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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-14
A Thought for Today

The tongue can no man tame; 1t is an unruly evil, full of deadly pOisOn.-Jamcs S:S.
 Since word is thrall, and thought is free, keep well thy tongue, counsel thee-James of Scotland
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Improvement Of Modern Weapons Speeded By War
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COFrespOndent

One of the toughest production problems in fighting a modern war is to keep equipment ultra modern, streamlined, two jumps ahead of the enemy's. An army going into action with weapons that were the latest thing in the last world ruckus wouldn't stand a chance in this war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-14

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Plenty Is not an adverb, and it is incorrect to say' "It is plenty good enough;" instead say, quite good enough"
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Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUEsTEONs ANsWEKKD

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury DemooFsts Ser vice Bureau win answer for you free. any question oR fact or inc formation not involving exten- dive research. Write your ques- ton clearly sign name and nd- drens, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical OF legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser
 vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 Q. What precentage of working men in war plants are afnliated with labor unions?
 A. Seventy-two per cent, of the two million men in war plants are members of unions. Of the remain ing 28 per cent, many have have union affiliations which have not been mentioned by the War Produc- tion Drive Headquarters, who re- gently made a survey of almost one thousand American plants.
 e. Can food be sent to American soldiers stationed overseas? Is the size and weight of the package Him. tied?
 A. Gifts, including foodstuffs, may be sent to members of the American Expeditionary Forces. The weight limit is Il pounds for all ar- ticles sent from the U. S., including Alaska and Puerto Rico. Packages may be 13 inches long or 42 inches in length and girth. Perishable goods may not be sent.
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0. Do ants fight with other ants of their own colony?
 A. Even if there are thousands of ants in colony, they all know each other in some mysterious way, and fight only with ants from other col- onies.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
Solomon Islands Battle Test cf U Power To Hit And Hod
 no Results May Influence Future Strategy Against The Axis; Marriage Was Turning Point In Gen. MocAhus Career; British Apprehensve About Growing U S. Ties With Domnons
BY DREW PEARSON

August A. Inside fact about the attack the Solomon
  entf anyo
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o. Is federal use tax stamp re- quired on automobiles in storage7 A. No. However, an automobile parked on a street or highway is counted as in use.
 @. Do you recommend summer pruning of monthly roses?
 A. Yes. It promotes the produc- ton of new rose-bearing shoots. After all the rose buds have bloomed on a cane, cut 1t back considerably. Also, when cutting roses, cvut Seng stems; which, in effect, is pruning. @. When was the U. s. War De- partment created?
 A. It was the second of the exec- utive departments of the Federal Government to be established and was created by the Act of August ', 1789. The War Department origin ally had jurisdiction over the Navy as well as the Army. %s OnAA JOu 1 LII 1lAoII d 1OIAlQ1d 1OI dressing for the leather top of an automobile?
 A. A good formula is: One part liquid asphaltum to two parts castor oil, to which add 1-2 ounce ivory black to each pint of the mixture. Apply with soft brush.
 o. Please quote the verse from Through the Looking Glass" be- ginning "the time has come, the WalruS said,
 A. "The time has come, the wal-
 rus said,
 To talk of many things;
 Of shoes and ships and seal ing-wax,
 wax,
 Of cabbages and kings
 And why the sea is boiling hot,
 And whether pigs have
 wings"
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Daily Almanac

. Moon sets 9:21 D. III. (war time).
 Sun rises 5:59 a. m.; sets 7:52 p. m. (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
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Copyright, 1942, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
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e. Can food be sent to American soldiers stationed overseas? Is the size and weight of the package Him. tied?
Evening star., 1942-11-15

break, under siege, but broken
pieces adhere to the plastic, and
eyes are guarded against fragments.
The third kind of safety lens is
made of lightweight, unbreakable
plastic.
Welding orc or flame
calls for stout guards in the
form, of goggles; face shields,
like fencers' masks; or hoods,
like divers helmets. Dark lenses
for these are scientifically designed
to keep your eyes safe from intense
heat. binding glare and sparks,
but to admit needed visibility.
Any of these protective indus
trial lenses will accommodate nor
NAL eyesight or, filled to pre-
scription, will correct faulty vision.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

in the process of being made. when
coloring oxides are stirred into the
mixing vat.
Oculists' first choice of tint is a
green, Natures color and the easi-
est on the eye. Green became the
Army's and Navy's choice, after
many tests, for protection against
both infra-red and ultraviolet
rays. When the absorption of the
infra-red - that is, heat rays, -
is not too important, and you want
protection against glare, various
shades of gray are recommended.
For lenses to be of any value,
they must be unfawed by air
bubbles, seeds, striae; free from
defects - waves, scratches, un-
even surfaces and coloring; safe
Evening star., 1942-11-15

harmful rays, yet at the same
time admit light that you
need for seeing. Glass used
for anti-glare lenses takes on
these absorptive properties,
Evening star., 1942-11-15

