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Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
FULL FLIGHT
Winter Sports Areas Primed
For Influx of Ski Enthusiasts

Casper mountain, nine miles from
Casper, and Tepee lodge in the re-
mote Big Horns near Sheridan, also
are being recognized by sport fans
because of their great natural ad-
vantages.
Montana boasts of Red Lodge, ele-
walton 1850 feet, where there are
30 acres of practice slopes, ski lifts,
downhill, cross country and slalom
runs.
Unique Nevada Site.
With a typical western setting
above the desert, Mount Charleston,
New, only an hours drive from Las
Vegas, provides unique site for
winter sports.
More than 60 winter sports areas
are found in the High Sierras of Cali
fornia, state where winter sports
fans abound. Among the states best
known resorts are Lake Arrowhead,
Big Bear and Big Pines, all in South
ern California; Yosemite National
park, and the Donner Pass region.
Winter sports, however, are
not confined to the Far West.
Nature has endowed Minnesota,
Wisconsin and upper Michigan
with the topography and wealth 4
er necessary to make them
among the best winter sports
areas in the nation.
The regular rum of sports enthu-
siasts from the Midwest will head
for Wisconsin and Michigan's upper
peninsula, which offers all winter
sports, including long ski runs, to-
boggan slides, towering ski jumps,
ice skating and ice boating.
Plan Annual Carnival.
For spectator pleasure, one Of the
best winter sports programs is pre-.
sented every February at the Win
ter Carnival in ST. Paul, Mimi,
when the entire city takes on the air
of northern Mardi Gras.
In the New England, states, too,
there is revival Of interest in win
ter sports. Special ski trains ito
White mountain resorts are being
resumed this winter.
With expanded airline schedules
and increasing use of air transporta-
tion to winter sports areas, many
fans will invade the Canadian Rock
les area this winter, Most popular
sites there are in the Banff area and
Jasper National park.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Oyster Blast Tops Freak Mishaps

WASHINGTON.-Home accidents
took new turn here when an oyster
exploded The housewife, who was
cooking the oyster in deep fat. suf-
fered second degree burns on the
hands and face in the freak accident.
a Red Cross survey reveals.
In another unusual mishap. man
suffered throat injuries when he fell
with a pipe in. his mouth. Doctors
removed a small hatpin from the
lung of a 3-year-old boy. another
child swallowed a pencil clip and a
3-months-old baby suffered a frac-
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Calendar Revised Date
Chanued New Years Day

In 1882 the Julian calendar was
replaced by the Gregorian in a proc
lamation issued by Pope Gregory
XIII. This established January l
as New Years Day. Our present
calendar, known as the Gregorian
calendar. is based upon Pope Greg
ory's revision of the Julian calendar
and is more nearly in accord with
the solar calendar-the error being
reduced to only one day ine 1898
years. u
Protestant states did not adopt the
Gregorian calendar until the 18th
century. It was not until the goth
century that Russia and others of
the Balkan states decided to do
likewise.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Aged Woman Relies
On Old Fire Recipe

VIROQUA. WIS When a Chin
ney fire broke out at the home OF
Viroqua's oldest resident. the cool.
est person on the scene was the oc.
cupant, Mrs. Lucy Grubb. who will
be 101 next February Is. IAN you
need to do is put little salt on the
fire," she told the bustling 6remen.
But the firemen. who were of an
other generation. insisted q, resort.
ing to chemicals.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

been generous III lIS
contributions. The Gregorian month
Of January is the namesake Of janus,
the two-faced Roman god accredited
wit hthe ability to look backward and
forward simultaneously.
: Following is a partial list OF i'm
portant events that took place on
New Years Day:
452 B.C.-First New Years Cele-
bratiOn held.
SO B.C.-Era of the Caesars be-
gan.
17S5-Paul Revere born.
1752-Betsy Ross born.
1776-First Union flag Of 13 stripes
unfurled by George Washing
ton.
1792-Kentucky entered the Union.
18O1-UniOn\ of Great Britain and
Ireland.
1815-General Jackson repelled the
British at New Orleans.
1863-EmancipatiOn of Negro slaves
= proclaimed by President Lin
coin.
1882-Greece gains independence
from Turkey.
1898-Five bOrOughs of New York
City cOrpOrated..
O1-COmmonwealth Of Australia
formed.
19O7-U. S. Pure Food law became
effective.
1912-Republic of China founded.
1923-USSR formed.
1942-United Nations declaration
signed.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

