davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-06

North is placed at the top or maps not for any special reason. but simply because the custom has Eeen followed for hundreds of years.
Evening star., 1948-01-04

not jelled. kennans ideas were to be the
chemical agent which solidihed it.
About the time General Marshall sue
ceeded James F. Byrnes as secretary, Ken
nan was called home. Marshall is a man who
likes plan. Kennan's outstanding reports
from Moscow stamped him as man who
would have plan Marshall beckoned, and
onto the stage, came Mr.. x.
And 50 George Frost Kennan became
director of the Policy Planning Board. The
job is nothing short of terrific. Kennan's
staff must anticipate problems which the
Department may encounter" undertake
studies and prepare reports on broad
politico- military problems" and Examine
independently -. problems and develop
ments affecting U. S. foreign policy"
~-Whsze's the Money eoins?"
Mosr of the members of the Policy Plan
ming Staff are young. Any kind of problem
may be tossed in their laps It might be
something that would take months of de-
liberation, cables reports, research, analy-
ses, aspirin. One of the first questions thrown
at the committee was hundinger: why
is Europe still asking for American money
despite its absorption since W. day of
seventeen billion dollars?" This poser kept
the staff busy for months as it delved into
everything from the poor production of
British coal mines to the lack of modern
machinery on French FARMS
The Committee meets in room on the
fifth floor of the State Department. There
are no phones, no intercom, no big baskets
marked Incoming, Outgoing i just long
table, eight green leather chairs. A con-
Meeting door leads to Marsl,all's office.
In this room and in his own handsome
office, G. F. Kennan's abundant mental
energy hurls itself into the problems of the
world from before am. to after p.m
At the end of the day circles may show under
his eyes, but he is still ready to plunge into
an analysis of Dosioyevsky to illustrate the
workings of the Russian mind. He may
even act out scene from Crime and
= AAAoAAASASS SohAAS WILL IllC IOlC VI
Raskolnikov, the murderer, and Sonia, the
girl to whom he confesses his crime "All
through this great novel," Kennan con-
cludes, runs the age-old theme: do the
ends justify the means? And the Russian
conscience answers Nor"
What about G.. F. kennan's own con-
science? 1t is Protestant, Midwest con-
science which is often battling to Europeans
and Orientals. Such conscience can be
relentless force that will drive a young
man all the way from Milwaukee to
Moscow and back again. It can be
regional and restricted; it can be unlimited
and universal; it may seem to slumber only
to bestir itself with disconcerting strength 1t
has conspired with terrifying whirlwind
of outside forces to put G. F. Kennan at
radioactive chessboard opposite szillful and
determined opponents. The End
Evening star., 1948-01-04
MYSTERIOUS Mr.. X
Continued from page ten

Continued from page ten
the mystery to Washingtons satisfaction.
Kennan's literary flair goes back to the
age of H. when F. Scott Fitzgerald's glam-
orous account of life in an eastern university
led him to enroll at Princeton, then the most
collegiate college in the u S. In 1925, when
KEENAN, graduated, many of his class
mates dedicated themselves to postgraduate
courses in country clubs Kennan climbed
out of the rut, headed for Europe via the
Foreign Service School in Washington.
His first foreign assignment was the
American consulate in Hamburg, Germany.
Shortly thereafter, the State Department
started search for specialists on Russia.
Here was great country undertaking
great experiment. 1t needed study and in
depreciation. Yet few outsiders knew even
smattering of its difficult language. Ken
nan was picked as specialist.
George Frost was at least not the first
KEENAN, to study Russia The first was the
policy planners great-uncle. George Kennan
OF Ohio, who went to Russia at 20 as a
member of an expedition which attempted
to link Moscow and America by tele-
graph across Siberia. The success of the
Atlantic cable Cancelled the project, and
young kennan came out of Siberia in
an epic trek, travelling 5000 miles to
St. Petersburg by dogsled.
A few years later The Century Maga-
zine" assigned him to do a series of articles
on the Cars Siberian prison camps. Ken
nan was conservative by nature and some
what prejudiced against the revolutionaries
who were resisting the Gar But what he
saw in Siberia and what he heard from
exiles in Paris attics changed his mind His
articles, a brilliant expose of medieval
cruelty under the Romanoffs, grew into
book, Siberia and the Exile System"
which became guidebook for historians
studying the downfall of the Cars.
In cxeat-uncle's Footsteps
GREAT-UNCLE KEENAN, didn't 90 to college.
When asked the name of his alma mater he
would often reply, Russia" This extraor-
dinary man died in 1924. He passed on to
his nephew an invaluable legacy: remark
able understanding of Russia and its people,
and a driving intellectual ambition that
transcends hardships and discomforts.
Between 1927 and 1947, G. F. KEENAN,
did three tours of duty in Russia. Pearl
Harbor found him caught in Berlin When
the Germans released him from internment,
he went to work against them in Lisbon,
helping negotiate base for the U. S. in the
Azores. In 1914 he returned by plane to
Moscow Now his real career began.
Remnants reports from Moscow attracted
attention in Washington. Their style stood
out, their text challenged. American policy
toward Russia was in state of f1ux. 1t had
Smyrna times., 1948-05-27
q. S. AIR FORCE RECRUITING
Assignments Are Now Open For
European Command

