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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 There's Lore in If

Is there any benefit in drinking a glassful of the following mixture on getting Up in the morning-or any harm7 Juice Of lemon, teaspoon ful cream of tartar, teaSpoonful Ep- som salts, quart of boiled water.
 (MrS. s. r. M) Answer-No, but I'd rather go out and weed the garden than take it, Whether it has any medicinal vif- tues other than SO much water, ] don't know. A similar mixture ib known as Imperial drink" by dissolying one-half ounce Of cream of tartar (potassium bitar. tratc) in three pintS Of boiling water and adding four ounces (one- fourth pound) of white sugar and onc-half ounce of fresh lemon peet fourth glassful may be taken three or four times n day as an acid, not unpleasant, cooling, diu. retic dncreaSlng kidney function) drink in acute feyerish conditions and chronic ailments.
 Diabetes ] nm a diabetic taking 10 units Of insulln once day. Would it Do safe for me to have q baby?
 (Mr8. o. M. IT. Answer-No ono can advise you intelligently except your own phySl- clan Send ten cents and three- cent stamped envelope bearing your address for booklet "Training for Diabetes" It contains practical in- formation and advice for those who have diabetes and for those who arc potential candidateS-that is. have inherited the tendency.
 Boy Needs Shave
 Fourteen year old boy has heavy growth of hair on upper lip and is Self-conscious of 1t, especially when his uncle and others ask If he i8 trying to raise a mugtache.
 (MrS. W. S) Answer-diVe the boy q safety razor and let him use 1t daily. He Is just beginning earlier than most boys to shave. There Is no other means of destroying or removing such hair from the skin, that would be safe or satisfactory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
FACTS ON THE U-BoAT WAR
(New York Herald -Tribunel

'NCW IOTk tiBIHlu~ lElUullt)
 The presence in Washington not only of MT. Churchill but of Ad- miral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound has led to renewal Of the pres sure to secure somewhat more in- telligible publicity on the progress of tho submarine war. MT. Churchill and the British naval authorities arc believed 10 be the chief ex- ponentS of the policy of absolute secrecy, and If they were willing to relax the restrictions to some extent it might lead our own Navy to agree. It is not, 1t must be ad- mitted, q question which lay opinion can afford to agitate, for no lay man would like to have upon his conscious the publication Of facts which led to the loss of single ship or the escape Of a single U-boat. But one may at least point out the real advantages that would accrue If some safe means could be found for reporting the general course Of operations.
 It would avoid nervous public alarms and scotch the unwarranted gloomy rumorS that still get about. It would create q firner confidence here not only in the efficacy of the counter-meaSures being adopted but also in our Navy'B Information policies, which have been so poorly calculated to create confidence in themselves. And 1t might put Sautary pressure on the Navy to improve It's work. It seems rather doubtful whether the Navy could have fumbled along with the Sub- marine problem for as long aS it did If the public had any real idea of the appalling slaughter that was being done on Allied shipping off our coasts during the early months of last year.
 It is not, moreover, as though the present secrecy were really absolute MT. ChurchilfS own speeches have supplied many facts; statements by Secretary Knox and Mir. Alexander and MT. Elmer Davis have sup piled others; it B known in gen. eral way, for example, that Marct was an unusually bad month a sea but that April was much better The possibility of constructing ra. tional index to the progress Of thu shipping war, SO put together tha it will give q broad picture of trendl without revealing essential inforIna ton. has been advanced. It is cer' tainly worth the careful considera ton of naval authorities.
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ly are not permitting the house on "R" Street mysteries to deter them from much more important though less spectacular war time matters. They arc going ahead with vital war bills, letting sub- committee delve into the intrigucs Of R Street.
 MERRY -GO-ROUND
 Congressman Jerry VoorhlS of California has taken enough time off from the Dies Committee to write a book-"Out of Debt, Out Of Danger" Col. Bob John- son, Of Johnson and Johnson me- dicines, now head of the Small War Plants Corp, set an amazing and welcome precedent by staging q dinner at which the guests got home before 10 D. m. Unusual for Washington society, the dinner opened with prayer. Guests are praying for more dinners like Johnson's oil Administrator IckeS has been considering pa- triotic suggestions from people who have converted to coal who offer to let their oil tanks be fil- led with oil this summer to act aS a reservoir for neighbors' oil-burn- CTS next winter Ickes may take advantage of this in New England. However, oil and gas will be 50 short on the Atlantic Seaboard this summer that it will be diff cult even to fill the tanks of the oil distributing companies.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Yesterday churches and synagogues observed q Am An American Day" The theme of services and sermons was duty and sacrifice Duty and sacrifice are paramount today. Perhaps not all are doing good job at it but for the most part the average American is living up to these principles and in observing T Am An American Day" gave serious thought to duty and to sacrifice. Many and various programs featured the observance by churches, church councils, war nurses and others.
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Current Comment

