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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Pollution Controlled

According to the State Water Commis- sion the increased tempo of manufactur- ing throughout Connecticut has not as yet caused undue alarm over the condi- ton of our rivers and other WatercourSeS Complete cooperation from the numerous industrial plants is reported in coping with the situation which certainly is resulting in a greater degree of possible stream contamination. It stands to req son with plants working day and night there is more apt to be stream pollution than under normal conditions. Dis charge of wastes into streams is increaS- ing, but so is control of the same
 A great many plants today have mod ern methods of treating liquids and solids that might be discharged into nearby water courses Some of these are com pletely modern and elaborate in their naturalization treatment. Others are sometimes contrived on the spot to meet a condition. As the State Water Commis- sion points out it's as impossible now to obtain the materials with which to pro- duce the up-to-date control equipment, so whenever possible other means have been adopted.
 All of which is very encouraging and at the same time brings home to good many communities the need of keeping pace with industries in this battle to prevent stream pollution. There is much still to be done throughout the Nauga- tuck Valley, as well as in many other sec tions of the state The need of such is brought home rather wildly during a war when population increases and there is heavy demand on available water supplies. Many communities conceive sewage disposal plants as postwar project. In war of any duration they may well be necessary to maintain com munity health and morale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

because elsewhere there are no facilities for detinning the cans.
 Scrap steel is needed, because without that we cannot operate our vital steel making plant to capacity and produce the maximum of metal for ships, tanks, guns, planes. Rubber is needed for recla- nation, to stretch the inadequate stock pile of Virgin gum, both for direct mill tary use and to help get war workers to and from their jobs. Fats and greases are needed to stimulate production of glycer- inc, which in turn will be made into explosives.
 Housewives are asked to save kitchen fats and sell them to local meat dealers, who will send them back through trade channels until, transformed, they get to Germany and Japan. This salvage drive isn't temporary, one-week spurt, says Leasing Rosenwald, it's director.
 It's something to be kept up day after day, week after week. But that doesn't mean it's something to be put off until tomorrow or rext week The quicker our soldiers and sailors get armaments and munitions, the sooner we'll have them back home with us = and the more of them we'll get back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Not Supposed To, Perhaps

When Massachusetts voters go to the polls this fall, referendum they will be asked to vote upon, deals with the subject of birth control According to one legis- lator few voters will know just what the referendum actually means in cursory glance at the voting machine and will not know how to vote on the same. It is his contention that majority of voters would normally vote "aye' on the ques- tion, even though they might not wish to do so if it were explained to them.
 Should they vote "aye" and sufficient others do the same to carry it, Bay State physicians will be allowed to prescribe contraceptive care for married persons for the protection of life and health. That's the same question that is due to pop up here in Connecticut next spring with renewed effort on the part of the birth control advocates to secure repeal of this states old, but still serviceable, statute preventing dissemination of birth control information.
 Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Mas sachusettS has been urged to see that in presenting this referendum to the voters 1t appears as flair and concise sum- mary instead of a lengthy description. \. '" Certainly voters are entitled to know what they are voting for or against. If a birth control statute were inflicted on the public through ignorance of its part of what it was voting for it would be almost as bad as if it had accepted the same, as we are asked to do here in Con- necticut, but know deep down in our hearts is unethica1, immoral, and un- natural.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Don't Throw It Away

The people of the nation, down to the last forgotten man, are being drafted for war job to which every individual can contribute. Beginning Monday we all are asked to help with a renewed, expanded and intensified salvage cam- paign, designed to help made up defic- iencieS in raw materials.
 There is nothing spectacular in the contribution we are asked to make thus to the war program; nothing dangerous; nothing arduous. In fact, there is noth- ing verging upon the sacrificial All the government asks is that we pick up things we do not use and do not need but which war industry does need, and turn them over so they can be made into weapons and munitions for the use of our fathers or sons, our brothers or cousins or neighborS on the fighting fronts against Hitler and Hirohito.
 Unlike some previous civilian war enter priSeS, this one is clean cut and crystal clear. Operating details may differ from city to city and town to town, but there $ no question about what is wanted or why. Tin is needed, because our nor- mai sources of tin have been cut off. Therefore residents in 36 selected com xaunities are asked to save their tin cans, clear them and remove paper, cut off tops and bottoms, flatten them out, and leave them for the tin can collectors.
 From these cans the tin will be re- moved. The drive is limited to 36 centers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

