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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
A VOLCANO IS BORN
(IIartford Courant)

N&AhEbAOA0 SOWohO
 While ali this-and Hitler tools going on, we have been neglectlng such minor catastrophes as earth. quakes and volcanic eruptions. Aside from such trivial irritations as the New Deal, even the Presidential hurricane, the income tax and the campaign Is having c tough time trying to crowd the war of the front page. We haven't time for earthquakes, but Nature has.
 Nature, patlnet and slow through aeonian cycles, on occasion can act abruptly. After ages of subters ranean preparation, c volcano Is born. And this time 1t is just next door, in Mexico, where there used to be the peaceful peasant villages of Paricutln and Parangaricutiro, on . high pltaeau near the Pacific, two hundred miles west of Mexico City. The miracle about this volcano is that it B the first in the history of the world that men Of science have been enabled to observe from its very birth. A ructlous infant ct birth, ct eighteen months it has aiready attained luSty maturity and is still going strong. At the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
SOUND ENDORSEMENTS
(Hartford Times)

The Democrats rose to the oc. casion in support of sound govern- ment and, therefore of good poll. tics, when in probate convention, they indorsed Judge Russell q Johnston, Republican incumbent for reelection. The Republicans In the East Hartford Probate DiS- trlot acted in similar sound fashion when they indorsed again Judge Clarence IT. Smith, Democrat, who has served Aeceptahly in that of- flee for several terms.
 The public has supported this policy of indorsement many timeS when contests have been projected Into the election. The result has been, in the Hartford Probate DiSa trict, that incumbents of whateVo' political party have been continued in office for several terms, their termination of office being due tc death, promotion to higher judicial appointment or poor health.
 The Democratic judges, John II White and L. ?. Waldo Marvin, served Q total of S6 years. Three Republican judges, Harrison D Freeman, Walter II. Clark and Rus. sell 2. Johnston, have served q total of 43 years.
 The public will again approve thu present action by the Democrats in order that these courts may be kept out of politics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

from Salt Lake city, Heinrich Guss, high-up Utah Democrat was on the phone.
 ''We'vc just been listening to Secretary Ickes speak In Los Angeles" Guss told Chapman, "and he did . great Job. He had the crowd roaring with his reference to the Trojan horse. 1t was terrific. "But," continued GusS, "yOu promised that lckes would Do In Salt Lake at 9;SO tomorrow, and he can't possibly make 1t, Its nearly midnight now, and there's no possible way he could get here, Is he gollng Co take Q special plAne?"
 "NO, the Secretary doesn't use special planes" replied As- slstant Secretary Chapman, puzzled. "You say you have been listening to his speech tOnight?"
 "Yes. He just finished uAukO tuo EVptJt WI hSNN V band ready to meet him at the station tomorrow morning and, obviously, he won't Dc there. What are we going to dO."
 "What night k it out there in Utah?" asked Chapman,
 ''NIonday night"
 "All right" reaSsurCd the Assistant Secretary of the In. terlor, Secretary Iokes spoke In Los Angeles Sunday night, and you're listening to re- broadcast of his speech Monday night. Hell Do In Salt Lake on time tomorrow"
 LOST BATTALIONS
 Of all soldiers In the U, S., Army, the most distressed over the War Departments demobili2a- ton plan are the men over 30
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

ing and get back to business again as usual, we may be putting the draft law Into operation again with in Q decade.
 Briefly stated, the principle we must adhere to Is thls-that the people of all countries desire the opportunity to live Q full and nor- maj life, and therefore the peace arrangements must give everybody the world over that opportunity We wanted 1t so ardently for our- selves that we went to war: we must want 1t so ardently for others that we will fly vehemently in the face of any opposition which at. tempts in . spirit of cynicism and craft to deny it to others. This does not mean letting the enemy oti easily, after his cruel career, 1t only means that after justice il dcne to ali and evIl-doers punished justice must be continued by offer- Ing Co right-minded men and wofii- men everywhere the opportunity to live their lives to tho full,
 All Rights Reserved Babson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Colonies and the Charter

