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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Things Are Moving Along

The problems of irrigation and recla-
nation have been under study by Com
mittees of Congress in recent weeks and
the Legislative wheels are turning in the
direction of tremendous expansion of
agriculture, industry and trade in the
West The plans provide for giving veter-
ans 90-day preference in acquiring irri-
gated farms on Bureau of Reclamation
Projects. The object is to help ex-service
men to own their own fertile farms, on
which adequate supplies of water is as
sured. Present programs provide for
100000 irrigated farms Eleven far west
ern states, which are arid or semi-arid,
are now being added to what the Govern
ment designates as "basic irrigated agri-
cultural areas" More than 100 projects,
large and small, have already been au
thorized by Congress. The estimated
cost of these projects is about $685.
100000.
The opening of these new acres is post
war planning by the Government. Con-
gress has been credtably advised that in
the development of these enterprises there
will be increased demands for all kinds
of products particularly iron, steel,
cement, electrical equipment, lumber and
modern farm machinery. There has been
some surprise in the National Capital of
late because Administration agencies
have decreed that controlled materials
for the production of farm machinery Will
be substantially lowered.
Nevertheless, this is only temporary.
1t is certain that the modernization of
agriculture is approaching a new phase of
permanent progress. Cotton farmers N
the South manufacturing interests in
the North and East, and industrial de-
velopment in the West and throughout
the nation, all look forward to substantial
mutual, and interviewer benefits. The
agricultural movement is largely due to
the historical fact that experience, sci
ence and research have charted the way
to comfort and security and happy home
life on the farm.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
A Bright Chapter

To the thousands of residents of Water
bury who volunteered their efforts and
time in the interests of the local Civilian
Defense Corps we wish to extend our
congratulations for a magnificent Job we'll
done and, at the same time, express the
thanks of all Waterbury for their unSelf-
ish endeavor. To the leaders and admin
istrators of the local Corp theirs is
worthy record of notable significance.
On request of President Truman the
Office of Civilian Defense will be abol-
lshed here and throughout the nation as
of June 30. The response to the call for
volunteers those first days after Pearl
HarbOr to staff the first Skeletal frame
work of Waterbury'S defenSeS was lmme-
date and indicative then of the grim
intent of the people to give generously
in the hOme-front prosecution of this
war. The late Mayor Scllly was cour-
ageous and inspiring figure in those early
days when the danger of enemy attack
was a reality. 1t was not uncommon to
have him drop into the local report CEN
tiers at midnight and later to extend
warm greeting of encouragement to the
volunteers on duty
Rapid strides were made in those early
days of development by Chief Warden
James j. Curtin and all his aides and
Waterburys defense system soon ranked
among the leaders of The state. We were
prepared and we maintained that pre-
paredness by numerous practive alerts
and drills There were many complaints
az human failings and minor weaknesses
entered into the activities. They were
never permitted to interrupt that smooth
functioning entity and, II. most instances
were registered as humorous occasions
for future retrospect.
The people of Waterbury learned OF
their neighbors by sharing with them the
thankless and monotonous hours of I'M
eventful but always Watchful hours spent
at the report centers Friendships were
formed and a deeper understanding of
our basic SameneSs was attained We were
fortunate no actual attack ever was made
on our nation and our city, We were
fortunate, too, for having among us such
unSelfish citizenry as those who respond
ed so willingly to aid the cause. 1t is
bright chapter in the city's history writ
ten by the people.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Plain Speaking

