| OCR Text |
Show THE LEIH SUN. LEIH, UTAH Plan for Local Offices To Aid Demobilization Vets' and Civilians' Tackled in Own Employment Is Major Dy BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commenhitor. WNU Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. These days it Is popular to criticize criti-cize Democratic methods for their lack of speed. The legislative mills do grind slowly as we have noted, with many of the measures delaying delay-ing readjustment to the peace to come. But in the case of the first steps toward preparing for demobilization de-mobilization which have brought up such hearty disagreements, it so happens that, quite unobserved by most observers, the machinery has been grinding steadily ahead just the same. This was achieved by executive order, and, on the surface at least, It appears that work has been done while congress was disagreeing. Since February 24, when the executive execu-tive order creating it was issued, the Retraining and Reemployment administration ad-ministration has established more than 8,000 information centers which will be the contact point with discharged dis-charged veterans and war workers. It also erected the framework of a system which can be expanded to take eare of the peak demands when demobilization starts in earnest These information centers are the vital points of contact between government gov-ernment agencies and the citizen, veteran or civilian who is starting on the road back to peacetime .existence. The philosophy back of this whole readjustment plan is based on the idea that a man or woman can best be served by his own friends and neighbors. The government, local or federal, helps, but the local community com-munity whose own prosperity depends de-pends on the prosperity and happiness happi-ness of its members, is the best of guides, philosophers and friends. The Retraining and Reemployment Reemploy-ment administration is the child of the Baruch-Hancock report, which is a lengthy document embodying the results of a long study and presented as a suggestion for appropriate legislation. Since the lawmakers were slow in their law-making, the President issued his executive ordei under his war powers. He put the new administration under un-der the office of War Mobilization, its head, Mr. Byrnes, named General Gen-eral Hines, head of the Veterans administration, as Administrator of the Retraining and Reemployment letup. New Agency Works With Other U. S. Bodies Under General Hines was created policy board made up of representatives repre-sentatives of the various government govern-ment agencies whose functions fit into the picture, the purpose being to make use of existing government agencies insofar as possible rather than to create new ones. The agencies agen-cies represented on the board are: labor, federal security, war manpower, man-power, selective service, the war department, de-partment, navy department, war production board. This board has general super-rision super-rision of all activities affecting the returned veteran or the discharged war worker and it consults with congress con-gress on matters which would promote pro-mote the processes of readjustment Specifically this is a large order for it involves getting Jobs, getting the right job for the right man; training for jobs, training the right man for the right job and assuring an expert and sympathetic handling of the process, from the human as well as the economic standpoint It also deals with all the multifold benefits and rights of the GI Bill of Rights, already dealt with at length tn these columns. The man on whom most of the responsibility for carrying out the administration's work has fallen so far is C. W. Bailey, executive secretary sec-retary of the policy board. Following the theory of utilization of existing agencies, the board Immediately Im-mediately turned to the three government gov-ernment agencies which were already al-ready engaged in activities similar to those, or including those which the R & R has to do, namely, selective selec-tive service with its 6,500 offices in all parts of the country through Which virtually everyone who entered en-tered the armed services had to pass; the United States Employ ment service, with its 1.500 full time offices which have been the main channels carrying the,' war workers to their jobs, and finally the Vet BRIEFS...6y. Baukhage Placements of physically handicapped handi-capped persons by the United States Employment service may total nearly a half-million in 1944. e Because of the disruption of rail facilities by the fighting in southern south-ern France, American-made trucks are being shipped to Europe for the transportation of prisoner-of-war parcels. Problems Would Be Kl Communities; Re- Goal. erans administration with its hundred hun-dred offices with a personnel experienced ex-perienced in handling ex-soldiers' claims since the end of World Var I. Committees were appointed in the various states composed of representatives repre-sentatives of these agencies, whose function was to assist in the creation of the information centers. In many states these committees have been able to report that the organization of these smaller groups is now adequate ade-quate to handle the