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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Press Comment
THE ARMY CRACKS DOWN
 (Hartford Courant)

Are soldiers soldiers or are they little boys in uniform? Medical off, cers at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri do not say outright. However, they have posted a ruling forbidding soldiers to eat between meals, spec f1cally hot dogs, namburgers and ice cream cones. All of which looks ominous. It looks, in fact, as though the Army were cracking down.
 Whether or not the boys will like motherly hand, suggestive of apron strings, restricting their off-duty habits-particularly such a personal thing as between-meal snacks-is beside the point. They're in the Army now, and their idiosyncrasies must conform to the army yardstick or go by the board.
 Not a mother in the country but will breathe a silent tribute to the courageous powers-that-be who took the law into their own hands at Jefferson Barracks. Not one but will wish that the ruling might be uni- versal where children are concerned While the three banned items are now a part of the American tradi- ton, their Judicious use alone will keep them from being both a men, ace to health and 8 nightmare to the distaf side of the house. A sergeant in the home is what many a mother of small children will now wish for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Home Fires

The eastern states - the same IT plus Ahe District of Columbia which have been Experimenting with gasoline rationing- are looking forward to cold winter. Just Rs it has been found impossible to supply their motorists with automobile fuel, be- rause of transportation difficulties, so It IS going to be impossible to provide suffl- cient fuel for their oil burners.
 There is no "wolf, wolff in the Warn- Ings that are being broadcast. If there were, the nations largest petroleum company would not have substituted coal euuipment in place of oil burning Unfortunately, changes have been com ing thick and fast, interSpersed With Just enough false alarms so that the eastern public is bit apathetic. There is gen. eral and dangerous tendency for the home owner to let the matter of next winters fuel drift, in hope that, rather than see the public suffer, government will find some rabbit to pull out Of the hat.
 During January and February, in the eastern area, ordinarily 1,130,O0O barrels st day of fuel oil are burned. The best that is forecast for the coming winter is 791, ,OOO barrels day. Obviously thls leaves a shortage of about 34OOO barrels a day, or approximately one-third of the normal usage. But that is not true measure of the seriousness of the sltua- ton so far as householders are concerned.
 Much fuel oil is used industrially. 50 the reduction to householders may. ex- ceed one-third of what they have been using. This has been reiterated time after time, and still householders neglect 10 do anything in preparation. Some 4oO,- GOO of them have furnaces originally butt for coal but converted to oil. About all these would need to do is have the OH burners removed and grates installed.
 The government is going out of it's way to permit the manufacture of grates TOT this purpose, from metal needed else where. The Federal Reserve Board has made an exception liberalizing credit re- strictions, to help householders finance the conversion from oil to coal and also to cover the cost of weather-strlpplng' insulation and other fuel-savlng deVlces. That probably, is about all the govern ment can do. Uncle Sam can hardly De expected to provide the conversion 1ree' or to send his workmen to do the loo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Poor, Abused Argentina

Foreign Minister Guinazu of the Argen- tine is enraged because the United States, lighting for her national existence, will not supply armament to Argentina with out any strings attached. The strings, says Guinazu, were request that the Latino republic convoy shipping part way toward the United States. This the for eign minister resented as an obvious at- tempt on our part to get Argentina m wrong with Germany. If those were the astrings", our government certainly was wrong. What we should have demandco wag that any munitions we supplied be .,sed against Hitler and his allies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

the final triumph of righteousness as if 1t were something in the fu- ture. Righteousness has already tri- umphed. Man, with devilish perver- sity, is trying to destroy that tri- umph, but he will never succeed in so doing. When Christ had com- pleted his life of moral perfection, and when He went to the cross to die for the sins of mankind, He had won a victory over death and evil which man, no matter how much he may try to do so, cannot overcome. The victory Is not in the future. The victory is very decidedly in the pres ent.
 We wonder sometimes if evil will eventually sweep over the world and destroy the designs of God. There is no danger that this will happen. War, sin, anarchy represent mans attempt to destroy the victory God has already won. These things rep- resent man putting his head against a granite wall as high as heaven and as wide as the universe. The victory has been accomplished. Christ has already, in behalf of a righteous God, overcome the world.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

