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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
FINALS IN DRAMA
 CONTEST TUESDAY
HOpeviIIe Playground Cast Awarded First HOnOrs
 in Preliminary

First prie in the preliminary drama contest held yesterday at Ap' ders0p gymnasium was awarded to HOpeyille playground on the basis of dietion. acting. ipteFpretat0ip and general effect. Hamilton park won second place and Fairlawp plays ground third. Contest judges were Miss Mollie Cullen. editor Of the Sunday Republican and Miss kath' leen Crowley. chief probation of' fjeeT,
 The second phase Of the seml.fIal drama competition will be held ei Chase park tonight with the t0l' lowing playgEouads participating; Fulton park, Porter strete water vile park and Chase park. The final contest wlll be held on next Tuesday at Anderson school sud- torlunl.
 The winning play Hearts" hsd f0r it's east Mary Rakieh as Mrs, Russell Russell; Lucille 0Fasslev as Mrs, Philip MaFtngay; Nimet sss dix as Mrs. Edwin Pieff; and poES ethy Gemple as Mrs. Jsy Thorpe.
 The east Of sPRll Faces the Tire Shortage" the choice 0f Hamilton park. Included Vincent Brown es Paul Eleanor PogaFty as Jane; Diel1e Barton as Junior; Louise Bienyenu as Mary; Rita BleDveDu as Mrs Jones and Tommy Barton as MT Jones.
 ~The Ghost that 0iggled." which was enacted by members Of the FaiTlawn playground had as its east Mary Lou C0Tlte as Mary: Dorothy sheehan as Marian. clalre st. Ar. nauld as Jane; Loretta Vienvenu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
Bag Rejuvenation
THESE EXPERT TRICKS WILL MAKE WORN LEATHER BAGS LOOK NEW

you've cleaned it. You can make the most matted or gland surface look as upstanolng as plush.
 Bags of pin seal. coWhide. rep tlle and other smooth feathers that have faded e otscolorea can oe touched up after cleaning with a saain.type shoe polish. which you can get in various colors. Apply. let the stain dry, and you're ready to polish. 10 coax out e mirTor-shine in which you can sec your nose, use "a neutral cream polish. Ike your shine boy uses-ana lots of elbow grease.
 Furnished metal trimmings can be frightened. if youn use metal polish. Experts favor a pollsh-im. pregnated cloth. very much Ike the blit2 cloth that e. I. Joe uses Co keep his buttons bright. After hasser on metal trimmings is restored. you can discourage tafnish from return. ing if yoa1l coat clasps. buckles and eadRets with a Quid retarcant: the kind that is put out for household silver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

A6N48 E1l4lG48 NaWe anu MucA- ever [ write a column that turns out to be controversial enough to make some folks hopping mad. I always get letters that harp on the If YOU were a wife and nother" theme.
 lt seems that a great many peo- ple are still old-fashioned enough In their thinking to assume that no-one but a married woman. site ting at home bringing up a family. has a right to any opinions on women in business, on marriage. or on children. So anything a person they assume to be single says about such matters can be quickly and consemptuously dismissed with, "lt you were married" or ''Tf you were q mother yourself"
 ~vv AND M"
 A strange thing about that kind of an attitude is that 1t isn't typ- ically masculine or feminine. Let- ters of that sort come as often from one SC as from the other.
 It Is just a handy. easy way ol discounting anything O woman says If you don't happen to agree with it, and think she may be a Miss. rather than a Mrs.
 Maybe instead of just using their married names when they speak out in public married women who are also mothers should adopt the hon. orary title of w and M" to stand for "Wife and Mother" To the peo- pie who still believe that no woman who isn't a wife and mother can possibly know what she is talking about, that title should be impress sive. Maybe after this I'd better sign my own columns Ruth Millett, M. and w.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

Dragon Seed" is even greater, a powerful story Of China and the valiant Chinese people in their glorious struggle against the Jap anese militarist machine. bare :.AaG'd fighters for freedom whose l,'see in history is almost unsur- passed. But Dragon Seed" is mag niflcent movie entertainment above all. It has in addition to Miss Hep burn such outstanding performers as Walter Huston. Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiro. Turhan Bey and Hurd Hatfield, among many others. The picture is filmed on epic proportions, a truly great achievement among motion pictures.
 Many months in the making. Dragon Seed has been master fully directed by Jack Conway and Harold s. Bucquet and produced with rare taste and dignity by Pandro s. Berman. The entire cast is excellent; you have never seen Miss Hepburn tur in a better, mere
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
BY WILLIAM 2. MCKINNEY
 AmaarSea,e GaRA Am1h0rtfV

