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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
A Lesson In Astronomy

The Office of War Information has issued report on American air trans port. Factual in character, it is, never theless breathtaking. It gives United States commercial airlines much of the credit for the development of alrWays reaching to every area of the globe and flown over by the Army and Navy air transport services, as well as by the ar lines. The OWI says: "A pilot on the Lisbon-New York run flew the Atlantic four times within three days. Another pilot crossed the ocean twelve times Tn thirteen days, making one round trip Tn less than tWenty-four hours" Every thing from heavy freight to critically wounded men and medical supplies are carried on these globe -girdling flights
 During 1941, their last normal year of operation American commercial alrllneS carried 4,O6O,5OO passengers, an increase of AS, ,OOO per cent over the approximately 8,7OO carried in 1927 Between these same years, air mail increased from 1,27O,3OO pounds to 44,595,3 300 pounds, and air express and freight from 45,860 pounds to 22,315,000 pounds. Re garding the future, aircraft production figures become astronomical. In 1888, according to the owl, total production or the aviation industry-cargo and com bat planes together - amounted to mere 28O0O0,000. It scared to $1,80o,- COG, ,O00 in 1941, and in 1922 made another huge jump to $6, 400 100000. This year 1t will reach the colossal total of $20, ,100,- 100000. These are some of the reasons why the Civil Aeronautics Administration soberly contemplates that before 1850, the United States may well have half million private, commercial and military planes in active service.
 :, With such staggering aviation expan- sion, which has become international ln character, it is understandable why the airlines favor uniform Federal regulation of commercial air transport as envisaged in the Lea-Bailey Bill now before Con- eress. Inequit1es in the proposal, if they exist, should be corrected and the meas prs passed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Come On, Loosen Up

If you are among those hoarders who have created bottleneck in $10,0 900 bills, please disgorge. The Treasury is getting worried There are less than 2,200 in circlulatiOn.
 You have no real need of $10,000 notes. They may be a bit more convenient to is possible to get the makings of Sunday dinner for no more than normally carry than, say, $1,000 notes, but it still healthy man and his wife can take to market nthe smaller denomination. So please don't hoard $10,000 bills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

Those who have been waiting around thinking the gas ban on pleasure driving would be lifted allowing travel for the last few weeks of the summer were doomed to disappointment when the announce ment came the other day that it would not be lifted. Many have postponed va cations thinking they could go as they pleased with the gas allotted them some time this month. Vacation travel for an indefinite period will have to be done py train or by special permit for limited distance Let's stay home!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

Airline routes of the future will link many New England communities if plans materialize Here in Waterbury airline heads are looking for suitable locality which will include our city in the link. 4 route planned by the PCA Pennsyl- Central Airlines) would leave New York for Boston via New Britain, Water bury, Meriden, Bristol and Hartford. Shorter distances between terminals seems to be the aim of some of the airline heads.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17


 Present plan call for production of passenger tires from synthetic rubber without an admixture of natural rubber, except for a mere five ounces required to cement the plies together. This will mean an indefinite continuation of the 35 miles-an-nour speed limit and it will also mean that you can't drive with absolute safety on rocky country roads, or over any very rough surfaces.
 A jagged stone or rock will readily rip 8 synthetic tire, and the break tends to run" or be- come larger without further abuse.
 In short, synthetic rubber will be conspicuous for it's quan- tity more than its quality. It will not serve for heavy duty of any kind, either civilian or military.
 The Germans have recognized the weakness of synthetic, and have mixed 40 per cent natural rubber with 60 per cent synthetic in the manufacture of heavy duty tires. Sometimes they rely on natural rubber 100 per cent. Tires received here from captured Nazi aircraft reveal that they contain no synthetic.
 (The Germans have continued to receive natural rubber until early this year, via French ships which brought the rubber from Japanese-held East Indies. In 1942, they received 50,O00 tons. This commerce has been cut off, however, by the North African campaign and the end of French overseas collaboration with Ger many)
 In the early. hopeful days, U. s. experts planned to mix only per cent atural rubber with 95 per cent synthetic for trucks and combat tires. But this was found to be too weak, and the mixture was changed to 10 per cent natural and 90 per cent synthetic. Even then, the tire was too weak, and it was changed twice mOre-tO 20 and 80; then 30 and 70.
 This will probably be the final recipe for combat tires-30 per
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Selected Poem
OIL ON THE SANDS

