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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
MOST STATE HOSPITALS ARE TO BLAME FOR EXISTING PREJUDICES A G AINST
 THEM

Everett, Mass,
 May l2, l943,
 Editor of The Democrat:
 In any evaluation of public psy- chiatric hospital progress it is well to pause and look at the adminis- trative policies of the different in- stitutions. No psychatric admins trator likes to have his patients re- ferrcd to as the living dead" Yet this is the way 1t works out if we examine the various hospital publi- cations which publish original poems and other literary effort by the patients. The State Hospitals in this country not ashamed to publish | their patients names can be count cd on the fingers of one hand; the rest of them arc satisfied with maintaining the barrier of secrecy just as if hospitalization were great stigma. The administrative psychiatrists like to boast that it IS no greater a disgrace to be hos pitalized in a State Hospital than to be a patient in general medical hospital. But their boasting lacks consistency. The greater number of the institutions make hospitaliza- ton a disgrace by using initials of their patients rather than their full names even when the patients themselves prefer the latter. Why this is so is something most people are unable to understand. If there is no longer any stigma to being mental patient then why all the secrecy?
 Two leaders in the administrative psychiatric field, Dr. Charles H. Dolloff, of New Hampshire State Hospital, at Concord, and Dr. E. A. Baber. of Longview State Hospital, at Cincinnati, Ohio do not look upon mental breakdown as dis grace and in "The Friendly Forum published by New Hampshire State hospital, and 'The Bulletin" of Longview State hospital, patients names are published just as they should be in every state hospital or gan. Dr. Dollof explains that this is the way 1t sholuld be or 1t would | llOL bC' " WiiiSiI SfCA9 biOhhiiiAiAhSA person will agree. Somebody goes to a State hospital for treatment and the hospital hushes his identity up as though insanity were crime in- stead of nothing to be ashamed Of. It does not make sense at all Isn't it time that the backward institu- tions emerged from their living in the past and joined hands with pro gressive hospital heads like Drs. Dolloff and Baber Either this or quit their bragging about insanity no longer being a disgrace. If there is nothing to be ashamed of in be- ing a patient in State Hospital then why all the secrecy surround ing who is who among the patients? Many of the State Hospitals have nobody to blame but themselves for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

Contrary to what might be expected summer camps for boys and girls will flourish this summer. Perhaps one of the reasons is that parents are occupied in war service and the camp is safe place for the young American. Also at the camps this summer the children will do some of the farm work which was formerly done by hired workers. The camp this summer will not only train youth to enjoy wholesome pleasures and to take joy out of healthy indoor and out door sports, but it will teach them how tC be useful in making victory gardens and caring for them. Repair work done by handymen will also be part of their daily schedule In short the camps will go on in a big way with the necessary revisions to fit in with the trend of the times It is also said that campfire girls will add farming to their regular pursuits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
FOR EVERY CHILD A PLACE
 IN THE RAIN

Her mother says she is six, 471s inches tall, weighs 50 pounds. That is about an inch taller than the average height of girls six years old, about a pound less than the average weight for that age and height.
 She had tonsilitis five or six times year, winter and summer, until she was four years old, when mother had her tonsils removed and that, too, was wise, I think.
 Since the child's tonsils were re- moved, mother reports, she has had frequent colds" (heaven only knows what that means) and "then they go into the chest and she will have a hard bronchial cough and some fever which hangs on for 8 week or more. Sometimes 1t seems to clear up for several days and then cough and fever return, but the fever goes up only to about 99.6 for another week or so. Recently the doctor advised me to stop talk ing her temperature and let her go back to school. I did so and her cough soon cleared up. She was fine for two weeks, then took an- other, and now she has the bron- chial cough again, with fever. :. She has had cold shots, prescribed vitamin tonic, blue light treatment. She has never got to go out in the rain in a bathing suit like other children, never waded in the water, never gone without Slacks when 1t is cold-in fact she has never been free like most children"
 Without saying so the mother implies that much or all of the child's trouble may be due to the fact that her tonsils were removed. do not believe there is any good reason to think so. No doubt enough tonsil tissue remains in the throat to take care of whatever function such tissue may serve in maintaining fair immunity against respiratory infection. No matter how the tonsilS are removed or who removes them, there is generally some tonsil tissue left in the throat. Talk about complete" removal is just shop or trade talk. And good thing 1t is, say, that the tonsils are practically never "com- pletely" removed by any method.
 The mother would do well to have the child carefully examined for bronchiectasis including X-ray film of chest. Other than that, I can offer but one practical sugges- tion-that mother send me three cent stamped envelope bearing her address. for pamphlet "Adenoids and Tonsils."
 If she were my child she'd get to go out in the rain-or snow or slush-in bathing suit or what ever she wanted to wear or leave off, and she'd go wading, barefoot whenever she liked. Right there, I sincerely believe, is likely ex- planation for the child's low im- munity against the cri. She has never had her place in the sun, in the skySlline, in the rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

