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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Doggone Tough!

Cancellation of the dog show that was to have been held at the State Armory Tn Hartford last Saturday afternoon and evening was probably in keeping with the wartime edicts on public gatherings, travelling, etc., but it was also an exam ole of how far off equilibrium govern mental agency can get at times. The show had been scheduled for month or more in advance to date. Elaborate prep erations had been made for the event, such as distribution of application blanks among prominent dog owners through out the East.
 As a result of such preparations inc entry list had been prepared. HundreoS of dogs were to have been benched ana later shown in their respective classes. A program was printed and made ready for distribution. The vanguard of dogs was probably enroute to Hartford when the Office of Defense Transportation ex- amined the Hartford claim and rejected it. It wasn't lack of foresight on the part of the promoters of the Hartford show. They believed they had complied with all governmental wartime regulations for the occasion. But when a change III such regulations is made, it would seem as if there should be deadline.
 This was true when horse-raclng throughout the United States was abol- ished. A date was set for its cessation. Not so in the case of the more innocent form of sport-benching and showing dogs. Although Hartford, like other communities along the winter dog-shoW route, had spent time and money in pre- pairing for the annual event, to be re- stunned after an interruption of some few years, it was denied the right to proceed just on the eve of the show itself. Now if the big Eastern Show is held at Boston this week as planned, it would seem as II the Washington agencies are more than confused in their efforts to keep activltles under their control well curbed, yet at the same time maintain national morale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

Senate.
 NOTE: Latin American mem- bers of the diplomatic corps are advising the Mexicans that they will be lucky if California defeats ratification of the Waterway Pact. They think the Mexican ne- gotiatorS were Saps to give away so much.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 When Sam Shortridge remarked in the Senate that California was where the sun aset reluctantly, the London Times observed that 1t was surprised the Senator ad- mitted the sun ever Set in Cali fornia Tp-off on the lobby ing drive against Henry Wallace: A guard in 8 Dallas bank was posted to approach customers en- tering the bank and ask them to write letters to senators against Wallace The Atlanta Journal has compiled some interesting arithmetic regarding Jesse Jones. It finds that his Defense Plant Corporation invested $640,000, ,000 in Texas and only $4,279.00O in Georgia. In other words, Uncle Jesse invested $103.37 per capital in Georgia. Also Texas got 48 per cent of the total amount in- vested in B southern states .. The Journal adds that Texas had only one-sixth of the population
 of the South and ten per cent of the South's industrial workers in 1889 The Journal did not add that when the State, War Depart ments were urging the erection of a tin smelter to replace Malayan tin, Jesse Jones delayed it for months. Los Angeles, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, and various other cities all bid for the smelter. But, after ponderous delays, Uncle Jesse located it. in a suburb of his own home city, Houston Re- suit of the Jounes delay: House. wives have bene saving tin cans ever since The American Le- zion has started 8 campaign to have the OPA ease ratiining and price regulations for returning veterans so the ex-GI's can get back into business One vet eran, seeking to open a popcorn stand, was denied necessary sugar and butter A veteran trying to re-enter the coal business was deneid coal purchasing priorities. Another veteran anxious to go back to tire re-capping was refused the necessary comeback.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT
(Boston Post)

When Winston Churchill hailed the United States last Thanksgiv- ing as the greatest military, air and naval power in the world, he might have added a reference to the power of America under the sea. For, truly, our navy has brought the use of the submarine to new point of effectiveness. In two great wars Germany tried to make the submarine decisive and failed. If the American submarine in the Pacific has not been decisive. it has certainly had 8 profound effect on the war out there, and the recent disclosure that our un- dersea craft have sunk over 1000 Japs ships indicates why. An Am- erican invention is at last playing It's nose effective role in defense of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
OLD MAIDS DAY
(Hartford Courant.)

