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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13
CAN'T TELL A BOOK BY

Independence, Mo. (UPJ-The In
dependence Examiner. daily news
paper here, was disturbed consid-
erably when "a delicate bit Of young
femininity, chic Of dress, and with
one Of those cute little headpieces
topping her attractive ensemble, q
boarded a aKnsas City bus one aft
ernoon recently. The clashing item
and the disturbign factor In the
piucture, according to the Exam.
liner, was the huge volume with the
title Engineering Metallurgy" in
large gilt letters, wdhich the young
lass was carrying under her arm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

pounds; Bridgeport, 36,483 pounds
with a quota Of 1880 pounds.
April records for communities
near Waterbury we're: Cheshire,
80 per cent: Middlebury, l25 per
cent: Naugatuck i27 per cent;
Southhury, i24 per cent; Thomas
ton, l56 per cent; Washington, 202
per cent: WATERFOWL. 80 per cent;
woodbury., 100 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13

Good Mani.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Brain Game

When a farmer allows his
land 10 lie fallow. what does
he do with il?
Correct the errors in The
following and get all three:
tal OF the TWO boats. his
was the best tb) Am 7
taller than her? (cl He
prefers these kind OF
movies
, Two Of our As states border
upon eight other states. "a
Can you name either Of
them Oh Then give the
states which bound the one
you have named.
4 Does the greater part Of
Africa lie north or south OF
the Equator
Identify the two Psalms by
number, which begin as fol-
lows: (a) The Lord is my
Shepherd" tb) II will lift
up mine eyes unto the hills"
6-In polo is the ball hit with
the head of the mallet as in
Croquet?
Unless the present king Of
England has son. the next
ruler Of Great Britain will
-br- Princess Elizabeth his
daughter. "a She will he
The first woman 10 rule Brit
ain since what Queen? thl
Can YOU name the kings who
have reigned since her
DEATH
S II amneSia is the loss nj
memory. what is sphasia!
fAnswers on Opposite Page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

Score one for zach ~ the Ar.i nvs
questions and Ave for the last question
a-10. brilliant; Is. bright; t-s. sversre;
N-S. dull.
j The first cabinet of L. 6
president was smaller than
IT is today. II had "a three
members: ,hl four mem
hcrS: tCi five members.
, Who said it, Il know Of no
pursuit in which more real
and important services can
he rendered 10 a country
than by improving its agri-
culture: (a) Henry Wal
lace; tbt George Washing
ton: (cD Luther Burbank.
S--Gibraltar is on The fa1
lberian peninsula; fc) Icarlan
tCl Iran peninsula?
4-Wild carrot is called ta)
Queen Mary'S lace (hl
Queen Anne's lace? tc)
Queen GATHERINGS lace.
Speak softly but carry tho
Wig stick was the policy Of
ca Calvin Coolidge: Oh
William Taft; lcl Theodore
Roosevelt?
6 Match these columns cor
rectlv. The name and the
CltN
CITY ~ churches Oct ror Nich
h Monumental Cuy BROOKLYN y Y
c. CIV ~ the Hartford conn.
straits
4. Charter OAK y Portland ore.
CIV
Ros, CIV Riunor' Nt.
(Answers on Opposite Psge)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

MICHIGAN health authorities are
4'1 preparing for an unusually
widespread outbreak of infantile
paralysis. They believe it may de.
velop into the most persistent cpl.
demic in Is years.
DR.. Bruce Douglas, Detroit health
commissioner, reports IS local cases
since June l and nine so far this
week.
There is small prospect, he warns,
Of the cases diminishing in number
before the first Of September.
It is important that parents give
intelligent cooperation in the gen
eral preventive program.
Parents should not permit them.
selves TO be scared, Dr. Douglas
points out, but they should be careful.
HERE are few simple suggestions
IL which the medical profession
considers helpful;
Guard against oUerexertion by
your small children through the NEXT
tLDo or three Ueeks.
Don't let them become oUertired.
II they are naturally octiue. make
them rest for tUhiIe, each afternoon.
Keep them aUoy as much as pos
sibie from congested areas and large
crotDds.
IaC =. TBI DETROIT 1IntX Tbvud.y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

