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Laurel outlook., 1948-06-23
BOOKS AFTER BOMBS

Belatedly but encouragingly, the department OF the army
is carrying forward plans to increase the pitifuly small number
of American books now being translated and printed In America
occupied areas, says the Christian Science Monitor.
Germans and Japanese are still starved for ideas. The
United States information centers administered by the army
in areas of occupation have done good work but necessarily
reach a minute fraction of the population. They are appealing
for private donations of really good books of all sorts, though
they list among undesirable materials" books of political or
religious bias" Does this betray that too tender concern of
army men lest civilians be tempted to chew on the strong meat
of heterodoxy?
The list of 100 American and British titles announced for
publication in Japan in %furtherance of occupation obJect1ves holds
out hope that three years after the bombs stopped falling a new
and happier assault may be launched on the intellectual pre-
suppositions of Fascist-type thinking.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-23
RECORD NOVEMBER VOTE SEEN

A total of 58,OOO,OOO votes will be cast in the presidential
election next November, according to scientific" surveys made
by a public opinion poll outfit. This may or may not be correct
The record to date was established in the 1910 election,
when SLIGHTLY fewer than so, 100000 votes were cast. Return
of the veterans, growth of population and increase in political
interests are the factors which, it is held, will send the total
up to $500 0,000.
Predictions such as these, even though taken with a grain
of salt, will keep campaign managers on their toes and candl-
dates searching for the popular note in their speeches. Flgur-
ing how 100000 votes will be cast may be a different prob
lem than figuring the disposition of so 100000 votes. The vote
of the young people, many of whom have never gone to the
polls before, may be hard to analyze.
Then, too, these are excitabe times, with popular wlnos
likely to veer from month to month.
Whatever the outcome, selection of a president and con-
gress to formulate American policy will be based on the highest
percentage of popular choice in the history of the republic.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-23
Sun Valleys Dogs

Many of Sun Valleys dogs came
from Alaskan Eskimo tribes and
others have come from Eastern
Canada. The result has been a good
blending of traits that result in
strong, very gentle dogs that have
proved ideal for the long runs over
miles of trails.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-23
Petroleum and PIaStics

R%aincoats, handbags, tobacco
pouches and hundreds of everyday
products are made of vinyl plas-
tics, materials which are naturally
hard and horny and which would be
of limited usefulness if they were
not rendered pliable by softening
agents made from petroleum.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-23
Stitch in Time

Skirts are getting longer, girls, so
why not let your hens down? In
doing this you may find that there is
not enough material left to give the
desired width. Two or three rows of
seam tape can be sewed together
and used to make the hem wider.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-23

ANOTHER AMERICAN SHRINE IN FRANCE =. IA Dareo, fres-
dent Vincent AurioI Of France left and u. s Ambassador JEFFERSON
Canery stand silently before the plaque in a field in Normandy. that
marks the site Of the first American cemetery on the European contnent
In World War ii. The cemetery, since removed, was at Omaha beach
where the American spearhead of the Allied invasion forces fought Its
way ashore through a hail of Nazi shells and bullets four years ago.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Bernudotte
Continued From First Page.)

ing truce supervision attributed to
you and Col. (YigaD Yadin tchlef
of operations of the Israeli Army
as having been made at your press
conference in Tel Aviv Thursday,
September is, and as reported IN
the Palestine Post September II,
are not the kind of statements which
would be calculated to discourage
reprehensible acts of this kind"
Bodies Taken to Haifa.
Draped with the flags of their
homelands, the bodies of Count
Bernadotte and Col. Serrot arrived
in Haifa today after a four-hour
journey in a Swiss ambulance from
Jerusalem.
Highest officials of the United
Nations in Palestine stood at salute
as the bodies were carried into the
Haifa government hospital by Swed-
ish and French officers.
A United Nations plane will fly
the two victims tomorrow to the
Island of Rhodes, Count Berna-
dotte's headquarters, en- route for
burial in Sweden and France.
Israeli and U. N. doctors supervised
the embalming this afternoon.
The situation in Jerusalem was
described as tense by the acting
mediator. However, guns were silent
except for a few rife shots.
Assassins Never Spoke.
The two gunmen who killed Count
Bernadotte and the French observer
never said a word, but just snarled
and pumped lead, those present In
the car with Count Bernadotte said.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Swedes Griefstricken
By Bernadotte Killing
sv the A,.eeie,sd Press

