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Show 1 I iff I ? LEffl FREE PRESS, LEHI, UTAH 1 EUROPE'S LITTLE PEOPLE , Prices High and Goods Scarce, r " But Belgium Is Forging Ahead -: Vx iv By PAULINE FREDERICK I - . - Hit 1 .SSESrft un6a little :. ... 10S3IAXDEE SL' i Lt Gen. thU States. '' - . n't ' i 1 J J ' .1 ti " ... ii As AGAIN the recent Greece Xing George II, now in exile )i;lind, may be returned. He reipied in 1922, but fled the ry the next year due to an to his ing. He was restored .e agah.- in 1935 but forced exile in 1941 when the Ger-- i overran his country. RULE i of ' J lUUI.l. 1 J INTERVIEW . . . Madame Van de Ven and son Johnny in their home in Brussels where Pauline Frederick interviewed them. i t IENDER WORKS OUT . . . Conn, who meets world's heavyweight Joe Louis inpion I'aakee stadium on June 19, bet the bag at his camp at nwood Lake, New Jersey. A 10,000 gate is expected. I tL part the world. 1 though every week prices are drop. ping astonishingly. "During the war, it took ten times as much money to run my house and take care of my family as before the war," Madame told me. "It is now down to five times as much, and I think when it gets to three times that will be about what is expected to be normal. "Of course, the prices have been very hard on the poor people. You had to buy things on the black market because they were not available otherwise. You still have to buy on the black market if you want many things," she went on. For example, butter on the black market is roughly $2 a pound while it has been as high as $3 a pound. The official price is around 60 cents. Real silk hose bring around $8 on the marche noir whereas the official price As about $1. There has been only, one shoe ration during and since the war, so that it is almost necessary to buy shoes on the black market For an ordinary pair of women's shoes, the black market tirice would be between $35 and $40, whereas if you wanted a pair of stout walking shoes that would last for some time, you probably would have to give the equivalent of $60. Cigarettes command the usual fantastic price that they do in all countries of Europe today. There is a black market street in Brussels where anything may be had from American uniforms to potatoes. And on clothing coupons can be bought the streets. "The black market has been helpMadame ing to bring prices down," went on Van de Ven said, and then into explain: "The Belgians are active be must They dividualists. even outside the law. When it was said no goods could be problack duced, people buying on the the that such prices created market somedo to forced government was so as thing to increase the supply goods Because down. to bring prices are coming on the market, the60price per of textiles has come down cent since New Year's and the government is taking steps to close up above the places that are selling official price." In the food line, the scarcest item secis potatoes, with meat running a elections the before ond. Just inwhich slightly out new list came creased the ration for fat, meat, was and coffee and, of course, there of peo many a suspicion on the part and potatoes are an important part of the Belgian diet Just under a pound of bread a day per person and twenty pounds ci potatoes a month are the ration. Three-fourtof a pound of coffee a month per person is the coffee ration and about two pounds of fat which must include margarine, a butter-sprea- d which contains cheese and butter. Oranges are rationed to two and pounds a month and dried fruits and raisins less than pound. The cheese ration is less than a quarter pound per per son per month. Miners, who are so essential to Belgium's economic recovery, are given extra points, of course. As Tor clothing, 100 tickets are allowed for a period. A woman's tailored suit would take 80 points, and an ordinary slip would use up 9 points. However, it is possible to obtain lingerie in certain stores without coupons if you pay extra francs, or you can buy clothing on the streets of Brussels. "But Belgium is doing very well,' she asserted. Madame Van de Ven's husband is an importer of refrigeration and wood products from the United States. They have a daughter, Jacki, and a son, Johnny. A lordly camache poodle, named Jeep, completes the family. Jeep, born on the day of liberation, has brown hair clipped to leave ruffs about his feet and head and wears a German iron cross. Yes, the Van de Vens think Belgium is doing very well. And that is the impression you get everywhere. One business man pre dicted to me that if conditions con tinue to improve, this little country will be back to normal by the end of the year. Already coal production is up to 75 per cent and steel 60 per cent. The textile mills are getting under way. But Belgium must have Imports especially from the United States. And in order to buy American " goods, she must have dollars. Belgium's greatest resources are labor and coal with which she makes im- - BOONE DESCENDANTS . . . Cecil, Woodrow and hs f Wy S. in LARGR . . . Leghorn hen Is a class hy herself. Liby owner' Mrs lm, F er ? WlUiam Albany, N. Y., inches In she looks egg, 8 Inches circumference. n w 4, X; ' In one-four- th . . ; Dr. of the Institute of Tcch, who w award h. vcuw ...awarded. on a civilian. 