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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
City Schools
To Run To
June l., IA
Shorter Holidays
to Cut Time in Rural
Schools During
Coming Session.

Schools Of Henderson will run fine
coming year through June |. 1914
III order 10 get in their nine months
and most Of the usual HOLIDAYS will
be observed rs heretofore, according
to schedule for the year as an.
nounced today by Superintendent Z.
M. Rollins.
Rural schools, by shortening hoi,-
days ana utilizing other time. will
finish their years work by May 10.
the program indicates.
Both systems are running for nine
months this year for the frs, time
since the mid-dcprcSSiun era, and the
rural schools for nine months for the
first time in their history.
First holidays in the city schools
will be November 25-26 for Thanks
giving, which will not be observed ri
all in the rural schools. For the city
the Christmas holidays begin on Fri
day, December II, Il week before
Christmas, and run until Monday.
January 3, total oil two lulI weeks,
Rural schools will have only one
week for Christmas, beginning Fri
day. December II. and rcsuming ON
Monday, December ~. The only 9th
er holidays Tor the citv $chuulS will
be those at Easter. running from
April Z TO II. which includes Good
Friday and Easter Monday. These
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
female
Figures
Continued from Page Onc)
her, an increase of 200. 900.

mcr. an increase of 100000.
There are lI.3Ou.OOU IN non-f;nm
jobs. must rise To- IL. 700 .OOU Nv next
summer. an increase of yOU.OUO. Ac-
tuslly that increase must be reached
by january, and must remain steady
right through the mex, summer.
While the search goes on for those
100000 additional women Tor the
armed services and yOO0OO for non
farm jobs, VINO says tins mus, han
pen:
While only u total q: 900. 600 women
are needed for n"n-fagm Jobs in I'm,
next year. the number of women
employed in munitions plants mus;
increase from 1900. O0T nov Ia 3 6u0
90 next summer. u r1Sc OF 800 900
That increase Will nave To- hc
achieved through some al those in
coming 100000 ucw workers and q
shifting of those nuw employed from
jobs unrelated 10 the wa!. or Jobs
that dry up and disappear.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
MORE WOMEN

Washington, Sep. 5.-(AP)-Thc
War ihalipowcr commission said to-
d''y That approximately 800. 600 more
women must be recruited for the
nation $ labor forces ny July of next
year. rms would bring the number
"l lcininc workers in civilian and
W;r Jobs IL the unprecedented high
of $4,000. 900.
About l7.l00,000 women are work.
ing today as compared with II 600. =
QUO 4 year ago and 10 800 900 in lyIU
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
PAGE THREE
GRIPEHOLN SAILS

washington. Sept. 3.-(AP)-The
exchange liner GripSholm put out
from New York harbor for the Orient
Yesterday. carrying with her the high
nope 81 relatives back home for 4
sale return with l.250 Anne: ican
men, women and children who have
been ~ JapancSe hands since Pearl
HarDOr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
Stock Trend
Is Irregular

New York, Sept. 3.-(App-Fman-
cial markets displayed irrcnpl,rly
lower tendencies today.
Backward were u. :. Steel. Brrhlc-
hem. Chrysler. American Telephone,
Goodrich. United Aircraft. AIiicd
Chemical, DUPONT. General Electric
and Standard Oi! e, y. i. Resistant
We're Texas Co. Anacpuuu. Wc>ino-
house and Muuy.llc.
Commodities were uneven.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
HENDERSON On c. DAILY DISPATCH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1913

children and arrGr-c,il,t.,.r .,.,id
play the most imppr,nn, par ~ ,m.
national economy. True. bn,b nn,.
and in the postwar era. we shall mn
doubleday build up Tor another col
lapse. But OF this possibility will
have something 10 say later ON.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03

holidays will not be Observed At al,
IN the rural schools.
Rural schools may shorten their
school year still further by running
Tour Saturdays at some time during
INC year in order to get in their full
100 davS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03

!" Keep water pure the Army
"S"% large StcrliHing water bags
made OF cotton fabrics The bags
ale slIng from trees or tripods, each
Bag holding 30 gallons or nearly 300
NuNnNS Of N.ntrr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-03
Cotton Prices
.3O-55 Lower

