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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Local War Salvage Efforts

Thousands of Waterbury men and women are serving in the armed forces and local war production industries have been made the honored recipients of in- dustrial awards; yet many of our local home front campaigns relative to the collections of vitally needed war salvage materials have fallen short of set quotas. The most recent report of this kind reveals that only 69 per cent of the city's February fat salvage quota was attained.
 We have seen recent scrap metal cam paigns, here, fall short of goals paper salvage efforts which have been sustained mainly by the combined efforts of all the city'S school-children are still far from satisfactory; tin can collections haven't been favorable for some time. There is reason for this. Just what it is we don't really know The record warrants our taking stock.
 We are inclined to believe that the blame, if there is blame to be found, can not rightfully be placed upon the shoulders of the general public, the con- tributors to these campaigns. These residents have more than proved their unStinting support of the general war effort by their work in the four War Bond Drives, the Allied War Relief and USO drives and others. Their spirit is in evidence.
 If the case should be that the quotas for these individual drives are too high, which we believe is not so, then they should be reduced so as to avoid further reflection upon the city every time fail ure results. Certainly the leaders and co-workerS of these campaigns have donated tremendous amount of unSelf- ish effort, thus disproving any suggestion that administrative effort has not been sincere.
 Perhaps then the answer is to be found among those of us who are charged with the actual administrative and organiza- tional end of these campaigns - the committees, Sub-conmitteeS, and the press. Could it be possible that in such matters we have become stale?
 This war and these campaigns have been conducted for over two years now and in that length of time it. is an easy matter to permit thing to become rou- tine and without freshness. Perhaps we, whose responsibility it is to inform, advise and aid the people of Waterbury in such matters, have become begged down into a groove that in the early days of such efforts was efficient and well greaSed but which time has dulled and made without direction. It would be we'll too, to reflect SO as to determine whether or not we, as an organization, are failing to cooperate efficiently, and thus harming the gen. eral picture.
 There is no criticism intended of any committee, and group or individual. Salv- age work is thankless, at best. We are suggesting that perhaps therc is the need for a fresh outlook. The administration of such efforts is true responsibility. It carries with it the reputation of Water- bury and it's people, and the hastening of the wars end. Such failures as we have suffered should be overcome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

As a matter of fact we must not forget at this time those men who are in action a great deal though they are not of the armed forces. We refer to the War cor respondents This weeks issue of the Saturday Evening Post has featured them in a story with colored photo graphs and among those pictured was Reynolds Packard, UP War correspondent, whose articles appear practically every day in this paper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

tainly the last place one would ex- pect to find a rattlesnake would be In @ thickly populated city. If that can happen. almost anything can happen: and since almost anything can happen. there is very little we can do to prepare ourselves against the utmost in the line of contin- gencieS.
 The longer we live the more does It become apparent that there is no outer security but plenty of in- ner security. Try as we will to avoid them, we will have accidents, mis- haps, misfortunes. Tn fact, 1t looks as If God permits these things to exist In order to toughen our moral
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

2. In the six months following last July, our industrial alcohol stockpile dropped from 138,000, 900 gallons to only 80,000, ,000--a loss of 42 per cent in half year.
 Wallgren charges that the 400,- O00," gallons Of alcohol we hope to produce from grain would re- quire 170,000, 900 bushels, or five times more grain than we used for alcohol in 1889.
 ''Thls might be all right if we knew we were to have the graIn," WalIgren adds. But the Department of Agriculture ex- poets grain reserves to be low CT by midsummer than they have been in five years. There isn't feed enough to maintain our present livestock population, plus the fact that demands for food in 1914 and 1945 will be heavier"
 Meanwhile, Wallgren claims ''it Is possible to produce all our al- cohol from one source''-wood waste.
 "Why," he asks, "have months and years slipped by with vlr- tually nothing done? Why do we continue to plunge bllntly toward a crisis that may even jeOpardize the success of our effort. The real reasons are lost i'm the maze of problems within the War Production Board and in the confliiting at- tltOdes of its executives, some of whom seem trained in the belief that existing production methods are always best"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
AS A MATTER OF FACT

