Show Federal Plan to Tame Missouri River After War ill t Benefit 1 1 Million in People Living Its Basin ! roily soothing they’re really medicated because Dams Curb Erosion Lint From a Blue Serge Suit: Mr I Hoffman (the New York branch of the Hollywood Reporter) recalled the most costly comm In U S history go Many year a tariff bill listed articles that were One Item wa to be Admitted free But "all foreign the hyphen a careless clerk replaced It caused orwith a comma and bananas lemons grape anges fruits to be admitother imported ted to the U S free of duty an estiIt cost the government mated million dollars plus Provide Irrigation Electric Service By SIIEAD WALTER WNU Waihlngtaa CrrsnSnt Harnessing the nation’s second mightiest river the turbulent muddy Missouri which annually roars its flood crests along its twisting course for 2460 miles through jseven states will become one of the major postwar projects More than 11 million people live in this great basin of a half billion acres comprisof the area of ing the United States A concrete example of Journalistic (being thrown lor the count) was the story which said that the famed transatlanDick Merrill had broken another tic flier to Washfrom Seattle For more than 30 yehfl feeble atand three in six hours ington tempts have been made to shackle The story was wired the destructive minutes power of the Misfrom the Capital by one of the news souri Millions of dollars have been One night later we expended in levees and dams in atservices Dick’s paw and shook it grabbed tempts to prevent the costly floods hard as we congratulated him" r which" annually destroy vast sums "I don’t know what it’s about" he In crops and property Damage of said "I Just came in from Africa the 1943 floods alone was placed at How could such a story that never $35000000 happened git started?" Army engineers and the bureau of reclamation of the interior departThe terrible crash of the old China ment have been for some time at u of reminded Trinidad Clipper at in the development the flight we made from Natal to the of a comprehensive plan The army U S The Boeing circled over approached the Job from the standPort of Spain for more than an hour of navigation and flood conpoint for the man trol we lehroed —waiting The reclamation engineers In charge of the field lights to wake were interested also in irrigation The law erosion control and power up— and turn them on projects there at the time It appears proOn November 27 1944 a reconhibited plane landings at night ciliation report was filed in which When the China Clipper crashed it the two agencies were in complete was the first time Trinidad permitaccord and the congress in its flood ted planes to land at night control bill accepted the entire program and also authorized The author of "Argentine each to the arpny and the Diary” (Ray Josephs) has an exciting reIt is the first port in Cosmopolitan article on Evita (Little Eva) Duarte the girl “behind the Colonels' clique in Argentina" I We wrote about her activities here last June — the first story to appear in the U S about her influence In Little Eva we said Argentina a worked l playboys’ herself up colonel by colonel to a top spot in the leactirig Fascist reJosephs’ gime in the Americas Cosmo piece Is called "Under Cover GlrL" and you’ll know why when It His read story he tells you us was inspired by the item her about her and that is why the ediTwo major movie tors bought it studios are interested too reports the author Thus a columnar item has bloomed - like this are making Things Sec'y of State — tlnius a very respected gent aretuid Washington The ether day he Invited Sec’y of Interior Ickes and bis staff te meet with the State Dep't at a private dinner Mr Ickes was asked to make a complete criticism of the State The Idea waa to Dep't achieve better teamwork Ickes let them have a blistering attack and plenty of State Dep’t But the confab ears sixaled achieved Its unique purpose It put the State Dep’t lads so with human relations friendly the Ickes bunch for the first time in a dosen years r A Broadway playgtil was tipped a four days before She Park shuttered Tropical plunged on the horse for a 110000 But the bookie with no killing future in racetrack gambling welshed to the coast Her boy friend happens to be one of the East's Not a new way toughest sportsmen of committing suicide at all to A Gilmore hatcheck gal got a $100 tip from a fellow who returned two hours later and said it was a mistake demanding it back He gave her $1 instead Not a bad tip at Havana is “dead”— practhat But Cuba haa tically no tourist great prosperity wages are higher The Cuban capital is than ever ditto guarded by machine gunners the Presidential Pglace Groaned on wealthy Cuban planter: "You people Insist on giving our people milk and Ice creaml They hate it!" Isn't it- true you are richer than ever?” he was asked "No" he said “I used to make $500000 a Now it takes three months month to make that!" failure" ican ONE OF MANY dams and reservoirs already Missouri Valley basin Is the Gibson dam on the Sun The top of the great wall is about 200 feet above the more euch projects are planned possible benefit and the ultimate goal ahould be the greatest procurareturns ble economic and human benefits for the entire region” Arguments on Role Even agricultural Interests are vided on the pros and cons of regional authorities as opposed to operation by established federal agenin agricultural cies For instance sections where there is plentiful rainfall along the lower Missouri and water resources are adequate opposition is voiced as ‘‘subsidized competition" by the extension of rigation Public opinion is Joined in industrial areas with the railroads in opposing the development of new competing waterways One basic objection to operation bureau has by the reclamation come from large land owners and of the west and northranchers west Under the law governing the bureau of reclamation this agency cannot propose irrigation for more than 160 acres of land for any one Another objection is that person all reclamation projects must be over a period of ap40 years In contrast proximately the statutes governing TVA give 60 years or more for liquidation and a regional authority likely would not be hamstrung by the limitation of acreage proviso In a recent pronouncement however Harry W Bashore commissioner of the reclamation bureau said: "We continue to stand on the basic policy that the bureau will support the principle of relatively small family farms as one of the foundations of American agricuiture and rural social life On new land which is brought under irrigation for the first time we shall insist that the undeveloped property be parcelled in lots of not more than 160 MUCH WATER— The rampaging Missouri river Is eroding millions of tone of good soil away Here the flood waters year every carved Into the bank washing ont a road and leaving a pillar of earth to indicate the earlier line TOO Add fine screen playing: Mark Daniels in the "Winged Victory" hit In the col'm predicted that another strike would break out at Wright's in New Jersey The workers there wish It that they won’t strike emphasized and intend to vote for the of the pledge Col Porter says of all the songs he's composed his pet is “Love fur Sale" which radio banned because of its poetry —and which consequently was never "don to death" The by the ave describing Mr Churchill as "England" revenge for the Boston A legless Tea Tarty I” mendicant features this placard: "4F in the Draft — But 1A in Blood Dona tions!" Phil Brito's description of a phony: ’Tie Is bothered more by your success than by his own D C Washington BEHIND COMMAND SHIFT background There ia significant behind the appointment of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery to command two American armies of the thereby taking away most Omar N of Lieut Gen command Interesting also are There Bradley reasons why it was kept such a matter from the Amer- STORY s bureau of reclamation to get the program underway President Roosevelt signed the bill on December 23 but put a hiatus in the proceedings by recommending the creation of a Missouri Valauthority to handle the project ley and asserting that his approval of the bill was with the distinct under- standing that it would in no way Jeopardize the creation of such an agency He appealed for early consideration of the new authority by the 79th congress The President ”I consider the bill to be the by further asserted: projects authorized primarily for postwar construction" Only Now project is now merely in the stage and it is possible that a fight may develop In the new congress over whether there shall be divided responsibility as to the army and the reclamation bureau or whether a new Missouri valley authority shall be created Proponents of single regional control point to the Tennessee Valley and its successful Authority operation as a yardstick for future federal policy in developing and conthe all nation’s waterways trolling However there are powerful Interests which oppose the creation of these regional authorities such as the power utility interests the railroads the national rivers and harbors congress the Mississippi Vaand even divided lley association public opinion along the waterway The rule of thumb for Instance of TVA Is that the regional authority will produce ' the largest possible benefits at the least possible costs and "each task must be carried out in such a way as to contribute to the total result to salvage every Hence the acres” Forms Shrink In Size During the past 20 years the average size farm or ranch in the states of the Missouri basin have creased rather than diminished in size due largely to the decrease in For instance in 1920 population the average size farm in Montana was 