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Laurel outlook., 1949-04-06
Wayne University
RecordsLessons
ForU by Blind

DETROIT.-In a cramped little
room Donald jerks, a Wayne uni
versity freshman, sits down before
a recording machine and begins
to read from a textbook.
At first he is hesitant, but soon,
following instructions from assist
ant librarian Ted Mannheim, he is
reading with confidence. His voice
is grooved into a seven inch plastic
disk revolving before him.
jerks is one Of about 80 volun-
teers helping out in Wayne's pro-
gram Of recording textbooks for
blind students.
A few days later his record Is
spinning or a turntable in the room
Of Alfred Platz, a blind senior
studying history. Platz listens and
occasionally takes notes on a
Braille slate. The strange voice of
an unknown fellow student is read
ing his next days assignment to
him.
Besides Platz are other records
with other unknown voices. Each
one contains IA minutes Of reading
on each side. No longer does the
blind student have to adjust his
studies to times when he can make
an appointment with a reader.
Everything is on the records be-
side him to use as he sees fit.
Procedure Outlined
This, in brief, is how Wayne's
textbook recording program works.
The records have suddenly given
six blind students at the university
a whole new approach to their
studies.
To make all this possible the
volunteer readers work t~irelessly
in the university's only available
space, a virtual closet adjoining
the library reading room. Every
day several students give their
time so that their voices will bring
knowledge to the few who cannot
see.
So far more than 1900 pages
have been grooved on ITS disks.
Blind students all have portable
talking book" record players
loaned by the government and
they need no extra equipment to
take advantage of the project.
I'VE are able to record almost
everything that's asked for by the
blind students" says DR.. G.
Flint Purdy, chief librarian.
DR.. Purdy emissions a whole Ii
brary of recorded textbooks.
We're trying to look way
ahead" he says. We're hoping
to build up a collection of elemen-
tary texts that can be used over
and over"
Students Enthusiastic
Platz expresses the blind stu
dents enthusiasm when he says:
tits much easier to study this
way. 1 don't have to take so many
notes when l can play the records
over and over"
The university has three record
ing machines, two on loan from the
county library. Records cost IL
cents apiece and the university
foots all the costs.
Mannheim, who spends almost all
his time supervising the program,
plans to have Braille inscriptions
marked in the center of disks to
enable listeners to identify them
easily.
Librarian Purdy is interested in
seeing whether the project will en-
courage more blind students to un-
dertake college work. He says he
knows of no other school carrying
on. a similar project.
students come back glowing
with delight after using the re-
cords" he says. IF the program
helps one intelligent blind student
who would not otherwise make the
grade get through school, then it
will be worth while"
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Shopping Tin

When purchasing a winter coat 1t
Is wise to remember the fact that
the best Innings are usually slip
perry so that the coat will 60 on
and off easily; firm Sc the lining
won't pull at the seams; color-fast;
p%re-shrunk; and of a material that
won't wrinkle or stain.
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Canned Citrus Juice

Flavor of canned citrus juice can
be made more like that Of fresh
juice by pouring the chilled juice
back and forth from one glass to
another just before serving. This
puts back into the juice the air
which was removed during the vac
uum canning.
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Curse or Blessing Which?

The leaders who had brought Jesus
to Pontius Plate, demanding that the
Governor sentence Him to death, were
willing to assume c:ull responsibility for
their crime. They shouted: His blood be
on us and on our children
In their case, these words we're l cnrse;
for they were an invitation to Sod to
deal with them according to their deeds.
But upon the lips Of uncounted millions
since that day these words have been a
fervent prayer: His blood be on us and
On our children"
The central message of the Gospel is
redemption by the blood of Christ. His
blood, the Scripture tells US. was the
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First British Car

