General Assembly Gets Under Way
How to Write Letters
For Every Occasion
VtTTER
U. N. Dele gates Convene
At Town Hall of the World
By BAUKHAGE
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Newt A n eh tl *nd Comnunljlor.
nA?HJiTG7 0N ,“ At th.e °PeninS of the current session of
the Lnited Nations general assembly I made the usual rounds
greeting friends from far corners of the earth whom these
meetings bring together. Two converged upon me and one
of them began to discourse on the fact that we three were be
coming conference veterans.
. rl"'H E R E seems to be an opinion
! * around that m ajor league base-
j ball’s playing standards reached a
new low in the season Just closed
! Tills Is a point hard
i to prove, ond I
doubt that it Is
1 true.
In the ebb and
How of the last 40
"Thank You" Notes
years, we’ve looked
at a long parade of
EJOLIDAYS ahead m ean gifts
stars We also have
*■ 1 and gifts m ean thunk - you
peered at a still
notes, w ritten prom ptly nnd sin
longer purade of
cerely. For a personal touch, men«
pretty
sour
ball
! tion the article received and how
I clubs, and that goes
I you will use it.
for hitting, pitching
J.
(iordon
a n d fie ld in g .
"
J
Sam ple thank-you note, along with b u ll-
He started to say
. le t’s see how many is it, there was the first
Quebec, then the second Quebec. . . . " But the other man interrupted him
irV'LVi?0 PmL*° FR° M ™ E A,R ’ ” ,f’ •» m»n>
research-
and remarked gently: "Oh. no. it goes further back than that. This is
, * . *'»C' ? ‘eS “ re resP°nsible for carrying polio, the practice of
ruy
forty-fourth Remember there was a League of Nations, too?"
spraying fly-breeding areas from helicopters may become an Important
The younger man stopped. O f? *-------------------------- ------- -_______
“ Prevcn“ n« ’ Pread of the disease. Here, helicopter spray.
DDT powder on dumps In Buffalo, N. Y.
course, his gray haired colleague
N o one can d o u b t ih m th » r,„,»
letters, love loiters and many ulhers
There is no word which properly
one c u n a o u o i m a t m e Tour ne■,
are i„ c|U(le<i ln our Header Service book-
was right. "And you still believe.” translates "democracy” in Russian.
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N o 2?
war years u held
back
many a . bud
the younger man asked earnestly. When using the term the Russians
Send 25 cents In coin for "llo w to W rite
ding rookie, lifted from minor
"that some day they'll work?”
F o r All O rraalnns" to W eekly
merely give the English word its
league training to war service. Letters
N e w ip a p r r H a rv lre , Z S3 W r i t U th H ir e r!,
“ Certainly,” was the reply. And it Russian form. But what a gulf be
Some of these were killed. Many N ew Y o rk I I , N ew Y o rk . Print n a m e , a d
was made with such simple sincer tween their meaning and ours. L ib
more were wounded AH were re dress w ith rone, booklet tit le and N o. 27,
ity that we "youngsters" felt a little erty of the individual is not im plied
moved from training action nt vital '
reproved.
at all in the Russian concept.
years—19 to 23.
Trick M irrors Produce
The next day 1 walked to a ra il
This
doesn't
include
such
voter-
!
Indeed,
many
people
have
way station across the beautiful
Extraordinary Reflections
ans as Hank Greenberg, who lost
said there is no real desire for
Flushing
Mead-
The
m agic m irrors, which dis
five
years.
Bobby
Feller,
Johnny
liberty on the part of the mod
ows in the tw i
tort
im
ages—m aking short people
Mize and so many others who were i
ern Russian generation. And yet
FOOD PLANS:
light, the scent of
tall, thin people fat, etc. — and
halted
in
their
prime.
they constantly describe their
new-mown grass
which a re found in am usem ent
Conservation
country and their satellites as
Many of these have had rem ark parks nnd penny arcades, nro
all about us. with
"democracies,”
It
wasn’
t
hard
for
President
T
ru
able comebacks—Greenberg leading complex optical instrum ents, says
one of those prod
man to figure out: Europe is In des
the home-run makers last season; Collier's.
igies, an “ instant
By the scentiflc a r
perate need of food from the U. S.
IN CAMDEN. N. J. . . . Joseph Ted WilllaniN, three years away rangem ent of num erous curves on
translator." She
There was a good deal of elec but the U. S. w ill leave itself wide
Valentino, hailed Into court for be- ! ,rom baseball, leading hl» league In their surfaces, they a re m ade to
was one of the fe
tioneering before and during the open for even greater price spiral-
.
laboring March McGhee. 22. on the practically every department where produce hundreds of odd effects.
male of the spe
close battle over the election for the ling if it boosts its exports much jaw. explained apologetically to the
a hat figures; Joe Gordon; Johnny
cies w h o a r e
The m ost incredible of such m ir
presidency of the assembly. At first higher.
judge that he thought Miss McGhee M lic, challenging Babe Ruth's in
quite as efficient
rors is one which, when two p eo
the American delegation had intend
The
answer,
he
told
a
special
press
was
his
wife,
got
10
days,
credible figure of 60 home runs In ple stand before it, reflects the one
as the males But
ed to vote for Oswaldo Aranha of conference, is food conservation by
IN HOUSTON . . . Lt. Gen Ira C. a year; not to overlook Walker
it was not her
norm ally right side up, while the
Brazil. He is an old and staunch all Americans. It is not a m atter of Eaker, form er deputy commanding Cooper.
feminine charm
other person appears to be cut
friend of the United States. But he eating any less, he said, but of general of U. S. air forces, retired
■which attracted
And what two seasons—meaning off ut the waist, the upper p a rt of
felt that Brazil had had enough wasting
less.
' tekte»SL
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* 10 civilian ,1,e b> 1946 n,,d «»47-can you recall that , his
,n
lin„
.
.
,1
edtei?nSCli
body being replaced b y 'a
me, if such were
sec-
honors at the recent conference in
Baukhage
to be discovered.
s u n ; on<1 p° i r
Rio, that he had served one term
I tried to ask her a little about her before and that it would be best not
rnittee to develop a food conserva-
HAMILTON. ONT. . . . Mrs. ner. Yogi Berra Bobbv Thompson
work, my first question being
to run. He said he didn’t want the tion program in the nation. Charles Marshall Lounsbury. no art author- Jackie Robinson. Spider Jorgenson '
"Isn’t it interesting?"
job. So our delegates pledged for Luckman of Cambridge. Mass., pres- | ‘hv. bought an oil painting at an
"Interesting? Oh, for a while,’
Spec Shea. Earl Torgerson. Bruce '
Evatt of Australia, who was exceed
she answered, “ but one would like ingly anxious to be elected. But the ident of Lever Brothers, was named auction for "a song,” later discov Edwards and many other first or i
president
ered it was "Palm Sunday Morn second-year men?
to get around a little more. I have Latin-Americans would have none of
Regarding
Europe.
Mr.
Truman
ing" by 19th century master Cali-
been here since spring. I ’d like to it. They demanded Aranha run. The
sano, valued at $20,000.
get back to the Orient and—other contest narrowed to him and Evatt. said the food and fuel situation there
AI nays lieen That If ay
is too critical to allow time for de
IN PITTSBURGH . . . City Coun-
places.”
This put Russia on the spot. Latin- tailed study. Thus, apparently
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Creomulslon relieves promptly be
in an | cilman E. J. Leonard, longtime ad- ; There have been bad major
cause lt goes right to the seat of the
America wants to liberalize the emergency frame of mind, the Presi- 1 vocate of sidewalk repair, cited the lcaRue bal1 clubs this season, nnd
I mentioned that we had had
trouble
to help loosen and expel
veto, Evatt would tear it to pieces. dent called together congressional danger of increased spills as a re- i rnnny rather sour big league ball
simultaneous
translation
at
Berm
laden
phlegm, and aid nature
And the veto is the Russian pet. But leaders to discuss possible steps sult of a combination of the new players Rut this has happened since
Nuernberg. "Oh, I was there,”
to soothe and heal raw, tender. In
the United States was for Evatt so that could be taken immediately to lon8 skirts, high heels and broken : Unc,e Abner Doublcday had his
she said, "and always cold. One
flamed bronchial m ucous m em
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
Russia voted for Aranha and he aid the starving continent.
could never get warm, any
pavements, frightened the city coun- < dream.
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
won.
where.” 1 agreed. "And,” she
I f possible, he said, he would not | cd *n*° passing a ruling that all j The Phillies, in last place, are a
derstanding you must llko the way lt
added, “ 1 went there direct
¿2.1 a special session of congress | walks be repaired immediately
quickly allays the cough or you are
, far better bunch than the tail-end
The Russian delegation went
to have your money back.
from India.”
if stop-gap aid for Europe could
Phillies of years we still remember
into a huddle on the floor. The
be pushed through without resort ELEANOR:
And I could give you the names of
I tried to get some observation
Russian stooges had to be told
ing
to that step
many other clubs in the past that
from her on the idea behind these
just how to vote. And who should
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
An
Old
Note
Americans could start preparing
were strictly moth-eaten, of many
conferences and their effort to bring
be the man who ran around,
"D
ear
Sumner
—
This
Eisler
for a heavy barrage of food con
other ball players who were not even
about world understanding and
taking orders—or shall we say
case seems a hard nut to crack.
servation propaganda
good minor leaguers.
world peace. “ Do you think that
suggestion»—from the Russian
W l« t do you suggest? Sincerely,
they are worthwhile?” I asked.
delegation to the various groups,
To listen, and to read, you might
E. R.”
TOUGH AGENDA:
Albania, Poland and the others
(We’re always asking that, hope
think at times there were no good
That,
Sumner
Welles,
form
er
un
fully if a little wistfully.)
under the Russian thumb?
ball players left. What about Harry
No Dodging
dersecretary of state, told the house
"Oh, yes,” she replied quickly,
Walker, Williams. Joe DIMagglo,
It was Sarge M. Koudtiavtsev, a
United Nations general assembly I committee on un-American activl-
"they are much better than none at member of the staff of advisors to
Pee W’ee Reese. Ed Htanky, Pete
all, much. But I feel that the men the Russian delegation. That name proved at least one thing in the first t' es> was a note he received from Reiser, M he, Willard M a rs h a ll-
week
of
its
current
session—it
isn't
Mrs
Eleanor
Roosevelt
in
1939
when
here do not really wish to make didn’t mean much to me but I was
most of the Cardinals—Cooper. Gor-
going to dodge any issues.
| the tben first lady was interested in
sacrifices to ’have peace. The men reminded by Paul Ward of the B al
After riotous prelim inary sessions obtaining an open hearing on the A..a’i / n « i» l ¿ . J r a J .
in their own governments do not timore Sun, who always has a sharp
Augie Galan, Boh Elliott. George
in which they heard the U. S. and passport application of one Hanns
wish them to make enough conces eye out for such matters, that this
Kell, Grady Hatton, Johnny Hain,
Russia flay each other verbally and Eisler, Austrian refugee from Hit-
sions to rob the officials in the d if active gentleman was the man
Warren Spahn and many more who
U. N. Secretary General Trygve Lie ler
ferent governments of their own named as the "a rchitect" of the
would have been good In any past
call for an end to feuding, the dele-
The note, an almost forgotten me- baseball season?
power. And so the beautiful words Russian spy system, in the report on
gates
voted
doggedly
to
take
on
the
mento
of
the
prewar
era
was
hailed
they use are only rationalization. the plot to obtain official secrets entire list of tough, almost insoluble | resoundingly in newspapers across
11 *’ pIeasant for those «rowing
They express idealistic thoughts, but from the Canadian government.
Innd because Hanns Eisler was I older to look back on the glories of
problems standing as a barrier to I the land
when it comes to acting to imple
AC “5-Star Quality" Oil Fitter
the past when they, too, were young.
world accord.
ment them, they do not wish to go
But they overlook one m ajor point
Element* give you double filtra
Among the items admitted to the
that far. They already have satis
Two women are exceedingly popu agenda were the partition of Pales
—that practically every athletic
tion-first, through virgin cotton
fied that feeling they know they lar at the assembly meetings and
achievement that can be timed
tine, peace in the Balkans, independ
fibers—second,
through the acid«
should have, to do the right thing. their popularity seems to grow. One
or measured has known a long run
ence of Korea and M arshall’s pro
proof
glass
cloth
Collector Tub«
Then they do not have to do it. Just is Mrs. Pandit Nehru, wife of the
of broken records.
posal to reorganize U. N. machinery
T ra p , w h ic h
as all of us rationalize our own mis Indian leader, and one is Mrs. Elea
to hold a tighter rein on the turbu
can't rot and
conduct."
nor Roosevelt. They are both active lent peace.
Modern Athlete Het ter
That gave me a pause.
thus allow pol
Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky’s
Practically every past athletic
lution
of the oil.
It also gave me some hope for
resolution calling on member na
record has been smashed year
An exclusive
this session for I believe that the
tions to take crim inal action against
after year. You can't measure foot
AC feature.
powers of the assembly w ill be
warmongering propagandists was
ball, baseball, golf or tennis by the
strengthened so that they can
whole-heartedly admitted to debate,
clock
or
the
tape.
But
in
all
games
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hanns Eisler
enforce what the people want.
probably because it w ill provide a
!hat can be timed and taped, there
BUrW KERE YOU SEE THIS SIGN
The fine words and idealistic
chance to m ull over the concept of accused of being a Communist. He has been a big improvement. Oth
plans w ill have more force if
freedom of the press.
is the brother of Gerhart Eisler. No. er games must depend upon opin
the permanent committee of the
1 agent of the Krem lin in the U. S.
ions. which are about as stable as
ABSOLVED:
assembly on peace and security,
Eisler and his wife finally were will-o’ -the-wisps.
° «.-I re
al..,,
u »«Mt
A
which Secretary of State Mar
Issued visas in Mexico City to cover
Hirohito
Those talking and w riting of base
their entrance into this country. He
shall proposed, is created. It
Even while five high-ranking Jap has taken out naturalization papers ball’s past glory have forgotten
, w ill be in session all the time.
promptly
MRS. PANDIT NEHRU
teams that couldn't draw 300 into
anese army and navy officers were and is a song-writer in Hollywood.
Its voice, unmuffled by the over
the gate—teams that couldn’t draw
being
hanged
by
the
neck
Jn
pay-
use of the stultifying veto, w ill
In 1926, Eisler told the committee, 300,000 in 154 games.
and intelligent. Mrs. Pandit (last
be heard continuously; not
names come first in India, as in ment for their crimes of cannibal he had applied for membership in
Baseball In 1947 has been far from
merely when the assembly itself
many other countries) has been ism, torture and m urder of U. S. fhe German Communist party, but
prisoners,
Emperor
Hirohito
was
be
flawless
or Hpotless, hut It has
is in session.
had
dropped
out.
A
department
ol
named ambassador to Russia by her
er q l
ing publicly absolved of any respon labor report made in 1938 said of been one of the most Interesting
new government.
• • •
sib ility for the Pacific war by the him : “ The evidence establishes pre campaigns yet offered. One answer
I couldn’t help thinking, consider chief U. S. war crimes prosecutor.
W ords Contain
ponderantly that Hanns Eisler is a Is an attendance total for all parks
ing the recent emancipation of wom
Joseph B. Kennan told the inter Communist.”
that w ill reach or pass 20 m illion,
G reat Significance
en in India that Mrs. Pandit was
where
in many past years a nine
MEN —W OM EN
Words s till are making trouble, as more like Mrs. Roosevelt, than Mrs. national war crimes tribunal that
Mrs. Roosevelt’s attitude toward
they always have. It isn’t what we Roosevelt herself, when you con "The prosecution believes the people the affair was lackadaisical. The m illion total was rated an excep
say so much as what people think sider the unconventionality of both in the dock are really responsible note to Welles on behalf of Eisler tional turnout.
B e tw e e n N o w a n d X m a s
we mean. For instance, there was a judged by the standards of their for this war. I f there had been any was strictly routine, she said, add
Baseball always has had one
E van in y o u r ap ara lim a I
one
else,
they
would
be
in
the
dock
long discussion of the word "im respective older generations.
ing that she neither knew Eisler nor weakness. This was the average
T h ia T e r r it o r y N o w O p e n
too.”
remembered
the
note.
pinge,” on the second day of the as
condition of its players. Few ball
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sembly meeting. This was just the
players keep in the condition need
English meaning, discussed among
ed to play 35 exhibition and 154 pen
English-speaking reporters. Secre
nant games—a total close to 190
ta ry Marshall had said this new per
games a year. Poor condition ac
manent committee of the assembly
counts for so many bad legs, arm
would not "im pinge” on the security
trouble, back trouble and other
council. The great argument about
ills and ailments that afflict so
many of the hired men.
the committee has been that It was
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and private enterprises are not.)
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the
number
of
farm
cooperatives,
council itself, and thus duck the tion, America’s farm cooperatives
Keeping in Shape
Leading in dollar volume of trade 1,352 of them reporting member
veto.
are establishing themselves ever were some 2,256 grain cooperatives
OW S P R E A D O N R O O S T S
One famous athletic trainer told
more firm ly as a significant force which handled 1.45 billion dollars ships totalling 506,000 farmers. I l l i me recently that he could take a
If the English-speaking report
nois was second in membership
in the realm of agriculture.
ers weren’t quite sure how far
worth of business during the year with 485,000, while Wisconsin was tail-end team and get It into condi
In
the
1945-46
marketing
year,
tion that would net a pennant.
you go, or don’t go, when you
covered by the report. Dairy m ar
farm cooperatives, with more than keting associations previously were second in the number of associa He probably meant- " I f I could
“ im pinge," i t ’s no wonder there
tions
with
1,002,
most
of
them
dairy
five m illion individual farmers par the leading organizations in the co
get it into condition.”
Which he
was confusion when it was
groups.
ticipating, did a record six billion op field.
probably couldn’t.
translated Into half a dozen
In dollar volume, the huge Cali
dollar business, according to an
other languages.
The record business of all types
‘A ball player should live on his
estimate by the farm credit admi represents a 400-miIlion-dollar in fornia cooperatives led the field
with 652 m illion dollars, while M in legs just about all the year round.”
I t was the translation of one word nistration of the department of agri
crease above the cooperative vol nesota was second with 477 m illion This statement was given me by
S
S
a
f e
S
a
which nearly caused a revolution in culture.
ume in the 1944-45 marketing year,
Ty Cobb and Joe Medwlck. Cobb
Korea and made the work of the
(The FCA report came at a time FCA reported. It was emphasized, dollars.
Grains, dry beans and rice m ar went In for hunting. Mcdwick for
American commission there infi when a house small business sub
te r,thl.'pC
¿ pS 2iPt°m'-
however, that "p a rt of this Increase keting cooperatives accounted for golf, I don’t believe either ever got
nitely more difficult. It also has af committee was investigating any
is
undoubtedly
due
to
the
rise
in
pound nhe7pslftbulWPlnupha^ % ^ on,2;
2,256 associations, 536,000 members out of shape. You know Cobb’s rec
fected the whole course of action by possible advantages the co-ops might
prices of products farmers sell and and 1.49 billions ln dollar volume ord. And look at Medwick’s amaz-
Ä
d
' M
the assembly on Korea. It was the have over other business because
of supplies that farmers buy.”
Ing work this season, long after he
to
take
first
place
for
the
year
word “ trusteeship.”
„
»tomaehlo
tonic W orth tryfng| tl
of the fact that they are tax-exempt
Minnesota again led all states in among commodity groupings.
was supposed to be through.
NEW'S REVIEW'
Conserve Food: Truman;
U.N. Adopts Agenda
HEADLINERS
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
CREOMULSION
oiOHNEDuiinr
chestcolds :
MUST
F
EARN $ 2 0 0 .0 0
SIX BILLION A YEAR
Farm Co-ops Do Huge Trade
j
Black
Leaf 40
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FLASHES?
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