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Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
DISASTER:
Pass Buck

Charges and counter-charges flew
thick and fast in the wake Of the dis
astrous mine explosion at Wamac,
Ill, which claimed the lives Of over
100 coal miners.
AS repeated warnings of state and
federal inspectors about hazardous
conditions in the mine were barred,
Gov. Dwight H. Green's state ad-
ministration was accused Of lax
ity in enforcing safety regulations
and the federal mines administra-
ton, as technical operator, was
raped for failing to correct safety
violations.
Administrative inefficiencies prom
ised to provide John l.. Lewis with
additional ammunition for his de-
m1ands for federal supervision OF
safety regulations in the mines
when he resumes bargaining with
operators for q new contract.
Meanwhile. federal, state and local
officials mapped three investiga-
tions In the wake Of the disaster
to take of some Of the heat. The
federal inquiry was scheduled to fol-
low senate passage Of resolution in
troduced by Senator Brooks (Rep..
M.).
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

Americans on their guard, he said
the Reds were unceasing In their
efforts to subvert labor unions;
spread Communist doctrines in the
schools, and prey upon foreign lam
guage groups.
Besides infltrating established
radio channels, they also are trying
TO set up outlets Of their own. Under
direction Of party leaders, they are
prolific letter writer's and expert at
organizing pressure campaigns for
some cause favorable to leftism.
Since 1885, they have been espe-
cially active in the movie industry.
Hoover said. In addition to trying
to take over Hollywood unions. they
have sought to get foothold in the
writing and productive ends Of the
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
BUILDINC:

Builders completed $1,000 new
permanent dwellings in January,
1047 - more than three times as
many as were completed in jan
uary Of last year, according to esti-
mates Of the department Of labor.
These figures do not include such
structures as converted dwellings.
trailers and temporary reuse ac-
cancellations. regularly included by
the national housing agency In its
reports on the progress Of the vet
erans' emergency housing program.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
SHIPPINC:
u. S. Future

The U. S. should develop a clear.
cut maritime policy now to assure
continued mastery Of the American
merchant marine, Pres. Harry Lun.
deberg Of the AFL Seafarers Inter
national union, declared at its third
biennial convention In Chicago.
Declaring that the U. S. merchant
marine has dwindled to 80 million
tons from its wartime peak of so
million. Lundeberg attributed the de-
cline to transfers Of American ships
to Panamanian registry, sales to for
eign governments and removal Of
vessels from service. If necessary,
the union Is prepared to boycott
ships transferred to Panamanian
registry for operation under lower
wage and working standards, he
said.
Lundeberg also assailed continued
British and Russian use of Amer
lean ships obtained under lend-lease.
Built with U. S. money and, employ
ing cheap foreign labor. these ships
are directly competing with Amer
ican vessels, he declared.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
SEEDS, PLANTS, ETC.

ONION Physiological Wax. Sweet Span-
lsh, 500 postpaid 81. Onion seed. So lb. Cab
plants after May /. Write for plant catalog.
Lake Mead Plant Farms, Ovefton, Nevada.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

Detroit Mich, members Of the American Junior Red
the shortage that country Junior Red the United
States 1924
project throughout
COuntry.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
NEWS ANALYSIS-
FBI Chief Warns Of Communist
Burrowing Against Government;
CONGRESS Acts to Aid Refugees

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Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS

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3 High Gloss Prints each negative. All
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FOX STUDIOS Billings. Monean@
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
Behind the Iron Curtain

In an effort to boost tagging farm
production throughout the Russian
zone Of Germany, Marshal Sokol-
ovsky has ordered drastic changes.
First of these will be a general par
don for farmers sentenced to prison
for failure to fulfill their abnormally
high production quotas. Direct as
sistance will be given in the form OF
supplies. One hundred and twenty
thousand tons of nitrate fertilizer.
three times the amount used last
year, will be distributed. as will
SO, 900 tons of phosphate
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
HOME FURNISHINGS & APPL
LIVESTOCK

10 REGISTERED AMERICAN SADDLE
BRED MARES wanted. Good papers but
no show stock. Write MR.. EASTMAN.
Box 1900. Denver 1, Colorado.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
POULTRY, CHICKS & EQUIP.

