???????????hi : * i x *1 -?J ... * The Alamance Gleaner 1 VOL. LXXII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946 No. 25 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS < Excess Profits Tax Is Urged; Tourists' 'Victory Vacations' \ Are Crowding America's Parks 1 ???????? Released by Western Newspaper Union. ????1 . (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are espresso* In these eolimas, they are these of Western Newspaper Unlea's news analysts and net necessarily of this newspaper.) '? IOWA HARVEST . . . This picture was taken six miles southeast of ( Clarinda, Iowa, where a tractor-drawn binder is harvesting a field of small grain. Iowa expects to harvest the best crop in its history of big crops. PROFITS TAX: Urged by Eccles Renewal of the excess profits tax as a means of counteracting exces sive price advances should the OPA finally be scrapped is being urged by Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the federal reserve board, and oth ers. Pressure will be put on the treasury and the White House to bring it about to curb profits and also as a deterrent to labor de mands for higher wages. Many believe that repeal of the profits levy provided a ma jor impetus to union efforts to gain wage concessions worth all the savings to the big cor porations. Opponents of the excess profits tax believe that, regardless of the treasury and the White House, con gress will not accept a proposal to tax excess profits as was done dur ing the war. Chairman Robert Doughton, chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee, is known to be against the profits levy, and he, with others, can pro vide a great obstacle to such a plan. VACATIONS: Farther the Better Travel-hungry Americans are tak ing their "Victory vacations" in rec ord numbers, with "the farther away, the better" as their motto, a mid-season survey shows. "West ward Ho" is another trend, with Yellowstone park far in the lead as the nation's favorite vacation spot. A count of visitors at Yellow stone from the beginning of the travel year on October 1, 1945, to June 30, this year, indicates that 199,390 persons have en tered the park in this current period, compared with 143,716 in the 1940-41 period before the war. In June alone, 156,338 scenic beauty seekers passed the park gates. Colorado, the Black Hills and oth er western tourist spots show record numbers of visitors. Next to the west are the northern states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne sota. Boat cruises are more popu lar than for many years on the j Great Lakes and the larger riv ers. A noticeable trend this year is the enthusiasm for automobile touring, which was denied most people during the war years. Owners of sea sonal resorts are planning to remain open longer this year to take care of staggered vacations. ? CHINA: ^Arid UNRRA Relief Charges of misuse of UNRRA supplies by the Chinese government for political purposes brought about suspension of relief shipments to China except for emergency sup plies. Chiang's government imme diately protested the suspension as unfair. A Chinese government spokes man conceded that there was some "petty pilfering" and that poor people sometimes sell the more expensive foods received from UNBRA and boy cheaper food. He stated the quantity in volved was small. Members of the senate appropri ations committee in Washington im mediately called upon Fiorella H. LaGuardia, director general of UNRRA, to explain why he cut off relief and rehabilitation supplies to China. LaGuardia stated that ship ments would be resumed as soon as Chinese ports were cleared of Jams of supplies. BRITISH LOAN: Passage Predicted The proposed $3,790,000 British ] loan will be approved, although by ? a narrow margin, congressional ; leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties have predicted for weeks. Most of the opposition to the British loan has come from the Middle West. Supporters of the credit, therefore, greeted the defeat of Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, one of the loan's im placable foes, with great sat isfaction. They believe his de feat will make passage of the British loan by the senate mnch easier when the measure reaches that body. Harold E. Stassen, whose candi date defeated Shipstead, has an nounced that he will take the stump for candidates in other states to build "a progressive Republican party." This meant to most observ ers that he will continue to advo cate passage of the loan bill. MINNESOTA: Stassen and Thye