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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
Planned Vacations

Everything is planned today. People
don't have to do an awful lot of think
ing If they're willing to accept the rules
laid down by somebody else. And so it
is with life on the vacation-front this
summer. Everyone is being advised to
60 ahead and plan vacations, but not too
extensive one. OF course the Atlantic
coast black-out may curb activities some
what, by lowering the curtain over many
Of the activities that can't be conducted
behind drawn shades.
The State Development Commission
this week urged people to plan on daylight
excursions and to eliminate as much
night driving as is possible The COM
missioner members maintain therell be
little curtailment Of daytime activities
along the recreation front, but that once
might has fallen those demanding artifi-
cial lighting will be ruled out. This
probably applies to the few bathing
beaches where there are pools or dance
halls or other forms of amusement and
recreation along the waterfront.
In short officials are doing their best
to encourage normal vacation plans. But
st the same time they are making it
plain that wartime restrictions must be
applied and all must comply with them.
Most people will be glad to do this, par
ticularly so when they know that they
can go ahead and plan on going to the
shore If they are able to do SO in spite
Of any and all defense area rules. It's
often harder to maintain morale along
the home front than where the f1ghting'S
the hardest. Such recreation as we can
conscientiously engage in should be en-
ioyed to the utmost for our own inner
GOOD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Mayor LaGuarGia might as well cool
Off The doughty executive was quite
peeved when he found out that million
people crowded into Times Square and
enyirons Thursday night to view midtown
Manhattan's planned blackout. 1t was
like New Years Eve or Election Night,
according to police. They claimed that
people were there in droves just to see the
show and to be in on the blackout right
IN the heart of little old New York. Well,
the same thing has happened In every
big city where there was planned black
out People crowded TO vantage points
to watch the lights go out, The novelty
disappears after the first time and ensu'
Ing black-outs barely ruffie the surface
OF things
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
why We Are RasiOned

The American people are INDUCING in
unrealism today which is going to add to
the unpleasantneSs Of tomorrow Even
after Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Singapore,
Burma, we insist upon pampering our
selves with the narcotic of wishful think
ing. Specifically, to take current illus
trations, there are the matters Of auto
mobiles and Of sugar. With all that has
been said and written, the average man
still appears to believe that the tire short
age will be relieved soon by huge out
put Of synthetic rubber; that there Is
no need for severe restriction upon gaSo-
line, and so this viii be lifted as soon as
a few dunderheads in Washington have
been rebuked scathingly.
The same is true Of sugar. We have
been told, truthfully, that enough sugar
is available to fill our national sweet
tooth to overlooking. There are stories,
believed if not true, that in Puerto Rico
sugar cane Is rotting uncut. Ergo, we
are being victimized by some bureaucrat
in the capital. The Lord knows there are
bureaucrats enough on the Potomac But
that is another story, which doesn't af-
feet the bald, unpleasant truth. Tires,
gasoline, sugar are banned or rationed
because there is no other way Of beating
Hitler and the JapS In all probability
they will be banned, or rationed until the
war is over.
He who plans on any other basis is
blowing soap bubbles of the flimSiest type.
He'll be very sad when they burst. Every
AS@n Oppf nff hnNaIICn
you. can't get rubber to make more AS
for syntheticS. We're so short of steel,
already, that we're struggling to keep
armament and munitions production
booming. We are forced to divert some
of that steel to construct plants in which
to make enough synthetic rubber for mil
itary use.
Is it sensible to suppose that any sane
government will pull more steel out OF
war production, just so we can have tlreS
for pleasure automobiles? Everybody
knows this country has more petroleum
than we can use for generations to come
But neither crude nor even gasoline helps
unless it can be brought to our filling
stations. War use and Sinkings have
depleted our tanker fleet. The railroads
are handling all the oil and gasoline they
possibly can.
Moreover, as a recent Washington
statement said perfectly: ut is unbe-
lievable that sailors be asked to take the
risk of going down on burning ship in
order that someone may have gasoline
to go to bridge party or the ball game"
Everybody knows there is plenty OF sugar.
But where? In Cuba. In Puerto Rico.
In Hawaii. Are we going to ask sailors
to risk submarines to bring us a second
spoonful of sugar for our coffee? Are
we going to let armament and munitions
lie In factories unused, so the railroads
may haul Cuban Sweetening from Florida
for our gustatory delight? The War Pro-
duction Board says No. These shortages
are here for the duration of the war. II
we don't like them, we might get buster
and shorten the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

