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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18
M'ArflllIr Is Poised
TOSfrike Death Blow
Continued from Page Two)

or recalled some humorous Incl
dent As always, he paced back
and forth In his large office.
But this time nc was not a
roStlcSSly pacing man driven
desperation h. pfrnhlemS
of Overwhelming magnitude but a
man who measured his steps
calmly, almost ptaC1dty, using
them 10 emphasize his comments.
To correspondents who long
have been aCutcly aware of the
dangerous shortages in many
aspects of the Allied reserves in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18

enemy's Zero fighter has not been
changed much since the start Of
the war.
The spirit Of cooperation be-
tween the Australians and Amer
leans is excellent, he said, and
there is the best of feeling and
mutual admiration on both sides.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18

first team Is just beginning TO
get into the line."
The morale of the American
pilots, Kenney said. lis so high il
scares us"
He said American planes in
service continue TO prove superior
TO the japanese, and that the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18

Vest pocket sire. Makes your
badge visible. Holds one
inch mike, pencils. gauge,
feelers, etc. Concealed pocket
under fob.
In leatherstte, 29c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18

THE Wishing WeIT has n
message in cipher for you. Daily
and Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18
ALL PLANES RETURN

All Allied planes returned safely
from the attack.
Medium hg~hCrs Blasted crlmX
bases M The IA. Islands. south Of
New Guinea. causing heavy dam
sge AZ L-nrocr which was A.
tacFti In two waves. Two enem!
lucEccS wen Straied oifShore.
An Aimed heavy bomber nj
tackled three enemy coastal vessels
in AicCiLLr Gu!l -ArXl- Guinea
with unObSCrl I'd results
The only enemy retaliation was
IN ineffective attack by a single
plane which raided tho town area
Of Meraukc. on the south New
Guinea coast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-18

this area 10 fight even a holding
war, the calm confidence of Mac
Arthur was most welcome
We knew we were standing be-
fore a man who, although basically
a ground generals 400 PCT cent
air conscious. His Stratcgical
concept is 10 balk the Japs and
employ air power wherever he can
to destroy a maximum number Of
the enemy at minimum expense 20
his own hard-prcssed forces.
TASTES FIRST VICTORIES
His ability to turn what first
appeared to be japanese victories
into decisive defeats for the foe
no doubt has instilIed Macarthur
with confidence Milne -Bay-ip
the Papuan campaign and in the
Bismarck Sea battle, Macarthur
tasted his first victories after a
year of fighting a gallant but
losing battle.
To us the most reaSSurinC signs
were the changes IN Macarthur
himself. The tired, haggard lines
we're gone. His happiest battle
smile was there. The fall of
Bataan and Corregidor no longer
gnaWS at his sensitive spirit. a
new determination 10 hold and
then recapture has taken the place
of bitterness over Needless defeat
in his mind.
In every way. we who saw him
knew that Fighting Doug was
back-and back to stay.
Every one believed that when
Macarthur came 10 Australia a
year ago an offensive against
Japan would be forthcoming. He
himself so defined President
RooseveltS order transferring him
from Bataan. ---.--------.-
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ELABORATE DEFENsEs

Allied troops hopping Up Japa-
neSe remnants IN northern Papua
in the Mambare RIVER area have
discovered elaborate enemy de-
Tense positions presumably pre-
pared for the Japanese force of
15,066 men wiped out in the de-
struction of their convoy in the
Bismarck Sea.
First signs of the recent
hasty evacuation indicate the
decisive blow dealt the enemy
on the north front by destruc-
ton Of his convoy In the
Bismarck sea battle" said the
communlQue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
A Thought for Today
Browder Predicts