Charles Madam in the New York Sun) Here came the tide of war Noxious and dark, Here on lonely shore Oozng its mark, Creeping to farthest reach Furtive and sly. Read on the innocent peach How men could die. Ocean, turn and return Like a peoples might. Patiently wash and burn By water and light Clease this primitive land As man must cleanse, Washing the innermost mind Till foulness ends!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per. sonal health and hygiene, not to disease. diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if 8 stamped self lf-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Df. William Brady. National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street. Chicago, ILL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

highly amusing stuff. It's too bad t h Is program can't be picked up in the United States because 1t would do more to unify senti- ment in this country than a soap opry dra- matiZation of a f1reside chat and it would serve the further pur- pose of making
 everyone want to catch the first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

bluntly, have you a creed" "Yes,"
 said the bishop, "a n d W h t Is more, the older I grow, the firmer that creed becomes u n d CT my feet. But there is one thing that stag gers me-" And what is that?'' asked Carly l e. "The slow prCg-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
DISCONTENT THE OBJECTIVE

Berlin calling the American Ex- peditionary Force," sings out Midge by way of station identification. Have a nice weekend? I'll bet you're sizzling over there in North Africa"
 This is probably intended to make the troops Giscontented. Halo, SREF!" she greeted them on another program. Then she went on to explain that SREF stood for Samuel Rosenman's Eypeditionary Force" and that Samuel Rosenman was the man who was in charge of the government in Washington at the time the plot was matched to send the American troops to Africa.
 Most of the troops probably never heard of Rosenman, but this will you an idea of the type of stuff the Nazis pick up and capitalize on.
 This one is told by Midge; A little girl is saying good night to her mother, daddy presumably being over there: Mother, need I brush the tooth the dentist is going to pull tomorrow"
 Or try this one:
 Midge: Can you tell me Napo- Icons nationality?
 Fritz: Course I can. Midge: That's right
 Fritz: What do you mean, that's right?
 Midge: Corsican. The Home, Sweet Home hour really went to town, though, in a recent skit on life in the home of an American club woman, Mrs. Cold White, introduced while talking on the phone to Eleanor Roosevelt. Other characters are Comrade Po- povsky, caller Mrs. Whites daugh- ter, Frances, and colored butler, George Washington Rastus Lincoln. ANTI-NEGRO
 The build-up is to establish Lin- coin as a faithful retainer, whom Mrs. White identifies to Comrade Popovsky as "one of the family" Popovsky already knows Lincoln, having made his acquaintance at meeting of the Cultured Uplift So- ciety, at which Popovsky made a talk filled with good Stalinist doc Urine that all races are equal. Po- povsky is explaining this to Mrs. Cold White when Lincoln speaks up as follows:
 "Ah, dat is what Mrs. Roosevelt said in her column the other day that us of the dark skinned races, mixing with the cultured people of the nation, would produce better progeny, or something of the kind"
 Says Mrs. Cold White: Its ab- solutely true. I agree with her."
 Again you realize what straWs the Nazis are grabbing at to create dis unity. Anyway
 The climax of the skit comes when Frances appears and announces that following the beliefs of her mother, she and Lincoln are to be married. And the announcer cuts in to say that the descendants of Mrs. Cold White will all be coal black.
 This is the picture the Nazis are /, trying to build up in Home. Sweet Home" If it isn't sickening enough for you, you should read the script of the program in which Fritz de- scribes Midge over the radio for her friends in Africa, since he can't send them her picture.
 Says the announcer to Midge: T want to tell them about your hair and your eyes and your thighs-I mean your size.
 There follows lot more sugges- tive drivel, including the line, Tn seduction, it's the introduction that counts" and in which the announc- CT gives Midge descriptive going over that is about the closest thing to radio ravishment that will ever be recorded. Its purpose, obviously, is to weaken the moral fiber of the American troops. This from the su- perior Nazi, Aryan culture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
WE CAN AFFORD TO WAIT

Thomas Carlyle, the great English philosopher and author, was walk ing one day through the grounds of country mansion with Bishop Wilberforce. "Bishop," said Carlyle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

but also screen of cruisers and destroyers. Not even the sturdiest fullback can score touchdown without delft interference; the most canny pitcher needs both an alert infield and outfield support him.
 The report of Messrs. Nelson and Wilson adds up to this: We are going strong" but we must go even stronger. They concede that produc- tion of all military goods, includ- ing airplanes, has now reached level at which further gains can be made "only by the most determined effort" That effort is up to the people in the aircraft plants. The whole nation, particularly the men and women in uniform, looks to them for an extraordinary perform ance during this current month o$ August.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Washington Merry-Go-R Round
New Synthetic Tires Won't Stond High Speed Rough Roads; Military vehicles Must 30 of Natural Rubber; overconfidence Seen Obstacle Early End of the War;
BY DREW PEARSON

synthetic 
  OrrOlgh ghrOads
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises at $40 p. m. (war time). Sun rises at 6:03 a. m, sets at 7:50 p. m. Vebcles must be lighted thirty minutes alter sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Nazi Broadcasts To The AEF Amusing
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

