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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
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Our friends have long known what
our enemies are learning today, that
the promises of the United States
are always ke1't and our pledges are
always redeemed.
President Roosevelt.
We can look forward with conf
dent hope to the time when all over
the world the aggressors are driv-
en- to unconditional surrender.
Winston Churchill.
1t may we'll be that in the i'm
mediate future our fighting COM
manders will call upon us to move
In behind a front line in Europe to
provide relief to newly liberated
peoples.
Foreign Relief Director Herbert
H. Lehman.
The ideal of tailless type (plane)
Or true flying wing, has intrigued
designers for many years. 1t Is quite
possible that persistent research can
evolve a safe control for such a
| craft.
-NACA Chairman j. c. Hunsaker
A second front is imminent. The
Allies state 1t is no longer a ques-
ton of weeks or of days-it Is q
question hours.
| Paris Radio (Na1)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Mark vi Flops

The Germans expected great things
from their cotton Mark vi tanks, but
these have proven failures on two fronts.
In North Africa, Anglo American defenses
knocked out every Mark vi they set eyes
on. In Russia the Nazis counted upon
weight of armor, particularly in the Tiger
tanks, to break through-and they have
failed of any decisive result.
American ordnance experts had warned
that there is specific limit to the eff
fective size of tanks. Whether or not
The Mark vi exceeds that limit, it does
save one deadly weakness. 1t is powered
oh an engine incapable of handling the
alonster's hulk with speet. t.r4E flexibility.
That makes the Mark vi a sitting duck
for artillery that can toss shells through
any armor that can be, put on self
propelling vehicle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
A NEW BIG TRAIN"
(Hartford Courant)

The news out of New York that
at long last the great French super
liner Norman-die may after several
reverses get into the war as troop
transport or airplane caier for the
Pnited Nations is welcome indeed.
Until Geat Britain's construction of
the giant Queen Mary, Normandie
held the blue ribbon" of the At
lantic for her three a-half- day
speed from Bishops Rock to Am
brose Light. Displacing some 10000
tons, she was next to the largest
cargo and passenger carrying ship
afloat, and those big upper decks of
hers were ideal for catapulting air.
planes of a fighter force.
The latest word is that the work
of righting Normandie's partially
submerged hull, considered one of
the most arduouS marine salvage
jobs in all naval history. is all but
completed. Whether she will be used
as a airplane carrier or troopship
is OF course military secret. If
the former should prove better, it
can be said now that she was
originally constructed with that aim
in view. If the latter, she will be
about the finest and speediest trans
port since the old Leviathan, af-
fectionately known as big Train
by Pershing's doughboys, unloaded
her ten thousand soldier passengers
every ten days in Brest after the
trek over from Hoboken.
! Normandie now belongs to the
United States, since the Govern
ment took her over shortly after
the Pearl Harbor debacle. She suf-
fered severely in an inexcusable ane
still unexplained fire in February
of 1912, keeled over on her side anc
ali but went under for good. How
ever, she bears the mighty name o.
one of the toughest Of French pro-
vinces. t,.a homeland Of william th'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

The inside story on the Nays
new uniforms becomes more amaz-
ing as more leaks out.
1t is now revealed that last fall
when the subject of ney summer
uniforms was debated, Procure
when the subject of new summer
uniforms would strain the textile
industry, so they wanted notice
well in advance.
Finally, in December, Procure
ment officials got promise that
there would be no new summer
uniforms, but that the old khaki
Jobs could last another year, even
if they did wrinkle at the Shout
ders and bag a bit at the knee.
KNOX SAID NO
Just to make absolutely sure
they would not be called upon to
dig up several million yards of
textiles at the last minute, Pro-
curement officials actually got a
written commitment from no less
than the Secretary of the Navy
himself, Frank Knox, stating that
there would be no change in uni
forms.
But Knox did not count upon his
clothes-horse Commander OF the
Fleet, Admiral Ernest King. The
Admiral came back from London
wearing a green uniform nattily
got up for him by a London
tailor who caters to His Majesty's
Navy. 1t is the privilege of the
Commander of the Fleet to wear
any kind of uniform he wants,
and King had let His Majesty's
tailor use his Imagination.
OVERRULING KNOX
When the Admiral walked into
the White House, the President
complimented him on his dashing
new get-up, and suggested on the
spur of the moment that the
Navy adopt a similar uniform.
II wish you'd tell that to
knox," said King.
Whereupon the President pro-
ceeded to authorize Admiral King
to go over the head of the Secre-
tary of the Navy and order new
summer uniforms for the entire
Navy.
This little act in itself will put
such a strain on the textile in
dustry that the rest of the United
States may have to be clothes
rationed.
SEA TESTS
However, this wasn't all. The
natty green uniform of Admiral
King, inspired in London, had to
be taken out to sea on battle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

