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Show TIIE BEAVER PRESS. BEAVER. UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BUDGET: Supreme Court Decision Declares Home Rule' Rent Controls Valid; Five Million Receiving Public Aid dtfi(J Whin anlnioni re Uralrm Newspaper Union' newa analjCi and FniTnn-- s NOTR; Off to Prison RENT CURBS: Home Rule Okayed The 'home rule' rent control law which allows states and cities to was df?control their own areas upheld by the U.S. supreme court in almost record time. The court's ruling came in less than a week after oral arguments were heard. THE LAW was enacted last by congress and is due to expire June 30. 1950. It had lost in its first federal court tost when a U.S. district judge declared it un constitutional because it delegated powers of congress to the states and local governing bodies. Tighe Wood and the justice de Intermediate partment courts and appealed the finding di rectly to the high court. While there had been no general statements to the effect, there was a that impression widespread many states and local areas had withheld decontrol action because of the pending suit. IN ONE INSTANCE, a Kentucky county area had restored rent curbs after lifting them had re suited in what was termed "un reasonable" rent increases. However short private building had fallen of its goals, there was no argument that the housing shortage had eased somewhat and it appeared that congress might find it relatively easy to abandon all rent curbs when the present "home rule" act expires. But In view of what had happened In some isolated areas in rental charges, congress might leave the way open for restoration of controls wherever landlords displayed a tendency to gouge tenants. PUBLIC AID: Cost Enormous In a country as powerful and prosperous as the United States it seemed an Ironical paradox, but the record showed it to be true-m- ore than five million Americans were receiving public assistance of some form or other, and at a cost of two billion dollars a year to the taxpayers. JOHN L. THURSTON, acting security administrator, cited those figures at the opening of a congressional Inquiry into the problems of the nation's exfamilies. Thurston plained that the federal government' provides about half of the two billion dollar annual outlay for public aid, with the other half coming from state and local community funds. Thurston, himself, saw the contradiction in the situation as he indented when he said: "This seems to some people an astonishing phenomenon, considering the fact that we have had full, or practically full, employment for the past seven or eight years." HE SOUGHT to clarify the situation, however, when he added: "It is not nt all astonishing, however, in relation to the large number of families with no earner, or a earner, and in view of Inadequacies of our social Insurance program." Then Thurston used the occasion to get In a few licks for President Tniman's "Fair Deal" program, that its enactment contending would help provide "better living" e for families. low-inco- e WAR VETS: More Benefits for delivery after Jan-narwere increases in benefits for disabled U.S. war veterans, dependents and widows. The veterans administration reported that checks of some two million recipients were about to be increased. THE LARGEST GROUPS to receive increases, the V.A. said, included nearly two million veterdisans with abilities from 10 to 100 per cent. This group includes World War 1 and II veterans disabled in service and other veterans disabled in peacetime service since July Slated y 1 service-connecte- IS. 1003. The old rates of payment range from $13 80 to $138 a month for war service, and from $11.04 to $110 40 for peacetime service. THE NEW RATES are 8.7 per cent higher respectively. $15 to $1M) and $12 to $120. About 58.000 widows receiving compensation because of the death of a veteran and who have one or more children also will get increases. service-- connected JOBLESS In these rolnmna, thej are thoait o Dot necessarily of tbia newspaper.) sJ. w,'- i A , is- - i ( r, - ifi r I , , Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, sentenced to 6 to 18 months in prison and fined $10,000 for salin his congresary kick-bacsional office, is shown as he started for the Danbury, Conn., federal prison to begin serving sentence, ECONOMY: Over a Barrel More than 500 national leaders, talking of the need of economy in operation