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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

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cree Of 1859, when King Louis XIV
Of France was ravagtng the Ger
paiatine on the French side Of the
Rhine: "Who deserts the colors shall
BE- hanged without mercy; who
amidst the battle begins to retreat
shall be put to death without
mercy"
sThese were ordinances Of tota'
war" Schieferdecker said. THESE
ordinances will have to rule the new
mobilization of all energy at home
This mobilization has to be carried
out under the mandate that he who
deserts, flies or flags will have to
pay with his life. Total war has
become reality"
He warned Of "the coming from
Russia Of energies which are max
ing themselves felt on q scale we
should not have believed possible;
Of ''the energies being concentrated
ia Britain and America; he sale
Britain had modified women and
Roosevelt Is economizing on rub
ber, rationing food, making debts
canceling all democratic liberties.
IAN this means for us another
proof that Roosevelt is serious ano
earnest in his threats against u.s.
he said.
''IIenceforth home life must &c
BY eastern front rules. The home
land must be a great pool on which
the front can draw. Nobody car
evade these demands. Nobody car
stand aside. No privileges can exist
any longer. No special right re.
mains, neither right Of profession
nor standard Of life, age or sex. The
Russian peril is without mercy. Mer
and women alike must be thrown
into the balance Of total war"
Paul Joseph Goebbels, propa'
ganda minister, in his weekly ar
ticle today in the Nazi publication
Das Reich, wrote on what Berhr
called Impending publication o.
far-reaching laws providing tota
mobilization Of the German people.
''If today every male and femal'
from i6 to IS and II to As re-
spectively Is compelled by law II
give his working capacity as per
aonal contribution to the war ef
fort, and thus to victory, 1t Is
heavy new burden which we TAX
ON voluntarily in our struggle TO
maintenance and expansion Of GU
national life, a burden which great
~ AFFECTS the life Of everyone" h
said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28
RUSSIANS DRIVE
ON TO NORWAY!
Continued from Page u

Stockholm dispatches as long as a
week ago said Gen. Nikolaus Won
Falkenhorst, German commander
in chief in Norway was strengthen
ing his Arctic Norwegian defenses
against a possible Russian attack
across the narrow Petsamo penin-
sula into Norway.
According to these dispatches
Falkenhorst had reinforced his Arc
tic defense forces materially, despite
the great difficulty Of winter trans
port.
Reinforcement were moved to
Vardo and Vadso, on the Varanger-
ford opposite Finland, and civilians
were removed from Vardo.
Nad defense preparations ex-
tended to Harstad on the Norwegian
Atlantic coast where Stockholm said
all but 500 civilians, all employed
at the German naval base, had been
evacuated.
Shortly before these reports came,
the Swedish government and gen.
eral staff warned that Sweden would
defend its territory against any at
tack and all lower army and air
force officers were advised that any
cease fire' which might be issued
in case Of an invasion must be ig-
nored as coming from nth coll
llmnists.
Sweden's fear was that Germany
would invade its territory. It was
not necessary for Russia to do so
to attack German-held Norway
which extends westward above
Sweden in the Arctic coast to ad-
Join Finland.
Well-informed Stockholm sources
told the United Press correspondent
that in the event Norway became
theater Of war, Sweden would at
once stop the flow of German "leave
troops" across its territory between
GERMANY and Norway,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

Sugar, an airedale, is owned by
Earl Gray, who was manager Of the
city airport before the army took
over. He was a city dog, used to the
trees, fire hydrants and lamp posts
which line Great Falls streets.
N0.DOgs.Land
When Gray took Sugar to live
with him at the airport, he found
himself in barren, windswept no.
dog ISLAND entirely devoid Of such
conveniences. There wasn't a tree,
hydrant or lamp post within miles.
Gray came to realize how much
Sugar missed the luxury Of city life
when he put up Christmas tree IN
the lobby Of the airport admins
tration building. The dog paid en-
tirely too much attention to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28
MESSAGE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO
ALL USERS OF CITY GAS

