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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
COLOGNE
(Hartford Courant)


 With all the other territory Of military value west of the Rhine now lost to Germany, 1t seems likely that within a matter of days the great metropolis of Cologne, third largest city of Germany, will be ln Allied hands. The taking of the city itself may not be an easy task. It has been proved time and again since Stalingrad that the ruonle of a much-bombed city makes a formidable fortress of it. Certainty much of Cologne already lies in ruins. This capital of the Rhineland was the first NaM city to feel the brunt of large scale attacks more than four years ago and 1t has since been pounded steadily.
 However, it is possible that some historic landmarks may still be standing as 1t has been the policy of Allied commanders to use ex- treme care in avoiding the destruc- tIon of cathedrals and other similar buildings. Cologne as the one-time great religious center of Germany had more than one hundred churches within it's borders, the most famous of which is the great Cathe- dral of Cologne or Dom, one Of the greatest Gothic structures in Eu- rope. The foundations for the cathe- dral were laid in 1248 but 1t was not until 632 years later. in 1880, that the magnificent edifice was conl- pleted. Within is the famed memo- rial to the three Kings of Cologne, who were, according to legend, the three wise men-Melchior, kaspar and Balthazar.
 Cologne is one of the oldest cities in the world having been founded in 50 A. D. as the Colonia (hence its name) of Agrippina. wife Of the Emperor Claudius and mother Of Nero. For centuries 1t has been a great commercial center and was at one time capital of great part of the Hanseatic league. It was in this city that William Tyndale be- gan printing his translation of the New Testament in 1525. William Caxton lived there from 147l to l472 and many claim that 1t was here that he learned the art of printing.
 For the average person, Cologne's greatest fame rests on it's world- known eau de Cologne, an alcoholic infusion of flowers, herbs and spices, the more glamorous ingredients be- ing rosmary and neroli oil. This was first compounded by an Italian perfumer named Giovanni Farina who settled in Cologne in i700 and whose Konisches Wasser has been famous ever since that time.
 It k to be hoped that some Ot IhiDtoEtQ Cologne mav survive ml
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
Views Of The Press

however, the Nazi defenders insist on being rooted out man by man. further destruction will be neces- sary, the blame for which will lie on shoulders already weighted with crimes against the civilized world. Some hope lies in the fact that the Rhine veers sharply to the East just South of Cologne so that troops reaching the river over favorable terrain at that point would out flank the city.
 Aside from either historic or strategic considerations, the capture of Cologne will be the first major challenge of the Allies ability to handle beaten Germany. Here they will face administrative problems which will be duplicated many times over as more and more German cities fall into our hands. For this reason what happens in Cologne after it's conquest may give an ink ling of the shape of things to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
WoPEE,Ess. Ell?

A correspondent inquires whoth. CT there is some non-habit- forming drug that will relieve pain In . case of sclatica which Is hopeless" Sciatica is Q term loosely applied to painful or disabling conditions presumed to be due to infiamma- ton of the largest nerve in the body, the sclatic nerve, extending from it's roots In the lower part or the spinal cord down back of the hip and thigh to the inner side of leg and foot.
 Not all cases of so-called sciatica are sciatic neuritis (nerve tnnam- matlon), however. Tn good many instances the pain and disability ascribed to sciatlca are actually due to other causes, but it is beyond our province to discuss the pathology of these conditions here.
 Tn exceptional cases the prospect of cure or great improvement IS indeed hopeless-and lest l do more harm than good I shall not mem ton lust what cases I have in mind. Tn the great majority of cases Of pain and disability in the sciatica region-Tt seems hardly necessary to mention that there IS no specific or peculiar condition or ailment to be identified as "sciatica"--a cor rect diagnosis and the proper medi- cal, surgical or physical treatment will either cure the trouble or bring about sufficient Improvement to make pain-killers unnecessary
 This readiness to regard the con- dition as hopeless is too often the excuse for indulging in narcotic drugs. It reminds me of grandma's case. Grandma always seemed pret- ty rugged to me, although she as- seyerateC that when she was a mere slip of a girl the great Dr. Shat tuck of Boston had discovered that one of her lungs was gone - and sure enough, when sported my first stethoscope I couldn't near anything when I listened over the missing lung Cor over the other one either, but I could not afford to admit iD, which confirmed grand mas belief that she had lived for most of her lifetime with only one lung. Tn spite of federal laws, state ana municipal ordinances or regulations it is still too easy for people to buy pain killers, narcotics and so-called nerve sedatives and get into the habit of taking such drugs. Many of these addicts justify their in- dulgence by saying, unfortunately with truth, that a physician pre- scribed the stuff some time or oth- CT. That evil, at least, could be remendied by a law or reSu ation prohibiting refllling of physicians prescriptions or the filling of pre- scriptions for others than the per sons for whom the prescriptions are given - the physician naming the individual in the prescription, as well as dating and signing his order to the druggist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

