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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Ain't It Awful Adolf?

Nothing quite brought the colossal nerve of the Nazi to the forefront as the recent invasion of Africa by American forces When Berlin finally realized what had occurred and the full import of the American occupation was brought home to them, the mouthings of the HitleriteS were as stupid as they were loud and lengthy. How nation which has rec ord of cold-blooded invasion and murder can take issue with the fairly peaceful like advance into north Africa made by Americans is more than we can under stand.
 However, it's just about what might be expected. The Nazi conception of what IS right and wrong is far different from that of most of the other civilized na- tions of the world. Occupation of north ern Africa by United States troops was not begun, as have so many Nazi inva- sionS, to protect some particular country and to place it under the benign influ- ence of America. On the contrary our purpose is simple and direct We landed because such was part of conceived plan of action against the Axis forces.
 Once the war is over and peace is pro- claimed therell be no American troops in north Africa or in any of the countries of Europe or Asia We have no territorial designs in any of these continents. But we have designs on the Axis powers, the main one being to blot them out as quick ly and effectively as possible. So this fuming and fussing from Berlin is just so much bally-hoo. It reveals the Nazi mind in just about the bracket we long had placed it in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Democracy at Work

Axis propagandists will try to make it appear that the results of our cleo tion spell American dsunity. That was the line taken by Vichy, even before the votes were cast, and that is the interpre- tation with which Herr Goebbels must seek to hearten the German people and dishearten those of the occupied coun- tries But Hitler and Mussolini and Togo are not deceived They themselves know that the American people have merely rebuked their public servants for not being tough enough.
 An off-year congressional election can not be interpreted by adding up all the details--the defeat of Congressman X, the reelection of Senator Y, the narrow escape of Governor z. These things are influenced too much by local and per Sonal considerations. The measure Of what happened this year is the surge or discontent at a time when by all econ- omic standards there should be only con- tentment We have been hit hard by the draft, by taxes, by prortieS and short- ages. All of these and other incon- veniences promise to become more oner- ous. But we did not punish congressman for this, or elect replacements in hope ot tightening the load.
 Rather, what we did was express our disgueSt with too-little, too late policies which, in fact, have spared us material discomfortS but which have slowed us lown in the prime task of beating Hit CT. The important thing-the thing which Hitler and Mussolini and Hirohito cannot explain aWay--is that in the midst of total war we have held completely free election.
 Being united wholly in the will to win this war, we yet had the freedom to dlf- fer about how it can best be won. Be- .ng resolved to support our President to the limit against the outside world, we yet reserved the right to differ with him about internal policies, and to increase ln Washington the number of legislators pledged to oppose many of Mr. Roose- velt'S domestic policies.
 Having given to the President an ac- cumulation of powers such as no other American ever enjoyed we decided to have in Congress more men with mind to keep the President under constant surveillance in his exercise of those pow CTS. We knew we had to resign many of our normal prerogatives- for the time being, but we didn't like 1t, so we knocked off a few political heads just as warning that the resignation is voluntary, tenn porary and grudging. The fascists said that democracy could not work in war time. Well, let them study the results of this election and see how they like that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Line Up, Folks!

The line begins at the right Motorists may have thought they didn't have any more forms to fill out or questions to an sWer relative to gasoline rationing, but unless they comply with the latest OPA regulations they may find it difficult even to secure the gasoline quotas to which their present ration books entitle them. A new registration period is now in effect and holders of "A", "B', and "C" books are required to have filled out new appli- cations by November 2l
 While this check-up won't increase the allotment of gasoline to car-oWners 1t IS designed to provide a check on the five tires that every owner is now supposed to have. And later on this year therell be a number of tire inspection stations set up throughout the state And you, Mir. Car Owner, will be required to visit one of these places to have your tires looked over, numbers checked, etc. So prepare to mix up your Christmas shop ping with little judicicious attention to gasoline and tire rationing.
 And no doubt after this check-up IS completed and we are accustomed to a new types of ration book or its equivalent the government will be ready to supple ment the same with It's first all-purpose ration book, bit overdue right at the moment Maybe if we all dug in this winter, bought lot of bonds did lot of sacrificing, helped speed industrial production we could put the Axis out of busiress and bring to peaceful end all the wartime restrictions, It's certainly worth the effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

