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i 7 A Fitted Skirt Is Useful in Wardrobe WHO Prof Discovers Site of World's First Village — A Weekly Newsletter CHICAGO, 111 - Have you ever wondered about the firs t tim e when men gathered to live a com m unity life? Where was It? When did It happen? What were the liv in g con dition»? D r. Robert J. Braidwood, assocl- ate profeasor o f old world prehistory and anthropology at the U niversity of Chicago, can answer these ques tions. He recently returned to Chicago from northeastern Ira q where he arid a group of associate» spent a year digging In what they believe to be the e a rlie st settled village in the world. i • Despite fact Bureau of Labor Statistics re ports new all-time peak in price of foods as of November 15, a 1 per cent increase over October, Retail Food Distributors industry asked Office of Price Administration to approve ceiling price mark-ups on groceries in half-million retail stores, to realize Increase of 2 per cent In their overall margin on grocery sales. • Grocers told OPS present mark-ups In CPR 12 and 16, are Inadequate in face of present op- erating cost3 and that thousands of grocers are belng squeezed. 9 Also, OPS Issued order affecting many products, giving producers, manu facturers, processors and service busi nesses a procedure for applying new and •T he evidence we have Collected higher ceiling under Capehart amendment. expedition indicate., that tn i, com- , regulation is not mandatory and en- m u n ity, no bigger than r c ity block, tirelY Optional, but permits sellers to is a la ndm ark in the w o rld ’» hi»- apply for adjustment of celling prices on basis of great fevoi^tt io n * i *'1from reth’e n hJnttoJ ^ g h e 5 t P r i C ®3 r e c e i v e d between January 1 and June E G Y PT IA N LIBERATORS SHOW TEETH . . . In Cairo, E gyp t, aeveral m em ber* of the " L iberation” unit, a group of underground fighter*, are show ing off their weapon* Io f ’eza N ebaraw i and Zanib Al G bazall in an undisclosed headquarter*. Mr*. N ebaraw i I* tin- lead er of the M o slem ’* w om en ’* party, a group that I* agitatin g for the com p lete ouster of B ritain from the Sue» can al zone. She entertained the warrior* at her hom e after the Inspection of the gun*. The w eapon* of the liberator* se e m to he B ritish Sten gun*, and the bandolier for am m unition worn by the m an at the Irfl I* branded “ U.S.” to the a g ric u ltu ra l state had taken p la ce ," he »aid. A tom ic < aiendar S b ro u g h !Aback ^dd object» tool», cereal forxls, a v a rie ty h of wheat, a kind of pea, and various p o tte ry pieces. They w ill be tested on the "a to m ic calendar The calendar measured the a rti cles brought back from the firs t B raidwood expedition to the place In 1948 and showed it to be the old est known villa g e in the w orld. The age of the village, as dated by the "a to m ic ca le n da r", is approxim ate ly 7,000 years, or 5,000 years before C hrist. What was life like in those days? Not bad at all, says Braidwood. The 300 residents, ancestors of the people liv in g in the M e d ite r ranean area, lived in room y three o r four room houses provided w ith ovens, and complete w ith chimneys. Floors were o f clean mud, packed over beds o f reeds. Remains of some 50 houses were dug up by the expedition. W IVES AW A IT NEW’S OF A IR M E N . . . The w ive* of three of the fo u r a irm e n being held in H ungary a fte r th e ir plane w a* forced down a w a it word on the state d e p a rtm e n t’s e ffo rts to obtain release of th e ir husband*. A t le ft I* M r*. Ja n r Sw ift, Glen Falla, N .Y.. w ith her two children, Leslie and D avid, who has never seen his dad. At rig h t Is M r*. Florence Henderson, w ife of a irc ra ft com m ander Capt. Dave Henderson, and M rs. Ruth D uff, bride of T /S gt. Jess A. D uff, crew chief fro m Spokane, Wash., being assured by an o ffic ia l at E rd ln g a ir depot, G erm any, follow ing report plane was forced down in H ungary. L’«ed Large House* They also found one large house consisting of six rooms, w ith a courtyard. B raidwood believes the house probably belonged to the chief. Food came fro m wheat, barley and a kind of pea, as w ell as fro m recently domesticated a n i m a l s Bones of sheep, goats, pigs and a sm all horse were found there Tools used were of the stone age There were no defense barricades around the villa g e and no rem ains o f w a r weapons were discovered, in d ica tin g a lack of enemies, o r a peaceful tim e. Braidwood said There already was a beginning of a rtis tic expression in this early com m unity. B raidw ood’ s p a r t y found figurines of anim als and of "m o th e r godessess." The p a rty also found portable pottery, w hich had come into existence in the last th ird o f the village life. “ Although this was only a peas ant economy, some trade already existed, as w ell as a p o litica l and m o ra l o rd e r," Braidwood said. Danger Season Arrives For Rural Pedestrians 24, 1950, adjusted for all increases or decreases in costs up to July 26, 1951. Regulation affects apparel, shoes, wool and cotton yarns and fabrics ; L°--acco z. packing, dairy products, canned and frozen fruits and vegetables, lumber and millwork, coal, crude oil, petroleum and many important ” ’ " chemicals and plastics, insecticides and drugs and cosmetics ; many processed foods, soft drinks, beer, wines and liquors. OBE REPORTS INCOME RATE UP • Of interest to Main Street business is fact Office of Business Economics reports October in come at annual rate of $257% billions, almost $4 billion higher than in September. Among factors responsible was expanded Income of farmers. In come of farmers rose to annual rate of 18% bil lions reflecting substantial increase in volume of crops and livestock marketed. • Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported November spending for defense and expansion of business plants and equipment about offsetting re duction in non-defense activities, while index of farm prices moved upward about 2 per cent, prices paid by farmers, including interest, taxes and wage rates, rose slightly to new record in mid- November. Since prices received advanced more, parity ratio rose from 105 to 106. • Despite general decrease in wholesale prices for fats and oils, strong demand for oilseed meals were responsible for general rise in prices to farmers from mid-October through November. Feed grain prices continued to advance and in November were above support prices. By-product feeds also went up with most of oilseed meals rachlng ceil ings. • Of interest to Main Street banks and other lending institutions is Treasury statement of Nov. 30 that $34,951,000,000 Series E bonds remain in hands of people, about 47.54 per cent of total amount issued; and $22,873,000,000 series F and G bonds, or 80.07 per cent of total amount issued. ------ P r e p a re d by the W a s h ln fto n (Send your question about the armed forces o r any aspect of m ili tary sen-ice to: W alter Sbead, Armed Sen-ices Question Box, 1057 N ational Press Building, Washington 4, D.C. Answers w ill be given in this colum n.) CHICAGO, 111.—Being a pedestri an in country towns and fa rm areas is m ore dangerous now than any other tim e o f the year. A safety engineer pointed out that the death rate fo r ru ra l pedes- l tria n s was 42 per cent h ig h er d u r O LD star la pel buttons are a v a il ing the last three months o f 1950 able to the next of kin o f m ili than the average of the firs t nine. ta ry personnel who have died since "W ith m ore cars on the road, the the s ta rt of the Korean campaign, pedestrian to ll m ay be even worse the D epartm ent of Defense recently this ye a r,” warned W. Dean Kee announced. They m ay be obtained fer, d ire c to r of safety fo r the K em upon w ritte n application to the ap per group of insurance companies. p ro p ria te offices in each m ilita ry He said the factors contributing service. Buttons w ill be furnished to the upsurge each ye a r at this w ith o u t cost to widows, widowers, parents, step-parents and foster tim e include: personnel. 1. The sh ift fro m b rig h tly colored parents o f deceased • • • SU M M E R P R E V IE W . . . A t Cy sum m er clothing to d a rk e r fa ll The United Nations service medal, press Gardens, F la ., m odel Dot and w in te r shades. This makes it awarded by the United Nations Gen more d iffic u lt fo r d rive rs to see Pugh shows w hat the well-dressed pedestrians on d a rk days and at e ra l Assem bly " fo r service in de bathing g ir l w ill w ear on the night, especially on country roads. fense of the principles of the char beaches next sum m er. O ver her te r of the U nited N ations” m ay be 2. M ore tr a ffic in hours of d a rk bathing suit she wears an Irides w orn by eligible m ilita r y personnel cent striped sheer cape th a t en ness. The accident rate pgr m ile of the U nited States, the Defense at night Is three tim es higher than hances b c iu ty . D epartm ent said. A uthorization to in daylight. w ear the m edal followed Presiden 3. H oliday tra ve l, shopping and tia l approval, w hich is required be d rin k in g contribute to make De fore a m em ber of the arm ed forces cem ber the w orst month o f the can accept a decoration fro m any year fo r pedestrians. source other than the Governm ent K eefer advised d rive rs to slow of the United States. Those eligible down at dusk, to tra ve l at reduced to receive the m edal include m em speed at night and to w atch out bers of the land, sea, and a ir forces dispatched to Korea o r adjacent fo r persons who are on foot. He urged pedestrians to w alk areas fo r service on behalf o f the against tra ffic on country roads U nited Nations. Service m ust have and to get o ff the road whenever been perform ed between June 27, a vehicle approaches. When in 1950, and a te rm in a l date to be an town, cross only at intersections nounced by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. a fte r looking both ways. High School Students Serve as Town O fficials SCIEN TIS T B A R R E D . . . D r. E rnest Chain (rig h t), Nobel prize bio chem ist, developer of penlelllin, has been barred twlee fro m the U.S., onee on a science mission fo r the U.N. w orld health organization. A u th o ritie s say th a t lfe Is Inadm lssable to the U.S. under the Internal security act. Here, he Is made a com m ander of the legion of honor In France In 1948. C ritic s of se cu rity act say It emulates H itle r’s decree* th a t deprived Nazi G erm any of scientists. PLANS C HIAN G O U S T E R . . . F o rm e r N a tio n a list P resident LI Tsung-Jen says in R iverdale, N .Y ., t h a t Chiang Kai-shek violated C hina’s constitution when he re gained presidency w ithout election. L i says he has plan Io oust Chiang. 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I t is estim ated th a t by Jan u ary approxim ately 2,000 airm en re called in v o lu n ta rily w ill have less than six months to serve. • e I DAY OP PHYSICAL THERAPY c iv e e The A ir Force Is fly in g 156,000 pounds of C hristm as m a il fro m the U nited States to servicem en in Japan and Korea in addition to the no rm a l tonnage of m a il re g u la rly flow n. - fofóeìTd/ufy to MARCH D IM E S J A N U A R Y 2-31
