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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Italy
Setback for Communists

The Italian veer left towaro .neSo-
Wet sphere appeared halted this
week with the strong comeback of
Premier Alcide de Gasperi's Christian
Democrat Party in Rome's crucial
municipal elections.
The Christian Democrats and the
Communist-dominated Peoples Bloc
each won q of the 80 council seats.
The remainder are divided among a
welter of splinter parties ranging
from the moderate left to avowed ad-
herents of fascism.
The result was so close-less than
one percentage point separated the
two giants of Italy's 1947 political
arena-it seemed likely the new
council, like the one elected last fall,
would be deadlocked over choice of a
mayor.
The Peoples Bloc polled 1874 per
cent of the votes. The Christian DEM
ocrats polled 1928 percent. In the last
Rome election, the Peoples Bloc won
36.9 percent of the vote while the
Christian Democrats, poor third,
won only 20.3 percent.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Anniversary
Sidewalks of New York

On January l, 1898, the City of
Brooklyn, the County of Queens, and
Staten Island were incorporated into
New York City, which until then had
only two boroughs, Manhattan and
the Bronx.
The city is planning to celebrate
that 50th anniversary next year with
a seven-months program and capsule
worlds fair, including an internation-
al air show, an educational exposi-
ton to be viewed from an elevated
moving sidewalk.
The moving sidewalk, arching over
cross streets so as not to block traffic,
will take visitors along six blocks of
displays in the Park Avenue mall
during August and September.
Plans call for the golden jubilee to
open in April with an international
dance festival showing nightly for
two months in the Metropolitan Opera
House.
A jubilee parade will be held in
June, and the opening of Idlewild
Airport in July will be the occasion
OF big air show. The city's two bill
lion dollar garment industry will
present fashion show on the Park
Avenue Mall in October.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Saga
The Vast Poetic

IIIS NQSi TO$illS
Early this fall the tug Edward M.
Grimm picked up a tow of four sur
plus 85-foot minesweepers from the
Charleston Navy Yard for delivery to
the Luzon Stevedoring Co., in Manila.
After passing through the Panama
Canal, the tug ran out of fuel buck
ing headwinds in the eastern Pacific
and cut loose the four lashed-together
sweepers September "a while it
limped to Palmyra, the nearest land,
under improvised sail. Three men vol
unteered to remain aboard the sweep
erS.
When the tug returned, the four
sweepers had drifted out of sight.
After a weeks vain search, the tug
ran around on an uncharted Shoal
and had to catch rainwater when its
distillery broke down.
The tug put back to Palmyra to
radio for aid of the Navy and Air
Force. At Palmyra, the crew ate fish
caught in the lagoon and 81 became
violently i'll. One seaman died and
eight others were flown to Honolulu
hospitals.
Handicapped by squalls and poor
visibility, the Navy and Air Forces
searched for 10 days. Several times
weak signals from an emergency ra-
dio hand-generator set on the sweep
ers was heard, but only last Friday
was one strong enough for even ten
tative bearing to be taken.
Next day a Navy search plane
spotted the castaways and a patrol
ship took them off. The three missing
men were in the best of health de-
spite diet of shark steak and rain
water, but two of the four mine
sweepers had sunk during a gale
October l.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
GAS: Cracks Hard Coal Front

feet of natural gas now goes to waste
daily in southwest oil fields. Some
basic industries were reported con-
sidering shift to the southwest to be
near essential fuels.
The commission order will COM
plete sale of the 1,340-mile piplines
to private company, the Texas East
ern Transmission Corp. The concern
bid $143,G00,000 last February when
the lines were put up for sale, paying
$5,000,000 down. The balance is due
November "a.
Texas Eastern's offer was contin-
gent, however, upon approval by the
federal commission of plan to serve
the Appalachian and Philadelphia
areas with gas from Texas fields.
The Big and Little Inch pipelines
were built across 10 states at a cost
of $145, 100000 during the war to cir
cumvent U-boat attacks on oil tank
ers. In wartime the lines carried oil
and gasoline exclusively.
Coal Strike Emergency
After the war, they were idle until
the coal strike a year ago. Then un-
der temporary permit, natural gas
from Louisiana oil fields was funneled
to fuel-starved Pittsburgh. The lines
have been operated since under g
temporary authority granted by the
commission.
The lines now carry about 100000
600 cubic feet of natural gas daily tc
the industrial belt in Ohio, West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. The present
method is merely to let gas into the
pipes and let it drift" north. Under
compression, the lines could serve ur
to 400,000,000 cubic feet a day.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24

