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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24
DOES YOUTH GET A FAIR
DEAL?

All know is what I read in the
letters from readers of this column,
and what I have picked up on my
journey through childhood youth
! and adnithooi
began the study of medicine
when 1 was sixteen years old, in
the office of my preceptor, who was
then a bachelor. He set me to
studying anatomy, beginning with
the hip bone, which he happened
to have. Although I had had a
couple years of Latin in high school,
I despaired OF ever getting any
where-I developed an inferiority
complex right there-a conviction
that I just couldn't measure up and
could never hope to get through
medical school and enter practice.
And the thought of assuming re-
sponsibility for the care or treat
ment of sick person frightened me.
just at that time, as is the way
of youth, I had fair crop of black
heads and pimples, acne vulgaris,
as l was Mortified to learn the doc
tors call it, and along with the acne
l had all of the morbid notions that
so many youngsters have in asso-
citation with their pimples. If my
preceptor noticed my pimples at all
he said little or nothing about it.
At the age of seventeen I entered
medical school, and there I worried
even more about my acne-which,
if 1 recollect, was only slightly If
at all more marked than most
youngsters have. Just one circum-
stance saved me from going to an
advertising quack about it, hadn't
the price in my jeans. Perhaps it
was fortunate for me that I was
SO poor. I shudder to think what
the outrageous quack. of those days
would have done to me.
1t took two years or more of
medical school study to relieve my
mind, and when came to realize
that I had worried needlessly about
my condition the acne ceased to
bother me-after all, it is a trifling,
insignificant ailnent or disease in
itself
I remember the first medical
book 1 got hold of, in my precep-
tors office, that told about acne.
Perhaps it was a bit out of date,
but anyway I derived no comfort
or assurance from it, l can tell you.
The medical author failed to dts
abuse my mind of the morbid no
tons I had about acne.
That is why 1 want to make this
thing clear to every young person
who may have blackheads and
pimples. This condition has abso-
lutely no significance one way or
the other as to morals. individuals
whose morals are rotten may have
perfect skin, perfect complexion,
never pimple or blackhead; and
vice versa.
If you have acne, young friend.
send me a three-cent stamped en-
velope bearing your address, for
pamphlet which will tell you how to
deal with the annoyance
But don't let it get you down.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24

pressed Senator Lee most, however,
was a certain type of U. S. citizen
playing an important part in oper-
ating domestic airlines in Latin
America, building up the good will
that can do SO much towards es-
tablishing ties with the American
aviation industry for this inevitable
postwar development.
AS typical of these unofficial
aviation ambassadors, Lee mentions
Peck Woodside who calls himself a
permanent immigrant in Mexico.
Peck was flyer in the last war,
then an aerial transformer. He's a
rugged, pock-markcd character who
today runs flying service of 16
planes which, he says, he'll be able
to keep in operation during the war
if the supply of baling wire just
holds out.
HOG-HAULING
Peck's airline, over the mountains,
anywhere, hauls nything-Indians,
chicle, machinery. He once got a
contract to haul $50 hogs. 1t was
only Commute flight, but to have
driven hogs over the mountains
would have taken months and prob
ably killed all the pigs besides.
Peck'S planes could haul only two
porkers at a time, their feet tied
together and strung up to keep the
load from shifting
Another of the Gringos whom
Senator Lee found doing an excep-
tional job was Slim FaWcett, who
runs several airlines in Peru. He
went to Peru in 1929 as a mechanic
salesman for Curtiss, liked Lima
and stayed to become one of the
leading men of the country. Not
finding the type of plane exactly
suited to the mountains over which
he had to operate, FaWcett set up
a factory to build his own. With
the help of an engineer from New
York University and Czech mech
straight wing monoplane of a type
no longer in production in the Uni
ted States, Streng thened it so it
would carry higher horsepower
engine, even figured out a retract-
able landing gear, and went into
production. They have to import
their engines, radio and instru-
ments.
BETTER EQUIPMENT
WANTED
Throughout Latin America, says
Senator Lee, the aviation policy
gradually being formulated is for
each country to develop it's own
domestic airlines, all of them tying
in with the international airlines
such as those operated by Pan
American Always and Panagra.
But cargo and passengers pile up at
the Panama Canal, so for those
lines the South American countries
want more and better equipment
night flying, stratoilners, all the re-
finements that will come with post
war aviation.
German and Italian interests
have all been Lquidated
For their own use, the American
republics want TIE smaller planes
best suited for their internal flying
conditions, up rivers OF over noun
tain and jungle,
Right now, 1t won't take so many
planes to keep these lines going. In
all Latin America there are not
more than $50 commercial planes
in operation today - about 100
multi-engine American planes, rs
multi-engine European planes the
rest single engined.
There Is only one hard-surfaced
airport in South America, at Buenos
Aires. But they need parts. A whole
airline can be thrown OFF schedule
for lack of an aviation tire.
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a few more spare
parts, to keep the
existing local air.
/ n eS in t h e
southern repub-
lies e r a t / n g
during the war.
Five m i n u t e S
after the war is
over, he says, will
be too late to
start the race for
building up t h e
S u p r e m acy of
American equip
ment.
On e of t h e
things that i'm
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24