According to statement of Raymond Botch, managing director of the Water bury Taxpayers Association, an "errone- ous" impression was obtained from the account in last Saturdays Democrat Of the association bulletin pertaining to the cost of living among municipal employees. If such an erroneous" impression were obtained, it was more or less general, be- cause it's doubtful if any impression could be obtained from the bulletin other than that offered by the Democrat. It was specifically stated in the Democrat story that the position of the association With regard to pay raises for city employees In Waterbury was to be offered in the next bulletin, but nowhere did this current bulletin say anything about not being op- posed to such pay raises. In view Of the fact that the association was outspoken in it's opposition to such pay raises year ago and plus the fact that this bulletin went deeply into the subject of municipal employe wage levels through the depres- sion years, 1t would be hard to come to an opinion other than that the Taxpayers Association still believed it's stand of last year worth adhering to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Current Comment

We must abandon our conception of war as an affair for professional military men, War is big business. We are all in 1t and we can't pass the buck to the soldiers in this one,
 --Col. Hugh J. Knerr, retired air
 force thief of staff.
 Every young man who asplreS to any public influence in America will heneeforth have to care more and more about what used to be called foreign affairs and are now seen to be our world affairs.
 --Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox, president Union College.
 Men over 10 should not 90 into the kind Of fighting into which American armies have got to go.
 Secretary Of War Henry L Stimson.
 A nation Is only as strong as the health Of its individual citizens. III. J. Mohlcr. president st. Louis Hospital Council. We want to do something now. so that the society of the future will not have to be an armed camp.
 Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs T. V. soong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Press Comment
SELLING DAIRY HERDS
(Hartford Times)

NEiHktlOEd AhHSsi
 There Is 6 public interest in the recent appearance of auction no- tlces announcing the sale of several dairy herds in the farm areas east Of Hartford. It is stated by dairy men that this has become grow ing thing as result of labor short- age on the farms. When such on efficient milk producer as Harry r Farnham, proprietor of the Seantie Meadow farm, is among those go- ing out of the milk producing busi- ness and offering for sale his en- tire herd of 204 Ayrshire cattle, there must be something to it.
 The cows offered for sale will be bought by those who continue n the producing business. They VIII add to their herds or sell some oi their less productive animals. The net result will be, however, that the total number of nilch cows IS steadily diminishing. That means q milk shortage, Q fact of great pub lie importance.
 The selling of dairy herds has been gaining momentum in New York state also. There the milk supply is greater than in Connecti- cut, but even there the lack of farm labor is bound to be felt eventual ly,
 The question of keeping farm help where 1t Is needed, should receive the serious attention 1t deserves and perhaps lead to national leglslation which will take 1t in hand in con- nection with mllitery deferment, as the Senate has, in fat, provided in an amendement to the i8-l0-age draft bill. But the draft is only part of the story. The voluntary migra- ton of farm workers to the much better paid jobs in war industries is an even greater drain on farm la- Dor. The sale of dairy herds Is one of the significant indications that not only something serious is ct stake but that prompt solution needs to be found. Some say 1t is al- ready too late--the farms have run empty of adequate labor. Even 50, the emergency would help to find q solution. It usually does.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Better Watch Out

Rubbers and overshoes are not rationed, but as the OPA well stresses, they do constitute a part of the nations wartime rubber supply, and they deserve the best of care. Because of their importance to the national health, effort will be made to keep everybody in rubbers and caloshes. Whether this can be done will depend upon the public's cooperation.
 Don't let them get lost, don't kick them around. don't wear them unless necessary, keep them away from radiators, clean them, repair breaks and cuts promptly. That would be sensible at any time. It Is patriotic now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Drive Slowly

Now that tires made from reclaimed rubber are going onto the market for those entitled to them under rationing, it becomes more than ever important that the 35-mile-an-hour speed limitation. Ex- perts say that, driven not more than 35 miles an hour, these tires will give thou sands of miles of wear, but that driven above that limit, they will disintegrate with a suddenness that will shock. their users.
 And remember, it is essential of the new program that tires will not be re- capped or replaced for those who have abused them by failing to observe proper precautions about speed and pressure
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

It will be interesting to see how William H. Blodgett of Winsted fares next January when he seeks to be elected Speaker ot the House at Hartford. Just elected last week to the Legislature he has ambitions to become Speaker. His has been varied public career here in Connecticut. He was State Tax Collector for some years during the Roraback hey-days. Later he became States Attorney of Litchfield County And now he's legislator, He has thus had experience in two Of the states three branches of government, executive and judicial-and next year VIII be in the third, legislative. That's quite a record!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