The Chinese delegation at Dumbarton Oaks has suggested that certain colonial areas be put under an international trusteeship after the war Anthony Eden has suggested that Great Britain will oppose any effort to return lost col onieS to Italy, without suggesting who will get them.
 The Atlantic Charter, subscribed to by all 26 nations at war with the Axis, has suggested that the signatories respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they VIII live" It might also be suggested that the governments represented at Dumoarton Oaks inform the world, including the peoples of colonial areas, If, when ana how this provision of the Atlantic char ter Is going to be carried out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Recognition At Last

An organization of business men known as the Committee for Economic Develop nlent, has been credited with formulating kile basis for a sound postwar Federal tax syutem. Even that traditional critic of tnsiness, the New Republic, terms the york of the committee "a big step in the E'ellt direction" in spite of the fact that tlie committee, while attempting to out. Enc q falt, adequate and reasonably
 |lapIe tax structure, proposes abolish.
 ff't of the corporation tax. thereby re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Ieadium

end of seven days of violence 1t was c cone 500 feet high; ifl ten weeks, it had reached 1000. The overflow ing lava began to inundate whole communities. Today El Montruo has grown to c mount of i,600 feet gushing forth 2,T00 tons of fiery rock c miningarfgthta1 gtharfgthargthed Q minute, and there b no dimif1u ondo in itS progress.
 According to the findings of efiil' nent scientists, when El Monstrue hos burned itself out it will prob ably lapse into irnocuous desuetude By that time the entire surrounding area, its soil enriched by heavy laW layers, should become exceptionAnS fertile. Tn other words, unlike fEit- ler's tafitrufis and wars deyasta. ton paricutin, the young volcano, will have really accomplished soiie- thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
The Good Die Young

Somehow 1t was rather frightening to read of the death of Mitsuru Toyama- frightening because so few of us had ever heard of him. He died in his 00th year, carrying to his grave the unchallenged distinction of having been one of the most evil men in recorded human history
 It is impossible to catalog all hls crimes here. Toyama was professional assassin, a man who combined the bloody ruthlessness of a Black Hand leader and a gangster chief. He founded the Black Dragon Society. He planned and engi. neered every Japanese war for the past 50 years He controlled the courts, ter rified the press dominated the emperor He arranged the alliance with Germany He wiped out the peace-loving officials ln the cabinet assassinations Of 1882 and I030. He was the author of the Greater East Asia Co.Prosperity Sphere. Tojo was his protege, his hand-picked choice for war premier Toyama was the man who decreed Pearl Harbor. His murders, al. rect and indirect, must surpass those of a Hitler or a Himmler.
 The evil that he did lives after him, and the last war he started will cost yet Dore innocent lives before 1t grinds his country to defeat But at least the prime eOurce of the Japanese poison seems to have been removed. And millions Of Americans who never before heard the name of Mitsuru Toyama can breathe sigh of relief that the earth Is at last d of him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
NOTHING ORCANIcATsLY
 WRONG

Tn the golden age of quackery when stomach complaint, liver conis plaint and female complaint pretty well covered the field, the alInanacs generally carried tho Joke about Jones telling Brown that old Smith had passed on--so Brown asked "What coEnpiaintq" and that was JoneS's cue to quin "No complaint at all--everyhody oatisfied".
 A correspondent says he recently went through the hopper-or, as no expresses 1t, the clinic, and when the examinations were oil comple- ed anl the big shots toted up oil the reports from the various hands, the Scotch verdict was nothing or- ganlcally wrong except low blood pressure.
 No doubt the head man ct the "clinio" gave the gullible customer --and when I say gullible customer I do not mean to imply that the ''clinic" is 0 quack affair in the common sense of the term; indeed 1t is one of the best advertised of the ethical" rackets doing business in Yankeeland under the imposing name of "clinic'--no doubt the chief on duty at the time gave the customer some sage advice about his diet-such as cut down on starches, fried foods, coarse foods, rod meats, and a,l that nice sound- Ing mNlarkey.
 But the customer was impressed by the remarkable finding that his blood pressure is low, for that is the inspiration which made him write to me.
 If low blood pressure is "organic- ally wrtng" then I've been reckless ly carrying on for oil of my adult life with such "organic" trouble. Whenever my blood pressure has been measured, if had enough curiosity Go ask or the insurance, army or civil service examiner inen- tionee 1t ct all. 1t has been lower than the average. That has never interfered with my bowling nor have I ever failed to pass Q medical examination--except when I tried to get into the Army Medical Corps in Would War I, as c young doctor and was spotted as defective right off the bat--the alarmed Army doc. tor plugged my good ear and then I couldn't deduee whether he was speaking quietly or just pretending to Then, too they wanted to know where Mt. ShaEta was - though what that had to do with . doctors fitness for the Army I never could nderstand-and from the name 1 confidently placed 1t in Russia.
 Low blood pressure, gather, ie normal to some peer;iar persons, or peculiar to some normal persons -. as you will. i,.
 In young adults low blood press sure is not 60 good, according C observations of many medical eX-s aminers. But after Lliddlo age pool geeks with low blood pressure have c better life expectancy than those with normal or high blood pressure So have another cup of coffee c light up your pipe and let's leave our low blood pressure to the doc, tor-only he will know what if any thing there Is to do about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
CIDER TIME
CBoston poSt)

