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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Only l36 Days to Christmas

It is al old curative that if you bring out into the open an unpleasant problem that may be plaguing you it's proportions become leSsened we tried that with the current heat spell and almost suffered prostration.
 Mark Twain said there wasn't any thing anyone could do about the weather and we believe him now We have tried air-conditioning, long. tall drinks ac- cording to your pleasures, cool lake water, salt tablets and a homemade recipe recommended to us by 8 Coue advocate calling for an attempted disregard for the existence of the heat The latter was also practically disastrous, as our body temperature scared upward from over indulgence in concentrative powers.
 We have a friend-in fact a couple or more who always say that if there is breeze, you will find it on their front porch or lawn. We tried that. too but the trouble was that there wasn't any breeze. Heat and friendship combined most always result in defeat for either one and the result of recent visits to couple of these front-porches has result ed in the need of our forwarding flowers to make amends.
 Although we know it to be futile, we WISH DO Bo Ou ItCOIu iu oplsOSagioii oo ei'a@ heat. The only trouble is we don't know whom to blame. We certainly can't blame it on Hitler for unquestionably he has the heat on him. right now, so in- tensely that it makes our complaints look chronic. We have heard over-ardent Republicans blame it on the New Deal claiming it as another means of regi- mentation, but we doubt the soundness of such a contention. Yet, we have got to complain to someone-our family and friends are sick of being made the recipients
 One fellow we knew said that it was good for certain crops such as parsley. or omething-there was no question Of our acquittal as defendant in city court the next day. We don't wish to appear as though we wanted 10 complain about the heat-but-isn't there anyone who will show us some sympathy?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Machine Age

About 20 years ago man named karel Capek wrote a play called "R. U. R." It was fantasy, somewhat disquieting but highly improbable, about horde of robot workers that swarmed over the earth and destroyed the human race which had created them.
 "R. U. R." never riyaled "Abie's Irish Rose" or "Tobacco Road" in popularity. But the name robot, which capek in- vented for his tireless. soulless, non- human workers, has stuck in our yocab- ulary. And now, alas, it begins to appear that capek's fantasy might not have been so fantastic at that. For instance, m New York City the other day a doclle old local subway train suddenly felt the stirrings of revolt and took matters into it's own hands. It whisked a load of be- Wildered humans back and forth from Brooklyn To Manhattan, WhipsaWlng from one route to another, pausing only to decide where to go next, disdalnlng, to open it's doors and let its passengers escape. Shortly afterward in the same city driyerless milk truck yaulted the cuFbstone and smashed up restaurant.
 Then BayOnne, N J., teacher claimed to have invented some sort of eontrlyanee which will enable anybody to compose &3NngG, fAf4u liUW NldlFdih PlllFNgoAbg lifAS been presented with an amazing cleo tFlcal device which, so far as the limited mind can discover, will do any mathe' nautical problem under the sun-Or be- y0nd the sun, for that matter The machine age has become no joke. It was all right when man began deylsing more and more machines to relieve him oI manual chores It was even all right when man started building machines to do his simple arithmetic for him-slnee man knew that he could still do it himself.
 But this algebraie electric brain at Harvard is something else. The Navy commander who invented 1t and the h. teFnational Business Machines Corp people who built it aren't sure what lt can do. They say it might go beyond the mathematical horizons that the eumu' latlve genius of all human history mas been able to glimpse. If men keep oD building machines Of this scope, it'g only a question of time until they come up with one which will discover, among other secrets Of the universe, that the human race is irresponsible, inefficient, and thoroughly egpendable. Then the machine age will really be here. Man. Nnd will eventually disappear, unnoticed and unsEng, Machines will turn out more nlachines, solve more problems - not really getting much Of anywhere but just HekIng along from force Of habit, much p the manner Of man who preceded henl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Price Stabilizers

