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Show 1 THE Thursday, June 28, 1945 News Behin By PaulMallon Released by Western Newspaper Union. WAR EXPERIENCE HAS DEFEATED SOCIALISM WASHINGTON. They say Mr. Churchill blundered when he N KIM II. TIMES-NEW- UTAH PAGE THREE Returns From a German Prison Grave to Health Drive on 'Reefer Gay Parly Dress For Little Girls Ring' Is Getting Amazing Results Faced with an army of marijuana addicts, U. S. narcotic authorities have drive against launched a nation-wid- e the crime - inciting "assassin of youth," and immediate results have been spectacular. In New York a federal grand jury has indicted six persons, three of them women, as members of a n-wide "reefer ring" with a turnover, says the Chicago In Beverly Hills, aristocratic Los Angles suburb, police swooped down on a midnight apartment party, confiscated enough "reefers" or marijuana cigarets to put 20 people in a trance and arrested a Hollywood stunt actor and a young movie starlet guest. Later, they picked up a dentist's assistant, a dance band drummer, and girl singer all on charges of dalliance with the "dream weed." A grand was jury inquiry launched after the dentist's assistant, Miss Norma Jean Graybeal, 19, told of using a high school boy as her aid in peddling teen-age to addicts. "reefers" Declaring that the vice is rampant among adolescents, Miss Graybeal said: "Most of the kids start using the stufT about the same way I did. They get thrill crazy, and they start jitterbugging and staying out nights. Pretty soon some kid in the crowd brings some of the 'smokes' and then you're off. How They Work It. "If you don't smoke some of it, the other kids think you're a jerk. You buy it from the person in your own crowd who is your contact. In every juvenile crowd there's at least one person who knows where to buy the stuff. "I've seen two people go so crazy from marijuana they had to be locked up. One, a boy, 19 years old, is in a hospital for the insane now, and the other, a man of 28, is in CHICAGO. Newspaper by By VIRGINIA VAI.E WAIN'S new program BEA one of the high lights of g claimed socialism would bring a gestapo to the British, rob the individual of his rights and make him a slave to the state at least the political experts say it in' chorus here and abroad. As they see it Churchill is "the man who won the war" and should have run for reelection on that platform. I wonder. The very day he a British- spoke, s spirited province in Canada voted on so1;- vX cialism. In Ontario, a straight - out socialist movement, Churchill called the Coopera tive Commonwealth federation, had won astonishing success last time, gaining 34 seats, more than a third of the provincial parliament. The program was government ownership of banks, insurance companies, railways and certain heavy industries. This was to be the new rising political movement of the postwar but it was nipped Canadian world far below the bud, and, in fact, frost-killewhen the people of industrial Ontario (where labor is strong) cut its power to an insignificant 6 seats in a parliament of 90 votes. All Canada is furnishing another test of socialism and you can check the results, but if CCF cannot win in the British labor center of Ontario it cannot hope for much anywhere outside the radical far west farming provinces. In Britain the Labor party leader, Mr. Atlee, answered Churchill directly, defending the theory of socialism against the ideal of private enterprise for private profit While jail." In recognition of her aid to auChurchill may have lithorities. Miss Graybeal was let off taken political with 90 days in jail for possession of cense with the gesnarcotics. tapo deduction, he Also taken into custody and quesdid not exaggerate tioned in the drive were Ruel Taythe basic issue, Atlee which been lor, stunt actor; Lorna Gray, screen has starlet; Ila Ellen Tims, 25, profes laid; "Do yon want sional singer, and Robert Paul socialism or free enterprise?" The war experience of people has Hughes, dance band drummer. Miss Gray was released after T not been favorable to socialism. The lack of competition among sellers lor had assumed responsibility for has destroyed the interests of the the "reefers" in his apartment. In the course of the inquiry, consumers today, and government management has nowhere been police discovered marijuana growin the Victory garden of a public satisfactory to the people. Unless a ing buyer can walk out of a store and school. Shows Increase. go to another to purchase what he According to Elmer L. Irey, cowants, he can never be protected as to the quality of merchandise he ordinator of TJ. S. treasury enforcebuys or as to price, no matter how ment agencies, marijuana addiction much the government regulates it. showed a considerable increase durEvery man and woman has found ing 1944. The focal point of the traffic, he that out to his great discomfort during this war, not from books or declared, seems to be New York City. propaganda, but out of his own daily No sooner is one gang there stamped out than another springs up. The conexperience in living. Competition is the only thing spirators, he added, are well financed which protects the consumers, who and apparently have national and are all the people. Government own- international affiliations. Meanwhile, federal agents continership and operation is as nonsaid to be ,the competitive as a trust, a cartel or ued seeking a man a