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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Action Is Needed

With the British in bad shape in Africa and the entire war in that sector of the globe hinging on their defense of Egypt and the Suez Canal; with Russian troops being put to their sternest test to hold back hordeS of German troops Situa- tion unfolds that demands action of the most strenuous type. It more or less falls on American troops, American ir- genuity, American strategy, and Ameri- can courage to take the center of the stage now. We've got to turn the tide of affairs in all the war sectors unless we want to be battling for the next ten years.
 Whether it is invasion of Europe or Japan or mass scale operations in the Atlantic and Pacific matter little. The idea is to launch offensives that drive the enemy closer to their own territory and farther away from their own new fronts. Maybe Vilhjalmur StefanSSon, the great Arctic explorer, has the right idea. In the July issue of Fortune magazine just issued he says that we're overlooking op- portunities right at hand to aid in win ming the war. Being so familiar with Arctic lands MT. StefanSSon sees great possibilities up there in the frozen North.
 For example he claims that this war is being fought mostly in the northern half of the temperate zone lying in complete circle around the Arctic. He points out that the capital of every great warning country is closer to the Arctic Circle than the Equator His contention, then, is that the shortest distance be- tween all these points is not by east west or vice-versa routes, but north over the top of world. He proposes that the Yukon and Mackenzie Rivers be linked to serve as carriers for boats in summer, to bear trucks on their frozen surfaces in winter.
 Flying over the top of the world would also be encouraged by MT. StefansSon, as he claims conditions. in the far north are generally better than along some of our U. S. commercial routes. All in all it's a bright picture he paints, but he faces the dismal task of having to sell the idea to an officialdom that is set in it's ways and apparently its ways right now aren't going to be directed towards the North Pole. Still, no one yet has ever been able Eo disprove the axiom that straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

At the governors conference down at Asheville, N. C., it was proposed this week that the Army be given the job of guarding all the more important bridges and roads throughout the country. That's man. sized fob and we doubt if even the Army could handle it and continue to perform other services that are to be required, such as maintain a fighting front in sev- eral different parts of the world. No, important as they are to civilian defense and continuation of American enter prise in an all-out war effort we don't think the Army can be spared to guard all our bridges and rivers. That's where the state and the community will have to play their part.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Let's Help Our Mailmen
BOSTON RECORD

If every American household were to face the alternative of losing its mail delivery service or pay sig able fee to continue it. the odds are overwhelming that the fec would be paid-and gladly.
 We take tco much for granted that familiar, constant, always well come figure of the man in gray.
 He is, to all of us, a friendly tentacle between us and distant friends, between us and the worA, i, if you please; between lis and utter isolation, between us and our af- fairs.
 To that description must be added the fact that tn e mailman is in a tough financial predicament. Ever since 1925, his salary has been the same, barring, of course, the considerable cuts he took dur ing the depression.
 Ever since, 1925, incidentally, the wages of labor and the price of living have changed.
 Workers get more money, and 1t costs more money to live. Some sections of labor have, by agitation and by negotiation, out raised the cost of living. Their margin of profit is greater, in other words.
 BUT THE PosTMAN2
 Not at all.
 The postman has progressed in the opposite direction. His work is more important, more difficult, more responsible than ever.
 He is the FRONT-LINE SOL DEER in the campaign of communi- cations.
 But he cannot agitate, he cannot strike, he cannot lobby.
 He must respectfully and pa- tiently petition Congress.
 The latest petition is in the form of H. R. 7071, introduced by Mir. Ramspeck of Georgia.
 It provides for a temporary aEl- nual increase of $500 for the dura- tion of the war and six months afterward.
 The bill is now in committee.
 It is not only plain justice but plain common sense for the conl- mittee to recommend this bill, and for Congress to enact 1t.
 Mail delivery. carried out ein- ciently and loyalty, as 1t always has been, Is fundamental necessity tn war or peace time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

