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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15

aviation develop ment of t h e 1 r e n e mics. T h e Germans had seen their b o m b e r s outdistance { h e best fighters Bri- tain and France had been able to put in the air against them at Paris air meets, and so the Ger mans went out and got drunk to celebrate. It was- mt until the Bat tle of Britain,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15

supposed to con- trol? A chaplain in the last war wrote, "The most difficult thing for me [ odo is to re- of cruelty a n d pain and sorrow with a good and loving Heavenly Father"
 Of course the first thing to be said about 1t iG
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Selected Poem

WINDS WAY Maurice Hill in The Christian Science Monitor) The wind has & way of it's own: It comes and goes at will; And for all mans power, for all he has known, He has never held 1t still. The wind has a mode of speech Which none may fathom far: The mood is clear, but the phrases reach, Unsolved from star to star. The wind has a cat-like strain, And 8 gypsy's capricious trend: It purrs in the sun--it rides with the rain It is free from beginning to end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15

1t seems necessary that we should be confronted with perils which threaten disaster, in order that we may not get puffed up and forget Him who has much work for us yet to do"
 And that, perhaps. is as compre- hensive an answer as We can give to the question, human wisdom being limited as 1t is.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15

is pliable to the demands of all sorts of dreamy-notionS concocted by men like Sidney Hillman. In fact, his record up to date shows that he has out-Bryaned William Jennings Bryan. In behalf of both of these gentlemen it has always been admitted that they were mice fel- lows". PERIOD!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15

They nave long WaIlteu LO Ic- place 1t with fortnight Repub- lican program of their own. Ac- tually COP leaders in the Sen ate have always been agreeable to breaking up the coalition. However, Rouse Minority Leader Joe Martin, who rules lower chamber GOPsters with an iron hand, has stupnornly opposed. He has long enjoyed licking the Ad- ministration through his Hydra headed alliance with John Rankin of Mississippi, Gene Cox of Geor- gia and Virginia'S wing -collared, beetle -broWed Howard Smith.
 During the two-day meeting, Dewey held several long talks with the Republican leadership in both houses, strongly endorsed Brown ells idea that the COP needs an independent legislative pro- gram of its own. Even Joe Mar tin, who has been known to threaten recalcitrant Republican representatives with defeat in the next election if they bolt his lead- ership at last seemed sympath- tic.
 Lunching with number of COP Senators, ne was accom- panied by two burly New York state troopers who acted as body guards. After lunch in the Sen ate dining room, several Sena- tors came up to shake hands. But Dewey's bodyguards not realizing that the Senate dining room IS open to all senators, tried to block off one or two unexpected sena- tors, including pugnacious Sena- tor Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi. When Bilbo was prevented from walking intot he dining room to pay his respects to Dewey he backed away and beloved:
 "See here, you. This Is the
 Capital of the United States And this is the Senate of the United States. And this is the Senate dining room. And I'm q United States senator 50 get the h- out of the way"
 The bodyguards retreated, didn't realize they had been pushing sen- ators like Bilbo around for close to an hour.
 DEWEY'S LEFT HANDED
 PRESS CONFERENCE
 Dewey'S other boner was with the press. Instead of calling a regular press conference as IS customary with all political fig ureS, the New York governor got inveigled into private dinner with a small group of neWsmen, not even the Associated Press or the United Press were included i'll this secret powwow. Naturally there was howl.
 So to straighten things out : q cocktail party was held for some of those who were peeved. However, even this was restrict
 ed, and only caused Dewey more thOuble. Two of those who were left out, John Terrell of Newsweek and Truman Felt of the st. Louis Star Times, decid- ed tO drop over to the Statler where the Dewey press cOnfer- ence was taking place.
 At the hotel desk they were told strict orders had been left by Dewey not to reveal where his dinner was taking place. How ever, upstairs in the Pan Ameri- can rooms, Terrell and Felt man. aged to get past guard and found themselves in the room with Dewey and the small group of newsmen, afl from pro-Dewey pa- pers.
 Abruptly Dewey stopped talk ing. There was @ moment of em- barrassed silence. Dewey's face turned crimson. Finally Felt spoke up.
 "I hope we're not embarrass-
 ing anyone" he said. We
 iust thought we'd drop over. We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 10:Oo p. m. (war time)
 Sun rises at TAT a. m. sets at 6:26 p. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Count that day lost since last December when icicleS have not been feStooning walls, cornices and what-hvae-you The weather vane on the barn has been moaning all winter with the clements sounding the key- note.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15

