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Czech Refugee Confirms
Crack in Iron Curtain
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IS THERE a lim it to speed for a
N « n i«
* man or a horse? Can the human
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By BAVKHAGE
or the equine frame carry Just so
New» A n a h it and C om m entator.
much drive before it starts to
WASHINGTON.—Is the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub­
crack? We put this query to Hirseh
Conveyors
Eliminate
Tilings Are Rough In Peru
lics cracking? That’s an idea which is being toyed with by
Jacobs, one of the finest condition­
While the U. S. price Index rose
‘Back-Breaking’
Chores
some wishful thinkers in Washington while others consider
ers in any sport, one of the best
8 0 per cent last year, living costs
it one of the most dangerous playthings that ever got into the
Elevators are becoming as com­ horse trainers of any given decade.
In Peru soared as high ns the An­
hands of unwary diplomats.
“ To set a record," Jacobs said,
mon on farms as they are in city
des Increasing 4(1 I per rent. Be­
In any case, the theory is worth examining. It appears to have been department store«. They are, how­ “ one must have a fast track. That
tween August, 1039, and Decem­
means a hard truck
encouraged by some members of the little group of highly intelligent but ever, of a different kind—and not
ber. 10-17. living costs rose (¡0 per
Setting records on
also highly prejudiced people who form a constantly growing segment used for the same purposes. Unless,
cent In the U. S. compared to 207
a f a s t t r a c k is
of Washington society-the political refugees from the countries on the of course, city stores have started
nor rent Irt Peru, nrenrdlng to the
dangerous. It has
Soviet borders. One can. however, trust this group for certain basic facts
conveying farm produce from the
Municipal Finance officers associa­
wrecked many fine
sidewalk
into
ninth
or
tenth
story
tion. Among i t nations for which
Recently, I learned one of these
horses. I w o u ld
“mows.''
comparable statistics ere avail­
facts which may surprise you. Of
say there is a lim it
most
of
them
would
have
flown
able, Canadian living costs have In­
Farmers
began
to
think
seriously
— course, you recall
to how fast a horse
Many did anyway and about elevators and conveyors dur­
creased the least since before the
that Soviet diplo­ away.”
can run before he
war. Though the Canadlnn price In­
5404
macy always h a s Czech planes are turning up con­ ing the last war, and they've been
cracks up. Espe­
tinually
in
Western
controlled
areas
dex rose 14 0 per cent In 1047, R Is
doing something about them ever
explained what we
cially If he is after
only 45 per cent above the 193®
call its aggression of Europe. This occurs in civil since. Many built their own equip­
records over a hard,
aviation
too
because
many
of
the
level of that eountry.
»- simply a desire
ment. Others bought commercial
fast track.”
pilots are former members of the
to surround itself air
models. The source matters little—
corps.
T h is re m in d e d
with what it de-
its what they can do that counts Grantlantl Rice me of a story that
But
if
the
Red
government
can­
I scribes as “ friend­
most.
Charley P a d d o ck
not trust the air corps, it has even
ly” countries. The
All-purpose elevators, either port­ once told.
less
confidence
in
the
Czech
armored
refugees of whom
able or stationary, are capable of
Bird Transfers
"Just at the tim e,” the World's
I spoke are living force. It has been necessary to elevating to desired heights baled, Fastest Human said, “ I was at my
These beautiful bird transfers are
immobilize i t
proof that not all
chopped or loose hay, ear corn. peak. I had just tied the world's embroidered In gorgeous plumage
But the g r e a t e s t friction
of the inhabitants
record at 9 3/5. I knew I could do colors on ecru linen for the corners
caused
by
partial
communiza-
of Russia's satel­
better. I was set that day at Los of a dinette luncheon cloth and nap­
tion
is
felt
in
the
nation's
econ­
lites are friendly.
Angeles in a Southern California kins - scatter them hero and there
omy. Everyone suffers, at least
BAVKHAGE However, most of
meet. I broke in front. I was fly over matching curtains. Each de­
indirectly,
because
of
this,
but
us have been led
sign la about 6 inches. Cross stitch­
ing at the 50.
it can be seen most clearly
to assume that at least the govern­
ing Is easy to do.
ORfs
“ Around the 80-yard mark 1
among workers.
