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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
THE FOUNDER OF HADAssAH
(NeW York Timesl

Henriett aS2old died where she would have wished to die, in Jeru. salem and in a hospital which was one of the monuments to her life's work. That work was the interweav- of two standS-the cause of poor and oppressed members of the Jew~ ish faith, which made her firm though patient Zionist; and the re- lief of the sick and afflicted in Pale stine itself. She had 1abored selflesS- ly among Jewish immigrants ir this country for quarter of a century when, in 1909. at the age of 50, she became aware of the dire need fOI nursing and medical care in the Holy Land. Her new career lasted for thirty four years. indeed almost to the moment of her death. Hadas- sah, which she organized, sponsored the American Zionist Medical Unit. becoming also spokesman for the women,s Zionist movement in this country. Zionism had, of course, it's controversial elements. There was no controversy in the medical and nursing program, whose magnificent achievements in reducing blindness infant mortality. malaria. skin dis eases and other afflictions of the inhabitants of Palestine continue to this day.
 Miss Szold loved her own people and labored for them untiringly. She translated brilliantly from the He- brew. doing her part to preserve the Jewish culture. But she saw the life and culture of the Jew against the broader background, an integral part of the civilization of the vest ern world. She did not limit her ir- terests to people of single faith. She loved the human race. hoped for 1t, iabored for t, was tolerant of It's failings. Tn return she was loved by all who knew her. Jew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
AW, PSHAW, BUTCH STILL
 HAS THE GROUP

When was an honest doctor in Penn Yan one could count on a fair number of night calls to treat the croup throughout the fall, win ter and early spring, and each autumn a number of cases of typhoid fever which, at a dollar 8 visit ..
 All that is a thing of the past now but I know I am safe in say ing that typhoid fever has become almost as rare as smallpox, in Penn Yan or any other community of intelligent people. But also know, now, that I can't speak so con- f1dently of the passing of spasmodic croup. I ventured to express that idea here year ago, inferring that spasmodic. catarrhal or simple croup must be pretty rare nowa- days because, whereas I formerly received frequent requests for ad- vic about it. in recent years there had been remarkably few requests for information or advice about croup That brought immediate re- plies from several mothers who assured me their children have croup-naturally, these mothers did not ask for my advice, since had betrayed my ignorance by saying that perhaps modern improved diet, nutrition ventilation etc, and even intelligence in parents, explained why modern children do not have croup.
 Now comes Mrs. L. P, who says her son Butch has croup every little while, although none of her other six children has ever had any sign of it. She asks why.
 Butch may mean well, but never theless he puts or Doc Brady in a quandary. Unless Butch has been pampered and coddled more than the other kids or perhaps stinted on some essential of nutrition such as calcium Gin milk, cheese, greens, etc) which the other kids received in adequate amounts, I give up.
 Mulling 1t over again. confess Butch's case intrigues me like a tough crossword puzzle or an Eden Philpotts mystery story-I wonder whether for some reason Butch may not have received less vitamin D than the other kids, received either in food such as whole milk, cream, butter egg yolk or in fish liver oil or some vitamin D con- centrate as supplement to his regular diet, or enough sunshine or skyshine on naked skin so that he could manufacture his own vitamin D.
 Finally. it may be that, due to some change in the hearing system or in the personal whims of those who control the air conditioning in the home, Butch has been exposed to more Sahara-like atmosphere than the other kids had to cope with-I believe excessive dryness of the heated air in many homes in the cause of respiratory infections, and croup is usually precipitated, in the susceptible child, by an other wise mild respiratory infection ("cold' to you, stupid).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

in mind the Purple DSC and Sil- yer Star awarded to "Chips", the dog owned by Mrs. Edward J. Wren of Pleasantville, N. J., for heroism in Italy.
 However, Senator Bridges did not make the mistake of Mis- souri's Representative Marion T. Bennett, Republican, who har- angued Jane Froman, the actress on the floor of the House because she allegedly received a Purple Heart following her plane crash in Lisbon.
 Actually Miss Froman never sought and never received the Purple Heart. And in view of the fact that she did suffer serious injuries in the plane crash where two other perform CTS were killed, underwent IS operations, paid her own hospital bills, her own way back to the U. s. A. and gave up all income for two years, it does seem that the gentleman from Missouri
 
 Incidentally, the boys at the front say that nothing is too good for many of the actors who tour the war camps and hospitals overseas. Dut they don't want Purple Hearts and don't get them. FILIPINO GUERRILLAS
 The continuing fine job done by Filipino guerrillas. aided by handful of Americans, may mean that formal invasion of Mindanao and other Jap held Philippine Islands will be ncces- sary. Unless Jap air activity from the dozen or more fields on Mindanao becomes too trouble some, we may leave the job to the guerrillas.
 The outstanding work of F'ili- pinos guerrillas in a tribute both to wise U. s. policy regarding in- dependence, and Jap inability to inspire affection or respect among conquered peoples.
 Continued encouragement of the Fflipinos Is being urged by Con- gressman Marcantonio of New York through his resolution gr&l.t' ing American citizenship to Fiji pinoS in the U. s. A.
 (Copyright. 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
Making Research Paying Of

Senator Pat. McCarran of Nevada sees Mo reason why postwar research in mil itary aviation cannot be done through facilities of private industry, for the ulti- mate good of industry and prosperity as well as of national defense. Neither do we.
 No one today can doubt the necessity Df continuing aviation research. And few believe that our private aviation indus try, with it's existing plants and trained personnel, is not the place to do 1t. But usually the military aspect of such re- search is stressed, with the implication that the program, though necessary, would be economically unproductive.
 Mir McCarran, writing in the maga- zine Planes, doesn't consider such waste Inevitable. He suggests that military research developments can be made avail able to air transport operators in the form of improved equipment. By reducing air Transportation costs and increased air commerce, he maintains, "the cost of such research will prove to be an invest ment rather than an out-of-pocket expense"
 His contention is borne out by the his tory of wartime research. Most improve knents for military aircraft can be trans Eerred to peacetime air commerce in terms of greater safety and time-and- tnoney-saving efficiency.
 Lower costs, greater safety and speedier operations add up to more business for aviation. More business means more jobs generally construction and maintenance Of airports and airparkS, new commercial Establishments in their vicinity, and so pn.
 There is no reason to think that de- Delcpment of air highways should not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

territory into Poland. The Soviet long has wanted it back.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 It was a night club just outside Detroit which first aroused War Mobilizer Jimmy Byrnes against night spots. He passed it, lights blazing after midnight, learned 1t employed IDA people . Actually Byrnes wanted to crack down on night clubs some time ago, but the Army was 1ukewarm, fearing soldiers on leave would lack re- creation spots |. Baltic and Czech members of the Diplomatic Corps lose no sympathy over Poland when they recall what the Poles did to CzchosloVakia as Hitler in- vaded the Sudenland in 1889. Af- ter Munich, when the Czeciis were powerless, the Poles marched into Teschen, then held by Czcheslo- vakia but long coveted by the Poles They also remember that the Curzon Line gave the controverted city of Vino to Lithuania. But the strong Po- fish Army marched into Vilno and took 1t, regardless . Scores of Norwegians have been shot in Norway recently. The NaziS fear the Allies will invade Norway and are urging Allied sympathlz- CTS One story being whis- pered around Germany is that Hitler has had his face remod- eled so he looks Jewish and can escape as a refugee. (Wonder what he will do to his vOice?) |. The Berlin Radio has gleefully quoted the attacks of Congress man O'Konski of Wisconsin on the Big Three Agreement. The Germans reier to O'Konski as a Polish American Deputy" in Congress .. One of the best jobs of recent Allied air coordina- tion took place when the Nazis rushed all ns.ghbornig fire-flght- ing apparatus to put out fires in Dresden. After all the fire en- zines had left nearby cities. AL lied flyers attacked adjacent Chemnitz. It's fire engines were gone.
 PURPLE HEARTS TO DOGS
 New Hampshire's crusading Sem ator Bridges has sent a letter to War Secretary Stimson protest ing against the award of Purpi" Hearts to dogs. Specifically he had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
PICKS PIKE
(Hartford Courant)