DROMPT diagnosis and treatment
= are of incalculable benefit in fight
ing infantile paralysis. One of the
chief reasons for it's spread in periods
OF epidemic is the fact that it's early
symptoms are so similar to those of
grippe or flu or kindred mild all
ments where often it is unnecessary
TO call doctor at all.
Parents should remember that.
They should summon physician
as soon as the child shows signs of
fever and sluggishness.
Their doctor will not be annoyed,
even should the illness turn out to be
merely trivial summer complaint.
He will thank you for not taking
chance.
Finally, it should reassure par.
ents TO know that the present type of
infantile paralysis is not nearly so
savage as have been some of the past
types.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

A CCORDING to reports just is
"A sued by the Agriculture Adjust
ment Agency "beneft" payments to
farmers alone during the last fiscal
year reached total of S80l ,377 900.
The Associated Press said on
Aug 4:
"This is the SECOND HIGHEST
amount distributed in ANY FISCAL
YEAR since NeU Deal farm payment
programs were inougurnted in 1888. "
Furthermore, the New Deal dis
torts the nations laws to aggrandlze
its power.
In part, this is done by such de-
vices as invoking the antitrust laws
to invade the esta blished provinces
of the states; usurping the functions
of Congress by issuing executive
orders" and directives having
1.-The force and effect of law" and de
priving the people of constitutional
rights by denying them access to the
courts for redress of grievances.
TN VIEW of it's use of such enor.
i nous powers for it's own perpetu
alton, the New DEALT 1t possessed
any real ability in government
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

THE New Deal abuses It's power in
l. more ways than one for It's own
political advantage.
It's huge bureaucracy is a poten-
tial source of power.
There are now more civil EN-
ployes on the federal pay roll than
there are on the pay rolls of all the
states combined.
Thus the New Deal has debased
the United States Government into
the most gigantic political machine
that has ever been known.
The public treasury has been for
IL years another source of New Deal
power and continues so, even in time
Of war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10


But the Baltimore SUN does not
regard the New Deal as such.
Today" the SUNS editorial
said, in its organization, the Demo
cratic party is little more than a
SHAKY ALLIANCE bettpeen the
Presidents personal FOLLOWERS and
official dependents, the disgruntled
South and the unsovory big city
bosses, all for the purpose OF holding
on TO poDer and the prerequisites
of poWer for four years longer.
"No good for the country can
come out OF such combination of
forces"
THE SUN does not believe, either,
l. that there is any merit in Mr..
Roosevelt's campaign posture of
commander in chief"
There Uds no good reason"
it says, EVEN WITH REFERENCE
TO THE WAR Uhy Mr.. Roosevelt
should have chosen to do Uiolence to
the profound beliefs OF his party and
the most cherished tradition OF the
country by seeking to hold on to his
office.
"The American people knoW,
deep in their hearts, that LONG
TENURE OF OFFICE CORRUPTS
THE SOUL OF THE OFFICE.
HOLDER and breeds therein CON.
TEMPT OF THE PEOPLE AND
THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
"Such disintegration has been in
evidence in the Roosevelt admins.
tration for long time -.
EVEN If il Uere correct to soy
IL that Mr.. Roosevelt has been
GOOD war leader, We should still
haze TO ask ourselves WHAT SORT
OF A LEADER HE WOULD MAKE
IN THE EARL POSTWAR
YEARS.
There is nothing in the record
to shoW that Mr.. Roosevelt CON-
PREHENDS the nature of the diff.
cuities we shall face =.
"But the primary issue DiH re.
main.
Three terms for a president are
one too many.
In a fourth term, With the unity
ing ties of maritime emotion removed,
THE EVIL FORCES OF DISINTE-
GRAFTON Which We all know exist
uDould be free to do their worst.
1.-THE NATIONAL SAFETY
WOULD BE COMPROMISED"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

