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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

President Roosevelt was being in- fluenced by foreign ''ismS" Che admitted under questioning by Gore that he meant Russia) in post war planning. Mccormack roughly shot back:
 "The gentleman from Illinois was wrong before Pearl HarbOr and has never had the courage to admit he was wrong and has never got on the right premise since. Since our country en- tered the war, the gentleman has never changed his course of conduct"
 Mccormack accused Day of using the argument of a dic- tatOr" in his castigation of Presi- dent Roosevelt. He added. '1f I infer correctly from what the gentleman from Illinois says, he wants nothing done after this war is over to try to save the next generation of youth, most of whom are unborn today, from undergo ing the horrors and rigors and destructiveness of modern war fare"
 PRESIDENTS HEALTH
 When Congressional leaders called at the White House for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

cd, leaving it ever, he said, as re- hinder to his fellows that they might learn what fiekie thing is human favor.
 Said Count Moltke after one Of his greatest victories, When listen to all the exaggerated iiattery which the public sees flt to bestow upon me, I can only think how t would have been if this victory, this trt- umph, had not been ours"
 Wellington was right - human fn- yor Is a iiekie thing. Let one ask fer it in the circle of his friends and loved ones. or in the broader areas Of human life, and . man should realize that iie is asking for q vain thing. We have it today and lose lt tomorrow. Even ln the hAy- lng it is of little value.
 The only thing that remains tO comfort . man through good favor and ill is the consciousness that he has done the right thing. All Rights Reserved - Babson Newspaper Gyndieata
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Views Of The Press

citizens were killed, many others were injured and great propertly damage was done. It was one of the accidents of war, but an acci- dent which resulted in irreparable damage, in that the wives of those who were killed could not be re- stored.
 The Swiss understood. They are hemmed in by Germany. Italy, and France. They are trying to maintain neutrality ad also to protect their territory from invasion and disaster. They might have been expected to show some animosity toward Amer jeans after destruction by us of one of their cities. But they did not. They have shown firmness in patrolling their skies. They have shot down our planes when pilots have refused to follow instructions. We have not returned the fire. Our boys who took long chances of escaping and failed. have paid tine full penalty. The Swiss understand that we hold nothing against them: we understand they hold nothing against us. We are and will continue to be friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
THAT SWISS HONOR GUARD
Hartford TImes)


 one of the most attention -com. polling var pictures was printed a few days ago. showing the burial Of c number of American flyers who cies when their plane came down somewhere in Switzerland.
 The fiag-6Faped collins rested in Q row. os the hillside tn the back. ground was q respectful group Of Swiss citizens, 4 guard 0f honor from the Swiss Army was present, to fire the final salute.
 The details Of the death of these American iiiers are not known. Per. haps they were members of crews Of bombefg which crashed through accident. Perhaps they were soldier whe attempted 10 get back to their lines ip defiance Of orders Of the Swiss aerial patrol, and were shot down. We shall not know how they met death until the facts are Tf leased.
 But the presence of the 6gB 'liard Of honor tessifies to the man 'er in which Switzerland is main- dining the traditions of honorable onhlct. Not many weeks ago Amer can flierE nalstook m Swiss city on the edge og Germany for their oh- ieciive. They dropped bombs on that community and spHie ao eHisn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
The Vanishing Frontier

A good many Kentuckians must have choked on their iuleps when they read that their able and amiable Sen. Alben w. Barkley, having broken his glasses read his Jefferson Day dinner menu through monocle. Not only that, but he held it firmly ill place with what seemed to be practiced eye.
 Probably it's just as well for Senator Barkley's political future that DanI Boone and the rest of those buckskinned rough-liying, tobacco-chawin' frontiers" men are no longer numbered among Ken tucky's voters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN
 YOU COME TO IT


