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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

OF brilliant red wool, which also
accents the collar. The pockets
each bear three large, golden
crusted buttons in the form OF
crowns. The long, cuffed sleeves
arc full and soft, as is the drape
of the skirt A head hugging hat
with deep back, in matching wool,
is worn with the dress.
Hattie Carnegie glorifies the ia
miliar Cossack blouse in two
piece dress Of bright red crepe. The
drawstring- wasted blouse has q
tight, high, round neckline, Its black
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

bridge game with Maj. B. r.
Adams, Jr., of Temple, Tex; Capt.
John G.. Tausig of Country Club
Hills, Va, and William M. Richard
son Of Greenwich, Conn. Sobel and
his partner reached six spades on
today's hand. When the play was
completed, he remarked, "Well,
Mrs. Sobel couldn't have done bet
ter" His partner than inquired, do
you know Mrs. Sobel?" AL said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

would have sold
the house, AS 1t is,
we're going TO
be p . t t y
crowded - b u I
we'll m an a 6 e
somehow"
You hear that
sort of thin 6
over q n d over
t o d a y. Young
I o | k S, indie
pendent to the
p 0 / n t Of not
telling t h e 1 r
parents a n y =
t h | n g about
their buSin G SIS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

RKO Radio expects shortly after
the first OF the year to star produce
ton on the first pictures of its
l944-45 season, according to Charles
w. Koerner, vice president in charge
OF production who came East to
attend the world premiere of 1.-THE
Iron Major" In Boston, and the New
York premiere,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

trim decorated with red bugle beads.
These also accent the long sleeves,
which are snug to the elbow, then
flare out to superwide, comfortable
armholes. To complete this ensem-
BILE, Sally Victor fashioned lux
urious hat and huge drawstring bag
OF mink.
Designer Sophie's contribution
to the Muscovite fashion parade is
a suit OF green and black wool,
topped by high Cossack shake
of black fox. The single-breasted
jacket, in green, is hip-short and
fitted. The black shirt has large,
square patch pockets, bordered
with embroidered braid and jet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
TOMORROW'S MENU
(Eat the Basic I Every Day

BREAKFAST: Tomato and
lemon juice, ready-to-eat corn
cereal, whole wheat raisin muf-
fms, butter or fortified margar-
inc, coffee, milk for children.
LUNCH: Soya-cheeSe omelet,
enriched toast strips, apple and
cabbage salad, oatmeal cookies,
tea, milk for children.
DINNER: Pan broiled chopped
steak, stuffed peppers with soya,
baked potatoes, enriched bread,
butter or fortified margarine,
mixed green's salad, chocolate
nut bread pudding, coffee, milk
for children.
Yellow vegetables are one Of Oh
Basic Seven Foods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
DISNEY SIGNS MIRANDA

Walt Disney has signed Aurora
Miranda, sister of Carmen, as first
OF a galaxy OF entertainers to be
featured In his THE Three Cab
alleros," for RKO Radio release.
Disney first saw her perform when
visiting Rio de Janeiro several years
ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
BY NEA SERVICE

BY NEA SERVICE
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sian influence these days, and fash
ion designers are no exception.
Characteristic Russian motifs have
appeared IN several New York crea-
tons recently. some Of which are
pictured above.
Designer Maurice Rentner went
back TO military uniforms Of old
czarist days for inspiration that
produced n handsome black crepe
frock with large bodice pockets
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08

Hello, Nom
We're Here For
The Duration!"
BY RUTH MILLETr

I'VE sold our house and moved
into an apartment Just three weeks
before my daughter, whose hus-
band was drafted. came home to live
with US. If we had only known she
was soon to have baby we never
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
NEW YORK PREMIEKl.

