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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
New York Tines.)

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This crucial year of the war will
bring both hope and despair to the
Jews of Europe. AS Allied arms
tighten the circle around Hitler's
fortress many will be liberated. But
others, the millions still caught in
NaN coils, will suffer the fanatical
oppression of savage enemy en-
FILTERED by defeat. In either case
the responsibilities of the United
Jewish Appeal will be increased.
The urgency Is so great that the
committee has launched a drive to
raise $4,000, 900, the largest amount
it has ever sought.
Despite Hitler's campaign of ex-
termination there are still 100000
Jews In Europe. In areas like Por-
tugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia,
southern Italy and Turkey Jewish
refugees are alive but without
means Of their own to start a new
life. In Asiatic Russia there are
evacuee populations predominantly
Jewish which must be helped be-
yond the meager resources which
Russia can provide for civilians.
Within the German lines the Jews
face humiliation. But even Nad
hate them all. Many who fail to
escape now will be saved by reScu-
ing armies. Homeless, penniless and
pitiable, they must all be taken care
Of and restored to human dignity.
The United Jewish Appeal is a
huge organization with hundreds of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
MARRY Doats"

Others may cluck their tongues over the
popularity of Marry DoatS," and profess
to see in it a dire commentary of our
national state of mind But We are
neither shocked nor surprised. On the
contrary, it's vogue seems to us healthy,
normal, and quite in the tradition of war
time song. Only those who shun the
juke boxes and Sulk at home with the
radio turned off can be ignorant of
"Mairzy Doats." 1t might be explained
to them that the song was born when
young miss named Neila Bonni Drake
made the delightful discovery, at age 4,
that mares eat oats" Her elided repeti-
ton of this discovery led to the title as it
now stands, and moved her father, pro-
feSSional song writer, to expand the words
and write the music.
Marry Doats" is no classic. It's pop
ularity will be fleeing, even though at
the moment it has swept the country like
a chain letter. But in its humble way,
the childish jingle has charm. There is
a touch of Mother Goose and of Walt
Disney in the translated" lyrics: mares
eat oats, and does eat oats, and little
lambs eat ivy" And the run-together
tricks that the printed version plays on
our language have a transient fascina-
ton.
But why, in the midst of wars grim
business, should the American people go
about singing = or, on occasion, mutter-
ing - nonsense rhymes? Well, why not?
It isn't the first time. We sang xxx
Katy in the first world war. The Con-
federacy sang Dixie" which, for all its
later nostalgia implications, was a min
strel song. The North sang well Hang
Jeff Davis to a Sour Apple Tree" to the
noole tune of "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic" The Continentals marched
against the British to nonsense song
called yankee Doodle.
AS further explanation of popularity,
there is the suspicion that MARRY DoatS'
is probably as genuinely inspired popular
song as we have had since the war began.
After Pearl Harbor the exhorters of public
spirit decided that we must have war
song Tin Pan Alley, closed shop of COM
mercial, ready-to-wear tunesmiths, tried to
.oblige. What we got were things like
"Goodby, Mamma, I'm Off to Yokohama
or "Say Prayer for Pal on Guadlca-
nal" Even the casual, inSensitive music
customer can spot phony sentiment,
which accounts for the deserved lndlt-
ference to the catch-penny patriotic
ballads produced to date. We don't
blame the customer for preferring young
Miss brakes simple, tongue-twisting,
but obviously sincere dietary tour OF the
barnyard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
PERMANENT PEACE CRUSADER

PERMANENT PEACE CRUSADER
Since coming to the Senate,
Burton's most outstanding job has
been as a leader of the Senate
battle for Democratic-R epublican
cooperation for permanent peace.
He was one of the BE- HI Senators
(Burton, Ball, Hatch and Hid, two
Democrats and two Republicans,
who toured the country preaching
the doctrine that world peace
should be above party pickering.
He preached the same doctrine
in the Senate last fall when Sec
rotary Hull went to Moscow. One
speech on this subject was so stir
ring that Republican leader, Char
ley McNary of oregon urged that
he print it in pamphlet form.
High-Water mark of the Senate
fight came when some of the BIZ
H2 group were goading so-slow
Senator Tom Conna1ly, chairman
of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee. Connally's opponents knew
they could win and some of them
Wd4CcO W SLdBC spectacular
show which would have Infatuated
Connally. Burton, however, coun-
seled: "What we want are results.
Personal credit is out"
Today, COP die-hard strategy
is deadlock the Republican con-
vention between Willkie. Dewey
and Bricker, then out of that
deadlock pull Senator Taft, man
who will always play down their
alley.
But other Republican leaders
not die-hards-have other ideas.
They are laying plans to bring an
other Ohican in to break the
deadlock-Harold Burton. Whether
they can do 1t remains to be seen.
But, at any rate. Burton is
man worth watching.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
Current Comment