STEINHOFF'S U. s. Approved PulIorum
Controlled Hatchery. Pure and cross breed
chicks. Pure Broad Breast Bronze Poults.
Free circular and price list.
sTEINHOFF q SONS. Usage City. Kan.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

"CHICKS that Live and Lay are the Chicks
that Pay" Pedigreed sired. Big Type Eng
Amazing Savings. Sexed or Straight Rum.
u. S. Approved chicks that are bred for
INABILITY. rapid feathering. quick matur-
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discounts. COLORADO HATCHERY. 141o
Larimer. Denver, Colorado.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
GUILT PIECES

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p. o. Box 1858, Denver 4, Colorado.
GUN OWNERS: Refnish your firearms.
"Blue" or Brown guns rifles. revOlverS.
"Temper" springs. Money saving mamH-
facturers' secrets 81 each, the three So. p.
CHUBB, P.O. Box 776. Walla Walia. Wash.
JAP RIFLES. We convert your TT mH
Jap to 800 Savage caliber complete vita
magazine alteration for SIS. S
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Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

business with. a view toward infiu-
encing the thoughts Of millions OF
theater-goers.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

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Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

WESTERN RED CEDAR FENCE POSTS
Sale by Carloads.
BONNER CEDAR CO.. Standpoint. Idaho
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

We have farms, small or large
We can save you time and money. TEN
what you want price, terms.
LONE STAR FARM AGENCY
Box $50, Mt. Pleasant, Texas.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11
FARMS AND RANCHES

$12 acre. will rent.
1444 Stuart. Denver, Cole.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

lOOss PURE BELTsvILLE White poults.
u. S. Pullorum Approved and Controlled.
for April delivery. 75c each. CLYDE Q.
DOUGHERTY, R.R. I. LOnEmont, Cole.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

FARM MACHINERY & EQUIP.
sale. carload lots. low prices. Write
Hugh Chisholm. BOnners Ferry. Idaho.
Arizona sun., 1947-04-11

FOR SALE-14O A. half ditch irrigated. Z
miles NE. Virgins, 10 a. alfalfa, REA
line. Plenty buildings. Possession. Make
offer. w. G. BRIGGS, Aults Colorado.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
Wealthy Matron Found
Suicide In Automobile

CINCINNATI. May 24-WH-An
attractive society matron, Mrs.
Emily Randolph, was found dead
here today in the front seat of a
a parked in the garage of her
home, with two notes left on a
nearby stepladder.
One of the notes, addressed to
her husband, industrialist John B.
F. Randolph, read, Dear John.
honestly, it doesn't mean l didn't
love you'll just loved Cookie
more 1t was signed EN-
Mrs. Randolph, the daughter of
the late Kentucky utilities mag
nate, Polk Laffoon, apparently died
from carbon monoXide poisoning.
The coroner said the ignition of
the car was turned on but the gas
oline tank was nearly empty and
the motor had stopped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
ROBERT RUARK


like 'Finian's Rainbow CT 'Briga-
doom Everything is dreamy and
Of a fantastic nature"
"You got to kid the listeners a
lite bit"
"a script like that wouldn't have
any listeners"
A large, handsome fellow wear
ing a Hollywood blue coat a n d
loafers got up and began to read
q dismal script concerning the
salty sayings of three Western
characters, Cockeye, Deadeye and
Eagle Eye.
"You forgot Pie : Eye" a. heck
Ter commented when Mr.. Lewis
asked for criticism. Other voices
chimed in. ut needs a girl. 1t
needs a sissy-type. it needs a fell
low to rush in and kill off 18
guys. 1t needs a Frank Sinatra
type
1T needs a story" one man
5dlu, SOuily.
or another effort, involving the
plight of a real estate agent who
has been driven mad and now has
decisions of seeing vacant houses,
the comments we're as follows:
more gags. More business. It's
Ozzie and Harriet stuff. More
action-have her cream at the
mice. Have her play on a piano
that amt there"
And so it went along, for a
couple of hours. I LEFT, feeling q
little guilty, and have been unable
to laugh at a radio program since
The anatomy of humor, turned
loose in a classroom, is very
naked, inded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

