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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
On Thinking It Over By Biu Cunningham

woman would choke to death Santa Claus was left to go hang at that point while quick and desperate search made through the pile for more packages the size of that.
 The baleful gleam in the steady gaze of my ever- loving spouse plainly said There had better be some of them in there somewhere for or you had better be prepared to run faster than 8 turpentined jack rabbit" You heard such squealing and squawl- ing. Then they all ran out somewhere in back and came in preening and parading around in em. The war, to me, was unbelievable thing, and one of the most unbelievable things about 1t was the fact that one of its major calamities on the home front had to do with the sheening of the feminine tibia
 Here's constructive suggestion, but please read carefully, and then do exactly what it says. or don't do 1t at all It's about Christmas cards The av- craze citizen gets couple of hatfuls of these pretty remembrances and, after week or two, never feels quit certain as to the proper thing to do with them It doesn't seem exactly right to throw them out with the trash yet they have all the utility of burned-out light bulb around the house.
 Here's the better procedure: Ask if some orphans asylum or some children's hospital in your neigh 5orhood wouldn't be glad to have the cards and the answer you'll probably get is Yes. know because I've done it. In fact practically got buried in old Christmas cards few years ago for publicly profer- ring this same information.
 Somehow people misread the thing to say that ! wanted them for children's hospital Everybody earth seemed to have been saving theirs for years and to be desperate for some honorable way to get shut of them So they began arriving in bundles and bales That's why the constituency is kindly besought to read carefully and then follow instructions this time.
 Call the hospital, or some organization that has something to do with orphans, and if the answer is Yes, send them or take them directly Invalid chil- dren love to look at to cut the pretty pie lures and some of the institutions glad to get the religious cards for use in religious instruction
 Passing them ic this fashion not only doubles their service but really carries through in the spirit of Christmas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

 hc had to clear the walks used by children
 one day before Mrs Truman arrived however. George Dodsworth. President Of the Independence Chamber of commeToe called ou; the Chambers six directors He told them that ihe snow around the Summer White House" would have to be cleared and their initiation into the Chamber would be 10 GO the job
 Armed with shoveis the six new directors Went 10 work DooswoTth and Harold V. Starr. manager Of the Chamber. helped them. The group included: George C. Carson. funeral director Don N Slusher dry goods merchant: Kenneth B Smith. manager of sporting goods store: Elvin K. Luif. vice-presient of the Independence Stove and Furnace O.; Edward C. Wright Jr, insurance agent: and Elmer H Ah- mann, lawyer.
 They did a good job. The walks around the Truman home were thoroughly shovelled.
 Several members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee who unlike Sen. Chan Gurney of South Dakota, don't get out the prayer rug every morning and salaam in the direction of the Pentagon Build ing. have done some careful studying of peacetime conscription.
 Here are some of the conclusions they have reached:
 l. If the Army's policy men want big peace time standinging Army, their first should be to cut out the favortism and unfairness which has made millions of GI's and reserve officers swear that under no circumstances would they remain in the Army
 2. It has now been eight months since VIE Day and five months since V-J Day but far Senators can see nothing has been done by the Armys own top generals to clean out favoritism.
 g. Instead of making the Army more attractive to enlisted and temporary officers, the generals, even before the end of the European war, began
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
By DreSO Pearson