480 acres in Wyoming was 749 acres and in Nebraska it was 339 acres By 1940 the farms had increased to 821 acres 1866 acres and 391 acres respectively Dust bowls droughts floods have driven farmers and ranchers from the plains states during the past Net loss of population in decade the period from 1930 to 1940 in the even plains states was 302314 In the area of North Dakota a strictly rural farm ere 287 per cent of the population moved out equal to 1000 families of five each The financial loss tailed by this shift of population in at least four of these states Is reflected in abandoned farms abandoned towns and unused properties It is further reflected in crease of size and congestion in tbs three larger cities of the basin Denver Omaha and Kansas City These Benefits Expected The agreed plan of the reclamation bureau and the army engineers is intended to do these things: 1— Provide and flood navigation control on the river from Its month to 81onx City a distance af about 766 miles af levees by construction to provide a chanand revetments nel I feet deep and 304) feet wide 89 reservoirs 2— Construct and dams with a combined capacity of 45700000 acre feet of 'water (An la water a foot deep over one acre) This is more than the annual average flow of the river at ita month These reservoirs are te to withhold water be constructed along the main tributaries including the Big Horn the the Yellowstone the Cheyenne the Belle Fourche North Platte the Republican the the main Smoky Hill and along stream 3— Irrigation of 4760490 acres of new emental land and furnishing suppl'water to 547000 additional alone igation development 5— Te increase the assessed valuation of properties approximately 5600000000 6— To furnish adequate and safe water aupply and sewage facilities for 19 cities and towns along the river 7— Te construct 17 hydroelectric which will provide kilowatt hours of electricity to at sold an annual value of be plants 8— To create additional recreational facilities through formation of new lakes and parks end the proof fish and wild life tection 9 — To introduce proper land use soil erosion conservation contour treatment and reforestation States in the Missouri Basin watershed include approximately of Montana from the source of the Missouri in the southwest corner of the state North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming including roughly the northeast half from a bne bisecting the state from thw northwest to the southeast corner the northeast approximately quarter of Colorado the north half of Kansas a tip of the southwest corner of Minnesota a strip along of Iowa and the west boundary the northern part of Missouri from a line reaching from the Ozarks la the southwest in a northeasterly direction to St Louis Needs of the people In these widely scattered areas of long distances are divergent Those living along the lower river want flood protection at one season and supplemental water for navigation at others In the western and northwestern section the people want protection from cal floods water for irrigation water for sanitary and domestic uses and power for various purposes The comprehensive plan which has been agreed upon is intended to store water to prevent floods and water the land in time of drought The great river will be made to serve the people to live within its basin and thus decrease its destructive power Will Pay for Itself Construction cost of the plan it at approximately which is to be from the sale of water and power over a period to be determined Only $400000000 of this cost has been authorized estimated vTh entire maintaining nation has a stake in the agricultural productivity of the plains states for even in the drought period of these seven states — Montana the Dakotas Wyoming Colorado Kansas and Nebraska produced 415 per cent of the nation's wheat 434 per cent of the rye 438 per cent of our barley 153 per cent of our oats and 10 per cent of our corn Droughts the dustbowla and the lowering of the ground water level by the rampaging river haa permitted wheat yields to reach bushels to the acre only 5 times— 1879 1882 1883 1895 and not again until 1942 In many of those intervening years the yield has been below 10 bushels to the acre and thousands of acres of seeded land have been abandoned year in and year out But at last the government haa developed a comprehensive plan aimed at the relief of this agricultural arsenal of the nation From Bank Mont in the northwest Cut to St Louis in the southeast from Denver in the southwest to Devili Lake N D in the northeast— ths harnessed Missouri will extend its benefits— but not until after the war ' - - - public “"Anyway Background of the reshuffle goes to the landing in Normandy summer when Montgomery was given Caen as his objective while Bradley was to take Cherbourg Bradley reached his objective ofahead of schedule in a new type U o-S in which ffensive fighting troops did not wait for supplies to come up nor for snipers to be wiped back last out Montgomery ative using more conservtac- tics sat with his army at Caen and either could not or would not break through until long after schedule until Ignoring MonBradley smashed the Nazi lines to tgomery the south and started the lightning to Paris dash ’Montgomery Demoted’ Afterward the Stars and Stripes carried a story that Bradley was being promoted to the rank of full general and would supersede MonThe Stars and Stripes btgomery the eing an official army newspaper story naturally was true But publication in London caused such a furor among the British that the British broadcasting company went on the air with an emphatic denial After that the shift of armies was held up for a while until Montgomery could be made a Field Marshal to appease both hlna and British public opinion Bradley then took over command of all the American and armies under Eisenhower was left only with the Montgomery two British and Canadian armies in Holland and Belgium Since then Monty has been waiting for his chance to stage a comHis friends eback of the British press —of whom he has many— have been doing the same So immediatbreakely following the German through he began pressuring Eisenhower to give him the American and Ninth armies First Montgomery is a superb defensive flgher When his back was to the wall at El Alamein just a few miles from Cairo he did a great job When given offensive jobs as in Sicily at Caen and at Arnhem he failed to make the grade How much of Elsenhower’s in decision to pat Montgomery command of the two American armies depended upon his ability aa a defensive fighter and bow much on British pressure Is not known It is known however the transfer of commands was opposed in the war department and was carefully hushed-ufor two weeks and not even all of executives in the the Pentagon building knew and about It Also it la Eisenhower rchill as well a significant fact that is answerable to Chuas Roosevelt He cannot be removed by Roosevelt without Churchill's OK and he has to with both is an imThat get along portant point not realized by many But not to b forgotten Note: ing Rivalry among high general exists in every rank- war probably worse in the last war General Pershing and Gen Peyton March U S chief of staff were hardly on speaking terms General Perahlng also sent Gen Clarence Ransom Edwards of Boston hero of New England home from France because of clashing personalities CAPITOL CHAFF the dinner of the Washington President correspondent Roosevelt imoked cigarettes without a holder while Assistant Pres Jimusvd a black Byrnes holder long my C In London they tel Americans "You've got to understand our Winston He believes in government for the people not government by the C At radio people" CTh bobby sox brigade has vaded the aacred halls of congress Dozens of youngsters crowded the corridor outside the office of Helen I Gahagan Douglas last week hoping for a glimpse of the comely congresswoman from Hollywood Her yj admirers were- acquainted with all the role the had played from the waste time they were in diapers C Frederick Woltman of Roy Hocss LAND ow laying avergrowa ‘with sagebrush tats productivity by This picture shows few tbomaud feet away ' fro An productive Irrigated land brought Millions use F St F Losengee to give their throat a 15 minute toothing comforting treatment that reaches all the way down For coughs throat irritations or hoarae- - General Bradley haa now been star by awarded the bronze and congratulated Elsenhower to take the ating by ChurchiU out of bis loss of the First end The Idee that Ninth armies Bradley made the transfer himself sis has been publicized Despite these maneuveis it is knewi Inside the war department that highest O 8 war chiefs opposed the transfer to Montgomery and that It was put across by General Eisenhower constructed in the river in Montana river bed acres to Increase crop vsluei apannually proximately $130000000 on 53000 farm of about 90 acres each 4— To Increase the population of the Basin by about 636000 from Irr- ''COUGH JOZENGES ward' New Is releasing highest U S take® over will be news York aeries revealing the army posts have been by communists This a to Joe Stalin makes yon feel WHEN CONSTIPATION punk as the dickens brings on stomach upset sour taste gassy discomfort take Dr Caldwell's famous medicine the to quickly pull trigger on lazy “innards” and help you feel bright end chipper again senDR CALDWELL’S i the wonderful na laxative contained in good old Syrup Pepsin to make it so easy to take MANY DOCTORS use pepsin preparations in prescriptions to make the medicine more palatable end agreeable to take So be sore your laxative is tained in Syrup Pepsin INSIST ON DR CALDWELL’S — the vorite of million for 50 Tears and feel relief bom 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