Gov. Edward J. Thye, hand-picked candidate of Harold E. Stassen, piled up an impressive margin over Sen. Henrik Shipstead for the Re publican senatorial nomination and started all over the argument about Stassen's political power and chance to become the GOP candidate for President of the U. S. in 1948. Stassen, more than Thye, was made the Issue of the campaign by Senator Shipstead who open ly boasted of his vote against United Nations and the loan to Britain. Stassen, considered a liberal and an internationalist, had approved the U. N. and the loan. Friends of Stassen predicted that a Thye victory would put Stassen back on the presidential trail and regain the prestige he lost in some quarters when Governor Griswold, whom Stassen supported in the June primary in Nebraska, was defeated by Senator Butler for the GOP sena torial nomination. Others maintain that Thye's popularity was so great in Minnesota that he won despite Stassen. WIND: On Capitol Hill "Demosthenes earned his stature by speaking against the sla, but I hate to speak against the wind." Thus spoke Representative Eaton of New Jersey to the house of rep resentatives when he tried to speak on the proposed loan to Britain in a noisy house. He continued, say ing that he had another complaint, that of "arguing against empty seats. I used to do it in church, but I'm not going to do it here." Representative Eaton was once a minister. VETS WORK: 10 of 12 on Job Ten out of every 12 veterans discharged by June 1 are at work or in school, according to the U. S. unemployment service. "For the third straight month the backlog of World War n veterans not at work has been redneed, notwithstanding eon tin oed discharges of servicemen from the armed forces," said Robert C. Goodwin, USES direc tor. In sharp contrast was the Amer ican Veterans' committee announce ment of the formation of 560 em ployment committees because "job opportunities are becoming tougher to find." OPA BILL: Emasculation 4 Whether or not the new OPA bill >eing passed by congress will leave iny price control to be administered is a 64-dollar question. Here is an exemption box score at its very eeginning in the senate: Exemption tor meat and poultry, ey Senator Wherry, Neb., passed 19 to 26. Exemption tor milk and dairy products, by Senator Wherry, passed 51 to 27. Exemption for cottonseed, soy beans and their products, by Sena tor Eastland, Miss., passed 42 to 34. Exemption for petroleum and its products, by Senator Moore, Okla., adopted 40 to 30. More amendments for exemptions were tossed in the next day?and the next! WHITNEY: 'Truman Is Beaten' A. F. Whitney, president ot the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, testifying before a house labor sub committee, reiterated that his union had $2,500,000 which could be used to fight Mr. Truman in event be is a candidate for re-election in 1948. Whitney now feels, however, that the President's "mistakes" are so great that no funds need be used. "We will not need to spend any money to defeat Truman In 1948." Whitney originally made his pledge to spend $2,500,000 to defeat Mr. Truman in protest against what be considered unfair treatment by the President in settling the rail road strike. LABOR: Will Fight American labor will "rebel and will never yield" to the attacks now being made on it by reactionaries in congress and state legislatures, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, de clared in an address to the conven tion of the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers in Chicago re cently. American workers are determined to maintain their standards of liv ing at any cost. Green said. He pre dicted "rising unrest and strikes" unless prices are brought under control. Green said the AFL would attack the validity of the Hobbs bill in the courts, believing it to be unconstitutional. Labor in many cities has organ ized to bring back price controls on most commodities. BOUND THE WORLD . . .Larry Hightower, 46, is going around the world poshing a wheelbarrow. He plans to board a boat at San Francisco (or the Orient, then trek across tbe big continent to Por tugal, board another ship to New York, then posh the wheelbarrow back to EUensborg, Wash., his starting place. FARM PRICES: Up or Down? What (arm prices will be within a (ew months is a 64-dollar question. The OPA is oil and they could go sky-high. The government isn't anx ious to continue parity payments, and the price of (arm products could go down, down, down. Right now they seem to be undecided which