 It may be known officially to the world as the Stilwell Road, but to the thousands of American officers and men who helped build that 620- mile engineering miracle Ledo Road to China, 1t is known affectionately as Picks Pike after the man who did the impossible job of complet- ing 1t. Brigadier General Lewis A Pick isn't the first engineering of- flcer to try to complete this vital highway into China. Others pion- eered; but when he took 1t over there were still APO miles to go be- fore the Burma Road could be joined.
 The Stilwell Road is no Merritt Parkway stretching along pleasant valleys and across broad smooth meadow land. It is a road that passes through 102 miles of moun- tain and over two 4,OOO-foot passes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
Selected Poem
COUNTRY FARMHOUSE By Marguerite l.. Nolan

I've seen rambling farmhouse,
 That dearly wish was mine, With trellis at the doorway,
 And honeySuckIe vine; There's dog that chases oak leaves, FTisky kittens wondering why, As their tawny yellow mother Watches from the hedge nearby. How I wish it's kindly mistress
 Would invite me in for tea! can hear the deep-toned knocker, And l wonder what I'd Seel I'm quite sure there'd be some posters, And a mellowed fireplace, And Colonial rugs and doilies
 Made Of quaint oId-faShioned lace. I'll just keep my two eyes open,
 When I'm travelling up that way: Who can tell? might persuade them To sell the spot some day: But thereIl be one stipulation.
 ever sign, They'll donate the cat and kittens, If the place is ever mine!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sOnal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if a stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, National News paper Service. 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, HI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

stimulate prosperity as did construction of tax-built land highways in the auto mobiles early days. But air highways cannot attain full growth until air travel and eventually private flying come within the average mans reach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

Upon visiting the battlefield, he dis vered that 1t was located in a g r a pc = growing district and that the grapes were used in the Inak- ing of champagne. He noticed every
 where e m D { y champagne bot tie: with their hAaAa L,NnOLnH oFH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

a day with every indication 1t may get bigger. The average for the past year was 400 letters a day.
 Now this should be significant of s o m e { in g or other. This should be an indication tha. a literate sampling of the American public has at last become aware that 1t has a Department of 0kAk l d..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

durlng the negOClaLlOnS OVt They were tremendously im- pressed with Stalin-his simpli- city, directnesS and modesty. Most of the time he remained seated, seldom seemed to get aroused. A big-necked interpreter wearing a No. IT collar sat beside him, translating with skill and effec- tivenesS.
 Only during the Polish con- versations did StaIin rise from the conference table to argue vigorously.
 For three years Stalin has con- tended that the Curzon Line, fixed by Lord Curzon, then Foreign Minister of England, and agreed to by Clemenceau. should be the new boundary between Rus sia and Poland. He repeated this at Yalta, reminding Roosevelt and Churchill that American geographic experts had charted the line for Lord Curzon as the best division between the Polish and Russian peoples.
 Then, rising from his chair, Stalin said dramatically:
 Do you want me to tell the Russian people that am less Russian than Lord CurZOn? Do you want me to tell the Russian people that am less Russian than Clemenceau? Do you want me Co accept less than they proposed for Russia" t
 Then Stalin sat down while the interpreter translated.
 STALIN WINS POINT
 Then, telling how Russia want ed a strong Poland and a friend ly Poland to help protect her from Germany, Stalin rose again.
 You say the Germans will not cross the Polish Corridor" he continued, looking at Chur- chill. But the fact is that twice in 25 years they have crossed it to attack Russia. You speak of English honor, Mir. Churchill. But will your Army come to our defense if we are in-, vaded?"
 Then he sat down while the interpreter translated. Again Stalin rose to talk aoout the Lublin Government.
 Are we going to discrimin- ate i'm favor of 9 government which fled to England and re- mained there in safety?" Stahn said. "Or are wO going to rec Ognize the LubIin Government which remained in Poland and risked the danger of fighting undergrJ nnd?". t
 Did your army liberate PO- land, MT. Churchill?" he asked dramatically.
 ''Did your army liberate PO- land. Mir. President?" he asked pOintedly to Roosevelt.
 All of which clinched the ar- gument. Roosevelt and Chur- chill held out for one thing. how ever - a free election by the Po- fish people using Q secret ballot. At first they though Stalin would not yield on this. But finally he did, it being agreed that the Polish troops fighting abroad fl various armies would be given time to return to Poland after the war to vote.
 NOTE: There has been So much loose talk about the Cur zon Line that some people think it is a line originally set by the Russians. Actually, it was es- abolished in 1919 on the basis of Woodrow Wilson's theory of self determination of peoples. Ameri- can experts originally worked out the line for Curzon as the fair est division between the Polish and Russian populations, but the Russians refused to accept 1t. Finally, in 1920, the Polish oiig- archy under Marshal Pilsudski, backed by French munitions, French money. and the military advice of Marshal Weygand. in vaded western Russia. The en- suing Treaty of Riga in 1921 in- corpOrated much Of this invaded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D.D