The American endorsement pros
posed a two-year transitional period
during which the us. pledged aid to
maintain order and meet economic
and social problems. It also recom-
mended creation of an international
police force recruited on volunteer
basis by the United Nations.
The combined Russo-American sup
port seemed almost to guarantee that
two-thirds majority of the General
Assembly would approve creation of
two independent states in the Holy
Land.
Arabs Incensed
Incensed delegates of the Arab
League considered imposition of eco
nomic sanctions against the United
States and Britain and pushed plans
for further secret military maneuvers
in support of Palestine Arabs, who
have sworn ''holy war" against par
tition.
The American consulate in Jeru-
salem was bombed and specifically
damaged by agents of the exiled
Mufti of Jerusalem, presumably in
retaliation for us. support of the
partition plan. Two women consular
employees, one an American, were in
jured in the blast.
East-West Duel Continues
On matters other than Palestine,
however, the bitter Soviet-American
clash continued.
An overwhelming majority in the
UN. assembly's 57-member political
committee defeated Russias demand
for withdrawal of all British and
American troops from Greece, turned
down Soviet demand for U.N. super
vision of economic aid to Greece
under the Truman program and re-
fused to lay the blame for Balkan
disturbances upon the United States,
Britain and Greece-as Russia had de-
manded.
Earlier the committee by 36 to s
vote approved an American resolution
setting up another US. Balkan border
commission and noted on the record
that the defunct Security Council
watchdog commission had found AL
bania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria guilty
of aiding Greek Guerrillas.
Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky con-
tinued his attack in the political COM
mittee against Secretary of State
Marshall's plan for little Assem-
bly," to meet the year-round when.
ever the General Assembly was not
in session. He again branded as {
''war monger" John Foster Dulles, the
American delegate who opened de-
bate on the plan.
'"This notorious interim committee
said Vishinsky, sis device to create
new organ to circumvent the Secur.
ity Council. 1t is hagrant violation
of the U.N. charter"
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24

involve a debit-credit clearing house
to facilitate trade.
The proposal was endorsed by a
special committee of the Paris Eco
nomic Conference. 1t was pointed out
that the machinery of bilateral pay
ment agreements often hampered
trade pacts between dollar-poor ma
tions and that such bilateral agree
ment could be supplanted by multi
lateral agreements.
Domestic Food Saving
On the domestic front, the Presi-
dents voluntary food saving program
began to gather headway after rather
spotty observance at first.
Charles Luckman, chairman of the
Citizens Food Committee, pledged the
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Weather
'soItine' q Hurricane

