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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-26

when the children were evacuated from large areas and taken into the country that not ten per cent of the children of the entire kingdom were receiving religious instruction. When the seriousness of this situ ation daWneG upon the leaders of the nation, it produced an effect similar to that of delayed-action bomb. The intensity with which MT. Churchill in his most recent broad cast spoke about the necessity of integrating religion into education had as it's background the alarm which he and other national leaders experienced when they discovered that ninety per cent of the English children were growing up without any religious training,
 Let us hope that here in America we will see the seriousness of our situation without having it bombed into our consciousness. Democracy depends for its health upon sound religious faith. The best antidote for Communism is christianity. The
 way to avoid rebellions is to ad- vance the cause of religion.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson News paper Syndicate
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Scientists Of Peace

Medical science has gone far toward eliminating plaques and epidemicS. In the middle ages, when populations of en- tire nations were dying like flies from infectious disease, the cynics derided the men who sought to remove the cause of such malignant evils, knowing that if the cause was not found the human race stood to perish.
 War is plague. It is a disease that threatens to destroy mankind It must be stopped. Idealism alone won't stop it. Like plague, it can only be stopped by science, in this case the science of business relations between nations. To- day we have our cynics who declare that war is human nature. And since human nature is unchanging, there will always be war. They are no different than the cynics who thought that bu- bonic plague was normal and inevitable occurrence.
 Fortunately, now as always, there are men who refuse to believe that the hu- man race is licked. There are men work ing night and day to remove the cause of war They are not blinded by illusions or ideals they are scientists in their field They are the men who believe that through international trade lies perma nent peace Their belief is founded on research and experiment. At present the work of these men is spearheaded by what is known as the Trade Agreements Act. This Act will be before Congress in June for renewal. If it is not renewed, or if it is crippled by restrictive amend x1ents, the hands of the scientists of peace will be tied.
 The people can have peace if they want it. When the present war is won, there need never be another war Never again need American men leave the girls they love or the homes and families they cherish to die for Democracy. They need not - but they most assuredly will unless this nation wholeheartedly leads
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Rommel Recovering

