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Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12
Pacific War Isles
Are Now Quiet
BY William c. Barnard
AP Newsfeatures

KWAJALEIN-The CT described
Kwajalein: No wine, no women, no
fun atoll."
Heat shimmers off wooden build
ings lining the airstrip. A black
mongrel worries a sand-craD. A
great stiffness swallows the dogs
barks. He trots away, painting for
porch shade.
Far offshore the waves pound the
reef. Dead shells of rusting landing
craft line the beach.
Two miles out are many ships,
radioactive relics of the Bikini
bomb.
Kwajalein-coral atoll, half mile
wide, two miles long, refueling stop
between Honolulu and Guam, pop
ulation 1,4O0.
"Tell the veterans it's even quiet
er now than it was during the war, :"
Maj. C. H. Bird of Fort Davis, Tex,
said. During the war we did aver
age plane on deck every two min
utes. Now, we get about IA flights
through here a day, and believe me,
VIC lOOh IAl6lu.
Sharks Dangerous
"No, we don't swim-have you
seen the sharks?" he asks.
Two months ago bomber with
seven men took off the airstrip, fall
tered, and plunged into the ocean.
Rescue boats were too late. Seven
bloody Mae West Jackets bobbed in
the water clouded with shark-cha-
ser powder"
Fifty Navy and four Army fami-
lies live on Kwajalein.
Some dark, stocky members OF
the Micronesian race, have re-
turned,
There's no fresh water. You won
der how the people got along be-
fore the white man came with his
distilling equipment. Major Bird
explained they drank coconut milk
and when rainwater collected they
drank that. Somehow, they managed
to adapt themselves. Were tryins
to do the same thing"
Rust ate at the tenders and hooC
Of the Army staff car. Everything
rusts," grumDicd Sgt. Louis Sher
ack of Crookston, Mimi. The knife
in your pocket, engines, cameras
people rust"
J Same at Guam
!. The humidity is as bad-or wors,
: at Guam, seven air hours away
Roll up your SLEEVES, unbutton you
collar, good gosh, man, we don
allow ties here. Guam Is 80 mile
long, four to lO miles wide.
Five hundred Army ami Nav,
families are Oil Guam tota, popu
lation $4,000.
idaj. Gen. Francis H. Griswel
/ says, Were junkiIg planes becaus
we haven't money to keep them air
{ worthy. This Climate eats planes.
Would good-sized attackin
|. force find it easy to take Gusn:?"
I "It certainly wouldn't" the Gen
eral replied. I'VE could put up
stiff fight. But you should conside
what countries would be potentfa
: enemies and then you would ask tn
! question: "Why fool with Guam
Some Japanese Remain
In the underbrush and caves o
{ the north end of Guam, starvin
Japanese soldiers still hide un
q aware the war is over. No attemp
is made to find them-one by on
v they are killed or captured.
+ Heavy chains run from the roc
! of the Generals house to empt
q torpedo tubes in the flowers bed
Decorations? No, anchors again:
the next typhoon.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12

Fawns are devoid of any tell-tale
scent, but the mother deer takes on
additional odor in order to lure pre-
dators away from the hidden young
sterS.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12
SENATOR TAFT
WILL HEAD WEST

OHuSudI lulCI6Ol 10 ollOWA III IlAO
trip that Senator Taft is about to
make to the West Coast. Thirty
five correspondents and photogra-
piers have attached themselves to
his tour. This is because the big
issues will be discussed by Senator
Taft, in striking contrast to Gov
ernor Dewey's mo comment" jour-
ney
Taft is frank and outspoken en-
all important issues facing the Ma
ton. He will discuss foreign poll
cies, social welfare, taxes, housing,
the new labor law, etc.
No matter what you may think of
Dewey, Stassen, Warren, or any
other possible candidate, you are
most likely to be either FOR OR
AGAINST Taft before he gets
through with his trip He takes up
all major questions and discusses
them intelligently, and never
lodges questions.
AS this Letter observed before:
Taft is the leader of the Republican
Senate, and he has made more hits
and less errors than any batter in
the Senate. The Republicans in that
body definitely supported his lead
ership.
Briefly. that's why he'll he sur
rounded nv the largest number of
rress, radio and camera reporters
that ever covered a similar pre-
convention trim
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12

The size of the average farm in
China is three and one-half acres.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12
TRUMAN WILL RE THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE

All the wise political prophets in
Washington now take it for grantei
that President Truman will be the
Democratic nominee in the 194S
election. In all probability, James
v. ForrestaI tops the list, at the
present time. as a nnssible rurninP
mate for President Truman. There
a~n Other honefuls.
HANGING ON TO THEIR JOBS
At the present time there gre
911.119 temnorary and war-service
employees still ON the Federal pay
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-12

name originated and sold by the
New Deal to Congress in the days of
FDR.
The American market, including
farmers and the workers and IN
dustries, should go to bat to stop
the sacrifices being made to Europe
at the expense of the people of our
own country.
SHIPPING FOOD TO EUROPE
1t is going to cost the United
States taxpayers anywhere between
Is billion and 20 billion dollars to
grow and send enough food to Eur
ope during the next five years.
Highest officials in the American
Government do not expect Russia
to help.
AS matter of fact, Russia is not
spoken of as a friend, in high Gov
ernment circles in Washington.
What our top officials say about
Russia is mot fit to print"
LOOK AT NANTUCKET
|. ON YOUR MAP
The first issue of the Nantucket
Inquirer and Mirror was printed
June %, 1921.
On our desk is the issue of this
Island newspaper, published rs
miles off the mainland of Massachu-
setts. It "circulates around the
World" Editor Harry B. Turner re-
lates in his issue of August 80, how
he beat the paper shortage on that
date. Thus history repeats" it's VIC
tories in Nantucket. Here is the
story:
"The paper shortage hit us doub.
ly hard this week and for a couple
of days we were not sure that We
could get enough paper to print on.
Ile added: with 5000 lbs. hound
this way from the Canadian mills
there was nothing definite as u
when it would arrive and for {
time the prospect looked hack. Oul
usual supply house in Boston haC
nothing to furnish us either from
] the Boston warehouse o. the one il
Worcester. Finally Tileston ant
Hollingsworth got hold IF some Is,
600 sheets at the Hyde Park mill
IIi it was str ok that would have
done credit to any book publication
to say nothing of a newspaper. So
you happen to get hold Of copy o
The Inquirer and Mirror this weel
that is usually heavy grade and will
fine book finish, just put it dow
as the reset of the paper shortag
and the cooperation and helpfulnes
of T. & H. The cost of the stock
Well after we caught our breatl
we decided to put it down 20 "Pro
fit and Loss'-a decided loss. hut il
spite of it The Inquirer and Miro
came out this week"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Group Fighting Child Crime
Urges Broadcast by Truman
BY the Associated Press

by me SSSoetQIe0 Tfe9x
NEW ORLEANS, May 31.-A
group of sports writer's and broad
casters, working with the Justice
Department to combat juvenile de-
linquency by promoting recreational
programs, decided here today to
ask President Truman to make a
special< broadcast to the Nation
youth next November.
The sports writers also Endorsed a
plan for selection of an all
America" boy and girl athlete in
each American city. The honored
boys and girls would be guests at
dinners in their communities on the
night Of the proposed coast-to-coa
broadcast by the President.
An invitation for the President to
address the country's youngsters
was suggested by Jack Carberry of
the Denver Post, Ed Danforth of
the Atlanta journal, Sec Taylor of
the Des Moines Register, Harry
Martinez of the New Orleans
States and Bill Keefe of the New
Orleans Times-Picayune.
The writers and broadcasters de-
cided also to urge all organized
major sports groups to write clauses
into l948 player contracts requiring
tine players to participate in recog-
nized sports programs for young
sters. This move was suggested by
Franklin c'Whitey') Lewis of the
Cleveland Press, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Robot Scientifically Calculates
Gambling Odds on Weather

