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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Scrap

While fervent youngsters are tossing beloved bicycles into scrap piles; while n1en are taking the brass rails from home hars and veterans of the First World War are donating cherished souvenirs, the NafionaI Park Service is building steel 7sree around "Ickes Garden" in the .sIIonal capital. "Ickes Garden" is a .;z@1S rrass plot in front of the south Hs.lIais5c of Harold Ickes' Interior Depart ss,aszE Mr. Ickes likes grass, and wants 1t sszssz aff of (with apologies for using .ss.sss.asifipn t0 end sentence with).
 <Ss nawe not asked experts to compute *..S z,<.Tnber Of ship plates which have 5.s-.. made with the steel that is going +'=.= zz5.~f Ue presume, will come to be
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 O. Please quote the lines about New Orleans, spoken by Adolph Menjou in the drinking scene with George Bancroft in the photoplay, "Syncopation."
 A. "There is New Orleans-reck- less daughter of the Mississippi. By day she looks no different than other towns-at night, she suddenly springs to life It's 8 rough, old. charming town and she's been bat tered and bruised, praised and damned by the scum of the land and the flower of the earth {. Her streets have been sprinkled with the blood of saints Q. and sinners. Every night she dies like an old man, only to be born each morning a husky, laughing baby Built on mud, sand and mud, but beneath 1t all, she's got a foundation that's solid and strong enough to build up to the stars a heart that beats with life"
 e. How large are comets2
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Officials apparently deviated slightly from their adopted course of restricting weather information yesterday when they allowed news of the hurricane warn ings posted along the lower Atlantic coast to be carried as far north as New England Whats more the original request that such news not be broadcast was later withdrawn. All of which proves that the "blow'' was regarded as serious one by weather officials and they didn't want to waste any time in warning any sections of the country that might be in the path of the hurricane. Maybe they still rankle from criticism voiced after the 1888 hur- ricane
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

Manpower Chief Paul McNutt bounced all over American Farm Bureau Chief Ed O'Neal for op- posing higher farm wages. And after McNutt finished with o. Neal, Secretary of Agriculture picked up the cudgels and gave him an even more vigorous verbal spanking.
 When you say that farm prices aren't high enough to
 warrant higher wages on the farm," McNutt told the Farm Bureau chief, you simply are not stating facts. The real fact is that farm wages have not ad- vanced in proportion to farm prices"
 O'Neal countered with a sheaf of Farm Bureau statistics on wages and parity prices, but Mc- Uutt impatiently demanded, Lets hear the views of the Secretary of Agriculture on the subject"
 Wickard was already irked at O'Neal for having stated in an in- terview to the Washington Post that Arizona cotton growers may strike and refuse to plant any cot ton next year rather than pay 30 cents an hour to Mexican labor. This higher wage had been agreed upon between the Mexican Gov- ernment and the Farm Security Administration, but Arizona long staple growers have refused to pay it.
 COTTON FOR PARACHUTES
 Don't you know," demanded Wickard hotly, that statements like yours may cost the lives of American boys? When you say that cotton farmers in Arizona may strike, you are endangering
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Corps" for doing anything neces- sary to winning the war, from selling bonds to harvesting cyops. Frank E. Christopher, Nor gantown, w. Va, coal operator, one of the first to star the pay- roll check-off system for buying war bonds-not merely for union dues "The Minute Maids" of Montgomery, Ala, led by Mrs. Florian Strassburger, for their great job on war bonds.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Col. Douglas McKeechy, former purchasing chief of the A & P food stores is being pushed as new Food Czar. McKeechy started as Donald Nelson's fair-haired boy, was appointed to Gen. Somervell's Service of Supply to keep an eye on things for Nelson, and has now become an enthusiastic Somervell rooter Recently he has been in London as the Army's chief supply officer A lot of people are betting that the Food Czar job will be like the Food Ad- ministration post in the last war: that its incumbent will eb able to pull another Herbert Hoover. However, a lot of things are dif- ferent in this war, from airplanes to trench warfare, and Food Czar- ism is one of them ... Ft. Gus ter Mich. has one of the best regulations in the country for fair treatment of colored troops. Col. George T. Shank, post comman- der, personally sees every colored soldier who believes he has a grievance.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Noots to Foot Suits

