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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-15
QUESTION OF HOO CHILDREN SALUTING THE
 FLAG IS RAISED AGAIN.

Berlin, Conn.
 October g, 1922. Dear MT. Editor:
 The press has given some prom thence to the case of Betty Jane Stark, a 14-year old student of the Brandford high school, who refused to salute the flag. Although Jeh- ovah's Witnesses have repeatedly stated their reasons for such action and have given the ScriDtural proof that such a practice is wrong, many school boards have taken a con- trary course and have expelled the children from school.
 People taking the name of Chris tian" are therefore in an implied covenant with Jehovah God and it goes without saying that His law comes first and should be obeyed. (Note Act 4:19.) Tn 1-John 5:21 it ] is recorded: Little children, keep yourself from idolS'';; also in Exodus 20:3-5 this Commandment is given: '"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above. nor that is in the earth be- neath-thou shallt not bow down myself to them nor serve them, etc."
 This Scripture plainly forbids Jehovah's Witnesses to perform any obeisance to a created thing which necessarily includes saluting any flag. If anyone has such a desire to bow down to, or salute flags, Hit Ter, Mussolini. or Hirohito, that is their privilege. but 1t does not look well for Americans who have pro- claimed to the world that we are a Christian nation"
 Why an this desire to pick on the children whose parents are teaching them to love God and obey. His Commandments? People who are wise to the real reason are not in the dark as to what this is all about. Perhaps a look at the Fascist em- blen on your ten cent pieces might quicken the interest Of many.
 The supreme court of Kansas. in the case of State ' Smith and Griggsby (July. l042l held that the lcompulsory flag-salute regulation, when applied to Jehcyaha Wit
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Current Comment

Our air forces are the only ones to install all forms of protec- ton. They have leakproof fuel tanks. the most complete armor- plate. the heaviest fire power, the longest cruising range and the greatest ability to absorb enemy guniire without being put out cl action.
 --Aeronautical Chamber of
 Commerce survey,
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 1. The Federal Bureau of 1nveS- tigation Is in which department of the government?
 2. In the Navy, what do the Ani- tials PIT and PC stand for2 3. Which Axis premier has pro- claimed 'Holy War" against the United Nations?
 4. Name the author of Main Street.?
 5. Hydrophobia is a medical term for rabbit fever. rabies, or parrot fever?
 6. How many feet are in a fathon?
 T. Which is colder, 0 degrees Fahrenheit or o degrees Centi- grade?
 8. Queen Fawzia is the wife of the Shah of which country?
 g. Ralph Bolster Doaster | characterized as a villain, a boastei or a mischief maker?
 10. Tn Roman mythology, Bacchus was the god of wine: true or false?
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 c. Which British medal core War Production Board expect to collect in the United States?
 A. one-half billion pounds an- 'nualIy.
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 Ever since the Barucll report rubber has been a word that was mentioned in po- lite society only after approval had been obtain ed from not only Bill Jehers, the new ruber direc- tor, but from Of- flee of War In- formation, State D Departm e n |, nNorj nf TnNYN
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We'll, the pinch is here. The Japs' dlrty work has had it's effect. There's no more green tea. Connoisseurs will have to con tent themselves with the black leaves from India and Ceylon or go without. Probably it's fortunate that four Amer, jeans out of five have depraved taste ana have been quite satisfied with black tea all along.
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Selected Poem
BROWN OCTOBER DAYS

BROWN OCTOBER DAYS (Bv Herbert Durren Smart in the Boston Post Now come brown October days And the sunshine shorter stays; The purpled hills are sublime In the mellow autumn time The forest floor is spread With frosted leaves turning red; Huddled are the lowing stock Round the corn now in the shock; Bees find the flowers asleep, And wild vines no longer creep; Although the nights are cold, in the sunlight there still is gold , However, winter will come And the bees no longer hum: Shows will drift around the door And cover the landscape OCT; But spring will melt the snows And end our winter woes. Nashua, N H., l942.
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A Thought for Today

