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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-14

have done so. Our colds were not OF
public moment, except collectively.
His cold was news.
Now the President Is taking his
cold, what there Is left of 1t, to-
gether with the reporters for the
leading wire services and some odd
jobs, TO "a spot somewhere In the
South. Spring Is coming, even up
here In New York, and during the
two weeks OF the Presidents Vaca-
ton there will be a lot of 1t down
South, He has worked hard, he has
carried terrific responsibilities and
he has had about as much privacy
ms a statue In a park. That is the
way we treat our Presidents.
We might do well once In while
to look at this man IN the White
House - Mr.. Roosevelt. or whoever
shall succeed him. of either party
as q human being who has Just
twenty -four hours In his day and is
asked TO do forty EIGHT hours work.
An American President Is inescap-
ably party leader, but he Is also a
public servant, entrusted with
many duties that are In no way
political or controversial. The pub
lie servant now has a chance to do
q little swimming and maybe lie in
the sun. God weather and good
rest to hint
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ever known has spent her life IN
a wheel-chair. A happy-faced lit
Lilo girl who passes my home fire.
quently cannot take q step without
difftculty and pain.
Sickness often has q way OF max
Ing people better. Occasionally 1t
makes them worse, destroys their
morale, and leaves them In life
long bitterness, But usually 1t has
tine opposite effect on their charaG-
ters. One reason is that 1t gives
them time 10 do lot OF thinking,
which they could not do amid the
rush Of daily activities, A. some
one put " In letter received
recently, We oeli II illness but
God calls II Stiffness" II We won't
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-14
HANDICAP

Most overweight adults past
thirty.five years of age have put on
the superfiuous since they attained
the peak Of growth and development
land breathlessly started on the
long slide or decline down to serlil-
ity.
From their experience life insur-
ance companies learned long ago
that. up to the age Of thirty or so,
a moderate excess OF weight mot
over 10 per cent of the standard for
the individuals sex and height Is
unobjectionable, does not warrant
rejection of the applicant as a poor
risk. But an applicant past thirty
or thirty-five who carries more than
10 per cent excess weight thereby
becomes a poor risk and is out OF
luck SO far as insurance is con-
cerned.
A handicap is disadvantage
that renders an achievement more
difficult. If you have TO carry, say,
thirty pounds OF lard in a sack 1t
will be more difficult for you To
sprint to catch q train, or climb u
hill on to hop hedge II you're
chasing some one or some ones
chasing you. Such handicap also
makes 1t more difilcult for you TO
live beyond the age OF sixty or so,
even II you are still breathing then.
If you carry handicap, don't let
my gloomy comments get you down.
I'd say nothing about 1t II 1t We're
not your own fault. But the truth
Is that II you have put on super
fiuous flesh since you were thirty
II is entirely your own fault and
you can't blame 1t ON your forbearS
or any peculiar tendency they trans
mitted to you. Nor can you plead
that you really eat no more than
normal persons do but somehow
your food all turns TO fat. That's
pure malarkey. Your spare tire or
reserve gas tank or camel's hump
or thick panniculus adipOsus is the
natural result Of (a) eating more
than you need or CD exercising
work or play less than you should.
or. most likely, both q and b, and
that's all.
Now II you have reasonable good
sense you will not infer from this
that you must "go on diet" or
adopt a strenuous program OF ex-
ercises. You will, on the contrary.
stand off and view yourself mixed
sentiments of guilt, shame, honor
and sympathy. but not despair You
will consider calmly how many
months and years 1t has taken to
bring about this sad change from
the normal, Well-nourished man or
woman you were at thirty. Then,
say If you have good sense, you
will adopt few simple, moderate.
painless changes in your way of
living calculated TO get rid of the
handicap In the course Of year or
two, by reversing the processes or
habits by which you acquired 1t.
For health, comfort and good looks.
If any, that Is the way to correct
overweight in any case,
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W o q G IN cIehSst
when he brought
up the subject OF
carry back" and
"caTry-o ver' OF
the excess prOhts
tax law. This Is
one OF the most
complicated pieces
Of tax legislation
ever put on the
books. II Phi
M urray under
stands 1t fully, he
is one of q very
exclusive few who
do. t
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since lnep, many people nave
written 10 Mrs. Fogg expressing u
gamut OF stimulating views which
probably represent a cross-section
OF the American people on the
question OF birth and war.
Here are three OF the letters
from soldier. mother and
grandfather expressing the hopes
and fears with which they view
the world OF tomorrow.
FROM A SOLDIER
A soldier at Turner Field, Geor-
gia, writes
Il too am q little concerned
about what the future holds. At
times the shadows are deep and
the picture gloomy. Fortunately,
there is always a bright light.
dim sometimes, but present.
1.-THE boys In the service do
q little thinking too. Presently,
when casualty lists mount, they
will do q lot more. When they
read and think, SOmber thought
Is put into militant words. The
boys don't like strikes In war
time - but they like the pro-
gressIVe things for which the
strikes strive. They like the
end, they don't like the means.
Also they don't like the way
things go ON IN some communities
and Miami Beach Is just a sam
pie. Most OF the youth of the
world is IN the military service
of their country, / have al
ways said and still maintain
the future of the world will he
safe In the hands of youth. Peri
Odically, it seems, the ardor of
youth is curbed by the anguish
OF war. But always out of 1t has
come progress and a better. ! still
have confidence In youth.
congratulations on your fine
SON"
FROM A MOTHER
A mother in Wisconsin who
has given one son tot he war
expresses more somber note:
Have read and reread the let
ter your brother wrote to you.
Then ! sit and starte into space,
as no double he did before writ
ing 1t. He wondered If this is a
good world TO bring son into
That tok me back 10 years, when
we welcomed five pounds OF baby
hood into our home. The angels
must have smiled on him, he was
so beautiful. And ] thought 1t
was beautiful world 10 bring him
into, for did not his father go
overseas for IA months To make
the world safe for little boys like
ours?
II used IN watch him kick his
feet and wiggle his toes, and
prayer that they would always
walk on the right path, but ]
either did not pray hard enough
or long enough, for ] did mot
plan that drilling 1t Camp VOL
tiers is what mother calls the
the right path.
While ] was busy watching him
grow, ] failed TO watch the man
down the street. He was busy
selling tons and tons OF scrap iron
to Japan, sot hey could kill little
babies like mine.
While ! taught my son to hold
fork to eat descent, and then
the Ten Commandments to live
decent. Hitler taught his SONS to i.
hold guns, but the man down the
n
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MIR. ROOsEVELT's VACATION
New York Times)

