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Show Courteous Japs Kow-ToTo Victorious Americans w Tn By EDWARD EMERINE pu! Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1618 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, I). C. Recently, I had two experiences which melded. I ran Into my colleague, Kenneth Romney Jr., son fit Kenneth Romney Sr , sergeant s of the 1 hou.se of repre sentatives Young Romney recently has taken up his duties In radio again after a belated discharge from the military service, the latter part of which was spent with the cloak and "f A1 dagger" boys, the Office of Strategic Serv- ices. Casually, he told me how he landed in Shanghai. He had been serving in China. Shortly after J Day he was ordered, along with some hundred other American officers and soldiers, to Shanghai. It was known there were no Chinese troops In the city. Shanghai had been in Japanese hands since the beginning of the war The civilian population had become none too Hence, the Americans (even the "cloak and dagger boys) arrived in full battle dress. Their plane landed, and little brown men came forward toward them. The Americans had their rilles at "ready." Some fired. But the Japs, undeterred, came forward, bowing deeply, smiling. It was a Japanese ground force, ready and anxious to service the American planes. Later came Jap officers with a whole fleet of limousines. The Americans were guests, not conThe conquered enemy querors. were hosts not Just the conquered They offered to find accommodaA little tions and the trimmings confusing, the Americans thought, but that was, after all. the Orient-Chi- na, another world Now the scene shifts to Washington again. I witness the meeting of a husband and wife. Plenty of such meetings these days, still. It was touching. The man had droppi d out of the Far Eastern skies. It seemed only yesteiday that 1 had heard he was In a city in the Netherlands Indies where the American corporation he represented had one of its great plants. He was the first American to visit it since the territory had been won back from the enemy. But had it been won back? When I heard his story, I wondered. It seems that when he the gates of the American-owne- d plant, he found a Japanese on guard. He identified himself. In a few moments, a smiling and bowing Japanese officer, still wearing most of his uniform and speaking understandable English, appeared. They began a tour of the property, the Jap most deferential but offering no word of explanation or apology for the fact that he, a late enemy, was In charge and not In Jail In fact, the Jap was very loquacious on the subject of the excellent work that he and his helpers had done to put the plant back into repair and operation. He showed my friend the various places where the buildings and machinery had been damaged evidence, he pointed Out, smiling, of the excellent marksmanship of the American air force. He demonstrated with particular pride how excellently the repair work had been done, obviously expecting (and receiving) praise for the techii cal skill the Japanese repairmen had shown. Very nice, of course. But American industry still reaps no benefit from that plant, and although the Japanese gain no profit therefrom, this American property is still, literally, in the hands of the enemy. V-- . ."-sh- . ed d Loads of Mail Commentators Lot For one whole week, I saved all the things that came to me by mail which I hadn't asked for except personal letters. I have just counted them, and there are 233 separate pieces in all. The total number of pages I am expected to read adds up to nearly a thousand. The one on top is "the back of the book" from Omnlbook. A collection of amusing stories. But Omnibook itself is better still and I believe 1 have every issue, beginning with Vol. 1, No. 1. 