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Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
Religion
One World in Faith

A new World Council of Christians
and Jews is being launched to bridge
the gap between world faiths by edu-
cational means and bring about civic
cooperation among the religious cul-
tures of he earth.
The new council headed by former
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
has been assured by Acting Secretary
of State Dean AcheSon that the State
Department would support its appll-
cation for affiliation with the United
Nations Education. Scientific and Gull
tural Organization
Hughes, who was secretary of State
during World War | and founded the
National Conference of Christians and
Jews in 1923, said the new group
would encourage research in the So
cial sciences and human relations and
seek cooperation with universities in
all countries.
A permanent office will be opened
in Paris this summer.
Among the founders OF the new
world society are DR.. Arthur H.
Compton, St Louis atomic scientist;
Roger w. Straus, New York indus
trialst, and Thomas E. Branlf, Dallas
Tex, airline executive.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
Hot Shots

. In New York City, police closed
the bizarre case of Langley and
Homer Collyer. Langley's body was
found crushed under debris in their
junk-flled living room eight feet from
the spot where his blind brother had
been found dead March 21. Police said
Langley probably was victim of his
own BOBBY. traps set for burglars. An
autopsy indicated Langley died some
time before Homer, foodless about II
hours before he died of heart at
tack. More than is tons of junk were
removed from the house in the 19-
day police search.
. In Gardner, Kas., city officials may
hold over another tWo-year term be-
cause they forgot TO hold the elec-
tlon. They were preparing for munich
pal elections last week until it was
pointed out new statute had made
the poll date the week before.
. In Kankakee, ILL.,, telephone SUI
pervisory emplcye put through an
emergency cali on a fire-in the home
of a striker picketing the exchange.
. In Manila, P. l., shoemaker Fed
erico Samodio, digging in his garden,
uncovered a gasoline drum jammed
with 100000 pesos, all worthless
Japanese invasion currency.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
LiIienthaI
Dot Saga

Fifteen months ago, David E.
Lilienthal was head of the Tennessee
Valley Authority at Presidents
request, he headed board of consul
tants to draft a tentative plan for
international control of the atom :.
in March, 1916, the State Department
released his report =. with modlfca-
tions, it became the American plan
submitted to the United Nations.
Last October, Lilienthal resigned
as IVA chairman to accept Presi
dental appointment as chairman of
the civilian U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission confirmation hear
ings opened January q before a
Senate committee :. charges of Red
Sympathizer" and New Dealism were
hurled at him by Sen. Mcclellan and
others approved by the commit
tee, his nomination reached the
Senate floor March "a.
Furious debate cut across party
lines ten days ago the Senate
refused to send his nomination back
to committee for an FBI check
the test vote was 52-38 last
Wednesday the Senate agreed to vote
ON confirmation.
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
Spain
Don Juan Objects

Political observers in Madrid pre-
dictcd an open break between Fran
cisco Franco and Spanish monarchists
as a result of the fiat rejection by Den
Juan, pretender to the throne, of the
generalissimo's plan to reconvert his
dictatorship into a kingdom with
himself as permanent chief of state.
Don JuanS manifesto, which at
tackled Franco as the cause of world
hostility toward Spain, was issued to
the press in Portugal where the pro-
tender-in- exile is conducting his cam
paign for restoration of the Spanish
monarchy.
A copy had been delivered to Fran
co in Madrid but the Generalissimo
forbade It's publication. Monarchists
were said to be circulating the state
ment clandcstincly throughout Spain.
The text said that Frances pro-
posed law would enable him to per-
petuate himself in office and pro-
claim his own successor. Such law
would not represent the will of the
Spanish people because the so
called Cortes is no more than a gov
ernment-chosen assembly under the
name of Cortes." it asserted.
Don Juan declared he would never
agree to any decision calling upon
him TO abandon his rights to the
throne which constituted, he said, q
trust handed down tp me by cen
turies."
In recent years, monarchists If
Spain have enjoyed increasing toler
ance from Ell Caudillo, perhaps be-
cause of the hope that restoration o
the monarchy under his regime woulc
put Spain back into the good grace
of world opinion without sacrificing
Falangists.
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widely interpreted as appeals for the
French people to organize under his
leadership to save the government
from anarchy or dictatorship.
America and Russia are automati-
cally rivals though one has the right
to hope they will not become enc
miles," sad the general.
He said France, because Of her geo.
graphic position, was caught between
the expansioniSt policies of two great
powers.
To meet this danger he proposed
that France take the lead in creating
a bloc of western European nations as
a point of equilibrium between east
and west.
Referring to America, De Gaulle
said, 1T is a fact chat this young ma
ton, like our own elderly country,
has shown not only love for its own
liberty but, still more, respect for
that of others
De Gaulle again pleaded for a
French government with strong eX-
ecutive powers. France is not, he said,
a state whose cohesion, efficiency and
authority measure up to the para
mount problems facing it.
The Fourth Republic is now gov
erned by precarious coalition of
powerful Communists and lcftist
splinter parties on one hand, and the
middle-o f-the-road Popular Republi-
can Movement and riGhtiSts on the
other.
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Experts See
Price Slump

