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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15

had started his collection. Horace explained that he had inherited from his family a collection of all the autographs of the Lincoln Cabinet, and he wanted to add the Roosevelt cabineteers to the list.
 Farley commended the idea, but added: Horace, why don't you make a separate collection of autographs of men you have
 not interviewed personally.
 get around bit, and I could
 help you. I'll sent you some."
 Young Horace was elated. Hut at home his family suggested that MT. Farley, a busy man, might forget.
 About a month later, however, 8i-year old Horace Taft, brother of the late President Taft and uncle of Senator Rober Taft, go by mistake letter from Jim Far ley enclosing some autographs and asking how he was getting along with his new collection. And even to this day, young Horace still gets a letter every month or so enclosing autographs from Jim Farley. AN ABLE-BODIED CRIPPLE
 Governor Pierre Bolsson, who has delivered Dakar into U. s. hands after the British tried for months to get it, is one of the most able-bodied cripples ill the history of France. Boisson has shrapnel wounds in his booy, only one leg, and is partially deaf.
 But he can hear well enough to recognize the words, "Allons, enfants de Ia patrie" And this was the sentiment which prompt ed him to hand over the harbor and airport facilities, plus units of the French fleet at Dakar.
 Boisson typifies the latent spirit of France now rising up to fight beside the U. s. A. He is only 48 years old, was wounded re- peatedly in World War l, was taken prisoner, sent to Switzer- land among the grand blesses". tseverely wounded) There he was nursed back to health by a pretty French girl who today is Madame Boisson.
 Reason Governor Boisson re- sisted the British Free French at- tack againsht Dakar in Septem- Der, 194O, was the same reason he had for capitulating in Decem- Der, 1942. He believes that France should stand unified, not be broken into dissident clements. Thus, he opposed General De- Gaulle whom he felt was causing a split in France, and on the other hand. welcomed the Ameri- cans and quotes our own motto United we stand, divided we fall"
 For some time Boisson has worked closely with U. S. of. ficials in French West Africa, who checked all reports on Ger man activity there. It was the strong pro- American and anti British sentiment of the French colonies, as expressed by Bois- son, which resulted in the de- clsion to land an American rather than a British force in North Africa.
 Though loyal to Petain. he . gardA the aged premier as a prisoner of the Germans, who must be driven out of France. Like Darlan, Boisson hates the British, but he hates the Ger mans far more.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Republican Judge Homer Fer guson, who defeated Senator C-..- 4tss uAA@A as As@s ~--- -,--AA c
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The departure of the WPA from Con necticut will probably not be accompan- jed by any great fanfare of trumpets. In fact therein be plenty who will do some jeering. But the WPA doesn't deserve that, 1t deserves a lot of praise. Ridiculed and complained about, it proved worth while emergency buffed against unem- ployment and many of its monuments will prove lasting ones.
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Selected Poem
BLACKOUT

BLACKOUT George Thorp Rayner in the New York Sum The siren walls, the echoes run Swift fingers over glass and stone, Life stops, the moments work half done, To leave congealing night alone The serr!ed window-eyes blink out, The taxis die against the curb. This vacuum following the rout Could Gabriels horn itself disturbp The cobwebbed dusk in caverned street No slightest hint of movement mars: The silent earth becomes complete Dominion of the moon and stars.
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tor from Michigan, has place all warmed for him on the 4"u- man Committee Walter Cary of Detroit, whose personal plugging helped to elect Judge Ferguson. already talks about running him for President Marine Corps men and officers, finding theri overcoats fallen to the check room floor while Army and Navy coats still hang, wonder why their Quartermaster Gen. eral doesn't put straps or chains inside the colalr New lyric heard in the Navy press room: T Left My Gal on Guadalcanal."
 Copyright. 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining per- sonaI health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr. E3rady if 3 stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed, Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not cOnfOrn1-s ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, National News 2 paper Service, 32O West Madison. Street, Chicago III. ,.
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is a specialist in the study and tre a t ment of nervous a n d mental diseases.
 You may not have heard much of the N. P.'s be- fore, but y o u may hear more and more about them in the fu- 'ture, for this relatively n c W medical science of n GU r o-psy- chiatry is play ing an inCreaS-
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By PETER EDISON

