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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-26
Wasting the Land

Uncle Sam, has always been poor real estate man. The original public domain involved more than one and One-half billion acres of land. First, came the Homestead Laws that helped to open settlements. It also opened nationwide speculation by people who grabbed broad acres of timberland, and later sold the "stump lands" or forfeited the land in order to escape paying taxes.
 For a century the United States has been engaged in granting lands to rall- road corporations, to military reserVa- tions, conservation projects, National Parks and Monuments. During the past dozen years the National Government has been grabbing lands so fast that the sta tiSticians haven't been able to tabulate the totals. Quite recently President Roosevelt took over the Jackson Hole National Park and created it as a National Monument, by executive order. The House of Repre- Sentatives voted late in 1914 to abolish Jackson Hole, on the theory that the transfer of thousands of acres of land to government ownership was one of many evils diminishing the amount of farm lana that might be needed in future years, particularly at the end of the present war.
 The Government never has exhibited superior intelligence or judgment in the handling of public lands, except possibly in some cases where water power plants were developed. There was considerable discussion during the recent election about the advisability of Uncle Sam en- larging his real estate operations
 In view of confusing performances with reference to the development and control Of oil lands and producing properties since the beginning of the war, there appears to be more reasons than ever to tighten the controls and restrict the Department of the Interior.
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Postwar Travel

In recent advertisement one of our domestic airlines has published it's post war timetable of flights from San Fran cisco to Calcutta. In 1929 this airline, VIVA, inaugurated the first transconti- mental service using planes. The elapsed time of these runs with train travel at night) was about 35 hours from New York to Los Angeles.
 After the war, according to present plans, a IVA passenger will be able to go from San Francisco to Vienna or Milan in slightly less time than the New York-Los Angeles time of 16 years ago,
 We think that's encouraging and pret- ty wonderful. And we would think that it was even more wonderful if someone could guarantee to us that mutual inter national cooperation, sympathy and re- spect would be increased in direct propor- tion to the increased speed of lnterna- tional travel
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plane. So you can understand why morale could be improved inside the U. s. Army.
 JUNKETING CONGRESSMEN
 Servicemen are burned up al the way the Army and Navy are showing special favoritism, to a tiny group of Congresmen, who, anxious to build up war records, but reluctant to resign their seats in Congress are becoming veterans within 90 days flat.
 Most unique example is Demo- cratic Representative John Fogarty of Rhode Island who left Wash ington, DecernDer 18th to report for duty in Baltimore as an ap- prentice seaman. That same afternoon, Fogarty was promoted to carpenters mate first class, rank better than that of ser geant in the Army and few hours later was sent to DaVisville, R. l., sporting his new uniform. l Next day, Fogarty received five innoculationS in one afternoon, was approved for overseas service in record time. A special Navy plane was assigned to WhiSk him off to the West Coast where af- ter two days rest, he embarked by plane for a forward war area.
 The eaten in FOgarty's case is
 that he has no qualifications
 for a carpenters mate rating
 other than membership in the
 House Naval Affairs Committee,
 and can get out of uniform any
 time he wants. However, he
 had been reelected in NOvem-
 Der, and so is able to resign
 from the Navy merely by
 saying he wants to. He will
 then be whiskey back to Wash
 ipgtOn in a special plane to re-
 sume his relatively comfortable
 seat in Congress.
 NOTE - Congressman Albert Gore, Democrat of Tennessee also has left the country on similar arrangement with the Army. Another Democrat, Con- gressman Henry Jackson of Wash ington plans to move out of the country in the next few days get ting a War Department deal sini- lar to Gores. Jackson already has five months in the Army be hind him, but wants to see what life is like overseas, though his constituents want him to repre- sent them in Washington.
 The above CongreSSmen have
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his fellow men was predominant Somehow or other the story that Edison was an atheist got started, and 1t persisted, co.' y as 1t ap- paers to be to good evidence.
 Speaking one day to George Par" son Lathrop, Edison said, To me it seems that every atom is possess ed by a certain amount of primitive intelligence. Loo kat the thousand ways in which atoms of hydrogen combine with these of other ele- ments to form the most diverse sub. stances. Do you mean to say that they do this without intelligence?"
 Where does this intelligence come
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-26
It Takes More Than Money

