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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

nULA WO4l0Cl W A e women did to meet the small cries of life before every town had its share of beauty parlors.
 For the modern woman rusheS to a beauty salon to talk hair dye or yet a facial or new hair-do the minute she recognizes the un- flattaring truth her mirror reflects. BEAUTY IS NECESSITY
 It is to the beauty parlor she turns when her husband becomes interested in pretty girl, or tinges his compliments with sar- casm.
 She goes to beauty parlor be- fore she has the courage to apply fer job .or ask for raise.
 And she wouldn't think of en- tering hospital as patient with out first making certain she looks as well as possible-no matter how awful she feels.
 So, no wonder a beauty parlol is important equipment in a hos pital for women mental patients. If perfectly normal women find beauty care so necessary in helping them to face life's problems, women with mental ills are bound to need it even more. e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
Peace At Dinner Table Is First Confederation In San Francisco
By ETHEL BOGARDUS NEA Stan COrrespOndent

San Francisco. April l6 - Soups on, and the kettles bubbling. Shish kebab and chow mein, bortSch and kroepoek, will vie with California turkey and oranges for favor of delegates to the United Nations Con ference. The problem of how to serve food in 46 languages and keep everybody happy is rapidly ap- preaching solution. San Francisco chefs are on the beam.
 The problem concerns both of- ficial and unofficial feeding. The former will be directed by the San Francisco American Women's Voluntary Services unit, which both suffers and profits from the conference. Ousted from it's Palace Hotel headquarters canteen to make room for some 1000 odd correspond ertS and commentators, the AWVS will divert the energies of its volun- teers to staffing luncheon canteen in the Opera House, scene of plen- ary sessions.
 On the unofficial side, diners out will find San Francisco's famed hospitality not overrated. Heading restaurant men in plans to satisfy the dietary require ments of visitors from Vladivis- tock to Timbuckto is George Mardikian, Armenian restaura- teur who has introduced fasci- mated Californians to such deli cacies as shish kebab and rose petal jam.
 SOOTHE TASTES
 How men eat definitely in- fuences their judgment as well as their digestion" wrote chef Mardikian to Mayor Robert D. Lapham. Empires can be built or destroyed at the dinner table. Peace in our time can we'll de- pend on whether we soothe or insult the gastronomic tastes of our guests"
 On the practical side, restaurant men have asked OPA for an ad- ditional 500,OOO-pound meat al- lotment. They're checking to see that ingredients to fashion foods of all nations are available. AL ready San Francisco has eating places for scores of different na- tionalities, including the Scandi- navian. Chinatown alone boasts 36. Plans are afoot to give visi- tors preferential seating in all restaurants.
 The AWVS luncheon service will be cafeteria style. set up in the Opera House lower lobby bar, sacred heretofore to music lovers and champagne cocktails.
 Luncheon will include one hot dish, sandwiches, salad, milk, cof- fee, dessert. Cost will be $1 per head, the idea being that every body can understand a dollar. Whether figured in pesos, shill- ing or lire, not included in this cost will be wine or beer. the only spurious beverage to be permitted in the Opera House by stern State Department. This is good news to California wine growers, who are checking their best vintages to show the world how the product of Paci- fic slopes compares with that of older civilizations. Rotary Club members have offered their Serv- ices as wine stewards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

 Bob played in the tournament with B. Jay Becker and handled the play of today's hand pretty well. Hawk won the opening lead with the king of spades after East went up with the queen. He now led the five of clubs and did not make the mistake of playing the queen from dummy, but let West hold the trick. A careless player would have figured the clubs would have to break three two. but of course you are not paid off on bad guesses.
 Now, there is nothing the op- ponents can do to prevent Hawk from winding up with five clubs, the ace of diamonds, two hearts and a spade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

