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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
BETTER SYNTHETIC RUBBER
Hartford courant)

Recent road tests OF synthetic
rubber tires demonstrated that.
while they were fairly durable, they
had q tendency to break down AZ
speeds In excess OF forty miles an
hour. The heat generated by road
friction at ahigh speed evidently
had deleteri0us effect on the SYM
thetie rubber, Tire manufacturers
thereupon made an intelligent study
OF this weakness and are now doing
something about 1t. The first step
In the attempt 10 eliminate exces.
slye heat from friction has been the
manufacture OF q new white car
bon black that Is much less heat
absorbent,
Acting on the elementary physi.
cal principle that black abs0rbe
heat rays whereas white repeal
them. chemists yet about trans.
forming the finely powdered carbon
black, responsible for the lone
wearing qualities Of rubber tires and
have already been fiaeasuFabiy sue
eessful In creating ileaT-wilite car.
bon. These iight-e0lored eaFbOni
are said 10 work well with the
usual carbon black and the two IN
combination will actually double
the tensile strength OF synthetis
tires.
IN their further progress toward
improving the manufacture q syn
thetic rubber, chemists have studied
the composition q rubber bS means
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
What's What in a Black-Ou

Blame for the confusion during the
recent black-out test conducted in Wa
terbury cannot rightfull be traced to the
residents of this city. It is more directly
traceable to state and other black-out
officials who have failed to keep us re-
mindful.
People today, in the majority, are
heavily Saddled with multiple duties and
worries and the responsibilities of black
outs, at this time, are among the least OF
these. State officials are being paid, and
well, to keep us alerted and remindful OF
the procedure for our share of the gen.
eral conduct during these tests. They
are being paid to remind u.s. as would
any capable worker that we mustn't for
get certain duties in the midst of many
Others of the times.
The recent test was the first in five
months or So During that period the
responsibilities and worries of the gen.
eral public have increased. In view OF
these things the people cannot be ex-
pected to remember with much clarity
what is the difference between second
blue" signal and an "all-clear" not for
five months They are much too preoc-
cupied with the thoughts of their loved
ores in the services and of the debilitat-
ing pace OF today's living
We aren't recommending more fire.
quent black-out tests - far be It'll We
SGzN suggesting that perhaps more con-
gistent and uniform system of publicity
be adopted by black-out authorities, for
the purpose of keeping fresh in the
minds OF the general public the GUS
tomary procedure during these tests We
have been told by national leaders that
the imminent danger of air attack on
this country has passed. We would not
be human II we hadn't relaxed and put
out Of mind, at least in half measure, the
remembrance Of what a "second-biue"
sounded like In comparison to an "al-
clear" and when Is the proper time to tell
Junior to snap on the lights again.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

Eestatle with happiness, orpbeus
started out, but as he neared the
surface OF the earth, doubt tortured
hi INTO such an extent that he
turned 70 see II his loved one was
there. She was, but, even as he
elasped her, life left her body and
she faded from his grasp.
Both these stories teach the same
lesson. namely. that LIES great
blessings depend on faith. II We can
endure unto the end, We shall W.
deed be saved. II 70 the last mos
ment we can believe IN ourselves
and IN God, can keep faith with our
purpose, can continue the quest or
throw ourselves again into battle
when defeat seems imminent, then
we shall be eonquer0rE and more
than eonquerorB.
50 often we lose all we had long
hoped for because we lost faith ~
the anal hour, or even IN the hnal
minute. The injunction, "a. Endure
70 the end"
All Rights Reserved
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

April went out and May came in more
or less gently and agreeably. True May
was waited along by few breezes but
they were more in the nature of zephyrs,
the sort that work gently at the dust
imbedded in the winter Grapes as they
do bit of ballooning on the clothes line.
Any minute, of course, these mild breezeS
may become wild winds and gentle spring
rains become veritable downpours. That
all goes with spring in New England
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

