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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

menu does not have to be ar
ranged one week In advance, and
stuck 10 religiously. II, for in
stance, a camp mess has several
hundred chickens left over from
Sunday dinner, they can be used
on Monday, not thrown into the
garbage pail.
Unfortunately, a lot Of mess
sergeants had been doing that,
partly because the menu for
Monday was already arranged.
Also II Is against the law for
the Army 70 sell food, nor can
IL be given away. II must be
thrown away. This has been
done In the past via garbage
trucks to the highest bidding hog
dealers.
Now, however, Miss Barber Is
helping to arrange master menus,
which though they specify soup,
do not name the variety. This
gives the cook an option to make
soup out of whatever his left
overs permit.
This all sounds simple to the
average housewife, but believe 1t or
not, 1t has not always been done
by the Army.
Another trick Is to have all
dripping fats from bacon or saus-
age and use them in a cream
sauce for cauliflower, or other
vegetables.
Under Miss BARRIERS regime,
II a soldier sees lamb on the
Wednesday noon menu, he will
probably see lamb broth 0eft-
over meat plus barley on the
Thursday bill-of-fare.
However, Army cooks must fol-
low the rule imposed by the sur
geon general that no foods may
be used more than SO hours after
cooking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

The pay-as-y ou-go for 100000 tax
payers is practically assured. If all goes
we'll and the present plan passes the Sen
ate and is signed by the president it will
start July l. The present form is com
promise measure that provides IS to 100
per cent abatement for one years taxes
land imposing 20 per cent withholding
levy against the taxable portion of Wag-
es and salaries effective July /. Oppon-
ents on a feasible pay-as-you-go plan
fought it out until the end. 1t is doubt
full if all will be satisfied but it is some
thing to arrive at an agreement for pay
as-you-go future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
Yoo-Hoo

The famous Yoo-Hoo incident has been
pretty we'll used up now. 1t failed to
win Senator Clark single adherent when
he tried to stop the promotion of Major
General Ben Lear TO leutenant-gener-
alley.
How about forgetting it? There must
be limit to the extent to which such an
incident should be held against a first
class general at time when we need ex-
perienced fighting talent as much as we
do now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

The frequent thunder and lightning
storms and heavy rains continue. Tues
day nights storm was long-draWn OUT
affair. For most who listened, wonder
ing if the lightning would strike, and
quaking at the sound OF the reVeroerat-
ing thunder, it was an Ill spent night.
Whence comes the heavy atmosphere
that brings about those two Worrl-
some elements known as thunder and
lightning?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
Your Health
By DR.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining 10 per-
sonal health and hygiene, not TO
disease, diagnosis OF treatment.
will be answered by DR.. Brady II
a stamped self-addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
be made TO queries not conform
ing to instructions. Address DR..
William Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
Views Of The Press

the Russian front. The head-on
clash OF British Empire forces with
the masses of the enemy IN this
war has still TO come. We can only
hope that the toll for them and for
ourselves will be diminished by the
hammering the Axis Is now getting
from the air and by the collapse
Of Axis resistance when ultimate
defeat Is indisputably In sight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

ried in its editorial column one day
these words: Make no little plans.
They have no thrill for you or any,
body who observes you. Make a
great diagram that you cannot
possibly achieve in your lifetime,
and they who follow will catch the
spell and finish where you leave
of" Kipling. in one of his poems,
tells of a mason who. when a struc-
ture was in the making, put down
in the foundation this inscription:
after me cometh a Builder. Tell
him, I too have known"
Cecil Rhodes died before he was
nifty murmuring SO much to do
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
Selected Poem
MAINE HARBOR

Barbara Overton in the Christian Science Monitor
When trees were portioned, long ago,
To the world of spray and snow,
Nature with unerrng sense
OF balance and Of recompense,
Saved for this hard core of land
Some hidden treasure in her hand
No frost-te maple, here,
No beech to greet the dying year
With sa.lowed leaf, nor elm nor oak
Nor ash beloved of city folk;
No deciduouS trees, at all,
Grieve this harbor in the fall
More heart-warming with tightening cold
Instead more green as days grow old,
These strong cliffs nurture sturdy trees
Whose blood no bitter wind can freeze;
Spruce and pine and juniper,
Hemlock cedar, yew and fir
The heart can wait long months for spring
Here's where the evergreen is king.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

and so little time in which to do
it," Goethe died crying. More light,
more light" Jesus, who announced
as His subject the establishing of
the kingdom of God on earth, was
executed while He was in the mid
thirties. Can anybody say He fall
ed?
1t pleases God when We try to do
more than seems possible OF
achievement because we are mani
testify leaving great deal of II to
be done by Him.
All Rights Reserved
BabSon Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03


cessful. The man
W h o gets s 0 m e.
thing worthwhile
done is the one
" h 0 is always
trying to achieve
more than COM
m on sense a n d
experience t e lis
h / m C a n b e
achieved.
One of tn e
great papers in
this country car
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

