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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

The person who foresees spring during the January thaw and subsequent soft spell overlooks the fact that some Of our smartest storms were well on in February. And then we must not forget the greatest storm of the century was after March ]. Ii we ourselves do not recall it, we cer- tainly have heard it spoken of often enough. So put not your trust in robins too early in February when skies become grey at e moments notice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Vitamin A

Following suggestion in your cole umn I have taken fish liver oil for more than month and my blood pressure came down lot. Would it be harmful for me to continue taking it indefinitely? I am. 63 years old. (Mrs. T. E. L)
 Answer-It is harmless to take as long as you wish. But I didn't suggest fish liver oil for high blood pressure. suggested 100000 units of natural vitamin A -four 25.0O0 units capsules) daily-several read- CTS have reported that this seemed to bring down blood pressure Sc they were able to pass a. medical ex- animation after having been re- tested for high blood pressure on the first examination.
 Join a Club
 I am 40, suffer frightfully from what suppose is plain bashfulness. Soon I plan to join club and the thought of standing up and saying something before that group ter- rifles me.e (Mrs. J. L. M.)
 Answer-Too bad there is no Quinine available-a course of qui- nine, one grain after food three times day for a week or ten days before the ordeal has eased many a bashful, timid, stage frightened wretch over the hump. Join the club-join every community or or ganized movement where you can do any good-Red Cross work, nurses aid, selling war bonds, par ent-teacher's meetings, every little movement in which you take part will bring you a little bit more comfort and assurance. l have in mind woman who was so oashful and became so dustered If ste had to say two words before . group that her distress was painful to hee audience. But sEae sailed in and took active part in every poAS&h;e club or group program, and in the space of year or two she was not only at ease but an excellent public speaker.
 A. A. Works s
 Glad to see your article about Alcoholics Anonymous. I know 1t works. Relative was in an awful state, his conduct Scandalous, when a friend persuaded him to join AL coholicS Anonymous. He hasn't drunk @ drop now for over two years. I tell you 1t is wonderful.
 (Mrs. M. M. O.
 Answer-Inded 1t is wonderful. No treatment Or "cure" is of- fered, but just the inc friendly help these ex-alcoholics give the dr1nkeY. Copyright, 1924, JohI: F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

prolonging the war and greatly increasing casualties Qns1de fact is, Byrnes didn't know the President was going to come out for a National Service Acto .. George Harrison. chief of the brotherhood of railroad clerks, says that incorporating union spokes- men at no time proposed over- time pay ss compromise solu- tion for the rail wage dispute. This, he says, was the Presidents idea Harrison struck patri- otic note for harmony following settlement of the dispute with ''thank you" letter to President for his assistance, assuring him: T am confident they (railroad workers) will render loyal and pa- triotic service and back up your program to win the war; A KISS FOR FRD
 When kindly Mrs. FrN Vinson, wife of the Economic Stabilizer, was visiting her home in Ken lucky, she was talking to two old ladies who greatly admired President Roosevelt.
 'Do you ever see the Presi- dent?" they asked.
 "Yes, when the Judge and I go to White House receptions" Mrs. VinsOn replied.
 ''WeIl, the next time you see him, won't you kiss him for us?"
 Mrs. Vinson laughing prom ised. So the next time she visited the White House and was shaking hands with the President, she told him of the conversation.
 But why don't you deliver the message?" shot back FDR.
 NOTE: Mrs. Vinson told friends afterward that she didn't quite have the nerve.
 UNRRA BENEFITS FOR INDIA
 Two-fisted Representative Karl Mundt of South Dakota, an iso- lationist of pre-Pearl Harbor days,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

Quite few great men, today's answer to one hundred dollar question, were born during the short month of February: In addition to Lincoln there was Washing ton and there was Edison Edisons birth day was February the eleventh, and dur ing his lifetime he cleared up many things. He paved the way for mediums of our most popular forms of entertain ment. In short he was a fine example of man who worked hard and achieved much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Abraham Lincoln was much photo graphed man. Nevertheless, it is hard to find good picture of him in a store. One hundred and twenty photographs of him have been preserved, so we read. These are in early manhood, middle life and until his passing, some smooth face, some beared, all serious. A new book just published has reproductions of the number mentioned above. Naturally all of these are formal poses since there were no trick cameras in those days. However, we seem to be familiar with more poses of Lincoln than any other man of his importance He was a good subject with his irregular features and sombre expression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
AN OVERCOMING ROLE
(The Catholic Transcript


