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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
Josef Lhevinne

Josef Lhevinne at the piano was some one and something to watch Apupil of the famed Rubinstein he started his career at the age of four years. His tech- nical cunning was out of the ordinary and he was pretty generally given the rating of genius in pianistic art
 Both he and his wife, Rosina Bessie Lhevinne, were ardent students from early years, and subsequently, on leaving Russia became one of the worlds most famous two-piano teams. Both became instructors at the Julliard Institute in New York City and passed on to young students and prospective artists what they could of their precious knowledge of the study of pianaforte. Joseph Lhevinne, who died last Saturday morn ing, would have been seventy years of age on next December 14
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05

among them, and frightened their belts for lack of food, the redskins usually showed up with food in time to prevent general starvation Meanwhile farming slowly developed as the most important American industry. Forty-hve years ago the United States established the Depart ment of Agriculture and the Secretary of tEate Department became member of the Presidents Cabinet.
 The importance of our own Victory Gardens cannot be minimized in the lace of the records of this year that show 18,5OO, ,0OO were cultivated, and that more than two-thirdS of the housewives of the nation did home canning and other forms of food preservation OThe Agricultural Department has officially congratulated the gardeners and preServerS (maybe that includes you) and asks the volunteers and the regular farmers, to reach the goals for farmers next year ito equal the marvellous production record of 1944. The War Food Administrator commented on the economy, the quality of products, and the pleasures of gardening, in these words: "The Victory Garden Program IS one of the finest illustrations we have had in this war of job that civilians at home can do to back up the boys who are fighting"
 After all is said, and suggested, farm ing is today the most important of all American industries and that is why it is being streamlined by 30,000,000 hon. eSt-to-goodness regular and genuine farmers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
Smokes for Britain

An American newspaper was complain Ing editorially the other day that one Narter of this years tobacco crop had been allocated to the British Empire.
 "Why," it wanted to know, should we turn over so much of our tobacco to the British when we're pinched for it our selves? A pretty good answer to that QuerulouS question might be found in the British White Paper that was made public the next day, even though there is tO tangible connection between our cigaret shortage and the document titled "StatiStiCS Relating to the War Effort of the United Kingdom" which tells, in the quiet underStatement of figures, the tragic, magnificent story of British re- giStance. The White Paper reveals that wars casualties in Britain's armed forces are greater than ours even though Br1- tain has only a third of our population. 1t reveals ST, 900 civilians killed by enemy action, and 85,000 wounded; one out of three British dwellings damaged and one put of 30 destroyed.
 \ Statistics tell of the mobilization of almost all BritainS manpower and of half fits womanpoWer. Tabulations unfold a story of soaring taxes, poor food, worn- put clothing, complete disrepair of almost everything. But there is more to the story than the White Paper tells. Amer ican correspondents who have been in France, Belgium and Italy report that nowhere in these countries did they see the marks of strain and suffering that they observed in England. England is tired and hungry and nerve-wracked. The people of it's southern coastal towns were literally in the front line for four years, under unrelenting fire from planes, croSs- Channel artillery and, finally, robot bombs.
 But Britain has endured it all with courage and with austerity-"a "austerity" fashions and "austerity" living. Nor have the English complained like the Ital- aanS who, almost before they laid down the arms they had borne against us, were finding fault because we did not do more for them Surely we have helped the Eng Eish nightly. But did they not help us too, when they alone in all the world fought back the conquering NaziS? Some how, in the light of all this, it doesn't seem too important whether the British Empire will actually get quarter of our 1944 tobacco crop or not Few Americans would think it great sacrifice to offer a cigaret to friend and neighbor who had been through a narrowing experi- ence It seems rather ungracious that some of us should resent it when this
 simple, friendly gesture is performed on a national scale.
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ner which the,- have never per- mitted him to forget. The three ladies were: Mrs. George Lang horne of Manila, Miss Helen Van Sant of Chicago and my own- honest-to-goodneSS wife.
 We travelled in car hired from the Soviet government, which op- erated the only motor line be- tween Urga, the, capital of Mon- golia and Kalgan near the edge of Northeast China. There are no roads across the Gobi desert and it is rough, tough travelling. On about the second day, we got to the border between Inner and Outer Mongolia - little collec- tion of mud huts and felt yurts under the broiling sun - where the Chinese zone ended and the Russian began.
 There, border police informed us we would require a special visa to go further. As the only male in the party, I went up to see the CommiSsar of Police. He proved to be a crotchety Mongol squatting inside felt yurt. He told me VI broken Russian that he would Dave to telegraph Mos- COW before we could advance far ther. IA
 How long would that take?" I asked.
 Maybe three days, maybe three weeks"
 I had visions of our camping in the mid Gobi for weeks. But the ladies would not accept the sad news. They insisted on seeing the Commissar of Police them selves.
 Inside his yurt, they offered him a silk handkerchief, choco- late, sugar, cigarettes. He seemed to think the chocolate might be poison. Finally, however, he took out his paint brush and painted in Chinese characters a passport. which later worked wonders. It took us straight through to Urga.
 Later, we had the passport translated. It read: Good for one passage to Urga for Pearson and three wives"
 In China, a man with two wives is very rich. A man with three is both rich and powerful.
 Copyright, 1914 by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
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Maybe It Was Two Other Fellows