Weather continued to make big
news. The baby hurricane which
roared across southern Florida last
weekend left rich agricultural and
resort areas inundated by the highest
floods in 30 years. Miami, Homestead
and Fort Lauderdale were hard hit
with damage running into tens of
millions of dollars.
A typhoon pivoted over Two Jima
for 36 hours, destroying or damaging
every building, even snatching the
famous fagpole off Mount Suribachi.
There was no loss of life as Army and
civilian technicians took refuge in
volcanic caves followed out by the
japanese in wartime.
Two days later the Florida storm
spit up offshore and one branch
wnirled back across the Georgia coast
al full hurricane strength with gusts
e.-ceeding 95 miles an hour.
Heroic Coast Guardsmen averted
what might have been the Atlantic'S
worst air tragedy by rescuing SO from
a flying boat forced down by a gale
in midocean The plane, carrying the
largest number of passengers ever to
attempt a transatlantic fight, put
down beside Z U.S. weather ship 760
miles off Newfoundland. The rescue,
interrupted by darkness, was accom-
pl She'd through raging 35-foot seas.
Army and Navy hurricane buster"
planes busted the flood-producing
Florida storm with dry ice when it
was 500 miles off the st. Augustine
coast but results of the first attempt
by science to attack hurricane were
inconclusive.
Only 80 pounds of dry ice were fed
into the Storm. An automatic screw
similar to a coal stoker feeder, dis
tributed the ice in thin line over the
clouds at an altitude of $4,000 feet.
Observers said it would take &
months study of data and hundred:
of pictures to determine if any valu-
able information had been obtained
'This was study of basic phenomen;
of the weather and not hurricane
busting effort" said one.
One Air Forces spokesman said
"There aren't enough planes anc
pilots IN the United States to reduc,
a hurricanes potential by FIVE per
cent by dropping dry ice"
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24

nations bakery industry to wheat
savings of 3,5OO,O0O bushels a month
to the goal of conserving 100,000,000
bushels of grain this winter for hun
cry Europe.
Other major developments in the
drive were a 60-day shutdown by
whisky distillers starting at midnight,
October 25, agreed to by virtually the
entire industry and pledges of all-out
support from restaurant industry'S
National Advisory Committee.
President Truman in special mes
sage asked the 48 governors to ap-
point state groups, or individuals, to
work with the national Citizens Food
Committee in support of the war on
hunger.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Japan
No Second-Ronk Royalty

Emperor Hirohito, who dropped his
claim to divinity after the war, struck
from the Imperial Registry this week
the names of 81 princesses and
princes of IL subsidiary royal houses.
An edict of the Imperial Household
formally reduced them to the status
of commoners without title or spe-
cial privilege.
Japan's onetime. elaborate aristoc-
racy will be limited hereafter to the
Emperor, his immediate family, his
brothers and their families.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
In Short

Severed: By Yugoslavia, diplomatic
relations with Chile in retaliation for
expulsion of two Yugoslav diplomats
accused Of Communist plotting.
Announced: BY Adm. Chester w.
Nimitz, his retirement as Chief of
Naval Operations, effective December
Is
Resigned: William L. Clayton as
under-secretary of state, but he agreed
to remain as unpaid advisor to Sec
retary of state.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Scientific
BOttIeneck

president TRUMAN'S Com
! mission on Higher Education
this week studied a long range
plan to remedy shortage of
scientists so acute that, in the
words of the Scientific Research
Board, it endangers not only the ma
tons welfare but its security.
In the fourth of five volumes on
Science and Public Policy" sub
mitted by John R. Steelman, chair
man, the board declared that 'posi-
tive action" was necessary to prevent
crippling of scientific effort and
further shrinkage in the number and
quality of scientists.
The board criticized the wartime
refusal of Selective Service to defer
science students from military training
al a time when Russia and Britain
were stepping up their science train
ing programs.
That draft policy, Steelman said,
has cost the nation about 100000
bachelor of science degrees and about
8,40O doctorate degrees in science. He
estimated the number of the nations
SclentlSlS at oot ,OUV.
Shortage of Atomic Scientists
The board disclosed that the Atomic
Energy Commission had difficulty in
stating seven its reduced research
programs in certain fields" and noted
that even such a major Army pro-
gram as guided missiles "is only
three quarters stated"
In industry, the board cited many
evidences of scientific manpower
shortage Expenses for research and
development are more than three
times the prewar figures, the board
ss;d. while the normal increase in the
number of scientists has been reduced
BY approximately so percent.
In making the report public, the
P esident said:
Shortage of highly-trained scien-
Eis.s both for teaching and for re-
search is the basic factor which sets
the limits of the nations scientific
progress"
Schools Are Swamped
The report, loaded with statistics
emphasized the inadequacy of educa-
tional facilities to meet the country:
need for scientific progress. tt esti-
mated that one-half of the ablest high
school graduates never enter college
because they lack finances; and H.
percent of students drop out of col.
lega for the same reason.
The war placed greater emphasi!
on the development field in science
the board said, and less on basic re.
search
The report made three general rec
concentrations:
l. New sources of financial supper
for schools and colleges so that the!
may pay better salaries, expand ant
improve facilities and increase facul
ty staffs.
2. A national system Of scholar
ships and fellowships for able stu
dents and continuance of federal as
s;stance after expiration of the G
bill for student veterans.
3. A broad program for support 0
b@zic research in colleges, with fed
eral assistance.
The board added:
IF we do these things promptly
and only if we do these things-cal
our scientific future be assured"
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
T h: Q Z !; } I Eek I;
Dates
Monday. Octoher I'd

