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Show LAYTON JOURNAL, LAYTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1950 RUSSIA: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Widespread Federal Farm Controls; Three Pact Nations Unify Defense la lbc iiliniM, they rfrDITORH KOTK: Wh ptmtona r Waatara Naaap,r I alaa a aw, aaalyala ant aal naeaaaarllr at llila rt lh SPOEDSECBE. Going to Sea Tom Paine's Huge Crop Surpluses May Bring On f a,apapar.) phrase, "sunshin patriot." might well apply to any egment of the Russian army, alnce the Soviets have no warm water port for winter operation; but if the authoritative publication, Jane's Fighting Ships, was to the Russians must be planning to change all that. ACCORDING to the article, Russia is building three 35, battleship equipped to fire It aerial torpedoes. said the Soviet navy also is speeding construction on a fleet of 1.000 submarines including a type "with a great range and a very high submerged speed. How did Jane's penetrate the Iron curtain to a degree necessary to glean that information The publication itself says merely that a "hitherto reliable source" relayed the report, and added that it passed along "with reserve . conflicting information in the informant's report that one of the tin ee battleships is still in the yaids, but two others of the same class are believed to be In commission." Janes emphasized that it had no substantia tion of this ANpy STACEvSCREEMiRADIO Raps Big Steel Punitive Plenty It Wat an Ironical twist that American farmers, by producing In 1949 the second largest crop in all U S history, may have shackled themselves with broad government controls for years to come The years harvest acreage was the largest since 19.12 when defires farmers sought to offset declining prices by expanding production. Except for bad weather during the growing season in some sections of the nation, the 1949 crop total might easily have set a new record. Even so, the harvest was so large that the U S. department of agriculture felt called upon to Invoke production controls of varexecuEverett Kansarow, ious kinds to reduce the volume tive secretary of the CIO, tell next year. These controls proba congressional committee that ably would extend to cotton, peabig bteela hiking the price of nuts, major types of tobacco, rice, steel i a "scandalous situapotatoes and soybeans. tion" and asks the committer The agriculture department said to investigate It. In the recent the huge harvest was the result price raise, the steel Industry of uniformly lurge production of said recent welfare and penmost crops, rather than record sion concessions to labor made volumes of a few individual ones. the Increase necessary. Records were marked up only for rice, dry beans and peas. PACT DEFENSE: The figures: Corn, three billion, 378 million One Broad Pattern , 12G bushels; livestock Probably pointing the way tomillion tons; vegetable ward a general North Atlantic soybeana, flaxseed, peanuts, part policy, the United States. 15.33 million tons; tobacGreat Britain and Canada have co, two billion pounds; fruit proworked out procedures for pracduction. nine million, 800 thousand tically a complete exchange of intons. formation concerning Yields per acre w'ere above avweapons and fighting techniques erage for most crops, although each country develops. wheat, flaxseed and dry peas were THE OFFICIAL announcement notable exceptions. Nearly 163 to that effect was a guarded one, million tons of the eight grains but defense department spokeswere harvested during the year. men said the three nations will pool all data on just about everyCOMIC BOOKS: thing in the way of conventional weapons used by their respective Get Lost Lough fighting forces and together will There may not be any laughs In study such advanced weapons as eurrent comic books as so many guided missiles. There was no inpsychologists, psychiatrists, educa- dication of the atomic bomb In tors end ministers have charged this deal. But there was certainly more than The anto the goal, according an abdominal chuckle for the com-l- e was to make not only nouncement, book entrepreneurs, themselves, standard weapons interchangeIn a spectacular respectability reable, but to draw on the incentive accorded their products. cently of scientists and the for. as amazing as it may seem, techniques "operational procedures" destate U.S. to the department was veloped by military planners. Incorporate the comic book techIn THE manner of STEP, any nique in its latest bid for the minds speaking, was a prudent one if the of Asiatics. are convinced that WITH THEIR THEMES based democracies on the lives of American heroes. among the best avenues of peace is one that leads to the ultimate 260,000 copies of the picture-seriein preparedness. debeen