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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05

One Of my very few dentist
friends most dentists look askance
at me because Cd I don't believe
brushing the teeth has thing 70
do with conservation Of the teeth,
and (b) I do believe all dentists
should be doctors-quotes from an
article Of mine on immediate dem
ture service, the following:
Competent dentists install plates,
not temporary plates but the plates
the patient will wear permanently,
Immediately after extraction Of the
teeth and later find little or
no remodeling or revamping neces-
sary."
The dentist fears that viii make
his patients reluctant to return to
him for regular examination, and,
after two months or so, perhaps
some remodeling or revamping, as
I express 1t, to conform with
changes.
The dentist, who is a fairly rep
resentative one, goes on to speak
Of the measurement Of the line from
nose to chin. It seems he always
records that measurement when o
patient is to have extractions made.
He says there is nothing that makes
a person look old so much as just
a slight shortening Of that measure
ment. After two months he some-
times finds it necessary to "open"
the bite which has closed enough in
that time to shorten the nose chin
line appreciably-and with this
change goes a change in the facial
muscles. The dentist doesn't en-
large on the latter point-but here
we should remember that the mus
cles of mastication, the muscles you
chew with, have everything to do
with facial expression. A lot Of peo-
pie who want "face-lift" owe their
sunken, sagging facial expression or
appearance mainly to neglect Of
proper dentistry in earlier life or
cheapjohn dental parlor dentistry
which, after all. Is no bargain at
any price.
My dentist friend, I think, has
got something there. Keep in mind
the length Of the line from nose to
chin when you consult q dentist.
Especially If extractions are to be
made. 1t is a good deal more than
just matter of good looks. 1t Is
a matter of good mastication, good
health, vite, general functional eff
ficiency and longevity.
Immediate denture Service-and
the careful service the good dentist
is prepared to give to follow it's
worth what it costs, to any one who
values health and efficiency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05

have been 70 the
movies in the
past year, you
have seen some
Of these flickers,
but In q tl1eater
they have q way
Of sneaking up
on you. making
It difficult to tell
what Is g. l., or
government is
sue, and what Is
legitimate, made
= In : Hollywood
stuff.
Army o n d
Aia I'm Aaaann AlaAln
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
A Thought Tor Today

Ana win utter my judgments against them
eouohlng aE their wiekedness, who have for
aahum We, and have burned incense unto other
seda, and woFshlpped the works Of their own
hnn6a-yeremlah ISIS.
We shall be judged, not BY what We might
have been, but what we have been.-Sewei.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05

Who Makes
The War
Movies?
Wirss % . series Of three columns
en- government movlss).

BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat washington
Correspondent
Republican Congressman John Ia
Der Of Auburn, N. Y. and J. william
Otter Of Amber, Pa, having taken
q poke at the guv'ment's movie
making activities, you might be in
terested In having an inside look
at what has been going on. II you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
Washington Merry-G Co. Round DREW P PEARSON

Drew Pearson Poys Tribute Memory Of Old Friend Ben Lindsey
Little Judge Soved Boy from Unjust Chorge
Juvenile Court Pioneer Cove chOnce Thousands Of Youngsters
Ounded by Enemies He Never Gave Up the Bottle for His Principles
WASHINGTON died Angeles the other He
Curt in c0nfrv
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05

gradients. The laboratory's own.
work will be confined to the de-.
termination Of how much additional
food the previously discarded fish
and sfeiifisii can provide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-05
Your Health
By d.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining - per-
SonaI health and hygiene not 10
disease, diagnosis Of treatment,
WIN be answered By Dr.. Brady y
. stamped self-addressed envelope
b enclosed. Letters should be brisf
and written IN ink. No reply can
me made TO queries mot conform
ing % instructions. Address DR..
william Brady, National News
paper Service, $50 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Kll.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13

