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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-31

Dick Rudolph, former manager of the Brasscos when Waterbury represented in the Eastern League is living in New York City where he is official of the Walter B. Cooke funeral parors Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. If you have had even mild interest in baseball you've got to remember Dick. He was con- nected in large way with perhaps the most dramatic and exciting year in baseball history 1914, when the stored Boston Braves rushed from last place in the National League on July to World Series triumph the great Philadelphia Athletics in four straight games in October. Dick of the three pitchers who made that legendary feat possible They 69 ot Bostons 94 victories that year and he 27 His lovely daughter, Marion works with him these days in the metropolitan Funeral Home.
 Clayton Cook of Capitol Avenue is now cOnvalesc- ing at home after being confined to the Waterbury Hospital the past month with serious illness. His associates at the Button Company where he has been employed 30 years hoping the genial foreman will be back on the job in the nOt-tOO-diStant future
 Marian Alexander is recovering rapidly from an appendectomy in Memphis, Tennessee where she is sta toned Daniel Zdanowicz of the Navy writes that he cannot tell where he is but he where the sun is hot and one has no trouble acquiring "golden tan" Harley Henion is being transferred to the Submarine Chaser Training School in Miami, Florida. Richard Fr11eti, ic cfa at T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-31
GARrIEN HINTS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Attribute and a Warning

Our coal industry has received high tribute-from another nation. The British Minister of Fuel and Power has recommended that "the technique of coal mining as developed in the United States" be adopted in England to over- come the "acutely disappointing" per- formance of British coal producers.
 Such recommendation may surprise lot of people in this country who are unfamiliar with the American coal if1- dustry and who have been deluged with Washington announcements to the ef- feet that our coal mine operators are laggards.
 No industry is more progressive in the development of new production methods and new uses for it's products than is coal. Although handicapped by the meddling of ambitious political and labor bosses, in addition to the regular difficulties of wartime operation, 1t has succeeded in getting record quantities of coal out of the ground.
 Aside from a nice compliment, the British authority's statement carried an implied warning that should be well noted The British coal industry has long been under stringent government control, while the American coal indus try has been, until comparatively late ly just another "free" enterprise. Coal producers in this country went ahead and built their businesses the same as any other independent industry The unfavorable contrast between govern ment dominated industry and free in- dustry is thus again Illustrated and should cause the people to go slow in &C., cepting plans which would put any nat .,ral resource, such as coal, oil or power into political hands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Doctor Shortage Pays of

In the past, when great battles were fought, loss of life was multiplied tenfold because of lack of prompt and adequate medical care for the wounded. But in the present war the story has been different. Even yet the full account of the achieve ments of medicine on "D-Day" has not been impressed upon the country.
 One correspondent reports that within forty-hve minutes after the first troops landed on the shores of France, medi- cal unit was on the beachhead picking up casualties, while in the background a landing craft was being converted into an operating theatre.
 During the first day, twenty-two major operations were performed by this single unit. From dawn on "D-Day" until four o'clock in the afternoon, the unit re- mained on the beach. Blood plasma had been landed and transfusions made from mobile equipment.
 Fifty thousand American doctors are in the armed forces. Everyone of them is a trained expert at the business of saving lives. At last those civilians who have had to finger in crowded waiting rooms to secure the attention of the overworked doctors on the home front, can see the reason for the inconvenience thrust upon them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Views Of The Press

gonne and occupied St. Mihlel: the British reached their old headquar- ters at Hebuterne, below kf.ras. Myriad associations of this war and the last hover over every mile Of an Allied advance so swift that sym. bollc values can barely receive their due. Yet, among the historic towns liberated in the march on Germany, verdun stand out,
 The Germans made no organized defense ct Verdun. Americans Host few tanks and suffered amazingly few casualties in the march to the old citadel. But the old trenches weer there, and the rows of white crobseg. to tell Of that tremendous defense which made Verdun on emblem of stubborn resistance to aggression. The name of Verdun has power in the worldI It's fall in ie40 -eyen after Paris had fallen, even the French Army had been crushed elSewhere--was . terrible omen to . nation staggering under defeat. Verdun glided tho reputation of an old fliarahal of France who was to bcsmirch his fame in Vichy. When parallels were sought for the Battle of etaiingrad Verdun was the one that leaped most irresistibly to mind.
 And now Verdun has been Fe- gained for freedom - regained by battles fought far away in Norfnail- dy, in little towns and cities which have drowDed through tho centuries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Facts Behind the Headlines

