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Show THE ACCIDENTS OF MERRIMENT OUT CHRISTMAS HOMES TAKE MANY I Each summer we hear and read a "febout safe driving on Memorial Day, lot the fourth of July and Labor Day. We are purged to be careful by newspapers, police, automobile associations and others. There are similar timely warnings to New Years JEve motorists. But it seems there has been ,one important omission. I According to the National Safety Council, motor vehicle accidents on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are two or three times the annual daily average. The whole rnonth of December, in fact, is bad. Icy roads, early dusk and other periods of bad .visibility make highway travel particularly hazardous. Last year, for example, the Ttotal of pedestrian deaths in December was ;42 per cent higher than the average for the first 11 months. Many victims of these unhappy statistics are youngsters of high school and college age. Drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 were involved in 27 per cent of all fatal accidents last year. And that figure is misleadingly low, since the yearly mileage Tdriven by this age group is relatively small, t National Safety Council figures also show .that the use of automobiles by persons I under 25 is at its peak during the Christ- - ;i 'i i i mas season. In an effort to cut the holiday toll this year, the Lumbermens Mutual Casualty with the Safety Company, in g I Council, is conducting a in college newspapers. Prizes totaling S2000 will be given to the papers doing the g I best job, and to the indi- Li safe-drivin- con-Jte- st safety-crusadin- viduals submitting the best news stories, features, editorials and cartoons on the subject. Newspapermen will be the judges. And the sponsors report that a majority of college publications are enlisted in the ; campaign. s These college students, and others in I the group, should be our best drivers, d tests. I according to i h il 18-2- 4 eye-han- But thev arent. A recent nationwide sur vey bv the Safety Council revealed that the three main causes of accidents involv i:J Mi 'f !, II S iThe Washington : s m ii AND TRUMAN DEWEY 1. t, DURING CAMPAIGN VERSATION CONGRESSMAN TO PUBLICITY i if CON- - COMMON-SENS- E MUNDT NOT AVERSE JUSTICE DEPT. WARNS OF ACTI- BEFORE TESTIMONY i1 HAD BRIEF VITIES COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON. Grover Whalen, New York popular greeter, is aole witness to the between President Truman and conversation l!only the recent campaign. during Dewey (Governor - A . It occurred at the opening of Idlewlld Airport when Whalen introduced Truman to last Jun Dewey. On thia occasion Truman made one of his remarks. proverbial he said, what do you want to get !i Governor, ;li,into the white house for? Theres nothing there but trouble. ,i: n famous and 1 !!; Common-Sens- e Congressman Karl Mundt of South Dakota has J'more prestige and common sense than any other Activities com 'J, member of the house mittee. Unlike some of his colleagues he knows the h i difference between right and wrong. Writing to a South Dakota constituent about the knock-dowtactics of the committee, drag-ou- t 4 ''I Mundt frankly admitted: ,1 Senator-Elec- t n, 1 agree with you about the procedural methods Activities. Jiof the house committee on For your information, Congressman Nixon of California and I have been working for some weeks on a new set of rules to govern the procedure of our committee. Just as soon as Chairman Thomas Mh is back, we expect to have the committee approve these procedures. "Thomas, continued Mundt, is a hard fellow to control, as he is a bit of a publicity seeker, and is also of a highly impetuous nature. While he usually has the facts pretty well In hand before he speaks up in public, still I do not like his method of making a public statement about an individual until he has had the opportunity to be heard before the committee. I feel certain that the abuses of which you rightfully complain are going to be corrected within the next two or three weeks. ) Mundt in Grandstand Not merely three weeks, but nearly twelve months have passed since that letter was written. In the interim, Parnell Thomas has been relegated to the sidelines, and here's whats been happening under the two congressmen Mundt and Nixon who did not approve Thomass "publicity-seekinIt was on Nov. 19 that the Baltimore attorneys for Hiss and Chambers called the Justice department and revealed that secret state department documents had turned up In the g slanter suit. Alex Campbell, assistant attorney general, went to Baltimore