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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05
Progress in Treating
Various Speech Defects

consists Of a mental study Of the
patient plus patient re-educatlon.
considerably IN different CHIMES.
IN inns country one OF the per
maheht IDEAS Is TO teach n Stam-
tona ~ ere ~ Nts .4or,9So ~
Fna,ana .bar da,lana anNa+ 5oai
nnan ayarn;Tos "a a1oIa+'n
Anotbam n9n,iar ;IHa nI,,4
s+ann,nriro Re- tEat i uas Az. ~
cbanr;na fro,,, rat,,ro1 InflhaoT.
odnase - rinbtNbonGadrase and
whom Tho nar;on+ ;s aiIan.od 10 go
hack to ns;ng tLn Lan4 +bat be
wishes s+ammorinmi is nmnrovad
QuEslloNS AND ANSN tkS
T.. D R.-"I would Ike IA
Answer; The phrase is coufus-
ing. 1t probably means the result
of a basal m~etabolism test which
was done to determine the activity
OF the thyroid and means that the
thyroid IS active.
-
A, F.: as cataract caused BY
the blood, and can it be removed
through blood absorption?"
Answer. This Question sbo,cs .
verv dangerous state of mind va
do not know eyactlv tho canso nf
there are no blood chances II
must a|wavs ho treated as , loco1
disease. The danger is that much
precious time will be wasted by
the use of blood purifiers and pos
sibly vision in the eye Will have
~degenerated during this time so
that when removal of the cataract
is made, the vision is nearly gone.
-
Answer: Literally. neuraStIpniS
uoo,e .;rod,ar- r. no -
'' Va w NEWS II
was a name invented to cover the
fatirue of some Of the ra,r,en,
Nv :. 49, L.aa 49,, 'i ->9'
put IL mas beel !OulV cnllFtIN m
adequate and is not emplovcd any
lonro, bv r,oe+ n,on,ha,, ~
'o"Se oS hio9' "iei.pS!S ol we
medical profession. 1t is notable
that the fat;oIla Of tbo rcnroeoe 80
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05

DR.. Clendening Will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05

deafness or partial deafness, some
times dental defects, cleft palate,
etc. These are perhaps the easiest
of all to improve because there is
such a definite method of approach
indicated. Everyone knows the
peculiar monotonous tone of speech
of the person who has been deaf
since childhood, and yet it is as
tonishing how often parents and
teachers both fail to recognize a
moderate amount of deafness suffi-
cient to produce this form of
speech. In childhood a great deal
of this can be corrected by the
teaching of lip reading, to which
the child is more responsive than
the adult.
Correcting Dental Defects
The correction of dental defects
is perhaps the most hopeful of all
methods of curing abnormal
speech. Of course, after the dental
defect is corrected, the child has
to be re-educated in correct phona-
ton. Nowadays cleft palate brings
quite a high percentage of sue
cessful results in the hands of a
skilled plastic surgeon.
The second large group OF
speech defects are known as func-
tional. In these there is either I'M
perfect perception or control of
the processes of u%tterance in spite
of normal organs of speech. Some
of these are delayed speech, lall-
ing, lisping, repeating the same
word and aphasia.
Aphasia, of course in older
people, is due to organic disease
of the brain. In children, with
whom we are concerned in this ar
ticle, it is usually due to lack of
attention. In the several other
forms of speech defect listed, such
as falling, repeating, there may
be some lack of mental develop
ment at the root of the trouble.
May Be Imitation
In other cases. especially as in
lisping, the origin is likely to be
imitation. There are few regular
functions which we perform which
are so easily Influenced by imita-
ton as speech.
The third group Of speech dis
orders is usually considered psy.
chogenic. The principal example
Of this is ~stammering. In nearly
all the clinics for speech re-educa.
ton and correction, the treatment
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05
Effects Of Alcoholic
Beverages on Diabetes

