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Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-16

From Nov. 15 to December II there were 19 arrests, $27S paid in fines and 35 days of free labor provided by prisoners, it was reported to the council Monday.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-16

Although the Christmas Seal dive is officially over, Rev. Gregory Morony reports that seals are still on hand and that anyone desiring to purchase more may contact him,
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-16

Mrs. Lindsey Massey and in- fant were dismissed from the GM hospital the first of the week.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-16

A city bill for $290 prisoner fees for use of the fed, ral jail for 8 months was approved by the council Monday.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-16
COMMUNITY BAPTIST
 CHURCH

COMMUNITY BAPTIST
 CHURCH
 Kodiak, Alaska Rev. Gregory s. Morony, Pastor
 Services for Sunday December 17 10:15 Sunday School Classes for all ages. 11:15 Morning Worship Sermon:
 Valid Power 6:3O Christian Fellowship League Intermediate, High School and Young Peoples group 7:30 Evening Gospel Hour
 Hymn-sing
 Led by Edgar Burress Sermon:
 The Angels Promised Peace Tuesday:
 400 Camp Fire Girls 7:15 Boy Scouts Troop 625 Wednesday,
 3:30 Children's choir 400 Girls choir 7:30 Vesper Hour. Prayer Fellowship. Bible Study. 8:35 Church Choir Friday, 7:30 Sunday School
 Christmas Program PUBLIC READING AND RECREATION ROOM Open: Daily 1 to g pm
 Popular magazines, games etc. In church social room Public invited to visit at any time. Free Public Circulating Library Books may be secured by asking at the parsonage next to church.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-12-16
At The Churches CATHOLIC SERVICES Rev. Joseph T. Walsh Mass scheduled 10 am ev cry
 Sunday
 Orpheum Theatre Greek Russian Orthodox Church Rev. Gregory Gleboff A cordial invitation is extend. ed to all members of the church to attend the services.
PRAISE CHAPEL IL

Rev. John Marshall Sunday School 10:40 Morning Service 11:40 Sunday Evening Service Zoo Classes for young people Mon. & Fri. evenings at 700 Studying lives of Missionary
 Heroes Classes for young children Monday afternoons at 3::45
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
A Day of Labor

Millions of American men and women will be at work Monday, fashoning and piecing together weapons and supplies, the tools of victory. And because it happens to be Labor Day, that is news, It was news last Labor Day, and the one before that when these millions observed their own particular holiday by staying on the job. But the other days of the year we don't read much about these millions. We read of strikes and walkoutS and dis puteS, since it is the exceptional rather than the usual that makes headlines But it is worth remembering that the disputes and StoppageS are exceptional, and that there are vast numbers of war workers who neither take part in them nor condone them. It is also worth re- membering how much part of the war these millions of war workers are. There is no such thing as a separate nome front, as President Roosevelt has repeat edly emphasized,
 If most of Americas workers were not on the job most of the time, our great armed force of II millions would be as nothing. Soldiers, not only our own but those of our Allies, would be dying for lack of equipment, Victory would be impossible. Labor sometimes forgetS the importance of its contribution, just as the public does. The enemy is far away and grievances, real or fancied, are close at hand. There is no military discipline except in rare instances. But there is public indignation and condemnation, as there rightly should be, There is no ex- cusing the irreplaceable loss of vital war equipment for causes which in time of war are trifling
 But we repeat that losses from such causes are exceptional Labor Is play ing its indispensable, interdependent part in victory with skill and diligence, It has earned the country's gartitude, And 1t has grown greatly in numbers and in strength during these war years
 These numbers and this strength offer labor a magnificent opportunity and im- pose a great responsibility in the days ahead. Labor will have then another part to play as indispensable and inter- dependent as the present one-a part in the coming battle for security and pros perity, The rank and file of labor and Its wisest leaders must certainly see to 1t that this great group asquits itself as nobly in peace as 1t has in war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Confusions in Communication

