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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29
The Press in Wartime

The primary function of any news paper is to keep the people fully and truly informed. In time of war, that IS not an easy task. Correspondents must cover the far-flung battlefronts, risking their lives as they accompany the fight ing men.
 When newSpapermen ride in Flying Fortresses in raids over enemy territory, report naval battles from decks of fight ing ships that sometimes are torpedoed beneath them, accompany foot soldiers in amphibious lnvasions, it isn't difficult to understand why the list of casualties among war correspondents has been so large. These reporters are on the front line, not behind it.
 Even when these vivid stories are so dangerously obtained, censorship ire quently imposes delays in transmission or drastic deletionS. But in spite of all difficulties the American press is carry ing on and reporting this war more &C., curately than any former war was re- ported.
 Besides getting and printing the news, newspapers have responsibility of leader ship. Perhaps the most delicate problem of all is the duty of the press to present the war effort to the reading public in perspective No editor or publisher will relinquiSh his right of criticism, though criticism will be withheld until it is ascer- tained that it is justified. And to the eternal credit of the free American press it can be proclaimed that when it criti- ci2eS, it criticizes constructively.
 Tn time of peace, the responsibility of the American press for fair, objective re- porting and honest, intelligent, editorial leadership is heavy. In time of war, it becomes a thousandfold greater Ameri- can newspapers are striving to discharge this responsibility with all the energy and the acumen they possess.
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The Hartford Times comments editor ially on the feasibility of the building of another new highway across Fairfield County to relieve Post Road and Merritt Parkway congestion, which we spoke of a short time ago in this column. They appreciate it's necessity but are skeptical about the immense cost if it is not oper- ated as a toll road. They wonder if the road now planned to take care of "com- merical and local needs" might not have been the sort of road to build previously instead of the Merritt Parkway. However, we have the Parkway which, by eliminat- ing commercial travel, helped enormous ly to divert the regular traffic from the Post Road. Certainly Connecticut was in need of the Parkway to expedite travel and avoid intervening cities and towns from the New rk-Connecticut state line west. But, on the other hand, the cities and towns that are serviced only with the Post Road want and need another road.
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posing cooperation with I. G. Farben after the war was de- feated.
 one other interesting piece of information Senator Bone has at his fingertips is a coupy of Hitler's speech delivered in Mu- nich, February 24, 1940 celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Naz party. This was shortly before France fell.
 Attached to the speech is a memo addressed to President Far ish of Standard oil From the desk of Frank Howard" president of the Standards development company. The memo reads:
 MT. Parish,
 This came to me by mail. It is worth reading from any standpoint.
 (signed) F. A. H."
 Below MT. Parish had stamped --"NOted-W. s. Parish" The date was Nov 1, 1940.
 NOTE: President Parish passed away in north New Jersey shoot ing lodge.
 NO TIRES FOR RUBBER GEAR Col. Bradley Dewey, who suc- ceeded Big Bill Jeffers as Rubber Director, says he wishes he could get his hands on a set of synthetic tires. He is now in charge of the program which promises to produce 30 million synthetic tires by the end of next year, but he is not able to try synthetic tires on his own car.
 'T wish," says Col. Dewey, "that OPA would let me have 8 set of the new tires. I'd like to try them out. I understand they skid less than natural rub- Der. Not that I drive at skid ding speeds, mind you, but I'd like to sec what they would do.
 Some of the tax drivers out in Akron have new synthetic tires, and they swear by them. But I'd like to see what they would do for me-"
 Reason for Dewey's inability to get tires is that though he is in charge of the entire program, he is obliged to aply for tires through OPA, like any other citizen. And since his present tires are rea- sonably good, he can't get any new synthetic tires.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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feat the antl-Farben resOlu-

