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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Keep Up the Good Work

Waterbury's response to the scrap metal campaign being sponsored all over the country by the newspapers has been an encouraging one to date. However, there is long ways to go before October IT when the grand cleanup will take place. And 1t should be cleanup. Just on the basis of reports already made in every section of the city thereIl be so much scrap available during the week of October 10-17 that every truck in the city would have to be pressed into service to bring it into the various depotS for sorting and baling.
 But even if the trucking facilities are taxed to the limit there will be no com plaint. We want everything taxed to the limit in this drive, even householderS patience. After all, this is a supreme ef fort not confined just to Waterbury, but to the entire country. It may well spell the difference between speedy victory for the allied cause or a long-drawn out war on all fronts. If our individual ef- forts can speed up the downfall of the Axis powers then by all means let's re- double those efforts.
 No one should accept this scrap metal drive as matter of course. No one should pass up the chance to participate in it.. Your contributions, small or large, will be welcome. It takes small donations to make big total, so the more small ones there are the better it's going to be with our steel mills throughout the long win ter months. We've got to pile those scrap heaps so high they'll reach from here to Tokyo and Berlin. Here's job that the folks at home can do well if they will only plunge into it e-heartedly.
 Come on, Waterbury, let's have the scrap metal. Keep it coming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

The report from Hartford is that there is need of 3O,000 war workers in Hartford County. That seems like tremendous amount of manpower to be needed now, what with the factories there, as else- where throughout the state, running night and day and making use of every available bit of manpower. If the Hart ford figures are correct then it's pretty certain that before long industry will have to draft men and women, too, from other employment ranks. It isn't going to be possible to add 30, 900 workers to the ranks of industry without adopting some extraordinary means of so doing. All of which makes the draft of available man. power for industry much nearer. At this time next year probably a great many of us will find ourselves at work we never imagined we'd be doing. No doubt if Hartford county's situation is as serious as this there are correspondingly grave employment problems elsewhere through out Connecticut, even in our own city We look for the ultimate solution in the employment of record numbers of women, even in jobs for which no one ever be- lieved they would be found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
After the War

Many are the plans for those glorious days to come after the war is over and lasting peace CD has been made. There were similar rosy visions back ln 1918 when the final outcome gradually began tO become apparent and the end loomed in sight for the Huns. But never were there so many plans and such far-reach- ing ones as are being laid today in many nArts of the nation. It's all right to spare some time now and then to this business, for the postwar period is something for which we should all plan.
 Down in Congress the other day bill WaS proposed that would set up $10,00O,- 100000 (billions not millionS) for post #aP highway construction. Fourteen strategic routes are planned in this pro- nosed legislation and the War Depart naent is given authority over them should st be necessary. The idea is more or less cIanning against invasion from foreign 3aqressor within the next twenty years. We'll. if that's the outlook we might just as well keep fighting and not plan on peace.
 we don't think that lot could be done .n postwar highway construction, but it would not be aimed at providing ready aeans of communication and transporta- ion. It would be designed to give the 4ation the finest highway system in the world. After all that's something worth striving for And the postwar era is tosng to witness such rebirth of the xl,tomotive industry, travel and trans N1ftation as will tax all existing high &Bnys. We like plans for postwar high
 ty expansion, but more for domestic z|aan military purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

brow, which he twice slashed with a fast left-handed tennis serve At least one Washington bus driver keeps a sense of humor in handling crowds. To persuade passengers to move back in the bus, he cries out, "Ice cream and soft drinks served in the rear" |. The top ranking diplomats in each Embassy or Legation in Washington get gasoline ration ing of 100 gallons a month, while others, holding "B" books, get 37 gallons 8 month not 96 as stated previously in this column. Their 37 gallons is about vice the "A" ration American Army and Navy officers flying to Eng land by commercial planes are obliged to discard uniforms for the flight, and don civilian clothes instead. Reason: Landing at Foynes, Ireland, they would other wise be seized and interned by the neutral Irish A newsman who covers WIPE is complaining these days that, after persuading Don- aid Nelson to have dinner with him, he got no news out of him. "Oh, he talked enOugh-gave me dozen good stories = but then he gave me so much to drink that I can't remember one of them!"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

the hands of totalitarian states? What would be his prophecy con cerning our country if he could listen to some of our radio pro- grams or be taken for an evening to a night club?
 Philip Emanuel Bach, son of the famous Johann Sebastian Bach. and himself one of the most influential musicians of the latter part of the eighteenth century, once, wrote: "In my opinion, the grand object of music Is to touch the heart. and this end can never be attained by mere noise, drumming, and arpeg- gios; ct all events not by me-.
 What would the good Philip ecaTi- uel say had his ears ever encount- cred the din and discord of modern Jazz frankly designed to throw feet and arms. shoulders md hips Into q bRrhaFlc frenzy of motlon2
 Is there any truth to what these two ancient figures have written about the relation between the sta- bility of the soclal order and the stald cofnposire Of its nluslc2 May- he not. But their words may well be pandersd.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

