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Show Bound Tigl SOUTH CACHE COURIER r ir:: Courteous Japs Kow-ToTo Victorious Americans w WNU News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Recently, I had two experiences which melded. I ran into my colleague, Kenneth Romney Jr., son of Kenneth Romney Sr., sergeant of the at-ar- house of representatives. Young Romney recently has taken up his duties in radio was the spent with cloak and dagger boys, the Office of Strategic Next comes News From Sweden, a mimeographed collection of featur-- y paragraphs from the News Exchange. I recall when the Swedish minister here consulted me about the founding of such a publicity bureau, back before we got into World War I. The next is one of the UAW-CIregular releases, and then the CIO News, a weekly, printed, I suppose, for their membership. Then one of the valuable National Opinion Research surveys put out by the University of Denver. This one is a poll of American opinion on the Germans and Japs and how we think they got that way. More Business Weeks, and Profrom my own gram Information American Broadcasting company. A printed letter from the Payroll Guarantee association with an enclosure on "civilized cats, mice and cheese. The American Feed Manufacturers association handout saying the feed shortage is over. General Motors sends me the ninth in a series of production (What could have happened to the other eight?) The release from the National Planning association announces that Leon Henderson and the official of a big corporation have been added to their board of trustees and if you want to know about the distribution of fats and oils by the department of agriculture, you can have my copy of the second interim report from the Committee on Small Business pursuant to H. Res. 64. O again after a belated discharge from the military service, the latter part of which Serv- ices. Casually, he told me how he landed in Shanghai. He had been serving in China. Shortly after V-- J Day he was ordered, along with some hundred other American officers and soldiers, to Shanghai. It was known there were no Chinese troops in the city. Shanghai had been in Japanese hands since the beginning of the war. The civilian population had become none too Hence, the Americans (even the cloak and dagger boys) arrived in full battle dress. Their plane landed, and little brown men came forward toward them. The Americans had their rifles at ready. Some fired. But the Japs, undeterred, came forOr Maybe Yotfd ward, bowing deeply, smiling. It was a Japanese ground force, ready Prefer Rail Loadings and anxious to service the AmerMaybe youd rather have freight ican planes. loadings of the week from the AsLater came Jap officers with a sociation of American Railways, or whole fleet of limousines. The perhaps you want to bid on the purAmericans were guests, not conchase of 15 or fewer Landing Ship The conquered enemy Tank (LST) type vessels? Or perquerors. were hosts not just the' conquered. haps youd prefer some American flags, or a BK steel barge They offered to find accommodations and the trimmings. A little for dry or liquid cargo? No? Well, confusing, the Americans thought, no harm in making the offer. but that was, after all, the Orient Next exhibit is "News From France from the French InformaChina, another world. . . . Now the scene shifts to Washingtion service. Ill admit I asked for ton again. I witness the meeting that, along with the attractive magof a husband and wife. Plenty of azine, "La Republique Francaise. such meetings these days, still. It Heres the State departments was touching. The man had dropped weekly bulletin which is Part Three out of the Far Eastern skies. It of that interesting series on the seemed only yesterday that I had present status of German youth. I heard he was in a city in the Neth- was planning to write an article on erlands Indies where the American that subject myself, but they tell corporation he represented had one me the magazines are overbought of its great plants. He was the first on Germany. Wont buy another 1 American to visit it since the territhing. Just two pages of mimeographed tory had been won back from the material from the Friends of Finnenemy. ish Democracy. But had it been won back? Cruel irony here. Remember when it was "brave litWhen I heard his story, I wondered. It seems that when he tle Finland? Remember when reached the gates of the American-owne- d Finnish Minister Procope couldnt plant, he found a Japanese go anywhere without being applaudon guard. He identified himself. In ed? Finland paid her war debts! a few moments, a smiling and bowShe even managed not to duck afting Japanese officer, still wearing er the war! Well, Finlands friends most of his uniform and speaking are protesting now over the repara-the- y understandable English, appeared. say, than are any other naThey began a tour of the prop- tions demanded by Russia . . . heaverty, the Jap most deferential but of- ier in proportion to population, fering no word of explanation or tions. To pay the reparations bill, apology for the fact that he, a late the statement claims, every man in enemy, was in charge and not in Finland would