problem they are trying to solve.
When the punched cards are COM
p1eted, the robot takes the spotlight
He is similar to many of the business
machines used in offices. The
punched cards are fed to him. He
digests the statistics, adds, subtracts
divides and rnultiplies. Then he
turns out his map.
1t may contain the names of Sc
or more towns in certain region
Beside each. town the robot has
printed numeral The number be-
side one city may be So. This
means the chances are so to ! the
weather will be suitable for the bust
ness project that is being studied.
The method in some instances has
been found 80 per cent accurate. It's
possibilities for farmers, business
men and industrialists seem virtu.
ally unlimited. The service is being
developed slowly, however, and il
will be long time before it can be
widely expanded.
Liz SlliC1 vi tiI1S IcW SSCtlOIl
Dr. Woodrow C. Jacobs was thu
chief civilian meteorologist for the
Army Weather Service during the
war.
The Allied high command wanted
to know, as early as 1912, where ant
when the best weather condition.
would prevail for an invasion Of
the continent.
DR.. Jacobs says the characteristics
armed with European weather rec
ords, were able to tell Gen. Essen.
hover the odds were "a to !
against ideal" conditions for 9
Normandy landing in May, 10 to
in June and so to l in July.
BY the time the Allied armies
were ready for the invasion. in 1914
the generals had had their weather
information for months. The,
waited until the last day In thu
favorable weather" period desig.
mated by the climatologists. June 6
DR.. Jacobs says the weather be.
haved in just the way the weather.
men had predicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
4-Engine Plane Flies
AT 3S3 Miles Per Hour
ey the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, May 31.-Re-
public Aviation Corp. claimed a new
speed record for four-engine planes
between New York and Philadel-
phia today when its XF-12 expert
mental plane, the Rainbow, made
the fight in IL minutes IS seconds.
an average of, approximately 1893
miles per hour. (The flight was a
feature of an air show here)
The plane is an experimental
photo reconnaissance craft designed
for the Army. A Republic spokes-
man said that in addition to setting
a new large-plane mark between
New York's La Guardia Field and
Philadelphia Northeast Airport the
flight was the first time four
engine craft had exceeded $50 miles
per hour for the distance.
The Rainbow carried four per-
sons in addition to Test Pilot Oscar
P. Hass.
A P-84 Thunderjet, one of the
Army's~newest jet-propelled planes
sped from the Empire State Build
ing in New York to the Northeast
Airport here in 7 minutes and II
seconds.
The plane, piloted by Capt
Charles E. Yeager, Hamlin, w. Va.
averaged 588 miles an hour, and al
one point reached a speed of Gil
miles per hour.
| A Marine Corps fighter plane
making simulated carrier landing
during the air. show, was damaged
when the landing gear collapsed
The pilot, Noel Wicks, %, Seneca
Ill, was not injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
IL. 5. Aide Sees Threat
l0f Communism ifU. 5.
Stops Feeding Reich
BY ire Associated Press

Tracy S. Voorhees,, who admins
tiers food distribution for the War
Department in occupied countries.
said last night that Communism
would take over" If the United
States quit feeding the Germans.
Communism, like nature, ahhors
a vacuum, and there Is no Surer way
to create q vacuum in the heart of
Europe than to starve our zones in
Germany" he said.
MIR. Voorhees, spoke on an NBC
program, 'our foreign policy" He
and Norris E. Dodd, Undersecretary
OF Agriculture. agreed that the Ger
man diet is miserably thin, the daily
ration now being equal in calories
to one loaf of bread.
Boxcar Use Cited.
Mr.. Dodd said the United States
could greatly increase its shipments
of food to Europe if there were
plenty of boxcars to get the food
to ports.
He said cars needed to ship grain
are being used to ship new autos,
refrigerators, radios. ETC., and "if
we took those cars to ship more
grain, business would yell to high
Heaven"
I'VE are sitting on plenty while
the rest of the world starves. unless
people choose to do something about
it," Mr.. Dodd said.
Overseas, people are desperate
for food. Several thousand people
are dying each month in Romania
and other European countries from
starvation and disease caused by
undernourishment.
Switzerland and Sweden are the
only two countries in Europe not
desperately short of food"
Kindelberger Blames Germans.
Charles P. Kindleberger, chief of
the State Departments German and
Austrian Division, said the Germans
ARE not making all the effort they
could" to feed themselves.
Part Of the blame should be put
ON weak German leadership" Mr..
Kindleberger said Part of it should
be put on lack of incentive the
farmer has to get out and raise all
the food he cam Surprising he does
break his back getting in harvest,
and it's a good one, there's nothing
ne can buy with his money"
MIR. Kindleberger also said: -
We have positive occupation
aim. 1t Is to bring Germany back
into the family of nations as a
democracy. You can't interest a
man in democracy when his belt
buckle is tickling his spine. If we
ever expect to get stability in
Europe, Germany must contribute
to it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Wrigley Granddaughter S
Remarriage Is Revealed
BY the Associated prexs

PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 31.-The
Rev. E. R. Tolin, pastor of First
Christian Church here, said today
he officiated at the wedding of
Bessie Off1eld Sullivan, granddaugh-
ter of the late William Wrigley. Jr.,
chewing gum magnate, and James
H. Van Horne of Phoenix on the
afternoon of May II.
Mr.. Tolin said the couple re-
quested no publicity. 1t was only
today, following announcement by
Mrs. Van Horne's grandmother in
California, that he learned of the
connection with the Wrigley family
Mrs. Wrigley made the announce
ment of the marriage of her grand
daughter last night. The couple
are honeymooning in a bungalow on
Catalina Island.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James r. Off1eld of Chi
cago. She was divorced from Dennis
Sullivan, Chicago attorney.
MIR. Van Horne, a Phoenix in
surance executive, served as colo
mel in the Army Air Forces during
the war. Two children of Mrs. Van
Horne by her other marriage are
with her at Catalina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Two Executives Promoted
By Seaboard Air Line
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. May 81. - Two
promotions to high executive posts
effective tomorrow, were announced
today by the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad.
j. L. Cooke has been named SUI
'perintendent of transportation, sue
|ceeding j. c.. Wroton who has re-
signed to become vice president in
charge of operations for the Nor
folk Southern Railway.
T. w. Roby has been appointed
chief of research and planning, sue
ceeding the late w. D. Faucette, Mr.
Roby will also assume the duties
previously assigned to the executive
representative, a position held by
Mr.. Faucette, which will not be re-
established at this time.
Mr.. Cooke will have his head
quarters in Norfolk and will have
system-wlde supervision of the
roads transportation operations
both passenger and freight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Cool
Continued From First Page.)

NCOntlnueu from F1rSC PaRe.)
period. They wanted time and q
half pay for Saturday and double
time for all Sunday work, regardless
OF whether other days in the week
were worked.
| Actually Mr.. Lewis demanded the
same pay for an eight-hour day as
his men now receive for nine, plus
a general wage hike of $1.20 per
day. Operators said such compress
sion of hours without reduction in
pay would raise the hourly rate 20.9
cents. They estimated that this
plus the general wage hike demand
would add 10 cents ton to the cost
of mining coal.
The operator said Mr.. Lewis also
asked that contributions to the
unions welfare and retirement fund
be raised to 10 cents ton from the
present five cents. The mine owners
offered Ave cents ton, called for in
the miners contract with the Gov
Iernment. Mrs. Lewis also held out
for full union control of the fund.
No Plans 70 Reopen Talks.
The operators generally agreed to
accept the rev Federal Mine Safety
Code, provided in the Government
contract, but baked at demand for
recognition of the right of mine
| supervisors to bargain for contracts,
Mr.. O'Neill said there were NO
plans to reopep wage talks with Mr.
This conference has been dis
solved by adjournment" COM
mented Harry Moses, representing
captive" mine owners.
Mr.. O'Neill said the negotiation;
broke down because of Mr.. Lewis
unreasonable demands" He wa;
asked what will happen after the
Government releases the mines.
LAS see it We step into vacuum,
he replied. s-15
He said the operators offer no OBJ
lection to reducing the work day
to eight hours, o !
National Ecdnoiny Issue. Raised.
But we rejected these (wage) de-
mandS as wholly out of line with
what is going on in the country" he
added. Eve considered the effect or
the economy of the country. 1t woulf
have started another wave of wage
increases and raise the cost of coal
so high that it would be out of line
with the cost Of other fuels"
| Mr.. O'Neill Said he believed all
other issues could have been settled
satisfactorily had it been possible
to reach accord with Mr.. Lewis on
wages.
! Besides the demands already men,
toned, Mr.. ONeill said the union
asked for payment for at least six
holidays not worked in addition to
the $100-a-year vacation pay they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Final Exercises at VMI
Will Beqin Saturday

LEXINGTON, Va, May 3l.-Final
exercises at Virginia Military Insti-
tute will begin Saturday and will
end June II, when approximately
100 graduates will receive their
diplomas.
Attorney General Clark, men,
Der of the class of 1921, will make
the principal address at the gradua-
ton exercises and the baccalaureate
sermon Sunday, June 8, will be de-
livered by the Rev. Russell c.
Stroup, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church in Lynchburg.
The exercises will be the first
full-scale finals held at V. M. I
since the end of the war and will
have all the color of prewar days
with military displays and social
functions sharing the spotlight. One
new item on the program will be
an air show to be staged Tuesday
morning. June 10. by planes from
the Greenville IS. c. air base.
Dances will be held Saturday
Monday and Tuesday nights. The
Saturday night affair will be princi-
pally for alumni and will be in
nostalgia vein, featuring Germans
dancing and music by the v. M. I
post band in the custom of previous
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
BY the Associated Press