of the federal government, may have felt themselves more over the barrel than around it when they met for a "cracker barrel" discussion of the problem. It was a real cracker barrel, bearing the legend "citizens' committee for the Hoover report," set up amid the handsome appointments of Washington's Shoreham hotel. DELEGATES HEARD Herbert Hoover, chairman of the committee appointed to study means of streamlining the government. praise the accomplishments of his commission and of the committee now seeking to get the commission's proposals adopted. After pointing out that federal expenditure of more than 43 billion dollars and a deficit of more than five billion have been announced for the current fiscal year, he declared: "I believe it may be much great er in the next fiscal year. We may be turning two Frankensleins loose in the land. Their terrifying names are 'higher taxes' and 'inflation.'" HOOVER POINTED OUT that six months have passed since the commission he headed finished its reports on congress, and on economics and improvements in the executive branch, and. in the meantime, the "recommendations have had a magnificent support by the press and public." All of which was true. The rub seemed to be in getting congress and the President to go all the way suggested by the Hoover commission in effecting more government economy and efficiency. LABORITES: Ousted by Aussics For the second time within Much? While ' President Truman sunned himself at Key West, Fla., posing How for newsmen, busying himself with affairs of state even though on vacation, American taxpayers were particularly interested in the visit paid him by John Snyder, secretary of the treasury. THE REASON, of course, was the forthcoming budget message which the President was preparing to deliver to congress. Until that time, no U.S. taxpayer would know just what the administration had in mind concerning taxes. Everyone knew that the President had publicly stated he, would need some 12 billion dollars more in revenue if the budget were to be balanced, but everyone knew, too, that there were many senators and representatives who would not go along with any such proposal. It could also be regarded as significant or not that there had been no recent declaration from the President concerning taxation or any need for tax increase. WHETHER THAT MEANT the' President was prepared to recede from his original tax proposals was purely a matter of speculation, but such a course was probable, inasmuch as some of the President's cabinet members had been, saying publicly that a reduction in taxes, or holding them at the present federal level would be good for U.S. business and the nation's economy. And, as a rule, cabinet members1 don't comment on such controver- sial subjects until have been cleared the White House. didn't follow that now he's an their remarks previously with Henry Wallace procedure and member. Charged to Census Twenty-thre- e con Republican gressmen wouldn't be alone in their attack on that phase of the 1950 census which will require every fifth person over 14 years of age to disclose all the facts about his income. The Republicans banded together in a blast of criticism at the cen sus bureau's planned procedure in an action following attacks earlier by Representative Brown of Ohio and Hinshaw of California upon the bureau's 1950 questionnaire. THAT CRITICISM charged that the "Truman administration is an outrageous dis perpetrating e crimination against small-incom- ." Brown had demanded of Philip M. Hauser, acting director of the census, that he cite "legal author people . . ity" for the income questions. He charged that such inquiries are unlawful. In the meantime, a spokesman for the census bureau told newsmen that "only a few" of the citizens asked the income question are expected to object to it. He explained that those who decline to give the enumerator the information personally would be permitted to mail it to the bureau in ' Washington. The Republican critics' view was: "IF A PERSON earns more than $10,000, all he has to do is say so. without giving the amount, and the census taker is satisfied. But for all people earning under $10,000, the questionnaire stands as writ ten . This is a raw injustice." As an added basis for its posi tion, the census bureau stated the figures about income will be confidential, not even open to tax collectors or the FBI. That being the case, what good will the figures do anyone and why does the census bureau insist on having them? .. 