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Show S. Cooling to Chiang Russians Agree to Dlockade Talks; U. Kai-she- k; State socialism was the goal seen by the National Association of Real .Fstate Boards for the promoter public housing A pamphlet Truman Wary on Deflation Prospect Red Mayor With (takes terrifically high and the Communists having him beat showing, Chinas Chiang fingered the pasteboards for a look at his hole card In a quick double-takKai-she- k e, he looked again. Was it gone, had it dwindled to a deuce? That's the way poker players might have described the tense sit- uation which faced beleaguered China and her generalissimo. The United States, Chinas only and ally, appeared waning in ardor for the generalissimos leadership. No less an authoritative U S. foreign-policspokesman than Senator Tom Connaly (D , Tex ), who will head the senate foreign relations committee in the 81st congress, had spoken. PUTTING IT BLUNTLY, Senator Connally had said, in effect, that k China generally, and Chiang especially, should have done more to help themselves in the batCommunist tle against Chinese forces before pressing an llth-hou- r appeal for more American aid. The senator emphasized his viewHe stated that the visit of pointto the Madame Chiang United States was not by invitation of the United States government." He made it clear that Madame Chiang was just a protagonist of the Chinese government " WOE PILED UPON WOE for the Chinese. Coincident with Senator Connelly's statement, press services carried the following dispatch from New Orleans: "William Martin, president of the U. S. Export-Impobank, said the bank would not even consider a loan now to Nationalist China He said the Export Import bank does not have on hand ss much money as China probably will want and that China is a poor business Kai-she- k p7 German Communists named Frits Ebert, son of the late President Friedrich Ebert of the Weimar republic, as mayor of Berlin at a frenetic outdoor rally before Berlin university. The rump eity assembly, attended only by Communists, voted for the Immediate resignation of the acting mayor, Ferdinand Frledensburg. of the air lift supplying the city, and does not relieve us of any threats of conflict He insisted on Joint control of any currency distributed in Berlin The United States, France and Britain gave approval in principle to the Bramuglia proposal Bramuglia stated he hoped for immediate formal acceptance by the three western powers and saw a possibility for the new mediation effort eomfriittee charged a clever propaganda earn paign about housing has been developed by a coalition of planners," socialists and radicals The objective of this powerful coalition is simple, the pamphlet state socialism with all continued, its dangerous implications Control of housing is their first and logical step THE PAMPHLET, entitled The world owes me a living, appeared to be an attack on public housing features of the Taft Ellender-Wag-ne- r bill President Truman is committed to ask congress in January to revive and enact this measure. The bill failed to pass in the 80th e congress It would lay down a housing program, including incentives for private industry, and federal Subsidies for construction of 500,000 units of low rent housing The real estate group pointed out that many people think meat costs too much Yet few of them, the pamphlet added, would propose that the government go irto the meat business of the YET, ALL OBSERVFRS situation were agreed that no answer would be forthcoming to the continuing end aggravating national housing shortage until more rental units were constructed. ' n Embattled China policy-maker- tbe.te Nanking. While the garrison was deliberating Its next move, latest battle-fron- t dispatches said the govern- ment's 12th army group, totaling about 140,000 men, was encircled by Communists 67 miles south of Suchow and 145 miles northwest of Nanking Little defense remained on the route to Nanking. BERLIN: Blockade Talks Set -- Juan ONE TOP LEVEL A Bramuglia, Argentine foreign minister, announced that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vlshlnsky had agreed to the plan at a meet.ng with him It called for the naming of a neutral" commission of currency experts. BASIS for the resurgence of hope that the issue cotild be amicably resolved wes a statement by.U. S, Senator Connally that he believed the Russian land blockade of Berlin would be lifted soon Senator Connally told a news conference that there is bound to be a way out of the deadlock over Berlin He said the argument over the circulation of Russian currency tn Berlin does not Justify the cost fiscal official declared, inflationary pressures the deflationary still outweigh forces. But they arent as great as they were a few months ago Inflationary pressures have subsided somewhat in ' recent weeks but many