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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
Confusion Worse Confounded!

Burdened by dissatisfaction among its participants, confused by it's mis- handling as a proposed legislative meas ure, the citys pension plan now is to be saddled with the wild horseman of politics with his rough hands and rowel spurs.
 Republican representatives have clear ly shown they plan to use this civic measure for personal political purposes this fall. This was shown by their at- tempt to attach referendum amend ment to the original bill, and by the per Sistent, redundant adverse publicity giv- en to the plan by the COP controlled press.
 It is wise for all of us at this time, to take heed of the fact that local Re- publican leaders have been suffering for some time now, from a severe drought of election platforms. Now they have come forth with the city pension plan in the hopes it will prove to be the we'll spring they have so eagerly sought. It is well to remember, before any of us are blinded by these ulterior mo- tives, that the local Republican leaders had as intimate part in the drawing up of the city pension plan as did those of the administration. Rep. Arthur Tanner (R-Woodbury) and former COP State Senator Francis Summa were members of the original pension com- mission Top leaders of the party con- suited on this bill throughout its his tory.
 These critics now claim that the pres ent bill does not contain the require ments they advocated as being so neces- sary to a sound pension plan. There fore they wash their hands of the en- tire responsibility of the bill passed last week. Yet that same bill except for the city's contributory phase is al- most exactly the same as the commls- missions original bill.
 What is more indicative if their readi- ness to permit personal differences to enter into the matter, and to warp these personal differences into dressed-up po- litical shennanigans?
 We personally object to the manner in which this bill was handled. It came about only as a last-minute concession on the part of authorities to protests of city employees who learned that a more penalizing pension bill was quitely being foStered in the Legislature. That was an onus on this bill at it's inception.
 However, to attempt to twist the final result into partisan issue and to do so under the snug guise of so-called good government, such as being harped upon by these COP leaders, is difficult to digest, and an insult to the unselfiSh civic concern of all local citizens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

true not only on the public highways but on the roadway of life which we follow the cradle to the grave. When young fellow picks out someone who likes to hit it up at a good rate of speed and tries to keep up with him, the result will be a smash up somewhere along the line. Many young married people who allow their romance to go on the rocks and admit their disaster by getting a divorce, do so because they think they must keep up with crowd of speeders. Many wife prevents her husband from getting ahead in life because she spends every cent he makes going along with group who think that life consists of hit ting the high places. Millions of people destroy health and happiness
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

no representation to alls demo- cratic forces in Poland.
 Molotov replied that there was always debate on what was democratic" Truman observ- ed that he did not feel Stalin's latest note on Poland was sat- isfactory. He said he had pre- pared message to Stalin pre- senting the American view and that he had given 8 copy to Prime Minister Churchill. Mo- lotov said he would be glad to transmit the message to Stalin.
 President Truman then ex- pressed the hope that the San Francisco Conference would suc- ceed. Molotov said his Govern ment concurred in that hope. He said goodbye. This ended the series of talks.
 It will be noted that neither Stettinius nor Eden nor Truman made any concrete compromise suggestions to bring the negotiat- ing countries out of a deadlock which has poisoned all US-USSR relations and seriously hurt the San Francisco Conference. It was at this type of negotiation that Roosevelt was a postmaster. Copyright, 1945, by The Bell Syn
 dicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
The Full-Employment Bill

A bill of excellent intent, popularly known as the full-employment bill, has come before Congress with the blessing of War MobiliZer VinSon and, apparently, of President Truman. It's purpose is the just and necessary one of guaranteeing job to everyone with the ability and de- sire to work It would achieve this pur- pose of having the President submit to Congress an annual production and en- plOyment budget, containing a state ment of the nations job needs in the con- ing year and an estimate of private and public investment and expenditure to pro- vide these jobs. If investment and eX- penditure didn't promise to fill the job quota, the President could recommend program to stimulate private invest ment. If that failed, he could then rec ommend public spending program. We doubt that the bill as it stands would fulfill it's intentions. One reason is that it apparently is based on the necessity of 60,000000 jobs. And nobody yet, so far as we know, has proved that to be anything more than an arbitrary figure.
 In the boom year of 1943 515 mil lion civilians had jobs. Some put in overtime equal to the labor of another million workers on a preWar Work-Week basis. That makes 565 millions. Sub- tract the 5.8 million housewives, over- age and under-age workers holding jobs, and you get 507 million.
 To increase this force to SO million would mean employing almost every per- son in the armed forces. That takes no account of the many young service men and women who want to finish their education, those who will remain in an undoubtedly expanded peacetime Army and Navy the young women in the civ ilian labor force who might want to quit work and get married, and the civilian workers of both sexes whose schooling is rot completed.
 The bill doesn't seem to couple any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Non-Surgical Drainage of Gall
 Bladder

