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Show THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPEQ, UTAH PAGE TWO WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- - r expressed In theee column, they are tboee f (EDITOR'S NOTE: When plnlona to is wipspvr.i Newspaper Union's aews nnsijsw ana 001 ntcimnir Wester Students Riot MAY DAY: Disappointing Outside Russia, May Day proved a great disappointment to the Communists. In Berlin, for Instance, where the Reds had hoped for strife, a half million people, drawn from both halves of the divided city, roared defiance to the Soviet Union and German communism and pledged allegiance to freedom. At least 500,000 staged a spectacular demonstration in the British zone, dwarfing the parade only a few blocks away. The Reds claimed that 800,000 parr police on ticipated, but the spot volunteered that the crowd was no more than 250,000. And, although the meetings were next door to each other, there was no outstanding violence. A flurry of and a few fist fights was the extent of battle. Of the speakers, aging Mayor of Berlin was the Ernest Keuter ' . a , n i d inosi popular, ine crown appiauu-eand cheered when he said, "We Berliners are not afraid of anything." In New York, the annual May Day parade was held to the tune of jeers from spectators and a few fist fights. About 13,000 persons attended the rally, the smallest num- 1 j east-secto- stone-throwi- ber- in Mosinee, Wis., experimented with communism for the strong-armea "guerrilla" day and band ground 2,000 residents under the heel of a mock Communist d boot. The mayor was forced to surrender the town, the police chief was executed, a consentration camp was filled with hymn singers, churches were closed and food rationed. The residents of the little town felt it was well worth while. All in all, the day outside Russia proved a great disappointment to the Communists. It was evident also, that the "witch- hunt" underway in congress is making a great many Communists depart the company of fellow organizers. GAMBLING: Projbe The Holding a boy firmly by the New York mounted policeman Is shown taking Into custody one of the thousands of high school students who demonstrated and rioted in of Foley Square as a follow-u- p their support of teachers' salary and other demands. collar, a STUDENTS: Stage Riots years. Thousands on the home front, the little Also town of Continued battle against gambling syn fdicates conducted by cities through out the nation and many states for years, and recently picked up by the senate, seemed to have reached the right road and moved along rapidly. The senators, considering a pro posal to bar the interstate transmission of information about gambling, hope to curb what some lawmakers crime syndisay is a nation-wid- e cate founded on illegal bookmaking and slot machines. The senate subcommittee In its Investigation gained two admissions from Frank Erickson, called one of the nation's biggest gamblers: 1. He broke the law in running up a $100,000 a year net income from taking bets which ranged from 120,000 to $40,000 a day. 2. His interstate operations would be stopped if the government prevented the transmission of gambling information across state lines. At one point in the investigtion Erickson admitted that he was often "ashamed" of his activities. LABOR PARTY: Stands Test Bulletins on the physical condition of ailing members of the house of commons have become a part of British humor recently. Members of the labor party, however, are not finding them very e funny, especially since the victory on a minor issue. By Just one vote the government escaped an embarrassing defeat and a serious blow to its prestige. The issue, a token cut to the appropriation amounting to only 1,000 pounds, tied 278 to 278. The chairman of the house, Laborite James Milncr, cast the deciding vote on the government's side. As a result of the narrow escape, English political observers said they expected Prime Minister Attlee to enforce even stronger disof Labor cipline on attendance members of the house. Observers said that the vote also gave a true picture as to just how narrow the balance of power in the British government has beone-vot- transportation come. BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET TAXES: May Day Disappoints Communists; New York Students Stage Riots; Gambler Admits Making 5100,1 of New York high school students staged repeated demonstrations some outright riots demanding higher pay for teachers and protesting a virtual halt in after-schoactivities. As many as 5,000 students repeatedly rushed city offices and clashed with police. They shouted and shoved, threw stones, stuck pins in police horses, set off firecrackers, and made trouble in general. New York's school problems can be traced directly to the teachers who have demanded more money. As a result, $13,000,000 was