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Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
HARVEST:
EUrODeQH

Europe may look forward to pos
IDLY its best year since the wal
if food production prospects con-
tinue to be as favorable as they are
right nov
U. S. agriculture department said
that the continent will produce a
larger part of its food needs this
year than it did last year and that
the crop outlook was good owe
most of Europe and the Soviet
Union early in May.
Prospects indicate a considerably
larger crop of bread grains wheat
and rye-than last years desper-
ately small one. A severe winter
killed most of Europe's winter
wheat and rye last year.
European production of bread
grains may surpass 1.8 billion
bushels, which was the size Of the
1916 crop, largest since the war.
Production last year dropped to
about is billion bushels, compared
with a 2.3 billion average before the
war.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
NO CONFERENCES:
LeUis AGAIN

1t was all typically Lewisian.
II make the observation that
there is now no conference" quoth
John L., chief of the soft coal
miners, as he walked grandly out
on the first meeting to negotiate
a new contract between the coal
operators and the United Mine
Workers.
UMW's present contract expires
June 80.
Lewis broke up the discussion on
1913 wage agreements when he OBJ
jected to seating Joseph E. Moody,
president of the Southern Coal Pro-
ducers association, at the confer
ence and was outvoted by the
operators.
He was not against Moody per-
sonally. Officially, his unions po-
sition was that the IA regional or
CARNATIONS which comprise the
Southern association must bargain
in IA separate groups, rather than
delegate bargaining authority to
the a~ll-inclusive association.
According to Lewis accepted pat
tern of operation, his balk at the
Southern Coal Producers was the
opening tactical stroke in his 1946
campaign for an improved miners
contract.
Following that, he could sit back
and present the UNIV wage de-
mands in his own good time. Then,
if the coal operators did not ac-
cede, he could call the annual
strike.
Lewis knew his position was
good. The UMW's recent pension
walkout had left the nations coal
reserves seriously depleted. BY
the time June 80 rolled around
soft coal stocks would not yet have
been built up to the point where
industry could stand a long strike.
Barring o e s e e n circum-
stances, it looked like this would
develop into another injunction
case.
The union still is under an 80 day
court injunction prohibiting re-
newal of the pension strike; but
the court might rule that another
walkout would be a brand new
strike. In that case a new in
junction might have to be sought
by the government under Taft
Hartley procedure.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
Rapid Growth of Softball

Of all games in the United States,
that of softbail has had the most ra-
pid and remarkable growth. 1t made
it's debut some so years ago. At that
time baseball players who wanted to
continue action during the winter
months devised what was called in
door baseball, which was to provide
play in enclosures. Since ven the
largest was small, in comparison
with a regular baseball field, it was
necessary to create a large and a
soft ball, which could not be hit the
great distances possible with a regu-
lar baseball. The first softball tourna-
ment was held in Chicago in 1888.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
Soybeans Planted with Corn

Soybeans need plenty of nitrogen
to grow. If they Ire planted with
corn they will either get nitrogen
from the soil or from the air. If they
are inoculated before planted they
will get nitrogen from the air and
leave the nitrogen fertilizer that has
been applied for the corn. But If the
soybeans are not 'noculated. they will
compete against the corn for the
nitrogen fertilizer which has been ap-
piled, which means that the cor will
get very little Of 1t.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
DAIRYINC:
To Crisis

While the U. S. dairy industry
was busy promoting its 18th an
nual June Dairy Month for the pur-
pose of selling more milk, butter,
cheese and ice cream it also was
taking a long, critical look behind
the scenes and not liking what it
saw.
Industry analysis had spotted
what appeared to be a dangerous
trend. In its simplest form the
trend could be defined as an in
exorable increase in the U. S. popu-
lation.
At the root of the problem was
a stubbornly entrenched economic
condition whose factors we're the
war, widespread hunger abroad
and domestic initiation.
Continuing high prices for beef
and veal have been instrumental in
sending many dairy cows or poten-
tial dairy cows to the slaughter
house. Too many American dairy
farmers have discovered how they
could reduce their herds drasti-
cally, put more land into money
making grain crops, realize a
greater profit and still have more
leisure time.
Adding those conditions to the
fact that during the past few years
the nation has experienced about a
As per cent increase in it's birth
rate, the dairy industry came up
with a grim conclusion: If these
circumstances C o at the
present rate, and there is every
likelihood that they will, by 1852 the
U. S. will be approaching the criti-
cal point at which it no longer will
be able to produce enough milk to
satisfy its own needs.
That, according to some prog
nosticators, might mean strict ra-
tioning in a land which hitherto had
literally flowed with milk and
honey.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
PALESTINE:
Diplomacy

