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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01

NCOULlIlueQ 1EO1Il rage U ernment will own more than a tenth of the country'S total indus trial production apparatus"
 Warning that government will not relinquish private ownership after the war, Dr. Jordan said the com- mon man everywhere has been con- vinced that he is incompetent to manage his own fairs . and had better leave them to the omnipo- tent, omniscient and benevolen: state. :"
 He said a real reconversion to a normal economy cannot occur after the war without a profound revolution in thought and spirit"
 A free market for commodities, labor and money will not be will ingly" restored, he said, "rot only because bureaucracy is afraid of it, but because neither labor nor business want it."
 Urging plain and straightfor- ward talking" Dr. Jordan said the American people should be told they cannot be guaranteed econ- omic security and left with civil liberty and personal freedom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
NOTICE

STATE of CONNECTICUT, CoUN- TY of NEW HAVEN, ss. WA TERBURY, Nov. 18th, 1914. Then and there by virtue of an Execution issued by the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County lat Danbury, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash one Pontiac Convertible Sedan. Auction to be held at the Motor Mart on December ?, 1914, at 200 F. M.
 Attest:
 GEORGE R. BURNS. 11-18-20-12-1 Deputy Sheriff.
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Continued from Page D peasant" OWI said it was the opin- ion of army officials that the aver age enemy troop is good fighting man," although many are likely to Ego to pieces" when the going is rough.
 Besides the 277,OO0 Japanese sol- diers killed by American troops, the OWI report said, another 250,000 are in isolated island pockets, cut off from rescue. Overall Japanese dead since the outbreak of the Sino-Jap- anese war was estimated at 850,O00.
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Planes Seek
 More Jap Victims
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Headquarters also disclosed that an American destroyer had sunk a Japanese submarine off Ormoc harbor in a surface gun duel during the bombardment of Ormoc last Monday. The submarine went down with all hands except few who were on deck and were left floundering in the water.
 The American destroyer suffered neither casualties nor damage.
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Continued from Page D zig area and railway yards around Saarbrucken, while about 750 Brit ish raiders attacked three Benzol planes in the Ruhr.
 The American formations ran in- to terrific concentration of flax over the Liepzig area and 56 bomb- CTS and 30 fighters failed to return from the mission, one of the 9th air forces heaviest losses. Most of the fighters were believed to have landed safely in friendly territory, however,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01

(Conunueu rom FaBe " elections together and, including the period when he was a member Of parliament from Plymouth. support ed each other actively in the poll- ticAl arena for 3b years.
 "It would be difficult for Lady AS. tor to stand again without his help"
 Two women had been chosen to oppose Lady Astor in the next gene eral election, Mrs. Lucy Middleton. Laborite. and Mrs. Isabel Brown, Communist. Both were school teach- ers at one time.
 It was not known yet who wa likely tO ho chosen by tho Ply- mouth conservatives to succeed Lady AatQf,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
CHERoKEEs SEND BIBLE

Fremont, Neb. (UP) - Midland Colleges rare Bible collection hal been enriched by one of the leaSt' known tonnes in the county. lt h Q copy of the first translation Of the Bible into the Cherokee indihn language. it came from tho chero- koas of North Carolina.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01

industries the next day.
 Local bars and restaurants will plan New Years Eve celebrations for the Saturday evening preceding the regular New Years Eve, this year, and although no liquor on that date can be served at 1 a. m. under standard State Statutes, many places will remain open for dining and dancing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01

Coal mine strikes in Australia have forced railways to curtail service because of a shortage of fuel.
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Post War Planners

