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Evening star., 1943-02-28
Japs Retreat Further
In Renewed Fighting
On New Guinea
Number Of Enemy Slain
By Allied Forces in
Sulumuuu Sector
BY the Associated Press.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA. Sunday. Feb. 2s.-In
renewed ground fighting on the
approaches to Salamaua. New
Guinea. the Japanese have retreated
!urther IN the vicinity of Wau and
Mubo. leaving number of dead, the
Allied high command announced to-
day.
Last month the Japs were crushed
IN an attempt to destroy an Allied
alrdrome at Wau, which is 35 miles
southwest of Salamaua, Northeast
New Guinea coastal city. Harrving
Allied patrols then forced the Japs
INTO a retreat toward Mubo, some
IL miles below Salamaua. The Japs
lost more than 1000 dead in skir-
mlshes and patrol activities. Re-
Gently there have been no definite
reports Of ground activity, but Al
lied planes in the area have engaged
IN hours Of bombing and strafng.
Iodays noon communique from
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters reported of the Wau-Mubo
operations:
Our ground patrols threw the
enemy's forward elements back,
many Of his dead being left in our
hands"
Aerial activity was on consid-
erably reduced scale, being concen-
trated in New Guinea. At Lac. above
Salamaua on the Huon Gulf. me-
dlum bombers started fires and 81
fenced machine-gun positions.
The communique reported that
IN a roundup of stragglers in the
area Of Allied-held Buna. well be-
low Lae-Salamaua, $50 Japs have
been killed and 10 taken prisoner
during February. During the con-
quest Of the Papuan Peninsula, on
which Buna is located, the Austral-
1ans and Americans dispersed or
destroyed a Jap army of $4,000. All
organized resistance in Papua end
ed January %, but it was conceded
that many groups of poorly sup
piled Japs still were roaming the
jungleS.
Evening star., 1943-02-28
Plaque With Swostikus
Will Chide Absentees

BY The Associated Press
NEW BRITAIN. Conn.-The New
Britain Machine Co. has announced
that it will award plaque, approx
imately 3 feet by feet, each week
to the department which has the
most absentees.
The plaque will be inscribed with
sWastikaS.
Evening star., 1943-02-28
Army Will Provide
All Fronts With
Latest Tunes
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The War Department an
nounced yesterday it is sending
hit kits"-Words and music of
six popular songs-to men on all
the fighting fronts. The pack
cts will be sent monthly on the
basis Of one for each 200 men.
Songs in the first kit: This
Is the Army, Mr. Jones" There
Are Such Things" Move 1t
Over" IT Had the Craziest
Dream" I've Got Sixpence'
and Praise the Lord and Pass
the Ammunition.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
State Department

Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles are
couple of swell gentlemen. After ten
years OF good work together in the State
Department they appear to have reached
the parting of the ways. That may be
accounted for on the general grounds of
differences of opinion" concerning the
administration of international affairs
Mr.. Hull left the Senate ten years ago to
become Premier of President Roosevelt's
Cabinet. He had made a splendid repu-
tation in the Senate Welles began his
career in the State Department at that
time and soon built a reputation as an
able diplomat.
AS time went on Hull began to talk
like an old conservative and Welles dis
played signs of agreeing with most of
the New Deal policies. At first they were
able to strike fair balances, and their
teamwork reflected principally to the
credit of Hull. But when the Secretary
was away the statements and declara-
lions from the Under-Secretary sounded
so unlike those by Hull that the latter
became critical - and so they drifted
apart. Unless Congress puts crimp in
Mr.. Hull's plan he'll be using his trade
treaty prescriptions to make the world
safe against protective tariffs in the post
war era.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

not return to the United States was q
shock to our government.
While our Administration was trying
to overlook Stains failure to help us in
the Pacific the Russians were tightening
their hold on Poland, Finland and other
territories that do not belong to them.
Stain admits that he is much obliged"
for several billion dollars Of Lend-Lease
gifts, and at the same time he has indi-
Gated his displeasure because we have not
obeyed his demands for invasion of the
Western Front
It's all too bad, but Russia never did
think problems out our way. Stain has
stuck to his blueprints. Perhaps he is
giving us shock that will be beneficial
in the long run in solving the peace by
settling differences before it is too late,
la Versailles in 1919, when Wilson was
double-crossed by Clemenceau, Lloyd
George and Orlando. Litvinoff may be
able to influence the Russians and in that
case he will be continuing his good work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
The Harvest to Come