that same day. It was 21 days later, Dec. 1, that alert Robert Activities Stripling, attorney for the g. rs Hard-workin- n Published every week day afternoon by the Valley Newspaper Co., 75 West Center street, Logan, Utah, Telephone all departments Cache 'I I i 50. The Herald-Journdelivered by carrier, $1.00 a month; by mail outside Cache valley same price as above; by mail in Cache valley, three months, $2.50, six months $5.00, one year $10.00 Entered as second class matter in the post office at Logan, Utah, under act of congress, March 4, 1879. The Herald-Journwill not assume financial responsibility for any errors which may appear In advertisements published In its columns. In those Instances where the paper is at fault, it ,hat part 4he advertisement in tuch the typographical mistake occurs. al al 36, 1948 Utah, Thursday, December We Can Hardly Wait THOUGHTS Rites Conducted day-dreamin- and g I'uneial ( , Fishop Lebanon. We understand that a now are tuned to a lot of instruments jart fc,id i mu nl burial wa- - as" by in the city cemeten where thfJT was dedicated bv Ft son. The W. Local HaluJS Logan, was in rhaige of the a al arrangements. Wellsviile New By JESME MAIGHan Mr. and Mrs. Warren Len, of Fort Hall. Idaho week-en- d hete guests of Ler.tham parents. Mr. amt vJ Robert P. Leatham. Mrs. Harold Ricks of IW Nicholas his new look. Children adopted the legendary Christmas figure from the Dutch, but the English children had trouble pronouncing Saint Nicholous Somehow the name changed to "Santa Kai-ou- f, and finally it was corrupted to Santa Claus. le v, soil. spent Thursday here my, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sar'i Bankhead. Mr. and Mis. Howard Thursday at Ogden gwd of Mr. and Mis. Clyde Chec Mr. and Mis. Seth d Mr. and Mis. Myron Em ley spent Wednesday at Or, guests of Mi. and Mis. A, or thereabouts, which to the sensitive ear gives a tone a more brilliant, or maybe shriller, quality. There are also a lot of old pianos that are way below the 435 mark. In However, this was only the bey between are singers and fiddlers. ginning. In 1809, Washington Irvin his Knicherbockers History add will to the discord of these ingNew Maybe they of York, wrote of the Saint d times. 440-cyc- ,PP. I M.kkeisen - Benediction Then, according to the World Book Encyclopedia, the early English settlers in this country Saint Hans speaker. Mis. Lorn, s son gave a vocal duet ladies chorus sang a bony, gray mare. Both the horse and Saint Nick looked as though they hadnt had a good meal in The times, it seems, are not only out some time. The Saint had deep eyes, and wore a flowing, of joint but out of tune. Nobody is observ- sunken threadbare cloak, and a black ing the standard pitch of A at 435 cycles skullcap. giving v uTrEs,;. pictured him aa a angular man who rode on a started er-st- Mouse m Earl Baer, Co, Metiers inci' Ison, nd Loyal Hall. preseri' by the oi ganization unde?60' Anna Johnson which ! "fr the invocation SOUNDYOURA a second, says Dr. Herman Zeissl. And, as head of Austrias UNESCO delegation, he wants that UN group to do something about restoring the internationally agreed-o- n pitch at its general conference in Beirut, pP.C d Mnn '.oenn of Saint Nick tall, su, 7 f,jr IV,;, Hill, 7G, whu were conduct.. T!luw, in the Richmond'"! t?5yl 2 j" by C. B. Richmond N, h w blskP of t ara. Prelude and furnished bv .0slude , THINGS the year. , WalterJ.HH ing students were speeding, and clowning, in that order. There are only nine prizes offered in By RAY NELSON this contest. But hundreds or, it may be! hoped, thousands will take a crack at them. This means that they will be sitting down Transformation to some serious thinking about highway accidents and their own driving habits in Someone presumably in a position to know, recently said that particular. And it is possible that some about 10(H) men in the world are wrho win the no will award, among many in a position to cause war tomorreceive the infinitely more valuable consol- row. ation prize of escape from death or injury How few men hold the balance power In matters of life and through the extra caution that resulted of Someone should read to death! from this serious thinking. them from Second Luke. That consolation prize is available to drivers of all ages. Safe driving can elimIncidentally, since we referred inate a lot of sadness from what most of to Christmas, it may be of interest us feel should be the happiest season of that the original European version Leisl-an- off-ke- high-pitche- as the guardian of New York City. Irving described Saint Nick as a d to set the standard