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VOL. LXXII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1946 No. 18.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Cut Civilian Meat Supplies;
Mac Arthur Affirms Purge Policy;
House Conservatives Curb OPA
by Western Newspaper Union. ???????I
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Whan opinions nro expressed in thcss columns, they ore those of
Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ? this newspaper.)
Presently held by Italy bat sought by Yugoslavia, strategic Adri
atic port of Trieste has beeo troublesome bone of contention in the
peace-making. During visit of United Nations commission to area,
Yugoslavs staged rally demanding port add civil guards are shown
dispersing straggling demonstrators with Ore hose.
MEAT:
Cut Supply
Followng close upon the restora
tion of slaughtering quotas to pro
vide for a more equitable distribu
tion ot meat, the department of
agriculture announced that civilian
supplies would be lower in April,
May and June than in the previous
months though well above the same
period last year.
In renewing slaughtering quotas,
the department sought to check the
heavy diversion of livestock from
major packing centers by smaller
operators. The big packers' inabil
ity to match smaller buyers' bids
and remain within OPA ceiling
prices pointed up charges that much
of the meat being processed was
diverted to black markets.
With 15 per cent of the April, May
and June meat supply allocated to
the army and foreign relief, civil
ian stocks will be at a rate of 132
pounds per person as against 147
for the first three months of the
year. Despite the reduction, the sup
ply still will be 16 pounds over that
for the same period in 1945.
FAR EAST:
Mac Answers Russ
In answering Russian inquiries
on the effectiveness of his purge of
anti-democratic elements in post
war Japan, Gen. Douglas Mac
tvflui* ef/wul Ktr his
nxuiiu owvu vjj umj
past actions and
reaffirmed inten
tions of continuing {
to carefully weed
out undesirable ele
ments from com
manding positions.
Holding fast to
previous measures, ? ? 1
MacArthur dis- MaeArtlmr (
puted the four-power Allied coun- ,
cil's authority to review his past ad
ministrative actions in the defeated j
country. He also met insinuations ,
that he might have dealt lightly with |
Japanese figures in some instances i
by asserting that the council pos- ,
seased sufficient data to study his i
measures and did not require copies i
of all directives issued. i
Answering Russia's request (or a
new election if the recent balloting 1
resulted in the selection of undesir
able representatives, MacArthur J
said he could not take any action
which might reflect upon any party
or favor another. Undesirable ele
ments would be removed from par
liament through continuing investi
gations, be indicated.
CONGRESS:
Curb OP A
Demanding equal profits for all
and the free play of economic forces
to spur production and reduce the
threat of inflation with more goods,
the southern Democrats and con
servative Republicans again band
ad in the house to curb OPA con
trol and extend the agency's life for
nioa-months instead of one year.
Esau before house action, the' bill
was appreciably modified by the
banking committee. Attacking OPA
practice of compelling retailers to
abeocb part at higher manufactur
ing costs, the cranmtttea deckled to
aOow^tha^a full markup, and it
Iflflctoofl A? floor.
however, the conservative coalition
went to work in earnest.
By a 209 to 189 vote, OPA's life
was reduced to nine months from a
year
By 259 to 137, OPA was ordered
to allow every manufacturer,
wholesaler and retailer full operat
ing costs plus a reasonable profit in
fixing price ceilings.
By 241 to 182, meat subsidies were
abolished by July 1.
By 245 to 150, all food subsidies
were to be gradually eliminated by
December 31, with compensatory
price increases allowed.
By 228 to 166, price ceilings were
ordered removed on all goods
reaching the June 30, 1941, level
of production.
Having strongly diluted the coali
tion's anti-strike bill, senate action
on OPA was awaited in the face of
urgent administration demands for
preserving maximum powers of the
agency to head off inflation. Senate
disagreement with the house meas
ure would require a conference be
tween the two bodies to iron out
differences.