New York. Sept. 3-tApl-Co,ton
futures tOld contracIS) Opened 10
/" - cents - bale lower.
Noon prices We're 30 Ia 81 cents a
bale lower. October 2O.2O. December
200" and March 1899.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
A Thought for Today


The glorious feast OF Easter has come
and gone. For days It was anticipated.
Saturday stores were practically sold out
OF edibleS and even before Saturday
candy and flowers were liquidated Some
restaurants had already stopped serving
ice cream You see, 1t was the biggest
spending Easter in many years; but
there was less to buy with supplies
limited.
In the churches services were OF the
season. Nothing could be added since
liturgy, unlike fashions, does not change
with the years, Musical programs were
somplete In their dellneation of the story
behind Easter. Everything that could
1e done to make services expressive and
properly adapted TO the liturgy Of the
lay was evidenced In the churches,
Solemnity characterized the days reli-
yious events, and the voices Of boy Choir
sterS, adult male choirs and mixed
.hoirS lifted their voices In alelulas and
aymns of praise, the RessurreXi, Haec
Dies, Victimae Paschalis, Regina Coeli,
and Pascha Nostrum of the Mass proper,
md many other hymn texts, among those
heard
Perhaps more serious thought was
given TO the real meaning of Easter than
ever before since we are living In more
thoughtful days. II was day Of rejolc-
lng tinged with an undercurrent Of sad
ness It was a fair day with bright skies,
ind the conventional and unconventional
Easter paradeS we're marked by the usual
display of costumes, from the simple
tailored suit to costume with fur jacket.
More walked to church than in former
years.
The Easter day has passed but we are
stiI within the season and anticipate In
the days TO come brightness and fair
weather which 20 hand In hand with
Easter and Spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
The Acid Test

Our people, through the Congress, will
soon serve notice of what the world may
expect from this country in carrying out
our announced objective Of securing a
Just and durable peace. The question OF
renewing the Reciprocal Trade Agree
ments Act will come before Congress IN
June. AS Sumner WelleS, Under-Secre-
tary of State, observes: 1.-THE action OF
the Congress with regard to this matter
will furnish :. . an acid test OF our In
tentions."
We should have learned by now that
as a nation we are not Self-Sufficient. One
need only point to a single instance to
show the ordinary citizen how heavily de-
pendent we are on foreign trade, and that
instance Is rubber. The Japs came near
er to wrecking our war effort by shutting
off import of this one item than we like
to admit. We are developing a Synthe-
tic substitute for rubber, but there are
plenty of other necessities and luXuries
which we will always need that we can
not produce ourselves.
Modern history" Mr.. Weles emphas-
ICES, "has made 1t clear that no produc-
ing and trading nation-not even the
United States-can be prosperous in a
starving world any more than great
customers and sources of supply are
bankrupt" If we wish to regain peaceful
prosperity in our own country, we will
have to help the rest of the world regain
It at the same time. Scores of nations
are waiting upon us. In sense they are
like a crew of carpenters standing with
tools in hand. They must rebuild home
economies from the ground up. But be-
fore they can start building, the founda-
tons must be laid for the new structures.
Those foundations must be laid by us. If
our blueprints call for the old unsound
foundations of ever-higher trade barriers,
they will be left with no choice but to
erect warped nationalistic structures that
will one day be again swept away by
hate and war. And make no mistake, we
will be in the next war, too.
If we extend the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act, the world will know that
we definitely intend to lay sound foun-
dalton for future peace. And then, in the
words of MIR. Welles, 1.-THE European coun-
tries and the great Chinese nation can
move in that direction also and con-
struct their new economies on that basis
>. The decision is fundamental"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