government economists have adopted a wait and see policy They want to know, first much President Truman for cold war Bpending The cost of living Hope for an early end to the Berlin blockade flared upward. Russia had accepted a new formula by the neutral nations of the U N. Security Council for mediating the Big Four deadlock on the German capital issue will how ask is one of the important economic barometers indicating at least a temporary slackening of inflationary pressures As measured by the buieau of labor costs dropped statistics, living slightly between mid October and mid November for the flrt time in And department seven months store sales have been below their levels usual However, economists point out that heavy spending for the armed services could quickly cnange the picture Thev expect President Truman s 15 billion dollar ceiling on defense spending to be boosted, and military .aid ter Cluna, and tendleas arms for western European governments. they add. could swell the cost of foreign aid KIND OF SPENDING economists point out. puts more money in circulation and reinforces inflationary pressures by bidd ng up the price of labor and scarce THAT material. The Cross Triumphant Church Operates Underground in Russia Millions of Christiana are worshipping God tn Russia despite Soviet opposition The Rev Kurz Szkaila. who recently visited Moscow in disguise said that during his travels through Russia he discovered that Christians of all faiths, opposed to what he called the Moscow orthodox church, have formed a cave -- bnrch Duces youngest son, Romano Mussolini, probly will elope with H Gioconda Mancuso of Forio dIschia Queen Alexandrine of Denmark is ailing . . Sir Ivor Thomas and Lady Thomas have phffft in London Its a boy for the Count and Countess of Ca.thness . . . J P Kennedy isnt really trying to get HjalmarSchacht (Hitlers boy) over here as his eco. . Hotel rates nomic adviser? along Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, have skyrocketed for the inaugural parade From $75 to $250 if the windows face the avenue . Jessie Royce Landis, the top flight actress, is carrying a terrible scorch . . . They say Dist Atty Hogan is being fattened up (by the Dewey hierachy) to step into Mayor ODwyers florsheims as a Fusion cand.date Hea a Democrat now, as who aint? . . . Headline Dewey to Raise State Income Taxes . . . Had enough? . . . ... They are active, he said in the western part of the Soviet union, particularly along the Don and the Dnieper rivers He said the un der ground church has millions of followers, but he docs not believe the time ripe to reveal details con cermng the movement Its leaders, he said, are being vigorously prosecuted bv Soviet silt1 ' Christmas ushers In s season of gladness and merrymaking that marked in most Slavic countries by the gay and spirited performance of traditional folk dances. Among the most colorful is the fast and furious sword dance of Ukrainian Cossacks which is portrayed here by the dancing group of St. Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox church of Chicago. Is Map shows how U. S. marine reinforcements from Guam (lower right! were moved lo Tsingtao (1), American evacuation center. Safe conduct for evacuating Americans was considered Imperative as the desperate battle for Suchow between Chinese Reds and Chinese Nationalists went into its (Inal phase. Suchow (2) is the hot spot of China. WARNING: Doctors Must Offer Christmas Holly Makes Tasty Tea Holly is useful tor something besides Christmas wreaths Yaupon, a shrub which grows profusely in ' certain sections of North Carolina, can be brewed into tea and is actually on the menu of one Caro- lmian hotel, of Its an old story to the region. They've been drinking Yaupon tea for centuries and swear that it has all kinds of good qualold-tim- ities. The Indians before them used it, and John Lawson, an early historian, said the shrub was so highly valued that it was carried into the inland where it fetched fabulous price from Indian tribes Actually, Yaupon is an American holly, but Is closely akin to Mate, the drink to popular in South America. Both drinks are prepared much the same way. The leaves are cured with hot stones in a barrel and then chopped up, twigs included, and dried out in an oven. Leaves and twigs are then steeped in hot water and syrup, orange Juice, lemon Juice and cinnamon are added a at throwing So Christmas, Instead of away that dried up wTeatb, try brewing it up Into a pot of tea. Serbians Glorify Abundant Harvest The Serbian strews his table with hay or straw at Christmas time and he is likely to eat roasted suckling pig for Christmas dinner Weather permitting, a fire is built outdoors on Christmas morning and the pig roasted over it on a spit. The Serbians, as well as the Christmas Trees Universal Symbol The Christmas tree is almost a universal symboL