The German high command informs us that Marshal Erwin Rommel, the old fox of the desert, is recovering from serious affliction that seized upon him in North Africa. He has been improving steadily, we assume, ever since he arrived in the Fatherland, and is champing at the bit of new chance to show those Anglo American so-and-so's what he would have done if the Fuehrer had not called him home.
 On the other hand, there are stories that Marshal Rommel has been in the Balkans, looking over the defensive situ- ation there.
 Meanwhile quite few thousands of Nazis who weren't so fortunate as to be called home by their Fuehrer in March don't have to worry about defending the Danube - or anything else - any more. And more than 100000 of them, plus half as many Italians are having good laugh at the expense of the Americans and English. They're heading for New York and London, they think. And where are the allies going? To Rome and Berlin.
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I've alreday accepted an in vitation to dine with some Americans, and these days when people invite you to dinner they go to a lot of trouble. So I just can't let them down at the last moment"
 Lady Halifax agreed. So con- siderate Gen. Lindemann came in to see the Duke and Duchess after dinner.
 PARIS FASHION SHOWS
 Reports from France by way of England indicate that Paris still considers itself the style center of the world, still stages elegant fashion shows. But for whom? An exclusive group of wealthy Germans and trench collabora- tors who are busy buying fur coats and evening gowns for their ladies with peace-time extrava- gance.
 A fashion magazine has been received from France which tells the whole Story-a 125 page issue of the Album de la Mode Figaro. It sets forth, with elaborate ll- lustrations, the great array of new dresses available for the favored children of the New Order.
 There are embroidered gowns, lace-t trimmed biouseS, fur hand bags, sable coats with sable hoods attached, ana new designs in great assortment by Rouff, and Piguet.
 The prices are high, the patrons wealthy. They carry as special ration card known as a carte dc haute couture, issued only to Ger mans, or French collaborationists, entitling the bearer to buy the latest creations, while the rest of France wears the tattered clothes of oppression.
 A & P GETS FREE PLUG
 WRITES T. A. F., Dubuque, Ia. The newsreel of Price Adminis- trator Brown and the A. & P. cof- fee was made by the Office ot War Information, not by OPA. But OWI insists that Brown did not appear in the same shots with the A. & P. package, and thus did not advertise" that product.
 One shot shows Brown making a speech, another shows a house. wife taking packages from a mar ket basket. One of these is the A. & P. coffee. The latter pie ture was what reused the wrath of small business firms.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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which includes one who is a poli- tical supporter of the Democratic Senator. A brother of the Republi- can Senator already has been made city court judge. There is also a bill, wanted by the Waterbury Re- publican organization, which rear ranges the tax assessment person. nel, giving life jobs with no quail fication requirements other than political, and under set-up which necessitates inter-party dealing to fill the places.
 There are other measures but these are sufficient to show the trend. The Waterbury Senators, of different politics, worked together to put through the program as a whole. It was necessary for the Democratic Senator to give the Re- publican Senate majority assistance in instances where it was needed, as in votes to suspend the rules.
 Exulting in the success of the program the Republican Senator, on the closing day. invited the atten- tion of his fellows to the achieve
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With the inauguration of Child Care plan we find ourselves more or less over Whelmed, as we think more and more about it, that it is necessary to set up anything additional it. that line of work. Our communities and others have con- sidered that we were well equipped to handle the child welfare problems that arose. But with the advance of the war and the increase of women workers in the factories the home has become practical ly depleted except for the small children There was an old song, Everybody Works But Father" but that song would not apply for everybody works now but the children.
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It was the reference to the dual position as both the President of the United States and Comman- der-in-Chief. Political advisers detect in this the seeds for the 4th term campaign, if there is one. What Churchill said was:
 "The wisdom of the founders of the American Constitution led them to associate the office of Commander-in-C Chief with that of the Presidency of the United States. In tnis they were following the prccedens which were successful in the case of George Washington.
 Tt is remarkable that, after more than 15O years, this com binatiOn of political and military authority has been found neces- Sary not only :n the United States but in the case of Mar shal Stalin in Russia and of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in China"
 Then Churchill proceeded to em- phasize that total war today re- quired coordination by the chief of government and the chief of the Army and Navy all under one head.
 Interesting fact is that this dovetails with the strategy al- ready devised by high-up politi- cal advisers of the President, that in any 4th Term campaign iJ should be hammered home that Roosevelt is the Commander-in Chief and that the job of Com mander- Chief must not be changed in war time.
 It is also proposed that the President open no campaign head quarters and make almost no speeches. All this, of course, is dependent upon whether or not he runs for 4th Term which he will not decide until June, 1944.
 Anyway, it looks as if the Prime Minister had already laid the groundwork for A.
 CLAUDE WICKARD'S HOGS
 The air-cooled office of the Secretary of Agriculture has been vacant. This is corn planting time in Indiana, and Claude Wickard has gone back to Carroll County to take care of the planting.
 Most of the time, Wickard man. ages his 330-acre arm by long dis tance telephone, and by writing letters to his mother, his daughter
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Nicholas Copernicus died four hun dred years ago. The influence of his scientific mind is still felt and present day Copernicans reap rewards as re- suit of this influence. The other day at the Copernican Quadricentennial pro- gram marking this anniversary Walt Dis ney was among ten who received Coper- nican citations for their contributions to modern science. The work of Walt Dis ney has been evaluated as an art as well as a science. Perhaps Copernicus in his day and age could not have visualized animated cartoons as science or as an art. Or could he? They say there is nothing new under the sun, but scien- tific methods through modern invention today are pretty startling, and the more we see and read of them the more we wonder how Copernicus and some Of those old boys accomplished what they did, without the aid of modern inven- tiOnS.
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So the question arises-who'll take care of the househOlderS' children while the householders are busy taking care ot their outside jobs? Mothers feel that the time has come to leave home and get good days pay while the going is good, so to speak. In some cases this is all right if proper arrangements can be made for the children at home. But If the chll- dren are to suffer through neglect, where is the gain?
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Anne, and the two hired men. He dictates one letter, sending his mother the original, with carbon copies to the others.
 His father used to manage the place, but he is now seriously ill. Daughter Anne, a student at Pur' due University, Is miles away, drives to the farm every week end.
 But at spring planting time,
 Wickard has to get back to the grass roots himself.
 In Indiana they know Claude as big hog man. He has 600 head of little pigs, and his last batch of hogs marketed at an average of 222 pounds each.
 With prices at present levels,
 Wickard makes more money as
 a farmer than he does as a
 Cabinet member - salary $15,-
 900.
 CAPITOL CHAFF
 Representative Ditter of Penn sylvania has been kidding the Ad ministration about placing tongue at six ration points, and giving only three to brains. But genial Assistant Postmaster General Walter Meyers goes him one bet ter. He points out that apple sauce rates 13 points !. In the Regional Office of the Rockefel- Ter Committee works Miles Stand ish. In the News Room of the same outfit works John Alden. The other day for the first time Nelson Riley brought them to- gether GhoSt-Writer for Con- gressman Gene CoX's vituperative attacks on Chairman Fly of the Federal Communications Commis- sion is reported to be Sol Tai schoff, editor of "Broadcasting" magazine who has nursed an old grudge against Fly.
 BRITISH GUEST
 Popular Brig. Gen. c. L. Linde- mann counselor of the British Embassy, got hurry call from Lady Halifax the other day ask ing him to dine at the Embassy with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
 The Duke and Duchess had just arrived in town, rather uneXpect- edly, and wanted to see General Lindemann, who is an old friend. In England a dinner invitation from royalty is considered a com- mand. It is like a dinner invi- tation from the White House, not to be declined. But Gen. Linde- mann told Lady Halifax:
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SUMMA AND TOBIN (Adv.)
(Hartford Times


