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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
HENRY WITS RELIGION
(The Catholic Transcript

In its account of @ recent grossly scandalous occurrence in England, Time makes some comments on the Reformation and its aftermath. h. solar as they are correct, they serve to underline feature of that social, as well as religious, revolution, which is too often forgotten. Where they are incorrect, they call for emendation.
 The usually overlooked truth about the Reformation in England brought out by Time, is the fact that Henry VIII seized great quan- titles of church property, kept some, and turned over the rest to the nobles, old and new. While this property belonged to the Church, it was the patriinony of the poor. some of it used for schools for the in- struction of their children, more of it open to them for agriculture or pasture land. Taken from the Church, 1t was not distributed to the poor, but rather transferred to the kings favorites, who used 1t for their personal profit and pleasure. Thus the poor were denied any ben- eft from 1t whatsoever. The schools to which their children had gone were closed, and the farming and grazing lands to which the poor had had access, were shut against them.
 Tn this manner the nobles ac- quired a vested interest in the Re- formation. Reconciliation with Rome would have meant the restoration to the Church and, indirectly. to the poor, of the lands and buildings to which a few rich men had fore ibly acquired title. These rich men naturally did not want to lose any of their holdings. Hence their at- titude of intransigent hostility to Rome exacerbated as the centuries passed, as resentment against the victim of ones injustice is always sharpened by Time.
 As for Times assertion that Hem VIII established "the PrOtestan Church of England" it is. to say u least, imprecise. Henry broke wit the Pope and led the Church ] England into schism. But. to the. CT of his days, he abhorred Protestai ism and Protestants. He nod Prote tant innovators burned at the stak, went daily to Mass. and. in his ol6 age, complained bitterly of his in- ability any longer to Renuflect be- fore the Blessed Sacrament.
 Upon bis death his son Edward,
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They Keep E Banners Flying

Hardly a war plant flying the Army Navy E award could operate but for the unequaled performance of the private power companies. Yet, electric compan- les are not given that coveted award. The achievements of the private power indus try in making electricity available in home and factory during the war, with out rationing and without strikes, has been all encompassing. But most people fEke electricity for granted, while others think such socialistic monuments as Bonneville and IVA caused the phenom- enon Of abundant power.
 Accorlng to reliable sources, general inQ capacity this year. as usual, will be adeuuate to meet all needs. Since war heRan in Europe, the privately owned NsetrIc companies have installed 7,60O,- b00 klIoWatls Of additional capacity,
 aiIe lhe Federal government Is responsl-
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showdown conference with Ros- tow and Assistant Secretary AcheSon.
 During this session, he lost his temper and challenged Rostow to fight.
 "COme out in the hall and re- peat what you said about my program" Hurley st0rmed. "If you were 2 real man, you'd have a uniform on now. I'll bet you're one of these deferred dip- lOmats."
 AchesOn interceded abruptly. General Hurley" he said, "I'm not going to stand for that kind of language here. MT. ROst0w was in the United States Army and was hOnOrabIy discharged for physical reasons. Unless you change your attitude, I have no desire to talk to you fur ther."
 Hurley then apOIogized, but continued to talk vigorously about the ''stuffed- shirt dipI0- mats in the State Department who were kOw towing to the British" It was time, he said, For the President to fish or cut bait" and he threatened to "take the issue to the country"
 "The President" fumed Hur- ley, means nothing to me. He puts his pants on one leg at time, just like the rest of us."
 NOTE: Naturally this got back to the White House. Some time later, the President was talking to a friend about the State De- partment and remarked: "TOO much hurly-burly." Presumably, he referred to his friend Patrick and Assistant Secretary Berle.
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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any scientific experiment. But the answer to the religious skeptic may well be the answer which the father made to his son. Here is a pic- ture-window." said the father; there must be mountains out there through the cloud and fog"
 To those who doubt the existence of God. the wise believer points to the widespread belief in God. the longing men have in their hearts which can be satisfied only by re- ligious faith. Surely We would not have been created with these long. ings had they not coresponded to some reality which can satisfy them God has set up in our souls picture windows called prayer and worship and has encouraged Us to look through these. Surely there must be q reality to look upon.
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had a good man, Jim Landis, in Cairo. He replied:
 "Pat, you want to be petted all the time. I've given you everything you wanted. I've
 followed your policy i'm the Near East. I sent you to Iran and to Moscow, and now you want to be an ambassador"
 without the rank of ambas- sador," cOuntered Hurley, 'T wouldn't have the chance of cut cat on 8 back fence"
 In the end, the President, who seemed to like Hurley's plan for U. s. economic missions to the Near East, sent 1t over to the State Department. He asked Pat to talk about it further there. BATTLE IN STATE
 DEPARTMENT
 In the State Department, Hur- ley's memo was carefully studied, with divided opinions. Assistant Secretary Adolf Berle and Wal lace Murray, political adviser on the Near East, were for it. But Secretary Hull, Assistant Secre- tary Dean Acheson, and Under secretary Stettinius were against it.
 One report on the Hurley plan described it as ''hysterical, Messi- anic glObOloney". When the ex- Secretary of War heard about this, he was infuriated. Later, at a cocktail party. he bumped into Wallace, who dropped the remark that the official who described the plan as 'fhysterical, Messianic gIObol0ney" was a young man named Eugene Rostow in the di- vision of supply and resources.
 Hurley then went to the State Department and demanded a
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vICTnnzING SERVICE MEN
(Boston Post)