It Is common in many countries and its decorations mirror the cultural traditions and customs of the world. The Japanese, who adopted American have also baseball, adopted the Christmas tree. They have given it an oriental appearance by decorating its branches with Japanese dolls, woodcuts, small tangerines and rice cookies called sembei that hold paper slips In Germany, where the Christmas tree originated, chains and baskets made by hand from ordinary newspapers when nothing else Is available are hung on the tree. Candles have been used for illumination ever since the time of Martin Luther, when the custom of decorating trees at Christmas first began. The French Christmas tree is loaded with gbttering ornaments and sugar-ball- s hang from its branches. In Italy, the crib is the traditional symbol of Christmas and is carefully arranged beneath every Italian tree. This custom dates baek to 1223 when St. Francis of Assisi arranged the first crib at Grecio, Italy, using a simple manger wnth a doll to represent the Christ Child and adding live animals for real- burning brightly, a neighbor, chosbeforehand for the ceremony, enters the house to bring Christmas blessings. He pours a little wine on the log and places a com on it, a symbol of prosperity for the coming year. Biblical Stables Prevented by simplifying your gift list. Its probably a fact that a good many of your friends enjoy cigarette or You can easily pipe smoking. please these friends by ordering several cartons of mild, mellow g Camels and pound tins of Prince Albert from a local dealer. Both tnese popular gifts come in gay holiday dress. No other gift wrapping is necessary. There s even space for your personal greeting. Save time and energy this Christmas season by giving cool, mild Camels and mellow Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. (Adv.) rich-tastin- ready-wrappe- d d Beware Coughs From Common Colds That IIAHG Oil y (fjice-value- ai-S- 12 editor, deserted the World-Tellzette for a job in ington at 15 Gs per annum ga- y disc-jocke- y helped shorten the war Placing wooden shoes on the doorstep for the good Saint to fill with toys and sweets is traditional Dutch fashion. Carrots are left in the shoes for the white horse which St. Nicholas rides In Holland. Army brass is fuming over the leak in Sec'y Forrestals office on a meeting the other day of the Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal riw; tender, inflamed bronchia! mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you' must like the way tt quickly allay s the cough or vou are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis rrJ3unD ... 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This agency (a hangover Osj) is slated for drastic overhauling U congress can ever get access to the reported evidence of Its ineffectiveness Old Roman Holiday Winter beauty and winter sports reach the acme of perfection m Switzerland by Christmas time and ancient Chrstmas legends rule Legend has it that all you have to do on Christmas eve is cut an onion in half, peel off 12 layers and fill the same with salt Each layer represents a month and those which are still salty the next morning pre- diet rain. Wash- Hotel has two The Roney-Plaz- a West Point grads piloting elevators A stripteuse at Club Gables (Florida) is billed as Sheila the Nature Boy (the Peeler . . ditty) was declared The Song of the Year, but Bullets Durgom (who owns 124 per cent of it) hasn't Its a girl recd a penny yet doll for the Ernest Cuneos of 40 Wall Street Mrs Cuneo, one of Canada s loveliest ladies, was a British counter espionage agent. Her great work Chicago Museum ot Science and Industry. Ancient Swiss Legends Recalled on Christmas Evil millions shared with of the world in record Centuries go huge fires were a mow t during the past crop year, built in the great baron al halls in and vet managed to feed themselves England on Chnstrhas eve and the better than in all their previous servants brought m a log that was history to burn throughout Christmas Exports during the crop year end It was customary to save a brand ed Julv totaled 19 347 000 long from each year's fire to light the tons This Is the largest quantity next one with If the log was of food ever shipped bv any counproperly burned it was believed try in a single year it topped that the devil was powerless to do American exports of the previous any mischief to the household. crop year by 187 000 tons You can breeze through a good of your Christmas sinking part Ex-Con- g Alfred de Marlgny, acin the unsolved murder case quitted zillionaire pater (in of his the Bahamas), is now working for a burlap bag firm on Water St What Some People Won't Do for Money Dept : John Ball, record HUNGRY FED: U. S. Great Sharer Yule Log Fires ll j Count Long before Christ was bom the Romans observed a holiday that was very much like modern