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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
The Fourth Term

once precedent is broken nobody gets very excited over the subsequent break ing Of one of it's pieces So perhaps the least remarkable thing about the begin ming of President RooSevelts fourth term itself But this does not mean that his becomingly brief and simple in- auguration Is not an important mile stone. For one thing it serves as good place to pause for look at what has hap pened since MT. Roosevelt's third re-elec- Llon. MomentouS events have taken place in those ten Weeks-the German offensive in Belgium, the manpower and production crisis at home, and the out spoken differences of Allied policy These events have served to quiet the high emotions of the November election and 10 bring the country back to sober and rather dsheartening reality. Their very seriousness has resolved many of our domestic difference. They have brought some hotheaded proposals of solution, of course, but their general effect has been to unify. A promise of unity has been seen in Washington as well as elsewhere in the country. 1t was evident in the Presi- dents concilatory message to Congress and in his new appointments to the State Department. It was further evident in Senator Vandenberg's speech on foreign policy, which gave hope of greater CO., operation between Congress and the White House in the future
 Mr. RooseVelt's state Department selections distressed some of the New Deal press and public, but they seems to have found favor with a bipartisan majority of Americans. It was ap- hot policies were not uppermost in the Presidents mind when he made them. And in making them it was obvious that he had eased toward the middle from his Selfstyed course "a little left of center" This move Of the Presidents was match ed by the inuental Republican leader Senator Vandenberg, whose foreign policy program swung him very close to MT. RooseVelt's The promise of these events, together with the good news from the Philippines and the eastern and western European fronts, permitted MT. Roose- yeltS third term to end at a hopeful moment. That hope dd not, however, translate itself into last summers na- tional mood of fatuous optimism
 MT. Roosevelt occupies the spotlight of public attention today not because he is our fourth-term President. The public attention is directed beyond the inaugura- ton to MT Roosevelt's imminent and crlcial meeting with MT. Churchill and Mr. Stalin. He carries to this meeting more direct mandate than any he has taken to the previous conferences of national leaders. It seems safe to say that 1t was MT. Roosevelt's experience and wisdom in former meetings which played a large part in his reelection. But it is also clear that, while he takes with him agan the American peoples confidence and Trust, he also carries their demand for action and solution, and a candid accounting of decsiops reached.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Views Of The Press
BARDs AND SNOW sHOVELs
(Ncw York Herald-Trlbune)

(NeW York Herald -Trlbune)
 It is not surprising, one feels, that poets get themselves classed as de- cidcdly impractical creatures. Ger tainly on the subject of snow--one of their favorite topics-poets have convicted themselves again and again. Who. for instance, can read without annoyance and ribald nut teringS such an invocation as 70 perfect strength of soft, unstrenu- ollS 5noW"p As 10 SnoW's Softncss, one can test it's resistant qualities on any Manhattan sidewalk, where It's alleged lack of strenuousness might be considered to have suf- fercd further weakness from an cX- istence above SubWayS and steam pipes. And what one finds---altcr laying down book of verse and stepping forth with three year old, snub-nosed snow shoVel--is an icy armor as difficult to overcome AS Tiger tank confronted by busted baZoka.
 lt is possible, of course, that there have been poets who have actually shoVcled snow, and who, having completed m ode referring to a bowling, flake-filled blitz as a mouth of beauty. whispering in the night" have Wad.d out next morn ing and dullcd Scout q and other domestic weapons of aggression in attempting to chip the ice from q sealed and frozen garage door. If such poets exist we have never seen them in action; we have yet to dis cover their achievements celebrated in Bartlett or the oxford Book of English Verse" Our advice to any poet who persists in believing snow to be soft, unstrenuous, perfect deposit of beauty is that he this week consult on the subject our towns busy Commissioner of Sani- tation. He. we believe, will be pre- pared to discuss, in moment of eloquent prose, the physical qual- tiles of snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

