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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Message From a Ghost

The Ku Klux Kan, apparently dead and certainly long forgotten by most ot us, popped up in the news again the other day. Its Imperial Wizard" announced that the organization was disbanding nationally and Suspending it's functions, but with authority to meet and rein carnate." It was surprising to learn that the Klan still existed. It is even more surprising to look back now, 20 years after its heyday, and survey the Klan's brief but alarming course in the light or subsequent events. Probably Adolf Hlt- Ter never heard of the Ku Klux Klan, but the Klan and Hitler's Nazi party were blood relations Their ultimate aims were different but their fundamental philoso- phy was the same. And the Klan had 1t first When Hitler was an insignificant beer-hall politician fresh out of prison, the Klan had a strangle hold on half a dozen state governments, more than 5,OOO,0O0 members.
 The Klan's symptoms were distressing enough 20 years ago, but they appear to- day as a narrow escape. Take con- parative look The Klan, like the Nazi party, was built on theory of racial supremacy It was anti-Semitic, anti Negro, anti-foreigner, anti-Catholic. Like the Nazi party, it was so ridicu- lous as to be laughed at by think ing people at first. But its uniforms and drilling, its secrecy, its mumbo- jumbo of wizards, dragons, kleagles and klanvocations brought a feeling of i'm portance to a certain type of mind. It's propaganda line absolved members of the necessity of thinking and of a sense of individual responsibility. Its anti-mlnor- ity philosophy offered an attractive as- sortment of scapegoats on which to blame all failure and futility. The Klan had no fanatical hypnotist like Hitler for a national leader. It had no propagandlst like GoebbelS. It didn't even have s'burning cause". America was not de- feated and confused, like Germany, but was enjoying inflated prosperity
 What the Klan might have done in a less complacent period is not pleasant to contemplate. AS it was, it did pretty well, according to Nazi standards. There were plenty of instances of intimidation and brutality before the invisible empire crumbled, largely because the corruption of it's leaders finally exceeded their abil- ity to conceal it. The point of all this is that KlaniSm, Fascism, and Nazlsm were postwar maladieS. We can scarcely hope that the end of the present fighting will find their viruses destroyed. There are too many signs to the contrary. But we can be vigilant against the danger of pent-up grudges taking klanish form once they are released. America, after fighting a second war for freedom and democracy, can't afford another Ku Klux Klan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Remember Your A B C's

The wise man gets roof on his house before 1t rains. Also he lays aside a few dollars to meet unusual expenditures which are bound to occur. Similar prac- tices involving foresight and thrift are as essential in the largest corporation as in the smallest home. Thousands of post war jobs depend on simple ABC lessons in "good housekeeping.
 The president of the Missouri Pacific Lines points out that American railroads are carrying the greatest load in history. wear and tear on tracks, bridges, loco motives, cars and other equipment is ter rife. Material and labor for needed maintenance are not obtainable now be- yond the minimum necessary for safe continued operation. Money from cur rent revenues should be saved to pay for the needed repairs and replacements
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Thro' the Perilous Fight

The most thrilling of many thrilling D-Day sights, said an Army photo recon naissance pilot, was an American Flag flying over French town soon after the first landings.
 It is good to be thrilled by the sight of the Flag. Too often, in too many years, we are not Flag Day passes unnoticed. This year it should not. It doesn't take a vivid imagination to feel the thrill that the sight of the American Flag has already brought to many European hearts in this year of 1944, and will bring to many more as town after town, French, Italian and others, are liberated.
 American men, circling the globe, are fighting round their Flag as they have through every war in our history. It quickens their pulses, as it always has. But now and in the future, it will quicken the pulse of others to whom it is strange but welcome. AS it replaces the swastika or the rising sun, it will herald to millions the return of their own flag, and freedom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14