ECONOMISTS and trade lead.
IL ers surveyed the nations
business at the end of the first
quarter of 1947 and came up with
this prediction:
The current record breaking
us. business boom will continue at
least another three months. After that,
the much discussed recession may
come. If it does, the recession neces.
sarily does not mean depression.
There is little gloom surrounding
the recession talk. Such a period OK
readjuStment would be normal, busi-
ness experts say, after the present
postwar boom. 1t could be a health
full phase, shaking down the nations
economy to a solid foundation, after
which there could be continued
prosperity and a steady rise in living
standards.
Slump This Summer?
Many economists expect the re-
ccSSion this summer. They say the
economy is getting too far out OF
balance, that many prices are too
high and inventories too great as
consumers tighten thcir buying.
There already are indications OF
a leveling off in retail sales. The
Easter season, throughout the nation,
was disappointing.
In many cities, business fell of
sharply in the so-called luxury brack-
cts, including night club and enter
tainmcnt fields. Movie attendance is
off in some districts. A slump in this
type of spending could be the first
sign Of recession.
The average citizen seems convinced
that many prices are too high, and
economists hold that this conception,
whether justified or not, could itself
bring about recession or even de-
preston if it persists.
Many factors, the experts point out,
could upset their predictions. Pro-
longed closing of the coal mines, more
strikes like the telephone walkout
could affect the national scene. Wage
negotiations in key industries are
pending which might lead to dead
locks, curtailing production and snarl-
ing the economic timetable.
Favorable Factors
Against these hazards, economists
weigh important factors which are
favorable. Some of them are:
About 56,OOO,O0O civilians are en-
ploycd against less than 2,50O,W ,WO out
of work.
| Income payments to individuals arr
running at an annual rate Of Sl77 7,OO0.-
100000, an all-time record, SURPRISING
l even the war years. Qn 1889, it was
v $70,0O0,000, ,000)
r There is enormous pent-up demand
/ for all types of durable consumer
l.. goods, such as furniture, home appli-
y ances and automobiles, that runs into
t billions of dollars.
= The housing shortage is the most
acute in history, presaging building
boom, sometime, of tremendous pro-
portions.
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Emancipation Day
Science
Atomic Hoystuck

Dr.. Robert Dudley Fowler, atomic
research expert at Johns Hopkins
University, offered this "layman's eX-
PLANTATION" of what nuclear physicists
are doing when they use a cyclotron
in efforts to probe the atom:
ut is dark night and you are in
a field with an unlimited supply of
tennis balls.
Somewhere in that field you know
there is barn with an animal in 1t.
Without moving from your position,
you have to determine what type of
animal is in the barn.
There is a small opening in the
barn Through it, you try to hit the
animal with a tennis ball. After
throwing numerous tennis balls in
various directions, you finally will hit
the barn. Now you know at least that
you are aiming in the right direction.
After throwing a few more mill
lion tennis balls you finally get some
through the hole in the barn. Finally
one will bounce off the animals back
out through the hole and return to
you.
BY smelling the tennis ball, you
try to guess what animal it is
"Of course" Dr. Fowler said, eve
are throwing energy particles al
atoms and not tennis balls at a barn
If we keep this up hundred years
we might learn how to turn energy
into matter. Anything is possible"
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China
US. Marines Attacked

