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Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-25
Eharge ls dismissed

complaint charging assault ! intent to kill was dismissed |o.dav in the U. s. Commis- |.or,s court in 8 complaint Id by Mrs. Arthur Levine a. h t George Torgramson which |,,sed the defendant of attack 1 Mir. Levine with If ts, boots
 i attempted to choke him [b intent to kill"
 |rbe charge followed a wine hiking session at the Levine |oe Saturday night followed
 an altercatlon between Le- |e and Torgramson. The case , dismissed and costs were assed against Torgramson ep the plaintiff refused to a. nd the felony complaint to 8 .demeanor charge of assault l battery and an out-of-court dement, of $100 was made by to reimburse MT. vine for time lost from work.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-25
SPECIAL NOTICE

'rou this date on I will not responsible for any debts in- red by "ToodIes Martin" Family,
 "B-G" Nelson
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-25
ANNOUNC CEMENT 4 4 4

w regret very much that supply of film is about standard of Sunday entertainment closing our Theatre Sunday, March 26th opening for Monday and Tuesday then again closing until the arrival of fm which we believe will be about April lst
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

Emergency Price Control Act of 1912
have demonstrated that the plain pro-
visions of the law have been stretched
beyond any limits contemplated by the
lawmakers Errors of Judgment in hast
lily prepared emergency legislation are
unavoidable and excuSable, but there is
no excuse for failure to make corrections
when they become necessary,
It has long been evident that juriSdic-
ton over price regulation questions
should be in the hands of our Federal
courts. The law as now enacted gives the
Emergency Court of Appeals exclusive
jurisdiction over these questions, and by
so doing has in effect denied to all but a
few litigants the right of appeal to the
courts. The fact that the Emergency
Court of Appeals sits for the most part
only in Washington, D. c., makes it eco
nomically impossible for the smaller man.
ufacurer or merchant to contest the price
regulations through court action. Under
present procedures involving unnecessary
delays and often dilatory tactics by OPA
officials, speedy adjudication, so essen
tial to the citizen, is denied.
AS people we are not accustomed to
being denied access to the courts in the
settlement of matters involving questions
of law It is high time that Congress
ended the arbitrary power of Federal
bureau, such as OPA, to delay by legal
sharp practices the settlement of any
citizens just grievance or complaint. The
growing power of officialism is clear evil
dence that the only recourse of the peo-
pie against bureaucratic oppression lies
in Congress, which alone can correct or
regulate the political agencies it created.
And in the case Of OPA, the time for cor
rection is now.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
Pictures Are Fine - But

The record of uninterrupted progress
which this country has enjoyed for a
century-and-a-half, has created belief
that similar progress in the future is
automatically certain. Political theorists
imbued with this assumption, draw pref
ty pictures of Streamlined autos, flying
machines, dream homes, and a rising
level of material comfort without end.
These pictures Of progress are fine. But
to make them reality will require indi-
vidual incentive and the possibility of
reward.
Typical of the gap between fancy and
reality is the treatment accorded basic
industries such as coal, by the more
advanced" students of the PROGRESSES
automatic" school, They describe the
common mans elegant dwelling of ten
years hence with a Super-efficient heat
ing unit They then advocate govern
ment planning which would destroy
competition and opportunity in the coal
industry. They propose restrictions and
regulations which would remove profit
from the coal business and put an unim-
aginative, SocialiStic government in con-
troll.
Fortunately, the coal industry believes
that the innate good sense of the Ameri-
can people will prevent this calamity from
happening. 1t is proceeding with de-
velopment program that includes more
efficient heating devices, as we'll as scores
of other Improvements and innovations
in the use of. coal. 1t is being urged for
ward by the stimulus of competition and
hope of profit that has always Spurred
American business men. The country
cannot destroy such impelling forces
without destroying progress. Remember
this, Mr.. and Mrs. America, if you want
your dreams of better living to come
true.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
The Road Back

