Southern Oregon miner., January 02, 1947, Image 8

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
CIO Girds for New Wage Drive;
U.N. Closes Meet in Harmony;
M ore R ental U nits Planned.
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Almanacs Long-Lived in
U. S.; One in 25()tli Year
Washington Di9CSt>
STALIN’S HEALTH
, WASHINGTON.—Diplomatic
Depends on Party Harmony
dis­
Among the oldest publications in
the United S tates tire the local al-
n in n a rs the contents of <hich i i j >-
penl chiefly to fa rm ers, say s Col­
lier's.
F or exam ple, G ru b e r’s H ag ers­
town A lm anac is now in its 149th
y ea r, the Old F a rm e r’s A lm anac
in its 154th, Duboll'a New E ngland
A lm anac in its ,74th and Foul-
ah u tn 's A lm anuck in its 250th
yeur.
patches fro m Moscow in d ica te d e f­
By BAVKIIAGE
in ite ly that M arshal S ta lin 's health
Ven . I m i t i t i m u i t 'i i n i i n e n l i i l i i r .
hus had another setback
He suf­
fered a heart a ttack some tim e in WNU Service. 1616 E ye Street. N.W ., ln fiu c n c r o f western and southern
W ashington, l>. <J.
N ovem ber and now Is re stin g in
states w hich had already, by means
ua
the C rim ea.
W ASHINGTO N. — Now th a t the o f stute p rim a rie s o r o ther su b te r­
This fact has been made the sub­ senate has settled its firs t problem
fuge, m anaged to take the choice
A slightly
tipsy gentlem an
je c t o f an o ffic ia l report to the stute — nam ing of the co m m itte e c h a ir­ o f senators out of the bunds o f the
w
alked
into
the
teleg rap h office,
departm ent.
m en — the next big question is state legislatures.
took a pencil, spent three or four
The
Republicans
benefited
by
the
,
_____ w hether the Re­
This last heart a ttack Is the
m in u tes in deep thought, and
publicans are go­ fa ilu re o f the D em ocrats to m a in ­ w rote this m essage to a friend
second suffered by the m an who
ta
in
a
West-South
alliance,
but
they
ing to be able to
has ruled Russia so long. Last
in St. Louis:
develop a le a d e r­ now suffer in tu rn fro m o th e r sec­
w in te r he also had to' go to the
‘‘T in la, tru lu, tru la, tra la .”
ship able to rid e tio n a l and ideological cleavages. I
C rim ea to recuperate fro m an
He
signed it and presented it to
heard
one
m
an
re
m
a
rk
the
o
ther
herd and estab­
illness. S talin is now 67 years
the lady behind the counter.
day
that
tw
o
recent
speeches,
one
lish
the
p
a
rty
d
is­
old. but has cram m ed m ore d i­
A fter checking it, she said:
c ip lin e necessary by Senator Morse, R epublican of
vers ¡lied life and hardship into
fo r
iron-handed Oregon, and the other by Senator “ T h at will lie l i t i c u t s "
those years than any other
The gentlem un paid h er and
control. The Re­ B yrd , D em ocrat of V irg in ia , each
w o rld leader.
pu b lica n
m a jo r­ expressed views m uch m ore in line she said : "Y ou used only eight
S talin was im prisoned and exiled
w ith the opposite p a rty ’ s than w ith w o rd s.”
ity is v e ry slim
to S iberia eight tim es, and the years
"W h at would you suggest ad d ­
and there are a th e ir own organizations. There are
have taken th e ir to ll. He was not
nu m b e r o f re s t­ m any o th e r s im ila r anom alies in the in g ?” he finally asked.
p la y-a ctin g when he held up C h u rch ­
80th congress, ns there w ere in the
iv e m e m b e r s
“ Well, how about ju st adding
ill and T rum an by staying in bed
who w ill be os last session.
‘tra la ,’ ” she said.
one day at Potsdam.
The b e lie f that the e xtre m e con­
h a rd to get in to i
“ No,” lie said (irm ly, "th a t
Baukhage
I t is generally expected that F o r­
the c o rra l, come | se rva tive s w ill be in the snddlc would ju st m ak e it sound silly .”
