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Arizona sun., 1948-02-06
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THE landlady was smiling at them
l. like the wolf in Red Ridinghood.
"You look kinda young to be
married couple"
"Oh we aren't married yet" Peg
gy blurted out. She felt Bills fin
gers tighten on her arm.
$50 you better show us that apart
ment before she changes her mind, y
he added.
She glanced up at him with ner-
vous little smile, feeling ashamed,
wishing she hadn't let him read her
thoughts.
The landlady laughed and Peggy
laughed louder than she'd wanted
to.
eve want two rooms" Bill said,
1.-TWO rooms and a decent kitchen.
And not facing on the street, please.
Too many trucks in Greenwich Vii
lage to suit me-"
81 adore the Village" Peggy said
quickly. The trouble was, the words
seemed to Jump out before she knew
what she was going to say.
Bill stared up at long crack in
the ceiling. Sure, we adore the Vii
lage."
She pinched him when the land
lady wasn't looking and he gave her
hair a tug, and everything was all
right again. They followed the land
lady up the stairs. She had just the
thing for them, she said. "A couple
Of kids like you won't mind walking
up four fights"
"Oh, no." Peggy answered. Then
she glanced at Bill. well, would
WEI"
Bill looked up at the ceiling again.
"Oh, no."
She knew what he was thinking.
And it was true. She didn't want to
live in a place that had elevators.
Bad enough to have him come home
talking about them every night. Bad
enough to have to answer the neigh
bors' questions with, my husband?
Oh he er, sells elevators. She
could see them lifting their eye
brows. Elevators? Pardon me for
smiling, Mrs. Bill, but I never knew
any one had to sell elevators. al
ways thought they just hap
pened."
No, definitely not place with ele-
vators. She didn't want to be re-
minded of her husbands business
every time she went in and out of
the house.
The landlady's short. bowed legs
were leading them up the stairs
briskly, showing them how easy it
was to climb four flights. you'll
find it nice and quiet here, I'm sure.
The gentleman who has it now has
been there three years. And he's a
writer"
"a writer?" Peggy had kind of a
funny feeling all of a sudden. Like
she'd gone up in an elevator too
fast. A writer. That was what she'd
always thought she'd marry some
day. Or maybe an artist. Somebody
like that
Arizona sun., 1948-02-06
hI|19 I q! !! x !!
Striped Dress

Striped Dress
A YOUNG miss of three to eight
"A is certain to adore this sweet
little frock that can go to school
or parties depending on the fabric.
Pattern No. 1907 is for sizes 3, 4, S, 6, z
and years. Size 4. 17s yards of 35 or &c.
inch.
Two Styles in Blouses
.NIOW'S the time to plan on some
L ' exciting new blouses for your
spring suit. The two styles shown
go together easily and have a
choice of sleeve lengths - a won
derful way to pep up your winter
wardrobe, too.
Pattern No. 8248 comes in sizes IL, IA,
16, 18 and 20. Size IA, bow blouse, 2 yards
Arizona sun., 1948-02-06
PILES TROUBLE?
For Quick Relief

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relieve distressing discomfort of pain
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speedy action relief. Ask your druggist
today for Thornton & Minors Rectal Oint-
ment or Suppositories. Follow label in
0tructions. For sale at all drug stores.
Arizona sun., 1948-02-06
Peggy Is Intrigued

They were walking up the last
fight now and some one upstairs
opened door. Don't let him be any
better looking than Bill, she begged.
AS it happened, he wasn't. He was
just pale young man with glasses.
He stood there in his slacks and
blue shirt and he looked well,
on second glance he looked diff
ferent. Nobody would ever take him
for life guard. That's what she'd
thought Bill was that first time,
when they'd met on the beach.
'Come right in" The young man
waved something at them. 1t turned
out to be a monkey wrench, Of all
things. Don't mind me, I'm just
the plumber"
Peggy laughed. It was so unex-
pected, it made her feel good. '"The
plumber" she said, as their eyes
met, Imagine"
Some plumber" the landlady
said.
'"That's gratitude" he said, look
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-29

