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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

Joan Bowling, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Edward
Bowling of 81 Walnut Street, is celebrating her second
natal day today Louie Manzo, popular man-about-
town. will be year older Saturday of this week Mr.
and Mrs Thomas Lyons of 35 Willow Street celebrated
their third wedding anniversary yesterday The latter IS
the former Helen Murphy for many years our very COM
petent society editor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

The robins are chrpng the good news around the
Joe Robinson residence at 3O4 Walnut Street 1t was
baby daughter born last Friday to the former Gladys
Staples. The newcomer is to be christened Gladys
Catherine after her lovely mother Joe and Mrs Joe
also the proud parents of joe Jr now five
years old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

Andrew Cimnera 19-year-Old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank p. Ciminera of so Oakland Avenue recently
graduated from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery
School in Kingman, Arizona. Sergeant Ciminera
entered the coors at Hartford November 3 of last year
He Is former Crosby High student
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30
FASHIONS ARE FUN

Mary has a little hat.
In inches two by four,
I'd say quite the smallest
That gal ever wore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

Jean Meserve of the Lincoln House is on sick leave
Sando Bologna of the opposition has very III
teresting article entitled Crossroads of the Meterran
can in the June 26th issue of the magazine America
.. Lieutenant Eddie Smith, former Smith Lumber
employee is home furlOugh. Rev. William r.
Kicoyne former assistant pastor at st. Margarcts
Church. will be installed chaplain of Washington
Irving Council, X of c. in Thompsonvlle July 6, by
Ex-State Deputy William J. Mulligan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

A boy evacuated in England grew
a foot taller before his mother saw
him again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

Mary and Dorothy Begley, Seamen, Second Class
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Begley of IL Summer
Street, home weekend leave. Both are mem
bers of the "Waves" Dorothy is stationed at the
Bureau of Naval Personnel Navy Annex, Arlington
Virginia. and her sister, Mary is stationed at the Pho
tographc Science Laboratory, Naval Air Station Ana
Costa d. C.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-30

Good Night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Yankee Doodle Cagney

James Cagney, by virtue of being the Yankee Doodle Dandy of the year, be- comes motion pictures leading actor, sharing honors with Miss Greer Carson for the ladies. Cagney as George M. Cohan, gave one of the fine perform ances of the year and of many years. He not only glorified George M. Conan but American manhood. Here was mov- ing interpretation that played up patriot ism in the right way and caught the fancy of all who watched Cagney take off the President, the young boy-actor George, callow youth playing heavy and aged roles, and last but not least a successful writer of plays and song and dance man.
 James Cagney's success as George Conan was one of the clicks of the year in motion picture entertainment. A song hummed and played and sung about twenty-five years ago had what they call on your theater programs reprise. Over There is again sung and played over there and over here, the leading song of World War I and now coming into its own again in World War II.
 Yankee Doodle Dandy with James Camey is a picture that should be repeated often. It is refreshing for young and old. James Cagney did good job and is deserving of the subsequent honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Internal Balance

The armed forces, backed by the Pres ident, insist that this nation must raise an Army of S,200,000 men by the end of 1043 and must put another 2,600, ,000 men into the Navy, Marine and Coast Guard. The figures apparently were fixed by esti- mating the number of men at the com mand of the Axis and the current strength of our allies, and by simple Sub- traction arguing that the United States must enroll S,200,0 soldiers to turn the balance. Having decided this - last August, the President has said - the Army Is astonished that laymen should venture to question what experts have determined. The Army may be entirely right, but there Is strong body of in- telligent public opinion which Is far from convinced. That agnostic element has found an eloquent spokesman in the conservative New York Times, which previously had given full publicity to the Army'S reasoning as expounded by Han son Baldwin in a series of sympathetic articles.
 ''The real question is one of a proper internal balance," says the Times. "Raw materials and lnanpoWer, are limited; whatever is used in one direction cannot be used in another. "It Is not enough for the generals to say that we need so many men, or for the adnirals to say that we need so many ships. .. In total war the problem of the size of the armed forces Is one that can be worked out only by the joint study and consultation of military, economic, agricultural and in- dustrial experts" The military should understand that laymen do not question the great advantage 1t would be to have 0,2O0000 soldiers In American uniforms irlstead of 5,000,000. It would be even nicer to have 15,000,000 American sol dierS, with ten millions of them on the war fronts adequately trained, equipped, and supplied.
 But this is not an American war. It is a United Nations war. Our effectiveness depends not only upon a balanced na- tional war effort, which the Times sug- gests, but even more upon balanced United Nations war effort. If 1t is true that we can arm, train, transport, sup ply, feed, and clothe enough men on the lighting fronts to warrant enrolling B. 100000, without throwing the entire anti-axis supply program out of balance, by all means let's put that many into the Army. But let's not be obstinate or naive. Those who urge that this is im- possible include some very intelligent, Well-informed persons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
In Today's Mail