President Rosevelt's common cold
and his subsequent trouble with his
bronchial tubes link him with mil
lions of his fellow-clt We have
had colds and bronchitis. too. Some
OF us have stayed home, as we
should do, and some of us have
made the mistake of going To the
office. Mr., Rooseelt may have gone
to the ONCE when he shouldn't
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his money. This
seeming catas-
trOphe changed
his whole nature,
not for the worse
but for the bet
ter, He came
out OF long hid
ing for the first
time entered into
life and enjoyed
II. One OF the
m ost radiant
Christians I have
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-14
THE SEEDS or SPRING
tHartford Courant)

We think that we shall never SEQ
poem lovely as seed catalogl
Now that the season OF SHOWS Is be-
hind us, and the season OF dream
Ing ahead, We find ourselves once
more vulnerable To the snares and
darts, the lures and baits OF those
artists who contTive, year after
year, TO build for vs. anew the
dream-World wherein grows moth
ing but perfection, How rich are
these coIorsi How shapsly each par.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-14
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 6I5 a. M sets at 7:30 y, m.
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
The weather Is not seasonable, especially.
There Was one warm day this week with
rather high temperature, but up 10 Thurs
day II was cold, with cold rains The mid
and southwest Is having turbulent weather
IN the form OF toEI,adoes, sDowstorms and
the like,
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Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

SIKned letters pertaining 70 per-
SOnaI health and hygiene, not %
disease. diagnosis Of treatment
Will be answered ~ DR.. Brady v
a stamped seIf-ad dressed enveiepe
q enclosed, Letters should be bSief
and written In ink No reply can
o. made to queries not conform
ing 10 instructions. Address DF'
william Brady, National News
paper Service, $40 West MAdisom
Street, Chicago, Ill.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Done on Sleep