More sunshine and less rain in May
are needed to help along vegetation and
supply fruits and vegetables in the mar
ketS. Planting was delayed because OF
prolonged cold, dampness and rain.
There is, however, plentiful supply OF
butter, eggs, and certain canned meats.
well so it remains to be seen how it will
continue for the local planter who is
busy these days with his victory garden.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
BEFORE THE BURMA RAINS
New York Tines

Another two weeks should deter
mine the fate Of the faltering jap
anese invasion of India. Some time
this month the monsoon is due. 1t
will flood the fighting terrain. If
the invaders are able to secure a
base of operations they can probably
maintain themselves in hostile ter
ritory through the rainy season. If
they fail they will be begged in the
jungle without shelter and short Of
supplies.
That is why the British seem con-
cerned about Imphal. Having been
thrown back from Kohima and
blocked in their effort to cut the
Assam Bengal railway, the Jap
anese are reported to be shifting
their forces for an about assault
on the Manipur capital. Its capture
would be political feather in their
caps and help them intensity their
propaganda in India. But they are
really driven to the attempt by mill
tary necessity. They can no longer
live off the country they have over
run, and in their rear the Chindits
are remorselessly hacking at their
thin lines Of supply.
The coming monsoon will hamper
but should not completely halt Cen
eral StilWelrs campaign in north
Burma. The downpour is not so Sc
we're in these northern highlands
as it is farther south. The Ledo
Road, which supplies the Chinese
American forces, is an all-weather
highway unlike the jungle trials on
which the japanese depend. Pro-
gress toward Myitkyina has been
steady but slow. If the new Ameri-
can tank unit reported on that front
can speed it up General Stillwell
and his troops may be at the gates
of the enemy base before the rains
begin.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
MacARTHUR'S REFUSAL
Hartford Courantl


General Douglas Macarthur has
finally and definitely removed all
doubt as to his attitude toward the
attempt to draft him as a candi-
date for the presidential nominal
tion on the Republican ticket
Without semblance OF equivoca-
ton he says: II do not covet it, nor
would ! accept it," His supporters,
accepting this declaration as final,
have announced that they will not
continue the draft movement. This
is the only course open to them.
The General fully deserves to have
his timely decision respected. His
words. indeed, have the same final
ity as General Sherman's famous:
If nominated I will not accept it,
II elected will not serve"
The fortnight statement issued
by General Macarthur at his mil
itary headquarters In New Guinea
should do much TO increase the
number Of his admirers in the Uni
ted States. There win be widespread
agreement with his assertion that
1t Is detrimental to our war effort
TO have an oflcer in high position
on active service at the front con-
sidered for nomination for the ONCE
OF President"
In those words, moreover, the
General reveals that high degree OF
common sense and sound judgment
with which he has long been cred
tied. In fact. he has added 10 his
stature as O man just as his leader
ship at the front has enhanced his
reputation as O military commander
OF rare talent and ability, General
Macarthur, on his record thus far,
fully merits the fulflllment OF his
ambition 10 defeat the enemy and
lead his victorious troops into
Manila,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
Views OF The Press

OF an electron miscroScope with a
magnification of 100000 diameters.
They found that natural rubber
consists of fibrous gossamer threads
along which are soft modules like
finely strung beads. In modern
science, as We have seen most
dramatically in the synthetic manu-
facture of vitamins, analysis usually
precedes synthesis.
We need scarcely doubt that these
scientific advances will eventually
produce synthetic rubber tires every
bit as good as those made from
natural rubber. American scientists
have a way of achievening results,
and before too many months sue
cess will almost certainly crown
their effort.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
Current Comment

The present air offensive to the
heart OF German industry is, in
my opinion, the most damaging
blow yet struck at that country.
II is undoubtedly q contributory
factor to the success OF the present
Russian ground advance.
Maj .-den. Frank o. ID. Hunter
LIST Air Force.
] never went into any action
that ] was not frightened. T'hste
what told my men when they
came 10 me for announcement
-cOndr. Donald J. Macdonald,
Nays most decorated officer.
The machinery OF peace Is q mat
ter for months OF dellbeFatlon, q
matter OF growth.
Sen. Tom Connaliy OF Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