feat the anti-Farben resOlu- ton.
 James w. Gerard, cx-Ambassa- dor to Germany was present, and made quite speech opposing the resolution. Among his reasons for voting against it was the fact that Standard stock had risen 20 points, which ne said was "an unanswerable argument of the ability of the company to manage its own interests"
 William Floyd, of the minority stockholders, vigorously opposed Gerard. He pointed out that Standards Frank Howard had gone to the Hague even after the war started in Europe and signed an agreement with the Germans whereby Farben's 2000 foreign patents were turned over to standard. Reporting on this to William Parish, president of the company, Howard said:
 "We did our best to work out complete plans which would operate through the term of the war, whether or not the U. S. came in."
 STARTED SUIT
 Floyd also reminded President Gallagher at the stockholders meeting that six weeks before Pearl Harbor, when the Good rich company, realizing the urgent need for synthetic rubber, start ed to use Standards patents, Standard began an infringement suit and cabled Berlin for help in its law suit against Good rich.
 "The Nazis had already tor pedoed American ships" said Floyd. "It was six weeks be- fore Pearl HarbOr. Synthetic rubber was one of our most im- pOrtant defense materials. Yet our company was seeking the aid of tis German partner in attempting to stop the prOduc- ton of synthetic rubber by . rival company"
 Floyd then asked President Gallagher whether Standard would agree to resume cartel ar- arrangements with I. G. Farben only in case the U. s. Government de- cided 1t was desirable. But Gall lagher stuck to his ground. His answer was "No".
 Tn the end the resolution op-
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principles which derive their valid- ity from faith in God. Very often we do not stop to realize how much we really owe religion. We may not be particularly religious ourselves. but We live in a world governed by moral standards which have come from the Bible and nowhere else. We would not have these standards today and it not been that force bears more godly than ourselves saerIfed painfully to establish them and to cause them to operate among men.
 We may not pay much attention to the course Of the normal stans dards for whieh we are fighting to- day. but this does not alter the facl that they have their source in re- iisions faith. Such ca attitude
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Drink When You're Thirsty

Please advise whether one should drink a lot of water or restrict the amount of water drank in order to prevent excessive precipitation? Also how about taking a drink of colo water when one sits down 70 oin- ner? Doesn't that interfere with good digestion? (Mrs. B. A ..
 Answer-Best rule is to drink all the cool (not Ice cold or too cold for comfort) water you want when you are thirsty. In very warm weather or when you are working or playing hard. 1t is advisable to take a good pinch of salt Give to ten rrains) with every drink of water. A drink of cold water just before a meal is a stimulant to digestion. Send twenty-five cents and three cent stamped envelope bearing your address, for the red book-"What to Eat and Why" (revised Feeders Digest). It answers a great many questions like yours.
 Family Doctor Falls Down Hard
 Our thirteen year old daughters left shoulder droops and the left shoulder blade protrudes. But when we take her to the family doctor he just laughs and says she's all right. We gather from your col- umn that a doctor must do some- thing more than just look at a pa tient. tM- Ii. w.
 Answer-Right you are, and wrong is the family doctor. If the family doctor lacks the skill to de- termine whether the girl has a spinal curvature and what should be done about it NOW, before she gets any permanent deformity. he should at least refer you to a ooc- tor who is prepared to take care of such cases, if necessary an ortho- pedic surgeon.
 What Is an OsteolOgist?
 Kindly mention the work of the osteologists. What do you think Of their profession? tMiss w. D.
 Answer--An osteologist is a spe- cialist in ostelogy, the science deal ing with the bones. It is a nice profession, I suppose, although like 'em with flesh on lem.
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GET THE ADDRESSES
(Hartford Courant)