Deliveries that will permit rapid turn over. labels that will sell merchandise, and the reinstatement of advertising allowances. are among the requests by food stores of manufacturers of food products, for the postwar period.
 A survey indicates that such manufac- turers should make prompt postwar de- liveries in as large or small quantities as the buyer desires, and at lowest prices, to permit rapid turnover, and that labels should be designed to give them life in modern store. Also, chains and super markets want each package to have white space on top to stamp price.
 In the reinstatement of advertising contracts, which have been discontinued during the war, the survey records chain and supermarket operators as asking manufacturers who cooperated in adver- tising campaigns in the past, to do so in the future.
 The stores in all fields, including gro cery, variety and dry goods groups, will be a powerful influence in Stabllizing prices and bringing back the quality and variety of goods which American con- sumers will seek at. the end of the war. Advertising will play an important role in re-establisAing markets disrupted by the war emergency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Views Of The Press

this month that many bloody bats ties of the past have been fought just as they are being fought today Strangely familiar nov are the place names that show the course of the Russian armies against Warsaw and East Prussia, Once before, in Au- gust, le20, as Marshall Pllsndskj fac, . dthe Rolshevik General Toukhat- ebeVskl, dld We read of battling around GT0dnO, Rlalystok and Lnbr liD, And on August 26, 1914, the German armies smashed against the Russians Rt T'anDenbeFg,
 Another generation, too, read the news 0f the Second Battle 0f Bull Run on August 30, 1882, And before that, in August Of iHl2, the British AnteTed the city of Washington and burned lt 10 the ground, On August g, 1898, American troops marched tEiumphantly Into the city of Manila and on August Q, 1918, French, Brit lsh and American troops under Gen eral Douglas Halg started great drive that was the beginning Of the end f0r Germany,
 From every report It would seem thst history Is repeating itself, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
EDUcATTON--NOwi
Ichrlstlan Science MonltoFD


 Parents and other publie-spirlted citizens have m important opp0rr tunity t0 contribute t0 postwar welT fare ln the United States by taking part between now and the Te0penv Ing Of the schools in Q drive t0 get high school children back to thelE elaRsTT00Ns,
 Experienced workers with young people declare that it is extremely difficult tO make Dp" what Is last by absence from the last year or tw0 Of high school, Children pr0ms isa themselves they will go t0 night school but the usnally d0D't
 Young people 0f t0dRy have not lived long enough to remember what lt Is like when one has real e0mpes tltl0D ln the j0bvmaTket, Then skill knowledge and tFalDiDg prove their value, There will be more competition in the j0bEmaFket agteT the war, Moreover many young men And women WllD later denIde they would like 10 get 8 college Adus eati0n-a0d this they cannot even apply Tor unless they have . secs 0ildaTy- -sah00l diploma,
 Parents HaD help as much as Anys one ID this laudable effort 10 keep children 0n the straight and fRlP bath af education as long as pOss slble, They cen hold in theiV own view . hlgh esteem for education and transmit this viewpoint 10 thaiT young sons and daughters ~ and they aan even bring . little paFants al pressure so bear In the matter, To d0 co would be the highest klndS ness 70 the children As well as Q patriotic service to the county,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Selected Poem
SEA GARDENS

SEA GARDENS PP-Sgt Frederick Eibright lD The New York Times Cold porplDEy, sea-pollshed marble and greco
 bronze or Roman loot lie here in silent WateFy streets; Empty the trusted helmet and stilled the oars 0f
 ones Who piled the TiTemes Of edad caesars fleets, Here neTeids sing on forever m green sunless caves Where over sunk gold coin pale RHbeg seaweed
 slides, Under the slow plpeksd hsTpsWings Of the moving
 waves, Under the plangeDt beat Of shifting hours and tides Cold flowers Of coral bloom iD an ice-blue light, ppmoyDg, chill as flowers under lunar geamj Shadows Of casual fish move through the aqueous
 twilight ID spectral hush, as silent dancers ip 2 dream, Here bFeatbes the mlT0Fed hour Of brief yesterday fEBeless and VansiSed beneath the changing swell, in thk lost garden where only shadows sbb end
 play And V0ieeleks hangs the Fusted unTsmsmbsTsd bell,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

