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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, February 26, 1948 NEED LEC R A FT PA TTE R N S M artin Is Likely GOP Dark Horse Colorful, Gay Bluebird Bedspread Contest Between Taft, Dewey Decisive in Republican Race So easy to embroider this bluebird spread! Pattern 734; transfer of one motif 17 by 19 in.; two 5’i by 53< In. ft S ew in g C irc le N e e d le c r a ft D ep t. B o i 3217 S an F r a n c is c o 6, C alif. Enclose 20 cents for Pattern. No_____________ Name__ By BAUKIIAGE Address. iVeui t Italy It and Commentator. As this is written, the crystal ball gazers say that the 8" black-moustached governor of the Empire State is go ing to be the next President of the United States. Some people will question this, and three, six or more months from now, even my private crystal-gazers may revise their predictions. NO HULLS in jO t lY i 5' But the Dewey following is confident, even in the face of the latest Roper poll, which shows that Harold Stassen Is the only Republican (now that Eisenhower is out) who could win four out of the six major geographi AiWAVS rfMPdt cal regions of the country from Mr. Truman! The poll says Stassen leads MARGARINE STRATEGY , . . Rep. Edward A. Mitchell (Rep., s ano en sp .' everywhere but In the solid South. <» » Ind.) acted as host at a capitol luncheon for congressmen and members Suppose the solid South should own family and is kept alive with m T/AL POP of women's leagues who favor repeal of the present taxes on oleomar split from the Democratic party, as close personal contacts in the armed garine. Donning a chef’s bulging cap Mitchell demonstrated the th e y in d ic a te d services I simply say this to the process housewives must go through to color their margarine at home. ■ they might in or- voter: : der to rebuke the Get Well You may have a tremendous i President for his respect for a man’s military so-called "anti- record, but that doesn't mean s o u th e r n ” civil F ro m Y o u r C ough you’d call him in if your child D u o to « C o ld r ig h ts m e s s a g e had appendicitis. Politics is just w hich r e c o m F H ! P V ’ C Money* Tar as much of a profession as med r v L L I O 1 i Cough Compound m e n d ed a n t i icine or the law. lynch, an ti-p o ll- We need a trained leader in this | tax, fair prac tices legislation, particular kind of leading. Maybe Following the first blush of joy which is labelled we will get one. Maybe we won’t. over the spirit of deflation which "pro-Negro" by seemed to have been evoked by the AID BLRDEN: m a n y s o u th e rn S p e a k e r J o e M a r tin commodity market price slump, Taft's Plank critics? Well, sup U n iv e r s a lly P o p u la r U. S. citizens began to realize that Sen. Robert Taft, Ohio’» G.O.P. ! pose that, and as Stassen has certain qualities of complications might set in. BAI KIl tGE aspirant to the White House, started of the date of this leadership with which he seems to luebirds singing a song! ah Most significant hidden gimmick poll (February 5), Stassen has it. beautifully fram ed in a flower- have impressed the people inter behind the market skid appeared to off another campaign jog around Still the old-timers stick to their viewed by the Roper pollers. But be the development that the price the West by offering a thoroughly border 1 Just wait till you see prediction of Dewey, which they unless Stassen could "sweep the pri decline might, in the words of Sen. Republican message calculated to tbe lovely spread this design will make with tears in their pyes, in maries" — I'm frankly quoting my Scott Lucas (Dem., 111.), “eliminate appeal to a large portion of the m ;,ke ! stead of smoke from the smoke- chief crystal-gazer — he hasn’t a all possibility" of income tax re western voters. The United States cannot allow filled room where decisions are sup chance at this writing. There doesn’t ductions this year. its foreign aid program to jeopard seem to be a chance of his sweeping posed to be made. And that apparently was the cau ize freedom at home, he said in I wish that you people could have the primaries, and anyhow there tious but considered opinion of the attended that over-crowded lunch aren’t many states which have entire tax-writing senate finance Chicago, his first stopping place. "We should not be actuated by eon at the National Press club when adopted this device, which it was committee, of which Lucas is a purely altruistic desire to improve Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spoke and thought could beat the "smoke-filled member. the condition of a introduced his successor, Gen. room." Sen. Owen Brewster (Rep., Me.), lot of other people . . . - , . Omar Bradley, as chief of staff. Now, the man who is going to also a finance committee member, who have failed for " h e n w ashing windows during be nominated is the man who It was a good talk, and you expressed a concurring view, point centuries to do the tbe w inter. Put a ,sma11 ^ a n t i t y wins in the Taft-Dewey contest of ammonia or vinegar into the probably read the report