Some Of the extension of federal
power Is beneficial from every
standpoint. Too much Is destructive
of self direction. Social salvation
will not be attained by turning over
activity to vast impersonal mach
inc in Washington.
Arthur A. Ballantine, former
undersecretary Of the Treas
ury.
We had better overestimate the
time 1t is going to take to defeat
Germany than to underestimate 1t.
Navy Secretary Frank Knox.
When 1t comes to the vastly i'm
portant and tragic business Of war
we shut our eyes and stop our
ears until 1t is so late that top man.
agement has to perform miracles,
and men die waiting for them.
-WPB Vice President Charles
e. Wilson.
II 1t is all right to draft a man
TO fire a gun, then it is just as right
to draft the men to make the gun
for him.
Warren H. Anterior, Amer
lean Legion national COM
mander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

which it stood had oasn Used as
public dumping ground. The beau
tiful apartment house was actually
built on ashes and rubbish.
The city officials sounded the
warning in this case and babe the
tenants flee before it was too late.
When we build our lives on rubbish,
our conscience will perform this
service If we will but listen. Yet
how seldom do we listen! For years,
perhaps, we have been building our
satisfactions and successes on rub
bish. Down beneath the superstruc-
ture their lies not the deep bedrock
of noble purpose, but the rubbish of
selfishneSS and superficial interests.
What we build on such founda-
ton will eventually be condemned
Jesus said that a house built on
sand viii be washed away. A house
built on rubbish win sink and at last
fall Of its own weight.
All Rights Reserved Babson News
paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

People get tired of one type OF
personality, the ex-Vice President
said. They get tired of too many
pictures, too much travelling
around, too much joking, grand
standing and fitting of the Gig
arctic holder. So he concluded
that the American people would
vote for just the opposite, man
of the Coolidge type. Garner went
further and mentioned the man
Republican Senator Harold Bur-
ton of Ohio.
Republicans do not admit that
they take political advice from
a Democrat, yet privately a lot of
them think Garner is right. Es-
pecially in recent weeks, with the
Democrats showing more and
more signs of unity behind FDR,
there is a growing COP belief
that bitter Republican feuding
must be healed and that Cool
idge-type candidate like Burton
might be the man.
NOT ANOTHER HARDING
Preliminary check-ups on the
Senator from Ohio indicate that
while he may have the taciturn-
ity Of Coolidge, he would not be
another Harding. In fact, this
has alreday made some of the Old
Guard leaders, who want to dom
mate whomever they put in the
White House, a bit skeptical about
Burton.
Like Coolidge, Burton was born
I'm Massachusetts,. After gradu-
ating from Bowdoin College in
Maine, he went to Harvard
Law School, then moved to Ohio
for two reasons. One was that
the law offices Of Boston were
open only to the sons of the
LOwells, CabOtS and Lodges. The
other was that he had read a
book on Tom Johnson, the Cleve-
land public utilities man who
had become a great public serv-
ant.
Also, Burton was engaged to a
young lady whose uncle had
Cleveland connections and prom
iSed to get him job there. When
young Burton arrived, however,
fresh out of Harvard Law school,
he found the job of digging post
holes for a telephone line.
Later, he applied for a legal
position with the city government
and, although he didn't get it, he
did become a crusading young
Cleveland lawyer. AS such, he
saw a lot Of Newton D. Baker,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The death of Raymond Clapper,
columnist, radio commentator and war
correspondent, removes one of the worth
while writing men. His tragic end came
in the same fashion as death has come
to many another valiant newspaper man
- in an airplane crash. He had identi-
fed himself as leading writer present.
ing impartial views in a syndicatedi
column. His writing was direct and
simple, easy to understand. 1t had pur-
pose and punch In the days to come
we will miss reading his opinions on this
and that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

foundation was
slipping. The
walls had begun
to crack. Daily
1t became more
apparent that
the building was
unsafe for habi-
t a tion. The
reason was that
for years before
the erection of
the building, the
property upon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
Selected Poem
INLAND WINDOW