 Very often, when one of the week. ly or monthly magazines publishes an article critical of the Church, proof sheets of it are sent to Cath olic editors. This may be done in order to treat us fairly, to give us an opportunity to see in advance any unfavorable comment on the Church and to answer it. Such pro- cedure would be commendable. But the character of much of the crit iciSm advanced in these pieces makes one wonder just how fair the magazines are. Were they scrupu- louSly just, they would not, in the first place, have accepted such in- accurate and prejudicial pieces. One suspects that they are primar- fly interested in controversy as a stimulus to circulation or at least to interest in their periodicals. It is an established fact that no subject Is as productive of debate as Ca tholicism. This is evidence of and a tribute to, the liveness and the challenge of the Church.
 We question the wisdom of Cath olic editors making any direct reply to much of this cumulative matter. Islanders should be rebutted; mis- understandings should be cleared up; the truth should be stated. But we should be wary about lending ourselves to the slick self -advertis- ing schemes of certain publica- tions. When we undertake in good faith, to reply to charges made in dubious faith, we whet interest in the magazines carrying these charges; we send readers to the newsstands to buy them; we act as agents for peddlers of intellectual trash. It is a role unbecoming us. We should be no mans dupes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

ure, places of honor; and often they try to find happiness in some gross indulgence.
 They're on the wrong road. So long as they live they will never find happiness along any of these high ways; and that for the simple req son that happiness is in our hearts, or 1t is nowhere. It is condition of the inner life, not of the outer. Its chief characteristic is peace, not poS- session; contentment. not ambition: love and sacrifice. not pleasure and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
Selected Poem
WINTER NIGHT

(Roland English Hartley in The Christian Scienc
 Monitor) Upward, where we look for light, All is dark this winter night. The shine of not single star
 Reaches the bleak earth where we are. What light we have is now below, Up from the whiteness of the snow As if the snow, in drifting by,
 Had brought the light from depths of sky. Lit by this light, the houses stand GhoStly pale in a ghostly land Only window here and there
 Shows its gold to the silver air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

the story of their return to civiliza- tion, through the mountains, easily ranks as one of the classic thrill-i CTS of the war.
 Hosbert h a d been an original volunteer Flying Tiger. H a m m e l was a veteran of African desert fly ing. On the Bur- ma air route, they flew a Douglas GAY transport for the pqn.Anoprinan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
Your Health By pr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per. sOnal health and hygiene. not to disease. diagnosis of treatment will be answered by pr. Brady U
 stamped self addressed envelspe Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform. ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady. National News paper Service. S2O West Madison Street, Chicago. III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
VOLUMES OF PROMISE
(Christian Science Monitorl

There's a war to get on with, but we can find time for homework les- ons in required reading. The mail wder catalogues appeared on sched
 le; the Old Farmers Almanac gave
 ts usual months ahead weathei
 'redictions with comforting assur. ice and safe-margin leeway. Nov the seed catalogues are appearing and the long evenings can be de- voted to serious study. For Uncle Sana while pleased with 104Ss We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

m a d e anyone happy. They
 think they will find it in ease;
 but fredon1 from : e spon S i bi lity produces rest leSsneSS m ore often than it produces liappi- ness. They seek after social po- sition, thrilling
 types of .pleaS-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
STRENGTH. FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

LOOK FOR IT IN YOUR HEART
 Happiness is the gift of God.
 The reason so many people fali to find happiness Is because they do not know where to look for it. They think they will find it in wealth; but money alone never
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
Current Comment

We will go berserk with triumph and peace. And that will be the most dangerous moment in all history.
 Louis Niger, author
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

China is claiming that silk was manufactured there over 4.00o years ago. re
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
West PosWor Development of Basic Industries; Plants End Former Dependence Eost Lobor Preparing Offensive Against Bynes Would Have Him ousted
BY DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON February The details being carefully withheld pn9 the 
 Reentat Coffee Washington got definite assur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Drama In
 The Hirnalayas
RY PETER EDISON

BY PETER EDISON
 Waterbury Democrat) Washington
 Correspondent
 First personal experience story of American pilots forced down while flying "the hump" of the Himalaya mountains on the aerial Burma road from China to India comes from 0. J. Hosbert and Charles Hammel of Philadelphia. Both survived the crash and lived to tell the tale, but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

indulgence. It comes when mar stops fighting the universe and rests himself in the hand of On who has made the universe and sti' manages it-when he stops trying { find happiness in the world an looks for 1t in his own heart.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson News
 paper Syndicate, 8@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises at 9:43 p. m. (war time) Sun rises at 7:51 a: m sets at 6:22 p. m. (warI time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes afterl sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-12