added to the school budget, but Mayor O'Dwyer cut this figure to $7,000,- uuu. 1 he teachers then called a modified strike, keeping classes but refusing to supervise activities such as commencement exercises, senior dances, plays, proms and class days. As a result, the students staeed demonstrations which at first were taken lightly, but soon gave evidence of brilliant organization and direction. The picture became more confused when the Communist Daily Worker praised the demonstrators and accused the New York police of invoking "terro r" methods against them. Said Federal Judge John C. Knox of southern New York district court: The photographs of Jostling mobs "will bring Joy to the inmates of the Kremlin"; the riots are "daring and disgraceful." "extra-curricula- GERMANY: People's Police Two Communist storm troopers, who wandered into West Berlin, confirmed long - standing British and American suspicions that the Soviet Union was rearming East Germany. The two strays, armed to the teeth, pleaded guilty in a U.S. court of entering the section in uniform. Weapons included army pistols, machine guns and assault rifles. The men said they were members of the Soviet zone "People's Police" but that it is in reality an army. Members of the organization get short training as no men, including law courses, then go in for tanks, armored cars, light and heavy machine guns, grenades and assault rifles. On top of that, daily classes In "political education" under Com munist commissars are elven the 36 units of 1.000 men each. As if in answer to Communist plan, the United States defense de partment answered the followina day that 146.500 army troops are maintained by this country in west Germany. The department said nearly 600.- 000 men, more than 40 per cent of the country's total all - service armed strength, are on dutv out side the United States. Of the troops in Germany, an army spokesman said. 85.000 are concentrated in Berlin. The fense department has long oper ated on the theory that Russia would like nothing better than a chance to take over Berlin. para-milita- d. BELGIUM: WAR: Crisis Again For the third time within a year the Belgians will vote on the question of the exiled monarch's future. The new election was ordered after the collapse of a final effort to constitute a new coalition government of social christians and liberals for the recall of King Leopold III. Observers predicted that the next election would be as indecisive as the recent referendum. Not Imminent The world was glad to hear the words of Chairmman Connally, of the senate foreign relations com mittee, that there seems to be no immediate danger of war with Russia. The Texan said in an interview: (1) Communist pressure would force the United States to abandon South Korea: (2) the Baltic plane inci dent has not hastened war between this country and Russia. Thursday, May 18, 1950 Votes Cut The house ways and means committee has voted a 20 per cent slash of the federal admis slon tax on film, stage and sport tickets. The action, were it to become law, would mean an annual loss est! mated at $242,000,000, bringing the total cuts and exemptions approved thus far to $575,000,000. Political observers agreed that the cut would be a popular vote- catching move, but at the same time, were beginning to wonder if there are enough "loopholes" in ex Isting tax laws to make up the deficit that appears likely. President Truman was of the opin ion that by tightening certain tax laws, funds will be available for government operations the next fiscal year. In fact, the President threatened to veto any bill that fails to offset the losses by provision of new revenue from other sources. He asked that the excise cuts be held to Two Stories of the Futures of Two People A Girl Worried About Hers; a Man Did Not By BILLY ROSE Here are two stories, both true. The first is as mean as a thumb in the eye; the second, as heartening as a sunrise. . . . The mean one is about a Philadelphia industrialist who, on one of his frequent business trips to New York, made the acquaintance of a young lady whose good looks were only surpassed by her amiability. Despite the fact that he was married, the tycoon began to see a lot of the girl, and it wasn't long before he had set her up in a Madison avenue apartment and was forking over $300 a week to cover expenses. Alter a couple of cozy and clanthafs because the transfer of so destine years, the girl said to him one night, "It large a sum would come to the something e v e r happens to you. I'll be Daddy, left without a penny. Don't you think you ought to do something about securing r f attention of the board of directors and cause a lot of talk. How-ave- r, if anything happens to me, you can write your name in and sell the whole lot at any brokerage house." The girl thanked him, and the pair continued seeing each other my future?" until the