The speed and surprise witk which great damage could be done to our fleet at Pearl Harbor is only a mild warning of what might hap pen in the future. pr. Vannever Bush, director Offica
 of Scientific Research and Devel-
 opment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
HANG ON TO YOUR CAR
(BrIdgeport Post)

Every motorist who owns car is usable condition ought to treat 1t with loving care, handle 1t tenderly, repair It's deficiencies and expect to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Current Comment

If as a nation we act wisely, the agriculture of the future will be far better than any we have yet known If we do not, agriculture will be ln for trouble that will make It's diffi' culties of the late twenties and early thirties look small by comparison.
 Agriculture Secretary Claude
 Wickard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertain ing Co per- sOnaI health and hygiene, not 70 disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if Q stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should DC brief and written in ink. reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News. paper Service, 320 West Madison Street. Chicago. III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

THE ETERNAL QUESTION
 There are few questions which as- sail the human mind with more violence than this one: Why does a good God permit so much suffer- ing to exist in a world which He is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Falling Hair

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Falling Hair Since the birth of my daughter my hair has fallen out in handfuls. Any suggestion will be appreciated
 (Mrs. H. H. J0 Answer-Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet "The Hair and Scalp"
 No Dentists mailed letter to you fully ten days ago asking you to recommend a few good dentists in - and while I do not wish to harness you in any way, still feel entitled.
 (B. FO AnsWer-Perhaps your letter will turn up when we reach the bottom of the bushel of letters that came with yours in the last mail. IT an yevent, have no data on den' lists.
 Copyright 1945, John F. Dille Co.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
THE GLAMOUR OF sPEcIALIsM

Our five-year- son has rheu- matic heart disease with dilatation and some other things, according to our doctor. We are prompted to write you after reading that you advocate mild exercise as against our present plan of absolute rest in bed all of the time. The doctor first heard a murmur two months ago. Then a pediatrician examined the boy a month later and said he sus- pected rheumatic fever. He rec commended extra rest but no other change Examination by heart spe- cialist showed rheumatic heart di- sease etc. Treatment, rest in bed all the time, never on feet, 8 to 10 aspirin tablets per day. Now the youngster is most energetic and sometimes 1t Is almost impossible to keep him quiet, and when he does become active he is soon puff fing and breathing as hard as if he had gone ten rounds. We would like to obtain another opinion and diagnosis, perhaps from a doctor who might prescribe different treat ment. Can you recommend good heart specialist in - (W. c. W.
 In the first place, the moderate activity advocated, instead of pro- longed rest applied to chronic heart disease in adults. In this in stance it seems clear that notwith- standing the childs natural desire and inclination to play actively the effort is detrimintal, since 1t pro- duces such hard breathing.
 Heart specialist? know of none would recommend.
 This childs parents evidently be- lieve a specialist" is superior kind or type of physician. Their own doctor diagnosed the heart trouble, but after all it is the fashion to see a specialist or series of them. So the pediatrician or child specialist cheerfully con- firmed the family doctors diagnosis which means merely that two doctors agreed.
 But still the parents yearned for more glamour, and they found 1t in the form of the heart doctor. What amaZes me Is that the heart spe- cldllSG or eVcIl BOOu ldHhly PliyoA- clan would feed @ child aspirin in the amount the correspondent men, tions.
 Large doses of aspirin produce weakness of hte heart, depression of the respiratory and vasocon- strictor centers, albumin and casts in the urine and collapse. Many persons have an idiosyncrasy for aspirin and even an ordinary dose In such persons may cause feelings of weakness, collapse, angioneurotic (giant hive) swellings of face and throat, skin rashes, hives, and rare ly death. Aside from relieving ache or pain-for which aspirin is one of the least dangerous agents we haye-there is no satisfactory evi- dence that aspirin has any curative or palliative value in rhuematic heart disease or rheumatic fever (acute infectious arthritis, acute inflammatory rheumatism). In view of the depression of the respiratory center produced by aspirin perhaps the labored breathing of this child Is attributable to the treatment as much as to the heart disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
TAI-Result Of Two Mistakes
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ington Correspondent

U. s. Army Air Forces Tactical Training Center, Orlando, Fla, Feb. IS - At the start of the war in Eu- rope, the Germans were so confident of the superiority of their airplanes that they ignored completely the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
A Thought for Today

