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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
The Story of Lwow

This is the story of Lwow, heart of Poland. Rich in heroes and tradition of loyalty, famous for its unSwerving pa- triotiSm, Lwow has been the life blood and the soul of all Poles.
 The Province of Lwow produces fruits which do not grow in other parts of Poland; it is rich in oil which cannot be found in other parts of the country; it has given Poland in the paSt-and is giving today-her best sons, who had fought for her in the distant past against the TatarS, and today-againSt the Ger man occupants.
 In l940 the city of LWow was to cele- brate solemnly the 600th anniversity of it's union with Poland. The celebrations, planned on grandoSe scale with char acteriStic Lvovian zest and sparkle - never took place In 1940 Poland was in the throes of war, and LWoW-for the first time in it's long history - found itself incorporated" into the neighbor- ing state of Russia
 The war was no news to either the city of LWoW or the lands it dominted. Twenty times in six centuries this land saved Poland and the rest of Europe from an aggression threatening from the east.
 In this respect the south of Spain and the southeast of Poland offer striking resemblance in that they were, to use contemporary phraseology, to bastions of the European fortress. They were both washed by the oncoming waves of Islam, in the case of Spain-from Africa, in the case of Poland--from Asia. In both cases nomad invaders attempted to carry off the people, in both cases the land was fertile and unpopulated in both cases Vyn n ci hot fhn prnCnnt and the cross, in both continents ana civilizations came into conflict.
 From 1340 down to the partition of Poland in 1772-it was an integral part of the Polish State; during these over four hundred years this province was called upon to withstand and repel num- erous inVasions from the east by Turks WallachianS, CoSsackS and TatarS.
 From 1772 until 1918, Southern Poland or so-called Malopolska (Little Poland) was under Austrian rule; it was at this time that new name for the province had been coined: Galicia Grom HalicZ, one of the oldest towns in this district)
 In 1918 LWoW achieved what it had been fighting for with boundleSS devotion while under Austrian rule together with the whole province of MalopolSka, the city of LWoW returned to Poland again to form part of the Independent Polish Republic.
 Hardly twenty years passed and Poland again was the first to feel the evil brunt of the World War In 1889, the Ribbentrop- Molotov agreement partitioned Poland for the fourth time, giving Eastern Po- land, including LwoW, to Russia. Russia has never held this land before, and this time also the Russian rule was of no long duration.
 In 194l, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Eastern Malopolska was occupied by the Germans; after three years of German rule, on July 27, 1914 Lwow was again captured by the Soviet armies in their victorious offensive.
 In many ways Lwow may be compared to the American Boston. The Poles think of LWoW with emotion and take great pride in this city, the Jewel of the Repub- lie, the Ever Faithful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
LINES ON BUssEs
(Chrlstian Science Monitor,

NNJIADbAhu OGlCllGC nOlllbOI| Our friend Noah --- the Webster ian Noah--explains that bus stems from omnibus which in turn is derived from the Latin meaning flor all" Lately we have felt the bus on our line has been overdoing this ancestral lineage business, re- fusing to recognize any limitation to It's supposed omni-capacity. Per- sonal opinions on buses vary from friendly to cantankerous. As for us, we used to be able to take them or leave them. Now we take them when we can find 8 toehold and leave them when we can suspend breathing long enough to worm through the other aisle Standees.
 Mostly, however, commuters feel something of the same attachment for the neighborhood bus they have --or used to have -- for the old family car. They know It's every brake-squeal and gas sputter. but they won't be sorry when the new model comes along. And if 1t should have innovations suited to It's pas- sengers, such as the airport bus just designed by an East St. Louis, Illinois operator, they probably would vote 1t Mss Omnibus of lD4G.
 Highway HighlIghts describes the proposed airport bus as Q combina- ton ticket once, fiight-coEltrol tower, freight truck, comfort sta- klOn. lunch counter, NmerRef1Cy wagcn and bslg. Patgons weulA be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
Selected Poem
WIND IN THE SCARLET HAWs