A young man in good health 7
require ten hours sleep, and feel
droWsy and stupid next day II don't
get that much. Have you any dope
on the subject OF sleep? Cd. d.
Answer-Send stamped envelope
bearing your address, for pamhlet
How TO Sleep Well" Any one who
lives by his wits" does little hon.
est work, gets little exercise, requires
less sleep than one who works hard.
gets much exercise, Is athletic or
plays the game instead of sitting
on his fanny watching professionals
play 1t.
Cod Liver Oil
In your article ON mineral oil and
other oils you did not mention cod
liver oil. Have you any advice on
the use OF cod liver oil?
Mrs, O. CO.
Answer-It Is oil right to take 1t
If you do not mind the taste, etc,
bun practically tasteless Wtamin A
and vitamin ID are nowadays avail
able In handler, plyeasanter forms.
Hot Bread
Is 1t harmful OF eat warm fresh
bread? (Mrs. G. T., w.
Harmful? Don't tanta-
lie me. Ma'am. WoWl wish ]
could clamp my tusks into two
hand hunk of that Italian baked
bread with crust as thick as your
arm.
Copyright ,l944. John F. Ollie Coz
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stop and rest and be thoughtfui,
God passes sentence upon us and
sends us to bed for q while 10 think
things over and commune with our
souls, We call II illness, but He
calls II stillness--a time when He
can speak 10 MS with some posi-
bility Of being heard
Hard as II rs to believe, II never
tbeless remains true. that nothing
ever happens 10 us which Is not
for our so0d II we make II 80.
All Rights Reserved Bahson
Newspaper syndicate
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MoniLOr)
All hills that l have known are near,
In this domain Of memory;
They rise above each vanished year
Across the land, beyond the sea,
What W0rld-explorer walks at will
Upon so many heights as J.
Who go from ocean-trOntng hill
To sand dune under desert sky?
All hills that have known are mine
Forever. In IA moments span
go from slopes OF Palestine
TO dead volcanoes OF Japan,
Whatever strength there be IN sills
Is added to my daily sum;
And with II that dear peace that fills
Their hollOWs when the evenings come.
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STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
ny EARL L. DOUGLASS. ID. ID.
ALL TO A GOOD END

ALL TO A GOOD END
Everything that happens To us
may be used to our benefit, II we
win only prove diligent and faith
ful
Many years ago n rich recluse lost
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. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Excess Profits
Are Phew!
ny PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COFresDOndent)

President Phil Murray Of the @.
!. o. and Steelworkers' Union, talk
ing like big shot corporation exc
cutive himself, probably got way
over the depth Of the War Labor
Board panel hearing his plea for
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-14

Washington April a. The other day this coumnst prated on long
his CONTEMPLATING the birth
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-14
Washington Merry-G o-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Persons Letter Sister Brings Readers Views Birth and War
Soldier Sees Hope for World Youth Despite Shodowy Outlook Now
Mother Of Army Little Realized Dangers When He Was Born
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Selected Poem
ALL HILLS THAT ] HAVE KNOWN

Ctoland English Hartley in The Christian Science
MontOr)
Evening star., 1944-10-11
Private industries Warned
OF Reconversion DELAY

Painting what he called on "op-
timistic picture" for postwar WASH
ington, F. @. Macarow, vice chair
man Of the Postwar Planning Com
mittee Of the Washington Board Of
Trade yesterday declared the prin-
cipal danger" was that civilian
industries will not expand fast
enough when the necessary man
power and materials are again avail
able to them"
Mr. Macarow told the heating
group of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association that the con-
struction industry will have "a most
important part to play" during the
postwar period.
The speaker reviewed the statis-
tical picture of the National Capital
as found by recent Board of Trade
survey, and predicted that despite an
expected decrease in Government
employment within five years, pri-
vate enterprise might well take up
this slack.
Evening star., 1944-10-11
Charter Government
Means Lower Taxes,
WiIImoH Declares

The records Of other counties and
municipalities under charters similar
to the one proposed for Montgomery
County have proved that the sys-
tenn brings savings which result in
lower, rather than higher taxes, as
charged by charter opponents. John
F. Willmott, research head of the
Charter Committee, said last night.
Speaking before the Greenacres-
Glencoe Civic Association, Mr.. Will
mott called talk of higher taxes un-
der the charter by its opponents
nonsense" pointing out that SINH
lar charters in eight counties and
562 municipalities with population
of 22,000, 900 people have had the
opposite effect.
"They have produced impressive
savings, at the same time giving
better service to the citizens" he
said. Cincinnati, he continued,
saved $1,500,0O0 in two years with
Ia council-manager charter. and
Dallas, Tex, saved three-quarters Of
q million In q few months.
when Henrico County, Va,
adopted the council-manager form
|of government, county insurance
costs were reduced 20 per cent with
out reducing protection" he de-
clared. THE cost of gravel for
highways was cut in half; several
new schools were built; teachers
salaries were increased 23 per cent,
but taxes were reduced"
In Arlington County, he went on,
the first county manager uncovered
defalcations Of $750,0OO which had
gone on for years under the old
form of government" Within
year and a half, the county's deficit
had been changed to a surplus,
he said.
That's the practical side of it,"
he concluded. II challenge the So
called Citizens Committee which is
opposing charter to quit theorizing
and get down to brass tacks."
Evening star., 1944-10-11