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1s.-A crowd
Of erief-stricken. weeping Swedes
met King Gustaf v as he returned
to his capital today after learning
of the assassination of his nephew.
Count Folke Bernadotte.
The 90-year-old King arrived by
train from his summer castle OF
Solliden. on the island Of GLAND.
The family around the monarch has
been thinning and there was no
close relative to greet him.
Later he met his cabinet IN coun-
Gil. He planned to receive Count
Bernadotte's widow at the castle OF
Drottningholm outside Stockholm
later in the day.
The government sent the widow,
Countess Estelle Bernadotte, mes
sage expressing deep sympathy in
the great sorrow which has struck
YOU and the whole nation
Countess Bernadotte heard an &C.
count of her husbands death last
night direct from Jerusalem. She
said she Long had been fearing
what now has happened"
She asked Lars Rudberg, a radio
amateur to contact the station OF
the American Consulate in the Holy
City. Mr.. Rudberg made the contact
and the countess heard Swedish Maj.
Jan de Gerr give detailed descrip-
ton of the United Nations media
tors assassination.
The last time the countless talked
to her late husband was last Sun
day-also over a radio contact made
by Mr.. Rudbere.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Soviet Arms Aidinq
Israel, G|ubb Says
By the Associated Press

LONDON. Sept. 1s.-Brig. ]. B.
Club Pasha said yesterday that
arms are being smuggled into Israel
from behind the iron curtain"
The British commandant of
Trans-Jordan's army said the new
Jewish state was using American
dollars to buy the arms from Russia
and her satellites and that the
Soviet Union will seek to dominate
the Middle East through Israel.
Brig. Club. who has been here
for conferences with high British
officials, made the statement on the
eve Of his return to the Middle
East.
In Tel Aviv yesterday Col. Yigal
Yadin, chief of operations for the
Israeli army, said that under the
eyes Of U. N. observers, Arab forces
in Palestine have grown up during
this truce--in men, armor, artillery,
supplies and advanced fortiflca-
tions." Col. Yadin added that the
two-month truce may come to an
end in the very near future.
Brig Glubb called for an early
settlement in Palestine and warned
that Britain and the United States
must watch their Middle East In
terests carefully"
Russia is undoubtedly supporting
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Sternists, OutIowed by Israel,
Have Used Terror for Years

The Stern Gang, generally blamed
for the assassination of Count
Folke Bernadotte. is a group OF
Jewish extremists. who for years
have been using terror. arson and
murder as their weapons. The gang
has been outlawed by the Israel
government.
Founded years ago by Abraham
Stern, the gang also goes by the
name of Fighters for Freedom, be-
cause 1t has always been for an in
dependent Palestine. The gang S
members consider it was their ter
froristic tactics, including the hang
ing of British troops, which finally
forced the British to leave the Holy
Land.
But the gang has never been
satisfied with the Israel govern
ment's moderate course in dealing
with other nations. including its at
tempts to reach agreement through
the United Nations with the Arab
nations. The gang believes only in
direct action and 1t has consistently
refused to recognize the partition of
Palestine as ordered by the U. N.
Forces Number 1000 to 1,500.
In recent months the gang has
been reported planning to launch q
campaign to conquer Trans-Jordan
| the Arab state headed by King Alb
dullah which borders Palestine on
the east. Palestine originally in
cluded Trans-Jordan. but the two
were separated when the British
first were given the Palestine man.
date by the League of Nations fol-
lowing World War I.
Estimates of the Stern Gangs
strength usually run not more than
1000 to $500, but their fanaticisn
more than makes up for their small
numbers
/ The other group of Jewish ex-
tremists, the Irgun Zvai Leumi
agreed soon after the Israel govern
ment was established this year to be
incorporated into the Israeli Army
But the Stern Gang has consist
emily refused to join forces.
At the Israel Mission in Washing
ton, it was said today that negotia
tions have been gong on in the pas,
two or three weeks with the Sterr
Gang in new effort to disband tht
organizations. But the assassination
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Judaist Council DepIores
bernadotte Assassination