that AS in the last war. the beginning of the end for Nasi 0efmaHy can be marked on the calendar as having come in August, The month Is ktill young, Perhaps, happily, We may this month add to thls collection Q few more notable advanees against not only the Germans but also the Japanese,
 Even the name August grows out 0i military adventures, It was so Hanaed by the Emperor AugnEtns be- nallse in that month he had ''thFies celebrated Q triumph, had received the allegiance Of the soldiers sies tl0nad on the Janleulum, had anns fludad the elvil wars, Raa had asbs dued Egypt"
 Salute to August, month ef VaosS tons and viat0rtesl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

wanted a pledge from Hitler that the Nazis would make a major effort to defend the Gothic Line in northern Italy. Hitler is re- ported to have pointed out. ia reply. that he was terribly short Of tactical reserves and could do little. However. Mussolini is re- ported to have convinced the Fhiehrer to use the German trained Italian Fascist divisions recruited by Mussolini after the fall of Naples.
 The Black shirts are equipped with German uniforms and weapons, were picked for their loyalty to Fassism. Pre- Sumably, they will now defend Che Gothic Iine side by side with NaEi troops.
 .MOTE-Italian troops still loyal to Mussolini are called neo-Fas- cists.
 HOLLYWOOD IN
 FOR TROUBLE
 It isn't being advertised yet, but Hollywood movie moguls are in for some more rough sledding at the hands Of the Justice Depart ment. The old antitrust suit against them is going to be dusted of soon and prosecuted anew this time with more yigor.
 Four years ago, hard.hleting Thurman AFa0Id, then ln charge of the gnstlce Departments trust busting division, filed suit against the big Hollywood com panies fer conspiracy tO hog tlse movie market. He eOnlended that the Klelg-llght boys were net only producing pictures bus m0n0pellEing the channels 0f distribution and, by owning tiAelT own theateTs, making C tough foV independents to speE- ate,
 After Arnold brought suit how- ever Jimmy Roosevelt, then a Hollywood producer himself, tn- teryened, largely through his friend Harry Hopkins, then see' Tetary Of Commerce. Hopkins managed to cool oN the Justice Department, and the suit was compromised through . consent decree.
 Recently, however. the movie mogulS have refused to go along on a new decree giving indepen' dent theater owners better break
 So AttOFny General Riddle vii crack down again, This time he Is ln dead earnest and will attempt Co force complete 9l- V0Fee between tbealeTs, Gllm dis'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

trIbution and film production.
 This would mean that the big
 companies, such as Paramount,
 RKO, Warner Brothers. Twen-
 aieth Century Fox and AfGM.
 would have to choose between
 n aking movies. distributing
 them, or operating their own
 huge theater chains.
 NOTE-Movie moguls are bank ing on the hope that there will be a new Administration next year and that Dewey's Attorney Gen. eral won't be so keen on anti. trust suits.
 AXIS INSIDE
 Europe's underground is boiling. For the first time it's members are linked up together. The Maquis of France, the Partisans of north- ern Italy, and Marshal Tito's Pa- triot forces in Yugoslavia have now established contact. are work ing as a unified force. causing Himmler many slespless nights The United States has made it clear to Bulgaria, Hungary and Roumania that 1t is not interested in talking about peace with these satellite Governments unless they send emissaries prepared to sign peace agreements on the spot. Tn other words. the United States will not listen to any peace feelers from Bulgaria. Roumania and Hungary through neutral or other sources. Any Bulgarian, Hun garian or Roumanian officials who want to make peace with the United States will have to prove that they are the real Mccoy and actually authorized to sign an agreement for their Governments before American representatives will sit down to talk terms {. The diplomatic corps takes with a large grain of salt the sudden resignation Of German Anbassa- dor to the Vatican Baron von Weizsaecker This is the same yon WeizsaeekeF who in 1888 aet- ad as Hitler's principal neg0tiator and table-banger in the Nad plot to annex Czeeh0sl0yakia and nlti- mately Poland. Diplomats who know him say some Na2is can be reformed. but not yon Weizsaecker ,, They believe he is merely front man for the German GeneF- al 6taG and its plan for a new war by a greater Germany thirty years hence.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

