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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

floc!ss efficiently housed
and managed for economical food
production and since eggs are an
efficient source of essential and pro-
tective food, grain and mash neces-
sary to maintain Connecticut laying
flocks must be provided. Chickens
and turkeys on hand must be grown
to a marketable age.
3. MEAT-Grain used for the
production of meat animals and
poultry meat should be diverted to
the production of milk and eggs in
order to make the most efficient
use of the available supply. How
ever, the production of meat ami
mails by the feeding of roughage and
forage which would otherwise not
be used and without the use OF
grain is to be encouraged.
4. FOOD CROPS - Since the
farmers and fruit growers of the
state have the experience and the
land suitable for the production of
fruit, potatoes and vegetables, the
expansion of these crops and of IA
cilities to handle them is advocated.
Connecticut annually imports
about 100000 tons of grain, of which
161 500 tons is consumed by dairy
herds, 100000 tons by the poultry
industry, and the balance by beef
cattle, hogs, horses, and miscellan-
eous users. Whenever there is a
shortage in grain supplies dairy
herds and laying flocks should be
supplied first.
To be effective, other states must
cooperate with this program and it
must be supported by those agen-
cies of the Federal Government that
are concerned with food production.
Furthermore, to be acceptable to
the farmers of the northeast this
policy must operate to provide an
adequate farm income.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

ticular confusion. Steel, other met
ais, all materials going into war
equipment are under controls which
are saving the taxpayers billions of
dollars on the cost of the war.
Mr. Brown conceded readily that
mistakes have been made by OPA
itself. It's greatest mistake, he con-
siders, was the failure of the OPA
staff to sense that the Sterilization
Act of October, 1912, totally changed
the price policies of the administra-
ton. Mr.. Brown should know about
this, for as senator he played the
major role in writing the Act and
fighting for its passage. The OPA
organization, however, went right
ahead on its old policies of trying
to control not only prices but also
profits, and even business practices.
DENIES MEDDLING
WITH BUSINESS
The Administrator emphatically
insists that those are not the policies
of OPA today. Twice recently, he
has gone to Congress to explain
that, "the Office of Price Admin
stration has no program with re-
spect to the reduction of profits"
and to deny that, individual off,
Gals in OPA are out to use price
control to change the American
system of free enterprise
Loose charges by pressure groups
that OPA secretly has mapped out
a business reform program have
contributed materially to the con-
fusion and have made more difficult
OPA's job of price stabilization.
Brown said that the inclusion OF
manufacturing standards in price
regulations does not constitute any
insidious RECOMMENDATION of business.
AS an example, he mentioned the
hosiery regulations, which have
caused considerable pickering in
the industry and have been the sub
ject of countless conferences. "All
these standards did," said the adj
ministrator, was to fix prices In
accordance with the number of
threads and strands. 1t was like
saying that a bushel of potatoes
should weigh 60 pounds. Permitting
the sale of a 50-pound bushel for
the price of a 60-pound bushel
wouldn't prevent initiation. For hos
iery, there would be no price con-
troll if we didn't fix the standards
These are some of the things
which haven't been made clear to
the public, nor to Congress, for that
matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

Forces" will bow in on WATR and
the Mutual chain next Monday at
7:30 p. m. The program will at
tempt to tell the story of the air.
plane from its production in air.
craft plants to it's use in combat
areas in every theater of global war.
Through interviews with combat
flyers, it is hoped that workers is
the aircraft industry will be pro-
vided with an incentive to step-up
production. Film star William Hol-
den, now a second lieutenant in the
Army Air Corps. will act as encee
on the first program.
Iron Horse" first of a three part
series of plays dramatizing the de-
velopment of the machine age in
this country. will be presented over
WATR by the Little Blue Play
house" tomorrow morning at 1890.
Others in the series will be "Gaso-
line Buggy" and Spark Coil to
Radar,' each to be broadcast on
successive Saturdays.
Basil Rathbone, who put away
his detective regalia to parry purs
as guest on Soldiers With Wings"
on Wednesday night, returns to his
role of Sherlock Holmes when he is
called upon to solve weird mys-
terry in The Musgrave Ritual" to
be called upon to solve weird mys-
terry in 1.-The Musgrave Ritual to be
heard on WATR tonight at $50
Nigel Bruce will portray the role
of his faithful friend, DR.. Watson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

