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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

Not only will it require a tre- mendous staff of agents all over the world, but it may plant the seeds of a United Nations organ ization to keep the peace after the war.
 This latter goal will not be de- liberate. But since Lehman's job is to feed the United Nations, he will quite naturally build up a United Nations organization which could be switched over to peace machinery after the war. "CHRISTMAS, IT'S COLD!"
 It never leaked out at the time, but during Wendell Willkie's his- toric flight round the world, there was one difficult period over the Boring Sea which no one in the party will forget.
 Willkie left Siberia about 5:30 a. m. for Alaska, was up over the Arctic Circle when the planes heating system went bad. It was impossible to repair in midair, and the plane got colder and colder. It had been cold when they left Siberia, but at 10000 feet above the Arctic 1t was far below zero.
 Members of the crew and of Willkie's party had on all their clothes plus heavy fur-lined fly ing suits, making them appear twice their normal size. But still they were cold.
 A toddy of hot water and hot whiskey was brewed in the planes kitchen. It's effect was only mo- mentary.
 At this point Master Sergeant Joseph M. Cooper started toward the tail, but had to pass the huge, huddled form of Wendell Willkie. Cooper himself is not a small man. The plane lurched, threw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Coffee Rationing

Government explanations of coffee rationing still do not satisfy doubts of large sector of the public. Undoubtedly they are true, but they are not adequate
 There is an explanation - one of logic, not of inside information - which could be made and would be ample. If We were told that coffee is being rationed because rom now on much more shipping must be diverted to support a war Of contln, sons offensive. almost everybody would hn snfisfled. Isn't that the real reason?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
HEADLINES
 and HILARITY

Radio singer Tony Martin is 8 lonely fellow these days. First Alice Faye doesn't want him. and now the Navy kicks him out.
 pr. W. P. Tolley of Syracuse university fears that this will be another Host generation" which makes two in . row. That mus be just about par for the course.
 We all have our own peculiar way of winning this war. Gov. Stevenson of Texas sat down the other day with plenty of paper and pencils. and figured out lnot without mild rebuke from Mar tin Dies, we trusD that cars iEl his state burn more gas than do those in New England, So he's against nationwide rationing. Maybe the Texans gas tanks leakI
 Author Stephen Vincent Benet said in a recent speech that there is a sign on the side of The road which reads: Men Thinking. We know, it's bc ,n on the side Of the road ever since 1t was discarded --Toughly 20 centuries ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Press Comment
STRENUOUS AUTUMN


 A householder in the suburbs has always had a multitude of chores to do in the middle of fall. when the mercury slips down ten or twenty degres overnight. There are screens to be replaced with storm windows. the leaves are piling up in the yard and the car radiator contains freezable water. Some doors need weather stripping. and steam radiators or hot air pipes must be examined and drafts ad- justed.
 This year the handy man who once responded to call for aid with the storm windowse and screens is drawing time and half at a war plant. The man of the house on recent week-ends has let the leaves whirl about and settle in heaps while he raked his cellar and garage for scrap metal. As far the car radiator, the choice of an anti-freeze may depend now on the state of tires. With fuel oil ra- tioned and coal dealers buster than ever, the suburbanite may give extra attention to those heat pipes and seek for an old fashioned "parlor" stove for corner of the living room as a precautlon against sudden dwindling of the fuel sup ply.
 The autumn hikes and picnics are not to be held this year seventy-five miles from home of q Sunday afternoon; if exercise must be found at the back door, the woodpile usually kept for the fire. place could be higher. Except for hibernating bears. 1t is not this year a season for suburban repose,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

his pacifism. She found him sincerely believing that it was better for his country to stage a sit-down regardless of threatened invasion .. One of the many who telephoned Secretary Ickes hoping that he accept the offer of Manpower Chief and Secretary of Labor was Representative Gene Cox of Georgia. Cox is a labor batter, is vigorously opposed to most of IckeS' New Deal policies but wanted him on the job none theless Sam Pryor, Republi- can National Committeeman and vice president of Pan-American Airways, has been doing some so- cialite lobbying among Republi- can leaders on Capitol Hill. Among other things, PanAm wants no competition with its route from Brazil to Miami.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
TODAY's COMMON ERROR Q. Is the expression ''I beg to differ," ungrammatical? A. Beg when asking permission to do a thing should govern q noun, as T beg leave e differ."