You may have noticed, or heard, that radios are full of static; that some or most of the programs are terrible, aver age, or "awfully good"; that there is Axis propaganda on the air-even in the hot air over Washington. The cable messages are slow and expensive, and therefore 1t is suggested that they should be forbid den," and replaced by radiotelegraph, radiotelephone, For slow motion, ineX- pensive air mail will do, The American telegraph has been merged an dmonopol- ized in one company, which has slackened up some of its services, and blue-penciled congratulations" over It's lines-eXcept from Roosevelt to Truman.
 International communications, accord ing to the Federal Communications Con- mission, has become of equal importance with air traffic. Getting back to radio free for the listening: It is argued that advertising programs should be forbid den, and that the programs should be raised to higher standards. In meas ure, that might be helpful,
 But If these fountS of wisdom in Wash ington keep a-spouting who knows but what all the millions of radio sets throughout the Nation will be taxed seV- eral dollars a year by the Government, and the programs placed under the con trol of the New Deal. What mess! Be- fore 1t becomes more confused, let us hope that radio folks will continue to mind and manage their own business - just leaving us all underprivileged humanity the right to turn off programs we do not like.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

a new index to measure changes in wage rates. The Labor Department measure" of the cost of living is persistently crlti- cized by the Washington labor-leader lobby,
 The United Auto Workers Union is us. ing every effort to secure another boost in wages, Moving over in the direction of the White House one discovers that the President, War Director Byrnes and Sta billzation Director Vlnson are not yielding an inch to the labor leaders to crack the existing wage formula-before election.
 There is a wide division of opinion among the workers concerning these problems; and in connection with these differences of opinion there are indica- tionS that most workers throughout the country are opposing the plans of those labor leaders who are taking advantage of the political situation to force the Administration to let go of the line, The workers, themselves, If left alone, will hold the line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
A Thought For Labor Day

There Is a difference in labor leaders, but when the surafce ig scratched 1t is found that the CIO is insisting that the ''Little Steel" formula must be scrapped. Scratch little more and you'll discover the leader of the AFL in Washington is insisting that the Little Steel" formula isn't enough. The top man of United Mine Workers has the same notion about the "lower-wage" formula.
 The War Labor Board continues to hold up Q decision on the steel workers peti- ton for a general wage increase. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is working on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
INVASION OF JAPAN
tNew York Herald -Tribune)


 General Kuniaki Koiso, the Pre- mier Of Japan, has warned his people that their enemies are watching for an opportunity" to land on Japan's home islands. The Premier's statement was conserva- tive, The Americans fighting in the Pacific are not merely watching for such an opportunity but doing their utmost to create 1t, The war in the Far East will end with American troops on Japanese soil, and this is now so clear that It is time for General Goiso to be thinking of the explanation he will give his reversed ancestors for the first successful conquest of the Japanese islands in recorded history.
 Even the most fanatical members of the military clique which dom- mates Japan can have little hope now of winning anything in the war which they so treacherously began except disaster for themselves and their people. Despite their des- perate situation, however, and des- pite the widespread speculation that they would seek Q compromise, peace, everything they have said in recent weeks has tended to in- dicate that their plans was to fight on to the end.
 The members of the clique have reason to fight for one of the prin- cipal aims of the Allies is to eXter- minate 1t and everything 1t repre- gents in order that the next gen. eration of Americans and Chinese and Englishmen will not have to take up arms in another war start ed by evil and rapacious imperial ists. It may be that the Japanese
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Come to the Fair

HI, bod, come to the fair! Connecticut will have only fourteen agricultural fairs this fall. That is small number con- sidering the states agricultural back ground. However, in such times as these when farm help is SO scarce, 1t Is goodly number at that. The making of fair is a considerable task, It is very special ized work, although the farmers of old did 1t without benefit of an agricultural college education,
 The agricultural fair Is far reaching in It's proportions It includes the gather ing together in artistic and intelligent arrangement all manner of garden produce and livestock, Then there are the side Issues such as canned goods, per haps farm equipment, as well as many domestic articles that have nothing to do with the land but are the specialties of the farmers wives, so to speak.
 There is nothing more refreshing and wholesome than an agricultural fair. Connecticut has always been conSpicu- ouS in holding such ones as the Danbury Fair which might be considered the states ranking fair, the HarWinton Fair, the Goshen Fair and the Wolcott Fair, to mention one close to home. Then there are many others outside the west ern counties in the eastern section of the state and New Haven County. Among our nearby fairs the annual Labor Day Goshen Fair will take place, and later the Harwinton Fair in October.
 When the war comes to an end and the farms and land are once again worked to their capacity we hope to have bigger and better fairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

