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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH Entered as second class matter Feb. 8, 1929 at the Post Office. Randolph, Utah, under the Act of March 3. 1879. 1.50 Per Year In Advance SUBSCRIPTION Uavton Marshall. Editor and Proprietor CIO, AFL Discuss Labor Unity; U.S, Aids Starving Romanians; Truman Acts to End Emergency Wm. E. Marshall, Business Manager His Taste for Beer at Midnight Disturbed Travelers. budget Trouble .Released by Western Newspaper Union. (EDITORS NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those ot Western Newspaper Unions news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) CAMEROONS, EAST The ghost with a taste for beer, which had been disturbKUMBA, AFRICA. . ing travelers for nearly 30 years, has been left homeless by demolition of an old rest house here. Tradition had it that the ghost was the restless spirit of a former German district officer, notorious for the iron hand with which he ruled the people of the Cameroons. Known before World War I as the Johann Albrechshohe station, the haunted house served as the Prussian-lik- e officers quarters, district office and military barracks. It was built 1,200 feet above sea level, on the lip of a drowned volcano crater, with a wide lake 300 feet below. In more recent years, the building was turned into a resthouse for visiting government officials. But so many visitors were badly frightened by the creaks and groans of the ancient timbers that the place received a bad name. It was said that the only way to get a good nights sleep was to place a bottle pf beer and a glass on a tray shortly before midnight. This seemed to satisfy the thirsty ghost, for he left the occupiers in peace. In the morning, according to the story, the bottle, was found empty, the glass encrusted with dried froth. Skeptics who had never spent a night in the haunted house had amusing explanations for consumption of the unguarded bottle of beer. They never could, however, explain why the cap was always still gripped firmly around the neck of the bottle, and never showed any evidence of being touched with an opener. President Philip Murray (left) shakes hands with senate labor committee chairman Taft (Rep., O.), at hearings on corrective labor legislation. Rapping proposed changes, Murray attributed industrial unrest to workers reduced real income and high corporation profits. CIO LABOR: Discuss Unity over the issue of vertical (mass) organization of workers, the House of Labor was another tortuous step closer to unity with CIO acceptance of an AFL invitation to merge the two great American labor movements with a total membership of over 12 million. Significantly, John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, who left the AFL to head the new CIO and then Mississippi Flood Help Is. returned to the AFL, was named Authorized by U. S. Army on the AFL negotiating committee WASHINGTON. Gen. Jacob L. headed by Pres. William Green. FaDevers authorized emergency re- miliar' with the mechanics and perlief measures by army troops in the sonalities of both unions, John L. is event of floods or threatened flood in a strategic position to pave the disaster in the Mississippi valley. way. for unification. The ground forces commander au' Representatives of two former thorized commanders of the 2nd, AFL unions were named on the CIO 4th, 5th and 7th armies to work di- committee led by Pres. Philip Murrectly with the president of the Mis- ray. They included Emil Rieve of sissippi river commission on ar- the Textile Workers and Jacob Patof-sk- y of the Amalgamated Clothing rangements for use of army troops and supplies during flood emergen- Workers. As former units in the cies. AFL, these two CIO unions also can Under current plans, the army bring their, combined experience in commanders would provide troops both labor movements into the dissuitable for flood fighting duty, levee cussions to reach a common ground maintenance, protection and secur- of agreement. ity measures, signal communication equipment and personnel, and all FAMINE: available vehicles, equipment and Aid Romania supply from army stocks as might The American Red Cross drew be required. Uncle Sams bounty to relieve upon The Mississippi river commission worst famine in 50 ofRomanias is the army engineer president No less than 500,000 men, Misficer in charge of the lower years. women were suffering children and division. river sissippi the Moldavian region in starvation in used also were Army troops and lacking clothing and other Washington state to combat flood Divided in 1935 - conditions. Pilot Saves Airliner After It Strikes Tree, 45 Escape MOBILE, ALA. . A Pan-Americ- an passenger plane, airways DC-- 4 which struck a tree in an attempt to land at New Orleans, made an emergency landing here. Some 45 persons were said to have been aboard the plane when it was brought down here shoftly after 1 a. m. None was reported injured. The craft, arriving at New" Orleans from' Balboa, Canal Zone, came to Mobile on three engines after damaging its left outboard engine at New Orleans where bad weather prevented a landing. Two Robbers Make Off With $250, Miss $50,000 Parcel CHICAGO. A $250 robbery went off without a hitch but the robbers passed up $50,000. Two men entered a branch office of the , American Express agency and cowed Mrs. Theresa manager, and