been drinking and at the same time
has diabetes. It may be that the
coma Is due 20 the diabetes, but
many instances VIII occur IN which
the whole condition may be as
cribed TO the alcoholism and the
diabetic condition allowed to 90
untreated.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
S. K. W.:-Will you please tell
me what causes neurItis and is
there a cure for it?
Answer: Neuritis is most often
caused by a focal infection in the
teeth or tonsils or by a lack of VI
tamin B in the diet. The treatment
is obviously to remove the focal
infection and add v.tamin 4 u
the diet.
NJ. I.:-How long does It take
for a cataract to ripen? IS the re-
moval of { cataract d dangerous
operation? How long does it take
for the eyesight to become good
again?
Answer: Cataract ripens in
about six months TO a year. The
removal is not a dangerous opera
ton in competent hand. The eye
sight is restored Immediately, but
requires the use Of glasses for
close work. The operation is con-
sidered a major n and requires
the patient to 20 to bed.
A. S.:-What is a fungus
growth? Is it different from a
fungus infection and in what way?
Answer: A fungus growth is an
infection with any form cf organ.
ism which is in the form Of a prim.
tive vegetable. rather higher in
the scale Of classification than q
germ.
E. XII have been toid that
the juice of a lemon taken every
day will relieve sick headaches. Is
this true?
Answer: Sick headache is an
extremely complicated disease and
varies a good dea! in different PEG.
pie and : do not believe that it
could be said shat the juice Of a
lemon would relieve it.
NJ. H. G.:-What is Parkinson's
disease? What are the symptoms,
and is there a cure for it?
Answer: Parkinson's disease is
a disease of the nervous system in
which the muscles have q continu-
Gus tremor. There are different
forms of Parkinson's disease, some
of which can be cured by BELLA
donna root.
EDITORS NOTE: Dr.. C~lendening has
seven pamphlets which can be obtained by
readers. Each pamphlet sells for 10 cents.
For any one pamphlet desired. send 10
cents in coin, and a seIf-addressod cnvelope
stamped with a three-cent stamp. to DR..
Logan CIendening. in care OF this paper,
| The pamphlets arc: "Three Weeks kcGuc.
ing Diet. indigestion and Constipation,
Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feed
ing. "lnstructjons for the Treatment OF
Diabetes. "Feminine Hygiene" and T
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-05

Allied headquarters in Ausnan&
announced the death in al air crarh
of Melville Jacoby, correspondent
for two national magazines. He
arrived in Australis recently fl, N
Bataan with his wife. In the Philip
pines the couple lived with the L..
and Filipino forces defendias Ne
peninsula against he japanese y
victim il the SAM tr,7h rot E,,l,
Ger. Harold H. Gle rye 0f he y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
How Many This Year?

In speech given recently before a civic club in Bridgeport Walter O. Filley, forester Of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, pointed out that our state parks and forests attracted 2,700- 900 people last year. It might well be asked how large will be the number this year. Our guess would be that it will sur pass the 1941 figures despite gasoline and tire rationng The extent of these recreational areas is such today that it's possible for people in every section of the state to enjoy them without driving great distances.
 The public has shown more apprecia- tion with each passing year of the forests and parks the state has been developing Patronage has continued to grow be- cause people eally enjoy usin gthe facili- ties of the various areas or just merely enjoying a visit to or stroll through the natural countryside afforded. State parks and forest, in addition, have become year. round resorts in this state for there are winter sports to be found, as well as again the changing landscape to attract the nature-lover or hiker.
 It's far cry from the day that the state took over small tract on Sherwood Island in Westport for state park pur- poses That was 1914. Since then the state park and forest system has grown might fly, thanks to public generosity and to legislative assistance. The 850,0O0 pa irons of Hammonassett Beach last year or the hundreds that may have pepe- trated to some Of the smaller and more inaccessible areas all paid homage to a system that knows but one master-thc public Connecticut's setting aside Of public areas has certainly not been in vain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
A Thought for Today
You Can't Print That