By PETER EDISON
 Waterbury Democrat Washington
 / Correspondent
 If you happen to hear of some soldier having to go see an ''N. F." in this war, or if you happen to know of some officer getting an IN. F." commission, don't think this is 8 mistaken reference to an I'M. P" or Military Policeman. IN. F." is a perfectly good Army abbreviation. It stands for "Neuro- Psychiatrist"-an Army doctor who
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
TN. F." It's New In The Army

This is the first of a series of four articles by Peter EdsOn on the development of neurO-psy- chiatry in the U. S. Army.
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of the status in such cases made ano provided. Probably there is no help for that situation as long as We are all intent on getting some place whether accommodations are ample or not. n.
 However that may be, the. bus driver in his how low seat finds hiS vision of the rear, and often the TOT ward, exit door cut off by the mass ed legs and bodies of passengers And so at each stop he cries, as dicl his conductor predecessor: HOW < everything back thereP"
 And the answer comes now, as " did in the dim and distant past:
 "Awri'."
 Maybe we should, or should not say it's a welcome return. At least 1t is a reminder of olden times. <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-15
GIVE THE VICTIM OF
 DROWNING A CHANG. i

Describing resuscitation of a boy rescued from drowning in an icts pond said recently in this column
 During resuscitation, before there was any sign of life, there flowec from mouth and nose considerable thick viscid mucous fluid. Had the, boys arm or hand been placed unsA der head or cheek this fluid could not have drained from the breath ing passages and probably it would have obstructed the entrance of air
 "On this observation I base the
 belief that the incorrect method.
 of artificial respiration taught or
 approved by the Red Cross and
 most other organizations is crim-
 inally wrong, as it does not give
 the victim of subMerSion the best
 possible chance for recovery"
 The director of an ambulance as- sociation complains that I offer no suggestion as to what method is correct and says that criticism. to be constructive, should be definite rather than general.
 I sent the ambulance association director a copy of. booklet "The Schafer Method of Resuscitation. 2 which describes and shows by illus trations precisely what is wrong with the method approved by the Red Cross and other organizations.
 Schafer's method requires that BOTH of the subjects arms be drawn up out of the way well above the head, which position places the thorax in the most favorable posi- ton for entrance of air.
 The method approved and taught by the American Red Cross ard many other organizations purpcrt- ing to be authoritative places Cs of the subjects arms under ti.e subjects head or cheek. 2
 This quirk in effect reduces tte capacity of the victims lungs to take in air ard prevents free draif.- age of fluid from the breathing pas sages.
 If anybody can give a sound req son for placing anything under the victims chin or head instead Ct placing BOTH arms well up above the head as Schafer directe3 I'll make a public apology to the Amer ican Red Crcss and all other orgsr- tzations I have named from time to time as sharing the Red Cross error.
 The Red Cross is absolutely wrong about this
 The Red Cross was equally wrong about the jack knife ma nauver"- and what has become Of that stunt, which stuck out like a sore thumb in the First Aid hand books approved by the American Red Cross and dozen assorted or ganizations up to few years ago2
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 Two Pounds a Week
 Since recieved your booklet Rules for Reducing" I have lost 21 pounds in ten weeks and feel twenty-one years younger. never miss reading your column.
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 Answer-I hope you look it, too, Ma am. Readers who have bit ot reducing to do and TO health 10 lose, send twenty-five cents and self addressed stamped envelope for copy of the booklet. The test CT any reducing system or diet is that you should feel ard look better after reducing than you did before.
 FIuOrescent Lighting
 Is it possible to have too much light from these new style iiuuTes- cent lights? They were installed III our office recently, apparently Ch the assumption that the more henI the more work you will do tP. F. '
 Answer-Yes. too muc. light OF unpleasant glare. is as baG CT worSe than insufficient light. Ideal IF lumination is soft. easy on the e .S, free from glare. free from ahadoN ,I the source not within the Held tiI vision as you sit or stand at wolt' Fluorescent lighting is usua.ly preferable to cid fashione1 eulhs
 Arthritis Relieved Six weeks use of tie high potency yitamin D treatment described I'll your pamphlet seems to ha'eI worked a miracle. For seven year sI have had to use a cane to geti about the house. Now l can walk blocks without it and I am improv-' ing every day. followed your sao-1 vice to accompany the vitamin ID with vitamin B complex daily. l am, certainly grateful. tW. F Answer-Thank you. Such Iet- ter wipes out the memory of many like the one that follows. Readers may have the pamphlet "Arthrltis on request if they provide stamped envelope.
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Washington Merry Go-Round DREW PEARSON PEA
Young Republicans Discouraged by Bocstoge St. Louis Spong Was Accepted Avert Bitter Bottle and Keep Horony All Factions Agree Thot Showdown soloonsm Is nevtobe Boson Delivered Dokor to Us in the Interests ot French Unity