 Lady of middle age has driven'a car for many years, but for tha past few years has developed a tre- inendous fear of skidding. She 'iA particularly tinid about crossing bridges that ascend-not lift bridgeA but, well, she says a hat bridg( doesn't bother her. She doesnt mind the descent. but driving ups grade on @ bridge gives her real distress, smothered feeling, trenls bling violently, almost panic, al' though she has never tainted
 FellahS, maybe this accounts foI the mystifying signals women driv- CTS give sometimes. Mind, say sometimes. still blush when l re- call an encounter I had with . woman driver. I approached an intersection where I had to turn left-an intersection of six streets. I did not know the local geography and failed to recognize that there was a complete circle at the inter- section. AS I bore left suddenly saw the lady coming around the circle head-on, and she was keep' ing to the left, which was her right in the circumstances. I had Q dreadful moment of indecision, wondering just what evasive tactics I should employ. The lady consid' erately inquired, as she shot past, whether I was drunk or crazy, and I lost no time in getting away from the scene of the crime.
 This reader with the inclined bridge skid phobia says her doctor, a close friend, tells her just to for get it." Well, hitherto she llaS been able to forget it" by shifting the driving to her son. But now the son is in the service and she must drive herself if she goes at all. So will I kindly advise her how to cross an inclined bridge without getting panicky.
 agree with the advice her doc- tor gives her. We all have our phobias and I imagine some of us who are good at forgetting things find it difficult to forget a phobia. I become unhappy and fearful whenever an automobile trip of any extent is scheduled. It is twelve or fifteen years since I was in crash in which none of us sustained any serious injury. But still l can't help thinking, whenever an automobile trip looms up, that perhaps this is it. The anxiety or fear passes after an hour or so. But the day before and the first hour of the journey I am in a low state, can tell you. Freedom from this wretched state is one blessing I derive from gas rationing.
 A normal or natural dread, anx- iety, worry or fear may be dispelled by reasonable knowledge of the harmlessness of the thing you fear flor instance wet feet, draft, in- sufficient clothing. so-called wrong combinations of foods. But if you dread something you know is actu- ally harmless-that's a phobia and you're stuck with it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
FENCE VENDING
(New York Times)

tNeW 1OrK 11tIlSSD
 It takes a day or two of time in a busy season of year, but there's something about nending pasture fences that appeals to man. The foundation of ~ pasture fence here in the Northeast is often a stone wall. Built generations ago, the weather-grayed, ichen etched stones are heaved by frost and un- dermined by spring rains.
 In many instances posts are driven into the ground. leaned against the wall, and wire strung along the post. Sometimes gray birchN, maple sapplings or young oaks are cut and damned into the low spots. But just before time to turn the cows out. the pasture fence must be inspected.
 It's pleasant work. There's always the chance of discovering partridge nest and flushing a mother with her brood of tiny chicks. The wood pee- wees seem to sing sweeter on fence mending day. and the song spar rows, bluebirds and white thr0ats join in lifting arias. If one is fore tunate he may see a red fcx tiotting slowly across the rocky upper acres. Down along the edge of the swamp there are fiocks of trilliuuns snd the fragile lae!es' slippers.
 Mending pasture fence is a sea- sonal farm, task. But it's one farrn- CTS ard the boys enjoy. Its function al objective is to get ready for the cows, hut perhaps beyond that it's a task that gives a man a chance to get caught up with himself. UTbanites may think it stTenge, but a farmer can find the world Is "too much with him" as easily as a man working in an upright cave of steel, stone and cement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

A century and a half ago wall making" was regular part of the farms operations, Whenever a day was available between seasona! tasks the yoke of oxen was hitched to the stone sledge snd more wall built. Since inau changed from nomndic to a stationary economy he has used available material to make his fences. New England pioneers cleared their fields of rocks and used them for boundaries. Building R good wall was . craftsnsanis task. Foundations had to be dug below frost line: big rocks went at the bottom, the small at het top. "A rod G day for two men and q yoke" waE a standard measurement.
 Through the years the stone walls have been a hall-maFk of the region. In many places thin-soiled fleIds which pioneers once cleared hags reverted to woodland and hidden the wall from the casual eye. Nw many generations they Eiil stand; through blizzard and storm. meet ing the seasons in their cyeles-a memorial to the men and boys of yesteEyeaF who bui.t q regions fences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

first legislative conference follow ing the Presidents return from South Carolina, he looked fit as a fiddle. However, Senate ma jority leader Alben Barkley popped the question that has had the capital worried because of those wild rumors about the Comman- der-in-Chief's health.
 How do you feel. :" asked the Kentuckian.
 Great" replied Roosevelt. He added that he had got in twelve hours of sleep a night and plenty of sunshine.
 He was brown as a berry and buoyant as ever. However, Con- gressional leaders noted that his face was a little thinner. Admiral Ross T. McIntire. the Presidents physician, accepts responsibility for this. Roosevelt has knocked off ten pounds under McIntire's orders. He is still five pounds overweight according to his physi- clans standards, but McIntire figures that this can be corrected by proper dieting.
 Copyright, 1914 by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Sunshine and Cancer