N0ObVOH EVbbJ
 Research experts of the United States Department of Agriculture now want to make the apple cider season an all-year-round event. They have perfected concentra- ton of apple cider so that this drink may Do obtained ct any time, Just by adding . little water. And they say 1t will taste just the same. But there's the rub. Apple cider has ai- ways been associated with the tang in the October air, with the hugking bees and the barn dances, when neighborS got together after their days chores were done in the fielda, and with the happy reunions on Thanksgiving Day when the wllolo family GatheEsd. some coming many
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

years of age. They get no extra retirement points because of age. In fact, some of them, because of bad health and inability to got overseas, may be among the last to leave the Army following V. day,
 Stranded in camps throughout the U. S. A., they have become the "Army's Lost Battall0ns". 1. Many were snapped up by Selec. tive Service In the early days oE the war despite deafness. blind- ness in one eye and shortage of fingers - all at Q time when the Army was in Q rush to get almost anyone. Now many of these men are doing semi.tnenial tasks.
 At Fort Meyer, Va. one group is daily assigned to grave digging at the National Cemetery. Others count socks and shirts for the 0uartermaster Corps, are, now bee coming psychological problems for the Army. Some found that infirmities when they entered have become aggravated since but will never be recognized as having received disabilities in service.
 The War Department points out that theoretically" men over 30 had an opportunity to leave the Army more than year ago, if they had job opportunities in war industries. But the War Depart- ment also admits that 1t had to stop somewhere. and that since the WAC recruiting program failed, 1t is now necessary to rec tain the 3b-year olds to make up for the scarcity of WACS.
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 Feature syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

k1SIG 1S tkAG AA&AS~0Ss
 l. Rrigadier General Florella La 0uardia win 90 to Italy on Nov, l5 to become top U. s, ad- wiser to the Italian civilian gov- ernment,
 2, Leon Henderson, former OpA Administrator will go to France to be economic adviser on the stan of General Eisenhower, later will take over the economic rule of U. S,-oeeupied Germany after the armiStice,
 S. Randolph Paul, former General Counsel Of the Treasury, is being asked to become U, s, Minister to Italy, representing both the State Department and the Foreign Economic Adminis- tration on all economic matters, This appointment Is not definite vet, depending on whether Paul, who bore the hrunt of the tax flight, Is willing to return to public life,
 (, Philip Reed, chairman Of the board of General Electric, will resign as U. s, Minister to London In charge of all economic affairs. His successor has not been chosen, Despite all the mystery about Mayor Ia Guardia's future In Italy, his brlgadier generalship actually is all set and is only waiting the proper time for pulp lie announcement, It will De La- duardia's Job to put the Italian government on its feet, The idea was heartily approved by Chur- chill, who thought the fiery mayor of New York was just the man to Infect the proper backbone into the limping Bonomi government, The Bonomi regime faces Q ter- rife Job in bringing back stable Italian democracy after two de- cades of dictatorship and four years of bloodshed,
 La Guardia left Congress dur. ing World War I to become . major in the Air Corps, where he served on the Italian Piavc front. He has been itching to get hack into uniform In this war, but War Department brass. hats have shuddered at the
 idea of coping with the mayors dynamic, lFrepreaslble tempcra. ment. Churchill and Roosevelt
 have now overruled the brass hats,
 The appointment of Leon Hen derson as economic boss of oe- cupled Germany Is also definitely set. Only point to be decided Is his exact title and power, which will depend somewhat on the ideas of our Allies,
 WARS END!
 one Inside reason for General MarshNlls sudden visit to the western front was to decide the probabilities of ending the war thlS year. That was also one reason why Assistant President Jimmy Byrnes accompanied him. Byr" nes wanted to get Q clearer pict. ure of how big Q supply Job would have to be accomplished if the war continued into i94b.
 Before General Marshall left Washington, he oonfided to high. up Administration chiefs that there was still e chance to end the German war this year.
 It Is no secret that General Eisenhower hos been bringing up tremendous supplies and rein- forcement to make one more gi" gantlc push before winter sets in This push will toll the story of whether the war can end tnD year,
 POLITICS BY PLATTER
 Last Mnoday night, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman got 0 phone call
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Selected Poem
WHEN EARLY FALLS THE AUTUMN LIGHT