not be discovered anywhere else than in solitude. Life has certain fine flavors which are tasted only in quiet moments. There are certain scenes which are visible to the eye only when we sit quietly for 6 long time and peer into the distance. Ma turc puts color into every landscape, which we see only when we take time to look for 1t.
 When the prophet Habakkuk was dismayed about world conditions, he went into his watchtower and God spoke to him as he meditated in silence.
 Retreat from the world is usually cOwardly and unworthy. But we may vel! leave the clamor of it's multi farious life behind for an hour or q day or a week or month and go in- to solitude and silence. that we may hear something more significant than the clamor Of the usual. IG we stayed permanently in that silence, VIC W, i'd no doubt fall into physical and mental lazineSs and be undone. Bu: the well-calculated soJourn in places and amid conditions which make 1t possible for us to mediate and reflect. can lead to discoveries which cannot be made anywhere else.
 All Rights Reserved Babson
 Newspap"r Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Dubious Prediction

Who are the cigarct smokers in these United States? What daily ration does each feel he needs to make and keep life more endurable? That's one that the quiz kids in OPA could never answer, which is why we have never had govern nent cigaret rationing. Now the Ma tional Association of Tobacco Dstribu- tors proposes that the cOuntry's neigh borhood tobacco dealers give the an sWer and thus assure the success of NATDs proposed voluntary rationing plan. And while we don't doubt the deep though and deep sincerity behind the plan, we just don't think 1t will work Suppose, for instance, that John Doe smokes 20 cigarcts day His wife Smokes five day. Her father, who lives with them, is an abstemious old gentle man with touch Of asthma who limitcs himself to one cigaret after dinner. They don't confide their smoking habits to the corner dealer. But he can identify them as fairly regular customers who are entitled to ration cards. So they get them.
 Of course Mrs Does father might ab- stain from applying for card. But the Does are subject to prevailing human fears and frailties. As long as we can get 'em we might as well take 'em, they figure. So the Doe family's daily ration becomes 45, under the NAID l5-a day plan, as against their daily consumption of % cigarets. Or take the case of the Roe family, who are transferred to an- other city. They take their old ration cards to the drug store nearest their home. They explain to the merchant that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

Mcleod probably got no more than he deserved. Tn fact, he probably got off pretty light if the evidence Was as presented to the military tribunal But the Mcleod case is typical of a small number of similar incidents which have arisen during the war and 1t serves to point up the system of administering justice to civilians accused of crime in theaterS of war. COURT MARTIAL AGREED ON
 Decision to try Mcleod before a court martial was made after due consolidation between legal lights of the Army Judge Advocate Generals division, the Maritime Commission and the Department of Justice which would have had 10 conduct prosecution If the case had been turned over to a civil court. Every case not finally disposed of in the theater of war is reviewed in this same way, and there is no inter-de- partmental feud in determining what to do.
 The Mcleod case was given to the military because a court martial can be conducted with dispositions from the witnesses, whereas trial in a civil court requires the witnesses to teS- tify in person If Mcleod had been tried before civil court, it would have been necessary to bring in witnesses by then scattered in ships all over the high seas and hold them for trial. That would have broken Up ships crews, taken lot of time and further complicated the war ef- fort. Trial by court martial seemed teh simplest and quickest way to get the Mcleod case settled, though in other similar cases Department of Justice has brought accused men to trail in Federal courts.
 LAW IN THE HANDS
 OF SHIPMASTERS
 The right of the military admin iSter justice in such case is well fixed by law and precedent. Navlga- tion laws of the United States have been written with perhaps more de- tall than any other statutes. The authority Of Shipmasters to log" their crew members, forfeiting their HAAN hpNiD~ elinary punishments, t8 well fixed. Shipmasters may even put men in irons for mutiny and the other more serious offenscs at Bea.
 Tn criminal cases in time of war the law gives the Army and Navy Jurisdiction over all men with Or &C., companying the armed forces into a theater of war. The term "theater of war" hasn't been very accurate ly defined but 1t has been interpret ed broadly as meaning any place armed cargo or personnel are being carried.
 Army officers have asserted this authority more than Navy officers to keep order in supply ports and on bcachheads, where merchant ships | unload. At the beginning of the war young merchant shipmasters tended | to dump all their disciplinary prob- lems Into the lap of the Army au- thorities but that has been largely corrected. It is only when they get | a tough one, like the Mcleod mur- der cage, that the Army gets called | in. And this Mcleod case may set a precedent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
FRANK MERRIWELL"
Christian Science Monitor)

