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Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25

The second installment of public
hearings on the Administration la
Dor bill got underway last week. The
original plan had been to end them
February TO-
Before next Thursday, the Senate
Labor committee will hear more than
80 industry and labor witnesses, who
will defend and attack Taft-Hartley
provisions.
'StOp-WatCh' Rules
The hearings are conducted under
'stOp-watch'' procedure-a rare de-
vice. By agreement, the Democratic
and Republican sides will divide
questioning time equally. Until last
week, the five COP members had
questioned the witnesses much more
extensively than the eight Democrats.
The Democrats want speed in get
ting the Administration bill to the
floor of the Senate for debate. It was
introduced by Sen. Ebert Thomas
(D-Utah), the committee chairman,
after being prepared by Truman aides
and approved by the President.
The bill calls for repeal of the Taft
Hartley Act and re-enactment of the
Wagner Act of 1885 with several addi-
tions which Mr.. Truman proposed.
Debate Set for March
The Senate debate probably will
start some time in March and last pos
sibly three or four weeks. The House
may have its own debate in the mean
time, or conceivably wait until the
Senate comes up with bill. Demo-
cratic strategy is still uncertain on
this point.
In any event, the final version of
the bill undoubtedly will be written
by a Senate-H House conference COM
mittee. That may take a few more
weeks.
Labor Frets at Delay
Labor leaders still are expressing
confidence that the Taft Hartley Law
will be repealed. But privately some
of them are worried and upset over
the delay.
Significantly, the AFL declared in
its monthly magazine, out last week,
that if the outcome is to be in accord
with the peoples mandate as eX-
pressed at the polls, organized labor
and all other friends of liberty and
justice will have to stay on the alert"
The AFL also claimed that the same
'big business" lobbyists "Who put
over the Taft-Hartley Act two years
ago" are again lurking" about the
capitol.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
In Short

Passed: By the House, unanimously,
a bill to restart the Freedom Train
travelling for two more years; the bill
now goes to the Senate.
Unveiled: The first statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln on the soil of a former
Confederate state, "a years after the
close of the Civil War, at Harrogate,
Tenn.
Proposed: BY Walter Reuther, CIO
United Auto Workers president, that
the nations surplus aircraft plants be
converted to the mass production of
20 million prefabricated houses.
Challenged: BY the U.S., Russia in
the United Nations, to allow an i'm
partial study of American charges
that Russians have 100000 to a.
100000 slave laborers.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
People
BUrgeoning America

BUrgeoning America
The Census Bureau has forecast
gains in population and school enroll
ment in the years to come,
By 1860, the Bureau says, the ma
ton will have 155,745,OOO persons,
compared with the 1910 census of
13l, ,669,OOO and the l948 estimate of
146,221,OOO
The school age population (roughly
5 to I'D is expected to jump faster
than the total population between
1947 and 1855.
The rise in grade school enrolment
has been fOreShadoWed by the rela-
lively large number of births in the
early and middle 40s.
The increase in numbers of aged
persons (65 and Over) is estimated at
about 10 per cent between 1947 and
1855.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
SideIights

@ Monte Carlo, famed international
gambling casino, has sent its director
to Las Vegas, New, to learn about
craps. This fall, for the first time in
history, Monte Carlo will offer the
dice game. The director is using a
tape recorder to take down the mysti-
flying lingo of players. Someday
'eighter from Decatur" may break the
bank at Monte Carlo.
Q In the little South African town of
Hennenman, a man arrived in an Of
fetal government car, said he was a
health inspector, took over an Office
in the municipal building, condemned
five buildings, revoked the licenses of
two shops, gave another merchant
three days to make extensive repairs.
Town officials telephoned the capital,
learned the high-handed crusader had
no connection with the government.
He was arrested but the town had it's
biggest cleanup in history.
@ In Baltimore, a trucking firm had
$50 answers to the following "Help
Wanted" ad: "WANTED-A man of
vision and ambition, an after-dinner
speaker. night owl, work all day,
stay up all night and appear fresh
next day. Must be a mans man, a
lady's man, model husband, a good
provider, a plutOcrat, a New Dealer,
an Old Dealer, a technician, poll
tician, mathematician and mechanic
Salary commensurate with ability"
Q Burglars broke into a New York
City firm manufacturing bullet-proof
and burglar-proof glass by smashing
a window. The owner told police: 1T
never occurred to us to put our own
glass into the Office door,"
o A Hillside, N. j., man, awakened
by an intruder in his home, said:
Hand me my gun, dear, so | can
shoot!" The intruder fed as his sleepy
wife asked sleepily: What gun?"
The home owner never owned one
but he's thinking of buying one now.
fAu Ri0hfq ReeeT7,od p No,,ofo0t,,-oel
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
World Eyes
Are on us.