Meade, and they investigated the matter, but in the end they
 acted as if 1t were my fault.
 They white e-waShed the pris-
 Oners, did not even put them
 on bread and water.
 Maryland farmers around me suggested that I not do anything more about the matter for fear the Army would take the prison CTS away from the country where they were badly needed. In view of the manpower shortage on all the farms I said nothing.
 But today as l hear eye-Wit- ness accounts of the manner in which the Nazis have shot down companies of American prisoners in cold blood. and how American prisoners have been woe-fully un- der-nourished and mistreated, l confess that my blood boils. l wonder if there isn't something radically wrong with the Provost Marshal and his whole handling of German prisoners.
 NAZI NON-COMS
 From my own brief experience and from talking to officials in the Provost Marshal's Office, gather that German prisoners are left largely under the command of their own non-commissioned officers. The second batch Of prisoners had were under a full blooded Nazi, non-com, and in addition. the rest of them seemed as Nazifled as Hitler himself.
 There may be some good un- Nazified non-coms in the Ger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

This business of letting the entire state in on the program of furnishing the gov, ernors mansion doesn't sound too good to us. If we were the governor we think we might safely say that there should be department of the government which should take charge of this business. True, the mansion is being furnished not for the current executive, but for all who come after him, so his taste and style shouldn't perhaps predominate. But the plan of furnishing suggested could easily result in setup that would be astonishing to the eye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

State utility companies are joining Tn the protest against the land condemna- ton bill heard at Hartford this week. That's the bill which local officials sup, ported, because there may me some need of acquiring land in the Town of Wolcott for a joint airport to be shared in by Waterbury, Bristol, and Meriden: The utilities are afraid that such condemna- tions may mean that they would be re- uuired to relocate their poles and other appurtenances. They don't think that airport development in Connecticut war rants too radical changes in their stano- ing stock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
SHAMEFUL STRIKES
(fIartford Times)

(Hartford TimeS)
 The unauthorized. unpatriotic and altogether unjustified labor strikes in Detroit have closed several war plants and have taken 33,000 workers from their jobs. Their union of- ficials have urged the strikers to return to their work but seem help less as the work stoppage spreads.
 The original dispute was over the discharge of eight men charged with loafing on the job. Then 1t assumed something of the nature of a sympathetic strike as other groups refused to work because they felt they were interfering with the strike weapon. One shop. for example, went on strike because the material was brought in by train. This transportation had previously been done by trucks whose drivers have gone on strike.
 Other thousands were thrown out of work because their material was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

that a Father, strong, and more loving than any earthly father, is near at hand and that He cares. When, in the midst of some sorrow our hand touches His, we know that everything Is all right. The darkness is still darkness, but 1t is no longer terrifying. To have Hin near is to have security. To be conscious of His presence is to exchange disquie- tudc for confidence.
 There are many people for whom their own strength is their only se- curity They go about day by day with the feeling that after all this business of living Is up to them. They may get good breaks or bad, but in the end it all depneds on what they do.
 There Is indeed an inescapable re- .sponslbfity placed on every. enc eg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
Selected Poem
TO LUDLOW

