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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
Selected Poem
THE FLAG
(Perley A. Gilmore in the New Haven
 Journal Courier)

(Perley A. Gilmore in the New Haven
 Journal Courier) The Flag floats high in the azure sky And curls to the ripplng breeze, It flashes call of hope to all
 Over the lands and seas; Its beauty gleams in the suns bright beams, In the crystal air on high, It's even bars and its field of stars Hold charm for every eye. As a symbol dear 1t speaks out clear Of realm where all are free, Its folds unroll welcome whole To the slaves of tyranny. Let it's pillows swell for it sounds the knel Of oppressions heavy hand And glad rebirth to the ends of the earth It tells to every land. Its fair folds wave OCT each halloWed grave In hill and vale and plain It guards the deep where seamen sleep Beneath the rolling main; It shields the bed of our patriot dead Who their last full measure gave That this might be the land of the free. And no man be slave. May It's stainless name bring a blush of shame To those who right deny May 1t e'er look down with a warning froWn On all who law defy; Let no red hand stain silken strand Or pollute single star; Let 1t cast dread on the guilty head M That would its beauty mar. k It has cost dread fears and rivers of tears E or millions past and gone, M And the living tell of those who fell " Tn battles fierce and long. Let us who live e'er our best selves give, And heed its every call Oh long may 1t wave OCT the land of the brave And blessing bring to all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

People shouldn't get the idea from this above that Uncle Sam is spying on every one who drives car in the areas where gasoline is rationed. It isn't as bad as that and there isn't any objection to legitimate use of a car for some pleasure But this can be overdone and it is being overdone in many instances where the particular type of ration card was ob- tained on the ground that it was essen tial to the applicants business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

It hasn't leaked out yet, but on August 2, WIPES Arthur Bun- ker appeared before WIPE Ma terials meeting and yelled to high heaven because the aluminium in- dustry was not getting enough bsuxite. Too many ships are being sunk.
 It also never leaked out, but one year previously Arthur Bun ker had flatly opposed any other source of bauxite except Dutch Guiana. When WIPES Bill Elliott warned him of a shipping short age in the Caribbean, Bunker replied:
 "As long as my brother can ship sugar from Cuba, I'm gO- ing to ship bauxite from Dutch Guiana"
 Arthur Bunker, former vice. president of Lehman Brothers, long has been stamped as a good friend of the Aluminium company: as favoring its process of making aluminium from high grade Guiana bauxite rather than from low grade bauxite or aluminium clays which are plentiful inside the U. s. A.
 For weeks, competitors of the Aluminium company camped in WIPE offices trying to persuade Bunker, William Bait, and z. Jef- fries of General Electric that the United States should not put all its aluminium eggs in one basket" the high grade bauxite import ed from abroad, but should also use the German, French. Rus sian lime soda process by which aluminium is smelted from low grade ores.
 THE ROYAL RUN-AROUND
 However, Alcoa's competitors got the royal run-around. Professor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