It begins to look as if it would be up to state and local officials to wage war on the Japanese beetles this summer The federal government is carrying the war to the Japanese government across the Pacific, so can't bother with such dones- tic problems as pest control. In such a case it behooves each and everyone of us to get after the beetles before they have had chance to make inroads into lawns, shrubbery, trees or other growing things. Start early to control them and there'll be no devastated areas later on. There are other pestilences, too, which must be fought at this time of the year The Dutch elm disease is apt to strike this month, not to mention the hundreds of other pests that lay waste gardens that aren't protected. Do your battling against pestilences when the weather gets warm like it is now. A lot of effort to- day will mean less bemoaning tomorrow after the path of destruction has been carved through your flowers or vegetable patch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Current Comment

A little less in our homes may mean little more on the battle fronts.
 Donald Nelson, WIPE director. When peace comes we shall not attempt to turn back the clock to 8 pre-war era.
 Sir Gerald Campbell, British
 minister to Washington.
 You are constantly hearing about a great flood of synthetic rubber just around the corner-the same corner, I suspect, which his pros- perity for such a considerable per- iod some years ago.
 Robert w. Horton, OEM direc-
 tor of information.
 If you have car, you should re- gard your tires as pearls of great price; you should consider yourself as trustee of sacred trust.
 Jack Garrett Scott, general
 counsel, Ofice of Defense
 Transportation. 70 @1 We do not need less criticism in
 time of war, but more.
 Woodrow Wilson, as quoted by George Creel.
 Halfway around the world the lives of men in Americas citizen army depend upon the efiiciency of production at home. Paul V. McNutt, chairman War
 Manpower Commission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

They. also got a sizzling ear- ful as to what he thinks of the House farm bloc for sniping at the anti-inflation program.
 The President told his leaders that he was planning to order nationwide survey of prices, wages. savings, investments, installment buying and all other factors in volved in the imitation picture, preparatory to asking Congress for additional legislation.
 The survey, he said, will be made to find out "just where we stand" and will be conducted within the next two months by the Office of Price Administration and other government agencies.
 One anti-inflation step Congress will be asked to approve, the President said, will be the grant, ing of subsidies to manufacturers to enable them to keep within the government price ceilings until such time as increased labor, trans portation and raw material costs CAV eNAJS0OSAs
 Subsidies have worked out well in England and Canada, the Presi- dent explained, and have prevent ed many smaller concerns-ca caught in the middle of higher produce tion costs and enforced price ceil- ings-from being driven out of business.
 "What about wage stabilizatiOn?" one Congressional leader asked.
 "I think it is absoluately es- sential that wages in the high CT brackets be frozen" FDR re- piled, adding that the War Labor Board soon would take some ac- tion in this direction.
 After denouncing the House farm bloc the President dropped some acid comments regarding the substitute Agriculture Department appropriation bill which banned the sale of government grain stocks at below parity prices. Farm bloc Representative Clarence Cannon of Missouri and his CO.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
How to Help

The time has passed when anybody could sit back comfortably and explain that he would do something to help in the war if he knew what there was to be done by civilians. The news columns now are filed with specific ideas. Uncle Sam needs scrap steel, old rubber, tin cans, waste paper. Uncle Sam needs money, for which he will pay more than any other Al borrower.
 Uncle Sam asks us to save our tires, by slow, careful, limited driving. He asks us to carry our packages home. You can think of plenty more. The idea is this: If you're not helping now, in one or more of these ways, you're 8 shirker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Small Business

'i1 U91I axnert o beeva ously, by the shift of total war economy, as had been feared Philip D. Reed, chief of the WIPES Bureau of Industries branch, estimates that only 24,OOO of our 184 1000 manufacturing plants will be forced out of business by October l.
 That is comforting, by contrast with the pessimistic prediction that 139,000 factories would be forced to close down. Yet the economic destruction of 24,000 businesses, with an annual turnover of four billion dollars, is no minor tragedy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

grass because of the field. But with God it is different. We need never fear that our way is overlooked by God. There Is not a detail in our life so minute that He is not con- scious of it. no enterprise so small that He does not gather it under His loving care. He knows every happening along the road we fol- low, every traveller we meet on that road. He knows the perils of ascent and descent, He knows where the precipice is - and the green pas ture.
 The stars, in His hand are like grains of sand on the palm of a giant. But the smallest atom is also kept in its proper place because nothing escapes His notice. And all th's power, we are to recollect. is under the control of loving heart:
 Truly If we acknowledge Him, He VII direct our paths.
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 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

stubbornIy, "that if Congress ap- proves this item in its present form, the government will be in the position of substituting draft dOdging. We will be deferring students and paying them at the same time. You can't tell me that there won't be some slackers
 among those who will get the l0ans.'
 This argument proved effective. The loan fund was cut to $5,000,- 900 and loans were restricted to students in the last two years of college.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 During the stormy closed-door hearing on his budget before the Senate Appropriations committee Price Administrator Leon Hender- son was bluntly told by several members that if he would dish out political jobs he could get the money he wants to avert ruin- ous wartime imitation The Army now is inducing draftees at the rate of 15,000 day i. In order to obtain new supplies of rubber heels, shoe repairers now must turn in old ones Auth. critics are making preparation to handle tre marketing of the bump CT crop of hogs in waves; that s, spread the marketing over cer- tain period in order to prevent the clogging rip of transportation and packing facilities. Around 100,- 100000 hogs are expected to be butchered this year.
 (Copyright, 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

