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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Views Of The Press
MINE HOSTS HEADACHE
(Hartford Courant)

'14Ni tAOAA Ai SOd4 oAltJ
 Even in normal times the opera tlon of modern hotel requires somewhat of the patience of Job the provision of Nostradamus, the affablllty of FalStaff and the hos pitality of Dutch uncle. Mine host must welcome the coming and speed the going guest with friend- ly aplomb. But during these war and his grief increased to such a years his troubles have multiplied degree that frequently his smile is a fixed and lifeleS thing with neither warmth nor meaning be- hind it.
 Today hotels are breaking all rec ords by housing approximately one and one-half million persons night ly and serving five million meals daily And if you, housekeeper. think that it's been quite job carrying on with ration points and without servants or helpers, con- slider mine host. His problems Of food manpoWer. housing, supplies, repairs, improvements and trans portation have required him to deol with fifty government agencies that handle those various phases of war time controls.
 It is fortunate indeed that many hotel keepers have banded to- gether in the American Hotel As sociation, and have organized con- mittees to work out with Govern ment agencies the myriad problems that arise almost every day. How acute some of these problems may be can be guaged from a recent sur vey that showed hotels urgently needing housekeeping item valued at $110,000,000. In view of these facts
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are suspicious of the way OSS officials are concentrating upon teaching their men to speak Rus sian. OSS has already worked out details of what to bomb in war on Russia The Big Four are watching carefully the revolt in Sinkiang, China, Potentially this is much more dangerous than the Polish question. Russia may rec ognize one side and we the other Another Missourian may be appointed to an important gov ernment post-but it won't be by direct blessing of Bob Hannegan. He is Harry Falk, now superin- tendent of the Library of Con- gress branch of the Government Printing Office, who may replace Gus Giegengack as public printer Giegengack has been the target of critical resolutions by the International Typographical Union, voted unanimously in 1922 and 1944. Meanwhile Falk is known in the trade as a 'prac- tical printer" is popular with the Union, and has known Truman for years, though they have never been buddies. Even before Truman went to the White House, however, members of the print ing trade were booming Falk to succeed Giegengack.
 Copyright. 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

The Buckingham building in Water bury is not the only structure to recently undergo a good scraping and scrubbing, bringing to light the original lustre Of each. This week the Public Library at Forty-second street and Fifth avenue in New York suddenly emerged from dark past all sparkling after good scrubbing. And incidentally the New York library observed it's fiftieth anniversary Wednes- day of this week. Incidentally again it is the fifth largest library in the world and ranks as one of Gotham's best known buildings. Most any visitor to New York can find the public library even if he or she does get lost finding the Museum of Natural History of the Pennsylvania RR. station
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
THEIR WIVES AND I DRIVE
 MEN TO DRINK

A good many alcoholics put away a half pint or more of whisky oU the side. and drink their beer in public, says my medical colleague who is a recognized authority oH the effects of alcohol. The beer serves as an excuse for theu breath" and as an alibi to help show that they do not drink heavily but only some beer" Beer gets the blame. I know what I'm talking about (the psysiologist continues). I hear the "beer alibi" daily.
 Dr. Brady, believe me, a quart of beer a day is not heavy drinking and it does not shorten life. But ] shall tell you what your statement does do Chat Is, the statement in this column that a working man who eats nothing at breakfast but drinks & quart of beer and goes ta work on that alone is well on th& way to, if not already affected by physical degenerationj Every hyc percritical wife who has husband who drinks some beer has Dr. Bra dy thrown at his head until hS goes out and gets drunk to escape you and his wife.
 Oh, come, now, Doctor, I refer td you as an authority on physiology and especially on the effects Of al- cohol, but your psychology. It rhymes with drinks. If the indi- vidual who purports to be man goes out and gets drunk on any such pretext as that, should say the poor so-and-so must have been well along on his way to degenera- ton and early death before his wife ever discovered that I maintain all coholic beverages and liquors are unnecessary for anybody and rath-- CT injurious for everybody who 1n~ dulges in them. But go on, Doctors I know you have something sensis ble to suggest.
 Like, you, I deplore the excessive use of alcohol
 Excuse me again, Professor, \ not only deplore the excessive use. I deplore any use at all of any kind of alcoholic beverage or liquor except as prescribed in good faith by ones physician.
 and believe, again like you, that it constitutes one of the major public health problems of today. But why, of all beverages, pick on beer?
 If we could get the American drinker to use nothing stronger than beer, l think the problem of alcoholism would become uniInport- ant. It is the high concentration Of alcohol in distilled spirits that gives the excessive drinker the kick" he seeks and the alcoholic degeneration he eventually devel- ops. Like the late Dr. Yandell Hem derson, I think that anything that tends to lower the concentration of alcohol in alhocolic beverages is a step toward ameliotating alcohol ism.
 There you have something Doc tor. But how can we get the Am erican drinker to do that?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Running Ear