way they will go. One day the headlines will state: "Farm Prices Up." But the next day the same newspaper will pro claim: "Corn Off Five Cents." "Oats Off Five Cents; Barley Sags; Cash Grains Lower." "Sharp Egg Loss." At the same time cotton may have advanced five dollars a bale! A potential sharp reduction la tbe (eed ase of grata because of tbe heavy liquidation at live stock after OPA died reaolted In much pressure on com and oats particularly, two oI tbe mala (eed crops. Should (arm prices continue to go down while other prices go up. it is (eared in many circles that an other squeeze, such as that during the twenties, might force congress to come to the aid of farmers by pegging prices or continuing sup port loans. New York Symphony: Silhouettes In the Night: Fannie Hurst and her pup in the Park at the crack of yawn. . . . Tony Eden, the diplomat, checking his luggage at LaGuardia Airport. . . . Frank Thinatra devouring a meal (at Howie's) that would 1111 two heavy weights. . . . George Raft among the other Sardines at Sardi's. . . . Andy Russell and the Ritz (Raff) Bros, dining at Olin's. . . . Ann Sheridan (and her feller) at the Riv iera ringside. . . . B. Baruch (the United Statesman) quitting his Cen tral Park bench to amuse the tots at the playground. . . . Meeshaaa Auer thrilled about being cast for the radio version of "Tovarich." Mrs. John Mason Brown (wife of the critic) looking refreshing de spite the whewmidity. . . . Mrs. Wendell Willkie at the Blue Angel. . . . The man who makes you pause and say: "Oooh, there's Mr. Molo tov!" He is Bill McKamy, execu tive at the J. Walter Thompson agency. Memos of a Midnlghter: Her ex-husband says Rita Hayworth isn't at all proud about the Atomb being named fSr her and her film, "Gilda," one of the best press agent tie-ups (we thawt) in history. He says it wasn't any tie-up?that they really adore Rita and so christened it after her. He wished, however, their child, Rebecca, could one day say: "My mother's name was on the very last atomic bomb!" Midtown Vignette: It happened In the Krots Bulc the other night. Our reporter was none other than the boss his self, Shoim BiUingsberg. . . . He was touched by the episode. . . . An army officer asked that bar keeper Tony Butrico join him at his table for a drink. "We served together overseas," said the officer. ... He reminisced long with Tony and then insisted on having a photo taken of their meeting. . . . The of ficer made a terrific hit with the staff and patrons by this demon stration of democracy and being a nice guy. . . . His name (and mark it down high on your list) is Gen eral H. F. Kramer. Sounds In the Dark: At the China Doll: "She knows all the answers. It's the questions that confuse her." ... At the Mermaid Room: "He's lost weight, but he was once the biggest jerk in town." ... At Monte's on the Park: "She has the lead in his next flop." ... At Leon St Eddies: "She's saving her hus band's money for a Reno day." . . . At Chandler's: "Now that there's no OPA people should be reminded that a fool and his money are soon worthless." Lois Thrasher, a Chicago news gal, belongs in any column about newspaper heroes. . . . Not too long ago the wile of a gov't official was ?lain in a Chicago hotel and Lois took a job there as a chambermaid to check the movements of a sus pect. . . . After maneuvering to bo assigned to the floor where the sus pect lived, Lais Inspected his suite with no luck. ... In addition she had to scrub a dozen bathrooms on hands and knees1 I Jackie Keik witnessed a woman trying to navigate in a traffic jam. She rammed the car in front of her, then tried to back up and knocked down a pedestrian. Then she tried to move over to the curb and smacked into a hydrant. A gendarme rushed up. "O.K., lady," he demanded, "let's see your license." "Don't be silly," she grunted. "Who'd give ME a license?" When Frank Ward O'Malley (one of the craft's greatest) was on the New York newspapers they could always be counted on to give you your two cents worth. . . . Frank once had a city editor (of the old school) who made him rewrite his copy at least once?no matter how good it was. ... To even matters with him, O'Malley (who was doing an article on the origin of the Su preme Court) dug up a piece the city editor had written on the sub ject years before. . . . O'Malley copied it word for word and then handed it in. . . . The editor glared, read and barked: "I could do a , better Job than this when I was in the newspaper business six months!" "That's