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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-24
Source Of Draft Manpower
Seen Among Coz. Employees
BY EDWARD v. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, Sept. "a - Cup -
Congress looked to government en-
ployes as a possible source Of draft
fnanpower today as prospects be-
came very dim for Senate approval
Of the Wheeler bill to defer induc-
ton Of fathers.
Further congressional moves in
connection with selective service
calls will come next week with the
pattern outlined by these two devel-
opments:
/. Selective service director Lewis
B. Hershey will be summoned to ex-
plain to a congressional committee
why 10000 single and 10000 mar
ried but-childless government en-
ployes rave not been drafted.
2. One Of the best informed adj
ministration sources in the Senate
predicted that Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler's bill to delay drafting
fathers until Jan. ! would get q
maximum Of rs votes" in the Sem
ate next week.
A House military affairs subcom-
AA1AteCC &ONQocCA 6bbCAAe4OAA VAA VAC W.
ferment of government employees
while the Senate military affairs
committee was concluding hearings
on the Wheeler bill.
The subcommittee said the figure
Of 100000 deferred non-fatherS in
government service was a "conser-
vative estimate based on data sub
mitted Aug. Is by the selective SER
vice administration.
Chairman John M. Costello, D.,
Calf, pointed out that at that time
selective service already had an
nornced all other sources had been
exhausted and the induction of 446,-
600 fathers to complete 1913 quotas
would be necessary.
The figures indicated that fewer
that 117,000 Of the 100000 non-fath-
ers in government service have been
deferred. The rest, according to
Robert M. Barnett, chairman Of the
war manpower commission commit
tee on government deferment. must
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
Why we are fighting and how he
can help. Show him; the way >.
by Douglas u. Thorn, MD.
Dsrseses q tie Hsb Clinic fr cd csiiu,ee Ros,eo Man,

is the time and this is their oppor-
tunity to contribute something con-
crete and worth while for the cause
for which the armed forces are fight
ing everywhere.
Just as Johnny reflects our wor-
ries and anxieties, so he will also
be influenced by our constructive,
optimistic attitudes. Parents who
continually growl about increased
taxes complain about the restric-
tons and deprivations imposed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28

BY now in the war, parents should
begin to realize that children are
usually far more capable and respon-
sible than we permit them to be.
With fathers called for military duty.
mothers doing Red Cross or Civil
ian Defense Work. and the older
children leaving home to take war
plant jobs, the children at home will
take over the responsibilities of
those who have left ii we give
them a chance. Mary will wash dish
es. set tables, make beds, learn how
to cook and assume responsibility
for the younger members in the
household. She will like to. But it is
only just to give this child some
additional compensation for her in
creased work. Something perhaps in
keeping with the allowance which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28

dresses that can be remodeled. In
the average home, much food is
wasted by children. They indulge in
finicky food habits =. raid the ice
box regardless of the menu that may
have been planned for the day -.
spend unnecessarily for food out
side of home. Self sacrifice about
these things will mean money saved
for the war. So will care of the furni-
ture and general household equip
ment. There are times when savings
for defense might well be family
project, with each member making
such contributions as he or she can.
Perhaps most important is the
fact that children are in this way be-
ing brought face to face with essen
tial problems concerned with the job
of living. That's what having a
chance at real job means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28

~HILDREN are war-minded.
Military terms have crept in
~ to their vocabularies. They
like to decorate themselves with mil
itary insignia. They have shifted to
play and games that center around
soldiers with Sam Browne belts, tin
hats, rifles, machine guns. ambu-
lances and stretchers.
In other words, Mary and Johnny
reflect the anxiety which prevails
among the grown-ups with whom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
IRlsSrRONC ROBERTS

the war have an obviously bad influ-
ence on the younger members of
the family. On the other hand, the
parents who take the attitude that
the price we are paying for our lib
erty is cheap .. who take kindly
to stew and hash instead of steaks
and roasts who express satisfac-
ton in being able to do their bit by
purchasing War Savings Stamps for
the defense of their country. =. these
parents are teaching by example the
important lesson that sacrifice brings
real satisfaction.
Make Il Work
HAVING implanted the idea in
Johnny's mind that he should con-
tribute toward the expense of defend
ing the nation, how can we convert
the idea into a workable reality?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28