I'd like to thank you for your advice about running ear. had the trouble for thirty years. It is now two yeraS since my ear stopped running. l have recommended this to friend who had running ear and he got the same fine results.
 (M L. E.
 AnsWer-1nStruct!o for the use Of the home remedy mailed on re- quest if you provide stamped en- velope bearing your address. Do not send clipping.
 Advanced Physiology
 Please give me some information on thyroid d-Streptococcus, its his- tory, treatment, cause and cure if any. This is for thesis in my phy- siology class. I am a highschool senior? (G. M
 Answer II don't know what thyroid-streptococcus would be. Thyroid is the name of the gland in the neck that is enlarged in goitre. Steptococcus is the name of kind of germ, strains of which commonly cause severe sore throat, scarlet fever, erysipelas, acute blood poisoning etc.
 Foot Itch
 Two years ago this summer had a bad attack of Athletes foot. At that time I wore silk socks Have not worn the socks since, until the past two weeks, and the same trou- ble has again broken out. co. H.
 Answer-T'he fungus of foot itch may live in cloth, in shoe Things. etc, for long time. Soak socks and shoe Things with formalcehyde solution and let them dry for a day in the sun before wearing. Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Return of the Native

Fritz Kuhn, former fuehrer of the Ger man-American Bund, is being sent back to his native land to view the ultimate fruits of the glories of Hitlerism. He will see the marks of ruin left by the might of a united country whose unity he did his best to destroy.
 It seems a pity that Fritz couldn't have been on hand to witness the fireworks that marked the Third Reich's closing days. He always was great one for spec tacles But at least he's on his way. We hope that he has long and thoroughly unpleasant visit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

Tuning in nightly on the radio you probably hear more than once during the week selections from Franz Lehars "The Merry Widow one of his most famous light operas. The seventy-five year old composer, still living in the picturesque Austrian Tyro1, played the piano for the first time the other day in two years. Though you associate Lehar with Aus tria he was born in Hungary. He is pres ently planning to write again. Inter viewed by reporters at Ischl in the Aus trian Tyrol he sat down to play and tears came to his eyes, it is stated. He has lived in seclusion since the war at Bad Ischl which had become hospital town instead of the once popular mountain re- sort
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Sensible Compulsion

A New York City school teacher has ;;one to court to try to restrain the giving compulsory X-ray examinations for active tuberculosis. Under present law all school employees who come in contact with children must be examined every two years and receive clean bill oi health before continuing employment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining te per- sonal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Selected Poem
DREAM OF A DREAMER