his tuition. Douglas worked his way thorugh, however, and now sits on the Supreme Court bench with his former Dean.
 Douglas figures he wants to sit there long time. However, should the President find that the rebel South is too rebellious to keep Wallace, the sandy-haired young 6cotchman from the West would probably be his first sub- Stitute. Ef -.lf WALLACE TEXAS REBELS TARGET
 George Butler, nephew of Jesse Jones and the man who led the Texas revolt against Roosevelt, has been in Washington trying to get @ license for an airplane, and has been whispering politics dis creetly with a few friends.
 To one friend, Butler confided that 'chis people" were more irl- terested in Keeping Henry Wall lace off the ticket than in put ting Roosevelt on. v
 "There Is no question how our electors are going to vote" But Ter said. They're going to vote for Roosevelt, but they won't agree to vote for Wall lace even if he carries the
 State. The electors would throw WalIace's election into the House of Representatives"
 Butler went on to say that he feared the President was going to insist on having Wallace on the ticket. He added that some Negro editors had come South to, see him to ask that Texas accept wallace. They wanted him to patch up the quarrel between Uncle Jesse and Wallace. They thought this would be fine thing for the country. @y
 But Butler didn't agree. So 1t looks as if there would be a bitter-end fight between mild hammered Henry Wallace and the gentleman from Texas. "
 Copyright, 1914, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
NORMANDY
New Haven Journal Courier)

(New Haven Journal-C -Courier)
 Correspondent Joseph Driscoll in Normandy remarks on the beauty of the countryside in which Ameri- can troops have landed. This is apple blossom time. and the or chards are both picturesque and fragrant. besides, there are daisies, cornfiowers and poppies in the fields and in cultivated flower beds grow gardenias. Not even the deadly busi- ness of war entirely plots out the summer beauty that the American soldier sees about him. The des- cription by MT. Driscoll recalls that poem of American-bor Alan See- ger, I Have Q Rendezvous With Death, penned while he was serv- ing with the Foreign Legion of France in War I. The poem is built around the refrain: I have a rendez- vous with death, and the writer times his rendezvous with the spring the apple blossom and the meadow flowers. Any one who has the op- portunity to look over this poem of War will note its appropriate ness to the current fighting ir northern France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Views Of The Press.

north and reached Hartford by way of Springfield, coming down the river from there and crossing over, at Windsor. Love, in his Colonial History of Hartford" !" speaks of the Pilgrims jouriaeying from Springfield to Hartford. "
 There is little doubt that the trail 1t is proposed to mark was the one commonly used, first by the Indians and later by the white men, for journeys between the Con necticut river and Boston. That is well established by records. There also are evidences of 1t in many places. t.
 Perhaps it is Q fair assumption that the Hookerites travelled by way of Willington, Holland and Somers. It would be wiser, however, if any markers established were to suggest that this is possibility rather than a certainty. Someone may yet dig Up evidence that they travelled the more northerly way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
was biting him in the rear and hA N,ns frRinR kn file frnnn IL.

was biting him in the rear and
 he was trying to file from 1t.
 Actually, 8 Vice Presidential bug was trying to bite him-with the aid of well-wishing friends-but Bill doesn't want to be bitten. Various President-makers, figur- ing that the Vice Presidency will be the vital spot on the Democra- tic ticket, have tried lately to build up the youngest Supreme Court Justice. But he has shied away like the broncoS featured in the Pendleteon rodeo each summer.
 Nearest he got was speech be- fore the Free World Association in New York this spring--a speech which some of his friends hoped would put him more definitely in the political public eye. In the front row at that meeting, just under the nose of Justice Douglas, sat none other than "St. Bernard" Harold Young, faithful secretary, political adviser and retriever of Vice President Wallace.
 Loyal big Harold has already sacrificed his popularity with die- hard friends back in Texas but would sacrifice anything else he has to re-elect his chief. So, as Justice Douglas spoke, he looked down on Wallace's 250- pound secretary, glaring up from the front row with an T dare you" look on his face.
 .. In the end, big Harold went
 away happy. The potential
 rival for Wallace's place got
 only a line in next days press.
 The country never knew he
 spoke.
 In his heart, Bill Douglas is wholly happy to hold his pres ent office. Only 45 years old, he has attained the Supreme Court after starting his legal ca reer by riding the rails from Ya- kina, Wash, to New York to study law at Columbia. There Dean Harlan F. Stone, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, be- friended him but advised him to leave school and take a teaching job until he could afford to pay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Selected Poem
SPENDTHRIFT

