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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

ment to haul more raw materials, more parts from sub to main contractor, more machinery of war. Soon, the movement of foodstuffs will be regulated strictly so they will not impede the movement of military material. Then we shall find less variety of grocers' shelves.
 But = and this is the important thing we can still be certian that we are not going to face starvation or malnutrition. Up to that point, foods will have to give way to war freight At that point, war freight will give way to foodStuffs Why? Merely because only properly fed nation can meet adequately the production de- mands that will save democracy. Get set for new, simpler menus. Prepare to like what you can get to eat. But don't worry. You won't go hungry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Handle With Care

The announcement from Washington Saturday that all gasoline ration cards would be open to public inspection prob ably was received with misgivings in many quarters. However, it need cause no concern to anyone who is thick skinned. Unfortunately most people are squeamish about this form of pub licity and even though they might have every right in the world to "B" or an "X' card they would dread to have the same publicized, though they probably wouldn't object to discussing the same with friends.
 All of which simply means that if the press of the country is expected to make public the various types of cards which motorists have secured in their respective communities, a tremendous job has to be undertaken. For example here In Waterbury it would be necessary to pub- fish some 25,000 names in their respec- tive classifications, which is considerable reading even when spread out over a few days. And what of the card-holders in those communities where there are no newspapers?
 Far better than publication of gas card holders names would be the Sug- gestion offered some days ago that the type of ration card be indicated by sticker on the windshield of the car. We have testing inspection stickers and car use stamps on the Windshields now, so another sticker to show how many gal Ions of gas your next door nelghbor IS entitled to certainly wouldn't be out ot place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
50 PER CENT CUT (New London Day)

The announcement that supplies of gasoline and light fuel oils will be cut 50 per cent over last year, in amounts allowed dealers effective May l6, means the curtailment takes effect the same day as gaso- line rationiig really gets into it's stride. The rationing officially starts on May IS; the cut in supply to dealers doubtless means that in some instances the holders Of the ration cards, calling for the smallest amounts of motor fuel, will be en- tied to buy not more than five or six gallon a week, it is believed. And yet the reduction ordered IS not so much more than the reduction al- ready put into effect, without ra- tioning to consumers. The gasoline dealers had already been cut more than 30 per cent, and the cut for q while was based not upon last years figures but upon averages or the first few weeks of the year, when sales are ordinarily lower than at present.
 The OfIlce of the petroleum indus try war council believes that the supply of gasoline for the east may have to he cut % per cent before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

plain why a fence so low that they could step across 1t proved an 11l- superable barrier. All that they could say was that when they got there, they could never go across and carry out their violent schemes
 The longer believing Christian lives, the more sure he is that Gods protecting care is roundabout him at all times. Even though he walks through the valley of the shadow of death, he fears no evil for God IS with him. Our Lord de- clared that he need only ask his Heavenly Father and ten legions Of angels would descend from the sky to rescue him.
 There is nothing too great for God. There is no obstacle too high for Him to surmount Around all who trust Him He has put up a sure barricade, just as He made the lit- tie fence round James Chalmers home & barrier beyond which the assass!ns could not go.
 T will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God; in Him will I trust"
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the National Manufacturers As- sociation, who was brought to the bureau as 8 $25-a-day civilian consultant" by his close friend Comdr. Lewis s. Strauss, former Kuhn Loeb & Go. partner, who is chief of the bureau. Salvage departed after 1t was disclosed that while on the Navy payroll he was involved in a campaign against Roosevelt's labor policies.
 This activity is now under quiet scrutiny on Capitol Hill, as is a charge that it was the Industrial Incentives Section that secretly furnished Senator Harry Bss--l Of Virginia much of the material he used in his attempt to scuttle the 40-hour week. Byrd's charges against war plant workers later were repudiated by Assistant Navy Secretary Ralph Bard.
 In addition to glamOrizing Mi-
 ami Beach, flanagan also has
 exerted his unique talents in
 behalf of Gene Tunney, Gar
 Wood, famous mOtOrbOat build
 CT and racer, Coca Cola and the
 Union Pacific Railroad.
 NOTE: So successful has been the Navy's policy of awarding "E" banners to plants and ship yards for outstanding war produc- ton that the Army plans to adopt the same practice.
 CAPITOL NOTES ..
 Young Representative Vince Harrington of Iowa is rated by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Peter Edson Outlines Some Sensible Reasons

BECAUSE there's enough steel used in the making of one new automobile-t to make 26 hea- WV machine guns, you will have to get along with whatever auto you have or can buy sec- ond handed, and there will be no more new cars for the duration.
 BECAUSE one bomber tire has as much rub ber in it as seven auto tires, you must ride on whatever you now have.
 BECAUSE more metal, more labor and more machine hours go into the making of one type writer than go into the making of one Garand automatic rifle, you must pound the Keys or whatever typewriter you now have.
 BECAUSE the cuffs on 21 pairs of pants have enough wool in them to make one Army uniform, men must go through the war cuff less.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Current Comment

You know that I regard my task very seriously, so in my opinion generals like MacArthur have not encouraging but most discouraging capabilities.
 Adolf Hitler, Greece has been known as the mother of civilization. Now she may be known as the savior of c!vtliza- ton by upsetting the Nazi tinle- table of aggression. -Eyangelos Sekeris, Greek minister of education and religion in exile.
 