Nothing less than whOlehearted cooperation by
all users will accomplish sufficient results to
prevent the possible suffering that will come
If large scale mandatory curtailment becomes
necessary.
Our customers can rest assured that we
will do everything humanity possible TO make
Gas available to them. Our plant facilities
are operating under the most rigid form OF
economy and we now appeal to you to help
us help you and all the others who depend
so much ON City Gas in the operation Oh
their homes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

HEARING TUESDAY
Continued from Page u

cause If coupled we couldn't dis
pose Of the program in time for
pay as-you-go to be effective this
year."
He said the committee did not
feel 1t was possible for pay-aS-you-
go to clear Congress and become eff
fective by March IS, and that the
committee was mot aiming at any
particular date" But he said he was
hopeful that 1t would apply on at
least part of this years income"
"It Is my opinion that a subject as
controversial - that Is, as new -- as
pay -as-you-go couldn't possibly get
through both houses, out Of confer
ence and be finally adopted and
give the treasury time to set up the
needed machinery where, there
Is no human possibility Of getting
1t done by March u.s."
He said the pay-as-you-go plan
was controversial to some extent"
and that many witnesses would
be heard.
"It's going to be a headache" he
said, there's much more to 1t than
the propaganda indicates"
Doughton said 1t would be "well
up into the summer before the
committee gets round to considera-
ton of plans for meeting the prest-
dents request for $4,000, 000O 900 ad-
ditional revenue.
He said the committee would take
up "the next most important mat
ter" once pay-as-you-go legislation
clears the House.
IT don't know whether 1t will be
the Guffey coal bill extension -
that runs out on April 26 - or the
| reciprocal trade act extension. The
deadline there Is in june" he said,
|
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28
PROVIDENCE DEAN
URGES HARD WORK

Providence. January 2S- Your
country expects much Of you; set
kIe down 10 hard work." the Rev.
Arthur II. Chandler, O.P., Dean OF
studies, told incoming January
Freshmen at informal eDsrcises at
Providence College yesterday. They
were also told that mathematics
and physical education were re.
CURED subjects. and that arts and
philosophy students were required
10 take American history. Regular
CLASSES started Immediately after
ulalriculalion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

Germany, reporting last nights
raids by the Royal Air Force, said
that ssosme damage and casualties"
had resulted from the western Ger
many attack and said that three
bomhers had been shot down.
~eome damage was done to build
anes and there were casualties
among the civilian population,
caused by high explosive and in.
cendisry bombs" O Berlin broadcast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28
FOUR-YEAR TERM
FOR COX GRANTED
CONTINUED from page y

The governor would file his orders
with the secretary Of state and
publish them In newspapers.
Meantime, the military affairs
committee continue deliberations on
q Bill concerning the powers Of the
State Defense Council. Gov. Bald
win recently indicated his Connec.
ticut war council would assume all
duties of the defense council ex-
cept those Of protective services.
The committee, therefore, was plan.
ming a measure giving the council
only protective service duties.
The first batch Of judgeship reso-
lutions went through the lcgisla-
ture without o hitch late yesterday.
and Republican party leaders said
these resolutions would be presented
in small patches during the coming
weeks. Three or four towns will be
presented in q group, 1t was said.
There will be no judgeship IDEAL"
this year because Republicans are
in control Of both chambers, and
the minor courts were expected to
be stated fully by Republicans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

the center of Stalingrad, held out.
Guards assault troops who had
defended the great Volga city so gall
lantly for months, advanced street
by street, house by house, even floor
by floor, front dispatches reported,
hunting down the dazed enemy
S trugglers, many budding in deep
fortified cellars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28
Airedale Moves Away Leaving
AirbaSe Minus a Fire Hydrant

Great Falls Mont-(uP)- any engineers back IN
Washington wondering about that e Oh w
maps Falls airbase, they might well know
hydrant is the property Of dog named Sugar who USED 70
1t with he eG
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

For a thorough tire examination
the tire should be removed from
the rim and every bit of outside
and inside surface inspected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

