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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05
BOARDERS TOLOSE
 'HOME' PRIVILEGES
HOusehOIders May Now Serve Eviction Notices
 to Paying Guests

Householders who rent a room ~ two in their homes 70 not mora than two paying guests, may now evict roomers in accordance with To- cal laws, it was announced by the Office of Price Administration to- day. The OPA has lifted its rigid restrictions on evictions from per- sons who open their homes to one or two roomers to help relieve the housing shortage in cooperation with the War Guest Program 01 Nlo National Housing Agency. V
 Prior to the amendment, tlla reg. ulations provided that tenants oHld be evicted only on grounds set fckif in the regulations, and then oissS after appropriate notice had been given to the tenant and the are1 rent office. The amendment perrnats persons renting rooms in tseir homes to not more than tvap oc- cupants to evict without OPA regE.. lation should they need the pnnl2 at some later date, or shouN tbs roomers prove to be incomp bic The amendment does not affe sAh application of other provisioE oa the rent regulations, nor q e hold when the room or rooms
 ed constitute an apartment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05
(NEA Paoto)

o. Why is it necessary to give different point values to different kinds of processed foods? Why can't they all have the same point value? A. Low point values will be given to foods that are relatively plenti- full; high point values to those that are most scarce. The buyer can get more for his points" by buying the foods with low point value. Since most housewives will no doubt do this, it will relieve the de- mand for very scarce foods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Petitions for changes in the stag gered- hour schedule adopted three weeks ago in the three largest local factories were being circulated to- day In a number of departments. The Democrat learned. Varying changes in the new system, which was established in an effort to level of bus travel, are sought in the pe-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05
COMPANY G HOLDING
 MEETING TONIGHT

Captain Hubert Rigney, com- manding officer, has urged all of- ficers and enlisted men of CO. G., Connecticut State Guard, to be present tonight at 8 o'clock at the Field street armory, for a special meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

sels were Japanese warships, z said.
 Root visited his home at 1Ti on leave. His story gave thf intimation that American units might have observed unl ingly the Japanese vessels which Pearl Harbor was raides
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

