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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Medical Women

I am a girl of IA years old and | want very much to be doctor. My parents laugh when I mention it. Books have read on the subject say to ask your family physician for guidance on @ medical career. I don't know how to approach him. (P. H)
 Answer-Wait until you are 16 or 17, then if you still wish to become 8 doctor, you'll be ready to get the family physicians advice. I'd be pleased if my daughter wished to become doctor. The medical pro- feSsion needs many more medical women than are in 1t today. In high school get all the Latin, physics, chemistry and Spanish or French you can.
 Red Nose
 Several years ago you gave a recipe for a lotion to apply for red nose. (E. J. WI
 Answer - Commonly known to druggists as white lotion." Instruc- tions in pamphlet on Acne (pimples and blackheads)" mailed on request If you inclose stamped envelope bearing your address. White lotion Is mivture of dram each of zinc sulfate and sulfurated potassium in oz. rose water-to be shaken up and patted on red nose with fingers and allowed to dry on over night, for week or more.
 Plants Indoors
 When I water plants in many windows of our home you can smell the dirt for while. My husband argues 1t is unhealthy to have plants growing in the house.
 (Mrs. P. L.)
 Answer-On the contrary it is rather healthful, because 1t tends to maintain more natural humidity of the dried-out heated atmosphere in the house.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
Current Comment

The disease death rate has been lower in the Army than the an- nual death rate during any one of the last 10 years of peace. Brig Gen. Jannse s. Simmons,
 surgeon generals office. After the war the policy pursued by the United States will have crucial influence on world recon- Struction and peace. American pole icy both during and after the war is nodded to the Presidents person. ality and outlook. The Yorkshire Post, British news- paper.
 It is your obligation not to let yourselves be pushed into your courses, into a curriculum, into degree and finally out into life. -Dr. Harry N. Wright. president City College of New York, to stu- dents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
THE DUNKERQUE FLEET AGAIN
(New York Times)

Four years ago next May call went out from the British Admir- alty to all yachtsmen, to all owners of launches, to all saltwater fisher men, to all proprietors of bumboatS, to stand by for service. In response there was soon mustered the strangest fleet that ever sailed the English Channel, the ragtags and bobtails of a fleet, manned in part by men used to salt water and in part by men who hardly knew one end of a boat from the other and got SeaSick whenever the water was ruffled. This fiotilla passed over to Dunkerque. Some boats were lost and some men with them, but no boat was turned back while 1t could still float and move, and among them they brought to Eng land thousands upon thousands of Englishmen and Frenchmen whom the Nazis had counted as good as dead. This episode foreshadowed the future. England was not going to surrender. MT. Churchill said she wouldn't. What was more import ant, 1t never even occurred to the bunboat men that she would or could.
 Now the crews of the little craft are being asked to enroll again, for service up to a term of four weeks some time within the next six months. We, can assume that the Admiralty wishes to use them to carry soldiers across the Channel. Last time they went empty east ward and came back loaded. This time we suspect they will go fully loaded to the coast of Europe. The tide that set so strongly away from France four years ago has turned. It will be flowing strongly eastward soon. The Allied tanks, guns and infantry will be passing through Dunkerque again-inward bound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
NATIONAL INCOME
tNew Haven Journal-Courier)

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 The Department of Commerce has announced that our national in- come for 1943 reached the record level of $l47.9i billion. A better idea of the size of this figure may be gained if we compare 1t to pre- war incomes. The fabulous year of 1929 produced an income of @833 billion. The bottom of the depres- sion, 19S3. found us with an annual income of $42.3 billion. Tn the last normal pre-war year, 1889, 1t was $70.S billion. ThNS it Is evident that the 1943 figure is what 1t Is because of the huge war expenditures. If we look at income in terms of money alone. we shall expect our income to go down to pre-war levels when the spending for war purposes has passed. 45@. :@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