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Early New Years Eve

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Storm Does
 Big Damage

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Reporter (M) Rues Visit

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Destroyer Sinks Sub

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Lody Astor To Retire

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PIon To Repeal Act

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RAF Rounds Out Week

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Big Task Awaits U. s.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

rainy days when they swarmed
about us In maddening, noisy prox-
unity and made any life but that
Of harrassed governess intolerable.
We developed persecution COM
plexes. ! would no sooner be seated
at my typewriter than my child
would come dripping in, soaked from
a fall into the brook. Or the other
one needed to be rescued from q
high branch Of an apple tree. Or
we would find a woodchuck had
made free with our peas, making
necessary the chore Of cunning for
1t and replanting the rows.
Then in early summer began that
plague worse by far than the jap
anese beetle-relatives and friends.
They came, they said, to cheer us
up" And to talk to me while I
wrote that sweet, sweet book. Such
a diverting thing to dol" I think
they felt that any dame who could
kill hen or spray potatoes did not
warrant the privacy usually accord
ed real artists" We needed more,
Of course, for 1t takes time to learn
how not to tumble over phrase.
Heaven knows Bek and I were not
an impressive pair. Our hands were
horny; our haircuts defined by the
size of the mixing bowl we used as
a guide line in trimming; our clothes
of the sort that Huck Finn would
have disdained.
Finally, the book was finished.
Our postman, no friend Of the
United States postal system, per-
suaded us to send it by freight to
save expense. If" he said. them
book people don't buy this here
thing, you can always keep it on the
parlor table like my old granny did
a book she wrote. Twas a nice
We hadn't thought Of that. We
walked back in silence from the mail
box, burned up carbon copies, origi-
nal drawings, all the paraphernalia
OF book writing; and with tremen-
dous relief, started up to the north
field to dig potatoes. That at least
was one harvest we could be sure of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

apartment which I share with two
more women. the Sunday SchooI
consists of nothing but women and
then Mrs. L. A. H. says get Up a
good hen party as a means of re-
taxation. Is she kidding?
| Now, ! don't believe In promis-
cuous dating--or for wife to see
just how many evenings a week
she can enjoy the company of q
man, but I still do not see any
harm in accompanying a good male
friend to the movies. concerts. OF
even to night club. After al
there can be platonic friendship
between man and woman anc
there is no reason why the few
women who have found such z
friendship cannot enjoy it without
being criticized by evil-mindec
friends and neighbors who SET
wrong in every act.
AS to the reason why a woman
seeks the company of a male com.
panion-here is a good one.
mans practical, less emotional anc
frequently optimistic frame of mine
often proves good antidote FOL
the over emotional, imaginable mine
frequently found in women. Tt
break it down--take a woman with
a husband who is in the thick OF
battle. She is worried, probably
hasn't received a letter for severa
weeks and subconsciously expects
the worst. She goes out with sew.
eral women friends to ease hel
mind for a spell and what is the
topic OF conversation the whole
evening-their husbands and how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
The Gals They Left Behind

At the beginning OF the war when
] transplanted myself from the
Enthusiastically controlled life OF
New York City to a back road in
Maine, there was no book in me
Just q delicate balance Of grimness
and derring-do.
With me were my two daughters,
and 5; some Swedish modern beds
and an elegant chaise Tongue, a
cast-off of lounging friend. Feeling
as inappropriate as a rose bug on
an artificial flower, we all moved
into an ex-hayloft over barn at
tached to the house Of an old friend,
Bek Files.
Like me, Bek had two youngsters
and was temporarily out of a hus-
band, too. We planned to spend the
winter braiding rugs and reading
Thomas Paine, and, when overcome
by self-indulgence, plotting a post
war trip over the Alaskan highway
in jeep. That's what we planned.
Mostly we spent our time down
the well, hacking at it with a crow
bar, and melting snow for drinking
and washing water. We found that
hens could freeze at 50 below, so
we brought them into the barn and
eventually into the back room. We
never meant to let the car freeze,
but its brakes and gas line, like the
hens, were sensitive to cold. What
with chopping wood for the glut-
tonous stoves and popping up and
down to examine an Notwithstanding
thermometer. we got little brsidinp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
About the House
By Betty Miles