Reports from Washington say that
President Truman talked right ION the
line" to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov,
who appeared to appreciate" the vigor
and poSitiveneSs with which the Presi-
dent expounded the American viewpoint
on the Polish situation.
This is in line with reports from Mos
COW that Mr. Molotovs superior, Premier
Stain, enjoyed the bluntness of the late
Wendell Willkie and of President Eric
Johnston of the u S. Chamber of Com
merce when those gentlemen visited his
capital.
And these reports might be an object
lesson to perhaps small but very vocal
segment of our public, which appears to
feel that Marshal Stain is so sensitive,
or petty, that he cannot endure frank
ness or friendly disagreement on any
point.
Certain publicists seek to create an i'm
preston that the United States and Great
Britain have only two options - either
to Eyes" Moscow Slavishly on everything,
however violently it may offend against
every democratic instinct, or to fight the
Soviet. Cooperation with Russia, these
soft-soapers feel, can be had only at the
price of letting the Kremlin run the show
That, in our opinion, is poppycock
Neither Stain nor his associates are that
petty. They are, properly doing their
best to advance what they consider Rus
sia's long-term interests-just as Church
i'll is Britain's and we trust Truman will
this country's.
But Stain is prime realist. He knows
that his Russian interests and our Amer
lean interests do not always coincide. He
will press his full claims as far as he can
hope to make them stick. But he, no
more than we, wants to 60 to war over
anything short of the unavoidable. And,
if it is his friendship and admiration we
seek, we will get them more quickly by
standing up for our own interests and
principles than by cheap boot-licking.
The Communist regime has felt, I'M
derstandably, that every mans hand was
against it. Moscow was courteously sold
down the river long enough so that we
cannot expect to kid Stain by pulling
our punches.
What Moscow wants, Stain demands.
What Moscow dslikes, wholly controlled
Soviet journals condemn bitterly and
sometimes violently Stain does not
assume that the price of cooperation must
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Slippery Customer

There have been suggestions that Herr
Won Papen, who went to his hunting lodge
to await capture, might be used to form
a Hitler government for the Reich.
That idea indicates either lamentable
ignorance of Won Papen or shocklngly
low idea of Allied intelligence.
Whatever his relations with Hitler, Won
Papen always has been high in that
Junker group that is willing to tight
dozen wars, if necessary, to lay all Europe
waste including Germany, to commit any
atrocious act, in order that the Hun
eventually may rule the world. He is
Shiny, slippery customer. 1t would be
hard to find any other German less de-
Sirable
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Take What You Get

Can couple predetermine tho
sex OF a baby or must they tax.
what they get be thankful .or It'll
MRS. j. b
Answer - No one can predeter
mine the sex of child.
Iii. Fatty
7 cont seem to have any success
in my reducing. M. B. W.
Answer-If yours is glandulai
Chypothyroid or hypo pituitary,
obesity send stamped self adj.
dressed envelope for pamphlet
How to Lose Weight" Do not senc
a clipping Of this item, Ask fo1
what you want.
Tired Brain
I read in Dr.. Josephine Rath.
bones book Relaxation that thu
brain never gets tired Please eX-
plain then what happens to thu
mind Of a person who goes in
sane? "a. s.
Answer don't know--I should
say TIE mind just becomes dis.
ordered There is little physiological
evidence that the brain or mind
works in the sense that a muscle
(such as the heart muscle works
No energy is used, no energy Of
strength required, no fuel burned
by the functioning Of the brain, by
thinking, nor by the transmission
of messages. impulses, sensations ~
the nerves.
Copyright l945 by John F. Ollie CO
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Views Of The Press
USING UP OUR SUBSTANCE
{ Bridgeport PoSt)

One aspect of this long drawn
world wide war has not received the
attention it deserves in this country.
That is the dissipation of our ma
tural resources all over the world
We have made a terrible dent in
our national stockpile. Human labor
is replaceable and will go on, as
long as the race endures. But iron,
copper, zinc, lead and other metals
are not ineXhaustible. And we have
dug far into our reserves for the
future, only ia scatter, shoot and
blow up these metals all over the
face Of the globe. Wherever they
may be now, We shall not see them
again. And after the war there is
going to be demand for more, and
more, and still more - to replenish
the destroyed places in other lands.
We have struck rock bottom in
our biggest iron mine. 1t is virtually
exhausted. We have opened up cop
per mines long ago abandoned as
worked out, and have revoked the
tailings in order TO get a bit more
OF the precious ore. Only TO shoot
it across the Atlantic or the Paci-
fic
If We could think of this activity
not in terms Of tanks, ships, planes,
bombs, shells. cartridges and equip
ment, but in terms of raw materials
now gone from us forever, it might
sober us down bit We can't keep
this up forever without becoming
most emphatically "have-not' ma
ton.
And if We think of the food ship
ped abroad in terms of our precious
topsoil, exhausted and sentt away,
that will sober us a bit, too.
We are skinning our farms tor
food and OUR forests for wood to
supply the rest of the world and to
make matters worse, in the absence
OF any genuine national policy of
conservation, We are letting billions
of tons OF remaining topsoil wash
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