doors to us. and helped to heal those terrible wounds.
 And now I see the women, the Stanislaws, the Whites, the Strauses the Caffians, the Sossins, the Falkins and all the others. who are mending and packing clothes for the 40 mill lion homeless people of the Soviet republics, who through no fault of their own were attacked.
 Do you know, you American wo- men, what you are doing? Do you ever think that the clothes you are mending will not only cover the backs of those tortured people. but that they will also bring forth the eternal love of two hundred million people, and that you will stand forth in history as the bringers forth of pure love at a time when the love for humanity seemed al- most extinguished?
 can see the dear Americans of 1903 doing their holy work, not feei- ing the sacrifice, but working day and night to help those who could not endure their lot any longer without your help. Nov I am among you of 1928. seeing with my own eyes the noble work you do today. I am happy to be in your midst. as We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

this but merely venture the tripllng pos sibillty. The wear and tear on the busses has been pretty bad for this reason, and Go make matters worse the weather has been the worst in many years.
 As far aS we know our companies do not find themselves in similar predica- ment, but they have much to contend with. They are short of busses with not much likelihood, because of other uses for the materials, of augmenting the bus supply. In our own city we have the added difficulties of our hilly topography. Bus travel in stormy weather is bad, and the bus has a pretty heavy task, in the numbers that crowd them and in the hard upgrade way 1t has to go, We can only hope the buSses hold cut, During this precariouS winter of 194S the service may have been criticized at times by in- cCnvenienced bus riders but drivers have been pretty patient and the companies doing the best they can under the cir cumStanceS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

The colorful history of journalism in the United States Is depicted in mural art at a new shrine to the American press now near completion In the lobby of the Poughkeepsie New Yorker news paper building. The murals describe the progress of printing, Mainly the murals were planned to do honor to those men of America who fostered and help sustain the charter that upholds the freedom of the press. Also the murals depict con tributions of leading inventors in the field of printing. The President Is the only living person depicted. The location of the shrine, more or less off the beaten Metropolitan path, is considered a nice gesture to small town editors and pub fishers who have given so much of time and energy to protect this freedom, same small town newspaper men adding as much to American journalism as the large Metropolitan journalists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Hard On Us, Hard On The Busses

What happens elsewhere - in New Jersey for instance = could happen here. We hope not, however. It seems New Jerseys public bus transportation sys- tenn faces a collapse soon. This is due to deterioration of equipment and the shortage of manpower. Joseph E. Conlon, president of the State Public Utility Com Inissloners and Eoordinators of Trans portation in New Jersey has warned ot this possibility if some steps are not taken by the federal government to ale viate the situation.
 And this situation can be appreciated, because right here in our own city we have gone through one of the most try Ing winters as far as transportation goes Bus companies have been faced with unusual conditions through war restric- ton. The number travelling by bus has perhaps tripled. We have no figures Qn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Imitation

A Vancouver merchant has sent to Canada's price administrator, Donald Gordon, a striking reminder of what hap pens when imitation is permitted to take over national economy.
 The reminder was three German stamps, each used to send letter from the Reich to Canada at six.month inter- vals in 1922-3.
 The first stamp was for 250,o00 marks at pre-World War exchange $59,500. The second was for 200,000,0 ,000 marks at prewar rates $47,600,000, The third was for 5,000,000,0 ,000 marks, at prewar exchange one billion, one hundred ninety million dollarsI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Current Comment

The American Red Cross begins the greatest single crusade of mer- cy i'm all history. Tn the Axis na- tons, mercy and decency are re- garded as synonyms for weakness and decadence. In our land 1t IS from our great tradition of mercy that we take part of our strength.
 Chairman Norman H. Davis
 of the Red Cross.
 I cannot possibly describe the ex- tent to which all of us, particularly those magnificent soldiers who All the American units in North Africa: depend upon the American Hed Cross.
 General Dwight D. Eisen-
 hover.
 There should be some provision in the nlanpower program Tor leav" ing @ nucleus in the colleges ot men whose aptitudes qualify them for our long range needs. If we are to risk our lives for freedom. we must at the same time do all we can to preserve the deep springs rom which it flows. Wendell Willkie. |
 Hitler will strike wherever he be- lieves the element of surprise is most in his favor: he wants pictures of burning American cities to show his people.
 Civilian Defense Director ' James Lands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Selected Poem
CANDLES

