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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Same Poison PeddIed Here

The persistent campaign Stemming out of Washington for Federal owner ship of the electric industry, is a dis graceful traveSty on the American con- cept of government. When a European dictator drives private citizens out of bus mess, we hold up our hands in horror, and call it state socialism. But here, we have been bliSsfully swallowing the same poi son under the diSarning label, public ownership of natural resources"
 Practically all business in the United States is based on natural resources - agriculture, waterpower, mining, oil, timber, etc. If there is government ownership of natural resources, there is state socialism, because everyone becomes subservient to government. Under state socialism, the individual simply works for the state; a man does not invest his money in private industry and earn dividend; he gets tax bill in lieu Of profit, and the greater the political con- trol, the greater the tax bill.
 AS an example of individual opportun- ity under our system of private enter prise, take one typical electric utility which has just announced that in 1943 its stockholders numbered 117,283 per sons. This example of private ownership of industry could be duplicated in every town in the country. It represents real citizen ownership, where workman can invest in an industry in which he works and share in it's earnings. It rep resents opportunity to earn money on savings and be independent, instead of being forced to work for government as public servant.
 The American system of "stockholder ownership of enterprise is superior to the phony public ownership of state socialism, which probably explains why the advocates of the latter studiously avoid defining their objective by its cor rect name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Working for Unemployment

This war, the most costly in history, with it's constant threat to stable prices and civilian supplies, should have taught lhe country the utter necessity of an efficient retail distribution system. No other nation the size of the United States hes distribution system remotely com parable to ours for efficient, low-cost con- Snmer service.
 American retailing has made it's great est advances so far as scientific opera iion is concerned, within comparatively few years. Its development would have been far slower but for the pioneers of the nusiness who founded what have come 70 be known as chain stores. The chain stores deserve lot of the credit for estab- Nshing the high volume, low-cost tech- hfnue of today's merchants.
 Strange as it may seem, the chains Here forced to develop mass distribution n the face Of almost continuous political ,pnosIElon. Even now, after the improved Hsten has demonstrated through more asan two years of chaotic war conditions, Alaf # is instrumental in maintaining afIee stability and on equitable flow of &8oda 10 eHsFy fnf.fiuEiR corner Of the E6s|on, afttINrES arc stiIl being made n
 AI4llKa hal|s te handicap it through
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
The Land of Miracles

If Kit Carson and his colleagues of the wilderness could look upon the nation they explored not so many years ago, they would think indeed that many mir acleS had come to pass in America. They would see miracles where we of today see nothing.
 In Kit Carsons day, distance was a mountainous obstacle to be trayerSed painfully on foot. The journey some times took months. Now, airliners and express trains have made the mountain into molehill When housewife in the Middle West wants a dish of fresh straw berries or a crab cocktail or fish for din ner, she has but to go to the nearest grocery store. If Kit Carson wanted them, he had to walk few thousand miles to Maine or California.
 The fact that nearly 5000 carloads of fruit and vegetables were shipped by ex- press to all parts of the country during 1943, is no miracle to contemporary con- sumerS. But to the pioneers Of a hun dred years ago who were acquainted with nothing more speedy than a horse, the spectacle of modern refrigerated express car loaded with delicacies rolling at sixty miles an hour across deserts and moun- tains, would have been overwhelming the work of Gods from another world.
 The miracle of refrigerated express IS not creation of super men, but merely the work of the American business man. It is only one of thousands of miracles that make the United States good place to live. During the next hundred years, thousands more such miracles will be cerated by the same kind of men-pro- viding this country remains a land in which men are free to create miracles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Toward Chinese Unity

An agreement coming out of the con- ference between Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Lin Tso-han, the Commun- ist leader, could mean much in the war against Japan. This bitter and long standing difference has immobilized two fighting forces that are badly needed - the Communists themselves and the "cordon sanitaire" of Chinese Nationalist troops around Communist-occupied ter ritory.
 Here, as in France, Poland, Yugoslayia and Greece, unity has been delayed to the detriment of the Allied effort. A settling of China's civil dispute, is only for the duration, would strike a heavy pSycho- logical as well as physical blow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
IT MUST NOT HAPPEN AGAIN
(christian Science MOnitOr)