CKatharlnc Kennedy fin the New York Times) Azure and gold the hour, ablazc on flower ard weed; through spangled haze The tWin-forked hazcls by the river Whisper az the aldeY shiycr Acro8s the salt marSh-grass the far Cry of nlght-jar stirB the air AS the fangcd wind, with furious claws, Leaps upon the scarlet haws. Laughing, the bright wind roarg and whistles Among the purple tangled thistleS Scattering leaves to golden ditches, Searching among the Ialrels and iarches One night jar cries, then all is sLiIl; Tbe gttcrIng shadow folds the hill, Appeascd, the wind dies down blue dusk Folds magic flower and diamond husk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
PUNGS
(NeW York TImeS)

(NeW York TimeS)
 For the benefit of urbanites whose education does not include country living q generation ago, 1t should be stated that pung is not Q sleigh. A sleigh, with either one or two seats, has q high dashboard, and the seat have high backs. A pung has a low dashboard. The backs of the seats are removable. The pung was q utility affair. It carried the family to church and Grange meet ings; with eggs and butter packed under the seat, the whole family rode in 1t to town on Saturday eVe- ming in winter to do the trading.
 With the rear seat removed, there was ample room for jug or two Of cream. On many farms, 1t was n lads job to take the cream to the creamery on & Saturday morning in the winter and to bring home a bag or two of meal for the stock. With & snappy roadcr between the offset shafts (the reason for orly two tracks on country roads in the Wlnter), 1t was fun to head for town. lclBu UNio JhibNuI WihVV SibuNS came back from the mares nostrils: the steel runners slid over the hnrd- packed tracks with thin, high pitched squaks. The horses hooves beat @ crunchy, dry-sounding tattoo on tho cold snow.
 The pung was \ utilitarian Ve- hiclc, but many q farmer enjoyed trimming 1t Up bit. On rainy fall day, Q man could use his im- agination and creative impulses with paints and brushes. A deep blue body with tired seats and red trimmings was n favorite color scheme. And If the countryman liked touches of originality, 1t was always acceptable to have border of flowers, or even q motion, on the dashboard. A color combIna- ton of emphasis, new buggy whip, warm buffalo robe and q horse with zip and life, and n lad thoroughly enjoyed a pung ride to town on q sunny day in midWinter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
Now It's Telephones

Telephones have now joined the ranks of the necessities" which the govern ment should make available to all people, according to proponents of bill which has been introduced in Congress to set up "Rural Telephone Administration" with preliminary appropriation of $l0O,- 10000. Under 1t, loans could be made to Individuals, corporations, state agencies, municipalities and cooperativeS, as well as to the Rural Identification Adminis- tration, for the purpose of financing the construction, acquisition, extension or Snodernization of existing telephone com panies, as well as to provide for the crea- ton, when necessary, of new organlZa- tons.
 As usual, the introduction of this lat- est proposed venture into business by government was preceded by lengthy account of the failure of the private tele- phone industry to adequately serve rural areas now reached by thousands of inde- pendent companies. It was not pointed out that the United States leads the world lu percentage of farms with telephone service, not to mention city services. From data now available, 1t appears that one third of the total rural families have tele- phone service; this means that roughly, one-half of the families along existing pole lines now take service, while 80 per- cent of all rural families lie either along telephone lines or close enough to them 90 that they can obtain telephone service without the necessity of q construction charge or other initial contribution.
 The telephone industry is planning ex- tegigiYe expansion as soon as 1t can secure materials and labor. It is not asking for B100,000,000 of the taxpayers money to further such plans. Since 1885, in spite of
 war f1andlcaps, it has succeeded in 8creasing farm telephones some 35 per eent, or about 600,000 instruments.
 zhe question for the people t0 decide
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Constipation Habit

Does your booklet on "The Con- stipatlon Habit" apply to children two and four years old? (Mrs. J. B.. D.
 Why do you never say anything about mucous colitis? There must be thousands of people like myself who suffer. (E. R.)
 AnsWer-Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet "The Constipation Habit and Colon Hygiene" It ap- plies to persons of any age and to persons who have been persuaded to believe they have mucous colitis. or the two classes the children two and four years old deserve more sympathy, for their plight Is not their own fault.
 Copyright l945 by John r. DIle
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
Plastic Dilemma