Q. Is there any special -:ason why Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd was named Evelyn?
 A. The story connected with his name Evelyn" dates back to the 17th century. Evelyn, the daughter of William III, in the Byrd dynasty, considered the "faireSt flower of Colonial Virginia" while visiting in England, was belle at the Court of London. At the Court of George II, she met and fell in love with the Earl of Peterborough. He gave her a thin, worn, white gold ring set with diamonds, plighting their troth. When her father learned of her love for the nobleman, he was enraged. Evelyn broke the engage ment, returned no more to England and died at the age of 30, heart broken. During the centuries since, four Byrds in the male line have taken the name Evelyn" and each Byrd so called gives Evelyn's ring to his fiancee. The ring still travels down the generations. recalling the tragedy of Evelyn Byrd.
 O. For what purpose will the Government use the abandoned and non essential railroad track which it has taken over for war use?
 A. Rails, switches and fastenings in usahle condition serve to provide new trackage and repair material in and around arsenals, docks. aril- intuition depots and, in some eases, transportation to new camp sites. Rail which requires treatment be- fore it can be used again for it's primary purpose is shipped to roll ing mills for reprocessing, while material which cannot be used in its existing form finds its way into the war effort as scrap metal. e. When a patent expires can 1t be extended for another termf A. An extension can be granted only by a special act of Congress a rare occurrence. A patent contract with the Government runs for sev- enteen years, after which the in- wntion becomes public property.
 e. What is a kilowatt-hour?
 A. It is a unit by which the con. sumption of electrical energy is measured. It represents 1 hours use of kilowatt of power. A kilowatt is 1000 watts. For example, a 100. watt light burning for 10 hours vii. use kilowatt-hour. or a l.000-wati light burning for hour will ust 1 kilowatt-hour. One horsepower t equal to 746 watts-about 3-4 kiio- watt.
 @. What is Dr. Samuel Johnsons famous comment on Lord Chester field?
 A. This man I thought ha0 |, been a lord among wits, but I fine he is only wit among lordc !. (ais letters to his son) teach the morals of whore and the manners of a dancing master"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

Connecticut's mineral resources have come in for plenty of attention during these war days. The State Development Commission has done a pretty good job on exploiting the states existing mines. many of them dating back to colonial days. Very likely these developments will prove substantially worth while continu- ing even after the war is over and we've got back to something like normalcy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

Moses and have
 been adopted into
 the tribe. He was
 sent as one of the
 twelve spies to go
 into the promised
 land al d ascer- tain before inyas- ion the nature of the country and the strength Of its defenses. He
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922
A Thought for Today

Now beseech yOu brethern, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that yc be perfectly joined to- gether in the same mind and in the same judgment.-COrinthian 1910.
 
 By union the smallest states thiye, by dis cord the greatest are destroyed.-Salust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