There was this to be said for the old nickel novel" that boys used to read in the hayloit, the attic, and even behind their geographies in the classroomS of generation ago they were highly moral, red- bl0oded. and did nothing to encour- age race of "sissies." That is why thousands of young fellows in their fifties and sixties, AS they read Of the passing of Gilbert Pat ten cBurt l.. Standish"J. will smile and think back to the days when they thrilled to the adventures of Prank Merriwell."
 The 90's and the turn of the cen tury saw Nick Carter" "Old King Brady" Diamond Dick" Prank MerriWell" and the others displayed in every newsstand and toy shop. much as the so-called comics" of today. Trash they undoubtedly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
SHADY INSTITUTIONS LIKE
 SECRECY

My wife (writes a Sergeant in the Marines) expects to be confined in April, ana 1t is her wish and mine that I stay with her. I have inquired about this and seem to have run into stone wall am given to undestand that there is a law or board of health ruling forbiddlng the presence Of hus- band. This seems odd, in view of the fact that in this very hospital they admit an entire class of pu- l pill nurses to see the delivery of babies. Just what Is so unsanitary about n husband, I'd like to know. (------ Signed).
 Well, Sergeant, 1t is virtually es- tablished as correct Yankee custom that an expectant father should play the role of nincompoop by the people who run the hospital.
 The 'unsanitary" dodge is just little joke. Of course a bevy of young ladies who are studying nurs- Ing Is just as sanitary as a hus- band in the delivery room or in the operating room. That's eyewash. The main reason why shady instiu- tions prefer to exclude husbands is, of course, their fear that q hus- band might happen to know enough to resent some of the frightful breaches of asepsis that occur in such institutions What the poor boob husband does not see will bring no grief to the hospital.
 I'm sorry cannot tell readers which hospitals permit husbands to remain nt the bedside, If the patient so desires. But I can tell the world that there is no law about this and no board Of health regulation. It is wholly scheme desikned to pro- tect the incompetents in shady ins- titutions from malpractice suits.
 Ar.J young man who os not really a ninecompoop may remain with his wife in any hospital that is worthy of public confidence. Any physician who is worthy of respect can admit the husband to the de- livery room If the patient SO de- sireS. and whats more, he will do so. If the doctor is sycophant trucking to the rules" imposed by hospital. for the cheap prestige of the hospital staff, the customer is out of luck--if the customer is simple enough put up with 1t.
 The place for real man is at his wife's side when their child is being born.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
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 SPOTLIGHT
Military Trial For Seaman
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash inRtOn Correspondent

Washington, D. O., Jan. 22 --- In a fight over a poker game at Oran. Algeria, last July. U. s. Merchant Seaman Albert F. Mcleod stabbed a shipmate to death. Brought back to the United States, Mcleod was tried before military court martial at Norfolk. Va, found guilty and sen- fenced to ten years in Federal Re- formatory at Chillicothe, Ohio. Mo- Leod is now being held in the Fed eral Northeaster Penitentiary at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

Le W 1 8 burg, Pa, however, I T o m which address he has filed an ap- D al { h al { he should have been tried in civi courts.
 There is no use becoming senti- mental about this case or trying to build up any great howl of sympathy that an American citizens civil lib- critics have been violated. Seaman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 8:l5 a. m: sets at 6:55 p. m. (WaT time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 and window boxes filled for the bird. It's also the time for those that farm it to smarten up the farm implements and tools. sharpen the saw etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

Instead, he came tO the hOspi- tai, got his transfusiOn, and a few hours later was apt tO be In the air on his way tO points many hundreds of miles distant. Officers at Walter Reed were amazed to read that he attended the Quebec Conference last sum Iner.
 The end came, finally, as he had known for months 1t would, with Sir John Dill working up to the last for his country and for Allied victory.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Ball Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

people, to travel.
 T h a { these things do increase knowledge there can be no doubt. But there is an- other side to the picture. There are some discoveries W hic h can be made only when we detach our selves from the world The can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Selected Poem
JEWEL WEED AND SPIDER WEB (GeOrge Abbe in The New York TimeD

