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Show THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPHI, UTAH THt T mmm iv HOITIE TOLUn 4 Jit IN WASHINGTON U.Phillipr EDITOR'S NOTE: This Newspaper with through special arrangement the Washington Bureau of Western WNU Feature!. Released by Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, D. C, is able to Rural Vote Will Decide bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceof the two major polib man and his family. Questions may WHICHparties will win the nex he addressed to the above Bureau and national election and name a presi- they will he answered in a subsequent dent depends largely on which on column. No replies can he made diwill garner the greater portion oi rect by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper the votes of rural America, the regularly. towns and the small cities, the farms. The rural vote has been normally Republican, but it must now be overwhelmingly Repub lican if it is to offset the opposition vote of the machine - controlled cenmetropolitan ters, a vote thai will continueelec-as long as local tions enable the opitoMM Jar , ii Lrfffl position to continue its organization. Candidates of both parties have, for the past several campaigns, paid more attention to an attempt to influence the mass large city vote than that of the rural districts. It is in the cities that most of the campaign funds have been spent; that the speeches have been made; it is to the city voters the appeal has been made to "turn the rascals out." The rural vote is not greatly influenced by vituperative, vitriolic, partisan oratory. The rural voter, as a class, Is a patriotib, sane thinking individual, who does his own thinking; writes his own editorials, and asks only for honest factual information on which to base his thinking. He does not vote as he is told; he does vote for that which he believes Is best for the nation. He was not attracted by the Henry Wallace pol. icy of scarcity, the plowing under of planted crops or the killing of little pigs. He is not greatly influenced by farm subsidies, is not asking for "something for nothing." AN INDIVIDUALIST What he is expecting, and demanding, is a market for the products of the farm. He is an individualist. He does not want to be regimented as a price to be paid for assistance. He knows the world needs, and will use, what the American farms produce when world governments will provide the finances and methods of distribution. With an assured market, he prefers to stand on his own feet, take his own chances, with all other lines of production. The party that will propose, and provide, insofar as one nation can, a practical way to world distribution of food, will appeal to his intelligence, if and when he is given the factual information that will demonstrate to him the practicability of the proposed methods. That rural voter, whether he be of the town or the farm, will not fall for political doubletatk. He will not accept meaningless statements. He wants all the cards face op on the table, and when they are he will decide for himself which party offers most for the good of the nation as a whole, not for any minority. On the decision of that rural votei rests the verdict to be delivered next November. To influence that decision he must have facts. To him mere condemnation of the other fellow means nothing. He is not accepting Fourth of July oratory-noany waving of political flags. The party that can, and does, provide for his consideration the most convincing factual information will most Influence that rural voter. The rural voter is waiting. He will decide when he has something on which to base his decision. The time to provide that is before the campaign begins. r I 'c jT ? ? sc -- "' Iff yft I t Jingling Jeans HEN the nation's farm Now it's the 'electric brain. A ers have sold all their maat the end of 1947 they crops chine has been developed that will will be jingling something solve a problem in 10 minutes that more than 29 billions of dollars would take Professor Einstein three for their year's work in their years, working night and day. collective jeans a record income. THE ELECTRONIC BRAIN . - 1 Some two million veterans whose secondary education (high school) was interrupted by the war may ob tain high school diplomas by taking tests given at veterans' testing service agencies located in all parts of the country. These agencies, organized by state departments of education in cooperation with the American council on education, are being established in or near every community with a VA regional office or guidance center. These tests, known as G.E.D. tests, measure a veteran's general educational development resulting from his experience and educational opportunities in the armed forces. They also take into account informal or experiences contributing to his development. Emphasis is on general information rather than specific facts. In addition to obtaining high school diplomas, veterans also may apply for academic credits for individual subjects on the basis of military training, education or experience. Responsibility for