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Show THE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH '3 TilMOK Sees fly Weatbrook WNU Released by 4mnVr.nJlrtiiJtn y rTV BREW PEARSON It Pegier 1 Features. pnE nine of her memoirs '"J? U of her service in the war as l'f "neral Dwight Eisenhower s ...(Tour and secretary. Kay Sum- friaui1-an English civilian nersby, then favor, tat laur, by Eisenhower's of the American WACS, a captain to an wrjtes of her attachment American colonel. This officer had and child in the United a wife crates during one year of their association and including the time of i.f? betrothal. after she met General fceir Soon I Eisen-live- r. seemingly by chance but possiDty Dy plan 01 the British foreign office or war office, he "hurled dozens of questions at me about women ambulance drivers" and "women's role in the war." Miss had Summersby driven an ambulance in the LonPEGLEB don blitz and was now, in her own words, in process and offof oozing into the personal with man the of the household icial jaty of behaving according to the r.oral code of West Point, and, indeed the code of the crusaders, as There is an example to others. either in or later. academy military At the time when Miss Sum mersby says Eisenhower hurled the dozens of questions at her she was driving his limousine and was definitely assigned to this duty by the British. She explains that in the summer of 1941, about the time the big sne "ran into an blitz ended, American colonel at a cocktail for West Point men code ths party." "tie mentioned, she continues, "That his little group of 17 officer 'observers' Life Was Dull (then in civilian as America wasn't in the war) needed drivers who knew London. I told him about our work and how life at post No. 1 had turned djil. Several days later, a few clothes motor corps girls were transport transferred quarters." to U. S. army head- few pa?es later she is referring this officer as "My own, my who had very special American," A to American I was an ambulance driver and he was a United States army 'observer' at the embassy." That time definitely was during the life of his marriage. This marriage was terminated by divorce in Reno one year after the meeting mentioned by Miss Sum been her "Very special ever since the days when mersby. This officer and General Elsenhower were fellow members of the West Point alumni and obligated by traditions of honor which discountenance disloyalty I I in personal as well as military relations. There were only a small corps of West Pointers In the army, and this colonel was known to Eisenhower as a West Point man. On Page 34, Eisenhower asks Kay '"Would you like to go along?" on the invasion of North Africa. "I was almost shouting," she says, "As I explained that Dick undoubtedly would be heading the direction of the forthcoming invasion. I would do anything to be somewhere near him. Ike knew ab Dick. No further emphasis was required. Telling The Secret lU.i.n t Truman Goes Slow ""TALKING to a close friend last week, President Truman that he did not intend to make any cabinet changes before Jan. 20, at which time several cabinet members would go. However. Mr. Truman, who knows what it is to be broke, said he didn't want any cabinet mem. 1er to appear to be fired, for fear it might hurt his future earning power. "And I'm not going to throw them out while the newspapers are sniping at me," he added. "When the newspapers stop picking my cabinet for me, I'll pick my own." Although Eisenhower had blabbed vital or mortal secret to an Enal.sh woman who lacked even a pret-nof military status or special ruinlification for essential work, M ss Summersby was in a great t!l's se ct about the need for secrecy. On page 45 Miss Summersby, wv safe ashore at Oran, gives a Picture of a bossy dame bawling out American officers who had the temerity to give attention to more serious matters than her imperious desires. She wanted to e Algiers and a lieutenant, a major and finally a colonel appeared to question her. U this point she writes, "'look litre,' I said In exasperation, 'I've Just been rescued from a torpedoed ship. I want to call General Eisenhower and tell him his staff Is safe. And I want to get orders what to do next. Do you mind?' " "Do you mind?" is in italics, for Peculiar emphasis. "Thi one magic word Eisenhower got me the telephone." As far as the war was concerned It made no difference whether she ss safe or dead or what she did tele-Phon- next. Rut Eisenhower had nothing more urgent to do than get on the phone n! even put General Mark Clark n By some oversight he didn't Manage to talk individually to all h American men and women who wpnt into the water when the same hip went down. I NEED ANY WEATHER? Weather forecasting now has become a business. Companies are selling predictions to railroads, communities, shippers, airlines and all sorts of corporations whose business is