oarfsi psopAgsn6a eanpaign for peaostins oonssip- ton.
 conr,usson os several key members ef the Senate Mnisasy Afsasrs conmi;,ee. including Johnsun of coioraoo o1lahonsy os Wyoming. Kilgore and Rev eruomb os wess Virginia h that the bras hats have put the oars besore the horse They scuid clean up inssos shs Army nrzt Then they should come to congress-bui oniy after eliminating the favoritiEm which makes c. Is blood bon.
 One thing which regular Army officers could vel afford to clean up n the opinion Of National Guard and reserve Army officers is the rofficcrx club rackes--expecialiy the system whereby club funds are built up the expense oi temporary off, oers tO be used by regular officers after the
 The schofleid officerx Club in Hawaii Is a case ia point The treasury oi this club accumulated the amazing total Of s2SooOo-so much that the InSpec- tor Generals office WAS called upon to investigate When club officials asked what they going 10 oo with this money. they stated quite frankly that they planned 10 build sloo0 club house aft CT the wsr-on money made from temporary officerS
 Army inspectors who prooed the situation found that the slot machines had been set in such way that they paid back only 2S cents the dollar The slot machines alone had paid the club s3s0oo in three months
 As result of the Inspector Generals investiga- tion the manager Of the club was fired and the
  give free dances Even so. it impossible to spend the large club which will go to benefit reg ular Army officers, though paid for by reserves and National Guardsmen.
 Another case was the Officers Club at' the Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Temporary officers at the school had little time to enjoy the club. They were too busy studying But at the end of the month $250 deducted from their pay. If they protested, their pay was held up Meanwhile the club has $30000 in its treasury for the future use of regular Army not temporary off cers.
 The situation exists in many other clubs throughout the country. In Fort Bragg. N. G. how ever the reverse happened There the Officers Club was caught short with $l60O0 deficit due either to mismanagment embezzement. Whereupon 2,000 officers ordered to dip into their pockets to the tune of $8 each.
 Note to Senators-If you want to study the way in which officers clubs accumulate money at the expense of National Guard and officers to be used later for the regular Army, subpoena the GA report for the Pacific Ocean Area of July l. 1945
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

WIIIUHT. WIIdI IIIIo IIIlIt IIdIIIIIIB pamphlet tried to do was make a psychological forecast of how US, troops were apt to feel about things after VE-Day. Then it tried to outline a course of action that would help offset the worst effects of the post-victory letdown.
 The Guide predicted accur- ately the first thrill of victory feeling and the normal desire for celebration-wine, women, song carousing in a general sense of lrreSponsibility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

truth to tell, there didn't seem to be very much in the stores, and still the average burgher, after the packages had been opened, the resultant clutter cleared, and he'd had an opportunity to take inven- tory of his loot, must have fig ured that he did about as well as usual.
 Personally, I'd prefer this sort to the old-fashioned wide-open gee-whizzer, if could get the same breaks again, because the head Of a she institute such as y,iy1a auiday,t1v con 0a+ oc ty,iynb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
DON'T LET'S FORGET THIS
Hartford TimeSl

For the second time in IS months and at least the fourth in less than decade, Hartford has had occa- sion to experience the prompt and effective aid which the Red Cross brings in time of disaster.
 At the Niles street fire, as at the circus holocaust, that humanitarian service organization was ready with blood plasma to be administered to fire victims whose very lives might depend upon it's prompt use. In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

tc lnoc1se1cenct. No.
 A fiszs nothing was donc about the snow around the Tra- man mansion. SccfNi Service agents guarding the house saic A Was tlaelr sob to guard not io shovel Finally James T.. HopkirS aRed Sa got oui hix horxe. Dick aged s. and with a honne-mace snoW-pioN. cleared the snow from the North Delaware street Eice oi the Truman home But he didn't have time Co clear tho Wekf Van Horn r.nad kiLt hrransr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

Falling asleep in bed with cigarette in his mouth, a Bank Street resident set fire to the mat treSs and required treatment at a local hospital for first degree burns of the face and shoulders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

It's interesting to realize that this is probably last War-restricted Christmas Last Christ the experts professed to be unable to guess what this Christmas would be able to offer. And,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
Mental Seduction

WASHINGTON, Dec 3l-One of the most ac- curate prophecies ever made is contained in Guide for Information and Education Officers" of the Army prepared for restricted circulation early last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
5 Years Ago

A piano leg broke when work men were moving the cumbersome instrument from a Willow Street home, pinning one of the men un- der it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
15 Years Ago

A huge gasoline truck spilled it's load on West Main Street when it crashed into another truck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
NOTE ON COLD TURKEY This is the lesson:
 Skip the dresson.
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

Painting when she saw a mouse on the kitchen floor, a woman on Bur ton Street fractured her arm when she hit the linoleum.
 A horse dropped dead in Ex- change Place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