Staggering wartime increases in the traffic burden of the railroads have brought an inevitable increase in rail accidents Unfortunately, the accidents rate headlines while the traffic increases are reported on the back page. Actu- ally, in proportion to passengers and freight handled, the railroads are Set- ttnR a magnificent safety record, and iack of that record are years of research and scientific development.
 Each railroad system maintains ex- tensiye laboratories. The test depart n,ent of one line alone is operated at a est of S1,6O0,000 year and employs 1zB men, 62 of whom are holders of col iAre degrees in chemical, mechanical, eIsctticaI and civil engineering, and f6restrv. AS a result of this sort of acc tIeItv. great progress has been made in lzsnfovIng freight and passenger equip. iHsrst and such parts of the railroad sI|srlt as track, rail and signals. Numer. n..a furtller advances in Locomotive de- s|1n. produced by research, are now I.4sder consideration. NnE cnlv have these advances, ema- ,l6 tlfar from research, made railroads lsF bsit they have also fitted them 70 7seHE klie Tremendous brauApo portation
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

portant and portant and controv. erslal issue of the poll tax, It even looks as if Virginia were slipping somewhat out of Senator Byrd's clutheS generally.
 Three important Virginia fig. ures, hitherto stauneh stalwarts tho Byrd machine, have now come out against the poll tax. They are Congressman Dave Satterheld of Of Richmond, Congressman Cllif Woodrum Of Roanoke, and Mo. Call Frazier.
 Their deHectlon from the poll tax, of which Byrd k one Oe the most unreconStructed de. tenders, is considered indlca. tive of . new trend in Virginia. However, lt Is not the worst set. back Byrd ls getting.
 Although not generally public iSed. the real fact Is that able, fortnight Governor Colgate Dar. den has become Q more Important figure inside the State and could take the machine away from Byrd If he wished. Furthermore, Der. den has expressed himself private. ly as being opposed to the poll tax aS Q voting requirement., though favoring it as Q revenue tax for the schools.
 Byrd and Governor Dardcn gre friends. and there Is no In. dlctatl0n of Rn open revolt. The Governor, however, has far sur. passed Byrd In popularity and can do what he wishes, regard less of Byrd. Political prognostI. cators predict the gradual esclipse of Byrd influence from here on.
 NOTE - When the Byrd.eon. trolled Virginia LeglSlature re. gently cut the pensions of Con. federate widows from SIS to eo per month. Governor and Mrs. Darden (Bhe is c du Pont) sent Q check to the Widows Home mak. ing up the amount which the Legislature cut.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

signed by the British about two hundred years ago and is now just as outmoded as the sailing ship.
 Take, for instance, the broad collar worn over the shoulders. It was designed for Vermln:ln- tested ships of the 1700's, when sailors had to be delOused and . broad collar was practicable to catch the tar oils used In sailors hair.
 Again, the bell-shaped trousers, which flap around the ankles and nearly trip the weaFer when he runs, were designed for days when sailors rolled their trousers Up over their legs to scrub decks, Today, dungarees arc provided for this sort Of work,
 Again the dr0psfront, l3.but. ton trousers were designed for . day two centuries ago when tldIness was nothing like what it iS teddy. ..
 One thing which particularly gripes the enlisted man is the tjght.fitting waist of his blouse, which has to be slipped on and off over his head. If q sailor Is dumped into the water and has to swim for any lenght of time, 1t is almost impossible to get this blouse off. It is tight, sticks to the body, and you can't very well swim and at the same tine hold two arms above your head while you wriggie out of your middy,
 Some of tho boys wish that Ad. Tnirai King would take of his new grey-green uniform, designed for him by His Majestys tailor in London, long enough to expen- Tnent with a Iniddy- blouse in the water. They think that. despite a century's delay, he would then deSign for them Q new uniform overnight.
 BYRD LOSING GRIP
 ON VIRGINIA
 Believe it or not. it looks as fl the rock.ribbed citadel of reac- tionary Senator Harry Byrd were deSerting him on the highly ii1-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
GEORGE W. NORRIS
tchrIstLan sclence Monitorl