many areas of truth, and especially in the religious. AS we go out to meet life's difficulties, to slay it's Minotalrs, we have to guard against being lost in the maze of despair. It is necessary for us to unroll skein of thread as Theseus did in or der that we iAay find ou" way back. And for the Christian that thread is the gospel. If he tries to fight life's battle purely on the basis of ethics or humanism, he will find the disillusioning experiences Of life leaving him baffled and lost. The gospel IS the thread of hope which runs through the life Of every Christian,
 It is this gospel which leads us back to serenity and hope, after we have had our encounters with life's monsters. We encounter temptation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

Things are seldom what they seem the song goes. Nor are they what they should be- May is way behind schedule in some respects. Things are not so advanced, the budding process is slow. But just look at the grass. Long and heavy enough to cut and several months to look ahead to and all the grass cutters otherwise en- gagged. Looks like it will have to be family affair this summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

| war production, WOulQ DC termed downright sabotage.
 The issue hasn't received as much attention as 1t probably deserves because 1t is bit complicated, also because 1t got buried and involved in the futile attempt of Senator George D. Aiken of Putney, Vt., to stop the reappointment of Admiral E. s. Land for another term as chairman of the Maritime Commis- sion and War Shipping Adminis- trator.
 But for weeks the Maritime Com mission and controller generals of- flee lawyer have been arguing the matter without coming to any con- clusion, and so hamstrung are some of the ship owners by this delay that In the last few days they have been meeting with the War Shipping Administration in an effort to work out some kind of interim agreement, pending final adjustment.
 Under the law, the ship owners could accept 75 per cent of the compensation due them, but If they did this payment, they would be forced to sue the government for the balance and there would follow q long string of court actions. Natur- ally ship owners and the War Shipping Administration both want to avoid that further tie-up.
 RISING SHIP VALUES
 This case in the first instance goes back to the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution which says that private property shall not be taken for pubuic use without just com pensation. If the government seizeS q privately owned ship for war cargo service, for instance, the owner shall receive just compensation.
 On Sept. 8, 1889, the President issued q proclamation declaring the existence of limited national emergency" That was right after Hitler started marching, you'll re- member. At that time, ship values were low.
 On May 27, l94l. the President issued another proclamation, de- claring general national emer- gency," and further bringing into operation the power of the Mari time Commission to requisition ship ping. By that time, ship values had risen, partly because there was greater demand for shipping, partly because of submarine sink ings in European waters.
 Therefore, the Maritime Commis- sion, which did not begin to requi- sition ships until after May. 194l, set payment scale on shipping 1t requLstioned, higher than the value Of 1889, but lower than the value May, l94l, and proceeded to order the Treasury to recompense owners of seized vessels accordingly.
 IMPARTIAL OPINION
 But along comes the Office of Controller General Lindsay Warren to say no, the Maritime Commission rates should be based on rates in effect in 1883, or nearly two years before the Maritime Commission began to requisition vessels In any quantity.
 Congress, through the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Senate Com merce Committee, had already been asked to clarify the law but that got nowhere. So an impartial arbiter was called in, in the person of Will liam D. Mitchell, to investigate and write a memorandum. Not to settle the case. mind you-just to write a memo. He did. It is a masterful composition, in simple direct English unusual to find in q lawyer. It recommended that the commission apply to the attorney general for an opinion. So far. that has not been done. Apparently that would be too simple.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

Down in the New York area women are learning to work the controls of trolley cars. While we have no trolleys in many of our upstate cities Manhattan still ad- heres to the changing trolley. And women are now being recruited to learn the bus mess of running them. With women driving taxs and busses, selling train tickets and many other man jobs, things seem to be getting "curiouser and curi- ouSer and curiouser."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

