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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
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The glri whose good looks can be described as natural" meaning Q certain unstudled pFOttlness, leAns llmbea youthfNlness and artless appeal, makes Q mistake 0 try to cloak these, charms with obvious Artlfloee.
 such e elrl wlM do much better Co plck only those aids which ace cent her natUralness and use these Co better define her type. Tn the midst of lacqueFed and glltterlng beauties, she1l stand out in wels come relief,
 such Q type is Dorothy Mcclure, currently starred in "rill the End of Timex Dorothy has had Q flock Of picture successes after wowing Broadway. Boosting her into every triumph has been a set of natural good looks unglossed by artih ,es,
 Her screen clothes are kept shrewdly simple by Hollywood de- slgners. Styllsts cooperate In dressing her hair which Is some. times no more s'coiffed" than child's. But much is made of clean blonde color and eye-catching shine. Her skin locks pink scrubbed, even in pictures lacking technicolor to put that rare look across. There are no eyebrow inc novatlons or altered lipllnes drawn on Co give Dorothy Mc0ulre . face that could pass for anyone else.S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

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 TRIPLE THREAT
 swinging whole big party an yourself like to with for sHgN Wel instead house win be the stage split party three girls of the party This time of the when eveyoos house decorated o the from house to house for their going have first where invitations tell guests to assemble Nay break the and everybody mood feed them thr tomato juice what decide Give hostess number two time get back her house for her part of the job Then transport your guests to guests stand around the floor Then to hostess Der three the evening playing With three of share the work and the honors youn find yOOrse having three times much fun
 CHRISTMAS DAY AT HOME
 Perhaps your family middle of the then hard to think something keep busy the rest of the Well send invitations all the crowd them spay red punch and cookies or tiny sandwiches.
 DINE BEFORE DANCING
 Maybe you're all invited big Well you couples before all You them all down dinner several courses them buffet fashion When the youM probably stick together Instead of rowing couples and that's fun AS hostess dinner will make the dance special
 SOMEBODY'S $ BIRTHDAY
 unlucy during Christmas wke nobody much attention his her birth Why dono celebrate p Make whatever you're having into birthday with cake candles honor of the birthday 
 busy right youn just about get your invitations for the holiday party just decided to havet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

when she starts Ruth AEillest looking sporting goods clerk in the eye and trying to describe c gadget
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
Tall TOWer
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GOOD EVENING,
owT SUGGESTIONS
sSS1 sG zm MAN IN nn TOWER

GIT SUGGESTIONS
  You7l love this shirt, So smart, so nifty An wool and plaid at Only twelve fifty, Give your Dad robe Warm and swanky, And when short of ideas, There's the ubiquitous hankN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

Smiling Ed Waller program director of WATR, is handing out l5cent cigars today in recognition of his new role that of being father baby girl Claudia, was born to the Walters at Waterbury Hospital Sunday
 Mrs. Mary NOrgren, local pOlicewOman. recently re- signed as publicity director of the Waterbury Quota Club. Sherman London of The Democrat stan has his Christmas gift problem all soved sherman is going to hand out sun-gasses to all his friends so they'll be able to gaze upon those mad ties he wears. George Beshara late of the Ltchfed Summer theater has re- turned to his home in TOrringtOn after making the rounds of the casting directors in New York in vain search for part. The Tower sends best wishes for speedy recovery to Ed Fitzpatrick manager of LOews POl Theater. who is resting comfortably at St. Marys Hospital where he admitted last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
BY. WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY AmerlCa's Card Authority
 written for NEA Service

