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Show Pis WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1532 The Dragerton Tribune, Dragerton. Utah 2 THE READER'S DATE BOOKt WtfflJAMi Time Is Here Again For the Nation's Home Towns c Clean-U- p is i. s for observAlthough weather conditions determine Clean-U- p in various parts of the country, now is the time for the home town to plan its campaign. Home towns located in the south and southwest will probably hold campaigns in March and if in the north probably by April. Whatever its location, however, every home town will find It Week as a fire and disease advantageous tosponsor a Clean-U- p a and attractive communiIn clean measure. addition, prevention town and business will the prosperity. bring ty ance of Spring hand-in-han- d. carded match, cigarette or stray spark. Rubbish is not just waste paper and dirt as so many people assume. It is anything worthless or value-JesThis means that Uncle Josh's buffalo robe in the garage, that broken down sofa in the attic, or sisters outgrown clothes in the back hall closet are rubbish. The National Fire Protection Association says that Americans probably keep more rubbish than any s. Are aU dust mops hung up and oily rags kept in metal containers? Does the whole family know how to call the fire department? Do you have gasoline or other dangerous flammable cleaning fluids in the house? Do you have plenty of ash trays in the house? Do stovepipes pass through combustible partitions or through attics or closets? Are chimneys in good repair and cleaned once a year? Do you have screens for all fire- AMBASSADOR . . . President Truman nominated .George F, Kennan (above) a career diplomat and Russian expert, to be American ambassador to the Soviet onion. At the same time, Truman accepted the resignation of former envoy, Admiral Alan Kirk. The second Chicago International Trade Fair is scheduled for March Are ashes kept in covered metal 22 to April 6 at Navy pier, Chicago. The first fair was held in August, barrels? Do you have any frayed cords or 1950, and had an attendance of At that time 2,200 exhibitors defective electrical appliances? Are all your fuses the proper from 44 nations participated and the fab attracted 25,000 buyers. sizes (usually 15 amperes)? flve-and-t- en - ex- OPS from parts and components, plastics, truck bodies and fabricators of metals. achinery SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 8,000,000 WORKERS O Of importance to retail business in rural areas is report of Bureau of Employment security HAS CONSCIENCE . . PLACES Anthony Leonido, a destitute young father showing state employment offices made a million who lost his fingers recently when more agricultural Job placements in 1951 than were the tips caught in a press, was set Farm placement service showed to stage a holdup In Brooklyn, but reported in 1950. his conscience made him go to pojob placements for year were 8.776.000. Dlice with his sawed-of- f shotgun. espite recruitment Job done, third largest agricul. total tural output in history was achieved with smallest agricultural labor force in this century. Gains registered last year in size of armed forces and . in defense employment were non-agricult- ural partly at expense of agricultural made manpower. O Despite tight restrictions on building supplies, expenditures for new construction reached $30,000,000,000 in 1951, says Bureau of Labor statistics, a 7 per cent increase over 1950 due largely to public outlays for military construction, defense plants and schools. Despite higher dollar value, physical volume did NOT rise over 1950 levels. Estimates for 1952 indicate a lower Doris Desrosiers Is Easier Seal Girl for 1952 Four-Year-O- ld ar prices may work to better advantage than policy adopted by DiSalle. New administrator will be Ellis Arnall, former Governor of Georgia. cent stores, many O OPS ruled of which sell grocery items, must meet pricing regulations CPR 15 and CPR 16 Just as regular groceries are required to do. small business lending program has resulted in applications for loans totaling more than -33,000.000 Appl i cant s Inc lud emanuf ac tur e rs of power saws, refinery products, bags, screws, m- EASTER SEAL GIRL therapy that new 250,-00- 0. ar known price controls and this includes seasoned or flavored popcorn such as caramel or cheese, but popcorn combined with other products such as nuts or grains remain subject to control. O Small Defense Plants Administration reports furnaces? The 1952 Easter Seal girl is Doris creature with cerebral palsy are not so Desrosiers, a tiny, doll-lik- e with sparkling brown eyes and soft lucky. curly hair. The orthopedist prescribed night Gibraces for Doris to train her muscles The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lbert Desrosiers of Nashua, N.H., while she was sleeping. In addition, she is a bright youngster, quick he referred her to the rehabilitation with her hands and as alert to her center, operated in Manchester by surroundings as any healthy, happy the New Hampshire Society for four-yeCrippled Children and Handicapped old, who typifies the thousands of crippled children receiving Persons and financed mainly care and training In Easter Seal through Easter Seal funds. The centers. She will make her appear- center is one of hundreds operated ance in newspapers, magazines and by affiliated societies of the National on television nationwide during the Society for Crippled Children and Adults. campaign, March 13 to April 13. Doris treatment began in June, When Doris face lights up In a when she was a year and a 1949, frequent smile, its easy to zee why half old. Her parents now bring she is the favorite patient at the her into the Manchester center two Manchester, N.H. rehabilitation cen- or