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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

The Town Crier Tells The last issue of the Ltch fold Enquirer carried picture of the finished plans for the hall to be erected in the of the St. Anthony's church property, which will various church purposes until the main structure is started about where the burned church was Sixteen Farmer Work Camps to be established in Connecticut this Tobacco crops need the most recruits in Hartford County Strawberry pckers will be needed in Andover vegetable harvesers Cheshire and apple pckers in those sections where apples plentiful Along the sides of the roads up Northed way and in the Morris and Litch-
 field country bluebells are now bending gracefully their slender stems Fields filled with buttercups Streams and brooks rushing and gurging right merry along of the neighbOrng side roads Towns and little towns round about making their plans for Memorial Day, with speeches, parades and suitable programs of them staged village greens, others in town halls ...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

Add to list of citys celebrities convaescng the of Harold Boyce secretary of Selecve Service Board 16-A and veteran member of the composing room of the Republican American. MT. Boyce underwent op- eration Saturday and is responding nicely to medical treatment at St. Marys hospital. State Senator Ed ward P Egan and former Alderman C. Arthur DuBois' names placed the list yesterday The former is at St. Francis hospital Hartford and the latter at St. Marys hospital Both doing nicely, thank you. .. We hope that Inspector Joe Bender has put his ace trailer the track of the party responsible for the theft of bicycle from in front of the Democrat office Satur day morning. Regardless of any paint ob the will be able to identify it and unless it is returned questions being asked prosecution will be sought. The bicycle is the property of who has been accustomed to wheeling for years He needs in his daily work It isn't the monetary value that has rled him, but losing something he has prized for years and has spent many hours in equipping has made him decidedly peeved.
 reward will hasten the return of the bicycle provide information that will help the Tower will gladly tribute to the fund So anyone knows call the Tower and collect To my good friends the young Republi- cans Don't mind the kidding about the age limit in your organization We recall incident in the history of the Young Democrats An executive who tried to be oneman organization ruled out" all members of 40 years from attending state convention It personal decision It turned out, however that the chairman of the credenal committee this particular convention and named by this particular executive had passed his 58th year! Youth is evidently matter of opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
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LET'S EAT AT HOME IF AT ALL
n BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

LET'S EAT AT HOME IF AT ALL Whats the good
 Of dining on roof, They serve no chicken,
 No beef on the hoof! No lamb chops on the card
 Nothing broiled on charcoal, And oysters are out of season and
 There's a scarcity of filet of sole. Whats the good
 Of dining outl Macaroni, frankfurtS,
 Whats it all about! Whats the good
 Of dining at the club, There's no place to eat,
 Nary tearoom or pub.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
WAVELETS
BY BILL HARRINGTON

Leo Carillo, who specializes in south of the border roles, picked a chile con carne type of tune, "Acquapulca," as his musical auto graph to be played during the WATR-Blue Network broadcast of GUY LOMBAEDO AND HIS ROY AL CANADIANS, tonight at g D. m.
 Ann Sheridan asked Jean Tighe, featured singer, for her rendition of Close AS The Pages In A Book. :" from up In Central Park" and Guys fellow Blue Network star, Jerry Wayne, chose I'll See You Again" as his favorite. Gertrude Lawrence, being British, nominated sentimental Journey" tune named for the picture of the same name with an English locale, and movie personality Lee Bowman asked Guy for the Royal Can- adians' version of Poor Little Rhode Island"
 Dorothy Lamour selected How Am I To Know and her co-star in many movies, Bing Crosby, picked the following favorite five closing medley: Long Ago And Far Away" Josephine, Penthouse Serenade," /" Honey" and Lets Take The Long Way Home Hit of the week, as shown by Lombardo listeners let ters, is All Of My Life," which will be heard on the program as will Guys prediction of the tune of to- morrow.
 The Wesson Brothers, smart, young sophisticates of comedy, make another hilarious comeback when they return to the Supper Club" show, heard the NBC-way at ? D. m. On all of their previous Supper Club" appearances. the boys have really knocked the crowd out and tonights session should be no exception. Their unique batter and chatter is mak- ing quite a hit with the radio au- dience and it looks as if the boys are headed for radio stardom. In addition, you'll hear the Supper Club" regulars, headed by Chester fields singing star-Perry Como.
 Mother usually knows best. But Louis Prima, whose band will be heard on "Tthe Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands over WATR-Blue network at 9:30 p. m. tonight, be- came a top-hight trumpeteer in his own fashion.
 Louis, an accomplished violinist as a kid, changed to the trumpet | during the absence of his mother who didn't like the instrument. He still plays the violin for relaxation. | however.
 How Far Should We Go In Feed | ing Europe?" will be the subject for discussion on WOR-Mutuals $ American Forum of the Air" this evening from 9:30 to 1o:15 p. m.
 Speakers include Wayne Adams, Department of the Interior Dr. Lawrence c. Curtis, formerly in charge of the seed program of the American Seed commission in North Africa; and Reps. Robert Sikes of Florida and Frances P. Bolton of Ohio.
 Theodore Crank is the moder- ator of "The American Forum of the Air which originates in the Shoreham hotel in Washington, D. c.
 Elspeth Eric, lovely blond star Of stage and radio, f1irts with disaster when she appears behind the creak- ing door as Your Host Raymond's guest ghostess in Dead to Rights"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

