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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
In the Interest of Happier Holidays

Human life is never cheap. Even on the battlefront where death is at the elbow of every member of the armed forces, where the world seems bent on killing and destroying man and beast, life and health are such prized possessions that commanding generals take per sonal interest in safeguarding their troops in every conceivable way and adopting every known device to wage war in safe way
 Here at home, where hazards are not to be compared with the perils of the iungles of the Pacific warfare or the Storming of briStling emplacements in the Siegfried and Maginot Lines, and the mountain passes of northern Italy, we can and should be more appreciative ot the comparative safety in which we live and work and refrain from developing unnecessary and uncalled-for hazards, either for our own or the general publlc'S safety.
 The Connecticut Highway Safety Commission, with the assistance of state and local police authorities, the schools and other state and community agencies, is sponsoring special effort this month to reduce accidents so that decrease ln violent deaths and injuries will be gained. The holiday season is just ahead. Thanks giving Day, with it's traditional family reunions, emphasizes life and health as prized possessions.
 It is good to be alive and well on Thanksgiving Day and on Christmas, to enjoy communion with those near ana dear. It is more vital that we be 1ree from having caused death CT injury to others and so saddened their holidays unnecessarily
 No realistic person can feel that the 1944 holidays will be truly happy TOT most of us; too many homes have felt the impact of war, too many others are ur1- der the cloud of what might happen to loved ones at the front But we can make the coming holidays "safe" if not .shappy" by minding the admonitions ot accident prevention authorities, whether it be concerning the speed at which we operate our motor vehicles, or the eau ton we should use in crossing streets at night or walking along unlighted high ways.
 November and December are, accord ing to the Safety Commission, high incl dence months for accidents in the home, on street and highway, in the factories and at recreation, particularly hunting.
 Take extra care during the coming weeks of 1914 to protect yourself, your family and the general public by using courtesy and care in and out of your home and place of business.
 Remember that when you drive your automobile Remember it when you start to cross the street, particularly dur ing dark hours. Remember it when at work and remember it when at home. For Happier Holidays for yourself and every one else-avoid accidents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

asked 8 friend, puzzled over the fact that ByrneS had called
 Baruch had called while Ba- ruch was enrOute to his office.
 'I just didn't want Baruch to be able to say that he per- suaded me to say" said the War Mobilizer, with a broad grin.
 NOTE: Baruch's master-stroke accomplishments t:lorugh Byrnes have been the Hancock report on reconversion, which took care of Big Business but not Little; the appointment of General Hines for veterans unemployment; appoint ment of General Hines for veter- ans unemployment: appointment of will Clayton for surplus war property; busting of Donald Nel- son.
 ERRY-GO-ROUND
 This is the first time since the Civil War that Pennsylvania has two Democratic Senators. The new senator, Rep. Francis J. My CTS of Philadelphia, is another case of a strong internationalist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

replacing semi-isolationist- ''Puddler Jim" Davis, Republican Secretary Of Labor under Hard- ing, Coolidge and Hoover. Myers record on preparedness and inter national cooperation while in the House of Representatives has been 100 per cent Biggest crowds in the halls of the Pentagon build ing these days are officers hang ing around vending machines, waiting for them to be filled with cigarettes Newly elected Sen- ator Cowboy" Glen Taylor of Idaho is first cousin to sphinxlike Harold Dixon Young, who steers Vice President Wallace's political fortunes :. One of the best jobs of keeping the nation informed about it's servicemen is quietly be- ing done by Col. Al Warner and Col. Ed Kirby at the War De- partment, both doing bang-up job with the popular Army Hour.
 Copyright, 1914, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Current Comment

Ed Page-Current Comment
 For decades to come, the nations entire economy = and that means jobs and money in the bank, and a chance to send your son to college depends upon the outcome of the (reconversion) job we have ahead of us.
 Ut. Gen. William s. Knudse1,
 director Air Technical Service
 Command.
 Peace cannot be grasped as an end in itself, nor ca nit be super imposed upon man or society by an external agency. It must be grown into.
 Episcopal Bishop James P. De
 Wolfe of Long Island, N. Y.
 When the Russians reach Hit ler's capital I nominate for chair man of the welcoming committee our own General Eisenhower. War Mobilization Director James
 F. Byrnes.
 Too often in the past we have tended to think of college ed- ucation as, at best, polite em- bellishment, and, at worst, a four year series of unrelated studies to which we resigned ourselves with the secret determination to let them interfere as little as possible with the real and vital concerns of college life.
 -Dr. Everett Case, president Col-
 Gate U.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
It's Time to Think-And Thank!

