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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Indian Troops Invade Hyderabad, Endanger Country's Shaky Peace; Russia Confuses Crisis in Berlin I By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) The Last Mogul BIG FOUR: Or Little 14? The U. S. government's spectacu-lar suit against the "big four" meat packing companies Swift, Armour, Cudahy and Wilson promised to be one of the biggest anti-tru- actions since President Theodore Roosevelt said something about carrying a big stick. Filed by the justice department in federal court in Chicago, the suit asks that the four companies be broken up into 14 separate firms. Specifically, the U. S. wants Swift and Armour to be carved into five separate companies each and Wilson and Cudahy each to be split into two firms. TOM CLARK, attorney general, said in a statement: "The four de-fendants named in the complaint are charged with suppressing competi-tion in the sale of meat and meat products." The Sherman anti-tru-law is being invoked in the action. Clark described the suit as "an-other in a series of cases instituted by the department of justice in fur-therance of its program to free the production and sale of food and food products from monopolistic re-straints." THE PACKERS had another story to tell, however, with "playing poli-tics" as one of their key phrases. Said John Holmes, president of Swift and company: "It is significant that the charges appear at the be-ginning of this fall's political cam-paign. Apparently an attempt is be-ing made to shift responsibility for inflationary price trends. "No one can control either live-stock prices or meat prices," Holmes " . INVASION: Hyderabad Ev;nts in India were a far cry from the days when Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of passive diplomacy prevailed among the af- - fairs of that Indian troops, strongly supported by armored units, had invaded the princely state of Hyderabad (see map) whose Moslem ruler called the Nizam had refused to join with the other Indian dominions even though Hyderabad's population is predominantly Hindu. THAT WAS THE whole story. The Nizam and his small, compact Mos-- ! lem court would not agree to follow the other Indian princely states in i acceding to the Dominion, of India which was established last year. The Nizam, often called the rich-- ' est man in the world, and the only surviving heir of the great Mogul . empire, wanted to rule an independ- - pnt hvdprahad. Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan, some-times called the richest man in the world, is the Nizam of Hydera-bad, land-locke- d princely state in India which was attacked by India's dominion troops. Whether he could have succeeded in doing that, even if the dominion government had not opened hostili-ties against him, is questionable. Hyderabad is completely landlocked and has no access to the sea except by courtesy of the states surround-ing it. All of its imports and exports, therefore, must pass through India, WHILE HYDERABAD might pro- - ' fess its independence as a state, chances are that the economic and political conditions of actual inde- - pendence never could be achieved, Can India's invasion of Hyderabad be justified? Not too easily, if at all. It was not a matter of sending a police force into the state to quell internal disorders. It was, apparent-ly, a deliberate act of aggression and .as such should go before the U. N. security council for judgment. From a practical standpoint there was not only no need for the inva-- i sion but there is an actual danger INFRA-RED- : Frost Killer The day or nightof the old fash-ioned smudge pot as the main buf-fer between plants and killing frost may be nearing an end. Science has taken over to come up with a new kind of frost killer, development of which was sponsored by the American Iron and Steel in-stitute. THE CONTRAPTION, known as the Plymouth infra-re- d lamp, is in a fair way to affect materially the nation's agricultural system, the in-stitute thinks. Reporting on the new device, the institute pointed out that while farm-ers will find the lamp invaluable in saving crops during the first touches of frost, the growing season actual-ly may be extended as techniques for its use are developed. Dr. Arthur W. Farrell of Mich-igan State college, one of the men responsible 'for development of the infra-re- d machine, cited an exam-ple: "On September 2, 1946, to take one example, Michigan had a two-ho-killing frost. The next frost did not occur until October 1, a 0 HEW DELHI p INDIA CALCUTTA 111 HVBERABAD ' t v ))) - ful solution was getting buried deep-er and deeper. That all this confusion was being fostered deliberately by the Soviets was quite evident. Their purpose for so doing was more obscure. THE RUSSIANS want full control of Berlin, taking that as their im-mediate objective. Ultimately they want to force American occupation troops completely out of Germany, after which Russia could take over the great German industrial poten-tial, including the inestimably valu-able Ruhr section. However, there might be still an-other reason for this display of So-viet diplomatic aggression which was planned almost a year ago to erupt this fall. The Russians might be trying to harass the western nations to the point where the entire Berlin issue will be dumped in the lap of the United Nations. Once the crisis comes under U. N. jurisdiction the Russians might plan to use the in-evitable squabble as a pretext for resigning from the world organiza-tion and taking their satellite states with them. THE EAST-WES- T split into two opposing power spheres then would be complete. Moreover, the U. N. itself probably would be reduced to total impotency in guiding interna-tional affairs. . And the question of whether the Soviet Union is entertaining motives like these might be answered by the end of the year. For the western nations were determined that if they didn't get some satisfaction from Moscow soon they would arraign Russia before the United Nations this fall. COTTON: Lift Dat Bale With the largest cotton crop since 1937 being harvested this year, Uncle Sam is making ready to stage a comeback in the cotton buying busi-ness. Of the 15,219,000 bales to come off the land, the cotton trade estimates that about a third will go into stor-age under federal loan. TWENTY -- ONE MILLION people in the United States depend on cot-ton for their livelihood, and the fate of the cotton crop, therefore, is not only a personal but a national con-cern. The federal government is com-ing into the picture because cotton prices are coming down. They have reached 31.04 cents a pound, which is pretty close to the support floor of 30.74 cents. Here's what happens: WHEN THE COTTON grower hauls his crop to the warehouse he gets a receipt for it, and then he either sells the cotton at the market price or accepts the government's standing offer to lend him money on it. If he chooses to accept the loan, he is paid 30.74 cent; a pound on the average the exact price depending on the kind and quality of the cotton. Then he is free, for one year, to sell the cotton for more money, pro-vided the price goes up. If he doesn't sell it within a year the government becomes owner of the crop. PROBABLE EFFECT of this oper-ation will be to keep a lot of cotton off the market this- - year, thus pre-venting the price from dropping through the support floor. Also, it will result in the government's end-ing the year with several million bales of cotton on its hands. month later. Had tomato and melon growers been able to protect their crops for about two hours on the morning of September 2, they would have had four more weeks of very favorable growing weather. As it was, they lost everything. "THE FROST dispeller, made up of sheet steel and a little ingenuity, will put an end to some of nature's nonsense." The lamp is composed of a cir-cular piece of stainless steel, shaped in cone-shape- d steps, with an oil burner within the framework. When the burner is put into action, the steel heats until it becomes cherry-red- . At this point, infra-re- d rays are thrown off, spreading over the area to be warmed, even entering the ground in their intensity. Headliners Involved. There are no linguistic or racial differences between Hyder-abad's Hindus and the Hindus of ad-jacent states. The boundaries of Hyderabad are arbitrary and his-torical, not dependent upon the ge-ography of the vicinity. INDIA MIGHT well have refrained from pushing the issue for a year or two, pending a peaceful settlement. The potential danger lies in two phases of the situation: 1. THE HYDERABAD war might prove to be the factor that Will pre-cipitate violent conflict between Hindu and Moslem Pakistan, whose more or less peaceful relations now are strained and uneasy. ' 2. IT IS A BLOW to the British Commonwealth, to which both India I and Pakistan still belong. With the '. Russians acting the way they are, any disturbance of the delicate bal-ance of power that still prevails in the East could bring still another i catastrophe down upon the world. '' RUSSIANS: Fantastic Not even the most starry-eye- d Pollyana could deny that the U. S.