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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION, SUGARHOUSH, UTAH When epinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Union’s news analys' ts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) YUGOSLAVIA: War Prep for Shirley Clouds Was the United States ready to go to war on behalf of Yugoslavia? ' That was a paramount question as the hard-boiled struggle between Yugoslavia and Russia reached the threat-of-war stage. Diplomats pondered the question: What would the United States do if Stalin sent the Soviet army to overthrow Marshal Tito’s regime in Yugoslavia? BRITISH and American diplomats, however, ruled out the likelihood of a shooting war. They regarded Moscow’s threat to “take more effective measures’ in Yugoslavia as only a part of the war of nerves. British newspapers took a different view. They regarded the Soviet note as the ‘‘worst threat of war since 1939.’ No one outside the Kremlin could know for sure what was coming next. But the threat that began 14 months ago to upset Tito when the Cominform read him out of the Communist party developed long ago into frequent shootings along the satellite borders. the jittery situation, one embassy thought it had an inside tip on an *‘invasion’’. date. THE QUESTION of American involvement was not quite as academic as it might appear. With the issue squarely joined between Communism and the west, and with the U.S. serving as the arsenal of the west, involvement as a result of any warlike Kremlin move was an ever-present possibility. EXCISE TAX: Not This Year All hope for any reduction this year of federal excise taxes appeared doomed as congress shut the door on the issue. Excise taxes are collected on such items as furs, jewelry, luggage, cosmetics, transportation and telephone bills. CHAIRMAN DOUGHTON.§ (D., N.C.) of the tax-writing house Ways and means committee issued a statement saying that he sees no prospect for a reduction in these taxes now. He gave as a reason the federal deficit threat of more than five billion dollars in the current fiscal year. To clarify the subject for consumers, he added: “I believe it is important to make this clear so that consumers will not postpone the purchase of goods subject to tax in the hope an immediate reduction.” BUT HE HELD out hope of tax reliefs in the future. He said he had requested the congressional staff ef tax experts to begin now a study of possible tax revisions and reductions for the consideration of congress next year. There was a hint, however, that if present exare lowered, some other taxes may be increased—unless federal expenditures are reduced. There remained a middle course, Doughton ‘went on, which might provide a reasonable reduction in government expenditures, to require some increase in taxes where the increase can be borne without disturbing the economy, and to provide for a reduction in those taxes which are crippling enterprise and interfering with business expansion. ACID TEST: - Fails For Granny The gambling grandmother of Gardena, Calif., had a relapse. MRS. SULA BELL STIMSON, 49, had been stricken with a compelling urge to gamble. She reached the stage where she forged ehecks with which to obtain funds for poker playing. She just couldn’t resist the yen to see what that next card would be. Last November she was brought into court for her weakness and was placed on probation for three years. Last April she was arrested again and a physician testified she had undergone a_ personality change from a normal housewife to a person afflicted with a craving for gambling. HE SAID doses of glutamic acid had been used with some success in similar cases, recommended such treatment for Mrs. Stimson. The court agreed, and she was released to the custody of her family with court orders to continue the treatment. It didn’t work. The gambling grandmother had succumbed again to the fascination of the poker deck. The acid test had failed. Shirley May France, 17-year old Somerset, Mass., schoolgirl, prepares for one of her last workouts prior to attempting to swim the English channel. TRUMAN: To The People President Truman submitted his arms-for-Europe proposal to the people through the medium of the golden jubilee convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Miami, . DECLARING the armament proposal was the “price of peace,”’ he termed it this nation’s guarantee against war and urged approval. The President, contending that peace with freedom and justice cannot be “bought cheaply,” urged that congress immediately approve the 1.5 billion-dollar arms outlay. He conceded the cost was ‘‘considerable,’’ but added that it ‘‘represents an investment in security that will be worth many times its cost.” There were those in