 The much discussed legislative proposals affecting the city of Wa terbury were enacted by both Houses, but they have not yet be- come law. Before that happens they must receive the approval of the Governor.
 There may have been a double machine deal, involving Senators Summa and Tobin, the one a Re- publican and the other Democrat, and the state Republican organiza- tion. While such a deal may de- liver legislation, it does not deliver the Governors approval
 MT. Baldwin will win the plaudits of believers in decent government, if he refuses to give that. His &C., ceptance of the legislative acts can add nothing to his prestige or poli- tical stature. His refusal of ap- proval would come like refreshing breeze in noisome atmosphere.
 Upon any analysis these meas ures stamp themselves only as fac tional or individual efforts to gain advantage. All of them violate the principle of local self government. Some of them, even if enacted in the locality where they are to be effective, would be just as objection able as if thrust on the community by legislative fiat.
 One raises the pay of probation officer who, according to informa- ton, would be eager for the post even at the old pay. If any event it is for Waterbury to say; not the Legislature. Another establishes a police captaincy, under terms which make eligible only one man whc would have to be promoted over present superiors. A third gives tenure to a Democratic officeholder who is brother-in-law of the Re- publican Senator. A fourth gives life tenure, with freedom to engage in politics, to public health nurses
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Selected Poem
BIRDS AGAIN SING

tSeumas OBrien in The New York Sun) winter is gone" murmured old cracked Jack, And taken the snow away on his back. He wore out his welcome and hung on too long, And then disappeared with no sense of wrong, Just like Aunt Shea. who came young and gay, And stayed till she died on her hundredth birthday 'I hope this old world isn't falling asunder, From too much wild talk and handmade thunder Now summer is here and birds again sing, But nobody knows what happened to spring I wish that the seasons would not act so queer, And help the confusion we find everywhere
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of society began to mix together, that the thinking peo- pie of the realm suddenly f o u n d themselves f a c e to face with ser iouS social a n d m or a l problems which they never before knew ex- iSted.
 For instance, it was q iSC yered
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roasted cereals.
 Dried gras S { has been sold as tea.
 I m p o r | e q spices, hard tc get because ot shipping snort ages, have beer found adulterat- ed with from 2C per cent to 5C per cent corn starch.
 Canned Sar- dimes, l a b e l e C packed in pure olive oil" have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-26
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sOnal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if 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, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
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the way in re-establishing peace on practicable basis. That basis is trade. The world will build the future on that basis, or mankind stands to perish from the earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-26
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Cheap
 Commodity Chiseling
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrreSnOndent

This is not intended to be a scare story, but - the amazing ingenuity of the cheap chiselers who seek to profiteer on wartime shortages is perhaps most strikingly illustrated by the extra chores which the U. s. Food and Drug Administration has had to take on to protect the public from adulteration, filth, de- composition and just plain cooked cheating.
 Coffee has been found mixed with
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ments of the firm of Summa & Tobin, with a suggestion that fol- lowing it's example was the way to get results.
 The laugh that followed the sally died quickly on senatorial lips, as senatorial minds gave second thought. Well it might.
 Connecticut has had enough of Waterbury political and govern mental methods not to relish the procedure which SO pleases this new self-advertising political firm. In view of its past notoriety it may be wondered how Waterbury likes it.
 We shall be very glad if Cover nor Baldwin declines to become & party to these barefaced transac- tions by putting his name to pro- posed laws.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
THE CONSCIENCE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

Hitler bombed England for the purpose of destroying it, but with out intending to do so he brought many social benefits to that land. It was not until the bombs began to rain down, and different classes
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Current Comment

I guess we've learned now that good words and signed papers are useless unless they have behind them brute force to prevent any chance to inaugurate another world wide aggressor's war.
 Navy Secretary Frank Knox.
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WASHINGTON Naturally Hopkins and the President both read
  the of TIOpkin
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Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises at :33 a. m. (war tlme) Sun rises at 5:27 a. m, sets at 6:ll p. m. (war time). Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Helps Lay FDRs 4 Campaign; Hopkins Hand Speech Emphasizing Rooseves Poson
 British Diplomat Refuses ak Date Dine with Wndsors;
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Unless the anti-inflation controls of the government succeed in hold ing the economic line, the white collar workers with fixed incomes are bound to suffer to a much greater degree than organized la DOT.
 VILE member Wayne L. Morse.
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Out of all this Qend-lease) sure ly is emerging a basic princiyle of our grand alliance that each of the United Nations should give ac- cording to it's needs. No exact monetary reckoning can give express sion to this principle.
 British Ambassador Lord Hali-
 fax.
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Coffee has heer1 fo1lrd mixed Witf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-19
WATERVILLE LOSES P0ULAR RESIDENT
Mrs. Margaret Sizer Died Suddenly This Morning;
 Funeral Monday