E lected to head in te rim French governm ent, 74-year-old Leon
eign M in is te r M olotov w ill succeed ro ll-c a ll tim e , a s the “ sons of the ready to rid e rough-shod o ve r any
B lum receives tra d itio n a l em brace fro m Vincent A u rio l, president
Stalin.
lib e ra l m ove is not g e n e ra lly sup­
w ild jackasses" used to be.
o f n a tional assem bly.
ported. T ru e — h is to ry lias shown
I t isn’ t the la rk of a leader
THE REAL-ESTATE LOBBY
that the A m e rica n people can stand
so m uch as a s u rp lu s of th e m
LABOR:
N ext m a jo r lobbying d riv e in
Just so m uch re fo rm at a tim e . Hut
th a t w o rrie s R epublican p o liti­
Washington w ill be against rent con­
on the e ther hand they have seldom
A c ir
cos — th a t and the danger th a t
trols, only control m easure w hich
been
w illin g to sa crifice past social
H a rd ly had the hub-bub occasioned
the leaders m a y s ta rt leading
H a vin g "m e t the te s t" of resolv­ survived President T ru m a n 's sweep­
gains. C onsequently, when the Re­
by the (JIO's adoption of E conom ist ing m a jo r issues and differences, to
in d iffe re n t d ire ctio n s.
ing OPA decontrol order.
publicans huve been swept in to o f­
$
R o b e rt N athan's fo r­
quote U. S. Delegate W arren Aus­
A nother fa c to r not ca lculated to
The P resident has decided to e lim ­
fice a fte r periods lik e the Wilson
1
m u la
fo r
higher
tin , the U nited N ations general as­ inate OPA com pletely, and has on fu rth e r u n ity is the flock of p re si- j
“ New F re e d o m ,” they have been
wages w ith in c u r­
sem bly adjourned u n til next Sep­ his desk an executive o rd e r tra n s ­ d e n tia l bees .c ra w lin g a ll o ve r the '
ve ry ch a ry o f repealing laws w hich
re n t
prices
died
te m b e r w ith th is record of accom ­ fe rrin g rent co n tro l to the d e p a rt­ inside of the c a p ito l dome. In his 1
w
w ere passed, in answ er to a de­
down than U nited
plishm ents:
D ecem ber poll, G a llu p listed fo u r \
m ent o f com m erce.
m and fo r new p rivile g e s fo r the
A u to m o b ile
W ork­
—Acceptance o f an $8.500,000 g ift
senators as p o ssib ilitie s in the fol- ! m any.
fitti’.!-
The real-estate lobbyists know
ers h it fo r a pay
fro m John D. R o cke fe lle r J r. fo r
lo w in g o rd e r: V andenberg. 9 per
they
ca
n
't
get
even
a
R
epublican
boost of 23*4 cents
purchase o f a 17-acre site in M an­
Cent; B ric k e r 8 per cent; T a ft, 2 per N a tio n C lin g s
congress to repeal rent control.
an hour to com pen­
hattan fo r a perm anent U. N. home.
cent, and S a lto n sta ll, 1 p e r cent, j T o O ld R e fo rm s
So th e y ’ve decided on a new tac­
sate fo r ris in g liv ­
—A doption o f a resolution in ­
These are sm a ll figures com pared !
H a ro ld Laski, the B ritis h le ft-w in g
tic. The lobby is d ra w in g up
in g costs in 1946.
stru c tin g the se c u rity council to de­
to the p oll's 52 per cent granted
la b o r leader, w ould have us believe
a b ill w hich w ould tra n s fe r rent
G ist o f N athan’ s
vise a system of in te rn a tio n a l dis­
G o ve rn o r Dewey o f New Y o rk, o r
th a t there is a " re tu rn to re a ctio n ”
co n tro l fro m the fe d e ra l govern­
re p o rt, to be used as
a rm a m e n t to be presented to m em ­
M innesota's e x-G overnor Stassen's
in A m e rica . He says in a recent
m ent to the states.
a basis
fo r
CIO
ber
countries
in
tre
a
ty
fo
rm
.
