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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH . . . BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Ghosts Haven't Ghost of a Chance in Manhattan R..f Thk Hnuntina Story Gave New Yorkers Pause By BILLY ROSE unha unted lot We men of Manhattan are an undaunted and or at least think we are and so ghost stones seldom stand a ghost of a chance in this town. The other night, however, a real estate man buttonholed me coming out of "21" and told me a chiller about a deserted house In the Flushing section of Queens, and on the that your scalp can use a tingle or two, I'd like to pass it along .... On the night of the big snow three winters ago, a doctor in Queens an-swered his doorbell and found a smallish mnn in a faded mackinaw standing on the stoop. "My wife is very sick," he said. "I hate to ask you to come out on a night like this, but it's only a few blocks." The doctor fol-lowed him to a ip,..,., JI.1LIJM t my , it's always been on my list, no-body's ever wanted it." "Do you think squatters might be living in it on account of the hous-ing shortage?" asked the doctor. "Could be, but I doubt it," said the agent. "There's been a lot of queer talk about that house, and the last family that moved in during the depression could only stand it for a few weeks. The husband and wife slept in the front room on the second floor, and to hear them tell it they were kept awake night after night by the sound of a woman coughing. It finally got so bad they packed and left." "I know its sounds absurd," said the doctor, "but I examined a sick woman there last night, and if you've got a key I'll walk over with you and prove it." When they got to the house, it took the agent quite a while to get the rusty lock open, and when they entered there wasn't a stick of furniture in sight. "I could have sworn I saw some chairs and a carpet down here last night," said the doctor. "Maybe you've got this house mixed up with another one," the agent suggested. "I still think it's the same place. Let's look upstairs." On the second floor they went into the front room. It was also empty. Empty, that is, except for a piece of paper on the window sill the prescription the doctor had written the night before. chief, and though the doctor went through the motions of an ex-amination he knew at once it was an advanced case of tuberculosis. "I can give her something to re-lieve the congestion," he told her husband, "but she'll have to be moved to a hospital first thing in the morning." He then wrote out a prescription. "I'll get it filled right away," said the man, and showed the doctor to the door. Next morning, wondering how the woman was getting along, the physician stopped by the wooden house, but there was no answer when he rang the bell. Moreover, there were no tracks in the snow to indicate that an ambulance or any other vehicle had pulled up in front of the place. Puzzled, he went to the office of a real estate agent on the next street and asked if he could get some information about the resi-dents of the house. "THAT'S A FUNNY sort of ques-tion," said the agent. "There aren't any residents and there aren't like-ly to be any. The house hasn't been occupied in 15 years, and though large wooden house Billy Rose near the intersec-tion of Vine street and Broadway, and when the man unlocked the door the physician could see by the glare of an unshaded droplight that the lower floor was empty except for a few kitchen chairs and a length of carpet. "THIS IS NO PLACE for a sick woman," he said. "You ought to have some heat in the house." The man led him up a creaky set of stairs to the second floor, and in the front room an emac-iated woman was lying in an old four-post- bed. She kept cough-ing into a blood-flecke- d handker- - .L ... ) SYLPH-CONTRO- L Tiny Tim) 0( PWs-b;'j- that an apple a d extra pounds ,,,7 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . I Nation Displays Flight on First Armed Forces Day; Atlantic Pact Nations Announce Defense Plans (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.) Assails Truman POLITICS: Are Both Parties Split? Observers are wondering if the Republican and Democratic parties both are going into the November election with split political fronts. The Republican trend came to light in the Oregan senatorial pri-mary which was won by Indepen-dent voting Sen. Wayne Morse. His campaign is not likely to resemble any other Republican drives this fall. In Pennsylvania, Governor James H. Duff defeated the old guard Re-publicans in the senatorial pri-mary. In many quarters the Duff and Morse victories were seen as signs that many Republican voters think the party needs to offer more than mere