Monday, October 20
National Bible Week begins.
Trans-Jordan elections.
National Foreign Trade Coun-
Gil opens in st. Louis.
Wednesday, October %
Annual convention, AP man.
aging editors, opens in Detroit.
Saturday, October rs
First war dead arrive from
Europe.
Sunday, October 26
Girl Scout Week starts.
Anniversary (122nd), Erie Ca
nal, New York.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24

tAu Rights Reserved. AP NerusteuturesJ
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Quotes

DIR. Farid Zein Ed-Din, Syrian
minister in the U.N. Palestine
committee: "Zionism has formed
a bridgehead in Palestine which
is being constantly fed by money
from abroad, most of it from
America"
w. Averell Hartman, US. Sec
retary of Commerce: "Commu-
nists have a we'll developed
technique of creating confusion
through the use of SANDER, in
consistency and deceit"
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
Z. S. e Russia Agree
On Plan for Palestine

ME United States and Soviet Russia loggrheads
tenational policy found thing in the United Nations pro-
the Russians had favored creation single
then tension between Arabs
ently that Moscow believed Joint
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
FOOD: Europe Awaits Verdict

A MEXICAN congress.Nen have
"A been deployed over western
and southern Europe taking po-
litical and economic soundings.
Some have had hair-raising ex-
periences like Reps. Donald L.
jackson (R.-Calif) and Olin E.
league (D.-Tex) who narrowly
escaped guerrilla mortar fire in
Greece. None as yet has been per-
mitted to enter Russia, but Soviet
influences are a major concern of all
the legislators on tour.
Just back from a months trip
through "a European nations, Rep.
Karl E. Mundt (R.-S.D.) declared that
the infltration of Communism into
western Europe had been stopped
cold" within the last two or three
months. He predicted it could be
turned "into an ebb tide very easily"
Mundt, chairman of House For
eign Affairs subcommittee, urged
emergency relief for France this win
ter and said Italy also might need
additional food.
Aid to France
France won American permission to
spend about $93, ,OOO,0 Of her remain
ing $185,OO0,O00 credit in the Export
Import Bank for emergency purchases
of coal, oil and other raw materials.
France had reported she was near
the bottom of her dollar supply. It was
indicated that the French might have
to cancel some contracts already made
with American firms for machinery,
but it was stressed the French gov-
ernment would honor these later with
other funds.
Paris was beset by crippling bus
and subway strike that Premier Paul
Ramadier called politically inspired" !"
A week before, the international
Communist manifesto had denounced
the Socialist premier's coalition gov
ernment and branded him traitor" "
Meanwhile the 16 Marshall-plan
countries met in Paris this week to
work out details of credit block
proposed by Belgium, the Neither
lands and Luxembourg which would
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-08-28
For Value Received