WM8EN4L88 A84W mWsN0AASE
 Maj. Gen. Alfred N. Greuenther. chief of stan of the Fifth Army. was in town long enough to drop in for a visit with some Of his old friends. General GFlenthem is a member Of the executive committee Of the American Contract Bridge League During his visit We all wanted to talk about the war, but the general preferred to discuss bridge and bridge hands Of course we had to ten him about the hand shown today, which came up in this years Vanderbilt Cup Tournament.
 The bidding was very bullish. but East and West were 1900 points be. hind and this vas the last hand of the match for them. Amazingly, with the help of a pardonable slip on the part Of South they made the slam doubled, winning the match by i60 points.
 Deelarer allowed the spade eight to hold the first trick. South studied Q long time. then decided that his safest return vas a spade. Dummy's ace won and now West just ran eight heart tricks. When tine last heart was led. there remained in dummy the ace. ten and nine Of clubs and diamond king. while South held the spade queen, diamond ace and king-aueen Of clubs. The dia- mond king geS discarded from duD- my and South dieearded the ace Of diamonds. DeeiareT then led the diamond jack and South discarded the spade queen. The four Of spades in deelareF's hand won the tgelfth trick and the club ace the tbir' teepth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
By GAvNOR MADDOX NEA Staff Writer


 For Victory meals. use squash fresh from your garden. Try these new recipes. They will make you want to serve squash more fire. quently.
 Yellow Squash AEashed or
 Creamed)
 (serves t-S)
 Tgo medium-sized yellow squash, tablespoons butter or fortied mar. garine. l-2 teaspoon salt. 1 cup boil- ing water.
 Remove any tough skin out do not pare young and tender squash. Slice quite thin. Add remaining ingredients. Cook. covered. until squash is tender and the water evaporated.
 To serve mashed: add powdered nutmeg or celery salt or a table, spoon minced parsley. Serve hot. To serve creamed: make a cream sauce by mixing taple- spoons butter or fortied marga- rine melted with tablespoons flour Add cup milk. l-2 tea spoon salt. tablespoon minced onion. Cook. stirring. over low heat until creamy. Pour over cooked squash. Top with paprika.
 Squash Creole
 lserves a-s)
 One to 3 pounds any variety squash. sliced. 2 onions, sliced. l-2 teaspoon salt. 3 medium-si
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
STRAND

Walter Brennan isn't unduly sup. erstitious. but the three-tinle Academy Award winner has a num- ber of reasons to believe that his newest film, Home In Indiana" which goth Century Fox filmed in Technicolor from the Saturday Evening Post story. The Phantom Filly." by George Agnew Chamber lain. is blessed with more than it's share of good omens for success.
 It is. for instance. the third time that Brennan has appeared in films dealing with racing hores. and com- pletes the three phases Of the sport. IN Kentucky. running horses fur- nislaed the background; Maryland" was based on steeplechasing. and Home In Indiana" depicts the thrilling adventure and romance oi Grand Circuit harness racing.
 Moreover. all three films found their titles in the states most close- iy associated with each type of rae. ing. and each boasts the benefit Of Technicolor photography.
 Ag NosAatSsChG AtC AtiAoAaA pahatIes Brennan points out that each film flies the 20th Centalry-Fox Banner.
 Tn addition to Walter Brennan. the talents Of Jeanne Grain. Char lotte Greenwood. Lon MccallisteT and June Haver are featured along with an outstanding supporting cast. Home Tn Indiana" closes at the Strand Thursday night.
 The co-feature on this current Strand bill is the newest Charlie Chan adventure. The Cinese Cat" Sidney Toler and Joan Woodbury are featured.
 "Americans AL" a new March of Time and latest Moyietone News are also on this same Strand pro- gram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
Beauties Hints Water SOftener
 SmOOthS Elbows, SOleS Of Feet
BIZ ALICIA HART
 NEA Staff Writer

You may or may not know that a handful of water s0ftener heaved into your wash basin or bathtub will make your skin cleaner and your hair silkier because minerals in water are thereby made more re. ceptive to soap.
 But a trick which you are per- haps not up on. because its little knogn-for this one you can thank Alice Blue. whose job of personal shopper for the Poster Parents Plan for War Children requires a lot Of walking--is to make a paste of your water softener and to use it to rub off horny skin on your sOies before they form callonses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