1! A li "I WNU Features Dy BAUKIIAGE Next comes "News From Sweden," a mimeographed collection of featur-paragraphs from the News Exchange. I recall when the Swedish minister here consulted me about the founding of such a publicity bureau, back before we got into World War I. The next is one of the UAW-CIregular releases, and then the CIO News, a weekly, printed, I suppose, for their membership. Then one of the valuable National Opinion Research surveys put out by the University of Denver. This one is a poll of American opinion on tiie Germans and Japs and how we think they got that way. More Business Weeks, and Program Information" from my own American Broadcasting company A printed letter from the Payroll Guarantee association with an enclosure on "civilized cats, mice and cheese." The American Feed Manufacturers association handout saying tlie feed shortage is over. General Motors sends me the ninth in a series of production reports. (What could have happened to the other eight) The release from the National Planning association announces that Leon Henderson and the official of a big corporation have been added to their board of trustees and if you want to know about the distribution of fats and oils by the department of agriculture, you can have my copy of the second interim report from the Committee on Small Business pursuant to H. Res. 64. y 1 or States, like men, should not be judged by hearsay. If you have been reading stale joke books, or listening to radio comics, you may have some process.-i- taste wiJnn It ere are ent.rely to aCtlJlg products which the state's boundaries. Ruthless, gas producing hell-beto Arkansas Caesar Petrillo seems New of York, the five nightclubs wreck in 16 gas fields re- which cannot meet his latest Petroleum western and live, . - . Petrillo hasn t ntands mire senes are estimated at reserves of been getting his name in the paand 300 imllmn hands l.uOO bdhon pers lately, and has apparently de natural gas at over I have long cided to see to that. cub.c feet observed this egomaniac. . . . His is auton(Innate, s.enlc attractions, union, though in the AFL, curaabsolute duce. its is he recreational faiihins and and omous to bring He defies economic laws as he tive waters combine and defies the nations laws, which he great numbers of tourists Arkansas to seekers health now is doing flagrantly and blatmost and he loves it; he loves each j ear. lhe state's antly is Hot widely known attractioncontain- that sensation of dictatorial arroSprings National park, gance: "Hah Im bigger than all with temper-ature- s ing 47 hot spimgs America. Nothing can touch Pet-nilup to 145 degrees. The world cant live without Lal.es and I own the music. I are music Adjacent to Hot Springs more have millions of dollars and dont Cathetme and H rmlton with Annual account to anybody. My voiceless than 480 rmies if shoreline. Oak fiddlers and drummers and r icmg meets are held at spr-n- and is Lawn j. ckey the year around The st .'e's scenic highlands ingiuups. the clude two " both east! e Ouachitas, and O.aihs State parks piovide ily accessible exceptional recreational facilities, Sportsmans Paradise. - Arkansas' duck shooting is nationaliv famous. R ce fields m the mallaids dur- praii e section attract Deer, wmter migration. the mg of quail and tuikey provide plenty en- be and may fishing hunting, joyed in the numeious lakes and streams. "Float fishing" on the White river and some of its tribu- taries is a unique Arkansas pastime, which is becoming increasingly popular with visitors. I am fully convinced that Arkan- sas is destined to become one of the great playgrounds of America, at said Franklin D. Roosevelt Booneville, Ark, when he visited in 1938 And many of the rest of us who have visited that state can heartily endorse the late Presidents words! fabric for will style etc. a the size sue H dr coat sizea j It will that CLA3 to wear loose, sp DEPA 15 j at well ov raises , HOMES New and 20 factory u, Bnlu Salt Lake Crtjj s to. a century and a half. But while Spain slept, the French were act.ve After securing the lands bordering on the St. Lawrence river. Fra had pushed southward M.ssissippi. the of one seams , table W it will e nc smooth :me EDUCATIONAL s Walter E. The dynamic Smith, is in town again, third time in two weeks hes flown hither. "I got a nap In the plane, he tells me. "I hadn't been to bed in . . . Smith, four days and nights. whose hair is pretty white, Is only 40 But he does more things than anyone Ive ever known. . . . Within the year he has bought and converted a Hollywood cafe into Tom cnllv unible toaa