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Show THE TIMES- - NEWS. NEPHI, UTAH Here I Am Again,' Friendly Bandit Says, Talcing $23 Released by WNU Features. v Let's Quit Appeasing Russia dream we have THAT ofbeautiful "One World" will not be realized, unless It be a Communist world. Of th;it there is a possibility. The many millions of words that have been uttered by spokesmen for the United States and other nations in a fruitless effort to appease the Russian politburo have been but wasted breath. The expenditure of billions of American dollars will, I believe, be equally fruitless. Russia will communize Europe and Asia. When Russia has accomplished that she will have at her command the resources and manpower of at least two continents and of most of the world outside of North America. Appeasement speeches at the assembly of the United Nations have accomplished, or will accomplish, nothing:. Russia does not fear a barrage of words. She proposes to have her way, by fair means or foul. She has no regard for promises. Years ago she needed American recognition so that she might buy from us the things she was not then able to produce for herself. To secure that recognition she made a definite promise not to propagandize in this country. She ostensibly abolished the Comintern. Neither of those actions meant anything. The Comintern again is operating in the open, its purpose world domination for Communism. More and more Russian agents are operating in this country. More and more Communistic propaganda is being circulated in this country. It is found in our schools, our churches, our labor and farm organizations. Its false doctrines, falsely expressed, are appealing more and more to our youth and to those unthinking adults who seek something for nothing and believe the falsehoods of the Russian propagandists. COULD BREAK RELATIONS One thing that would, at least, jar Stalin and the politburo would be for this country to break diplomatic relations with the Soviets. It would not stop them, but it might cause them to pause. To do that would cancel the thousands of visas that permit the Russian agents to remain and operate in this country. We have carried our appeasement efforts beyond those of England's Chamberlain in his dealings with Hitler. Those efforts achieved nothing, and ours with Russia will accomplish no more. As in the case of Germany, it will mean war when Russia is ready. We could, and Russia knows we could, defeat the Bear now, but when that Bear is all of Europe and Asia, the result would be questionable. Possibly we should not wait. Taft-Hartle- y Act I was staying at a San Francisco hotel that was filled with leaders and rank and file delegates to the recent American Federation of La bor convention. It afforded me an opportunity to talk to a considerable number of those present, including both leaders and delegates. To the latter if I mentioned the act it was emphatically condemned. If I talked about the various provisions of that act, without naming the act, the provisions were almost invariably approved, unless some AFL leader was in the group to whom I was talking. In such case he did the Taft-Hartle- y talking for labor, and disagreed. It was very evident the opinion of the rank and file delegates had been formed by labor leader propaganda, and that the rank and file were not informed as to provisions of the act. The leaders very definitely had sold it to the union members as a "slave" law, without offering any Information as to its provisions. When, after receiving approval of one or more of those provisions, I explained that what they had apy proved were provisions of the act. my small audience would mit believe me. Union members need some education as to what that law contains. It is actually what Senator Taft calls it: "Labor's Bill of Rights." HOUIE TOLLin A friendly DETROIT. MICH. bandit who held up a dry cleaning store for $53 and then escorted Clerk Barbara Seabert to her bus stop, paid another call later, getting $23 this time. Barbara, 18, told police she looked up from her work to see a familiar, smiling face and hear a pleasant voice announce "Here I am again." Recognizing the caller, she said she reached for the telephone, but the polite bandit displayed a gun and admonished, "Here, here, none of that." . He had just appropriated $23 from the cash register when the telephone rang and a passerby looked in at the door, the young clerk reported. She answered the phone and the man fled. IN WASHINGTON Released by tbt corn, followed by wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, 'sweet potatoes, peas, peaBy ED EMERINE nuts, cotton, and a multitude of new WNU Features. crops introduced within the last few The spirit of rugged Andrew Jackson still lingers over Ten- years. orchards are expandnessee, from the Great Smoky mountains to the Mississippi