War Bonds symbol Of
liberation!
Evening star., 1944-10-11
Ethiopia RoyoI Crown
To Be Shown Saturday

A royal crown from Ethiopia will
be shown from 2 to 9 pm. Saturday
at the David Porter Gallery, 916 G
place NV, where an exhibit of
Ethiopian paintings is now on dis
play.
The crown will be lent by r. o.
Marsh, to whom it, was presented
when he was in North Africa with
a United States military mission
from 1941 to 1943.
The Omaha guide., 1944-07-15
NURSING CAREER

BEGINS NURSING CAREER.
Miss Rozella Thomas, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thomas of 1871
Maple Street, will leave for New
York City, July 10, 1914 where she
will enter the Lincoln School 70,
Nurses. Miss Thomas is a graduate
of Central High School and has COM
pleted 2 years of study a 1.-THE UNIV
ersity of Omaha mhere she rorked for
her Bachelor of Science degree in
Nursing. She is an active member
Of Zion Bactist church; has affiliated
with the YWCA., being Girl Reserve
Sponsor and Advisor and an organic
er and member of other social groups
particular Interracial groups. Mss
Thomas is also a member Of the
Gamma Beta Chapter Of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Mrs. Thou
as will accompany her daughter and
; will stay until sometime in August.
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WILL BE PRESENTED IN
CONCERT SUNDAY. .....


Two of Omaha's young musician.
will be presented in concert SUNDAY
afternoon, July 10th at 4 o'clock az
the St. John AME. Church 22nd s
Willis avenue. They are Eva Don
ris-Mills, soprano and Charles Wash
ington, tenor
Mrs. Mills is a 1913 graduate o.
Central High and was for two yeal
the principal alto singer in their A
Capella choir. She was a member Of
Central-s female trio, who won a su
perior rating in the 1943 State High
School Music Contest. She also wo.
a superior rating as a soloist.
Mrs. Mills studied piano for MN.
years from Catherine Glow Gleason
and voice under the late Harry Coop
err. For a year she directed St. John
Junior choir.
Charles Washington WIS a member
of the Alabama Singers. male chorus
from lakewood College, Huntsville,
Alabama, the school year of 1942-43.
The director of the chorus was 0.
Bernard Edwards. Edwards has
written a piece entitled Goodbye
Red Rose" which Washington wifi
sing at the concert. Washington wa,
also a member of III Four Barons
Quartette of lakewood.
He sang with the Paul Briggs
Jubilee Ensemble and at present is
the director of the St. Johns Junior
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from the critics.

from the critics.
AH-Aronnd Person
1t has been said that there is no
substitute for hard work. and this is
foremost in the mind of Mimic Cato.
After graduating from Knoxville,
Tennessee College, she studied at the
Howard university. Nine. Gerta
Gerdini, an Italian, is her coach now
and Miss Cato still runs to take her
lessons, believing that no matter how
learned, a singer still needs a few
pointers.
She adores odd chapeaux and max
es many of them herself. Among
her millinery creations are frilly,
feathered and lowered headgear.
Her other weaknesses are shoes and
bags, she likes them matching. Quite
often she'll put in some mileage in
the kitchen and emerge with some
thing tasteful and definitely south
ern. She claims to make cornbread,
like nobody's business"
She's quite a joker, and what's bet
ter, tells some pretty funny ones on
herself. Expressing her love Of Chin
csc food, she laughed heartily at the
suggestion Of Mimic Foo"
Driving is her hobby, only the OPP
A cut in on that and she recently sold
h ecrar. She's an opera star who's
human-she likes boogie-Woogie and
J can ever beat" out a few bass notes
as we'll as accompany herself in the
classics.
For six months, this woman who
has travelled around the world, sang
to the boys in service from coast to
coast on a USO tour which made her
as happy as she made them. Now
she sings the leading role in Aida,
in Washington July Both at the fam
GUS Watergate and in Chicago Aug
ust 26th at Soldiers Field.
She loves to train people-voung
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DWignt II. Eisenhower,
Supreme Commander"