present load; in other states the completion of the organization is underway. Mr. Bailey tells me that he feels that a national framework has been constructed con-structed upon which the complete organization can be raised as demobilization de-mobilization begins and war industries indus-tries are cut down. This is the organization which has been functioning under the executive execu-tive order. It is taken for granted that it will be continued in function if not in exact form, and of course provided with adequate funds for expansion, ex-pansion, by current or future legislation. legis-lation. But the point is that in the intermin action has been taken, with out working for the legislative bodies to deliberate and adumbrate while the readjustment program merely marked time. Administration Eager To Make Good Showing Since the Democratic administra tion is open to sharp criticism if any phase of the adjustment program pro-gram drags, considerable effort will be made to show results. Pressure applied to congress to hurry the legislation was exerted, too, with the Republicans perhaps in the less advantageous position since the original measure offered by the ad ministration was considerably al tered, first in the senate and later in the house. When the President was asked for comment on Governor Dewey's charge that the New Deal was afraid of the peace because it was uncer tain that the economic problems would be satisfactorily solved, the President merely said we could say that he smiled broadly. Meanwhile, some members of the administration not sure whether smiles were in order have been out in the field attempting to find out just what has been accomplished toward opening the way to full employment, em-ployment, which is generally admitted ad-mitted to be the one sure answer to the danger of a depression. The work of the Retraining and Reemployment Reem-ployment administration if it can show a good record can be an example ex-ample of one of the first concrete steps. Reports of the informal investigators investiga-tors have not been made public. We do know that in some communities the local people have responded well. Many energetic mayors and chambers of commerce are ready and anxious to show their local industries in-dustries the benefit of the possibilities possibili-ties of expansion. They have been active in making plans which will get the returned veteran or war-worker war-worker a job, or get him in contact with the proper source for training which will make him a potential benefit to the community. In such places the committees are quickly and easily formed and are prepared to function in some cases are already al-ready functioning effectively. After all, the federal government, by a unanimous vote in congress, produced the GI Bill of Rights,, that welfare program opening a thousand thou-sand effective channels for human readjustment physical, moral, intellectual in-tellectual and economic, to normal life, to millions of servicemen. It devolves upon their friends and neighbors to see that their benefits remain the benefits of the community com-munity rather than lose them to some more energetic society or, by complete neglect to oblivion. Total federal receipts jumped from $22,700,000,000 in fiscal 1943 to $40,500,000,000 in 1944, an increase in-crease of 78.7 per cent, according to a recent U. S. treasury report Analysis of the report by the Federation Fed-eration of Tax Administrators shows that more than $33,000,000,000 of the 1944 total, or 81.4 per cent was brought in by income and excess profits taxes. All other taxes yielded about $7,500,000,000, almost equaling equal-ing the total federal receipts in 1941. Curare, a deadly poison that native na-tive Indians of the Amazon called "flying death" because they usee it to make poison arrows, is now saving sav-ing lives of the fighting men of United Nations, the office of the coordinator co-ordinator of Inter-American affairs reports. Curare is now used to relieve re-lieve spastic paralysis and to relax the muscles of mental patienis undergoing convulsive shock- WEEKLY NEWS German Resistance Stiffens as Allies Assault Siegfried Line; Hog Ceilings Extended to June .Released by Western (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these eolnmns they rs those ef Westers Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily o( this newspaper.) a Crouching along walls battered Brest, France. Toward rear, two can EUROPE: Flanking Attack With German resistance stiffening along the Siegfried line from Belgium Bel-gium to Switzerland, the gravity of Allied attacks swung to Holland, where the British Second army linking link-ing up with -the Allies' First airborne air-borne force converged at the head of the Rhine river for a drive into the rich industrial Ruhr valley. Drifting earthward into Holland, thousands of U. S., British, Polish and Dutch paratroopers landed far to the rear of German forces holding hold-ing up the Allied advance along the Belgian border, and the enemy was compelled to counterattack vigorously vigorous-ly to escape the complete entrapment entrap-ment of his forces. By landing at the Rhine's head near the towns of Arnhem and Nijmegen, the Allies swung to the north of the German bastion of