Sorry, but the leaping coals and mys- terious puffs of smoke in a rural school in North Dakota were just tricks. The children evidently bored with the daily routine of rural school life decided to have some fun, and the fun went to such extremes that school shut down for a spell. The coal that was reputed to have jumped out of the bucket was helped along with long sticks and matches were used for smoke effects A near-sighted teacher was the subject of these pranks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
ANY DOG WILL DO

know I am acting like a baby but can't seem to do anything else (vrites Mrs. L. B. from a large clty). My husband has to work nights and I am terrified of staying alone all night. I have tried keeping snaaH light on at night, but wake up almost every hour with my heart pounding. am twenty-nine years old. Please try to help me some way. You have helped me more than I can tell you on several occa- sions, both before and since my marriage (NGrs. L. B.
 Yours is simple problem, at least so good many women in such circumstances have assured me. Get a dog. If you are not too particular about the question of breeding or pedigree, any nondescript dog Will do.
 If you get a dog, get a youngish one, male or female, housebroken or yet to be so trained. The idea is to get acquainted with the dog and let the dog get acquainted with you. That's what makes a dog so faithful in protecting you.
 Collies, so-called police dogs" Boston terriers, wirehairs. poOdles, bulldogs, Scotch terriers, Irish ter- riers, Airedale terriers, Irish setters, Chows, dachshunds, all make fine pets and watchdogs.
 Speaking of dogs. every boy should have a dog when he is old enough to know how to care for his dog and treat the dog kindly-say five or six years old. Ideally the boy should receive the dog as present, say on birthday anniyer- sary, and the dog should be a pup, and the boy should have part in the training of the dog, though un- der the guidance of some one who knows from experience how to train dog.
 Should a ntlte girl have dog for pet? know of no reason why not, but a kitten should be 8 little girls first pet. A bird or other creature kept in cage or pen or coop, never. A duck, 8 lamb, a dog, monkey, a snake. pony, pig, calf, or bird that Is not kept on tether, chain or in cage, is a fine pet for girl.
 Children or any one else must learn cleanliness in handling pets. Whenever any one pets, handles. plays with or comes in close con- tact with dog, he or she must in- variably wash the hands with soap and water immediately afterward and before the hand ur1consciously goes to the mouth. If this rule were always followed there would be little chance of children or others becoming infested with worms or contracting parasitis or fungus skin disease from dogs. cats or other pets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

Harvey Couch and Jones served together on the REC during the Hoover Administration, and -ete Couch took over the Kansas City Southern when Harvey died.
 Recently a Kansas City group headed by Grant Stauffeur se- cured a controlling block of stock in the railroad and planned to ouSt Pete Couch. Whereupon Jones called in the Dutch ambas- sador, Dr. A. Loudon, and ar- ranged to have Dutch interests, which have two directors on the Kansas City Southern, vote with the Jones-Couch group against the Stauffer group.
 This was where Senators Reed and Clark got busy with their investigation. When they introduced their resolution, the Dutch Ambassador immediately ran for cover. He told Jesse Jones that he was not going to get mixed up fin an American political fracas, and that, from then on, all communications must be addressed to him through the State Department.
 That ended that. Jesse Jones retreated in confusion. Pete Counch has now indicated that he will step down as head of Kan- sas City Southern, leaving con- trol of those who own 8 major share of the railroad.
 It will be interesting to SC, what Jesse does in the 0. 6 E. I. probe set for April 27.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

'eYes, MT. Wallace" sighed Bell, bracing himself for a lec- ture. The Herald Tribune Is an independent Republican pa per frequently at issue with New Deal policies. Didn't my story meet with your ap- proval?"
 ''Very much" replied Wallace. ''I just wanted to congratulate you on the fine, objective job you did. You were very fair to me-"
 Bell was too flabbergasted to reply.
 NOTE: Newsman Bell had re- ported that some observers con- strued the Wallace trip as an indication of his reteirement," 1" but that New Deal sources felt the trip to China would increase his stock for renamination. JESSE JONES' RAILROADS
 Senators Reed of. Kansas and Bennett Clark of Missouri have some more trouble waiting for Jesse Jones and his position in regard to railroads. They have called a Senate hearing for April 27 to look into JeSSe's alleged dis crimination regarding 8 reorgan- ization of the Chicago and East ern Illinois, which Jesse still con- trols thorugh REC loans and friendly insurance companies.
 Senators Reed and Clark al- ready have won one resounding victory over Jones when he tried to dominate the Kansas City Southern, whose chairman is Pete Couch, brother of JesSe,s old friend, the late Harvey Couch, who formerly was chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
Views Of The Press

