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Illin o is V a lle y N ew s, T h u rsd a y. A p ril 3. 1947
P ra ctica l Instructions
For the H om e N urse
New Doctrine To Realign World
Truman Draws Battle-Lines
Against Red Expansionism
ByBAUKHAGE
N’s u i A n a h it and C om m en tator.
M M Service, 1818 Eye S treet. N. Mi.,
W ashington, II. C.
W ASHING TO N. — When H a rry
T ru m a n enunciated w hat the W all
S treet Jo u rn a l, a _
.
p e r io d ic a l n o t
given to poetic li-
c e n t i o u in e ii,
called
"D e m o c­
r a c y ’ « M o n ro e
D o c tr in e ,”
he
p r o b a b ly d id n ’ t
realize the m u lti-
fa r io u s e f f e c t«
thereof.
A t thia w ritin g
n e ith e r congress
nor the country
has q u ite recov­
ered
fro m
the
im p a ct o f those
Kaukhagp
words read w ith
Qie m a tte r-o f-fa ct, u n d ra m a tic, un-
o ra t'T ic a l, c ra c k e r-b a rre l d ictio n of
a m a tte r-o f-fa c t, u n d ra m a tic, unor-
a to ric a l. c ra c k e r-b a rre l man. When
I heard the P resident read them ,
standing there, ca lm and confident,
at the lectern o f the rea d in g cle rk
on the house ro stru m , looking up
fro m the text only o ccasionally w ith
that b ird -lik e t ilt o f his head, as the
te le visio n cam eras p u rre d gently
fro m the opposite g a lle ry , I fe lt a
little w o rrie d The cabinet m em bers
seated In the w ell, the senators in
the firs t rows o f seats, the house
m em bers crow ded into rows behind
th e m —a ll seemed a lm ost glu m . I
d id n 't realize the so le m n ity o f the
message w hich held them In a re ­
strained silence O nly th ric e was
there applause a fte r he began to
speak. Before and a fte r there was
plenty and it was evenly balanced,
It was b i-pa rtisa n , not weighted
h e a v ily on the side of the a d m in is ­
tra tio n p a rty as It u su a lly Is when a
P resident speaks
When the speech was over It was
the same. The senators le ft in si­
lence; there was little o r no co m ­
m ent As Senator Lodge said when
a ra d io m an plucked at his sleeve
and asked If he w ould su b m it to an
In te rv ie w : " I c a n 't th in k T H A T
fa s t." Even the fast and sound
th in k e is wanted tim e to th in k le i­
surely and deeply.
Since th a t day thousands of words
have been spoken and p rin te d in
thousands of c itie s a ll o ve r the
w o rld , about th a t message w hich
covers a little m ore than fo u r and a
h a lf pages, ty p e w ritte n ton both
sides o f the sheet since w a rtim e
econom y s till is p ra c tic e d at the
W hite House). In m an y odd corners
o f the bazaars and m a rk e t places
those w ords c ra ckle d lik e tin y elec­
tr ic sparks.
And e ve ryw h e re th o u g h tfu l, In te l­
lig e n t people In fo re ig n co u n trie s—
those who had alw ays looked upon
A m e rica as a n a tio n whose p o litic a l
and c u ltu ra l outlook was m ost s y m ­
p a th e tic to th e ir p o litic a l and c u l­
tu ra l outlook, but whose econom ic
theories pointed fu rth e r to the rig h t
than th e ir own s o c ia lis tic leanings—
pondered. These w ere people to
whom Soviet Russia was p rim itiv e ,
harsh, c ru e l in its m ethods. N e ve r­
theless R ussia’ s econom ic theories
d iffe re d less fro m th e ir own than
d id the econom ic theories o f the
U n ited
States,
whose
civ iliz e d ,
frie n d ly and hum ane c h a ra c te ris ­
tics a ttra c te d them . T hey found that
they m ust choose They m ust say to
Russia o r A m e ric a ; “ W h ith e r thou
goest, I w ill go; and w here thou
lodgest, I w ill lodge; th y people
shall be m y people; and th y ways
shall be m in e .’ ’
Perhaps n e ve r before In h is to ry
had a g re a t n ation so c e rta in ly
d ivid e d the sheep fro m the goats,
the frie n d s fro m the enem ies. The
P re sid e n t's plan is m ore than a
m o ra l question, ft in vo lve s m ore
than a b stra ct p rin cip le s of p o litic a l
econom y o r social philosophy. It
sets fo rth w ith shuddering s im p lic ­
ity to the w a ve rin g nations o f the
w o rld the w a rn in g th a t they m ust
run w ith the hare o r rid e w ith the
hounds; they m ust have no other
p o litic a l god before Demos—the
s p irit of the people. E ith e r m a jo rity
rules in yo u r house o r yo u r house is
ruled nut o f bounds
In o th er words, cabinets and ca b i­
net m akers, p re m ie rs and p ro con­
suls w ill no longer dance to the
K re m lin 's tune i f they expect U ncle
Sam to pay the p ip e r—o r the
butcher o r the baker.