II is estimated that there are $4,000
soung men of draft age from ID TO 50 ~
american prisons today who are phys
hally fit TO fight and not clearly as
Qualified by mental or moral Deficiencies.
hat Is the informal estimate OF James
y. Bennett, Director OF the u. .. Bureau
81 Prisons There are other thousands
IN probation or parole. what snoul0
AMerlca do with them at time wnen
NE nation needs manpoWeF2
There can be 10 dogmatlc answer;
zach young man should be weighed ano
appraised as an individual and u ne can
- admitted to the armed forces Wlth0nt
lnlpaiTlng morale he should be given tne
0nboFtunlty TO fight for his country, Ger.
AMY tbs young first offender Wlthou.
aFieon experience who has been placed
n probation should be given every con-
liberation,
IN many states 3 boy Of 10 rs called Q
eHi0n N NJ accepts q ride In stolen car
aNeIs e ne had nothing 70 do with the
2aoik Of tho car. The Navy has q nat
rule excluding such boy because ne "
aolninallY d nfel0n"; the Army and the
sIsetlye Service may accept him after
snveetiRata0n, Il seems only logical 70
IggesE that afi branches OF the armed
vices should have comman pfactice
n|Hdng 10 Ell nceeptable aUpheen1'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Restrictions on residential use of cleo
tricity in certain defense areas might not
be a hardship, but would certainly be
somewhat of an annoyance until most
householders had become accustomed to
the new order. While the modern
thought on home lighting is not to ac-
centuate glaring lights, still it does pro-
vide for type of light that is sufficient
unto the purpose, whether that be to
provide illumination for reading, writ
ing, kitchen work or some other form OF
home use Doubtless there are ways and
means of cutting down on the use OF cleo
tricity in the home. Perhaps some eco
Monies could be made without sacrifice
ing light ESSENTIAL as an aid to good Wis.
ion. There are the various forms OF
electrical appliances now in common use
which might be put on an economical
basis. But in such program OF cur
tailment expert advice should be en-
ployed If the major results are to be at
tanned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

one moment until " can be heard
blocks away and then fades 10 .
whisper the next moment, What Is
more satisfactory than q clear
toned receiving vet which brings out
every sound IN q broadcast precise
" as u Should, and dissOTts potfs
lng7
There are lives llke that, Every
b0dy's life, as q matter Of fact,
should 30 that way, " be Is normal
health-plsgaieal and spiritual, nut
great groups Of people simply eails
not Get tuned n to the frequency
Of Tire lie IN which they i've, They
pick % every little thing and am
plify II Into a personal a1r0iit
They cannot endure criticism. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

