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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
POLIO FUND DRIVE
(New Haven Journal Courier

(NeT Haven journal Courier
A cause that will appeal to every
giver and every purse is the 1914
appeal for funds to fight infantile
paralysis. The campaign Is now IN
full swing and will run through
Monday, January 81. Technically the
giving is in honor Of President
Roosevelt's birthday, which comes
on January 80, but in a larger sense
1t is a humanitarian effort for the
relief of thousands of stricken boys
and girls.
This year no community wide
birthday ball Is to be held for OBJ
vious reasons, and so the drive is
dependent on the contributions OF
individuals and the receipts from
small social events that are organic
ed. Personal contributions may be
mailed to DR.. Joseph I. Linde, treas
urer Of the fund, Department Of
Health, City Hall. New Haven. In
the main stores and public build
ings, coin boxes will be placed so
that smaller contributions may be
made.
The 1913 epidemic OF Polio caught
1880 victims many Of them in
Connecticut and New Haven. With
funds raised in the past, all of
these were provided with the best OF
care. However, the reserve has been
depleted below that normally main
tanned, and the officers of the Ma
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis wish to see the fund re-
plenished to take care Of any emer-
gency that might come in 1914 or
thereafter. Surely the generosity OF
New Haveners will respond to this
call.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Polish Integrity

The British, we are told are dispIeased
because the Polish government-in-eXile
insists that pre-war Poland must be kept
intact. This forces an issue that Britain,
and also the United States, would like to
duck. 1t is hard to see how it can be
evaded. The historical background seems
clear. Eastern Poland originally was Rus
sian. 1t was squeezed out of Russia soon
after World War and the BolsheviSt rev.
olution. 1t remained Polish, then, until
1882 World War II started when France
and Great Britain, after trying every
possible placatory method of appeaSing
Hitler, at last informed him that attack
upon Poland would be considered a cause
for war. Knowing British military weak
ness and French impotency, and probably
considering this warning to be another
bluff, Hitler sent his blitzkrieg into Po-
land. One major reason he took this
chance was his protective pact with Rus
eis.
No sooner had the Nazis entered Po-
land from the west than the Reds came
IA from the east. They divided the coun-
try between them. Up to that time and
for almost two years more Russia was an
ally of Germany. against whom the Brit
fGh and French had declared war to pro-
fect their treaty ally, Poland. 1t was not
until June, 1941, that Hitler attacked Rus
eia, and turned her into an ally Of Great
Britain and, eventually. of the United
states. On July 80, 1941, Russia signed
another pact Of friendship with Poland.
IA this Stain renowned all claim to the
territory seized in September, 1885, in
c0llusion with Germany. That includes
he regions which the Reds now are be-
vInring To reclaim from the NaziS
Moscow now, through It's embassy IN
announces natiy tnat tne
'erritory in question is hers ano Sne is go
nn to keep it-and what IS anybody go
M Il do about 1t? no mentlon IS mace
II the remuneration executed ~ 1871
.ISan Russia needed badly az possible as
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

well, as / zee II, . military
man will be the next President"
replied Vandenberg seriously.
I'm for Macarthur. We need a
strong man like him to keep
things from going haywire In
the difficult postwar years"
Gillette, White and the others
looked slightly bored. but offered
no comment to General MacAr-
thurs chief Congressional booster.
Sensing the indifferent reaction,
the Michigan senator didn't pur-
sue his sales talk.
BATHTUB DEBATE
Manufacturers Of concrete bath
tubs have come TO town, deter
mined to wash their tubs. reputa-
ton clean, as a result of findings
by WPB and the Public Health
Service.
The manufacturers are UP in
arms over q preliminary finding
Of Public Health that 1.-THE resist
ance Of concrete tubs TO bac-
terial growth Is inadequate. I"
Makers Of the tubs, organized I'M
der the Cast Stone Institute, de-
clare that somebody brought a
third-rate concrete casting to Pub
Lie Health, which reported to WPB
that it was difficult to clean off
the germs.
But the latest models Of con-
crete tubs are made of dense
concrete, with a surface like
slab of marble. The Bureau OF
Standards is getting out specifica-
tons which Federal Housing Ad-
nlintstration is ready to accept.
In fact, Earl w. Macy, bathtub
expert for Federal Housing, says:
II would use one Of these tubs
In my own home"
AS soon as the smirch has
been washed off concrete's repu-
tation, such tubs may relieve the
terrific demand for cast iron tubs.
Copyright, 1914. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Could Be Fishing