We never saw zoot suit, we never hope to see one, but we have seen pictures of them on the basis of which we rise to roar three loud cheers for the WIPE order which, in the Office of War Information's s meaty prose, has sounded the death knell' of the zoot suit.
 The order was not an instance of sumptuary legislation or of aesthetic censorship. It was merely an attempt to save materials. So what? Since zoot suits are banned, why should we worry about the chastity of the WIPES inten- tionS?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Watch the Quality

Now that prices are to be fixed on virtu- ally every commodity and service, the OPA fears that there will be attempts to chisel on quality either to cheapen products or substitute lower grades for those on which the fixed price depends.
 It is the buyers privilege and duty to be on guard against such violations of the anti-inflation law and regulations. There aren't enough men and women on the governments huge payroll to police prices and qualities without the aid of consumers. And, after all, it is for our benefit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

A. They are often a enormous size, the head varying from 30,000 to 150,000 miles in diameter, and the tails sometimes reach 50 mil- lion miles in length. Very few comets are less than 10000 miles in diameter. While their size is great, their actual masses are apparently insignificant, and their densities are lower than the best vacuum we can produce on earth.
 @. What is known about the thirty silent years" of Jesus life?
 A. Only that he lived in Naza- reth and made pilgrimage to Jeru- salem when he was twelve years old. The fact that he is spoken of as the carpenters son" implies that he toiled in his fathers shop. Like every Jewish boy of the time, he was taught the old Testament Scrip lures.
 e. I believe my husband has en- listed in some branch of the armed forces; how can I obtain definite infsmation?
 A. If a man has enlisted in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, information concerning his whereabouts can be obtained from the Adjutant General of the Army, War Department, Washington, D. C.; Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Washington, D. c. (Navy and Coast Guard). and Mar inc Headquarters, New Navy Build ing, Washington, D. c.
 Q. What kind of land is an Eng fish moor?
 A. An extensive elevated area of waste land, overlaid with peat, usually damp or wet. Heather (heathD is the prevailing plant.
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirOus of securing this weeks booklet CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS" address F. M. Kirby, Department 2-100, Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. C., with Is cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

 age, but he had made for him. self during the brief y e a T s which comprised his career a rep utation W hi c h insured his find- ing a D l a 2 e among the lit erary immortals of his country.
 c a 1 e t y or gloom are the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

l. Guadalcanal is the largeAS island in the Solomons group: trl,s or false?
 2. The Japanese Mitsubishi 0 fighter plane is popularly callel what?
 3. Name the two colleges in Mas sachusetts at which members of tn WAVES are being trained for com missions.
 4. In which branches of tha armed services are the presidentj sons serving?
 5. The Celebes is the name of one island or a group of islands?
 6. Which former vice president bears the nickname Cactus Jack?
 T. A posthumous child is one born after the death of his father, or one that is extraordinarily bright?
 8. Is the area around the Nortt Pole warmer or colder than at th South Pole?
 g. Did the Golden Age occur ir Greece or Rome?
 10. Huckleberries and blueberries are the same fruit; true or false?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

One can judge the calibre of German courage by one phase of the northern wards Libya, Germans completely deviat- ed from former tactics by insisting that Italian troops bring up the rear and fight the battle to hold back the pursuing allied forces. If there are any Italians en- thusiastic for Hitler's program any long CT their number must be few.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

have found their way into this state, but more likely they have found jobs in New Jersey, Delaware Ohio and Michigan.
 That the population has switched about, rather than increased, h shown by the Bureaus estimate that the number of inhabitants May ] was l3l,3l5,000, as compared to 13l 1928. 900 in 1940. After the war many of the newcomers will go back to their home states, in all hkeh- hood. In the meantime, industrial communities must attract more and more help to maintain the volume of necessary production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Selected Poem
LULLABY

