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Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28
Industry Is Booming
In Russ Reich Area

BERLIN. - Industry in the Rus
sian zone of Germany is booming,
with no unemployment in Saxony
and Thuringia and an actual labor
shortage in some sections, German
officials told a group of American
correspondents who have just re-
turned from a conducted tour of
the Saxony = Thuringia industrial
area
They said the greater portion of
the finished products of German
factories was going to Russia for
PREPARATIONS. From the huge Zeiss
optical works in Jena, the largest
industry in the Soviet zone, the
Russians are taking 80 per cent of
production, the German factory di-
rector said.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28
'46 Recreation Cost
Put at Four Billion


loving Americans will spend
about $4,0 00, 600, 900 this year or
ball games, movies and other
forms of recreation, the COM
merce department estimated.
Such an outlay of cash for
spectator and participant diver
sion would be the highest in the
country's history, said officials.
Their estimate of 1916 "consum-
er expenditures for all recrea-
ton, everything from flying les
sons to bike riding" was based
on figures available for the first
half of this year.
Through June, the public had
spent about 81, 725, OO0, 900 on rec
reation as compared with S $780,
0OO, 900 for a similar period in
1945.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-28
Good Washing Best

Routine use of commercial
bleaches is likely to weaken fab
RIGS. No bleaching method is a good
substitute for correct washing and
rinsing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

DEAR MARY tfAWORTH: I am much concerned about the welfare of my son, %, who has recently rec turned from the South Pacific. Eight years ago, when in college, he met and fell lnadly In love with Q girl who, although very attractive, vivaclous and likeable, always irn- pressed me as being selfsh and heartless. t
 From the beginning I realize that he loved her much more than she was capable of loving him; but since she was only io at the time, I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. Eventually they be- came engaged. However, she would not consider marriage ct the time, because she wanted to finish her last year in college.
 The next year, although she pro- fessed to love my son, she would not marry him because she had a schol. arship she wanted to use in getting a masters degree. Meantime she went out with him, came to dinner at my home with him on several occasions and made him positively silly with love for her.
 Mother Fears A s'SituatiOn"
 After getting her masters degree she returned his engagement ring, saying she could not any longer consider marrying him, because she thought he had "too much of a mother fixation." That of course, was not true, because by that time my son had a lovely position and was quite independent of me. He was heartbroken and refused to go out with other girls.
 A year later she married another man and my son enlisted in the Army. I was glad things turned out that way because felt he would forget her. However, three days after he came home pending dis- charge, he met her at the school where she now teaches. She must have put on quite an act for him, because he is as much in love with her as ever.
 She Las invited him to see her new home and meet her. husband and her little girl. I feel that this is only an excuse to get him inter- ested in her again. I know that he is going to see her in spite of my objections. realize the danger of his becoming involved in a "situa- tion," because he is still indifferent to other girls. What can be done? Please advise me before 1t is too late. F. R.
 Mother Takes Wrong Slant
 DEAR P. R.: You say your son renewed acquaintance with let's say) Diane at the school where she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
To COUer or Not Is Big Question
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY Americas Card Authority

Many bridge players through out the country were shocked to learn of the sudden death of .Cleve- lander William J. Huske, one-time editor of "The Bridge World" and later editor of the American Con- tract Bridge League Bulletin. Bill made up bridge hands for every ore who ever wrote bridge book or bridge article, and the points he brought out were always interest ing. Just the day before his death, Bill brought in a few hands to me. Here is one of them:
 If you want to get the full bene- fit of this hand, do not look at the North or West holdings. West is playing the contract at three no trump. He wins the opening dia- mond lead with dummy's ace, and then leads the jack of spades. Should South cover?
 The answer is no! If West holds all four of the missing spades, noth- ing South can do will help; but if West holds only three spades, your partner has singleton and it may be the singleton king. Then, if you cover. your queen and your part ner's king will drop together. You are bounds to make a spade trick anyway, if West has only three spades. By refusing to cover, you may make two, which, of course is true in today's hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
CHAPTER XIII