ing.Tennessee's dairy herds are Increasriver. His most striking traits of energy, per- ing. Her Poultry and poultry products sistency, individualism, honesty, simplicity and loyalty are are more valuable each year. of A of state. an the unlettered the frontier, product typical Advances. Industry In manufacturing, Tennessee has youth, Jackson's abilities gained him prominence as a legislator, commander of troops, first citizen and president of the just begun. The electric energy United States. To walk the halls of the Hermitage, his historic available in the area is immense. home near Nashville, is to feel the personality of the man who The raw products are near at hand. Chief loved The accessibility to vast markets is his fellow men and all things beautiful. well known. Many industrialists alBut Jackson did not mould Ten- was Tennessee, with its ready are moving there and others Forced at Gunpoint to Drive nessee; ofit mountains have their eyes on that area. It is and plains, rivvariety ers and lakes, climate and opporFor Two Hours. pleasant for both labor and capital to get away from crowded cities. f tunities, which aided his develop, In Tennessee there is pure air. The ment. Seeing Tennessee is to under" K ALLENTOWN, PA. Kidnaped by sunshine is soothing. The hills and and of stand the diversity places on arrest to a man he was seeking ' '$ valleys are pleasant to look upon. things and the vigorous culture that a robbery charge. Police Chief ' Life is better there. sent forth such men as Jackson and Wayne Elliott was forced at gun- Sam Houston to write whole chapAll men crave recreation, point to drive for two hours but ters of American whether they work in an office, history. the from by finally escaped leaping on a farm or in a factory. TenFirst Settlement. a. car in nearby Bethlehem. nessee provides beauty and 1769 Capt. William Bean and In ft? a man threatened said the Elliott at mouth a his the built cabin variety in pleasure. In eastern family to number of times during their ride C Tennessee is Cherokee nation2 jof Boon's creek, and here Russell shoot him with one of three revolval forest and Great Smoky ' ers he was carrying and "laughed Bean was probably the first white ' , "fj mountains national park, 'with child to be born in Tennessee. Other about taking a cop for a ride." families came from North Carolina hunting, fishing and natural identichief The police wonders. The Cumberland and Virginia, and the Watauga setfied his captor as Erbor Julius Wor-secare a maze of was established. Stores tlement too, mountains, Allen-tow- n in was who 23, captured were opened in other parts of the peaks and ridges, rippling several hours later. streams and deep cut valleys. Elliott said he went to a house in state, soon to be surrounded by cabThe great dams of the TVA sysAllentown where Worseck had been ins. tem have created a chain of lakes These pioneers were far from living to seize him In Connection their mother states, without govextending across the. eastern and with several safe robberies in the western ends of the state, providernment and without protection, Allentown area. with no so they set up their own governing boating and fishing A cordon of police was thrown ' closed season. Reelfoot lake in mental organization. It is said around the house as Elliott apfv northwest Tennessee covers 14.500 these were the first white men proached the front door. Before he acres and provides a natural fish of America to establish a free could knock, however, Worseck apand one of the finest fishnd independent community on hatchery a revolver. with . . NATIVE . peared RESIDENT Gov. in the nation. the continent. The leaders were ing grounds of in to front walk Elliott Forcing James McCord is a native of TenJohn Sevier and James RobertAre Plentiful. Parks him and muttering threats that he nessee. Born in Unionville, he son. State parks cover 55,000 attractive would shoot if other police moved, on a was farm. he Later grew up The State of Franklin, or Frank-lanacres in Tennessee. They contain Worseck forced Elliott to climb bea traveling salesman, newspaper was short-livebut it served unusual formations, caverns, nad hind the wheel of his black and auctionlivestock publisher its purpose. Tennessee was a terripolice sedan. eer. After serving as mayor of tural bridges and other phenomena. There are bridle and hiking trails, "He kidded and laughed about tory of the United States from 1790 Lewisburg for more than 25 years, to 1796, with Knoxville as its capiand beautiful highways, and a for a Elliott to ride," cop was he taking elected congress in 1942. long of When lt became the 16th state plenty picnic and outing places, said. "He made me drive for about tal. He was 1944 elected in governor rewith facilities for swimming, boattwo hours, holding three guns on of the Union in 1798, Knoxville