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Laurel outlook., 1948-12-01
Local News Items

Mr. .and Mrs. A. E. Leutholt
were hosts at Thanksgiving din
ner to the William Leuthold fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. John Leu
thold, all of Molt, Mr.. and Mrs
Norman Scheytt and daughters
of Bozeman, Mrs. Rachel Martin
and son of Park City and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hepp of Bill
lings.
| Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Cromwell
entertained at Thanksgiving din
ner for Mr.. and Mrs. o. K.
Chapman and daughter Keron,
Mrs. and Mrs. w. V. B. Chap
man and R. E. TAFT of White
hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Horning
and family have moved from
Bozeman to their recently COM
pleted home south of the Yellow
stone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Robertus,
Sr., have announced the engage
ment and Forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Lila Mae Ro-
bertus, to Donald A. Gordon, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Gordon
of Lawrence, Mass. The wedding
will be at 6 p. m. Saturday
evening in the Congregational
church, Laurel. Rev. H. c..
Haemmelmann will officiate.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bennett
and daughter Noreen, of Grey
bull, Wyo., were guests Sunday
and Monday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Gaynor. Mr..
Bennett was taking treatment for
an eye infection at Billings.
Rosetta Kay Defines was hon
ored on her sixth birthday Tues
day, Nov. %, at ,4:30 p. m.
when Mrs. Defines entertained a |
group of children. Those pres
ent for luncheon were Linda and |
Sue Ebersviller, Sharon Frank,
Leo Wayne Hammelmann, Re-
berta Strending, Donna Ostwald,
carol Schardt, Carolyn Lehr,
Donna Mae Defines and Mrs.
Marie Bait, an aunt from Ne
braska.
Mrs. Jake Bait, the former
Marie Reiter of Laurel is here
from Bayard, Neb., to visit her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Defines. She also at
tended the wedding of her niece,
Miss Maxine Randall of Billings.
A meeting of the Junior Youth
Fellowship was held Nov. 2e.
Virginia Baldwin led the discus
sion and Sharon Foote the de-
votions. A decision was reached
On the date for the Fellowship's
box social, which will be Dec.
II at 6:30 p. m. Parents of the
members are invited to attend.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-01
Local News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. Elroy GILES are
the parents of son, born
Wednesday. Nov. "a, at the St.
Vincent hospital in Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gremmer
and family spent Thursday as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Kel-
Ter of Nibbe.
Mrs. Frank O'Neill is spending
several days this week visiting
Mrs. Dan Nice in Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Frank and
daughters, Beryl, Barbara and
Juanita, spent several days last
week at Vaughn where they Wis
ted Mrs. Franks uncle, Merle
Griffith and family.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-01
The Outlook Says:

Mrs. Helen Shearer and son
and daughter, George and Miss
Helen Shearer, were guests at
dinner Thursday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Simpson.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-01
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Brohaugl

Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Brohaugh
were dinner guests Thursday of
Mr.. Brohaugh's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. S. Brohaugh of Billings,
who had as other guests their
and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Hunnicut and family
of Powell, Wyo.
Evening star., 1948-10-17

Il couldn't have gone if the trip
had taken longer. own my business
and couldn't leave it more than four
weeks. Going by Flagship 1 had four
full weeks with my family in Europe.
1t was a very pleasant trip, too"
coh Beier, General Contractor
Evening star., 1948-10-17
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Il made my first transatlantic flight
by American Airlines three years ago. l
have made ten or eleven trips year
since ). every one by Flagship. They
offer direct service to all the places l
want to Co." N. Witmond. Exporter
Evening star., 1948-10-17