-- 1 Soviet fracas over Berlin was down right fantastic and getting more so every day. The whole thing simply had stopped making sense, even to many of the diplomats who were embroiled in the situation. WHAT CHANCE was there for any logical kind of peace when, even while western diplomats were in Moscow attempting to work out a formula with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, the Russians in Berlin were inciting riots, kidnapping western sector policemen and firing on American planes engaged in the air-- i lift? One complication was being piled , on top of another, with the ensuing result that any possibility of a peace- - IN PASADENA . . . Michael Beal, 83, (above) received a y sus-pended sentence for being drunk and disturbing the peace after he had propelled his wheelchair up and down sidewalks at a furious rate ol speed, hurling invective and profan ity at all comers. IN GREAT FALLS, Mont. . . . Mem bers of the Cascade county Demo cratic central .committee voiced ne objection when Ray Wise, a Repub lican, submitted his resignation aftei being elected Democratic precinci committeeman. IN EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. . . . A. L Webb cleaned out his desk, came across a letter his wife had giver him to mail 11 years ago. shuddered at the possible consequences, finallj mailed the letter. BLIMP: Biggest Yet Biggest blimp the U. S. navy evei ordered and the first to be contracted for since the war soon will be undei construction at the Goodyear Air craft corporation in Akron, Ohio the U. S. navy bureau of aeronautics has announced. The ship will have a helium capac ity of 825.000 cubic feet and ar empty weight of about 34,000'pounds It will be 324 feet long, 71 feet wirti and 92 feet high. : y '-- ... ) - 1 y y , i - "v 4 FORSAKES SOCIETY . . . Pretty Constance Murray, Long Island socialite heiress, is shown at the wedding of her sis-ter Catherine. Constance has since given up this life to enter the Convent of the Holy Child, New Sharon, Pa., as a novitiate Catholic nun. Iiip;;- iyy; "yy:;:-:- ''; y;' yyy:-;: M:::f " ..;tWi., ;.::li&5-- lil!llillil:ilP:ll ' ' ' '? ''J I f s t y. y ; J ' v VN 'v 'V - j : ' s y - J y r , f" - . v y-- y, ..,- - ., , - i ' ; . - ' A V j "BUZZIE" WINS POLIO FIGHT . . . The grandson of the late Presi-dent Roosevelt, Curtis "Buzzie" Boettiger, 18, appears pale and a bit shaky following his recovery from a minor attack of polio. Following his release from the Corona, Calif., naval hospital, he applied for a passport. He will accompany his grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Roose-velt, to the United Nations sessions in Paris. Beside "Buzzie" is his mother, Mrs. Anna Boettiger. ' Vasafion Wonderland GAITHERSBURG, MD had a swell vacation-i- !' W the '7 at . pig, got tar. Before the vacation starts , ' studied road maps all sorts of tours. Tft fg out to see my daughX forma, and my wife's Mexico. I bothered Karl about the best way t ,1' hideaway in Ontario, C, 2 corresponded with Sumner it s about a trip up to Bar Ha w But in the end I decite with real fireworks likely tot out in Berlin this wtote,. to take a look at things befMl 1 so I got steamship reservation Europe and went through :i tape of an American miiitat,. ernment permit to visit Genr lc When the sailing date around, however, I just $ ed get on the ship. I jnst sta':jti right at home and enjoyed P Maryland countryside. 01 That's what I did during my vacation-j- ust enjoyed my" J and let General Clay worry ,' the Russians. Only time I left': land was to take two trips u " District of Columbia and & ' into the neighboring stste of''. ware. Staying right at home prrM to be wonderful that Is, tied the pigs got loose. Here n some of the things I did: la Filled the silo. My soni '! who used to be a diligent six ,! when he was courting my (; 7 ter, was absent this time; ate fu my radio agent, Jackson Ik: never known to do a stroke o! during the rest of the year, fully sprained his ankle jia: Dr fore g time. leI Went to Church. What will w ting up at 6 a. m. Sundays It pare a radio broadcast during of the year, I don't get to as often as I should. Especialt Joyed the sermon of Bishop J;j Hines of Austin, Tex., who pie: t at Bethany Beach, DeL I j His Delaware neighbors J about a ear getting stuck ii I mud ontside the ehurca J' when several people km planks to get it out, cue remarked: "If that ): doesn't do It, I'll go mside get the pulpit." ... "Sib cautioned another, "Ihali: S preacher over there." . "les," was the reply, "tj I'm the bishop." I r c No lore Corn J" Decided not to