BIDDLE, p.o, li r, form, easier, irp shears ant when abric offer ess ... Ml SCO og we in Office Funutun H ing Machines, Sg, SALT LABI IS West BiMleg Buy U. S. hnrdei Get ri ittons, those tv trot righ Heels ttxl i ew. an ole fine may in th pg ition. H nth onl to place re lots o le lininj intil ree off sh em to tie 3 coat of fitt ng. Ma th of ti Lt. Col. Gregory (Pappy) 's book is finished and in the hands of the busy Walter E. Smith, who seems to have about eight hands Not only will Smith publish, but hell do the movie himself, as an independent, perhaps as a road- ShW entry Admiral Nimitz has of- redjSlJ;,,h any fleet facilities re- Boy-lngton- POPCORN VIKING JqaKX' Hybril Popes' Comp Id1 ARTHUR JOS Gold UJW TO GETJ ?R6 l( If your blood Tou glrU simple -- 3 -dragged out 18 of blood-lron.S- o on TABLETS to build up 14 3 Plnkham e eat blood-iro- n all drugstore. gLt i t more sIly 3 'river h" burying him in the had discovered Spam profited httle bv the ex and sleeves Durocher, says Lew Parker, though he were fighting Joe Louis, not St. Louis! turned south, passed over the Bos- tun mountains, crorsed the sas river near Dardanelle Rock and" came into the land of the Cavas Here, De Soto fell seriously ill 'and a friendly Indian chief brought him to a lake of "very hot water" where he was healed. This lake doubtless the now famous Springs On Ouachita river near the springs, De Soto and his party f mnd salt which the Indians gathered and sold to their ne.ghbors. The ex- plorers spent the winter of 1541 a severe one, in an Indian v.Uage'on the Ouachita, De Soto's faithful interpreter. Juan Ortiz, died Disheartened by not finding gold and losing so many of his men, De Soto resumed his journey south in the spring of 1542 He followed the Ouachita to the Red river and then went downstream to the Mississip- - dres! with a lets as De Sotos Futile Quest for Gold Brought Exploration of Arkansas 1 - the dress, try on of smell! n v yu so ai A run the morning Breneman's, breakfast broadcast there into a national sensation, had it filmed for a feature; promoted rodeos, signed Gene Autrey for five years and will publish his biography; bought a hotel and cabanas in Palm Springs; tied up Pappy" Boyington for his book and picture rights, and has a $150,000 Warner offer on the latter; organized a pany to publish a magazine devoted to western movies; incorporated a company to produce Nils T. Grandlunds picture, "Rhythm Ranch; bought Chestertown, fa- vorite in the Hambletonian, for $40,000, highest price ever paid for a trotter, to add to his large stable; founded the association which con- verted Santa Anita to trotting; conducts the largest enterprise In the West making aluminum furniture and luggage. . . . And nobody can play harder than he or work half as hard. s uL Afl truction foil chosen, 'IRS. Bedloril HiJ Patterns H each. d. there them ov very sn are hard Select the P- jok be J each ests for because he is colorful. If thats what's the matter with PetrilIm also lo, I'm color-blindumb. But I retain my sense j rown c08 the n'aterU Curtains 0n D cents In N. Y. night-ilub- s. He adds, "There is too muib hooey about Petrillo, just posed J This chan k find the icalW tain s! Davis, the society Meyer maestro, wires me a lengthy defense of James Caesar Petrillo, who, he says, has absolutely no jurisdiction over pro- j you WI omplis' and .ends ot ... ... run throug to inexpensive worship me. Congress passes a special law just against So me and that law I break. No king. . . , tins is a republic. What a laugh! plajed prvlde Jure ( feet. ' hhink hom flake at with woole The chairfcJ 2i in Uople .. 