opposition to President Tru-man's Fair Deal. On the Democratic front, a few more cracks have been added to the split caused by the civil-righ-conflict started in 1948. Southerners are still battling the program, and recently, have gen-erally opposed Truman's plans for more government spending. The Brannan plan has added fuel to the fire of discontent among some of the President's best western friends. With these points in mind, the September and October political speeches of both parties may prove the most interesting In years. Meanwhile, a g Re-publican took another swing at the President, charging that he seeks a "rubber-stamp- " congress elected in November. Said GOP national chairman Guy Gabrielson: "The 1950 issues now are clear. President Truman has asked the voters to give him a rubber-stam- p congress that will approve his program of social ism." WINNIPEG: Wet but Undefeated Flood battered Winnipeg slowly returns to normal. With nearly a fifth of the city at one time under water, the citizens raised a banner proclaiming they were "wet but undefeated" on the court house and waited for the Red river to show its first drop. Before it came flood waters had reached a record high for the cen-tury. Some 100,000 of Winnipeg's 350,000 population were forced to evacuate and many of southern Manitoba's towns were deserted. When the river showed its first drop, flood waters were about two feet below the absolute peak at which engineers figured nearly all of Winnipeg would be waterlogged and the whole population would have to be evacuated. Even with the river back in its banks, however, observers said it would be near the last of June be-fore the city would be back to nop mal. MRS. ROOSEVELT: Comforted Distressed Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was awarded the seventh annual Wil-liamsburg Settlement gold-med-award for typifying the American way of life and aiding the under-privileged. At the presentation dinner, for-mer congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce called her long-tim- e political foe the "best-love- d woman in the world" and said that no woman ever had "so comforted the dis-tressed or distressed the comfort-able." "When her justly notable toler-ance and patience with the Com-munists finally gave out, that day tolerance of communism in Amer-ica ended officially. It is safe to say that her resistance to Soviet com-munism is a more potent factor in winning the cold war than an extra billion dollars of Marshall plan aid," she added. Something New ARMED FORCES: A Workable Team Any doubts that observers might have entertained about the success of armed forces unification in the United States was 'dispelled with the observance of the first national Armed Forces Day. For the observance, America s fighting forces across the world paraded in the mightiest show of power since World War II. The biggest show of all went on in Ger-many where more than 85,000 Yanks demonstrated their readi-ness. The day's message to the world was plain: The United States is awake to the menace of Commu-nist aggression and is leadying Its defenses. President Truman took the occa-sion to tell the public that if con-gress had passed his universal mil-itary training program five years ago "there would have been no cold war." He also invited all Americans "to take stock of the state of our readi-ness to defend ourselves against aggression." And, in general, Americans were pleased and impressed with what they saw on parade. Although the forces were less in number, they seemed well trained, power-packe- d units that would form the backbone of new armies should the situation arise. Army, navy and air force put on a united front that was pleasing to observers who remember recent unification squabbles between the services. BOSTON: Taste of Tradition Climaxing its jubilee celebration, staid old Boston let down its hair by serving dinner to 10,000 on the Common and holding a barn dance at the Garden. Believed to be the largest meal ever served to a seated group, the guests got a taste of tradition by consuming five tons of baked beans, three tons of potato salad, and 3,500 pounds of ham. Earlier events of the jubilee were designed to call attention to the cultural, business, industrial, and recreational advantages of Boston and New England. Serving the "baked-bea- n supper" and all the trimmings took less than an hour, some kind of a rec-ord. The trimmings included. 