discussion at home about the prob
lem of increased taxes, the necessity
of cutting down expenses, the ration
ing of foodstuffs. They see the cur
tailment that is taking place in most
homes in an effort to simplify living.
They realize that a nation at war
makes drastic demands which impose
sacrifices on the part of everyone.
Parents should not, however, take
it for granted that children will fully
comprehend the need of all that is
asked. They must take time to ex-
plain just what it is all about: Why
these sacrifices are necessary for the
time being, in order that the children
of today may continue to enjoy free
dom and happiness in the future.
Parents, teachers and other adults
will not find it difficult to impress
most children with the fact that this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28

the older children we're re-
ceiving. Johnny will be
called upon for the heavier
duties about the household.
Or he will find opportuni-
ties of earning extra cash in
helping out around the
neighborhood -. running
errands -. moving lawns
:. shoveling snow :. 9TH
er part-time jobs to provide
him with the money for
making a financial contri-
button to the defense pro-
gram.
Promote Thrift
INTELLIGENT parents Will
find many other ways to
promote this spirit of thrift
in children. A campaign
might be started in every
household for greater care
of clothes -. for using old
clothes for play and work
-. for keeping parents in
formed about the coat that
needs to be mended the
shoes that need a stitch -.
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they come in contact. Asso-
ciated with this anxiety is
their feeling of inadequacy
because of their inability to
contribute to the solution of
the problem. So parents and
other adults must keep in
mind that what children
really need is an objective
to work for which is satu-
rated with realism. They
want something definite
and concrete-whcre the
relationship between
effort and result will be
simple. direct and Obvi-
ously valuable.
Working, saving, and
spending for the cause of
defense can be made both
emotionally appealing and
intellectually sound to
children of all ages.
The radio, movies, and
daily newspapers present
clearly the needs of the gov
eminent for money to carry
on the war. The children
hear this. They also hear
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
The Brighter Side

7 AM wondering just how much
i interest the discussions of
how the world is to be rear
ranged after the war is attract
ing at the moment among the
thousands of our soldiers and
private citizens who are prison.
ers of the Japanese in the Philip
pines and elsewhere in the Pa
cific.
Perhaps they have not heard
of the matter. / understand their
Japanese captors do not permit
the circulation of news in their
midst by radio or public print
as we do with the natives OF
Japan, whom we have interned
in this country.
In fact, these natives have
their own newspapers in their
internment camps, a privilege I
suspect is denied the American
prisoners.
But if the latter have by any
, change heard of the discussions
aforesaid, it is my conjecture
they are marveling that we can
think of world Encouragement
before we have regained an inch
of our lost territory in their part
of the globe and while their eyes
see daily the infamous flag of
the rising sun floating over a
land in bondage.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
The OnIooker
BY Henry McLeInOre

vast eXpanSeS Of landscape on
the other side.
Tn NO instance do the feet Of
Il my subjects show. And in
four Of the pictures, only half Of
the person shows. II makes an
interesting study--half a person
with no feet.
Ny group pictures cou ] d
scarcely be called group pictures,
though that was the original in
tention. For instance, l took a
picture Of four friends and my
dog. The camera caught part of
the dog no feet, of courSc-but
the friends were a little TOO far
TO the left 10 get in the picture
al all. ! don't think l am quite
ready yet for convention and
banquet pictures.
On looking al my pictures
some one suggested that what l
needed was a course in compo-
sItlon.
"Oh, I've had composition"
/ said. Took that i'm the fourth
or fifth grade. Miss Phappy was
my teacher. ! remember 1 won
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

