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Show Tuesday, December 30. 1947 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH Warm Knitted Gloves Trainees' Morals.. Guarded Jealously UMT Stresses Integration Of Youthful Personalities DUR OCHER hasnt the job In sport next year. Ha takes over, rightfully, a ball club LEO that had its greatest year last season. The Dodgers have won pennants before, but they never won a flag with so many spectacular thrusts, they never played to as many people and they never looked as good in any past world series. Since Larry MacPhail and Branch Rickey were under fire last spring, not Durocher, his By BAUIOIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. (In tbit, the third of a series on universal military training, further differences between tbit tystem and Previous training methods are discussed.) NEWLY FOUND . . . This is m copy of a newly found and hlth-rt-o unpublished photograph of Abraham Lincoln while he was still a resident of Illinois. The picture was presented to the Decatur, III., library by Miss Grace FarnwalL ;jb " . r WASHINGTON. Aside from the loss of his freedom, which I discussed in a previous column, the young men called upon for military training object to having their schooling interrupted or the securing of a job postponed. The national security training act would answer those objections this way: (a): The trainee gets educational and vocational advantages under UMT which in many cases he would not otherwise have; and (b): He literally earns while he learns. So much for the first six months. Let me quote from the November Issue of the Army Information Di- After that period, there are a number of options which the trainee can gest: Each trainee during the first exercise. He can remain for an additional six months training in the phase (and if he elects to take a second six months) national security training corps; he would receive a can enlist in the armed services, the national guard, or the enlisted $30 cash allowance monthly. If reserve corps with assignment to an he is the chief organized unit; he can enter one of service academies; take specialV family support, the he would qualify ist or technical work at an apfor a dependency proved college, or exercise other allowance which alternatives. For those who cannot accept any would be paid options, there is the of the above-name- d wholly by government. This enlistment in the enlisted reserve allowance would corps for six years, with active be $50 a month duty requirements of not more than 30 days a year. ! for one dependThe first experimental unit at ent and $65 a month for two or Fort Knox has just about completed more dependents. the second cycle of its training, During initial training, the trainee the first cycle having ended in July. would be entitled to benefits of the soldiers and sailors civil relief act of 1940 and to the death and disability benefits furnished civilian employees of the government. As to the educational factor, the on edureport of the cation, a division of the UMT civilian advisory committee which visits the Fort Knox experimental unit regularly, set forth the principle that UMT should be so flexible that a man could return to school or to his civilian occupation without a loss of considerable time; and therefore, it is more advantageous to maintain the period of Initial training with a minimum of education than to prolong this period of training and permit inclusion of a comprehensive educational program. ' To ensure that the trainee does UMT program centers on lective schedule ' of Instructive not lose sight of his Ufe objective, a military training. counselling program is recommended. It Since last January, a civilian adwould be conducted by an eduvisory committee of 34 men and cational staff Including a trained women has served continuously, vispsychologist. iting the unit individually and in The training period groups. They have observed the where the accent is on the military trainees at work, at play, on leave is by no means ALL military. Bayin and around Louisville. onet practice and dirty fighting This committee, by the way, have been eliminated, and out of the n represents a fair entire six months only 880 hours are of the parents, educators, religidevoted to actual training, the rest ous leaders, newspapermen and to processing and orientation. public officials whose Interest, k There is a lecture on either personal, professional or citizenship and morality, and genmakes universal patriotic, eral information is Included in the training Important to them. information In period. regular troop This committee says that as a result of this year of training the boys have benefitted by definite spiritual and moral training, through individual hobbies, training for leadership, and respect for authority and the rights of others, as weJ as gaining military skills which are taught under 'discipline, not regimentation. As one man from Louisville put it to me: Its an entirely different thing from ordinary G.L The boys experiences. themselves are the best witnesses. . , X . . . This arrived in U. S. with $1.50 all In pennies to seek his' fortune. Be Is a refugee, calls himself Johnny Fagan, does not know his name, nationality or who his parents were. KID nine-year-o- ld , i'io "1 well-plann- th ... ENVOY Burmas Ambassador U. So Nyun, first to be ap- pointed to the United States since Burma became an Independent state, calls at the White House to present his credentials to President Truman. ' wy c' jsc v cross-sectio- once-a-wee- years The mother chicken, a pure-bre- d Sllkle, seems to be glaring Whats it to you? as the camera catches her with a chick on her shoulder. The youngster Is still In the down stage, but soon will develop the silky plumage from 'which the breed gets its name. CHICK-A-BAC- . . . K NEWS REVIEW London Meet Dissolves; Inflation Bill Defeated The lethargic, uninspired ending-othe Big Four foreign ministers conference in London was reminiscent of nothing so much as the rather dreary business of tossing out the Christmas tree after the holidays. There was a small amount of nostalgia and regret expressed over the abrupt finish of the unsuccessful discussions, but there was also a thinly veiled feeling that perhaps, after all, it was a good thing the affair was over. As seen dimly through clouds of futility and frustration, what the wind-uof the German and peace treaty talks amounted to was this: The western power had failed utterly to reach any kind of agreement with Russia on the fate of Germany, and the failure leaves Europe more firmly divided than at any time since the war ended. Although the delegates were unable to agree on any single issue on their agenda, the point upon which the conference balloon burst was the problem of German reparations. To the inevitable question, What now? diplomatic authorities were answering with a prediction that the United States, Great Britain and France would begin negotiations soon among themselves concerning the' unification of western Germany. Russia would be out of it, and there was no prospect of another tour-powmeeting in 1948 or in any other year. Aus-tria- h p er CONGRESS: Straw Man Of the two pressing reasons why President Truman called congress into special session in November, one had been disposed of but the other kept hanging around like an evil spirit as the year drew to a close. The senate and house had vqted strongly in favor of authorizing up to 597 million dollars for emergency winter relief for France, Italy, Austria and China, but no such accord was displayed in dealing with the problem of inflation at home. Rejecting President Trumans proposal for fighting inflation by imposing wage and price controls and selective rationing, house Republicans offered an bill based upon voluntary agreements for price reductions. vote needed for With a passage, the Republican measure went down to defeat 202 to 188. The house split almost exactly along party lines over the bill, not one Democrat breaking ranks to vote in favor of it. The J President has asked for According to the 20th Century cotton fund, supplies more than bread and you have given three-fourtsaid Rep. Brent Spencd of all fiber consumption stone, in the United States. Now I know (Dem., Ky.) in summing up the dewhat they put into my breakfast bate for the Democrats. Rep. A. S. Apprentice training in plastics and ether vocations are some ef food. (Mike) (Dem., Okla.) Monroney the extra duty activities offered dusted off another bromide when he The housing problem seems highby UMT experimental unit at charged the GOP majority with Fort Knox. ly explosive. Frank Creedon, who setting up a straw man to combat recently1 resigned as housing ex- the menace of inflation. the experimental unit at Fort Knox, pediter to Join an atomic energy That was the swan song for any says the Army Information Digest: project, probably finds splitting legislation during the It is not uncommon for the officer atoms safer. special session. Although the senate of the day, while inspecting a rifle was preparing to act on the house-kille- d at daily guard mount tq ask the bill,- - there appeared to- - be They have a national letter writtrainee: Who is the secretary of ing week, I understand. Letter writ- little likelihood that the Republicans war? or Who heads our diplomatic ing makes me weak any week. would be able to put through their mission to Moscow?'proposals. The between relationship trainer and trainee, according to the .Digest, is not that of sergeant and recruit, but rather of instructor and pupil. Nearly 50 per cent of the men at y Fort Knox participate in the educational program, and some Where price inflation is concerned priced much higher. The goods have completed graduation from is no such thing as a last were being bought in the garment there this route. school by high More words, more gloomy trade centers at wholesale prices word. According to the Digest report nearly equal to last spring's retail predictions always follow. made in June, the barracks smell . Latest verbal foreboding by pri- prices. of profanity and obscenity does Another factor boosting the Inflanot exist Without In any way sac- vate and government forecasters be the rificing virility, the Digest claim! holds that next April and May will tion bubbler is expected tofood and that a new way of looking at things mark a probable crisis peak in the peak in foreign demand for has been created. Sex has its place continuing upward trend of retail other Items in Europe scheduled to come as winter bows out In instruction. The trainee gets s and wholesale prices. of northe healthy understanding Flat predictions that meat and 'The construction industry, which e mal place uf sex in raising a fam- some other food prices are likely to hit an high In dollar values ily, is taught that the only sure way soar as winter ends have been made as the 1947 season ended, probably to avoid venereal disease Is contin- by political officials and confirmed will begin the 1948 season under an ence. by government and other econo- extraordinarily high demand pressure for building materials: mists. Plenty of entertainment Is Another considerable influence la Includat in Fart retail Knox, goods prices Experts dry provided are saying that the shelves emptied CIO President Philip Murray's reing a canteen where soft drinks and snacks are available, but no by the Christmas buying rush will cent declaration that unions In his will seek another be restocked with goods that will bo organization alcoholic beverages are sold. nt anti-inflati- two-thir- him' PENSIVE . . . Ollie Tandberg, Swedish heavyweight champion, appears bemused as he contemplates the bout In which he will make his American ring debut when he meets Joey Maxim of on JanCleveland in a uary 9. anti-inflati- f Thrift Plan Meanwhile, although congress had given its approval to the proposition that interim relief should be rushed to Europe and China, 'the emergency aid issue continued to send forth echoes. This time the struggle arose over the actual bill to appropriate the 597 million dollars previously approved by congress. The house appropriations committee, showing the same cutting ways it had exhibited earlier in the year toward budget requests, knocked 88 million dollars off the original figure in preparing the bill for floor action. Thus, the bill carried only 509 million for winter relief. The appropriations committee, headed by Rep. John Taber (Rep., N. Y.), said the cut was represented by iterns which would have been used by France and Italy for payment of interest on their foreign debts and for making payments on commercial accounts. Aroused at the Republican display of economy, Democrats labelled the committees action as an undercover attempt to hamstring the aid program. They served notice that they would attempt to restore-the , eut. TRAINING: In Driving If a training course in automobile driving were made a requirement in the curriculum of every high school traffic deaths could be reduced by 5,000 to 10,000 a year, according to Dr. Wayne Hughes, director of National Safety council's college and school division. A safety council survey made among Cleveland high schools between 1939 and 1941 showed that effectual driver training reduced traffic accidents by 50 per cent, the council said. It is our firm belief that if every high school in the nation would put into effect such a course we would see miracles within five years," Dr. Hughes asserted. Officials pointed out that statistics for 1948 proved that mile for mile the 4 age group was a third more dangerous behind the wheel than any other comparable segment of the population. That group accounted for 33.8 per cent of the nation's - 15-2- fatalities in 1948. At present only 10 per cent of the 25,000 high schools In the U. S. have what the council regards as adequate driver training courier. And only a part of the schools conducting such courses have actual automobiles in operation. Guard Strength Up Members of the U. S. national guard totaled 201,041 on November 30, 1947, a strength larger than that of the prewar national guard in any year except 1940, according to an announcement by Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer. Projected strength of the national guard on June- - 30, 1948,-i- s 271,000 men, 250,000 of whom will be in approximately 4,500 army units, and 21,000 in 365 air units, he said. BEAUTIFUL SPRING off-dut- Inflation to Burst into Bloom all-tim- . . . Henry J. Kaiser, Industrialist, turned the THAT OLD JOB clock back 