to look up to the eternal principles
by which human life has always
been dominated and always will be
dominated, and by these arrive at
certain definite conclusions regard
ing position and procedure. .
Wen the night is dark and the
storm is merciless, try looking up
to the Eternal.
All Rights Reserved Babson
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24

stars, we lost
our reckoning.
However, toward
midnight t h e
S torn abated
and stars shone
out through ir-
regular patches
of sky. Then
the first officer
went on deck
with his instru-
ments and with
in a few min
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Josh Lees
Conclusion On
Central America
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Ex-senator Josh Lee Of Norman,
Okla, now a member of the Civil
Aeronautics Board, has just return
ed to Washington from a months
12.000-mile flying trip through Cen
trail America and all around South
America, to see for himself what
makes airplanes operate.
He's filled with the opportunity
the United States aviation industry
has in Latin America, if it can just
pry loose a little more equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24

mark. We are promised that her
planes will take part in another at
tack on Tokyo-exact date withheld
for reasons of security. Those who
haven't contributed their dollars
to keep the Japanese waiting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS ID. d.
UP TO THE ETERNAL

A world traveller describes an ex-
citing episode in his career; Zone
night on the Mediterranean, on our
way from Italy to Egypt, we ran
into terrible storm and for a
day and night were beaten and
tossed about. Owing to the break
Ing of our steering gear, the ship
had to lie to for several hours;
and in the absence of either sun or
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24
Views OF The Press

friends of the subway. aided per-
hapS by the old woman in the
theater, have got together and COL
laborated on this latest macabre
hoax.
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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 DR.. Brady IL
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, 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, ILL
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON
Wallace to Make His Fghtngest Speech In Detroit Tomorrow
Roosevelt Approves His Taking Up The Mantle of Liberalism;
Gene Cox topsNeposm Record Family Draws $780, Yearly
Axis Radio Tries to Stir Trouble Between Bolivia And Chile

WASHINGTON July Those who pd VicePesdn Walaces
others which
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-24
A Thought for Today

The great day of the Lord Is near, it is near
and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day
OF the Lord; the mighty man shlaI cry there
bitterly.-Zephaniah LILA
The ways Of the gods are long but in the end
they are not without strength.-Euripides
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05
% Is,,'uy 0hste

His first wife was the Lady Olga, daughter
Of Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus Fitzgeorge,
granddaughter Of the Duke of Cambridge and
thus direct relative of the Royal Family.
she didn't mind Archie so much but she
couldn't stand his lady friends
Following their divorce, Archie tried again,
this time with Algeria Child. the daughter
Of a Hertfordshire squire and a child in age
she was only siXteen-as we'll as in name.
She was trimming over with energy. In
the country where she had spent most of her
life, this quality was quite harmless, expend-
ing itself chiefly in hunting, a sport in which
she eXcelled TO such an extent that people
called her Diana after the ancient goddess
Of the chase
But in London. where Archie took her to
live Algorta's supcr-abundant energy found
less socially acceptable expressions There
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