4ki,V7ton C. Boone. aU back-to-the-far- In several respects, children wiU$ fare better with "realistic" toys than adults with the real thing, it was said. Of doll houses there will be plenty all sorts of construction sets will be featured. Toy housekeeping appliances, such as model kitchen stoves, will be back. Tiny street scenes, filling stations will be made of metal or plastic not of woodl And dolls will again move their eyes and "talk." Science will be well represented in new play equipment. There will be chemistry sets, utilizing many harmless compounds that were hard to get during the war, and kits on such themes as "fun with electricity." There was no indication, it was said, that any toys will involve puttering with atoms. New games, particularly some that require a good deal of paper stage money, are being planned. and, despite the fabric shortage, costumes for dolls and for chil dren may be somewhat extrava WYO. Forrest ("Nubbins") Hoffman, who was recently taken to Denver for an internal checkup, was found to be suffering from nothing more than a cold. Hospital physicians ' DAY FOR ARCHERS At Trenton, N. J., a special hunt ing season for archers who want to hunt deer with bows and arrows may be granted by the New The Jersey state legislature. archers may be permitted to hunt deer November 3 to 9, while oth ers would wait for the regular season, December 17 to 21. Lloyd Eeebe, Sequim cougar hunter, killed a big cougar with two arrows from his bow after bis three hounds had treed the cat, says a report from Port Angeles, Wash. . . . .. The Van de Ven's camache poodle with Johnny. The German iron cross, once given to Nazi warriors for bravery! now adorns the dog. JEEP ported raw materials into goods for She has plenty of sale abroad. goods for internal consumption, because the outbreak of the war found her plentifully stocked, and the Bel gians were able to hide much of their supplies from the Germans which they are now putting on the market But Belgium must have export business. Before the war. Belgium was a land of low prices and low wages. When the cost of living began to ad vance 10 times above normal, wages were raised 80 per cent in order But to make existence possible. at that point the government decided that only a vicious spiral of in flation was in progress, so it put a halt to wage advances and start ed working on price decreases. As a result Belgians themselves tell you that the price drops In as short aston a time as two weeks are ishing." ders and smashed EKyugnts, no crumpled locomotives standing in the yards. As I came out onto the street (trams, they crowded street-car- s call them here) were hurrying by with people Jumping on and off as had moved best they could, as seems to be servicemen. England-bounall In fashion the there 1 noticed right away that a bustle was There over Europe. from was a difference In the station I had German n( civilian traffic to which major any almost of In Germany. that areujitomed in the Inst three gnwn city I had entered trolley-boardin- g gs A j PURELY PERSONAL NUBBINS HAS CHECKUP CHEYENNE, m ed Some readers have asked wheth er or not the editor of "Off We Go" is a pilot. Well, we ain't! We might be called a flying reporter, or ex gant ment Ci under-nourish- Ill-cl- ad AVIATION NOTES lf t'-- OF RUINS . . . Life toe on In a city of complete ruins. Children In Warsaw, Poland, are playinr gaofes in front of the ruins of Marien Kircher, the oldest church In the Polish capital. Charred wreckage forms a cross in the background. The population, once over a million, has dwindled to a few thousand of and population. Warsaw Is the "ghost city of Europe." The mystery Is why the few remain in Warsaw. WARSAW, CITY NEW YORK CITY. A boom, in play-thinat least, was seen at the fair sponsored by the toy manufacturers of the United States and held here recently. Miniature tractors and other farm implements will replace tanks, guns and heavy artillery next Christmas. lf WOKe, I'lJ in the rain beside the sta It was tion platform in Brussels. not yet light. The seven o'clock and we had which on train the rest of the flood full at crossed the Rhine from Germany, coming before night on to Calais with its d f A! These United States who examined him found "Nubbins" within one-hainch of normal height and less than one-hapound underweight The lad attracted nationwide sympathy two years ago when he celebrated his fourth Christmas several weeks early because it was believed he could not survive a bladder ail .tandlns HONORED J. FarmToys Replace Guns As Post-Wa- r Playthings I i? . one-fift- h Scars Still Show Comb Cities in...Belgium There were no twisted glr months. was .i.npr pion P"denl WV chnsett. -' claiming direct descent from Daniel Boone, serenade Senator Clyde Hoey of norm larouna at the capitol in Washinrton. The Boone boys live In the Great Smoky Mountains. -- P GETTING c. White f TVi- ' biad nine-year-o- ld III .' home, but it ple that this step had a direct connection with the elections. If you don't deal on the black market and stay within the ration here are some of the allotments: As in ether European countries. ultra-smar- t Bn W" aamaziRg economic recovery and is in a in an average Belgian home be. cause greater material advantages than many of their countrymen know have provided them a modernistic house, in the Hollywood sense, with expanses of glass and chrome, salons, a breakfast room on the second floor, a library, the decor and furnishings bespeaking a trend toward the As I sat talking to Madame Van de Ven, I could look across the coffee table with its bowl of narcissi In the center, to the salon with chairs and divan covered in clipped wool, a bowl of scarlet tulips on the table, to the dining room with its full-wa- ll landscape in oils. It was in this setting that Madame Van de Ven talked about living conditions in Belgium as she knew them during