BY GAYNOR MADDOX
 NEA Staff Writer
 This year, at last, strawberries are none too plentiful. Therefore, extend their wonderful flavor in shortcakes, souffles, jams and pies, using other fruits in combination. Festival ShOrtcake (Serves @
 For the Shortcake: 1 1-2 cups cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1-2 teaspoon salt, table spon sugar, 4 tablespoons fortified margarine, IA cup sliced strawber- ! ries, 1-3 cup milk (about). Sift together flour, baking pow der, sale, sugar. Cut in 3 table spoons of the margarine until 1t looks like little peas through the flour. Add the sliced strawberries and then add milk slowly, suffi- cient to form a dough that is soft but not sticky. Pat out the dough on well-floured pastry board to about IA inch thickness. Cut out with 2-inch cooky cutter, 12 rounds of dough. Brush tops of the rounds with the remaining tablespoon of margarine.
 Put together ir pairs and place on ungreased cooky sheet. Bake in hot oven (40O degrees F) about 30 minutes, until well baked through. Remove from oven. If you can spare additional margarine, again spread between the layers and over the top. Keep hot until ready to serve.
 To serve cups strawberries, 2 tablespoons sugar l-2 cup sour cream. Wash, stem and slice the berries. Add the sugar and let stand for an hour. Spread between the layers and over the top of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
POLl'S

Now playing at Loew-Poli is the dramatic This Mans Navy" star ring Wallace Beery and Tom Drake, with the new star Jan Clayton. James Gleason provides plenty of humor as the obstacle in Beery's life A picture full of entertainment, the whole family will enjoy it.
 Also on same program is that famous comedy team Laurel and Hardy in their latest hilarious film Nothing But Trouble"
 Out of the greatness that was My Friend Flicka" a grander story, with even greater heart, comes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
STRAND

After winning acclaim for her performances in three MGM music als, Gloria De Haven has been given her first dramatic opportun- ity in "etween Two Women" starr ring Van Johnson, which is featur- ed at the Strand theater.
 Miss De Haven, who recently con- pleted comedy role in 'The Thin Man Goes Home,' continues the Gillespie series reputation for pre- senting new stardom- bound pros pects She portrays a chorus girl in small New York night club, who becomes the victim of strange ailment which baffles the medical world.
 How Van Johnson, as Dr. Adams, eventually brings her back to norm- al through psychoanalysis forms the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

is setting cup 8 mental hospital for WAVE, WAC and women Mar inc patients, in which there is to be a fully equip- ped beauty salon.
 Women h a V e become so de- pendent on beauty parlorS for build ing up their egoes and lifting their s p 1T i t s, y o u s o m e t i m e 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

g. dpCo III GAACAl 2 ard e ns. The grape is the for gotten fruit in the back yards of this cou Il t r y Grapes and cur rants are perhaps the only fruits which will ripen without a maxi mum of sunshine
 Grapes can be grown on many types of soil from light sand to heavy clay. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

trellises, arbors, along the boundary fence and on, steep hillsides. Wig orouS varieties, such as Concord and Niagara, should be spaced 10 feet apart in the row. Less vigor- ous varieties, like Delaware, may be set seven feet apart in the row
 Rows should be about 10 feet apart.
 One-year No. l grade plants with a well-developed root system are most satisfactory for planting. Two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
} MCKINNEY
 ON BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY America'S Card Authority

Bob Hawk, radio quizmaster Of Thanks to the Yanks," won a warm spot in the hearts Of New oYrk bridge players when he re- gently acted as auctioneer at The Whist Club tournament, a benefit of the A. o. B. L. Children's Fund.
 He sold the pairs at more than double what they sold for last year with the result that the Childrens fund benefited to the extent of more than $3,OOO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: SteWed rhu- bard, ready to eat cereal, scrambled eggs, wholewheat toast, butter or fortified marga- garine, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Canned beef soup, soya crackers, tomatoes stuffed with cottage cheese and chives, toasted wholeWheat mullins, butter or fortified margarine, strawberry jam.
 DINNER: veal and vegetable stew, new potatoes, spring sa- lad bowl, bakers rolls, butter or fortified margarine, festival strawberry shortcake, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

crux of the story.
 Mis- De Haven joins cast headed by Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Max well, Alma Kruger and Keye Luke.
 The companion feature is The Great F'lamarion" starring Van Strohein and Mary Beth Hughes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
I'VE, THE WOMEN Beauty Parlor Now Essential Hospital Unit
BY RUTH MILLETT