For a time it seemed that the end of this war would usher in an era which some already were calling the Age of PlaSticS and SyntheticS. By and large it promised to be quite an era, filled with light, durable, inexpensive comforts and conveniences achieved through wonder ful new feats of alchemy. Even before the era arrived we could imagine archae- ologistS of some distant millennium be- ginning a new subdivision of mans his tory at about 1850. (Theyd probably call 1t The Age of Plastics and Synthetics, tool They would consider the date significant as marking mans abandon ment of the quaint old notion that the edible fruits of the field were useful only as food. It was then, those distant archaeologists would say, that our semi primitive goth century ancestor found that the grain which he ground and baked to ease his hunger or distilled to ease his troubles, could be combined with oil to make tires for his land journeys; and that the humble bean he fed to his animals and occasionally to himself could be cooked and pressed and molded into vehicles and other useful objects \. But it seems now that such a chapter Tn mans history may never be written. For our inventors, though full of wisdom and ingenuity, had overlooked one thing. They forgot that the race of man shares this earth with some old and highly re- Gpected inhabitants who still maintain the uncomplicated idea that something to eat is something to eat. Period And thus, before the Age of Plastics and Syn thetics is even upon us, we read that Tn one place dogs have eaten the soybean license plates off an automobile, and that in another bears have devoured set of synthetic rubber tires with apparent relish, Not many years ago man travelling Siberia in troika ran the cl.ance of having both his horses and himself consumed by ravenous wolves. Today the horses and sleds are disappear Ing. Modern civilization is moving in on those frozen Russian wastes. But at the rate things are going it will only be question of time before the Siberian mo- torist starts dreadng the thought of hav- Ing wolves spring upon his running board and go to work on his soybean tonneau, dashboard and steering wheel, sparng ili monly long enough to make sure that they have had their quota of plastic protems.
 Perhaps Encouragement is premature. But as of today it looks as if the Age Of Plastics and Synthetics had struck an impasse Man thinks he has discovered something to make human existence more attractively human The animal Kingdom stubbornly persists in believing that man has simply whipped up few new recipes. For the time being we shall forego both plastics and judgment. But we shall watch developments with what we hope can remain detached interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13

is where they want the government to stop its Socialization program. If the government is to operate power com panieS and telephone companies at the taxpayers expense, on the ground that everyone has divine right to telephones and electric lights, what next2 Of one thing they can be certain: as the list of material" rights" grows longer, the list of spiritual rights, such as freedom of press and speech will grow shorter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
COLONEL MOBBY's ID. S. M.
(New York Herald-TrIbune)

(NeW York Herald-Trlbune)
 The award of the Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, now director Of the Women's Army Corps but once n newspaper woman herself, fills Us with pro- fesslonal as well as patriotic pride. The feat Of the former executive editor Of Texass The Houston Post in organi2inn, from the ground up and in the short space Of two and one-kalf years, a corps of 100000 women for Army work at home and overseas is well deserving of this recognition. The citation says that "Without the guidance of precedents in United States millatry history to assist her. Colonel Hobby plan ned and supervised the selection and training of officers and the prepar- ations of regulations, The soundness of bGSic plans and policies pronul- gated ig evidenced by the outstand- ing succesS of the Women's Army Corps"
 Colonel Hobby is the first woman to receive the D. s. M. in this war, though 1t was awarded to six civil" ian women for aid to the war effort in World War I. D. s. M. is the dec- oration which denotes meritorio,B service. not on the battlefield but "in a duty of great responsibility" and thus may be honorably worn by colonel, or Q general, "who wasn't even there" Worn by Colonel Hobby, 1t is q token not only of her own ex- ceptionally meritorious service but also of the loyal service of the Wacs she commands--wolne nwhose high standards of conduct and discipline, efficiency and devotion to duty are also listed in the citation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
HYGIENE OF THE SCALP