11 proponents of socialism in British commonwealth had ousted by the voters. Advoof free enterprise threw out Australia's Labor government, an action which paralleled the election verdict in New Zealand. WERE THESE IMPORTANT portents or did they signify noth ing? If one chose to place the events alongside the current difficulties experienced by the British Labor government, and attempt to evaluate them correctly, the answer would be that socialism appeared to be on its way out in the British commonwealth. On the other hand, the foes of the free enterprise system every where, would doggedly stand on Labor's claimed progress over the years, and attempt to take the stand that those voting out were doing so simply because they did not know what was best for them selves. ROBERT GORDON MENZIES. Australian Liberal leader who will now be restored to the prime ministry he held from 1939 to 1941. called the turn in an earlier comment on the Australian situation: "The Socialists were brought to power in New Zealand. Australia and Great Britain in that order. The dramatic (New Zealand) result seems a happy omen that they will go out in the same order." days the been cates Ax Man Security Payments Continue to Increase Officials in the federal labor de partment's bureau of employment security were expressing concern over the increase in the number of US citizens exhausting their Jobless benefit rights. According to latest figures in the more than a department, ran out of their rights to further employment compensation payment during the half-millio- n July-Septe- ber quarterly period. There were persons who still didn't have jobs after running through all the unInsurance payments employment to which (hey were entitled. The number of benefit weeks varies from state to state. The puzzling factor was that these exhaustions came at a time of high employment, and give an idea of future problems. them turned on again, everyone would yell, "Surprise!" Well, what happened was a surprise, all right, but there was no yelling. As the front door opened. Quint and his guests heard Ellie whis-peBilly Rose "Sssh! He might be awake." "I don't like this sneaking around," said the voice of a man. "Why don't you ask him for a dir, vorce?" "Think I'm crazy? He doesn't figure to live much longer, and I'm pretty sure to get the savings and insurance. Thanks for taking me home. See you Tuesday at the reg- ular time." Then Ellie closed the door and switched on the lights .... guests had left, she said to her husband, "I suppose you want me to pack." "Why should I?" said Martin. "It's only human nature for you to take up with someone nearer your own age." "Don't you want a divorce?" "Not unless yon insist on it. All I ask is that you stop seeing the If you'll agree and put it in writing, I'll fix it so you'll get every cent I've got." And that's how it was arranged. An agreement was signed and locked in the wall safe, and the couple went on living together. Of course, the neighbors gossiped a lot, particularly when it was whispered around that Ellie was still seeing the young man, but their talk seemed to make no impression on Martin. Instead, he busied himself with a new hobby the study of insects and spent most of his waking hours in a spare room over the garage, mounting butterflies and beetles on small exhibit boards. "I wouldn't mention this around," he told his wife. "As it is, people think I'm not quite all there." One evening, just after Ellie had brought him the usual glass of warm milk, Martin began to have convulsions. Ellie phoned the doctor that her husband was having a heart Jfttack, but by the time he arrived the old man was dead. The doctor examined the body, then called the coroner, and an hour later the corpse, together with the empty milk glass, was taken away. Gillis, Andrew of Tj 1 ylfi- H Y 4 YL The grief that is too hard to bear We need not bear, or fear. Be comforted, remembering That One who cares is near. And He will hold us by the hand Until the dark skies clear. - T, lj Jfl t . t bought a bottle of the stuff two jew ous oj junk and tnoldb weeks ago." lytic, "I'm sorry, but you'D have "That's right," said Ellie. "Martin used the cyanide to kill the in- come along," said the dot.;.. sects he was studying. There are "You're the only person who ti hundreds of specimens in the labaeain. oratory over the garage." "I