States will keep its own pledges
and therefore expects its Allies
to do the same.
This was told to MoloJoV in
Humans quiet but direct man
ner. coupled with many express
sions OF admiration for Russia
and the desire Tor closer coopcra-
ton. AfterWard. he suggested that
Molotov talk with Secretary Stet-
tinius and officials of the State
Department to see if an agree
ment could not be porked out
Trumans second conversation
with Moiotov lasted only about
about 20 minutes and was large
ly statement by the Russian
Foreign Minister that he had
been unable to reach an agree
ment with S.ettinius and the
State Department, SO the only
thing he could do was refer The
matter back to Stain.
The necessity o. having the
conversation ira nslated int
English and Russian took more
time than the brief subject mat
ter ordinarily would have war
ranted.
Copyright, 1915, by
The Bell Syndicate, lncJ
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Selected Poem
THE LARK BUILDS ON THE GROUND

(By Myra P. Ellis in The Boston POST
The lark builds on the ground her lowly nest
And warns the walking life SO closely pressed.
The arbutus, meath its hood Of shining leaves,
In sweet humility its bloom conceives
The fairest things Of life oft have their birth
Upon the tender bosom of the earth;
Mark then, the lyric soaring OF the lark!
The beauty of the pale arbutus, mark!
Rosy and fragrant from the cold, damp sod,
Like pink-tipped fingers reaching up to God
Then, Traveller, turn and mark the rising crest
OF trampled mankind and with vision whole
Resolve attain to transcendent goal.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
be his playing Casper Milquetoast Why

be his playing Casper Milquetoast. Why
should we?
At the San Francisco conference GER
tain decisions must be made that involve
disagreements between Russia and the
Anglo-American democracies. Are those
decisions to be made by Cancellation and
cooperation or by unilateral action of
Moscow, accepted sulkily but docilely, by
us? President Humans positive, vigor
GUS conversations with Mr. Molotov set
tone that is distinctly encouraging.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

70 an inner room, awaiting Inc ac-
ton OF the mob.
They broke down the front door
and at least the partition OF the
room in which stood Wesley and
the trembling creature at his side.
AS the partition fell. Wesley stepped
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
SECONAL FATALITIES

Seconal is one of the barblturatei
all barbiturates are seoaIiVe ak
hypnotic. Other barolturateS ar
variously called barbltal' pneiio'
barbital' amytal, pentobarnlta::
evipal. phanodorn, dial, meolna'
neonal varonal. alurate, ipral, etc.
on his twenty years of experience.
with the barbiturates in genera
nractice nv medical colleague ma:
never seen any of the pathological
effects which textbooks OF tneia
ueutcis ascribe to chronic poiso.li.as
bv the habitual use Of these ,oluss
R,,t he recognizes minor danger
to wit: :,,e,,o,ee
ore dis-oriented and if they get
IN at night they cannot naVi-
pate properly. They are apt 10
Stumble and fall. In the past
two years I have come acloe"
broken arm (Colless Irac
t,,rel a bad scalp wound orok
en- ribs. all OF which happened
in this Vav. This can be ooVl-
ated nv a vessel under the PEG.
7 make ali patients taking bar
i,;tal nse vessel if they have
TO oct I'D at night, and l make
tben, sit down and keep one
hand firmly on the eoge oi 'Ne
bed. 49, nc,
of harbiturates in the past leV
wears the question Of accident; SUI
eide or murder has been raised an1
sometimes not clearly answered /.
is conceivable that person uiine'
tbe influence Of one or two orclh,
ar, doses of such drug might ge'
ont of bed in the night ana III !"
confused state take some more
medicine, this time getting large
overdose by Swallowing all the tap
let's or CAPSULES remaining.
II is also conceivable that any
one having access to the V.c,.ih
might easily persuade a person III
a snmi-stuporous state from one
good dose Of the drug TO swallow
much larger dose under the sug-
gestion that it is what the doctor
ordered or what the victim neecS'
Now my good colleage oeheNeS
the barbiturates prevent much NOR
phinism. Thirty years ago. he says,
we cried IF we only had drug 10
replace this awful morphine NO"
we have such a drug, the barbitur-
ates.
Personally Id rather take sho,
of morphine myself. I wouldn't oe
so fearful Of untoward by-efiects.
1t seems to me that the sale OF
the barbiturates should be more
rigidly restricted than it is at
present. It appears that If some
doctor prescribed such a drug fol
a patient long ago, the patient can
go on buying and using the drug
on the same old prescription, long
after the occasion or condition tor
which the doctor prescribed it has
passed. This is dangerous laXity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