What's planted must be harvested. At
no time has this country faced a more
critical situation than the present sum-
mer. Crops on the whole are not disap-
pointing Here and there are sectional up
sets, and certain crops have had their u.s.
ual spoilage. But on the whole the vast
planting all over the country has resulted
in favorable cultivation and ripening.
And now for .he harvest!
The Office of War Information in Wash
ington has stated that at least 100000
would be needed to assist in the harvest.
If farms are to handle what has been
produced vast amount of volunteer help
will be necessary. It is to be hoped the
help will be forthcoming 1t is not pleas
ant to consider waste of any of the fall
harvest. The corn crops which were
threatened for time during midwestern
floods are good, and everywhere all over
the land that bountiful harvest that
forms part of the practical and pictur-
esque background of this fertile land OF
ours equals in quantity and quality the
harvest of other years.
With the aid of the volunteer corps
added to the estimated II 100000 farm la
Dor force the country should be suffi-
GENTLY supplied with enough harvesters
to take care of the supply on hand.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
WE DON'T EAT ACRES
(Bridgeport Telegram)

War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes in his speech over the
radio the other night complained
about those obstructive critics"
who are taking the food program
to pieces. He ought to include
among the critics about 100 Of the
100 million people In America and
their complaint isn't based on hear
say. They just can't get the food
they want.
Mr.. Byrnes was highly optimistic.
He said the critics are basing their
criticism entirely on "our failure to
reclaim At million acres which
were lost from food production be-
tween 1892 and 1885," We have in
creased some of this acreage since,
he says, so that in 1912 the harvest
ed acreage was only "a million
acres less than in 1882. Then he
added:
THE important thing however is
not the acres in production butt he
food produced. We eat food. We do
not eat acres. With 20 million acres
less in production the Amer
lean farmer produced SO per cent
more food.'
Okay, Mr.. Byrnes. We don't eat
acres, we eat food. We don't eat
reports. pamphlets or Monograph
ed copies Of your speeches either.
We eat food. Since the food Is
there as you say, SO per cent more
Of 1t. suppose you get 1t out into the
stores, where the people can look at
it and buy tiff they have cou-
pons for it. And If you can't do that,
brother, step aside.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
Russia's Bad Behavior

Maybe the United States is partly to
blame for its disappointment with the
Soviet Union. There was distrust of Rus
sin up to the time that country was in
vaded by the Germans. A purge against
Communism had been going on in the
United States for several years. In fact,
we were particularly sore because Russia
had made treaty of neutrality with Ger
many just before the invasion.
When Marshal Stain failed to show
up at the Casa Blanca Conference and
continued to remain out of reach of Pres
ident Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill the American public couldn't
reason why. While this was going on
Maxim Latvinoff became the most pop
tlar ambassador of a foreign government
IN Washington. He proved himself to be
an able diplomat and so far as it was
humanity possible strengthened the ties
of friendship between Russia am Amer
ica. That's why the news that . would
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Only One to a Custom,

Only One to Customer
I want why Have Headaches?"
and also your pamphlet Here
tofore when I have asked for more
than one pamphlet I have received
only one. Do you think you could
break down and send me the four?
(Mrs. X. B. H.
Answer-For the pamphlet why
Have Headaches" send three-cent
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress and ask .or lido not send a
clipping. For every additional PAM
phlet you must inclose ten cents
This Is the only way I can give rea-
sonably good service to all readers
Allregy
Every little while I have an Itch
ing commencing under chin and
spreading over face and down as
far as armpits, no pimples, no ap-
parent. irritation, just redness and
great itching. (Mrs. G. v. H.
Answer-Perhaps 1t is from aller-
gic sensiiivity to some plant, such
as primrose, or possibly to orris root
in some toilet or cosmetic prepa-
ration. If 1t is allergic you may
get relief from an occasional dose
Of potassium chloride. Send stamped
envelope bearing your address, and
ask for pamphlet "Relief for AL
lergy."
Vitamin c In Canned Tomato Juice
Do you say there is no vitamin c
in home canned tomato or tomato
Juice? ID. 81
Answer-No. Home canned TO-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
A Thought for Today
Let's Have No Gestapo