books had scheduled for There is a most plausible school in livery early January. of thought among international The books were to be sent to that If a consolidation diplomats, South French Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia. The of sufficient strength Is mustered by the western powers, there need hope was that through circulation information about be no fear of World War HI. no the history and background of the matter how much the Russians United States would be spread might desire one. For whatever widely in areas under strong Com- else may be said of Russias munist pressure but which, as yet, Stalin, he has never been branded as a complete idiot. had not capitulated. After Stalin, of course, anything THE SERIES was to Include books of the lives of George might happen, for ambitious men Thomas Jefferson, ofttimes let their ambition cloud Washington. their vision to the extent that they Walt Whitman. Abraham Lincoln. Andrew Carnegie, Jane Addams, cant see where they are going. Thomas A. Edison, and George Give such men enough power, and the war everyone fears might well Washington Carver. Libraries and other agencies of be in the making. the state departments public affairs division, already on the TOP 10 MEN: scene, would distribute the books Rated Outstanrrng at public showings of American More than 1,500 newspapermen documentary films and other such occasions. American libraries op- had been called upon to choose, in erate in all countries where the their opinion, the 10 outstanding men of the world during 1949. At books are to be distributed. first blush that would appear to be a staggering assignment, but PANCAKE DAY: there is mi newsman worthy the Idea Spreading name who wont give you an opinA familiar and popular event In ion on anything at nnv time. THE TEN some United States communities, outstanding men of as announced tn the unknown in many more. National the year. Pancake day is beginning to catch 1919 Year News Annual were1 Dr Albert Schweitzer, rehgion: on in many localities. Dean Acheson, U.S Secretary of An ancient as far as internationDr Ralph al observance goes, the event has state, statesmanship: been observed elsewhere in the Bunche, world peace: Dr Charles world for hundreds of years. No Seymour. Yale university president. education: Walter Reuther. artificial "Johnny - come - lately labor; president of the Idea, the day has long been observed in Great Britain and many Jackie Robinson. Brooklyn Dodgers other countries in Europe always second baseman, sports; Serge Koussevitsky, Boston on the day before Lent begins. symphony THE NEXT Pancake day falls orchestra, music: Arthur Miller, drama; on February 21, 1910. when here, "Death of A Salesman, Stanley Kramer, producer of the in the United States, some communities will mark tne day in city- movie "Home of The Brave, movies: Milton Berle. radio and wide celebration, a sort of midwinter fair at which everyone eats television. of these CRITICS selections pancakes. In many other communities, church groups (frequently might charge that the selectors let Episcopalians) have long observed the headlines of the year, rather the day with quiet breakfasts, than the gentlemens accomplishluncheons and suppers all of ments. get in their eyes when they which feature pancakes. made their choices sion-ridde- n feed-grain- military s Indo-Chin- a hand-to-han- d 32-pa- radio-controll- LEAGUE. IN HIS FIRST SEASON 1447-8- 1 EC WAS IDLE IN 16 GAMES DUE TO A KNEE NJURY BUT STILL SCORED 34 AVERAGE. POINTS FOR A lO-- refwirt. THE ARTICLE noted that the United States and Great Britain have only one battleship in service between them and that is the U S S. Missouri. But, it added, "there are signs that new fleet are the making." Continuing, the article declared: "Warships are being designed not as improvements or developments of previous classes, but from first pimciples for a specific role of countering a potential enemy type. In the next few years we are likely to see . . the carcontrol rier, the the command vessel, ship, the cruiser, rocket destroyers, fast, frigates and ships. Which would indicate that the navy hasn't been as dormant as the air force might have liked It to appear In the unification rows in congress. A GREAT MINNESOTA BACK WAS ONCE NAMED ON THE SAMI TEAM AS A GUARD AND A WHAT$ H6 NAME? BOTH (FULL-BAC- TOI?rn -- SPORT LIGHT- 1 MSantNN ONCaa - Old Guard Liked Rugged Matches in atomic-bomb- . guided-missil- task-forc- er e e e low-lyin- g gas-turbin- e HOUSING: For GEN. B E.MOORC, SUPERINTENDENT OF WEST POINT LAID THE REASON NOTRE DAME IS OFF TVt CADETS SOEDULE tS THAT IT WOULD TAKE THEM HALF THE SEASONTD GET SET FOR THE IRISH AND THE OTHER HALF 'Forgotten According to an Impression prevalent tn the capital. President Truman