amended bill, IL passed by the Senate,
promises to leave the manpower situation
more chaotic than ever, and its control
more Intellectual. ThiS bill Is q Splenectic
meSaure aimed at draft dodgers" in gov
eminent service, but affecting the whole
country. Probably it, most significant
feature is not the abolition of the induc-
t:on-quota system which puts all pre-
Pearl Harbor fathers at the bottom OF
the barrel, but the section that prohibits
the induction of men by occupational
groups. That, of course, is a reverse
English method of wiping out future
occupational defermtnt, and canceling
Manpower Commissioner McNutt'S "work
or fight" order. 1t will mean that the
skilled but unmarried aSSembler of an
intricate bombSight, or the experienced
foreman in plane factory, married but
childleSS, would be indicted before the
bookmakel who has wife and child to
support.
Anyone who has seen 10 factory work.
erS immobiliZed because a foreman has
gone to war and left no one to replace
him, anyone who has seen a production
line 'bottlenecked by the slowness of
new, unskilled worker at a critical post,
knows that this legislation isn't going to
nelp MATTERS. Inc 1dDOr freeze on Cne
west coast has been belated step toward
remedying these conditions, as far as CT
william job-changing goes. But you can't
freeze" war worker out of the Army.
And as for work or fight" Congress can
share responsibility for that edict's very
indifferent success Certainly the lack of
agreement between Commissioner Nc
Mutt and General Hershey of Selective
Service was no help. But, just as i'm
portant, Congress always had some pend
Ing escape" legislation on the back of
the stove - the Kilday Bill, the Wheeler
Bill, and now this one that kept
fathers in unesesntial work from taking
it seriously. Whatever excuse the House
had for exposing draft dodgers" in gov
eminent, 1t scarcely warranted this
amended bill. Congress knows, and 1t
was told again by the President just be-
fore the House acted, that more than
two-thirds of the nearly 100000 men
and women In government are working
for the Army and Navy, most of them
producing or servicing the tools Of war.
The President said that 6,043 single men
and 7,949 childless married men have
been given occupational deferment Moy-
be they shouldn't have 1t. But perhaps
the Senate will find more fair and direct
way of correcting the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13
Hold Your Hats

The nationwide coal strike has been
described as loaded gun that John L.
Lewis held at Mr. Ickes's head during
negotiation of the Government-Unit
Mine Workers wage agreement. And
people were so busy watching the hand
that held the gun that they forgot to pay
any attention to what the UMW'S pistol
packin' papa was doing with the other:
But it's all clear now. The versatile and
amb.deXtrouS Mr.. Lewis was using the
other hand to hitch the prancing team OF
Wages and Prices to the bandWagon. The
rush to CLIMB on has already started And
when they're all aboard, then hold your
hats, boys. First aboard are the United
Steel Workers. The railroad workers,
who have long-standing wage griev-
ance, probably VIII be next. After that
you can name your own entries. We
don't believe that the steel workers will
violate their no-strike pledge. Nor is 1t
likely that the railroad workers will walk
Out. But the miners scored a victory
with the strike weapon, and it is tempt
ing weapon that still les ready.
1t was cinch, Of course, thai the steel
workers would ask for new contract and
higher wages. When Mr. IckeS, in an UNI
comfortably tight spot, exceeded the War
AHhJOi oOetlu WGt,C 1lC
broke the Little Steel formula yardstick.
Il is quite likely that both Mr.. Ickes and
Mr.. Lewis regard the 15-minutes-for-
lur Oh provision as most Of the rest of us
do - as an unhealthy, unavoidable,
tor gue-in-cheek eXpedient. In addition
to breaking the Little Steel yardstick, Mr..
IclSes reduced the WLB almost TO its state
of impotence before the Connally-Smith
AcG when he disregarded the boards sens
Sille precedent and negotiated the
UNIV agreement while the men were out
on strike.
AS for prices, 1t is a foregone conclusion
that conSulAe4a VA 49, l"..-.s -..--- -.,
coal as a result of the new agreement
Other rises in labor costs will be similarly
reflected. Higher steel prices probably
would mean increased cost Of the new
farm implements which are promised for
next year. The general situation Is bound
to weaken the administrators plea for
further subsidies. The Presidents ap-
pointment Of another group to make
cost-of living survey Is not too hope
full, in view Of the bland assurance OF his
food message to Congress, and the subse-
quent admission of the fallibility OF such
surveys which was implicit In some OF his
remarks. II the destination OF the buggy
ride about to start isn't initiation, the OFF,
Gals in the drivers seat will need more
luck, more skill and stronger hand
than they look to have at present.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13
Call 1t Oleo