(B0Ston PosO
 The lowest type of racketeer. those who make service men and their families victims of swindles. are still operating and their continued depredations are probably accounted for by the lenient manner in which they are treated when caught. In New York, for example, swindlers with fake cameras have been taking photos" of service men on the street, collecting a dollar or more as down payment. and agreeing to send the finished photographs later The photos are never sent. The surprising part is that the racketeers of this type, who have been apprehended thus far. have been let of with small fines. Their profits" from their shameful racket are substantial, often amounting to hundreds of dollars in ( day. So they can well afford to pay a small fine and resume their operations. Racket men who prey upon soldiers and sailors should be dealt with severely,
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Views Of The Press

under age and sickly, came to the throne. He was an amenable in- strument in the hands of men like Seymour and Warwick, who had profited fabulously from the aliena- tion of church property and wanted to secure it once and for all by the introduction of the new religion and the suppression of the old. Thus did Professionalism get its start in Eng land. Henry VIII certainly prepar- ed its way, however unintentionally, but he was no Protestant.
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been q beautiful mountain picture which they could look at in this frame7 am sure there must be mountains, else this plcture-window would not be here"
 People very often doubt the ex- lstence Of God. They point out the fact that nobody has ever seen cod nor can His existence be proved by
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there being any
 mountains in that part of the coun- try. His father led him to a great picture . window, which opened OuI to the west, Why" asked the father, "do you think people would have put fl
 a picture-windov if there had uol
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ADulesauce for DuOdenaI Ulcers


 am 69, and for eight years have had what X-ray proved to be duode- nal ulcers. I am no medical man but have seemed to get much benefit from apple sauce-eating it two or three times daily with meals and sometimes between meals on bread and butter. (H. Ro
 Answer-Thank you. Perhaps the pectin in apple is beneficial in peptic ulcer, as it is in acute dysentery or acute diarrhea.
 Broken Arch Malarkey
 As a four years victim of Buerger's disease (thrombo-angitis obliterans) I have fooled around as you de- scribed, with arch supporters and special manipulations which were to correct alleged displacement of some small bones in foot and cure me. Had I followed your advice might have avoided gangrene-I now have two toes involved. (F. JO
 Answer-You mean, had you con- suited a physician instead of fooling with arch props and magic correc- ClOu OI duekeu DOllS OlopAdCculcAAIcs you might have retarded progress of the disease. That is reasonable enough. I'm sorry I have no ad- vice that any physician would not give you if the physician finds you have Buerger's disease.
 The Little Cab0ose
 We want to thank you for the B B B B B Book (so many B's may confuse people-let's call it just the Braby Baby Book-copy mailed to an yone who asks for it and incloses ten cents and stamped Self-ad- dressed enelope). It has made bring ing up No. { who is a little caboose fourteen years behind her youngest sister, a real pleasure. She eats heartily. sleps from 2 p. m. tO .. m. without waking and is altogether a happy baby, as happy as her par ents are to have her.
 Answer-Me, too.
 Copyright, 1924. John ?. bile Col
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Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 5:sO .. m.. sets at s:O7 p. m. war times
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 As for ants. says the Farmers Almanac. the finer the day the buster they arc, and when they disappear for no good reason there is a shower imminent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Selected Poem
THE CATTLE ARE OUT