NOITABgAhH 0ClgfkGg
 "A rather bitter partisan, and pretty green" George W. Norris's description Of himself when he first entered Congress forty years ago does not seem to fit his riper years. Few Senators appeared 50 mild, non- partisan and mellow.
 For while certain characteristics independence, love Of the people and . desire to better thir lot, c vibrant, homspEn AFneFicanisfin, and c deep appreciation of civil libertieS-kept him on . long-range course, l1e shifted on specific questions. Hating war, and standing out against the United Gtates' entrance in 1917, he came to sec that America must do its share to halt aggression and urged Q world police. Strong advoS cate Of prohibition, he was disap- pointed by it's operation and voted for repeal. An individuaiist, he came to support a large role for govern. Taent in economic affairs.
 Always an iilSnFgeTit. George Nor. ris had far more influence in the Senate than many partisan leaders. Because men felt afl inner integrity iil the man, they respected him ven wi1n they disagreed: because he wal one rcformcr who could smile, they also loved him.
 The Senator's warmth of gympa- thy for the tnderdog sometimes led him to support certain debatable ex- perimentS including . degree Of reg inentation which conflists witt genuine liberalism. But in the Twen. tIeth Amendment, which endet flame duck" Congresses. and in TVA he has lasting monuments. PeFi1apI equally enduring viii De the placI his kindly, courageous, and devoted service won ir the hearts of miilicni Of Americans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The worst good neighbor" appears to be Argentina. Evidently, that country IS playing an independent game, and the records show that for the first seven months of 1944 its total exports increased IS million dollars over 1o43. Thus, while Argentina has been thumbing its nose at the United States, 1t has been selling its goods in foreign lands and undoubt- edly many of those shipments reached the Axis. The latest chapter in the story IS that the United States Treasury has clamped down on the withdrawal of Ar Centine's gold holdings and credits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

power was behlfdn the beauty Of the hiiis, the nsaGsivcfiees Of the sea, tile sure rotation Of the seasons, the intelligence Of n1an. From this he went on until, amid the e1. peFienees Of life, lie Was lea to seek the guidance cf revealed se- uglcn.
 when . fian opens tlle Bible, he fIndS there c message from 00d, IT this 1iieesage were faIse, We should Dc infinitely deceived It ie OUT faith in lts Erittl lulneea Niilch causes us to accept it as authoritative,
 So nia1y people WnDte their time seeiing fer YeiiglouD tFHiib elee- where tIiasl ln sls Bible. They think thev can afriyt q it by etudyifg philosophy. oE bY El|r0Wfffg tlieD1- selves lpte seg alF tiielF fellow men, NCtb plins8pisy and service n4Rs iSeif olaGk 1fe G8f iIan Ilf1' but the f an lifs tIEs with eefAlr a 3n F0lIfletlefs a6oIis 0e1 end iis MAn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

According to the best information on' tainable in Washington, there will pc a heavy soldier vote in the coming election. Reports from many states indicate tnat there are twice as many applications TOT ballots as expected. Nobody knows now soldiers will vote, despite the fact tnat there is a mounting interest in all poiu' cal circles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

more heavily loaded. Up to the begin ming of the war and the restrictions on the use of critical materials, the rail- roads carried on programs of equip ment improvement and other better nents on scales of unprecedented ex- tent. These are facts which should be balanced against the headlines when news of that rare occurrence, a train accident, is flashed across the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