Following the meeting, believe 1t or not, Rear Admiral William B. Young, Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, protested to a Department of Agriculture official that in the formal press release his name should have pre- ceded that of Brig. Gen. Carl A. Hardig, Chief of Army's Suhsis- tense Division. Rear Admira Young wanted 1t specifically ur- derstood that he outranked Brig. Gen. Hardig and that his name should be listed accordingly.
 INCENDIARY EXTINGUISHER
 I you have been worrying about a cheap and effective incendiary- bomb eXtinguisher, the U. s. Geo. logical Survey has the answer.
 It is aplite, a soda-lime feld- spar, mined in Virginia by the Dominion Minerals Go. Tests at the Edgewood Arsenal of the Army Chemical Warfare Service showed aplite to be far superior to salt, pitch, ashes ana other extinguish- CTS in combating incendiaries.
 Aplite formed a protective cov- ering over the burning bombs so quickly that blocks of wood on VT ich they were placed were bare- ly charred.
 To protect the public from
 prOfiteering, the Interior and
 Justice Departments have ap-
 piled for government patents for the use of apIite as an in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

Cendiary extinguisher. Under the patent the Interior Depart ment will make the use of the material available to any com
 mercial concern that desires to
 market it.
 NOTE: Aplite normally is used in the manufacture of glass and CeremicS.
 HOME-FRONT FLASHES
 A miniature replica of Tokyo will be set up on the Texas prairies to be bombed as part of the 4th of July celebration at the Army Flying School at Midway, Tex, largest bombardier "college" in the country, which is commanded by Brig. Gen. Isaiah Davies .. Con- gressional investigators are quiet ly probing numerous complaints regarding certain Reserve officers and their la-de-da social activities at Fort Custer, Mich. Under special scrutiny is a so-called So- journers Club where many of them are reported to spend too much of their time. .. The Army Quartermaster Corps has sent a large force of expert civilian buy- CTS through the Middlewest to pur- chase the pick of the canned vege- table pack. The Army expects to buy more than 10 per cent of this years pack.
 Copyright, 1942, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Yoo Hoo

Hail to the new technique! Breathes there man with soul 50 dead that he won't respond to the Powder Puff Bri- gade more cheerfully than to squad of sluggers, if he must be induced to join a union? The c. I. O. organized 15 of a midwestern ammunition plants come Hest damsels to pass out literature and Invitations, at the gate, to non-unionistS. The A. F. of L. countered with an equal number of Glamor Girls.
 we had a beauty at one of the eates "The men greeted her with low whistles and stood in line to meet her. Some of them came back second time" Pulchri- tude isn't logical argument for union membership. But, then, neither is a split head. Of the two, we prefer the modern method.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

The security, promptness and privacy of the mails are essentials of civilized life. They connote a responsibility and experience that cannot be bought, but certainly should be properly compensated.
 Not only is the laborer worthy of his hire, but the hire should be worthy of the lahorer. The post man deserves his temporary raise, AND HE SHOULD GET TT.
 One way to help is to write your Congressman, enphatically urging him to support H. R. 7071.
 You and your country, as we'll as the postmar, will benefit by its passage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

The worst is about to come to Britain. Of course it could be worse. It could hap pen here in the U. S. A. But on and after September 30 the manufacture of ice cream is banned in England. That's for the duration, of course. Even if war came to us here in the states, we wonder if that staple of American diet would be banned. Curtailed, yes; its flavorS linn tied, yes; but banned, that's too much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

Q. How many parts are in a bomber airplane?
 A. More than 30,OOO. The engines alone each contain 5000 separate pieces of metal.
 O. Does the poem "Abdul the Bulbu1 Ameer" also have the title "Ivan Skavinski Skavar?" Where can I obtain 8 copy?
 A. Both are titles of the same poem that deals with the famous duel between the two bragging he- roes. For 6 free copy write to the Waterbury Democrat Service Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washing. ton, D. O., enclosing a stamped envelope for reply.
 Q. Do widows of congressman receive pensions?
 A. No; but Congress usually votes $10,0O0, which is one years pay for a congressman, to his widow.
 O. What is the title of the Se- lection played at the beginning and once or twice during the photoplay "All That Money Can Buy?"
 A. "The Devils Dream: an old American folk-tune.
 Q. Why is the axis of the earth inclined?
 A. The original cause is un- known. Newton's law of inertia states that once a body is in mo- ton it will continue in uniform straight line motion unless changed by some external force. Since there is no such external force act- ing on the rotation of the earth, its exis remains as it was originally, except as the moon and sun cause vsyy small periodic variations, due to the earth not being a homogene. ous spherical body.
 0. How many persons have re- ceived Adjusted Compensation Pay- ment (soldiers' bonus) under the act of 1886?
 A. As of January 31, 1922, the number of applications certified for payment was 3,514,454, the amount was $l, ,923, AIS, ,9O3.15 and the matur- ity value of those certificates was g, ,438, ,784, ,18S.
 @. Recently I was told that the cremated remains of human body are not ashes. Is this statement true?
 A. We are advised by cremation expert that human bones are not re- duced to ashes and that the large bones are crushed. or broken into bits. The proper term to use for the remains is "crenssted fragments Of Q human body"
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirOus of securing this weeks booklet 1.-THE BEST BOOKS ad- dress r. M. Kirby, Department 8-10O, Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. with 15 cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Current Comment

