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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Rose Allows as How He Saw Some Flying Saucers; Claims He Wasn't in His Cups at the Time, Either By BILLY ROSE At the risk of being laughed out of court and countenance, I'd like to report that I've seen flying saucers. to It happened on a clear and moon-minu- s night two summers ago Newton, Conn., on the lawn of the home belonging to Paul Osborne, the playwright. Among my tellow oglers were Paul and his wife, Director Josh Logan and his missus, and Author John Hersey and his. What s more, none of us was In his cups the night we watched the flying saucery. The show began about 10 p.m. while we were sitting outdoors, en-joying and shooting the breeze, and the Iirst thing we noticed were sev-eral searchlights some miles away poking their yellow fingers into the sky. A few minutes later, three bits of celestial chinaware skittered into view, and from then until Y7T flight it looks like a hundred-foo- t flaming cigar. FURTHERMORE, according to Henry J., a "true" disc was actual-ly photographed near Wildwood, N.' J.;' another was found in the vicinity of Galveston, Texas, and stenciled on its surface was the following: MILITARY SECRET OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ANYONE DAMAGING OR RE-VEALING D.E S C R I P T I O N OR WHEREABOUTS OF THIS MIS-SILE IS SUBJECT TO PROSECU-TION BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. CALL COLLECT AT ONCE. (Then a long distance telephone number, and the address of a U.S. Air Base, and finally the words on the "saucer" in big, black letters: Well, f don't know what the saucers are for, but on the basis of this and other reports plus the evidence of my own bug-eyes I'm convinced they exist and, praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, are ours. Moicotv papers please copy. I wrote a column recently about the bureaucratic blabbermouths in our nation's capital who, at the drop of a daiquiri, blurt out top military secrets to anyone who will listen. Well, I'm plenty happy to learn that at least as regards one vital weapon there are some folks in Washington who not only know their beans but can keep from spill-ing them. bare face hanging out in print, I'm spilling the story now? WeU, until recently the talk about the per-snickety pancakes has been more loose than lucid according to some writers, they were manned by Martins two inches tall; accord-ing to others, by Russians two droshkies wide. Recently, however, documenta-tion has begun to replace delir-ium, and ifs becoming evident that the overgrown manhole cov-ers are not only real, but, de-spite all denials, one of the weapons of our own navy and air force. The most convincing testimony was offered April 3rd by Henry J. Taylor on a General Motors broad-cast over the ABC network. Taylor, after treking all around the country and talking to people who had seen, touched and even flown these credulity- -cracking craft, made the fol-lowing flat and unfrivolous state-ments about them: One type of saucer is the "true" disc, which ranges anywhere from 20 inches to 200 feet in diameter, is unmanned and generally guided by some form of remote control. The other is a platter which carries a crew and is capable of such supersonic speeds that in midnight they Bmy jj0se skipped and scam-pered above our bewildered heads. As nearly as I could judge, these whatzises were at least 200 feet in diameter and were flying at an al-titude of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. Their edges gave off a ghostly glow, very much like blue neon tubing seen through a heavy fog. WHEN THE SEARCHLIGHTS fi-nally cut off and the discs got lost in the stars, we put what was left of our heads together and decided that what we had witnessed must have been some kind of hush-hus-h military exercise. We also decided that, if we didn't want a butterfly net slipped over our heads, it would be smart to keep our lips zipped about the whole thing. How come, then, that with my ( Si s. ; , -- ' i SCA-AA- T . . . Thi i show of teeth S by , mountain lion didn't . the photographer wh. to get this picture. er, how he must to hlv, get it. nm WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSI- S-U. S. Orders Expulsion of 22 Czech Officials; Observers Say Political Picture Becoming Foggy, Unreal (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.) Truman Speaks RUSSIA: Wants Hot War Most Americans, who cannot make themselves believe Russia is ready or wants a war, were being told otherwise by European diplo-mats. In Europe the belief is growing that Russia now accepts a shooting