t0 worship D his beRFt but slnee the earliest days Of our Fellgl0n ChTlstlans have had the desire to worship together, And when they came together, they formed 8 church No building was necessary, The word sehuFehp had the same meaning as our present word 'eon' gFegati0D,"
 But every group Of Christians wished to build Rlg edlhee, which would De 2 common gathering place and Q monument 70 thelf faith, Hence, the tradition Of worship m e church building,
 Most Christians tQday Rtlll Wlsh tQ worship together, end they wish t0 esll . pert Of . church building tbelF own,
 As practical matter, there are very few people Wb0 worship God with no companion except nature, And most of the laW who do are alsa members Of churches, In most eases the aDtlnathy t0 church worship Is an attenpt to hide . dlslnellnatl0n e worship AntWheEe.
 Christianity ie e religion Of felIeNs ship, and the true W0TshlppaF viii iesl the strong urge to 1oin others 10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
vTTAMEN A IN YOUR DAILY
 DIET

Butter, the richest food source of vitamin A. Is not indispensable m the family dietary on that account. If the price of olemarRarine Is low enough to make its use instead or butter a saving, all hands will be quite as well nourished if the table provides reasonable amounts Of other good sources of vitamin A such as cheese, genuine, not pro. cessedD, milk and milk products, animal liver, kidneys. egg yolks. most of the green and yellow vege- tables, tomatoes and tomato juice Ifresh or cannedD, ripe banana. Not only whole milk. but also cream. skim milk and buttermilk tgenuinel and skim milk ttoo often regarded as unfit for human nutritionD are good food sources of vitamin A.
 In recent years a great many margarine manufacturers. with per- mission of the government, add what ! consider an insignificant dab of vitamln A-0O00 units per pound to their product. regard leg ounces Of butter or oleomargarine or other fat as a pretty helty quant. ity of fat to take in a day, over and adove the oil or fat you get in oth- CT food. but one would have to tamp in that much of this doctoled oleomarearine to get even 1000 units of vitamin A-the amount Of vita min A one gets in about a pint of milk.
 Although there are brands of ole- omargarine that keep well under ordinary conditions without any chemical preservative. most kinds are doctored with sodium bensoate to retard spollage under ordinary conditions. Makers of these prod- ucts justify the addition of the chemical preservative by citing what they say is the finding Of govern. ment experts. that up to seven grains a day may be consumed by anybody with impunity.
 Far be it from me to question that finding but if can find ole- omargarine without sodium benzo- ate and withou. added vitam!n A, I'll select that kind. if you dent mind
 If can't find margarine free from sodium benzoate snd added yitamin A. then I'll grit my teeth --and incidentally l still have g teeth to grit with "a fair number Of them my own) and go back to butter. even if 1t costs 25fo more. So far as taste goes I'd as soon have oleomargarine as butter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
QUESTION and ANSWERS Powdered Egg Yoik Hard Co Get

Just where should one start scout ing for powdered egg yolk - drug store or grocery store? I am anxious to gain weight if it is possible. I'm perfectly healthy but a sad sack in appearance because I am eighteen pounds underweight.
 tMiss T. S. Answer-Grocers should have it. if and when 1t is available. Send stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress. for pamphlet How to Gain Weight
 Old Legends Never Die
 Ben Told it is bad for child to sleep with older person as the elderly person takes strength away from the child. Is this so? Daugh- ter. Q. sleeps with grandmother, 72.
 Mrs. l., MD Answer Generally it is better for every one to have his own bed. But there is no foundation for the noe tion that one sleeping partner takes strength away from the other, old or young. Both will get better rest if they sleep each in her own bed. They are less likely to share any infection either may happen to have if they do not sleep together
 llaBne Medicine Cabinet
 Please suggest sometime what items the home medicine cabinet should contain. "A. U, H,l Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address. and inelOse twenty-five cents for booklet "I'he Medicine Cupboard"
 Air Mall
 Many correspondents apparently are unaware that air mail postage Is cents for one ounce or less Many who use air mail 10 wriee me neglect 10 inelose a stamped ess yel0pe bearing the address to which l may send an answer,
 Copyright iesl. John ?. Dille Co.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

signed letters pertaining te per. sanal health and hygiene, not se disease, diagnosis of treatuetll will De answered by Dr. Brady e a stamped Selg-addrcssed envelope as enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. 70 reply can be maee Co queries not conform lnR Co instructions. Address pc. William Brady. National News paper Service, 32o West Madison Street Chicago. flL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The most heated discussions this week have been concerned with the heat. All that being so there have been summers when we have noticed more stories con- cerning same. The prOstrations have been considerable but not too many measured by the degree of the heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

in an editlee AsI EtjDted and f0rpal' and l0ses it's ess| seDtial mea ntng| iD aD out " aFn' tradition,
 Nov lt Is ullr
 d0ubtedly tFue
 that a Christian
 can worship in 2 prison, g palaee, R desert, or on the open seq as long as he has the urge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Current Comment