History records that the first a
designed for the transport Of pas
sengers on an English railroad
bore a striking resemblance to a
small house on wheels. 1t was
horse-drawn.
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MEN WANTED-at Laurel car
shops. $1.07 per hour with
good prospect of promotion to
car repair helpers at $1.19 per
hour for those not over 40
years of age. Apply at Of
flee of general car foreman,
Laurel Car Shops.
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FOR SALE-Bequette L o g a n
Taylor lands, approximately
1000 acreS-325 acres farm
land, balance pasture. IL mi.
east Silesia along Reservation
boundary. Call or write B.
Kesselheim, Frat Building,
Billings, Mont. 3-30-4t
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Debutante Cosmetics created by
Daggett & Ramsdell. Presented
by the Fuller Brush Co. Mrs.
Dolores Henley. Phone 465-W,
los Fifth Ave. tip
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FOR SALE-10 Gu. #. Deepfreeze
frozen food cabinet, new last
Aug, 5-year guarantee. Reg
ular price $449.50. Too large
for my family, will sell for
100000. Ethel DeFrance. 1t
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FOR SALE-Practically new En-
terprise gas range, also good
two-wheel trailer, cheap. See
at $40 4th Ave. 1tp
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Friday, April Is.
All circles of the Woman's
Society for Christian Service will
meet at the Methodist church for
a Good Friday observance. Rev.
W. P. Gauer will speak and spec
ial music will be provided by
Mrs. l.. Burr Conrad of Billings.
Hostesses will be Mrs. l.. l..
Smith, Mrs. Paul Wilson, Mrs.
w. A.. Freeberg, Mrs. A. j.
Motzko and Mrs. A. E. Leuthold.
Saturday, April 16.
Circle No. 2 of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service will
hold a food sale, beginning at
1920 at the Montana Power
company office.
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FOR SALE-The Fritz home at
COZ Bird Avenue, Z rooms with
full basement on two orner
lots. A choice location. See
B. l.. Price. Attorney for the
Julia Fritz Estate, Room 2,
Void Building. 4-6-tf
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FOR SALE-9 coming yearling
Black Angus calves. A. l..
Grubs, Park City, Mont. 1tp
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Gravel delivered, $3.75 per load.
Call 0312-R-3. 4-6-2tp
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NOTICE

NOTICE
All classified ads to appear in this
column must be paid for in adj
vance unless you have a charge &C
count.
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FOR SALE-Lots for home sites,
sewer, water. and clear title
furnished. Herman Schessler,
phone 446. LIFT
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FOR SALE-9O-foot front, and
Cafe on 80 fit. front; Cafe
leased for five years at $780,
90 per month; buyer to as
sumo lease on building, OF
could purchase vacant lots
separate. For further infor-
nation apply APO Washington
Ave. 4-6-tf
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FOR SALE-Laurel Cafe in Lau-
rel. 6-9-tf
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Calendar
Of Coming Events

Tuesday, April IL.
The Past Presidents parley of
the American Legion Auxiliary
meets at the home of Mrs. Har-
riet Bliss. A 1:30 dessert lunch
con will precede the business
session.
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FOR SALE-1939 Plymouth Sc
dan. as is. $3.50. Jake Franks,
2h mi. S. E. Laurel. tip
FOOD SALE-By Laurel Wo-
mans Club, Saturday, April 9
at 10 a. m. at Roysdon's Fur
niture Store. 1t
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WANTED-Dead and disabled
animals. picked up free of
charge. Billings Rendering Co.,
Phone 8410. days. Billings, and
9-4282. nights. 12-22-tf
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FOR SALE-New SIS gal. oil
drums $500 each at Gravel
Crushing Plant, Mossmain.
4-6-2tp
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If you need dirt for lawn or
garden, call 0703-J-1, Laurel.
4-6-3tp
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WANTED TO RENT-S10 Re-
ward for furnished or partly
furnished apartment or house
in town or country. Call (col-
lect) Bit & Spur Horse Maya
zine, Billings, Mont. 4-6-tf
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Laurel Outlook
WANT ADS
Where Opportunity Knocks

WANTED - Work. 610 Fifth
street East. 1tp
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For interior decorating call 498-R
or write Box las. 3-2-tf
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Merle Norman Cosmetics. 507
E. 5th St., Phone 204-M.
2-2-tf
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Our Research Advisory Service UiU get you
reports of experts on problems connected Nth
coal mining or any other industry. We urge
you to make use of this FREE service. Write
RESEARCH ADVISORY SERVICE, care of
The Montana Poper Company, Butte, Montana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

around in your mind for a little
bit you will realize where we
would be if all the tax revenue
we receive from tourists for gas
|oline, cigarette, liquor and racing
were curtailed. We really nick
them plenty and what they pay
represents Just that much that you
and as taxpayers are not paying
now but would have to pay if it
were not for our annual visitors.
The motorist in this state is
paying far more than his share
of the load and the money he pays
should rightfully go toward the
building and maintenance of high
ways and bridges. Too much of it
now is being diverted to other
purposes. if we do not watch our
step the day will come when we
will find ourselves with a worn
out and dilapidated road system
with no money to rebuild it.
When that happens it will be
good bye" to a large percentage
of our profitable and income-pro-
ducing tourist business, so it is
something to think about.
Another thing we must be care
ful about is increasing the tax
burden on tourists. If we deliber-
ately highjack them with taxes
they will drift away from us,
favoring other areas that treat
them more kindly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04
Who Knows?