(sgt. Harold Applebaum in The New York Times) What if lad who reached for lovely things As though their grace were almost in his heart Should hear that life has ugliness and swings Its pendulum from where the rainbows start To hellish depths below? What If boy
 Who loved the greening hills and wlked with God Should go to and deep it holy joy To fight for peace upon alien sod? And what if he who reached for lovely things Should find upon the bloody sands an end Both merciful and 1ine--a graceful death To die as he had lived, all out of breath With reaching for a nobler plane friend Of life, akin to all that beauty brings?
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no existing facilities. second in areas which have insufficient facilities. So great is the need of rural and small-town hoSpi- tais and clinics that there will be little equipment left for replace ment.
 This policy was achieved only after a long and bitter dispute
 between the Surplus Property Board and Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association. Fishbein, in whose journal ad- vertise the largest makers of
 medical equipment, had urged that this vast volume of sur plus material not to be released at once.
 Instead, he wanted it stored and released gradually in small quantities in order not to upset the market for manufacturers of medical goods. In addition, Fish bein insisted that huge quantities of certain supplies, such as band ages, could not be used because they differed somewhat from ac- cepted standard sizes.
 However. in a lengthy session
 at the office of U. $. Surgeon
 General Thomas Parran. pr.
 Fishbein finally was won over and even agreed to serve on the overall board which will recOm- mend on the disposal of medi- cal supplies.
 Three types of equipment will be distributed-public health sup plies, surgical and therapeutic in- struments, and pharmaceuticals. A board of public officials and phy- sicians headed by Dr. Paran will recommend their allocation to Federal Security Chairman Paul McNutt, who will work through the Surplus Property Board. Ac- tual allocation of the supplies within the states will rest with state boards to be composed Of various federal government and state medical officials.
 NOTE: Federal officials are worried lest the state boards be- come a weak link in the setup. They fear that, in areas of great est need, state groups will not be anxious to aid in the equipping Of Negro clinics and hospitals. There fore, an effort will be made to work out rigid requirements in Washington.
 No building program is yet ar ranged to go along with the dis posal of medical supplies, though every effort will be made to con- vert Army buildings into hosp.- talS and clinics.
 LIFE ON GUAM
 One thing which burns up en- listed men and front line Pacific battle observers is the fancy quar- ters for officers on Guam while wounded men, fresh from the battle zone, are showed around on dirt floors a few hundred yards away.
 At Guam, all officers above the rank of lieutenant commander have a private room each. All junior officers are two to a room with hot and cold running water electric lights, box-spring mat treSSeS, and other luxllries which no one begrudges them far from home.
 However, the wounded just ar rived from Two Jima and Oki-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Current Comment

You cannot kill off sO,0OO OOO Ger mans. We NaNs will continue. You don't know who most Of them are. Or Robert Ley, former German
 labor front leader.
 Appreciation of the people of Bri- tain for the sympathy and support they have received from America Is unbounded.
 Clark H. Minor, President, Brit
 iSh War Relief society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

By June holders of A and B gasoline coupons will be entitled to more gas. The allotment will mean 100 percent increase of gas in the East This is welcome news, and in making the announcement Ches- ter Bowles said, "I share the pleasure Of announcing this relief for the civilian mo- torists' And the civilian motorists can reply in like manner, "the pleasure is all ours"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

to ravage and destroy.
 Facts which we face are facts in- deed, and they require realistic treatment. To be unduly merciful to the criminal is to be unjust to the society he has harmed. If we allow a vestige of this cruelty to re- main upon the wreath we shall sim ply allow poisonous weeds to get started agaIn the earth, and the end
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will be that they will eventually cover the fields and choke out the good grain. Every Christian impulse forbids us to take revenge or in any way to indulge in cruelty. But to be merciful to the tiger or the venomous serpent is to be unmerci- ful to the victims they would de- stroy.
 Christianity is not a religion of softness. One reason why people handle it so gingerly and often pack it away on high shelf is because it is so utterly hard and uncompro- missing in its demands. Through the whole Christian gospel runs justice to the weak. the pure, the helpless, the sick, and the infirm means unccmpromising severity to those who have not strupled to plague the world, With cruelty and pain.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

we suggest that it would not be wise to walk up to mine host some busy night and as he smiles fixedly over his wilted gardenia trying to produce rooms out of thin air for noisy and belligerent applicants, to whisper to him, Don't you know there's awar on?" There are limits of endurance even for mine host.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