Chemists at the Bureau of Mines have discovered that little moisture helps gunpowder to unite. This, of course, was the signal to take moist pinch of it and blast a familiar saying into oblivion. One newspaper we chanced upon blasted it thus: Colonel Valentine Blacker was wrong when he uttered his famous ad- monition - Keep your powder dry"
 The next paper began it's story with this: "At the battle of Edgehill three centuries ago Oliver Cromwell shouted to his cavalry, Keep your powder dry :" Perhaps the Bureau of Mines chemists will now be good enough to discover just who said it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
THE NEED FOR NURSES AIDES 1
(New York Tines)

The Army Nurse Corps needs at once 3,753 nurses for Army hosp1- tals in this country and 1000 for service abroad. Though Septem- Der was designated as Army Nurse Corps month and a goal of 4,000 was set, only 578 actually responded. Since the Army sent out its appeal the battle casualties in both the Pacific and uropean theaters of war have been mounting. On Oct. II Surgeon General Kirk announced that there are only 13,000 members of the Army Nurse Corps on duty in this country, and that he did not consider 1t advisable to send more nurss overseas from hospitals here. With Generals Macarthur and Pat- ton pushing forward, the need is more urgent than ever,
 The Army appeals especially to women who hay found 1t impossi- ble to join one of the active serv- ices yet wish to be of direct help to the sick and wounded. For their benefit 1t Is worth mentioning that nurses aides are paid an annual salary of $l.440 on the basis of 6 forty.hour week. Actually, forty eight hours weekly are required. so that the extra pay for overtime brings the salary to si,762. Women who are accepted are entitled to civil service rating and the gov- ernment employe benefits that go with 1t.
 A training course must be taken, after which work Is done under q graduate nurse in the performance Of such duties as feeding helpless patients. taking temprature, pulse and respiration. helping to apply plaster casts. assisting In emergency rooms and otherwise relieving Rrad- iiate nurses of time-consumin dee tails. The women who answer the call will serve under some Of our finest physicians and surgeons and wlii play an active and vital part
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According to dispatches from our Third Army front, many of the Nazis' once-ar- rogant soldiers have taken to breaking their false teeth and glass eyes deliber- ately in an effort to get out of front-line combate duty. Since they know how the world feels about Nazi arrogance, it is not surprising that these former supermen prefer to extract an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth by their own painless method, rather than leaving it to the rougher methods of their enemies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05

Congratulations are in order for the local Auxiliary, No. 5, Ancient Order of Hibernians which observed it's fiftieth anniversary Sunday night in this city. The organization of women have carried on year in, year out, fostering the spirit that has been passed along from their Irish forbears. The Irish-American, and the Irish born person who came to this country in early years treasures and is groud of his or her Irish heritage. Many more successful years - fifty at the least for one of the citys outstanding organ iZatiOnS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05