business monopoly. Once any "master mind" of the nation-wid- e members single force gets the power of ex- syndicate whose alleged clusive operation, the buyer must are under indictment in New York accept the terms. Where compe- City. Information obtained in the investition is most active, the buyer is best protected. Consider the serv- tigation by U. S. Attorney John F. X. ice the public gets on those western McGohey's office in New York points railroads where some are bemoan- to a well organized ring of "reefer" operating in large cities. ing the parallel lines. It Is much peddlers The main supply of the drug is bebetter than upon eastern roads which control a monopoly of travel. lieved to have been cut off through This Is true of the buying of all the discovery of a farm near goods or services. It is true of hotel Chaffee, Mo. There, according to accommodations, of buying ciga- McGohey, Robert Williams, and his rettes, of renting a house or buying wife, Elda, grew the weed for disa dress. If one power (government tribution by others of the syndicate. or private) owns all the business, or is in control of the operation for Judge Is Enlightened on any reason, the public interests are not well served. Of course, they at- Meaning of tribute our experiences to a shortMINOT, N. D. Judge A. J. Gron-n- a age of goods or help. That is true, puzzled for some time here over but the economic effect has been the the word in the destruction of competition. The con- crime record of W. B. Robinson, sumer could be told what to buy and transient charged with at how much. He could not get it passing a bad check, before giving across the street, cheaper or better. him a penitentiary In my opinion, government owner- sentence. When it became apparent that the ship Is in the public Interest only when it is in itself competitiv- e- judge wasn't making any headway, competing with private Interests to the defendant offered the clue himserve the public better. Consider the self. . two Canadian railroads, one private "I think' it's got something to do and one government owned. The with driving a car," hcsaid. Th word stood for "Operating a public gets much better corvice than if the government owned both and car while under the influence of liqbusiness of uor." railroading became government bureaucracy, having political directors decide policies. Blood Turned Out to Be Economically, socialism cannot Only Beet Pickle Juice generate business-lik- e competition. In a competitive economy, a great PLEASANT VALLEY. TEXAS. portion of business develops from The highway patrolman said later th necessity of one concern to get he thought it was another fatality ahead of another. This stimulates in- when Ancil E. Everett of Fort Worth terest In products and sells more of crawled from his overturned car. them. The very incentive of compeHe apparently was covered with tition adds to national income. blood from head to foot. ' I suspect Churchill (who was nevBut Everett rose to his feet and er much of a politician) may have walked calmly about Inspecting the most valid seized upon the popular damage. issue he could present. The labot The amazed patrolman discovered leaders who took up a proposal U later a Jar of beet pickles Inside the go "halfway to communism" hav j car had broken and spilled red juice certainly not chosen the best time. over the driver. 8 Pi MM stagescreenVradio Union. Released Western Large Army of Marijuana Addicts Spurs Officials To Fight Gang. radio's summer season. She's been doing guest shots, marking time, refusing to tie herself to any definite commitment like many another army wife, she wanted to be free to join her husband any time, any Vlace. Efforts to lure her to radio programs emanating from Hollywood natio- Herald-America- x I i Ton would never think that Pvt. Joseph Demler of Frcdonia, Wis., shown above as he appears (left) at the Kennedy General hospital in Memphis, was the same man who is shown at right, a bag of bones, as V. S. troops found him when they captured a German prison camp where he was held. lie weighed 70 pounds on March 29, 1945. On June 7 he weighed 124 pounds. He was fed a planned starvation diet while a prisoner. Drums Furnish Home and Industrial Convenience ; - i ! i '( IBl 8856 J yr. 2-- 6 A GAY little party dress for your young daughter of two to six. She'll love the full swinging failed. Now Maj. Andre Baruch's af- skirt, brief cap sleeves and simple fairs are set, and Bea's on the air Bhoulder closing. It will be the with "Starlight Serenade," on Mu- coolest, prettiest summer frock tual Thursdays. Though she's young, she has. Pattern includes panties she's a veteran entertainer; she be to match. came a professional at the age of Pattern No. 8858 is designed (or sizes 2, six. And because she always knew Size 3, dress, re3, 4. 