TO LUDLOW Ems John Ackerson, USMS. in the New York Times Dear shining rock aoove the misty Teme, That welcomed me to inn and homely fire, close my eyes and once again seem To stray where Milton walked and Sidneys Tyre Sang early; where the massive Roundhead gun Brc1e Roman towers and wrecked the peoples will; But chimes that rang out with the morning sun Bespoke me of the love bore him still, Though Housman lay mere ashes; by the wall doff my sailors cap; and happy here Was till Conscience gave her warning call And returned to fight for things most dear, Like children, friends, the flag keep unfurled, Tall Ludlow, banner town of all mmy world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 5:02 a. m. (war time)
 Sun rises 7:l2 a. m; sets 6:53 D. m. (war time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 With the daylight period spreading on both ends Of the day, it's apparent that wins ter Is on it's last legs. Blizzards have oc- cured in March, as Waterbury well knows They are the exception. though; and March snows are never with us too long. The period of sunshine soon evaporates them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

and touched hi fathers hand. "Ia that your hand Daddy?" he said. When he found that 1t was, he was satisfied and no longer afraid of the dark.
 What a differ ence 1t makes If in the midst of life's Il n D c T c trable darkness we know
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
Your Health By Dr.. William Brady

slgnea letters pertaining G per- nonal health and hygiene. not o alsease, dlagnosls Of treatment win bO answered hy pr. Brady " a stamped selR.addressed envelope ln enclOse,.. Letters should be brteF and written ln ink, No reply can be made Co queries not conform ing Co instructions. Address Dr. william Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street Chicago, 1Il.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Go.

 not forthcoming as result of work stoppage at earlier stages of the manufacturing process. In mass production, the walkout of a small group can have very serious results farther down the assembly line. Omission of single part can pre- vent the further progress on a laige weapon of war.
 This is an intolerable situation, halting as 1t does the manufacture of essential war equipment. Yet there is no available legal device which men can be compelled to work. It is a fundamental test of plain decency and simple pa- triotism of the American worker.
 It is such tactics as wildcat strikes that lay the basis for coercive ac- ton that is normally alien to dem- ocratic way of living. It is clear that unless the strike is ended soon. the War Labor Board will follow the prescribed wartime course of referring the case to President Roosevelt, who can take over the closed plants. It is pity that the only way to compel men to work in wartime appears to be to seize the property of their employers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

Chicago . to-NeW Y o r k railroad
 lines the other day, he may have
 been setting a pattern for drastic
 action that might have to be rec peated from time to time through out l045. There have been other war . time local embargoes before on the inove- ment of tank cars or refrige or rnra to or from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Sclatic Pain

Is there any non-habit forming drug that will relieve sciatic pain? Member of our family is hopeless invalid from such pain in right leg and foot. and we are anxious to get something to take the place of narcotics. tF. Ro
 Answer Isn't the essential trouble the readiness of the patient or the family to regard the ailment as "hopeless'? That is a familiar excuse for ndulging in narcotics. Instead of searching foh something that is not of this world why not get the patient away from the bad influence of the family, under the care of a competent physician who will make a careful diagnosis and apply the necessary treatment?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
'"
 SPOTLIGHT
Transportation Troubles
Ny PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat.NEA Washs lnRtOn CorreapOndent

Washington, D, O., March 10 - U. s. transportation Is In tougher predicament than most people ape perciate.
 When Office of Defense Trans- portation Director Colonel J. Mon- roe Johnson slapped Q four.day ban on the shipment of everything ex- cept war freight over Storm-bound
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
How to Gain Weight

gained 81a pounds the first two months at home after I received pneumothorax treatment in the hospital, but although still get pneumothorax once a week I have lost part of this weight, but my doctor says 1t is not due to my con- dition, just to my inability to eat somehow l never want breakfast.
 (F. D. Answer-You may get some prac- tical ideas fro mthe pamphlet How to Gain Weight" - send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for it-but do not use a clip ping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