down our rivers and into the sea
every yea:. while the denuded for
ests being no longer able to stors
and hold the rainwater. are add
ing to the cycles of floods and
and droughts which are steadily in
creasing in intensity.
There is good reason to watch
carefully any commitments which
our over-enthusiastic do-gooders are
apt to make, before they send bill
lions Of tons more after the BIZ rs
of tons already sent. And We neeo
strong, sound national conserva.
ton policy at home, to replace what
can be replaced, prevent further
waste, and assure us of something
for the future.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:4S a. m; sets 7:5O p m. Cwar
time)
All vehicles must be lighted thirty min
utes after sunset
Gardeners are trying TO salvage some of
carly Mays planting potentialities This is
the time when seeds normally would be
dropping into burrows at great rate, but
the wet, cold weather of recent weeks is a
deterrent to such activities.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

VI ILLS fearless
preacher.
Wesley was q
S ort man OF
slight build. De-
serted in a village
by all his friends
except a young
servant girl. he
quietly locked the
doors of his house
and with poor
Kitty" as he
called her, retired
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

dining room up
on the 18th floor,
which is French
headquarters, to-
gether with a pri-
vate elevator con-
Meeting it wit h
t h e 10th floor,
which is Russian
headquarters.
Funniest angle
on the whole bus
mess is that the
F r e n C h didn't
k n ow anything
about it although
t h e provisional
~,,.a~k &c
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Current Comment

In our era the Germans are
frankly hostile. Closer to the bor-
der and before we crossed thu
Rhine their attitude was different
But here they look at us with actual
hatred in their eyes. Captain
Doris Donavan, Army nurse al
Darmstadt.
Manila is dead, and Tokyo mus
die not in reprisal but as de.
ferse measure necessary to insure
Pacific peace. - Brig, Gen. Carlos
P. Romulo.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
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 DIR. Brady IL
a stamped self-addressed envelope
Is enclose, Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
he made to queries not conform
inc TO instructions. Address DIR.
william Brady. National News
naper Service. 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago. Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
THE SURRENDER LEAK

forth and said quietly, Here l am;
which one of you has anything TO
say against me?" They were SO
dumbfounded by the quiet courage
of the little man that they made
way for him and his companion as
they walked out to the street. Then,
with the bowling mob about him,
Wesley began to precah; and so
earnest was his discourse that the
very leaders of the mob which had
attacked him gathered around about
him and shouted, Not a man shall
touch him; let him speak"
Wesley later entered in his Jour-
nal. Il never saw before the hand
of Coo so plainly shown as here"
Wesley had no protection but the
spiritual protection which came as
the result OF his prayers. 1t was
said of this brave little saint that
he feared God but that he feared
nothing else in the whole world.
(All Rights Reserved-Babson
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
The Soviet
Mystery Boys
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat-NEA Wash
ingtOn CORRESPONDENT

San Francisco, May 3 - Neatest
trick which the Soviet Russian dele
cation has pulled at this United
Nations Conference is at the st.
Francis Hotel, where they got pos
session of a private kitchen and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Covering Poey Drew Pearson Says Tuon Adees to FDRs
Hard Peace Policy Britain sotened by Commercial INTERESTS Noz
Executions Demand Caused Pei! Custer.