three times a week, where she ter where she goes for treatment receives to physical two or three times a week. Although she muscles. her Later she is four,. Doris is just learning strengthen includother need treatment, may how to walk, because she was bom and occupationspeech therapy ing cerebral palsied. al therapy. Both will be available Doris grew as any normal baby there. but when- - she was a year old, she About a year ago, when Doris had little control over her legs, and was three and a half, she first Mrs. Desrosiers . realized that her walked alone. Today, thanks to the daughter wasnt going to walk. early, treatment and care she has with pediatricians received, she can take a few falterConsultations and orthopedists proved that Doris ing steps. Therapists at the center brain was injured before or after hope that she will be able to start neuro-musculin a regular school when she is six. birth, causing the condition known as cerebral palsy. If not, she can go to school at Fortunately, only that part of her home, through a New Hampshire brain which controls her legs ap- state education program. children (Relaaaai by WNV Fcatircs.) pears to be injured. Some It is Charles E. Wilson, boss of Office of Defense Mobilization, feels flexibility in enforcement and probably periodic readjustment of prices to bring ceilings in closer alignment to current empted by moth-eate- Fair Set for March for Main Street businessmen congress will NOT tighten price controls O Popcorn, popped and unpopped", has been string-saver- bish? Are walls, floors, ceilings protected from overheated stoves, pipes or 7mm-siWun dope greater flexibility places? Do you have a flresafe roof, such as asphalt, slate or tile? Are matches kept in tins away from heat and small children? Are curtains or other combustibles near enough to stoves to catch fire? This quiz was prepared for the householder, but it could be applied country in the world. Theres two by the local merchant to his busireasons for this rubbish record: ness. First, national procrastination the Adequate fire protection is good Ill take care of the trash barrels business for any home town mertomorrow philosophy. Second, we chant. And cine of the best ways of have a lopsided sense of thrift. We achieving this protection is by a s and clean-u- p are a nation of campaign. Besides elimitrivia collectors. We hate to throw nating possible fire hazards on his anything away. We hang on to own property, the merchant next like Aunt Ermintrudes door may eliminate some that are a things n muff and three legged danger to both concerns. furniture in the vain hope that we And it is well to remember, a may be able to use them sometime. clean town is a healthy town; a Here is a quiz the association has healthy town is a prosperous town. prepared to test how you stack up as a housekeeper. International Trade Do you regularly dispose of rub- c; in adoption of new National Production Actf and that new price director likely will NOT be stickler for tough enforcement of act O With Mike DiSalle, resigned as OPS administrator, who believed in strict enforcement of price controls, new administrator may lean to .the-date- Rubbish about a home or business and preventable fire go Your chances of having your fire department pay you a visit are in direct proportion to the amount of rubbish you allow. Rubbish may not be a cause of fire in itself, but It supplies the fuel for a carelessly dis- Inside 0 82nd -- volume. Prepared bp the Waahlnftoa Bereaa of WNU Feetoree. DOCTOR ACCUSED ... In Chi- cago, Dr. Charles Herband, selective service psychiatrist, was accused of extorting 3650 from a potential draftee to classify him as a sexual deviate. The FBI caught him accepting payment in the draftees home. (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military service to: Walter Sbead , Armed Services Question Box, 1057 National Press Building, Washington 4, D.C. Answers will be given in this column.) THE Marine Corps recently its rules to permit enlisted regulars and reserves who have separated themselves "from the Corps, to reenllst within one year of their separation without loss of rank, It is believed that this action will ind men duce more to reenlist. Previously, a brief separation resulted in loss of rank. combat-experience- I am a disabled Korean vetsoon to be discharged from eran, Must service. I wait until after V A finds my disability to be before I may apply for the special Gl life insurance for disabled veterans ?' L.GJS., Yoder, Kans. A. You need not wait until VA Q. service-con- BROTHER, SISTER MEET . . . Cindy Ames, American actress who Is going to make a picture In Italy, visits her brother, P.F.C. Merwin Koeppel, Beverly Hills, Calif., who rules on Is stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, Instead, of forces States with the United you may apply as soon as you are occupation. nected, service-connectio- n. separated from service, and thus set the machinery in motion for a ruling on whether your disability is service-connecte- d. Q. I was diabled a couple of months ago, while training in an Army camp in the United States. Would I he eligible for vocational training since I was diabled dstr-in- g the Korean hostilities, even though 1 didnt get my disability in the Korean fighting P RLMH Woodville, Ala. A. Yes, you may be eligible if you meet all the other requirements of the law such as a compensable service-connecte- d disability, a need for training to overcome your handicap, and an The disability may have occurred any place in the world. Q. I am planning to aply for a Gl farm loan. Must I actually live on the farm that I buy with the guaranteed loan? ILN.FL, Manson, N.C. A. No. But you must, at least, supervise the farming operation. (Releaaed by WNll Fealaraa.) |