Com m ies \im al B e v o h ilio n
1927 the p ro te ctio n average exceed-
ed the incom e average. In the years
f depression that follow ed, the p ro ­
tection average went as high ns 2*4
tim es the incom e average. In 1943,
as w a rtim e incom es expanded, the
incom e average again topped the
p rotection average.
R ecently when S e cre tary of Labor
Schwellenbach urged th a t the C om ­
m unist p a rty In A m e rica be banned
by law it brought fo rth an em phatic
protest fro m the se cre ta ry general
of the p a rty, Eugene Dennis.
What are the C om m unists after?
The new K ip lin g e r magazine, pub-
lished
W ashington, says in its
M arch
**Aa
spelled
out
in
th eir
own
«
Vanishing Crane
w o rd s. A n terlean C o m m u n is t* have
three m a jo r a im * in the t'n ite d
States:
I he
revo lu tio n a ry
over-
throw e l ca p ita lism and the c a p i­
talist state, a .Soviet fo rm of gov­
ernm en t under a 'd ic tato rsh ip of the
p ro le ta ria t,* and A n a *.), the C om ­
m unist heaven-en-earth, a co llectlv-
tst economy leading to a classless
society,
••Of the three alm s, th e ir tirst Is
revo lution. Sol m e re ly change, hut
(u ll-fledged revo lution, planned, led
and controlled by the disciplined
( o m m u 'iis t m in o rity .
The lib e ra ­
tion of the working class from the
yoke of ca p ita lism cannot he ef­
fected by slow < lianges, In refo rm s,
but only by revolution * **
( E d ito r K ip lin g e r says if you want
c h a p te r and verse fo r his a u th o rity
fo r the above statem ent, w rite to
h im at 1729 O Street. N W . Wash-
in g to r
D. C . and he w ill send
them
ou )
I t 11• not lik e ly , how ever, that the
p a rty
be banned by law Not be
cause
gress loves the Com niu-
(lists But ieven that a rd e n tly a n ti red
group . the co m m itte e on un A m e ri-
can iICtiviitics, doesn’t approve of
w ip in g out the p a rty. An anonymous
rn e n it >«r of the co m m itte e re ce n tly
pointe d <nit that i f the p a rty was
broke
. it w ould s im p ly go un-
derground. where Its devious ways
would be 1harder to follow .
A */c rm on the surface is w o rth
tw o (ilogon underneath the soil, as
sny e a rly F B I b ird m il te s tify
. . .
U H O O P IN G ( R %NE
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L if t ln»uranct
In c r ta ie i in U, S.
On the average, there were over
4 hfe insurance p o licies per fa m ily
in the U n ite d States at the end of
1943. it is revealed in a survey by
life insurance com panies In am ount
o f life insurance owned, the average
po» fa m ily was >4 000 at m id year
1943 The average 1943 protection
per fa m ily was m ore than 20
cent la rg e r than th a t o f 1940 and was
21! tim e s the 1920 p ro te ctio n a ve r­
age The 1943 average per fa m ily of
life insurance owned was ne a rly
equal to the 1943 average income
per fa m ily , the ave ra g e per fa m ily
o f n a tio n a l incom e in 1943 being >4.-
300. In 1920. the ave ra g e p rotection
per fa m ily was n e a rly 30 per cent
below the average o f n a tio n a l in ­
com e per fa m ily . T his gap was n a r­
row ed in the ensuing years, u n til In
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I his illu s tra tio n of a Whoop
ing C rane was supposed to ac­
com pany some re m a rk s on th at
fast disap pearin g
species
of
A m erican bird life
th at a p ­
peared in this colum n re c e n tly .