its heat loss, in DR.. Masters
order to keep the body temperature
confined within narrow limits.
HEAT DERIVATION
Heat is derived from the com.
bustion of food, drink. and from
the air consumed, as the result Of
oxidation of tissue. Physical activity
increases the heat-prodWtion many
times. Heat is dissipated chiefly
through the lungs and skin. The
loss of heat depends upon physical
properties such as radiation, con-
vection (the transfer of heat by
air currents, conduction (the
change from warm to a cooler
substance), and evaporation.
These physical factors are all
influenced by the environment, ard
although the body controls certain
factors concerned with heat loss,
like metabolic rate, activity and age,
the chief elements of heat-loss are
in constant interplay with the
environment.
The weather is forever changing.
When it is hot, less heat can be
lost by radiation and convection,
and therefore evaporation must be
increased to balance the tital loss
and maintain equilibrium. When the
foisture content in the air is high,
evaporation is retarded. And if conf
fort is to be maintained, more
heat must be lost by convection.
This effect may be accomplished by
the electric fan, which increases the
rate of air currents in the room.
In order to be comfortable and
keep maximum working efficiency,
the rate of heat-loss from the body
must equal that being generated.
Air conditioning engineers speak Of
defective temperature" by which
they refer to three properties of
the air--temperature the amount of
moisture it contains, and the rate
of it's movement. The ideal effective
temperature" is not just the tenn
perature of the air, but various COM
binations of temperature, humidity
and movement, which have the same
relative effect 40.
CONTROL OF AIR
Comfort is an individual matter,
and varies slightly with different
people, but on an average, with
moderate humidity and air move
ment, comfort is maximal at 70
degrees F. in the winter, and 76
deorees F.. in the summer. The
difference between seasons is prob
ably due to acclimatization, and
variation of few degrees above
and below the average figure may
occur without obvious loss OF COM
fort.
The effective control of these
properties of air, in addition to pur-
flying it of noxious gases, dust, pol
lens and other participate matter
and disinfecting it. are problems for
postwar engineering and industry.
Because of the influence total air
control will have on comfort, eff
cheney and health, these problems
will loom large.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

Crowded buses and trains over week.
ends have become a considerable problem.
This past weekend state police were in
this city checking On the exodus, and
many Would-be travellers had to wait
hours. No more overlooking will be al
lowed. This is an unfortunate state OF
affairs and naturally the disappointment
is great where the party has planned trip
The easiest solution today is to fall In
line and try to live up to the necessary
restrictions of the day. Dissatisfaction
with the state of things today is pretty
general, but it is a much better thing to
lose your bus trip than to travel under
such conditions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