There are very disturbing undertones in the verbal chastisement which OFF Director Archibald MacLeish has given the publisher and editor of a radio trade publication. The story has received most attention in trade circles, but its implica- tons are much broader than any com petitive squabble between newspapers and the radio.
 The Office of Facts and Figures made a study of reader-hearer reaction, to determine the best media through which to get government messages to the pub- lic. The result was mimeographed and distributed discreetly in government cir cleS. A radio publication obtained posses sion of copy, and printed such portion as made radio look good and the news papers look bad. MT. MacLeish says that the selection gave distorted picture of the OFFS conclusions If that is not true, If the magazines story is not distorted, then we feel sorry for wartime govern ment forced to rely upon so inaccurate a research organization as the OFF would appear to be.
 1ANNCRCIllB AAI NdCLCloII QloCIdIIIlGI, and assuming that the complete study did produce the truth, we wonder why MT. MacLkish does not now release the real facts? Instead, he has chosen to ex- co.date the magazine for using govern mCnt material not officially made public
 That alone should bc of public concern in this squabble. What the magazine printed was unpleasant to newspapers. Hp MaRT aich if tua nrr iN7i fife conclusions. But by no widest stretch of the most fertile imagination did the pub- lication betray any war secret-anything which could be of aid or comfort to Hitler, Hirohito, or even to poor old Benito Mus solini-remember him? The fat boy of Rome?
 MT. MacLeish says the mimeographed copies were plainly marked "Confiden- tial." We know of one, at least, that was not. But what if they were? Has the time come when, in order not to give aid and comfort to the axis powers, federal cen sorship can forbid publication of the re- suits of survey to determine whether more people get their news from the news papers or from the radio? That would be tragic. That would play into the hands of those who fear that, to save democra- cy, we may be asked to give up more Of democracy than we reed to waive.
 Every editor is under obligation, today, to consider carefully the strategic impli- cations of what he prints. Every editor is under ethical obligations, always, to see that what he prints is accurate in spirit as well as in letter We deplore the radio publications distortion, if 1t did dis tort. We believe that it's right to print such story, if it's correspondent had the initiative to acquire the facts, should be unquestionabe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

dar with its unequal months, quarterly periods, it's holidays and other observ- ances jumping all around the week, has many disadvantages.
 Our economic life, our religious life, our normal mode of existence are all more or less bound up with the calendar and many's the time we have berated the shifting dates of passing years. Ultimate ly a plan of fixed dates and other de- mands will be adopted; that seems almost inevitbale. Right now the World Calendar Association appears to have presented the most workable and acceptable plan already endorsed in fourteen countries, not to mention the hundreds of private and public organizations and individuals Certainly if it is to meet it's sternest test 1t is now when half the worlds embattled and needs some sort of a stabilizer like reformed calendar to put it's mind on more domestic matters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Wise Ruling

A Connecticut probate court has added to the legal protection thrown about the process of child adoption. He decided that when the secretary of a Wcll-knoWn col umnist and her husband gave up their baby for adoption, the foster parents ac- quired substantially rrcvocable rights This was wise ruling. The law generally protects mothers who are under age, un- married or acting under temporary stress from losing their infants.
 But there is growing line Of decisions to assure childress couples that when they take baby into their homes and hearts, they need not fear having their happier homes disrupted by belated change of heart on the part of the natural parents. Without such assurance the adoption system, which has given loving parents to thousands who otherwise would have grown up as waifs, would be nadly handicapped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
Discouraging Times

These are discouraging times to be discussing anything like calendar reform which must necessarily embrace the cn- tire civilized world if 1t is to be effective. Yet come wars or disasters the efforts of the World Calendar Association go right along. Even the seriousness of the pres ent international situation has not dis mayed it's proponents. They are earnestly efldeavoring to sell the reformed calendar Idea to sufficient nations so that 1t may become effective in 1945.
 To anyone but member of this yery virile organization this might seem quite hopeless, but it's guiding genius, Miss Elizabeth Achelis, and all her many sup porters and aides apparently believe they have some chance of succeeding where others have failed. The idea of calendar reform, of course, isn't new. It has long been recognized that the present calen-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