which was produced over Is
years ago.
At the funeral of the brilliant
Negro entertainer Florence Mills
10000 of her people sang, bye,
Bye Blackbird" as the coffin was
lowered into the grave.
Q-Do you still think Bret
Harte was a better short story
writer than o. Henry?
A-Certainly. And I think
Edgar Allan Poe was better than
Harte. And that Guy De Maui
passant was better than either
of them.
Q-What do you think of the
argument that at 18 years of age
a male is still only a child and
therefore not fit for military
duty?
Al am against the idea of
choosing men for military duty
by age limits.
Some, 18-year-old males are
really still children.
Others have attained manhood
by that time.
Wellington was highly capas
BILE officer at 1S.
1t works the same the other
way.
Some men are old in their
middle forties; others are still
young and vigorous.
Caesar didn't begin his mill
tary career until he was A
$50 you claim to be an ex-
pert on the Bible. Then an
swer this; what book of the
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Yanks' Thoughts
i'm Jap Camps

schools converted to the Japa-
nese language and japanese Gus
toms installed everywhere and
in everything as far as possible.
And most likely the American
prisoners know how the islands
are being fortified against the
day we at last turn TO the task
Of their rescue.
T AM not saying that anymore
Il could be done than is being
done now in the war in the Pa
cific. 1 am not criticiZing the
military strategy that seems to
leave Japan more or less to the
future, but I think il is idle to
discuss postwar plans while so
many of our people remain
under the conqueror's heel and
so much of our territory is yet
to be recovered.
And I believe it quite proper
to keep the plight of the Ameri-
cans in the Philippines in the
mind of the public as an incen-
tive toward our continued war
effort at home until this stain
upon our national honor has
been erased.
When you are irked by any
small privations of war at home
just remember those in the
prison camps Of Manila.
Copyright, 19i3. by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

She is a Uilsome Wee thing,
She is handsome Wee thing,
She is a bonnie ace thing,
This siDeet Dee 0ife of mfne.
Burns.
(Above is one Of the outstand-
ing poetic tributes TO cute, little
tricks. Burns was fond OF small
women. Byron and Tennyson
preferred tall girls.
(However, men in general
when choosing a wife do not let
the matter of height affect their
selection. Women do.
"a tall girl often will love
short man but will not marry
him because she thinks they will
look funny when dancing to-
gether.-EVDD
JOAN CRAWFORD clipped all
- of o. o. McIntyre's columns
and pasted them in a scrap book.
Oracle Fields is the frankest
actress of all time. She tells
her audiences:
81 am Al years old and I have
false teeth"
II. b. Mencken in a short
photographed sketch stated:
81 cut my nails with a jack
knife"
This made the New York
manicuriSts very angry.
However, the fact remains
that only 3 per cent of the male
population utilize the services of
manicurists.
Alsatians, collies, bull terriers
and airdales are the breeds OF
dogs most used for military pur-
poses by the British.
COEBBELS has a device in his
" office which permits him to
switch off Immediately all radio
programs being broadcast in
otillldIlN anu tIiCIi luilC lll llllll~
self and start talking.
Seven thousand more dentists
will be needed for the army in
1943. Better have your teeth
taken care of while you have the
chance.
Is said Olivia De Havilland and
several other feminine film stars
are talking of joining either the
WAACs or the WAVES.
Will be interesting to see who
Is the first top flight feminine
star to follow the example set in
joining the services by such male
stars as Clark Gable, Jimmy
Stewart and Tyrone Power.
QUERIES from clients;
0 Q-How old is the song
BYE, Bye Blackbird"?
A-This was first sung in Lew
Leslie's revue "B Ia * b II d s.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

II THE army and navy need an
Il official blackout photogra-
pher they could do worse than
engage my services.
Ny qualifications are that out
Of q pictures / took with my
new Christmas candid camera,
II Of them are coal black.
Neither Steichen nor Bachrach
nor Hurrell nor any Of the other
celebrated photographers could
have caught on film the true
blackout better than did. There
isn't Spcck of light TO be seen
in my pictures.
THIS is remarkable, because l
did not take them during
klackout. and there is no telling
y Kust what superb pictures / could
get. / don't mind telling you
some Of my friends are referring
10 me assAtargaret Bourke Nc
Lemore
The 13 pictures that turned
out" arc not nearly as good as
my blaCkout shots They have a
striking similarity 10 begin
with. The subject IS always way
over TO the left of the film, with
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
by Damon RunyOn