Much OF the
text of the lee
lures, as re-
leased in Wash
ington, is too
deep dish for
anyone but an
airplane design
er to under
stand. But In
b e t W e e n the
complex engin-
eering formulae
there are whole
pages Of good
flying ors c
S C n se which
anyone can un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL l.. DOUGLASS d. d
AIM HIGH

We never really achieve anything
worth while unless we strenuously
try to achieve much more than we
actually do. We have to have ideals
which may appear quite impossible
10 others and even to ourselves, If
our achievements are to be any
hing more than moderately Sic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
A Thought for Today

have overthrown some Of you, God over
threw Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye we're as
frebrand pucked out Of the burning: yet have
ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord
amos All.
God dropped a spark down into everyone,
And II we find and fan 1t TO a blaze,
Itl spring up and glow, like-like the sun,
And light the wandering out of stony ways.
-Masefield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chest Measure

Recently you ridiculed the meas
urement OF your chest In an insur-
ance examination, and implied that
the chest size or expansion has no
particular relation TO longevity.
Were you serious about that?
Or. p. S.
AnsWer-Yes. Measuring the
poppycock, In my opinion. In a
group OF young men once examin-
cd the shortest-livcd youth had the
largest chest expanslon-he sue
cumbed q year or two later from
pulmonary tuberculosis. 7 have
never seen any notion that large
chest measurement or expansion has
any significance.
Supcrfluous Hair
Please tell me whether . will
remove superflous hair permanent
ly. My life Is made unhappy by q
heavy growth OF superfluous hairs
on my chin and upper lip. miss
p. FL
Answer lectrolysis applied by a
physician or q skilled operator un-
der the physicians supervision Ia
the only way such hairs may be
permanently removed, destroyed. All
depilatory preparations merely dis
solve off the surface hair, rs razor
shaves, and can have no effect on
the growth OF the hair. Many wo-
men use a fine pumice stone daily
and keep superfluous hair so well
controlled that II Is unnoticcable.
The careful use OF the pumice stone
does not irritate the skin. 1t simp-
ly rubs or wipes off the surface
hair, leaves the skin perfectly
smooth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
Washington Merry-Go-Rou
Ambassador Phillips Report India Is Critical Of the British
He Feels Factions Be Reconced Tho u S. Should Take Hand
White House, Seeking Copper Wire Is Advised Try Black Market
Miss Barber Will Show Tough Mess Sergeon How Use Overs
BY
DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON will probably denied but inside fact that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Commercial
Flying In
The Future
First of series on post. war
aviation)
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

Realistic and free-from flights of
fancy appraisal OF postwar COM
mercial aviation and commercial
planes has just been made by Ed
ward Warner, vice chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Board, in the form
of a three-day lecture delivered be-
fore the Royal Aeronautical Society
", TpnTlpt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon sets at 1854 p m.
sun rises at 5:22 a. M sets at 8;lS p. m.
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-03

Copyright, l943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-19
Designed Reconnaissance Cars

The fighting heori Of every Jeep in the world and the
Of its omdzing power speed exibHiy, dependo
billy and fuel eeonomyis the Jeep ~co-DeMI" Engine,
which was designed ond perfected by WIks-Overood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
HURRICANE AREAS
REPORT RECOVERY
Remapping of ''Blow Down
Sectors" Proceeding
Satisfactorily