In the early days of the 5s-and-10's
they were called by the names of their
owners, such as "Woolworth's" One
never spoke of them as chain stores. But
now, the OPA has amended its regula-
tons and listed stores that sell meat as
"chain store" if it is one of four or
more stores under one common owner
ship, that has combined annual gross
sales of 100000 or more. Even the news
papers may find themselves in the Chain
gang" under orders from the OPA some
fine morning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
n sMoKrNG COSTS a LEa

Amputation Of foot or leg, II
done in time, offers a good chance
of saving life, when,a patient de-
yelops gangrene Of toes from
thrombo- angitis obliterans or, as 1T
Is better known, Buergers disease.
Good authorities say that Buer-
gers disease does sometimes Occur
in a person who has never smoked
but in the great majority Of cases
the victims have smoked excessively
for several years.
In q talk about Buerger's disease
here q few weeks ago apologt1ed
for warning I had given here long
ago to young women. urged them
to give a thought to the prospect
of getting about on one leg or may
be on couple Of wooden ones
ten or twenty years hence, II they
smoked too much. confessed that
now, after thirteen years, haven't
heard Of single woman, or mar
ried one either, losing leg because
of gangrene from acknowledgements
(Buerger's disease) due to excess
sive smoking.
Well, girls, I'm sorry to find I
must withdraw my apology. The
reason I hadn't heard of women
getting Burgers disease was that
I hadn't taken the trouble to In
quire of many physicians about 1t.
Since printed that apology I have
learned from several good physi-
clans that women do get thrombo-
angitis obliterans and some Of them
do have to lose leg
So my advice to girls who con-
template taking up smoking is don't.
But II you must smoke, smoke q
pipe or cigars.
No matter what any one smokes,
the smoking Is always harmful and
the harm it does is inversely in
proportion with your age-the
younger the more injurious. This
is just my opinion, remember.
Further, believe the harm of smok-
ing is due mainly If not solely to the
carbon monoxide in the smoke, not
at all to nicotine or other substances
in tobacco or tobacco smoke. This,
too. is Just my personal opinion.
I formerly smoked cigars. But
Just couldn't afford to continue do
ing so. I have smoked a pipe now
for many years. Or rather dock
of pipes. I have found I get tn.
utmost enjoyment from smoking
only after the days work or play
is over, only an hour after evening
meal. My conscience doesn't bother
me about the few pipefuls burn
daily regard it as reward de-
serve for being good boy. men,
ton these personal facts to show
that I am not rabid. The advice I
give about smoking is the medicine
I take myself
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

three years ago as an arch-isola-
zionist crony Of Ham" Fish and
Nye, is now running for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor of West Virginia.
This campaign, Of national sig
nificance, has escaped general at
tention, although Col. Robert Nc
Cormick's Chicago Tribune-Koran
of the isolationists-has termed it
one of the four most important
primaries of the year. Mccormick,
who has been helping Holt, is
right.
During his term in the SEN
ate, young Holt was a leading
America Firster, sp0uting isO-
lati0nist views in almost every
speech. Evidence taken during
the trial Of George Sylvester
Viereck two years ago revealed
that Holt had known and CO.
operated with the Nazi propa-
gandist. He even wrote book
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
Selected Poem
sINGLE.HANDED

