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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
Selected Poem
AS IF THE WIND

Gansing Ohristman in The Christian Science
 Monitor) Our neighbors left these hills And winter songs, the snow and wind, Left all these things, and the old house Across the way stands empty and alone. can picture in my mind how the sweeping Wind rattles the closed doors like friends Just stopping by. But no one answers Now, and paths are filled with snow Like those the woodchucks wore Last suffer in the hill meadows. Lights that used to gleam from windows Through the long dark hours have gone As If hte wind which took the scftness Prom the fields had blown them out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06

oU9SAAA45 IlAO 4ACeSNA into the lions mouth, stepping into an open man-hole and offering himself as Sacrif1cial goat on the political altar, all at the same time.
 The list of officials who have pre- ferred to be right than to hold office and who have consigned themselves to oblivion by sticking up for their principles is long enough to con- vince anyone that, in politics. if at first you don't succeed, stop trying.
 Among the self-appointed mar tyrs whose badly chawed-up re- mains are still scattered about Washington you may remember such formerly important people as Sumner Welles, c. E. Wilson of General Electric, Milo Perkins and Chester Davis.
 HOW TO BE A HAS-BEEN
 Welles, feeling frustrated in what he considered stodgy Department of State, thought he could force the busting of Cordell Hull. He failed and today he is probably one of the most disillusioned men in the coun- try, for Hull has resigned and Welles's successor, Ed Stettinius, holds the number one cabinet post to which Welles aspired and for which he was unquestionably fitted.
 Charles E. Wilson, similarly frus- trated in trying to force through his ideas on policies for reconvert- ing American industry from war to civilian production, finally had to resign his position as vice-chairman of the War Production Board
 Milo Perkins, brilliant and im- aginative executive director of the old Board of Economic Warfare, found himself stymied behind what he considered the slow moving, conservative policies of the old line department of Commerce. But when he spoke out of turn about his am- bitionS to speed up the war effort, of went his head.
 Chester Davis's fall from grace came from his saying out loud that he had been given the job of man. aging War Food Administration without the authority to do it. That was lese majeste. He offered to re- sign at later date, when he had completed the food program for the next year, but he was politely fired before he could perform even that service to his country.
 YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE
 THE BOSS
 The bigger the fish, of course, the less likely the chance of being caught in one of thse foul nets of circumstance. Henry Wallace, Don- aid Nelson and Jesse Jones escaped practically untouched in the riling up of the waters by their subordin- ates, just as Attorney General Francis Riddle will probably emerge untouched by the charges thrown at him by Norman Littell.
 In all this there is a bitter moral for the political observer in Wash ington. The subordinate official who shows too much brilliance, who is too sure of himself, who can't play the machine game, who can't put over his reforms within the party organization and without .upsetting the administrations applecart = that man is doomed. The man who gets ahead in Washington as else where is the man who never, no never, well hardly eyer, criticizes his boss, even when the boss is wrong. There's no future at all in that, as MT. Littell is now finding out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06

jailed without trial. But Riddle has blocked such an act nere.
 He also bucked the Army re- garding martial law in Hawaii. And there you run up against the fact that his young assistant at torney general, Norman Littell, now quarreling with him so bitter ly, did exactly the same thing, In fact, Littell took the lead in the fight for civil law in Hawaii, with Biddle's support.
 CLASH OF PERSONALITIES
 The inside of this violent clash of personalities is that both men stand for the same things, but Riddle is slower, more cautious, believes ill winning over his fel- low Cabinet members in the War and Navy Departments by per- suasion if possible. But Littell, brilliant, impatient, belligerent, scorns persuasion, is never hap pier than when publicly rowing with the Army or Navy.
 FOR INSTANCE, the late
 Secretary of the Navy Frank
 Knox, as honest as the day is
 long, nearly fainted when Lit
 tel told COngressmen that the
 Navy had perpetrated another
 Teapot Dome scandal in leas-
 ing Elk Hills to Standard Oil
 of California. Littell was right
 about the lease not being good
 policy but it was an honest
 lease, and there was no little
 black bag" connected with it,
 as in Harding's day. Frank Knox
 never got over this reflection
 on his honesty.
 Again, Littell wanted to con- demn the Savannah ShipyardS and claims that '"T m my the Cork Corcoran lobbied with Bid- ale against condemnation. But the real fact is that Littel lost money for the Government in that case. Corcoran had proposed 8 settlement whereby the Gov ernment would pay the shipyard owners 1000, 900 for their prop erty. Littell opposed. And in joint conference. Riddle sided with Littell as he nearly always did. He told him to go ahead and try the case. Whereupon Litteln
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
A USE FOR WASTE APPLES
(Christian Science Monitorl

