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Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Executive Loses Is
Pounds After Eating
Grass for One Month

TAYLOR, TEXAS.-Elmore Torn,
executive vice-president of the
Texas Chemurgic council, is looking
toward a square meal after more
than a month on a grass diet.
Torn went on the diet OF deny
DRAFTED cereal grasses as a means
Of expressing his Individual support
of the European aid plan.
He vowed to remain on the diet
until the plan became a law. But
ever though the aid bill has been
passed, Torn is still "tapering of"
his grass diet.
He says whole milk will be sup
plemented and lean steaks added
gradually until his daily calory in
take is stepped up from about 200 to
1000.
Torn said his loss of weight dur
ing the entire experiment was only
about 10 pounds from his original
20n.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07

hogs with certain types of enteritIs
become thinner and thinner. Scour-
ing may be severe. If they recover
after several weeks, they suffer
considerable loss of weight" the
Foundation statement explained.
Zone of the worst dangers is that
ailing hogs may spread the disease
through the herd before they show
marked illness. This makes it ex-
tremely important that a diagnosis
be obtained at the first sign that
anything is wrong.
Sanitation and good management
T the best precautions against
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Eight Acres of FurmIund
Slip Into Sixfy-Foof Hole

GREENSBORO, FLA During
an inspection of his farm, D. w.
Pitts found that eight acres of
his land fell into a sixty-foot hole.
Neighbors recalled hearing a
loud noise, but because Of con-
tinuous, heavy rains, Pitt didn't
investigate.
State Geologist Robert N. Yer
non said the collapse probably re-
suited from water eating out un-
DERIVING limestone foundations.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Owls In the u. 8.

All told, about 200 varieties of
owls inhabit the earth; some Is diff
ferent kinds live in the United States.
Owls in this country include every
thing from the great gray and horned
owls of northern forests to the tiny
Whitney's elf owl which, when puffed
up with rage, is only as large as a
good sized fist.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07

enteritis losses. Newly-purchased
pigs should be segregated until they
are proved free of disease. Clean
pastures, movable houses, and
scrubbed concrete floors will reduce
the chances of Infection"
Veterinarians find that medical
treatment for enteritis is more sat-
isfactory when the farmer has prac-
ticed preventive sanitation and
segregation, the American Fouda-
ton said.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Largest Inland Sea

Caspian Sea, which lies between
Europe and Asia, is the worlds larg-
est inland sea, according to the World
Book encyclopaedia. Bordered on
three sides by Soviet territory, and
on its southern shore by Persia, the
Caspian sea covers nearly 100000
square miles, an area larger than that
Of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa com
bined.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Animal Foundation BIumes
Enferifis for Slim HOGS

DIES MOINES.-Finger of suspi-
cion was pointed at the hog who eats
his head off and still fails to put on
the profitable pounds.
The American Foundation for ami
NAL Health warned that such board
ers not only waste feed, but also
may be victims and carriers of n
of the dangerous types Of swine
enteritis.
Gwen though they eat heartily.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
WATCH FOR OUR CIRCULAR

After a month of eating very little
but dehydrated grass pills, Torn
said chlorophyll from now OF will
have a prominent place in my ration
for cutting away the fat and harden
ing the muscles"
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
Big Atomic Birth Rate

Oak Ridge, Tenn, had the highest
birth rate of any city in the United
States at the wartime peak of
atomic research there.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-07
II. g. Flood Losses

Flood losses in the United States
have exceeded ITO million dollars
annually in recent years, according
to the Twentieth Century fund.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANIZA-
TION TO AID HAGANAH
is ORGANIZED