intends to press congress for some action to spur construction of medium-pricehousing. And, as must have been Inevitable, the "forgotten man was again brought Into the picture. The capital sources mentioned that Mr. Trumana administration would recommend that this housing be "fordesigned to help the gotten man In housing the worker of the nation to own his own home or get better rental accommodations. IF ANYTHING can be done In that respect, the forgotten man" would surely be most grateful but the manner in which the housing problem has been kicked around in Washington could be blamed If the "forgotten man adopted an attitude of "Ill believe it when I see it." The new housing program, according to reports, will be on the "must list of early consideration by the lawmakers, but that must isnt as formidable as it sounds, for most Americans will remember that Mr. Truman was unable to get any action on a lot of must legislation in the first session of the 81st congress. However, no one could be ruled out for trying, Bnd if any successful housing venture should result, there would probably be an air of forgiveness all round. THE LEGISLATION which the President is reported as ready to sponsor is said to rely mainly on private industry to do the job. d middle-i- ncome Talks for Hiss -- By GRANTLAND RICE- - the sider what is the players viewQUESTION NO that footballs big argu- point ment this winter will concern the 1 have never been Interested system. in what the coaches or what the This correspondent, opposed at public might think. The p&yer idea, first to the is the one who takes most of must admit in talkthe beating who makes ing with most of the sacrifices. The Crisler of Michicoach is certain to be biased gan and Red Blaik and selfish. Nearly always. The of Army one gets a public pays but it doesnt have far better picture to pay unless it wants to, and of what the Its viewpoint is usually warped. game But the player should know. To means. Crisler and Blaik get this slant 1 had a long talk with Arnold Galiffa, must be Armys leading star. Red Blaik had just said that among the top Rice ball coaches of all Galiffa, his offensive spark, vets time. I mean up with Rockne and also the best defensive player on Haughton and Sutherland, to men- the Army team. Galiffa played ention only a few. Both are smart, tirely on offense this fall. "Dont you like defensive play?" subtle talkers. They know their subject On this day. Red Blaik I asked Galiffa. "Oh, I like it very much," he stood for nearly two hours, chalsaid. lenging a long list of doubters "Do you like to tackle?" I asked answering every charge. "Of course." he said, the old him. "I sure do," he said. guard is against it The old guard "Then you dont like the is form In anything against every of change. This is new football-foot- ball system?" I inquired. that is faster, keener, more "I certainly do," Galiffa said. "Ill tell you why. My Job ia te exciting, less punishing on the try to run the Army team on player. offense. To call the plays to I thought about the old guard. pass to run with the ball to Ive heard them grumbling for block. Scoring is the big factor over 40 years about the modern in footbalL Under our players of the 20s and 30s. system 1 am always fresh. They couldnt understand why I am never tired or battered. 1 a fellow couldn't play CO minran do a far better offensive utes of every game. Shep HomJob for the team. We are out to ans of Princeton was Snake win games. Galiffa doesnt Ames' substitute. Homans nevcount. Cain doesnt count, John er got to play a minute until Trent, our captain, doesnt Homans, graduated. count. No one counts but the 165 pounds, was weighing Princeton's fullback in 1890 and Army team. Individuals are out. 1891. Sheps substitute never "To show you what 1 mean, we got to play a minute. Homans have very good men on our defenplayed the full CO minutes for 22 games. sive squad. They know they wont But the game was different in be picked on any 1925 and 1930. It is the contention They don't give a rap about mention. They are out of Crisler, Oosterbaan and Red Blaik that the game is still dif- to help win games for Army. Isnt ferent Todays demand is for that the way it should be?" ONE CAN UMBRELLA: I) Most everyone has speculated about if and when it would come, but now, apparently, it has arrived a revolutionary umbrella for an amphitheatre. According to the designers, it can cover the amphitheatre in two and minutes at the flick of a switch. The device isnt actually on the market yet, but will be built next fall to house activities of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. rain-defyin- g one-ha- lf New Probe Asked double-platoo- Whatever else might occupy congressmen. there appeared to be no lacking of probe subjects For