To our readers:-You will occasionally in this column Our Waterbury which will be bits of local history of very early days down to recent years We will gather these items from Waterbury histories and brochures and old es and also from series of Brass City Facts" which were printed in this newspaper years ago. We aim to be accurate but if inaccuracies noticed will be glad to have this drawn to at tention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
A Long Road

The publication, Hardware Trade, has cautioned retailers that the lifting of WIPE restrictions doesn't mean that mer- chandise will immeditely start moving toward their shelves. And since the rest of us are watching those shelves, perhaps the word of caution is worth passing along. WIPE, as Hardware Trade points out, gave manufacturers permission to begin producing some 1900 individual items in 400 types of civilian goods when it revoked blanket order M-126, which applied to iron and steel But WIPE only gave manufacturers the green light. Their job of getting out of war produc- tion enough to give peacetime manufac- turing some attention, of getting plants into shape and finding material and la- bor, takes time.
 The result of that delay will mean an- noyance rather than real hardship to most consumers. But to millions of war workers who will be released at the end of the war, prolonged delay could be much more than annoying. Reconversion will be difficult enough at best without adding acute social unrest and discon- tent arising from transformation or in- aptitude on the part of either industry or the government agencies affected.
 The history of reconversion to date has not been a particularly shining one. Granting the difficulties, it is time that those responsible summoned all their ef- fort and efficiency to prepare for as rapid and plainleSS changeover as possible. Pickering and slipshod performance could bring incalculably bad results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

by political world body, can there
 be peace in the world to come.
 Lt.-Gov. Snow is to be commend-
 ed for his outspokeness, and for dis playing the courage of his convic-
 tions. He is particularly to be ad- mired for not mincing words in this
 crucial tir1e in world history.
 Americans must wake up. They do
 not pay Congressmen $10000 yearly in order that the nations law-mak- CTS may gain personal profits, nor
 act as mouthpieces for the moneyed
 interests-either here or abroad. Let us make certain in the future
 we send to our Congress men of wis
 dom and judgment, men with suffi-
 cient fortitude to put aside personal
 gain for the well-being of this na- tion and the entire world For Amer
 ica has learned in the course of a
 generation through two bitter-hard-
 fought wars that liberty and the well-being of her sister nations IS also her liberty and her well-being. This, the most powerful nation in the world, must take leadership or perhaps when the god of Mars rides again not only this nation, but our entire world civilization, may perish from the earth. Respectfully,
 F. M, B.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Pimpernels of World War II

Unnumbered millions have read and been thrilled by the pseudo-historical novel, "The Scarlet Pimpernel." AS will be recalled, the plot was laid during the French Revolutionary period and related to efforts led by the "Pimpernel' to smuggle out of France those intended for the guillotine. Doubly interesting to everyone familiar with the story is the recent disclosure that the recent war in Europe had it's extremely modernized version of the Pimpernels. They were the members of two secret special mission airborne Squadrons, operating out of a small village in England.
 They carried arms, ammunition, food, medical supplies, radio sets and an al- most endless list of materials to under ground fighters in all occupied coun- tries They carried skis and sleighs to Norwegians and bicycles bearing the stamps of French manufacturers to French patriots. They dropped under ground agents in all occupied countries and returned others by hundreds to Eng land for sabotage training. They took extreme risks, and many paid for their daring with their lives.
 They have provided one of the most thrilling, most heroic chapters Of the war. They rendered service of an inn portance all out of proportion to their numbers. Not even the Scarlet Pimper- mel himself could have asked or done more He would have been pro'ld to have numbered himself among them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Charles G. Norris

