southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, May 8. 1947
Profit, $ 5 0 —But Houses A re Built
Hammer's Cheerful Song
Assures Homes for Vets
1
Grape and Leaf
Doily to (¿rochet
.Z
By BAIKHAGE
S THE lid of a new baseball sea­
son is pried off. it seems to be
about time that Ford Frick, presi­
dent of the Nutional league, sod Will
Hurridge, president of the American
league, did something about the
umpire situation.
We are referring to the matter of
umpire baiting—including profnnlty,
invective and shoutrd Insults from
too many managers, and too many
players, who use umpires as alibis
for their own mistakes or dumb­
ness. We agree 100 per cent with
Wilbur Wood, sportswriter, that such
actions in the future
s h o u l d be su p -
pressed under dras-
I tic penalties,
j It has been said
i that umpire baiting
| has a big crowd ap­
peal and that it Is
now an accepted
addition to the na­
tional game.
We It. Southworth
don’t believe this is true. It may
have its appeal to a few, inclined to
I the mucker side, but not to the mass
of spectators, who go out to get L-I F E E 'S « crocheted doily to
their thrills from a hard fought bat­
treasure — cle ve rly designed
tle on the field, not to hear a salvo around u center u rb o r hung with
of billingsgate directed at some mun five-inch bunches o f round grapes
in blue. If this has become a tradi­ and big three - inch crocheted
tion. then it is a tradition that should | leaves. Completed it is 20 inches
be ended.
■ and ‘is w onderfully easy to do
Fight and aggressiveness are a Nice as a dining table centerpiece
big part of the game, but they in ecru or w hite.
• • •
should be directed against the op­
posing team, not against an able
To obtain complete crocheting Instruc-
tlons for the Gra|>e and I . c f IJolly i | ’»t
arbiter, whose average of ability tern
No XIS4I ta rg e detail of leaves and
Is too often well above the aver­ trapes. send 20 cents In coin, jo u r name
address
and pattvrn num ber.
age of the ball player’s skill.
Due to an unusually large demand and
Umpires today are carefully se­ current conditions, slightly more tim e is
lected and well trained. Their rec­ required In tilling order lor a lew of the
ord for honesty in the last 40 years most popular patterns.
Send your order to;
surpasses any other record in sport.
,4« m / v i / and Commentator.
WNV Service. ISIS Eye Street. N. W.,
built 613 new houses—100 per cent
Washington. II. C.
more houses than were ever built
(Tbit is the third of a jeriei describ­ in any previous year of the c ity ’s
e s bou- American ingenuity it b e ll­ history. In addition. Yorkites add­
ing to solte one of America's biggest ed 481 new dwelling units by con­
Problems—the G.l.'t No. | headache__
verting old houses into apartments
the bousing shortage).
Of course, this didn’t just hap-
WASHINGTON—Have vou been
pen. It was made to happen by
in York. Pa., lately* I t ’ s a big-
• great many local people deter­
little town of 50.000 population in
mined that York’s veterans
southern Pennsylvania with a hin­
would have a place to live.
terland of rich farm country, of the
The big drive got under way last
famous Pennsylvania Dutch, where
tables groan with seven-sweet-and- year when a survey showed that one
SCHOOL AT NORTHERNMOST OUTPOST . . . There seem , to be no
seven-sour dishes, as good victuals out of every three York veterans
‘Sf ‘rad“ lonal
These little Eskimo resident,
as you 11 find though you wonder was living doubled up with friends
of Point Barrow, northernmost outpost of the United States, are
the world between hors d’oeuvres or relatives in dilapidated old
learning them at the Point Barrow school (background) from Amer­
and baked alaskas from pole to pole buildings In need of major repairs
ican >«achen. Point Barrow, a little village covered by snow the year
and back again.
or in trailers without standard
U, 1944’ ’ <hC ‘ e,HCr ° l rxUn*‘V* 0,1 *«Pl<»ration. started by the navy
York is a busy place, a place of plumbing facilities. That’s the way it
was
in
York
a
year
ago
when
Mayor
bustling industries whose products
•re known from coast to coast. It John L. Snyder appointed an 18-
is also a town which can lift Its eyes member emergency housing com­
from the plowshare and the forge to mittee.