Earl Browder, Kansas-born American
citizen who was turned loose from the
federal penitentiary to promote Ameri-
can unity, warns his fellows that Russia
will not give us the use of Siberian bomb
ing bases against japan,
Gall that chatter about the Soviets CIV
ing us bombing bases in Siberia is harm
full nonsense" says Mr.. BroWder, with
only one aim and end--to try to give
the Soviet Union similar tasks in the Far
East which she has performed in Europe,
namely, to win the war for u.s." There
are those who will assume that Mr..
Browder, being as he is the head of the
Communist party IN this country, speaks
with inside knowledge about Premier
Stains intentions. This we challenge.
We do not believe, for one moment, that
Mr.. Browder knows any more about Rus
Sia'S intentions than we do, which Is
exactly what we are able to deduce by
putting together one and one and one to
get in the neighborhood of three - we
think.
Indications are that Mr.. Stain is
rather disguised with the Communist
party in the United States, and is telling
It nothing not shared with the whole
world, including the Axis powers. Our
own guess happens to be the same as Mr..
PROVIDERS. We have no idea at all that
Russia will let us use Siberian bases, at
least until the war in Europe is ended.
After that, who knows? But the thing
we wanted to mention was Mr.. PROVIDERS
flat assertion that Russia is winning the
war in Europe "for u.s." That is either
ignorance or flat lie.
Russia is doing marvellous job against
Hitler-for herself We are incidental
neficiaries-pleased and, naively If you
will, grateful. But not one Russian SOL
der, sailor or marine of the millions who
have died has laid down his life for us, for
Britain, for the United Nations, for de-
mocracy. They died and were MANNED
and their survivors are whipping the
Nazis-for Russia Which is exactly as 1t
should be. Moreover, Russia is not win
ming the war alone. She could not win,
she would not even exist today, but for
Anglo-American co-belligerency against
the Axis, any more than we could be win
ming but for Russia's co-belligerency
We've said this before and We'll probably
say it again. We want the record kept
straight, against the day of postwar
settlements.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
DEGREES Don't Produce Cows

For sometime past the American peo-
pie have been reading that they can ex-
pect butter and milk rationing The "a
tioning of the formed is now in force. They
are therefore partially prepared for such
drastic steps. The civilian butter reserve
is at the vanishing point, which means
that our milk supply is below needed
amounts.
Farm labor costs, dairy feed, seed and
everything the dairy farmer uses, have
shown either normal or abnormal rises
No matter how fine our economic plan
ners spin their theories, all Of them com
bined cannot produce milk cow in less
than three years, by law, executive de-
cree, or otherwise. ,,-
There is Just one way TO get more milk,
and that is to allow the farmer who pro-
duces it fair and reasonable profit based
on the cost of production and the labor
involved. Until that is done, the milk
butter and cheese supply will grow short
err and there is no use in kidding tne
American people about the issue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
Debt That Can't Be Paid

A characteristic of the jungle fighting in
the Southwest Pacific is the high proper
ton of nonfatal wounds. Japanese snip
erS fortunately are poor shots Equally,
fortunately for our men in that area,
there are plenty of highly trained medical
men to care for wounds Immediately. II
it were not for this on-the-spot medical
service, the horror of infection and death
would become almost unbearable. Re-
porting on the heroism of the Army doc
tors, news dispatch from Munda states:
cit is a heart-warming experience to
watch the young surgeons working night
and day, ministering to the wounded
Americans in the gloomy depths of the
New Georgia jungle. The main respon-
sibility for saving lives rests with them
It has been the aim Of the medical
corps in this campaign to give every
wounded man preliminary treatment
within few minutes after he has been
hit The Corps does its job with the
bulletS and shrapnel still flying"
These are the same doctors that year
or so ago were striving to build careers
for themselves at home Most of them
have families and all of them spent long
years Of study and privation preparing to
practice medicine. They carry with them
into battle wealth of knowledge and the
best traditions of the American medical
profession. The parents, wives and sweet
hearts of the men in service owe the mill
tary doctors debt of gratitude they can
never hope to repay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