Pat O'Brlen's latest RKO Radio
starring film drama 1.-THE Iron Maj
Or" recreating the life and career
Of the late Frank Cavanaugh. fam
Gus football coach and war hero,
had Its New York premiere this
week at Broadway's Globe theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
BY WILLIAM f. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

A. M. Sobel, national tournament
director of the American Contract
Bridge League, had an interesting
experience on railroad train not
long ago. He was invited to sit In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
I'LL !RM Gla1 hE$s|
AKfckQn, 199s so
Soybean Products
Are Rich In
Calcium
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA STAFF Writer

The threatened restrictions on
the amount OF fluid milk (the best
known adult can get spotlight our
various new soybean products
When an adult cannot get his basic
pint of milk day In his diet, he
must increase his eating OF other
calcium-rich foods. Soybeans are
one of the best.
The Bureau OF Human Nutrition
and Home Economics has expert
mented with soybean products and
issued valuable booklet, Cooking
With Soya Flour and Grits.' It's q
good thing to have In the kitchen
these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-08
RKO RADIO READY

absence from Moline educationa
authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
A Thought for Today
Absenteeism

The Bethlehem Steel Company is to
be commended for diScharging $50 well
ders who had remained away from their
work at the Fore River shipyards
without excuse. The offenSe was not
first one. The yards general manager
says that the men had been absent "three
or four days week." that they had been
warned twice, and that the situation had
been discussed with their union. William
H. Norton, president of the Independent
Union of Fore River Workers, also is en-
titled to credit for taking the public view
point, commencing the discharges and
condeming absenteeism. This habit Of
staying home when the spirit moves has
become major hazard in American war
production. In the shipbuilding indus
try alone, the loss is estimated at full
million man-hours a week, which is
equivalent to $4,000 men working
40 hours. The Navy Department esti-
mates that time lost through unnecessary
failure to report-absenteeism
build another 81 destroyers or SO SUBJ
marines year.
Nor is the evil confined to ShipyardS.
Eddie Rickenbacker told an audience the
other day that the morning after Christ
mas 20 per cent of Boeing workers and
1900 others in Douglas plants failed to
show up. A few, undoubtedly, had legiti-
mate excuses Most of them were favor
ing stomachs upset by overeating, heads
splitting from overdrinking, or had de-
cided to enjoy long weekend and let
the fighting men whistle another day for
their bombers, fighters and transport
planes. A government survey shows three
principal reasons for the current increase
in abSenteeism First, failure Of workers
TO realize the harm they are doing; Sec
ond, high wages which enable men to live
comfortably without working constantly;
third, luxury goods shortages which Gre
ate monetary SURPRISES that can be and
are spent on recreation. The last two rep
resent pure selfishness which Is unpatri-
otto.
A Philadelphia draft board warns that
habitual absentees, If otherwise eligible
will be reclassified IA for military draft
Many other boards agree with Philadel-
phia's No. Sc:
1--WE feel an absentee is Stacker work
ing in defense plant to keep from going
ir.to the service"
A lot more agree with Eddie Ricken-
hacker:
"There's no absenteeism in the fox
holes of the Pacific and the burning
sands Of Africa"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
A Marxist Turns Realist

Postwar planners should not miss Ar
thur Koestler's article in a recent New
York Times Magazine. They need not
accept what he says merely because he
has said it, But the views which he ex-
presses do have weight because of their
source. Koestler, 'leftist intellectual"
has changed his mind about why the
United Nations are fighting and what the
now occupied countries want after the
war. Like others of his school, he had
thought that we were fighting for gen.
crafty known as democracy" and
against generality known as "faScism."
He had regarded this as struggle for
new world that would be liberal in the
Marx-Engel sense of that many-faceted
adjective. Says he now: "The nearer VIC
tory comes in sight, the clearer the char
acter of the war reveals itself as what
the Tories always said it was-a war for
national survival, war in defense of
certain conservative 10Th century deals,
and not what I and my friends of the
Left said it waS-a revolutionary civil
war in Europe on the Spanish pattern"
Mr.. Koestler is grieved about this AL
ready the barrage of dead cats has begun
flying in his direction, the belittling
charges that he is just "tired LIBERAL"
a defeatiSt. But in any event he is not a
renegade. He just faces what he believes,
sorrowfully, are facts.
Another way of looking at the situa-
ton is that we really are fighting for
democracy-not the intangible generali-
ty, but the specific benefits. After looking
over the alternatives, we have treasured
ourselves that, with all its faults, we pre-
fer this capitalistic system to Marxism.
We are fighting for our countries. Even
the Russians now concede that their
magnificent struggle is for Russia, and
not for the Red version of totalitarian-
ism. The Germans are fighting for a
greater Reich, not for the principles of
Nazism. Yet when we OF the United Ma
tions win, we shall have enabled democra-
cy and its child, the system of individual
enterprise, to survive yet while longer.
And why not? Democracy promises us
what we want The school of liberalism
to which Mr.. Koestler belonged would
have given us what 1t thought to be best
for US. We prefer democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
Thomas F. Devine

