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Hungry Horse news., 1952-03-07

tives and friends for about three
weeks.
Ross Luding, Bill Somers anc
Jerry Leiffring spent the weekend
here at their homes. They re-
turned Monday to Noxon where
they are employed on the Cabinet
Gorge dam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Lietz and Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Lietz motored tc
Thompson Falls, Sunday to attend
the funeral of 11-month-old Terry
Grantham, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Lloyd Grantham.
MIR. and Mrs. Rex Chef, Dwight
and Annette, spent the weekend
visiting the Floyd Chefs at Poto-
mac.
Little Mike Dever has had quite
a siege of sickness this year. First
chickenpox, then mumps, and now
it's the "flu." Last report was he is
fast becoming his old mischievous
self again.
Martin City, along with Hungry
Horse and Columbia Falls, was
well represented at the tourna-
ment in Poison. We want to say
our boys did a wonderful bit of
playing and we were very proud of
them. Considering the distance
from Poison, 1 believe Columbia
Falls team had the biggest amount
of home fan support in the cheer
ing sections.
Alton Ingraham arrived home
Sunday morning from Pasco and
returned early Monday morning
taking Grace and Billy with him.
Grace's mother, Mrs. Simonis, Ro-
nan, is staying at their home until
they return.
Bill Rogers, Missoula,, has spent
several days visiting at the Bud
Cheff and Don Lietz home.
Just a reminder, folks, Monday |
is the big PTA meeting to decide
all details on the carnival.
Young Art Snyder had the mis-
fortune to bump his head while
at the schout meeting Monday ev-
enough to require sew
eral stitches when rushed to DIR.
Bennett by assistant scoutmaSter
Bud Chef.
Little Roxy Chef cut her finger
quite badly, Tuesday evening. AT
,er she took one look at it, she
Urged her daddy to hurry and
AXE here to DR.. Bennett before it
ell off. The cut required several
stitches.
S/A Robert Potter spent week
md with his mother, Mrs. Elsie
Potter. He is stationed at Whid-
,ez Island MAS, Wash.
Hungry Horse news., 1952-03-07
Star Committee Meets

Members of the Eastern Stal
ways and means committee from
Martin City, Coram and West
Glacier met in Martin City, Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs
Elsie Potter.
Mrs. Potter was elected chair
man, with Mrs. F. w. Morris, sec
retary. Several projects were dis
cussed. There were eight members
present. They voted to become
group 3.
Hungry Horse news., 1952-03-07
Ladies' Aid at Sathers

Martin City Presbyterian Ladies
aid will meet March 13 at 2 p
m. at the home of Mrs. Bennie
Sather, Martin City. All inter-
ested ladies are invited to at
tend.
Ted Aronson will be the speaker
at the Sunday morning worship
service in Martin City.
Hungry Horse news., 1952-03-07

The seismograph station at Hun
CRY Horse registered the big earth
quake in Japan and other disturb
ances taking place in the earth's
crust. However there has not been
earth movement in this area, faint
or noticeable.
Evening star., 1952-02-16
This and That

Then all that Is left is the sound Of
the breakers.
No, really not all.
There is the smell Of the sea, the
nloistneSs, the vital principle which some
say is ozone, others say is just iodine.
It is an amazing thing, how some
persons fairly bloom In sea air while
others do better in mountain air.
Perhaps it is no more than the re-
sponse or lack of 1t Of the individual
heart. but there win be many persons
willing to believe It ID something more.
3 Fog pictures, as the manifestation
breaks up. are pretty to watch at the
shore.
Such pictures are seldom seen In the
city. one Of the lacks Of the city, where
natural manifestations are cut down
and smoothed out. so that mostly they
are safe and sound.
~-At the seaside. as on the border Of
q prairie, the watcher stands at the
very brink Of something real. something
manifest, something that we miss here.
The best we can get here is the
rainStorm. Il is for this reason that
no city dweller ought to growl too
much sover rain.
Rain has its way Of making us realize
that after all we are very small crea-
lures, clinging to the outside Of the
globe. Many Of US now and then won-
der why we are not whirled on IL. and
secretly refuse TO be satisfied with the
explanation Of gravity.
Evening star., 1952-02-16

