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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
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REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK
Accept Yourself as You Are, Then
See What You Can Do About 1t

A modern novelist describing one
of his characters, says, He was not
SO much human being as a civil
war"
Every human being sometime
faces a situation where On the
one side is his actual self, with his
abilities and circumstances, and on
the other are ideal pictures of
himself as he is ambitious to be
and of his achievements as he has
set his heart on having them; and
between thetwo is such NVarity
that they have no practivale re-
lationship. When what we are and
what we dearly want to be tgus
face each other in seemingly hope
less disproportion, inward civil
war begins.
This is the more serious because
man at his best is distinguished
by his capacity to have both an
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
NO PRICE BOOSTS
FOR FANCY PAPER
Brightly Colored Wrap
pings, Special Gift Boxes
Prompt OPA Ruling

The brightly colored wrappings
and cardboard boxes in which the
traditional Christmas neckties,
handkerchiefs and shirts are sold
cannot be used as reason for in
creasing the price of the merchan-
disc, the State OPA announced to-
day.
AS for items packaged especially
for holiday sale, such as combina-
ton shaving sets, their ceiling must
be computed according to regula-
ton which permits only normal
mark-up, it was pointed out.
In an order governing special
holiday wrappings. effective be-
tween December /, 1913 and Jan
uary Is, 1914, the federal agency
has divided packaging into two
main groups: That consisting Of pa
per and boxes colored to suit the
season and that consisting of ma
terials with an intrinsic" value of
its own.
If the packaging falls into the
first group, the ceiling price of the
contents will not be affected, the
OPA asserted. In the second group,
however. the ceiling will be rough
ly the combined price of the con-
tents and the special packaging.'
A spokesman defined intrinsic
value as used in regulating the
price in the second group as refer
ring to Christmas package or
container which has special use
Of its own.
For instance, if candy or toilet
ries are packaged in box that can
be used as a receptacle for cigars,
cigarettes, sugar, cookies or some
thing along those lines, after it is
empty, the price Of the gift may be
somewhat higher than the ceiling
price and contents would bring If
sold separately" the spokesman ex-
planned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
DISTRICT CONTEST
TO Be WITNESSED
Public Invited to Attend
Aeroplane Recognition
Event in New Haven

A district recognition contest will
take place at the Commercial High
School in New Haven tomorrow eve-
ming at 800 o'clock Major r. B.
Cate, State Liaison Officer of the
Army Air Forces, Ground Observer
Corps, Is In charge of assignments
ut Is, to the best of my knowledge, ii
said Major Cate, "the first contest
of its kind ever to be held. Most OF
the operation of the Ground OBJ
server Corps has so far been kept
very secret by the Army Air Forces
and here, for the first time, the
public will have an opportunity OF
witnessing the procedure which
should a hostile AFRAID come, will
prevent damage to our cities and
manufacturing establishments from
the devastating sort of attack which
is running Germany at the present
moment. The Ground Observer
Corps has been in operation since
Pearl Harbor. It's procedure has
been very 'hush-hush'. Little is
known about its members or about
the organization itself and it gives
me pleasure to announce today that
the public will be welcome at the
contest to be held in the CONNER
cial High School in New Haven on
Friday Of this week. There will be
no admission fee and I think we
can promise a very interesting eve
ming.
The Chief Ground Observer Off
Ger of the New York Air Defense
Wing, Major Ernest L. Mitchell,
United States Army Air Forces, with
his assistant, Captain Arnold R.
Johnson, Signal Corps, will both be
present at the contest, together with
1t. Edward w. Obeslo, Ground OBJ
server Officer of the New Haven
Area, United States Army Air Forces.
1t is hoped that the Commanding
Officer of the New York Air De-
Tense Wing, will also be present to
award the district trophy.
Prior to the District Recognition
Contest, Area Contests within the
District have been held, and teams
from the following posts will COM
pete for the district championship
Madison, Meriden, Seymour and
Woodbridge. This District contest
is the first of several to be held
within the State, and after all Dis
trict contests have been completed
the District winners will compete
TO rthe trophy donated by Governor
Raymond E. Baldwin.
This contest follows the sugges-
ton of Brigadier- General L. G. Graf
gle, formerly the Commanding Gen.
eral Of the New York Fighter Wing,
who, in a recent directive, tsates
that aircraft recognition training
Is to be continued as in the past,
and ever yeffort should be made to
maintain and train the Ground
Observer Corps SO that it may be
alerted as a trained organization at
any moment, should the situation
require"
Aside from the Army personnel to
be present at the contest, which will
run under Army rules, under the
enlisted personnel Of the New Haven
Area, it Is expected that many Of
the civilian officers Of the Ground
Observer Corps will also be present.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
CHASE FOREMEN IN
MEETING TONIGHT