Wood mfwyp ETAOIN N UNUN
Wood lot owners in sections Of
the hurricane area have an eXcep-
tional opportunity to improve their
holdings at no ultimate expense.
Remapping of elbow down" areas in
Killingly by blister rust control
agents disclosed favorable condi-
lions for white pine in this area,
according to j. E. Riley OF the Ex-
pertinent Station in New Haven who
is in charge of white pine blister
rust control in Connecticut. The
same conditions are believed to
hold for other town. in the state.
Good white pine reproduction
was discovered on hundreds OF
acres of forest area that have been
thinned by the hurricane of 1888.
Most of it had developed from seed
in the ground at the time of, or
previous to, the storm. Many Of
the new stands will need partial
thinning Of the overstory of oak
within the next few years. But, in
cases where the overStory Is of
cordWood size, this would more than
pay for the operation and would
result in a mixed stand of oak and
white pine growing under the most
favorable conditions for quality
timber. The partial cover of oaks
would minimize danger to the
pines from weevil.
Remapping of the hurricane areas
will be continued in other towns
to determine the amount Of white
pine surviving the blow down" and
of pine reproduction originating af-
ter the hurricane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
BRANCH OFFICE
PLAN IN DOUBT
Motor Vehicle Department
Finding II Difficult to
Organize Stats

Because of the accumulative ef-
feet of the war impact over the
past two years, Commissioner John
T. Mccarthy states that 1t is
doubtful at this time as to whether
the department of motor vehicles
can establish Sub branch offices
| in certain Connecticut communities
as has been the custom during the
past eight years.
Such communities as Bristol,
New Britain, Ansonia, Saybrook,
Putnam, Rockville. Manchester,
Meriden, Manchester and Thomp-
sonville have had such temporary
offices established by the depart
ment of motor vehicles to afford
more convenient service to certain
areas, either sufficiently populous
to produce substantial business
from their own population or locat-
| ed so as to serve an area not too
close to Hartford or any I the ten
regular branch offices which the
department operates the year
F; round.
Present Indications, stat d
Commissioner Mccarthy, make it
very improbable that we will be
| able to establish the temporary
offices this year. We have suffered
shrinkage in personnel and other
facilities which will be handicap
enough to operate the eleven reg
ular offices of the department,
much less try to find clerical aid
and other essential facilities for the
temporary offices"
Owing to the probability that
these temporary offices will not be
opened, Commissioner Mccarthy is
appealing to the general motoring
public to renew by mall this year
thus saving time and travel for the
car owner and assisting the de-
partment to spread the renewal
business over January and Febru-
airy, instead of having it concen-
trated in the last two weeks of
February. With the country operat-
ing on conservation" basis the
commissioner believes that renew
ing by mail" will conserve time,
gasoline, car and effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28

Force. Improvements were worked
out at Wright Field aero-medical
laboratories following reports of
medical officers and pilots on battle
experience. Sack is here now, at
AAF Redistribution Station No. l,
on his way to the research center
at Wright Field. There he expects
to observe many other improve
ments in oxygen equipment.
NAZI SYSTEM AUTOMATIC
Automatic feeding devices,
technically called demand sys-
tenn" now practically breathe"
for the airman. Formerly, the Ger
mans mechanical oxygen-feeding
apparatus worked without his lift
ing a finger, but the American had
to operate his by turning a knob.
That was real disadvantage be-
cause one of the first effects of air
pressure conditions above 10000
feet is to dim sensory perceptions
and, afterward, judgment. An Amer
lean regulator, or automatic con-
troll, now starts feeding the oxygen
and also adjusts it, working with
greater precision than the German
device.
Other American advances are
ow-pressure cylinders for storing
the oxygen to avoid danger from
gunfire, safer feed-line distribu-
ton, and an oxygen walk
around" Formerly Americans
like the Germans, used high pres
sure vessels to store large amounts
of the gas compactly. Struck, those
vessels mighty blow up. New low
pressure cylinders work like bat
tleship compartments: If one Is put
out of action, the others go on func-
| tioning.
I'VE have put 50-caliber shells
through our new cylinders with
out explosive or augmentation ef-
fects." says Sack.
HAS ONE MAIN LINE
Many lengths of feed lines used
to be a big Achilles heel" BY re-
distribution, technicians have fixed
them so that there's just one tiny
strand of vulnerable pipe. Feed
lines may be struck anywhere else
and the system still operates.
Should the vulnerable heel
section be ruptured the airmar
now has his "walk-around This is
an individual emergency supply
which gives him 40 minutes grace
in serious trouble. He simply hook:
it on and it "breathes" for him.
Soon, each air unit in combat
will have its own equipment Of
ficer who will, among other duties
carefully supervise his orgs MIA
ions oxygen activities. Improve
nents have outdistanced basi,
training instruction and practicr
Oxygen officers therefore will give
final instruction and check practice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28

