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Show i I PSSBBWSBBSBBWSJJSSjBSpBWW .P; I 1 WASHINGTON By Walter Sheod WNU ConwpoMM tHHV Wtshinxte Jamil. MM Br St.. K. W. 'Surplus' Law Gives Veterans Better Chance LpiTE the fact that congress Sai granted veterans of World r A i No. 1 priority on purchase lulus war property, these vet-Z vet-Z at in tof anotner disappoint-X disappoint-X Much propaganda has gone ver this latest fiasco on dis-a dis-a War property to veterans, ,: Geo. Edmund B. Gregory, ad-listrator ad-listrator of War Assets adminis-Ha, adminis-Ha, frankly states that only a ited number of specified items i been set aside for exclusive -chase by veterans. "All of items." he says, "are in ex-nely ex-nely short supply and It follows st there simply will not be enough meet veterans' demands." And that's the fly to the ointment, i fiie Impression prevails that un-i. un-i. the new law the veterans will ij about anything and everything surplus and there won't be much t for the general buyer. That iply is not true. ill the new law does b to put i veteran In a little better 'suing position, and It Is highly probable that there will be no mirkes" effect on surplus disposal dis-posal as now conducted. The limited list Is supposed id include certain types of automotive auto-motive vehicles, tractors, construction, con-struction, mining and excavat-if excavat-if machinery, agricultural mchinery, medical, surgical and dental apparatus and typewriters, type-writers, the priority does not apply to land or buildings. If past experience is to be any tenon, there will be from ten to hundred requests for every item "ered the veterans under the new ority, because there is not a suf-:.snt suf-:.snt supply available and likely ere never will be. oU Will Be Allotted Veterans likely will be limited to single unit of purchase. For in-ace, in-ace, a veteran likely will be permitted per-mitted to buy only one typewriter, it if he wants to buy a tractor a, bii certificate may be modified permit this, provided there is a ictor available. But apparent-I apparent-I he is is business be couldn't dozen tractors or a dozen (writer!, jeneral Gregory says that there be no system of government a outlets selling surplus direct veterans, and congress has made dear it Intended no such enter-i?e- So if you are a veteran and application to buy a truck, 'i what will happen. Say there 30 trucks available. The re-aal re-aal office has 100 certificates of Aation and 10 personal use cerates cer-ates on file or a proportion of W. Notification will be sent to three applicants for personal use we certificates bear the oldest H and the 27 applicants for in-personal use whose certificates ? fte oldest dates. So 70 vet-ai vet-ai will be disappointed. As more a become available, however, veteran who is unable to exer- priority on a personal use iflcate will be notified a second ! ted time and men his certif-f certif-f m be placed in an inactive llere bas also come to the 'Mtio of the WAA some In-"ices In-"ices ef veterans being nsed i connection with black mar-purchases mar-purchases of surplus prop- Every effort will be made ftrret out these opperations "w veteran, either In coIIn- W milrn.t , . . J J h.-u -""""Sty, uses ms A W for s&Ie In th wk 3 arkel tyftem. Not Wanted CJespread m" Pracce is. M emselves are urged i 7 6 proceaures, since deprlve serving !r.d! u COnsumW gOOdS L : u,em "one. Some of bU,ck market haw 4covered through the type S!fchaseL For instance, Sis? ,M tadicated to officials 7smI? ta tte Mumer cate-iSt8ideMs cate-iSt8ideMs class, officials fiSSSi m fawesUgati0 Wantitle. of surpln. UnX. continue to WwLs,Ww u'e interest. toe WAA office .f 'J h?.. P Mucer eodi dis-i dis-i Wli veterans' prob-I prob-I neither h.. i , -&.mlto disposal a e tt effect of the new to er ba nwer been "'"S goods, Pr0JUCin7 iokorSarna Guem : c'iP?9WSWS!!".,, ltS$5tt!t fT. OPEEATIONS CEOSSEOADS . . . Where history's most Important explosion is expected to ?.e T ""I summer. This authoritative drawing from Popular Mechanics was made from inform. Hon supplied by task force headquarters. At Bikini Atoll in the Marshall islands the target will be an as-semDiy as-semDiy of more than 100 unmanned ships