CUSTODIAN FATALLY INJURED
New Haven. Conn. Jan. 2s-(uP)
Henry u. 0FlswOld. 81, custodian
"a fhe Yale University theateF. was
lrInFAd fatally late yesterday when
e'eak ~ 3 stEsot eag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

around Sugars new home, but he
still likes the hydrant better.
BUY WAR BONDS, STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28
HITLER ORDERS
HARSH DEGREES

CContinued from Page u
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Good Duys'

The Pacific Mills prints in the cur
rent number of Life magazine pic
ture with the caption: Found
again: The Good Old Days" Three
generations of an American family
are represented in the drawing
Grandmother, Dad and Nom and the
kids have come out into the country
for a picnic. The place they have
chosen for their party" is a hillside
from which they can look down upon
a wide vista of farms and little
villages spreading away into an illim-
liable distance. Not exuberant is
the happiness of the nine persons in
the picture. They are quietly content
People no longer young will appre-
ciate the title of the sketch especially.
There was moment about decade
ago when it was fashionable to criti-
cize "the horse and buggy age" Now,
however, even those who deplored it
are hungry for it's return. Psycholo-
gists refer to their yearning as NOS
talgia' or "homesickness." The phrase
most commonly employed in the
letters Of men on the fighting fronts
Is: When get back" 1t Is natural
instinct which they express. Home"
means more than place. 1t refers
to condition. certain background
Of prosperity and freedom which
everybody appreciates as a necessity
for life worth living.
So, II is the good old days" that
America is striving to reassert over
the Axis challenge of destruction; (;
and IL In the good old days" that
American boys are toilins and dying
for. The family picnic on q sunny
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Remembering q Brother

I neuer see a tdir-haired farmer boy
Ftrro,D a field but it is al,0ays you:
Keen memory stirs my heart NTH
pain and joy
When bro,on fields ripple snder
skies OF blue.
/ used to trudoe beside you step for
step,
With bare feet sinking in the satin
ground,
Day long, though sun beat do,on, The
pace kept,
Kno,oinq that dusk mould see US
home,0drd bound.
I matched blue acres Of the sky last
night
And sa,o cloud turroDs line IN
tDape on DdUe,
marked a falling star in blazing
flight,
And shipered nth the ecstasy n
gaze E.
Thinking OF you. I wondered n up
there.
You piowed the hsdpens. kept the
meadows fair
RUBY ALTrzER ROBERTS.
Evening star., 1943-08-23

touched with kindness by them.
Such was the brotherhood that he
visioned. He cared little for the
economic determinists," the plan
ners" who sought "a new society" In
terms of "pragmatic adjustment" ."
The future to which he looked for
ward with unlimited optimism was
the old-fashioned one of heaven on
earth" made real by processes Of
good manners, tolerance, mutually
and fellowship. without claiming to
do so, he justified himself as an
exemplar Of that ideal.
What remains when any life Is
finished is the fruitage of that life
in other lives. DR.. Phelps was very
rich in that respect He never will
be replaced, but there is no need that
he should be so long as those whom
he loved are guided by his influence.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Learning Lessons

From the Manchester Guardian
German mass formations came to grief
In the Battle of Britain, and since then
air warfare has been not only a matter
of more machines but of learning lessons
fast enough. We ourselves had them to
learn; only at Ell Alamein did we first
achieve full cooperation between air
and ground forces. The Germans, now
busy building as many fighters as fast
as they can, are hoping to have learnt
one; their fighters are intended TO parry
our invasion bombers. The Americans
in their readiness to experiment with
night bombing, display a freedom from
fixed ideas; both the Americans and our
selves will soon have a mass OF material
from which lessons may be drawn on
the relative accuracy and casualties of
night and day bombing Our business
Is TO learn faster than Germany and to
have more aircraft to apply the lessons
Germany's nrst hope will then be among
her last and most bitter lessons.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. TrdcepeH.

