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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
MAY AGAIN
New York Tines


Thirty days gets April. Many OF
us feel that she'd get what she de-
served II 1t was life Imprisonment
at hard labor. April Is favorite
with poets. Apparently they never 70
out OF doors, depend upon their In
splration for heat and never have
to bother about coal or fuel oil
Bright April In fact, dreary
overcast, drizzly, disagreeable April
Sir William Watson besows on her
"girlish laughter II she laughs,
she laughs like q witch of Thes-
sally. II she Is n girl, Methusaleh
was an infant at 900.
Stephen Vincent Benet was nearer
the truth. He called her "grimy".
Il. s. Eliot hits the mark when he
makes her 1.-THE Cruelest month.
Only n few days ago there was q
typical instance OF her inhumanity
just TO deceive she granted us one
bland and beautiful day with q tenn
perature Of 10. Spring had come nj
last. Winter clothes were bur-
den. "This day so mild Is heavens
own child and so on. Trust her
not, she's foollng thee. BY night
VIC were freezing, burning our last
residues Of fuel. That was April
all over; and she used up all March's
leftover coupons OF wind. We
shall not demean ourselves by re-
citing her abnormalties Of this year.
Only when abnormal IL she normal.
Good radiance TO herl
Her, successor who takes the stage
today Is 81 good deal Of an impos-
tor. He Is not really the American
May but the English. We have read
so much about May Day and Queen
OF tbs May and going a-Maying and
May Poles and Robin Hood and
gathering flowers and hawthorn
branches that we have created q
false and literary May, Just as we
initiate the Romans In imaging
that May marrlagesa re unlucky. Un-
less he reforms and relents, this old
man May will be as cantakerous as
usual. He Is In very truth "a
ghastly fraud OF the almanac"
But let the old scoundrel do his
worst. His term will soon run out,
and then we shall have the month
Of months All serious calendar re-
formers propose an all-year June.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
UNITED SUPPLICATION
New York SUM


Following the Passover, deyout
Jews are praying and fasting In a
special period OF supplication over
which the Synagogue Council Of
America has undertaken direction.
This service comes 10 q peak IN q
Day OF Compassion next Sunday In
which the Federal Council Of
Churches Of Christ In America, the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews and the National Council
OF Catholics have called upon men
Of all faiths 10 participate. Through
out the days thus set aside Divine
compassion will be invoked In be-
half OF victims Of persecution and
massacre In lands controlled by
Nazi Germany and It's satellites. IT
Is no mere coincidence. OF course,
that this Is taking place while the
conference Oh refugees Is under way
In Bermuda. But surely no better
time could be found when men Of
faith ought to be often upon their
knees. In the united prayers OF de-
voted men and women lies q moral
force which no thoughtful person
will underestimate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Brass Hats No Protection

This has been hard war on the Brass
Hats A roundup by one newspaper
shows that five admirals have been killed
on active duty and 81 generals have been
killed or wounded or are missing in
action. This contrasts with one general
killed in World War l.
The explanation is not that high
officers are more courageous now than
their predecessors we're quarter of CEN
fury ago, but rather than in war Of
continued movement featured by air.
power, danger is everywhere. No longer
is it possible to give high officers the
protection which their greater value
demands.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

Transport In the ODT. Boatner
has now shifted TO u without
compensation" basis so he can act
as consultant for the railroads
and be paid by them, while still
officially working for the govern
ment. He was formerly president
of the Chicago Great Western
Railroad.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
The carpet IN the State Depart
mcnt reception room, where Hull
holds press conferences, Is bor-
dcred with sWastikas William
y. Lewis, Chief Of Owls radio
bureau, resented Times calling
him Smooth, dappcr," and one Of
the soap statesmen In Owl. He
called "Time's" Washington bur-
eau threatening TO write letters
OF protest TO important people.
write one to u.s." said Felix Be-
lair, Jr., head OF the Bureau, IF
It's good, we'll print It," The
casualty lists Of American dough-
boys fighting the Germans and
Italians In Tunisia are full of
such Italian names as forrest
Tuccaro, Bellantoni, Carmosino,
and Ciarpelli-but there Is little
recognition Of Italo-A American war
support In the U. S. A.
Copyright, l943, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

