Dragerton Tribune | 1948-05-18 | Page 2

THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE TWO S;lcoX) lD)lfXSUVolunfary Help Can Save 1 VAvH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS - Europe's Dying Children and able to do There are 230 million children in this world today who need first aid. The European recovery plan (E.C.A.) will help a lot of these children who have the itamina to outlive the ugly Interim period when, dirty, almost naked, they must roam the countryside or live in cellars and hovels, hungry or starving. it g, 1 restore conditions normal to the stricken areas of Europe. It is largely indirect aid, not to indigauged vidual cases. ' Jt Meanwhile thousands upon thousands of these children will die. Some will be saved by individual help It provides direct aid which is administered carefully with experienced personnel on the scene personnel which cuts red tape and is free from many of the rules, regulations and restrictions which a government necessarily must employ. As a matter of fact, when the European recovery plan was first drawn up, it was contemplated that voluntary private aid would supplement it. As an example of the type of thing Crusade for Children is designed to further: In Europe at present, there are some 50,000 distributing points, such as schoojj. child clinics and hospitals servie4by the International Children Emergency Fund of the United Nations. At schools and child centers, par ticularly through dried milk, ICES' makes a supplementary contribu tlon to the noon meal, which costs the fund about three and a half cents per child. The entire meal citizen-to-citlze- n your help. To make that help effective the many humanitarian organi-tation- s which seek to save ss many foung lives as possible have been merged into one great Crusade for Children. Local groups are organiz-mIn the cities. In the rural districts, the Farm Grange, Farm Bureau federation. Farmers Union, Council for. Farm Cooperatives, U.S. immsmswi wiiiiuwmiji department of agriculture and other movement. are the groups furthering Te anyone wbe has eeea this tor fared yeang generation, the effect Is ee staggering a the eight ef e battlefield. Te a yeang soldier, there la as aback like the sight af year first dead comrade. That still form, wearing the same uniform . yon wear, lying crushed agslnst the earth. To me, the shock of the sight ef European children moving with the shadow of a living death pon them was a terrible thing too. X can remember getting off a train in what once had been one of the stations of Europe , great railway rubble ground Into blafk mud, the : t "V ghastly smell of those buried deep I under the foundations of ruined v- Oi, tit tii Jt i homes and shelters. Military police, fcf.rt' An Austrian orphan waits on hardened to the sights around them, walked back and forth. In the sinsteps for the daIy ister shadows of the ruins the ghost- meal provided for him by the - ty movement of little wraiths slip- - United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund. He la one ping in tnd out of sight, bent on any of millions who would starve withmission, no matter how fair or foul, out this vital service. that would win gome chocolate, a a cigarette that piece of costs only seven cents per child. One might be traded for some bit of food. hundred dollars provides 7,500 hunNe matter what the sine ef the gry, undernourished children one fathers, they could act be greet glass of milk each st every meal enough te Justify the punishment But because of limited fuhds, ICEF Inflicted ea these children. There ia feeding only four million of Eula only one way their bodies end rope's 30 million hungry children. their souls can be saved. That Is Mere are some of the sickening through the groups which ere supfacts, carefully collected and ported by Individual donations, checked by United Nations authoriantll economic life la restored te e ties; degree ef normalcy when society Infant mortality In Europe and can he rebuilt, broken homes Asia has jumped from 40 deslhs mended and the institutions which per 1,000 live births to as high ss eon cere for the homeless pat into 330 deaths per 1,000 compared of as a a part operation healthy with the United States rate of 38.3 community existence. per 1,000. Government aid, like E.C.A., canTuberculosis has doubled In not establish direct contact with the many areas, especially among chilindividual It Is a matter of dren. lack of food has vastly indrawn up between nacreased such diseases as rickets, tions, It means dollar credits which scurvy snd pellagra. make it possible tor the receiving Physical examinations in one nations to buy supplies. one (of Europe) showed that boys Some of this money, of course, II years of sge sre