Doris Peel in the Christian
 Science Monitor Little black baby sleep, sleep. You must build strength for the time to weep; you must grow height for hour ahead when dark of the world would bow your head. Strength and height these you must find hush, hushabye, sleep, sleep! Here are the words you must raise in mind; He who gain the grace of sight immune may be from another's night; he who will strive own heart to free will drive to heart of all slavery. No second way will any man see under the sun: the way is the same ah, sleep. sleep at end of day for everyone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

given & large measure of the credit for the tremendous job of directing the training of the Army to it's high degree of em- ciency.
 Hard-workiI1g, he has not been much in the limelight, b u t now the Army is building him up" as more of a pu b lie figure, -w.4 q l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

If people observe the 35-mile- an-hour speed limit and don't abuse their tires. we will be able to bridge the gap between a diminishing na- tural supply of rubber and synthe- tic production.
 Rubber Administrator William M.
 Jeffers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Current Comment

Hoarding gasoline is extremely dangerous. The average person would be just as safe with a supply of TINT in his home.
 National Safety Council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Complete the expression the cause was with . predicate noun or noun clause. "The cause of his failure was his impudence" (or "that he was impudent'') not "on account of his impotence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Dope And Didoes In Nations
 Nerve Center
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

Keep an eye on Lieut.. Gen. Leslie J. McNair, now chief of the Army ground forces. He's likely to get a still more important assignment. General McNair, quiet, soft-spoken, definitely not the dashing, roaring, dynamic type of military figure, is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
NOT CIRCUMSTANCES BUT
 SOIL

SOUL
 Thomas Hood, the English poet, was a man of whimsical humor and rollicking fun. yet his poems and fantastic drolleries emanated from a soul stricken by diversity and a body racked with pain. He died as he stood on the threshold of middle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

MeNut and Wckod Pounee Chief of Farm Bureau Fedeuo They're fingered by Hint of Strike by Arizona Cotton Pontes Stope Fibre Needed Make Balloons and Pooehutes oNe Vigorously Opposes Boost Wages for Lobor Farms -
  metbehi doorsa the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07
sEAMEN AGIN UNIFORMS

recurrence of its old problem of whether sailors on merchant ves- sels should wear uniforms or not.
 Principal objection to uniform ing the merchant seamen has in the past come from the seamen themselves. They don't like the idea of uniforms because they fear that might be the first step to- wards putting them right in the Navy, which would mean giving them the much lower rates of pay received by Navy tars instead of the higher wages and bonuses they get in the merchant marine. MASON PLUS DIXON
 Washington is place where all accents meet, particularly where north meets south. A Bos- ton mother who recently moved to the capital and hired a colored maid from Virginia as nurse for her young daughter, was astound- ed the other day to hear the daughter announced that she had to go to the "bawthroom" to wash her "haid." Now the father wants to hire an elocution teacher to make the child speak English.
 SPARE A RIDE, BROTHER?
 A patriotic businessman from the west came to Washington to try to get something or other from WIPE. He had read all about Wash- ington's crowded conditions and the gas shortage and the rubber short- age and so he decided that while in his nations capital he would show what a patriotic citizen he was by always sharing his taxi. He teamed up with two other business men going from the Union Station to his hotel, and when he was ready to leave for his appointment at WIPE, he went to the elegantly green-and-gold uniformed doorman to explain how willing he was to double up.
 "I've got plenty of time" said the businessman to the doorman, "so why don't just stand over here, and when you put someone in a cab bound for WIPE, you just call me and I'll hop in with him" :"
 But the doorman wasn't very cooperative, so the businessman decided to take matters in his own hands.
 Just then a deeper little fel- low dashed out of the hotel and into a cab, as though he wanted to get away all by himself and alone. But the patriotic business man dashed over to the cab, pulled open the door and shouted to the dapper little man inside, Going to the WIPE. mister?"
 The cab driver slammed on his brakes, the little man bounced in his two-thirds empty seat, and then he froze the man from the west with utter scorn. He was mot going to the WIPE and 1t was no concern of anyone but himself where he was going.
 AS the terribly chagrined busi- nessman closed the door and the cab sped off, the green-and-gold uniformed doorman came up and tapped him on the shoulder.
 Listen" said the doorman. you better let me get you cab and you better go out to WIPE alone. That man you just tried to climb in with was the ambassa- dor from Peru"
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speeches and more public appear ances, presumably to make him more of front man. He is con- sidered the logical man to succeed Gen. George c. Marshall as chief of staff should Marshall be moved up b a higher command. Cv.ers who would be in line for the Washington job as U. s. Army chief of staff would be Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, chief of the armor- ed force, and Lieut.-Gen. Brehon B. Somervel, commander of the serv- ices of supply.
 U. s. income taxes highest they have ever been, are still lower than taxes in Great Britain and Canada. In the U. s. for a married man with no dependents, federal taxes go above 10 per cent of income for people earning more than $2000 a year. Tn Great Britain the 10 per cent tax would apply on incomes of $500, in Canada, 5000. Top U. s. tax rate is about 90 per cent for incomes of $1 million or more. In Canada the tax hits 95 per cent on then ighest brackets, in Great Britain 97 per cent.
 