congress, however, who were in noticeable disagreement with President Truman. These included several congressmen who have been stalwart supporters of administration policy. THE DISSENTERS argued that it was ‘‘pouring money down a rathole’? to attempt to prevent war or adequately arm the north Atlantic pact signatories as the Truman proposal planned. Others declared the program was simply “putting small arms in the hands of constabulary of little nations.” U. S. military experts agreed that even with the program operative as envisioned hy the President, Russia could overrun the continent in 60 days. Claiming this, they added that since the U.S. would have to pay for World War III anyway if and when it came, the wiser course would be to build up national de|fense and striking power to the point where no surprise attack on this nation could be successful. ELECTRONICS: Machine Has ‘Brain’ The parade of ‘‘mechanical brain’? devices appeared neverending. The newest group—an automatic computer called Binac—is smaller; cheaper, brighter than | the others. It can calculate 12,000 times faster than a human being and does problems 25 times faster than more complicated machines. The inven‘tors predicted it would usher in another industrial revolution in which machines can take over many jobs now done by man BINAC, built to order for Northrop aircraft company, was. designed especially for complicated engineering problems such as in designing new military aircraft and guided missiles. But Binac was not the last word in the field of mechanical ‘‘brains.’’ A larger, general-purpose type of “magic brain’’ called Univae was under construction. Its first customer will be the U.S. census bureau UNIVAC, it was said, could even play chess, but only about as good as an average player, not an expert. It is expected that the machine also would be able to write simple melodies and lyrics because musical harmonics follow simple rules. With Univac, according to reports, the American people will find out a lot of things they didn’t know about themselves—that is, statistically speaking. U.S. AGENCIES Six Departments Undergo ‘Streamlining’ As a result of congressional action several government agencies went under the streamline plan and some mild reshuffling came about. Some 3,300 federal employes were affected as six of President. Truman’s reorganization plans went into effect under terms of the reee act of 1949. ming up, here is the gist of ia occurred: The U.S. employ- ment service went back into the labor department; the post office department and the maritime and civil service commissions were revamped with ‘greater efficiency as the aim; the bureau of public roads became part of the commerce department; the national security resources board and the national security council became parts of the executive office. POLIO: Isolation Cut Sufficient beds for polio patients in the nation’s hospitals—a major problem in fighting the malady— appeared to be in sight as a result of a new approach to treatment and diagnosis in the early stages of the disease. THIS may be brought about almost overnight and it can be done without adding a single bed in hospitals for acute cases, or training another nurse. Too, it will save millions of dollars in the cost of treatment. All this is declared possible because of a decision by public health and medical authorities cutting the isolation period for early polio to one week—longer only if the fever lasts longer. Some states have been isolating polio patients for two weeks, some even for three or four, but the average has been two weeks. The one week recommendation, made by 20 medical authorities, is part of a new guide for health officers of all the states. The guide is being sent to local health authorities, hospitals and doctors by the various state health officers. POLIO patients are kept isolated when they are first. ill to prevent spread of the disease, but medical studies have concluded that the disease is communicable only during the first three or four days before symptoms appear, and for two or three days afterward. So for safety, isolation, the experts said, is necessary for only a week, or as long as there is a fever. Open Season BS ee of all—you can do without denting your pocketbook. Done say can’t until you try! ie International Uniform Su nda School_L i s 16 SCRIPTURE: Psalms 8:2; 22:1; 18; 91:9-12; ee 8-13; 110:1; us: 2b.93% 21:15-16, 38-42; 22:41-45; Luke Matthew Mark READING: 14: era "2226. available at lumbe In most lumber yards chairs can be b Jesus and the Psalms Lesson for September 11, Worship’ NE USE Jesus made of the Psalms was in public worship. Whenever he went up to the Temple he would join in singing or in listening to great choirs singing these ancient hymns. Many of our own bestloved