dam in The Christian Science Monitor The gate is open, The bars are down. My seven Jerseys Have gone to town, Hoof deep in dust And roadbed shale, With drying tongue And flying tail. I see them now As they must look Three miles beyond Their pasture brook, Three miles beyond The reach of' grass. Lowing where team And auto pass, Looking in vain For forage green Where grass these years Was never seen, Licking at buttercups Tn the mind With none before And all behind. I think how I Went looking, too. But evenings near And chores to do. The moral can wait With gate to close. I'd better go get them. suppose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20

A III c T1cau HCClV~ ities in 1888 there was nothing that needed unmahk. ing more.
 he troub bl e with Martin Dies was the trouble with all militant crusaders. He be- came hipped on tn e subject n q lost his sense of proportion. Every trihirlg incident of irreg u ularity b e c Q m e sone- thing sinister and V,n a n aN V1 o. Tx.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Your Health By pr. William Brady

slgned Ictters pertaining Co peF- sOnal health and hygiene, not Co disease, diagnosis of treatment, win Do answered by pr. Brady R Q stamped self-adjressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In ink. No reply can O. made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street. Chicago. III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
DiesTrifIes
 Were Treason
By PETER EDISON

By PETER EDISON
 Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
 So Martin Dies is letting 90 the tail of that bear he has been wrest- ling for six years, and another militant crusader passes from the scene. There have been more cheers than tears over his announcement that he vii lnot seek reelection to Congress, which is something of 8 pity. For Martin Dies had sonle- thing there, and when he grabbed hold of the fifth column issue of un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
PICTURE WINDOWS OF THE
 SOUL
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

Last summer a father took his little son up into New Hampshire. They arrived at their cottage amid pouring rain. For several days they were not able to see the mountains. and the little boy conveyed to his father the grave doubt he felt about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20

Tn thing all began at Teheran, where Hurley told the President he had some important ideas re- garding the Atlantic Charter and the Near East. The President, then busy with Churchill and Stalin, expressed his interest, but asked to submit a memo and talk to him later in Washington.
 Hurley did so. He drafted a 30- page memorandum entitled, "A Proposal to Garry the Four Free dOms and the Atlantic Charter to the Peoples of the Near and Mid dle East"
 In it, Hurley argued that part of the Near East is controlled by the British-which, he said, is not the Atlantic Charter or the Four Freedoms, but imperialism. Part of the Near East, he con- tinued, is controlled by Russia which is not the Four Freedoms, but communism.
 Therefore, he proposed that the United States serve as a guide to develop the Near East through economic missionaries. Each gov- ernment-Iran, Iraq, Arabia, Syria, etc.-would invite the United States to send a corps of econ- onic advisers to their countries on irrigation, oil, crops, trees, fi- nancial matters. These economic advisers, in turn, would invite the various American business repre- sentatives and corporations to come to the Near East and help develop the different areas.
 In this way. Hoover's ex-secre- tary of war argued, the Near East would enjoy the Four Freedoms, and the United States would en- joy commanding position in one of the richest oil areas of the world. Hurley was paid $108,000 by Sinclair oil in 1942 after he had gone into uniform, though some of this was for services rendered the previous year.
 CONFERENCE WITH
 THE PRESIDENT
 Hurley called on the President with his plan on a Sunday noon, had lunch and remained three hours. Roosevelt seemed quite impressed with Hurley's argument and also was rather perturbed over Hurley's report on British lend-lease activities in the Near East.
 The General said that the British were selling U. S. lend- lease goods in the Near East in order to enhance their prestige with Arab rulers, and told how
 he had come across a large
 automobile caravan of British scientists looking for lOcusts in the Arabian desert. The sus- picion was that they might be eA men.
 Among other things, Hurley ar- gued that the United States need- ed a strong soldier-ambassador in the Near East to keep an eye on the British, and that he was the man to do the job. He pointed out that military matters were so important in that area that no American ambassador could work on level with British military commanders unless he also had military rank.
 Therefore. Hurley, major general; would be perfectly quail fled if given the rank of per- manent ambassador to the Near East. He already held the hon. orary rank of rowing ambassador through a cablegrom from the President confirmed by a letter from Ed stettinius.
 The President. who has been fond of the ebullient Pat, already
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Washington Merry-G Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Compons of Much Buy State Deportment Hurley Adolf Bee Presumed Targets Memo Freedoms for Middle Eost Explosive Blew Division Along the Diplomatic Front WASHINGTON - Handsome hardhttng Patrick series of conferences With
 