A check-up on recordings of some of the Berlin propaganda which the Nazi radio has been beaming to the American Expeditionary Forces in North Africa and Sicily reveals some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-17

train to Berlin and cut the tongue right out of every one of the actors and script writers in the Goebbels talent stables. Cad, what our boys have to put up with and how they must suffer.
 Prize program on the Nazi reper- tory is a broadcast called Home, Sweet Home," starring Midge and Fritz. OWI transcripts of the EGG monitoring service recordings reveal this as a forced effort to make the boys homesick. It's kind of variety program. The incidental music runs mostly to sentimental ballads which might make man miss his best girl if he tried right hard, but the real propaganda punch is apparently supposed to come from the jokes and skits, which would no doubt have their effect in making guy want to get back home in hurry so he could shut off the radio. A few samples:
The Apache sentinel., 1943-12-31
course you take to help you now may open
up better job for you after the war
FULL ACADEMIC CREDIT


Here is more good news! 81 Colleges
and Universities have opened their doors to
you with more than 500 extension courses
that carry full high school and college credit.
And the best part of this offer is that Uncle
Sam pays half the cost of text and tuition up
to $40 This means that you can continue
your education while you're in the Army
and get full credit back home The courses
you take will help you now and they
will help you later-you win, both ways!
ACT NOW! DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE
Select the course you re most interested
in (pick one that will help you at your Army
job. or in your work or education after the
War;. Then ask your Orientation or Spe-
cial Service officer or Librarian for an Insti-
tute enrolment blank (if they don't have it,
write the Institute direct. knowledge is
power. The courses you study today may
be the key to your entire future = in the
Army now and later as a civilian Enroll
in the Armed Forces Institute at once!
LEARN WHILE YOU SERVE''
The Apache sentinel., 1943-12-31
A FEW HOURS A WEEK
is ALL 1T TAKES

All you need to do is to put in just few
hours of your spare time each week. You
are asked to pay only the enrolment fee of
$500 which is paid to the Treasurer of the
United States and entities you to take as
many courses as you like so long as your
work is satisfactory. This will be the wise
est two dollars you ever spent because the
The Apache sentinel., 1943-12-31

LEARN WHILE YOU SERVE! The

u. S. Armed Forces Institute offers you
hundreds of college and high school courses
many with full academic credit. For a
two-dollar bill you start courses that will
help you advance in the Army and fit you
for better job later!
You are red d-blooded American. ambi-
tious to advance in the service and to in
crease your efficiency combat soldier
That's the way your country needs you
That's why you re getting the finest train
ing any man ever got. And that's why it's
up to you to take advantage of the biggest
opportunity of your lifetime to increase
your knowledge and "know-how' about the
job you re doing in the Army.
Stake AS MANY COURSES
AS YOU LIKE
For the price of date. beer and
movie, you can sign up in the United States
Armed Forces Institute for a course that
will teach you Physics, Electricity, Radio
Code. Algebra, Mechanical Engineering -
or any one of 90 other subjects that may
have direct application to your job.
The Apache sentinel., 1943-12-31

You take your choice and select the course
that will help you most
OFFICIAL WAR DEPT. SCHOOL
The Armed Forces Institute is an official
Army school operated under War Depart
ment directive. AFT courses you study and
pass will be recorded on your soldiers quail
ification card. Your work may be sub
mitted for credit consideration to any school
you designate. You study when you wish,
as fast as you wish and you may take the
course wherever you are located at home
and abroad. Instruction is by the CORE
spondence or self-teaching method. All
necessary textbooks and instruction service
are furnished by the Institute-there's moth
ing else to buy
The Apache sentinel., 1943-12-31
,e to learn?

few Of AF
Evening star., 1943-11-17
APARTMENTS WANTED.