Christian 'celehral.ons of Christmas. The day was December 19, known as the Feast of Saturnalia. Thh Romans ornamented their homes with green boughs Also, the Druids observed the Feast by and gathering decorating with mistletoe, while ancient Saxons used holly ivy and bay. go-n- The Freddy Bartholomews say those divorce rumors must have come straight from the political Pulitzer Prize windoapsters ner Fred Woltman is ill in So Carolina . . The big slump in gates marks the end of all telecasts when contracts expire The Bklyn Dodgers, we hear, will not resign . . . Theatre ticket brokers plan a beef to the license commish Theyll allege only Agencies with an in are getting hit ducats . Richard Harless and girl Meredith Howard are looking none the worse after their several merger postponements Not sealed yet . . . D Safer of Columbia U and Carole Nevans (of This Week mag) are editorializing like Army-Navtix maaaaddd' . . the pair) are getting $40, despite the experts who claim itll be no contest ... window sill. Before sunrise on Christmas morning, the men of the family go into a nearby forest to fell a young oak tree It is selected with great care and traditional rites must be observed in cutting it down It must fall toward the East at the moment of sunrise It is brought home in state and lighted candles are held on each side of the door through which It is carried. Corn and wine are sprinkled on this Yule log while wishes for an abundant harvest for the next summer are expressed As soon as the log is placed ill the fire and is Were Hewn Caves 1 Tricks of the Trade The night was dark and the hour was late as a solitary wayfarer passed along the deserted street Suddenly three slinking figures emerged from the dows marked their prey, and then attacked him. Three to one is powerful odds, but the wayfarer held his own One by one his assailants larded with a thud on the ground, buttered and bruised, their cloth, ng torn. A policeman hurried up and surveyed the wreckage. Fine woik! he said, addressing the hero, who was calmly lighting a cigarette. RailNo, answertd the hero way porter. . Croats, have several Christmas customs in common. Both plant wheat on a plate on December 10th. By Christmas day there is a miniature field of wheat which serves as a decoration, usually placed on a en Radio reviewer John Crosby (covering the major teleview election night) tagged the boners of this and that commentator as the returns came in. He pointed out that we reported Cong. Marcantonio (N. Y.) was defeated, only to announce (soon after) he had won . . . We dldnt write the flashes, John, we read them as they were handed to ns from the thumping teletypes! Drew Pearson, in a comedian mood the other ante meridian, revised a legend which many tnteriieuers and ediHe tors believed I or a decade. quipped that Shermar Billingsley "runs Walter WmchelTs suank Stork Club." . . . Which it aint . . . But Pearson's readers beheie eierything he says about J. Parnell Thomas (as who doesn't?), and so please know Mr. Pearson uas being comical. . Speaking of Cong Thomas (indicted on charges of crookedness uith Gov't payrolls), his real name is Feeney. . . . If Drew has another skeup, Mr. Thomas will certainly be Feeneyshd. . . . Pun my soul ism. Czechs decorate their trees with clusters of gilded nuts, apples, and cookies made to resemble animal figures, peasant girl, stars and village .huts. Its up to the nations doctors themselves whether theyll be draftei Physician attending the The stable ' m which Christ was interim sess on of the American born does not conform to the mod Medical association in St Louis ern of the word conception were warned they must volunteer In Biblical times, places of shelin soffit lent numbers or face a spe- ter were hewn in rocky ledges; cial draft, Judean travelers, frequently housed , Dr James C, Sargent,- - chairman tn so eh caves, welcomed joint ten of the AM A council on emergency kney with beasts because of the medical service, said manv doc- extra warmth provided by the anitors are into Uniterm in the mal a bodies months ahead make no mistake The birthplace of Jesus was such about that Sargent said a special a cave Now a beneath Bethdraft wofild be undesirable, but lehem s Church giotto of Nativity, the enthat it iiisv have to come We tire surface has been elaborately must provide adequate medical ornamented care for our fighting men, he said. Americas the hungry hill country. asked Is your program filled a local Romeo of a hillbilly b( e when the dancing was resumed Filled' glared the girl Lori? here, young feller, it takes moie than a skinny sandwich and two green plums to fill my program. Ju-jits- No Draftee rt 000-ma- n Man About Totem NO MONEY: Army draft calls for January and February were reduced more than two thirds when military officials realized this was necessary if limits on defense