Mrs. Margaret (Galvin) Sizer. wife of Harry F. Sizer died suddenly this morning at her home, 1591 ThomaSton avenue. Her unexpected demise came as shock to residents of the Waterville district, where she had made her home for many years and where through varied activities she was a prominent figure, high ly respected and admired. She was an outstanding member of the Lad ies Aid Society of St. Michael's church, Casper Davis Post Auxili- ary and the F.tirmount Community Club. To these organizations she gave generously of her time and energy and figulsh prominently in the many successes achieved by them.
 Mrs. Si1er was born in Waterbury, the daughter of MT and Mrs. John P. Calvin. Besides her husband and parents, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edward R. Scadden and Miss Lucille F. Sizer; one son, John w. of the United States Navy; one granddaughter, Arlene V. Scad- den: three sisters, Mrs. Louis R. Dadario, Mrs. William J. Cavanaugh and Mrs. Joseph c. Rozint and one brother James P. Calvin, 8 member of the reportorial staff of the Wat erbury American.
 Her late brother. John Calvin, was an outstanding veteran of World War No. l. He served with the famous Yankee Division over seas. He was well known as a singer and appeared with Elsie Janis and other entertainers in occasional shows behind the lines". He was known as the "Songbird of the 18th Division"
 The funeral will be held from her residence Monday morning at 8:15 o'clock to St. Michael's church, where solemn high Mass of re- quiem will be celebrated. Burial will be in new St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the home to- morrow evening, Saturday and Sun day afternoon and evening.
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FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Carrie E.. Holton Johnson, wife of Leroy Johnson, of New Haven, will take place aSturday afternoon at 9 o'clock at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. George s. Lackland of the First Methodist church in New Haven officiating. Burial will be in Ever green cemetery, Watertown.
 Funeral services for John E. Shea, widely-knoWn mailman and formerly prominent in Waterbury athletics, will be held from the home, 25 Laurel St., tomorrow at 8:15 a. m. to the Church of the Sacred Heart at g. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the home today.
 The funeral of Hubert Joseph Larrivee was held this morning from the Belleville Funeral Home at 8:15 o'clock to St. Anns church at 9 o'clock. A solemn high Mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev. Alfred Mathieu. assisted by Father Audet of Cleveland, Ohio, as deacon and Rev. Joseph Bogusas as sub-deacon. At the organ, under the direction of Professor George D. Perrault special program of music was rendered with Adolphe Tourangeau and Romeo Sicard as soloists. MT. Tourangeau sang Pie Jesu" at the offertory and "Adieu Parents" at the recessional.
 The pallbearers, all sons of MT.
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FILM PREMIERE
 WELL ATTENDED
State Theater Sponsors Debut of Destroyer;
 E. G. Robinson Stars

Capacity crowds filled the State theater yesterday where Columbia s new feature, Destroyer" starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by William Setter held its New Eng land premiere.
 The picture tells the story of a fighting ship from the time her keel is laid through her baptism of fire.
 Edward G. Robinson plays the part of a veteran chief petty off, cer, who had difficulty in learning the ways of a 1943 ship. Much of the spotlight is stolen from Robin son by Glen Ford, who plays the cocky young sailor who quarrels with Robinson and falls in love with his daughter, played by Marjorie Buchanan.
 The plot is familiar one and has little of the significance of "In Which We Serve" It is well played however, and combination of good action shots and comedy holds the audiences attention throughout.
 Here is sample of the films lighter. moments:
 Robinson to Ford-"What would you do if the captain of your gun crew was killed?"
 Ford" "Nothin."
 Robinson-"Nothing?!r"
 FOrd-"I'm the captain"
 There is plenty of sea action to thrill anyone. There is always plenty of action in an Edward G. Robinson picture, so the Destroyer Is no exception. There have been numerous war films presented to the American public in recent years and theater-going enthusiasts still manifest interest in them. This epic of sea warfare on its own mer- its and thanks to MT. Robinson and MT. Ford should make special ap- peal to local audiences. Waterbury has been fortunate in being favored with the greatest war films pro- duced to date. Destroyer" may be given consideration later for 1943's outstanding films. It is presen- tation that local fans will want to see to be in position to judge and to acclaim the outstanding picture Of the year. Destroyer" invites comparison with other films. When the awards of the year are made it will be interesting to note how Edward G. Robinson's efforts are ranked.