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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

As early as July, 1941, and again in January, Ickes proposed to the War Production Board the construction of five and then 12 manganese plants in the Far West, to produce one of the most vital requirements for airplane con- struction. Before the war, man. ganese production had been ham, pered by patent monopoly agree ment with Germany, for which the Aluminium company has now been indicted.
 However, the WIPE has done al- most nothing. Only one plant recommended by IckeS has been started, and the other day Ickes wrote Nelson a stiff letter offer ing to have his Bureau of Mines do the work for WIPE.
 Ickes also charged in his let ter thath the WIPE had delayed because its $1-a-year advisers worked for both the government and big companies which did not
 want manganese plants com peting with them in the Far West after the war is over.
 Furthermore, Ickes named names. He pointed out that Union Carbide and Carbon An aconda, E. J. Eavino Co., U. S.. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, rep resenting the majority of the man. ganese industry of the United States, all had their representa- tives on the WIPE committee which dilly -dallied for months in passing on manganese plants in the West.
 POST WAR COMPETITION
 Specifically. Ickes mentioned A. B. Kinzel of Union Carbide and Carbon who is a WIPE $1-man and who has been strongly opposed to manufacturing electrolytic man. ganese.
 "It is not helpful to our win- ming the war;" Ickes wrote DOn-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

House Speaker Sam Rayburn says that President Roosevelt will stress the need of voting in November when he gives his next radio address This is supposed to be given within the next two weeks, so It may be that the admonition will come very shortly We hope so, for if ever the voting public needs to be popped up tnls is the year. Every election held III the past year has shown surprisingly lacK of indifference on the part of voters m either candidates or issues. With a war at our doors we ought to vote just for the satisfaction of saying to Hitler he can't stop us from doing it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

A. The first immigration records 1 by nationality started in 1920 and from that time to 1889 inclusive B. COG, 984 Germans came to the United States. During the same period 4.- 5e1 ,258 Irish, 4,705, ,402 Italians and 7,207, STA immigrants from Great Britain, Canada and Newfoundland arrived in the United States. o. Name the woman who re- !ceived the first full neutenancy in the WAVES.
 A. Jean Tilford Palmer, former banking executive and business manager of the Association of Jun- for Leagues of America. o. In the Army, what is c. I. equipment?
 A. Equipment issued by the gov. ernment rather than purchased by the soldier.
 @. Please furnish a formula for starch paste.
 A. Make 8 paste with / parts of corn or tapioca starch and 8 parts of cold water, then pour the paste into GA parts of boiling water and stir until it is translucent.
 @. What discovery in agriculture was most important to mankind during the 18th century? A, Opinions differ as to which discovery was of chief importance, but the choice probably would be made among the following: l. The application of machinery to farm production; 2. The Mendelian Law, the scientific study of breeding plant and animal life; 3. The estab- fishing of the State Agricultural Ex- pertinent Stations. o. Who played the leading roles in the musical show, T, Married an Angel" when 1t opened in New York?
 A. Dennis King and Vera zorz- ina, with Vivienne Segal and Walter Slezak also prominently featured in the cast.
 Q. How long is the Great Wall of China?
 A. It stretches LAS miles across China from Shanhaikwan Qat. 70 degrees N; long. 1l9 degrees A P to Kia Yu Kwan Oong. 98 degrees l4 E), terminating on a precipice overlooking Great North River near Tibet. The course of the wall is zig-zag. and the total length, in- cluding all known spurs, curves, and loops, is estimated at 2,550 miles.
 o. Should a secretary pro tenn pore, selected for a single meeting, write the letters called for after the meeting?
 A. No; that is the task of the permanent secretary.
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Current Comment

The fight goes on Gin Belgium) because this is not merely con- fiict of peoples against peoples but a conflict between two different interpretations of world, life and human personality.
 Paul van zeeland. former pre-
 mier of Belgium.
 