 be Administration
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
MEAT AND HYPERACIDTTY

A correspondent asks me to recon- cile, if I can, the suggestion l otfes on D. 10 of the booklet "So Yol Have Indigestion?" that person. with peptic ulcer (stomach, gastric, duodenal ulcer) should avoid meats, chicken broth, meat soups and gravies, with the suggestion on p. i2 of the same booklet that persona with "acid dyspepsia" should give preference to fat, such as butter, cream, olive oil and to albumen or protein, sue has eggs, milk, all Kinds of meat.
 When I offered the latter sugges- ton for those with "acid dyspepsia" was thinking of simple hyper acidity, excessive secretion of acid, acid stomach, sour stomach. Prob ably most persons with that coIn- plaint do not have peptic ulcer.
 Instead of trying to reconcile these suggestions, I may repeat what I said at the bottom of p. 10:
 It does not follow, patients
 should understand, that all these
 injunctions are unalterable or es-
 sential in any case just because
 they are given in the list. In fact
 individual adjustments are advis-
 able in adapting the diet in every
 case.
 Gut and dried may eat and may not eat diet lists passed into obli- vion long ago.
 Nowadays the best physicians may allow the peptic ulcer patient to have some tender or scraped beef in the third or fourth week of @ rigid diet after the Sippy plan. In the first week of Sippy diet the patient takes only cream and milk (two- thirds milk, one-third cream) {, tablespoonfuls 6 ounces) of the mixture every hour in the day from 2 @. m. until g p. n., besides 6 tablespoonfuls of strained oatmeal with cream at g @. r1., and one egg raw or soft boiled at 1 p. m. and again at s p. m.
 The lean part of meat, the white of egg, the protein part of milk, fish, fowl, cheese, is natural stim- ,ulant to the secretion of hydro chloric acid in the stomach. But it is worth noting here that two men (Stefansson and Andershen) who subsisted on an exclusive meat diet for one year, under constant obSer- ation and study by physicians and physiologists, remained in excellent health, showed no special hyper acidity of stomach or other diges- tive trouble.
 Such symptoms as 'heartburn" and 'waterbrash" do not necessar- fly mean that there is hyperacidity. for many patients with normal gastric acidity complain of these symptoms and some pteients with insufficient hydrochloric acid or none at all nevertheless complain of heartburn. In some instances, at any rate, heartburn or water brash signifies only reverse perts- talsis, return of normal gastric con. tents to the esophagus or gullet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20
Current Comment

Bougainville is virtually a prison camp for the Japanese. just as are other Pacific islands on which the Japs are surrounded. The Japs cannot get off the island.
 Lieut.. Col. Henry L. Ehafer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-20

It is not unreasonable Co befeve that the enemy's front-line combAt strength in fighter planes has 1el- len off approximately 20 per cent since January. Enemy reserves will not come easily to replace these planes.
 Secretary of War Henry L.
 Etimson.
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Copyright. 1914, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16

for boys. The presentation was
made at the school commencement
on June 9. During these years Mr..
Brown has supervised the janitorial
staff at the school.
Mr.. Brown told reporter from
this newspaper: During my %
years at Blake school, I have not
been the target for even one in
suit. I have worked hard and put
in long hours but did not mind.
The respect of the boys, the CO.
operation of their parents, the fac
ulty and the alumni and the mar
velous relationship we have had
has been enough compensation. I
have tried to make a record, and set
a good example. I hope some of
the young Negroes of the next
generations will profit by my ex-
perience at Blake school"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16
New Magazine
Headlines Out
On June 20