I n fo rtun ately the pictu re, lik e
most of the o rig in als , went
as tra y. Since th at a rtic le a p
peared. two n atio nal m agasines
published
stories
shout
this
m agn ificent b ird , whose whoop
Is becom ing fa in te r and fa in te r
ev ery day. One a rtic le esti­
m ated that only a hundred spec­
im ens
w ere
s till
a liv e
and
whooping.
The other a rtic le
placed the nu m b er at 29. Says
the Eish and W ild life s e rv ic e of
the d e p a rtm e n t of the In te rio r,
w hich is conducting a su rvey of
these, the ta llest im a n - « lir i and
m ost
b e au tifu l
of
A m e ric a n
b ird s; “ fe w e r than 40*’ have
been counted. Th ey a re in the
coast region of southern Louis­
ian a and Texas.
TH E TEACHER PRO BLEM
W A S H IN G T O N —School teachers
have gone on s trik e in B u ffa lo , St.
P a u l and se ve ra l o th e r c itie s , w ith
m ore s trikes b re w in g elsewhere.
B u t the new congress has fa ile d
even to consider the fa c t th a t ja n i­
to rs and charw om en in m a n y c itie s
are p a id m ore than the teachers
responsible fo r tra in in g the n e xt
generation fo r an a to m ic age.
Several b ills p ro v id in g fe d e ra l
1 1 7 HEN Junior’s hand is cut
funds to increase teachers' s a la rie s
VV open by a rusty nail, better
have been in tro d u c e d —perhaps the
call the doctor right away—there’s
best and sim p le st being th a t o f V e r­
danger of blood poisoning.
m o n t’ s outstan d in g GOP senator,
G eorge A iken. O thers have been
M eanwhile, cleanse the wound thorough*
w ritte n by D em ocrats G reen and j ly with soap and w ater. Then pour in
M c G ra th c f Rhode Is la n d and M c- enough peroxide to dig out all those
particles of rust and d irt, and soak the
C a rra n of Nevada, and R e p u b lica n hand in a hot. strong epsom sa lt solution.
T a ft o f Ohio. On the house side
Our booklet No. 81 contains 40 pages of
D e m ocra t Pace of G e o rg ia and Re­ helpful advice about home nursing. Cov-
j ers nursing of contagious diseases, care
p u b lica n W elch o f C a lifo rn ia have during pregnancy, after operations, in
entered b ills , in a d d itio n to a drop- em ergencies. A m ust for every home!
Send 25 cents (coin) for “ P ractici.I In­
in-the bucket b ill by Rep. S te rlin g struction for the Home N urse” to Weekly
Newspaper Service. 243 W. 17th St.. New
Cole o f New Y o rk.
York 11, N. Y. P rin t nam e, address,
B u t the GOP le a d e rsh ip ap­
booklet title and No. 81.
p a re n tly th in k s th a t the la b o r
s itu a tio n — even though we have
no m a jo r s trik e s — is m ore an
em ergency than in s u rin g the
u n in te rru p te d e d ucation of the
n a tio n ’s c h ild re n .
In both the house and the senate,
education and la b o r le g is la tio n are
handled by the same co m m itte e s,
Healthful Fresh Fruit Drink
and the two c h a irm e n —T a ft o f Ohio
and H a rtle y o f New Je rse y— have
Makes Purgatives Unnec­
not b e s tirre d them selves about edu­
essary for Most People
cation, even though T a ft does have
his nam e on tw o b ills re la tin g to the
Here’s a way to overcome constipa
m a tte r.
tion without harsh laxatives. D rin l
T a ft has appointed A ike n c h a ir­
juice o f 1 Sunkist Lemon in a glas
m an o f a su b co m m itte e to handle
o f water first thing on arising.