About the time public opinion in this country reached it's peak in deciding that we would have nothing further to do with the troubles of the rest of the world, handful of pioneers in the aviation in- duStry started development of the first long range bomberS. That was in 1884
 In the ensuing few years those pioneers mortgaged themselves to the eyes to carry forward their work of building the worlds mightiest planes. They sent millions Of dollars on experiments, sometimes only to see them crash into oblivion. Little public encouragement was forthcoming because preparation for war was not po- litically popular in the peace full thirties
 In addition to developing flying for treSses and superfortresses, air transport pioneers spun airlines across the contl- nent and across the seas. Over these air. ways American men, in the bitter school of experience, became matchless pilots, familiar with the elements. Then came Pearl Harbor!
 The nation turned to those pioneers, to those pilots and their machines. Sud- denly it wanted to spend billions when before it refused to spend millions, to make the United States into great air power The billions would have been utterly useless but for the ground work that had been going on for ten years Tn backyard shops all over the country; but for the nucleus of trained men from the airlines.
 As our super bombers now roar to the far corners of the earth, we should pause long enough to realize that money alone could not have produced those planes. The pioneers of American aviation had them on drawing boards and in actual service long before the first billion for defense was voted by Congress.
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good records on Capitol Hill, but a lot of people think they should make up their minds one way or the other as to whether they want to stay in Congress or ill the Army-NaVy.
 SIXTY MILLION JOBS
 One significant question which has been running through the Presidents mind, according to close friends, is that of getting correlated government agencies to begin preparing for the 60,000,000 job program he has promised af- ter the war.
 What he is talking about is lineup whereby the Departments of State, Labor, Commerce and Agriculture will all pull together; whereby their top men are friends and think alike. The President singles out these four departments because the Department of Agri- culture can help produce jobs on the farm, the Commerce Depart ment can help produce joos in business, the Labor Department can help stabilize labor, while the State Department can help pro- duce export trade.
 That was one thing in the back of FDR's mind when he selected Henry Wallace as Sccre- tary of Commerce. LOne-wOlf Jesse Jones never has cooper ated closely with others in the Cabinet, except COrdell Hui. Wallace on the other hand, all ready knows the farm problem, is an intimate of Secretary Wickard and everyone else in the Agriculture Department. Secretary Stettinius also has shown himeslf ablt to get along well with other people.
 This ability to cooperate will be one of the main things the President will watch in whoever he picks as his new secretary of Labor. He is tired of personal feuds and wants more Cabinet harmony. Wallace showed him. self able to swallow the bit ter pill of defeat at Chicago and went out to work for the election of Harry Truman. FDR is now looking for a team" to play ball together to put across his difficult job program after the war
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
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Selected Poem
WINTER OUTLINE

Marguerite Janvrn Adams in The New York
 TimeS) Remembering other winters, when the Wird rushed through the city streets like steeds stamped
 ing:
 hoofbeats and love rustling through heart and
 mind, and the short days like the great tide receGing, but not quickly enough, since night must come as all things good, slowy-and we turned nome' Remembering other winters, when the wind the long, deep, santng shadows, and the chill of this unused duration; crisp, starched snow, it's exact cold. Never can refill the late hours overflowing with your presence: love- that is so distilled holds eVanescence; so counting other winters, retrace as hands on Brae, your unforgettable lace
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STILL UP TO THE DRIVER
Christian Science Monitor)

Christian Science Monitor
 The "safe driver" is the most pa- triotic one today. The efforts made by railroads to avert catastrophes at grade crossings should encour- age even lax motorists to be on the alert. The Illinois Central, for ex- ample, has analysed corssing acci- dents and has summarized the causes under ten distinct headings. Foremost is the fact that the mo- torist misjudges the speed of an on- coming train, and, second, he waits for one train to pass and then is struck by another from the oppo-
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS How to Mix Things