Il. When We purchased our house
two years ago we acquired the stair
treads on our steps. They are bound
in brass metal. the treads and risers
each being nailed on separately. In
the two years we have lived in the
house I have done nothing but
vacuum them but the carpeting
seems to be dull with dirt and there
are a few moth holes on the risers.
I am planning to spray them with a
moth killer but am wondering If
you could suggest q way to clean
them?
g. We have child's rocker and
q slipper chair made of white oak
Il think In the raw wood. The
seat of the rocker Is basket woven
while the seat Of the slipper chair
is put together with rows of fine
cords of rolled wood, believe.
What method would you suggest to
finish the wood and should the seats
in either chair be finished?
-. Our large porch has q wooden
floor and this year we decided to re-
paint 1t very early. The latter part
Va way VIC AkOcCo oOWIl Vic WlltCI
accumulation of dirt, then the next
day we went over 1t with cleaning
fluid to remove the wax. A couple
of hours later we painted 1t with
floor and deck enamel. Then we
waxed 1t. The paint is now coming
of where chairs strike it or where
the feet rest and it looks a terrible
mess! l am wondering whether we
did not let the wood dry long
enough from the water. or whether
we did not wait for the cleaning
fluid to evaporate completely, or
whether we did not get all the old
wax up. The weather was not too
warm at that time of year.
What would you suggest we do
to remove the old paint and do you
recommend waxing a painted floor?
a. notice you mentioned saw
dust and glue for filling cracks in
floors. Is this safe to use in a
house which has been treated for
termites?"-A. L. B.
Answer. In order to get really
satisfactory results I would suggest
that you take your stair carpets up
and send them to the cleaner. This
will, of course, be quite a job, but
the really clean look they'll acquire
will be compensation for your effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

Cd Wood should be finished In
order to preserve the integrity OF
the material. Naturally. you don't
want anything that will be tacky
or sticky, and with present war
time restrictions, paints don't have
the hard, fast-drying qualities they
possessed in prewar days. / would
suggest that you use an interior nm
ishing varnish or furniture varnish
over the entire surface Of your
chairs, including the seats, one that
Is short in oil, and long In resin.
Paint both the top and underside
Of each chair, working from the
underside out.
90 You probably failed to COM
pletely remove all the old wax, prior
to painting your porch. A single
treatment with cleaning fluid Is not
adequate. Also, 1t is possible that
the enamel was not given sufficient
time to dry. With paints as they
are today, a waiting period" of at
least four or five days Is necessary
before wax Is applied. Then, too,
1t Is well TO remember that wax
seals out oxygen absorption, and
arrests drying of paint.
AS see 1t, your problem now Is
to get rid Of the wax and allow the
floor to dry thoroughly for a period
Of several weeks, and then re-wax
1t. Cleaning fluid or turpentine
should do the trick. If the results
are still not all that could be de-
sired, 1t may be necessary to remove
all the paint. and redo the porch.
Your local paint dealer will be able
to recommend a good paint re-
mover. When you paint this
time, allow your enamel several
weeks grace before waxing.
% It is safe to use the method
mentioned above In a house that
has been treated for termites.
I'm recent article you mem
toned places in Washington that
have iron chairs and settees and
iron grilles. ] am very anxious to
obtain iron work for our house, and
furniture for the garden and would
appreciate it If you know of any
source If you would please give me
this information. R. D. H.
Answer-The auction galleries are
good sources for iron work. The
antique and second hand shops in
Washington and vicinity also carry
interesting pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
READERS Clearing House

worried they are, wondering what
trey are doing, etc. That surely
isn't getting away from your trou-
BILE one minute. The same woman
going out with man friend will
find his conversation about the war
is based On a general plane instead
Of personal. they'll discuss sports,
work and hobbies. This will help
her forget for a few hours, the
torments CT her mind.
This night out occasionally, with
man friend still leaves the wife
many evenings in which to do her
Red Cross work, fix her scrapbook,
plan for the future and enjoy the
company of her women friends.
One more point before closing
granted we are fortunate to have
our home comforts. movies. shop
windows and peace and quiet, when
our husbands are in dangerous fox
holes, sleeping on the ground, eat
ing C rations. BUT his life is so
exciting and unusual and fatiguing
that he doesn't have the time or
energy to sit and worry as do the
women who are living a routine,
almost normal life.
Any service man overseas who
loves his wife and really knows
what kind of a woman she Is, will
understand when she writes him
about these occasional DATES with
mae friend. You see she's not
secret about it-not doing it on the
sly!
All this might be nard to believe,
but I'm one Of the women who
date men friends. who write their
husbands all about it and who have
their approval.
The world would be a great place
If people. would mind their own
business, stop seeing evil in every
act and would refrain from start
ing unfounded gossip that hurts
innocent people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Bv Marparef Shea.
ny VH"FE OVPU,
Author OF the Forthcoming Book,
1.-THE Gals They Lett Behind"

