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Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Sparks
Co-ops in Electricity

Co-ops in Electricity
Three Missouri cooperatives have
taken steps toward building a power
supply plant at Holton-the first of
its kind in the state.
The Rural Electrihcation Admins
tratiOn has approved a loan of ST.
100000 to the Northeast Missouri
Electric Power Cooperative. The sum
is to build the generating plant, SO
miles of transmission lines and power
sub stations.
The Northeast Missouri Coop is
composed of the Missouri Rural EIec-
trio Cooperative of Palmyra, the
Lewis County Electric Cooperative of
Mexico, Mo-, and the Rails County
Electric Cooperative of New London.
The plant, REA said, is to supply at
wholesale electricity needed by the
three participating co-ops in a pow
er-short area where prices Of elec7
tricity are high and service is poor. ="
The proposed Holton plant would
provide power to the co-ops for about
one cent per kilowatt hour, REA said.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Chaff

@ Angered BY ave postponements Of
his suit for more heat, a New York
City tenant punched his landlord in
court. i cost him $25 for contempt
Of court
9 In New York, the entertainment
committee Of the US. Conference Of
Mayors filled Sl,5OO in ticket requests.
More than IS per cent OF the requests
were for Broadway musicals. slightly
more than 20 per cent for dramas.
There was one request for opera tick
cts
o In Rochester. Ind, rife shells ex-
ploding from heat awakened Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hixon and their two
children. They barely escaped from
their burning home which was de-
stroyed.
O Scotland Yard hunted the burglar
who killed q London policeman, the
FIRST slain il six years. British police
traditionally carry no arms. Only four
have been shot to death in the last 20
years.
9 In New York, a mounted patrol
man took q man to court for feeding
chewing tobacco to his horse.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
The Pre-Fob Middle

Two and one-half years after vi
Day, housing still is one of the ma
tion's biggest postwar headaches.
Factory-built houses, with wonder
full labor saving gadgets, were planned
for peacetime. They were supposed
to roll off assembly lines like automo-
bileS, lowering prices and ending the
housing shortage. They haven't.
Wilson Wyatt, federal housing ex-
pediter, mapped a tWo-year program
to build 2,7OO,0OO homes in l946 and
l947. OF these, $4,000 were to be fac
tory built.
Under special contracts, 19 prefab-
ricators agreed to produce $4,000
houses. The government guaranteed
it would buy $4,000 of them if the
public didn't. But this and other
phases Of his program begged down
and Wyatt quit more than a year ago.
Fractional Production
The 19 manufacturers who were to
build $4,000 houses actually built
5000. And the government had to buy
up 800 of these.
Altogether, prefabricators made
$4,000 houses in a period when they
had been asked to produce $4,000.
Last year they turned out only $4,000
Of the 900 houses completed in the
United States.
Builders, government housing Off
clals and bankers agree these are
some of the main reasons for the fail
ure:
Shortages affected prefabricators
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Politics
The Banquet Season

The Democrats best batters went
to the plate this week in cracking
shirt fronts to take a few whacks at
the Republicans.
The plate-with food on it-cost
each guest 500 at the overflow Jack
son-Jefferson Day dinner in Washing
ton, addressed by the President. Less
er sums were charged for the cam
paign chest in other cities.
Republicans had their innings the
week before at Lincoln Day dinners.
They belabOred the Democratic Ad-
ministration on both domestic and
foreign issues.
Meanwhile, Henry A. Wallace
shocked the Democratic leadership
with the first test of his potency at
the polls. In a special Congressional
election in New York City, an Ameri-
can Labor Party candidate with
Wallace's all-out backing, won more
votes than his three Democratic, Re
publican and Liberal opponents
combined.
Two years ago the ALP candidate
drew q per cent of the votes. This
time with Wallace support, he won 56
per cent.
The district is the stronghold of
Edward ]. Flynn, Bronx Democratic
leader and former national campaign
chairman. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and
Mayor William O'Dwyer took the
stump for the Flynn candidate.
The Communist influence in this
country is much greater than people
thought" said Flynn dourly. "This
election [showsl that those opposed
to Communists do not exercise their
franchise"
In Tampa, Fla, on a speaking tour,
Wallace gleefully announced: "This
proves that the so-called Third Party
can become the First Party in 1948."
Resentment of southern Democrats
against the Presidents civil rights
program has continued.
Their chief threat, it is said, lies in
the power of Dixie party groups to
put anti-Truman elector states on the
November ballot. Sen. Harry Byrd of
Virginia may be asked to head such
a ticket, say some southern state
chairmen.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
In Shorf