That which is altogether just shalt thcI follow, that thou mayest live and inherit t.e land which the Lord thy God giveth the.-Dc 4.erOn- Omy 16:20.
 Justice is that virtue of the soul that is dis tributive according to desert-Aristotle.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not use the word providing when you mean provided. Right: "I will lend him my car, provided he is careful In its use." 'The Army is pro" viding all soldiers with gas masks"
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Q.Which British medal core spends to our Congressional Medal of Honor as the highest award?
 A. The Victoria Gross.
 e. Which photoplays did John Huston direct prior to Across the Pacific?
 A. "The Maltese Falcon" and "1n This Our Life"
 Q. When it is 12 o'clock noon ir Washington, what time is 1t in Tokyo, Japan?
 A. It is 200 a. m. of the follow- ing day.
 e. When will Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday occur in 1928?
 A. Ash Wednesday on March 10 and Easter Sunday on April %.
 0. How long did it take to con struct the pedestal for the Statut of Liberty?
 A. Ground was broken on Apri l8, 1883, and the foundation was completed May IT, 1884. Construc- tion of the granite pedestal wa; immediately undertaken but in the fall of that ear work was stopped because of lack of funds when only IS feet of the pedestal was erected Work was resumed May II, 1885, and the pedestal was completed August II of the same year.
 @. What does "deploy 6 column" mean in military tactics?
 A. To spread out the front, to widen or extend the column for dis play or in battle array.
 e. Where was Andrew Jackson born?
 A. His actual birthplace Is in doubt. It has been generally believed that he was born in Union County, North Carolina. although he always believed that his birthplace was just over the line in South Carolina.
 e. What do checkered buoys sig nifty?
 A. They are not used in the U. s. system of buoyage, and as used by the British their signgificance varies in different localities. Essen- italy, they are to indicate the side of the channel in which the buoy t placed.
 o. Is it correct to use "enthuse' as a verb, or is it slang?
 A. It is still colloquial, but wide. ly used. Murray's Dictionary gives the first use in print as that of an Ohio newspaper in 1869.
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Washington Merry Co., Round DREW Pz PEARSON

Agents Had Hand in Postponement of President Rios V RoekefeIers Folk Wos Mepreented Provoke Feenss; COP Will AppeoI end Workers for Nicke and Dimes; orpedoed Blame for Bad Treatment Abroad
  President de los Rios from making
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What's l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
All Confusion On The Rubber
 Front Again
BY PETER EDISON (Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Just as everything was getting quieted down on the rubber front, along comes an Army major by name of Wendell Dove, spilling some testimony before Senator Gil lette's subcommittee on agriculture to get all the rubber animals stirred
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-15

Moon sets l0:54 ?. m. twar timel. time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
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o. Is it correct to use "enthuse' as a verb, or is it slang?
 A. It is still colloquiai. but wide. ly used. Murray's Dictionary gives the first use in print as that of ar Ohio newspaper in 1869.
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Copyright, 1922, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Daily Almanac

Nashua, N. H., ls49.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

YOU last week. I don't ordinarily
do this work, but will be willing TO
in this case. She can phone me
at Main S509. J. VI. c.
We hope that the lady will get
in touch with you and trust that
you can help her out.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me how
many chickens one can have In
the city. IL they are . nuisance.
can we have them disposed of:
The neighbor's chickens are breed
ing rats and We think IL Is I'M
healthful for the nelghborhood.
READER.
There is no limit to the number
OF chickens one can have in the
city. However. they must be kept
at least so feet from the nearest
residence. Nor can they be a
nuisance II you are having trou-
BILE. we suggest that you get in
touch with the health department
at Broadway s141.
Mr.. Fixit: Is the wife of . civil
service employe on q boat entitled
to an allotment: T. A. p.
No. Only service mems fami-
lies are entitled 10 sllotmens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27

