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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH Germans Hope to Rebuild Country Out of Wreckage Expect Quality of Products to Restore Rep-utation of Lost Beauty of Cities; Seek Raw Materials for Industry. By BAUKHAGE Vpus Analyxt and Commentator. was our Intention, after all. It solved all problems and there was no need to discuss the other questions. The mayor by no means took for granted that America was an end-less source of supplies, that we would forever provide the food which Germany herself never had and never could produce. All he ex-pected was to be tided over until Germany could pay her own way and buy the food for her people and feed for her cattle. That brought this keL'n-eye- d little man right back to his original theme. "Our small industries must get back on their feet so that we can sell our goods In the world mar-ket and obtain exchange for food imports. Remember," he said, "the Russians have taken over Ger-many's bread basket. A great seg-ment of the country has been cut away. And a million and a quarter German food producers, who are also have moved back within the non-foo- d producing area of Germany. The Ruhr and Saar areas never could possibly feed themselves. Now more people are crowded into them, as well as into this area where most of the land Is already under cultivation. "These newcomers cannot raise food but they can work in our fae-toric- s and produce products who can buy the food from the rest of the world. To do that we must be allowed to get the raw materials and be permitted to trade in the world markets. Otherwise, there will be starvation, riots and chaos which will spread all over Europe." European Economy Out of Kilter Later on I learned more about that "spreading." In Berlin I sat In the office of American food and agriculture administration. Through that office that morning had passed a Czech, a Belgian and a Hollander. The Czech came in to beg per-mits- to briny sugar into Germany which has none. The Czech's best beet fields have not been de-stroyed. They can't ship the beet Ugar abroad but they could easily push it across the Czech-Germa- n border where the Germans are starving for it. And the Germans have great piles of unused salt. The Hollander said: "The Ger-mans love my fish. They are starv-ing. You are importing food for them. My fish is rotting and there are still enough parts for agricul-tural machinery in Germany and plenty can be turned out in small factories which we must have if we are to continue our farming." The Belgian had the same story From time immemorial Belgian cheap beef has gone to Luebec and other west German cities to go into German sausage. The Belgians have plenty of scrawny cattle which concerted into German sausage would be received only too gladly by the Germans. "What shall I do with this cat-tle? They are no good for anything else. And we could get plenty it manufactured products in Ger-many to pay for them if you would let only a few shops start manu-facturing the things we need " In the Russian zone a number of factories are working, supplying the Russians of course, but likewise yielding return enough to keep the Germans alive to make more things the Russians need. WNU Service, 1616 Eye street, N. W. Washington D. C. NUERNBERG, GERMANY. One German who otherwise gets along very well with the American occu-pation officials and is thoroughly in sympathy with what Is going on in the Nuernberg court house will nevertheless be one of the happiest men in Germany when the trials are over. He is a little black-haire-bespectacled man named Hans Ziegler, Oberbuergermeister of the city. The best translation for his title is plain "mayor" but because all German cities have at least one deputy mayor, some of the Amer-ican writers who have seen service in London translate "Oberbuerger-meister" as "Lord Mayor." Herr Ziegler says frankly that his work will be easier when the huge organization required to support the International military tribunal has folded its tents and departed. When he told me this I was rather surprised since at first blush it might seem that the city would benefit from all this American activity. However, when one considers that what the Ameri-cans here buy with the Germans own money (we print it and they have to redeem it) the profits can hard-ly seem desirable. The central Ger-man government, when there is one, will eventually redeem the paper marks but all Germans will have to contribute In the form of taxes. In Nuernberg although as I said, the city budget had been cut 50 per cent, the taxes have already been increased S8H per cent. Military Tribunal Imposes Burden The chief burden which the mill-tar-tribunal imposes on the town and the one which presses down hard on the mayor, derives from the fact that it takes a lot of tons, volts and manpower to keep the wheels of Justice moving. Coal is Nuernberg's (as it is Ger-many's) chief problem. What the Russians didn't get out in their zone, the chief coal areas in Ger-many, the French have taken in theirs. Transportation has broke i down. Without fuel to heat their homes or to cook with, Nuernber-ger- s have bought up every sort of electrical heater and cooker and this plus the large amount of