War Shipping Ad- mintstration and the con tro Her g e n e r al's office 10 agree on inter-
 pretation Of the law supposed to determine rat e s of payment. It is a perfect example of a lovely law yers' fight, of a snarl in govern ment red tape, of a bottleneck 1 n a d m 1 n 1 s trative procedure which, If duplicated In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D

THE THREAD OF RESCUE
 Theseus. the Greek hero, slew the Minotaur which was confined in the labyrinth. This was palace full of intricate passageways which made it difficult for one to find his way either from the entrance to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Knox Backs Ruus Report Navy Officials Aid to Daodgers Lyndon Johnson Uncovers High links in Demens for Civilian Employees Soda eker ecassfed When He Gets Job Engineering Capaciy Fuel Oil Will Be RaOned Next Wner OA Will Issue Regulations Soon WASHINGTON fisher has the Mayor Chicago
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

inter'"r or from the interior back to the entrance. Theseus, as he went. unrolled behind him a thread which, after he h a d slain the mon- ster, guided him out again.
 This fanciful story constitutes a Darable in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
Selected Poem
GENTILITY

Virginia Scott Miner in the New York Times. Three old gentewoman live
 In the house next door to mine Reared to manage house well statied, And to make their stitches fine "A gentlewoman' their mother said, Wherever she may go, May always hire her cooking done, But she must know how to seW!" Years have come and years gone by, Their lives turned many 6 page Letters, callers and books complete Their gentle days of age. They all have learned long since to cook, But still, in hours past tea, They bring out fancywork as fine As spiders web could be, For "a lady" so their mother said, Wherever she may go, May always hire her cooking done, But she must know how to sew"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Soft COrnS

Please recommend something for soft corns between the toes.
 (M. D.
 Answer-Paint the corn with the famous corn collidion"-solution of 30 grains of salicylic acid in one half ounce of flexible collodion. But first the soft corn and skin around it must be kept perfectly dry, not macerated with moisture. To do this pack bits of absorbent cotton between the toes, changing twice a day, and using plenty of borated talcum powder. The "corn collo- dion" should be painted on corn, Wart or callus once daily for week or ten days-when corn, wart or callus will be softened and readily wiped away.
 Medicine Cupboard How about a few articles telling us what to keep in the medicine chest and how to use the home rem edies you often suggest? These times, with so many doctors gone to war, your practical talks are literally blessing. (Mrs. c. HO Answer-Thank you. I have that idea in mind constantly. Send twenty-five cents and stamped en- velope bearing your address, for 80- page booklet "The Medicine Cup board" Second part of it gives many formulas or receipts for the Family Formulary. First part tells how to deal with common emer- gencies and ailments.
 HemOglObin
 Severe cold left me run down. Doctor found my hemoglobin 78 After taking his medicine montt I returned and he found hemoglo bin still 78. He changed medicine Two weeks later hemoglobin 72. H then wanted to give be iron inJec tions. Should I take iron injections have blood test to check up by an other doctor or forget all about iti
 (Mrs. w. M.
 Answer-Why? Your doctor dealing fairly and honestly witt you. Better stick to him and forget your odd notions of the doctor bus mess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
IIemOglObin

Europe will come from the north as well as from the south, from the east as well as from the west
 AS Hitler's early triumphs showed victory develops a momentum of it own. The Nazis are now having th' experience of seeing the other fel lows victory coming their way witt increasing momentum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
In Today's Mail

existing prejudices against such places, As long as such places re- main places of mystery" just so long will the general public look upon public psychiatric institutions with suspicion.
 EUGENE BERTRAM WILLARD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
A Thought for Today

If man VOW VOW unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.-Numbers 3O:2,
 An oath an oath, have an oath in heaven: Shall lay perjury upon my soul? No, not for Vence.-Shakespeare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sonal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street. Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Legal Snarl Looms Up For
 Ship Owners
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespondent)

Two hundred million dollars due ship owners as payment for seizure of their vessels by the government is now tied up by inability of gov- ernment lawyers representing the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-13

and defeat. We run afoul disap- pointment and loss. The Bible tells US that the last enerly to be over come is death. The gospel teaching about life after death is the threat which leads us back again to peace.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Women's Shoes, '3'S'

We're $6.95 and more
80 pairs Of pumps sepns and ties in calfskin patent
leather and gabardne (679o wool and 339o cotton).
Black blue and tan Not all sizes IN every style.
Note: Coupon 1s, War Ration Book T. must be de-
tached by at time OF shoe purchase.
Woodward & Lothrop-women's Shoes, Second Floor
Evening star., 1943-07-01
LAMPS and Shades Reduced