awards rests entirely with the state or local educational institutions. Questions and Answers Q. Can you tell me why my brother has never received his discharge or his mustering-ou- t pay? He was drafted August 18, 1942, and was sent home April 2, 1943. The paper he got reads as follows: Discharged convenience of government to accept employment in essential war industry. I understand under such a discharge he is supposed ts continue to draw a part of his base pay until such a time as he gets full discharge. Also, how can he get his mustering-ou- t pay? Mrs. J. B. B., Dennison, Kas. A. The discharge he received to enter war industry is his full discharge. Members of the armed services who were discharged at the convenience of the government to accept employment in essential war industry forfeited their mustering-ou- t pay and are not entitled to it. He would be, however, entitled to some terminal leave pay. To collect terminal leave, send a photostat of his discharge for convenience to the Claims and Adjustment Branch, Department of the Army, 4300 Good-felloBlvd., St. Louis 20, Mo. Give all details, full name and serial number. Q. I am a veteran who was exempt from payment of federal income tax on military pay during my service. After discharge I claimed only those exemptions allowed every civilian. What I want to know Is, Is It true that veterans are allowed a greater exemption for a period til time after discharge on earned income, not Including military pay? If so, how much exemption, how long Is the period and to whom should I write to obtain a refund on payments made In excess of this A. D. P., nouston, exemption? Tex. en Sol-frid- g high-spee- 1 : The real nubbin of the situation, The United States bureau of standis what will the farmer ards announces the "machine with however, have left to jingle once he gets all a built-ialso has intelligence." It bills paid for the year, for the an electronic memory, which threat- his test of any business or any income ens even John Kieran's. n Diplomas Made Available A. No, you are entitled to no exemption other than that allowed to all civilians after you are discharged from the army, with the exception of tax on pensions or other benefits of the G.I. bill. As a matter of fact, all men in service must pay regular income tax if they receive a civilian income although they are still in A False Economy service. There was at least one seemiQ. Is it true that the government ngly, unprofitable saving made will pay premiums on national servto In cut the effort by congress ice life Insurance policies? O. L. L. government expenses. It cut out Ennlng, S. D. for Senator the appropriation A. Yes. Veterans' administration Byrd's economy committee. will pay dividends on all NSLI poliDuring the life of that commitcies as soon as it completes the adtee It was responsible for a savministrative work of computing the ing of more than six billion dolamount due to each veteran holding cost of committee's The lars. a policy. It is possible. Veterans' adto only $17 operation amounted ministration says, that it also will for each million dollars it saved pay premiums on term insurance tbe taxpayers. We could well and on lapsed policies for the time afford to pay that kind of an ex-pthey were in force. no item. There are still Q. Can you please tell me If you plenty of costs on which such a have any Information as to when the committee could continue workMale of Wisconsin will pay its bonus ing. to veterans? My husband reenllsted act Is presumed In the army and Is stationed at The Field. Mich. Mrs. K. P., Mt. to outlaw labor feather bedding. The Mich. railroad brotherhoods are demand- Clemens, A. Suggest you write direct to the an eight-ma- n other among things, ing, of state at crew for each unit of a multiple treasurer or auditor can he and Madison, Wis., give you now is that locomotive unit operated detailed information as to the state by two men. The public would have law. to do the paying. Q. Is there any way In which my Many of the "gimmes" of yester- ion can obtain a copy of his service day have not reformed, they are record or medlral papers which he merely hibernating untij the sap lost somewhere en route home at starts running again. the time of his discharge? Mrs. 3. R. B., Spencer, La. was the In the days when Jim A. Suggest that you write to the big shot in politics, Bess Farley Demobilized Records Branch, Office did not like Washington society, af the Adjutant General, 4300 Good-telloand did not hesitate to say so. Blvd., St. Louis 20, Missouri, little shrewd !rlh That lady tor a copy of his records. Be sure to knows ber way around. give his full name, serial number Is the condition in Europe being snd all details of his enlistment or mads a political football in Amer- draft snd his last address whilt in service. ica 7 Taft-Hartle- y I i-- ,' We are in for Is "What is the net profit?" and not "What is the gross income?" thinking and switch control intelligence. The 24 Cylinstreamlines, eight-speeder, high compression brain with floating power may be said to have push-butto- n So wheat, bringing farmers of $2.43 a bushel, means