoyed
John L. Lewis. Turning his dis
approving gaze on Prichard, the
bushy- proved mine boss snorted,
young man, are you studying TO
be Pullman CONDUCTOR"
NOTE: Later, TO another labor
delegate, Lewis remarked, "SOme
says this Prichard is a Frankfurter
man. Others that he is Hill
man man. 1 don't know which is
worse"
NELSON'S APPOINTMENT
Donald Nelson's selection as war
production car was the best kept
secret In Washington in many
years.
In all Of the Capital there
was only one man who knew
that the able, Woodworking
OPM priOrities chief was TO be
named to the key production
post. That man was the man
who picked Nelson-FrankIin d.
Roosevelt.
No one had the slightest ink
ling about the matter, including
Nelson, He had long favored a
single production executive, but in
recent months had not been men
toned in the list of possibilities
for the job. Other more promi-
nent names were touted Sec
retaries Jesse Jones and Henry
Morgenthau, Justices Byrnes and
Douglas, Milo Perkins, executive
director of the Economic War
fare Board, Undersecretary of
War Robert Patterson.
Months ago, during the old Ma
tional Defense Commission, Mel
son, then chief Of purchasing,
had been talked of as top choice
for head of the defense program.
But after that, while in the fore
front, he was not one of the
"big" names.
Not until he went to the
White House with Vice Presi-
dent Wallace, following hur-
ried telephone call several hours
before, did Nelson learn that
he was the man of destiny.
Chief credit for selling" Mel
son to the President belongs to
Wallace, although like Nelson he
didn't know until the White
House conference how successful
his craftsmanship had been. Wal
lace became greatly impressed
with Nelson's quiet effectiveness
during their work together on
SPAB, of which Wallace was
chairman and Nelson executive
director.
On a number of occasions, Wal
lace voiced high praise of Nelson
to the President. Their views
stuck with the President and
when he finally decided to put
war production in the hands of a
single executive, Nelson was the
choice over all the other possible
ties.
Once he made up his mind, the
President acted fast. The reason
for this was to avoid word of his
decision leaking out, and to block
the friends of other aspirants
starting undercover pressure
drives for them.
The President gave Nelson only
one piece of advice.
Don't" he said, "be tough,
This is a tough job and you will
have to be tough TO make a 60
of it,"
NOTE: Quipped an OPM big
shot the day after Nelson's APP
pointment, II guess we're PM
now instead Of OPM."
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ganson Purcell, brainy young
career man whom the President
a year ago elevated to place on
the Securities and Exchange
Commission, vii succeed to the
craftsmanship o. the agency when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

ally amounts TO that now, what with fire.
quent grace periods and concessions
made TO late-comers.
It's one more instance of the early
bird getting the worm but not getting
any more enjoyment out of swallowing
it than the late-comer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

I he economists
who thought they
knew all the ans
wers.
II h e shortage
problem has hit
everyone almost
alike. There are
some lin es of
merchandise that,
If not a lr e a d y
gone, will simply
disappear from
the S h e Ives as
soon as existing
stocks are con-
sumed. That is
the first stem and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Selected Poem
SALUTE TO THE COMMANDOs

Orchard Armour in the New York SUM
Come swiftly with the mantling dark
And leave your devastating mark
Upon the inexpectant foe,
Who after, If at all, shall know
Come silently as does the night
And strike fearful blow for right,
Then silently, before the day,
Take up again the homeWard way.
May all the issue be as planned,
May nothing harm your little band,
And swift and silent be your path
AS that of man in vOiceless wrath.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

promising everyone everything, then
God help the U s.. A.
suppose there are some people
who go for that sort of lolly-por
candidate, but there ought to be :
law agin 1t SO that our election con
tests will be fair tests. 1t only take.
two teams to make good bal
game.
VOTER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Stores Face
Lighter Shelves
And More Worries
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

Washington. Jan. 10 - What hap
pens to the retail merchant in these
times?
The answer to that one can't be
given in full, but it is beginning to
appear and the results thus far are
little surprising even to some of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

Will fail unless we
help Him. We will
not cast our bur-
dens upon Him
neither i'll we
take our problems
to Him, confident
that He has the
solution. We are
obsessed with the
idea t h a t t h c
chief responsible
ity for the success
of every venture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19

A. It Is tribromethyl alcohol
CDR 3 CHI ooh. In small doses an
imperfect anesthesia is Of frequent
occurrence, and in large doses there
is grave danger.
@. What makes chimney
damp?
A. Sometimes it is caused by the
condensation of moisture in the flue
gases. The combustion of any fuel
containing hydrogen generates
water, and If the products of COM
bustion from such fuel are cooled
below their dew point condensation
results. A widely used remedy is
the installation of metal pipe in
side the chimney to carry the prod
ucts of combustion and to prevent
their contact with the brick. An
enamel pipe is often used for this
purpose for durability. Such pipe
will become warm more quickly than
the chimney and condensation is
therefore less likely to occur.
@. How much 90 oysters weigh
per gallon?
A. On the average about 8 ga
lbs. The weight varies with the
pack" some oysters weighing more
per gallon than others.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL l.. DOUGLASS. ID. ID.
GIVE HIM A CHANCE

Maybe the reason why God is
not doing more for us is because
we are not giving Him a chance.
For some reason or other, we
SEINE to feel very often that God
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
TODAY's COMMON ERROR

There Is a slight difference be-
tween the nouns admission
and admittance; as, one
gains admission to or intO) a
room through a door; ad-
mittance to an entertainment
is by ticket.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
Washington Merry-Go-R
Plant Conversion JobIess Will Get Increased
1ImoncNutt Plan Calls for $24 Week Top Months;
President Acted Quickly and Secretly in Appointing Nelson;
You'll Have Tough" He advised Production Head

WASHINGTON January 10 There good in for the thousands
OIL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-19
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to back page
for the answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-12
Pilot Of Crippled Plane
Decorated for Saving Crew
"A. P. Wirephoto.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Award of the Air Medal for meri-
torious achievement and extraordi-
nary skill" has been made by the
Navy to 1t. William Cole, Sandy
Hook, Conn.
The citation accompanying the
award said 1t. Cole was plotting a
ply airplane that had been severely
damaged by gunfire from unseen
surface vessels during his assigned
patrol and added:
Determined to return his wound
ed crew to point within safe reach
OF medical attention, rather than
have them bail out over the sea, 1t.
Cole, by sheer physical strength and
courageous tenacity. kept his gravely
stricken plane in fight for 2 hours
and 40 minutes. half of that time
Hylng through heavy clouds, with
neither an air-speed meter nor an
automatic pilot, and perilously on
the verge of stall or fatal spin.
Eventually forced down in a pre-
carious landing at sea, 1t. Cole
transferred the wounded from the
rapidly submerging plane to life
RATS and showed them of with pro-
visions"