The late "Tom" Devine was a familiar
figure in our city UP to the time Of his
retirement from active law practice some
years ago. Scholar, teacher and lawyer,
he was among the brilliant men Of this
city during day when there was time
to spend congenial hours in good con-
versation.
Professor Devine, as he was called,
came to this city as young man from
Suffield and became identified as a
teacher, later as principal Of the Duggan
school. He was one of the many local
men of scholarly attainments.' He had a
fine command OF the English language and
was given to flowery expression for which
he was noted.
He was possessor Of prodigiouS
memory and could quote widely from the
English masterpieces of poetry and prose
as we'll as from the classics. We have
few of his type left today, and like
another English scholar several years
deceased, DR.. Michael c. Donovan, his
fund of knowledge was overwhelming.
Old time residents of the city who
enjoyed the company and the talents OF
Thomas F. Devine in years gone by will
regret to hear Of his passing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

Some years later he joined the
army. One day when on leave, he
heard a woman read to a group Of
Christians these words from the
New Testament: Little children,
love one another" He was on his
way to debauch himself in the dives
and drinking places. and the words
which this Christian woman had
read got into his heart In a way that
spoiled his good time. The next
evening he happened to be passing
down the same street. The door OF
the house in which this woman and
her friends were worshiping was
open, and he testifies that he was
forced as by two strong hands to
the threshold where he had heard
the woman reading the evening be-
fore. Again he heard the Word OF
God read. A deep peace came upon
him. He turned to the man next
him and asked what was the name
of this book out Of which the woman
was reading. and when the man
handed him a Bible, the soldier
clutched 1t to his breast and ran
from the building.
Many an attempt has been made
upon his life since he became a
Christian. Today he operates a
pushcart on one Of the streets Of
q Palestinian city, and as he sells
his goods. he makes 10 point TO
tell his customers about the Christ
who transformed his life.
All Rights Reserved Babson
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

Miss Mary Shell, pioneer business
woman of Waterbury and one OF its
most highly respected citizens, passed
away quietly at her Oakhill ave-
nue. home Monday morning. OF quiet
and unassuming manner Miss Shiel spent
her life pleasing large clientele; going
about her duties quietly and efficiently.
Some years ago she and her sisters
crened one of the city's leading special
ty shops for women, The Shell Shop,
which has served the public faithfully,
with the honesty and straightforwardness
that were always the policy of this bust
ness.
Outside OF her business activities Miss
Shells family and home were her chief
interests. She was a woman Of fine prir-
ciples, always ready to cooperate gener-
ously in any worthy cause. In her death
the city loses staunch Christian gentle
woman, good business executive, and
q fine citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
Current Comment

We will do everything possible in
order not to be involved in this war,
but we know now that 1t Is not with
In our power to remain out.
President IsInet Inonu Of Turkey
Governments will stand or fall
after the war era according to the
degree they master their economic
problems and enable people to make
a decent living.
ALI M. Landon.
1t is now largely a choice be-
tween married men and vital work.
ers. We are scraping the bottom OF
the barrel on single men.
-Manpower Director Paul v. Mca
Mutt.
To-day the great successes Of the
Russian front have led thousands OF
Americans to throw their hats IN the
air and proclaim that victory Is just
around the corner. We still face
reverses and misfortunes.
President Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
TAXES AND SOLDIERS
Hartford Conrantl

In q recent appearance before the
Ways and Means Committee, the
tax expert of the Treasury Depart
ment, Mf. Paul, gave it as his con-
viction that the adoption of the
Ruml tax plan would work especial
hardships on the men in the armed
services. since they would have
some day to share in the heavier
taxes that the adoption of the Ruml
plan presumably would necessitate.
Furthermore, Mr.. Paul let it be
known that the men in the armed
forces would be greatly upset were
Congress to adopt the Ruml plan.
despite his own expert" opposition.
The reason? Well. said Mr.. Paul,
the adoption Of the Ruml plan
would injure military morale be-
cause 1t would imply that the home
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