education. B u t because the fu ll c o m ­
m itte e is heading in to weeks o f
Most people find this a ll they neei
w ra n g lin g o v e r la b o r law s, A ike n
-stim ulates normal bowel action da-,
p ro b a b ly c a n 't schedule h e a rin g s
after d a y !
before A p ril. A su b co m m itte e has
Lemon and water is good lor you
been appointed on th e house side,
Lemons are among the richest sourct
but no he a rin g s are scheduled.
of vitam in C, which combats fatigue
• • •
helps resist colds and 1 nfections. The-
MISSISSIPPI VS. N. Y. TEACHERS
supply valuable amounts o f vitam in
N e ve r before has the fe d e ra l
B i and P. They pep up appetite. The;
g o ve rn m e nt m ade a re g u la r a p p ro ­
alkalinue, aid digestion. Lemon anc
p ria tio n fo r edu catio n a l expenses
water has a fresh tang too-clears the
H ow ever, Senator A ike n points out
mouth, wakes you up, starts you going
th a t 60 per cent o f a ll A m e rica n s
T ry this grand wake-up d rink 1(
today are liv in g in states o th e r than
mornings. See i f i t doesn't help you
those in w h ich they were educated,
Use California Sunkist Lemons.
p ro v in g th a t e ducation is an in te r­
state o r n a tio n a l p roblem .
A ik e n fu rth e r points out th a t edu­
c a tio n a l standards v a ry so w id e ly
YO U
th a t in M is s is s ip p i the average ex­
p e n d itu re per p u p il p e r y e a r in 1944
can h a v e a
was o n ly $42 25. w h ile the average
in N ew Y o rk state was $185 12 H is
b ill w ould in su re e xp e nd itu re o f a t
least $100 per p u p il per y e a r in
each state.
C h ie f opposition to such a h ill
Is fro m southern senators, who
fe a r it m ig h t re q u ire th e ir
states to spend "to o m u c h " on
N egro schools. F o r the b ill spec­
ifie s th a t the $100 average fo r
each p u p il m ust be m ainta in e d
fo r each school d is tric t.
A ik e n 's c o m m itte e on exp e nd i­
tu re s in the e xe cu tive d e p a rtm e n ts
plans h e a rin g s on a b ill by T a ft and
TERRY-MORSE SEED CO,
S enator F u lb rig h t o f Arkansas c a ll­
orraorr i t
san fsanosco h
in g fo r e s ta blish m e n t o f a new c a b i­
net post—s e cre ta ry o f health, w e l­
fa re and education. W hile A ike n is
anxious to proceed w ith th is b ill, he
is m o re anxious to see increased
te a che rs' salaries.
• • •
Treating Wounds
Y O U N G IN Y E A R S O N L Y . . . T ra g ic experiences, born of hunger
and p riv a tio n , have le ft th e ir m a rk on the fa re s of these c h ild re n of
southern B ohem ia. B a re ly a tra ce of childhood rem ains in th e ir s ta rk
expressions. These to rn and ta tte re d boys are am ong those being
helped by A m e ric a n Red Cross in Its d is trib u tio n of three m illio n
d o lla rs in supplies to C zechoslovakia.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Floods Ravage England:
Guard A-Bomb Materials
BRITAIN:
Floods New Peril
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B o liv ia are g iv in g e ve ry assistance
to the rebels.
The w ar act gives the gove rn m e nt
power to d ra ft men, p ro p e rty and
m oney, and to suspend any laws.
The pream ble declares th a t It was
Issued in accordance w ith " in t e r ­
na tio na l agreem ent signed by this
country fo r defense o f the c o n tin en t
against subversive m ovem ents o f a
to ta lita ria n c h a ra c te r.”
A ccording to news fro m B ra z il,
the insurgents have won c o n tro l o f
a ll the P araguayan side o f the P a ra -
i g u a yan-B razil b o rd e r by c a p tu rin g
! the towns o f Bela V ista , Pedro Juan
! C a ballero and Captan Bado.
WHY TAKE
HARSH LAXATIVES?