ship and subjected to camouflage
tests to ascertain whether the en-
enemy could Sc cit. This required
a lot of time and monkeying
around. And finally slate gray
was substitutedn for green.
Then the clothes-horse admiral
and his sartorial cohorts con-
ceived the bright idea of saving
gold braid by having the stripes
of an officers sleeve run only
half way around, instead of all
the way around.
Accordingly such an order
was issued. Only then did
the sartorial admirals discover
that to change these stripes
would take exactly 275,0OO tailor
man hours!
And tailors these days are
harder to get than textiles.
NOTE: Worst result of the new
uniform is the fact that it makes
for economic discrimination in the
Navy. The wealthy young Of
ficer can afford the new slate
gray uniform and will buy one
Immediately, presumably winning
favor with "Old Clothes Horse.
But the officer who has to sup
port a wife and family on a
meager naval salary can't afford
the extra 500, so he will have
to keep on wearing his old khakis,
which he can do under regulations
until they are worn out.
HERSHEY AND WACS
Not far from the Potomac river
in Washington, two apartment
buildings have been converted to
war purposes. The Potomac Park
apartments serve as headquarters
for Selective Service, while the
building next door serves as head
quarters and dormitory for the
WACS.
In their various duties, the
WACS work three eight-houl
hour shifts, with the result that
almost any hour of the day might
be bedtime for the one shift or
another.
1t so happens that the WACS
dormitory is located on the eighth
floor of their building. Major Cen
eral Lewis B. Hershey, director
of Selective Service, is also To-
Gated on the eighth floor of his
building across the street.
One day the General beheld an
unexpected sight out of the corner
of his eye. His mouth opened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

tingencieS to which we seldom give
thought.
What are the things people worry
about most? Loss of money, illness,
criticism-these certainly are chief.
People fear above everything the
prospect of suffering, or the likeli-
hood of their having to give up
some comfort. In this day, of course,
there Is a new set of worries incl
dent to the war.
A stalwart personality who long
ago conquered the problem of WORRY
has written these words: 1T is
Gods business to take care of me
and my business to do what He tells
me-" If we could accept this phil
osophy-or rather this faith-it
would go long way toward solving
the problem of worry for every one
of us. For in the last analysis the
thing which redeems us from worry
is the stabilizing conviction thai
there is a power above our owr
capable of taking care of us. come
what will.
All Rights Reserved
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Two-Way Cooperation

Now that the nations laundries have
been recognized as essential war indus
tries, it is up to householders to cooperate
in meeting the reasonable requirements
in posed by Washington.
Laundries are to be helped with their
labor problems. In return they must dis
continue luxury services. This will make
the housewife do more of her own work,
but will enable her to get by infinitely bet
ter than if many Of the laundries have
to close down for lack of help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

Oil will be flowing through the big
inch" pipeline in less than q week, SO we
read. This is the eastern extension OF the
sos 900, 900 pipeline from Texas. Most OF
this oil, however, is expected to be for
military use, and may bring about added
gas rationing in the midwest, and before
very long more extended rationing in parts
Oh the country that have not yet expert
enced this deprivation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Now / understand" he cried.
Nov 1 know why those young
officers downstairs come up to
the eighth floor so often!"
DIRK FOR PRESIDENT

officers downstairs come up TO
the eighth floor so often!"
DIRK FOR PRESIDENT
Illinois Republican, Representa-
tive Everett Dirksen, sometimes
called Thorn in-FDR's-side is
taking seriously the talk of friends
that he run for President of the
United States.
1t all began when Dirksen at
tended an alumni meeting at the
University of Minnesota, his alma
mater, where the old grads start
dent clubs. Now the distillery
interests in Peoria, ILL.,, near where
he lives, have taken it up and Is
Congressional colleagues will soon
come out for Dirk for Presi-
dent"
His most powerful backstage
pusher is Earle Smith of the IL
linois Farm Bureau, whose Con-
gressional spokesman he has been
for many years.
NOTE: Dirksen voted against
the anti-strike bill because he said
it was not fair to penalize all of
labor because of John L. Lewis.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Thanks to Admiral CLOTHES
Horse" King, a naval aviator now
has to worry about five different
kinds of uniforms. He must have
white, green, the new slate gray,
and he already has the old khaki
uniform Mrs. Cordell Hull be-
lieves in going to bat for her home
town. When she heard the Army
was putting up hospital in
Staunton, Va, she insisted that it
be built of brick, even though all
bids were in on the usual frame
hospital buildings. The army
yielded -. Later Mrs. Hull de-
manded that the brick buildings
be ornamented with white pillars
and other colonial trimmings.
Again the contract was changed.
Mrs. Hull got her wish {. Other
towns which got frame army
buildings are now wishing that
the wife of the Secretary of State
had spent her girlhood with them.
Senator Cabot Lodge, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts,, will cover
the round the world trip of the
five Investigating senators for the
Associated Press.
copyright, 1913, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