Assignments Are Now Open For
European Command
Prior servicemen of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard can now enlist in the Reg
ular Army for direct assignment
to the European Command under
new enlistment procedures accord
ing to an announcement made by
S-Sgt. Clint o. Dollar, local Army
and Air Force Recruiting Sergeant.
Applicants for this assignment
must not be eligible to enlist in a
grade higher than Staff Sergeant
under current directives the Serge
ant said. Many men with previous
service can enlist in the grade they
held at the time of their separa-
tion depending on the length of
time they held Military Occupa-
tional Speciality needed by the
Army. Sergeant Dollar pointed
out that veterans whose prior SER
vice qualities them for service only
in the Air Force will not be eligi-
BILE for the above assignment. For
more details visit your local Army
and Air Force Recruiting Station
located in the State Armory, Do
Yer, Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1948-05-27

grade this year have both physical
and dental examinations and cor
rections made of any defect found,
before they begin school. In this
way they will be able to start
their school career with as few
handicaps as possible.
The State Board of Health en-
phasizes that many of the defects
found in the five and six year olds
examined are nutritional ones.
When the protective foods = milk,
eggs, leafy green vegetables, Wit
amin C rich foods (as tomatoes,
citrus fruits, cantaloupe, or raw
cabbage), and whole grains are in
cluded in sufficient amount they
supply 95 per cent of the child's
energy needs. Parents need to
give children plenty of whole grain
breads and cereals, which are vital
to health at any age, but are par
ticularly important in developing
firm muscles and warding off IA
tigue in active children. Plenty
of milk is must.
Dental cavities are one of the
highest in the list of defects to be
found among the children of this
age group. 1t is important that
these cavities be filled in order
that the child may be able to keep
his teeth until the second ones are
ready to come through. Baby
teeth, lost early because of cavit-
les, may mean that the jaws will
change in shape so that the per-
manent teeth do not come in as
evenly as they should. 1t is a
matter both of better personal ap-
pearance for the child and of bet
ter chewing surfaces if the teeth
are regularly spaced.
Other defects which are found
among the prospective first grad
ers include poor eyesight, faulty
posture (often due to poor nutri-
tion), poor hearing, skin diseases
and heart conditions.
Assistance for the child now, be-
fore school begins, may mean a
Smyrna times., 1948-05-27
PRE-SCHOOL
EXAMINATIONS
State Board of Health Will
Complete Examinations
This Week
GAIN IN CHECK-UPS

Pre-school examinations through
out the state will be completed
this week, according to release
just issued by the State Board of
Health, and while there is no rec
ord as yet of the number of chill
dren who have had these health
check-ups, indications are that the
attendance this year is larger than
that of 1947. There has been an
increase, too, in the number of
parents accompanying their chill
dren to the examinations, thus en-
abling the physician to explain to
them the corrections necessary.
Health officials know that if a
child has any physical handicaps,
it is important that the condition
be recognized early and corrected.
Often a child's health is impaired
and his activities limited by condi-
tions that could be corrected if
found in time.
During the summer months par
ents should be considering the
health of their children in prepar-
alton for the school year. Well
children learn faster than do sickly
ones, and they are less apt to be
seriously affected by the contagious
diseases of childhood-from colds
to whooping cough-some of which
occur in every school each year,
according to the State Board of
Health.
While health officials are con-
cerned with the health of all school
children, they are especially inter-
ested that children entering first
Smyrna times., 1948-05-27

much healthier and more success
full school year for the youngsters,
emphasizes the State Board of
Health, which says that the ex-
aminations are of little use unless
corrections follow.
Smyrna times., 1948-05-27