Charles MaIayn in The Christian Science Monitor When early falls the autumn light Tn golden haze along the wall Where Aprils petals dropped from sight Where buds Of spring are grave and tal We fear no longer how the blow Or sharp or chill, the harvest gone, Or if on apples lies the snow once named in dread as spring came oa. The fruit hangs shining from the bough, The clustered grapes by curling leaf, And summers work iS ended now And autunns urgent time Is brief Load high the wagons. store the bin. old hills grow purple in the west. Drink now the last sweet sunlight in There shali Dc quiet soon, and rest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

8AA
 inc ca re fully from al sides, as we stand in days of immeasurable signifIcan ce. Peace seems not for away. Every one Is looking forward to 1t and ardently desiring it. But are we desiFing the things that make fer peace, or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
QUESTIONS q ANSWERS
 sacchaFin

You would do well to look into the effects of saecharin before bragging about taking 1t in your coffee as c substitute for sugar. pr. Wiley the most eminent authority on foodA ruled saccharin out of the Food and Drugs Act he had pusSed by Con- grtss nearly 70 years ago, declaring It was deleterious to health. co. r. D.
 Answer--I revere the memory of pr. Wiley, aJ do that of Dr, Osler, but We cannot recognize either of them as authorities today. i believe the daily use of not more than 6 grains of saccharin c day k perfects ly harmless, and do NOT suggest and would NOT approve the use of saeehrin in any amount aB c sub- stitute for sugar in canned or pre- served foods. l merely assure reads ors that in my opinion Q quarter. grain or perhaps a halfsgrain tablet of saecharin In c cup of tea or cof- fso Is harmless, if one wishes to use it instead of sugar.
 Radlum
 Husband doe6 some photographing with radium in c foundry "a 200 nm capsule encased in lead, hand- led only with long tongs. tMrs. b, R. S.)
 Answer--It is c highly technical problem, beyond my ken. He should have the advice of physician skilled In x-ray and radiuin field.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
STRENGTH
 FOR THE DAY
THINGS THAT MAKE FOR
 PEACE
Ry EARL i. DOUGLASS. Q. Q.

It was Thomas Q KempiS who. almost 500 years ago, made the wise observation, "Ail men desire peace, but few men desire the things that make for peace"
 Hera ia Q statment to exam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Views Of The Press

miles, to sit around the heavily .la. den table. Perhaps the flavor will be there in this new concentration, but 1t doesn't seem that apple cider will taste the same when apple blossoms are in bloom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

unG oacN m mN winter of lSA2~AS, when some doOr prophets were predicting hN {
 the country faced famine,
 What has sur priSed a good many farm ex- pertS in this war is the ability of the United States to consume farm products, More foods and fiherS have been ehewed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

rather, tlie thInge that would keep the world ct peace, once military conflict has actually ceased7
 zf aii ws want iS to stop fleht-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

EDITORS NoTE-on September le Drew Pearson reported producing automobiles within two months Ford palnned convert Willow Run into a huge and agricultural implement plant
 front pages of September s headned this McFy.0O- Round scoop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
A Thought for Today

WhOsOover therefore shall break one of these o0mmandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least In the kingdom of heavens but wh0sOever shall do and teach them, Che same shall be called great In the kingdom of hcaveny-Matthew 5sl9.
 