Looks like American sardines are in
for the duration and forever more. And
why not? We liked our sardnes from
Italy, Portugal, and so on, but when we
can get them from Maine, very choicely
put up in oil, let's have them by all
means, and encourage the industry in
this country. They are also doing them
up brown in California. A food column
states they are packed in corn OIL pea
nut oil, soy bean oil, and olive oil, If you
can get it, Yes, we believe they are on the
ration list.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
WHAT EVERY PROSPECTIVE
MOTHER OUGHT TO KNOW


am mother for the first time
and I feel so terribly uniformed
complains Mrs. r. E. -). I
have a swell doctor, but whenever
I visit him his Office is full of peo-
pie and in the short = he can see
me can't remember half of the
things ! wanted to ask, until get
back home again, and then l have
to go to the corner store to tele-
phone, while the neighbors stay
with my baby. il. My weight has
normally been about 1873 pounds, but
in the endeavor TO assure having
enough milk for the baby have
increased my weight to 100 pounds.
To Mrs. r. f. - and other
young mothers I suggest that The
Brady Baby Book is especially de-
signed TO answer lot of the ques-
lions the family doctor hasn't time
to consider, or questions you haven't
time to ask when you do see the
doctor. For the booklet send ten
cents and stamped envelope bear
ing your address.
To prospective mothers I sug-
gest that Preparing for Maternity Is
another of the Little Lessons, de-
signed to teach the prospective
mother how to take care OF her
health and the health Of the baby.
For copy send ten cents and
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress
If our common schools were worth
boot they'd provide fundamental
or elementary instruction for every
girl In the care Of the baby. For
every boy. too.
II is downright absurd, when you
come to think Of II, that most young
mothers, II they can possibly afford
the luxury or rather the affecta-
ton, go TO q Specialist at stated
intervals to get instructions for the
care and feeding of the baby. This
Is nothing less than a reflection on
the intelligence or our people. No
doctor worth his salt will cultivate
that kind OF business.
It Is true that the expectant
mother should eat Tor two but not
for two adults. 1t would be more
accurate to say she should cat for
one and one-tenth. That applies to
the nursing mother, too.
A woman about to bear a child
should weigh 20 TO % pounds more
than she weighed a year before.
The food items in which most ex-
pectant mothers diet Is deficient
are the items which will best assure
her capacity TO nurse her baby and
at the same time maintain her nu-
triton without causing her TO gain
excessive weight. They are, in my
opinion, milk. cheese, plain wheat,
greens. BY milk mean fresh milk,
pasteurized milk, raw milk, evapo-
rated milk, dry milk, skim milk,
buttermilk or sour milk, cream and
various dishes containing milk. BY
cheese I mean any kind of cheese
you like. BY plain wheat I mean
the grain farmers grow. BY green's
mean any green growing stuff you
like.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Current Comment

The war In the east Is as much
a United Kingdom war as the war
In Europe Is New Zealand and
Australian war.
British Deputy Prime Minister
Clement Atlee.
We are anxious TO see the end
OF the war. But are most OF all
concerned that 1t shall end in VIC
tory. The mighty venture DIVA
SION IN which our own men are
destined TO play u decisive role
should be made as certain OF sue
cess as anything In war can be
made.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
Of Canada.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
wHEELERs PROPOSAL
New York Sum

Riders seem 10 be the style In
Washington. Sen. Wheeler's pro-
posal 10 give blanket deferment for
the rest OF this year TO all fathers
who were married before December
7, 1041, has been offered as an
amendment 10 bill dealing with a
different subject. II Is Secretary
stimson's estimate that not fewer
than 100000 men OF draft age
would come under the terms Of the
Wheeler amendment. His reasons
for opposition 10 the amendment
arc obvious. II the Army must OBJ
tain men and yet must not touch
fathers, must not touch essential
workers In war plants, must not
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Blood Donor