What difference is there between a person in a bathing suit on a beach and on 8 street 160 feet away? Robert Moses, New York park
 commissioner opposing ordinance
 prohibiting appearance in oath-
 ing suit on street.
 It is not complimentary to our local communities that big-shot gamblers ana corrupt mayors can be caught only by the FBI. Wilbur La Roe of National Com
 mittee on Social Education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
.MacNutt Manifesto Fails
 To Move Men
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrresnondenk

Solving the problem of how 10 move not only industrial but agr!. cultural workers, as well, iS one of the biggest of the stumbling blocks over which the War ManpoWer Commission is trying to drag it's leaden feet. On May 2l, WING. Chairman McNutt announced, with a flourish, an eight-point program calling for immediate acticr." It was said these directiyes would be helpful in focusing and co-ordinat- ing the activities of the various gov- ernment agencies if tile people of this nation would cooperate fully with their government"
 Well, Cn June 2l, just month after this announcement, this na- ton was still waiting and not one of the directives had been drafted.
 One of the directiyes was to go
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

10 the Omce of Defense Trans portation, order ing ODT Ito as- sure adeqil 8 t e transportat 1 o Il facilities to move migrant agricul- tural workers.
 After sounding off in this noble fash ion, the Manpower Com mission discov- cred they had no money to m owe migrant wnrkerS. and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Two words that have the form of adverbs, but which are really adjectives in modern prose are friendly and COW. ardIy. "A friendly person.; "a cOwardly man.; not The acted friendly (cowardIy)."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the aElsweras

1. Which body of water bounds Burma on the south?
 2. What type of US. naval vessels are the Sailfish, the Barracuda and the Pickerel?
 3. Which college degrees are held by Brig. Gen. James Doolittle?
 4. old age is symbolized by which Biblical character?
 5. The "Old Lire State' is Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Maryland? 6. Which film actress wears her hair streaming over one eye?
 2. What is graphology?
 8. Dr. Thomas c. Masaryk was the founder of which republic ia Europe after World War I?
 9. Blue jays bury acorre in the ground; true or false?
 10. Which Old Testament prophet berated the priest of Bethel?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Selected Poem
COUNTRY BLACKOUT

COUNTRY BLACKOUT (Elaine V. Emans in the Christian
 Science Monitor) The only lamps We cannot hide Here in the sleeping Countryside Are little lanterns With a thin Illumination Darting in And out the trees, And down the meadow, Playing tag With every shadow These, I fear, We seldom should. Hurry to darken, If we could.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Questions
 and Answers
XOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

&OUB QUEoTAUNS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser. vice Bureau win answer for you free, any question Of fact O9 ln- formation not involving exten. sive research. Write your queh. tfOn clearly, sign name and nd. dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser. vice Bureau, lO13 Tklrteetth Street. Washington. D. c.
 e. Please state some of the work that is being done by the Civil Air Patrol.
 A. Members of the patrol, pilot ing their own planes, are transport ing military officials, carrying vital materials, testing spotter networks, towing targets for anti-aircrafg units, and patroling defense areas. reservoirs, rail yards and other strategic installations.
 @. To what extent have tank cars been substituted for tankers in transporting oil to the east coast of the United States, and how many cars must be used to supplant the tankers?
 A. About 1S,0OO tank cars of petroleum products week are being moved to the Atlantic coast area by rail. An additional 25,000 car loads 8 week would have to be added to approach the tanker move ment in 1941.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
DaiIy AImanac

