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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
A SORRY PROCESSION

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No this isn't the sentimental
snWeling Of a sob sister. It's the
straight. scientific dope on the
saddeSt and most shameful chap
Ter IN American history. There s
many a horror sprawled under
African skies. bleaching on the
beaches Of Guadalcanal. rottlng
m me 1uuEies OF the Solomons.
But there's no heartThe or trag-
edv which can compare with the
shame which is smearlng the
streets and homes of these Cnite5
States
Teen-age crininals-the sorry
PROCESSION grows daily, down
from the attic. up from the base
ment. the cops drag them IN
pistol packin' mamas' OF 49,
their bleached hair hanging IN a
sour frizzle over drunken eyes.
Shutting. Sneering4 -plmplY boys.
Roasting of the latest holdups,
branded as thieves and murderers
before they are l6. What can we
do about IL? 80
UNTIL LESS THAN 100
YEARS AGO WE PARENTS
COULD DO AS WE PLEASED.
Our CHILDREN WERE LIE
CAILY OUR PROPERTY. WE
COULD BIND THEM OUT
INTO VIRTUAL SLAVERY,
C0NFISCATE THEIR WAGES.
WE COULD AND STILL DO
SELL OUR DAUGHTERS INTO
OBSCENE MATING. WE COULD
PUNISH THEM AS WE WOULD
BFASTS--EVEN KILL THEM.
? DID THAT STOP JUVENILE
DELINQUENCY? 1T DID NOT!
IT MERELY BRUTALIZED THE
PARENT TURNED THE
CHILD INTO A DEFIANT,
DANGEROUS ANIMAL.
THEN CAME THE UNSHACK-
LED FREEDOM OF THE MA
CHINE AGE THE SWINlSH
WALLOWING OF PROHIBI-
TION THE DEMORALIZA-
TON ROUGHT BY TWO
WARS WITH THEIR EASY
MONEY AND FILTHY. MADE
QUATE HOUSING .. AND THE
LID WENT OFF FOR GOOD.
PLENTY oF PROOF
Want the proof Pick UP any
paper dial in any broadcast
look in at any cocktail bar
or transient" hotel. There's the
indecent proof that young Amer
ica-along with its MON and dad,
has run amuck. And Wen have
20 find the answer pronto--or
else,
But what is the answer? It's a
lot Of things Fundamentally II
means Chucking this idea that we
own our children or are wiser and
stronger simply because we're
older. We don't--and we aren't.
Why does any youngster run
8muck az the start? Nine times
out If ten he runs amuck be.
cause he feels he doesn't have g
real home, regular parents. q
chance TO prove that he has what
II takes.
so WHERE DO WE GO FROM
THERE? WE co TO THE
AWNING DISCOVERY THAT
TEENACERS WILL BEHAVE
BETTER r PUT ON THEFT
OWN HONOR THAN II SUPER
VISED. SCOLDED OR COD
DIED.
SICK OF BEING NAGGED
The youngsters in Moline. III
were among tie first 10 discover
IL They were sick of being nagge'
sick az goody-goodv adul
programs with blue nosed or
maids hoe.ng them around
GIVE Is 4 CHANCE TO
PLAN OUR own RECREA-
TON Run OUR OWN
OUR own DFLINQt ENTS, :"
they cried. GIVE Us A
CUANCE TO BIZ OUR AGE
And Moline gave them a chance
Today, with that experiment a
start and William Randolp
.1sarsts chain Of papers as back
ers. the whole plan OF juvenil
treatment in America IS being re
riseG
With startling results. Wher
there were formerly from 10 Z
hundreds of Juvenile aid agen
cies all working against eacl
other getting nowhere. we NOV
have cO-Ordinated city council
with one consecTated aim an
service.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
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Women Who Are
Hard Of Hearing

To make this simple. no risk hearing
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DVEpTTSEMEN--r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
Youngest Generation