CHATTER XIII
 RY the end of August the sum- D mer people had gone, and the season was past for boarders. We still owed the bank $200. Outward ly my mother showed no discour- agement. we've decided to stay here little longer" she would say pleasantly when people asked about our plans. But she didn't fool us girls or my father. either.
 Early in September he had an idea. "The government is taking bids for the stage line" he said There's no reason why someone on this end shouldn't have it." Until now 1t had been held at the Junc- ton.
 The stage carried not only mail, but express and passengers as well. We had a covered double seated wagon (which we had every reason to believe would hold out until snow), a pung, and two horses that would otherwise be idle now that the summer was over. It meant only buying another pair Those paid for, the checks from the government would be clear profit, my father argued.
 My mother offered no opposition. Perhaps she thought 1t would do no good. Perhaps she was desperate enough to try almost anything. My fathers bid was accepted, and on the very day he got the news, he hired Jay as a driver. Jay had been working in the quarry, but he was equipped for greater things. He was young, ruddy.. and substantial. He had bright, joking eyes and a quick, lively speech. Be- fore he had been on the route a week, every man, woman, and child was his friend.
 His job wasn't easy. He had to start out at in the morning in order to connect with the $40 train. Then he had to change horses, turn back, and get in at noon. He left again at 1, changed horses for second time, met the AIS, and headed home. You could set your clocks by him when he drove up to the Post Ofice at 2.
 HE made good time, too, con- HI sidering what happened along the way. There was the mail to sort. People wrote letters in those days, and every family took some kind of paper. Then there were the catalogs. Charles Williams. The National Cloak and Suit Company, Sears and Roebuck, Montgomery Ward. And there were. the errands. If you couldn't get out to make purchase, you paid the stage driver cents to make it for you, either in the village or at the Junction. He would get you anything you wanted - needles, pins, buttons, medicine, packages of seed for your garden. Or if you had run out of something, he would match it for you-thread, crochet cotton, braid. You could even trust Jay to pick things out. A pattern. Dress goods.
 He took messages, too - invita- tions, reminders, greetings. It was easier to tell Jay than to bother to write out a card. It was pleasanter, too, for Jay added something to every word he spoke. Not all of the messages were social ones. "Bill Leach wants to know when he should take of his bandage," he might say to my father. Or Bert Billings can't figger why his burn don't heal" Sometimes the stage came dashing in a good half-hour ahead of schedule to announce a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
We, the Women
This Tdea Might Ease Housing Problem

tisements for any kind of roof to shelter themselves and their famil- ies. Many of the married veterans who wish to continue their educa- tions are living in such places as trailers.
 Certainly the American govern nlent that could transport, house, clothe and feed a wartime army should be able to fix up some kind of living quarters for families in peacetime.
 And if the American wives who are ready to go overseas were per- mitted to--there would be more room for the thousands of foreign wives of servi3emen the government al- ready plans to ship to this country between now and July"
 Mrs. CT may be accused of fem mine reasoning"-but, after all, the woman's viewpoint is, perhaps, the most important of all in this matter.
 For 1t is Mrs. CT whose marriage is having to withstand separation. And it would be Mrs. CT who would have to undergo any hardships con- nected with living in an occupied country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
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birth that was imminent.
 People who had never trusted things to the stage before trusted them to Jay. Sometimes he had more of a load than the wagon could manage, even with ropes to hold it on. An organ might come along the same day as a blow, and there were always perishables to consider-crates of chickens and tubs of mackerel. Half the time something had to be left behind. Jay was smart in handling this problem. A box marked Millinery Do Not Crush must be delivered at once. A wash tub could wait until the end of the week.
 DEOPLE always wanted Jay to Il see what they had bought, and somehow before he was on his way again, rug was unrolled, sofa uncrated, or a knitting machine set up. He had carried these machines to almost every house on his route, and women seemed to take 1t for granted that when they gave any trouble, Jay would repair them. It was a wonder how he managed to keep his schedule.
 He couldn't have done 1t without the help of his passengers. This was something he never had to ask for. It was an honor to help Jay. If you sat in the front seat, you sorted the papers. If you sat in back, you watched to see that the ropes didn't slip, and, if the load was bulky, as likely as not you held a crate of chickens in your lap.
 People who had their own teams often preferred to go with Jay. The return trip cost only $l, and when you drove yourself, you had to stable your horse for the day, they reasoned. Besides, Jay could always show you things you wouldn't otherwise have seen. A flock of blue birds migrating. A maple beginning to turn. An owl no bigger than your fist right out in the daylight. The red, bushy tail of fox disappear ing into a thicket. A pair of moose eyes through the alders.
 The first month Jay carried 38 passengers and 402 pieces of ex- press. That had brought in $88. The check from the government had been $90. Of the SITS, $40 had gone to Jay. $35 to the stable at the Junction for the board of the horses and the remaining $100 toward the horses themselves. Since they had cost $200, this letf us, as far as the stage line was concerned, only $100 in the red.
 My father was delighted. At the end of November we would be break ing even, he said, and from then on we would show clear profit.
 We will be home by Christmas, easy," he promised.
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
MIDpLERURY
COrresondent, Nancy Riley,
 Telephone a-6alO.