For a lot of us here at home, Thanks giving may bring an uneasy, even a guilty feeling. Somehow we are too well fed, too warm and clean and comfortable. These are things to be thankful for, surely, but they put us too much apart from sons and husbands and brothers and friends in all parts of the world who are celebrating Thanksgiving without them.
 And these are things that make us too remote from the spirit of the first Thanksgiving. That was spirit of hum ble gratitude in people who had fought and suffered in an alien, unfriendly land to reap the meager bounty for which they offered their thanks. It may seem today that the bounty is being won for us by men who still fight and suffer while we keep holiday, and that this occasion is more properly one of fasting than feaSting.
 But those feelings are probably wrong. We may we'll be humble and grateful. Yet there is no need to think that our custom ary holiday will be looked upon with bit terness by the men who fight our battles overseas.
 Millions of homesick kids are going to be thinking of that holiday, of the family dinner table, and the food that is on it, and the people that are around it, and to them Thanksgiving itself may seem like something to be thankful for. They will be glad to know that it is just as it was, and they won't wish it any different. It's part of country and life to fight for and come home to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Views Of The Press

literary awards, stimulating Amer imam interest in a comparatively unfamiliar writer. Many of the awards have in fact been to writers of whom most Americans had never before heard. This is true of the 1899 winner, the Finnish novelist. Franz Eemil Sillanpaa.
 Only three Americans have been SO honored: Pearl Buck in 1888, Eugene O'Nein in 1886. and Sinclair Lewis in 1930. It a perhaps more correct to say four Americans rather than three, since in 1928 the choice fell to Thomas Mann, the German novelist who has since became an American citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Selected Poem
WE THANK THEE
Thanksgiving, 1944

Thanksgiving, 1944 Charlotte Abetz in The Hartford Courant Poets
 Corner) We thank Thee, Father, for Thy loving care, For all the blessings Strewn along our way; We thank Thee for the food that We may share With fellow men less fortunate today. Help us to cultivate Thy tender grace; Crowd out each petty, unimportant thing Enbue us with Thy strength that We may lace Tomorrow and whatever it may bring And may Thy children have the eyes to see ODlr brothers who are weary from their load; Teach us to serve with ardent loyalty The tired souls we meet along life's road We thank Thee for this mellow, golden fall, For nulticolored leaves that turn and toss In answer to the winds insistent call. We thank Thee for the teachings of the Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

rary religious life. There is great relaxation of discipline, compared with former days. Christian believ- CTS are often less willing and less able to support the fatigue of Chris tian service than were those meE who landed on our shores centuries ago, seeking refuge from their perse- cutors. The modern Christian today complains often of the weight of certain Christian disciplines, such as church-going, Sabbath observance daily reading of the Bible, obsten- tion from certain questionable types of amusementS. Often he has been able to obtain official permission from his church to lay aside a DOT ti0n of the spiritual armor consid- cred essential in times past for the protection of mems souls.
 We have broader spirit of tolef-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

A timely squib tells us that poker games by the GI boys require the genius of an international banker, what with the foreign exchange We quote: With three or four kinds of currency in the pot, a player who puts up 300 francs may find himself raised by three pounds, or ten gulden, or maybe fifteen dollars Writes one soldier, you've got to be an ln- ternational banker to figure how you stand at the end of one of these ses- SionS.'"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
IN THE MEANTIME
(Boston Post)

An automatic brake for automo- piles is prophesied by Chicago consulting engineer A radio device he says, will spot any object that comes in the cars path-even a ped estrian, we presume-and will auto- matieally apply the brakes and shut down the throttle. When such a day comes it will indeed be the millen- nium of the motor age. In the mean time, however, motorists should keer in mind the daily fatality statistics and keep their own eyes on the road Some of them drive as if automatic brakes were already reality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
NOBEL PRIZE
(New Haven Journal Courier)

N@NO" 41NVOAA VE4&AHH14 OOSAA4O4V
 Another sign that normality is returning to the world is the an- nouncement that the Nobel prize for literature of an idealistic nature has been awarded for the first time since 1889. The Swedish committee which has charge of this and other Nobel awards evidentaly felt that the war left very little room for expression of any form of idealism.
 The recipient now honored is Johannes V. Jensen, 71-year-old Danish novelist, best known for his many-volumed historical romance. The Long Joprney.' His selection should have the effect of other Nobel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Another Thanksgiving has been pro- claimed which will be celebrated in prac- tically all our states tomorrow, the fourth Thursday in November. For many the day will be as any other day. For others it will be day of rest, a day to Ego home for Thanksgiving" or to eat out, as they say. The great home day has been preety much "discombobolated'' by the trend of the timeS-family members in camps and overseas, and home mem- bers working in the defense plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
YULE CARDS
Boston Post)

This is good time to think about the final disposition of the stacks of Yule cards that reach practically every home. The custom of exchang- ing the seasons greetings with cards has grown, and this year sales are to hit an all-time high. After the cards are read, they are put away and then dumped outdoors some months later. Many organizations put Christmas cards to good use. Then there is the salvage drive. The cards can really go to a worthwhile purpose this year. Meanwhile, mail early.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. Q. D.