000-foot level and finishes at 1000
feet near the head of a mile-long
ski lift.
At mid-winter the snow is
from s to 20 feet deep, averag-
ing about IL feet, with a tenn
perature around "a degrees.
Generous sunshine often permits
skiing in shorts,
Few places in America offer such
marvellous skiing opportunities as
Alta, famous resort in Little Cotton
wood canyon of the Wasatch noun
tafns near Salt Lake City. Runs
vary from half mile to two miles
for all classes of skiers. plus sla-
lom courses and practice slopes.
Brighton in nearby Big Cotton
wood canyon is year-around noun
tain resort. Near here is Ecker hill,
where world record leaps have been
made by skiing stars of internation-
al fame.
Many Sports Areas.
Colorado's majestic mountain
ranges abound with winter sports
sites. Among the leading skiing re-
sorts is Aspen, where the ski runs
range in elevation from 1900 to H.
500 feet. Roch run, the outstanding
run for. experts, is 9,750 feet with a
2,700-foot drop.
Berthoud pass, where local inter-
ests are expending considerable
money in development of sport fa-
cilities, Grand Mesa and Glenwood
Springs are other Colorado spots lur-
ing an increasing number Of winter
sport enthusiasts.
Long known as dude ranch coun-
try, Wyoming now is coming into
the forefront as a skiers' paradise in
winter. Jackson Hole in the scenic
Teton country just south Of Yellow
stone park is among the most popu-
lay spots.
Skiers may drive by autOmO-
bile up the Teton Pass road and
ski down numerous runs six to
seven miles long with drops
ranging from 1000 to 5000 feet.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Harvard Observatory Sets Centennial

come the central clearing house for
all astronomical information on this
continent.
Beginning in 1880, the observa-
tory has photographed huge sections
of the sky each night. AS result 1t
has a collection of photogr aph plates
numbering more than 500, 100, which
enables astronomers to check the
stellar activities which have oc-
Cured during any clear evening Of
the past 66 years.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

tured skull when its carriage rolled
off "a porch.
The superstitiously incl in d
claimed new impetus for their be-
liefs after hammer. hanging on
the rung of ladder. fell and struck
q man on the head.
In another home accident, wom-
an was burned when she poured
melted fat into furnace.
Statistics compiled by the Red
Cross home accident survey show an
increase in accidents and deaths this
year over 1e45
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Debate of Solar Years u.s.
Calendar Years Continue,

The earth evolves around the sun
in exactly 365 days, hours, 48 min
utes and 46 seconds: consequently,
Leap Years omitted haphazardly
might result in the sun running
away from the calendar and too
many Leap Years would speed the
calendar on ahead of the sun.
The Gregorian calendar. devised
and presented to the world in 1882
by Pope Gregory XIII, provides that
years divisible by four-exclusive of
the years numbering the centuries
shall have 366 days. N.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

UldIly new anu interesting SpOtS al
primed for a mass recreational in
vasion.
Although most of the ski resorts
open their season in December,
snow will be in its best dry, pow
dery state during January, Febru-
ary and March.
This year the regular rum
of sports enthusiasts who head
for the snow fields will be sup
plemented by a new gr0up-fOr-
mer G.I.s who learned the art
of skiing during the war as
matter of military necessity and
now are converting that knowl-
edge into personal enjoyment.
Major jumping and slalom tourna-
ments have been scheduled at every
ski basin from Michigan to famed
Sun Valley, Idaho, and the slopes
of the Pacific Northwest.
Olympics Scheduled,
Major attraction of the season will
be the Olympic tryouts in March on
Sun Valleys Bald mountain. The
nationals are booked at Ishpeming,
Mich, February 1928.
Ski enthusiasts will find the new
air age in full flight over the
great frozen spaces, most of the ski
areas now being linked together for
the first time by fast airline serV-
ice. The slalom slopes of Banff and
the Canadian Rockies with almost
startling suddenness have become
only IA flying hours from ski fans
in Southern California, seven hours
from Salt Lake City, nine hours from
Denver.
The luxurious chalet and
championship course at Sun
Valley are only a seven-hOur hop
from Los Angeles. COlOradO's
80 winter spOrtlands have been
brought within a mere four and
a half hours of the Pacific coast.
Western Air Lines even is in
augurating ''ski special" from
Los Angeles to popular resorts.
After serving as a naval rehabili-
tation center during the. war, Sun
Valley was reopened as resort
December 81. All types Of winter
sports are available. including ski
joring. ice skating. sleighing, dog
shedding and swimming in natural
hot springs water.
Install Ski Lifts.
Four electric ski lifts serve four
skiing areas on Dollar. Ruud, Proc
tor and Baldy mountains. The lift
on Baldy is 1880 feet long and is
divided into three sections to carry
skiers to the 9,20O-foot summit in 20
minutes.
In Oregon Is areas will be in op-
Grafton in national forests. At Tim
berline, 63 miles from Portland. is
found one of the nations longest ski
seasons, offering ski slopes until
mid-July. The race starts at a l0.-
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
School Lunches