Middlebury, Jan. IA Mir. and Mrs. George Schuster of Townsend street, spent Sunday in Hartford.
 David Noonan, who has been a patient at St. Marys Hospital, for several weeks, has returned to his home in Hillcrest.
 The wedding of Miss Bernie Ni- chols and William Grifa, will take place Saturday morning at Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
 Kenneth Webb, who underwent q major operation at the Waterbury Hospital, is now convalescing at his home on Whittemore Road.
 Miss Mary Dara Goss, who has been at Doctors hospital, New York City, for an appendix opera ton has returned to the home of her mother, Mrs Malcolm Starr and MT. Starr of South street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
BEAUTIES mtNrg Don't Curb Plump ChiId's Appetite
By ALICIA HART NEA Stan Writer

Don't make the mistake Of putin your daughter on a restricted dle just because she is.a young rolg ~poiy Too many mothers do. fearing thct adolescent heavyweights will grow up to be hefty.
 The reason this Is mistake. doc tors say, is because nature often gives a child a reservoir of excess weight on which to draw for maxi mum growth. Able to take up this surplus as she stretches out, the child who is normally plump will emerge from the processes of growth as slim as she Is supposed to be.
 If overweight is caused by endo- crine disturbances, that is something else again-a problem which needs the attention of a doctor. But unless a doctor tells you to put your daugh- ter on a diet, be wise and let her ap- petite have it's way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
HOW TO REGULATE THE ALINEENTARY CANAL

What I mean is just that--the alimentary tube, tract or canal, and not just the bowels.
 Aliment is another word for nu- triment, nourishment, pabulum, sus- tenance, food The alimentary tube, tract or canal is the entire di- gestive tract, including the mouth, the gullet or esophagus, the stom- ach, the duodenum Csmall intestine just beyond the pylorus or gateway of the stomach where the digestion of proteins, starches, sugars and fats by the pancreatic juice and the bile takes place), the jejunum (first two-flfths of small intestine beyond duodenum) and the ileum (re- fnainder of small intestine) e)--le'me see, that makes Sis yards so far. Oh, yes, then there is the cecum (blind gut) lying two or three inches below the ilio-cecal valve be- tween small and large intestine or colon.
 Shall we pause here while and consider the interesting fact that the old timers called the cecum the typhlon and hence inflammation of the cecum was typhiltis? About the time Topsy was born typhlitis was the name a few of the more ad- vanced doctors applied to what the old timers called inflammation of the bowels" Topsy was my first and only horse, 6 beautiful white-faced sorrel-oh, oh, there I go again of on a wistful dream of the golden days of dire poverty when I scolded my first and-but I'm young yet my wife for covering her eyes when we were out for a drive and Topsy pampered with oats and kindness, playfully' kicked up her heels .. little later the term universally used instead of typhlitiS was ap- pendicitis. Now let us resume the tour. The remainder of the journey is less exciting, for here nothing happens. Just climb of foot or less up the ascending colon, around the turn under the liver, then straight west under the epigastrium and things, around the splenic flex- ure, and down, down but who cares? As I say, nothing much happens in the colon or large in- testine, except that here a large amount of water is absorbed from the liquid contents of the tube so that the material becomes Semi-solid by the time it reaches the sig mold (S-shaped) colon. For healths sake bear this in mind-the ma terial in the lower part of the large bowel is semi-Solid, never fluid or liquid, in the normal individual Any medicine or diet that keeps the material fluid or liquid is likely to be injurious.
 In the healthy individual who is not so credulous as the general run of Wiseacres about regulating" the bowels the food taken at any par ticular meal or the residue after stomach and duodenal digestion reaches the near &urn of the colon (under the liver) in six to eight hours, rounds the splenic fexure in the north left corner about the ninth or tenth hour and arrives in the sigmoid in twelve to fifteen hours. Here it tarrieS until the inn pulse for evacuation occurs and the now semi-solid material is pass ed straight through the rectum (4 inches) and anal canal (1A inches) |. The rectum is normally empty at all other times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
0977 32-46
BY SUE BURNETT

