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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
Canadians In Uniform

It was unfortunate that word about
Canada's intention to disband some of
her home protection units had to reach
the United States just when we were all
upset about the father draft. Under such
circumstances it may have been newt
able that some protagonists should have
misunderstood what is happening in Can
ada. The Dominion is not reducing her
armed forces destined for overseas duty.
On the contrary, she is acting to expand
them at the expense of the home guard.
The miXup arises perhaps, because not
all Americans understand how the Can
adian forces are raised. Up to now Can
ada has produced, out of population of
about 11,500,000, some 100000 men for
overseas duty. These all are volunteers.
No drafted men are available for service
outside the continent.
Canada's 700,000-man volunteer army
for overseas duty is as impressive, in view
OF her population, as though we had
raised 100000 volunteers on this side of
the border We haven't done that. We
haven't raised that many soldiers by all
methods, and we do not propose to do so.
Considering other services, we just about
match Canada's contribution.
The disbanding that created so much
interest was of drafted home defense
units. Two divisions are affected. The
purpose is to free these men for two pur-
poses which now, with the Axis definitely
on the defensive, appear more important
than home defense. Some will be in
duced, by application Of gentle pressure,
to enlist for overseas service. The rest
will be put into war production. These
home defense units never have been very
stable affairs. Their personnel has
changed rapidly, as their members felt
the urge to get into actual fighting. With
all the scores of thousands who have been
called for induction, it never has been
found possible to keep the home defense
outfits filled up because so many, faced
with the necessity for DOMINIC uniforms,
have decided they would rather get into
the real war. Canada's diSbanding OF
these two divisions has nothing to do with
cur own argument over the drafting OF
fathers It's up to us to stand on our
own feet, in that controversy, and decide
for ourselves whether 100000 men in
the United States do or do not constitute
adequate backing for 100000 men
abroad.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

Sunday was a day devoted to mass
prayer In New York City by Roman Cath
olic and Protestant faiths. One Of the
largest gatherings in the city'S history
for such a purpose was at the Polo
Grounds where $4,000 prayed for peace,
for the Pope and Rome. Protestant
churches observed a worldwide Com
munion Sunday, and more churches than
on any other occasion of all faiths held
such services with prayers offered for our
men in the war.
AS the war days continue and action
on all fronts becomes more concentrated
and intense more and more the individual
realizes that ultimate peace will come
through prayer. The Holy Name rally at
New FORKS Polo Grounds was a great
demonstration of public prayer, the en-
tire gathering reciting aloud the Rosary,
tsevotion to which is observed during the
month of october.
The impressive words of Archbishop
spellman were published widely yester-
day, his prayer partly in blank verse
form asking the prayers OF ali for the
war cause, for the Pope, and the sparing
If Rome from acts of depreciation. He
said it was not the Pope'S life for which
he was asking prayers, but the Pope'S
cause, (which is the cause OF Christ.
He said: 81 beg for prayers that Rome,
the city of the soul, Eternal Rome, be
SHARED destruction; and above all that
Rome be not destroyed by us by batting
u.s. His concluding lines of blank verse
prayer were:
lord, lift this mighty host that is
America,
Reconsecrate us today in Thy Sons
Holv Name. Amen"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
What About Russia?

Joseph Stain appears to hold the big
cards in the game he is playing with
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill, both Of whom are trying to
find out whether or not the big Russian
is bluffing.
An important step was taken in
Washington when the President accepted
the resignation of Sumner Welles of the
State Department and made the unex-
pected selection of E. R. Stettinius as the
new Undersecretary. If all goes well
StettiniuS will accompany Secretary Hull
and top-notch U. s. and British states
men on another EMISSION to Moscow"
Stain is generally described as a realist.
He will understand Stattinius, who has
administered Lend-Lease and supplied
the Russian with billions of dollars worth
of American war machines and materials
and supplies that made 1t possible for the
Red Army to turn the tides of battle and
drive Hitler and his invaders on the way
out Of Russia.
Mr.. Stain has already said "thank
you" for that, but at the same time he
has criticized the war operations of the
United Nations, while sideStepping all
efforts of the heads Of America and Great
Britain to bring about face-to-face con-
ference with Roosevelt and Churchill. Are
the Russians going to stop fighting when
they get to Poland or are they going to
join the United Nations and meet in
Berlin? There are lot of other questions
involved including the future course of
Russia after Victory
The general disposition in Washington
and London toward Russia has been very
patient, tolerant, and hopeful that all
will turn out we'll in the end But the
British and American Governments have
reached the point where they are insist
ing On plain understandings with the
Russian Ally who Is fighting the same
enemies in Europe that we are.
The situation as it exists at present is
serious, and that's one Of the strategic
reasons why Stettinius was appointed to
back-up Hull, and the American and
British delegations in negotiations with
Moscow
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

