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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

British people. Having visited many times in almost every part Of Empire, from Tasmania and nong kong to Malta and Burma, and having worked shoulder to shoulder with many British just after the last war, l think know them,
 And I am certain they would not COnd0nC some of the pen. ny.plnchlng shrewdness of your lend d.lease officials in the Near East, and the blindness of your ministers, who. forgetting the broader goals ahead, stOOp to petty snobblshness toward c0n- scIentlOus U. S. public servants such as Ambassador Phillips, who tried to do his duty t0 his President in regard to India.
 am sure the British people would agree that the future peace of the world iS more important than Hong Kong or 1bn Saud, or even India. Probably that peace is going to require concessions - some ct the expense Of the Ein' pire, some at the expense Of the United States,
 Tn this country, the people are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Still Eating

All year pessimiStic reports of the food situation have blown upon the public in cold gusts of alarm. But now the Department of Agriculture has dispelled them with the comforting assurance that civilian America will go right on eating through the rest of 1944, and probably into 1945. There was the acute labor shortage on the farm and in food process ing industries. There was the drought. Then abundance rose up to plague the country. Warehouses were found full Of eggs. There was no price ceiling on frozen foods, and no ice for refrigerator cars. And when the cars did move, heavy traffic delayed them. But we're going to eat. We don't say these fears and alarms were groundlesS, either. We do contend that the latest D. of A. eSti- mates give cause for pride to everybody who had anything to do with food rals- ing and distributing this year. Accord ing to these estimates there will be lots of fruit and vegetables Qresh and can ned), abundant food grains, plenty of the cheaper grades of meat.
 There will be less butter than in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, but on the other hand there should be plenty of milk to go around. All this, of course, takes into account the feeding of our soldiers and taking care of lend-leaSe and other exports. Yes, it's been good iob. Along with this heartening infor- nation the D. of A. has thrown in chart which is enlightening and intrigu- ing. It shows our eating habits in the vegetable, dried bean and white and sweet potato categories over period of 34 years. It gives evidence that the ef- forfs of the nutritioniSts and slim-sil- nouette advocates have borne fruit-or serhaps carrots-in the last three dec- .des.
 Until point rationing temporarily re- .ersea the trend, the humble potato was slowly moving into a class with the e|so1 mushroom. Our per capita spno
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
First Shot

Pfc. Joseph Muckton of Carteret, N, J., will be but briefly noted in the whirl of passing events. And these modest, eX- pendable paragraphs about him will start Q fire or wrap a sandwich or join the pa per salvage drive tomorrow, NeVerthe- less we think he deserves Q tranSitory word of congratulation on the part which fate assigned him in the SupercoloSSal production of current history, To Joe of we may presume to be familiar) fell the rather momentouS honor of firing the Long Tom that sent the first American shell screaming across the border into Germany, If fate were better drama tiSt 1t might have built Joe's scene up little more, For the tons of bombs dropped by American flyers and the Russian shells fired into East Prussia have certainly dulled the effectiveness of his entrance, Still, it must have been quite moment for Joe. We don't know what Joe said or felt at that moment, but 1t might have been something like this.
 "Well, Jerry, here 1t is. This is an American shell, fired by an American soldier from an American gun 10 miles away. Maybe American bombs have fall en on your town already. If they haven't, you certainly know what they have done to the cities around you-Cologne and Dusseldorf and Essen and the rest.
 But this is different, This comes from a gun on the ground. And its sort of appropriate that 1t should be an Ameri- can shell and an American gun: Your leaders never thought these shells would ever get to Europe, or that there would be American soldiers to fire them,
 That's one reason why Hitler started this war. He was so sure we wouldn't want to fight, that we were divided, that we could never get ready, And he was right, In way
 we Americans don't start wars. We were unprepared, and we did squabble among ourselves. But when it's neceS- sary we can always get ready and fight. And 1t was necessary this time, because you Germans and your leaders made the world stink, first with your iedaS and then with your deeds, We had to destroy the rotten mess you were trying to force down our threats.
 "So here we are. You thought that whatever you did, your Rhineland would never be battlefield, that your father land was inviolate. Well, 1t isn't. So here we are-Americans, last into the war and first to get here,
 This is the first shell. There will be more, and then the armies. There are hundreds of thousands of us, Americans, English, Canadians, French, Belgians, Dutch and Poles. We'll be over. You asked for it, and we're going to give 1t to you"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