Fire losses in the United States aver
aged more than $1,000,000 day for the
first six months Of this year, according to
preliminary reports. Fires are like strikes.
Most of them are preventable, and are
therefore inexcusable. A fire in key
plant means production interruptions all
along the line Arrangements and en-
ployes SHOULD do everything in their pow
er to erase fire hazards.
A single pile of waste that would have
taken but moment to remove may, to-
morrow, wipe out a million dollar arn1a-
nent concern. The man who failed 10
remove the danger will suddenly realize
that his claims to patriotic citizenship
ring little hollow. Somewhere, thanks
to his negligence, a nan in uniform VII!
suffer for the lack of a needed bit OF
equipment The imagined chain OF events
as so often pictured in advertisements
wherein soldier dies because OF the fall
ure of a worker to produce to capacity, is
doubly applicable to those who are care
less with fire.
Every community has its fire proven.
ton authorities. They work night ana
dav to curb loss of life and property from
this menace Far too often their task IS
made unduly difficult through want OF
public cooperation. They repeatedly seek
to drive home the truth that fire preven-
ton, to be really effective, must begin
with the individual. 1t Is time that we
as individuals realized that.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
Block That Sneeze

The Connecticut state Department Of
Health has stated that we face this fall
and winter the possibility Of at least
100000 colds in the state. Every year at
this time we are warned Of the danger Of
common colds and given good advice how
to avoid same. This winter the common
cold will be regarded as an even greater
enemy because it will keep so many peo-
pie from work that is vital to the war
effort. There are more people working
in our many industries than at any time
in the history of our state. Departments
and rooms are filled with workers and all
of these are not going to be too careful
about colds
Stupidity about colds is always to be
deplored. A cold can be picked up so cas-
lily that one is astonished at the easy time
germs have in their onslaught on the in
dividual. Colds are passed along in busS-
eS, at business and in the home; one day
there isn't cold in the room, the next
day one person has it, and the next sew
eral The stupidity comes from the I'M
clinical department of the person or per-
sons with cold, and sometimes from the
carelessness of the person or persons who
get in the way of a cough or sneeze. 1t
is surprising how many supposedly intel
ligent folks sneeze and cough into the air
with no thought of blocking that sneeze
or cough with a handy handkerchief. Such
folks are menaces to good health. I'm
fortunately this is done in the best OF So
ciety.
The Connecticut State Department Of
Health Bulletin states in part: I'm a
room, bus or crowded auditorium, a
sneeze or cough may so fill the air with
respiratory germs of all sorts that every
one in close proximity to the offender will
be infected" Epideniiologist Of the Bur
eau of Preventable Diseases has this to
say: "the common cold should be classed
as an enemy agent engaged in sabotage
of our war effort"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
Unsound Proposal

Senator Taft of Ohio proposes, instead
of Senator Wheeler's ban on drafting any
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers, that conScrip-
ton of family men be limited to those
under 80 years old. This is very un-
sound proposal.
Economically and sentimentally the
opposition to drafting fathers of young
children would not be met by such an
expedient. Quite the contrary. Fathers
under so have had less time to build up
q backlog to help their wives and children
carry on during the war, to cushion the
shock If the bread-winner falls in battle.
They are less prepared to go, of the two,
than fathers over 80.
Il fathers of young children really are
needed, they should be taken as they
come. II they aren't, as many believe,
they shouldn't be taken ct ell.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
THE JAMAICANs FACE SOUTH
Hartford Times)

In several areas In the eastern
coastal states Jamaican workers
have helped to solve O critical labor
situation on the farms. Connect
cut has seen hundreds OF them on
its tobacco plantations, fruit Or
chards and potato fields. Many Of
them are now returning to their
homes in the warm tropics with
good money In their pocket and the
knowledge that they have done use
full work on the American home
front In this war.
As British subjects they expected
and received good treatment. Brit
ism agents saw to 1t that they did
not suffer from racial discrimination
In the United States. Because they
were housed in special community
centerS, there was no occasion for
racial friction.
Strange climate and food were
the chief handicaps to the black
men from Jamaica and other is
lands. The northern nights were too
cool and the food too unfamiliar to
suit their comfort and taste. Their
religious songs they brought with
them. Their spontaneous singing,
whether at work or at ease, was as
much a pleasure to others as to
themselves. The experiment of i'm
porting labor of this type was en-
tirely new and would not have been
thought Of except for the emer-
gency but 1t has worked out very
satisfactorily. If the need continues
the Jamaicans will again be well
come next season.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