GA E. Johnson in The Christian Science
 Monitor) May the morrow never dawn When no one anywhere at all Makes candles! So many wondrous things Have been done by candlelight. When the inspired translator wrote "The Spirit of Man Is the candle of the Lord" It was by candle he wrote. And Shakespeare's folio Was soft with candlelght When he observed Undubitably borrowing from the Biblel; How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world" And many a Christian eye Has read by candlelight Latimers last, prophetic words To Master Ridley: We shall this day Light such a candle in England As trust shall never be put out"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
MASSACRE AT KISHINEFF RE. CALLED AS TRIBUTE IS PAID WORK OF AMER
 ICAN RED CROSS.

March 8, 1943. To the Editor of The Waterbury
 Democrat:
 Watching the activities of Russian War Relief, takes me back to Kish. ineff, Russia. It was the last day of Passover The weather was wonder full. with a blue sky intermingled with small silver clouds. I can still remember the scent in the air. It was April 6. 1903, and was only sixteen years old. Life and the fu- ture were happy and mine. Then. like thunder from clear sky, l heard windows being broken, the cries of wounded men, women and children. caused by hooligans who had been organized by the govern- ment in the days of the czars. I saw the police and soldiers on the streets allowing full freedom to the robbers and murderers of the ii,no- cent Jewish minority. The govern ment neither stopped them nor helped those who were attacked.
 It seemed to me that there would be no end to the murder. I saw the blood streaming from the wounded. the murdered babies. and I felt like an outcast dog. All hope seemed gone.
 Meanwhile the horrible news spread from one corner Of the world to another. While the dead were bee ing buried. and during the days that followed. when the massa a:res had finally stopped. the morale of the Jews ln Klshineff wes very low. And then. like angels. the news of America's protest arrived. and when help began to come in from these glorious United States. we felt that there vas a country, far. far away, Q country of righteousness.
 We felt stronger; VIC became hu. mans again. living iT a world not only composed of hooligans, htit Of good people too. We loved and love ] the United States which opened iiE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
We'll Said

Price Administrator Brown says that "not @ single OPA restriction is going to last one minute longer than Is neces- sary. On the other hand, think in all fairness should say that no essential OpA measure will be relaxed prema- turely If the result would be to impede the winning of the war"
 If MT. Brown does that-and one thing more-he will find most of the dead cats flying in other directions The one thing more? Sec that no restriction Is imposed until 1t has been thorough ly considered and its application has been adequately planned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 The Big Show

The letter tells about "catarrah" and stomach catarrh," and sleep. less nights due to "gaS pressure" and so on. Then the correspond- ent informs me he "went to Q na- tionally known clinic and had the works, only to have them tell me I was just nervous, and l would have to remedy that myself, but how" (k. T. M'l
 Answer-Well, now that you've enjoyed the big show, 1t might not be a bad idea to consult 8 physi- clan, an honest physician who prac- tices under his own name, and see what he can do for you.
 The New Room
 Plan to build Q new room south west corner of five.room brick bun- galow-full basement, concrete floor, seven windows. Room is to be 12 by l3. two windows, wooden floor on 2 by As, sidewalks nailed to 2 by 4s and { inch clearance of concrete all around. Friends say 1t will not DC safe - occupants of such bedroom will get rheumatis, from dampness. (Mrs. E. J. O.
 Answer-In my judgment the room will be perfectly safe and occupants will be no more likely to suffer any disturbance of health than occu- pants of the other portion of the house. In any case, if sleeping room or living room is comfortable 1t doesn't matter whether it is damp or not, so far as health is concerned. With windows on south and west the room will have good ventilation. good sunlight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady
ONE YEAR OR ONE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS

According to a survey conducted by the U. s. Public Health Service only 269 out of each 1000 persons in all parts of the country, urban, rural or metropolitan, think enough of their teeth to visit Q dentist for treatment in the course of . year.
 If there is one principle of per- sonal hygiene or good health which I consider paramount 1t Is this:
 Good teeth kept in good repair
 by regular care by Q good dentist
 will give you a paid-up policy on
 youth. Tn this instance you may
 spell youth v-i-t-e, or leone
 g.e-v-i-t-y if you like.
 Now beg superficial readers to spare me characteristic messages describing the extraordinary old age attained by some one who had lost all his or teeth early in life. Shortly after the government re- stricted gasoline consumption 50 rigidly that joy-ridlng was no longer possible my mother, aged 92, lost interest in life and slipped away. She had lost all of her teeth SO long ago that 1t almost seems to me that she must have been born with store teeth. She was active physically and mentally up to the last few days of her life. Of course in her childhood and gtrlhood den- lists were few and far between.
 But whenever think of any one who has attained more than the average life expectation notwlth- standing the loss of several or all Of the natural teeth, in some instances even without the help of dentureS or plates to replace the missing teeth, I do not in the least doubt 1 the soundness of tho principle above stated. On the contrary I think how unfortunate 1t Is that so many people worry along with more or less crippled mastication. For 1t seems to mo that any one who has enough vitality to survive the pro- verbal three-score and ten With such heavy handicap might rea- sonably attain or pass the century mark If he or she had always kept e complete set of teeth functioning. I believe with all my heart and soul that for the loss of a tooth ono must subtract year from ones life expectation. And I be- lleve every tooth good dentist can save by treatment, so as to keep the tooth functioning, is worth $l,o0o at least. I simply can't comprehend the strange attitude of people who knowingly neglect proper dental care until they lose one, two or sev- eral teeth, and then drag along for years or forever of their short life- time can be so termedD without even an attempt to replace the miss ing tooth or teeth with Q suitable denture. Some of these unfortu- mates evidently think the loss of Q few teeth doesn't matter if the missing teeth are back teeth, whose loss doesn't show"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

Some of the great men of letters and leaders in the field of journalism of today and in not too dim past have done their spade work on small town newspapers. They have adopted style and learned the procedure in such places and have carried on the traditions set by the small newspaper as they themselves have moved to wider journalistic spaces. Very often they remain in the circumscrioed small town spaces and have carved names for themselves without benefit of the papers in the big cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

na congressional delegation stag ing the same sort of Q Sit-down strike against all Roosevelt leg islation-unleSs he gets Archie Higgins, his potential rival for governor, appointed instead of Judge Alfred to the circuit court. BEEF FROM BRITAIN
 When Ed Stettinius, grey -haired young Lend Lease Administrator, finished his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Democratic and Republican mem- bers alike did an unusual thing. They gave him an ovation.
 And In their final report the committee went further and wrote this tribute: INT. Stetti- nius has been helpful and forth. right. The members of the committee have been highly im- pressed with his integrity and ability and feel that his selec. ton as administrator of lend. lease has been . distinctly mer- it0riOuS choice"
 There were various reasons for this tribute. One important rea- son was that Stettinius showed how lend-lease had worked both ways, how Britain was paying for the cost of our army in England, and how, although we shipped l8 million pounds of beef to Britain last year, we received 25 million pounds of beef from the British Empire-Australia and New Zea. land.
 That may be Q good thing to remember when food is short and people are grousing about lend- lease.
 Copyright, l943, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

lender, once the messenger boy of Huey Long, IS planning to run for governor of Louisiana next year, He wants to do Huey Long and hold the two jobs Of governor and U. 8. Senatr for Q brief period.
 But there Is one potential can- didate who might stand in his way - Judge Higgins. Higgins, now on the state Supreme Court, is a popular figure in Louisiana and probably will run for gover- nor-if he doesn't land on the U. s. Court of Appeals.
 So Senator Ellender Is moving heaven and earth to block the confirmation of Texas Judge All- red, and put Higgins on the Cir cult Court.
 This Is not the first time EI. lender has pulled strong sen. at0rial wires on judgeshlps. In l940 he wanted his law partner, Adrian J. Caillouet made . U. s. district judge. But the Jus tice Department wanted to ap- point Rene Vi0sca, who as U. s. District Attorney had done . superb job of jailing Governor Leche, Seylm0ur Weiss and the old Huey Long gang.
 Senator Ellender, however, was smart. He knew that Roosevelt needed votes badly to extend Cor dell Hull's reciprocity treaties. The lineup in the Senate looked as if it would be about 42-42. So he held out his vote and that of his colleague Senator Overton. They staged sit-down strike until he got his law partner appointed to a U. s. Judgeship-then he voted for Hull's trade treaties.
 Today. Ellender has the Louisia-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08

These are hard days for the enter tainers Members of the acting profess sio ngive much of their time and services in the interest of war as their patriotic bit. We note many names on the sick list this last few days among them Ben Bernie the band leader, Jack Benny ana others