PA G E TW O
THURSDAY, MARCH 13. 195:
SCA N N IN G THE WEEK'S NEWS
of Main Street and the World
Versatile Summer Dress
Is Pretty and Simple
Allies in Accord on United Army;
Drug May Wipe Out Tuberculosis
BY...DREW PEARSON
O r g f n i f - S f , ! ^ A R M Y — The members of the North Atlantic Treaty
defense of W ^teemr7
a«reemen‘ on four important points for the
which ma v
EUr?P* 8nd tHe stren«thening of the united army
Fach of the nniJJ th* salvatlon of the democratic form of government.
frnm em Sv P„ u "
lbV0'Ve great sacrif,ce
th< part of every gov
. by soldiers, and by the taxpayers of the participating nations.
comba°-re3,d / OH n d t'r|P^rhapS' W3S tbe agreement to provide about 50
defenso »hi J
d divisions and 4 000 operations aircraft for European
b a ila b le
*" additi° n
,Orces
and Turkey can n ^ke
Cynical Americans
J
R A V E LIN G across the U S A
these days you are struck with a
new cynicism on the part of the
American public. It's a rebellious
cynicism, inclined to lay all our
troubles on the doorstep of Washing
ton. a feeling of frustration, of dis
gust with corruption, and weariness
outline«0 «/' » nd. P055'61* the most controversial, to approve the general with tlie Korean war. It's an atmos
and ?he S enel,??" partiaUy dFafted by France‘ West Germany Italy, phere that lends itself to any fla g -!
force U nder thi " l OI»h t°.,I??erge their armies into a European defense waver or tub-thumper who wants to
e rn G e rm
r k
7 of W° rld W ar 11 propo« to ™8«™ West' take advantage of this cynicism by
proved bT the J ? " anTUng of West Germany, however, must be ap- running for office.
Whether the F r ln
bOd‘,eS ° f the countrie» involved in the treaty,
This is exactly the atmosphere
down bv the F ren ch N r
pr0posal is stiH in doubt. I f turned that swept a lot of Democratic
unified army
Assembly it could mean the collapse of the screwballs into office with the anti-
d e ta S d l'tir iv o7'tAh T ° ' r a ,i° n’ 8greed ‘ ° Create 8 board t0 make 8 Hoover tide of Roosevelt victory In
m u X a tio n ^ H n e «
r S.h rn * '° rld'S needs for airfle>d». barracks, com- 1932, and it may sweep a lot of Re
publican screwballs Into office this
how t o ih a r e th '
°e 7 - “ ^ - ’ «PPorting facilities, and recommend fall.
now to share the cost of building them.
One dangerous part of the current
efficteit on“ ?
stream?1
in#1 018 N.A.T.O. itself and make it more
had a field da^receufiy M ^ s e ' r ’s'depLrtmeBt ’T * h " w ' “ M‘ | b arta,n hasement fullback, (women to you)
feeling has been a certain disal-
instead^Of the nre«em r ° Ug r V
that ° f the UnJted Nations secretariat,
lusionment with our electoral sys
mobs that Jammed the store and the Mreet „Uu d i th
. “
» • '- »«-re’s a view of the
instead of the present overlapping boards and committees.
In to prevent the ladies from Injuring each o t h e r In I h llr *
'
P° l “ ‘
dcPa r‘ m,," ‘ h«d »«• he called
tem. Folks are resentful of the boss
sion^wiU ’ havi0^ 8 ? ° ‘division army “ »i» year means that 20 more divi-
were on sale. There Is someth?^ X L ! , b lr g .ln L t ^ " " ' ” ‘V ’ *
‘b“ e° U" ‘e r" Wh‘‘M> *hr b" « 8*"8
es in both parties and they figure
!„.h n ♦ 11 h!
be recruited and armed in the next 10 months One that though President Truman prob
the ladies, we ll admit we see a few male heid In
,
.T * "
¿PP<'r “ " n° ‘ r r »‘8‘- * " < i «<• he fair to
e o i " ? . lk, n : rpF" ' : t ‘he p1,*" ■"
have been.
" d ,n ,ba‘ P“ "hli»< throng. We don't blame th e m -th e way prices
ably didn't mean to blurt out what
could walk to F rances westernmost Atlantic shore, but bv the end of he did about "eyewash" primaries,
u . » r to' ,x j r £ £ x £ s * ' “ “ “ * • ’ ' b? “ “ * m » < « « - » « -
nevertheless he was telling the truth.
On the other hand there Is
growing interest In the proposal
of Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois
and Rep. Charles Bennett of
Florida to hold a nation-wide
presidential prim ary,
whirti,
though not binding on the dele
gates. might put a crimp in the
party bosses and prevent the
traditional picking of presidents
in the 3 A.M. quiet of a smoke-
filled room.
The smartest thing Mr. Truman
could do, in view of his eyewash re
m ark and this public cynicism is to
exert some altruistic leadership and
help put across the Douglas-Bennett
nation-wide prim ary.
r . T4 ? P'CtUT* Of the b’S ^ r e e foreign ministers and W est G erm any’s Kon-
r ^ b e d ' Z ! " ? ? T * 1' * COnclusion ° t talks “ ^ i c b agreem ent u as
Bossed Delegates
on outstand,ng c u e s for a united European arm y. Left to right-
In five states it’s a fact that the
A n th on y E d ^ ^ t Z , 7
G erm jn y: Secretary of State Dean Acheson;
people have no say whatever in the
foreign m f n h i ^
b
S‘ Cre,ary: and M'- R obert Schumann. French
selection of delegates attending the
presidential conventions. In A la
_ "’"AXES— The Public Affairs Institute, which describes itself a« a bama. Arizona. Arkansas, Georgia
and Louisiana, the delegates are
nonpolitical organization, has issued a study of U S tax: l a w s X h
M O O M a Ve 7 lo° ph.oles .that are costing the Federal government $4,500.- chosen by party leaders and are
simply told how they are to vote.
S .
a to 0 !' e n , M -v
’ i,h
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In 27 other states democracy fares
little better. These states for the
The> are outlined as: (1) Percentage depletion_$750 000 000- i2i in
S o IHPllttinr ,2 '500'000'000: (3) FaUure
indude a ^ i s i o n Jo“ '
most part follow the plan of state
-W 0 W M
b F 0," di7 dend and corp°rate-bond interest payments conventions, where the party bosses
can railroad the selection of dele
. „ 7 / ! “'000' 4> Fadure to increase estate and gift tax rate sharnlv
BAt K TO JOB, C O M P L E T E L Y C L F A R F U
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and tighten up on this levy-$400.000.000: (5) Failure to increase the gates. The bigger states which fol
(right), who has been accused of being pro-Con,niunist time a n Z ’a C8|rChr
•,#bB Carter Vincent
capital gains tax rate sharply and tighten up on this levy—$400 000 000• low this hand-me-down convention
system are: Michigan. Iowa. Indi
publican of Wisconsin, and active ex-Communtat l
is r i
/ aKa " by Senator Joseph McCarthy, Re-
i a w - £ w Z , o 2 . 8 br08dened f8mUy partnersh‘P Provision in the ’l95i
1 W Daily worker.
a b o a r d ,^ t a e j s ™ o n s t f i X i w T X X i “ “ 0.'
C° m’
r'
ana, Kentucky. Mississippi. Mis.
souri. North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Texas and Virginia.
RUSSIAN A-BOMBS— On the 34th anniversary of the Soviet arm v
R Z a ann
tary7 e8derS and neWSpapers " -m e d the western world tT Ii
Russia possessed atom bombs of all calibers” and said that anv ae
gressor would be met with "crushing, deadly blows ” In addition* the
same sources charged that "Anglo-American im perial sts” are u lln
nwg to unleash a third World War.
unpenausxs
are plan-
Morocco. The state department has announced that Y in , e ,u I
. r*'‘ urnln'f
hl" P»’ «
Tangier,
against him bv political opponents o f th e d e n -, t
, .. * ’‘"i* b<"‘ comPletely cleared of all charges made
of evidence against him.
department. He will probably face other loyalty courts, despite l . c i
Best Primary
The state generally conceded to
have the best prim ary system is
Oregon, where presidential aspir
ants are unable to keep their name
off the ballot if they feel they won’t
lino ^ ‘ observers agreed that the speeches and articles were the usual make a good showing, Eisenhow
But it was noted°thataitha
1S ,necessary on an important occasion, er’s name, for instance, has been
arsenal taefieol nt
•
m clearly impUed that R ussia has in her kept out of the Wisconsin prim ary
S X f a S ^ £ X £ aP° M “
th° " ' CCCD*
deveIoped and
on the belief that he wouldn't make
a good showing there but in Oregon,
any candidate's name can be en
tered without his permission, which
makes for a genuine popular test.
ernment s new consumers price index
z
8 v
Nebraska voters had the same
• per “ "*■ “
■»- < » - «
“ free filing” privilege until 1951
when a reactionary legislature
abolished it.
ahnvo »1,
V
4 2 P
1 above a year earlier and 11 1 per cent
New Hampshire, ln connection
S „ t eb « t a
" " W
p™ ' - » » ' " P O O * 5 O r
with which. President Truman used
his eyewash term, happens to have
one of the nation’s fairer primaries
A TO M IC SPY TEAM — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted l
spring of stealing atomic secrets for Russia andI senwncedI tc die for
InenoaT’- hd6ard th e lr.sentences upheld by a Federal Appeals Court Three
Flynn’s Bailiwick
toPnPc
Judges said ln their decision: " It cannot be held that these sen
In New York, which controls the
e ces are unconstitutional.” Only the United States Supreme Court can largest bloc of delegates and there
now save the Rosenbergs from the electric chair.
fore is most Influential in nominat
The Rosenbergs are the first Americans ever sentenced to death for ing our presidential candidates, the
treason outside a m ilitary court. At the time of their conviction
delegates do not have to reveal
rvmg R. Kaufman called Rosenberg worse than a murderer. In his opin- which candidate they favor. Thus,
on. Judge Kaufrnan said, the Rosenbergs’ treason led to the war in when New Yorkers vote in a pri
Korea, with its tens of thousands of American casualties.
m ary, they are forced to vote for
pledged party stooges. They do not
n, = r I UBiE RC UL0SLS_Dreaded Tuberculosis, once the great scourge of
know whether those delegates will
mankind, may withm a few years be completely wiped out This hope
favor Truman, Kefauver or Steven
is centered on a new wonder
p
REV.IV E D
- The faith, which he lost when he was voted out
son; all they know Is that the dele
drug which was used in re
offers
”
SOIJth
St
n Eranc,8C0' was revived somewhat by a flood of
gates will vote the way Boss Flynn offers of home, |„ other
cities to the fam ily of Sing Sheng Í Mnesé
cent months in treatment of
of the Bronx and State Chairman in th i 8 !
ne,<hb0M in » •« Francisco objected U? ( hin’ese Hvlng
nearly 200 persons in the ad
Paul Fitzpatrick tell them to.
í a l ^ s TÍnsHn r d ,Hber’ “' e ’ ‘ hey COmplaln,d “ " » “><« lower property
vanced stages of the disease
at Sea View hospital in
re s H e o J IH
g. ” demo< rat y and Americanism, Sing Sheng put his
Ohio’s Tricks
Staten Island.
ere to a vote and lost— on the eve of Brotherhood Week.
Slightly smaller than as
Ohio has still another gimmick
pirin (see picture), it is ex
which plays into the hands of the
pected to be on the market
bosses. In Ohio, delegates must re
by summer under various
main pledged to a certain delegate
trade names. The pills will
only as long as their “best judg
cost a TB patient a fantasti
ment and ability” so dictate.
cally low 25 to 50 cents a
Though It’s never happened,
day.
this conceivably could mean
In the tests at Sea View
that delegates could decide the
hospital d o c t o r s
were
day before balloting started that
amazed at results obtained
their man didn’t have a chance,
by the drug. Within a few -weeks, high temperatures went down to nor
and
switch to someone the boss
S r i e n c T 8 fCaV1.tleS began t0 hea1’ Parents recovered energy and appetite
es liked better.
cWosis
’ m8y
76 f° Und 016 anSwer in the battle against tuber-’
Illinois has a sim ilar loophole for
countermanding the people’s choice
M E A T P R O D U C T IO N
M S P R E T T Y und simple as can
be— and d elig h tfu lly easy to
sew. A youthful sundress and
jacket pair thut’s so practical for
a ju n io r w arm w eather wardrobe.
•Mix or mulch your fabrics.
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Send in , a d d itio n a l 3S r a n la to d ay for
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w a rd ro b e do do ubly d u ly ; « tu r a l t y r n
p rin te d in sid e (ha I m h i I i
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H l W »«t A Saary S I.. C h lr a g y «. I I I .
K n c lo s y 30c In coin fo r v a r h p a t
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C ity
Utensil flin t
Place a drainboard m at, t h e
ridged rubber kind, in the bottom
of each storage drawer of your
range. Keeps utensils from shift
ing position nnd rattling w h e n
drawers are opened nnd closed.
You can take mats out and wash
them, too.
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Decorating Lake*
When decorating cokes, use a
child's sectioned feeding dish to
separate the various c o l o r e d
icings.
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Candled Fruit
Steam candied fru it that has be
come dry, in a double boiler for
10 to 15 minutes before adding to
fru it cake. Restores molsturo to
fruit.
Quits L axatives
— fin d « a m a z in g r v lic f
"Had tried method after method
to relieve constlpntlon, until I lost
faith," admits New Jersey woman.
"Then I started to eat Kellogg's
all - bran dally and was amazed
at the fine results!" Delicious
ai . l - dran may bring back your
youthful regularity if suffering
has been due to lack of bulk ln
diet. It's the only type rcady-to-
cat cereal that supplies all the
bulk you may need, all - bran I s rich
In Iron, high ln cereal protein, pro
vides essential B and D vitamins
Not hablt-formlng. Eat
cupful
of Kellogg's all - bran daily; drink
Plenty of liquids. I f not satisfied
after 10 days, send empty carton
to Kellogg's, Battle Creek. Mich
and get doubl « your monby back I
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TAKE
au a u ^ T
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£ ! C £ * symptomatic
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I , more resistant to new gases.
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A Three Days'
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Creomuhion relieves promptly because
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ÇREOMULSION
Cou.h^ c h .r t Cold,. A c t . i X ï l U,
Nation s Packers Store M e a t Surplus
The U.S. Department of Agricul
ture reports the nation's meat pro
duction continues to grow faster
than the consumer can take it off
the markets. Production in late
February was estimated at 22 per
cent higher than at the same time
a year ago.
Heavy marketing of lambs, sheep
and hogs is reported in many m ar
keting centers. During one week ln
Hoover vs. Iko
Herbert Hoover, long-time Isola
late February 1.464,000 hogs were tionist, is secretly trying to line up
slaughtered by packers, compared delegates against Elsenhower In
with only 1,044,000 during the same New York and New Hampshire
week a year before. There has been By an Ironic twist of fate, Hoover
a sharp slaughter increase also in underwent exactly the same criti
sheep and lambs with storage at a cism as Taft now makes against
record high.
Elsenhower. When Hoover ran for
Beef stocks in storage were up President, he had never registered
17,000,000 pounds in January of this as a Republican . , . The growing
year, compared with the previony unpopularity of President Truman
in the southwest is sim ilar to that of
month.
Hoover In pre-Roosevelt days.
YOU can be the
woman of
the year
B E A U T IF U L BOO K M A KER . . , Bookies usually don’t come as nrcltv
Cltv PBuyt 7hek.er (r,8h‘ ) ° f i / 3“08 SU‘ Ph‘n nou,cvard. Jamaica, New Y o S
t
Say’ Pre“ y Peggy madc book
‘ he races and took
KieAA . p y / : ^
H O M E AG A IN . . . Lois Welland
has returned to her Pittsburgh
home after running away from her
scheduled m arriage on Valentine’s
day to Edward Welgner. " It j ugt
dawned on me
couldn’t marry
him, she explained.
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PRIPARI FOR NURSINO—
•ho moil needed profeuion for
women In a National Emergency
Talk Io the Director of Nunes
ot your local hoiplial, or apply
•o o collegiate Or hoipHal
School Of Nuribig.