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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10

4Ou AOCdI newspaper printed
list Of the maximum prices in dol
lars and cents which any food store
In your area may charge you under
any circumstances for a pound, a
package, or dozen Of the numer-
Gus items listed. Clip that list and
keep 1t with you. BY referring TO 1t
when you make out your weekly
market list, you can know on Mon
day the maximum amount you will
have to spend by Saturday for the
Items now listed. In time, all the
essential food items will be listed.
The list OF top prices refers to
small. independent stores only
Chain stores must continue to OBJ
serve their present ceilings.
Your grocer must plainly mark
his ceiling prices for all items on
the new community LIST. 1t must
appear on the item itself, or be clear
ly printed on the shelf or bin where,
the food Is displayed.
IF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
II your grocer Is charging more
than the listed ceiling price, report
that fact TO your local War Price
and Rationing Board. Write, do not
telephone. Give full details, in
GLIDING name and address OF dealer
and prices paid for items. Sign
the letter.
The list includes brands that are
most generally used in your com
munity. II some locally popular
brand OF food Is not given 1t probably
means that the OPA survey disclosed
that the top price asked for that
brand In your community was either
at or below the ceiling price. For
example. If Jones coffee had been
selling at 81 cents a pound through
out your community, although the
ceiling price was 81 cents, then the
OPA would not list that particular
brand. However, II they found that
In many cases Jones coffee had been
selling at 80 cents or more a pound,
even II the ceiling price wa sonly
80 cents, the ceiling price for Jones
coffee would appear on the list. OPA
Officials state that where there are
many grocery stores in commun-
ity, items often sell below ceiling
prices because Of competition. but
in territories with few stores, there
are many price violations.
Different marketing areas Will
have different ceiling prices for the
same item because these prices are
based on wholesale costs OF getting
the items In each territory. So
don't be surprised If your Aunt Jen-
ME who lives In different area,
even II It's but few miles away,
cells you that she Is paying only
70 cents @ pound for Smiths Break
last Beverage phereas you are pay
Ing 20 cents. Both prices may be
legal In their own marketing area.
A marketing area Is a territory
within which a wholesaler sells and
delivers to the retailer for one price.
The drst 1870 and more marketing
areas In which dollars and cents
ceilings have been listed center
shout cities with an OPA district
office. However, within a few weeks
she entire country will be covered.
Dollars and cents ceilings Oh
pork have been In effect some
time. Now the OPA Is to announce
dollars and cents prices also on
beef. veal, lamb and mutton. These
simple TO- understand ceilings on
meat may help wipe out the black
ehsA Zhs continuing and In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10
$40 FOR U-TURN'

Reno, New. (UP)-Angered at
some remark by a passing sailor,
Victor E. Montelna, 81, made a u
turn in the middle of the block to
tell the sailor what he thought of
him. However, what he thought Of
the sailor was not nearly as much
as what Municipal Judge Guy Waits
thought about the U-turn. He as
sessed 1t at $40.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10
RETURNS S12.OOO SALARY

Boston CUP 1.-The State Treasury
is richer by $4,000. Col. Paul G..
Kirk, on military leave from the SUI
perior Court bench, has sent back
his 1912 $1,000 monthly pay checks
to State Treasurer Francis x. Hur-
ley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10

What happens when a Lieutenant in
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Goes into action against the enemy?
Here is a story of high adventure
In our new army of girl soldiers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10

In him Immediately.
Are you ready to go?" the ma
jor asked.
Eyes, sir"
"Then, SIR" Major Jackson said
to the general, with your permis-
sion, we will ne on our way to-
morrow after dark"
with my blessing, you mean"
the general said. He shook hands
with both of them. Good luck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10

All characters, incidents and
illustrations In BETH CARTER,
WAC are flctiOnaL
Evening star., 1943-08-18

has been buying for the protection
of his family is going to do the job;
that this investment cannot be pro-
tected If imitation destroys the value
of the dollar, and that we are going
to have imitation unless every one
makes his own small contribution
toward preventing it, Here are the
things that the life insurance COM
panies are urging their 67,O0O,OOO
policy holders to do:
1. Buy and hold War bonds-to
lend our country the money it needs
to fight the war to victory.
2. Pay willingly your share of
taxes-including increased taxes
that our country needs.
3. Provide for your own and your
family's future by adequate life in
surance and savings.
4. Reduce your debts as much as
possible and avoid making needless
new ones.
5. Buy only what you need and
make what you have last longer.
6. Live faithfully by the rationing
rules to conserve goods of which
there are shortages.
T. Cooperate with our Govern
ment's wage and price stabilization
program.
Evening star., 1943-08-18