 When people are hungry. they are going to fight. It is my observation that the gastric juices of people in dictator states work the same as those in a democracy, -Dr. walter Van Kirk, secretary of the Federal Council of Churches.
 
 The words of "a MaFselliaise" must ring again the hearts of as FTsnehmen who have not reconciled themseIves with slay
 "A. H. Silver, Cleveland rabbi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

It's getting so now that Connecticut's institutions have to hire their own in- performed pc, by men and women hired for particular jobs. This state of affairs has been more or less evident for some time to come. It is due, of course, to the tre- mendous drain on employables by our defense plants and by the fact that more and more men are being called for mill tary duty But the thought occurs that in this case as was claimed some time back when charges were being brought against institution aides for mistreat- ment of patients, that the pay schedules in our state hospitals and the like may account for failure to attract workers who will be more or less permanent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

TO GIVE night fitShers better vision they must be fed 5000 units of vitamin A per day, and to keep the half-starved people of Britain in fighting shape we must send them all the asked to. go easy on the vitamin A concentrates and take your vitamin A in carrots and the yell low vegetables.
 TO PROVIDE the smokeless powder for AZ more rifle cartridges to shoot at Japs, you are asked to do without pound of sugar, the sugar making the alcohol to make the smokeless gum powder for the cartridges.
 BECAUSE a fully loaded flying fortress uses as much gasoline in an hour as the fam iy auto does in six months, and because the Army needs all the tankers it can get to carry gasoline to the overseas forces, motorists in some areas have been asked to cut down on gas consumption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

We don't know what punishment the courts will mete out to that Plainf1eld man who confessed to starting the dis astrous forest fires which laid waste so much property over along the Connecti- cut-Rhode Island line, but certainly It can never fit the crime. We don't know what form of mania seizes people to cause them to do such as thing as this, but certainly it is terrible afflication. Fire-bugs are certainly not sound mental ly, although they may be able to convince the best authorities of sanity on all oth- CT points. This quirk in their mental reasoning is sufficient to cause them to be eligible for detention in some sort of institution. Many cities are in danger from the actions of f1re-bugs, but cer-- tainly when man sets great sections Of woodland afire he is extremely danger ous, an enemy to society, and needs to be treated as such in his trial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
We Won't Starve

Approximately a year ago we went overheard, in the desire to be cheerful, and promised there would be no gasoline shortage in this country We argued the matter learnedly, starting from the fact that we alone of all the great nations possess more petroleum and more refln- Ing capacity than we and our allies could use. Something - perhaps Washing ton rumor - tells us we were wrong For IF states and the District of Columbia there is very distinct shortage of motor fuel, and the rest of the country prob- ably will not escape.
 About the same time we were certain, but the notion was too silly to dignity with even passing mention, that the United States never would face trouble some food shortage. The reasoning was similar to that in the case of gasoline. Well now we're drinking coffee with only one lump of sugar. Many restau- rants are refusing second cups to patrons. Pepper and paprika are rationed to the trade. Bananas are six cents each, and the fruiterer wonders whether there will be any soon. Tea is on the way out. So is pineapple. All these, of course, are imported. The premium upon shipping space makes them hard to get
 Just to clear our conscience of the bad advice on gasoline, however, let us record today that we are going to meet ID soon with scarcities in lot of food stlIffs that do not have to be brought into the United States by sea - things that we false on our own mainland in huge quantities. We shall find these foods scarce for awo simple reasons that didn't occur to us year ago. First, be- cause the Army, the Navy and war man. ufacture are drafting our manpower so heavily that the farmers cannot get enough help to plant, cultivate and harvest the crops Second, because our railroads are coming close to the limits of their carrying capacity
 Not long since, we were worrying about the uneconomic competition of parallel lng transcontinental lines, with excess equipment eating it's head off in capital charges. How vc'f, deyising all sorts of
 aakeshlfts 10 enable the available equip
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
SOFT PEDAL
 ON BICYCLES