0. How many lobar-managemenl committees have been established by the War Production Board2 Hav they increased production?
 A. Sixteen hundred and twenty labor management committees hao been established in war industry plants as of october 2, representing over 3,200,000 workers. Definite in- formation is unavailable, but ovel 100 unsolicited reports have been re- ceived from war showing increased production.
 o. When did the United States place an embargo on shipments or scrap Iron and steel to Japanp
 A. October l6, l940.
 0. My brothers and became cit- izens through the naturalization ot our father in l932. We have only his naturalization papers and our birth certificates to prove our citizenship May we have the papers photo stated SO that we could each haVs copy2
 A, It is q violation of the law 10 have naturalization papers photo stated. You should each apply for S certificate of deriyatiVe citizenship at the nearest naturalization office
 Q, What Is meant by blood count of 70002 How much is the blood ordinarily?
 A. When c person has blood count of 1000 1t means that there are 1000 white blood corpuscles to cubic milllmeter of blood. The count Is made under a microscope in q special chamber prepared for that purpose. A normal count ranges from 6,000 to 5000, and slight varia- tons are of little importance, but large variations may mean infec- ton, blood disease or on abnormal concentration of the blood.
 c. Is varnIsh made from the bod les of insectsp
 A. No, but shellac Is e resinous exudatien left on certain East In- dian trees by the Coccus lacca in' sect. It is not the bodies of these insects that arc used in preparing shellac varnish, but tho secretion they deposit on trees.
 Q. How many canals are there 10 Venlce2
 A. About l50, dividing the city in. to IF large and small islands, About 380 bridges provide access from one island to another.
 O. What was the last date on which U. S. nickel flve-cent pieces were minted2
 A. May 25, l9f2,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
What's Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn t0 back page for the answers.

1. Tn which country have tho United States and Great Britain announced their purpose to re- lInquish extra territorial and re- lated rights ard privileges2
 9 How many tires per car wiD automobile owners be allowed when gasoline rationing goes into effect on ma tion-wide scale November 22?
 3. Name the two most important cities in the Soviet Union that the Germans failed to capture In the summer campaigns of l04l an. l042.
 1. Which Is nearer to the U, s. Brazil or Argentina2
 s. Nylon fabric has c greater tensile strength than wool fabric: true or false?
 G. What is q referendum?
 '. George Du Maurier was CT, English artist, novelist, or c carica- turIst for the London "Punch"9
 6. Was Abraham Lincoln opposed to slavery before the Civil War;
 0. For drinking toast, which ib the recognized wine?
 10 What is the heaviest natural liquid2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

may require them to make good the outlays.
 This is what gripes the movie stars. Some of them have been getting salaries running up into the $200, coos, so to come down to S67,000 is quite Q plop.
 Furthermore, movie contracts are for one picture, with an option taken on the next and then the next. So with the companies un- able to pay high salaries, the op- tons on their stars are automati- cally broken.
 Amusing thing is that the mos guls are all figuring that now per- haps they can pick up someone else's star, so Washington Is now all mixed up with taxes and star stealing.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

Today we honor the U. s. Marines; to- morrow it's Armistice Day. Both occa- sions are more marked this year, because we are at war, but even in peace times we could pay homage to the Marines, one oi the best-known of our armed branches of service. Armistice Day, too, holds deep CT significance as we strive to make tne ,, world better place for all men to live in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

the R CD ublican party feels like the untried but cocky Army, talk about a u n flied command Is again in order. The war can't be won now as a Democrats
 war. It must be won as an Am- erican war, with both parties unit ed, b o t h parties
 sharing he re- responsibilities, both parties taking the orafiik f0p larit1oiTn0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

RAsom parties taking the
 credit for bringing the country through the war to ulti- mate victory.
 If you think Washington was all confusion before, what do you think it's going to be now?
 Saddest lame duck spectacle of the election is of course Senator George Norris of Nebraska a Pro- gressive caught in a three way cleo ton traffic jam. And by the way since there's vacancy on the su- preme court, why wouldn't Uncle George be a good man for the job, even If he is over 70?
 This election makes good the old saw that the American people may never vote flor" any Issue but they do vote against" when things go wrong. This was one of the biggest little protest votes in history.
 The election proved Roosevelt right In one respect - the country certainly Is way ahead of Wash ington. Instinctively the American people seem to know when things aren't going right.
 Wonder what a good fireside chat would sound like nowp nnWv AnAV,r unEEs
 All the pre- election polls of pub lie opinion having predicted the Democrats would maintain their controls of Congress by ample mar gins, the next step Is to take post election poll to find out why the prediction polls went wrong.
 Election post-mostems will prob ably last as long as the war, The voters obviously didn't like what has been going on, but whether they were registering their disapproval of military and naval setbacks or whe- ther they were registering disap- proval of civilian matters price ceilings, rationing. lack of man. power shutdown of small business, farm revolt, higher taxes -- those are the things every politician would like to know and has no way to find out.
 Watch for a soundoff from the Democratic politicians the de- feated ones particularly -- to blame Leon Henderson for all this,
 If the result of the election can be attributed in any degree to a revolt of the farmers, the farm bloc congressman who baked at partly ceilings on farm prices will be able to say, We warned you! and no doubt will. SETUP FOR A SPLIT
 At any rate here is the basis for e split in the Democratic party over administration policy on the con- duct of the war. It will be a split over policy as dictated by the execu- tive end of the administration in opposition to policy as the legisla- tive end of the administration would like to have 1t.
 Reelection C. Ham Fish, Glare Hoffman and nearly every other isolatlonist proves that pre-Pearl Harbor views and voting records didn't mean thing,
 