The pickering over the proper place to which to mail absentee bal- lots for men and women in the armed services adds nothing to the stature of the officials involved. Mrs. Francis Burke Redick, Secretary of the State, acted rather hastily in ruling informally that town clerks, at the request of registrars of voters could address the ballots, accom- panied by a forwarding request, to the homes in cases where the service address is not known. To this the Hartford registrars took exception, holding that the procedure would offer a chance off fraudulent voting. That contention was sustained by Attoney General Pallotti. Direct mail addresses must be obtained is the opinion of Mir. Pallotti. The Secretary of the State, although submitting to the ruling. maintains that the stringent limitations which have been placed on the distribution of the absentee ballots will deprive many service men and women of the opportunity to vote in this falls municipal election.
 With Mrs. Rediek's argument that the General Assembly in amending the obsentee ballot law so that no application for Q ballot Is required of those in the services intended to make such voting easy there can be no disagreement. But the intent was expressed in the power granted town clerks to mall ballots to those in service. The fair assumption Is that the provision means mailing directly to the voter; but she weak ness Of the position taken by Mrs, Redick is in the fact that, with some extra clerical work. the ad- dresses could be secured from the homes. By such Q course ofiicial concern for the service vote would he tganalalse inte praellcal plan
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armed forces overseas.
 That sounded all right, until somebody in the Quartermaster Corps began figuring out what you could do with 12 million pounds of turkeys. For gener- ous portions, you can figure that 100 pounds of undressed turkey will feed 100 men.
 The number of men in the armed forces overseas, including Army, Navy and Marines, is around two million. Allow each man a pound of turkey for Thanksgiving and another for Christmas, and you reach the to- tai of four million pounds.
 But the amount reserved for this purpose is three times four million, or 12 million pounds.
 When certain food experts in the QuaratermaSter Corps re- alized this, they started to do some fast telephoning. When last heard from, they still didn't know what two million men would do with 12 million pounds of turkey-except eat 'em.
 NAZI PSYCHO-
 LOGICAL WARFARE
 Beware of false rumors about Germany. The Germans, master of physiological warfare, are watching every opportunity to take advantage of American credulity. They know that Americans are optimistic by nature and that we are prone to believe any story about miraculous victories or for tunate events.
 Apparently 1t was this method of psychological warfare which prompted the reports of August 8 that Hitler had been deposed
 in favor of military authori. ties.
 It has now been definitely es. tablished that no such event took place. State Department officials now say flatly that the whole thing was a false report, from beginning to end. It was so generally reported, however, that they believe 1t must have been prompted by Germany. The mo- tive in such a case would have been to make Americans rush to the conclusion that Germany was tottering and the war was not far from finished. This would have the effect of weakening our bond drives and similar efforts.
 NOTE: The Nazi news report of Hitler'S busting came via Spain.
 POSTWAR CARTELS
 Vice President Wallace's con- troversy with Standard Oil of New Jersey regarding the with holding of synthetic rubber pat- entS from the American people while giving them to Germany, has revived a drive by members of the Senate Patent Commit tee to pass legislation to prevent such an occurrence in the fu- ture.
 Appropos of this, Senator Bone of Washington happens to have certain information in his files which not many people know about. It makes significant read- ing in view of President Ralph w. Gallagher's proteStations of patriotic cooperation in the rub- Der program.
 What Gallagher did not men, however, was how Standard oil of N. J., at its last stockhold- ers' meeting, had reused to pass a resolution barring any cartel arrangements with Germany,s giant I. G. Farbenindustrie after the war.
 This resolution to bar post war collaboration caused . real
 battle at the st0ckhOIders'
 meeting eaFlied In the summer.
 It was proposed by . minor. ity group led by William Fleyd H of New York and Alfred
 Baker Lewis of Boston who had coFFalled as many proxies as
 possible. However, Standard
 OH has corralled even more
 proxies, and also had arranged A. ..A Aa
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What Is an OsteOlOgist?
Current Comment

We are endeavoring to build up the heavy bomber strength in taae British Isies so as to reach maxi- nun in the near future. And don't ask me when the near future" b That is what Hitler would like co know.
 Gen. Henry H. Arnold. u. 2.
 Army Air Forces chief.
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Views Of The Press
STEEL ROADS
(Boston Post)