titled 1.-THE Little Man With the
Big Idea. 1t will be the most in
telligent boost for small business
from any Administration spokes-
man The public forgets cas-
lily but chalk up a score for COM
ly Congressional Claire Luce
as the first to sound off regard
ing U. S. air rights on Allied
bases after the war. She sounded
the warning nine months before
the Flying Senators gave birth TO
the same thing.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Department of Justice Lawyer
John Levin has now chalked up
q big league record Of the fol-
lowing major lawsuit victories: oil
company price-fixing; medical
monopoly: Associated Press;
Ethyl gasoline. Private Bob Nath-
an who saved the taxpayer mil
lions Sby his economic planning
Job for WPB will soon be dis
charged from the army. Nathan
was always getting In the hair
Of the Army brass hats who didn't
care for his economic planning.
So he was drafted He had
q serious spinal ailmcnt, but that
made no difference. In the army
he has spent most Of his time in
the hospital, through no fault OF
his own, wasting the taxpayers
money which for years he tried
to save >. Newsman James Young
author Of Behind the Rising Sum-"
has written Martin Dies suggest
ing that red-blooded Americans use
vigilaIfte tactics to break up O
Philadelphia meeting this week OF
peace Now" Dies, though Wig.
orously opposed TO any appease-
ment peace, says: "What are we
fighting for If not the right Of
free speech. Those people will be
forgotten unless you advertise
'em by trying 10 break 'em up.
Copyright, l943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

go into the corn so long as these
improvised torches are burning.
Despoilers always hate light and
avoid it. We see this in the case
of Nazis. Unwilling to admit that
any Of their neighbors possess cul-
ture, they insist, when they take
over a country. on buring Its books
and locking up its teachers. And
for good reason. Anyone with nor
NAL intelligence can tear the Nazi
philosophy into ribbons In a few
minutes. It simply cannot stand
analysis-which Is another way Of
saying that 1t cannot bear 10 have
the light turned on It.
We can sum up our war aims by
saying that this great struggle Is
Just determination on the part
OF free people 10 live In the light
and 10 make II possible for everyone
else 10 live In the light. We hate
any co-called system Of thought
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
Views Of The Press

ton, is'a good deal Of q question.
The Civil Aeronautics Board has
turned down two or three applica-
tons Of the kind In the past and
seems, by and large, to be distinctly
cool to the general idea OF the rail-
roads invading the field Of the air.
lines under any but the most ex-
ceptional circumstances. The De.
partment OF Justice Is even more ac-
lively hostile. On the ground that
the movement Is monopolistic, 1t
has demanded the rejection Of all
applications Of this kind now pend
ing before the O. A. B. Meanwhile,
Senator Wheeler announces that he
Is planning to introduce legislation
in the coming session Of Congress
which would not only forbid such
expansion Of railroad activities, but
would compel railroads to divest
themselves Of existing interests In
non-rail transport activities.
Whether this movement by the
railroads to invade the field of avia-
ton is successful or whether it is
not. it should go far toward clari-
fication Of the country's postwar
railroad policy. The chief argument
of the carriers for being permitted
to establish their own air lines is
that this would tend to overcome
certain Of the competitive disad-
vantages under which they now
operate. Specifically, 1t would en-
able them to enjoy the subsidies un-
der which their airline competitors
function at the present time. Wheth
er the railroads plan for overcom-
ing this disadvantage is the correct
one or not may be open to ques-
ton.
The railroads are st present en-
joying the greatest prosperity in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
WANTED: A TRANSPORT
POLICY
(New York Herald-Tribun

(New York Herald Tribune)
The New Haven Railroad, accord
ing to its president. Howard s. Pal
mer, is planning to enter the air.
transport field. The New England
Airlines. formerly T. w. Anew
England), an affiliated company Of
the New Haven. has obtained per-
mission to have its application for
a certificate heard by the Civil Ae-
ronautics Board. and Mr.. Palmer
announces that the railroad COM
pany viii press for its approval at
the earliest possible moment.
The New Haven application Is by
no means the first Of its kind. AZ
least q half dozen other roads have
taken similar action looking toward
converting themselves from rail-
roads into general transportation
companies. Whether these plans
win ever come TO fruitlon, senti-
ment being what Il is in Washing
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