Tunisia will offer the first prov ing ground of rehabilitating ar1 area actually devastated and plundered by the Germans. What will happen there may determine the pattern O! relief efforts in other countries lib- erated by our forces.
 pr. Joseph J. Schwartz,
 chairman European executive
 council of the Joint Distribu-
 ton Committee.
 
 If the liberation of the people for which the fight is going on to- day results in Imperialism and op- precision tomorrow. this terrible war will have been in vain.
 Vice President Henry Wallace Our might must grow even more than that of the phenomenal growth of the last 12 months, tirl- til we can strike cruShingly any where on the globe.
 --Major General James H.
 Doolittle.
 Hey, you guys. what's the mat ter can't you read? Keep of the grass!
 Soldier to General George
 Marshall, chief of staff, and
 Henry H. Arnold. Army Ali
 Forces chief. promenading ai civilians at Miami Beach, Fla
 
 There Is no overall manpowei shortage. The problem is how best to utilize the man and woman power VIC have.
 Brotherhood of Railwal
 Trainmen President A. r
 Whitney
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pany. at least as far as mone- tary influence goes.

 tary influence goes.
 The company had received a sub-contract from the Ford Motor Go. to manufacture gun mounts for the Army; also had received a $2,000,000 loan from Boston bank, guaranteed 90 per cent by the government,
 Most Of this $2,O00,000 loan was spent "tooling up" for the Ford Sub-contract, then the contract was cancelled because the demand for gun mounts had declined. That was the "Officiap reason for the cancellation. Another was that Narragansett firm needed reor- ganization.
 At this point, after Ford's can- cellation, the War Department re- newed the loan, this time with a 100 per cent guarantee instead of 90 per cent,
 It was at about this time that Ex- Gov. Hurley stepped into the picture.
 An accountant for the conn pany, testifying before the com mittee, said that Hurley drew a salary of $l2,OOO, came to Paw tucket about once a week and that he rarely saw him.
 Just what the company got through the 1900 paid by It's agent Albert Bennett Fey 10 Mrs. Eula Smith on R Street, nobody has quite found out yet.
 NOTE: Chairman May and the Military Affairs Committee wise
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res of rugged Kentucky hill lano which make up this military res ervation, and prove it to you with live ammunition. For the armored division of the U. S. Army today represents the heaviest concentra- ton of fire power in any army in the world today, with more guns than 1t has men, mounted on the fastest-moving vehicles that can be made by Americas motor vehi- cle manufacturers.
 Consider the weapons which the armored force now packs, and bear in mind that every man in the force-"Armoraiders" they like to be called-is trained to handle at least two of the weapons.
 BASIC WEAPONS
 They begin with the basic wea- pons of the infantry-the pistol, the Garand rife, the new carbine. Tn automatic weapons, they include the .45-caliber Tommy gun, and both the 30 and .50-caliber ma chine guns mounted for use against both aircraft and ground objectives They carry 60 and 80-mm. nor tars. Then they jump to artillery and pack their biggest wallops in 75-mm. field guns, 37-mm. and g. inch antitank guns, and 75 and 105-mm. howitzers.
 The secret of strength of the armored division is that 1t carries this dozen or more 1ethal weapons, including even it's infantry soldiers, in 'fast-moving vehicles that can move and supply itself in lightning bursts of from 100 to 150 miles a day.
 The variety of the motorized vehicles is as great as the weapons they carry and in case you have been confused, here is brief des- criptive list that may help you keep them straight:
 The motorcycle, to begin with. The peep-more accurately known as the 1-4-ton truck. Carries crew of three armed with revolver, Ga rand and Tommy gun, together witt radio for communicating the results of reconnaissance.
 The new IA ton amphibian truck, the "seep." It can do five miles an hour in the water, with a rudder operated by the steering wheel. It packs 60-mm. mortar, with crew of four who also carry the weapons of the peep.
 OTHER MOTORIZED
 VEHICLES
 The siX-man scout car, which was the original "jeep." Carries both 30 and .50-caliber machine guns and can do 45 miles an hour.
 The M-4 half track, carrying a crew of six men, an 80-mm. mor- tar and both 30 and 50-mm. ma chine guns.