CHINA:
At It Again
Back in China after reporting to
President Truman on his efforts to
end civil strife in that long-suffer
ing country, Gen. George C. Mar
shall found the nationalist and com
munist forces at each others throats
again aespite ine recent conclusion
of a truce.
The new clashes centered in Man
churia where the nationalists
sought to seize control of key sites
in the wake of Russian withdrawals.
While Chiang Kai-shek's forces took
over smaller strongholds, an esti
mated 40,000 Reds using cap
tured Jap equipment smashed 8,000 '
nationalists defending the Man- i
ohurian capital of Changchun.
Marshall's appearance on the
scene coincided with the resumption i
of discussions between the disputants
tor reconciling the nationalists' de- i
sires for protecting the central gov- i
ernment's strategic economic inter- i
ssts in the territory with the com
munists' demands for political pow
sr.
UN:
Rip Franco |
Alone in championing Russia's
position In the Iranian issue, Poland j
Irew stronger support in its demand
hat the security council condemn
Spain as a threat to world peace
tnd recommend that the 91 mem- <
>er countries of the United Nations |
ireak diplomatic relations with 1
Madrid. I
Russia, Australia, France and i
Mexico proved sympathetic to Po- ?
ish Delegate Lange's charges that
[00,000 Germans and Vichy mili- 1
iamen were in Spain and German 1
icientists were developing new 1
veapons of war within the country, f
Franco had answered earlier ]
'olish suggestions that German sci- i
ntists were working on atomic en- 1
irgy in Spain by inviting the UN 1
o send an investigating committee 1
o the country. I
While expressing no love for <
franco, the U. S.. backed by Brit
tle, Holland and Brazil, cau- i
toned against hasty action in the i
ase at Spain, reiterating its policy (
be ^apanjabT^ a 1
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WHEAT EXPORT:
Argentine Aid
In seeking to make the maximum
amount of wheat available for ex
port to help feed a hungry world,
the Argentine government an
nounced a substantial subsidy to
growers and also limited the vol
ume of purchases by millers to the
last year's level.
Payment of a subsidy of over
30 cents a bushel in American terms
had a double aim: first, at drawing
wheat off of farms where it has
been hoarded in anticipation of high
er prices, and second, of stimulat
ing an increase in acreage for the
next crop.
Restriction of millers' use of
wheat to the last year's levels fol
lowed failure of the government's
program for voluntary reduction of
individual consumption from 2.2
pounds to 2 pounds. Extravagant in
their use of wheat, Argentines or
dinarily demand fresh bread for ev
ery meal, discarding unfinished
loaves.
Good Neighbors Make Up
Argentina's substantial shipments
of wheat overseas during April drew
hearty praise of Secretary of Agri
cuiiuie /uiuerson as ue u. d. pre
pared to resume friendly relations
with the South American nation fol
lowing official charges that ths
Peron regime was harboring nazls.
Commending the Argentine gov
ernment for its full co-operation
with the allies' combined food
board, Anderson revealed that Ar
gentina had exported 190,000 tons of
wheat during the first half of April
and had taken steps to ship an ad
ditional 200,000 tons during the re
mainder of the month.
As the U. S. expressed a willing
ness to enter into a hemispheric de
fense pact including Argentina pro
vided the latter carried out com
mitments to obliterate axis influ
ences, president-elect Peron ac
knowledged the American demands
and pledged his support of the dem
ocratic cause.
New U. S. Striking Force
A powerful, new American air
force Is taking shape in Europe,
built around the super B-29s and
P-M Jet planes. Organised from
virtually scratch after the disso
lution of the wartime units after
V-E Day, the new force has
steadily been built up to a per
sonnel of M.9M highly trained
men, with an ultimate goal of
The B-29s constitute the
kaabkmu a# tk. L... kl-> I
and will operate from French and
German fields while the P-M jets
are the core of a speedy lighter
command based at Bremen.
EUROPE:
Sample Diet
Indicating the tight food situation
overseas, the United Nations relief
and rehabilitation administration
listed sample diets of Italy, Greece,
Czechoslovakia and Poland, with
bread the foundation in all coun
tries.