Seeing that the women have their hair clean and waved and polish on their nails is one of the most nec- essary parts of mental treatment" says an Army colonel. The officer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

A soft flattering type of date frock with the molding jacket edged in Scallops.
 Pattern No. 8855 is designed for sizes 12, IA, l6, IS and 20. Size IA, short sleeves, requires 3-4 yards of 39-inch material.
 For this pattern,- send 20 cents, in COINS, your name, address, size de- sired. and the PATTERN NUMBER to Sue Burnett, Waterbury Demo crat, 1150 Sixth Avenue, New York 19, N. Y.
 Ready now-the Spring issue of FASHION, Just 15 cents. A complete guide in planning wardrobe needs for all the family,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
Cultivation, Mulching Of Grapes Necessary For Bumper Yield
One-Year Plants Best; Concord Good Type
By HENRY L. FREE Written for NEA Service

The Concord grape is probably the best known American grape, but, unfortunately, too few gar- deners include this and other good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

c Ends Tues! "A Song to Re
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Poland's Musical Background

The National Theater in Warsaw opened in 1779. It vas about this time that national movement in Polish nu- sic started. Since Germany entered Po- land few years ago Polish civilization has experienced setback. In music alone it has been country with back ground that compared favorably with any in the world
 The Polish Review of June 28 reviews a little of the musical background. It pictures Stanislaw Moniuszko at the or gan of St. Johns church in Wilno; the brothers Henryk and Jozef Wieniawski, famous virtuoSi, and the great Chopin; also the home where the pianist was born at Zelazowa Viola, near Warsaw
 Warsaw has always been a seat of learning and culture. In science and music it has made :. name for itself In music it's early adoption of National movement beginning as early as 1779 testifies Poland's importance and place in music. In many respects Poland was in advance of other nations noted for distinguished educational backgrounds.
 It is not surprising that Poland resents the presence of the Soviet Army in the territory of the Polish republic when you realize what Poland has accomplished through the centuries on it's own initia- tive The great land and building inn provements, the outstanding program for betterment of the underprivileged, speak for themselves.
 In music no names mean more than Chopin, Jan Stefani, Jozef Elsner, Karol Kurpinski, Wladyslaw Zelinski, and to come down to more recent days Ignace Jan Paderewski, who was both statesman and musician.
 Incidentally Warsaw, seat of learning and culture is razed to the ground
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

ated as fast as possible and as consistent with that purpose.
 "End of the war; should mean just that; when the shooting is over and not when the treaties ard pacts have been signed. For it was the war of ac- tivity for which these controls were de- signed and established. Therefore they should have little or no reason for exist ence once the end of hostilitieS has been brought about.
 We have often asserted here the belief that there are few niceties during wartime Economic factors may lose identity and meaning in the midst of the chaotic scurry to establish mighty war machine There is often a question of legality to many of these measures. After the war many of these measures may have no foundation and no legality and will only tend to misdirect us away from Democratic form of government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Something to Chew On

Peptic ulcer. Radiograph showed fuzziness at roots of teeth. Hospital dentist urged extraction Home den tist advised wait. I conceived this hypothesis:
 l. Absence or nerve meant the
 tooth had lost power to re-
 cuperate.
 2. Disease caused stagnation in
 blood supply of tooth.
 3. Stagnation of blood permitted
 microbes to invade root.
 4. Exercise restores circulation. I began chewing regularly on rubber disk. In the course of a few months my arthritis (ankle) clear ed up. (C. D. M Answer-All know is that most of us do not do enough chewing. but I suggest chewing plain wheat other unref1ned cereals, fresh fruit etc., rather than gum. 'baccer. rub Der, paraffin or pitch. Chew and eat an apple (skin and alb last thing at night.
 Shortage of Vitamin c
 By experimenting I believe ] have found which vitamin I need Tooth showed tendency to abscess I took considerate A and D, bu, found that c seemed to give best result. Being allergice to most foods containing c I have probably not had enough of it in my diet.
 (M. B. W.) Answer - That is very, likely Shortage in c intake often ? ?? for sore gum, loosening of teeth. Copyright 1945. John P. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Cause for Alarm