Marguerite Janyrin Adams In The Christian
Science Monttor)
Spring has been late In coming" Cyrus said.
THE trees are still like smoke upon the hills,
and where October snmae burned It's red,
tapering flare although the freshet spills
into the winding stream, few leaves are green.
II Is the latest spring I've ever seem"
Last year" he unused. son Amos planted grain
and corn, narrowed the soil, and there was yield
under the generous giving OF the RAIN
and rfpened crops grew heavy In the field.
THE spring Is late" said Cyrus. Seeds are Sogn
more sparsely when man Is left alone"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03


to trial in a fishing shirt by the FBI
or because Of the legal antics of
some of the % clamoring defense
attorneys.
To reduce the proceedings to a
farce SO as to secure mistrial
would no doubt be good tactics for
the 80 defendants. But for the pub
lie to get the impression that this
trial is a farce would be as unfor-
tunate as 1t would be wrong to as
sumo that the defendants are a
bunch of harmless isolationist
crackpots whose pre-Pearl Harbor
acts and utteranceS are now Of no
consequence.
Thinking Of that kind is just as
loose as the charge, reduced to
writing and a printed pamphlet by
defendant George E. Deatherage,
that this is a Moscow trial" .
another example of the introduce
ton of the Soviet system in the
United States under the New Deal"
that the New Deal is Jewish"
.. "that what is known as the fra
ternal order of Bnai Birth is the
secret police arm of the Jewish
Kabal international in charac-
ter part and parcel of the poll
tical police of the Soviet Union
ONE STEP SHORT OF TREASON
If the utterance on which these 80
defendants stand charged with con-
p1A fhoY1 Af1Vnci-
ton to the New Deal and fourth
term for Franklin D. Roosevelt, as
is claimed, then there would be real
cause for fear that civil liberties
were endangered.
But sedition is not mere domestic
political opposition. Sedition is only
one step short Of treason.
The United States-its govern
ment and its people-now face the
task of shaping a foreign policy
that will represent not just the aims
of any one political party, but the
hopes Of the majority for future
peace. This is no new problem. The
idea has been long a-borning with
both major political parties. The
ideal is expressed in the Republican
declaration at the Machinac Island
conference last summer, in the Ball
Burton Hatch Hill bipartisan drive
to interest the countryein postwar
international collaboration to pre-
serve peace, in the Fullbright and
Connally resolutions.
NON-POLITICAL FOREIGN
POLICY, AIM
Realization of all these statements
of principle is at hand now in the
series of conferences just beginning,
under Secretary of State Cordell
Hull's leadership, between the De-
partment of State and the commit
tee of eight senators-four Demo-
Gratis, three Republicans, one Pro-
gressive. The laudable purpose Of all
this is to keep future foreign policy
determinations out of politics.
The danger of defeating this pur-
pose Is as great today as in 1919 and
1920 when U. S. participation in a
worldwide program to keep the
peace was actually killed by the pol
itical isolationists. In the leadership
and following of people holding the
expressed beliefs of the 80 defen-
dants now on trial in Washington
there is a similar isolationist senti.
ment still alive today.
American isolationism can be
more dangerous after this war is
over than 1t was before the war be-
gan.
To kiss off the sedition trial as a
side show and a burlesque Is to miss
it's real meaning.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Our Own Dead Letter Office

OUI OWM OC0u A]CtSCk OsACC
Over three weeks ago I sent for
pamphlet &. i. I'm wondering why
haven't received it. IN. ]. b.
Answer-There may be any Of
several reasons. Every day few
replies end up in our own dead let
ter Office becouse correspondents
fail to give a complete address or
fail to inclose self-addressed stamped
envelope. Too many correspondents
do not comply with the printed in
structions. Postal cards do not rate
replies in any circumstance. I'm
sorry, but in order to render the
best possible service to the greatest
number we have to abide by the
rules.
Around the World with Acid
Stomach
I travelled around the world seek
ing relief from acid stomach. Final
ly gave up. Came home and found
a doctor in my home town who gave
me relief in days. Now eat any
thing. He is DR..
(Anonymous).
AnSwer-Any one VINO can travel
around the world these days is in
deed remarkable. In your home
town. brother. I'll bet copy OF the
booklet 80 You Have Indigestion"
against a stamped envelope bearing
your address, that there are several
people who have found relief from
acid stomach in less than five days
by travelling to the nearest mailbox
and mailing a letter. inclosing a
clean dime and three-cent
stamped self-addressed envelope, to
or Doc Brady for a copy Of the
booklet mentiond.
tuberculosis
Am arrested Observation-Disclosures
ism test showed 6 plus-etc., etc.
Would you advise taking iodine?
(B. s. j.
Angwer-Only advice I have for
any one who has tuberculosis Is.
ask your doctor.
Copyright. 1874, John +. Ollie CO..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

