The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-22

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s. Rubber. But the War Depart
ment wouldn't let the company
break out In advertising till 1t
checked up and made sure. In the
end, 1t turned out to be q Goodyear
boat. Specifications for all the boats,
including those made by Goodrich,
are exactly the same, but industrial
competition Of this sort Is consider
ed good morale builder for the
workers.
There was similar competition
among the manufacturers Of jeeps,
to determine which auto company
had made the Job President Roose-
welt rode In at Casablanca. 1t turned
out 10 be WHY'S.
Tea propaganda Is one of the lat.
est mites thought up by the Of
flee of War Information for over.
seas consumption. 1t seems that the
water supply Of the North African
countries never has been any too
pure, 50 the natives brew q strong
green tea, boiling the water TO kill
the germs, and flavoring with a big
COB Of sweetening that produces a
syrup-like tea mixture which Is
part of the basic diet. Trouble Is,
North Africais green tea imports
have been cut off. So the owl peo-
pie have been getting green tea from
somewhere, and putting 1t up In
fancy red, white and blue contain
ers. Stars and Stripes and Union
Jack are crossed on one side Of the
cardboard box, and on the top is the
red, white and blue star and circle
which identifies American aircraft.
On two other faces OF the box are
Arabic characters which presumably
spell out TEA in the native
tongue, though they look more
like a ptatern OF fairgrounds. On
the fourth side Is a Spanish label,
1.-THE Deliciosa :" and tram
scription which, translated, says,
Prom Your Friends the United Ma
TONS"
HOPKINS DEMANDS CHECK-UP
One Of the new Army institutions
which has been looked upon with
most questioning by other govern
ment administrative agencies Is
the School OF Military Government
set up under the command OF Brig.
Gen. C. w. Wickersham In the Uni
versity Of Virginia at Charlottes-
Vile. General Wickersham, by the
way, is a son OF the George E. Wick
ersham who was Taft's attorney
general. Looking over a list OF stu
dents In one of the classes, Harry
Hopkins found the name OF Julius
Klein. Hopkins hit the ceiling, and
came down to start wheels rolling
to find out what the Army meant
by making military governors out Of
a lot of people who hated Roosevelt,
and hadn't DR.. Julius Klein been
the publicity-seeking director OF for
eign commerce under Herbert Hoov-
err?
A check-up revealed that the stu
dent under suspicion at Charlottes-
vile was another Julius Klein, no
relation to the Hoover ex-subordi-
nate, and furthermore, he was a
Democrat.
QUICK CHANGE OF CLIMATE
Aviators and planes in the African
desert campaign have to Withstand
the greatest and the most rapid
changes in temperatures in the
world. A pilot bundles up in furs
and takes off with the Thermometer
at 100 degrees above. A few minutes
late. pilot and plane will be IS 900
feet in the air. where the tempera-
ture registers SO degrees below zero
Ito degrees change quicker than
you can say Eisenhower" These
extremes have made necessary re.
search and development OF new and
extremely flexible pumps. lubricat-
ing systems. engine cooling and
heating devices. Even for the pilots
flashlight, special batteries had to
be made so they'll deliver current
enough to make feeble glimmer at
sub-zero temperatures.