A GREAT NATIONAL PROBLEM
 II is said that a great American novelist decided after tn last war to investigate for himself why the Germans had been turne1 back at the Battle of the Marne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
Views Of The Press

Moslem and Christian may well bless her memory for what she was and what she did.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
'"
 SPOTLIGHT
The Fan Mail Is On The Increase
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash inKtOn Correspondent

Washington, D. C.. Feb. g - Fan mail of the U. s. Department of State has shown a tremendous jump in the last few weeks and is now coming in at the rate of 1000 letters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
- BY DREW PEARSON
Washington Merry-G Round
oy Ston Got Excited Arguing Over Poland Wt Churchill and Rooseve How the Curzon Line Was Estobhed ate Bridges Protests Purple Heort to Dogs

WASHINGTON February 2 Advisers who sat at ERs b0w at 9ata tell
  during the negota soverPolan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets at 5:42 a. m. (war timeJ Sun rises at 7:36 a. m, sets ct 0:36 D. m. (War time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1945
A Thought for Today

Behold, how good and how pleasant it Is for krethern to dwell together in unity!-Psalm A3S:l.
 Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy well-being. .-Aeschylus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-23

free of any fanaticism, are begin ming to be .nxious over certain drinking conditions in our national life which appear to be widespread. Many a nation has confronted such conditions before. but no na- tioIl has survived which has not handled the situation promptly and decisively.
 All Rights Reserved-B BabSon
 Newspaper Syndicate
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
LESSONS FROM HITLER

Race prejudice was Hitler's
downfall. 1t drove DR.. Lise
Neither from Germany, DIR,
Neither was the non-Aryan who
suggested a solution to the atom
splitting problem which had
stumpted physicists nearly 10
years. Within two weeks after
learning of DR.. Meitner's ealcu-
lations, researchers at Columbia
University, Carnegie Institute of
Washington, and John Hopkins,
proved her point. Other refugee
scientists worked directly on the
allied experiments" lark, Dem.
8-12-45, page 5B, column 81.
II the race to which DR.. Nett
ner belonged had been treated
kindly, or even tolerantly, her
discoveries would have remained
in Germany, and the bombs
which fell on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, might have devastated
Moscow, London. and New York.
Ruthless aggression against
weaker peoples, another strong
point in HitIer's earlier successes
was another contributing factor
in his loss of the battle of the
laboratories" which produced the
atom bomb. Without justifica-
ton, the mechanical and resist
less Prussian hordes poured into
and over Norway. The Norwe-
gians were too weak and poorly
trained and organized for any eff
fective resistance. But Norwel-
gian patriots were the heroes
who located, recognized and sab
otaged the German atom-bomb
factories. Drawing every obstacle
and danger, Norwegian patriots,
it is reported, conveyed to Eng
land the information which
brought English and American
Air-Fleets on bombing missions
which blotted out the German
atom-bomb factories.
But for this very factor of Ger
man intolerance toward minor
tiles and weaker peoples, Hitler
might have conquered Russia,
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
BLACK ANGLES
BY S. S. Taylor