ready to pay their share of the prtes,
 This Is . crucial moment in the tide of events when Amerl- can opinion, # caught and car. carIed forward by bold and gen. er0us international statesman. ship, will go to any lengths for permanent peace. But h dis. illusloned, lt will do just the opposite.
 I hope, Mir. Prime Minister, that you will forgive the frank ness of this letter, It is written by one who sat in Europe after the last armistice, saw the hopes of peoples slowly shattered, thought of those who had given their lives, seemed to hear them murmur: "They promised much; now they give 90 little toward the goal for which we dIed."
 That, Mir. Prime Minister, must not happen again.
 Sincerely and respectfully,
 DREW PEARSON.
 Copyright, i044 by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
THE LIGHTS or LONDON
(New York Herald-Tubune)

NNGW AOkh RAVAhAA AAShAtNf
 No doubt one would have to have lived in England through the last five years to understand fully what the end of the blackout means, Five years of Stysian streets, of stuff3 and awkward curtains, of nuisance, discomfort and of the ever-present menace of death behind those rou- tine precautions, are something which those who have not lived in the front lines of modern war can scarcely appreciate. But the fact that the lights, which were turned down one after the other five years ago, are beginning to go up again is Q fact SO universal, so moving in its symbolism that none can fall to respond to 1t. The dawn is breaking on a long, terrible night. The lightI of London and with them the lights of civilization, SO nearly extlnguish- ed forever under the great wave of savage reaction which engulfed us, are coming on again.
 It will be no sudden sunrise. The new regulations will still require ordinary curtains over the windows; the street lighting will be only slightly modified; the duties of watchers and fire guards will be relaxed to some extent, but the services must be ready to spring tl action on the warning sirens. The darkness has been pushed back a little way. Death is not quite so irl- minent; the deep peril which we discovered close beneath the secure surfaces of our civilization has re. ceded somewhat, but 1t is still there. The dawn is only dim at first. But it is there. The lights are be- ginning to go on; the darkness of five years is being exercised. The day is not too far ia rdistant now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Vaccination

Daughter, Q, was vaccinated twice at age of 3, and 1t did not take at all, Is she immune, or should sh0 have another vaccination7 tF. s.
 Answer-She should have another vaccination. If the third fails to take, 1t Is fair to assume she Is nate urally immune to smallpox. Such immunity may be inherited
 Courage
 Kindly inform me where l can procure copy of the little maga" zine called Courage" published by the Fraternity of the Wooden Leg. I was much interested in the article of c member who gave practical ad. vice which you quoted in your col' unln. co. A. H)
 Answer--Im sorry, but the copy of the magazine has been mlsiaid and canot recall the name of the publisher. No doubt any represent" atlve of the manufacturers of ar- tIficiai limbs, or any dealer in that line would know
 Bath Prurltus
 After a bath I experience an un. bearable itching and smarting all ovei the body, for half an hour or mroe. (D. M. M
 Answer Well, as I always say, why the shorter and rare the wet wash the better; the less hot the better; the less soap the better. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, ask for pamphlet 'Pruritus' titching) but no clipping, please. Copyright lo44. John P. Dnle Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