certainly reads In agreeable contrast to
the ligubrious talk we have been hear
Ing from some quarters since the New
Deal took out after the Power Trust"
and enacted the holding company, law
and set up the SEC.
The much-touted Power Trust" -
or rather, the privately owned utility
companies - is doing the bulk Of the
war Job. Despite the hundreds Of mill
lions spent since IVA was established
on government power plants ana ~. ais
the generating capacity Of the govern
mental power districts, and last year
generated 157,680, 100000 kilowatt-hours
Of electricity compared to 1879, 200, 900
generated by iva, Bonneville, Grand
Coulee and the other government power
outfits, big and little Chicago Daily
News, June "a, 194S.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
Press Comment
GIVE THEM PREFERENCE
(Hartford Times)

Hartford Times)
II It should turn out that supplies
Of coal for home heating will be
short this winter, persons who con-
verted their oil.consuning furnaces
to coal-burning should have special
consideration. 1t would be only fair
that such persons should have first
call on whatever supplies OF coal
may be available, for when the gov
eminent was calling on the people,
a year or SO ago, to convert OIL
burning equipment, they were
prompt to cooperate. They should
not now become victims OF praise
worthy collaboration with the gov
eminent to have oil for the armed
forces.
Secretary Ickes recently remarked,
when he was asked about the re-
ported hard coal shortage, that he
was not responsible for the coal
strike. The public now Is beginning
to feel the effects Of two months
closing Of the anthracite mines. The
reserve supply has been used UP,
and new production is at a lower
rate than formerly, because many
miners have been indicted into the
armed forces and there have been
few men to take their places.
The heating season is Just begin
ming in New England, and from
present indications those who re-
tanned their oil burners will have
better chances Of getting fuel. This
is due to the fact that transporta-
ton facilities have been increased
thine big Inch pipeline is deliver
ing 100000 barrels Of oil a day to
the eastern refineries. better pro-
lection from U-boat raids has
brought into use many more tank
ers, and the railroads have contin-
ued to haul oil at their full capacity.
A year ago there were only the rail-
roads to transport oil.
It Is true that the overseas de-
mand for gasoline and aviation fuel
is such that there is little or no
prospect of larger allowances Of ga
soline for civilian use. but there is
evidence Of adequate supplies of fuel
oil. For this, all who found it Inn
possible TO convert to coal will be
grateful, but those who did convert
may suffer unless something Is
done to give them preference in al
location Of hard coal.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

veloping some pretty disadvantage
eous social tendencies which VIII
come to evil fruitition within the
next decade. The first World War
was followed by q period Of flaming
youth, and this war viii probably
be followed by the same. War hurts
the adolescent boys and girls who
stay at home more than 1t hurts
the soldiers who go into the front
line Of battle.
The second situation evolving out
Of present-day circumstances arises
from the fact that our lives are be-
ing Sorcibly simplified. This Is all TO
the good. Gasoline rationing. short
age Of domestic help. and the nec-
essity for war gardens have trans
formed the habits Of millions Of
people. Il used 10 be that when they
felt restless and did not know what
was the matter with them. they
jumped into the car and tried 10
drive away from themselves and
their problems. Many people la
former years never stopped 10 COM
mune with their souls. Now they
have 10 do Il whether they like TO
o. not.
Ihe discipline of present-day sit
uallona Is not going 70 hurt the
American people.
Al Rights Reserved
NAhaalA Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
Our Invisible Men