"He was Out-New-Dealing the New Deal" fumed KnutsOn. His grip, however, was not well re- ceived. In fact, most of his mates are a bit fed up with the stiff necked Knutson.
 Homer Angel of Oregon com- plained because the Democrats have been keeping the Townsend Plan from coming to a. vote this session. A petition to bring the plan to the floor requires 218 signatures, and the Townsend group has had o7er 200 for months, with Democrats remoy- ing their names when it looked as if the required number would be met.
 August Andresen of Minnesota then pointedly asked Angel If a plan of the same sort had not been beaten at the polls in Oregon last month. Flushing, Angel ad- mitted that 1t had, but said 1t was different in some respects from the Townsend plan.
 John Vorys of Ohio then face tiously offered ''tO get more sigma lures for Homer" It was quite obvious, however, that there was no burning enthusiasm for the Townsend Plan among the Repub- licanS.
 CORRECTIONS
 Last week, this column stated that Major Melvyn Douglas, movie actor husband of New Congress woman Helen Gahagan Douglas of California, was with the U. S. Army in 'Tndiana". This was a typographical error. It should have read India" .. Last week also, it was stated that the wife of Wu Te-chen, Secretary General of the Koumintang Party of China, was living in Japanese-oc- cupied Shanghai. It was not made clear, however. that Wu has sev- eral wives and that the state ment did not in any way refer to the first Madame Wu, now and for some time a resident of New York.
 CHINESE WIVES
 Speaking of wives, it is a dis tinction in China to have more than one wife, as this writer found when travelling across the Gobi Desert with three ladies in a man.
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Current Comment

It will be a long time before things settle down. Nations will be bankrupt and whole economics will be disjointed. Millions of men win be disgorged from prison camps. many of them homeless. This United States of American of ours will bo the balance wheel of the whole world structure.
 Hugh Baillie. president United
 Press.
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swers, I will ask him whether the bird is dead or alive. If he says 1t is dead. I will release 1t and let It fly away. If he says 1t is alive, will crush 1t with my fingers
 He went to the old man and put the question to him. And" he said, can you tell me whether the bird Is dead or alive2" The old man looked at him with piercing eyes and said, That. my young friend depends upon you"
 The universe searches these souls Of ours, and in response to so many of our questions says. 'It all de- pends upon you" Will you choose evil or good2 VIII you be selfish or unselnsh? Will you play the game fairly or dishonestlyP Will you walk in pride or in humility of heart7 Most of life's great is- sues depend upon what wo do. Without Gods grace we are help- less. but God has given us certain powers which must cooperate wish Ills powers if fife is to have Aigni. ficanee.
 All Rights RBeryed -- Bahson
 Newrpanor Hyndlcata
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| . perhaps full light on all these mat ters will revise the estimate of Hull'S statesmanship. But when President Roosevelt referred to Hull as "The Father of the United Ma tions" he wasn't just passing along a prety compliment to his retiring Secretary of State. And never was the generality that "the president makes the foreign policy-the Sec retary of State just carries it out less true than in the case of Cordell Hull
 In the original enunciation of the Atlantic Charter, the initiation of Lend Lease, the idea of the Good Neighbor policy, the concept of ex- tending recognition to Soviet Rus sia, and the Roosevelt threat to uarantine aggreSSor nations made i1 the presidents speech at Chicago in 1937, Hull may have played a minor part. Beyond that list. how ever the range of HullS influence has been almost beyond measure.
 FATHER OF UNITED NATIONS The United States declaration, signed by the representatives of 26 nations in January, 1942, was draft ed in the Department of State at Hull's direction, although his sigma ture does not appear upon 1t. Nine other nations have since signed the Declaration, making it the greatest military alliance in history and sharp departure in precedent for the United States which, in the first World War, held aloof from making any formal alliances with anyone.
 Hul1's greatest diplomatic achieve ment is probably represented in the Moscow declaration of 1943, which was drafted in Washington before Hull went to the Soviet capital If the declaration of Moscow now seems overshadowed by the Dum- barton Oaks proposals, it should be remembered that without the Mos COW influence, in which the four major powers of the United Nations agreed to consult with one another in planning for postwar organiza- tion to maintain peace and security, there would have been no Dunbar ton Oaks.
 Of direct impact on U. s. domes- tic affairs, Hulrs greatest achieve ment will be his pet reciprocal trade agreements program and his deter mined effort to keep the conduct of U. s. foreign affairs free from any taint of political partisanship. The drive which he put into this behind- the-sceneS work was what really brought on the break in his health that led to his retirment and resig- nation.
 SET STANDARD FOR
 FOREIGN RELATIONS
 It is another intangible which really epitomizes HulPs record as Secretary of State. This is his con- tinuous advocacy of decency in in- formation relations-the keeping of a nations pledged word and the ap- plication of the Golden Rule in dealings between governments. He was never fooled into the be- lief that the U. s. could remain aloof in isolation. Early and often he advocated the granting of aid to nations resisting aggression, even when that meant the veering away from the forms of declared neutral ity. To Hull this was merely good national defense and step toward the salvation of worldwide democ- racy after liberation from Germany and Japan, fer which he so devoutly hoped and SO consistently worked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05