What gnOmes have hung these orange caps. Red dotted, the ends of stems? Perhaps to air them, wash them fair. In suds of sun, in sluice- blue air2 From each to each. the spiders weave Their silver rails for silver trans. Perhaps when night returns, the gnomes Quick-running from their grassy homes. Will pluck them. don them, laughing. leaving For flights enchantment swift but frai Lost on the treacheroB air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
A Thought for Today

See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he Eiveth you on the sixth day Che bread of two days; abide ye every man ln hIs place, let no man go out of his place the seventh days-ExOdus l7:29.
 
 Thou arc my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with q feel of heaven.
 Robert Browning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sOnaI health and hygiene, not Q disease. diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if . stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should DC brief and written In ink. O reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady. National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Etrset. Chicago. III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
Washington Merry-G -Go-Round DREW PH PEARSON
Drew Pearson soy Army Still Losing With Old Fashioned Parachute Horness Debote Who Army; Field Marshal DIFs Heroic BotIe

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  Paratrooper get rid in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
As You Like It

1
 l am a--highschool student. If your correspondent T. l.. J. started rolling 8 somersaults day thirty years ago his or her total of 87,000 somersaults to date would be cor rect. Isn't this correct2 CD. S. AnSWcr--I pass. So far I have re- i ceived three different answers as correct. Far be 1t from me to find fault with few hundred somer- saults more or less. None of the correspondents who have kindly | clarified the problem has said any thing about an extra day In leap year--therc must have been several extra days in thirty years. Not that this would affect the answer ar rived at by compound arithmetic, but I Shudder at the thought of a whole 24-hours lost every few years without Somereaut.
 Exposure
 You said 1t is not how equable the climate nor how fine the wealth CT but how much you can expose yourself to the sun that matters. How many days week, hours day or months in the year should per son be exposed to sunshine?
 (J. M. s.
 AnsWer--P seven days a Wek, eight hours or more day. l2 months in the year In the state ment you cite I said 1t is QIcs- ton of how much of your skin you can expose to sunshine, skyshine, day light every day the year around with reasonable comfort. In other words short of sunburn or freezing, no one can enjoy too much expos ure. Must you have 1t measured out of the spoonful.
 InalIcnable Yankee Right
 My son is ten months old and sucks his thumb. I believe he does it to get attention, and that If others wouldn't make remarks be might stop 1t himself.
 (Mrs. w. II. O.
 Answer - That Is so, but 1t is harder to break the average Yam kee friend, neighbor or idle by stander from saying hts nickles worth than It is to correct tho bays thumb-sucking First step in correction of thumb sucking is to understand it Is more or less na- tural. People who make remarks about it only reveal their ignorance, and people who would punish an infant for 1t deserve punishment themselves. Send stamped pre-ad- dressed envelope for pamphlet on Thumb Sucking. Ask for 1t in writ. ing-a clipping will not suffice. Copyright l045, John F. Dille Co)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

Sac Paulo. Brazil, has a motion picture boom. and despite admission prices were increased 90 per cent, the S7 theaters had over 14,00O ,OOO attendance in the last six months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL |. DOUGLASS, D. D.
SILENCE OFTEN TEACHES
 WISDOM

The notion seems to prevail that the way to understand life is to plunge into the midst of it's turbu- lent stream to have experiences, to see things, to talk to interesting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-22

were for the most part, written in Flamboyant style, and full of ar- tificialities and impossible situa- tions. But the villain was always frustrated and evil destroyed, while rugged and sterling virtue invari- ably triumphed. Frank" and his friends undoubtedly contributed much to the building of sturdy Am- erican character.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-12-06

"The luxuries of the Govern
ment come from the bread of the
people" - Congressman Joseph
Martin (Mass.), demanding re-
duced Federal spending.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-12-06