affected by weather. It looks like a good depression-proo- f business. There never can be a weather SHORTAGE. i con-fide- d f 1 Vi!S,VH Sr v 0 v - A man In the weather Industry need never worry over conservation movements, embargoes or federal control. ... MAYOR Dr. Ernst Renter, head of the Social Denioeratio party of Germany which polled of the total more than two-thir- And Washington never can tion it! vote cast In western sector elections held recently. Reutcr is now mayor of Berlin. News Omission newspapers outside New York and Washington sometimes get mentally kicked around by their readers through no fault of their own. They are at the mercy of the press associations which frequently take their lead from the York dailies. )ig Washington-NeHere is a case in point. Front-pag- e news in the big dailies recently metropolitan was the report of D. Worth Clark of Idaho urging that several billion dollars be dumped into China. Clark had been sent to China by Republican members of the senate appropriations committee and almost every newspaper frontpaged his demand for Chinese aid. However, not one paper carried the very important fact that Clark was a former partner in a law firm which was paid $100,000 by T. V. Soong, ' CHAMPIONS . . . "Good seed, good soil tilth, plenty of fertilizer and hard work" are the reasons Newton L. Halterman and his son, Lair, give for being crowned King and Prince Corn at the recent International Livestock exposition In Chicago. It was the second father and son victory In show history. IN A EASE-U- P 50 n 25 n. rtLLl; i We are sorry we didn't think of this first. Imagine cashing in on the age-ol- d question: FREEZE-U- P 100 n. 75 n. 125 ft. "What're we gonna have, rain or snow?" 175 ft.- - 150 ft. I i I This is one type of weather prophet who can't lose. He gets paid win, lose or draw. I From the beginning of time peoanswering that one for nothing. It has been strictly a I ple have been CAN YOU STOP Braking Distances WCT CONCRETE W5 Kai-she- of getting aid for China. give-awa- CALM on Various Road 26 ftj. brother-in-la- of Generalissimo Chiang for the express purpose " , is V at 20 Surfaces 21rfJC . . . Alger Hiss, controhighlight of the state de- versial partment spy investigation, is shown quite serene as he arrived at the Manhattan federal grand jury which has been investigat- mph , DRY CONCRETE 69 Qualified Public Servant Doctor Shortage Unassuming Oscar Ewing, the federal security administrator, has been doing some quiet digging on the problem of getting more U. S. doctors, dentists and nurses. "Even today, three years after the end of the war," says Ewing, "there are large sections of the country woefully lacking in doc- tors." Meanwhile, medical schools are overcrowded and medical faculties are so understaffed that, if new medical schools were started, it would be difficult to find enough professors to staff them. Ewing is working on a plm for federal loans to medical students as one way to ease the Local banks doctor shortage. to would grant tuition-loan- s qualified students, with the government guaranteeing the loans 100 per cent. He is also hoping that the bill introduced by Senator Thomas of Utah will pass the next congress giving government subsidies to medical schools based on the number of students they turn out. rr. ar 40 ft. CHAINS ON I REAR WHEELS 1 $ RUBBER TIRES-- CHAINS NO SYNTHETIC RUBBER 88 TIRES-- CHAINS NO Labor Diplomat 197 ft. FT. ON REAR WHEELS GRIM FACTS . . . New winter accident facts, based on research by National Safety council, reveal alarming Increase of skidding and poor visibility crashes during snowy, Icy weather. Authorities urge equalized brakes, using tire chains, windshield wipers, defrosters, good lights and lower speeds to minimize the added winter seasonal hazards. The National Safety council's six rules for safe winter driving are: (1) Get the "feel" of the road before you start out, (2) Adjust speed to road, weather and traffic, (3) Use tire chains on ice and snow, (4) Keep windshields and windows clear, (5) Pump your brakes on snow or ice. Don't lock wheels, (6) Follow at safe distance. It takes three to 12 times more distance to stop on snow or ice. Yes-s-s-s-- s, TAKES PLEDGE . . . Michael J. Quill, president of the CIO transport workers' union, pledged at the union's convention that be would remove Communist influences In the organization, and got the backing of many delegates in this endeavor. 7 : WHY CINEMA ERS GO NUTS - r - - fit,. - vvJ)Yi&X A i - ' 0-- " 'fa'-"- - : v 'y v rr ;l 4 if -- if? . 