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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
TONsILS, ADENOIDS AND
RICKETTS,


Enlarged tonSils and adenoios
are usually seen in infants VIII
ricketts,, and in my judgment COM
monty overlooked cause OF ace
mold and tonsillar hypertrophy !!
juveniles is calcium and vitamln u
deficiency. In other words, tnH
overdevelopment of lymphoid tlssM
is a manifestation Of JuVeflA
ricketts,.
So is the occurrence of dent%
carries or excessive decay OF teeth.
Flabbiness Of muscles, muscular
weakness and abnoral fatigabllty
are manifestations OF JuVenus
ricketts,.
Relaxation of ligaments accounts
for spinal curvature, knock-knee'
over extension Of knee jointS'
weak ankles.
The older textbooks agree in say
ing that in ricketts, in infancy there
is a predisposition to frequent at"
tacks of rhinitis. pharyngitis (sors
throat, bronchitis and broncho'
pneumonia. 1 believe that tnlA
same tendency is still more char
acteristic of ricketts, in children
from four to sixteen or eighteen
years of age: For these children,
as well as for children with en-
larged tonsils and adenoids I rec
ommend the daily use of suitable
nose drops containing vitamin D.
Neglected juvenile ricketts, in this
country is probably as common as
are the many cases of und1agnoSed
nutritional deficiency which are not
severe enough to be called pellagra,
bere-beri, scurvy and the like. It
is incumbent on the competent
physician to recognize these nutri-
tional deficiencies and correct them
before full-f1edged deficiency dis
ease becomes established, just as he
diagnoses incipient or first stage or
early tuberculosis before the dis
ease advances to the stage of cav
ity formation and consumption.
I hope that nothing say or have
said about nutritional disease or
vitamins will lead anyone to believe
that a daily shotgun charge of "all
the vitaminS you need" is good for
everything. Taking vitamins in
that blind fashion is my notion of
extravaganza and waste, childish
thing comparable with having your
X-ray picture taken by a quack in
stead of consulting a physician. In
exceptional cases a physician may
prescribe daily doses of all of the
essential vitaminS, but people not
under medical care should remem-
Der that, after all, vitamins are
nothing but food, and the only good
reason for taking any vitamin in
any circumstance is the knowledge
or reasonable inference that the
food has been and continues to be
deficient in that respect. When you
keep this fundamental fact in mind
you will select your vitamins, if
you take any, more wisely and with
more likelihood Of deriving benefit
from them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
A BAD PROPOSAL
Hartford Times)

The text is not available of bill
which has passed the lower house Of
Congress making it a criminal Of
Tense to distribute or publish anony-
nous political statements relating
to candidates for federal office.
1t is impossible to see how such
legislation could be drawn which
would not be undesirable and quite
repugnant to the constitutional pro-
visions guaranteeing freedom Of
speech or freedom Of the press. On
less the provisions Of the bill were
so hedged about with exceptions and
provfsos as to make 1t Ineffective, 1t
would seem that it could be made to
apply to almost anything which was
written or circulated about any per-
son in public life. A book writer
anonymously, or an article dealing
with governmental or political mat
tiers and mentioning individuals
ban established. NewspApe- editor
even casually might come within the
ials might have to bear the sigma.
ture Of the individual writing them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
TO GILD THE PANCAKE
New York Herald Tribune)

From now until buds start on pa
tient naples it is the season OF
hanging buckets and dripping
sweetness. The next few weeks will
be important and profitable ones on
many New York farms - for our
state turns out, principally from
seven counties, 80 per cent of the
sap bush products of the entire
country. The New York State Col
lege of Agriculture correctly classes
the syrup and sugar as being dds
tinctly in the luxury group" OF
foods. But as a rich glider of pan
cakes and waffles, maple syrup has
attained this Technology Of luxuri-
business only in the last four de-
cades. In 1903 first-gradc maple
syrup could be bought, in Catskin
Mountain villages, for rs cents a
gallon, and the sugar for IL cents a
pound.
The prices Of maple syrup and
sugar have mounted because pro-
duction has remained at about the
same levels, while demand has con-
oo14VAy A4N4 CelDC0s ~ 40 lAAGCA CCG11lS W
note that although many farm crops
have been aided in yield by modern
machinery and methods, the record
production Of maple syrup was es..
tablished as far back as the simple
days of 1860. In that banner year of
sweetness 6,612,5O2 gallons of syrup
equal to 52,900,017 pounds of sugar.
came from trimming buckets.
Maple syrup and maple sugar are
definitely American foods, and they
are as popular as they are indigen-
Gus. Our troops have been able to
take ham and eggs with them for
breakfasts on far fronts, but country
boys touring Europe and Asia from
New York and Vermont will have to
wait for their cakes Of farm-raised
buckwheat, with syrup from sap
bush naples, until they once more
face home tablecloths and hot grid
dies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