huGtOT " LIE fOTIHCOWtnH .6OOE,
1.-THE Gals They Lett Behind"
done and put OF Paine til spring.
Long about April when a thaw set
In, l received letter from my hus-
band in North Africa. Not letter;
q desperate query: For Pete's sake, .
1t, began, tell me If you and Bek
have fixed the flue on the Franklin
stove yet. The boys in my outfit
are on tenterhooks lest you burn up"
So the boys were interested.
Maybe others might be. Burdened
with this terrible inspiration, I ap-
preached Bek. Il think I'll write
a book" DO" said Bek, busy
kneading dough, but before you
start, could you spare minute to
ask Walker about the horse for
blowing" reminded her that
the frost wasn't yet out of the
ground and that anyway she was
going to illustrate this deathless
work I proposed to undertake. She
promptly dropped the dough and
gave me her attention. That very
day we began to write and draw an
account of our life in Maine.
Through all its cratic compost
ton we plowed and narrowed and
scythed; we painted the picket
fence and boiled down maple sap.
We blessed our four children when
on sunny days they ran off in search
of mayf1owers, and we cursed with
equal though silent fervor those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: I am a married
woman with two children. Have a
good home and good husband and
was very happy until short time
ago when I found out that my hus-
band was paying attention to little
flirt in our town. She is married and
has a good husband She has broken
up several homes, for the men all
seem to fall for her. She neglects
her little children, who run the
streets.
I taxed my husband with going
out with her and he said he took
her out riding sometimes because
her out. He said he thought she was
very cute. What must do? Shall
leave my husband?
A MISERABLE WIFE.
Answer-Of course, you mustn t
leave your husband merely because
he has become entangled in a silly
Irritation. 1t is Just a brain storm
that will pass if you will give it
time Many men, along toward mid
dle-life, are afflicted with a tempo
rary mental eclipse. They have the
hallucination that they are tired of
their wives and children, of domes-
ITCHY and decent living and that
they have fallen in love with some
siren.
But 1t doesn't last. After a bit a
man comes to his senses and he is
ashamed and repentant, and glad
enough to come back home to his
wife and thereafter be as domestic
as the mouse cat. The whole episode
may be written down in the comic
annals of the family history, unless
the wife has been as foolish as he
has and has broken up her home
end made tragedy of it,
1t is pretty hard to see anything
humorous in your husbands making
q eool If himself and falling for the
wiles Of cheap vamp, who f1atters
him and make eyes at him while
she digs her predatory little hands
IN his pocketbook. But 1t is one of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Emily Post
Advises

Every now and then some ones
feelings are hurt because they do
not understand the difference be-
tween a. wedding invitation and an
announcement. The mother Of a
bride writes now:
Please tell me what people are
expected to do in acknowledgment
OF wedding announcements. My
daughter was married In q great
hurry near the port Of embarkation
OF the groom. There was no time
for wedding preparations nor to tell
any one until afterward. Accord
ingly, we sent wedding announce
ment cards to relatives and friends.
My own immediate family have sent
presents and several Of my dearest
friends have done likewise. A
somewhat smaller number of per-
sons on the grooms side paid at.
tention to the marriage, but not
one word Of acknowledgment has
been received from approximately
100 friends and neighbors. It seems
to me that the natural impulse Of
kindness would induce people to
write notes wishing a bride luck
even If they sent no gifts. Surely
people must realize that the war
has made invitations impossible In
a majority Of cases."
l am sorry you are disappointed,
but you have no reason to feel hurt
by any ones neglect. The fact il
that no obligation Is involved by
the receipt OF an announcement.
Quoting from a maxim of etiquette,
an announcement means that
wedding took place to which you
were not invited. No matter what
the mitigating circumstances may
be, this is the fact. One who is fond
Of the bride or the groom, may. of
course, send present or write
note or do anything else ones i'm
pulse prompts one to do, but there
is no obligation to do anything
whatever. except to remember that
Mary Smith is now Mrs. John Jones.
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the occasions upon which a woman
must either laugh or cry and the
wise wife Is the one who doesn't cry
or nag or reproach her husband or
point out his duty to him.
Don't give up your husband and
your home and your living because
your husband makes a few eyes at
another woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
By Peggy Roberts