certain areas, on seasonal paSsen-- ger travel to resort centers and such things, But when the rail- roads in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsyl- vania and New York got tied up by the mid-January bllzzards, ODT told them they could discontinue passenger service wherever 1t was necessary to keep the war freight rolling, and they did. Furthermore, they can do 1t again, any time 1t IS necessary to relieve congestion.
 If the embargo had been put on non-war shipments in the north- eastern area ten days earlier, the transportation situation today might be a little better. AS It is, the railroads will be feeling the effects of the storm for six or eight months say Colonel Johnson perhaps right up to the annual peak freight movement after the harvest season next fall.
 THERE'S 4 HEAVY
 LOAD AHEAD
 October has traditionally been the month of heaviest rail freight movements in the United States. But last November the tonnage went up instead of down. December beat November and January might have beaten December If 1t had not been for storms in the lower Great Lakes states. With war production schedules calling for increased out- put during the next six months, there will be no slack summer sea- son and 1945 looms ahead as the toughest year the American trans portation system has ever had to face.
 The sad facts of this situation have not yet registered on the American public, says the ODT di- rector, despite all the demands and campaigns to keep people off the trains. Citing statistics to show that the railroads and trucks and busses are having to carry more passengers and freight with no more equip ment than they had before the war does no good. When one individual feels that he has to travel, he goes, frequently taking his family with him. Yet 1t is only the top 10 per cent of the trafflc that causes the overlooking and the hardship. If only that top 10 per cent of the load could be taken of, there would be no problem.
 any idea of how travel can be ra- toned. Permitting travel only on prioritieS involves a cumbersome amount of overhead which would probably cause more confusion than 1t is worth. Germany has solved the problem by running passenger trains only three days week. That's one way out.
 SEVEN -MONTH-OLD
 WARNING FINALLY HEEDED
 ODTs Colonel Johnson has been bearish on the transportation situa- tion ever since he took office last May and he has been remarkably right in calling the turn. Seven months ago he was warning that all conventions should be cancelled, but they have only now been stopped.
 In June he was warning that rail- road and bus accommodations may be cancelled without notice, and that has now come to pass.
 He beat the drums for vacations at home' all last summer, and is preparing to intensity that crusade during the coming summer.
 He is as bearish on the automo- bile, truck, bus and tire situations as he is on railroads. Yet he believes that somehow, the job will be done. His motto all through the war ef- fort has been, Prepare for the Worst" It Is realistic outlook on war You never get disappointed that way, ,Aand most of the American war eforB setbacks have come from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10

us for the proper ordering of our lives. But the issues of life are not in our hands, but in the hands of Him who created life. We are only safe and adequate to lifc's demands when we are close to Him.
 All RigatS Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
Washington Merry Go-Round
- BY DREW PEARSON

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
A Thought for Today

That man may alst, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank, Creations blot, creations blank.
 Thomas Gibbons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-10
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, DID.

IN HANDS STRONGER THAN
 OURS
 Tn period of black-out some months ago, a family sat huddled in the darkness of their living room. Suddenly the little boy of the family reached out throuoh the dar,.nors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-13

used to gail his pilot boat h'--- dreds of miles out to sea in ords- to greet incoming ships first. An other member Of the family was an uncle. Capt. Richard Brown.
 Captain Brown. one of the na- tion's most distinguished mariners, who commanded the yacht Amer ica in the 1851 America Cup race, first of the international series. Three ottc~ uncles and threc cousins arc also Sandy Hook pilots.
 When President Theodore Roose- welt sent the Great White Fleet around the world in 1907 to dis play United States sea power, IT. year-old Beebe was one of tho sailors aboard. He still recalls the day American warships sailed right into Japan's front door and the Nips grimly came out and matched our battlewagons ton for ton, ship for ship.
 Beebe realized on that day that the United States could never hope to defeat the Japs without bases and merchant ships that would have to supply the necessary food, ammunition and fuel. That picture is imparted to thousands of sea- men sailing the very lanes he travelled 39 years ago.
 Knows His Ships
 Ships and model boats arc his life's work and hobbies, too. By merely glancing at a vessel far out at sea, or by glancing at a couple of masts jutting their way over a dock, the captain can in- stantly tell you it's age, history and tonnage. He ought to know, for he has held high posts on some of the worlds most famous ships. Today Beebe is far more than Maritime superintendent. He is really moulding the lives of Young America, for fully half of the boys in the Maritime Service intend to remain in the Merchant Marine after the shooting is over.
 To Beebe VE-Day meant only that bigger job than ever faced him. Sea routes that lead to vic- tory over the Japs are three times as long as those in the Atlantic. That means three times as many men to handle the goods. Uncle Sam knows that Beebe will deliver again.
 The shippers basic principles are sirnple-cleaniiness, discipline. training. They say you can eat a meal off one of Beebe's decks. sii
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-13
By BEN GOULD
Central Press Correspondent