A mixture of equal parts of lanolin I seen your ad about castor oil and lanolin for the skin. Please tell how to mix them. We use printers ink and 1t is very hard to get oil.
 (B. A. AnsWer--The item you saw was readers report that regular use of and fresh caster oil at night or after finishing work and in the morning or before beginning work, keeps the skin of mechanics. prin- ters etc., in good condition. Mix them as you would work color into oleomargarine in bowl. Wash and dry well before applying just few drops of the mixture .. it takes the place of the normal skin oil (sebun,) removed by solvents, inks, soaps etc.
 Big Boy Needs More Sleep
 Our three boys-10, II and 13- the eldest 70 inches tall, thinks he is a man and does not require so much sleep. How many hours should boys sleep every night?
 (J. B. WD hIlSWtl --- dP IO lpAh years of age need l2 hours sleep, from five or eight. II hours. from eight to IA. 10 or i0A hours; from IA to 18, 9 hours. Young adults, z hours. Middle aged people, 2 to 71a hours; elderly people, to ' hours Big boy growing faster than aver age needs more sleep than average
 Basal Temuerature
 Please describe how to use the basal temperature reading instead of pascal metabolism tests for de- terming thyroid dosage, "A. W. AnsWer-It is described in booklet Rules for Reducing" for copy of which send twenty-five cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress.
 Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Go.
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BOARDING POTATOES
Boston PoSt)

The assurance that the scarcity Of potatoes is a shortage and not a famine" ought to put halt to a good deal of the wasteful hoarding of potatoes that is evidently going on. Potatoes are difficult to keep un- less the proper conditions are main- tained. They freeze easily and too much heat can spoil them too, so it's really unWiSe to attempt to store up large amounts of them. All author ities seem agreed that the shortage will in no wise approach the severity of the potato scarcity of two years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-26
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 8:l1 a. m., sets at 500 D. m. Cwar time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 January is gradually drawing to a close The heavens should be putting on good show for the next few days, the stars bril- liant on close to zero nights Sirius about twenty degrees above the southwestern hor- izon. Other stars are nearby that form Can1s Maojr. to those of you who comprehend astronomical terms.
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Views Of The Press

dustrial activity should be high so that there ca nbe a large demand for our own farm products and also buying power for foreign goods. As result of the later, foreign peoples can purchase our agricultural sur pluses. Artificially high cotton. grain and meat prices will hinder this sit uation, the Bureau convincingly argues Iun the economic sphere, "all Is linked to all"
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site direction.
 Among other reasons are those of being familiar with the crossing and hence exercising no caution whatever" This judgment is cloud- ed by alcohol" and factors in volv- ing the mechanical condition of car or brakes The once familiar sign, Stop! Look! Listen!" ha hscen re- placed at many rail crossings by the most moedrn electrical appliances mad signals, but the burden of safe- ty is still for the most part on the shoulders of the motorist.
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1T
 blowout at Wash ington's new Stat Ter Hotel. mark ing the windup of the Fourth term inauguration lack of of-ceremonies.
 A pp roximately PTS out of the 29l paid up members of the 1000 Club came to Washing ton for the inaug- Il r 8 t 1 0 n, and though they had collected 0 n l y about a third of the million dollars
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subscribe to any eormal or orthodox creed, he had the deepest possible
 reverence for q supreme intelli- gence and, as hii family said in q. statement made at the time of his death, Tn his
 whole life { h c ideal O. earnest loving service to hic fellow mpr.
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TREATMENT OF ENLARGED
 TONSILS