three inches goes into food. But it takes time tor shorter thsn boys of the same sge the machinery to get into operation, four year sgo. This is the direct pnd even after it is in operation, it , result of 'malnutrition. Is Inadequate to satisfy the needs of some In areas the half physicians the .whole people. Much of the aswere killed; teachers, nurses snd sistance goes into material things those trslned In child care are such as the reconstruction of faclacking. tories, replacement end modernization of tools, machinery and 'agriI have sat in the office of a German physician one room left livcultural supplies. Frequently, supplies of such sim- able In a bombed house, windows ple things as rakes and ahovels are boarded up to replace the smashed glass, operating room, consultation office, bedroom, living room, all together with an endless line of patients with nothing to pay for the doctor's services which would buy anything f6r the doctor. That doctor told me that because of the hopeless fate of children, abortions were the rule rather than the exception, with aickness and death as the reg x ' ) fwfiv hY d This tiny child, long In need of medical aid. Is now In a hospital supported by the U.N. International Childrens Emergency Fund. Funds sre being rsised through the Crusade for Children of American Overseas Nations Appeal for Children. Aid-Unit- so short that farms can't be worked until they aie furnished. Later they will be manufactured. But that means machinery for tho factories comes first. Crnsade for Children is a private effort which has the backing and cooperation of the United Nations, and the sponsorship and approval of the government from the President down. J DRAFT BILL; On the Way Yielding to the pressure of the times, congress was putting its hand gingerly to the business of passing a selective service act which would give die naUons armed forces total manpower of slightly more than two million in two years, The house armed services committee had approved the measure, after hearing Defense Secretary James Forrestal term it an "excellent one, and passed it on to the floor of the house for debate. Thus, for the first time since before the war, congress was facing squarely the momentous issue of a national draft. That this was hapdays pening during the of an election year only served to underline the apparent urgency of the matter. As approved by the armed services committee, the bill would: Raise total authorized manpower 1 of the armed forces to 2,005,882 army 837.000. air force 502,000, navy and marine corps 666,882. of men Require registration 2 from 18 through 30, with those from 19 through 25 liable for two years service. Exempt most veterans from 3 further service, but those under 31 would have to register. of industrial plants Allow 4 by theseizure government if they refused to give top priorities to armament orders. As it stood, the draft plan was conceded to have a good chance of passage at this session of congress. .But complications were being threatened by the senate armed services committee which seemed Inclined to combine a universal military training measure with the draft bill. The committee was waiting for Army Secretary Kenneth Royal! to recommend detail of a bill to call 161,000 for a year's training. They would be takeii In addition to men procured through the draft. ... A a 'combination, , that didnt look so good to many Republicans. Rep. Walter G. Andrews (Rep., N. Y.). chairman of the house armed service committee, called the idea uttesf foolish, inconceivable and not called for." ; hair-trigg- OLEO TAX: Fight Ahead One of the most pressing problems members of congress have had to decide this year is whether their political bread is spread with butter or oleomargarine. It is further complicated by the fact that they might, in choosing one or the other, be letting the gravy get away from them. For good or 111, however, the house of representatives made its decision. It passed by a vote of 260 to 106 a bill to repeal all federal oleomargarine taxes which have been on the books for 62 years. Those taxes are itemized as fol10 cents a pound on colored lows: oleo, 14 cent a pound on uncolored, $500 a year on manufacturers, $480 on wholesalers of colored oleo, $200 on wholesalers of the uncolorei product, $48 on retailers of colored oleo and $6 on retailers of uncolored. Even If the federal taxes were repealed, it still would be against the law to sell colored oleo in 20 states. Nevertheless, the house had rid itself of the matter and now it was up to the senate, where a battle royal was in prospect. Reason the oleo tax issue has a stiff fight ahead In the senate is that senators are elected by voters of entire statesr rather than by voters of districts within the states as are most representatives. The result, in. this case, is a split in the sentiment of constituents of many senators. For example, big northern states such as Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio, are composed of consumer cities and producer farms The country districts include dairy farmers and soy bean growers. Consumers In cities want repeal of the taxes, and so do the soy bean men whose product Is used in manufac-Th- e sult Not the government, but private, tur of oleo. dairy fanners, voluntary agencies can alleviate naturally, .want the tax to remain. The dairy interests are strong these conditions. One may feel that Europe has brought much of its Their supporters in congress have anguish iipon itself, but it is not the been able to retain the oleo tax by the simple process of shelving any children who are to blame. As Secretary of State Marshall repeal bills in committee. It hapsaid: Voluntary aid supplements pened to the current bill in the house the general relief which only govern- agricultural committee, but a petiments can provide. It affords the tion circulated among house memthings and services, including spir ber forced the bill on to the floor itual comfort, needed by the weak- where It was approved. . est of the war victims. . . . Anyone toAo can answer all five of the following questions may consider himself an expert. It doesn't make any difference what kind of expert Its enough just to be one without going into boring detail about it L Trans-Jordis playing a key rola in the Palestine situation. How long has it been an independent state T 2. State department is considering some form of military lend-leafor the five nations which signed the Brussels pact. When did lend lease begin and when was it terminated? 3. Do yon know about how many of America's 542,000 troops now are serving outside the U. S.t an ut WASHINGTON What to do until the doctor comes. Pretty Important to know that. Pretty Important to be willing But the E.C.A. is a huge and hke all great bodies, it noves slowly. Anyhow, Its chief w purpose is to pro-vide the means to Bill Schocntgcn, WNU Staff Writer (EDITOR'S NOTE! Whea opinlees are expressed ia these eelemaa, they ara those at it eetcra Newspeper laioaa area aulysta set aecesearUy at this aewspeper.) By BAUKUAGE News Analyst and Commentator under-nkrn- ? Current Events ? House Group Approves Measure To Draft r.len into Armed Forces; Hope for Palestine Agreement Ebbs By Clouds in the East se -- (a) 358,000; (b) 258,000; (c) 158,-00- 0; (d) 58,000? 4. Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio is seeking Republican presiden- Amateur and professional military experts now are weighing the pros and cons of war in the Holy Land. Palestine Is completely encircled by Arab states except for Its Mediterranean coastline. Numerals indicate estimated fighting strength of the various Arab states. Jewish forces in Pslestine are said to number about 75,000. tial nomination. There have been even Ohio-bor- n Presidents. Name them. 5. Bureau of labor statistics reported that the consumer price Index declined from 168.8 in January to 166.9 in March. What event took place in that was a factor in the decline? ANSWERS JERUSALEM: little March, 1946, over Tn two years. under a treaty with n Great Britain, became a sovereign independent state. 2. President Rooseieit signed the e bill on March 11. 1941 It was terminated by President Truman Confused Trans-Jdrda- Time was running out in Palestine, and with It the hope for averting a Jewish-Ara- b civil war for possession of 1. A lend-leas- as or August 22. 1945. 5. (b) 258.000. Jerusalem. 4 V. S Grant. Rutherford B James A Garfield, Beniamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding. All were Republicans. 6. The break in the grain market Hayes, In the waning days before Great Britain removed her troops from the Holy Land upon exp.ration of the British mandate on May 15. Pales tine had become a savagely con fused, moribund state. Bitterly, the United Nations trusteeship council virtually abandoned its efforts to devise an effective plan to safeguard Jerusalem from ravishment by the warring factions. Delegates could not hit upon a scheme that could be enforced. Nor was any agreement in sight which might result in a truce necessary to give any U. N. plan a chance. Like a little boy watching his father trying to get his kite out of a tree, the council looked hopefully to Jerusalem where the Red Cr6ss was doing its best to bring a halt to the fighting. As far as the threatened invasion of Palestine by neighboring Arab states was concerned, no one seemed hbie to sum up the situation accurArab-Jewis- BIG PLANES: Russian d Russia put some big planes into the air over Moscow for the annual Soviet May Day parade and managed thereby to instill a modicum of uneasiness in the hearts of U. S. military experts. At last reports they were awaiting more detailed reports of the planes from U. S. observers in order to gain, if possible, a new insight into Soviet airborne army equipment It is likely, the experts thought that at least some of the planes were the Soviet TU-7an aircraft bearing close resemblance to the American Assumption has been that the Russians copied many of the features of the five known to have been forced down in areas during the war. Reported to be a hybrid transport-bombethe TU-7- 0 has a passenger capacity of 72. This probably could four-engine- h ately. Soviet-controlle- d Jews were insisting, in the face of denials, that Syrian and Lebanese armies had invaded northern Palestine, and the British were reported to have rushed troops back into the country to deal with what they called a "seriously deteriorated situation. Still an unknown factor in the rapidly climaxing events was wily r, be increased substantially, however, if the plane were used strictly. as a troop carrier. THE BREAK: Colombia old King Abdullah of Trans-JordaCommander of the finest army In Arabia, the Arab Legion, he had been talking big about invading Palestine from the East He had been talking, too, about making himself king of Palestine. His ambition is a Middle East amalgam of states that would be in the nature of a greater Syria. Experts were not discounting the role 'Abdullah and his g could play in the drama. In the end he could turn out to be the agent that might bring the unregenerate events in Palestine to a reasonable, if not a bappy, conclusion. spike-helmete- Not quite a month after the abortive revolution in April swept the capital city of Bogota into turmoil and caused damage throughout the republic, the government of Colombia formally severed diplomatic relations with Russia. That the break was a direct result of the revolt, reportedly Communist-le- d and inspired, no one bothered to " power-politickin- ddny. Officially, however, no mention wae made of the uprising. Foreign Minister Eduardo Angel's note to the cat-slyt- ic Russian charge daffaires said simply that Colombia considered that there were no ties which warranted continuation of diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries. In concordance with the diplomatic action the Colombian government began to redeploy Us troops and reorganize administrative' machinery-tstrengthen Its hold and prevent further outbreaks by Communist. COVENANTS: Just Paper In a decision which may produce more extensive reaction than any designed civil rights legislative progrant, .the U. S- supreme court handed down a decision that. In effect, outlaw restrictive cove- nants which bar racial or religious minorities from buying or occupying property in many areas throughout the country. Declaring the decision. Chief Jus tlce Fred Vinson held that enforce ment of restrictive covenants by state or federal courts was a violation of the 14th amendment That amendment, adopted In 1868, reads in .part. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . . nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of o Object Lesson ' TW -- the laws. The supreme courts decision did not declare that restrictive covenants. as such, are violations of the constitution; but by ruling that it is unconstitutional for the courts to enforce the covenants it reduced them, legally, to mere scraps of paper. For the most .part, covenants are agreements entered upon by real estate promoters and buyers of land or homes. Purchasers agree not to sell their land or homes to persons barred by the covenant, terms of the agreement running from an average of 25 or 60 years to perpetuity. tafisgA! fV Just to prove that the eld greet back ain't what it used to be. Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas (Dem., Calif.) purchased $17.36 worth of groceries and toted the slim load onto the house floor to show her colleagues how prices have Inflated since OPA controls expired in 1946. Mrs. Douglas has Introduced a price control resolution In the house. qOLD BRICKS HIGHER Secretary of State Marshal has warned South American countries that there will be no Marshall Plan Inflation has hit the swindler and for them. It appears that they either must go out and obtain private his victims, just like everybody else financing or work up a good Com In the postwar world. Cost at being rooked by various munist threat to share in Uncle Sam' largesse. popular frauds and rackets has gone up In proportion to the rise in the windier living costs, a report by A modem president spends more effort trying to get what he wants the family economics bureau of into the papers and on the air than Northwestern National Life Insur- nee company reveal. In 'finding out whats there already Tuesday, May 18, 1948 Glimmer, Glimmer Inflation Hits Swindler, Victims Professional charity solicitors, who take 50 to 90 per cent of the public! donations before turning over the balance to the organization In whose name they operate, now boldly ask donations of $10 to $25 instead of the $3 to $5 at prewar scale. Their "benefit dance ticket now cost $2 each, often more, against 50 cent to a dollar in prewar daye. Sciences long search to discover how the firefly Is able to light up has been advanced another step as a result of new experiments. Dr. Robert D. McElroy, John Hopkins university biologist, reported to the National Academy of Sciences that the lightning bug derives Its power of from the same chemical energy that humane use In moving the muscles of their bodies. WANTED TO BUY VI Things About New Yorkt Just about the time being built e young dieted for the murder heart . . . Political BUT AND SELL Offles Furniture, Kiln. Typewriter. 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General Quiz A Blgtown Murals: The blind man at 42nd and Vth. He drums up trade for the sightseeing bus. . . . 9 Each. 5e each. Jambo Enlargement Fos Studio, Billing, Montana Sc In a magazine article Gen. Wild Bill Donovan, head of the OSS. in World War II, says in part: "Only now in America are we awakening to the existence of the hard fact that the Stalin challenge to our world Is indistinguishable from the Hitler challenge. Many Americans (name two, General) who knew the situation and were familiar with Russian subversive activities besought our statesmen to inform the American people. Russias malicious lies and distortions have gone unanswered and unjhaller.ged. New Item: Demmy Chairman J. Howard McGrath (in a statement observing the third anny of FDR death) said President Tru- Add-i- n Rnristert. Caeh SALT LAKE DESK EXCHANGE (21 Soatk State BL, Salt Lake City, Utah - Third avenue Tessy, whose hobby 1 riding the 3rd avenue bus scaring the passengers with a bowl loaded with turtles. , . . Sign on the harness of a horse on 2nd avenue: Move Over Auto. I Was Here Long Before You Were. . . . The autograph hounds outside the midtown drug store (about eight just to see their baseball heroes look grouchy. . . . The only place that sells a chocolate soda for a nickel: A vending machine on 6th at 46th. Mary Dewson (Molly to her pals) was one of FDR's earliest and most devoted associates . . . James Farley sent her a copy of his book about FDR . , . She returned It with this note: The Lord forgives but I dont Star In Your Eyes: Sarah Bernhardt sent reviewers into the itreets dancing. But she didnt cherish her many ecstatic review as much as a note she received from Victor Hugo. . . . After her performance In one of his plays he sent Bernhardt a huge diamond with the following: You have been great end charming. You have roused me me, the old combatant and, at ona moment, while the public whom you enchanted cheered you, I wept This tear which you caused me to shed Is yours, end I place myself at your feet. Barrymore mightiest greasepaint triumph was Hamlet A producer Informed him: "You played Hamlet perfectly. I have played many, many roles, Barrymore But I AM Hamletl countered. THE QUESTIONS When was the "Star Spangled Banner officially adopted as our national anthem? 2. What is the fastest speed ever reached by a human being under his own power? 3. Where did the word khaki 1. originate? 4. When Is the last World War II expected 5. How long will the supply last if used at rate? 6. How Churchill had the Life staff in a tizzy just as they were going to press. He cabled five pages of corrections. They made them because his contract calls for them, and he covered himself by marking the proofs: "Okay, but subject to further correction. When they were "caught, Life's Mr. Longwell almost had apoplexy when another cable came reading: "Due to last minute political complications, hold up all articles! It was a gag by an office clown, but Mr. Longwell was In no mood for quips. Plenty cam was raised because of it. Item: "Deepest hole In the U. S. b the Grand Canyon. Next deepest is the state department pigeon-hol- e In which the record ef the Grand Mufti U. S. coal the present big was Tom Thumb? 1. March Ijy an act 3, 1931, of Congress. 2. 108 92 miles per hour which Alfred Letoumer attained on a bimocycle behind a torcar at Bakersfield, California. May 7, 1941. g 3. India. It means earthlike. 4. By 2030. The la ft World War I, vet by 1995. 5. For the next 1500 year. 6. Tom Thumb stood three feet four Inches when fully grown. weighed seventy pounds. 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