The Executive Committee Of the
Washington Chapter, American
Council for Judaism, today sent a
telegram to Trygve Lie, secretary
general of the United Nations, de-
ploring the assassina ton of Count
Folke Bernadotte. U. N. mediator
to Palestine.
THE Staying Of Count Bernadotte,
United Nations mediator to Pales-
tine, is nothing short of tragic" the
message said. His death must be
mourned and deplored by all who
desire peace In the Holy Land.
Please extend through your good
Offices our deepest sympathies to
the Counts family and our sincerest
hope that the murderers will be
olIicklv brought to Justice
Evening star., 1948-09-18

killed. was his immediate superior
Gen Cox expressed great relief
that his son was not injured anc
said he intended to call Mrs. Coz
Immediately at Wrightsville Beach
N. c., because she may have re-
ceived some garbled report.
! Gen Cox is commander of the
District National Guard He said
he last received a letter from his
son dated September 8.
( The eldest of five children
Comdr. Cox was born in Tarboro
N. c., April Is, 1911 He is grad
uate of the Naval Academy in the
class of 1882
He went to Palestine after two
years service in the ordnance Sec
tion of the Naval Gun Factory here
and distinguished wartime career
The fall OF 1o41 found him on the
North Atlantic patrol and after
Pearl Harbor he was shifted to the
Pacific.
In the battle of Surigao Strait, in
which a force of American ships
practically annihilated strong
japanese fleet. Comdr. Cox was in
command of the destroyer MCGOWAN
and for his heroism was awarded
the Navy Gross. He also holds the
Bronze Star Medal.
. Prior to the war he had been or
earthquake patrol off California
during shocks at Long Beach.
Before attending the academy
Comdr. Cox went to ST. Nicholas
School and Hugh Morson High
School in Raleigh, N c.: Episcopa.
High School in Alexandria and the
University of North Carolina.
At the Naval Academy he par.
ticipated in football. crew anc
swimming. winning his letter in the
latter sport. He IS member ol
the Navy Athletic Association ane
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
Evening star., 1948-09-18

Of Count Bernadotte apparently in
dicates the gang has no sucn IN
tentions.
Threat of Killing Reported.
The New York Times reported
today. in a story by c. L. Sulznerger
froms Paris. that two men who said
they were Stern Gang members had
told him In a Palestine hotel meeting
on July "a the gang intended to kill
the U. N mediator land any other
uniformed United Nations observers
who come to Jerusalem" The rea-
son they gave, the Times said, was
that the gang was determined to
seize all of Jerusalem for the state
of Israel and would not allow any
interference from any such group as
the U. N.
The Israel Mission in Washington
said the Stern Gang has recently
existed lin some strength" in Jeru-
salem, but that outside the city it
had not recently been in operation
at all. .
The Sternists, sometimes identi-
fed as having strong Communist
elements or at least as being well
versed in Communist theology and
revolutionary tactics, have carried
on their campaign of terror, arson
and murder for many years.
Assassinated Lord Moyne.
One of the gangs most infamous
acts was the assassination in 1914
of Lord Moyne, then British Min
ister Of State He was friend of
the Zionist movement, but the gang
considered him too compromising
For this crime two gang members
we're tried in Cairo They admitted
the murder and were convicted and
hanged.
The Israel Government has been
attempting to cope with the extrem-
ist movements among the Jews in
Palestine, but its task in meeting the
Arab attacks has been so dificult it
has not been able to handle the
problem. The Bernadotte assassina-
| ton may now force the Israel Gov
ernment to strike at once in an ef
fort to force the gangs members
either to lay down their arms or tc
come under the Israel Army's con-
troll in the general Jewish struggle
to establish the new state on a firm
foundation.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Count Bernodotte Descendant
of One of NopoIeon's MdrshoIs