Communities should adjust
themselves to the hours Of the
factories. Stores, banks, law
yers, plus other services should be
available not merely for one shift
Of workers but for all shifts.
At present, workers on the
swing shift, beginning at mid
night, find themselves out Of gear
with the life of the community
The greatest absenteeism is among
workers on the odd shifts, and
can be attributed not to the in
difference by winning the war
but to the inconvenience Of trying
TO live and BUY food and get
Johnny to the doctor, while the
swing shirt turns night into day.
Absenteelsm Is higher among
women than men, which may
mean nothing more than trouble
with the ration board. A woman
will take q day off from the fac
tory because she has TO register
for canned foods, or because
child Is sick in the family, or
because she hasn't had time TO
buy new dress at the store.
Remedy for this Is nothing less
than two or three shifts on the
part of the services that serve
the workers. The ration board, 1t
Is suggested, should come to the
factory.
In many cases, War Department
advisers say, absentee-ism Is
caused not by loafing but by
overwork. In certain machine
tool areas, such as New Eng
land, men have been working 80
and So hours week for years.
They are simply exhausted.
Incidentally this factor Is the
principal cause Of absenteeism In
Germany, where workers are
worn down by unremittlng labor
and long hours.
NOTE: There Is little symathy
In Undersecretary Patterson's Of
flee for the Rickenbacker crusade
against labor. 1t Is regarded as
useless and unsound to try to ap-
peal to workers over their lead
ers.
CAPITAL CHAFT
Senator Nye of North Dakota,
long time critic of Harry Hop
kins, met Mrs. Hopkins at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady
nIGTTALIR AND YTTAnaTN q

OAOA4AAA6 A1ND WA4AMAAN -
In article here said: II believe
the nearest approach we have to
such remedy as q heart tonic Is
an optimal daily intake Of sunshine
vitaYnin D. It can do no heart
disease victim any harm 10 boon
his daily intake Of B-complex and
d up to at least twice the amounts
ordinarily required for good nutri-
ton"
Then and on other occasions II
have said in this column that In
my opinion digitalis isn't worth q
boot anyhow, but If your physician
advises you to take 1t you viii prob-
ably get more satisfactory results
If you take enough vitamin B-con1-
pick along with 1t to build and
maintain good nutrition, good gem
eral nutrition Of the heart muscle,
and surely your physician can have
no objections to this.
At present It seems TO be the
fashion for medical authorities t.
believe that digitalis Is Indicated"
as doctors say. In congestive heart
failure Gloss Of compensation, di-
lated hearth. and in disorders OF
heart rhythm such as auricular
fertilization, auricular fiutter, par
oxysmal tachycardia; and that It Is
"contraindicated," and may be dam
gerouS, in angina pectoris and other
heart conditions in which the corr
ondry arteries are involved.
Contrary to the popular belief.
which is shaded by some physicians,
digitalis even injected hypodermic-
ally in an emergency-it requires
long hours for q dose of digitalis,
however, administered, to produce
any effect on the action Of the
heart. Once digitalis does begin
to produce an effect on the heart,
for instance slowing Of the rate Of
heartbeat, the effect Of that one
dose continues for several days. SO
that, II digitalis Is producing any
effect in any case It is seldom neces~
sary, or justiflable to repeat the
dose oftener than once a day. per-
haps two or three times Q week
would be nearer right. That is, II
you are sincere about 1t, and not
just using digitalis as placebo.
One physician snifily writes the
editor Of publication, not me, to
say that my teaching about digitalis
would do great harm and that no
physician of standing would APP
prove of my statement. ....
Another physician wrote me to
say that his thirty years Of expe-
rience leads him to conclude that
digitalis Is Of no value and that
rest of the heart really does what
digitalis purports to do. He added
that he Is delighted to flnd a man
with the courage to say so in print
in view Of the historical attitude
of the profession in respect to such
departures from established fashion
or custom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

equip the Liberian Frontier Force
Of 300 to 900 men.
Roosevelt promised to see what
he could do. When he returned
he found that 1t would not be
possible to spare the arms and
ammunition requested. For one
thing, shipping space Is too i'm
portant and 1t was deemed more
advisable to save 1t for urgently
needed cargoes to North Africa.
Instead, the Liberian Military
Band will receive as a gift from
the United States a new set Of
musical instruments. There will
be 20 instruments, including q
base drum and a variety OF
brass. horns.
Copyright, l943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