He use to look Up ct the stars ct night and say, "ThcTe must bG Somebody guiding them or there would De lots Of Wrecks." As he grew to manhood, !, he could never get
 away from tic feeling inst some
 intelligent and Weii sktHp e6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Covernment-Made Cartels

]. Howard Pew, president of a we'll known oil company, in raising questions regarding the implications of the Anglo American Petroleum Agreement, has made distinct contribution toward a clarification of this country's postwar international economic commitments Numerous international conferences are scheduled to take place in the months ahead dealing with such subjects as rub Der, shipping cargo space, global airways, tin, sugar, coffee and other items which figure prominently in international trade.
 MT, Pew apparently fears that the Pe- troleum Agreement may be used as pat tern for agreements covering these other commodities and services, with the result that before we know it American buSi- ness will be part and parcel of a super state international cartel In writing Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he sought to arouse us to Stop, Look and Listen" before 1t is too late.
 MT. Pew rightly pointed out that car tel arrangements have aS their purpose the stifling of competition and their ef- feet has been ito destroy initiative, close the door of opportunity for new individ- ual entrepenourS and small business units, encourage inefficiency, raise prices and thus lower the standard of living" And he adds: All these fruits of the cartel system result in the freezing of industrial progress to the detriment of workers, consumers and those with sav- ingS to invest" This oil man hits the nail on the head when he says "a cartel under the aegis of governments Is no Z less reprehensible than a cartel entered into by individuals. .,.....-. .......s...-. MT. Pews nisgivings grow out of the vague and uncertain language of the Anglo-American Petroleum Agreement He pointed out this Agreement contains phrases such as adequate supplies of petroleum shall be available in interna- tional trade to the Nationals of all peace able countries at fair prices; that esti- mated demands should be satisfied "by production equitably distributed among the various producing countries" and that "the development of petroleum resources and the benefits received there- from by the producing countries shall be such as to encourage the sound economic advancement of those countries"
 MT. Pew asks what are flair prices" for pctEOlSuAl PEOuuCVS dL dlly bANCAA VAAAAS' He asks whether this Agreement con- templates the shutting down of oil wells in thAaaOuntry by governmental edict in orderl IIst oil wells in some remote part Of the world may continue to produce their Reputable" share of the oil needed? Is 1t contemplated, he asks, that exports from this country of finished petroleum products may be restricted in order that the "sound economic advancement" of some other country may be encouragedP In short, MT. Pew asks whether this Agreement means the establishment of bureaucratic regimertation of the pe- troleum industry in the United States as q part of a super-state cartel. So far there have been no convincing answers to the questions which MT. Pew pro- pounded Certainly these questions should be answered clearly and unequiv- ocably before this Agreement Is made effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

American industries and American workers have smashed Germany When this war Is over 1t will have been won ny the United States American troops took our own ships, planes, tanks and supplies into France and 1taly-and 1t wasn't lonr before the Axis began to fold up. This war, like the first one, IS being won bv the United States. We don't take Sec- ord place to any country
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

Often m Q plk big business out- ht when the gen- erai manager geti fired and . new
 chairman of the board is elected to rcorganize manu. featuring c J q sales policy. The only difference Is that while the office politics of . corporation go on behind close q doors, in Q gov.
 ar4tn1 ant tha
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
vERDUN
(New York Herald .Trlbune)

(NeW York Herald IIfIbIiIie)
 The great and tragic names are succeeding cl1e another with such fapldly in the bnitItfFolit feporIg filak BIsev send 1e blend into ( Einsie pancFama 0s eletokg, x|le caFaHl6rs nFs nagH In Ui9nlf tIHf A A6 A*Y9 a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

that verdun stood as warder Of the eastern marches of France. Vordul was freed at St. Lo, at Oaen. at Avranches, and B itself Q silent spectator of the war which drives at Lightning speed over the old battiefleldg,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Current Comment

The Germans were strictly rabble. They were tired, discouraged and gweaty. Many of them had thrown away their arms. Some wore slips pers.
 French refugee in Normandy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Selected Poem
GRAY DAY IN HARDoR George Abbe in The New York T1nneO