There will be such changes as you never
saw before after the war, and industry Will
produce newer and better things than
ever before. Familiar words through all
ages and we have only to refer back to
the telephone automobile, airplane, motor
tractors, aluminium, dustless busters, cleo
trio coasters, nylon stockings, and so on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
THE GOVERNOR SAYS mo"

(Hartford Courant)
To the General Assembly's unWar-
ranted and indefensible interference
in the affairs of the city of Water
bury, Governor Baldwin has regis
tered an emphatic disapproval by
vetoing seven bills conceived by the
political firm of Senators Tobin,
Democrat, and Summa, Republican,
and damned through the General
Assembly in as disgraceful deal as
has been perpetrated against a nu-
nicipality in many years.
Some weeks ago Governor Bald
win vetoed the bill that would have
frozen the purchasing agent for Wa
terbury into Office for life. He held
that it was an invasion of the rights
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
DROPS CELTIC FOR WAFs

Oakland, CAL (UP)-When 1t
came to choosing between the WAFS
and her pet name, "Shanna Jane
MCGEE" was all for the WAFS. She
told the court that in her more
youthful and poetic days she had
changed her name Of Jane Ann" to
its Celtic equivalent. She prayed
the court to change it back into Am
erican again, which he did. The
WAFS wanted it clarified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

takes the joy out
of life so COM
pletely as con-
tinual worry. And
it almost always
happens that the
things we worry
about never hap
pen. Even if they
did. they would
probably be OF
little consequence
compared with
certain other con :
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Views Of The Press

Conqueror and scene of the martyd-
dom of Joan of Arc, and simply will
not stay down. May she prove to
be another big Train,' like the
"old Levi" and ferry many more
men and planes on the route to
victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Selected Poem
CITY'S CHILDREN

CITY'S CHILDREN
EDNA ST. John in The New York T1mes)
Pity all children in the city bred,
Who never walked barefooted on the land,
To summer showers never barred tn. head.
Or shared the warm life of the farmyard band
These never gathered daisies from the grass,
Or shy white trillium, or hived the bees,
They never danced upon a windy hill,
Or felt the dear companionship of trees,
Saddest of Natures changelings, what Is left
For those of Earth's great benson bereft?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

Monticello, Cal. (UP)-This city
was short on fire engines but long
on old-fashioned hay trucks. So the
Fire Department fashioned a fire
engine out of a hay truck 1t func-
toned so well that the department
added a second hay truck and three
trailer units. "-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

C o n S / silently re-
fused to set any
date for calling
up the frs t
fathers. Further
more, no date will
be officially set or
a n n oun ced or
even guessed at
until VINO and
SIS d e fl n | t e | y
KNOW when the
drafting of fathers
can't be delayed
another day and
will be absolutely
necessary. T h e y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

allure, in W h ! C h
persons are work
ing at least eight
hours every day.
be kept as nearly
perfect as pos
sible.
Consta n cy o I
body temperature
is e S S e ntial to
h e a l t h. In an
environment sub
ject to extensive
change, the body
must perpetually
balance it's heat
production W i t h
SIC hoot Lace ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Dads And
Their Draft
Worries
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

Trying to get at the bottom Of all
the so-called confusion over the date
on which fathers will be drafted I'M
covers some funny angles. The
record, however, is pretty straight:
War Manpower Commission and
SelectiYe Service Headquarters have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon sets at 2.17 a. m. (war time).
Sun rises at 5:3l a. m. sets at 1924 p m.
(war tme).
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
WE ARE TAKEN CARE OF
By EARL L. DOUGLASS d. d

Life is more often worn away by
the slow attrition by little anxieties
than by the terrific assault of over
whemling circumstances. Nothing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
A Thought for Today

And set my face unto the Lord God, 10 seek
by prayer and applications, with fasting and
sackcloth and ashes.-Daniel 9:3.
Prayers are heard in heaven very much in
proportion to our faith Little faith will get
very great merces, but great faith still greater.
-Spurgeon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13