THE COLD SNAP
Hartford Courant)

The latest cold snap could not
have come ct q worse time. The sup
ply Of kerosene, on which hundreds,
II not thousands, Of families rely
for warming their homes, was al
ready nearly exhausted when the
thermometer moved well below
zero. With q high wind forcing the
cold through every crack around
doors and windows, the possibility
that many individuals would be SUBJ
jected to acute discomfort became
great.
The manner In which the situa-
ton was met reflects credit upon
the officials both Of the State and
the city. Through the action Of the
Governor the supply Of kerosene
has been slightly replenished; with
the arrival Of the trucks from Al
bany, some five hundred Thousand
gallons-normally days supply
will be available for distribution
where the need Is greatest. Mean
time, at the instigation Of the
Mayor, the Red Cross ana the
Board Of Education have provided
sleeping qyuarters In three schools
for persons whose homes are yith-
out heat. The arrangements are not
perfect, but they eliminate the ne
cessity for any one to sleep in un-
heated quareres.
How long the crisis will endure
depends upon the length of the cold
snap. Should It extend over several
several days, not merely families de.
pendent on kerosene but others may
feel the pinch. The one bright
ASPECT Of the situation is that, with
February half gone, winter is now
moving into It's final weeks. In an
other month the worst will be over.
but It will not be forgotten. Begin
ming early, filled with snow and
rain and cold. the winter of 1912
az has made itself memorable to
all who have experienced 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
The Way 70 Ration

In its latest jumps into rationing the
OPA has done nobly The orders covering
shoes and later canned meats and sea
foods were promulgated with minimum
of warning, so that hoarders were given
little opportunity to get in their dirty
work. That is the way rationing should
be inaugurated Administrator Brown Is
starting off well. He may yet fool those
who feared that he would prove softie,
because they could see no other reason
for firing Leon Henderson except to re-
place him with somebody more an1enable
to pressure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

eve know today that our war against
the Third Reich Is not war against Ger
man culture, but war against mon
strous perversion of that culture" writes
Samuel Chotzinoff in an article called,
emusic in Wartime" He calls attention
to the more or less general attitude tWen-
ty-five years ago during World War l;
Music and musicians were boycotted
sort of relentlessly. Conductors dur
ing years were up against 1t wnen
it came to playing music by Ger
man composers. The outlook today IN
that respect is different. Beethoven,
though of Vienna, was just tolerated. ana
others like Wagner and Strauss were ootn
given very wide berth. Today we get
our cultural music as it Is rated musical
", regardless of country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

Don't feel too abused as you go to mar
ket with point-ration books. Don't feel
that it is an imposition even If 1t seems
like one. Just remember you are IN the
same boat with 35 million homemakers.
Every one of these millions Is learning
new ways to manage on what she gets.
Some of them are poor shoppers because
they always enjoyed perfect service by
telephone from home to market. They
are a bit lost when it comes to meeting
the grocer and butcher face to face sew
eral times week. There is one thing to
remember and that is, from now on 1t will
be more difficult to maintain healthy
diet, because there is less to select from.
Those who understand food values and
nutrition and the like will manage intel
ligent buying. But there are many who
know nothing about food as 1t Is valued
Vitamins is Just word to them. Shop
ping for them is going to prove difficult.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02
Selected Poem
THE BOY WHO WENT AWAY

ri John Bostelmann in the New York Times
I wonder what became Of him,
That little boy taught to swim
And told the secrets of the wood
In simple words he understood;
That lad who said he couldn't wait
Until showed him how to skate,
Who learned the trick of climbing trees
Who solved among life's mysteries
That one best way to fly kite,
Who liked to read in bed at night.
I cannot help but wonder some
What sort of man he did become:
Where Is he gone, that freckled kid
Who learned to do the things ! did!
The years have slipped away SO fast,
I hardly dare to delve the past
To wonder with nostalgia JOY
What ever HAP oened to that boy
Time tempered him, and growing older
With keener eye and broader shoulder
He did not hesitate to heed
The summons of his countrys need.
He left his games to take a gun
To get thousand battles won
He went away to war, that kid,
To do the things never did!
How proud am to speak his name
The man that little lad became!