him against Willkie. For 8 mo- ment he could not squeeze by.
 Looking up at MT. Willkie, Ser- geant Cooper said:
 MT. Willie, sir, do you know the key bird?"
 "NO." replied WilIkie, what is it?"
 "Its a bird, sir, that flies all round these parts"
 Have we passed many?" asked WiIlkie. What does the key bird look like?"
 'Why, sir,' said Sergeant Cooper, ''it makes noise like this: 'Key--ristmas, but it's cold'!"
 COP CHAIRMAN?
 If ex-Congressman John B. Hol- lister of Cincinnati gets the chair manship of the Republican Ma tional Committee in St. Louis next week, chalk up round one for Ohio's Governor Bricker as COP candidate in l944.
 HOllister is a friend of Wen- dell Willkie but he is much more friendly to Bricker. In fact, he is a Taft man, and Taft has withdrawn from the race to swing his support to Brickner.
 HOllister is not an isolation ist, belongs to the conservative wing of the party, was elected to fill the vacancy of the late Nick LOngwOrth, served in thc House for six years. He is a director of New York Life In- surance, Chesapeake and Ohio R. R., Pere Marquette R. R., Virginia Hot Springs company, Charleston Shipbuilding com- pany, and other various other corporations.
 In general, he represents the old 'back to normalcy" policy which flourished in 1920.
 CONNECTING SOUTH
 AMERICAN RIVERS
 With the North African cam- paign putting a growing burden on the air transport line operat- ing from the United States to Africa by way of Brazil, one o the toughest problems is keeping aviation gasoline at the Braz- ilian base from which the planes take off across the Atlantic.
 Since Brazil has no gasoline, 1t must be hauled by tanker from the United States or from Ven- eZuela - in either case passing the submarine-infested waters near Trinidad.
 Now a new plan has been pro- posed by the Presidents of Ven- ezuela, by which an inland river route, never before used for irl- ternational commerce, would be opened for shipping gasoline.
 The plan is as picteuresque as the four jungle rivers in- vOlved - the OrinOc0, the Casi- quiare, the Rio Negro, and the Amazon. By connection these four great rivers, 1t would be possible to send barges from the oil fields of Venezuela, or the refineries of the Dutch West Indies, to the hump" of Brazil, without venturing into open wa- terS.
 Venezuelais interest is indicated by the fact that President Me- dina commissioned his brother in-law, Ramon Fontcarrera. to make a personal survey of this route. by boat and pack animals. He found that the watershed is so low between the Orinoco on the north and the Amazon on the south that simple engineering job would connect the two systems for barge transportation. MERRY ROUND
 Herbert Bayard Swope. ex-edI- tor of the old New York World, passed by the building of his old friend, Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post. decided to call on him. He told the ele- yator boy: 'T want to go te the ef- flee of Eugene Meyer" Eugene Meyer" said the boy do he work here?" ;. Eve Curie, daughter of the great radiurn discoverer, came back from her recent trip to India baffled by Mahatma Gand-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

"T his is the White House ( calling" the om. cial heard a fem nine, secreatrial voice saying, How do you spell Francisco Franco'?"
 . . |
 War Produc- tion B ar q Chairman Don- aid M. Nelson is being referred to as "the Bernard Baruch of the next war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Current Comment

Our operations in North Africa should enable us to bring the weight of the war home to the Fascist state ina manner not hitherto dreamed of by its guilty leaders.
 Winston Churchill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
HE WANTED A HARD JOB

One of the most attractive charac- ters in the Bible is a minor char acter-Caleb.
 There is some doubt as to whether he was an Israelite at all He may have joined the forces of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Selected Poem
WIND IN THE DUNES

Carl John Bostelmann in the New York sun By the ambuscade shore I have studied the roar Of tumultuous tide As black water broke white; I have learned from the sound Of the wind over ground There are Cossacks tl:at ride The wild stallions of night. I have watched every wave That advanced to the nave Where the cavalry wheels In maneuvers of war; I have felt every thrust Of defeat in each gust That the midnight conceals At the ambuscade shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
WYE LA VICHY RADIO!