country when the laboring man was Q mere slave. He worked for e pit- tance, went hungry during long per- iods of unemployment, and not only discharged ct the whim of fore- man but could even be blackllsted In his entire industry If his employ CT so desired.
 All that Is changed. The glove is on the other hand now, with c pair of good stiff knucklers hidden inside. It Is the employer today who has to take what the laboring man gives him and keep quiet about it There can be no doubt that the status of the laboring man today is better than 1t was Q generation ago, and for this we can oil be thankful. It is equally apparent, however, that labor is making many of the same mistakes capital made, is behaving with similar arrogance, and will be overtaken by the same retribution, If this keeps up.
 Movements go just so far In one direction before turning and hurry. ing to the other extreme, Action and reaction are always equal.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
AS A MATTER OF FACT

A startling story comes to the press writ ten by New York newspaper core spondent and which he assures Is au- thentic. It Is the story of how the Nazis laid In ruins old Florence, Italy, in a very systematic destruction with It. tie or no opposition at the time. The writer states that an old priest, 93 years of age, refused to leave the church of st, Stefano, apparently the only Florentine who defended his own on that particular day of loot. His listing of the systematic destruction shows that practically every thing of artistic value was wantonly de- stroyed, palaces, churches, the bridges, the famed Uffizi Gallery building, the Torre Delgi Amedei which Is one of Flor; ence's beautiful medieval towers and numerous medieval houses, These are just a few of the places of destruction picked out of the correspondents story, and he states he has not given anything like complete Using of all the wholesale ravage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

They were burned because 1t was claimed the uniforms had become 0 fire hazard, They had been lying unused in a ware house for SO long that, according to Capt, George Howson, the dye in the green herringbone twill Jackets made a chemical reaction with 0 solution put on the uni- forms to protect against poison gas, This caused the uniforms to rot.
 They had been tackled on top of each other for e long time as surplus, Furthermore, 1t is esti- mated that 100000 other pieces of fatigue clothing are In the same coalition.
 In contrast, far.Slghted Foreign Economic Administrator Leo Crowley has planned an unique system of saving old Army uni. forms. He has been remaklng them Into clothing for the relief Of European civilians In the hber-' .ated countries, ,r,, ,,.. r,. -
 During the early part of the, war, the Army brought back from overseas tons of old field jackets, Worn-out socks, shirts Spattered with mud and blood, put them in bales and sold them as rags on the junk market. Now, instead, Crowley is taking over these dis- carded uniforms and has trans formed e Park Avenue skating rink into Q secondhand clothes favtory where he made new clothes out of old,
 A pair of socks worn out at tn heel are transformed into Wristlets. Two discarded and torn shirts are put together into one A field jacket with one arm shot of Is made into c vest, These re- built clothes are then eturned over to UNRRA for distribution in the liberated countries and Rus- sia, Formerly, clothes were puf- chased new by UNRIsA at Q much greater cost to the taxpayer. SACRED POLITICAL PLEDGES
 Among Speaker Sam Rayburns cronies in the House of Repre- sentatives, e political pledge IS as binding as Q death-bed prom ise Or at least, Sam himself so regards 1t. If he didn't, the make- up of the present House commit- tee probing campaign expenditures might be different.
 When the committee was being appointed, fair-minded Rep, Clin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

As the coming election approaches spokesmen for both major parties become more vitriolic. There perhaps never was nor ever will be more vituperatiye over statement, Campaign phraseology ID some instances Is characteriZed py state- ments which do not always stick to tne truth. This is always the case at suGh times. The reading and listening pupllc is very gulibe and they Wili a, eeileve soroe ws' they like to believe which is usually some. oan didate, but damnlng for his opponent. Speeches are fine things If you can value them wisely and impersonally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
WHEN YOYU AND I WERE YOYUNG, MAGGIE

