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Show B THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH flZT W Wider Vista ofU. S. Policyhlintcd .11 Ml V Nation May Be Embarking On Major Peacefare Effort By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON. It was a sizzling day in the capital. The town moved slowly like a lazy setter stretching and hunting the shade. Even the trees were half asleep. The air pushed hard against your brow and cheeks. The asphalt yielded to opp's footfalls like brown grasses in a trodden field. Hut we had to attend the regular press and radio conference of the sec-retary of state. Nature languished, but we knew the dispatch room was spluttering and sparking in sharp shudders with the news of an anguished world. America we sensed (but didn't understand quite how) was em- - i This new word of mine (which Marshall might have used, had he known It) is "peacefare." It was used in a paragraph of a "letter to the editor" in the New York Times. The writer was A M. Mecrloo, wartime chief of the psy-chological branch of the Dutch war ministry and a member of the inter-Allie- d psychological study group in England. This is the paragraph: "In those (wartime) days, when the success or failure of the war was at stake, psychologists and spe-cialists in allied fields mobilized ev-ery weapon at their command to wage psychological warfare. Why cannot we now, when the peace is at stake, mobilize as carefully for psychological peacefare?" All right, there you have It "peacefare." Not simply "psycho-logical" peacefare now, but econom-ic and political and moral peace-fare- . That is what I am hoping and praying the unspoken plan of Secre-tary Hull will embody. A hard, long, expensive campaign. But one launched not against any-body but for everybody; a campaign to stop war to save humanity. I say "everybody" because Mar-shall pointed out that he envisioned Russia as a part of this plan for the economic rehabilitation of Eu-rope. Without this economic re-habilitation, there can be no re-habilitation of the body politic or the body (and soul) moral. It must be a campaign to ban-ish fear fear of the atomic bomb which we possess for the moment; fear of the far more terrible weapons of destruction that any madman might put to use. It is a campaign to banish the hate bred by fear. A campaign to nourish the body so that bodily tilings may be forgotten and man may pursue his spiritual destiny to-ward freedom, toward decency, to-ward a world where the major ef-fort is dedication to the common good. Nothing like this has ever been attempted before. Nations have loaned money for the purpose of earning a neat dividend or to wring some political advantage from an impecunious princeling or bankrupt government. Many fair promises and high sounding ideals have been written into covenants signed only to be broken when opportunism dic-tated a reverse English. But here is something new and different. Something rather bright and idealistic has been added, what we hope is an honest effort to wage peacefare, to outroot the malice of the few, in the spirit of charity to-ward all. It may be all eyewash, 1 know. I've seen a lot of castles fall. But my feeling is that if we get out of the scoffer's seat for a moment, If we drop the cynic pose and put peacefare into the national vocabu-lary, we may make it work. barking on a colossal undertaking. 4 We walked down the d corridors of this new state depart-ment building which in wartime housed the brass hats of the high command. For those working for peace, it is a little depressing to pass those stark murals depicting war at its worst or best, which is probably the same thing. We were still interested in the im-plications of the statements on for- - .,..,,, eign policy. Each ': Itankhage the widf J" had yet revealed. Was there a greater plan lying behind this program for aid to tricken countries the program outlined by Secretary Marshall at Harvard? The question was asked although we knew that even if the secretary had a vision wider than ours, he could not reveal it yet. His answer, frank enough under the circumstances and not unexpect-ed, was that if there was some fur-ther plan behind the one already revealed piecemeal, he was not go-ing to talk about it. He did reveal that Russia was not outside the pale of Amer-ica's rehabilitation efforts - In theory at least. This was sur-prising to some who had stud-le- d President Truman's, Mar-shall's and Ben Cohen's most recent statements, and yet not so surprising as we recalled the nature or other talks, not pub-lic, which had hinted at larger things. Is this a real effort to achieve a fair understanding with Russia? (Rapproachement is the diplomatic word.) Words. I am wondering whether those un-spoken words of the secretary of state could possibly describe the im-mensity of America's task, the task which is envisioned in the plans which Secretary Marshall "would not talk about." 