from the Y.M.C.A three or four
nights each week, and uncon-
sciously had fallen into his way OF
walking"
We become in many particulars
like the people with whom we travel.
It Is often observed that certain
husbands and wives, after many
years, come to resemble each other.
1t Is also true that when we start
going about with a certain crowd,
imperceptibly, but at last quite
plainly, we fan into their ways Of
thinking and acting. There are GER
tain radio comedians who. within
a week after they coin a slang ex-
preston, have the nation repeating
it after them. Certain social lead
ers exert such an influence upon
their associates that, like the Pied
Piper of Hamelin, they can lead
their docile followers any place they
/ desire.
Most Of this Is unconscious. IT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

troops into Jugoslavia and Greece,
was the time to strike, he ar
gued.
Gall the Balkan people will
rise up" he urged. land South
ern Europe will be ours in q
twinkling."
But General Marshall remained
adamant. In the end, he had to
remind Churchill that a written
agreement on future strategy had
been signed in Washington and
that the Allies must stick to 1t.
Many of the British, and some
American StrategistS, still think
Churchill was right. Others point
to the difficult problem of getting
enough landing parges for a Bal
kan invasion. However, Chur-
chill's Balkan invasion is still not
ruled out, nor are the other oper-
atoms through France, Norway,
Denmark nor the Lowlands.
At any rate, out of this dead
lock, finally came the slow advance
up the Italian peninsula into the
present., Casino trap-largely be-
cause the Allied armies in south
ern Italy had no place else to go.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

got to Algiers, there is no ques-
ton the old bull dog tenacity
for his pet campaign cropped
up again. Churchill argued in
Algiers that, once we had tax
en- Sicily and the southern
boot, we must not stop, but
should plunge Immediately across
the Adriatic and the Aegean to
Greece and JugOSlavia.
General Marshall argued to the
contrary. He pointed to the sub
marine menace around the Aegean
islands, also the difficult prob
lem of transporting men and
supplies, also the mountain bar
riers of the Balkans and forth
coming snow.
CHURCHILL'S ARGUMENTS
"You want to win the war
quickly, don't your" Churchill is
reported to have said. "Then
don't slow up after Sicily. Keep
right on going into the Bal
kanS."
And he made the further plaus-
ible argument that, once Musso-
lini toppled, about twenty italian
divisions policing the Balkans
would not know whom to serve.
This moment of indecision, be-
fore Hitler could rush German
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

~
de Gloyer of the governments Pc
troleum Reserves Corporation, now
estimates known Oil reserves in
proved U. S. fields at % billion bar
relS. With crude oil pumped out at
billion to a billion and half
barrels year during the last 10
years, that would mean this country
now has resolves for from IS to
20 years, which isn't much.
A year ago the Petroleum Re-
serves Committee Of the American
Petroleum Institute estimated re-
serves at over 38 billion barrels,
but today has scaled this down to a
mere 20 billion barrels-a scant IA
year supply. In spite of this, j.
Edgar Pew of Philadelphia's Sun
Oil Company, the committee chair
man, states that the oil industry
will be able to meet the nations
requirements from U. S. sources
for many generations. How this
deduction is made on his own fig
ures is bit puzzling.
Wallace E. Pratt, vice president
and Geologist for the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, previously
estimated U. S. reserves at 100 bill
lion barrels, 40 per cent recoverable
under present production methods.
In his recent address before the Oil
Heat Institute of America, Pratt
discounted the 14-year reserve
theory, declaring that after proved
reserves had been exhausted, there
would still be some 10 billion bar
rels left in the ground for second
airy recovery.
FOREIGN POLICY is AFFECTED
These vast differences of opinion
are no idle taproom argument.
Here is the fundamental question
on which the postwar oil policy
of the United States will be de-
cided.
The question itself is simple, but
the ramifications reach from here
to Hedjaz. A 14-year U. S. reserve
means one kind of oil policy and
foreign policy. An unlimited or
100-year reserve is something else
again.
Conservationlsts and conserva-
tives view with alarm the heavy
wartime drains on reserves. From
this crowd comes the demand for
developing U. S. oil concessions in
the Middle East and the building
pilelines across Saudi Arabia to the
eastern shores Of the Mediterranean.
The Senate committee is going to
investigate this, also.
AXES WILL BE GROUND
You should get these pressure
groups Strengthened out to know
what's behind these statements and
those to come:
Producers who have U. S. oil to
sell will want to sell it, now. They
will lean to the idea that U. S.
oil reserves are ample and there
is no need to conserve. Such people
will yell bloody murder at the
thought of any foreign entangle-
ments in oil, and will scream that
government participation in f1nanc-
ing or ownership of. foreign oil
fields or pipe lines means the death
of private industry and free enter
prise.
On the other hand, oil compan-
les whose U. S. holdings may be
near exhaustion and companies
having extensive foreign holdings
will be in there lobbying for a
strongly nationalist oil policy, con-
servation of U. S. reserves, ex-
ploitation of foreign fields, SO per
cent of which are now owned by
U. S. nationals. This would mean
considerable government financing
or ownership, and the maintenance
of a strong Army and Navy and
Air Force to protect those hold
ingS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
fees for insurance will be doubled.

