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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

UTs MaSteEB came eVlueuJ ttlHb
what was put into q mating APP
peared in the offspring with mathe-
NAUTICAL precision. Thus the doctor
may gain considerable knowledge Of
the diseases he should anticipate
and therefore search out, Of the sus-
capabilities and the STUFF out OF
which his patient Is made.
INHERITED TRAITS
Congenital defects are those with
which one is born, and the term
implies that the disturbance had
its origin during the development
period of foetal life. Hereditary
traits are those that are the result
Of characters inherent in the germ
cells derived from the parents. The
terms are neither mutually exclu.
sive nor inclusive. Congenital de-
fects exist from birth; hereditary
traits, like, for example, longevity,
which isIknown to run In families,
may require q very long life before
their existence becomes evident.
There is no difference between
familial diseases and hereditary
diseases, except that as the terms
have been used, the appearance
Of familial disease is not evident
in the ancestors. This failure Of
the trait to appear in an unbroken
series Of generations comes about
because many hereditary traits are
latent or recessive.
At one time, certain infectious
diseases like tuberculosis were
thought to be hereditary. Diseases
due to germs, however, cannot OF
themselves be hereditary, but 1t Is
obvious that all people exposed to
the infection do not succumb. This
succumbing Is caused by the fact
that predisposition to certain
infections may be hereditary. We
have learned to control infectious
diseases by improved hygiene. vac
cines. chemicals, and other means,
and have thus in part been able TO
overcome the effects Of hereditary
predisposition in this group OF dis
eases.
HEREDITY
Such conditions as cancer, dia-
betes, high blood pressure, which
appear to have their basis largely
in inheritance, have shown little
Improvement in their incidence,
and with more people living TO
show evidence OF such hereditary
disorder, heredity becomes progress
sively more important as q cause OF
death. The role Of heredity IN
mental diseases is far more con-
troversial than many people are
willing to believe. Certain types OF
mental disease may have q strong
hereditary component and IN lew
instances appear to be exclusively
hereditary, but other factors ike
congenital defect and even tnfec-
ton appear to be capable also OF
producing mental disease.
The study Of disease involves Q
recognition Of the interaction OF
the inherited capacities to develop
and the environment in which Q
man Is placed, and a doctor must
see his patient as the product OF
both. At times, as In infectious
diseases, the environment factoA
predominates. Sometimes the ne
reditary aspect Is so important THAI
the environment becomes insignin-
cant. Both in the understanding OF
the disease process itself and IN
evaluating the individuals ability
to cope with 1t. q recognition Of the
inherited qualities or defects Is
necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09
DOLLARS SERVE NOTICE
Hartford Courant)

The country at large, and Con-
nectlcut in particular because II had
the second highest per capita quota
OF any state, can view with unmixed
satisfaction the over-subscription OF
the Third War Loan for fifteen BILL
lion dollars. The apprehension OF
those conducting the campaign
proved gToundless when the snai
purchasers responded with charac
terlslic generosity and confidence y
the cause Of the war. conneetiel
Is about Ave millions over its quot
o. 163 millions, and the nation ek'
ceeaed tho lFeasnry's goal BY two
blI|lons. 70 these who soleed SAM
pleas for the purchasing o. bond
and 4 eil Hhe constituted ean'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

the promise OF rest, but II Is
rest which comes In the midst OF
burden bearing. We get our rest
as we assume the yokes which God
puts upon us-as we carry our bur-
dens. Very often we are prone 70
believe that rest comes from an
absence OF responsibility. We need
q certain amount Of such rest IN
our lives. and God sees that we get
II. But the rest which really counts,
the contenment which "a really deep.
ls that which wells up through bur-
daning circumstances which OIL the
nina End heart Nhan cne n bent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

down by the weight Of q heavy yoke.
The Lord never makes promise
10 anyone that He will conduct him
through life on fiowery beds Of ease.
The truth Of the matter Is that life
Il not built along such lines. ~
involves q tremendous amount Of
conflict. trouble. and burden-hear-
ing. Our peace and spiritual rest
come not BY the removal OF these
burdens but BY the flowing OF q deep
sense Of adequacy into our lives IN
spit Of these burdens.
Nowhere Is II 20 true as IN the
spiritual world that privilege In
wolves responsibility,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