1 say this because I have learned a new word which, it seems to me, might bear within it a vital, a hopeful concept. Like Hauptmann. In "The Sunken Bell" when he said: "Tear! All the gladness, all the sorrow of the world sparkles within it." Think of the dynamic quality of other words: Fame Riches Fair Play Charity Honor! WHtT'S IN A NAME Colorful Nicknames Abound In Underworld, FBI Learns WNU Features. Florence," "Butcher Knife Lizz, it. f nicknames tache Annie! These probably --jg for herself, which the typical American woman Uations by but they are among fderworld are known. Tins is reveaicu VJ which uti Bureau of Investigation, of track-- ! lizes nicknames as means ing down criminals in its relentless drive against law violators. Files on nicknames, palm prints, footprints and general appearance data are maintained by the FBI for identifi-cation purposes to supplement its collection of fingerprints, largest in the world. Indicative of the FBI's thorough and systematic effort to maintain of the complete data on members underworld mob, the file contained 469,515 nicknames at the start of the year. During the past year 47,580 nicknames were added to the list. Although an Individual may change his real name many times, as a general rule his nickname sticks, FBI agents point out in emphasizing the ef-fectiveness of this means of Identification. This has been found particularly true in cases involving check forgers, imper-sonators and extortionists. The women have no corner on the unique nicknames found in B'BI flies. Also included in this category are such cognomens as "Alibi Good Kid," "Am I Blue," "Barrell House Shorty," "Beef Stake Bob," "Blue Shirt Slim," "Chew Tobacco Lewie," "Gold -- Tooth Frenchy," "Liver Lip," "Sweet Cakes" and "Whoop Em Up Willie." Notorious public enemies of the 1930s are recognized more often by their nicknames than their true names. The given name of "Baby-face- " Nelson was Lester M. Gillis. "The Owl" was in actuality Basil Hugh Banghart. "Pollynose" Kator, a member of the Touhy gang, was FATSO' AND POLLYNOSE' Nicknames Stick the nickname of August John Lamar. Roger Touhy was com-monly known as "Black" Roger. Joseph Raymond Negri, associate of "Babyface" Nelson was dubbed "Fatso." Members of the Barker-Karpi- s gang also had their nicknames. "Ma" Barker was the name ac-corded Kate Barker by her sons and their underworld pals. Arthur Barker was known as "Doc." Alvin Karpis was nicknamed "Old Creepy" because of his cold stare and precision in carrying out his crimes. Charles Arthur Floyd was widely known as 'Pretty Boy." A criminal may receive a nick-name because of some physical characteristic, unusual personality trait or criminal specialty. "Cock-eye Mary" was labeled as such by her underworld pals because of her facial appearance. Another crimi-nal's extensive vocabulary prompt-ed the nickname of "Dictionary." "Sweet Lips" did not live up to his name, FBI agents ascer-taining that he had been in cus-tody of police several times for offenses ranging from vagrancy through counterfeiting. The nickname, "Wildflower," also proved misleading. The individ-ual bearing that name was ar-rested for assault. In many Instances law enforce-ment agencies will have little, if any, information about a wanted criminal except perhaps a nick-name and a smattering of descrip-Uv- e data. When this information is forwarded to the FBI, a search through the nickname file some-times results in an identification "Kentucky Red" was the only name known for an individual who was selling drugs in New York City FBI nickname files furnished his correct name, descriptive data and his whereabouts at the time Nicknames have not been con- fined to the criminal element "Ma chine Gun" Kelly originated a nick "anT,e 'or sPecial agents of the when ey apprehended him in a dawn raid at Memphis. Tenn nn September 26. 