There appears to be a black market on anything and everything these days. It seems there is one on fused pianos" There is a considerable business in pianos again. With prosperity and good wages many are buying pianos and studying piano who did not do so during the de- pression years. Fluctuating prices of used instruments has been common, it is reported, SO the OP.A. is planning to regulate prices, with certain ceiling prices for sales and rentals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

French underground. These patriots remember Puchen as one of Do- riots Fascist leaders. as the min- ister of industrial production who helped to speed up French indus. try'S production of German wax goods, and later as head of French police working in close collaboration with the occupying forces. They re- member Puchen and Vichy in con- nection with summary treason" trials, with forced labor and depor- tatlon of workers. with cold and hunger.
 Remembering all those things, they could not be blamed for think ing the Puchen trial model of orderly judicial procedure by com- parison.
 Those who have lived in France under the Nazis can be forgiven an impatient desire for retribution. To give one of the high collaboration- iSts of court trial instead of quicker justice seems extremely temperate.
 Eggs of the Australian emu re- quire more than two months to hatch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

serpentS [ n a [ c r a W l e d up Broadway. b u t the rattlesnake that bit thi l s acquaintance of m 1 n c W a s a reality.
 As he related this unusual cir 9oS I 'souB1suIno to thinking about W hat men call cacliPitv Ger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

It's all well enough to know how to make and bake thirty-two varieties of bread. But it's another thing to make use of this skill. In fact, it's against War Food Administration ruling, and a company that has so violated this rule in New York City is fined. The W.F.A stipulates ten kinds of bread and nine types of rolls. So it behooveS the dough" boys to roll it out Sparingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

War Department sold him on
 the idea, and he Okayed 1t with out consulting McNutt, Byrnes, Hershey or even Don- aid Nelson, responsible for in- dustrial output. When they heard about 1t, they rushed to the White House and persuaded the President to reverse his Or- der.
 Then ensued a tug-of-war be- tween the Army on one side and Donald Nelson, rubber czar Brad- Icy Dewey ct al, on the other. From this came the compromise to permit deferment of essential workers over 25, and permit defer ment of only 10000 skilled war workers in the 18 to 20 age bracket.
 ALCOHOL SABOTAGE
 Senator Mon Walgren of Wash- intgon, tough-spoken member of the Truman Committee, has pre- pared a report burning up WIPE moguls for hamstringing U. s. production of industrial alcohol because they don't want their own Investments in molasses-pro- cessed alcohol to be endangered after the war. For this reason Wallgren charges, WIPE moguls have side-tracked the new Ger man process of producing alcohol from sawdust and wood waste.
 Among other things, Wallgren will report
 l. That We will still be 29,OO0,- 900 gallons short of war alcohol in 1944 even if we produce up to the maximum estimate of 609,- 100000 gallons announced by the WIPE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

present condi- ton of the world the nation. and the sins of Washington has a pretty politi- cal tie-in. Poli- tics in MissisSip- pi being only one degree less strenuous than in neighboring Louisiana, it's not without na- tional interest.
 Bilbo's invita- A;A,, kA oASrnec
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 7;3l D. m. (war time)
 Sun rises at 6:49 a. m, sets at 7:08 D. m (War time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Mornings are quite bright now at o'clock. The early daylight which was missing dur ing the winter months is now appreciated by early risers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

fiber and give us real character.
 We have to cast ourselves upon the mercics of God. confident that regardless Of circumstances over which we have so little control, God will not allow the things of infinite value to perish out of our lives.
 All Rights Reserved Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Your Health. By Dr.. William Brady

slEned lsttsrs pertaining to per. sonaI health and hygiene, not Co disease, diagnosis Of treatment, win be answered by Dr. Brady R a stamped self.ad1ressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should Do brief and written In ink No reply can D, made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News paper Service, SEQ West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
HE'S THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON

By right of a flimsy seniority Bilbo has just assumed the position of chairman of the Senate District Committe, post which carries with 1t the honor of being mayor of Washington. Already, in the few short weeks he has been i'll this post he has shown promise of giv- ing the District the worst admin istration 1t has ever had. For in- stance, the solution on slums has been to move all the people out of the slums, and let them go soine- place else.
 What happens to the people of the District Is, however, of small moment to Senator Bilbo when stacked alongside his own political destiny. And the Poplarville pro- hibitionist must run for reelection in 1946. If that seems remote, re- member that in Mississippi the breath of steaming political enemies always blows hot on the back of the rcd neck of any man in office. That is why Bilbo drove from Washing ton to Jackson to show himself to his people.
 Yes, he went by automobile. What about gas rations? Think nothing of 1t. This is 8 U. s. senator on government business. It's done all the time. All they have to do is certify that they can get train re- servations, or that they'll need heir cars inspec some government project along the way.
 WITH AN EYE ON 1946
 The story that Bilbo had gone by automobile from Washington to Jackson, a good 1000 miles, is at- tributed to Rep. Ross A. Collins, also of Mississippi. Collins and Bilbo are both honor graduates of Mis- sissippis school of political hard knocks. Way back in 1911, when Bilbo was running for governor and Collins was a candidate for attor- ney general, they stumped the state from the same budget.
 But, you ask, if they are such old associates, why should Collins be in terested in seeing Bilbo exposed as a gas burner? Simple, Colli SI would like to run for Bilbos seat in the Senate in 1946.
 What Collins probably doesn't want banded about is that he him. self has gone by automobile from Washington to Mississippi several times in the past year. He has mentioned it openly to friends in Washington. and has even offered them rides if they were going that way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY Rv EARL DOUGLASS, D. D.
ONLY THE INNER COUNTS

An acquaintance of mine was re- gently walking along the streets or a city of 75,OO0 population when he was bitten by a rattlesnake. This does not seem possible, but talked to him after he had spent about three weeks in the hospital. There used to be an old gag about sea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
The Mayor Of Washington
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

Senator Theodore Gilmore Bilbo's amazing appearance this week be- fore the state legislature of his na- tive Mississippi to address 1t on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
A Thought for Today

beseech Thee, o Lord. remember now how I have walked before Thee in truth and with . perfect heart, and have done that which Is good in Thy Sight.-H Kings. 20:3.
 No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth.-Bacon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Washington Merry-G Go- Round DREW PEARSON F
Veterons Opposed by Wo qudotor Coyton Fiqts WFAs Them Land Used for Mlto Comps Dies ct Back by IdeO of "Doy Congress for Citizens
 Chiefs Battling Army Holt FOR Bon on All Deerments

hasn't leaked out but the first real test decision
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

JIOkl OO duOICoo the state legislature came on an of ficial joint resolution of the Mis- sissippi House and Senate, Which are winding up their sessions ,his month. There was a reason. Stor- ies have been circulated in the state recently that 'The Man" Bilbo was a sick man. That would be the work of his political enemeis, of course.
 These stories seem to have as a basis the fact that Bilbo has had to have his teeth pulled, but to that has been added he base islander that he had cancer. The idea behind the invitation to come to Jackson was simpl yto put "The Man" on public exhibition under the capitol gold dome and let all the state poli- ticians see that he was not really half-dead, as had been reported.
 Also, it would give him an eXcel- lent opportunity to try out his new store teeth in preparation for a possible filibuser against the anti poll tax bill which is to be brought up again in the Senate sometime soon.
 District of Columbia residents have called the gentleman from Mississippi half lot of other things, but they know for certain ty that he is not half-dead. He is. in fact, very much alive and kick ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29
I FIND I have a slight follow
- ing Of moronS.