Such a collision, happily, mas
never yet occurred and Flora &C
knowledges that his opinion IS
nothing more than an opinion,
based on many years of study OF
the freakish, violent windstorms
which occur most often in the
spring months and in the midwest
ern states.
The Kansas weatherman, whose
collection of photographs of more
than 20 tornadoes is probably the
worlds most extensive, says:
Zone of these days a tornado
is going to hit a modern building.
It's just luck that it hasn't already
happened. My guess is that the
windws will be blown u n
debris blown in, that any struc-
lures in the. nature of roof gardens
or penthouses will be swept away
and cornices ripped off. But |
think that the proper building Will
be able to withstand the tre-
mendous buffetlng.'
On the other hand, Flora stress
es that a tornado is the most ter
rifle force in nature with the speed
Of its WRITINGS winds estimated at
around 500 miles an hour, n It's
terrifying vacuum which makes
frame structures literally explode.
The colossal force of a tornado
is exemplified by n which mt
Mankato, Mimi, Aug. II, 1916
That storm. which killed II per
sons. picked up a 27-ton road
grader and hurled it 100 feet.
Although no modern office build
ing or hotel has been in the dlrect
nath of a tornado, these storms
have not spared large cities, Chi
caso, St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas
City, Minneapolis, St. Paul Louis
vile eve Brooklyn have iost
life and property from tomatoes.
The Brooklyn storm caused a
property toll of $500, 900 bat no loss
q. life. although on the same day,
Jan. 9, 1889. 40 persons were kllieo
by a tornado in Reading, Pa. 81.
Louis, Omaha and Kansas CITY
have each had two visits.
Kansas City, in fact, has a spe-
cial warning network of volunteer
observers w e t. southwest and
south of the city who have M
structions 10 telephone the weather
bureau if they should see a torha-
do approaching.
"The city folks are in much
more danger from a tornado than
the farmer" Flora says. The
CITY man doesn't have the same
chance to see or hear it coming,
and he's not as smart. Your couh-
try man during the tornado season
sleeps with his eyes open and MS
ears up"
The tornado funnel itself moves
usually at only about As miles an
hour, giving any person who sees
it time to seek protection. There
have been many cases OF tele
phone girls in rural communities
telephoning to farms and to other
communities in the path OF a
tWister.
The storms usually travel from
southwest to northeast and the
southwest basement corner is con-
sidered the safest spot in a frame
house. II an ordinary brick build
ing furnishes the only cover that
can be reached, Flora adViss ~
ins against an inside partition on
the ground floor.
In that type of building" he
explains. 1.-The top stories are usu-
ally not blown away but drop
down through, although not always
to the ground floor. If they get
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

that far there is a good chance
that the debris will be less near
the partition"
Disaters such as the recent
TeXas-Oklahoma storm which TOOK
14O lives are tragic occurrences,
Flora says, but this has not been
an unusually bad year. There are
an average of 1879 tornadoes every
wear in the United States, with an
average of 237 deaths and $12,-
600. 900 in property loss. In one
wear. 1925, there were 1874 deaths
and in another. 1927, property
losses totaled S43. 900, 900.
Flora snorts at h e reputation
which Kansas has as a "cyclone
state"
In the first place" he says,
"a cyclone is just a circulating
mass of air commonly from 500
to 1900 feet in diameter. It is
often felt just as a mild breeze
and is seldom of storm pro
portions. The cyclone is formed
bv cold, moist air from the Pa
cific area meeting warm. moist
air from the Gulf of Mexico re-
gion. When they meet a counter
clockwise motion is set up and
when particularly cold pockets
within the cyclone meet particu-
larlv warm pockets. your tornado
is born.
Flora's records show that in the
22-year period ending with 1897
Kansas was topped in tornado ia
talities by the IS states of Ala
bama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana. Kentucky, Louisiana,
Minnesota, NJ i S sissippi, Ohio,
Oklahoma. South Carolina. Mis-
souri,, Tennessee ard Texas and
outstripped in property loss by the
eve states of Missouri, Illinois.
Georgia, Ohio, Texas, Iowa and
Indiana.
Reduced to a per square mile
basis. however, only Iowa Il
Arkansas have more frequent tor
nadoes than Kansas, Flora
comedies that part of the COM
naratively low loss of life and
nropertv in the SunfloWer state IS
due to the scattered farm n
ranch population. the relatively
short and narrow path of the
storms and the fact III more
than half Ct them have occurred
in the daylight hours.
The probability that any square
mile in Kansas will be struck by
a tornado in any one year Is only
one IN 1.643. Flora estimates, The
probability of any given persons
being killed by a Kansas tornado
in any one year is only one N
358. oo0. he says, and in a lifetime
of 70 wears a Kansan has less
than one chance in 5000 of losing
his life on account of a tornado
s.As a matter of fact Flora
saws. Ion a basis of square miles
there have actually been more
t~ornadoes in the District of CO.
hmbia than in the state of Kan
sas. Of course, some people VIII
cav that is because of the hot air
in Washington
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
City Requests People
Water Trees On Street