power used by the Americans has put a ter-rific drain not only on the power plants but the cables. It takes coal to make electricity here where there are no tumbling cataracts. As I write the snow is falling in great Christmas card flakes and even the ruined houses are assuming a touch of beauty. But that beauty is of lit-tle comfort to people living in cel-lars or rooms without roofs. Half of Nuernberg's houses were destroyed, the mayor told me. a third partly demolished. The rest can be made livable. But alas, the military tribunal took over one-thir- d of the labor available for building and repair and a large stock of materials. A two hour walk through the city revealed no shops open except a few food and meat stores. In spite of this almost total eclipse of visible industrial existence I was surprised that the mayor placed first on his list of objectives, a restoration of Nuernberg's long - established reputation for expert craftsmanship for goods of high quality. Toys. Of course, but also precision instru-ments, light machinery and pot-tery. I witnessed striking evidence of this e on the part of Nuernberg business men. For the most part it represented the retail- - er but it is typical of the town. I walked through the nightmare of the Altstadt (the old town) which is within the ancient city wall and was the famous sight-seein- g center as well as the location of the main police station and city hall where the SS troops held out to the last j man. The destruction is too horrible to dwell upon. It is an exaggerated Coventry. But all along the main streets, now cleared of rubble, were brand new, well painted signs bear-ing the name of the shop owners who had once done business there with visitors from all the world, and plain to see was the notice of a new address. It gave one a strange feeling to see bright bits of neat board stuck in a dump heap a neat dump heap. It made you think of the restless hand in tha old tale, projecting from the grave. "We cannot restore Nuernberg's beauty, its historical buildings which brought so many tourists here," said Mayor Ziegler, "but we can win back our reputation as hard workers and fine workers. The ritv has a long established record for industriousness and expert handi-craft as producers of high quality goods. That reputation goes back to the middle ages. Of course we will have to be very patient. We must first rehabilitate our city, then we must wait for good raw materials which we must have to produce high quality products. And of course all this must wait until Germany is once more permitted to trade in world markets." But, I Interjected at this point, what about the food situation? That wasn't in the mayor's province. He took the dew which later proved ound enough, that America would not let the Germans starve. If that I 1 BARBS ... by Baukhage My most embarrassing moment In Nuernberg: When the guard In the court house came up to the broadcasting booth and said: "Pipe down, the judge can't hear the law-yers." Well, I got my commission in the artillery because I could out-sho-the horse.s... Here is Churchill's latest epigram: "Atlee soit qui Laski pense." And Mr. and Mrs. Churchill have chosen Florida for their "vacation" they'll call on Mr. Truman,, of Washington en route but what a chance for the Florida chamber of commerce. ... I'll never sheer at long underwear again, is worth five dollars a fraction in Europe with an extra wrrist watch for the lower half. - With War Problems Licked, 4-- H Turns flB To New Program for Better America rfviy nii B JPH Kfl ar TSHaH V, W! H By W. J. DRYDEN WNU Farm Editor. development of 4-- clubs In THE to a membership nf 1,700,000 boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 21 cannot be credited to the achievements of any one In-dividual or institution. It represents the accumulated experiences of a number of rural communities spread over America that followed a succes-sion of pioneer leaders. From a membership of 125,000 in 1914, it has grown Into one of the largest and most effective education-al groups in the world. Four-- club members work on such varied activities as owning and j managing farm animals according to the latest scientific method, plan-- 1 ning for efficient use of rural elec-- ! trie facilities, mapping their own and their neighbors' farms as to soil types and soil erosion, planning and preparing nutritious meals, cultivat-ing a garden to supply those meals and surplus vegetables for the mar-ket, introducing new seed varieties, landscaping the family home or the schoolhouse or church, developing parks, baseball diamonds, or organ-izing recreational activities for the community, organizing discussion groups on the problems of interna- - tional peace or current economic problems. In fact, they can oe found working on almost any activ-ity important to the home or the community. Contests of All Sorts. Many civic and commercial or-- , ganizations sponsor contests and en-- I terprises such are a part of every club congress. Shown on this page are some of these enterprise winners at the recent congress held in Chicago. For the past four years, H clubs have concentrated most of their en- - ergies on growing "food to feed a Winners In the soil conservation contest each received a $200 