Grenville Holden, now with OPA, longtime friend of Alcoa, frankly said:
 ~If you want a hat you go to hat store. If you want alum mum you go to the Aluminium Company of America"
 However, inside fact is that the Aluminium company is now fran tically asking Jesse Jones' De- fense Plants Corporation for $54,- 100000 with which to convert its plants to low grade bauxite, as proposed by Alcoa's competitors several months ago. This $54,- 100000 is to be used for Ar kansas and Georgia ores.
 So far Alcoa has been very careful not to get into the smelt- ing of aluminium clay. This is found all over the United States and is so plentiful in some areas that widespread development probably would break Acoa's hitherto alright monopoly on the dluIHIluHl DuSllcSo'
 However, Secretary Ickes, no lover of the Aluminium company has his Bureau of Mines work ing on pilot plants to smelt aluminium cIaps in the Far West. And it may be that even the
 reluctant big business friends of AlcOa in WIPE eventually will come around to the aluminium
 clay urged On them months ago.
 NOTE-The aluminium shortage is one reason why Henry J. Kais- CT is given the run-around in building giant cargo planes. Alum mum shortage No. 1 was caused when Alcoa experts blandly as- sured Ed Stettinius that the coun- try needed no more aluminium fa- cilities. Shortage No. 2 is being caused by Alcoa's earlier insist ence on using only high grade bauxite from Dutch Guiana across the submarine infested Caribbean. CAPITAL CHAFF
 Naval Lieutenant Barry Bing- ham, publisher of the Louisville Courier Journal, will go to Lon- don, where his father was the late much-loved ambassador, to handle naval press relations for Admiral Stark President Er- nest M. Hopkins of Dartmouth will be campaign manager for Republican Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire against ex- Republican Francis Murphy, now Democrat. Like Bridges, Presi- dent Hopkins has been a militant supporter of Roosevelt's foreign policies One snag in bringing the CIO and AFL together is the fact that Bill Green wants the CIO to come back into the AFL fold, with the combined organiza- ton being known as the "Ameri- can Federation of Labor" But Phil Murray and CIO leaders say there must be a complete new or- ganization with a new name !. To help relieve desperate short ages, the CIO and AFL will urge organized labor to collect scral iron around industrial conmuni- ties.
 WHICH IS "HELPFUL"?
 On Aug. 12, one day after isola- tionist Congressman Ham F1sn was renominated on the Repub- lican ticket, Elmer Davis Office of War Information sent out the following teletype directive to all shortwaye radio stations:
 ''The renOmInatlOn of lncum- bents in yesterdays primary elections Is largely a matter of domestic interest and use of the story on shOrtwave would NOT be helpful"
 Next day, Aug. B, the same OWI sent out the following teletype message.
 Two outstanding lSOlatl0nlSts were defeated fin Tuesdays pFi- mary elections for She American Congress. They were Repre- sentative Harry B. Coffee ef Me- braska and Representative bGar. lin Sweeney of OhiO."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
Questions
 and Answers

TOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury DemoerSt's Ser vice BureaR win answer for you free. any question 0f fact or in- formation, net involving exten- sive research. Write your ques- ton clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser
 vice Bureau, 1O13 Thirteenth Street. Washington D. c.
 Q. What Physician was nick named Doctor My-Book?"
 A. Dr. John Abernethy, 1765-1830, because he was always advising his patients to read my book" work on Surgical Observations"
 O. Does any State provide insur- ance against unemployment on &C., count of sickness?
 A. Rhode Island, through its compulsory leash sickness insur- ance" act is the first State to pro- vide benefits for workers who can- not work because of illness. Begin ming June l, 1922, employees con- tribute one per cent of their wages up to 8, 1000 a year. Beginning April l, 1943, they can draw benefits if they earned at least $100 in wages within the base period which pre- cedes the benefit year. Benefit rates range from $7.50 to SIS week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
Press Comment
GREEN LAWNS
(Boston Post)

(Boston Post)
 It has been many a year since the lawns have been as green in early August as they are this sea- son. This brings joy to the hearts o fhouseholders who take a deep pride in the appearance of their homes and the lawn and backyard.
 Of course. victory gardens are the big thing this summer and these, too, have been coming along nicely due to the excellent growing weather. Ordinarily, in early August, most lawns are brown and burned after protarcted dry spells. This has not been the case this year, with the result that New England right now never looked better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
STILL ANOTHER
(Boston Pogt)

(BoStOn PoEt)
 Maine will add another must" Sticker to the windshield next year. It'll be a four-inch-l affair, vali- dating 1922 steel registration plates for 1943. It will take its place alongside the motorists stamp, in- spection sticker, rationing stickers, g sticker proclaiming the fact if he works in a shipyard. an "E" for emergency sticker if he's in civilian defense, and such other stickers and stamps as please his artistic soul and vanity.
 They'll take lot of room and if
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iron deer weigh ing about a ton. Back some years there sprang up an organization know n as The Guild of Former Poe Organ Pum- pers. Ring Lard ner was one of the moving spirits a n d the only qualifications for membership W a S that as a boy the m e m CT must have operated a hand nllmn Or0an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

his OfnclaB. But
 before the brick dried. 8 stray dog walked across 1t. So today. thou
 sands of years after this episode occurred, we see the brick in a m u s e u m case, h a ing in one corner the seal of the king and across It's surface
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
A Thought for Today