Central Press Correspondent
 NEW YORK-If a Hollywood producer needed an actor to fill the role of sea captain, the last man he would pick would be John L. Beebe. For in appearance, man. aerism and expression, Captain Bcebe is the very antithesis of the lard-boiled, hell-raising, rollickin5 skipper the movies love to portray
 Rather his neatly-trimmed pure white hair, mild clear blue eyes and conservative bearing give him all the aspects of the ordinary business man-the Lewis Stone type.
 This captain. however, is really brilliant shipmaster turned war time schoolmaster.
 Fifty-six years old, once rated by the late Adm. Casey Bruce Morgan as one of our best naviga- tors, he is Uncle Sam's ace Mari time Service superintendent, en- trusted with the job of training thousands of apprentice seamen for our corresponding Merchant Marine.
 Captain on Loan
 Oddly enough, Captain Beebe, USNR, is really on loan" to the 1 Maritime Service. Back in August, 1e42, the War Shipping Admini- stration was seeking a man to set up the first government-sponsored Maritime Training station in the world and went to the Navy for help.
 Commander Beebe's your man. ,'' was the answer, and soon the five foot six-inch three-striper assumed post at Hoffman Island, N. Y, where the first such nautical base had been established.
 In the remarkably short space of five weeks, a smooth, we'll coordinated program had been in tensifed. Encouraged, the VISA sent it's new master-mind to Cata- lima Island, Calf, to duplicate his feats.
 ! How well Beebe clicked there was evidenced by his promotion to captain. Then came his biggest and by far his most important assignment.
 Five months later, in May, 1943, he was sent to the worlds largest station at Sheepshead Bay, N. r., then in it's infancy.
 In what once was fashionable Manhattan Beach, Captain BeeDe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-13

arrived to develop a program ca pablo of handling 10000 men at one time.
 With the approach of D-Day, Beebe was called upon to round up thousands of mariners to man the ships necessary to carry the sup plies to Normandy. Beebe did not fail.
 Not bad for a kid who ran away from home at the age of IT 10 join the Navy as apprentice sea man. Today Beebe is one of the very few wearing four stripes, at taining that rank the hard way.
 Just why young Beebe should climb out of a bedroom window III Jersey City to enter the Navy re- mains a mystery for as far back as he can recall the Beebes were always an ocean-going clan. The first Beebe set foot on these shores in 1640 and the seas have claimed them ever since.
 Beebe's grandfather, Theophilus,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-13
H0SpITAL NOTES

Mrs. c. L. Wingerson entered St. Ann's Hospital Saturday for medi- cal care.
 Master John Thomas was admit ted Saturday to St. Ann,s Hospital for a tonsillectomy.
 D. w. Moen is medical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, entering Sat- urday.
 Mrs. George Esary, Alex Holden, Chris Olsen and Bert Benson all were admitted yesterday to St. Ann's Hospital for medical attention.
 Mrs Martin Ebona and baby boy went home Saturday from St. Ann's Hospital.
 Returning to their home over the week end from St. Ann's Hospital were Mrs. Ed Anderson, Mrs. Albert Fleek. both surgical patients, and Patricia Evans, Frank Hamlep, FL roy Ninnis, Howard Gaines, medical patients, and Mrs. Howard Erickson and baby girl.