WASHINGTON. Dee 1i-The problem of snow removal from the sidewalks around the Summer White House" created something of a problem just bcicrc President Truman pad hLs ChTlx-nas viei
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

Fast melting snows from sud- den heat wave, made several rivers In downtown streets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

We haven't seen anything ot Mayor LaGuardia's much-publicized newspaper column yet. Maybe Fiorello has found a method of injecting new life in deadline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

The United Nations Organization will handle the controls over atomic energy ito insure its use only for peaceful purposes" according to the decision reached by the foreign min isters at Moscow. It looks as though the stock of bombs we have on hand will be too much and too late.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

The current milk shortage in this region is attributed to the great thirst of returning New Eng land Servicemen. It hasn't yet reached the point where you have to be introduced by someone they know at the milk bar, though.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

COl0radO's Senator Johnson wants the War Department to reduce the number of colonels and get more bright second lieutenants." Even in the Army, whose ways are not al- ways cOmprehensible to the civ ilian, they don't start at the top of the ladder and work their way down, however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

Speaking of the UNO, no site for the permanent headquarters of the organization has been selected yet. Considering the new job of atomic control UNO has taken on. per- haps Oak Bidge, Tenn, should put in a bid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
LINES OF COMPENSATION

The period between the gay
 Noel and New Years Eve. For reasons which I cannot say, But which must believe. Is Seldom-no!-iS never sung
 By poets who indite So many, many meters, sprung From joyous day or night. It is a period they shun
 Who seldom shun thing; From 26 to q,
 December, who will sing The hours, though they're bright
 and clear.
 And fit to stir the Muse? No bards about this time of year Are given to enthuse. And yet it is a placid time,
 So uneXciting still, And while I haven't found rhyme, Myself, some year I will.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-31

The Government has announced a program designed to get 3,500,000 inexpensive mems suits on the mar ket by April 1. Cynics probably will look on the All wool label and the date on the calendar with a suspicious eye.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION

An effort has been made in some
states, which, If successful, will be
the entering wedge that will split
our common school system into frag-
ments, and ultimately produce its
humiliation. This effort is to induce
the state legislatures to divide the
school fund and give portion to
certain religious denomination. AS
our system embraces all denomina-
tions, gives preference to none and
as it is The design to have all the
children in the United States educat-
ed, therefore, to attempt to divide
the funds is to attempt to destroy the
system for, when given to the differ
ent religious denominations the
funds are no longer under the con
troll of the state, but are liable to be
diverted to some other purpose. But
if, when so divided, it should be
spent in education, still the efficiency
of the school system is destroyed. Ii
no longer deserves the name of a
system to promote universal educa-
ton. 1t has lost all power. 1t is given
away to different sects who Will use
it to promote their own sectarian
views. Allow one sect to have their
proportion, and you have established
a precedent, which you will feel
compelled to follow whenever an
otker makes the like demand. Thus,
by little and little, the whole school
fund will be scattered, not ito the
four winds of heaven" but to sec
tartan bigots, who will one day make
the state feel their power and see the
folly of the legislature in granting
their request; for the destruction of
our glorious system of free schools
will be the certain consequence.
Keep the common schools clear of
sectarian dogmas, give no religiouG
denomination the preference, guard
we'll the moral instruction of all
those who attend them, see that the
funds are not divided, act with an
eye single to the education of every
one, let the state remain the sole
guardian of the trust, and success
will crown the effort; and ultimately
the education of our entire commun-
ity will be the result of and the per-
petuity of our free institutions our
sure reward. News Bulletin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
FAMILY SIZE FARMS

