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Show CLASSIFY DEPART Democratic Leaders Fear Surplus Property Scandals , 20 By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator, WASHINGTON, D. C. There Is an old political axiom attributed to Disposal of Aluminum charges of the benefit to the exclusion of competiparty; tion or potential competition But either admit as a result of of the l". 1 t " opposition them frankly and Stuart Symington, when he was Surplus Property administrator, there them with every are now three lusty competitors in tissue of your the field, all apparently having oratory. benefited from a fair distribution Mistakes of the of the war enterprises made avail"ins are the able to them on equal terms. chief However, other Pharaohs came for the to Egypt. Haste and other incen"outs in an election year. tives are said to have destroyed the There is a small but very earnest pattern Present WAA officials deny this, but the Small Business combody of Democrats in Washington mitteemen unless that expect to prove their which believes today charges in open court. certain mistakes of the administraThe first step which the Small tion are freely and frankly admitBusiness boys would like to see takted and given a thorough airing, they en is the of an adminwill come back to haunt the Demo- istrator onappointment whom they agree They crats even unto the third and fourth feel the official should be a civilian fully, or deny Senator Murray plus steel equipment and facilities connected with the Geneva plant in Utah a layout that cost the gov- ernment some 200 million dollars. It was sold to the United States Steel corporation for $47,500,000 in May of this year, over the bid of the Colorado Fuel and Iron corporation, the dominant figure in manufacturing and distribution of steel products west of the Rockies Congressman Chenoweth of Colorado questioned this WAA disposal. The Small Business committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Murray, has made a long and careful study of the distribution of some 500 plants and facilities to date It intends to have a report on this sube ject early in November. The likewise intends to air the assembled material and other testimony in hearings thereafter with emphasis on certain industries; steel, for instance, because of its many ramifications, the chemical Industry for similar reasons, and the makers of farm tools and other implements because of the crying need for such commodities and the many veteran users interested. Members of the Small Business committee believe that the pattern of the distribution so far has been haphazard and not in accordance with that provision of the law which plainly states that war material may not be sold to buyers in a manner that will encourage monopoly, but that instead will stimulate free competition Members believe that the faults of the past must be studied carefully in order, negatively, to pi event further encouragement of com-mitt- B A R B S The water-wagois ondof the few conveyances which is easier to gi t off of than on to n o.jf 3 Vignette: Laura LaPlante, the movie star, who is still a looker, tells it herself. . . . She drove up to a gas station recently where the and attendant did a double-tak- e said: Say, did anybody ever tell you that you look like Laura LaA bit cagily, Laura Plante? replied: Why, yes. As a matter of To fact several people have. which he hastily added: Oh, dont get me wrong, lady. I dont mean the way she looks NOW1 ... ... An American newspaper man and a Russian scribe got chum- my at the peace conference. I cant understand your Stalin, said the Yank. It took a world war to get ns American reporters into Russia. What are yon complaining about? chuckled the Russian. It took a world war to get us Russian newspaper men out! Ms Another newsman, recently back from the Balkans, explained the Tito regimes arrogance with this He asked a Yugoslav yam. leader why his tiny nation insisted on alienating a powerful friend such as the U. S. . . . The Yugoaf sneered: Tiny nation? We and the Russians number more than 200 millionl When Senator La Follette raised memorial to his senatorial career in the form of one of the most progressive pieces of legislation affecting the internal affairs of the cona II auk ha go Bars keep crooks in jail and husbands from gettmg home in time for dinner. mnn s cousin nre According to the new law lobby-i- s a hive to register with concuss. Can me n gistir with the voter? All the political op; lcsauce In the world won't give us any more apple butter or apples or buttir. sns the rector of is respect for the other Tolerance, 1 SOME AND AUTO Sl'PPLTsiv3r cure your future. Franchise and dise available now for new Stores. Investigate before youh?es Write KENTON New York Novelette: Not too long ago a pretty newcomer chorine phoned a newspaper man she knows. . . . She said she had a weighty problem for him to help