Rickrack braid adds the novel
apron effort to this cute little
jumper-and of course the playful
Dummies will delight your young
lady.
Pattern envelope contains hot
iron transfers for the designs shown,
plus complete directions for making
the jumper in sizes 2, and 6.
Our 60-page multicolored book of
Needle Arts containing five free
patterns, and many other sugges-
lions for dressing up your home and
yourself is now available. Send your
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must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address;
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Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
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CORRECTION;
TWO RECIPES
THANKS to Miss I. M. W.,


Please forgive me for my mistake
in the recipe for buttermilk PAN
cakes. 1t should read az teaspoon
Soda 1t would have to be soda
with the buttermilk and also the
Il teaspoon of baking powder"
Thank you for printing so much
that sent in. May I add one more
recipe recently given me and found
delicious. 1t is Frozen Pudding:
Cook in double boiler until
thick: q cup sugar, yolks of 3
eggs. juice of l orange. juice Of l
lemon and pinch of salt
Add whites of eggs beaten stiff.
When cool add cup cream,
whipped.
Crush II vanilla waters and spread
on bottom of ice tray. Pour mixture
in. Spread IL crushed waters on
top. Freeze. Serves 3.
I recommended The Star to a
friend who did not take it, Just to
enjoy the Clearing House and
she subscribed at once-and does
enjoy it.
I have never seen this recipe
among those printed. French Fried
Onions: Cut Bermuda onion across
about "a inch thick. Cover with
milk and let soak an hour or more.
Dredge with sailed flour and fry in
deep fat and drain. The milk may
be used for onion soup. These
onions are fine served with filet
mignon.
GUMBO RECIPES?
Requested by Mrs. J. H. W.,
Arlington.)
Could some Southern readers send
in some real Gumbo recipes-espe-
cially for chicken or shrimp? My
cook books have Gumbo soup reci-
pes but I thought there was a main
dish called gumbo.
Most of my favorite recipes were
found in the Clearing House / wish
you had this page on Saturday and
Sundays as well as week days.
WORSTED WANTED?
Requested By Mrs. E. B. W,
WashinetonJ
NY request for quilt scraps
through your column was so sue
Now Id like odd lots of worsted
yarn to make an afghan which I
will send to Walter Reed Hospital.
HOW TO RETIRE?
REQUESTED by MRS. w. X. X,
Washington
How can I make repairs on rub
ber- tired wheels on furniture such
as a Roll-A-Way bed, or tea cart,
etc? The tires have worn off the
wheels of several pieces of mine and
I may find the rubber shortage has
curtailed supplies of what is re-
qulred to replace them. In that
event any substitution for retiring
would have to be accepted. If there
are any suggestions for doing this
and how to do it, they too, would be
appreciated. I have heard of wrap
ping rags around wheels, but that
idea doesn't appeal A job more
permanent and neat is desired.
X X X X
DATING PROBLEM.
THANKS to Mrs. E. ~,
Washington
I am taking sides with Mrs. o. r.
on the discussion of dating. Any
woman who is very much in love
with her husband will stay true to
him. But, just because she is mar
ID J Nr,Ny CHI Oh !.
spirit of spinsterhood and Coven-
try, and see and talk to no one but
women, women and more women?
In Mrs. L. A. HIS answer to Mrs.
%. T. she suggested organizing a,
real hen party for relaxation. Well,
in my case work nine hours day
with just women (even the boss is
a woman, then I go home to my