swear I didn't do it,' '7 never heard of his being EARLY THE following morning, Ellie. "Both Martin and I knew hi desaid the interested in bugs," a detective rang Ellie' s doorbell. t live long, and we wouian tective. "Can I see this labora"I have a warrant for your aran agreement which explains evaj. to the he said. tory?" "According rest," thing. It's in his study." Ellie led the way up the garage coroner, your husband died of She ran into the house, opeaed door. There the and stairs and the drugopened poisoning, cyanide the wall safe and took out i brnt a the room in but was store in town reports that you nothing envelope, but when she tore open there was nothing inside a piece of blank paper. Blank, that is, except for word penciled in a childish son) By "Surprise!" Richard H. Wilkinson . i 3 Corner out of the sheriff. It smacked of adventure and the wild life he loved. He got a bigger kick when he heard Sheriff Conrad mention Slick Dearborn. Slick Dearborn was the smartest outlaw with whom Conrad had ever had to contend He was Benny's 'Minute idol, for he sented the danger-FlCtl0ous freedom of which the boy had always dreamed. One day three weeks ago Benny had seen Slick in the Faraway Saloon, and something about the worshipful look in the youngster's eyes had attracted the outlaw's attention. Benny had been almost speechless with gratitude when the outlaw spoke to him. They had a long conversation, and when it was over Benny knew a sense of importance that was almost the fulfillment of his dreams. BENNY got a big on kick 3 n Ear glued to the side of the building. Benny held his breath while Sheriff Conrad and his deputy, Joe nicks, carried on conversation. their At 4 o'clock that afternoon Benny drew rein in the secret canyon where Slick was hiding. He gave the secret whistle that he and the outlaw had agreed upon, then waited breathlessly. Minutes passed and nothing happened. Benny moved down the canyon a ways and whistled again. Suddenly two men emerged from behind a boulder. One of them was Slick Dearborn. Benny shouted at them. "Slick, I Just heard the sheriff and his deputy talkin". They found out it was you who held up the low-voic- J. Newbury-por- t, "No, sir. Not a soul. I done jest like you told me." "Good. You're comin' with us." The second outlaw came from behind a screen of bushes riding one horse and leading another. Slick swung aboard the extra animal. There came the sound of a shot. The second outlaw uttered a scream, clutched at his breast and plunged from the saddle. A second shot followed, and Slick's mount went to its knees. SWORE VIOLENTLY as Benny crawled up beside him. "You damned little rat! Thought you said nobody followed you out of town?" "Honest Slick" "Shut up!" Suddenly Slick seized him around the middle and leaped out of plain view of the two coming up the canyon. The pair reined in, holding their fire as the outlaw, using Benny as a shield, began shooting rapidly. Sheriff Conrad and Joe Hicks, sensing the bandit's purpose, flung themselves from the saddle and scurried for shelter. Benny suddenly understood the qLICK purpose he was serving, suddenly knew that Slick was using him as a means of protecting his own hide. "Slick! Slick! Lemme go. They'll blast me down in cold blood!" "Shut up, you rat" Slick brought the barrel of his gun down crush-inglon the boy's head. Benny gasped, struggled feebly, then went limp . . . When Benny opened his eyes he found Sheriff Conrad and Joe Hicks bending over him. "Feeling better kid?" "Ye-e-sI'm all right. Where's Slick?" "Taken care of." Sheriff Conrad eyed Benny intently. "Listen, Benny, you better get home before your maw begins to worry. You can say you helped us run down Slick Dearborn. Fact is, you did. When we saw you talkin' with him three weeks ago we figured somethin' like this, which is why we did some talkin' so you could lead us to where he was." "Gosh!" said Benny. There were tears in his eyes. For the first time in his life he realized what a perfectly swell guy Sheriff Conrad was. y 11. A 13. rare-eart- h metallic element Man's nickname Flowed Keg-17- . Warlike people of S. Russia 21. Electrical Engineer (abbr.) 22. Twofold 23. Pot 25. Humble 31. 