About 800 war plants in the Unit ed States help to produce the 45.000 different parts in 8 heavy bomber and the 40,000 parts in every tank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05
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You've Got To Get Into An AIliso- tor coot To Get Over Your 135 Doys Of Roin Annually In cOnnec- ticut.
 More thGn q third of each yeor
 taken up with rain eIothes-But
 -it Femoined for Alligator to
 popuIorixs rainy doy clothes by
 putting . bit of pIecssnt day style
 into them co thet m0n could sec
 silver lining to every eIoud in.
 stead Of being q wet bIonket.
 There's oIIisssOTs ss $7.So--And
 there's oIIisatOTs ot $s5-Ond be-
 tween - But = There's none man isn't proud to wear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Miller will be held Thursday morn- ing at 9:15 o'clock from her home to s. Margaret's church at 10 o'clock. Her son, Rev. Myron Miller, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in the family plot, new St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the home after 3 p. m. today.
 Honors of the fire department will be exemplified by officers and members of the permanent force tomorrow morning at the funeral of Lieutenant Charles P. Bockwith of Engine Company 3, Washington avenue station. The procession will leave the Mulville Funeral Home at 8:15 o'clock for St. Margaret's church where a solemn requiem Mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Joseph's ceme- tery. Friends may call at the fun eral home this afternoon and eve- ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Dallas, Tex, Jan. B. WP- Ernest Lee, Wichita Falls, Tex, bus inessman, published this advertise ment in a Dallas nespaper: "For to nights have been unable to secure hotel accommoda in cities ith- in the southest. My position ith War Materials, Inc, requires that I move quickly and ith utmost efficiency. VIII you please refrain from using railroad or place space except in emergency"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. B. (UP)-W. A. Coulter, president of Western Airlines, as refused cc2t on one of his planes bound for Cali fOrnia because all accommodations ere held by paying passengers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Chicago, Jan. 5.-(UP)-A dis gruntled tavern patron left this note on & slot machine: "In case of an air raid, stand next to this machine. No one has ever hit it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Grove cemetery. The bearers wert Conrad Drufa, Robert Swanson Gunner Leander, Alfred Anderson Charles Johnson and David Ed quiSt.
 Private funeral services fol Craig Woodward Bye, three-year- old son of MT. and Mrs. Benja- min F. Bye of Norwich, took place Wednesday morning at II o'clock at Riverside memorial chapel, River side street. Rev. Conner R. Lewis ofhciated. Burial was at the con- venience of the family.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Flor ence E. Johnson were held yester- day afternoon at the Anderson fu- neral home, Rev. Conner Lewis, pastor of the Third Congregational church, officiating. Burial was in old Pine Grove cemetery.
 There was a delegation of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and a representation of the D. A. V. auxiliary with Mrs. Josephine Dnnahue. Mattatuck Council, 1O35, Knighted Order of the Golden Cross, was represented by MT. and Mrs. Robert Mcclure, MT. and Mrs. Walter Oldroyd, MT. and Mrs. Eric Brandt, Mrs. Charles Earl, Mrs. Caroline Pensel, Mrs. Olive Mclean and Lester Brown.
 The bearers were Harry Hassell, Lester Hassell, William Baer, Leo Romaine, Harold Kolgel and Her. man Valentine.
 The funeral of Mrs. Flora Cham bers was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue. Rev. Dr. John J. Snawsly, pastor of First Methodist church offlciated. Burial was in new Pine Grove cemetery.
 The. funeral of Mrs. Jane E. Der win will be held Thursday morning from the Bergin funeral home, 29O East Main street, at 8:30 "'clock, to Sacred Heart church at 9. Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening and tomor. row afternoon and evening. Burial will take place in Old St. Joseph's cemetery.
 The funeral of Frank Hogan took place this morning at 9;i5 o'clock from the Bergin Funeral Home. 290 East Main street, to the Church or the Immaculate Conception at 0;4b o'clock. The Rev. Donald OLeary celebrated the requiem Mass.
 The bearers include Charles Parks, Walter Colby, J. Charles Keeley and Joseph Abenant.
 Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
 The funeral of Walter E. Trayer will be held from the Mnlvllle funeral home, 27O West Main street tomorrow afternoon, at 1880 o'clock, Rev. pr. John J. snayely will ofi' ejate. Burial will be in West eeIll. etery, Plalnville. Friends may call at the funeral home.
 The funeral of John ]. Brady will Do held on Thursday morning at e.lk o'clock from hls home, q 0reenleaf avenue, to eS. Peter and Paul church at Q o'clock.
 Burlal viii be in new st. Josephs cemetery.
 The funeral Of Dennis J. HArrlng. ton took place this morning at b:So o'clock from the Bergln funeral home, 200 East Main street to St Patrlck's church. The Rev. Thomas Dignam celebrated the solemn high Mass Of requiem, asslsled hy Rev Bernard Foster. and Rev. Andrew Cuny.
 Burial vas ln Calvary cemetery with services by Father Foster
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

The funeral of Peter J. Moran will be held Thursday morning at 8:3O o'clock from the Bergin funeral home, 29O East Main street, to St. Francis Xavier church for a solemn requiem Mass at g. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this aft ernoon and evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Newark, N. J., Jan. 'S.-(UP)- Franks lunch room has been rO' ed seven times in the last six weeks of such items as coffee and butter. The ironic note is that the lunch room is less than 100 yards from police headquarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05
News Oddities
By United Press

Paterson, N. J., Jan. 5.-(UP)- Mrs. Veronica Dersch, S9, had not fared well at a bingo game and was gloomily walking home. A little man, holding one hand in his overcoat pocket as if he had a gun, tried to rob her. She hit him one terrific blow in the face, he sailed backward, picked himself up and fled. But he did not fare worse than Mrs. Dersch. She broke her wrist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen A. Lundin were held yesterday aft ernoon at Anderson funeral home, Rev. Gotthard Hagstrom, pastor of the Swedish Baptist tabernacle, oficiating. Burial was in old Pine Grove cemetery. The bearers were Conrad Drufa, Robert Swanson, Gunner Leander, Alfred Anderson, Charles Johnson and David Ed quist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

