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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17

vykona-li jeden stroj praci pc
tt lid, pax ctyri Tide prijdou o
praci, nebot k jeho obsluze sta
cf delnik, jediny. We skutec-
nosti vsak move stroje zname-
naJl obycejne praci pro vice Ii
dl. Move vynalezy, jake ma
pflklad automobil nebo radio,
polozily zaklad k nejvetsim
prGmyslovym odvetv1m v Anne
rice. Take We starsfch odv6t-
v1ch prdmyslu zdokonalenl pro
dukce znamenalo vice vyrobk1
"a nizs1 ceny, pffstupne vice
zakaznlkdm, kteri svou poptav
kou vytvafeli zamestnanf pro
vice delnfkG. Nejde proto o
nachazenl zpusobd, jak odra-
diti vynalezaveho genia, nybrz
O to, jak pomoci d6lnfkovi, do
casne vypuzenemu z mfsta me-
chanickym soupefem. Vlada
mt m1ze pomoci, ably ziskal
move znalosti a naSel tax praci
V jinem oboru vyroby. Neja-
ky cas- pomdze mu pojistenl V
nezamestnanosti. N6ktere pod
Milky a odborove organisace po-
staraly Sc O kontrakty, ma je-
jichz zaklade jsou delnfci, kteTi
takovymto zpdsobem prisli o
praci, pfevedeni ma jina mista,
nebo nabyvajl aspon pfednost-
nj pravo ma tato mista.
Vzajemny postoj delnfk1 a
zamestnavatelG Dude vzdy hra-
ii dGlezitou roll pfi zvysovanl
produkce. Zam6stnanec, KITE
ry Sc nec1ti v praci spokojeny,
nemuze il nikdy konati oprav-
du dobfe. Je proto ma zamest-
~navatel1ch a ma zamestnanc1ch
ably nasli cestu, pc n1z dojdou
Ike vseobecne uspokojive shode.
Nejenom deln1ci, ale i nekteff
prGmyslnfci p~ohllzeji ma move
stroje nevrazive. Nekolik nej-
dGlezitejsfch prdmyslovych Cd
v6tv1 je dnes V Americe kon-
trolovano jednou nebo dvema
spolecnostmi. Tyto spolecnos-
tt nepotrebujf Sc obavati kon-
kurence, a proto mohou 1my-
sine brzditi dalsi zdokonalova-
nj We vyrobe. Mensl produk-
ce je V jejich zajmu, nebot ta-
kovvm zp6sobem mohou "a
chovati vyssi ceny sveho zbozf.
Dals1m cihitelem je obchod-
nj cyklus, kteremu mas hospo-
daTsky system podleha. Mad
m1rna expanse vede k depresi,
a deprese znamena mens1 in
vestici do prGmyslu, PrGmyslo-
w pokrok je ovsem podmlnen
prave kapitalem, bez nehoz by
nebylo ohromnych stroll, ma
hrazuj1cfch lidskou praci. Ca
sem Sc tyto stroje vyplat1, ne
bot vyrob1 produkty znacne
levn6ji, neil kdyby je vyrabe-
la lidska nebo zvfTecf s1la; ale
prvnf investice do Mich je o.
hromna, a v case deprese roz-
hodne zastrasuiicf. Uplne sc
vyvarovati obchodn1ho cyklu
nemGzeme, ale mdzeme zabra-
niti aspon jeho extrem1m, a to
tim, re zavedeme castecnou
vladnf kontrolu nejddlezitej-
s1ch pr1myslovych odvetvi.
MGzeme tax uciniti regulac1 u
veru, uskutecnovanlm veTej-
nych projektG, nalezitym IDA
nen1m a socialnim zabezpece-
MIN zam6stnanych.
Mali zdejs1 zivotnl 1roven
ii nadale stoupati, mus1me 81 o.
vsem uvedomiti, re dnesni A
meriku nelze srovnavati s A
merikou z roku 1850. Jsou zde
move probl6my, now cinitele, o
nichz nutno uvazovati. Vlada,
~investofi, delnfci i konsumenti
must sc svorne podlleti ma Cd
povednosti "a budoucnost teto
zeme, "a jej1 blahobyt.
Common Council for American
Unity.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17
Predbszne oznameni zabav.