James Mur-tocompany agent. They tied both with clothes line and cleaned out the cash register. But they left without searching their victims. Murton had been deliverying a supply of travelers checks to branch offices and had $50,000 worth in his pocket. supplies. Red Cross purchases of 4,500 tons of rations and 2,500 .tons of n, The young man shrugged. Well, he adnearly every performance, miss. while I mitted. Once in a CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUSINESS & INVEST. OPFOR. There are big proflts in operating a popcorn machine. Free cat. and special prices on machines, popcorn, seasoning, bags, boxes. Blevins Popcorn Co.,Nashvllle,Tenn. FARM MACHINERY & EQUIP. WESTERN RED CEDAR FENCE POSTS Sale by Carloads. BONNER CEDAR CO.. Sandpolnt, Idaho. & APFLI. VENETIAN BLINDS STEEL & ALUMINUM to Made your order: Colors: White ana free instruction and order Ivory. Send for to you. Best quality. blank. Factory UTAH VENETIAN BLIND CO. 2420 So. Stale St., Salt Lake City, Utah MISCELLANEOUS WE BUY AND SELL Office Furniture, Files, Typewriters, AddSafes, Cash Registers. Machines, ing SALT LAKE DESK EXCHANGE IS West Broadway. Salt Lake City. Utah. SEEPS, PLANTS, ETC. GLADIOLUS, blooming size bulbs $3.00 prepaid. 12 all different $2.50 prepaid. Chrysanthemums English Ask for New Customer Premium. Free We want you on our mailing list - Lewiston, Idaho SMITH GARDENS 100 BEAUTIFUL cat-alo- g. U. S. Savings Bonds The Best Investment r MOST MOTHERS DO THIS . extended in 1941 With the Republican congress bent on restoring normalcy, Mr Truman again anticipated GOP action by asking the legislators to repeal 24 temporary laws, tempo- rarily extend 12 others, permit an- other 10 to run out their course, and cut back 12 appropriations. Among the 24 laws the President tabbed for repeal were those au- thorizing the secretary of agriculture to buy and distribute food for U. S. territories and possessions; lend-leas- WORLD TRADE: Must Import There is a huge demand for American goods overseas but the U. S. will have to accept payment in large part in foreign goods, industry and government officials tolc the annual Chicago World Trade conference. Declaring that American exports chiefly will be limited by the amount of foreign exchange held by other countries, John L. McCaffrey: president of International ' Harvester company, urged that the U. S. should finance shipments with imports of goods and services which we do not produce ourselves or can buy more cheaply abroad. As long as we maintain high tariffs, foreign loans for exports could not be repaid and would result in losses, he Clothing also was provided for children. ragged and .hollow-eye-d Romania representMeanwhile, atives in Washington completed negotiations for the purchase of large supplies of American grain upon condition that the U. S. would supervise distribution to guard against discrimination for political or other purposes. The famine was brought about by a two year drouth, wartime slaughter of livestock, breakdown of said. Woman Weeps at Holdup and Unless foreign markets are fount transportation and heavy levies by Russian the for American agricultural products army. Softens Heart of Young Thief farm output will have to be curCHICAGO. Ruth Fagan, lingerie Hit Chinese Heads tailed, with a consequent reduction Chinese leader? were under fire in demand for industrial goods, Secshop employee, wept when a young robber ordered her to give me all from within and without as inflation retary of Commerce Harriman the money in your cash register. continued to grip the country in the stated. The government hopes to Miss Fagan handed him $11 and face of insufficient domestic pro- establish trade stability through sobbed, Thats all I took in today. duction and the wholesale supply reciprocal agreements and creation The man looked at his loot, then of Chinese currency. of an international trade authority, said gruffly, Take it back, you need As the government dumped gold he said. it worse than I do. Mar-chet- ti, The male half of a new dance team was pleading with a producer. You never saw anythmg so senAt sational, the dancer raved. Parttake act I my the finish of our ner by the hair and whirl her round for exactly twenty spins. Then I wind up the whole thing by winheaving her through an open It see it.' should brings dow. You down the house! The producer paled. Heave her through an open window? he repeated incredulously. Do you do that at every perform-aiice?- 1 HOME FURNISHINGS w peace treaties. Starve in Romania POTATOES: Seek to Avert Loss Kai-she- k, -l THE INNOCENT As in the case, of reducing personal income taxes, the Republican congress divided on the extent of slashing President Trumans 1948 udget request of 37.5 billion dollars. While GOP members in the house ed by Representative Taber (Rep., N.Y.) favored a 6 billion dollar cut, senate Republicans led by Senator Taft (Rep., O.) stood out for a 4 jillion dollar decrease. It was expected that a compromise figure of 5 billion would be reached, permitting a 20 per cent income tax reduction and a sizable surplus to be applied, against the national debt. House Republicans charged their senate colleagues with having succumbed to military and naval pressure against substantial reductions in army and navy expenditures. Declaring there was room for economy and an end to extravagance :in every federal agency, including the