34. Denary Additional Coverlet Hebrew letter Soot Famous Hebrew prophet (Bib.) Cut irregularly Division of a play Winged insect A vat for fodder 19. Laugh loudly Put away for safe keeping Pilaster Exclamation 1- bank last week, an they know comin' to get yuh." "You come with us," said Slick shorvly. "Nemmlne keepln" foard," Slick called, and the other outlaw slid back to the ground. "We fotU get out of here and git fast. Kid, did anyone cee Ton leave town?" wine cup 39. Body of water 40. Pronoun Gazelles 45. Sesame (var.) 46. Marketplace 47. Is in debt 43. March data 41. DOWN 1. Consecrate 2. American Philological Association fabbr.) MAjK5lHpcigOlsTs ?. t. 31 m ?H Ar m i m A G f P "R 20. European t;Sfa3 c 29. A red, fleshy SIE E Jl IBP w e IS E P TTT S N berry 30. Combat between two peopla STAGEvSCBEENsKhE! BY INEZ GERHARD i& EVELYN KEYES bobbedonup York while to tion for Columbia's "The Els That Stalked New York"-d- un a traffic rush on west 47th street in Pennsylvania station, in i tny historic graveyard on the low Just before Cee4 through the graveyard to escape East Side. Nf ;:;v , MP..; ... 4 i .:t yj- i - EVELYN KEYES rfotoMiuo chi had to scramble fire and down a wobbly, rusty Shediano'" cape on a tenement. ar.d hour i aiiu wet, fnf hnnrs Wour.d blew. winds while bitter hi with hands filthy and scraped clothes unfit for further use. OT was Paulette Goddard a yachting come to her ing Caribbean! burden 36. Mother-in-la- of Ruth (Bib.) i1 - iniii " N NIA m" m E gvUUOi"st?tp JJ Jimmy Durante plays dual role in "The Great Rupm ifn the George Pal productionMoore V . Trr tne wu" Tom Drake. But you mtf""; ognize hkn. Jimmy c,r?" o yearned to drive a At to so he got his wish. was he ftt sistence, to drive the wagon, but luxuna. pear behind P'"e 38. Afresh 42. Golf term 43. Cushion 44. Before No. si 1 wm . Is stopped by man while speeding hire star porUnt en"fm re cognlwa and doesn't give blm Anyway, that's PP Jay Jostyn. dofn an lhViur-polleem- La "JJ Scv.W, hour In rtc to NBC, was as "Mr. DUWJ Wj " w J also W J Mary Jane Higby in stint doing arn heroine of "When a Cir been "Joan Davis." has bent on by a tough waitress warn malL And the tough Mary Jane Higby. Ever so often radlt 4 H PP 1JBMC h"PjSb 32. Relics on 33. Beast of - w I ermine 24. Resiliency 26. Carnivorous mammals 28. Chinese silk 35. People who Jeer 37. Ancient you're hidin' up here an' they're WEEK'S ANSWER MA e ACROSS 1. Detest 5. Fish 9. Top 10. City (Peru) 23. At four o'clock that afternoon J?cnny drew rein in the secret canyon where Slick was hiding. IAST SSWORO PUZZLE 27. Also Mass., sharpened up the which he said will fall on the necks of a lot of Jobholders after he takes over again at city hall. He landed back in office in a surprise victory. x Change of Heart Dr. E. F. St. John Lyburn had made no bones about how put out he was about England's socialized health program. The first British doctor to announce publicly he would operate it, he was also the first to announce he was going to quit it. But the doctor changed his mind. He's returning to the program. But. he said, there was a reason. His patients asked him. 4r BENNY WISES UP Fiction 7 Mayor-elec- t a And so today, my heart, be Still, He knows that you are torn, He also knows that even this Great sorrow can be borne. His voice Still speaks across the years Blessed are they that mourn." but The .. . BRITISH DOCTOR: BENEFITS Martin sent Ellie to New York errand, filled the parlor with gifts and paper curlicues, and invited dozen neighbors in for a surprise party. The plan was for a lookout at the railroad depot to phone when he young man as long as I'm alive. saw Ellie get off the train, and then they would turn out the lights ad hide. When Ellie walked in and "V bear. never yet have wallced alone Through dark hours of despair, And always He has kept His word: The promised strength was there. I When Martin Quint, 71, married Ellie Reynolds, 34, their friends in Nyack didn't give the union much chance of success. Five years later, however, they were ready to admit they naa been wrong Ellie was doing a good job of taking care of Martin, and as for the old coot well, he was a lot friendlier than anyone had ever thought possible. on an 14. 15. "Ilossy" Jf, By BILLY ROSE On their fifth anniversary, S things that are too hard to fpHE God does not bid me Butterflies, Beetles, Cyanide Make a 'Surprise' Vengeance AFTER THE embarrassed INJUSTICE: A Song for Comfort BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET ey-- i A up-Ch-lnook. and d Art,r-nlze- given a new cannine 7- is loon" who will gj Monogram'. Captain Plum." star, and the Pctu j January 11. letfa Cedar Lake. " In to i V & 1 |