One of the biggest threats to private
enterprise after the war is the tremend-
GUS amount of money the Federal gov
eminent now has invested in all kinds of
business, as war meaSure-Some $780,
00O000O0O.
When the war emergency is over, the
postwar employment emergency will be
used as an argument to keep the gov
eminent in business. Hence, planning by
private enterprise, such as is being done
by the American Road Builders ASsocia-
ton, to provide peacetime jobs, is of the
utmost Importance.
Highway construction is important at
any time, but after the war it will be
doubly so. Like all transportation facil-
tiles, roads are being pounded to pieces
by war traffic, many of them are not
being repaired, and badly needed new
construction has been postponed.
Highway expenditures in 1880 amount
ed to nearly billion and half dollars.
In 1943, they dropped to but $500, 000, 900,
and in 1914 to about $150,000,000. AS
upwards of 100000 jobs depend on
good highways in normal times, it is easy
to see how important road construction
and maintenance will be in any postwar
planning to put American business back
on a sound, self supporting basis.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
Views OF The Press

than any other man in Congress
Apparently he wants to keep things
the way they are.
But should Mr.. Connally be the
one to decide how American treaties
should be ratified, or should the
American people be allowed to de
eide it? Why not give them the
chance? Mr.. Connally and other
members of the Senate, while con-
tinuing to Express the belief that
the present system should not be
changed, could at least in the in
terests of democratic process vote
to submit the question to the coun-
try. They could do this by, sub
hitting a constitutional amendment
to be voted on by the people in the
same way thratt he Twenty-first
Amendment was voted on. The
amendment proposed by Represen-
tative Bloom, chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House is short and simple: The
President shall have power, by and
with the advice and consent OF the
Congrss. to make treaties, provided
a majority of the members present
in each House concur"
Will the Senate use its powers
to prevent thes ubmission of such
a proposed amendment to the peo-
pie? Or will 1t allow the people to
pass on hte question of whether
they want their Constitution
changed in this respect?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
Business as Usual

The function of American newspapers
in the settlement of the postwar JOBS
problem was Spot1ighted in an address
before the American Newspaper Publish
ers Association convention in New York
by Frederick C. Crawford, board chair
man of the National Association OF Man
ufacturerS. Lack of newspaper lnforma-
ton on this problem he told delegates, is
zone glaring deficiency" in good war
time job by the American press.
Mr.. Crawford complained that he could
not find in any newspaper the facts relat-
ing to "the secret of it all-the produc
ton of wealth which is the source OF Jobs.
He told of seeing endless scraps OF
speeches or statements" scattered hap
hazard through the papers. But these,
he said, were usually opinions and sell
dom whole truths.
The opinions, he continued, were those
of teachers, preachers, politicians, theor-
lists Socialists, crackpots, business men and
labor leaders =. colored by prejudices or
propaganda or hate or hope" He defed
any reader to find in the press one set OF
facts on which to build his economic
future.
We all WISH with Mr.. Crawford, that
there was one simple set OF facts to solve
our postwar problems. But since no
completely comparable situation has ever
confronted this country, a ready-made
solution isn't easy. Few people will dis
pute that production of wealth is the
source of jobs. But there is also a gen.
eral feeling that the proper distribution
of wealth is the source of prosperity.
What constitutes proper distribution is
only one of many Snags.
The teachers, preachers, ETC., that Mr..
Crawford mentioned represent pretty
good cross-section of the people who will
have to solve the problem. Theorists"
like Bernard Baruch and John Hancock,
politicians" like the Senate Postwar
Committee, have already made a pron1is-
ing start Business and labor leaders
have offered valuable suggestions, Natur-
ally these suggestions are colored by
prejudice. But what opinion on a con-
troversial subject isn't?
If MIR. Crawford were to define the
whole truths" he mentioned, he would
probably find himself vulnerable to the
same charge by those of different eco
nonlic philosophy. But how is the Amer
lean press to remedy it's "glaring def
ciency"? BY getting together nationally
and choosing lone set of facts" for all
readers? That would be not only virtu-
ally impossible, but inconsistent with
freedom of the press. The funtcion of
the press in this situation will still be to
report impartially, and to observe, COM
ment and suggest editorially. And, If this
be "glaring deficiency" to plead guilty.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
MIR. RIDDLES ARGUMENTS
New York Times