SPENDTHRIFT (Sgt. Harold Applebaum in The New York TtmeS While am young am quick to spend The days that jingle in my purse. The end Of wealth Is not in sight, there still are cups To taste. The wise men say that he who sups Not wisely but too well is apt to pain, Yet I'll cram sunshine into days of rain And use my golden hours to fashion truth By mixing hopefulness with the fire of youth. When grow old shall count the days And husband them with care. Not in the ways Of miserhoow, or selfish hoards of gold But knowingly, as if by growing old came to know the truth of truth, and find How ably trained in seeing are the blind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Father is going to have his day Sun day, June IS, or is he? There seems to be quite a bit about Father this week, and commercially it looks like he might go to town on ties shirts and garden rakes. Seriously, Father should have a day the same as Mother. But somehow or other Fathers Day has never been given the same distinction. And Father isn't worried at all He's busy in the armed forces or if not they're working hard on the home front. And he's pretty mad too, because he just lost lot of to- matoes that he planted in May. A frost for father
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carriage for the journey: Since my Lord leaves London for fear of the plague, his God must live in the country, I suppose"
 His Lordship, who happened at that moment to be crossing the hall, overheard this remark and said to himself That ignorant fellow has taught me something I had well- nigh forgotten. My God Is truly everywhere. He can keep me safe in town as well as in the country" And 50 saying he sent the carriage away, remained in London, and gave himself with the rest of his fellow citizens to, caring for the plague-stficken who in many in-
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stances had been forsaken by ter- fified relatives.
 And the God he trusted preserved him. The plague did not come nigh his dwelling.
 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty !. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways" (Psalm 0i:i, 10 and iD. p All Rights Reserved Bahson
 Newspaper Syndicate).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
MARKING ROCKERS ROUTE
(Hartford Timesl


 Announcement is made that the trail which was used by Thomas Hooker and his party in travelling from Massachusetts Bay to estab- lish the Hartford settlement is to be marked throughout It's length by the New Britain Boy Scouts, en- cainped at Eastford.
 The portion of it through the town of Woodstock already has been marked by the Scouts of that area. It will be interesting and desir- able to have this old trail between the Connecticut River and the earlier Massachusetts settlements marked, as a matter of historical record and for those interested to see. It might be well, however, to be cautious about stating dogmati- cally that this is the trial used by the Hooker party. As far as we are aware, there is no positive evidence available on that point. for at least . part of the trail. Some authorities believe that the H0okerites travelled further
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14

Army nurses marry at a rate of four teen a day, so it is stated This is the first figure compiled and covers the period from January to June in a corps of nurses numbering 40,000. Now this would include nurses in all theaters of the war, and the fourteen day average would make it about 1,500 marriages since last January among Army nurses whoever and wherever they are.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Patriotic Sacrifice

A marine medical officer in the South Pacific has discovered that common, of. dinary gelatin dessert makes an effec- tive surgical paste when used in con. junction with fracture bandages.
 Would anyone be interested in join- ing us in movement to free this new found remedy 100 per cent for the armed forces, while we civilians nobly and pa. triotically subsist on pie for the dura. tion?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14

or n e eastern Navy and ship yards at the invi- tRtion of Secre- tary James V, Forrestal.
 How much of this new striking force will be in action in this war Is an open ques- ton. But the mere fact that the Navy now sees fit to lift the lid on what its research and building pro- grams have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Current Comment

Put the German on some ground and let him stay there long enough and 1t takes bit of doing to get him off-it takes & bit of doing -Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgoni-
 cry.
 Above and beyond the expedients of military and political arrange
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ments for policing disorderly world, we must place our ultimate. reliance upon our capacity to teach- men the truth and their willingness to seek truth wherever the search. may lead.
 Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone.
 