:. A few years ago, elders were shaking their heads sadly and opining that the younger generation" was going straight to the devil. Conditions, however, caused the youngsters to reverse their field, and instead of going to the devil they went to war, to become our first line of defense. They proved the elders wrong. Now, the youngest generation" those of high school age, has become the exposure of the elders scrutinizing eyes, and this generation too has been branded with the stigma of disapproval. But there is a difference. To the casual observer, it is apparent that conditions = perhaps the war, perhaps something else ' have done things to our high school youngsters. The kids have changed, and only an optimist would say that the change has been for the better. Reports from other cities, and even from other parts of the country, indicate that Waterbury has been more fortunate than elsewhere with regard to the antics of it's youngest generation" But, nevertheless, we can hardly take pride in what we see and hear around us.
 Drinking, which used to be drowned upon, and later tolerated, is now posi- lively "the thing to do." There are some who have to look long time to find any OAAAAe1 OAA VAASAA NAAA14 CO OAANNC1 OAU NAOAA V have to look at all for their favorite bev- craze. More and more students are carrying their school spirits around in their hip pockets. Nor, indeed, are all of them boys. The young ladies, regret tably enough, have inherited the mems bad habits along with their trousers One high school student recently put it this way: "What's wrong with our getting drunk? We're doing more work, now that there are so many in the service, and we have to relax once in a while Besides, we're grown up"
 This piece of parochial ignorance, be- lieve it or not, was given with all the seriousness of Supreme Court decision, and was intended to be received as such. The statement proves several things, but most important, it proves that this chap and all who think along similar lines are anything but "grown up." It may be that the youngest generation like it's predecessor, will give the lie to their elders pontifical pronouncement. But they certainly will not do it, if they con- tinue to think along the lines of the fel- low quoted above. In all probability, they will not do it until they are once again forced to assume "the angle" over the parental knee, an angle as important to the home front as the one in North Africa is to the United Nations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
A Thought for Today
Installments In Advance

Henry KaiSer's idea for Postwar Trade Bonds deserves serious consideration. It is so new that the wise man will not go completely overheard until there has been time to consider all aspects of the proposal. When the war is over the United States will possess at least two of the three clements essential to an in- dustrial and commercial boom. There will be an enormous demand for every thing automobiles, electric refrigera- tors, air conditioning units, homes, oil burners, radios, typeWriters - the list is endless. There will be magnificent ln- dustrial plant, with millions of skilled workmen anxious to supply that con- sumer demand; and with the end of hos tilitieS, there will be an ample supply of most raw materials. The problem, ob- viously, is to get demand and supply to- gether, before the stagnation that is in- evitable during the retooling period can eat up the third of the vital elements - the savings with which consumers must buy the things they will need so badly.
 MT. Kaiser proposes that the govern ment sell bonds which, after the war, can be exchanged for the goods which we then shall want to buy. Under such plan it would not be necessary for us as individuals to decide right now what we
 
 shall buy later. We can wait, and see whether the new car or a renovated kitchen shall come first-or, if we already are certain that it will be the car, we can wait to see which manufacturer will get the jump at producting the car of tomorrow to suit our taste. Meanwhile, the money invested in such bonds would be taken out of circulation at a time when too much spending will promote imitation. It will be available to the gov ernment to help finance the war.
 The mechanics of such scheme as Mir. Kaiser proposes would have to be worked gout with the greatest of care, Carelessness about details could easily wreck the whole system. Among other things, there could be no public conf1- dence unless it were made abundantly clear that the government is acting only as banker - that the setup cannot be used indirectly to control production and distribution of commodities. There prob ably will be strong criticism of the whole idea. That which is honest and sane should be considered on it's merits. That which voices mere reaction and passivity should be ignored.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
Fluidity of War