The Chase Formers Association
will hold a business meeting at 1880
tonight in the organizations rooms
on North Main street at 8:15, a pro-
gram will commence featuring a
documentary film, "One Day of War
Russia, 1943'' and an witness
account of the Commands in ac-
ton by Bruce Thomas, author and
war correspondent.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
FLAME MACHINE
seen B JON TO
COTTON GROWER
BY BURNS BENNETT
UNITED Press stan COrrespondentl

united Press Stan Correspondent
Greenwood, Miss. Dec. 2 - ~.
P) - From the pattern OF one of
the wars most flendish nipple
mentS of death and destruction may
develop an invention that will revo-
lutionize the cotton industry and
prove a boon TO producers OF the
deecy fiber throughout the world.
II the method being perfected by
Lieutenant Colonel Price C. McLe-
more, executive officer at the
Greenwood Army Air Field, lives up
to his expectations. farmers and
farmers sons, now using flame
throwers on the enemy front to
blast Axis forces, may use this same
method at home to eliminate weeds
in the corn and cotton fields when
they return to their farms.
McLemore-who has received the
original U. S. patent for the Nc
Lemore Method of Flame Cultiva-
tion-already has received wide &C
claim for his discovery. Many in
the industry have ranked 1t in i'm
portance with the cotton gin and
reaper, he said.
The flame cultivator resembles
pillow, being pulled by a tractor,
and is capable of working four rows
of cotton or young corn at an OPP
Grafton. The machine spurts a
1900 degree flame groundward
through four electors. The heat is
so intense that 1t is invisible to the
human eye.
Colonel McLemore said that
within two hours after the machine
;; had gone row, the grass and
weeds began to shrivel and that
within "a hours they dried up. He
said that the cotton or corn plants
are uninjured by the flame - 'in
fact, seemed to thrive under flame
cultivation"
He explained by saying that the
theory of flame cultivation in
volved suffocation of the grass and
weeds and that the fire does not
get close enough to the crop to scar
1t. The secret of the machines sue
cess McLemore pointed out. depends
upon the skill of the operator at
the controls of the fame jet on the
device.
The inventor said that the flame
cultivator machine may be handled
by two men--one to drive the trac-
tor and the other to handle the
cultivator.
He pointed out that two men with
one Of the machinesc could cult
vate so acres day, while an Or
binary field hand with hoe could
chop an average of about an acre
a day at the most.
Colonel McLemore said that he
worked the flame cultivator sue
cessfully last year on his Alabama
plantation, and reported that 200
acres Of cotton and $50 acres of
corn developed by flame cultivation
showed an increased yield of 80
pounds to seed cotton an acre and
six bushels Of corn per acre over
the yields from adjacent acres un-
der hand cultivation.
The machine, McLemore said, Is
being used experimentally in Ala
bama, Florida, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi to cultivate cotton, corn,
sugar cane, soybeans and peanuts.
Although manufacture of the
cultivator is now restricted because
OF the war, McLemore said that its
postwar price would place it with
In easy reach of the one-tractor
farmers bank account.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Rationing in Japan is not getting even passive
cooperation from japanese consumers, Fortune maya
zine reports in its December ISSUE published today
In an article Japans wartime problems, Fortunes
editors point out that in Tokyo alone there 80 sep
arate police organizations administering the raoning
system, which all basic items except salt and
sweet potatoes and that in spite of this police handling
perhaps because of it-amost all rationed items
are also black-marketed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
BRISTOL CHURCH
GIVEN REQUEST