CBoSton PoSt)
 Maybe Darien, Conn.,, is offering a glimpse into the future with the opening of a trial stretch of steel highway. If all the claim made for it by its designers stand up, the 48-foot strip may turn out to be the forerunner of a new postwar road building technique.
 On the war fronts army engineers have shown what could be done with steel mesh on landing beaches and for quickly improvised landing fields. Dariens idea calls for grat- ing panels of steel, with the mesh filkled with regular road construc- tion materials, which are given a coating of road oil. It's supposed to cut wet-driving skidding to the minimum and prevent washouts. It sounds like an expensive idea, but maybe the experiment will show 1t can be done economically and ef- fectively.
 South Africans drank l2.000. 900
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therefore, as that which holds that . mans religion. is q private matter between him and his Maker only is both silly and eorrupting. 4 nation that loses its faith wilI sooner or later lose It's liberty.
 People who become indifferent to their religious duties will not eon- tlnue very long to aaeFlllce e great deal either to live . good life them. selves oF to maintain high moral standards ln the world.
 AM Rights neseFved-Eaheon News.
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in that we re- gard God and
 faith sn God as optional matters to be added to a sound moral life, if one wants to garnish something already quite sat- isfactory. We need to recall to mind that we have inc llerited a civiliza-
 ton built upon
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Selected Poem
ATTAINMENT (H I. Moloney in the New York T1mes)

(H T. Moloney in the New York Times) Where poets and their fancies wander iree'
 Dream begotten through dim ageless time,
 Immortlas walk secure In deathiess rhyme Through sunlt isles of dreamlit phantasy Progeny of once frail mortality,
 Fair Beatrice walks aloof. and treads on stars, Nutured for aye by Dantes cadenced pars' Clear strident notes that breathe sublimityl Undying host. that is our dover. Dear companiond. through this earthly hour, Granted us, so that We in winged Ili8ht
 Might hear the soft harmonics only heard
 Tn paradisal air; the lordly wordl And taste the Joy of Miltons inner sight.
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Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 6;ts a. m. sets at SEQ p, m. (waF time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Sunsets Of a week or more have been StTikngiy vivid. Ffosts continue most every night, and the drought continues.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

A SERIOUS MODERN DEFECT
 Historians in future generations may well express astonishment at the attitude toward God and faith which prevails today. With all our vaunted progress, we appear to be profoundly inferior to our forebears
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EVERY ONE MUST EAT A PRCK
 OF DIRT

EVERY ONE MUST EAT A PRCK
 OF DIRT
 Dirt is mud, dust, grime, sand. ashes or any foul substance out of place.
 Our kids started in right early on their peck of dirt. One dotted on soil from the potted plants. palms or ferns; the other would go for wall plaster whenever 1t was within reach. But we never worried much about 1t. There was more garden soil and more plaster to re- plenish the supply.
 remember how fond I was of peanut shells when I was Q kid. Some kids ate the peanuts and threw away the shells; I ate the peanuts and carefully put away the shells to munch at leisure.
 Father stoutly maintained that it was a matter of minor import ance whether or not one got much spinach with ones sand, so long as one took one or two spoonfuls of sand every day. Father tried JO pCI6uduC 4AAC " AOkAOW All6 GA@ ample, but I never could master the courage to down a mess of sand. Father succumbed to sar- coma (galloping cancer) of the intestine and abdominal wall whether irritation by the sand he had taken daily for years was Q factor, don't know. Several read CTS have reported instances of in- dividuals who have taken sand like that over periods of many years, with apparent impunity if not with definite benefit to health.
 The peculiar appetite or fondness for such foreign substances is called pica. There is a common belief or assumption that infants or young children whose diet Is deficient in essential minerals manifest this peculiar craving or appetite in an instinctive effort to get the miner als they need. I don't know whether this is so or not.
 Nutrition authorities find that calcium (lime) deficiency is conn mon among infants and growing children, in Canada and the United States and in England. It might be logical for a child who doesn't get enough calcium (lime) in his diet to go for wall plaster, which contains lime. But the lime de- flciency would hardly account for the eating of sand. soil or ashes, in which there is little or no lime or anything else that is not amply supplied in the ordinary diet. It is perfectly reasonable to believe the eating of chalk (calcium car bonate) would make good calcium deficiency in a child's diet, but not the eating of the graphite from a Head" pencil nor the eating or charcoal, coal, wood, paper.
 Tn any case of pica in a child It can do no harm at asy rate to feed the child daily wafer containing calcium and vitamin D (to insure utilization of calciump. In fact this is advisable in many instances in growing children even If they have no pica.
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Washington Merry-G Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