Drowned: Eight sailors of the air
craft carrier Midway in a liberty
launch accident off the French
Riviera.
Upheld: By the Supreme Court in
a unanimous decision, validity of fed
eral rent controls in time of peace.
Died: Gennaro Cardinal Granite
Pignatelli di Belmonte, So, second
only to Pope Plus XII in the hier-
archy of the Roman Catholic Church,
in Rome.
Signed: By President Truman, a bill
granting larger living allowances, ef-
fective April /, to 100000 veterans
going to school under the Gil Bill of
Rights.
Recommended: BY the U.N. Pal
estine Commission, creation of an
international police force to keep
peace in the Holy Land.
Elected: Prime Minister of Erie.
John A. Costello, who defeated
Eamon de Valera, head of the govern
ment since 1882, in parliamentary
vote.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Oh. Man River ENl:
HOUSING: Postwar Headache

more than other builders. Materials
must flow evenly to keep assembly
lines going. House manufacturers
lacked good contacts with suppliers.
Ancient building codes often pre-
vented use Of new materials.
Pre-fabs were supposed to be
cheaper but it takes volume produc-
ton to bring about savings. Manufac-
turers never attained it.
Pre-fab builders made only about
60 per cent of the house in the fac
tory. Costly items like plumbing,
heating and wiring were installed in
the field. Building codes and labor
union rules often were responsible.
Houses were sold through dealer
builders, who took their own profit
on them.
Dealers felt they were taking a big
risk because banks and mortgage loan
companies were tight with credit un-
til the houses were up.
Sales Resistance
Sales resistance frequently was
high. People who wanted houses
turned out like automobiles still
wanted them tailored to individual
needs.
A joint Senate-House committee on
housing says all these obstacles still
are before the prefabrication indus
try.
The committee says the prefabrica-
tor won't get over the hump until he
can find big capital. Then he must
build more of the house in his fac
tory, extend credit to his dealers, and
offer his house at a lower price.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27

opening the door for a possible tax
cut at this session.
The Marshall plan thus cleared its
first Congressional hurdle. The com.
mittee, headed by Sen. Arthur Van-
tonberg, reduced the Presidents re-
quest for $4,000, 100000 for the first Is
months to $5,3O0,00O,0 1000 for a year.
This does not cut the amount Of
money for Europe so much as it
shortens the timetable.
The committee also placed the pro-
gram under a single administrator of
Cabinet rank, taking it out of the
realm of the State Department. as
proposed by Mr.. Truman. It also stip-
ulated that nations getting aid must
balance their budgets as soon as prac-
ticable
More Aid for Greece
The military situation in Greece has
not improved and if guerrilla oppo-
sition should increase because of
greater outside assistance. the United
States will revamp its policy, Presi-
dent Truman reported to Congress.
lie said he would ask further military
aid for Greece and Turkey.
Senate and House committees voted
to extend rent controls past the pres
ent February % deadline. The Senate
group proposed extension for IA
months while the House committee
suggested 81 days.
Bills to curb living costs NAV be
shelVed because Of the market break.
Even before the commodity price
slump there was strong CONGRESSIONAL
opposition to the Presidents demand
for standby price, wage and rationing
powers.
The Presidents board of economic
advisers will hand him an appraisal
OF the grain and stock price breaks by
March 81.
Meat Will Go Up
Government economists tossed a
wet blanket on consumer hopes fer
further cuts in meat prices. Lower
prices were evident in butcher shops
this week but they will be short-lived.
warned the Department of Agricul-
ture, because of the shortage of mar
ketable cattle on farms.
Meat is bound to be scarcer this
spring, summer and early fall than a
year ago, said the department. The
reasons are that for l8 months beef
cattle were slaughtered faster than
they could be produced. High grain
prices forced many farmers to sell
hogs earlier and at lighter weights
than usual.
During the grain market slump,
farmers unloaded cattle. These So
called panic" sales will contribute to
the intensity of future shortages.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Farley
Three Instead Of -Four

tlttSS utSA0SA@A VI OgA
France, Britain and the United
States will begin discussion of west
ern Germany's future Monday in
London.
Russia has protested the talks as a
violation of the PotSdam Agreement
on fOur-power rule of Germany.
PrdUda, official Communist Party
newspaper, said the British-American
aim is liquidation of the Foreign Min
listers Council by unilateral action.
Two key problems will be dis
cussed: German industrial economy
and its integration into the Marshall
plan.
The United States believes Ger
many's manpoWer, industrial shlls
and mineral resources must be uti-
lized in obtaining continental Sc
curity.
Benelux Views
The Benelux countries-Belgium.
the Netherlands and Luxembourg
are anxious to get the Marshall plan
under way. They insist, however, that
any move for rebuilding Germany
must be accompanied by safeguards
against rebirth of German military
might.
The Benelux countries have been
assured of a chance to present their
views to the conference.
France is expected to inject several
other factors, including her own Sc
curity and economic problems.
For a long time after the war
France was as much opposed as Rus
Sia to Anglo-American ideas for Ger
man unification. France didn't want
to'take the slightest chance on revival
of German pOwer-economic or mill
tary.
France wanted internationalizatio
of the Ruhr and Rhineland. She
wanted her own steel industry to re-
place Germany's, with guarantees of
sufficient German coaH for the project.
The French Position
She finally had to settle for the Saar
with which to compete against Ger
many, rather than supplant her. Now
the French agree that the Ruhr and
Rhineland must be harnessed for the
Marshall plan.
The French still would prefer inter
naturalization rather than to work
through the semi-autonomous German
authority set up in the combined Brit
ish-American zones. They will insist,
however, on retaining some 100000
German war prisoners in French in
dUstry. This labor force, the French
say, is badly needed to replace a part
OF the manpower which the Nazis
Carted off and killed.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Expenses
The Wrong Approach


It is an axiom Of modern war that
money is no object in the race to out
tit the armed forces with the latest
and best equipment In peacetime,
however, military budgets are subject
to critical civilian scrutiny.
One watchdog for the people is
Rep. Albert ]. Engel (R-Mich.) !,
chairman Of a House appropriations
subcommittee. His probing, Engel told
Congress this week, saved taxpayers
$2,56700O in Army funds on just one
item-l6l,l72 custom built chairs for
officers.
According to Engel, this is the story
Of the chairs:
Bids were asked last spring on
specifications so complicated they
covered four typed pages. The bids
ranged from $40 to $685.
The Aluminium Cooking Utensil Co.
of Kensington, Pa, offered to furnish
a similar chair for Sl2.75. A company
agent was told by the acting quarter
master general, whom Engel did not
name, that "any salesman who at
tempts to sell the Army items because
they are cheaper is making :he wrong
approach"
The major difference between the
$26 and the cheaper chairs was that
the cheaper ones had differently
shaped legs and were Of bolted in-
stead Of welded construction.
Finally, Engel said, the Army dis
carded its original plans and drew
up specifications for two other type
chairs. These were bought for an ave-
erage price Of $9.75 each, he said.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Hollywood.
Oscars Coming Up

OSCuIS coming up
"Gentlemen's Agreement" a film
with anti-Semitism as its theme,
stands a chance of winning seven Os-
cars when the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences presents its
annual award March 20.
It was nominated this week for best
picture of the year. And its stars,
Gregory Peck and Dorothy Mcclure,
were proposed as best actor and ac-
tress.
More than 10000 members of the
motion picture industry took part in
the nominating poll. Ballots for final
1947 winners will be mailed to 1888
members of the Academy March /.
Others connected with the goth
Century-Fox picture who received
nominations were: Ella Kazan for di-
recting, Anne Revere and Celeste
Holm for supporting actresses, Moss
Hart for script and Harmon Jones
for film editing.
Other nominations for the picture
Of the year are "The Bishops Wife"
"Crossire," Great Expec cations"
(British) and Miracle or S4th
Street"
Peck's competitors for best actor
are John Garfield (Body and SouD
Ronald Colman "a Double Life).
William Powell (Life With Father)
and Michael Redgrave Mourning
Becomes Electra).
Rivals for the leading lady title are
Loretta Young (The Farmers Daugh-
teri, Susan Hayward (Smash-Up),
Rosalind Russell mourning Becomes
Electra) and Joan Crawford (Pos-
Bessed).
Miss Crawford is the only former
winner nominated. She won an Oscar
two years ago for Mildred Pierce"
Peck and Rosalind Russell were
nominated last year for the awards
won by Fredric March (Best Years of
Our Lives) and Olivia DeHavilland
(To Each His Own.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Education
Tnnofion-Hit Budgets