For the first week or so of the Af- rican campaign of occupation, lot of officials in Washington were de- pending on radio Vichy in Occupied France for detailed news of what was going on. American radio communi- cation from Africa was limited to prevent giveaways.
 But the Vichy radio kept going full blast all the time, and was amazingly accurate, as later checkups revealed.
 But to show in what detail cam paigr of this kind must be planned, it can be told now that among the specialized personnel which went in with the forces of occupation were enough French-speaking radio an- nouncers to take over the Moroccan and Algerian brodacasting stations. They were all prepared with line of counter propaganda to win the natives over to the Allied side.
 THE s25,00O SUBSISTENCE
 Headquarters of the National Farmers Union, made up largely of tenants, sharecroppers and small farmers, thought it would provide some good clean fun for members by starting contest with a small prize for the best essay on how to cut down your family budget so as to be able to get by on $25, 900 year.
 Funniest thing about the contest was that none of the contestants got the point. All of them thought it Wuold be wondder1ul to have as much as $25 1000 a year and they sent in their entries slanted up towards $25,- 900 minimum instead of down to- wards $25 900 maximum.
 The contest was a complete flop and backfired from that point of view, but out of it one contestant did offer budget on how to get along on s25, ,000 a year net, after all taxes had been paid. The budget:
 Rent-air-conditioned apartment,
 $200 month ........ $2400 Food-breakfast $l, lunch, S2,
 dinner S3, for four .... 8760 Clothing-including a 5000 mink
 coat every other year ....... 5000 Medical, dental care, insur-
 I ance ....... .................. ZUUU Recreation-Vacation in Me. or
 Fla. .............. 2000 Incidentals-upkeep of cars, razor l DladeS, etc. ....,.....,..... 2UUU
 That added up to $22.i60. which the contestant said ain't hay, and left $2340 a year for bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 4:47 a. m. (war time). Sun rises 800 a. m: sets 5:25 p. m. twar time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
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 c. what pay is received by Q master sergeant in the D. s. Army
 A. Base pay for that rank, when the man has less than three years service, is SI3S per month. Pay In: creases with length of service untn a man with more than thirty years of service gets s207 per month as . master sergeant.
 e. How many pounds of dehy- drated vegetables were shipped to the United States Army overseas In the first World War?
 A. The total amount was 0,9O6,- 1858 pounds, of which 6,431. 900 pounds were potatoes and 1,0oO,OOO pounds were soup mixture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

Lemans job
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

Unless proper remedial steps are taken, We are heading into some- thing approaching actual hunger within the next IS months. Rose Marie KiefeF, secretary National Retail Growers Associa-
 ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Current Comment

At this moment Britain's war production per head of population is greater than that of any other nation on earth. Lord Halifax, British ambassador
 to U. S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Lehmon oy Basis for PoWor Peace Machinery
 What's Key Bird Flying seseont Explains to Wendell We Hoster COP Chomon Would Be Break for Governor Bcke Inland Waterway Proposed to Lick Submarines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05


 The trouble with reporters is that they have no sense of reverence. As one group of Washington corre- spon6ents sat waiting for a sabinet officer to make his appearance for a press conference, reporter was heard to remark wearily, well, come on! Bring him in and prop him up."
 The point hasn't been emphasized, but defeat of the Pepper poll tax bill was a terrible licking for organized labor, particularly the c. I. O. which for months had been needing Sena- tor Claude Pepper of Tallahassee, Fla. to get going on the measure, The labor lobbyists feel that if Pep per pusher his bill earlier, it could have cleared Congress before the election.
 What organized labor had to gain out of the poll tax repeal was the franchising of the lower paid work CTS in the eight southern states re- taining the poll tax.
 With more of these low-income people voting, organized labor could do more direct campaigning against the southern conservative, anti-labor congressman.
 Women doctors have never caught on in the United States. For some inexplicable American psychological reason, neither men nor women pa- tients like to have women doctors look after them.
 All this may be changed by the war however, if it lasts long enough. = there aren't enough men doctors or women nurses to go around and the medical profession may be open- ed up for women in big way. In Soviet Russian, 50 per cent of the doctors are women. In the United States it's only per cent, or 5000 out of 16o,0o0 registered and prac- ticing physicians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

There is a general instinct that something is brewing on the side of the western powers. More signi of the spirit of great action are eyi- dent.
 -J. L. Garvin. London journalist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Capital Chit Chat About
 This And That
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Corresn0ndent

