OCR Text |
Show - ' I t - ' s . Tixfi DRAGfeRTON TRIBtJNE, DRAGERTON, OTAR PA6e TWO - Tuesday, April 25, 1950 v WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS EGGS ACT LY! i Television Booms A Fowl .Effort Who was surprised? a radioactive In the event of a crisis such as that precipitated by the Russian blockade in 1943, Berlin was ready. The west has stocked the citys bins with enough food and coal to make a mockery of any new block ade. In the 11 monthssince the Reds , lifted the blockade of the city, -- a steady stream of train, truck and barge traffic has piled up what is felt to be adequate supplies to meet J any emergency. When Russia clamped down the blockade, in an effort to impose its own political convictions on Berlin, the city had only an average of six weeks supplies on hand. Now the basic staples are in about six months supply and in all probabil- ity will continue to increase as further stocks are added. It was felt that the Russians, aware of this process, would be less foolhardy than to attempt another blockade effort, but even so, no one was taking any chances because of the unpredictability of Soviet action and of the old truism that what has happened once, can happen again. HfGH COURT: , Accused Must Talk A ruling of the U.S. supreme court is likely to serve as a powerful stimulant for those accused of Communist sympathies and refuse to talk. The court refused to grant a hearing to two Hollywood writers convicted of contempt of congress. The action let stand a decision that congressional committees may compel witnesses to say whether they are Communists. The vote was 6 to 2. By its action, the high court refused to interfere with a lower court decision holding that congress may abridge either the freedom of speech or the freedom to remain silent when legislating to avert what It believes to be a threat of substantive evil to national wel- fare. The high court handed down the but did not explain its reason. It took the action in a brief order saying it would not hear the appeals of screen writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trum-bThey had been pending since last August 11. Lawson and Trumbo are each under sentence to serve a year in jail and to pay a fine of $1,000, They had been free under ' opinion o. bond. The courts order noted that Justices Black and Douglas favored a review of the case, and that Justice Clark took no part. Lawson and Trumbo were two of 10 prominent screen figures who refused to tell a congressional committee whether they had been members of the Communist party. CHILDREN: A New Hope A new hope for stunted children a promise of speeding the growth 1 " of undernourished boys and girls is held out in the drug aureomy-cin- . The it was golden drug, a said, may prove powerful growth : stimulator. 'THE ANNOUNCEMENT was made ai the national convention! the American Chemical society in Philadelphia, where delegates learned that already the drug has increased the rate - of growth of hogs, chickens and turkeys by as much as 50 per cent Its effects, delegates were told, far exceed those obtainable with any known vitamin. It is being tested now on undersized children'. . g Scientists said the action of the drug may hold enormous long-rang- e signifi- cance for the survival of the human race in a world of dwindling because it may prove resources, of tremendous importance in extending the worlds meat supply and reducing the cost of growth-acceleratin- wouldn't you get radioactive eggs? But Dr. Clyde Driggers, of the University of Florida agricultural experiment station, called them uncommon hens and uncommon hens they were, inasmuch as they had been given doses of radioactive calcium and they laid radioactive eggs. scienTHE poultry-departmetist set out to learn what happens to calcium from the atomic energy commission at Oak Ridge and fed minute single doses to two hens and daily doses to another two. He kept them under close observation. The hens suffered no ill effects and got along apparently as well as other hens until they were killed at the end of the project. With the aid of a Geiger counter, the experimenters found: THE SHELL of an egg laid by one of the hens 15 minutes after the first dose contained enough labeled calcium to make the count er tick, but none of the , materia) was in the yolk or white of the egg Radioactive calcium showed up on the shell, yolk and white of an egg laid 24 hours later and the white contained 70 times more of it than the yolk. The demands of the cold war are becoming steadily more vast and insistent. First and continuing is money American dollars to stem the tide of communism and protect itself so the theory goes by proEurope. tecting . NOW IT IS MEN Europe wants. American GIs to garrison the continent. A permanent garrison of American troops in western Europe even after German occupation ends is vital to the Atlantic pact defense, several European experts believe. THE EXPERTS quoted argue that American troops would provide leadership for Europes defense forces, and would serve as a reassurance to France if German troops eventually are too powerful in the western European defense. , At present, as the pact alliance rounds out its first year, its 12 member powers have about 22 divisions of varying strength and effectiveness among them. The normal complement of a diBrig. Gen. Conrad E. Snow, vision is 15,000 men. That means a head f the U.S. state departtotal of 330,000 potential fighting ments loyalty board, testifies men ready' to meet any attack up-- J before" the senate subcommiton the pact signatories. It also tee investigating charges of means that each communism in the state depact signatory is putting less than two divisions into partment. He chilled charges the overall plan to protect themby Sen. Joseph McCarthy (It., selves. he when told Wis.) probers that he knows of no Communists in Under such a setup it is conceivthe department. able that America might have to bolster the defensive line; but the MONOPOLY: setup poses anew the question: How sincere is Europe in efforts A&P Says No to rehabilitate and protect itself? t Atlantic & Pacific Tea company the A. & P. to mil- WHEAT: lions of American food shoppers has been charged with being a mo- Surplus Sliced nopoly and is the object of proseAs nature has a of doing cution by the U.S. justice depart- sometimes. It has way intervened In ment. the surplus wheat problem In this IN ITS FIRST formal answer to country. Drought and bugs already the governments charges, the have clipped 121 million bushels A &.P flatly denied the accusation off the .prospective wheat harvest and countered with a charge that and, if damage continues, the crop the justice department is trying to may not spill over into a surplus change the nations whole econom- at all. ic structure through its, anti-truTHE FEDERAL department of suit. in reporting this, said Asking dismissal of the present agriculture, conditions as of April 1, incrop suit, the A & P termed its expansionwinter-whedicated the crop -target of major charges would total only 764 million bush90 a the has been past years oyer matter of natural growth that els. If a surplus were avoided it came almost entirely from within would ease the drain on the fedthe company and not by mergers eral treasury, which now has four invested in crop or by buying out competing com- billion dollars surpluses. j panies. The nations record crop of THE ORGANIZATION, the answer continued, has made great wheat was in 1947, when 1.68 billion bushels were produced. contributions toward revolutionizTHE REPORT all but ruled out ing the food business with enormous and incalcuable savings to the possibility that wheat supplies the consumer and especially to the this' summer will mount so large that marketing quotas will be worker families. The worker families certainly needed to hold down production in would agree with that, as has been 1951. On the other hand, it did not proved by the widespread support raise any fear of shortages. The nation now has a reserve by consumers to the A & P in the current court action. A & P was wheat supply estimated at slightly further cheered when many of its more than 400 million bushels. independent competitors bought Most of this will be in governhewspaper space to defend the ment hands, as a result of price great grocery chain' against ' fed- support operations, when the new eral charges. crop is marketed. (Editor! Notes When eplnlone ore expressed la there eolomne, they ore thoee of Western Newspaper Union's news onolysts ond not of this newspaper.) nee-essorl- ly - Chills Charges ot The-Grea- st at CLAIM & COUNTER CLAIM Could Anti-Re- Bill Win d Could a bill to control Communist activities in the United States win approval of congress? There was some squabbling about the question with claim and counterclaim" being hurled. Senator Ferguson (R., Mich.) claimed he could line up support for such a measure; but said he expected the administrations leaders would try to block action on it. That forecast of Democratic ' intentions burned majority leader Scott Lucas, of Illinois. He promptly retorted that Ferguson was just talking politics, But Ferguson told reporters he was convinced the administration is opposing passage of the bill and top-hea- vy Congress' Okay? that the difficulty was ln getting senate leaders to bring it up for action. Lucas, interviewed separately, said other and more important legislation had already been scheduled for action, and that Ferguson knew it. A lot of other bills will come up later, Lucas said, but what they are and when they will be brought before the senate will have to be decided by the senates democratic policy committee. The Red control measure, approved by the senate judicial committee several weeks ago, would require Communist and Communist-fron- t organizations to register. If you feed dose to hens, why nt Television production last year according to findings of the Conference Board, totaled nearly 2.9 million sets as compared with 6,560 In 1948. The above graph Illustrates the sensational growth of this new entertainment medium. The video industry estimates sets in use this year will range around 4.5 million. j RADAR? Day & Night The country was informed during the week that there is at least some insurance against another "Pearl Harbor in the event an enemy should attack. That , insurance is a radar and network that is now far enough along to provide protection. These are being operated around the clock, according to a statement by the governments department of defense. More such networks are planned. The announcement also reported that alarm systems have been installed that can flash an alert to air force interceptor squadrons and civilian warning centers within a matter of seconds. All these moves simply are preparedness, officials stressed, and do not indicate any need of these defenses is imminent. Air force officials said more than 200 warning centers now are hooked up and many more will soon be in operation. The centers are selected by officials such as governors, mayors and chiefs of police. Headquarters will be in key cities and someone will always be available to man the warning ap- VACATIONS: Why Not England? For the American tourist planning a trip abroad, England cant be beat, according to Farnham F. civilian-airplane-spotti- Dudgeon, of West- editor-in-chie- f ern Newspaper Union, a newspaper syndicate. DUDGEON visited England some weeks ago along with 14 other representatives of newspaper syndicates, press associations and periodicals. The host on the flight over the Atlantic and the trip through England and Scotland was the British association Travel which is engaged in a campaign to attract tourist trade to the British Isles. The syndicate chief reported that England definitely is the place io go for the American who wants a memorable trip abroad at a modicum of cost This is true, he said, because of the many places and things in England that are so closely tied in with our own history. Right now, England is a tourist Dudgeon said. "Espeparadise, is true because the this cially devaluation ha added so pound paratus. much more purchasibility to the American tourist dollar. For exPAKISTAN: ample, one may stay at almost any of the picturesque Inns or hoPeace Move tels for as little as $21 to $23 a week. The Indian parliament ratified TRANSPORTATION faculties in n the new both and England and Scotland are pact with that approval there appeared even if the equipment is hope that bloody communal strife somewhat battered from the war. on the subcontinent might be endThe British are eager to make ed. Americans feel at home, and one Prime Minister NeWu, in submit- gets the impression that this is a ting the pact, said he was satisfied, sincere hospitality, not motivated it would halt a drift toward catas- exclusively by the desire for trophe. We have stopped ourselves American dollars. There is little need to remind at the edge of a precipice and turned our back to it, Nehru said.-TH- Americans of the particular charm AGREEMENT guarantees and beauty of the British and Scotthe security of the Moslem minority tish countrysides, with their lakes, in Hindu India, and the Hindu mi- moors, heather, famed resort spots and historic buUdings and land-- 1 nority in Moslem Pakistan. It also marks, because they are known, permits the unhampered migration " of both" minorities across the bor- even if vicariously, to most Amer- leans. ders of the two dominions. "But them at first hand The move was an idealistic one is an seeing and memand had the blessings of the civil- orable altogether thrilling experience, Dudgeon said.; ized world. But whether it would work was a problem that would still trouble hemisphere diplomats. : OUT OF. INDIA We re comingre-port- s Talks Set that the announced and probAs might have been expected, ably sincere effort to abolish the nations top defense and dipcaste in order to bring about unity, lomatic leaders will be asked to was encountering more difficulty tell congressmen some more about than was expected. Religious con- the proposed hydrogen bomb. The victions, customs, traditions and lawmakers would like to know practices of centuries are, not something of the impact of the sloughed off so easily. bomb and what civilian defense The important question was setups might do about "it whether Indias multitudes, unable Among those expected4 to be called are Dean Acheson and Genamong themselves, could get along Omar eral with the Pakistan setup without Bradley. - Released by WNU Features conflict. j b, -- India-Pakista- ex-ceUe- E H-BO- i " |