A survey by the National Education
Association this week found school
systems facing a financial crisis and
educational opportunities shamefully
unequal across the land.
School boards, the association says,
face an almost insuperable problem
because they have 20 per cent less
buying power than before the war.
The national average spent on edu-
cation in the school year 1946-47 was
$99 per pupil, the report says. This is
66 per cent higher than before the
war. However, it should have gone up
86 per cent to $1t3 per pupil, says the
survey, for schools to hold their own.
Bills now pending in Congress
would give $3OO,OOO,OOO in federal aid
to needy School districts.
Dr. John K. Norton, a survey direc-
tor, estimates it would take double
that sum each year to bring all states
up to $99, the present sub-par national
average
The survey disclosed that poor
schools made the largest percentage
gains. North Dakota increased its per
pupil costs 1922 per cent during 1910
and 1947-from $35 to $78-to lead
all states. That remains, however,
well below the national average.
New York spent 1924 per pupil in
l947, Sc per cent more than in 1910.
but it should be spending $279 to re-
store its education to the prewar
level, the report said MiseissinDi
spent $25 per pupil but should be
spending $28 to maintain its 1910
rank.
Only II states, the report said, were
spending proportionately enough to
keep education at or above their pre-
war levels. They are Washington,
Oregon, Kansas, New Mexico, Iowa,
Maine, Oklahoma, North Dakota,
Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Quotes

Julius Paulekas, 56O-year-old
coal miner whose daughter mar
ried Winthrop Rockefeller: TOO
much money is good for Eva but
no good for me-"
Provost Arthur S. Adams, Cor
nell University: "The test of be-
lief in free speech is whether one
is willing to give free speech to
someone who says something he
doesn't like"
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27

slVe, he said, urging the building up
Of the national guard and organized
reserves.
"They will be needed at these
st. engths not year or two after
war starts. but on the first day of
hostilities," he declared.
what we are able or not lable to
do within so days will be decisive"
On Terminal Leave
Eisenhower turned over his COM
mand to Gen. Omar IN. Bradley on
February and is now on terminal
leave. He is TO be installed as presi-
dent of Columbia University on June
Z His final report to Army Secretary
Kenneth G. Royal was made public
this week.
Now an elder military statesman,
Eisenhower predicted it might take a
generation or even a century before
nations Of the world developed a
practical means Of ending war.
Development Of the United Nations
into a powerful world organization he
foresees as a long and arduous proc
ess, much like the growth of the Is
American colonies.
There will be setbacks far more
discouraging than the deadloclxs and
wrangles of the past two years" Els
enhower declared. There will be
threats of secession and boycott.
II ere may even be war between its
members. threatening its dissolution"
U.N. Needs Time
He said It would take time to prove
the U.N. an effective international in
strument and accustom nations to the
idea that the welfare Of all is truly
the, welfare of each
The retiring chief Of staff endorsed
the European Recovery Plan as vital
to the democracies.
He did not mention Russia BY name
but declared if western Europe were
to become the pawn Of totalitarian-
ISM, american security would be in
dire danger.
If democracies in the Mediterra-
mean should fan. blocking that corri-
dor between east and west, the effects,
he said, would be instant and catas-
trophic
War in such case would be close
70 as, he declared.
Lessons Of War
Gen. Eisenhower reviewed the mill
itary lessons Of the last war, stressing
that industrial readiness is a corollarv
to military preparedness.
Despite a strategic inferiority in
number Of troops, he observed, this
country near the end Of the war was
able to mount successful offensives all
over the world. He declared:
Superiority in the air, on the sea.
in ground mobility and in fire power.
based on industrial output, gave our
combat forces superiority at the
points chosen for attack"
The military establishment, Eisen-
hover said, is only the cutting edge
# the national machine through
which destructive force is applied
against an enemy.
Civilian Defense
This week, too, Secretary Of De-
tense James Forrestal announced Gre
alton Of civilian defense study unit.
It's job will be to suggest plans for
protecting the people, cities and in
dustries Of the nation against de-
struction by atomic bombs and germ
warfare.
Among other things, the new or
ganization viii require specialists
who can Identify radioactivity and
bacteria before they kill people.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
The WORLD This WEEK
Dates
Monday, February %