1933. "Don't shoot don t shoot!" he cried This name cau3ht the fancy of the I pub he as well as that of the under world. To this day FBI agents are known as "G-me- " " wMB jBBbk-1?- HnH yVbbmsbbj " FRIENDLY" WordsWT Andrei Groniyko delegate to the 'lniiB5D made radio address iJM'!-formatio-and hospjB She took as her stiS"''" national friendship, Ulfliii was composed ol personnel and their toB""" DESIGNED FOR THE LIVING . . . First up the ramp to the new model paraplegic house, built as a special housing unit at Halloran hospital on Statcn Island, N. V., Is Louis Novelll of Maehnaqua, Pa. He is being wheeled by Michelle Parker, Red Cross nurse. Plans of the unit will be made available to any paraplegic who desires to build his own home. TELLS OF RED PL.M . George Dimitrov, formf ' Bulgarian Agrarian FiBltl' Communist operations and Balkans are part Bd acy to plunge all of EiB Soviet domination. F NEWS REVIEW New Farm Plan Studied; Fruit Crop Favorable FARM CONTROLS: ' Opposition Grows American Farm Bureau federa-tion, powerful farm group which sponsored most of the agricultural legislation now in force, is consid-ering recommendations for total abandonment of all farm price and crop controls by the government. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the federation, said the board is not with the fm I J a. IS old AAA, establi-shed during Pres-ident Roosevelt's first term. He re-vealed that a bet-ter a g r i cultural program than the one the farmers now have is being sought. The AAA auinonzes pay-O'Nea- l ments to farmers for reducing acre-ages in the basic crops of wheat, corn, cotton, rice, tobacco and pea-nuts. Farmers from the North and Northwest have consistently ap-posed federal subsidies, and senti-ment was reported to be growing among the producers for letting farm products seek their own price level as a permanent policy. In the South, however, cotton and tobacco growers are known to be satisfied with the situation as it stands, favoring tight controls If prices start to slip. One of the federation's econo-mists predicted at least a period of good prices for farmers at levels slightly below those prevail-ing now. FRUITED PLAINS: Apple Outlook Rosy Despite a late spring and some frost damage in eastern fruit areas, prospects continue generally favor-able for this year's crop of apples and other deciduous fruits, a de-partment of agriculture report has disclosed. The 1947 strawberry .crop is esti-mated to be nearly a fourth larger than the 1946 crop, but still a tenth below average. However, the peach crop in 10 early southern states is expected to set a new record of more than 25 million bushels this year, the third successive large crop from those states. In California, the sweet cherry crop of 29,000 tons is 15 per cent smaller than last year, but still 16 per cent larger than the 193844 av-erage. California's 92,000-to- n plum crop is slightly below 1946. TRAINING: Hearings Begin Although congress is scheduled to adjourn July 28, the senate armed services committee has voted to proceed with hearings on universal military training. But in a formal statement the committee added that if a report cannot be made ready by July 28, it will attempt to have a report pre-pared for congress when it con-venes again. Decision of the senate group was reached as the Very Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, a member of President Truman's universal military train-ing commission, told a house com-mittee that "the politburo in Mos-cow is not going to adjourn for the summer as its forces creep across Europe." Father Walsh said that America is definitely on the Soviet agenda of conquest, and Russia will be ready to start her "shooting war" as soon as her atom bombs are in produc-tion. TAX PLANS: To Think Over Congress has been presented with four plans to think over until it gets ready to have another go at the income tax problem. The treasury department has giv-en the house ways and means com-mittee studies of four plans to equal-ize federal income taxes on married couples in all 48 states. One of the proposals would save 4,900,000 couples three-quarte- ol a billion dollars annually by giving those living in 38 states the same "income splitting" rights now en-joyed by couples living in 10 states which have community prqperty laws. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder has indicated that the ad-ministration considers the proposed plans to be among the "right kind" of changes in the tax setup. FARM ROYALTY . . . This dim-pled, smiling beauty is Vicky 19 - year - old farmer's daughter, who was chosen "Dairy-lan- d Queen" at the annual Dairy-lan- d Festival in Watertown, N. Y. A real farm girl, she drives a tractor, milks the cows and helps with other farm chores. YxVlATlCM NOTES Airport Chatter Fliers from several Midwestern states participated in the first Peninsula tour conducted un-der auspices of the Michigan state department of aeronautics. The flight covered 289 miles, stops being made at eight cities. ... Ten char-ter members have signed up for the recently-organize- Decorah Flying club at Decorah, Iowa. The club has purchased an Aeronca Chief plane. . . . Dedication services for the new Worthington, Minn., airport are scheduled July 5 and 6. More than 120 private plane owners have been invited to participate in the ceremonies. . . . Plans for a series of district meetings and flight breakfasts were perfected at the an-nual meeting of Flying Farmers of Iowa, held at the Ames municipal airport. The statewide organization, founded March 18, 1946, at a meet-ing on the Iowa State college cam-pus, now numbers more than 500 members from some 70 counties. ... An air show will be among the headline attractions at the Ameri-can Legion summer jubilee at Harper, Kas., July Aerial Detective Mark up another use for the air-plane in agriculture. W. V. Allington, plant pathologist of the department of agriculture, is using an aerial survey to spot evi-dence of a fungus disease brown stem rot that is reducing soybean yields in the Midwest. Allington, who is stationed at the regional soybean laboratory at Ur-ban- a, 111., uses his privately-owne- d plane to make aerial photographs of soybean acreage over a wide area. In the pictures, plants in in-fected fields show up much lighter in color than those in d fields. By comparing his aerial pic-tures with road maps, Allington lo-cates the fields where the fungus in-fection appears to be most serious. Girl Scouts have taken to the air in a big way. More than 5,000 Girl Scouts receive pre-fligl- it training and flight experi-ence as members of 315 Wing Scout troops in 42 states and Hawaii. "Wing Scout" is the name of the organization's own Cub plane, presented to them by William T. Piper. It is the only airplane owned and used by a national youth-servin- g agency. Civic Cooperation Climaxing an unprecedented ex-ample of practical cooperation be-tween two cities, dedication cere-monies were held for the joint mu-nicipal airport at Arkansas City and Winfield, Kas. The two progressive communities in a rich oil and agri-cultural belt of southeastern Kansas buried the hatchet to acquire Stro-the- r field, former AAF fighter train-ing base, as a joint project in Au-gust, 1946. Facilities offered by the field permitted the two cities to se-cure a new industry, the Fairchild personal planes division. Gov. Frank Carlson of Kansas made the dedicatory address at a program which featured an elabo-rate air fair. Starting with a dawn patrol breakfast, the day's program included an exhibition and demon-stration of personal planes, military aviation display, model airplane demonstration, flights by women pilots and fliers over the age of 40 parade and trap shoot. KNEELING DOWN' . . . A bend. ing nose gear which enables a fighter plane to "kneel down" on the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier is a feature of one of the navy's fastest airplanes, North American Aviation's all-j- XFJ 1 ' The equipment is devised facil.tate handling of the fighter Wtt. ground and stowage on . Sky Lab Nine flying lightning rods have te rned Up at Clinton count, field at Wilmington. Ohio Li modern version of Ben nv,ta ion to the lightning to bhs"er us hand by way of and nng- Purpose of the science enture into ad the rain clouds, which s being conducted by the air mate "al command, is to deferm ne the behavior of an electrical storm by Jumping right into the middl of H tra?nedCre"Sers.inStrUment GOOD SCOUT . . . BadB , rrpresentatiitB ( Britain's Girl Guides, iB New York to attend IjjBT campmcnt of Girl SctB held since 1937. K