tycoon keeled over in bis "You're a b s Philadelphia office a couple ' of right," said Billy Bom years later with an attack of corothe industrialist. $655,000,000. nary thrombosis. When his lady "Give me a few days to work it friend read the obituary in the paAt this point another problem ap- out." wrote her name on the she pers, The not committee had yet pears. The next time he called on the voted on two of the most important girl, he handed her half a million bonds and took them to the brokerage house. of wartime excises communicadollars worth of 3 per cent railroad The broker examined the certifitions and transportation. bonds. cates. "You're a little late, Miss," Some members predict that an"These will yield you an income other $500,000,000 cut would be ap- of 15 thousand a year," he said. he said. "This railroad went out of existence almost 30 years ago." proved in these fields. If that "Every three months as the couThe girl picked up the worthless should be the case, the total reducpon come due, clip them and I'll and walked out "The dirty tion would climb to more than cash them in for you, and you can paper double-crossershe muttered. "All $1,000,000,000. use the money for expenses.. he gave me was the same three What happens next? If Mr. Tru"You'll notice I haven't put hundred a week." man kept his word he would veto AND NOW let me take the thumb your turn on the bonds. Well, any bill that did not take up the slack from another quarter. Add to that, the cut Is 345 billion above what the President recommended. THE It seemed that a battle was shap FICTION ing up for the future. It was an interesting situation, to say the least CORNER f i ." out of your eye and show you the sunrise. years ago, an Iowa garage-mawent bankrupt and decided to make a fresh start in another state. He scraped together a little cash, loaded his wife and kids into a beat-u- p Chevrolet and headed for California. Unfortunately, the jalopy broke down outside of Tucson and the cost of getting it fixed cleaned him out. To get a little eating money, he set out to canvass the garages in town for a job but quickly found the supply of local labor was greater than the demand Tucson, because of its climate, was filled with tuberculosis victims, a good many of whom were mechanics. At the last garage on his list, he repeated bis hard-luc- k story and got the standard turndown, but as be started to walk out be , was stopped by one of the meSome n PRODIGY . . . Zola Mae Shaulis of Millville, N. J., is shown as she played Mozart's Concerto in A Major with the Philadelphia orchestra. Seven-year-o- This Not All Pictures Are Good Ones By William R. Nelson m PICTURE may or may not be worth "10,000 words", as the "If you need a job as bad as you say," he said, "you can have mine. Chinese proverb claims, but it cerI'm pretty sure I can fix it with tainly represents a pretty penny in. costs, time, space and judgment, the boss." "Don't you need the Job your- if published in a newspaper. In addition, it is seldom desirable to reself?" said the man from Iowa. "I've saved enough to last me publish a picture, so all of the ef-1 for six months," said the mechan- fort, time and money expended for a single use. ic, "and the doctor who's treating Editors appreciate the interest me for TB says that's all I figure shown when readers suggest pubto live." lication of pictures, and they comply as often as possible. But pubt lishing a picture in a newspaper as easy as it may seem. chanics. A CORPORATION: Capital Up The securities and exchange commission reports the net work ing capital of United States corporations rose 2.9 billions last year to 64.7 billion dollars. The business world took immedi ate notice of one item in the report. Corporate working capital at the end of 1949 was more liquid than at any time since the early part of 1HE SCHOLL, as a wartime entertainer of our troops, had to bail out of a blazing plane in the TNANNY South Pacific. Recently, telling the story to three songwriters, he said: "I prayed, and I guess the good Lord made that parachute open." Result, the new National Record song hit,, "Open Parachute," sung by Scholl which led a Paramount iTw 3 ( ar si , DANNY SCHOLL official to discuss a film contract with Danny. He has had plenty of radio experience, and as singing lead in the musical, "Call Me Mister", was signed by MGM for a role opposite Ann Sothern in "Nancy Goes to Rio". He stands six r, is good looking, is now appearing on Broadway in "Texas, Li'l Darling" and doing fine. feet-fou- Frank To enable future army officers to know their Shakespeare as well as their Articles of War. the U. S. Mill-tar- y Academy at West Point has with Universtal - International to show "Hamlet" once a year at the Academy. Katherine Locke, who won acclaim In "The Snake Pit" but retired to private life following her marriage to Norman Cor-withe are radio writer, has been pursuaded to return to the screen in an Important role In "Sound Of Fury". A savage lory of mob violence, much of which will be shot In Tboenlx, Arii., It stars Kathleen Ryan, Frank Lovejoy and Richard Carlson. n, e Erickson, gambler, admitted to the senate committee Investigating gambling that he made 1100.