WASHINGTON Republicans rked over the Louis COP Meet Meet illustration o the maor the COP if s Washington in 1944
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Daily Air,ana,

Daily hc,anac Moon sets 1:07 a. m. (war time). Sun rises 8:09 @. m; sets 6:25 p. m (war time). All vehicles must be lighted thirty min utes after sunset.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR O. Why is it wrong to say? "The Third alternative is -" A. Because alternative means choice between two things and cannot be applied to a greater number. Say "A third course may be adopted"
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A Thought for Today

The rich and the poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all-PrOverbs 22:2
  All men are equal before the natural law Law Maxim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
FRIENDS HONOR
 CHASE KIMBALL
Peace Advocate to Enter Military Service Shortly;
 Urges Psychology

Attorney Chase Kimball who will enter the. U., s. Army in a few days was honored at a dinner last night at the Central Y.~ M. c. A. by a group of more than 100 friends and associates. The local lawyer who has been an atcive member of the Waterbury Council for Peace Ac- tion for many years has been wide ly known for his efforts in the peace movement.
 Speaking on the nature of just and enduring peace, MT. Kimball said, If we win the war and not the peace, then again our soldiers shall have died in vain." He urged continued efforts to win the war at home on what he called the ''pSy- chological front"
 Thomas s. Smith, young mems secretary, at the Y. M. c. A., in- troduced the speakers who included {: Miss Margery Farley, probation worker for the juvenile court; At torney Frederick Smedley; Elizabeth Kane, president of the Council for Peace Action; Horace D. Taft, head master emeritus of Taft School; Jo- seph Kushans of the young mems group at the "Y"; Miss Ray Guida, president of the young women's council at the "Y";; pr. John c. Walker, pastor of the Second Con- gregational church; Herbert s. Smith, secretary of the Y. M. c. A.; and Rev. David E. Gaines, pastor of the First Baptist church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
BLANSFIELD TOBIN
 OFFICIALLY NAMED
Two District Conventions Held Last Evening l; NOnli-
 nees Address Delegates

Democratic conventions in the 18th and l6th districts last night formally nominated Senator Mi- chaeI V. Blansfeld and Attorney John 2. Tobin as the party's candi- dates for state senator. Both were victorious in party primaries held iia August.
 Senator Blansfieid. in accepting the nomination, said: If elected. ! will do exactly as I did before. with- out fear or favor" He promised to do his best to represent fairly all the voters in his district.
 Mayor Vincent A. Geully offered MT. Nlaussield's name. Alderman Patrick since was chairman of che lBth district convention and Miss Mary Nenneaaey Was secretary.
 Attorney Tubln, in accepting tho n0Msunflnn, anld that ht waE lnr dspsadent in thought and would saIaAin ke. Ne aaid hat 10 had Wnf mo nomination after e Ions. hard haIIia saa |s.isnAea le .fsiifA kNa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
FIRE BOARD PLANS
 SPECIAL MEETING
Bnget for I943 to Be COn- sidered; Larger Pension
 Appropriation Needed