| NNeW 4OTk ulleS)
Probably the most disturbing
aspect of the Presidents seizure of
Montgomery Ward & Co. has been
the argument of Attorney General
Biddle to justify 1t. In his original
opinion Mr.. Biddle went to great
lengths to try to prove that Mont
gomery Ward was war industry
in the sense contemplated by the
War Labor Disputes Act. But after
this he added: even in the alb
cense of Section of the War Labor
Disputes Act, therefore, believe
that by the exercise of the aggre-
gate of your powers as Chief Exc
cutive and Commander in Chief you
could lawfully take possession of
and operate the plant and facilities
of Montgomery Ward & Co. If you
found 1t necessary to do so to pre-
vent injury to the country's war
effort" This opinion was tanta-
mount to declaring that the Presi-
dent in wartime can do practically
anything If in lbs own judgment
. it is necessary ito revent injury
to the countrys war effort
In his testimony in Federal court
yesterday Mr.. Biddle continued this
sweeping line of argument. I'VE seek
to show" he said, that our right
to take over a plant need not be
based on the type of goods pro-
duced. It is the basic duty Of
the President to prevent the spread
of labor trouble during war. There
is nothing in the War Labor Dis
putes Act to prevent the President
from taking such action" Mr.. Bid
die here went, II anything, even
farther than in his original opinion.
Under this view the President could
seize any plant or firm of any kind
In which labor trouble developed
regardless OF who was responsible
for the labor trouble.
This is an issue about which
Congress and the whole country
should be justifiably concerned.
When Mr.. Biddle states that 1.-THE
President possesses an aggregate OF
powers that are derived from the
Constitution and from various
statutes enacted by the Congress for
the purpose OF carrying on the war"
without troubling even 10 enum-
crate the constituents OF that "ag-
gregate" OF overs = he Is putting
forward q claim that could be used
10 justify the Presidents power 70
take almost any d0mestiee action he
chose IN time OF war. We have not
yet reached the point where civil
rights and constitutional process can
be dismissed IN such an olfhand
and perempt0Fy manner.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
Advertising With a Moral

The electric companies have been run
ming eye-catching advertisements One
of the latest shows 1000 faces of imagin-
cry people. In the midst of the 1000 is
one diversified face representing the per-
son in 1000 who knows that electricity is
the smallest item and the biggest bargain
in the family budget. While this greatly
exaggerates lack of public knowledge on
the subject, it reveals more powerfully
than words that far too many people are
uniformed on facts which mean the
breath of life to this nation.
Every face in the advertisement has
flesh and blood counterpart with the
power to vote. According to their under
standing, they will, in the long run, pre-
serve or destroy not just the local power
company, but all private activity and
enterprise.
At this moment in the midst OF ter
rible war to save liberty and opportunity,
q powerful minority group in the Federal
government is working to socialize basic
Industries in the name OF the general
welfare" 1t Is banking on lack OF knowl-
edge among the 1000 faces, TO win the
day. It seeks TO spend $1,000 900 900 for
construction OF 200 hydroelectric power
projects In II Western states, where there
Is already a superabundance of electric
power. Such tax-exempt government
pFeASests would take over the markets OF
The existing highly-taxed electric indus
cry In large section OF the United States,
which has been built with the savings OF
hundreds OF thousands of private citizens.
The people can still stop this trend to-
ward state socialism. But they can take
intelligent action only II they understand
that perpetuation Of private industry In
this country Is necessary 10 maintain the
political freedom OF the people.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
MONTGOMERY WARD
New Haven Journal-courier)

New Haven JouFnal-Courier)
In the Montgomry Ward dispute
there are specific issues involved
but behind them is the more funda-
mental issue Of the proper use OF
executive authority. Shall the ex-
ecutive branch OF the government
carry out the expressed and implied
VIII OF Congress, or shall the execu-
tive branch use the acts OF the leg
islature merely as q springboard for
reaching purposes OF Its owns
Though q vote has not yet been
taken, II appears that many con-
gressmen, perhaps more than a ma
jortty, believe that the President
and the Attorney General have
gone beyond the intent OF the law
W the measures used against
Wards.
Congressman were complaining
about this point before the war be-
gan. and they have complained
about u through two and q hall
years OF war. There have been other
protests and minor Tebellionh
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
COFFEE AND THE HEART

