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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

The Outlook in the battle against enfantile paralysis, like the outlook In the war against the enemies zof democracy, is encouraging. 2
 The fight goes oEl,- propelled by the National Foundation for Infan- 1ile Paralysis and by the dollars and dimes of a fighting people who celebrate the birthday of the Presi- dent by dancing SO that others may walk.
 No cure has been found, but the Sister Kenny treatments, taught to doctors and nurses all over the land by the famous Australian nurse, here since 1940, alleviate suffering land reduce crippling after-effects. It must be emphasized, the Kenny method = is NOT a cure, though 1t restores about 30 per cent to nor 1nal life and the other 20 per cent are generally helped.
 It takes one nurse and two as- sistants to treat 10 patients with the Kenny treatment. The nurse can learn her. part. in week, but it takes the 'physiotherapist months to master the art of teaching par alyzed muscles to work again.
 The cotton rats used in polio cirrus research come from southeaastern United States. After trying to breed in captivity, scientists discovered they would not mate unless they smelled alike. So they were sprayed with creosote-and all raised fam flies.
 Poliomyelitis, Polio or Infantile Paralysis whatever you. call it-is an old disease. A picture carved on 8 tomb in Egypt 4,000 years ago and mummies from the Land of the Pharaol1s prove it.
 Many persons have had poho- myelitis, recovered and never know had had it. They are carriers. It is estimated there are 50 to 1000 "car- riers" to every victim. Carriers became nauseated but, fortunately for them, the virus centers in the digestive system instead of in the spinal cord nerves. ...r.,.
 Poliomyelitis is taken from the GreeIS-"po1ios" meaning "gray" plus "myllos" meaning marrow" plus itis" Victims call one another "polios". ..'s :.,'s, ..-a
 Each year there are in the United States an average of 5000 to 10000 victims of this disease. Many be- come cripples beyond cure. The greatest epidemic in this country was in 1916-over 27.O0O REPORT ED cases.
 Many children, badly crippled were not discovered until later Many died without the true cause of their death being known. These cases were in the East, near New New York, Philadelphia, Boston and New Haven-cities where there are excellent doctors and plenty oi hospitals.
 It costs about $f,800 to keep one child in a hospital for year, under the Kenny treatment. But that one year may mean freedom to that child for lifetime. At a dime apiece 18O00 people have contributed tC treat that ohild.
 Throughout the country there art now 2,494 local Chapters of the Ma tionsl Foundation for Infantile Par alysiI They cover 2,894 of the na. tion,S 3,O50 counties. If you were stricken tomorrow, regardless o1 where you were or what was you races creed, age, color, one of tn ''t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

Robert SynOtt, son of MT. and Mrs. Francis SynOtt of 63O North Riverside street, Is a third class petty officer in the U. S. Navy stationed in MiddletOwn, R. I. He is 8 graduate of LeavenwOrth High School class of 1941. He is at- tached to the Rifle Range at his present station and is rifle in- structOr and a specialist in small arms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
TWO ARRAIGNED ON
 STATUTORY CHARGE

Rocco Caruso of this city was giv- en suspended sentence to Cheshire
 reformatory when arraigned in sue perior court at Hartford yesterday on statutory charged. Private
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

packages. VIII uo until the war is over. Not the string from Ger man packages which is made of paper a nd snaps when you draw it hard with a needle, but string from packages from s W witzerlan nd which you can
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
HAST TRAIN from BERLIN"
 By HOWARD K. SMITH
Seedy Valhalla
INSTALLMENT x

Do you know Berlin? If you Go, maybe you'd like to know what that grand old city looks like now that it has the capital of all Europe Vahalla on earth with standard of living the continent Take those bg ornate drinking places the main drag Cafe Unter den Linden and KranNers The stuffng is popping out of the up holsterv of their overstuffed chairs now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
By HERBERT HOOVER

UPThe first principle in organization of the home front that civilian responsible principle all functions and authority in respect to into the hands of adrn1s administer civilian activities in war with com than direct battle with
 have divided authority function have battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