Another kind of lens is lami-
mated - that is, made up of
double layers of glass with a
safety film of plastic in be-
tween. The outside glass may
Evening star., 1942-11-15

NKEN and women al over this
Xu country are reporting remark
able resuhs In losing weight easily.
Many lost - pUInds . month and
more. They are following the Easy
Reduring Plan Of DR.. Edward
Parrish. we'll known physician and
editor. former chief Of . Us. mill
tary hospital anl New York State
public health officer.
DR.. Parrtsh's EsSy Reducins
cause II eslls for NO STARvA-
flON DIETS. requires no exercises.
HARAlLESS. too. because 1t calls
for no reducing druss.
Here Is DR.. Parrish's Easy Re
ducing Plan EXACTLY IS given
over the air to millions: For lunch
take : teaspoonfuls Of CAL-PAR
In 4 glass os juice. water or any
beverage. Take n0thinE else for
lunrh except . eup Of coffee. II
desired. For breakfast and dinner
EAT AS YOI' USUALLY DO.
but eat sensibE. Don't cut out
fatty. starrhy f00tis-just rut down
On them. BY following DR.. Par
Hish's Essy RedacinG Plan. you
rut down your daily csloric intake.
thus losing weight naturally. You
needn't suffer single hungry
moment. CAL-PAR Is not . harm
ful reducing dsut. 1t Is q special
dietary prodssrt. fortifyins your
ial minerals and vitsmins. Most
'lped By Dr. Psrrish's Easy Re-
you snd your friends will marvel
In vna,y fiRuYe.
I. 1J . esn At LEADING drug stores
e sure to get . can today.
Evening star., 1942-11-15
KEEP ON SEEING!

from optical correctives - exces-
sive prismatic effects and focal
power.
HLAW-PRoor LENSES: There are
two ways to make sure that they
are. First, best, and most expen-
sive way is to buy lenses from
reputable optical shops. The other
is to buy sunglasses with certified
labels. These labels signify that
lenses have been individually test
ed by experts and are found to
be at or above the minimum re-
quirements of standards.
Best shape for lenses are the So
called 'drop-eyes," which are
neither round nor oval. They are
best because they give the eyes
more up and down range.
Faulty distance vision? For SUM-
glasses " COIICSt II, ildNC dlllI-
glare lenses tailor-made to optical
prescription. Or clamp in front
of your regular specs a pair of
sunglass slip-overs, which look
as though you had added to your
casual eye-trappings a grande
DANES pince-nez.
WORKER IN DENIlG? Then, you
want protective glasses that keep
your eyes safe from flying things.
Armor for eyes where lathe-chips
or rivet-heads fly are impact
resistant lenses goggle-framed.
Such lenses are usually clear for all
the seeing that you can get.
In these there is a choice of three
kinds. One kind is hardened glass
which by a process of heat treat
ment is made resistant to blows.
Evening star., 1942-11-15
War working? Guard
your eyes carefully.
Some hints to help
% $t@stsz Blythe


- ile-looking though they may
be, can keep your two bright
eyes as safe from Natures and
mans bombardments as crown
Jewels in an armored truck.
Outdoor war worker? Without
blinking an eye, you can face re-
fected glare from snow, ice. water
and expanses of white surfaces;
and without fighting back tear,
you can march into dust and wind,
if you'll perch pair of sunglasses
on your nose. Uncle Sam, agree
ing ,citl, oculists that ali-year-
round s.snglasses help to pre-
vent eye-fatigue and disconi-
forts caused BY exposure, issues
these protective aids as s standard
military equipment to many
branches Of the Armed Forces.
All-metal frames for sunglasses
are out for the duration. but there
will be enough metal for hinges
and enough plastic for frames to
keep these anti-glare shields in
front of your eyes.
EYESIcHT NoRIGAL7 Settle for
sunglasses with plain, dark abb
sorptiye lenses. Lenses must be
absorptive, if they are to halt
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No Exercise - No Reducing Drugs =
No Sforvisg - Absolutely Harmiss,
EDWARD PARRISH, MD. Ssys