Walk while ye have the light lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in dark mess knOweth not whither he gOeth.-JOhn 2:35
 In the dark a glimmerng light Is often suf- nc1ent for the pilot to find the polar star and to fix his course.-Metastasio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

o. How many deaths occurred in the United States in 1941? Is the rate increasing or declining2
 A. The Census Bureau recently announced that the 1941 death registration was the lowest in the history of the United States death registration States. The rate was 1O:5 per 1000 population and the total number of deaths for the en- tire nation was 1,359,507. This was 21,362 fewer than in 1940.
 @. Which non commissioned army officer wears chevrons with shaped emblem in the middle?
 A. First sergeant.
 o. When did train service over Hell Gate Bridge at New York City start?
 A. The bridge was dedicated on March 9, 1917 and regular train service over the bridge started on April l, 1917. , Q. Why did the International Red Cross adopt its emblem?
 A. The red cross on a white ground is the Swiss flag reversed and 1t was adopted in honor of Henri Dunant of Switzerland. a member of the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross which drew up the original charter, under the auspices of the Swiss Federal Gov ernment.
 @. I know that rotation of the earth makes the stars appear to rotate. but do they actually have rotation of their own?
 A. The stars are in motion in space, but they are so far away that they appear to be fixed. Actually they are moving at random in orbits that appear to be straight lines, and, al cancellations will gradually lose their present configurations, al- though thousands of years will be required for such transitions. Even- tually the Big Dipper will not re- semble a dipper, because the star at the end of the handle and one in the bowl are moving in one direc- tion while the other five stars are moving in almost the opposite direc- tion.
 o. Please give . formula for a bronze cleanser.
 A. Saturate 5 percent acetic acid solution Cor household vinegar) with ordinary table salt. This solu- ton will clean bronze or brass.
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are
 desirous of securing this weeks
 booklet. LOW COST WARTIME
 MEALS, address F. M. Kirby, De- -
 partment 2-10O, Waterbury Dem-
 Ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir-
 teenth Street, Washington, D. O.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
9 NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Pipe Organ Bumpers To Puerto Rica Rum
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

One of Americas leading screw ball organizations had its very heart and "raison d'etre" cut right out the other day when Walt Disney donat- ed to the war production scrap iron collection campaign a couple of cast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
Current Comment

We are fighting to destroy those who would enSlave the world. If we do not, they will destroy Us. -Thcmas M. Woodward, U. 8. Mari-
 time Commission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
Washington Merry -Go-Round DREW Fz PEARSON
Loss of Bouxe Ships Threatens Aluminium Shortage Mo- E.
 ALCoAs Competitors Pointed Out Possibility Months Ago; Now Aluminium compony Forced Develop Domestic Ores; Nozis Building "Seo Otter" Which Got Run-Aound Here.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY uv EART. I. nOTIGLASS ID. D.
ANCIENT DOG TRACKS
By EARI. l.. DOUGLASS D. D.

Some years ago there was dis covered in certain Babylonian ruins a large sun-baked brick. While the brick was still soft, the royal circle had been stamped upon 1t, either by the king himself or by one of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR A man may be In need. of (not
 fOr) funds; but he may wish
 for security.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

l. What is called the national game of England?
 2. Which South American coun- try Is the largest potential rubber producer of crude rubber?
 3. Name the capital of Puerto Rico.
 4. The city of Adelaide is in Aus tralia, South Africa or Burma2
 5. Supply the missing word, '~The Lord loVth a giver."
 6. What part of one quart is one gillp
 2. Is psittacosis the scientific name for rabbit fever, parrot fever. or yellow fever?
 B. Which mayor of g city is called Little Flower?
 g. Name the largest island group in the Malay Archipelago.
 TO- Which of the annual legal holidays observed nationally in the United States always fall on the same day of the week?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirous of securing this weeks booklet. LOW COST WARTIME MEALS, address F. M. Kirby, De- partment 2-1OO, Waterbury Dem- Ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. O., with Is cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