The cigarette girl in one of them, who has nothing else to do now, told me she spent a week recently just sewing up gaps in the up- holstery. She couldn't get any thread, but string from wrapping
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
returned from tour of duty out of when he will writing his column
Hoover Calls For "War Council''
 To Speed Full War Mobilization

EDITORS Following the fifth of series of six dis patches dealing with the tua- on Nations home fronts they today they affect glOba strategy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

change of fare. The bombardment of complaints finally induced the Ministry to allow a sequence of peaceful shot about the home front = harvesting grain, intimate shots of cement factory at work, film interview with Franz Lehar, the composer, etc. - before the war films. Then Goebbels began receiv- ing letters expressing thanks, but asking for more home front se- quences and fewer war ones, es- pecially to leave out the shots of dead-bodies on battlef1elds.
 Copyright, 1942, by Howard K Smith. Distributed by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.)
 TOMORROW: Take locomotives for instance---; how shelIflre ant food shortages shoot holes in Ger man production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
WATERFOWL MAN
 GETS JAIL TERM

Donald Garthwaite, of Watertown charged with 8 statutory offense
 entered 8 plea of nolo contendere to one count and second count was nolled in superior court at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

Ralph Moore, of St. Louis, Mo-, was sentenced to serve from one to two years in the state prison on same charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-14

(TomOrrow: A survey of where Germany and Japan may try to .strike next.l
Evening star., 1943-04-30
FWA Offers S77,368
For D. T.. Nurseries
Commissioners Asked
To Act Within 10 Days

Opening of 20 child-care centers
moved a step nearer today when
the Commissioners received an Off
cial offer from the Federal Works
Agency of a $77,368 grant for
maintenance and operation of such
facilities.
The letter of transmittal re-
quested that formal acceptance by
the Commissioners be arranged
within 10 days. The offer contains
various legal clauses and has been
referred by the Commissioners to
the District budget officer and
auditor for study before final action
is taken. The Commissioners previ-
ously approved the project in prin-
ciple, and the FWA offer is in re-
sponse to a previous application by
the Commissioners for such aid.
The fund will maintain 10 pre-
school centers for children of work.
Ing mothers and 10 extended school
centers" to care for school-age chill
dren during the day.
A list of 20 places for the centers
in existing school properties already
has been submitted to the Board of
Education for approval The entire
project of day care for children of
working mothers is sponsored jointly
by the Commissioners, the Board
of Education, the Health Depart
ment, Recreation Board, Welfare
Department, civic groups and the
Office of Civilian Defense,
Evening star., 1943-04-30
Macarthur Group Backs
D. {. War Services RuIina

The Macarthur Boulevard Citi-
zens' Association last night indorsed
the action of the Commissioners in
deciding against inclusion of the
civilian war services in the District
Civilian Defense Department.
Gordon M. Atherholt, first vice
president, who presided. introduced
the resolution. stating that the ap-
proximately $4,000 requested for the
war services unit would have been
used in duplicating the efforts of
other agencies such as the Red Cross.
The association asked the Public
Utilities Commission to require the
Capital Transit Co. to give transfers
In that area, after complaints had
been voiced by members that there
were instances in which bus and
streetcar operators had refused to
honor transfers between the bus line
and the Cabin John streetcar.
The PUG also was asked to restore
the former bus service along Mac
Arthur boulevard. The new service,
which went into effect the end of
January. places the terminal on the
boulevard just east of Nebraska ave-
nue.. instead of Loughboro road. :.
Mrs. Mary Cochran was appointed
chairman of the Nominating Com
mittee. The meeting was held at
the Palisades Park Field House.
Evening star., 1943-04-30

