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Milford chronicle., 1948-05-07

Zane, and Mrs. Noah Adkins motor
ed to Washington last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wiley of
Bridgeville, spent the weekend
here with Mrs. Lee Wiley and Mrs.
Matte Shockley.
st. Marks Guild was entertained
on Tuesday night by Mrs. Charles
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-07

Houston, and Mrs. william E.
Moore.
Mrs. John Ayres and daughter,
Nina, spent the weekend with rel
atives in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-07

Classified ADS get results.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Continental Divide Offers
Lonely Haven for WutchmGn

SILVERTON, COLO.-If you want
to get away from it all, you might
try a job along the backbone of the
continental divide. Of course, things
aren't what they used to be.
Oldtime watchmen who sat out
the winter at snowbound mines and
construction camps didn't see an
other human in four to six months.
Frank Sandra, who can remem-
Der those days, manages to get into
town about every two weeks now.
All he has to do is snowshoe two
miles to the nearest highway, then
hitch a ride with a passing motor
list Is miles to Silverton.
From May through September, the
skyline camp employing Sandra is
a beehive of activity, trying to do a
years work before the SHOWS come
again. The rest of the year, Sandra
has it all to himself with a choice
of accommodations in IL cabins.
He had a partner of sorts for a
while one winter-a porcupine. But
the partner developed a bad habit
of chewing up the floor. Sandra
had to shoot him.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
SeIf-Mude Hero Admits He
Fulsified Army Records

CHICAGO.-John A. Keller, Jr.,
who wanted to be a war hero, plead
ed guilty to a charge of classifying
army records.
Keller, a Peotone, ILL.,, salesman,
went to work as a clerk in Wash
ington's huge Pentagon building
during the war and came out a
self-appointed second lieutenant.
He worked in the officers rec
ords branch, and wrote his own
record, complete with parachute
raids behind enemy lines in Eu-
rope.
He awarded himself numerous
medals and citations, including the
Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry
Badge and the Purple Heart with
oak leaf cluster.
At his hearing Federal Judge
William j. Campbell asked him why
he did it.
81 don't know" Keller replied.
1T was a foolish thing to do"
His atrophied right arm kept him
out of the army, he said.
Keller's wife, a pretty blonde with
an honorable discharge from the
Waves, wept. She said her husband
had lost his job as a salesman
because of the episode.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Editor, IS, Who
Published Frank
Newspaper, Dies

LAMAR, Macarthur hull, the
Missouri editor who printed the un-
garnished truth about his neighbors
and won readers the world around
is dead.
The 75-year-old publisher of the
Lamar Daily Democrat died after
more than a year of illness which
kept him from the cluttered office
in which he had printed the home
town news for AZ years.
He thought a scandal aired died
quicker than a scandal carried by
whispers. So he aired them.
cts hard to beat honesty and
truthfulness in getting along with
people," he often said in explaining
why, despite his writing, he never
needed a buggy whip or a revolver
for protection.
Knew His People
The way Lamar mourned him
was proof that he knew his people.
He was explicit about domestic
affairs, operations and crime. Sui
cides and murders we're often writ
ten as if he were an eyewitness.
After his daily forenoon visits with
farmers, merchants and loafers on
the town Square," Aull would re-
turn with items like these:
"Bill Doakes hasn't had any
liquor for a good long time. The
big reason is that whisky sells for
money and Bill don't have any,"
John Doe was divorced from his
wife, Ella, at the courthouse Tues
day. Mrs. Doe ran off with her
brother-in-law while her husband
and children were at church."
He often said that any country
editor could handle the news the
way he did, but he warned "to
avoid being lynched they had better
know their people pretty good be-
fore they start anything"
Told of Beating
One of his most widely read
stories was his account of how an
irate woman subscriber had beaten
him with an umbrella. His headline
or the story was:
1--WE CERTAINLY GOT ONE
BLOODY HEAD"
His long account of an ordinary
dog fight, ended with this observa-
ton: ut was a swell fight. The
owners being sore at each other
gave it extra drama"
Aull bought the Democrat in 1900
with a capital of 5000.
81 didn't know a thing about the
newspaper business when I bought
the paper" he once said, "but 1 had
something to say, and l wanted to
say it in my own newspaper"
USE OUTLOOK WANT ADS.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Gypsy Girl, ID,
Accuses Groom
Of kidnapping Her