the animals are safe for the
night" Raoul watched him go,
out of the room, down the hail.
way, saw him lift the lantern
from the peg and light it, heard
his steps grow fainter along the
stone corridor.
Back in the Pyrenees it had
been a farmhouse, too "a low
building, in the deep cleft of the
valley, where the noisy river
poured against the stones. Up
behind it reared the bare noun
tains covered by short sheep
grass, boulders, cypress trees.
little enough to give cover when
a man or a woman - was
running on a moonless night
from stone to tree, and tree to
stone. up the mountains, over
the border. down into Spain.
MARA's hands were steady on
the sewing, making a sickening
rhythm. She said, I'VE have
two young calves -"
But he leant forward, There
were calves in that barn, Mara,
where we hid -"
She lowered her hands and
turned to him. He saw the cur
tain had gone. Nothing now
separated them. She knew she
could no longer hold him off.
He drew in his breath, approach
ing his goal, the words to wrap
his gratitude were prepared
these many months, Mara ="
Her voice was like a whip.
Never speak of that night, " she
said. She threw her hands wide
and the look of horror that stared
out at him from her eyes made
him cold as ice. Il never want
to be reminded of it t."
But, Mara. we owe to your
courage -"
She said, Il killed" Steady
and quiet, the clock back in the
corner licked out the minutes.
II killed with a gun but there's
blood On my hands, as if it had
streamed there - Raoul," she
said, have pity on me and stop
remembering that night"
He said, But you owe all
this -" and he swept the room,
the security of her living, with a
gesture, ''you owe all this to
that night - to your escape -
to the courage that made you
and Client the first people who
ever tested out that new route
to safety"
She sat upright, tense in her
chair, and the words beat out at
him, curt and charged and fright
Continued on page "a
Evening star., 1948-10-17

my friends and decided that should
20 by American Airlines after we found
out that American has made 10000
Atlantic crossings. My first trip home
was so quick and easy that feel now as
though my family is almost next door,
Miss Mary Howkes. Cosh;ss
Evening star., 1948-10-17
cWwo@ ~se ere IS
Beware
ofDySkin

FROM ABOUT Is ON the natural
oil that keeps skin soft gradually
decreases. Dry skin gets its start.
Replace the oil that dry skin is
losing with lanolin-rich Ponds
Dry Skin Cream.
Three features make il extra
sofiening. l. II is rich in iamsain -
most like natural skin oil. ,. 1t
Dry Skim ? This is the A
cream every day for week. See
cir, skin Yea, We ever use,i. Get "
Evening star., 1948-10-17

is homoecnisth to soak in better.
3. 1t has softening ensulsifer.
Ererrnight-after cleansing, use
Ponds Dry Skin Cream generously.
Use lightly, under makeup, for day
soiiening. Results will delight you.
II fnd this Ponds crrnm almost
necessiiy for dry skin" says
The DUCHESS or SUTHERLAND.
Use this rich-in -lanolin
this isn't the very best cream for
II Ponds Dry Skin Cream, tUsday!
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21

(State laws vary. For personal
guidance, see your local attor-
pey).
(Q) MAY A MOTORCYCLIST
COLLECT ACCIDENT INSUR-
ANCE IF HIT IN THE EYE BY
ON INSECT?
(A) A teacher became interest
ed in motorcycles and finally
bought one to use in his spare
time One Sunday afternoon,
while taking spin in the coun-
try, he ran into a swarm of in
sects. One of them struck him
in the eye, and he suffered
partial impairment of vision.
When he tried to collect on his
accident insurance policy, the
company insisted that the mis-
hap was not an accident" as
meant in the policy. But the
court ordered the company to
pay. saying that this was indeed
an 'accident"-even though it
was not of the usual variety.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21

ter was an Assistant U. S. At
torney in New York, under Henry
L. Stimson, whom he made Sec
retary Of War during the late
great war. from 1905 to 1910. The
Anamosa Mail Record shows that
the inmate wrote To 4 brother,
Felix Frankfurtsr, in the United
States Attorneys office in New
York.
In 1918 4 person signing him
self Felix Frankflrter wrote the
Anamosa warden asking permits
sion to send Otto u Christmas
box Of candy or cake. The re-
quest was turned down. Regu-
lations forbade.
A criminal docket in the JUS
tice Division Of the National Ar
chives in Washington shows that
in June. 1905, on a plea Of
guilty, Theodore G. Wilbur got
4 year and n day in Moundsvills,
w. Va, for 4 small swindls. The
indictment said he presented 4
sight draft for $35 on c. A. Thell-
Or Co., Of 40l W. 18th street, New
York, falsely representing that
he worked for that firm.
The Washington record does
not identity Wilbur a. Frank
furter and the Pinkerton Letter
to the Anamosa Warden in 1909
would be the only evidence that
the Wilbur and Otto NedhAm
Frankfort were the same man
but for the fact that Howard
Bruce, the deputy administrator
of the Economic Cooperation
Administration, said: HE came
clean"
Mr.. Bruce, second to Paul G.
Hoffman, administrator, now
in Europe, said: HE didn't tell
us about his record and he didn't
tell his wife. He was married
80 years ago. We have dismiss
sed others for lying but 70 fire a
man for that we must say that
II he had told the truth we
would not have. hired him. That
IL not 10 In this case. Frank
furter worked in the Treasury In
4 very responsible position for
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
THE READERS COURTROOM
By Will Bernard, LII. B.