Using Dr. Forest Ray Moulton's equa-
lInn that one hlowatt-hour of electricity
Il equal TO 10 man-hours OF labor, the
4anort OF electric generation for 1912 just
released by Edison Institute shows that
wartime America had last year the serv-
.aas a about 100000. 900 invisible men"
not subject to the direct orders OF
paul McNutt, John L. Lewis or other
n2sflords OF tWo-legged men. This COM
NasaH 10 f80,000000 invisible men"
alIahle Ia World War /.
FIFE annual report on plyH'en. per
nca az Che electric power INDUSTRY
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

In our modern world political
isolation has become an anachron-
ism, and upon those who may ad-
vocate our future detachment from
those responsibilities will rest the
onus Of permitting the seeds of
future wars to take root.
Joseph G. Grew. special assistant
secretary Of state and former am
bassador to Japan.
With all due sympathy for Ital-
ian sufferings under their self-chos-
en- German friends, we should get
their minds straight on this. The
Italians who sincerely cheer our
troops today when they enter a new
city also cheered Mussolini.
Editorial in the Eighth Army
News.
When the war Is over, govern
ment should get out Of active in
dustry as soon as It can, without too
much unnecessary loss.
Secretary Of Commerce Jesse
H. Jones.
It (the war; Is Italy's worst
catastrophe IN centuries. and now
truth and truth alone will bring
her 10 the light again.
Count Carlo Gfroza. former
Italian Foreign Minister.
Our challenge e whether or not
We can make American society
effective II an industrial ase b d
voluntary process.
Wenael| 4. Wllkie.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

Facts About Fire" published by the Ma
tional Fire Protection Association says:
"That eight out of every ten fires could
be prevented by promptly correcting haz-
ardous conditions, such as accumulations
of rubbish and litter, and faulty electric
wiring, often installed at home by the
home owner or a novice" This Is state
ment to consider well during this, Fire
Prevention Week. It might not be amiss
to look about our own property and pub
lie property and bring any Of the above
named to the attention of the proper Of
ficials. Dumps and unoccupied property
constitute grave menace In these days
Of juvenile delinquents on the loose.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

capltals-the Oldest, and probably
the one that Is held IN deepest az
fection. And as the Russians. In
their hour Of greatest trial, turned
TO their national heritage for
strength and will, the city on the
Dnieper took on an ever greater
symbolic Importance.
Although Kiev has often been IN
alien hands and although political
predominance passed from her long
ago-to Moscow and to st. Peters.
burg (the present Leningrad)--
she retained her air Of ancient
matriarch among the cities Of RUS
STA. st. Petersburg, that artificial
creation on the marshes Of the
Neva, had few links with the Rus
sian past. Moscow, as one Russian
historian has phrased It, was re-
spected but not loved. Kiev, the
mother Of Cities" was respected
and loved. Her traditions were pre-
dominantly Western and Christian,
which meant much in q land which
for centuries fought against the
pagan tribes that swept across the
steppes from the east. Kiev was the
core around which Russia was
the core around which Russia was
formed from the chaotic elements
that marched and counter-marched
across her vast spaces.
1t Is q curious coincidence that
two cities, diverse in meaning and
character yet each in its way typi-
flying Russia, are now the goals of
Russian armies. One Is Kiev, the
ancient; the other, Dnepropetrovsk,
noted as a modern industrial COM
munity, near the great dam which
was one Of the proudest achieve
ments Of the Soviet regime and
which was blown up by the Red
Army in its retreat. Both Of the
cities have deep meaning for the
Russians; the recapture &C oAslner
would mean special rejoicing. But
when the guns OF Moscow mark -
departure Of the Nazis from Kiev,
Russian pride win stem not only
from military victory, not only from
a sense Of material accomplishment,
but from the knowledge that the
mother Of cities" has again been
redeemed from the barbarians
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
Selected Poem
LITTLE SKETCH
(Cosette Middleton in The Christian Science
Monitor)

