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Show 7UeJfome 1owt Zh fffim Rep&de STAGE3SCREI ashington By Boloaood by Western Newspaper Halos. Walter Shead By VIRGINIA VALE WNU ItfEv Si.. $ Sf B- W Utility Lobby Can Handle Congress, but Not the People v ' ' JANET BLAIR, in pigtails, dress and high but ton shoes, reported for a test With i mg tea Bui mo. Cor LEADER niOB CAMP FIRE Ei-"'Edith M. Kempthorne Hm)" ha ruently been utilishrd in honor of Edith Milhornr who ha served the Fire since It be- 4 ramp will Fund carry on her I- nii WIIAT DO TOO MEAN NO MEAT . . . Meat shortage? They evidently never hrard of n meal famine down Rocky Mount, N. C. way where porker part with slant ham like the one above, which tipped the icale at sixty pound or three time the weight of tially, who look nt It with disbelief or something. Rather n large size ham to put In the oven, meat shortage or no mrat chorlage. 14! PROFITS PROBE . . . MaJ. Gta. William Porter, retired C. dirf sf the rhemieal warfare wnrice, I shown a he appeared trfMe the Senate Mead committee ii I was investigating Rep. A. J. May tad war profiteering. v owerful utility lobby In Washington hii been quite successful in buttling up measures which they consider inimical to the interests of the private utilities. Of course the iiicst important of these are the bills whirh would set up regional authorities in tlir Missouri river basin and oilier rivers of the nation. Several of these bills have been bottled up in cominitlee for tiionlhs. But hearings reveal that nut in the country where the utilities come up against the rank and file of the American people close to home, their hatting average is almost nil. liming the past year 100 cities and towns have changed from private to municipal ownership We now have 3.371 incorporated towns in the nation served by publicly owned electric systems. Of this number, and this Is important, 2,827 towns are in the population rlass of 5.0110 and under, the Home Towns of the country. On top of this there are more than 800 Rural Electric operating outside ineorporaied towns and congress has appropriated $.'50,000,000 to be spent in two years for the organization of new and extension of the lines of existing REA coMoreover, during this operatives. past year there is not one city or town on record which has gone bark to private utility ownership. These figures put the utility lobby e in the class, making strange indeed the influence they have upun the elected representatives of these same jieople in the mall towns and rural areas of the nation. , to look 11, and she did. says It was tha first tlms sha wasnt told that shs looked too young to play a role. Janet started ber career as a soloist with Hal Kemps band straight out of high supposed ' Sho wwiws-- jLftninirfrHi ... PAPA morning beach stroll and chore are easily com-Kaby this papa at Nags Head, V C. He tank the babys auto teat Nt sf the ear and b'lsted it onto shoulders. The Idea was Nfied from parks brought to Al,ri' by war brides. MFOOSE-PACKIN- G Ike g r-- S rd ' : 0: MEAT BEGINS TO FLOOD MARKETS . . . Interior view sf meat packlnf plant In New Tork City n scant few days following expiration of the offiro of prire administration showing meat on the hook and plentiful. In mrat rrntris suck as Chicago, Kansas City and Los Angeles the supply wau even mure plentiful. Whether It srua s rush by farmers to get cattle to market before enactment of new OPA or because of, at least, temporary end of blark markrL the reason Is not entirely clear. Higher prices was a factor. JANET BLAIR school, broke Into pictures before she was 20. In her colorful gay 90s eoatum shs grows up charmingly in the picture, with Glenn Ford, whos 19 when the picture be gins, romaneing with her. Between scenes of Angel on My Claude Rains covered Shoulder, his own shoulders with a wrora tweed coat Hes superstitious about It Ha wore It on the "Casablanca set the picture won an Academy award. And on tha set of "Caesar and Cleopatra In London, for which ho got tho highest salary ever given an actor, $1,280,000. "nappy Hullywaod Homes will be the UUe sf a Columbia Screen Snapshot, shewing film players and directors aad their mates wheve been married for mors than 19 years. Producer Ralph Slash expect! to have about 19 ouch couples la tho picture. Unprejudiced sbeerven think maybe hes stick-In- g bis chin oat, since Hollywood marriages have a way ef breaking up even after 19 yearn. ... Fred Waring and Ms PennsyL vanlans, who have a schedule call r broadcasts a Ing for six week (five mornings and Tuesday evenings) have found tlms to transshow for cribe a special tha Veterans administration. U.S. CAVALRY PARADES IN TOKYO Tbs U.S. 1st cavalry division Is shown parading down one of Tokyo during celebration held In the Japanese caplisL Lt Gen. Robert Elchrlberger, of the 8th army and MaJ. Gen. William Chase, commanding ofTirer of the crack revthe display of U.S. might from n stand In front of the Imperial hotel In Tokyo. Many the sidrwalku. the main streets sf commanding officer elry unit, rrvlcwed GIS watched from half-hou- If a tune's danceabls, singable and has an appealing Idea, tha chances are It's set for the "Hit Parade, according to Harry Warren, who wrote On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe," Down Argentina Way" and other hits. "Of course," he added, "a Bing Crosby or Frank Sinatra to sing lt won't do any harm. Hes currently writ"Suming tha music for mer Holiday. Walter Pigeon WILL REMEMBER d bolding from the battle of Bastogne Presented to President Tru- t While House by Belgium SNbassador Baron Bilvercruys, si a gift from In "n f f. R. GIs. Belgium BrB blood-staine- ... The horM has rome THE ARMT GOES BACK TO TnE nORSE back Into bis own with the U.S. constabulary forces now on duty patroling some 1,600 miles of German bordrr along the Caerh and Russian frontiers. Herr Pvt. Manuel Ward, standing, is inspecting the pass of a civilian from the 1,'krainr, while Pvt. Gene Robbins sits on bis horK. Both GI's are from Troy, Ohio. Mzj. Gen. Ernest Harman, who rides a grasshopper plane commands the nnit. ' s t , r: .M v iwK , ' cream-skimmin- 'tv V;- .WA, J ... VEN'VIS QUEEN Pan-t- , TsUfornia star, whs took B womens tennis crown n W?0- - England, whra she d Vu,e (l m!? "if., as Brough, Beverly straight seta in final. HOWARD IICGIIES'S MAMOUTII PLANE WRECKED . . . Wreckage of Howard Hughess largest great plane is shown after it had hit telephone wires, crashed into a home and then into Rosemary Decamps garage, finally hitting anothrr home in Beverly llills. Calif. Home Is shown burning In background. Hughes was only one in plane when It crashed. He was reKued from the fire and rushed to hospital, where it was first reported that be had little chance to survive. etc.) Q i ... CLOlD OVER BIKINI The atom bomb au It exploded over the "guinea pig" fleet moored In the lagoon at Bikini. The photographer was la a 9 flying at a safe distance and altitude from the atom bomb explosion on the atolls. TnE WINNER AND HIS CANDIDATE . . . Formrr governor of Minare shown as they voted at nesota, Harold Slassen, and Mrs. Siassi-Insert shows St. Paul In Minnesota Republican primary election. Edward J. Thye, Republican governor of Minnesota and politiral protege of Slassen, who defeated Senator Henrik bliipstead. Slassen fonght Shlpstead on his record of having voted against the U. N. Possessed" la the new title ef the Warner Bros, picture starring loan Crawford, known till now as The Secret. It looks like another top - nutrhrr for her; Van Heflin plays opposite her, Raymond Massey and Joan Chandler have Important roles. tf Johnny Desmond sent a carton of Ms latest records to Prlneesa Ellza-- I helh of England at her request. Sha became a Desmond fan when ha sang for her In Bedford with tha Glenn Miller army air fores band, and asked that copies of his first recordings be sent to her. It was reported later that Desmond was her "favorite crooner; she'd heard him sing his "Soldier and a Song over the armed force network. t Meredith Willson has been named j ' to the musie advisory committee of (lie Atwater Kent radio auditions, Mie of the radio's oldest and moat ' honored radio institution, which iwus started In 1027, but was discontinued during the war. Re-- ! this year, it is designed to ,umr-uncover young talent In singers and musicians, and has given a start ta many a successful career. F g co-o- tvWWWf (Mr. Mlnnlver, will shag, and Big Aptruck, do the Susy-Jitple with Claudette Colbert for terbug routine In The Secret Heart, now before the cameras at Metro. Quite a change for the dignified Mr. Pigeon! Pierre Curie, Twice National Average Down in Mississippi at Tupeln. for instance, the first town to get TVA power, folks there are usieg more than 2,!KKl kilowatt hours ier consumer, almost twire the national average. These higher averages are true all through the TVA area, and at lower rales than ever were dreamed of in the days of private monopoly