Please give your opinion of the warning against sun bathing.
 (Mrs. l.. M Answer-According to the news paper clipping you send. the can cer consultant" of a state health department condemns sun-bathing as "folish. crazy fad" because he thinks summer sunshine the great est cause of skin cancer that there is." If you ask me, Ma'am, would not let any such half-baked out burst as that deter me from getting all the sunshine I could comfort ably stand.
 Inferiority Complex
 Daughter, 26. has developed in- feriority complex from being heckled by other girls where she works over jealousy of her boy friend. and now she can't hold a job anywhere for more than a week or so before she thinks they start heckling.
 Mrs. s. Al Answer-She should have an in. tervieW with psychiatrist (special- ist in mental troubies) whom your physician or any physician will rec ommend.
 Vitamins Not Medicine Our druggist says vitamins are not medicine. What are they then?
 (Mrs. M. H) Answer-Food or food accessories. as essential for health and life as any food element or material. Copyright, 1894, John P. Dille Co)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
STONE WALLS
(Kew York Times)

ahNH AkAs AsSAtNS'
 New England's stone walls make a patehwork-quiit pattern Of the landscape. They are the weather gEayed, lichen covered threads which run along country roads, climb upland pastures and Jneander over brows of low mountains. They encompass small moving fields and circle fertile meadows. They bound the rutted COW lane between barn. yard and pasture,
 Over them lean bircbes and alders and sunacs. Along the tops seam per chipmunks and red squirrels. On them the cock ruffed grouse stands and sends his drumming de- flance reverberating through wood- land aisles. Beneath the walls by the farm garden and across the moving field the wliy woodchuck makes his den ard tRntailzeg Ehep. the collie. Through frost-heaved gaps the wild folk of forest and swamp make their regular rounds and use the openings as toll-gate stations to collect news of the area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

says, the faithful Nazis were boasting that Berlin could never be attacked by day. But the daylight raids came, and party prestige must have fallen even more. Against fear, Encouragement and wearinesS, Hitler's brutish police are fighting grim battle, but losing one. They are still strong, but we are stronger. Even the Gestapo's guns cannot delay forever the German peoples desperate search for "a way out'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

c r c Ql [, DegruQB- ingly, or to damn t h c m just as roundly as any, one in Washing ton.
 U. s. Employ ment Service is praised by the in- d Il S tri alists for helping to recruit the war plant la- bor that raised Wichita's popula- ton from 100000 in 1889 to 200, 900 ill l944.
 Tn the words of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 3:0i q. n. waF time) Sun rises at 6:33 q. m. sets at s:o4 ?. 10. lwar tlme)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty min utes after sunset.
 Violets are in bloom in the meadows and swampy places. aTd ferns Jack-in-the-pul- pits and other wood flowers in mid-May blooming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Your Health
 ByDr. William Brady:

Signed letters pertaining Co pers sOnal health and hygiene, not t0 disease, diagnosis Of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady x Q stapiped sclf-ad3ressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should Do bEiet and written In ink. N0 reply ca4 D. made tO queries not cOnforns ing to instructions. Address lIR William Brady, National Newss paper Service, S2O West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

saviour of his nation, there were no honOrs too great to be heaped u D O n
 him. Yet this sam national hero lived to see his own house later stormed by an inf uri q [ c d mob. Wellington refused to have the fence mend
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Selected Poem
DIAPAsON

(sister Miriam. R. S, M. in The New York Time As trees once black against the sky, Become a petaled plnknesS to the eye, So grief, like heapedsup snow. against the heart Will, with loves Sprnging. like the snow depart This diapason Fhapsodizes lie:
 The towering sun blooms from the night,
 As from dejeetion and despair. delight, Peace is the parent and the child of strife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL |. DOUGLASS. D. D.

NOTHING COUNTS BUT RIGHT
 Few men were more lionized in their day than the Duke of Well lington. He was borne from the field of Waterloo upon the shoulders of his admiring officers, and when he returned to Great Britain,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Washington Merry Go-Round
Appointment Recos Eovesdoppns Incident Yeor Ago Device Tuned His Home Caught Him and Boueh Hopping FDR WIPE ofeios Took Transcript President but He Was Amused
BY DREW PEARSON

President sometimes described
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
U. s. Agencies
 In Wichita
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Wichita, Kan. = Every U. s. city of any importance has become a lit-
 tie Washington, and wichita is no exception. It has 'one of each" of all the Washington alphabetical agencies, and the citizens have come to know them familiarly by the cor- rect initials, to give them deserved
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17

Copyright. iS44. John P. DiIle CO)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-06
8riitishUnii0nS
Fight Strikes

