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Show LAYTON JOURNAL LAYTON, UTAH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1949 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS at Lewis Hints at U.S. Crops FINANCE: Peak; Coal Mine Strike; Steel Industry Resists Wage Hike Near-Reco- rd NOTEt Whoa apialaai an oiproMii ia lloio mIimm, tkiy an tbaia ( U aava Malyita aa4 ( af this aovaaaaor.) (EDITOR'S Mtra NtwaaftMt 4nr ; t ? t is 1 ji'-- ) -- w "r'T "4 JC i ftTTT ' ,v Va,1 tr ? t V , E; y s " I ' v i f A Jt ) i 45R VA 2Ll Li- SUPERCILIOU8 8WINE UNIMPRESSED BY GI NomU Mtod for honor m swinedoma moot snooty member, this porker t Okayama, Japan, la entirely snlmpreaaed aa Pfo. Joe McClendon, Modesto, Calif., nses an aspirator to capture disease-bear-lmosquitoes In a faouee at Okayama. The Gla look is probably inspired by the realisation that a hop with such a supercilious appearance might quickly Instill an inferiority complex in any human belnf who gated too long, n( py (AS. CROPS: Rili Neor Record to British If the British got nothing else out of the Washington conference on the Island's financial crisia, they had received a lot of advice. That they were not too prone to take it waa evidenced by Britlah comment in the homeland and hinta by Washington newsmen that the British monetary delegauon waa peeved at the way U, S. treasury chief John Snyder waa bossing the show. WITH bland disregard for the fact, British comment in London was to the effect that Und Sam was playing England for a aucker. On the other hand, there waa much criticism In tha U. S. that th British had nothing but their own yen for the labor government to blame for their financial plight In the midst of the clamor, on thing appeared to be distinct; The major force in U. S. agencies which might help the British were agreed that devaluation of currency was tha immediate answer to Europe' financial problems. Snyder believes that and he has been backed up by the opinion of the World Bank and Monetary Fund. American BLACK, EUGENE World president of the Bank, summed it up neatly. He aald: "I do not underestimate either the complexities or the consequences of such action (devaluation), but I fail to aee how it can be avoided. SECURITY: Fallows All was serene, at least for the moment, between the American army and the American air force The army apologized and thus end' ed a "battle crisis growing out of the armys challenge 'of an air force claim that a mythical "ene' my" armored force had been wiped out in war games in Germany. The air force general In com mand, after the army blast at his claims, had threatened to pick up his planes and go home from the maneuvers. Then the army admitted the air force was right, with the commanding general apologizing for the in' ability of hit ground-forc- e umpire crop forecast to assesi properly the sudden Corn, especially, was abundant, with this crop almost certain to strikes by the air force. result in some sort of controls on surpluses. The prediction for the COAL: corn crop was 3.5 billion bushels, Lewis Sputters only 8.8 per cent below last year's In the North, trees were showing record, but 27 per cent above aver' the first sparks of autumnal color, age. The new figure was only about In the snow already had fallWest, 18 million bushels less than the en in one state. Fall was In the air a month ago. lorecast of and the crisp sharpness, the thinIt was believed that s corn crop ning sunlight all indicated the time of this size was virtually certain was right to lead the government to invoke And as is his wont, John L. Lewis production controls on the 1950 crop knew it. The United Mine Workers tn a move to prevent accumulation of a burdensome surplus. As a chief was threatening coal strike and at a time when the threat consequence, corn from this years would be most effective. crop is expected to move Into gov AS USUAL, his threat was BUT eminent hands under based more then the upon the highest to apparently join programs 400 wnnm bushels remaining there Ideals. There was no question of higher wages or shorter working from the 1848 crop. hours. Instead, Lewis charged that on corn NO OFFICIAL decision was likely, however, until after the southern coal operators had bled the unions welfare fund white by October crop estimate. withholding payments. The agriculture departments Lewis did not mention the word wheat crop estimate of nearly 1.25 but he said a continua"strike, unwas bushels biinnn virtually default In payments the tion of changed from at month previous. cause "reactions deterrent might This would make it the fourth to the constructive progress of the Also on record. wheat crop largeat among the relatively large crops industry. However, everybody on the sidewere rice, tree nuts, soybeans, in Washington construed that lines cotton, flaxseed, sorghum grapes, grain, dried beans, sugar cane and statement to hold a strike threat The National Coal association ad cherries. vised its members that Lewis language was a "direct threat and RELIGION: added: 15 Priests Held "No mention is made of the fact there is no contract and no that with church the using Charging en underground communications agreement to pay. . . network, the Communist government in Czechoslovakia arrested STEEL: priests in an effort, it said, to 4th Round Unsure smash the organization. Unless the situation changed THERE were Indications that dethere would be no drastically, spite the arrests, the system was fourth-roun- d wage Increase for the still working because it was needed nation's steelworkers. Almost on by the church to maintain contact the eve of the strike call, the between its priests and their bishSteelworkers union gave up ops. its fight for a wage hike, and called As a point in proof of the con- off the strike. tinued operation of the system, it union acTHE was pointed out that parish priests cepted both President Trumans still are sending in declarations to recommendation tor an extension the government that they would of the strike truce and recommenrather go to jail than obey a new dations of a presidential church-contrbill which the Comboard aimed at solving the munists proposed to enact. e dispute. PRIESTS who have been sending Philip Murray, union boss, told In these declarations say they will the President In a telegram that he never accept appointment from gave up the wage increase demand g "with profound regret," but agreed anyone except their to the board's recommendations church superiors. The church has demanded that "in the interest of concluding a Bw government call off its war prompt settlement. Six of the nations major steel against the clergy If It wants to enter into any new negotiations for producers accepted the truce exan agreement aa to the role of tension request, but no company church and state in the govern- had given an answer on the board's formula. mental setup. Marshall plan countries, nations everywhere sharing in the largesse of Undo Sam, would rejoice at the news that the 1048 U. S. crop fored vol cast Indicated a the So was tune. picture that rosy experts held that this years farm production would almost epproxi mate 1048s record output REPORTING this, the U. S. department of agriculture said that if the crop did not top all records, It certainly would be second only to last years figures. Since the growing season for most crops wai practically over, there waa little likelihood In any change in the near-recor- price-suppo- rt Cost Rising An increase in the cost of social security to about 15 billion dollars by 1960, and possibly mora than SO billion by th year 2000, would be the net effect to American taxpayers If congrei would pas the pending proposals to expand our present system. THIS ESTIMATE wa mada by the Research Council for Economic Security, a Chicago organization, in s study entitled Estimated Cost of Social Security Expansion. Cost estimates are based upon th estimated population and mortality rates for future years. No allowances for variations in wags or price levels has been made. Th expanded program, all of which hai been given consideration in the 81st congress, consists of four parts: 1. Increase in old eg and survivors insurance benefits and coverage. 2. The introduction of a new concept in federal social Insurance, namely, compensation for temporary and permanent disability. 8. An expansion in federal public assistance payments. 4. Adoption of s national compulsory insurance system. "THE COST in terms of taxable payrolls, the council points out. "ranges from 9.7 per cent to 11.4 per cent In 1960, depending upon or high-coestimate. For the year 2000, th estimate ranges from 1S.S per cent to 18.8 per cent of taxable payrolls. low-co- st According to Senator Aitken (R., Vt), present farm aid law provides for high price props for wheat and cotton and he declared that anyone who contends otherwise is guilty of misrepresentation. The senator was defending the law he helped flexible write in the preceding congress and which bears hit name. Barring new farm-ai- d legislation, the Ait farm-suppo- rt com- - with pay stations, which abolish the proverbial call. Even talk is to be more expenalv than ever. 10-re- nt aom In being mad cities field tests art with new phon booth GRACE NOLL Movies business te be and the companies are np against terrific costs. For nil we know tho nickel phene call is as eco-- IO HAT shall I take into the comingyear? And what shall I leave behind? I my heart. And quick came the answer: "Lay all doubt and fear And anxious care aside before you start Take but lifes stark necessities along: The Word of God that you may be kept fit The staff of faith, the lamp of hope, a song Of high and dauntless courage; fill your kit With laughter, and take happiness to wear. Twill cloak you on the bleakest coldest day; And take an apple and a loaf to share With one who may be hungry on die way. Fill your canteen from a wayside well, You may grow thirsty, said my cautious heart And Hark, across the world a hell Peels out a Summons it is time to start $ M 1 "I want it better ventilated aa I h Heroically snaeond bet-do- g nickel the slckel bus fare, and tho nickel movie. But the n bigger fight l likely, been brought tp on public baa phone calL It may the even regard the booth as the nickels last stand. h continued. "In n nickel phon booth yon are practically la solitary confinement. If pay n dime I may even demand n soft chair and maybe television. toe, telephe 0 (A piece rebut field, placed in most every disassociabout there is something ating it from a phone booth that fill many a heart with anguish. One of tho few things left in America at tha old price is the nickel phono booth. It stands almost by itself as a place a man may enter without asking, "I wonder how prices have gone up in here since I was around last time." It has seen tho nt There baa always been something about the clink of n nickel in n phone booth that made sweet music, and of late It haa conveyed unmistakably the soothing proof that there waa still something in America not out of reach of n man in the lower brackets. Even if you made the call and found your girl has just left for dinner with somebody else, it didnt seem exorbitant But when It takes a dime to get the same news it will be something else again. We can see the phone companies point. There la not the money in conversation that there used to be. It costa twice as much to produce "number please" as it did 10 yean ago. The companies say they urn losing the money on nt nickel transao-tto- n rates. pay-stati- 815,000 0 0 dream boust raffled off on Sixth avenue. New York, had to be fold by tha owner for $1,000 because of the costs of moving and reassembling." news item) Want n lovely dream house? most Take n chance-y- on Win it and, my dcariea, How the dream will bast! Fifty cents a ticket Give your luck a try! Who will get the building? Some fast dollar guy! It seems to us the dream house might have been advertised as having hot and cold indifference, a fine view of snafu, crossed-uventilation and an acra of headaches. ... p YE GOTHAM BUGLE & BANNER A British parliament member says John Bull will not bt kicked around by unlettered pot bellied money magnates from tbe US. . . . This is the first indication anybody could look at Uncle Sam and sing, "Hes too fat, hes too fat, he's too fat for me." .. .Ye ed heart Jolsons next pictures will bo called "Jolson Hits Tbe Jackpot , "Jolson follows Through" or "Jolson Takes fort Knox." , . .Tbe driver who killed Margaret Mitchell and who is alleged to have been drunk, speeding , and on tbe wrong side of tbe road, as well as a repeated offender against traffic laws, it charged merely with involuntary manslaughter, tbe penalty for which is one to three yeartUi 0 Why mad: movie review readers go "The second Jolson film ia not aa sentimental nor as heart warm ing as its predecessor." Kate Cameron. Of course the plot of the new Jolson movie is soggy with sentiment. The songs drip with nostal-gi.- ,r Jim OConnor. FLASH OF BRILLIANCE """"I ti 3-Mlnu- knew he r for a n emotional, excitable per-- Fictlan By Richard H. Wilkinson ROBERT Q. LEWIS theyre saying that there couldnt have been a better man for the Job. Lewis did his best, of course, but he wasn't worried; hes done too many outstanding shows of his own for that Sonny Tufts carried a container like a knitting bag to the "Easy Living set at RKO every day; it held a two-qua- rt thermo of halfmilk, half-creaand another filled with soup and sweetbread mixture. It was his daily lunch. m The father-co- a team of Walter and John Huston, which won three Academy awards last year, will be reunited tn Horiaon Pictures next for Columbia. "Reminiscences of a Walter Cowboy" will Huston and Montgomery Clift. John Hnston will direct, and, following tradition, will be seen in a small part. It should be good; everything John Boston does succeeds. co-st-ar sia. PARTY LINE: The cigarette company now sponsoring "Ladies Be Seated" and "One Man Opinion," with Walter tha Farm Kieran. has shifted them from to ABC; they replace "Against the Storm," daytime serial. and "Queen for a Day. Mutual i aelf-ackno- ' TALBERTS ,00d CAPTAIN Bess! You Bul empty-heade- day evenings. Godfrey! popularity made him a difficult man to fill In for, and Lewis was bound to be a target for a lot of criticism. Just because he wasnt Arthur. Now Robert D. Murphy, career diplomat and former political adviser to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, was nominated for post of U. S. ambassador to Belgium. He would succeed Admiral Alan G. Kirk, who Is now U. S. ambassador te Rus- "No. The real ones. Captain Talbert I'm going te tak yon into my confidence. The tory I told about the necklace being imitation was false. Ive never worn false jewelry and I never shall. I merely told that tory to that the thief would think his loot valueless. . Captain Talbert nodded' He knew what the word "alone meant. He regarded Mrs. Holbrook with frank admiration. "Mrs. . face Hol- brook, allow me to congratulate yon, and please stand that yon will have my fullest After n reasonable length of time Ill announce that we have been unsuccessful la our search. then you spoke lord, about apprehending the criminal at act concerned. I least might by searching for the imitations so paid 50 grand for that rope. Maybe that the thief would return A moment later Captain Talbert you think Im made of money. The Imitations werent went out Left alone, Mrs. Holbrook "Exactly. "That said. Mrs. Holbrook, "is worth keeping, and in order to dis- sat down before her mirror. It had the point the possibility of having them been a strain. A great strain. She "Point? What point?" Mr. Hol- pel found in his possession he decided sighed wearily. It was such a relief brook was becoming irritated. to return them. In doing so he un- to feel that once more she could "I mean, aaid Bess, "that intentionally returned the originals return to the role of the irresponsiIrand spared me the