Christian Science Monitor)
 Unlike some small fruits, apples bruise early and practically ruin themselves when they do it. Unless they can be shipped quickly to a cider mill or an apple-cauce can- nery, or reach 8 nearby market for the pie trade. they become part of the annual waste which amounts to millions of bushels. On the farm, hogs can be turned into the orchard and some culls can be fed to cattle. but in the great commercial orchards of the apple-growing sec- tions the wastage is tremendous. The problem of the culls is almost an annual topic at State horti- cultural socoety conventions.
 A correspondent of the New York Times. reading with dismay of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Those who approach New York City along the East Side and West Side park ways on a clear day, getting their first view of the towering Empire State build ing, almost immediately think of the late CAP Smith who was president of the Empire State, Inc Just this week new man, and a fine one, has taken over those duties He is Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, retired, and he says he feels honored to take over the job so well done by Alfred E. Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
Views Of The Press

difficult not to suffer g letdown when the war in Europe is won. That would be DOT reward for the men who have fought against odds i'll the Pacific for so long and to whose reinforcement must be sent everything we have. once Germany is licked. If that is done. the de- feat Of Japan should not be too long delayed But the Japanese cannot be defeated by wishing it, or hop ing it. They can be defeated only by the hardest sor. Of fighting and working.
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condemnation of windfall fruit after this autumns hurricane, suggests that rehydrating plants be set up in apple-growing sections, or even as adjuncts to cannerieS, to dry apple pomeace for us as stock feed. Every farm boy knows that the pomace from cider mills is avidly devoured by livestock. It makes ex- cellent bulk feed. If the Illness correspondent is correct in stating that dehydrated pomace may be stored for long periods. Q possible postwar project for supplementina stock feed seems to present itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at i2;0i Q. m. twar time)
 Sun rises ct B:O2 .. m. sets at S:42 p. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Sunsets arc getting later and later. onco the sun comes near the horizon iig decline ln rapid, November sunsets orc sea1onnl, fioeH' cold md bright
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06

NlaGLer now pru- liant or how right he may be, can't beat the machine system. Any time 8 n y individual gets too big for his britches and thinks he can ef- feet reforms in capital bureauc- racy, you can put him down as a marked man. He is leading with his neck, putting his foot in his mouth, ctiNlyinn hic oood
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and were served c 0 f f e e, sand wiches, and fruit by a group of middle-aged and elderly wom e n. T h e conductor told me tn a t these W o m e n meet every train during the entire twenty-four hours of the day, which
 means that there
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Current Comment

In our society, becoming more and more unstable with the disruptions in family life and constant migra- tion, youth is the first casualty, and not one thing is being done about youth.
 Prof. Howard Y. NfcClusky of the
 U. of Michigan.
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT.
iLittell Lost
 To The Machine
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

Presidential firing of Norman Lite tell as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Lands division at the Department of Justice illus trates again the beautiful truth that a little man in Washingon, no
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
HUMBLE SERVICE THE BEST
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D,

4 few weeks ago happened to be passing through a town in Ohio. When the train stopped at a cer- tain station, I noticed that all the service men got out or the platform
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06

WASHINGTON December Along Phadepa swnk Main Line they tell
  asked: VOL t mee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 TAm0n