fees for insurance will be doubled.
One-cent postal cards will con-
tinue to be sold for one-cent, and
three cent-stamps will sti'' be suffi-
cient for ordinary out-of-town mail.
ALI the stamps on sale at the old
rates will be good until midnight,
but all letters mailed after mid
night must have the higher cost
stamps.
For nearly $50 years the United
States Post Office has been serving
the American public as a con-
venience, without any idea Of
money-making. The ideal situation
Of the past has been changed ~
the war however, and 1t may be Q
long time before a two-cent stamp
viii: regain its former position Of
Importance in the family o stamps.
To be sure, it can still be used, but
it must be accompanied by stamp
of another denomination. It no
longer stands alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
Selected Poem
AUTHORIZATION

david Morton in The New York Tmes)
For you, in after time, here in our street,
I now authenticate, and all but name
The incredible legend you will surely meet
In grandsire's talk in women's tales, in fame
OF one whose way had led her in and out
door your elders will be pointing to
Wearing grace that you may come to doubt
As old mems talk tell you 1t is true
I tell you such one once walked this town,
Observed of men, and loved of every child;
The name you know; the hair was chestnut brown,
Eyes gray and voice more rich and deep and
Than you could hear through any legends word s..
But you believe I know saw and heard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
Rare Remedy

Russian doctors, who are successfully
treating wounds with an onion juice
dressing, have found that the eating OF,
onions Or garlic kills, for short time,
all the bacteria in the mouth.
That's a handy thing to know. But
our recent shopping excursions. have
demonstrated that it's pretty hard to
get enough so that we may always
Keep a little in. the house : just for
m edicinal purposes, of course"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

Jews to their death in Poland or Norwe-
gians and French to their death in Ger
many are equally guilty with the execu-
toner ;. shall share the punishment"
That is a warning which the advancing
Russians undoubtedly will second.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 1854 a. m. (war time)
Sun rises at $3.50 a. m, sets at 7:17 p. m.
(War time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Pruning time. It's now or never for that
job. Then, says the Old Farmers Almanac.
wait for the ground to dry out for Spring
pworins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

reserves re q lily
amount to.
Further, t h j S
S i t u tion has
been tremendous
ly complicated in
the last few days
by a lot of fran
tic re vision Of
previous eStimat-
es, for motives
and reasons that
frankly look fun
ny.
one of t h e
most resp ected
biologists in the
hllciOncc Il T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

r e m a r k e d the
brother. wv h y
yes, 1 have" re-
piled Cor d on ,
But hiw did you
know it?" "You
walk just like
him." was the re-
ply. you see our
friend Denning
had a peculiar
walk, and he and
I had been walk
ing home together
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
Your Health
By DR.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per
sOnal health and hygiene, not 70
disease, diagnosis Of treatment,
will be answered BY DR.. Brady y
a stamped seIf-adiressed envelGps s
is enclosed. Letters should be brieI
and written in ink No reply can
D. made to queries not conform
ing to instructions. Address pr-
william Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West MAoASO"
Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
+. STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
WATCH YOUR STEP
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. d. d.

s. D. Gordon tells the story OF
how he was walking one day with
brother of his who had just re-
turned home after a long absence.
"You have been going with Denn1ng
a great deal recently, haven't you"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Oil Probers On
Slick Footing
By PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