FIND nave Sllbilt iolloN-
= ing Of morons.
One of them (thiS was an
upper bracket moronl said 10
me the other day: II see you've
come out for Dewey"
said ne was a liar. On sec.
vond thought, | added he was a
dirty liar. | did not come out
for Dewey, | said | thought
Dewey '.ill be elected president
Of the Unitrd States in Novem-
Der THAT'S what said.
II was a statement of honest
opinion. ! said l am going 10
vote for Roosevelt II took
double-dlstilled moron 10 figure
that into coming out for Dewey.
But / am learning that the proc
eSses of reasoning Of my fellow
RoosevelterS, now that the out
look S-aet- So-EeSyr are NEST
remarkable.
They do not want honest
opinions that are unfavorable 10
the Roosevelt cause. | do not
understand that kind OF mind.
II is not a sporting mind. l
have sat in a racetrack grand
stand a hundred times and said
when asked what / thought Of
an impending race: We'll. I'd
like to see Bradley win it. but
! think Whitney is a etneh. ,,
l believe | should advise nv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29
One Word Led To Another
By Patterson
By Arthur Bugs" Baer


! would like presidential candidates TO start
kicking up sand bottom. If want dignity of nomenca
60 the back of the drugstore and read the
Latin bottles.
After alt, boys, remember the job pays IS grand
per There only three ways of getting paid
off IN politics. Per diem, per annum and per hapsum
In addition to the rs grand we have the emoluments
of office. BY the way the Is is not timothy l never
il sticking out of barns.
BY the emouments of Office mean the gravy in
the dish. That's what the job floats in.
This includes free rent of Office to the Casa Blanca
the Espanade Pennsylvania free coal in the bn free
oil in the tank free light free heat and free air. With
everything free why should freeze?
Then you have free Casa Blanca taxi service with
donated gasoline and rubber gratis Also groceries and
absolutely no points anything except the mulberry
asparagus The President of the United States is
man to whom taxpayer say, Lets go up to YOUR
house and have dinner with me-"
Every place the President goes he gets a salute of
Il guns equal number of razzberes You are
ignored not in the negative The President buffers
conerstones dedcates post Offices and launches battle
boats.
Copyright, 1916
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29
Letters From
A Soldier

hidden, and stayed asleep for
four hours ! understand that
the instructor spent a good bit
OF the morning hollering for
him.
The kid didn't wake. and he
had hidden himself so well that
they couldn't find him The
instructor had made the mis-
take of saying just, GO out
and hide somewhere. and
didn't know exactly where.
The kid told me about il
later Its funny / didn't hear
them shouting" ne said. And
you know. it's funny what
walked me up-when they blew
the whistle and somebody yelled
Chow, ! woke up right away"
4 LONG with all the rest Of
"a the elements Of the prob
lem. you have 20 keep hammer
ing AT the idea Of not shooting
comrades II il happens here,
II might happen over there
One lad caught Tie by the aFm
one day and whispered. Il see
Sniper over there" He pointed
20 yards away.
you're sure you can see him
all right ! said THE view
was perfectly clear
"Whatll l do?" said the man.
] SAID II was a good idea 10
shoot sniperS. so he fired
blank "Sow whst'll ! do"
| suggested that he assume
that the sniper had been
wounded, was disabled. but
could talk. Go see what in
formation YOU can gei-see II
you can find what unit he
belongs "a"
The man walked over 10 his
victim and took him by the
shoulder. What outfit YOU
from >" he demanded.
The victim turned around
and snarled I'm IN your squad,
YOU damn fool
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29
THE BRIGHTER SIDE. By gd Damon

fellow Roosevelters right here
that expressing the opinion
Dewey will win is not a crime,
not even a misdemesnor. And
| think | should also tell them
Gov. Dewey is quite within his
rights in being a candidate for
the presidency. because I am
sure some OF the folks are la
boring under a misrepresentation
IN that respect.
I THINK some of them feel he
is out of line legally and
certainly ethically in opposing
President Roosevelt. / assure
them they are in error. The
presidency is open 10 COMPETE
ton among all our citizens born
in the United States. You can
look UP the law and see for
yourself
Gov. Dewey was born here.
He is respectable man. /
discern no moral smudges on
his record. He is a family
man. He is a church member.
If l was Republican. / would
have TO call him sound poiit-
ically He had no greater
advantages in life than the
average scion OF the average
middle class. midwestern fam
lily, hence he may be said 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