JOHANNESBURG, South At
RIGA (JTA)-A South African Lee
gion for Haganah has been formed
here to aid in raising funds for
the Palestinian Jewish defense
organization and to acquaint the
people of South Africa with the
work of the Jewish militia, it
was announced during the week
end. Authorization for formation
of the Legion was given by the
Haganah and the Americans fol
Haganah along whose lines the
Legion will operate.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
Savannah, Georgia

ligion in contemporary life, stated:
"The need for filling our life with
greater spiritual content is not
limited to modern Jewry. There
is spiritual hunger abroad in the
world and sickness has affected
the soul of man. Civilization is
starved spiritually at the roots,
and the result has been mass,
moral qualification The prob
lens that plague society on all
levels-personal, national and in
ternational-are being increasing
ly recognized as manifestations of
lack of spiritual faith"
DR.. Samuel S. Cohen, professor
of Jewish Theology at Hebrew
Union College, said that "a paper
wall is being erected between the
Jewish scholars and the people"
AS a consequence, he added, the
place of Judaism in the worlds
religions lis inadequately under
stood by most of our people" The
science of Judaism thus narrows
itself down and grows obsolescent
for the Jewish people, he pointed
out.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
GROUP OF 1875 AUSTRIAN JEWS
RETURNS TO VIENNA
FROM PALESTINE

VIENNA (JTA)-A group of
125 Austrian Jews returned here
this week from Palestine whence
they fled when the Nazis over-ran
Austria. About half of them will
be housed in municipal lodging
homes, while the remainder will
be put up at special quarters for
returneeS.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26

Dr. Mordecai Kaplan of New
York urged the "defrostation" of
tho Torah tradition. Jewish ira
dition." he said, "must achieve a
new life-and-thought pattern that
is dynamic rather than static.
Jewish tradition must be rendered
sufficiently plastic to include a
vast range of theoretic and prac-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
Dr.. Mordecoi KopIon Urges
"Defrostotion" Of Religious
Traditions

teal content in order that it NAV
conform to the dynamic frame
of modern life. 1t must have due
regard for all the needs of human
nature and lay great emphasis
upon detailed guidance"
DR.. Abraham A. Neuman of
Philadelphia, president of Dropsie
College, analysing the place of re-
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05
Unalaska Appeals To President For Mail Service Boat

The City of Unalaska has sent an appeal to the President of the United States, Congress, the Gov ernor of Alaska and the Postmas- ter General, due to cancellation of the contract for carrying the U. s. Mail on the NV Aleutian Mail.
 They claim that boat service is the life line of the locality and plane service alone would affect the very existance of many of the villages and towns in the chain.
 With the cancellation of the con- tract many villages will not have either passenger or freight serv- ice as the airplanes cannot go into many of the isolated places.
 Intervillage trade must cease, they claim, unless a boat service is provided. The Post Office Department has in the past pro- vided a twice a month schedule for as far west as Atka, which has been satisfactory ,and with out a contract the villages can hope for no regular service.
 The complete change of service without notifying the people iv- ing there, they claim, is unjust and n-American.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05
Clemency Asked For Slayer Of, Juneau Grocer

JUNEAU, -(P)-Only one re. course remained today to stay the execution of a second man in the Dec. p, l946 staying of grocery man Jim Ellen of Juneau---an ap- peal to President Truman.
 The 40-day appeal period ex- pired yesterday for Eugene La Moore, who is scheduled to hang April 30. However, attorneys Hen ry Roden and Joseph Mclean filed a petition for executive clemency which is to be forwarded to the president. It asks reduction of the sentence to life imprisonment.
 Austin Nelson was hanged Mar. 1 for participation in the staying.
 The appeal time will also ex- pire tomorrow for another man, George Meeks, who is serving a life term after being twice con- victed of murdering Clarence Campbell. The San Francisco law firm of Merica and Walsh recent ly asked extension of the time from 40 to 90 days to perfect an appeal. The motion was denied by federal court on the grounds that the attorneys had never been admitted to the practice of law in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05
TOrnadOes Kill Many In States

CHICAGO, (R-E Early spring tornaodes and thunderstorms rip ped across parts of the central and southern sections of the nation Friday, killing more than a score of persons.
 The tornadic gales which struck west central Indiana, parts of Missouri and Illinois and Alabama were the third to sweep over the country's mid-section within a week. The death toll from the twisters and storms was about 75. More than 40 died in last week. $ tornadOes which 13 lost their lives in the gales which hit Oklahoma Thursday.
 Yesterdays twisters left their biggest path of destruction in west central Indiana. The known dead is l9. Scores were injured. Buildings in several communities were demolished.
 Two persons lost their lives and scores were hurt when a tornado struck twice at Aliceville, Ala, near the Alabama Mississippi line
 Another twister swept over an area along the Mississippi river near the missouri-Illinois line at St. Charles, Mo. No deaths were
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05
Anchorage To Buy Power Ship