When the new II man Senate
Committee gets going on its job of
drawing up a national policy on
U. S. Oil reserves, the first thing
it will run into is an inability of
the experts to agree on what those
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

WASHINGTON April the Allied High Command private IT, H
point accusing finger at winston chuh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01

behooves us, therefore. to take heed
how we walk and with whom we
walk. Whether we desire it SO or
not, we shall soon find ourselves
falling into their gait.
All Rights Reserved
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
A Thought for Today

Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth
shall Shew forth Thy pTaise.-Psalm 51:l5.
Lips are no part of the head, only mace Tor
double-leaf door for the mooth.-Lyly.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-01
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW P PEARSON

oy Traced to Disagreement After Iunso
Neither U.S. Fovored Difficult Drive Up the Peninsula
Churchill Urged Hitting Bokons Marshall Western Europe Drive
Deadlock Woshngton Poey Come Compromise on toy
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Circle Citizens Seek End
OF DAYLIGHT Saving Tine

Logan : Thomas Circle Citizens
Association last night paased ! res
olution directed to the executive
once Of the President asking that
war daylight saving time be abol-
iShod.
In making this request, assccia-
ton members asserted that the plr-
pose Of the time change, conserva-
ton Of electricity, is defeated during
winter months by the long morning
hours Of darkness and early night
fall. Furthermore, the saving In
electrical power during the summer
months is 30 negligible, they said,
- to be unimportant.
At the instigation Of Association
Secretary Kenneth Robbins, drive
was launched to enlarge the or
ganization's membership Each men,
ber Was asked to bring prospec-
Evening star., 1944-11-15

every State in Oracle Aasn.
the Union when he was just . boy.
OF course when George was = boy
there weren't 10 many States.
We've been seeing the historical
sights here In Boston. We, stood
before the Old North Church from
whose tower Paul Revere got his
signal. We walked up Bunker Hill.
And We peeked Into the Harvard
Club where are preserved the re-
mains Of some actual cigarettes.
(Releassd By Consolidated News rsatures)
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Col. {. II. Deiirick
And Col. Leo A. Codd
Win Legion Of Merit

Col. Leo A. Codd, ~. Of 1887
Thirty-fifth street NV, has been
awarded tho Legion Of Merit for
service In connection with puhlic
relations and historical activities Of
the ordnance department from June
IS, lo42, to September, 1914.
Az executive assistant to the
Evening star., 1944-11-15
War Department Clerk
Wins $27, 500 in Suit

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Nov 15.-A Federal
court jury yesterday awarded Miss
Adehne Nansour Of Providence,
r. l., ~, 500 plus costs in her dam
age suit for injuries. suffered in an
automobile collision In June, 1910.
Miss Mansour, rs. = clerk in the
War Department In Washington,
received q broken pelvis, fractured
hip and other injuries, it was testi-
ned, when the automobile in which
she was q passenger was in COL
lision with that Of the defendant,
Joseph Bergeron Of Attleboro.
Evening star., 1944-11-15

tive member "a the December meet
Ing and further effort to increase
the total enrolment viii Be made
by widespread mail campaign.
The meeting was held ct the home
Of the association president, Mrs.
EllA ~. Thompson, 1886 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1944-11-15

chief of ordnance he distinguished
himself by the outstanding manner
in which he planned and executed
several important innovations in the
press, radio and visual education
fields which resulted in better pre-
ventive maintenance Of ordnance
equipment, increased production and
= better understanding of the Army
service contribution to the war effort
by the American people," the cita-
ton read. GAS chief of the historical
section, office chief Of ordnance, his
contribution to future national pre-
paredness was particularly note
worthy"
A native Of Baltimore, Col. Codd
today was returned to an inactive
status in the Reserves and will re-
sumo his post as editor Of the publi-
cation Army Ordnance and execu-
tive vice president of the Army
Ordnance Association.
Col. Carroll II. Deitrick, 4s, whose
wife lives at 2100 Connecticut avenue
NV, has received the Legion Of
Merit for his work with the supply
division Of the War Department
general stan between November,
1043, and October.
HE effectively supervised and CO.
ordinated policy matters relating to
the determination, Interpretation
and control Of distribution, storage
and issue Of equipment and supplies
throughout the Army" according to
the citation. TN implementing the
recommendations Of the Joint Army
Navy Ammunition Board he demon
strated thorough grasp Of the
boards problems and did much to
further its success"
Col. Deitrick. a native of Watson
town, Pa, and graduate of Cornell
University, Is now on an overseas
. eseionvSan~{
Evening star., 1944-11-15