before propaganda MINISTER SToep-
bels delivered his give-away speech
warning that Saboteurs on the
home front would be beheaded.
Reports also are definite that
the German army no longer has
the reserves, no longer has the
fighting backbone for a long war.
Resentment against Hitler bolts
beneath the surface in the Ger
man army. German soldiers will
keep on fighting, and are tough
ly-trained, desperately hitting adj
versaries. But their heart isn't
in 1t anymore.
All these factors, plus power
full wallops by the Allies, have
created an atmosphere In which
anything might happen. 1t Is an
atmosphere not unlike that which
existed in the autumn Of 1918.
There are those in high places
who think the war In Europe
might be over anytime this win
ter, depending entirely on Nazi
morale.
But in Asia the war is moving at
q snailS pace. In Burma, though,
the rains are already over, nothing
has happened. Many observers
think that nothing will happen
until late this winter, and that
the real drive through Burma
toward South China will be re-
served for year from now - the
fall Of 1914.
OPA GOES TO OMAHA
American Legionnairies return
ing from the national convention
Ii Omaha have lot more money
In their pockets because Of OPA
and John A. Faith. Faith Is both
a Legionnaire and an OPA Of
fetal, and he was determined that
the boys should pay only ceiling
prices for their hotel rooms, and
for the ice, ginger ale and other
things that make Legion conven-
lions what they are.
Faith attended the New Jersey
state American Legion convention
last August in newark, where he
found that the boys were being
charged q dollar for a quart OF
room service ginger ale, and an
other dollar for bucket Of ice.
He also found that the double
room he occupied, normally priced
at 50, had been upped to $l2 for
the convention.
Pulling out his OPA creden-
tiaIs, Faith forced hotels and res
taurants to knock their prices
down.
Two weeks later, Faith hoped
q plane for Omaha, and, working
with the district OPA office,
walked in on hotel and restau-
rant proprietors.
"You have filed your ceiling
prices Of last April" Faith
warned, land when the boys
come here for tile convention,
you can choose between two
things - either you stick to
those prices, or we move In on
you for violation Of price CELL
ings."
Result was that LegionnaireS
got SOup-CO-uuLS SIeak 0ALllleI
for $1.25, and room-service gin
ger ale or sparkling water for 40
cents - with ice thrown in free.
Incidentally, Faith - who Is no
shrinking violet - got a resolu-
ton passed which expressed the
Legion,s appreciation for OPA's
help, and thus softened the repu-
tation Of OPA among veterans
throughout the country.
ALASKAN OIL SMELL"
Nearly one year ago this col
umn called attention to the phan-
tom oil pipeline which the War
Department was laying from the
Fort Norman oil fields in North
Canada to White Horse, Alaska.
It was pointed out that the pipe
line had to be laid over Ivy noun
tains. on top Of the ground at
sub-zero temperatures, and that
CONCEALED oil could not be
pumped at these temperatures.
Due to these and other difficult
ties, Petroleum Administrator Ickes
wrote q letter to Secretary Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

ton It a C he'd.
The remainder of
the declaration is.
Take my yok e
upon you and
learn Of me. for
! am meek and
lowly Of heart,
and We shall md
rest unto your
souls, for my yoke
Is easy and my
burden Is light
The mOIniea a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

over Jointly to Imperial Oil Ltd
and Standard Oil Of California.
The latter firm also got the juicy
Elks Hills naval reserve lease, re-
Gently cancelled by the govern
ment. It is significant that the
former head Of Standard of Cali
fornia, Ralph Davies, now deputy
petroleum coordinator under Ickes,
acted vigorously to stop the Can
adam alaskan project appar-
emily working against the inter-
ests of his own firm.
Truman Committee senator's
have asked the War Department
for all data regarding contracts
with Canada and with private oil
companies, but the Army has
been very slow in coming through,
which causes the Senators to sus-
pect that the Alaska oil deal may
be Just as smelly as that at Elk
Hills.
MAIL BAG
r. p, Cambridge, Mass.-The
Navy denies that college students
taking viz courses will be held
in the service for six years after
being commissioner. They will
sign the same commitment as
other reserve officers, which OBJ
ligates them to active duty ain
time Of war or national emergency
1t is generally expected that the
national emergency will be Of
ficially terminated six months af-
ter the end Of the war.
Copyright. 1913 by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

on the acne OF
pain then under
consider alton.
But long before
there was any
knowledge Of the
mechanism Of the
tran sn1ission Of
inherited traits,
there was an Inn
preston that cer-
tain diseases ra:k
In families.
with the devel-
opment Of the
modern science Of
genetics i. It be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, d. D.
PRIVILEGE INVOLVES RESPO
SIBILITY

