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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

LEM
Some mothers were taken away to
erman labor camps, she added, 9TH
ers who left their children with
grandparents died fighting with
guerilla bands, and the old folk
finally succumbed to disease and
starvation during the occupation.
But the women who care for the
children at the home are doing their
best to give them back their care
free childhood until new parents are
found for them. There isn't much
they can do, they admit, to provide
a substitute for fathers love, and
this was forcefully brought home to
them when Garter was introduced
as their great American uncle"
The boys rushed at him, as one,
threw their arms about him and
smothered him with kisses. II knew
that I stood there as substitute
for hundred Red army fathers"
he says.
There is another great reason,
though, for their love for Uncle"
Carter. 1t is the red and gray
sweater each one wore, the vege-
tables they had at lunch which were
grown from American seed, and all
the other gifts this country has sent
to cheer their childhood
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

New York, N. Y, Jan. 1.-THE
sightless people Of America have
now the opportunity of listening to
the worlds best-seller, the King
James version Of the Holy Bible, as
a Talking Book. The American
Foundation for the Blind. Is West
Sixteenth Street, New York. N. Y,
announced yesterday that 1t had
completed recording the Scriptures,
Old and New TestamentS from Cen
esis to Revelation, on 1863 long play
ing photographic discs. AS each
Talking Book record plays for a
half hour, this means that the read
ing time Of the Bible is 84lS hours.
Although parts Of the Bible had
been available to blind people on
Talking Book records since the first
year the Talking Book was devised.
1t Is only now that some Of the least
called for portions Of the Bible have
been made available in this way. For
the Talking Books which 1t records,
the American Foundation for the
Blind employs trained readers from
stage and radio A number OF these
readers have had their part In the
recording Of the Bible. In addition,
several clergymen figure in the line
up. These readers are always select
ed both for the pleasing qualities OF
their voices and for their ability to
hold an even reading pace. Those
having a part in the present volume
are: Alexander Security, Awyn Bach
John Knight. DR.. M. l.. Robinson,
Rev. E. l.. Wylie, william Brenton
and Gerald Cornell.
In recording the Bible as a Talk
ing Book the American Foundation
for the Blind has insisted on word
perfection. Individual readers have
been checked up even for the &C.
casional slurring Of such words as
and but and the and the rec
ording begun again. While these
minor defects are overlooked In the
reading contemporary literature, the
Foundation has made oral perfec-
ton It's goal both in the case Of the
Bible and in the plays Of Shake
speare.
In undertaking the work Of plac-
ing the complete Bible on the
Talking Book discs, the Foundation
has had the financial assistance OF
the Library OF Congress. the Am
erican Bible Society and the New
York Bible Society. The latter two
organizations make the recordings
available to blind people who wish
to purchase them at very small
cost.
All Talking Books reach their
readers without the slightest cost
to them. The Bible Is no exception
Now that 1t has been recorded at
the sound studios Of the American
Foundation for the Blind 1t will
be pleaced by the Library Of Con-
gress In 81 regional libraries across
the country which operate depart
ments for the blind. Packed is stout
cartons the records which make up
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
on f2ezlz1 f.
REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDlCK
A Hitler Rises to Power Because
Man Likes to Be Mastered

alone in what he has mastered but
in what has mastered him.
Here lies the explanation OF the
tragic failure facing many popu-
lar endeavors after personal free
dom. People refuse the normal
obligations of family and friends,
explode their annual impulses re-
gardleses of social welfare, become
seld-seekers, uncommitted egoists
without loyalties and devotions, all
in the name of freedom. Life Is not
whole without love, fealty, devo-
ton, worship. The man without
a country" Is typical Of one Of life's
most wretched estates-he belongs
to nothing.
The feudal system is socially out
NODDED but psychologically it had
much to recommend it-everybody
belonged to someone in an ascend
ing series of loyalties and obliga-
tons. Now that individualism has
replaced such qualification Of So
ciety, and fealty, once imposed
perforce, must be freely chosen,
many persons are miserable who
under feudalism might well have
found happiness.
The sight of people Harvesting
their self-submiss!on to unworthy
objects is familiar. They give
themselves away right and left;
their self-surrenders are constant
and pathetic-to alcohol and lust
to vanity and pride. to avarice and
covetousness, to their stray whims
and caprices. to quacks and charla-
tans, to the worlds demagogues and
dictators. All this, Of deep concern
to sociology and ethics, Is of con-
Germ also to psychology.
Great religion, therefore, has
gone to the heart Of the matter
when it has called for self-sur-
render to the Highest. That Is ex-
cellent psychology.
MONDAY: The Sex Problem.
Harper g. Brothers, New York, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