HE delegates in general were amazed to note that the
l chief American and British concern was in every
respect please Russaeven though they did wholly
succeed
This meant to the European nations that whatever
promises the American government had made 10 them
conditioned upon the of Russia and that the
Atlantic Charter would he whatever Russia said it
To the Latin American republics the Russian dom
nance meant that if they made any international
mitments to any kind Of organization dominated by
Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom they
would be committing themselves to domination by
Russia and that they could expect nothing in the Of
development money.
1t is to be remembered that all the Latin American
republics stem from the Iberan Peninsula that they
Catholics and they supported Gen Franco Thus they
are definitely anti-Russa.
HE conference thus settled nothing but on The con.
l trary, started away from any form of
world organization political economic-that would be
dominated by the three great powers
The conference did not give birth mouse,
yet at its close the three principal officers of govern
ment went into action exactly though everything had
through planned.
The President, congratulang the delegates in
message to Secretary Morgenthau, said
They have prepared two further foundation stones
for the structure Of lasting peace and security They have
shown that the people of the United Nations work
together to plan the peace as well As fight the war;
The President at the time said to be at the
naval base from which ne addressed the Democratic
Secretary Morgenthau said
Here is sign blazOned upon the horizon. written
large upon the threshold of the future-a sign for
in battle, for men that work in mines and mills and in
the fields and sign for women whose hearts have been
burdened and anxious the cancer war assal vet
another generatiOn-a sign that the people of the earth
are learning how to join hands and work in unity
MR. MORGENTHAU chairman of the conference
wi and was present part of the time but he took
part in the proceedings and at press conferences referred
practically all questions to his assistants
Secretary Hull said
Once again these nations have met and discussed.
in most friendly spirit, problems vital to the economic
security of each and every one of u.s. The faith ex-
pressed in my address to Congress the Moscow con-
ference has never diminished"
1t is the credit of Mr.. Hull that he was less than
specific.
In view of the incompatiblity of these official state
ments and the facts, this question poses itself
Has the United States postwar policy and II so,
what is it and who is running 1t?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
BE Careful. Not Scared

N they deUelop lou fever and the
aches and languor which are ordi-
nary symptoms of common flu, con-
suit your physician at once.
Be particularly alert on this last
point.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
For the National Safety

4 NNoUNCING its support of the
n Dewey -Bricker ticket, the Balti-
more SUN, which is classified as In
dependent Democrat" in politics,
tells its readers.
AN administration Which uses
it's power and the substance of its
people to win the labor Uote or the
Uote of ony organized pressure group
is A CORRUPTING ADMINISTRA.
TiON."
The SUNS language is somewhat
euphemistic, but II expresses dis
graceful truth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

r HE Russians sent corps of trained messenger boys
l to transmit instructions from the krsmlin They
did not confer
The Soviet economy does not money in the
ordinary since the state owning everything simply
tickets which good for certain amounts of
food clothing and shelter
Russia is selfcontained and has interest in for
egn commerce except to buy abroad such machinery
1t make cannot make quickly enough al home.
The Russians fully realize that they have the strong
army earth today and their situation such that
they have little need for a large navy.
THE RUSSIANS ARE PRACTICALLY WITHOUT
INTEREST IN WHAT THE WORLD DOES EXCEPT
TO THE EXTENT THAT 1T CONTRIBUTES TO RUS
SIAS POWER.
Therefore they used the conference as tributary to
Russia but they dissatisfied because the conference
did not instantly agree TO all their terms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

RUT the same authorities who
- decry discrimination here
threaten 10 discriminate against
white Americans and. by maxi
ing them utterly unemployahlf.
reduce them 10 status r,
more painful and humiliaf.
than that Of the Negroes. Dis
elimination for certain reasons,
they forbid. Discrimination for
their own reaSopSr-they-ar-
prove.
As a political partner Of The
union. partnership announced
by Biddle himself, last year. the
whole Roosevelt administration
Is arrayed on the side Of one Of
the parties against the other.
This condition. forrsecn long
ago, has developed Subtly and 10
now IN full effect.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
Breton Woods
Conference

Written Expressly for the Hearst Newspapers
THE foreign delegations to the so-called monetary
l conference left Breton Woods thoroughly Disguised
and dslusioned.
Not one got what it after except possibly the
Chinese.
No one in the beginning could quite figure out why
the Chinese sent nearly twice as big delegation as had
been invited and, the meetings wore on, the wonder
increased for while the Chinese everywhere they
took very little part in any of the proceedings.
Gradually it out that the Chinese were using
the meetings seminars to train their young men IN the
ways of the occidentaS
The Chinese have forgotten about money than
the rest of the world ever knew.
In the thousands of years that they have been
trading they have learned that there is NO SUB
STITUTE FOR VALUE IN MONEY and~so they could
not get than mildly interested in what was going
on except demonstration of how to get along and,
perhaps how to get the better of the world.
The Chinese have no illusions.
THE particular illusion of the other nations that
| the United States could be tapped source of
funds for rehabilitation and development and that the
fancy plans presented could be used to these
ends
The devastated nations of Europe such Poland,
Czecho-Sovakia, Yugosava, France, Greece Luxem-
bourg the Netherlands and Denmark have been devas
taed many times
They do not know what lies ahead but they all hope
to gain of freedom and to build themselves up
again.
They all want to become ndIsriaized for the double
purpose of getting trade and building up their defenses
against the next war
The Latin American factions want money for de-
veopment that they may industralze and not be
dependent upon the United States.
India hoped to get back the money Britain owed her
This was the picture into which Russia moved in
strange, forbiddng way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
knowledge Test
BY DR. SARINA CONNOLLY

