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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE. UTAH Hlistory Lives oim Washiinigtioin) Sttoftyes Americans Dote on Nations Monuments to Its Heroes h & xl. n "V ' jwpuk 'Ssuiwwsw !'' ' He was GENERAL Jackson then. We think of him as President Jackson now. And we make fun of the horse he's sitting on, that prancing steed with his feet planted so firmly in the air ("like a liberal congress' man," as one of the old conservatives used to say). It took many pounds of lead in Andys horse's tail to keep the two of them in balance, they tell me. don't think the horses hind taken down for a litUe re- pair. A newspa perman, hard up for a feature, sat down and wrote himself quite a piece. His name was John Russell Young, and he is now commissioner (mayor) of the District of Columbia. In his piece, he suggested that when Washington was prettied up and returned to public view, he should be placed in the center of Lafayette perk. Andy Jackson, Young thought, could be relegated to Washingtons former relatively obscure position in Washington Circle. Local officials agreed. Then the deluge. The story was widely printed and it seemed that every Democrat in the United States was personally affronted. The presidential secretaries had bales of mail to answer. The climax came when a Andrew Jack-so- n patriotic and marching club, which appeared to be very much alive and kicking, threatened to descend on Washington In a body. The President had to Issue a public statement saying that Andy was safe. But I didn't intend to run on about Andy. The park is not, as I said, named after him. Its named after that young man you see over there on the southeast corner looking right across Pennsylvania avenue into the window of the No. 1 guest chamber of the White House. His name is Marquis Marie Joseph Paul Yves Rich Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette. Yes, we're In Lafayette park. Over there on the northeast corner is another Frenchman, Field Marshal Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau. Over there on the northwest, opposite the Decatur House where Commodore Stephen Decatur died after being shot in a duel with a fellow officer (Commodore Barron) out at Bladensburg, is Baron Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich von Steuben, who was as useful to General Washington, in his way, as Lafayette t was in his was r long-forgott- J f f every time 1 passed by the statue of Kosciusxko, 1 could hear a faint murmur. I had no doubt it was Kosciusxko telling what he would do today if he could just get down from his pedestal. A number of people wrote in about that. They always do when I mention the statues. People are interested in statues even though they have gone out of style as monuments. You know, the Du Pont family took the bust of old Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont out of the famous circle named after him, and replaced it with the present beautiful memorial fountain. Some Washingtonians were deeply offended and the national parks service was kept busy for several days answering phone calls and letters from indignant citizens. In fact about the only complaints the national parks service has been receiving of late years have been concerned with the upkeep of the 77 statues entrusted to its care. Some Washingtonians call up to rebuke the service for the greenish tinge creeping over some of them, like Kosciuszkos. It is bronze and weather turns it green, which most sculptors feel adds to its beauty, so the service doesn't worry too much. There wasn't much money for the national parks daring World War II to pretty up Washingtons statuary. About all the service could manage was a yearly washing of each statue (it takes several men a whole day for the laundering Job). But this year congress gave the service $10,000 for trucking equipment, hoses, masonry repairs, plumbing fixtures for the fountains and other monuments. They have another $10,000 to spend on structural repairs to replace missing arms, legs and chunks hacked out by souvenir hunters, for statues have their ghouls, too. But most of the finger breaking, it is believed, is done by perverted youth. On the whole, people like statues. A ip ' 3 Until the curtain goes up, a publicity blackout has been ordered by committee chairman Parnell Thomas of New Jersey. However, it is e known that a swarm of actors and actresses will be brought to Washington next month to testify on alleged communism in Hollywood. Even if the probe doesnt prove anything which it probably wont it will keep Congressman Thomas name on the front pages always helpful when one aspires to be GOP senator from New - big-nam- dih Jersey. mntiimm FLORIDA OYSTER FLEET . . . Fishermen are busying themselves again along Florida gulf ports bringing in the first of the 1947-4- S oyster haul. Here oysterers secure their craft after a long days hunting in Apalachicola bay. NEWS REVIEW Corn Estimate Lowered; Aid Europe Now, Plea REPEAT: booming him for Less Corn nomination. The 1947 com crop, estimates of IN MILWAUKEE,. . . Mrs. Lucy which have been shrinking like a Nostrand stepped from a bus at a $10 suit ever since August, was rebusy intersection, was knocked to duced by another 33 million bushels the pavement by a cow, in the department of agricultures a refugee from a meat company , September report shipment Total estimate cuts since August URGENT: 1 were 256 million bushels, and the now has outturn this year expected Aid , ; , been placed at 2,403,913,000 bushels. Stopgap George Marshall, U. S. secretary There was more potential bad of .state, was trying his best to pile news, said the department: In case up pressure for a special session of congress this autumn to finance imMEAT SUPPLY mediate interim aid to keep Europe on its feet until Marshall Meat production can be maine tained at a high level in the next rehabilitation plan begins functioning. year, despite the curtailed corn crop, animal feeding authorities Stymied by Republican leaders declare. Extensive and efficient who were either downright opposed use of vegetable oil meal and or indifierent to an emergency sesother products will enable farmsion before January, Marshall was ers to produce pork freely at taking his case to the people,' attless cost than If corn were used empting to rally public opinion beexclusively in feeding. hind him. Intolerable cold and hunger are an early frost should blanket the the immediate threats facing Eucorn belt, another reduction would rope, he said. The crisis calls for be likely. v "urgent consideration. What would it cost this time? Crop reporting board said that it now seems likely that at least 75 Marshall said that there was as yet needs, but per cent of all com in the 12 corn no estimate of stop-ga- p belt states will have matured by the he didnt deny reports that William average date of the first killing L. Clayton, undersecretary of State, frost," but warned that if it were a had cabled from Europe a request week early, it would catch about 40 for a special session of congress to per cent of all com at an immature vote 2.5 billion dollars for aid now. The special session was far from stage. If frost came a week later, only a 15 per cent loss would be assured. If it came to a showdown, GOP leaders probably would oppose registered. Latest estimates plso foretold a it openly, and they could, if they sharp reduction In the record wheat wished, stifle any economic aid legislation. crop. Output was set at 1,408,602,000 bushels, as compared with the August 1 prediction of 1,435,551,000 GOP VICTORY: bushels. ... long-rang- '' Straw in Wind? Jubilant Republican were making much of Franklin H. Lichten-walter- s resounding victory over d Phil H. Storch, Democratic candidate, in a special IN NEW YORK . . . Margaret election to fill Pennsylvanias eighth Trumart coloratura soprano, was district seat in congress. unanimously approved by the board The issue, naturally, was the of governors for membership in the American Guild of Musical Artists was a labor law, and the outcome (AFL) as a junior vocalist in good voters of the lawacceptance by the and what it sigstanding. nifies. If Pennsylvania is as much a IN TOKYO . . . Hidekei Tojo, foras it is political weathervane mer Japanese premier, now on trial claimed to be, the Lichtenwalter war life as a for his victory forecasts a cold, bleak wind criminal, peered infrom the, north for Democrats in to the future, chose 1948. , an epitaph for his hoop-l- a called the vote Republican tombstone: "By a smashing rebuke to the radical Buddhas grace all labor bosses who chose to make the sins committed y labor management act wh'ie living are abthe paramount issue of the elecsolved." two-to-o- Taft-Hartle- IN LONDON Bu i -- Taft-Hartl- 1 t folks would think that congress had had enough oi after that Brewster-Hughe- s fiasco. However, another big extravaganza is being cooked up by the house investigating committee that will outdo the Hughes probe in names and glamour, if not headlines. MOST This is the Washington statue of Kosciuszko, Polish patriot, general and statesman, who served as George Washingtons adjutant and laid out the fortifications at West Point. There is another monument to him at West Point. ... I i Elliodor M. Libon-ati- , visiting LegionTJ naire from Chi- cago, paused in front of No. 10 Downing street, the prime minister's residence, wickedly waved a handful of dollar bills in the air, attracted no takers. IN TALLAHASSEE . . . Sen. Claude Pepper (Dem., Fla.) opened his mouth to say that if the Democratic party should feel that he could render greater service in some other way, I would be greatly influenced by that feeling, turned around to find that his friends were tion." Army Shrinking Alarmed war department officials have estimated that the armys postwar strength has sunk to a new low of 965,000 officers and men, 105,000 below its authorized quota. The army lost 75,000 officers and men during July and August and gained back only 50,000 through its recruiting campaign, thus suffering a net loss of 25,000 since July 1, when strength was 80,000 below the ; authorized leveL will FORECAST I got to reminiscing on the air about how I had been told Polish students acted in the days when Poland was divided between Russia, Austria and Germany. Teaching of Polish history was suppressed, and Take a tip from the coal producthe Russian secret police then were ers: Unless your furnace burns as brutal (if not quite as efficient) oil, it will be a good idea to keep as the Communist police in Poland a little sunshine m your smile and are today. warmth in your heart this winter. It seems a Polish teacher in those Because, from the standpoint of days occasionally would slip into his obtaining coal, it looks like the winn lecture some subtle or ter of 1947-4will be the toughest patriotic remark. There wouldn't be in at least six years. Producers althe slightest response from the stuready are drearily that dents. The teacher would go right there is littleadmitting chance that fuel shortand ahead, then, after a perfectly ages, inconvenience and suffering innocent sentence of some kind, can be put aside. he'd pause (and probably do a little Reasons for this uninviting outThen the look are "significant smiling"). three, in particular: students would fairly raise the roof demand in a peace-tim-e Unparalleled 1 with applause and cheers delayed period which even record . action. production (600 million tons), will I mentioned that on the air, not fully satiate. Attempts are beas i said, and commented that ing made to stockpile, but to little anti-Russia- 8 avail. Industrial stocks are the lowest in years; retail supplies on hand are only fair. shortage of rail- 2 Unprecedented road cars. Never, In history of the solid fuels industry, were so few cars available to move so much coal to so many consumers. buyer indifference to 3 Domestic pleas that they fill their bins during summer months. That apathy is accounted for by higher retail prices of coal, combined with the prolonged heat wave which lulled the householder into a false sense of security. At the same time, paradoxical though it may seem, coal production this year will reach a level surpassed only by the output in 1944 when the nation was at the beight of its war effort. Even If miners dug and machined an average of only 10 million tons a week during the remaining weeks of 1947, production would be 45 million tons higher than the 532 million total in 1946. Because of strikes, idle time, car shortages and a shorter work week, the mines have lost somewhere between 35 and 50 million tons of production so far this year. Concerning prices, the most likely prospect is for them to go up again. Dealers say that the customer appears ready to take higher charges for his coal as something unavoidable, but he doesn't like it. DZ PaAiF: Card Fortunes I Tff WHETHER youre plaj T T j your own, you JU on a charity bazaar or a pi can j always! booth teg fortune-tellin- g K Jd the crowd entertained. "nt 1 Bedeck yourself in a colorful and dangling earrings; get out,- cards, dice, dominoes, a crystal the tea leaves and you're set t!. fun! r . a Our Weekly Newspaper Service No. 65 explains fortune-tellint ,tkaT crnaUng methods. Send 25 cents Tetuj' Let Me Tell Your Fortune-- ' t Newspaper Service, 243 West m isCtl York 11, N. Y. Print name, adirtagl let tiUe and No. 65. g ! rTi WALTER W1NCHELL The Washington Ticker I ' t 'data t The administration is split right down the middle into two blocs liberal and conservative. The conl, servatives are led by Secretary for whom the President has great respect, and include Harri-maKrug, Snyder and Clark. The liberals are Bob Hannegan, Gael Sullivan, Schwellenbach and Clark Clifford. . . . The conservative bloc wants to force the ouster of Prime Minister Clement Attlee in Britain by insisting the British will get no relaxation of the loan agreement or other financial aid until