 Men must prepare themselves in spirit against repeating the same blunders which have precipitated the tragic situation in which we now find ourselves.
 Rabbi Milton Steinberg of
 New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

goes overseas to become Supreme Allied Commander.
 Central figure in this specula- tion is handsome, ambitious It. Gen. Brehon Somervell, who has come further in a shorter time than almost any other man in the Army. Rising from WPAdmin- iStrator in New York, this close friend of Harry Hopkins now has reorganized Ordnance, the Quar- termaster Corps, Chemical War fare, Signal Corps and the Sur geon Generals office, and put them all under the Services of Supply. He has done an Al job.
 However, there is much Op- position to SOmervel as Chief of Staff, due to one fact. He has never been an officer of the line in other words, in a fighting or combat branch of the Army.
 Top-notch combat officers who are in line for chief of staff, when and if Gen. Marshall goes overseas are:
 Lieut.. Gen. "Jakey" Devers, a Pennsylvania Dutchman, com- mander of the Armored Forces at Fort Knox, a great tank expert.
 Major. Gen. D. D. Eisenhower, of German descent from Texas, another tank expert, now chief U. s. strategist preparing for the End Front in England.
 Major Gen. Robert Eichelberger, of German descent from Ohio, an infantryman, now superinten- dent of West Poin, who was as- sistant chief cE staff of the AEF in Siberia in 1918.
 Maj. Gen. Willis D. CrittenbergeE born at Anderson, Ind, of Ger man descent, one of the crack tank corps commanders in the western desert maneuvers.
 Brig. Gen. Clarence Huebner, born at Bushton, Kansas, also of German descent, who enlisted as a private, worked his way up to one of the top ranks in the Army, is now in charge of training of the Services of Supply.
 Maj. Gen. Robert c. Richardson of South Carolina, a cavalryman, formerly commander at Fl Paso, who recently served in Australia. and now commands The Seventh Corps Area.
 NOTE: Like Gen. MacArthur, Gen. Somervell was born in Ar- kansas.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

ald Nelson, ito have representa- tives of the people who might be injured in their post war profits, sitting as judges on the merits of possible competitors. I am informed that MT. Kinzel, who shares ris employment be- tween Union Carbide and the War Production Board on split week basis, was called upon to act as cOnSultant on the sub ject despite the generally held belief that Union Carbide is the most determined opponent of electrolytic manganese in the country"
 Secretary Ickes also reminded Nelson that more than year had gone by since five of the 12 man. ganese proposals were first placed before the WIPE. He also re- marked that these delays were mot accidental" and demanded action regardless of the post war worries of the companies which are now so powerful in the manganese and related metals feilds."
 NOTE: Apparently Secretary Ickes forgot to mention it, but James H. Critchett, another ad- wiser of Union Carbide, also serves on two metallurgical committees of WIPE.
 NOT A SINGING WAR
 When Secretary of War Stimson attended the Washington open ing of This Is the Army" he told author Irving Berlin that he re- membered him at Camp Upton, N. r., where Stimson was a col- onel of field artillery and Berlin was buck private who staged Zip, Yip, Yaphank." Stimson liked both the 1915 and 1942 shows immensely.
 Berlin, who has written more popular music hits than anyone in America, tells his army friends that this is not a singing war.
 Tn the last war;" he says, i've had great push in France that people knew about. But now the fighting is scattered and they can't get so excited.
 But even in the last war;" says Berlin, ''there was only one really great song. That was George COhan's Over There That was a song which only George Conan could write, and at the time he never realized that he had produced a mas terpiece.
 "A lot of other songs in the last war were love songs. Take Tip perary', for instance. Sentiment is natural in war time-men gO- ing away, women left behind. But real war songs are born only with deep national emotion, and we haven't struck it yet"
 NOTE: Irving Berlin has writ ten the outstanding song of the war so far, "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen" love song.
 RUBBER CHAR LETTERS
 Rubber Czar Jeffers has jumped into his new job with a vigor and enthusiasm which has made red-tape calloused Washington sit up in surprise.
 His first appointment, of Brad- ley Dewey as his deputy adminis- trator. made a good impression. Dewey is Q partner of Dewey and Alny, of Massachusetts. which al- ready Is making synthetic rubber.
 Dewey has been buclin9 the
 big rubber companies all his llfe," Rubber CEar Jeffers, "and l have been bueklng the blg 0ll companies. Tho Union Pacific owns some wells ln the West, and we have been rowing with the blg boys ever since ! can remember"
 one Of Jeffers' first moves was to get a man who would fly immediately Co Moscow, bring back Ruaslas long overdue rubber secrets.
 NEW CHIEF or sTAVF
 Most interesting baekstase speculation ln the Army these days ia, who will replace Gen. utofes hfnEshnll ng chlol of &lefl whom " generally espfeAzA hs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
Selected Poem
SNOW IN THE CAUCASUS