HOUSTON, TEX. "A 14-year-olc
dark-haired Gypsy bride told 6
criminal court judge she was kid.
naped in Philadelphia and forced
to marry a 22-year-old Gypsy after
being held in bondage by the young
man and his family.
The bride told the strange story to
Judge Langston King during a
habeas corpus hearing.
"They were m~uttering threats in
Romany while the judge married us,
saying if 1 didn't answer Yes
they'd kill me-" she testified.
The. marriage took place before
Justice of the Peace Tom Macs. The
girl is Dorothy Comma Demetro and
her husband is Walter Demetro.
The girl, according to her hus-
bands application for a writ of
habeas corpus, goes by the gypsy
name of Duchess Comma" The
girl was picked up at request of
Philadelphia police.
Demetro filed a writ, claiming the
police were holding the Duchess
against her will.
Met at Mothers House
II met Demetro and his sister and
brother-in-law at my mothers house
in Philadelphia" she said. "They
took me out in a car, drugged me
and kidnapped me-. They drove to
Texas with me-"
She said she slipped away and
used a single nickel she had to make
a collect long distance telephone
call to her mother in Philadelphia.
The small, slim girl with flashing
eyes appeared in court in conven-
tional dress, but her sister-in-law
was attired in colorful sweeping
skirts, swinging braids, golden ear
rings and gold coin necklaces of the
traditional Romany costume.
Her husbands attorney asked
Dorothy if she wasn't really Is years
old and sold in marriage twice be-
fore. But the girl insisted she was
only IA and had never been married
except to Demetro.
Judge Grants Writ
Judge King granted the writ on
he grounds police had nc warrant
hold her, but told the girl she
claim police protection if she
wanted it. Federal Bureau of Inves-
agents were checking the
Ease.
Meanwhile, Justice Macs partially
;ubstantiated the girls story of the
Wedding.
1.-THE first time I reached the
question in the ceremony: Will you
lave this man to be your lawful
welded husband?' the girl said NO
and l stopped the ceremony" he
aid.
"a gypsy who was one of the
then spoke to her in
lomany and she answered Yes l
bought she did not understand Eng
ish very well. She said Yes with
ut being prompted when the ques-
ion was reached the second time"
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Discusses Hospital
Development In State
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is concerned ove a possible shortage
of oil products, the U. S. army is
investigating the possibility of es-
tablishing plants in Montana for
manufacturing synthetic oil and gas
oline from coal. One such plant
would cost $9O,OOO,OOO and the army
is considering some 200 such plants,
he said.
Other possible industries include
the manufacture of wood by-pro-
ducts, the processing of wool and
the mining and processing of phos-
phate rock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wooden Of
Prosser, Wash, were guests of the
meeting.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Origin of Domestic Cattle

Domestic cattle are descended from
wild cattle of the genus "Bos." Five
groups are generally included in this
genus. 1t has been estimated that cat
tie have been domesticated since 1000
to 5000 B. c. Cattle of Zebu or In
dian origin have increased with as
founding rapidity on the ranches of
the United States.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Famous Irish Castle

Near Limerick, Ireland, is the fam
ed Cratloe castle, once the headouar-
ters of Brian Boru, the warrior king
who united ireland in the 18th CEN
fury, during his battles with the
Danes. The castle is in complete ruins
today, and serves only as a striking
background for a peaceful r1ral
scene.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
L. S. Gold Hoard

The United States gold hoard rep
resents more than three-fifths of all
the gold above ground and more gold
than any nation in history has ever
had.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
High Cost of Weeds

While United States farmers lose
three billion dollars annually because
OF insects and plant diseases, their
losses due to weeds run even higher.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
All Statesmen

The 42,350 boys and 5e,5ss girls
enrolled in 4-H clubs in the state of
Texas last year sold more than four
million pounds of beef and conserved
1851, 900 quarts of food.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
Bicycle Racing

Six-day bicycle races drew about
four million people annually in the
United States, up to 1888, dropped to
1,500, 600 in 1889, and have not been
conducted since.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
No. l Rice Eaters

The Chinese are the greatest rice
boilers in the world. Every Chinese
dinner features rice, either boiled DR.
fried.
Laurel outlook., 1948-08-18
~DiscOuraging Moths