Correction is grievOus unto him that for saketh the way: and he that hateth reprOOf shall die.-PrOverbs 15:1O.
  That Is the bitterest of alto wear the yoke of our own wrong -doing-George Eliot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-15
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Soys Dewey Pulls Two BOne Washington Confer ences; Slave Germany Pmed for Revo MeNutt and Murphy Ready to Go to Philippines.
BY DREW PEARSON

Washington  Republican
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Rites for Gen. Patch
In West Point Sunday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. 23.-A
BIS bomber bearing the body Of
1t. Gen. Alexander M. Patch. dr.
will leave San Antonio today for
West Point, N. Y, where final rites
for the 4th Army commander are
planned Sunday.
Fourth Army troops will honor the
tall, veteran campaigner, who died
Wednesday night, in memorial serv.
ices today.
Accompanying the body will be
1t. Col. Charles Rowley, Gen.
Patch's roommate at the Military
Academy, and Maj. G. G. Bartlett
his aide.
The bomber, the generals private
plane, will be flown by his personal
pilot, 1t. Col. John M. Warner.
Funeral services have been tenta-
lively set for 2:30 pm. Sunday.
Tomorrow morning members Of
the generals family and close asso-
ciates will board CAT plane for
New York.
Included in this group will be the
generals widow, his brother, Mai.
Gen. Joseph D. Patch of Washing
ton; his son-in-law and daughter,
Capt. and Mrs. c. M. Drummond:
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. A. M.
Patch III; Maj. Gen. John Lucas,
acting commander of the 4th Army,
and Col. Robert Williams, 4th Army
surgeon.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
0'Conor Hopeful State
Can Save $4,500,00O
During Fiscal Year
BY the Associated Press.

6y tHe ASsOCldLeQ fIeSk.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Nov. 23.-Gov.
O'Conor said yesterday that "if the
same ratio Of expenditures to ap-
propriations 10 maintained for the
balance of the fiscal year. "a 500 900
will be saved" by the State of Mary
land.
The chief executive said he had
been conducting a survey of finan-
cial transactions of the State in the
first four months of the current
fiscal year, and that "as a result Of
this survey / am convinced that We
can accomplish considerable saving
to the State, which could result in
further tax reduction"
The various State departments,
he added, have "co-operated COM
mendably,' and have spent only $8,-
92o,7 TOO out of $10,423. 400 appropria-
tions covering the first fiscal year
quarter, from July / to November /.
The prospective saving to the
State in the first quarter year, the
Governor continued, was about
$1,500,000. He added: "It Is, of
course, understood that in certain
departments greater expenses are
incurred in other periods"
The Governor declared that in his
study Of the financial procedures
of other States he discovered
growing tendency to divide the fiscal
year into quarters and make allot-
ments from annual appropriations
on such a basis.
consideration is being given at
this time to the establishment of
such a procedure in Maryland" he
stated.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Play With Matches Blamed
In Fatal Burninq Of Baby

Thirteen months old Frances
Irene Cornett, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack D. Cornett, $500 Rhode
Island avenue, Calvert Homes, Riv-
erdale. Md, was burned to death
yesterday when her clothes caught
fire while playing with her sister
and two brothers, Prince Georges
County police reported today.
Policeman Richard A. Pearson
said Mrs. Cornett, whose husband
Is overseas, told him she had left the
baby in her crib while she went to
visit neighbor.
She told the officer that her old
est daughter, Carol, 4, and her twin
sons, Jack and Charles, 3, apparent
ly came in while she was away, took
the baby out of the crib and started
playing with matches.
She told Patrolman Pearson that
Carol rushed in to the neighbor's
house where her mother was visit
ing, sobbing that the baby's clothes
were af1re. Policeman Pearson said
Marion Littlefield. sailor stationed
at Bainbridge, Md, who lives near
by, heard the mothers screams,
rushed into the house and tore the
blazing clothing off the baby. The
baby was taken to Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale, where she died
several hours later.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
AIexondrion Invents 5-Pound
Artificial Leg, 'EIectronic' Hand