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Evening star., 1942-11-15

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q specisl introtiuctory can containing ls
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fiji out the coupon below. pin 4 dollar
bin to i and nail 'od,y for for !o1t .ous "a. san
FREE. DR. Parrish's booklet on reduc-
ing ronta tanning important facts you ought
to know Including weight tables and
charts Of food values.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21

to run interference for too many
furnaces This training in getting
thing done has stood Don Nelson in
good stead ever since.
Though an ardent an Che sees
as much football, hockey and boz
ing as he can manage, his inter-
est in active sports has never been
very great since he gave up baseball
yearnings. He plays indifferent golf
Tin the high 90's) and used to be a
frequent deep sea fisherman. But, as
he recently cracked: THE only ex-
ercise I take now Is waiting IN the
funeral professions of friends who
died from too much of it,"
His college career was distinguish
ed, aside from high grades, chiefly
from the result of his first eXper-
fence with bulk buying = an I'M
pleasant one. The director Of the
college eating commons, man
named Sisson, had bought huge
supply of rhubarb to save money.
Rhubarb in various DISCUSSES was
set before unfortunate undergrads
at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Finally the students revolted,
raided the storehouse and smashed
the supply. Unfortunately that
very day a new bulk shipment ar
rived. The next evening, in the
middle of a dinner. rhubarb- stated
students pounded the table with
knives and forks. chanting a Mel
son-penned minor epic: "Rhu-
barb tender, rhubarb tough! Good
God, Sisson. we've had enough"
I'LL GET BACK
SOON :"
After graduation in 1911, while
working for his masters degree,
Nelson was offered a job at Sears,
Roebuck and Company. The big
mail order house was establishing
testing laboratories and needed
young chemists, Don Nelson, who
wanted to take a Pho, and go on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21
SOUTHERN ORATOR
TO LECTURE HERE
DR.. Johnson Of Mississippi
At Advent Christian
Church Friday Night

DR.. Albert Sydney Johnson, OF
Jackson, Mississippi, will address
the Monthly Bible conference, in
the Advent Christian Church, on
Cherry street, Friday evening, con-
vening at 745 p. m.
Dr.. johnson was born in Tuscum-
bla. Ala, son of general in the
Confederate Army. He graduated
from the Bryant and Stratton Bust
ness College of Louisville, KY, in
1902, and from Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond, Va, in 1906
He was ordained to the ministry in
the Presbyterian Church in the u
c., the same year, and ever since
then has held large and influential
pastorates throughout the south, in
GLIDING the First Church Of Char
lotte, N. c., and the First Church
of Jackson, Miss. During the World
War he served as chaplain in two
southern camps, and on the War
Council of his denomination He
has taken an active part in many
interchurch movements: The Lords
Day Alliance, the Worlds Confer
ence of Christian Fur damentals,
held in Fort Worth, Texas, in
Memphis, Tenn in Toronto, Can
ada. in Atlanta, Georgia, in Minnia-
polls, Mimi; ard the Alliance Of
Reformed Churches Of the World.
He has been active in foreign mis-
sionary board work in the Presby-
terrain Church, and is a member of
the International Society of Chris
tian Endeavor. also Of the Inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL Advisory commit
tee of the Hebrew Christian Alliance
of America.
DR.. Johnson, even In his books,
shows great versatility. Some titles
are Northern Men in the Confeder-
ate Army The Confederate Soldier,
THE Word Living ard powerful"
and The Witnessing Church"
DR.. johnson is forceful speaker
southern orator, and an earnest
Christian leader. He is popular
Bible conference speaker through
out the country. His family carry on
the military tradition of the family,
for a daughter Is married to an
officer stationed in Portsmouth, N.
H.
The chairman OF the local con-
ference, this month. will be the Rev.
joseph P. G. johnson. pastor Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21
0PM EXECUTIVES
EXPLAIN COURSE
Training in Industry Plan
Discussed at FOremen's
Club Meeting