ANCHORAGE, -(P)-Anchor- age is going to purchase the half ship which has been furnishing electric power for the city.
 Mayor Francis C.. Bowden said yesterday that the War Assets Administration had decided to sell the half-ship to Anchorage for $25,OOO.
 The vessel is the Sackette liar bor, l6,000-ton tanker which broke in two 500 miles off Adak in the Aleutians.
 The after half of the ship was lowed here to help overcome a serious power shortage. Built in Portland by the Kaiser shipyard at cost of $5,OOO,OOO, it contains a 4,500-killowat power generating system.
 It has already furnished the city with 100000 kilowatts of power.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05

reported in the region, where last weeks tornadoes took the lives of more than a score of persons.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05

PAUL SARV RETURNS FROM VISIT IN STATES
 Paul Sarv, employee of the Lo- men Commercial Go. for many years, who has been visiting in the States with his family, arrived home yesterday.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05

A snake cannot strike more than half the length of its body.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-05

A snake which is coiled up like a rope cannot strike.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
FARM BILL:
Price Support

To the accompaniment of his now
customary blast at the 8Oth con-
gress President Truman signed in
to law farm bill that extends pres
ent price support policies for Is
months and establishes long-range.
flexible support program to begin
January l, 1850.
Signing the bill, the President
said: II wish to make it plain once
again that legislation for price. sup
ports is only part of the action this
congress should have taken to meet
the problems Of American agricul-
ture.'
Thus. he was not criticizing the
farm price support bill in itself but
rather giving another re-run to the
familiar theme whereby he has
been castigating congress for do
ing little when a lot more was
needed.
Congress, he said, failed to en-
act legislation to strengthen the
soil conservation program; it did
not provide the necessary funds for
marketing research; it did not act
on the international wheat agree
ment. 1t failed, he specified, to
meet ''the serious problems of
rural housing, health and educa-
ton"
''In the field of agriculture, as in
so many others, most of the BUSH
ness Of the 80th congress was left
unfinished" Mr.. Truman observed.
Under the extension bill farm
prices generally will be supported
at their present levels. However,
the support price for cotton will
drop from 921s to 80 per cent of
parity.
The idea behind parity farm
prices is to insure the farmer the
same buying power, compared with
the rest Of the community, that he
had during a favorable crop period.
Usually the standard interval upon
which parity prices are based are
the five years from 1909 to 1914.
Five other basic crops will con-
tinue to be supported at 80 per cent
Of parity. They are wheat. corn,
rice. peanuts and tobacco.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22

IN NEW ORLEANS Mrs. Nor
ris Champagne gave birth to a son
in Baptist hospital, "a hours later
Mrs. Joseph Liquor had daughter,
IL minutes after that Mrs. S. r.
Staggers was delivered of a daugh-
ter.
IN BUTTE -. Deputy Sheriff Rob-
ert Russell was treated for burns on
his right forefnger suffered when
he was demonstrating the safe way
to handle f1recrackers to a group of
youngsters.
IN KANSAS CITY Clyde E..
Paine. a roundhouse worker, unable
to sleep since he was transferred
from the day to night shift, invented
an electric fan that makes a clack-
ing noise like the wheels of freight
train, lulling him into peaceful slun-
Der.
IN MILWAUKEE, James Beard
put a handful of nickels into a paw
telephone, got a wrong number ev-
cry time, was arrested when he was
found walking down the street in a
mist Of rage with the telephone re-
ceiver dangling by the cord wrapped
around his neck.
IN LYNCHBURG, Va. DR.. P. w.
Slosson Of the University of Mich
igan, speaking before a church
group, issued somber prediction:
World War w will be fought with
bows and arrows.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
DEFENSE:
No Cutback

No cutback will be made in Amer
ica's multi-billion dollar defense
program, despite evidences Of
Communist weakening in Europe,
Secretary Of Defense James For
restal has asserted.
There are still too many danger
GUS imponderables in existence, Of
which the current situation in Ber-
lin contains the most explosive po-
tentialities.
Forrestal told press confer
ence-his first since the top level
strategic policy meeting with the
military high command in Key
West, Fla, last March--that he had
the fullest confidence in the U. S.
military expansion program.
He said there would be no "call-
ing down" Of military preparations
as a result of the recent elections
in Finland in which the Communists
suffered heavy reverses, or because
Of the yoviet-Yugoslav split.
Forrestal considers the military
program, including the draft, the
minimum necessary for an "ade-
quate military posture" under pres
ent conditions.
He revealed that the defense pro-
gram for the fiscal year which be-
gan July has been allotted total
Of lat billion dollars.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
RAILROADS:
No Strike

Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsbor.
ough was not a man to stand idly
by and watch society disintegrate,
as he termed it, so he issued an in
junction forbidding a national rail
strike.
The injunction was a permanent
one replacing the temporary mo
strike" order he issued last May
after the government had seized the
railroads in the face of an impend-
ing strike by the three operating
brotherhoods.
Justifying his action, Goldsborough
said that if he had not issued the
order "the whole economic and po-
itical system of the nation would
be upset"
Although rail unions had protested
that permanent injunction was I'M
necessary, Goldsborough said they
could not be permitted ''to adopt
process which will disintegr So
ciety ITSELF" That held true, he
pointed out, regardless of whatever
merits the unions case might hold.
"Our political influence through
out the world would be done away
with, we'd become laughing stock.
To permit strike of this kind Is
something society should not be
forced to tolerate
But as the stalemate dragged on
the disputants apparently lost some
Of their zest for the contest.
Finally series of conferences, ar
ranged by John r. Steelman, pres
idential assistant, resulted in more
or less anicable settlement: The
unions agreed to accept wage in
crease of 15h cents an hour, plus
some changes in operating rules.
Chortled President Truman as he
called the labor and management
representatives into his office: ''You
did this on your own hook and I feel
very good about it. congratulate all
of you on it."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
Spending Money

AS the economic cooperation adj
ministration closed its Marshall plan
books on the first three months of
its operation it reported that re-
covery shipments worth $762, TAI, 40
were approved for Europe and China
during that period.
That total is about So per cent
Of the goal originally set for the
quarter, but ECA Administrator
Paul Hoffman said the unspent bal
ance would be used eventually.
Thus far, Great Britain has led
the list Of participating countries in
value of the shipments approved.
Goods worth $226, O66, 200 have been
authorized for shipment to Great
Britain.
Wheat showed up as the largest
single commodity on the recovery
schedule. Cargoes valued at $751;
SCI $50 have been approved for ship
ment overseas to the hungry nations.
Other big-volune items included:
Petroleum products. wheat -four,
cotton. non-ferrous metals, meats
and iron and steel. Transportation
costs came to $G4,S05, $50.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
PRICES:
Up Again

Consumers price index, formerly
called the cost of living index, for
mid-May this year rose 6 per cent
above that for mid-April to reach
a new all-time high, according to
figures released by National Indus
trial Conference board.
Expressed in 1928 dollars. the DUR
chasing power of the dollar stood
at 61.3 cents in May. That repre-
sents drop Of 6 per cent from April
and IA per cent from June, 1947.
From mid-April to mid-May food.
up 1.3 per cent, showed the great
est increase. During the same Pc
riod fuels were up 8 per cent. Hous-
ing was unchanged. Clothing was
down Il per cent, while house fur
nishings and sundries each took q
drop Of 2 per cent.
Food rose 11.2 per cent from June.
1947. to May, 1948. The same period
saw fuels soar 9.3 per cent, house
furnishings So per cent, sundries
and housing So per cent and cloth
ing 4.6 per cent. Between April and
May, 1948, prices rose uniformly
across the nation.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
REPUBLICAN,:
Changes, If