the halter Of shortages and be led about
by dlctatorial DEGREES without kicking
the deyllghts out Of q few regulatory
fences. Unfortunately the retailers upon
whose shoulders fall the responsibility Of
explaining and applying The restrictions,
are the ones who get Kicked most often
For that reason II Is only fair 70 give
them Q pat on the back occasionally
They deserve II.
Retail distributors, both chain and In
dependent, have shown amazing ability
10 interpret and put into practical oper-
alton literally thousands OF new wartime
merchandising regulations conceived BY
lawyers and experts with little or no mer-
chandlslng experience. Most OF the reg.
ulatlons carry heavy jail sentences ana
fines for violation. Laborlng In the shad.
ow Of stir penalties, thousands OF mer.
chants throughout the country work out
the rules as they understand them, often
without benefit Of legal advice, and put
them In force. They know II has TO be
done or the distribution system will break
down, bringing disaster TO the country.
They try 10 explain this TO customers,
while striving TO get the government to
simplify and ease inequalities In the rules.
Neither the public nor most government
experts actually comprehend the heavy
responsibility which retail! merchants
bear In helping TO maintain economic
stability during the emergency.
Consumers should be slow TO criticize
the retailer for Inconvenience over which
he has no control. The government
should constantly seek to make burden
some restrictions less onerous. And both
the public and the government should be
less quick to accuse retailers OF evil In
tent when one of ten thousand rules has
been inadvertently violated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
Salute-AmericAn Style

No industry Is doing better advertis-
ing lob than are the railroads. 1ndivid-
ual companies and the railroads as
group arc carrying In the newspapers and
magazines OF territories served, advertis-
ing that builds pride In our institutions
and confidence In our ability to produce
and deliver the goods.
Not only Is the wording of the copy In
spiratlonal In Its nature, but the Illus
trations stir ones blood as they picture
the tremendous sweep OF this country and
the motive power that links 1t from coast
10 coast and border TO border. Here Is
advertising which impresses on our PEG.
pie the mighty resources Of our land, and
the ability of the greatest railroad sys-
tenn In the world to handle them,
A paragraph from one advertisement
paints the American railroad picture
when 1t says: "A friendly wave--thats
the traditional salute between the farm
ers and the men who run the trains. To-
gether they are learning, from the heart
aches and hardships OF war, how neces-
sary they are to each other--and to the
preservation of their precious privilege as
free men to salute each other American
style, with friendly wave OF the hand"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
ROXY,s FlGHTING COLORs
JOBS AFTER THE WAR
(New Haven Journal courier)

It Is encouraging to hear from an
Official Of the National Association
Of Manufacturers, Mr.. Walter D.
Fuller, the statement that private
enterprise can provide all the Jobs
that the postwar period will de-
mand. His reasoning Is sound: Full
employment depends ON the four
major essentials of purchasing pow.
er, demand for goods. productive ca
pacity and ample labor supply. All
Of these viii be present In the post
war era, and their Indignation for
the purpose Of production Is the Job
Of private management.
Mr.. Fuller sets up one requirement
for fulfillment. and that Is that pri-
vate enterprise must be stimulated
by a political and social atmosphere
in which It can expand with an ex-
panding country" Beyond this gen.
eral statement he does not say what
he means. Obviously this particular
point Is the crux Of the whole busi-
ness, and sometime soon we hope
that Mr.. Fuller gets down 10 specific
recommendations.
Unquestionably the United States
has the raw materials. the indus
tries, the slSills, and the customers
Prosperity and Jobs and economic
paradise ought to be possible. AS far
as the desired ends can be accom-
plished by private enterprise, they
should be. Now let's have q detailed
blueprint and give It every chance
to succeed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

All these scenes as described for us
in the Bible narratives are familiar, but
to travel along the actual territory must
have been thrilling and edifying exper-
fence. Each station marks a different
step along the way as it was Travelled by
Christ carrying His cross; along this Via
Dolorosa. As we read Of this event last
Friday and the Archbishop's visit to the
Garden of Gethsemane for the Holy
Hour there was feeling of joining OF
East and West, and the Passion, death
and glorious resurrection seemed to come
closer to us than ever before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
YOUR FATS FOR AMMUNITION
New Haven Journal Courier)

NEW Haven Journ0l-Courler)
The average family OF four per-
sons will buy during the next year,
according to the present OPA ra-
tioning schedule, 3i2 pounds Of meat
and 1865 pounds of butter and shor-
tening. OF this. the government asks
that ~ pounds be returned to the
war effort In the shape Of salvaged
fats. A pound q month, table.
spoonful day!
A consumer study conducted this
year by the Office Of War Informa-
ton shows the following:
90 per cent Of women know about
the fat salvage program.
IS per cent know their fats are
needed to make gunpowder.
"a per cent know the procedures to
be followed.
SO per cent are actually saving
fats.
81 per cent have turned fats into
their meat dealers.
Instead OF getting fats from 81
per cent Of the housewives, the WPB
says 1t needs them from 90 per cent
at least. That number OF cooperat-
ing kitchens Is essential II the
monthly goal Of 10 leg million
pounds Is to be reached.
After the fats have become too
dark or too strong In flavor for
further food use. they still will make
excellent ammunition for General
Eisenhower's or General MacAr-
thurs men. We may look ut this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

