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Show P The Dragerton Tribune, Dragerton, Utah 2 . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952 THE READER'S DATE BOOK wffraiirtr Numerous Special Occasions Scheduled for April and May O According to experts in Washington, business in 1952 on Main Streets of the nation will be not abnormal profits wrhich have been made during past few years but more like pre-w- ar normal. Reasons for this line of thought . is continued prosperity with plenty of Jobs and -. Office of Buslnes s Ec onomgood ove al lincome ics of Commerce department says personalTAncome in good--proba- bly During early spring the months of April and May there will be numerous special days and weeks. Many of them will be promotions of benefit to the communitys merchants. Qthers will propiote noise abatement, religion and religious holidays, recreation, music, sports, and others of general interest to the home town community. As a roundup of thiT nextmohthsr home towners can look for many of J. the following: Month in home towns in every tional Noise Abatement Week. The week was highlighted by a hation-wid- e campaign to reduce unnecessary din in factories, streets, homes and offices. millions, old and young, men, women, and children, The idea of fishing as a sport to be sponsored on the local level is finding increasing popularity, because it fosters health and productive activity linked with enjoyment. And it is finding . increasing popularity as a means of bringing parents and children together In an atmosphere of clean, uninhibited fun In many communities local clvlo and service clubs have sponsored May as Lets Go Fishing Month for children as one of the ways to curb JuveU delinquency. r-- sec- tion of the country. In late : April In April last year the. National merchants put out their rods and Noise Abatement Council sponsored reel, lines and lures which Ameriilts 12th annual observance of Na- cans can not resist. Fishing attracts Many communi- ties, especially the larger ones, have anti-nois- e ordinances and year round campaigns for noise abatement. 'Here Is an opportunity to launch a noise abatement promotion in the home town. The National Noise Abatement Councils address is 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y. r In Washington. D.C., marine P.F.C. Alary Kennedy O Wages and salary receipts models the bulletproof vest that Is 1951 were $166 compared to $143 saving lives in Korea. The vest, in 1950 and private industry weighing about .eight pounds, drapes over a mans shoulders, payrolls increased from $123J front and back. in 1950 to $140 in 1951. for Scheduled May Promotion 4-1- 1, billion billions These were brought about both by higher wage rates and increased employment. O Labor Bureau statistics show average primary market prices declined 0.3 per cent over week ending February 12, second consecutive week Largest commodity declines were in grains, livestock, fresh fruits, meats, some hides and skins, print cloth, burlap and linseed oil. Advances were reported in onions, motor vehicle and most of edible fats and oils. O Insofar as congress is concerned, controls picture likely will remain about as is. Congress likely will extend Defense Production Act and manufacturers will continue, to reap benefit of Capehart amendment which permits them to add higher costs to production. Price and wage decline. 1 Since 1924 when the first synobservance of National chronized Another of the promotions the home towners can look forward to Is Music Week was held, this project World Health Day, held April 7 last to stimulate musical interest and year, and sponsored by the World progress has made its way into more than 4,000 communities ,11. (Health Organization. over the country. In the large maThe objective of the organization and the observance is to stress the jority of these, it has become an obvious health and the attainment annual event, to which people look of all peoples of the highest possi- forward eagerly, and which has a year-roun- d influence for good. The ble level of health. Seventy-fiv- e 29th annual observance, to be held countries belong to the organization is expected to top all which was founded Jeptember 1, May records. 1948. It operates as the directing and previous It Is effective use of the occoordinating authority on all Intercasion in the home community national health work. which counts during National Music Week. Its aim Is to spread more widely the enjoyHome Demonstration ment of music and activity in Week Early Spring Event its making. Home town schools, P.T.As. One of the widest observed weeks in early spring every year is Home churches, music clubs anc womens Week. Last year clubs will find Music Week the ideal Demonstration time to plan activities for local jsome 50,000 communities held pro- musical talent and telling the story grams highlighting the role of the of pleasure through murc. ;home In preserving American Ideals, supporting defense programs jon the home front, and sharing their Mother's Day Is and leaderjhomemaking know-howith other home-make- Sunday, May 11 ship experience that all American homes Millions of Americans in every be stronger. ,may section of the country, millions of Homemakers clubs are sponsored men, women and children, will give by the Extension Service of the expressions of love and honor to United States Department of mother on hey day, Sunday, May There are about 57,500 clubs 11th. . which hold regular meetings to Of all the national celebrag 'study and to acquire skill In tions, Mothers Day is the one United the in States, that reaches deep into the hearts today of all Americans. It was made Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, official by the 63rd congress in billion billion National Music Week World Health Day Is World-Wid- e