1 Dubonnet Scored Parchment Paper Shade 1s-inch
Was $3.50. Now - $3.50
l Old Ivory color Parchment Paper Shade, 1s-inch
Was $3.50. ------$ $225
White Rayon Broeade Shade, bel-shape rayon
lining. Was So So Now NoW------$2 $3.50
Eggshell Rayon Bell-shape Shades blue velvet trim
top and bottom lined with tearose rayon 15l l-inch.
Were $3.50. Now S275
l Champagne Rayon Bell-shape Shade 1e-inch SELF
color rayon lining Was $780, Now-----450
Evening star., 1943-07-01
(An bases weighted.)
Prices include 1870 tax
woodward & LOthrop-
The Silver Room, First Floor.
Art NeedIework Reduced

- Stamped Linen Scarfs. 36 and a
inches in length. Were $l.10. Now 75c
; Stamped Cotton Dimity 9.Piece Luncheon
Sets, peach and blue. Were $l.25. Now,
75o
IL Cotton Tapestry Knitting Bags, wooden
handles. Were 81. Now-75c 75c
5 Pieces Needlepoint with petit-point CEN
ters, % to rs inch canvases. Were $3.50.
NOW -------------------- $175
Z Needlepoint Pieces for Benches, canvas
23x45 inches, design finished. Were $3.50.
Now $12
l Needlepoint Bench Piece, design finished.
canvas 23x46 inches. Were $12.5o. Now.
$S95
l Needlepoint Chair Seat, design finished
on 27-inch canvas. Was $6. Now $4
log Balls Of Suxar-and- cream Cotton in
assorted colors. Were SOC. Now ,---- zoe
Model Linen Cutwork Table Cloth. size
58x76 inches. Was $40. Now $3.50
Model Linen Luncheon Cloth, cross-stitch
design, size 54x72 inches. Was $3.50. Now.
$22.5o
/ Model RAyon -and-cotton Luncheon Cloth,
embroidered lazy daisy design. Size 54x72
inches Was SIS. Now SIS
2 Model Spun Rayon Luncheon Sets, green
or blue. Cloth, 81 inches and 4 napkins.
Was $3.50. Now w------------.$ $3.50
Model Embroidered Cotton Bridge Set,
Cloth 80 inches and napkins Was 81.
NOW $S
woodward q Lothrop-Art Needlework,
Seventh Floor
Evening star., 1943-07-01

Silver plated Urns for buffet or table. Were $25
each ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIS
(plus lo% taxi
1 Marine figure Nursery Lamp and parchment paper
shade Was S. 1918
Tall Dusky pink Lamp, composition base leaf design
with 17-inch drum shape parchment paper shade to
match Was $3.50. Now ow-------------------.$ SO
l Bronze finish Student Bridge Lamp with swing arm
With globe and bulb Was $3.50. Now SO
Floral print Parchment Paper Shades 16-inch. Were
$3.50 each Now - $3.50
Woodward g. Lothrop-Lamps and Shades. Seventh
Evening star., 1943-07-01
F|oorcoverings Greatly Reduced

l sx12 Administer Wool Rug. Was SAT so. Now $3475
Cotton Chenille Lid Covers Half price Now 45c
2 SAMPLES Wool Broadloom Carpet, 2x3 feet Were
6 Asks Samples Wool Broadloom Carpet. Halt price.
Now $18.75
9x15 Sisal Rugs, blue light Were 1895.
Now - 1896
3 54x90-nch Fiber Rugs. Were $3.50 Now $3.95
1 sx1o Burgundy Sisal Rug Was $26.s5. Now $lS.95
1 sx1o Blue Sisal Rug. Was s22s5. Now-----s s16.95
2 9x12 Light Rose-colored Ssal Rugs. Were $24 95.
10 9x12 Fiber Stencil Rugs Were $14.95. Now $9.75
Woodward g. Lothrop- -Floorcoverings Sixth Floor.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Misses Rayon Sports Dresses, s67'
Less than u price

Less than Y Price
18 dresses for sports wear in aqua and powder blue
Sizes IL to 20.
Is Rayon Dresses two-pece sports styles in blue,
green, aqua and red. Sizes IL to 20. Less than y
price. Now - --------4-. 1918
Is Rayon Sports Dresses in luggage gray and navy.
Woodward & Lothrop-Sportswear. Third Floor
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Camera Cases Greatly Reduced