no more In net profit this year than did $1 wheat with an average d, arrived. ill 8T machine. mKtttmmmmmmsms V . and concentration study, all that is required is a change of oil now 'and then and a few spare parts. Instead of Deep thinking becomes a factory problem, a matter of gear shifts and battery voltage. It makes possible the goal man seems to have been after for the last 15 years: 100 per cent results with no use of the individual brain whatever. if . ,vht 'SUPREME COURT' OF SHOW WORLD Prize Livestock of Continent To Compete in International WNU Features. To accommodate the increasingly large entry list, the six acres of exhibit area in the International amphitheater will be expanded by approximately 16,000 square feet addition to this year. A four-storthe building has been constructed during the past summer. Approximately 1,400 farm youth from every state, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Canada will attend the exposition. They will participate in contests and demonstrations of club congress, the National which will be held for the 26th time this year in connection with the international. Demonstrate Skill. Prize winning displays of clothing, home decorating, cooking and canning will line the walls of the building, constituting a large convincing demonstration of the homemaking skill of the future generation of farm women. club parade, held The annual in conjunction with the Wednesday night horse show, is considered one of the most impressive features of the exposition. Girls as well as boys are active In livestock raising. This year several hundred farm boys snd girls will exhibit baby beeves, Iambs and pigs in a contest limited to the participation of exhibitors between the ages of 10 and 20. The event, known y 4-- 4-- 4-- as the junior livestock feeding contest, will be held on the opening day. The top prize winners in junior classes are admitted to the open competition. In past years, junior entries have been serious contenders for highest honors of the show in competition with those fitted and shown by professional talent, and on six occasions, in recent years the grand champion steer of the show has been exhibited by' farm boys and girls. Addresses by nationally prominent speakers, educational tours, discussion meetings, banquets, recreational events and entertainment attractions also are on the calendar for the club congress. Unique Experience. For the boys and girls who attend first there are a lot of "firsts" trip away from home, first train ride and hotel stay, first big banquet and similar novel experiences throughout the week. 4-- They learn to know customs and habits of people from other sections of the country, to know that as they're doing an adult's work, and doing It well. They learn that Industry and agriculture have common Interests, that they can advance together by working together. But best of all, they learn that farming and homemaking are pursuits of which they can be proud, and that America is looking to the farm for many of ber future leaders. This year boys and girls as well as stockmen must keep track of the age of the steers they show at the international, as entries will be classified according to age rather 4-- than weight. The change is designed to giva showmen credit for fast gains and "weight for age," which are important in figuring profits. Cattle Predominate. Nearly half of the entry of the 1947 show will consist of cattle. The three important breeds of cattle which supply the bulk of the nation's best beef the Hereford, black Aberdeen-Angus and the red, white and roan Shorthorns will be represented in the largest exhibition of purebred cattle ever held at any show on the continent. More than a thousand sheep, representative of the 11 breeds which yield most of the country's wool, lamb and mutton, will be on display. Exhibits also will Include several different breeds of swine and more than a thousand horses. A majority of the animals shown in the cattle, sheep and swine departments are disposed of at auctions held before the show closes. Total sales on animals exhibited last year amounted to $1,826,597, with all classes bringing prices. Carlot sales Illustrate the price trend last season. Fat cattle brought $41.75 per hundredweight, compared to $15.62 at the 1941 international; hogs, $27 a hundred, against a 1941 price of $11.04, and sheep, $29.78, compared to $13.71 record-shatterin- in 1941. The human brain has become widely regarded as unnecessary except for the purpose of following the movies, keeping track of scandals, forming opinions on crooners and answering "Napoleon" to quis proe An was exposition high questions such as "Who inestablished for the grand champion gram vented the tea bag?" steer. Royal Jupiter, a animal shown by Oklahoma A. and "He doesn't know much" hasn't M. .college. The prize animal been taken as a reflection on anybrought $10.50 per pound. The 1941 body in years. price was $3.30 a pound. The electric brain may make Youths Share Money. A large share of returns from the things much worse. How are young til t tmnor. auction went to junior feeders. The rAnnla lVJJ.W aertt