An artificial leg weighing Less
than pounds, with a foot which
can adapt itself to various changes
in ground levels, and a hand with
flexible fingers controlled by elec-
tronics, have been invented by Irv-
ing A. Goldman, Alexandra, In q
small shop in the Doniphan Build
ing.
Mr.. Goldman, who works as a
dental prosthodontist, became in
terested in artificial limbs In 1887
after an attack of infantile paraly-
sis necessitated his wearing a cast
for more than two years, He said
he has applied for a patent on the
artificial limb inventions.
The leg, which can be attached to
a stump by means of a soft plastic
material, is operated with ball bear
ings attached to a light metal shaft
in the limb. The foot portion is
composed of light plastic springs
which, worn with a shoe without a
sole, enables the wearer to adapt
his gait to ground contours.
The hand, with which its wearer
should be able to use a typewriter
or write with an ordinary pen or
pencil, is attached to a cord around
the neck and is electronically con-
trolled. Pending the granting of a
patent, the method of control was
not divulged.
The hand is to be made of flesh
colored plastic, with fingers of soft
plastic wire, and will be attached to
a plastic receptacle for the stump.
Mr.. Goldman said the limbs could
be put in production in 80 days if
necessary.
Mr.. Goldman recently patented
Evening star., 1945-11-23
PeniciIIin Supply Termed
Adequate in D. t. Hospitals

Recent dropping Of Government
controls on distribution of penicillin
have resulted in low but adequate
supplies of the lifesaving drug in
Washington hospitals, a survey of
the institutions revealed today.
Officials at Doctors Hospital said
they had noticed a moderate short
age for several months and ascribed
it to shortage Of one of the manu-
featuring ingredients of penicillin.
They have been asked by the dis
tributor to use the drug sparingly.
Can Associated Press dispatch
quoted a Government official as
saying a firm manufacturing amyl
acetate-a raw material in penicillin
production-was affected by q strike
in nearby alkali plant. The Of
fetal asserted that slight loss of
production" occurred last month
due to q strike by workers in q
penicillin plant.)
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Father Flanagan Of Boys Town
Spends Day at Alma Mater

When schoolmate challenged him
to fight in the gymnasium, the
youngster from Ireland proved him.
self a willing mixer. The battle
lasted four hours, Father Flanagan
remembered, and his opponent spent
the following week in bed.
Il was in worse shape than he
was" the priest said, land the only
reason I didn't go to bed, too, was
because was new in this country
and too green to know that should
have"
In 1888 his alma mater awarded
him an honorary doctor of laws de-
gree in recognition of his work for
homeless boys at Boys Town.
Father Flanagan made his present
trip in connection with the sched-
uled appearance of his undefeated
Boys Town football team Sunday
against the local Loyola High School
here,
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Maryland Traffic Deaths
IS Pct. Under October IA

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 23.-The Mary
land Traffic Safety Commission an
nounced today there were IS per
cent fewer traffic deaths in October
than in the corresponding period a
year ago.
A total Of 1878 traffic accidents
occurred in Maryland during Octo-
ber, the commission stated, with 81
deaths and 656 injuries. Baltimore
reported 1913 accidents, nine of the
deaths and 372 of the injuries. The
counties had 480 accidents, % deaths
and 284 injuries.
In October, 1914, there were 48
traffic deaths in Maryland, 13 in
Baltimore and IS in the counties.
Twelve counties, free of auto
fatalities in October, are Calvert,
Caroline, Carroll, Charles, Dor
chester, Howard, Kent, st. Marys,
Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and
Worcester. Kent County had a per-
feet traffic month-no collisions, no
deaths, no injuries.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Young Prize Winners
In Community Fair
Al PooIesvi||e Listed