1 p,d lakes' the , Item , T!w horn-blowe- Golf cL.b g TJi 70AT o. " four-fifth- WSiDE r CORftjre WHICH Jh BO si uthern ... e season, Lt the outlay i James rapacious Pr rln2 the Recriminations, Reflections a- -d 28 m Acids cout ties and preconceived and erroneous Ideas about one of the greatest of the 48 states. It Is time for you to Arkansas. A few weeks ago I made an automobile trip through Arkansas, following the general course of U. S. Highway No. G7 from Poplar Bluffs, Mo., to Texarkana. We visited CornWalnut Newport, Ridge, ing, Searcy, Little Rock, Arkadelphia and other towns We saw fields of rice, corn, cotton and other staples on land that was black and rich. We heard the sharp ring of saws biting into both soft and hard woods. We heard factory whistles, too, and saw hundreds of men carrying dinner . . . Ben pails Horses, mules and tractors NATIVE furnished farming, power for Lancy, governor of Arkansas, while huge trucks hauled loads - Is a native and lifelong resident of giant watermelons, fat cattle, of the state. He was born in a inilk, oil, lumber, logs, poles, crates small rural area of Ouachita of fruits and berries and other Becounty called "Cootern'-ek.products. Fruit trees were heavily fore his election as governor, he laden, the boughs bending low. was a school teacher, drug store Progress is Evident. operator, oil man, agriculturist We traveled over splendid paved and tvviie mavor of Camden. Veroads, across rich coastal plains teran of Woild War I, he is marand through mountain scenery as ried and lias three children. majestic as any traveler could ever want. There were fine homes, big acres on either sas was a part of Louisiana from barns and well-ke1804 to 1812. and from 1812 to 1819 side of the road. There was a part of Missouri In 1836. ArkanArkanfor everywhere, sas is building new homes, stores, sas became a state. Arkansas is a great agricultural garages and other structures. Steel, brick and bright new state, with soil new and fertile. cement, Or Maybe Youd lumber were going into those build- Levees, ditches and canals have Prefer Rail Loadings ings. New homes, in every stage redeemed alluvial lands along the Maybe youd rather have freight of construction, were to be seen. St. Francis, the Arkansas and Misloadings of the week from the As- Some were near mansions, while sissippi rivers. The state has an sociation of American Railways, or others were simple structures. almost inexhaustible timber supply, perhaps you want to bid on the pur- Barns, sheds and fences were going with forests of pine and hards of woods covering nearly chase of 15 or fewer Landing Ship up too. At Heber state the and Eureka, Tank (I.ST) type vessels When to we talked the of Or perpeople waters Arkansas, we found them friendly, Hot Springs, health-givinhaps you'd prefer some American flags, or a BK steel barge courteous, intelligent. They smiled have long been used. for dry or liquid cargo No Well, easily, were proud of their state, no harm in making the offer. and sure of its future. Tourists who Next exhibit is "News From had visited every part of the Ozark France" from the French Informa- and Ouachita forest and mountain tion sei vice I'll admit I asked for areas in the northwestern part of that, along with the attractive mag-az- n the state as well as the lower coastal plains in the southeast had seen e, "La Republique Francaise. Here's the state department's just what we saw construction, weikly bulletin which is Part Three progress and resolute faith. of that interesting senes on the First settlers of Arkansas were present status of G, rman youth. I the Indians, the Quapaws who was planning to write an article on lived south of the Arkansas river that subject myself, but they tell and the Osages who lived north me the magazines are overbought of it. They called the land Akansa, on Germany. Won't buy another but somewhere along the way an "r" was inserted and a final "s" thing. Just two pages of mimeographed added. It is pronounced material from the "Friends of Finnish Democracy." After discovery by De Soto in 1541, Cruel irony here. Remember when it was "brave lit- Arkansas was tossed like a ball tle Finland"? Remember when between Spain and France. The few Finnish Minister Procope couldnt people who came to the area were soldiers and traders. There were go anywhere without being applauded? Finland paid her war debtsl no farmrs and few merchants. No She even managed not to duck aft- permanent settlements were made er the war! Well, Finlands friends except around military posts. are protesting now over the repara-the- y After the United States came into say, than are any other na- possession of Louisiana territory, tions demanded by Russia . . . heavincluding Arkansas, the country ier in proportion to population, was settled