Jack Fitzmaurice executive secretary to Mayor John
Monagan, is enjoying the cool breezes down at Fort
Trumbu Beach his annual twoweek leave of absence
recent vacation she suffered of sunburn
Harry Danaher and Howard Fritz ofciated as guides
Wigwam and Morris reservoirs and the Shepaug Dam
last Monday. Jim German and family OF Homer
Street have their home at Lake Hitchcock open the
season. Alderman Dan Driscoll reports that there
an unusually large number of deer around the hills
between Thomaston and Mortified where he maintains
his farm.
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OF the country outside the capital?
mot 100 percent support, of
course!' he admitted, but went on
to explain his view that the con-
sumner groups are not vocal, except
through labor organizations which
support price fixing and rationing as
measures to hold down the cost of
living.
For the remainder of the popula-
ton, the Price Administrator bases
his belief on his own findings in
the field-and likewise on field.
The assertion is confirmed by
reports from OPA's own field Of
fices. Up to the time of the Presi-
dents old-the-line" order of
April (Which, incidentally, Sen
ator Brown forced on the then
Economic Sterilization Director
Justice James E. Byrnes, who
sold it to the President-morale
in OPA offices was pretty low
CONFIDENCE GROWS
The Hold the Line" order
changed this feeling to some ex-
tent, but the first three weeks of
June, said the Administrator,
marked a revival of morale in
OPA's regional offices. 1t was
caused by the good showing made
by OPA before the House APP
preparations Committee. Even
staunch Republican congressman
on the committee. John Taber of
New York and J. William Otter
of PENNSYLVANIA, endorsed the
principles on which OPA is now
operating. And the full House
committee gave unanimous re-
commentator for continuation of
OPA, cutting its funds only 7
per cent.
Although the final appropria-
ton was considerably less than
Brown wanted, it still does not eX-
plain where so much Washington
disapproval and confusion over OPA
comes from.
at comes" said the Price Ad-
ministrator, from the tremendous
drives of pressure groups, represent
| ing the people whose incomes are
going to be affected by price con-
troll"
What these pressure groups are,
by name, Mr.. Brown doesn't
care to mention. Anyone familiar
with the heavy lobbying against
specific price and rationing restric-
lions can, however, make up his
own list of commodities whose trade
associations have been active in
opposition to OPA regulations
farm products, foods, such as can
ned goods, meats and dairy prod
ucts, hosiery, shoes, rent, and the
like.
SELFIsHNEsS BIGGEST
OBSTACLE
Even in the trade associations,
Administrator Brown believes that
the membership is not all cold on
OPA. Leaders in the merchandise
ing world" he said, will tell us
privately that what we're doing is
okay, but they won't say SO publicly.
Their point of view is an admission
that they've got to join in the hol-
lering against OPA to help out
some of their members who may not
be doing so well under the restric-
tons"
This all boils down to the simple
fact that anyone will agree price
control is a good thing for what he
has to buy, but no good on anything
he has to SELL Human selfishness
comes in here as the greatest force
of obstruction to every phase OF the
sterilization program, whether 1t is
control of wages, prices, rationing,
food distribution, civilian supply,
transported ton, or control of man.
power.
And yet, the Price Administrator
emphasizes, there are hundreds of
items under price control or ration
ing which are now established prac-
| tees and which are causing no par
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16
EN- EN-

Fancy That :. :. When the postwar autos come why
not have the steering wheel in the back seat just to AVOID
rope-and then peace! . . There may be some differ
ence of opinion about inferior interior decorator but
at any ate we all the worlds worst paper hanger
. . The AB-C of war bonds is All Buy Cheerfully!
There's many groan twxt the salary deduction and the
loan Not cabbage in carload, said the vegetable
dealer as he started to do his morning unloading
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

taking a total of one and a half
hours has saved more than 10000
production hours in six months at
a large engineering works in Eng
land, reports DR.. John Montgomery
in the Journal Of the Industrial Wei
fare Society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16
Good Evening.
DOG DAYS

Sticky, hot and horrid,
Close, breathess and torrid,
Pause while you mop your forehead
Dog days!
It's the humidity, not the heat
Is a phrase that's hard to beat,
SO once again let's repeat -.
Dog days!
Sticking windows and doors,
Dogs painting and PROSTATE on floors,
Non-cooling rain that pours
Dog days!
Day after day oppressive,
Heat we'll nigh excessive,
We say with accents expressive
Dog days!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