(Harold Vinal in the New York Tines
How often rising in the lonely night,
Hearing no wind blow down the bitter air
OF cities, have cried aloud in plight,
For sight of white Spume breaking anywhere
How often in the tumult and the press
OF cities in my anguish have cried
To heaven loudly in my loneliness,
feeling the thorn Of grief against my side.
Here being stranger and an alien
In my distress have cried unto the Lord,
Asking to see against heaving sky
OF clouds one masthead lifted like a sword
Against the armament, one tall sail flung,
Asking for brine upon my parched tongue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

has been a stop
ping point for
short range
fighter planes
being ferried to
southern Europ-
can and African
fronts, and even
to the Middle
and Far East.
It Is perfectly
situated for such
use, being APP
proxinately 1900
miles east of
Natal on the
Brazil bulge and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

The Bronx ZOO has new eagle. It's
called HAPPY eagle and is quite tame
It will stand three feet high at maturity.
The HAPPY is a spectacular bird, one OF
the greatest eagles in the world, has
huge beak and large claws
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VitaminS in Oats


Among the grains the only one
used in great quantity without much
processing is oats. Please tell us the
vitamin value Of oats as a break
fast fod as compared with wheat.
(E. s.
AnsWer-OatS contains more Vita
min B1 than wheat Oats contains
more protein, less starch, more fat,
more calcium, less phosphorus, less
iron, more vitamin B1 and less
niacin ("nicotinic acid" the chief
anti-pe1lagra factor) than wheat.
Oats yields more calories than
wheat.
Pretty Poor Diet
have been on 300 calories diet
for, quite a white and it doesn't
seem to do any good. I am 80,
weigh 1859. Please tell me some ex-
ercises that are good for reducing
waistline and stomach.
CMrs. j. Ed
AnSwer-Average adult requires
not less than 1900 calories daily to
keep heart beating, lungs breathing
and the other fundamental vital
functions going. Perhaps you have
made an error In estimating the
calories in your diet. Send twenty
five cents and stamped envelope
bearing your address, for booklet
RULES for Reducing" which tells
you how to reduce and at the same
time build up vite and health.
Tetany
Many thanks for your suggestion
Of calcium and vitamin D for relief
Of cramps In legs at night. I GER
tainly suffered but after taking
calcium and vitamin d a few days
I have not had any cramps in many
weeks. =. (M. h
AnSwer-A common manifestation
OF tetany in middle age and elderly
persons. Calcium deficiency. Send
stamped envelope bearing your adj
dress, for pamphlet 1.-THE Calcium
Shortage"
Sleeping Partners
Is 1t harmful for an eight year
old boy to sleep in the same room
with his grandfather, rs, who,
though he has no contagious dis
ease constantly coughs and spits?
(Mrs. II. F.)
Answer-No danger If gramp Is
intelligent and conscientious about
covering his mouth and nose when
coughing and about disposal Of his
Sputlrn.
Copyright, 1914, John F. Ollie co.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

Waterbury's slogan by virtue of the out
put of it's many industries during preWar
DAYS to the effect that our city had some
thing on everyone, might be changed at
this time to-, Waterbury has something
on everything, which would include shoes,
ships and planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 5:23 a. m. (war time)
Sun rises at 1850 a. m, sets at 6:iS p. m.
(War time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
February to z Is slated for storms, sudden
and swift on the Atlantic coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

Federal income taxes have increased
700 per cent since Pearl Harbor, says Paul
Maiion, with the brunt Of the burden
falling on already oVertaxed sources OF
revenue. Taxes have now reached the
point where It Is no longer likely That
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