Recent fig­
ments and the controlling Com­
knew
I
was
headed
for
at
least
ures,
which
were
made
avail­
munist minorities which support
a 9.1 for the 100 yards. I knew
able to the public, indicate that
them have been able to produce a
the record was mine. Then the
there is a sharp falling-off in
degree of mutual affection which
calves of both legs began to
the man-hour productiveness.
satisfies the Kremlin. After Tito's
shiver. I felt ail my leg mus­
This could be attributed either
action we wondered.
cles pulling apart. The thought
to conscious sabotage or to a
What about the frontiers between
suddenly hit me that I was on
feeling
of
indifference
and
re­
these countries and Russia?
sentment caused by reduced
m> way to being a cripple. I
The answer came from an anti­
felt my legs were breaking up
pay ..nd restrictions on the
communist. recently arrived from
union labor mivem ent.
over this hard, fast track. I
Czechoslovakia—one of the many
pulled up—and still finished in
Before
the
Russians
moved
in,
75
persons who are seeping out of that
9 3/5.
and other satellite countries every to 80 per cent of Czechoslovakia's
no tw i« i
“ I couldn’t run again for weeks.
day. He was asked in my presence foreign trade was with non-Com-
Ac«esl 41 m , W r I«R i
Ol.
munist
countries.
This
has
been
The calves of both legs were ex­
if the frontier between his country
tremely sore and strained.” And
and Russia was open, in the sense considerably reduced under pres­
A r «Rdsrwstsr I h m « ulh le
look Rfld ihr Hk« « m «I llr«
that travel was permitted under the sure from Russia, but even now root crops, shelled corn, ground don't forget that Paddock had two
mlRROW. Mode ol p l.ttic , «Rd
same conditions that obtain between some 60 to 70 per cent of her ex­ grain and forage. Chopped hay Is of the strongest looking legs anyone
...H o b le I r r » Id . «erlety o(
ports go to Western Europe.
ever saw on a track star.
normally friendly nations
(lili
cr I c M r «
colora, st s ll
V irtually the entire output of the being elevated in the accompanying
loadlRfl ip o ilin « «oodi aloro*.
Tlie Czech laughed. He said: great Skoda arms factory goes to illustration.
L im it on Speed
"The border between my country Russia. The output is largely heavy
I I yeer Asslsr «M et Meeh
• V J v do
4 VJ these
UlivOC "back-breaking
M vA k. - M A V <A Iw 111
• 1 - realized
—
-""»T—
— then.” A Paddock
WvAkAVe^Sw k' told
lll
They
wia bo m r A r e*oaae*lr— 41.24 •bob. eo'leold— Mod. by
and Russia is no tighter than a dam artillery. Production of small arms chores easily, and all day long w ith-
''that as we are developed to-
would have to be to keep a drop of for Russia also has been stepped out complaining. However, before day, we are capable of handling
water from getting through.”
M A N U F A C T U R IN G CO M PANY
up greatly.
you build or buy an elevator be only so much speed. I mean our
I have heard the Russian frontiers
©♦
0oe4ltM
sure you know for what lt is to be muscles and our ligaments. In the
of other satellite nations sim ilarly C h a n ce o f R e v o lt
I t DO» A OO
A SKA N SA t
course
of
evolution
and
develop­
used. That knowledge w ill determine
described.
T e r m e d S m a ll
the size and type best suited for ment someone w ill run the 100
My informant also outlined other
yards in 9 flat. But not now.”
Objective observers admit that your needs.
significant conditions in Czechoslo­
This was proved when Mel Pat­
Costs of operation vary somewhat,
For S a fe ty —Invest in Y our O w n Country
vakia, first reminding us of three there is small chance of an open
ton ran 100 yards in 9 3 and wound
but,
in
general,
farmers
can
figure
revolt.
That
isn't
the
Czech
method.
important facts:
up later with cramps. Patton was
Buy U nited S tates Savings B onds!
They are great underground work­ on it taking fro n ^l/1 0 to five kilo­ moving into the danger zone, due
1. Czechoslovakia is the most
ers, but they haven’t the enthusiasm watt hours of power to elevate 1,000 entirely to excessive speed over a
industrialized of all the satel­
for blood-letting that people like the bushels of grain with an elevator, hard, fast track. He was finding
lites.
Yugoslavs have. If. however, the run by a five horsepower motor
2. It is also the most demo­
out what Paddock had discovered
Soviets
became involved in war,
cratic in the realistic sense we
years before.
undoubtedly the Czechs would join
view d e m o c r a c y . In other
"How does this sound?” I
heartily with those they consider Small Farm Units Are
words the countrv is thoroughly
asked Jacobs. " I t sounds 100
their liberators.
indoctrinated with the kind of
Big Implement Buyers
per cent sensible,” Jacobs said.
Those persons who predict a
democratic methods we know.
“ You can't drive either horses
Two-thirds
of
the
one
and
one-
crack in the iron curtain base part
This is due in part, of course,
or humans over fast, hard
Vest For pipes or papers,
half
billion
dollars
being
spent
for
of their argument an on attitude
to the fact that so many of the
tracks into records without pay­
Prince Albert’s choice tobacco stays fresher
agricultural
implements
this
year
is
among
Czech
leaders
which
is
said
men responsible for formation
ing the penalty. Which is a
for oven more smoking joy In the new Humidor Top
to parallel that of Tito’s supporters being expended for small one-family
of the Czech r e p u b l i c spent
breakdown. What do the own­
pocket tin. P. A. It America's largest-selling smoking tobacco.
farms,
according
to
a
recent
survey
in Yugoslavia. That is this ques­
many years in the United States
ers want—a record or a sound
tion of nationalism. There have of the Anti-Friction Bearing Manu­
and were made thoroughly fa­
horse?
facturers
association.
been recent reports from Europe
m ilia r with American methods.
Jacobs claimed Stymie for some­
that Czech Premier Gottwald, who
For the first time the small farm
It is also due to the fact that
always has been considered Mos­ operator, who owns 6 per cent of thing like $1,500 and turned him
they had a long period of prac­
cow’s right-hand-man in Czechoslo­ the country’s total farm acreage, into a m illion-dollar probability.
tical e x p e r i e n c e in putting
The racing game is packed with
vakia. is about to fa ll from Soviet w ill be the biggest customer for
these methods into effect in
FA s WEW HUMIDOR TOP j
grace for the same reason Tito fell. automatic labor-saving implements. fine trainers. We could start with
their own country.
Ben and Jim m y Jones. We could
3. The Czechs had a very
Gottwald is a lifelong Communist
PA. STAYS FRESHER,
The low ebb of farm labor as well bring you Maxie Hirseh, certainly
high standard of living com­
who was won over to the Marxian as the increase in farm savings has
one of the greatest.
M/L0ER,AWD R/CHER
pared to the other satellites.
philosophy before he had an op­ been responsible for the mechaniza­
We could call on Sunny Jim Fitz­
portunity
to
see
it
put
into
effect
These factors, taken together,
tion of the smaller farms.
simmons who knows horses better
TASTING EVWN TO
made the Czechs particularly vul­ in his own country. He was an apt
One outstanding result is that by than horses know themselves. A
nerable to a Communist coup. When and w illing student in Moscow, but
THE LAST
1950, it is estimated that four m il­ great trainer. There is Honest
it came, because of their demo­ he apparently cherished the illusion
John
Partridge,
who
has
been
a
lion
farms
w
ill
produce
33
per
cent
cratic training and high standard that his own country could accept
R/PEEUL
fine trainer for 50 years. Most of
J
of living, the Czechs were partic­ the communist form of government more than the total production of these are veterans
Ben
Jones,
six
m
illion
farms
before
the
war.
ularly unhappy as an aftermath of and still maintain its identity and
Fitzsimmons, Hirseh, John Part­
Communist methods and Russian its independence. The utter domin­
rid
g e -a b le , smart, can take you
domination. In other words, the ation by Russia has become not
back more years than you can
only
distasteful
to
Gottwald
but
also
Czechs had more to lose than any
Plastic Lily Pond
remember.
of the other countries within the to at least two other members of
his cabinet, including the m inister
Red orbit.
Y o u n g T ra in e rs A re Good
Yesoirl There’s real smoking joy in a pipeful of rich-tasting,
of justice.
easy-on-the-tongue
Prince Albert,” says Marion Cooper.“ And
There
are
any
number
of
younger
G r e a te r P ro b le m s
Gottwald is not the leader that
U'at new Humidor Top on the pocket tin keeps crimp cut
trainers on the job—Johnny Gaver
Tito
is
and
he
probably
can
be
A r e in P r o s p e c t
h . a . fresh right down to the bottom of the tin.”
of Greentree; S. E. Veitch of C. V.
brushed aside. But the viewpoint
Whitney, one of the best, and sev­
Czechoslovakia is not yet thor­ he has come to represent is pointed
eral more. But I also like the
oughly communized. There is still out as one of the weaknesses of the
training methods of Jacobs, who
a certain amount of open criticism . Russian system.
THE NEW HUMIDOR TOP— locks OUT the
wins his share of races without any
There have been no wholesale
There is one other fact which
a i r - locks IN th i FRESHNESS and FLAVOR
$50,000 or $60,000 investments in
purges
Undoubtedly, these w ill
cannot be hidden from the eyes
young talent.
come, but when they do—and herein
of any careful observer with
MORE MEN SM OKE
Jacobs is a condition man. Con­
those who believe that the Soviet
some m ilitary knowledge of
dition to me means so much more
position is weakening are encour­
Czechoslovakia. That is that the
than anything else. A champion
aged—the prospects are that the
m ilita ry preparations in the
must have many things. But above
harder the Russians crack down,
country which the Russians
the greater problem Czechoslovakia
all he must have condition. Joe
have carried out are almost 100
w ill present to her Kremlin over­
Louis had little condition in either
per
cent
defensive.
Apparently,
THAN ANY OTHER TO B A C C O
seers.
his first or second Joe Walcott
the Russian feai of invasion
fight. Walcott kept in condition.
Before the coup that ended in the
from the West is greater than
National Joy Smoke -
But he was a second-rate fighter.
death of Masaryk took place, it was
Koroseal or plastic lily ponds
their desire or ability to pre­
As a result, Louis, rated one of
estimated that perhaps 20 per cent
make it possible for the farmer as
pare for offensive warfare.
the best of all the heavyweights,
of the people had been indoctri
well
as
the
city
dweller
to
have
a
As proof of this, my inform ant
was tar behind Walcott after 25
nated with communism. Another 10
Illy pool without the expense of
told me that although one of the
consecutive rounds.
per cent were sympathetic, chiefly
! SUREUKE RA'.S
building
a
stone
or
concrete
basin.
scarcest consumer p r o d u c t s in
When Louis’ legs began to put
from a theoretical point of view.
The plastic pond may be emptied,
Czechoslovakia is paper, two of the
on weight you knew what happened.
M y Czech inform ant declares that biggest m ills manufacturing it were
NEW HUMIDOR TOP
folded up and brought indoors and
He was far over the top.
it can be reliably estimated that
lim iting their output to blackout
stored during the winter months
PRINCE ALBERT STAYS
the taste of practical communism paper only.
"Condition,” Jacobs tells me,
The pond also may be used as i
which the people have had now has
"is
n
’t
a
m
atter
of
pigeons,
These are some of the reasons
wading pool for children or as a
FLAVOR-FRESH FOR
reduced that communist score to back of the theory which the people
horses or human beings. I ’ve
duck pond.
15 per cent.
trained pigeons and horses.
who believe in the old m ilita ry
tasty , e a s y - to - ro ll
Human beings would be Just the
He also confirmed the recent axiom that you mustn’t under­
la
m
e
.”
statements about the arm y—though estimate the enemy say is dan­ Weevil Damage in Grain
'/YAWN'S'SMOKES!
he gave no figures—made by Gen. gerous.
"W hat are the main qualities?”
Traced to Unclean Bins
Antonin Ha sal who escaped to the
I asked.
Prevention of weevil damage to
Am erican zone of Germany in the
"Too many things,” Jacobs said.
B ritain’s labor government of A tt­
middle of July. Hasal said that 70 lee and Bevin declared the dock­ the new crop is possible if the "The amount of work they need.
per cent of the enlisted men and ers strike a national emergency, granary is cleaned and sprayed with Food. Rest. I ’ll take up horses.
non-commissjoned officers in the the first such proclamation since DDT. Nearly all cases of ’’weevily'' You watch a horse. You watch the
Czech army was anti-Communist. 1926 when Bevin himself was a grain can be traced to unclean bins, way he runs. He may be over­
My inform ant put it this way: strike leader. Proves how you can according to Purdue university en­ worked. He may need more work.
HAu,™idor Top on the Prince Albert pocket tin I.
in ' p a a .
,oEv#ry tim# you *n ,p ^ ,hut- y°u
"The a ir force, many of whose make the shoe fit, even when i t ’s tomologists. Any Infestation which These are the things to look for.
occurs likely w ill come from Insects
members fought with the R. A. F „ on the other foot.
crlmn cut P A* l ^
ir »»hne»s. Now, more than ever,
“ No one is ever quite alike,”
crimp cut P,A. Is my favorite for fast rolling of neat cigarettes.”
• » •
which remain from year to year In Jacobs said. ” 1 mean a human
is almost entirely pro-Western. I f
the Reds hadn’ t drained the tanks
I f you keep on your toes you’re the grain and can be prevented bv being, pigeon or horse. Each case
of all the planes before the coup, not likely to get down at the heel. proper cleaning.
must be accorded individual atten­
IN Prince Albert’. “ S R A N B O L I O P P Y ” S .ta r d .y N l . h t .
N. B. C.
tion.”
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