international! pitch in jolly fellow with a 1885 is still in Vienna, ready to put the hat and huge breeches. He replacwith world back on the tdnal beam. Maybe its ed his shuffling that floated over a trim wagon a good idea. Most of us wouldnt want to New York housetops. go back to the leisurly tempo of 60 years time later. Saint Nichago, even if we cbuld. But whats wrong A short was aided by transformation olas with trying to restore the mellow pitch of Clement Moore in his famous that happy, peaceful era? poem, "The Visit from Saint Nich olas, written in 1882. Moore, a professor of Divinity in New York Theological Seminary, gave Saint Nick a sleigh, twinkling eyes, cheeks like roses, nose like a Merry-Go-Roun- d cherry, and a round little belly. Dr. Zeissl says the Mr. and Mis Chas Leani Mr. and Mrs. Preston Branch, and Mr. and Mis. Ernest Let, man spent Thuisday at Salt U, City. Allan Archibald is contaiesc. current at his home alter a major opt tiou at a Logan hospital tuning fork used broad-brimme- hay-burn- Santa Drew Pearson Says: 'I Logan, HERALD-JOURNA- er Claus is by no Todays committee, first heard about the secret papers. means streamlined, but he Is a He has since admitted that he learned about them far cry from the lean, ascetic, somdressed fellow' who, for centhrough an Item by Jerry Klutz In the Washing- berly turies, on Christmas Eve, guided ton Post. his mare through the streets of Immediately he telephoned Whittaker agent and asked bers, the next in in Washington. was he when stop did so, and promised bers, an old friend, some additional documents for the Activities committee. Europe. Chamhim The to Santa? picture of tomorrows Possibly something like this: He wears a helmet, like a test pilot, and has discarded his eight tiny reindeer for a rocket ship. Odd Jobs around town are done in a jeep, unless the chamber of This was done via the pumpkin at the Chambers commerce furnishes a convertible. farm in Westminster, Md. It looks now that placSome enterprising department ing the microfilm In a pumpkin was nothing more store will hang a banner on the of his space ship, reading: than a clever scheme to hit the newspaper head- side Clearance Sale lines. Because the microfilm was not placed in at Bracysteins. In his many - compartment the pumpkin until after the conversation between traveling bags will be reducing Stripling and Chambers took place. formulas, which will be distributed with all candy, nuts and Some Microfilm Ruine- dplum puddings. His plumpness will be graduActivities committee got ally replaced by a After the look. the microfilm, however, it lost two rolls because And Instead of being jolly, of amateur bungling. Instead of sending the film of to the FBI to be developed, the committee was so hell have a nervous twitchAmlike the average face, the anxious to keep its pumpkin-discover- y out of jus- erican businessman. tice department hands that it sent the film to a HERE AND THERE friend in the veterans adminisratlon. The dollar volume of departThere two rolls were exposed to the light and store sales in Western United ment are now worthless. States dropped in September from e peak reached in AugMeanwhile, D. M. Ladd, assistant FBI director, the ust, to a level lower than in any went up to the Activities committee month since March 1948. A preand asked that the microfilm be turned over to liminary estimate indicates that a him. Assistant Attorney General Campbell made further and more severe slump the same request so did Attorney General Tom occurred in October. Weekly sales figures show a deClark. No result for one whole week. Finally, the lower volume of sales cidedly nonpublicity-seekin- g Mundt and Nixon yielded. made in October and the first tw-weeks of November than in the Another backstage move which the public corresponding period of 1947. didn't know- about occurred when the committee President Truman's firm belief called department official Henry J. Wad-leigIn his ability to win the presidenso or hour of an During grilling, Wadleigh tial election never wavered from refused to say anything. Previously and secretly, the time of his nomination until however, he had told his story to Alex Campbell. the November ballots were count- Campbell had asked him not to testify before ed, Charles G. Ross, his press sec- the committee because of section 348C, title 18 of.retary. reported in the current Colliers, the U. S. Code, which states: "No testimony given Mue In telling the story of "How by a witness before either house, or before any committee of either house . . . shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings against him In any court. Chamto gt low-slu- as all-tim- h. ex-sta- te WASHINGTON COLUMN Electric Industry Squeezes Through Peak Load Season BY PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) By the skin of their teeth, U. S. electric light and power companies are hoping again this year to get through the December peak load period without a major breakdown. Last year, 64 out of 184 major electric companies, producing 98 per cent of U. S. power, had to curtail their service by some means or other. This year's curtailment may have to be greater. Peak load on U. S. power generating capacity always comes just before Christmas, when the days are shortest, stores are open nights, Christmas tree lights are turned on in millions of homes and there is much whoopee everywhere. To meet this demand there will have to be come brownouts, some shutdowns for big industrial users, reductions in voltage for the companies wdth the narrowest margins between generating capacity and load demand. SHORTAGE W ILL RUN THROUGH 1949 What this situation spells out is that the United States has a real power shortage. What's more, it seems destined to continue at least through 1949. In the growing West and Northwest, it may last 10 years. Installed generating capacity for the whole country is now about Truman Did It, Ross writes that the Presidents dogged fight throughout the campaign inspired his staff and many political workers throughout the country ot help do what most political observers thought was We are going to win," Ross quotes Mr. Truman as having told "I expect to his staff in mid-Jultravel all over the country and talk at every whistle stop. We are going to be on the road most of the time from Labor Day to the end of the campaign. Its going to be tough on everybody, but thats the way its got to be. I know I can take it. I'm only afraid Ill kill some of my staff and I like you all very much and dont want to do that. y. kilowatts. Not all this installed capacity is available at any one time. There are always some generating units down for overhauling. Whats called the "dependable capacity is now estimated at slightly under 53,000,000 kilowatts. The peak load in the week before Christmas will be right up there under that figure. Last year there was an estimated 5 per ent margin between installed capacity. This year it will be about 4 per cent. This is in spite of a 3,000,000-kilowa- tt increase in installed capacity during the past year. In 1947 it was increased 2,000,000 kilowatts. For the next three years electric companies hope to increase capacity by an annual average of kilowatts. This is expected to relieve the pinch, giving the country an estimated 10 to 15 per cent margin of reserve capacity. Power shortages for the remainder of December are apt to be spotty all over the country. Already there have been curtailments in the Northwest and in Georgia the latter caused by a flood. In parts of the West its lack of water that cuts power. Any stqrms or other "acts of God merely make the shortages worse. A cold snap in Florida last winter caused customers to turn on all their heaters, and blew out many transformers. HALF DOZEN DODGES EASE SHORTAGES In meeting this years shortages, electric companies may resort to any one or more of half a dozen dodges used last year. Easiest method is to reduce voltage. This has to be watched closely at regulating stations. If voltages are cut too much, electric refrigeratois and other appliances may burn out. A power shortage In Maine last September forced an appeal to a customers to cut down on the use of electricity in the normal peal-loahours of 12 to 2 and 6 to Is p.m, Some industries were asked to do their work on Sundays. Others shifted operations to night hours 55,000,000 Red AcCampbell has also warned the tivities committee officially and by formal letter that testimony by witnesses before it might prevent the1 justice department from using this evidence later in criminal prosecution. Mundt and However, the nonpublicity-seekin- g Nixon have continued their frantic search for the headlines just the same. when normal demands for w ere lowest. Many industries large using quantities of electricity are supplied on what are known as "interruptible contracts. t Whenever the load on a power plant gets too heavy, these interruptible customers are asked to shut down. It means lost production, but In return for submitting to this type of service, industries are usually given lower rates. This encourages unse of current when theres a surplus of power available. In California during last year's power