England. and even America. The
colossal drama of World War II
might we'll have closed out in
a death grapple between the des-
pot of the West and the despot
of the East, with atom bombs
from Berlin instead of Washing
ton, raining destruction upon the
home of the Mikado. The end
of the age would have seen all
mankind under the dictatorial
rule of the Nazi.
America welcomed to her
shores the refugees of German
oppression as she has always
welcomed to her shores the VIC
Tins of oppression anywhere. AS
is usual in such a case, with the
duty performed came a blessing
received. Let us hope that Ameri-
ca will not fail to recognize the
prime factor in her unparalleled
success, the bottom rung in the
ladder which has brought her
to the diy heights of world-pre-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, fair play,
even help, to minorities and
weaker peoples.
Once again 1t has been demon
strated that the death grapple
in the darkness ends in the final
triumph of those who ring them
selves around the principles Of
Christ. The breaks went in favor
of the defenders of humanity and
against the enemies of intra-na-
tional democracy and inter-na-
tional decency.
In the dawn of a new day for
the world, it is to be assumed
that the American policy COM
pletely indicated abroad will be
so Thoroughly applied at home that
enemy propaganda possible in
World Wars | and II, will be i'm
possible in the next international
debacle. America must fulfill
her high destiny, standing forth
not only as the defender of JUS
tice to all nations, but also as the
embodiment of justice to all in
dividuals.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
On N P Duty In
Naples, Italy

With The Air Service Com
mand, Italy.--Pfc. Henry II. Full
Ter, Sol of II. X. Fuller, $500
Center Street, Little Rock, Ark
ansas, has been serving overseas
in North Africa and Italy for two
years. A member of Company D,
743rd Military Police Battalion of
the Air Service Command, Pfc.
Fuller is now performing military
police duties at a large air base
near Naples, Italy.
Pfc. Fuller entered service from
his home town June, 1912, where
he was employed by the Board
of Education as a teacher at
Helena High School. He wears
the European African Middle
Eastern Campaign Ribbon with
two bronze service stars for the
Naples oggia and Rome-Arno
Campaigns.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
MORE LABOR NEEDED
FOR FALL y

Three million workers will be
needed during September, De-
tober and November to harvest
the nations 1945 bumper crops,
the Department of Agriculture
reports.
Although about two and a half
million farm labor placements
were made during the first seven
months of this year, the Depart
ment's Extension Service states
that the shortage of farm labor
is now at its highest point of the
war years.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
LUCAS TO
RETURN
SERVICES TO STATES
BY NNACP

New York.-The move by Sem
ator Scott w. Lucas 3D., Ill,) ia
turn back to the states control IF
Employment Service Offices, now
operated by the United States
Employment Service, which a
Republican Southern Democratic
coalition jammed through the
Senate today by a So to % vote,
was branded as "a great disser-
vice to the Negro, jobless war
workers and veterans" by the
NAACP.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
TT
DELIGHT

Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Williams
accompanied their daughters,
Mildred and Margaret Scoggins
to Rosston where they will en-
ter school. They will live with
their grandmother, Mrs. Ethel
Williams. Curtis Brown went
to Arkadelphia on September II
to enter school. He will live
with Mr., and Mrs. John Hill.
His mother accompanied him to
Arkadelphia.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
HOME ON

S-Sgt. Roscoe A. Sharpe, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. D.
Sharpe, TT W. 10th Street, a graduate of Dunbar High School
and a Senior of Philander Smith College and a member of
the E. R. L., spent a thirty day furlough here. SGT. Sharpe
received compliments from General Lee, in England, for his
splendid work as band director. He served in combat duty
in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany and achieved five
combat stars, a goo dconduct medal and Wester's defense
medal Sgt. Sharpe left recently to visit friends and relatives
in Detroit,
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
OF

Mrs. S. M. Ballard, Theodore
Ballard, and G. H. Evans convey
their heartfelt thanks and appre-
citation for the floral offerings
and expressions of sympathy re-
ceived during their sad bereave-
ment in the loss of husband and
brother, S. M. Ballard. ADV.
Arkansas State press., 1945-09-28
BACkAFTER=
% MONTHS

CPL. EUGENE MAYFIELD of
1928 W. 18th has returned home
after spending % months in the
China Burma India Theater.
Cpl, Mayfield is with the 10th
Air Force. He has a 30-day fur
Tough after which he will report
to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He
is the husband of Mrs. Lille M.
Mayfield, formerly Miss Lille
Mae Hill.