GROWTH of the United State,
" from a continental to
world colossus is evidenced bV
the current uneasiness in capitaii
around the globe about the un.
folding American foreign policy
Division of the world increasingly
into eaSt-west camps had made po-
tentially precariOus the position OF
many a little country.
Norway rushed a diplomatic mis-
sion to Washington by plane to learn
about the North Atlantic pact when
Russia made disturbing gestures in
her direction.
The Philippines, recently granted
independence by the United States. is
disturbed by Red progress in the
Asian world and apparent American.
cOmplacency about it.
japanese leaders are so upset by
the Communist sweep in China that
Washington tried to reassure them by
denying that withdrawal of American
occupation troops is contemplated for
Japan.
Japan Wants US. Troops
Again last week the Japanese pres
prominently displayed a story quOtin.
an anonymous American general as
emphatically denying that the United
States has any intention of withdraw
ing from Japan.
The story, distributed by the KyObo
News Agency, quotes the source as
declaring: "The Japanese people can
rest secure that they will not be sac
rificed by any American action"
Japanese Premier Shigeru YOshida
reiterated that the official Army de-
NAL from Washington ought to have
settled the withdrawal fears but he.
too, displayed typical concern. 1t
would be impossible for you to with
draw now" he said
Fear Europe First Policy
The Manila Times said in a front
page editorial that a Europe first"
psychology appeared to be winning
control of the 'geopolitical master
minds in Washington"
Such thinking, said the Times, again
could make Gen. Macarthur the same
victim he was at Corregidor and in
Australia.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
Now It Can Be Told

There was plenty of friction among
the Big Four in deciding how to try
the Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg.
But, reports Supreme Court Justice
Robert H. Jackson, the chief us. rep
resentative, the compromise arrived
at shows that despite differing judicial
systems 'our fundamental concepts of
fair procedure are not in hopeless
conflict"
One difficulty that Jackson men
tions is the Russian concept that a
court is one of the organs of govern
ment power. The Soviet attitude, he
says, is that tribunal is a weapon
in the hands of the ruling class to safe
guard its interests"
The State Department has pub
lished JacksOn's 44O-page report on
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
Portugal
Viva SoIozor

Portugal held its first contested
presidential election in % years last
Sunday, despite the opposition candi-
dates making an llth-hOur attempt
to withdraw.
The 79-year-old government can
didate won more than IS per cent of
the unofficial returns. The official re-
suit will not be disclosed for a week.
The victor is Antonio Oscar de
FragOso Carmona. He has been presi-
dent since 1926. He had the support of
Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
the real political power in the coun-
try.
The political opposition was made
up of the Democratic and Liberal par
ties which have struggled along for
wears under the hard-fiSted regime of
Salazar.
Their candidate was Mai Gen. lose
Norton de MattOs, g. For a couple
of weeks during the campaign. Nor
ton de MattOS caught public fancy
with his slogan Vote for Freedom
and Liberty" Then he ran into a
government charge that Communists
were backing him.
Liberal and Democratic supporters
argued that the Communists had
given Mattos Judas kiss. Their can
didate had a long anti-Communjst
record.
On the eve of elections, Mattos de-
cided to withdraw.
Before the polls opened the Su
preme Court of Justice ruled his not
ton invalid. The court said it rmIed
only on eligibility and that sncb
eligibility could not be renounced y
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
Quotes