" nedeli, 10. zaff pofada
Sdruzenf Deln. Spolkd Vylet.
do SLOW. Mar. Domu.
" sobotu, 2. rijna "Rybi
Hody'' porada Tel. Jedn. Sokol
Curtis Bay.
- nedeli, 10. Tijna Ochot-
nicky Spolek Osady sv. Vacla-
va sehraje veselohru Sc zpevy
eta Nase Mary.
" nedeli, 10. rfjna pofada
|. Cesky Dem. Klub 7. Wardy
Bull Roast" cd l do 6 hodin
vecer.
- Z. listopadu - Sokolska
Besfdka Mladeze v Sokolovne.
4. prosince - Okrskove
Zavody v Sokolovne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17
Adresar csl. spolki.
BALTIMORE A OKOLf
SPOLKY:

Staly Stav. Spolek "Slovan
stvo" odbyva pravidelne schI.
re v els. 901 N. Patterson Park
Ave. rob Ashland Ave. v pom.
deli vec. cd $50 do 9. bod. Jos
Fiser, preds., Anton Radek
mistopreds., F. J. Hejny, tai.
Emanuel Kliment, pokl. Pravni
zastupce Karel j. Novak.
SLAVIC" cesky Stav. Vyp.
a Zal. Spolek. SchIze kazd6
pondeli a stredu cd 6 do 9 hod.
vecer, 730 N. Collington Ave,
OtevTeno kazdy den cd 10 do
4 odpol mimo ctvrtka. V sobo-
tn pouze do l hodiny. PTedseda
Vlast Koenigsmark, mfstopTed-
soda Frank j. Klecka, tai. F.
Kalas, vyp. tai. ST. Pretl, pokl.
J. Koenigsmark, pravnik F. j.
Van Slyke.
STAY. Spolek sv. Vaclava els.
l., odbyva sve pravidelne sch1-
re We sve mfstnosti {. $40 N.
Chester St., kazde pond6li v 3.
hodin vecer. Predseda F. Otce-
nasek, mfstopTeds. Karel Pc
terka, tajemnfk Vaclav Krato-
civil, vyp. tai. Eduard Sup1k,
pOkl. Jan Dol1vka. Pravnf "a
stupci: Frank j. Pintner a
August Kozlovsky.
"Zlata Praha" STAY. Phi.
SpoT. Spolek odbyva schdze
kazdou stTedu cd 6 do 9 hodin
vecer v mfstnosti 9O1 N. Pat
terson Park Avenue. Penfze
Sc ukladaji a pIjcky Sc spro-
stTedkujf. PTedseda Anton Zit-
nix, mistopTedseda J. Rob, tai.
J. L. Cermak, 1924 Kingsway
Road, pokl. l.. Soul, pravnfk
Karel Novak.
cesky Amer. Stav. SpoIek
odbyva sch1ze kazdou sobotu
Vecer cd 7:30 do 8. hodin We
sv6 budov6, 2417 E. Monument
ulice. PTedseda Frank Hejny,
mfstopredseda JOS. Hlavfn, tai.
A. J. Svejda, pokl. V. Zeman,
vyp. tai. T. Velenovsky, pray
nix Eduard F. Dob1hal.
Madison e. Bradford SITS.
STAY. a Vyp. Spolek, 9O1 N.
Patterson Park Ave. Ufaduje
Sc kazdodenn6 vyjma ctvrtka
cd 9 do IL hod. dop. a cd 1 do
4 odpol. V sobotu cd 9 do IL
dop. r. Novak, pred, F. R. Els
mic, mfstopreds., K. Matousek,
tai, Jar. Cermak, pokl., Jan
Cernlak, vyp. tajemn1k, K. j.
Novak a E. F. Dob1hal, pravn1-
CT. Pravidelne schIze kazdy
patek cd z do 9 hodin vecer.
Severo-vychodni Ces. Stav.
a Sporitelni Spolek, 901 N. Pat
terson Park Ave. UTaduje sc
denne mimo ctvrtka cd 9 do IL
dop. a 1 do 4 odpol. V sobotu
cd 9 do IL dop. v. Hrabanek,
pTeds., F. R. Elsnic, mfstopfeds.
K. Matousek, tai, Jar. Cermak,
pokl., Dob1hal-Novak, pray
nfci. Pravidelna sch1ze kazde
1tery cd 6 do 9 hodin vecer.
-cesky Stavebni a Vypomoc-
ny Spolek "Slovan" odbyva
pravidelne tydni schGze kazde
1tery cd Z. do 9. bod. vecer, v
{. 1927 Cherry St., v Sokolske
Budove, Curtis Bay, BALTIC. Md.
V. Kozlik, pfeds., F. Kuska,
mfsopreds., j. Matousek, tai,
w. Marek, vyp. tai, F. Bernat,
pokl., w. Wright, vybercf, F.
j. Pintner, pravnf zastupce.
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Spolek ssv. Petra a Pavla (.