Kleve, reportedly the terminus termi-nus of the Siegfried line, and thus set the stage for a drive around the vaunted fortification system into the Ruhr valley or plains leading eastward to Berlin. Ber-lin. While the Allies sprung their mighty air-borne offensive in Holland, Hol-land, the U. S. First, Third and Seventh Sev-enth armies bucking the Siegfried line from the Belgian ' border to Switzerland encountered increasingly increasing-ly suffer resistance from a fanatical defense. As the land drives slowed, the Americans brought up large concentrations concen-trations of heavy artillery to blast stubborn German positions, with the First army's big guns trained on Durem, gateway to the big industrial indus-trial city of Cologne, and Prum, west of Coblenz. Braving robot attacks and heavy tank and artillery fire, Lieut Gen. George S. Patton's doughty Third army lashed against strong German forces west of the rich coal and industrial in-dustrial Saar region." Tough Nut While the Nazis fought "... with complete contempt for death" in Italy, It-aly, as the Allied command put it an essential factor in their rugged defense of the vital "Gothic line" guarding the rich industrial Po valley val-ley was the skillful fortification sys tem established by Field Marshal Kesselring. Every village on the battlefield battle-field was converted into a little fort, with the bonses reinforced with concrete and steel. Deep shelters were dug out of the steep mountain slopes and artil-- artil-- lery was concentrated at all of the chief passes through which the Allies might attempt to bang. Fortifications were set up in such a way so as to expose any advancing force to flanking fire. Despite these rugged defenses, however, the Allied Fifth and Eighth armies, made up of Americans, British, Brit-ish, Canadians, Polish and Brazilian Brazil-ian troops, inched their way forward. Mass Weight German lines sagged as the Russians Rus-sians threw in 500,000 troops in an effort to drive to the Baltic sea and cut off Nazi armies in Latvia and Estonia from German forces operating operat-ing in the East Prussian and Warsaw regions to the south. In shifting the weight of their attack to the north as German lines stiffened about East Prussia and Warsaw, the Reds were following their historic policy of fully utilizing utiliz-ing their superior manpower against a numerically inferior enemy. DISABLED VETS Morbid curiosity and thoughtlessness thoughtless-ness on the part of civilians can greatly hinder and sometimes destroythe de-stroythe efforts of disabled soldiers sol-diers to readjust themselves to a normal civilian life. Surgeon General Gen-eral Norman T. Kirk of the army declared. "Modern surgery is skillfully restoring re-storing these men," General Kirk said. "Prostheses are furnished to every man who has lost an arm or a leg and the men are taught how to use them ..." i . ...7f s e - .I'D X ANALYSIS Newspaper Union. mi i vxrrA buildings, Doughboys close in on be seen setting op machine guns. HOGS: Hold Ceilings While hog receipts continued light prior to the heavy seasonal fall run, the War Food administration announced an-nounced that present ceilings of $14.75 per hundredweight for 240 pounders or less and $14 per hundredweight hun-dredweight for all over 240 pounds would not be reduced before next June 30. However, WFA said that support prices will be trimmed to $12.50 per hundredweight for 180 to 270 pounders pound-ers beginning October 1, with the door still open for possible action in other weights. In seeking price adjustment, it was said, WFA was contemplating a "cushion" on all hog marketing, under which packers would have to pay an average of $13.75 for all good and choice hogs to qualify for subsidies. PACIFIC: Bitter Foe Fighting against a foe as fanatical as any encountered on the Pacific islands, U. b. marines ma-rines and doughboys dough-boys pushed ahead their occupation of the vital Palau islands, is-lands, 600 miles to the east of the Philippines. Phil-ippines. ' As the battle progressed, pro-gressed, no less than 5,543 Japanese soldiers were killed resisting the powerful power-ful U. S. amphibious amphibi-ous force com Adm. Wilkinson manded by Vice Adm. T. S. Wilkinson, Wilkin-son, USN, and aided by swarms of aircraft. Victory in the Palaus had the ef fect of neutralizing the big Jap naval na-val base of Truk in the Carolines and jeopardizing the enemy's ship' ping lines between the conquered Indies and the homeland proper. As the U. S. forces banged ahead through tropical Palau, other American Amer-ican troops secured their foothold in the Moluccas, 300 miles from the southern Philippines. SURPLUS GOODS: . Provide for Disposal Despite strong objections to the legislation's provision for a three-man three-man board rather than a single authority au-thority to administer disposal of surplus sur-plus war property, the President received congress bill for the sale of such goods, estimated to eventually eventu-ally approximate 100 billion' dollars. Representing a compromise between be-tween the senate and house, the bill passed despite last minute opposi tion centered against the elimination of a provision that all money derived de-rived from the sale of surplus war goods to be used to