gently been pass ing. The appall-
 ing destruction of Europe, the cruel ty of the concen- tration camps, the hateful m a l ic c with which men have treated their fellows is unpre- cedented in his tory. Demon -in- spired men have been turned loose among multitudeS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

ried 25 per cent, the Japs 40 to 45 per cent, British, Dutch, Norwegian and other Europ- can hagships di- viding tn e re- maining 30 to 35 per cent.
 When t h c war is over, J a p a Il isn't goin g to have any merch- ant marine left, thanks to Amer i c a n submarines and bombers. And if w e. s t Goa s t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 5:27 a. m, sets at S:l1 p. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Frosts were reported in various New Eng land localities the cool nights of the week, noticeably in the cranberry bogs section of Cape Cod.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
U. s. After Pacific Trade
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat-NEA Wash ington Correspondent

San Francisco May 25-An inter- national shipping war to capture Pacific Ocean trade formerly car ried by the Japanese merchant marine is now being planned in West Coast ports.
 Best estimates are that of the pre-war Pacific tonnage in and out of American ports, U. s. ships car
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

To date no one has yet suggested medals of honor or citations for patient butchers and grocers, and long suffering hotel managers, who still try to appreci- ate the fact that the customer is always right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, DID.
CHRISTIANITY AND JUSTICE

There is TO record in the annals Of human history of days and months more horribly tragic than the ones through which we have re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-25

Copyright, l945, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01

Life begins at forty to the
general run of humanity. but to
K. Cabatit, it seems, philoso-
phizing begins at forty-five.
Speaking at send-off dinner
rendered him by the U. of w.
/ lIipino Alumni Association April
dt the King Fur Cafe, on the
I've OF his departure for San
rancisco, 1, r. Cabatit made two
Pongnant remarks: There is no
'aSler way to win friends than
'"eh YOU are going up, and there
no quicker way to lose friends
nan when you are going down."
lnd "on your way up be easy on
ne fellows YOU meet, for on your
f'"y down YOU will meet them
bgain."
vi course, Cabatit majored in
English literature at the Univer-
n.y. but his leaning to philoso-
fny mas never been known even
nong his immediate and close
Friends.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01
GENERAL ROMULO

Continued from Page p
vigorously clarioned forth the IN
articulate longings of millions of
oppressed peoples everywhere has
been stilled. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt has Joined the immor-
tails. Mankind, has known no
greater liberal Liberty loving
peoples of all races have lost
their. outstanding champion. A
grateful Filipino people, indebted
to him for his answering ad
vocacy of their freedom, stood
by America in her darkest hour
in the Pacific Now their stead
fast friend is gone. In this black
hour for my people, we can find
consolation only in the hope that
Franklin d. Roosevelt's spirit
will continue marching on.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01
PINOY COLONY
TO OBSERVE
MOTHERS DAY

The first activity scheduled by
the new administration of the
Filipino Community of Seattle
and Vicinity is a program to fit
tingly honor mothers on Moth
ers' Day, May 13. This was de-
cided at the business meeting
following the installation of the
new officers April Is.
The program which will pre-
sent Filipino second generation
talent in singing, acting, folk
dancing, and speech-making. will
be held at the Maryknoll Hall,
18th and Jefferson, at 2 o'clock
p. M, according to the general
arrangement committee.
To take care of general ar
rangements for the Mothers Day
program, the Community presi-
dent has appointed Mrs. Aurelia
Domingo, chairman, and Mrs.
Mae Cacdac, co-chairman, with
Mrs. Belen Braganza, Mrs. Luvi
De Cano, Mrs. Mary Beltran, Mrs.
Mike Castillano, Mrs. Gene Cabi-
gas, Mrs. Flora Ambon, Mrs.
Mary Estigoy and Mrs. Margaret
Mislang as members of the GEN
eral Arrangement Committee.
Publicity Committee will be
chairmanned by Luis Soils Qui-
anio. Members are Casimiro A
Abella, Prudencio P. Mort, Cor
nelio N. Briones, Max Gonzales
AMI c. L. Camarillo.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01
FORUM EDITORS
KIN ARE OKAY