totaling approximately 200,000 tons valued at $500,000,000. w " - , ' trjftVww.w-nMh -11r. (inififtmuL ti.irn mnr n w rnwwhioaaeaoftiiiiftSlMfl COWS SAVE FIFTY DATS BT FLYING . . , This bunch of purebred Guernsey calves are the first group to be shipped to a distant point by air. They took off from Teterboro, N. Y., bound for Bogota, Columbia. The trip will take 2 days, instead of 52 required by sea. Cattle transported by sea have taken six tnonths to s year to recover from the rigors of a sea voyage. The result of the air trip is being watched by agricultural agricul-tural experts as well as air specialists. ; I Ill 11)111. IB ' ,, ,, i -.". ' 1 V V 4 CHICKS FOB CZECHS . . . Cargo plane of veteran's air express, piloted by former AAF pilots, took off from Chicago with 60,120 hatching hatch-ing eggs produced in Illinois. The plane was chartered by the CNBBA to rnsh the eggs to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to help restore war-depleted flocks. Claire Saunders, left, and Lillian McLellan see eggs off. ed Nations. Dr. Wn. Safong. left, minister of education of China, turns verier, American chairman. - rVtarthail t$!onl$ n,t isth emlorr valntinr was repreaenttog over painting to Clark M. Elchel- 5 HawoUort k 21 SENATOR JOHN HOLLIS BANK-HEAD BANK-HEAD . . . The death of Sen. John Hollis Bankhead removed the name of a famous family from the rolls of congress. The Alabama senator was co-author or supporter of Bankhead cotton act, the Bank-head-Jones farm tenancy act, the FSA, AAA, soil conservation and parity prices for agricultural products, prod-ucts, and many other bills for the benefit of the farming industry while in the senate. MUSICAL OMELETS . . . Murray Mur-ray Weiss Brooklyn scientific poultry fancier, found that musie hats the charms to make biddy lay more generously. Advantage Is that the hen doesn't havetocackle. : r " fyk ' , : ' i ' : t --"A '"' : , o o ftjWuriisniTr ' "i"irir -jy' f RelMttd by Western Nawspapw Union. By VIRGINIA VALE IT'S good news for jazz lovers lov-ers that Benny Goodman will be back on the air regularly. regu-larly. Beginning July 1, he'll have the 9: 30-10: 00 P. M. spot Monday nights on NBC. The famous sextette will top the I II l-""Ji . . - - - BENNI GOODMAN 18 Instrumentalists backing up Ben-ny Ben-ny and his clarinet, and two singers sing-ers wiQ be featured, a boy and a girl. The boy Is 8 feet 4 Art Lund, whose effect on the bobby soxers stopped the show recently when the Goodman band performed at New York's Paramount Theater. After Hugo Hass spent a couple of months growing a walrus mustache mus-tache for his role in Loew-Lewin's "Bel Ami," with George Sanders, he was ordered to shave it off because be-cause it didn't look authentic! Now he pastes one on every morning, to look natural. A lot of people have been trying to get Danny Kayo for the one outside out-side picture he's permitted to do away from the Samuel Goldwya fold during the next six months, and right now they'd probably like to muzzle Frederlo March. Kaye, in "The Secret Life of Walter Mltty," was working on a stage adjoining the one where March was starring la "The Best Tears of Our Lives" and Frederic, who did "The Boyal Family" on the screen, suggested that Danny go back to New York and do musical comedy version of it on the stage. Danny liked the Idea. The return of the beloved O'Neills to the air bas been so successful that American Broadcasting decided decid-ed to put them on four nights a week instead of two, the original schedule. And Columbia Pictures likes the series so much that Virginia Vir-ginia Van Upp has been working on a aeries of family pictures based on the characters. Michael Fitzmau-rice, Fitzmau-rice, the experienced actor who plays Father Danny O'Neill, the young priest, would have the aame role. Incidentally, Michael wanted to be a priest, but the hire of the stage was too strong. Some of you movie fans who have written to Robert Young may see your own missives in his latest picture, pic-ture, "Lady Luck," in which he co-stars co-stars with Barbara Hale and Frank Morgan. One scene in the comedy shows a hotel lobby, complete with clerk's desk and pigeon-holes for mail. And all the letters used in that scene