Bristol, Dec. MANY Bristol and
state fraternal, charitable and religi
Gus organizations will receive be-
quests under the will of Catherine
M: Guckin, of this city, 1t was
learned Wednesday when the will
was admittd to probate by Judge
william L. Cafferty. Miss Guckin
85, who died on November 20, was
a sister Of the late Police Captain
Thomas Guckin.
Among the organizations that
benefit under the will are: Bristol
hospital, $500; Bristol Boys club
5000; st. Josepf's Church Corpora
ton, $1,000; Rev. william p. Latin
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

pastor Of st. Joseph's church, or
his successor, and assisting priests
for Masses for the deceased and
members of her family: st. Stanis-
laus Church Corporation, 5000. The
Newington Home for Crippled Chill
dren, $500. Requests under the will
amount to $11,500. The total value
of the estate will not be known until
an inventory Is filed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

The liquor famine ought to make New Year resolu-
lions easy . Berlin has learned that when things
blown up it gets the people down The U. S. is ex-
pected to produce 100000 autos in the first postwar
year. The Army had better discharge the medical corps
first Our problems of the Christmas food basket
nothing like Gernanys where Hitler must be down to his
last rug Affairs in cycles This year we have
shortage of fuel but 1914 is campaign year and there
be lots of hot air.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

Philadelphia, Dec. 2-The big
military-medical problem overseas
today Is combat fatigue"-physical
and nervous exhaustion from hard
service in the fighting zones.
Actual battle wounds from bull
lets and bombs account for only
about 10 per cent of casualties in
specific campaigns and S per cent
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

III COlIlpdC Lnea-
tiers as a whole.
But neuroseS, Of
W h ich ne is
combat ia tigue,
are reported to
account for 80 per
cent of all cas-
ualties and dis
ability. It Is esti-
mated that the
Army is dis
charging, at all
poin is from
training to bat
tie, around TO-
600 neuro pSy-
chiatric C q S ual-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
AN OLD REFRAIN
Good Evening.

All join in the old annual refrain,
Dear Sanity Claus:-Here I am again.
I'm seven years old, my name Is Mcll-
First 1 want a great big dolly.
So it goes from the big stuffed cat
To Juniors request for baseball bat.
Johnny wants an engine for his train,
Betsy a red umbrella for the rain.
Santa's beseiged for radios and kites,
Air rifles and punching bags for fights
Toy derricks guaranteed to lift up rocks,
Trumpets, drums and animal blocks d.
Skis and skates, also sleds,
Doll baby carriages and beds
Mittens and dresses, gloves and coats,
Rocking horses and sailing boats =.
All Join in the old Christmas refrain,
Dear Sanity Claus:-here I am again!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
Warns constipated
Folks About Lazy Liver

Many doctors say constipation with its
headaches, mental dizziness, that half
alive feeling often result If liver bile
doesn't flow every day into your intes-
tines-so take DR.. Edwards Olive Tab
lets to insure gentle yet thorough bowel
movements. Olive Tablets (purely vege-
table) are simply wonderful to stir up
liver bile flow and relieve constipation.
Follow label directions. 15f, SOC, soc.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
TWO new FIREMEN
CHOSEN BY BOARD