1 President Truman attended ceremonies Norfolk, Va., where Gov. Fhil Donnelly of Missouri presented a $10,000 silver scrvlco the majestic battleship. Left to right are Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, President Truman, Capt. James II. Hatch and Governor Donnelly. "MISSOURI" aboard the SILVER . . . U.S.S. Missouri at TOO GAU? . . . Princess Margaret Rose, shown dancing with an unnamed escort, has drawn criticism 'from section of the British press because of the late hours she bas been keeping in the course of bcr social whirl. state. why a tabor leader "Lunacy in a family is not a funny thing, nor does it seem fitting and tasteful as a matter to be treated as farce. Neither does a seem an apt comic giggling half-wcharacter. Somehow it Just isn't funny to see a pitiful affliction made a Joke." Bosley Crowther on "Miss Tatlock's Millions." "Far from being tasteless, "Miss Tatlock's Millions" holds lo a high level of fantastic humor. It is genentertainment. delightful erally Charles Bracket's idea of having a man masquerade as a heir makes for elegant nonsense." Howard Barnes. d Dr. Edwin G. Ncurse has been named chief of an board. Is he a trained Nourse or a practical Nourse? anti-inflati- Hitherto, high state department Jobs have usually gone to Wall streeters, as for instance the present Undersecretary of State Robert Lovett, a big investment bank er. and Assistant Secretary Charlei Saltzman, former vice president o the New York Stock exchange. most European However, governments are now dominated by labor. In fact, the moderate labor leaders of Western Europe are considered the best bulwark against Russia, and It Is vital that U. S. diplomats understand .neir point of view. That's READ it vet I.V.V- i REVIEW ' r r During the shipping strikes we heard of a fellow who went to a travel agency and asked, "What's the beat liner to take and not go anywhere at all for a long time?" We heard his companion asked for a deck chair on the sunny side of the mediation board. AMERICANISMS: want a change in The people Washington." may be among the new state depart ment executives, also why Irving Brown, the international labor of fice representative in Europe, may be appointed U. S. ambassador to western country. a European Brown's quiet work among Euro pean labor leaders has done more to combat Sovietism than a wh.ile crew of the old fashioned U. S diplomats combined. Truman ... A newspaper reporter. Wilson Auld, SENSATIONAL PUMPKIN pumpkin where Whittaker Chambers points to the small, bollowed-ou- t hid microfilm capsiAes on a Maryland farm. The house activities committee bas declared that the bunch of microfilm, found In 'he pnmpkin, Is evidence that government secrets have been "fed out of ?nte department." is a good man, but. . . .. "It's all done by cycles." Down AQUA STEPPER . . South this Is called skiing. The expert shown here Is Martha Mitchell, Florida's ski champ. She's stepping out with a new twist as she goes through the motions of a water adagio ' A commission has found that Washington could save 250 million dollars a year by merely buying supplies with a minimum of red tape, duplication and poor business methods. Paper work on 1.5 million orders a year involving only $10 in each case cost the government more than $10 for unnecessary letters, carbons, filing, duplication of effort, unnecessary help, etc. That gives you an idea. VANISHING "You wouldn't go against the polls, would ya?" The new chief of staff of the British army is named Slim. We will feel better if the bead of any opposing force is a General Fatso. Scrub to Coaching Star PRACTICALLY every one of the long parade of great football coaches has come from good or better football players Camp, Haughton, Rockne, Little, Crisler, Bierman, Neyland, Thomas, Hickman, Voigts. Yost, Heisman, on and on indefinitely. I can recall but one exception. His name is Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech, one of the top coaches of all time. Alexander headed north from the red clay hills of Georgia to accept the accolade of the Touchdown club of New York. Today he is Georgia Tech's graduate manager, having turned over the coaching reins at Tech to Bobby Dodd after directing the destinies of the Yellow Jackets for 25 years. Grantland Rice But the Important point is this Alexander was never a college star. He was on the scrub team at Georgia Tech in 1907, 1908 and 1909 before he became John Heisman's assistant in 1912. Bill Alexander, physically, was never quite equipped to be a college star. But, mentally and psychologically and emotionally he was far beyond most of the greatest players the game has ever known. He knew football. He knew the physical side of football But. better than most, he knew the value of deception, of using speed to match weight and power When John Heisman left Georgia Tech in 1920 to go to Pennsylvania, Alexander took over and set up a brilliant record for the next 25 years until he turned over the Job to Bobby Dodd In 1945. In that time. Old Man Alex had won seven conference championships he was named the coach of the year In 1942 and he had baffled and bewildered more rival coaches than anyone I know, with lighter, faster, smarter working material. It was lack of weight and power that bowled Tech over