Although the presidency OF the
United States still is far from a
reality for Gov. Thomas e. Dewey
of New York, the Republican NOM
inee nevertheless is giving consid-
cradle thought to some of the prob
lens that will face him If he does
get elected to the Office.
II, for instance, he is to make
good his promise to sweep out '"16
years Of Democratic cobwebs'
from the federal government, these
are some Of the tasks he will be
expected to perform:
Replace hundreds Of officials in
Washington and all over the nation
with men Of his choice who will
put his policies into effect.
Establish with congress a coordi-
mated program of policies for all
federal departments. both foreign
and domestic.
Streamline government functions
and eliminate Implications in the
present structure Of alphabetical
agencies and bureaus.
It will be gigantic task. Pol
icies that a Republican president
would have to establish would range
through the current conduct Of for
eign affairs; domestic spending of
taxpayers money; federal relations
with private business, labor and
industry: housing. veterans, agri-
culture and social improvements.
Then there will be the matter of
choosing a cabinet that will be
geographically representative Of
the entire nation.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22

In addition to giving Russia
false incentive toward becom-
ing particularly nasty in Berlin,
the recent currency revaluation
in Germany's western zones
caused a certain amount of per-
sonal financial confusion also.
This German hausfrau turned i'm
her old currency for the new
money sponsored by the western
powers, receiving 40 new marks
for 60 of the old. But the new
money will buy as much as the
Old-she hopes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
BERLIN:
Trouble

AS u. S. planes continued to fly
tons Of food into beleaguered Ber-
lin the East-West stalemate over
Germany was solidifying in a stub
born mold.
The Russian blockade Of Berlin
had brought the painful German is
sue to a head, and both the Soviets
and the western powers were an
ticipating that events might begin
to move very rapidly soon.
There were these developments:
The Communists announced that
they were drawing UP constitution
for a German republic and also a
two-year plan to link Berlin eco-
nomically with the Soviet zone.
At the same time, on the free
side of the iron curtain, German
political leaders were expressing
their opposition to the western
powers plans for West German
federal government.
In Berlin, power cuts were or
dered in the three western sectors
Of the city to save the dwindling
coal stocks. The action was taken
despite the fact that coal shipments
had begun to arrive by air.
It was a real, genuine crisis,
serious enough to cause consider
able worry in the minds Of western
leaders.
Key to the situation, perhaps,
was the Communist proposal for a
new constitution. The Soviet-spon-
sored German Peoples Congress
OF eastern Germany announced
that the document would be official.
In a statement the group said that
Germany is an indivisible repub-
lie made up of states and that execu-
tive power stems from the people. I"
simultaneously the Communists
warned that ''if Berlin wants to live
it has only one possibility at the
monent-connection with the eco
nomic plan for the eastern zone."
That appeared to bring Soviet in
tentions more or less out in the
open. It means that Russia appar-
emily is determined either to force
the western denocracies out of Ber-
lin or bludgeon them into an agree
ment whereby the Soviets would be
in virtual control Of the city.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
Finnish Reds

Communists in Finland are
thoroughly disgruntled over re-
suits Of the recent parliamen-
tary election there. The Com.
munist-led Popular Democrats
lost LIZ Of their 4S seats in the
legislature.
One Of the reasons for the
losses, they pouted, was an an
ti-Soviet whispering campaign
stirred up by reactionaries and
facilitated by Finland's anti
RussiAn educational system.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-22
CYCLES:
Freezing

People who are addicted to the
theory that human existence is de-
fined by cycles have made a hor-
rendous prediction: This will be a
world of dictators for the next $50
years.
That representation was made in
q ''1aw of growth of nations" pub
hshed by the Foundation for the
Study Of Cycles. This law indicates
further that after the period of die
tators will come a static or frozen"
civilization.
This ''frozen'' civilization prob
ably will be happy one, but it is,
nevertheless, doomed to deteri-
crate. The end is foreseen when
younger peoples, eager for the loot
OF the world, rise to give the coup
de grace to the emasculated west
ern powers.
Who these younger peoples are
Is not revealed. They may be a
fresh group of barbarians or near
barbarians who will come sweep
ing down from the north or UP from
the south.
The dictators are supposed to
flourish until the year 1900. Then
comes the freeze"