Just hint or two about fighting the Dutch elm disease which may some day depopulate this city of it's beautiful old elm trees. All dead or dying trees should be removed completely Not only must they be cut down but they must be burned or else the trunks treated in such a manner that all insect life within is completely killed. Sometime only part of tree need be removed, but even this should be disposed of completely to pre- vent the disease being passed along. Proper spraying is also essential, but the sure way to prevent spread of Dutch elm disease is to kill the bark beetles which spread it. They hatch out this month, hence the present danger of further in- festation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

A. Coffee, like other tropical shrubs, bears flowers and green and ripe fruit the year round. The picking season in Brazil lasts from April to August, when most of the fruit clusters are ripe. On the shrub, coffee does not smell like coffee. Its blossoms smell like Jas- mine. Coffee plants range in size from man-height to three times man-size. Coffee flowers are white and the ripe fruit is red.
 @. May a tourist take contain CT full of gasoline into Canada for use in that country?
 A. No.
 @. How many persons are receiv- ing monthly benefits through the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Program of the Social Security Act?
 A. At the end of March, 1942 there were 540,344 monthly benefits in force amounting to $9,816358. The types of monthly benefits include primary (workers) wives, children. widows, current widows and par entS.
 Q. Are receipts from automobile licenses an important part of state revenues?
 A. In 1941, these 1evies were re- sponsible for $417,O00,O0O, or 1l.6 per cent of the total state tax col lectionS.
 @. What causes the "zodiacaJ light" seen in the west after twi- light and in the east before dawn?
 A. It is believed that it Is sum- light reflected from multitudes O meteors revolving around the sun
 @. am an American-born wo man engaged to be married to British subject. Will I lose my citi- zenship when marry him? We ex- pect to continue to live in the United States.
 A. You will not lose your citizen ship. If your fancee has lived IF the United States for three year he can apply for final citizenshil papers immediately after you ar married.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Press Comment
A CLEARING DEFECT
(Boston Postl

(Boston Post)
 U. s. Commissioner of Education Studebaker put his finger on very tender point in the American edu- cational system when he estimated the other day that there are 10,- 100000 adult illiterates in the country. For all our great univer- sites and our thousands of fine secondary schools, a great mass of the population is not even being taught the three R's of the little red schoolhcuse. The illiterate men and women are virtually useless to the war effort because ignorance prevents them from carrying out anything but the simplest of orders.
 Only long range, intelligent pro- gram can eliminate this glaring de- feet. Until such a program is in augurated we cannot take much pride in our educational methods
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Selected Poem
BOY GONE TO WAR

Margaret s. Hosmer in the New York Times) I may have seen him now for the last time.
 wonder. When he stood here at the door And smiled good-by, the years lapsed like rime,
 For remember him since he was four. I can recall his little comic ways
 And tricks; the childish tunes I heard him sing The budding gallant manners, trustful gaze;
 His elders love was the expected thing. What wonderful romances he would tell
 Of his brave exploits!-he was six years old. I laughed with him when others tried to quen
 His energy that never could grow cold Hard on his clothes and on folks patience too.
 That little boy with honest manly brow. To study history was ehis bugaboo
 One time. But he is making history now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

We like the spirit of Texas. We like the slogan of one group, referring to coats and ties: "Takeem off for Victory, if you won't do it for comfort" But even better we like the contribution of the Taft, Texas, Tribune: Down here we don't stop with that sissy stuff of just pulling off our coat and tie. We pulled off our pants, too" The menfolk of Taft, it seems, went into cool cotton slacks for the summer - the better to beat Hitler with production, my dears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

CCC camp has been turned over to the Farm Security Administration by the War Department. Officials of the little community, pointing to the fact that the migration of 300 will double its population, claim that they were not consulted about 1t and have filed formal protest over what they call the 'railroading" of the workers into their territory. Failure to consider the wishes of residents in such cases seems, to say at least, questionable procedure. "Railroading' of workers does not fit into the general New England picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
NOT CONSULTED
(Boston Postl