John F. Reilly of Barnes street
and John P. Scadden Of Whittlesey
avenue were appointed to the regu-
lar force of the fire department at
yesterdays meeting Of the board Of
fire commissioners.
Both men have served as auxil-
larry firemen, and as members Of
the call force of the fire department
had been doing regular duty in the
department for several months.
Board Chairman Finton j. Phe-
Ian briefly addressed the new ap-
pointeeS. Eleven vacancies exist In
the department at present Fire
Chief Cavanaugh reported.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Corp Roland Guertn has moved to his ninth
camp since he began Army service II months ago. He
is now stationed in Mississippi Tech Sergeant
Frank LAMBERT has returned to his Marine Base in
California after 2Oday furlough here He saw more
than years service in the Pacific Islands Joseph
Pitino is private with engineering unit at Fort
Bragg, N. C.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Mary Baribeaut and Alfred E. Fradette of this city
have sold two building lots at Wnsted Manor to Doryile
Merrman of Winsted Al Smith, one of the citys
best tennis players few years back, will be year older
next Sunday. Howard Benson has been secured by
Rev. Dr. John Walker guest speaker for the Second
Congregational Church Forum a week from Sunday
evening
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
YOUR ROWING REPORTERS
Foremost Expert on War Neuroses Discusses
Ailment of Soldier Slapped by General

The most important medical problem modern
variety Of shock including the fagu
soldier Sicily suffering
slapped him and denounced him
leading psycharic on he subje
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Mr. and Mrs Jack Mcclure of Ia Ayres Street
celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary Thanks
giving Day. Helping make the turkey look sick after
the bountiful MONDAY meal their four children,
Jackie 9, James 8, Robert 6, and Roger A. Mrs M is
the former Helen Kasputis.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Magellan discovered Guam In
1921, and Spain occupied the island
In 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Some Of the cameras carried in
planes Of the Army Air Forces are
capable of recording tire tracks
from the height Of 10000 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Sal Borrelli, East Main Street tavern proprietor,
royalty entertained by Dave Ruboff at the famous
did monologues and presented his admiring guest with
one of EACH Later Rubinoff called Mrs Borreli and
made record of her conversation via Mother Bell with
himself and Sal. BY the way Dave quite sorrowully
told Sal his treasured violin accidentally broken in
Columbus, Ohio, few weeks ago.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Marion Laverdiere has been declared Girl of the
Week" at the Waterbury FOOL where she's been
employed year and half Right she's doing
important work in Personnel and assists Jack Fitz-
gerald former Catholic u cheer leader in brOadcastng
factory announcements and music. She makes her
home at 81 Robbins Street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02
Editor. Tall Tower Topic!

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. I have just returned
TO the got- old USA and stationed at the Brooke
General Hospital Fort Sam Houston, Texas received
my Democrat while overseas but hope you will now send
here to in of Ward 49, On June 20 received
II Democrats at one time, but getting ready
FOR the push the New Georgia Island was unable
70 read them happened to be of the first to form
se beach-head at that time With the passing of each
cay am hoping and praying will be able to spend
Christmas with my parents. Paul Rabbito
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. g. Just line to say hello
Everytime start reminscing think my days at the
Mount lobe airport. wish were back there working
for Harold Shaett again. Not that do not like it here
because it's fine I'm instructng cadets in primary fly
ing five or six hours day. However, I'm trying to gel
out of here would like to get in the Ferry Command
BY the way married sweet little cowgirl. =. Pete
Wagner, 303 R.O.A.A.F, F.TD, Cuero Texas
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Winnie Stankus, for many years prominent in ST.
Joseph Holy Name activities in Brooklyn and of late
years a member of the faculty at Torrington High
School, has been promoted from ensign to lieutenant
by the Navy somewhere in the Pacific war zone.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