For once The Courant finds itself completely in accord with the First Lady, who in a recent press confer- ence expressed her disfavor for c national old Maids Day. Indeed. Mrs. Roosevelt went even further. She cast a gentle frown on all quasi-commercial observances like Mothers Day and Fathers Day and the rest.
 There is something completely American about the way these spec ial days are foisted on a patient public. The dairy industry will de- eide 1t wants to sell more cheese, let US saY, and immediately vs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

no formal organization in any sense. but making an arbitrary division of people who can pretty much be counted on to think through the straw makes 1t easier to understand how these blocs pull and haul against each other in trying to in- huence White House opinion and the administration line.
 BREAKDOWN SHEDS LIGHT
 Making this breakdown will shed a certain amount of background en- lightenment on the Wallace-Jones affair, the fight over the work-or- else bill, the teacup tempest over the six Assistant Secretaries of State and practically anything else that is likely to happen in the next four years.
 In the Middle is the President and the people who can be counted to think what he thinks, no matter what he thinks, for publication at least. Ed Stettinius, Claude Wickard Madam Perkins, Paul McNutt and such people. Perhaps Presidential advisers Harry Hopkins, Judge Sam Rosenman and the yes-men of the White House Sccretariat should be included in this group of the Mid- dle because they go along with whatever the President does.
 Most observers, however, would put Harry Hopkins somewhat fur ther to the left. The President him. self has said that his course is just little to the left of center, 50 that throws the balance in this scheme of things well towards the Liberals In this group should probably go Supreme Court Justice Felix Frank furter. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Mariner s. Eccles and Henry Wallace.
 Here again there will be many votes to put not only Harry Hopkins but Henry Wallace in the group of extreme LeftistS. Most of the real radicals of the early New Deal now turn up missing Rex Tugwell, Leon Henderson and that group. Ac- cepted spokesmen for this group now are Harold Ickes, Attorney General Francis Riddle and the antitrust crowd in the Department of Justice.
 CONSERVATIVES
 AND ULTRAS
 Looking on the other side of the Middle, you are apt to find in the Conservative group such figures as War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes, Stabilization Director Fred M. Vim son, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, War Food Ad- ministrator Marvin Jones, Budget Director Harold Smith.
 Among the Ultra Conservatives there should be listed Bernard M. Baruch, Foreign Economic Admin istrator Leo Crowley, ssistant Sec- retary of State Will Clayton, Secre- retary and Undersecretary of Wal Henry L. Stimson and Robert Pat terson, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.
 One way of looking at this divi- sion of blocs is to view it as a hap- py blending of all shades of opinion into a really great political party. The other is to see it as an explana- tion for all the lovely fights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

and Salt Lake City. All of them
 concurred except California.
 Nevada, which some people say
 is dominated by California, re-
 trained from voting.
 CALIFORNIA WANTS CASH
 Here are some more interesting aspects of the Water Pact which the boys from the Golden State are fighting with such 8 mixture of charm and ferocity:
 l. Odicially, California objects to the treaty giving Mexico l. 500000 acre feet (One acre in area one foot in depth) of watS an- nually. But, actually, the State Department has in its possess sion letters in which the Cali District offers to sell Mexico more fornia Imperial Valley Irrigation than 1,500,000 acre feet. In fact, no question of the amount was raised, only the question of cash bothered the boys from California.
 2. Actually, also, what the fast-talking California boys really object to is giving the water to Mexico free. They want to sell 1t. However, international law provides that two countries thorugh which the same river flows both have rights to the wa ter. They don't have to pay for 1t.
 3. In 1943 Mexico used 1,80O,- 900 acre feet of water. In 1914 she used slightly, but not much. less. By the treaty, she gets only 1,50O,000 acres feet-in other words less than she is now using. Under international law you or dinal1ly can't take away from a country what it is alreday using. In a few more years, Mexico might use considerably more and thereby establish firm rights to keep it.
 4. Reclamation Bureau officials say that over 100000 acre feet will flow to Mexico through seep- age anyway, because the land slopes in that direction. (California officials claim the seepage will be only 250,000 acre feet.) Mexico, however. agrees under the treaty to accept this seepage, even though some of 1t is salty, as part of the 1,50O,0OO quota.
 FINALLY, California contributes not one drop of water to the Colo rado river. It all comes from other states. Yet she Is the biggest beneficiary and also the biggest squawker before the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
REAL BREAKFAsT FOOD