shortage, so many plants were shut down that labor unions complained to Washington about unemployment. Blame for todays shortages is something put on private power companies that don't build up their generating capacity far enough ahead for demand. Public power officials have long advocated the overbuilding of generating capacity both public, and privately owned to keep supply well ahead of demand. About a fourth of today's U. S. power is generated in publicly owned plants. Building of new power plants was slowed down somewhat during the war. After the war, all utility companies ordered new equipment like mad. It couldnt be built fast enough to keep up with the demands for the 6,000,000 new customers added since 1941. CALLED A DISGRACE Four LOS ANGELES (U.B young men faced three year prison sentences today for refusing to register for the peacetime draft Federal Judge Pierson M. Hall sentenced the four yesterday and 0ldat40,50,60? Man, At 11 S d ij : at New Mexico and zona and while in Arizona vis the LDS temple. They repor wonderful trip with good westi all the way. called them a disgraca to fit country. He said they condenatls the use of force but in effect defiance of the law was t the application of force into th own hands." NOTICE Our roller, which hos b rol broken, is now reedy to your grain. R. & W. Cool & Feed Youre Crazy Forget your cel TYioeiMode are pepW Rt 70. Try pepping up" with Catrex. lootRloa toots tor nmdowo feaUnc due mlety to bodr'g Uk otwrtk, Iron which moo? men and women soil Try (wtrei Tools Tubletr for pep. younger treting, thw very doy. oIm Wy too. get ocquointed gan. at Max Jones submitted ta a silectomy on Thursday. Mr, and Mrs. One Glenn l Paul Selley of Twin Falls, Mu were calling on relative v. friends on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hall of Lake City spent the week here with relatives. Students of the sixth p motored to Logan and enjoy! a presentation by the Utah Sy phony orchestra. They were t companied by their music tests Mrs. Jessie Perard. The stute of the junior high school also i tended the presentation. Mr. and Mrs, John Glenn t sf'i turned home last week-ena very pleasant three weeks ve: tion. They visited Mrs. Gleoi Mr. i sister and brother-in-laMrs. Herbert Leishman and rum Maughan at Drumna Montana. Also Mr. Glenns br fer, Mr. and Mrs. Walter iend family at Los Angles, 720 South label KING Red Label All-Br- the head table were . . . Despite planning no concert The men who will taken. . . . Forrestal hit the reports, Margaret Truman is appearances in Europe. revive the old Philadelphia! add and let sock for five Record are: Matt McCloskev, building contractor; minutes. 2. Sift flour with baking powder ar.d Arthur Greenfield, real estate man: John B. Kel-- i salt; add cheese. Add to flist mlx- ley, champion and former chairman ofi ture and stir only until combined, the Philadelphia Democratic county committee: 3. Fill greased muffin pans Luther Harr, city treasurer; Isadore Ostroff and oven 400 25 nmmU'!01' Stanley tohl. Tormer Governor Cox of Ohio andj Yield: 9 muffins t2i Inch size). John Knight of the Knight newspapers, also bid J Amarieai mart for the Record but lost. . . . Bootlegging is on the famaut natural I luatfra caraal upsurge again, and internal revenue agents have I try a bawttul redoubled their drive against it. Moonshiners areii Unwaw, 50 per cent more active this year than in 1947. I ceiling For Flavor ! 0 For Qualify! 9 All-Br- j two-thir- aut BROWN-FORMA- N at KINC RED LABEL Leuitvill CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY in Kentucky gram neutral spirits. 86 proot. THE STORES OF LOGAN WILL 18, BE to 8 p.m Monday, December 20, to 8 p. Tuesday, December 21, to 8 p.m 8 Wednesday, December 22, to p. Thursday, December 23, to 8 p MERCHANTS' COMMITTEE The Usual Opening Hours Prevail. Distillers Corporation Blended Whisky. 70 III mwKrM SHOPPING HOURS FOR We Challenge You To Compare Some guests wondered why Secretary of Defense Forrestal wasnt at the gridiron dinner last week when most other cabinet members were. In Crunchy toasted Kelloggs muffins laced with cheese . . . side reason was that Forrestal was invited one get raves on these every time! you'll 1 2 tablespoons month ago, but declined. Then, about a week cup sifted flour ago, he changed his mind, sent word he wanted to come. The answer was: "Sorry, all seats at Main, Logos, Phono 522 drug atorot every whore la Lo Walgreen'a ind Moritra Drug. Saturday, December Merry-Go-Rou- ""a" i LOGAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ia!ll m r PRO rsd( atior aft-- Aden th i'ssr lalx |