heard regard to the American
SYSTEM navalabliy of doctors parsey settled
high costs inadequate unable
magnfed where people have
lost perspective
short time illustrate few of the good points in our
vacatOnists cruising small boat
northwestern of the State of Washington the
remote evening small child in
high By the the nearest island
The located doctor who to
Immediately spent nearly hours with the child He
completed Presidency with well hospital When
facilities said there
he had closely with the Coast Guard Emergency
the mainland hour by highpeed
cutter His interest the child apparent He returned
A back the boat A NJ final check
night the and the little patient
theway Again to call
efficient individual late
night This arrangements made admission Seattle
hospital where still another doctor took immediate charge
Complete covering thysx period followed
Thouh appeared the
fare
Finally the patient released Hospital dis
posed of without red under the Blue Cross Total doctor
bills night calls and ALL three different who
spent in the thirty follow their
profession amounted to slightly thirty dollars
The time you "eformer" the American
medical SYSTEM you yourself sincerity
other calngsy poessonalve greater service,
dollar for dollar than your doctor.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-08-28
When the Voters Decide

American citizens have the opportunity to
another involve private ownership
of electric utilities And in the majority OF instances prl
vatee enterprise is given the green light
Recently Oklahoma small towns voted whether not
the franchises of large company total OF 9
them voted yes The utility favored
at the remarkable odds of 200 to one!
Literally held decide such
proposed municipal plants public districts ETC. Year
popular verdict has against pub
lie ownershp-often by extremely heavy majoritieS
Public opinion polls periodically ask section OF the Amer
electric
power industry the has been noand always
by a substantial
indicates that the American people
the puby-reguaed heavily taxed business managed utility
companies
socialized almost entirely po
who would profit from it patronage
and advantage.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-08-28

deposited on a friends farm in the
Mohawk reservoir basin. This silt
came from the upland farms of the
surrounding water shed. The Mo
hawk dam is dry dam of the
Muskingum Conservancy District.
Blubaugh's friend made numerous
measurements of the depth of soil
deposits on his 300-acre farm by the
June flood, at which time it was in
undated for several weeks It was
estimated that soil deposit of over
$4,000 tons was made by this one
flood. This farm represents only a
small portion of the flooded basin
of the Mohawk dam. The soil de-
posted there cannot be fully util-
lied, while it is a permanent loss
to the farms above.
Blubaugh gave an interesting ac-
count of his experience last year on
an eight week tour of poverty
stricken Europe He related that
thousands of European people were
delivered from starvation by food
shipped from u. S. farms.
1t is difficult for Americans to ap-
preciate the abundance of the
United States.
He concluded his talk by emphas-
izing that it is important for every
Noble county farmer to adopt good
conservation and land management
practices as recommended by the
agricultural extension service and
the U. S. soil conservation service.
Contour strips are being laid now,
by soil conservation service techni-
clans Ira j. Kuntz and Jim Steiner,
for next years corn planting on CO.
operators farms.
Noble county farmers interested
In cooperating with the district may
stop in at the district office, post
office building, or contact Floyd
Henderson, county agricultural
agent
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-08-28

grass, clover, and alfalfa on this
field because he previously had lost
top soil, seed, and fertilizer in at
tempting to seed another sloping
field by the plow and harrow sys-
tenn. A hard rain soon after the seed
was sown took good share of that
field across the road
The pasture field seeded in 1947
was double disced with the disc
weighed down and then three and
one-half tons of lime per acre were
applied. The ground was disced
twice afterward to cut the broom
sedge and weeds and to mix them
and the lime with the soil surface.
The next step was an application
of 400 pounds per acre of 2-l2-6
fertilizer. A mixture of bluegrass,
red clover, Ladino clover, and al
falfa was broadcasted, and culti-
packer was run over the field to
make the spongy seedbed a little
firmer. All the tillage operations
were done on the contour.
Mr.. Hisrack says the field was
practically worthless before and
now is an excellent pasture which
will be better in 1948 He explains
that government payments are
available in TuscarawaS county to
farmers who improve pasture lands.
The payments are intended to en-
courage farmers to start program
that will produce such good results
that the farmer will go ahead with
the pasture Improvement.