I read in your column that you would like to know how to make buckwheat pancake, say literally hundreds of readers sending in their recipes. That's news to me. What I expressed a wish for is to find some one who can make old fashioned yeast-raised buckwheat pancakes. A printed or written recipe and the actual know-how are widely different things.
 Reader H. A. T. submitted the prize recipe:
 First, get your pure buckwheat fiour-no mixture. If 1t is ground with bran and all. so much the better. The black speckS will give 1t 6 distinctive flavor. Get a cake of dry yeast, the kind women used when they baked their own bread. Any other kind is uncertain. Soak the yeast in lukewarm water for about eight hours. This is to start the yeast plant growing (fermenting). Turn into vessel used for con- taining batter. Add salt to suit taste, not too much. Use Suf- ficient warm (not hot) water to make up about 8 quart more than you want to use the first time. Stir in sufficient buck wheat flour to make @ thick, not 8 thin, batter. If 1t is too thin the gas will escape without rais- in the pancake. Set 1t in a warm place over night.
 Next morning 1t should be raised in good shape. First batch is seldom so good as subsequent patches. DO NOT STIR BAT TER BEFORE BAKING. The gas will escape if you do. Your pancakes will be fiat. Dip with spoon from top of batter and turn the spoonful as gently as possible upon the hot griddle. Better make cakes size of 8 plate, rather than little ones. Rotate griddle gently to make batter spread. If 1t will not spread without shaking 1t is too thin and your pancakes will not be light. If 1t piles up and will not spread with shaking it is too thick.
 Do not touch batter with spoon after 1t is on the griddle. You will release the gas from the places you touch. If batter is too thick, dip spoondeeper into batter and bring up some from the underside which is likely to be thinner.
 If batter is too thin you are out of pancakes for breakfast today. Set 1t away until night. then add some more buckwheat flour and salt and let it rise for the following morning.
 The batter must always be prepared night before wanted, and kept in a warm place over night. This is a night and morn ing program to follow if you want good buckwheat pancakes. To make them up for an occas- ional breakfast is not satis- factory.
 GIT. A. T. There you are, folks. This gentle- man has the know-how. Perhaps other receipts sent in by our readers are as good as his. but he is awarded the prize be- cause he tells us more of the art or technique of making yeast-raised nlIre bllckWheat pancakes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Selected Poem
THE HIGH STREET

 (Ens. John Ackerson, UsMs, In The New Yc
 T1meS) Chowrdingee in Calcutta, Collins of Belbourne town, Are broad streets, and fair street, Yet I award the crown, With eyes that mist and fill To High Street, my High Street. That runs by Radburn Hill. Oh, London's Piccadilly,
 And Glasgow's famed Argyle, Are bonny streets for sailors Who seek harpy's smile, But am loyal stil
 To one who walks the High Street And dwells on Radburn Hill. True, Saint Michel in Paris, Havana's Malecon, Have lured me with bright faces In days now dead and gone, Pallid to eyes which spill
 Their tears for me in High Street, That runs by Radburn Hill Come peace. I'll quit my roaming The streets of lesser worth For one street, fair street, My choice through all the earth: I'll climb with royal will The High Street, our High Street, To my love on Radburn Hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 1:43 a. m. (war time)
 Sun rises at TAI a. m, sets at 6:3l p. m. (War time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Sirius which we have been mentioning from time to time is thirt ytimes as brilliant as the sun, and there are others brighter but not % near so do not appear 50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

all pllcleS or the a d m i n istration, [ ere are in reality about five blocS. For lack of better names, call these blocS the Middle, the Liber- al, the extreme Left Wing, the Conservative and the extreme Right Wing Ultra-Con- Servative.
 Each of these blocs has its dominant person. oIlAIno TA.A L.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