NBOSLOu FOSU
 Migratory labor camps continued to vex small towns in the Connecticut tobacco growing area. Recently two towns flatly turned down proposi- tions to have camps of Southern la borers established within their bor- ders for work on tobacco farms. The latest fiareup has occurred in the small town of Hartland, where q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

WIlaC they c a n shoot, it being
 too far inland for food supplies to be transported to them.
 The anticipated happy ending to these stories will be that the fear explorers, W a y back in som e jungle never wis., tied by white man before, will find a beautiful Shan gri-La of rubber fronc cIIY11NlxyiV1U
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L.DOUGLAss D. D.
GODS LOVE IS PERSONAL

GODS LOVE lS PEKSONAL
 The Bible assures us that God does not think about human beings in general terms but in particular. There are no masses" in the sight of infinite. He calleth his own sheep by name" '"The very hairs of your head are all numbered.
 In our earth bound way of look
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

ing at things, we frequently can- not see the per- sonal soul in the crowd. We are blinded by the hgnesS of things. We do not see the trees for the woods, the individual sheep because of the flock, nor khn tiuv blade of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

1. The Anglo Russian mutual as sistance pact signed on May 2l 1882, extends for how long?
 2. What is an "A. A." gun?
 3. Kiska Island is in the Aleu tians, the Caribbean, or off tn coast of Maine?
 4. It is forbidden to play any 0. Mendelssohn's compositions in Ger many; true or false?
 5. Which film actor had the larg est earnings from acting in films iD 1941?
 6. What book of the Bible speak of the Battle of Armageddon?
 T. What are cherubs in later Christian art?
 8. Name the governor of Alaska.
 9. Which is the most northerly country in South America?
 10. Mate is substitute for sugar, spices, or tea?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Wild Tales Peddled About Rubber In WiIdS
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Some fascinating reports are be- ing peddled around Washington about fearless American explorers, deep in the heart of no, not Texas deep in the heart of Brazil looking for raw native rubber. They're supposed to be so deep in the heart of the Amazon country that shotgtns have to be flown in to them to be used for hunting their food. This jungle is so wild that the rubber explorers have to live of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

Daily Almanac Moon sets 9:S9 D. m. (war time). Sun rises 5:33 a. m; ssts 8:22 p. m. (war time) All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not use but what or but that after doubt. T had no doubt that (nOt but that he would come"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Questions
 and Answers
YoUR QUEsTIONs ANsWRREp

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser. vice Bureau win answer for you free. any question of fact or ln- formation, not involving exten. siVe research. Write your quea- ton clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Scr vice Bureau, 1O13 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c.
 
 e. How can letters be sent t prisoners of war held by Japan?
 A. Oflcially listed prisoners and interned U. s. civilians may receive mail from this country via the In- ternational Red Cross Committee in Geneva. Such letters will be ham, dled postage free. After the re- cipient's name, list his military title and branch of the service. former ly of" and the phrase American prisoner in Japan. c/c International Red Cross Committee, Geneva, Swift Zerland." Tn the space for postage stamps write Prisoner of War Mail, Postage Free" Similar procedure is followed with mail for interned civilians but, pending appropriate regulations, full postage will be re- quired. Packages and money can- not be sent to prisoners or internes yet, and letters may go only to those on the official lists of the Provost Marshal General. @. Please describe the shrub from which coffee is obtained?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

WASHINGTON July 5 = At their regular weekly conference last week the
  head 0fin nfatiOn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Whats Your I.Q.?

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15
Washington erry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

President Tells Congress Chiefs of New AnInoon Plans Will Ask Subsidies Keep Business Operating Under Ceilings He Denounce Farm Bloc Move Effort Break Price Contro
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-15

@. Please describe the shrub from which coffee is obtained?
Evening star., 1942-07-09
| Match Repairs
|Now Rotioned
In Germany
BY Radio to The Star.

BY Radio to The Star.
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE, July
Sowing to the lack of personnel
and the consequent inability of
watchmakers to effect repairs with
out months of delay, watches in
Germany from now on will be
mended in special order. Ladies
watches under certain size and
those adorned with jewels will not
be accepted for repairs at all. Other
watches will be divided into three
categories.
The first grade will include alarm
clocks of employees of the postal and
railway administrations and pocket
and wrist watches for front-line SOL
diers. These will be repaired in the
shortest possible time.
To the second grade belong the
watches of state employees.
Thirdly, come watches of ordinary
persons. Watchmakers must refuse
to repair these last If they have a
great deal of work on hand which
comes under the privileged grades.
(CopyrEht 1912. by CHICAGO Daily News,)