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Show Spring Athletic Program Under Way With their Purple & Gold basketball togs tucked away in the The International Scene moth balls until next year, Par-- RALPH LUBECK son athletes focused their attention on track and field activities. The events of the past two at a this writing, weeks have been conclusive eviHowever, heavy snowfall has contradicted dence to the western democrathe calendar and made skis more cies that we can no more do busappropriate footwear than track iness with Stalin than we could shoes. As soon as this tardy with Hitler. The Communists blast of winter departs, Parson fifth column which took over thin-cla- d tracksters will resume Czechoslovakia was, however, training for several big meets much more subtle and effective next month. than any subversive force we In an interview with Coach have seen to date. The CommunAtkinson it was ist party of Czechoslovakia yesterday, learned that Westminster will forced the resignation of the coparticipate in as many as three alition government by threatening to call a general strike of labig contests. The Hurricane relays will be bor unions. These unions were by Marxists long ago. presented April 10, the BYU re- infiltrated On the the Communsts lays are slated to hold forth on made theirdaybid for power, labor April 23 and 24, with the Intermountain College conference union members appeared in event tentatively set for the first Prague uniformed and fully week in May at Cedar City. Of armed some two hundred thouthese events the Y relays at sand of them. When troops were Provo are probably the oldest needed to restore order these armed men were there to restore and most extensive. on a new Communist basis. it The trophy case in the busithe Soviet Union had . ness office displays several tro- phies and certificates emblematic of Westminster victories at previous Y relays. By the end of this year it would look fine to see that case a little more crowded. Westminsters track squad is composed of Fred Benton, Harry Scarborough, Dick Morgan, Paul Dorius, Barry Wright, Keith and Bennion, Paul Cotro-Man- es Howard Richardson. Benton and Bennion will ter the en- and dashes, ably backed up by our athletic manager turned sprints. Two er Paul Murray chaps, Barry Wright and Dick Morgan will vie for honors in the long distance runs. Lanky Harry Scarborough will try his hand at the shot put, with Paul Dorius doing the hurdles. Howard Richardson will compete in the tennis matches if he can find a capable partner. These men have been in training now for about a month and by late April they should be conditioned for the oldest of athletic events the track meet. We extend to them a hearty Bon 100, 220 440-ya- rd Cotro-Mane- racket-swingi- ng Thus, accomplished a virtually bloodless conquest in the heart of Europe. Those who opposed the new regime soon saw how wrong they were. They were so sdrry for their mistakes that they committed suicide or so the Russian version goes. Today the Russian government is exerting pressure upon Finland, hoping to force that country into a mutual assistance pact. For Finland the pact would mean the beginning of complete Russian domination the moment the pact is signed. What does this portend for us? President Truman has made the administrations future policy clear. He has asked for the passage of universal military training and the reactivation of selective service. If one may presume to gather the implication of the Presidents message it would be this: The absolute dividing line between Russian and U. S. interests in Europe has been reached. Further Russian penetration (direct or indirect) will be opposed by American I Meyer Reno is where the cream of society goes through the I j Appliance Co. Wonder what will drop first Prices or the customers? When a girl is sixteen, shes When shes twenty-five, she wrinkles. When shes she has gray hair. When thirty, j 11th East and I j 17th South j good-lookin- g. shes thirty-fiv- e, she turns blonde and starts all over again. Phone I According to the Constitution . of the Student Body, the annual elections must be held some time between April 15 and May 15 of each year. It is expected that campaign- ing for the favorite candidate will begin in earnest after the Spring Vacation ends. The student Council has yet to announce its list of candidates for the Student Government posts. When it does, the elections will swing into their final phase. This official list may be added to by members of the student body in the manner described in the Constitution. arms if necessary. In addition, the European Recovery Program recently passed by the senate to further implement the U. S. desire of aiding western Europe to economic recovery, will be ried out. We are not carryng the bur- military assistance adviser, Doelle, the three teams of W.A.A. pact which binds the five nations together and pledges the assistance of all if any of the con- 7-42- 38 j 1 thj basketba' finished the If sponsored tournament game of the series recently. Er team played the others tw; making a total of six gan Nancy Ewings team took ' . Pittmans sec place, Hazel and Dorothy Flemings third. New an girls ba minton tournament is underwa( An interesting round of double' and singles games are bedn all-scho- ol . played on Tuesdays at 4 oclock. Soon we should be having a hint of spring in the air and the girls are getting busy on plans for the big The shindigf to be held in Spring Formal May ,and sponsored by West- minsters Girls. Dorothy Ebenstein Have you heard that Lassie, of movie fame, has fallen in love? It was love at first bite. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, President Trumans personal physician, admitted he made a profit in grain. Could be the reason for the rise in Graham Bread! tracting parties are attacked. The line between Soviet total- itarianism and Western democracy has been clearly defined. If Italy should fall to the Communists in the April elections it Professional Cleaners will be (according to prognosticators') a test of our determina- tion to stop the Russians from further aggrandizement. Mrs. car- den of European freedom alone. Another barrier to Soviet expansion was erected last week. The Netherlands, Luxembourg), The Benelux powers (Belgium, Great Britain and France) signed a fifty-ye- ar mutual economic and their Under The Russians will not provoke us into war by armed seizure of Italy, but will attempt to make a repeat performance of the Czechoslovakia coup. This is the new type of aggression. We must recognize it as such, and treat it accordingly. We cannot wait until Europe has been overrun again before we act to save If It Looks Like We Did 1649 SO.- - New, It 11th EAST Paramounts Milk Depot Radio and A bigamist, says Noro Morales, is a guy whos leading a w. A. A. Elections Near DAIRY RODUCTS ICE CREAM MALTS FOUNTAIN DRINKS WESMINSTER SPECIALS Paramount 17th South, lltli East |