there's to be more the motoriSt him. self can hardly be blamed If he can't recall just what purpose some of them serve. Gone is the day when windshieids served only the prosaic purpose of keeping out a rush of wind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20
Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-20

o. Please give . formula for . bronze cleanser.
 A. Saturate a 5 percent acetic acid solution Cor household vinegar) with ordinary table salt. This solu- ton will clean bronze or brass.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

offered TO the day by putting up the cash
Mrs Rtenhouse fortunately persuaded him to look up
the threatened house The address given by the good
Christian woman proved to be lot Sensing
something had slipped the euded police investiga
ton by a hair.
classic that looked
ward eagerly to marriage with a younger he had
few days before in ST. Petersburg She promised
that the wedding bells would ring her elderly
lover had provided a suitable bride finally
discovered lust the right place. Exactly how right 1t
the bewldered fance did learn until he had
changed cash the line for the deed His sweetheart
gaily on her way elsewhere, had sold him her
house at her price
Not all, however, romance victims. Word reached
Mrs Rittenhouse from northern children of elderly
visitor that he longer them but that checks
dorsed a reaching his bank. The man
found in beach cottage under the of most sympa-
practical nurse For the sympathy she receiv
ing 500 week which very amply provided for all the
needs of her large family.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

@<NOWY- HAIRED Lotharios and Cleopatras who feel
the beated STRINGS of under the Florida
- likely to be put strictly their If their
Auumna love affairs add TO disappointment and fnani
cia loss they'd best not bother the courts too much
too often
This is the Inference gained by laymen. police and
others who have attempted usually in vain to guard lone
some grandma and grandpa their sojourns in Miami
St Petersburg and other resorts from professional and
amateur chseers For two recent sharpedged decisions
by the Florida Supreme Court have spread the records
at Tallahassee the that IL those who romantic after
middle aren't old enough TO know better the grief
they into Is only what they asked for
decision by Justice Glenn Terrell the court up
held a nearly 20 the relief the cruelty
wife 80 years younger which lower court had
granted him. But a curtain lecture thrown in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

money he shameessy pawned it for fraction
it's value
given the ring the accused that II his property
when he pawned it, that she had made false charge
against him because she was then angry. with him.
The iustihes conclusion that the prosecuting
and that the accused Is Snave but such
showing sufficient warrant the Judgment Of
victon.
The jury probably influenced by audable desire
rid the community OF parasite and to separate the
silly old lady the unworthy object OF her affections
For every open instance there II Is claimed
hundreds gain official attention The profess
siona chiseer pretty well tagged and city police are
quick him train but the amateur Is harder
to spot for he Tor she) and generally
rely on the victims keeping a red-faced silence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
. Queer Things That People Donate :.
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boards, automatic pencils. pastel-coI
ored uniforms for mattresses and bus
boys, golf tees, jack-knives, and hun
dreds OF other oddities.
These hopeful donors even send In
preparations for banishing tell tale
breath" or curing that midday feel
ing. One such that came in claimed
to be an antidote for yawning and was
labelled 'yawn drops"
Although admitting they are be-
wildered by the nature of some Of the
contributions committee officials are
grateful-fo the majority of these
things can be sold and the cash used
to purchase medical supplies for the
armed forces.
Recently a pair Of diamond ear
rings were received in the mail from
an anonymous contributor. They were
appraised at 81 200. Other valuables,
g,,cl, oo o-c1J cuff itpko haya hnor, aarf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

~ EOPLE often say, I'D give the shirt
off my back to help give the dicta-
y tors a sound thrashing" -and thou
sands of Americans today are doing
just that to bring abouteeAe-doMnfall
Of Hitler and his buddies.
Not only are they taking their
shirts off their backs, but false teeth
out OF their mouths, girdles from their
figures, long under drawers from their
legs, and they are also sending in spec
tacles, watches. ice skates and scores
Of other gadgets with the hope that
these will help the war effort.
one Of the biggest catch=alls for
these queer things that Americans do
nate TO help beat the dictators Is the
Medical and Surgical Relief Committee
Of America, which was organized TO
collect surplus medical and surgical
supplies for use in the United States,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