Nothing halts dieting quicker than an invitation
out to dine There are two sides to argument
but the trouble is convincing the other person that he
has the wrong one We'd be even more thankful If
all of the Nazi leaders had spent Thanksgiving eating
crow. &. When, in 1O-minute conversation
says "h!io" and goodbye" he's talking to his wife
He who hestates is lost In the mad scramble to buy
someone something for Christmas
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23

great new science of bactcriology
which had opened whole vista Of
explanations for the cause of dis
ease-gcrms were the offenders
md all you had to do was 10 search
diligently enough and the culprit
would be revealed.
Germs explained everything.
and the dental profession, which
has always showed an equal alert
ness with the medical profession
in fresh discoveries, shared the
enthusiasm of those great days Of
the new science. And since they
were able to culture germs from
the cavities Of all dccaycd teeth,
the germ explanation was a per-
fectly natural one.
But as time went on and the
new science of bactcrioloey began
to strain a little at the seams, peo-
pie asked SOME questions that it
was not quite capable of answer
ing.
Causes Of Soft Teeth
Germs caused dental carries all
right, but why. for instance, did
the Jones family have so much of
it and the Smith family right next
door have none? Both are exposed
to germs. Even more peculiar.
why does a dentist in one little
town see carries in nearly all his
patients and the dentist in a neigh
boring town, Il man who is profess
sionally equally as alert as his col
league, hardly ever see it at all?
This is to raise the old phrase
about the seed and the soil. Some
teeth are hard and resistant to in
lection and others make fertile
ground.
The answer that has been re-
ceiving more and more universal
acclaim is that the food and nutri-
tiCv of the individual make his
teeth hard and resistant. have
before me the statement from a
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-08-23
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

WHEN HER father told Eorcn
that lie realized he had been wrouo
about Denise in not forgiving her
IN not accepting Raoul, since he
was the man her sister loved Eo-
rem knew what such admission had
cost MIN. She knew the proud stub
borness that Denise had inherited
from him, which had made il I'm.
possible for her to forgive that nm.
forgiveness Of his. But this might
De the beginning of forgiveness: n
beginning that really had started
with Denise's sending her boy homo
ana that had fostered this fcclinc
III their father as his love grew
for his grandson.
she said, why don't you write
and tell Denise what you have iust
told me, Jim?" If such forgiveness
was Kept locked in his heart. il
could not bring about that miracle
couldn't do thatw her father
protested. There had been lettcrs
from his older daughter now that
her son lived in the big house, re-
yealing letters that also had pivcn
Jim Bell more understanding and
insight, but the letters had been
addressed to the little boy. It was
NOT up TO father to break the 81
fence that still lay between him ami
ms daughter, much as he lonscd In
nave 1t broken and buried forever
Karen said. "I think YOU couIJ
1 KNOW you could" She rested her
smooth cheek against the back or
MS big hand. She still sat on the
!ootstool at his feet in the OLE in
Innate way that always brought
them close, as if she were n liftIe
slrl again, seeking his advice ar
sympathy. Now, however. the roIc
was reversed; she was irving 70
help her dad. Pride is such n Too,O
lsh thing" she added. when if
comes to the ones you love If
shouldn't count, not as much ne ,bo
love should, anyway. 1 think that
II you wrote to Denise what Won
Just told me, that perhaps Won had
peen wrong, that you no longer
mold any bitterness against her or
Raoul, that you wanted to foroiva
and forget, well, I think-no, Tn
SURE, that that would make
everything all right again."
1T couldn't wipe out all that has
gone; that can never be again." her
father reminded her sadly. Youth
was too hopeful, yet that was what
youth was-hope itself. Only old
age, and much living. taught that
the past and the marks it had left
could never quite be washed awav.
STILL" he relcntcd a little toward
youths argument, if really
thought that a letter from me
might help make Denise some han
pier, and for Buffy's sake as well,
might do it. my dear. I guess I
am too old for pride, and too fool
ish."
You are too big for it," Karen
claimed, laying her fresh sweet Inns
against his hand nov for Il moment
before sitting up straichtcr again.
Il hate war. darling, but that
ought to he tic one good 10 come
out OF it, the realization that it is
ALL people who count. all love. not
just any ono individual. It ought to
make us all big enough 20 put aside
the smaller things"
You seem TO have learned a lot