GIVES THANKS . JW dinal Mindszenty, pnmW gary. expressed itude to the National fare conference in meals m sending M.M0 starving Hungary. Building Plans Spur Inquiries The success of Rochester, N Y.. in providing living space has brought in an impressive list of queries from other communities which haven't yet solved their hous-ing problems. Chambers of com-merce in Bristol, Tenn.t and Far-rel- l, Pa., and in half a dozen New York and Massachusetts towns have inquired. Twenty-nin- e banks in 14 states and one in Canada have writ-ten in for details. Housing com-mittees in Ann Arbor, Mich., and San Antonio, Tex., have asked for the story, as have a dozen other committees in cities nearer to Rochester. The stories I printed were only a few of the many communities which had the will that finds the way. I wish I could print them all. I don't know how interested you readers have been in my reports of what American Ingenuity in differ-ent communities has done to make brick (and other building material for veterans' homes) without the straw (of readily available materi-als and labor) which we seem to lack in this otherwise rich and pros-perous land of ours. But I can tell you that a lot of people who thought they could go and do likewise were heard from. Yakima, Wash., whose achieve-ment was the first described in this column, has had requests for infor-mation from 41 cities and 18 states. Neajby communities have sent peo-ple o Yakima to get first-han- d rr ation in person. Delegations hav come to Yakima from Spo-ka- r s, Seattle, Walla Walla. Ephrata, Pa co, Prosser, Ellensburg and Br ?merton in Washington, and from Pirtland and Pendleton in Oregon. The Salem plan, under which the c'ty is subsidizing the conversion cf extra space into new apartments, has drawn comment from a num-ne- r of other Massachusetts towns. Gloucester already has copied pari of the plan, and inquiries have come in from five other cities in the Bay state, and from state offices of Am-vet- VFW and American Legion. The veterans' which has been so successful in building moderate cost housing in Albuquerque, N. M., has been busy answering questions, too. Requests have come from Hous-ton and Amarillo, Tex., from Syracuse, N. Y.; Chicopee, Mass.; Las Cruces, N. M.j Great Falls, Mont.; Erie, Pa.; Berkeley, Calif.; Oklahoma City. Detroit and elsewhere. WIDESPREAD INCREASES , m Relief Cases Double 1945 Low WASHINGTON.-- As evidence that public assistance problems are be-coming critical throughout the na-tion, American Public Welfare as-sociation reveals that general relief caseloads have reached a level more than 50 per cent above the low point of 1945. Current unemployment is cen-tered among unskilled workers who have been displaced by skilled vet-erans, according to the report. Marked increases in unemployed roils have been reported from 22 major labor centers. Minnesota's family relief case-load increased 35 per cent in 1946, "a sharp incline which current signs indicate is typical of many states," the association said. Several state legislatures have granted bigger state relief funds to meet the rising need. Pennsylvania boosted assistance for 1947-194- to $30,600,30, an increase of $10,000,000 from the 1945 appropriation. Month-ly relief costs in the state fcr May were $1,260,000 compared to a total of $520,000 in June, 1945, and the monthly caseload increased more than 60 per cent. Highest current increase in cities is reported in Washington, where general assistance rolls increased 6C per cent between March, 1946, and March, 1947, the report declared. Unemployment benefits in New York City have increased ninefold, from 23,212 in August, 1945, to aboul 203,000 at the present time, it was asserted. Total general relief caseload foi the nation in February was 344. 0OC compared with 258,000 a year ear-lier. In a year general relief cost! increased 97 per cent in Delaware 90.8 per cent in Wyoming, 75 8 pel cent in Ohio, 67 per cent in Call fornia and 55 per cent in Indiana the report disclosed. as though the J , weren't bad and 1 geles home tion sponsors " V ' of hammers. fl0 bluepriuts-a- nd Youth To Mow Lawn As Penalty for Prank COLUMBUS. OHIO.-M- rs. Frank Bangert is getting her lawn mowed a 1 summer by a not too willing bov of 13 Because he had he right to string a toy telephone 7 T1S MrS- - BanSert's y had stuffed , 3, I h |