A Swedish scientist says the secret de-
vice which enables our bombers to lay
their eggs accurately through the thickest
"soup" is "a telephotographic apparatus
with infra-red rays"
That could easily be so. 1t sounds rea-
sonable. In fact, it is so logical that one
might wonder whether the Nazls have
been guessing and, planting their guess
with a neutral, are waiting to see If we
confirm it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

Of her husband. In 1871, she
was suggested for the post Of
Chinese Minister to France.
Again she demurred and urged
that her husband be appointed
instead.
While they were en- route to
France, crossing the United States,
the Vichy government came into
such disfavor that they went no
further. China decided 1t want
ed no representation at Vichy.
The Chinese government was
just changing its ambassador in
Washington. Madame Wei was
asked If she would take the post.
For the third time, she demurred,
and the appointment went to DR..
Wei.
Thus came the twin oaks" to
the Chinese Emb aSsy.
NOTE: Madame Wei and Mad
anne Chang are the only women
on the Executive Council OF the
Naetional Peoples Party.
VANDENBERG AND
MAC ARTHUR
While looking for a table in the
Senate cafeteria, distinguished
Democratic Senator Guy Gillette
of Iowa was hailed by Senator
Wallace H. White Of Maine, act
ing COP floor leader, plus sew
eral Republican companions and
invited to sit with them.
what are you fellows cooking
up against us Democrats"
grinned Gillette.
Were trying TO figure out the
strongest candidate to lead our
party in the next election" re-
piled White. ANY ideas?"
Nothing doing" said Gillette.
That's something you boys will
have TO work out yourselves. I'm
in the other camp"
Just at that moment, COP
Senator Arthur Vandenberg Of
Michigan came over to the
table.
How about you, Arthur"
asked White.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Selected Poem
STATION PLATFORM

,Bayka Russell in The Christian Science Monitor)
Across the tracks a winter sparrow flies,
Caught in a sudden furry OF cold rain;
Small clustered houses close their window-eyes
Against the cinders of a passing train.
The frightening shadows slowly disappear
In deepening purple Down the village street
An arc liQht flickers Hollowly we hear
The clop-clop of q tired horses feet
This is the moment when the landscape is
A monotone in mauve. Tn train speeds on
And leaves, behind these winter Silences
The promise Of spring beyond the dawn,
When by the tracks the primroses will bloom
And winds will freshen every shattered room.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

to take love with them. When they
walk out into the world in the
morning. they are TO take love with
them. AS they walk the streets and
greet their friends, they are so to
have love In their hearts that men
will be encouraged by their mere
passing. We all walk many miles
every day--to and from work. about
the house. through the mill. out
among customers, among the folks
in the office getting everyday bus
mess done. AS we walk, we are to
take love with us. to know that love
is something God wants to see used
out in the world as well as In the
home: among business associates as
among brothers. Therefore, we are
10 walk in love. Wherever we 60, we
are to take 1t with us.
AL Rights decentralization
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

sistance from Poland'S friends, Britain
and the United States. The Polish gov
eminent is disturbed. 1t protests And
small wonder. Winston Churchill says
he did not become head of his majestyS
government to preside over the empires
diSmemberment. Perhaps the Polish gov
eminent, which met disaster through
trusting overmuch to Franco British as
SiStance, feels the same way.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

comes 70 us graph
ically described irl
a little turn Of
peech that makes
us always remem-
Der 1t.
Paul tells his
followers that
they are to walk
in love; not only
practice 1t, and
cherish 1t in Their
hearts, but walk
in 1t. He means
that wherever
they 20 they are
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
BERLIN AND DELINQUENCY
New Britain Herald)