50 years when he re- visited a Utica, N. Y., department store where he once worked as a bundle-wrappfor the munificent sum ef $1.50 a week, , er Fit Perfectly Will round of . wage increases, thus helping to form another price bulge. Pressure for higher wages is expected to build up during the late winter months. In Washington political leaders of both Democratic and Republican persuasion are giving all these signs serious and concentrated study, and both sides are convinced that something must be done. It is not considered likely that these Indications of further inflation will adcT up to a nation-wid- e bust next summer. Their biggest significance is that they make up a package of political dynamite which probably will explode with an earth-shakiimpact sometime around the presidential election In November. ng suspension was out of order There was little Rickey could rightfully do except give Durocher another chance. The Dodgers were supposed to be pennant winnot ners in 1948 in 1947, according to Rickeys schedule. Burt Shotton beat the gun by a year. The Dodgers should be better in 1948 than they were In 1947. Durocher has the same team with a year's more experience. This can be a big help to the Dodger pitching staff which Is packed with young talent that only needed a few pitching angles and better control It takes a year or longer tor a thrower to become a pitcher, but the Dodger's raw material has been exceptional Durocher should have five, or six winning pitchers next spring, including Ralph Branca who may reach the spot. Durocher also discovered through his year's rest that even bigger crowds will come oat If there is less umpire-baitin- g, which is longer required. No one cares how hard the teams and the managers fight one another. Crowds today art no longer interested In argument! with umpires. TXHY NOT knit yourself somw pretty new gloves for thes frosty days. The ones illustrated fit beautifully and have a striking flared cuff. 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This type of baseball belongs with ihi Dodo and the Great Auk, Being a pretty smart fellow, Durocher hat sensed the big change, I believe. No one can question the fact that Durocher Isnt smart He hat firs and color and a scrappy, hustling ball club. He. also has one or twe tough ball clubs to beat, including the Braves and Cardinals. Also the Giants, if Mel Ott can get any pitching. The Giants have everything else. The Cards, who made a brilliant showing last year by forging intc second place after a dismal start again will be a threat The pitching staff will be the main worry, coupled with the advanced age ol players. Only a small Improvement bn the part of Braves and Cardinals cas make a big difference, especially U the Dodger pitching staff doesnl move up and locate, in a vagus way, the general direction of ths home plate. all-tim- In NR (Nature's Remedy) Tablet minerals, there trt no chemicals, e phenol derivatives. NR Tablet! arc different set different Purely vegetable a combination of 10 vegetable ingredients formulated over 50 years ago. Uncoated or candy coated, their action is dependable, thorough, yet gentle, ei millions of NR's hive proved. Gets 25 box. Uie si directed. " " rwr CKXKREf Get Well QUICKER from Dee Voter Cacegh to Cato rULCT O Cough Campoemd Lack of Control Along this line, weve Just re ceived a letter from our all-tlGrover Clew favorite pitcher land (Old Pete) Alexander, whe Isnt far from being the greatest pitcher that ever threw s ball And this includes Cy Young, ; Walter Johnson and Christy also Carl Hubbell and Left Grove. Here is Alexanders letter: Dear Grant, I Just finished reading your article en what la wrong with present day pitchers, and thought I would drop a few lines No, I am not looking for anything. I am Just trying to figure why theg never have taken some on during spring training to work with these young throwers, as you aptly termed them. They teach hitting and about everything else, bul not pitching. When I first came to P hilly, Pal .Horan was the coach, and eboul the first thing he said to me was this: Kid, you have a good' arm, but a heck of a lot to learn. He took me in hand and bo sure did teach me. Pat was smart Of course, 11 took work. Hard work. I never have been able to find out just what I did that put me on baseballs blacklist I tried several times to get back, and even wrot Mr. Chandler for almost anything to do- - I had a nice letter from him, and then another one saying that there was no opening and they did not expect any. I was just out. Pitching means controL By con I trol I dont mean the plate mean one or two inches of the plate.. A real pitcher ought to be able is get the bail one or two inches from not one oi where he wants it two feet. But pitchers need instruction, which few over get. 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