unpleasantIm net the ble spouse that her husband under- fl P Envoy Communist officials, including ken law would become effective three representatives from Mos next January 1. cow, held an organization and poh He said ha thought the law remeeting at Beacon, quires that in 1950 support of wheat N. Y. That's the story that fell Into the and cotton prices be at S3 to 80 per cent of parity. He called this a hands of the senate Judiciary sub "far cry from the misrepresenta- committee on immigration. It re tion of those who tell wheat and putedly came from one Maurice cotton growers that they will get Malkin, Brooklyn, a only 00 per cent under the 1848 edged former Communist official in this country. act The "aint ttlepkea what It naed CROWELL) Arthur Godfrey five morning shows a week on CBS and one television show, lasting an hour, on Wednea- - Everything, someone has observed. happens in Brooklyn. What was slated to happen in Brooklyn this fall would engage the interest of every baseball fan in the nation. FOR, at a Brooklyn theater, all the World Series baseball games were to be shown, via television, on the theater's movie screen. True, it was an experimental project for which the theater-owne- r reportedly paid $10,000; but other theaters had shown some interest In the plan, and It had the endorsement of A. B. Happy Chandler, baseballs high commii loner. Dn U CONSIDERING the fact that the valued at $50,000 MOW that its over, Robert Q. not insured. Mrs-- . Holwaa It and 4 Lewis can draw a long breath brook should have been upset The and look back with pride on the terrific job that he did from August fact that she wasnt astonished 1 to October 1. He took over for even her husband, for her husband steel-wag- Aitken Claims Wheat, Cotton Props High American telephone experimenting machines. We presume the tests have two purposes: (1) to see how th apparatus works; (2) to note how loudly the user squawks. dim-a-c- iEOSCREEN ol PRESENT FARM AID DEFENDED THE NICKEL'S LAST STAND BY INEZ GERHARD g freely-actin- By H. I. PHILLIPS ' Tapped as NICKEL PHONE CALL Corner er fact-findin- ... THE PROVERBIAL fiction st at Clink of Dime Is Death Knell of Parting Era 10-ce- nt WORLD SERIES: Video ... Nevertheless we look for a hot time at hearings before the public service commissions. Elmer Twitchell is among those who will be present with some novel pleas. I may not fight the abolition of the nickel call if the figures show it is necessary," he said, "but I will demand that a phone booth be made twice as roomy as a nickel one." CIO-Unit- ed million-memb- PRESENT DAY ECONOMY UNDERMINES Ad vie Cathy Lewis, "Jane" of "My Friend Irma," is back again after a long illness. Marie Wilson ("Irma") told me "sometimes I get sort of annoyed at Cathy, but I could forgive her anything, ahe's such a wonderful actress! d. ness of facing my responsible person you think me. The diamond necklace wasnt stolen. I left it back tn New York 4n n safety deposit box. "You what? "The jewels that were stolen were ACROSS imitations. I wouldnt dream of 1. Kind of &x wearing the originals without hav(archeol.) ing them insured." 5. Subsides Mr. Holbrooks mouth fell open. 9. Scope "So you see. said Bess. It isnt 10. Additional as bad as it seems. amount Rita Fenway, one of the guests, 11. Removed suddenly said: "But it doesnt alter moisture 12. A support the fact that theres a thief aboard. 14. Devoured And that means were all in danger 15. To go to bed of being robbed. And the cruise 16. Sign of the wont e over for another week. infinitive "Of course." Mrs. Holbrook said. 17. Scorch "And nothing could be more satis19. Lair ' 20. A factory. My dears, consider that aong we are to be on tbe high seas for of praise a week. The criminal, whoever he 22. Suitable 23. Hebrew is. will have to remain with us durletter ing that length of time. A week, 24. la able xny dears, will give our clever and 25. A mere efficient captain ample opportunity taste to apprehend the thief. 21 Cant An hour after Mr. Holbrook 29. Trouble her had demonstrated hidden 30. Wall border genius the excused herself from a 31. Board of group in the main lounge and unOrdnance obtrusively descended to her cabin. (abbr.) 32. A social After a moment she rang for the captain. gathering of men "Captain Talbert my husband 34. A limb has undoubtedly told you about the 35. Spring theft and instructed you to appremonth hend the thief." 36. Buckets 38. A spring "Yes, ma'm. I have two of the crew making a search now. fast period "Instruct them to desist It will (EccL) 39. Ostrich-lik- e not be necessary." 4 bird "But Mrs. Holbrook, your hus40. One of band said Old Norse "Never mind what my husband works said. Tbe necklace has been re41. Soft turned." She nodded toward a box bunches, on her dressing table. as of Th Imitations, you "Returned? cotton mean? husband stood and expected. alone. SSWDRD PUZZLE - DOWN 1.- Box WEEKS LAST ri ANSWER 18. Female fowl tL Made 2. One 6t to fit the Great Lakes 22. Game of 3. Sheltered chafice 24. Bounder side 4. Little boy 25. Straight5. Live coal forward 6. Material 21 Jolt 27. Mark used made of to denote a poor diamonds spurious 7. Plaiting passage 8. Private 11. Facta 13. Even 28. Wooden Prs of 29. King Judah (poet) 15. Male sheep 17. Fragment SO. Greek letter S3. 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