The town of Berlin. Conn, II YOU
pleaseD Is aware that juvenile de-
linquency is likely to be a problem.
what with war conditions reaching
into homes and causing lessenee
parental control and guidance. Not
that-such troubles have as yee
reached our neighboring paradise.
But Just In easel
The Board Of Education plan Of
town officials and others to set up
recreational facilities for the teen.
age group is laudable. Boys and girb
who otherwise might enter this
corridors Of mischief thus will be
given opportunities to enjoy them
selves under the aegis Of a wide
awake community spirit. The plan
surely should work If carried
through on q large enough scale.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

CHANGING at some of his words to the
wise and unwiSe we have great hopes for
a future when the following expression
will have proved it's worth materially:
"There never was a good war OF bad
peace" Then too we often ponder on
those telling words: "Our Constitution is
in actual operation; everything appears
to promise it will last; but in this world
nothing is certain but death and taxes"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

greSS. belKlG less
spectacular than
the a crobRtic
juggling OF the
billion dollar fig
ures on the cost
Of the war and
the, public debt
this middle Sec
ton on recon-
struction received
Scant notice.
The President
made no estima-
ties of what this
proposed postwar
program woul d
cost, but the
ar-lan1n Ahi.an -nn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

We in this section of the country feel
the common bond since he founded one
of New England'S earliest newspapers, the
New England Courant''. Later came
"Poor Richards Almanack," which
proved, not his undoing, but brought nm
fame and fortune. He no doubt prac-
ticed much of what he preached LOT ne
seemed to find the secret OF success.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
THANKS A BILLION
tChristian Science Monitor)

How much Is @ billion? Don't
answer too quickly. A little refiec-
ton win disclose 1t to be q variable
quantity. For example, for severa
years before the war, the Republi-
cans and Democrats-or at any
rate the New Deal Democrats-hac
quite different ideas about Q bill
lion. To the one group 1t seemec
like a great deal, to the other Il
seemed q tribe. Or that is the I'm
preston we got from the debates
over fiscal policy.
The disagreement was not con
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining - ~
sonal health and hygiene. mot -
disease. diagnosis OF treatment
viii be answered By DR.. Brady Il
stamped self-addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written In ink. No reply can
be made 10 queries mot conform
ing 10 instructions. Address DR..
william Brady, National News
paper Service, $50 West Madison
Street, Chicago. III.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
AS A NATTER OF FACT

Yesterday was the anniversary of the
birth of Benjamin Franklin. Having been
a publisher for thirty-five or six years
present day publishers feel common
bond. He was, however, many other
things besides a publisher and the world
is still trying to live up to many OF his
maxims, and be better for his words OF
wisdom
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Daily Almanac

sun rises at s:16 a. m, sets at $40 p. m.
(war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Red skies at morning for two days at least
last week did not forecast immediate stormy
weather. slightly cloudy with colder weather
followed over the weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
A Thought for Today

Be perfect, be of good comfort, be OF one
mind, live in peace; and the God Of love and
peace shall be with you'll Corinthians 1871.
Peace rules the day, where rules the mind
Collins.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Current Comment

The war is approaching a de-
cision in the new year, q decision
for which everybody will have to
pay dearly. The Russians might
eventually engulf Hungary.
Hungarian Chief Of 6taff Gen.
Francis Szombathelyi.
In the early days Of our uphill
struggle against submarines. the
prisoners we managed to get
would spit in your eye. They were
cocky then, but In recent weeks,
we've noted an appreciable loss in
their spirit. They are beginning to
realize their cause is practically
lost.
Vice Admiral Jonas H. ingram.
Bickering results when there Is
denial after marriage Of the little
courtesies observed during court
ship. A distaste for companion
ship often occurs when there Is O
lack of continuing tenderness and
respect.
Judge Arthur H. Day of Cleve-
land.
Sweden started rearming much
too late. but our defense has grwon
so strong that an inavder would
meet very eficient resistance. We
would even be able to take the Of
fensiye.
Maj. Gen. Hedge Jung Of the
Swedish army.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Budget And
Post War Plans
by PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

The most complete statement yet
made In the Roosevelt admins
tration's program for postwar read
justment and preparation for peace
was buried in the middle Of the
Presidents budget message to Con-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
TAKE LOVE WITH YOU
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

HAAAS A$ONS "AAA &OO
The Bible is full of striking fig
ures Of speech. Sometimes truth is
put in such way that we must
ponder a statement long while be-
fore we understand 1t. Again, 1t
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18

WASHINGTON h. OCD had lot of documents deliver
Previously delivery appropriate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-18
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Union Fords Men Unload for AmCon Merely Lood Pockoges
Enjoys Wife Ranks With Madam Chiong Leader Chno
Gillette Amid Republicans Finds Them Indifferent Macarthur
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Danny Kaye One-Man Show,
And Bright One, at Keith's
BY JAY CARMODY.