We aren't exact
ly Beacon street
society. In our
case the Aliens
spoke only to the
Sullivans no
one else would
talk to us.
My husband
has been telling
me the fascinat-
ing history Of
N e " England.
George is 20
smart; he knew
the history Of
rAA L.
Evening star., 1944-11-15
Oracle Allen
Comments
No,

BOSTON, Nov. Is.
Well, here We. are III historic Bos-
ton where. according to some poet,
the Lowells speak only to the
Cabots. My dear Irish mother was
horn hare hit
Evening star., 1944-01-25

operator. Capital Transit Co.; Cal.
vert B. Morgan, IS, claim adjustor
Capital Transit Co.; Abraham E
Edwards, "a, mechanic, National
Bureau of Standards; Matthew R
Kerschbaum, 20, welder, Gichnel
Iron Works, Inc; James S. Ketch-
um, 20, apprentice machinist, Wash
ington Navy Yard; Paul s. Shaffran
n, apprentice machinist, Naval Gun
Factory; Sidney Binder, 30, me-
chanicsl engineer, Census Bureau.
The appeals Of the following men
for deferment because of either
their jobs or their dependents we're
denied:
Clinton w. Goodman, 30, me-
chanic, Holleman Motor Co.; Ma
than Wechsler. "A, partner, Wech-
sler g. Co.: Herman H. Hitz, n,
manager, Kennedy Service Station;
Harry A. Epstein, n. partner, U. s.
Window Cleaning Co.; Charles M.
Murphy, 36, clerk. Ford Motor Co.
The appeal board also denied
hardship deferments to the follow
ing men:
Elmer G. Woods, "a, assistant
steward, Mayflower Hotel; Stanley
Evening star., 1944-01-25
vivien Ke||ems Eager
For Congressional Probe
y the Associated Press

by the ASSOClateQ PreSS.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Jan. u.s.
Miss Vivien Kellems, Connecticut
industrialist and unsuccessful Re-
publican congressional primary can
didate in 1912, declared in an ad-
dress last night that she was eager
to testify before any congressional
committee on her refusal to pay in
come taxes and promised that If
she did, some important heads
might roll"
Miss KenemS, who claims that
paying the current instalment due
on her income tax would bankrupt"
her war production plant, added
that her testimony might shed a
little light upon the recent contrn.
versy between Vice President Wal
lace and Secretary Jesse Jones,
which was hastily hushed up so the
American people would not get the
facts"
In later interview she refused
to amplify that statement.
OF her tax payment stand she
told an advertising club audience,
Normally, am a law-abiding citi-
zen, but In situation like this
believe in civil disobedience."
Miss Kellems denied q claim made
"a hours earlier by a Washington
radio commentator that she was
engaged to marry one Count Fred
erick Karl Won Zedlitz of Argentina
i am not even contemplating
marriage; I am just an old maid" !"
| she said.
Evening star., 1944-01-25

Nv. Shriver, 50, messenger, Western
Union; John w. Sadler, n, property
manager, Sullivan Bros. Real Estate
Co.; Charles r. Nagel, 10, apprentice
machinist, Washington Navy Yard;
Joe L. Woodward, %, laborer, Fuller
Construction Co.; julius Levinson
"a, taxicab driver; John ]. McClain
IT,, "a, doorman, Hay-Adams House
James r Rothenberg, 81. taxicat
driver; Everett e. Polk, 81, guard
Washington Gas Light Coz; Edward
A. Koch, ~, accountant, Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
Sheldon Mensh, 10, student, Nc
Kinley High School; Reuben Deckel-
baum, "a, grocery store owner; Ed
gar F. Kearn, IS, stereotype tran
scriber, Anderson Reporting Co.;
Jack Ershkowitz, "a. clerk, Treasury
Department; Louis Wilikowski, 26
clerk, War Department; Herman T.
Seeger, 81, salesman, Wakefield
Dairy; Cling Cheung Ju. 26, laun-
dryman; Henry L. Bouscaren, "a,
catalogue co-ordinator, War Depart
ment; Clarence D. Mcclure, 81, taxi
cab driver: John r. Faraci, 81, bar
Der shop owner; Roby c. Read, 30,