Residents along the streets when
have plazas are being asked to
help keep the newly planted trees
Watered this summer, City Man
ager j. R. Benson said last night
Benson announced that the park
department had transplanted 1900
shade trees in the street plazas
during the winter and added that
was impossible for the city to
keep them all wateTed.
The property owners are being
asked to assist so that the young
trees will not die. Benson said
that most of the trees were oaks,
with a few NAPLES also planted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

Dial 2-3311 For Aewsnan
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
Wallace Talk Al
Raleigh To Cost 81

RALEIGH, May 24-W.D- The
committee for North Carolina an
nounced today that tickets to the
speech Of former Vice-President
Henry A. Wallace here June 5
would be n dollar each.
The former cabinet member.
whose criticism of President Tru-
mans foreign policy raised a
storm of discussion. will speak in
the Raleigh Memorial auditorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
SCOUTS MEET THURSDAY

JACKSONVILLE, May "a. =
Registration of Jacksonville's Cir.
troop has been corr1eted an1 the
"rC"0 has voted to hold meanings
or Thursday. Mrs. W. c. Gask'll
will instruct the girls in proper
breathing while in the water. and
has asked that all members bring
their bathing caps and towels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day will be conducted from 9 to
II a. m. for those who do not
know how to SWIM, and on Tues
day and Thursday classes in life
for volunteers and other
interested will be conducted. W.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
DEATH

CHARLOTTE, May 24.-TFl-J.
E. Miller, Al, a photo engraver,
died in a hospital today after being
found unconscious under mysteri-
Gus circumstances in his room at
a boarding house Tuesday. Coroner
W. M. Summerville said in a pre-
urinary report death was caused
by a blow on the head. although
Miller also had a crushed shout
der and a fractured wrist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

M.-Dona1d r. Conner, former
Hawaiian surf swimming instruc-
tor has been employed to head
the life guard force at this resort,
and yesterday had announced a
far-reaching water safety pro-
gram.
Beginning Monday June 9, classes
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
Modern Structure Is Strong Enough
To Withstand lorna do, Says kansan
Rv STEWART NEWLIN

TOPEKA. Nav a contest between d UUI-
nado and a modern structural-steel construction building, ..
D. Flora, veteran federal meteorologst, says he'll take the
huildinp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

~ no,,. WIGS wrightsviIle chief :,
connor, described by wigy, :.
a Qualified water instructSSs," a.
said. 1-e' Wigs
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
Resort Life Guard
Plans Full Season
Teaching Sessions

Special to The Star-News
wRJGHTSVILLE BEACH. May
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

Bananas were introduced into
the United States shortly after
the Civil War.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-06
FOREST FIRE DISASTER

The series of forest fires in the New
England States, eliminating in the disas-
ter in Maine, where thousands of people
had to flee the spreading flames, should
present an object lesson to. the entire
nation.
The heavy property loss, while serious
is not to be compared to the loss of lives
as helpless people found themselves sur
rounded by fast-movng fires which they
could not avoid. With nearly a score dead
thousands homeless, as flames devastated
several communities and 100000 acres of
land burned over the nation hass an ex-
ample of how destructive an unchecked
fire can become.
1t is almost impossible for those of us
who have not experienced the danger of
an out-of-control conflagration to realize
the utter helplessness of individuals
caught in it's destructive path. Despite
everything that man can do to avoid disas-
ter, such incidents prove beyond doubt
our inter-dependence and emphasize
again the necessity of exercising the ut
most care to avoid the careless burning
of forest fires.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-06
NERVE.RACKING