In Italy, bread, tea or coffee
make up the breakfast; thin vege
table soup and bread the lunch, and
spaghetti, bread, nuts and fruit the
dinner. In Greece, bread, tea or cof
fee constitute the breakfast; maca
roni with sauce of oil, garlic and a
little meat the lunch, and dry beans
or peas in soup, bread, cheese and
wine the dinner.
In Czechoslovakia, breakfast con
sists of bread, ersatz coffee o%tea
with sugar; lunch of potato soup,
cabbage cooked with potatoes and
cheese, and dinner of thin cabbage
soup with small bits of meat or .fish,
bread, ersatz coffee and a sweet. In
Poland, breakfast is made up of
bread, tea or coffee; lunch of small
piece of meat or fish with potatoes,
bread, ersatz tea or coffee without
sugar, and dinner of cabbage borscbt
ar barley soup, bread and cheese.
POLITICS:
CIO Drive
Congressional "reactionaries"
were marked for defeat by the CIO
political action committee in the j
1946 elections as the powerful union
organization drew upita battle plans
ind prepared to spend six million
loilars on the national campaign.
While the PAC's high command
leaded by Sidney Hillman and
Philip Murray will co-ordinate na
tional activities, local CIO organiza
tions will select their candidates.
Besides hustling out tha vote of
mion members and sympathizers,
ocal groups win distribute pampb
ets and other literature outlining
he CIOs liberal legislative program
ind indicating bow congressional in
rum bents voted on it.
Hitting "poll tax Democrats end
reactionary Republicans,"^ the PAC
rags'; housing subatdiaa: federal
iselth insurance; flw Mr employ
nent practices act, and tha at*
Ion of th. peQ tax.
MHftitfifefMiBfllHHMIiaMi
i ma i . /? .? ?
moonugni uvtr file tludton:
Silhouettes la the Night: Walter
Pidgeon and Frank Sinatra (who
have about 40 million young (ana
between them) spellbound by a
middle-aged woman's conversation
in the Waldorf oyer. . . . Gene Ray
mond, back from the wars, getting
sighs from the Embassy's hatcheck
banditti. . . . Connie Haines wearing
a gold-and-ruby dog collar?and her
pooch weafing her poilsl . . . Mrs.
Ray Bolger bawling out the Duke
and Duchdss of Sutherland for ar
riving at her groom's hit ("Three
to Make Ready") at ?:30. ... Ex
Ambassador J. P. Kennedy on E.
50th street telling a colyumist that
the stories of his "cornering the
market in Scotch" are exaggerated.
. . . Louise Albri tton's "Palm
Springs tan"?in the Stork. . . .
Belle Livingston, attractively gray,
reminiscing about her prohibition
heyday at a 47th Street bar. . . .
Lovely Loretla Young at the Wedg
wood Room. . . . Sec'y Byrnes (at
a party in the Hampshire House)
toasting Gromyko: "Those whom
war hath brought together?let no
peace put asunder!"
Sallies In Oar Alley: Fred Allen
"bo tuo snuiUi ? ? ? one-won ox
London" concerns a gal on a spook
spree, who scares up a passable
quota of tingles. . . . "Last Ride"
spins a few cliches in their graves.
. . . "Junior Prom" is replete with
frantic jive cacophony that sounds
like a jukebox calling to ita mate.
E. HUlmaa, the mag editor, relays
this chuckle: A girl energetically el
bowed her way into the subway.
Maneuvering a seat, she hurriedly
pulled a comb from her purse and
ran it through her hair. She applied
powder, lipstick and adjusted her
earrings. She straightened her
stocking'seams and drew on a pair
of gloves. She consulted her watch.
Then she shut her eyes and went
to sleep!
QoeUtion Marksmanship: An
drew Carnegie: The man who dies
rich dies disgraced. . . H. Felton:
As friendly as a fairy tale. ... A.
Corio: It is easier to toss a heavy
brick than a light compliment. . . .