I purchased the items for non surgical drainage of gall-bladder" as published recently, but the drug gist refused to mix them because directinos were not clear. How shall I mix them, please? (M. W. Answer-Dissolve all the Epson salts (magnesium sulfate) in the half pint (eight fuidounces) of elixier of lactated pepsin that the liquid will dissolve. Then mix three f1uidounces (six tablespoonfuls) of this solution of salts with one fluid ounce( two tablespoonfuls) of gly- cerin. Now you are all set. No room for all the other details here they are given in booklet So You Have Indigestion"-copy on written request if you inclose ten cents and stamped self addressed envelope.
 Beer
 You told Mrs. E. H. M. she had better follow her doctors advice even if it was to drink three bot ties of beer a day. This from you who said: Until some one can con- trovert scientific observations. total abstinence is the only sensible course for anybody who is not a fool.' I am sadly disappointed.
 (Mrs. M. B.
 AnSwer-I am not-your reaction is characteristic of so many earn est but minimizing folk If pfysi- clan prescribes beer, arsenic, cas- tor oil, mashed potato or even sliced cowcumbers for me, I'll take the stuff if it kills me-or else fire the doctor and call another You can't hate alcoholic liquor or beverage indulgence, cocktail parties and joints, bars, moderate or social" dinking. more than I do, Ma am. But you're taking yourself far too seriously if you presume to say a physician may not prescribe what ever he thinks best for his patient.
 The Rats
 Your column on prospective fathers who shirk their responsibil- ity after conception opened up complete new line of thought to us. We had supposed that daddy had to wait outside during delivery. We were delighted when we asked our doctor about it-he said of course my husband can be right there, in fact he likes to have the father present. (Mrs. w. E)
 Answer-Fine Evidently you se- pushed around by the hospital people.
 Copyright 1s45 by John F. Dille O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

Ever since the Breton Woods Confer ence there has been never ending criti- cism that the funds proposed to estab- fish the new International Bank would be drawn principally from the United States Treasury. Notwithstanding as- surances to the contrary, the best author itieS believe that billions of American dollars would be used for loans to foreign governments and used to finance private undertakings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
Current Comment

With all it's arrogance and it's open contempt for diplomatic pro- cedure, Russia is carrying through an anti-fascist policy Y. The fact is, Russia's own national interests demand the extermination of the whole fascist setup. Louis Fischer, retiring editor of
 The Nation.
 Please boys, I'm not going into the movies.
 Gen. Carl A. Spaatz to photog- raphers on arrival in New York
 from Europe. gists for their vigorous opposition to this ill-advised attempt to lower the standards of an exacting pro- fession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

t h i n g on which t h e r e could well be a n a t i 0 n a ] policy determine tion before t h i s government d a m building business goes m u c h fur ther.
 John B. Black, president of t h e powerful Pacific Gas and Electric Company, s a y s the peopl e of California do not W ant p u b l i c
 ory~- To nr0Ve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
Selected Poem
WHAT THEIR COLOR NOW? (ThomaS F. Doyle in the New York Times)

What is their color now-these dead Who lie deep down in strange, far earth, These soldiers, white and black and brown Close linked in new and common birth? What matters now, here in this place Of deep solemnity, where words Are spoken not or drowned in air Like mournful cries of lonely birds? Only the soul is deep attuned
 To hear in all this silent space The endless thunder of thousand lips Mocking the name and thought of race Why ask their color noW-theSe dead At rest in this most hallowed spot Where only wonder is that men Should see and know their brothers not?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

A recent Soviet development, while scarcely in the Marx-Lenin tradition, will, we predict, advance the popularity and enhance the attractiveness of commun- ism in the eyes of Americans-particu- larly American women. A Moscow fac tory has started manufacturing womens high-grade silk stockings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 10:57 p. m. (war time)
 Sun rises at 5:20 a. nl sets at SPA p. m. war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 A comet increases in brilliancy as it ap- rSoaches the sun, and fades rapidly as it departs. There are three parts, nucleus, coma and tail. One can see stars through comets.-World Almanac.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

Senator Walter F. George of Georgia says: One of the most certain ways of bringing about international disagree ment and ultimate war is to constantly talk about war as inevitable and specu- late as to when and how war is to come" So let's talk less about likelihood of an- other war and concentrate on ending this one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

Connecticut is presently at her best from natural beauty viewpoint. Our state flower, the mountain laurel, is now at it's height, and looks beautifully fresh and pink due to the continued rain. The laurel, too, is slightly in many yards where it is grouped with other shrubs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

wv NAOh'NAJ. dd ing his hand on the boys knee, he said in & kindly fashion, Aren't you hitting it up @ bit too fast, son?" And the lad replied, I'm just followin' that guy in front"
 Many accidents arise from the fact that we try to follow "tha guy
 "a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Public Vs. Private Power
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat-NEA Wash ington CorreSpOndent

San Francisco, June 12 - The future of any established, privately owned electric power company in any part of the United States mark ed for possible development as 8 river valley authority is some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
A Thought for Today

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.-Ezekiel 3:21
 
 Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.- Benjamin Franklin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
THE PASSION TO SURPASS
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D.D.