was 1946. and in reelected the seat of government and ing and fishing. me, one he had and two he got from mained continued as such until 1812. The But most important of all the car. Just as Jackson rose from the about Tennessee is its people. "When we got near the Moravian legislature, however, met variously at Kingston, Nashville and wilderness to the Hermitage, so They are gracious, friendly, seminary campus in Bethlehem I Nashville being the capital warm-hearteTennessee evolved from a wild Their heritage Is told him I had to get out of the car. 1812 to 1817 and Murfreesboro from and untamed land to the culture a great state endowed by naHe let me out. I started running 1819 1825. from to Nashville has of today, and the end is not in ture with rich resources. Upon and never stopped." the capital since October 26, that solid base they have built sight! The frontier is gone, but Elliott said he hid in some high been 1826. the state's rich resources rea tradition of which they are weeds and watched while Worseck Frontier Country. main. Such developments as proud. drove around the block twice lookWhen Andrew Jackson came to TVA are but the beginning of a Their culture Includes a love of ing for him. Finally Worseck drove Tennessee from North Carolina in ' richer, finer Tennessee, which beauty in buildings, in cities, in away. 1788, the country was real frontier, always will retain the Old South farms, in gardens and In fields. filled with individualists, feuds and Their 23 institutions of higher learnatmosphere. Girl Marries Youth Who 0 Tennessee's forests still cover quarrels, and surrounded by Ining are testimony to their desire for square miles and yield half a knowledge. Their records on the Was Hurt in Plane Crash dians. Every man had to be brave, well versed in human nature able billion feet of lumber. field of battle proclaim their courINDEPENDENCE, VA. A neighto fight with fist or gun or sword. Rich in Minerals. age. Their progress from the fronta visit by Grayson Since Jackson had those characterborly Chief mineral products are coal, ier to their present high developbedto the county farm girl hospital he soon rose to prominence, iron, copper, zinc, gold, silver, clay ment attests their determination to side of Willis Ellis Keyes. 26, of istics, draft the first constitution of products, phosphate rock, sandmove forward. helped Boynton, Fla., sole survivor of an Tennessee and was chosen United stone, marble and limestone. Tennessee is more than a state; Eastern Airlines plane crash near States representative from his Agriculture is the base of Ten- it is an experience in life and living Galax, Va., last January 12, has led adopted state. nessee's wealth. The leading crop it It is not easily forgotten. the couple to the altar. The Rev. B. L. Chastain, pastor of Independence Methodist church, married Keyes and the girl, Miss Ruth Leath, in a ceremony here. Keyes, who gave his occupation as a commercial fisherman in the marriage license application, and his bride met when she visited him at a Galax hospital where her sister also was a patient. Eighteen passengers and crew members were killed in the air liner crash, which occurred within a few .. .a hii hundred yards of the Leath home. (Editor's Note: This is another in "Stories of the States9 series.) Intended Prisoner Kidnaps Police : . rf "'TT i f k, d, radio-equippe- o, d. 30.-00- :'' Trapper Saved by Helicopter; Animals Ate All His Food WASHINGTON. An Alaskan trapper, who himself became . XZfZ "is i v V.J 2 Taft-Hartle- "to 185-mi- 9 A "V , mas One way of wasting less food would be to serve smaller portions at hotels and restaurants. Few people eat all that it served them, and would not object to receiving less. down. The Features. , trapped when wild animals ate up his food, was rescued by helicopter in the army air forces' first rescue mission above the Arctic circle. A.A.F. said Lt. Charles O. Weir of Ind , picked up the Bloominfiton, stranded trapper after an solo helicopter flight from Ladd Field, Fairbanks, northwest to a remote spot near Bettles. Alaska. The trapper, George Plucinski, had been flown into the interior by a IT WAS a high school teacher civilian seaplane. The civilian pilot, according to a who said: "Hrnry Wallace, as a plan, dropped Plucin-ski- 't prearranged candidate for president, will poll food 20 miles to the north. more votes than may be generally When Plucinski arrived at the spot, expected, probably enough to elect he found foraging animals bad him." In the case of that speaker eaten the food. the wish was father to the thought, but Wallace would get a lot of votes from the schools, churches, and Watchman, 65, Wins Fight other professional callings. Some With Thugs, Saves $1,000 people do not realize what the theoRobDETROIT, MICH.