Bend down. c wing of guii, Q gray Of mist at sea, Tsde on tho salt mist drifting, rigging of ships at
 anchor; Bend sky; curve siasSy water. May the slow swsils
 be ts
 Embrace Of love for ShpS, for rocks sweet ianguor Lean fishing sfnachs to the mystic breast of rain; Swing, g,iiis in lonely, endiess leaning. o sea, thy gray means hope, not grief or pain; it has its own light subtle and Shadcw-dreaHing,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Your Health 'ByDr. William Brady

slgnea lslleFs pertaining e per- numnl health and hyglone. not Co AlseAsN, diagnosis of treatment, wlll ho answered hy De. Brady W q elamntd salg-ad dressed envelope ls enclosed. Eelters sheuld be brief and written ln ink, ss0 reply can he made Co queries not conform lhR Co instructions. AddEess Drs william Brady. National NeWs- paper Service. Sao West Madison Street Chicago. Ill h
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL [. DOUQLA9s, b. b.

4 STRONG FOUNDATION
 4 fnan who was once an atheist and who has now become deyoutly religious told me recently how his change Of viewpoint came about. 7 It started when ne was q child.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

M Washington September The inside story told regarding one of lnvasonnamy casualties feared they would be terTy high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07

thlngs gre ali dealt with in the Bible.
 When we hsVe that solid cOpvlc- slony We heVe something al1 which to buii1.
 Al Mlsills Hegerred HaiEel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
oNATIoNAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Background On WIPE Dispute
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington CnFreanondent

The inside story of the Dig blow- up in the War Production Board, ending in the resignation Of Vice Chairman Charles D. wilson and the sending Co China of Chairman Donald Nelson, reveals it as one of those feuds that happens every 70
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at io:4S ?. m. (war tine) sun rises at o:i1 a. ra., sets e T;37 ?. m. (war tinel vehicles must bs lighted thifN minutes nfteg sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW PEARSON PH

Allied Feor of Heoy Casualties Slowed Fighting Early in nvoon
 eodIons Adv0nee Beson After Artillery Soshed Nox Defenses; Soc Wont chonse outmoded Uniforms Designed 200 Yrs Ago; Byrd Power VsinO Slipping As Gov Doden Gains Influence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-07
A Thounht for Today

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that Over- conaeth shall not be hurt of the second death,- Revelation 2:l1.
 Immortality Is the glorious discovery of Christianity, ,-Wm, Ellery Channlng
Kodiak mirror., 1944-11-04

traced through a draft board when he allegedly failed to turn the child over to the mother after the divorce.
 The mother is now married to It. G. Bud" Branham, station ed at the naval base at Kodiak, who flew from Kodiak to Hol- brook to file the charge against Shaw.
 Dispatches from Anchorage said the parents were awarded alternate custody of the child, and that in June of this year when the mother returned to Anchorage the father left before her arrival. Since then it is al- legged he wired from various places in the states taunting her
Kodiak mirror., 1944-11-04

Holbrook, Arizona Special to be Mirror)-The whereabouts f4.year-old Howard Shaw who Fssppeared from Anchorage June mystiied officers as they spared to summon the father aa hearing on a charge of con- salment.
 Apache County attorney Dodd feer said the child's distralt bother was en route from enchorage to Holbrook in an eff Irt to recover her son, awarded pher after her divorce from the ither, Linnie l.. Shaw, last Epril.
 Shaw has been released under Pnd after his arrest at a remote Ench out of Holbrook. He was
Kodiak mirror., 1944-11-04
former Kodiak Child Mystery Center

with messages to the effect that she would never see the child again.
 The fathers name was given as "Tex" in Anchorage stories and as Linnie in Arizona, but he was known in Kodiak as Red" Shaw, and his wife. Maxine, and child. resided here during the time Shaw owned and operated the Brown Bear bus line, which operated between the base and town during construe- tion days After leaving Kodiak he bought a boat and was engag- ed in hauling freight and passeD- gers on coastal runs and making charter trips.