SNOW IN THE CAUCASUS
 (Yetza Gillespie in the New York Times) Snow in the Caucasusl Feather on feather Fall softly and cover Sonias rooftree the camp of her lover. Come swiftly, white weather! Blot out the roads! Take the ungarnered grainl Be a trap of cold steel Fasten your teeth in the foreigners heel. Be fox-fire in his brain. Transform his maps into glittering fable Enticing his horde. smooth each ravine as a linen-clad board Oh. prepare him tablet Bred of your bone We have drowSed in your keeping The long Winters through .. With life to be gained. or the dying to do. The Bear Is not sleeping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
 i. The Duke of Kent. recently killed in plane crash, was buried in Westminster Abbey or in St.. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle?
 2. Which former President of Mexico was recently appointed Nm ister of National Defense by PreSi- dent Camacho2
 3. What do the initial letters WAVES, which constitute the short name of the Women's Naval Re- serve, stand for?
 4. How many wheels does ham, som cab have?
 5. Bananas are grown in Meixco; true or false?
 6. Between which two islands of the Caribbean does the Windward Passage lie?
 T. Is it possible to boil water at temperature lower than 2i2 degrees F.?
 8. What was the classical name for the Dardanelles?
 g. Which of the following wrete life of Christ: Papini: Hall Caine; Arnold Bennett?
 10. Complete the saying. God is on the side of the biggest bat -- ="
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

It shouldn't be necessary for Gov. Hur- lev to have to issue any special lnJunc- tions or proclamations warning the hunt CTS of this state about keeping away rom areas that are reserved for military. The coast is heavily guarded in sections; don 20 near them to hunt. It might also pc a good idea to avoid airfields or factorleS. This is wartime all the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
Don't Be Silly

We have full sympathy for the nations police chiefs in their attempt to control prostitution around military and naval cantonments. We protest once more, however, against cheapening Of the term s1ahatage" by any attempt to prosecute pfostitutes or procurers s saboteurs.
 Let's get it straight Sobotage is in- ant.anal Wilful injury to our var effort,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
DREAM IS UNFORTUNATE

Buenos Aires - (U.P.) -- Mareel- in de Teael has found out that dreams can be half true. She giFeamk that her life savings were stolen from q Postal gavings bank, Next day she withdrew her funds. and a thief snatched her peeket- book, with ali the money, ne Nas lofi tho bank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

Nelson has at last determined what his organ ization should be and in his recent moves of reor- ganization h a z taken steps tc get it.
 Incident all y, Nelson has re- vealed that one of the things that delayed his reorganiza t 1 o n was the White House. Several AT1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

Fundamentally, sabotage is deliberately designed either to help defeat this coun- try or to aid its armed enemies It does not cover genuine accidents, or the results of mental or moral weakness, unless dis loyalty enters the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

IF
 Every day we hear expressions such as this: If we win the war; if the boys come back; if we can sur- vive our national debt; if the food supply holds out; if we can get the material; if we can get sugar, gas- oline, tires.
 Surely this is the "iffiest" time in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

history. Every minute is punc- tuated W i t h question marks, not only at the e n d but all through its six ty-second life. We seem, as never before, to be uncer t 8 1 n about the future. What of tomor- row?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
. NATIO IONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Glinpses
 Behind Capital Ante Rooms
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespondent)