A player who always plays sec. ond hand low, or always covers an honor with an honor, would have let the declarer make his contract on todays hand. North and South used the Blackwood convention to arrive at & rather ambitious slam bid. But declarer came within an eyelash of making the slam, being beaten only by a fine defensive play.
 South took the opening lead with the ace of hearts and led the jack of clubs, which rode to the queen. Another heart came back, knock ing out the king and barring the heart loser.
 South cashed the king of trumps and followed with a small trump to the ace. He now had to guess whether to play for the ace or the ten of clubs to fall in three leads. He guessed right, and so led the king from dummy-East being marked for the ace. The ace went up and South trumped.
 He pulled the last trump, and then had to decide whether to play his queen of diamonds and hope that West would cover, or play @ small diamond and flnesse the ten. If he played the queen and West covered with the king, he could make his contract by ruffing ai1- other club and establishing the nine of clubs for discarding the five of hearts.
 However, South decided he might have better chance by playing the deuce of diamonds, in the hope that West would play second hand low. But West wisely ignored the rule and went up with the king, thus blocking off the dia- mnod suit.
 Bridge is not . game of "al- ways' and never" 1t is well to know all the bidding and playing conventions, but 1t is well also to know when to break these rules.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
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XoNN he, ,hls dream cone true ln tAls ta1olnSAlne date drees deslNnea particularly Ror NAnlogN Inc yoNlh~ sul high nec&iine. unusual button treatment and graceful skltt gre sure Co catch every eye. Not dllacult Co mAke-thls weeks ADC special,
 Pattern NO. ellv R for slaes n, lA lS, tA ts and 10. Slae "a, tAree- quarter sleeve, ( yards oe 8 oE Se~ Inch.
 Tor tAls pattern, send ss cenaA m COINS your name address. 'si1e desired, and the PATTERN NUM- 8EN Co Sue Burnett, Waterbury Democrat, llso Ave. Americas, New York 10, N. Y.
 me FALL AND WINTER Issue oe FASHION ls egam full of smart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

Christmas Cheer. Around Waterbury you find It in abundance during the Christmas season which Is right now The social welfare bureaus, the civic or ganzatOns which many, the two big "Ys'. the churches and any number of organizations dispense tangible Christmas cheer in the of food and cloth ing. And while all concerned with spreading 1t (holiday cheer) the home front, they also have in mind the hungry and insufceny clothed in countries of Europe and willingly subscribe to current collections .. Christmas cheer! It comes in packages that take care of the bodily needs and it comes in other ways which is furnishing entertainment to shutns to those in hospitals and institutions of kind and another.
 Each year the MendessOhE Male Chorus directed by G. LOrng Burwe goes to the Waterbury Hospital and presents the best in choral music of the for those unable to get around to find their entertainment.
 In many ways the community furnishes Christmas cheer, but especially through their splendid system Of organized charity with leading Protestant, Roman Cath oic and Jewish organizations seeing to it that the underprviIeged provided with material and spiritual aid during the coming weeks. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
oU,n CRAD MAKES GOOD

Lewistown. Pa.-(UP)-Elmer l.. Nolte can call himself officially a graduate of Lewistown High School now. Nnofficially. he's been grad uate since 1899. The school board decided Nolte should be given di- ploma he didn't get when the great June flood of 1889 halted gradua- ton exercises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
Don't Laugh At Those Yule Ties, Men

by starting off apologetically with, II don't know exactly what you call 1t, but .," as Is Papa when he says to the helpful clerk in the lingerie department: Well, I guess she is about your size, maybe e little taller, and ."
 So just what DO you buy Papap
 He smokes a pipe. Swell. You buy him one of those fancy pipeStands, And after a week or two, he keeps his pipes just where he adways did, in the pockets of old jackets, on the table beside his favorite chair, in the basement--in short, ell over the house.
 You buy him a box of fancy b. baccos, so that he can blend his own--and he has fun for one eve ning.s Then he goes back to using the same old ready-mixed brand he has been smoking for years.
 You're delighted when he takes up photography. Now you can find him any number of gifts. Only when you start looking ct equipment you are utterly confused by the technical terms.
 PAPA NEVER WAITS
 He is still two pairs of house slip pers ahead, from last Christmas. And if there is anything he really needs he Is sure to buy it for himself a few days before Christmas. It never fails.
 So just what is @ poor woman to do?
 The only thing left for her is to pick out a beautiful necktie that Papa will declare is a beauty and then quietly hang on the back of the fancy tie-rack she gave him last year. If he's still using the tie-rack
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
DIMES MAKE DOLLARS