broke, Prank Howard wrote an on November 6. 1889, after war broke, Frank Howard wrote an in- ter-office memo stating: "There Is considerable temptation to publicize this butyl rubber de- veIopment and to seek contact with the rubber companies on 1t immediately, but a sOunder pol icy apparently Is to conflne the development to our own Organiza- tiOn."
 And 1t was not until March 2, 1040 that Prank Howard finally suggested letting Flrestonc use the butyl rubber process. This was two full years after Hitler had been given the secret, and at a time when U. s. war advisers were demanding that Jesse Jones get busy on rubber.
 But what is not generally known is that Standard of N. J. Is now charging the U. s. Government roylty on butyI rubber. Last March when the Justice Department threatened prosecution, there was lot of ballyhoo about Standard of N. J. giving its German rubber patents free to anyone who could use them.
 But this is true only of the slower and more expensive buna rubber. Standard did not give butyl free. Anyone using this important patent. handed to Hit Ter four years ago. must pay royalty for what is called the butyl "know- -hOw".
 These are some Of the men who are now helping to guide the destinies of the United States re- garding the most vital commodity 1t needs.
 (Morc about rubber delays and who k behind them will follow sO0n.)
 Copyright, 1922, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

Some sort of reciprocal arrangement ought to be arranged among the New England states so that motorists won't suffer when they cross state lines. There are such means now taken to assure one driver of not being accused of violating a state law which might differ from his own state requirements For example dim-out regulations in Connecticut now require that cars be operated there with headlights obscured in such manner that little light is visible, even along the highway. To conform to the law many cars have headlights covered with tape or painted over. But in Vermont cars so equipped, even with out of state mark ers are halted and drivers told they can't operate along Vermont highways until the headlights have been restored to norm alley. Unless prolonged stays within the state are planned we think that Yer mont authorities should recognize the need for the precautions and the diffl- culty Of making lights conform to one states requirements and not anothers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

Dr. William J. Hale, head of che murgy firm and consultant to major chemical concern, says he could make all the rubber we need IF he had $l0000O,- 000 manpower, and priorities on mater ial. Given money, men, materials, ana time there never has been any question that we could have all the synthetic rub Der we could use. The money would be easy in wartime for war purposes. The men would come harder. The materials steel and copper particularly-ar so scarce that shipyards are slowing down for lack of the former Silver is being borrowed from the Treasury for scarcity of the latter. So what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
In Today's Mail

grave injustice to the one who final ly pays. Let us frankly acknowledge that we arc upon an ungound and unfair basis and determine to come to q more equitable method than the double taxation of dividends, once as the profits of corporations and again in the hands of the stockhold- CTS.
 The excess profits tax, as now le- vicd, has departed from the idea of taxing the real excess of earnings over the normal as defined in the l040 law. "The 1o4l Act reversed the order of deductions SO that the excess profits tax Is Q primary tax computed on the total net earnings without any allowance for the nor- nal tax to be paid by the corpora ton: then the amount of the excess profits tax is deducted from the net income and the balance is subjected to the normal and war surtax" Sec- ondly. 1t departs from sound basis aA already explained in that the l04i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

on April 4, 1888, at a time when Roosevelt was sending notes to Hitler warning him regarding Austria, Spain and Czecho- slovakia, Frank Howard, head of Standard of N. J. Development Corporation, reported that Ger many had not surrendered full information regarding buna rub+ bsr, and refused because of "milI- tary expediency to permit !. G. to reveal such information to any one outside of Germany"
 Frank Howard, incidentally, is the figure who flits in and around Washington constantly and has had more to do than any other private oil man with the 3i big rubber contracts going to Stand ard, Texas and affiliates.
 GAVE IT TO HITLER
 It was at about this time that Bill Sparks, scientist for Stand ard of N. J., discovered a new form of rubber called isobutylene, generally referred to as butyl. which could be made much quick CT and cheaper than buna.
 And although Hitler had re- fused to give Standard the se- crcts on buna, Frank hopped over to Berlin in March. 1888, just at the time of Hitlers invasion of Austria, and gave the Nazis thi, precious secret. All he got in re- turn was I. G. Farben's promise that "Tt would ealdeavOr tO pro- cure HitIer's consent for the ex pIOitation of rubber-likc products in the United States"
 Some time after this, inventor Sparks resigned his meager S4.500 salary. But Howard, rushing back from another trip to Eu- rope, protested that he was his most valuable man. and rehired him at higher salary.
 Meanwhile, Standard of N. J. was keeping this new, cheap butyl rubber very much a secret fro:@ American rubber companies. And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