A robot is a leading character in
new Weather Bureau service 1t
gives businessmen a map showing
the scientific gambling odds on the
weather.
The new service is called applied
climatology and was born in life or
death situations during the war,
when generals demanded knowledge
of weather conditions far in
advance.
1t has been discovered that
weather conditions follow a
pattern" This pattern may be
found if weather statistics for a
number of years are studied care
fully.
1t also has been found that this
pattern may be projected far into
the future-not In the form of a
positive forecast, but in terms of the
mathematical odds that certain
weather conditions will prevail
A circus may plan to visit Illinois
1t has choice of two towns for the
first week of September. A study OF
the weather pattern shows the
chances are $3.50 it will rain in
Quincy, say, the first week in Sep
TENDER. In Decatur the chances are
90-to-10 it won't.
The odds are based on statistics
gathered throughout the Northern
Hemisphere since 1899. Some re-
gional statistics are more than loo
years old.
To obtain the weather pattern
for any locality a team of meteorol-
ogists assemblies the data concern
ing that locality on punched cards
The cards may contain such in
formation as extremes of tempera-
ture, ranges of humidity, winds
solar energy, dust content of the
air, rainfall, depth of snow or COM
binations of wind, ice and snow.
Statistics for one locality, gath
cred for so years, might fill freight
car, but the weathermen punch only
those that relate to the particular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Left-Honded Squirrel
Found for DispIuy

CARTHAGE, Moon top of his
meat counter in Hales' market, Dick
Long set up display with stuffed
red squirrel wearing an apron ano
white butchers cap with the name
Dick"
The squirrel, stuffed as part of a
mail order taxidermy course studied
by Mr.. Long, holds a knife and
sharpening steel and there are other
knives on the meat block with saw
dust on the floor and background
of tiny refrigerators.
THE hardest part of the display
said Mr.. Long, with a straight face
was finding left-handed squirrel
I'm left-handed and I wanted the
display to be lifelike."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
lReuther Seeks Probe
IN Shortage in Steel,
Cutting Auto Output
Nv ahs Associated pr.s.

DETROIT, May 31.-Walter p.
Reuther, president of the CLIO
United Auto Workers, alarmed by
layoffs and short work weeks in the
automotiye field, today asked con-
gressional investigation of the steel
industry
He addressed his request to Sem
ator Wherry. Republican, of Me-
braska and told him that total steel
production In the first quarter of
this year was sufficient to provide
for a considerably greater output
Of cars and trucks than the (auto1
industry produced"
Mr.. Reuther charged that the
auto industry received "a substan-
TALLY smaller proportion of steel
shipments in 1916 than it had re-
ceived in 1940."
He suggested "the need for a
more specific inquiry as to the facts
and explanations for the continued
steel shortage which is restricting
production and employment in this
(auto) industry"
Mr.. Reuther said he singled out
Senator Wherry as chairman of the
steel subcommittee of the Senate
special committee to study the prob
lens of American small business
because he already is investigating
the difficulties experienced by small
steel users.
The labor leader said five main
factors need investigation, including
the basic and continuing steel needs
|of the Nation, insurance of an
orderly and equitable distribution
of steel products, the proportion of
total steel production going to the
auto industry, "the present distor-
ton of the historical proportions of
the production of hot and cold
rolled sheet and strip steel" and
determination as to who are 'un-
classified" recipients of "a large
proportion of total steel production. :"
Production workers in some plants
have averaged only three days a
week since before Christmas, he
added, and more than 10000 were
laid off at one time several weeks
ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Boy Pouring Gasoline
Into Motor Is Burned

John Masse, 10, colored, 1926 Four
tenth place Sc, was burned on
both legs last night when gasoline
he was pouring into a carburetor
caught fire from the hot engine,
police reported.
He was trying to help start a
stalled car, police said.
Young Masse was treated at Gal
linger Hospital for second and third
degree burns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Twin Boys Are Born
After Death of Mother
By he Associated Press n

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 81
Twin boys were born in a Caesarian
operation performed in Charleston
hospital shortly after their mother,
Mrs. Norman Perry, 20, had died.
Attendants said both were doing
fine" tonight. One weighed 6 pounds
5 ounces, the other s pounds 6
ounces at birth.