their modern history, yet the quota
tons on railroad securities indicate
clearly that the investment public
is skeptical about the postwar OUT
look for the carriers. The principal
reason for this Is to be found in
this unequal competition which the
carriers have been forced to meet in
the last few years from the high
ways, inland waterways and air
lines, and which they will have to
meet in a more intense form In the
future unless a more enlightened
philosophy toward transportation as
a whole is adopted by Congress.
Common sense indicates that this
involves either permitting the car
riers to share In the subsidies grant.
ed their competitors or making
these competitors pay their way just
as the railroads do.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

poration had set up Ethyl GMBH
in partnership with I. q. Far
benindustrie. And in 1885, Arneri-
can Ethyl proposed letting its
German counterpart have Its high
octane gasoline patent.
Du Points, however, protested.
They pointed out that Germany
wanted the patent for military
purposes, that Germany was be-
coming dangerous military
power. They also pointed out
that the U. s. Government
frOwned on sending these pat
ents abroad.
So the Ethyl Corporation con-
suited the U. s. Army Air Corps,
telling the army that the patent
was not secret, Ethyl also said
that even II the patent was secret,
an equal or compelling reason
was the widespread property in
terest the company had in Ger
many and that making this pat
ent available in Germany would
help the Ethyl Corporation.
So the Army said OK.
NOTE: One important point was
that du Pont, which developed the
patent, apparently considered 1t so
secret that 1t should not be given
to Germany. But the Ethyl Cor
poration told the army 1t was not
secret. du Pont has q large In
terest In General Motors, so was
consulted.
CAPITAL CHAFF
Rough-and-ready Buford Jes-
ter, Texas railroad commission
recently RECALLED q caucus Of the
Texas Congressional delegation
with the story OF how he allegedly
had torn SECommissioner Sum-
ner Pike to shreds over the ques-
ton OF increasing the price OF
oil. Pike, however, still seems
to have a lot Of price, depressing
influence with Economic Stabiliz-
er Vinson :. Vice President Wal
lace Is about 20 publish a Stateve-
post article on Small Business,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

which burns books. tnprisons teach
ers, stamps upon culture. and re-
fuses TO allow its adherents TO ex-
anime anything in the light Of uni
versal truth. Adherents Of such q
system are Ike the raccoons which
slip into the corn fields at night.
They love darkness and fear light
And the best way TO keep them from
their nefarious business Is to set up
torches in prominent places and
see that these torches keep burn-
ing.
(All Rights decentralization
Newspaper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

kerosene, stuff
rags into them
which act as
wicks, and put
t h Sc lighted
torches among
the corn. While
some people
doubt the eff
cacy of such
procedure, those
who do it de-
clare that a rae
soon will never
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 7:22 m (war time)
sun rises at e:Ol a. m, sets at Sis D. m
(war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after
sunset.
The hunting season opens this week Saturday.
Because Of the dry season occasioned by pro-
longed drought there Is talk in some sections
|of postponing the opening for the present
watch for announcements about the state.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, d. d.

KEEP THE TORCHES LIGHTED
In our part of the country the
raccool1s frequently get into the
corn fields at night and ruin the
crop. The farmers fill bottles with
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

Stripping brooms Of "frills' will
save 1850 tons Of steel wire annu-
ally, $4,000 pounds Of cotton tw1ne
and between 10000 and $1,000 sal
Ions Of lacquer and other paint ma
terials.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14
Selected Poem
KITTEN SWAGGER


frances Frost in The Christian Science Monitor
Leaf by leaf the autumn goes,
Yellow, red, about my nose,
But any leaf cat ever saw,
I can bat with my black paw!
Though I'm kitten, sweet and fat
can pounce like any cat
And like any grown-up, purr
With the new engine in my furl
Leaves may whirl around my head,
Green and brown and gold and red,
But I'm as brave as bears until
I've chased october down the hill -.
witch an ear toward mothers call :.
It's getting dark,
And I'm
small.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-14

WASHINGTON October H. senatorial revelations regarding Birth
negotiation further
has i Leaks d0t