Two executives associated with
the Office of Production Manage
ment, Ernest A. Stowell, head OF
District %, comprising Connecticut
and Rhode Island. and Albert E.
Whitehill, assistant director, out
lined the O.P.M plan for training
in industry, at a dinner meeting
of the Industrial Foremen's Club,
in the Central Y. NJ. c. A. last
night.
Mr.. Stowell told of the program
for breaking down complex produc-
ton processes, and apportioning sec
lions of the task among manufac-
turers making non-defense goods.
The 20-hour training course re-
Gently held in New Haven was de-
scribed by Mr.. Whitehill. Arthur
Dubois, head of the Waterbury
O.PM. panel, demonstrated the
methods that will be used in this
city during the coming months to
acquaint foremen with ways OF
"How to Teach On the job.
Foremen Club president, William
B. Mckenzie, acted as chairman.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. James j. O'Brien OF st. Mich
ael's church, and william M. Black,
production manager of the Scovill
Manufacturing Company, intro
duced Mr.. Scoyill. "Three Dimen-
sional Seeing, a sound film, was ex-
hibited through the courtesy OF the
DUPONT Company.
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at them methodically, never Smok-
ing the same one twice in succession
carefully caking each, layer by layer.
HE WANTED
TO BE A PITCHER
Behind that desk sits Nelson. He
is tall (6-foot-D, husky 600 pounds,
plus. His light brown hair is thin
ming, but he combs it carefully to
hide the balding spots. He wears
horn trimmed glasses. A conservative
dresser, his taste runs to thin-pin-
stripe suits, quiet shirts and ties.
Now SO, he has hoed long, hard
row since that day in November,
1888, when son was born to the
wife of Katy Railroad locomotive
engineer in Hannibal, Mo-, Mark
TWain's home town.
Young Don Nelson grew up on
"the wrong side of Bear Creek
which divides the Hannibal social
scale. His mother dled when he
was three, and he was brought up,
serious, lonely, little boy without
brothers or sisters, by his Scotch
born maternal grandmother,
MdCOOIldlU. DOlI lldu plenty Ol
opportunity during his early youth
to observe firsthand the value OF
economy, as preached and practiced
by the frugal Mrs. Macdonald.
AS boy he spent endless Satur-
days exploring the caves and forests
and islands Of the Mississippi River
country immortalized by Mark
Twain in Tom Sawyer and Huckle-
berry Finn. And he made his first
public appearance (aged 81 at the
old Clemens homestead, perform
ing THE Russle Of Spring" on the
piano (Which he has long since for
gotten how to play)
But Mark Twain was not Don's
boyhood hero. my hero" he says is
his breezy midwestern way, was
Jake Beckley, then first baseman
on the old Cincinnati Red Stock
ings." Legend has it that Don's first
prophetic acquaintance with Sears,
Roebuck and Company (whose $70,-
00O-a-year executive vice residen-
cy he has just given up to take on
his War Production Board chair
manship) was when he ordered from
them a marvellous gadget designed
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drives, not one, but four automo-
biles. He has 60 suits, 20 pairs Of
shoes and the only penthouse dog
kennel in town.
l caught him the other Gay In
his Radio City office wearing a lit
tie number in light blue cashmere
that his tailor, Leo Fox of Chicago
dashed off. Fox was his first tailor
and Joe still sticks to him.
Joe is pleasant fellow in his
middle forties who can be tough
when the occasion demands. He lei
verbal barrage fly over the phone
to Stepin Fetchit, the negro comic,
tut gentled somewhat after he
hung up.
Fetch was one of my discov-
cries" he explained. Took him
from $35 a week to $4,000 but he
couldn't stand prosperity. Blew his
dough. He's preparing. for come
back and III hep him..
Joe's story is one OF those start
at-the-beg ginning or-no one will
believe-it things But before we
skip back to Chicago there is the
question Of the penthouse and how
Joe rates it. Well, at the moment
Joe owns a handful of good bands
including one of the hottest COM
binations in the country Les
Browns. He books variety of
other talent. He operates a bankful
of real estate.
And he has a number of cham
\ pionship Boston bulldogs His six
/ room penthouse has a separate
room fitted up as dog kennel.
The dogs are exercised on the ter
race.
All set? Chicago, 1918.
Il got out of high school at Is
. -. at II went into the used car
business At 20 / had one of the
! largest outfits in the city. 1 invest
ed in a piece of property about
1921. 1t didn't 60 well and I went
to look it over. 1t was a colored
night club.
From that opened few good
colored entertainment clubs like
the Grand Terrace, the Plantation
and the Sunset. I found lots of
negro stars. put Cab Galloway in
front of band. Louis Armstrong.
Sahhmo (satchelmouth) they call
him, got his first job from me.
Fetchit, Earl Hines, Eddie South,
the great violinist, all of them my
discoveries.
Armstrong is still my boy. /
I just signed him with Orson WelleS
at $4,000 week They're making
picture, It's All True based OH
Louie's life.
There was a negro fighter used
to hang around one of my clubs
and he begged me to handle him.
liked fights SO I took him on.
Before knew it I was a full
fledged fight manager with guys
like Cowboy Eddie Anderson under
my wing ! also handled Harry
Ebbets, Eddie Shea, Art Lasky
Ray Miller. Tommy Grogan and
Joe Burman, who beat Joe Lynch.
Fighting Is tough business
The things learned in it helped
me when l went into show bust
ness. Oh yes, before I left Chicago
originated the drive yourself
automobile rental idea. I sold out
to couple of fellows who later
went in with Hertz.
The way / got Les Brown is
odd. told some friends building
up a colored star was ten times as
hard as working with white
artist. They dared me to try. At
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21
Todsys Answsvs -
oANlUM CRACKERS
Questions ON Comic Page