5 and 6 just how she wanted to sing, she quires l3,i yardsyears. of 35 or 39 inch studied everything but singing; her panties, ,'t yard; 5 yards lie rac tofabric; trim. method is all her own. Due to an unusually large demand and BEA WAIN current war conditions, slightly more time George Raft's first RKO picture Is required In filling orders for a few of is "Johnny Angel," a romantic mys- the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: tery. It revolves around the efforts of Raft to track down the unknown SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery St. mutineers who killed his father and San Francisco, Calif. highjacked eight million dollars in Enclose 25 cents In coins for each gold bullion from his father's ship. Though they didn't know who he was, a lot of people still remember the tenor who sang "The Rose of Tralee" in "The Informer," while Victor McLaglen emerged from a building with his sinister reward. The tenor is Larry Burke, and he sings the title song in "Those Endearing Young Charms." How empty oil drums are being used in the Pacific area is shown by these photos. Left, the drums were nsed in asphalt plant, as stacks, etc. Center, household use, wash sinks made from drums. Upper right, view of one of the oil drum farms. Lower right, used for barbecue. Other uses include bomb shelters, gateway arches, legs for water tanks, incinerators, sewer pipes and reflectors on light poles. Coaches One Armed Ball Players New Veterans' Head -- won out Twentieth Century-Fo- x over other studios and snared Burl Ives for a picture. He's the ballad- eer whose singing in "Sing Out, Sweet Land" was one of the hits of New York's theatrical season this year. His first film will be a technicolor version of "Smokey." While in Hollywood he'll continue with his Sunday night "Radio Reader's Digest" shows, with the rest of the program coming from New York. Richard Tucker is likely to become one of radio's headliners, so if you want to be in on his debut listen when he replaces John Charles Thomas on Sunday afternoons over NBC late in July. Tucker is one of the Metropolitan Opera company's tenors. pattern desired. Pattern No Name Size Address JMAKE ICE CREAM Smootk At horn Any flavor Deliciout No ro- No ic tryttelt No cooking No flavor tcorchod whipping1 Eaty Inexpensive 20 recipes In eache 154 pttg. samPleete tend this ad for free ple offer, or buy from your grocer. LOIlDOtiDGKRU Brand Homemade Ice Cream STABILIZER lONOONDEMT-13- 5 H0W0 SIN FIUNCISC0 1 CHIT. ESS immm mm mm mmi. mmmtmtnmmmmrmmmt ' ftl t W jY I 'A . Breakfast Club, radio's oldest and most continuous program, heard six days a week, 60 minutes each day, recently celebrated the completion of its 12th successive and successful year. The program first hit the air on June 23, 1933. under the guidance of one Don McNeill, who has served as master of ceremonies of the show ever since that date. The American's mm Singer Danny O'Neil Is headed for e recognition soon, If history's any indication. He has replaced "Music That Satisfies" on CBS and that spot has been the springboard to fame for such stars as Kate Smith, Bing Crosby, Martin Downey and Frank Sinatra. nation-wid- I 4". dMmtt jkatmuuuMi j .r - mirtirinlTittiMii - v ' t i timmf" Amputees at the Walter Reed hospital, Washington, watch Pete Gray, ball player of the St. Louis Browns, demonstrate how he can L catch a ball, shake off his glove and throw the ball with the greatest of ease. Left to right are: Pvt. Steve Lawrence, T5 Anthony Motyka, Pfc. Peter Brcnnan, Sgt. John Gallagher and Cpl. Harry Waters. one-arm- ed Army's Experimental Helicopter Grains Arc Great Foods" MM 9P aU Keltacf ' Cora FUke brine you oearly II the protective feed element oi the whole grain drclared eaeential to aunaa witritioa. Jennifer Jones didn't have to learn walk she uses in the rolling-hi"Duel in the Sun"; 'it was already She's remembered by a there. friend who was with her at Northwestern university as "the girl most whistled at" when she was an un "It was that dergraduate there. walk," he said. Incidentally, Joan Telzel has Joined the "Duel in the Sun" cast, leaving a hit Broadway p Gen. Omar Bradley appointed head of the veterans' administration. "If I had a son I would like him to go to Bradley or Ike for advice," the late Ernie Pyle once said. Servicemen are backing the choice. Nelson Wins Again "e( l What the hrliropter of tomorrow may look like I pictured by this new army model, horn in flight. In t'ppcr Darby. Pa., it looks tike a giant bumble bee with its stubby fuselage. The craft is an experimental model and has been undergoing tests since August, 1044. Early tests that It has merits not found In previous mr4rls. Ths : 'A 5 Byron Nelson shown as he won the of (he $10,000 Canadian Open Golf tourney. He finished 10 72 holes strokes better than Jog McSpadrn, the second man. n " - HAKES show to do so. Joan Leslie'd like to convince Warner Bros, that they ought to make a picture based on the life of Rosina Galli, the former first ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera eomnanv. and eive her the title role She's been working hard at ballot dancing for the last three years. Buddy Easton, the studio's ballet coach, says she could step right out of "Janie Gets Married" and star as a dancer. t CORN - mm ODDS AD ENDS Jimmy Durnnt, turn danrer for the firu time in hit 35 veart at an entertainer, in Metro't "Tut Si.iten From llntnn." . . . f ell Knight and f'ranria H hiie u ill rontnr at replacement lor Helton Eddy thin tummer. , . . Jerry Wayne u ill have Joe ilaker and Gladys Suarthoul on hit netv thote mer Cl.S, on Julr 6th. . . . Guy Lomhardo'l postponed hit concert tour, at he and the Royal Canadians are booked to start toon on a film bated on hit life. . . . Georgia Gihlti Wat to moving in that talk on "Hall of Fame that three people wrote her that they'd bought bondt and named her as coouner. bond-buyin- ECONOMICAL Clndor Block ..'. . . In f, I termite proof, p nr nv- mil tnfmi inr nonm, roopa, 1ir hnuM. toB , fiieiisiiiii Imoiij ejifiiiijr I mnrarYF??7 |