Air and sunlight are as good for the scalp as they are for the entire skin surgace. So far as the health of the hair and the general health are concerned one should never wear hat, cap or other head cover ing unless 1t IS really necessary for perfection against extreme cold, eX- cesSive sun, insects or enemy cog nizance. q wouldn't bother my head about the notion of too much ultra violence adding my brains if ] were you-but then if were you, I suppose I wouldn't take chances going about without hat.l We have already described the only kind of massage that is good for scalp (and hair)-systematlc kneading or squeezing of the scalp and hair or excessive oilineSs Of scalp and hair will be given after we get it washed up.
 Treatment of excessive ) .?
 How Often Should One Wash
 the Hair?
 We'll. how often should one wash? Every Saturday night, should say, on the average, that Is. If 1t isn't too blamed cold and hence incon- venient to enjoy a daily air bath. Finicky creatures may insist it is de riguer to bathe at least once or twice @ day--and they insist on that with the utmost vulgarity-but they seldom carry the affectatlon to the scalp. They may walloW in the un- sanitary tub a good share of their time but still they do generally go for weeks without once washing scalp or hair. Let's be consistent about 1t. repeat once week ii enough for complete wet wash, aa a general rule. The occupation or condition of some individuals may make more frequent washing neces- sary or desirable.
 So-called "tincture of green soap or "liminment of soft soap" is ex- cellent for washing scalp or hair. This is n soap made of linseed oiL with a little oil of lavender, in al' cohol Any soap that Is suitable for toilet use is suitable for shampoo, It is hardly worth while medicating soap in any circumstance, unless you intend to keep the soap applied long enough Omany hours) to get any effect from the medicament. That Is, for you and melt does beat the bugs what q Hollywood star can get out of the right brand of soap, doesn't 1t?
 Be sure to rinse the scalp and hair repeatedly with tepid water afte Q shampoo, to remove all soap. It is best to dry the hair naturally by pressing a towel on 1t, and then letting 1t dry in the ordinary room temperature, rather than by apply ing heat or hot air.
 There is no risk or danger of any kind involved in going out immed- lately after washing the scalp or hair. If you prefer to harbor some quaint notions about this, suit your own fancy--ours is still free coun- try.
 When the scalp and hair are quite dry after shampoo 1t may be well to apply Q few drops of suitable oil to the scalp by parting the hair and rubbing 1t on Ire scalp with fin- gertips, or by spraying 1t on tho scalp from tip of atomizer held al- most in contact with the scalp, to replace the normal sebum or skin oil removed by washing. Suitable fo rthis purpose are fresh olive oil, castor oil, sesame oil, sweet almond oil. cotton seed oil, but not mineral oil,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13

subject which Stettinius as for- mer lend-lease administrator really knows something about. He gave q long discourse, brightly showing how everything sent overseas under lend-lease still technically belongs to the U. s. A. and can be recalled at any time If we think its being misused,
 "Mr. Secretary" observed a neWsman, I suppose that also ap- plies to the Sherman tanks the British got on lend-leaSe and are using against tho Greek civilian population" Stettinius smiled, said nothing.
 SEN. CARAWAY'S WIFE
 The attendant of the Senate gallery reserved for Senator wives was puzzled last week to see Q totally unfamiliar woman seated in the front row. Thinking she might be the wife of new Senator, but not quite sure, he
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stopped her as she returned to the reserved section after having stepped out for few moments. "Madam, this section Is reserved for the wives of Senator's" he- began, But, of course, I know that" the lady said gently, pre- pairing to pass through the door.
 Are you the wife of . scna- tOr?" persisted the attendant.
 "Why, certainly I am," the visitor said.
 still suspicious, the guard asked which senator.
 Without batting an eye, the lady declared: "I am the wife of Sena- tor Caraway of Arkansas" That ended the matter-she was barred NOTE: Senator Hattie Cara way, defeated for reelection last fall, was the only woman mem- Der of the Senate.
 Copyright, l945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13

