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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE, UTAH iwfigiroarsro iDrtse& CLASSI I PE GOP Sweep Frees Truman Of Burdensome Program By BAUKIIAGE the slings and arrows which even Roosevelts enemies were wont to deflect to congress and other govfeel a is There WASHINGTON. ernment agencies will be aimed of Christmas in the Washington air squarely at the man in the White the more than which is prompted by House. of evanescence of the joyous spirit That prophesy required no gift Noel just try of the occult. Mr. Truman knew it a to get onto or I wouldnt have. then Connecticut avenow on the President is his From headed car nue man. own The legislation he offor the F street its fate may be, will whatever fers, shopping district. to suit his own hearts moulded be House The White has He desire. fought the fight to presents its usual of his ability, assailed from best the and of decor pine the right and the left and the rear ribboned wreath. as well as the front. Now he will And, at this writwrite his own ticket, be it good or tening, the chief Few Presidents have had such bad. ant is, I believe, an opportunity or faced a more a of dreaming severe test. Missouri Christmas among his Presidential Bee friends. he gram ... FOR ' Features sometimes more. Porterfield begged ABINGDON, Va. In these days of wholesale prosperity for money. Today, the reverse is and .bulging bank vaults it is difficult to recall that a mere true, about 90 per cent of the re' dozen years or so ago bread lines reached far up the streets, ceipts being in cash. Taking cog smoke long since had ceased to billow from factory chim- nizance of current shortages, Por neys, banks clanged shut their doors and threw away the terfield now begs for produce. Trace Groups History. keys, people faced starvation in a land of plenty, farmers History of the Barter theater is could not sell their produce and the American theater sufdivided into two periods, the prewai fered the worst season in history. ' period and the postwar proIt was in this depression setting that the Barter theater barter The distinction, fessional 1933. was born in Returning from a tour with Walter Hamp- Porterfield period. hastens to explain, does isnt realistic." enough that whether it was New Deal or what it was, the program of the President was one that the people rejected on election day, the moral obligations of the past, the effect of the pressure groups, the ukase of the party of bigwigs were swept away and Harry Truman, who didnt want the job that was thrust upon him when death commanded, was made a free man. satisfaction The Presidents springs not from any spirit of "I told you so" hurled at his alleged supporters, not from any lack of loyalty to a cause well lost. It was simply the weary but happy flood of relief of a man who, having attempted what he knew was an impossible task, saw that task ended, and friend and foe forced fairly into the ' open. War Terminated Honeymoon With Congress My mind goes back to another scene shortly before the death of President Roosevelt I sat in the office of the vice president talking of days when the caissons went rolling many miles along and both of us We rode beside them. apart talked also of the then forthcoming San Francisco conference of the United Nations and Mr. Trumans theme was what he felt to be his function. Paradoxically enough as it turned out later it was helping establish liaison between congress and the White House, complementing the highly successful effort of Secretary of State Hull which resulted in the forging of a foreign policy. And in so short a time, after Mr. Truman became President, that liaison between Capitol Hill and 1600 Pennsylvania avenue snapped in twain, never to be reunited. Three months after the President took office I recorded: "The political armistice in Washington will end shortly after the Presidents (Trumans) return from Berlin by that time domestic discontent will be crystallizing, the honeymoon will be on the wane. . . . And I then had the temerity to predict that if . . . "the Japanese war should end . . . within the year . . . President Truman will be stripped of the protecting armor of the Commander-in-Chief- . Then V A s 1 Senator Taft Politically Cautious clal statements concerning legist tion and policy. Most of the steps had been foreshadowed and the change of venue was not fanfared. The last 14 years make up the longest period of lean years that any party has suffered. I witnessed drouths the end of two through which the Democrats thirsted; close of the one that began with William McKinley and ended with William Howard Taft, when Wilson accompanied the "new freedom to the White House. And the next, another period, when the New Deal followed Hoover's exit. The Democrats had only a short between interlude at the Taft and Harding and their return in 1933 came in the midst of such a domestic crisis, with the mad days of the NRA following on the heels of the bank holiday, that our attention was diverted from poll-icBut what the Democrats did to the Republican officeholders