 Always, all my life, want to come to France. Amt this 8 hell of day for 1t, though? --D-Day landing ship crewman.
 p We will help-re- educate Naz Ger-., many only by building up reason-s !. able world in which 1t can have . reasonable part. --Dr. Alexander Meikeljohn of the. American Association for Adult Education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 2:l8 a. m. (war tinle)
 Sun rises at 5:l9 a. m., sets at 8:25 p. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. June days seem more or less normal, some cool some quite warm. And there have been occasional frosts in the New England area. Weekend rains helped considerablbe for gardens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14

This week you probably read the state- ments that the strawberry shortcake sea- son has officially opened. Which sets you to wondering why you thought 1t had opened couple of months ago with nice hard berries from far away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14

However, those who have watched lean, greying General Marshall closeup during the tense months of the war, know how he too has worked, planned, dreamed almost every detail of the invasion.
 Three years ago, before we en- tered the war but when everyone knew 1t was a certainty that we would, this columnist asked Gen. eral Marshall what chance there was of a British cross-channel in- vasion.
 DO you realize what 1t takes to land an army in France?" he replied. ''It takes not merely ships and men-and naval ves- sels to protect those ships. It also means docks, warehouses, railroad terminals, and freight cars by the thousand. But es-
 pecially 1t means dOcks-sOme place to land. In the last war, we didn't have to worry about any of these things. The French supplied them. But In this war" he shook his hand ruefully- "it is different"
 As he talked, Marshall thought back to 1917-l8, when he was only 36 and a captain. At that time, he performed a modern miracle of maneuvering-second only to that of the present second front. He worked out for Pershing the plan whereby one million men were transferred from the St. Mi- hiel to the Meuse-Argonne Front.
 Nineteen railroads, S4 hospitals, 10000 tons of ammunition, 93.- 900 horses, 164 miles of railway, 87 supply depots and 4,000 cannon all were moved up just beyond the German lines-and the enemy didn't even know 1t.
 COOPERATION WITH EISENHOWER ~
 A general in modern warfare does not ride into battle waving a sword. He sits behind a desk. And this time, General Marshall, instead of being close to the battle front, has done his planning from behind.
 And unlike the situation in the last war, Marshall and his Eu- ropean commander cooperates beautifully. They are close friends In the last war, General Persh- ing was in bitter conflict with General Tasker Bliss, the U. s. Chief of Staff; later with General Peyton March, who succeeded Bliss. E..
 Today, Marshall and Eisenhower are considered Pershing's boys. He is strong for both of them. And every Sunday, before the war got too tense, General Marshall went out to walter Reed hospital to chat with his former chief. Persh- ing still believes he can win wars, and gives Marshall his opinion on various strategic problems. After each interview, Marshall rises and SaluteS.
 "Thank you, General" he says.
 Thank you, General" is the reply.
 NOTE: General Marshall is one of the few Chiefs of Staff we have had who did not go to West Point. Due to the fact that his father was about the only Democrat in Uniontown, Pa., during the Mc- Kinley Administration, he could get no West Point appointment, went to Virginia Military Institute instead. DOUGLAS FOR
 VICE-PRESIDENT
 When the nine middle-aget men closed one of the stormiest supreme Court sessions in his- tory on Monday, one of the first to scamper out of town was Scotch, sandy -haired, infant progidy of the court, Justice Bill Douglas.
 Justice Douglas left for the
 Far West and his summer ranch near Pendleton, Ore.-al-
 most as if Q Presidential bug stances had been forsaken by ter. t-lAad rnlakiv
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A m O n 6 those who made ready
 to retire to his country house un- til better days was Q certain Lord Craven. A Negro servant, who had but recently come from the jungles of Africa, re- marked to the foot [ m a n as he hAInAd to mack the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
Gop Is EYERYWHERE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

GOD IS EvERYWHERE
 Several centuries ago @ great plague swept over London, carrying of thousands and driving out of the city multitudes of people who were terrified lest the fearful calamity might fall on them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Your Health By pr. William Brady

saKnea letters pertaining to per. sonal health and hygiene, not Co disease, diagnosis of treatmene Win he answered by pr. Brady ie Q stamped self.addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should be briek and written in ink. No reply can b. made to queries not conform ing Co instructions. Address prs william Brady, National News" paper Service, 32O West MidisOn Street, Chicago. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Consult Physician