our soldier sons overseas are deliv-
cred belstedly and sometimes not
at all.
The issue would have slight inn
portance except that gossip from
home Is the finest morale builder
Of our armed forces abroad.
Stranded in the dust Of Africa.
under shellfire in the Solomons. or
even living quiet but lonely life
in an English village. the young
xters want 20 hear family and
neighborhood trivia What they
seek. In reality. is a literary life
line binding them To the sort Of
society they enjoyed before the
lights went out.
TIE Jsps understand this psy-
choiogy 80 well that as far back
a. their war with Russia-ls04-
they delivered mail 10 front-line
troops before they sent up food
and ammunitJn. And Nippon
was and l. supposed to be a back
ward nation
Messages from the folks as well
a. edihles and weapons can help
win this war more quickly and
with . minimum Of casualties.
There Is no good reason for the
army and navy not to improve
their postal set-up. but 80 far It
IL what the boys call punk"
Bsukhage 10 the contrary also
nsssrs Knox and stimsonr-Uncle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27
. Needs Fixing Anyway

Though congress definitely killed the
request of the president for authority to
suspend tariff and immigration laws for
the duration of the war, the repercussions
continue. Leading newspapers express
the opinion that in normal times presi-
Dental authority should be circumscribed
with meticulous care, but war demands
elastic powers that may be used at the dis
creation of the executive.
The repercussions hit the house ways
and means committee. Though committee
gave as an excuse that the request smacked
too much of totalitarianism and might
have an unfavorable effect on the people,
the suspicion is expressed that the in
fluence of private interests might have
had something to do with it too.
The authority was requested only as
means of ripping away red tape in emer
gency cases. Recinding such authority if
not properly used would be as easy as
granting it.
There is plenty of evidence that some
of our immigration machinery needs fix
ing anyway. For instance, there was the
silly but legal delay at the border when
Canadian troops sought to enter Alaska
as part of our defense line.
There is also law requiring a head tax
States. That would make very funny
situation if a ship loaded with foreign war
prisoners should attempt to land at an
American port.
II will be interesting to see how con-
gress reacts to the expressions of adj
verse public sentiment from home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27
. YOUR
OPINIONS
Thankful

Editor The Times: have been
directed by the school board 10
convey to you their thanks for the
consistent support you have given
the Tacoma schools over a long
period Of time and especially for
the forceful way in which you
assisted in the recent successful
miiiage campaign
The members OF our employee
committee. which handled the de-
tails Of the campaign. have been
very strong In their praise Of the
assistance and cooperation given
them by you and your staff and
this il appreciated by the mem
bers % the school board.
WIZ you please convey to your
staff the thanks OF the school
boart and of all Of Us in the sd-
ministration for the friendly and
courteous way in which they have
assisted the schools
CARL c. CADDEY.
Secretary and Business Manager
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. Mr.. Fixif

Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please print
in your column whether II il COM
pulsory for q soldier 10 sign over
n certain amount of his pay to his
wife: NJ. c. A.
A soldier is not compelled to
apply for an allotment TO his wife.
However. the wife can file for al
lotment on her own behalf. She
must use an official application
blank that should be available
at her Red Cross office.
Mr.. Fixit: When one attends q
baby shower and brings a gift,
Is 10 necessary to send . gift when
one receives n birth announcement
later on: w. b.
Receiving birth announce
ment does not obligste one TO send
gift.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you tell me the
age limits for nurses aides and
where In Tacoma can I get more
Information about them:
The age limits are from Is to
SIS. Mrs. c. W. Vert at GA CTS
knows all about this and will be
happy to talk to you.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please tell
me where I can get = pocketbook
fixed. The frame Is sprung and
1t is important that 1 have II re
paired. J. X.
See luggage" classified sec
ton, telephone directory.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please tell
me how much . dependent mother
should get from her son In the
army: He has signed over sz1 of
his pay. In October. got ss7 al
together. 1 understand the ailot-
ment was TO be $50. J. T.
Your allotment is correct They
vary according 20 who gets the
allotment. The $50 allotment goes
10 wives.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you tel me
about the Seattle Pontoon bridge
How long il 10: What IL its span
over the water: G. I.
II is over q mile long. 1t has
no span TO speak Of. but has
series OF concrete pontOons that
are floating directly on the water.
Mr.. Fixit: I may he able te fis
the ripper for the lady that a<ked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27