 The M-4 medium tank, the Gen eral Sherman, with flve-man crew, carrying as itS principal weapon 75-mm. artillery gun in a power operated revolving turret, a .30-caliber machine gun operat- ing in a coaxial turret, another 30 and q .50-caliber machine gun to boot.
 The M-7 105-mm. howitzer, called The Priest" which also mounts .50-caliber anti.aircraft gun and carries a seven man crew.
 The M-8 self propelled assault howitzer of 75-mm., plus q .50-cali- Der anti-aircraft gun, operated by 8 crew of four.
 Finally, the M-10 the tank killer Of 30 tons, whose principal weap- on is q three finch gun. It has a .50-caliber machine gun, too, and a five-man crew.
 The numbers Of each of these weapons in a division Is, of course. still restricted, and the models are changed as new and better weap- ons arc brought out. But the ar- mored division itself would seem to be here to stay, Rommcl or no Rommel, and will be heard from more in later operations.
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which were the scourge of Poland, France and Lyb- ia in the days when R o m m c l was going great guns. But here at the headquarters of the U. s. arm- ored forces, they will tell you with assurance, es-
 lures and profan- ity that mechan- ized warfare is a Il y { h n g but dead, and they will take you out on the 109. GOO ac-
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much room left for suspicion and jeal- ouSy.
 When war finally is outlawed it will not be by treaties and covenants made by statesmen, but by friendship and un- derstanding that will grow out of the personal contacts of ordinary men and women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Towering May is gradually coming into it's own with coloring that shades from the purple of the lilacs to the pale pink of the crabapple. The sweetest thing in New England and our own locale will be lilacs when they blossom out somewhat belatedly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Selected Poem
MAY

MAY (Ethel Barnett de Vito in the Christian Science Monitor1 May leaves It's glow on Branch and briar On suns grown brighter, Climbing higher On song from a ruby Throated singer Perched on an aspens Slimmest finger, And on byway Brief and narrow Fringed at the edeges With white yarrow--
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resentative Glare Boothe Luce, said :: "The passage of this act is one Of the small steps which we must take if we are to insure peace for our children"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW Pz PEARSON
Army Disturbed Defects Apone Engines Passed okoy
 Protesting Were Bonshed Tumon Committee Heors Commend Called Ringers" Impress President

the Air Corps nave flown out to Cincinnati recently probe serious situation in the wright Ao %
  Wright Assistant Secretary War oVe Lieutenant General
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FOR FREEDOM FROM WANT

Christian Science Monitor)
 Compromise forced by the exigen- cicS Of politics has apparently re-
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Daily Almanac Moon sets at 4:30 a. m. (war time). Sun rises at 5:34 a. n1., sets at 8:03 D. m. (war time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
U. s. Armor Now In High Gear
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Fort Knox, Ky.--As General Els
 enhower's British, French and American armies drove the Ger mans out of Africa, it was notice- able that practically nothing was heard of the Nazi Panzer divisions
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24
i 6: O
CHRISTMAS MAIL MONTH

The Army Postal Service which
controls all mail for soldiers over
seas, has designated the thirty
day period between September
Is and October Is, 1913, as
Christmas Mail Month. Dur
ing this period many of the re-
strictions which have governed
thu sending of packages to SOL
diers overseas will be relaxed
1t Is the purpose CT the War De-
partment to see to it that all let
tiers and packages mailed to the
armed forces oversees during this
period shall be delivered at their
destinations by Christmas.
Families and friends of service
men and women oversees will re-
ceive special consideration from
the War Department in the hand
ling of Christmas parcels and
mail, and USO Clubs have been
asked by the Army Postal Ser
vice to cooperate, it was an
nounced today by Mr.. John R..
Butler, Ninth Street USO Clul
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24