Brush your bag inside and out. Empty removable fittings. Plump out by stuffing with paper. Then do a spit and polish job on the out. side. These four steps. say the pro. tessional service people. doing Q land -offlce business in bag restora- ttons, viii put all but the most bat- tered bag back into the running.
 To do the same job as these de luxe repair shops do. here are some further tips by experts. Of the firm of T. O. Dey, who give you the professional low-down:
 Clean your bag with a cleaning fluid, specialized for leather. and soil and most stains will drop off, like an old skin. They win. that is. from any kind Of leather bag-fuzzy or slick-if you'll make a ball out of toweling or terry cloth. will dampen it with cleaning fluid. and will go over surfaces thoroughly and into every nook and cranny.
 If your bag is fuzzy-suede. antel- ope or such-brash like mad after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

tomatoes or 1 cup cooked toma- toes. i-2 cup water. l teaspoon piclsling spices. cayenne or red pepper to taste,2 tablespoons but- ter or fortified margarine. >
 Slice squash and onions into heavy saucepan. Add salt and the tomatoes tscalded and skins reinoyed). add water. Tie the pickling spices into small piece of eheesecioth and drop into the pan. Cover and cook until squash is tender. Remove bag Of spices;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

Bags that are too far gone for an amateur to reclaim can be re- stored by professionals, x'ho win Te-dye. re-line. Te-nap. put in a new backing. and give you new straps. clasps. zippers or buckles.
 And when you get your old bag fixed up. keep it that way by light. ening the load it habitually carries. emptying its contents before you put it away. For its overnight keep. stuff with tissue as carefully as a taxi. dermist would a prtzed bird. to puff out sides; to cushion folds and pleais. Then put ia away in a GOV. cred box.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
POLI'S

4 new and even greater Rather inc Hepburn in a demanding role which reveals all her superb drama tic ability is seen at .iie Loew Poll Theatre in a movie which takes it's place with all-time great Hollywood productions Dragon Seed" This is the filmization Of the pearl Buck novel by the same studio that filmed the same authors The Good Earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

Kind ot poolN affairs.
 Because m or c persons than you would believe stiil think that they can dismiss the opinions and at. tiludes Of a wom- an simply by call. inR her an old maid.
 I know about this because 1 happen to write under my maiden sAAmaA and wslan4as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

says will soon be on the market ia bigger quantities.
 So far the bright house-coat is a favorite, with short. easy-tO- wash brunch-coats getting most deHand. Warm, attractive paja- mas will please girls in cold cli- mates. PerfuTned soap looks good for any climate.
 The incidentals you wouldn't think Of for homefolks' gifts are being asked for by the service girls -bohby pins. buttons. hair-nets. blouses. regulation neckties. Git senders report that the size Of the box is not too discouraging. 4 num- ber Of garments. such as blouses ad underclothes can be packed in. and small packages Of nail polish. soap. saellet. bobby pins. or inc destructible candy wedged in the soft cloth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

There just isDf q nicer costume than g handsome Princess jumper frOek which 70 uean wear as . "snpbaeker," with sports blouses Top st with the nipped-iD jacket and y0u have a perfect street eos- tune,
 I6, Ie end 20. Size Ia, Jumper re-
 Pattern N0, e68e Is In Sizes I2, N, auires 2 3.s yards 0f 39yineb lnates rial; Jacket, three guagteF sleeves, 2 yardys.
 For this pattern, send 20 cents. in COINS, your name, address, size desired. and the PATTERN NUM- BIER to Waterbury Democrat To. days Pattern Service. ii50 Sixth Avenue. New York %. N Y.
 The new fat and winter Issue ot FASHION" Is now Teady-s53 pages. It's q complete guide to your fau and WiteT wardrobe. Send f0g your copy. Price i6 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

moving performance or Huston do more realistic portrayal than he does as Ling Tan. head Of the Ling Family. You'll greet Turhan Bey as Lao Er. husband of Jade Miss Hepburn) and you'll hate Tamiroff as the Chinese Quisling who would betray his own people. You will ir- deed, find yourself running out of mandatory adjectives for everyone connected with the filming of Dragon eSed."
 Certainly this is one of the best pictures Of this or any other year. Don't miss itl
 Plus on this program of hits you will find selected shorts and the latest news of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
rOaIORROw's MENU

BREAKFAST: Stewed blackber- ries. oatmeal. enriched toast. but- ter or fortified margarine. grape jelly. coffee. milk.
 LUNCH: Squash creole. toasted hard rolls. butter or fortified margarine. raw vegetable salad. French dr Bssing. baked apples. Haolasses cookies. ice tea. milk.
 DINNER: Bnoiled split frank furters with crisp bacon. mashed creamed potatoes. green beans with chopped parsley. sliced to- matoes and onions in sweet and sour vinegar sauce. enriched bread. butter or fortified marga- rine. iced watermelon, coffee. milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
DUCKS CAN SINK:

Ducks are unable to float !B water that has a small amount of synthetic compound known as aero- sol added to it. Chemists say it makes the water wetter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
CHLORINE, KILLER AND
 HEALER

Chlorine played 6 double role n World War I. Used ip solution as an antiseptie, t saved thousands Of lives: used in the form Of poison gas. 1t eboked out the lives Of tbou' sands of others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

likely to be send-
 ing a gift to an oyoHeas service woman. too. SO polls are being taken by Army Service Group and Red Cross to find out what service wom c n wRnt that can be put into the reg ulation boxe s-- l2xs& inches. ( 1 "a ( h c s deep which War Pro- ducfion Board
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
Service Girls
 Prefer Beauty Kits As Gifts
By ANN sTEvECK lNEA Stan Correspsndentl

Washington. Aug. i6-You will have only about a mouth of shop ping days before Christmas mailing period for overseas gifts. which be- gins September IS. This year you're
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
KINGDOM OF HAWAII

Hawai- Was a kingdom until q provisional government was set up lp 1893. 4 republican government was then established with Sanford D, Dole. 8 missiopaFys son. as pres' ident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
MIA staff Wrl.rp

New York.-Use the right kind og refavenaling tricks on your old leather handbag. ard nine chances out of ten you can make G look a luSgrous. supple and elegant as the new ones you have found too ex- penSsye Co buy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
Tsgg WOVEN Old Maids May Have Opinions Worth Hearing
Rv RuTm MIflETT

Maybe it is a mistake for married women to drop the Mrs. before their names when they write. 90 Into politiea. or become active in any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

Dublin is considering a plan to establish a museum to deal exclu- siyely with Dublin history and antiues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

as Jackie; Lorraine MOrip as Nan; Mary Ann Rosse as Ginger; and S0ann R0ase as Peg. Sound effects gere by Eileen Doyle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
AAsEH WaA Ntcto'L RA.A Squash Adds Variety To Menu

add pepper to taste and the butter or fortified margarine. Reheat and serve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16
"JUsT ONE MORE"

LUST ONE MORE"
 Members of the first temperance Society the Order of St. Christopher pledged themselves in 1917 to drink not more than seven goblets of liquor at meal except when this amount did not quench thirst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-16

-nOAIE FRONT FORECAsT-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04
nR. ROBERT GORDON sPRoUL,

DR. ROBERT GORDON SPROUL,
~ president of the University of
California, represents an element in
American education which sustains
the nations hope for a return to
system of wholesome and useful edu-
cation
On the occasion of the 18th ami
versary of the founding of the Uni
verSity of California, DR.. Sproul ex-
pressed the conviction that the era of
so-called progressive" education,
which reached its peak in the United
States before the present war, has
run its course
The evil consequences of that era,
he said were that:
Faculties and particularly de-
pdrtments, rUithout any control by
competent educational dieticians,
UOere encouraged TO multiply the
dishes on the steam table OF the edu-
cationoi cafeteria
mo tOonder the helpless Uictims
suffered all manner OF educational
dyspepsia and n1ainutrition."
THERE never has been more com
Il pletely and maliCiously and dan.
gerously MISNAMED program than
that which we know by the false
name of progressive education"
1t has been a system wherein a
student studied what he pleased, as
little as he pleased.
1t regarded education as a sort Of
contagion, which student might
"catch" if he could he kept In the
same room with It,
One of the few blessings of the
present war is the national realIza
ton of the folly Of such irresponsible
educational methods that has evolved
from our war experience.
Army and navy authorities know
the extent Of that experience.
They have been shocked by the
utter lack of real education on the
Pace IO-TUesdsy April T. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04

part of thousands of supposedly
educated" young people.
THEY have been compelled to es-
Il tablish an emergency educational
system of monumental proportions,
In order that the fundamentals of
useful and practical education could
be impaired to young people
without extensive schooling, but to
the large proportion of those who
had merely been EXPOSED to edu-
cation under our irresponsible and
unproductive progressive" system.
How much longer the war has
been prolonged and how much more
it has been made to cost in lives and
wealth by educational dyspepsia
and malnutrition," are things yet to
be determined.
If the American people are capa.
BILE of LEARNING from experience,
DR.. Sproul is probably right that our
era of mere exposure to education
has run it's course.
1t is encouraging to have edu-
Gators of his prestige and vision
HOPEFUL in that respect.
he-aPPreeeAiHg postwar Pc
Rod" he believes, "the longtime in
tereSts of the race bid fair to be giUen
measure of protection against the
devastation of rampant adoleScents
and Sub-adolescentS.
thereafter, the disciplined mind,
Which is the major objective Of edu-
cation, lUilI be sought less and less
through the undiScipIined curricu-
iuul.
There is no royal road to learn
ing or to personal 6aIue."
In education, as IN government,
the basic and profitable American
experience. IN recent years has been
the same that the American people
cannot be indifferent to their respon-
sibilities as citizens and retain the
vital institutions OF American democ-
racy.
The DETROIT TIMES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04
Quick Questions