THEY have been despoiled of
l. their property. They have.
in many cases, undoubtedly been
mistreated physically. 7 ey
have been insulted. They live
by the rule and rote of brutal
conquerors. the first of our peo-
pie in generations to suffer this
ignominy, and they must be
greatly bewildered as the days
and weeks and months move on
and they see no sign of hope Of
their deliverance.
They would be more bewil-
dered if they could get our daily
papers and note how little is
said of their predicament. They
would be stunned if they knew
how the war in the Pacific is
apparently subordinated to ex-
peditionary thrusts elsewhere in
the complacent attitude that if
Hitler is defeated. Japan will be
a soft touch because they prob
ably have a pretty good idea
from what is happening in the
Philippines of how the japanese
are consolidating tn cir gains
elsewhere.
The islands that were won
from Spain in American blood
and developed by over 40 years
of American initiative and in
genuity are under japanese
rulers, the names changed to
japanese, the newspapers and
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
BY Jack Laif;
More JOttings

Eva Gabor had a nervous coll
lapse and must rest indef.
Sandra Rambeau. after long
Mexico City fiesta and siesta, is
back in town doing the late
spots with Pedro Corcueva.
Madcap Merry Fahrney, who
also likes Latins, flew out of Rio
and into Buenos Aires.
Ila Rhodes and Gen. Bennett
Meyers are so romantic-they'll
wed on ST. Valentines Day, at
the Little Church Around the
Corner.
CEORGE- WHITNEY is presi-
" dent of J. p. Morgan & Co.,
and president of Doctors Hos
pital. l.
He didn't spend much time at
% Wall street this week.
The hospital saw plenty of
him-but in a private capacity.
Born there TO Georges son,
Robert Whitney, was son; and
born there 10 Georges daughter,
Mrs. Martha Whitney Rowe,
was a daughter.
II you think that's compli-
Gated, imagine what George
thought it was,
TUNE WALKER, who was a
% Belasco star, has joined a
road company of Life With
Father"
First ii was Warmers, now it's
20th-Fox which claims 10 have
the rights 10 the picture story
OF Eddie Rickenbacker's life.
Elaine Barrymore is being
sued for S., 900 for carting away
two carved doors from the Pro-
files handsome hut.
The Norwegian Embassy In
Washington sponsored a pre-
view of Commands Strike at
Dawn"
Senator Bob LaFollette is
now part owner Of WEMP, Mil
waukee radio station.
The Lion and the Lamb Cafe
terra, on Lexington avenue, went
fooey-couldn't get lion meat? !?
Joe FIELDS, son Of Lew
u Fields, co-author Of three hits
now on Broadway, was once a
perfume salesman.
R-K-O had not one genius"
but two.
Orson Welles spilled hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars into It's
All True" and Pare LorentZ
vouchered Name, Age and Oc-
cupation" for about 100000
and the company doesn't yet
know what It's going TO do with
either.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
COngressEn on in n Crisis
Wandering Topioco
Finally Finds Haven,
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

Here's the weeks recapituation of the cold tapioca
went from the to the pan the finger the generals
to the French marshas musache nkers
Chance |...
Private Mosconi took that chance and when the eight
congressman depoyed the hall he his duty
it did him.
Knowing that cold tapioca delays brooks he swped
the apioca off the pan with the index finger of his nearest
hand and saluting the eight congressman, ate 1t.
That's how he became the Unknown K. p. and the
who cooked the beans upside down.
If you want to what cold tapoca like Just
lick the back of postage stamp and jump away quick.
The cassava stamp is the stuff tapoca that
has cooled off, We get it from South America and it is
included in good nghbor policy had better build back
fences three feet higher.
by
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