WANTED living room, bedroom. kitchen
furnished apartment NV: two adults; will
pay $500. Call District 31lS. Mrs. Cal
HREE-BEDRooM APT. eurn. or unturn.
winter season or longer: NV. section: for
family OF war agency OFFICIAL of three
PHYS pnH two servants. McVey. MA. 2740. Ext
NAVAL OFFICER and wife tpermanentl,
Stationed, desires ,, 3 or 4 room furnished
NV; section. No children. No pets
Highest references. Cali Ma. 3slo, Ext
MAJOR returned from overseas seeks apt
daushteF. Price elastic. Attraetiveness
NAVAL oFfIcER S < an and wife desire 1-bed-
room furnished apartment, preferably
near Connecticut or Wisconsin. about Dec.
apartment in Jewish home, NV. where
his daughter G0), can receive the neces-
sary care during the day. RA. So36 after
:, WAVE OFFICERS desire furnished apart
ment. NV. section, with one or , bedrooms.
liying room, kit3hen and private bath. Tel
FURi.sHED ROOM. kitchenette, private
bath; twin beds; retined couple 500
@fnoS Fa aG FA or 50ase n
american AT family of 'sd adults prefer sspenAt nw
sSGIE fRRNc2 fs aG aFe ofFGRR Hns
urgently requires furnished apartment. n W
section, price secondary; ! or , rooms
SO ROOMS. unfurnished, NV. preferred
Call evenings: WO 2l70. IL
YOUNG MAN. refined. desires Groom apt
with bath in modern apt. bldg. vicinity
Thomas and Dupont Circles. Box 3l6-J
WAR DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE desires
furnished single apartment. northwest
Conn. ave, and 10th st. neighborhood pre-
Evening star., 1943-11-17
ROOMS FURNISHED,
Movylond and Vjrainio.

NICELY FURN. DOUBLE ROOM. waikine
distance OF Arlington Hall. on > bus lines
for > girls. CHI. 0435 after 6:30.
TAkOMA Pk.-Lovely, large, light room;
kitchenette, hot and cold water. oven stove
good tranSp. SH 1O27.
single room with private family. Cal
after pm. Union 1854.
ARLINGTON-Large single room in lovel,
home, semiprivate bath. separate stall
shower; garage; near Glebe rd. bus stop
isas n. UTAH St. Arlington. va.-At.
tractive front room, furnished; near bus
ARLINGToN-Nicely furnished room ir
private home, hot-water coal heated, storm
windows, next to. bath, double bed, inner
spring mattress: for ! or , people: blocl
Lee Lee hwy wy 5334 n. 10Th St, cor. Harrison.
with own hot and cold water; adjoins mod.
grounds: frequent 10c bus. 20 min TO X
st., Const ave; Pentagon. CHI. -0641
NEAR PENTAGON. Arlington Hall; walk.
ing distance Fort Myer; large room adj
bath. refined adult home. blk. restaurant
ALEXANDRIA-N Nicely iurn. large rms
suitable for, .; bus IN front. l0c fare: with
private bath. Si5 per wk: with semipvt
bath, $40 per WE Cal! TIE; 2g4l-
ss9I . n, DANvILLE ST.. All. va.-Larg'
I6i. n. EDGEWOoD ST. Arl. Va.~Lovel,
room in private home, next to bath; neal
bus i.ne, cony. TO Pentagon. GIL. 53ls
SILVER SPRING, sso1 colesvile I'd
young men or couple. No smoking: bus al
door SH $500
Evening star., 1943-11-17
APARTMENTS FURNISHED.

CENTRALLY LOCATED APT. of l4th st
.w,-Completely furnished, modern furni-
cofuMBIAN ea5f ISL Nf HAhH GSs4 1893 Columbia I'd
Apt. Apt. for 4 young women. So each weekly
gas: elec. REFRIGERATOR. Can be seen after
80; Adults only.
o,hsr GiKL to share re conn aye ave- apt with an
,yG W. bsdIqoms; e a =, Boy s56,g; staT,
ebeb sesons an, Rn sns and
aSt Is,s MfNTWoop PsTySsS pL. NV, near 18th and
SR Set 1ss fd a. sepS ssS
isos Ger kENSEDY IssS ise s1sfr en- bed
eniT; Frigid. Tenant r must ., care 0r for sinai
aftSs i pm. o RA' RpleepS5 4oS5. 10 eh'i0fen see
S#i Irving ST. NV, OF Ga 'a; ave'mEntire
Ind fl. :, rooms. kit, pvt bath, s55, In
S RooM p' BAsAMEST ASftSH!e APT: .fday private en-
trance; a i, equipped kitchen: excellent trans
HOTEL. i44o Rhode Island ave. NV
electric refrigerator; stoker heat: share
eaia cHaRM1AG sfS;e? .room Ssea kit bath screened
furn.; in pvt. home. nearby Va; iOc bus;
$50 per mo-; immed. avail. to employed
couple only. GIL. 0149.
ATTRACTIVE studio rm.. kit and dinette,
mod fur, Frigidaire; overlooking park;
fireplace s52 mo. Inquire 2I3S ST.
nv; NV; after 5. RestrS.ed.
SHARE with one or~two girls modern, at
1ractively. SS furn. apt, NV. Phone Ordway
BED Shrine ROOM. 1st floor. twin beds.
running water. hot plate; close hwy. l, is
min. L. n ana COnSt,. private. al
Ivy l2S1-W after l pm. 2Os
WANT two girls to share S-room house in
Northes NO. @ st section with 4 other girls. Call
WANTED. one or two girls, settled tyne to
h;,I. snare ,itroom apt with young wife and
N st NV, Apt. 6. Joseph F. Martino 2S'
UNUSUAL furnished apt. in Chevy Chase:
1892 9Th ST, NV large bedrms, large
kitchen. Frigidaire, screened porch; private
home; Government employees.
Evening star., 1943-11-17
HOUSES FURNISHED.