The late Charles G. Norris, one of the three literary Norrises once said: We Americans are bad citizens, matrimon- ially speaking We are marriage slackers." ;" Mr. Norris who died this week in Cali fornia was the husband of Kathleen Nor ris, prolific writer of romantic stories, and the brother of the late Frank Norris. Charles Norris's books dealt with soci- ological subjects and were controversial. one of his best known novels was Brass" ." 1t is recalled he wrote one-word title books like Bread" and Seed" He strongly opposed divorce and was in the press a great deal on this issue.
 Charles and Kathleen Norris were two composites in many ways; the latter writ ifE light sentimental and "best seller" IFDe Of novels her husband writing in a more ponderous style. Both, however, lived in harmony ali their lives through
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

people can see the relationship ex- isting between sound morals and sound economics. but the relation ship nevertheless exists. What is right will in the long run prove to be profitable. Anything wrong. no matter how high the dividends may be at first. ends at last in some form of bankruptcy-financial or moral.
 We live in a world filled with the promise of better things. We read of the gadgets which research prom ises after the war Is over. We dream of c world so thoroughly civilized and industrialised that everyone will have enough to eat and an opportunity to succeed. But material wealth will not Insure any such Utopia. Civilizations have risen and declined, and always char acter weakness has been q factor of vital importance, both in the trip up and In the trip down.
 The Great Wall of China waA breeched because somebody's char- acter failed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
In Today's Mail

men. Membership fees in the organ ization was a nominal 25 cents, yet expenses of the council were paid by It. Kimball or Fred Smedley.
 Then in September, 1889, Hitler invaded Poland and began the bloody, brutal slaughter of millions of the innocent. The Waterbury council, with other national peace organizations, warned and pleaded with Americans to send to Congress men of vision, capable of checking the gory march of the Nazi hordes, whose atrocities mounted with each day.
 The Waterbury Council, in it's ef- forts to seat capable Congressmen from this state, sent to candidates for Congress a questionnaire con- corning the handling of current in- ternational problems. The answers were then published and sent to Connecticut voters to guide them in their selection of men able to un- tangln the mounting world problems.
 Wi !: one candidate for Congress from this district, heralded by his party as one of the ablest men to sit in the House of Representatives, was asked among other questions, to state plans for international CO., operation" he retorted frankly. yet it must be said, honestly: What is international cooperation? Don't bother me with such silly questions |.
 Before Pearl Harbor it SO hap pened that the Yves, the Fish's. and other silver-throated orators could howl louder than those who, with keen perception and studied compe- tition could view the one sure road leading out of the holocaust that was beginning to envelop the world.
 At the eleventh hour, just as Hit Ter was getting ready to strike east ward, the visionary groups urged that England. the United States, France, and the Scandinavian na- tions, all unprepared for war, pool their military strength to stop the Nazis. And though this second World War was at their very doorsteps. Americans did not take heed. They stuck their heads, like ostriches, in the sand, and tried to believe that it would not come to these shores.
 Isolation was the easiest way, and in those days, Americans liked the easiest way. But they have learned by bitter experience that the asiest way was one of shortsightednss and despair. Isolation brought no wars to America in the day of Monroe. But the old order changes giving place to new. Transportation and commit nications have reduced the size of our planet. Europe is but 24 hours away by air. Asia. 36 hours. Only in unity of nations, bound together
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
EX-GOVERNOR SHOWS AD- DRESS BEFORE ROTARY CLUB ENTHUSIASTICALLY EN-
 DORSED

Waterbury, Conn. July %, 1945. Editor of The Democrat:
 It was indeed heartening to read your comprehensive report on the address of It. Gov. Wilbert Snow before the Rotary club last Tuesday in which he urged the American people to send to Congress men of international vision and information al leadership capable of establishing world order"
 The American people should mark well these words of Connecticut's lieutenant governor if the pain heartaches, and global destruction of a third world conflagration are to be avoided.
 III and crushed by the indiffer- ence of the American people to the League of Nations, his one hope of lasting peace, the late President Woodrow Wilson toured the coun- try pleading for it's support upon his return from the Versailles confer ence. Both Congressmen and the people of America would not lis ten.
 Upon Wilson's death, visionary men and students of internationa relations took p the cry for world court or international league through which the disputes o. nations might be settled amicably Yet Congressmen and the people of America did not listen.
 Even when Japan started her bloody march of aggression into Manchukuo, our lawmakers and ouI so-called peace-loving citizens turned a deaf ear to the cry of the bleeding and suppressed. Sure" they commented Aggression of any na- tion is terrible thing. But after all that's their business, not ours. Let's just thank God we're removed from it by two broad oceans"
 When Hitler grabbed the Ruhr Austria, Czeckoslovakia, the latt President Roosevelt, in no uncertain words, warned the people of Amer ica that this nation must take a hand in world affairs if it were to maintain its peace and order. Al the opening of the international bridge in Chicago, on October 5 1887, the President asserted: 'The peace-loving nations must make concerted efforts in opposition tc the violations of treaties and the ignoring of human instincts which today are creating state of inter- national anarchy and instability from which there is no escape through isolation or neutrality" Tha Congress and people did not listen.
 It must also be recorded that the needless and those that turned deaf ear to the rumblings of th' god of Mars made up the major,t! of Waterbury residents.
 Through the 30s. here in our owr city, Q handful of people organized as the Waterbury Council for peac' action. worked tirelessly for inter national order. Headed by It. Chas' Kimball. Frederick Smedley. ans Marjorie Farley, the group attempt ed in no small measure to show thu worth of the League of Nations a e factor In forming a permanen peace. So lacking was Interest IL world peace. the membership of thl Waterbury Council never rose abovl 200. Its meetings were attended by dcsen people, the majority, clergy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