Spolek ssv. Petra a Pavla {.
70, <. D., odbyva sve sch1ze
kazdou 3 nedeli v mesfci cd 10
do IL bod. rano v mfstnosti sv.
Vaclavske ma Collington Ave.
Pfeds. NJ. Hlavac, m1stopfeds.
Anton zitnfk, tai. Wenceslaus
Wallis, 1926 Chesterfield Ave-,
vyp. tai. a pokl. Albert Novak,
vybercl Vaclav Hlavac.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17
Rad Lidice, els. 456, {. S. A.

Rad Lidice, els. 456, {. S. A.
Belcamp, Md. Sch6ze kazdy 2
ctvrtek v mesici v Belcamp Ho-
telu. Preds. br. Jar. Cablfk, mi
stopTeds. br. JOS. KolaTfk, tai.
br. Otto Goetzl, ucetni br. Jar.
Valcfk, pokl. br. Albert Kotras.
Revisori: br. Jos. Hybner a br.
Jos. Kolaffk. Straz br. Louis
Stupavsky. Adresa vsech jest
Belcamp, Md.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17

ktera nahle mas opustila V sobotu, 4. zaTi a ulozena k
poslednimu o%dpocinku ma Narodnim Hfbitove V den
Prace, 6. zar1 1913.
Nase diky zvlaste patti Vlp. Janu Tausovi "a ces-
tn do domu a 1techu danou nemocne. Dale Vlp. Solo
monovi "a nabozensk6 obfady pfi pohTbu a ma hfbito-
We. Nase tisfcere dfky nosicdm rakve pandm: Franku
Pelzovi, Jos. Peroutkovi, Lad. Kralovi, Vine. Suchan-
kovi, Franku Zaoralkovi, F. Kalasovi, vsem darcum
kvetinovych DART, vsem pfatelGm "a propdjcenl auto
mobild a doprovodu nasi drahe zesnule ma poslednl &C.
ste, vsem tenn, kdoz slovem neb jen stisknut1m ruky
neb jakymkoliv zpdsobem mas boil zmfrnti Sc snazIi
a take tenn, ktef1 jinym zp6sobem pamatku jeJl
uctni.
Nemdzeme opomenouti vzdati dix p. Jar. eva
chow "a vzorne vypraven1 pohrbu a mnohonasobne
sluzby v techto smutnych dnech.
Jmenem cele rodiny zde Cechach
truchIici manzel KAREL HRUBEs, st.
SYN KAREL HRUBEs mi.
snacha RUTH HRUBEs
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17

ROME:

Sprawl Vybor Ceskeho Ma
rodniho Hrbitova. Sch1ze 2.
ctvrtek v mes1ci v 7 bod. vecer
We skole Aug. Hermana, Pfeds.
A. Vancura, 9O6 N. Madeira St.
tai. A. Masek, 626 N. Curley
st. (5), 1cet. S. Tuna, jednatel
pf. R. Stock, 2412 E. Monu-
ment ST. Tel. Broadway $500,
pokl. J. Prochazka, GIG N. Bel
nord Ave. Obchodni zalezitosti
hfbitova vyrizuje jednatel.
Observation-Disclosures Civic
Association. Schdze $3.50 p. m.
treti patek v mesici We Slo-
venskem Dome, rob Eager a
Montford ul. Pred. Emil Mynar.
|27OO Ashland Ave-, m1stopreds.
Louis J. svehla, fin. tai. MateJ
Hromadka, prot. tai. Frank j.
Rick, 936 N. Patterson Park
Ave-, pokl. John Kordula, straz
&c u dveTl Petr Mifkovic.
Sdruzeni Csl. SpolkGi " Balti-
more, Md. Ufedn1ci ma rok
1913: = Predseda Vaclav Pri-
mus, tajemnice Sylvia PETER,
1907 Ednor Road (18), 1cetni-
&c Marie Kraft, TIC N. Milton
Ave. 80, pokladn1k Rev. JOS.
M. Vondracek.
Patronat Ceske Svob. Skoly
Augustin Herman odbyva sve
schGze 2. stredu v mesici We
5kolnf budove v 8. hodin vecer.
Pred. Jos. Pokorny, m1stopreds.
stepan Tuna, tai. NJ. Kraft,
ZIG N. Milton Ave, 1cet. Rnz.
Stock, pokl. Anezka Rys, uci-
tel Jar. Smejkal. Dopisy zasf-
lejte ma tajemnici.
Slovensky Narodny Dom.
|Schodze kazd1 druh1 a posled-
MI nedelu v mesiaci v 6 hodin
vecier v dome 6526 Holabird
Ave. Preds. Albin Blahus, mi
stopreds. Robert Marsik, zapis-
nix Joseph Jenko, 1913 Max
we'll Ave. (22), 1ctovnik John
Petrasovic, pokladnik Stefan
Kratfil. Adresujte vsetky do
pisy a pozvanky ma zapisnika.
Augustine Herman Skupina
zensks Civic Ligy. Schdze ka-
zdy /. ctvrtek v meslci cd 1870
do A hodin odpol. We skole Aug.
Hefmana. Preds. p1. Anthony
J. Peroutka, mfstopfeds. pl. L.
Francik, tai. p1. Eugene Stast-
ny, pokl. p1. John Shimanek.
Del. Vzdsl. Spolek "Pokrok''
ISchdze v Delnickem Dome,
I25O9 Madison I'll. kazdy 4.
patek v mesfci v 8 hodin vecer.
Preds. FIR. Vas1cek, $40 Red
mond St., mistopreds. Jos. Kris,
1886 N. Milton Ave, tai Vaclav
PECK, 234O Ashland Ave. 81,
1cet. John Benes, 2507 E. Ma
Olson St., pokl. Jerry Cincibus.
I721 N. Montford Ave.
Ceskoslovenske Americke y.
stredi Washington,>D. c., Inc.
kona schGze kazdou prvn1 ne.
deli v mes1ci CHROME cervence
a srpna) Pythian Temple
1912 - 9th St., N. W., Wash.
ington, D. c.. We 4 bod. odpol
PTeds. Jerry Kroutil, Is Yves
Spring St., Alexandria, Va, tai
May Saba, 1923 Austin ST., S. E
Washington = 20, D. c..
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-09-17

S bolnym srdcem, napln6nym vsak vd6cnostf de-
kujeme vsem ~pratel1m a znamym kteT1 sc pfisli roz-
louciti s nasi milovanou manzelkou, maminkou, tchyn1
a babickou
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
CideIights

o An electronic warning when the
baby cries at night has been invented
by General Electric engineer. The
unit, attached tC the crib, reacts to
crying sounds and causes an ordinary
electric light to flash on and off at
the parents bedside.
. In Fort Erie, Ont, a radio fell into
Mrs. Margaret E. Possnet's bathtub
and the electric charge killed her, the
coroner reported.
o The British National Coal Board
acknowledged an $8,OO0OOO mistake
in ordering American mining equip
ment to speed coal production. Far
too much coal conveyor betting was
ordered and much of it will have to
be stored for future use.
Q In Berlin, Heinrich Czerwinski, %,
who sent 800 letters abroad begging
for food, was sentenced by the U. S.
Military Government to two years in
Jail for fraud. The German youth re-
ceived 80 food packages from SYM
pathetic Americans and others taken
in by his fraudulent claim that he was
on a Starvation diet"
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
Aerial
Superspeed Problems

SUpersPeed Problems
Super speeds in tomorrow's aircraft
will bring many changes in plane de-
sign.
For one thing, the day of the gun
bristling warplane is about over.
Guns, rockets or bombs sticking out
into 600 mile an hour airstreams
create a costly drag and impair ma
neuverability.
Aviation ordnance experts predict
that turrets will be retractable, guns
will be shorter but heavier and faster
firing. Used shells will not be elected
into the air as in World War II. They
will be retained aboard the plane to
help maintain fore and aft balance
and to avoid hitting the firing plane
or an accompanying plane.
World War II bombers usually
bombed from attitudes around $4,000
feet at speeds of around 240 miles per
hour. The newest bombers will fly at
about 600 mph at $4,000 feet.
Air Force and naval aviation ex-
perts are working on automatic means
of sighting and firing guns and aim
ing and releasing bombs. Speed and
distances involving very high speed
flight will make it impractical to de-
pend entirely on human vision.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
TAXES: Lo> the Poor Commuter

in the city. 1t yields about $2,O00,000
a month.
Toledo, Ohio, has had a one per
cent income tax since 1946. 1t nets
about $4,0O0,0O0 a year. Last Novem-
ber, Columbus imposed a one-half of
one per cent tax on personal and bus
mess net incomes. 1t is expected to
yield about $2,500,CS1 annually.
Numerous Pennsylvania cities
climbed aboard the local income tax
bandwagon this year. They include
Blakely, Clark's Green, Clark'S Sum-
nit, Johnstown, Monessen, Scranton,
Sharon, Sharpsville, Throop, McKees-
rocks, Aliquippa and Coreapolis
school district.
Springfield followed the lead of
Toledo and Columbus. Louisville, KY,
adopted a payroll tax last week. A
taxpayers suit has been filed chal-
lenging its legality.
A st. Louis income tax will become
effective July 18. 1t will be one-half
of one per cent on individual gross
and corporation net earnings. It is
expected to raise $5,O0O,OOO a year.
St. Louis passed a one-fourth per
cent income tax in 1916 but it was
declared unconstitutional. The cur
rent bill was passed by the Missouri
legislature. An earlier bill which
would have given similar authority
to other Missouri localities was dis
carded.
An effort was made to pass a local
income tax law last year in Sar
Francisco but it failed. The same
thing happened in Denver and Min
neapolis.
Few states empower their munic.
ipalities to levy taxes on income
Action by the state lawmakers gen.
orally is required before such levie
can be adopted.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
Plan State
In Germany