When in Rome do as the Romans do, and by that same token when in the Crimea do as the Crimeans do, Thus the Russian turban worn by Winston Churh- ill at Yalta. Incidentally the hat prob ably proved good and warm, and It was given him by Canadians, who also wear warm headgear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to peF- sOnaI health and hygiene, not 70 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. 70 reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street. Chicago. Ill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1s, 194
A Thought for Today

But the Lord Is with me as . mighty terrible enc: therefore my prosecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be great ly ashamed; for they shall not prosper; their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. Jeremiah 20:11.
 Our peace must be a peace of victorS, not of the vanquished.-Foch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
The Pipes of War

At the risk of having to eat the above words, it must be admitted that there are constant factors that cling to warfare in spite of all the technical advancementS that each war seems to bring. There are courage and basic strategy, of course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

The astounding thing is that
 sometimes these weather va ne s give entirely dif- ferent readings.
 But experience has taught all those who live in that vicinity that the weather vane
 on the house is always accurate while that on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
AS A MATTER OF FACT

This week we approach the anniver- sarv of another birthday, George wash ington's. You will be reminded Of the fact in your newspapers and over the radio. Schools will close, also other CIVIC organizations. But with all this acclaim some will miss out on the biographical quiz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

more objectionable than the rest. In the first place the term old maid itself has long been in disrepute, Furthermore, If we accept Mrs. Roosevelt's definition of an old maid as "a girl who never had a chance to get married" as distinguished from a single woman who "could have but didn't want to-" then where are you going to ind your old maids to honor?
 With only one slight detail con- corning special Days do we find ourselves not completely in har-' mony with the First Lady. There is another Day we could well fore- go, but gentlemanly instincts forbid mentioning 1t by name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY uu CApv nnu~vAcC n n
By EARL l.. DOUGLASS, D. D.

Two weather vanes stand out against the landscape. One is on low-lying stable and the other on the peak of a dwelling house roof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

Acting Secretary of State Grew says the impact of Manila's fall will spur the Japs to bigger efforts. The bigger they come, the harder they fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
]" NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Washington's Five Blocs
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ingtOn Correspondent

Washington, D. C., Feb. 19 - For ease in understanding what makes things happen the way they do in this crazy-town, 1t may be conven- lent to strike parallel with the pre-war French system of political blocs.
 Instead of there being one U. 8. Democratic party which determines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

Real Americans consider giving blood to the Red Cross not only duty, put privilege.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

During the recent milk short. age. in New Delhi, India, milk prices tripIed. and poor families could not afford to buy any for their children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Washington Merry Go-Round
Drew Pearson Soy Coneesmen Abuse Privileges U S. Naval Hospo How California LobbeAgont HuI Lost Treaty. Cali forno Moy Spend HoIf Million Defeat Waterways Pact.
BY DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON February l9 members of Congress not careful they are Md.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
QUESTION and ANSWERS

So VegetarianS Never Drink
 There are positively NO vegetar- ian drunkards. On the authority of eminent medical testimony health, strength and immunity from drunkenness or craving for alcohol are insured by a non-carnivorous diet. (F. P0
 Answer-I hope you will permit me to say I do not recognize medi- cal authority as having any more weight than my own opinion about such thing. Before get excited about 1t I'd like to know what "non-carnivorous diet means. Does 1t mean one takes no meat, fowl, fish, game, eggs, milk, butter, cheese? I doubt that one could maintain good health and efficiency on diet from which all of these foods of animal origin are ex- cluded.
 Alcoholism
 Nice neighbors, could be happy were it not for the husbands drinking. Is there any thing his wife could use secretly in his food or drink to cure him? He won't try to help himself or receive any help. He is good worker when he is all right. c. A. B.
 Answer-Best suggestion I can make is that the man get in touch with Alcoholics Anonymous - look for local group announcement in classified columns. They will receive him in friendly way (they are all just like him) and if he attends their get-togethers it can at least do him no harm. It Is all strictly private too.
 Copyright 1945, John F. Dille Co)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

and Salt Lake City. All of them concurred except California. Nevada, which some people say is dominated by California, re. trained from voting.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-09
NAM Directs
Session Here