of electric utilities. In many sections of the country, private utilities are now attempting to choke oil or eliminate REA by building spite lines and rutting rates for consumers who were refused private service until REA promised to s rve them Claude Wickard, REA adniimx'ra-to- r here in Washington, warned the! "We are facing a bolrii r and perhaps a more desjierute opposition from private utilities at this time than REA has ever before This opposition extends from spite line activitii s In areas laid out for development ratives. to the ma nta.n.r.g by of a strong lobby in Washington A national advertising campaign in the weekly arid daily press, in nationally circulated magazines and on the radio networks is being carru d out. Sta'e legislatures and r'gi'a-torbodies arnebc.r.g flood'd will, utility proposals for vanoi.s restrictive measures to be applied to the RF.A progiam, Mr W.rkaid continued. It would seem, however, ih.-.-t with growth of municipal utilities and the REA in the home towns and rural areas, this lobby Is only affecting members of eongriss, not the people who elected them. ipwnpsmoqsK ii Cost of Current Lower are the people looking toward municipal ownership Instead of private ownership of utilities? The simple fact is that the records show every city with a municipal utility has a lower tax rate than cities of comparable size with private utilities . . . that they have lower electric rates, that they can afford to make more use of electricity as a result, for as the price of electricity has been reduced by municipal ownership, its use has been multiplied. Wider use of current permits further rate reductions and consequently still more use of electricity. According to the testimony In these hearings, however, the folks in our small towns and even In our cities have only scratched the surface in the use of electricity as a means of better living. For Instance, in 1945 the national average of electric consumption in the country was 1,225 kilowatt hours per resident consumer, while in Canada where muninpal ownership has been In vogue for many, many years, the consumption runs more than 5,000 kilowatt hours per consumer. Contained In the testimony is acrid denunciation of the Tennessee Valiev authority, and yet the same testimony shows that when private utilities have lowered their rates to meet municipal competition they have invariably shown higher r.ct This was true when the earnings. Georgia Power ron: any lowered its rates to meet TVA competili'Ti and cxicrieneed the highest net income the following year In the history of their company. Many samples were given where this same condition held true. pawp wi TtmdSjrn Why ITALIAN PRESIDENT GAINING FAVOR . . . Benedetto Croce, famous philosopher, is shown, left, a he congratulated Enrico de Nicola, who was recently named provisional president of the Italian republic. President De Nicola enjoys enormous personal popularity In Naples, a monarchist stronghold, and his election by the Italian constituent assembly, won some ardent monarchists over to Do Nicola's Republic." Produc- William Wellman said she was the first girl ho thought of for tho part Sho was bush-leagu- "eV s"" in Columbias er-Director ' I 'HE u"-- "Regina "Gallant Journey; ' onns as it GANGSTER LAID TO REST , . . Toyko had Its first gangster funeral since the occupation, when Matsuda. the Itoss of Shimkashi" district, was arnt oif to his ancestors In the true gangster fashion. The streets were banked with flowers as the two-homemorial service began wilh the chanting of the priests and tbs s by his hoys. Ihoto shows Matsudss ashes beating of being carried In the profession through ulreetu of Shimbasbl. TOKYO tom-tom- VET DANCES WITH PLASTIC LEGS . . . Jerry Singer, Hollywood film dancer, who loal a leg at Okinawa, la danrlng again these daya, despite artificial leg. He Is shown going through a dance for film, "If I'm larky. Esns-c-ns Ne n pnrtrr Hob torrid has completed ma. ration lor Columbia heturei ihort, and eirrutii ei plan to put bim under ri'rir'f cimtrnrt nr timiler picture Ihiln Voncem hae bees chore. . . bon chi to replace Bill Cerpene Mur drr H ill Out," u ilh the role ef "See " Humphrey pranl Heath played byrotund cben to" beymtmr, Itarit. end "Cloak Pepper." wed octet ector in to be m cireu f urongman. . Bijl that he the fm Croibi be notified Americem sccupetiom of vorafi! write in erder troop in Europe! next Frank Sinatra. Vaupkn Mourn and A a King Cola Trio, according la poU. ... t |