partly also because he Is keenly aware
that before long he will be replacing
the moisture and salt lost through per-
spiration. He will do 30 by sinking a
couple Of pints of beer in excellent
company In the bar at the Royal Oak,
! TO which he will repair on his bicycle
as soon as the light fails.
With the best will in the world. the
members of the CBDGA cannot be
described as authorities on economic
geography. But, for those who are,
some readily ascertainable figures exist.
In 1889, before the war began in Europe
and a measurable time before the term
Victory garden" became recognizable
in the United States. there were SIS 900
allotments In Britain. BY 1943 there
were 1888. 900. and they covered 125, 900
acres. These were in addition to mil
lion vegetable-growing private gardens.
Moreover, it does look as though one
of the facts that ought to be in the
possession Of an economic geograpller
is that trading nation cannot expect
to sell its goods unless 1t buys the goods
Of other trading nations. Britain has
imported vegetables for years, and has
thereby provided foreign customers with
the sterling they must have If they are
to buy British manufactured goods. This
is principle that applies to herring as
well as turnips. Another set of figures,
also not concealed from economic geog-
rapherS who want to look them up,
shows that the British landed 545 600
tons OF fish on their own shores in
Evening star., 1952-02-16
BY Charles E. Trocewen

Why, some one will come along, If he
has not already come along. to say
that the theory Of gravity Is, after all,
merely a theory. not worth wondering
over.
Something else will explain it, and
then we can say. Il told you SOL"
Fog pictures make one wonder, too.
If the world really is round.
There has been much dispute about
this, over the centuries.
Most Of us thought the thing was
settled by Columbus; but actually there
are many persons left who still think
the world nat.
At times, perhaps, every one thinks
it, more or less. It seems fiat, anyway!
A little real fog. even a thin one, will
SO upset the standard directions and
relationships that any one out In 1t
will be willing to think the world not
only fiat but possessed of no dimensions
whatever.
We like to see our little imitation
morning fogs come and go, because they
give such real sense of weather. and
weather is what we need to make US
all realize that it is our real enemy.
in one sense, and not other human
beings. When the human world decides
TO put Its money and brains and energy
on fighting inimical elements instead Of
each other, we may expect the heaven
on earth sof which we so often have
been told.
Evening star., 1952-02-16

Fog Is an element we seldom have
around Washington, and this is fortu-
nate, for there is not much to recon-
mend it.
NO fog here?
Not in any real sense. Those who have
seen real fogs know this.
One does not have to go to London.
either.
The seaslaore win do.
Down at Ocean City, Md, they have
some fine demonstrations Of true fog,
the sort that is thick enough 10 cut. rs
they say.
Children love fog. but their elders
seldom do.
There is an eerie sense to it. some-
thing that throws one back to primitive
times. In the childhood Of the race.
human beings must have regarded it
with awe. Today it mostly constitutes
q traffic nuisance.
Let us say again that real fog. Is diff
ferent from the little semi-fogs we
have around here.
Always here it is possible to see easily
for 25. SO feet or more. True fog cuts
down visibility to or 4 feet, If that
much. Maybe to ? feet.
Fog at the seashore has q magic way
of cutting of communication with the
great entity, the sea.
One seldom stops to think Of how
pervasive the sea is at the seashore.
until real fog cuts it on.
Evening star., 1952-02-16

established after World War II when reserves
including about 10000 items OF such equipment
We're taken out Of war plants It is reported
that nearly half Of these have been returned to
use since the Korean war began and that more
are being rehabilitated. This program, however
was more in the nature Of conservation Of
equipment and did not include the designing
and manufacture Of what could be considered
the tools OF tomorrow.
One of the rather persuasive considerations
In such stockpiling plan is the fact that over
production Of end products can lead to an accu-
mutation Of 0bSolescence. Not only are the air
planes Of World War II obsolescent today, for
example, but the airplanes OF 1851 are short Of
the effectiveness of those Of 1862. The same can
be said n effect for ships, artillery and many Of
the other items Of armament Within con-
siderable margin, however. great range Of basic
machine tools can be designed manufactured
and utilized over much longer span OF years
II this theory Of stockpiling is applied on
sound technical basis 1t can contribute much
to Americas strength and security.
Evening star., 1952-02-16
Unhornessed