plant any : :lle corn. Having sat on the bat- in the Potomac and watched i tl ands of tons of topsoll wash b 0 from the cornfields of Ifcpu and Virginia, I finally decic.iply do my part by planting 11 iat corn. N Despite ui tt both of whicb w t tice religiously, any torafc less on level ground, is be: wash away the most priced j nature gave us our topsoiL . So, from now on, we ' tag our silo with lla"a. : farmers of Iowa, ground is flat, can suppU nation with corn. Met a gradually species the country doctor. Dr. Garrett Hume got out army and decided he wit help his fellow men by P: where doctors were scaret hung out his shingle at CeKf Del., and has been answers ,es schedule ev fce on an , ' So, In an age when more inch gravitate to the city a s Pkirj ized medicine, here's bats im bke Li the c6untry doctors, gr Hume, who stay out where i (eri , are long, where fees are where people need them n l Pigs Get Loose Most of the above during the first part & tion-be- fore the p.gs f might note In Ps" obvious to most lady this stay-at-ho-go down too well w.tb m er all, when you jS cooked and planned natural y year, it's only let a. hotel mana the food and the husband 1 during your ( Mrs. P. However, otWt mS sport, and, among joyed her garde. U "J! Plot of lawn she and to keep green sometimes played d This is f. .lr. Be.tu pigs came ' , shi my,ault.I badl Me u log ""mi U, been warned by s ;art much righter tha" t they might descensBj:IOt n However, w t nued little pigs, nd.'b(reeed.i.t,hei enjoyed r,(y pyut off catching ..(t cr That day W" vacation. That even! he cided to Play ?kJ ,i f" on .dbw J(Ki&i.A s HOPE GETS FLAG . . . Bob Hope has been presented with an official Olympic flag in recogni-tion of his efforts on behalf of the International Olympic com-mittee. Dean Cromwell, coach of the U. S. team made the presen-tation. MIGRATION TRAGEDY . . . Police and ASPCA agents in New York were baffled at the phenomenon of hundreds of small birds, falling dead and dying Into the streets surrounding the Empire State build-ing. Two of the theories advanced for the mishap were: one the birds flying in the darkness, struck the side of the world's tallest build-ing; two they had been poisoned on the way. An ASPCA agent and a policeman are shown putting the stricken birds in a box. ' X , . " ' ' - - ,A' 1 DUKE'S VICAB . . . The Rev. ' Robert Anderson Jardine, Angli-can minister who braved the Church of England by marrying the Duke and Duchess of Wind-sor, is returning to England aft-er an ecclesiastical exile in this country. I.- - .y i v m.j -- . .... Ub & - kk. J INDIA'S PRIDE "C. R." ... To the first Indian governor general, Chakravartl Rajagopalacha Rajagopalachari, goes much of India's adulation since the death of Gandhi. The governor general Is more generally referred to as "C. R.," or "Rajaji" at most. During a tour of south India many women transferred necklaces from their necks to that of their loved "C. R." Such a scene is pictured here. I . j - v MR. MUSCLES . . . Steve Reeves. Californian, flexes his. muscles and expands his chest. And with good reason for he has been awarded the title "Mr. Universe." '1 t 'v t ' v - ; A - - ' vW' - .'J. .; - ft f L. VICTORY GRIN . . . Jacques Duclos, president of the French Communist group, grins as re-porters question him on leaving Elysee palace. The Communists helped to overthrow the French government recently. V - . A ', Vi f .t F. " ! : w ,.. i f 1 - . . 4 L s t v . i y , l 'v i ,,, ., , LUXURY ON RAILS . . . This interior view is of the new Twentieth Century Limited, which is scheduled soon to be placed in service be-tween Chicago and New York. To make travel "comfy" the observa-tion car features extra-larg- e windows, comfortable chairs and sofas. Separated from this section by a large glass partition is a service bar. Transportation certainly has gone long way since the horse and buggy days. THICKER THAN FLIES Russia Is Well Supplied With Martoower Russia and the Soviet satellites are appallingly well supplied with ': manpower for military purposes, ac- - ",'rans' t0 ofnc'a estimates m Wash- - i "' Russia alone there ex-- i 4 reservoir of able-- , j X 1?S Xr Ja armies- - Best i oe lsins e th existence of I a"cf s Of ussian ground 'Xy (sloops, embody- - 1 ing a total of three million men and including about 400,000 MVD secur-ity troops. Eight Soviet satellite states are reputed to be able to muster a total of about 100 divisions of 1,121.600 men. That makes a grand total of 4,121,600 soldiers in 274 divisions, many of whom are deployed at or near the point at which war con-ceivably could start. |