Show WE NEWS ANALYSIS georgia gets new kew governor swollen british rivers bring great hardship and destruction EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns colu MRS the tiey y are those ol 01 western newspaper union news a analysts and not necessarily ot of this newspaper GEORGIA talmadge ousted melvin E thompson elected lieutenant governor is rightful governor of georgia the state supreme court has ruled 5 to 2 herman talmadge s son 0 n of gene who has been acting as gov vernor since his appointment by the legislature was declared clar ed a usurper atty gen eugene cook has inai E validated all bills signed by talmadge thompson om aso n during his brief and troubled term the most important of this legislation is the white primary bill but other measures also were declared void by cook the 33 year old son of the famous old gene accepted the verdict of states highest Q anal iely y v al and imme made preparations P r to 10 leave v the executive mansion 4 well be back he told well wishers ir 4 the co court urt of I 1 last resort is is the he people of georgia this case will be taken to the H talmadge court of last resort this was interpreted as indicating that talmadge intends to run again in 1948 when a special election will be held under the law a lieutenant governor can serve only two years as governor the supreme courts majority decision took the view that the legislature erred when it appointed herman talmadge governor on january 14 the legislature after a canvass of votes cast acted on the theory that since eugene talmadge had died before inauguration that there was no one elected to the office herman talmadge was chosen on the basis of a few write in votes thompson duly elected lieutenant governor was ignored U S FARM REPORT 1 p e year rise value of farms in the united states increased by one third on the average and value of produce doubled between 1940 and 1945 the census bureau reports number of farms declined and size of farms increased during the five year period as was generally known total worth of the nations farms rose steadily to in the five years covered present values ar ary considerably higher the average farm in 1945 was 1948 acres compared with acres five years earlier market value of produce increased from to 18 number of people on farms decreased sharply but the bureau says it has no figure for 1940 efy e ny comparable to the 1945 tass when there were listed as farm dwellers tenant farmers dropped from to in the five year term farmers are using more machinery more farms are operated by farmers and fewer by tenants fewer farmers engage in off farm work more milk was produced and sold during the period than previously sly farmers are raising more chickens hogs sheep and cattle only the number number of horses haade alinea more afie wheat at corn oats soybeans irish potatoes cotton and tobacco were raised than in preceding years W I 1 JA AAA political satire turned up unexpectedly in a swiss lenten parade the drum major called the big guy from the east bears an unmistakable resemblance to stalin the drummers are supposed to depict the soviet commissars commissary commis sars and generals marching roughshod over small states switzerland Is probably the only southern european country tree free enough for a public lampooning of russian leaders the parade attracted much attention as it wound through the ancient streets of 0 basle BRITAIN floods new peril melting of the thick blanket of snow that brought great hardship to britain has swollen streams to flood stage many thousands of people in southern england are being forced out of their homes by rising waters some rivers already have passed the record high marks of 1894 community kitchens are being set up to feed refugees troops german war prisoners and volunteers are struggling to save water purifying stations gas and electric plants and other essential services others are sandbagging sand bagging dikes and river walls it is our worst disaster in years declares miss phoebe custen mayor of the thames river town of caversham haversham Caver sham snow still is hampering transportation in five counties of northern england these regions will have to cope with floods later agricultural losses are already immense and prospects are for even more staggering damage tens of thousands of sheep and cattle are drowning in the midlands regions it is estimated that three million farm animals died over the winter killed by snow and cold most of the spring wheat crop is ruined the potato crop in the fen lands is considered destroyed planting of early crops is far behind schedule rie iri in a country that has been I 1 on short rations for seven years this further blow is extremely serious ATOMIC ORE rigid regulations in a move to safeguard the nations supply af pf ot uranium and thorium ores the raw materials tor for atom bombs the atomic energy commission has issued a gewand new and very strict code death is the penalty for major Wo violations lations of the rigid regulations which aff affect act everyone handling the radio attivo ores the code sets up a 9 licensing system specifying that no one unless licensed by the commission can transfer or eap exp export ort from the united states any material that contains as much as 1 of abne one per cent ceist of uranium or thorium after april 1 anyone not licensed who obtains 10 pounds armore or more of raw uranium or thorium thordur must report it to the commission within 30 days use of uranium in ceramics photographic g supplies and other industrial products is practically forbidden since no further supply of the metal will be allowed after april 1 PARAGUAY civil war mar so serious Is the rebellion in paraguay that president has issued a war decree to mobilize the full powers of the government rebels now are holding large sections of the little south american country government officials state that tha t the revolt is communist inspired they further charge that communists fists in neighboring uruguay and bolivia are giving every assistance to the rebels the war act gives the government power to draft men property and money and to suspend any laws the preamble declares that it was issued in accordance with international agreement signed by this country for defense of the continent against subversive movements of a totalitarian character according to news from brazil the insurgents have won control 0 of f all the paraguayan side of the para guayan auayan brazil border by capturing the towns of bela vista pedro juan caballero and captan bado paraguayan government reports say that some of the rebel forces have deserted and surrendered to government troops there were other stories denied by