The current war industries conversion program is a headache to many con- rnunities. It involves more or less shut down temporarily, which in turn means unemployment, showdown in the flow of wage dollars, an upset in the normal :outine When the need for shift Tn production emphasis first was announced, boards of trade and chambers of con-
 nerce sent delegations to Washington
 to protest These protestants did not get far. Major General Levin H. Camp bell, chief of ordnance, recently ex- olained the inevitability of such changes n direction with unusual clarity, ana illustrated it understandably. In the British Isles for time, as we can hardly forget, there was an enormous use o1 anti-aircraft ammunition against Nazl bombers. American industry had to be geared up to supply the shells :.
 Then recently there was period or almost three weeks during which not a single anti-aircraft gun was fired for any purpose Our production, geared to heavy use, piled up big reserve. So long as United Nations industry ana materials cannot possibly supply all ot everything we need, it would be crlm- inal to keep on turning out millions or unnecessary anti-aircraft shells. 50
 
 there was shift. But if, next week or next month, Hitler were to start another major air blitz against Britain, U. s. ln- duStry would have to return to the produc- tion of such shells as prime essential. American war production has outstripped our ability to transport men and material to the battle fronts. We have built up reserves of many weapons. Now we must concentrate on getting them where they are needed for use.
 Also, there is need now for changeover from the weapons of defense to those Of offense. We need more ships to transport and supply expeditionary forces; more bombers to open the path for our at. tacking soldiery; more fighters to protect the bombers; more mobile tank busters to demolish Hitler's mechanized forces Our ordnance observers at the fronts nave discovered uses for new weapons and new variations of old ones. To shift produc- tion to supply these needs inevitably VIII mean unpleasant dislocations for indi- yiduaIs as for industry as whole. That is unfortunate But the men who are fighting and dying for us also are suffer ing dfslocations, and you don't lear them heefing about it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

his burden from unnecessary jars.
 There are some things in life that can be handled with a rough hand. and there are some things which must be handled very carefully. Of all these frail things over which we must exercise the greatest care, hu. man hearts and sensibilities are chief. In dealing with things we can be as rough and vigorous as we care to be, but not SO in dealing with persons. One misstep and something beautiful may be r1narred, something of surpassing value ruined.
 Whether 1t be in business, politics, social, or church life, tactful people have infinitely more chance to silc- ceed than have the untactful. Every one of us can remember men of promise who came to the end of their careers abject failures simply because they did not know how to handle people.
 The human heart is like fragile pottery. Be careful how you carry 1t. Don't throw it into an OK cart as you would throw bag of pota- toes. It needs to be carried careful Iy and with q sense of its rare value
 All Rights Reserved
 Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

It is interesting to note the results in the Book of-the- Month Club poll of critics on outstanding books of 1922. Critics were asked to give their opinions and selections of fiction and nonfiction, then the lists were sifted for preference. Two hundred and one ballots were received. Some of the books included in the ten are book of the month selec- tions ;others are not. ''The Song of Bern adette" which seems to be the most pop ular book judged by it's receptions and sales is second in the poll in question. "The Moon Is Down" is first selection. In the non-fiction list "They Were Ex- pendable" heads the list. Also included are books you are not supposed to see: "Last Train from Berlin" 1" "The Last Time I Saw Paris, Mission to Moscow, 'The Pied Piper, Signed With Their Honor, |, and others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
First Consideration

President Harry Lundeberg of the SeafarerS International Union (A.F. of L.) is opposed to the freezing of merchant sailors in their jobs. His opposition is not idealistic. He doesn't prate of the dignity of labor. "s
 No. Lundeberg is very frank. "It would put us out4of business. It would do away with our hiring halls, with everything else." Now we know which is more inn portant to Lundeberg - winning the war or preserving Lundeberg's hiring halls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