Whatever decision the House OF Repre-
sentatives may reach in the butter-oleo-
margarine controversy, there Is one aspect
OF the situation that probably Will remain
as confused as ever. That Is the problem
Of how to pronounce margarine.
Margarine is derived Chat Is, the word,
not the product) from the Latin mar
garita, meaning pearl, which in turn
stems from the Greek margaron, also
meaning pearl. Both root words are pro-
nounced with hard G, as In Margaret,
not a soft one, as in Marjorie Yet almost
all OF US pronounce 1t as If 1t were spelled
with a j.
Dictionaries held out for long time
against public pressure But the latest
edition OF the Merriam Webster only adds
to the confusion. 1t gives the word mar
garin, which Is connection Of fats and
greases, as being pronounced with hard
g But when 1t adds final to the word,
and specifies In the definition that the
margarin Is the kind you spread on bread,
then 1t gives two choices OF pronuncia,
tion, with the soft G first Our own re-
search, carried out with an expenditure
OF time all out of proportion to the SUBJ
ject's Importance, has discovered no
precedent for soft 6 preceding an a.
Reports from the House butter-mar-
garine committee hearings offer no solu-
ton, but do suggest compromise. It
seems that all congressman and some
olemargarine experts use the popular, or
soft G, pronunciation. Purists, especially
those from the OPA, bravely give 1t the
hard 6 as In Margaret. But the butter
men scornfully refer to the rival spread
as oleo. In sact, when they want to be
particularly derlsive, they have been
heard to refer to the product as Obey.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13
Giving Doughboys Their Due

The infantry soldier has been pretty
much the forgotten man OF this war. The
flyer has captured the public magma
ton. Most of the youns volunteers Wish
to pilot a fighter or ride bomber. All
OF which Is not to deride the flyers hero
ism, or the magnificent Job they are do
ing. But the infantryman Is in there
pitching, too He's the man who eats
dust and slogs through mud and rain,
mile after mile till he's ready TO crop.
And he Is the man who will one day fight
his way through to the streets OF Berlin
and Tokyo
So it is good to know that Secretary OF
War Stimsoi1 has authorized two distinc-
tive recognitions, the Expert Infantry
man and Combat Infantryman badges, to
honor "the case-hardened foot fighter
capable OF carrying combat into the
enemy's teeth" His job isn't glamorous,
but he Is still mighty important figure
in any mans army.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13

hatldicapS but because OF tnem' Mlls
ton was blind, Beethoven deaf. Both
Keats and Robert Louis Stevenson
had tuberculosis. Helen Keller, who
has achieved @ remarkable literary
style and has left her impression
on her generation, Is blind. deaf,
and unable TO speak save as she was
taught by o faithful teacher. 81.
Paul had what he called a thorn IN
his flesh. He prayed that he might
be relieved OF 1t, but the answer God
gave him was that His grace was
sufficient for him.
Handicaps are q stimulus rather
than q hindrance to those whose
hearts are resolute. They are like
the resistance In an electric bulb
which makes the current burst into
light. We cannot choose what Our
circumstances will be, but we can al
ways choose the spirit In which we
shall meet them. Handicaps stif1l-
ulate our courage, develop hidden
capacities, throw us back upon God
whose grace Is always sufiicient fos
our need.
The only real hardicaps any man
ever has are those within his own
nature. These are OF the mind and
spirit. Nothing from without car
hurt any man whose life Ii sufficient
ly reinforced from within.
Ali Rights Reserved - BabSon
! Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13

At a women's conference recently held
in Boston the question OF clubwomen
helping out in war industry was dis
cussed. During these troublous times
women in all stations Of life have come
forward to take positions IN industrial
plants and to do volunteer work In some
particular war service Women going IN
to the war plants, men also, has dimin-
ished the number Of workers IN other
industries and businesses, even though
some of these are termed ESSENTIAL. The
problem OF women continuing these jobs
after the war was also discussed at this
conference, and not alone working IN the
war plants but taking Jobs In stores to
help out. The factories gains at this
time are the stores loss, In many In
stances; also many other small businesses
who lose out because the factory pay Is
more attractive. This Is a situation that
cannot be helped. And If these above
mentioned clubwomen come forward now
and later and assume positions Where
needed they will help materially now ana
during the early years OF the postwar
period.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13