-00- 0 a year from taking bets from "anybody who wants to bet." The senate group Is studying legislation to bar Interstate transmission of gambling Information. big-tim- former Pasadena Madge school teacher, who waited until her children grew up before embarking on an acting career, has been cast for the Important role of Evelyn sister-in-laIn Keyes' "The Cost of Living." Blake, Rich Nizam One or the richest men in the world, the Nizam of Hyderabad, India, who keeps silver, gold, jewels and bank notes valued at about $130,000,000 in vaults into which he alone may enter, patches and darns his worn gar- ments himself. Although he uses a large uncut as a paperweight, he diamond doesn't throw money around. when they con- n h photograph. may not be timely and therefore its use may seem incongruous. Even if timely but received too late to get a cut made, it may not be practical to use it in a later issue because reader- - interest will have waned by then. For these and many other rea sons, the editor is always the best judge of whether or not a picture can be or should be published. If the paper publishes other pic tures, some not local in origin, in the very issue tor which your's was rejected, it is well to remember that in addition to the above factors, there is still another. It is that some pictures, always of new value, are furnished to the paper in forms that make their use easy and inexpensive, because they are also supplied to many other papers. LAST WEEK'S ANSWER shows and several movies a year. Kathl Norris, who has just switched to NBC, will be groomed by the network to become its female Ben Grauer. In addition to running her shows on another network she has been a special events reporter, may be teamed with Grauer. ACROSS l.Let if stand (Print.) 6. Crust on slap-happ- y Vanessa Brown, starred with Lex Barker in Sol Letser's RKO "Tar-xa- n and the Slave Girl", came up with the most novel excuse for leaving a party. "I simply must go." said she." I've got to go elephant riding early in the morning." a wound S.White with age 10. A maiden of 12. Jackie carefully placed the In a pocket of his tattered overalls. bed and about everywhere that the half dollar might have been. But it was gone, completely vanished. And so Jackie, his heart aching with misery, crawled Into bed. And then he couldn't help It he cried. But all the time he kept telling himself be was a man now and he'd better stop crying before mom came up to tuck him In and kiss him good night. If mom found him crying she'd feel bad and probably cry, too. And Jackie didn't want that to happen. he decided, HE COULDN'T, lpt mnm knnur that hm haH lost the half dollar. Or pop either. That wouldn't be fair. He'd Just go off by himself tomorrow afternoon and make them think he was at the circus all the time. He wouldn't want them to know for anything There wasn't any one In the world had a better pop and mom than he Jackie fought to keep back the tears. He didn't wait long after paradise Protective covering Beneath. 13. 14. Skips a stone on water 15. Ebb and flow of ocean 16. Kind of fish 20. Distant 22. Manners 23. Gulf (Sib.) 25. Origin 27. Resound 29. Land-measu- re 3. Appearing as if eaten 4. Norse god 20. 21. tion of god of light 24. Japanese festival Erased 28. Artificial reservoir for water 31. Whether . 7. Formal of books S. Raised 9. Owned 11. Anger 17. Music note 18. Jumbled type 19. Gold d1li irii Uciin 26. (Egypt) Bruise Friar's title Ventilate rr 23. Exclamation 6. Impersona- 6. words" 10.000 vey desired information. That immediately classifies them as news and means they should be selected for their news value. Unless a photograph Is of someone or some event currently-ithe news, publication has little or no meaning. Assuming that a picture has new value, it then must be of such quality it will reproduce well in the paper. Many photographs which are entirely satisfactory for an album, cannot be reproduced distinctly-enougto be recognizable in a newspaper. Publishing such pictures is; a disappointing waste of space, effort and money. There are other factors, too, such, as permission of those in the picture for its publication, its news-valuor the amount of interest in it among the paper's readers, and: whether there is time to make a cut. If not taken No Place specifically for for the paper, on j its order, a Incongruity SSWORD PUZZLE half-doll- KL this half-dolla- r. Irene Tedlow, "Mrs. Archer" of "Meet Corliss Archer", says she This increased liquidity last year has learned a lot about bringing up resulted from a rise her