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Show THE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Vlay Day Disappoints Communists; New York Students Stage Riots; Gambler Admits Making $100,009 in these column, they are thoie of FDITOIt'S NOTE: Whm opinion lire epresnl of this newspaper.) Newspaper Union new unalyst mnS not neceMarllr Western 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 halt million people, drawn from both halves of the divided city, roared defiance to the Soviet Union and communism and German 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 and a few fist g of fights was the extent of battle. Of the speakers, aging Mayor Ernest Reuter of Berlin was the most popular. The crowd applauded and 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 number in years. Also on the home front, the little town of Mosinee, Wis., experimented with communism for the "guerrilla" day and a strong-arme- d band ground 2,000 residents under the heel of a mock Communist i 3t d tf f 4,. 'J , east-secto- t W v: H $655,000,000. r At this point another problem ap- pears. The committee had not yet voted on two of the most important of wartime excises communications and transportation. Some Holding a boy firmly by the New York mounted policeman is shown taking into custody one of the thousands of high school students who and rioted in demonstrated of Foley Square as a follow-u- p their support of teachers' salary and other demands. collar, a boot. GAMBLING: Probe Continued The battle against gambling syndicates conducted by cities throughout 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 proposal 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 $20,000 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. j What happens next? If Mr. Truman kept his word he would veto 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. It seemed that a battle was shaping up for the future. It was an interesting situation, to say the least Riots Thousands 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.- 000 The teachers then called a mod ified strike, keeping classes but re" fusing to supervise activities such as commencement exercises, senior dances, plays, proms and class days. As a result, the students staged 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 asainsi mem. 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-curricular- GERMANY: 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 Milner, cast the deciding vote on the government' 6ide. As a result of the narrow escape, English political observers said they expected Prime Minister Attlee to enforce even stronger discipline on attendance of Labor 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 become. 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 policemen, 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 Communist commissars are given the 3Q units of 1.000 men each. As if in answer to Communist plan, the United States defense department answered the following day that 146.500 army troops are maintained by this country in west Germany. The department said nearly 0 men, more than 40 per cent of the country's total all - service armed strength, are on duty outside the United States. Of the troops in Germany, an army spokesman said. 85.000 are concentrated in Berlin. The defense department has long operated on the theory that Russia would like nothing better than a chance to take over Berlin. 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. Observer that the predicted 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 committee, that there seems to be no immediate danger of war with Rus- sia. The Texan said in an interview: (1) Communist pressure would force the United States to abandon South Korea; (2) the Baltic plane has not hastened war between this country and Russia. LABOR PARTY: one-vot- transportation para-militar- an- $1,000,000,000. STUDENTS: Stage members predict that other $500,000,000 cut would be approved in these fields. If that should be the case, the total reduction would climb to more than stone-throwin- 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 "witchalso, that the hunt" underway in congress is making a great many Communists depart the company of fellow organizers. Votes Cut The house ways and means committee has voted a 20 per cent slash of the federal admission tax on film, stage and sport tickets. The action, were it to become law, would mean an annual loss estimated 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 move, but at the same time, were beginning to wonder if there are enough "loopholes" in existing tax laws to make up the deficit that appears likely. President Truman was of the opinion 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 vote-catchi- 4 - BROADWAY TAXES: - y EMPLOYMENT: 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 hat the 1850 number of unemployed sank to 3,515,000 a new low for the year. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said the gains were "probably 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 production 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 accumulate. 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. CORPORATION: Capital Up The securities and exchange commission reports the net working capital of United States corporations rose 2.9 billions last year to 64.7 billion dollars. The business world took immediate 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 1947. This increased liquidity last year resulted from a rise in holding of cash and United States government securities, and a 5.5 billion decline in current liabilities. In all, the outlook was good most observers agreed. 