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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02

sinking of the Titanic it. i9l2, the Boston night club fire in l942. and all the other major disasters since 1865 have killed less than 5000 Americans. (And yet day-by-day accidents killed 94,0OO in l944 aloneD
 MThat accident figures prove the safest people in the us. are little girls between the ages Of and l4 . There is an accidental death in the U. s. every 5Is minutes--and an injury every 3 seconds! Acc!- dents are the fifth cause of deaths in the U. s. And cost $l4l pel year per family in America.
 That the Seaiord Nylon Plant of E. l. duPOnt de Nemours & Co, has the best. no-injury record in American industry, having gone nearly 1700O,000 man-hourS without single lost time injury to one oi its employees. (And at the last re- port, the record was still running)
 That even if more than 100000 women drivers were involved in traffic accidents in 1044, there is no
 conclusive evidence that women are more reckless than men when 1t comes to driving automobiles :. A speed violation is factor in about Ia of all fatal traffic acci- dents .. Approximately 4 per cent of drivers involved in fatal accidents are hit and run drivers! (The ratsD
 That communications is the saf- est industry and mining the most dangerous One person in IA will have an accident i'll the United States in 1945, if the l944 pattern prevails Nearly 10000 pedestri- yearly. (And walking is so easy) The hours between and 8 D. m. are the most dangerous traffic hours in the day for both drivers and pedestrians.
 That the passenger death rate for airline travel in 1943 was only l.4 deaths per 100 million passenger miles. Except for l939, this is the lowest rate on record and is only one-tWentieth of the 1930 rate '. The passenger death rate per 100 million passenger miles of rail travel in 1943 was only 0.31! . Auto mobiles have killed over a4 of mil lion-769,000, to be exact-Since the turn of the century.
 That the National Safety Coun- cil records accident prevention from the bizarre viewpoint now and then as in It's annual roundup of Odd Accidents" the 1944 edition of which told of three persons who broke their neckS during the year in odd accidents like this: Gregory Stingel, 13, of Chicago, broke hiF neck while pulling off his football jersey; Anne Haldeman 10, of DoyleStCWn. Pa, snapped Vef- tebra while skipping rope, and Mrs. Pauline Slrother O. Indianapolis topped them both by dis!ocating a vertcbra ill her neck while vigor- ously brushing her teeth!
 We also liked the story about Henry Butler of Jacksonville, Fla. He was eating breakfast when q buzz saw ripped through the kitchen wall, sliced the breakfast table neat ly in two and whirled out the other side of the house. The saw broke loose from a sawmill nearby.
 Then there's Stripteaser Betty Rowland of Hollywood. who put so much heart into her work that she bumped one of her swivel hips against wall and took off for the hospital, partially paralyzed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02
WITNESS 50 YEARS LATn

Portsmouth, N. H. UP)-Whem George Palfrey and Miss Mary Hoyt were married in 1894, the brides groom's brother Harry neglected t0 sigA the marriage certificate as Q witness of the ceremony. Recently he made up for his oversight, how. ever, by signing the time-yellowed document at the couples golden wedding anniversary party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02
REIMBURSED FOR APPLES

Boston (UP)-It's an i'll wind {. For 218,55O bushels of apples blown down by the September hurricane, Massachusetts growers have been paid a total of $3l0,929 by the WFA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02

Chile plans to establish goveFns ment retail clothing and food stores
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02

Then there's Stripteaser Betty Rowland of Hollywood. who put so much heart into her work that she bumped one of her swivel hips against wall and took off for the hospital, partially paralyzed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11
BritainSccks
F'inancialAid

Washington. Sept. II. - (AP}-
Financial help tOtalin2 At Least three
billion dollars Tor the next three
years appears TO be the British goa.
in an Anglo-American economic
conference opening here to1ay,
Both sides are reluctant tn t'lt
about actual collar aid, alta7u97
that is the core of the whole con-
ference. The British would Ike t"e
United States to say what i. can
offer, The Americans would prete.
for the British to tell what they
want and then negotiate on that
basis.
The conference which will help
determine the pattern OF postwar
trade. and therefore peace for years
to come, will be organized at a
meeting called for 4 p, N, It VIII
bring together Lord Halifax, British
ambassador, ana Assistant Secretary
Of State William l.. Clayton, VINO
head their delegations. Also present
will be top economic officials OF
both Governments,
Halifax will have a news confer
nee Wednesday. The ncgot.atofS
VIII hold lheil second SESSION Ia"'s'
Gay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11
5000 Internees
Found By Troops
In Batavia Area

