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Child Care
Advances

not bowed, and the lower
limbs strong and well-propor-
toned.
For the child of about 8
or 10 it is a sign of good health
for the height and weight to be
close to the average for the age.
A luxurious head of hair is a
sign of health.
THE shoulders should be
Il square. the back fiat at this
age later the normal curves
begin to appear). the spine
straight, the muscles firm ard
the trunk well proportioned.
The legs should be straight
and not bowed, and the knees
should touch without humping
when the child is standing at
attention.
The feet now should be well
arched.
These general standards can
be determined by any parents
without recourse TO measures
ments and without any special
medical training.
If the child does not conform
to them reasonably closely il
should be an indication for medi-
cal consultation to see If there
is any nutritional condition or
bone condition which would &C.
count for the lack Of bodily
symmetry.
Children with this standard
of bodily build may be expected
TO be normally active, 10 eat
and sleep well. 60 begin to walk
and talk at the regular ages.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
r. S.: Is there any possible
way at all TO cure bad ingrown
toenail? N
Answer: Yes, certainly. There
Is no reason any one should
suffer with ingrown toenail for
any length Of time Consult
chiropodist Immediately.
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TYPEWRITER Ribbons: Mar
Il tin Biggers: She has a beau
tiful profile all the way down.
Christopher Hale: Don't slam
your mind in my face.
New York Times Magazine:
Political bedfellows-those who
like the same bunk.
Anon: The weather was so
bad it was only fit for con-
yersation.
Inez Robb: II takes a heap o.
husband 10 make a house a
home.
Nancy Moore: She was blond.
trimmed in blue.
Mark Twain: Wrinkles are
fingerprintS of time.
Anon: The danger OF fighting
for liberty is much safer than
the danger OF living without 1t.
j. Marlin: He had an air of
professional superiority. You
couldn't tell il ne was a judge
or a headwaiter.
Clare Boothe: It's easier 10
marry the man you love-than
10 love the man you marry.
THE Wireless: The strut has
L gone out of the Jap radio.
Its spielers are preparing the
people for tough times. The
earlier assurances were that
beating the Americans was a
breeze.
Teddy Wilson'S wizardy piano.
ing kept the Basin Street olio
alive.
The patter they write for NJ.
Gross wouldn't be funny If he
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This is the first mans in which the army has real
hotels like the Stevens Even the Van Insomnia has 1890
and BATH AS said before bum object to those
odds
I'm up against tough proposition next week The
and marines are having beauty contest to who's
the toughest sergeant
Tomorrow Saturday and the Jggadier Brindle buzzed
to pack up and scrammoose.
Then Monday meet my first tough sergeant His
is Tatsrat and he is located at Fort Dix.
(To be continued)
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The On|ooker

our staff scientist a little
" gnome who works with test
tubes and Bunsen burners back
OF the couch in the living room,
may come up with a tremendous
discovery any day now.
For weeks he has been hot in
pursuit OF a formula which
would enable him 10 take the
reports on the rubber situation
and convert them into rubber.
4 If he hits on IL. this country's
negligence in not stocking up
with the precious stuff before
the japanese took Malaga and
the East Indies will be counter
balanced. and there will be more
than enough rubber for all mill
tary and civilian needs.
.WITHOUT the exact figures
" at hand, we figure that this
country now has stockpile of
rubber reports from agencies in
excess of 1000. 900 tons.
Almost every one has had
some sort of report TO make.
We have had Jesse Jones re-
port. We have had the Presi-
dents report. We have had the
Baruch committees report.
Also, Henderson's report, the
rubber companies report and
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I EFT us hope he is right. and
II that before long he will
emerge from his laboratory with
a four-ply. whitewall. non-skid
tire in his arms, fabricated en-
tirely from reports on the dismal
situation
Unless he does. the American
rubber situation is bound TO get
worse and worse.
Certainly. reports will never
remedy the situation.
They are all nice reports-you
couldn't ask for any better-but
they all miss on one point
they don't explain how the
shortage is to be met.
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On Broadway
BY Walter WincheII

Trad. Mark Registered. Copyright. is4a.
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On the Side
BY T.. v. DurIing

Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
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BY Henry McLemOre

the reports OF those sterling
analysts. Tom. Dick and Harry.
All these reports are going 10
waste; that is. they were going
to waste until our staff scientist,
Doctor Something-or-other,
decided 10 put them 10 use.
He feels land you should see
the bright light Of research
shining in his eyes when he
darts from behind the couch 10
beat the dog 10 a bone or a bis
cult that they can be put TO
use.
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Battle For Singapore
Becomes More Furious
Continued from Page y

and infilter into tn eBatu Bahat
sector, thus biting off a wedge
about 20 miles deep, but reinforced
allied aerial squadrons appeared to
be breaking up these maneuvers.
Singapore Again Raided
Japanese planes again raided
Singapore, dropping bombs indis-
criminately over a large residen-
tial area, the communique said, but
it acknowledged some military dam
age to the island defenses.
"Our anti-aircraft guns in Johore
shot down three enemy planes on
Monday, making a total of Al def
nitelYs shot down SO far and 16 9TH
ers probably shot down." 1t added.
The communique said a Japanese
bomber and a fighter were shot
down during today's raid on Singa-
port and a third plane probably
was destroyed. Another was shot
down In the Muar area. Two Brit
ish planes were lost.
There has been some Japan
ese patrol activity on the east coast
in the Endau area (about 80 miles
from Singapore" the communique
continued.
"Mersing was bombed and ma
chine-gunned on Monday with lit
tie result"
The Japanese penetration toward
Batu Bahat followed fighting In
which an Australian counter attack
destroyed IL enemy tanks and
drove the Japanese back.
Though the news from the front
was heartening, Maj. Gen. Henry
Gordon Bennett, commanding the
Australian Imperial force, empha-
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BY ILYA EHRENBURG
fSOyiet War COrresDOndent)