wasnt as one Republican put good, recently. He added: "We are going to do the same for them." Congress begins with the Repub lican Presidential plum within eas ier reach than any which have dan gled in many a year and it is no wonder many hands are reaching hopefully for it. In fact. Senator sounded the Vandenberg early warning that more thoughts should be concentrated on the responsibil ities following the victory of '46, and less on the possibilities of 43, for the good of all concerned. The battle between the Taftites and the began even before election and the Ohio sena tor himself is so determined that this time he will win the nomina tion that he leans over backward to avoid criticism. He refused go on a broadcast for even a three minute statement of Republican policy and he took off for Central America shortly thereafter. er s. anti-Taftit- WNU den In Cyrano de Bergerac, Rob- ert Porterfield scanned the dismal Broadway scene. He found hordes of fellow actors out of work and hungry, with no prospects of casting calls. ' Recalls Ancient Trades. He thought of produce left in the fields and the problems of economics. He recalled that in farming communities considerable business is transreted by the ancient barter' His family, he rememsystem. had purchased the old Virbered,' ginia home place from the Indians by barter around 1800. Reasoning that there was plenty of talent on Broadway bnt no money and plenty of food on farms but no money Porterfield decided to bring the two together by founding the nations first "Barter" theater. As the site for his experimental theater, he decided on Abingdon, first English town west of the and only a few miles from the family homestead - at Glad He arranged to use the Spring. buildings of the defunct Martha Washington college for a home. Near this spot Daniel Boones trail west crossed the old Wilderness road. When Porterfield sounded out some of his stage friends, he was besieged by candidates willing to forsake Broadway for three months of acting in exchange for bed, beans and salubrious Virginia mountain air. Selects 21 Actors. From the list of applicants Porterfield selected 21 talented thespians, who were willing to double as stage seamscene designers, hands, stresses and general theater people. By wheedling pieces of furniture, old fabrics, electrical equipment, decorations and other properties on a round of shops, stores and wholesalers, Porterfield finally assembled a freight car of material. By the time Porterfield got his 21 actors and carload of equipment to Abingdon, he had one lone dollar in his pocket A canvass of the community netted kitchen supplies, tableware and other necessities. Women of the town made curtains; Boy Scouts cleaned up the grounds. On a sunny June day in 1933, the Barter theater, first theater to accept produce as well as cash at the box office, was officially opened to a packed house and a full pantry. The theater is located in the old Main street opera honse, erected in 1830 and the second oldest in the nation. The theater, incidentally, is part of the town hall. It is linked with the mayors office and the local hoosegow is in the rear, with the dressing rooms next to the cells. Pigs Are Prolific. First ticket to Barter theater was traded to a farmer for a baby pig, which became a pet of the Barter colony. At the end of the sea son Porterfield proposed to serve the pig at a farewell banquet for the staff, but the actors rebelled. Porterfield acquiesced and sent the pig to his fathers farm, where it formed the foundation for an unend ing supply of hams for the colonys Sugar-cure- d hams dining tables. from descendants of that little pig also went to playwrights in lieu of royalties, Porterfield never having paid a cash royalty. Intrigued by the new theater, townsfolk and farmers flocked to the opening night performance. News that tickets could be secured "in trade traveled fast. Soon the town barber arrived with an offer of haircuts and shaves for first row seats. Live chickens and other fowl, honey, potatoes, onions "enough to last for a century," lettuce, corn and cakes were included chocolate among the bartered items. Constant problem for Porterfields chief dietitian is to evolve new recipes with which to use the cottage cheese which two elderly women present for their admissions nightly. Once the two women brought more cheese than usual and asked for ten cents we because change thought we would like to buy a soda after the show." In early years of the theaters existence, produce accounted for almost 85 per cent of the total take, Children Rent Pets To Learn Habits BARBS by Baukhage for magazine smart travellers, advises, "Take even for along a spot remover the pleasure spots. e g shorers. Why is it that" when a , I not indicate that prewar companies were not composed largely of professionals. During that period, the actors received no compensation except bed and board. Since raising the first curtain oc June 10, 1933, the Barter colony has presented 154 plays in more thar In addition tc 1,000 performances. the regular Abingdon season, the players have trouped to