Melbourne. Australian, sept.
u.-tAP)-A small Allied party
has landed in Java ard found
$4,000 Wcmen and children
crowded in five Batavia intern
mcnt camps. the \eth"rland East
Indies government Information
office announced today. W.
thousands of those %internfl were
said TO be seriously ill. Allied
medical officers az" taxing
medicine and relief to tn" IN
ernccs and war prisoners. the
n4stJnu,t mem dddtu
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11
FOR NORTH

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy and not quite 50
warm today, with scattered
thundcrSloWer> in east portion
this afternoon. Fair and cnoicr
tonight. tar and mild Ncdncs-
day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11

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dcfcd the tr@achcrOuS attack on
Pearl Harmon attnmntnd "a
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commit S0IcIdt with q pistol
today. and his life dpDcndcd to
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Was given unStlntmgIN by the
rpon1n he bad .nupb+ tn doy+rov
III NiIt "VIIU greatest Val
IUiO shot himself near the heart
as American counter Intelligence
officers, accompanied by correspond
unts- went to his suburban home to
take linn 10 General NacArthur's
headquarters for u~uustioa,4.
\ Japanese doctor, who Vas called
promptly. said that Toio was dying,
that nothing would save his tite.
Then. two American doctors
We're summoned, promptly gave
him a pint OF American blood
plasma and said he had a fifty
fifty chance OF surviving, which
he mumhlcl h" did not want.
The American doctor in charge Of
the battle t. save tho suicidal former
premier Was Capta'r james john
SON. Of Newark. Ohio.
TOTO shot himself through the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11
U.S.D
Try TO Save
EN-p premier
Blood Piasma Used
For Jap War Lord;
Own Doctor Silent

IoFSo, SEPT. l1-CAP)-Gcn-
era! Macarthur tonight directed
that SO persons, including Togo,
member Of Iojo'S Pearl llar-
Dor cabinet, and 1t. Gen. IIom-
ma, of Philippine iniamy, be
taken INTO custody by the
American military forces.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11

IIV@ I"V-0''
Tlasma. not whole blood, was
used. but johnson said whole
bleed would be needed to save
Tojo'S life.
Tcjo was sufficiently CON
scicus to Vince as the tran>iu-
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
a a4|,ga G2H2 WaA Kxtckie,l BH7y:aA ,5 Serve Maytime Foods For Sunday

cups hot water, 1-4 cun sugar, l cup sour cream, 1-3 teaspoon nut meg.
 Wash the strawberries, and select ? cups of the finess berries to set aside as gaTnish. Hull and mash the remaining berries and add su- gar. Measure: add water sufficient to make ? cups. Dissolve the 2 a. tin in the l-2 cups hot v, CT. Chill until it begins to thicAcl. Beat with rotary beater un.il light and fluffy.
 Add the ? cups pcepa ed straw berries and again chill until mix ture begins to thicken. Again beat until fluffy because of berries, rotary beater is not very efficient; use fork for beating) Mix the thick sour cream with nutmeg. then fold into the gelatin Pour into in- dividual molds. Chill until firm. Turn out on dessert plates. Ar range berries around the mold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
Small Fry Copy Mothers Blouses
By EPSIE kINARD AEA Sfnff Writer

NEsA sum
 New York-The pig-tailed gang is getting its share of the cotton crop in -chucking blouses styl- ed like their mons to shove into dark. dirt-dodging skirts.
 Because one skirt can take on an entire wardrobe of tiny blouses, cottons as tub worthy as baby's rompers are the answer to moth CTS yells for laundry-savin clothes. This idea backs up the success of Sally Mason. who designs eXcluS- lively for little girls from cherub size to the ripe old age of fifteen.
 Her styles begin with the long sleeved cotton classic of broad cloth for sportswear, and wind up with the frill-spilling job as crisp and beruffled as in 18th Century dandy's.
 Typical style for the tiny glamor gal is the broadcloth jabot shirt for g. to 15 year -olds, shown on the the older girl at the right. The neckband is edged with eyelet en- broidery lanced with bright velvet ribbon, which is repeated down the center of the hin-chucking ruff and on the edge of the sleeves.
 Popular style with 7-to-14-year- olds is the sophisticated boWtied cotton blouse (center) which looks as sophisticated as big sisters when showed into a skirt, and as cool and crisp as an icicle when it puts up a front for young fry's suit.
 Not to be out of the blouse par ade are little tykes, aged 3 to 6. Among styles designed especially for them are low-cut, draw string peasant blouses, one of which is shown left. This is of sheer cotton, lace-trimmed and brightly banded with native" embroidery drawn and tied with narrow ribbon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
RITZ BALLR0OM'S
 UNUSUAL OFFERING
Vaughn Monroe, Norton Sisters, Bobby Hickey
 on Same Program