AT the height ~ the con-
quests Of each. which had
captured most land territory
Germany or Japan?
BY law enacted April 4. 1918
Congress reduced the num-
Der Of stripes in the Star
Spangled Banner from - TO
10. Have any changes &C.
CURED in the flag since
them
3 Men who rode the historic
Pony Express from ST Jo-
seph, Mo. 10 Sacramento.
Cal, we're expected 10 aver
age how many miles a day
-25, 50, Is or 1907
You know the Savannah
was the first steamship TO
cross the Atlantic under the
u. S. flag, but do you know
10 which country she sailed
on her maiden trip-Eng-
land, France. Spain. Ger
many, Russia?
o-Ten years ago today. Rus
STA signed on-agression
pactS with what three coun-
tries she subsequently in
vaded and conquered?
Can newlywedS today look
forward on the average, 10
being married longer or
shorter than those who we'd
20 years ago could
(Ans~ers on Opposite Pagel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04
EARL DOMOF,
WI Willow Court,
Ypsilanti, Mich.

TO THE EDITOR.
HERE is a poem from my son.
H Jack Kermott, who is IN
action som ew h ere in New
Guinea.
MRS. JUAN KERMOTT,
Brown City, Mich.
The Jungle Stnks.
The grub is bad,
Sometimes We think we're going
mad
The heat, the sun, the pouring
rain,
The mud and sweat, the hellish
strain.
At home they strlke-more pay.
Our wounded don't complain Of
pain,
Lie helpless in the sun and rain.
We wonder If it's worth II all, i,
Seeing pals and buddieS fall:
At home they Strike-more pay.
NO THE Editors
THE first season OF the De-
Il trott Civic Light Opera has
been Gigantic success, both
in a financial way and in pub
lie reaction. ~
It's success wss>due prima-
rily TO the splendid Cooperation
we received from the Times and
others.
While II is too early 10 an
nounce plans for next year. /
feel certain that Detroit again
will witness 10 weeks OF the
best musical attractions avail
able.
Thanking you for your whole
hearted cooperation.
LEO FITZPATRICK,
President,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04
TO THE EDITOR:
ST MON leaders promise
~ higher living standards I'm

"bhCT hNHiH StdiiuhIuS III
exchange for union dues" states
M. S. Rukeyser, a press feature
author. This is an Insult to
every wage Garner in-America.
If union leader" were
heard TO promise anything
whatsoever, a special meeting
would be called to fire him
within II hours. They have
nothing TO promise-either in
exchange or any other way.
They are only servants, en-
ployes or office boys of groups
of wage earners striving in uni
son 10 improve living conditions
for themselves and opportunities
for young America. If they fail
to carry out the orders their
members have voted, they are
fired so quickly they are
stunned.
When r. ]. Thomas, the
United Automobile Workers
office boy, has any capacity 10
influence them. he devotes il all
10 frantic appeals 10 keep their
hands clean" to refrain from
wildcat strikes and to wait pa
tiently for the ponderous wheels
of justice to grind in the office
of the War Labor Board
If these appeals are hard TO
comply with, it is because so
many wage earnerS believe that
this board pigeonholeS their pc
titions and waits for instructions
from the National Association
OF Manufacturers. Listen TO G.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-04
TO THE EDITOR:

WHAT has become of the
w Big Inch pipe line?
The one that was supposed 70
start from Texas and end up IN
the vicinity of Bayonne. y. J.
1t was also. according to hon
est" Harold Ickes, supposed 10
alleviate the gas shortage IN the
East, making il unnecessary for
tankers TO haul gas to the East
Coast as well as to the fighting
fronts in Europe, which in turn
would. according 10 honest"
Harold, diminish or even abolish
gas rationine> in the Middle
West and on the>@Hest Coast,
Knowing New Deal veracity
as we do we would say that II
has been completed, thereby
outmoding its usefulness as 80
excuse for gas rationing, which
left something to look forward