The question of candidate for the Democratic Party in the 18th Senatorial District is one that evidently won't be answered until after primary contest has been conducted If so it will be the third successive year there has been one, with the 194O contest being by far the outstanding. There were three candidates that year. There might even be that many this year judging by the number of names already mentioned. The removal of Sena- tor Edward P. Egan from the district makes the contest for the nomination a more or less open race with any num- Der of potentially-strong candidates al- ready mentioned. An ,avowed candidacy from one or more would crystalline sen- timent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Current Comment

Every day official communiques ladle out soothing syrup. Every day the people must be given their daily dope.
 William Morris, leader of United Australia party.
 We must have democracy in fact as well as in form, in industry as well as in constitution, in economies as well as orations.
 Professor Ralph Barton Perry
 of Harvard University.
 
 By the end of this year 1t will be diflcult for citizens of the United States to purchase any luxurg goods or, for that matter, anything be- yond the essentials of living.
 Claude R. Wickard, secretary
 of agriculture.
 God and time and Russia are on our side.
 Associate Justice James F. Barnes, Supreme Court. In measuring men, don't meas ure them so much by what they say-I measure them by when they Wendell Wtllkie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

war effort-and the country-into the ground again.
 -GO-ROUND
 Army medicos gasped when, with the temperature 106 in the shade, Ft. Bliss, Tex, soldier walked in with frozen finger. The strange phenomenon was due to the soldiers careless handling of shipment of dry ice A friend met Lieut.. Gen. Bill Knud- sen in Detroit and asked how he was feeling. "Fine, fine," said Knudsen with a grin, "I visited 27 plants this week." Strait-laced Army and Navy Journal, which seldom delves into politics, paid an unusual tribute to Representative Lane Powers, New Jersey Republi- can, in recent editorial. It said: 50 valuable are MT. Powers knowledge and activities in con- nection with national defense that his continuance in Congress is the earest desire of all those concerned with 1t, irrespective of politics" Copyright, 1942, by United Features
 Syndicate, Incl
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But already there is a back stage boom to make him chief Of the War Production Board, replac- ing the harassed Donald Nelson.
 Those who know Kaiser well de- scribe him as having the type of business genius sure to succeed in wartime-great vision, and the guts to fulfill visions, especially when he has all sorts of money to spend.
 In an era when money means nothing, so long as 1t will win vic- tories, Kaiser,s friends say he is a natural. In private life, judged by routine business standards, he would be a flop.
 His partners never quite know what he will do, don't even know it when he pledges their assets, In a great hurry to get something done. Inside reason Kaiser broke with the Todd Shipbuilding Go. was because he pledged its assets without its knowledge. But with Kaiser, time is too valuable to waste 1t arguing when there's goal to be quickly achieved.
 Exact opposite of Kaiser is Jesse Jones. Each is a great man in his own particular fashion. Jesse was the genius of depression days when banker had to watch every penny, and cards were played close to the chest.
 But today, g bankers mind, applied to buying quinine and erecting rubber plants under the hurried stress of war, may wreck a nation. Kaiser, on the other hand, might go bankrupt in or- dinary times-but he has the dash which Is required in war; time.
 STEEL IS THE
 SECRET
 Chief secret of Kaiser's success in building ships so fast on the West Coast, was having plenty of steel. But the fact that he got
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

No sooner had the ink dried on Clare Booth Luces letter to State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley, stating her inability to be COP congressional candidate, than new name was being mentioned Rob ert E. Fatherly of Darien, prominent Tn Young Republican circles in Fairfield County, would like the nomination, m other words the lady having retired tne gentleman would accept the honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Selected Poem
BEIN' HELPFUL