He broke records on his last ap- pearance at the Ritz Ballroom in Bridgeport and there is every indi- cation that he will surpass his at tendance this Sunday May 18th when debonair Vaughn Monroe comes there to play one night dance engagement. Now at the pin nacle of his success, the Nelson Eddy ist quality or Vaughn Monroe's voice has placed Vaughn in an unforget- table position in the annals of Amer ican Dancedom, on radio, records, motion pictures he has won brilliant success. Of particular interest will be the featuring the lovely Norton Sisters, Bridgeport's own contribu- tion to the entertainment world as well as zany ziggy Talent, novelty song stylist, Rosemary Calvin. pop ular singing star and Bobby Rickey
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

1T cups (15 oz. can) sweetened
 condensed milk
 1a cup peanut butter Any one of these ingredients: CD 2 cups raisinS CD 2 cups corn flakes (3) 1 cup chopped nut meats (4) 2 cups chopped dates (5) 2 cups bran flakes
 Mix sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter, and any one of the five ingredients listed; drop by spoonfuls on greased baking sheets. Bake in moderate oven (375o F. ) 15 minutes, or until done. Remove from pan at once. Makes about 30 crisp cookies.
 It's thrifty as well as easy to make these crisp, crunchy cookies with sweetened condensed milk by this magically failure-proof recipe. You don't need a bit of hard-to-get sugar or butter either.
 Quick Frosted Lemon Cake
 e eggs) 2H cups sifted Swans Down Cake
 Flour
 21a teaspoons double-acting baking
 powder
 1 teaspoon salt IF cups sugar
 # cup vegetable shortening
 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
 1 cup milk
 eggs, unbeaten
 1 teaspoon vanilla
 Sift flour once; measure into sitter with baking powder, salt, and sugar. Have shortening at room temperature; mix or stir just to soften. Add lemon rind. Sift in dry ingredients; add F of milk, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until all four is dampened; then beat 1 minute. Add remaining milk, blend, and beat 2 minutes longer.
 Turn into 13x9x Finch pan which has been greased, lined on bottom with waxed paper, and greased again. Bake in moderate oven (375' F.) 5 minutes, or until done. Then spread hot cake with Meringue Cake Topping and return to oven. Bake 10 minutes longer, CT until topping is lightly Drowned.
 Note: Mix cake by hand or at low speed of electric mixer. Count only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
Is Mothers s Day Her REST Day7
By BETTY BARCLAY

The thoughtful daughter is not content with a card, box of candy or bouquet on Mothers Day. She sees to it that for once Mother rests, while dinner is pre- pared for her instead of by her. And how Mother appreciates this, Here are some suggestions for those of you who wish to surprise Mother on her own day:
 Orange chrysanthemum Salad
 6 oranges
 l cup unpeeled apple slices
 Lemon mayonnaise
 Salad greens
 Cut tops from oranges. Remove meat in pieces. Cut orange shell to initiate petals of chrysanthe- mum. Combine orange, apple and dressing. Fill shells. Serves 6.)
 Mothers Day coffoIate
 l cup strong decaffeinated coffee 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 5 tablespoons sugar
 Dash of salt
 3 cups milk
 Make decaffeinated coffee extra strength, using 11z tablespoons for each cup (1a pint) water. Add chocolate to coffee in top of double boiler and place over low flame. stirring until chocolate is melted and blended. Add sugar and salt, and boil minutes, stirring con- stantly. Place over boiling water. Add milk gradually, stirring con- stantly; then heat. When hot, beat with rotary egg beater until frothy. Serve hot. Top with whipped cream if desired. Serves 4. Serve de- cafelnated coffee on Mothers Day so that everybody can relax taut nerves over extra cups without pillow tossing later on. If you make decaffeinated coffee in per colator, be sure to "perk" it from 15 to IS minutes, a little longer than the ordinary kind, to bring out its rich coffee flavor.
 Rhubarb Orange Sherbet
 Automatic Refrigerator
 Dissolve 1 rennet tablet by crush ing in 1 tablespoon cold water. Mix F cup sugar and A teaspoon orange rind with 2 cups milk (not cannedG. Warm slowly, stirring constantly. Test drop on inside of wrist frequently. When COM FORTABLY WARM Q1O' F.) not hot, remove at once from heat. Add dissolved rennet tablet and stir quickly for a few seconds only. Pour at once, while still liquid, into refrigerator tray. Let stand at room temperature until set-about 10 minutes. Place in freezing con- partment and freeze until firm. Remove from tray to bowl, break up with fork and beat with an cleo tric or rotary beater until free from hard Jumps but still a thick mush. Add 1 cup sweetened rhu- barb sauce and 4 cup orange juice, beat quickly into the mixture. Finish freezing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
WE, THE WOMEN
Manless Homes Should Have First Priorities On Help