What the Jews of Israel lacked II
armed strength to resist Arab at
tacks against their new state they
had made up in shrewd diplomacy
It was just possible that the deci.
sive blow of the Palestine war was
struck when Israel, %foreseeing mill
tary defeat, agreed to order its
army to cease fire on all Palestine
fronts If the Arabs would do the
same.
That development, which took
place as the battle for Jerusalem
entered its sixth day in an unholy
atmosphere of rafting guns, burst
ing shell and violent death, made
the most favorable impression pos
sible in the United Nations.
Thus having the onus of prolong-
ing the Palestine fighting shifted
suddenly to their shoulders alone,
the Arabs were put on the spot IN
the U. N. and in world public opln-
ion.
1t was a clever diplomatic maneu-
yer on the part of the Jews but,
at least at the outset of this new
line of circumstances, the Arabs
were having none of it. They reiter-
ated their determination to wrest
all Palestine from control OF n
Jews.
Actually, all the Jews had done
was to issue a surprise cease fire
order in compliance with a U. N.
security council request that the
fighting be brought to a halt.
Neither the security council mol
anyone else had expected the re-
quest to be observed.
But that put it up to the Arabs
who, faced with a deadline set by
the u. NJ, were having trouble de-
Gliding whether or not to cease fire.
If they stopped fighting now they
would have done so without attain
ing their prime objective - the re-
voking of Israel's claim to SOW
ereign statehood. If they continued
the war beyond the deadline they
would be laying themselves open to
possible security council sanctions
of the economic variety.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
SECURITY:
Desperate Plight

President Truman came up with
another sound plank to reinforce
his campaign platform when he de-
manded that congress overhaul and
broaden the social security pro-
gram.
To relieve the desperate" plight
of the aged and needy in this lntla-
tionary period he called for a 30 per
cent increase in old age insurance
benefits and asked that 20 million
more persons be protected.
He offered a five point program
and said he wanted quick action
on it. For three years, the Presi-
dent pointed out with some irrlta-
ton, similar requests on his part
have been shunted aside. This time
he was asking:
1 A so per cent increase lat least
l. in old age and survivors IN
surance benefits; allowing pension
ers to earn up to $40 a month IN
stead of SIS without losing benefits;
raising of the tax rate from l per
cen to 112 per cent next January l.
y Extension of coverage to farm
Il. and domestic workers, the
self-employed and others not now
covered.
y Broadening of unemployment
y. insurance to cover employees
of small firms (having fewer than
eight workers., federal employees
and others.
A Disability insurance to protect
+, workers from loss of earnings
caused by sickness and injuries.
r Increased federal benefits to
y, match state aid for dependent
children, the needy, aged and blind.
Whatever his motives in present
ing the problem of inadequate So
cial security benefits again at his
time, Mr.. Truman did have a good,
even a noble, point.
people whose sole income is
from social security payments have
lust about reached the breaking
point. All of them face a des-
perate struggle in trying to pro-
cure bare necessities at present
prices"
Both President Truman and the
aged and needy were hoping fer
vently that congress would be able
to squeeze social security legisla-
ton into the crowded docket it had
prepared for the month preceding
adjournment.
AS for congress itself, it was on
the fence again.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
" WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS --
Israel Registers Diplomatic Victory
By Agreeing to Cease Fire Order;
Lewis Quits First Coal Conference
By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer
WalkOut

EDITORS NOTE: when opinions are expressed in theee columns. they are those Of
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
Whence Comes the Apple?

Birthplace of the apple is unknown,
although some historians put it in the
area of the Caspian sea. Carbonized
apples have been found among the
ruins of the prehistoric Swiss lake
dwellings,. The Greeks and Romans
were both avid apple munchers, CIV
ing logic to the legend about Paris
and the three goddesses. Early rec
ords of China and Egypt also refer to
various types of apples. Tradition,
orchardists point out, places the Gar
den of Eden in sub-tropical territory
not good apple country at all.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
Long Voyage

Previous flight range records
paled into insignificance when ar
air force B-36 superbomber flew
an unprecedented 5000 miles nom
stop with a dummy bomb load of
about five tons. It was aloft for q
day and a half.
The B-36 returned to the ground
with about 1000 gallons Of gasoline
remaining in its tanks, enough to
keep 1t aloft another two or three
hours II necessary.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
POLITICS:
The Race

In Oregon, where the last presi-
Dental primary of this campaign
year was held in an atmosphere OF
political hoopla, Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York was voted
more likely to succeed than Harold
Stassen.
Whether he would or not re-
manned an open question, but it
was certain that his political COM
plexion had taken on a more san
guine hue as a result of the Oregon
balloting.
S~tassen, who had won spectacular
primary victories in Wisconsin and
Nebraska over Taft and Dewey, his
chief rivals for the COP nominal
ton, and then had received a bor-
derline setback at the hands of
Taft forces in Ohio, at last had
suffered a clear-cut defeat.
Oregon wasn't going to do Stas-
sen any good. Having had to buck
organized Republican opposition all
the way along, he apparently had
estimated that his best chance of
procuring the nomination lay in
building up sufficient prestige and
momentum during the primary cam
paigns to stampede the June 81 con-
vention.
However, he still will 60 to the
national convention with at least
200 delegates pledged to support
him on the first ballot. So, for
that matter, will Dewey. A total
Of 548 convention votes is required
for nomination.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02

This photograph OF me west end
Of John l.. Lewis going east out
of a door is perhaps symbolic of
trouble to come in the nations
soft coal mines. First conference
between the United Mine Workers
and the coal producers on the
miners 1948 contract ended in
Illustration when Lewis walked
out after refusing to seat a rep
resentative of the Southern Coal
Producers association at the par
ley.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
ECONOMICS
Wage-Price

While prices continue to climb
steadily, wage increases are begin
ming to show signs of levelling off.
says the latest department OF COM
merce report on initiation.
Possibility of a business recess
sion, and with it the prospect for
lower prices, vanished like mist IN
the SUN after the foreign aid and
military preparedness programs
began to take shape in March, the
department survey revealed.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
oil COnsumpfion

Americans consume 420 gallons Of
oil products per person each year.
Britishers use AZ gallons and the
peoples Of all other nations average
IA gallons.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02

Billboard advertising will reach
a new spectacular extreme on
ChicagO's Lake Shore drive this
July when the switch is thrown to
turn on the lights of the worlds
largest sign - Ia feet high and
210 feet wide. A mile and a half
of neon tubing, Illuminating let
tiers SO to So feet high, will flash
the name of a spirited product
which a certain distillery wants
everybody to switch to.
Evening star., 1948-09-12

"THE WORLDS GRAPEFRUIT GARDEN"
In the romantic Lower Rio Cronde volley in
the stote Of Texos-ond nowhere eise-srow
oil three Of the fomous Texsun varieties Of
sropefrvif RUBY is the red -meofed fruit;
PlhkY'S meof is pink-ond HONEY is golden
yellow. The juice Of oil three is NATURALLY
sweeter. The TExSuh CITRUS EXCHANGE i.
group Of 5000 growers working toesfher CO.
operotivelyto bring you the world finest citrus.
Evening star., 1948-08-01
Miss Whitley Wed
In Christ Church

Historic Christ Church in Alexan-
dria was the scene of the wedding
Yesterday afternoon of Miss Miriam
Marjorie Whitley and Mr.. Edward
Dana Knight, jr. The Rev. B. B.
Conner Lille officiated at the 4:30
o'clock ceremony, which united the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland B.
Whitley of Alexandria and the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Knight of Charles
ton and Lewisburg. w. Va. A re-
ception followed in the Virginia
room at the George Mason Hotel.
Mr.. Whitley gave his daughter In
marriage. She wore dress of heir
loom Belgian lace and Juliet cap
of rosepoint lace. Her arm bouquet
was of white roses and lilies of the
valley
Miss Melanie Norris of Philadel-
phia was maid of honor and the
bridesmaids were Miss Jean Slocum
of Pelham Manor, N. Y; Miss Jane
Fox of Collingswood, N. j.: Miss Aida
Lowry of Richmond and Miss Marian
Fadeley of this city.
Mr.. ]. William Hubbard of
lCharleston was best man and the
ushers were Mr.. R. B. Whitley. jr.;;
Mr.. w. Robert Abbot and Mr.. John
E. Lee of Fayetteville, w. Va, and
Mr.. David Giltinan of Charleston.
After a honeymoon in Bermuda
the couple will reside at Charlottes-
vile, where Mr.. Knight is complet-
ing his last year Of law school. He
graduated from Dartmouth College,
studied at the University of Bir-
mingham in England and is men,
ber of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Mrs. Knight was graduated from
Mary Washington College in Fred
erickSburg.
Evening star., 1948-08-01
At Summer Resorts

Mrs. Arthur Marks is spending
part of the summer at Woodmere
Long Island, visiting her son and
daughter-in law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Marks, jr., and their children
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar c. kaufman
left Friday to spend two weeks at
Belgrade, Me.
Mrs. Philip Rosenfeld and her
children are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Herman Gessner, in Escanaba,
Mich.
Mrs. Julia Steinem left Friday
with her son and daughter -in-law
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Steinem, for
their summer home on the Patuxent
River, to remain over Labor Day.
Mrs. D. J. Kaufman and her
daughter. Mrs. LIE Roy King, is vaca-
tioning at Bedford Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Meyer are visit
ing their son n-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kronheimer, at
Hampton, Va.
Mrs. Laura Heidingsfeld, who has
been visiting in New York, is now
vacationing in the Catskills.
DR.. and Mrs. Lester Neuman are
at Summit Springs, Me
Evening star., 1948-08-01
Milliken
Continued From Page D-1)

Gruenther, Col and Mrs. w. j.
Kleppinger and 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Lindley Pennypacker.
Col. and Mrs. Ganants' young
daughters, Paula and Susan, are
spending a month at Camp Merrye-
lande on st. Georges Island.
1t. Col. and Mrs. John B. Hoist
have had a succession of visitors
since they moved into their new
house at West Grove drive. Belle
Haven. And it looks as though
there will be more within the next
week or two.
Tomorrow the colonel's mother,
Mrs. Pierre N. Hoist, who has been
their guest for the past week, will
leave to return to her home in
Savannah. On Wednesday the
junior Mrs. Holst's aunt, Miss Louise
Salligant of Savannah, will arrive
for few days visit before going
to Pittsburgh. and on Sunday her
brother-in-la and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Duffy, will be here from
Miami.
The Holsts purchased their new
Evening star., 1948-08-01

house from Mr.. and Mrs. Ladder
B. Mackall, who since have moved
into a larger home in Wesley
Heights. Col. Hoist was stationed
at Maxwell Field, Ala, until June
Is and since then has been on duty
at the Pentagon.
Evening star., 1948-08-01
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The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22

ransgression of the liquor laws to the City authorities
 to deal with And the City authorities should investigate and prosecute every such transgresson All of the law enforcing bodies in Nome and it's envrons must work
 oqeher For each force to jerk at the other try to pull just certain part of the load will get nowhere Teamwork will easily move the load and the problem will be solved
 It is possible under Territorial law to revoke the E of dealer in alcoholic beverage to fine andor morrison ANY person (dealer private ctzen) for selling liquor to minor and various other ouor laws which, if rgdly enforced will make the transgresson of the liquor laws highly undesirable and unprofitabe
 Authorities at the Marks Base that any sol der who contracts VD is treated and confined to the Base until he is pronounced cured And the Chamber Resolution suggests that those civilians who have contract VD in Nome, be ouaranned If this +o pass and thevarous law enforcng bodies that the various liquor laws rgidv enforced and all forces civilian, federal, local and mtarv-pull tooether can again make Nome what she used to be--a fine place to live.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22
A REAL PREDICAMENT
(The Denver POst)


 The Communists may have to find answer for the old question of Are you have you ever been Their stock line of refusing to grounds of "self-incrminaton' received major setback when J. Foster Svres U. S. district judge in Denver sentenced three grand jury witnesses to jail for terms for teropt
 Judge Symes' decree has withstood two tests in the tenth circuit court of appeals, and it may well be imagined that the Communists mobilizng their best legal shock troops for effort to stand off this threat to their criminal" rights
 The Communists, however, will find it difficult to mass legal logic behind their position For they have been confronted with embarrassment which must confound their own slippery dialetcs.
 The Communists have always maintained they are legally constituted political party But at the same time they have sought to hide their operations behind the "selfncrimnation The courts, however, in this series of findings have agreed with them on the first proposition which excludes the second They can't be "non-crmina" and still enjoy the legal refuges of criminals"
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22
HE'LL NEED EAR MUFFS

Gen Jacob L. Devers chief of the Army Field Forces says one will use profanity in the peacetime army. That's most commendable target. But we won- der whatll happen when of the boys get tangled in the barbed wire the nftration course and for get that Jake's around
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22
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 NE m GEORGE s. BENSON Pfesidfxf--Hardixs eekifge Sssny. .1Sksrf ;
GEORGE s. BENSON
How Much Government?

the ClVllldH eInpiOySSS III lHS cH- ecutive branch of our federal gov ernment were six feet tall (they're noD, and you placed them head to toe on U. s. Highway 30, they'd reach the distance easily with IA miles to spare. This comparison is conservative. It was based on an estimate of 2 million government workers in the executive branch alone.
 Perhaps nobody can ever know just how many there are. During the first four months of this year, they increased at rate of more than 450 day. Use another com parison. There is one executive worker in the federal government for every 21 income taxpayers. In her words, these 21 taxpayers are paying the salary of the 22nd man. And that's just in the execu- tive arm of the federal govern ment.
 Paying The Piper
 Each and every American citi--- zen must not fail to be interested in this problem of mushrooning government. AS long as we fool ourselves into the habit of asking for more government, we'll see more and more added to the pay rolls and we'll pay higher and higher taxes. We need to decide how much government we want. Certainly the more of it we set up the more we have to pay for. At the rate we have been going in the last decade, most of us will be work ing for the government in a few years.
 That would be one of the sim plest ways to take the country into socialism. Let most of us be draw ing paychecks from the govern ment, in salaries and various bene- fits, and we would have socialism right here without voting for it. Wha' we need constantly to re- member is that the government has not a cent to spend except what it collects from you and me and from our neighborS. We must call a halt!
 Ifs Up To Congress
 Our next Congress will have a real test, and a real opportunity. Last year, the 80th Congress pro- vided this historic opportunity by establishing a commission to study the reorganization of the executive side of our government. If the coming Congress meets the task of recognizing just as soon as pos sible. Membership of the Commis- sion includes some of our most public spirited citizens. |.
 The Commission has been care full to stay out of politics. It has re- cruited twenty-two separate groups of experts from all parts of the country to help in the job of studying government agencies. These experts are giving the struc- ture and functions of many a gov- ernment agency a thorough goings over. They are also studying ex- penditures, with the idea of pro- posing changes that will bring both economy and efficiency.
 Must Say: No"
 The 81st Congress will have the job of acting upon whatever re-