Most effective way of preventing
moth damage is by treating the fab
ric chemically so that the larvae re-
fuses to attack it.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Foreign Aid Workers Carefully BTiefed on Duties
By Chalmers M. Roberts

of the chuchiian gem had to Learn 20 much in 50
little time" -..
personally turned up every Monday meeting
except Paris He talks on ossc
ECA and employees anything and everything
Other courses normal security ndoctrnat'on ECA
organization at abroad and public relations
But conferences on west uaoe IN ~e
Melvin d. de War Production Board oclai ano
economist makes 1t nonitary trade between
this the Iron Curtain the Marsnan an
nations are to get their feet economically. g.
talks on labor and It's part IN .ne posis
former CIO otca Sivey ECAs Jop In gaIherhs
strategic materials given by Evan Just
Tie.in With Foreign Policy Stressed
Since the carried out in conjunction
with the State Departments Service Institute ana uses the
institutes quarters NV there also are
n State Commerce ana oener
ran agencies State foreign service stan Eo"aro
Kennard discussion understanding 'he ioiesh pe'
among whom ECA employees are going TO WORK . -
in TOTO MI Rama says SeeA " inpieaS W
EcA epoyes going ECA part OF our foreign pocy
t ECA not In the relief not itself purchase
snv supplies or goods the total objective OF ECA
European recovery ,., T.. .u..-u, ~.
The Mr. Rata feels both TO inform 'ne
obecves policies and organization d ECA ano
i've the employees that agency morale without
which they would d only han-hearted soo'
Evening star., 1948-09-19

you sit down with the boss and discuss the
why's and wherefores of running the business?
different Of Economic Co-opeanon ADMIN
employees de- Monday morning at 10 with EcA oos
Paul G. Hoffman ECA training program for personnel
going extended for those staying behind in the
Washington office
The training program series OF talks and discus
sons described director combination graduate
seminar and press director Aldo L. Raa loan
from the Board and Bethesda Nd
resident.
Everybody Going Abroad Briefed
When last spring to the mulubllon dollar
American Europe back its economic feet
and off the began hiring personnel
and sending them ECA headquarters in Paris
and to the countries Many had been
abroad before timers all to the ECA job
So training decided and Mr. Raha with
long BACKGROUND and the Army drew
I'D the schedule of conferences
$50 from mission heads to clerks ana
through the one-week course Anotn
begins will follow 25 each week.
until have been included Some Key
Washington also have been included and ECA
include everybody In the mead
quarters here
Another rushed fast they lett the
country before the courses got under way.
Never says in what ought to be the hna
Evening star., 1948-09-19
BrOun
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his body are tired. His friends say
that he is keenly interested in serv-
ing the country once more in a
responsible capacity and that If
approached by Gov. Dewey with an
offer of the post as Secretary of
State he would not refuse to serve
him loyalty.
Moreover, it is pointed out to
Gov. Dewey. such an appointment
would win the applause and conf
dence OF the country in the new ad-
ministration. Mr.. Stassen Is q vet
eran of World War II. who saw
combat service as a captain on the
staff of one of our most successful
and most colorful naval command
ers. Admiral William F. Halsey.
Not Handicapped by Formulas
Mr.. Stassen is also highly popu-
lar in the farm belt and in these
days, when Wall Street operators
and lawyers are regarded with a
certain suspicion by the rank and
file of American people, the ap-
fpointment of an impecunious Mid
western political leader would be
received by American labor, farm
ers and other middle classes as q
healthy indication that the foreign
affairs of this country are not to
be placed In the hands Of the So
called vested interests"
Evening star., 1948-09-19

.moves as integral aspects OF their
tightening-up program:
They will double their Pacific
feet to a strength of two aircraft
carriers, four cruisers, IL destroyers
and an undisclosed number OF sub
marines.
In the biggest-yet commonwealth
conference next month, they will
seek first to share common defense
responsibility, and second to secure
specific commonwealth military
backing for the five-nation Brussels
alliance.
They will intensity efforts to OBJ
tain a United States ard Canadian
pledge of military aid for the West
European alliance in case of war.
They will announce their readi-
ness to join in a plan for the inter-
naturalization of big part of Ant
arctica by a number of anti-COm-
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Some Clues Are Offered to the Wallace Riddle e

a painful, unwilling and shadowy
understanding Of his situation.
The very desperateness OF that
situation, however, makes it all the
harder to face squarely. He has
waited long while the web OF Red
intrigue frightened about him. The
essential pieces of his party ma
chinery are now firmly in the hands
Of Communists or their trusted fell
low travellers. The rest OF his fol-
lowing has no conference or unity
of purpose. If he broke with the
Communists today, he probably
would have no party tomorrow. Or
the Progressives would have a new
candidate, and Mr.. Wallace would
be left without even his dreams
Most close students of his situation
agree that it is now too late for
Mr.. Wallace-that, to all extents
and purposes, he is hopelessly
trapped.
What if the Truth Sinks In?
Even if this were not so, I think 1t
is doubtful he could bring himself to
make a forceful break. Other men
have become similarly involved
hoping they could use the Com
munists and waking up one day to
find themselves being used. A few
John L. Lewis, for one-have reacted
promptly and effectively. But they
were tough people-realistic who
may have let their attention wander
moment but who came back to
brass tacks with a bang.
Not so Mr.. Wallace. How does
hopeful, soft character react to q
Naturalization that he may have
been playing the fool; that in try.
ing to do good he may have beer
misled into doing a lot of harmi
MY guess Is that, as the truth be.
gins to penetrate, she, shuts of 6
secret half of his brain and in II
tells himself something like this:
IF it's true what they say-If
nave been a dupe in this thing
then I am ruined. But can't be
ruined. My ideals were good ideals
and if I am not right, they can't be
realized. But they must, because
the good always prevails. So it mus'
not be true, what they all say. j
don't want to think about 1t any
more"
That, I believe, is the real answer
to the question about what Henry
Wallace is trying to do. He is try.
ing not to think about it-not te
think it through. The day he does
think it through will be Che worst
day of his life.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

nations in a bid to extend
their sphere of strategic safety.
They will speed up the construc-
ton of their air, land and sea bases
in Kenya. East Africa, so to con-
vert them into the strategic nerve
center of the commonwealth.
Meanwhile, the military commit
Tee of the Brussels Alliance-on
which the United States and Can
ada are representatives. been con-
centrating on completing plans for
the air defenes of West Europe.
Additionally they have been dis
cussing proposals for the creating
of a unified western union military
command, but differences have
arisen between them in this regard,
tie sources disclosed.
Neither Britain nor France IS
anxious completely to sacrifice their
military independence to wider
Evening star., 1948-09-19

The general staff, he reported
has informed the cabinet 1t will be
impossible for them to carry out
Britain's far-flung imperial COM
mitments on the basis of the serV-
ices present manpower resources
let alone effectively meet any new
emergency.
The crises in Germany and
Malaga in particular have upset
their plans by making greater calls
for reinforcements than anticipated
They have drawn up tWofolo
plan, urging first a showdown OF
the overall demobilization program,
and second, the extension of the
recently contracted service period
for conscripts from IL to 1S months.
The second expedient will necessi-
tate parliamentary sanction.
The British have also slated these
Evening star., 1948-09-19

once again. as front man, Mr..
Wallace can be useful. Again, his
function is to rationalize the situa-
ton and to give a hard, practical
program the necessary idealistic
window dressing.
Mr.. Wallace gives the impression,
these days, that he has begun to
realize the Communists In his fol-
lowing are not there because they
believe in the good, hopeful things
he stands for, but only because they
believe they can use him to their
own ends. With a part of his mind,
at least, he seems to be arriving at
Evening star., 1948-09-19

pages of his record before coming
to one on which he himself has
pursued a thought beyond the
dream stage and shown it to have
the substance of practical posi-
bility.
Such a man is not wrong minded;
ne is high-but eak-minded. When
conditions are right and he finds
himself in step with the times, he
may be very successful. AS Secre-
tary of Agriculture, Mr.. Wallace
was in this position. He had capa-
BILE aides who shared his aims and
were able to translate them into
useful programs. His function was
Evening star., 1948-09-19

'congenital idealist, caught in a web
of hard practical reality with which
he is psychologically unequipped
to cope.
Mr.. Wallace, on the record, makes
strong bid for title of The Worlds
Most Wishful- Thinking Man. In
tellectually. there are few who can
hold their own with him in the
exercise of figuring out how nice
how much better-things could be.
The intellectual process, indeed.
seems to consist of that exercise SO
far as he is concerned.
1t would be nice if every child
in the United States had quart
of milk day. 1t would be nice If
Evening star., 1948-09-19

ideal, he simply postulates that set
of conditions, acting on the assump-
tion that 1t exists.
Now, of course, it would be nice.
It is not Mr.. Wallace's wishful
thoughts which make him dan
gerous, for they are shared by a
lot of good Americans. But the
plain fact is that to bring his sort
of dream into line with reality
to make it come true-requires a
great deal of painstaking and prac-
tical work by somebody. And that
is not Mr.. Wallaces department.
You will go through great many
Evening star., 1948-09-19
By Arthur Govshon

LONDON.-Britain is Tightening
her air, land and sea defenses from
her Eastern Pacific outposts to the
western approaches of the home
islands.
She is doing so because her leaders
regard the international situation as
grave. Another reason is that policy
makers believe a display of military
preparedness might discourage pos
sible aggression.
Cooperating with Britain in Or
ganizing the defense of Western
Europe are her four Brussels treaty
partners-France, Belgium, Holland
and Luxembourg. Actively backing
their joint program is the United
States.
Official View on War
Informants in touch with the cab
met, Foreign and War Office opin-
ion say government and military
leaders have had to face the pos
slbility Britain may be involved in
war with Russia over Germany.
These informants asserted that
the official view is the chances OF
war are remote. But that feeling
has not tcen allowed to stop the
country's rulers taking every pre-
caution in case they are proved
wrong.
Breakdown of negotiations with
Russia over Berlin almost certainly
would transform Britain's present
peacetime economy to a full-scale
rearmament program, in the view
Of many experts.
In the meantime air, land and
sea exercises have been arranged to
test the country's home and COM
monwealth defenses. In one recent
test, an imaginary continental power
launched a full-scale air attack on
London. All home RAF and auxil-
iary air commands, as well as United
States bomber squadrons based In
Britain, took part in the biggest ex-
ercise since We day. Army maneu-
vers took place simultaneously.
Home Fleet Faces Attack
The home fleet will sail on Sep
tember % from Portland, led by the
35 ,0O0-ton battleship Duke of York.
1t will be attacked" for three days
by aircraft, submarines and motor
torpedo boats as it heads for the
Atlantic. Light feet carriers,
cruisers, destroyers and aircraft
carriers will take part.
Many important naval opera
tional units are now preparing for
their autumn cruise to the West
Indies and South Africa. Their
programs will be curtailed or can
celed in the light of the interna-
tional situation, according to official
sources.
One British official in touch with
the war Office, disclosed that a far
more important exercise recently
took place under strict secrecy con-
ditions in the London area.
This was a joint paper exercise
on the general subject Of Arctic and
Antarctic warfare conditions.
High United States military lead
ers took part. Britain's top army
air force and naval officers were
involved, including, the source said.
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery,
chief of the imperial general staff.
Observers from various dominion
armies also attended.
The same informant also gave
details of two significant British
moves relating to the services man.
power position.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

there were true
and com pl e t e
equality for all
groups and races,
everywhere in the
land. 1t would be
nice if Russia and
the United States
could live trust
ingly, side by side,
in one world at
peace. 1t would
be nice if a liberal
political e a d e r
could make the
domestic Commu-
niSts his fellow
travellers, instead
of his becoming
one of theirs. -.
It W would b e
Bear In m | n d
t h a t the true
W / S h full thinker
does not stop at
dreaming dreams.
If a certain set
of conditions is
necessary for the
ottoipp,opt .af hic
Evening star., 1948-09-19

'alliance without ensuring each has
all effective say in its direction, they
said.
Britain has made formation Of a
unified five-nation general staff
virtually conditional on the COM
mander-in-c -chief being a Briton.
France wants a Frenchman to
hold the post.
Seeking a way out, the Benelux
trio have suggested an American
should be given the job.
If Britain gets her way on this
issue the sources said Field Marshal
Lord Montgomery almost certainly
will be nominated for the assign
ment
Montgomery, during recent weeks,
has been visiting various British
garrisons and defense installations
in Austria, Trieste and Germany.
distributed by the Associated PressD
Evening star., 1948-09-19

to ra IL o n a i lie
t h e ir practical
a C complishments
and to fire the
public imagination
with an apprecia-
ton of what was
afoot.
Such a man be-
comes a menace,
however, W h e n
the tides of for
tune carry him
out of the main
stream of the
times. For the
flmy material OF
his ideals can be
cut by the shrewd
and unscrupulous
to fit almost any
pattern. Mr.. Wal
lace's aides of to-
day do not share
his aims at all.
They have their
own plans which
whether he knows
it or not, are
anathema to his
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