Copyright, 1914, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-06-25
Patricia Orr Wed
To Capt. Butler
In AIexandria

st. Pauls Church in Alexandria
was the scene Of the wedding last
evening of Miss Patricia Orr,
daughter of Mrs. John Jay Orr of
Belle Haven and the late Mr.. Orr,
and Capt. John Jarvis Butler w,
U. S. M. G. r., son of Col. Butler
and Mrs. Alice Butler Of Alexandria.
The Rev. Don Frank Fem of
st. Michael and All Angels Church
in Baltimore ofiiciated at the s
o'clock ceremony, which was fol-
lowed by reception at the home
of the brides mother.
Escorted to the altar and given in
marriage by Mr.. Robert Shippen
Irving of Philadelphia. the bride
wore a gown Of ivory satin and lace
with veil of illusion which fell
from a seed-pearl coronet in orange
blossom design. Her bouquet was
Of white roses with an orchid center.
Dorothy Orr, small sister Of the
bride, preceded her in the bridal
procession to the altar. She was
dressed In a long yellow organdie
frock with band of yellow flowers
in her hair and she carried an
old-fashioned bouquet.
The bridegroom's sister, Mrs
German c. Ridgeley, also wore
yellow, her marquisette gown
matching her picture hat of yellow
horsehair braid, and she carried a
bouquet of red roses. The brides
sister, Miss Joan Orr, wore an aqua
color net gown with a matching
horsehair-b hat and she also
carried red roses. The bridesmaids,
the Misses Mary Carol, Biesemeier,
Gloriela Calvo, Patricia Davis and
Maruja Won Beverhoudt, were in
aqua-color marquisette gowns and
|horsehair- braid hats and they car
ried bouquets of yellow roses.
1t. Paul N. Crocker, U. S. N. R.,
OF Alexandria was best man for
Capt. Butler and the ushers were
Capt Arthur w. Bell, Capt. James
j. Handley, Capt. William I. Kent,
1t. Louis w. Dodd and 1t. James
K. Harris. all of the United States
Marine Corps Reserve.
Following their wedding trip
Capt. Butler and his bride will re-
side in North Carolina, while the
former is on duty at Camp Lejeune.
Evening star., 1944-06-25

BROADCAST OF THE FIGHTING FIVE"
Staff Sergt Arthur E. White appears aDtth Miss Nancy
Rheem at the first OF the ue broadcass OF the Fightng Fue
arranged promote the campaign the Fifth War Loan To
the right Mrs Robert lie Baron Oho h Miss Rheen
OF the Ue for the peerans OF this o told
their stories the air Sunday Another group OF ve
ueteans ,D be heard this afternoon at o'clock Each OF the
sponsors assisted the Deteans to sell the most bonds and thus
n the $500 War Bond Dhich has been offered prse
The for the four other conualescent sercemen
appearing last Sunday Miss Ruth Ouerton daughter
Senator and Mrs. John OUerton Mrs George Aen Ote OF
former District Commissioner Mrs LIE Baron Miss Marian
Norris daughter OF Dr. and Mrs. Leo Brison Norris.
Del AnkuS Photo
Evening star., 1944-06-25
WI Entertain
For Miss AnseL

Mrs. Hobart A. Sailor of Alexan-
dria, wife of Capt. Sailor, will en-
tertain Thursday at a luncheon at
the Army and Navy Club in honor
of Miss Able Dora Ansel, daughter
Of Capt. and Mrs. Walter Ansel OF
Annapolis.
Miss Ansels engagement to En-
sign Carvel Blair has just been an
nounced. Ensign Blair is the son OF
Comdr. and Mrs. Roswell Clair OF
Annapolis.
Evening star., 1944-06-25
Engagement
a nnONnced

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Laatsch Of
Milwaukee announce the engage
n1ent of their daughter, Ensign Ruth
Laatsch, U. S. N. r., to 1t. Glg)
Daniel Stoughton Turner, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B. Turner Of
Madison, Wis.
Ensign Laatsch is now employed
in the photographic Office in this
city and 1t. Turner is now on duty
In the Pacific.
No wedding date has been set.
Evening star., 1944-06-25
Miss AHstin
Wed Yesterday

Miss Alice Margaret Austin,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Cosgrove Austin OF Sturgeon Falls,
Ontario, was married yesterday
afternoon to Mr.. Ernest Jones, son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Jones OF Oldham, England.
The ceremony took place in st.
Margaret's Church amid decorations
of larkspur, snapdragons and
gypsophila, and the Rev. Armand
T. Eyler oficiated at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Sterling Ely escorted the
bride, who was dressed informally
In brown shantung with pink hat
Evening star., 1944-06-25

and accessories and wore . corsase
Of sweetheart roses.
Mrs. Reeves Euler, wearing lilac
crepe, was the matron of honor and
only attendant. Mr.. w. E. Wood was
the best man.
After trip to New York the
couple will reside here, where both
are connected with the British Air
Commission.
Evening star., 1944-06-25