But there is another way to look at the income of these war years: namely, in terms of the productive capacity. The United States has shown that it can produce goods and services worth a great deal more than we dreamed possible be- fore the test actually came. Now that we know what we can do, should we be content to drop back to a productive capacity of pre- war years?
 Many individuals and groups have addressed themselves to this prob- lem, and the answers they have submitted have been various. MT. Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of Gen. eral Motors, has asked for a na- tional income of $100 billion after the war. The planning commit tee of the CIO has set goal of $200 billion. Whatever the figure selected as the goal to aim for, there is general agreement in fa- vor of an economies of abundance rather than of scarcity. This would call for the maximum efficient pro- duction of factory, of farm. and of services.
 During the depression we fre- quently reminded ourselves that we had all the raw materials needed for a prosperous economy that we had the technical skill and manpower that we had the factorieg; and farms that we had the customers. It war our system of distribution that had begged down and thrown our economic ma- chinery out of gear. The same eco- homie task-that of coordinatlne these several elements-will confront us after this war. It Is the biggest domestic problem ahead of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

live oiur lives day by day. We pray, and then set our sails and start out in the direction we think we ought to go. Common sense, experience and sound moral principle tell us to keep the prov set in 8 certain di- rection. That is our course. What we find when we get there will have to be left in Gods hands. It is enough for us that we go in the di- rection which the compass indicates is our course. If we do that. we shall get to the place God wants us to reach. And while that may not be the place to which we started, 1t is by all odds better place.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
Selected Poem,
UNTO THE HILLS

(Edith Tatum in the New York T1mes) Here on this mountain-top watch the stars And feel the winds of dawn blown cool and clean Above tired world now slumbering; Below me lie thick clouds, but here between Myself and the llumined universe Is only blue, illmitable space My soul, with need to grow, takes slow breath My eyes, earth blinded, try to see Gods face Those distant mountains somehow seem to dwarf All sordid things and make them drop away, Their silence banishes tumult and fear I face the east with hope and wait the day, My spirit scars on fran and untired wings, And with an eerie, muted music, sings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

POSCO " ~ HIS spected and po- Heed.
 Such digging leads inevitably to the conclusion that no matter how such i11spec. tionS are made, they aren't ade- Quate. Otherwise, there would be no need for many of [ h eSe congress ional pos t-mor- tenn inv e s tiga- tions of executive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

Mrs. Roosevelt doesn't own four cars and she doesn't get 2,0O0 gallons of gas month, much as good many might wish, so they could hash it over at the next club meeting. She's no better or worse than the best and worst of us and gets her gas with an A gasoline ration book for her own car, not cars. So looks like the Roosevelt story-tellers would have to think up or look up something else for a good topic of conversation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Clothes prices may be frozen at 194S levels it was stated the other day by the War Production Board. Low cost apparel has been showed into the back ground because of the growing demand for expensive clothes and accessories. The present proposal to freeze clothes prices would be way of checking the continued production of the high priced things. Many items, it is said, would come under those affected such as cotton, rayon and wool fabrics, not forgetting hats and clothing of all de- Scription.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

the n o T [ n w c St passage. Colum- bus found a new world. This was vastly better.
 It is interesting to note how the doughty old ex- plorer proceeded with his enter prise. After ask ing Gods guid- ance, he collected his ships a n d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.
BETTER GIFTS