One yard of material is all you need for this pretty and practical apron, it's wonderfully easy to make and will be an ideal gift for that next bazaar, shower or bridge party.
 Pattern No. 8977 comes in sizes g. 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, A and 46. Size 34 takes one yard of 36 or 39 inch ma- terial.
 For this pattern, send 2O cents. in COINS, your name. address, size de- sired, and the PATTERN NUMBER to Sue Burnett, Waterbury Democrat ll50 Ave. Americas, New York 19, N. r.
 Send today for your copy of the Winter Issue of FASHION. Brimful of ideas for home sewers. Is cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS V-I-T-E Spells Youth

My little boy aged 8 complains constantly of being tired and al- though our doctor does not find anything wrong with him, it wor- ries me. (M. O.
 Answer-As a general rule such a state in a growing child or teen age child is primarily a manifesto ton of nutritional deficiency and secondarily neglect of physical edu- cation. Send ten cents and stamp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
YourHeaIth By Dr. William Brady

signed letters pertaining Co per- disenae. diagnosis of treatment, will De answered hy Dr. Brady tf n stamped self@nddrenned .nvelope Co enclosed Letters ahOula be briei and written ln lnk. No reply cnn b. made Co queries not conform. lmg Co instructions, Address pr. William Brady. National Newn- Street. Chicago, Hll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

"why not let ali wives-regardless of rankin on the deal?
 "And as for the objection that is being offered to the plan--that housing conditions are bad in Ger many-well, they aren't so good here for returned servlcemen and their families.
 veterans are begging in adver-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
ed self addressed envelope for book. let "V-I-T-E Spells Youth"
Bathing in Laundry Tu

Relatives lives with us and uses bathroom basin to wash her soiled handkerchiefs and stockings etc. My sons use this same basin for washing hands and face and for shaving. Is there danger of infec- tion? (R. L.)
 AnSwer-Prsctically none. Plain soap. any kind, and warm or hot water, even cold water, is a better disinfectant and antiseptic than any "strong" smelling or looking stuff available for such use.
 Copyright 1946 by John F. Dille CO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
ToMoRROw's MENU

BREAKFAST. Prune juice, ready-to-eat cereal, bran mullins, butter or fortified margarine, cof- fee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Yankee bean soup salted crackers, tomato and let tuce sandwiches on toasted bread, raw carrot sticks, stewed fruit, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Tomato juice cock tail. creamed ham or fish, potato griddle scenes, quick-frozen peas, celery, fresh fruit gelatin, cream, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

April l If the War Department approves a plan now in its hands"
 If the War De- ,artment were to luis Mrs. CT to ind out how she 'eels about the natter-the re- .ction W o u l q obably be something like this:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
By RUTH MILLETT NEA Staff Wriker