 (Perley A. Gilmore in the New Haven
 Journal-Courier) Bein' always pleasant s Mighty fine to do, Bring cheer to others When they're kind O blue; Tryin' to scatter sunshine In the world around, Where so much O darkness, Grief and pain abound. Faint no use complainln If the morn is drear And the clouds are threat'nin', ShoWin' rain is near; "Twon't make things no brighter If you fume and fret = Never made the weather Any better yet. Your cares ain't no harder n Others have to bear Settin' down and whinin' Don't get folks nowhere; Help some strugglin' brother Wearyin' on the ~oad - Sharin' others burdens Lightens your own load. When life's day is over, When its tasks are done, When the shadows lengthen From the settin' sun, Bright will be the dawnin Of your life's new day If you scattered sunshine All along the way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

1. Name the port on the Arctic seacoast of the U. s. s. R. through which American and British mili- tary supplies are sent to the Russian army.
 2. For how many years have China and Japan been at war2
 3. Which popular New Deal e. tablishment was recently abolished by Congress.
 4. The twenty-four hour time sys- tenn has, been officially adopted b3 the army; true or false?
 s. What is the proper name of thu star that is also known as the DOS Star"?
 6. Who was the tallest president of the U. s.?
 T. What have the following in common: Inside clinch, becket bend, single Matthew Walker?
 8. Paul Laurence Dunbar was Negro poet, composer or inventor?
 9. A foreign-born person natural ized in the United States is tech- nically an alien; true or false?
 10. Who composed My Old Ken lucky Home"?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

Flyln 6 FortreSS bombers were sent over Europe on a daylight raid, five of the seven ships were shot down.
 The story has received wide cir- culation. Its ef- feet has been to spread the idea that the Flying Fortress was un- suited for use against the Ger mans and to de- stroy confidence in what has been hailed as the most
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

was 1t the express sion of @ hope. It was a declaration of something that had already been accomplished. a He did not say, T will over com e the world" or T will strive to overcome the world" " but T have overcome the world"
 We talk about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
GROWS IA TOMATOES ON STEM

La Grange, Ga. (UP)-Any way you slice them, IA tomatoes on one stem Is some tomato growing. H. C.. Roberts, of the Oak Grove com munity, came to town carefully carrying stem on which the IA hung. They weighed about one quarter of 8 pound each and ap- peartd healthy specimens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

A. That is violation of the gasoline ratoining regulations. An "Out of Gas" sign should not be displayed if the dealer has gasoline on hand. He cannot show dlscrim- illation by turning the general pun- lie away and serving his friends or customers to whom he wishes to give preference, but he can suspend gaso- ines sales during parts of the day in order to conserve the supply. A dealer is also permitted to give pref erence to defense workers, trucks, and ambulances. A notice must be posted to show that he is giving preference to such customers.
 @. What is the exact time in which the earth makes one complete rotation?
 A. The earth rotates once every g hours, 56 minutes, 4091 seconds, relative to the stars. The interval is called the sidereal day.
 o. On a ship, what is the man. ger?
 A. It is the part of the deck that is partitioned off forward on some vessels to prevent any water that may enter through the hawse holes from running over the decks.
 o. I was born in Canada and came to the United States with my parents in 1930. My father recently became a citizen, but my mother is still an alien. I am 18 years old and want to know whether I can claim citizenship through the na- turalization of my father.
 A. You cannot claim citizenship through the naturalization of your nfather. The nationality code of 194O requires the naturalization of both parents before the 18th birth day of their foreign-born children. You can apply for your first papers and when you are twenty -one you may apply for your final papers.
 e. Did "Stonewall" Jackson come from poor family?
 A. His father, Jonathan Jackson of Virginia, was country lawyer, who died in poverty when Thomas Jonathan Jackson was a child. Thomas was raised by an uncle.
 o. When was Cologne annexed by Germany?
 A. In 870 A. D. Before that it was a Roman colony. It was taken by the French in 1794, but restored to Prus- sia in 1914.
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are
 desirous of securing this weeks
 booklet, POPULAR RADIO STARS, address F. M. Kirby, De-
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Questions
 and Answers
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 vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
 o. How many visual test sare giv- en applicants for appointments as aviation cadets, and what kind are they2
 A. The Aviation Cadet Exan1tn- lng Board gives ten tests in its vision examination. They are: vision acuity, eye music test, general in- spection of eyes for injury to core nea, burns, diseases of lids, etc, depth perception, double vision, ac- commodat color vision, conver- gence, field of vision or form, and general eye nerve test.
 o. May a gasoline dealer in the gasoline rationed area display an "Out of Gas" sign and remain open to serve favored customers?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Be careful with mOdifiers. Wrongly placed they make the context sound ridiculous. For instance; Every morn ing I take 8 run followed by a shower bath; sounds as if the shower bath" was fOl- lowing the runner. Say, "and immediately afterwards . shower bath."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