retire the public debt As the bill finally went to the White House after much congressional congres-sional wrangling, it forbids discrimination discrim-ination against small business in the sale of surpluses; gives former owners own-ers priority in the purchase of real estate bought by the government for war purposes, and compels the three man board to report to- congress con-gress on proposed disposition of big government owned war plants to private interests. Meantime, congress gave final consideration to a reconversion bill, which would set up a central office to coordinate the work of all government gov-ernment agencies on the switch back to peace,..and, if necessary, lend states money for postwar unemployment un-employment compensation. MISCELLANY HOLDINGS: Aside from holdings of lamb and mutton, which approximated approx-imated 15.220.0CO pounds, meat storage stor-age showed a decided drop on September Sep-tember 1. Stocks of pork totaled 439,493,000 pounds, smallest since December 1, 1943. and beef holdings dipped to 161,733,000 pounds, smallest small-est since November 1, 1943. At 244,040,000 pounds, lard stocks were lowest since February 1. ! ElMronmrtiKinmnOTHu IRONS: Expect Shipments First of the 2.000,000 electric irons to be produced under government govern-ment authorization in 1914 will make their appearance on retail counters about the middle of October, trade circles said, with prices approximating approximat-ing those of 1942. Only limited supplies will be available, avail-able, tradesmen said, with manu facturers, jobbers and distributors allocating the irons to stores under formulas based on prewar purchases. pur-chases. Manufactured in areas where pro-duction pro-duction will not interfere with war work, the electric irons will sell from $5.95 to $17.50. PEACE PRICES: 1942 Levels Declaring that "... we cannot build a full production economy on high prices, OPA Administrator Chester Bowles said that the government govern-ment intends to hold reconversion prices to the 1942 level wherever possible. However, Bowles said, new ceilings ceil-ings may be necessary for automobiles auto-mobiles and parts, refrigerators, washing machines, sewing machines, ma-chines, vacuum cleaners and other appliances, radios, phonographs, pianos, pi-anos, heating and cooling equipment, equip-ment, clocks and watches. Of the items on the list which may demand new prices, fewer than a dozen account for 85 per cent of the total volume of dollar sales, Bowles said, while the remaining 15 per cent are made up of small articles arti-cles of the "egg-beater" class. Last Words "Dear wife and family: I write you these few lines at 6:35 p. m. I am O. K. My head hurts but some of the men are down. I have asked the Lord Christ to have mercy on our souls." Thus did Foreman George Emery. 42, open his fateful letter to loved ones, written while he and 65 other companions entrapped in a flaming mine near Bellaire, Ohio, waited vainly for rescue. Smudged with ' coal dust the letter was discovered on Emery's body when recovered. At 7:02 p. m., Emery wrote: . . . We are very cold because ' we took our clothes to stop the boles in the barricade. ..." At 8:15 p. m., he wrote: "... I have just asked the Lord's divine blessing on us who are trapped here . . . Most of the boys are laying around and they are very cold. My head just pumps. My heart tries to get out of my shirt at times. . .,.. "... The boys are now laying back to back to keep warm. . . ." "10:40 p. m. I can see the smoke in this place. The men are restless. They are talking about death. That is a bad sign. I am starring to vomit myself. ... I am lying down. Too sick to explore. My light still burns. (Floyd) Aberegg is laying next to me back to back. He is a very brave man. ..." "Aberegg is asleep now. Nodding Nod-ding myself. Hi Blondy (his 17-year 17-year old daughter)." i MODEL CO-OP: Project Liquidated Sale of 1,500 acres of the 2,771 acre Deshee farm near Vincennes, Ind., following earlier liquidation of the pure-bred herd of Jersey cattle, hogs, other livestock and farm implements, im-plements, will all but conclude one of the government's model cooperative coopera-tive undertakings. With the government investing $534,326 in land, houses, dairy barns, roads, levees, and extending $102,-915 $102,-915 in loans to the operators who once numbered 38 families, the Deshee project prospered at first, then declined when high war plant wages lured some members, and close government supervision induced in-duced others to go on their own. The government figures to lose little on the operators, however, since they paid some $35,000 rental in five years and sale of chattel is expected to repay the rest of their loans. AMERICAN LEGION: Hears Nimitz Addressing the 26th annual convention con-vention of the American Legion in Chicago by radio, Adm. Chester Nimitz revealed that Gen. Douglas MacArthur would direct the invasion inva-sion of the Philippines, with the navy providing the necessary support. sup-port. At the same time, Admiral Nimiz warned that the war against the Japs would be a hard one, and the necessity for hauling vast quantities quan-tities of supplies to the Pacific would extend its duration. While the convention pondered