AS a matter of national policy, there
mas been minimum of hysterical intoler-
ance In this war. The Department of
Justice and its investigative agency, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, have
leaned over backward to avoid perse-
cutting anybody for reason of race or
philosophy so long as he did nothing
overt against the peace and dignity of the
United States. This makes it the more un-
1artunate that underlings here and there
nave sullied the record by petty totali-
tarlan actions which, in all charity, we
90 not believe their superiors would have
condoned. There was the not-yet-iden-
Lifted person, presumably somewhere in
the postal service, who snooped at card
sent by novelist Rose Wilder Lane to a
left-Wing newspaper columnist, and there
by caused MIR. Lanes loyalty to be inves-
tigated because, fooliShly or wisely, she
diStruStS the workings of social security
in Great Britain.
There was the Owl section head who,
with a Federal Communications Commits
sion attorney, blackmailed radio stations
into discharging broadcasters by with
holding station licenses, without charges
or evidence beyond the section heads
personal prejudices. There were the
analyses" made by an FEC employee, as
q result Of which radio stations were
charged with "defeatism" for such crimes
as emphasizing the peace theme in Pope
Plus Christmas message and reporting
that President Roosevelt had cancelled a
press conference without giving any rea-
son. These are not all the instances.
They are just few recent ones They
emphasize that certain type of bureau
crat of the liberal fringe - T. r. used to
call it the lunatic fringe-is as totalitarian
as the Fascists we are fighting this war
to destroy.
They emphasize also that censorship
and restriction feed upon themselves Ger
tain restraints which would not be toler-
ated in time Of peace are inevitable dur
ing war. We accent them as such.
Then, unless we are eternally on the alert,
each censorship and each restraint is
expanded, fraction of an inch at a
time, until long-cherished liberties cease
to be recognizable. We must have no
Gestapo-not even mild, unofficial,
tentative one - in this country. With
malice toward none, the individuals
guilty of the abuses described, and all
others like them, should be discharged
from the government service forthwith.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

on top of good square meal. Well,
folks, I'm as fond Of the delectable
carbohydrate as you are-but here
is the rational explanation of the
Indifferent or poor appetite large
carbohydrate intake tendency to
obesity and training for diabetes
the failure of the refined carbo-
hydrate food which supplies most
of the calories in the average in
dividuals diet to supply sufficient
vitamin B complex to maintain nor
NAL carbohydrate metabolism. Here
too Is the rationed explanation for
the fact observed by many such
overweight individuals that when
they use plain wheat or wheat germ
in place of part of the refined white
flour in their everyday diet or in
crease the B complex intake by
merely supplementing their ordi-
nary diet with a good daily ration
of vitamin concentrate the over
weight adjusts itself that is grad
ual reduction to normal occurs, not
only painlessly but with improved
sense of we'll being.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

"Walk this way, please, sir" was
familiar phrase heard by callers on the
Secretary of State at Washington. 1t
was one used constantly by Eddie Savoy,
United States aide in the State Depart
ment for "a years. Edward Augustus
Savoy, the full name of the diminutlve
Negro messenger died the other day after
a long career under % secretaries OF
state. He was known for his tact and
amiability. During his years OF greeting
and identifying callers to the department.
he played himself as a valuable asset;
His usefulness to the department resulted
from his keen memory for names and
faces
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
Press Comment
COMING IN ON A BEAM
(Christian Science Monitor)