First aiders know or should knoE
that in any emergency when =
stimulart is requered there Is nott4
ing better than coffee, provided, %
course, the victim can swallow 1t.
indie deit is questionable whether
we have in the materta medica a
better heart stinulant than coffee,
or its active principle caffeine, which
is the choice Of many good physi-
clans for hypoderrnic administration
in cases Of heart failure. Tea has
practically the same effects as cof-
fee, but Is milder, that Is, perhaps q
cup Of coffee is equivalent to Two
or three cups Of tea.
Most caffeine is made from tea
leaves, as tea leaves contain a much
larger percentage of the alkaloid
than coffee beans or berries do. For
this purpose the damaged broken
tea leaves unsuitable for use as a
beverage, are used.
The dominant action Of tea, cof-
fee or caffeine is on the cerebrum
and the spinal cord. It increases the
rapidity of thought by It's influence
on the brain, and hence tends to
KEEP one awake. It increases reflex
activity by its influence on spinal
cord, and hence too much OF 1t tends
to make one nervous"
Whether through its influence
upon the nerve centers controlling
the heart or upon the heart itself,
coffee or tea or caffeine causes the
heart to beat faster and stronger,
but this stimulation or increased
heart action cannot be prolonged
by repeated doses Of caffeine, tea
or coffee. In fact If too much cof-
fee or caffeine Is taken or II 1t Is
taken too frequently. not only doeg
the heart action weaken but the
individual suffers palpitation, dis
comfort in the region of the heart,
wakefulness and nervousness"
Tea, coffee or caffeine has one
beneficent effec ton the heart which
should appeal to every sufferer
from angina pectoris, coronary
thrombosis or other condition In
volving the blood supply Of the
heart muscle. It tends to dilate or
keep open the coronary arteries,
which carry blood from the great
artery (aorta) directly to the walls
Of the heart. Probably this bene-
f1cent action on the coronary AFTER
les is large factor in the emer-
gency stimulation Of the heart by
caffeine, tea or coffee.
Finally, coffee, caffeine or tea is
more or less diuretic, that is, in
creaSes pidney excretion. This is
one good reason why children un-
der sixteen should never be permit
ted to take coffee. tea, cocoa, choco-
late beverage, or the kola beverages.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

IeinplhLlon % pick 4 few OF these
and take them 10 the teacher. Al
most every year ] receive pF0fuse
apologies from the school principal.
ana now and again o little eulpFit Is
sent down 70 our house 10 ring the
doofbell and say he Is sorry. There
= never any vandalism. These It,
tle flower lovers Just cannot resist
The temptation 10 come on the prop
eFty and pick . few Of these beauti.
ful flowers.
II you win examine your own eg.
peFience you win find that this fas-
elnail0n which the forbidden exeFis
over ones mind 4 . very strane
thing. We may Be fully aware that
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

scaling his ex-partner's fee down
from $4,000 to $3.50 to be an
economy
Then, aiming straight at the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
johnson continued: I'm addition
to being a weak administrator, he
has many fanciful, impractical
theories and is likewise unfortun-
ate in some instances in his selec-
ton Of supervisory personnel"
However, this wasn't john
sons only grippe. For some years
Ickes had kept on the pay roll
ex-COngressman James McClin-
tic Of Oklahoma, an old friend
of JOhnson's. McClintic served
in a chair-warming job as special
assistant to the Secretary of the
Interior and, after nine years,
Ickes proposed transferring him
to work outside Washington, to
which he was better suited. But
McClintic refused to go, where
upon Ickes let him out.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Diet for a Young Woman