cerneQ than It was last year. The general outlook is for better ! crop than last years"
 C. w. Peters. general manager | of the Alaska Rural Rehabilita- l tion Corporation: Within my knowledge, both from my own experience and from my talk with farmers, the damage is not yet extensive. Both the cutWorms and the dry spell have been spot ty. In my discussion with the Valleys farmers, I have heard no loss figure placed as high as 50 per cent, although it is pos sible that individual farms have ! lost that much. As far as rain | goes, it seems safe to say that rain any time within the next two or three weeks will be soon enough to save the crops" Virgil Eckert. farmer: ''The farms out our way (north of Pal mer) have had no damage at all. Hay, grain and potatoes are do- ing fine so far, for there's lots of moisture in the soil. While rain will help, the lack of it hasn't hurt us and isn't likely to for the next two or three weeks. I have checked with a number of farmers in our area, and they all say their crops are doing well. None seem to have been dam aged by cutWorms, although I know there are spots in the Val ley where the worms are bad" Lynn Sandvik. All Club lead CT and prize-Winner for garden products at several Matanuska Valley fairs:
 "The cutworms are bad. but
 not that bad. They have been
 much worse. They don't seem
 10 have hurt the potatoes. the Valleys principal crop. They
 will slow things down. but
 they won't spoil the crop. The drought is not severe enough yet 10 spoil the crop. either. We'll just keep planting. One year we planted three times
 but we still had crop" Max Sherrod. farmer: "The 1 worms haven't been bad out here, and there's still plenty of moisture in the soil. Oh, we've had some damage - I figure about per cent, but maybe it's only per cent. But I always plan on some loss, and I plant more than plan to sell. The cut ! worms did take one field of car rots pretty badly, but that's the worst damage they did. hear they are much worse south of town"
 M. D. Snodgrass, farmer and head of Coop crop growers: Its still too early to tell what the crop loss will be, for the season is not yet far enough along to tell. There has been some loss, but I've heard of nothing like 60 per cent"
 Glen Wood: There has been | some loss to cutworms, but I be- lieve the general crop outlook is good. The early crop sustained a I considerable loss, but I see no reason to anticipate, at this time, loss in our major crops of broc- coli, celery, cabbage and cauli- flower, turnips and rutabagas, hay and small grains. do not | expect more than 10 per cent loss in reseeded lettuce, although good part of the early plant | ings are gone. Carrots have been hurt and the crop will be short, since it is too late to replant. Late onions are not hurt badly" MT. Wood estimated that resee ding necessitated by
 worm damage. as well as cost
 of chemicals used to stop the pests. would not add more
 than 10 per cent to his total
 farm operating cost this sea-
 son.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-29

the lack of rain has been the diff ficulty it causes in re-seeding, where cutWorm destroyed early crops. There is now a top layer of dry dust over Valley fields, in which seeds will not germin- ate.
 Both cutworm and drought damage have been particularly difficult to estimate, since both have appeared in areas of the Valley rather than generally. Showers have provided needed moisture for some fields and not for others. Cutworms have dealt heavy damage to some early crops and have overlooked oth- CTS entirely. The cutworm trou- ble has been most serious in the farming area south of Palmer.
 A number of farmers and farm experts were questioned about the 60 per cent crop loss yesterday. Their response to the question follows:
 Parker Le CT. Extension agent: II haven't heard anything about such extensive damage. There has been some loss, due principally to cutworms. don't believe there has been any real drought loss yet, for the ground seems to be in better condition
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-29
Present Loss Won't Exceed Ten Percent
(Continued from page D

(Continued from page 1 plant these crops, as soon as it becomes apparent that the first seeding is lost. This will neces- sarily make for later crops on these early garden products but does not mean that the crop is lost.
 As far as hay, small grains and potatoes are concerned, farmers are agreed that these losses have been minor to date. These crops represent the major farm prod ucts of the Matanuska Valley.
 Insofar as drought is con- cerned. Valley farmers say that there is none to date this season. It is true that there has been little rainfall thus far. but there is more moisture in the ground this year than there was in l947 at this time. growers say. They say that gardens can go another two 10 three weeks without rain with out serious d a m age from drought.
 MT. Woods reported that the most serious damage caused by
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-29
CARPENTERS TO ELECT

Members of the Valley Car penters' Union. Local 225l. will meet in special session tonight 10 elect officers for the coming year. it was an- nounced by president Chek Sandvik. The meeting will be called to order in Carpenters Hall at 8 o'clock. All mem bers are urged to be prompt in their attendance.
Evening star., 1948-01-04

TITS name is not listed on the directory in
LII the coldly palatial lobby of the new State
Department building in Washington. He is
not available to newspapermen. His address
is somewhere in Washington" He is Mr.. x,
the prize package in the deep freeze that the
security-conscious State Department has in
stalled for the cold war;
Mr. X is the author of blunt analysis of
the current U. S. policy toward Russia, an
analysis that almost shook delicate diplo-
matte seismographs right out of their conserv-
ative chancelleries. He is also the director of
the State DEPARTMENT. new policy-planning
staff, which prepares for next weeks squabble
with Russia or some potential argument Is
years away. His moves affect our cost of
living, the amount of food on our table -
but these become almost incidental beside
his influence on the greatest issue of all -
war or peace.
Mr.. x is concealed behind dazzling slabs
of pink, black and maroon marble, in an Or
nate building inherited by State from the
War Department, the previous tenant The
introduction to MIR. X gathers awe if not
speed, as it passes by special police, por-
tentous mHrals, vast foyers, tasteful
private dining rooms. Finally the dazed
visitor finds himself on the fifth floor wandering
down long corridor suggestive of an enormous
ocean liner. This is A deck on the Ship of State.
The buzzers buzz, door opens, and
here he is: Mr.. X George Frost Kennan,
Evening star., 1948-01-04

friendliness Nevertheless, George Frost Ken
nan is not the type of man one would call
George" Some, finding him distant, are
tempted to address him by his middle name.
He is quiet and neat, but not striped
trouser and -cutaway diplomat. He drinks
little, eats judiciously, out of respect to a
dormant ulcer. He exercises chiefly by walk
ing. He is an intellectual from the Midwest,
long on culture and warm on humanity.
The profound influence of George Kennan
on our foreign policy began to emerge last
summer First, General Marshall made a
speech at Harvard revealing definite change
in the u S. attitude toward Russia.
A New Aasie
lHEN, before the furor died, an article
appeared in thick and scholarly quarterly
called Foreign Affairs" The byline said,
by X" 1t created sensation. Diplomats
rushed for their copies. Here was a new
appraisal of Russia. Its tone was extremely
frank, its intention obvious - to present,
sem-officially, through an anonymous spokes-
man. the State Departments real views on
Russia.
Mr.. X became "the man behind the Mar
shall Plan." The key to his policy was a
phrase sagging with syllables, 'vigilant con-
tainment of Russian expansive tendencies"
This meant S. aid against Communist
pressure in such countries as Iran, Turkey,
Greece, France and Italy. But it did not
Evening star., 1948-01-04

with an imaginary pick, he presents his
animated convictions on the beauty of guitar
music.
Striped Trousers Are Out
MIR. X may sound like an esthete. He
doesn't look like one. His hair is very thin
on top and short and neat on the sides. His
bow tie, if he happens to be wearing one
will be of the ordinary Main Street variety.
bright and boyish, like its wearer. Kennan
is 43 years old, very young man for such
tremendous job. He is tall - about six feet -
slender, and good-looking in refined and
sensitive way. His eyes are blue, his chin
well-formed, his mouth highly expressive,
chilling or charming as its owner DEGREES.
His smile, when used, melts an aloof express
sion into surprising surge of warmth and
Evening star., 1948-01-04

ually tired; one transfer of power, from Lenin
to Stain, took IL years to consolidate and
cost millions of lives.
At the same time, X asserted, in the Krem-
lin burns an inexorable theology. Fired by
this theology the Russian leaders will meet us
with lack of frankness, duplicity, wary sus-
piciousness and basic unfriendliness of pur-
pose" He concluded on soft pedal: I'VE are
going to continue for a long time to find the
Russians difficult to deal with"
Kennan neither admits nor denies that he
is Mr. x. When the famous article first ap-
peared, correspondents thought X might
be 10y w. Henderson, Charles E. Bohlen
or G. F. kennan. kennan's new big job
and KS literary style, which reads like Ken
mans old reports from Moscow, have solved
Continued on page II
Evening star., 1948-01-04

Of Milwaukee and Moscow.
Do the presence and person
atty of Mr.. x match the build
up? Yes. But in an unexpected
way. Kennan wears no cloak,
carries no dagger. He doesn't
even smoke. Instead, he may
suddenly launch into a discus
sion of his favorite instrument,
the guitar. With graceful ges-
lures of slender hands, the left
on an imaginary fret, the right
Evening star., 1948-01-04

mean, warned Mr. x, that the
US. was to bluster or get
tough.
The Kremlin, x reasoned,
would not scare easily. Like
any other government, it
might be placed by tactless
or threatening gestures in a
position where it could not
afford to yield. Russia, he
wrote, might mellow; the Rus
slams are physically and spirit
Evening star., 1948-01-04

He's George F. Kennan, the man behind
Russian policy, and one of the State Departments
shrewdest minds. Meet him here for the first time
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Seek Way TO
Stop Strikes
In Atom Plant

WASHING TON, May 12
(LPA)-The Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy asked David
E. Lilienthal, chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, to
suggest a way of preventing
strikes in atomic plants. AL
though there has been talk of
a no-strike law for the atom
plants, Committee Chairman
Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R.,
Ia) expressed the hope that sit
may be possible to solve labor
disagreements through contracts
and arbitration agreements and
thus remove any need for legis-
lation." "
The strike situation arose
when the chemical corporation
refused to renew a contract
similar to the one under which
the plant had been operating.
Representatives of the AFL
Atomic Trades & Labor Council
expressed concern for the ma
tional security at that time. but
the company refused to bargain.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
DeMiIle Appeals
Case TO House

WASHINGTON { l. p A } -
Those two great friends of labor,
Cecil B. deMille of Hollywood
and attorney Donald Richberg
of this city, will have two days
before the full House Labor
Committee this week to present
their plea for the fright TO
work" They're not content with
the union shop requirements of
the Taft-Hartley law, and Chair
man Hartley is cheerfully put
ting on show in the House
Office Buildings big Caucus
Room.
Hartley promised reporters,
in a press release that the per-
formance would be complete
with newsreels of violence in re-
cent strikes-probably including
the recent "club them if you
have to" attack by police that in
jured 100 packinghouse workers
in Kansas City, or the bullet
riddled car of a union organizer
in Rome, Ga, or the New York
Wall st. clubbings.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
CIO Opposed TO
Southern Bill

WASHINGTON { l. p A } ---
Senators have been urged by
CLOS Legislative Representative
Nathan Cowan to block passage
of bill authorizing is southern
states to Jointly finance regional
universities. The measure, pass
ed last week in the House 236
TO As, was also debated in the
Senate. Sen. Wayne Morse (R.,
Ore) has introduced an amend
ment forbidding segregation in
any regional colleges.
The Is southern states drew
up the agreement after the Su-
preme Court declared that the
states had to offer higher educa-
ton opportunities to Negro
young people, if such facilities
were available for white stu
dents. The states, through re-
gional universities for Negroes
only, hope to avoid the issue of
segregation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
ACW Reaches
New Record

ATLANTIC CITY (LPA)-
Despite the gloomy picture as
far as anti-labor legislation is
concerned, the 1900 delegates to
the Amalgamated Cl o t h i n g
Workers CIO convention here
this week we're presented with
an impressive record of steady
progress made by the union in
the past two years.
The unions membership has
increased $4,000 to an all-time
high of $4,000. Employment
opportunities, especially 70 r
veterans, are attracting many
new workers to the industry.
The union has chartered SO new
locals and two new joint boards
since the last convention. There
are organized mems garment
factories for the first time under
the ACW banner in Mississippi,
South Carolina and Florida, the
board reported.
Wage increases of $40 a week
have been won, the delegates
were reminded, in addition to
which there are now retirement
benefits paid at the age of IS,
and illness, accidents and hos
pitalization benefits have been
increased. A new development
is the payment of surgical bene-
fits in all industries under ACW
contracts.
Special tribute will be paid al
the convention to the memory
of the late Eidney Hillman
ACW president from the pioneer
days of the union until his death
on July 10, 1916.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Jim And Harry
Make Music

WASHINGTON (LPA)-Two
musicians disussed a little bit of
harmony at the White House
last week, according to James c.
Petrillo, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Musicians
AFL. President Truman accept
ed an invitation from Petrillo
to attend free symphony con-
cert sponsored by the AIM on
May 25.
The musicians head tol d
the President that he would play
the trumpet if Truman would
accompany him on the piano.
He said that they should play
"The Rosary, first piece he
ever played on the trumpet
given him by welfare worker
Jane Addams which started him
on his career.
The concert is one of the free
series given by the AIM from
a royalty fund on records and
transcriptions. Income of the
fund has been stopped by the
Taft-Hartley Act.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Wants Basic
Industries NdfionGlized

MILWAUKEE (LPA)-Dele-
gates to United Auto Workers
CIO Region 4 conference last
week voted for the nationaliza-
ton of the basic coal and steel
industries. They declared against
peacetime UNIT or selective SER
vice, and pledged their support
to striking packinghouse work
ers. Regional Director P a
Greathouse reported that gain
the unions last convention has
of $4,000 new members since
brought UAW to the 100000
mark.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Packers S+ick
70 q-cen+s Offer

WASHINGTON (LPA)-All
the work of the Federal Media
ton & Cancellation Service, the
findings of a special Presidential
fact finding board, and the con-
tinued willingness to bargain of
the United Packinghouse Work
ers-CIO seemed to have been
for nothing last week, as the
meat industry staged another
walk out.
The industry leaders stuck
rigidly to their pre-strike &c
wage increase offer, unmoved
by the fact finding boards state
ment that the union is justified
in asking for a better offer.
In meat packing centers the
UPW's picket lines held firm,
despite company warnings to the
men to return to work, and
occasional success by the police
in marshalling strike breakers
into the struck plants.
Meanwhile, UPW has extend
the strike to some of the smaller
midwest independent packing
houses not hitherto effected.
The Justice Dept has belated-
ly begun the investigation OF
police brutality against strikers
in Kansas City, which CIO
President Philip Murray de-
manded two weeks ago.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
$4,000 Chrysler
Workers Strike


that the law does not apply in
the Chrysler strike since its
plants are not all in the state of
Michigan.
First Since 19i5
The strike, the first major
work stoppage in the automobile
industry since 1945, is the major
spearhead in the CLOS attempt
10 secure a third round of wage
increases demanded by workers
TO meet the increased cost of
living.
Union officials who have been
conducting the negotiations with
the Chrysler Corp. have claimed
that the wage increase would
not necessitate a raise in auto
mobile prices and pointed out
the record-breaking profits that
the company has been accumu-
lating in the past three years as
proof of the justice of the un-
ions wage demand.
. Pledges of financial and moral
support were floo ding the
ChTysler local unions from Auto
Worker unions in all sections Of
the country as well as from 9TH
er CIO unions. 1t was apparent
that the strike would be given
the complete financial backing
of the United Auto Workers In
ternational as well as its affili-
ated Locals.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Murray Speech
Is Distributed

WASHINGTON (LPA)-CIO-
PAC last week made available
to all its local affiliates, without
charge, printed copies of CTO
President Philip Murray S
January speech outlinging CLOS
opposition to Henry Wallace's
third party. This is the speech
in which Murray explained the
broa d, constructive program
adopted at the last CIO Execu-
tive Board meeting, and called
upon CIO members to work for
that program and not be divert
ed by the third party advocates.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Committee FaVors
EquoI Rights Bill

WASHINGTON (LPA)-The
so-called equal rights 70 r
women" amendment. to the Con-
stitution, which would damage
much labor-suported soci a
legislation, has been favorably
reported by the Senate Judiciary
Committee, by a vote of seven
to one. AS an alternative to the
Constitutional amednment, the
unions and m any women's
groups are supporting bill
authorizing a study of proctec-
tive laws for women, as we'll as
the effects of an amendment.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-14
Does This Show
A Buying Trend?

MUNCIE, Ind.-When the ad-
vertising manager of the Muncie
Evening Press decided to poll
typical housewives in Muncie-
known as the typical Middle
town, USA" of the researchers
books-he didn't know what he
was walking into.
For one thing, typical house
wives believed a m ost un-
animously that wages were not
keeping up with prices.
Most of the families-taken
from all income levels in Mum
cie-were buying "only what is
needed" during 1948. While
most hope to buy clothing this
year, very few figure they can
afford household appliances.
Only 18 families reported in
creased savings, against 33 with
decreased savings, and eight
saving the same amount as last
year. This is especially impress
sive because AZ housewives re-
ported higher income now than
last year, 10 reported income
the same, and only IL said in
come had gone down.
AS for the family market-bas-
ket, 38 of the women reported
they had changed their buying
habits since last December-to
buy less meat, or to shop around
for lower prices, or cutting
down on expensive foods.