Attlee is out, a coalition government is in, and the socialization of industry is stopped. , . . With the elections coming on, Mr, Truman is listening to the liberals on domestic policy. - U. 8. Ambassador is dwelling in a Warsaw hotel because the home provided by the Polish government was taken over by 30 squatters, who resist every effort to shoo them out. For-resta- n, Dwight Griswold will resign as of Trumans commission in Greece. Because, he says, Qreek monarchists (and our state department) are giving him the finger." He bitterly adds .that he isnt gonna hold anybodys bag! . . . Another Truman exec will quit and take an offer (at 60 Gs) in private industry, unless he inherits Hanne-gan- s chairmanship of the Democratic national committee. Now why would any man want a thankless job like that? head (hat-in-han- PAUL MALLON Treasury Juggles Its Figures DRESIDENT TRUMAN found the lost figures in his fiscal midyear budget review. Although dollar volume of business and income have been increasing since January, no one around the treasury has been able to find the figures showing how much this would increase receipts, and thus justify the Republican tax reduction. When the June 15 quarterly Income taxes came in to the treasury till, the Democratic actuaries should have been able to estimate immediately how much more money they would take in this present year than they had figured. But the Republican tax reduction bill was then under .consideration in congress, so the aotuaries just looked dumb, and pointed to the daily treasury statement, which is an unrevealing generalization of matters fiscal. By June 30, this statement showed receipts were actually down the first six months of this year over last, Instead of up above the budget calculations. Even at the fiscal year end. Treasury Secretary Snyder merely estimated the surplus larger than expected for the closing year and warned against tax reduction, as you will recall. By this little fiscal ruse, the Democrats caused the Republicans to use the budget estimates of last January, which kept them on the defensive and forced them to Justify any tax reduction by the amount of economies they could make. H. I. PHILLIPS Super Duper Russian Tomatoes Russia has perfected a spray that grows tomatoes three times normal size. However, the effect of them dropped on an enemy city remains undetermined. A feature of the Elks' outing will be a sheep roast and barbecue." And we stilf consider Russias production of a super tomato totally eclipsed by its production at U. N. meetings of the super a hard-boile- d egg. How to annoy a Republican: Send him a ticket to The Roosevelt Story. When ironing, remembedouble thicknesses such as,"1 collars and cuffs should on the wrong side, Eg ouraf the right. - Griffis "This beef stew is too thick, waiter." evuhg Leave about an inch carrots when preparing th?.J5 ! grating. This serves as a on which to hold while grat carrots and prevents finger;, rer getting too close to the grat01' cm m Instead of sewing snaps nnual fine material, sew them to sZ?7" aT of silk tape and whip theV along the hem where the are needed. Prevents snaps cutting through when gantijj ironed. ru to To remove smoke from a m quickly, dip a towel in viTrai) and hot water (equal parts) out, and whirl it gently ovqtg g head about the room. ISl.tt f !7,CC3 When hanging clothes tc0,(3 hang large items first boas smaller ones can be fitted ziq g eom maining spaces easily. roduc When you wash your iifinoi: board cover, put it back rfi,8K board while still damp and ivan securely. When dry, the lead, will fit smoothly. This samel can be applied to i For pressing dark wool cl use a piece of dark wool ir the clothing and a dampens " ton cloth On top. ntfli 0 Two thin coats of paint give ter results than one thick JLJ Sandpaper lightly between C - r Tl an i -- Mdy ROW IT C'oifisVAiS CMS! To Ease Distress of Colds um During the Night "Make it 20 gallons. I wanna bust bill anyhow." "Im sick of meat; why dont we have fish once in awhile?" "Whatever you do, dost let the women see you drinking." m m There is this to be said of the liberation of India: Lord Mountbat-te- n gave it an air that not even Tyrone Power could have improved on. KNETRATES Into upper bron chill tubes with speciel soothing medicine! vepois. STlMUUt poultice. i ! soon as you rub Vapol As on throat, chest a WALTER SHEAD British Squander Recovery Funds action;Tryitl of Connecticut spoke truly when he chided his SEN. colleagues: "If we are to remain the majority party we must act effectively in the interest of a majority of the people. If we d act only in the interest of a minority of Republicans, we shall i