of it. ing out that any appreciable gen job themselves. (always, as of NOW). That water. This helps to keep the You also probably have read the eral price decline "certainly would "We want peace doesn't mean it will be Taft or report of the question and an have to be taken into consideration” a n d p r o s p e r i t y w ater from freezing on the glass. Dewey. Rut it does mean that swer period wliieh General Eis by Republicans in their tax-cutting th ro u g h o u t the it will be the man who, although enhower permitted, and which plans. world to eliminate " h e n laundering lace collars, he hasn’t enough votes on this was one of the best news con Another member of the group, a threat to our own sew t *le collars on w hite m uslin, t ° oth powde ” prelim, can pick up enough in ferences—that's what it turned Sen. Harry Byrd (Dem., Va.) said freedom, but it is This will help keep them in shape, dependent votes in later con out to be—that I ever have at that if a decline of market prices certainly not worth —•— tests to see him through. At the tended. Members who couldn't develops into a business recession, while to adopt a Protect your rubbers from oil A MCKESSON & ROBBINS PRODUCT present writing, it looks as if get in were standing up, eoeking it probably would have "a consid TAFT foreign policy so and soil. Oil causes blistering, there were enough of those ears, 12 to 15 deep outside the erable effect" on tax reduction. burdensome on our and soil will cause rubber articles “changeable" votes to nominate entrances to the dining room. "I certainly am not going to vote own people that it will destroy at to chip and crack and lose their Dewey. for any bill that would put the treas Naturally some questions dealt If it’s neither Dewey nor Stassen, ury in a deficit position," said Byrd. home the very freedom we are try- resilient strength. Clean well after with the Eisenhower withdrawal ing to protect.” , using. While the senators’ statements re For Q uick R e lie f statement issued late in January. the wise guys in Washington say it There was expressed a major — e— will be none other than Speaker Joe flected a good deal of pussyfooting The night after the Eisenhower plank in Taft's campaign platform: Keep 0„ hand; p ercolator tops> D O N ’T D E LA Y ANY LO N G ER ! N ow , • Martin, who never insulted anybody and at least a temporary surge of c to r ’« f o r m u la you c a n u se a t h o m e to withdrawal, which most Republicans an in con ro o ie orcign ai eiectric fuses, an asso rtm en t of d re o lie v e ‘ils tr e s s in g d is c o m f o r t o f p a in — and Democrats considered as final, and has more friends in and out of Indecision with regard to tax reduc program in the pre-eminent light o f . _ , ’ I tc h — I r r ita tio n «lue to p lies. T e n d s to «of* Washington than a winner in a crap . . 7 j corks, waxed paper, paper nap- tion in the light of the market te n a n d s h r in k s w e llin g . U se th is p ro v e n I happened to be with two die how it may effect this nation s do- . i F P k ln s- 3 boX ° f ta c k s’ an e x tra ca n ’ d o c to r 's fo rm u la Y ou’ll be a m a z e d a t I ts hard, right-wing Republicans, who game when everyone else is broke slump, it was obvious that they mestic economy s p e e d y a c tio n re lie f. A sk y o u r d r u g g is t ‘ •, y' ■ , , »u ut opener, extra light bulbs, a ball to d a y fo r T h o r n to n A M in o r’s R e c ta l O in t wouldn't even admit they were as Without ever pulling any rough were thoroughly concerned with this Also, it was consistent with his m e n t o r S u p p o sito rie s. F o llo w la b e l In of twine, bicycle tape. happy as they were. They kept say stulT, Joe Martin has put more peo turn of events. activities in congress where he has s tr u c tio n s . F o r s a le a t a ll d r u g s to r e s Theory which set their tax-cutting been making that theory felt with ing, why couldn't he have said that ple under willing obligation to him much earlier if he meant it, and than any man I know in congress. plans awry is that a continued regard to approval of the Marshall Thread a dozen needles with dif For example — when the Taft- slump of commodity market prices plan. anyhow he has left a loophole so he R upture Relief ferent colored threads and put Hartley fight was at its hottest, a would bring down the national in can run. if not now, in 1952. S o ft, w ash ab le m aterial« them in a pin cushion hung from give tr u e co m fo rt, p ro v id e certain Republican congressman come and tax receipts, thus render U. N. PLUM: the wall. It is then an easy m atter I couldn't see that. I knew a lot of A s ,r o n R » u p p o rt. N o sp rin g s ing any major tax reduction per ¿5 o r b a th e r. H as b ro u g h t to repair a garm ent promptly in Republicans thought Eisenhower's came to Joe and said: "I'm sorry, ilous. To Europe co m fo rtab le relief to th o u Joe, I've got to bolt. My constitu letter was an absolutely honest stead of placing it in the ever- san d s. S atisfa ctio n g u a ra n Decision on where the United Na- growing mending bundle. te e