Returning service men who want
to buy family size farms will be help
ed by Government loans and the
Farm Security Administration has
been authorized to lend rs million
dollars in Tie next twelve months.
These loans are available through
two thousahud county offices. Part of
so available for civilians who want
to buy family-size farms. The loans,
made under terms of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1887, can
cover the full purchase price of a
farm and allow up to 10 years for re-
payment at per cent interest. The
Government Administration plans
call for an appraisal of the farm 5
actual value, based on it's long-rango
earning capacity.
The Federal Farms Security Ad-
ministration has already received
applications from more than tive
thousand discharged veterans want
ing to buy farms, and the requests
are being approved.
More than $500 veterans ave OBJ
tanned rehabilitation loans to finance
the purchase of farm machinery,
livestock, feeds and seeds, SO they
can resume farming, most oil them
on rented land. Local offices in all
agricultural counties have arranged
the deals in connection with this
"back to the farm movement"
Veterans of this war are given
preference over nearly all other pro-
spective purchasers of new farm ma
chinery, through an order issued by
War Foods Administration. Under
the new order, veterans may obtain
preference certificates that required
dealers to give priority to their
needs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
UT BACK DEAD TWIGS, LIMBS
TO CONTROL 'FIRE BLIGHT''

The unusually cool, moist sprin,
las been responsible for severe out
,reak of blight or fire blight" H.
ears and apples this season, reports
)r. Walter F. LETTERS, Extension
lant pathologist at the University
: Maryland. Pears have been most
.eavily affected.
Fire blight" lives over in eankers
n old pear trees and is spread to
Dung growth in the spring by i'll
ects. 1t kills back the tender, new
aoots in pears and apples. leaving
cad branches in the trees.
DR.. LETTERS recommends cutting
ack such dead twigs and limbs II,-
il healthy wood is reached, N order
} prevent decay organisms from
ausing further damage in larger
mbs.
The Extension Service has received
iany calls and letters about the dis
ase, DR.. LETTERS says Further infor-
lation can be obtained by writing
Dr. LETTERS at the University of
Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06

The Hymn Society of America. a
national organization of hymn writ
ers, composers and publishers, which
has spear-headed campaign durips
the past twenty years to have better
hymns and better music sung in the
churches of America, Is now enlarg
ing its membership to include minis
tiers, choir directors, organists and
laymen interested in the use of bet
ter hymns. The Society has chapters
in New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago, and is affiliated with
bodies having similar purposes i'll
London and in Chengtu, China. The
noted composer, T. Tertius Noble,
Mus.D., F,A,G,O., is president of the
Society, and the Rev. Edgar H. Rue,
156 Fifth Ave-, New York City, is
chairman of the committee securing
the additional membership.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
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O'CONOR PRESENTS FOOD
FINDINGS TO U. =. OFFICIALS
Calls For Prompt Relief For Poultry
Grnxua,.s M Shnun

Growers OF Shore
Pertinent data and recommended
tons adopted by 13 Eastern Cover
nors at Conference on meat and
poultry production and distribution
in New York, were transmitted to
Washington by Governor Herbert X.
O'Conor as Chairman of special
three-Governor committee stemming.
Nationwide attention was focused
on the meeting in New York, at
which Governors from Maine to Vir-
ginia were in attendance. Following
the Conference, the governors adopt
ed recommendations, GepIoring tie
breakdown of price regulations as
an incentive to black market opera
tions, and citing as imperative needs
prompt attention regarding poultry
and cattle feed supplies as well as
greatly improved handling of meat
and poultry distribution.
Governor O'Conor was delegated
to head a committee, on which Gov
ernor Baldwin of Connecticut, and
Governor MacGrath of Rhode Island,
also were named, to place the find
ings of the 13 governors before the
Washington authorities directly con-
| cerned.
The Maryland Governor called for
three-fold program of relief for
poultry growers on the -MarVa
Peninsula, declaring that unless this
relief were forthcoming Immediately,
this area could not maintain its po-
sition as the largest poultry produc-
| ing area in TIE United States. or an
average weekly production of 6,000,-
| 900 pounds of poultry on the PENN
sula, the Army for many weeks has
taken more than 100000 pounds
weekly, Governor O'Conor pointed
| out.
Governor O'Conor called for less
regulation on unimportant items so
that enforcement could be concentra-
ted where it would help law-abiding
citizens to secure their proper pro-
portion of meat and poultry. Until
our dealing in food is again under
control" Governor O'Conor empha-
sized "the OPA should concentrate
on this and related fields, rather than
spend it's time enforcing ceilings on
cocktails and fur coats"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
WHEN GASOLINE MADE
HISTORY