The word seems to have been passed around among railroad men that still further reductions in Pull man service are to be expected. Es- pecially slated to go, it is said, are the all-room cars on many over night runs Cup to IS hours in run- ming time). The Ariny's need for these cars, either in their present state or converted, is believed to be an inevitable corollary of inva- sion. Men sent back from the other side must be moved quickly to points at which they may recuperate.
 We of the civilian public can get along-and should be glad to sit up all night, if n ecessary. So, if a drawing room to Chicago, a bedroom to Washington. roomette to New York, a compartment to St. Louis is unavailable, travellers will under stand.
 But of one fact We must make sure: that this sort of thing is tenn porary. Not for our own sakes, of course, but for all those young men now in the service and especially for those young mems children, that they may never have to ride in these cars under the same circumstances as some of their fathers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

don't believe there Is much
 chance of this. Nevertheless,
 they know that Pennsylvania's
 Joe Pew has been hoping for Q
 deadlock which would throw the
 convention to Justice Roberts.
 NOTE: Friends of Roosevelt are frank in admitting they would much rather have Dewey as an opponent than Roberts. The Su- preme Court Justice has cooper ated with the President since Pearl Harbor, has an even better record than Dewey'S in breaking up graft as prosecutor of the Tea pot Dome scandals, is tall, hand some, a powerful, brilliant speak CT. However, COP richards con- Sider him too much in favor of international cooperation.
 SEvEN-C COME ELEVEN
 Maybe war leaders are super Stitious or maybe there is some thing to the old seven -come-eleven system for shaking the dice. Any way, Stanley Arnold of Cleveland has worked out a calendar of the war showing that every Signifi- cant event has happened on either the 7th or 1lth of the month. Here is the calendar:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

which above all others builds in peo- ple's hearts the quality of morale which really counts. We are doing a great deal of postwar planning to- day. Is the church asking what 1t is going to do to make itself ready for the men when they return from war; For We can be sure that the questions we confront following this war will be at least as serious as the ones VIC now confront. and our problems will not be solved just by maintaining . great armed force or by Q program of economic expan- sion. but by building up in the hearts of men and women a devo- ton to the spiritual values which outlast all time and survive al na- tionai policies,
 No nation ls any stronger than ikg religion. It's greatness always depends upon the seriousness with which people regard the things Of faith.
 All Rights Reserved Babuon Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
LADY IN DANGER

My husband is a professional man and we are obliged to go ou9 in society. am not particularly nervous but I do feel i'll ct casa among some of the people we meet I have tried hard to overcome this but just can't do 1t. am 43, have good clothes, etc, but when meet the sort of people who are somewhat overbearing or arrogant and inclined to lord it over others, I get all in a dither and can't even think straight. I'd rather stay at home but my his- band can't understand this and trl- sists go out, as he says l am just a cut better than most of them. Is there any drug could use to calm my nerves on such occasions and give me that T don't care" feeling? I never drink or smoke at all and I am afraid of harmful drugs. Is 11s grains or (one of the barbiturates) taken nightly to sleep harmfulp Is (another brand of dope) harmful2 I take five times a day as nerve tonic, on the advice of our local druggist. (Mrs. --).
 In the first place people who are worthwhile generally are not over- bearing and do not attempt to lord 1t over anybody. People who behave like that do so to cover, if they can, their genuine inferiority or un. worthiness.
 You are in grave danger, Ma'ams especially from the untoward ef- fleets of the harmful drugs you are using. Your assertion that you are afraid of harmful drugs does not jibe with your reckless use of them
 In this column recently in a talk on Dope and Nerve Weakness I de- scribed some of the untoward ef~ fleets of the barbiturates- "stupes flying drugs. sedatives, narcotics, hypnotics, stimulants, depressantss pain-killers, sense-deadenerS, and even what some people purport to believe are nerve tonics." Your To- cal druggist, for instance, Ma'ams is present menace to your lifes health and happiness.
 Among the untoward effects from habitual use of such dope are lethargy, loss of judgment, appres- sion about the heart, slow heart beat, loss of appetite, impaired memory, vertigo. disturbances of speech, ideas of persecution, or neg lect, nausea and diplopia (double vision) or blurring of vision. Some common names for the various bar- biturates are barbital,( phenobarbi- tal. amytal, luminal, dial-ciba, ver- onal, nembutal. evipal. Even if lo- cal ordinances do not forbid indis- criminate sale of such drugs to the public, reputable druggists dispense them only on bona fide preScrip- ton of physician.
 If this comes to your notice, Ma'am, or to your husbands nos tice, I hope 1t will lead to irnmedi- ate steps to save you from calam- ity, that is, to consultation with 8 physician and the treatment and ways of living the physician ad- vises for you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Selected Poem
THESE SHALL REMAIN