A boy and his father were driving through city traffic, the boy at the steering wheel. For some time the father had been noticing that the young driver was not observing the speed laws any too closely Law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per-
 sonal health and hygiene, not to
 disease, diagnosis of treatment.
 will be answered by pr. Brady if
 a stamped self-addressed envelope
 is enclose. :. Letters should be brief
 and written in ink. No reply can
 be made to queries not conform
 ing to instructions. Address Dr..
 william Brady. National News
 paper Service, 320 West Madison
 Street, Chicago. III.
 WHICH ITCH IN SPRINGT1ME?
 Some personnal apparel which may carry the itch mites and re- infest the patient or others, calls for special care. Gloves, shoe lin ings and the sweat bands or Things of mems hats and most caps or head gear worn by children must not be overlooked as likely har- bor for the itch mites. These things that connot be boiled may be sterilized by soaking with standard Formaldehyde Solution diluted one part with three parts of water, and then hanging out in the sun to dry for twenty-four hours before wear ing.
 Sulfur itself is somewhat irritat- ing to some skins and may produce some dermatitis for few days. So it is well to wait two or three days after the sulfur treatment before repeating it. In some cases o1 scabies a second and even a third treatment will be necessary to ef- feet complete cure. If you are in doubt whether the skin irritation that remains after the sulfur treat ment is sulfur delulatitis or per- sistent scabies, better walt another day or two and see whether 1t will not subside.
 Finally, the itch is an external condition, and it is as seEslble 10 use internal medicine for it is as It would be to whitewash the cellar for leag in the roof.
 As already mentioned, diagnosis of scabies is difficult even for the doctor. In pricate practice most persons who have it assume 1t IS almost anything else than scab1es. The characteristic sign of the di- sease is the burroW or little tunnel in the epidermis where the female works her way along dispositing her eggs in the tunnel behind her. whitish, but later black. and is wis., ible as line less than A inch long, This burrow or cuniculum may be particularly in the webs of the fingers, the hexures of the wrists, in the ar1npits, etc. The diagnostic significance of the burrows is of greatest value in the early stage before appearance have been chang ed by treatment, and before much secondary infection or pustulation produced by scratching.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Drew soys: Department Now Arresns Exposns S. RussoPosh Activity Surprises
 ooov Russians Used Wor Now Over Justify Their Handling of
BY DREW PEARSON

Washington 2e State going to the extreme length Wilson arrived said:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12

and bring their homes to ruin try ing to keep up with the Jonses. If that guy in front" wants to speed, let him go ahead. I doesn't pay to try to keep up with him.
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Evening star., 1945-03-10
Where and When
Current Theoter Attraction.
and Time Of SHOWING
Stage.

| Stage.
| National-"Fool Notion: 2::3c
and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol Keep Your Powder
Dry: 8, 1:35 am, 2:15, ass, 7:35
and 1910 am. Stage shows: II
Jam, 1885, Ais, 6:55 and 9:35 pm.
Columbia - Meet Me in st.
Louis: 1l:45 am, 2:10, 4:30, 6:55
and 9:25 pm.
Earle Tonight and Every
Night: 10 am, 1925, 2:55, $40
7:45 and 1905 pm. Stage shows
ll:55 am, 2:20. 4:50, ITO and 9:35
Ipna.
I Keith's-"The Suspect: 11.50
am, 1:50, $50. $780,, 7:50 and $50
pm.
Little-"The Rainbow: II am,
HOS. $40, $40, 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
Metropolitan-"To Have and Have
Not" 11:10 am, 1:15, 800, 5:25.
1880 and $40 pm.
Palace Music for Millions,
11:35 am. 2:05, 4::30, 7 and $50 pm
Pix-"Mad Doctor of Market
Street: 2, 4, $40, s:35 and 1O:45
pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
t1nuouS from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-03-10