TONSILS
 As parents, teachers and nurses must be reminded again and again, 1t is not abnormal for children from two to ten or twelve years Of age to have enlarged hypertrophledI tonsils. In most children whose tonsils are enlarged there is also some enlargement of the third or pharyngeal tonsil in the roof of the throat cavity or pharynx out of direct sight behind the soft palate, such enlargement being commonly known as "adenoids" or "adenoid growth" or "adenoid vegetation. Tonsil tissue is composed ot small round cells akin to the lyn1phocytes or small white blood corpuscleS, en- meshed in flores of connective tls- sue-5uch tissue is called lymphoid or adenoid tissue, whether 1t com poses the tonsils, the aderoid body the lymph nodes of "kernels' ln various parts of the body, the TIE of guardian tissue around the oriflce of the appendix. the spleen, or the bone marrow.
 Adenoid tissue in tonsils or else where serves to protect against in- lection and contributes not only lymphocytcs and phagocytes Which fight against invading germs put also red corpussles to the blood Remember, though, the visible ton sils and the pharyngeal tonsil (ade- noid) together make only minor fraction of the lymphoid or ade- noid tissue in the body. and so the loss of tonsils and adenoids scarcely affects natural immunity or natural capacity to fight infection.
 Mere enlargement or hypertrophy of tonsils and/ or adenoids in chil- dren, then, ordinarily calls for no medical or surgical treatment. III preceding talks we have urged pet ter hygiene for all children, par ticularly more exposure to sunshine or skyshine or just daylight the year around. This is available to children in all seasons and climates, provided their parents, grandpar- ents, uncleS, aunts, teachers. super ior-feeling neighbors and old 1ogy family physicians are not obsessed with the catching cold delusion.
 The less opportunity the child has for exposure (of naked skim the greater is the child's need for daily ration of vitamin D-the sunshine vitamin. If the child does not mind the flshy taste and the parents do not mind the extra eX- pense, spoonful or two Of fish liver oil day fill supply the vita min D needed, If this is taken the year around. An easier, pleaSanter way for any child or any adult tc get needed vitamin D is by eating along with breakfast every day few tablets containing vitamin D with vitamin B-compleX.
 When a child with enlarged ton sils and/or adenoids obviously sui fers from obstruction of breathing (breathes through mouth When asleep; or from swollen and some times tender or sore kernels Qvmph nodes) or glands down the side or sides Of the neck; or from too frequent acute sore throat or acute coryza, then tonsillotomy clipping of tonsil, not tonsillec-- tomy or an attemut to remove all of the tonsil-is advisable, in my | opinion.
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from?" asked Lathrop.
 From some power greater than ourselves" replied Edison.
 DO you believe then in an intel llgent creator--a personal God, "Certainlyl The existence of such a GoC. can to my mind. almost be proved by chemistry
 All Rights Reserved--Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
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sNATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Swan Song Of The 1000 Club
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ingtOn Correspondent

Washington, D. C., Jan. 26 - You might as well know the full story
 on the 1000 Club payoff, and how its 291 members bowed themselves out of the political picture in a big
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
SCIENCE AND RELIGION NOT IN
 CONFLICT
By EARL l.. DOUGLASS, D. D.

The statement is sometimes made that Thomas A. Edison was an athe- ist, or at least an agnostic.
 Nothing could be farther from the truth. Although Edison did not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-26
A Thought for Today

And he that dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-c clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him gO.- John 11:44.
 Great floods have flown from simple sources, and great seas have dried when miracles have by the greatest been denied-Shakespeare
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Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW PEARSON P

Drew Peoon Says Ruon Advance Identical U Spectacular Advance Across France Lost U Troop Morale Could Toke Lesson From Reds and Noz Congemen Junket at Army Navy Expense.
  with stamate has caused sou-saIchng U S. military experts
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Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertain ing to per- sonaI health and hygiene, not :O disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should DC brief and written in ink. O reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Or. William Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street. Chicago. HI
Evening star., 1945-01-24

youth, has been Linda DarneI.
looking beautiful of late in TT Hap
pened Tomorrow" Sweet and Low
down and THE Great John L."
The Hollywood Victory Committee
reports it is agitating for still more
top-ranking talent. Its efforts have
already promised for Washington
Gary Cooper, Veronica Lake, Danny
Kaye, Alan Ladd, Joe E. Brown,
Jane Wyman, Victor Moore, Gale
Storm, Charles Bickford, George
Murphy and little Margaret O'Brien.
You can view this constellation as
we'll as help in the fight against
infantile paralysis by the simple
eXpedient of buying ticket to a
midnight show on January % or
to a birthday ball on January 80.
The shows will go on at the Earle,
Capitol and Howard Theaters. The
birthday balls are scheduled for the
Shoreham, Statler, Wardman Park,
Willard, MayfloWer and Washington
Hotels.
Lest you forget, the Mile O. Dimes
Is still the meeting place for every
body with spare dime to share in
the fight against infantile paralysis
and its ravaging effects =. Yester-
day, Miss Margaret Odum, 92-year-
old resident of the Presbyterian
Home, presented $3.50 to the Mile
O. Dimes She explained 35 residents
of the home had been saving since
the campaign started SO they'd
have a nice contribution to make
for the little children =. Repre-
senting the younger element was
Brownie Troop 1876 of st. Martins
Church, which marched up to the
stand in front of the Capitol Theater
and laid SIS on the line. Every dime
of it represented an errand the
youngsters had run 81. And STU
dents of Langley Junior High School
nearly sWamped the stand with a
huge box of change, estimated at
$500. Tonight, the Noncom-
missioned Officers Club of Boiling
Field will turn over it's Mile O.
Dimes collection at a dance at the
Statler. The club has made a COM
petition of it. Bottles like those that
Evening star., 1945-01-24
change will be announced at the