army and navy, they asserted that the services could take a 15 per cent slash in appropriations without hampering national defenses in the slightest. Taft replied ahy cut in military appropriations be held to 10 per cent to assure national security and fulfillment of overseas obligations. Seeking to avert the loss of at, east 20 million bushels of surplus potatoes taken over by the governon the market in an effort to stabil- ment in support of the 1946 crop, ize the Chinese dollar, officials and the department of agriculture ofnewspapers charged former Pre- fered them to commercial exporters mier H. H. Kung with buying up the and processors for 5 cents a hunprecious metal for the purpose of dred pounds. The support price was manipulating the currency and em- $2.20. . barrassing the government of PreThe latest offer commier T. V. Soong. Like Generalis- pared departments with a price of 35 cents presimo Chiang Kung is viously set for export sale. Because married to a sister of Soong, of the low food value of potatoes, making the three brothers-in-latheir perishability and high handling Chinas ruling family. costs, foreign governments have preChiang himself took a hand in ferred to purchase more nutritious Chinas deteriorating economic sit- and less cumbersome supplies of uation, issuing a broad decree for grain. the repatriation of private fortunes Inasmuch as can buy wheat abroad; fixing wage-pric- e ceilings; flour at five to they six cents a pound, in all and prohibiting gold dealings the governments also have foreign exchange; banning strikes beenforeign hesitant about paying 15 to 20 and lockouts; initiation of a halfbillion dollar import program, and cents a pound for dehydrating potatoes. Sale of th to government withdrawal from in- processors at 5 cents potatoes 100 potlnds per dustry. will bring the price of the dehydrated potatoes down appreciably, proWHITE HOUSE: viding a stimulus for export. Emergency Ending The bargain export price will not Continuing to keep abreast of the apply to U. S. insular or territorial GOP, President Truman paved the possessions supplied by regular comway for an early end to the national mercial channels. emergency proclaimed in 1939 and e disposal of ships under and accumulation of 90 days annual leave for government employees. beans from the war department Laws which he said should be assured the stricken Moldavians of allowed to run their course include 1,000 calories a day for 16 days. restriction of active duty of reserves to emergencies; government construction and use of petroleum lines, and temporary maintenance of housing on public lands. Trimming of emergency laws would reduce the Presidents war time powers still in effect to those covering the official war period, which will end with ratification of 10-in- yiobodjjL (psAgsd. lONGRESS: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS THE RICH COUNTY REAPER MasflQsld Medics Study New Malady Medicine was on the trail of a new disease which has taken a heavy toll of life among babies ranging from two weeks to three years of age in Indiana and Kentucky. Diagnosed as a virus type of sleep-in- g sickness, the disease infects both children and adults, but older people contract the illness in a milder form and recover. Fifteen babies died from the disease in the Evansville, Ind., area alone within, six weeks, it was revealed. Other deaths were reported in New Albany and Jeffersonville, Ind., and Louisville Ky. . No more than one child was stricken in any family. Because doctors have not been required to report the disease to health authorities, there has been little opm portunity to study it. , operations on several of the victims disclosed similar effects, it was said. AT BEDTIME rob WORKS FOR BOORS throat, chest, back while child deeps to relieve coughs, with VapoRub. action muscular soreness starts instantly... and tightness. home remedy can use to relieve distress of childrens colds is Best-know- n comforting Vicks VapoRub. Even while you rub it on, VapoRub starts to work to ease distress . . . and it keeps on working during the night. No wonder most mothers always do this when a m coldstrikes. V C Li S VapoRub Post-morte- SUPREME COURT: Jackson Assails Black The elastic and somewhat unpredictable interpretations of the laws by Justice Black has aroused the ire of Justice Robert Jackson. In a separate concurring opinion on a case involving apprentice railroad men under the wage-holaw, Jackson sharply criticized Blacks reasoning in his written decision. He also took Justice Frank Murphy to task for two decisions in which he wrote the majority opinion. These were the famous Mount Clemens Pottery Co. case, on which portal pay suits are based, and the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation case, which established the portal to portal pay rights in coal mining. Blacks principal charge was that in thesfe two rulings and in the railroad apprentice case, no notice was taken of "contract or custom prevailing in the businesses involved. He went on to say that the court should pay at least some deference to the customs and contracts of an industry when interlaw, and not preting the wage-hoput industry and labor in a, legal straitjacket of our own design. Endless litigation, he said, would follow from these uncertain decisions, profitable only to attorneys. 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