Brother h O Q q or Teanasters, chauf- feurs, Warehouse men and Helpers, A. Y. of h.--gath.
 cred from local unions and coun. cils oil over the country for . banquet in Wash. ington n'S new
 Statler Hotel, The crowd won't be any bigger than that because that's all [ h c people who can Dc auueeged sitting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Your Health By pr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining Co pers sonal health and hygiene, not Co disease, dlagnosis Ok treatment, will be answered by pr. nrndy le . stamped nele-addrossed envelope ls enclosed, Letters should Do brief and written In ink. .sO reply can
 bo made Co queries not conform.
 ing Co instructions. Address pr.
 William Brady, National NewsA
 paper Service, Se0 West Madison
 Street, Chicago, Ell.
 WHAT MAKES A MOUTH CLEAN9
 In Q preceding talk l confessed ' don't know what Q dentist or Q proc lessor means when he describes the condition of the mouth of q pers son who does not brush his teeth as filthy. Certainly he cannot mean thGt the mouth presents one or more decayed (carious) teeth or that the gums are atrophied, wasted, dos generated, for the worldwide in- Vestigations of competent authori- ties, such aS pr. Weston A. Price, show that people who never use toothhruShes or dentifrices have far legS decay of teeth and degeneration or disease of the gums than do the misguided persons who believe they con keep their teeth from decaying and their gums from degenerating if they brush their teeth with this or that dentrlfice several times Q day.
 Not that there is any harm in brushing your teeth as often as you wish with almost any soap, deterg- ent or dentifrice or with ordinary salt or willow charcoal or whatever agent you or your dentist may fans cy. Only don't deceive yourself that the practice of this rite makes reg ular inspection of your teeth by your dentist unnecessary and don't Imagine that such practice saves either teeth or expense for dental prophyiaxis, cleaning, scaling, pol- lshing, burnishing Of minute fiS- sureS in the enamel or filling of caV- ItieS the dentist discovers in his periodic inspection of your teeth,
 If saving the teeth Is the object 1t would be wiser to invest in such regular care by y"ar dentist.
 Now my notion of 0 clean mouth Is as follows;
 1. A complete equipment Of funcs tionaily efficient teeth, your own or your dentists
 2. Reasonably good occluSion OF bite.
 3. Healthy gums.
 These factors depend on nutrition primarily. and nutrition goes back to the antenatal tbefore birth) per" tod of development Of the teeth, jaws, gums; as well as the nutri. ten of infancy. childhood and youth. Hence the daily intake of milk, cheese and greens by the ex. pectant mother and the daily intake of vItamin D tor exposure to sun- light) by the expectant mother, by the newborn infant. by the growing child and the developing youth de- termine whether the mouth will Do healthy and clean.
 But still another factor iS essen- tlal 10 make and keep the mouth clean-maStIcatio Of natural food. Every individual must chew Q req" sonable amount of whole raw fruit. fresh raw vegetables, greens, whole wheat or other grain every day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U. S.
Christian Science Monitor0

Christian Science Monitor.)
 We are indebted to the Congress sional Digest for some information about the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The ob- verse is familiar enough, of course being the eagle, clutching an olive branch in one talon and 13 arrows in the other. The motto is E Pluri- bus Unum, tout of many, one"
 But the reverse side (which can be seen on dollar bills) is less fa- miliar. It consists of a pyramid, unfinished. "In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with @ glory proper"
 Over the eye appears the Latin, "Annuit Coeptis" which is literally: "He (God) has favored our under taking" Charles Thomson. secretary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Selected Poem
PARATRoOPER
(Edna Mead in The New York Times)

Wide swings heaven, Wide sweeps earth: These are sped between the two Sharing either who at birth Had no heritage in view Other than their fathers round Of long kinship with the ground Light as bubbles spilled from glass. Out of azure on to grass Now they break the clouds these men Never wholly clay again: Not as they were clay before Wide swings heaven, Down its lanes Dropping toward the waiting plains, All unhurriedly they pass Clear, against an opening page Of a still unpatterned Age. Tn some hour of quick disnay We must think of them this way: Beautiful as birds before Earth resorbs them into war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

take for granted. While we sleep. whole army of people are toiling through the night at various jobs, most of which if discontinued would make a noticeable effect upon our lives.
 Probably all of us would get con- siderably more joy out of life if we realized how much our daily com forts depend upon the sacrifice of others. The day of frontier inde- psndence is gone in America. Nov we liev in a world where millions Of people create the material benfits which make up our lives. This Is . much healthier state than the old
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

to the Continental Congress. ex- plained that the pyramid signified strength and duration. The eye over 1t and the motto, "allude to the many signal interpositions of Prov" idence in favour of the American cause"
 Under the pyramid is the motto. "Novus Ordo Seclorum." or "A New Order of the Ages"
 It may please some Americans Co learn they have a prior right Co tho New Order" for the date is plainly Given: MDCCLXxVI, or simply, 1776.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Current Comment