When the Senate passed the Lucas Bill authorizing appropriations amount ing to $52O,O0O,OO0 for planning and financing rural identification projects, regardless of their desirability or merit, it passed hot potato to the House. The time is rapidly approaching when Con- greSS must consider economy and ease up on appropriations. REA is part of the great tax-exempt Federal power system that uses countless millions of taxpay- ers' money to render services which would otherwise be supplied by publicly regulated private enterprise which pays hundreds of millions in taxes annually in support of government.
 There are already pending in Congress legislative plans for government busi- ness to compete with private activity which would cause an annual increase in the use of public funds estimated at $3,315, ,500,000. Such projects destroy or replace taxpaying industries, while them selves claiming exemption from the tax burdens of government. They tend to kill the initiative and incentive on which this nation must depend for expansion and employment after the war, unless it wishes to return to ump-prining and WPA basis until the taxpayer is busted
 The Federal budget has not been bal anced for so many years that some per sons seem to think it is no longer nec- essary to strike balance. Our eXpen- ditures for the fiscal year will be ap- proximately $1OO,OOO,0 O,0OO,0OO, and our receipts, $45, 1000, 100000, leaving def- cit of $55,000,000, 1000. On July l, our public debt will be $254,O0O,O0O. It is estimated that our present system of taxation, not allowing for any reduction, will produce about $33 OO0,0O0,OOO an- nually on a $125,00O, 100000 income. The question is whether the country can stand tax of more than $2O,O0O,000 0,0O0 "a year in peacetime without destroying production +s
 Why talk about curbing imitation or reducing taxes after the war if Congress shows no interest in economy and con- tinues to appropriate money by the bil- lions to promote tax-exempt Federal competition with private business? Ger tainly the financial problem our govern ment faces and the spending spree which many of our lawmakers seem deter mined to continue in peacetime, is cause tor alarm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
War and the British Election

People of the United States naturally are interested intensely in the results, scheduled to be announced July 26, of the recent British election Americans underStandingly may be inclined to won der whether the results may affect Brit aims participation in the war in the Pa cific.
 To express one opinion, we do not be- lieve that the election, regardless of the outcome, will have the slightest effect. We don't believe there is any more pos Sibility that the British will become lag gard until Japan is finished than there was that Uncle Sam might have dropped out of the war if Governor Dewey had been elected President last November This confidence is justified, in the first place, because the British are an honor able people. They could not, with hon. or, quit the struggle until the last shot is fired. In the second place, they have too many selfish interests in the Pacific to drop out of the war before Japan is beaten. To adopt any other course of action would finish Great Britain as Pacific power.
 Consequently, people of this nation need have no cause to worry about the British election results. Regardless of whom the election winner may be, Brit ain still will be doing everything in it's power to insure that the Japs will be the unconditional losers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Reconversion and War Controls

The complexities of wartime economics seem to be factors which the average citizen of Waterbury and America are willing to have deposited in the hands of the experts for determination and ad- Indication Reconversion, power dyna- mics, imitation and deflation, close pro- duction control and all similar terms are bewildering and confusing to MT. Citizen.
 Therefore it is hored for that after the close of the war many of these terms will be disSipated along with much of the authority they bear.
 Emergency war controls were estab- lished to mobilize and coordinate the sfergies of the nation to war These controls should be relaxed and elimin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
School of Understanding