LAYING ASIDE OUR ARMOR
 The historian Gibbon tells us that at certain time in the history of Rome there came a profound relaxation of discipline and a dis use of exercise among its soldiers. The result was that the members of the Roman Legions became both
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
RUBBER LIKE MILK

Sap of the rubber tree not only looks like COWS milk, but acts so much like it that chemists learned a great deal about handling 1t by studying the methdoS of dairy chemist, and even the name "latex' comes from the Spanish word for milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

The public has been informed that the theatres first lady, Ethel Barrymore, IS on the mend All will watch for her re- turn to the stage. Her screen debut = the showing-co just when she has had to efface herself temporarily, we trust, from the dramatic scene. The critics gave her great praise for her role in ''None But the Lonely Heart"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

OOuuCu d II U 4bo Assembly. Th a t provided a conflict in authority, but on top of that the League confined itself to dealing with a few specific subjects and de- veloped new ques- tions only very slowly. The Leag s l o W l y. T h e League did make a beginning on such problems as control of disease, white slavery and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Your Health
 By pr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining Co per-
 eOnal health and hygiene, not %
 disease, diagnosis of treatment,
 win be answered by pr. Brady q
 Q stamped seIf-addressed envelope
 Is enclosed. Letters should be bfie1
 and written in ink. 20 reply can
 be made to queries not conform
 ing to instructions. Address pr.
 William Brady, National News
 paper Service, 32O West Madison
 Street. Chicago, ILL
 MECHANISM FOR METABOLISM
 oh, pshaw, by now I suppose there is little if any recollection of the observations made in the arti- cles in this column few days ago concerning malnutritioIl, Superflu- ous flesh and obestity. That being so the question is, where do we go from here? If we go back and be- gin over again we'll never get be- vond where we broke of at the deadline. So let us proceed from the reminder that vitRmin B is ''poor mans insulin,'' since the principal function of vitamin B in nutrition, as is now scientifically recognized, is to promote normal metabolism or utilization of car- bohydrate (starch, sugar, to pro- duce energy.
 Insufficient daily intake of vita- min B in the ultra-refned modem diet (most of the ca1orieS derived from refined white flour and refined sugar or syrup) explains, as be- lieve, not only the common tend- ency to accumulate Superfuous flesh but also the unfortunate fact that almost overweight individuals lack ambition, eagerneSs or energy to work with muscles), play. exer- else or to indulge in any physical activity. They prefer to have white collar jobs, do only "brain work sit and watch others play.
 Going around, whether for votes or for fun or on social, business or philanthropic errands uses energy, provided you travel under your own power. The necessary energy comes from the oxidation combustion, burning of fuel-blood sugar-the form of fuel into which all car- bohydrate food must be converted before it can be used as fuel. And here is where vitamin B comes in If your intake of vitamin B is in- adequate, your ignition system is defective and you just don't have the ambition, the power, the effici- ency the pep. So you sit 1t out. Action rather irks you. Why walk if you can possibly ride? Why work if you can hire or persuade some one else to work for you? Why play when there are professionals willing to play for your amusement?
 I hope I am not giving an exag- gerated conception of the function of vitamin B-when say B mean B-complex, not only thiamin (B1) but all the other entities or factors that grow in the natural B-compleX group. I hope no one will get the notion that vitamin B, even when large amounts of the synthetic thiamin (BD are administered in shots" is pick-me-up or magic restorer of vitality. It is more in- telligent to regard vitamin B-com- plex rather as "the mechanism necessary for the metabolism of car bohydrate"-that is, for the normal utilization of starches and sugars by the body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Brooklyn and Mir. Coward

In his new book Middle East Diary" Noel Coward made a somewhat sneering remark about Brooklyn soldiers. The reaction could have been foretDld, for 1t E well known that the hellish fury of woman scorned is as nothing compared
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

less able and less willing to sup port the fatigue of service. They c o m plained of the weight of their armor and at last obtained permission to lay aside a portion of 1t.
 We O b s erve the same thing in on t elnpo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

The smart people these days are not the finance experts in banks and large financial companies. They are the butcher, the baker, and the green grocer who figure your meat and butter and keep to the point in so doing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 11:5S p. m. (war time) Sun rises at 7:47 a. m. sets at 5:24 D. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Jupiter, now a morning star puts in an appearance about 2:30 a. m In a week or so it will be on the meridian at sunrise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

ance today than we once had. We should beware lest tolerance lead to indifference, to the erasure of dis tinct lines between right and wrong. to the weakening of the moral and spiritual life of our people.
 All Rights Reserved = BabSon
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
For a World
 Economic Council
Nv PETER EDISON