bow to them. Instantly it became
game with us not to get caught
where we had to bow.
There were $50 Of us in Los
Banos, 40 miles southeast OF Manila.
We arrived in box-cars. We had
been picked from $500 Allied ma
tionals in the big concentration
camp, Santa Tomas, in Manila. Our
task was to prepare this place for
the rest, but we all signed petition
asking them not to bring women
and children here. This was mall
aria country. Besides, we preferred
to remain a solid bunch of ready,
unhampered men.
We got no answer to the petition,
but the women and children never
came.
THEY DODGED 'PORKY"
Life in Los Banos was not so
tough, though primitive by our
standards. A number of prominent
Manila business men were among
us-a funny sight in our stream
lined costumes of dungarees and
bakia sandals. Two of them were
on garbage-disposal duty. They be-
came a rather special object for our
pompous Jap captain of the guard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
BETHLEHEM STAMP
in GREAT DEMAND
1900 More Letters, and
Packages Sent in for
Special Cancellation

A gain Of 10 to 20 per cent over
the 1912 figures resulted when more
than $1,000 pieces Of mail bearing
the special Bethlehem Christmas
stamp were mailed to all parts Of
the country and Canada. The above
total was the equivalent Of more
than 1000 letters and packages
mailed last year.
The above total was far below the
record year of 1941 when more than
141, 900 pieces Of mail were handled
at the town bearing the name of
the birthplace of Christ. At the
time this astonishing total was at
tributed to the fact that publicly
was given to the custom throughout
the nation both in the press and
on the radio.
Postmaster Earl johnson declared
that requests this year came from
the far west and from Canada and
many people from around Connecti-
cut took advantage Of the gas ban
lifting this year to drive to Bethle-
hem with their mail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
JapS' Humiliation OF Prisoners Is Worst
Aspect Of Internment Life In Philippines
TOLD ENEMIES AVOIDING THEM

lean who was putting up barbed
wire around a camp. The Jap was
giving him quite a verbal pushing
around on just how to do the job.
The prisoner finally Strengthened,
poked the Jap with his pliers, and
drawled: "Look-you do the guard
in, and I'll do the buildin'! The
watching Filipinos rocked with
laughter.
We knew the war might be long;
and though the bamboo telegraph
was always full Of wonderful rumor
about repatriation, we banked more
on returning Marines.
FIND A BOOGIE FAN
There was less of such talk as
the weeks went by. We tried to
keep our minds occupied with other
things. A Jap guard, schooled in
California, was big help-he could
play wonderful boogie-woogie!
We also put on show: Life
With Father" as recollected by
those of us who had read 1t or seen
it. Next day there was an official
inquiry. The Japs. hearing the
show on our loud speaker, thought
we were broadcasting to the Phil
ippine guerrillas.
In mid-July we got official notice
that q of us were classified as pros
pective repatriates. I was among
them and my first thought was:
Will we be taken out the back way
so we won't have to pass those we
leave behind?
How had the selections been
made? There were rumors of cate
gories: transients first. those who
had not lived in the Far East but
were caught going or coming or
temporary business; then the agec
and sick, and so on. But we never
knew.
CARRIED MESSAGES
BY the time we left, in Septem.
Der, the others had relieved us Of
our guilty feeling-they were thai
swell about it. All of them gathered
in the street when the charcoal
burning bus came to get us. MY
ears were full of messages. mostly
for families, they had asked me tx
| deliver.
Drink a. couple of matted milks
for mel" one yelled. And, "Don't
eat too much ice cream and hot.
! dogs all at once!"
We were so silent In the bus, tht
Jap in charge said: please. speak
The guards are here only for YOU
protection" AS if it were the
guards that had our hearts turning
somersaults! 1t was the sendoff
They were singing now, all together
and strongly, california, Here ]
| Comet"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
CHRISTMAS TREE
CAUSE OF BLAZL
Short Circuit Results in
Serious Damages to Ken
yOn Street Residence