17
per
cent,
the
tw
o
leading
G
a
l­
Robert Nathan
a rtic le under th a t title th a t " in aban­
wage dem ands in
—A p p ro va l of trusteeships fo r
T h is w ill be advanced as a “ states' lu p ’ s list. B u t th a t doesn’ t mean
com ing m onths, is that record earn- eight fo rm e r League o f Nations rig h ts ” and “ econom y” measure. the candidates th in k th a t w ay about doning the Roosevelt h e rita g e M r.
ings a llo w in d u s try to ja c k up pay m andated te rrito rie s and fo rm a tio n The result, how ever, w ill be the it. Nobody is p la cin g bets yet. As T ru m a n m ade the shaping o f the
postw ar econom ic p o licy of A m e r­
a p p re cia b ly w h ile m a in ta in in g e x is t­ of a U. N. trusteeship com m ittee same.
the veteran R epublican N a tio n al
ica the concern of business and
ing p rice levels. A lthough N athan to w hich a d m in is te rin g powers w ill
T w elve states now have no rent C o m m itte e m a n C larence B u d d in g ­
not of co n g re ss." M r. T ru m a n
said th a t the unions should negotiate , report.
control, and in o th e r states most ton K e lla n d said:
w ould be the firs t to deny th a t he
new’ scales w ith d iffe re n t companies
—A dm ission o f Sweden. A fghanis­ control laws are elastic.
“ I don’t th in k you are going
deserted the New Deal h eritage
• • •
and in d u strie s on the basis o f th e ir tan, Iceland and Siam to the U. N.
to see the m a tte r je ll at a ll
w hether he was personally inclined
a b ilitie s to pay, he ave rre d th a t the
L A M E DUCKS P L A Y IN D IA N S
u n til Ohio decides w hether it Is
—E
sta
b
lish
m
e
n
t
of
the
In
te
rn
a
­
m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s try can g ra n t a
T
w
ice
in
recent
weeks.
P
resident
backing T a ft or B ric k e r. When
21 per cent boost w ith o u t ra is in g tio n a l Refugee o rganization to re ­ T ru m a n has been v is ite d by con­
P a tte rn No. 5308
th a t decision is m ade, the lin e ­
settle
and
re
p
a
tria
te
1,000,000
dis­
p rices and s till m ake double the
gressmen who asked him to appoint
up w ill come fa s t.”
placed persons.
T 'H I S exquisite cro ch eted run-
p ro fits of the 1936-'39 period.
friends on the new In d ia n cla im s
G a llu p p redicted th a t Eisenhow ­
n er w as m ad e in Louisville,
In vie w o f the high earnings of ;
com m ission. Sen. Joe O 'M ahoney o f
e r’ s s ta r would rise h ig h e r and thus
K entucky, und won the prize in a
in d u s try and the gradual tra n s fo r- 1
W yom ing urged the appointm ent of
w h ip the hopeful senators to added
nation-w ide crochet contest. I t ’s
m a tio n of a seller's in to a buyer's N e w
Louis O’ M a rr, a tto rn e y general of zeal.
20 by 9 inches and can be used as
m a rk e t, business leaders w ill hesi- | In lin e w ith findings th a t most W yom ing, w h ile R epresentative B ill
Lapel
buttons
labeled
“ D ra ft
a dining tab le runner, buffet ru n ­
ta te before adding a d d ition a l w’age home-seekers are lo o kin g fo r re n t­ S tig le r o f O klahom a b rought along
i Ik e " are a lre a d y out. U nder whose
n er or on a bedroom d re sse r.
increases onto prices. Nathan said. al ra th e r than purchasable d w e ll­ his candidate—Justice E a rl Welch
I banner E isenhow er w ould be d r a ft­
ings. the a d m in is tra tio n 's new hous­ of the O klahom a Supreme co u rt, who ed i t is not stated, but it is gen-
T o o b ta in c o m p le te c ro c h c ttn K In s tr u c ­
tio n s fo r th e P riz e W in n in g i t u n n r r ( P a t­
ing pro g ra m places emphasis upon is p a rt C hickasaw h im se lf.
j e ra lly conceded his personal lean­
te r n N o. 5308) le n d 20 c e n ts in c o in , y o u r
.Senators B ric k e r (le ft), T a ft:
The P resident m ade no c o m m it­
In subscribing to N athan’ s theory construction o f re n ta l p ro p e rty.
ings w ould be m ore R epublican
n a m e , a d d re s s a n d th e p a tte rn n u m b e r.