his scrupulous effort to remain alb.
solutely neutral between the Allies
and the Germans.
1t was this activity which made
him the logical go-between in tht
1945 meetings with Himmler, For.
eign Minister Won Ribbentrop anc
the other Nazi chiefs.
The count became president o.
the Swedish Red Cross, replacing
his uncle, Prince Carl. He alst
was active in the Boy Scouts, The
Girl Scouts, the YMCA and othel
youth organizations.
When the Palestine controversy
f1ared anew with the end of British
rule in that Middle East trouble
spot, the United Nations callee
upon the count to mediate the
Palestine war last May. He twice
concluded truces. The second is ef-
fective now.
He soon flew to the Middle East
and conferred with top leaders o1
both sides. His first cease-flre took
effect on June 8. Thereafter. de.
spite efforts to end the fighting, his
efforts were futile and the war was
resumed at the expiration of the
truce.
Second Truce Began July IS.
His second truce order, backed b,
the authority of the 5S-membel
United Nations Assembly, took effec
July 18.
On one occasion early in the ne.
sotiations, the Count discussed hi
lob in Palestine in these words:
The task is difficult. But the Ike,
problem is to get truce. l have
not discussed with anybody the fu
ture of Palestine. What we want il
peace. Before we get it, we mus
have a truce. If and when we ge
it. then we will start to discuss thu
future of Palestine.
The count was the second son anc
the youngest of five children. He
was a graduate of Karlsberg, the
Swedish West Point. where he fin.
ished 10th in his class.
His betrothal followed a whirlwinc
romance of two week. <.dring which
he quipped:
You've got to work fast to gel
the best girl in the United States.
1t was said that King Gustav
first met Miss Manville and intro.
duced her to Count Folke.
Four sons we're born to the
couple. Two died in childhood Il
is possible that this persona
tragedy helped to influence the
motto Count Bernadotte coinee
himself:
we do not live to be happy our
selves. but to make others happy.
His beautiful home in Stockholm
is called Dragongarden. The work
men who finished building it be-
came his guests as a celebration
fete.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Romanian Charges False,
Recalled Americans Saw
BY the Asseeiatea fress

VIENNA, Austria. Sept 1s.-Ths
four members OF the American 1ega-
ton staff In Bucharest. whose re-
call was demanded by Roma1is
recently, said here today that
charges against them were COM
pletely false and unfounded."
They said the Romonian accusa-
tions that they had been taking
pictures in A forbidden zone were
entirely without basis" AL four
were moved from Bucharest to
Vienna this week.
The four are Wayne Fisher, third
secretary and vice counsel, of Gid
den, Iowa: Paul Green. atache,
Newark Ohio; Peggy Maggard, clerk.
Kansas City. Mo, and Ruth Viz
ginia Carr, clerk, San Francisco.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Pupils Pick Edison
| As School Name;
| Babe Ruth Second
Ry the Associnted Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 1s.--1t
was close. but Thomas Edison won
over Babe Ruth.
The race was a student election
to name a new grade school In the
North Creston Hills dristrict. Such
elections are now the custom here
The principal. Mrs. Clara Wade.
would not say who campaigned for
whom But she admitted there is
still strong sentiment" for the
Yankees home run hitter among the
electorate.
Humpty Dumpty was nominated
by one kindergarten boy Humpty
picked up few votes. too.
No figures were given.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Artificial War Scures'
Charged by Wallace
BY ths Asseeiotsd Press

ROCHESTER, N. Y. Sept. Is
Henry Wallace says Republican and
Democratic politicians are making
money and political capital out Of
artificial war scares."
The Munitions Board is their
bipartisan pork barrel" wash
ington war-preparations pork bar
rel" Mr.. Wallace asserted last night.
1t Is part of the apparatus set
up by Harry Truman and Arthur
Vandenberg and James Forrestal to
militarize the country" he declared.
The presidential candidate Of the
Progressive Party spoke >at rally
here,
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Seven Oaks Citizens
Plan Meetinq Monday

The Seven Oaks Manor Citizens
Association will hold its first meet
ing of the year at SIS pm. Monday
at the home of Mrs. Charles w
Schoffstaff, 914l Sligo Greek park
way, Silver Spring. The group will
discuss a project to increase dog.
wood tree planting in the area.
Joseph E. Blomgren, new presi.
dent of the association. will preside
Other new officers are p. DeForrest
McKeel, vice president; Frederick J
Roy, treasurer. and Mrs. r. L
Wright. secretary.
Evening star., 1948-09-18
U. 5. NavyMan UnhurI
In Ambuscade Is Son
OF Brig. Gen. Cox