The crops are harvested and brown fields stand
Bright-eyed with pumpkins. Here, in noble form
scarcrow waits, sturdy and proud and grand,
His task well done-he fingers In the warm
Bronze mood of Indian summer. Children hide
Among the corn shocks, laughing with the breeze
That stirs the leaves into cleaning tide
Into Octobers glowing tapestries.
Now bonfires blossom on the edge OF day,
And milkweed pods release their silver sprites;
And overhead the wild geese know the way
To Bayous and magnolia scented nights.
Come. sketch October now that you may keep
Gay notes to dream when winter whispers sleep"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

Will it be men or munitions? Accord
ing to Selective Service Director John F.
Robinson speaking at the closing session
of the Connecticut State Employees AsSo-
citation the labor situation has reached
such a critical point The men are need
ed in the war plants and they are needed
at the front. The labor shortage prob
lem is acute so it is stated, and in the
words of the governor" no solution has
presented itself"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

Last year the industry, worried,
threw everything into the drive,
spending a total Of $l,e00000 for
advertising, for speakers, and for
the travelling expenses Of school
children who had won the right
to christen Liberty ships.
This year, the industry Is not
putting up q penny. It would
seem to be gambling on a quick
end Of the war, in which case
there would be a sudden drop in
the demand for steel and in the
price Of scrap. II the industry
got caught with heavy inventories
Of scrap there would be q financial
loss. r."
Whatever the reason, WIPE Of.
ficials complain that they are
not getting the necessary cooper
tlOn from the steel industry.
The steel boys admit that there
Is q threatened shortage Of scrap,
with q requirement Of IS million
tons for the last half Of this year
and an inventory Of only about
million tons. And there Is no
4 question that the production Of
munitions, merchant ships, and
naval ships Is fer greater than
last year.
Furthermore, shipments Of iron
ore have fallen off this year by
8 million tons, due to Ice and the
month-late opening Of the Great
Lakes navigation last spring.
Result OF all these factors Is
that ct . time when the demand
for steel ID ut record levels, some
Of the nations open hearth steel
mills may have TO shut down for
lack Of scrap - unless. the scrap
drive really gees palces.
NOTE: War and Navy DEPART
lnents are lending their trucks and
men to help gather scrap In 10
calities where locas Eaanpower and
trucking are inadequate.
INSURANCE LOBBY
Here are two recent develop.
ments in the giant fire insur-
ance lobby to persuade Congress
to exempt insurance from the
antitrust laws: ~ the lobby Is
getting more intense; ~ there
seems to be some mystery as to
what congressman are reilly be-
hind the bill.
On the House side Of the Capt.
toll, the bill exempting insurance
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05


nose is INSTRUCTED DR.. Masters
TO the passage Of air and they have
prolonged profuse nasal discharge.
The nasal sinuses are air-con-
tanning spaces, contiguous with and
opening into the nasal passage.
Their function is to increase the
area Of mucous Hnembrance over
which the inspired air must pass
IN order that the temperature Of
the air may be adjusted before It
Is taken into the lungs.
MEMBRANE CONNECTION
The mucous membrance that lines
the nose continues through the
narrowed inlets into the four sets
Of sinuses. This continuity Of the
lining meinbrance means that In
lection in the nose may extend with
ease into the sinuses. In fact. the
slnuses are usually involved when
there is "cold" in the nose.
AS long as there Is no obstruc-
ton to the opening into the sinus,
as long as air may enter the sinuses
and the secretion within may drain
out, the involvement Of the sinus
Is hardly to be distinguished from
that Of the nose. But when the
swelling Of the turbinate bodies or
any other condition prevents the
drainage Of the sinus, the condition
needs to be differentiated and recog-
i1ized.
Any chronic or indolent ''oold"
with nasal obstruction and ais.
charge suggests sinus infection,
Pain In the face or pain around
the head with headache may be
present, but are not always 20.
During childhood, chronic colds are
usually attributed to disease Of the
tonsils and adenoids, whereas the
true source Of the infection may be
the nasal sinuses. Although children
are not rs susceptible to sinus dis
ease as adults, 1t Is by no means
rare in childhood, specially follow
ing measles, whooping cough, and
scarlet fever. Direct inspection Of
the interior Of the nose may suR-
gest the possibility Of sinus disease:
aspiration OF the contents Of the
sinus through q needle Is a dag
nostic procedure employed in OBJ
scure cases. x-ray examination is
the most important aid in recogniz-
ing the condition, but the inter.
probation Of the x-ray picture re-
quires both skill and experience.
RELIEF FROM DRAINAGE
The treatment OF acute sinus In
lection calls for the establishment
OF adequate drainage, which is ac-
complished BY reducing the swelling
OF the nasal structures by various
means.
Chronic sinus disease may be due
TO various factors. When Il Is based
on allerey or senSitivity to q for
eign protein, the causatiVe irritant
should be removed. When the con-
dillon results from infection, sources
such as the tonsils should be elm
mated. but ventilation and drainage
Of the sinus must be effective In
order to establish cure.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