THE VICTORY SECURE As Jesus left His disciples He said, "Be of good cheer, have overcome the world"
 This was not a promise, neither
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Half Truths
 Malign U. s. Flying Fortresses
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

One of the most persistent of the whispering campaign stories about American aircraft has been 8 report that the first time American
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Henry Kaiser Shpbuer Doomed for Donald NeIson Job; Unpredeob But He Hos Genius for Getting Things Done Big Stick Over Steel Industry Get Materials for Ships; Nelson However, Called Too Nice Too Easy with His Friends
BY DREW PEARSON

August o Henry Kaiser builder of Boulder Dam Bonneve fitted stage TOT only advocating wholesale construction cargo planes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 4:32 a. m. (war time). Sun rises 5:56 a. m; sets 7:59 p. m. (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
A Thought for Today

For the Lord giveth wisdOm out of his mouth eometh knowledge and understanding.-PrO- verbs 2:6
 We become wiser by diversity; prosperity de- stroys our appreciation of the right-Seneca.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

EDITORS NOTE-If you are
 desir0us of securing this weeks booklet, POPULAR RADIO STARS, address F. M. Kirby, De- partment 2-1OO, Waterbury Dem- Ocrat. Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, ID. C., with Is cents to cover postage.
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

o. When was Cologne annexed by Germany?
 A. In 870 A. D. Before that 1t was Roman colony. It was taken by the French in 1794, but restored to Prus- sia in 1914.
Smyrna times., 1942-06-04
AWORD To The kIvEs
81
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About Shortcake
You'll find your baked shortcake
much easier to split in layers if
you divide the dough into parts,
fit one portion in the pan and brush
with melted butter; then top with
second layer of dough and bake.
"sauey Eggs"
A delightful way to prepare
poached eggs is to cook the eggs
in hot tomato soup instead of the
usual hot water. Serve the soup
as a sauce.
A Tint-Hint
Here's a grand way to tint cur
tains evenly-and easily. If the
curtains are fragile, place in roomy
bag or an old pillow slip and close
at open end. Thoroughly dissolve
the tinting agent in water in your
Hotpoint electric washer. Add the
curtains, which have been washed.
and let them agitate for 3 to 5
minutes. Curtains made of sturdier
material may be placed in the ma
chine without being placed in a
bag.
For Bigger and Better Cream Puffs
When baking cream puffs or
eclairs the one-step, cold oven way.
made possible by the temperature
and moisture controlled Hotpoint
oven, drop the mixture by smaller
spoonfuls than usual on the bak-
ing sheet; baked in the cold cleo
trio oven, cream puffs expand to
greater size. producing not only a
delicious crunchy product, but
yielding more servings than the
same recipe baked the ordinary
way.
Smyrna times., 1942-06-04
CORRECT DIETS
FOR WORKERS
Dietary Study Indicate made
quate Diets Among In
dustrial Workers
EDUCATING WORKERS