The board of fire commissioners at g meeting yesterday, voted to meet Wednesday to start wrok on the fire department budget for l94S. This. years appropriation was $636,- 5l2. Next years is expected to be approximately the same, though a larger sum will have to be set aside for payment of pensions because of number of recent retirements.
 A report from the city engineer Ing bureau disclosed that the east ern, boundary line of the Burton street 1irehouse property has been fixed. A fencec will Dc erected along the line.
 An application from James r. oponnell, Jr, for appointment to the call force was received and placed on file.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Political Notes

Democrats of the 17th district, in convention last night at Middle bury, unanimously renominated State Senator Vincent P. Kiernan of Derby.
 Senator Kiernan had been op- posed by Attorney William K. Ben nett of Ansonia. However, when it was obvious that Senator Kiernan had enough votes to win, MT. Ben- nett withdrew.
 Attorney Miles McNiff, Jr, ap- pears to be the only candidate in the field for the Republican nonin- ation for judge of probate. The Democrats have already renomin- ated Judge Patrick Healey.
 The Democratic probate conven- tion in Hartford today is expected to endorse Judge Russell 2. Johns- ton, Republican.
 Hartford Republicans meet today to name candidates for the state senate and the house of representa- tives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
BALDWIN OPENS . 1912 CAMP AIGN
FavOrs Greater Consi idera- lion for Workers Bearing
 Brunt of War Effort

. J
 Striking the key note Of the Re- publican platform. "our business is war" former Governor Raymond F. Baldwin said in his first campaign speech at Manchester Wednesday night, s'that every economic social or governmental problem which Connecticut faces must be met and solved upon the basis of its inpor- tance to the war effort."
 'fThe strength of g nation lies in the hands of the working people, 2 MT. Baldwin said, in pointing out the needs for keeping workmen's compensation, unemployment corn- pensation, better working conditions and wages on a par with present day increased cost of living.
 This is 8 peoples war; MT. Bald win said, ''and the workers are bearing the brunt on the home front. Thousands are laboring seven days a week and all through the night. There is much that can be done for them. Wherever wages and working conditions can be bet tered, wherever our workmen's com pensation law and our unemploy- ment compensation act can be strengt gthened to give greater benefits in the face of harder work and higher living costs we are for those changes and improvements. We re- gard them as guardians of the health, the welfare, the morale of all of us. We think of such better ments, IlotNas political propaganda to garner votes, but as part and par eel of our common, united war ef- fort. When these things can be done and geared into our war efforts. and they can and must be geared into our war effort, lets get them done. 7
 "One example of a present need lies in workmen's compensation, ? MT. Baldwin said. we increased the maximum limit of workmef1's $ compensation in 1889. That limit should be raised to meet the addi- tional hazards of longer hours and higher living costs"
 Pointing to the growing strength of the Republican party, a young, vigorous, forward looking Connecti- cut party, MT. Baldwin said, Tt is growing stronger because people are learning and realizing that we have not been building any personal poh- tical machine based upon political patronage given to faithful party followers. Our administration dur ing 1939 and 1940 is proof of this"
 Among the accomplishment of his administration, MT. Baldwin said, were the anti-injunction bill, the re-definition of conspiracy laws and other major labor legislation which, for the first time gave the working man unequivocai right to organize bargain and strike for his rights, "Our administration. and this is the statement of one of the most able leaders of organized labor" MT, Baldwin said, twas the friendliest to labor in the history of our state. '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
NOISE COMPLAINT
 PROBED BY POLICE
State Street Residents May Obtain Some Relief;
 Parking Law Respected

The police board was informed yesterday that everything possible has been done by the police depart ment to eliminate unnecessary noise complained about by residents of State street. Complaints from the same area that employees of the Eyelet Speciality Company were vio- Iating the all-night parking ban are without foundation, the board was told.
 Alderman Martin Sullivan. a member of committee named by the aldermen to bring the com plaints before the police board, said that investigation had shown that the ban on all-night parking is strictly enforced by the police.
 The board was told that nothing can be done to make the firm di- rninish the noise of its machinery, but that nevertheless Police Superin- tendent William J. Roach has ask ed the company move it's machinery to the rear of the building. The superintendent has also asked that, front windows be curtained so that light will not shine into houses across the street.
 Five patrolinen appointed 8 year ago were advanced from Grade c to Grade B, bringing them a pay ill- crease of 25 cents day. The men, Patrolman Harold Green, Paul La- guna, Carmine Albino. J. K. Dun- phy and Jeremiah Kenny.
 A physical examination was or- dered for Patrolman John Johr- son, who is in ill health and has applied for retirement. He is eligible for pension. having completed oyer % years of service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
AIR RAID WIIRDEN'S ONE IAN SCRAP DRIVE
 CAN BE DUPLICATED IN ANY COMMUNITY
Rv NEA aervlea