the government that some infantry artillery and naval units had refused orders to fight the rebels well aint hay for many years miss aliss mary B powers of new york city has been refusing dividends earned by her stock in the glen alden coal co she has been living it in a new york hotel as a recluse for the last 15 years Sorn something elbing has changed her mind recently however and she has decided to accept her bar dividends after all she has bas coming DRAFT EVADERS FBI hunts ending of selective service has forced a change in the department of justices handling of draft evad ers heretofore the departments policy was to turn such men over to the army for induction since the armed forces no longer want them they will have to face conviction and sentence in federal courts says J edgar hoover director of the departments part ments federal bureau of investigation vesti gation FBI agents everywhere haye have been furnished with descriptions of men who are wanted for draft e evasion a many of these failed to register or employed one of the many dodges with which the FBI Is familiar FARM MACHINERY prices trimmed although demand is expected to exceed supply for months to come international harvester company has reduced prices on items ot of farm equipment more than half the companas comp anys customers will benefit a spokesman said reductions duct ions range from I 1 to per cent or in dollars from to lower prices have been announced for farm machines 16 models of industrial tractors 12 models of motor trucks and 12 other miscellaneous articles the program will cost the company about 20 million dollars this year it was stated new prices became effective march 10 typical of reductions are new prices of the farnall H tractor down or per cent the automatic pickup hay baler down 75 or 41 per cent and the self pro belled combine now or 34 per cent lower trucks were trimmed 50 to in price depending on size estimated overall reduction on industrial products amounted to about 35 per cent officials stated CANCER italian treatment A new drug that is effective in the treatment of cancer has been reported by an italian researcher the chemical has been named faa by its discoverer dr francisco guarnieri of rome he is cautious about claiming that he has found a true cure for the dread malady but stated that only patient and arduous experiments in the coming months will be able to prove its value only one experiment on a human being has been conducted so far he said this was on a patient who was in a critical condition and near death with daily doses of fa he lived a year then died of pneumonia tests with various laboratory animals have been impressive dr guarnieri added faa is composed in part of a cial liver extract factor from can immune animals he is convinced that cancer results from failure of a certain factor in the liver to perform its functions properly overcomes handicap Z K Q 1 mgt harold russell who lost both hands in service Is on tour in connection with his first movie venture the best years of our lives he received an academy award for his bis part in the picture in which he played a disabled vet eran the film Is being shown at army hospitals as part of the rehabilitation program for handicapped men russell does not intend to act again his ambition Is to be a specialist in movie advertising he Is shown here demonstrating how well he can perform such ch delicate tasks as operating a camera with his hooks F railroads rent autos railroads will resume their auto renting service by june I 1 in cities announces H W siddall chairman of the railroad ger committee in this arrangement a railroad passenger can obtain the use of a car through the railroads agents the acute shortage of new cars has delayed resumption of this service siddall said autos can be obtained in 1000 cities by the end of next year WHITE COLLAR JOBS demand for workers employment demand for or white collar workers shows a nationwide nation wide increase compared with a year ago according to a survey of private employment agencies in 44 U S cities made by northwestern national life insurance company women ap cants are scarce in many cities but male job seekers are much more numerous than last year many government employees are coming onto the employment market eastern employment agencies report especially in and around washington D C as government bureaus commence to reduce the size of their staffs the reason most generally named by employment agency managers for the current shortage in office trained help is that during the war young people who normally would have prepared for office and general business jobs went directly from high school into shops and factories at high pay leaving many business colleges nearly empty now the postwar business school graduates are just beginning to appear in a very short market liberal unemployment compensation pensa tion programs are also a major factor in keeping persons out of the employment market many placement executives observe A buffalo employment agency manager comments many young people rate a proffered pay check by subtracting 21 a week the unemployment compensation rate from it after also deducting income tax lunches and carfare from a moderate salary frequently the difference over and above the unemployment compensation provides insufficient inducement for them to go to work twilight of U S unless some unpredictable turn of events comes along the united states will decline from now on states a new book cycles the science of prediction the authors edward dewey director of the foundation for the study of cycles and edwin dakin public relations counsellor say that the leveling off stage in our national economy lias has been reached we are not at or near our peak they contend while biologically and industrially the united states is a comparatively ively old nation they say that russia entered a new growth cycle follow ingher revolution and Is now the youngest of the worlds great nations electrification 1 loans reach billion with the granting of to illinois rural electrification administration loans have reached the billion dollar mark every state excepting connecticut and massachusetts now have cooperatives financed by REA funds on january 1 REA loans totaled more than 1000 borrowers have repaid in principal and in terest interest the illinois money will be used to construct 63 additional miles of line to serve customers and to make ned necessary essary improvements to relieve the service load 0 miss aliss paris of 1947 is the title this lovely girl has wan won in a competition limited to parisian maids she is mile francoise fran coise foucault 19 released Ke leased by western newspaper union |