A SIX-NATION conference in
ALondon agreed this week on
plans to set up limited state in
western Germany next year and
integrate its industrial potential
into Europe's economic recovery
program.
The agreement climaxes almost six
weeks of daily negotiation by dele
gates of the United States, Britain,
France and the Benelux countries
belgium, the Netherlands and Lux
embourg). The parley recommends
tions must be ratified by each of the
six governments.
Compromise Ends Deadlock
The conference broke a Franco
American deadlock on how to pick
German delegates who will convene
September l as a constituent assem-
bly, to draft a constitution for west
ern Germany.
In a compromise, the six powers
agreed to let each of the western
German districts (laenders) decide for
itself how to choose their delegates.
The Americans wanted the delegates
elected, the French had insisted that
they be appointed.
The London parley also decided to
set up an international control board
to handle coal, coke and steel from
the Ruhr. The board will consist of
representatives from western Ger
many and each of the six powers.
Self-Help Is the Key
From the first American officials
have held that self-help is the key
to the Marshall plan. Over all pro-
duction in both Britain and France
is now above prewar levels.
England is still behind prewar
levels in coal, textiles and building
but other industries bring her aver
age 10 to 20 per cent over 1899. Steel
a key industry, passed the prewar
level long ago and during recent
months has been running about 40
per cent more.
The United Nations estimates that
excluding Germany and Russia. the
industrial production of Europe's IA
major countries is now just about
even with 1888.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
Saga
Career Man

Career Man
John Andrew Keller, Jr., 81, of
Peotone, Ill, who went to work in
1914 as clerk in the Pentagon Build
ing at Washington, gave himself a
rating of second lieutenant and
flock of bogus war citations.
A federal prosecutor said Keller,
who never was in military service,
represented himself as a veteran of
several European battles, twice
wounded, and winner of the Belgian
Fourragere and the Purple Heart
with cluster. His pose was discovered
when he attempted to have himself
promoted to first lieutenant.
Il did it all with an Army mime
ograph machine and typewriter" 4"
Keller admitted. 81 gave myself an
honorable discharge, too"
He faces up to 10 years in Jail and
a $4,000 fine on charges of making
false entries in government records.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
Preparedness
Exercise Brifonnio

Representatives of British cities
heavily bombed in World War II will
be called together next year to help
the Kings military experts chart a
civilian defense program against the
atom bomb.
The disclosure was made by Field
Marshal Viscount Bernard L. Mont
gomery this week at the annual train
ing conferences for top line empire
army officers at the War Office staff
college in Camberley.
The chief of the British Imperial
General Staff said the study will be
the first coordination of civil defense
with military technique in the atomic
age.
The 1949 xercises-fourth of the
postwar period-will be devoted ex-
clusively to this project, known as
the Exercise Britannia" Montgom-
cry said it viii include highest rank
ing commanders in the homeland and
in the dominions and colonies as well.
Man Over the Machine
Montgomery said the British army
is being reorganized to meet modern
concepts of war. He said:
Generally speaking, / believe an
other war would be fought with
weapons developed before the out
break of war. Above all, believe thai
the man is still the first weapon O.
war. In the end it is the man who ha.
to do his stuff, even if he only presses
a button.
"Thus to win battles-and wars
you must have men who are fit, intel
ligent and trained. They must b
aided by science-but it is the human
factor which matters most"
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
In Short

Reiterated: BY the U. S. to Russia,
its proposal to return the Free Terri
tory of Trieste to Italy.
Drowned: % Navy men when
ships launch swampeG in Hampton
Roads, Norfolk, Va, returning 80 men
from Memorial Day liberty ashore.
Won: BY Mauri Rose, for the third
time, the 500-mile Indianapolis auto
mobile race at speed of 1888 miles
per hour, fastest in history.
Refused: BY Paul Robeson, to tell
a Senate Judiciary committee whether
or not he is a member of the Ameri-
can Communist Party.
Died: Unity Milford, 33,
prewar friend of Adolf Hitler and
daughter of British Baron Redesdale,
in Oban, Scotland, of natural causes.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
TRENDS: In the Market Place

the Board for the last three years,
shows that in l947 the general finan-
cial status of consumers developed the
first signs of weakening. Many had to
go into debt, cash in their government
savings bonds, or dip into savings.
The survey showed that in l947
100000 more families or individuals
cashed the last of their war bonds.
Of 100000 persons buying furni-
ture, refrigerators, radios, washing
machines and other household appli-
ances, more than half did so on the
installment plan.
On the other hand, consumer in
comes as a whole rose more than 10
per cent last year.
Almost so per cent Of the family
groups or individuals polled reported
higher salaries than in 1946 but be-
cause of higher living costs many felt
that they were worse off at the years
end than at its start
About 30 per cent had substantially
the same money income in 1947 as in
1946. About 20 per cent experienced
income declines.
Car Industry BOOms
The motor car industry once more
is talking about production volume of
100000 units a month. The big COM
panies believe that the worst Of their
labor disputes have been disposed Of
for at least another year.
The half-million total may not be
attained this month but there is better
than an even chance it will be real
lied in July and possibly in August.
too.
Production for May was about 334,-
900 cars and trucks. Strikes and soma
material shortages made it the poorest
month since July, 1946 Ford, getting
back into production after a major
model change-over, turned out about
$500 cars and 7,770 trucks last week.
Many large retailers, with more car
orders on their books that they can
fill in the next is months, are can
vassing customers to determine
whether they still want the new cars
ordered a year ago.
Dealers for the most part are moi
accepting new orders now.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11

those IN the pain or the HOOD but the
warning came too late for most to
heed.
Rampaging Columbia
That was the case. too, this week at
Vlnport, Ore. One day before the
59th anniversary of the Johnstown
food. the Columbia River ripped
through a weakened railroad embank-
ment and wiped out Vanport, a war;
built suburb of Portland.
The city vanished with even more
startling speed than it was built. Con-
structed within nine months at a cost
of $26, 100000, it had $4,000 people and
was Oregon's second largest city
when it was completed in 1943. At
first it was called BASKERVILLE for the
three shipyards whose workers it
housed
At the wars end, shipbuilding
slura ped and Vanport fell to 1900.
Walls of Raging Water
When the railroad dixie broke and
water swept in on the low-lying city,
hundreds of residents were in their
yards enjoying the sunny afternoon.
They were swept off their feet, with
mothers having children torn from
their grasp.
Many took refuge in second-story
apartments only to have the barracks
type buildings torn loose from foun-
dations and swept end over end in
the current. Hundreds escapes. to the
dixie tops and were rescued hours
later
Officials said it might take weeks
before all victims were known. Many
conceivably were swept out into the
Pacific.
Worst in Half Century
Days after the Vanport inundation
the 120-mile stretch of the rich Co.
lumbia valley from Portland to the
ocean was vast, muddy lake, its
winding course churned in the center
by the surging river.
Normally a mile in width, water in
some places spread 10 miles across
Oregon and Washington farm lands.
The Vanport disaster climaxed {
week of flood destruction, the Pacific
northwest's worst in more than half {
century. Property damage was esti
mated at more than $4,000, 900 in the
Columbia valley alone. British Colum
bias Fraser River was on a rampage
the Yakima River (Wash) was ovel
its banks and thousands of home.
were evacuated in Montana ant
Idaho
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-11
PALESTINE: Arab-Jewish Truce

JEWISH and Arab acceptance of
the United Nations proposal
for a four-weeks truce brought
prospects of an uneasy peace to
the Holy Land.
American authorities, while
pleased with truce acceptance, point
out that it actually solves none of
the basic issues. The Arabs still do
not recognize existence of the new
Jewish state. And Jewish extremists
still are not reconciled with the con-
cept of an Israel occupying only part
rather than all of Palestine.
Two major problems confront the
U.N. as a result of the truce agree
ment. One is to make the truce com-
pletely effective and keep down in
cidents on both sides which might
give rise to claims that the truce
is being violated.
The other major issue is to find
basis for permanent settlement of the
explosive Arab-Jewish differences,
one enabling both Semitic races to
live peacefully together.
Credit British Pressure
Washington credited Britain with
making possible the truce agreement
by bringing pressure to bear on Arab
countries to end hostilitieS.
Before the truce was formally
agreed upon, Jewish planes bombed
Amman in the first strike of IsraePS
new sair force at an Arab capital. 1t
followed numerous raids by Egyp-
tian bombers on Tel Aviv.