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SO UTH ER N OREGON HOGMANAY 11 » AT 15 A 15 year old farm boy of Canandaigua, N ew York, is proving to his neighbors that the future of American agriculture is in safe hands. When his father died suddenly less than two years ago, young Dewitt E. Van Noy, then only 13, shouldered the job of running the family 65- acrc farm a n d somehow finding time to keep up in his school work. W ith the encouragement a n d help of his mother he is build ing up the farm and install ing new labor-saving elec trical equipment. He won New York state honors in th e Wcstinghouse-spon- sored 4 H farm and home electric program. A t left he works on an electric fence. 1 u u $ a W 1 ■ ; . - 'W u PAGE TH R EE N E W S R E V IE W St. Andrews* Day Touches off Scots* New Year Doings TNI HOIÏ1E Town fôpOPTEP Use Print or a Check For Two Pretty Aprons IN WASHINGTON WALTER SHCAO. WNU Ce The celebration of St. Andrew's Day touches o ff a series of Scot tish celebrations th a t reach th e ir President Stands Alone Churchill Supports Attlee peak at New Y ear (Hogmanay) and T’kE S P ITE T H E fa ct th a t Presl- H E R E is ■ certain vein of s im ila r continue w ith little respite to Burn's U dent T ru m a n Is In alm ost hour ity running through the lives of Day on the 25th of January. ly conference w ith his cabinet, w ith the two men who conferred re g a rd Few national festivals occasion top m ilita ry advisors and w ith lead ing the course to be followed by the m ore uninhibited gusto over more ers in Congress, there is probably B ritis h and Am erican governments of the w o rld 's face. F rom Houston no man who is m ore alone than tow ard fu tu re war or peace. to Hong Kong. Scots of a ll vintages the m an In the White House. P rim e M in is te r Attlee and P resi dream of haggis, heather, high F o r under our constitution, the dent T ru m a n both are left-of-cen- lands and the s k irl of bagpipes. President of the United States la te r lib e ra ls, both have spent much Indeed, they spare no e ffo rt to solely responsible fo r the foreign o f th e ir lives in governm ent, both make the dream come true. The policy of this country. have trie d to work fo r the less- Illin o is St. A ndrew 's Society, for As one w rite r phrased it, “ T h e | p rivile g e d sector of the B ritis h and instance, have been known to " fly - fate of the civilized w orld m ay well A m e rica n people. in " th e ir supply of haggis and hang on the soundness of the deci N e ith e r Is considered a strong heather d ire ct fro m Scotland, and sions w hich H a rry T ru m a n w ill m an in his own country, neither is to have "p ip e d it ” all the way have to m ake, and in the la st a man o f m uch Im agination, ne ith fro m the a irp o rt to the dinner analysis, he w ill have to m ake them e r has the force, the fla ir, the table. alone, in consultation w ith his God genius o f tw o others who conferred One of the most engaging cus and his h e a rt and his conscience. a gre a t deal during the past decade tom s of Hogmanay is the ancient He w ill have the sym pathy and sup —F ra n k lin Roosevelt and Winston rite of "firs t-s h o o tin g " in the "wee p o rt of a ll th in kin g people, but C h u rch ill. sm a’ hours” of New Y e a r’ s m orn there w ill be none to envy h im ." However, Clement Attlee, In his ing. A " F irs t-fo o t" is lite ra lly the And as the P resident goes through qu ie t way and backed by a pow fir s t person outside the fa m ily, to his lonely Gethsemane, there is a e rfu l la b o r p a rty, has put across a cross the threshold of the home hue and c ry from m any sources schedule o f socialist legislation a fte r the clock has ushered the Old th a t M r. T ru m a n should seek and w hich staid old B ritons never Y e a r into history. F o r the best of follow the advice of m em bers of Versatile Pattern dream ed could happen. portents, the v is ito r, i f a man, the congress in this tim e of nation- VERSATILE apron pattern! And w hile these reform s were should be d ark and handsome; if al crisis. T his re p o rte r has jo tte d Y o u ca n have tw o o f the n ice st passed in the face of vigorous con- a woman, she m ust be fa ir, , In down some of the opinions in the senate to which the President a Pr ° ns You ™ seen. Use a p r e tty se rva tive opposition, nevertheless, e ith e r case, the v is ito r should A ttle e today has one im p o rta n t ad c a rry "handsel,” w hich m ay be should listen as he seeks a s o lu -.P ™ / ° r checked vantage over President T ru m a n .