ample, Consumers Wartime d.
gest" published under the imprint
OF the Civilian Defense Volunteer
Office Consumers Service Divi-
vision, Manhattan). IT opens with
a campaign In behalf OF grade IL
being Grade labelling is a cause
that has been suddenly taken up
very ardently by q number OF left
wing groups. Our purpose here liz
not to enter into the merits or de.
fectS OF grade labelling but to raise
few questions. Just what hav'
consumers got TO do with prep.
arations against the bombing O.
New York? What has grade label.
Ing got to do with the protection
OF the public against bombingi
What right has any group In this
national wartime agency to use the
CDVO as means OF promoting IT.
own economic ideas?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Views Of The Press

touch farmers and farm workers,
where is the required number TO
come from? Blanket delerment was
not written into the original Selec-
tive Service Act because 1t seemed
to Congress that local draft boards
could grant deierment with greater
justice II each case were considered
on Its own merits. That principle
still remains sound, even II 1t has
been somewhat weakened by SUISSE
quent amendments OF the law.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

AtObAFC NbDtI1AIJ anu
can't possibly be kept on public
works. The shelf of public works
projects now being assembled by
various federal, state and munich
pal planning commissions won
begin to absorb all the people now
on war work. And that's only the
beginning of the problem.
Assuming there will be a mil
lion casualties in the war and that
the armed forces after the war will
have to be kept at around two mil
lion, there will be jobs TO find for
the eight million discharged soldiers
and sailors.
INCREASED LABOR FORCE
The normal population growth of
the country, will, from 1910 TO 1916.
have increased the civilian labor
force by two and half million po-
tential Wage-earners for whom work
Will have TO be found.
The job ahead Is to confine I'M
employment TO the uncmployables,
who should number not more than
two million.
IT Is assumed that most OF the
women and other war workers who
were not gainfully employed before.
tlr war Will 90 back to washing
dishes mintling babies and sitting
in rocking chairs. But even 20. il
all these increases IN the labor force
are added up, by 1916 there will be
ten million more potential workers
to be employed than in 1910.
PRODUCTION ADVANCES
Project on top Of this the advances
IN technology which will permit the
production Of more goods per man
hour OF labor, and, says this sur
yey, assuming that people will want
to work about the same hours as In
1910, the potential capacity of the
available manpower in 1916 Is almost
so per cent greater than the total
output In 1870"
1t Is made clear by the Depart
ment OF Commerce that this Is not
n forecast OF what the volume OF
postwar business will be. 1t Is mere
ly a measure OF what this postwar
business can be OF what can be
produced. There Is an accumulated
buyer demand being built up by war
shortages. There are accumulated
war savings. For a time they may
keep production of peacetime con-
sumers' goods at an accelerated rate
But 1t will be difficult to maintain.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
WHAT is CIVILIAN DEFENSE
New York Times)

Most OF lis have assumed that the
purpose Of the ONCE OF Civilian De-
Tense and OF the various organiza-
tons AFFILIATED with 1t Is TO prepare
for civilian protection against enemy
bombing and other forms Of enemy
action against the home front. But
some odd things seem to be happen
ing. We have before us, for ex-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Selected Poem
WE ARE NOT DONE

Nancy Telfair in the New York Times)
We are not done, though nevermore shall wave
Or furroW know our coming, nor the sun
And stars announce for us the Spring begun
Nor music welcome, nor glance Of brave
And yearning love meet ours, nor archtrave
Memorabilia our days, though hard tears run
Upon the grievng face-we are not done,
Not yet, while there is destiny TO save
We are the young the bright young, dead befor'
We tested life, and now we stand, a horde
OF warriors within the golden door;
Our swords laid down, we yet entreat the Lord;
We are not done-in the immortal skies
Forever sound our interceding cries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Your Health
Bv DR.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per-
sonaI health and hygiene, not to
disease, diagnosis OF treatment.
will be answered by DIR. Brady II
n stamped self-addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
be made TO queries not conform
ing to instructions. Address DIR.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Employment
Problem After
The War
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