Comdr. william Ruffin Cox. who
was in the Car with Count Folke
Bernadotte when the United Ma.
Cions mediator IN Palestine was
asSassinated yesterday, is the son o!
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Albert L. Cox
3O19 Ellicott street NV.
II was afraid he was in the car
when I first heard the news" Gen
COX said today, because Col. Serrot
(the French Office. and senior U. N
observer in Jerusalem who also was
Evening star., 1948-09-18

Israel In the Zionists' attempt to
control the Holy Land by force. :"
he said. If she should succeed,
Russia will endeavor. through the
Jewish state, to dominate the Middle
East as she is endeavoring to dom
mate Berlin" -
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Poor Children Fed

Mexico Citys Education Depart
rent has placed 1000 school chill
dren on its free breakfast list, sc
they may go to school with full
stomachs, The children aided are
from the slum area around the
Atzcapotzalco zone, where child NAL
nutrition is frequent
Evening star., 1948-09-18
Ousted Teacher HeurinqSet

BALTIMORE, Sept. 18 tP,.-The
Baltimore School Board has set
tentatively for Thursday a hearing
for Mrs. Regina Frankfeld, who was
dismissed as teacher because of
alleged Communist Party affiliation,
Evening star., 1948-09-18

The inner reaches of the Baltic
Sea is only about 1 per cent salt,
compared with about 36 per cent for
the Atlantic
Evening star., 1948-09-18
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15
By TRUMAN c. A

NEARLY $1,000 acres have been added
IN to the irrigated lands in Montana
through the operations of the states soil
conservation and grazing districts.
These lands are located on the farms
and ranches of nearly 1900 of the CO.
operators with these districts, and are the
result of the development of complete con-
servation plans with the aid of U. S. Soil
Conservation service technicians. They are
found in almost every part of the state.
Almost 800 acres of the land brought
under irrigation through these conserva-
ton plans are located within already es-
tablished farm irrigation systems, but for
various reasons could not be irrigated be-
fore.
The rest-more than $1,000 acres-wer
brought under irrigation through the de-
velopment of new water supplies. Some
of these lands are on farms where irriga-
ton was already practiced, but large part
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15
Our Soil:
American Heritage

ATIeTLCuH I1ETILugg
THE SOIL is the heritage of our nation. We.
who call ourselves the owners of the soil.
are only its custodians for a brief span of
time.
The soil is our most priceless possession /. /. .
and our greatest responsibility. Freedom has
never flourished in a hungry and impover-
ished land.
God grant us the intelligence TO respect our
soil and the will TO conserve it in all ways. so
that when our period of stewardship is done.
we may pass on the soil with its fertility and
fruitfulness undiminished. Thus. our chill
dren's children and their children's children
shall not know want. and their nation will re-
main the land of plenty and the home of free
dom.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15

Agricultural publications of the nation ore joining
in the observance of August as soil conservation
month. The following creed. written by Charles E.
Sweet. former president of the Agricultural Publishers
association. is presented as the golden text" for the
tying together of oil types of soil conservation TO give
incoming to them over and above the practical and
immediate dollar values.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15

Some of the new land brought under irrigation
through the development of conservation plans in
cooperation with Montana soil conservation dis
tricts gets IFS wafer from small reservoirs. This
one is in Carter county. Water for irrigation is
pumped from the pond.
soil conservation district is another ex-
ample. Proper drainage of one field made
its irrigation possible, while clearing made
other land irrigable. Irrigation bitches were
relocated. The result was an increase of
about so acres in the irrigated land on the
farm.
G. H. Belcher and his sons in the Mus
selshell valley are bringing so more acres
under irrigation. The land had to be lev
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15

a conservation program of his own.
On the Reliant farm in Choteau county,
for example, relocation of the irrigation
pump and the construction of a new supply
ditch made it possible to irrigate about 40
more acres than previously.
The John Zeller farm in the Sun River