R. Cornell: There is no greater
bore than perfection. . . . O. Henry:
She looked at him with the unique
luminosity tn her eyes that comas I
to a girl with her first suitor?and <
a kitten with Its first mouse. . . . H. 1
Donovan: She had a dreamllned !
figure. . . . Anon: The art at being
a parent consists of aluping when
the baby isn't looking. . . . H. <
Jameson: The difference between
you and the other people is that
their money looks bigger and their i
troubles smaller. . . . Ben Franklin:
Where there's marriage without
love there will be love without mar
riage.
Midtewa Vignette: During the
tense days at last week when Mr.
Gromyko walked out of the U. N.
Security Council?a crowd gathered j
around the entrance to the Plaza
Hotel where some of the delegates
are tepee tag. , . . Two well-dressed
was lunching at Lindy's with his
announcer K. Delmar, alias Sen. I
Claghom. . . . The waiter brought
the check. . . . "Give it to him,"
said Fred, "he does the commer
cials." ... At the Carnival a H' wood
producer was being panned. . . .
"But," defended a friend, "he has
a heart of gold." . . . "Yeh," per
sisted the knocker,- "yellow and
hard."
The Moem FlteUs: "Dragon
wyck" lights the fuse for a stunning
display of emotional pyrotechnics.
. . . "The Falcon's Alibi" Is another
clue-by-clue saga of a sleuth-happy
gumshoe handcuffed by a mediocre
tale. . . . "The Wife of Monte Chris
to" offers cloak-and-dagger stuff set
in an era when a man's best friend
WUII1HJ gut UflUflli in um crowd. ... .
Wonder what's the matter," said ;
the first. "Some movie star, I sup
wee." . . . "I don't think so." said ,
the other, as she saw a lone, black i ,
official limousine pull up, "I think .
it must be thoee Social Security iel- .
lows from the Brora I"
Mala Street Smalltalk: Kay Scott j
weds John Neraey on the J7th. . . . 1
Garry Davis and Mary McDonnell at
"J to Make Ready" are Do in' the
3id Soft Shoe. .' . . Lana Turner [
paid IS Go for her coast manse; J
?old it for XM thow. . . . Princess
Selene Yeuriavitch is brooding
n her borsefat over a certain wed
isked her, too. ... A tap network 1
?tec will toboggan via a beeg r
? an a^ag crony: "Happy Birth- b
lap. Mapttare bo Jast as^muy t
TOME TO TUT BALI'
Great Ball Season Seen
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Returned Vets
Add Color to
Natl Game
By AL JEDLICKA
WNU Features.
"Play ball!" And the crack of
the bat again thrills Americans
the nation over as the 1946 sea
son gets under way.
While eoftball, football, basket
ball and golf have challenged base
ball for youth's attentions in recent
years, the game still ranks as the
No. 1 sports spectacle, an enjoy
able outdoor relaxation for the fans.
Last year, approximately IS million
persons paid to watch major and
minor league ball, and with most
of the big stars returning from the
war this season attendance should I
be equally great or greater.
Nineteen hundred and forty-six >
may be a memorable year for an
other reason, too, for it marks the
introduction of baseball on a big
time professional basis in Mexico.
Following an old American custom,
President Avila Camacho tossed out
the first ball at the Mexican league's
first game in which the Vera Cruz
Blues walloped the Mexico City
Reds 12 to 5 before an treat flow
crowd of 33^X10 in Mexico City.
In the U. S., chief interest again
will center on the major league
races, though the return of topnotch
performers from the services and
continued postwar prosperity should
herald a banner minor league tea
son.
It'll be like old times again in
the American league with the New
York Yankee sluggers back in there,
denting the fences. But because of
an average pitching staff, Joe
McCarthy's aggregation will be
BAST WAT . . . Jimmy Dyke*
with Body Lukl, Jee Smata and
Doyl* Lade at Dm Chicago White
Sex.
?trongly pressed for pennant hon
irs by tha champion Detroit Tigers,
Boston Bad Sox and Washington
Senators.