Grown Point. Ind.-UP)-Alyce Johnston and Ralph J. Voss believe in building their marriage on thrift. At the county clerks office, Alyce handed over 45 dimes to pay the $i.50 fee. She explained she and Ralph had been saving the dimes for two months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

for Christmas is always good for a laugh from the men, if not from the wom- en.
 What to give Papa for Christ mas isn't funny to Mama. She is as bewildered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
Don | CVOak Natural Good Looks; Simple Aids PlGy Up PrettineSS
VKTRRINARIANa RAEsR FuN

Chicago. Cup)-The nAtionS veterinarians are raising tioo'ooo lo he donated to research work in animal diseases. More than half of the fund already hos been collected, accoralnR Co the American vetef- mary Medical Association, ofents are being made from the tunn 70 veterinary colleges and reseaten laboratories,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

Bridge is not . game of "al- ways' and never" It is well to know all the bidding and playing conventions, but 1t is we'll also to know when to break these rules.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
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LET'S GET THE GANG
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
BY RUTH MILLETT NEA Staff Writer

American men have made about as many jokes at the expense of Christmas neckties as at that. of women's headgear. What Papa got
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

'Tis happy Christmas tale when fortune mixes as Che ingredients the Irish love of freedom and those who fought for it. the memory of things past and the warm hearted generosity that knows racial lines The scene Is New York where Mayor William o'Dwyer and group of his friends one of them Catholic priest have started raising fund bring comfort in her declining years to
 Jewish girl who married an lrshman who fought along when she married William OBrien He was the man whose writings and courage to make him known as "We O she was the grateful prayers Of thous- ands as the Angel of Maow" She fought side by side with her husband through the of the roubes while he was in jail the door of her cottage in Cork was always open to the poor She's &C., is the widow of Willie O and back to her youth she go for memories of the time when her family fortune was great She was refugee France hiding from the Germans for hve years during the war; When the ended she made her way to Garonne where she has since been living on small pension provided from Ireland Just few days ago her case came to the attention of Mayor 0Dwyer and now the "Widow OBrien Fund is growing by the day The day Will soon be here and before Christmas when little old lady dream again the dreams of past glory as she receives from her first check from American admirers who have not forgotten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11

1t Could Happen to Youl Night drivers, finding them selves nearly out of gas and no filling stations open, may soon be serviced by coinoperated automatic gasoline pumps according to Tom Pendeton of the Connecticut Motor Club These sefservice jumps" Pendleton said, "shou help to reduce materially the number of motor sts who stranded the road each year because of empty gasoline tanks. According to estimates by AAA National Headquarters, million motorists run out of gasoline along the highways each and have to call for help trudge to the nearest filling station Four coin slots will take half dollars quarters, dimes ana nickels Deposit of coins switch enabling the customer to operate the pump and when the indicated amount of gasoline has been withdrawn the pump shuts itself off If the motorst does not take the full amount oi gasoline for which he had paid the automatic pump will return his change If production difficulties are overcome it is expected that the conoperad pumps may appear on the market during 1947.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Doris Flees0n
Helpful Go-Between
Wallace Faces Major Tactical Problem
In Coming Labor Relations Speeches

Pity poor go-between, mates, night like this!
Henry Agard Wallace virtually all that left of President
uman New Deal franchise scheduled to make two speeches
ST. Louis June H. to party gathering and another
liberal league meeting.
Wallace scarcely open mouth, espe-
cialy this critical point inf
relations oepoe SIN instead OF acklng
tralghforWardy the issues OF the
o very of nour
Evening star., 1946-06-04

for war. President Truman having
said the Navy, Coast Guard and
Army would be used if necessary to
assure that Americas merchant
Evening star., 1946-06-04