Escaping saboteurs in Belgium
are scattering moth balls behind
them to put German police dogs
off the scent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

- WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE HOME FRONT? --
OPA Head BlameS
LObbieS, N0tPublic,
For Initiation Moves

top civilian agencies who discuss plans problems
PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent
AS the bombpoof
Washington
been in the battehelds of rationing
deny that people feel that OPA outside Washington
What Price Administrator
that all is well with OPA its policies support
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

At long last Waterbury is going to uniform
it's pension system that firemen policemen school
department employees and others eligible by law,
custom or political tradition shall receive recognition
when their years of long, faithful service come to an
end. From all indications the system is to be
based on "expectances and existing conditions But
wouldn't be nice if the administration develops the
courage to take a little glance into the past ana
rectfy apparent njustces? Wouldn't it be more
cOmmendable if the city would name special commits
sion to investigate charges of favoritsm and neglect
and check whether families OF faithful city servants
of the past have been made the victims OF official
forgetfulness ngratitude? Take the cases OF the
late Fire Chiefs Henry Hoffman and Thomas Lynch.
Their years of service total nearly 100 years. CHIEF
Hoffman died at his desk in fire headquarters Chief
Lynch sent home to die of service connected
injuries When they buried their records of faith
full service buried with them They became ''For-
gotten Men, hours after the papers chron
iced the fact that the city represented at the
funerals by the mayor and members of the board OF
fire commissioners Waterbury has record of long
established generosity for employees who have served
Lynch were outstanding fire officials. They what
calls "firemens fremen And yet at each session
of the legislature city officials appear in Hartford and
with words that drip with hypOcrcy speak eoquenty
for pensions of Favored ones and with with
sary vigor denounced the petitions of those who are
not included in the Favored class. Here's hoping
make thorough investigation to vindicate the City
of Waterbury of the charges of ngraude and neglect
On the Bus Hi there Tess That's quite an up
and-up hairdo you've got Ball one there's seat .
Yes, I've got job for the summer eight hours in the
Emco and is the absenteesm something everyone watch
ing the other fellow, you know, just like geese one
just looking out for herself. Be seeing you Boy, is
this bus hot There's Annabella, what TAM She's
been down to Bay View for two weeks Sure thing,
to Posts graduated from Wildly in June but the way
figure = there's nothing like getting little stenography
and typewriting anyway that's what they say at home
Ouch! what bump! Say, do you think we'll get
BUSES when the wars Yep, bring my lunch
chance getting into any the eateries during IL and
l. Wish could go swimming after work, but another
bus ride ooch! Good-morning Mrs Cabes Yes I'm
going shopping too sheets, pillow and think I'll
look for dress. Oh, don't need hat nobody
hats
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16
FASHIONS ARE FUN

It's hatless summer,
No one has millinery ambition,
But autumn hats, they say, will
. Be in the French tradition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-16

NEXT-Arthur Whiteside.
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a bad arm. may be the big winner
of the hurting corps.
Other pitchers include Ace Adj
ans, who led the loop in relief
jobs; Bill Lohrman, Harry Field
man, Hugh East, Reuben Fischer
Salvatore Maglie, Van Lingle Mum
go, Bill Voiselle. Tom Sunkei, Ken
Trinkle, Ray Coombs, Bill MCGEE,
John Wittig and Bill Sayles.
Coombs and Trinkle are a pair OF
good looking right handlers from
the International league. Trinkle
comes from Baltimore and Coombs
who won II and lost IL, and had a
1.99 earned run average, from Jer-
sey City. Sayles, from Louisville, is
up on look-see basis. Voiselle who
came from Oklahoma City late last
year, made a good impression and
may be kept. Johnny Wittig has
had several previous trials and the
Giants believe he is about ready
The Giants are not crying but
they certainly aren't filled with any
high hopes as spring training time
nearS.
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GIANTS HAVEN'T
ANY HIGH HOPES;
3RD PLACE OXEN