jobs and were organized so as to be easily located.
 If there are more jobs than boys, then there ought to be a priority list. Women living alone and households in which the man of the family isn't able to work should have highest priority. And at the bottom of the list should be placed the calls from homes where there is a strong, healthy man members of the family, who could do the work around the place if he would. IMPORTANT WORK
 That way the high school kids would get the idea that their work is really important. For even 14- year-old would certainly get more satisfaction out of moving a lawn for war wife than in pushing a lawn mower all afternoon so that the man of the amily could go out to the golf club to get fun out of exercise
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

get them out of the rows as quickly as possible. The job is best done on a bright day when you can easily distinguish weeds from seedlings. Take your hoe and cultivate between rows. Remember to cultivate lightly and not too close to the young seed- lings for fear of disturbing the tiny roots.
 When setting out husky young tomato, cabbage, pepper and other plants, it is best not to plant more than half-inch deeper than they stood in the flats or in the pots Spindly plants should be set two or three inches deeper to encourage better root system.
 When watering recently planted evergreenS and other material moved with a ball of earth about the roots-be sure to direct the water into the loose earth sur- rounding the root system. The best method is to lay the nozzle on the surface at the trunk and allow the water to run out very slowly until the ball of earth is thoroughly soaked.
 Do not expect vegetables to grow close to trees or shrubs because their roots take an awful amount of plant nutrients and moisture from the surrounding soil. Keep away at least to a point below the spread of the branches. A success full vegetable garden demands at least six hours of direct sunshine.
 While presence of small white butterflies futtering about the gar- den may be a pretty sight, it is a warning to the gardener. They are looking for spot to lay eggs that will hatch into ravenouS cab bage, maggOts, or worms, who tun- nel into the roots of young plants just after you have set them out.
 A calomel solution, one-tenth ounce to ore gallon of water, 1-2 cupful on the soil at the base of each plant, soon after setting and 10 days later, and a weatherproof paper disk, three to four inches in diameter, fitted snugly around the stem, and resting on the smoothed soil surface, will prevent destruction of the plants. Use only glass of earthenware container for mixing calomel solution.
 Hot caps, miniature hot housees, keep pests of the tender plants and also protect from late frosts and cold weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
Tops In Crisp Cotton
BY EPSIE KINARD NEA Staff Writer

New York-Demure eyelet en- broldery weds sophisticated dark crepe in perfect amity this season, In dresses-the feminine and the practical
 Eyeleted pique and embroidered batiste, both reminiscent of the dainty duds you wore to kinder garten, make flouncy over-blouses and stylized pinafore tops for basic black and navy crepe daytime and evening dresses.
 Despite the fragile look of many of the cottons us:d, they take to the studs and the ironing board as gracefully as denim. Designers. making use of them for summer excitement, see to it that they un- snap, separate or unite to facilitate frequent trips to he tub.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
Written for NEA Service by
 ALAN WAYNE Stylist of the Florists Telegraph DeliUprY ASSnciafinn

There is nothing quite so forlorn and confused as a small lad sen- tenced to bed for the removal of his tonsils.' Misery is written all over his face as he stares blankly at the ceiling but, surprisingly, he is k-ly to perk up immediately when a few gay colored posies are brought into the room.
 A small wooden dog cart makes a fine conveyance for the bedside tonic and q variety of blooms should be included. Use a little of this and a little of that, especially types that he may recognize and explore at length. The bright pat terms of croton leaves should also intrigue him while a single exotic flower, such as an anthurium or strelitzia, is an excellent attention getter.
 The woolly dog should be easily removable for cuddling and, if I may add just one word of caution,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
PRESERVED STOGIES