The funeral of John ]. Brady will Do held on Thursday morning at e:lS o'clock from hls home, q Oreenleaf avenue, to Bs. Peter ard Paul church at Q o'clock.
 Burial viii be in new SC. Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-05

Private funeral services for Craig Woodward Bye, three-year- old son of MT. and Mrs. Benja- min F. Bye of Norwich, took place Wednesday morning at II o'clock at Riverside memorial chapel, River side street. Rev. Conner R. Lewis ofnciated. Burial was at the con- venience of the family.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

now. It's trite but it's true that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of aftercare
That's true for fires and it's true for the
crppler - infantile paralysis
As Of today the virus of infantile PARALYSIS
has not been identified and the way to combat
it has not been found. Yet so important is
the problem-in fact the whole eventual cure
OF polio may hinge on that very point-that
the National Foundation for Infantile Paral-
yss has poured in its greatest research ex-
penditure on that very project
That half million dollars now devoted to re-
search will have far-reaching effect 1t will
speed the work many many times
Along with their hunt for the virus - the
master criminal-of infantile paralysis medi-
cal researchers are seeking the answers n
how and why the disease is transmitted from
person to person
They want these answers quickly. for one
thlng they do know is that movements of peo-
PIE from place to place help spread the dis
ease. Great troop movements. migrations nj
workers and the rush of wartime travel all ado
up TO potential dangers from infantile paral
ysis.
Scientists are tackling the virus research
IN such fundamental ways that it is not in
conceivable that when the virus of polio ia
isolated, identified and "fngerprinted." as the
FBL might say, other diseases. too. will be
conquered.
Many scientists believe that if they can
learn the secrets Of the behavior Of the in.
fantile paralysis poison, they will know the
weak points in the "armor' Of many other
vruscs, too. When scientists learn how 10
lick polio they may have the answer 10 tire
conquest OF measles, the common cold and
influenza for they. too, are virus Ills
That is the kind of basic and dramatic
medical exploring that the contributions OF
Presidents Birthday Celebrations are making
possible. That is the story behind Mr.. OCon.
nors Report to the People"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

What we would now call bottleneck de-
veloped in virus research on infantile paral-
ysis-with monkeys in the bottles neck
Then came the war and the bottleneck
frightened. Japan's invasion Of the Far East
blocked the best lines of shipment and cargo
bottoms were needed for things more inn
portant than monkeys, such as rubber from
India and other vital items. You couldn't get
Rhesus monkeys in America for almost any
price you cared TO pay.
All this trouble came Just at the time
when the funds Of the American people
through the Birthday Ball Celebrations were
being poured into great drive against the
poison which caused infante paralysis, ac-
cording to Mr. OConnor's report
As far back as 1889. S12 900 inaugurated
the virus program of the National Foundation
Since then $500 600 more has been poured
into this single research activity Of the or.
ganzation Scientists couldn't let a little
thing like monkey from India, or even
war, stop their work
1t was finally discovered that there was
another animal which contracted human in
fantile paralysis and it was right in our own
backyard-or rather in the backyard of the
Southeast IL the wild cotton rat the
enemy of every Southerner who has to guard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