Do not talk to me of good Ger" mans. The only Germans that we have seen are not human. They are worse than animals. No animal would stoop to the things that the Germans have been doing for the past four years.
 Andre LeBord, French unders
 ground leader.
 France now faces the prospect of a flaming rebirth, the opportunity of taking again in the world the place that she ever held-that IS to say, in the ranks of the greatest
 Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

ment, designed to keep the rest of the ship at a com fortable tempera- ture.
 T h e e 1 s nothing we enjoy in life which does not cost someone dearly. Millions of people toll night and day to fur- nish c e r t a 1 n things which we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

WE NEED MORE TOLERANCE
 Yesterday met a mother whose son is in the South Pacific. ''How is Bill?" I asked. She proceeded to tell me thta he works in the hold of a hospital ship where the ten- peratuTe is 140 without the varia- tion of a degree. was astounded when she told me that he was as-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Views Of The Press

and shadow. and we may give thanks it Is so. If you doubt that imagine the worl all sweetness and lightI
 It would be peaceful, but would 1t be fun7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
A Thought for Today

And your altars shall be desOlate, and your images shall be broken; and win east down your slain men before your idOls.-ESekiel 6A
 
 Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world, If not religious, he will be superstitiouS, If he worship not the true God, he will have his idols,-parker,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

frontier individualisn. in spite of the fact that the advantages Of modern life exert certain debilita- ting effect upon us.
 Tn this modern world we are part of a great human family. and this means that we must have more tolerance and . deeper appreciation of what each contributes to help the other.
 All Rights Reserved
 Bahson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Washington Merry Round
BY DREW PEARSON

counses Churchill Against DisuOnins American People; Says Empire Policies Moy Drive Us Again Into She'll of soloton; Cites Resentment of British Dealings in Neo Eos Greece ndo Calls for Bo Generous Concessions Price of PeFmonen Peoee
 of .
 
 Minister of fSfeR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets at e:iy p. m. (war timel Sun rises at e:90 a. m., Sets at s.64 ?. 3. (war time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after gunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
FDR And The LB.T.C. w. SH.
ny PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrats Washington CoFrOanondenD

President Roosevelt's next political speech and broadcast on Saturday night. Sept, 2S, will be made before one of the smallest and most select audiences on record-0S0 to 1000 representatives of the International
The Republican., 1944-05-18
Ration Reminders

SUGAR-Stamp No. 80 and 81 in
Book are good for five pounds in
definitely. Stamp No. 40 in Book
four is good for five pounds of can
ning SUGAR through February %.
Certificates for homecoming sugar
in amounts up to 20 pounds person
granted by ration board. Spare Stamp
81 must be given when consumers
apply for allotment. This is at the
same rate as last year, % pounds for
each family member.
ESSED FOODS - Blue
stamps AS through Q8 in War
Ration book 4 each good for ten
points.
MEATS, FATS. Etc.-Red stamps
AS, through rs in Ration Book 1 each
good for ten points.
Only items for which red points are
needed are beefSteaks and roasts, but
ter, Margarine, cheese, cheese prod
uctS and rvaporated milk.
Five blue stamps for canned foods
become valid ON the first of every
month Each stamp is worth ten
points. No more red stamps will be
come valid until June /.
Consumers will get meats-fats
points and cents for each pound of
waste kitchen fats and greases taken
to meat markets.
SHOES-Airplane stamp l and ,
in book three each valid for one pair
Families may pool coupons of all
members living in same household.
GASOLINE-Second series of cou-
pons in new A book, the 40 stamps,
expired on May 8. A-10 coupons be-
came valid May and remain valid
through August 8. Coupons must be
Inscribed with license number of auto
mobile plate Each coupon good for
three gallons.
The Republican., 1944-05-18
Announce Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. II. c. Hostetler an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, June Viola, to Sergeant
Richard b. Locke, U. S. Army, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles d. Locke, of
Washington, d. c.
Miss Hostetler is a graduate of
Oakland High school and the Wash
ington Comptometer School, She is
employed by the General Accounting
office, Washington.
Sergeant Locke is with the 73rd
armored field artillery battalion of
the Army and is stationed at Camp
Polk, Louisiana. He is a graduate of
Eastern High school, Washington, and
prior to entering the service was en-
ployed by the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone company of Wash
ingtOn.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
The Republican., 1944-05-18
| SEE BY The DAlLIES THAT