When a handful of British pilots
held the whole German air force at
bay in the battle of Britain, the
course of world history was deter
mined for centuries to come. How
ever, the battle of Britain was actual
ly decided long before those fateful
days when machine gums cracked
thousands of feet above the city OF
London. 1t was decided in laborator-
les many years before. 1t was decid-
ed when the planes and the fuel were
designed which proved superior to
the best that the Germans had in the
crucial test of combat.
A dozen years ago, the scientists
in the oil industry had managed to
bring the production cost of the new
1OO-octane gasoline down to dol
lar a gallon. Military authorities,
feeling that it's value outweighed its
cost, ordered a whole tank car to be
painstakingly produced with small
scale apparatus. So promising were
results and the progress of petro
leum laboratories in making synthe-
tic fuels at lower cost, that we'll be-
fore this war began, our Army ana
Navy decided to build their engines
to operate on 100-octane fuel. When
battle of Britain occurred it was
fought and won with 100-octane
gasoline.
AS a prominent chemist remarked
"Ten to thirteen octane numbers
may we'll have shaped the history of
the world in that battle"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
USED CAR DEALERS MUST
OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION

Used car dealers in Maryland have
Jeen advised by the OPA that thly
must obtain OPA authorization to
ell used cars, trucks, or motor cycles
N warranty basis after August
OPA officials said the new auth( RE
alton program is expected to pre-
rent "curbside" sales at warranty
prices by seeing thata dealers have
proper facilities for conditioning ve-
licles.
No authorization for warmly sales
will be given to individuals, emily
established dealers will be authorix.
ed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-06
MILK PRODUCERS VOTING ON
AMENDMENT TO PHILADELPHIA
ORDER

Milk producers who supply milk
to the Philadelphia Milk Marketing
Area have until July 8, 1916, to vote
IN an amendment to Order No. 81,
egulating the handling of milk In
he Philadelphia Milk Marketing
Area. This amendment to the present
rider is result of testimony pre-
ented at public hearing in Phila-
elphia during February of this year.
Under the order, signed by Marvin
Jones, War Food Administrator, d.
Getting that the referendum be held,
". p. Sadler, Market Administrators
or Order No. 61, has been designat-
ID as Referendum Agent About
1000 producers, located in Pennsyl-
tania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland, who shipped to the Phila-
lelphia area during April, 1916, are
eligible to vote In tie referendum.
rhe referendum agent explained that
ZACH association OF producers found
o be qualified has the right to cast
I collective ballot for its membership
lnder a provision of the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1887
The referendum agent has mailed
all eligible producers a letter CIV
ng notice of the referendum, copy
4 the tentatively approved market
ng agreement and statement ex-
blaming how the proposed amend
nent would affect the present order.
N addition to those producers vot-
ng individually mot being member
If the association casting a unit vote
Tor its membership there Is an en-
losed ballot and franked return
Envelope for mailing the ballot to the
eferendum agent.
Handlers are given an opportunity
o sign marketing agreement which
Incorporates the terms of Order No.
l and the provisions of the amend
nent which is the subject of the ref
renudm. If approved by two-thirds
the producers voting in the refer
ndum, the agreement may then be.
ome effective If signed by handlers
distributing more than SO percent of
he milk in the Philadelphia area.
i tire FequlTeu HuiuDeT VI HdlfuleTS
o not sign the agreement, the order
nay then become effective with the
pproval of the President.
The more important provisions of
he amendment would 1) clarity the
distinction between farmers who are
producers sharing in each handlers
Dol and other farmers, and the allo-
alton to price classes of milk from
he two sources; ca revise the diff
erentials as to location and butter
at test as between producers within
ach handlers pool; (3) widen the
ase of assessment of the cost of adj
ainistering the order, and 90 speci
y Grade A premiums in case of
bsence of laboratory records.