nearby Virginia towns of the fog circuit, sc designated by Barterites because ol the ghostlike fog that is whisped each night through the mountains of southwest Virginia. Gets State Grant. Now, after being closed during war years when the young founder-directoentered the army air forces, Barter theater has resumed operations. Aided by a subsidy ol $10,000 from the commonwealth ol Virginia, Barter now ranks as the in history ol first "state theater America. From this start, Porter field envisions an expansion of such theatrical enterprises throughout the nation until something resembling the Old Vic theater of Eng land has been achieved. The state grant has enabled Barter to be set up on an annual basis with a permanent company Although now on regular salary, however, the actors still double as stage hands, box office cashiers, ushers and even as caretakers of ducks, pigs, chickens, goats $nd other barn yard denizens, some of which are recent box office receipts while oth ers are descendants of the original barter animals. Plan Extended Tour. At close of the regular season in Abingdon this fall, the company launched an extensive statewide tour covering 70 Virginia cities in an attempt to provide every citizen an opportunity of viewing the best in drama as staged by the theatrical group which the state has underwritten. Performances in other southern states will follow, with two weeks in New York climaxing the bow-ever- trip. On the results of the tour hinges the feasibility of state subsidized drama throughout America, herents of the project agree. Ancient Cherry Tree Still Yields Big Crnp party sure it's going to win a president ... election, it tries to pick a candidate with the least popular appeal? ad- MILWAUKEE, WIS. Designed to for two weeks although borrowers MADISONVILLE, KY. acquaint school children , with the are expected to buy fresh food. Thomas care and proper handling of small The service is available to all H. Mitchell, local farmer, boasts of the most remarkable cherry tree in animals which are popular as pets, schools in Milwaukee city and counthe a live animal rental service has United States. Reputedly 112 A leaflet gives information on been opened by the Wisconsin Hu- ty. years old. the tree is believed to be and needs habits, feeding cleaning mane society shelter here. growing on an old Indian burial mound. It is 50 feet high, has a limb Fifteen guinea pigs, 15 hamsters. of the animals. The new animal service is a phase spread of 34 feet from trunk to 20 white mice, 12 rabbits, 6 Japatip nese waltzing mice and 2 opossums of the societys public school edu- and still bears a bountiful crop In one year it are available for loan in pairs. The cational program which began in annually yielded 4,000 gallons of cherries lociety furnishes cages and dry food September, 1945 - In order to avoid noise, the Pull man company has developed a head bag made of cloth-likpaper. Now if theyll get nose-bafor the Madamoiselle, Five years ago, says the Aircraft Industries publication "Planes, altitude was measured in feet. Now its miles. How about applying the same measurement to prices? BED AND BEANS' Unique Barter Theater Plays Significant Role in U.S. Drama i Ing Machines. .8ALT LAKEDEn'. .. HOLIDAY gift nnes. half bushel express, o. L. , ' 603 son-in-la- Washington withdraws from official activity for the holidays without getting any real impact of the advent of the new regime. There has been the preliminary hurly-burl- y of reorganization on Capitol Hill but the same old faces are evident and the same old voices speak. The active Republican leaders in both houses of congress have been so much in the limelight for the last year anyhow that they merely appear to be stepping up, rather than stepping in. It all seems c quite routine and casual. There was just a touch of the excitement of the beginning of a new era when house and senate steering committees had their first meetings and made their first offl-- 5 Omc. son-in-lq- w Hums in Capitol Dome "Whether or not it is realistic. another member of the group replied, it isnt his program. He inherited it. It's New Deal and New Deal is Old Hat now. It doesnt represent Harry Trumans ideas at all, but he has to go through with it." As we look back, it is plain pj m over night. . . . Blase Broadway was even stunned by the news. Like impetuous kids they didnt plan very far in advance, and when it came time to locate an apartment, they found themselves out in the cold. . . . Imposing on the well wishes of friends, they drifted from one famTo bystanders ily to another. it looked like the marriage would wind up on the rocks of Reno. i . . Then a strange thing happened. Her parents, who had disowned her when she wed the guy, suffered a change of hard heart . . . "Come and live with us, pleaded her mother. Her father still hated the new but allowed him to move in. . . . Well, the marriage is OK now, and pretty soon they expect to have an apartment all their own. . . . Seems her mother and father fought night; and now ly over the new mom is Reno-boun- WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Whether