We don't know if the order stopping whiskey production after October 8 will cause rush on all available liquor-sel- ling establishments or not, but there's bound to be a more or less mild run for some time to come AS we understand 1t, though, whiskey stocks in this country are sufficient to take care of normal de- mandS for almost four more years. True, cessation of whiskey production will up set aging schedules, but the industry has been prepared for some time past and un- less the war is long drawn out the coun- trv will probably never realize its favor ite brands are not being made any more, but simply are being brought out of stock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Current Comment

The armed forces are here not just to defend this beautiful king dom but to join in sustained offen- siye operations.
 lieutenant General Dwight D.
 Eisenhower, commanding U.
 s. forces in England. It will be my ambition in this critical four-year period to return the government to the people and to destroy dictatorship.
 --Ellis Arnall. who defeated Eu-
 gene Talmadge in the Georgia
 Democratic gubernatorial pri-
 mary.
 There is no glamor to being Q woman soldier. and the thrills and adventures must remain strictly pris yate property of the one who ex. peFienced them.
 Squadron 0fiicer Kathleen C..
 Hunt. British wolneri's auxil-
 iary air force, to WAAC grad-
 uAting class. 
 We are with our men and we ac. count it treason not to give them every aid.
 -Arehbishop samuel A. slFitch of Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
EXTRA
 ALLOWANCES

It is probable that extra allow ances will. be given to families with children under 4 years of age, and invalids. Doctors certificates might be required to get these extra al- lowanceS.
 Home owners who have done everything possible to insulate their l houses by means of window and door strips, wall insulation, storm windows and so on, may be given extra fuel oil allowances. This may look funny at first, but the idea is to encourage every home owner with & non-convertaible fuel oil heating unit to do everything he can to cut down on fuel consumption. This ex- tra allowance for insulation is there fore a bonus for cooperation.
 To keep this from being consid- cred a provision favoring the rich who can afford to insulate, an op- tion may have to be provided here to take care of home owners who can't afford storm windows. Best idea so far is that if the home owner can prove to his rationing board that he can't afford the lux uries of insulation, he'll get the extra fuel anyway.
 But for the home owner who can but doesn't convert his fuel oil burner to coal burning. little If any mercy will be shown.
 That lady whose likeness appears on the emblem of the WAACS is, according to Army authorities, Pal- las Athene, or Athena. If you re- call your mythology, Athena was an Olympian civic goddess. wise in the industries of peace and the arts of war. The Greeks believed she sprang from the brow of zeuS, who had swallowed her mother.
 Aside from that, had you heard that one unofficial suggestion for the WAAC mascot nominates the "waaccoon"?
 LBS APPLYING
 Announcement that the Army would grant non-combat service commissions to number of men classified as 1B, or with slight phy- sical handicaps making them un- suitable for active duty, has brought in a flood of requests as to how such men might get to be officers.
 First requirement is that the man must be drafted. inducted into the service, and undergo the basic 13 weeks training given to all Army rockies. While these I-B's take this basic training they may make ap- plication for admission to the new Administrative Candidate Schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
You're Right, J. E.

That was more than a wisecrack John Edgar Hoover handed the police chiefs when he pointed out that if an Austrian paperhanger named Hitler had not been paroled nearly 20 years ago, millions of lives would have been saved.
 Hitler, then a relatively obscure agl- .tator, was convicted of ''violent and treas onable demonstrations against his gov ernment," and imprisoned in Munich. Against the advice of the Bavarian police director, he was paroled. What followed is history, still in the painful making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

1. Name the flyer reported miss ing in action" whom President Roosevelt praised in broadcast to the nation Sept. T, 1922.
 ?. What government post is occu- pied by Maj. Gen. Louis B. Her. Shey?
 3. Near what town in Iowa did twelve explosions occur on the Bur- Mngton Railroads Streamliner Zephyr" recently?
 4. Name the woman who has been appointed as Director of Women's Flying Training within the Army Air Forces.
 5. On what river is Stalingrad2
 6. Haligonian is the name for na- tives of what city in Nova Scotia?
 T. The island of Corsica in the Mediterranean is Spanish, Italian or French terTitory2
 8. What is the oficial language of Cuba?
 g. The painter most famous for his ballet dancers was MlirillO, De- gas or Covarrubias?
 10. What is the present name for the islands formerly known as the Danish West Indies?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