Moon sets 3:47 B. m. (war time). Sun rises 5:2i .. m; sets s:2s p. m. (war tine).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

WASHINGTON June 20 Biggest undercove wire pulling in Washington
  the $2oo 0OOO appropriated under bL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Washington Merry Go-Round
DREW PEAR s o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

Undeeover Bottle Roses Control Little Bood; Big Shot Banker Proposed Head of Small Plants Coporoion Little Fellows Feor They Will Be Left Out in the Cold Asoin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26

EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirOus of securing this weeks booklet 1.-THE BEST BOOKS" ad- dress r. M. Kirby, Department 8-1OO, Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. with 15 cents to cover postage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
.Lipon May Get
Regular Job
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Continued from First Sport Page
concern. Charles Hughes Of the
Detroit Athletic Club asked for
100 for members of that club.
Capt. Charley Deimel. president
of the Detroit Firemen'S F. n d
Association. sent in a check for
5000 TO be donated outright TO the
fund
Jimmy Dorsey's famous b n
will play at the Stadium before the
first game of the big Sunday twin
bill The Dorsey musical organi-
cation will be at Eastwood Park az
the time Commissioner Lands
also has sent word that he will be
on hand
And tn ose in charge promise
there will be no lengthy speech
making program. AS a matter of
fact, few words from Mayor +. j.
Jeffries may constitute the on Y
talking But ii will be a stirring
show. what with a great outpour-
ing Of fans, flag-raiSing and other
military frills The Stadium is
going 10 be specially decorated for
1 the occasion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
Rack Has
Over Field
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third round with that l57 total.
which put him in a fivc-way tie
for fourth place.
What "A lot of other players
would like 10 do is discover not
just / lost stroke but a lot OF
them because apparently that is
the only way they can prevent
Rack from winning his fifth
straight. championship.
The McKeeSport printer is quite
golfer, much better than we De
trolters had imagined. His "A on
the par II east course yesterday
proved this. He was headed for a
I76 coming 10 the last two holes,
which meant that Daniels. the man
closest 20 him, might make II
tough for him. Then the east
Ierner really turned it on, finish
ing with a pair Of birdie 3s He
planted his second on the 340-yard
seventeenth a foot from the hin
for one OF them and on the cigh-
Iteenth sank a long putt
At that, Racks lead wouldn't
have been so great but for a mis-
adventure by Daniels on the final
hole. The Detroiter's drive here
hit a tree and the ball wound up
I in the creek The result was a
g TO Racks 3. This gave Daniels
a Is after MS first round 73.
Twelve plaNpIS with tOta X
ranging from Racks IA TO the
los of Bill Gill of Rochester, n. Y.
comprised the championship flight
lentering the final SO holes. Harry
Todd of Columbus. O.. was in
third place with 154, 3 strokes
back Of Daniels.
Then came the five with 1915.
lamong them Joe Sommers Of The
Detroit Times financial depart
lment, who still is cunning for his
I first birdie and who had 81 yes
lterday. Also in this group is
+. a MarkLe, the former cham
lpion fro@>WaShington. who came
in with IS on the second round.
Markle is the only one Of the
former winners, excluding Rack
of course, 10 place in the top class
An SO gave Cliff Inman of Pom
tiac 1853, while Fred Stringer OF
Washington has 169 and Eddie
lGabelman Of Cincinnati 10.
Eighteen holes viii be played
today and tomorrow 10 wind the
l72-hole event.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
Her I'd Victory
Saves The Day
For Mrs. Weiss

Mrs Donald Weiss Stated out
the season by winning the first
weekly medal play event Of the
Women's District Golf Association
AT Detroit Golf Club. She tied for
the lead with Margaret Russell al
Red Run. but lost in the playoff
She lost in the first round Of the
state championship when she was
defending her title
But the diminutiVe red head
from Flint is feeling much better
today as a result of her victory in
the weekly event yesterday at
Country Club
The course is long for her and
was soaked But she whipped
around in 40-43-S3 TO be low by
three strokes over Margaret Rus
sell, who had 42-44-S6.
Now Mrs. Weiss feels she will
be able TO do better in the District
championship which comes up in
two weeks at Oakland Hills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
Times Classic
Pin Schedule
Is Announced
BY HAROLD KAHL