change will be announced at the
dance.
AAA
Speaking of the birthday ball
Mrs Rudolph Berger wants you tc
know that the women of the Variety
Club are back at their accustomed
booth in the Willard Hotel, ready
and waiting to sell you a birthday
ball ticket.
II X
"A Bill of Divorcement," the pic
ture in which Katharine Hepburn
made her screen debut, returns to
the screen of the Little Theater
starting today. A rare revival, ii
stars John Barrymore in the role
Of man who returns home from
obscurity after a long mental ILL
ness to find that his wife has di-
vorced him and is about to remarry
The picture was originally released
in 1882.
\ X
The Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo
Evening star., 1945-01-24

will make its only appearance In
Washington this season with the
Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday and Thursday, February
a and 8. Seen in Washington for
the first time will be two new works
of George Blanchine, husband OF
Vera Zorina. First of these, Dances
Concentrates is an abstract ballet
composed to the music 81 Igor Stra-
whisky. Ballet Imperial takes the
form of a satire on the old imperial
ballet traditions to the music OF
Tchaikovsky. Tickets may be pur-
chased at kits box office.
Dark of the Moon" which opens
at the National February 5, prom
ises to be one of the most unusual
theatrical productions of the current
season. The fourth play in the
Theater Guilds subscription series,
it is the story of a witch-boy who
assumes human shape to WOO and
wed a mortal. Folk tunes, revival
Evening star., 1945-01-24

decorate the Mile O. Dimes stand
to encourage competition by States
were used by the club with ranks
substituted for states. Whether the
corporal's bottle or the master
sergeant's bottle or one in between
holds the largest collection of
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Tall Heroes Can't
Hit Small Villains

~ sue Associasou 1859
HOLLYWOOD.
Fred MacMurray says there are
disadvantages to being 6-foot-3h
for screen hero. You can't kick
the villain around, unless he's bigger,
because If you do, people feel sorry
for him. This matter came up for
Evening star., 1945-01-24

as in ce Y o u
Went Away" and
Irish Eyes are
Smiling.
Also known for
his wit as well
as his way with
a piano is Victor
Borge. Not long
a G o. h e W a S
packing them in
at the Statler
one OF several
Washington ap-
pearances.
Miss Darnell,
a Hollywood vet
eran despite her
Youth has heen
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Ala K THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
Monty Woolley, Linda Darnell
Added to List of Guest Stars

In the temporary absence of Cdrnnody latest Presi-
dents Birthday Ball neWs is featured today this
celebrity bill the
dents birthday
been added-Monty Wooley Linda Darnel Victor Boge
Evening star., 1945-01-24

from him by the heavy q half dozen
times. Finally Eddie gets steamed
up and takes q wi1irl at him. The
original actor was taken out; he
Evening star., 1945-01-24

music and native dances are woven
into the pattern of this strange
love story. Carol Stone, daughter Of
Fred Stone, has the leading role.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

MacMurray in Captain Eddie" IN
which he plays Rickenbacker as a
young fellow, at q dance. Through
trickery, his girl Is snatched away
Evening star., 1945-01-24

Mr.. Woolley, one-time Yale profess
sor now familiarly known as 1.-THE
Beard" has lent his caustic wit to
Hollywood in such recent films as