this year. Bill Alexander .is football's He has leading philosopher. known the game from the front line for over 40 years. He has a marvelous sense of humor an amazing understanding of values. Here's an Alexander story that goes back exactly 20 years to 1928 and explains Alex: Georgia Tech was playing its final game of the season against Notre Dame. This game meant staying home or going to the Rose Bowl. "How are things?" I asked. "How would I know," Alexander said. "I haven't seen the team in three days. I've bad 122 tickets to collect and deliver to old grads. Say, who're we playing?" The Four Horsemen V.WW.' jf.1 President Truman's advisers are seriously considering the appointment of a labor leader as assistant of major corporation. weather? Are you among those peo ple who get caught in the rainT Does snow enter your life without warning? Are you a victim of fall. Ing temperatures? Then why not Weath write today for Never-Mis- s er Forecasts? Find peace of mind and nonchalance through knowing about blizzards instead of merely Never-Mis- s guessing. Weather Forecasts will take those wrinkles from your forehead, end those falling hairs, efface that apprehensive look from your eyes and send you outdoors every day radi ant in the thought that you are prepared for anything from a shower to a typhoon. "And don't forget that you can win one of 500 mink coats, comunit and plete with deep-freez- e muff, by completing the sentence, 'I like to know whether it is going to rain or snow BECAUSE . . " I I m We await the radio commercial: "Do you suffer from unexpected 169 ft. NATURAL worked up to half-witte- Comments W. F. Bond, Missiswelsippi's commissioner of public fare: "Samson slew 1,000 Philis tines with the jawbone of an ass a record which stood for over 6,0(10 years, and was not broken until November, when Harry Truman with his own jawbone slew over 21,000,000 Republicans." shoe- string and worked up to 4 million-dollindustry now gives way to the fellow who began with an isobar and Truman's Jaw secretary program. The man who started on NO CHAINS CHAINS y And suddenly there arrives the rain, snow, sleet, hail and sunshine specialist, the tycoon of temperature changes, the mogul of cloud movements. ing Communism and espionage. Mayor John F. Davis of Reading, Pa., tells this story on himself. "Shortly after I was elected, I began to learn about the qualifications for government office. A friend dropped in and suggested that I give a job to George Schultze down in the 6th ward. " 'What can he do?' I asked. 'Nothing,' replied my friend. " 'Then let's hire him right away,' I said. 'We won't have 'o break him in'." ra- John E. Wallace, a former army air forces major and Df the Washington weather bureau, started the weather forecasting and is reported sales service, swamped with orders. He says he takes it up where the regular bureaus leave off, and dopes out the probable weather in greater detail and over more specific areas. U. S. "It'll be in about a month or so," he said, warning of the need for extreme U.Phillipr There have been many stories told about the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame since they rode to victory over 20 years ago, sweeping the plains from Army and Princeton to Stanford at Palo Alto. You may remember their names Harry Stuhldreher at quarterback, weight 154; Don Miller and Jimmy Crowley at the two halves, around 162 and 164; Elmer Layden at fullback, 162. Some of the main arguments that always break out when their names come up are: "What did they all do? Who did the blocking? Who did the Who did the kicking? Who did the tackling?" This was undoubtedly the greatest pony backfleld, pound for pound, in football history. The average weight was around 160 pounds. There wasn't a man on the Job at 165 pounds or higher. Yet it ripped, ran and passed its way from coast to coast with a series of victorious thrusts. One of the main arguments started when Don Miller, now a d Cleveland Judge, stopped me before the Army-Nav- y game a year ago and berated me soundly for picking him as a blocking back. "I never blocked a guy in my life," Miller said with much indig nation. I told this to Elmer Layden, recently. Layden laughed. "I'll tell you the truth," he said. "We all had to block. We all had our blocking assignments, even bowling over the two ends, helping take out a tackle, or handle the secondary. "Stuhldreher was probably the iest of our blockers, but we had to lock. Miller, Crowley and I hanStuhdled most of the running ldreher did the passing, but we were more of a running team than a passing team. We all had speed I could Just shade 10 seconds--sa- y 100, and the others were 9i for thesame I did the kicking." about the Also the pass interference. I sugIn the Stanford game gested against Ernie Nevers and others. Layden intercepted four or five passes, running two interceptions back for touchdowns high-tone- rr |