How the chemical-rodent team in aid
ing research on the virus that causes
this wicked disease is revealed by Basil
OConnor, President of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, IN
his new Report to the People on Polio"
Mr.. OConnors report tells the mil
lions OF people who have contributed, In
past years, more than so .000, 900 dimes
10 the annual Birthday Bah Celebrations
of the Presidents Birthday what has
happened to the money they have 80
generously given.
Here is the story behind the story Of
the rats and the chemical creosote that
proves again that truth can be stranger
than fiction. especially in the byways
NJ scientific discovery.
For years doctors have known that
the thing which causes polo-as infan-
tile paralysis is often called for short -
is virus. They couldn't see IL, and
they couldn't trap it in their finest chem
ical filters that could catch all other
known germs
But they knew that in the clear fluids
which passed through their filters there
was some agent which was the deadly
virus. They found viruses, too. for
many other diseases $500 the common cold.
influenza and smallpox.
In the beginning the virus was only a
name, but readers of The American
Weekly will recall that new studies with
the electron microscope have revealed
that some viruses are merely chemical
molecules. The virus causing mosaic
disease in tobacco is such a chemical
moleculc as reported first in The Ameri-
can Weekly back in May ,1941. A pic
ture OF this plant virus. the first time
science ever saw a molecule, is shown
on this page
Medical researchers have not been
able 10 put the finger on infantile paraly-
Sis virus in just this way. for so far
II has eluded mans efforts to make II
visible, but they are working toward
that end
In the meantime doctors have long :
discovered that the way to study the ,
of polio-and the effects of different chem
upon 1t was to inject il into laboratory
mails, make them sick and then see If
chemicals could make them we'll.
Only scientists had a hard time finding
IEHl animal, Tor most animals do not c
down with human infantile paralysis.
animal did however. That was the
Rhesus monkey Of India.
Thus the Rhesus monkeys-the kind
organ grinders often favor-became the or
laboratory animal for anyone working
the virus of infantile paralysis.
This was the situation for years. We
was not happy one RheSls MONKEYS v
expensive. They cost about $40 each
natives who trapped them in the Jungle!
India didn't get much for their work.
transportation charges half way round
world boosted the cost
And the Rhesus monkeys. too, were ,
delicate and en- route would get seasick
like humans Often they died In transit
1t all added up TO a high cost per mon
and few monkeys. A scientist had TO n
twice before he injected Gripping infar
paralysis virus into such costly laborat
animal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

ms provisions from these maraudng rodents
The virus research Of the National Foun-
dation could go forward
Or so it seemed.
Only progress stubbed its toe at first
The word went out TO trap and catch cot
ton rats. And they were trapped
But there was bug in this procedure.
Americas standard Of living was so high
one couldn't afford to pay men to trap the
rodents. The natives Of India had been bappv
to catch monkeys for a couple of cents each.
out American cotton rat trappers couldn't
live on that. Cotton rats plainly were too
expensive
Moreover the wild rats suffered from all
the ills of any wild animal and all too often
those ailments masked the virus effects which
the scientists were trying to study
The answer seemed plain enough Breed
the rats in the laboratory just as white mice
and white rats, and guinea pigs are bred for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

Mans Newest Ally in
Fighting Infantile
Paralysis Is the
South's Humble But
Thieving Cotton Rat
Who Makes Possible
Continued Research on
Mans Worst Gripping
Disease.
Most important, the
progeny of the cotton
rats were given to the
world of science and the
way was found to breed
the rats in the sterile
conditions of the labora-
tory.
That might be the
end of the story, but for
the conquest of infantile
paralysis it is nearer the
beginning than the end.
Everyone has heard
of the famous Sister
Kenny treatment for in
fantile paralysis and the
wonders it can work in
care after the disease
of polio has struck.
Yet the Kenny treat
ment is not a cure for
infantile paralysis. 1t 10
rather like an efficient
fire department that
comes in to put out a
fire after it has been
started.
Virus r s G arch, in
contrast, seeks to go on
with the fight against
infantile paralysis where
tn e Kenny treatment
stops. 1t seeks to get
the final cure of the dis
ease for which all scien-
lists are searching.
If the virus research
is successful--with the
aid of the odor of creo-
sote and the cotton rats
then there will be less
need for the Kenny
treatment than there is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

gagged in mortal combat Instead of getting
a potential plus score Of five or six little rats
each night the scientists wound up with a
minus score of one dead rat
And that's where the chemical creosote
with its piercing, pungent odor comes in.
Biologists suggested that the wild rats were
probably scared to death in their cages. any
way and that the thing farthest from their
thoughts was to help out the scientists
Moreover, and most important, they probably
did not recognize each others odor.
The answer was the creosote.
This pungent odor was applied to all the
cotton rats and completely masked any body
odor or almost any other kind of an odor
by which the animals had been spurred to
combat.
Everything in the rat world laboratory
smelled alike
Peace and quiet reigned
And the cotton rats lived happily ever
after, as the story books say.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31
BY ROBERT ID. POTTER.
Science Editor, The American WeelxI,

