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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
Crime of Success

During the 18 months which ended
June 80, American yards turned out 1923
commercial ships-cargo, tankers, etc.
Their aggregate tonnage ran close to
17,5O0,000 tons. Nothing like this ever
has been dreamed by the shipbuilding
industry. Of that stupendous construc-
lion 724 ships, which is more than A per
cent, came from yards with which Henry
J. Kaiser is identified Assuming that
average tonnage figures this year did not
vary greatly from last years, Mr.. Kaiser
had finger in 100000 tons of new
merchant shipping. That is equivalent
to about tWo-thirds of the total tonnage
under the American flag in 1889 - to
one-third the tonnage under the Union
Jack-to a greater tonnage than any
other nation prossesSed when World
War II broke out. Moreover Mr..
Kaiser's influence went much further
than the ships he built. The mass pro-
duction pre-fabrication methods he de-
veloped, and the stimulus his success
gave to others, account for a sizable in
crease in the tonnage constructed by his
rivals.
It would appear that Mr.. Kaiser had
earned the respect and gratitude of Amer
leans, and had established a prima facie
IlSIlL W Ue ptIlllGCeu W COllClllue LII Uuo-
mess after the war.
Apparently he has not For some rea-
son Representative Cecil R. King of Cali
fornia considers it highly reprehensible
that Mr.. Kaiser would like to purchase
from the government one of the yards he
has operated so successfully. What does
Congressman King have in mind? Does
he believe that the government should
retain ownership of the ways it built to
meet this war emergency? In that event,
does he propose that the United States
shall compete with the private yards
which have co-operated so Whole-hearted-
ly in the war effort? Or would he have
them confiscated, to provide government
monopoly in shipbuilding.
Or is it crime for a man who has
proven himself as a superlative builder
to aspire to purchase, at full price, the
plant he has operated so successfully for
Uncle Sam? Ever since Mr.. Kaiser be-
came outstanding as symbol of what
private management can do under pres
sure, he has been the object of one assault
after another. Some of them came into
pering campaigns, traceable tc an ele-
the open, but most of them were Whis-
ment which does not believe in private
enterprise, and wants it to fail so that
the government will step in and take
over. Is this another incident in that
cabal?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
Views OF The Press

cording to the Anti-Saloon League,
they won 851. They have seen to
the introduction of stringent liquor
rationing in several states and on
a somewhat holder scale they have
also pressed for Congressional legis-
lation, on the order, for instance, of
the Inflated Lee amendment to
the ten-age draft bill to forbid
the sale of intoxicants, including
wines and beer, at or near military
camps and stations Meanwhile, an
attempt at state wide prohibition in
Alabama failed only lately and the
Woman'S Christian Temperance
Union has come out for national
wartime prohibition.
We would not exaggerate the
threat but evidently it is one that
has reached the ears of our troops
abroad and created resentment and
concern among them. In another
column, by courtesy of a cor
respondent, we reprint an editorial
on the subject which appeared re-
Gently in 1.-THE Stars and Stripes -
Note the point in the last para
graph I'VE remember the days of
prohibition. b. AS a result we claim
we know what we want in the way
of liquor legislation and feel those
at home should wait until we re-
turn before initiating further legis-
lation on liquor control The warn
ing, however, mildly expressed,
should give our prohibitionists pause
If anything on earth can.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
A Thought for Today
Morris A. Green

The city has lost one OF its most highly
respected citizens in the death of Morris
A. Green. Our neighbor and friend here
IN Grand Street over long period OF
years The Democrat enjoyed a friendship
which has endured for nearly half
century. Founder and owner of M. A.
Green, jewelers., Mr.. Green conducted his
business originally established at Bank
Street later occupying the former Dem
Ocrat office building which was their
familiar place of business until NJ A.
Green took over the new modern store in
the present location.
About twenty years ago Mr.. Green
retired from active participation in the
business which was carried on by his
sons. Mr.. Green was always a courteous
gentleman and a fair and highly respected
businessman. He was likewise highly
respected in the community as was his
family, four of his sons serving in World
War I.
Mr.. Green was diamond expert and
was known as an authority in jeWelry
merchandising. 1t was always pleasant
to chat with him and hear his views; he
was interested and interesting and dur
ing his sixty years residence here became
an active part of the life of the city.
His activities extended to all affairs of
civic nature. He was independent in
his political views, possessing a keen
mind, an authority on the Hebrew
language, and identified with Beth Israel
and Temple Israel synagogs.
It is with Geep regret that the city at
large learned of Mr.. Green's passing last
night When we extend the sympathy OF
the Democrat management we feel that
we are voicing the sentiments of the
entire community in the death of
splendid citizen and gentleman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
INFRINGEMENT IN THE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
New Haven Journal-Courier)

| New Haven JOurnal-COurler)
The General Assembly and Cover
nor's Advisory Finance Committee
has made commendable move in
ordering the State Highway Depart
ment to divest itself of some of its
surplus staff. The committees Or
der requires the department to re-
trench to the extent of $4,000 in
J its salaried accounts, and this means
that 10 or more full-time employees
will have to go. The layoffs are for
the duration of the war, and Com
missioner Cox has indicated his de-
sire to reemploy all when normal
times return.
| A few months ago Commission
er Cox testified on his budget re-
quests before a committee of the
| legislature and defended the reten-
ton of his large staff of technical
experts on the ground that they
were planning Connecticut's after
the-war roads. While this did not
satisfy the public and appeared not
| to satisfy the legislators, nothing
was done to disprove his plea of
need at that time. Perhaps the leg
islators decided to let the cutting
be done by the Advisory Finance
Committee.
With every sort of business and
industrial organization streamlined
for war, there is no sense in gov
eminent department maintaining
that it must be exempt from like
adjustment. The Advisory Finance
Committee should continue on to
other departments with firm
| hand
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17

Ever since the wars began the question
has been asked when will 1t be oVer?'
Up until the great victory in Northern
Africa the answer usually given by the
best informed official authorities was
that it would not be over this year, and
maybe not next year. But this writer
has heard some of the worlds best in
formed men say within the last week or
two: at will be sooner than expected"
The first World War stopped so suddenly
that it was "sooner than expected" by
anybody.
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strengthen her energy. No obstacles
were ever high enough to halt or
even discourage her The spirit Wis
ible in her deep-set eyes was
matched by a practical ability that
could work miracles of accomplish
ment.
But one would miss the essential
truth of her nature, if one did not
perseive a unity beneath these sur
face contradictions. She was i'm
mortal and she was interchangeable
faith inspired her life and works.
When Theodore Roosevelt said of
her that she was "a woman with the
heart of a patriot and the spirit of
a soldier" he spoke with under
standing. Her iron will to do was
the direct offspring of her high
hopes and her purity of aims. A
just cause stirred her to battle with
a courage that could not consider
retreat.
Of her traits, her gift for people
was perhaps the most significant. 1t
flowed from a warm heart and
mind keenly alive to the subleties
of individuality. Her friends walked
in every field under the sun. Be-
cause of her early career as a plan.
list, she kept close touch with music
and all the other arts. Statesmen
interested and amused her and they
never forgot her. But it was, per-
haps, to the men and women OF
science that she gave her deepest
concern. 1t was no chance that LED
her into the gallant adventure
whereby she won a gram of radium
for Madame Curie. These were her
friends; from them she drew inspir-
alton and the incredible breadth OF
information that was hers.
Asc for her career she fought
her way up to the top in the news,
paper world and her sense of new
never deserted her. Whether SHIT
was creating the Herald Tribune
Forum perhaps her creates,
achievement or editing "Thi
Week., her zest for the contempor,
airy scene was unflagging. She coul(
not grow old. Her physical frailtie
never seemed part of her. No ont
who ever knew her can forget thu
flame of her spirit.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
WARNING OUR
PROHIBITIONISTS
New York Herald-Tribune)