II the hole cannot be located. since
sor. e rats are sheer roamers, the bait
should be placed beneath the side of q
large store, or under box, or in some
location where birds cannot easily get
at it.
1t is much better to be supercareful
than to find some beautiful bird suffer-
ing.
Persons who feed the birds are very
likely to have rats, but they are thus
doing the entire neighborhood q service,
since they concentrate the creatures and
show them up and put them in posi-
ton wnere they may more easily be
killed.
The use Of mechanical traps, espe-
cially those made with strong springs,
is to be deprecated, since too often
they catch songsters, rather than rats.
We know of two cases where the use
OF spring rat trap ended in catching
and mangling a cardinal and a mock
ingbird.
Hence such traps should be ruled out
by all persons, but especially by those
who are interested in bird life.
The members of the rat family have
been described as "a feeble folk, COM
paratively insignificant in size and
strength, holding their own in legions
against host of natural enemies, ra-
pacious beasts and BIRDS
1t is said that in North America al
most one-fourth of all four-footed ami
mails belong to this family. This in
cludes, OF course, the muskrat.
At this point let us say that the house
cat is not a good rat catcher.
Even many dogs refuse to tackle them,
so 1t Is no wonder that Tom and Tabby
are not good ratters. Yet many persons
think they are, and try to borrow 4
neighbor's pet for this purpose.
Most rats are vicious creatures, well
able to hold their own with all cats
and with many dogs. We have seen
large dogs of 100 pounds or more pre-
tend that they did not see a rat!
Rats breed from three to five times q
year.
Since rats and mice are nocturnal in
habit, night is the best time to put out
red squill.
Wait until about dark, but when there
is still plenty of light to see by Be
careful, in poking bait down a run, that
no opportunity is given an inquisitive rat
to nibble at ones fingers.
The best way to avoid this is to use
long-handled spoon
1t is good to realize that our own
native wood rats are not unclean ami
mails, nor do they eat uncIean food. as
do the imported species. Self imported,
would be better because they have come
in under their own STEAM" in all the
vessels that float.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
DR.. Phelps

Or. william Lyon Phelps will be
remembered as one of the most
notably successful men of his gener-
alton. He was an academic leader
who also won distinction in many
different fields Of practical business.
His fame as teacher was world
wide. He lectured on the radio,
wrote syndicated newspaper articles,
played a very considerable part in
the development of the modern book
publishing industry and, by the ex-
ercise Of his own energetic genius,
achieved a wider public appreciation
for scholars in general.
The secret of DR.. Phelps accom-
plishment perhaps might be found
in the fact that he was exempt from
the necessity to mix in the struggle
in which the majority of his contem-
poraries were involved. Born at New
Haven January 2, 1865, he entered
Yale in 1888, became editor Of the
university literary magazine in his
junior year, joined the faculty in
1892. What followed was the natural
development of talents with which
he was equipped at the start of his
career. True, he was called a
radical" in his youth and too much
of liberal" when he was old. But
such epithets helped rather than
hurt him. His authentic affection
for people Of every condition grew
with time, until 1t was legend.
Nothing he did or said interfered
with 1t. He liked to be liked and he
went out of his way to make sure
that he was.
Or. Phelps, however, was wholly
sincere. His enthusiasm for rtera-
ture and history was 4 passion OF
vast implications. The humane
qualities in the great classics moved
him 10 the depths OF his soul. and ne
wanted to share them. to see them
democratized until every citizen was
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Campaign for Territory
In Palestine DisaDprOyed.