hymns, while not direct trans‘lations, are based on Psalms. For example, ‘Still, Still With Thee’’ is from Psalm 16; Dr. Foreman “God Is My Strong Salvation’ from Psalm 27; ‘‘The King of Love’? from Psalm 28; ‘‘O Worship the King’? from Psalm 104. In private worship also we know Jesus used the Psalms. One of the Hebrew names for them was ‘‘The Book of Prayers,”? and Jesus, like many another who-has loved these Psalms, found in them the natural expression of what was deepest in his heart when he turned toward his Father in heaven. A striking proof of this comes from the story of Calvary. The cry, “My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” is a ' quotation from Psalm 22:1, and “Into thy hands I commend my spirit’? is from Psalm 31:5. Thus, two out of three prayers he uttered in his last moments were from the Psalms. So. the reader today, pondering in a quiet moment these immortal poems, either from the printed book or better yet, as Jesus did, from the treasures of memory, may often find in them prayers which seem breathed from his own mind and to which he need only say, Amen. x * G-Man Hoover Scans Career that law enforcement was a strictly local problem and no business of Washington’s bureaucrats. In honor of his silver anniversary as head man of the federal WASHINGTON, D. C.—It was bureau of investigation, director 25 years ago that John E. Hoover, a librarian turned lawyer, took | Hoover reviewed the FBI story and told how it all began. command of a run down police It is a story of politics, good and force whose officers could neither bad, of an era that created a new make arrests nor carry guns. enforcement approach, and of a In a quarter century, much has criminal punk with a machine gun happened. and a smart wife who did a milAmerica’s criminal glossary has lion dollar publicity job for the been swelled by such terms as FBI. Above all it is the biographi“G-man,” ‘‘G-heat’? and ‘‘public cal tale of an unimportant federal enemy.’’ The era of gang warfare employe who took an unimportant as a national characteristic and appointment in 1924, and, without kidnaping as a big time source of changing jobs, has become one of racket money have flowered and Washington’s and the _ nation’s faded. The careers of ‘‘Machine most potent figures. Gun” Kelly, Dillinger and Karpis have boomed in the news headlines and ended at morgue and prison gates. Altitudes in Idaho And along the way, ‘John E.’? Idaho altitudes range from 1708 has become ‘J. Edgar’? and the gad sack police force of May 10, feet to 12,655 feet, which is the height of the summit of Mt. Borah 1924, has blossomed into the pride in the Sawtooths. of a nation which once maintained Has Served Jesus did not use stupidly, of ‘BULL'ETIN: Now He Knows Joe King left ‘Empire, Wis., with a 1,600-pound bull—but he got paid for only 1,410 pounds. This will probably teach Joe a lesson. The distance to market was 13 miles overland. Joe had a truck. but he decided he and the bull would hoof it. “It was kind of cool,” he said, ‘‘and it seemed like a good idea. Five hours and 1% minutes later,: Joe and’the bull ar rived. The bull lost 190 pounds. HITE é a, NO HULLS TRY IT/ ti ghoces 'VE BIN OILIN’ THINGS FER 50 YEARS WITH Cross-Stitch Towels With These Designs the Psalms course. He would For instance, during his temptations the thought was suggested to him that he could jump off a high building and not be hurt; had not God promised just that in a Psalm? Now it is true that Psalm 91:9-12 does say that God will keep you from ‘‘dashing your foot against a stone’? but Jesus knew that does not mean that God will guarantee to keep you _ out trouble or harm no matter how you are! sz UICK! Cross-stitch those new towels with these delightful still life designs! 8-to-the-inch crosses and other ay stitches. atisfying wa get seeey linens! Pattern 7335: Taneree. 6 motifs 4%4x12% inches. Send 20 cents in coin, poe mame, address and pattern numer to: also ther and ann te Needlecraft t Dept. P, O. 5740, ucae 80, Ill. P. O. Bee 162, Old Chelsea Station, New Y¥ Enclose No. For instance, when the Jerusalem boys and girls were making such a noisy welcome for him, and the dignified priests were protesting, Jesus quoted Psalm 8:2 in defense of the children: ‘‘Out of the mouths of babes and_ sucklings thou hast perfected praise.”’ Name he mean had 20 cents that King Anointed,’’ of Mankind, as his ‘‘the use of was not surprised, Psalm for he thought at \once of Psalm 118:22-23. When he hung on the cross, and saw the soldiers gambling for his clothes, Psalm 22:16-18 would surely come into his mind. And can we doubt that in his last agonies, 6ne who knew the Psalms so well would not have remembered also the later lines from the same prophetic Psalm? It begins with the tragie question—Why? But ‘it rises he to cried a song unto of FSEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER * pear sai of its low rate of electrode erosion, the new Auto tte Resistor Spark Plug permits these ior initial gap settings and makes advantages possible. 