The 40th. baseball World Series goes
into action today. There are sportsmen
who have followed every one o. them with
pent-up feelings, who have given full
lung power to every inning of every game
of every series. And there are sports
writer's who have been the historians OF
each and every series. And of recent
years there have been added to describe
the event the radio commentators. Let's
read and hear right now what is going to
happen as the Yankees and Cardinals
go into action for the annual striking
event
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

givings about how Macarthur
would react to their "lnvestlgat iOn"
OF the Southwest theater, but
the general was surprisingly cor
dial. One thing the committee
was particularly Interested in was
hospital facilities for U. s. troops.
Macarthur saw to It that they
were given a full picture Of this
and everything else that they
wished to study.
On their reparture, Macarthur
declared that It had afforded him
"a great pleasure 10 meet you gen.
tlemen, as well as an inspiration
10 me and those serving under me
to know that the Seante Is keep.
Ing In close contact with our OPP
eratiOns here"
Copyright, 1913. by United
Feature Syndicate, Ins.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
Daily Almanac

Neon sets at 1888 p. m. (war time)
sun rises at 1851 a. m, sets at $50 p. m.
(waF timel
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after
sunset.
Is above the horizon al sunrise, and Evening
Star when Il u above the horizon at sunset,
This year Mercury was viewed a. an Eve
ming Star about January Z. April 20. August
-, and iho eenisna DeeemhnF ~,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
MOTHER OF CITIES"

(New York Herald Tribune)
To the Russian people there is
far more at stake IN the fierce fight
ing surging around Kiev than the
city's strategic advantages, great
though these undoubtedly are. For
Kiev Is the oldest Of Russia,s three
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

but there are two
which we n ee d
especially to no.
tice. The first Is
that b oys and
girls of adolescent
age are being sub
jected to the same
neglect and bad
influences tina t
they were during
the last war, and
as a result many
Of them are de-
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STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
WE ARE LEARNING

WE AkEE HEAMgNANW
We talk a great deal about what
Is going to happen in this country
after the war. Would 1t not be a
good thing for us to ask what is
happening in this country during
the war?
No doubt there are hundreds Of
new social situations in the making,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05

usually continues
tllrougho ut the
winter. Since the
public has learned
OF sinus disease,
the condition Is
frequ emily adj
vanced as the rea-
son for headache
and slight nasal
discharges. Much
more common are
the In viduals
who wonder why
they are tired,
irritable, and
ache, when their
:. =
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: NATIO
SPOTLIGHT
Opening
The Portals
\ OF The WPB

During Peter Edson's absence
on vacation this column is being
written by another member 81
MEAS washington stan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
A Thought for Today

Though walk In the midst Of trouble, thou
wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine
hand against the wrath Of mine enemies, and
thy right hand shall save me-Psalms 1877.
AN. '
The Lord gets his best soldiers out Of the
highlands Of afflicton.-Spurgeon.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
WARTIME MnAHEH CoRlNlnlll
Sinus Irritation
Increases With
Colder Temperatures

The conclusion OF the hay 28veg
season, and the advent Of autumn
In the so-called temperate zone
initiate an increase In sinus dis
ease. This Increased Incidence
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-05
Washington Merry Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Steel Industry Cced Aputhe In Scrap Drive Despite Shortoge
Quick End TO War Would Leave With
Walter introduced Insurance Bill At Beest Of
Sem Mead Gets Fsthond View Of u Fighting Spirit Pocifie
WASHINGTON
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