With the Red Army Outside
Mozhaisk, Jan. 20-(UP)-Three
German army divisions are defind-
ing themselves desperately in the
Mozhaisk district, trying to remove
vast stores of equipment from the
city before the Red army can cut
them off and destroy them.
Each house in Mozhaisk has been
converted into fortress by the
German troops who, prisoners have
told us, have been ordered to de-
fend the city at any price.
Our troops are west OF the city
and have moved into the southeast
and northwe stoutskirts. Dealing
sparingly with the lives Of their
fighters, Soviet commanders refrain
from frontal attacks which would
be costly in live ard materiel. In
stead, they take towns and villages
by outflanking them.
The system of Notifications In
Mozhaisk is strong The city con-
tains vast quantity Of munitions
which had been intended for the
campaign against Moscow.
The battle RACES as the Germans
attempt to remove their stuff. They
fire almost constantly. Defending
warm houses, they are inspired
with fear of abandoning them and
going out to die in the cold.
The offensive began here Jan. Z.
On Jan. 10 the enemy's front was
preached. Each day means five or
ten kilometers a to miles, of lib
Grated soil. Tnis is not the end,
but 1t is the beginning Of the end.
The glow Of two fires Eliminates
the icy night. Two villages In the
vicinity of Mozhaisk. villages which
the Germans abandoned and set
fire to today, are burning.
I drove today along the Mozhaisk
highWay-from the former line of
the front to the outskirts Of MOI
haisk, about 40 kilometers (25
niles.
Ashes, Ruin Everywhere
Everywhere I saw ashes and
ruin, all that Is left of villages de-
stroyed by the Germans. In one
village, among the burned down
houses, Is the half-charred corpse
OF a German. A peasant told me
that this Nazi and another-torch-
men-had set the village on fire but
as he was completing his work a
bottle exploded in his hands.
Women and children rummage in
the ashes, hoping to salvage some
Of their household goods. A pris-
oner Is brought in and a woman
rushes at him, screaming epithets,
accusing him of stealing her food
and burning her home. He pleads
for protection from the civilians"
The MoscoW-Minsk automobile
highway east Of Mozhaisk is COW
cred with deep snow. The Germans
did not clear it, but used the sleighs
of peasants for delivery of food and
supplies
Now it is possible to obtain some
idea OF German losses during the
advance on Moscow. Near Doro-
khovo there are whole fields of
crosses, reminiscent of a war GEM
etely saw in northern France in
1916, except that the crosses are
adorned with the Swastika.
Some of the crosses bear French
names. Here French legion. re-
cruited by Pierre Laval and Jacque
Doriot, was defeated. They fought
IN German uniforms and are buried
under German crosses
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the Compartment structure collapsed
and that tons OF smouldering ruDble
made 1t dangerously difficult for
firemen searching for other victims.
Scanlon added that some OF the VIC
TINS burned TO death, others suiio-
Gated and several we're killed De-
meath falling debris.
Some go years old, the building
formerly was transient hotel and
once boosted the longest bar in New
England.
Four Death Leaps
Night clerk Charles L. Lennigan
of The adjacent hotel Edison, VINO
discovered The tire, SAID he Wit
messed four death leaps from the
fourth and 18TH floors.
''They didn't have a chance" he
said. They Just lanCed ana lay still.
There seemed TO be heads sticking
from every WI dow, and the flames
were g4oWlng behind them. Many cl
them who oidn't jump Just Loppled
back INSIDE. The few who did escape
came running out i'll their night
clothes and Jus5 kept running until
paSSersby and tlremen knocked
them down and beat out the
flames"
Alfred Rando, 80, was in nearby
Central Square WheI the first alarm
was Sounoed and raced 10 the scene
because he knew his sister, Mrs Eva
Lavesque, %, was i'll the burning
building. He did not witness her
three-sJory leap, il which she sui
tered leg injury, but he Qid see
tive other persons jump.
Il heard one woman Shrek from
the top floor, help me, I'm going W
jump, he said. ''.ohe missed the
neO, nit the street, and didn't move
l guess She was dead.
Another woman jumped. She hit
the net but bounced OFT into the
street. She was unconscious. An old
man followed her. He missed the net
completely. l guess he was done
for, too.
Two more women jumped, but
the boys firemen and pasSerSby) Oh
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sized that the situation was still
serious and aerial reinforcements
urgently needed.
Gordon Bennett, in commu-
nique to the Australian government,
reported:
(Australian imperial force units
have been sent to stabilize the posi-
ton in the Muar river area, where
indian troops had been forced to
give ground under enemy pressure.
Almost Immediately after the
Australians took up their positions
Sunday the enemy launched a Wig
orous attack with tanks which was
beaten off by our troops who de-
stroyed eight tanks.
CAgain Monday morning the
enemy attacked and the attack was
again defeated by our troops. The
Australians are holding their ground
everywhere
An Australian film unit photo
graphed the entire action in which
the Australians held off the Japa-
nese and then counter attacked.
The unit reached the Muar river
front Saturday, to learn that the
Japanese already had infiltrated be-
hind it.
A dispatch rider, guiding his ma
chine with one hand and clasping a
bullet wound in his right side, with
the other, brought the news.
He gaSped that an officer who had
been riding on the pillion of the
motorcycle had fallen off when jap
anese snipers wounded him, miles
behind.
Officer Died Later
A Bren gun carrier raced back
along the road and picked I'D the
officer, who died later.
After dark Saturday Australian
patrols reconnoitered to find out
the extent OF Japanese penetration.
They found that they were sur
rounded.
The young captain in command
ordered all mobile vehicles taken
from cover In the vicinity and put
in circle around the field artillery
Tor fight to the death.
Every available man was armed,
including all men of the film unit.
The defenders lay under their
transport vehicles. A member of the
MIN unit who told me the story said
1T was like accounts of American
pioneers fighting the Indians in
covered wagon days.
All night the defenders kept their
positions under rain of bullets
from Japanese snipers in the trees
around them and from Japanese
mortar batteries.
Toward dawn the Japanese fire
subsidized. There was a sharp burst
OF machine gun fire. The defenders
prepared for their last fight, and
found that the fire came from i'm
perial reinforcements.
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POLICE CAN WEAR
PATCHED PANTS

Cincinnati, o., Jan. 20 CUP) -
Cincinnati cops may wear patched
pants at night next summer, but
not in the daytime when the patches
would show.
Police officials today relaxed their
rule against patched uniforms ex-
planning that there's a shortage Of
cloth used for police uniforms. The
cops liked the new order because
they have TO buy their own uni
forms.
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RUSSIANS FIGHT
DESPERATE NAZIS