Danny Kaye an enormously funny fellow in up in Arms which
opened at Kehs
he a
however that whit picture
which, casually wit fashion, implies
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Harriet Payne
Shows Mastery
In Viola Recital
BY ALICE EyERsMAN.

The Arts Club recital of Harriet
Payne, violist, made known fine
talent that is in complete mastery of
her instrument. Miss Payne was at
one time first violist of the Indian
apolis Symphony and Is now with
the Cincinnati Orchestra. The for
tunate coincidence of her being in
the East, together with her accom-
panist, Dorothy Munger, made pos
sible her appearance here last night.
Viola recitals are rare events
probably because the dark tone of
the instrument can easily become
monotonous If not in the hands of
an artist. Miss Payne draws a vel
vety quality that contains sufficient
variety to prove interesting. Her
excellent finger technique and the
suavity OF her bow arm give a free
dom to her playing that adds con-
siderably to the enjoyment of her
program.
Only a few composers have writ
ten important works for the viola
and foremost among these is Paul
Hindemith, renowned violist him
self, after having won first laurels
as a violinist. From the five or six
sonatas he wrote for this instrument,
Miss Payne programmed the
Sonata, OPP. II, No. f." in three
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Tragedy Rumor Cycle Resumes

a role with Ginger Rogers and
Joseph Gotten in Double Fur
lough." Gene, who describes him
self as almost a journalistic illit-
crate, set his record when he was
working for Olsen and johnson in
Broadway's first "Hellzapoppin."
He was the guy-remember?-who
sat In a corner On stage and read
newspapers throughout the entire
performance. That meant two and
one-half years of newspaper read
ing, three hours a show, eight shows
a week. On the set, between scenes,
Gene reads-funny papers.
r X X X
Simone Simon's new picture at
RKO Is Mile. Fiji" romance of the
Franco-Prussian War, In which all
the men wear boards. It's a tribute
to the art of makeup or something
that the only muff that seems OBJ
viously phony is worn by an actor
named Mayo Newhall.
However, Newhan, resident of
China for Is years, is the only man
on the set who wears real beard.
While in the orient, he acquired the
beaver, which he wears in typical
Chinese style, a large dab of hair
stuck onto the front of an otherwise
clean-shaven chin.
sRe!eased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-04-21

up IN ARMS" starring Danny Kaye,
produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by
Elliott Nugent, screen play by Don Hart
man, Allen Borettz and Robert Pirosh,
songs by Harold Arlen. Ted Koehler, Sylvia
Fine and Max Liebman; musical director,
Louis Forbes. At Keiths.
Evening star., 1944-04-21
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD,
Studio publicists were routed out
Of bed twice this week to trace
tragedy rumors, which seem to be
thriving again. One concerned the
death" of Bing Crosby, the other
an accident" involving Lana
Turner.
Both came from the Midwest and
were checked by wire services
through the customary process of
telephoning studio publicity man
in the wee hours. The publicity
man doesn't dare take a chance en-
branding the story false without do
ing some checking on his own. So he
must turn out the star or. a MEM
Der Of the family, invariably taking
a heap of abuse for his pains.
Humphrey Bogart noted during his
recent overseas entertainment trip
that such tragedy rumors involving
movie celebrities were constantly
being passed about among the
troops.
when I arrived in Italy," said
Bogart, Il was informed that Harry
James had been killed and Betty
Cradle seriously injured in an auto
mobile accident. Every place /
went the boys were talking about it
and asking if I'd heard any details.
I took it for granted and was
greatly surprised and pleased a.
couple of weeks later to learn 1t
was nothing but rumor."
incidentally, Bogart talks plenty
and out the corner of his mouth
about Hollywoodites who make over
seas entertainment excursions and
come back to boast about their So
called sacrifices and how close they
were to the battle lines.
II ate well and slept we'll and r
was never in any danger" he de-
clared. "As for hardshIps, it's no
worse than going out on fishing
trip"
Red Shelton, the funny man who
got as far as the marriage license
bureau with Muriel Morris, and
that's all, is the clown offstage as
well as on.
Sitting at dinner the other night
with Edna Skelton, his business
manager and ex-wife, he was asked
repeatedly by other diners when he
was marrying Miss Morris. Red
laughed OF the queries with gags.
Finally, with dozen questioners
around his table, he threw his hands
in the air, then pounded his fore
head and cried: Sometimes ID
think I'm suddenly going sane!"
World champion newspaper reader
Gene Meredith has just reported
for work at Vanguard, where he has
Evening star., 1944-04-21