I. What is the population Of
Japan?
2. How many Communists are
there in Japan?
3. BY what name is Iva Toguri
better known?
4. Who is now u. S. ambassa-
dor to Russia?
s. Name the new u. S. mill
tary governor for Germany.
9. How many persons have
been executed for treason by
the, u. s. government?
4. Who is president of the
US.S.R.?
8. What u. S. possession is the
most densely populated?
o. Name the two chief Hawaii
an exports.
10. Who succeeded Robert F.
Wagner as senator from New
York?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04
TODAY IN HISTORY
know Anerical

1875 = Beginning of historic
Peter Zenger case involving the
freedom of the press and Lawyer
Andrew Hamilton, in New York
l781-Col. Isaac Hayne, SO
South Carolina patriot, hanged
by the British as spy in Charles
ton.
179O-The Revenue Gutter Ser
vice, later to become the U. S
Coast Guard, created by Act OF
Congress to protect the revenues
- ten cutters and 200 men.
1824-The Fox and Sank In,
dians, in treaty with the United
States, set aside the so-called
Half Breed Tract in the Middle
West for children of mixed In
dian and white parentage.
l874-The First Summer AS
sembly opens at Chautauqua, N.
Y, as a Sunday School Normal
Institute.
1914-Britain declares war on
Germany as Germans overrun
Belgium.
19l6-Conclusion of treaty buy
ing the Danish West Indies tVir-
gin Islands) for SIS million.
I921-Arnay air service sue
cessfully demonstrates value OF
spraying a grove Of insect infest-
ed trees with poison powder from
a plane.
1912 Big Ringling Circus fire
in Cleveland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

fNHHNs - tie fftectixe work Of
flw Nhalaa State Advertising
&eaamsun and such able indie
snafnl advertisers and pub
Insists - fliek Pnpe % Cypress
4 FiNaa Peter sehaal Of Silver
Nfsnaa tha fsilruads. bus lines
$50 mang shamhefs ~ commerce.
Fh8la i heine psiblicized today
- H4Etg nNidfe
AnuShef Interesting fact IN re-
efa a. i84a fiorida tourist travel
m - eHFead - al sections Of the
STATE ~ q 9feat many years the
tsls - SSH travel was over Y. 3
tNhwag Ne ! a. Miami. bat last
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

seas ftfe West euast area had the
$3.50 seasun in ifs history while the
heaeies nnd resorts Of northwest
FbfiIa tsomed
interesting also Is the steady
lneEease shs~n in summer travel
g. tfs state People are beginning
e. lraFn mat FLORIDA has as much
81 offer IS 3 summer playground
a. si,s has in winter More and
ntFT teiNa are coming % Florida
faf tiisir summer vacation and
ftturning Nurth Ca tell others
aihust uia aIF conditioned summer
siimate. ouf cooi nights. wonder
cas- ksihine. boating ard fishing
and ihU dcights and pleasures
ihai attend q visit % such at
taxtiuus 81 SILVER Springs. Cy-
pess Gardens. Weekiwachee
Spfsnas Marneland and others.
seven hundred million dollars
a. lof 81 nloney for any state 10
have aumped into us lap. end
fhal.ia. iiod Sos second place
ai8h California ~ the national
asfsn,tle Sos tourist dollars, Is
nared N az enslable position.
We shuuld watch otir step and
aee g. a thaf noihing Is done that
aill rartall tins lucrative business
ana every effort should be made
81 ploVtic facilities that viii hold
aud expand tourist business.
Unfortunately. many citizens
fNl O. appreciate what these
t.isaist anilars mean 90 us and can
nui VISUAL xc the serious situation
we auuid h. IN without them.
sa.fns iuiks hook on tourists as
6uisanccs. they take up parking
spaocs. cause prices ~ rise. NIL
haicis Tourist courts and restaur-
ants and generally annoy the year
nnund resident
Yea hear folks say. oh, tour
So arr "a right for the folks who
cater o. them. bat they don't help
mtg buslness. etc" Il the taxpayer
who reasons Ike that were To-
aul.icniv have the tax money cut
oif That tourists are now paying
aa.i wss called upon 10 pay the
difisfcncc from his own pocket
tsla auilid hear a howl that would
D. eaF splitting
Ana that brings on more stats
tirs o. = breakdown OF state IN
c.ane. published recently IN the
Tawpa Morning Tribune, we learn
taat motorists paid S42. 800, 600 to
tle STATE in f,fIn 81 gasoline taxes
AMI aunther si6. o00 900 IN license
IA eusta - = total Of $4,000, O0O
f,sid Is one class of taxpayers
Liaaer drinkers paid SCI, 4OO, O0C
end cigarette smokers $4,000, 600
uhllo race track followers CON
aii,ssted another sl2.200.0OO to the
state jackpot An other type OF
taxpayers paid in onlySl2, 200, 900
- Il Yea viii null those figures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04
The Answers

/. Approximately 100000.
2. About 3,250,000 or AZ per-
cent.
3. Tokyo Rose.
4. Admiral Alan G.. Kirk.
5. John j. McCloy.
8. None.
z. Nikolai NJ. Shvernik.
8. Puerto Rico 622 persons
per square mile as compared
with 40 per square mile for the
Continental United States.
Q. Sugar and pineapples.
10. John Foster Dulles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04
Students Bag
Two Terrorists

JOHORE BAHRU. Malaya--
[R-Six new officers of the Ma
laya Regiment went out on pa
troll as part of a jungle warfare
course at the British Far East
Land Forces training course at
Tampoih. They lay in ambush. as
the instructors told them to do
Suddenly, three armed and
uniformed Communist terrorists
walked into the ambush. It was
not part of the training. The pa
troll set up a rapid fire, killing
two.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04
up Wirephoto Map

Rice is becoming an important
crop on the delta of the Rhone
River.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

A four-mile railroad near
Quincy, Mass, had the first iron
rails, in the form of thin strap on
top of wooden rails.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

Autumn in 1949 comes Septem-
Der %, 4:06 a. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

Too Late To Classify


ausinarn bore me a rule but and then run into
hqugos sh0s informative easy to understand ana
80mMHaaht Interesting. -
land them IN The current bulletin Of the Florida Publicity
par neuons Association and they deoi with 1913 tour
mnsai :.
yssa shinas Impressed in this report One wos that
Fa sna Cuionsa 1873 with Tovel income OF S1uUr
Nnn re osher ihoi New York Stute not generally
aA a 90 tourist ssuss topped the notion with rovel in
ane ~ billion dolua Pennsylvania wus high on the INST
- ks0noo0O00 while Michigan and Moine ruiled with So00r
$40 &c and Sis 600 600 RESPECTIVELY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

Climate and soil permits only a
small amount of farming in New
Ifoundland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

Snakes, owls and hawks prey
upon young jack rabbits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

The first American built steam
locomotive to draw passengers in
the United States was the Tom
Thumb.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

The motto of South Dakota is
Under God the People Rule"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-08-04

In his lifetime Shakespeare was
abused as the poor poet ape"
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07
Williams Opens Extra Session

JUNEAU, (P)-The special ses- sion of the Alaska Legislature opened yesterday with Secretary of Alaska Lew Williams calling the session to order in the absence of Governor Gruening who is stranded in Whitehrose.
 Ice on the Juneau airport made it impossible for the Governors plane to land
 At a caucus Wednesday night, legislators agreed to make James Nolan, Democrat from Wrangell, speaker of the House for the extra session and Stanley McCutcheon, Democrat f"om Anchorage speaker for the regular session.
 Thirty-one of 40 legislators had arrived Wednesday night. A coast guard vessel was at Skagway awaiting the arrival of the Gov ernor from Whitehorse. Snow slides blocked the Whitehorse- Skagway rail line.
 A change in plans calls for Gruening to deliver his message to the special session either today or Monday.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07
US. Fears Pales- tine May Become COnmunistic

WASHINGTON, aPD-The new American efforts to restore peace in Palestine were traced by diplo- matic quarters yesterday to fears that continued fighting may de- liver the Middle East into com munist hands.
 The state department disclosed Wednesday that it has delivered friendly" warnings 10 both Israel and Egypt in an attempt to curta!l the scope of JeWish-Arao hostili- ties and help bring an armistice.
 The warnings followed Anglo American consultations in which British Middle-Eastern exper s warned that the present trend of events in that strategic area would inevitably lead to communism.
 The British position, shared by many American officials, is that Russia is playing both ends against the middle in order to create in the Middle East the chaos on which communism thriveS.
 On one hand, for example, com munist propaganda has urged the masses of the Arab nations to rise against their ''react;onary" lu.d- CTS.
 On the other, through commun- ist-controlled Czechoslovakia, Is- rael has been supplied Wi.h equip ment with which n to0 thu gsner- ally ill-equipped Arab armies.
 In its latest note to Israel, the United States asked the Jewish state to withdraw troops which had crossed the Egyptian border
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07
Kilgore Charges 'InsidiOus' LObbies

WASHINGTON, (P)-Sen. Har- ley M. Kilgore, D.-W. Vao called yesterday for a Congressional in- vest;gation of "insidiouS" lobby ists who, he said, try to win favors with Whiskey and free Cadillacs.
 Kilgore said he will ask the Senate to authorize its judiciary committee 10 make the inquiry. A ranking Democrat on the commit tee, he himself probably would be put in charge of such an investiga- tion.
 The West Virginian said an in quiry is necessary to lay the groundwork for a better lobbying act than the one now on the sta ute books.
 ''The worst offenders" Kilgore said, include those lobbyists who come here under .he guise of be- ing a members constituent. They are no. registered as lobbyists and never admit that they are lobby ists. They pose simply as resi- dent of the members state. That's one group we want to expose"
 K;lgore emphasized there are good lobbyists" who prove help full to Congress. He said these men never hide their purpose, but read ivy admi, it and explain the way hey think a piece of legislation should be written.
 Then there are others,' he said, "who think they can win by offer ing a case of whisky to a member of Congress. And those who are offering you free Cadillacs or try ing to get favors through costly entertaining.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07
Alaska Railroad Equipment Finally On Its Way

SEATTLE, (P) - Alaska Rail road equipment, held up by tie up of Ocean Tow, Inc, tugs and barges, is being shipped north by steamships from Seattle and Port land, it has been learned.
 Shipments for the government operated railroad sailed for Whit tier Wednesday night aboard the SS Chief Washable from Seattle and the SS John Chopper from Portland, it was reported by A. R. Sessions, Seattle representative of the railroad.
 Cargo aboard the vessels in- cludes refrigerator cars, flatcars, passenger coaches, diesel locomO- tives, railroad ties, lumber and generator supplies for the railroad, Sessions said.
 Also aboard the Washable is what Sessions calls snow burn CT" a mobile machine for clear ing snow from railroad tracks by scOoping it up and melting it.
 Meanwhile, no settlement was in sight in the Seattle jurisdiction al dispute between the American Federation of Labor inland boat men's union and Congress of h. duStrial Organizations marine en-
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07
Blizzards. Floods Strand Thousands Over The States

Continued from Page One, low at Milford, Utah, and 10 at Ely, Nev.
 Red Cross officials said more than 2,2OO persons fled from their homes in the Columbus, Miss, area by flood waters from two rivers. Columbus was virtually isolated. Fifty thousand acres Of land were flooded.
 Another thousand persons were driven from their homes in Ala bama and Tennessee.
 Rail and highway traffic in the Birmingham and Gadsen, Ala, areas was curtailed by the surg ing waters. More than six inches of rain fell in Birmingham in 50 hours, new January record.
 In the storm-swept west, the army and the Red Cross workers, as well as hundreds of civilians, joined in the efforts 10 bring re- lief to the thousands suffering from cold and lack of food. The army of rescue workers bat tied through the high snow drifts in the blizzard area in efforts to reach the thousands stranded by the s,orm which had lashed the plains for three days. Military and civilian planes flew over the snow covered region, dropping food and clothing to hundreds in stalled au- tomobiles and trains.
 The known death toll in the storm belt was five. However, fear was expressed it might rise after he drifts finally are celared. Some trains started moving and men got to work clearing tracks. However, IS passenger trains with !2,24O aboard remained tied up in Wyoming. The Union Pacific plan ned to start is east5ound trains moving.
 A Red Cross train picked up about 600 stranded persons at Rockport, Nunn and Lone Tree in Colorado and took them to Den yer. Some in need of medical aid were left off at Greeley, Colo, and others at Cheyenne, Wyo.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07
Warn Europe To Get To Work

PARIS, Py-The management of European Recovery Program warned l9 western European na- tions yesterday they will have f. tighten their belts and work nard- CT if they hope to get econcmle independence.
 A report by the organization for European Economic COupera- ton (OEEC) said that the way things are going now, Western Eu- rope still will have a S3,000,000,- 900 deficit in 1852 when Marshall Plan aid ends.
 To wipe out this deficit he ID nations will have to cut their liV- ing standards from lG to 25 per cent and work l5 per cent harder than they have been, the ~epOrt said.
The Nome nugget., 1949-01-07

Yearling feeder cattle will gain 100 to 450 pounds in weight with the feeding of about 40 to 45 push els of corn, but the same animals may be increased 25O to 300 pounds in weight by feeding 20 to 25 bushels of grain with plenty of hay or silage.