Hold P re sid e ntia l K ry
m ent beyond saying he intends to
th a t in d u stry can h ike wages w ith ­
I than D e m o cra tic.
To encourage re n ta l construc­
announce the m ake-up o f the new
out boosting prices, U AW C h ie fta in
R E W IN G < Il< ( 1 E N E E P I.E W O ltK
N e ith e r Vandenberg nor Salton- to support a ll o f its tenets or not.
tion, Federal Housing a d m in is­
com m ission soon.
530 South Wells St.
Chicago 7, 111.
W a lte r R euther declared th a t co r­
s ta ll's frie n d s have begun to fight, And I can see the hackles o f con­
Enclose 20 cents for pattern.
tra
tio
n
w
ill
extend
the
a
m
o
rtiz
a
­
He d id apologize to S tig le r, how­
poration p ro fits are ru n n in g at a rate
and at th is w ritin g n e ith e r one has gress rise, even on the le ftish side,
tion period fo r such p ro je cts
N o _________________
ever, fo r the delay in m a kin g the
of 15 b illio n d o lla rs a year in com ­
even in d ica te d p u b lic ly he is in the a t the suggestion th a t "th e in itia ­
beyond
the
usual
28
years,
and
appointm
ents.
parison w ith 10 b illio n d u rin g the
Nam
e
ru n n in g
tiv e was re tu rn in g to the hands" of
w o rk out arrangem ents fo r ad­
w a r and 5 b illio n in the p re w a r pe­
W hat T ru m a n did not exp la in
M
ore
d
istre
ssin
g
to
the
men
who
A
d
d
re
ss .
N a tio n al
M a n u fa c tu re rs ’
associ­
ju s tin g loans to p ro te ct owners
riod.
was th a t he also had been u rg rd
have to m ake the upper house m em - ation.
fro m losses in the event o f un­
to w a it to see w hether any
W hile business profits have been
j bers hew to the R epublican lin e is
stable econom ic conditions.
M r. T ru m a n was re m o v rd by
w o rth y D em ocrats, defeated in
risin g , consum er purchasing power
' the old p ro b le m of the so-called
the election fro m
num ber of
the
election,
m
ig
h
t
w
ant
the
job.
has been d im in ish in g . R euther said.
j p rogressive elem ent. Some people
W hereas a m a x im u m o f $80 .
re
s
tra
in
ts
and
pressures
fro m
The
names
of
lam
educk
con­
D u rin g
1946, liv in g costs have m onth was set on re n ta l of in ­
| are p re d ic tin g th a t there m a y be
groups w hich favored courses
gressm an W ill Robinson o f U tah,
clim b e d another 18 per cent, neces­ d iv id u a l u n its under the ve te ra n s’
m ore h a rm o n y in the next session
he personally d islike d but he has
an excellent m an, and Jed John­
s ita tin g the 2314 cents an hour wage em ergency housing p ro g ra m , re n t­
am ong the m in o rity , so w id e ly
not been p a rty to any m ove to
son of O klahom a, who lost out
ra ise fo r the 900,000 UAW m em bers als now w ill be lim ite d to an a ve r­
i s p lit la st tim e , than am ong the ma-
sa crifice past “ social g a in s,”
on a chance to be a custom co u rt
to m a in ta in th e ir “ take-hom e" pay. age of $80 fo r a bu ild in g .
i jo r it y w ith its swollen ranks. Some
So Easy. No Cooking. Big Saving
and I c annot see congress a l­
judge, now have been suggest­
A t present, the average wage in the
R epublicans are w o rry in g lest they
W ith the p rin c ip a l dem and fo r
You may not know It. but. In youi
lo
w
in
g
the
few
re
a
ctio
n
a
rie
s
in
ed.
in d u s try is $1 33 an hour.
own kitchen, you can easily prepan
be d ivid e d to the e xte n t th a t th e ir
m ore dw ellings, any person w ill be
c ith e r p a rty o r in the house or
a really KiirpriHing relief for coughi
R euther's c la im of big business p e rm itte d to b u ild a house, thus
The com m ission is one w hich w ill pow er w ill be co n sid era b ly reduced.
senate to set back the clock.
due to colds. lt'H old-fashloncd—yout
p ro fits was challenged by m a jo r p ro ­ m a k in g an a p a rtm e n t o r old b u ild ­ re q u ire a to p flig h t staff, since i t w ill
mother probably used it—but for rea.
S
e
n
a
to
r
W
o
r
k
s
As
the
Beards
p
o
in
t
out
in
th
e
ir
ducers, who charged that Jhis y e a r's ing a vailable. Vets w ill continue to have to pass ju d g m e n t on a ll In d ia n
results, it's hard to beat.
“ B asic
H is to ry
o f the
U nited
co stly strikes and shortages o f m a ­ get firs t c ra ck a t homes put up for c la im s w hich have not gone in to the F o r H is S ta te
First, make a syrup by stirring 2
States.” the R epublicans despite
cups granulated sugar und ono cup
courts. T here is absolutely no sta tu ­
te ria ls adversely affected earnings. sale or rent, however.
M a n y people fa il to realize the
of water a few moments, until dls-
to ry lim it on the age o f the cla im s— m a n y fa cto rs w hich co n trib u te to th e ir la n d slid e v ic to ry o ve r W ilson
nolved. No cooking needed. It's no
Because of the in creasing pro­
w hich means th a t i f an In d ia n trib e in d iv id u a lis m in the senate. In the in 1920 did not o r could not, “ stam p
trouble. Or you can use corn syrup or
out
the
s
p
ir
it
o
f
progressive
o
r
ra
d
i­
duction of b u ild in g m a te ria ls
liquid honey, Instead of sugar syrup.
w ants to c la im th a t i t has le g a l rig h t firs t place, each senator is, and so
Then get 2>4 ounces of l ’incx from
coupled w ith the cu rb on non-
to the e n tire te r r ito r y o f the State considers h im se lf, an am bassador cal insurgency, old in A m e rica n
any
druggist. This Is a special com­
Leon B lum , whose P opular F ro n t I re sid e n tia l construction, m ate­
o f U tah, the com m ission m a y have fro m a state — i t is his business tra d itio n and y e t ever new in its
pound of proven Ingredients, In con­
go ve rn m en t in the m iddle '30's th re w '
a p p lica tio n
to
changing
condi­ centrated form , well known foe
ria ls p rio ritie s no longer w ill
to hear the argum ent.
to serve th a t state to the best o f his
tio n s .”
be needed.
F ra n ce in to a tu rm o il, returned to I
quick action in throat and bronchial
a
b
ility
and
his
a
b
ility
can
be
g
re
a
t­
Irritations.
head the new French in te rim gov- |
N E X T GOP C O N V E N TIO N
H a rd in g 's "n o rm a lc y ” and Cool­
ly
supplem
ented
by
the
prestige
he
Put the I’inex Into a pint botye,
Though non-residential co n stru c­
e rn m e n t as the com prom ise choice
A lthough the R epublican national acquires. Indeed, prestige, i f ac­ id g e ’s co n se rva tism te m p o ra rily did
and fill up with your syrup. Thus you
Of the le ft and rig h t parties o f the tion w ill continue to be re s tric te d , convention is tw o years off, several
make a full pint of splendid cough
q u ire d by n o th in g but s e n io rity can end our in te rn a tio n a lis m . B u t th e ir
perm ission to b u ild stores, schools,
syrup, and you get about four times
nation.
citie s a lre a d y are pressing GOP m o ­ go a long w ay to w a rd m a k in g
n e xt choice was H e rb e rt Hoover,
churches and other fa c ilitie s w ill be
as
much for your money. It never
guls fo r the p riv ile g e o f h e lping nom ­
Though B lu m ’ s S ocialist p a rty
who had been speaking w ith co n tin ­ spoils. Children love its pleasant taste.
granted to accom m odate new neigh­ in a te the m an they figure w ill be up fo r la c k o f a b ility .
com m ands o n ly 100 seats in the 600 borhoods.
u a l concern o ve r conditions a ffe ct­
And for quick relief, It’s a wonder,
B u t i t is not m ere personal
the ne xt president o f the U. S.
odd n a tio n a l assem bly, the dom inant
ing the less p rivile g e d . In 1923, fo r ft loosens the phlegm, soothes the Irri­
membranes, eases the soreness,
a m b itio n w hich d rive s a senator
Rep. George Bender, Ohio con­
C om m unist and P opular Republican
exam ple, he had called on the in- tated
makes breathing easy, and lets you
to w o rk fo r in d iv id u a l p ro m i­
gressm an-at-large and head o f the
p a rtie s agreed on his leadership a ft­
surance com panies to study unem ­ get restful sleep. Just try It, and If not
nence— i t is a p a rt o f his jo b to
C leveland R epublican com m ittee,
e r fa ilu re to w o rk out a sa tisfa cto ry
p lo ym e n t in su ra n ce ; he had en­ pleased, your money will bo refunded.
strengthen the so ve re ig n ty of
appeared
before
the
national
com
­
deal between them selves fo r shar­
dorsed an am endm ent abolishing
W ith plans fo r a unified com m and
the sovereign state he re p re ­
in g the governm ent. R anting over te m p o ra rily shelved by n a vy opposi­ m itte e to propose Cleveland as the
c h ild la b o r; he had frig h te n e d the
sents.
the fa ilu re of achieving a coalition tion, the services agreed to the w a r­ convention site.
re a ctio n a rie s to death when he p ro ­
A no th e r th in g w hich often forces posed the in h e rita n c e ta x to “ re d is­
As soon as Bender proposed C leve­
cabinet. C om m unist Representative tim e p ra ctice o f n am ing a single
D uclos accused the rig h tis t P opular c h ie fta in fo r each s tra te g ic w orld land fo r the convention site. C om ­ a senator to w a lk alone o r as p a rt trib u te oversw ollen fo rtu n e s ."
R epublicans of “ renew ing the class area to increase the efficiency of op­ m itte e m a n W erner Schroeder o f I l l i ­ of a s m a ll group is se ctio n a lism —
G oing fu rth e r back in to h isto ry,
stru g g le ."
erations and avoid the confusion of nois asked, “ Isn’ t it tru e th a t Ohio not a hidebound a ttitu d e e ith e r, but we note th a t a fte r three successive
has a couple o f candidates fo r the the dem and th a t he tr u ly represent vic to rie s , the R epublicans, even
R eversing his lib e ra l policies, P earl H arbor.
no m in a tio n ?
D on’ t you th in k it the in te re sts o f his co m m u n ity, even
when they had m a jo ritie s in both
w h ich led to a w ave o f sitdown
U nder the setup, the th e a te r com ­
strike s and the b itte r opposition of m ander is responsible d ire c tly to the m ig h t be b e tte r to m eet on neutral i f those interests c o n flict w ith those houses, d id not repeal so-called
te r rito ry ? ”
o f o ther p a rts of the co u n try. The
" r e fo r m ” m easures passed up to
c a p ita l in the ’30’ s, B lu m announced jo in t chiefs o f s ta ff in W ashington.
fo r firmer grip when others
ancient antagonism of W est-versus- 1900,
When
th e y
re tu rn e d
to
th a t he would w o rk fo r s trin g e n t Subordinate a rm y and navy officers
“ Is there a state th a t doesn’t
E
a
st
has
n
e
ve
r
q
u
ite
died.