George Gallup, defending pub
lie opinion polls: "We should not
be assigned the role of experts.
We should report the facts and
let the people be the experts"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, soldier
educator, in a speech on freedom:
There is a kind of dictatorship
that can come through a creeping
paralysis of thought, readiness to
accept paternalistic measures by
the government and surrender of
our own responsibilities. l be-
lieve it is things such as that we
must watch today"
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
RADIO: Boomerang in Ecuador

ister of Defense to investigate, in
dicted the stations art and drama
editors and arrested 10 others.
A similar broadcast of H. G. Wells
fantastic novel, The War of the
Worlds" was presented by Orson
Welles in the United States in 1888.
Then too it had caused panic. Both
scripts localized the action to make
it more realistic.
Flash After Flash
This is how the show was staged
over Radio Quito:
The usual musical program was in
terrupted by an announcer saying
Here is an urgent piece of late
news"
This was followed by a vivid de-
ScriptiOn of an invasion which ap-
preached Quito in the shape of a
cloud after destroying the neighbor-
ing town of Latacunga, 20 miles
south. The news came in bulletin
form.
Then the announcer said:
The air base of Mariscal Sucre
has been taken by the enemy and il
is being destroyed. There are many
dead and wounded"
A voice personifying the govern
ment minister asked citizens to be
calm "in order to be able to organize
the defense and evacuation of the
city" At this point the mayor" ar
rived. He said:
people of Quito let US defend our
city. Women and children must 60
out into the surrounding heights to
leave the men free for action and
combat"
The voice of a priest was heard
begging for Divine mercy in the
catastrophe. A recording of the church
bells of Quito sounding an alarm was
played
When the radio directors learned OF
the spreading panic, they revealed it
was all in fun. Frantically they ap-
pealed to the people to be calm.
When the mob attacked the three
story newspaper building housing tha
station, police were slow to respond.
The riot squads had been sent to thu
scene of the reported invasion outside
the city.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
PACT: The Cost Of Defense

WHAT western Europe needs
w most now, defense planners
say, is more arms and coOrdina-
tiOn of military training rather
than more soldiers.
The military experts drafting
the proposed North Atlantic security
pact do not propose to urge nations
still facing terrific burdens of postwar
reconstruction to build up huge stand
ing armies. Instead, they will be en-
cOuraged to equip their present forces
with the best supplies and training
possible under the circumstances.
Now and for some time to come, the
role of the United States in the al
lance probably will be chiefly that of
military adviser and manufacturer Of
weapons.
No Moral Commitments
Last week the Senate indicated it
would not stand for any moral COM
mitment" to go to war on the part of
this country being written in the Sc
curity treaty.
Warning that the us. could not be
committed in advance to fight in case
of attack upon a European nation
came from Sen. Tom Connally and
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, bipartisan
leaders of foreign policy in the upper
house. They stressed that the power
to declare war is and shall remain the
exclusive right of Congress.
Sen. Vandenberg also called for an
estimate on the cost of helping friend
ly European nations to re-arm.
Military experts in Washington and
in London are working overtime to
arrive at some reasonably concrete
estimates. Unofficial guesses have
ranged between one and two billion
dollars.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
Books

BeSt Sellers
The government has issued a new
booklet which it thinks is most likely
to rival its current best seller Infant
Care"
The new one is "Your Child from
Six to Twelve" 1t completes the
Children's Bureau series of five bull
letins for parents on child care, from
the prenatal period through adoles-
cence.
The booklet on infant care, best
known Of the series, has passed the
% million mark.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25

duQ4I4OuS IL Quiet
American and Brit
iSh clergymen, edu-
Gators and officials
were named as
contacts" in spy
ing activities.
Last M on d a y
Pope Plus XII
called the trial of
Josef Cardinal
Mindszenty, pri-
mate of Hungary,
"rigged" and ian
outrage against the
Roman Catholic
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
A Mob Takes Revenge

Radio did it again-this time in
Quito, capital of Ecuador
A fictiOnal invasion from Mars was
staged so dramatically that panic
stricken people fled half-clad from
their homes. When they discovered it
was a hoax, Latin-American mob
stOrmed the radio station, killed IS
persons, burned the newspaper build
ing in which it was housed, and did
$35O,OOO in damage before it was dis
persed by army tanks.
The government ordered the Min
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25

The problem, itself, is tremendously
complex. Plans for tn" defense of
western Europe cannot, for instance,
be based on any single campaign
blueprint. A whole array of alternate
plans to meet different situations must
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
Congress Is in Labor
OUer Ne1U Labor LUuU

THERE signs that the labor law struggle in Congress will last
until May and possibly into June That the TaftHarey
Law probably will stay the books in its present fomwh its
closed shop ban 8day emergency strike nncOns and all the
re-beyon annual spring expiration date of hundreds of labor
MANAGEMENT contracts Among these the steel industry contracts
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
Religion
Concerted Red Drive?

Concerted Red Drive?
The Cardinal Mindszenty case may
be the forerunner of a wave of arrests
east of the Iron Curtain in a concerted
Soviet drive against all religion.
In Red-ruled Bulgaria, is Protest
ant churchmen were arrested on
charges of treason and espionage. In
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25

be drawn. 1t is necessary, too. to COM
pile detailed inventories of the arms
possessed by each nation and deter
mine how much of it can be integrated
into a coordinated armanents pro-
gram
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Reductions on Art
Needlework, Yorns

81 Spools Colonial Cotton Rug
Yarn, natural-color only. 13-
ounce spools. Were $1.25. Now,
60c
! Bernat Rug Pattern and Kit,
contains yarn for design only.
Was $11. Now $3.50
/ Paragon Stamped Quilt Pack
age, contains quilt-top and ap-
pliques. Blue basket design.
Was SIS. Now ---$10
8 Rayon Bengaline Lingerie
Cases, applique design. In wine
and cocoa. Were 81. Now SOC
Is Bernat Argyle Sports Socks
Paks, several good color COM
binations. Were $1.25. Now S5c
/ Model Spun Rayon Baby
Sacque, in soft pink. Was $4.75.
Now So
zoo Balls Columbia Zephyrdown
Yarn, all wool. Several wanted
colors. 1-ounce balls. Were 60c.
1 Model Cotton Baby Blanket,
blue with white applique. Was
$3.50. Now s.
Is White Linen Guest Towels,
colorful embroidery. Were SITS.
Now $1.25
36 Needlepoint Pieces, design
finished. 17x17" and 15x20".
Were $2.95. Now ---- 81
160 Skeins Columbia Lustra
Yarn, 500 rayon, 50% WOOL.
Good color range. 2-ounce
skein. Was SOC. Now ------25c
W&I-Art Needlework,
= Eighth Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Gloves
Greatly Reduced

50 Pairs 4-button length, ma
chine sewn, double-woven cot
ton Gloves. Light blue and pink.
Were 81. Now -----------S1
27 pairs .>double-woven- cotton
gloves, hand-sewn shortie styles,
and 4-button machine-sewn.
White and beige. Were So. Now,
$2.25
n pairs double-woven rayon
gloves, gauntlet style, black,
brown, plain and with contrast.
Were $3.50. Now $1.85
80 pairs capeskin gloves, hand
sewn shorties and 4-button ma
chine-sewn. White, bla k,
brown, navy and beige. Were
So and $3.50. Now ---A.95
50 pairs double-woven cotton
mesh gloves, in shortie and A.
button pull-on styles. Black,
brown and navy. Were So and
$1.50. Now -- ---75c
W&L-Gloves, Aisle 18,
First Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Housewares
at q Reduction

4 Walnut Wardrobes. 63x24.
Were $16.95. Now --$9.95
3 Linen Cabinets. s. inches
high and 18 inches wide. Were
$13.95. Now Observation-Disclosures
2 Linen Cabinets. 66 inches
high and 18 inches wide. Were
$19.95. Now w----$13.45
S Rubbermaid Cutting Boards.
Green or red. Were $3.75. Now.
$1.25
5 Chintz Garment Bags. Flow
cred. Were $5.95. Now ---S2.2S
3 Chintz Striped Garment Bags.
Were $5.95. Now ----$2.25
6 Unfinished Vanity Stools with
back. Were $3.65. Now---$1.SS
! Unfinished Vanity Stools.
Were $2.75. Now -------$1.40
5 Unfinished Kitchen Chairs.
Were $2.95. Now ----$1.50
2 Unfinished Highback Chairs.
Were $3.50. Now ------$3 So
z Unfinished Kitchen Chairs.
Were $2.75. Now ----. $1.40
1 Unfinished Book Racks. Were
81 1.95. Now
W&I-Housewares.
Down Stairs Store
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Cameras and
Equipment Reduced

2 s. nm. Universal Cameras
with case and built-in range
finders, f 3.5 lens. Were $79.a5.
Now $3.50
l Cinematic S nm. Protector.
Was $135. Now -----s,----S54.50
5 Light Stands with refiectors.
Were $11.90. Now ----S5.95
l Goldie Spotlight. Was $32.80.
/ Bolex Compartment Case,
leather. Was $34.50. Now S14.95
% Super. Xxx 116 Film Rolls.
Outdateo. Were 53c. Now ESQ
1 Kodaslide Protector. Was
$27.50. Now ----S14.75
10 mera Cases, genuine
leather. Were $40. Now ----$5
3 Negative Files for 127 mega
tives. Were $1.50. Now ----75c
W&L-Cameras, Second Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Occasional Furniture,
Greatly Reduced


/ Lamp Table. mahogany and
hardwood, with brass trim.
Was $40. Now ----------$10
Student Desk, blonde oak and
hardwood. Was $17.85. Now,
SO
81 Cocktail Cupboards, of hard
wood, painted blue or red. Were
$22. Now ---------- $3.50
Occasional Table, Of pine.
Pennsylvania Dutch style. Was
$45. Now $3.50
Card Table, metal with brown
plastic top. Was $l2.95. Now,
$3.50
. Pedestals, mahogany veneer
and hardwood. One right, one
left. Were 1850. Now each.
$3.50
W&I-Furniture, sixth Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Mattresses and
Box Springs
Reduced ~ to Va

1 Double size Inner Spring Mat
tress. Was $4S.50. Now ----$S7
1 Double sire Inner Spring Mat
tress. Was $3.50. Now ----$2S
2 Double e-sixe Felt Mattresses.
Were $3.50. Now $1S.75
2 Twin-size Inner Spring Mat
tresses. Were 1880. Now $3.50
1 Twin-size Inner Spring Mat
tresses. Were $3.50. Now SO
2 Twin-Size Inner Spring Mat
tresses. Were $29.75. Now $1S.75
4 Double size Box Springs.
Were $3.50. Now --------$37
. Double-size Box Springs.
Were $2S.75. Now -------$1S.75
3 Twin-size Box Springs. Were
$3.50. Now -----------------$29
/ Twin -size BOX Spring. Was
$3.50. Now------------$1S.55
: Twinzsi1e Box Springs. Were
$29.75. Now .------------419 419.75
W&L-Bedding, Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Clearance %. Base and
Wall Cabinets

/ FM Kelvinator Refrigerator.
10h cubic feet. Floor sample.
Was $685.. Now ---$254.95
Anderson Gas Range AS is.
Not installed. Was $299 so. Now
$149.95
Dominion Waffle Irons
At q Reduction
"a Dominion Single Automatic
Waffie Irons. No. 1901. Were
$12.95. Now w------$6.45
"A No. 1902 Dominion Single
Waffle Irons. Were $9.95. Now
$4.95
IL No. 1850 Dominion Twin
Waffle Irons. Were 1886. Now
$7.95
IL No. 1856 Dominion Twin
Waffle Irons. Were 1895. Now
$6.95
"A No. 1902 Dominion Combina-
tion Sandwich Grilles and
Wahe Irons. Were 1885. Now
$7.S5
/ Toastmaster Toaster. Was
$2l so. Now --------$14.S5
/ Westinghouse Roaster Cabi-
net. Damaged. Was $685.. Now
$4.95
6 WRC Foryee Roaster Cabinets
Were 1895. Now-------$5.95
2 24x36 Base Cabinets. No tops.
Were $43.95. Now----$22.95
Stairs Store
Evening star., 1949-10-20
condy at a
Great Sovinas

21o One-Pound Bags of Pep
permint Hard Candies. Were
60c. Now - zoe
6 Boxes C ocolate Biscuit
Leaves. Were $2.75. Now $1.50
66 Boxes Of Lolly Pops. Were
6Oc. Now $50
Is Metal Lunch Kits with Lolli-
pops. Were 75c. Now - Soc
10 Boxes Of 8 jars Preserves
and Jellies. Were $2.l0. Now,
S1.1O
~ Boxes Floral Top Jellies.
Were $2.25. Now ---------$1.50
- Floral Bowl Jars Preserves.
Were 4Oc. Now Zoe
W&L-Candy, First Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Women's Knit
Underwear
Reduced

30 Rayon Jersey Briefs and
Short Flare Style Pants. Pink.
Sizes S to 7. Were 81. Now 5Sc
Is Nylon Mesh Briefs. Yel->
low. Sizes S to Z. Were $3.50
Now 95c
Is Nylon Mesh Briefs. Short
fare style. Sizes 5 to Z. We're
e1.95. Now-----------$l.35
"a Nylon Jersey Slips. Pink and
white. Large size A and 46.
If perfect would be $7.95. Now
$4.95
Is One and Two Piece Rayon
Jersey Short Pajamas. Pink,
blue, yellow. Sizes "a to SO.
Were $3.50. Now----$1.25
Is Tight Leg Nylon Jersey
Pants. Pink and white. Sizes
3, 9, 10. Were $3.50. Now s2.45
10 Open Seat Snuggies, medium
and large, white and tearose.
Were 81. Now--------$1.45
10 White Cotton Union Suits.
Sizes 4s and so. Were $2.95.
Now w-.-------------------$1.S5
Is Two-piece Rayon Jersey
Short Pajamas. Pink, blue,
white. Were $4.95. Now $2.15
rs Rayon Jersey Bras. Black
and pink. Sizes 80 to SO. Were
~ .sf Now CSC
10 Rayon Jersey Lace Trim
med Petticoats. Blue and
black. Sizes 4 and 5. Were
$3.50. Now $2.45
10 Rayon Jersey Lace Trim
med Slips. Pink, blue, black.
gize 40. Were 1896. Now $2.95
W6I-Women's Knit Under
wear, Third Floor
Evening star., 1949-10-20
ASpeeioI Group Of
Bedroom Furniture
Greatly Reduced

/ Mahogany Dresser Base. AS
Is. Was $47.50. Now ---S25
Modern Bleached Mahogany
Vanity and Large Mirror. Was
$143.50. Now $95
/ Modern Small Solid Oak
Chest. Was $3.50. Now $49.50
l Modern Blond Mahogany
Twin Dresser. Was $3.50. Now,
S49.50
1 Solid Maple Dresser Base.
Was $47.50. Now -----S36
l Solid Mahogany Chest-on-
Chest. Was 1929. Now S86
1 Modern Oak Dresser Base.
Was $84. Now ---$59
l Solid Mahogany Dresser Base.
Was $127.50. Now S63.75
l Mahogany Bachelor Chest.
Was SIS. Now $50
/ Solid Mahogany Vanity Base.
Was $152. Now -- $S9
1 Mahogany Chest on Chest.
Was $129.50. Now SS5
l Mahogany Chest on Chest.
Was SIS. Now ----$49
1 Mahogany Vanity Base. Was
$50 so. Now --$59
l Blond Mahogany Modern g.
drawer Commode. Was $48.
Now SIS
l Modern Mahogany Finish
Dresser and Mirror. Was $110.
Now S69
s Mahogany Framed Hanging
Mirrors. Were $l7.75. Now, 50
W&L-Bedroom Furniture,
Fifth Floor