have to work eight hours a day for seven years. It jail. In fact, the Jap was very los would take of Finland's quacious on the subject of the excellent work that he and his helpers normal exports. had done to put the plant back into Heres a speech by Senator Taft from his office, not printed at govrepair and operation. He showed my friend the various ernment expense. Stuck together is a news-priplaces where the buildings and mapamphlet called the "Poll Tax Repealer, and that blast chinery had been damaged evidence, he pointed out, smiling, of from the Republican national comthe excellent marksmanship of the mittee on the Presidents budget American air force. . He dem- message. A very neat little bookonstrated with particular pride how let (additional copies will be furexcellently the repair work had nished) by Standard Oil of New Jerbeen done, obviously expecting (and sey, entitled Steps to Security. Now a tissue carbon labeled Midreceiving) praise for the technical skill the Japanese renight Cry with a series of Biblical texts shrieking doom. Seven fapairmen had shown. miliar bright yellow pages from the Very nice, of course. But. American industry still reaps National Highway Users associano benefit from that plant, and altion, which is one of the real, hardThe though the Japanese gain no profit working publicity bureaus. which therefrom, this American property CIOs Economic Outlook, is still, literally, in the hands of the often has statements that cant be overlooked. enemy. Now we come to an attractive Loads of Mail tabloid newspaper, "The ProCommentators Lot gressive and LaFollettes MagaFor one whole week, I saved all zine. I am glad to note it is still the things that came to me by mail progressive, of the regardless which I hadnt asked for except changes in the LaFollette activities personal letters. I have just counted and proclivities. The first page has them, and there are 233 separate a nice cartoon of a garbage can pieces in all. The total number of labeled "War contract scandals. pages I am expected to read adds Looks interesting, but WAIT A MINUTE. I think they want me to up to nearly a thousand. The one on top is "the back of PAY for it. Heres a return card the book from Omnibook. A colsaying 25 weeks subscription, $1. lection of amusing stories. But Om- Oh dear! It must have gotten nibook itself is better still and I beinto the wrong pile. Im not going lieve I have every issue, begin- to look any further. I might find more of that kind. ning with Vol. 1, No. 1. s. all-wo- Features States, like men, should not be judged by hearsay. If you have been reading stale joke books, or listening to radio comics, you may have some preconceived and erroneous ideas about one of the greatest of the 48 states. It is time for you to Arkansas. A few weeks ago I made an automobile trip through Arkansas, following the general course of U. S. Highway No. 67 from Poplar Bluffs, Mo., to Texarkana. We visited CornWalnut ing, Newport, Ridge, Searcy, Little Rock, Arkadelphia and other towns. We saw fields ' of rice, corn, cotton and other staples on land that was black and rich. We heard the sharp ring of saws biting into both soft and hard woods. We heard factory whistles, too, and saw hundreds of men carrying dinner pails. Horses, mules and tractors furnished for farming, power while huge trucks hauled loads of giant watermelons, fat cattle, milk, oil, lumber, logs, poles, crates of fruits and berries and other products. Fruit trees were heavily laden, the boughs bending low. Progress is Evident. We traveled over splendid paved roads, across rich coastal plains and through mountain scenery as majestic as any traveler could ever want. There were fine homes, big barns and well-keacres on either side of the road. There was construction everywhere, for Arkansas is building new homes, stores, garages and other structures. Steel, cement, brick and bright new lumber were going into those buildings. New homes, in every stage of construction, were to be seen. Some were near mansions, while others were simple structures. Bams, sheds and fences were going up too. When we talked to the people of Arkansas, we found them friendly, courteous, intelligent They smiled easily, were proud of their state, and sure of its future. Tourists who had visited every part of the Ozark and Ouachita forest and mountain areas in the northwestern part of the state as well as the lower coastal plains in the southeast had seen just what we saw construction, progress and resolute faith. First settlers of Arkansas were the Indians, the Quapaws who lived south of "the Arkansas river and the Osages who lived north of it. They called the land Akansa, but somewhere along the way an r was inserted and a final "s added. It is pronounced v four-fifth- After discovery by De Soto in 1541, Arkansas was tossed like a ball between Spain and France. The few people who came to the area were soldiers hnd traders. There were no farmrs and few merchants. No permanent settlements were made except around military posts. After the United States came into possession of Louisiana territory, including Arkansas, the country was settled rapidly by Anglo-Saxo- n pioneers. Territory Formed. In 1819, Arkansas was organized as a separate territory, and the capital was moved from Arkansas Post to Little Rock. (Incidentally, Little Rock was so named because of a ledge of rocks projecting into the river and to distinguish it from Big Rock, about three miles up the river.) Population was about 14,000. It may be noted that Arkan- - well-deserv- BARBS Industries of Arkansas are da voted almost entirely to extractinj or processing products which originate within the state's boundaries. There are 28 oil and gas producing fields in six southern Arkansas counties end 16 gas fields in five western counties. Petroleum reserves are estimated at more than 300 million barrels and reserves oi natural gas at over 1,000 billion cubic feet. By EDWARD EMERINE By BAUKHAGE CLASSIC STRUCTURE . . . Originally occupied in 1836, Arkansas old state house, now converted into a war memorial building, is one of the classic colonial buildings of the nation. ... NATIVE RESIDENT Ben Laney, governor of Arkansas, is a native and lifelong resident of the state. He was born in a small rural area of Ouachita Becounty called Cooterneck. fore his election as governor, he was a school teacher, drug store operator, oil man, agriculturist and twice mayor of Camden. Veteran of World War I, he is married and has three children. Climate, scenic attractions, recreational facilities and curative waters combine to bring great numbers of tourists and health seekers to Arkansas each year. The states most widely known attraction is Hot Springs National park, containing 47 hot springs with temperatures up to 145 degrees. Adjacent to Hot Springs are Lakes Catherine and Hamilton with more than 450 miles of shoreline. Annual spring racing meets are held at Oak Lawn jockey club. Golf is played the year around. The states scenic highlands include two mountain groups, the Ozarks and the Ouachitas, both easily accessible. State parks provide exceptional recreational facilities. Sportsmans Paradise. Editors Note: to on vacation, Jack tog as guest columnist. lJJ1. Recriminations, Brieased'1 Ruthless, Caesar Petrillo rapacious seems , wreck the nightclubs of which cannot meet his New, mands and live. . . . petriTst been getting his name in pers lately, and has appareZl cided to see to that. . observed this egomaniac. union, though in the AFL i, .' omous and he is its absolute He defies economic laws di a,l defies the nations laws, which! now is doing flagrantly and bl and he loves it; he antly that sensation of dictatorial y Hah-- Im gance: bigger than America. Nothing can touch rillo. The world cant live with! music and I own the music! have millions of dollars and d account to anybody. My voice fiddlers and drummers and blowers worship me. CongrJ passes .a special law just agai! me and that law I break. . this is a republic. No kins What a laugh! . . The secretary of state has a new assistant in charge of research and intelligence. The more he has of the latter, the less he needs of the former. Pvt. Donald Callahan won a prize offered by the army for an essay on Why I Joined the Army. Part of the prize was a date with two showgirls. Is that why, Donald? The Army Times thinks Gen. Omar Bradley may resign as VA head. Its not the work but the words. He has to make too many speeches to suit him. E Pictur v a thown, name anc to the tare ... was si whether ... Meyer Davis, the maestro, wires me a defense of James Caesar Pet.l rillo, who, he says, has abso-- l lutely no jurisdiction over l posed raises in N. y. njght-- l clubs. He adds, There is much hooey about Petrillo, jnstl because he is colorful. if thats! whats the matter with Petrii-- I lo, Im color-blinIm also! dumb. But I retain my sense of smell! six-foot- ... two-third- Durocher, says Lew turned south, passed over the Boston mountains, crossed the Arkan- sas river near Dardanelle Rock, and came into the land of the Cay as. Here, De Soto fell seriously ill, and a friendly Indian chief brought him to a lake of "very hot water where he was healed. This lake was doubtless the now famous Hot Springs. On Ouachita river near the springs, De Soto and his party found salt which the Indians gathered and sold to their neighbors. The explorers spent the winter of 1541, a severe one, in an Indian village on the Ouachita, De Sotos faithful interpreter, Juan Ortiz, died. Disheartened by not finding gold and losing so many of his men, De Soto resumed his journey south in the spring of 1542. He followed the Ouachita to the ped river and then went downstream to the Mississippi. Exposure brought on a fever and De Soto died, his survivors burying him in the great river he had discovered. Spain profited little by the explorations of De Soto. Through her negligence, the Mississippi valley had remained unsettled for nearly a century and a half. But while Spain slept, the French were active. After securing the lands bordering on the St. Lawrence river, France had pushed southward along the Mississippi. sets as though he Joe Louis, not St. road-o- d for the screen adaptation, e title, first time announced is Where Are We Now. Even Stalins spies dont know Trumans calls Margaret from Missouri to Washington person-to-perso- and n the counsel person is Marvin Coles, marine! for the merchant beautiful Gwendolyn Stone is a She has d talented dancer. coast e west several in peared creations and in films, incluone No ; Night and Day. s that would imagine sing her since been has a deaf mute and She picks up rhythms ildhood th her feet, via vibrations. . un e takes direction and cues by ... re-- ... ling g. is carrying pens1' be ledules will ersonnel will be of whom have plane has lt of the gross gister 120 de- - . . . . Ben Bogeaus e oinson, who bought ? Short and Happy Macomber for pe8nU 8 forth) are aiming is trying . Pat OBrien movie money in a scrn.n Bill of his pal, Mayor h'rnPat to play P . jott and Costello naneu guys if two other - Rice harvesting scene on Arkansas Grand Prairie. run. working act, she and mo: a P than in ads wer ated. Si actress, dressed Repul ling to William C else! been a! paign. lar pic tract, "TheP new c tures marke Colu introd nlcoloi nician in mo effect cartoi men. Mrs from just Even at R Parker, Lt. Col. Gregory (Pappy) book is finished and in the nds of the busy Walter E. Smith, io seems to have about eight nds. Not only will Smith publish, t hell do the movie himself, as independent, perhaps as a entry. Admiral Nimitz has Smith any fleet facilities are long were fighting Louis! Windsor, Utah stag over Broadway via outstander 3, is an and v w scquifed pro-- by Baukhage Four of the goats used in the atom bomb test seem to have parThere will be a tially recovered. lot of human goats, if the bomb gets into general use. ard ;cords beutah, . b1 be d. Arkansas was one of the earliest of the Mississippi states to be explored. The first white man to touch Arkansas soil was Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi river. In May, 1541, he came to a river so broad that he called it, in Spanish, the Rio Grande, or great river. The Indian name for the stream, Meschacebe, father of waters, has come down to us, however, as Mississippi. De Soto crossed the river to the Arkansas side. For nearly a year, the last year of his life, De Soto traveled over what is now Arkansas, through a vast wilderness inhabited by wild animals and .equally wild savages. Beginning near, the mouth of the White river, De Soto went up the western shore of the Mississippi beyond the mouth of the St. Francis river, then journeyed southwest until he came to the Arkansas river. There is a tradition that he was defeated in a battle with the Indians near where Jacksonport now stands, and that he was compelled to turn north again. Learning that there were mountains to the northwest, he continued toward northeast Arkansas where he hoped to find gold, traveling through swamps and dense forests and crossing mountain streams. Disappointed in not finding gold, he HE Bussell in acl lainly Arkansas duck shooting is nationally famous. Rice fields in the prairie section attract mallards during the winter migration. Deer, quail and turkey provide plenty of sas was a part of Louisiana from hunting, and fishing may be en1804 to 1812, and from 1812 to 1819 joyed in the numerous lakes and on the streams. Float fishing a part of Missouri. In 1836, ArkanWhite river and some of its tribusas became a state. Arkansas is a great agricultural taries is a unique Arkansas pastime, state, with soil new and fertile. which is becoming increasingly popLevees, ditches and canals have ular with visitors. I am fully convinced that Arkanredeemed alluvial lands along the The dynamic Walter St. Francis, the Arkansas and Missas is destined to become one of Smith, is in town again, third turj in two weeks hes flown hither sissippi rivers. The state has an the great playgrounds of America, almost inexhaustible timber supply, said Franklin D. Roosevelt at I got a nap in the plane," hj with forests of pine and hard- Booneville, Ark., when he visited tells me. I hadnt been to bed s woods covering nearly of there in 1938. four days and nights. . . . Smit the state. At Eureka, Heber and And many of the rest of us who whose hair is pretty white, is onlj Hot Springs, health-givin- g waters have visited that state can heartily 40. But he does more things have long been used. endorse the late Presidents words! anyone Ive evpr known. . . . With! in the year he has bought and con verted a Hollywood cafe into Ton Brenemans, run the morninj breakfast broadcast there into national sensation, had it filmed for a feature; promoted rodeos, signed Gene Autrey for five year! and will publish his biography, bought a hotel and cabanas Palm Springs; tied up "Pappy Boyington for his book and picture rights, and has a $150,000 Warner j fer on the latter; organized a company to publish a magazine devotedl to western movies; incorporated a company to produce Nils T. Rhythm) Grandlunds picture, fRanch; bought Chestertown, fori avorite in the Hambletonian, $40,000, highest price ever paid for) a trotter, to add to his large stable; founded the association which converted Santa Anita to trotting; conducts the largest enterprise in the West making aluminum furniture and luggage, . . . And nobody can play harder than he or work hail as hard. De Sotos Futile Quest for Gold Brought Exploration of Arkansas ' By Reflection -- a |