No. 6ls Brownie Special Cases. Were $125. Now -7Se
3oxl0-inch Challenger Screen Case Was $2.2S Now.
Sl.50
l Kalart Synchronixer. Was $1495. Now------S7SS
10 Home Movie Films. Were $S75. Now--------$6ss
Evening star., 1943-07-01

and Dining Room Furniture, Sixth Floor
Evening star., 1943-07-01

1 Bookcase, mahogany finished gumwood. 80 inches
long, 1917 inches WIDE 371a inches high. Originally
s175o. Now ------S SS75
l Modern End Table, magazine shelf walnut finished
hardwood. Was $3.50 Now $10.95
l Drop-leaf Extension Table, mahogany veneer on
hardwood Was $64 Now- $42 so
l Record Cabinet, mahogany finish on hardwood. 36
inches high, 81 inches long Was sl9.75 Now - sl3
Dining Room
1 Duncan Phyfe Table, mahogany veneer on hard
wood Was s71 Now ----- $46 so
1 Dinette Table, old world mahogany finish on birch.
32x4S inches. Was $3.50. Now w------------- $3.50
l Dinette Table, old world mahogany finish on birch.
Was s1e Now - $14.75
Woodward & Lothrop-Living and Dining Room Fur
Evening star., 1943-07-01

3 Enameled Sauce Pots Half price ---------- Csc
25 Speed Wardens preventing your driving above
thirty five miles per hour Less than u price 10c
1 China Drpolator. Less than 4 price-------- 95c
l China Dripoator. Less than p price
! Chrome Ice Tub Less than % price S295
! crecp Wooden Chair less than u price CSC
1 Unpainted Round Lamp Table. Less than "a price
S295
Paper Rug Wraps, ex12. Less than u price, 25c
I Porcelain Ton Table Less than - price-$395
Z Paner WardrobeA Less than 10 price - CSC
Metal Typewriter Tables Less than Y price s195
l Fireplace Spark Guard Less than u price $3.50
3-Fod Fireplace Screens. Less than u price $295
I Wood and Cardboard Under the bed Chest. Less
than l., nrice . S195
Al Kitchen Drying Racks, metal case with wooden
Less than u price e---------------------25 25c
Wood Kitchen Stools, one red and white, the other
black and white Less than u price $195
Enameled Drying Racks Less than u price s195
l Unpafnted Drop-Leaf Table. Was $3.50 Now $s95
Evening star., 1943-07-01

Turn Your Old Records
Into "Smokes for Yonks"
drop them into q specioI con-
toiner with the "Smokes for
Yonks" sign on our Main Aisle,
First Floor.
Evening star., 1943-07-01

Sizes IL to 10. Were $22 95 to $25. Now S1675
Rayon Sports Coats in lime gold and fuchsia. Sizes
10 to 20. Were $16.95. Now --------------- $1O.75
10 Rayon Knitted Jackets nnger-tip length in lime.
luggage, fuchsia and aqua. Sizes 10 to 18. Were
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Lovely Nightgowns and Pajamas, s2.''

If perfect would sell for $3.95
48 gowns and 48 pairs Of pojonos in royo
fomous maker. Bios-cut tailored gowns il
IL to TO-
Woodward & Lothrop- Underwear. Third Floor.
Evening star., 1943-07-01
Rayon Hose, 7 pairs 'I

We're 79c pair
200 pairs ll-fashoned Rayon Hose srntan, sizes
8h, 9, 91a.
IA pairs No-Seam Rayon Mesh Suntan Hose Ezes
8, 912, 10. Were 46c. Now $50
"a pairs McCalum Lisle Novelty Hose high shades
broken sizes Half price, Now 75o
40 pairs Plain and Fancy Cotton Anklets sizes In
group to II. Were, pair soc. Now4 pairs 81
Woodward & Iothrop-
Hosiery, Aisles II and 10, First Floor,
Evening star., 1943-07-01

Tripod Cases Were 50. Now----s1s5
l Tripod Case. Was $275. -Sls5
l Tripod Case Was $3.50. Now-----$29 $295
l Keystone Camera Case Was $3.50 Now $195
l No go Camera Case Was So. Now -$1S5
Woodward q Lothrop- Cameras, Fourth Floor