Men on the inside of the War Production Boards vast organiza- ton are at last beginning to feel that WIPE is going to town, and that is the best news that comes out of Washington these days.
 During the summer insiders told a different ff-the-record story. Then they felt that WIPE was sim ply another OPM or SPAB, and would eventually go the same route to the asfcan and graveyard ot goofy government agencies. But the story now is different. The gen. eral feeling is that WIPE boss Don
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
A Thought for Today

If there be 8 controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the right eOus and condemn the wicked-DeuterOnOmy 25:1.
 When thou attended gloriously from heaven, shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send thy summoning archanges to proclaim thy dread tribunal-Milton,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not use the word @down" as a verb. Wrong: "Hc vas downed in the struggle" Sub stitute 'tsubdued" or "de- feated."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
WASHINGTON. October

WASHINGTON October Secretary Ickes has been hamerg at Donald synthetic rubber
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

o. Is there record of the num- jber of Germans ard Italians who Have come to the United States? How do they compare with the number of Irish and British?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
Washington Merry-Go-R Round
M aRVaA @
BY DREW PEARSON

eke Hammers Nelson for Delay Building Manganese Plants; Charges $en Don't Want Enforced Competition Own Firms; Rubber Czor Jers Fortnight Action Makes Washington Sit Up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
Questions and Answers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Serv- ice Bureau will answer for you free, any question of fact or information not involving exten- sive research. Write your gues- ton clearly, sign name and address, enclose a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington. D. 2.
 @. How large was the merchant fleet that Norway turned over to the United Nations for use in the war?
 A. The entire pre-war Norwegian merchant fleet of 4,90O, 900 tons was turned over for use in the war. It has been reduced by submarine sinkings. The most valuable part is the tanker fleet which carries more than fifty percent of the oil and gasoline needed by Great Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09
What's l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

EDITORS NOTE = If you are desirious of securing this weeks booklet, 'War Powers of the President" address F. M. Kirby, Department &2-1OO. Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St. Washington, D. c. with 15 cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-09

@. Name the woman who re- Iceived the first full neutenancy in the WAVES.
 A. Jean Tilford Palmer, former banking executive and business manager of the Association of Jun for Leagues of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-21
British Situation In Egypt Much Improved
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placement difficult,