a resolution calling for a strong postwar post-war security organization, it asked for the deportation of subversive aliens; return of refugees to their homes, and stoppage of immigration until unemployment falls to 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 in the U. S. HEAVY SALES Both wholesale and retail trade showed appreciable increases in mid-September over the same period pe-riod last year, with most lines selling sell-ing well. Most pronounced activity was in college and young girls' apparel and accessories, and such sportswear as skirts and jackets in plaids and solid colors moved well. Both fur and cloth coats were in demand. High colored and black suits and dresses found ready buy-' ers. rnnY-nnnnmiri ORtW PEARSON if- 1 Washington, D C. CONGRESSMEN TO LONDOX Without any publicity, the British government has quietly moved to improve British good will by arranging arrang-ing air transportation for six congressmen con-gressmen to London. They will inspect in-spect the damage done by the robot blitz and take side trips into France. The British embassy did not actually actu-ally invite the congressmen to come to England, but made a point of letting let-ting three Republicans and three Democrats know that seats on British Brit-ish planes leaving New York for London were available. First pair to go were Representatives Representa-tives James Richards, South Carolina Caro-lina Democrat, and Karl Mundt, South Dakota Republican. They were followed by Democratic Congressman Con-gressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas and Republican Walter Judd of Minnesota. Min-nesota. The latter trip may be significant sig-nificant since it occurred only a few days after these two had introduced their resolution calling for bi-partisan consideration of the peace term by this country. The last pair includes Republican Walt Horan of Washington and Democrat Dem-ocrat Chet Holifield of California. Holifield, incidentally, was planning a quick trip' overseas in order to check on some lend-lease matters for the house Democratic leadership. leader-ship. Each pair consists of one Republican Re-publican and one Democrat, with the British determined to do all they can to prevent inter-party strife in the U.S.A. from interfering with the peace conference. ' The congressmen were told by the British: "We have already been host to several American scientists and educators for brief trips across, and we don't like to discriminate againsl congressmen." see ALLIED SKI TROOPS For the first time in the war, Canadian Ca-nadian and American ski troops are due to see the sort of action they were trained for. The first special service force, trained in mountain warfare at Helena, Hel-ena, Mont., and in Alaska and the Aleutians, is now in southern France with the forces of General Patch. A thrust across the Maritime Alps into northern Italy will give them their first actual skiing action. This special spe-cial service force includes both Canadians Ca-nadians and Americans, and will probably come up against German rear-guard units as the Allied armies ar-mies chase the Nazis toward the Brenner pass. ELECTION IN BRITAIN British government leaders aren't saying anything about it, but Roosevelt Roose-velt has been tipped off by Churchill that immediately after the fall ol Germany a general election will be held in England. In fact Churchill's Conservative party leaders have already sent instructions in-structions down to their borough leaders to begin organizing for a national election. Churchill's party strategists have already had conferences with leaders lead-ers of the Labor party and have sought their support for a continuation continua-tion of a future coalition government. govern-ment. The Labor leaders of the Churchill cabinet however, have said no. They believe that after the war, Labor should go on its own. Conservative leaders, however, figure that the rank and file of the Labor party will not follow their leaders but, instead, will follow Churchill. Churchill's move in calling the general election immediately after the armistice is considered very shrewd timing. Today he is popular popu-lar in England. A few months from now he may not be. The British prime minister will stand on his war record, and his cooperation with Roosevelt will not be played down as one reason why he should be returned re-turned to power. It is expected that the Conservative party will win without too much difficulty. NAZIS IN SPAIN Once again Nazi troops are making mak-ing for Spanish soiL Members of the army which got its first taste of war seven years ago by putting Franco in Madrid, today are stealing steal-ing through the French countryside below Bordeaux to be interned in Spain rather than be captured by the Fighting French. This was why the Spanish ambassador in Washington Wash-ington last week issued his statement state-ment barring Nazi exiles. However, a real test of U. S.-Span-Ish policy is in the making. Some Nazi military men are already in Spain, plus French collaborationists who will later be charged with war crimes against France. It will be up to U.