FRANCISCO rs this column revealed that one
a a Grmany reversed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

state department. dppGdSeIa
proposed a new line favor Jig a
soft peace
On April q. one day following
aforesaid publication, Presidenl
Truman called an important meet
ing in the White House. Al
ending it were Secretary Of the
Treasury MCrgenthau, Undersec-
reLa!y Of State Joe Grew. undel-
secretary of the Navy Board, As
siStant Secretary Of War John Nc
CIOy, and Leo Crowley, Federal
Economic Administr traitor.
At the meeting Truman LAID
down a flat rule that ROoseyelts
previous hard peace policy was
not to be changed.
This hard peace policy is basi-
cally that laid down by Sec etar..
OF the Treasury Morgen.hau last
autumn, following Rooscy-lt's dis
covery that the Army and state
Department had been planning
appeaSement. The Morgentllau
Plan calls for the Wiping out g
all German industry which could
contribute to war, the taking over
Of the Nazi educational system,
the banishmenC OF NaA school
books. ard long occupation.
President Roosevelt himself
contributed one pet idea of his
own. namely that military NIL
sic be banned in Germany for
the next decade or SO. He be-
Heved the playing of military
music aroused peoples warlike
emotions. Instead he proposed
giving the Germans an extra
quota of Wagner, Beethoven,
Strauss, etc.
The White House has had indi-
cations that the Russians also
will go for hard peace. Big re-
naming question mark is The
British. Many OF their banks and
business firms collaborated cIosely
with the Nazis before the war
and after this war they Will cor-
troll the most highly industrial
sections of Germany. What t..ey
will do with these areas remains
10 be seen.
NOTE-Up until the middle OF
last week, Postmaster General
Frank Walker was scheduled to
be the U. S. member Of the Repair
ationS Commission. But at the
last minute he walked into the
White House and asked to be ca
cused. Frank has had several
deaths in his family, and was
deeply moveG by the death Of ais
old friend F. d. R., and would
like to retire to private life Ed
PaI4ey, who will take his pace,
says he will let the State Depart
ment handle his transportation
but otherwise will not listen to
their soft peace ideas On repaia-
tons.
THE SURRENDER LEAK
Friends of handsome Senator
Long Tom" Connally attribute
publicity rivalry between him aud
Senator Vandenberg OF Michigan
as the reason for the leak ABOUT
armistice talks with Himmler.
For years the genial Texan has
helped battle Rooseyelt's foreign
policies through the Senate. But
last fall Roosevelt began playing
up to Vandenberg as one OF the
leading ex-isolationist Republic
cans with considerable influence
in the Senate, and at one meet
ing OF Senate leaders it was es-
pecially noticeable that Roosevelt
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
A Thought for Today

Yea, and why even of yourselves judge We not
what is right?-Luke 1857.
Everything that thou reprovest in another,
thou must must carefully avoid in myself
Cicero.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
Rp EARI nAI1CI Acc m
GODS PROTECTING HAND
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. DID.

In the year 1745 John Wesley
found himself the center of a per-
feet hurricane of excitement and
hatred. The people of Cornwall
were determined to make an end
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-03

Copyright, 1915, by
The Bell Syndicate, lncJ
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
DOUBLE THICK BLADES

long
but twice as
thick as ord.
nary blades. ;
times as thick
as paper-thIn
ones. SO they
take and hold
a really keen
e d x c . il
packed in spe.
Cial Cartrid ge,
al.z.E XHFrsan -
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11

with sharp blade edges or messy rartr
wrappers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
SOLID GUIDE BAR

has a sure
grip SurtaC c
that stretches
and GsttenS ,he
skin Just ahead
Of the blade.
Pops Up v.iii,k-
ers for closer,
more comfort
able shave. Cor
guards pro-
teCt agaInSt
niCking and sCri
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-11
AUTOMATIC BLADE CHANGE

Ian evCluSive
SchiCk Injector
feature. A pull
and push on the
Injector shoots
out the old
blade. slides
a fresh one IN
stantly. Moth
ingto takeapart
or re-asScmble.
No fumblinR
with sharp bla.
1890