Our Lords invitation, Come I'M
to me all yet that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you
rest" is a gracious one indeed. But
people very often fail to realize
that the invitation has an obliga-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09
Washington Merry Co Round
Military Reports From Inside Germany Indicate Morale COekng
Army and Fighting backbone for Long Wo
Kept Prices Down American Lescn Conventions
umon Look Asonce Oil Pipeline
BY
DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON October Military reports that have leaked out o. Gnay
revealed quite definite even
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09
.-wARTTnfE HEALTH COLUMN
Tendencies Toward
Certain Disease May
Be Hereditary

Many persons, when consulting 2
doctor, feel that the time spent IA
obtaining family history Is wasted,
and is an unnecessary inquisittve-
ness that could not cast any Light
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09
A Thought for Today

How are the mighty fallen!-H Samuel 1:25
Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed,
Not all who fail have therefore worked in vain.
There is no failure for the good and brave
Archbishop Trench
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-09

Copyright. 1913 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1943-01-02
IVA Reports Power OUTPUT
In AZ Increased 30 PET.
BY the Associated Press.

os lne associated Press.
1he Tennessee Valley Authority
reported yesterday that it is now
producing power at the rate of 10 :
O0O,O0O,000 kilowatt hours annually
This assertion was made as the
IVA announced it's annual report
Tor the fiscal year ended last june
81 mad been transmitted to the
President and Congress, but would
not be made public in full because
1t contains information which
might give aid, though certainly no
comfort, to the enemy"
The agency, however, gave out this
statement of its accomplishments
during the year:
Electric generating capacity was
increased by almost one-third to
l,374,5O0 kilowatts. making IVA one
OF the Nations greatest power pro-
ducers with generation of power ex-
ceeding 100000 900 kilowatt hours
annually through last June.
More than 10 per cent of iva
power went into war production
largely in the big electro-metallurpi-
cal and electro chemical plants in
the valley, including a large Bro
portion OF the Nations aluminium
production"
Evening star., 1943-01-02

1t is safe to assume that the
situation in the Pacific will re-
main relatively static for sew
eral months. The losses Of the
Japanese naval and air forces
have been tremendous, far ex-
ceeding ours and the enemy's re-
placement capacity is nowhere
near our own. The war Of at
triton which the Japanese start
ed has turned against them.
Because of these circumstances,
which, OF course, are we'll known
by the Japanese high command,
Toxic is putting accent on forti-
flying as quickly and efficiently
as possible the territories EXTEND
Ing from Timor and Borneo to
the Netherlands and Malaya.
The Japs are aware that as soon
as our hands become free of the
shipping bottleneck and an ade-
quate number of merchantmen
leaves our shipyards, the Amer
ican and Australian forces will
start a real offensive.
The time for such an operation
Is not yet ripe. OF necessity the
forces under Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur and Admiral William F.
Halsey, jr., must be confined to
cleaning up operations in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Australia.
But it Is certain that before the
summer arrives there will be
larger movements of troops and
air fleets against the principal
objectives - the Nipponese held
American, British and Dutch
possessions which offer an in
exhaustible source of raw ma
terials.
Must Destroy the Japs.
We have been warned by high
ranking military and civilian
officials who know the Far East
well that the japanese have to
be destroyed before they are
actually conquered. The war in
the Pacific is holy war as far
as the japanese are concerned.
The fanaticism Of the Germans
is virulent so long as their armies
win victories, but when their
military power shows that it cam
not attain Its objectives we may
safely assume that they will be
looking for an honorable peace"
either to the east or the west.
The German people would be
willing to adopt either our demo-
cratic ideals or Russia's commu-
nistic doctrines, according to
what they believe to be more
expedient.
Evening star., 1943-01-02