NEW YORK-The New York Gil
ants, who surprised baseball fans
by barging into third place in 1912,
will be pretty well content if they
can hang on to that high spot this
season
Military service calls took Will
lard Marshall, the rookie whose
timely hits helped Mel Otis gang
stay in the running during the
first half of last season; Babe
Young, the first baseman turned
outfielder whose heavy cannonad-
ing in the late months kept them
in third position, and three pitch
ers, Hal Schumacher, Bob Carpen-
ter and Dave Koslo.
Furthermore third baseman Bill
Werber quit baseball and the club
is none too sure that hard hitting
first 'sacker Johnny Mize and out
fielder Johnny Rucker, up from
Jersey City, will be around all sea-
son.
Frankly, the Giants haven't come
up with any sensation to replace
these missing stars.
Others on the roster are in Glass
3-A and, apparently, will be around
lat beast to start the campaign. The
infield shapes up with Mize at
first, Nick Witek at second, the
veteran Bill urges at short and
probably Sid Gordon at third
With Manager Mel OFT in the
outfield will be Jim Maynard, Hank
Leiber, Rucker df he's available)
Babe Barna and possibly Vic Brad
ford, a Jacksonville, Fla, flycatch-
er who led the South Atlantic
league with .342 average. That
gives the Giants fairly good outer
garden although lacking the pow
er Marshall and Young would pro-
vide.
Godon also can play the outfield
If he isn't used at third base. If
Mize should go, and the Giants
can't buy suitable replacement,
Babe Barna likely would play first.
For infield consideration, OFT also
has the cocky little veteran, Dick
Bartell, plus joe Orengo and Con-
ME Ryan, who were with Jersey
City most of last season.
Harry the Horse banning will
do most of the catching, aided
by Ray Berries, Gus Mancuso and
possibly Hugh Poland.
The standby of the pitching staff
again will be the veteran Carl
Hubbell. OFT figures that with
many OF the dangerous batters
gone, Hub should be good for a
dozen or Is wins. Cliff Melton, who
started off well but was out most
OF the latter part of the race with
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col. WHITAKER
NOW ON STAFF OF
ALASKA Defense
Veteran First World War
Deputy Commander
Is Under Buckner

HEADQUARTERS ALASKA DE-
TENSE COMMAND, March 2 -
The arrival of COL Frank l.. Whit
taker, designated as Deputy Com
mander of the Alaska Defense Conn.,
mand, was announced today by
Major General Simon Bolivar Buck
ner, Jr., Commanding General
ADO.
Col Whitaker, who has been a
member of the Unite dStates Army
since before the first World War
will work directly under General
Buckner, relieving the General Of
many details of administration.
Col. Whitaker, who was born in
New Hampshire, was graduated
from Norwich University, in Ver-
mont, in 1915, and was member
of the Massachusetts National
Guard before being commissioned
la second lieutenant in Cavalry in
1916.
Colorful Army Career
He has had a long and colorful
Army career, marked by his inter-
est in the welfare of the enlisted
men and the pride he always has
manifested in the appearance and
prestige of every organization with
whichBhe has been connected.
While lover of horse flesh and
trained as cavalryman, his mill
tary school in modern tactics and
trends has been broad In Wash
ington he helped draft plans foi
mechanical cavalry operations, arlc
at Fort Oglethorpe he directed the
conversion of the crack Sixth Cav
airy horse regiment into a modern
mechanical combat scouting regi-
ment
Col. Whitaker served in the Cav
airy on the Mexican border in 1916
and was promoted to Major during
the first World War.
He attended the Army Cavalry
School at Fort Riley, Kan, in 1920
and returned to the school for ad-
vanced training in 1927 and 1928
Col. Whitaker attended the
Command and General staff School
in Fort Leavenworth, Kan, from
1928 to 1880, and in the latter year
he returned to the Cavalry School
as an instructor, where he served
until 1895.
Army War College
From the Cavalry School he
went to Washington, D. c., where
he attended the Army War College
and from 1886 until 1910 he served
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Capt. Jack Knight. (apove)
hero of a night flight % years ago
which assured this nations future
dominance in aviation, is back in
the cockpit helping blaze new war
time air trails in South America.
AS a United Air Lines captain he
helped pioneer instrument flying,
and became the first man in the
world to fly 100000 miles before
grounding himself to become the
company's educational director.
During World War Knight was
an air instructor, and when the
present conflict spread he joined
the Civilian Pilot Training branch
of the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration His friends here received
word today that he now is a pilot
supervisor in South America for
certain phases of operations of the
Defense Supply Corps.
Back in 1921 Congress threatened
to discontinue air mail appropria-
tons because time saving was SO
slight with mail being flown by
day, but transferred to trains at
night. Pioneer air mail pilots VOL
unteered to demonstrate the prac-
ticability of night flying.
Jack Knight not only flew the
North Platte Omaha night flight
section assigned to him, but con-
tinued on through the stormy night
to Chicago when his relay pilot
considered weather too bad and
failed to appear The balance OF
the flight was made by daylight,
and the San Francisco to New York
air mail time was reduced from
78 hours to 33 hours and 81 min
utes.
Congress not only appropriated
funds to continue air mail, but al
so for erecting beacon lights for
night flying. Then aviation really
began to grow.
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vANDERLEEsT 10
e MAKE BUSINESS
TRIP SOUTH SOON