Lemon
 Wife 26, I am 23, and we have. been your followers since years be- fore we married. Would it be harm full to either of us to drink the juice of g. lemon in a glass of water every morning? (E. D. E.
 Answer-On the contrary. No, accounting for tastes-I'd as soon down a beaker of castor oil as 8 chaser for gob of mashed potato every morning. But don't mind my whems = lemon or lemon juice .s just as healthful as orange or orange juice or any other fruit or it's juice for daily consumption.
 More Girl Than Boy Babies It is true that married couple today are more likely to have girl baby than a boy baby? <
 (Corp. B. JD Answer-I had always assumed it was fifty-flfty, .pbut according to some recent statistics more girl babies than boy babies are being born now
 AlIergic Headache
 I followed the suggestion in your pamphlet concerning allergic head- ache-I found one or two doses quickly clear my headache. and have not had 8 headache now for over four months, even at time of period-before I seldom went three days without one
 Gratefully. Mrs ---l. Answer Thanks you, Ma'am. On written request Ono clipping will serye) am glad to send the pamphlet Relief for Allergy'' to any reader who provides stamped pre-addressed envelope
 Copyright l944 by John F. Dille Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
A Thought for Today

The son shall not bear the lniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the in- lquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wicked ness of the wicked shall be upon him.-Ezekiel 1s:2O.
 There is . method in mans wickedness, 1t gToWs by degrees.-Beaumont and Fletcher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Riddle Litte Both LibeoI But Personalities Coshed Shy Retiring Attorney General Diked Aides Belgerence Yet His Own cusodns Record Makes Buebood Friends Wthe
 Despite Background Weo He Has Fought for the Underdos
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06

NN--1 . stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed Letters should De bfief and written in ink. 70 reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National NewSA paper Service, 32O West Madison
 Street. Chicago. III.
 FOUND: A GIRL WHO BLUSHE8
 I am suffering from an inferiority complex. blush easily and I am extremely nervous, and I worry continually over the least little thing. I have tried everything to overcome this handicap -.
 So far but for one discrepancy it might be or Doc Brady crying in his beer-but for another dis. crepancy, to wit, that he doesn't care for beer, thank you. Yes, iri- deed, the way I know 1t isn't OF Doc Brady is that he does not have an inferiority complex but rather collection of them.
 The young woman continues:
 I even consulted psychiatrist and had myself psyche analysed for seven weeks at great expense. but received little relief.
 I don't know where to turn. am 23 and have everything to live for, and yet I'm 50 miserable I want to die
 Come, come, now, child, let's keep this on a serious level, and no TO- mancing r
 Any kind of physical pain is much easier to bear than the men tai torture I have to go through every day of my life. (End of the complain.)
 Now, folks, before we dissect this case let me remind you that am no psychiatrist, psychologist, psy- ho-analySt, specialist or long dis tance diagnostician.
 Why do introspective people who devote too much time to thinking of themselves assume that their worries, fears, anxietieS, phobliaS, etc., are worse or harder to bear than real pain is? No, no, please don't write to tell me why. The question is rhetorical. Great guns. I've heard all that a thousand times before-you can't tell me anything new about it. And don't try to tell me that show 8 singular lack of sympathy. My sympathy is not available on demand-when or if I feel sympathy I reserve the right to bestow it where I, not you, think it should go.
 Only suggestion I offer this young woman is that she is perhaps striving for perfection and of course cannot achieve it. Nobody can. The one normal thing I know about her is that she has an inferiority com- plex. Such complex or two is fine for any young person. It is the young person without any feeling or consciousness of inferiority that needs our sympathy, care and guidance.
 Then, tco. perhaps contrived to conv~J to the young woman, in the personal letter I sent her, the sug- gestion that she find ways and means of keeping herself occupied and concerned with activities, cares, aspirations. interests of others and by such diversion keep her mind oil from herself.
 Again I caution the new reader to remember that I am just or Doc Brady and my ignorance of psycho- logy is stupendous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-06
Your Health By pr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining Co peF- sOnal health and hygiene. not % disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady i1 . stamped self addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. 70 reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News. paper Service, 32O West Madison Street. Chicago. III.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Sacasas Feted
1t Informal
Party
BY Betty MilHken