Symingtoh, n e W Surplus Property Board chairman, was held in Dis trict of Columbia police headquar- ters simply be- cause the 0 nl y room big enough to hold the gath ering W 8 S where t h e cops a n d p l a inclothesmen size up the nights h a ul of p e t t y crooks at t h e morning polio e 1inelln. The re.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

disagreeing on many subjects. Each had different political persuasions, she Dem ocrat, he Republican; and each prac- ticed a different religion, she Roman Catholic, he Protestant. MT. Norris was willing to admit mistake, one of his biggest about Hitler whom he once praised, for which he got his face slapped by Edna Ferber. He said it served him right,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at i0:i6 D. m. (war time) Sun rises at 6:l3 a, ri., sets at 8;l3 D. ni (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 High tide today at i;i6 .. nn., i;4T D. na. Low tide at 7:s7 6. rn., 7:s6 ?. m. Ieastern war tlrnel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Why Don't They Tell Me?


 Perhaps you will share with me in the satisfaction Of knowing that these men are passing their physi- cal examinations and obtaining or holding goods jobs. which they could not do in their preached condition. Few of them, I imagine, would ever have submitted to radi- cal operations. (-, M. D. Answer-Thank you, Doctor. Few of them ever bother to tell me their experience, unless the treatment fails.
 Dry Air
 I worked for years as elevator operator, and the air in the bot tom of the shaft was extremely dry and poorly ventilated, merely suck ed in fro mthe basement where they would not ventilate because that might cause condensation in the pipes Would that account for the drying up of my lower lungs? I am 60 years of age.
 (M. W) Answer-No.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

The point value news this week is en- couraging in one way since it effects re- auctions of one to two points on beef, lamb and veal cuts Boneless beef trump roasts get the biggest cut, three points Now the thing is to get the meat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

ton right after the Potsdam Con- ference.
 Gromyko was Number Two man of the Embassy under Maxim Litvinov, and succeeded to Litvinov's job after the one time Russian Foreign Minister and champion of collective security was ordered back to Russia two years ago.
 Since then, cold, unsmiling Gromyko has not got on too well in the capital. But he is well
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

liked in Russia, where he is con- sidered one of the Soviet's up- and-coming diplomats, and he may become Assistant Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
 Gromyko's successor hasn't been chosen yet, but may be another equally unknown Russian diplo- mat, Alexander N. Kapustin, now Counselor of the Soviet Embassy in Washington.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
NOTHING COUNTS BUT
 CHARACTER
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D.D

A modern author tells us that the Great Wall of China, gigantic structure designed to insure secur- ity, was breeched three times by the enemy. It was not breeched, however, by breaking down the wall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
Selected Poem
THE VIOLLNS

Sgt. Harold Applebaum, Anc., in The
 New York Times) Soft in tomorrow's dawn, Below the trumpets, Beneath the trembling drum, Between the cymbals' clashes. Weaving through the thunder With the reborn. thrusting drive Of deathless. growing things Like a slim hand raised Against the symphony The violinS climb on air To trace their majesty. high And clear above the dying drums, Sweet on the peaceful dusk, Soft for tomorrow's dawn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

but by bribing ing the gate keeper.
 In the last analysis, every thing in this old world of ours depends upon S o u n d ness of character. The human element usually decides t h e issue of events Nnt all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

The Harlem (NeW York; housing pro- feet planned for the future will have the pleasing title, Colonial Village" which seems a ligely name for it.. New York, though Metropolitan in the extreme, is a combination of one-time villages quite Colonial and Early American in charac- ter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
A Thought for Today

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills. and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel-Jeremiah 3:23.
 The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men is the vicisstude of sects and religions Bacon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27
2 NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Washington FoNies
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash. ington Correspondent

Washington, July 27 = Standing gag around Washington is that any one having anything to do with dis posal of surplus war materials prob ably will end his days in the peni- tentiary.
 As if to illustrate the gag, the first press conferences for w. Stuart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

The ninth year of the war? Nut be so for President Chiang-Kai-shek of China says: "As we are entering upon the ninth year of the war, final victory is now secure and the dawn of freedom is al- ready visible"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-27

The OPA is stumped, so reads news dispatch, over the shoddiness of clothing. They are not the only ones who are stumped.