Detroit Times All-Star Classic
bowlers arc looking forward today
with eagerneSs TO their 1942-43
schedule as arranged at the first
meeting OF the Bowling Pro-
prietorS' Association al the Re-
creation Building
The league. composed Of 16
teams again Qineups and a certain
number of hackers uncertain as
yeti will stage a series of 81
matches in different establish
mentS with an opening al Johnny
Paulus Chene-Trombly Recrea-
ton September ID.
Sept Is Chene-Trombly: 22-Glen-
eagles or Argyle. DENLY; Oct. g
Naples Or Dearborn 13-Twentieth Cen
fury or Twenty Grand 20 Royal oak;
27-WY-7 Nov. 3 southeastsrn 10
Tower l7-Connor. 24-Log Cabin; Dec.
New Fairyiew s-stTathmoor: Is
Ritter; 22-Detroit Recreation %
Jsnuary 5-MIietrs. whittier: 10
Ambassador; 26-Vogus February 2
state Fair; March ? Loves s,-Hail-
Dodds' l6--Psrkside 23nolympie; 30
Rainbow April Sort Boulevard ID
Palmer Park 20 Crest.
In this list, passed by a commit
tee of the Classic in conjunction
with the proprietors, there are six
new establishments. Crest, Hall
Dodds. Log Cabin, Olympic, Vogue
and WY. as compared TO last
seasons schedule.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
With LeUiS
II. Walter
OF the Hook

Truth Stranger Than Fiction Dept track example 367)
Things rough for tho veteran Illinois tracker al Miami
Ills all broken he'd lost almost
cent he had back cashng few bets Now
hometown his
home appraised SO bill
and his trailer and the wolf
Harry Heimdnn and
Tiger the with his acquaintance Doc The two
Illinois we'll
1t 20 Helmann and Doc that the horseman one hot
afternoon Tropical Park.
I've have ." asked the
horseman ~ think 1 know something in this race"
Hcmann and Doc each brought 20 The
horseman took and headed the window lie hS 10
Ten minutes he collecting 500 his horse had and
paid straight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
>ECoND GAME

Tola.s 80 81 80 ~ Totals 30 - 20
'Haues Tor Harder % seventh.
Eaftrd for EI.eEs'af ,u ninth.
Eau for DCnnl0E In ninth.
DETROIT Oi0 Ul0 0l0-5
Cleveland OlU OOl 0Ul 2
Runs Rlongwurfu HiEgins RadcHr
Fleming Errors Parsons Mack Runs
bated in Trout McC9sky Franklin.
Gaffbe TVo-hase hits RadC.ff Fleming
Rl1odWo-h Gaffke stolen base Fleming
sacylhces -MeOOsks Double plays
Bg4drCau t0 Mack to Fleming 2. Franklin
no YORK E.ssnstsf % Boudreau 10 Elem
ing Lett On bases Detroit s. Cleveland
Bases ON balls OF Trout 4, of Eisenstat
]. STRUCK out b, Trout s by Harder 2
bv Elsenstat Hits orr Harder 10 IN 7
innings or Eisenstst Ia innings Los
tins ptcher-.Harter Dmpires Hubbard
Gueve and Rue Time 81 same 90 At
.tendHnCe-.13 us
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-12
WATTS FOR RAIN

South isn't the only fortunate
person al the race track. There
Trainer Ewell Wyatt who Just SITS
around waiting for II ia ram so
that every one viii want 10 get
out of a racc-and il had 20 bc
repoencd. Its been raining plenty
lately-thc races have been re-
opened twice and each time Wyatt
drops in that big gray gelding.
Swain
Now, running Swain against or
binary platerS IN the mud Is like
shooting ducks In a barrel. The
gray fellow. who won the Airing
ton Futurity two years ago. may
be a cripple. but ne sull has too
much class for the cheaper horses
and the mud is kind 10 his feet.
Yesterday, as in his previous start.
Swain came romping through the
heavy going TO win the last race
by more than two lengths under
Jockey Adams well-rated ride 1t
was walk-ln and left no excuse
for any one leaving without dinner
money even at $3.50.