It was a significant Good Friday and
Easter In Jerusalem. AS churches In the
homeland observed the ritual of the last
days of Lent and Easter Sunday. Arch
bishop Spellman, Catholic vicar general
OF the United States armed forces, led
the Stations Of the Cross last Friday
with hundreds OF American Catholics Of
the armed forces and other natonalities
along the historic route to Calvary. An
glcans also went over the same route.
The narrow paved lane which has been
so often described thanked with mon
asteries, churches and converts which
are on the sites OF the fourteen stations
OF the cross, was travelled by this countrys
noted churchman and many other dignl-
taries. It must have been an impressive
sight and experience for our boys from
home to travel along from Pilates judg-
ment hall and on under the Ecco Homo
arch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

In Q new and more elegant Edi-
tion. Revised and corrected, BY the
Author"
That new and more elegant Edt-
ton" lies at the center Of the
Christians hope. And we have this
hope not just because man wants
1t, but because every syllable OF
revealed religion encourages US 70
believe in a bright and happy world
after death. We look forward TO
such a contamination OF our lives.
The promise OF the Bible Is not
that we can go along gaily every
day, living about as we want TO. and
enter at last into the reward OF
light and peace. The Bible sets up
certain standards which men must
attain. and the highest standard q
the standard Of faith and trust II
we have these. right conduct fol-
lows as q natural result. We are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
Hats Of To Retailers

The retail merchant has become the
nan in the middle-in the middle of that
no mans land-where fighting govern
inent collides with fighting, consuming
public. Both of these fighting elements
are allies, but like most allies they don't
get along too well sometimes. A spoiled
public which has been in the habit OF
getting what It wants when It wants 1t
from an incredibly efficient retail distri-
button system. carnot be expected to don
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

only five. One young pilot bag
ged so many enemy planes that
Arnold suspected he had some
previous experience In the war,
One day he asked the younestcr:
"VVhat uniform did you wear
before yOu came over here?"
"The Blue and Gold, SIR" re.
piled che pilot.
"VVhose uolors are thoy?"
asked Arnold curlously.
"ROxy's Theater In New
York." said the flyer. ~ used
10 be IN usher there before the
war, SIR"
Gen. George Marshall, Army
chief of staff, told OF plans to
trap RoMmel IN TMniSia,
"Our chief concern n 10 pre-
vent him from getting out In an
orderly Hashlon-lf he escapes"
Marshall Informed the Congress
sl0nal delegation. "Also, VIC
want 20 get ~ much Of his
equipment NJ possible. He will
have 10 leave . lot % u behind"
There was q rear when RooSe-
welt interposed: ~ guess he will
leave the Italians behind also"
Discussion Of politics was re.
llgiouSly avoided, However, when
the President shook hands with
Representative Joe Martin, House
Republican leader, who with 9TH
er leaders, attended the meeting,
he couldn't resist kidding him
about COP efforts TO put over the
Ruml pay.as.you-go tax plan.
"By the way. what has hap
pened 70 the RuInl plan, JOe?"
inquired the President with y
smile.
"Oh, IFS stlll rumbllng along"
parried Martin.
Copyright. is4S, by United Fea
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26
JAPANESE BARBARITY

II any American doubted the saw
age Tuthlessness Of our enemy In
the Pacific that doubt Is removed
BY the official revelation that the
Japanese barbarously put to death
some Of the Army flyers who took
part In the raid on Japanese mill.
tary detectives last year. The vio-
lation Of laws and rules that have
governed civilized nations In the
past does not astonish those who.
like Madame Chang Kai-shek. are
acquainted with the bloody decord
Of Japan. The President Is correct
IN assuming that the horror with
which he made the ofEicial an
nouncement will be shared by all
civilized peoples. but so far rs
Americans are concerned, horror
viii not be the ruling emotion. It
will be something deeper and more
enduring, firing ell those who fight
With fresh determination. Tho hot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