By. FEIEH EDbUN Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
 One of the most striking differ ences between the old League of Na- tions and the new proposed United Nations organization would come in the manner of dealing with econo- mic and social questions.
 The old League gave authority to deal with such matters to both its
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

WASHINGTON November hasn't print Electric
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW Pa PEARSON

Big Business Whes GE President Advises Poswo High Wages; But Wilson Soy People Must Hove Money Before They Can Spend t; Byrnes Agreeing Remain in Wor ob Forestos Boruh Cet First Time Since Civil War Both Pennsylvania Senotors Democrats
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22
A Thought for Today

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deCeit-JOb 15:35.
 In life it is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst inten- tions, or friends with the -Buwer-Lytton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-22

Copyright, 1914, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
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Honor Roll
ewum- Official
- Casualty
~ List

Lists for Michigan as issued by
the government after the next Of
kin have been notified
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
NAVY MISSING
Air Medal Given
To Dead Filler

1t GgA Henry c. Weber Jr,
%, who was last seen when his
dive bomber crashed into the sea
during a night attack on Munda
airfield April 9, l943 has been
posthumouSly awarded the Air
Medal in presidential citation
for his merltoriOuS service in the
southwest Pacific theater,e his
parents, the Henry C-WeheFs Of
$3.50 Benteau. were notified today,
Weber, who was selected as left
fielder on the all city baseball
team in his senior year at ST,
Bernard High School IN 1888, was
in one OF the first Squedrons that
attacked North Africa ih- the 1912
invasion.
After serving in the African
area FOR a month he was sent 10
The south Pacific.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
BIo(kChdnQe
In Tax Bill

WASHINGTON, May : INs)
House leaders turned thumbs
down today on a. eleventh hour
move 10 am nd the new tax SIM
piflcatjon bill as the measure
wiping out income tax returns for
30OO0.0OO Americans reached the
Ti0uSC floor
Members of the tax writing
ways and means committee re-
ported flood Of requests from
colleagues for last minute action
10 correct Joker provision
which they said would boost the
capital gains tax in the lower
brackets by per cent
hs net effect of the provision.
one member explained. is 10 apply
on capital gains for the FIRST time
the 3 per cent victory tax which
IS otherwise eliminated in the new
bill
The closed rule under which
the measure will be debated and
voted upon on Friday permits
only the ways and means COM
mttee 10 offer amendments. and
Rep Doughton Cd of North
Carolina, chairman OF the COM
mittee made il clear there were
no committee amendments in
prospect.
Rep. KnutSen RI Of Minnesota,
ranking minority member of the
group, voiced definite opposition
10 rewriting the bill on the floor.
He said:
II think we ought 10 pass the
bill PROMPTLY and get il over
TO the Senate. Let them hold
hearings on Ii and wei iron
out any minor changes In con-
ference"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
Tears Mark Battle
For Lost FIier'S Son
BY VERA BROWN

The mother Of q USAAF flier,
Of the Ruthless just
missing in action, is on
the witness stand in the court OF
Judge Moynihan fighting 10 keep
custody Of the fiers only son.
She is Mrs. Ila Churchill kcl-
lev Of 2052S Omira, and tears
rolled down her cheeks as she held
a telegram from the war depart
ment which read:
I'VE regret 10 inform you that
your son, sgt. Douglas Church
III. is missing In action over
Germany
Women spectators in the court
room wept, too.
SEEKS CUSTODY
Sitting al the counsel table n
few feet away was Mrs Mary
Churchill. 20. OF 20l79 lrvington
who is seeking custody of 3ls-
.year-old Lawrence.
SAID Mrs Kelley
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03
laps Lose 7 Planes
For Each American

GEN MacARTHUR'S HQ, NEW
GUINEA, May 3 GNS)-Gen
Douglas MacArthur's April COM
mulques show plane loss ratio
Of one 10 seven in favor of Allied
forces MacArthur's air units lost
80 planes against 296 destroyed
during the month,
OF Jap planes accounted for, l7S
were destroyed in the air and lis
on the ground.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03

IL took the baby home with
me. Mary and Doug had split
up and he was going TO join the
air corps. He didn't leave the
baby and me for six months
after the separation.
"On his only furlough. In jan
uary, l9i3, he told me several
times In Mary's presence that
he wanted me TO keep the baby
until he came home,
Thank God he didn't know
about this court battle. I had
written 10 him, hut from the
date he was reported missing,
he couldn't have received the
letter"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-03


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