placement difficult.
 The British report that the sink ing of Axis supply ships and trans ports trying to cross from Crete and Sicily has increaoed sharply after a serious falling of just before Rom- mel began his offensive.
 Report From Cairo
 Cairo, July 21 = UP0-General Sir Claude Auchinleck's eighth Im- perial army today held all of its ad- vanced positions along the desert line stretching from the Mediter- ranean to the Qattara Depression while in the air the RAF continued its all-out attack on enemy targets.
 Land activity was confined mostly to patrol work in the central and southern sectors, where the fighting in terrific heat and cutting sand had gone on for more than week, but in the air there was no slack ening of the pace at which British bombers and fighters carried the battle to the Axis.
 Last night the RAF for the first time carried out a night time at- tack on the actual battle area with medium bombers while naval air craft bombed supply dumps, tanks and transport vehicles, it was re- ported.
 (An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-21
JAMES STEWARD
 IS FINED $l5O
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Steward.
 The youth said on the stand this morning that they were going about 45 miles an hour, headed for the Eastern Malleable Iron Works III Naugatuck Saturday morning when suddenly the truck, with Thomas driving, ran into the fence. He could not account for the cause of the accident.
 Reiterated Denial
 Patrolman Culleton said on the stand today that late Saturday morning he accused Steward of be- ing the driver of the car while steward was at the hospital. He said however that Steward was steadfast in his denial.
 Steward posted $500 bond for an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas from the fine imposed by Judge Gaffney on the motor ve- hicle charge.
 He also posted $500 bond pend ing trial in Superior Court on the charge of breaking and entering. Chief Inspector Joseph P. Stevens of the Detective Bureau said that Steward broke into the Ford Agency on East Main street July 3 and stole two tires, wheel and a tube, valued at $45. All have been re- covered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-21
Battle For Aleutian
 Islands Is No Picnic
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Zeros in the fog, c technique which I gladly allow to remain secret.
 On June 10 Q Catalina found the first Jap ships in Kiska harbor. At the first contact only two large vessels lay inside. guarded by two patrol boats at the harbor entrance.
 Next day a Catalina discovered Jap landing forces at Attu at the very end of the Aleutian chain. Through fog. snow, rain, wan day. light and pale nights the Cats have been freighting bombs to Kiska ever since.
 They are taking horrible pound- ing from the Ackack and zeros. One came away with more than 100 bull let holes through hull wings and fittings. Another pilot beached his tattered plane and tersely re- ported ship now landplane. Hull no longer waterproof"
 Even before the Kiska bombing marathon began the Catalinas be- gan to take revenge for the beat ing they had suffered from the Japs. One shot down an attack ing Zero fighter. One sank a submarine, the second sinking of the war of the mists, according to my information.
 They made direct hits on light cruiser and a transport. They sank several Gargantuan Kawanishi fly- ing boats with bullets and bombs. They set off huge explosions among the close-packed Jap ships in Kiska. They recorded near misses on an- other light cruiser and destroyer All this they accomplished in addi- tion to their primary mission of keeping the enemy under observa- tion.
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1our seeking to re-establish contact
 iih the Jap carriers, then hanging nat somewhere in a Gnowstorm on lhs face of . cold front below Mlguam Island.
 That day they began to carry tor Ntdoes aboard planes not even de- Eigned for the relatively easier job Nf toting bombs.
 on the fourth day the task force Commander voicedf his admiration f1r their durability.
 ~Xour persistence of effort and general combat behavior has added lis quota to the best pages of the trad!tions of the naval service. My personal thanks to all hands and ] have every confidence you will con- tinue to accomplish the impossible, Me told them.
 AS the fifth day began the Cata- 1lnnS wing commander reported on the state of his force.
 Their guperhuman endurance and doggedly heroic persistence in con- 4alning and trailing the enemy day and night is all that has prevented the enemy attaining his immediate objective. Since the first contact Wednesday morning they have flown worked and fought without sur cease Combat already has occurred in the darkness of the fifth morn ing. Their courage and morals remain high but their physical strength is fast waning" he said
 That day one catalina found a large Jap sub on the surface and let a bomb go about at 400 feet. That was foolish for Catalinas aren't fast enough to get away from an explosion that close. She hmped home with one engine disabled by her own bomb. There wasn't time to stay and see what happened tc the sub.
 Day after day the Catalina found the carriers only to be met time and again by Zeros determined tc protect their floating airdrome.
 It didn't take the Cats pilots long to discover technique for avoiding
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FIRST WOMEN'S
 ARMY IN DRILLS
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oxfords.
 From the fitting station, she pass ed to the classification center for interviews. Then she was given a card reciting her personal and oc- cupational history information needed by the army in it's search for talent.
 Three rookie platoons were sent through their initial drills late yes- terday, principally for the benefit of news photographers. Some were Tn uniform, some in the brown and white fatigue suits and others were in civilian clothes.
 They responded readily to "left face" and fright face" commands, but the regular army sergeants grin ned at the confusion caused by an about face" order. The sergeants dismissed the platoons after 8 15- minute drill and warned they'd be less tolerant of mix-ups after Thurs day.
 The WAACS lined up in forma- tions again to march to the mess hall. A sergeant, fumbling over his commands, aesked you, in the blue dress" to step forward and then parked: Forward march"
 Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, WAAC director who will commute between Fort Des Moines and her Washing ton headquarters, surveyed the rock ies during the day and asserted last night: .,,
 T couldn't be better pleased with Fort Des Moines and the WAACs I've met so far"