Described as "a cornucopia of human
knowledge" General George C. Mar
shall, U. S. Army chief of staff, is the
Washington, D. c., newspapermen's
choice, heading the list for the ten most
useful officials. President Roosevelt
came third in the list, and was described
as "the horse that can't be changed in
midstream, useful but not indispensable. :"
Secretary OF Commerce, coming 9th in
the list, was neatly described as one who
"sees through pipe dreams"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

for publication by the Nazi-con-
trOlled Flanders Hall publish
ing house. 1t was edited by
Viereck and Sigfried Hauck of
Flanders Hall, was set in type
but never published.
Holt also joined Congressman
Hamilton Fish, Stephen A. Day
and others in permitting the use
of his Congressional frank by
Viereck, now convicted for vio-
lating the foreign agents act, and
by Prescott bennett, now in
dicted on a charge of sedition.
Opposing Holt is Judge Clarence
Meadows of Beckley, former State
Attorney General. Meadows is
younger than the erstwhile "BO.
is described as being as
American as the right-field bleach
ers," and is waging a real fight.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

DC 1uTCIleT 1rOul
the truth than
the easy assunp-
ton that the trial
is a IS e dition
show" just be-
cause defendant
Lois de Lafayette
Washburn W a S
photographed CIV
ing the Hitler
salute and thumb
ing her nose at
the camerman,
or because defen-
dant E d W a r d
j a m es Smythe
q 4
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

the d ga t h OF
Eurydtce. be-
sought the gods
TO restore her 70
life. 1t was finally
granted that he
should Lead her
back 70 the light,
provided he went
before and dared
not 10 look even
once behind him
until the upper
air WAS reached
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

This week it became legal in Connecti-
cut to advance on the road from thirty
five to forty miles an hour This will be
given a three month period. This and
the possibility OF B and c card holders
buying new tires will encourage the car
owners considerably.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at $3.50 q. m. (waF time)
sun rises at S:4s q. m, sets at 1850 .. m.
(war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Though the trees are Just leafing out In
this locality Il won't be long before we viii
zee cherry and then apple blossoms. Just .
few warm days are needed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Sedition Is
Strictly Serious
81 PETER EDISON

BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democracy Washington
Correspondent
Trial in Washington of Elizabeth
Dilling, William Dudley Policy, Joe
McWilliams, George Sylvester Vie
rick and 26 other defendants on
charges Of seditious conspiracy to
incite disloyalty in the armed forces
Is dead serious business, appear
ances to the contrary. Nothing could
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
THE LAST MINUTE IMPORTANI

Everyone is familiar with the
Biblical story OF Lots wife. Led
from the city of destruction by the
strong hand of an angel who would
save her from ruin, Lots wife look
ed back and became a pillar OF salt.
The Greeks have a story which
corresponds to this. Orpheus,
plunged into dreadful grief over
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
A Thought for Today

For what is the hope Of the hypOcrite, though
he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
JOB 27:8.
hypocrite is in himself both the archer
and the mark, in all actions shooting at his
own praise or profit-Fuller.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Old Issue Of Govt irrigation for Big Landowners Rises Again;
Teddy Roosevelt Fought for Low Limiting Benefits Small Tracts
Now California Would Change Ronehers
soIotion Hollis orsp Has National
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per-
sOnal health and hygiene, not TO
disease, diagnosis Of treatment,
win be answered by DR.. Brady v
. stamped seIf-aAdressed envelope
is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written In ink. No reply can
b. made 70 queries mot conform
ing to, instructions. Address pr.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West Madison
Street. Chicago, Ill
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-03

WASHINGTON May Forty have elapsed between the hgbusne
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Copyright. 1914 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc0