Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, January 23, 1947 Colorful Garb Marks Florida Indians S< *inino les Misrepreseit ted Bv Sensational Writers >hO üHD o*ew P t arson »hi«« By BAVKHAGE N e tt, l o a / x f ju 4 C o m m e n t e l o t W M ' Service, 1616 Eye S tre e t,N W,, W ashington, I). C. W o m e n ’s S k irts A re R eal A rt (T b it it th e U to iiil o l tw o t r l u l i i b t t t i i on risili Io the Sem inole In J u n revert alion t! R rigblon, Fit.). U n like the hairdo, the Seminole s k irt and cape ha ve n 't changed ex- ' cept to grow m ore a rtis tic and more S O M E W H ER E NORTH OF T H E in tric a te w ith the advent o f colored E V E R G L A D E S — W henever one te xtile s. They likew ise have become trie s, as I did. to study the human less d iffic u lt to create, thanks to side of the Seminóles—th a t nation the hand-driven sewing m achine. w hich has le ft so This gadget long since has been as little w ritte n rec­ com m on in tepee, hogan or even o rd o f its short igloo as an ice-pick in a m odern but h is to ric life ­ flat. span—one is del- The s k irts are made o f p a ra lle l urged w ith in fo r­ bands of a b rig h tly colored patch- m a tio n and m is- PO LIO POSTER B A B Y . , , Once a v ic tim of the dread polio disease, w o rk design w hich experts c la im in fo r m a tio n . Nancy D ru ry , 4-year-old daughter of M r. and M rs. F ra n k D ru ry of are re a l a rt. They are fashioned of M is in f o r m a t io n L o u is v ille . K v „ was chosen to sym bolize the lig h t against in fa n tile hundreds o f separate pieces o f col­ of the type on paralysis in the 1947 M a rch of Dimes. Nancy, shown re la xin g in a o rfu l cloth, blended o r contrasted w hich the Sunday w a rm bath at her home, made a splendid recovery a fte r being s tric k ­ to m ake a b a rb a ric a lly splendorou* supplem ent w r it­ en w ith polio In Ju ly , 1944. whole. The s k irts bell out, w iden­ er feeds For exam ple, i ing in c ircu m fe re n ce as they ap­ exam ine the con­ proach the hem which, according to regulations, m ust tr a il at least tra d ic to ry data on the Seminóles three inches o r thereabouts on the ground. and snake k illin g : B a u kh a g e How can this be a p ra c tic a l e v e ry ­ When I called . on Agent Boehmer, his w ife re- , day dress in a co u n try of swamps counted how a g re a tly -e x c ite d In ­ and morasses, of barbed and c u t­ d ian had appeared one day on th e ir , tin g unde rb ru sh ’’ T hat is the firs t doorstep to announce his pressing j question I (and every ig n o ra n t ob­ desire th a t B oehm er come to the I se rve r) asks. B u t they are p ra c ti­ Seminole cam p— a 100 rods o r so ! cal, say the experts who have seen 000 w ith o u t seriously im p a irin g them in operation. Through wet go­ d ista n t—to k ill a ra ttle r. services. N ot m ore than 500,000 e m ­ Happy Day ing and w ading, they are “ h iste d ” Boehm er obliged. He c a re fu lly ; "T h e re are tw o happy days a m an ployees in a ll are needed, Taber avoided c a rry in g the corpse through j (there are no undergarm ents to com ­ has in public life ,” fo rm e r Sec­ said. p lic a te m a tte rs ). T ra v e lin g over the cam p (a Seminole taboo), and j re ta ry B yrnes told B ritis h A m bas­ he noted the usual fire lig h te d at ‘ the d ry and dusty fields, rife w ith Labor Reforms snakes and o ther annoying rep­ sador K e rr. "T h e re is the day a the po in t where the v ic tim fe ll. As Sen. Joe B a ll (Rep,, M in n .) tiles. they protect the bare feet and man is elected to office. Then there usual, the In d ia n ch ild re n had co- ■ and Rep. George Case (Rep., S. D ) shins. As Miss o r M rs. Seminole is the day he q u its .” operated w ith him , w ith o u t a c tiv e ly January 7, 1947, therefore was a pushed la b o r re fo rm in e a rly ses­ moves fo rw a rd , toeing in slig h tly , p a rtic ip a tin g in the execution. a ccording to good In d ia n custom, happy day fo r the dapper little South sions of the 80th congress. B a ll There are tw o explanations as to she g ently kicks the d ragging rim proposing sweeping measures fo r C a rolinian when he w hy the Seminóles would not them ­ fo rw a rd w ith o u t b a rin g the bare stepped down from co rre ctive leg isla tio n . selves k ill the snake. One is that feet to in q u is itiv e eyes o r any flora his high post in the F irst, B a ll called fo r p ro h ib itio n once in the past the Seminóles were or fauna th a t m ig h t obtrude. T ru m a n a d m in is ­ of secondary boycotts and m a kin g ordered by the W hite M an to leave The only other cloth garm ent is tra tio n . I t was a labor organizations lia b le fo r v io la t­ F lo rid a fo r points west. They pre­ the cape. This is usually a single happy day, too — ing contracts. pared to re m a in even though it solid and b rig h t color m atching the under the B yrnes' Then, he introduced le g isla tio n to m eant re tirin g deep in to the E v e r­ s k irt. s ta n d ird —fo r Gen­ ban a ll union and closed shop glades. H ow ever they decided it The Seminole beads re m a in a e ra l o f the A rm y agreem ents and m aintenance of w ould be a good idea fo r both m yste ry. So fa r, I have been able M a rs h a ll who was m em bership contracts. p a rtie s i f they m ade a tre a ty w ith to le a rn little concerning the o rig in , named to succeed F in a lly. B a ll proposed to decen­ the snakes. They did so on a " liv e purpose or excuse fo r them beyond him . tra lize co lle ctive b a rg a in in g to p re ­ and let liv e ” basis. That is one ex­ the explanation offered by Agent J B u t as B y r n e s Byrnes vent the tie u p of an e n tire in d u s try planation. im p lie d , M a r- B oehm er and supported by his w ife: through general negotiations. O r i t m a y have been one o f those ‘ ’They w ear them because they shall’ s cheer was destined to be The new Case b ill introduced in com m on sense arrangem ents em ­ th in k th e y 're p re tty .” And w hat bet­ short-lived as he took over d ire c ­ bellished w ith the a u th o rity of m ys­ te r reason in any wom an's le x i­ tion o f the n a tio n ’s in te rn a tio n a l a f­ the house p e rm its issuance o f in ­ tic is m . There are few snakes w hich, con? fa irs . Byrnes had a tough tim e tus­ ju n ctio ns to prevent strike s im p a ir­ i f le ft alone, won’ t reciprocate. I t does seem strange, though, to sling w ith the Russians over com ­ ing the p u b lic w e lfa re ; fo rb id s un­ ions to coerce employees, seize p rop­ A nother in te rp re ta tio n m ay be see a com ely In d ia n m atron, her pletion of peace treaties fo r the e rty in disputes, w ith d ra w essential th a t when a w hite m an attacks the s k irt tucked high before a ro a rin g axis satellites and M a rs h a ll faced m aintenance w orkers, o r o rd e r w a lk ­ ra ttle r, the chances are th a t i f any­ fire on a hot F lo rid a day, o r w o rk ­ the even tougher jo b o f fra m in g outs w ith m a jo rity a p p ro va l o f m e m ­ one is b itte n , it would not be an ing vig o ro u sly in a tom ato patch, pacts fo r G e rm a n y and A ustria. Although frie n d ly w ith Russian bers; and makes union lia b le fo r In d ia n . I understand Seminóles do o r even s tro llin g through a shop damages re su ltin g fro m breach of k ill snakes when i t seems nec­ am ong sw eltering whites in low cut | leaders, M a rs h a ll is no a d m ire r contract. The b ill also grants the dresses or open sport shirts, w ith | of C om m unism or essary. states a u th o rity to ban the closed perhaps 25 pounds (they have been C om m unist tactics. Boehmer, whose opinion I learned shop. w eighed) of beads in a solid c o lla r Ju st before being to value as I pursued this subject, ris in g as high as the whalebone- named to office, he th in ks the ra ttle sn a ke s itu a tio n is i b la s te d C h in e s e in te re stin g , but I c o u ld n 't get h im j enforced “ chokers” A m e rica n g irls w ore in the firs t decades of the Reds fo r ris k in g the President Reports to say i t m eant the Seminole was 1900s. w e lf a r e o f t h e i r superstitious. In the firs t annual econom ic re ­ co u n try to o b t a in p o rt issued by the P resident under p o w e r a n d r e - the em p lo ym e n t act of 1946, M r. G a u d y C ostum es so rtin g to untruths T ru m a n set fo rth the p rin cip le s fo r In t r ig u e O b s e rv e r to ta r the U. S. a prosperous A m e rica . D raw n by Some o b s e r v e r s L ik e every observer, I was im ­ a three m an council of econom ic M a rsh a ll also read in M a r­ advisers, the re p o rt called fo r con­ pressed by the Seminole a ttire . Not sh a ll's appointm ent tinuance o f the tra d itio n a l free en­ by the m en's—they w ear conven­ an e ffo rt by P resident T ru m a n to te rp rise system supplem ented by tio n a l garm ents lightened by a gay b u ild the general up as his succes­ co n stru ctive governm ent assistance h a n d ke rch ie f about the neck w’hen sor in 1948. Should M a rs h a ll make where necessary. th e y pursue th e ir d a ily tasks, hunt a name fo r h im s e lf in the state de­ on the re se rva tio n or lo a f in camp. Long-range recom m endations p a rtm e n t, his w o rk there plus his T hey have shortened the long s k irt­ include m a xim u m use of la b o r prestige as the No. 1 m ilita r y chief lik e g a rm e n t (com parable to the and p ro d u ctive fa c ilitie s , p re ­ in W orld W ar I I w ould give the D em ­ w o m a n ’ s cape) to s p o rt-s h irt length, vention of economic fluctuations, ocrats a strong candidate to offset even in cerem onial dress. cooperation in in te rn a tio n a l dissa tisfa ctio n w ith the T rum an re ­ I found only Sam H uff, reputed trade and finance, and p rom o­ gim e in the reconversion period. to be a m edicine m an as w e ll as tion of w e lfa re , health and se­ the handy m an at the school, w ear­ c u rity . in g the long s k irt-lik e garm ent, plus Because of th e ir Im m ediate the blouse. Some say Sam clings to Sharpen Payroll Axe bearing, the short-range rec­ th is o u tfit m e re ly because of his Econom y - m inded GOP house om m endations were of g re a te r love fo r the past; others say it m ay m em bers, axe in hand, were eying in te re st. The re p o rt asked fo r have som ething to do w ith his spe­ the big fe d e ra l p a y ro ll in th e ir an­ the m aintenance of present tax c ia l fu n ctio n as a m edicine m an; nounced d riv e to scale U. S. ex­ rates to p ro vid e fo r substantial th e re is a w h isp e r th a t i t is a badge penditures 12 b illio n d o lla rs below re tire m e n t o f the national debt; o f repentance o r punishm ent fo r the 1946 budget o f 41 b illio n dollars. lo w e rin g of p rices w herever pos­ some past sin. Sam is a g rand­ D e c la rin g th a t there is h a rd ly a sible to increase consum ption; fa th e r today. He s till lives in the governm ent d e p a rtm e n t th a t does m oderation of labor demands nearby cam p w ith the rest of his N EW G E R M A N F L A G . . . U n fu rle d not have tw ice as m any employees to head off a d d ition a l price th re e generations. fo r the firs t tim e (o ffic ia lly ) is the as needed, R epresentative Taber rises; increase in the m in im u m The younger men save th e ir gay new G erm an flag, shown being (Rep., N. Y .), ch a irm a n o f the wage above 40 cents an hour, sh irts fo r dress up occasions (the hoisted on the T a g b la tt to w e r in house a p p ro p ria tio n s com m ittee, as­ and extension of the fa ir labor annual green corn dance and the S tu ttg a rt, G e rm a n y. New state col­ serted th a t 1,000,000 w orkers could standards act to w orkers now h u n tin g dance), but th e y have ors are black, red and gold. be chopped o ff the p a y ro ll of 2,300,- excluded. adopted m odern trousers. T h e ir s h irts are coverd w ith com plicated g e o m e tric tra c e ry ; th e ir scarves are bound by a m e ta l o r wooden clasp; they w e a r beads o r other b rig h tly-d e co ra te d fobs. The m o st s trik in g piece o f Sem­ in o le clo th in g is the w om an’ s b il­ lo w in g s k irt; next come the beads W ASHINGTO N. — R eturn o f w a r 2.2 ch ild re n a fa m ily w ould m a in ­ w h ich cover her neck fro m shoulder “ The sta tistics show that, first, the blade to ear tip s ; then her h a ir- veterans was la rg e ly responsible fo r ta in the population at its present depression postponed about 800,000 boosting m a rria g e s and b irth s to size of about 140,000,000. dress. m a rria g e s fo r a tim e ; second, the U n lik e the men, the Seminole record highs in 1946. V ie w in g the B u rch says, the increase In w ar caused young people to defer wom en (except those who have been trend, population experts are try in g b irth s “ d e fin ite ly appears to be m a rria g e . co m p le te ly converted to m odern to fig u re out how long the U nited te m p o ra ry , e n tire ly a ttrib u ta b le “ Veterans have re tu rn e d . w ays) w ear th e ir special g a rb and States can support la rg e population to the re tu rn of w a r veterans.” They w ere, and s till are, being increases, but G uy Ir v in g B urch, w e a r i t a ll the tim e . Consequently, S ta tistics fo r citie s of m ore than m a rrie d in large num bers. So d ire c to r of the population reference 100,000 population, m ost com prehen­ th e y alw ays look “ dressed up.” the b irth ra te Is up. This w ill The hairdress, an in n o vatio n and bureau, believes the rise is only sive figures a va ila b le , show m ore continue fo r a tim e . But then a h ig h ly p ra c tic a l one, dates back te m p o ra ry. m a rria g e s were p erform ed in the the tre n d w ill recede. B irth s o n ly some six o r seven years. The B irth s in 1946 were one per cent firs t nine m onths o f the ye a r than w ill decline. w om an’ s sm ooth bla ck h a ir is g re a te r than in 1943, previous re c­ In a ll of 1942, previous high year. "M o s t students o f population b ro u g h t fo rw a rd over a s e m i-circu ­ ord year, acco rd in g to the office of M ore F a m ilie s Created. la r ca rdboard fo rm lik e the wide v ita l statistics. A p p a re n tly styles in the sizes of trends agree th a t the U nited States B irth s headed to w a rd a peak 11 fa m ilie s are not changing, B urch w ill experience a decline of around peak o f a cap. T his gives her the m onths a fte r a re co rd high in the says. “ I t ’s s im p ly th a t w e've had 25 per cent in the b irth ra te before appearance of peering at you fro m underneath a wide, c irc u la r hat nu m b e r o f A m e ric a n m a rria g e s. m ore m a rria g e s and m ore fa m ilie s the ye a r 2000. b rim , and is achieved e asily w ith ­ The trend s till is upw ard. have been created w ith one and two "T h e experts disagree when the F a m ily Size Drops. o u t the aid of the beauty shop and ch ild re n in them . O ver long periods population to ta l w ill 'sta b ilize ' its e lf; v ir tu a lly w ith o u t m irro rs . F u rth e r- B efore the 1946 rise in the b irth the tendency to w a rd large fa m ilie s these estim ates range fro m the m o fe , the co iffu re is one develop­ ra te the average size of the “ com ­ has been dow nw ard. present nu m b e r of about 140,000,00( m e n t th a t has no connection w ith ple te d ” A m e rica n fa m ily was about " I t 's m ore reasonable to assume persons to about 175,000,000 o r ever, 2.5 children. I t Is estim ated th a t th is is w h a t is happening: the W hite M a n ’s culture. 200,000,000.” NEWS REVIEW M arshall G ets K ey P ost; L ab or R efo rm s S tu d ied STATE DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS: CONGRESS: TEMPORARY TREND Marriages and Births Hit Peak END CONSTIPATION THIS NATURAL WAY! Million* Now Take Healthful Freeh Fruit Drink Instead of H arsh Laxatives! S H IF T OF C O M M AN D E R S It's lemon and water. Yes - just the W ASHINGTON — Inside fu e l Juice o f 1 Sunkist I.cin6n in a glass o f about the s h ift of U. S. com m anders w a te r-first thing on arising. in G erm any is th a t the stage was Taken first thing in the morning, set fo r the change sh o rtly a fte r L t. this wholesome drink stimulates bowel Gen. Lucius I) Clay visite d the No-! action in a natural wiiy-assures most tio n a l A ssociation of M anufacturers ptxiple o f prom pt, normal elimination. In New Y ork. W hy not change to this healthful S hortly before that, the senate w ar habit? l-emon and water is goorf for in ve stig a tin g co m m itte e 's chief you. Lemons are among Ihe richest counsel, George Meader, hod come sources o f vita m in C , which combats back fro m G erm any w ith a p re lim -j fatigue, helps you resist colds and in a ry re p o rt h ig h ly c ritic a l of w hat infections. They also supply H i and I ’ . went on in the U. S. occupation zone They alkalmize, aid appetite and G eneral Clay, then in the U n ite d ) digestion. Lemon and water has a fresh tang, too - clears the mouth, States, was upset by this re p o rt and talked to S ecretary of State Byrnes wakes you up! about resigning He fe lt that Gen. T ry this grand wake-up drink 10 Joseph M cN arney. top com m ander mornings. See if it doesn’t help you I o f U. S. troops in G erm any, was the Use California Sunkist I-emons. m an re a lly responsible, although he, Clay, as head of the m ilita r y govern- J m ent fo r G erm any, got Ihe blame. On top of the u nfavorable M eader R «la,od la 5 m inute, or duubi. ,9tte mono» lu ck W hon ea .-ooo h « old coumo p a in fu l o a f foeal report. G eneral C lay addressed a I n i f B M io u r it u n i s r h s n . l l i« M l l H R n , uwually m eeting of the N ational Association | prworriho < h . f.-tw w t as*liittf RMRlIetniN. kM >w n fo r •y m p tu m s tlc rw llw i mw.Hclrww I l k - thwo* 1«J » » “ of M a n u fa ctu re rs and a fte rw a rd s T abiw ta N o l a i a t l v * «w ll b rtn » « essmfnrl I n • double » o u r rannwy b * r h mi rw tu m o f botUo sat down nt an olf-the-record meet- j H U> f fy ua. o r «b*> a t a ll d ru g g is t* Ing of N AM leaders Including some of the top moguls of A m erican In - ' du stry. T h e ir solution fo r the future of G erm any was sim ple They told C lay that they should be p e rm itte d j to get in touch w ith th e ir opposite ■ ysF promptly relieve coughs of num bers in G erm an in d u stry — the J big in d u s tria lis ts who helped build up H itle r's w a r machine. If allow ed to do business w ith the bub ON G erm an cartels, the U. S. indus­ tria lis ts told Clay, they would have G erm any back on its feet in no I tim e . T his shocked G eneral Clay. He said he w ould re tire fro m the a rm y j Im m e d ia te ly i f any such deal w a s ! c a rrie d out. He warned that the G e r -' m an people did not believe In or understand free e n te rp rise and that G e rm a n y could only continue under strong governm ent controls. f r ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ • • • Gas on Stomach £¡ thequints ftCHEST COLDS MUSTER01E fo e y o u A j idti/tß (Bin/ 1A. 5- fio n di C A P IT A L C IIA F F The RFC apparently thinks th a t the Germ ans are a better risk than veterans' housing. It w ill advance about 3 b illio n dol­ la rs to re b u ild G erm any du rin g the next three years, but was a fra id of losing money on W il­ son W yatt's p re fa b ricate d hous­ ing fo r veterans, . . . W yatt, ex- m ayor of L o u isville , passed out golden keys to the c ity of Louis­ v ille to guests he Invited to a fa re w e ll p a rty . . . . No wonder John L . Lew is Is hard luck fo r labor. He’s the "1 3 th ” vice president of the A. F. of I,. ENJOY HAPPY LIFE & ENERGY .take M G H £ N £ R W TONIC X S c o tt** E m u ls io n h elps to n e u p th s a y a trm , b u ild n tn n iin a , e n e rg y and m i a t a n r e w h e n yo u f e r l **d r*fg «-d out** a n d r u n d o w n —a n d y o u r d ie t lacks th e n a t u r a l A A I) V it a m in s a n d th o v e n rr g y -b u lld in g n a t u r a l oils you need. K e m * m l i c r - m * » ¥ doc f o r * r ic o m m t n d g o o d -ta » tl ng S c o tt**. H u y V x l a y - a l l d r u g g ia U . A IR L IN E D Y N A M IT E The d yn a m ite now exploding in - ; side T rans W orld A irlin e s between Jack F rye , its president, and H o w -; ard Hughes, its ch ie f stockholder, [ has caused m em bers o f the c iv il aeronautics board to begin some ca re fu l p ro b in g of the a via tio n in ­ d u stry. T h e ir probe indicates that things a re n 't going anyw here nearly as w ell as the a irlin e ballyhoo in d i­ cates. A m ong other things, six companies operated in the red d u rin g the firs t nine months of 1946—TW A, C olonial, : Chicago and Southern, N o rth e a st­ ern, P ennsylvania-C entral and West­ ern. F u rth e rm o re , the a irlin e s h a v e , over-ordered new planes to such an : e xtent th a t they w ill never be able 6 6 6 STARTS RELIEF IN to use m ore than a fra c tio n o f the | JUST 6 SECONDS planes supposed to be delivered. C H fam ous, prescript Ion-type F o r instance, the present fleet of tf. fo r super speedy rslief c iv il planes has a ca p a city of 15 j M fro m cold miasrleg T ry fit»« Cold T ab lets, or. b illio n seat m ile s annually. H owev­ Liquid Cold er, when the planes now on o rd e r | I P reparation today- 'C a u tio n : Uas only are d e live re d , ca p a city w ill be 41 j as directed. b illio n passenger seat m iles. This is in co n tra st to the fa ct th a t, W N U — 13 0 4 -4 the planes now on hand are 100 per i cent in excess of the passengers now J c a rrie d . R esult is m a n y unpubli-J cized cancellations. One o f the most d isq u ie tin g situations is the fa ct th a t TW A has placed la rg e orders w ith Lockheed, and heavy cancellations would deal Loekhced a tough blow, j COCO SUFFERERS! P A C IF IC M E R R Y -G O -R O U N D Best w ay to gain p o p u la rity In the F a r E a st today Is to take along a supply of Roosevelt dim es. Congressional tra ve le rs re tu rn e d fro m C hina and the Pa­ cific Islands re p o rt th a t these were the m ost w elcom e g ifts they could m ake to n ative d ig n i­ ta rie s. . . . F irs t general election In h isto ry of the T ru k island group in the P a cific was held in Ja n u a ry. Island ch ie fta in s and o fficia ls fo r the e n tire group w ere chosen. H eretofore these offices have been h e re d ita ry. . . . 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