The informal party which Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Morris gave yesterday
for the Nicaraguan Ambassador and
Sonora de Sevilla Sacasa was one
Of the first large parties to usher in
the early fall season. Given at their
hilltop residence on Linnean avenue,
overlooking Rock Creek Park, the
party was attended by many from
the foreign diplomatic corps as well
as other branches of society in the
Capital.
Mr. Morris, with the Ambassador
and Sonora de Sevilla Sacasa, stood
in line in the Florentine paneled
drawing room and greeted the guests
after they had been met by Mrs
Morris upon their arrival. The
hostess was in sapphire blue lace
gown and wore handsome heir
loom pendant and corsage of purple
orchids. Sonora de Sevilla Sacasa S
beauty and youthful charm were
enhanced by the diaphanous gown
which she chose for the occasion.
The sequin-trimmed pale blue
bodice was ornamented with a
corsage Of lavender orchids and the
voluminous skirt Of pale pink chif-
fon was worn over a blue founda- .
ticn.
After being received, the guests
moved to the verandah outside the
drawing room. Here drinks were
served from bar set up at one end
and punch was dispensed at the
other. A buffet table arranged
across the verandah and overlook
ing the sloping terraces beyond was
decorated with a low silver bowl
filled'with colorful fruit, and among
the delicacies served were cold
turkey and ham, nodded vegetable
salad. and chicken salad cleverly
disguised in molds resembling
green apples, each ornamented with
tiny apple blossom. Decorative
frosted cakes and variety of small
er cakes and salted nuts, with cream
cheese topped with caviar for those
who preferred it to a sweet, were re-
plenished continually as the several
hundred guests filled their plates.
The Morris residence, especially
planned and built by them only a
few years ago, contains many treas
ures which they have secured over
long period of time Many objets
dart, including an unusual collec-
ton Of jade. adorn the various rooms
on the first floor of the house as
well as those of the bedroom suite.
Also on the second floor is "a room
in Old Madrid" furnished and deco
rated entirely by Mrs. Morris and
used by her and her husband for
entertaining smaller groups of
guests.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Gearing.Dellinger
Wedding Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter E. Dellinger of
Vienna, Va, announce the marriage
IF their daughter, Miss Arvilla Areva
Oellinger, to Corpl, Herbert C. Gear
ing. son of Mrs. Madeleine D. Gear
ng of Falls Church and the late
Hr. Herbert c. Gearing. The cere-
rony took place August % in the
Crossman Methodist Church. the
Rev. John R. Hendricks officiating
Mrs. T. G. Leath, jr., sister of the
bridegroom. was matron of honor
and Mr.. o. G. Snyder served as best
man.
The bride is a graduate of Fairfax
High School and is employed in
Washington. Corpl. Gearing is A
graduate of Mckinley High School
and later attended Benjamin Frank
lin University. He now is in the
U. s. Army Signal Corps and is sta
toned at Drew Field. Fla, having
lust returned from q months serv-
ice in the Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
VAC Day Room
At Boiling Praised

The new WAC day room, recently
furnished by the Camp and Hos
pital Service. District Red Cross.
with funds raised by the 81 national
sororities represented in the Dis
trlct Chapter, National Panhellenic
Association. has won high praise
from Capt. Marion Hunt. command
ing officer Of WAC Section Head
quarters Squadron, AAF, at Boiling
Field. where the room is located.
Now waiting for plans to be for
mulated for the dedication. the
place, according to Capt. Hunt. is
"Just as attractive as can be and is
a real approach to home for these
girls AS the WACS need a home
like atmosphere and as the room
Is small. the place has been made
more OF a sitting and reading room
rather than play shop for
oolsterous activities, such as ping
pong and other games. The girls
appreciate this, as many of them
work long hours at clerical work and
on technical jobs in Army Air Forces
Headquarters in the Pentagon. Capt.
Hunt described how their faces radi-
ated with JOY when they saw what
had once been a bleak hole in the
wall turned into brightly dec
Grated haven for their use.
About 10 light wood chairs, up
holstered In different colors. are
scattered around. Other items in
cluoe TWO new sofas. piano, radio,
a center table for magazines. a type
writer, three desks and two hook
rugs. At one end is WAC post
exchange, with everything from soft
drinks to stockings for sale. One NJ
the most interesting features is a
set OF reproductions of some fine
originals at the National Art Gal
iery. These reprints include Rem
brandt as well as boat, cottage and
other scenes.
Evening star., 1944-08-31