NEW VEST . . December was at annual rate of $257 billion, 1951 slightly above November, and full year of as compersonal income amounted to $251 billions pared to $225 billion in 1950. THE OLD ALAN ... In Detroit, so-cal- led sinister dealer in narcotics and kingpin of U.S. heroin racket, Guiseppe Catalanotte, 51, known as controls will remain in picture, including and the Old Cockeyed Joe Alan, was arrested by federal off- control. icials and Detroit police narcotic agents recently after a long bunt PAINT, VARNISH, LACQUER SALES INCREASE for the ringleader. O Sale of varnish, lacquer and for 1951 was paint, $1,181,009,281 as compared to rent filler $1,-127,757- ,273 in 1950 according to Commerce department. Production of synthetic fabrics continues to replace cottons and silks with 425 million linear yards of broad woven rayon produced in fourth quarter of 1952, plus 43 million linear yards of 100 per cent nylon fabrics, highest quarterly production ever reported. Production ! : of woolen and worsted fabrics for fourth quarter was 90 w rs million linear yards, 6 over third quarter. per cent increase Prepared by the Washington Bareaa of WNU Features. Agri-cultur- e. IQUESTIONIBOX home-'makin- Rural Life Sunday Is Scheduled for May 18 ! Rural Life Sunday Is observed annually on the fifth Sunday after Easter to emphasize the meaning of Christianity in rural) life. The event is closely linked with Rogation Days, celebrated for centuries in the Christian Church. Rogation Days were observed first by St. Mamertus, Bishop of Vienna, in Gaul, sometime prior to A.D. 475. It is. far more ancient, however. In the earliest days of Egypt, the ceremony of blessing the land and the seed at the time of planting was widely observed. The first official observance by American churches was In 1929. It is the day of Invoking Gods blessing npon the seed, the sower and the soil. Rural Life Sunday is an opportunity for rural and home town churches to exchange services and so promote rural-hom-e town undei standing. May Is Designated Let's Go Fishing Month a May is known as Lets Go Fishing 1914. What Mothers Day can mean to the home town is just what the home town wishes to make it. But it is the one national observance every home town will Want to plan fof and cele- brate. Children's Day Is Growing Promotion In the months ahead, probably June, the home towner can look for a national promotion called Childrens Day which is fast growing in popularity. Last year the day was observed on June 9. The day receives special promotion efforts from department stores, toy stores,-i- nf ants, and children's specialty shops and gift shops, and chain and drugs stores. ' The day is a fitting occasion for civic and community gatherings to call attention to the ' basic educational, health, recreational and welfare needs of children and to discuss better ways of meeting these needs on a community leveL Also, it is ah appropriate opportunity for parents and those others who love children to evidence their love in tangible ways. (Selmii b j WNU Features.) (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military GENERAL Brig. Gen. service to: Walter Sbead, Armed ServFrank Howley, former military governor and U.S. commandant in ices Question Box, 1057 National Press Berlin, has been appointed vice Building, Washington 4, D.C. Answers chancellor for university develop- will be given in this column.) ment at New York University. Be was graduated from NYU in 1925. Q. t am in the process of buying a bouse under a Gl borne loan. However, I have lost my original discharge papers which Vm supposed to present to the lender. Wbat should I do? A.G.H., Hardin, Kentucky. A You should apply for a certificate in lieu of your discharge papers from the branch of service from which you were discharged. Q. I am a World War 11 veteran, entitled to a pension because I lost my sight. Do I have to show actual need for the aid and at- tendance of another person in order to qualify for the increased rate of 1 100 a month authorized by a recent law? JM.ON Joplin, NAA1ED . . . FACES TRAIL . . . In Poitiers, Alarie Besnard, 56, a whose trial in the arsenic widow, 11 of deaths acquaintances and members of her family comes up soon, is pictured after a preliminary trial In which she was found guilty of forgery 'of some family France,- - papers. maining. Will I be allowed to take the summer vacation off and resume next fall, or must I stay in training all year round so as not to lose out under VAs post date regulations? T.TJL, Billings, Mont. A. If it is the practice at your school to have a summer vacation for all students that want it, you may take that vacation and resume your studies in the fall The regulations require you to remain in continuous training except for interruptions, such as the summer vacation, that would apply to all students veterans and alike. Is it true that veterans takQ. ing training under the Gl bill must file a report of their earnings? A.S.P., Dalton, Georgia., A Yes. Actually reports of earnings for 1951 should have been filed with VA not later than March 1, 1952 by all veterans taking Gl bill institutional training on farms. FailMo. ure to submit such a report may reA. No. Blinded veterans are not sult in discontinuance of Gl subsistrequired to show need tor aid in ence payments until such time as getting about in connection with the reports reach VA This year," in add!-- : recent pension increase. Merely tion, farm trainees must send in make your application without any second report a certification as to the period of time they may have qualifying statements. school been engaged in employment outunQ." I am attending side the farming activity. der the Gl bill and have about two more years of entitlement re (Released by WNU Featares.) cut-o-ff non-vetera- on-tbe-fa- ns |