(Bridget Evans Kassaboya in The Christian
 Science MonitoFl Let me be thankful for the snow-topped hills That gleam SO white above the distant plain The deep blue-shadowed mountains, range on range, Making background to the apples bloom The cuckoo calling and the song Of birds, The wonder Of the spring once again Clothing the woods with green, the fields Wish flowers, 4 prelude to long summers veTdant hoursi And autumn glowing golden through the rain.
 These, the unchanging in world Of change, These shall remain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

special taxes against chain stores A few weeks ago such bill was submitted be- fore the New York state legislature. Shortsighted politicians are agitating for similar proposals in other states.
 There is one certain way that postwar unemployment and depreSison can be assured, and that is by cripling distributors responsible for passing on to the people the things produced in the factories and on the farms. Those who work against efficiency in distribution are working for unemployment and high living costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
(Hartford courant)

AAAak bA1A0 AObtauO
 The claim on our heartstrings and puresstrings by the Connecticut Society for Crippled Children is certainly legitimate. For this organ- ibzation is performing a highly cons structive task in rehabilitatirlg and training those less fortunate chil- dren who suffer from physical hapdicaps. It is good news, then, to hear that both the City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut have generously responded to the Soc ciety's appeal by oversubscribing the eleventh Annual Easter Seal Sale.
 The goal was set at s75,O00 and nearly eBS 900 has already been re- ceived by the Society. Hartford, in particular, distinguished itself by contributing etTb00 or eT,000 more than the highest previous eontFibu- tion from this area. The result Of this drive is especially noteworthy inasmuch AS t was achieved last March, when the average citizen was faced. on the one hand with pleas from the Federal Government to buy War Bonds, and on the other with the necessity for imminent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
NEEDED, BOY SCOUT LEADERS
(New York Herald .Tribune)

AMeN kofk kAnFhtu@AtAphAep
 Despite wartime shortage Of leaders, the Boy Scouts gained 6i7,- 024 new members iE ie43, bringing the total membership to nearly i.- 6i4.000. This Is heaFtening progress, but every boy in the country should have c chance at the type Of traill- ing Boy Scouts get, There Is no limit to the attainment of that goal, we believe, in the appeal of Scout activities to boys tllemselyes. fts attainment ls limited, however, 7 the number Of volunteers willing and able to lead the troops and pas tr0ig in every con minity Of the land.
 The theme of the thllty-feurth annual Boy Scout meeting held in New York last week was Scouting Strength Is the Volunteer" Mess. ages from the President. eensFsis ndnifals. Cabinet me'nheE1 end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Woman at Forty

WVAAA4m 8b EUGty
 Is 1t dangerous and foolish for a woman at forty to have a baby? My daughter is is. bore a ten pound son six years ago. but he died. Now my husband is gone every evening and my daughter is out all the time and I'm so lonesome.
 (Mrs. c. Al AnSwer-st is neither dangerous nor foolish for a woman to have & baby at forty.
 Unbidden Guests
 Can you help me. please2 Mice get in my second 1Ioor apartment and they get in my bed. under my pillow, even. G. E. e. Arlswer-Keep a cat. If that is out of the question, send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet "Unbidden Guests"
 Blood Pressure
 My husband had his blood pres- sure taken at the blood bank and they told him it was ITO to l85. He is 59. Please suggest diet or some- thing. (Mrs. c. w. Al Answer-If the blood pressure is higher than it should be the indi- vidual should have medical advice. Elevation of blood pressure occurs in various diseases and sometimes without any discoVerabie disease. Foolish to try diet or other rem edy without knowing the nature of the trouble. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet cVD, which may at least get some foolish notions out of your husbands head-and his rec fusal to have medical examination Is foolish. I assure you.
 Copyright, 1894, John P. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