TOE RIPLEY hasn't put 1t In his Believe II Or Not"
cartoons yet but the odor of chemical creosote
~ and the eving cotton rats Of the states
are the latest medical science using to battle
The scourge OF infantile paralysis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

scientific research. That would at once
solve the problem of cost and obtain
race of healthy cotton rats. The an
swer seemed plain.
Get two cotton rats. Put them in
cage.
Pretty soon . little rats
Anyone who has ever had rats or
mice around the house knew that that
was the way TO get more rats than
you wanted
But it didn't work out that way.
The scientists put the rats in the
cage. all right They knew all about
breeding laboratory rats and mice, for
they had been doing it for years.
But that next morning only one rat
would be alive. The other would be
dead. Time and again they tried It.
and it worked out the same way.
Figuratively putting a keyhole on
the cotton rats the scientists found
that instead of mating the rats en-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

A Potent Chemical Stink Plays
Cupid for Laboratory Rodents
So Science Can Speed It's Fight
on the Virus Of the Wicked
Gripping Disease JUST When
Conquest Seemed Blocked by
War-caused Scarcity Of
Monkeys From India
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-31

january 81, 1913
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-18
SMITH
 BERGEN LECTURER
Second in l943=44 Series to Be Given at Yale
 Tuesday

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 18-Her- bert J. Davis, President of Sr ith College, will speak on Charles Mon- tagl Doughty, 1843-19cs' at the Der gen Lecture, second of the 1943-44 series, to be given Tuesday, Nov. g, at 5:00 p. m. in Strathcona Hall at Yale University.
 President Davis, who received the B. A. degree from Oxford (England)
 In 1914. was member of the fac ulty of University College, Toronto, from 1925 to 1888.
 Before assuming the presidency of Smith College in 1940, he served for two years as chairman of the Eng fish Department at Cornell Univer- sity. the post now held by Edward K. Brown, first of this years Bergen lectureres.
 Charles Montagu Doughty was the author of Arabia Deserta," one of the greatest contributions to our knowledge of Arabia. After graduat- ing from Cambridge (England) in 1866, he spent many years in travel, gaining a profound understanding of Arab character.
 His works also include many vol umes of poetry, among them 'The Dawn in Britaii4" Gin six volumes) and Adam Cast Forth" in 1922. he was elected an honorar" fellow of the British Academy. having pre- viously received the honorary D. Lit. from both CambridRe and Oxford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-18
O. f2exlzg H7
 REAL PERSON BY DR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICk
atalism Is Very Comfortable
 Way of Avoiding Responsibility

Many today escape a sense of personal responsibility through a general feeling of powerlessness. Like Gulliver in the land of the giants, they find their lives deter mined by forces so titanic that they lapse into mood of emotional fa- talism.
 Fatalism Is commonly presented as a dour, grim doctrine, robbing us of inner freedom, reducing us to the estate of robots, denying us initiative and creativity.
 As matter of fact, fatausm Is one of the most comfortable moods in which a man can live. If he is an automation, he is irresponsible, and so has an upanswerable jus tification for anything he is or does. His creed is simple and com- plete: Whatever is, is inevitable. "".d r"nn to his friend. ''You are acting like 8 fool" Well" was
 lie ;nswor, Eff that is what am, I cannot help it. That is the way fate made me-" From that alibi, persistently held, there is no ap- peal; it is an impregnable defense mechanism. An altogether differ ent outlook is suggested by Emer- son: Henry Thoreau made, last night the fine remark that, as long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way"
 Only on the basis of mans pro- found emotional desire to be dis pensed from such responsibility can the historic rise of one system of fatalism after another be ex- plained.
 Astrology-its belated devotees still among us-provided a vast system of foreordination whose ver- bal left-overS finger in our voca- bulary. If man was jovial, it was because he was born under the pla- net love; if mercurial, under Mec- cury. Nor has theology escaped such usage, for Islam and certain forms of Christianity have notori- ously provided fatalistic doctrines, according to which man is the helpless victim of divine decrees.
 Lyman Beecher was a masterful figure in New England in his day. One week end he was to exchange pulpits with a neighboring minister who held stiff theory of predes- tination. while on that point Beech CT was for his time a liberal. On Sunday morning both men started from home. each going to the oth- CTS church, and met midway.
 AS they paused, the neighboring minister said, Doctor Beecher, I wish to call to your attention that before the creation of the world God arranged that you were to preach in my pulpit and in yours