M e ltin g o f the th ic k b la n ke t of
snow th a t b ro u g h t g re a t h a rd sh ip to
B r ita in has sw o lle n strea m s to flood
stage. M an y thousands o f people in
southern E n g la n d are being forced
out o f th e ir homes by ris in g w aters.
Some riv e rs a lre a d y have passed
the reco rd h ig h m a rk s o f 1894.
C o m m u n ity kitch e n s are being set
up to feed refugees. Troops, G e r­
m an w a r prison e rs and vo lu n tee rs
are s tru g g lin g to save w a te r p u r i­
fy in g stations, gas and e le c tric
plants, and o ther essential services.
O thers are sandbagging dikes and
Paraguayan g o ve rn m e nt rep o rts
r iv e r walls.
" I t is o u r w o rst d isa ste r In 300 say that some o f the rebel forces
y e a rs ." declares M iss Phoebe Cus- have deserted and su rre n d e re d to
ten, m a y o r of the Tham es r iv e r town governm ent troops. T here were o th ­
e r stories, denied by the g o ve rn ­
o f Caversham .
m ent. th a t some in fa n try , a r tille r y
Snow s till is h a m p e rin g tra n s p o r­ and naval units had refused o r­
ta tio n in five counties o f no rth e rn*!
ders to fig h t the rebels.
E ngland. These regions w ill have .
to cope w ith floods la te r.
A g ric u ltu ra l losses are a lrea d y i
Im m ense and prospects are fo r
even
m ore
sta g ge rin g
dam age. I M e lv in E. Thom pson, elected lie u ­
Tens o f thousands of sheep and cat- tenant governor, is r ig h tfu l g o ve r­
1 ,,e are d ro w n in g in the M id la nd s nor o f G eorgia, the
regions. It is e stim ated th a t three • state
s u p re m e
m illio n fa rm a n im a ls died o ve r the co u rt has ruled . 5
w in te r, k ille d by snow and cold.
to 2. H e rm a n T a i-
M ost of the spring wheat crop is ! m adge,
son
of
ru in e d The potato crop in the fen- Gene, w h o
has
lands
is
considered
destroyed. been a c tin g as gov­
P la n tin g of e a rly crops is fa r behind e rn o r since h is ap­
schedule. In a co u n try th a t has been p o in tm e n t by the
on sh o rt ratio n s fo r seven years,
le g is la tu re , was de
th is fu rth e r blow is e x tre m e ly s e ri­ d a re d a usurper.
ous.
A tty .
Gen.
Eu
I gene Cook has in ­
v a lid a te d a ll b ills
M . E.
s ig n e d by T ai -
Thom pson
m adge d u rin g his
b rie f and trou b le d te rm . The m ost
In a m ove to safeguard the na­
im p o rta n t o f th is le g is la tio n is the
tio n 's supply of u ra n iu m and th o ri­
w h ite p rim a r y b ill, b u t 150 oth er
um ores, the ra w m a te ria ls fo p atom
m easures also were d e cla re d vo id
bom bs, the A to m ic E n e rg y co m m is ­
GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY BOGS
by Cook.
sion has Issued a new and v e ry s tric t
W hether he intended it o r not.
The 33-year-oId son of the fam ous P re sid e n t T ru m a n 's t r ip to M e xico
code. Death is the p e n alty fo r m a ­
jo r v io la tio n s o f the r ig id re g u la ­ "O ld G e n e" accepted the v e rd ic t o f j d id m ore fo r the la g g in g good neigh­
the sta te 's highest b o r p o lic y than a n y th in g since
tions. w h ich affe ct everyone ha n dlin g
trib u n a l and Im m e ­ F ra n k lin R oosevelt's tim ».
the ra d io a ctive orcs.
d ia te ly m ade prep­
T hanks to the astute backstage
The code sets up a lice n sin g sys­
a ra tio n s to leave guidance o f Sum ner W elles. Roose­
tem sp e cifyin g th a t no one. unless
the exe cu tive m an­ v e lt b u ilt up o u r frie n d s h ip w ith
licensed by the com m issio n , can
sion.