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ENGINES * A Smoother Engine Idle. * Improved Gasoline Economy. * Increased Electrode Life. ; Address that the Psalm- predicted At all events, we do Jesus often took a Psalm, of one, as a prophetic himself, He knew himself true HELPS @ prophecy. always wood’s No. 1 eligible bachelor. He is shown here in the role of Johnse Hatfield in a picture depicting the famous HatfieldMcCoy feud. BOY! HOW IT Pops —CRISP TENDED / C3 never have supposed that you could take just any sentence about Ged out of some Psalm or other, and quote it as the last word about God. Did Holly- Bureau For Past 25 Years occasion, or did he mean that the Psalm expressed a truth now ANSWER: After thorough cleaning, rinsing and drying, give the line a coat of good spar varnish. To get an even coat, saturate a piece of cheesecloth with the varnish and we it on the wire. ince there will be a great deal of friction, the varnish gradually will wear off, and the treatment must be repeated. Instead of all this fussing, why not use a good -cord clothesline, to be taken down |and put away when not in use? rived his ideas of God from the |}. Psalms. But certainly some of the great teachings about—God which we hear from Jesus we can read already in the Psalms. ist is Milk Plant Workers Estimated workers employed in processing and delivering dairy products total 250,000. be too much to say that Jesus de- * stars, Gaiaed Company, * Christ in the Psalms ESUS found in the Psalms prophecies. There is a thin line between illustration mantic rds everywhere aterial for two Truth about God ESUS also found in the Psalms a revelation of truth. It would foolish Since film star Jimmy Stewart .abandoned his bachelor status, Farley Granger, hailed as one of the movies’ top ro- QUESTION: Is there anything I could put on my aluminum outdoor clothes line so that black smudges can be kept off the clothes? Even after thorough wiping it is Tae ae to rub ‘ aeuelt off the only simplify of time but 1949 F YOU would like an attractive set of lawn furniture we suggest ‘‘Building It Yourself.’”’ Best by Roger C. Whitman e Send 25¢ for Pattern No. Chait to Easi-Bild Pattern . W, Pleasantville, N. Y. oor parts of the Old Testament Jesus never once mentioned. Others he quoted again and again. Could this be because some parts were more helpful to him than cia At any rate, the Psalms were one. section of his. Bible whieh he on ceed: the e The full size Pavers not construction in minimum Sear (EDITOR’ S$ NOTE: Western Newspaper FIRST AID to the} AILING HOUSE Gardeh Chair Is Fun to Make <x Exeise Tax Cut Stymied This Year You Build It Is Out It had a familiar ring: ‘You can’t do business with the Chinese Communists.’”?” Remember? ‘You can’t do business with Hitler.” That certainly was true, and according to officials best informed on the Chinese. situation, it was equally true of the Chinese Reds. SLOWLY BUT SURELY, Amercan businessmen and officials are finding out the truth of the statement. In ever-increasing numbers they are pulling out of the great centers in China. And With them goes inevitably. the prospect for any important trade agreements between the United States and Communist China Yet there was an annoying paradox in the situation for the Chinese friends of the Kremlin. For the fact was that the Reds would have to turn to the United States if they were to obtain many things they need to fill the gaping holes in China’s distraught economy. THE American state department and other U.S. officials are incensed at the way American officials and private citizens have been treated by the Communists in China. They apparently have come to the conclusion that nothing can be accomplished by maintaining large consulate staffs in cities where the Reds have taken over. Weeks of trying to come to some terms with the Communists show nothing but failure. , To the initiate, this came as a surprise to U.S. policy makers. They had expected that as the Chinese Communists poured into Shanghai and other coastal points they would take a live-and-let-live attitude toward the Americans. They also figured that the Communists would have to do business with the U.S., inasmuch as they would have to look to the West rather than Russia for imports to meet China’s economic needs. But somehow or other it didn’t work out that way. l Truman Takes Arms Row to People; CHINA REDS: Trading G) Kp ANALYSIS << NEWS ( WEEKLY Russia Threatens Yugoslav Regime; 3 times as many women prefer FLEISCHMANN YEAST |