'Big Time' f' f T - , l . 31 m i ? r t it By BILLY ... was forking over $300 a week to cover expenses. After a couple of cozy and clanthat's because the transfer of so destine years, the girl said to him large a sum would come to the one night, If attention of the board of direcsomething ever tors and cause a lot of talk. How-eve- r, happens to you. if anything happens to me, I'll be Daddy, left without a penyou can write your name in and sell the whole lot at any broker-ag- e ny. Don't you house." think you ought to do something The girl thanked him, and the about securing pair continued seeing each other my future?" until the tycoon keeled over in his "You're absolPhiladelphia office a couple of utely right," said Billy Rose years later with an attack of corothe industrialist. When his lady nary thrombosis. "Give me a few days to work it friend read the obituary in the paout." pers, she wrote her name on the The next time he called on the bonds and took them to the brokergirl, he handed her half a million age house. dollars worth of 3 per cent railroad The broker examined the certifibonds. cates. "You're a little late. Miss," "These will yield you an Income he said. "This railroad went out of of 15 thousand a year," he said. existence almost 30 years ago." "Every three months as the couThe girl picked up the worthless pons come due, clip them and I'll paper and walked out. "The dirty cash them in for you, and you can " she muttered. "All use the money for expenses.. he gave me was the same three hundred a week." "You'll notice I haven't Put AND NOW let me take the thumb your name on the bonds. Well, .it double-crosser,- THE CORNER big-tim- 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 vaults $130,000,000 in into which he alone may enter, patches and darns his worn garments himself. Although he uses a large uncut he diamond as a paperweight, doesn't throw money around. At the last garage on his list, he repealed his hard-lucstory and got the standard turndown, but as he started to walk out he was stopped by one of the me- By Sevfn... . Mozart's fnn with the Philadelphia orehJ This Is Your Paper Hot All Pictures Are Good Ones k chanics, By William H "If you need a job as bad as you say," he said, "you can have mine. I'm pretty sure I can fix it with the boss." "Don't you need the job yourself?" said the man from Iowa. "I've saved enough to last me for six months," said the mechanic, "and the doctor who's treating me for TB says that's all I figure to live." R. Neson PICTURE may or m, w A wnrth '1fl nnn j... t wuras .. STAGECSCRE BEFORE Darling's THE 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 been a pretty Fiction DAY INEZ GERHARD SCHOLL, as a wartime of our troops, had to bail out of a blazing plane in the DANNY 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 3 good boy this summer. Ltuess you deserve bein' on hand with the other boys at that circus when it gets here tomorrow." The Ledbetters were poor as church mice, and Jackie hadn't dared even let himself think his pop would let him attend the circus. Consequently, his round blue eyes grew even rounder. Old Silas grinned and swallowed a lump in his throat. He dug down into his pocket and brought out a shiny, new sil- ver Jackie in overalls, over his half-dolla- 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 feet-fou- r, is good looking, is now appearing on Broadway in "Texas, Li'l Darling" and doing fine. Irene TecHow, "Mrs. Archer" of "Meet Corliss Archer", says she has learned a lot about bringing up her two young children from her years on the CBS show and about what to expect when they reach their teens. She's had the role since the very beginning, and has never missed a performance, but manages her household, does other radio shows and several movies a year. r. carefully placed the a pocket of his tattered pulled his straw hat well ruddy face, puckered up his lips and began to whistle. He whistled all that afternoon and was still whistling when he came in from the lower lot for supper. Once upstairs, Jackie carefully took off his shirt and then felt in the pocket of his overalls' for the half dollar. He'd better sleep with it under his pillow, he reasoned, like he'd read about folks doing. It was right then that Jackie's heart sank, right then that the world turned black and there was a horrible, terrifying, empty feeling in the pit of his stomach. The half dollar was gone! Jackie wanted to cry, but he was too much of a man for that. He searched through the other pocket very carefully, and then looked in his shoes, and under the half-doll- slap-happ- w y Vanessa Brown, starred with Lex in Sol Lesser'i RKO "Tar-za- 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." half-doll- Wind Erosion In North Dakota wind erosion of soil is more important than water erosion. ACROSS 1. 5. Let it stand (Print.) Crust on a wound Pyuria Pictures Are only News, Too when 3. Appearing as if eaten Norse god 4. 5. Impersona- Jackie carefully placed the in a pocket of his overalls. bed and about everywhere that the half dollar might have been. But it was gone, completely vanished. And so Jackie, bis heart aching with misery, crawled into bed. And then he couldn't help it he cried. But all the time he kept telling himself he 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 TTE COULDN'T, he decided, ev- en let mom know that he had 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 13. Beneath, 14. Skips a stone on water 9. Owned 11. Anger 17. Music note 13. Jumbled 15. Ebb and type 19. Gold flow of ocean (Heraldry, 16. Kind of fish 20. Distant 22. Manners 23. Gulf (Sib.) 25. Origin 27. Resound 29. 