New York Herald-T ribune)
We have been told that our pro-
fessional prohibitionists are cease
lessly busy trying to exploit to their
ends this war as they did the last.
Knowing the species. and its obses-
sion one could well believe it even
were there not plenty of signs to
prove it. Our organized dry friends
have embarked on a rentless and
stealthy campaign to outlaw the
liquor trade while millions OF our
boys are overseas and the migration
of workers to war plants deprives
many thousands of other citizens OF
rFis ~,ee
The technique TO-DAY tirfers rroin
that of twenty-five years ago. Then
thirty-t three states were bone dry by
their own enactment, as contrasted
with only three at present-Kansas
Oklahoma and Mississippi. So in
stead of embracing, for the time be-
ing at least, as ambitious a program
as another amendment to the Con-
stitution the prohibitionists are con.
centrating on local option elections
OF 1881 such elections in 1912. &C
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17

On the other hand stands Mat
suoko, the Jauanese leader, who
was raised in this country by a
devout Christian woman. Matsuoko
greatly revers the memory Of his
Foster inotiiti. 3ie - 5 CtItlssAtsI, at
least nominally so but he stands
today behind the whole attempt of
Japan to crush America. Matsuoko
feels he was discrimminated against
in childhood and youth by the Am
orleans, and there is probably not
a men in the world today more
theoretically opposed to the Ameri-
can way of life than Is this Japa-
nese who was raised right in our
own country and despisis us, all be-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17

print. Thi smeans immediate
bombardment of thoer points, in
side Sicily, then of the Italian
mainland
81 Though the German coun-
ter-attack did not come as quick
ly as expected, the enemy has
100000 troops on Sicily, which is
no military peanuts" and was
why General Eisenhower warned
1--WE may get a bloody nose
However, with good port in
eastern Sicily and air-bases,
tremendous advantage is with the
Allies no matter what the Nazis
do.
GIRAUD FLUNKS GEOGRAPHY
Gen. Henri Giraud made a slight
slip in geography when he called
at the Washington headquarters
of his Free French rival, Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, but the COM
mander-in chief of French forces
in North Africa let one and all
know that he's still boss.
Greeting a disabled Free French
war vet, GlrduQ inquired WIlere ne
had been wounded.
'In Tunisia," replied the vet.
"Whom were you WITH" asked
Giraud.
"The forces of Gen. LeClerc,
SIR"
"Then you couldn't have been
in Tunisia," insisted the SOL
dier. II fought on the Mareth
Line"
There we're a few polite chuckles
at Giraud's expense, but the Cen
eral quickly composed himself.
With a smile, he remarked:
well, you young men seem
to be well versed@ in your
geography lot better than
some of your leaders. After all,
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alkali is but one of several physl-
illogical equilibriums of the body
The intake and output OF fuid,
the production and dissipation OF
heat are other familiar examples.
UTILIZATION OF FOODS
When sugars and fats are burned
to provide fuel for the body, car
bonic acid is produced. This aclo
is broken down into carbon-dioXlde,
and the kidneys eliminate the water.
During it's stay in the blood,
this acid aids in the regulation OF
breathing. The utilization of pro-
teins results in the liberation OF
amino-acids, and these acids are
used by the body in building
muscle and repair ing tissue.
Muscular activity is a function
in which several acids are con-
cerned. One of the end-products
of muscular activity is Tactic acid.
Large quantities of hydrochloric
acid are manufactured by the
glands in the stomach-wall, and
emptied into the stomach, where
it aids in the digestion of food.
Uric acid is present in the blood
in state of health, but only IN
real cases of govt is its concen-
tration increased.
The incomplete utilization of
fats, as it occurs in uncontrolled
diabetes, may bring about the &C
emulation of fatty acids to a de-
gree that causes intense poisoning,
resulting in diabetic coma. But
this condition does not appear un-
der ordinary circumstances, and
diabetes can prevent it with In
Sulin.
BODY CONTROL EFFICIENT
The chemical control of the body
is so efficient that diets leaving a
strong acid or alkali ash cannot
alter the reaction of the blood or
tissues beyond the normal and very
restricted levels through which it
may f1uctuate.
The blood is always slightly
alkaline, and even the slightest
acid reaction is incompatible with
life. The urine. however, varies
from acid to alkaline, because it
carries out of the body any ex-
cess that might disturb the balance
of the blood. After meal, the
urine is alkaline; at other times it
may be, and usually is moderately
acid.
Acids are essential constituents
of the chemical reactions that
make up life, and are not an
tagonistic to perfect health. The
frequent use of "alkalinizers'
with which so many people dose
themselves is far greater threat
to health than the DOGGY of aci-
dosis. continued use of aka
line medicines may cause irrep-
arabic kidney damage. and may
mask symptoms of troubles that
must be treated with knowledge
of their true cause.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
Selected Poem

marguerite Janvrim Adams in the New York
Times)
The beach is here, the wind the gull the oe-ouoS'
Wind on the bluff over the island sea-
But what of those who, in the curve OF The haroof
sleep TRANQUILITY?
Wind through the grasses tell us again tnelr saga,
Field marshmallow clover and spume-feck shore,
Iris deep in marsh grasses tides and beaches
Listen again for the sound of the feathered oar
SCI the pias & sails A.... the is.e!.t Skate
But where are the voices now, where are the root-
prints?
Silence alone replies
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
MDS. WILLIAM BROWN
MFLONEY
New York Herald Tribul

New YORK Herald Trlbune)
Epigrams built themselves natur-
ally around the extraordinary being
of missy" Meloney. The surface
contradictions were many and OBJ
vious. A slender, fragile body, with
the face of a poet, housed the will
of a commanding general. A gen.
tleness of manner that limited at
sainthood never failed her; but 1t
seemed only to conserve and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17

cause he blieves that our ideals our
superficial and our attitude toward
Asiatics contemplate.
Little did the people of a GER
saip western village know how much
salgolSll ntey were StCfink NY Yo4
their countrymen when they made
wise cracks about the little Japanese
youngster that a good Christian
woman in that community had taken
to raise. History turns on very little
events, and sometimes withou.
knowing it we are. for better OF
worse, participants in its most dram
attic situations. t
All Rights Decentralization News
paper Syndicate
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am only the cOmmander-in-?
chief of all the French forces in
-.

am only the commander-in-?
chief of all the French forces in
North Africa"
SYNTHETIC FOOD SHORTAGE
Every housewife in the United
Staes is conscious of what she be-
lieves to be food shortage.
But what housewives don't re-
alize is that the recent collapse
of submarine warfare has con-
tribunted to the food shortage"
The sharp falling off in shipping
losses has meant an increase in
the number of ships available to
move supplies of all sorts, includ-
ing food.
Russian ships are waiting at
Pacific ports, and the ships of all
Allied nations are waiting at At
lantic ports for that great uni
versal weapon of life and war
fare-food.
We are producing more food
than ever before and - hard to
believe - the people of the
country, including the soldiers
within the country, are eating
more now than ever before. In
other words, there is no short
age relative to past demands,
but only relative to our swollen
wartime appetites and pocket
books.
Thus there is no actual food
shortage. 1t is only that the
supply of some foods is made
quate to meet the unprecedented
purchasing power of the American
housewife.
NOTE: How long will it take
after the war to get back to crop
restrictions?
copyright, 1913, by United
F'ea tire Syndicate Inc
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17

Because on e OF
his d a u 6 h t ers
married Sun Vat
Sen and another
the Generalissimo
Chang Kai Shek
the t h o u ghtful
invitation to at
t e II d S u n d a y
School became, in
l a t er years, a
factor of real his
tori C a ! signifc-
Qnpn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
''This Third Smallest State"

"This third smallest state in the
union," So starts an article appear
ing in Fridays New York Herald-Tribune.
These somewhat low pressure words are
merely an introduction to more compli-
mentary ones that follow like this .
(which stands third among all the forty
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17

by a couple of
V e ry amateur
lady gardeners
of B e t h e S da,
Md, a Washing
ton suburb. They
u Sc pow d e r
puffs, busting
and patting each
pretty leaf as
C a r e f u lily as
though it were a
shiny pink nose
being made up
for a heavy
date.
v y +
w h en- t h e
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS d. D.