On a six weeks business trip, H.
R. vanderLeest, owner of The But
Ter Mauro Drug Company, will
leave for the south, as soon as
transportation is available.
Mr.. VanderLeest had planned to
be south in time for the wedding
Thursday of his daughter Jeanne
to Gerald C. Ricke in Memphis,
Tenn, but difficulties of travel de-
layed his trip. Mrs. vanderLeest &C.
companied her daughter south sew
eral weeks ago.
During Mr.. VanderLeest's alb
sence, j. D. owens, pharmacist, who
has been with the Seward Drug
Company since last summer, viii be
in the Butler Mauro Company, Mr..
Owens home is in California where
he will return at the end of Mr..
VanderLeests trip.
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R. 0. BULlWINkEL HAS
Administrative JOB
WITH NORTHWEST AL.

r. O. Bullwinkle, formerly in the
Seattle office of Pan American Air.
ways, Alaska Division, has been APP
pointed to the executive staff of
Northwest Airlines, it was an
bounced recently by Cron Hunter,
President and General Manager of
Northwest Airlines.
Mr.. Bullwinkle, who was Traffic
Manager of the Alaskan Division of
Pan American, will act as assistant
to the President in the Western
Region and will be an administra-
tive official for that area.
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in the office of Chief of Cavalry.
During this time he also served on
the Olympic Committee, and staged
many exhibits of horsemanship in
preparation for the 1910 Olympics.
which later were cancelled because
of the war.
Col Whitaker was Executive Of
ficer at Fort Jackson, S. c., in 1910
and 194l He supervised the con-
struction of the buildings there,
and was actively concerned in pro-
viding recreation facilities and
buildings, as well as in the con-
struction of barracks and other
camp buildings.
At Fort jackson, too. he was in
strumental in the establishment of
ia modern radio studio, which regu-
larly broadcasts Fort Jackson on
the Air. a program originating in
the fort.
Chief of Supply
In December. 1871, he was made
G A, Chief of Supply, in the West
ern Defense Command, Fourth
Army, in San Francisco, and in
July, 1912. was appointed Deputy
Chief of Staff of the Command, a
post he has held until the present.
Horse shows, and other equine
spectacles. have long been fea-
ture of Washington life, and Col.
Whitaker took an active part in
these affairs while stationed in the
capital. His outfit always was one
of the most dashing and colorful in
the field, and official Washington
took great pride in the honors it
won.
In 1917 he married Eta Louise
Runkle, a San Francisco girl. They
have two children. James. high
school student in San Francisco,
and a daughter, Mrs. Louis F. de
Lesdernier wife of Major de Les
dernier, of the Infantry.
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and
STEWART ARE
HIGH B0WLERS

Stewart, of the Dolls, made high
single game score when the High
heel League played their tourna-
ment games on the Elks Club bowl
ing alleys last night when she
rolled 1863 in the first frame. High
three-game total was made by
TAYLOR, of the Federals.
Scores made last night were:
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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

Citizens who are not registered
voters must register by April 3 to
qualify as electors at the Munich
pal election to be held in the City
of Juneau April 6, 1943.
Persons who voted at the last
municipal election need not regis
ter again as their names are on
the registration lists. a
If you are not registered, do not
delay in so doing at once.
gistered voters who have
changed their addresses since last
municipal election must notify the
City Clerk promptly so that proper
record can be made of such change
as to precinct. 4A&
ETA MAE DUCKWoRTH,
adv. City Clerk
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CORRECTION

In yesterdays Empire, the story
on the appropriations bill listed the
entertainment fund for the Gov
ernor's House for the next two
years at only $500. This should
have been $4,000.
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NOTICE

1 will not be responsible for any
debts contracted in my name un-
less authorized in writing by n.y.
self
adv LUCILLE WILSON,