Van Jackson, librarian, Atlanta uni
versity; and DR.. Alfonso Elder, of
the department Of education, Atlanta
university.
In Columbus, DR.. J. c. Brewer
and P. L. Taylor, editor Of the Col
umbus World, appeared at the Musk
ogee court house and went through
the same ceremony. The Citizens
Democratic club of Muscogee has al
ready filed suit against the county
Democratic executive committee as
the result Of a ballot refusal during
the county primary on June 20.
Another suit is pending in Angus
ia as the result of vote denial in the
Richmond county primary on June
"a. Filed by the Augusta Civic Lea
que, the suit charges the Richmond
county Democratic executive commit
tee with having violated the constitu-
tional rights of five of the clubs Of
@ficers, who attempted to vote in the
primary. The officers appeared a.
gain at the statewide primary Tues
day and limited that they may amend
their court action to include the state
Democratic executive committee,
since it was a ruling by this body
which barred the participation of Ne
gro citizens on July 4.
L. ]. Jones, president of the Young
Mems Civic club of Moultrie and as
sistant secretary of the Georgia AS
ISOLATION of Citizens Democratic
clubs, made an effort to vote in his
community, but was prevented by po-
lice from even reaching the polling
place. He was warned by a bur1y Of
ficer not to come another step" and
after securing the officers name, re-
turned home.
Jones wired Georgia's attorney
general, T. Grady Head, several
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Negroes Barred from
Vote in Georgia
Continued from page II

a battery of news cameramen.
A throng of white newspapermen
followed A. T. Walden, Atlanta law
yer, and president of the Georgia
Association of Citizens Democratic
clubs TO the polls. Accompanied by
Prof. c. A. Bacote of the history de-
partment, Atlanta university and E.
M. Martin, secretary of the Atlanta
Life Insurance company, they met
the same rebuff as did the others.
Others who offered themselves at
the polls in Atlanta were DR.. Ira De
A. Reid Of the sociology department,
Atlanta university; DR.. R. A. Bill
ings, former national president Of Phi
Beta Sigma; Cliff Mackay, editor,
Atlanta Daily World; DR.. Wallace
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Il SERGEANT.

Scottfield, Ill, Armour P. Wright,
25, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Georges
Wright, 1888 R Ave-, Omaha, Neb.
has been promoted to the rank OF
staff sergeant at Scott Field, parent
radio school of the Army Air Force.
Training Command, where he is Z
flight sergeant.
Sgt. Wright enlisted in the army
July 25, 1912 at Fort Crook, Nebr.
and came to Scott Field in August
1912. He has been awarded the
Good Conduct Medal and Marksman.
ship badges in pistol and carbine.
A brother, Albert, is serving yer
seas.
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VISITS DAUGHTER-SISTER

VISITS DAUGHTER-SISTER
Mrs. William H. Luster of Mem
phis, Tenn, accompanied by her son,
Mr.. Charles Luster, arrived in Oma-
ha last week to spend a few weeks
with their daughter and sister, Mrs,
Esther Woods, 2115 Maple street.
They were shown around the city
and were delightfully."- entertained by
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Woods.
On Wednesday, they journied to
Lincoln Nebraska to meet the mother
of Mr.. Delmar Woods and other rel
atives of his who are all quite prom
inert in Lincoln, social and civci circl-
es.
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SIXSOME PARTY


A delightful evening was spent
at the home of Mrs. Paul Barnett,
2709 Writ Street, who gave a party
honoring Mrs. Dorothy Thomas OF
Webster Grove, Mo, sister of Mrs.
Mildred Thomas of this city.
The evening vas spent in playing
games after which a delightful repast
was served.
Besides the hostess, those present
were Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, honor
guest, Mrs. Doris Shobe, Mrs. Ber-
tram Johnson, Mrs. Mildred Thomas,
and Mrs. Celestine Ransom.
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Rev. Minor and wife. He deliver
ed the sermon. We enjoyed lin very
much. Our pastor made the closing
remarks.
Our pastor has selected for MI
subject Sunday morning July 16, 81
am the door," Night IF you abio-
in Me and Ny Word abide, in you
you shall ask All yor shall receive
Everyone is invited to come out.