BY NEA Service
The Russians are determined that
there shall be no war orphans this
time; no homeless, uncared-for boys
shall run in gangs and raid villag-
eS for food as they did after World
War I. A program of mass private
adoption in the Soviet Union is
bringing new parents to millions Of
children.
Mothers with three and four chill
dren Of their own are undertaking
the bringing up of another child
whose parents have been captured
or killed. One Red army officer
wrote a childrens home just out
side Moscow, where youngsters are
taken until adpoted, that his own
wife and children had been killed,
but that if he lived he hoped to
adopt one of their boys.
The children at the home, though
no more than years of age, are
old for their years. MANY Of these
boys" the head mistress told Ed
ward C. Carter, president of Rus
sian War Relief, saw their mothers
killed. Left alone, they wandered or
were found sitting in the ruins of
their villages, so weak and shocked
they could only mutely point to the
spots where their mothers had fall
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
.WiIIkie Button
Mystery Cleared

New York, Jan. II U.P) -
The mystery Of why a Marine IN
the South Pacific wanted - and re-
ceived - 500 1910 Willkie campaign
buttons and then asked for 500
more has ben solved, according to
Robert Mccormick, NBC Washing
ton correspondent.
The Marines pin them on chronic
grousers, Mccormick said in a
broadcast yesterday.
The first step leading to the but
ton, Mccormick said, was the pres
entation of a weeping slip to the
Marine, who, in the opinion OF his
buddies, complained too much.
This entities him to cry on the
chaplain's shoulder, Mccormick
added.
When the grousing Marine col
lects 10 weeping slips. he is award
ed the Willkie button, Mccormick
explained.
Private Edward Meyerson started
the speculation on the uses Of the
buttons last November when he
wrote his father, Joseph ]. Meyer
son, OF Montclair, N. j., for 500 OF
them.
The elder Meyerson collected
them and sent them to the South
Pacific.
Then the Marine wrote his par.
ents explaining what the Marines
we're using the Willkie buttons for
but the censor deleted the explana-
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

Connecticut young men indicted
into the armed services are getting
sympathetic attention on an al.
most INFINITE variety Of personal
problems through an arrangement
worked out by the Connecticut War
Council and the New Haven Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies.
Miss Marjorie Ross, trained So
cial worker, Is on daily duty now at
the New Haven Induction Center
ready to answer the questions OF
worried inductees, concerned with
how their families are going TO live
while they are away, what to do
about their insurance policies, or
q hundred and one other matters,
Information Service
Miss Ross conducts an InforIna-
ton and Referral Service, set up al
the request Of the First Service
Command. She Is o member OF the
War Council staff and works with
an advisory board from the Council
Of Social Agencies. A similar service
had been maintained under other
auspices at the Induction Center
In Hartford before that unit closed.
When New Haven became the only
induction point for the entire state,
the Army asked the Connecticut
War Council to help In establish
ing the service there.
Four Of the affiliated units OF the
Council Of Social Agencies are rep
resented on the advisory board.
They are the Catholic Social Service
Bureau, the Family Society, Jewish
Welfare Society and the New Haven
Hospital Medical Social Service unit.
Problems perpleMng the inductees
are legion, and for most Of them
there Is q solution. For instance
Miss Ross relates the case Of one
inductee who inquired as to the
size Of the allotment that would
be granted his family unit COM
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
Clio OPPOSING
SERVICE ACT
FavOrs Development Of
VINO to Drastic Labor
Draft Move