Officers and uppergrade sergeants of the American Occupation Force will be joined in Germany by their wives and families starting about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
Mary Howorth's Mail

Man NnliBtB When Finncee Jiltn Him; Back Now From War Herxioe, He sem Loves Her, Although Bho Ts Married; His Mother Frots
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
Bran MuffinS (MakeS 8 Large Muffins)

Three-quarters cup sifted flour, 21a teaspoons baking powder IA teaspoon salt, tablespoons sugar, well-beaten egg, Z cup milk, 3 tablespoons melted shortening, IF cups 40 per cent bran flakes.
 Slft flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt and sugar ana sift again. Combine egg and milk. Add to flour mixture, add shorten ing. then mix only enough to dampen flour. Fold in bran flakes FIJI greased muffin pans 2-3 full, Bake in hot oven (425 degrees F) l5 to 20 minutes.
 These mullins may be prepared at night and baked the next morn ing. Prepare muffin batter as di- rected and turn into greased muf . fin pans. Wrap pans in dampenet cheese cloth, then in waxed paper and store overnight in refriger- ator. Remove pans the next morn ing and let stand about IS min utes, or while oven is heating Bake as directed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
What O- EL Why Wher Let 5 LdI How
Here's Something New in Spuds
BY GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Staff Writer

Try keeping a special file of good new recipes to tuck into menus that need building up. Here are a few:
 Potato Griddle Scenes
 (Makes 1O-12 ScOnes)
 Two cups sifted flour, 1 tea spoon salt, 3 teaspoons baking rowder, 3 tablespoons fat, cup cold mashed potatoes, l beaten egg, about 1-3 cup milk.
 Sift together flour, salt and bak- ing powder. Gut in fat with 2 knives or a pastry blender, Blend in the potatoes. Mix egg and milk; add to first mixture. Mix slightly. Roll 3-8 inch thick and cut into squares. Blake slowly on a hot greased griddle or frying pan, Turn several times to cook through, These potato scenes can form the main course of any meal, served with creamed meat or fish-and they'll make a dessert that's dif- terent served with fruit preserves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
IOther Takes Wrong Slant

DEAR F. R.: You say your son renewed acquaintance with let's say) Diane at the school where she
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-06-07

Treasury
for Americas home rnyhe payroll
civilian D.
soldiers
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of their income Savings
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-06-07
Poultry Specialist
Visits Glacier Co;
Urges Production

Miss H. E. Cushman, Extens-
ion Poultry Specialist fro m
Montana State College at Boze-
man. was in Cut Bank last Satur-
day to discuss poultry problems
with Larry Flesch, Cou t y
Agent. According to Miss Cush-
;; man. the opportunities are good
for prospective poultrymen in
Glacier county.
After considering farming con-
ditious and demand of poultry
products, County Agent Flesch
states there is an opportunity to
raise from 8 to 10 Thousand hens
for egg production 10 the Cut
Bank area. This figure is much
larger when Browning. Glacier
Park, Babb and other market
areas are considered. Due to high
pay rolls and good standards of
living, County Agent Flesch re-
marks that prospective poultry
men in Glacier county would not
be affected by sudden price
slumps as poultrymen are in
other areas having a hiph hen
population.
During the visit to Cut Bank
on Saturday. Miss Cusbman en-
phasized that many Montana
Poultrynem made q labor income
last year of $500 to $500 per
hen. A labor income Of s1.5O per
hen was an average figure.
Cushman made the following
statements about the size of
poultry units: TOO many people
think they are in the poultry
business when they spend all
their time on a couple hundred
hen. 1t takes just as long to go
through the motions of caring
for 100 hens as it does 400, For
that reason we consider 400 hens
az an economic eide hire. But if
a person is going to make his en-.
tire living from poultry. be
should carry at least 1000 hens"
In order to produce quality
birds. cockrels should be capon-
iaed at 8 weeks old. or when
they weight from one to one and
one-half pounds. according to
County Agent Flesch. He stated
that capouizing service on a
demonstration basis is available
to anyone within Glacier county
by notifying the County Agent
office.