want and fear. The cnarter was and is
purely political. The American farmer
or laborer who earns his living by sweat
and hard work will decide whether he
will submit to having his standard of
living lowered in order that the teem-
Ing hordes of India, China and Egypt
may have theirs raised. He also will
decide whether we want to become part
OF super government where the indi-
Vidual nations composing that govern
ment may not have a republican form
Of government like our States but may
be dictatorial, autocratic or monarchicaI.
What we need to do is to get on with
the war and finish it. We should then
provide for the preservation of America
for Americans. We need to listen to
those who created this Nation as well as
to modern dreamers. Washington, who
fought in the war that gave us birth,
who was man among men, who had no
third term or fourth term ambitions,
gave us some sound advice about entan-
Cling alliances which we we'll might study
especially in connection with plans being
mapped for us by man or at the
direction Of man who has given no
indication that he does not intend to
keep his present job as long as he can.
r. WILSON.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Protecting Your Insurance

Most Americans realize that infla-
ton, as a general proposition, is
bad thing. Where many fall short is
in failing to realize that it is also a
bad thing in it's effect on them as
individuals. When John Doe cashes
a War bond to buy suit of clothes
that he does not really need, or when
he cheats a little bit on some ration
ing regulation, the effect on the
national economy seems pretty re-
mote and inconsequential to him.
And as matter of fact, if there were
only a few John Does in this world
there would be nothing to worry
about. But If there should be millions
of them, all doing the same little
things, they would wake up some
fine day to discover that the buying
power of their dollars had been de-
stroyed and that the money they had
been putting aside to protect their
wives and children was not going to
take care of them after ALL
This is the personal message that
the leading life insurance companies
of the country are now trying to put
across to their 67,000,O00 policy
holders. They are trying to convince
John Doe, individually and collec-
lively, that it is up to him to decide
whether the life insurance that he
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Presidents Abroad

President Roosevelt's current visit
to Canada revives popular interest
in the Oft debated question as to
which Chief Executive of the United
States first went abroad while hold
ing office The matter may not be
of any very great Importance, but
several inquiries received by The Star
serve to suggest that numbers of
people are concerned about it.
Woodrow Wilson, according to
common belief, was the first Presi-
dent to visit a foreign country as
Chief Executive. The files of The
Star show that he sailed from
Hoboken, New Jersey, on the George
Washington, December 4, 1918, and
landed at Brest, France, nine days
later. Discussing his safe arrival
overseas, the Associated Press re-
ferred to his coming ashore as "the
first time an American President had
trod European SOIL"
Mr.. Wilson departed from Brest
in the same ship February is, 1919,
and reached Boston, Massachusetts,,
February "a. His second trip to Paris
began March and ended March 13.
The return voyage commenced June
20 and terminated July 8.
But President Wilson'S excursions
had precedent of a sort which
some historians seemingly have for
gotten. The Star for November Is,
Evening star., 1943-08-18
When Think of You

I think OF mountains, heaped against
the sky,
That kno1o the seering glory OF
the sun,
The ruthless hurl OF minds and
clutching storms
All clamor round your sides, your
strength defy.
o mountains, 1Uould that could
grant to you
A short surceaSe from even
strength sustained,
From tension strung too taut to
hold that thin,
Hard line against a binding, uibrant
bluei
But humble ualleys need to feel your
far
Up,eaching bulk forever stand
ing By,
And men look up to rest their eyes
and seek
Your steady lifted calm. To them
you are
A symbol OF everlasting peace,
And I am foolish ioiShing your
release,
ELIZABETH DUTCH.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
A Reader Spanks
Orphan Annie.

To the Editor of The Star:
Little Orphan Annie is engaged in
smear campaign against gasoline ration
ing in particular and against rationing
in general That ageless sexless charac-
ter is beside herself with rage and inti-
mates that her rationing board is q
cheat. The chairman gets all of the
gas he needs and then snatches the
A-card from Annie's hosts when they
drive 10 miles to see Mrs. Chute, a poor,
sick old woman. The chairman's wife
also has car for shopping and essen
tial activities"
The wicked ones will suffer, however
never fear. Annie calls forth everv
hate of which that vapid little creature
is capable. The ration board chairman
Is so mean that nobody likes him. even
without gas rationing. Anyway, this evil
man didn't make the rules; they came
from Washington We're not kickine
now"-but just wait. Moreover. Annie
Is amazed that people who grow fat
victory gardens have to have ration
stamps
Ontll lew weeks ago, Annie was
busying herself with some great heroics
and almost single-handed sunk several
of Hitlers submarines. She carried on a
brave, fearless one-child war, with
holding her secret from the military as
long as possible so as not to compromise
her spirit of individual enterprise.
But now that Annie has stopped sink
ing subs, doesn't she know that gas for
the military is more essential than
ever? Not Annie. She was ever the
one to fall for old saws-a sucker for
propaganda, and her recent contact with
the Germans has not increased her
wisdom. Annie should either be sent
back to the Junior Commandos at once
or be billed for political advertising.
1. S. YOUNG.
Evening star., 1943-08-18