)T T. ROBERT TAPLINGER
IL likes the Stnrk Club, espe-
cially when Anne st. George is
there.
The Daily Worker was turned
down by the networks for an
Earl Browder weekly hookup.
Bill Henie. Sonja's kid brother,
is the latest OF the many who
thinks Candy Jones is sweet.
Gertrude Niesen item No. 999:
it's Lee Trent now.
WAR and treasury depart
w ments are being rapidly de-
centralized; Chicago gets $500
workers about February 10; in
New York the Signal Corps will
take over midtown buildings 10
accommodate the influx.
The Book of the Month Club
winner for April is The Year Of
Decision. 1876" by Bernard
Devote little Brown).
The Eisenhower Yanks and
Montgomery Britons. converging
on TWnis, have an African Made
moiselle from Armentieres" -
DIRTY Gerte from Bizerte."
The lyrics cannot be quoted in
this chaste column.
Tho l3 Slav nations here, 49,
00000 Americans strong, have
organized an American Slav
Congress.
CUE THOMAS, %. 1107 South
~ Washington. Tacoma, Wash,
came to New York on a pleasure
trip.
Having read Walter Win
chell's description Of our town
Loyalty, she wanted 10 check up.
She writes in, describing all
she saw-and she saw every
thing, including George s. Kauff-
man.
Sue closes:
\ "New York: Good-by-leaving
with regret-without pictures
without souvenirs - memories
make the best pictures and the
best ouyenirs--memori of tall
buildings-crowded streets-sou-
venirs OF laughter Of gay people
of theater crowds--souvenirs
Of music--highspots and high
lights--a place to play--New
YOrk-a place 10 go--but not TO
stay-darn it"
CTATE SENATOR SEYMOUR
~ HALPERN rushes down from
Albany 10 see Angela Green,
Powers model.
Tricia Hurst is the first '43
debutante TO become engaged
he's WV Mathews, Harvard IA.
Arleen Whelan and her hus-
band, Cpl. Alex darcy. no
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Offers Army
Camera Aid

a prize once for the best crayon
cover for my composition on a
visit with grandmother in the
country"
He said he didn't mean that
sort Of composition, but photo
graphic composition. As | get
il. Photographic composition IS
the art of arranging your sub
jectS attractively. You must
never photograph a fat man
standing next 10 a barrel, or a
porcupine climbing up a cactus
bush.
4 PHOTOGRAPHIC must" is
n that if you ever run across
an old. old man with a beard,
stick your camera right IN his
face and get a picture that will
show every single whisker in his
beard and every line in his face.
The result is almost sure 10
win you the SO second prize or
the S. third prize in any photo
graphic exhibition. And. If he
happens 10 be a real ugly old
man, you'll have a good chance
at first prize; that is. Of course,
unless some rival has snapped
two pickaninnies eating water
melon with broken-down
wagon as a background
In that case, you might just
as well stop dreaming Of first
prize.
The technical details of a cam
did camera still have me puz-
zled. / have all the little doo-
dads around the lens set at
certain little notches and l am
afraid to move them.
AS a result, l can only take
pictures from a distance of 6
feet, and in bright sunlight.
Most OF my shots have been of a
friend who happens 10 be eX-
ac1y s feet tall. He lies down,
/ drop a handkerchief where his
head rests, and then he stands
up and / take a picture of him.
Some of my best blackout
shots are Of this friend.
ONE thing 1 have learned
~ since getting a camera is
that developing shops are packed
with liars. They say your pic
lures will be ready at 3 in the
afternoon, but when you get
there, all a-flutter TO see your
handiwork, they're never ready.
When they finally are ready,
about 6, they come out all damp
and curly, and it's hours be-
fore you can paste them in your
album and admire them.
AS for loading a camera, II is
a task that not even Satan
would make his most unpopular
imp do in his spare time The
instructions for loading that
came with my camera have
nothing more to do with the job
than a book on chatting dish
cooking has to do with sailing a
three-masted schooner.
The only way to load mine is
to put both feet on it, and beat
il into subsection with a ham,
mer. Any one seeing me load
mine would swear L was beat
ing a wild animal TO death.
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