in fffili7 nf fninp to school if everyJ champion steer of the junior classes, tanr raised by an Iowa farm girl, was thing they learn can be extracted sold for $4.50 per pound. The grand from a piece of machinery? champion wether lamb brought $5 And that electronic memoryl Can a pound to its owner. The junior champion barrow netted you imagine the neighbors and old friends having one of those around? $1.60 a pound. As the result of a misunderVANISHING AMERICANISMS standing, the prize swine car"Let's have the whole crowd over for casses were sold twice last year. a beefsteak dinner." The first auction was upset when John Rupnlck, a "city feller" "I'll tell the world I'm no Commufrom Chicago, bought all the nist." swine, thinking the prices be"I admit I don't know all the aning quoted were for the enswers." tire carcass instead of by the pound. When they were re"Take a dozen eggs and beat well." sold, the six carcasses brought of the instead $411.02 SONG FOR. ERIC JOHNSTON $2,022.50 Bupnick bid in his innocence of Against the Communists am I the proceedings. With all my heart and soul . . . heart is starred; my soul it has My The 1947 show marks the 25th anA good supporting role. niversary of the International Grain and Hay show which, although a deBoth do well In the movies, as partment of the livestock exposiA most expensive pair; in itself the world's is tion, largest No other heart and soul get such annual competitive exhibit of farm billing 'way out there. Big crops. Nearly every agricultural area of the world has been repreOh Say, Can You Seel sented in recent years. is becoming the Land of America of stables in this the top Many of the country and Canada will exhibit the Fleeced and the Home cost their top riding and driving horses Long Enduring. And if the will of be and ponies in the horse show. Thir- living gets much higher we teen performances are scheduled singing, "Oh, say, can I you see by the pawn's early blight ' during the week. The motto "Never give a sucker an even break" bas become current In many places. The cry, "Take him again, he hasn't the will to resist," rings over hill and dale. 1,370-poun- "en as a proving Inaugurated ground for superior livestock demontypes and a many-side- d stration of improved methods of farming, the International Live Stock exposition during the 47 years of its existence has had a tremendous influence on the welfare of the rank and file of American farmers and has encouraged agricultural progress in saany ways through the years. in 1920. So despite the higher prices farmers received, the parity ratio, which is the average relation of prites received to prices paid, was only 121 as eompared to the r nign of 118 away back in 1917 and 1918, a difference of only three points. So what counts is the amount of money the farmer has left in his pockets and not the amount he receives for tha results of his toil. all-tim- CHICAGO.' Climaxing the nation's agricultural show season, the 48th annual International Live Stock exposition, generally heralded as the "supreme court" of all livestock shows, will open in the huge International amphitheater November 29. The 1947 edition of the world famous show, which will continue through December 6, has the largest entry list of prize uvestocK in its history, entries are listed from every state in the Union and all provinces of Canada. Preparations are being made to house about 15,000 animals, most of which have been top prize winners at state fairs and other livestock shows held throughout the nation this fall. They will compete here for prize money totaling $100,000 and, as generally is conceded more important among the livestock fraternity, for the unequalled honors which accompany victories in the international. The distribution of awards last season indicates the extent to which the continent sends its best to compete for international awards. Thirty states and three Canadian provinces were represented in championships and first prize money. Illinois led all states in the number of awards, with 48 championships and 140 first awards. Indiana ranked second, with 47 championships and 60 firsts. Following in close order were Ohio, Iowa and Michigan. Attracts Record Crowd. A record crowd of 435,000 city and farm folk pushed through the turnstiles to view the five million dollar display of the finest livestock in North America. aU-tim- Everywhere of late we have seen the evidence on all levels of life that heavy thinking, concentration an a serious problem and the use of the head except for purposes of photography were considered and old hat. V. rela- tively lower index. The department of agriculture's bureau of agricultural economics reports prices farmers received reached an index of 286 last month, a rise of 18 per cent since last March and 22 per cent higher than the post World War I high of May, 1920. At the same time prices paid by farmers, including interest and taxes, e established a new high of 237, also 18 per cent above a year ago and 17 per cent than the higher peak of 202 reached A man with a problem just steps on a starter and presto the answer pops out like gum from a slot 