1906, reports the arrival of Theodore
Roosevelt at Colon in the Canal
Zone. He was passenger in the
battleship Louisiana and was con-
voyed by the armored cruisers Ten
neSSee and Washington, and the
first Of these vessels was described
in news dispatches as "the Presi-
dents flagship" When he landed,
Mr.. Roosevelt was welcomed not only
by American officials but also by
President Amador and his staff.
During the evening the Panamanian
government entertained the distin-
guished guest at the presidential
palace in the city of Panama Mr..
Roosevelt subsequently rode all over
town. on horses supplied by senor
Amador. This is said to be the
first instance of the President of
the United States passing beyond
the jurisdiction limits of the Ameri-
can flag"
Occasion for further discussion.
however, arises from a tradition to
the effect that Grover Cleveland once,
while on a fishing trip, went beyond
the three-mile line, but details are
lacking and perhaps would not be of
much consequence if they were
available. The generality of Ameri-
cans are not worried about the jour-
neys their leaders undertake for
business or recreation. All that they
ask is that they avoid unnecessary
risks.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace,peu.

We had been discussing father wren
which threw all his babies out on the
ground, resulting in their death because
there was no way for them to be gotten
back into their nest by nature"
We were talking about very young baby
birds which are out of the nest prema-
turely.
After they are able to fly they always
accompany their parents to feeding sta
tions, as has been testified to here for
the past 20 years. In the old happy days
when America was run by 10000 900
people, rather than approximately 4,O00,-
900, we always put out saucer of ground
beef for the birds, and had scores of baby
birds and their parents each evening-all
very much "out of the nest
But the baby bird just fallen out is
another thing
Most often 1t hops away at once, and
the farther 1t gets from the nest, the
less chance there is of the father and
mother finding 1t and ministering to it,
This Is perhaps the main reason why
few baby birds which fall out of the nest
survive, unless found by kind human
beings.
But few species, as stated, seem able
to feed their young out of the nest lust
after they have fallen. That was the
context of our statement. We have never
seen any but jay follow after its baby,
in such state of affairs, and continue
feeding
The baby Jay fell down into the little
well in front of basement window
The window was down and the baby
could not get through, or up and out of
the we'll.
Not daunted, the male Jay brought
worms and beetles to the baby, and did
not stop until darkness came.
The next morning he was at it again
at first light.
Few other species, we believe, have
either the persistence or ability to follow
after baby which falls out of the nest.
We believe that the majority of such
young die miserable death. That is why
every one who finds young bird and
brings it up will be doing very good
deed in very naughty world.
Summer feeding Of the birds would be
well worth while, as stated here many
times, If for no other reason than to lure
the parent birds and their young. Not
only is it a sight for any eyes, to watch
the way the parents handle their off,
spring, but also it tends to get the young
birds familiar win the human scene. And
in the case of species which live here the
year around, it means that the vigorous
young by autumn will feel perfectly at
home. In the case of the cardinal, or
redbird, this is great gain, as there is
no finer bird to be found anywhere.
If feeding is carried on in summer,
the songbirds which winter here will
be accustomed to sticking around long
before the really cold days come And
their presence will act as decoys to the
migrating species. 1t will only be two
or three weeks now-how time flies!-
before the first of the migrating warblers
begin to stream south.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Changes in the Mines
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
Declining coal output is not an expert
ence of this country alone, though the
reasons are not everywhere the same.
Twenty years ago it was no easy matter
to attract men away from the mining
areas, even when employment was de-
clining, to seek their fortunes elsewhere
The mining community was the recruit
ing ground for the mines A miners son
seldom had another thought than to be-
come a miner. The isolation of the
mining communities has since then been
broken down. Migration has changed
tradition. Alternative employment has
been made accessible, free from the dan
gers inseparable from mining and for
the most part less arduous. The national
interest requires that coal mining shall
recover the power to attract young men
to its service. In this aim the amenities
OF the mining community will count for
as much as the amount of the weeks
wage. Safety will tell when youth and
his parents are making their choice of
his career as well as those imponderable
conditions of employment which are COW
cred by the term industrial relations.
The pit committee has opened up new
possibilities of industrial partnership
How far can this partnership in time, be
carried? How can opportunities that
shall develop sense of responsibility
in and for the industry be increased?
The community spirit is nowhere strong
er than among the miners. 1t has been
organized for generations in opposition
to the owners and the managements.
The task of the industry is to organize
for the enhanced welfare not only of the
mining community, but of the nation as
a whole.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
CHESTNUT STREET.