The marriage of Miss Peggy Kahn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
J. Kahn of Chevy Chase, to 1t. Leon
Brown, Corps of Engineers, A. U. S.,
took place last evening at 7 o'clock
in the chapel at Fort Myer. The
Rev. Arsch Lev of the Chief of
Chaplains Office officiated at the
double-ring ceremony. during which
organ music was played by Mrs. NJ
Bishop.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a period
gown of white dotted swiss Her
veil of illusion fell from a coronet
edged with f1esh-color blossoms, and
she carried a white Bible. an heir
loom in the bridegroom family,
ornamented with white orchids.
Mrs. Nat Raf1er. the matron of
honor, and Miss Audrey Nay. the
maid Of honor, wore gowns of aqua
marine jersey. They carried bou-
quets of flesh color gladiolouses and
wore coronets of similar flowers.
1t. Henry Friedlander, was the
best man and the ushers were Capt
Stephen Hartwell and Capt. Joseph
Borg.
1t. Brown is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. I. Brown of Blackville. S. c.
He is a graduate of the Georgia In
stitute of Technology and received
a graduate degree at the University
Of Pennsylvania. Before entering
the service, 1t. Brown was asregis-
tered architect in Philadelphia
where he made his home
Mrs. Brown attended the New
York School of Fine and Applied
Art. At present she is with the
Aeronautical Chart Division of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Following dinner for the fam
lilies and wedding party. the couple
left for the Homestead, Hot Springs
Va. They will make their home at
Lee Gardens in Arlington.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Marjorie Owen
Recent Bride

Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Marjorie Louise
Owen, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Sydnor L. Owen of Alexandria. to
1t. Robert H. Amidon of Fort
Leonard Wood, the ceremony taking
place August 10, with Chaplain
Craft officiating.
The bride is a graduate of Mary
Washington College and the Univer-
sity OF Virginia and formerly was
member Of the Office staff of
Representative Howard w. Smith of
Virginia.
1t. Amidon Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. H. Amidon of Lake City,
Mimi. He attended North Dakota
State College and the University of
Minnesota He and Mrs. Amidon
are making their home at Fort
Leonard Wood
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Ensign Leonards
Engaged to We'd

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cath
cart Leonards of Merton, Pa, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Ensign Marie Eliza
beth Leonards, U. S. N. r., to 1t.
Edward Walters Strong, U. S.
N. R.. son OF Mrs. Edward Palmer
Strong of Evanston, Ill.,, and the
late Mr.. Strong.
Ensign Leonards is a graduate
OF the Baldwin School, Brvn
Mawr, and Wellesley College and
now Is on duty in Washington
In Naval Communications. 1t.
Strong Is a graduate of North
western University and the Uni
versity of Michigan. He is liai-
son officer between Patuxent
Naval Air Testing Station and
the Bureau of Aeronautics, NAVY
Department, Washington.
Evening star., 1944-08-31

Prospective Debutamtes
Leaue for Colleges

Formal debuts in the National Capital have dispensed with
the probably will be the calendars
until restored However parents Of ladies
informal
the Christmas holidays time
during the winter
thought of by of freshmen Vasr
College, ladies Poughkeepse for the opening
will held until the
these being daughters
their plans would naturally unsettled
and distribution will be Joined today in
Mrs Echo who has been
with
College Miss Echos
the
members of the freshman class
college Miss Mary Olivia Handy daughter OF Maj
Miss Marion MoreeL, daughter
of Rear Mo of her classmates who
week The departure the people
college their mothers have