One German sergeant came out Of a strong point waving a white handkerchief, Then 80 more men came tumbling out as soon as they saw he was taken prisoner without being shot, The sergeant told us that he had to shoot his own officer before he could give up.
 Technical Sergeant Harry
 DownwaFd at 6t, Mal0,
 France,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

istlnR conoltioflS.
 About the only diffe rences be- tween these mod. ern catac o mbs a n d those in
 which the early Christians sought refuge from per- secution Is that
 they are air-con- tiitioned and pos- sess a m emit ics which the latter certainly did not have. But you could stretch the rcnnarigOn A lie
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

In times of heat they say, prepare for cold. So friends, neigbbors and enemies, have filled tanks and coal bins to keep them comfortable when the wintry blasts Of December and January arrive to make the August heat and drought old stories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

It has become so common a thing the heat-that very few now comment on the fact. Folks are getting quite in' genious deyising ways of keeping cool. or we should say. of endeavoring to feel less warm. As far as we have checked none of the devices have been unsuccess- faal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
4 Thought for Today

Glorious indeed Is the world Of God around as. but more glorious the world oi God within us-Longfellow.
 BleSsed Is the man thaa endurelh temptation: For when he is tried. he shah receive the crown of life. which the Lord hath promised Co ehem that love him.--games l:l2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Fair, warm and humid are three over worked words. One of these words alone is a bore, but when you get all three Of them seven days of the week, there IS cause for boredom if not disgust and discomfort
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Daily Almansc

Sun rises ct s;Os S. m,, sets St T;N ?, n, (war ume)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset,
 The new moon which arrives Friday may elhange the l0ng dFawn.0ut spell 0g almost unprecedented heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

No doubt about it the weather often makes a good newspaper filler, This week and preceding weeks, however, the weather tops practically everything ID the line Of news to the hundredth degree
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
. sNATIONAI
 SPOTLIGHT
So To
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BY RosETTE IiAR0RovE MIA War Cogresnondens

London. Aug. i7--Every possible measure has been taken by authori. ties to make London's deep shelters five are now open to the public as comfortable as possible under exc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
SALUTE 70 AUGUST
lHarlfAnd QnlIranll

The month Of August ioE slI itg sublime and majestic nanae, ia asses elated with some of the 9FlInllobt pages eF mans history. voS ' ls ln
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

WASHINGTON August IT, Diplomatic observers London and Washington think Hitler fighting that his one every front
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
Washington Merry-G Go-Round DREW PEARSON PS

Hitler Reported Ponnns Subroso Plot Against Allies After WoV GesopO Busy coehns Arms end Pepons dus for Key Nozi Knuden Sod Hove Told Friends Army Hos Surplus of Pones
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL :. NOU0LAss, Q, Q,
WHY WORSHIP GOD IN
 GMURCH9

Some people soy In alI sineetIW that they don't go to church be- cause they find they can worship God more effectively ln the fields and W00ds--in the vast church Of nature, And they Imply that worship
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
hlA A1Eail0na.

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 Al Rights nAseFved-- nahson Newapapar Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-30
180.-Legal
ExECUTRIx NOTICE

IOU.--LtSdI
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix of the
Estate of Bruce B. Cameron, Sr., de-
ceased late of New Hanover County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at Room No. 705 Muir
Gibson Building, Wilmington, N: C., on
OF before the 22nd day of July. l94o.
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery All persons indebted
to said estate will please make immed-
late payment.
This the 22nd day of July, 1914.
LOTTIE F. CAMERON,
Executrix Estate of Bruce y.
Cameron Sr