she said. what are you offer
ing
The caller, who turned out to
be a nonplayful type. said she
was interested IN antiques such
as furniture and bric-a-brac.
This place had a lot Of nice
things I'm the movie" said the
caller. II thought there might
be some left I could buy"
Mrs. Phillips, who does not
keep up with the cinema. asked
the caller--very graclously. Of
course what IN blue blazes she
was talking about.
why" explained the caller.
President Wilson was married
here. Didn't YOU know that"
well. yes-in q vague sort Of
way" replied Mrs. Phillips, But
II was long time ago. The VIII
sons don't live here now. They
moved"
4 NYWAY. II seems there is a
"a movie beng shown round
and about which has To do with
President Wilson. There was
some talk AT first. I understand
about barring IL 10 soldiers be-
cause il might corrupt them
politically. but l hear that is
all Strengthened out and the
soldiers can see IL If they first
assure their commanding off,
GERS they will not let IT iuf1u-
ence their vote.
The Phillips home il appears,
figures in this colossal epic be-
cause il used 10 be the residence
of Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait. And
il was there she and the Presi-
dent were married.
Mrs. Phillips told me there
we're no Wilson relics around 20
speak of, because. when she
bought the place from Mrs. Will
son in 1918. it was practically
empty.
There were Also several OF
chandeliers" she said. but I
got rid Of them In a hurry. The
place had To he remodeled o lot.
There were also several Of
those Old-time cabinet mantel-
pieces. All will say about
them Is that I did not consider
them an aesthetic delight"
Since the movie-produced in
terest in her home. however.
Mrs. Phillips has rummaged
through a storage attic at the
top of the House.
81 found some broken china
and badly nicked figurines I did
not know were there" she said.
But I don't know whether
they were Mrs. Wilson's or not
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29

THE war against Germany
l. made a remarkable advance
last week. although the COM
plete destruction of Won kluge's
army south of the Seine was not
achieved. The week ended with
continued bitter fighting in a
small pocket on the south bank
of the river. but with reports
from the British headquarters
that most of the German divi-
sions and remaining arnor had
made their escape across the
stream. We should recognize
that this German escape was a
real feat for a beaten and re-
treating army.
The Germans may be expected
to hold on 10 the city of lie
Havre as long as they can. for
this fortified city blocks Allied
entry through the Seine estuary
10 Paris. The same desperate
power of resistance by which
enemy garrisons still hold Brest,
L'Orient and Saint Lazaire may
be repeated at lie Havre. These
points doubtless are all of them
doomed. but as long as the Ger
mans can hold them they limit
the Allied lines of supply.
1T Is quite apparent that the
i German divisions that have
gotten north of the Seine, and
are believed TO number not more
than hundred thousand effec-
tives. will fall back 10 the line
Of the Somme River and the
Aisne. AS long as they can hold
this field, which became historic
in the first world war, the Ger
mans can protect their rocket
bombers on the coast OF Pas de
Calais and continue their de-
structive attack on London. In
our exultation over present sue
cess we should realize that the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-29
On the
Side

QUERIES from clients O.
0 ALI right, you're SO smart.
what is the longest name in the
Bible?
A-I'l say 10 ls mAhersha-
Isihashbaz. And since you ara
trying to push ma around with
Biblical questions III ask you
to answer these offhand: (D
In what books Of the Bible can
be found the Lords Prayer, tho
Ten Commandments and the
Sermon on tho Mount: 81
What IL the longest chapter In
the Bible: go Tho word eter-
nifty appears but once In the
Bible, where. II you miss out
on these queries spring them
on the chaplain and see what
he can do.
Owe were talking about
arguments between unpires
and players in the major
leagues. I claim I saw a player
knock an umpire cold with one
punch. 1t was in Philadelphia.
but I forget the names of the
battlers. Can you help me?
Al think Sherwood Magee
Of the Phillies once nattened
an umpire named Finnegan.
Magee was suspended for 3
year. II I have this right l am
going to congratulate myself
on my memory and buy myself
q stogfe. I know Magee was the
player, but am not certain
about the umpire's name.
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