COMPLETELY FURNISHED. Just over the
District line on Glen Echo car line. De-
tsached brick house, large living room with
fireplace. > bedrooms, elec. kitchen, air.
conditioned oil heat. bLflt-in garage. For
appointment call HO, 6622,
slO5 WEBSTER ST, Landover Hills. Md
Living room. . bedrooms, kitchen, pantry,
unfinished attic. oil heat: S55; WA. 6763,
NEW. 2 large bedrooms, gas heat; near =
huses, 20 min; downtown; restricted; on
GROOM HOUSE, detached brick. all gas
utilities, beautifully furn.; near District
line in Friendship Heights; $40. Call
WI SIG
6.is 30th ST. NV. in Chevy Chase
rooms, > baths, breakfast room, large en-
trance room, large front porch with
screened side porch, maids room in base
ment: -2-car garage: 5000 mo- OR. 7846.
COMPLETELY FURNISHED broom house.
Silver Spring. coal heat; less than yr. old.
No Children or pets. S125 mo. 81. b672.
SILVER SPRING. bedrooms, living
room. dining room. kitchen. Owner (em-
ployed woman) to retain l bedroom. Con-
venient bus TRANSPORTATION, Walter Reed
and Forest Glen Hospitals. Call HO. OOl o,
COUPLE wanted to share home. Free rent
in exchange for services. Wife unemploy ed,
no children. WA. 144O.
Evening star., 1943-11-17
APTs. FURNISHED Cont J .

msns WS sts ssLs e sn.4. Ssd4sss
snd comfortable; call after pm. or ali
ANAC0sTIx-2-bedroom apartment. nice
ST. !e L. tsSs eomDssey i, Ss1 isG
aass uSc TxDY to aGRsss sRsr. sss ss with another
living rm.. dinette, porch, kit, bedrm.
20 5Shn sIap ea5 MA. 1870. Ext. 35 Ruth).. or
Nicely FuRN.. living rm., bedrm.. twin
sfe utss ad shoxe Kilt rEd
fsasf afTs fS5 kodm sh Suitable st for light
bb1sssssspns b1sness Or q s2%nute ride
another, S25 each: ref. exch. Call after
Snd ROOM HD nes; s ES Sapees a9es
5%fSsSss RE ass ssi. gas .na s'ss'''s,',
Kitchen, nicely furnished. suitable for 8
i5ss TSSS caTkSSS.f EpSS SvrE,i;nS sc 6
moo poom az FM Sash iahi in doctors home; $50 per
otSe9 TYG YGgNG aq g. Gaas 70 shTs aDt Nth
nette. hall. bath: restricted; walking dis
s,a;ci, tancs to town. Govt bldgs.: no drinking
l OR y WHITE GIRLS to share GENTLE
apt with woman and child. S25, OF S37 so
for z 1897 N st. NV. Apt. 8.
BEDRMS., living rm., pvt. bath: unlm.
phone; accom-. 5; nonhskpg.; express bus,
RA. S02S after 2.
ROOMS with private bath, adjoining
south porch, suitable or 4 persons. 1924
DOWNTOWN, lO1s Vermont ave. NV
Lovely English apt. everything furnished. .
also large double room. RE. 9543. Ext.
YOUNG MEN to share 5-room apt maid
and telephone service. home cooking. Call
GIRL to share beautiful 2-bedroom apt
with other girls, conveniently located in
NV. section: unlim. phone. IA. l49D
after d pm
RMS, $40 week cabins. SIS week: apt,
S4o mo; 40 overnight rms; So up; 35 min.
by Greyhound bus. Hotel Court. BALTIC
blyd miles past College Park. Berwyn 273
JEWISH WOMAN or ] or 2 girls to share
light. airy well-heated apt; walking dis
tance to Government bldgs. 70l 22nd
81. NV. 2nd floor.
NJ ST. NV, I816-Attrac. 2-rm. apt.
suitable for 4; dishes. linen. utilities furn.;
excel. heat, hot water: reasonable Call
only between 4 and T pm