I might be able to cure my injured
coccyx, which I hurt last night when
I slipped on the stairs. My feet
went out from under me and ]
landed on the base of my spine, ano
I am writing this standing up while
a bellboy searches Montreal for one
of those rubber doughnuts for me
to sit on.
| I usually serve as my own doctor
That is a throwback to my child
hood days when volume called
Home Treatment" was a standard
part of the library. 1t wasn't easy
for doctor to reach our home when
1 was a child. We lived. to use the
local expression, three wheel greases
from the highway, which means
that the physician, to get to us.
would have to stop his horse and
buggy three times to renew the axle
grease on the wheels of his buggy.
Thick to This Day.
So, we treated ourselves with the
aid of the book. 1t was a thick VOL
ume that I can see to this day. 1t
was bound in red cloth and stood
between a green bound book with
the title "V-V.'s Eyes" and a more
sober tome of DR.. Broughton S
sermons. That book, Home Treat
ment," carried me through scarlet
fever, my brother through measles,
my sisters through diphtheria, and
a cousin who visited us, through
combination of chicken pox and
thrush.
Therefore, when 1 hurt my coccyx
I automatically looked for a medica
book. The hotel was kind enough
to send me Volume 20 of the Brit
tanica. 1t is the one that covers
all subjects between Sars-Soro. As
soon as I read about the coccyx
asked the telephone operator to
see if she could connect me with
Mr. Hoffman Sloth. do you know
Mr.. Sloth's number?" she asked. l
said I didn't. What is his ad-
dress?" the operator inquired. 81
don't know" I answered but l
would guess he lives in a tree"
She thought I was trying to be
funny. so I explained my troubles
She was quick to understand and
tried all the Hoffmans and all the
Sloths in the Montreal directory
I figured that if I could get in touch
with that Mr.. Sloth he could tell
me what he did for his coccyx when
he fell from a tree and hurt 1t.
Nothing Else to Do.
We couldn't reach him. We got
his house all right. but 1t seems that
he was in Atlantic City attending
the Annual Two and Three -Toed
Sloth Convention.
There was nothing for me to do
but treat myself. So 1 read the
Encyclopedia very carefully. and 1t
scared me to death. In Volume 81
which deals with the spinal injuries
I discovered that I might have in
flamation of Covers tract, irrita-
ton of Lissauer's tract, and an un-
settled condition of the Belmont
Hialeah and Santa Anita tracts.
So, I decided to ignore my spinal
column. If 1t happens to fall out,
or fall of, I'll just have to get along
without backbone. won't be alone
if that happens. though. When a
man like Petrillo can yell and shout
and dictate, there must be more
than a handful of backboneless
people inhabiting the United States.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc }
Evening star., 1946-06-04

Talk to Hannegan, Too.
AS if life were not sufficiently grim
with the Case bill, the Presidents s
emergency labor bill, the dying OPA
and selective service, the zero hour
for the shipping strike is "a hours
after Henry is scheduled to enlighten
the home of Postmaster General
Hannegan about the facts of WASH
ington life.
The Secretary of Commerce is not
given to platitudes. He is an honest
man who knows what he thinks. , 1t
would be extremely painful to him
to attack the man-eating shark or
Evening star., 1946-06-04

Truman has until June II to act.
If he does not seal his intentions
prior to that date he will delay the
Wallace speech writing.
Truman Likes Own Bill.
The President has made it clear
he likes his own bill. However, sup
porters of the Case bill say they will
try to stall it beyond June II in an
effort to put Mr.. Truman on the spot
Meanwhile, there is that old debbil
the shipping strike. If Mr.. Truman
can run a temperature over the
middle-class railroad workers or the
underprivileged coal miners, what
the Communist-dominated seamen
can do to arouse him will be sight.
Even the CIO leaders admit the
seamen are problem children.
Mr.. Wallace will lead no holy war
Evening star., 1946-06-04
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What is the greatest age to
which the big trees of California
grow?-S. S.
A. Fry and White. in their book,
Big Trees say that the age limit
Of the big tree (Sequoia gigantea)
is unknown because we have no rec
ord of one dying of old age. 1t is
certain that these trees live 1000
years and possibly much longer.
@. If the mother of a veteran
was not dependent upon him at the
time of his death in action will she
have the right to apply for pension
If dependency should arise later?-
j. M. S.
A. She may apply at any time
when the dependency arises. How
ever, dependency must be proved
and the final decision rests with the
Veterans Administration.
@. Where is White Sands Proving
Ground, where the Army tests vari-
GUS types of rockets?-H. w. c.
A. White Sands is approximately
% miles from Las Cruces, N. Mex
The establishment consists of per-
sonnel from Army Ordnance. Army
Ground Forces, Army Air Forces,
Army Signal Corps and Army and
Navy civilian scientists.
@. Of what does the new E ration
consist?-D. w. G.
A. The E ration includes two cans
of meat items. two biscuit units, a
can of bread and a can of fruit.
In addition there are cigarettes,
matches, chewing gum, salt. heat
tablets, candy-coated tablets, wooden
spoons and toilet paper. The biscuit
units include jam, coffee. cocoa,
cereal, sandwich, cookie, sugar, syn
thetic fruit beverage and a biscuit.
Designed for soldiers engaged In
front-line operations, the new ration
provides over $500 calories.
@. What is the largest city In
the United States without any form
of organized baseball?-J. E. J.
A. The Sporting News says that
1t is Denver, Colo.
@. Is there law which provides
unemployment rights for the men
who left their Jobs to serve on mer-
chant ships during World War
II?-D. D.
A. Public Law 81, Seventy-eighth
Congress, provides under certain
conditions unemployment rights
for persons who left employment,
whether private or Government, to
serve in the merchant marine. The
act follows substantially the provi-
Isions of law applicable to persons
who served in the armed forces.
@. Did any submarines take part
in the Battle Of Midway?-D. P.
A. A Navy Department press re-
lease lists 25 submarines as attached
to the task force Of Vice Admiral
(then Rear AdmiraD Frank Jack
Fletcher, U. S. NJ, at the Battle OF
Midway.
@. What was the last numeral to
be invented?-L. A. R.
A. It was probably zero, although
the origin of this numeral is un-
known. The zero appeared in India
in the 9th century and was very
likely an invention of the Hindus.
The first printed treatise containing
the word zero was Phi. Calandri's
DE Arithmetica Opusculum," pub
| lished in Florence in 1891.
Evening star., 1946-06-04