rapidly by Anglo-Saxotion's. To pay the reparations bill, pioneers. the statement claims, every man in Territory Formed. Finland would have to work eight In 1819, Arkansas was organized hours a day for seven years. It as a separate territory, and the caps would take of Finland's ital was moved from Arkansas normal exports. Post to Little Rock. (Incidentally, Here's a speech by Senator Taft Little Rock was so named because Arkansas was one of the earliest from his office, "not printed at gov- of a ledge of rocks projecting into of the Mississippi states to be ex- ernment expense " Stuck together the river and to distinguish it from pkred. The first white man to Is a news print pamphlet called the Big Rock, about three miles up touen Arkansas soil was Her- "Poll Tax Repealer, and that blast the river ) Population was about nando de Soto, the Spanish ex- from the Republican national com- 14,000. It may be noted that Arkan- - plorer who discovered Missis- mittee on the President's budget message. A very neat little booklet (additional copies will be furnished) by Standard Oil of New Jersey, entitled Steps to Security." Now a tissue carbon labeled "Midhas come down to us, however, as Mississippi. De Soto night Cry" with a scries of Biblical texts shrieking doom. crossed the river to the Arkansas Seven familiar bright yellow pages from the Slde' National Highway Users associaFor nearly a year, the last year tion. which is one of the real, hardThe working publicity bureaus. CIO's "Economic Outlook," which often has statements that can't be overlooked. Now we come to an attractive tabloid newspaper, "The Progressive and LaFollette's Magazine." I am glad to note it is still until he came to the Arkansas r,v- of the regardless progressive, er There is a tradition that he was changes in the LaFollette activities defeated in a battle with the In- and proclivities. The first page has d.ans near where Jaeksonport now a nice cartoon of a garbage can labeled "War contract scandals. i nh Looks interesting, but WAIT A t ,h MINUTE. I think they want me to mun. ULAShlC STRICTURE . PAY for it. Here's a return card in Originally occupied 1836, saying "25 weeks subscription, $1." Arkansas' old state house, Oh dear! It must have gotten into a war memorial Into the wrong pile. I'm not going building, is one of the cla-si- c to look any further. I might find colonial buildings of the nation. more of that kind. ArkdO'iBS Of istr.es vUd alnicst Editor Note: While Wlnchel! vacation. Jack Lait is actas guest columnist. ing Is on jss vdiini ,ng P"ISh- schedules will be made Flying personnel will be mnstly vetcrana. 11 of whom have ne P'dne has re-- . frigeration eclulPment. which weighs oily 1 per cent of ,h tonnage and can reg ;cr 120 grees below zero. No slee bould me a ,.bH er May'11 Kid'!1 Modern lit Irregular th the ha coal dnniing I! S Four of the goats used tn the atom bomb test seem to have partially recovered. There will be a lot of human goats, if the bomb gets into general use. Pvt. Donald Callahan won a prize offered by the army for an essay on Why I Joined the Army. Part of the prize was a data with two showgirls. Is that why. Donald? by The 11 au kh age secritjiy of state has ' V- assistant in charge of research and intelligence. The more he has of the latter, the less he needs of the former. The - a new Army Times thinks Gen. Omar Bradley may res'gn as VA head, It's not tiie w'ork out the vv oid He lias to make too many sptectie to suit him. -- oA:'- - pi) 1 j v- - .je V " S V 'w ;itv Marie Windsor, Utah beutah who took over Broad. vav v, a stage ls omXander m Hoff radjJ Ben B "eaus ' and v Robmsn. who bought Hem- $ ' s o Si; ' ' 5? . 4- may's j 'S X St 'V 'v t'j V. 'v'? ' V' Rke harvesting scene k" on . Arkansas Grand Prairie. 100 wnrlh , pB. terest movi Our to -- d Mdcomber" i . biography s Hap fur mm.ng i.n Abbott , blood- You Ufe cf peanuls at an t0 play him." . . . and Costello playing 0 other guys 'named kuh5, and other lOPW - his Pal. Mayor Bill of j rro!e. c; ar of lhe orer-taae- d i headache, leg Pa;nhJVi1 tired. of k.dney timea burnml urination. 5 ' Try R1 mR Udoeyi to wave. een.urf They mended &,i your t W, con mill d ol ed u ;ewi ab 5 ll ( '.eS, 4 tit |