(Railway) Mediation Board should
an early vacancy occur on either
agency.
Other Judgeships Vacant.
Other judgeship vacancies to he
niled soon include two on the Fifth
circuit Court Of Appeals covering
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis-
slppl, Louisiana. Texas and Canal
Zone with headquarters at New Or
leans. One is new position. The
other Is vacant through the death
OF Judge Rufus Foster.
Ihere also is a vacancy on the
United States Customs Court at
New York and four more Federal
district judges are to be named
IN Idaho, Northern Illinois. Western
oklahoma new and Northern
California. -
Two Federal judgeships are to be
fllled in Hawaii.
Outside the judiciary there is @
long-standlng vacancy on the board
OF governors of the Federal Re-
serve System, two on the Tariff
commission, and, more recently. the
solicitorship of the Labor Depart-
ment.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
I'D Rather Be Right
Rush to Produce for War Creates Economic
Purodoxes Well Have to Foce in Peocetime

each of these wartime paradoxes
will become a peacetime paradox,
crying in it's corner and demanding
attention.
And you cannot shush- -shush an
economic paradox: it is the most
unshushable thing in the world.
There is nothing in the world more
plantive than the cry of a lone
some machine tool for its customers.
Another Paradox.
Let me give you another paradox:
Our foreign trade was, of course,
seriously dislocated last year. Yet
it was the year of the greatest ex-
port trade in American history. The
device was lease-lend, now running
at the rate of about 10 billions of
dollars a year, and our exported
goods were weapons and food for
warriors. Yet if you forget about
the war for minute and abstract
only its economic elements, you will
see at once how large a part Of our
activity last year depended on
certain special form of foreign trade.
The data set forth above is al
ready enough, imagine, to indicate
that the problems involved are not
likely to be solved by an after-din-
ner speech, however amusing, nor
by an appeal to return to the good
old days, however tender.
If one may be allowed to over
simplify, and who doesn't, the ques-
tion would seem to be whether we
are prepared to eat more food, to
have more and better clothes and
to enjoy more comforts than ever
before. We have to face this pros
pect like men. We must bear UP,
under the probability that we shall
have to turn some of our popula-
ton from a diet Of patriotic SOW
belly to diet of that hated Argen-
tinian beef; that we're Just going
to have to wear good English gloves;
that we shall intrepidly have to
face a future of enjoying the wealth
of the world.
However reluctantly, and with
whatever storms of tears, we are
gonig to have to learn to accept the
good things the world intends to
thrust at us, in exchange for ours.
The paradox that seems to underly
all the others is that We shall either
have to double our pre-war standard
of living or go hungry.
That might be called the paradox
that makes the war make sense
Evening star., 1943-01-02
AItmeyer Advocates
Expanded Program
Of Social Security
Ssh Chuirmun Would
Cover All Workers
And Boost Benefits
BY the Associated Press,

Immediate expansion Of the social
security program to cover all work
erS, increase benefits under the pro-
gram now in effect and provide new
types Of social insurance is urged
by Chairman Arthur j. Altmeyer of
the Social Security Board.
Mr.. Altmeyer, in an article ap-
pearing in the boards monthly pub
llcatlon, suggested these three new
types of protection:
Il. Benefits for permanently- dis
abled workers and for their depend
ents, irrespective of the workers age
and generally similar in amount to
old-age benefits.
%. Benefits for workers tempo
rarily disabled through illness or in
jury and for their dependents, pay
able for limited number of months
and more or less similar in amount
to unemployment benefits.
3. Payments with respect to hos
pitalization costs incurred by in
sured workers or dependents"
Roosevelt May Ask Extension,
These and other suggestions ad-
vanced by Mr.. Altmeyer correspond
to recommendations repeatedly put
before President Roosevelt by the
National Resources Planning Board
and possibly foreshadow a presiden-
tial message to Congress calling for
extension of the social insurance
system.
Mr.. Altmeyer advocated that social
insurance coverage be extended to
farm labor, domestic servants, sea-
men. those working in small firms
or working for the Government or
non-profit organizations, and the
person who is in business or trade
for himself"
Expansion should provide, in ad-
dition, for more nearly adequate
benefits under existing programs"
he said. adding:
This end could be achieved by
increasing the maximum duration of
unemployment benefits, shortening
the waiting period, introducing de-
pendents' allowances and increasing
cement amOunutS.
An adjustment in the formula
for computing old-age benefits and
a lower retirement age for women
under old-age and survivors insur-
ance might also appropriately be
included"
Wants 1t Before War Ends.
Mr.. Altmeyer said the expansion
should be undertaken at once so
"well-rounded system" will be in
operation when the war ends, and
said it would have two advantages:
l.. Protection for individuals and
families against the loss of income
a1ter the war. when a decline from
the high levels of wartime produc-
ton would increase greatly the in
Evening star., 1943-01-02
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