BE1TER GIFTS
 God sometimes confers HIS greatest blessing upon us by deny. ing us something we ask for and giving us something better instead. Christopher Columbus prayer ard ently that he might find the north- west passage to India, which would be a shortcut for commerce. That was denied. But instead of finding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

sailed due west. Every day he che tered in his log these words: "Yes- terday we sail due west which was our course
 We always have to leave the is- sue of affairs in the hands of God. This Is what Columbus did, and that Is what we have to do as we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at sos g. m, sets at 7:s7 p. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The old Farmers Almanac says that song birds caroling late in the evening mean weather continues fair Crows croaking indi- cate good days. But you can usually expect cloudy, if not stormy weather. when the bluejays keep up constant squawIdng.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

more green ink, chewed more gum. remembered more names and slapped more backs than any politician in a decade, probably will step down from his long and successful role in politics.
 The tacit agreement is that Jim will step down if the President runs for a fourth term. If he doesn't run, obviously Jim won't step down. This was the deal by which party harmony was pre- served and Farley continued as Democratic State Chairman.
 Behind this quiet understanding Is the fact that Democratic lead- CTS in New York had enough votes to roll Jim at last weeks meeting of the State committee. Jirn was actually on the verge of being busted. And they would have rolled him if the New Deal CTS hadn't stepped in and saved their old critic. They felt that party harmony was important.
 How it all happened was partly fluke, partly resentment against Farley by old-line leaders. Here is the inside story:
 It began, strangely enough, at a correspondents party in Albany, where John Mooney, 8 local newspaper man, went up to talk to Farley. Jim, in 8 huNAlM x-,4&T1 unnxaAnvaA aISA A0 nored him. Mooney got sore.
 Next morning, he decided Jim didn't mean anything, and he would forget it. tButt hen came one of those famous green-ink letters from Jim, telling how sorry he was he hadn't had 8 chance to talk to Mooney. That meant Jim really did mean 1t, said Mooney, and he got sore all over again.
 About that time, Mooney had a talk with Dan O"Connell, AL bany Democratic leader, also sore at Farley; and together they matched rebellion. Their candi- date for state chairman was Tom Cullen, editor of the Spectator at Goshen, N. Y.
 HOW PEACE WAS RESTORED
 Suddenly almost before they knew 1t, 8 full fledged swing against Farley had started among county leaders. Opposition news papers attributed it to the White House palace guard, but real fact is that the latter were just as mystified as Farley. Jim himself remarked to friends:
 T knew 1t wasn't the White House because Ed Flynn and Frank Kelly were not in the pie ture."
 Basic reason for the revolt was the feeling among county leaders that Jim was putting personal peeve ahead of the party. Wor- ried, Jim sent his close friend Bill Morgan out to look over the state. Prospects continued bad.
 Meanwhile, word came that the White House didn't want an in- ternal New York fight. Word was passed back that Jim had no de- sire to hurt the President. Young Democrat Harold MoSkovit then persuaded Tom Cullento step out as Farley's rival. Thus peace pre- vailed, instead of one of the hottest cat-and-dog fights in the Democratic party.
 VICE PRESIDENTS PRESS
 Morning after Vice President Wallace announced he would go to China, the phone rang in the home of amuel w. Bell, veteran Washington correspondent for teh New York Herald Tribune.
 ''This Is Vice President Wal lace speaking" said . brisk voice.
 "Who?" inquired Bell, Suspici- Ous of practical jOkers.
 ''Vice President Wallace" chuckled his caller. 'I called you about that story you wrote concerning my trip to China AEaan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per. sonaI health and hygiene, not to disease. diagnosis of treatment. will be answered ny Dr. Brady IL a stamped seIf-adjressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In ink No reply can O. made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address rE' william Brady. National News" paper Service, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago. ILL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
Washington Merry -Go-Round DREW F5 PEARSON

New Dealers Stopped Farley Custer N Keep Party Homony Toc Agreement Tho He Will Down FDR Seeks 4t Wallace Astonishes COP Newson Praises His Story Chino Tp Again Probe Jesse Jones' Regarding Roood
 WASHINGTON April 20 Neither Using but the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