ITO let war plant workers pedal to work when | they'll be needing to pedal to work, you must give up buying bicycle now.
 BECAUSE it takes the silk of 100 pairs of silk stockings to make one parachute for pa- ratrooper, your favorite legs must go bare, or sheathed in unglamorized cotton or rayon.
 BECAUSE the solder and alloys in medium tank require as much tin as it takes to pack 1O,- 900 cans of food the less important kinds of canned goods will have to be put in bottles.
 BECAUSE the rubber in raincoat equals the rubber in gas mask, you'll have to do without that new raincoat.
 BECAUSE there's enough zinc in 312- pound toy locomotive to make the carburetor on a ieep, your children will have to play with spools instead of new metal toys.
 BECAUSE there is as much plastic in the cowlng of pursuit ship as there is in 40 aver
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

Air Corps officials as the best in- formed authority on aeronautics in Congress. This fact weighed heavily in the selection of his hometown, Sioux City, as the site for new Army airport. Charles Pearson, scrappy New Dealer, who is running against Representative Charles ,Faddis, is charging him with using his con- gressional frank for unofficial mail. Pearson has written U. s. Comptroller General Warren Lindsay demanding he deduct the postage from Faddis' pay check. .. PoliticoS view Representative Lex Greens close shave in the re- cent Florida primary as putting 8 big crimp in his 1914 plans to run against New Deal Senator Claude Pepper. Representa- tive Tom Martin of Iowa, who served five years in the Army dur ing and after the last war, has 21-year- son who has three years service in the Army. J. A. Krug, head of WIPES Power Section, has won his long battle with Chairman Leland Olds over who is to be wartime poss of pow CT. On orders of the President, Krug has been given control over the production and distribution of the nations entire electric power supply.
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Views Of The Press

long, and urges that something be done to relieve the great financial pressure on the oil companies, now obliged to meet heavy increased ex- penses involved in new forms of transportation of crude and gasoline to the east coast area. The com mittee Is concerned, in other words, with the production companies problems as well as with serving the public's needs.
 All of this is destined to contra dict, to some extent at least, the more optimistic statements of the last few days from other sources. The original estimates of two and half to five gallons of gasoline for the average car were idignantly de- nied, for instance, by Secretary of the Interior Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. IckeS. He was sure the lowest ration amount per car, per month, would be 25 gallons, and possibly more. But conditions may have changed drastically since then, of course. The supply of gasoline has been constantly reduced through use of surplus, it is admitted, and Ickes. only the other day, pointed out that surplus cannot be used continually without getting to the point where there just isn't any more gasoline available in the east ern section, and we must get along on our day to day deliveries from oil fields.
 Meanwhile the new ration allow ances are to be based on "less' than l3 miles of driving per day." more than B but less than i0 miles, etc, with the car owners to show their necessary driving to and from work. or for other vital purposes. But tise issuance of ration tickets is going to be based upon "units" and their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

1. Names the largest city in Au- stralia.
 2. Who was president of France during the first World War?
 3. The United States or Japan fired the first shot in the Pacific war?
 4. Which state leads in the pro- ducticn of white potatoes?
 5. What position in President Roosevelt's cabinet does Francis Riddle hold?
 6. Which percussion musical in- strument is named after a cooking utensil?
 '. United States railroads oper- ated on daylight saving time in the summers of 1918 and 1919; true or false?
 8. Which is the largest of these planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars?
 9. The Erie Canal connects which two bodies of water?
 10. Name the Virginia city which has been restored by John D. Rock efelIer, Jr., as an example of colori- ial architecture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

We hope the press of Occupied France is given a good biographical sketch with which to introduce Protector Reinhard Hevdrich, who has been sent by Hitler to look after the interests of the French people. This would mention, of course, the 335 Czech trade officials and leaders who died violently as one result oi 'Heydrichs activities in Bohemia ana Moravia, protecting the l2-hour worK day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

sifications of handy things to have around, but that covers some thousand separate items and the list is going to get longer before it starts getting shorter.
 For handy reference, there fore, here is a list, of some of the things you have thus far been asked to cut down on, and why. It's the why that is im- portant, so to make this list different, the why is put first and the effect on you follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Selected Poem
THE OLD COUNTRY STORE

THE OLD COUNTRY STORE |. Hillbom in the New Haven Journal-Courler The country store has vanished That simple trading post. I miss those rural natives
 Who gathered there to boast. I still can see the picture
 Of hitching posts and sleighs- The farmers from the country On weekend shopping days. I see the cracker barrel
 And tins of fragrant cloye. I miss the wood aroma
 From the bulging iron stove. Where the questions of the nation Were settled by the score, By the sages of the village
 From the boxes round the floor. The open butter bucket,
 The barrel full of flour, My mouth will always water For those pickles, salt and sour. The country store has vanished, fading memory But graying heads remember The way it used to be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED


 The Waterbury Democrats Ser. vice Bureau will answer for you free, any question of fact or in. f0rmatiOnt not involving exteno sive research. Write your ques. ton clearly sign name and nd- dress, enclose a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 O. How can I obtain birth cer. tificate if no records were kept at the time and place where I was born?
 A. With the exception of Arkan- sas, Virginia and Colorado, all the States and the District of Columbia, provide for delayed registration of birth, whereby persons may obtain 8 birth certificate if they were born before births were recorded. Infor- nation on how to obtain delayed proof of birth, may be obtained from The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash- ington, D. O., for five cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
BY PETER EDISON

Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent
 YOU might as well get reconciled to the idea that from here on in every day is going to be Lent as far as your giving up something is concerned. The list of things you are already asked to give up contains about fifty main clas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

 to death. The strange thin g W a s, however, that when the assassins went t. c h a m e r's h o m e, t h ey f o Il Il d t h a t s o m e how or other they could not get across the little low fence. T h ey
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
SHELLAC
 FOR HITLER

AS for the records to play on that photograph, "A there's enough shellac in six records to wa terproof the primer cups on 100000 rounds of .SO-caliber cartridges, so make the old tunes last
 BECAUSE there's as much steel in the tail assembly of one 2000-pound bomb as there IS in 12,OOO razor blades, you might go back to shaving with your old straight edge, or grind the stropper harder and make the blades last longer. Or grow Paul Bunyan.
 BECAUSE pair of Army shoes takes two and half times as much leather as pair of civilian oxfords, you shouldn't buy as many new shoes as you'd like to have.
 BECAUSE all the wool needed to clothe and equip soldier for year is equal to the wool in 25 pairs of blankets, patch those old blank cts you have and make lem do.
 BECAUSE there's enough copper in three, pound kettle for 84 rounds of ammunition to fire from an automatic rifle, do without the kettle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
HIs WALLs ABOUT US

HIS WALLS ABOUT US
 James Chalmers, the noted mis- sionary, was on number of occa- sions frequently brought very close to martyrdom. One of the chieftainS whom he converted told him in later years that he and his fellow chieftains had several times in council condemned the missionary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR When you go away from home, you do not stop at a hotel or with friends; you stay there. Stopping is not a con- tinuing act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
STOP AND
 THINK WHY

THAT gives you an idea, though it's just be- A ginning. It skips over some 400 items made of iron and steel which you'd normally ex- pect to find in the stores. There's enough steel in set of golf clubs to make one machine gun and enough steel in washing machine to make six machine guns, and so on
 You can get along without them all right, if you just stop to think. WHY.
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number is to be geared to need. ThS lowest classification, for instance, iG to get a ticket with II "unit" tickets the second group I6, gre shird 10 and so on. No one seEag to. have ex- plained what each 'unit" stands for, in terms of gallons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Washington Merry Round oa" 'sA.SHs

From X Card Spngboord Congress Jumps Into Frying Pan Agon Legislators Also Have Been Quietly Demanding for Campaign; Lewis Douglas Moy Replace Ad Lond Shipping Admnistroor Novy Hires Agent Gomorze E Banner Awards Plants
 WASHINGTON congressional boodng startled representatives ~ ration a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets IO:57 D. m. CwaF time), Sun rises 5:33 .. ua, sets s;04 p. n (waT time). All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
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EDITORS NOTE-Ie yOu are desir0us of securing this weeks booklet, GROWING ROsES," address F. M. Kirby, Department 8-l0o, Waterbury Democrat Serv- Ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, ID. C., with IS cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
A Thought for Today

have fought good fight I have finished my course, and have kept the faith.-H Timothy
 Through this dark and stormy night faith be- holds feeble light up the blackness streaking; knowing Gods own time is best in a patient hope rest for the full day-breaking ng-Whit- tier,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

e. How many living veterans oi the Civil and Spanish American Wars are receiving pensions?
 A. As of January 31, 1922, there were 1,l73 Civil War and 14e,4l3 Spanish War veterans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18
You Must, Do With Less To Help Win This War

age photographs, you are asked to keep happy with the old music box.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-18

@. Why is the planet Mercury seldom visible at night?
 A. It is so near the sun that gen. erally it can be seen only in the day. time, and only with a telescope. About every sixty days, however, Mercury reaches its graetest distance from the sun, alternately to the east and west. When west of the sun 1t may be seen with the naked eye in the morning, before daybreak, and when east, it may be seen toward the close of twilight. To the naked eye Mercury seems to shine as 8 star of the first magnitude.
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@. Describe the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
 A. It is round, has eight stories and is 179 feet high. The walls at the base are 13 feet thick, and al the top about half as thick, and are constructed throughout of marble. The eighth story, containing the bells for which the tower was built, has a much smaller diameter than the rest of the tower. The ediiice is in the Romanesque style, sur- rounded by open arcades of col- umns. The basement is surrounded by' a range of serni-circular arches, supported by fifteen columns, and above this six arcadeS rise with thirty columns each. The eighth story has only twelve columns.