Rescue of an elderly woman from
a blazing dwelling at 6 Kenyon
street, set afire by short circuit
in a Christmas tree decoration was
effected last night when James
O'Dea, high school freshman, who
lived on the first floor of the
building, ran to the third floor and
half-carried and assisted Mrs. Jo-
seph Dougherty to safety.
The fire which broke out at 6 p.
m. also threatened the life Of the
woman's 81 year old husband,
James Dougherty, who starting
down the stairs unassisted was
nearly overcome by smoke on this
second floor landing when founc
by Fire Captain Eugene Legge and
a passer-by, James Begnal, both OF
whom assisted him downstairs.
The fire, according to Captain
Legge, started in the second floor
apartment of James Coleman, a
teacher at Leavenworth High, when
his small son James Jr., plugged IN
the lights on the Christmas tree
and a moment later the tree was
a mass of flames that roared
through the apartment and event.
ually resulted in the cutting of the
second and third floors Of the
dwelling. Captain Legge said that a
short-circuit in the lights caused
the blaze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman and theiX
san, David, two. fled the building
once they were unable to control
the flames from the tree meanwhile
warning Mr.. and Mrs. O'Dea who
left their first floor apartment while
their son ran to the third floor to
rescue Mrs Dougherty.
The building has been owned and
tenanted by Mr.. Dougherty for the
past "a years.
Deputy Chief Stephen Bloomfield
directed firemen of Engines 2, 5
and 10. Truck 3 and the auxiliary
company in checking the three
hour blaze.
In the later stages Of the fire,
Engine was called to a blaze at
the home of Harry Dunn, less than
a block away at Al Welton street,
where a short circuit in a radio
caused a slight blaze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28

he would make point of bump
ing into them, timing it just right,
as they rounded the street corner
with their little cart. Their bows
were comical, but if we saw the
guard coming in time, we would
forego the sight, warning: dis
perse, boys, here comes Porky!"
Porky was indeed plump. He
sported a long cigaret holder, al
ways blowing rings from his Amer
lean cigarettes, which had cost us
$3.50 when we could get them in
Manila. We had protested to the
Jap commandant that we didn't
have to bow to American officers
why, to theirs? He answered, you
bowl" Perky saw to that.
One day General Kuroda, COM
mander of Jap forces in the Phil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28

ippines, showed up to inspect our
camp. He appeared in a late model
Packard which one of the prisoners
recognized as his own, comman-
deered. A group of us spied the
general and Immediately turned and
began walking away. We gathered
momentum fast; in no time the
yard was deserted. Soon another
order was posted: "You must show
Japanese officers proper courtesies.
It has been reported that officers
visiting this camp have expressed
dissatisfaction over the conduct of
internees."
The Filipinos always were aware
of our true feelings about the JapS.
I remember once when a group OF
natives were watching Jap, with
rifle and bayonet, bossing an Amer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
ACCOUNTANTS PLAN
DINNER GATHERING

Local members of the Connecti-
cut Association of Public Account
ants will be among those present at
a dinner-meeting at the Hotel Taft
in New Haven tonight. The guest
speaker WLB Attorney Allan A.
Topper, will be introduced by Alfred
A. Meyerhans of this city. president
of the association.
The dinner will be served at $3.50
in the main dining room and the
meeting has been scheduled for 8
o'clock. The speaker will discuss
the salary and wage sterilization
act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
FAMOUS WAR FILM
TO Be EXHIBITED

"War Department Report" fifty
minute film showing action on q. s
battlefronts, will lbe shown three
times Thursday at the Scovill Rec
reation Center on Hamilton avenue
The 8 p. m. meeting will be spon.
sored by the Industrial Foremen':
club of the YMCA.
For the convenience of workers or
other shifts, 1t has beer arranged
to show the film also at 1880 p. m
and 3:45 p. nj. Thursday afternoon
Admission is free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28
BUCKINGHAM BUILDING
MAY BE SOLD SHORTLY

Negotiations for the purchase Of
the Buckingham building at Grand
and Bank streets are reported to
have been unertaken, but no official
statement has yet been issued by thu
Waterbury hospital, present owner.
Assessed valuation of the propert,
is $3.50, 000 Possibility of converting
the premises into department storc
has been mentioned in the sale re-
ports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-28

Here Is the second Of two re-
veaIing articles about life I'm the
Philippines under japanese rule.
The writer, 19-year-Old, Manila
born son Of the Red Cross Man
ager there, was editing his high
school paper when war began.
He served as a stRetcher bearer
until the islands fell.