she pursued excitement as wildly as she had
formerly pursued the fox. She gambled
drank and ran up bills-all to excess.
When, seeking to restrain her. her hus-
band frightened his grip on the purse strings
she responded with gesture that proved
her undoing. She was arrested in fashion
able store for stealing rings and other jewelry
Blue-blooded England thronged to the trial
which was the sensation Of the day and Gull
minated in the Imprisonment of Lady Algeria
Hamilton as a common thief.
Archie got away from il all by moving
down to Sesley Bill where he bought himself
Il twenty-room mansion on the sea front. He
surrounded this abode-which he modestly
called Paisley Cottage"-with a high wall
stocked it with family herlooms and gar
nished the front gable with a huge coat of
arms.
Soon strange rumors began percolating
through the countryside about the goings-on
at Paisley Cottage Exotic darx-skinned
women had been seen behind the wall
pretty local girl Lillian Austen, had been
taken into the place as cook and house
keeper since which time few people had had
a glimpse of her. What was going on?
The full story emerged slowly in connec-
ton with three widely separated events:
The first was the arrest of a Russian
Baroness, Georgette Osten Sacken an
erstwhile house-guest of Arches. She was
charged With trying to make off with his
prize heirloom, a priceless miniature.
In reply TO her lawyers insinuation that
the miniature had been given the lady in
return for favors received. Archie declared
'flatly Il may have been Don Juan in my
youth, but have settled down.
The affair was adjusted out of court. rather
mysteriously, while it was still being cele-
brated in a music hall song. beginning, Did
Georgette steal a miniature, or something
else as well?"
Not tin some years later, when the two
other events occurred did the full meaning
of Arches Il have settled down" become
clear Then following the death of the Lady
Algeria and his surprise marriage English
style-to Lillian Austen, his housekeeper he
confessed that he had turned Moslem and that
he and Lillian had long been man and wife
Mohammedan style.
1t appears that he had been delighted to
learn during a conversation with Lord Head.
ley that the followers of Allah were allowed
more than one legal wife. His delight is
understandable when these circumstances are
taken into account:
He couldn't divorce Algeria because Eng
lish law at that time allowed only one ground
Of divorce. and that was for an offense
which she would have found it supremacy
difficult TO commit in Jail.
And (2) he and pretty Lillian had already
produced a couple Of bouncing boys
So it was not long after his illuminating
talk with Lord Headley that he transferred
his devotions TO Allah and thus lent at least
a color of legitimacy 10 his relations with
Lillian. tNA
That she herself was not wholly satisfied
with the arrangement may be guessed from
their second later marriage in prosaic
Sussex register office.
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wear - school Of Scottish
dress.
However, the prudish old
maid who had relieved her
feelings in the scream was
rather frowncd on by the other
villagers, who regarded the
incident as another example
of their squire's eccentricity.
When erect, striding along
the waterfront, Arches six
foot two figure, bare Rneed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

and besltirted was one OF The sights Of The
county. So arrayed, he once~plunged into the
ocean and CALAMITY rescued a couple of vii
lage girls who had bccn caught in the tide
while swimming
Both girls were pretty and both kissed
him thankfully after being hauled ashore.
Though he had been nearly drowned. Archie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

Chonist Society OF which he was president
At one of the meetings his notes fell TO the
ground. AS ne got down on his hands and
knees TO pick up the scattered papers. his
kit caught ON chair
A scream shattered the quiet of the Vii
lage Hall. Sir Archibald, IT appeared be-
longed TO the non-conformst- no UNDER
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lyptus oil Consequently, II was
impossible for HIM TO surprise
anyone. Shifting the eucalyptus
laden air the villagers would say
Here comes Archie" when he
was still a mile away.
Shortly after making his
vows 10 the Prophet, nc made
another vow. which didn't seem
TO jibe-very well with the first.
The latter was 90 wear his native
Scotch kits as long as he lived
Maybe ne thought this costume
would keep him from becoming
too fanatical a convert TO his
new creed.
II certainly made him a pic
turesque one. Fully killed he
would preside over the Seslcv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05
BY CHARLES ROBBINS