Grafton Of Trade Unions in Paris
They ask this world federation to
support the American strikers-if
the strike occurs-by refusing to
load or unload ships manned by the
United States Government. They
make. an exception of relief and
troop ships. They seem confident
that they will receive the support
they ask from dock workers afil-
lated with the World Federation in
Great Britain and other countries
1t Isn't Pleasing.
The prospect isn't pleasing-the
American Government in conflict
with labor in foreign ports. Such
Q conflict, of course. could not be
carried on by our Government; ii
would have to depend on the gov
ernments of the other countries for
assistance. Those other govern
ments might or might not be willing
to enter the dispute.
The bare possibility that the mari
time workers may precipitate such
an international situation increases
the determination of the Labor De-
partment to bring the workers and
the operators (mostly of ships
owned by the GovernmenD to a
satisfactory adjustment of their diff
ferences
The point of greatest difficulty
seems to be that of hours. The
workers are demanding a 40-hour
week in place of the Sc to 63 hour
week they now work. The operators
contend that this is wholly imprac-
ticable since it would require all
ships to carry larger crews and pro-
vide additional living quarters for
the men. Space now devoted to this
purpose is much greater on the
average American ship than under
any other flag. Cutting any further
into the cargo space, the operators
argue, would render profitable op-
Grafton of American ships i'm
possible.
In this connection. conditions on
American ships have greatly
changed since the days when the
gaunt figure of Andrew Furuseth,
first president of the Seamen's Un-
ion, haunted the halls of Congress.
Furuseth, who as union president
refused to accept more than a sea-
mans pay and who lived on river
houseboat when in Washington, was
responsible for the first important
American legislation in behalf of
seamen-the La Toilette Act.
Life in the Forecastle.
1t was he who said, when once
threatened with arrest:
You can put me in Jail, but you
cannot give me narrower quarters
than as seaman I have always
had-you cannot give me coarser
food than I have always eaten-you
cannot make me lonelier than
have always BEEN
He was talking of life in the fore
castle as the seaman of his time
had known it. Conditions have
greatly changed since then, but the
hours remain long and the pay-66
cents an hour. by the operators
calculation; So cents, by the workers
is less than most organized labor
in America receives.
Competition of foreign low-wage
ships is principal cause of the low
wage scale. The La Toilette Act
sought to reduce the disparity in
wages by making it possible for for
eign seamen to sign off in American
ports and demand the American
wage when signing on again. This
had some beneficial effect from the
standpoint of both American and
foreign seamen, but the disparity
has not really been removed.
This week in Seattle the wage diff