war as the alternative to the cold war in winning world supremacy. Until recently experts believed ' European security could be viewed in terms of political activity and economic pressure. A recent poll of European diplo-mats, however, reveals that they now believe the political bureau ol the Russian Communist party soon will be willing to fight a hot war in pursuit of its aims. One reliable source declares the Russians would be "ready" to fight in 1952. By then the Soviet Union will have a stockpile of atomic bombs and numerical superiority in ground and air forces. The Russians are estimated to have 20,000 first-lin- e planes in oper-ation at the present time. That would indicate Russia may be able to fight a "hot war" on a moment's notice. It is generally accepted by observers that the atomic bomb is already in production behind the iron curtain. BARUCH: Stop Inflation Since the war all classes of Amer-icans farmers, laborers, business-men, office workers have worried about inflation. For all of them the dollar buys less than before the war. Of late, however, there has been little said or done about the inflation spiral. Now Bernard M. Baruch, adviser to Presidents for 40 years, has taken another swing at inflation. "Inflation is the cold war we Americans are waging against our-selves," the statesman warns. "Inflation affects the integrity of all our defenses, both moral and military, national and internation-al," he added. "This continuing spiral doesn't necessarily mean trouble at the moment, but it means trouble ahead if we don't put a stop to it. Sowewhere along the line, the balloon always bursts." The national situation as he sees it finds the country balancing pre-cariously between employment and the maintenance of a high standard of living, and unemployment and in-flation. We must work out a program to curb inflation that will be fair to everyone, he said. No one will like it, but we must do it and s'oon. STATE DEPARTMENT: McCarthy Lied The state department had waded into the McCarthy spy hunt of the department's personnel by1 issuing a white paper that hints that the senator deliberately lied. Assistant Secretary Edward W. Barrett sent 500 newspaper editors an eight-pag- e analysis of Mc- Carthy's speech which charged the department was overrun by Com-munists. Barrett's reply contained a point-by-poi- nt denial. While it did not as-sert in so many words that Mc- Carthy was lying, the document re-peatedly sought to show that he uttered "misstatements" and "in-accuracies." Meanwhile, the loyalty files, re-cently turned over to the senate foreign-relation- s subcommitte in-vestigating communism in govern-ment posts, were being studied. Senator Tydings, chairman of the committee, said he would make a full report to the people on the contents of the files. Eighty-on- e cases were being in-vestigated. Parting? CZECHS: U. S. Hits Back The United States has ordered expulsion of 22 Czech officials from this country in retaliation of recent conduct by that country. The U.S. note, which hinted at future diplomatic blows against the Kremlin - controlled government, charged Czechoslovakia "will not or cannot" conduct itself decently with other nations. Diplomats considered the U. S. note strongly worded and saw the action as clear evidence of the disintegration of relations between the two countries. It reduced the number of Czech officials in this country from 33 to 22. The state department note said in part: "Since the United States cannot conduct normal diplomatic and con-sular functions in Czechoslovakia and since the relations between the two governments are being re-stricted in scope through the actions of the Czechoslovakia government, the latter has been requested within a reasonable time to close its con-sulates in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and to make a reduction in its of-ficial personnel in the United States similar to that demanded of the United States in Czechoslovakia." The expulsion order means the Czech government will have 11 rep-resentatives in this country, all pos-sibly in Washington. The order does not include that country's represen-tation to the United Nations. Nearer to Europe Millions who have had the jitters since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan received a new jolt when it was announced U. S. military officials are considering placing atomic weapons within easy reach of this country's European allies. Such a move indicates that this country would use the atomic bomb in case of war and has no immedi-ate plans of trying to get it out-lawed, observers said. Some congressmen called the idea terrible and predicted 