cattle lobby, said to Vinson
"What difference does Il make
II meat goes up 10 per cent? IL
only means few cents o month TO
each family"
Replied Vinson: "How long can
you expect o dam TO hold with
one small hole In IT."
He proceeded to fix q ceiling
price on beef.
BANKERS WEEP
Much as the rail men hate VIM
son, they probably would have
changed their minds had they sat
incognito ut meeting OF the
Investment Bankers Association
OF America. 1t was supposed to
be q happy occasion. But Vim
son, called upon TO speak, made
II most unhappy. The bankers
virtually wept In their cham
payne. He said
Americans, IN this second
year Of total war, nre spending
astronomical sums on food,
drink, jewelry, furs and ways 10
make merry. Expenditures In
theaters, cabarets, concerts and
other amusement this year rose
80 per cent"
Pointing out that the Ameri-
can people must tax themselves,
must prevent initiation through
taxation, Vlnson continued:
"S0me day our boys will como
home. pity the sunshine pa
triOt who when called before
them must say: 4 took the bread
from the mouths Of your wife
and children while you fought
for me-"
After his speech. one cynical
banker told Vlnson: "I'll bet
Charley Nicholson wrote that
speech for YOU"
But IL wasn't meant as @ CAM
paign speech. Vinson feels what
no says, lives 1t, practices ".
And though he may be hated by
bankers, cattlemen, oil men, rail-
road labor and John l.. Lewis, 1t
will take the President Of the
United States himself to override
Fred Vinson when II comes to
pulling out tho initiation plug by
even the tiniest bit.
Copyright, 1943, by United
Feature Syndicate, 1nc3
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13
Current Comment

Thus far, Russian recapture OF
territories has added more to her
population to be fed than to her
current supplies Of food. The hard
year for Russia will be 1914. We
must make certain she has enough
food to continue her present mag
nifcent fight and to get her rich
Ukrainian Sarmlands producing
again.
Vice President Henry Wal
lace.
I think we ought to be prepared
to carry on the European war
through 1914 regardless Of any
miracles that might happen mean
time.
Herbert Hoover.
Axis solidarity never really ex-
listed. Every Italian was searched
before attending so-called Discus
sions. including myself.
Marshal Pietro Bodoglio OF
Italy.
Labor will do well TO restore In.
diyidual initiative and self-re-
lance and reverse the ternd to-
ward the standardization Of hui
man beings.
Frederick G. Crawford, presi-
dent National Association Of
Manufacturer.
Never has q military alliance pro-
duced pCace. But many Of them
have produced war.
Herbert HooveS. 1snMaznAm..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13

Judge Vinson, they thought, was
an going, soft-spoken Ken
lucky eX-Congressman VINO liked
to tell darby stories, rellsned
inint-julep ana would rather
watch q horse race than fix
prices.
But they were sadly mistaken.
Judge Vinson does like mint ju-
leps. He also enjoys horse races
and good stories. But all this and
more have been swept aside In his
passionate campaign to stop In
tlatlon.
In short, Judge VinsOn has de-
vel0ped into another Leon Hen
derson-but with political savvy.
He has roWed with the farmers,
he has earned the undying enmity
Of railroad labor, he has fought
the big oil companies, he has the
cattlemen swearing vengeance
against him, he has stamped on
the toes OF John l.. Lewis, ne has
even taken an Old Curmudgeon
Harold Ickcs.
VINSON VS. ICKES
Once, after Vinson had stuck
q large and unyielding fist In
front OF Ickes' drive for higher oil
prices, the Secretary OF the In
terlor wrote Judge Vinson a typical
Ickes letter. Next day at cabinet
meeting the two men met.
Harold" said Judge Vinson,
beating him TO the punch, II
certainly want TO thank you for
that sweet letter you wrote me.
Some people might have thought
II sharp, but I know what you
could have written II you had
really set your mind TO IT,"
Even Ickes had 10 laugh. In
this particular fight, Vinson was
bucking the big oil companies
and the entire oil industry. In an
fight, however, he was bucklng
the coal miners and took just as
adamant stand against John
l.. Lewis.
While he was comforting with
Coal Administrator Newton, Presi-
dent Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, the latter remarked that
that there were some serious
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13
NEED A GOOD TONIC BE
COMPLEX?