Ration hobbled motorists who are
concerned lest they lose their skill
behind the wheel before the war Is
over have nothing to worry about.
Tomorrow's driver, it is predicted,
will simply ride in on the beam.
Electronic waves will guide his car
to its destination. Nor need his
journey be lonely; there will be an
other electronic device at his finger
tip to put him in communication
with other cars.
All of which may be fine, but the
future, from where we sit, appears
slightly less than ominous. Not that
we have anything against electronic
waves, but we certainly hope that
they know their way around. Sup
pose, for instance, an electronic
beam came suddenly upon its arch
enemy the sunspot, and struck off
across country without warning. OF
course, we may be unduly apprehen-
sive. It's entirely possible that the
car of tomorrow may be quite
equal to this or any occasion, hav-
ing descended, as 1t were, from a
long line of jeeps.
But on the other hand, consider
the embarrassment which might
occur should the motorist by any
chance get In on the wrong beam
and find himself being irresistibly
drawn toward Miami with skis
firmly strapped to the car top and
parka buttoned up to his chin.
AS for the car-to-car communi-
cation system, we can picture the
early blight of many a beautiful
friendship If one drivers opinion of
another seeps out into the air
waves. But maybe we're just looking
on the dark side. After all, they
laughed at Ben Franklin, and his
waves turned out all right.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

New England is starting "back to
school, campaign to forestall high school
boys and girls from accepting or retain
ing the well paid jobs now offered them.
Young folks in their teens for the first
time in the country's history are tempted
by salaries that would ordinarily satisfy
an adult Industry needs all available
help to keep the production going, and
many jobs can be handled by the unex-
perienced Some of these will be salts
fled to give school the cold shoulder next
term and keep their jobs. It is said that
a Children's Bureau will try to sell the
idea of school via the radio and other
ways, and the drive for education will
center in Boston, Worcester, and Spring
field, as we'll as New Haven, Bridgeport,
and Waterbury in this state. 1t will be
pointed out that the young people under
eighteen should regard their first duty
to the continuing of their education,
thereby better serving their country to
prepare themselves for what will be de-
handed of them in the future.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

like this. These men realize that
the triumph of arms will not neces-
sarily bring victory. They know
only too well how fallible the hu-
man mind Is and how weak the
human will. Therefore these prac-
tical men of affairs are not asham-
ed to ask the Most High to supple
ment their powers and guide them
through these dark days.
What q tremendous moral force
would be released in this country If
millions of men and women hl
home. mill, Office, and on the
farms scattered through our land
would join with them every day in
asking God to guide our nation,
strengthen our leaders, give us tri-
umph over evil, above all endow us
with Christ like vision and wisdom
in the serious days of peace max
ing.
All Rights Reserved
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
. INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Phoney interpretations OF Litvinov Incident
Prod Hope For Debunking OF All Democracy

good will of the q. s. trade In the
process, that's that soviet's hard
luck.
This agitation from Soviet Russia
for q second front Is now getting
a little bit silly. On the assumption
that Boss Joe Stain likes straight
shooting such as he apparently got
from Ambassador STANDBY, Wendell
Willkie and Pat Hurley, the Ameri-
can people should be strictly for
home consumption. The answer to
this propaganda prodding should be,
yes, we'll open a second front in
western Europe just as soon as the
Red Army opens q second front
against Japan in Manchuria. Then
If the U. s. diplomatic experts would
just shut up, we could get on with
the war.
THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS Of
u. 8. life already have witnessed the
deflation of economic experts. IF
the diplomatic experts now could be
similarly discredited, a great public
service would be done.
The Quebec Conference showed
the diplomatic experts at their
worst. Supposedly knowing all about
world affairs and stuffed-shirt diplo-
macy, they led off with predictions
of what was being concocted at
Quebec and gave reasons - their
own. 1t was a foregone conclusion
that 80 per cent Of all the predic-
lions on Quebec would be wrong,
and they were, 100 per cert wrong.
In the words Of playwright
Charles Macarthur, who Is now a
major in the Chemical Warfare
Service, What all experts should do
is get them gray robe and q bell
and walk about the streets crying,
'UncleanI Unclean'w
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