Urging the further development Of
the War Manpower Commission area
labor mobilization program as q sub
stitute for the recently proposed Ma
tional Service Act the Greater Wa
terbury G. I. o. council yesterday
went on record as opposing the lat
ter act.
The council, at its first business
meeting of the year, defined the
Service act as certain to be inef-
fectual and promising to further
complicate the manpower situation"
It was suggested by the council that
more specific system and sched-
ule be set UP by the War Mobiliza-
ton department whereby the man
power situation in various localities
can be better determined.
AS reported here previously the
council went on record in favor Of
the women teachers of Waterbury
being given equal pay with the men
teachers doing comparable work. A
letter of their recommendation will
now be drawn up for forwarding to
the Mayor and the board of edudca-
ton.
1t was also voted by the council
yesterday to forward kilograms urg-
ing the support of the new Lucas
soldiers vote" bill to U. s. Senator
Scott Lucas, chairman Of the senate
rules committee and sponsor Of the
bill. Similar kilograms will also be
forwarded to Sen. Francis T. Ma
loney of Connecticut.
Moses J. Holmes of Local 241 was
elected council secretary to succeed
DIN Thompson who recently was
indicted into the army.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
WRONG Way
NAzI FLYER
DISAPPEARS
BY COLLIE SMALL
United Press Staff Correspondent

OAAbCA ACoo ON0Ah NWAACohNVAAACAAt
London, Wrong Way. Jan. IT.
(UP)-The death Of 1t. Franz Roka,
one of the Luftwaffe's top fighter
pilots, and the mysterious disappear
ance Of Mueller, one Of the worst,
leaves the German air force with
practically nothing in the way of
glamour boys unless you count Her.
man Schmidt, who is strictly hot
and-cold.
According to Berlin's "Zwoelf Uhr
Blatt," Eoka was sh6t down over
western Europe in a recent dog
fight. He was squadron COM
mander, holder of the Iron Cross
and several lesser medals, and in
general was one Of Goering's favor
lite prodigies.
Mueller contrived to distinguish
himself, also, but he was about as
far from being an ace as 1t is posi-
BILE to get.
Mueller was an epic in bad fly
ing. He was so poor that he consti-
tuted something of tribute to the
ability of an airplane to sustain it
self in flight without human guild
ance-or, in the case of Mueller, in
spite of it.
He was in the Luftwaffe's Medi-
terranean branch and American
filters IN North Africa used to shout
with glee over their inter-phones at
the spectacle of Mueller fluttering
along uncertainty on one edge of
the German formation, invariably
flying too slow, too, fast, too high,
too low or occasionally in the wrong
direction.
Mueller was a SURGE of great ir-
ritation to his exasperated squad
ron leader, who was frequently
heard demonstrating with him with
the German equivalent of Mueller,
where are your" or Mueller, what
in the hell are you doing now?'
How Mueller survived his own err
ratio flying as we'll as frequent
brushes with American filters was a
major mystery, but somehow he
squeaked through until his recent
disappearance. Probably the Luft-
waite had him transferred to a
branch where he could do less dam
age to the German cause.
That leaves only Herman Schmidt
Schmidt" is not his real name and
he Is probably better known as
Herman the German"
One of the old Abbeville Kids,
Herman's red-nosed Focke Wulf had
been missing for about a month I'M
til he appeared over Kiel the other
day. But he apparently only came
along for the ride because he disap-
peared into the clouds without fir
ing shot.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
Social Agencies Aid
State Army Inductees
Representative Gives Advice on Personal Problems,
Family Allowances; Doctors Alert for Mental Cases

prised Of his father and mother
and q crippled brother.
When he learned that three such
Glass b dependents would be en-
titled 10 total Of $40 O month, the
inductee stated bluntly that II was
not enough to keep them going
under the circumstances. He was
told that the case would be referred
to the Red Cross In his home town
for Investigation. Should the RED
Gross recommend that further as
sistance be granted, he was told,
supplementary aid would be forth
coming. Also, he learned: temporary
assistance likewise was possible In
the event that the scheduled f1nan-
cial allotments did not arrive on
time.
Then the inductee expressed con-
Germ over his insurance as he was
unable to pay premiums while In
the service. He was informed Of
the arrangements that could DO
made so that the policies could not
be cancelled while he was In serv-
ice, although he would have to pay
up back premiums after his return
TO civilian life. When he expressed
further concern about q loan OF
several hundred dollars which he
still had to repay, he was referred
to q member Of the War Work Com
mittee Of the Connecticut Bar Asso-
citation who will handle, without
charge, the legal technicalities sur
rounding a postponement Of pay
ment.
Mentally "Sick"
Not all the problems are BROUGHT
up by the inductees themselves. One
Of the examining physicians re-
jected a man for serious mental
condition and voiced the belief that
the man might have to be com.
mitted to an institution for his own
rood and that Of the community
Miss Ross referred the case TO Q
social agency in his home town WITH
n request that the latter arrange
for psvchiatric care or commitment
dependent on the results Of mort
complete examination. The Social
agency also was cherged with the
responsibility Of interpreting the
situation to the mans wife ano
family. While that examination Is
continuing, the man Is receiving
psychiatric care that may be timely
enough to prevent his commitment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
HOPEVILLE CLUB N
TO HOLD MEETING