The Dick Smith boys are enjoy
ing a few days with their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Wallace
in the absence of their mother.
Mrs. Fred Robertson and Mrs
James Shanholtzer attended Flower
and Garden Club at Mrs. Roy Sher-
mans home Tuesday afternoon
Following an interesting meeting
and election of officers, Mrs. Sher-
man served a delicious lunch.
Miss Peggy Boomer and Janice
Slauson attended a weiner roast al
the Herschel Collier ranch Saturday
evening.
Mrs Fred Robertson and Mrs
James T. Shanholtzer attended Cir
Gle B at Mrs. Harry Brinton's home
Wednesday evening Following the
usual business meeting Mrs. Brinton
served a delicious lunch.
Byron Rouse has been busy cut
ting Christmas trees the past ten
days.
Mrs. James Shanholtzer spent
Tuesday evening with Mrs. H. B.
Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robertson and
son, Thomas drove out to their
ranch Sunday afternoon.
Peggy Boomer spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her friend
Janice Slauson
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TROY NEWS
Continued From Page Six

Do not forget the Women's So
ciety of Christian Service is holding
their annual Bazaar and lunch on
Saturday afternoon in the church
parlors.
Mrs. Sagen and Miss Flora Sagen
spent the weekend in Whitefish and
Kalispell.
Clarence Johnston from Kendrick,
Ida, returned Wednesday after
having spent Thanksgiving with his
son, James Johnston
Ed Johnson and son, Eddie were
business visitors in Boomers Ferry
last week.
Harvey Kirschbaum who IS a
guard at the Coulee Dam spent part
of last week disposing of some
livestock at his ranch on Bull
Lake.
The Bazaar to be held on Satur-
day afternoon will prove especially
interesting to the children as there
will be grab bag. Other features
are the country store fancywork,
aprons, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Rubber re-
turned from trip to Seattle. They
went over to move their household
effects here where they plan on liv
ing since his discharge.
Mrs. Frank Sweet who came from
the Hawaiians to join her husband
arrived last week.
Morris Bamus has gone to work
in Spokane where he will be en-
ployed with Frank Thomas in the
air conditioning business. Morris
was studying this subject when
Uncle Sam called him.
Marge Hand and Betty Laehn
have been taken to the hospital,
each with bad colds bordering on
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Pormenter Valley

Mrs. Earl Buckingham returned
from her Thanksgiving vacation
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Shanholt-
ger and Patsy attended Pomona
meeting Saturday evening
Mrs. Dick Smith and Mrs. Walter
McCullem left for San Francisco
Friday evening. Mrs McCullem met
her husband there while he had a
three day leave Mrs Smith is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. G. F. Dohl
Mr.. and Mrs. James BosWorth and
son of ST. Marys, Idaho spent
Thanksgiving with her mother,
Mrs. George Rouse. Sr. Mrs. George
Rouse, Jr., took Mrs. BosWorth and
son to Bonners Ferry Sunday where
they were met by Mr.. Bosworth
who had to return earlier due tc
business.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-12-06
REXFORD NEWS
In the Service of the Nation

In the service OF the NatlOn
Victor Anthony George. Fireman
lie, is now at Formosa. He has been
very busy the past few months
cleaning out mines in the Pacific.
He is crew member on mine
sweeper. Tony was in the Okinawa
area at the time the recent typhoon
did so much damage.
Miss Jean Thompson left last
week for Spokane after visiting at
her fathers home the past two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gaertner &C
companied Dick .Gaertner to Col
umbia Falls last week They will
visit at the Leonard home in Column
bia Falls and also visit friends in
Kalispell.
Mrs. J. L. Hurst spent the week
visiting relatives in Great Falls.
Rexford Grade School Lower
grades perfect attendance: Donald
Hammons, Frank Knapp, Jerry
Knapp, Richard Torres. Ben White,
Fannie Hammons, Gladys and Laur-
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from here for the Kirk Company
the first of last week.
George Allen, through an adver-
tisment in a newspaper, found his
hunting dog, "Pat" in Kalispell.
George Allen is relieving the
operator at Naples, Idaho. Jean
Madara takes his place here as Sec
ond trick operator and Ruth Wart-
now from Whitefish is third trick
operator here at present.
The snow is nearly gone again
and we are enjoying lovely SUM-
shiny weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Shaw were
visitors in Fortine Saturday.