the Interstate Commerce Com
mission appeared to be currying
favor with the Pennsylvania Rail
road.
The Pennsylvania, which domin-
ates Guffey's home state, has
bucked competitive bidding among
bankers in selling its bonds, claims
the right to distribute its bonds
to the public through less re-
munerative banking house If 1t
wishes, even at the expense Of its
stockholders.
This issue Of competitive bid
ding was brought before the In
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, and Miller, appointed by
FDR as New Dealer, voted with
the railroad. When told how
Senator Guffey's brother -in-law
had voted, the President had a
big chuckle.
IF Joe Thinks" he said, chat
the Pennsylvania Railroad is
going to support him POLITICAL
ly because his brother-in-law
votes for them he's lost his po-
litical acumcn."
Then the President added some
thing of interest to everyone in the
South. He said that the ICC ought
to get busy and readjust southern
freight rates. These discrimin-
atory rates. working against the
development of southern industry,
long have been sore subject in
the South.
Copyright. 1913, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
COMMON MANIFESTATIONS OF
DEFICIENCY

Characteristic manifestations Of
moderate B complex deficiency, ac-
cording to Vorhaus ct al (J.A.M.A.
Nov. 16, $50 are vague pains usual
ly elected by pressure over the
nerve rots. general malaise, anorexia
and constipation. Small amounts of
sugar may be present in the urine,
without hyperglycemia (too much
sugar in blood. There Is usually
a large carbohydrate intake, often
associated with tendency to
obesity. These cases are frequently
classified as potential diabetes. .
Malaise is the wretched feeling
you have when coming down with
some illness, perhaps. Anorexia is
lack Of appetite.
The same authors speak Of
"paresthesia' as more or less char
acteristic of B complex deficiency
that is, sensations of burning,
numbness, tingling, pricking or
smarting in the skin or In limb
without apparent cause.
There Is much confusion, even
among physicians, in regard to some
of these manifestations, for in
carbohydrate intake and a tendency
stance, how to explain increased
to obesity in an individual with
poor appetite. Difficulty is that
loss Of appetite Is one Of the typical
symptoms Of beriberi the endemic
polyneuritis (beriberi is Singhalese
for extreme weakness) of the orr
entail and other tropics and many
physicians in this country who have
never seen such extreme deficiency
disease have somehow acquired the
notion that vitamin B1, deficiency
Of which is chiefly responsible for
the disease, specifically increases
appetite. There is no scientific
ground for that notion.
Lack Of appetite or not being
hungry does not prevent people
from INDUCING in excessive amounts
Of refined carbohydrate food-ice
cream, sugar, candy, sweetened bev-
erages, cake, pie or what dainties
offered at lunch tea or after dinner
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
FACING THE REAL ISSUE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, d. d

Some weeks ago a numer of SEN
ators and representatives were said
to have met together and decided
that above everything else they and
their colleagues needed divine guild
ance. To that end they all parti-
cipated in prayer. Within few
days the word had got around, and
they were Joined by number of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
Selected Poem
COWBOYS SONG

harles Hanson Towne in the New York Times
There's road that leads to the sunset
With gold meath my horses feet,
And I ride thro' the purple sagebrush,
Thro miles of waving wheat
There are wonderful shining ribbons
Reflected on earth from the sky,
And Solomon in all his gloEy
Was never so rich as I.
Speed, Hero for now we are faring
To the cities beyond the sun,
Where turrets and towers glisten,
And glittering roadways run.
I can see the glowing windows
Bright in the evening air,
And I am king in kingdom
When the fires Of sunset flare.
This land of promise and beauty,
This phantom realm In the West
Is better than all your cities
In granite and marble dressed.
For here are the flames Of the sunset
More real than the castles Of old,
Truer than Tyre or Carthage,
Greater than Solomon's gold
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30
We Have No Bananas

Fifty years ago, reports the Middle
American Information Bureau, "the ba-
mana was to most North Americans some
thing they had heard vague rumors
about. TO the fortunate few who could
get the fruit occasionally it was rare
tropical delicacy"
Well, what's noteworthy about that?
What is banana? What does it look
like, and how does one eat it, or is it
something to mount for display in the
trophy room?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

ing Of diplo-
macy and every
thing pertaining
thereto. includ-.
ing diplomatic
parlance, diplo-
matte procedure
including par
ticularly the re-
porting or rath-
er the exporting
on diplomacy by
a punch OF nall
baked expatri-
ates who have
special z e d in
foreign affairs.
A recent case
L. nnint in 4ho