I am convinced, as I said tho other day, that many of the every. day complaints - or infirmitleS if there are no audible complaints Of people who were young when you and I were young, Maggie, are due to insufficient vitamin B-complex, calcium and vltamln D intake,
 When I think or speak of cal- clum (lime) shortage or deficiency in adults of mature age I think of the two best food sources of cacium for mature or elderly folk-namelN milk and greens or green vegetables. And when I think of milk as the indispensable source of calcium (not to mention other essential nutri- tional factors) for mature adults who want to have vite,I think of fresh raw milk, pasteuriZed milk, Grade A raw from tuberculin tested COWS, and old milk made safe by bringing to a boil for one minute only, skim milk, separator milk, buttermilk, sour milk, evaporated milk, condensed milk, drp powdered milk, cream, beverages consisting chiefly of milk favored or sweeten- ed Bulgarian sour milk, Acidophilus milk, milk whey, and any and every kind of cheese.
 For the absorption, utilization and retention of calcium (and phosphor- us) an adequate daily intake of VI" tamin D is required, Best way to get your daily ration of vitamin ID is to manufacture your own--which you do if you expose enough ol your skin to direct sunlight or to diffuse daylight-skyshine, the DOT ton of sunlight that comes through cloilds or the light that reaches the skin when you take your ar path in a shaded place.
 Now there is where too many mis- guided elderly folk err grieVously They permit one bad habit, custom prejudice or another to keep them from enjoying their place In the sun, So they suffer from Vitamin D deficiency. So they fall to assimi- late, utilize and retain the amount of calcium( and phoSphorus) re- uuired to keep the body well.
 Among the infirmities or com plHlfLS OI elueIiS lpih Nilo't Nu'' intake of vitamin B-compleX, vita- min D and calcium phosphorus IS deficient, deficient not only this week, month or season but through the years, these are the most fre- uuent, gather from what they write me:
 i, Lack of pep" need for
 good tonic
 2, Rhelmatism.
 3. Cramps in legs (somc-
 times In arms) disturbing
 rest night - adult tetany,
 I call it,
 1, Fatigability
 None Of these complaints, remem- ber, please. nor all of them together, spell old age, Rather they arc mnnl- festations of nutHtional deficiency particularly deficiency of B-com- pleX, D end calcium phosphorus. At least I have observed that an ade- quate daily intake Of B-complex, D and the high-caleium foods tparti' cularly milk, cheese, greens, peas beans, nuts peanuts prevents or dispels these complaints in a great many instances-an this Is not medicine. Keep that fact clearly ih mind. It Is just good nutrition,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

damaged port Of Cherbourg. It Is now handling more tonnage per day than 1t did in peace Senatorial candidate E, A. Stephens of Louisiana Is waging a vigorous crusade against the plan to have Louisiana electors vote contrary to the wishes of the State next November, Stephens compares this subterfuge to Hit lers elections which were stage managed Senator Happy" Chandler says he's lost ten pounds byt cutting out second helpings. Henry Hoke's new book, "Blackmailed" has Congressmen who have misused their frank ing privilege worried. It's the best job yet done exposing misuse of the franking privilege on Capitol Hill,
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 Syndicate, fnc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Selected Poem
PARIS

PARIS
 ,custave Davidson in The New York TimeS) q rest VOL. troubled spirits of the dead The plague is ended and the beast Sialn' Paris Is free and from the highest tower The Tricolor waves in glory once again. With you who suffered for It, dreamed ana olea The living consecrate this shining hour, And share with you the meat and drink and bread or liberation. Oh, be comforted You who have died, you have not died In vain' After the long, the almost endless night The slavery, the torture and the hate' Paris City of Light, shines ike a beacon to the still enSlaved Peoples of Europe waiting to be saved For now early and late The drums of fate sound ike thunder in the tyrants ears. No longer ours the terror and the fears. His the blood now-and the sweat and teaTsI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Current Comment