The best news, SO far as the
Forum Editor is concerned, was
contained in a letter he received
recently from Sgt. Pete Bugayong
dated March and written some
where in the Philippines.
Part of the letter that brought
joy to the Editor follows:
Il am now somewhere in the
Philippines with Sgts. (Marcelo
w. Milo, and (Zoilo) Paragas,
and Cal. tt Fajardo. When 1
went to visit our home town. |
met your father, your sisters and
stepmother. They are all fine.
The buildings in our home town
are all intact except our Munich
pal building which was burned
by the enemies. The province
had veen liberated in less than
two weeks and our town was
one of the first Ito be- liber-
ated.'
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01
AVIATION IN THE WORLD
OF SPORTS
BY AMADO A. ALBANO, Jr.

The history of AVIATION is
the history of mankind-and all
means of transportation. flying is
the fastest-most comfortable
lots of funs and colors in the
sky.
Americas air power, the might
lest on earth, was built by team
work with American industry. To-
day to most aviation fans, there
is nothing more tantalizing to
the imagination than the top
speed of the latest fighter planes.
A question bombarding aviation
newspaper editors and writer's in
every mail is What is the fast
est fighter in the world?"
Each new type of plans that
appears is expected to be faster
than its predecessor, a concept
resulting from the worlds speed
records which have shown a con-
tinual climb. Fighter planes
speed have been rising steadily
up to and past the 400 mph.
mark.
Most of us have watched this
race with excitement and have
felt disappointed that security
measures have prohibited the
publication of higher speed dur
ing the war (although 400 and
around 425 have been mention
ed). Right now, we are not quite
sure just how fast the latest
fighter planes are and just which
model holds the record.
A new aspect of the top
Speed" question was introduced
just prior to Pearl Harbor which
Test Pilot Lloyd Child attained
900 mph. in a dive while flying
a Curtiss P36 Mohawk pursuit
plane. Here, indeed, was food
for the speed enthusiast. How
ever, when 1t. Col. Cass Hough
hit 700 mph. in a Thunderbolt
early in 1913, the attention of
the fan was assured on August
4, 1913. Hough plunged a Light
ming to a speed of $50 mph.,
and on September 20, 1913, 1t.
Robert H. Knapp lost conscious
ness in a Thunderbolt in dive
that is believed to have reached
$40 mph.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01
PHILOSOPHIZINC' BEGINS AT
FORTY-FIVE FOR |. R. CABATIl

Perhaps the rugged path that
be followed in labor leadership
must have schooled him to seek
solace and consolation in the
realm of meditative thinking for,
during his presidency of the local
labor union, he almost lived the
life of one that could not go
out without a bodyguard.
l. r. Cabatit, after many years
of residence in Seattle, left for
San Francisco April IL to serve
at the San Francisco office Oh
the Philippine Resident Commits
sioner in the United States.
V. A. velasco, president of the
Filipino Alumni Association, In
troduced Cabatit as zone OF the
few who has the courage of his
convictions. and who will fight
and, like a captain going down
with his sinking ship, go down
in defeat sticking fast to his con-
viction."
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1945-04-01
HOUSE PASSED NATURALIZATION BILL
FOLLOWING GENERAL ROMULO'S SPEECH

bill to permit the naturalization of Fipno has finally been
passed unanimously u s. Con
having different forms by various
authors.
As the goes press, the following telegram re-
ved from the Resident Commits
sioner in Washington. d.
AM HAPPY INFORM YOU THAT AFTER THE
MASTERFUL AND MOVING SPEECH OF GENERAL
RoMULO ON FLOOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT JAPANESE ATROCITIES IN
MANILA, THE HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE
BILL NATURALIzING FILIPINos. IT WILL BE SENT
TO SENATE FOR CONCURRENCE"
The telegram April IT,