Please tell me what can eat for
breakfast or take after eating to
keep me from feeling so depressed
short time after breakfast. They
all tell me 1t is nerves, but can't I
feed these nerves some way to keep
my courage better to go on living
I am 80. (Mrs. S. e.
Answer-Sat plain wheat-get a
few pounds or peck Of wheat from
farmer, feed store or seed store.
Crack it in your coffee mill. Cook
it an hour, more or less. and eat it
as a breakfast cereal. Or get from
mill a few pounds of wheat germ
each week, and eat that, row or
cooked as you like. as a breakfast
cereal. When you begin to feel de-
pressed rustic yourself cup of tea
and take your tea well sweetened,
or nibble few crackers or a cookie
or cake with it.
No Beer for Baby, You So-and-
Please say what you think of CIV
ing an eleven months old baby two
or three tablespoonful of beer a
day. My friend says her doctor told
her 1t is all right. MRS. M. A. h
Answers Some doctors think a
little morphine or cocaine Is all
right, too. Parents who feed infants
alcoholic beverages or liquor on any
pretext-well, we can't print what
I think Of them.
Cold Feet
Mother is A and in fair health
but her feet are cold most OF the
time, especially az night. Would
your Iodin Ration do her any good?
II SO, would you please send her the
instructions? &C, M
Answer-Evidently you live in the
"goiter belt" in the Great Lakes
basin. Do lyou use plain salt or
1odized salt for cooking and at
table? You should use Iodized salt
1t tastes the same, costs the same.
Send stamped envelope bearing your
address, for Instructions for Taking
an Iodin Ration Many adults who
get insufficient iodine In food or
water suffer from cold hands and
feet.
Copyright. 1914. John F. Ollie CO..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
Selected Poem

ASSURANCE
(Bayka Russell In The Christian Science Monitor,
Now when hint Of spring begins 10 glow
With hope OF dawning happiness 10 be,
When dreams are mingled with expectancy
And there is promise under melting snow
OF frail aFbutus and the asphodel,
Let US look up and count the myriad stars
Over q world iess constant than their light,
Bteadtast through years OF plenty and OF blight
Eternal after bitterness and wars,
And reaffirm the certainty they spell.
Let as renew our faith as earth once more
Puts forth the brown bud and the valiant blade
Listen 10 wind-sOng and the bright glissade
OF rushing brooks. With April at the door,
The hearts assurance Is that eli Is well.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

This caused more crashing Of
Johnsonian teeth. Finally Jed
got his friend a job with the War
Department, but he didn't hesi-
tate to let Ickes know his re-
actions. Actually, he didn't have
to let Ickes know. For Ickes read
the bad news in Johnson's ap-
preparation bill with its cut of
$4,000, 900 anud its various other
criticisms of the Interior Depart
ment.
But one thing in the bill was
especially interesting. Although
johnson cut Ickes to the bone,
and curtailed various reclamation
projects, the Oklahoma Congress-
man went out of his way to
point to two Oklahoma irrigation
projects Canton and Lugert-
Altus which despite war econ
oiny he considered necessary.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
APPROVAL or TREATIES
(New York Tines

Senator Tom c0nnally Of Texas,
chairman Of the Foreign Relations
Committee. declares that the pres.
ent constitutional requirement OF q
two-thirds vote OF the Senate f0s
Greatly ratification rs essential d
q stable foreign policy. and that
he viii fight any and all attempts
10 abolish n.
Whether or not one thinks Sena-
Tor connally's views on this matetE
are cotrreet. they are certainly not
dlhinterested. Under the present eys.
TEN he can exercise more control
over this country's Soreisn policy
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

Despite teh fine statement OF
principles TO govern the peace IN
the Atlantic Charter. which Is being
interpreted to death these days. II
appears that the controversial Is
sues which already are arising IN
this war are being settled on a
Observation-Disclosures basis. which Is
merely q new and nicer word for
power politics.
Senator Joseph II. Ball OF
Minnesota.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY

THE FORBIDDEN FAsCINATEs
From the beginning of time there
has been q powerful fascination
about the forbidden. Put a fence
around anything and mark II with
a yerboten sign, and people viii go
out OF thelr way 70 trespass.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

SIdpt111dI i v II VI
the cost of living.
Extent of the
black m arke t
operations is I'M
possible to deter
mine a c curately,
but some leaders
in the industry
admit openly that
vic ! tions are
substantial a n d
t h a t there are
few houses which
are giving COM
plete compliance
to existing regu-
1ok4 - - nj n n l.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-04

We are being deceived, yet somehow
or other the fascination Is there
just the same. We may curse our
selves for our folly. but II does little
good. Fascination drags IN rs vie.
Tins as q skiliful fisherman draes
al exhausted fish into q boat.
The only thing 70 DO in the face
OF fascination Il 70 run the other
way Is fast as possible.
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