had lasted ten and produced two children but 1t did
add to the usual financial peelng off, The husband
Archibald E. Rice who alleged his wife had treated him
meany that he lost 35 pounds also suffered shrnkage
of the bank roll He obtained divorce In Polk County
but carried property settlement of $4,000 and trust
fund S1580O children The wife Marion Rice
found this unsatisfactory and appealed The
higher said that there evidence of collision
fraud and the decree should stand
other significant decision by Justice Rivers Bufofd
concerned the all too familiar phenomenon Of an elderly
attempting TO her youth with the aid OF an
engaging young The decision released Martin L.
Lynch Ohio golf of the necessity of spending two
years pententay having the Circuit Court in
Pnellas County had found "embezzled' diamond ring
turned to him by than twice his age.
The higher court finding that the woman Ida C. Pless,
entertained the romantic idea that she love with
golf playing lounge lizard of q and wishing marry
him. gave him the ring
What followed is summed up by Justice Buford: He
shameessy accepted the ring her gift and when he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

Accordingly both
the police and In
terested indivd-
uals periodically
is sue warnings
through the larger
Florida news
papers. One who
repeated the other
day a warning she
has sounded fire.
quently in the 10
years since she
founded a unique
organization Of
oldsters, 10 Evelyn
ton Ritten-
house Of st. Peters
burg, q city Of co.
900. As director
Of the activities Of
the Three-Quarter
Century Club she
has known the
problems Of hum
dreds Of men and
w m en- between
the ages of rs and
100 plus.
One such hope
full Mrs. Ritten-
house recently res
cued at the door Of
a bank as he was
about TO turn over
SO, 900 in cash to
"a good Christian
woman ] met the
other day" She
was, II seems, to
inherit exactly that
sum but, since her
creditors would not
wait, she was be-
ing put out Of her
nice house. Gal
lantly her new gen.
tleman friend had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

Through appeals to hospitals and doctors, the com
mttee collected thousands of surgical instruments and
millions bottles of medicines but at the time IL
under with strange contributions that
well-meaning believe will also help the
A week seldom goes by without the committee being
deluged with ancient watch fobs guns casron drain
1872 10y American Weekly In
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Underwear


to the committee which glad TO get them
Some Of the donations have absolutely woTth-such
the used girde and long under drawers recently
received but the the gifts have certain resale
value" says Mrs Mathilde c. Self, sub-treasurer.
these queer contributions, cash donations and
other gifts the committee has realized nearly 100000
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

that might well be
pasted in the bill
folds Of the old
sters who retire by
the thousands to
Florida with the
often considerable
savings Of a life
time.
Said the court:
ION the whole,
this case is just
another picture Of
what happens to
grandpa in lin e
cases out Of ten
when he gets home
from grandma's
funeral with some
cash and goes an,
Cling for a seno.
rita the same vim
tage as his young
er daughters. 1t Is
somewhat remark
able that he lacks
the intuition to
discern that it's
the cash and not
& r an d pa she Is
playing for. but II
Is not remarkable
that she becomes
irritated with his
alterations and
wants to 'cuss' him
when he fingers
overtime. Such is
the postlude to the
m arit al union
when actuated by
folly on one side
and economic con-
siderations on the
other"
The case was not
typical, for this
marriage after all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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3 I9I2. BY AmerIcan wcekly. Inc.
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1942-01-01

total U. S. business today at an
al-time high. Production and
consumption records are beng
made all along the line. More
are employed and at higher wa
ges than ever befole. But if 1912
is as good as 194i we will be
lucky.
We should work, study, and
cooperate as never before! On
our shoulders rests L great re-
sponsibility. This is no time for
politics or pettinass in any
form. The stakes are too high.
The very life Of our country
and our way of living hang in
the balance. Let us Join whole
heartedly in giving our all to
serving humanity in this, its
hour II need. Only real sacri-
flee, effectively co ordinated,
can tip the scales for righteous
ness and insure security. The
fight calls for all we Americans
can give of time, money, and
blood. Most of all 1t means that
we should ask of God fol givness
for our past self shness ano
wastefulneSS. Let's begin the
new year with an honest prayer
that each of US as individuals
shall be better men and women.