-Thories of Mr. Wallace may mean to inson, 65, night watchman of the them as individuals. Ambassador branch of the Canadian Legion, won a battle with two A likely place to look for availyoung thugs, saving $1,000. to able European capital aid in EuOne youth threatened him with would be ropean rehabilitation around the Monte Carlo gambling butcher knife, Robinson told Windsor police, but he knocked him tables. Now that we mast waste less food, hash wilt come bark as a menu item in many a family. WNU EDITOR'S NOTE: This Newspaper through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. Washington, D. C, is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and servic-ma- n and his family. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. other attacker struck him from behind with a beer bottle, knocking him to the floor. Robinson shouted and the pair fled, kicking down a side door to escape. After first-aitreatment, Robin-to- n returned to his job of protecting $1,000 In the cash register and safe. J3L. ... TENNESSEE A P1CTIRE STATE (1) Tennessee's caplUl in Nashville Is attractive to visiters not only for its architectural beauty but also for Ita historlo Interest, 2 The "Great Lakes of the Sou In," created by the giant dams of the TVA development, rapidly are becoming famous as recreational waters. (I) Much of Tennessee's wealth Is derived from Its agriculture, of which theep and livestock form an Important part. Ml Tennessee Walking borses, a breed originated In the aectioa of the state, have become blorgrasa known as the smoothest failed saddle animal- - Casing the Capital been WASHINGTON has tourists this summer, the greatest influx of visitors in history of the capital. Main points of inof terest in the metropolitan area, course, are the capitol building, the House and the Washington monument. The Smithsonian institute, the Lincoln memorial, the scores of other points of historical interest and the beautiful governVA to Recover Overpayments ment buildings keep the sightseeing busses filled to capacity. Out on Capitol Hill, within the Veterans' administration has takacre capitol builden steps to comply with the law and to prevent loss, insofar as possible, ing itself, tourists troop through the in cases where veterans have ac- otherwise deserted grandeur, in cepted overpayments in subsistence groups and singly, many of them checks while in education or train- vAth the letter-perfeguides who White three-and-a-ha- lf ! ing. has announced that veterans who fail to repay these subsistence overpayments and who later apply for unemployment or allowances will have the amounts they owe the government deducted from the latter benefit VA I IN THE OF OUR BFflUT-- 1 ARE TOURISTS, LABIC5 ANB GEHTLFMFN, ANDJ TO BE CONFUSED THE CROWD Sf IIFUL CAPITOL FOREGROUND Vjr III JtfkN0T 1 A checks. VA explained that federal statutes prohibit payment of government funds to any person indebted to the U. S. Recovery will be effected through a system of crosschecks instituted with the VA and state employment compensation agencies, with a central control in New York. Veterans who have made arrangements with VA to repay their indebtedness are considered in good standing and are in no way affected by the new system since it will be used in cases where there is no apparent means of recovery from sources other than readjustment allowances. Questions and Answers Q. I am a veteran of World War II and I am on this farm training. I have been told we are going to get a raise on our checks. Can you tell me whether we are going to or not? And if so, how much? I am married and I have one child. E. W., Weir, Miss. A. Generally speaking, there will be no increase in subsistence payments in institution-on-fartraining under the new program recently put into effect under a new law. We would have to know what you are getting now and what type of farm training you are taking to tell you intelligently. Under the old law, the training was set up for disabled veterans as a part-tim- e proposition with each state setting up its own standards and regulations. In some instances veterans drew full time subsistence, that is $65 per month for those with no dependents and $90 for those with dependents. In other cases, they drew subsistence. Under only part-tim- e the new program, however, national standards have been set up whereby the training program requires 200 hours of classroom work and, if the veteran has his own farm, 100 hours of individual instruction by his classroom instructor; and if the veteran is an employee, 50 hours of individual instruction by his classroom instructor. Under this proe and full subgram it is sistence is drawn. If you started under the old program and only on a part-tim- e basis and wish to take up the new program, consult your nearest Veteran's administration office or a school which has qualified for this instruction. Q. How many battle stars were credited