98 per cent of the legislators would rebel if it should be presented to them. Observers agreed that initial con-gressional reaction to the idea indi-cates it will have tough sledding if it reaches Capitol Hill. Military authorities were explor-ing the highly controversial pro-posal and possible safeguards against having the bombs fall into enemy hands. Before atomic weapons could be made available to European mem-bers of the Atlantic pact, however, congress would have to amend the atomic energy act. SANDERS: Farms for Living Dr. Hermann N. Sanders, de-prived of his right to practice medi-cine in New Hampshire following his mercy slaying trial, has turned to tilling the soil for his neighbors to support his wife and three daugh-ters. "; Some observers, however, felt he would be reinstated when the state , medical board let him apply on June 19. Meanwhile, the doctor was supply-ing his own tractor for the farm This is a part of the "10 acres of citizens" that turned out to hear President Truman on his tour across the nation. He is pictured speaking from the rear platform of his special train. POLITICS: Foggy and Unreal Observers are beginning to shout that the current political scene is becoming so foggy and unreal that the general public is confused. Per-haps it is the observers themselves who are confused. Regardless of their shouts, how-ever, President Truman concluded his tour across the nation making as many as 16 speeches a day while congress tied itself into knots on one issue after another. As if that wasn't enough, the Dixiecrats had mapped plans of winning the Solid South and were screaming louder than anyone about deficit spending and creeping socialism. The President has been making speeches pointing out: (1) The low-er brackets can double their in-come into "real" money within the next 10 years, possibly as high as S4.000 a year; (2) Republican charges that the Fair Deal is lead-ing to socialism are "silly non-sense;" (3) TVA power develop-ments "will keep us the most pow-erful nation in the world"; (4) The nation's output of goods and services can be lifted to 350 billion dollars by 1960. In the East, meanwhile, the house cut the appropria-tions bill by an estimated one bil-lion dollars and sent the measure to the senate. The vote, 362 to 21 was consid-ered a big defeat for Truman. Democrats joined Republicans in making the cut. In the South, publisher J. Oliver Emmerick told the third annual States' Rights convention that "our task is to sell the people against deficit spending, creeping social-ism and the totalitarian state." They seek to weld the south into the nation's most powerful minority, even so strong they could become the national balance of political power. And, from the looks of things, they may succeed in crea-ting another congress very hostile to Truman. GERMANY: When A Treaty? Germany may never get a peace treaty, some political observers i ' - I' s, ; ti work and moved about from job to job on a trailer attached to his auto-mobile. Neighbors said his rate of pay for plowing and cultivating farm-lands of the area was $4 an hour. NATIONALISTS: Repulse Landing The Communists tried a practice landing on Chushan island 100 miles southwest of Shanghai but were re-pulsed, the Chinese Nationalists report. The announcement caused specu-lation that the invasion of Formosa itself, protected by 100 miles of open seas from the mainland, was about to begin. Nationalists sources said they re-gard a Red "inside job" as great a threat as an actual invasion. A Communist fifth column on For-mosa had been broken up, it was reported, but many of the Red agents remained at large. The Nationalists had nothing to say of their raid a few days earlier on villages on the mainland, 50 miles southwest of Chushan. WHISKEY: Big Business The whiskey industry has long been big business, but now it comes to light that moonshiners apparently are producing more whiskey in the United States than the legal dis-tilleries. A spokesman for the industry said moonshine stills seized by state and federal officials in 1949 had a daily productive capacty of 97,709 gallons more than the nation's dis-tilleries. iwvk uiiiLtru. J.iie uuus were uemg made after America, Britain and France announced they will keep troops in Germany and refuse to write a peace treaty as long as Russian policy divides the country. For that reason there may never be a treaty, observers report. Rus-sia is not likely to change her policy because it would be a political de-feat. The Soviet is only interested in victories. The western powers said: "In view of the continued refusal of the Soviet government to permit inhabitants