The telephone rang in the modu- lated, genteel, yet definitely firm tone that a well-protocoled tele- phone should ring in a State De- partment office. The official picked up the receiver and gave his name
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-05

There is a crying need today for better teamwork between manage ment and labor and better team work between both and govern ment.
 A. F. of L. President William Green.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-01-17
Fifth In Series
Has Porter Who
Turned Inventor
Southernaires
And Randolph
Will Participate

The story OF Pullman porter
who invented device 10 pu, derail-
ed cars back OH railroad tracks will
be told in THE Negro Worker.
fifth in the Freedoms People se-
lies To be presented over the Ma
tional Broadcasling companys red
network from Il 50 TO pm. EST.
SUNDAY. Jan. Is
The porter, William James Dixon.
was returning home 10 see his
daughter graduate when car OF
the train he was working on was
dcrailcd. while Dixon watched
train crews tediously working 70
replace the car on the rails. the
time for the graduation passed.
Dixon resolved To find a way TO re-
durc such delays. lie invented a
re-railer now used by railways The
world over.
Freedoms People is sponsored
by national advisory committee
with which the Us. Ofioe OF Edu-
cation coOperates to tell The story
OF Negro participation in all phases
OF American life industry. agri-
culture. sports, music. public al
fairs literature. and war work. This
broadcast in the series is devoted
10 work OF Negroes in such fields
as agriculture. industry. mining
shipping, domestic work. and rail-
reading.
A Phillip Randolph, national
labor leader " hO' has probably done
more TO solve Negro labor p oblems
than any other person. VIII describe
the increasingly important role of
Negroes as welders. rivefers. ma
chine operators. and other skilled
workers in war supply industries.
Randolph will speak from Chicago.
Following his remarks the broad
cast Will sketch Negro pariicipa; ion
IN war work
The Southernsirc- Negro quar-
tct famous on the radio and con
cert stage for more than u years.
will sing several numbers. The L.
voice De Paur chorus and the NBC
stan orchestra arc regular features
of The series.
other dramatized scenes Will re-
port the work % T. NJ Campbell
and j. y. Pierce. first Negro asri-
cultural extension agent. appoint
ed by The Department OF Agricui-
tuYe. an diheir influence ~ farming
practices in the South. Represent
ing Negro agricultural youth the
national president OF the New
Farmers ~ America will speak
| briefly.
To make possible the "Feedom 5
People series. the Rosenwald fund
and the southern Education Foun-
da have made funds available. The
i NBC and stations o. it's red network
contribute broadca>ting facilities.
The series is under supervision
OF Dr. Ambrose Calivor specialist
In Negro education in the > OF
flee of Education and William ~
Boutwell,. chief of is radio div.s
ion. scripts are written by lr,e
Tunick and musical arrangements
by pr. Charles Cooke.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-01-17
rhe rNlrrp srArrs Is sow

AT WAR 3. there are many sacri-
fees ahead for the American people
in every respect =. that includes
your radio listening pleasure a.
well. what all of these changes IN
radio may be cannot be ioretold al
This writing. However. You may
expect some OF your favoriic pro-
grams To be shortened Word has
already reached yours truly's desk
that Major BoNes' Amateur Hour
may he cut To half hour in the
neart 81 future. You know this pro-
gram Is sponsored by one OF the
biz automobile manufacturers
since the government has banned
the sales OF new ears IL. IL looks
possible that some changes may be
made in the program.
YOI NAY RECALL TINT TIil>
WRITER told you some time ago
that Major Doves Is the highest
paid man in radio. lie receives
ss5.o0o per week FOR that one-houf
broadcast. or course. he has To-
nay his STAFF. each amateur appear
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-01-17

For those who have not
read it and those who
wish to read it again
start She much publicized,
thrilling story, ""NATIVE
SON" on page s of this
issue.