(O) CAN A CHILD BE CUT
OFF FROM HIS INHERITANCE
BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN NAU-
GHTY?
GAY A wealthy couple took
into their home the infant son
of poor widow, promising
that they would adopt the child.
Although they never went
through with the adoption, they
treated the boy as their own
and considered him as their heir.
Whta the couple were killed in
an accident some years laters,
the youth claimed share in the
estate. Other relatives opposed
his claim, saying he had forfeit
ed whatever rights he may have
had by his bad behavior. They
recalled that he had been mis-
chievous, lazy, and generally "a
bid boy" But the court ruled
he was still entitled to his in
heritance. The Judge said the
child could not be expected to
be wholly free from faults"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
Nisbet Says The Much-Talked About
Gag" Rule Will Be Fought Over Again

jority vote. Most Of the member
ship and many outside observ-
ers who know the history and ef-
feet of the rule, take the posi-.
ton that it is of no great signi-
ficance.
TEST - Unfortunately the
issue during early hours o3 the
1945 and 1947 sessions was used
as vehicle to test strength Of
legislative factions. The same
situation is developing for the
1949 session. The actual issue is
not the probable effect of two
thirds or a simple majority vote
upon legislation, but has become
one of prestige for the advocates
and opponents.
CLARIFYING The general
statutes commission has COM
pleted its report and recommen-
dations to the 1949 general as
sembly, and Chairman Robert
F. Moseley has high praise for
the job his colleagues have done.
They have worked hard for long
hours studying the laws as en-
acted by past Legislatures and
working into them the interpre-
tations embraced in supreme
court decisions. The task Of the
commission has been a great
deal more than simple proof
reading of the statutes for err
ror. Some obvious errors in Ian
guage hive been found, but
cl 'ef aim Of the commission Is
to smooth out conflicting an d
confusing provisions so that the
laws can be more readily und-
erstood by lawyers and laymen
alike. The commission cannot,
of course, make any change In
the statutes, but where careful
study has suggested need for
revision the mater will be pre-
sented to the general assembly
with recommendation for action.
UNIFORMITY - Since a
good deal of the confusion and
apparent conflict in meaning Of
some laws has been due largely
to lack of uniformity In prepar-
alton of bills, the commission
has compiled a handbook on bin
drafting for the convenience Of
legislators, county and city at-
torneys, and other inAepstsd
parties.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
NARROW Says House Group Member Now
Says DIR. Condor Got ''Unfair" Deal
the story goes like this:

the story goes like this:
Condor, now 46 years old,
worked on the atomic bomb dur
ing the war. In l945 President
Truman made him director of
the U. S. Bureau of Standards.
That bureau, which does scien-
tific work for the government, is
part Of the Commerce Depart
ment. Condon's boss is the Secre-
tary of Commerce.
In 1947 the FBI checked on
Condor, talking with more than
800 people to find out whether
he was loyal and trustworthy.
J. Edgar Hoover, FBI boss,
sent report on Condor to W.
Averen Hartman, then Secretary
of Commerce. The report, of
course, was confidential.
Hoover's letter said number
Of things, but these two in parti-
cular:
l. Condor had been in contact
with a person alleged to have
been a Russian spy.
2. But there was no evidence
Condor had been disloyal in as
sociating with that individual.
In February, 1948, the Com
merce Department made its own
check on Condon's loyalty and
found him okay. It kept the re-
port confidential as similar re-
ports are kept quiet.
Suddenly, on March l, a SUBJ
committee Of Chairman Thomas
committee made public a report
Of its own. Thomas was chairman
Of The subcommittes, to0s
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
BY Lynn Nisbet

GAG RULE-The much talked
about and little understood "gag
rule" in the house of represen-
tatives is sure to be one of the
first issues confronting the 1949
general assembly. John U M
stead, long time representative
from Orange county and invet-
crate of the controversial rule,
has served notice he will de-
mand its elimination the first
day of the session. Umstead has
taken that role in the past three
sessions but has not been able
to muster enough support to
change the rules.
TROUBLESOME - The So
called gag rule has caused
trouble ever since it was written
into the rule book near the close
of the l941 session. The impor-
tance attached to it by some op-
ponents and adherents alike has
given it standing beyond real
value of the issue. After hun
dreds of columns have been
written and hours of time con-
sumed in oratory about evil ef-
fects of the provisions, they are
still not understood.
GlST - Summarized in a few
words the situation is this: At
the instance of then Governor
Broughton and at request of
then Speaker o. M. Null the
house changed the rules in 4941
to require two-thirds majority
vote to adopt a minority COM
mitee report, and a similar ma
jority to recall a bill from the
committee to which the chair
had assigned it and place it in
another committee. Prior to that
time d bill could be recalled or
a minority report adopted by a
simple majority in the house
The state senate had long had
rule requiring not only a two-
thirds vote but a ten days wait
ing period and three days notice
to recall bill from committee,
although the senate had and still
has requirement for only simple
majority to adopt minority re-
port. A few die-hards insist up
on retaining the two-thirds re :
quirement in the house; a few
others are just as determined to
change the rule to simple ma
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21

MODIFICATION Whatever the
reason, Clay, Macarthur and
their aides get their orders from
and report to Secretary Forres-
tai rather than to Secretary
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
Pegler Uses Evidence To Show Felix Frankfurter's
Brother Now With ECA Was Convicted AS Con Man

two years during the war. He
came to me as a chairman of a
committee on export or some
thing. He was giving a good ac-
count of himself over there in
Paris and Hoffman said: I'm
damned if I'm going to cruelty
him on account Of that"
I do not know how Otto got by
the F. B. Is vigilance for two
years in a position of trust
spending public money for the
Treasury. But in the E.. c. A.
He was turned up on the second
check, which goes back as far
as any data extends. The first
check with E.C.A., which Otto
passed, is a quick check and
incomplete.
"He might be convicted of per-
jury in swearing that he had
never been convicted, "Mr.
Bruce said, "But he said he had
got used to living lie and new
er told anyone. At first he de-
MED it to Hoffman.
Felix Frankfurter did not
put him in here. He didn't
want him in. He said damn it,
I'm working here in Washington
and I don't want him here"
Bryan Houston, the director of
Press information of the E.C.A.,
considered the possibility that a
man with such a past might
yield to temptation to ship back
narcotics.
"But he will be watched so
closely that he won't have
chance" said Mr.. Houston.
"The quick check just indicat-
es whether you have ever ex-
pressed subversive sentiments,
Mr.. Houston said, "or belonged
to q book club"
"Or belonged to the OAR. or
criticized Eleanor Roosevelt or
Earl .Browder or Stalin," I sug-
gested, prompting, I am afraid.
could be-" Mr.. Houston said,
joining me in a hearty laughter
for, needless to say, I was only
joking.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
BY James MARROW

Washington, Dec. 2l-(R)-
Remember DR.. Edward U. Con.
don, the atomic scientist who got
bushels Of headlines in 1913?
He exploded on the front pages
when the House Un-American Ac-
tivities committee pelted him
with accusations.
Condor denied them. His loyal.
ty has been checked and okay-
ed by the FBI. the Commerce De-
partment, and the Atomic Energy
Commission.
The committee has proved no.
thing wrong against him. It talk
ed repeatedly OF holding public
hearings where he could defend
himself.
It never did hold the hearings.
Now at years end committee
member admits Condor got an
"unfair" deal.
So the story which began with
a bang seems to be ending in q
whisper.
The attack on Condor was led
by J. Parnell Thomas, New Jer-
sey Republican and chairman Of
the Un-American Activities Com
mittee.
But Thomas. has been silent
and absent from the committee
since he was indicted last Nov.
ember by a federal grand jury
on charges Of trying to pad his
office payroll with government
money.
Pnttins The pisces together,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
Results OF Loyalty Probes By FBl
Are Gratifying To Most Americans