1PPUACA4S AoSA VI 2 foreign policy, the delay of rec
 ognizing g De- Gaul, the com promise with Vichy, the ap- pc a SC t of Franco, of Dar- Ian, of King Vic- tor Emmanuel, and Marshal Ba- dogno, the failure to win full collab- ora ton witt Argentina, the be- G-.-,A1 Lee TA~A~
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Views Of The Press

in speeding the recovery of men who deserve all the care that they can get. An Army Nurses Aide pamph- let, which can be obtained for the asking from the Medical Division, United States Civil Service Commis- sion, Washington 25. D. C., gives candidates all the information they will need.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
Goals for Farmers

Before the white men settled in our country the American Indians produced more than 100000 bushels Of ear-corn year. They raised beans, squashes, tl'mpkins, sunflowers, tobacco and Iuettle - in all about % crops; they .r.ahed their lands with Ash and other .seenlent fertilizers. Wild animals, and |1rs from flie salt and fresh water were
 HNaff articles with which they met
 ' eoa's When lat white men settled
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Selected Poem
FORECAST OF GROWING

(Helen Rowland Prommel in the New York Times) Now all the grain that men have harvested, Apples in bins. and jars of fruit in rows, The laden cellars. pumpkins in the shed, Are witness to the pride that autumn knows. And those who iabored all through growing wealth.
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 To bring about this rich. abundant yield, Now there Is deep content upon the land That each day feels hte shadows lengthening. And deep content in those who understand That ever out Of autumn comes the spring.
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LUCKY
CBoston Post)

Winter came on us all of a sud- den. We could feel the wind biting through our overcoats and nipping at our fingers even when encased in gloves. But a lot of folks thought of the American troops month ago battering their way through the West Wall when winter, with biting winds. snow, ice and mud, suddenly hit them. By truck and plane great- coats, warm underwear, gloves and overshoes had to be rushed up to them and distributed. Until the warm clothing arrived these men suffered intensely. Here at home we are lucky.
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Your Health
 BY pr. William Brady

SHened letters pertaining to per- sOnal health and hygiene. not 70 disease, diagnosis of treatment, will Dc answered by pr. Brady if . stamped self dressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should De brief and written in ink. 70 reply can be made to queries not conform- Ine Co instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News. paper Service, SeO West Madison Street. Chicago. III.
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AS a matter of fact we are being re- minded that Christmas is less than three weeks away, that we should shop now if at all, and that we should be patient with the store clerks who are facing thousands of people daily, not to forget the thou sands of varying temperaments of the shoppers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
lDaily Almanac

Moon rises ta ii:oi p. m. (war tlme)
 sun rises ct s;Oi a. m.. sets at S;9A p. m. (Wnr time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Mercury ia at the present time an evening star. The heavens for few days past have been particularly bright with stars Mer- eurys greatest elongatlon was Monday night.
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was put to him.
 A young man decided one day that he could put 8 question to the old man he could not an- Swer, T will go to him." he said,
 with a bird in hand. I will ask him what is in my hand and when he an.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
Mr1ITIPLE sCLEROsIs