funny," jibed Frank. "You wrote this junk when you were in the business six years!" Jady Canova knows the laziest television performer in the country: "A comedian who Just holds up his Joke book before the camera." By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features. HERE we have Idaho?fabulous sunsets, lakes of gold and dreamy, purple mountains; a million stars in the dark blue sky and moonlight on the sagebrush; canyons and gorges, sand dunes and crystal lakes; stunted desert brush and towering pines; waterfalls higher than Niagara and gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon; snow 20 feet deep among the pines and spruce; farms and cities amidst nature's unspoiled loveliness; natural caves full of ice in the hot desert. _ From the Canadian border on the north to the temper ate Cache valley on the south, and from the frozen Teton peaks on the east to the warm Pacific winds in Boise valley, Idaho offers a variety of climate, topog raphy and scenic wonder. It has miles of desert and formidable table lands, but it also has more lakes than man has ever counted. It has alpine peaks where the ice and snow never melt, and homes heated by water from natural hot springs. No more interesting, romantic and pleasant area may be found on earth titan Idaho. Yet from an automobile or train window it may often appear to be a rolling waste, lonely and cruel. Unfortunately the main high ways and railroad tracks wander too far from rich and beautiful spots in Idaho, and those who would know the "Gem of the Mountains" must take the sideroada? and great will be their reward. Idaho is a young state, with young and energetic peo ple. They are not hampered by the heavy hand of tradi tion, nor restrained by the ghosts of their ancestors. Whether Basque sheepherders, Mormon descendants, farmers from Nebraska, or recruits from the West coast states, the people of Idaho are living proof of Western friendliness and hospitality. Western progres siveness, and Western determination to harness nature's ; resources for the good of all. The early history of Idaho is bound up with that of the states of Oregon and Washington, but its tradition and lore has borrowed much from the Mormons of Utah, the cattlemen of Wyoming and the miners of Montana. It drew from all its surrounding states and became the great melting pot of the Northwest. Following the Lewis and Clark expedition, Idaho was the hunting and trapping paradise of early adven turers. Later thousands of persons crossed Idaho by way of the Oregon trail, following the Snake river through the desert. The ruts of thousands of wagons still remain, but the Oregon trail and one of Amer ica's greatest migrations added little to Idaho's develop mpnt ? * 0 E-" <3 Si P-4 * . I ?*oeriMAi\ WHf? ft?t ro*isr , mi im6> '? i WHEAT MINING ?0,*b Jfi** TOOT* NTS SsE^ftW"' S. ^ WHEAT DUCK iwptAw natmmnoH NEVADA UTAH ARNOLD WILLIAMS , Governor of Idaho Governor Willi*ml TO bora in Utah, tart moved to Idaho ta IS17. He was a member ot the itato legislature aad lleuteo ant governor before be coming governor hi 1Mb. ?u In 1859 gold was discovered In the Pierce City region and by the autumn of 1882 there were 30,000 persons near Lewiston. A greater discovery followed in the Boise basin, and within a year Idaho City had a population estimated at near 40,000. At the census of 1870, only 15,000 remained of the swarm of miners of the early '60s; but 200 million dollars in gold had been taken out of Idaho ? the greatest record in history for a similar pe riod of time. It was the Mormons who founded Idaho's first permanent settlement in 1860. They believed they were in Utah when they called their village Franklin and made irrigation a fact in Idaho by building a canal three and a half miles long. They also established that year the first school for white children within the present boundaries of the state. Agriculture made little headway, however, for the feverish indus : try of thousands exploring the earth for mineral treasures continued. AL ? though the Idaho territory was created in 1863, more lusty years were to follow. Rich gold strikes were made in the Salmon River and Florence areas, in Boise basin, in the Owyhee terrain, in the Coeur | d'Alenes, and elsewhere. Boom towns were erected overnight, and | the days were rich in murders and hangings, feuds and melodramatic DESERT? . . . Sacebnuh cleared a war aad the mafic of lrrifatioa applied, the deiert prodaeea Idabo'i famoas potatoes aad other crops. deaths. The turbulence of Idaho City's