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS !.
 Consult Physician What causes neuritis? What causes arthritis? How can you ten if you have either one of them? .
 (W. c. M
 Answer-You can't. Better con. suit physician. n
 Aspirin " Daughter, l4, confined to bed for six weeks with what the doctor calls rheumatic fever. She receives no medicine or other treatment except constant doses of aspirin.
 (Mrs. H. M. PJ
 Answer-For relief of the pain as- pirin is as safe as any other anal- gesic or pain-killer, but in my opinion 1t has no remedial valua. other than relief of pain. Giving salicylates or salicylic acid corl- pounds (such as aspirin, sodium salicylate, oil of wintergreen, etc.l. is an old medical custom in acute. infectious arthritis or rheumatic, fever, but 1t is doubtful whether 1t does ony good other than the relief. of pain.
 Tetany and Growing Pains 7. Daughter, 7is years, suffers severe. cramps in her legs, and wonder if. she lacks vitamins or something she has had these cramps more or, less frequently since she was four.
 (Mrs. 0. H. :. Answer-Very likely she lacks cal-. cium and itamin D. Send stamped, envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet Adult Tetany and Grow". ing Pains" .. Copyright, 1914, John F. Dille Col.
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pawing Penagon
  to General Esn hoWer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
MAMA SHOULDN'T SMOKE
 MUCH

want you to know NWIlCeS MIS- T. E. M that my sister and I both smoked during pregnancy. We both nursed our babies and we continued smoking. Healthier, happier babies I've never seen. My sisters baby is IA months old and weighs 30 pounds
 CAV, now, Mrs. M, we do not print fiction in this column, even If It 1S good. Of course if you insist the baby hit 30 pounds at the age of 14 months, suppose we'll have to stet it Gas the crossword puzzles say)s but do wish you had explained, so our readers would understand, that these bambinos you are referring to are Brady babies, fashioned ac- cording to the Brady Baby Book. You see, had to plug the booklet here if at also readers may know how to get it, sending me a dime in negotiable condition and a self- stamped ddressed envelope).
 ... and If he had any more energy he would be uncomfortable. My baby is months old and weighs 19ls pounds. am still nurs- ing him and smoking. lean see no i'll effects from tobacco in either baby. My doctor also told me 1t is harmless. In what way do you be- lieve 1t Is harmful?
 (Mrs. T. E. M.)
 Tn the family way, during lacta" ton or nursing and always in the same room with the young infant mo matter who does the smoking.
 This is just my opinion. The question is one of opinion rather than one of certainty or fact. As you say, Ma'am, your doctor bee lieves smoking by the expectant or nursing mother is harmless. That makes the tally ffty-fifty so far.
 I do not doubt that some indie viduals have greater tolerance for smoking q believe the harmful ele- ment in tobacco smoke is co, and other things, such as nicotine, ans monia, aldehyde, furfural, etc., found present in tobacco smoke, are of minor significance). It is corn- mon observation of smokers that they can indulge more freely when they dTC OuO OA 0OOkO WAMiOut CA~ periencing i'll effects. That, bee ieve, is because they get relatively more oxygen and breathe less pols luted (polluted with carbon mon- oxide) when they are out of doors. I believe many persons, particularly young children and those enfeebled by age or illness, ma ysuffer serious- ly from second hand breathing of carbon monoxide polluted air from the smoking of other persons in the same room.
 Speaking as smoker, mind you, I do believe women are more likely to indulge to excess than men are. and this is not mere prejudice, for in my opinion 8 woman may smoke if she wishes and she may make a nuisance and Q pig of herself with her smoking, just as well as a man may.
 Some physicians appear to re- gard smoking as not particularly harmful to the expectant or nurs- ing mother or her baby. Others reS gard 1t as harmful.
 If you ask me, I say the less sl11okA ing you or any one does in the house or room with the baby the better for the health of all concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-14
Washington Merry Col Round
BY E DREW PEARSON

ohos Planning of Invasion Reeos Greet Feat Lest Wor Million Men Vest Equipment Beyond ermon Lines
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