Pennsylvania was nicknamed the
Keystone state by reason of it's
geographical location in the 13
original colonies.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27

father put the box Of shells on the
seat between them. "Why, it's even
better'n mine"
"It sure is a beaut, Pa" He
held it upright between his legs all
the way home.
All afternoon they could hear the
crack of the new rifle echoing down
the range. Then toward evening
there was a long period Of silence.
When they called him for supper
he pushed open the screen door
and shuff1ed inside. His sigh was
heavy. Pa looked up with an un-
derstanding smile.
Regret your bargain, SOM"
''No," he shook his head, ''but I
miss my lame 'uns."
II know, son. Growing up is
tough"
eyes, Pa" He ran his fingers
along the dull barrel He tried hard
not to think about Pete, Blackie
and Joe.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27

outside. Jud sat down at the table.
swallowing the lump in his throat.
His mother filed his plate with
pancakes. He didn't even know they
were there. Through the screen
door he could hear his sheep being
loaded into the battered old truck.
A rife was better anyway. When
his father footed the horn he got
up solemn faced and kissed his
mother.
All the way to town he kept his
eyes away from the back Of the
truck. Just as they came to the
slaughter house he 'oould stand it
no longer. Pa" he burst out.
''They won't hurt long, win they?"
mo, son." his fathers eyes
shone kindly, They'll never know
what happened"
"An right" He stared out Of the
window while his father sold them.
When the man took them away he
swallowed hard, then shook his
head. His father handed him the
money and they drove off.
'Want me to come in too, SOM"
Pa smiled as they came to the
store. Jud shook his head and hur-
ried up the rickety steps. Half a
minute later he came back out
wearing q nroI1d smile
"Say. Jud, that's some IRON" His
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
ASK NE q
ANOTHER 4
A General Quiz

g. g. g. O. 10000 g. GO 90 c-o-c-c-c-N- g.
I. How many bones are there in
the body?
2. What state occupies the geo.
graphic center Of the u. S.?
8. Is it true that the hairs of
the head are similar to fingernails? ?
4. How much Ice is there at the
South Pole?
s. When were red and green
lights first used as traffic signals?
6. Will moths attack nylon3
THE ANSWERS
1. 200. Some anatomists name
206 by including the ossicles of the
ear.
2. Kansas.
3. Yes. There's likeness Of ma
terial between hair, scales, feathers,
the beaks of birds and the horns of
cattle.
4. Antartic region has enough to
cover world with a layer 12O feet
thick.
5. In 1868 in London, England.
6. Nylon is moth-proof.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
fFoodIess Girl in China
Raids Pantry at Midnight

NANKING. Yang Mel, 20, who
swore she had not eaten for nine
years, was exposed by the official
Central News agency as midnight
pantry raider.
The agency said nurses, feign-
ing sleep at the Chungking hos
pital where the girl has been
under observation for weeks,
caught her slipping into the pan
try to feast.
She had insisted she lost all
appetite for food nine years ago
after an illness, but the agency
said she had had midnight
snacks of chicken, pork and potato
stew, porridge, cooke rice, picked
dried beans and other food.
The report said the girl, realiz-
ing that she would be unable to
maintain her pretense. had threat
ened suicide.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
More Money Spent
During 1913

Americans during 1913 are buy
ing houses and automobiles faster
than they can be produced and In
debtedness is increasing, according
to the Federal Reserve Boards
1913 survey of consumer finances.
Fewer folk are saving IN 194S
than the year previous. Some 3 mil
lion consumers who had savings
bonds in 1947 didn't have them the
first Of 1948. Consumers are doing
more of their paying on q credit
basis than a year ago. Because buy
ing has increased, they're using
more of their savings than before.
It is expected that about one
fourth of the consumers will spend
beyond their income in 194S as they
did in 1947.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
MFICTIONcoRMER
THE RIFLE
By DANIEL F. LINDSAY

walls of the old log cabin weren't
built for eavesdropping. After
while he heard the sounds OF their
going to bed and the house was
silent. He lay there staring miser-
ably at the ceiling, his mind filed
with the deep aching and despair
that goes with wanting the unat-
tainable. Finally his tired little
brain could stand no more and he
: fell into a restless sleep.
The early morning sunlight
streaming across his face woke
him. He started to jump up, then
remembered the rife and sank
back. The sounds Of hungry ami
mails edged around his conscious
ness. He could hear Pete, Blackie
and Joe, his lame sheep, bleating
for him. At least, he shrugged his
shoulders, I've got them.
son." his mother came In from
the kitchen, "As soon as you're
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27