distrusting world after a term in prison. He was later elected to the Board of Trustees of the very prison in which he had been incarcerated, and he serves today as one of their most honored and useful members. Most of his time and much of his means-for he is a man of wealth. iS devoted now to work among ex- prisoners and their families.
 He might well have spent his time in prison working up bitterness against the injugtices of life. In- stead, he set to work, after being sentenced for q crime he had not committed to make himself as use- ful as possible to his needy asso- ciates. And with malice toward none and charity for all, he now does his bit to make the hard lot Of his fellow sufferers more tolerable.
 It takes Q lot of character to face life's reVerseg and both greet them and treat them as friends.
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 of General Gullion's Army cop sub ordinates went to his office one night after hours and found him reading. It was Horace, in the or iginal Latin.
 One of the big business magazines recently carried an article on the the American Farm Bureau, trade association of the big farmers which maintains a powerful lobby in Washington and throws It's weight n good bit around with Congress and the Department of Agriculture.
 Wanting to check the accuracy of it's article, the magazine sent q copy of the text down to big, back skipping Ed O'Neal, the Farm Bur eau president. Back came the reply I'm glad you don't know any more about the Farm Bureau than your article shows. Go ahead and print it."
 AND LAND COULD STILL SEE
 Vice Admiral Emory $. Land, War OihIJDilAE uliA Clluh man of the Maritime Commission, is still as salty as he was on active service in the Navy. About the pro- posed "Seaman's Bill of Rights" he admits that What I know about seamans insurance l could put in my left eye and still see well" Ques- toned about another Maritime Commission rumor however, he re- piled that there were "a lot of things around this office I don't see, including the good-looking girls
 Major General Joseph w, Byron, who was assigned to take over the Montgomery Ward stores after the latest government row with SeWell Avery, is q West Pointer. The son of cavalry colonel, he served with Pershing on the Mexican border, then went into the leather business in Hagerstown Md. He's banker, and in Washington has been in NRA, WIPE, and the Ofilce of Ex- port Control. One of his proudest honors is the "Silver Beaver" awarded for work in organizing the Hagerstown Boy Scouts.
 Congressman Robert Ramspeck of Atlanta, Ga. has been mentioned as a possible appointee for the post master-generalship, succeeding Prank Walker, who is reported as wanting to retire. RamSpcck waves the sug- gestion aside. "One Girl in your arms" he says, "is worth two in your mind"
 WASHINGTON CATASTROPHE
 A new and charming young ma tron in WaShingtons official society set was invited to dinner and was seated across the table from ex- Governor Herbert Lehman, just back from inspecting UNRRA op- eratlons in Europe. During the din- her. she thought that she saw the UNRitA director wink at her. She smiled.
 Later he did 1t again. "Oh! He's cute," she thought. So she smiled and winked back. It happened sev- eral times, Later in the evening she was told that MT. Lehman had q slight nervous tic, manifested by 6 slight twitching of the eyclid.
 She left early. wondering if her social career had been ruined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13
THE LAD WAS ALERT
(New Britain Herald

The story Of how young Harvard Hodgkins of Hancock Point, Me, noticed two strangers walking along a road during snowStorm, how he traced their footsteps and how he found they led from the ocean, sug- gests the Boy Scout training the lad had been receiving. From then on the FBI was on the trail of the miscrcants who had landed from Q Nazi submarine; and they now have them where they want them.
 Young Hodgkins, driving Pas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-13

Provost Marshal Generals depart ment, and creator of the m odern- ized, ultra = cour- teous, frie n d y military police, takes out of active service probably the only cop who Is an authority on Shakespeare. Not only that, but he C a n accurately spot for you any line you quote for him from Brown
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Current Comment

The average car is today eight years old. compared with the pre- war average Of four and one-hals years. The speed at which these vehicles are operated has m abso- lute bearing on street and highway safety, as well as one the mechan- ical deterioration of the vehicles. Carroll F. Mealey, National Safety
 Council offlcial
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guilty and served @ prison term.
 While in pris- on he became well acquainted with his fellow prisoners, an d after he was rec leased he decid- ed to dedicate his life to the rehabilitation of men who faced the hard and
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Views Of The Press

weighed in on the bus scales, have luggage slowed in side compart- ments, be served refreshments from the drivers counter and have ac- cess to washroom facilities. Too bad we can't take . plane to work but then perhaps we shall!