Even when he is showing his ath- letic proWess, Eddie Rochester" An derson still hangs on to his famous cigar.
 On the Metro GoldWyn-Mayer set flor Better, For Worse" he was doing some backward Hips for the of Bob Walker and June Allyson, co-stars of the picture but he still kept his favorite stogie firmly between his teeth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
Current Rationing Regulations

 A-2  Stamps Y-5 through expire through P2 will m through July 31 through will force through Aug 31
 PROCESSED FOODS Al H-2 M-2 valid through June 2. Stamps N-2 through n through Stamps T-2 through X-2 be Stamps Al will valid through Aug 
  35 valid for five pounds will  Stamp valid through August Arplane stamps pair indefinitely. A5 valid gallons through Be- C6 B-7. valid for five gallons
  board application
  l945 vsij coupons worth 10 gallons unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

Typical of the union of lacy white tops and dark skirts and dresses are two models shown here. ExtraVa- gant use of crisp white eyelet em- broidery to make giant-siz;d but terfly bow and a poplum as flouncy as petticoat, steps up feminine ap- peal in the over blouse, left, design ed by Nicole de Paris, which tops a floor-length navy crepe skirt and creates one of the most practical dinner gowns of the season.
 Embroidered batiste, as exquisite ly detailed as an infants christen- ing frock, makes the trick pinafore top and waist-encircling peplum, which stylizes the Franklin Simon dark pebbly crepe dress, shown right. To enforce the sharp white ness of the 'pinafore, fabric-but- toned, bow-tied gil;t of pique is teamed up with the sheer batiste.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
Mother Guards Baby's Beauty

Baby's daily bathtime should give priority to careful observance Of basic beauty routines, no matter how busy mother may be- When baby has been carefully rubbed he should be wrapped in a big bath towel and patted till his skin is thoroughly dry. To protect his tender young skin against the dry ing action of wind and weather, it's effective daily beauty technique to give an all-over rub-down with a baby lotion containing lanolin with an antiseptic ingredient added for extra protection. Careful applica- tion of this baby lotion with strict attention to all the little folds and creases will ward of the chapping and chafing that threaten your cherubs comfort as well as beauty. Baby's rub down will reward mother with a beauty bonus for her hands, too.
 Recipe for Lovely Gray Hair
 Mothers gray hair needs high lighting. If she washes it herself, here's a thrifty new bluing trick to brighten her tresses. First wash the hair thoroughly with your favorite shampoo. Rinse well. Then for the next soaping dissolve two tablespoons of bluing flakes in with your shampoo water. Swish them around until the water is well tinted. Then cover the hair with suds and let it stay on for a moment before rinsing it off. Blu ing flakes will not dry the hair or discolor the scalp. They are as harmless to the hair as they are to the finest of fabrics and insure a clear, fresh look that enhances the beauty of gray hair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

The declarer played low from dummy on the opening spade lead and won the trick in his own hand with the ace. Two rounds of trump were taken.
 On the second heart, East dis card of this high card, especially when the seven spot forced the ace, said to partner, If you can get in, the diamond suit (the higher of the other two playing suits) will make the safest lead'
 Well, as it happens, West has two heart tricks and without the suit directing convention might easily return a club, which would give the declarer his contract. You can see that the diamond return defeats the contract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
SUNDAYS MENU

BREAKFAS1: Orange juice, ready-to-eat cereal, fried scrap pie, fried eggs, vholewheat toast, jam, coffee, milk.
 DINNER: Chopped beef and mushroom loaf brown gravy. steamed rice, collards au gratin, green salad enriched rolls but ter or fortified margarine, strawberry gelatin cream, cof- fee, milk.
 SUPPER: Cold sliced meat loaf. sliced tomatoes, potato salad, baking powder biscuits, butter CT fortified margarine, apple butter, canned fruit, sponge cake or cookies, tea, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

and there is a school boy for the job.
 The boys, from 14 to Is, work after school and on s a t T d a y s while school is in session. and all day during | h e summer months.
 It W oul d cer- tainly make any community a bet ter place to live if boys that age were encouraged to help with odd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

that sensation 1o year old drummer. Everyone re m e m b CTS the hits Shrine of St. Cecelia', Racing
 With The Moon, ",-Vaughn's theme, that he recorded with sensational success, in fact Vaughn was one of the last artists to record bcfore the ban went into effect, and the first to start when it was lifted. Boston was the scene of his initial success when