fled by memories of bitter scenes in
her homeland, scenes not as afro
cious as some bestial acts since
committed by the invaders, but
enough to arouse the fighting spirit
OF any one with deeply inbred love
of country. She remembers Nazis
tearing iron gates of cemeteries
uprooting iron crosses on graves and
ripping the precious metal away
from every conceivable source to
be melted down for munitions used
to NOV down those same peace
loving people.
She remembers an aged Jew driv-
en- along the street wearing a sign
reading II am Jew pig" and OF
hundreds of others forced to erase
with bare hands patriotic slogans
painted on buildings and sidewalks
She remembers legions of Spanish
women in mourning weeds in the
Canary Islands sadly greeting the
handful of men who returned from
the Spanish Civil War, broken in
body and spirit. 1t is with the hope
and intention of helping to restore
peace and normalcy to these peo-
pie that she is joining the WAACS
Speaks Several Languages.
Then, too, she feels she owes q
debt of gratitude to this country.
Il am becoming a citizen of the
United States," she said, "and ]
must give something in return. II
I cannot fight myself perhaps I can
do something to release another
man to fight, but I would not hesi-
tate to carry gun and fight in the
front lines"
Mrs. Lauwers may be a valuable
addition to. the WAACS for she
speaks several languages and has
wide experience in writing and
propaganda work. On the Zlin
she was the editors foreign ears,
listening to all broadcasts and keep
ing him informed of political de-
veiopments. The night she heard
of Germany's invasion she seized an
ak and smashed the radio in utter
despair.
Evening star., 1943-04-30
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Blue coupons, Book 2@Those marked
D, E and F good for rationed
canned expire tonight.
Those marked G, H and j re-
main valid through May 81.
Red coupons, Book 2-Those marked
A. B, c and D expire tonight.
They can be exchanged for meats,
butter, margarine. fats and oils,
cheeses and canned fish.
Stamps marked E are good and
can be used any time before
May 81.
Stamps lettered F become valid
Sunday and remain good through
May 81.
Sugar-Stamp No. u in Book / is
good for S pounds through May 81.
Coffee-Stamp No. 23 is now valid
for ] pound through May 80.
Fuel oil-No. 5 coupons are valid for
10 gallons through September 30.
Gaso9ne-No. S A coupons are good
for 3 gallons each through July 81.
B and G coupons, good for
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes Stamp II in Book is good
for one pair Of shoes through
June Is. Z
Detailed rGtiontng information aDiIl
be found on page Az Of The Sunday
Star each ipeek.
Evening star., 1943-04-30
7 Premier Cab Drivers
Receive Safety Awards

Two drivers of the Premier Cab
Association were presented safety
awards signifying 10 years and more
than 100000 miles of driving with
out a serious accident last night at
the associations 18th annual dinner.
The awards were presented to
Fred McLelland, charter member of
the association and former vice pres
ident, and John Gray, a member of
the board of directors.
Presentation of the awards, espe-
cially designed rings with the Pre-
mier Cab Association crest, was
made by John H. Royer, jr., presi-
dent of the group.
Mr.. Roger was reelected presi-
dent. Other officers elected were
Noble Mayes, vice president, and r.
Logan Hallowe1l. secretary. Named
to the board of directors were N. F..
Dibble, Ray Caruana, Mr.. Gray and
j, O, Roche.
Evening star., 1943-04-30
Woman Without q Country
Ready to Enlist in WAACS
Czech Refugee Hos
Been Accepted, but
Awaits Citizenship
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON,

