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The Alamance Gleaner 1 VOL. LXXII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946 No. 2T WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Second. Bikini Bomb Wreaks Heavy Damage; OPA Renews Power to Keep Prices in Line Released by Western Newspaper Union ? (DROK1 NOTE: Wkee eplnleaa ere expressed le these eelamns, they ere these ef Weeds is Nesspeptr Uelee's eews eeelysis end eet eeeeseerlly el this aewspeper.) Indian coolies unload carlo of precious train at Bombay. Borne by Am first of a fleet of twelve U. S. food ships, the (rain will partly ease India's severe food shortage. CROSSROADS: Heavy Damage Although accompanied by none ot the fanfare of the first surface test, the underwater explosion of the atomic bomb in Bikini lagoon pro duced equally startling results, with the one A-charge sinking no less than ten ships and heavily damag fag six others. Hours after the blast, the water a( Bikini lagoon remained too hot from radioactivity set off by the bomb to permit close inspection of the damage. Clouds along a 30 mile front became contaminated with atomic particles and naval ob servers disclosed that rain from the mass could be deadly. A massive column of water, hur tling more than a mile into the Pa cific sky, and a thick sheet of spray and steam that rose to 9,000 feet, followed the detonation of the bomb, which was touched off by radio from beneath a medium land ing ship. Veteran of two world wars, the 21,000-ton battleship Arkansas sank within five minutes of the blast, and the 33,000-ton aircraft carrier Sara toga also wept down. The battleship Hew York, the Jap dreadnaught Na gato and the destroyer Hughes and transport Fallon were severely crip pled by the charge. Tou of water shoot skyward as atomic bomb Is set off beneath nrfaee in Bikini lagoon. ATOMIC CONTROL: Russ Rejection Even as Bikini reverberated with the explosion of the second atomic bomb test in the Pacific, Russia turned thumbs down on the U. S. proposal for international control of the atomic energy. Addressing a closed meeting of (he United Nations atomic energy committee on controls in New York, Soviet Representative Gromyko as serted that the U. S. suggestion that the veto be eliminated in atomic regulation could not be accepted by Russia because it would tend to destroy the principle of unanimity among the Big Five in preserving postwar peace. Gromyko also rapped the pro posal for establishing an independ ent agency for the control of atomic energy, declaring that the U.N. se curity council consisting of the Big Five as permanent members pos sessed both the power and means la deal with the problem. ' REPARATIONS: Pauley Reports Further friction between the U. S. and Russia loomed after Edwin W. Pauley's revelation that the U. & was considering measures for re esiorcing the Manchurian economy at the Soviets' expense following thin wholesale stripping at indus trial equipment la that country. / H Back in the U. S. alter a 49,000 mile trip around the world as Presi dent Truman's reparations commis sioner, Pauley said that the U. S. was ppndeang the permanent sus pension of shipments of surplus industrial plants from the western zone of Germany to Russia to off set deliveries of Japanese equip ment to looted Manchuria. Declaring that Russian seizures had thrown industries valued at two billion dollars in Manchuria out of gear, Pauley said that the reduced productive plant would set almost a billion oriental people back a gen eration in their economic develop ment unless the damage were re paired. OPA: Back in Business No sooner had President Truman signed the compromise OPA bill ex tending the agency until June 30, 1947, than it swung into action to stabilize the national economy, which strained with the removal of controls. passed alter the President had vetoed an earlier bill, the compromise measure contained many provisions designed to as sure both producers and distrib utors of adequate working mar gins. However, it modified the original Taft amendment, which Mr. Truman charged would al low manufacturers unwarranted profits, by setting up ceilings based on 1944 prices plus in creased costs. The three-man super price con trol board set up under the meas ure to determine what commodities shall remain under regulation faced the task of deciding whether to per mit the automatic restoration of meat, livestock, milk, cotton seed, soy beans and feed to supervision by August 21. At the same time, the board was to determine whether ceilings be reimposed on eggs, poultry, petroleum, leaf tobacco or their products. To Secretary of Agriculture An derson went authority under the new OPA bill to price agricultural products, subject to review of the control board. While OPA was stripped of much of its former powers, It retained the authority to rule on manufacturers' price in creases and regulate rents. Al though the bill directed that wholesalers and retailers must be allowed ceilings adequate to cover current costs, profit mar gins were held to March 31, 1946, levels. POLIO: On Rise Despite the rising incidence of in fantile paralysis, the U. S. public health service stated that it expects no major epidemic to occur this year because cases are more wide ly distributed among a larger num ber of states. Figures showed 3,242 cases re ported so far this year compared with 2,048 for the same period in 1945 and 2,320 in 1944, the second worst year for polio. For the week ended July 20, 848 new cases were reported compared with 403 the pre ceding week. Apprehensive over spread of ths disease, public health officials issued these precautions: Avoid fatigut and plunging Into cold water on hot days; delay mouth, nose and throat operations; observe personal clean liness; wash fresh fruits