Dear Sir:
Il was surprised to read your state
ment last night that only few species,
notably the blue jay, feed their young out
of the nest as just the reverse seems to
be the case among our local birds.
Beginning with the morning of
Mothers Day, when mother house
sparrow staged fitting tableau by
bringing her brood of five husky and
clamoring young folk (as large as
mamma) to sit in at my window feeder,
have had constant examples all sum-
mer of prolonged. or 'out-of-the- nest
feeding on all sides.
Pop and Nom Blackcap fed four
larger -than-life Qiterally, for their fluff
mess made them larger than their par
ents) children at the feeder until they
learned to crack their own seeds.
THE tufted titmouse brought three
and the nuthatches two, for whom they
busily cracked seeds until the young
sters caught on. OF course the jays did
the same thing, and their immense
children looked just like their parents
until one caught their eye, and then
what contrast!
Instead of the sharp. almost fierce
eye, set about with bold black bars, this
was liquid, soft, gentle, and in a dove
colored setting almost unmarked. These
Indians evidently put on their war paint
when they grow up.
Il have seen one example each of a
mother song sparrow and thrasher
followed by a brood of youngsters,
scratching industriously for them in
their borders, and occasionally see an
adult robin and thrush feed particu-
larly persistent baby, but as rule they
seem to let them do for themselves after
they attain to full size.
Several years ago had an example
here of an adult scarlet tanager's feeding
baby after we had maintained it for
several days in a cage. Other instances
are mocking birds, who vie with the jays
for militant parenthood, and, like them,
do their baby tending all over the place,
and cardinals, only a little less about 1t.
"Kingbirds, red-eyed vireos, great
crested fycatchers and red-headed wood
peckers are four more that bring their
full-grown infants to our trees, where
they minister to them faithfully.
I'm short, I had thought 1t the rule
rather than the exception for bird par
ents to continue the feeding out of the
nest, so this will open up a new field of
interest, as have not definitely noted
any others.
Can it be that my few examples are
the few to which you referred?
Sincerely, M. j. r. r."
y
This correspondent builds up an ad-
mirable straw man, and then proceeds
to knock it down vigorously.
The paragraph referred to ran:
mo species is able to put its fallen
young back into the nest. And only
few species, notably the blue jay, feed
their young out of the nest"
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Riot Causes Held
Deep-Seated.

Az Vic EdltUT Ol Inc SlaE.
Much paper and ink have been used
to explain this riot and that riot, end
ing by blaming colored leaders and the
colored press. In other words, colored
people start all riots.
I am very much surprised that The
ton. No colored leader, newspaper or
magazine ever has advocated rioting and
looting to obtain justice. 1t is the un-
informed of both races that riot and
loot. Colored people are not children
that learn from their leaders and press
the Determinations and prejudices
against them. They meet them all
through life.
Colored leaders and the colored press
strive to organize their people into peace
full groups to bring their grievances to
the attention of the proper persons.
These leaders and newspapers do not
just write about things happening. They
tell of events that are seen and heard by
reliable witnesses and what the records
show. All incidents and the people con-
cerned are investigated before the stories
are reported to the public
The truth seems radical and inflam-
matory to those who do not wish to hear
it. Because a colored person is peaceful
and law-a abiding is no sign that he is
satisfied with the treatment his race is
subjected to. He usually reads more
colored newspapers and attends more
protest meetings than the rioters.
I suggest you look further than the
easily-reached colored leaders and press
for the causes of race riots. j. A. D.
Evening star., 1943-08-18
Going Up
From the Toronto Star.

Gross value of agricultural production
in Canada for 1912 passed the S2,0oO,O00-
$2,078 954.000. This was $3.50 900 900, or
As per cent, greater than in 1941. In
creases, by commodities were field crops,
67.5 per cent; farm animals, 206 per
cent; wool. 277 per cent; milk produc-
ton, 3l9 per cent; fruits and vegetables,
7 per cent; poultry products, ATS per
cent; fur farming, 209 per cent; maple
products, 88.6 per cent; tobacco, 68 per
cent; honey and wax, ST per cent. The
only decreases were in fiber fax, 800
per cent, and clover and grass seed, q
per cent.