college scholarship and an trip to the congress from Firestone Tire and Rubber company. Top row, left to right, Jack Baird, 16, Arkansas City, Kan.; William C. Walker, 18, Coldwater, Miss.; Marvin A. Glover Jr., 17, Paniplin, Va.; Kenneth Fitzgerald, 20, Paul's Valley, Okla.; Louis E. Kelley, 19, Whiteford, Md.; and David S. Geisler, 16, Watervliet, Mich. Bottom, Tim Kaufman, 16, Uelmont, S. B. ; P. W. Pierson, 17, Hockes-sin- , Del. Russell Firestone, representing the Firestone company, pre-sented the awards. a changing world; choosing a way to earn a living; producing food and fiber for home and market; creating better homes for better living; con-serving nature's resources for se-curity and happiness; building health for a strong America; shar-ing responsibilities for community improvement and serving as citizens in maintaining world peace. In short, the same objectives will be pursued as in the past. Almost Universal. Four-- clubs are now organized in every state in the Union; in the I ' fl B v Mmi V e IKir. ' Jm iBlSim lU Helen Frances Lehmann, 19, Pleasant Plains, 111. (seated) and Margaret Rice, 19, of Itta Bena, Miss, were two of the state winners in the 1945 H Frozen Foods contest. These two girls, together with 23 etl'er state win-ners, each won a $50 Victory Bond for their achievements in this contest. International Harvester company was donor of these prizes. The six "Champion Cooks" selected by from all sections of the country each received a $200 college scholarship for their culinary abil-ity, from Servel, Inc. They are, from left to right, Raecille Parker, Columbus, Ga.; Jan Nelson, Bloomington, Ind.; Rosie L. Garrett, Weleet-- , ka, Okla.; Cora Jean Van Dyke, Helena, Mont.; Lois Keller, Middletown, Md., and Virginia t'hesborough, Henning, Minn. conducted by the department of ag-riculture, the state colleges of agri-culture, and the counties Four-I- I club work is a spe-cialized educational enterprise for rural young people, who may be-come members of organized clubs under the supervision of county ex-tension agents and local volunteer leaders. The big event of the year for the members is the annual 4-- club con-gress. In Chicago last December these American farm youths won the hearts of thousands who saw their accomplishments and learned to know the fine-typ- e girls and boys who carry on club work. fighter." Now the war is over, youth, with training and some di-rection, can play an important part in meeting the knotty problems of peace. Future program of the organiza-tion will emphasize the developing of talents for greater usefulness; joining with friends for work, fun and fellpwship; learning to live ;n territories of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Alaska. Some 20 foreign coun-tries have adopted its principles. Approximately one million dollars in prize money is provided annually by private citizens and corporations to encourage the movement. The clubs are a part of the na-tional system of extension work in agriculture and home economics t These alert young people wore sectional 4--H winners In the farm safety contest. Of these 16 sectional win-ners, 12 were picked as national winners and were awarded $200 college scholarships provided by General Mo-tors corporation. Sitting, left to right: Harold Cory, Tiverton, R. 1.; Ray Dankenbring, Waterloo, Iowa; Eugene Karnis, Jackson county, Minnesota; Donald Puckett, Bono, Ark.; Billy McKenzie, Savannah, Ga. Standing, left to right: Alice Foss, South Wales, N. Y.; Patsy Woods, Applcton, Wis.; Barbara Jean Austin, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Joyce Abadie, Edgard, La.; Vivian Elfert, Waukomis. Okla.; Maxine Pinegar, Spanish Forks, Utah; Charlotte Holland, Greenville, Tenn.; Ann Shuppcrt, Monkton, Md.t Doris Williams, Wolf Creek, Mont.; Esther Page, Silver Lake, Kan.; and Mary Rehagen, Freeburg, Mo. Space-Save- r aCjj VV closets if the ones M are not organized so thatB'S space is used? Handy JLM the door add readily aS'a space for things used n9 leaving inside shelves fur J The racks shown here art J ly planned to hold the thirJH use the most, yet they a: than three inches deep. Everyday hats are held in perf(fl by a curved front made to EtgH Both small and large n tides conveniently in the lower rack ' has a hanger rod. These rackjB useful for children's tons and tojBc are easy to cut out of snaps offl with an ordinary compass u 'fl NOTE Pattern 283 gives 3JHI cutting guides for all parts of bofl racks shown here. Illustrated dijkfl for assembling and a list nf allg required are included. To net patfl send 15c with name and acMrwiMM MRS. RUTH H VI III softer Bedford Hills ould Drawer 10 U Enclose 15 cents for Pattern mtrnm Name Aad'"' 1 H ECONOMICAL! Cinder Block in f, i ;VfcV termitn proof, pVrma- - . ...j n nt Ideal for hornet, 'jH ',. coop, dairy houii(i, rtr. Available in any quantity. H Bofl Buy U.S. Savings ff SAVE TIMET J P SAVE MONEY ! Investigate tlie"KW IkEST accounting system ever B vised. Especially alnpted(B small liiisiiic-- s w it lion keeping machine, yet all the advantages. charge account ledger. hiitsS record M every transaction. 'M Only $7.85 pint mien tat L I It Una for 4 yean W.A.JAMES ft! 2602 Wash. Blvd. Otfilen, W HBHHaVRwl DASH IN riATHit"l!iB "' 6 6 6 COLD PREPARATI LIQUID, TABLET5. 