Director. USO clubs everywhere
have been urged by our national
headquarters to do what they can
TO make this plan a success, and
we of the Ninth Street Us0 Club
are anxious to get going to do
cur part,
The club will offer to families,
friends, or organizations the use
of room for work or meeting
and at all times the club will be
4 source of information on the
regulations and the details Of the
Christmas Mail Month plan.
For one thing, it will not be
necessary for the sender Of a
parcel to present a request from
soldier, as has been the rule.
A special restriction on Christ
mas Mail Month, Mr.. Butler said,
is that only one package may be
sent by any individual or organi-
cation to the same soldier within
any given week. Further infor-
nation can be obtained by call
ing the Ninth Street USO Club,
phone 4-0013.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24
Civilian Defense
Proves Its Worth

AS Germany begins the defense of
her inner fortress and the once
feared Luftwaffe has been converted
from an offensive to a defensive ma
chine the problem Of keeping up the
morale OF Civilian Defense in this
country is difficult one. II would
be foolhardy to lie down on the job
now for history has shown that fire.
quently fierce and bitter conflicts
grow out Of victories and until the
last shot is fired and after that, it
isn't safe to desert the ramparts.
Recently the value of civilian de-
Tense training was proved in a man.
ner which received very little rec
ignition outside of the immediate
vicinity. When the Congressional
Limited, the crack train that runs
between New York and Washington,
was wrecked in Philadelphia, when
the Twentieth Century Limited, an
other crack train between Chicago
and New York, was wrecked. and
when a hotel burned in Houston,
Texas, the civilian defense organi-
cation proved its mettle. On all
three occasions. invaluable service
was rendered by these unselfish men
and women who have SO long an
swered mock alarms and gone on
duty for practice drills.
1t was definitely shown that in the
case OF the wreck OF the Congress
sional Limited and in the Houston
fire lives were actually saved by the
defense workers. In Philadelphia a
group Of air raid wardens meeting
near the scene of the wreck were
the first to arrive on the scene.
In a short time $500 trained work
ers were at work assisting police and
helping the rescue. So effectively did
they handle the traffic that in spite
Of the great crowds lanes we're kept
open so that all injured persons not
actually pinned in the wreck had
been removed TO hospitals within IS
or 40 minutes.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24

prayer was offered by Mrs. Emma
Grant, After reports and the
business session wonderful
Bible lesson was taught by Mrs
f. Grant, Delicious refreshments
were served. Eight members
We're present and one visitor.
s. S. is still alive with the Wom-
ems Adult Glass still holding the
banner, Collection was $500.
Rev II, w. Downing delivered
the message at the IL o'clock
hour. Subject was "Virtue in a
Garment" Three visitors were
present. Mrs. w.
NJ, Hill and daughter, Louise
have returned after spending
their vacation in Los Angeles.
Calf. visiting mother and other
relatives. Mrs, Lula Williams
of 500 Belmont st. left Thursday
for Los Angeles, Calf, to Join
her husband, Dave Williams, who
is employed there. Mrs. Min
ME Hollins of the Iron Mt. Ad-
dition has returned from Los An
geles, Calf, where she has spent
the summer with her children,
Aron Henry and Jessie l.. Boy
kins, Jessie Lee Is now employ
ed at an airplane factory there.
Mrs. Katie Mitchell of 525 Della
ware St, left for Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Lucille Mitchell of 525 Del
aware St, left for Los Angeles.
Mrs. Marie Davis left for San
Francisco, Calf. Mrs. Pendle-
ton has returned after visiting az
many points, namely Chicago,
Detroit. Indiana, and Ohio. She
was formerly Miss Myrtle A. Law
son. Mrs. Alice Marie Head of
Paris, Tenn, is visiting her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. A. Williams
on Delaware st. Cpl. Willie
Daniels and wife of Oakland,
Calf, and Mrs Alberta Jones OF
Kansas City, Mo, spent an en-
ioyable weekend with their mo-
Their. Mrs Elnora Brown Of sol
Wyncdotte st. =. Mrs. Flora
shillines and daughter, Miss Bea
tri6e shillings, left for Kansas
City, Mo, September 3rd. Miss
shalings plans to enter Lincoln
High School. Her mother plans
to visit her brothers in Phoenix,
Arizona, Los Angeles and Santa
Monica before returning home.
Mrs. Francis Robinson served a
delicious dinner Friday, Septem.
Der 18th honorirg her son-in'
laws birthday, .
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24
Battle of Italy
Beginning of End