L a tin A m e ric a He m ade a special
" tra n s fe r o r e x p o rt fro m the U nited
"W e 'U be b a c k .” p ilg rim a g e to Buenos A ire s and
S ta te s" any m a te ria l th a t contains
be to ld w e ll w is h ­ j M ontevideo, and fre q u e n tly cruised
as m uch as l-20th o f one per cent
ers. "T h e c o u rt of th ro u g h the C aribbean, to u ch in g at
o f u ra n iu m o r th o riu m .
la st re s o rt is the Ecuadorean and C e n tra l A m e ric a n
A fte r A p r il 1, anyone not licensed
people of G eorgia. c itie s ; also v is ite d M e xico and
who o btains 10 pounds o r m ore of
T h is
case
w i l l acted as host to m a n y L a tin A m e ri­
ra w u ra n iu m or th o riu m m ust re p o rt
be taken to the can presidents.
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lm
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g
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it to the com m ission w ith in 30 days.
c o u rt o f la s t re ­
W ith W elles' e x it fro m the state
Use o f u ra n iu m in ce ra m ics, photo­
s o rt." T his was in te rp re te d as in d i­ d e p a rtm e n t m uch o f th is cam e to
g ra p h ic supplies and o ther in d u s tria l
c a tin g th a t T alm a d g e intends to run
products is p ra c tic a lly fo rbidden, again in 1948. when a special elec­ an end. So »Iso has ended the eco­
cooperation
g ive n
L a tin
since no fu rth e r supply o f the m eta l tio n w ill be held. U nder the law a n o m ic
A m e ric a n neighbors.
w ill be allow ed a fte r A p r il 1
lie u te n a n t g o ve rn o r can serve only
R e g a rd in g th is , L a tin A m e rica n s
tw o ye a rs as governor.
have been e s p e c ia lly b itte r. T hey
The suprem e c o u rt's m a jo r ity de­ c o m p la in th a t w hereas d u rin g the
c isio n to o k the v ie w th a t the le g is­ w a r th e y sold ra w m a te ria ls to the
II fir
la tu re e rre d when It appointed H e r­ U n ite d States at sta b iliz e d prices,
So serious is the re b e llio n In P a ra ­ m a n T a lm a d g e g o ve rn o r on J a n u ­ fo re g o in g any w a r p ro fits, th e y now
guay th a t P re sid e n t M o rin ig o has is­ a ry 14. The le g is la tu re , a fte r a can­ ca n n ot buy goods in the U. S. A.
sued a w a r decree to m o b ilize the vass o f votes cast, acted on the When they a tte m p t to purchase
fu ll powers o f the governm ent. Reb­ th e o ry th a t since Eugene T alm a d g e here they find th a t European coun­
els now are h olding la rg e sections had died before in a u g ura tio n , th a t trie s have a p r io r ity We pay m ore
o f the little South A m e ric a n coun­ th e re was no one elected to the o f­ j a tte n tio n to Greece, they com p la in ,
try
G o ve rn m e nt o fficia ls state that fice H e rm a n T alm adge was chosen than to neighbors close at home—
th e re v o lt is C o m m u n ist-in sp ire d
on the basis of a few w rite -in votes. ! n e ighbors w h ich are m uch m ore im ­
T he y fu rth e r charge th a t C o m m u ­ T hom pson, d u ly elected lie u te n a n t p o rta n t to o u r long-range w e lfa re .
nists io n e ig h bo rin g U ru g u a y and go ve rn o r, was ignored
W hat L a tin A m e ric a n d ip lo m a ts
■ hope is th a t in a d d itio n to g o o d-w ill
tours, the U. S. A. now w ill loosen
5 up e c o n o m ic a lly . T hey w a n t to buy,
; not beg, b u t they c a n 't even do the
fo rm e r
• • •
GEORGIA:
Talmadge Ousted
ATOMIC ORE:
Rigid Regulations
PAR \G l AY:
Civil
HIGHEST <>\ RECORD
Livestock \ alue Soars Io Peak
A lthough tha
W A S H IN G TO N
n u m b e r o f liv e sto ck on fa rm s de­
clin e d d u rin g 1948. the fa rm tnven-
i to ry va lu e of a ll liv e s to c k »oared to
>11,252.000, a g a in o f 25 p e r cent
o ve r the pre vio u s y e a r and the h ig h ­
( est to ta l on reco rd , a cco rd in g to a
! bureau o f a g ric u ltu ra l econom ic*
rep o rt The d ro p in liv e s to c k num -
' bers w a t the th ir d successive de­
clin e since a h ig h was reached J a n ­
u a ry 1. 1944
The report listed 81.500 000 head
o f c a ttle , 28.100.000 m ilk cows. 58.-
»01.000 hegk. 475.442.000 chickens,
and 38.571.000 stock sheep as o f the
firs t o f th is ye a r In a d d itio n , there
w ere
7,251.300
horses.