^ anything fro m an orange to a bot tion of the problems w hich b e se t. c o n tra s tin g t r im and th e g a ye st He has the support of his opponent, : tle of whiskey. You don’ t have to the nation. ric-rac. , , , W inston C h u rch ill, when it comes ask a Scot his preference, but an Here they are: ! P a tte rn No. 3188 Is a sew -rlte perfo- to foreign policy. empty-handed "firs t-fo o t” w ill b ring S ln r r W W c o n s in th k s 42 rated 14. 18. 18. 20; 40. , s e p n n a a to w u ilp e y v , W is isconsin, in in inns and pattern s ,Ie for , g sizes blb apron yard poverty and p riva tio n , so even an we should build up our s p iritu a l plain fabric in 3»-inch; V. y a rd checked, Churchill Advised Trip orange is w orthw hile. a rm a m e n t to take an offensive ^ kinch. (rd* checked ' abr’ c' F u rth e rm o re , he has the support Assum ing th a t the “ handsel” is against the Russian governm ent. of m ost of the Conservative pa rty. Senator Capehart. Indiana, be- in liq u id fo rm , the head of the S E W IN G C IR C L E P A T T E R N O E P T . On the o ther hand, T rum an of late , M7 West A d a m . SI.. C h le a f, 8. III. house takes the firs t d rin k and lives if the situation is serious, and has had the b itte r, sometim es j P lease enclose 25 cents plus 5 cents then passes the bottle round the it is serious, why doesn’t the P resi v itr io lic opposition of a m a jo rity In coin for first-class m ailing of each fa m ily . Thus fo rtifie d , a ll attack dent consult w ith the congress? pattern desired. of Republican senators in regard to the tra d itio n a l Hogmanay fa re ; | Senator Chavez, New Mexico, j alm ost every foreign-policy move Size. P a tte rn No. round shortbread c a k e nipped believes this country, the executive he has made. Name . round the edges to sim ulate the departm ent, the house of represen A ttlee not only was ca re fu l sun (the D ruids were responsible i tatives, the senate of the United Address to get C h u rch ill's support be fo r th is ); and B la ck Bun, a su States, m ust once and fo re ve r te ll fore he le ft London, but Church p e rio r sort of m ince pie contain the w orld th a t we w ill not recog i ll even advised him on how to ing fru its , almonds, spices and nize C om m unist China. force T ru m a n 's hand regarding Senator Eastland. M ississippi, brandy. the trip . What happens a fte r this is your ! thinks we should a rm the an ti W hat happened was th a t im m e own responsibility, but the Scots co m m u n ists in China. Knowland, C alifornia, JA N U A R Y IS -1 ) d ia te ly a fte r the P rim e M in is te r themselves w ard o ff indigestion I Senator believes we should place, in con- j w ith m usic and dancing (w ith a ! heard of T ru m a n ’s atom -bomb statem ent, he called on C h u rch ill. capital D ). Sometimes "firs t-fo o t ju nction w ith the navy o f the Re appear as "g u iza rd s” (a ’ public of China, an im m ediate n a va l ( Though p o litic a l opponents, the two ers” blockade against the e n tire China m u m m e r o r a stro llin g player) served in the same coalition w ar cabinet together and are personal and the g reater the num ber of coast and should not p e rm it the friends. A t one tim e A ttlee was first-fo o te rs,” the m ore honored is e n try o r e x it of a vessel of any C h u rch ill's deputy p rim e m in iste r, the household. So nobody need be n a tio n a lity. T O IM IT E Senator Kem , M issouri, believes and handled B ritis h dom estic af shy. S ecretary Acheson m ust go; c o n -' r QUICK,C«SX v e u e io u s fa irs w hile C h u rch ill was busy w ith Those “ not to the ta rta n born” the w ar. m ay wonder why the Scots la y gress should take w hatever steps are required to b rin g about this W ith this background of frie n d such stress on the New Year, ra th ’ result. e r than C hristm as. To fin d the ship. i t is not hard to understand Senator Malone. Nevada, thinks why A ttlee should have consulted answer you have to flic k back a we m ust le t General M a cA rth u r use C h u rc h ill o r that C h u rch ill advised page o r two of histo ry. The V ikings every means and every weapon h im th a t he should take the tr ip to probably started the Y uletide fes against the enemy, o r endeavor to tiv itie s and the C hristian re fo rm W ashington. F u rth e rm o re , C hurch e n tire ly rem ove the U.S. forces i l l suggested th a t inasm uch as T ru ers m erely took i t over and in fro m Korea. vested it w ith the d ig n ity of the m an m ig h t be opposed to the trip , Senator Connally, Texas, thinks A ttle e should m ake a prem ature Feast of the N a tiv ity . the se cu rity council should be announcem ent of his plan—thus m a k called upon to take appropriate ac ing it im possible fo r T ru m a n to tion to b rin g about a q uick show decline. This was why news of down in Korea. A ttle e 's plans p re m a tu re ly leaked Senator O’ Mahoney, Wyoming, fro m London. thinks we should serve the Russians C h u rc h ill also prom ised A ttlee w ith an u ltim a tu m to get the Chi th a t no e ffo rt w ould be made to nese troops out of Korea. o ve rth ro w the L a b o r governm ent Senator B rew ster, M aine, thinks w h ile he was away. | G eneral M a c A rth u r should be given fu ll a u th o rity to use the atom bomb A ttlee’s Tory Background i f he thinks i t necessary. Though T ru m a n and A ttlee have ' Senator Bridges, New Ham pshire, m uch in common p o litic a lly , A ttlee believes the same thing. cam e fro m m ore conservative sur Senator Cain, Washington, de roundings. His fa th e r was a T ory mands th a t G eneral M a c A rth u r be la w y e r and president of the B r it given a u th o rity to send troops and A r t you going through the functional ish equivalent to the A m e rica n B ar “m iddle-age” period p ecu liar to planes across the M anchurian bor «omen (38-52 years) ? Does this make Association. A fte r studying at E ng der. you suffer from hot flashes, feel so la n d 's ritzie st schools and being runout, high-strung, tired? Then do Senator Ferguson, M ichigan, says try Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable a d m itte d to the bar, however, M a cA rth u r should be given author Compound to relieve such symptoms t young A ttlee suddenly became a ity to wage a ll-out w ar. Regular use of Plnkham's Compound social w orker. A t the age of 24 he helps build up resistance against this Senator S m ith, New Jersey, be w ent to w ork and live d in L im e - | HANDS ON TH E T IM E . . . annoying middle-age distress! lieves the Chinese troops of Chiang- C ecilia B ia ly la lig h tin g the house, one of London's w orkm en’ s Kai-shek should be throw n into the old year out and the New Year d is tric ts , and he has made his life fight. in and m aking sure the hands w ith labor ever since. • • • of the clock get safely to m id U n like M r. T ru m a n , who frequent fersity of Opinion night at the Old Sturbridge ly lapses into M issouri m u le -d riv When new drugs or old fa il to stop e r's language. A ttle e 's diction is I V illa g e museum and cra fts your cough or chest cold don’t delay. *hig d iv e rs ity of opinion is much Creomulsion contains only safe, help cultu re d , sometimes poetic. In fact, > center in Sturbridge, Mass. “ Joseph's coat and the chances ful, proven ingredients and no nar he has w ritte n some w id e ly quoted I The clock collection at the m u s w ill not be ve ry h elpful to the cotics to disturb nature's process. I t poems, one of them re g a rd in g his | seum is one of the largest in esident in m aking his fa te fu l de- goes right to the seat o f the trouble to own w orkingm en's d is tric t, w hich } the country. ion. So as President, he m ust aid nature soothe and heal raw, ten reads: ike his own decision, and as a der, inflamed bronchial membranes. •T hear the feet of m any men Guaranteed to please you o r druggist tion we should stand back of him who go th e ir w a y . . . refunds money. Creomulsion has stood the lim it of our endurance as s New Year, 452 B.C. T hrough streets th a t have no p ity, | the test o f many millions o f users. C elebration of New Y e a r’ s and streets where men decay.” Day on January 1 began in ishington Silhouettes n l i « « Cough], Chwt Colds, Acuta (ronchitit Repairs Own Pipes Rome In 452 B. C. and there fore, co n tra ry to logical reason W N U -1 3 52—50 Vashington Silhouettes—The old A ttlee is m a rrie d to V io le t Helen lasco theatre on L a fa ye tte p ark M illa r, and fo r m a n y years they : ing. had nothing whatsoever to do w ith the b irth of C hrist. iy be back in service as a liv e d w ith th e ir fo u r children in a To H e lp A v o id The Ju lia n calendar, effective ’re ational center fo r service men. modest house in a London suburb rin g W orld W ar I I it was a stage by decree of Caesar In 46 B. C., w here A ttlee did a little gardening >r canteen and stands next to the was adjusted to the C hristian and repaired his own pipes in his and to ric a l home of D o lly Madison, era In 516 A. D . by Dionysius own carpenter's shop. peacetim e it serves as a stor- who m eant to begin the era U n like Trum an, A ttle e is a h a lt ; house fo r the tre a su ry . . . fro m the year of C h rist's b irth . ing, none-to-forceful speaker. When et 56-year-old Senator E rnest he speaks im p ro m p tu , he hesitates i However, an e rro r in chronol d u e to co ld s - F a rla n d of Arizona, fa rm e r- j ogy figured the event four years and repeats. The President, on the iker-schoolteacher-law yer, lik e ly j la te r than i t a ctu a lly occurred. o ther hand, is a t his best when nprom ise senate m a jo rity leader, j Therefore, the la tte r half of the speaking o ff the cuff. In confer Many Doctors m iddle-of-the -roader, has one 20th century should have begun ences, A ttlee tries to w in his point recommend ed— he trie s to get along w ith fo u r years before 1950, and 1950 by charm and persuasion. 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A t le ft the youth gathers eggs which are sold to a local sanitarium as well as to neighbors. The flock numbers 41 hens. • A fter dinner, darkness outside doesn't end t h e work d a y . As if school didn't require homework, Dewitt sometimes helps his mother wrestle with t h e farm's necessary b o o k - keeping. Most of this job, of course, is handled by Mrs. Van Noy w h o was elected town clerk this year. In this position she issues licenses to hunt, fish a n d get married, files mortgages, acts as secre tary of the town board and r A receives a modest salary for same which helps to make ends meet. CREOMULSION COLDS COUGHS When Foreign M in iste r M ol otov visited T rum an a few days a fte r Roosevelt's death w hile en route to the San Francisco conference, the new P resident spent 45 m inutes baw ling him out. There have been m any oc casions when M olotov deserved such a scolding. In Europe, A ttlee and his gov ernm ent are considered among the m ost vigorous of a ll opponents to com m unism , and i t is sometimes predicted that, in case the Russians ove rra n Europe, the A ttlee cabinet would be the firs t to suffer. Gayest Day in Canada Is the ‘Jour de I’An’ The famous “ Jour de V A n” —New Y e a r's day—is probably the gayest day in the calendar of the French- Canadian. That is the tim e of fa m ily re-unions and of exchanging of gifts. I t is a religious celebration also, w ith the c ity churches conducting m id n ig h t mass on New Y ear's eve, b u t in the ru ra l areas there are no church services to celebrate t h e a rriv a l of another year. t seems alm ost sacrilegious to tch w orkm en dig a sewer trench oss the ve lve ty green law n of W hite House In the re fu rb ish in g icess . . . state o ffic ia ls m ay ob- □ o rig in a l seals of th e ir states nted on glass in the 1850's, now noved in fa vo r of sculptored tls in the new house chamber, w ritin g to D avid Lyhn, Capitol ■hitect. C risis in in te rn a tio n a l a i rs has so changed th in kin g there a chance the excess p ro fits tax y pass this lam e-duck session ipite opposition of business inter- often —because you don’t g e t enough AAD Vitamin food—you’U be grateful fo r the way g o o d -ta stin g S co tt's Emulsion helps build you up and helps w ard o f f colds, build sta m in a a n i resistance. 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