Nobody becomes unhappy when he is
always able to look forward with pleasure
to something he has to do.
The life that pals is when a person
has nothing to do, and as a consequence,
becomes diseontended over looking for
something to do.
The full life always contains worth
while things to do. Contentment is achiev-
ed when one looks forward to his work in
the morning or his pleasure in the eve
ming. Type of pleasure differs as much as
dispositions One person finds diversion in
reading. another in going to show, an
other, In the quiet conversation of home
life. even with children asking questions
Unfortunately.
Years ago we read of man who had
fished for n years, from day to day, with
only a few days missed due to illness, in
streams in the Adirondacks. He was
then 90, and he said he had always been
so much interested in the next bite" he
had no time for brooding or worrying.
Bill Lee, in his column in The Citizen,
tells of Jimmy Curry. who daily fishes
from WharveS in Key west. 1t keeps MS
mind occupied, because he is always inter-
ested in the "next bite"
The next bite" practices may be ap-
piled to all callings in life. Business pro-
vides an avenue of escape for many men;
others, devoted to business, look forward
to diverting interests that enter into their
lives
The greatest diverting force is work,
though some persons probably are not
aware of that fact. But we have known of
Key Westers, used to working all their
adult lives, who said that, were it not for
work, they would, not know what to do
with themselves.
The most nerve-rackng thing in life is
not knowing what to do with oneself.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-06
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
know America)

Vice Admiral Harold G.. Bowen,
chief of naval research, born in
Providence, R. l., 81 years ago.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox
Sheriff. of Boston, presiding bish-
op of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, born in Brooklyn. N. Y,
81 years. ago. ,s.-
+ Warren Kelchner, the State De-
partmenl's chief of the division
of international conferences, born
at Orangeville, Pa, 48 years ago.
DR.. Ernest NJ Hopkins, presi-
dent emeritus of Dartmouth Col
lege, born at Dunbarton, N. H.,
70 years ago.
Maj. Gen. Myron c. Cramer,
retired Judge advocate general,
born at Portland, Conn, &C years
ago.
Guy Fraser Harrison of Roches-
ter, N. Y, noted conductor of mu-
sic. born in England, SO years
ago.
Morton G.. Bogue, New York
lawyer, onetime president of the
us. Golf Association, born in
Brooklyn, N. Y, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-06
REINFORCEMENT

When the census of 1850 is completed
the population experts predict that at
least eighteen States will gain or lose rep
resentation in Congress. This means also
that they will lose or gain votes in the
Electoral College which names the Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United
States.
The shift is partly explained by in
creases in population but it has been ag-
gravated by the greatest interstate migra-
ton in American history. Of course, some
of this was due to the war, but, apparent
ly, there is a continual shifting of popula-
ton between the States.
California, with the greatest increase.
is expected, on the basis of population es-
Inmates for 1947, to gain seven members
in the House. Michigan will get two ad-
ditional, and Oregon, Washington, Flor
ida, Indiana and Maryland one each. The
losers, according to the same preliminary
statistics, are New York 3, Pennsylvania 2
and Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Caro-
lima, Oklahoma and Tennessee one each.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-06
TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
know America)

1821-John Wilkinson, us. ma
val officer, famed Confederate
blockade runner, born Norfolk,
Va. Died Annapolis, Md, Dec.
20, 1891.
1841-Nelson w. Aldrich, fam
ed Rhode Island congressman,
us. senator, business man and
Republican leader of his day,
born at Foster, r. l.. Died April
16, 1915.
l654-Johfl Philip Sousa, mu-
stefan, band leader, famed, popu-
lar composer of marches, born in
Washington, D. c. Died March
8, 1892.
1859 - Madison c. Peters,
clergyman, author, noted column
list, born in Lehigh County, Pa.
Died Oct. IL, 1918.
1887--WaIter Johnson, one of
the greatest pitchers in baseball
history, born in Coffeyville, Kan
sas. Died Dec. 10, 1916.