LONDON, April s GNS)--
Brltain's powerful labor confeder-
alton. the Trades Union Congress,
sternly warned all workers today
90 beware Of persons and organi-
cations fomenting strikes which,
il declared have already gravely
impeded imminent operations.
The warning was issued after
Scotland Yard special detectives
had staged a raid on London head
quarters Of the so-called British
Section Of the Fourth Interna-
tional, a TrotSkyite organization
accused of prov king work
stoppages.
In accordance with its an
nouncement threatening drastic
action 10 end all strikes hindering
preparations for the invasion Of
western Europe, the British gov
eminent began cracking down
hard on sources OF strike agi-
tatlon.
Last night II was made known
authoritatlVely that the govern
ment would take the most severe
and arbitrary action - against
hidden agitators' and strike ring
leaders unless the warning Of the
Trades Union Congress was needed
Immediately and Britain'S thou
sands OF strikers returned 10 their
jobs.
The Daily Mail predicted that
all organizations and individuals
advocating or stirring up strikes
would be suppressed. - The Mail
said that the cabinet next week
would issue an order empowering
local authorities to seize agl-
'ors.
Vino order. said the Mail. Will
make II a crime 10 incite unrest
In industry.
The TUG statement was given
out by the organizations general
council after IN had met with
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin. who
stressed the imperative necessity
Of restoring British mines ship.
yards and other industries 10 tul
wartime production.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-06
'Defedtist,' Official
OF Reich, Executed

STOCKHOLM. April 6 GNS)-
Berlin authorities today announced
the execution Of Wilhelm Zwilling.
"A director who occupied an au-
thoritative position in the Reich, ="
after his conviction on charges Of
"dcfoafiSrn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-06
VetC|ubBorn
On Battle Hill

AN ADVANCED SOLOMONS
BASE, April 3 Delayed CINS)--
On some future March 10 bunch
Of the boys are going TO whoop il
up al New York's Hotel Victoria,
drinking 10 March 10, 1874, when
they wrested Bougainvills bloody
Hill $50 from the laps.
It will be the first March 10
after the war ends and the first
meeting Of the 260 Club, whose
initiation was wrought in blood
The club was organized on the
Hill itself and every man who
faced the Japs on this rise Of
ground. from which the Jungle
foliage is sheered clean, is auto
matlcally a member.
Mai. Herman c. FranStorf con-
ceived the idea of the club and
every man from 1t. Col Dexter
Lowry. commanding officer, 10
private. holds equal membership.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-06

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered to your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-Salesman-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-09-06
BY ROSCOE SIMMONS
For Chicago Defender

The Elks-here they come,
strutting down the avenue, thou
sands of them, all dressed to
kill.
And tens of thousands of peo-
pie, running the shades and con-
ditions of men, color up one of
the worlds great parade grounds.
1t is the 45th annual grand
session of the boys who hold at
least one truth to be self-evi-
dent; that is, that the world
after all is a grand place.
Also, it is a gathering of their
ladies, ; comely, charming.
And therei Finley. Fin
ley, the one and only-Dr. James
Finley Wilson of Tennessee,
Broadway, Pennsylvania Avenue,
of Beale, South Rampant and
Central Avenue.
Bootblack, porter, editor -
Gran Exalted - born to lead!
LED BY LODGE
At 35th and Grand Boulevard,
he leaps from his car, followed
by Bill Robinson, king of artists
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-09-06
Array ORDER ABOLISHES IM GROW
TEXT OF ORDER

Answering a series of complaints against white
officers in command of training centers and other
quarters where Negro Army personnel are assigned
letter has been brought to their attention that the
Army does not condone racial segregation in any FORM
namely post exchanges government owned or con-
trolled transportation and theatres.
The July order, issued the signature Of Maj
Gen. James A. Ulio adjutant general, reads: "Ex-
changes - While exchanges and branch exchanges
may be allocated to specific units, no
exchange will be designated for the exclusive use OF
any particular race. Where such branch exchanges
established personnel will not be restricted to the
of their unit exchange, but will be per-
mitted to use any other exchange on the post camp
or station
Transportation Buses, trucks or other trans
portation owned and operated either by the govern
ment by a governmental nsrumentality will be
available to all military personnel regardless of race
Restricting personnel to certain sections of such
because of will not be permitted
either off the post, camp station, regardless
of local civilian custom.
Army motion picture Theatres Army motion |
picture theatres may be aocated to serve certain
areas or units, but theatre performance in any
theatre will be denied group individual because
of race"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-09-06
RESOLUTIONS

Webster, who told OF hardships
connected with establishing the
local chapter.
The mass meeting was fol-
lowed on Monday and Tuesday
by an open house program during
which friends of organized labor
We're invited to inspect the Chi
cago headquarters. An informal
social was held on Wednesday
with members relatives as the
guests.
On Thursday a meeting under
the auspices of the Auxiliary was
held. Activities concluded on
Saturday with the 18th Ami
versary dance at Parkway Ball
room.
In an announcement Chicago
President Webster said that the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
ters, which also represents APP
proximately $500 chair car and
train porters, intends to remain
in the A. f. of L., but will con.
tinue to fight discriminatory and
/ un-American practices identified
with various branches of the body