The engagement of Miss Betty
Lowen, daughter of Mrs. Milton s.
Lowen and the late Mr.. Lowen, to
Mr.. George Hertz is announced by
her mother.
The wedding will take place in
October.
Evening star., 1944-06-25
Il Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Heffron OF
Dallas announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Eileen C. Heff-
ron, to Mr.. George r. Dunn of
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1944-06-25
In Arkansas

Mrs. Clara Pangler left Monday
to spend five weeks with her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Doyne Dodd, in West Memphis, Ark.
Evening star., 1944-06-25
Visit in Maine

Mrs. Walter Holder and her son
Richard are spending a month In
Cushing, Me, as the guests of Mr..
Holders parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam 3, Holder.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
L. A. PRODUCE

LOS ANGELES. March s CUP)-FSMNS:
PUNCHED VEGETABLES: Dull. Per crt.
Beets 2ls-3 doz. l.0o-1 SO; carrots doz.
1.OO-1 So Imperial Valley 5 doz. 2.50;
iced crts. doz Imperial Valley $50
3.75, small 800; Santa Barbara county
3. 25-3 so: chard doz. 1.00-1.25: green
onions dez 45o-6.0o. ordinary 3.00-
400; Imperial Valley 1912 doz. 500
800 s doz. 3o0-4.0o: kale doz. LIS;
leeks ? doz. 4.5o-4.75; mustard doz
10000; parsley doz. 2.T5-30o
radishes small red doz. 1.00-1. so:
spinach doz. 1.0o-1.5o; turnips 2ls 8
doz. 1.O0-1.25, fair 75c.
CABBAGE: Dull; local cannonball crts
1.25 so, fair l 90, jbos. and ordinary 30
75c: Imperial Valley 1.50. fair 1.00-1 %; ;
$3.50 ID SKIS Imperial Valley 1.15-1 .25
local 1.0o-1.10 few 1.25; red cabbage
local crts. 2.75-3.00.
LETTUCE: Dull; Imperial Valley crts.
dry pack doz. 2.25-2.75. some 200, 5s
It's.
PEAS: Dull. Per H.: local 7-9c few
best 1oc. San Diego county Csc; Imperial
Valley 7c; bu. tubs 2.o0-2.25.
SQUASH: Steady; white summer I'm
rerial Valley crts. 6.00-6.5O No. IS 400;
italian Imperial Valley crts. 5.OO-6.oO, fair
400: San Diego county lugs 5.5G-6 90,
fair 35.O-lo0. No. 2s 2.25-3.00. Table
Queen local lugs best 1.25; banana per
10. Sc, small 2l4c; Hubbard 3ls &c.
TOMATOES: Steady; Imperial Valley
crts per H. basis 9-12 tops 1Sc los IL
lSc. Dos 13-16c loose lugs 90.
ordinary 2.00-2.25, crts. and flats 22o-
275
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
M K ETS
POULTRY & EGGS

This sc, .,dule on Wholesale Retail Egg
prices Is the maximum and the most that
may be charged and is copied from OPA
Order No. 3S3. An additional &C may be
charged for cartoned eggs, properly mark
ed as TO size and grade, and cartoned
prior to sale:
EGGS: Effective Feb. 2s: Large A eggs
Loose 44c, cartoned 46c. Medium A
Eggs-Loose 4oc, cartoned acc. Small A
Eggs-Loose SOC, cartoned &c.
Large eggs OF Grade AA quality, when
certified as such by the USDA, may sell
DC above the price for Large Grade A.
Extra Large &c above. Jumbo SC above.
Assorted eggs of Med. A, or eggs DC
less than large Assorted eggs of Small
A, B. or C Sc less than large of sa' -e
POULTRY PRICES: tAn points Imperial
Valley OPA Maximum set Oct. u, 1943)
First price--At Ranch to Wholesaler or
Retailer. Second price = Delivered to
Wholesaler or Retailer. Third price-At
ranch TO consumer:
Broilers, Leghorns, under 2A lbs, soc,
~ to 3 lbs, 29c; fryers 3-4 lbs. &c;
roasters, all weights, 2sc; fowl. Leghorn,
25lkc; ducks, all sizes 25c; rabbits, under
5 lbs, 22-24c.
LOS ANGELES, March CUP) EGGS:
Wholesale prices consumer Grade: Large
Grade A $500; Grade B $3.50; medium,
Grade A 81 \ 1924 small, Grade A 24-25c.
Retail prices to consumer: Large, Grade
AA 4S-52c; Grade A 47-49c: Grade
4O-43c: medium. Grade AA 39-44; Grade
A 3s-41c; small, Grade A 2s-3lc.
Candled graded eggs TO retailers: Large
Grade AA 42-44c Grade A 42-42 &c;
Grade B 35-37c: medium. Grade A 34-3oc'
small A 27-2Sc.
Butter unchanged at oPA ceilings.
Poultry and game unchanged at ceilings.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
L. A. STOCK