4 (AA44S y < ANSS@44S~s
 we put down for nothing" replied Congressman Drewry of Virginia. we figure your dis trict Is hOpelessly Republican"
 On the record, Congressman Drewry was right. For more than a decade, Pennsylvania's Eighth District has been rock-ribbed Re- publican. There has been no chance to elect Democrat.
 But now there Is a change. And the change is symbolic of what may happen this November in other parts of the U. s. A. !, whether they be Democratic or Republican. For there is a ris- ing tide of sentiment for any man who Is all-out for prosecution of the war - no matter what his party.
 And Delaware County's Con- gressman James Wolfenden op posed Roosevelt on every single, solitary pre-war defense measure. Search the Congressional Record, as carefully as you can, and you will find not one vote by Wolfen- den for defense before Pearl Har- bor.
 To add insulit to injury, Wol- fenden even went duck shooting on the day Congress declared war against Germany.
 As 8 result, many Republicans will vote against Wolfenden this year, and for 32-year old o. Rourke, the Swarthmore College professor who already has applied for enlistment in the Navy. It is one of the healthiest signs of national unity.
 NOTE - One factor hurting Republican Wolfenden is that he is the stooge of the long-en- trenched Mcclure Machine. When John Mcclure ran for the Penn sylvania Senate, practically only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Press Comment
WE'LL DESERVED
lBoston Postl

(BCStOn PoSt)
 A Baltimore attorney left, upon his recent death, an unusual yet ap- propriate bequest. He bequeathed a sum of money to the motormen and despatchers of street car line on which he had travelled for years.
 Operating a street car is pretty thankless job. The average pasSen- ger is inclined to blame the operator personally for all the faults of the transportation system. He is blamed if the car is late. He is blamed If 1t is crowded. He is blamed if the car is cold or if it is hot. Day in and da yout the operators carry on the tremendous task of transporting millions of people as efficiently as they can. But most of us just take the service for granted. The Balti- more attorney was a thoughtful man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Thank You, Congress

We've found fault with lot Of things zIsont the national tax situation, and 1|ess congressional plans change we'll o ( lot moro complaining. How pleas Ht ik is. then, to be able to toss 8 oou- NAi at Capitol Hill, with some sprays in
 H direction Of the Treasuryl For years 4aR we've had to wander around the
 &Ats once q year seeking notary
 ''t Who for quarter or SO would fPke
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

Your Connecticut small towns will of- ficially inaugurate the 1922 election sea son on Monday when they ballot. While there is a trend on the part of some to get away from the annual election, it will be long time, we believe, before the sys- tenn ends here in Connecticut. Old cus- toms, good ones, are hard to end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

NAA0AA8C WAR; RAO1- ably be a marked reduction in the number of 70" permits issued, and a further restriction in the amount of gas issued to C-card holders. Reason is simply that there have been too many abuses of c privi- leges. Nationwide rationing will at- tempt to correct them.
 Provisions on fuel oil rationing are gradually being worked out. Every possible contingency is being considered and every objection to every restriction is being weighed to prevent a repetition of the yowls brought on by the first gasoline ra- tioning code.
 Present indications are that the areas where fuel oil rationing will go into effect will be divided into five temperature zones, graded &C., cording to the severity of the usual winter weather experienced in each zone.
 On an average, home owners burning fuel oil in their furnaces may expect to get about 75 per cent as much oil as they got last winter. But last winter was above average in mildness, so allowances have to be worked out to give more fuel If this winter should turn out to be more severe than last, less fuel oil if this winter should be even warm CT than last. The margins being considered to take care of these alternatives is 10 per cent of last years consumption. up or down. Thus the home owner would get from 65 per cent to 85 per cent of his last years fuel consumption, de- pending on the weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

our oath that we hadn't knowingly lied in our income tax returns, although the tax law already made it perjury so to lie even though we hadn't visited notary.
 Now, on advice of the Treasury, Con- gress is removing the silly requirement.. We can prepare and mail our return with out that unnecessary annoyance and ex- pense, and still be held liable if we cheat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D

Here is an interesting statement made twenty-five hundred years ago by the Greek philosopher, Plato:
 "The introduction of new kind of music must be summed as im-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

bell whose voice first proclaimed liberty throughout the land, the plight of the secretary who made this decision would not be enviable.
 In the meantime, Philadelphians can bury the old bell in Fairmount Park. or hide 1t in the Broad street subway, or sink it mid-stream in the Delaware river. Or, so the WIPE seems to suggest.
 Red tape and Q "little brief au- thority" make great combination. WhAt2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
A RELIC NOT TO BE LOST
(Bridgeport Post)