Tanks Have Staggers.
Indicative of the dynamite in the
Ifankae bats, DiMaggio hit JOS in
lis last season out, Keller JU,
kirn we is* JOS, and Dickey J91.
["hough falling below the .300 mark,
he other regulars have that ezplo
ll ve Yankee touch in the pinch.
While the New Yorkers are long
m power and short on pitching, the
Detroit Tigers have strength in both
lepartments and may well repeat
heir IMS league triumph. A .311
(lugger la 78 games last year after
lis discharge from the army, Hank
Jreenberg will be at first this ses
lon, with hard-hitting Pinky Higgine
>ack at third and Barney HcCoe
cy, Dick Wakefield and Pat Mullin
n a youthful, brilliant outfield.
But (he Tigers' real strength lias
m the mound, with lanky Hal New
louser, who woo 23 games in 1MB
mile dropping only ?, beading Oia
taff. In addition, Manager Steve
J'Neill haa Dizzy Trout, an 18-game
rinner last year; Virgil Trucks,
Stuffy Overmire, A1 Bantam and Ruff
Sentry.
Because of aO-aroimd balance,
oany of the majer league ecrlbas
ike the Boetoa Red Bos chancee in
Ml.
WUBuu Sparks Bed Sex.
Back from the wars after three i
ears to naval aviation, spindly Tad
Williams, who hit JS# tor Joe Cm- 1
in's outfit in IMS, promises Is put i
ilenty of punch totofc tale the aeaziat <
oee atong wMh Rudy Toek. 06- ,
sinad froas the Tigers in an ever- <
rtotor trade; Many Peaky, who 1
-ha? - ? ? ? A'" -SiaataUed .. . I
CARDINALS . . . Manager Eddie Dyer (center) talka it ever wtth
Johnny Beaaley and Enos Slaughter.
hit .331 before joining the navy in
IMS, and Bobby Doerr,-who rung up
a .335 average prior to his induction
in the army in 1M4.
In pitchers Tex Hughson and Big
Boo Ferris, Manager Cronin ap
pears to have two sure-fire IS to 20
game winners, while Mickey Harris,
Jim Bagby and Jim Wilson are ex
pected to develop into grade A
moundsmen.
Nosed out of the American league
pennant by a single game in 1MB,
the Washington Senators . will be
back knocking at the door again
this year if their knuckle-balling
pitching staff stands up under the
six-month strain, and the boys can
stir up enough punch to help out
hard-hitting Jeff Heath, Stan Spence,
Buddy Lewis and Cecil Travis.
Head of the Senators knuckle
bailers is 35 - year - old Emil
("Dutch") Leonard, vet of 13 long
seasons of play who chalked up 17
victories in IMS against 7 losses
and possessed an earned run aver
age of 2.13 per game. The other so
called "flutter-bailers" are Roger
Wolff, who turned in 20 wins last
year, Marino Pieretti, with 14, and
Johnny Niggeling, much ttronger
than in 194S, following the removal
of ulcere.
Other* Have a Chance.
While Cleveland, St. Louis, Chi
cago and Philadelphia have been
counted out of the American League
pennant race, they may, with lota
of luck, crowd into the flret division.
Because of a strong pitching staff
headed by the sensational Bobby
Feller, fresh from the navy, Cleve
land stands the best chance of
breaking into the select four, while
83-year-old Connie Mack's Philadel
phia Athletics appear headed (or the
cellar despite the presence at Russ
Christopher and Dick ("No Hit")
Fowler on the pitching staff.
Profiting again from their exten
sive (arm club system, the St. Louis
Cardinals are the ruling (avorites to
take National league honors away
from the Chicago Cubs. The Brook
lyn Dodgers, New York Oiants and
Boston Braves also are highly tout
ed, while the Pittsburgh Pirates may
well develop into the dark-borses at
the race.