- S. Ambassador Carlton Hayes, apologist for the Franco government gov-ernment to deal with them. CAPITAL CHAFF C. GI Joes are plenty peeved over the army's mustering-out pay program. pro-gram. Canada gives its discharged men $100 for clothing, plus $9 for each month's service. C GI Joes are writing the war department de-partment that most men will need an entirely new wardrobe costing their total mustering-out pay. C Officers receive extra pay for all ihe time-off they are entitled to when ihey leave the service. . . . GIs tant to draw their furlough pay hen they leave the army too. re. iirfj-iiMiir til Notes of a Netcspaperman: Londoners relayed this one via D. Chandler . . . About the luncheon, rendezvous between the King and General Eisenhower, during which His Majesty turned to the General ind remarked: "What do you think of Montgomery?" Eisenhower paused and then replied: re-plied: "He's a great military genius, but frankly I often have the feeling he's trying to get my job." "Oh, really?" said King George. "I'm glad to hear that." "How do you mean," Ike asked, "you're glad?" "Well," answered the King between be-tween giggles, "to tell the truth I've been a little worried about the 6ame thing, myself I" If this George Bernard Shaw sally has been printed,. it eluded us. Ten-nyrate, Ten-nyrate, at his last birthday he told newspapermen: "Yes, I am now 88 and I haven't an enemy in the world, & not one enemy!" "A beautiful thought," responded a reporter. . "Yep," added Shaw, "I've outlived them all!" 7j At a Hollywood gathering the oth-er oth-er night Donald Ogden Stewart ""T made a talk on the brave new world. I j He told the story of the little boy f Jj whose Sunday school teacher asked j who made him. The boy replied: ?aJ "I'm not done yet I plan to have W a part in making myself." Th Jins Joe Alger is the chief copywriter eMf of Life promotion . . . With otherj ite; on the staff Alger was figuring out m a new slogan for Fortune , . . For- yard tune, they all agreed, was changing jj0lj( in character and it should also have 3 a new slogan . . . His clown sug- gestion got a howl, to wit: "Although j ; ' Fortune is only half the size of the !mP phone directory it is twice as in- Win teresting!" j","1 (may Mark Ethridge, the Louisville newsnanerman. and his wife recent 1 k.J Trtn DrsrMant Wall,., a. , . r.. tt1. , :j (reo 1 iiiui r nil, I..U uhpi tut r . n.iri, iitu. recruited the entire family to help j dust off things, wash every window, etc. . . . cleaning, After two days of house- Mrs. Ethridge cautioned t WW, Wallace is a very simple man." Lj'ji "WelL if he is," groaned the tint-est tint-est of the Ethridges, "then all I cao ( say is that we've done a lotta un- a-j necessary work!" hei m lerhaps It happened in the Stork Club . . -md the Two handsome young Army lieuten- ThM ants walked in and table-for-two'dravaga across the way from where a Major Jegin ii was seated with a charming youngsrhaf w thing . . . The wolves decided teyhai wi try and meet her but how? . . jbstacle They scribbled a note to the Major,'iflcig hoping he would be flattered by it-it aiout and send for them . . . The not! There read: "We wish, sir, you would setsr ow tie something for us. We are seateiset it tli across the way. My friend says yoouse co impress him as being a lawyer fciiffieulti civilian life. I say you have ttijannbt p manner and poise of a dignified ixvith a g tor." iage, 01 The Major enjoyed the flattery tovill jot 1 a moment but after noting theiiy j pja handsome features and youth, serf After t back this message: "I was neitteng Jo f a doctor nor a lawyer as a civiliatsories; t As a matter of fact I was a taxpho g0 dermist and I fully intend to prwetty mi serve this pigeon for myself!" (tit to Soi ttcrs a : Lint From a Blue Serge Suit: jWe wh Mme. Chiang Kai-shek walked o because his first wife is living in K house ... that Frank Tax experts point 0. fc Sinatra's income C i $1,450,000 will net him little mor than $25,000 ... The Dep't of JulCw r' tice is insisting it be consulted DncjL the legality of any peace treapjR ues for ii A movement has started to etpportunit rate Bob Hope, Jack Benny and oij y waj) ers who have gone overseas witbosperity, boys . . . Ben Swig, a Boston ni 0 ' man, bought the St. Francis 'wA (San Francisco) for 4 mill. r? paid $750,000 in cash. Four ; es later he sold half interest for frtfe ""V tan. In short, he owns a 4tt se? , lion dollar hotel for the price round trip ticket to the coast i'ljj16 ,,-fore thp The G-Men have a coWhave about a musician in a symFjui M play the curses it National Anthem t granted nioney Baseball is the only enterF,d that hasn't raised its prices .Jirden of His friends are urging a high ,Wa ' matic post for Mayor LaGuardii ,ve j j Knopf will get James Stevens' m h manuscript said to be a nrt me ' piece. He gave Paul Bunyasg J American literature. - t muiam A. Lydgate, eaivx Gallupoll (his book, "What An , Thinks," is due on the 26th), c ' xnis to snow what American - p about Germany". Not long age j took a poll asking people bo , 3 l thought Hitler should be treats ..N N er the war. Practically ever? j wanted him Hanged, shot or oned indefinitely. There were'; of ingenious suggestions froS . public. A San Francisco teacher said: "Have somebocj bis own speeches back to his ; and night unil he goes nuts." ? may fofess y wl Sghtinf cq yc 'ace i |