Continued from Page y
Schluesselburg both from the land
side and from frozen Lake Ladoga.
AS this new threat TO the German
line developed, Russian and German
troops were reported fighting one OF
the fiercest battles of the war at
Mozhaisk, go miles west OF Moscow.
Fighting in Streets
Stockholm dispatches painted a
lurid picture Of fighting in the
streets OF the burning city, amid
choking smoke and flames famed
by an icy gale, after the Russians
had thrust through German defenses
from the south and east.
These dispatches were not con-
flrmed here and it was noted that
Russian official sources had not yet
mentioned a fight in Mozhaisk.
But an official Russian claim to
Vereya, Is miles southeast OF
Mozhaisk, and the village Of Kon-
drove in the same sector, were re-
garded as booming Mozhaisk and
threatening the entire German army
in the region, estimated to number
100000 men.
The night Moscow communique
which claimed Vereya and Kondrovo
said the Russians haG captured
other inhabited points and contin-
ued to throw back the Germans to-
ward the west.
Stockholm dispatches reported
that the German command was try
ing to move the bulk Of its forces
out of the Moozhaisk area and at
the same time was rushing forward
picked armored units from Smolensk
to cover the retreat.
The Russians were believed to be
attacking the Germans frontally at
Moozhaisk while cavalry and ski
troops attacked from the TANKS and
Russian Stormovik dive bombers
heavily attacked German commune
cations to impede the retreat and
the dispatch of rear guard reinforce
ments.
There were unconfirmed reports
that the bulk of the German forces
would be withdrawn to the wanna
Rzhev railroad, 10 miles west Of
Mozhaisk.
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LIGHT VOTE BEING
CAST In ELECTION
Continued from Page y


The light turnout was all the
more remarkable in view of the
splendid weather conditions that
prevailed. Mild temperatures of the
last few days had thawed out most
of the snow and ice covering city
streets and country roads, and a
warm sun beat down. The tempera-
ture was well above the freezing
mark.
Neutral observers inclined to the
belief that the light vote, especially
in the cities, would work to the
advantage of MI. Talbot. Demo-
cratic strategists, on the other hand,
claimed that a vast majority of
those voting in Waterbury were
known Democrats and that a big
margin would be built up for Mr..
Monagan in this city. Supporters of
the third party candidate, Mr..
Ryan, held that the protest" vote
being cast for him was surprising
ly large and would give the majo
parties a real surprise when the
tabulations were made.
Even Spirit Was Lacking
The normal election day spirit
was notable for its absence. Even
in the Democratic stronghold of
Washington Hill, the vote was only
about one-third of that normally
expected Republican sections, such
as Bunker Hill, seemed to turn out
just bit better.
Moderators, checkers, tellers and
other workers in the various cleo
ton districts spent much of the day
twiddling their thumbs. Police re-
ported that the election was the
quietest in local history, no distrub-
ances whatever developing.
Both Democratic and Republican
organizations, alarmed by the small
ne&S of the vote up to early after
noon, were redoubling their efforts
to get voters to The polls this aft
ernoon. The advantage rested with
the Democrats, since they had more
cars, more workers and better or
ganiZation.
Reports from Naugatuck confirm
ed prediction predictions that q
heavy vote would be cast for Mr.
Talbot. Some Talbot hackers were
betting that the first ward In the
borough, long a Democratic sector,
would give the G. o. P. nominee, a
home town boy, the edge.
Torrington and Derby, on the
other hand, reported that a strong
Monagan trend was in evidence.
1t had been the general belief
OF observers that Mr.. Monagan, to
carry the district, would have to
leave Waterbury with a plurality OF
at least $500 to overcome the nor
NAL strength of the G. o. P. in
Litchfield county.
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DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME ON FEB. 9
Continued from Page y