 BONUSES ALLOWED
 Business firms which have cus- tomarily given Christmas bonuses in years past will be allowed to give them this year and in future holidays during the war, and they won't be counted as violations of the wage freezing orders. But if a firm which has never given Christmas bonuses before wants to give them this year, that's something else again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-07

Doris Peel in the Christian
 Science Monitor)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
Stoues and Heaters

Gas ranges crates. marred: all makes
bargain. Superior. 1923 Grand River
5000 WILL not buy a better gas stove than
TAPPAN. Our ceiling prices on Tap
pans are $50 20 x25 lass than the factory
list price Better get yours while we still
have them In stock.
open Evenings Except Tues. and Wed.
HOT n KOLD SHOPS
Fast sidel 1929 Harper ~ Chalmers
(wsst sideD &s55 schaefer AZ Michigan
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
Lumber. BuiIdinR MateriaI

SEPTIC TANKS Installed ana cleaned
plumbing MIXTURES, water pumps III
terms open Mon, Thurs, Fu ewes. Closed
sundays i3s4s Grand River We 7-5400.
USED plywood. ave square foot; ixi roof
board. &c per iineal foot.
LIBERTY LuMBER-Sio0 RADCLlFF
2-CAR garage. all materials comp, 1888 50.
Fillmore Lumber. 2420i Gratiot. Rose 1000
2-CAR GARAGE. Sis5. q. s. nousewreek-
ing. 1925 Dequindre.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
Miscellaneous for Sale

CAMERA. movie, protector. Nor,hlawn
a657
CAMERAs-Au makes AT BEST. LOWEST
PRICES We will take YOUR OLD
CAMERA IN exchange DETROIT CAMERA
SHOP. 325 STATE STREET.
CHFCKROOM RACKS Complete. make
offer City Music, 1912 Mack
COMMUNICATING office equipment tor
sale latest models, reduced prices. free
tuaI. satisfaction guaranteed C0mmunicat-
Ug systems Company LenoN 1882
GOLF CLUBs-siXteen, three new LAWSON
Little woods sacrificing VinCwgod
close
kODAkS-Aotte canefas. VA sell, buy
exchange. Acme Camera EN.. 5l7 shelby
QUART JARS zoe per dozen $50 Napo-
leon near Eastern Market
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
Hor4.4 and Vehicles

F0R SALE- Several excellent tyre show
and pleasure E.Esfs. and '-gaiicl
rrares REGISTERED stock best of breeding
and manners f.r chow uI pleasure f.dlng ,
rriref io sell fmwca. afr'v can Jnsn
Harms Blrc T.r YARNS Route e. Pontiac
Phone Pontiac t-ssla
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-09
Miscellaneous for Sole