As l write these lines, the startled
moon has just slipped behind a jag
ged curtain Of clouds, like a trans
port sliding under the protecting
cloak Of a smoke screen.
That comparison leaps to my mind
because all day have been follow
ing. as you have and as closely as
either OF us could, the progress of
the greatest military undertaking
which an American army has at
tempted in this war-the battle OF
Italy. For the battle Of Italy is the
sto; ming Of the very portals of the
Reich, tie outer rim, it is true, but
nonetheless, the first breastworks Of
Hitler's inner fortress.
Here. for the first time. American
soldiers. hardened on the harsh
sands Of Africa and the cruel hills
Of Sicily, meet the guardsmen of the
Nazi citadel. Not bi-colored army,
diluted by haH-hearted ally, Italy,
but logged German fighters defend.
ing the gateway to their own. their
native land.
The end of the beginning has end
ed, the beginning Of the end has be-
gun. And we who have watched
every sign and every signal as the
curtain between what we thought
and what we knew was lifted, realize
how little we and the world can
guess of the inner and complicated
workings Of this great war machine.
As the armies Of the Allies attack
the enemy citadel-the leaders Of
the Allies, Roosevelt and Churchill,
plan a new edifce.
The invasion Of Sicily and the in
vaslon of Italy were planned at
Casablanca where, for "a hours, the
few newsmen who were permitted
to know, kept the secret Of the meet
ing itself. Beside the historic wa
tiers of the st. Lawrence. in the
citadel at Quebec, the marching
orders we're sealed while we news
men waited, blinded and deafened to
all but the most general ideas.
What are those marching orders?
Some other startled moon will tell.
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24

Reversing the usual procedure Of
asking German civilians to write
only cheerful letters TO front line
troops, Nazi officials have appealed
to German soldiers to make cer-
tain letters to their families are in
a humorous vein"
The armed forces are using feath.
ers for camouhage equipment, sleep.
ing bags and aviators' jackets.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24

Although more than 1900 chap
lains now serve in the navy, the
coast guard and the marine corps,
more must be added.
Emblem Of the government war
food program Is market basket
carried by an arm and hand obv-
ously belonging to Uncle Sam. Over
the basket is the theme Food fights
for freedom"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24
Nation TO Be Active Factor
In Postwar Peace Plans
Majority Of American People Ask Participa-
ton in International Organization
To Maintain Harmony.
BY BAUKHAGE
Netts analyst and Comm eatator.

two of the strongest nations remain
united. The important thing. Of
course. is to obtain the cooperation
OF the third most powerful nation.
Russia.
And that is what is on the fire
right now. Until we know a little
more about Russa's views and in
tentions, it will be impossible to
make detailed plan for the post
war world.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24
In Action Tonite At USO

To mite these soldier Iods in
the photo above will be on the
cord at the 9th Street USO, to
demonstrate to you the ort Of
self protection some as they have
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24

X. G. M graduated from
college in June. Should 90
ahead and applyffor work in a
defense plant or wait until fall
and teach. / don't think I will
IKE teaching as we'll as I would
doing something else.
Ans; There are million op-
Portuhitles open now for n p;r,
:" -" your training. If you feel
you would prefer working in a
ueiehse plant-apply at tbo 49,
Nus s pants In your section
nere is no doubt but that vopr
salary would be much ereatou
teaching. 'e'elNe
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1943-09-24
Texarkana


Darcus Circle of the St.
James Baptist Missionary Society
met Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. Ollie Gilmore on Park Ave.
The meeting was opened with
singing "My Faith Looks Up To
Thee" After scripture reading,