A woman without a country"
anxious to do her bit toward win
ming the war, will be wearing the
uniform of a WAAC within a cou-
pie OF months, as soon as her adopt
ed land takes her into its growing
family of citizens.
7 This Is the story of Mrs. Charles
L. LAWYERS, slim, pretty Czecho-
slovakian girl who saw the Nazi
horde invade the prosperous coun-
try that was her homeland. It Is
the story of a woman who has con-
tributed much to the war in her
role of assistant to the press at
tache at the Czechoslovakian Lega-
ton and is eager to give more.
The WAACS have accepted her,
but she filed her petition for citizen
ship only yesterday and now must
wait at least until June / before
taking the final step. A recruiting
officer will be waiting to administer
the Army oath of allegiance as soon
as she obtains her citizenship.
Husband in Air Forces.
Mrs. Lauwers' husband is a lieu
tenant in the Army Air Forces, sta
toned at Clovis, N. Mex. They met
through mutual friends in Zlin,
where he was visiting and she was
employed on the newspaper. In
five days they became engaged. But
plans for the wedding went awry
when the invasion came and in
stead of a gay white wedding they
were married quietly at o'clock
one morning. There were no at
tendants, but in the church lay
the body Of an S-year-old boy, cold
bloodedly' shot down by the Nazis
on the street after curfew.
from her family since 1941 when
the last letter from her mother
cheerfully explained that they were
happy because they were together
in the same Jam" with old friends
and neighbors. but expressed con-
Germ for Mrs. LAWYERS welfare
among strange people In a new
world She does not know whether
they are dead or alive, but she does
know that the little group of eight
students and four professors, prin-
cipals in graduation exercises at
Masaryk University, where she took
her law degree in 1887, almost has
disappeared.
Worked in Red Cross.
Mrs. Lauwers' desire to be
WAAC has not sprung from impulse
or new-found patriotic feryor. In
her homeland she rode motorcycle
for the Red Cross between the
front lines and the rear. In Cape
town, South Africa, she spun raw
wool on an antiquated spinning
wheel for the Navy and helped cut
out sheepskin coats for the mer-
chant marine. On her WAAC ap-
plication blank she signified her
willingness to be a laundress or
cook If no other opening was avail
able.
She has been inspired and forti-
Evening star., 1943-04-30
Live Weight Barred
On Dressed Poultry
Commissioners Offer Rule
On SuIes of Chicken

The Commissioners today ruled
that dressed poultry must be sold in
local stores on the basis of the net
weight after dressing and not the
weight of the chicken before it is
killed.
The ruling followed a request by
j. T. Kennedy, superintendent of the
Department of Weights and Meas
ures, for an opinion as to whether
chickens sold as dressed could legally
be weighed before slaughter for the
purpose of setting their price
Richmond B. Keech, corporation
counsel. sent to the Commissioners
an opinion that this practice was
illegal, and Mr.. Keech's opinion was
adopted by the Commissioners.
Mr.. Kennedy said his department
had observed some instances in
which chickens were weighed before
they were dressed He will now
have authority to act when he finds
such violations.
OPA ceilings, it was pointed out,
were set up to provide an adequate
dif1erential between the weight of a
live chicken and that of dressed
poultry. Joseph B. Danzansky, at
torney for the poultry dealers, said
he doubted whether many dealers
here were following the practice of
using live weights as the basis for
dressed poultry prices, since such a
procedure would not be lawful under
OPA ceilings.
1t was also pointed out that there
was still a serious shortage of legal
poultry in the city. Dealers recently
pledged themselves against black
market practices and they have had
dificulty in getting truckers to bring
in fowl at the ceiling prices.
Evening star., 1943-04-30
Exploding Truck Tire Kills
Man in Arlington

Fred Slaughter, 33. colored, 1900
Fort Myer drive, Arlington, was
killed last night when a truck tire
he was initiating blew out at the
Lord Baltimore filling station. Nine
teenth and North Moore streets,
Arlington, police reported today.
Police said Mr.. Slaughter's skull
was fractured in the explosion. He
was pronounced dead on arrival at
Georgetown Hospital.
William Peck, 38, of POT North
Oakland street, Arlington, died last
night at Providence Hospital of in
juries received Wednesday while at
work at the Camp Springs Airport
project. police said.
Police said Mr.. Peck was crushed
between concrete hopper and a
piling. He was first treated by
private physician and later taken
to the hospital.
Evening star., 1943-04-30
Baltimore Soldier Cited
For 7 ruin-Wreck Rescues
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FORT JACKSON, S. c., April 80.
Rescue work in which he partici-
pated at q train wreck at Dickerson,
Md, last fall brought the Soldiers
Medal to Sergt. Thomas J. Holman,
~, of Baltimore,
Praising Sergt Holman for his
heroism at the wreck, Mai. Gen.
Withers A. Burress of the Tooth
Division said in presenting the
medal at review yesterday that
"Sergt. Holman, with four enlisted
men, entered and worked about 4
burning Pullman car to rescue sew
eral badly injured persons -.
Such personal bravery, quick think
Ing, saved the lives, Of several pas
sengers sss"
Sergt. Hohman's rescue work was
done last September a at the scene
Of three -train wreck In which II
persons were killed. He has been In
the Army since 1910.
Evening star., 1943-04-30
; Bethesda Tennis Courts
To Be Ready Tomorrow