The regular monthly meeting OF
the Hopeville Community Club will
be held tomorrow evening at 8 p. m.
at the South Federated Parish Hall.
Nominations and election OF OFF,
GERS for 1914 will be held at this
meeting.
All committee chairmen are re-
quested to have their annual re-
ports in order to complete records.
All residents Of the vile are
cordially invited to attend the meet
ing which will be held In the base
ment Of the South Federated Par
ish Hall on Baldwin street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
SECTION MEETINGS
OPENING TUESDAY
Various Phases of Health
Education to Be Dis.
Cussed at Hartford

Hartford, Conn, Jan. II -(Spe-
ciaD Section meetings dealing
with phases of health education
that have been greatly affected by
changing war conditions will be
features of the state wide Wartime
School Health Conference at Hart
ford Public High school, Tuesday,
January 10. Mental health in the
schools, curriculum content Of the
school health program, nutrition
education and the introduction of
social hygiene study are to be con-
sidered by specialized groups after
the general afternoon session of the
conference.
Leading the group which will
consider mental health in the
schools will be DR.. George Ross
Wells, professor Of psychology at
Hartford seminary and president of
the Hartford Board of Education.
How the schols can contribute to
the solution of mental health prob
lens of the community will be
studied by this group.
Miss Elizabeth c. NickerSon, d.
rector, Bureau Of Public Health
Education and Nutrition. State De-
partment of Health, will lead the
group which will study nutrition
education problems. How nutrition
can be made part Of the elemen-
tary school program and methods
for improving the eating habits Of
high school pupils are the chief
questions facing this group of
school health educators.
The ACCESSIBILITY of increasing the
time allotted to the study of health
in the schools and adding to the
curriculum content will be studied
by the group led by Paul D. Col
lier, director Of the Bureau of
Youth Services, State Department
Of Education.
An important problem facing
educators - social hygiene and its
place in the schools - will be dis
cussed by another group. Mrs.
Frances Roth, New Haven, eXecu-
tive secretary Of the Social Protec-
ton section, Connecticut War
Council, will act as chairman OF
this group.
Alonzo G. Grace. Commissioner
of Education, will preside at the
evening session. at which Fred D.
Wish, Hartford superintendent OF
schools, will report on the section
meetings and DR.. C.-E. A. Winslow
professor of Public Health. Yale
Medical school, will speak on So
cial Significance of the School
Health Program" DR.. Joseph
Linde, New Haven health office,
and president of the Connecticut
tuberculosis Association will pre-
side at the Afternoon session al
which DR.. George Wheatley, assist
ant Medical Director of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company
will speak on Educational Imph-
cations of the School Health Pro-
gram"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
SIGN OF THE TIMES

Between scenes Of The Story Of
DR.. Wassell," @. B. DeMille set ten
extras to writing down all capital
letter authorizations that occurred to
them-like OF, OPA and lou. The
result: DeAGille concludes that while
the average man Is supposed to have
a vocabulary Of 5000 words. the
average American carries In his haed
a 16 per cent additional vocabulary
Of alphabetical contractionsl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
Bible Recording
Aids Blind People
American Foundation Completes Record on 100 Long
Playing Photograph Discs

the Bible will travel to and from
these libraries and the readers pos
tage free.
The American Foundation for the
lind still considers T'olstoi's War
and Peace which runs TO ii9
double sided discs, the longest single
Talking Book which its studios have
turned out. The Bible. as a collec-
ton of books, however, exceeds this
total The Old Testament runs to
l29 double-sided records and the
New Testament to 40 double-sided
records.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
SELF SERVICE

At long last we've lost the incentive to roam
And are finding it easier to stay at home.
This waiting and pushing to get a seat
Is quite oh quite, short of a treat.
Who wants to spend the rest of his. days
Milling about in veritabe maize
Trying in vain to catch head walters eye,
Hoping against hope for a thin piece of pie,
Discovering Joy in planned table dhote,
Cut down to three oysters, sort of gets your goat
At long last it's easier the nerves
To forget the Octagon Room where polite waiter serves
Give up going places paying high prices for shows
Riding in crowded trains and all of those woes.
It's easier today to just yourself
Very Informally off the pantry shelf. EN- EN-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
WATR PRO GRAMS
lS3O Eilos ycAes