300 GLASS ons-gallon jugs Tor sale cheap;
most are IN original containers. Apply
if70T Dexter Boulevard.
1871 CARRIER portable air conditioning
unit. mechanically perfect 1913 cash
TU 1-1519.
Evening star., 1942-12-09

the wounded last December 7 were
burned, he explained, which brought
into use an important discovery
made by science since the last
World War. Its application is this ::
Blood is made up of white and
red corpuscles and of plasma, the
fluid which holds the cells together.
The red cells and plasma make up
all but a small percentage of the
blood constituency, occurring IN
about equal degree.
Burns Decrease Plasma.
1t was known that burns do not
take away red cells, and yet circu-
lation was bad and victims died at
an alarming rate. Then it was
discovered that what happens is
that the plasma is drawn out of
circulation and appears in the
neighborhood of the burn in the
form of swelling or the watery fluid
inside blisters, leaving the red cells
in too concentrated a form to cir
culate. This meant that more
plasma must be supplied to dilute
the red cells
So successfully has the discovery
been applied in the present war
that recovery in some instances has
been as high as SO per cent.
Mr., Clark recalled this, and he
recalled the readiness with which
the people of Hawaii responded
when the call for blood donations
went out by radio after the attack
at Pearl Harbor. @
One out Of every four persons in
Honolulu cAnle in answer, he re-
ported. They came from the fac
tories and the fields and the homes,
as welders with smut an their faces,
as pineapple hands with dirt on.
their clothes, as housewives with
aprons still tied around their waists.
They knew what their blood
meant, and 1 know what it meant"
said Mr.. Clark. This is my third
time here. I'll be back again when
the doctor says I can come"
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Lowering Of Draft Age
Cancels Call for 81 Men

AS result of the lowering of the
draft age to 38, 50 of the 1876 men
who had received induction notices
from the Alexandria Eelective Serv-
ice Board will not be required to
report December IA.
Miss Virginia jefferson, clerk of
the board, said that a telegram
received from State headquarters
instructed the board to notify any
men who will have become 38 by
December IA that they will not be
required to report even if they have
received their notices, and that in
view of the short time before the
next induction. the board will not be
required to fill the quota.
Miss Jefferson said the names of
men to be inducted on December %
had been drawn, but that several
changes will have to be made in the
list before the notices are sent out
because of the lowering of the draft
age,
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Fish Market Eliminated
By Alexandra Council

one OF the fish markets in the
alley OF Alexandria, City Hall will
be razed as the result of City Coun-
CHS refusal to rent the store. for
merly occupied by the late j. Harvey
Robinson. to Joseph Brannon. who
contemplated continuing the busi-
ness,
The Council voted last night to
tear down the building which had
been occupied by Mr.. Robinson for
the past 80 years, in order to make
space in the alley for relocating of
the farmers stalls when the pro-
posed addition to City Hall is built.
The application of Hanora Nails
to rezone the southwest corner of
Franklin and Union streets to d.
commercial was granted.
Council received resolution from
the PTA of the George Mason
School recommending a survey of
the problems of juvenile delin-
quency be made by the National
Probation Association.
The resolution also recommended
the immediate employment of two
policewomen and of a male proba.
ton officer as a means of curbing
juvenile delinquency and asked for
the Councils consideration of
suitable detention home for juve-
niles.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Clio Council 10 End
Convention Sessions
In Baltimore TODAY
Resolution Urges Unity
With Organized Labor
In United Motions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 9-The sixth
annual convention of the Maryland
and District of Columbia Industrial
Union Council (CIO) moved toward
its close today, following a session
favored by an international tinge.
Yesterday the convention passed a
resolution urging unity with labor
organizations of Russia, Great Bri-
tain, China and the South American
countries.
The convention also passed reso-
lutions urging that India be given
her freedom and that the United
States declare war on Finland and
break diplomatic relations with
Spain.
Delegates to the three day ses-
sions heard the reading of a cable
gram from the London Trades
Council, which Council President
George A. Meyers said was a fore
runner of greater labor unity
among all countries" and a har-
binger OF a peoples peace"
The message, said by Secretary
Treasurer Sidney r. Katz to be the
first cablegram received by any
CIO organization in this country ~
said in part:
'The industrial workers of London
pledge with you, meeting in the
important city of Baltimore, to
spare no effort in insuring that not
one of our fighting men shall be
in need of the essential weapons of
modern war"
The delegates also approved reso-
lutions supporting abolition of the
poll tax, opposing the deportation
of Harry Bridges. West Coast labor
leader, favoring efforts to bring
about peace between the CIO and
the AFL, and urging the removal
from Craftsmanship of the United
States Maritime Commission of Rear
Admiral Emory s. Land.