of their zone of occupa-tion to rejoin their fellow country-men in a democratic and unified Germany, it has not been possible, and will not be as long as this Soviet policy persists, to proceed to conclusion of a treaty of peace with Germany. "In the present situation of Europe supreme authority must re-main in the hands of the Allied powers." The three powers, however, have agreed to the gradual modification of many controls to which western Germany is still subject. Shadows Republicans may have talked down President Truman's "nonpoli-tica- l trip," but they kept an eye on him just the same. The eye was Victor Johnson, ex-ecutive secretary of the Republican senatorial campaign committee. He shadowed the President across the nation by chartered plane and showed up at all the chief execu-tive's important speeches. The movie fans of the, nation were startled with the rumors of "strained relations" between Bing Crosby and his wife, Dixie Lee. This 1939 photograph shows the Crosbys with their four sons. Bing is in Europe and will not return until mid-Jun- e. GAMBLING: 13 Billion Take The American Academy of Poli-tical and Social Science reports there are 50 million suckers in the United States who lose 13 billion dollars a year to gamblers. The experts said Americans bet eight billion dollars a year with horse-rac- e bookies. Pari - mutuel machines alone account for $1,600,-000,00- 0 a year and produce more than 100,000,000 annually in tax rev-enue. This Is Your Pape . Censorship ' Is Dangerous By William R. Neso pENSORSmPisans cans resist so aggress"fi has not even been irnposed'b-- ' in time of war. Whenever some- -' guided attempt is made, C! against press, movies or' rid " is quickly squelched by Jr"'.. public opinion. Yet there aru" attempts which fail only beta the knowledge, tact or cours a home town newspaper ed:,)- - Every newspaper has free to resist minor efforts at ship. They are resisted because tors know that a minor success day can become a major ok morrow. St" I! Danger enough, T(, Is few who ;: Inherent ticipate int; minor; stances fully realize what the; Having the best of intent they fail to see the danger ife in their actions. Whenever a "request" li a newspaper omit facts t: cerning a public matter, est,, ship is being attempted. Even a spat between neigh': becomes a matter in which . public is entitled to the facts, J. services of police or a court required. Police and courts be to the public which authorizes pays for them, and how their are employed is of coma:, tjbe public. There are instances, of or: where private rights outweigh of the public, and the editr. justified in suppressing such if There are other instances, L where good taste may dictate an item be omitted. But, while the fine points involved, it is : editor's judgement which Newspsj!1 Honesty editors do or resent to' Coercion? intended-quest- s to e look incidents where there is cV that the public interest oifc; the private rights. They do ic them if accompanied by : in whatever form. The editor is expert in siicis ters as public right to news. E the best judge ot whether e public interests outweigh or organization volved. His Judgment without resentment K ship is a dangerous force, to: - gerous to set in motion, a it may ter how innocently ployed. J 5 ON THE PAYROLL I CORNER By Richard H. Wilkinson i HAD SEEN the redheaded JUD in Mr. Jones' outer office every day for a week. He himself was a copy man, and if she were after the same job that he wanted it would compli- - -- Minute cate things. It 3 Fiction would cut his chanCes of suc-cess in half, and it would be rather embarrassing because well, because he thought she was an awfully pretty, girl and he liked the way she held her chin high and tried to appear brave. On Monday of the second . week, the redheaded girl dropped her handbag. Its con-tents spilled all over the place. Jud helped pick them np lip-stick, a bunch of keys, a pawn ticket! Jud's lips tightened when he saw that. Jnst as he thought she's had to pawn something in order to live. Of course the handbag episode gave him the liberty of talking with her. Without half trying, he got her story. It was just as he figured. A sad tale of deprivation and lost hope. If only she could see Mr. Jones. She knew he needed a sten-ographer and she really was awful-ly good. A determined light came into Jud's eyes. Ignoring the protestations of the switchboard girl, he burst through the railed-i- n space, crossed it in two bounds and threw open the door to Mr. Jones' office. Mr. Jones was sitting at his desk, smoking a cigar. He looked up with a startled expression when Jud en-tered. He had heavy