dressed your Pa wants to talk to
you"
"Au right" He hurried into his
pants and shirt. At least he would
know for sure. His father smiled
as he entered.
Good morning Jud."
Morning Pa" His eyes searched
his fathers face for a sign.
"Your nom and I talked about
the rifle last night, son." Jud just
stood there. "And we don't think
we can spare the money right
now"
"Okay, Pa" his face fell, $3.50
is a lot of money"
But" his father continued, 1--WE
did think of a way you could get
the rifle if you wanted it bad
enough"
"Oh, l do, Pa" His face was
one broad smile. II want it more
than anything in the world"
Enough to sell your sheep?"
TUD pushed open the screen door
- and walked outside without an
swering. His mother and father
exchanged glances and went on
with their breakfast.
Once away from the house Jud
hurried to the little pen. The sheep
hobbled over to his side. He slipped
one arm around Pete's neck and his
mind went back to the day he had
crawled down into the ravine in
search of him. He stood there
long time while a chain of men,
ories passed over him. Finally he
wiped a tear on his shirt sleeve
and went back inside the house.
II want the rifle, Pa" He held
his sturdy little body stiff.
"All right son. It's up to you"
His father got to his feet and went
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
Texas Rainrnaker
Sprink|es Crops
"a Hours Daily

ELSA, TEX.-Making rain by
seeding clouds with dry ice doesn't
interest w. A. Harding, owner Of
the unique Evergreen farms.
For IL years he's been making
two and a half inches Of rainfall
a day.
Harding does his rainmaking on
his 1,800-acre farm, where he grows
alfalfa and Sudan grasses for de-
hydration and manufacture into
chicken and horse feed and vita
min pills for humans.
His is the only farm in the world,
Harding believes, that operates
full-blast 24-hours a day, seven
days a week, year after year.
Continual sprinkling, harvesting
and dehydration is going on at the
T-shaped farm in the lower Rio
Grande valley.
Every "a hours the sprinkling sys-
tenn lays down two and a half
inches of rain on a 120-acre block.
The next day another 120 acres
are showered.
Cuts Alfalfa Frequently
BY providing plenty of rain,
Harding is able to cut his alfalfa
10 times a year, his oats and other
small grains three or four times.
His oats are cut when eight inches
tall, alfalfa at 16 inches. The harv-
esters barely clear the soil as they
snip off the plants.
1--WE cut while the plants are
tender and have their greenest pro-
tein content" explained Harding,
one of the real estate men who
"opened up the lower Rio Grande
valley after World War 1.
The alfalfa and oats are con-
veyed into trucks and hauled to
the dehydrator, where they are fed
into a telescope drum furnace "a
feet in diameter.
Temperatures of 1,750 degrees
Fahrenheit bake out the moisture.
Then a hammer mill, grinding at
$500 revolutions per minute, chops
the stalks before they're sucked
through a fine screen.
Produces Green Flour
The finished product is pastel
green flour, as fine as a house
wife's baking -four. The entire de-
hydration and grinding process
takes less than three minutes.
Most of the sacks of green flour
are shipped to Kansas City, where
they are mixed either with poultry
teed or processed into vitamin pills
for human consumption.
1.-The best thing about this farm
is that we contract for our produc-
ton a year in advance" explained
Harding, who last year turned out
5000 tons of dehydrated cereal
grasses and alfalfa.
"Our soil is getting richer, too.
because of the alfalfa, although we
fertilize the oats and sudan
grasses"
The farm has its own power sup
ply. Gas wells provide power for
the water pumps in the sprinkling
system and for heat for the de-
hydration plant.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
Baboon Causes Noisy Uprear
In PHILADELPHIA Pet Shop

PHILADELPHIA-Babs, a f1ve-
year-old baboon, came up with her
own version of the ''bull in the
china shop"
Working diligently during the
early morning hours, Babs sue
ceeded in picking the lock of her
cage in pet shop.
Then the trouble started.
First she freed a canary which
promptly found its way to a fire
escape door an1 headed for the
wide open spaces.
Babs opened the cages OF two
sets of puppies, scrambled them
thoroughly and as a result. one OF
the wire-haired terriers got mixed
up in a dog fight and killed a 2
month-old chow.
While pandemonium reigned on
the first floor, Babs ventured. up
stairs to the kennels where dogs
are kept for owners.
Meanwhile, a passer-by who saw
the dog fight downstairs, sent out
a call to the shop owner. Mrs.
Bertha Docktor.
After calming the dogs and get
ting them back in their proper
pens, Mrs. >Docktor's helper, Ed
ward Krimnel set out after, Babs
with a net.
But Babs lodged Krimnel and
was about to follow the canary
through the fire escape door when
Mrs. Docktor succeeded in Turing
Babs downstairs with bananas and
grapes.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27