Although the weather itself cam
not be controlled, much can be
done toward maintaining health
full atmosphere inside homes and
factories and offices. 1t is especially
important that the air and temper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Your Health
By DIR. Thomas d. Masters

EDITORS NOTE: Today DR..
Masters wartime health column
will be submitted for DIR. Brady's
column which appears regularly
on this page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-13
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Knox Had Promised Navy Officials Thered Be No New Uniforms;
Admiral Over Seereto Head
FDR Acted After Seeing Commanders Notify BritsMode logs
Colleagues Will Dirksen for President
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copyright, 1943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

II don't believe it," blurted out Joe. 1T
sounds crazy TO me- Sounds like Gertrude
Stein talking physics. or perhaps" he added
with a touch Of irony some OF your physi-
cists have been reading James Joyce's Fin
negan's Wake or Lewis CAROLS Alice in
Wonderland and are trying 10 Guido them"
Well Joseph Whitney looking at his meer-
schaum pipe and feeling it with his finger, and
finding it still and motionless may not be-
lieve It, And maybe millions of others may
not believe it. But physicists ask US TO be-
leve IT as an established fact Of science.
Such distinguished scientists as Millkan
Pupin, Eddington Jeans and Compton tell us
that a whole new subatomic world of mar
velous mystery has been discovered The
atom has been broken up into proton and
electrons. The whole concept Of matter has
been revolutionzed.
Instead of matter consisting Of hard inert
pellets, as the man in the street still imagines,
science has shown these infinitesimal con.
stituents of matter TO be in a state of ire
mendous activity.
The atom is viewed a small solar sys-
tenn. Around its central nucleus OF positive
electricity called proton. the electruns re-
volve the planets revolve about the sun.
The movements, however, apparently follow
no fixed path or orbit.
While the atom is so small as 20 be in
visible 10 the naked eye science has measured
the speed OF these electrons and tells us that
they move. in an orbit of less than one-mil-
lionth OF an inch in diameter faster than an
airpane or a bullet from a revolver. Thus
the average electron revolyes around its cen
trail nucleus several thousand million million
times every second, with a velocity Of hun
drcds Of miles a second.
This amazing orbital speed which is greater
than that Of the planets or even Of the stars,
is achieved in spite of the enthusiastically small
chamber in which il is imprisoned namely
less than one-millionth of an inch in diameter.
Indeed the whole conception Of matter has
been revolutionized by the discoveries of MI
clear physics. Instead of a stone wall for
instance, being a solid mass with no holes
or gaps between the particles, IL is now de-
clared by physicists TO be full of such open
ings and TO bear n closer resemblance to
what we might call n wire fence
So all matter, even the hardest metals, is
permeated by gaping holes which occupy
vastly greater amount Of the space than the
particles Of matter which in a constant
state of lightning-like velocity.
How much do you weigh ?" asked Milt
Piepul, one Of our largest students here at
Notre Dame, and power fullback on the
football team.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

The electrons would be pulled in from the far
outer rim Of the atom and pressed tightly
against the nucleus. Picture the outer walls
Of an enormous stadium suddenly closing in
tightly around the two teams huddled in the
center and you have rough picture of the
shrinkage that would take place in the atom.
We think OF a mans body a solid sub
stance whereas, to the scientist and in real
ity. it is largely void with minute particles
flying with startling velocity through that
void. In the shrinkage Of which speak
the empty space would be eliminated and the
particles of matter would be retained that
the weight of that speck of closely compacted
electrons and protons would be the same
as when they were occupying the feet and
2 inches of Mt Piepul's body.
This too. sounds startling. Let me cite
however a few findings from physics and
from astronomy which Will help the reader
20 understand how enormous weight may
inhcre in minute but dense bodies. Water
with a density of l. is used as the unit of
measurement of density. Osmium, with a
density of 225, is the densest substance
known to exist on the earth. About 16 per
cent heavier than gold. it is twice as heavy
AS lead Compared with the substances com.
posing some of the stars, however osmium
is lighter than a feather. Thus a companion
Of Sirius (the Dog STAR has a density Of