In preparing school lunches, put
hot soup or drink in a thermos,
especially on cold days; include
sandwiches filed with meat, cheese
or egg; have at least one sandwich
with a sweet filling; crisp vegeta-
bles or a salad goes well, and add
fresh or canned fruit. Children will
enjoy their lunch much more if 1t
is made attractive by the addition
Of fancy cut vegetables, few dates
or colored hard candy.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Ancients Cherished Amber

In Roman times, according
to Pliny, a small statuette Of q
man carved in amber often cost as
much as a healthy slave. 1t was
shaped into canoes, statuettes,
cups, rings and variety Of other
ornaments for which it is now but
little used. It was valued as a medi-
cine to cure many ills and, like
most gems, as a charm against dis
ease and i'll fortune.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Washing Rubbers

Galoshes and rubbers win stand
innumerable washhings in soap-sud-
sy water. Put them in a large pan
or tub Of soapy water, let them
stand about three minutes, turn
them inside out, and brush the lin
ing with soft brush. After they
have been cleaned thoroughly, rinse
them in two warm waters, and
hang them up to dry.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Early Scots Used
Bible for Fortunes

A glimpse into the future and the
fortunes of individuals could be
found in the Bible, the early Scots
believed. The sacred book was laid
upon the table. opened at random
and a finger was placed on the
printed page. The entire chapter
was then read. and the message it
held was believed to describe in
some way the happiness or misery
In store for the person concerned.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

BOSTON.-Long known, as the
western hemisphere's "Patrolman OF
the Skies" the Harvard college OBJ
servatory will note the Tooth ami.
versary of it's founding at four-day
celebration December 27-2e. In con-
nection with the ,et'ent, two science
conventions are scheduled here.
First planetarium in the world to
photograph the stellar activities OF
the sky. the observatory was COM
uleted In 1H46. Since then it has be.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
See New Years First

Hanson island, a little British col
ony in the Chathams, Ala miles south
east of Wellington, New Zealand,
will be the first to greet 1947. It is
just east of the international date
line. from which all time is reck-
oned.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

CdT6U IUI IIIG yUUIIB
gods of the sun, the
first month has fur
nished many of the
important dates in
the history of the
world, and the first
day of the year has
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Scotch Handsel Monday
Dav of Cift-Civinu

The Monday after New Years is
traditionally the big day" for
Scotch boys and girls; and, in addi-
ton to being the Scotch day of gift
giving, it is a day of feasting and
gaiety. Families and friends gather
to
4 Drink cup of kindness yet
For Auld Lang Syne."
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
PAUL CLAIMS THE WORLD
FOR CHRIST

LESSON TEXT - Acts 9:15; 1921;
23:11; % 1881: Romans 1876; 15:22-24
MEMORY SELECTTON-I am debtor
both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians;
both to the wise. and the unwise.-
Romans 1:14. -rt
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
FULL FLIGHT
WNU Features

Skiing will dominate the American outdoor sports
this of the famous ski of the West and
Middewest operation for the first time since Pearl
Harbor
This winter ski fans will find old favorite lodges and cha
improved and in full operation again after the war; while
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Lesson for December 29

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
,lected and copyrighted by international
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

No matter the tongue, the greet
ing is always the same-it always
means a wish that all Share in
Happy New Year.
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
History Has Been
Made On New Yeor's
Since Early Ages

While January, Capricprnus, the
Goat. symbolized the nurse which
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27

Bonne AIMEE!
Feliz Ano Nuevo!
Buon Capo D'Anno
Got Nytt Ar
Godt Nytt Aar
Elm Glueckliches
Neues Jahr
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Arizona sun., 1946-12-27
Reader Service
Let Yourselves Go