2,000 loaves of brown bread, 12,000 in-dividual apple pies, 12,000 servings of cheese, and 12,000 Parker house rolls. One thousand volunteer wait-resses, supervised by 40 home econ-omists and dieticians, served . the food. - UNEMPLOYMENT: Worker's Output Up According to the federal reserve board the individual worker's in-creased output has been one of the big factors in the unemployment picture since last summer. The board analysis of "labor market developments" point to two influences at work on the part of business management: 1. "Large profits and strong fi-nancial position in recent years have encouraged business to spend record amounts for new machinery and equipment of highly efficient design. 2. "Intensified competitive pres-sure on management to reduce costs, partly by curtailing employ- - Sen. Robert Taft is shown above speaking over a nation-wide radio network. He charged in his speech that the administration has shaken the confidence of the people and seeks to elect a "subservient" congress to vote into law poli-cies that would wreck the coun-try. DEFENSE: West United At one point in their policy mak-ing in recent years, the Russians reasoned, and not without basis, that the western powers would never really be united. That rea-soning, however, has received a terrific jolt. The 12 western nations, mem-bers of the Atlantic pact, have agreed to pool their economic and military might into one vast armed force, centrally directed to resist Soviet aggression. The plan, in reality a unification move, is American inspired. It will "create a balanced collective force," which means each of the 12 nations will contribute specific units to the central western armed force and not try to maintain ex-pensive over-al- l military estab-lishments, each in all arms. The move was seen by military men as the one means of giving the west a balanced defense force, working in harmony, and with maximum efficiency. The United States is expected to bear the greatest part of the cost, although each nation will share in proportion to its resources. The U. S. share is expected to cost more than a billion dollars this year. That the West is deadly serious and intends to have the plan in op-eration as soon as possible was evi-dent by the creation of an over-a-ll council of deputy foreign ministers, meeting all year round, to put the plan into force. This council will have a permanent powerful chair-man who, it is understood, will be an American. Some sources predicted the U. S. may require a larger air force and navy under the plan, since this country will be entirely responsi-ble for atomic and other strategic bombing in case of enemy aggres-sion. DEMOCRATS: Harmony Disturbed Surface harmony prevailing among Democrats at the Jefferson jubilee celebration in Chicago was shattered by the controversial civil rights issue, which split the party in 1948. The Democrats were startled be-cause of the unexpected source of thp dissention. ment and by utilizing those em-ployed more efficiently than earlier in the postwar period." . In addition the board reports there is an increased "tendency for married women to work out-side the home," and a similar trend among teen-ager- P" : FARM INCOME: Likely to Dip The agriculture department pre- - diets that the cash income of the nation's farmers will be well under 1949 totals. The department explained: "Prices farmers receive for their products have generally been below those of a year ago, while their costs have declined only slightly. This situation is expected to continue for the rest of the year." Cash receipts from marketings in 1949 totaled 27.5 billion dollars. Forecasters expect the 1950 total to be approximately 25 billion dol-lars. NATIONALISTS: Ready for Last Stand Observers believe the long ex-pected last stand of Chinese Na-tionalists is now underway. They base their opinion on the fact the Nationalists have withdrawn from all except one of their blockading bases along the China coast. Apart from Formosa and the neighboring Pescadores islands, the only territory remaining to the Nationalists appears to be Quemoy island, off Amoy. i Most southerners who attended the Chicago meeting chose to ignore the civil rights panel. Jonathan Daniels, North Carolina national committeeman and former White house aide under both Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, did not so choose. He sat through the meeting, list-ening to 16 speakers demand en-actment of the Truman program, and then insisted upon speaking at the conclusion. He told them flatly he could not go along with them in favor of a compulsory fair employment prac-tice act, and added: "You cannot have a prohibition law against dis-crimination in the south." He asserted the propaganda for the creation of a fair employment practice commission "gives a weapon to our enemies, the Dixie-crats- " and makes it possible tor them "to hide behind the civil rights issue while they fight every progressive measure." Moscow Tool The independent United Electri-cal Workers union has been de-nounced again as "Communist dominated." Maurice J. Tobin, secretary of labor, and Phillip Murray, presi-dent of the CIO, made the charges in speeches at a rally of General Electric workers. The UE was ex-pelled from the CIO last year on charges of having left-win- g ten-dencies. With all the Investigations that have been under way in Washington, Rep. Usher L. Burdlck of North Dakota has come up with a new one. He asked the house rules com-mittee to approve a resolution to investigate of all things congress. The committee post-poned action on the resolution indefinitely. EXPLOSION: Second in Generation The stunned and battered com-munity of South Amboy, N. J., 30 miles south of New York City, tied up its wounds and, for the second time in a generation, went about the business of rebuilding. On May 19 four explosive-lade- n barges blew up with such force debris was splattered over a 10 to 12 block area. Twenty-si- x persons were dead or missing and nearly 400 were injured. I This ls Your Paper Those 'Changed' News Hems : By William R. Nei0 "WH(ENEVERIbri6tal.,. item, why do yon ,C" change it all around?" That question is one of ft., frequently asked in ever, town newspaper office in try. Sometimes it is asked a siderable exasperation. The answer is, 01 course, b news stories are easier to better understood, take lea r'' when they are written to to a somewhat flexible pattenr style, developed over tie jw fairly uniform in all newt," because it was designed to eVi the facts for their news val ( tell them quickly and clearV A well r "ad" ten, sti: Is newsttoijr. Inclusive sents its standii! mation in the opening par-lor lead. What follows alter tL amplification, additional & There are excellent reascr.i news story style is best, them: (1) The reader cane, read the lead, and quit there.' story fails to interest him e :: (2) It permits cutting or re:, the length of a story, to gel::, a particular place in the pare, eliminating from the befc., these bottom paragraphs etc: less important details, their moval will not seriously iedi . information the story is convey The editor tries to pack his per with as much news as her. get, written in clear, readable ft and arranged to give the pipe, varied and attractive appear;: Yet he cannot prepare thee content of an issue in anboir:. day. Because r Written ing, Fit 8 ettingtr-Th- Space puttingtht-:- in the f forms, and printing, addressijt delivering take time, thej start early enough to contjii a specified time each issue. !'? stories are not written so the? be made to fit the space aEf to them, much time will be paper will contain fewer r& and be less interesting. The editor is a specialist stock-in-trad- e is an unders-hot what interests people. He hi! t present comes news and does it in accurate, form. Next time you bring to " " item, and it is "char.gri around", remember that it ' ' written into news style to make it of interest to the f possible number ofreaderij Is. BART'S DECISION I CORNER By Richard H. Wilkinson BART HODGES had lived in the for two years and he was getting tired of it. Country bred, he longed for. the smell of sweet, fresh air, the sound of roosters crowing and cows lowing. -- Minilte H.e wanted to 3 FlCtl" g to bed to the , tune of crickets cheeping and bullfrogs It wasn't as if the city hadn't been kind to Bert. It had. It had taken him to its bosom, and he had prospered. Nor had he been un-happy. He loved the lights, the noise, the hustle and bustle. And most of all he loved a girl. Tonight, lying on the divan in the living room of his apartment, Bart was troubled with an annoy-ing thought. He wondered, strange-ly, which he wanted most: Sabina's love or the country. It was at this particular moment in Bart's speculation that the tele-phone rang. A strangely familiar feminine voice answered. "Hello, there, Bar t," the voice said. "This is Sadie Blake, fresh in from the old home town. Come down and talk to one of your forgotten friends." Bart's pulse leaped. Sadie! His boyhood pal! Sadie, whom one day he expected to marry! Sadie, in the city. Here! Now! Fresh from Centerville, with news and notes of the old home town galore. At that moment Sabina Good-no-was forgotten. There was just one girl in the world for Bart. And that girl was Sadie Blake. He felt suddenly ashamed he had neglect-ed to write, to remember her at praised of all the events and hap-penings in Centerville during the past two years, and assured that his folks were well. He took Sadie out to dinner, and delighted in showing her around. She seemed a little awed by it all, and more awed by Bart's indiffer-ence to the many wonders. "You get used to it after a while," he said indifferently, and stood gazing thoughtfully