solve. She said her chief ambition was to wed a millionaire, but she didnt know any. . . . Could he introduce her to some? . . . Nothing came of it. A few weeks ago that girl married a who settled nine million dollars on his for the divorce. The newlys are still honeymooning. . . . She is Marianne OBrien. . He is the Camel ciggie heir, ... INSTRUCTION ... MISCELLANEOUS WE BUT AND SELL Office Furniture, Files Typewrit. In Machines Safes Cash SALT LAKE DESK EXCHANu 85 West Broadway. Salt Lake City Buy U. S. Savings Boychoir School Rated Unique Youth and Educational Proiect v which to most people would seem insurmountable. Down in Columbus, Ohio, the unbounded faith of one man has proved the major factor in formation and development of the Columbus Boychoir School, which in the short span of six years has been accorded national and international acclaim in the realm of youth projects and educational enterprises. S The idea of a boy school choir was conceived by Herbert Huffman, musical director of the school, who riculum with emphasis placed on choral training. Admission to the school then and now had two for several years had been minister requisites, musical aptitude and the of music m a Columbus church. possibility of a good voice. Forty-eigboys attended the opening sesFounded on Faith. When the school opened its doors sion, the enrollment increasing conin September, 1940, its chief assets sistently to reach the present total were Huffman's faith and the enthu- of 97. A siasm of Harry C. Marshall, headinterdenominational master. institution, the school relies on returns from its own concerts and Although books, blackboards and teachers salaries were public subscriptions for support. among the missing Items, the Although the teachers in the earlack of these usual essentials in ly days of the struggling school the school was a minor factor. were given no assurance of a salary, The men and boys worked tothey came anyway as a result of gether for the development of their faith in the genius of Huffman their ideal until their own enand the conviction that their ideal thusiasm began to pay divieventually would be realized. dends. Make Town Hall Debut. In launching the unique educationIn the third year of its existence, al project, the founders termed it a the unique, tuition-fre- e organization venture into choral training using got its long awaited opportunity. music as the means, not the end Siegfried Hearst, representative of a motivation, not a goal diThe the National Concerts and Artists rectors decided that choral trainattended a rehearsal of ing held untold possibilities for the corporation, the in Columbus Captieducational and moral development vatedBoychoir the group, he advised a by of each boy Town Hall debut In New York IgActually, the choir had existed two years prior to founding of the noring the financial drain, the choir went to New York to score its first school. The bojs had rehearsed success outstanding Reviewers after their own schools let out, but were lavish in their praise. time did not permit sufficient Only following the personal contact between teacher Town disappointment Uall dvbut was that the and boys anticipated request from N C A C. form Unique S hool. to manage the Boj choir failed to The solution was the Columbus materialize. Now, however, the Boychoir School of four grades, N C A C. has full management of using the standard scholastic cur the choir's affairs. ht non-profi- t, Second major opportunity for the choir came three years ago when the choir appeared m concert at the Radio institutes annual convention at Ohio State university. Leading radio executives arranged to present the Boychoir in a series of broadcasts. Radio appearances and concerts brought the work of the choir to the attention of musio lovers throughout the nation, with subscriptions guaranteeing future of the school beginning to pour in. Two-thirof the back salaries now have been paid. Huffman, who had received nothing for his labors for the first five jears, has started to draw his wages. The school, which started with faith and a $6,000 budget, has set its goal at $25,000 next year. Lack of housing and boarding for applicants has prevented many deserving boys from taking advantage of the unique opportunities offered by the school. To remedy this situation, more than $100,000 of a $150,000 quota has been raised in an intensive building campaign. Tlan Major Tours, For the past six years, the Boychoir confined its choral activities to Columbus and its environs. Ex panding its activities, the choir conducted its first organized tour through the East last spring In response to requests from parents in all parts of the country, the Columbus Boychoir summer camp at Chautauqua, N. Y., was estab lished to make the unique training of the school available to boys from other communities. Supported at first by nothing but an abounding faith, Columbus School today ranks as