Sam is falling down on this ire
mendously important task.
Patriotic songs born OF the Ar
megeddon now far outnumber the
love and lullaby lyrics which once
kept employees Of the music divi-
sion Of the Library Of Congress
scratching their heads Almost
every potential tunesmith aims TO
emulate the late George NJ. Cohan
by writing another Over There"
or to match Irving Berlin's muir
-bugler outburst.
Before Pearl Harbor only one
out Of nine manuscripts submitted
to the copyright division psnegy-
rized war. Now they are prepon-
derant by a ratio Of five to four.
Few OF these inspirationsl sugges-
tons equal what many regard as
the most stirring hymn written
since the United States entered
the conflict, Praise the Lord and
Pass the Ammunition"
Both professionals ard ana
teurs are trying hard so you can
not tell what may come up one
% these mornings. Incidentally.
there are more army specialist
musicals than there were during
the last struggle. Almost every
platoon has It's own nTodnct. with
the Bombsrdier Song as an out
standing example.
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= Our Opinio n S.
. Doesn't Make Sense

This dairy products situation seems 10
be badly crossed up.
One day there is the threat that dairy
products will be rationed TO make the
supply go farther and prevent a disastrous
shortage of an essential food product. The
reason given for the threatened shortage is
that dairy hands are being attracted by
the high wages in war industries and the
farmers cannot obtain help.
The next day the news columns flash
the information from the state OPA di-
rector that the milk price may be cut a
cent quart in the metropolitan areas.
Reducing the dairy farmers income cer-
tainly is not the way TO make ii possible
for him TO compete with the war indus
tries for his help.
On the same page with the price re-
duction announcement is the report that
the county commissioners are thinking
about closing the county farm at Sumner
and dispensing the dairy herd. As an al
tentative to dispersal the commissioners
offered to turn the farm over to the state
welfare department, but the state isn't in
terested. 1t would seem that the welfare
department is one of the groups above all
others which should be interested.
As the situation appears to The Times
somebody had better begin to show some
interest in the dairy situation to the ex-
tent of doing something to prevent dis
persal of dairy herds, particularly those
publicly owned One of the worst calami-
ties that could befall any community
would be to run short of milk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27
. Did You Know7

The United States purchased
s240, 000, 900 more merchandise, in
GLIDING gold and silver, from the
20 Latin American Republics dur
ing the first six months Of this
year than this country sold to
them, according to the Depart
ment Of Commerce.
Production OF lubricating oils
from pine tar obtained from tree
stumps is being studied IN Sweden.
says the Department Of Commerce.
Wool mills in Uruguay are work.
ing three eight-hour shifts but still
have q large backlog of orders
from domestic and foreign mar
kets. the Department of Commerce
reports.
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By RAYMOND cLAPPER

WAsHINGTON-Ths year the Thanksgiving table
not be so beautifully laden il last At least
there hangs it the graspng hand of the ration book
Some chairs be vacant if only because Of ransporta
ton difficulties
A year ago We were still reveing in unlimited supplies
OF food We were driving about the country with
limited gasoline and tires. But in some ways were
. much more worried nation then than A
year ago the Axis gradually pushing its conquest
The Germans were smashing into Russia and it looked
though Moscow would fall. Japan pushing south into
lndo-China. Although Pearl Harbor was still couple of
weeks in the future, Washington knew Thanksgiving
day that there little hope of Secretary of State
Hull advising the and navy that he had obtained
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-27
Thanksgiving Ne,v of Hope for American Way OF LIZ