Chinese Communists, who killed
five U. S. Marines and wounded l6 in
a prc-daWn Easter raid on an Ameri-
can ammunition dump at HSinho, cs-
capped with their wounded across the
broad Chinchung River, eight miles
to the north.
The hit-run raiders struck with adj
vance aid of what Americans are ccr-
tain was Fifth Column since they
were we'll bricfcd on secret Marine
communications.
Their objective apparently was to
destroy all ammunition that couldn't
be carried away, but they were driven
off before committing major damage.
The raiding party, believed to num-
Der about 400 under Gen. WI Hung,
left six dead on the field. Deep cart
tracks and trail Of blood marked the
escape route.
In Marking, both Chinese govern
mcnt and American officials were
concerned over the fate of two Amcri-
can Army officers who fell into Com
muni5t hands in ManChuria March |
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TRUMAN: Two Years in the White House

HARRY S. TRUMAN is start
i L ing his third year as 32nd
President Of the United States.
He is very different man from
the Vice President called hurried
ly to the White House on April
II, 1945, to take the oath of Office
few hours after Franklin Delano
Roosevelt died of cerebral hemor-
rhage in Warm Springs, Ga.
Within a few months of that time,
he was able to proclaim three climac-
tic events, all brought near compile
ton by his predecessor. They were
We Day, the atom bomb and VI
Day
Peace in many ways presented
tougher problems for Mr.. Truman
than war. The unity which knit a
country-in-arm fell away with VIC
tory After brief honeymoon period,
he was rebuffed at almost every turn
in Congress. Major strikes snarled re-
conversion. A new crisis seemed to
pop up every week.
In press conferences, the President
answered queries off the cuff, some
times pulled boncrs on subjects with
which he was not familiar. He began
10 replace F.D.R advisers and most
of his new choices, it seemed, came
from Missouri.
Rail Strike Crisis
The Presidents personal popularity
hit the toboggan with publication Of
a picture showing him eating ice
cream at garden party on the after
noon the nations railroad men
walked out on strike Next day, Mr..
Truman cracked back with a plan to
draft strikers into the Army but Con-
gress vetoed that as too drastic OPA
and the meat scarcity made his Adj
miniStration no new friends.
In foreign affairs, there were bOnCrS
too. The President first approved then
diSapprOVed speech on Russia by
Henry Wallace, finally requested Wal
lacc'S resignation, looping from his
Cabinet the foremost remaining SYM
Dol Of the New Deal.
The Truman toboggan hit bottom
last fall. The Republicans, with the
slogan Had Enough" won control in
both houses Of Congress for the first
time in Is years. The defeat was SO
devastating that Sen. J. William Full
bright (D-Ark) suggested that the
President resign and give Republicans
full control.
Emancipation Day
Election Day returns meant some
thing else to Harry Truman. Until
then. his friends say, he felt morally
bound to carry on in the Roosevelt
tradition of little left of center
The voters, Mr.. Truman felt, lifted
that obligation for the first time.
The President decided to challenge
John L. Lewis whose miners had
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
Weather
Sow and Ye Shall Reap

A metcorologist went upstairs and
made snow again, this time seeding
the clouds like farmer does his
fields and produced 4 snowfall in a
long, straight line
Col. f. S. Ellison Of the Portland
Weather Bureau tossed handfulS OF
dry ice pellets out of plane at TO-
600 feet, then dived under the clouds
to 1000 feet and found long slender
line of snowfall extending five to ten
miles directly under the path that
was seeded.
The test was conducted over unin
habted hill country east of Portland.
Seventeen pounds of dry lce--frozcn
carbon dloXide-WCre used and Col.
Ellison estimated the resulting snow
and rain totaled hundreds of tons.
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walked out Of tho govcrnmcnt-oper-
ated coal mines The President won
that one in the Supreme Court. An
other round in that fight-to-the finish
is now being fought over the issue
of mine safety.
The President also began calling in
Congressional leaders for conSulta-
tion, setting a new pattern with his
Big Six meetings with the four Re-
publican and two Democratic legiSla-
tive chiefs. Tax reduction, military
preparedness, labor legislation and
such bottlcnecks as housing are now
matters for Republican concern too.
In foreign affairs, the President has
unboundcd confidence in Secretary of
State George c. Marshall, whom he
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ploycs and Secretary of Labor Lewis
B. Schwcllcnbach's suggestion to out
law the Communist Party, it was an
astute political move as we'll.
In his jefferson Day speech last
week, the President reiterated the
necessity of taking a positive stand
against aggression secretly by infil-
tYation as we'll as openly by arms.
AS he starts his third year, opinion
polls show the President riding a new
wave Of popularity. Since November
Truman policies and Truman men
have risen steadily in public esteem.
Democratic politicians, once privately
gloomy, now feel different about
party chances in 1943, the Presiden-
tial election year.
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has referred to as the greatest living
American"
On March II, two days after Sec
rctary Marshall sat down in Moscow
with the Big Four, the President pro-
claimed his now historic Truman
doctrine TO contain the advance of
aggression anywhere in the Worlo. 1t
starts with direct us. financial aid
to Greece and Turkey in the Russian
sphere, and it will end up, the Prcsi-
dent hopes, with the United Nations
taking over the responsibility when it
is able.
A Bold Stroke
The Truman doctrine was a bold
stroke, Coupled with his Executive
order TO root out dslOya, federal en-
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In Short