Loyalty Investigations by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, which has processed 2,2O1 239 Fed
eral employees have led to the dismissal of 81 indvld-
uals and the resignation of 383 persons of whom 31O
have been ''flagged' for careful scrutiny if they
should attempt to regain governmental employment.
While the Investigations were probably WISE in
view of the suspicion and concern throughout the
nation the results somewhat gratifying to those
who believe that most of the people of the United
States are thoroughly loyal patriotic and dependable.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
By Ray Tucker

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l-Pres-
ident Truman is Christmas
shopping for a Secretary of State
of the stature of the late Charles
Evans Hughes in an effort to
wrest top control and execution
of foreign policy from the mill
tary men, bankers and industri-
alists who have messed matters
in Germany, Palestine and the
Far East.
Secretary Marshall's illness,
as well as the prospect that he
may not be able to continue long
in the Cabinet, offers opportun-
ity for the shift. So does the
prospective resignation of Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, White
House Chief of Staff, after the
January Inauguration. Others
expected to quit are Defense Sc
cretary James V. Forrestal an
Army Under-Secretary William
H. Draper.
AGENT Although General
Douglas A. Mac Arthur may re-
main on as Supreme Allied Com
mander in Japan, and Major
General Frank R. Mccoy as A
merican member of the Far
Eastern Commission, they will
be brought under stricter and
closer White House and State
Department supervision when
Mr.. Truman becomes Chief Ex-
ecutive in his own right.
General Lucius D. Clay, our
military governor in Germany,
will become an agent rather
than virtually sole executor of
American foreign policies as
they affect our relations with the
former enemy, Britain, France
and other war allies. Like Gen
eral Macarthur, Washington
believes that General Clay has
got into an Russian rut and
complex instead of devoting his
energy to the broad and long
range problem of European re-
covery.
INHERITED President Tru-
man does not hold any of these
men personally responsible for
the mishandling and misdirec-
ton of American foreign policy.
He inherited his colonial family
from the Roosevelt Administra-
ton, with the exception of Sc
cretary Marshall, and he did not
have sufficient experience in the
domestic or foreign field to
make any changes.
Secretary Marshall has not
held the actual office of Secre-
tary of State, due to his many
long absences from Washington,
and now to his illness. He has
been diplomatic emissary and
spokesman rather than actual
director of foreign affairs. More
over, he was predisposed to fav-
or military men in both Washing
ton and overseas posts because
he knew how to deal with them.
And until now, the principal pro-
blem was the governing and
policing of former enemy states.
MODIFICATION Whatever the
reason, Clay, Macarthur and
their aides get their orders from
and report to Secretary Forres-
tai rather than to Secretary
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-21
Senator Thinks Russia Is Winning
"Cold War" By Bankrupting U. S.

Senator Ralph Flanders of Vermont, thinks that
Russia is winning the cold because it is forcing
the United States to spend three times what make
and thus furhering the Communist plot to bankrupt
the United States
There may be something to what the Senator
says. Obviously, Russia is captazing upon the dis
content and unrest that exist in the world 1t is bare
y possible that Russian representatives make every
effort to encourage the peoples of the earth to hold
out the open palm to Uncle Sam.
The United States maybe entirely justified in
spending billions of dollars if necessary, to put the
nations of Western Europe their feet and to re-
habitate them after the destruction of the recent
war; 1t is quite another thing however, to under
take to bolster every totterng regime that holds
itself out as anti Communist.
After all, the process of subsidizing the earth
does win recruits to the theory of private capital
ism or the freedoms which Americans consider essen
tial to civilized life If the peoples of the world scat
tered as they are not willing to make fight to
gain some obectives for themselves, it is question
able whether all the dollars that the United States can
spare will make them democratic, civilized or free