We are seeing in America the miracle Of production and
an enormous army rapidly on the way 10 bringing o'ei-
whelming strength against the AXIS
This last YEAR or rather the last fe" months OF IT.
are showing that democracy is competent TO loon out
for itself against such dangerously ei'ie"' ma
tons as Germany and Japan.
We see now that military victory is certain and that.
viii bring new opportunity for the principles OF free
f Government 10 be restored and perhaps to grow IN
lands that have not known them before We now know
that the world will not be swallowed up by the
and their brutal conceptions of government and denial OF
individuals rights.
We know that our way of life is going to win and re-
establish itself firmly than ever before because IN
49,; - inst closing II has met its supreme test and is
coming through it.
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. Thanksgiving: 1912 and 1921

We don't have much coffee or tea or
cocoa for this years Thanksgiving dinner.
Many meats now are rationed. Assuming
that our tires still are disable, there isn't
gasoline for a very long trip back to the
old home town, and the railroads can't
carry US all.
The house or apartment isn't so warm
as we would like. There's less wool in our
Wages are good, there is work for all.
but prices are high, taxes are heavy. and
we feel impelled to spend more for war
bonds than We really can afford to save. so
we can't buy the things We would like.
For that matter, the stores do not have
them anyway, so We couldn't buy them If
We did have the money.
In many ways already we are almost
as badly off as in the depth of the great
depression. New privations are in sight.
Yet here's Thanksgiving Day and again
we are supposed to put on cheerful face
and try to think up some blessing.
Well, what about other Thanksgiving?
For instance. that first Thanksgiving in
1921, observed by the Puritans of Massa-
chusetts colony?
The preceding winter had been severe.
Many died from 'privations and malnutri-
ton. including John Carver, first COVER
nor of the colony.
Suppose we should call back William
Bradford. second governor of the colony
who proclaimed the first Thanksgiving in
America. His eyes would pop at the az
fluence Of even the poorest homes.
To be sure. we are short of coffee and
tea and spices, beef and gasoline and fuel
oil and virgin wool in our clothes. And
how much of any of these did the Pilgrim
Fathers have when in gratitude for their
first matured harvest, they established the
institution of Thanksgiving?
They felt themselves fortunate to have
some grain 1--WE have a surplus) which
they could make successfully into flour
and bread; some turkeys (fowls are not
rationed) which they went into the Indian
infested forests and shot; crude houses In
which 65-degrees of heat anywhere except
in front of the fireplace would have seemed
miraculous.
Our sons, our husbands, our brothers
and our friends are away from home, a
few dead and more facing death.
Their sons, husbands, brothers and
friends already were dead-one out of two
of them--dead for lack of the food. cloth
ing, shelter which the most under-privi-
legged family in America possesses.
Yet the Pilgrims thought up the idea
Of giving thanks.
We should have no difficulty. once a
year, in drumming up little considered
gratitude toward God, toward our fore
fathers, toward the rich land they won
for us and the freedoms they established
for us.
We should find it easy, even in such a
year as this, to be genuinely thankful that
We have inherited blessings of de-
mocracy that are worth preserving at far
greater price than any that We may have
to pay in this war.
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aircraft carrier from which allied airplanes will batter
Germany in the months TO
In the Pacific We have checked the Japanese adj
for the time being. II continue TO hold, the
time will come when a real offensive for
ward against Japan.
That is the situation which gives hope the mill
tary side.
think there is also another from which new
hope for way of life is springng While the Axis was
winning there the question whether the democratic
form of government the free way of fe competent to
defend itself in the mordern world. There ques
ton to whether the democracies huge dino
destined be destroyed by the sharp teeth of the
smaller but firecely weaponed. totalitarians.
But all such doubts resolved in favor. We
have the free people of England fight and hold.