A first look at some Of the prob
lens involved in maintaining full
employment after the war has Just
been made by the National Econ
omics Unit of the Department OF
Commerce in a study called Mar
kets After the War" AS the title in
dicates, this approach to the prob
lem is from a new angle-the view
point of selling the goods and not
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

the usual idea of
keeping produc-
ton going any
kind Of produc-
ton just SO 1t
provides employ
ment.
Today, half the
nations good S
and services are
bought by t h e
federal gov yer n
ment. But when
all this federal
buying is sawed
off sharply after
the war, this half
the country's pro-
md ntnnnlo,tt,,n,,l
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
FOLLOW THE PATTERN
BY EARL l.. DOUGLASS ID. ID

We have been told that n hooked
rug Is woven from the wrong side.
One simply follows the pattern
And although the side that the
weaver sees Is anything but beau
tiful, he may be sure of that II he
follows the pattern he will eventual
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

1t is almost time 10 get the outdoor
fireplace in order or polish up the port
able one that has taken on a coat of rust
after alternating for the winter in the
cellar. Are you ready for the first out
door steak Gu roast?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

ly, when he turns
the rug over, be-
hold a thing Of
beauty.
Everyday living
Is very much like
the making of a
II 0 0 k @ d rug.
Viewed from the
side on which we
stand, the whole
thing often looks
Tx a tangled
npSS. And 40 in-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
No Charge

I am the widow Of country
doctor. / have had what an eye
specialist calls granular conjunctici-
tbs for the past six years or so. ]
am now seventy. and otherwise in
excellent health. The specialist
found calcium particles on inner
eyelid, prescribed use OF solution
Of salt In distilled water as wash
and would not accept fee. The
wash brought much improvement
(Mrs. N. G. y.
AnsWer-Says the Code of Medica,
Ethics: "A physician should Away.
cheerfully and gratuitously RESPOND
with his professional services tc
the call OF any physician practlcins
In his Vicinity or OF the immediate
family dependents Of physicians
SO the specialist only conforme,
with the professional amenities. 4
solution OF teaspoonful OF com
mon salt in a pint OF boiled waite.
(tap water is all right II distilled
water not convenienD Is always
good TO use as eye wash-have Il
agreeably warm and battle or irri.
gate the lid sac freely several times
day.
Blood Donor
Would q blood donor have any
bad aftcr-eflccts from giving 500 &C
OF blood oftener than every siS
weeks, say every three or foui
weeks? &C. j. L.
Answcr--Not necessarily, although
1t Is better to have an interval Of
six or eight weeks between dona-
lions, as a rule.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
A Thought for Today

Who stand before his Indignation? and
who abide in the fierceness Of his anger?
his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks
are brown down by him.-Nahum 16.
There is a God TO punish and avenge-
Schiller
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW P PEARSON
NH &saNl@

Ships Were Piled Up Persian Gulf Super Attempt Aid
Lack Of Facilities Delayed Unloading But Conditions Have
Mrs. Harry Hopkins Mother Her Little Stepdouehter
Railroads Are Doing Gond Job But Burden Proving
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03

WASHINGTON May 1t is permissible that months
nOaded
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-03
Daily Almanac

l9Suns I5lJu
'(om1
TvM) III d 6t:L s19S "m y Os:G 10 s9sII uns
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
BY ANN STEVICK
NEA starr Correspondent

WASHINGTON - Manufac-
turers of rayon stockings no
longer are required TO label their
product Grade A or Grade
b, but many of them will con
tinue using these markers to le,
you know that what YOU buy is
up to War Production Board
standards. They are free to do
so if their stockings meet WPB
specifications -on construc I'll o n
yarn quality and type OF knit
ting.
But the Grade B stocking,
though unmarked. still will have
to be sold for about 10 per cent
less than the Grade A, for the
ban on grade labelling doesn't
affect price ceiling.
Likewise, manufacturers. still
will have TO mark ceiling prices.
and gauge or nee d e count,
which indicates the number of
needles TO every inch and half
of knitting And substandards
must still be labeled irregular
or second "
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

agile Astaire rubs his feet in
resin and goes into a tap routine.
waiting for his cue. Jimmy Gag
ney stands quietly by himself
and reads over his lines. Al the
finale. they all march out for the
Star Spangled Banner and
then they dash for the buses
which take them home" TO the
train.
After coffee and sandwiches
on the diner the girls usually 60
10 their compartments for some
hair-fiXing and other beauty
chores. There's no time for
beauty parlors on a bond train.
STARS IN JAM SESSION
They miss the Jam session in
the lounge car where Mickey
takes the drums. Dick Powell
the saXophone. Fred AStaire the
piano and Harpo the harp. Over
in a corner, an endless gin-rum-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