If we fall very far mort of put ting to use an thht our farmers are able to turn out, Inc prospects for our agriculture md, indeed, for our whole national economy, are dark. --AerIcniture Secretary Claude R.
 WlckArd.
 During the Het eyeryone as c patriotic duty pitched in to help the war effcrt Afte the war, the patffoflc inotive will not be so much in eldence, ftylll Do every group for laelf,
 IIsrry s, Trlman Of Mis-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Press Comment
CASSINO
(Boston Post)

The ruins of Casino, probably the most heavily wrecked city of all time, are going to stand per- manantly as they are. That Is the decision Of Allied and Italian au- thorities, who have made plans to build Q new Casino but at q site q mile away, so that the old wreck age can lie undisturbed as n mes mento of the current conflict, IL is a wise moVe. There can be no bet ter example of the horror and deV- astation Of modern warfare than the remains of this former proud mountain city, literally blasted into rubble to oust a stubborn Nazi foe that could be reached in no other way. If Q few more of these unsight. ly ruins were left standing 1t might make future generations think twice before starting the same thing over again,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

slgnod letters pertaining ee per- nonnl health and hygiene, not Co disease, diagnosis Of treatment, win he answered by Dr. Brady tk d stamped sell-addressed envelope "A enclosed. LetteFs should Do brief and written In ink. 70 reply can be made Co queries not conform. Ing Co instructions. Address Dr. william Brady, National News paper Service, S2O West Madison Street. Chicago, Ill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

right now,
 Whether or not labor leaders have ove r played their hand remains to be seen. The pres. ent state of af- fairs Is the work ing out of the in- exorable law that action and reac. ton are always equal. There was n daV in this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
A Thought for Today

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow, For what Is your life? It is even Va. pour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.-James AHA
 
 We are in this life as 1t were in another mans house, Tn heaven is our home, in the world is our Inn; do not so entertain myself in the Inn of this world for day aS to have they mind withdrawn from longing after thy heaven- ly home-Gerhard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

September came In on a wing and prayer for an early peace. Hot weather Seemed to be the order of the day and a few days to come. And as the tempera- tire mounts and scars the Allies advance, inc weather the least of their worries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 7:42 p. m (wRr time) Sun rises at 6:2O a. rr., sets at 7:23 ?, m. war tlme)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 For a good crop of hay next June you should SOW your grass by the middle Of this month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02

WILL DO OVerrun after the war with @ collection of kill a crazy characters who would bash in Q mother-in-law's
 head at the slightest provo cation. The re- turned serVice- man is pictured as O moody, jit-
 tery, embittered, coarsened man, unable to adjust himself to the iAn IA rlriln Nf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-02
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Donors and SIackers

Donors and Slackers
 What do you think of this excuse for refusing to give a little blood to save some soldiers life2 Is the home front yellow2
 tMrs. o. M, H.
 AnSwer-AccordinR to the clipping one of a great many people who had promised to give pint Of blood and then welshed gave as his excuse the statement that members of his family who had given dona-. ton of blood had a black spot on the arm for a week afterward. Yel- low it is, Ma'am. Such people should be dragged to the blood bank ny the scruff Of the neck and properly bled, not just once, but every 60 days for the duration. Then kicked out with q yellow streak down the back to mark them for the next bleeding
 Calcium Prevents Many . Headache I want to thank you for your me pamphlet on headache. was sub" feet to what suppose was neural' gic headache frequently In the week TOT many yours 9oVH uAtSt pSb"ss taking q daily ration of calcium ana vtamin D the trouble cleared away and for several months now l have felt scarcely any such discomfort
 e. L, W.
 Answer-You call 1t a ration-that is correct-for 1t is food, not medi- cine, and you must continue taking 1t forever or else plan to get more calcium and Wtamin D in your diet and by exposing skin to sun. on request I'm glad to send any reader who provides stamped self address. ed envelope the pamphlet "Why Have Headache" If you want also the pamphlet "The Calcium short age" which tells about high calcium diet, inclose ten cents for 1t. Copyright l944, by John P. bile O.