2.773.000
m ules and 6,632,000 tu rke ys
The va lu e p e r head o f cattle,
hogs, sheep, chickens and tu rke ys
a t the beg in ning o f 1947 reached
new heights. The value p e r head o f
horses and m ules was som ew hat
above a ye a r e a rlie r
Supplies of teed g ra in s on fa rm s
on J a n u a ry 1 were 10 p e r cent
la rg e r than on the same date a y e a r
e a rlie r W ith exception o f 1942. they
w ere the la rg e s t J a n u a ry stocks on
reco rd .
W ith liv e s to c k num bers down, the
su pply o f feed g rains In re la tio n to
liv e s to c k was m ore fa v o ra b le than
a y e a r ago The supply p e r u n it of
liv e s to c k reached reco rd levels. IT
p e r cent la rg e r than a t the begin­
n in g o f 1946. and 8 per cent above
J a n u a ry 1. 1942. the pre vio u s high.
M E R R Y -G O -R O U N D
J. E d g a r H e w e r has locked in
F B I files several sensational stories
on b ig c ity c o rru p tio n , showing how
I c e rta in c ity bosses a re tie d up w ith
c rim e . U n fo rtu n a te ly th is is beyond
H o o ve r's b a iliw ic k , so he proposed
a sensational ed u catio n a l m o vie to
2(hh C e n tu ry -F o x based on his files
C autious 20th C e n tu ry -F o x tu rn e d
h im down . . G e n era l Eisenhow er
has o rd e re d the bodies o f a ll A m e ri­
can s o ld ie rs b u rie d In the China
th e a te r to be collected and shipped
home.
»
GIRLS! WOMEN!
try this if you’re
NERVOUS
On CERTAIN DAYS* Of Month-
Do female fu nctional m onthly d istu rb ­
ances m ake you feel nervous. Irritable,
so weak and tired o u t—a t such tim es ’
T hen do try Lydia E. Plnkham 's Vege­
table Com pound to relieve such svmp-
toma. I t s fam ous for this! Taken regu­
larly — P lnkham 's Com pound helps
build up resistance against such dis­
tress. Also a great stom achic tonic I
MJIAEPINKHAMS com V o *»
COLD
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f
SUFFERERS!
6 6 6 STARTS RELIEF IN
JUST 6 SECONDS
Set fam ous, prescriptlsii-typ«
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for w p * r «peedy ra l> *f
from cold m issriM
Try
Csl4
Table«». or
MS
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Cold
P rop«-»tioa today-
Cast on
Uss sniy
as directed.
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WNU—13
________14—47
That Naming
Backache
M ay W arn of Disordered
K id ney Action
kfodora life with Its hurry and worry.
Irregular habits, improper sating sad
drtaking— it» risk of ospoouro sod Infec­
tio n — throws hoary stra.o on the work
of the kidneys. Th e y are apt to become
oror-tasod sad fail to Alter o io m b aod
and other im p eriiias from tbo life-givtag
Yoe m ay suffar nagging baekarba.
headache, disBoeas. getting up o gbta.
leg paisa, swelling— fa*i constantly
tired, nervous, all worn out. Other a gna
of kidney or bladder disorder are some­
tim es bam .ng. scanty or toe (re^ueot
v : nation.
T r y Peee'a P t U Dows’s help tha
kidneys to pass off harm ful excess body
w atts. They have had a c t thaa half a
century of ysb lie approval. Are recom­
mended by g’ t te f j users everyw here
Ash yesr srtgAher'
D oans P ills
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