Detroit, Michigan.-The first is
sue of unique Negro news maya
zine called Headlines" which will
digest and review the highlights
in the news of the Negro people
each month will appear on the ma
TONS newsstands June goth, it was
announced this week.
Headlines" will seek to present
through its pages a general report
on the progress and development
of Afro-America and indicate the
significant trends in various fields
ranging from Politics to Sports.
Edited and published by Louis
E. Martin who is also editor of
the Michigan Chronicle in Detroit,
Headlines" will sell for twenty
five cents per copy. The monthly
news review will make it's initial
appearance in a pocket size formal
and carry pictures of people who
make the news. Besides its review
of major news events, Headlines"
will also present a cross-section Of
opinion on key issues from the ma
tons most important Negro news
papers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16
Robert patterson
Buried WetIl,, ida

Robert Patterson, Ais Aldrich
Ave. No., A, died Sunday, June IL,
at the Minneapolis General hospi-
tai.
Funeral services were held at the
Woodland Funeral Home Chapel,
Wednesday, June ID, at 2 p. m.
with Rev. Robert Kelley, officiat-
ing. Interment was at Crystal Lake
Cemetery. .
His wife, Carey, three sons, Rob-
ert, Paul and Joseph, two daugh-
tiers, Ada and Geneva, Minneapolis
and three brothers and two sisters
of Springfield, Mo-, survive him.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16

spondents took notes on the ques-
ton and answer.
The question was on the FEPC.
The President answered it in one
sentence. And another "first" was
tucked away in the blanket of his
tory.
All other events at the White
House during last week were paled
into insignificance with the launch
ing of the forces of liberation on
90" day. Even the fall of Rome,
following which the President made
a radio address, became small news
the very next day.
Highlight was the prayer in
which the President led the ma
ton in a broadcast on the evening
of the invasion. Knowing invasion
day was approaching, he started
writing the prayer several days be-
fore. He finished it after his broad
cast on the fall of Rome, and be-
tween telephone calls from the
War Department advising him
in detail of the progress of the
historic event.
The President regarded the
prayer as so solemn an occasion,
that for the first time at a broad
cast from the White House, pho
tographers and newsreel camera
men were barred. He prayed from
the small diplomatic reception
room.
At his press conference Tuesday
which was sd" day. met the
Presidents dog, Fala. He had the
run of the room that day, and he
exhibited considerable curiosity
around my trouser leg. I've con-
WINGED myself it was because my
cat at home insists on rubbing
against me every time I sit down.
l hope Fala was the only one who
could tell it, however.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16
Thomas RadfOrd
Last Rites Held

Thomas Radford, 65, 1919 Eighth
st. No., died June 10 at Mime
apolis General hospital. Mr.. Rad
ford had lived in Minneapolis for
20 years. He was a native of
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. At the time of
his death he was an employee of
the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant at
New Brighton.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, June 10, at Ideal Funeral
Home chapel. Rev. A. F. Martin
officiated. Interment Crystal Lake.
Surviving are Melinda Ray, sister;
Willie and Ollie Ray, nephews;
Irene Slaughter, cousin, Minneapo-
lis; Robert Ray, nephew, st. Paul,
and other relatives living in other
cities.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-06-16
Col. Campbell
Johnson Visits
I'm Twin Cities

Colonel Campbell Johnson, an ex-
ecutive assistant to the national di-
rector of Selective Service and in
direct supervision of the minority
group division, stopped in the Twin
Cities last Thursday on tour
through the west.
Col. Johnson visited at both Ur-
ban League offices, the St. Paul
Recorder and Minneapolis Spokes-
man newspaper offices and Thurs
day night spoke to a group of St.
Paul citizens at the Sterling Club
about Negroes in Selective Ser
vice" Il