Easter was again made impressive to
us in the bells. They sounded from our
own city churches. In towns and little
towns their mellow tones reverberated
through the hills. The bells of Easter!
A Metropolitan newspaper carried a page
of Easter church programs with CEN
trail inset of the noted st. Thomas new
York; Choristers placed in Cross
formation And here, there and every
where the bells tolled on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

Ing around, UNI
settled. Forty.one
Of The states and
the Territory Of
Hawaii have made
provisions 10
freeze the status
OF workers going
into the services
with respect 10
their unemploy.
m ent insurance
benefits, but The
federal govern
ment Btill pokes
along on rs part
OF the social 30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

curity program.
The way matters stand now, ev.
cry year that o service person stays
In service the old age and survivors
insurance benefits from social 80.
uurlty decline, and II the person
stays In service for az long rs five
years, the benefits will be entirely
Cancelled out,
That is n rather severe penalty for
anyone doing his patriotic duty 10
his country. II makes II necessary
that when the guy or gal gets out
OF uniform, he or she will have 10
start all over again, building up
benefits,
Tho catches on passing an
amendment 10 the social security
law which would automatically
freeze any benefits q woISer may
have accumulated before going into
the armed services seem 10 be three
SOME NOT ON
SOCIAL SECURITY
First, not everyone going Into the
services has any benefits coming 10
him, Tho way the law now stands,
II covers only workers In industry
or commercial Jobs. Agricultural
workers domestic servants, house.
wives and such aren't eligible for
cOveraRe under social security, But
lot OF these people 20 into various
branches OF the Army and Navy,
Just as do people from commercial
and industrial occupations,
The latter are no better than the
former or vice versa, and 10 lot tho
people who In civilian life used 10
enjoy tho social security benefits
hang onto nil those benefits while
their brothers and sisters IN arms
don't enjoy similar privileges Is n
decided TYP,
Second, the social security law
specifically excludes from Covcrage
all government employees, and that
OF course excludes those In the arm.
cd forces
ARMY AND NAVY BENEFITS
Third, Army and Navy people
have certain other benefits OF their
own In the way OF allotments TO de-
pendents, which are not available 10
civilians. Also, the service people
can take out war risk insurance
which In q manner Of speaking
might be considered Just another
form OF social security.
Giving the people In service these
benefits plus social security might
by some be considered too much.
Anyway, that's the muddle. What
to do about II? A change In the law
Is the first requisite II anything ut
all Is TO be done, and there are two
principal approaches TO that ques.
ton.
First, free the rights OF all work.
crS rs Of the time they enter the
service and guarantee them the
same rights when they return 10
civilian lif9. Second, consider mill
itary service as covered employ
ment so that social security benefits
would continue to accumulate. Un-
der this latter approach, 1t would
probably be necessary to extend COW
eragc TO everyone In the services,
regardless OF whether they enjoyed
coverage before.
Senator Theodore Francis Green
Of Providence, r. l., has q bill be-
fore Congress now, not only extcnd-
ing social security protection to all
people In the armed services. but
also providing that all costs for that
protection be met by the federal
treasury, without making any de-
auctions from the soldiers pay.
That's pretty generous settlement.
About the only thing the Green bill
wouldn't give the service men Is the
enjoyment Of both social security
insurance and military pensions.
Apparently double largesse of that
kind was considered too good for
even q soldier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-26

SPRING OFFENsIvE-I94s.

SPRING OFFENSIVE-IJ8Js
David Morton In The New York Sum-
If there were any way TO stop the spring,
II barricades If bastions, could be set
Against this northward curving: the blue wing,
The indOmitable daffodil the wet
Encroaching crocus and the sudden sound
OF bird-song that will melt the frozen air.
II this, II any way at all. were found
To save us from these things to hold them, there,
Beyond this angry house wherein We dwell
Beyond the gates Of this grief-stricken year
Better 1t we're for them and US. as well,
Who look from windows from our darkness, here.
On birds In flight. lawns grown gray and sweet,
As mourners gaze at children In the street.