4:00-Blue Frolics
4:3o-Music For A Half Hour
5:00-Melody Review
5:30-News
545-Superman
6:00-Yankee News
e:i5-Terry And The Pirates
6:30-Pleasure And Profit
645-Jack Armstrong
7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:l5-Phone Your Answer
7;30-.Army Air Forces
S:O0-Sizing Up The News--Balter
s:l5-Fulton Oursler-News
S;30-Blind Date
9:00-Gabriel Heater
9.l5-Believe 1t Or Not
9:30-Spotlight Bands
s:55-Interlude
lo:OO-Raymond c1apper--News
l0:i5-Dancing Discs: News
l0:30-America Looks Ahead
IL :00-Yankee News
Il. Henle
:30-Saludos Amigos
IL ;55-News
l2:00-Sign off
a. NJ.
7:l5-sacred Heart Program
s:00-Yankee News
SI5-Melody Roundup
s:45-Morning Devotions
9:00-Breakfast Club
l0:00-SSweet River
i0:l5-Shoppers Guide
l:00-Breakfast At Sardrs
ii:30-Gil Martyr News
Your Idea?
and Prayer,
4th War Loan
News
l2:30-News
i2:45-Fourth War Loan Drive:
Let's Dance
p. NJ.
l:00-News: Fourth War Loan
Interview
l:l5-Jack Berch And The Three
l:sO-Music In Variety
l:45-Carnival
2:O0-Headllne News: Two O'Clock
Jump
2:15-Yankee Kitchen
2:45-Swlng Shift
3:00-Treasury Star Parade
3:45-Little Jack Little
4:OO-Ozark Ramblers
4:30-Full Speed Ahead
4:45-Cadet Glee Club
5:00-Melody Review
5:25-March or Dimes
6:30-News
5:45-Superman
6:OO-Yankee News
S:i5-Terry And The Pirates
6:3O-Music For Dining
6:45-Jack Armstrong
7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr.
7:l6-Carson Robison's Buckaroos
7:30-l944 March OF Dimes
7:46-Treasury Song For To-day:
Marching To Victory
8:0O-Ford Program
S:l5-Fulton Oursler
S:3O-Melodies OF The Moment
9:OO-Gabriei Heater
9l5-Believe 1t Or Not
9:3O-Spotlight Bands
9:55-Interlude
I0:OO-Raymond Gram Swing
i0:i5-Dancing Discs: News
lO:30-Brahm's Requiem, Cleveland
symphony Orch.
Il:35-Yankee News
l1:50--Weather Service
II :55-Interlude
i2;O0-Sign Off
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

Captain Christopher E Dwyer has been furlOugh-
ing at his home in this city the past few days. Dr.
Dryer, former local eye and nose specialist, Is
stationed at rehabilitation center in MasSachu-
SETS . Jack Feeey veteran Swift Company emplOye,
is undergoing observation at st. Marys Hospital
Louie ManzO former BOSNIAN of the West End Bust
nessmen's Improvement Society, is now in charge OF
the cOmmissary at the Waterbury Tool Company.
Mayor John S. MOnagan will attend the annual confer
ence of mayors and city executives at Chicago this
week.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

Lieutenant John W. North of Camp Hood, Texas,
has been placed in limited service due to slight mis-
hap during an obstacle race recently Right now he's
in an Officers Replacement Pool He has had variety
of special duty assignments and is now helping to
supervise the Officers Club during the absence of the
regular club officers. Technically, Bill is still Tank
Destroyer Command Officer but due to limited service
cannot serve with combat troops.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

Ed Lahey and Anne Dznsky will celebrate six years
of matrimonial bliss tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Coe Jr. of this city spent few enjoyable days in New
York City last week where they enjoyed all the comforts
of home at the Btmore Hotel Ray Stone, chairman
of the Board of Education rngsided at the 1O-round
bout between Bobby Rufn and Tippy Larn in Madison
Square Garden Friday night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

Mrs. Otto Armbruster chairman Of program for
the Mattatuck Musical Art society," is in receipt of let
ter appreciation from the Sratford Shoals Camp where
soldiers are stationed for duty The recent Christ
mas party sponsored by the society resulted in very
generous supply of useful gifts which forwarded
to the camp.