1' Land-measu- f i v 10,000 ot; 4 they desired formation. That immediately ct fies them as news and meaaj: should be selected for their Unless a photograph t someone or some event cum: in the news, publication hai or no meaning. Assuming that a picture has J value, it then must be of such ity it will reproduce wefl in paper. Many photographs which entirely satisfactory for an al: cannot be reproduced distil enough to be recognizable in an paper. Publishing such pictures a disappointing waste of space, fort and money. There are other factors, too, d as permission of those in the i ture for its publication, its i value or the amount of interer it among the paper's readers,! whether there is time to make i: J q If not U No Place specifically for Incongruity the paper, its "'to, photogr: may not be timely and there!; its use may seem incrogrd Even if timely but received toe to get a cut made, it may nr. practical to use it in a later id because reader interest will a waned by then. For these and many other r sons, the editor is always the judge of whether or not I pi': can be or should be public If the paper publishes otter tures, some not local in origfc. the very issue for which jour's' rejected, it is well to renetl that in addition to the there is still another, t that some pictures, always of value, are furnished to the forms that make their use easy inexpensive, because they " so supplied to many other pa;1 : J above-tors- , LAST MILE tion of god 9. White cf light with age Egypt.) 10. A maiden of 6. Bruise 7. Formal examination paradise 12. Protective of books 8. Raised covering tattered Madge Blake, former Pasadena 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." half-dolla- r. SSWORO half-doll- Katherine Locke, who won acclaim in "The Snake Pit" but retired to private life following her marriage to Norman Cor-withe ace radio writer, has been pursuaded to return to the screen in an important role in "Sound Of Fury". A savage story of mob violence, much of which will be shot In Phoenix, Arl.. it stars Kathleen Ryan, Frank Lovejoy and Richard Carlson. 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 and mom would think he was going to the circus. It was comforting to know that pop and mom were happy. Jackie reached the lower lot and began to shake out the hay as pop had asked him to do. He couldn't loaf on the job, he told himself, because If he did pop wouldn't think him very grateful for the Jackie turned the hay in one windrow and started on the next. But all the while his heart fairly sobbed with misery. And then abruptly that same heart almost ceased to beat. Jackie stared and stared at something round and shiny that lay in the stubbles under the forkful of hay he'd just picked up. After a long time, it seemed, his heart began to thump He felt goose again. pimples breaking out all over his body. He wanted to cry and shout and do all sorts of things. And then Jackie remembered that he'd been working here on the afternoon before, and the must have slipped out of his pocket. He picked up the coin, squeezed it lovingly and, holding it tightly in his clenched fist, went to shaking out the hay again. The best mom and the best pop in the world, he told himself joyfully. WEIK'S ANSWER 20. Friar's title 21. Ventilate 23. Exclama- tion 24. Japanese festival 26. Erased 28. Artificial reservoir for water 31. Whether 32. Radium (sym.) 33. Music not 35. Issue 36. Coin (India) 37. Moving part (Mach.) I' f H: AC C O UjwSlLpi sir lbpHIJu-- ' 38. Leave out 40. Epochs Al. Salt (chem.) 43. Bitter vetcn 44. Away N.. A I' ffi re 30. Solid 34. Electrified particle 35. One's private InteresU 37. Girl's name 39. Shoshonean Indians 42. White linen vestment 44. Musical drama 45. A hoarder 46. Savage 47. Spreads grass to dry 43. Bogs DOWN 1. Wading bird 2. Meddles A , Chinese proverb claims, but ft j laimy represents a pretty peffit costs, time, space and Iimw. if published in a newspaper, in J nun, it is aeiaom desirable a picture, so all of the fort, time and money expend for a single use. Editors appreciate the ta., shown when readers suggest lication of pictures, and they nlv fift nftpn BQ nncoiKU n. iisning a picture in a newspapt not as easy as it may seem. Richard H. Wilkinson ?1 Barker PRODIGY vey n, e Erickson, sento admitted the gambler, ate eommittee investigating gambling that he made $100,-00- 0 year from taking bets from "anybody who wants to bet." The senate group Is to bar legislation studying interstate transmission of (ambling information. out of your eye and show you the sunrise. Some years ago, an Iowa garage-ma- n went 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. JACKIE'S BEST WORLD FICTION - t Frank 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 To enable future army officers to know their Shakespeare as well as their Articles of War. the U. S. Military Academy at West Point has arranged with Universtal - International to show "Hamlet" once a year at the Academy. 600.-00- inci-diJ- Two Stories of the Futures of Two People-- A Girl Worried About Hers; a Man Did Not Kathl Norris. who has Just switched to NBC, will be groomed by the network to become its female Bon Grauer. In addition to running her shows on another network she has been a special events reporter, may be teamed with Grauer, v - r AND MAIN STREET nt 22 I" ' |