By NEA Service
 Memphis, Tenn, oct. 1.-If pa- triotic citizens in all of Americas communities got personally into the scrap the way. one Memphis air rraid warden did. enough scrap metals would soon be piled in local salvage depots of the country to blow the Axis to bits.
 So successful was white-h haired A. Leonard Cohen, one of Memphis and Shelby Ccunty's l300 air raid wardens, in his oYle-nall drive to get out the scrap that his system is being officially recognized as the Cohen Plan" and being adopted here on countrywide scale.
 HE CANVASSED
 HIS BLOCKS HOMES
 MT. Cohen, district manager, In- vestors Syndicate, wasn't content to sit and wait for an air attack be- fore getting busy. Tn fact he would be happy if he never worked as an air raid warden in g real air raid. He doesn't want Memphis to be bombed.
 But it was with alarm that he read of steel mills having to cur tail their output because of lack of scrap. Why couldn't he, as an air raid warden, canvass his neighbor- hood for scrap?
 He believed that his neighbors had plenty of useless metal. He believed that they are patriotic enough to give 1t to the war effort, but realized their patriotism just needed prodding. It's so easy to put of rumnaging around in the attic or cellar, and then getting busy lugging away what you find.
 So MT. Cohen started the "Co- hen Plan" of getting in the scrap. He visited IS homes in the block where he lives. He told the neigh bors of his plan.
 He made date" with each householder in the neighborhood, then returned, wearing overalls and carrying a flashlight.
 HE RESTRAINED
 EXCESSIVE ZEAL
 He went into attics, cellars, ga- rages and other out buildings. His white hair was full of cobwebs when he finished and he was dirty. But he found the scrap. He found old brass statues of Mercury and unidentified goddesses in attics. He found old coal furnaces, discarded in favor of gas heating units. He found old bedsteads and other metal objects the home owners had for gotten they had.
 In some cases, home owners be- came so. enthusiastic they wanted to discard valuable metal -. curtain rods and other objects that were still useful. But MT. Cohen would
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tion with the President on his many visits to the White House and in the period before the United States entered the war when the President used the Astor yacht, Nourmahal for some of his vacations. Astor has leased the Nourmahal to the Navy for $1 a year and is now in naval service himself.
 His associates report that he Is at present not handling his immense estate personally but is having it administered by a committee. That committee will make the changes from fine apartment house buildings and other real estate dependent up- on wealth for it's income to prop critics in the industrial sections of the country.
 While he plans to sell many of his New York City holdings, Astor hasn't lost faith in New York al- though it is said he is convinced the city has lost its appeal for industry. He believes the city will become the style center of the world, replacing Paris; that it will inherit the dia- mond cutting and jewelry indus tries from Holland; that it will con- tinue to be the showrooms and of flee center of the world; and that it will remain the leader in the amusement and cultural fields.
 Fortune Began in Furs
 The name of Astor dates back to the early history of the nation. Old John Jacob Astor builded his real estate fortune on the fur business and had the foresight to abandon property in downtown New York and move uptown, revolutionary venture in his day. Today the heir to his vast fortune, one of the larg- est in real estate in the nation, is making an equally revolutionary decision in getting away from the swank areas to the laboring class sections which are making the money from the war effort.
 Astor doesn't plan to get out of New York City entirely, it is reli- ably reported. Neither does he plan to go into other fields of investment than real estate. He now owns about 40 large real estate properties in the metropolitan area. Some of these date back to revolutionary times and a few once were held by Aaron Burr.