instance, Representative Buchanan (D., Pa.) announced that a special house lobbying investigating com mittee would begin looking into re8l estate and medical issues Buchanan is vh.vrman of the committee which will do the looking. The corrm.ttee also will in lohhvinn vestigate "other-side- known pheasant vice-preside- cover. AAA After 30 years of acting on the stage, in silent and talking pic-- 1 tures and in guest shots on the air Ronald Colman has embarked on his own radio series (NBC Friday The applause he and evenings). Benita Hume Colman received after their four appearances on Jack Bennys show pursuaded them. The Halls of Ivy presents them as a college president and his wife. n Fritz n listed two-jiato- two-plato- And a. speed. They prove to you that it is faster, keener and more exciting because it is played with flesh men, with rested athletes. And if you tell Fritz Crisler the public doesn't like it. he points to Michigan's attendance record 97,500 a game for either' five or six games plus television in Detroit. Official Has Say an official said, Suppose. you were working a game and you saw a player holding suppose you saw him palpably offside suppose you saw backs distinctly in motion before the ball was snapped suppose you saw every form of rule breaking taking place under your nose code infractions that affected the play. definitely Important Point The officials are taking all the It has always seemed to us that blame, he said, "while the full in any football problem there blame belongs to the players and should be only one angle to con their coaches. -ill u V to 4 fix - it ft Arnett The original cotlines ou thia photo were a little ambiguous in that they didn't say whether the young nimrod shown here got these birds himself, or is Just posing with them. However, it's a good enough shot to rate passing along. The youngster is Jan Oneeta, of Nags Head. North Carolina, and whoever bagged the birds in the Pimlico Sound region, had a good day. Ralph Edwards was so ill with a bad case of penicillin poisoning that Tommy Bartlett, of Chicagos "Welcome Traveler, flew East to take over if necessary. But Edwards romped through "Truth or Consequences" without weakening. Teresa Wright was pretty proud of being one star who ""had no swimming pool. But just before she started "The Men, her two sons and Niven Buschs two sons by a AAA Check Fishing Gear Hunters who spent many hours rounding dp that lost box of shells, and other hunting license-holde- r bits of hunting gear pushed all around the place since the season closed last year and then, topping everything, found the trusty old blunderbuss coated with 1948 carbon and mud, would do well to give some attention right now to their fishing equipment. That may seem a little premature, but if tackle isnt taken care of now. one will be surprised how little time there will be to do it when Spring and the Ashing season are upon them before they know it. Proper care of outdoor equipment requires little effort and time, and it pays off in dollars by reducing winter-tim- e depreciation Plugs should be cleaned, painted SHANK OF - THE A BOTTLE 6? Gw Oic. IH. A A Hook Aids Hunters If one has trouble pull.ng a clean-lnswab through a ru'e. a fish hook to work will saveputting a lot of temper a' c grv hairs Just stra c liter the hock and at tach it to tne Meaning rod. string or wire Bv us.ng this method one can pull the swab through the bar rel without d ff,c.!:y. 0r retr.eve a swab stuck m the barrel. g - Gjnbnt A A New Duck Stamp Goldeneye ducks w.l! feature t.. federal duck stamp whm was to go o' sale at f.rs: and second Class post off.ces over the rat n on January l The des ; ' r he ;s work of E F: e.,ss. free lance art s: TWO SLOTTED WOODEN BLOCKS, AS SHOWN, WILL PROTECT THE SHARP EDGES OF YOUR AX BIT WHEN NOT IN USE. A SECTION OF OLD INNER TUBE HOLDS THE BLOCKS TOGETHER. 1 Minneapo'.s The oru. w Qw 5kc:ch a ferr.a'e eo.aentve quiet cove -v- a of 'Sg-,er Mck ar.d-an- ae 3 s 10 started now a camhave a Although his contract still had a couple of years to go, Farley Granger was given a new five-yea- r deal by Samuel Goldwyn. Goldwyn saw a rough cut of Our Very Own, called Granger to his office, and gave him the new contract. Nancy Gates left Hollywood four years ago to complete her education. She studied at the University of Oklahoma, met and married airline pilot Bill Hayes, came back to work in Sons of the Musketeers, with Maureen OHara. Miles Crunello, 14, really broke into the movies in "My Foolish Heart"; he played two football teams. To get the extras eyes to follow a game they were supposed to be watching, Director Mark Robson had Miles race back and forth out of sight of the camera. Miles did, and made six touchdowns, three for each side. But he never got into the well known to f!v f.shmg erthusi-as- s to keep them fresh and efficient. Even the tackle box could do with a g and repaint job 1949-5- 0 six SafactaTcl former marriage paign. The Buschs swimming pool. and varnished; hooks need derusting and oiling; reels should be taken down, cleared and oied, and roas may need refinishing. Flies and fly lines need special treatment A BRUSH INTO THE END OF A BROOM HANDLE, YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF A HANDY GADGET FOR SWEEPING OUT CORNERS. THE BRUSH WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE USE OF THE BROOM DIPLOMACY: tism Foundation that eventually youll hear practically all of them. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sammy Arthur Godfrey, Morton Kaye, Downey and Abe Burrows are among the many who already have broadcast in aid of the current drive for two million dollars for the foundation. !: icaauu opens some mce cay next March or April. BY INSERTING- Francis B. Sayre, former F.S. assistant secretary o' state, testified that Alger Hiss former state department attache who is on trial for perjury in connection with stolen secret documents, had a very good reputation for integrity and veracity In 1918 when Hist was Sayres right hand man. Stars of movies and radio are giving so generously of their time to aid the Arthritis and Rheuma- house-cleanin- By Harold 'fcutdtf, Classes for Japs As part of the policy of speeding re.idnussion of Japan into the world family of nations, U S. state department officials have disclosed that tins nation soon will start Japantrui:'i"g more "important ese diplomats to aid in that effort. It was d.sclosed at the same time that plans have been made to bring several hundred Japanese members of parliament, newsmen, government officials, and students. rods from that "he looks like the oldest choir He has sung boy in the world. church socials, night everywhere clubs, Hollywood, on the air, radio and now on television, too. A solid business man, he is director of if three companies, one. And he has found time to be a fine father; Mike, Lorelle, Scan, Tony and Kevin are proof of that. two-plato- CIO-UA- For Amphitheatre says "in out of mv voice than any other singer in the He probably has; it business. was in 1919 that Paul Whitema-- 1 d.scovered him, singing in a srr. movie theater and looking "like an Bing Cros-- , unfrocked choir boy. now is difference the only by says Each year, about this time. m game and fish departmentnumerstate where the birds are ous enough to permit an open seato son, get inquiries pertam.r.g grams. winter pheasant feedu g fre For the state departments, cials point out, such programs are uneconomically and bioiog.ca'.ly sound. From a finance! standpoint, it would call for an outlay of funds which hardly any state could meet From the biological standpoint, a feeding program makes the ant dependent on man for his food. In addition, these off.c.als say, when pheasants are fed by artificial means, it is going d.reci.y against the process of nature. to The pheasant's beak continues grow at all times and the only way this growth can be kept under control is when the buds f.nd their food on natural groui as which, in turn, wears the beak down If fed by artificial means, the b.ra get their food on the soft snow or in feed troughs, and the wc,.rii g down of the beak 6tops. It isn't long before the pheasant is unable to go out and search for his own food Instead of an artificial program, the experts suggest planting of natural feed lots, not more than 80 u- - . GERHARD Morton downey mileage sta-- the most dangerous man n the ed BY INEZ Pheasant Feeding CAPTAIN AND LEADER Cf THE 1943 UNtV. OT ILLINOIS WHIZ KIDS' AND NOW' A POO; HAS GAINED FROM HIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA BASKETBALL OPPONENTS THE REPUTATION OF BEING 000-to- n CROP REPORT: MAHONtY picture. totalling more than $25,000 in cash, merchandise and scholarships has been announced by Paramounts Max Youngstem. The theme will be based on paintings or drawings interpreting any phase of the Bible story of Samson and Delilah. The contest opens January 1, 1950; announcements will be made in local theaters and newspapers. Returns is the current Pathe release of the This is America series. It is the story of s typical l who revisits the Normandy beaches, Paris, Luxembourg and Germany with his wife. "Kilroy RKO ex-G- ODDS AND ENDS ... Six after Ella Raines received a from RKO offering her the nine lead in "A Dangerous P: sion" she was on a plane from London to Hollywood 1 ' September, co starring Fontaine and Joseph Cotten, ii "September Affair" . . . Th mechanical crane with which don Gebert, aged 7, plays in day Affair" is one he made his own toy set, and insiste using in the film . . . Ben G appeared in films as a child. |