Bridgeport Post)
 Philadelphians are hot and both- cred over WIPE rejection of pri- critics for materials needed to safe- guard the Liberty Bell from bonb- ing.
 Probably no one in the WIPE would want to see, the famous relic left unguarded from air attack, and certainly the country at large wants to see nothing happen to 1t. Yet the practical effect of the boards de- cision is to withhold the metal needed for a bomb-proof vault.
 Should anything happen to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

the ration books printed and dis tributed, ration ing boards set up, and car owners registered. I
 w hen nation wide rationine does go into ef- feet, there will be further changes in the plan now operating in the eastern state where gas ration ing is already in effect. Principal ...lVN -N-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Selected Poem
SALUTE TO THE OYSTER (Adin Ballou in the New York Sun)

m Charleston, Baltimore, or Narragansett- The joys the same, no setting can enhance it. september's gift and Neptune's finest notion You make me wish owned private oceanI There would mine, in gustatory glee
 Eight months of succulent riches from the sea- Some there may be whose oddly fed desires Are gained by creaming you above slow fires. Others Invoke the culinary Muse
 By seething you in bowls of steaming Stews; Fried or pan-roasted--all these ways arc vicious: ChaSte. unadorned, its then you're most delieiousl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important politi- cal instutionS".
 w h @ t would Flato have said about m odern jazz? Would he have seen a con- nection between its introduction and the overthrow If daun0nracies at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Inside Talk
 From Capitals Hurly- Burlyl
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington C0rregn0mdenk

Nationwide gasoline rationing
 the rubber conservation measure recommended by the Baruch corn- mittee, may go into effect as early as November IS. Nothing is final yet, but that is the date tentatively agreed upon. Big problem is getting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Qualifying clauses should be 70 placed that the verb in the clause will not be joined er- roneOusIy to the verb preced- ing the clause. ''Wrong: 'He sprang to the platform on which the dead man lay and shouted" Rights "SpringinS to the platform on which the dead man lay, he shouted"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Daily Almanac

Daily AlmRnac sun rises 0;le a. n; sets e:S9 D. m. twar timel AM vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
A. Lieutenant commander as Of

A. Lieutenant commander e Of July, 1942.
 @. Why is the shamrock 1re- lands national emblem? A. It became the national era- blem of Ireland as the result of . traditional incident in the life of St. Patrick. The patron saint of Ireland appeared before a large gathering of Irish pagan chieftatns and druids. During one of the meetings St. Patrick plucked Q shamrock from the sward and used it's single stem and triple leaf to explain the doctrine of the Trinity. There has been much speculation as to what the original shamrock may have been. It is variously sup- posed to have been the wood sor- rel, the white clover, and the black medic. The name is derived from the Gaelic seamrog, diminutive of seaman, meaning trefoil or three leaf.
 o. Did Canadian troops go to COutIt A1IlCh AO1A446 Ub1C OOS1 wal
 A. On October 29. 1899. the first Canadian contingent was sent to South Africa, a second contingent following in 1900. Both contingentS were withdrawn, however, before the end of the war, owing to dissat- isfaction in Quebec.
 e. What book contains an ac, count of the stories of peoples otheI than the Hebrews about the crea. tion and flood?
 A. Folk Lore of the Old Testa. ment" by Sir James c. Frazer, is a standard work for the general reader.
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College professor
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c. Which qnarries produce the best granite?
 A. The Bureau of Mines says that there is no approximate diff ference in quality and durability of any of the marbles or granttes. Specimens from all parts of the world are so enduring that coH1- parison is hardly necessary.
 o. What is the present rank of the naval hero, John D. Bulkeley?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
What's Your I. o.?

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to beck page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Washington Merry-Go-R
BY DREW PEARSON

Party Lines Breaking Under Demand for Aout Wor Candidates Committee Refuses Finonce Hopeless Fights Aoskon Investigation Reveals Navy Misuse of Some Plane Types Slow Ships Unfit for Aeution Bombing Work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03

a. Does Canada have ceiling prices on commodities?
 A. The Canadian ceilings on prices affect commodities and also all other costs. including wages, rents, public utilities and services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-03
Questions
 and Answers

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e. How much scrap rubber vas collected in the United States 1n the drive last June and July7
 A. Four hundred fifty-fOvr tho1- sand one hundred fifty-fiye tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
State Fair Board
To Discharge Z

LANSING, April ia dozen
employees of the state fair board
in Detroit will be fired as a result
of the army's announcement il
will take over the fair grounds,
Commissioners of Agriculture Leo
v. Card revealed today.
Abandonment of plans for a
1912 exposition will also mean
calling a halt to meetings of the
states 20-member fair board,
Card said. The state pays each
member $40 every time the board
meets.
Funds set aside for the state
fair may be sidetracked to county
fairs if approval of Atty. Gen.
Herbert ]. Rushton is obtained.
Any funds left over will not go
back into the general fund of the
state. but will be deposited in a
special fair revolving fund and be
used in future years.