R Tales of the Town: They were a couple of wild kids, and tjieir marriage was made in heaven like lightning. It happened Newt Analyst and Commentator. spends the holiday beneath his own rooftree or the one which Uncle Sam so generously provides, it can be said that it will be a far merrier occasion than a year ago. He will be among his friends as well as his family, and as one of his official circle put it, with his "professed enemies (the opposite party) in powenemies (offer his "unprofessed icially his friends) having no further opportunity to toss brickbats or bandy threats about his head. I recall another crisp, cool winter day last February a year ago, when we wended our way to the Presidents weekly press and radio conference. Bemused pansies (I recorded in this space) showed frostbitten faces in the garden of the . White House grounds. We were discussing the difficulties and differences which President Truman already was encountering at the hands of his own party in congress. "Congress has to be realistic in an election year, I quoted someone as saying, They are facing real Issues. And the Presidents pro- PA They were both names on Broadway. . . . Then they drifted into other fields. . . . Bnt he was so busy with his New York nlte spot and she with her magazine articles that they began to see less and less of each other. . . . Came the Inevitable. They split. . . . Didnt see each other for years. Only recently he heard from her. . . . She was suing him and demanding a sizeable honk of cash. . . . His hot spot, however. Is on the rocks. He is flat broke, and he tpld her so. . . . Now look what happens. Instead of collecting alimony, she is so tonched by his pitiful plight that shes sending him a fistful of folding money each week to keep the sheriff from his door. STOMACH buyer for a department store. Been there for years. Well liked. . . . Came a strike, and all the sales help walked out. . . . The boss asked her if she would pinch-hi- t as a salesgirl until As a the strike was settled. personal favor she acquiesced. . . Three days later she walked into the office with swollen eyes that told of sleepless nights. "Im resigning,1 she said. . . . But look, argued the boss, youve been with us for years; weve paid you well. Certainly you can stick with us through this trouble. "I want to, came the tearful reply, "but for three nights Ive been locked out of my home. My husband is a union official, and he refuses to sleep under the same roof with a strike-breakeShe is a high-salari- - YOUR- ed TROUBLES AWAY ... ' Why toss precious sleeps gestion, gassise stomach? Do is men and worn such simple o away! Just like Stuart Tabled retire and wA f .relaxed and nn .i ' to take no m bottle. Praised t used for yean for fl In dirt druggist Tablets. r! sizes 25c, makers 60c positive Getd guarantee. use them sonigb The towns booking agents are A much guffawing over this. disliked colleague is currently being sued because he borrowed several hundreds from a young assistant, got the guy fired and then refused to pay. . . . Came a letter from the lawyer the other day, and the booking agent furiously wrote back: "I dare you to take me to court over the 500 bucks I owe George. Ton havent any proof." . . . And then the chump signed his name! . . . Sohelpmeh! ... tomorrow! mtKil Although the President has no Intention of running again, he will not officially announce it until the final he moments, if at all. Because wants the final say on the ticket. He will oppose Wallace for president and James Roosevelt as vice-pre- z, according to intimates. . Political observers say Eleanor Roosevelt is the most popular and respected U. S. delegate to the U. N. . 20 million white shirts, they say, will be released before the Yuletide holidays. . . . Statistics show that of all surplus materials being offered do not exist as presented. Mostly all conversion. . . . The best golfers in the land rate Bing Crosby as a man. Waitll Bob Hope reads that! ... rs three-handic- ap Entrance: Burlesque will celebrate its 50th anniversary by having a poll to determine the 10 best comics in The winner will be hon- I' Stage bur-les-k. ored with a gold putty-nos. .. Russell Patterson (the Illustrator) and Doug Herts are looking for a beautiful Negro girl to "enter in the 1947 Miss America beauty contest." . . . Amos n Andy call the depression the good old days when there wss only a shortage of money. . . if Something to recommend youre In Miami Beach or nearThe Community Concert by: series. e. Footlights and Spotlights: A Phil-l- y newspaper took a street poll. It learned that three out of four queried passersby were on some sort of The U. S. treasbuyers strike. ury is out to clip the wings of Bway angels if their income tax halos arent on straight. . . Several of the Broadway "Coney spots have taken a beating. They may shave their prices on most machines. . . . Political experts claim the GOP has come back to life.- Or it may be the Rcpubs just look alive when compared with the Demmys. ... I and ... three-quarte- s OOI to you (JJi.ss r ssaSS-one rsSto 5140 JOOT Beautify tl f |