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Show THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DItAGERTON, UTAH PAGE TWO WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS' ACCIDENTS: leu Roosevelt Political Dynasty Seen in FOR, Jr.s Vote Triumph; Three Reasons Plain stupidity, bad manner, and liquor are the top three causes of automobile accidenti, accounting for three-fourtof all fatalities, or over 24,000 deths per year, accord-- 1 ing to a case analysia by Northwestern National Life Insurance company. f By far the top killers are the stupid group of driver offenses excessive speed, ignoring traffic sign or traffic officers, passing on hills or curves, and other miscellaneous "dimwit violations: the atudy finds that one or more of these offenses ia Involved in 40 per cent of all fatal accidents, and ia GOOD OR BAD, TELEVISION Video ha Clay Urges Accord With Germany Tuesday, Slay 31, 1949 ... - the Great , Irresistible Force ... . r tiprtMid ii thm iinui, they I NOTE: Wkoi WMtan MtviMH lataa'iiplaloii mwi tulysti 4 Ml MitaiarUi ! UU tEDITOK an thM Last Man Oyer ROOSEVELT: Old Tradition The old tradition wai running true to form: you cant beat a D. Franklin Roosevelt Young Roosevelt Jr., most like bis father In looks, charm and smile, won the New York congressional seat left vacant by the death of Sol Bloom. And he won it with the national administration and Tammany allied against him. FDR worshippers were Jubilant Those who had fought the "champ' throughout his years in the White House professed to see in the elec-,tlo- n result the creation of a new .Rooseveltian political dynasty. Already the cry of the exultant victors was "on to Albany, New York capital which Franklin V. President of Roosevelt four-tim- e i the United States, used as a spring 'board to the White House. Lt. Joe Russo, U.S. army sir Denied the Democratic nominaforce, is shown holding s boution, oung Roosevelt ran on the -Liberal and Four Freedoms par quet of flowers presented to him after he landed his airties tickets in a contest which kept Manhattan's west side in an uproar plane at Templehof airdrome to complete the last - airlift Tor months. A surprise to many flight before the lifting of the Americans, who did not know such Berlin blockade. 'procedure was permissible, Roosevelt does not reside in the district i a i iv .he will represent in congress. It llsXKMANY : seems that all the while there h is Clay Speaks Up ,been no bar in the law to prevent If Gen. Lucius D. Clay, retiring a candidata from living in ona dla-tri-ct United States military governor in and representing another. Germany, had hla way, America DESPITE his victory as a stana would be permitted back dard bearer for.two. other parties, Into the company of democratic Roosevelt declared he is still a 100 nations aa soon as possible. BACK in Washington where he (per cent Democrat. Campaigning, ha visited thou was feted and decorated by Presi sands of voters, turned on the old dent Truman, Clay warned that unRoosevelt charm, mingled with tha less, Germany is restored to the 'masses in their hornet, attended community of western nations, an house parties as honor- guest, made alliance with Russia by our former enemies is inevitable. 'street corner speeches. Speaking to the house of repre On defeated candidate sounded a 4 familiar note heard so frequently sentatives, the general declared in spite of during , other . Rooseveltiaa . cam- that the German people, their recent history of aggressive paigns: now "Tha formula in thi election was war and "extreme cruelty, a glamorous name and a quarter had shown their preference for a of a million dollars, and neither of government atanding for the "dignity of man ai an individual. theta did we have. In the spirit of the residents of Berlin who survived through the BARKLEY: airlift, Clay declared, there is a No Guards spark for German freedom that Tm big boy now. And besides, "may grow with the years. He Who Would want to harm a young told the senate how the people of western Germany bad adopted man like me anyway." Thus did Kentucky's Alben W. through their parliamentary counof the cil a constitution which guarantees Barkley, United States, dismiss tha idea of free elections and is "devoted to reestablishing in Germany the digpersona guards. of man. nity who win he 73 in BARKLEY, WITHOUT referring to the Soviet November, goes where he wants, when he wants and flatly refuses by name, he charged, nevertheless, that the Russians have . two protection of any sort He told newsmen that President objectives that were irreconcilable with the efforts made by the United Truman had tried to get me to States, England and France to accept a few secret service men,' create a government in but was turned down. on international cobased Germany Secretary of the Treaaury Snyder and top J. Edgar Hoover operation. He defined these objectives of also offered to provide bodyguards. what he termed the fourth power But Barkley wanted bta freedom. intent to exact the maximum in I like it better that way, he at from Germany and to reparations said. set up a government that could be Barkley clalma he'a just a "com- controlled or exploited by a police mon man, nothing fancy. In fact state. he gets a kick out of people trying to figure out how to address him. COMMUNISTS: "I STILL caU myself senator, Ground Losing he aaya, "a habit after 22 yeara in Whatever was responsible the .eongress, but the kids call me American airlift, a conviction that Seep. I like that He could also be called Mr. American democracy had more to i President since that how hea re- offer or a general revulsion to all ferred to in the senate over which police states - the Communists he now presides. weren't doing so well in the eastern Berlin elections. RADIO: THIS was in contrast with the confident predictions of CommuGodfrey Tops nistic politicians In the Soviet zone Carrot-thatchegravel-throate- d of occupation of an overwhelming Arthur Godfrey, ,t radios - chief ex-- 1 majority. ponent of the be yourself' type of Thq vote was being taken on a entertainer-announcer, led the CBS "people congress of 2,000 memnetwork In earnings during 1948. bers, all by Communist-coHe was paid $440,514.10 last year ntrolled and organizations by the broadcasting - system for put on a single ticket. However, which he labors. the Communists were picking up Newscaster didn't fare ao bad-- j only about a third of the votes exly, however. Lowell Thom a a was a pected. .dose second with $420,300. Oddly Some voters wrote on their balenough, the network boss, Frank lots "we won't vote for a police Stanton garnered only a measly state and we reject Communism $109,798.80. All these figures cov- - Early return from Berlin showed ered income before Uncle Sam took I a majority of "no votes the hla cut, so there was pome difficul-- 1 way the congress could be only re-t- y in trying to ascertain Just how I jected since only one list of candi-muc- h take home" pay these gen-- 1 dates was submitted, tlemen received. THE "PEOPLES' if For the ABC network, Don Me-- it were to be set up, congress." would be the Neill, emcee of the Breakfast Club, Soviet answer to the western state was top with earning of $180,229.- being set up in the western zone. 4$. OujecUve observers couldnt fail Paul Whiteman, ABCs musical to see in the initial trend of the director end revoting an indication that in any ceived $145,318.50. Again the k case where American system and ranked lower. idealogies may be contrasted with president ABC president Mark Wood got that of the Soviets, the latter cannly $75.QX. not command support. , rrnu ex-foe- I - four-pow- the principal cause of 32 per cent FOOLISH ACTIONS by adult pedestrians crossing against traffic signals, crossing intersections diagonally, crossing between interfrom behind sections, coming parked cars, and walking in the roadway in the same direction as traffic cause another 12 per cent of fatalities, based on experience records of 1946, 1947 and 1948, the atudy finds. Thu 44 per cent of our annual traffic death toll results from failures by drivers or pedestrians to use common sense. Bad manners, such as road hogging-driving over the center line or actually on the wrong side of the road, gnd "barging through when the other fellow has the cause another 15 per cent of traffic fatalities, the records reveal. TRAFFIC DEATHS due to alcohol are estimated by the insurance statistician at a minimum of 15 per cent 12 per cent due to drinking by drivers and 3 per cent due to drinking by pedestrians. This is the most difficult group of cases to measure accurately, the study points out, because: Many drinking drivers try to conceal such facts in case of an accident, and an unknown number succeed; second, a considerable proportion of other violations such as reckless driving,' which are directly blamed for certain accidents, would not be committed if the driver were fully sober and hla judgement clear. Summary: Of our annual traffic toll of 32,000 to 33,000 deaths, 44 per cent result from acts of folly by motorists or pedestrians, 15 per cent result from bad driving manners, apd at least 15 per cent from liquor. Total: 74 per cent. right-of-wa- hand-picke- CATCH TARTAR .Wild West Showman Defies Georgia Law LIVING-ROO- M 150.000 SQUAT Television is developing a race of a vast, immovable population of living-roosquatters, aa it were. In all areas of the country where video has come into play, great masses of people are "set-tin- " glued around the let, absorbed and silent, neglecting small talks. sitters R. I. PHILLIPS books, papers and even the racing night sum up the total exchange of words. The decline in conversation at bouse parties in television belts has become alarming. Guests hardly speak to one another or to the hostess. Whole evenings are spent in which come In and "good The old man doesnt go down to the store for the papers or a cigar. Mom cuta the cinema. It isn't because television is all sheer entertainment. In fact. It has been rather trying, often downright annoying. Video is still in the baby stage. It doesnt look like an extra smart kid. But there Is such a diversity of attractions on so many programs over ao many channels that there is a fascination for millions In It, good or bad. results. M So many more thrillers, playlets, vaudeville sketches, hockey games, fights, wrestling bouts, debates, concerts, newsreels, soap operas, comedians, tragedians, actors, dancers, scientists, clowns and puppets come zooming into the old homestead that the audience at least gets action. The reactions are curious. We know one addict who says, Its so bad that its absorbing." Another demands, with more enthusiasm, "Show me another medium through which I can get a hockey game, a ski tournament, a forum, a circus, a Broadway show, a couple of westerns, a book review and a carload of miscellaneous entertainers and celebrities without getting out of my chairl OUR prayer bave comforted me, friend. Through many a day; When Strength has failed me, then I know) That you will pray; When any hurt becomes too great For me to bear, 1 feel it ease, remembering Your power in prayer I shall pray for you each day," you said, "My voice shall lift In your behalf. friend of mine. There is no gift Though you should search the wide world through That can compare With the precious, shining, white weight I Of your prayer! The American public is getting more and more amusement-ma- d and it looks as if books, magazines and newspapers may have to go all out for showmanship. Man's house used to be his castle; it is now his fight arena, his ball park, his theater, his concert hall, his information bureau and his personal clambake. The answer to "Shall we go out is "Why? somewhere tonight People used to leave the apartment to kill boredom and seek some diversion. They now accomplish the same objectives with an "aerial stack" and a "booster. Theres p "Pray one for another," we are told. I, too, shall pray For you, and for each troubled heart In need today. U take their regular radio or let It alone have been known to go nuts over television. The business of operating the varioua dials to bring In the entertain-nien-t gives them the feeling of being producers, stage directors, dramatic coaches, vaudeville kibitzers and movie promoters. They are never satisfied. They are always monkeying with the dials, trying to achieve the perfect show. Hurry up with the dinner, mom I a prize fight, a wrestling show, six musical revues, a tour of the nighteries, four westerns, a travelogue, a newsreel, four mystery dramas, 18 newscasts, a rodeo, a mardi gras and a sailfish tournafela We have even discovered low who finds some commercials ment on the videionightl attractive on television. He hated commercials on the radio, but a This V That close-uphotograph of a mince pie, Armour and Co. omitted Its prea layer cake, a stack of wheaties, a bubbling glass of beer or a gal ferred dividend, saying meat price whipping up a dinner on a cooking have fallen 20 to 30 per cent . . . program intrigues him. He gets Steaks and chops are now worth, sore if a pjate of frankfurters and little more, in fact, than their beans doesn't screen well or If a weight in gold. display of gelatins is out of focus. His chief interest in all products Those Ford cars ar of new deseems to be their degree of screen sign, but the strike comes in the -clarity. same old shape at both ends and in any color so long as its dark Men and women who could blue. .,,0 SNEEZER: Grace Noll Crowell Times Michael Hippisley had sneezed 150.000 times and was still sneezing. London doctors sought frantically to bring aome relief to the old achoolboy who had sneezed once every three aeconds for nine day. THE only time the boy hadnt aneezed in the nine day was when he was knocked out by drugs or sleeping. "I've had kerosene up my nose, drops down my ears and hundreds of tablets, Michael told reporters. Then they cauterized me. I couldnt feel anything more, but I kept on sneezing. When news of Michaels plight got about, some 50 callers offered sympathy and advice. One suggested hypnotism. Another said aneeze in a paper sack. Unfortunately, all remedies had been tried. SCIENCE, making great stride with allergy controls and remedies seemed stymied on this case. family" doctor ssrid thats what he thought it was the g constant was due t Michaels "abnormal sensitivity to pollen dust. where the drinks were being VALERIAS AFFAIR with Eliot ed. He BY INEZ GERHARD VANESSA BROWN typlfiei that a young actress ought to be. Very pretty, with chestnut hair and blue eyes, she has managed, at 20, to complete her college course and make pictures at toe same time. Asked how lt happened that she was chosen for the maid of the cast "Tha Heiress," pf Paramount he laughed and said shed been all-st- ar y "aa-chooin- VANESSA BROWN teaching William Wylers daughter to swim; after testing older ao tresses he realized that Vanessa was right for the role, her ninth. Youve heard her on the air she toured Alaska with Vox Pop, has appeared on the Screen Guild and other important shows. She writes, too; has told three stories to a newspaper syndicate. " Flashing a smile of victory ever death, Reid C. Lewis, la shown in hospital at Santa Monica, Calif. His heart stopped after a minor operation and remained stopped, aa did breath- -' for lt Ing . and pulsebest, minutes. His doctor, remembering an eld Boy Scoot trick which sometimes revives drowned persons hy breaking a bone, snapped one of Lewis riba and the shock restored him to life. PARKING: No, Thanks In a nation where parking space Many a man has bad a hanker-to- g Two troopers hauled in Colonel is at a premium, parkers were to do just what Col Zaeh Milold Texan and boss shunning a Great Bend, Kas., parkMiller, ls did when he ran afoul of state of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, ing lot In great numbers. police on a speeding and driving for permitting use of bis Joseph Nolan, a short-tim- e parkpanel without a Keens charge. It hap- truck by an unlicensed operator. ing lot operator Is authority for the Colonel Miller refused to stand reaction. Nolan opened hia lot in pened in Georgia where the colonel and hi driver, James Colbert, were trial In lurid language he declared the heart of the downtown district. riding the range at 75 mile per hed :rot in jail, before he paid In eight days his gross income was hour. The limit is 53. Colbert, it a 'dime. only and exactly $1.20. He tried The aheriff explained further: every device he knew, even "free seems had no license. Miller refused to stand trial. parking. Still they stayed sway. proved extremely gratifying. After all, Eliot was the most handsome and the most glamorous man at Newfane Lake, and the confession of his love had rather flattered her vanity. But the Two duration had been brief. months, to be exact. She had smiled a little wistfully the night she handed back his ring. "Its been swell fun, Eliot, but it cant last. The feelings all on the surface. It isnt real. Not real? He stared at her, unGood Lord, Val But believing. she interrupted him with a ges ture r of finality. Its no use, Eliot. far Youre Cheats Death d net-wor- By y .... , TROOPERS ( FOR MILLIONS HAS FASCINATION Joan Fontaine In "Bed of Roses' will be back at RKO for the first time since she starred In "From This Day Forward in 1945. A modern drama. It stars her d girl with an insatiable desire to have her own way, Friends who knew her and Olivia da Havlland in their school-gi- rl day aay the beautiful Joan herself always bad a way of getting what she wanted. iron-wille- tiin John Miljan deserted films two years ago to devote hla time to hla avocado reach at Vista, Calif., bat coaid aot resist the rule of "Mr. Howard to "Mrs. Mike, the Dick Keyes starrer being produced for United Artists. Five of filmlands glamour girls recognize a voice that has made love to them when they tune In Mutual! "Scattergood Baines. Wendell Holmes, who plays "Scattergood," has played the romantic lead opposite Joan Fontaine. Dorothy McGuire, Veronica Lake, Claire Trevor and Madeleint CarrolL Hes also tops at impersonating Winston Churchill on the air. too and glamorous handsome to fall in love. 1 tried She hard, but It didn't work. patted his hand maternally. "Summer romances are fun, and this has been the best ever. No regrets. A hurt look came into his eyes, to be replaced an instant later by exaggerated Indifference. He tossed the ring, caught it, pocketed it. O. K., sister. I guess 1 can stand it. His eyes held that smug, look that so fitted his role. She felt released, free again. When Doug Metcalf asked her to attend the Country Club ball with him she accepted without qualms of conscience. Doug was big and homely. "Thought there was no harm in You wont asking, he grinned. find me as spectacular as Eliot. He looked at her curiously, seemed on the point of asking s question and thought better of lt. She knew that be, like everyone else, was wondering if her heart was broken. Well, let them find out for themselves. Their pity annoyed her. Who was this Eliot Harvey, s god or something? The night of the ball, dancing with Doug Metcalf, she saw Eliot floating by with Sheelah Jackson. He was looking down Into her upturned face, oblivious to everything else. Valeria felt a little pang, and, impatient at herself, gave her attention to Doug. Doug was watching her and there was worship in his eyes. ' DANCING a dreamy SHE WAS with Doug when Eliot cut in. Surprised, she found herself in bis arms scarcely before his familiar features became recognizable. "Well, well. well. Look whos here! Hows the Don Juan of Newfane? "Val, lets go out and get a punch. Hla tone was almost harsh. Valeria hesitated. "AH right. she aald. 1 could us something like that It a been n destructive evening. Im worn out They moved into the alcove , servled her beyond and through French doors that opened onto the terrace. The place was crowded, but they found a vacant bench behind some shrubbery, and Valeria sat down. It was good to sit Eliot bent over her. Listen, Val, 1 cant stand itl Ive been crazy ever since you gave me back the ring. Im going madl Youve got to come back to me! Amazed, she stared np at him. His eyes were bnrnlng coals. He stood there stripped of his pride and dignity, no longer the confident Don Juan, the breaker of womens hearts., Eliot, youre drunkl casual acceptance of her decision to break their engagement, his interest in Sheelah Jackson It had all been pretense! A shaml A mask! An attempt to maintain his Don Juan standing, to nourish hia pride and vanity and conceit She stood up, suddenly contempt-ou- s, ashamed of her own doubts, disgusted with his weakness. She looked down at him, without pity or compassion or regret turned away and went eagerly back to find dependable Doug. Discovery of Iron Iron according to legend was discovered by primitive man in Im notl Val, dont you see Im campfire embera or in meteorites. not! Dont you see how much I Iron tool were used in constructlove you! He dropped down be- ing the Pyramids about 3000 B. C. side her, and suddenly his head was The ancients produced iron in fire against her breast. 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