1 1 mmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm prices the farmer paid at a J d The groundwork, for an enormous e program of publicity and advertising to tell the story of the American farmer to the American people and at the same time the story of industry as it pertains to the farm was laid by directors of the foundation of American Agriculture at a meeting in Chicago. Objective is to create a better understanding between the farmers, the general public and industry. One of the points of a program was approval of a general land policy to include soil conservation and erosion control made as a result of s nationwide survey of land resources. nation-wid- j One good resulting from farm income is shown by ment study in 25 states to the effect that farm families of aTftgher' a govern- spent $82 per family in 1945 for medical services and supplies as compared to $51 per family in 1941. The COUGH report showed that the amount paid to SYRUP doctors and hospitals almost doubled while a third more was spent on dental care, drugs and medicines. This adds up to better health in rural areas. Education in Democracy Here's a job for some patriotic or- ganization. It could be very well taken over by weekly newspaper publishers since it's a fundamental grassroots job of education. The President's committee on civil rights in its recent report declared that its surveys revealed only one out of five Americans has a reasonably accurate knowledge of the Bill of Rights and one third of the people had never heard of it. And this revelation comes at a time when the American ideal of individual liberty and freedom is being challenged in the world by communism or other a reached Man has The Forgotten the TEX. One of BEAUMONT, retotalitarianism. few carryovers from the days of th point where he is sorry he was Old West, cattle thievery still repre- membered. sents a major problem for cattleOne power which the governHe Is now surrounded by the Formen and Texas Rangers, whose vlg ment may get as a result of the gotten Chop, the Forgotten Loaf of llance never relaxes. gambling in food grains and the the Forgotten Bargain, the Lean and lanky Texans of sturdy Bread, reluctance of the gamblers or the ForgotDeal, Square Forgotten pioneer stock made their own law ten Shirt, the Forgotten Glass of commodity exchanges to police back in 1877 at Graham, Tex., when themselves Is the power to fix Beer, the Forgotten Roof and the they organized the Texas and South- Forgotten Kindly Look. margins and daily fluctuations in western Cattle Raisers associatiot prices. That's almost a must, if on were to wage war rustlers who not for the special, then for the cradlemaker nicks him as Tbe next regular session of congress. running off thousands of cattle each much as used to be asked for a year. sedan, the casketmakcr Between 1883 and 1892, the spe- rubs it in at the grand finale, and in As far as we can judge, the inside cial officers and inspectors of tht between he Is taken for a mark for story is that there will be more and association recovered 11,668 head oi stickups, sandbag-gers- , extortionists, . more anti-trusuits against intercattle valued at more than pickpockets and Between 1913 and 1933, almost experts in vacuum cleaning. locking management and directorates of big companies which form 40.000 cattle were recovered, with I valuation of more than $1,873,200. The funniest query of the times is, monopolies. The suit against the 17 Recoveries are declining, not be- "Do you think we will get serious big Wall street Investment bankers Is a starter. cause rustlers are less cunning, but inflation?" because the association never bai relaxed Its relentless campaign U So many Hollywood figures are War Casualties help its 6,000 members. now In contempt that their arraignIn the four years from 1943 to 1947, ment It has been costing irnerlcan tux is bound to take longer than there were only 4,488 cattle recov- even a double feature. payers, sccording i 130 million dollars ered. They represented $339,481 since worth of beef on the hoof. to maintain displaced persons Day ts the Cantor HollyEddie among It's hard for rustlers to dispose oi wood stars denouncing the inquiry in European detention camps. It stolen csttle even though there ar into Communist Infiltration. He hat seems it would be much cheaper more than 500,000 brands on record never seen any effort humanitarian by the Polit and certainly more Watchful inspectors are stationed a buro to and democratic to pass the Stratton to Red a "If slant you give Houston, Fort Worth, San Antonio, like Susie bill admUting these war casualties like I like Susie." Lubbock and Texarkana. These met as Immigrants under the quota syssea every shipment of csttle goin tem. The bill calls for 400.0(0 in Fsbles: Once upon Bughouse. in and out of thess cattle centers time a Hollywood didn't por- four years, or less than would have picture Associstion men also sre statloneC tray m nc'Ttpaper man as a drunk. been admitted under regular quotas. at stockyards in other states. Range Detectives Still Riding Herd On Cattle Thieves $185,-939- cold-bloode- d iWr i V-- E |