to the U.S.S. Langley (CVL 27) during World War II? Did she receive a unit award? S. J. S., Seattle, Wash. A. She participated in 12 naval operations in the Asiatic-Pacifi- c theater for which she received 12 battle stars. She was awarded the navy unit commendation for her offensive part in the Pacific air-se- a operations during World War II. Q. I am a veteran going to school under the G.I. bill of rights, but I am not fully satisfied with the course of study I chose. Can a veteran change his course if he finds the original course in which he enrolled Is not what he wanted? G. B. Kansas City, Kan. A. Yes, provided he receives permission to do so from Veterans' administration. Q. Are ail war veterans entitled to burial in national cemeteries, or arc there restrictions that apply to this case? C. J. A., Newton, la. A. Veterans of all wart and peacetime servicemen who were honorably discharged from all ol their enlistment periods may be buried without cost in the nearest national cemetery. Members of the women's reserves are now also eligible for burial in national cemeteries. (J. Can you tell us whether or not in a case where a school charges board and lodging, does the government pay the school for this direct or is the money sent to the veteran? Miss R. L. T., Lebanon, Ind. A. Ordinarily it is the veteran's responsibility to pay the institution for hit board and lodging or otherwise to tustain himself, from his subsistence check tent direct to the veteran. VA payt the Institution direct for tuition, books, tuppliet, feet and other authorized expenset. full-tim- say their pieces about the various rooms, the paintings, the hall of statues, the huge cast iron dome, the figure of Peace, the old Supreme courtroom and, of course, the house and senate chambers. These large rooms at either end of the building are strangely gloomy and depressing without the traffic and oratorical bombast of the members when congress Is not in session. Ugliest of all is the open-wor- k steel girders which form ceiling supports, where apparently insufficient engineering skill was at hand, common to the most provincial armory building or gymnasium. ' The old building, which now has about 14 acres of floor space, 432 rooms and recesses and entrances sufficient to provide for 679 windows and 554 doors, has stood there on the hill since the first cornerstone was laid In 1793. There were two original buildings, connected by a wooden passageway, which were partially burned by the British 1814, but the original foundations were used to rebuild the present central structure, which was completed in 1829. The present house chamber at one end was completed in 1857 and the senate chamber at the other end was completed two years later in 1859. Most interesting room in the venerable building to your Home Town Reporter is the old Supreme court room occupied by that body for about a hundred years until 1935, when the present marble building was finished across the street. The room was first used as a senate chamber in the early 1800s. Most impressive things about Wash' ington to the average tourist, aside from the points of historical interest, are the cleanliness of the city, the wide d streets and avenues, the beauty of the numberless parks, the magnificence of the government buildings, the various embassies on Massachusetts avenue and 16th street and the ."circles" scattered throughout the tree-line- city, from which as many as six streets emanate in all directions. Grab a Hankie The railroads reams are putting out of propaganda seeking to justify all sorts of things, tear-jerkin- g including higher rates and freedom from restraint under the trust laws. Perhaps it is a fact that earnings of the railroads do not compare favorably with that of other public utilities. But if the public is unsympathetic it it because of past "public be damned" attitude of the railroads themselves. Incidentally, another railroad lobbyist hat registered recently. He la Donald D. Conn of the Transportation Association of America. Hit salary it $20,000 plus $8,000 for expenses. His address is 105 W. Adams tlreet. Chicago, which is the address of the Western Railroads office. Rural Electric administration has announced there are more than 2,250,000 Amcritan farms The today without electricity. administration has supplied 0 farms with elrrlririty this year, bringing the total to 3.S74,-64- 1 or 61 per rent. 400,-00- Food Facts Taking their cue from the urmru forcet, advertising men working on the President's voluntary food conservation program have dubbed meatiest dayt "operation bull-- ' and poultrylesi dayt "operation No one can deny chicken." that Chairman Charles Luckman it contributing in more ways than one toward making the nationwide food drive a tuccest. Since coming to Washington to direct the program, he hat lost five pounds. ... |