jowls and a or don't you?" Mr. Jones stalked out of the of-fice. A man came in another door and told Jud to follow him. "Kate always wins," the man said. "Here's your desk. Kate wants you to go to lunch with her this noon." JUD SAT DOWN, speechless. "Do mean am I one of several who have been hired in this fash-ion?" Jud passed a hand through his hair. The man left. Jud sat down at his desk. He tried to straighten things out in his mind, and was beginning to get places, when Kate entered. At lunch Kate said: "Would you like to marry me?" "Sure," said Jud, grinning weak-ly. "All right then. Right after work. I'll be waiting." She was, too. He wondered what was next. He found out. She took him to a minister's. She produced a li-cense. Jud tried to grin. He gulped, and stared at ber. Jud suddenly no longer had the feeling that he liked all this. "Now listen," he said. "I can't marry you. In the first place I don't love you. In the second I think you and your old man are crazy. And in the next place, I'm already mar-ried and have three kids!" Mr. Jones called Jud on the phone the next morning. "Mister, you're still working for me if you want the job. I won a bet from Kate, ' and it's cured her of her screwy notions. Come on down. Your salary's doubled." shock of grey hair and belligerent, bushy eyebrows. The cigar fell from his mouth. He stood up. Before Jud could utter ,., , , "Of course, I'm serious. I made a bet with Dad that I'd marry you." JudWEssexVarked: "Y0Ur aback8' 63id Jud' "I'll be damned!" exclaimed Mr Jones "Did she tell you who she was? "Did who tell me who who was'" Jud asked beginning to think he was mistaken for some one else girl in ttaU8hlerl That "headed office'" It was Jud's turn to drop a cigar That Vne''Wdau as who wants a job a stenographer?" Mr. Jones came round his desk He was short, but rotund He glared up at Jud. "You.re hired," he said. ", Iost so you're hired. But you'd better make good. or fired. Get that!" "Shut up! Do you want the job, By INEZ GERHARD CLAUDETTE COLBERT won a poll that really means a lot the one conducted by the Woman's Home Companion; her latest picture is "Three Came Home." June Ally son was second; her "The Stratton Story" was voted last year's best picture. In third place, Loretta Young; fourth, Oli-via de Havilland. Bing Crosby headed the men's list for the fifth time in succession; then came Spencer Tracy; his "Adam's Rib" was the second best picture. Third, Cary Grant; fourth, Clark Gable. Jeanne Crain got a special award for her "Pinky" performance. Last year Ingrid Bergman, Irene Dunne and Bette Davis were the three lead-ers among the women. is going to resurrect "The Merry Widow" again, this time in Technicolor, starring Lana Turner and Richardo Montalban. ' They made it first in 1925, with John Gilbert and May Murray; then in 1935, with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. . Louis Calhern must be very hap-py. Ever since he starred so suc-cessfully on the stage in "The Magnificent Yankee," as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, he has wanted to do it in pictures. Now it's all arranged, at Metro. Wally Butterworth thought he had an easy name to remem-ber, but some of the bushels of letters coming in to his "Voices that Live" treasure hunt have made him wonder. Mail has come addressed to "Walla Walla," "Valley Water Works," "Wally Boderwald" and "Walter Warwurst," among others, And he's acquired such first names as "Roily," "Art," "Ferry" and "Olive." Why, oh why doesn't some record company persuade Pia Tassinari and Ferrucio Tagliavini to record "Lontano, lontano"? It has brought the greatest listener response in the history of the Telephone Hour whenever they sing it, Ed "Duffy's Tavern" Gardner's first film production will be "The Man with My Face." The stnrv's locale was a western frontier town but Ed changed it to Puerto Kico, where he now lives. The police of Miami, Fla., were bewildered; instead of getting' offi-cial orders on their radio-phon- e system they got instruction like "Rush lunches to "The Breaking Point' unit at Newport Harbor, Calif. John Garfield and Patricia Neal are getting mighty hungry." They appealed to the Federal Com-munications Commission and War-ner Bros, had their frequency changed. Stanley Kramer wisely chose Mala Powers to play "Roxanne" in "Cyrano de Bergerac." Discov-ered by Ida Lupino, her first pic-ture was "Outrage"; Howard Hughes subsequ-.itl- y took over her contract. Jose Ferrer predicts that "In another ten years she will have so many Oscars in her pocket she'll be able to use them for book ends." 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