My sister, never i'll day in her life until this gaffiiction, has three healthy children ranging in age from nine to IS years. As girl o fabout ten she spent week on 3 farm where she drank milk fresh from the COW, until her stomach turned against 1t, and she never drank milk in any form again. At the age of 2S she became awk- ward and unsteady on her feet, then had to take hold of a chair for support when she tried to walk, and finally had to take to wheel chair, and even had difficulty using her hands and considerable slowness and stammering in speech .. NumrouS physicians agreed her trouble is multiple sclerosis. was struck by what you said in one article about multiple sclerosis that viatmin A treatment has ap- parent1y given benefit in some eases. I thought my sisters exclusion of milk Gas well as cream and hutter) from her diet since she was ten years of age may have had some thing to do with the development of her trouble, as I gather that milk, cream and butter are the richest food sources of vitamin A.
 (H. s. F.)
 All know is what I read in the textbooks, medical journals and let ters from doctors and laymen.
 In one book Nutrition and Di- sease, by Edward Mellanby, M. D., F. R. c. F., F. R. S., published by Oliver and Boyd, London, '34) I read this:
 T shall now briefly describe
 my experience with 13 cases (of
 multiple ScleroSis) treated with a
 diet high in vitamin Att in-
 cludes l to 2 pintS of milk e day, eggs, mammalian (any animal
 that suckles its young) liver.
 green vegetables and carrots, and
 codliver oil about two teaspoon
 fuls twice daily"
 Dr. Mellanby went on to say. that he was impressed by C) the great improvement that took place in the early cases, however severe, from which up to the time o writ ing his book there had been no relapse; and (2) the stationary condition of the more chronic or long-Standing cases = they got no better but no worse.
 It should be remembered that in multiple Sometimes called dissem- inated scleroSiS, regardless of whether any particular treatment is used, remissions may occur and these remisSions sometimes last for years during which there is no further progress of the trouble or no further impairment of muscle or other functions.
 So. as I suggest in the Green Book-"Nerves and Nutrition" for copy send twenty-five cents and stamped pre-addressed envelope-it may be more convenient and effec- tive to take three 25,OOO unit cap- sules of vitamin A daily-that Is. natural Utamin A, not carotene- than 1t is for most persons to try to follow the high vitamin A diet Dr. Mellanby describes. Two months should be a sufficient time to de- termine whether vitamin A will help the victim of multiple scle-osis. II no improvements is apparent in that time it would be useless to continue the treatment any longer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05

The Gaines Dog Research Center of New York feels taht the average dog is largely what it's master makes it, and so has proposed that the owners, rather than their pets, henceforth be licensed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-05
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Factory Canned versus Home
 Canned

You said scuryy in mild degree is | common among all classes in Am erica today, especially in bottle fed babies who do not receive a. daily ration of orange or tomato or fruit juice or FASTORY CANNED to- mato juice. Do you make a dis. tinction of factory canned from home canned tomato, and if so., what is it? (C. M
 Answer-Yes, the vitamin c in fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, greens etc, is destroyed by oxidation. That's why fruit juice expressed from the fruit and kept for hours or overnight loses its vitamin 0 to considerable degree. The commer- cial canning process is a vacuum process-freSh fruit or juice herme- tically sealed before cooking-which prevents oxidation. Home canning IS usually open kettle cooking which greatly increases oxidation. If the fruit, vegetable or juice completely ills container so no air space re- mains. and the container is herme- tically sealed before heating, cook ing or sterilization, and the seal not broken, then the home canning pro- cess is just as good as the factory vacuum process so far as preserving the vitamin c is concerned.
 No Data on Dentists
 My doctor and dentist both advise extraction of five upper teeth. Please name c dentist in my city, who puts new teeth or dentures in right away-my dentist doesn't be-. lieve in that practice and will not tell me who does it. (AGrs. P. A. W.) Answer-I'm sorroy I have no data on dentists.
 Copyright 1e44 by John ?. bile Go.
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