the war and now. "You can get anything you want in Belgium, if you pay for it." she told me. "That was true during the occupation, as well as now al L str.temeyer. former com- It a the C. S. air forcescona-laappointed hi. ..been l , formed air new me at i,r I - m nri . He of the siWe for defense ti.m Crre.i roiiji not.a s m relation to the rest of Europe. This though it has known the invader more than country ( ,4 19JB - J VET'S HOME A BARREL DEVIL'S LAKE, N. D. Ardell Ha gen, his wife and small daughter have set up housekeeping in a barreL The barrel, however, is a huge one formerly used as a hamburger stand. The family will live in the upper half of the barrel, in which Hagen has installed an electric cooking stove, running water, cupboards and sink. An oil furnace in the lower half will do the heating. cess baggage, or something, but we're not a pilot We took our first airplane ride a score of years ago in an Eaglerock biplane. Remem r, ber that plane? It was a one behind the other, open cockpit, etc. Later on we took more flights, including a ride with the veteran pilot Clyde Ice in a Ford trimotor job. During World War II we spent three years with the Air Transport Command in various capacities. We were successful in keeping ferry pilots from getting us into hot ships, but we did have a few rides that were full of thrills and chills. Back to the Eaglerock for a mo field .s our ment: We used a airport. Telephone lines, buildings. grain elevators, and a dozen other hazards made flying a little tough. group of us finally got the city fathers to purchase a quarter-se- c tion, 160 acres, for a municipal airport. Most people thought it was far too large then. 31 two-seate- f ... Herbert Hoover, center, former HOOVER DISCUSSES FOOD president of the United States, who Is currently making a tour of Europe to study the food problem, is shown following his arrival In Crechoslovakia with Lawrence Steinhardt, left, U. S. ambassador, and President Bencs, right, of Csechoslovakia. Hoover has reported an urgent need for food In most countries of Europe If open revolt and starvation Is to be averted. - Jose Iturbi Nervous Still personal: One time while we were in the ATC, we flew to Kansas City in a 7 (military version of ft y the DC-3- ) to meet Jose Iturbi, the famed pianist As we started back to the field where he was to give a concert for the G.I.s, we noticed he was jittery and didn't seem satisfied to sit still. At first we thought he was a little scared, but he soon let us know that he'd like to go into the ca in with the pilot and t. Jose, the rascal, is a pilot himself, and he likes to be where the action He had something like 800 Is! hours pilot time, we learned. His wish was granted. - - " . i - f, "fi v ' x ' v- - - ' - , v , ' V MADISON AIRPORT E. O. ("Gene") Strouse has been chosen temporary manager of the Madison municipal air- Lt ' , . i Col. . Strouse, recently discharged from the AAF. served in the RCAF also during World War II. He pilotover Tokyo on raids in the ed a Pacific war, and before the war operated a plane at Muscoda airport. Muscoda (Wis.) Progressive. port ' . V i'f JA B-2- 9 A iM J (i ' PINING UNDER THE PINES . . . Tls said that In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, so Jimmy Murray, Johnson City, N. Y., not wanting to be an exception to the rule, whispers sweet nothings to bis lady fair, Kathy Callahan. They're all wrapped up in the mysteries of puppy love as they bold a tryst under the pines. Many an oldster could take a lesson from this young fair couple. STRING IN STOMACH SIOUX FALLS. S. D.- -A local doctor had to pull strings recently when he operated on Clarence Kimball. Nearly 1,000 yards of fine string were found in Kimball's stomach. The patient pre viously bad been treated for a narrowing esophagus and fa. this treatment the first step was to swallow string which Introduced steel balls into the gullet to stretch the food channel. TWO TIMES TWO CORAPEAKE, N. C The most prolific cow in Gates county is owned by George Kittrell of Cora- peake, who points out this record as proof: On December 24, 1944, the cow, a registered Guernsey, gave birth to purebred twin calves, a male and a female. Less than a year later, on December 11, 1943, another blessed event occurred at the Klttrells. this time lt was twins again two lively bull calves. AERONCA CHAMPION with dem, gine; cruising speed, landing speed, 38 mph. two-seat- er . .. . Tan65 bp. en90 mph; AfA 'i--t -- '"' V ' ..." yi Edgar Bergen, radio comic, flies all over California with Charlie McCarthy a mere profile painted on the side of the plane! ' - ,. . X (4 1 u, ' ' y 1 f 4 in Private Flying, Says Hogan States from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast will have the biggest boom in private plane flying, according to Everett Hogan. veteran pilot and operator of a Mitchell. Neb., airport Hii prediction is based on the more favorable weather and More "wide open spaces" where fast flying Is easier. Hogan estimated that for the plane owner who rents space, the hangar cost for a year Gasoline to $500. runs from on the smaller planes Is about th same as for an automobile. . LJ 2J -- . .,... 1 . Ll , i: li . 'LJL For the first time since the war PARIS CELEBHATF.S AGAIN Paris burst forth with all Its pent up gaiety In a colorful carnival that brought forth Its brightest costumes and floats. The holiday spirit penetrated downward Into the younger brackets, too, and here we see three children of the many who marched through the streets of farls In masquerade, the hardships of war a thing of the past. |