they can charge persecution and 8 smear campaign.
 U. S.. TROOPS
 GUARD CONGRESS
 News photographers were herd- ing the 75 rookie Congressmen up the stone steps of the Capitol for a group picture when they got ar unexpected taste of military discipline. A soldier suddenly stepped in front of them.
 I'm sorry, but you can't go up there," he announced
 Were members of Congress" spoke up several freshmen. & "I don't care who you are," replied the soldier, fixing his >bayonet. .You can'tgo up these steps. Those are my orders" / And that was that until some one located a lieutenant, who re- scinded the order and permitted the group picture to be made on , the steps. NOTE: Nobody knows why U. s. troops are used to guard Con- gress = considered the worst waste of lrianpoWer in Washing ton. Certainly nobody wants to steal Congress-or at least nobody except FDR. e JOE MARTIN VS
 SAM RAYBURNa
 Privately Republican leader Joe Martin never had any intention, of letting the Republicans organize Congress and elect him as Speak CT. Until 1924, this responsib- ity is the. last thing he wants.
 However, the ca1ny Republican leader took keen delight in keep ing the opposition guessing and carried on his little joke until the very last.
 When he marched, into Speaker Rayburn's office with the com mittee that was to escort Ray burn to the Floor, following his reelection, Martin was grinning from ear to ear, T
 "Sam," he said, Eve got some bad news for you, @ hope you can hold up under the shock. You've been reelected Speaker"
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Iac3,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
HEADLINES HILARITY

These are days of tremendous silences. DeGaulle. won't confer with Girauld, Elmer Davis won't talk to Bill Donovan, and nobody will speak to Ed Flynn.
 If all the thumbs down" edi- torials were placed end to end, Boss Flynn could walk to Austral- lia. As matters stand now, he may have to hitch-hike.
 The heavy demand for mathe- natics books indicates that some, at least. are making a conscient- ious effort to understand F D. R.s budget billions.
 Or perhaps they're just trying to dope out school honor rolls, which now come to us with every- thing reduced to the impressive decimal point
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
Press Comment
WHAT IS PLEASURE DRIVING? (New Haven Journal Courier)

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 Years ago the, term pleasure driving" meant that the family was going out in a Ye-passenger open- air model for a view of the country side. Today it means something else. It more likely refers to a trip in which the pleasure is at the: end of the ride rather than enroute.
 Specifically this would include travel to bridge parties, shows, sporting events, a visit to see the McGuffeys' new baby, and certain ly. Susie's weekly trip for her bal- let lesson. The ban would not af- feet driving to essential work, to the doctor, to church and 2 school, to civilian defense assignments and the like.
 The OPA has not laid down a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

Australians are complaining that beer, chewing gum and corn flakes are being shipped there from the United States, although there are relatively ample SUD- plies available down under They go further and complain that although the war effort is hampered for lack of ships, American beer is going to Australia while Australian beer crosses it's path en route
 to the U. s. The same complaint has been made about wines. In so enorm- ous a business as wartime supply has become, some errors are inevitable. It may be that the episodes mentioned are isolated incidents attributable to human fallibility. The public wants to believe that they are. Quick, impartial inquiry and an honest report seem to be in order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

Strenuous objections have been voiced to Paramount by the Franco Fascist Government through its Ambassador Don Juan Francisco de Cardenas, and it now seems probable that the film will never reach the Ameri- can public. &
 The book is the story of the civil war in Spain, the struggle between the, Loyalist government and the Fascist revolutionaries supported by Hitler and Musso- lini, which many people believe was the prelude to the current war. However, Sam Wood, the producer, for Paramount, has left out all politics.
 Gone With the Wind was a hot love story" says Wood, who worked on that film, land For Whom the Bell Tolls is an even hotter love story"
 But even though the Paramount version emphasizes love and leaves out politics, Gen. Franco doesn't like it. Paramount has already invested more than $2,0O0,OOo in it. Gary Cooper is playing the star role But Gen. Franco says NO.
 Inside reason why he says NO is briefly this; Showing of the film will promote the sale of Hemingway's book. And though the film shuns politics, the book decidedly doesn't. So Franco en-. visases sale of the book all over the world.
 Nobody ever dreamed that Franco's hand was that strong in- side the USA. But the State De- partment is for him; also the Rockefeller Committee is not en- thusiastic about the pictures re- lease. But most important of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

 By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining z . per- s0nal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr. Srady if . stamped seIf-addresSed envelope is enclosed. Letters should De brief and written in ink. No reply can Dc made to queries not confarn1- ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National News paper Service, 32e West Madison Street, Chicago III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