5AIVE, "5lJj CAUTION USE ONLY AS I'jMlJii Man About Town: The Big Parade: General Hap Arnold in the Stork "Cub" section -l-ots skinnier than his familiar fotos. "Thanks for getting that war over with!" said a handshaker. . . . who also went Maj. W. Rockefeller, is back : -- 0 to war The Hard Way. lbs. heftier. He is one of The Lifted Pinky Set's best advertisements. Peggy Joyce (her bridegroom to detained on the Coast) escorted by millionaires who failed to win her hand. . . . Estelle Taylor war bond, which inspecting a Jap in Tokyo for one a G I purchased stale U. S. ciggie. . . . Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo (The Last Man Off Bataan) and his wife and 4 boys entering the Waldorf. Mrs. Romulo was a Jap captive until rcs-- ! cued by one of her sons. . . . D. Runyon, the Broadway Bard, and his 2nd favorite writer greeting 1946 -a-nd solemnly studying the cele-brants as they are carried or thrown out. Show Business Vignette: Eddie Cantor was in Boston supervising "Nellie Bly," a new show. Having a few hours to spare he phoned nearby Chelsea Naval Hospital and volunteered to give the boys an impromptu . . . The hospital was tickled so many of the invalids were well enough to visit their kin or friends that the ones who stayed behind were lonely and depressed. . . . Cantor brought along Thelma Carpenter, Leonard Sues and Bea Walker. . . . After entertaining the vets they went to the mental ward. . . . There one weary soldier called to Eddie, "You're swell, Al!" ... The star realized the ill veteran thought Can-to- r was Jolson. Eddie did not cor-- 1 rect him even when the lad " 'April Showers,' Al" . . . Cantor rendered "April Showers," Jolson's theme song, and the Jolson fan was the last to stop applauding. Portrait of a Friend: When things don't come out right he comes right in. . . . When none of your dreams come true he is. . . . He never looks for your money except when you've lost it. . . . He never gets in your way except to clear it for you. . . . Nothing is more im-portant to him than making you im-portant. ... He is in your corner when you're cornered. ... He turns up when you get turn-down- ... All he wants in return for his helping hand is your handshake. ... He never insists on seeing you except when nobody else wants to. . . . He raps your critics when they're wrong and takes the rap for you when they're right. . . . The only way he sponges off you is to absorb some of your troubles so you can have strength left to fight the heels, . . . When you're taking bows he bows out. . . . You can do anything you want with his friendship ex-cept buy it. . . . Or sell it. ... He makes you realize that having a real friend is like having an extra life. ... All he asks of your friend- - ship is the privilege of deserving it. When Capt. Harold Stasscn wit-nessed the big hit, "State of the Union," he told the authors that when politicians used to tell him how many votes they could deliver, he would invariably say: "How can you deliver the votes of a free peo-ple?" . . . The collabbers have found room for it in the show with a punchy snapper. . . . This is how it goes in the 3rd Act. . . . Spike (the newspaperman-campaig- n man-ager) tells Mary (the wife of the Republican hope): "The politicians coming to dinner tonight all can deliver the votes." . . . Mary says: "How can you deliver the votes of a free people?" . . . Spike: "Don't kid yourself, Mary. Lazy people, ig-norant people and prejudiced peo-ple are not free." Soldier from Miami: This is the third time these railroads have done this to me. . . . They sell you a ticket to New York, and without warning make you get out at Phila-delphia. . . They shove you into a hurriedly niade-u- p coach train and if there is a seat available you get it. . . . One of these days someone will work up a lot of law-suits regarding this nuisance then maybe it'll stop. . . . What am I griping about. ... I wasn't in any wreck which the Miami-N- . Y. trains seem to be going in for a lot lately. . . . Aw, the hell with it. Czar Pctrillo's medics have or-dered him to slow down or risk the penalty of his serious Internal dis-order. . . . Norman Corwin, the ra-dio author, is ill. . . The persist-ent "Yankee" weather in Miami Beach packed the choo-choo- s north-bound. Miami's boss Curry has warned visitors (swank and otherwise) that they risk being collared in the raids on gaming spots. That's going to scare them into laughing spasms, dear boy. ... A resolution is being drawn by the Newspaper Guild "barring" Fiorello from colyuming unless he apologizes for past insults t.o..n.ewsmen. That'll be the day! The new Super-Chie- f Diesel now being made will do 150 miles per hour. . . Ezra Pound, who preached for Mussolini, has been sent to the booby hatch DAIRY WINNERS National dairy contest winners were (left to right, bottom) Rich-ard A. Riggs, 19, Evansville, Ind.; Earl Edwards, 16, Floydada, Texas, and Billy Van Cleve, 16. Chapel Hill. Tenn. Top, John M. Keith, 17, As-toria, Ore.; James M. Galbreath 18, Street, Md.; and Ernest Young, 18, Cortland, N. Y. Each received a $200 scholarship from the Krafts Food company and an to the congress. Awards were based on production per cow, but-tert.- content and other factors |