Died: Henry Ford. SO, automobile
pioneer and founder of the greatest
family-oWncd industrial empire the
world has ever known, Of a cerebral
hcmorrhase at his home in Dearborn,
Mich.
Drowned: Nine bus passengers in
Seattle, when their vehicle collided
with truck, carecned off the road
into the DuWamish River.
Began: Henry Wallace, two-week
tour of Europe in search of what he
called progressive people, He said
he did not plan to so to Russia.
Committed: By Herbert Back, so,
IIltler's minister of food and agricul-
turc, suicide by hanging in the Nuern-
berg Jail while awaiting trial.
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Nearing the end of five weeks in
Moscow, the Big Four seemed unable
to agree on even what points they
disagreed on. Britain and the US.
maintained that Soviet obstructionist
tactics prevented them from passing
over stalemates to discuss new points
on which the possibility of agreement
still exists.
Ernest Bevin, British foreign secre-
tary, declared dispiritedly at one
point: "We have been here four weeks
and have accomplished absolutely
nothing"
The council was deadlocked over
the form of Germany's future gov
ernment, with Russia favorlng a
strong centralized provisional state
while Britain, the US. and France
argued for loose federation of
states.
Offer of Plebiscite
VyacheSlav M. Molotov, Russias
foreign commiSsar,- proposed that
Germans be permitted to hold a
plebiscite and choose their own form
of government but this was rejected
by the western powers.
American and British spokesmen
declared Molotov was using the coun-
ell to pump Soviet propaganda into
Germany. The plebiscite offer was
regarded generally as an effort to
curry German favor and offset resent
ment at insistent Russian demands for
10 billion dollars in reparationS.
Early last week American sources
limited that unless ''interminable dis
cussion of disagreement ended, the
four-power conference might cease
very soon. Finally Molotov agreed to
shelve the stalemated subjects of re-
parations and makeup of the German
government and proceed to discussion
of German boundaries.
The boundary question, however,
brought up the status of eastern Ger
man provinces handed Poland by Rus
sia in return for the Polish sector
taken over by Tie Rcd Army. The us
does not regard that switch as author
lied under the Potsdam agreement.
Preventing a Chain Reaction
Meanwhile in Washington, Congress:
moved to implement the President:
doctrine 10 contain communism. Open
ing the drive for approval of $400,
100000 in aid to Greece and Turkey
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-Mich,
told the Senate that rejection of The
program would give the green ligh
to aggression everywhere
The Senate foreign relations chair
man declared that without aid, com
munist dictatorship would rise il
Greece; Turkey would be menaccC
and chain reaction would imperl
world peace.
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prcmacy is to be maintained it will
demand money, men and vast re-
search.
The general said progress had been
made in retraining both air and
ground crews since the disorganiza-
ton produced by rehabilitation. Key
men of the crews who dropped the
only three air-rcleaSed atom bombs
al Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Bikini-
are still in service, he said.
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nad enough.
Except for pre-
r e f e r e n d u m
speeches a 6 ain S t
the proposed conSti-
tuition, he kept po-
litical silence and
walked alone in re-
tirement. Last week,
the general whom
millions of French
men regard as the
wartime savior Of
France" ch a n G e d
his mind. His Stras-
bourg addresses are
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cially described as capable of ranging
5000 miles from base and, prcSum-
ably at somewhat shorter range, of
carrying 80 tons Of bombs.
Gen. George c. Kcnncy, chief of
the Strategic Air Command, asked
whether his service would be ready
if war came now, replied:
With what we've got, We would
make d damn good showing. We're
not up to strength, we're a small air
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18

force as we considered air forces in
the War-but efficiency is satisfactory,
we do have airplanes. Yes, the SAC
could give a good account of itself"
Kenney stressed that the world air
power race is grim and that if su-
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Quotes
of War Robert Pat