spending fixed by Mr Truman were to be observed THE JANUARY QUOTA was cut from 20 000 to 10,000 and the February call, which had been set to take 25,000 to 30,000 men, was lowered to 5,000. to get results. The army atated simply that the THE NEW FORMULA of the proposed budget for next year isn't neutrals China, Colombia, Syrbig enough to build the 900,000 man ia, Canada, Argentina and Belarmy authorized by congi-ess- . gium was aimed at meeting westThe armed forces had asked for ern objections to talks on the cur- 23 billion dollars for the fiscal year rency issue under the threat of the beginning July 1. President Truman Soviet blockade of Berlin It was set a 15 billion dollar ceiling on dealso known to contain provisions fense spending. risk." Why was Connally giving the for' a commission of experts to try Of this total, 600 million dollars to unravel the Berlin currency back of bis hand to the generalismust be spent on stockpiling strasimo? Hear the senator: Chiang problem in consultation with the tegic raw matenaL The balance of is a generalissimo except that he Big Fours own experts $14,400 000 000 will be split among The plan would recommend a doesnt go out and generalize . . . the armed forces, with the army If he took command of one of his complete and final lifting of the expected to get about 5 billion dolarmies in the field, he would do Berlin blockade at the same time lars ' more to revive the morale of his the Soviet zone mark is introBECAUSE OF THAT, the army duced in Berlin as the sole curpeople than anything else. figures it will have to limit iti rency. The Texan was but voicing pubstrength to 677,000 officers and rqen. The four powers agreed on the This is 223 000 ( 24 8 per cent) under licly what other administration ofuse of the Soviet mark August 30, the 900,000 authorized by congress ficials have been saying privately that they are not too keen about but became entangled in a dispute last summer. over when the measure should take Madame Chlangs all-opropaArmy officials saw in the budget effect and what kind of currency ganda drive to divert more money controls should be established. difficulty probability of sharp reand materials to China, possibly ductions in later draft calls, too. at the expense of the Marshall-plaInstead of some 225,000 or 250,000 DEFLATION: countries. Connally summed up by men marching off to the colors this fiscal year ending June 30, prossaying that he was not prepared at Truman on Lookout this time to pass any opinion on inLike the horseman who galloped pects were that the total would be but a fracUon of either of those creasing the a.d to China, but off In all directions. President Tru1 am not in favor of sendadded, man Is sprinting both to and fro in two figures ing combat troops to China the vexatious price control rise. CHIANGS MEANWHILE, Just as the administration was garrison was under orders to girding to battle mounting living sally forth tn an effort to save costs, prices sagged and now its Nanking and rescue an entire army economic experts are debating the group trapped by the rampaging need to don armor against deflaCommunists but gave no indica- tion tion of heeding the call. The fate s Most economic be of the frightened capital depended lieve inflationary forces still the ability, or willingness, of thanutional scene but some 250 Sudhow force to quit its of them feel these forces are Just fortress .211 miles northwest of about spent w Big Program Refreshments, a thin sandwich and two oliyes. had just Uui served at the town dance in the the by long-rang- y Kai-she- published boaM'1-legislative Whea spiniest arc expressed In theta columns, they are those of (FDITOE S NOT Western Newspaper Unions newt analysts and net necessarily of this newspaper ) HOLE CARD: Chinas Missing? Slavic Dancing Ushers in Christmas Season HOUSING: Realtors Critical WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS' 01 Tuesday, December 14, 194& THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE TWO Many top men in the Communist The Party here are in hiding FBI knows all the leaders and if an emergency comes up, they will be collared with the same dispatch used on Pearl Harbor Day The New Yorker s Pans bureau reveals that the Paris Ballet is back home somewhat lamed by the critical drubbings it received in New York That s the outfit Grover Whalen tried to give a clean bill to after charges against balletmaster Serge Lifar the louse who echo'd in Variety and here The latest fashion from Paree is sloping shoulders Has U S shoui der pad makers m a tizzy Mrs Tex Beneke's pet Chinchilla died Loneliness, said the vet You have to keep em In pairs They're now $1,600 pr Also Helps Build (Ip Red Blood! Do female functional periodic disturbances make you suffer pain, feel se nervoue. Irritable at such times? 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