SISSY STUFF-One way to fem
inize your jeans is to cut them off.
pedalpusher length, and edge them
with eyelet ruffling. Ditto around
the neckline of your tuck-in sweat
er. No, Elmer-the farmers daugh-
ter never looked like this!
CLIPPED ACCENTS-You'n at
tract attention (and imitation, too)
if you roll up your jeans and hold
them in place with clip clothes pins.
AS a formal touch, paint your
clothes pins with red polish and,
while it's still moist, sprinkle some
sequins on them.
WASP WASTED - That's how
you'll look if you bind your ombre
silk scarf, cummerbund fashion
around your waistline at the next
jeans jamboree. A matching scarf
tied around your head please. with
long ends hanging gypsy style at
one side. Now, all you need is a
golden earring-or.- maybe. Ray Mil
land.
GOLD PLATED-For really new
look, gild your jeans with a gold kid
belt; wrap fake gold chains around
your neck and dive for the oyster
III gold kid ballets or sandals. A coat
of gilt paint will transform last
years black ballets, in case you've
squandered your allowance on malt
eds and bubble gum.
Try out any of these tricks at the
next buns rush and the only thing
blue about your jeans will be the
color-See?
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
M}l
WV

1NAA pow AnS SASAN
~ down at Jud as he handed
him the rifle.
''Uh," Jud hesitated for mo-
ment as his trembling fingers ran
along the dull barrel. u haven't
got that much"
Sorry son." He took it back.
Jud's wistful eyes followed him as
he sat it in the rack and hurried
down the counter. Thirty dollars!
He had a sick feeling as he
stumbled out of the store. Why,
he'd never even had his hands on
that much money. AS he walked
down the street he swung the bag
of salt from hand to hand. If a
rifle cost that much, think how
much that house must have cost.
Enough to buy all the rifles in the
world.
Reaching the edge of town he
started up the twisted mountain
road. Unconsciously his bare cal
loused feet avoided the blistering
hot rocks. Any other day he would
have walked close to the jagged
cut formed by the road. Today he
didn't care about the cool shade.
His mind was still back at the
little store. Maybe his Pa would
get it anyway. The thought made
him half run. AS he rounded the
curve he could see his mother
waiting for him in the doorway.
:tYou sure made quick trip
Jud. What you so excited about?"
Il got to talk to Pa" He handed
her the bag of salt and went inside
for a drink of water. She followed
him with amused eyes.
What about SOM" He hung the
cup back on its hook and shook his
head. MAN talk, NOM"
"Oh, l see," she ducked her
head. well, he's out in the upper
pasture" He rushed outside again.
"Pa," he shouted as he reached
the edge of the tree ringed field,
Its down at the store"
whats down at the store, SOM"
His eyes were affectionate as he
watched Jud gallop toward him.
''The end of the world done up in
pink ribbons?"
mo, Pa" His young face was
serious as he slid % a stop. MY
rife. The one I want"
"Oh?" Pa looked away uncom-
fortably. ''You sure it's the one
you want?" How he had dreaded
this day. All winter long they had
talked of guns, particularly the
one Jud would get some day. Each
time they went to the store Jud
would rush eagerly over to the
shiny gun case. = but they never
suited him. Gradually it had
reached the maybe, someday"
stage. Pa had been glad.
"Sure Pa. went down for bag
of salt and there it was" His
eyes were shining. "You ought to
see it"
How much did they say it was,
SOM" Mentally he braced him.
self.
Well" his face fell a trifle. lit
was $780,"
II see," Pa took his hand,
well have to talk about it later.
Right now want you to help me
mend some fences"
Slowly the afternoon passed for
Jud. Every minute seemed a year.
He watched his fathers set face
out of the corner of his eye. BY the
time they started back down the
path toward the house ,,his heart
was heavy. Whenever Pa acted
like this it meant they didn't have
the money. Silently he ate his sup
per and went to bed.
It was several hours before he
fell asleep. He listened closely to
the rise and fall of his father s
voice, straining to make out the
muff1ed words. 1t was useless. The
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27


ing up that's been
going on. Even
though the new
name for a jeans
party is a ''bums
rush, you usually
turn up lookin G
pretty elegant
even in jeans. Here
are some of the
ways you dress
them up to the
occasion.
Arizona sun., 1948-08-27
NEEDLECRAFT PATTERNS
Embroidered Kitchen Towels

towels to give your Kitchen an
original touch.
Tea towels you'll love, in embroidery
you'll find easy. Pattern 718; transfer OF
6 motifs 6x7 inches.
This new. improved pattern makes
needlework so simple with its charts.
photos, concise directions.