Three tennis courts at the Be-
thesda Chevy Chase Recreation
Center on Norwood drive will be
ready for use tomorrow and two ad-
F. ditional courts will be available the
following Saturday, Lewis Mitchell
director of the center, announced
today. The hours are 8 a m. to dusk
Monday through Friday and z am.
to dusk Saturdays and Sundays.
Children Is years of age and under
may play free of charge until 4 pm.
each weekday. Adults pay 20 cents
per hour per court. Reservations
may be made: in advance with the
court attendant but no telephone
reservations will be accepted,
Evening star., 1943-04-30
Korean, Chinese and Jap Study Together
Without Roncor at American University
Nisei Youth Declares
He Is Like Enemy
Only in Appearance

A Korean, Chinese and q Japa-
nese smile at each other and talk
pleasantly together these days in
the administration building OF
American University.
SIX thousand miles across the
Pacific Ocean. the nations of their
forefathers are graphing in a war
of life and death. Outside the ad-
ministration building, however, the
sun shines brightly and spring is
in the air. The three youngsters
live as members of democracy
where citizens of all racial back
grounds must get along in friendly
manner.
Il have never been to Korea, but
hope to visit there as soon as the
war is over" says Miss Anne Fark.
who divides her time between the
Korean Mission here and the Office
of DR.. Paul Douglass, president of
the university. Korea was annexed
by the Japanese in 1910, and the
japanese have been lar more cruel
and barbarous against the Korean
people than the Germans are against
their subjugated nations"
Born in Hawaii.
Like so many Oriental women,
Miss Park is petite, graceful and
feminine. She was born in Hawaii,
where her parents still live, and
she came to the United States in
1912 to work for the Korean Mis-
sion. which represents the Korean
provisional government, located in
Chungking.
The Korean peninsula points like
dagger toward the heart of ia
pan" and is populated by 23,G0O, 600
people mainly engaged in agricul-
ture. The country is rich in nat
ural resources. In contrast to Chi
nese and Japanese script, which
each contains some 5000 different
letters or combinations of letters,
the Korean alphabet has only SO
phonetic signs, consisting CT straight
lines and circles.
The Korean army fighting in
China Is poorly equipped, and food,
shelter and clothing are so meager," j"
says Miss Park. that they fight un-
der great difficulties. They are
good as guerrillas, because they
know the Japanese so we'll"
Chin to Enter Army.
William Chin. 20-Sear-old Chi
nese-American, is a sophomore who
will enter George Washington Uni
versity Medical School in the fall.
He is the son of Mr.. aco Mrs. Ying
Hong of 1880 McComb street NV,
was born in the District. and is a
graduate of Western High. He is
enlisted In the United States Army
Reserve and his brother, Bill" Rock
Chin, "a, is private. first class, sta
toned at Camp Pickett, Va.
Il expect I will be joining the
Army soon, too says William.
To return to California is the
great desire of Harry Kitahata, 81,
Evening star., 1943-04-30

sluice to mine 1t out when l had
to leave. It's still there, I guess. but
the Government won't let me 20
back to see If. I really have gold
deposit"
Deplores Hardships.
Mrs. Benjamin Brown, jr.. an en-
ploye in the Prince William County
Welfare Department, said her
mother, Mrs. A. H. Green, was given
six months to move from her 800
acre grazing farm where five gen.
erations of her family had lived.
She said the farm was the only
land taken in the area on the north
side OF Cedar Run In Prince Will
liam County. She said she was
told the Navy wanted the farm be-
cause 4 blum on the run resembled
Guadalcanal.
Mrs. Brown said her family finally
located another farm near Fred
ericksburg and finished moving Eas-
ter Sunday.
1T b terrible experience" she
said, TO wake up some morning
to find the home you've always
known Is no longer yours, and to
have to shift to . new and strange
house the accumulations OF i've
generations"