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S o u th e r n O re g o n N e w s R e v ie w , T h u rs d a y , J a n u a r y 1, 1948 Be Hit of the Party By Telling Fortune» Trainees' Morals Guarded Jealously UMT Stresses Integration Of Youthful Personalities Lice Inflict Heavy Damage on Cattle DDT Treatment Cuts High Winter Losses By BAUKHAGE Nawr A n elytl eud Commentetor. (In tbit, the third of e series on uses seria l m ilitary training, further dif ferences betu een tb it system end previous ¡reining methods ere discussed.) W A S H IN G T O N .—A sid e fro m th e lo ss of his f re e d o m , w h ic h I d is c u s s e d in a p re v io u s c o lu m n , th e y o u n g m e n c a lle d u p o n fo r m ilita r y tr a in in g o b je c t to h a v in g th e ir s c h o o lin g in t e r r u p te d o r th e s e c u r in g of a jo b p o s tp o n e d . CHICK-A-BACK . . . The m other chicken, a pure-bred Sllkle, seem s The national security training act would answ er those objections to be glaring “ W hat's It to you?” a s the c a m e ra catches her with a this way: (a ): The train ee gets educational and vocational advantages chick on her shoulder. The youngster Is still In the down stage, but under UMT which in m any cases he would not otherw ise have; and (b): soon will develop (he silky plum age from which the breed gets Its He literally earn s while he learns. — - - ■ nam e. So m uch for the first six months. Let m e quote from the N ovem ber issue of the Army Inform ation Di A fter that period, there a re a num ber of options which the trainee can gest: “ E ach train ee during the first exercise. He can rem ain for an addi phase (and if he elects to take a sec- tional six m onths' training in the ____ ond six months) national security training corps: he would receive a can enlist in the arm ed services, $30 cash allow the national guard, or the enlisted ance monthly. If reserve corps with assignm ent to an he is the chief organized unit; he can en ter one of fam ily support, the service academ ies; take special The lethargic, uninspired ending : he would qualify ist or technical work at an ap of the Big Four foreign m in iste rs’ for a dependency proved college, or exercise other conference in London was rem in is Thrift Plan .allowance which alternatives. Meanwhile, although congress cent of nothing so m uch as the F or those who cannot accept any ra th e r d re a ry business of tossing had given its approval to the propo would be paid wholly by the of the above-nam ed options, there is out the C hristm as tree a fte r the sition that interim relief should be governm ent. This enlistm ent in the enlisted reserve i holidays. rushed to Europe and Chino, the allowance would corps for six years, with active T here was a sm all am ount of nos- em ergency aid issue continued to be $50 a m onth duty requirem ents of not m ore than . talgia and re g re t expressed over the send forth echoes. for one depend 30 days a year. I abrupt finish of the unsuccessful dis- This tim e the struggle arose over The first experim ental unit at 1 cussions, but there was also a thinly the actual bill to appropriate the ent and $65 a m onth for tw’o or F ort Knox has ju st about com pleted veiled feeling th at perhaps, after 597 million dollars previously ap Baukhage m ore dependents. the second cycle of its training, all, it was a good thing the affair proved by congress. The house ap During initial training, the trainee the first cycle having ended in July. | w as over. propriations com m ittee, showing would be entitled to benefits of the As seen dim ly through clouds of the sam e cutting ways it had ex soldiers' and sailo rs’ civil relief act futility and frustration, w hat the hibited e a rlie r in the y e a r tow ard of 1940 and to the death and dis wind-up of the G erm an and Aus budget requests, knocked 88 million ability benefits furnished civilian tria n peace tre a ty talks am ounted dollars off the original figure in pre em ployees of the governm ent. to was this: The w estern powers paring the bill for floor action. had failed u tterly to reach any kind As to the educational factor, the Thus, the bill c a rrie d only 509 m il of ag reem en t with Russia on the lion for w inter relief. The appro rep o rt of the sub-com m ittee on edu fate of G erm any, and the failure priations com m ittee, headed by cation, a division of the UMT civil leaves E urope m ore firmly divided Rep. John T ab er (Rep.. N. Y.), said ian advisory com m ittee which vis than at any tim e since the w ar the cut was represented by item s its the F o rt Knox ex perim ental unit ended. regularly, set forth the principle which would have been used by Although the delegates w ere un F ra n c e and Italy for paym ent of th a t UMT should be so flexible “ that able to agree on any single issue on in terest on th eir foreign debts and a m an could retu rn to school or to th eir agenda, the point upon which for m aking paym ents on com m er his civilian occupation without a the conference balloon burst was cial accounts. loss of considerable tim e; and th ere the problem of G erm an reparations. fore, it is m ore advantageous to Aroused at the Republican dis m aintain the six-m onth period of To the inevitable question, “ W hat play of econom y. D em ocrats la initial train in g with a m inim um of now ?” diplom atic authorities w ere belled the co m m ittee’s action as an education th an to prolong this pe answ ering with a prediction th a t the “ undercover” a tte m p t to ham string riod of train in g and p e rm it inclu U nited States, G reat B ritain and the aid program . They served n<x sion of a com prehensive educational F ran ce would begin negotiations tice th a t they would a ttem p t to re p ro g ra m .” soon am ong them selves concerning sto re the cut. the unification of w estern G erm any. UMT program centers on a se To ensure th a t the train ee does Russia would be out of it, and there TRAINING: lective schedule of Instructive not lose sight of his life objec w as no prospect of another four- m ilitary training. tive, a well-planned counselling power m eeting in 1948 or in any In Driving program is recom m ended. It Since last Jan u ary , a civilian ad other year. If a training course in automobile would be conducted by an edu visory com m ittee of 34 men and driving w ere m ade a requirem ent cational staff including a trained women has served continuously, vis CONGRESS: in the curriculum of every high psychologist. iting the unit individually and in school traffic deaths could be re The six-month training period groups. They have observed the ‘Sirflii? Man' duced by 5,000 to 10,000 a year, ac Of the two pressing reasons why cording to Dr. W ayne Hughes, direc w here the accent is on the m ilitary trainees at work, at play, on leave P resident T rum an called congress tor of N ational Safety council's col is by no m eans ALL m ilitary. Bay in and around Louisville. into special session in N ovem ber, lege and school division. onet practice and “ dirty fighting” This com m ittee, by the way, one had been disposed of but the have been elim inated, and out of the A safety council survey m ade represents a fair cross-section other kept hanging around like an am ong Cleveland high schools be en tire six m onths only 880 hours are of the parents, educators, religi evil spirit as the year drew to a tw een 1939 and 1941 showed that ef devoted to actu al training, the rest ous leaders, new spaperm en and close. to “ processing and orientation.” fectual d riv er train in g reduced tra f public officials whose interest, The senate and house had voted fic accidents by 50 per cent, the T here is a once-a-week lecture on eith er personal, professional or strongly in favor of authorizing up council said. citizenship and m orality, and gen patriotic, m akes universal to 597 million dollars for em ergency e ra l inform ation is included in the “ It is our firm belief th at if ev training im portant to them . w inter relief for F rance, Italy, Aus ery high school in the nation would re g u la r troop inform ation period. In This com m ittee says th at as a re tria and China, but no such accord put into effect such a course we sult of this y e a r of training the boys was displayed in dealing with the would see m iracles within five have benefitted by definite spiritual problem of inflation a t home. y e a rs ,” Dr. Hughes asserted. and m oral training, self-expression R ejecting P resident T rum an’s 10- Officials pointed out th a t statistics through individual hobbies, training point proposal for fighting inflation for 1946 proved th a t m ile for mile for leadership, and respect for au by im posing wage and price con the 15-24 age »roup was a third m ore thority and the rights of others, as trols and selective rationing, house dangerous behind the wheel than well as gaining m ilitary skills R epublicans offered an anti-inflation any other com parable segm ent oi which a re taught under "discipline, bill based upon voluntary ag ree the population. T hat group account not regim entation.” m ents for price reductions. ed for 33.8 per cent of the nation’s With a tw o-thirds vote needed for fatalities in 1946. As one m an from Louisville passage, the R epublican m easure put it to m e: “ I t’s an entirely At present only 10 per cent of the w ent down to defeat 202 to 188. The 25.000 high schools in the U. S. have different thing from ordinary house split alm ost exactly along w hat the council reg ard s as ade G.I. experiences. The boys p a rty lines over the bill, not one quate d riv e r training courses. And them selves are the best wit D em ocrat breaking ranks to vote in only a p a rt of the schools conduct nesses.” • • • favor of it. ing such courses have actual auto “ The P resident has asked for m obiles in operation. According to the 20th Century fund, cotton supplies m ore than bread and you have given him a three-fourths of all fiber consumption stone,” said Rep. B rent Spence in the United States. Now I know (D em ., Ky.) in sum m ing up the de Guard Strength Up A pprentice training in plastics w hat they put into my breakfast bate for the D em ocrats. Rep. A. S. (M ike, Monroney (Dem., Okla.) food. and other vocations are some of M em bers of the U. S. national • • • dusted off another brom ide when he the extra duty activities offered guard totaled 201,041 on November by UMT experim ental unit at The housing problem seem s high charged the GOP m ajority with 30. 1947, a strength large? than that “ setting up a straw m an to com bat ly explosive. F ran k Creedon, who F o rt Knox. of the prew ar national guard in any recently resigned as housing ex the m enace of inflation.” the experim ental unit at F o rt Knox, pediter to join an atom ic energy T hat w as the swan song for any y e a r except 1940, according to an announcem ent by Maj. Gen. Ken says the Army Inform ation D igest: project, probably finds splitting anti-inflation legislation during the “ It is not uncommon for the officer atom s safer. special session. Although the senate neth F. C ram er. P rojected strength of the national • • • of the day, while inspecting a rifle w as prep arin g to act on the house- a t daily guard m ount to ask the They have a national letter w rit killed bill, there appeared to be guard on Ju n e 30, 1948, is 271,000 tra in e e : 'Who is the se cretary of ing week, I understand. L etter w rit little likelihood th at the Republicans m en, 250,000 of whom will be in w a r? ’ or 'Who heads our diplom atic ing m akes me w eak any week. would be able to put through their approxim ately 4,500 arm y units and 21,000 in 365 a ir units, he said. m ission to Moscow?’ ” proposals. NEWS REVIEW London Meet Dissolves; Inflation Bill Defeated The relationship between tra in e r and train ee, according to the Digest, is not th a t of se r geant and recru it, but ra th e r of in structor and pupil. N early 50 p er cent of the men at F o rt Knox p articip ate in the off- duty educational program , and some have com pleted graduation from high school by this route. According to the D igest rep o rt m ad e in June, “ the b a rra c k s sm ell” of profanity and obscenity does not exist. Without in any way sac rificing virility, the D igest claim s th a t “ a new way of looking at things has been c re a te d ." Sex has its place in instruction. The train ee gets a healthy understanding of the nor m al place of sex in raising a fam ily, is taught that the only su re way to avoid venereal disease is contin ence. < Plenty of e n tertain m en t Is provided a t F o rt Knox, includ ing a canteen w here soft drinks and snacks a re available, but no rJcoholic beverages a re sold. BEAUTIFUL SPRING Inflation to Burst into Bloom Where price inflation is concerned there is no such thing as a last word. More words, m ore gloomy predictions alw ays follow. L atest verbal foreboding by pri vate and governm ent forecasters holds that next April and May will m a rk a probable crisis peak In the continuing upw ard trend of retail and wholesale prices. F la t predictions th a t m eat and som e other food prices a re likely to soar as w inter ends have been m ade by political officials and confirmed by governm ent and other econo m ists. * E x perts in re ta il dry goods prices a re saying th at the shelves em ptied by the C hristm as buying rush will be restocked with goods that will be priced m uch higher. The goods j w ere being bought in the garm ent ; tra d e cen ters a t wholesale prices nearly equal to last spring’s retail prices. A nother factor boosting the infla tion bubble is expected to be the , peak in foreign dem and for food and other item s in Europe scheduled to com e as w inter bows out. The construction industry, which hit an all-tim e high in dollar values as the 1947 season ended, probably will begin the 1948 season under an extrao rd in arily high dem and p res sure for building m aterials. Another considerable influence Is CIO P resid en t Philip M urray’s re cent declaration th at unions in his organization will seek another round of wage increases, thus help ing to form another price bulge. P re ssu re for higher w ages is ex pected to build up during the late w inter m onths. In W ashington political leaders ol both D em ocratic and Republican persuasion are giving all these signs serious and concentrated study, and both sides are convinced th a t som e thing m ust be done. It is not considered likely that these indications of fu rth er inflation will add up to a nation-wide bust next sum m er. T heir biggest signi ficance is th at they m ake up a pack age of political dynam ite which probably will explode with an earth- shaking im p act som etim e around the presidential election in Novem ber. I.ice are Injurious to all types of cattle. Animals produce less m eat and milk if lice are unchecked. Young unim ats and poorly-nour ished old anim als suffer most from In i- The w inter season is the time lice a rc bad on cuttle The louse popula tion builds up then. Dr. Harold Gunderson, extension entomologist at Iowa S tate college, says one louse unchecked in full meuns 1,000 the following March F or lice control on cattle, DDT Is being used successfully. E arly in fall, before cold w eather arrives, it is m ixed with w ater and sprayed on the anim als. After cold w eather comes, a DDT dust is recom m ended F a rm e rs are being advised to use a dust containing 10 per cent DDT. Some of the powdered louse killers on the m arket contuin less than 10 per cent DDT. but have other ef fective Insecticides combined with the DDT. The rotenone dusts recom m ended for cattle grub control can be used for lice control. Usually they are diluted for lice, to cover greuter a re a and reduce the cost. For in stance, one pound of a cuttle grub dust containing 1*4 per cent rote none can be mixed with two pounds of flour to m ake an effective louse killer. World's Largest Potato Yard Found in Chicago The w orld's largest potato yard Is located — not in Idaho, nor in Maine —but in th e 'la r g e s t city near the geographical center of the nation— Chicago. In the Wood stre e t yards of the Chicugo and N orthw estern railroad, an average of 20.000 carloads of po tatoes are handled annually. Many thousands of tons of other vegeta bles also pass through this yard. The yard is the central m a rk e t ing point for potatoes, which come In from virtually every state in the union. D ealers and brokers assem ble in the yard each day before dawn to buy, sell or reconslgn an average of 36,000 bushels daily. The Wood stre e t yard is a far cry from the wooden platform which served as a term in al years ago. Card Fortuna* Fun And Ea*y To Learn HO gets ull the attention nt W purtiea? The person who keeps the crowd am used, of course! And how better to e n te r tain than by telling fortunes. Deck yourself In n culnrful turban and dangling I-.H I 111««, «ml I m - a crystal gazor. 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