With Vast Quantity Ordered Army Hos Turkey Running Out of Eo
 of Hter Deposo Wos Trick Slow Down US Wor EttoFt Sen Gathers Information international Cartel Agreements
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beginning wonder 1t
 
  until the acquired 12 million pounds for the
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Uncle Sam Is Saving
 His Money

During Peter EdsOn's absence on vacation this column will De writ- { ten by another member Of NEA's Washington stan.
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Health
 By pr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sOnal health and hygiene, not Co disease, diagnosis Of treatment, will Do answered by pr. Brady if stamped self-addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can Dc made to queries not conform. ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News. paper Service, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
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South Africans drank l2,0OO. 900 gallons of beer in the last year.
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Copyright, 1943, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
DELMAR

Mrs. Elijah Birmingham under
went a serious operation in the
Peninsula General Hospital. Sails
bury, on Friday.
During the drive for the second
war loan, the Delmar (Del.) school
conducted contest to see which
grade could sell the most stamps
and bonds; the End grade was first
with S1.302; the 9th second with
$1,2S5.50; and the 18th was third
with $1.27225. From April Is to
April 9th the total sales at the
school amounted to S5.280.1O.
The Delaware school held its
juniOr-senior prom Friday evening.
Miss Margaret Hastings is the ad-
wiser for the junior class. which
gave the dance.
Miss Betty Frances Hearne.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Hearne. of near town. who gradu-
ated from the University of Della
ware last week, has been named to
the position left vacant by Edward
Ford. instructor of sciences in the
Delaware school.
The 1943 graduating class will
make its visit to New York City
next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kyle Dyer will
chaperOn the party.
Mrs. James Flood and Mr.. Philip
Moore are working with the COM
bined glee clubs on the music for
t he commencement program -
Heart Divine" by Antonin Dovrak,
and God Bless Our Land" a Pa
Lriotic Prayer, by G. Schiemer.
Ann Journey. Helen Nabb and
Gilbert Workman, members of the
class. will sing solo
parts. /
The Women's Christian Service /
Society of the First Methodist /
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07

! the time with her husband at Camp
Lee, Va. ..
Miss Alma Hearn, will fill the
position vacated by Mrs. Elliott.
Miss Frances Hall, junior at
Western Maryland College, West
minister, Md, has been elected
president of the "Argonauts", a
honorary society Of the college. She
will also be editor 1.-the yearbook,
The Aloha" next year. She is the
daughter of Mr.. Lester Hall, prin-
cipal of the Delmar MIDI High
School, and Mrs. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jones and
daughter have taken an apartment
in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest West have
received word from their son, Lieut..
Earl T. West, that he has arrived
somewhere in North Africa.
Miss Katherine Tappan, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tappan of
this town, freshman at Union Col
lege, Barbourville, KY, earned a
place on the honor roll for the
mid semester. with grade point
average of 206.
Mrs. Grace Colcord left Thursday
for a two-weeks' visit with rela-
tives in st. Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. E. z. Freeny left town
Thursday to make her home in
where she has taken an
apartment.
George W. Nichols, Jr., of San
Francisco, Calf, is spending some
time with his father, Geo. w. Mich (
OILS, Overbrook Farm. near town.