two young children from her in holding of cash and United years on the CBS show and about States government securities, and what to expect when they reach their teens. She's had the role since a 5.5 billion decline in current lia the very beginning, and has never bilities. In all. the outlook was good most missed a performance, but manages her household, does other radio observers agreed. Kt. breakfast and set out with his pitchfork over his shoulder and a whistle on his lips. Once out of sight of the house, the whistle died. The ache and misery in his heart just wouldn't let it go on. Still, he was going to see the parade anyway, and pop been a pretty and mom would think he was goFiction ing to the circus. It was comfortgood boy summer. Guess ing to know that pop and mom you deserve bein' on hand with the were happy. other boys at that circus when it Jackie reached the lower lot and began to shake out the hay gets here tomorrow." The Ledbetters were poor as as pop had asked him to do. church mice, and Jackie hadn't He couldn't loaf on the job, he dared even let himself think his told himself, because If he did pop would let him attend the cirpop wouldn't think him very cus. Consequently, his round blue r. grateful for the eyes grew even rounder. Jackie turned the hay in one windrow and started on the next. Old Silas grinned and swalBut all the while his heart fairly lowed a lump in his throat. He sobbed with misery. And then abdug down Into his pocket and ruptly that same heart almost brought out a shiny, new silceased to beat. Jackie stared and ver .. round and Jackie carefully placed the half-doll- stared at something in a pocket of his tattered shiny that lay in the stubbles unoveralls, pulled his straw hat well der the forkful of hay he'd just over his ruddy face, puckered up picked up. After a long time, it his lips and began to whistle. He seemed, his heart began to thump He felt goose pimples whistled all that afternoon and again. was still whistling when he came breaking out all over his body. He wanted to cry and shout and do all in from the lower lot for supper. Once upstairs, Jackie carefully sorts of things. And then Jackie remembered took off his shirt and then felt in on the the pocket of his overalls for the that he'd been working herehalf-dollbefore, and the half dollar. He'd better sleep with afternoon must have slipped out of his it under his pillow, he reasoned, like he'd read about folks doing. pocket He picked up the coin, squeezed it lovingly and, holding It was right then that Jackie's it tightly in his clenched fist, went heart sank, right then that the shaking out the hay again. The world turned black and there was to best mom and the best pop in the a horrible, terrifying, empty feelworld, he told himself joyfully. ing in the pit of his stomach. The half dollar was gonel Wind Erosion Jackie wanted to cry, but he In North Dakota wind erosion of was too much of a man for that. is more important than water He searched through the other soil erosion. pocket very carefully, and then looked in his shoes, and under the half-dolla- 1947. 'Big Time' BEFORE Darling's circus, largest to ever visit New England, came to Dexter, Silas Ledbetter called his son in from the barn and said: "Look here, -- Minute Jackie, you've g "worth. only Are News, Too DAY three-rin- INEZ GERHARD Pictures are Pictures By Richard H. Wilkinson Almost Peak The census bureau reported that employment was within a stone's throw of 60 million jobs, a pickup of 1,117.000 over the bureau's previous report. Included in the report was the good news that the 1950 number of unemployed sank to 3,515,000 a new low for the year. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said the gains were "prob ably greater than was generally anticipated." He cautioned, however, that the gains were at least partly seasonal. Commerce officials had hopes that the high employment rate might be maintained through the summer. The reason: factory pro duction and sales both at the highest levels in more than a year, new orders placed with manufacturers reached a postwar peak, and "unfilled" orders continue to ac cumulate. Farming was the only branch not reflecting increases, however. Despite the seasonal rise in jobs, the total number in farm work continued below the level a year ago by about 625,000. Is Your Paper JACKIE'S BEST WORLD EMPLOYMENT: ld LlilMMliLlsltltlpI 32. Radium (sym.) 33. Music not 35. Issue 36. Coin (India) 37. Moving part (Heraldry, (Mach.) ZZZ ' I4 38. Leave out 40. Epochs Al. Salt (chem.) 43. Bitter vetch 44. Away N.. SI lfc V V w : 30. Solid 34. Electrified particle 35. One's 37. 39. 42. private interests Girl's nam Shoshonean Indians White linen vestment 44. Musical 45. 46. 47. drama A hoarder Savage Spreads grass to dry i i7 'W. it ii- - DOWN Wading bird 2. Meddles w H u p ZT" " 48. Bogs 1. - TT u it 1 IN W7 1 I m 1 |