@@ HE screech Of the air raid siren is no
novelty TO the little English seaside ham
let OF Sesiey Bill in Sussex.
Sometimes the results are no more than
furry Of excitement and ack-ack shells as
NaZi planes wing overhead toward more i'm
portant detectives. Sometimes they are an
other bombed cottage or church. a body
sprawled in the street, or-rarely-the wreck
age Of an enemy bomber
But a few weeks ago the SIRENS camor
WAS followed by an unprecedented incident
group Of cyclists was pedang along
the main village street when German plano
roared out of the south on its way TO bomb
a nearby coastal town
The pilot. evidently a typical Nazi, was
loath TO pass up such an opportunity. He
Owed, machine guns suffering His bullets
went wide of the mark, fortunately but il
no doubt amused him to see the cyclists
scramble for cover.
Then he observed a peculiar thing
lone woman was stin pedaling unconcernedly
along
Was she mad, or just trying in her stupid
English way 10 insult him?
The pilot banked. circled and came thun.
dcring down the street again AS nc passed
over her. she turned and headed off in the
opposite direction.
So! He had terrified her
But had he? She was certainly not run
ning for one of the houses She was stn
pedaling-
AS a rule, guesses about the mental pro
oesses Of Nazis are as ht-or-miss as guesses
about the mental processes of animals. How
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

AAAb I'LL W. = AACA 49,
village that Lady
Lillian, though the
hu m bly, born
d au & h ter of a
local builder, has
inherited her hus-
bands spirit.
ITS good TO
know" as one old
gafer put it re-
c e ntly 1t h a t
there's still a true
Hamilton in Sesley
Bill"
At the time Of
Archie's espousal
of M o h a m m c d.
anism, the only
other Englishman,
Of comparable So
cial standing, who
also p - : ~
Allah. was Lord
Headley. The lat
ter explained his
religious views by
saying, Il h We
taken the Moslem
faith because of its
tolerance and char
ity."
Archie's reasons
for doing likewise
were rather more
worldly. To him
M o h ammedanism
re pre- sented the
only way out of an
awkward domestic
situation.
AS a Christian
he was signally
unfortunate in his
IN a trim o NAL
relations.
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eratcy turning herself into target in order
TO keep the German from doing the village
any other mischief and TO give the aCk-
ackcrs a good crack at him.
So, from the Allied point Of Wow she is
a super-heroinc. From the point of view Of
SCslcy Bill she is even moro than that. for
she. happens to be Lady Lillian Hamilton,
widow Of the late Sir Archibald Hamilton,
whose fabulous presence has been sorely
missed in the village since his death four
years ago
Sir Archibald or plain Archie as he was
affectionatey called. was one of those mas
terful, warm-hearted and eccentric gentlemen
whom the British pecrage produces now and
then TO the general delight of the populace.
Descended, indirectly, from the Lady Ham
lton who captvated Lord Nelson as well as
directly from one Of the no less famous Five"
kcntsh Petitioners OF history Archie added
TO his other distinctions by embracing the
Moslem faith and thus becoming the only
native English Mohammedan baronet
Matching his love Of Mohammed was his
fear Of microbes. To forestall their trcachcr-
Gus attacks he would douse himself in cuca-
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ever NlkfltEHtN III lflt
strange incident in the
street of Sesley Bill are
confident that this Nazi
pilot must have been
pretty annoyed by the be-
havior Of his intended
victim.
Otherwise, they point
out, what earthly reason
would he have had for
shutting back and forth
over the village no less
than FIVE times? Each
time he shot at nothing
but the one intrepid cy-
clist. and each time she
just repeated her wheel
ing maneuvcr, tooling now
up the street and now
down n
Only outraged Nazi
feelings would seem To
explain the waste Of so.
much precious Nazi gas
and ammunition
And they were def
nitely wasted Neither
the lady nor her bicycle
was hit In the end IL
was not she but the Nazi
who had 20 give up the
unequal duel. Turning
tail he fled away iGno-
yTiuousIy ITUtu uU anti
aircraft fire.
The fact that there IS
no other case on record
Of an unarmcd lady on a
bicycle getting the better
Of a Nazi bomber would
be enough 10 make this
particular lady a heroine.
Even though her UNI
cXamplcd conduct had
been the result Of nothing
but panic, she would still
be a heroine As 1t was.
panic had nothing 10 do
with IL She acted DELHI
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December >. 1913
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!: {" ]: !: !: +: ::
a ladies m an,
perked up wonder
fully.
Better than art-
fetal respiration"
he said, referring to
the kisses.
His widows re-
cent duel with the
airplane has not only recalled
this and other deeds of his but
has spread the comforting feel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