Robert Garland Of Pittsburgh. who
led the national committee appear
ing before Congress recently In sup
port of the bill.
Garland worked in behalf of day.
light saving time invoked in the
hrst World War and was given the
pen with which President Wilson
signed the World War bill.
Many states and communities
have adopted daylight saving
schedule for the summer months,
but the new statute places the
whole. country on that basis for the
first time since the last war.
Inauguration OF the new schedule
means that Americans will arise an
hour early on February 8. They will
get back the lost hour when the ma
ton goes off daylight saving.
The bill approved by Mr.. Roose-
welt specifically provides that clocks
governing interstate transportation
and federal activities be advanced
one hour, since congress is prohibit
ed by the constitution from govern
ing commerce wholly within the
various states.
But the practical effect will be to
institute general daylight time, al
though individual dissenters could
not be punished.
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FEDERAL HOMES
IN DEFENSE WORK
Continued from Page y

Warner Gardens and Hamilton
Heights would be built, but that
the houses would be laid out in
groups of 20 or 80.
A recent conference Of housing
managers in New York city heard
this change in FWA policy out
lined, and agreed that projects on
a smaller scale could more salts
factorily be adopted in the future.
The problem Of utility connections
would be simplified by the con-
struction Of projects of this size,
they decided.
Housing authorities hope that ap-
prevail for the construction Of more
government homes in Waterbury
will be forthcoming from local in
dustrial leaders in the near future,
so that construction can be beSun
Immediately, under recent Con-
gressional appropriations.
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SIDELICHTS
OF ELECTION

Continued from Page u
ing seeking an indication of how
the election would result. The
weather contributed its own bit
to cOnfOund the crystal-gaZers,
already hOpelessly muddied by the
prospect of a close vote. The early
hours of the morning were grey
with heavy clouds auguring either
rain or snow. AS the day pro-
crossed, the clouds vanished and
the sun appeared, bright and
clear. Since both major political
parties commended that bad wealth
er would operate to their benefit,
a dose of good and bod made the
outcome unpredictable. Politicians,
thereupon, resorted to their
dream books for s0lace.
The Workmen's Compensation
office in the courthouse on Ken
drick avenue, habitat of Republi-
can candidate Joseph +. Talbot,
was without its occupant today.
Comsr. Talbot, a resident of Nau-
gatuck, remained in the borough
this morning, directing the grand
strategy of his party adherents.
In the event of Republican vic
tory at the polls, C0msr. Talbot,
who has been in In office some
what more than one year, will
give way to another appointee for
the compensation post. He sue
cecded Atty. James NJ. Lynch.
Superintendent of Police Will
liam J. Roach assigned thirty
two special officers, one for ecah
polling place in the city. In some
localities the voting was so light
that the election workers and the
policeman on duty constituted a
quorum.
Liquor dealers, hotels and res
taurants suffered the loss of an
other days business, as a result
of the calling Of special election.
Sale of intoxicants was under a
twenty four hour ban. Orders
from Supt. Roach forbid the
opening of liquor stores even after
the close of voting tonight at
six o'clock. No great volume of
alcohol selling was reported yes
terday, giving rise to the belief
that victory would come ~
surprise to all concerned.
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LONG TIME NO HEAR NEWS

Butte, Mont.--(UP)-Dodd C. De-
Camp, 81, lumberjack of Traverse,
Mich, made his way in from the
idaho Panhandle after long So
journ in the islated territory to
learn that the nation had been at
war a month. He enlisted at once.
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40 minutes and the Japanese at
tackers concentrated on the town
and harbor, causing slight damage.
The communique said also that
lone enemy bomber dropped a few
bombs at Siebolga, small town on
the west coast of Sumatra, and ma
chine gunned the customs building.
One person was killed and two were
injured, although most bombs miss
ed their targets and caused only
slight damage.
Informed quarters believed that
Allied resistance was slowing up the
japanese drives.
IN AUSTRALIAN AREA
Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 90
(UP)-Japanese bombing and fight
ing planes, believed to be operat-
ing from an aircraft carrier, heav-
lily attacked Rabaul, on New Bri-
tain Island 500 miles northeast of
Australia, today.
A communique of the Rroyal Aus
tralian Air Force, reporting the raid,
said the Japanese planes attack in
waves, starting at midday.
They bombed the airdrome and
its installations and it was admitted
that damage was done to military
detectives.
Details including the number of
casualties had not been received
when the communique was issued,
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Large coal deposits, estimated
to yield 100000 to 100000 tons
have just been found In Sweden.
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one hundred forty-two freight
locomotives are being sent from
Britain to Russia,
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AMERICAN NAVY
IS HITTING BACK

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