A highly successful doctor whose
office for several years was nearly
next door to mine impaired to me
one secret of his success. He al
ways kept q keg of coated tablets
Of strychnine on hand-variouSly
colored tabletS-which cost penny
a handful when purchased in bulk
and gave nearly every patient
little envelope or carton Of the tab
lets in addition to whatever treat
ment the patient needed. Strych-
nine, my colleague and mentor
maintained, was just about the best
all-round tonic in the materia
medica.
tried 1t out for a while in the
old days, but it just didn't work.
was too timid-I cringed every
thine read Of the death in con-
WILSON'S Of some child who found
package Of candy" pills and ate
some before the parent or guardian
realized that the candy was poi
sonous. I forget whether the law
required nostrums containing
strychnine Cor nux vonica) to have
POISON label, but no such eau
ton or warning was required on
medicine dispensed by q physician.
Today II you ask me to recon-
mend q good tonic am as much at
loss what To suggest as Id be to
tell you which I'd rather do or go
fishing.
But I know how I'd handle the
tonic department II were q tyro
in practice. I'd have bin Of wheat
In the rear of my Office, employ
some one to wash, dry and wrap
the wheat in pretty cartons, so the
farmers who grow the stuff wouldn't
be afraid TO eat 1t, and practically
every patient would get carton Of
II with specific instructions to take
from one to ten tablespoonfuls
daily.
Or, II that wouldn't work I'd
kepe barrel or hogshead Of q vita
min B complex concentrate In
liquid form on tap and dole out
four fluidounces to q pint OF 1t to
every patient complaining Of "in-
digestion" gas constipation"
lack OF pep, constant fatigue,
mucous "colitis," palpitation, short
ness Of breath, weak heart, poor
appetite, excessive fondness for
sweets, fiabby superfiuous flesh, etc.
Along with the vitamin B COM
pick In the tonic I'd have about @
grain of iron gluconate to the tea
spoonful and wee pinch OF man
ganese.' Teaspoonful would provide
about 800 international units OF 81,
500 micrograms Of ribohavin %,
B2) and the other entities Of the B
complex In proportion. Teaspoonful
once daily to infants or children,
two or three times daily TO adults.
Until the people realized that
gave everybody the same medicine
I believe could 60 to town with
1t for B complex Is really q good
tonic for every one who subsists
on modern refined food.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-13

questions to be considered on the
SIDE Of the miners.
"Ihere'S only O"e question for
me-" shot back VLison, whether
we've got one flag or two In
this country"
The most hated man In the
u. s. A. as far as railroad labor
Is concerned Is Fred Vinson. some
rail- workers actually think that
Vinson must have been paid by
the railroad executives to block
their demand for O wage In
crease.
BORN IN JAIL
What they didn't realize Is that
Vinson has been just as adamant
In blocking big business and every
one else who wants TO up prices.
Also they don't realize that Vim
son, born In jail IN the mountains
OF Kentucky, has spent his life
battling for the underdog
Vinson, Senior, was jailer at
Louisa, KY, when the youngster
who later was to become car OF
American economy entered the
world. Louisa is up In the KEN
lucky mountains where some peo-
pie stu carry guns, and where
some OF the Judges friends, In
all seriousness, have promised to
bring their Winchesters to Wash
ington II he gets In trouble.
At Central College, KY, VIM
son was o star baseball player, re-
ceived several big league offers,
turned them down to study law,
and enter Congress. He became @
Congressman ut 80, soon BECAME q
leading tax legislator and Is the
man largely responsible for in-
creasing taxes In the higher brack-
cts, and easing them In tho lower.
Though IL hasn't been fca-
turcd In the papers. Vinson Ii
hated by the big cattle ranchcrs
even more than by railroad men.
For months they tried 70 pre-
vent his putting q ceiling on
the price Of beef. In this. his
old friends, War Food Adminis-
traitor Judge Marvin Jones, Con-
gresham Dick Klcberg, worlds
largest rancher, and Assistant
Agricultural Secretary Grover
Hill - all from Texas - lined
UP against him.
Joe Montagu, Of the southwest