A clinic on distribution for top
management executives, sponsored
by the National Association .of
Manufacturers, will open ton
row in the Hotel Statler. "
Leading industrialists and a
professor of economics will give
four addresses on phases of dis
tribution to the postwar market.
The three talks scheduled for
the morning session. at which M.
<. Coyle, head of the Chevrolet
division of General Motors, will
preside, are: The Customer Will
Be Boss" by Everett r. Smith of
MacFsdden Publications; Spot
light on Key Personnel" by Prof.
Ray Z. Untereiner of California
Institute of Technology. and Are
Your Dealers with You?", by
Arthur w. Ramsdell, vice nresiS
dent of Buchanan and Co.
The luncheon session, which will
be led by Howard K. Blood, presi-
dent of the Norge division Of Borg
Warner, will feature a talk by
Charles Luckman. president of
Pepsodent, on "Sell-Or Go Bust"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-09
.3 Rescued
In IcyLake

Thrown into the icy waters OF
Lake st. Clair yesterday after
noon when a high wind over
turned their sailboat, a woman
and two youths are alive today
because a Detroiters cab IN
cruiser rescued them.
Saved were Mrs. Anne Sobo-
cinski, 81, of 1885 Trombley;
Arthur Rung, II, of 7712 Dexter,
and a 17-year-old youth Of Anchor
Bay.
They were taken aboard the
cruiser of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gould
of 6474 Fisher after clinging TO
the overturned boat for more
than half an hour.
They set out from Anchor Bay
and the craft capsized near
Strawberry Island.
Mrs. Sobocinski said the frigid
water had benumbed them and
they probably would have gone
under in another Is minutes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-09
RARE COMBINATION

She has voice. beauty, acting
ability and sincerity. If you want
more than that in your "Tosca''
You'd better see the man in the
box office about getting your
money back.
Teamed with her were both a
new Scarpia, George Czaplicki
and a new Cavaradossi, Mario
Berini, both of whom were in ex-
cellent voice last night.
Czsplicki makes a sinister and
terrifying Gestapo chief. although
he could be a little taller. But
he can act and his "Te Deum'
in the first act was excellently
rendered.
Berini has spendid tenor voice,
ideally suited to the lyric require
ments of the Mario role. He
doesn't seem to have quite enough
experience with the histrionics OF
the part, for his acting, particu-
larly in the second act was rather
awkward. But altogether this
triumvirate of artists combined
their talents to put over a really
topflight performance, with direc-
tor Giuseppe Bamboschek and the
orchestra giving superb support
from the pit.
LADIES NIGHT
Saturday was again Ladies
Night" at the opera, with Zinks
Milanov and Bruna Castagna
walking off with all the honors in
La Gioconda."
Most of the men like Nino
Ruisi were adequate, but tenor
Paquala Ferrara was exceptionally
weak and slightly ludicrous as the
supposedly dashing EMO.
Although La Gioconda" has
some beautiful moments, like the
second act duet between Gioconds
and Laura. it is nevertheless q
tedious opera with such an IN.
volved plot that it's hardly worth
untangling, and the ballet is as
archaic as a ballet can get. let's
face it.
FINE FAUST
Saturday afternoons Faust
was exceptionally well delivered
with Dorothy Kristen proving a
perfectly delightful Marguerite.
Nino Martini played Faust
with great spirit and Nicola Mos
coma sang Mephistopheles su-
perbly, although his acting in the
lrole lacks the suphurous fire that
the Prince of Darkness should
have.
Surprise was Martial Singher as
Valentin. He really brought the
house down with as fine a per-
formance of the role as we can
remember since Richard Bonelli
was at his height.
II was a very successful season
and we hope this fine company
will repeat next year, although
we could suggest a slight change
of repertory.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-09
Palestine Jews
Stage Protest

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 GNS)-
The London radio reported today
that the Soviet minister to Egypt
is in Palestine on an "unofficial"
visit.
The broadcast added that the
Jewish community in Palestine
has set aside today for a protest
against the white paper of 1889"
A six-hour stoppage OF work and
traffic and mass meetings were
planned.