 The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in Q confidence in his deelara. tons, and in imitation Of his perfection" Burke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

slgnea lotters pertaining Co pers sonal health and hygIene, not Co disease, diagnosis Of treatment, win Do answered hy pr. Brady if Q stamped self-nddressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written ln ink. .so reply can be made Co queries not conform- ing Co instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News. paper Service, SaO West Madison Street. ChaeaRn. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14

write 1t down certain that some all possibly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 7:o9 .. rn., sets at SIS ?. m, (waF tincl
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minusss after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW PEARSON M

La Gucrd Italy 5 Henderson Goes French Post Churchill Approved Little Flower Pep Up ltuon Govenment
 ohos Western Visit Made Consider Wo End in l944 35ecrod Soldiers Become Army Lost Bottoons Work Comps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-14
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
No Fear Of
 Farm Surpluses
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington CaFFNsnNndNnt

Danger that the United states Is heading into . period of unmanage- able farm SNrpluSeS is being played down in Washington as the same klnd ot Q scare that didn't materia-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-18

the needs OF the armed forces for
combat troops under rs against
WIPES request for deferment Of
40 thousand skilled younger mer
TO protect must" war programs.
Dewey said in his fifth progress
report to Congress:
withdrawals fer tho armed
forces-not only OF skilled rubber
workers. but OF highly trained tech.
nicians-is presenting a very DIFF.
ficult problem.
II at this late date the indus.
try finds Itself In a position where,
its young. irreplaceable. highly
trained technical men are drafted.
II will be impossible to operate
some plants satisfactorily or to
carry forward TO completion some
vital researches"
IL was estimated that from six 10
ten thousand vital workers in the
IS 10 rs age brackets should be
deferred in the more than so
plants in the synthetic program.
The petroleum industry. which
produces raw material for rubber
as well as essential aviation gaso-
line, probably will need approx
imately thirteen hundred defer.
ments.
President Roosevelt told his
news conference that he hoped
TO have something TO say about
the man.power draft situation the
first OF next week II is believed
the Chief Executive may modify
his February 20 memorandum on
review OF all occupational defer
ments.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he planned
10 devote much OF his time today
and tomorrow working on the
problem Of deferments for younger
men in war industries an issue
that was raised Immediately by
production officials after draft
boards started raiding the ranks OF
critical personnel.
The armed services have made Il
clear, however. that the need for
young men for military duty is 80
great that they are willing TO sac
rifice some production at this
time.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the country
was faced today with the alterna-
tive Of losing the war on the front
or at home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-18
to Reply
Colunniist

Washington. Mar. 1s-INS-Rep.
Martin Dies (D) Tex, chairman Of
the House un-American Activities
Committee, was scheduled today to
air his controversy with Column
list Walter Winchell on the radio
March 26, a week from Sunday
night.
Dies, who has charged Winchell
with attempting to smear mem
bers OF Congress and certain Ad-
ministration officials in his broad
casts, accepted the offer Of Is
minutes radio time from the Jer-
gems Company which sponsors the
columnist.
The offer was wired Dies by
Mark Wood, president of the Blue
Network, who was subpoenaed to
appear before the Texans COM
mittee to submit WinchelPs radio
scripts for the last two years.
Woods notified Dies that
scripts and recordings of past
winchell broadcasts are being as
sembled. The committee will ar
irange with Wood TOR the date OF
his appearance.
Dies said he accepted the offer
10 answer recent statements made
by -Ninchell which he declared
should be settled once and for
all" He declared 1t lis an import
ant victory for freedom Of speech
and the right Of public officers
and citizens TO answer -Hntruth-
full statements used over the radio"
Dies indicated that some 80 wit
nesses. will be called before the
committee. including officials OF
the Jergens Company.
Meanwhile, Winchell, notified at
Miami, Fla. of the subpoenas. said
that Dies has had the scripts all
along for the past two years.
Strictly the headline Hunter"
declared Winchell. why subpoe-
ma my scripts? Why not subpoena
me7"