LOS ANGELES, March s CUP)-Trading
scared on the Los Angeles Stock EX-
change Wednesday with $500 shares sold
but prices remained fairly steady.
Eighteen issues were unchanged, ID went
up and two down.
changed; /. Magnin Com. 100 at Ia un-
changed; Edison Com. 200 at 234s, un-
changed; Sinclair Oil 100 at II, un-
changed; Richfield Oil 100 at 9. un-
changed: Republic Petroleum 200 at 6S.
unchanged; Union Oil 100 al 19. un-
changed; Universal Consolidated Oil 100
at 12k, UP 4 Aircraft Accessories 100
at 21h, up Il; Byron Jackson 100 at %,
unchanged; Creameries of America 200 at
sk, unchanged; Consolidated Steel Com
100 at 10E. up 4 Pfd. 100 at %, un-
changed: Electrical Products 100 at 12-',
unchanged: General Motors 100 at 57a.
up . Goodyear 100 at 42A, up "A;
Hudson Motor 100 az 10h up y Ryan
100 at 4, unchanged; aylor Milling 100
at 13h, unchanged; Farnsworth 100 at
1874, up 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08

NEW YORK, March (UP) -
The Detroit Tigers, their ranks
badly depleted by the draft, We'd
nesday planned a school for 4-F's
and men who have been mustered
out while baseball's daily march to
and from the induction centers
continued.
The Detroit plan is the BRAIN
child of Jack Zeller, business
manager, who has arrived at
Evansville, Ind, with an advanced
guard of players and team officials.
He said players will be admitted
to the school ION invitation only"
TIGERS HAVE 26 MEN
Zeller said the Tigers have only
26 players on their active list, but
added that he has had no word
from a number of key players, in
cluding slugging Rudy York and
Mike (Pinky) Higgins, both slated
for military service.
The manpower situation for the
Brooklyn Dodgers was somewhat
improved with word from Admission,
Ala, that outfielder Fred Dixie
Walker, the pride of Flatbush, had
been placed in 4-F because of
shoulder and elbow injuries suf-
fered during his long major league
career. The veteran Brooklyn star
already has signed 1914 contract.
REVERSE FOR YANKS
The situation was the reverse for
the world champion New York
Yankees when it was revealed sec
ond baseman Joe Gordon had re-
ceived orders to report for his in
duction physical examination on
March 16 Gordon said he believed
he had a good chance of being ac-
cepted.
The Philadelphia Bluejays form
erly the PhillieS), who have lost a
number of players to Uncle Sam
now are losing their president. 28-
year-old Robert r. M. Carpenter,
Jr., who leaves for army service at
Fort Dix, N. j., on March II. Car
penter said the affairs of the club
will be in the hands of general
manager Herb Pennock and team
manager Freddie Fitzsimmons.
MORE PIRATES INDICTED
Latest members of the Pittsburgh
Pirates to head for military service
were catcher Bill Baker and pitch
er Bob Klinger-both avy-bcund.
Baker has been inducted and will
90 to Great Lakes, Ill, naval train
ing station, while Klinger has pass
I'd his physical and expects a call
inside Of a month. On the other
side of the Pittsburgh Ledger, it
vas announced pitcher Xaiver
2escigno had signed 1914 con-
ract.
Dick Bartell, SO year-old New
York Giant shcrtstop, said he ex-
1ected TO enter the navy in about
hree weeks. Married, and with
,wo children, Bartell passed his
physical yesterday.
Following receipt of telegram
rom infielder Pete Coscarart, of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-08
SOLON'S GROUP BUYS
COAST CLUB PARK

SACRAMENTO, March (UP)-
The Sacramento Baseball Associa-
tion took formal possession of the
local Pacific Coast club and park
Wednesday as plans were COM
pleted for opening of spring train
ing on the home grounds Monday.
The association of local baseball
supporters put check fer $50,000
in escrow for purchase of the park
after previously paying $4,000 for
the franchise and players. Clarence
Rowland, league president, an
nounced all details of the transfer
were satisfactory to the league.