The peak has been reached, it is SAID,
in the personnel of army officer train
ing schools. Since this program started
in 1941 100000 men have been graduated.
The supply of junior officers is now SUI
ficient so the curtailment will start. Many
are already being sent back from foreign
theaterS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining % par
sOnal health and hygiene. not 70
disease, diagnosis Of treatment
win be answered by Dr.. Brady q
stamped self addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brtek
and written In ink. No reply can
be made to queries not conform
ting to instructions. Address DE-.
william Brady, National News
paper Service. $40 West Madison
Street. Chicago. III.
WELL, MAKE UP YOUR MIND
In the official Journal Of the
American Dental Association, Rus
sell w. Bunting, DDS, dean OF
the School Of Dentisty, University
of Michigan, says (Nov. !, '4S):
Although a clean tooth cannot
decay, all attempts to control
dental carries on any large scale
by oral prophylaxis and dental
hygiene have failed"
(Page Mr.. Peavy-or maybe we
should keep out of this quarrel, for
you never know Just what q dentist
means by prophylaxis).
"CleanlineS of the teeth ameli-
crates dental disease in extent
and scope" (Stick around, Peavy,
this is going to be complicated,
"but no methods Of cleaning
capable Of general application
have been devised that will pro-
tect the teeth from carries"
- t. IAA rHr%IaAx. ~ &1AaA
theory that Termination Of starch
and sugar particles clinging to the
teeth, by lactODaciIluS acidophilus,
Ga strain of bacteria naturally pres
emit in the healthy intestinal tract
and forming Tactic acid by ferment-
ing milk sugar in the natural sour
ing of milk causes decay, carries,
cavity formation. He asserts that
lit has been clearly demonstrated
that the reduction Of sugar and
starch in the diet under carefully
controlled conditions arrests dem
tai carries and prevents the forma-
ton of new LESSONS. Too few
people can be induced to forego
sweets for the sake of saving the
teeth. 1t is difficult to persuade
many diabetes to follow this prac-
tice even when it is a matter of life
and death. so this method, all
though highly effective, must be
limited to the small number of per-
sons who are willing to make the
necessary dietary adjustments"
Being just a Flooding old coun-
try doctor I probably do not UNDER
stand what DR.. Bunting means
when he says attempts to control
dental carries by oral prophylaxiS
and dental hygiene have failed-to
my mind it means brushing the
teeth doesn't do any good.
In the same issue Of the Jour.
ADA. (Nov. l, '43) j. r. Blaney,
DDS, of Zoller Memorial Dental
Clinic, University of Chicago, in
sists that the dental practitioner
must take sufficient time to &C
quaint every patient with the i'm
portance of an adequate diet and
ways and means of thorough
cleansing of all tooth surfaces {.
I'VE must teach all patients the
technic of proper brushing {.
using silk floss :"
Yeags ago made up my mind
about it, and have only rarely
brushed my teeth since-but bet
a nickle and might risk as much
as dime, that my teeth are as
good as the teeth of any dentist or
any man OF my age who has
brushed his regularly all along.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
u. S. Air Base
At Ascension
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspond

Use Of 34-square-mile Ascension
Island as a q. 8. air base can at
last be talked about. For over a
year this tiny British island. 500
miles south Of the equator in the
middle of the South Atlantic Ocean,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05

ramifications. But the task it has
undertaken is gigantic. It is moth
ing less than assuring the survival
OF a prosecuted people. AL who
help in such task are contributing
to the revival Of human freedom in
a kinder world to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. d. d.

BUILT ON A RUBBISH HEAP
Some months ago a large apart
ment house in certain city was
abandoned by its tenants at the
direction Of the city authorities. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
Washington Merry-Go-R Round

Burton Opposite Roosevelt Moy Be the Man Beat Him.
Voters Swing Coodse Type Recalled
Against Him Since Cusodng Record Cleveland Mayor
Liberals Backing Him Break Expected Convention Deadlock
today awasM
beat
rel in Roosevlts opposite
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-05
A Thought for Today

Give, and it shall be given unto yOu-Luke
6:3S.
In giving, man receives more han he gives,
and the more is in proportion to the worth of
the thing given.-MacDonald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-10-13

Ever FaVOrlte
THE sort of house dress which
l. is a perennial favorite-it's so
crisp looking, so easy to get into,
SO easy to launder! Make it of gay
lowered percales or seersucker
and trim it with three rows OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-10-13
CHAPTER x