one of the nations major achievements In the artistic and educational world. well-earn- Boy-cho- ir Court Sets Aside Wilt Typifying Spinsters Hatred oi Men NLWARK, J Hie last earthly run a woman. N wish of Miss Louisa Strittmater to show her utter contempt for nitn Was rcjeited when a court sit aside her will, which would have cut off her male relatives without a pinny and lift the bulk of hi r estate to the Nutional Women's patty Neighbors said the ilderly spinsters bitter hatrid of men induced hi to hoard her money In hi r home because she could not find a bank Part of her estate was In gold coins dug up from the basement of her home In Bloomfield, N J, after her death on December 9, 1944 In sitting aside her will. John O clow said the woman's hatred of men went bevond the borderline of sanity Miss Stnttmnter regarded men with an instant hatred and looked forward to tlie scientific day when by $15,-00- 0 Bond Gas on Stomacl Relieved in 5 minutes or double your men,, When exeeae stomach acid dates painful Inggas sour stomach and heartburn doctors l prescribe the fastest-actin- g meaiewei kim symptomatic relief medicines like thotemti Tablets No axativo LU ans brings con July or double your money back on return oi to ua. 2m at all druggist. Yodora checks women could bear children without the aid of men, the prerogative court justice said. 'In 1937 she wrote: 'It remains for feministic organizations to make exposure of womens 'protectors and Tovus' for what their vicious and contemptible selves are ' " Bigelow said Two male first cousins, wno had been left out of the will, and a second cousin will share in the estate. R. J. Reynolds. Broadway Torch Song: (By Don Wahn): The mob is back the nights take on a tang. . . . New shows, new gals, new blood is in the veins. Yet I remember all the songs we sang. . . . When wine was king and glamour held the reins. . . . That was an autumn tinctured with delight . . . When life was lush and all the chips were down. . . . And we would wait like culprits for the night. To steal the gold that drifted on the town. . But we were ripe for all the pranks of Fate . . . And so we came to terms with discontent . . . And sude fnly we found the hour was late. . . The vine was low the gold was strangely spent I turned to you as solace for a Fool, , . But you and autumn both turned very cool! ... oi!t perspiration SM700Z ex-wi- WNU Features. i UNDECIDED ABOUT TOUalTr Study Beauty Culture, it is ,LT and highly paid. Approved under tl Bill Write for Catalog Ql ISH SCHOOL OF BEAUTY rn- 18 So. Main St. gait Lai, e, Faith Moves Mountains Faith still moves mountains, provided it has as its moti- vating force a person who refuses to recoytize obstacles AUTO STOREsf Dalla, ... v Smart Politicos Outsmart Themselves have no more use for tin se modernistic chairs than a toad for a ti adstool 1 v? The incumbent, at this writing, Maj. Gen. Robert Littlejohn, is said to have expressed the desire tb be relieved of WAA responsibilities, but no successor has been indicated. The next step desired, after the hearings, is a thorough reorganization of methods and, if necessary, an of overhauling of the whole set-u- p the agency. This, proponents of the idea claim, will not only, be in the good of the veteran, the business man and the national economy but in the good of the party, as welL by Salt Lake C.ty, Utah" r Ma.n like the nazis would be victorious could have been shot. rather than an army man. gress, the reorganization act, something occurred which the liberal wing of the Democratic party didnt realize was being done, and which has caused them no little concern ever since its practical application dawned upon them What happened was not Senator La Follettes fault, but the result of that ancient evil, seniority, which the original reorganization measure would have eliminated. Congress couldn't accept that radical departure and seniority still operates. Under this procedure a senator automatically becomes chairman of any committee to which he is appointed if he has been a member of the senate longer than any other member of the majority party on the committee. This system has long been recognized as an eviL Just having been around longer than anybody else is frequently less than a recommendation. Unfortunately there are too many cases where a stuffed shirt and an empty head, although they can win votes from a constituency, provide a contribution which contributes less than nothing to the highly important function of running a committee. And chairmen have become even more important now that there are fewer of them. Administration Democrats might have acted otherwise had they real-ize- d what they were doing. Because of the semonty rule, only two northern Democrats will retain their chairmanships when the new and modernized congress organizes next January. They are Walsh of Massachusetts and Wagner of New York (provided, of course, they are and the