no objections /. 1t is so Or
dered."
LITTLE BUSINESS
Unfortunately 1t looks as If the
little bushes man now has no
better chance for government loans
than during the days before Jesse
Jones was stripped of sole con-
troll over little business financing.
Under the Presidents execu-
tive order dethronirg Jones, the
Army and Navy were given auth
GRITTY to grant loans to subcon-
tractors for war work. That Is,
they were empowered to extend
loans, in the form Of advance pay
ments, up to 100 per cent of the
needs of the little business men.
But neither the Army nor
Navy is using this authority.
Both are resOrting to the same
banker pra .tices for which Jones
was condemned.
Instead of using their authority
to cut redtape and make direct
loans, this is what has happened:
The Army and Navy have laid
down rules that compel little bust
ness men to seek the credit they
need from commercial banks.
For this money they will pay from
~ to per cent interest-on
loans guaranteed up to 80 per
cent by the government.
In other words, a subcontrac-
tor must go to a bank for war
work loan, and If the bank won't
grant it, then he has to start all
over again and go to the Federal
Reserve Board which will take
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Vic Ok1AUCO 0OoVS~o AAA 9AV4AA
Japan will resort to a number
of typical Axis methods to sway
neutral countries away from col
liberation with the United States,
including the Axis-worn tactics of
making overtures and giving as
Surances that she has no i'm
perialiStic aims toward these coun-
tries. On the other hand, the
Japanese will emphasize that the
United States has been greedy in
her international trade relations
and has imperialistic designs on
Central and South America.
In launching this propaganda
attack Japan has instructed her
agents to do everything possible
10 solicit the goodwill of Spanish
and Portuguese representatives in
Latin American countries.
In addition TO propaganda
agents and diplomatic represen-
tatives, Japan has recruited
agents In commercial firms
throughout both Europe and
the American countries to
propaganda persons Of Latin
culture and Catholic faith. In
this connection, plans have been
made to go even so far as to
try TO exploit His Holiness, the
Pope.
Already $4,000 has been for
warded to Japanese representa-
tives in Chile to be used in at
tempting to bride government Of
ficials.
One of the most audacious
phases of the japanese plan Is
the one that calls for an attempt
to induce a revolution in the
United States by cooperation with
fractional groups within the coun-
try and creating dissension among
the people by sniping at the
Roosevelt Administration.
REPUBLICAN, HARMONY
Except for a brief, isolationist
flareup against Wendell WILKES
resolution pledging full support
to Rooseyelt's war policies, the
Chicago meeting of the Republic
can National Committee was com.
pletely harmonious.
This was cue chiefly to skill
full COP Chairman Joe Martin,
who not only engineered adoption
of the Willkie proposal, but pla.
Gated q withdrawing block OF
mid-Western committeeman who
were itching for q showdown
braWl. Also, Martin put his foot
down firmly on any talk about
1914 presidential candidates, which
was another fricti0n-maker,
However, there was one minor
glip-wD which had Martin IN bet
water for q few moments,
According TO custom, the chair
men-to-be OF various committees
offer the resolutions for creation
of tha committees. John r.,
jackson, national committeeman
from Louisiana, was slated to head
up the committee on proxies, but
Martin forgot to notify him,
when II came time TO appoint
this committee, Martin declared;
1.-THE chair EeeegniEes the gentle
man SFem Louisiana, NJ Ssek'
son.
jackson, o prominent New or.
leans attorney, rose and SIAM
meFed;
Amsua \ Anu.lk .ulsh In he RaeMs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

the matter under consideration"
So it's pretty much the same
old run-arOund In new trap
pings.
To help direct this banker
ruled system a big-shot Chicago
banker has been brought to Wash
ington by Sidney Weinberg, who
was senior partner Of Goldman,
Sachs g. Co., New York invest
ment firm. Weinberg's selection
Is Mark Brown, of the Harris
Trust g. Savings bank. Working
with him will be 1t. Col. John l..
Meechem, former vice president
Of the First National Bank Of
Chicago.
A bill long has been pending
i'm Congress to create a special
little business loan agency with
ample funds to extend such
credits. After the President
issued his executive order, inter-
est in this bill waned, but now
il looks as II the little business
loan problem will never be solved
unless Congress takes the bit in
its teeth and passes legislation
expressly to take care Of the
long neglected little fellow.
NOTE Certain Washington
masterminds might well note the
advise of the London Economist:
I'm the fullest sense, the role
of finance in war is to insure
that nothing is ever decided on
financial grounds"
Copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, IncO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
In Today's Mail
GERMANY MUST ALSO 81
BOMBED WITH TRUTH
TO WIN THE WAR
Vmeland, n, J,
MAY 1. 1879.