Pearl HarbOr, Dec. 2, l94l; Declaration of war on Germany and Italy, Dec. II, 1941; Fall of Guam, Dec. II, I941; Invasion of Singapore, Feb. II, 1942: Fall of Corregidor, May :, 1942;.
 Invasion of Kiska, June !, 1942.
 Invasion of GuadaIcanal, Aug. ust 2, 1942.
 Invasion of North Africa Nov. 2, 1942.
 Invasion of unOccupied France Nov. II, 1942.
 Retaking of TuniS and Bizerte May !, 1943. Y Retaking of Attu, May Il, 1943. Fall of Pantelleria, June II, 194S.
 Finally, MT. Arnold points out that the recent renewed attack on Italy started May II, at Il p. m.
 NOTE: Wonder if the invasion is going to start on the 7th or the lith.
 Copyright, 1914 by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
sOAPLEss SOAP
CBoston Post)


 The latest wonder chemical to be invented for army use is literally & "soapless soap." a new material de- yeloped by experts which, when mixed with other constituents of soap, enables the user to wash in any kind of liquid, even cold sea water. removing dirt, oil and grease at will. Best of all, after the war variations of the formula will be available for household and other soaps. We can think of a thousand and one uses to which 1t will be put by the busy housewife, but we im- agine she is still going to have trouble making sonny wash behind the ears. no matter what they call this new product.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

o0O4OAA 40 4A4 SANVAA Oo'
 MT. Mayer has been most en- thusiastic about this, is planning to spend more money on the Pas sion Play than any other picture that he ever produced. Arch bishop Spellman is equally enthu- siastic and most of the plans have been worked out.
 The Archbishop has agreed to select a young priest who will be able to play the part of the Savior. But because of the natural hesi- tancy on the part of the Church in having one of it's priesthood enter pictures as a career, 1t has been agreed that M. G. M. shall sign a contract with the priest that he shall not act in any other production or movie after the Passion Play is finished.
 BARGAINING RESTRICTIVE
 After spending several weeks in New York arranging the de- tails, MT. Mayer was about to re- turn to Hollywood when he called the Archbishop's office and, appar- ently forgetting part of their previous conversation, went through the usual Hollywood rou- tine of saying the price was too much.
 After listening for while, the Archbishop good-naturedly re- minded him that there wasn't going to be any price, that the Church was glad to cooperate.
 Mayer joined in the laugh on himself.
 Before he departed, however, Mayer received two gifts from the Archbishop, which he considered worth small fortune.
 Mayer has one of the most priceless gems in Hollywood-a good cook. But since he lives some distance from town and since gasoline is scarce, he has been worried about keeping his cook, who is not an isolationist.
 So the Archbishop presented
 Mayer for his cook, who is a good Catholic, specially blessed rosary and an autographed copy of the Bible.
 STASSEN-DEWEY
 DOUBLE HITCH?
 Very quiet moves have been been launched recently by the Dewey and Stassen forces to get together in advance of the Chi- cago convention.
 The approach was made through a close friend of Governor Stas- sen who came to see Governor Dewey the other day and suggest ed that while he couldn't speak outright for Stassen, the Stassen forces might be willing to get on the Dewey bandwagon if Stas- sen could be accured of the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket.
 Dewey replied that he had pre- perred Governor Warren of Cali fornia, but he would certainly be glad to consider stassen for vice president providing, of course, the Minnesota governor withdrew from the race for President in ad- vance.
 It was left that stassen's friend would write to him asking him categoFicaily whether he would withdraw from the Presidential race if given the No. 2 place on the ticket, and also whether his forces would cooperate to nomin- ate Dewey.
 What the Dewey forces want to prevent is any remote chance of . deadlock at Chicago which might swing the nomination to stassen, Justice Owen D. Rob- eFts or to Wiilkle, While they
 have SO many delegates they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