- E screech Of The air raid siren Is no
novelty TO the little English seaside ham
let OF SeS1ey Bill, in Sussex
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05

Obs ~ Am,r11n w,1kly IN Esh's Roser,ed
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Bright Sayings
of Children

Bright sayings OF children con
stitute some of Americas best
'humor. Your child, or any child
is apt 70 make some matter-of.
fact remark rich with fun and
possibly wisdom.
The Times is publishing such re-
marks and paying 81 for each pub
.lished. 60
Today 81 goes 10 Miss Dorothy
Lawrey, 1875 Wilfred avenue
whose three-and-one- half year-olc
niece. told that Dorothy's teacher
had gone TO Camp Wallace, Texas
asked
els he going 10 be a cowboy ."
Mail your faVorite child's say
ings 10 Bright Sayings of Children
Detroit Times. Detroit.
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The Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

HORIZONTAL
1-Map.
s-Pilfsf
li-Hot - fast.
I7-Fsstensd.
I4-ToWsrd.
15-Bringing forth
17-souihern state tsbDr1.
1S-Emplov.
10-Paradise.
21--Stretch over.
IA no time.
7s--HsH an EN- oil.
a7--Insect.
7s-RussiAn rulers.
29-Gslns
3l--Temrium sym ;.
32-hetsl fastener.
3f--Rodenis.
3s-Psid notice.
as-Ics crystals.
4O--Break waters
l3-Scotch river.
.s--Nsw England state.
47-Janansse box sci.
f9-Delefe.
bi-Iarge cask.
52-Hois N scale.
ST. uiscape.
ss-fntsrnational langusEs
Sta
S9-Closer
si-pwnders
s7-CarrlingN weapons.
Answer to yesterdays puzzle.
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Blind Workers Give
$500 10 Polio Drive

SAGINAW, Jan. 28.-Blind
workers at the Michigan Employ
ment Institution for the Blind To-
day could boast of a 100 per cent
record in participating in the
March Of Dimes TO fight infantile
paralysis. Their efforts were
joined with those of some $500
persons in AZ other blind institu-
tons whose contributions were
taken directly to the White House
in the form of a $500 check.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-29
Connolly Answers

1-(a) Canada: Cb) Czecho-
slovakia; Co The Neither
lands.
Morocco, Algeria, Tunis and
Tripoli
3-(a) Baltimore, Md: CD Chi
cago, Ill: (c) Hartford, Conn.
IA birthplace of Napoleon;
fb) surrender of the British;
(cD battle in Civil War.
5-(a) Arizona; OBJ California;
(c) New York.
6-(a) Herculaneum; (b) Tar
suS; lc) Troy.
Copyright. 1913, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-29
PITFALLS
OF LOVE
BY ADELE GARRISON

THE FIRST thing I did when
my father had gone was 10 rise,
stretch my arms up as far as l
could, fiexing the fingers, then
bring them down again.
Dicky laughs at me when / tell
him this rests my brain cells and
enables me TO think more clearly.
rarely had faced so oddly diff
cult a problem as that my father
had just given me. and as l again
relaxed in my chair, / felt sense
OF utter futility.
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Quiz Answers

India.
2-False. Twenty-eighth.
3-Patience under affliction.
4-Hippocrates.
Solver Perry, after the Battle
Of Lake Erie.
6-Mediterranean and Red Sea.
Irving Berlin.
coPynsht, ists. By King Fea'wsi
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Answer to yesterdays puzzle.