scor. one for zach ~ the nrsi nvs
questions and NNs Tor the last auestIon
s-I0. brilliant; Is. bright t-s. average;
N-S. dull.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10

Ihyr'dsy, Aug. 10. 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-03

Upon VIEWING THE WRECkAeE
OF HIS CAME, kRu6ER DECIDES
TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO
HEADQUARTERS WHICH Is
EXACTLY WHAT jim HAD HOPED
EOR>>s>
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
"Get that man up!"

Anyway. Doc got back 10 hi,
bride. with whom he had spen
only four-hour honeymoon, wher
his furlough was Cancelled on,
month after Pearl Harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05

biae"-and both shoes blown of
his feet.
A superficial wound on his right
ankle-"just a skin flap"--pains
him most of all, so that Doc, con-
WINGED both legs are gone, dragS
himself TO the ladder by his hands
over the bodies OF dead men
(there were 50 killed in this and
the forward compartment, from
which only FIVE escaped alive
and in the dark his hands sink
into uncomfortable warmth and
sickness more CHASTITY 10 big
Bykowski's sentimental spirit than
10 most.
With his hands on the hot,
twisted ladder rungs, Doc turns
at the last 10 cry aloud into the
inferno behind him, Well, good
by bows
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
Carries Up Another

He Is ripping off Identification
tags when a man hops in from
the forward compartment with a
foot blown off. Doc tells him all
he can do is put on a tourniquet,
as they are abandoning ship. He
carries the man up the ladder =,
He was a game fellow, very
quiet ."
On the main deck some one
calls him TO help lower the
wounded onto the RATS. BY light
from the burning hangar deck
they slide them down the star
board side Of the hull by ropes
onto the RATS, and Doc notices
that many wounded haven't been
treated.
"Jes'," he thinks, "what
wouldn't do for some more
morphine"
He doesn't hesitate long He
figures it won't take more'n a
minute"
On his own, Doc Bykowski, who
Joined the navy 10 kill Germans
when his mother received official
notice in August, 1941, that her
mother and father were dead in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
Forgets Own Pain

Even here Docs own suffering
is forgotten as he injects NOR
phine into four men before some
one helps him swing his broken
leg over the rail. lie is about "a
slide carefully down a rope when
Doc feels himself float out into
space, not even hearing the eX-
plosion, and then ne "a in the
water. grabbing Al bobbing am
munition cases because his lifcbelt
fails 10 initiate
He hears a megaphoned voice
shout from the sinking bridge
"All hands keep clear OF
ship as the Vincennes rolls
over slowy and Doc swimS with
all his strength until he hears
kissing sound and turns 10 see
the last OF the gallant "Old
Fighting IA And her dripping
screws Observation-Disclosures
into the Pacific, dragging behind
a curtain of liter darkness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05

10 ask the "talker" what the con-
ditions are. The "talker" doesn't
answer. He is standing motion
less, with eyes wide. He doesn't
appear to be breathing. Doc
Jumps for him and lays him on
the deck. He takes his pulse.
There isn't any The man is dead.
Doc grabs the phones and calls
Central station! Central sta
ton" but there's no response.
BY now eight of Docs Ia cas-
ualties are dead when a voice bel
lows down the escape hatch, "All
hands abandon ship" and Doc
Bykowski, who is very strong
then and weighs 200 pounds, picks
I'D one after another of the
wounded men and carries them
on his shoulders up the escape
ladder to the main deck.
He gets out four while some one
takes up the other two, and then
Doc goes back to make final
check on the dead men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05