Democrats hold their place as majority party). The rest of the chairmanships go to the South and since some southern senators persist in voting against the more liberal measures of the administration and joining with the Republicans on others just to show their independence, it leaves the liberal Democrats in a somewhat precarious position. There is another factor which doesnt sit too well with a number of northern Democrats, either Under the new set-uthe chairman of a committee will be more influential than ever for he now is provided with a large and efficient staff The work of his committee will be more important than formerly because committee woik won't be spread as thin as it was Since the circle of chairmen is more exclusive and since a member's perquisites and contacts will be greatly Increased, a chairmanship is a juicier plum than ever. 714 ... national Plants Sets Pattern of the They point out the distribution past which runs of facilities for the manufacture o 1 something like the light metals, especially alumithis: Never ar- - num It was feared that the Alumi- - generation. These mistakes, they say, are the ones which have been made by the War Assets administration. There is a segment of the administration, on the other band, including some of the White House chief counsellors, who dont approve of this theory. They think that the best thing to do is to get rid of the surplus property as quickly as possible and forget all about the whole mess. But the whole mess is not going to be forgotten. In fact, It is quite safe to predict some riotous headlines shortly after election, which will make the rather limited revelations of the Mead committee on war contracts look like very pale and limpid prose. The headlines are likely to concern that matter which already has emitted some rather noxious odors but which when exhumed, will cause a still stronger stench in the public nostrils. This is the disposal of sur- - VVHrpi7 New ana Used Home tactory Built Models to case) are as spineless as spaghetti. The defendants aped nazi tactics and still are echoing nazi propaIt provides a galling ganda. contrast: Thousands of American soldiers lost their lives fighting naznsm. Others lost their eyes, hands and limbs. But some defeatists in our justice dept refuse to take Hitlers stooges into court for fear of losing a case! . . . And remember that any American soldier monopoly and, positively, to establish a pattern which will stand as a standard of operations for the future. WXU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. AUTOS, TRUCKsTT HOMES ON Notes of a Newspaper Man: The Justice Dept members (who are planning to ashcan the sedition IJpyl Made on a Jace cream last. Yodon actually soothing to normal siini Entirely tree from irritating is Can be used right after under ir shaving. Slays soft and creamy, indefinite, Never gets stiff or grainy No harsh chemicals to spoil dotL Tubes or jars, 10, SO, 60 Yes, Yodora is a gentle deodonc Try it Jed the wonderful different- ... ... Many of the misunderstandings between nations can be traced to a lack of knowledge. Some newspaper men in an enlightened city such as Paris know very little about the United States. Several months ago a gazette in Paris referred to a village of 200 souls in the half savage state of Texas. ... gram) Sounds In the Night: At Leon & Eddies: Tommy Manville must be getting old. He took a vacation this summer instead of a honeymoon In the Cub room: Oh, stop giving yourself 4 stars!" At the Singapore: Hes a typicai Broadway success. Doesn't know anybody any more. In Village Her tongues an exVanguard: press train, and rumors are its only passengers At the 400: Ev-ery time one of those guys at the United Nations conference shakes a threatening fist hes taking your life in his hands. At the ullf. t00k me t0 bakfast FT:.night. At the Stork: Be She l0kS Uke 11,6 plalnWI typf11 ... ... ... ... Boston added another slice of stupidity to their record, ..though Life with Father has been running there for more than a year, the Boston censors finally decided to delete a line from the play. R recalls the time the same" issued the following in. struitions for a film: Eliminate scene showing man kicking girl And then the censors report added This elimination required on only Sunday showing ip due to MONTHLY LOSSES and women whojj much during monthly Perl?Lo youre pale, weak, "dragged this may be due to lack ol Bo try Lydia E. Plnkham' a one of the best home build up red blood In uclj Plnkham Tablets are on can best blood-iro- n tonics you You glrla WNU-- W Tor You To Feel U 4'' 4 hour every day. ? hn Work, never topping;, in wato natter from tha blood If mora panpls wera wr fctdneya must constantly f plua fluid, cxceu aciua an natter that cannot any Without Injury to health, bt bettor understand nf whola system is upset win ' , , ty to functioQ properly. 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