Last year was the year in which
we began to make rubber out of oil
and the Japanese began to make oil
out of rubber.
The Japanese are using their
huge, newly conquered rubber sup
plies Go times as much as they
need to make high-octane gasoline
We are using substances which
would normally go into high-octane
gasoline, and making them into rub
ber.
And so last year was the year in
which both we and the Japanese,
by making funny with the hydro
carbon molecule, began to be more
self-sufficient.
But last year also was the year in
which we built the largest and most
modern merchant marine we have
ever had; shipping is the most sue
cessful front in our production drive
That record fleet is going to hold its
supremacy for about 10 minutes
This year we are building still
bigger still more modern merchant
marine.
So, If last year saw the beginning
OF trend toward American self
sufflciency, it also saw the creation
of an American carrier service big
enough to take anything you can
name from anywhere at all to al
most anywhere else.
Tools Will Outlast War.
Last year was the year in which
we built something like Is years
normal accumulation of machine
tools. Those tools will outlast the
war Machine tools enjoy extraordi-
narily long lives; they outlive the
goods they make. Cargo ships also
have great longevity. So here we
are, with tools potent for producing
peacetime goods, some day, for huge
portions Of the world, and ships in
which to carry those goods.
But last year also was the year In
which We began to look inward, into
the heart of the hydrocarbon mole
cule, for our raw materials. We are
going to come out Of this better pre-
pared than ever before to supply the
world, and less in need than ever
before of what the world has to
sell us.
During wartime we must, and
should, overlook these paradoxes
But paradoxes, like machine tools,
outlast the wars which give them
birth. The moment peace arrives,
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Group TO Patrol Streets
During BIackout Defined

Warden headquarters made 1t
clear yesterday who can and who
cannot patrol the streets in black
out, following instructions dropping
possibly half the memberships Of
the warden service for lack of train
ing.
Certified wardens, those who have
filed applications for certification
and those who have registered for
training, should be on the streets
during a blackout. Those who are
not certified will not be allowed on
the streets during a blackout it was
said.
Officials of the service urged those
who have had some training to reg.
lister Immediately, so they can COM
plete their % hours Of training and
be certified.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
D. c. Lawyer Creates
Colleqe Scholarship

Fred w. Morrison, District lawyer
and former faculty member of the
University of North Carolina, has
established the Palmyra Pharr
Scholarship Fund at the Women's
College Of the university in memory
OF his mother with an initial pay
ment of $4,000 into the fund, it was
announced today in Greensboro,
N. c.
The amount of scholarships, which
Will be awarded in sums not to be
specified for a given year, will de-
pend on circumstances.
Evening star., 1943-01-02

cidence Of risks leading to such
losses"
2. From the standpoint Of the
economic system as a whole. social
insurance can aid in maintaining
consumer purchasing power If ma
tional income exhibits tendency to
shrink and thus can assist in main
tanning employment at higher
levels"
Evening star., 1943-01-02
WAVES PIon 3-Doy
Recruiting Jount

Ensign Rosa Miller Hobbs and
Apprentice Seaman Robin Hunt
both WAVES, will leave Monday
with four Navy officers, also at
tached to the local Office of Nava
Officer Procurement at 1920 G. street
NV, on three-day recruiting trip
to Cambridge, Salisbury and Havre
de Grace, Md.
The two young women will de-
scribe the work. opportunities and
benefits of WAVES and SPARS
Next week 1t. Comdr. Dorothy c.
Stratton, director of the SPARS, will
give radio talk as part of the
SPARS enrolment drive.