During 1943 a total of 17.20O.000 tires of all kindS-new. used, and reclaimed-were distributed, as compared with 4,700,000 in l942.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
A $3S,0OO,OOO Audit. Bill
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat) Washington NNnHANvSNwAA~wSk

Correspondent
 If you are still interested in econ- omical and efficient operation of your federal government-and you should be if you had to shell out pay-as-you-go income taxes April IS you may care to dig still a little deeper into this business of how the big-spending executive departments of the federal government are sup
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-20

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Evening star., 1944-02-13

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04
POLI'S

The Loew Poli Theater will proud ly present on their living stage on Tuesday and will stay through We'd nesday Q Big Stage Show. It's an in person show starring Will Os- borne and his new Hollywood Band, it's 6 great band and show, which Waterbury will always remember that the Loew Poli always gives the best in stage entertainment.
 All of Waterbury had just seen VIII Osborne in the latest comedy hit which starred Abbott and Cos- tello Tn Society,", and you surely remember him from the great radio programs that he has been on, with hin the usual swing and sweet rhythm and it's in the Osborne style. Wlll. will give you one swell show if its not music 1t will be in comedy. and remember the other big acts are Keaton and Armfield in Glamour Can Be Bought. and the little Fred Astaire "America's Youngest Rhythm Tap Dancer, {, Bobby Long plus other big acts sure round the big rtage show. Remena- Der the days Tuesday and Wednes- day, it's . great In person Show that Waterbury win always ,remeni- Der.
 of course on our Magic Screen e new hit starring Jane witheEs, in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
 NEA Staff Writer

From San Francisco comes a new book on eating differently. George Madikian, the fabulous Armenian chef with a passion for things Am erican, wrote it. It's called Din ner at mar Khayyam's" and here's a snack or two.
 Haigagan Pllaff
 One pound shoulder of lamb, cubed, 1-2 cupfuls of long grain rice, 4 1-2 cupfuls of water, salt and pepper Season cubed lamb with salt and pepper. Pack into an enamel cup or small pan, and turn upside down in a baking dish or cooking pot. Place weight on cup. Add cups of water and cook slowly for about Ia hours. Wash rice and put into pan around the cup. Add 1-2 cup fuls of water. Cover pan tightly, and bake for about 35 minutes, or until rice is done. Turn upside down on @ large plate, and serve withoue mixing meat into rice, and without disturbing rice ring. Garn- ish with chopped parsley and serve at once.
 Patlijan Karni Yarik
 (Stuffed EggplanD
 Two eggplants, 1 pound ground shoulder of lamb, 1 large onion,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04
BEAUTIES HINTS
 Bases Are Mixed While You Wait
BY ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

For the girl who wants . perfect match between her skin and her foundation cream, there is a cus- homemade job that obliges. Thanks to Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix who is also cosmetician, a revolutionary idea of tinting your makeup base for you while you wait at the cosmetic counter-just as an artist mixes colors for his can vas-eliminates all elements of chance.
 4 trained consultant with a pal- cite clutched under her thumb weighs, mixes, blends as many as five richly colored creams to give you your right skin tone, sprinkles in few drops of facial oil, and whips up a light-as-fluff founda- tion. Your special formula is then added to a file of prescriptions" which can be re-f1lled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-04

Ann Sheridan's, Ida Lupino's, Jane Wyman's, Bette Davis and Alexis Smith's--is to sheathe your torso in a longjacketed suit which low CTS your waistline.
 Color will abet you in your plot, says Anderson-he cites current fashions which help you to put your scheme across-if you'll use it to top a dark skirt or as front interest on a jacket of somber background to flag the onlookers eyes down a longer, brighter path from your shoulders to your hips.
 Two units typifying Anderson's favorite tricks are modelled above by Alexis Smith who, currently ap- bearing in ''The Doughgirls," wears them for important costume changes. One the beige wool torso-- stretching suit at the right is posed a front of vivid aquamarine which forms half of the sleeves and nar- rows down into a panel to serve as a hip-slimming device.
 On the model at the left of pebble finished brown wool the torso-