Few new major league managers
have stepped into the gold-mine Ed
die Dyer has in his first year as the
9t. Louis Cardinals' manager. He
succeeds Billy South worth, who has
taken up the reins of the Boston
Braves.
In his regular outfield, the lucky
Mr. Dyer intends to start Stan Mu
?ial, who hit .347 before altering the
navy in 1M4; Terry Moore, the
fielding genius who hit Jtt prior to
his Induction into service in 1M2,
and Enos Slaughter, who batted J18
before joining the air force the same
year.
Star performers in the infield In
clude the great Marty Marion, wide
ranging shortstop, and Whltey
(urowski, alugging third baseman,
rho hit .323 and batted in 102 runa
art year.
Mighty Maaad BUM.
Among Dyer'a ranking pitchara
ira Red Barrett, who won 23 games
lis last time out; Johnny Beailey,
tl; Max Lanier, IT, and Harry
Srecheen, II.
While Charley Grimm has none
yt thia kind at talent In Chicago, he
Iocs hare a hustling bell ckib to
rork behind a winning mound staff
waded by big Hank Borowy, who
wiped pitch the Cube into a pao
innt after being secured ftotn the
rho wbn IT games in 1MI despite
in ailing right arm; Hank Wyee,
she turned M B victories in vita
da^aoee back, and H^Blthornjrho
nMrtg the nmrr^* ** **..
a^._a^-.t'Bh^m. . v-n??
The National League'* champion
batsman in IMS with a .338 mask.
Phil Cavarretta, will be back at first
to pace the Cuba' attack, with help
forthcoming from the veteran Stan
ley Hack at third, who hit .313 ha
his 13th season as a Bruin last year;,
little "Peanuts" Lowrey, Andy Pat
ko and ? Grimm hopes ? Big Bill
Nicholson, who flopped to .143 last
year.
Led by the irrepressible Lea
("The Lip") Durocher, who won
fame as one of the toughest of the
"Gas House Gang" at St. Louis fat
the thirties, the Brooklyn Dodgers
are figured to be right up in the
thick of the National league race.
"The Lip" enters the pennant na
with a fair country outfield in Pete
Reiser, who hit J10 before Jotadag
the army in IMS; Goody Rosen, who
batted .333 last year; the veteran
Dixie Walker, and rookie Gens Har
manski. In the infield, BIQy Her
man and Pee-we# Reese make a
winning combination around urowd, .
While none too strong, the pitching
staff is built around fire-balling Kir
by Higbe, Hugh Casey. Ed Head
and Vic Lombardi.
Giants Still Powerful.
The New York Giants, while net
the hated and feared aggregation af
the John McGrsw or BUI Terry
days, nonetheless is expected to cat
a figure in this year's race. No de
fensive geniuses, the Giants do pos
sess power, with Manager Mel Ott,
who hit .308 last year, in right;
Johnny Mize, JOS, at first; Mickey
Witek, .314, at third, and Walker
Cooper, .317, behind the plate.
Ability of brainy Billy South worth
to spur the Boston Braves to givw
?wiiiiw ... mew I?I ^'urt
Bob BUttner, ueMi km, ui
BiU Rt|M7, shortstop, htfi lit
old spirit. ^
all they have largely accounts fat
the high esteem in which the team
has been held this year.
The Braves do have the nucleus far
a winner with big Mod Cooper, whn
won 65 games for South worth fai
three years for tile Cards, on the
hill, and slugging Tommy Holmes*
Max West and Johnny Hopp in the
outfield.
Pittsburgh's Pirates, rated none
too highly in the early doping, couM
easily develop into tbS dark-horse ad
the IMS season. In shortstop B9
Cos and outfielder Ralph Kiner.
Manager Friscb has come up with
two prize prefects to go along with
established Derformera like Bob KV
liott in the outfield and Elbie Fletch
er and Babe Dahigren In the In
field. With Lefties OstermueBar,
Wllkie and Boa and righUiandaan
SewaO, Oahlaa, Heintzelman aqd
Klinger, the Pirates should. get
rood pitching.
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