May ], 1872,
Editor Of the Democrat;
What are we doing 10 expose the
Hitler lie that this is "a war for the
existence OF the German pation"2
while we must hammer out OF Ger
man heads forever the Idea that
they are q master race" we must
also hammer into them the pFopos
eition that II they repounce Hitler
and his clique, and 10y down Their
arms. the United Nations viii guar.
aptee them q just peace, without
revenge,
u Is said the propaganda front
Is left largely 10 the British, u
this wiser Due To our dlSlnteFesl
IN empire, don't The Germans trust
us q little more than the BFltish7
And with much German and some
italian blood IN our veins, may we
not even better understand the ANlf
mind end how best 10 work on ~
We might begin with the Older
half OF the German population, Wllo
remember the Republic, They orc
the backbone OF the munitions W.
dilstgy, A Ilttle showdown or sel1os
tage on their part would cripple M
hazI war effort.
The stakes are tremendous, n
We could bring even q fFaeflegl Of
these people around ~ our way o.
thinking, we might greatly shorten
The war and save untold American
blood.
Germany must BE- bombed moi
only With explosives but with ~
truth. Propaganda rs GtslI fhe great.
est "seeret weapon" why neglect
Yours very truly,
ROBERT r. FIELD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

@. What were the speeds Of the
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, which
escaped through the English chan
mel In February?
A. The designed speed is ~ knots
and the active speed Is believed to
be more than 20 knots.
@. Can q torpedo cause damage
! to a ship If 1t explodes ten or fif-
i teen feet from 1t?
A. When q torpedo explodes a
short distance from its target the
major part of the energy designed
to wreck the ship has spent itself
uselessly in blowing hundreds Of
tons of water into the air. The
only damage that can be caused is
by water thrown against the ship,
which might open the seams.
@. Is Ronald Colman married?
A. He married Bonita Hume,
English screen actress, September
80, 1888.
Q. Is Japan rationing civilian
goods?
I A. Japan began to ration civilian
goods in July, 1888.
Q. How many were killed at
Pearl Harbor?
A. The official figure as an
nounced by the President Is 2340.
@. Can lead be substituted fol
tin in the manufacture Of collap.
sible tubes?
A. It is being used in place Of
tin in the tubes which contain
shaving cream, cold cream and
other paste products that are moi
used in the mouth. The Food and
Drug Administration and the Blu
reau of Standards are making tests
to determine whether lead can safe
ly be used for all kinds Of tube con-
tanners.
@. When did the term Britisi
Empire originate?
A. It dates officially from 1875
when Queen Victoria became En-
press of India. India has belonged
to England, however, since before
the American Revolution.
O. What Is the origin Of tho
surname Strunk?
A. It is of Teutonic (German)
origin and means q tree stump,
that is, short and chunky. 1t Or
iginated as a nickname.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

WEST PEAK
(EFele MeOaughey IN the Poets Corner,
Hartford Tines
Al evening on the top OF the world
/ watch the misty stars nDfuFiedi
I see the city fer below
Ana mark lfs lights above the s0BW,
Al evening on the top OF the world
hear defiant challenge buried,
And lat and sin and fearful wrong
Are Iike tune that Il sung 700 IONS,
Al evening on top Of The weird
The wlnAs from oil the clouds aFe SwlFled
our chains AFN lo0sened and we Aet sFee
AZ one with the plaKt Of Eternity
Az evening ON the top OF the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
> NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Thurman Arnold
Roots For New
Patent Laws
BY PETER EDISON
waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, May 2-Plain-spoken
fearless Assistant Attorney General
Thurman Arnold, who socks labor
unions with his left hand and big
corporations with his right has
come out with suggestions Of what
he thinks the patent laws Of the
United States should be. For the
past week or SO. Arnold and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

question tile sincerity og those round
about tlsenl and are IN q continual
other because they are not popular,
There a nothing the matter with
these people save that they are out
Of adjustment With their environ
ment. They are like q radio receive
Ing set tf9at for some reason or
other Is not satisfactorily attuned 10
the frequency Of the station u IA
trying 70 tune IN.
All Hlghts Reserved Hahson News
q paper syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