70 say nothing 0t the millions made for civilians. The important part of the gas mask is the filter that ab- sorbs the poison gas. The import ant element of the filter the stuff that goes in the can th a t hangs below the mask = is acti- vated carbon.
 In the last war, that Altering ele-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

carts they would
 be ruined before
 they h ad been
 carried a mile. Food nd fuel
 can be carried tn tn e toss sin g creaking art s, but fine pottery has to be carried
 on the back of a coolie who picks his steps as he goes and protects
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

Once the question of converting oil furnaces to coal is settled and many change over, where are they going to find janitors to shovel coal and dump ashes? At the present time there is as much scarcity of janitors as there is of bus boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
, NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Better
 Living Is On The Way
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrresnOndent

A surprising array of new, post war industries may be a-bornin' in of all places the war plants that are now devoted to turning out tons of poison gas, incendiary bombs and the non-toxic smokes which will plan an increasingly im- portant part in this global ruckus
 Take the bas masks themselves. At least 10 million of them will have to be made for the armed services,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARI. L. DOUGLASS D. D.
HEARTS ARE FRAGILE

HEARTS ARE FRAGILE
 In far-away countries where roads are only pathways, or at best nar- row little highways over which crude wagons go with the greatest difficulty, one often sees coolies carrying rare pieces of pottery to market. If these were put into OK
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

hard and fast rule, as indeed it can- not. The only rigid rule 1t could set up would be to ban A coupon books. or it might inspect and curtal some of the B and 0 books, since the holders of these, the OPA finds, have been the chief abusers.
 If drastic and lnwanted measures are to be avoided, the public will have to Impose restrictions volun- tarily and in the spirit of the new regulation, If an errar1d can be dis- pensed with. it is Hon- essential. IT a bus or trolley or neighbours car will take you there, your own car should not be used. Any driving that isn't an aboslute "musts is pleasure driving. H-rs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Terpin Hydrate

Would 1t be all right to take tE'o five-grain tablets of terpin hydrats daily for six weeks? I have cb- tained extraordinary relief from cough by taking three grains three times a. day, in capsules, but I have just found I can get it in bottles of 100 five-grain tablets.
 (R. E. S0
 Answer do not advise it. sug- gest only doses of two or three grains, two or three times daily. for two or three weeks. not longer. It may be taken in capsule or tablet or in pleasant tasting liquid elixir of terpit1 hydrate (two grains in the teaspoonfuO-bu he sure not to take an elixir that contains g narcotic along with the terpin hy- drate. The remedy gives the great- est satisfaction in chronic winter cough where there is difficult ex- pectoration or dryness and irritae ton. Terpin hydrate is made from turpentine.
 Copyright, i94s. John F. .Dille co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
 Moon sets at 1:02 q. m. twar time). Sun rises at 8:15 a. m., sets at 5:46 D. m. (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. z.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
Selected Poem

WHITE BALLET
 (Kathryn Wright in Tie Christian
 Science Monitor Low on the winter day hung sullenness, Intense and still was the grayness of the air, And, as we waited, shiver.ng in the chill. Thinking lone thoughts, single snowflake fell Slowly she danced her swirling downward solo This ballerina, followed by few, And then dozen, then dazzling swarm Of downy dancers in stormy whirll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13

WASHINGTON January 1s Some of significant political aneuveng IolLy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-13
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Sgs0~<r N0ssn~rS
;s # ' "- ra, BY { DREW PEARSON

Fruncos Objection Moy Showing For Whom the Bell
 Film Is NonPotieo But He Feors Will Boost Sale of Book; FDR in Cheerful Mood Spins Yon Before Addressing Congress-
Evening star., 1943-11-26
Three District Bills
Slated for Hearinq

House Majority Leader McCor-
mack announced today that three
non-controversial District bills will
be called up in the House Monday
or Tuesday.
One Of these proposes to settle the
controversy regarding the District
Virginia boundary line. Another
permits men in the armed services
to renew their drivers permits. The
third would allow the Mayfiower
Hotel to install pipelines.