To the Editor of The Star:
On August 9 a headline in a Washing
ton paper said: Britain Won't Give
Palestine to the Jews, Says Van Paasen.'
On August 10 The Star carried State
Department Hit as Blocking Opening Of
Palestine to the Jews" as headline to
an article wherein Representative Celler
of New York attacks our State Depart
ment and certain American officials for
not urging on Britain the displacement
of the native Arab population by Eu-
ropean refugees.
Sicily has Just been conquered but we
have not finished counting our dead and
wounded Not an Allied soldier has vet
set foot in Fortress Europe, and the war
is still a long way from being won. Yet
a well-organized minority has started
shouting their demands for territory; not
territory captured from the Axis. but
inundated territory OF our ally Great
Britain. and occupied for q thousand
years by Arabs who have always been
our friends AN AMERICAN.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
Roilroud Operation

us there doctor in the yard?"
The cry went up at the Northern
Pacific depot at CLANCY, Washing
ton, and fortunately there was one,
DR.. j. P. Caldwell The Job was q
bit out OF his line, but he took it and
managed to pull his patient, the
limited, through-to Pasco. 1t was
an accident case. The locomotive
had an iron bar stuck in it's coal
stoker, and was slowly perishing for
lack OF coal. The lone fireman was
insufficient for the arduous but deli
cate task of getting coal past the OBJ
struction and into its vitals, and but
for DR.. Caldwell the sick locomotive
would have died in its tracks. Far,
far into the night he labored. skill
fully easing nourishment past the
bar, as the engine fought for life,
while he watched the steam pressure
gauge with professional eyes. There
were desperate moments when it
dropped dangerously low, and he
though he had lost his patient.
Every doctor experiences them. In
this instance, they were followed by
moments Of triumph, when the VIC
tim shook off its lethargy and pulled
feebly though steadily. Suffice 1t to
say that the doctor won. heaving a
sigh OF relief as he made Pasco.
Once there, loving hands put the
sufferer to sleep and by a drastic
operation removed the bar. Accord
ing to latest reports. 1t is convalesc-
ing. and will soon be ready to shove
OF and pull itx freight.
Evening star., 1943-08-23

hillside is symbol Of the Allied OBJ
jective. Whether 1t be formulated
in the Atlantic Charter or In some
less literary manner may not
matter very much. The victory the
United Nations seek Is one which will
restore the values of democratic
society which Hitler and his partners
undertook to destroy.
But America and her Allies also are
struggling for good new days." for
times of more freedom and more
prosperity than ever before were
known in this world. 1t is not merely
for the past that the war Is being
fought The future likewise is i'm
portant.
Evening star., 1943-08-23
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

Dear Sir:
Some time ago happened to read In
your column something pertaining to
the determination of rats. I think
you talked about poison that would
kill rats, but nothing else, and If 1t is
not too much trouble would you please
send me the name of this poison
I'VE have very bad rat situation
and II there is anything to get rid of
them I would like to know it. Thank
you very much.
Every truly yours, B. H. S."
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Rats are always problem
In wartime they become peculiarly So
not only because of their economic de-
struction, but also because they are dis
ease bearers.
Being the greatest travellers of all
mammals, they come and go from ma
ton to nation, and with increased ship
ping they travel more than ever
1t benooves every careful householder,
therefore. to do his or her share in the
neyerending warfare between rats and
men.
Formal wars on grand scale occur
only every Is years, but wars with the
members Of the rat family, the largest
in the world-eo on ceaselessly.
One OF the very best rat killers is red
squill.
This material has the o. K. of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Extensive experiments over many
years show that it kills rats easily, but
not other animals, including pet dogs
and cats.
The reason for this is interesting.
Rats lack the vomiting reflex.
So anything they eat must stay down.
When poison is taken, it stays in the
stomach of the animal
II red sQuill is eaten by dog or cat,
the creature is able to throw 1t up.
Not so the unfortunate rat.
1t must wrestle with the material the
best it can, which is generally not very
well.
Red squill can still be secured, but
like many materials is not as plentiful
as before the war.
1t then could be purchased freely in
most drug stores in both powder and
ready mixed" The latter Is the easiest
for the amateur to use The powder re-
quires some exact measurements, and
therefore may not work" as we'll.
If red squill can be secured, it is the
best for home use, because it is not likely
to harm birds or pet animals.
Great care should be used, however,
as it may make pet animal i'll.
The best way to use it is to poke some
OF it down the rat hole. With a little
care, this can almost always be found.