were sent to Young, from all over the world, by his fans. Twentieth Century Fox has named Celeste Holm, a darling of the New York stage, for a top sing-Ins sing-Ins role In "I Wonder Who's Kissing Kiss-ing Ber Now," based on the life of Joe Howard. She'll be seen soon in "Three Little Girls In Blue." Joan Crawford, whose new picture, pic-ture, "The Secret," has Just gone into production at Warners', is having hav-ing fun. She's on top in her career again, she's being pursued by the Hollywood wolves, she's doing Just what she pleases. When a New York hat designer showed his collection col-lection in the movie colony, she bought hats like mad "Most of them horribly unbecoming!" commented com-mented a friend. William Wyler, directing Gold-wyn's Gold-wyn's "The Best Years of Our Lives," has banned make-up for male actors. Including Dana Andrews An-drews and Frederic March, and asked the girls. Including Teresa Wright, to use cosmetics sparingly. She'll use only what she wears for the street The grease paint ban is part of Wylers campaign to achieve documentary realism in the film. ODDS AND ESDS Beverly Robert of "Lift Cm B Beautiful" began her career on ttage, screen and radio at the age of S, uihm, wearing green lace, the $ang "Hove Ireland Got f(s Name" at a woman 1 civic club function. . . . The ttate of lowe think so tvell 0 Meredith Mere-dith Willtorii song "lowe," official centennial ballad, that U't being tued for theme mutic in a movie of the ttate. . . . Back to the '30 Conrad Nagle turned dam three a$pirenu for role in one of hi pictures, on the ground that they weren't good for talkie they were Bern Davie, Humphrey Bo. Cend tUtelind RuuelL Could he been wrongt r $ .f"V si,V, hjssaal CHIEF YELLOW THUNDER AND PIPE O PEACE . , , Chief Yel-low Yel-low Thunder of the Winnebago, Wisconsin Dells, Wis as he appears as the star of the Stand Bock Indian ceremonials, held nightly through the summer. 14,000 Indians have returned from armed forces to take part and witness ceremonies. TJT" 1 r , k f J I NEW CHIEF JUSTICE AND TREASURY nEAD . . . Fred M. Vinson was named chief justice f the II. 8. Supreme court by President Truman, and Reconversion Director John W, Snyder was selected to succeed Vinson as head of the treasury department. Left to rightt Fred M. Vinson, President Truman and John W. Snyder. The new secretary of treasury was a former St. Louis banker. Vinson served in congress and on federal bench. 1 ---- I SPABKLING WATERS VACATION TIME . . . Vacation time has arrived In New Jersey along the coast and inland. Sparkling lakes mark the inland and mountain areas where sails are being set with all manner of craft. Insert shows that the children love the surf Just as grownups do. ! Jus '-' 14 7 'wy ft wit. 1 -11 T. mi. hiimMi .Biiii'ifc'uniil AMERICAN STABS IN ENGLAND ... The V. 8. Wightman cup team who played Britain at Wimbledon on Jane 14 and IS are pictured pic-tured before the big event. Left to right are Miss Louise Brough; Doris Hart; Mrs. Patricia Todd, the only married woman ea the team Pauline Bets, and Margaret Osborne. t 1 ' I 1 v - V - 'U art t :a -- " 'il i. : i - I . it,, QUEEN SIZE OBANGES . . . Selma Rocker, Orange festival queen, Bartow, Fla,, finds that tlie oranges are bigger and better than ever before. These vitamin packed fruit look aa big as grapefruit. DISCOVERS NEW FENICILLIUM t Wayne SImmonds, 29, graduate gradu-ate assistant at the University of Wichita, who has discovered a new Strain of penicillium from fungi peculiar to Wichita, Kans., area. r CZECH AMBASSADOR.,. Czech-oslovaklan Czech-oslovaklan Ambassador JuraJ biaviit who npott presenting his credentials to President Truman expressed his government's appreciation ap-preciation for the aid given by the United States. , -.. MB. AMERICA ... Bobby Town-send, Town-send, 9, as ho envies "gorgeous" Alan Stephan, 22, Chicago, who won National A. A. U. Mr. America Amer-ica contest at Detroit. Exercise, diet and sleep did the trick, Stephan says. HONOR ATOM SCIENTIST . . Dr. Use Meitner, German-bora nuclear physicist, as she received honorary degree at the University f Rochester. Early work by Dr. 4 tTeitner was aa atom bomb. I'. 1 k - ' . I ' A , ' I- I S " J .li t 'fir "-" " |