arms men carry In theIF hands put
 by the spirit they carry in their
 hearts, And f the spirit of religion
 were as strong in mems hearts as dod intends e to he. there would he no WAFs. and every nation have ing such spirit would And Itself ade- qllale|y protected,
 The church is the institution
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Your Health
 ByDr. William Brady

slgned letters pertaining Co per. sOnal health and hygiene. not to disease, diagnosis of treatnnentp will he answered by Dr. Brady if q staDlped self-aA dressed envelope is enclosed. Lettefs should Dc brief and written In ink. No reply can b. made to querleN not conform irfg to instructions. Addtess nrs william Brady, National News paper Service, S2O West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

in the last war and now chief of RID the Radio Intelligence Div1- sion of the Fed eral Con1munica- tions Commission. RID today main tains a network of over 70 moni- toring stations all over the United States. They con-
 stan tly "cruise' the ether to dis GOV CT unlicensed radio stations; by long radio
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Current Comment

There are territories which ean be given up even if it should hurt, but there are others which must be held at any price. Thels summer may be the last bloody war summer. -VoelkischeF BeobachteF, Hitler's
 newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

hearts, England was able to put up the vigorous defense she dld because that lt- tie island is pops
 ulated with peo- pie who have stout hearts and unwayering pur- pose, Military contests are al- most always de- eidad not hy the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

payment of the highest income tax on record. The fact that the appeal
 by the Connecticut Society for Crippled Children was strong enough to be heard above these stFldent claims is demonstrated by the handsome response of the citts zens of this Gtate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

Excess purchasing power places a tremendous and unnecessary bur- den on our price ceilings and our rationing system. Taxes should be increased.
 -Economie stabilikation Director
 Fred M. Vinson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. Q. D.
RELIGION AND NATIONAL
 GREATNESS

Wars are not won on the fields Of battle but in mems hearts. France was defeated on the battlefield be- cause she had first been defeated in the inner reaches of her peoples
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Daily Almanac

Moon sets ct ii:2e ?, n. lwaF timel Sun rises at e;aT .. Ia. sets at s;ia ?. Hi lwaF llrnel
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Film czor confe With Archbishop for Producing Passion Play Church Leader Agrees Select Young Priest for Role of the Savior Stoen Moy Link Up With Dewey He con Be Assured of Mo-
 Looks Like Magic Formuo Presogins Invasion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

ebuient Hollywood ana with Catholic Archbishop producing Te Passion Pavn in nicn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25
2 NATIO
 SPoTLIG GIFT
Ferreting Out Spy Radios
By PETER EDISON (Waterbury Democrat Washington f' CorrespOndent)

First chapter in the story of how clandestine Axis radio stations in
 Latin America were run down and put out of business has just been revealed by George E. Sterling, an Army Signal Corps radio operator
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-25

Copyright. 1924 by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-14
Wood and Byrd
In Fund Match
By NJ. F. DRUKENBRoD

Craig Wood, National open
champion Tor the duration. and
Sam Byrd, Plum Hollow's star
pro. will compete for $500 in
war bonds in their challenge
match al Plum Hollow Saturday
and Sunday, July $3.50
Plans were completed last night
AT Plum Hollow after the dates
had been set by Fred Corcoran Of
the PEA.
Proceeds Of the match, 30
hole test with one round both
days. will go to a war relief
agency and Plum Hollows Off
Gals hope to turn over Sizeable
fund.
Last years Ryder Cup contest
AZ this club was the most success
lul in the series OF four
One important detail Is yet 10
be decided. whether twill be a
medal or match play. Byrd VII
suggest medal play.
Most Of the fans who Will fol-
low the two stars IN what Will be
the top golf attraction Of the sea-
son here also VIII favor this.