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F,od ,dn,inis+rotion
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Tha vor to date hos cost +his conn
t,.v about s1-8 and one-half billions
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now holds tbo Cono,nssfonal modal Of
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The Republican., 1944-05-18
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH
Minor Sprague. Pastor
Oakland, MARYLAND.


Sunday Church School at 9:3O a. m.
We have helpful class for every age.
Service Of Worship at 10:45 q. M,
with service by the Minister Faith in
Practice' The Junior choir will sing
the anthem, "Come, Sing with Holy
GIadness," by Hugh Blair There Will
he a sto'y-mcssago for children, and
nursery for small children of parents
present.
Youth Fellowship at G:@0 p. m.
Miss Mary Mitchell Army Cadet
Nurse Corps, will speak on her cX-
pericnces. All young people will find
this interesting.
All desiring to worship and fellow
ship with us are cordially invited to
do so.
The Republican., 1944-05-18
BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH
Mountain Lake Park.
w. Reece Burns, Minister

Morning Worship and sermon at
the Rev. Johnson; Sunday School at
HOO A. NJ.
White Church. Sunday School at 10
A. M. Morning worship and sermon
by Rev. johnson as guest preacher
The Republican., 1944-05-18
RED HOUSE LUTHERAN PARISH
a. ii. Zones, PastOr

Due to the unexpected furlough of
his son, the pastor is having vacation
this week. The Sunday schools will
meet at the usual time, but there will
be no Church services next Sunday
The Holy Communion will be OBJ
served in the parish on the Day Of
Pentecost, May 28th. Persons desiring
to unite with the church, and parents
who have children to present for
Baptism are urged to be present for
this service.
The Republican., 1944-05-18

The shortage of wrapping paper,
corrugated cartons and paper bags is
moving toward a climax.
The 1914 Maryland wheat crop, esti-
mated at $4,000 bushels. is the
largest since 1888,
The Republican., 1944-05-18
Sunday Services In Churches
or the Community
ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL

Mr. Austin f, Schildwachter, stu
dent from the Seminary at AleXan-
dria, Va, will have "har&e of the fol
lowing services on Sunday:
Oakland at II o'clock a. m
Altamont at 3 o'clock p. m.
Deer Park at o'clock p. m.
The Republican., 1944-05-18

Larry Allen, a ociaJed Pres w4r
correspondent, prisoner Ion 20 months
in German concentration camp, was
exchanged among 900 Americans and
British Allen is a native Of Mount
SnNapt- AllepanN county.
The Republican., 1944-05-18

" BUSINESS VISITOR III oakland today.
Mrs. Cecil Smith is visiting friends
in ClarksburG, West Va, few DAYS
this week.
Mrs. Nelson Nethken and daughter
Wllda, spent part of last week in
Cumberland.
Robert Z. IIelbig, Baltimore. is
visiting his wife and family at their
home ON High street.
County Superintendent F. T. Rath-
bun and Mrs. Rathbun spent several
days in Baltimore last week.
Harold II. Harmed is in Roanoke,
Va, this week where he is attending
showing of iris and other flowers.
Mrs. P. f. Wolfe and son Bobbie. of
Morgantown, W. Va, were guests on
Sunday of Mrs. Wolfe's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. George Yelling, Eighth
street.
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home in Oakland Sunday evening
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The Republican., 1944-05-18
UNION HO1 MESS TABERNACLE
Third Street. Oakland

TNIIU oTTtTI, VaNd!IU
Saturday evening. services over
public ADDRESS system at 1870.
Sunday: Sunday school at , o'clock
preaching at and 1870 by Rev. J. f.
Johnson, Oakland. Young peoples
at o'clock conducted by Mrs
Stanley Ashby.
Tuesday: Prayer meeting Tuesday
evening al 7:3O O'Clock.