interviews during the day; they
must line up at 730 sharp be-
fore buses which carry them TO
the evening rally al an audi
forum.
There, baCkstage. youU see
Greer Carson giving Judy Gar
land the final once-over before
the mirror they share, and Lu-
ellie Ball doing the same for
Joan Blondell and Betty Hutton.
All the gals use the same dress
ing room Likewise, the men
make up together They make
short shrift Of il, spending most
Of the three-hour show time
either on the stage or IN the
wings
Harpo Marx. a hotel towel
over his wild Wig sticks his head
out Of the common dressing
room and makes a bewildered
gesture Am | on yet?'- The
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade special train
polish a idea augh line.
left doesn't much impressed by the dancing
of Garland Mickey the club dur
session ITS murder! Betty Hutton. SO she and
Harper rehearse this
OF
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

ards also slammed a two-run cir
cult clout for Detroit.
Wakefield hoisted his four
Dagger in the opening inning
with Roger Cramer on deck.
Cramer had singled. Richards
got his home run in the eighth.
scoring Jimmy Bloodworth, who
had been hit by pitched ball.
The Sox went scoreless until
the fourth frame when Bobby
Doerr walked, moved to second
on Jim Tabor's single and adj
vanced to third on a fly, scoring
when Ulysses Lupien's grounder
got away from Don Ross.
The Bengals took a 4 TO l
lead in the next inning when
Richards, Virgil Trucks an d
Cramer hit singles for the first
run and Trucks scoring the Sec
ond as Wakefield grounded into
a double play.
Danny Doyles single drove
home two runs for Boston in the
sixth after Tabor had walked
and Lazor had doubled.
Trucks was pounded for nine
hits. but they were sufficiently
scattered so that the Sox got
only two earned runs. 1t was his
l4th victory.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Shark Meat Makes Debut
as Wartime Dinner Dish

of Fisheries Chats Mr.. lckes
again, in one of his many jobs
has arranged~to have a quick
freezing plant take over all the
shark meat from a Florida fish
cry which uses only the livers
and formerly threw away mil
lions of pounds of meat a year.
Until recently, liverS and skin
were the onlN excuses for COM
mercial shark fishing. Some
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Tigers
Defeat
Red SOX

BOSTON, Sept. 28-.Pl-Al.
though the Detroit Tigers came
through win a 8 to 3 victory
yesterday over the Boston Red
SoX, it did not lift them out Of
the second division In fact, the
BcngalS are 81 games behind
the Chicago White Sox, who
b 90 s te d their grip on fourth
place by capturing a double
header from Washington.
The Tigers play their final
game against the Red SoX today
with Hal NcwhouSer pitching,
m Owe TO Philadelphia for a
three game series and 10 Wash
ingtou for the last two games Of
the season.
Dick Wakefield spanked the
Tigers tahiti splurge yesterday
off Dick NcWsome Besides polk
ing out tWo-run homer Wake
field singled twice. Paul Rich
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Maine posses
Shoot Own Meat

GREENVILLE. Me U.p) 49,
Posses OF Greenville residents
are going @fter homegrown
steaks. The village marksmen
are bagging their own game 10
save red points for the more lus-
clous cuts OF meat TO grace the
Sunday dinner table.
Lawrence Rowe nabbed a
3OO-pound black bear; Albert
Spinney shot two coons and then
whirled around 10 fire a fatal
volley into a giant hawk.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
MAN BITES SHARK

Maybe you haven't tried serv-
ing the family a shark fillet,
but lot of people have, what
with the meat shortage and all.
East : coast demand for shark
meat is booming, so much that
fishermen aren't able TO fill all
the orders. And the Coordinator
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

kinds of liverS, incidentally, are
30 per cent oil and bring S375
a pound But a new market has
developed for these fierce sea-
dWellers. Those who have tried
shark meat report that the meat
is white, looks like SWordlISh
and tastes like haddock.