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Evening star., 1946-04-18
Continued From First Page.)

ditions in Europe which your visit
and inquiries have brought to light.
Therefore, wish to suggest the
advisability of your return to the
United States after the completion
of your engagement in Cairo, in
order to bring directly home to the
American people your eyewitness
account of the necessity for greater
assistance from this country.
This would make your trip to In
dia, China and Japan, by way of the
United States.
Plan New York Meeting.
THE Famine Emergency Commit
tee, in session yesterday with repre-
sentatives of the Government de-
partments concerned, including the
Departments of State, Agriculture
and Commerce, felt with only rs
days left in the current phase of the
famine relief program, nothing
should be left undone that can in
crease public response in ways to
draw more wheat from the farms
and to save more food in homes and
eating places. Arrangements would
be made for large meeting in New
York City and for others elsewhere"
The Combined Food Board met for
more than three hours late yesterday,
with UNRRA Director General La
Guardia, who is pressing for in
creased grain shipments for needy
nations, as an active participant. At
the conclusion of the meeting, NJ L.
Hutton, head of the British Food
Mission here and United Kingdom
representative of the board, issued
statement on behalf of the board.
1t stated that Great Britain had
offered to contribute an additional
100000 tons of cereals to the general
pool, subject to receiving certain
assurances from the United States
and Canada regarding the future
flow of grain" to Great Britain.
Then speaking as British subject,
Evening star., 1946-04-18

margins of retailers and wholesalers
on "reconversion items" such as au-
tomobiles, refrigerators and radios.
This would repeal large portion of
OPA's retail cost-absorption pro-
gram.
Reversing itself, the House voted,
223 to 172, to retain price controls
on meat, after earlier voting, 139 to
122, to remove meat from OPA's
control list.
A committee of So House members.
organized ito fight infiation," issued
a statement declaring OPA had been
"scuttled by an unholy alliance of
paid lobbyists" 1t also asserted that
those who voted for the guaranteed
profits" amendment "are pawning
the peoples future for the favor of
proflteers."
The administration hope for bet
ter treatment in the Senate was
chilled today by Chairman Thomas
of the Senate Agriculture Committee
who told reporters he was ready to
propose an end to price controls on
everything but rents and alcoholic
beverages"
Even while the House was voting
far-reaching changes in the OPA
legislation, Mr.. Bowles took the ad-
ministration's fight to the people.
In a radio address last night he
Evening star., 1946-04-18
Bott|ing Firm Barred
From Use Of SUGAR

The Root-Pop Bottling Co.,
charged by the District OPA with
misuse OF 100000 pounds of sugar,
will be permanently suspended from
the use of rationed sugar beginning
April 20, Vincent A. Holmes, District
OPA director, announced today.
One Of the stiffest penalties i'm
posed here for violation of rationing
regulations, the suspension order was
issued following a hearing by Cliff
ford r. Snider, OPA hearing COM
missioner for region II.
The firm, at 413-417 Second street
NV, applied for the sugar on the
basis of this areas population in
crease and diverted it to manu-
facture of flavoring shipped to
another locality. according to F. l..
Williamson, OPA enforcement at
torney. The result was to reduce
production of bottled beverages for
this crea, he said.
The order prohibits the company
from receiving or transferring
directly, or indirectly, any sugar, as
defined by the ration order covering
sugar rationing and runs to the
termination of sugar rationing in the
United States"
Evening star., 1946-04-18

Mr.. Hutton told reporters that his
governments offer to order bread
rationing if the United States would
do the same still stands"
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson,
American representative on the
board, failed to issue statement
on the flour order, although prior to
the meeting he had promised an
announcement at the conclusion OF
the session.
Reports were current that Mr..
Anderson was holding up issuance
of the flour order until there were
assurances that Canada and Great
Britain would take similar action.
1t was understood the order has
been ready for the Secretary's sig
nature for several days.
AS the Combined Food Board was
meeting, the Famine Emergency
Committee, with the approval of
the President, made public a
committee letter to the President
April 9 calling on the Government
to adopt more stringent measures
to increase food shipments abroad.
Evening star., 1946-04-18