He carried mail and met Incoming trains
For ffty years all told. as man and bog.
He could hare lasted halt decade more
In daily harness. but retired, he roamed
In 1intless fashion up and do1on the
street
A feD brief months: his grizzled ears
GttuHed
TO eperv Whistle from the sUitchino
yards.
Sometimes he'd match the Flyer rumble
in,
And check its schedule from the yiDeY
bridge
Up to the depot, and his turrowed eyes
Reflected his approval or cfaorin.
Then came the time his ears no longer
heard
Familiar sounds; and on one summer
dag III
They buried him upon the pillage hin
That 0Derlooks the railroad right-ot-
scGy.
Billy .. Cooper
Evening star., 1952-02-16
Focts Of U. S. Economic Life

John Torpats' letter, February 10,
derides what he calls James Y. New
tons heart-rending account Of the
young. destitute Detroit housewife
because it reveals a fiabby, infantile
cross section Of America Mr.. Torpats
fears the young Detroit couple men,
toned in Mr.. Newton's February 6
article are mentally and morally bank
rupt," and deserve the "heartiest con-
tempt Of the millions Of other Ameri-
cans who live within their means :.
who don't whine but work" The story OF
the laid-of husband didn't mention
whining.
don't think Mr.. Torpats knows the
facts of economic life in Detroit or other
industrial centers and agricultural sec
tions where hundreds of thousands -
millions, perhaps-are completely de-
pendent on conditions entirely beyond
their control. Our super efficient indus
trial machine works fine, but its opera
tion geared to high production is so sem
sitive that changes - like the change
from autos to defense production-can
make many thousands jobless. The
specialization forced on those jobless-
as well as general conditions-make It
impossible for them to get another job.
The same helplessness extends to
farmers. have seen Iowa farmers los
ing their farms at mortgage sales after
years Of toll due to circumstances en-.
tirely beyond their power. At the same
time bankers, lawyers and other busi-
nessmen were jumping out Detroit sky
scraper buildings. If Mr.. Torpats viii
reread Mr.. Newton's article, he will
note the husband with two young chill
dren and wife had q take-home pay
of $55 weekly. But Mr.. Torpats thinks
the husband should have prepared ''for
a rainy day." With the present cost Of
milk, potatoes, rent and shoes? Likewise
the article states the young couple had
been forced to cash $400 in bonds
pretty good saving at SIS weekly pay.
Mr.. Torpats' letter doesn't make a
point other than the shiftlessness of
the young Pacific war veteran and his
wife; but perhaps he means the unem-
ployment compensation of the family
soon to be exhausted should be reduced
or abolished. II so, would like Mich
igan Senator Blair Moody to supply the
Star and Mr.. Torpats with information
showing how this would simply speed
the family breakdown.
Or perhaps Mr.. Torpats is trying to
make another obtuse point concerning
what he calls immature adventurers
Evening star., 1952-02-16
The Male Strikes Bock-Weokly

a. Disseminated by the shrewdest of propa-
gandists, .the myth has been spread from sun
to sun on this tired globe, and for that matter
from son to son, that this is mans world. It
is, of course arrant nonsense and sinister In its
purpose.
Hardly man is now alive, at least In these
United States where men boast loudest Of being
men, who has not learned that his mother, his
sister-either the younger one or the Older one
his girl friend and finally his wife tell him
what to do, how to do it, when to do it and
why he can't do it. Highly organized as they
are in all their professional pursuits, studious
ais they are Of all other elements which make
yp the pattern of their daily living, and joiners
as they are of all secret or non-secret co-opera-
tive movements that come over the horizon, the
men have never yet worked out any association
by which their individual weaknesses can be
combined into strength.
A glimmer Of hope, however, IS hickering
In that cradle Of individualis, virginias capital
city OF Richmond, in the person Of one Prof.
Samuel W. Stevenson. With the true inspira-
tion that comes only to the great, DR.. Stevenson
has announced his determination to prepare a
Handbook for Husbands" certain in his opinion,
to become a best seller among approximately
so per cent Of the worlds population. ROYALTIES
would be devoted to endowment of an institu-
ton where husbands might learn to become
thoroughly proficient in the achievement Of
masculine dominance"
It is indeed glorious vision, though dimmed
by DR.. Stsvenson's own confession Of normal
male weakness -or Is 1t the wisdom Of the ages?
when he gave an affirmative answer TO the
question, would you marry again and the same
woman as before?" It is up to the stronger OF
us now to carry on where Dr.. Stevenson has
shown the wayl
Evening star., 1952-02-16
Yonk Roked Over for Dig at Britofn
To the Editor Of The Stor:


+ ADDRESS you in my capacity as the
representative - self-appOinted and
without credentials q very large
company OF Englishmen whose blood
pressure viii rise to dangerous levels II
they ever see copy Of The Star Of re-
cent date containing Letter to the
Editor signed Economic Geography =
wherein occurs this remarkable passage:
Britain announces she is going 10 /
cut imports OF some things. Fish and
vegetables are mentioned. With rea-
sonable industry on her part. Britain
would not need TO import either Of
THESE two items. Were she to dupli-
cate the wartime victory gardens Of
America, her acreage and climate
miider than most Of ours, would
easily produce sufficient vegetables to
feed her population ... .
It Is d somewhat sweaty company,
wearing old boots and regrettable
trousers, on whose behalf / write: II Is
the Company of British Diggers In Car
denS and Allotments, several millions
strong whom we will henceforth refer to
as. the, GBDGA, in order to conserve
newsprint. s ss ts D.
Allotments are patches of earth, dug
over and planted In rows and squares,
and they are to be observed In all parts
OF Britain. not: always in the orthodox
places. They climb up railway embank-
ments. for instance: they lurch down
the sides OF steep valleys: In the north
OF England and Scotland and Wales
they creep supnto pit-heads and factory
walls; in the south they frequently form
fringe around the edges Of carefully
kept golf courses.
They may be identified not alone by
the lines Of potatoes, cabbages, cauli-
flowers, beans, peas, tllrnipS, onions,
radishes. parsley and cress, or by prof
l1gate corners devoted to nothing more
useful than flowers. but also often
enough by shed or greenhouse, loving
ly fabricated out Of discarded railway
sleepers. corrugated iron, old windows.
tea chests, soap boxes and tin signs
advertising Beecham's Pills ("Worth a
Guinea Box'). A further means Of
Identification Of an allotment is afforded
by the stopped figure of the proprietor.
a member Of the CBDGA.
He is not glamorous figure. the
proprietor of the allotment. His nose
is streaked with earth. his clothing
would be rejected by Persian second
hand wardrobe dealer and he grunts
good deal as he turns the soil over
with his shining spade. Yet, by and
large. he is happy. He is happy partly
because he feels fierce and wonderful
pride in the particular radishes and
kidney beans he has caused his piece of
land to produce, partly because his soul
has been comforted by the long, slow
thoughts that have come to him while
he has been digging and planting, but
Evening star., 1952-02-16

ging people to elect him. making all
kinds of false statements about the
Lane administration, promising OF raise
teachers salaries. reduce taxes and
abolish the sales tax. Since then he has
refused to raise teachers pay, begged
the Legislature not to do away with the
sales tax. and presented the electorate
with the biggest budget in Maryland's
history.
No, Senator Butler and Gov. McKeldin.
don't go outside your State trying to
fool the, people after your own records.
For you can fool some Of the people
some of the time. but you can't fool all
Of the people all Of the time"
Lydia O'Day.
Evening star., 1952-02-16
Machine Tool Stockpilinq

There is great deal OF merit in the proposal
that planned stockpiling Of machine tools be
undertaken over several-year period
Aside from the abnormal demand upon raw
materials, there is probably no more critical re-
uuirement in a time Of industrial mobilization
than that for wide range of intricate and COM
plex tools by which the end products needed in
our defense structure can be fabricated. It was
proved so in World War and the increasing
mechanization, and complexity Of such mechan-
zation, make the requirement even more de-
handing today.
The machine tool industry 10 the United
States is one of high skill and proved compe-
tence. It is, however, relatively small industry
and in the normal economic fluctuations OF
peacetime 1t has not been able to afford the
luxury of constant capacity operation. The
establishing and maintaining of its own trained
personnel is in itself factor of high cost and
such a slump as hit the industry after the last
war resulted in substantial dwindling of its
uualified manpower. Foreign competition, too, Is
a factor in normal times and the lower produc-
tion costs in Britain and probably again in JAPAN
two countries where the needed skills and facili-
ties have traditionally been available, have
affected the health of the industry here.
Some of the lag in our present defense pro-
duction program is traceable to the machirse-toOl
bottleneck. In period when time is not vital
this circumstance may not be overly dangerous:
it could be narrowly short of disastrous In .
sudden emergency.
The proposal now being circulated in the
Pentagon, the ONCE of Defense Mobilization and
the National Production Authority is that four
year program, to cost perhaps s. billion, be
drafted by competent experts A shopping list
of nearly 100000 different pieces Of equipment
considered basically essential in arms production
in event of all-out war would be culled. The
manufacture and acquisition of such an inven-
tory might constitute as much as 80 per cent OF
wartime needs. the remaining 20 per cent being
a category of tools which might themselves be-
come obsolescent during period OF storage
Storage of such stockpile, incidentally, would
be scattered among the areas where eventual
utilization Is expected and q @mothballing" pro-
cedure would be applied to keep the tools In
working condition.
a precedent for this scheme was in fact
Evening star., 1952-02-16
Looking Beyond Boundaries

The District Commissioners have taken a
forward step in proposing the creation OF a
Greater Washington Council to assist in CO.
ordinating governmental programs and activi-
ties In this growing Metropolitan Area. Since
unlncation OF the area into single political
unit Is out Of the question some means Of
bringing ABOUT better teamwork among the Fed
eral, District State, county and municipal juris-
dictions is essential. As Commissioner Donohue
points out it is vital to the orderly develop
ment Of the whole region that each jurisdiction
look beyond its own boundaries.
There are varying degrees Of cooperation
now. of course. in sundry fields, such as highway
and park planning, police and fire protection
and abatement Of river pollution More recently,
an agreement was reached among Federal Dis
trict and suburban officials on control of trafic
during snow emergencies. Conflict and confl-
sion exist in some other fields. however, notably
public utilities control For example the Capital
Transit Company is subject to supervision by
three regulatory agencies. In the case Of Pen
tagon bus fares the company in the past has
received conflicting orders from the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the District Public
Utilities Commission, requiring settlement in the
courts. Cross-boundary taxicab fares on the
other hand, are "nobody's baby" Cab drivers
are free to charge whatever their consciences
and the passengers will permit.
Two bills pending before Congress give long
overdue recognition to the mutuality of interests
of the sundry communities making up the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area. One is the National
Capital Park and Planning Commissions pro-
posal for reorganized planning system for
Greater Washington-one in which Maryland
and Virginia would have a greater voice in the
Capital expansion program. This bill would es-
tablish regional planning council to integrate
the highway park and other land-use programs
of Federal, District and suburban authorities.
The impending Federal dispersal plans call for
joint consideration and approval of this far
reaching undertaking.
The other pertinent measure is the sasscer
bill for a comprehensive study OF Metropolitan
Area problems BY joint commission composed
of representatives of the District, Maryland and
Virginia. Such commission would have author
ity to explore much the same ground as that
which presumably would be covered by an inter-
iurisdictional council of the type suggested by
the Commissioners. The commission would
have the added advantage of congressional and
state-Legislature sanction, so that its findings
would carry more weight than those Of nom
statutory group.
The Commissioners have hit on a splendid
way of mobilizing interjurisdictional support
for the overall, congressionally sponsored study
of regional problems. A council of the sort advo-
Gated by the Commissioners could render the
entire area valuable service not only by effect
ing better working relations across District and
county lines, but by promoting the official long
range survey and report contemplated in the
Easscer bill.
Evening star., 1952-02-16

1850, but that both imports and exports
Of fish were simultaneously and briskly
carried on.
There are. indeed. all sorts Of dis
coveries about Britain an economic
geographer can make without inviting a
nervous breakdown brought on by over
work. One is that in kingdom about
the size Of Idaho enough food to feed
/ half of the so million people in the
British Isles is annually grown. Another
is that sufficient advantage is taken
Of Britain's human and physical re-
sources and climate to bring forth an
average wheat yield of between IS and
81 bushels to the acre, in comparison
with an average yield Of between is and
II bushels to the acre in the United
States.
Figures like this. in any case, grow
dun after while, and they are not
widely discussed among the CBDGA,
to whose overlooked activities started
out to call attention. What they talk
about is the mammoth size of Spuds
and other vegetables they have person.
ally raised. Such statistics are not at
all reliable, however, by reason Of
tendency among gardeners in the Royal
Oak to lie like troopers. know of no
solution, in economic geography or any
other sphere, for this distressing prob
lem.
Robert Woithmon,
Washington Correspondent. News
Chronicle Of London.