Dietary studies of workers
families in many sections of the
country indicate that the average
employed worker and his family
consume meals far from adequate, /"
states Milton HUT, president of the
National Dairy Council. The Com
mittee on Nutrition and Industry
of the National Research Council
reports that facilities for feeding
workers in industrial cafeterias are
very poor. Only one of 33 cafeter-
las surveyed was directed by a
trained dietitian. Furthermore,
workers were making poor choices
even when wholesome foods were
available. This evidence indicates
that the nutritional status of in
dustrial workers needs a lot of i'm
provement. Many employers have
become suddenly aware of the i'm
portance of good nutrition for their
employees and have become ready
victims of the campaign being
waged to sell synthetic vitamin
concentrates. In some cases en-
ployers are passing out vitamin
tablets to employees in an indis-
eliminate fashion in the hope OF
quickly raising the efficiency to a
high level. Nutrition authorities
are in agreement, however, that
this practice is unwise and uneco-
nomical. The nutritional needs OF
industrial workers can be met by
the proper selection of common
food such as milk and dairy pro-
ducts, vegetables, fruits, eggs
meat, and cereals (either whole
grain or enriched). The nutrition
al status of industrial employees
can best be improved by educating
the worker and his family to buy
and eat the right kind of foods
This can be accomplished by the in.
stitution of a community nutrition
education program supplemented
by the organization of factory own
ed cafeterias managed by trained
dietitian. Vending machines anc
rolling cart services should make
available milk and fruit juices fol
between meal feelings.
Smyrna times., 1942-06-04
Keep Your
SPick t...4 SPon

rs there some one in your town,
i a Mrs. Thoughtful perhaps,
who seems to have amazing luck
with household help? But If you
look more closely, you'll find that
it's system, not luck that has made
her maid a Priceless Pearl.
The system, as explained by
Esther Allen in the January Good
Housekeeping, is simply that the
wise housewife took her new en-
ploye on a tour of the house,
showed her the prettily furnished
maids room and spotless bath with
supply of soap, towels and all the
necessaries. And then she gave the
girl a paper on which was typed:
"In this household, everyone ex-
poets everyone else to be neat and
attractive. We feel that it is just
as important to battle at least once
day and be spick-and-span as it
is for the house to be kept clean
and orderly.
you'll find hand brush in the
bathroom, for a good scrub, and
manicure tools in the dresser
drawer. Clean, well-kept hands and
nails are half the battle in neat
ness. There's a clothesbrush, too,
for that final brush-off after you're
dressed and hair-combed.
"In the dresser drawer there is
a jar of the deodorant used every
day by all the members of the
household. When you need more,
just ask for it.
"Please wear a hairnet when
cooking and serving. You may dis
like them; but they keep your hair
tidy - and no stray hairs will be
blamed on you!
"Use rouge, lipstick, nail polish
if you wish; but on duty, please use
them in moderation"
Smyrna times., 1942-06-04

Corp. William e. Keiser
1231st Sta. Company
Fort DUPONT, Del.
Corp. William S. Lamb
Military Police Barracks
Fort Miles, Del.
Pvt. Cummins E. Speakman, Jr.
Battery G, 4th Bin.
Serial No. 12047300
Fort Eustis, Va.
Pvt. F. C. Lawrence Stevens
18th Inf, 3rd Battalion
Eaton Town, N. J.
Sgt. Rhesa o. Walton
Battery G, 198th c. A.
Serial No. 20257230
Care of Postmaster
San Francisco, Cal.
Lieut.. George R. Walton
0-383325
Battery G, 1913 c. A.
A. P. o. No. 919
Care of Postmaster
San Francisco, Calf.
William M. Whayland
Company D, 9th Br. E. R. T. c.
Fort Belvoir, Va.
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Service Honor Roll

Seaman F. c. David M. Boggs
Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pvt. K. Carter
Battery B, 102nd Sep. Bin. C. A.
(A.A.) Serial No. 257233
APO. 921, U.S.A.
San Francisco, Cal.
Pvt. Leon r. F. Chase
1888 A. M. IT RI
Serial No. 12O12156
A. P. o. sos
Care of Postmaster
San Francisco, Cal.
James G. Clark
u. S. S. Shenck
Care of Postmaster
New York City, N. Y.
Pvt. F. G. Paul L. Coverdale
Battery c, 9th Field Artillery
Serial No. 32O72562
Fort Bragg N. c.
Pvt. James A. Cox
Co. H, 9TH Regiment ONTO.
Camp Lee, Va.
Pvt. F. C. Merritt A. Haley
Co. B, 824th Engineers (A.V.N.)
Care of Postmaster
New York City, N. Y.