d . S en d for free folder. statement, dictated by the reason ency doesn’t want this bill.” Joe SOIL CONTROL: W rite to d a y : didn't argue. He simply said: . tions will hold its 1948 assembly ing of an honest man, untrained , F e d e r a l? meeting will mean that some Euro For a larger and fluffier omelet, WEB TRUSS CO. Dept. N-l Haferstown, Md. in politics, it is true, but speaking "Don't worry. I understand your situation perfectly. We 11 get the pean city will get a healthy, 50- from his heart. One of the springtime battles now million-dollar plum tossed in its lap. add hot instead of cold w ater votes anyhow. Forget it, There isn't space to repeat Eisen when beating the egg yolks. shaping up in congress will concern That man is Joe's friend for life. Because the choice of a site for hower’s long statement in which he the issue of whether the national the coming meeting probably will . ’ Some years ago, a magazine said, among other things: farm erosion program should be involve that much money there is a K eep acid foods, such as tom a took a secret poll of the Wash federally or state controlled. " I am not available for and considerable ferment of anxiety in *oes» lem ons and vin eg ar oft the ington correspondents to deter could not aeeepl nomination for Fireworks are scheduled to begin the cities of Paris, Brussels, Geneva Porcelain en am el of a ran g e or i mine the most "useful" man in high political office.. , . My deri in March when the house agriculture i or the Hague, principal contenders refrig erato r. They cause stain s | congress. He was to be Judged that won’t come off. sion . . . Is definite and posi committee opens hearings on a bill for the honor. by his "Integrity, intelligence, tive. sponsored by Rep. Harry D. Cooley • Trygve Lie, U. N. secretary-gen —•— industry and influence." Joe got (Dem., N. C.) which would turn eral, just back from a tour of Euro Excessive use of oil or thinners the highest vote of anyone in "The necessary and wise sub over the soil conservation program, pean cities, has made a factual re will reduce the covering power of ] either house or senate. ordination of (lie military to Not long ago there was one of operated by the agriculture depart port without actually recommend any paint. civil power will be best sus Intar a lubitription to those big parties here, periodically ment since 1935, to state land grant j ing any one spot. He did, however, tained . , , when lifelong pro CATS MAGAZINE colleges. Illustrated Monthly Maga- narrow the field down to those four thrown by various visiting firemen. fessional soldiers . . . atistain ÌAC jc L Along with the transfer of author- cities. * ' a’ ’ It was a regular stampede, but from seeking high political office. iriz • • .:.• •) I s-ilj». 1 some way 1 managed to back Joe iety would go about 10,500 depart- | The 57 member nations of the . . . 1 would regard it as un gnvd cat* b . t n e world's foremost f e li n a Not «old cn new --tande Send today. Martin into a corner with my two ment agents who administer the general assembly decided at last E d i t o r H o r a c e G r e e l e y w a s • |2 wperta alloyed tragedy for our country a year. Sample 25 cents. Washington-wise assistants. Joe is a program in about 2,000 districts j fall's session to hold the 1948 parley fam ed for his illegible handw rit- CATS S -2 4 S Blandino S tr e e t . U tic a 2 , N aw Y o r * If ever should come the day bachelor, and these two women are That will provide a point of strong in Europe, possibly to get away Ing, which few people could de- when military commanders not lacking in either brain» or controversy, as will the measure's from the scene of their erstwhile cipher. Once, afte r an argum ent might be selected with an eye with a u em ploye, he w rote the to their future potentialities in pulchritude. They'd both met the provision for federal grants to help rather futile efforts. the political field." speaker before, more or less pro states foot their soil-saving bills _________________ ___ _______ _ man a letter informing him that , he was fired, Pushing the switch from federal ' experience to . handle the project General Sherman said: "I will not fessionally, anyhow rather formally. Several months passed. Then run if nominated and will not serve This wasn't formal. Neither of them to state control most strongly is the satisfactorily. TR A IN IN O 1» a born-and-bred Republican. Like national farm bureau, one of the Currently operating under an an- o n e th e f o r m e r e m p lo y e If elected." me, and «11 other Washingtonians, most powerful lobbies in Washing nual budget of 39 million dollars, *^°PPed by for a chat, TRAVEL But what motivated Sherman . . . they are voteless and more or less ton, on the grounds that the soil federal soil conservation service “ Y ou're the fellow I fired some and Elsenhower? PAY neutral between the parties. Both of conservation program would ac- - Die sincere belief expressed In them fell for Joe Martin hard And complish more under state author has 10,500 persons working -ith tim e ago, a re n ’t