Secretary OF War Robert Fat
terson, or the Goth anniversary
of u. S entry into World War |:
In this imperfect world, mill
tary strength still determines the
destiny of nations
Judge Allen Ashburn, ordering
a woman attorney to take off her
hat in court: Women lawyers
practice on equal terms with
men, and | feel they should OBJ
serve the same rules and formal
tiles in cOurtrOOmS."
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Dates
Monday, April IA

Pan American Day.
American Chemical Society
meets in Atlantic City.
National Sunday School Week
starts.
Saturday, April 10
Patriots Day MASS. Me).
Anniversary u72nd, Paul Re-
vere's ride.
Anniversary Q4thD, U. S. went
off gold standard.
Sunday, April 20
Japanese elections for 300-seat
House of Chancellors, upper
chamber replacing House of
Peers.
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East West Doctrines
Deadlock at MOscO1U

deadlock of the Moscow conference reflects the widening gulf
between policies of Russia and the United States all the
world The forum of foreign ministers where these conflicting pol
ce clash about table The fate of Germany and Austria
major factors determining which Europe will swingea into
the communist orbit west into the sphere Of capitalism
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
AERIAL: Superbombers Ahead

MERICAS gobc-rangng bomber fleet will be augmented within
few months with deliveries of neWtype bombers the
B-50 and the B-36.
The Boeing B5O technically modification of the wartime B29
Superorress specifications have been altered drastcay
that virtually DESIGN speed and general
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formance. Production of the standard
BIOS was halted almost d year ago.
When test flights of Consolidated
Vultee'S huge B36 are completed to
the satisfaction of the Air Forces, pro-
duction lines will begin supplying
these planes also. The B-36 is Off
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18
De CuuIle Is Back

A year ago. Gen. Charles de Gaulle
stepped down as provisional president
of France with the remark, Il have
Milford chronicle., 1947-04-18

(AlI Rights Reserued. AP Ne,Dsfeatures)
Evening star., 1947-09-14

D. Cox, the mother Of the BRIDE
to-be, and Mr.. Douglas mother,
Mrs. Elsie Douglas.
Mrs, worthington and Mrs. Roy
entertained for Miss Cox Monday
evening and Mrs. Douglas, the
mother of the prospective BRIDE
groom, entertained for the wedding
party following the rehearsal.
From Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Potter
comes word that they are now on
the last lap of their trip across the
continent.
They started out late In July on
q leisurely trip with stops in the
Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and
other points Of interest. They are
now in Vancouver and after a few
days there they will go back to
Pullman, Washington to meet their
son Mr.. Neal Potter and his wife
and two children who are expected
TO arrive there this week.
Young Mr. Potter is to teach this
year in Washington State Univer-
sity.
Mrs. Potter will return to her
home here in october. Mr.. Potter
will stay in Chicago until Christmas
time when he will join Mrs. Potter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Keplinger are
planning a trip to the Berkshire
Hills early in October. They hope
to be there in time for Mrs. KEEP
linger to get some of the lovely
fall coloring on canvas. Mrs. KEEP
fingers flower paintings and water
colors have been exhibited here in
local shows many times.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shinkman had
an unusual party yesterday with
tea and a talk by an author.
For the past three years Mrs.
Shinkman has had a library for
the children in her neighborhood; /;
so to close the library's summer
session she entertained the 10 or
more children who have used the
library during the summer and their
mothers at tea yesterday afternoon.
And as the guests drank their tea
Mrs. Phyllis Alice Raine told the
story of her new book, THE Eagle
of Guatemala" which she has
written for children.
Evening star., 1947-09-14
Miss Stra1Vser Wed

The marriage of Miss Marie Louise
Strawser and Mr.. Charles Andrew
Eckloff took place Friday evening at
$50 o'clock in the Luther Place Me-
mortal Church, DR.. L. Ralph Tabor
officiating. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Strawser
and the bridegroom is the grandson
of Mrs. Susie w. Eckloff Of this city.
Mr.. Strawser gave his daughter in
marriage. She wore white taffeta
brocade with a flngertip veil and
carried white roses. Her sister, Miss
Joan Strawser, was maid of honor,
wearing light blue with bouquet
Of pink roses.
Mr.. Ray Mckay was best man and
the ushers were Mr.. Robert Becker
and Mr.. Gilbert Schmeltz.