Between Mr.. Tinker and the ir-
reducible fact that they were actu-
ally off to one of the various wars
going on, Mr.. Wrinkle didn't sleep
much that first night. He lay there
precariously on the edge of the berth
trying to adjust himself to the situa-
ton and regretting a little that he
had not taken the chance of getting
out of the Army when he had the
opportunity.
This was, as the saying went, it.
This was what he had trained for.
He was going to where battles were
being fought. He was going to help
fight them. The realization struck
him so forcibly that he nearly fell
out of the berth, especially when
Mr.. Tinker gave him an extra hard
push.
Then, again, he endeavored to look
on the bright side of it.
He was hardened soldier, wasn't
he?
Well, maybe not hard, but with
plenty of preparation.
The additional months as a men,
Der Of a service company had
brought the confidence of experience.
They had brought a Corporal's
stripes, and finally those of full
fledged Sergeant. He and Mr.. Tink-
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"What they got there, Pop?" he
was asked. whats your book say?"
"Cannibals," he told them. He
thought his guidebook had said that.
"Me," said Mr.. Tinker, II don't
care where it Is just SO there's
Japs."
On the fourth day, while sitting on
the deck with his back against the
rail, Mr.. Wrinkle nearly jumped out
of his life belt when there was Q
loud explosion forward.
He was lurching to his feet and
had reached a crouching position be-
fore he realized that the gun crews
were holding firing practice.
He sank back down again, seeing
other men following suit.
The guns kept on chattering, send
ing up shells to burst high in the
air at different levels. From the
other ships they could see the same
practice going on. 1t was fascinating
to watch, and the noise and smell of
burning gunpowder added to their
sense Of security.
In the midst Of the racket Mr..
Wrinkle was startled to hear his name
being called.
eli, Pop!"
Looking up, he saw Freddie Tin
dali. In back of him were Jack and
several more of the original Spring
vile contingent.
"Hello, Mr.. Winkle," Jack greeted
him. The boys eyes twinkled, and
he spoke as If they were meeting
casually on Maple Avenue.
"This," said Mr.. Wrinkle, strug-
Cling to his feet, sis quite place
to have a reunion"
They held it, nevertheless, in the
middle of the Pacific Ocean, pump
ing one another's hands and yelling
above the noise Of the guns. Fred
die cried, "We've got more than
this! Hey, Alphabet Alphabet"
In a moment the wizened little
Sergeant pushed his way down the
deck. The first thing he saw was
Mr.. Wrinkles stripes with the "T''
below them. Without raising his
voice, but still making himself
heard, he lectured:
81 been in the Army eighteen
years. You been in eight months,
and you rate with me. We amt go
ing to win no war that way. And
look what got in my machine-gun
crew. Him." he pointed at Jack,
land him." he indicated Freddie.
"All they can do is outshoot any of
them guys working them pump-guns
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-10-13

The day they didn't stop, but kept
right on marching up the gang.
plank and on to the ship, he felt be.
trayed, cheated and fooled.
er were a team, it having been found
that Mr.. Tinker was good at the
heavier work, while he supplied a lit
tie more skill at figuring it out.
He couldn't overlook the drama OF
it, either. Here they were, several
hundred men in a special train,
rushing to an unknown destination
to save the nation. He knew that
crack streamliners were sidetracked
for them. Everything made way for
them. Even if you were hurrying
to risk your life, that gave you a
sense of Importance.
He fell asleep on this thought,
dreaming that he was sinking in
wide waters and that he grasped at
a tiny straw to save himself.
Mr.. Wrinkle expected to be
marched right on ship as soon as
they reached their embarkation port
two days later. But there seemed
to be no such hurry as that which
had brought them here.
They were given physical exami-
nations, their equipment was in
speoted, and orders were issued to
keep their canteens filed to the
mouth.
Thus readied, they were assem-
bled one morning and marched out
through an entrance in the brick
wall. They made their way along a
road at the side of the harbor, in
which many ships, all painted an in
different gray, were moored. Mr..
Wrinkle had never seen real ship
before, and was impressed with their
size. He wondered which would be
theirs.
They were called to halt beside
the high wall of one of the larger
vessels.
Orders were shouted. To his
Amazement and relief, they started
marching back again to the staging
area. This had been merely prac-
tice.
The man next to him said, "That
was a close one." s
Each day after that they went
through the same process. The third
time it was repeated there were
complaints. - 81,
Even Mr.. Wrinkle asked these
questions and came not to believe in
any of the marches to the ship. He
took it for granted that each time
he arrayed himself in his full equip