oCUCCVAfC Ill MuluCt, MY oWCCt.
1t represents to him collapse of his
employers determination to keep
him in musicals or light comedies
From now on he expects to be taken
seriously as a serious actor and il
he never croons another note that
will be just fine with him. Except on
the radio, of course.
MY morale was down to zero or
lower" Powell said. "It was lower
than otherwise it might have been
because I really got off to a good
start in pictures. was the fair
haired boy at Warmers, my pictures
were popular, and then, bang,
found myself being limited to one
type of role
II knew that sort of popularity
couldn't last. 1t was just the popu-
larity of a personality peddler, with
songs and a few tricks. You can't
keep on offering the same person.
ality forever. And your stock of
tricks wears out quickly. It is not
like doing real acting, a new char
acter in each picture. That's what
I wanted and that is what suddenly
seem to have after 10 years Of
scrapping on the point"
Mr. Powell clearly Is very
pleased fellow.
X X X X
Not quite so pleased with the
world, we gather at another social
Evening star., 1945-03-10
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM,
HOLLYWOOD,

aoLLI WoOO.
Betty Cradle and June Hayer are
playing at being the Dolly sisters on
stage 16 at 20th Century-Fox. But
in actual fact they are not playing.
They are working extremely hard
to outdo each other. watch them
in front of the curtains of the huge
raised stage. Betty is in black sheer
chiffon with her skin-tight dress
cut in front to show generous
portion of her legs. Her hat is
feet high and smothered in black
feathers and spangles. June's out
mt Is the same, except hers is all
white.
They are singing the "Darktown
Strutters Ball." and it's amusing to
see them each trying to theft the
number. Before the camera turns.
each girl rushes to her mirror for
last-minute adjustments. They get
set-and go! Betty is more sure of
herself and I think is the winnah!
She shows more leg-and, brother,
they really are beautiful. And she
shows more Grable-if you know
what mean. But June's turn will
come-one day. She is only 18. Betty
is %. So June has 10 years to
catch up with the No. pinup gal.
After the number, say to Betty,
Look, I hate to keep on asking the
same old question, but at least three
people printed last week that again
you are expecting visit from the
stork. Are you?" Betty shrugs her
black chiffon shoulders and replies,
Il no longer bother denying it. l
suppose in four years time, which
Is when 1 plan to have another
baby, they will say, See, I told
you SOL"
The current scene in Dragon
wyck" is lush dining room in a
Long Island mansion in the 1840s
And Vivienne Osborne, who is mar
ried to Vincent Price, is making a
pig Of herself at the table. She is
tearing chocolate eclaires to bits in
mad haste to down them. You see
I don't love her." says Vincent,
land food is her compensation" 1t
doesn't last long because Price kills
her, then marries GoverneSs Gene.
But that avails him naught, because
Gene runs off with a younger lover
and Vincent, who starts in pursuit
gets burned to death. It's all rather
like an American "Rebecca."
4
Helmut Dantine and Andrea King
have just been married in Shadow
OF a Woman" They are in a bed
room suite at Laguna Beach. But
they are not happy. Some one has
just tried to kill Helmut, and his
bride wants to leave. She has-mar-
ried him after a weeks acquaint-
anceship, which was silly because
he's a Quack doctor-and a cad. But
that comes later. At the moment
Andrea is looking lovely in a white
neglige. And this picture is big
break for her. Alexis Smith was sup
posed to have starred in it, but re-
fused when the male lead was given
to Dantine and not to her husband
Craig Stevens.
"All my good luck in pictures has
come because some one else couldn't t
do the role" Andrea tells me. "I
was two and half years in Chicago
with Life With Father Then in
Boston with Angel Street was
brought to Hollywood because look
like IDA Lupino and they wanted
me to play her sister in The Very
Thought of You Ida couldn't play
Evening star., 1945-03-10
Benchley's Sleep
Was Just an Act
HOLLYWOOD

Robert Benchley, who once sent
nation into stitches with a pic
ture called How to Sleep" has been
an editor four times in his career,
an advertising man and a govern
mental official once and has writ
ten, produced, directed and acted
in countless films. Getting any
sleep out of such a routine, he be-
lieves, is impossible.
His picture on How to Sleep" he
confldes, was merely a vicarious
way of achieving the unattainable
Evening star., 1945-03-10
Children's Theater
Deadline Is Set

The Children's Museum of Wash
ington announces that April 10 is
the deadline for subscribers to re-
new their current seat reservations
for the Saturday morning children's s
presentations. After that date, the
subscription list will be open to any
one wishing season tickets to the
new series of plays starting in mid
october. Only mail orders are being
accepted.
Plays scheduled for the new series
include RIP Van Wrinkle" AL
ladin," "The Little Princess" and
The Golden Apple"