 How much of personal licking the election was for the President is debateable, and will be explained both ways by experts. with rea- sons. Voters might register dis approval of results without rec nection on Roosevelt himself. A popularity poll now might show the President still had as much confidence of the people as he had two years ago. The voters desire to sec new faces in Washington might be q repudiation of the rec- ord Of Congress itself. not a re- pudiation of the President.
 Just the same. any talk of q fourth tern should now be stilled. , But to think that two years ago everyone vas admitting that the Republican party was dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Selected Poem
RETURNED

d A. Mays In the Christian Science Monito2 Here is the brick-close path The hite door, And the tow ways of the gable, The caves dripping The box hedge In two lines, Clipped to square edges, Green, and green shining Here is the red-wing Not tilting on wild rice, But flown to shelter Through wind thick with rain marks Down by the marsh land, Tall with the cattails, Rain aims the distance. This Is the red path And the white door And the two-way gable,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Q. My emplyer dictates letters using the contractions isn't. haven't, couldn't, etc. Should | transCribe as he dictates or expand the words?
 A. They are not appropriate for formal composition and should be expanded to Is not, have not, could not, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets TAT p, m. (war time). Sun rises 7:32 a. m; sets 5.30 ?. m. twar timel. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Washington Merry-Go Go-Round
Flyers Passed Over By Novy Boord Now Proving Their Woh Even Roosevs Daughter Knew Nothing Of His Western Tour Iekes And Genero soerve At Odds Over Aoskon PpeLne Movie Mosus Worried About Salary Ceilings, Stor Seedlings
BY DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON 9very coming into important still
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Cheers And Jeers From Election Sidelines
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

Praise the Lord and pass the aspirin!
 A full report of what actually happened in the election is a dismal reading as Navy communique.
 
 If the Democratic party feels like the Navy after Wake Island and if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

e. Please give comparative figures on merchant ship tonnage in the United States and Great Britain at the beginning of the present war.
 A, At the end of 1889, merchant vessels of 2000 tons and over were divided between the two nations as follows: Great Britain, i6,S2i ,000 gross tons; United States, 7,sso,0oo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10

@. What is the maximum length of occupational deferments under selective serviceP
 A. Six months, but they may be renewed if 1t is still essential to the war effort for the registrant to re- tain his job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-25
Nurses, Slipped
Off Corregidor,
Get Real Dinner
Rescued by Navy Fliers
in 5,ooo-Mile Trip; One
Group Hides in Hills
BY FRANK HEWLETT
United Press staff Correspondent

MELBOURNE, May IS. - Ten
American army nurses, rescued
by plane from Corregidor. ate a
formidable dinner here today. had
their hair done and went TO see
Walt Disney's movie, Fantasia.
They were offered Dive Bomb
er" as alternative entertainment,
but declined unanimously. They
had seen plenty.
Rescued by daring American
navy aviators seven days before
the fall OF the island fortress in
Manila Bay. the nurses came 5000
miles through japanese infested
territory in a crowded navy patrol
bomber to join Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's forces.
FLEE TO HILLS
Nurses in a second plane got as
far as Mindanao Island, where
their plane was damaged, and
they took to the islands hills with
the army forces of Maj. Gen. Will
liam Sharp while the Japenese
were attacking a few miles away.
White-haired, serene, kindly
Lieut.. Florence Macdonald of
Brockton. Mass. led the party.
The nurses now are resting and
eating the foods denied them for
months. When I took some OF
them to dinner they had oysters,
soup, a big steak and salad, and
then jumbo portions of chocolate
ice cream sundaes.
Close army and navy co-opera-
ton made possible their evacuation
which was ordered by Lieut.. Gen
Jonathan Wainwright. command.
ing the heroic Corregidor garrison
ESCAPE UNDER FIRE
April 20 was the birthday oil
Mikado Hirohito, and the japanese
selected ii to start their fina
attack on Corregidor. They BON.
barded the island by plane anc
long range gun throughout the
day.
The shells were still coming
over that night when American
navy planes swept over Manila
Bay and, amid the shells, mad,
"a remarkable landing in tn,
dangerous stretch between Fort
Mills and Hughes.
One plane took the 10 nurse
who are now here. Another plan
took others.