law taxes the excess on a sliding scale, varying from 35 per cent to 66 per cent. Finally, 1t denies It's own premise of being an excess tax at all and goes back and lays a so-called normal, plus surtax, on flat rate. which at present is 3l per cent. Where we should have an example of the most exacting justice on the part of the Government we have the reverse.
 To summarize: these methods pro- ceed first upon the pretense of dis- tinguishing between what are called normal profits and what are excess profits. They then depart from sound basis of corporate taxes in that, to the extent of the excess pro- fits. taxes are on Q sliding scale and and in disregard of the ability" of the individual taxpayer. Finally, to complete the injustices, the stock holder is again taxed on his divi- dends, without any credit to him for the taxes which the Government has already taken out of his earnings.
 England has recognized the inc justice both of taxing the stockhold-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14
EXCISE PROFIT TAX DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION INDIVIDUAL STOCKHOLDERS
 ABILITY TO PAY
HARTFORD, CONN. July B, l042.

AASHAtA q $AAASI ONSANAN'f
 July B, 1922.
 Editor of The Democrat
 Many have entrusted the prob- iems involved in the taxation of war profits of business with the lack Of such levies on the profits of farmers and of labor. Here we wish to com mcnt especially on the principles in- volVed with particular regard to the interests Of the Government as well as those Of the taxpayer,
 We have generally accepted in this country the principle of the "abolity to pay as determining the rate of Q tax on income or profits. We have, however. quite illogically abandoned this principle in our tax es on the profits of corporations.
 A tax upon a corporation is Ill., escapably a tax on the stockholders because they are the corporation. We have neglected to ascertain, in levy ing corporate income tax on . sliding -scale, whether the owner of tho stock involved receives the in- come of one or ono thousand shares. Some 47 per cent of the stockhold- CTS of corporations have an invest ment of less than 5000. We dis- regard how utterly unfair this meth cd may measure the ability" of tho individual. who in reality pays this tax. Then having started on false basis the Government exaggeratcS 1t by taxing the Individual Q second time on his personal income from dividends, which it has already tax. cd as corporate earnings.
 If in war time 1t Is necessary that we should consider where we may secure the greatest amount of rcye- nue we should not overlook the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

A. Tn 1910 approximately 2,500 man-hours were required to manu- ture & 20-horeepower automobile. Tn 1941 with the aid of improved power machinery and manufacturing tech- niqueS, only 500 man-hours were required to manufacture Q l00- horsepower automobile. The cost of the 1941 model car to the consumer was 5000, compared with $500 in 1910.
 o. Did Jesus have any rich men among his disciples?
 A. Not among the Twelve, but in the larger company of his followers there were several, as Joseph of Arimathea, who provided the tomE for his burial: Nicodemus, a mem Der of the Sanhedrin; and John Mark, cousin of the wealthy Barna- bas. whose mother Mary had a large house in Jerusalem. where the early Christians gathered after the cruci- flxion.
 Q. What does the name Arians mean?
 A. It is Welsh first name mean ing silver"
 c. How many men were inducted into the Army in World War I?
 A. 2,81o,296.
 Q. How much does concrot weigh?
 A Plain stone or gravel concrch weighs 145 pounds per cubic foot.
 Q. How much sugar did people h the United States consume per cap. ita during World War I2
 A. Tn 1918, the last year of World War l, the per capita consumption of sugar in the United States was 80.8 pounds. These figures include both sugar consumed in the home, at public eating places, and sugar employed in manufacturing process seS.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

Berlin, Md, wants change of name, but has rejected an outsiders suggestion that it perpetuate the name of Lidice, al ready adopted in Stern Park Garden, Ill. There are IS other Berlins in the U. s. A., among those Berlin, Conn. Also we have Japanese iris, gardens beetles, and Ger man measles Let's go, fellows! They mustn't all be renamed Liberty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-14

in Arlington, Va. Right now the building is over one fifth com plcted and 5000 people are work ing there already.
 Th ere is no fooling about 1t being the biggest office building on earth. F m plre State building in New York may be taller, Merchan- disc Mart in Chi- cago may look k bigger, these and