Monday, February %
Washington's Birthday Qegal
holiday.
National Association of Home
builders meets in Chicago.
National Education Associa-
ton, Dept. of Rural Education,
meets in Atlantic City.
Big Three parley britain,
France, U.S.) on western Ger
many scheduled to open in Lon
don.
Tuesday, February "a
Runoff primary in Louisiana.
Thursday, February 26
Anniversary (44th), Canal
Zone granted us. by Panama.
Sunday, February 20
Leap Year Day.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27

lZed first a de-
fense against air
attack and next a
retaliatory coun-
ter offensive.
Speaking for the
foot soldier whom
he considers still
indispensable, Els
e n h o W e r pre-
scribed a ground
army Of 1900, 600.
TO maintain a reg
ular army of this
size would be pro-
hibitiVely expen-
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Foreign Aid Program
Shaped in Congress.

committees dug deeper this week into the
plan on which western Europe dependent BEGAN to take shane
Inc Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved
program with $53OOO000OO for first year tt decided
$3OOOOOOOO OF this should from the 1913 bndget srn
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27

(AlI Rights ReserOed. AP NetOsfeaturesJ
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-27
Be Strong,
US. Urged

EEN. DWIGHT D. EISEN-
NJ HOVER in his final report as
us. Army chief Of staff warned
that if war comes to America
again, the first go days will decide
the victor.
This country needs a system Of ma
jor and alternate or secondary bases,
he said, around which can be organ
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-04-26
OPEN LETTER

I'VE, the local of the International
Woodworkers of America, Local M
271, wish to express our position to
the General Public concerning the
longshoremens picket around the
Juneau Spruce Corporation plant.
1t is the general sentiment of the
public that we of the Woodworkers
local can cross the established pick
ct line and resume operations If de-
sired. If we were to cross the picket
line we would be in violation of the
Taft Hartley Bill and liable to a
law suit. Our contract, signed by the
management of the Juneau Spruce
Corporation and our Local, states
that we are not required to cross
any legal picket line; this is in ac-
cordance with the Taft Hartley Bill.
This dispute is between the long
shcremen and the management; we
are neutral party and stand to
profit nothing from this dispute.
I'VE have done our utmost to
bring the management and the
longshoremen together in an effort
to come to some agreement. May
we also say that our members are
accepting employment in various
natures during the shutdown, in an
endeavor to keep in good standing
with the local business firms.
I'VE trust that this will clarity our
status as neutral party and are
eager for the earliest possible set
Element. Your cooperation and pa
thence with the members of the m
ternational Woodworkers of America,
Local M 271, will be greatly appre-
ciated."
(Signed) VIM. FLYNN,
President and Executive Board.
Local M 271.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-04-26
ADVENTURE FILM
NOW AT CAPITOL

A lusty, brawling adventure film,
high lighted by stirringly beauti-
full love theme. is unfolded on the
screen of the Capitol Theatre in
John Wayne's first production for
Republic, Angel and the Badman.'
angel and the Badman" is q pro-
duction of which John Wayne can
well be proud. An outdoor saga, it
allows ample scope for Wayne's tall
ents, vet has an unusual emotional
twist that moviegoers are certain to
find intriguing. The screen play,
written by James E. Grant, who al
so directed, reveals the story OF a
man who is torn between his love
of violence and his love of Quaker
girl. Wayne performs at his very
best as the impulsive Quirt Evans,
while Gail Russell, co-starring as
Penny, seeks to free him from the
gun-toting she deems sinful.
Much of the picture was made on
location in Arizona, and the specta-
cular outdoor scenes are of unusual
beauty
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-04-26
COUNTRY CLUB Is
scene OF MANY
DINNER PARTIES

Salmon Greek Country Club was
the scene of many dinner parties
over the weekend. Saturday eve
ming was the big affair of the
Lions and several other dinner par
ties.
A Bon Voyage party was held
for Stella Olson with the follow
ing guests: Gus Schmitz. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cheney, Mr. and Mrs
Newt Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Bavard and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baroumes had
a dinner party. Paula Taylor was
hostess to Bon Voyage dinner in
honor Of DR.. and Mrs. Rufus.
Sunday evening the Ski Cluh
held banquet for the members OF
the club and the showing of color
ed movies on skiing.
Mrs. Lavina Linehan celebrated
her birthday and anniversary with
the following guests attending the
dinner. Miss Sarah Linehan, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles w. Carter, moth
er and father of the guest OF
honor. and Mr.. Lester Linehan.