y ou?" asked farmers, helping prepare conserva- G reeley. "How a re you getting Elsenhower's statement that a man it wasn't because it is Leap Year ity. tion plans which the farmers may along?" of purely military training wasn’t and Joe is a bachelor. They are both T h e N A V Y has a R e a l federal program has not been accept or reject. "Oh, just fine, thanks to you, equipped for the Job? (That state happily married (the only kind of I as The B usiness P r o p o s itio n f o r effective as it should be so far, i So far it has prepared conserva- Mr. G reeley!” laughed the other, ment, as you know, was thrown assistants my wife and I hire). Y o u n g .Men W h o W a n t | the farm bureau contends. But op- tion plan_s_ for 476,128 farms cover- "You rem em ber that letter you back at Eisenhower as a sideswipe to “ G o P la c e s .” At any rate, Joe Martin is a good ponents of the transfer counter with ing 131.855.608 of the country on» sent me? Well, I showed it to an at Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who dark horse to watch. the argument that the states lack billion acres of farm land. editor the following day and told Ask for info rm ation . has emphatically NOT said that he didn't choose to run.) —— him it was a letter of recom mendation from you. He gave me 1 have spoken of the Eisenhower a job im m ediately—and for more fa m ily at MOM length baft re in thia money!” column. 1 do not claim to be more than an acquaintance. But, as 1 said, when General Eisenhower s statement came over the wire. 1 w as firmly convinced that there wasn't any equivocation in It. And I am It was 600 years ago. In 1348, that mentioned In the Bible can be con- j plague to him. In one form the for Comfy and /ffm fr'th e MENTHOLATUM TWINS glad that the press and their friends ttie Black Death swept ravenously stdered "true plague" and traced disease even may be communicated heard Eisenhower answer the ques through Europe, killing about 23.- through history to 1320 B. C. It is between humans. tions at he did, giving back steel for 000.000 persons, to take Its place as According to the U. S health serv believed to have started in lower steel on every throw. one of the greatest calamities of all Egypt, and In a few centuries ice, plague among rodents exists in time. There was a big sigh of relief, of many places In the world today. In Historians estimated that by tha "spread to the ends of the Inhabit cluding a great part of this country. course, when the Republican and able world." Democratic leaders knew Eisen end of the century the Black Death I Outbreaks have occurred among hu- hower was out. I fdt the same way, —bubonic plague—had killed one- ) The black rat of Asia, which car | man beings on the west coast, and but for a different reason My rea fourth of Europe's entire population. | ries bubonic plague, probably was I rodent plague has been reported at son for being glad that Elsenhower In China another 13.000.000 died In introduced Into Europe by returning j far inland as Kansas However, offi Isn't going to be President—as he an outbreak of the disease at about crusaders in the 12th century They cials do not fear any outbreak of the would have multiplied sufficiently to , Black Death in the United States. would have been on any ticket If he the same time. had run is the same reason he put Even to this day the seeds of bu be noticed In Europe within a cen Medical scientist» recently have forth. 1 have tremendous respect for bonic plague are scattered through- J tury. and history books »ay they ap Q w c k MENTHOLATUM minty Menthol, the two famous discovered that the eulfa drugs are him, personally, professionally. I out the world. Since 1898 it Is esti peared at that time. M entholatum Ingredients, a r t valuable in treatment and believe •in not • professional soldier, but mated that more than 12. 000.(XX) per- i It wasn't until around 1900 that It • Mother, when coughing spasms gentle to a child's delicate normal that the new drug, etreptomycin my experience a t a wartime soldier i sons have died of it in India. was definitely established that the may prove so also New and more wrack your child’s bod v and leave skin—but they work fast to help is reinforced by an Indirect Impres Authorities don't know where or | black rat harbors the disease The loosen congestion, ease soreness, hia chest mu»cleg so sore it hurts •Ion of military thought which goes when the plague first began, but j rat ie bitten by a flea; the flea then 1 powerful flea and rat killers, includ ,h ' m ‘“ ^ '« « th e —quick! call and lessen coughing. back for s a n g my tome tay that epidemic disease bitee a man and transmits the ing DDT and the poison R-1060. ere Comfy and "M inty" to the «ISO IELICVES HEAD COLO STUFFIKESt 1 proving extremely effective eeacua. Comforting Camphor and ti ! i NEWS REVIEW QUICKER Peril Seen for Tax Cut; Soil Control Row Due 38% BRIGHTER TEETH B in 7 days! calox PILES TROUBLE? REAL J io ißclicdL Qcb Vavv llpiriHtinff Slalion SCIENCE STILL TRYING Plague Struck 6 0 0 Years Ago F NASAL tmtlTATlON AND CHAPfflMS