Significant of the desire to promote better understanding among nations of the Americas is a proposal to create a Pan-American High School as a unit in the public school system of Cleveland, O.
 The proposal is hoth typical and un- usual It is typical of hundreds of school systems universities and col leges-which are giving or planning in- creased attention to Pan-American sub- jects. It is unusual in that Cleveland, city far distant from the nearest Latin American border, is said to be the first to consider establishment of separate school devoted exclusively to the study of such subjects.
 Few people need selling" on the inn portance of sympathetic and friendly un- derstanding among the peoples of differ eat nations. The most fertile breeding ground of rivalries, and of war, has been the lack of such understanding. If the people of different nations understand the points of view, the aims and the prob lemS of each other, then the probability of trouble among them usually is re- duced to the vanishing point.
 There is no better way to promote the desired understanding than through the schools which train citizens of tomorrow It augurs well for peace and solidarity in the Western Hemisphere that so many schools are planning places of increased importance in their curricula for the stu dies of the problems anG realities of all the Americas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

The few countries in Europe not rav- aged by the war should soon enjoy tour- ist boom. One of these, naturally, will be Switzerland with it's scenic splendor. Another should be Ireland, also posses sing great natural beauty in it's lakes, rivers and mountains. Parts of south ern Europe are intact, the Riviera, for instance, which was being spared by the Germans for their own use Many sol diers in Europe will have the opportunity to enjoy holidays in the Swiss Alps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
THE NEGLECTED TEETH OF
 THE UPPER GLASSES

In no other department of health or hygiene has so much been said and so little progress made in the past forty-five years as in dental hygiene.
 According to Kugelmass, New York pediatrist in most cases oi children with low calcium intake the problem is more one of increas- ing absorption or assimilation thar one of increasing the amount of calcium in the diet. That means growing children generally get irl- sufficient vitanlin D, which is es- sential for normal absorption, as- similation and retention of calcium (and phosphorus) in the body.
 In a study of 162 children from two to seventeen years old. It was found that the group receiving ex- tra vitamin D had less than half as many cavities as the group re- ceiving no extra vitamin D (other than the little they may have got- ten in butter, cream, egg yolk, sal mon).
 Today the same as thirty or forty years ago, some dentists dismiss all appeals for better nutrition with the shopworn observation that of course we refined people nowadays can't eat the coarse foods our ear ly ancestors or present day savagea eat, and so we must depend or toothbrush massage to give the teeth and games the exercise they would get masticating coarse foods. etc.
 In season and out urge that all growing children should receive daily ration of vitamin D and vi- tanin B-complex to supplement their diet, not merely to promote development of good teeth, but good posture, good bones, nerves, glands, vigor and vitality. The youngster- from one to eighteen years of age at least, should eat this D and B. complex ration daily . along with breakfast or other meal. It is es- sential food, not medicine. The only reason the youngster needs it in this form is because his or her food fails to supply it-or, in the instance of vitanlin D, because the youngster is not sufficiently expos ed to sunshine or Skyshine except perhaps in midsummer.
 It is noticeable that a great many people who purport to be intellig- ent if not highly educated and well-to-do have very poor teeth or numerous teeth missing. In their misguided zeal to preserve their teeth by brushing they convince themselves that they can get by without the services of the dentist
 I merely ask why, oh, why do such people take such squeamisE attitude in reference to brushing the teeth and at the same time limp along with from one to a dozen teeth missing-like tramps? Is it because somebody has cruelty deceived them about the saving of the teeth. and now they no longer care? Anyway there are lot of people in the upper classes whose dental equipment is a disgrace One might infer that American dentistry is not available to such unfortunates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

at what they had to say about American diplomats. U. S. Am bassador Jefferson Caffrey in Paris and Ambassador Alexander Kirk in Rome came in for spec ial criticism.
 Kirk, scion of the Chicago soap family, was reported as knowtow- ing to the British and renting three palaces in Rome, including, according to the Senators, the former villa of Mussolini.
 The senators reported that when they were in Paris they lunched with Ambassador Caf- frey, also recounted how General Deliaulle had asked him what he thought of his cabinet, to which Caffrey said he was forced to reply:
 T can't answer,s because I don't know them"
 President Truman former colleagues also urged that the United States keep its balance between Russia and the British, and not be an anti Russian tail on the British kite.
 When the Senators urged & house-cleaning regarding U. s. diplomats, Truman replied:
 "Give me time. I've only been in here two months. agree with great deal of what you say. but give me time to work things out"
 Copyright. 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl