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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
FRANK JENKINS ' ' . . , BIUi JENKINS '
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Br BILL JENKINS "
Mrs, Charles Thurman, who lives
out at 3307 HilyarU, called in yes
terday to say that there were some
28 or 30 starlings in their yard.
Mr. Thurman had spotted them
last Monday and they had spent
a couple of days going through all
their bird books trying to Identify
the birds before finally calling on
Jim O'Donahue. He put them right
on the question, and advised them
to go out and shoot the invaders,
If possible. -:. - .
I heartily second that motion.'
A scourge of starlings can be ns
had or worse than an Invasion of
locusts. When they corns; they de
scend In clouds, strip the country
clean as the proverbial hound's
tooth and then sit around in the
naked trees and pick their bills
while waiting for tthlngs to grow
again. .
A menace in Europe for genera
tions they wero only recently intro
duced Into the Eastern United
States. ' - -
Their gradual Infiltration of the
West is a matter to cause great
alarm. They should be put on the
bounty list. If necessary I Im
agine that we can get a few of the
businessmen and sportsmen around
tne Basin, us included, to offer a
smi.ll reward for starling carcass
es. ; ,
Oo out In your Russian olive
trees, Mrs. Thurman, and let !em
havo both barrels. ...
Tlie atudents of the Roseburg high
school are to be congratulated on
their recent March of Dimes Drive.
They raised a total of $4716, which
is an average of $3.85 per pupil.
A nice job all the way around.
The school challenged all other
schools in the state. Only Brock-
way accepted the challenge. They
raised 1827 for a $2.20 averagv.
Just goes to show what you can
do If you really put your mind to It.
CAUGHT IN THE ROUNDS
By DEB ADDISON
HERE aRU 10 FACTS which
should make 1064 a good business
year. The tacts, or tactors, were
given to the Newspaper Advertis
ing Executives Association In Chi
cago by Arthur (Red) Motley, pres
ident of "Parade," -the newspaper
magazine, supplements i - ,
The '.factors- are: ' f r; ; '
.1). The country has the highest
employment In history, '' 1 '
2) The country has the highest
national income in history.'
3) The country .has the highest
profits in history. '
4) -People have. the highest' dis
posable', income. ,i ",.
SKTJiij cuts' are' assured. .
. 6:we have accelerated the pace
at 'which hew ideas, new designs,
new products and new services
reach, the retailer, -
7) We have had a population
growth, that has confounded the
experts. . t - . . v
8) We have the broadest income
base in our history the widest
distribution. ; . -..
8) There are more liquid assets
In the hands of the people than
ever before. -
10) We have what the economists
call ''a rolling readjustment."
Philip E.'Oraham, publisher of
the Washington, -D. C.,:"Post," also
tounded an optimistic outlook ' for
business (and newspaper business)
in 1884 at the same meeting.
He said there are more people
in America, more Jobs, more mon
ey, more education, savings going
up, people eating better, more
leisure: and more learning.
Among the principal needs of the
nation, he said, is the fact that
our schools must be almost doubled
In the next JO years; highways
are antiquated and need rebuild
ing; housing needs are staggering;
plenty of city Improvements are
needed; our hospital system hasn't
kept pace with our growth as a
nation; and Industry, generally,
needs modernisation.
There has been considerable talk
recently about unemployment in
Oregon. Just how much of that is
Vaimchair unemployment" is a
matter of 'conjecture. '
There have been unemployment
benefits paid to former Herald and
News workers. One was "unem
ployed" because she could not work
nere while she ' was- having her
baby Another was a' boy who filled
In a few hours in the mailing room
to qualify.. . , , l '
We read of another ctise Where
the state 'unemployment compensa
tion commission was awarded
benefits to an engaged girl who
quit her hospital Job Just because
her Irregular hours did not give
ner as much time as she desired
to see' her fiance.
In ruling that the lass was en
titled to go on the coney so work
shouldn't interfere with her neck
ing, the commission wrote:
"Any young woman is ordinar
ily entitled to a reasonable oppor
tunity to be properly courted dur
ing the engagement period." i ;
That's the law and the Inter
pretation you've asked for folks.
so don't blame the young women.
But, that's getting away from
what we started to say that em
ploymentreal employment '
has taken a turn for the better
in Klamath county, even in Jan
uary. It looks very much better
indeed. . . ... r ... , - .
On business here, we have the
word.from one major Klamath re
tail firm that sales are nearly 20
per cent less than 'a year ago.
on tho other hand we have this
experience, Wednesday of this
week , a timely Item the right
merchandise at the ; . right price
at the right time in the right media
was offered for sale through a
small ad in this paper. At 1:00
o'clock Thursday the man said that
he had sold 122 units, not counting
those spoken for and not yet picked
up.
This advertiser apparently
hadn't had time to read the find
ings of the long-faced proghostlcat-ors.
BRUCE BIOSSAT
The majority recommendations
of the Randall Commission on for
eign cconomlo policy are liberal,
as they were expected to bei There
was no surprise, either, in the
conservative proposals of the com
mission minority.
Advocatcs.of greatly expanded for
eign trBde will be disappointed that
the majority's suggestions are not
more sweeping than they are. But
the commission, operatjng under
the able guidance of a top Indus,
trlallst, Clarence B. Randall, was
clearly concerned with drafting a
program that might have some
chance of passage.! . ... ;
Thus Its chief recommendation on
trade Is a three-year extension of
the now annually renewable Re
ciprocal Trade Act, which gives the
President wide discretionary power
in negotiating, tariff concessions
with other countries. . ' : , .
Within this frame,' the commlslon
advises successive tariff cuts up to
15 per cent: ' . ' V '
The existing "peril point" feature
would be maintained. Under this
provision of the law, the U.S.
Tariff Commission Informs the
President of the outside limit to
which a tariff may be .cut without
doing "serious injury' to American
Interests. ....
Also undisturbed would be '' the
"escape clause" which allows In
terested parties to protest tariff
rates In effect. On a finding of In
jury to a domestic Industry, the
Tariff Commission can recommend
higher duties to the President. He
can ignore the advice, but If he
does he, has to give Congress his
reasons. ; ,' ' . , .
These two Items rem'esent oast
victories of the "high tariff" forces
aud their retention measures the
caution with which . the Randall
Commission approached the Ques
tion of specific new trade proposals.
Nevertheless, the tone of tbe re
port Is encouraging to those who be
lieve that this country must stead
ily lower its trade barriers as a
contribution to-the'lasttng econom
io health of other friendly nations
which live by tradci
' If the Reciprocal Trade Act could
be renewed for .a three-year span
Instead of the .one year period,
time would be gained for more
exhaustive study of fresh Ideas in
the foreign trade field.
Furthermore, a, three-year . rer
newal would Introduce an unaccus
tomed note of stability Into our
foreign trade relations. Uncertain
ty Is always a bugaboo with cur
friends abroad! and they would be
happy to know they could count
on some basic arrangement for
moro than a year.
The Randall Commission wisely
submitted its report at an early
date to igive Congress ample time
to study the recommendations be
fore the usual summer expiration of
me reciprocal law. A responsible
Congress can have no excuse for
not giving this issue thorough at
tentlon. The proposals are modest
enough. Even with their liberal
bent, they ought to satisfy a body
of lawmakers which likes to de
clare that everybody in the world
should be sen-supporting.-
We'll be
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ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
The simple. ' straight , 'forward I
story of the Miller family crossing
the plains to Oregon is' a story
that many families in the Oregon
and California sections of the Pa
cific coast can duplicate. -Tales
of hardships intersperse amusing
incidents. 1 fears and . hopes . are
things that go to make a living dra'
matic story. Perhaps it is not as a
scientific historian would like to see
it written but it goes to Illustrate
that any family which laced the
long hard grind 01 the wilderness
has something of Interest to hand
down to those who pame after
them. Unfortunately, much is lost'
because it has never been record
ed and the world is poorer because
someone did not take the pains .to
write down the -story of the trail
through the wlldwood ana across
the plain. .
Some might think the incident of
Wagoner's daughter a bit of fan
cy, yet, wagoii trains were: wiped
out for incidents of even more min
or character. , The' pioneer held
much respect for the potential dan
ger they faced in passing through
much or the Indian country ana
made no move that would offend
the Indians, lest retaliation might
follow for an aliront. 1
1 vividly remember my mother's
mother telling- the story of. the
crossing of .the plains when she
was a young girl oi eigne, jsacn
night the train camped, the friend
ly (?) Indians would visit the
camp, and, -witn cnnaiike inquisi
tlveness, had to look at and handle
everything that'.: attracted their
fancy; often to the embarrassment
of the harassed -pioneer who dare
not move to protest. One evening
grandmother was in the family
wagon with the rest of the children
for tney were not- anowea 10 ue
around when the Indians were in
camp. An exploring rea uniuc
reaching under the canvas and ihe
little girl was quick to rise to the de
fense of: the youtiger children,
snatching up a laoie ioik a .
the hond have it. The cry of pain
nri the commotion that followed
was an incident she never forgot.
The party leaders wore soreiy wor
ried in fear of reprisal. Every able
man spent an anxious night with
his rifle ready al hand. Even be
fore dawn had broken or breakfast
started, the oxen were hitched to
the wogons ana tne nam wan uu
derway with anxious eyas con
stantly scanning, the horizon. Yes,
trains had been wiped out for In
cidents such as this, as well as
for. no incident at all,
Joaquin Miller's mention of the
wagon load of Connecticut clocks
which went over the cliff during
the tornado that struck them Just
before they reached the summit of
the Rocky Mountains is a queer
load for a plonoor school teacher
to have upon the Oregon Trail. Yet
the fact that papa Miller had the
load of clocks was one of the rea
sons he was upon the migration
to the Oregon Country.
Hnlinra Miller. Joaouin's "papa
was born In Cincinnati about 1812
and where he received his early
sohool training. As Joaquin phrases
it- "A good education for that
day and where he afterwards
became a merchant.", This gives
us a bit of understanding of Joa
quin's remark that papa's wonder
ment when he considered tho suc
cess of the Jewish boys from Alas
ka, "why he, too. could not have
been such a 'merchant.! "
Joaquin writes about papa, 'But
his singularly shy and sensitive
nature quite unfitted him for com
mercial Intercourse with his fel
lows, and giving this up, he re
tired to the Utile village or settle
ment called Liberty, Union Coun
ty, Indiana, and began life In the
Wilderness as ,a school teacher.
Heri he married. My mother's
name was Witt. But my quiet,
Quaker-like father did not seem
destined to prosper in this world's
ways, anywhere, or lu anything at
all. After vibrating between Cin
cinnati and the little village on the
Ohio and Indiana line for three or
four years, during which time I
and my two brothers were born,
he set out, with his wife and three
Infant children, to push his way
still farther Into the wilderness.
"He settled In a dense forest In
what was then called the Miami
Reserve, near the Mississippi Riv
er, Marion, Grant county, Indi
ana. Here alone, and with his own
hpnds quite unused' then to such
toll . he, with the help of my
mother, built a little log, cabin and
cleared off a little patch of ground.
Tim first reoollection of my life is
that of waking up suddenly one
hlght and looking, out of tbe little
open window at the burning brush
heaps, where my-parents, side by
side, were still toiling away while
the .world rested. And from that
time forth I search my memory In
vain for one day of rest from hard
manual toll for, these two patient
and uncomplaining people, outside
the Sabbath, which, of .course, was
always kept sacred. . . ." - - -:
"What happened to this little bit
bf land so hardly . won from the
wilderness is the story of the
clocks. Jonquln states. "Hardly had
it been paid for and a good foothold
established , when a clock peddler,
with -hls-'son, came along with-a
wagon load of clocks. This sort of
incipient Jim Fisk professed to fall
ill, and, being so very eager to get
rid of his clocks and return to Bos
ton', -persudaded my - sympathetic
and simple-hearted father to give
him: a mortgage and take the load
of clocks. And so it was the little
home was lost and we set out for
Oregon. But, being still poor, we
bad to stop a year or two In other
places and work for teams and
supplies before- venturing across
the Missouri."-'.,' '
The Doctor.Says
Telling The Editor
HAL BOYLE
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D.
S. P. writes: "A lot has been
said about too many white cells In
tne blood, but what about too many
red cells? Is this common?"
This is an interesting inquiry,
and brings up the subject of a dis
ease known as polycythemia: In
contrast to anemia In which there
are too few red cells, or too little
iron in the blood, polycythemia is
characterized J . by ' too - m a n y
red cells, often - twice as
many as normal. This Is not a
common condition.
The symptoms of polycythemia
vary considerably from person to
person. Headaches, dizziness, and
inability to work well are fairly
common. A brick-red flushing of
the face and hands Is often pres
ent. The disease cannot be diag
nosed from these symptoms alone,
but rather from counting the - red
blood cells under the microscope
mis is nob a newiy uiscoverea
disease. Many kinds of treatments
have been tried, the most com
mon one being, repeated removal
of blood from a vein. Such repeat
ed small bleedings do not, of
course, cure the condition but do
get rid of some of the extra blood
cells. Other treatments are the use
ot drugs aimed at destroying some
of the excessive red cells. In some
cases, this kind of treatment has
been quite successful., . , .
i In recent 'years phosphorus.'
which has been made radioactive,
has been used with considerable
success. Phosphorus Is one of the
elements, and like-many others, it
can be charged to give off radio-,
active rays. Because the phosphor
us loses this radioactivity' quite
rapidly, it is safer than some other
radioactive substances. -
When given to patients with poly
cythemia, the phosphorus- unites
with the red cells and destroys
some of them, thus bring the num
ber down toward normal. This
motliod of treatment for polycy
themia seems to be the best so far
developed. Polycythemia Is one. of
the first diseases for which bene
ficial results have been obtained as
a result of the discoveries In nu
clear physics and atomio research.
' CRAWFORD CHARGES
CHILOUIN On the ISth dav of
January, the Klamath General
Council approved au amendment
to a main motion to provide lor
absentee balloting on the election
to be held January 25. -
I have written to Congressman
Sam Coon and requested a Joint
Congressional investigation about
the manner In which the absen
tee ballots were handled. i '. .
There were iio absentee - ballots
sent to the enrollees -in the seven
towns, namely: Klamath - Falls.
Merrill, ' Malta, Bonanza, Bly,
uiaeview and: Dorris, California,
There are enrolled members liv
ing In each of these towns.'
To confirm the facts, I have a
memorandum, dated January n,
1UM. signed bv T. W. Sanders.
cblef clerk, f rom. which' I quote!
. "No absentee ballots were
mailed to eligible voting en
rollees within the Klamath Ba
; sin." - '
I am informed bv the Klamath
Agency that. 67 eligible voters live
In the Klamath Basin who did not
receive absentee ballots. The ab
sentee ballots that were mailed, left
the agency office on January 19;
IBM, I am , Informed by -. Mrs.
Banners, j ,
One absent member Mrs. Tom
Lang, who Is In Smith River, Call-
fornla, phoned her vote in on the
day of the election to the election
board because she had not received
an absentee ballot. The election
board refused to take the vote. The
chairman of the election board
was informed by an -office, clerk
that an absentee ballot had been
mailed to Mr. and Mrs. Lang on
the day of the election.
- According to the election board
and the agency ; off ice, the polls
would be officially closed at eight
o'clock and no absentee ballots
would be counted unless they were
in the agency office at that hour. In
spite, ot this decision by he office,
.ley mauea tne Langs1 nauots wnen
I hey knew they would not be
counted.
Mr. Sanders showed me nine ab
sentee ballots that came to the
agency January 20 and 27 and they
were not accepted and counted.
One Individual made up his own
ballot and sent' It In to me be
cause he had not received a ballot.
presented It to the board and
it was accepted. 1 . ' -
I do not want the public to think
am complaining because I was
not elected, but I want the public to
know that the - absentee-ballots
were not mailed out In time to be
returned to the agency and counted
with those voting In person on the
election- day, '.and absentee ballots
were not mailed to ..the voters in
the seven towns -I have mentioned.
rThls ' is an irregularity because
these people are entitled to an ab
senlee ballot.. , ' : . .
The situation that concerns lne
is about the bill now In Congress
to terminate federal supervision of
the Klamath Reservation. The peo
ple who did not receive an ab
sentee ballot are denied the right
to vote for a representative to
represent them and their families
on this Important piece of legisla
tion.. ... : ... ... .
Very truly yours.
::( ' ' ( Wade Crawford
J -,i NEW NAME; . . '
; MOUNDS VILLfi, W. Va. (A)
Residents Here have another name
for Camp Fair Chance,' the state
penitentiary's new honor camp
from which1 five prisoners have es
caped since It was opened Monaay,
They now call it "Freedom Vil
lage." i'- ,1 -' , ;- r '
NEW YORK' Ifl Never mind
whether cigarettes give you a
cough.
Science is already musing-over
such problems. Let's take up today
another tempestuous uisue In the
world of tobacco, which la:
If a man smokes a pipe is he
less -likely to rob a bank, strike
his wife, or saw his mother-in-law
in half?
The nation has an estimated 18
million regular or part-time pipe
smokers. Are they a more law
abiding class than other type
smokers? -
To eet the answer to this great
social question Morris L. Levinson,
president of the Kaywoodie .ripe
Co., polled 200 police chief.
We have tne results ai. nana, me
statistics like most statistics
We have tbe results at hand.
The statistics like most statistics
I seem to prove pretty much what
ever -you want to believe anyway.
To begin with, 131 police chleis
didn't reply at all. This proves
something we have thought all
along: You not only can't lind a
cop when you really want one.
you can't even attract his atten
tion through the mail.
Of the 69 police chiefs who did
respond to the poll, 22 ducked the
issue by saying they had no fig-'
ures on the smoking habits of their
local criminals. Just why not, they
didn't say.- But it would seem easy
enough for the police, in grilling
suspect, to slip in a leading
query, such as:
"We know you went to a pro
gressive school' as' a boy, Butch,
but what really led you to hijack
mat truck? . What were you smok
ing at the ' time pipe, cigarette
or cigar?. Come , dean now If
you know what's good for you."
The remaining 47 police chiefs
more or less bore out Levlnson's
hopeful faith that pipe smokers
make, good -family men, rarely
oause the cops trouble, and seldom
kick small dogs around. ,
A lew- comments:
The prefect of police In Paris.
France, regretted he had no sta-
stical data but admitted he
smoked a n oe himself.
' "John McGraw of the New York
Giants put thumbs down on ball.
players that smoked a pipe be
cause they were the 'peaceful'
type," wrote Chief of Detectives
ueorge Lotquist of Sacramento,
Calif. . "McGraw ' claimed they
lacked that fighting spirit and I
believe he was right to a large
extent." - :
"Older men are pipe smokers,
and crime -reports reveal that the
youngers age groups predominate
in crime," said Chief Roy. D. Kerr
of Tacoma, wash.
"I do not smoke at all myself,
said' police officer L.- M.- Hilton
of Ogden, Utah,, but acknow, lodged
pipe smoxers commntea lew nomt
cldes In his area. . 1 . '
"We have had dealings with
thousands of criminals here, and
I cannot - recall one of the 'big
lime', criminals smoning a pipe,
commented- Chief O.A. Booke of
Meridian, Miss. "On the contrary,
they chain - smoked cigarettes.
many of them taking only a couple
puffs before stubbing it out and
lighting another."
"ripe smokers seem to have less
nervous tension," wrote Police
Supt, Leo Kuddy ot Scranton, Pa,
'It would appear pipe smokers
come from the more stable social
group,", observed Chief s. G. Hau
ckedahl of Kenosha, Wis.
Pit. smokers are generally
older, more settled persons than
are the cigarette smokers, and it
naturally follows that the cigarette
smokers will be more numerous
among the law violators," , said
Ohief Ray Bankenship of North
Little Rock, Ark.
Frankly, It sre:ns to us this poll
raises more questions than It an
swers. ,
What shane of pipe and wnat
brand of tobacco will make pipe
smokers even more wvaoie cm-
zenst
Would n oe smoking oy wives
make tbem more peaceful in the
home?
Does the country really need a
good five-cent cigar, or would It
Just create new worries for the
police? : - - - i .'
Who commits me most crimes
the regular cigarette smoker, the
filtered cigarette smoker, or me
guy who likes 'em king size? Will
police chiefs appear on television
saying, "Why don't you smoke my
brand you don't see' me being
arrested, do you?"
Yes, and how about snuff? a lot
of people take snuff secretly,' and
who knows what else they may be
up to?
. - - ANSWER , '
Indian plea, written, by. Glen S.
-Lonei. January issue of your pa
per, practically cunea my toes, i
too am a member of the Klamath
tribe and I can assure you there
are many who do not share that
opinion or nave tne same aversion
to assuming our share of the bur
den' of taxation, were - but the
shackles removed.
- Supposing some of us do fall
flat on-our faces, at least we've
tried, and who hasn't learned
through trial and error.
A good (example of the crlppl
Ing effect the reservation has on
our people csn be Judged by that
article. .There is evidence of a re
duced, desire or requirement ' to
think.4 Glen is a young1 man pos
sibly in his mid twenties. In these
troubled and dangerous times peo
ple In all walks of life are con
tributing ot labor and earnings un
til It hurts. Yet Glen sees no bene
fit In paying taxes. After all these
Vet's
Mailbag
Sam Daw$
NEW YORK If, LnT
who's iisph i iot
7 " u"ig irouoJ
corner to the unali low.
when nm,Mri . a
it a little tighter wr,?
this year and snn- ..r
questions.
And the finance comn..
turn, may find fewer M
?a-8.er borrow toJ
elusions' dwn from"' M
the 1,000 memh."l."..H
Consumer Finaac'.
year bnL H
It .screening.'! Paul
organization, predicts.
Screening n,m t .-
Mut . ".,c :a.e h
and the amount u HA
anT tS. - -?
debt payments ahead,
family budnet. an ,.'.
side will be hesitancy toYl
new riehl. h...... P "I
we ,i
years 'of the reservation, when a
young man wears blinders to the
danger surrounding him off the
reservation, something is drastical
ly wrong. We have not been pre
pared to take our rightful place In
this great country, of ours. We
have been cruelly short-changed,
then It is time- for a change and
should be welcomed and demand-,
ed. , -
: I see absolutely nothing wrong
with having to go to work or learn
ing to cope -with the white man in
business and etc. In fact I think
that would be exactly what is re
quired for. It? salvation of so many
wasted young lives on the reser
vation and the competition encoun
tered would stimulate a desire
for an education. - - -
' i As for the freedom, those of us
with land even purchased proper
ly, do not have the freedom of
choice, but must lease through and
only witn tne approval or the agen
cy office. -
With due apology to the' parents
of service men who have gone
through the horrors of war. To the
service men and the over burdened
tax payer, who may have read the
article,' judge us not too harshly.
We're shackled and blunderlni.
but eventually we hope to find our
place and contribute as Americans
to Justuy our existence.
, Inei Hunter ', '
Realty
Veterans Administration, in co
operation with the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, reminds veterans
and their dependents that time. for
filine income tax returns h at
hand. Deadline for filing 1953 tax
returns on an annual basis- Inter
nal Revenue reminds, Is March IS,
1854.
VA has received a ruling from
Internal Revenue that the follow
ing payments made by VA to vet
erans and their dependents for ben-
cuts administered by VA are tax
free and need not: be reported In
computing Income tax: :
Dividends on GI insurance .poli
cies; Subsistence payments and train
ing allowances Jor World War II
and post-Korean veterans training
In schools, on farms and on-the-job;
. '
Subsistence payments to disabled
veterans framing under Public
Law ' 16; i '.
Gratuity payments by VA applied
on veterans' GI loans (4 per cent
of guaranteed portion of loan) (pay
ments ceasea on ail loan commit
ments made after August 31);
Disability compensation and
pensions, both service-connected
and non-service-connected; grants
to seriously disabled veterans for'
special homes; World. War I emer
gency officers retirement pay; and
All death benefits paid by VA,
consisting of compensation, pension
and GI insurance to families of
deceased veterans.
The six-month death gratuity"
paid by the Armed Forces to ben
eficiaries of servicemen who lost
their lives In service, Internal Rev
enue said, Is not taxable and need
not be reported as income.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Q. I have a permanent National
Service Life Insurance policy.
Would it be possible for me to
change it to a term policy?
A. No. Permanent plan policies
may not be exchanged by term
policies, under the law. However,
NSLI term policies may be con
verted to permanent plans. ,.
Beer Subs For
Coffee When
Prices Soar
PHILADELPHIA llTh '..!'.
of coffee is getting so high, report-
nuiei r-enn-snerwood yesterday,
inai me management Is offering
,.......all-i,mue ueer- as a subsii
mie mi. me same price) on its
melius.
xue noiei sain thAL eulnmnv a.
u.cuwasi, lunch or dinner can
order a glass of beer as the hv.
erage or, If they still prefer, get
"But we're trvlne to Hum,,
uruimng, - a hotel snnlces.
man said, pointing to this bit nf
verse now on all menus: .
mere is an awful lm. nf rf.
in Arazu, .
100 mllcho centnvntt lat
keepMt If they will. - - .
ijike your pa and arandmn unci
your mother dear
For health and atrpmrth rfrinb-
njiicucan oeer .
With vour mpnl. Mnnt iu-
foam
And auaff the hru that'.
. . H.a. o mauc
i, . iiume. t
LONG WALK
PHILADELPHIA upi T?n,.;,...
old Leroy Eckbold Jr. decided this
day , nursery business wasn't for
mm so ne put on his galoshes and
ouuw sun ana started for hnm.
The sobbing, shivering mil. h
was found by a motorist yesterday
eight miles from the day nursery
half the distance to his home in
nearby Bristol. He was trudging up
. Mtiuuie oi neavuy-traveied U.S.
l. wagging his leggings behind
nun. ...
new debts because of the ll
overtime nnn, . we 1
, "When business
good, so is ours'
president says in ansii"
; "But a softeninif nf n.
economy causes the cook?
vbhuuum; ana gt ,
price decreases before -.tain
to buy.',!- . , , ;
V The: -majority of the smic
executives .. polled believT
everv that after a dowmni
Quarter: this year, a
vw-.(..uuo u around.
! Even if times rot ,'
folk, the number of those J
mi uieir -payments on
the executives feel nmi. .
1953 the-comnftnies !nt
three billion dollars to .roJ
came; ts only 1.2 per cent
to.tal.'-.-i . :
:-"The. American public
cases out of 100 is thord
honest in Its finanr.ii .i3
Selby says approvingly. "TiJ
ture is about the
year whether times are gi
PROTECT
YOUR HEALTH
De you and the members' of
your fatally cheek with your
denlst twice a year?
Carter's Collection Agency
P. O. BOX 144
411 Main Phone (111
Commuter
I IHA CAuiIi.
LIIIC Jll liifc
Threatened
NEW YORK UPI Feoml
lators . worked against the
today to avert a threatened
on . the Long Island Railroad
worm s ousiest commuter Irn
300,000. dally fares.
The independent BrotherhJ
Railway. Trainmen has caM
walkout at 4 a.m. (ESI
morrow 'If there is no agitJ
on wages, hours and other!
The railroad has said it Woul
try to operate if the strike
into eilect. , . '
Federal mediators set net
for today after meeting firs
one siae and then with tie
over a six and a half hour
last night.
The talks were to start 1
EST,
Mediator Leverett Edward!
flew here yesterday from CI
to - help fellow conciliator Rq
Forman, said that "The sill
looks explosive."
However. Edwards reported
tative agreement on several
Items in last night's meeti
which the mediators subrl
proposals and then asked Uj
sides to think them over
the night.
Remaining unsettled vl
key issues, of wages and
with the union asking a :
48 hour work week, time anl
pay for overtime ana ..ai
holidays a year. 1
iiie iHiiiuou iruiti"i wr -J
and other operating ' pent
whose: pay averages abwtl
an hour, now. have what tbet
a seven-day work week, nwj
a day, straight pay for ot
and no paid holidays. M
William Wyer,' trustee.' el
bankrupt line, says uie moj
get a guaranteed mommy i
fnr -hetnir available for wort
days a week even if lne?.11.
called for work. ' . . r
The trustee, who says tte
year, has appealed' to ?4
Elsenhower to appoint
gency fact-finding board B
to postpone the strike da
DAIRYMEN! GET..;
- OFFICES OF'- '
Neil Black, M.D.;
moved to new location at ,
303 Pine Street on February 1 1
Some Telephone, 5564
; - 1 OFFICES OF
John D. Merryman. M.D. '
,. Moved to new location at
"'-"' 303 Pine Street on February 1
Same Telephone, 4410
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