The committee's decision was that
think, simply and soundly, about
caring for its own. I t ’s a town of York should be able to provide
1.200 new units in 1946; another
ingenuity.
\\ alk out to the Midland avenue 1.800 this year. They called a meet-
section with me. You come upon a ing of every one concerned with hous­
ing; asked each builder to stand up
«"'■"■’aa batch of clap- and tell the group how many of
« board houses —
if they line both the needed houses he would build in
1946— until the pledges met the
i sides of the street quota.
MOSCOW MEETING:
for a whole block
New evidence turned up by the FBI.
Shortages
of
materials
were
a
se­
—i n v a r i o u s
Little Accomplished
according to the prosecutor. Is the
stages of comple­ rious threat to this undertaking, but
After seven weeks of wrangling,
tion. One group of York builders had accepted their the foreign ministers’ conference at typewriter used in preparing the
false invoices of the lumber com­
quotas
and
were
determined
to
build
1 workmen is fin-
Moscow ended in a state banquet pany. through which it is alleged
1 ishing the grad­ houses. When they couldn’t find the
Results of the parley were ex
ing on lots; an- scarce materials near home, they tremely disappointing, even to May received the bribes.
went
to
Buffalo,
to
Ohio,
to
Hagers-
I other hauls plas­
those whose expectations had been WHEAT AGREEMENT
towm, Md.
ter into a house;
small. It had been hoped that a
Members
of
the
housing
commit­
I still others un­
treaty for Austria would be worked British If on t Sign
load door frames tee pitched in with enthusiasm. One out, but even prelim inary agree
There will be no worldwide Proud of Profession
N K K IH .K W O K K
across the street, of them came back from a Sunday ments could not be reached. The
70S Mission St., Man Franrlsro. Call!
agreement of
wheat • producing
drive
with
two
kegs
of
nails
in
his
They have an amazing pride in
Enclose 20 cents for pattern
Baukhage
arid Put the fin­
more important matter of the Ger­ countries on prices and marketing their work, In calling each play as
No________________
ishing touches to car bought on the spot when he dis­ man treaty suffered the same fate,
procedures in the near future. This they see it. Pride in their profes­
the roof of a house being built for covered a little country hardware as expected.
Name
seems certain as the International sion is something that not all man­
a veteran.
store that had some. Someone else
Secretary of State Marshal] blunt­ Wheat conference in London has
Addies.
found
a
m
illwork
concern
in
a
near­
agers and ball players have. Many
Go a little farther downtown and
ly blamed the Russians for ob­ broken up on British refusal to sign
have—but too many do not. Other­
you come to the Elm street houses— by town which had some door frames structing
the negotiations.
He the proposed plan. Negotiations have
wise, many more ball players would
neat, obviously new, two-bedroom for sale.
charged that the Soviet delegation been in progress for many weeks in
bungalows which have just been sold
To keep prices down, local
had “ widened rather than narrowed an attempt to formulate a five-year be In far better physical shape both I raveled Around World
before and during the baseball
to veterans for $5,250 each.
builders voluntarily cat profits.
our differences.”
price and marketing schedule.
On High-Wheeled Bicycle
season.
One went so far as to take a prof­
On the other side of town, in Park
. Principal points of controversy
Sir
Herbert
Broadley.
British
del­
it of only $50 per house on a
managerial or player squawk
Village, you can drive for blocks
were the definition of German and egate. explained his reason for re­ is The
usually an alibi, either for lack I
1884’ Thom a« Stevens
large group of veterans’ houses.
through winding streets flanked by
Austrian assets which the Russians jecting the draft was that the price of physical skiU
a cover"p for
i* ™ “
new houses, partly completed houses,
Because converting to apartments want as reparations and the disar­ scheme in it would not enable the missing brain cylinders No smart c Í c k a Í a t c o n s ií^ r T i
m *
excavations for houses, and every­ is quicker and takes less materials. mament and demilitarization plan,
price
of
wheat
to
fall
quickly
fan
ever
falls
for
this
corny
hokum,
at
he
t
me
na
Í
*niposs.hle
where the cheerful song of the ham­ Y°.u- ^1S° undertool< a campaign known as the “ four nation treaty.’’
enough to a reasonable level. “ The
stlempt ,0 shift the blame.
j yet
t ^ ^ t i T t r i í kJ
mer and the saw, the lap of pouring tn this direction, aided by the Cham­
Almost the only proposition ac­
concrete, the thud of the pick in the ber of Commerce, the local housing cepted was one. introduced by Rus­ United Kingdom cannot afford to
The umpire a decision I. final. A contrivance, even on a paved
pay excessive prices for its im ­
deep soil.
expediter, banks, press and radio. sian Foreign Minister Molotov, that
ports,” he said. “ The world must doie®. pro,an*’ Babels can’t change street, says C o llie r’s.
In 1946—a year when shortages all German prisoners of war in
When the lights go on at night,
face much lower prices for wheat It. Right or wrong, it is the way he
W hile Stevens traveled by boat
you w ill notice that a great many brought building programs in many Allied hands be returned to Ger­ than those ruling at present, but we saw It. And the umpire Is in the
across the A tla n tic, Pacific, etc ,
of the old-fashioned, three-story communities to a dead stop—York many by December 31, 1948.
want to see those prices achieved spot to see it better than anyone he pedaled his way over 13,500
row houses in downtown York are built twice as many houses as had
Failure to complete the Austrian in a manner which protects the pro­ else. He Is certainly In a far bet­ land m iles, through the United
lighted from top to bottom. You’d been produced there in any previous treaty means that occupation troops ducer against hardship and enables ter spot than howling fans, 150 to
States and 11 other countries from
guess that a lot of people were liv ­ year. York’s goal for 1947 is 1 800 of the four powers w ill remain in
necessary switches to be made 200 feel from the play, looking on at England to Japan, and a rrive d
new
living
units.
The
folk
in
York
ing in those houses. You’d be right.
Austria for several more months.
deceptive angles.
without disaster.”
back in San Francisco in Decem­
Phe buildings have been converted aren’t promising anything — they
A short while back, we asked sev ber, 1886.
Delegates from Canada. Australia
aren’t talking about what they’re go­ WAR GRAFT:
into small apartments.
and India followed the British lead eral -National league umpires what
It looks as though York is getting ing to do. But in the first four Garsson Case Again
Leslie
Wheeler, U. S. delegate, managers and what teams gave
months
of
the
year—with
the
build
Itself pretty well housed. A glance
ing season just getting under way—
urged
immediate
acceptance of thè them the least amount of trouble.
A new move in the drawn-out war
at the figures confirms just how well
The vote came for Billy South
they’ve filed over 1,100 applications contracts graft case of Representa­ draft. Brazil’s delegate seconded
the town is doing. In 1946 York to build houses.
him. This move was rejected. worth, formerly of the Cardinals
tive May and the
Wheeler then asked that the pro­ now directing the Braves, and Ed­
Garsson
brothers
’
T-
T
T-
posal be sent to the international die Dyer of the Cardinals.
w ill be May’s testi­
wheat council, which w ill be held in
mony in his own
Washington, and that countries not Cardinals D ont Argue
defense. His law­
Neither Southworth nor Dyer w ill
now adhering be invited to Join. The
yer, Sawyer Smith,
On a a 140
-Sfiro fm
erv» a
_ couple
—__I -
stand for any such rowdy tactics.
conference accepted this request.
On
140-acre
fru iif
it farm
told the court that
And what team has been the most
af miles from Olcott Beach where
it is untrue that the
NO RENT BOOST:
aggressive outfit in baseball for the
I used to go swimming and the name
71 - year - old Ken-
last 10 years? You know the an­
of which was taken by one of the
t u c k y politician
House Kills 10% P la n _ swer. The Cardinals. But they
sweet singers of the last genera­
profited from deals
The house banking committee, re­ take out their aggressiveness in hus­
tion (some of you remember Chaun­
between the Gars­
versing its previous stand, voted tle and scrappiness on the field.
cey Olcott of “ My Wild Irish Rose” )
son m u n i t i o n s
down a proposal for a 10 per cent Their opponents are the other teams
anyhow on that farm a young
plants and Cum­
boy strained with the pruning
berland Lumber company. “ Andrew blanket increase in rents. It ap­ —not the umpires.
knife; stretched to pluck the fuzzy,
J. May w ill take the stand and ex­ proved and sent on for action a bill
No umpire ever heard Walter
Niagara county peaches.
plain to you how every dollar of continuing controls until December Johnson make any sort of kick.
That was scarcely a decade ago.
that money was spent, and how not 31. The senate banking committee
“ In a sudden lapse, I called a
one cent went to Andrew J. May,” already has voted unanimously pitch that almost split the plate a
On a bright March day, this same
against any raise, and the senate’s ball against Walter Johnson,” B illy
the lawyer asserted.
fellow—now 17—came into my of­
bill would continue control until Evans told me. ’ ’Johnson never even
On
tria
l
with
May
are
Henry
and
fice. Since he was a graduate of a
F f O llC k / f~TltZ Eats well, acts
March 1, 1948.
M urray Garsson, head of the war
frowned. I apologized later for my
Buffalo school, we had something
well, Is well—on a basic diet of Gro-
The
vote
in
the
house
committee
in common despite the gulf of the
materials s y n d i- was 14 to 10. As outlined by Rep­ mistake. ’ Yes, I knew it was a
Pup Ribbon. These crisp, toasted rib­
yevs. We had something else in
cate, and Joseph resentative Wolcott, chairman, the ■trike,’ Johnson said, ‘but we all
bons give him every vitamin and
make mistakes.’ ”
common, too. I also had once won
Freeman, the Gars­ house bill provides:
mineral dogs are known to need. Eco­
a prize in oratory.
nomical, too. One box supplies as
son agent in Wash­
I was sitting on the bench with
I
Continuance of rent control Just
much food by dry weight as five 1-lb
ington. The govern- about as it is now until December Ted Williams. He went to bat with
Mine had to do with a gentleman
cans of dog food! Oro-Pup also comes
m e n t prosecutor 31, with the President having author­ two on and took a third strike. No
named Spartacus when I was a
in Meal and in Pet-Etts. For variety
contends that May ity by proclamation to keep ceilings squawk.
Masten Park high school entrant.
feed all three!
received
$5,000
out-
“ Was that a good one?” I asked
His was a far more timely topic—
in effect until next March 1 if he
him.
r i g h t from the deems it necessary.
the Constitution of the United States.
Edward Smith of Buffalo, a win­
Garssons and two
“ Yes,” Ted said. ” It cut the out­
His name is Edward Smith and he’s ner In the American Legion ora­
A new provision whereby tenants
checks for $1,000 and landlords may voluntarily enter side corner by an inch. It fooled
a graduate of St. Joseph’s on Main
torical contest based on the Con­
each for “ interven- lease contracts for up to 15 per cent I me. It was a swell pitch.”
street in Buffalo.
stitution, is being quizzed by
DOG FOOD
M. Garsson *n6 with war de- increases in rent, provided these
Smith is one of the four national
Baukhage, also an ex-Buffalo
That’s the way baseball should be.
Mad« by
■ ¡a m s
, , ,
P a r t m e n t offi­ leases do not expire before Decem­ The great m ajority of the big names
winners of the American Legion’s schoolboy, on the B ill of Rights.
cials in behalf of the companies. ber 31. 1948.
oratorical contest held each year to
in the game are that way. They
stimulate American high school
don’t have to throw their alibis at
boys to study and understand the
the umpire. Cy Young, Mathewson,
C rM * M M 0m «M
Constitution. Never was such an un­
Alexander, Johnson—four of the
derstanding needed more.
greatest of all pitchers, never had
W N U — 13
any umpire trouble.
Winning was no cinch. Two hun­
1 9 -4 :
dred thousand boys from every state
If ball players want to show their
entered this year.
Smith (there
aggressiveness, why not score from
weren’t too many “ Smiths” in this
first on a single to center to win
contest, he told me) had to face
WASHINGTON.
- Expanded
©
a world series, as Country Slaugh­
WASHINGTON. —
Expanded con-
con­ greatest eomvern------ __ .
greatest cooperative endeavor be­
nine different critical audiences—
ter did? Or run bases as the Cardi­
maintain
rigidly
high
prices
by
cut­
sumption
and
adjusted
production
tween farmers and the govern­
one in his school; one in the city of
nals run bases?
Help Thera Cleanse the Blood
Buffalo; one in Erie county; one in are the major points of a strong ment,” O’Neal criticized “ a tend­ ting down production and applying
of H arm fu l Body Waste
the district; one in the zone; one in farm program recommended by ency to develop centralized control
Tour kldn.ra are constantly Bltsrtns
in
0,Aer
Gm™
matter from
blood ■treem.
stream. Bal
Bui
the state; one in the region; one Edward A. O’Neal, president of or these programs from Washing­
klruZ..
1 ™ tho
not
a< b,o°d
,n
w ork -35
What fun can a crowd get from
in the section, and then the final heat American Farm Bureau federation, ton. ’ Instead, he urged transfer of rigidly high wage rates and to con-
tinue such increases in wages with- seeing a swarm of players surround
—the national contest at Charles­ in testifying before the house agri­ larger authority to state extension
out
regard to productivity, and to some umPire. holding up the game.
K S V . , , ’.’ " " “ a
“ •
culture committee.
ton, W. Va.
services as a means of effecting
enforce such rates with scarcity howling about a decision that won’t
savings
in
costs
and
providing
It
would
be
folly
to
assume
that
b*
backache,
Smith’s theme was that Americans
« .7 u . ‘
attack, of d lw ln w i
policies which discourage consump­ and can’t be changed? They don’t
must not be too complacent about we w ill not have burdensome sur­ greater service to the masses of tion and throw people out of work see "anything like this happen In foot­
• faalios of nervous
the dangers of Communism; that pluses of farm produce again that farmers.
and onto relief rolls.
ball, an even more rugged competi­
OthL i i ? ° T t 2 i P*P
atransth.
O’Neal informed the house com­
sign«
of
kidney
or bladder dl».
our Constitution in itself is not pro­ may wreck farm prices,” O’Neal
tive
sport.
They
rarely
see
It
in
“
It
is
this
approach
which
leads
order
b
i
a
i
i
.
™
* ’* *
warned.
mittee, which is considering a long-
tection for our form of government
loo (r.qu.nt ufln.tlon.
or
to economic chaos.
any other game.
range
farm
policy,
that
his
organi­
In endorsing reciprocal trade
—that its duties and privileges must
tr
“° l° " b‘ th“ P ro»».
Farmers
believe
in
an
economy
U
m
pire
baiting
Isn’t
aggressive­
constattly be exercised by every c it­ principles, the farm leader declared zation has not come to final conclu­ of abundance and stand ready to
izen. He told me, Incidentally, that that “ agriculture more than ever' sions on the subject, but he read join with industry and labor to ness. Too often It Is cowardice, and
I Era - - - - - -a - a?” y -w l4 a r.putatloa.
thia also goes for the stands, where
Communism
-------------— ...
in relation w
to Mlv
the von-
Con- j nceds an expanded volume of for- this statement:
achieve
maximum
production
and
the
odds
are
only
30,000
to
1.
“ We recognize the desirability of
stitution was quite a popular sub- I ei6n trade to absorb its output.”
maximum
employment
through
The umpire can take care of h im ­
Ject among this year's contest en- i Although describing the farm leg* full agricultural production, but price policies and wage policies
trants-
islation since the early ’30s as “ the agriculture cannot maintain full which are geared to a maximum self. Being human, he w ill make
production If Industry la going to
his share of mistakes on split-second
level of consumption.”
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Watch Your
Kidneys/
or split-inch decisions.
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