at the many lights along Broadway. He felt enlightened and no longer homesick. Strangely enough the noise and bustle associated them-selves in his mind with Sabina. He was glad to be a part of it all. He gazed furtively at the comely Sadie and pictured her in the rural setting of Centerville. They attended a theater and dined afterward at an exclusive night club. Sadie would have liked to go back to her hotel, but she wanted to please Bart. "Bart," she said, when at last they stood outside the door to her room. "When are yon coming home? When are yon going to give up all this and come back where you belong?" Bart looked down into her eyes and saw something that two years ago he had longed to witness. He sighed deeply. "Sadie, it's been just great see-ing you. Just what I needed. A sort of tonic." He smiled at her gently. "I'm not going back just yet, Sa-die. There's something keeping me here, something that before I never knew existed. I know now that it's something greater than anything. Some time I'm corning back, and when I do there'll be two of us." Christmas ... Sadie, pink cheeked, blooming with good health and freshness, Her name was Sabina Good-no-and she adored him. met him in the lobby of her hotel "Hello, pal," she cried. "Look-ing just the same. Thinner may- be. But otherwise old Bart him- self." "Sadie!" Bob stared in open admiration. "Sadie! How good it is to see you. Tell me, how are things in Centerville? How are the folks? Tell me every-thing." "Same old town. Bart. Your folks are fine. Your dad owns a new tractor. Polly, the horse, died you know. But I suppose they wrote you that. The voters decided rml IT" Water up t0 William's last town meeting. Not so much danger if fire breaks out now. Ed Salmon ran off with Bob Evans' W1fe. She came back two weeks ago. and Bob took her in Shame. Poor kid . . ." THEY TALKED for hours. By evening Bart was fully ap. By INEZ GERHARD WILLIAM HOLDEN made quite in 1949 he did five pictures at four studios; this year promises to be equally busy. His role in "Sunset Boulevard" is one of his favorites, though he had to figure a bit over just what to do after Gloria Swanson shot him." That very effective bit of acting came after, long study of the If mmlmM tiffii !M:meWM . f,, . i p. WILLIAM HOLDEN character he was playing. His per-formance is really tops. In private life his severest critic is his daugh-ter Virginia, who reads all his scripts; of this one she said, "Why do you play such heels?" His young sons walked out on a recent picture of his to look at an old Western on television. Gloria Swanson, after her sensa-tional come-bac- k in "Sunset Boule-vard," plans to star in another picture, which she will with William Dieterle. She has plans to make it in Istanbul, with partial Turkish financing. The story sounds perfect for her it's about a woman who is in love with a man younger than she, who can-not save her from death. Rhonda Fleming, star of "The Eagle and the Hawk," is fea-tured in the June issue of Holi-day magazine in a color por-trait shot at Malibu: she was chosen as"being typical of the 1950 feminine figure in a bath-ing suit." Walt Disney studied the appear-ances and careers of notorious pir-ates of history before camera work started on "Treasure Island." The famous Blackbeard, the ruthless Israel Hands and others appear as Stevenson characters. Fred Uttal, anouncer on "Mr. District Attorney," has two boys, Bro and Lyn, aged 2 and 1 re-spectively. He says that if he and his wife has a third one he'll call it Ook "Put them all together and they spell Brooklyn." Lew Ayres began his career as a dance band singer, but in his years in pictures he's done everything but sing. At last, in RKO's "The Capture," he's a singing cowboy has one scene where he plucks a guitar and sings "Git Along Little Dogie." But Ayres ran into diffi-culty; he has a true ear, and had to practise hard to learn to sing off-ke- Melville Cooper and Elsa were a vaudeville team 25 years ago in London, appearing in a miniature theater owned by Elsa and Charles Laughton. Together now in "The Petty Girl," they did their act for the cast. 1 CROSSWORD PUZZLE "5f o s Jif- -f ACROSS 50. Self 12. Ennead 1. Consume 51. Lixivium 15. Goddess i!- ' 4. Total DOWN of dawn llfflf 53 7. River I. A Greek 18. Short jflis TlMpi (Russ.) geometer lance abTaE 9. Scorch 2.Constella. 20. Tight popCS? 10. Frighten tion 23. A kind of Jjj3i'" 11. An ancient 3. Edible tea v i vjor' language rootstock (Paraguay) 'VTjEl TJ 13. Mulberry VExclama- - 25. Thrash lJEllm- - 14. tion 27. Zodiacal molding 5. Fruit sign 16. Biblical of the 29. Girl's 37. Spinning name palm name 105,8 17. Disease 6. Foolish talk 30. 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