movements. This work is one OF
the last Of the period preceding the
change to his present style and is
somewhat q mixture of the melodic
pattern Of his earlier music and the
modern idiom now associated with
him.
1t reveals the same earnest feel
ing that distinguishes all his
writings. If in somewhat weaker
vein. Placed on the program after
the Brahms Sonata in E Flat
Major, OPP. 100, No. O." in certain
kinship with Brahms is discernible,
although lacking that masters
power. 1t is closely knit work
calling on the richness of tone of
which the instrument Is capable
and Tightening the effect of virtuoso
measures that test the skill OF the
player. Miss Payne presented it
with thorough sympathy and under
standing, ably assisted in all musical
details by Miss Munger.
Possessing a style and refinement
that lent itself to the poetic music
Of the Brahms sonata, originally
written as a clarinet sonata for his
Evening star., 1944-04-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"The Corn Is Green:
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Four Jills in a Jeep":
II am, 1:45, 4:40, tbs and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: los, $50, 6:35 and
$40 pm.
Columbia - Heavenly Body:
1905, 2:30, Ass, 7:20 and 9:45 pm.
Memphis Belle: 11:15 am, 1:40,
4:05, $50 and 1855 pm.
Earle-"No Time for Love-: 11:05
am, 1:45, 4:30, ITO and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1:05, $50, 6:35 and
9:15 pm.
Keith's - up in Arms: 11:15
am, 1:2o, 800, 5:25, 7:25 and $50
pm.
Little-"Pied Piper: IL, los,
3:l5, 5:25, TAO and 10 pm. Mem
phis Belle: 1925, 2:30, 4:40, 6:55
and 9:20 pm.
Metropolitan Jam Session:
11:1Q am, lis, $40, 5:35, 7:45 and
9:55 pm. Memphis Belle: 1925,
2:35, 4:45, 6:55 and 9:05 pm.
Palace-"Lady in the Dark: II :35
am, 2:05, 4:35, 7:1o and $40 pm.
Pix-'The Monster Maker: 3:25,
5:45, 8:05 and 9:35 pm.
Evening star., 1944-04-21

friend, Richard Muehlfeid, Miss
Payne moved with sure effect in the
opening division and In the more
soulful Of the final variations. In
the bolder passages, she did not take
advantage Of allowable breadth and
fire to sufficient degree, but MAIN
tanned the mood Of the opening
movement. Some of the necessary
Evening star., 1944-04-21

fire. however. was provided by Miss
Munger's accompaniment.
Beginning the recital with Tar
tini's "Sonata in q Minor" she con-
cluded with q group Of violin nunis
bers by Kreisler and Ravel, trariss
ferred to the viola, and two Of her
own compositions, "Burleska" and
'sNocturne.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-02-25
Food Donations Wanted I!

The menu for the servicemen and
women who visit the victory canteen
next Sunday is really tops, but spon-
sors of the canteen would like to have
additional donations in order to make
the treat a success.
Starting off with ham and raisin
sauce, the menu includes candied
sweet potatoes, vegetable salads, rolls,
butter, relishes, pies, cakes, coffee and
milk. The "eats" will be served on
tables decorated in keeping with the
observance of Washington's birthday.
Sponsors of the canteen said food
and cash donations for the purchase of
the hams are needed Immediately. The
donations should be brought to the
canteen, located at Front and Court
Streets, not later than Friday.