I
t
was
pow
er
in
1921,
although
a
ttem
pts
economies d u rin g his b rie f te rm be­ re m a in at the head o f th e ir re ­
have a candidate?” asked Bend­
slip ask for SOLES
only a lit tle o ver three decades ago were made to do so, such meas
fo re a perm a n en t governm ent is spective units. S tra te g ic a ir forces
e r. “ I f you’ re going to ru le out
th a t the
17th am endm ent was ures as the incom e and in h e rita n ce
fo rm e d . He also re ite ra te d French not assigned to theater com m anders
states w ith candidates, about the
as well as
passed w hich authorized the popu­ taxes w ere not abolished, o r reduced
dem ands
fo r
in te rn a tio n a liz a tio n are a t the disposal o f the chiefs of
only place we could hold the 1948
la
r
election
of
senators.
This
was
to an e m p ty gesture. Y esterday's
o f the R u h r and Rhineland
staff.
GOP convention is M ia m i.”
Heels by
accom plished la rg e ly through the ra d ica l is to m o rro w ’ s conservative.
• • •
G eneral o f the A rm y Douglas
Sublim e to (Ridicule
If itiie Pattern
T he P riz e -W in n in g
Crocheted R unner
U. N.:
fleets Test
%
HOUSING:
Emphasis
as
L A IT Demands
a
This Home-Mixed
Cough Relief Is
Truly Surprising
FRANCE:
Blum Comes Back
MILITARY:
Unify Commands
UV
RELIGION:
Donations Lag
A lt h o u g h the U. S. p u b lic ’ s
ch u rch donations have scored a new
h igh b y passing the b illio n -d o lla r-a -
y e a r m a rk , they s till tr a il behind
consum er ou tla ys fo r m o vie and the­
a te r ticke ts, am ount to one-third o f
the n a tio n 's annual b ill fo r tobacco,
and one-eighth o f its o u tla y fo r a l­
coholic beverages, according to
N o rth w e ste rn N a tio n a l L ife In s u r­
ance com pany.
M a c A rth u r heads the F a r E a ste rn
th e a te r co m p risin g Japan, K orea,
the P h ilippines, M ariannas, Bonins
and R yukyus.
O ther area com ­
m anders include:
P A C IF IC : Adm . John H. Towers.
ALASKAN:
M a j. Gen. H. A.
C raig.
A T L A N T IC F L E E T : Adm.
M itscher.
C A R IB B E A N :
C ritte n b e rge r.
EUROPE:
N arney.
M a rc
L t. Gen. W illis D.
Gen. Joseph T. Mc-
O'Sullivan
POSTMASTER JIM MEAD?
The W hite IJouse is a fra id th a t
i f Bob Hannegan resigns both as
postm aster general and D e m o cra tic
n a tio n a l c h a irm a n the R epublican
senate m a y refuse to co n firm any-
one who is to serve in both jobs,
One m an the senate w ould confirm ,
how ever, is Sen. J im Mead o f New
Y o rk, who lost out in his bid fo r
g overnor o f New Y o rk. The senate
ra re ly questions the appointm ent o f
any senator o r fo rm e r senator to an
o ffic ia l post.
M oreover, Mead is
considered a postal a u th o rity.
SAYS
j
BARBS
j
I t is said 30 p e r cent o f the peo­
1 ple have had
m um ps
w ith o u t
know ing. W hat a shame th a t th e ir
, best frie n d s d id n ’ t te ll them !
• • *
| A p rize h e ife r being auctioned
j
j
off in the b a llro o m o f the Congress
? hotel in C hicago fo r $1,300 fe ll down
and had to be slid back to her pen.
M any a la d y m ig h t have fa lle n fo r
that.
by Baukhage
The nation spent o ver a h a lf b il­
lion d o lla rs on candy d u rin g the
firs t 10 m onths of this year. Now the
re ducing w ill begin again.
• • •
How are our ch ild re n going to get
the laugh fro m o u r m odern bathing
g irls th a t we do fro m the gay n ine­
ty bathers?
L e t’ s hope we leave
m ore to th e ir sense o f h u m o r than
we have to th e ir Im ag in a tio n .