former life, and the violence of its ways, may bo inferred from the statement of old-timers that I only 28 of the 200 persons buried in its cemetery in 1863 died from natural causes! But the development of Idaho was to follow the decline of fold fever. Cattlemen pushed their herds into the territory from Wyominf, and sheepmen soon followed. More Mormon farmers moved northward and irrlfation was expanded. The Northern Pacific railroad laid its rails across the Panhandle in 1880 '82, and the Union Pacific ? Oregon Short Line ?crossed the southern part of the state in 1882-'84. Its mines and forest were opened com mercially, and Idaho was no longer a wild frontier. When Idaho became a state in 1890 its valleys were soon home steaded by sturdy stock from the Middle West. For each mining SALMON RIVER . . . Hlfhway along the canyon. The Salmon la known aa "The River of No Re tain." camp that became a ghost town, a new community appeared, built sol idly on the development ot Idaho's great natural resources. Idaho set tled down, at last, to build its king dom. The northern part of Idaho re claimed logged-off land, to become one of the most productive areas in the West. "Idaho white pine ? and plenty of it" is the slogan of ita lumbeimcn, and yellow pine grows broad and tall. Idaho's mines yield countless minerals, with more be ing discovered each year. The Snake River valley and its drainage area has prospered under irrigation and reclamation, while lands beyond the irrigation ditches have been utilized for wheat and other grains. New Irrigation proj ects are being opened, and Idaho's agriculture and livestock industries are thriving. Idaho potatoes, famous all over the civilized world, are grown in desert soil enriched by centuries of sagebrush and other desert growth and touched by the magic of irri gation. Even cull potatoes are now utilized and made into Industrial alcohol, or fed to livestock. Sugar beets thrive and alfalfa grows lux uriantly. Cattle and sheep are fat tened on rich pastures and in feed lots, and dairy herds are found everywhere. Only recently has Idaho come into prominence as a playground and recreation spot for people who are weary of make-believe life in cities. It offers year-around skiing, hunt ing, fishing, swimming, boating and other sports. Pheasants, ducks and geese are plentiful. There are ante lope, deer, elk and other big game in abundance to assure the sports man of his kill. From dog races at Ash ton when the snow is deep, to summer boating on Payette lakes or fishing in Pend d'OrieOe, no other state exceeds Idaho in sports of the great outdoors. New York capitalists and Holly wood movie stars have found in Sua Valley in the Sawtooth Mountains one of the world's finest recreation spots. In winter, skiing is the out standing sport, with tobogganing and big game hunting following. Ia summer, the mountain streams near by offer varieties of trout, the gam est fish of them all. Lakes and woods in the Stanley Basin afford boating, fishing, riding, hiking and camping. Idaho is a state of mountains, val leys and deserts, with variety enough for everyone. The mountaia ranges include Cabinet, Coeur d'Alene, Beaverhead and Bitter Root in the north; Salmon River, Sawtooth and Lost Rivers in the center of the state, and the Bear, Blackfoot and Snake River moun tains in the southeast, with the Te tons along the Wyoming line north trard. Shoshone Falls ? 48 feet higher than Niagara?pours its flood over > a horseshoe-shaped rim in Snake River canyon. Twin Falls is another majestic sight, and American and Salmon Falls are also attractive to visitors. Idaho offers the unusual ? the almost unbelievable ? in scenic wonders. The deepest canyon on the North American continent drops almost 8,000 feet below the rimrock of the Seven Devils ranges of mountains. The Big and Little Lost rivers tumble down from mountain peaks to disappear into the porous volcanic desert, breaking into sun light again as Thousand Springs in the Snake River gorge. Recent volcanic action is offered at Craters of the Moon, and Mount Borah, highest point in the state, carries coral limestone on its crc&t, lifted from the sea which was once three miles below. The state of Idaho remains a part of the Great Northwest, rich in re sources, sure of its future. The fron tier spirit till lives in countless ways within its borders, ready to mount to thunderous rest fat the develop ment that seems sure to coma. t - m*? - A r-T " I'd

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