chest end tucf feces like t Ing, comfor, back at bedtime it start!) work instantly to ease n eries of colds. It invites si and works for hours durs the night to relieve distres Often by morning most ms ery of the cold is gone. Out VapoRub gives this spedi VANISHING AMERICANISMS " Heres a penny for being a very good boy all week. I two-doll-ar L a li iWICK 1 V Vapors RAY BALDWIN rock-ribbe- again quickly become a minority party. The record of the first session of the 80th congress bear out the Connecticut senators charge, but the charge fits equally well the record of the 79th congress which legislated In the interest of a minority of d Democrats. y Our system doesnt contemplate government by coalition, but durfhg both the 79th and 80th congress It was evident the trend toward continued progressive government was halted and the clock turned back by this coalition of southern Democrats and Republicans, aided and abetted by the pressure groups of lobbyists. The power of recall held by the voters of the nation is helpless against this kind of government and a return to strict party responsibility, essential in our democracy, will be the best insurance against the evils of communism and fascism spreading dangerously as a result of Tory two-part- COLD-BLOODE- D X'P appear. rock-ribbe- Coal Shortage Looms for U.S. 0 Thomas and his investigators are mum about which movie stars and producers will appear. However, it can be revealed that those scheduled to be invited or subpoenaed include: Charles Chaplin, who filmed "The Dictator; Katharine Hepburn, who introduced Henry Wallace to a Los Angeles rally; Adolphe Menjou, Robert Taylor, Director Leo McCarey and Hans Eisler, a Hollywood composer and brother of Gerhardt Eisler, recently convicted of contempt of congress. Jack Warner, who produced Ambassador Joe Davies book "Mission to Moscow, at a time when we were wooing Russia, also labor-supporte- Kosciusxko Statue Stir Reminiscence that brings me to the statue was really going to talk about: Tadeusz Andrzeg Bonaventura standing on the fourth corner of the park across from the house which once belonged to James Madison. Dolly lived there after her husband died. The other day, a dispatch came in from Warsaw which said that the minister of education of the Communist-dominate- d Polish government had ordered there would be no more "salacious chattering jokes and in Polish significant smiling whools and universities. (p& v -- WASHINGTON. If you havent anything else to do, just take a seat beside me on this bench for a moment. I think this is one of the nicest little parks in the world. It doesnt take its name from the gentleman on the horse right over there in the center, behind the iron pickets. I dont know why. Of course, he is only a replica. The original is in a square in the city he defended from the British in the vieux carre of New Orleans. President Harding, that statue i Another Glamour Probe Due News Analyst and Commentator. feet are not firmly planted! The one man who tried to move them brought down an avalanche on his head, and gave a President of the United States a real headache. It happened this way: There ia a statue of George Washington tucked oft on a circle in a neighborhood which has neither the distinguished pasj nor the glorious pres' ent of Lafayette Square. Back in of the regime DREW PEARSON ' . I By BAUKIIAGE But Telling Fortunes at frf Parties Lots o Pure ResmolSi: mild and refit- Two-Part- y System Falters American people are greatly in the survival of England. We fully realize her value as a strong and prosperous nation to us and td all free people. We evidenced our desire for her survival by advancing nearly four billion dollars to aid in her recovery from the terrific effects of the war on her production, her economy and her THE leadership. That four billion dollars has been spent in fruitless experiments and in supporting the British political party now in power. While we are willing to aid England, we are not willing to finance the experiments in national socialism which are being made by the British Labor party. i ng, for J vjHIJ j self-intere- st WRIGHT PATTERSON - e specially suit (f w w 'w for gently the tend oily Resinol Ointment I medicated to relieve 1 M m itchy burning of mi- - I Wm , nor skin irritations, sIOT FLASHES? Women In your "40'e"1 functional middle-ag- e perloi Ur to women cause you to sv flashes, nervous, hlghstrunl1 tired feelings? Then do try rlnkhams Vegetable Comp relieve auch symptoms. Its for this purpose! Taken regularly Plnkham pound helps build up re against euch distress. Thousai reported benefltl Also a very stomachic tonic. Worth try! lEULFIKmurA |