Poland-desce the escape
hatch 10 his medical kit.
The trunk is now partly under
water, but Doc stuffs a handful
Of morphine Syrettes and tourni-
quets in his pockets and starts
back for the ladder when a blind
ing fash blasts him 20 feet from
the hatch, pinning his body
against the bulkhead in rising
water. He shakes his head clear
and tries 10 rise. but the left leg
buckles strangely, completely
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
He Treats q Others

loose
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05

Four other men swim 20 the|
boom, which is large and buoy-|
ant, and Doc treats their flesh
burns and other injuries. Hs|
gives morphine 70 three. but he's
afraid TO give IL 10 Sunshine for|
fear he'll fall asleep. Some one|
produces a belt and they strap
Sunshine 10 the boom and thenl
Doc administers the painkillerl
Sick from swallowed fuel oil and
now in pain himself Doc giveS
himself the last syrette =
well, boys" ne tells then
"we'rc all in n now-Doc just
took the last one"
lie thinks up ways 70 keep them
all awake.
"Sing. Sunshine" he says.
"Sing stars Fell on Alabama
the meSSboy's home.
NO, Doc" says Sunshine,
lets sing Praise the Lord and
Pass the Ammunition"
SO they do. and East SideI
West Side and a lot of others
AT daylight they find they ard
drifting past the island, but soor|
a ship appears. When IL get{
close, they see in burst Of prid@
and relief "Old Glory flying" and
then they are being hauled aboard
on hfehnes all but Doc, who II
the last III would happen likd
this to Doc BykowSkiD
A sub contact sends the DESTROY
er's men 10 battle stations with
Doc dangling three feet out ot
water and the destroyer unde{
weigh for several minutes before
an officer yellS:
Get that man up"
Anyway Doc got back 10 hi{
bride. with whom he had spent
only a four-hour honeymoon, when
his furlough was Cancelled on4
month after Pearl Harbor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
Other Voices Crying

At this moment something more
terrifying brushes against Docs
right leg, something Shiny and
big, and though he can only see
a wavering white streak under
water, Doc is sure what IL Is. He
calls out, God Almighty - a
shark" but there are many other
voices crying in the darkness,
swelling in volume as underwater
explosions follow that feel like a
thudding kick in the stomach.
And then a sudden light from
a burning ship eliminates the
faces around him and the shadow
of an island off to his right, and
when this light fades after awhile.
q single light comes toward them,
growing larger, until they see It's
the exhaust from a plane.
The red ball OF japan shows on
the wings when the plane drops a
flare and maChine-guns into the
water from so yards overhead and
then is gone The flare dies and
there are only voices cursing
praying, calling for "God'N and
mother" -..
Swimming toward the island
with an ammo case under one arm,
Doc sees n dark figure clinging 10
a boom lie calls out and the fig
uro answers,
"eThis II sunshine"
It's Sunshine. all right, the col
orcd meSsboy. only Sunshine has
lost half his left arm,
II got bad arm, Doc" Is AL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
Snaps on Flashlight

Gagging in fumes and smoke,
Doc snaps on a dimmed flashlight
10 see his leg covered with blood
and trousers in shreds, like a
hula dancer" His cropping hands
find the four sharp ends Of both
bones below his knee sticking
through the cloth 49, compound
fractures of both fihiae and III
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
Ssn&E~xws

the boy will say when Bykowsh
reaches him.
BY now Doc has no more tour
niquetS-he'd used one on his own
leg-so he tears of his skivvy
shirt and binds up Sunshine's
arm above where the tendonS are
hanging lnnSa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05

shoes and pulls them over the
dried lather onto his six-foot,
four-inch frame as he reaches
the spot on the messhall deck
just over the engine room to open
his medical kit and shout:
whats up?"
Before anybody can reply, a
laundering vibration knocks him
to his knees, where the deck plates
slowly buckle like tinfoil before
his face, breaking into cracks
from which steam jets into the
compartment.
"talker"9 turns from his
phones to yell. I'VE just got a
fish" and Doc Bykowski answers
as calmly and laconically as US
ual, I'D never known 1t If you
didn't tell me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
Wounded Doctor Treats Others,
Is Barely Able TO Save Self

It would happen like this TO Doc Bykowsh!
Stark naked under shower and lahered with soap he
uns for his battle station
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-05
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