bright young men
Of his Depart-
ment Of Justice
Antitrust Divi-
sion have been
appearing before
the Senate Com
mittee on Patents,
delivering q sen.
sational series Of
disclosures which
purport to show
how patent pools
and patent mon
opolies have been
ed to curtail
the production Of
a Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Ter WIN nlem or
with the world
IN W hteh they
live, but simply
because they are
continually out
OF ngtmept
with their en-
VlronineDt, Their
ufe reminds one
OF q radio set
only partly tuH-
ed IN, or one
that blRTeg out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Can y0u answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn TO back
page Cor the answers.

!. What radical change was re-
Gently ordered by the WPB In the
style of mems trousers?
2. The membership In the Ma
tional Congress Of India Is exclu~
siVely Hindu; true or false?
3. Which has horns, o FhinOceroe
or a hippopotamus2
4. When 1t is noon In New York
City, what time is it In San Yrane
ciseo2
8. Which species OF birds are GALE
ed Mother Carey's cbickens2
6. For what labor organization
do the initials UNIV stand2
7. Name the author OF Robinson
Crus0e,"
9. How many feet are In Q statute
mlle2
o, What are the first names OF
the three Talmadge sisters; famous
stars of silent filHg2
10. Who composed the Blue Dam
ube WaltE9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
A crowd cannot stand round,
but the persons composing,
IL may stand around or
about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

services, II Il should be adopted,
the public would save Itself eoDs
siderable annoyance due 70 black
cuts ~ the cities, since the greater
part Of the population would be-
ready for bed by the time the
blaek0nt period arrived,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
Washington Merry-G o-Round
japan Preparing Gigantic Propaganda Drive in Latin America;
Agents Commercial Firms Sends Funds for Bribery
Tokyo Will Try Whip Up Revolutionary DssensiOn Here Too;
Small Business Men Are Still Tonged Up in Red Tops
DREW PEAR 8 O N
ROBERT S. ALLEN
WASHINGTON. Nav 2.

Inside intelligence information that japanese
in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
Questions
and Answers


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bury Democrats Washington Ser
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@. How does the number Of pas
senger automobiles registered ts
the United States In 1871 compRr0
with 1929 registrations?
A. In 1941 there were 28,604, 1vS,
compared with 23,121 $50 In 1929.
q. 7 wish to communicate with
an American who is q prisoner OF
war, and to send him some 1000.
What is the proper procedure1
A. II you believe that he has
been captured by the Japanese and
wish to obtain information about
him, write to the Information Bu-
reau, American Section Office Of
Provost Marshal General, War De-
partment, washington, ID. O. II you
wish to send a food package to the
prisoner after you have found out
where he is located, write TO the
nearest large chapter Of the Amer
lean Red Cross in regard to 1t. For
$2.40 they will provide a package OF
food and will handle the transpor-
tation. The full name and address
of the prisoner must be given.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Neon rises 1901 p. N. twaF hms).
sun rises $50 3. NJ; sets 7;49 y, ~. fwaF
timer.
All vehicles must Be lighted thirty MIN
mteb after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By Earl q. DOUGLASS, D. D.

ATTUNED 70 LIFE'S FIRE.
QUEMCY
Life largely consists In getting our
aBtenpa attuped to the frequency
Of daily life.
Many people are continuously on
the verge OF nervous collapse, not
because there Is anything the matt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
BLACKOUTs AND DAYLIGHT
SAVING

Hartford T!mes)
In connection with the perma-
nent blackouts which are being en-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
A Thought Cor Today

n man think himself to be something, when
he b nothing, he deceiveth himsek-Galatians
@sa.
Beloved brother, let us not forget that man
can never get away from hinself.-Goethe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Q. What is the origin Of the
surname Strunk?
A. It is Of Teutonic (German)
origin and means q tree stump
that is, short and chunky. 1t or
iginated as a nickname.