CHRISTIAN KINDNESS PAYS
We all know the story Of the
little Chinese boy in Macon, Georgia.
who, being invited by a kindly man
to attend unday School, did so,
became Christian, returned to
China, and made a great fortune.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
Your Health
By DIR. Thomas d. Masters

EDITORS NOTE: Today DR..
Masters wartime Health Column
appears in place of DIR. Brady's
column, which runs regularly on
this page.
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concern. Actual
ly the balance
m a i n tanned by
the body be-
tween acid and
alkali is eX-
tremely con =
slant. Anxiety
over an "acid
on d i ton" is
e q u v a lent to
worrying about
the results of
drinking an ex-
ira glass of Wa
ter.
This balance
between acid and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
ACIDOsIS RARELY Found

The condition of "acidosis" or ex-
cess acid in the body is COM
mon explanation of hundreds Of
ills, with which the process has no
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Beetles,
Frank Hague
And Beef
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COrrespOndent

Correspondent
The difficult problem of how to
dust rotenone powder on the under
sides of bean plant leaves, to dis
courage the ravages of the Mexican
bean beetle and other vic ;ory gar
den pests, has stumped the brains
of the best agricultural experts for
years. But it has at last been solved
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon rises at Y35 D. m. (war time).
Sun rises at 5:34 a. m, sets at 8:22 p m
(War time).
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
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WASHINGTON. Julv

WASHINGTON July IT, of the President plan
saving loss O life on
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-17
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

American Commission Propose Sound Out oons
Would Include Peeoo, Poett George Macdonald Frank
Capture of Syracuse end Air Fields Gives Us Advantage Sicily
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copyright, 1913, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1943-09-16
PRIVATE SECRETARY
SHIPPER
INFORMATION
ut EDD

| For dry cleaning plant, good pay. good
| hours Sanitary Cleaners, 2a22 I4th St
Evening star., 1943-09-16
SITUATIONS WoMEN

BOOKKEEPER ACCOUNTANT. knowledge
OF typine, with Il 8 years experience, seeks
position. Taylor 1434 ~
CASHIER, food checker, saleslady. CANDY
Isore RoT OK Z ,. & operator; evenings preferred
coLoRED GIRL wants Job at night as
waitress. only in cafe CO $3.50.
EDIPHONE OPER. and gen. off. yrs
sxp Exp ,5G1 S5G1aass stsk wk' mod salary neat. young
K%r.i Ksa zen GENERAE RAJ OFF. DUTIES reception
ist hospital or medical ONCE preferred
GRApuXTE Mount a Holyokke, Die 9ss' 4s. Phi Phi
OF travel e experienced with children; seeks
children children. , Phone Wo 1858 evenings
complete charge Of household for bachelors
or adults. References. Box 14S-Y. Star.
KEEPER-COMPANIoN. middle aged
widow. weilbred. capable to manage high
ytsoh type home er Be companion; excellent ref
LADY. young, who desires position ad-
dressing envelopes or any other work to
be done at home. communicate 1850 Bard
81 Nv, or tel; Hobart SS44,
NURSE, colored, undergrad. hosp. train,
desires work in institution, any type cases.
ref. NO. 1912, after $40.
SECRETARY to executive, years Gov
e.rnmsnt experiences. win consider only
imum SITS month. BOX 127-Y. Star. I6'
Evening star., 1943-09-16
SITUATIONS ooMEsIlc.

COLORED GIRLS, two, desire full or part
ployed people refs DE. 1854
cleGa,ning; G, no cooking. NO. 31ss:
GIRL, .colored. experienced houseworker
ana plain cook wishes position with couple,
pTefeT Tf & live in; references; S75 monthly.
GIRL, Gu tos e9lored -; desires g.hw. no cook
RA. 1854. ''''
GIRL, .colored. neat and experienced
wishes job doing plain cooking and gen
Tei ff1l pI phIousseTSrk' szss in home with couple
f;II GIRL. eolored. wants day work. Call
GIRL GIRL solored; wants s.hw.. fun or part
GIRL: &C folpred 1d wishes pantry work and
work. Experienced RE. 23O7.
GIRL, colored, desires part time work A
Or, Or 4 , ,Enornings: q CO. 50Os.
HOUSEkEEPER. by competent middle aged
woman. in widowers home or as manager
WoMAN; coiored, wants apt. to clean, 9:3O
WOMAN, white. with school-age child, de-
SIreS Job as hoLsekeeper in private home
To liye in. Box 147-Y, Star. IT,
WOMAN, refined. colored, wishes work
To- z Pm. Call District. O9S6.
cook or cleaner. Address, 4412 Hum
WILL LAUNDER CURTAINS all sizes, cal
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