PrEe winners in the Poolesville
Community Fair, held November Is
by the Future Farmers of America
and the Future Homemakers of
America. were announced today
They are:
u RAYMOND Poole, best poultry exhibit;
VIZ wayne CIegger, best young pen of poui-
Ralph Hubble. champion male bird; JACK
Rutter. champion female bird
NJ corn ', exhibit: Raymond, Poole, hybrid:
ear; Charles Ricketts,. freak ear % and taiisst iet
wheat kapS afG Rubbiss das bsIiey K9hhoss
hhskssss timothy seed Earle Nicholson
mixed hss Ebept kn iespadels sisa and
Fruits and vegetables. Geraldine F,tz.
water, tns ON onions; Joe Deadrick, sweet pota-
snd IesS sabSlaIp pSb5Ssnps kae leaf Carl Ao
somatoes; ps Willard. Esle head; head sMiea Charles
mead Pooies sso0ass pampfia Saars and apples Ray
crsgser. cock male. cockerei male, puiiets
Df Assa ESas ssS %a1n. sns e
m.ie ahe 90 joe pss neadRiezE dRsz
KsDh aff faHt5ssT aubs: hsns eosk s. %te .eT
nlpSls b1sas si9sea issesre, pooa male
Rocks: Raymond Poole, cock male, puiiets
and young pen: Earle Nicholson, cockerel
male; JACK Rutter, hens. Charles Ricketts,
young pen ducks. and Norman Titus, Old
pen and old male ducks. Ralph Hubble,
OLD male guineas. Peggy HORNE. young
pen oantams. Jack Rutter, old male and
OLD female turkeys. Brown eggs Jane
Alinutt, and white eggs. Charles Ricketts,.
winners IN cooking and sewing included
nutt. ChaIlotte Stevens, Una FitzRater,
cara Boughman, Dorothy Titus, John
Estelle Buxton, Fanny Ensor, Eariene Hol-
land, Earle Nicholson. Betty Knill, Linda
Jones . PssSy walkin; Mrs. Julius Hallone.
son, Mary Jane Titus. Nettie Lou Johnson,
Mary White Hays. Mrs. Chiswell and Eloise
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Liberated D. {. Flyer Gets
AAF Holiday in Florida

Maj Edward G. Millar, 337 Ninth
street Sc, was one of 10 airmen
liberated from Jap prison camps
who were settling down in Miami
Beach, Fla, today for winter holi-
day with the Army Air Forces. pay
ing the bills, the Associated Press
reported from Florida.
Accompanied by his wife and z
year-old son, Charles, Mai. Miller
will spend two weeks at a civilian
hotel. During the winter, it was re-
ported, 1000 freed airmen will en-
joy recuperative vacations in Flori-
da with housing, food and enter
tainment provided by the AAF.
Maj. Millar, who wears the Silver
Star. the Distinguished Flying Cross
with Cluster and the Purple Heart
with three Clusters, said that, even
dampened by rain, Miami Beach was
paradise compared with the prison
camp where he spent five and a half
months in solitary confinement. He
was shot down over Singapore on his
18th combat mission with the 9th
Air Force and lost II of his normal
165 pounds during Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Voters School Session
For Prince Georges Set

A session Of the voters school,
open to all interested persons and
organizations in Prince Georges
County, will be held in the admin
istration auditorium, University Of
Maryland, at 8:15 pm. December S.
The main topic will be "Our Polit-
ical Parties: Their Structure and
Organization" Speakers will include
DR.. Harold F. Gosnell, Bureau of the
Budget and formerly Of the political
science department, University of
Chicago; State Senator Harold
Sothoron Of Prince Georges County:
Henry w. Cord, chairman of the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee for Prince Georges County, and
w. A. Duvall, chairman Of the Re-
publican State Central Committee
for Prince Georges County.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
10000 Army Pigeons
Put on Sale as Surplus

Pigeon fanciers can buy pigeons
trained as carriers by the Army, the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. an
nounced today.
The Army has 10000 surplus pi-
geons housed at Camp Benning
Ga; Camp Crowder, Mo-, and Camp
Houston, Tex, a corporation spokes-
man said. They will be sold only in
pairs-at SIS pair-and only in lots
OF at least five pairs to each Gus
toner. The minimum allowable pur-
chase, therefore, is $25 and the
check should be made out to the
Treasurer of the United States.
Checks should be sent to the
Office of Surplus Properties, Con-
sumer. Goods Division, RFC, Wash
ington, D. C. Then the customer
will be notified where to send a
crate for his birds. The Army does
not furnish crates.
F. Taylor Thompson, a retired
Capital Transit Co. employe who
lives at 1927 Potomac avenue Sc,
said he had gotten five pairs sew
eral weeks ago from RFC and has
already raised SQUADS.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Airline Express Rate
To Drop 1917 on Jan. |
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Domestic airlines last night an
nounced 13 per cent drop in ex-
press rates effective January 1.
The present basic charge Of 10
cents per ton mile will come down
to 6125 cents and the coast-to-coast
rate from "a to 73 cents a pound.
The is airlines, the Air Transport
Association of America said in a
statement, will charge about 3
instead of 31a cents to carry a
pound Of air express 100 miles.
A minimum charge of 81 for each
shipment will be kept. And no re-
ductions will be made in special
commodity rates for such things as
|perishable food, flowers and news
papers. These are 40 per cent under
the basic rate.
-Four airlines now offering even
lower rates for bulk shipments of
cargo will retain present charges.