Having lost nearly $5,000,000 last
year, government railways of Chile
have increased passenger and
freight rates.
Evening star., 1946-04-18

went over amendments approved
and proposed, and concluded:
THE total additional burden to
our collective family budgets would
amount to billions upon billions OF
dollars. The share of the average
family would amount to many hun
dreds of dollars during the coming
year."
Points Out Hardships.
He said many millions of families
living on fixed incomes would suffer
an almost unbearable hardship"
and that "others-in an effort to
make ends meet-would be forced
to go after an increase in wages and
salaries"
The amendments he denounced,
Mr.. Bowles said, would be "just as
dangerous as eliminating the Price
Control Act, once and for all
clearly. honestly and straightfor-
Wardly."
"It is time" the stabilization chief
asserted, "for all Americans to stand
up and be counted on this issue,
which is the most vital, the most
important economic issue of our age.
"If we fail to meet this issue
clearly, an economic disaster lies
ahead of us and, believe me, it will
not be long in coming.
AFTER a brief exhilarating infla-
tionary spree we will be
overwhelmed by depression which
might readily make any past depres-
sion seem puny."
The decision, Mr.. BoWles declared,
is "one that only Congress can make
= The responsibility is theirs
and theirs alone"
He said he was deeply, deeply
worried" over the outcome of the
debate in Congress. and that he
hoped and prayed that "in grasping
for few extra dollars we will not
destroy" an opportunity for "unlim-
tied prosperity Cyhich) lies before
U.S."
Evening star., 1946-04-18
Association Votes 10 Form
Unit on Youth Problem

The Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Association voted to create
a committee on community youth
problems at its meeting last night.
Gerry Lewis, the organization's
delegate to the Federation of Citi-
zens' Association, submitted fed
Grafton report urging closer Cooper
alton between citizens associations
and parent-teachers' associations,
with a view toward organizing a
junior citizens association and a
boys auxiliary club. The committee
will be named during the next week.
A letter was directed to the Dis
trict Commissioners asking the re-
moval of trucks parked on week ends
along Tuckerman street between
Piney Branch road and Thirteenth
street NV.
A letter also was sent to the
Capital Transit Co. complaining of
inadequate streetcar and bus serv-
ice in the area.
The meeting conducted by Paul
F.. Lochler, vice president, was held
at the Brightwood School, Thir-
teenth and Nicholson streets NV
Evening star., 1946-04-18
10 Woman Prisoners Riot
Aqain in Canadian Jail
By the Associoted Press

WINNIPEG, April 18.-Woman
prisoners in the Portage La Prairie
Jail rioted Tuesday night for the
second time in 48 hours.
Nineteen of the ringleaders, trans
ferred to the mems section, started
breaking windows, shouting and
singing, repeating the Sunday and
Monday night performance in which
Is woman prisoners staged a de-
structive riot demanding better food
Locked in dormitories on the third
floor of the Jail and in the basement
of the mems section, the women
used toilet seats, the only available
weapon, to break windows Tuesday
night.
The first riot started late Sunday
and lasted well into Monday night.
The rioters barricaded themselves
in the women's section of the Jail be-
hind furniture and wrecked jail
equipment.
Evening star., 1946-04-18
OPA
CONTINUED From First Page.)

distributor, including retailers, a
reasonable profit" on each item
produced and handled. Offered by
Representative Wolcott, Republican,
of Michigan, this amendment was
approved, 259 to 1877.
4. Wrote in a forced Liquidation
formula, whereby OPA would be re-
quired to lift price ceilings on any
commodities whose output attains
a rate equivalent to 1941. Industry
advisory committees would be given
a large voice in determining when
their products should be removed
from price control.
5. Repealed OPA's maximum aver
age price order, known as MAP, by
which the agency requires manufac-
turers to produce low-cost clothing.
OPA said this amendment, if 1t be-
comes law, would result in a 10
per cent increase in clothing costs
6. Prohibited OPA from interfer-
ing with normal profit or discount
Evening star., 1946-04-18
Cos Is Reported Used
In Toking MihoiIovich
BY the Associoied Press

ROME, April 18.-n Giornale del
la Sera quoted an unidentified Serb
today as saying Marshal Tito's
Yugoslav forces used gas bombs and
warplanes in capturing Gen. Draja
Mihailovich last month. The dis
patch quoted the Serb as saying
1,009 members of the former War
Minister'S general headquarters"
were killed and that only II were
taken alive.
The dispatch, from Venezia Gil
ulia, said Gen. Mihailovich tried to
commit suicide with poison carried
in ring, but failed. The Serb was
said to have crossed the Morgan
line, demarcation point between
American-British and Yugoslav
forces occupying the disputed
Northeast Italian province.