I. James Madison was president
during the War Of 1872; James K.
Polk during War with Mexico.
2. Madison was reelected III
1912, during the War Of 1872;
Lincoln in 1864, during Civil War.
Mckinley was reelected after
Spanish American War was over.
Wilson and F.. d. Roosevelt were
reelected during world conflicts,
but U. S. was not engaged in them
at the time
3. There was no U. S. president
during the Revolution. Washing
ton was inaugurated in 1879, five
years after the war ended.
4 Washington. Monroe served
in Revolution jackson, Harrison.
Buchanan in War of 1872; Taylor
Pierce and Grant in War with
Mexico; Grant, Hayes, Garfield
Arthur, Harrison, Mckinley in
Civil War.
S. Theodore Roosevelt, who serv-
ed in Spanish American War, was
last of military presidents.
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to teach chemistry, took the Job to
earn the money necessary for
further study.
It'll get back soon," he conf
IDENTIFY told his Alpha Chi Sigma
brothers who went to the station
to see him off to Chicago. But he
never got back. Sears, Roebuck
recognized that 1t had remark
able young man in Its testing lab.
1t sent him to Lowell, Mass, as a
textile chemist during which
time he designed and produced,
from threat to finished article, a
complete suit which still nestles
in moth balls in Nelson's Chicago
home.)
Slowly, but surely, Nelson rose
through Sears, Roebuck right up
to the executive vice-presidency
in 1898. AS general merchandise
ing manager for 10 years, from
1928 to 1888, Donald Nelson
bought merchandise in some
1875 900 lines from tractors to toe
nail clippers which sold for 81
500 100000. That experience will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21

to insure an aspiring pitcher the
ability to throw an unhittable curve
or spitball
Sandlots gave way to labora-
tories as number one in Don's es-
TEEN while he was at high school
in Hannibal. He grew fascinated
with chemistry and, graduating at
the head of his class, went on to the
University of Missouri at Colrun-
bia to study chemical engineering.
Because of his superb physique
these days, people generally as
sumo that he must have been at
least an al-American tackle in
college days. He wasn't. For one
thing, he wasn't husky enough in
those days. Besides, he was work.
ing his way through college by
grading papers and stocking furn-
aces, ana SO, as he explains: II did
MT have time to play football had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-21
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY?

Oh Gasoline Man won't you hold up your head
Make the people think that brains aren't dead.
Micky Mouse does crazy things too
But he's not half crazy the things you do.
When by right you should be learning to play.
Two cents off-work all hours Of the day
Ickes' plan not the best,
But even at that 1t gave you rest.
Let us continue the curfew and keep doors shut
So our customers will stop calling a nut.
Let us laugh and be happy-and learn how to play
Let us make our living by working in the day
Oh Gasoline Man, let the chiseler work nights
Allow him the business, let him burn lights,
Let him kill his attendants working long hours
Well stay home and send In the flowers.
Customers want seryice-cars want
Radiators heed water-tires need air.
These we give cusomers-The chiseers do not
The service Of the chiseler isn't so hot
Oil Gasoline Man. Close your station get your price
You'll be in velvet; the chiseler on ice.
Let make decent living now.
Doing 1t the easiest way know how.
BY HAROLD HARRINGTON.