and vege tables carefully, and be on tha watch for such polio symptoms ai upset stomach, diarrhea, vomiting headache, fever or signs at a cold FREIGHT: Raps Farm Rates Interstate commerce commission representatives conducting hearings on the railroads' petition for a per manent 29 per cent increase in freight rates heard H. A. Scandrett, president of The Milwaukee road, aver that livestock and agricultural products should no longer be fa vored by lower tariffs. Pointing out the importance of these commodities to the carriers, Scpndrett said the present lo.w rates have been based on the Hoch Smith resolution adopted in the late 1920s during the existing depression in agriculture. Citing increased labor and ma terial costs since 1940 and an an ticipated slackening in the record wartime volume, the carriers' re quest for a permanent 29 per cent rate boost would supplant the tem porary raise of 6 per cent on most commodities, and 3 per cent on ag ricultural products. PALESTINE: rf ?_ rry ? mt terrorism Hitting at the use of violence de signed to alter Britain's position in the ticklish problem of setting up a Jewish homeland in Arab-domi nated Holy Land, the Labor gov ernment released a white paper in London purporting to show that prominent leaders of the Jewish agency for Palestine had unified underground organizations for a reign of terror. Basing its contentions on inter cepted messages between high agency officials in London and Jeru salem, the government said that the first co-ordinated outbreak of vio lence closely followed a communi cation revealing that the three main underground groups had been linked together for joint action. Meanwhile, Jewish leaders in Palestine met to devise means of controlling the extremist elements responsible for .the wave of violence, culminated by the bombing of the King David hotel in Jerusalem with a loss of more than 100 lives. RIVER PROJECTS: Huge Backlog When President Truman signed into law two bills authorizing flood control, navigation, hydro-electric and other river improvements at a cost of two billion dollars, he esti mated that along with other such work previously approved it would take 33 years to complete the proj ects at the 1947 appropriation rate. While opponents of the bills de scribed them as political pork en abling congressmen to return to their constituents with claims of improvements and expenditures for their areas, President Truman an nounced that he would not request any funds for the projects during the fiscal year. Estimated to cost $300,000,000, the Missouri river basin project was the largest authorized in the bills. Oth ers include work in the Ohio valley at a cost of $125,000,000; Tennessee Tombigbee waterway, $116,000,000; lower Mississippi, $100,000,000; Red Ouchita basin, $77,000,000. President Truman hands pen to Sen. Warren Magnnson (Deni., Wash.) at rifht, after signing riv er improvement bills. Rep. John Rankin (Oem., Miss.) stands by. RUSSIA: Political Shakeup Reports of Marshal Georgi Zhu i kov's dismissal as chief of the great i Red army and his transfer to a gar ? rison command in Odessa were in ? terpreted as evidence of the Com munist party's efforts to strengthen its postwar position in Russia and I to strip the powerful military wing > of political influence, i Precedent for the demotion of Russia's No. 1 soldier lay in the i subordination of Marshal Michail ? Tukhachevsky from top leadership of the strong Red army be had i built to an insignificant provin I cial command before his execution. I It also was said that Zhukov had t lost Stalin's favor because of the t breakdown of Red army discipline ? after victory had been won. As a ? result of the Soviet troops' man i handling of conquered people and i the looting of their possessions, Rua , sia has suffered a huge loss of pree . tigs in eastern Europe. Politics Makes Strange, Etc. Peculiar deals involving congres sional war profiteering revive simi lar shenanigans by legislators in the past. About a century ago a group of business men borrowed $200,000 and incorporated the Central Pacific railroad. Then they used the 200Gs to bribe congressmen to steal rail road franchises. The 200Gs eventu ally secured land grants for 9,000, 000 acres and a federal loan of $27,000,000! The swindlers became rich and powerful railroad owners without investing a penny of their own money! The Tweed Ring was the most corrupt gang that ever afflicted New York. Boss Tweed filched , millions via bribery and legalistic hocus-pocus?until he was finally put behind bars. But Tweed beat the rap many times. After one grand jury failed to dig up enough evidence to indict Tweed, an edito rialist wrote that it reminded him of the man who had been discovered dead and the jury was puzzled as to what caused his death. The jury finally issued this re port: "It was an act of God under very suspicious circumstances." Capitol Hill now is burdened with too many demagogues. But the current batch aren't gifted with Huey Long's evil talent. He was a wily rat. ... A reporter once saw a page from a Huey Long ad dress. Various instructions were penciled in the margins. Such as "pause here," and "use angry fist gesture," etc. At the end of one long paragraph, the following was scribbled in capi tal letters: "Argument weak here. Yell like hell!" One machine in the East doesn't miss a vote-getting trick. The boss sends toys to children of voters. He uses expensive chauffeured cars to bring voters to the polls. And on Election day he sends nurses to take care of tots while mothers vote. No one ever has estimated how much money grafting officials have | filched. But the sum reaches astro nomical figures. One fact will give you a faint idea of the rooking that the public has taken?and still is taking. When Tammany was rid ing high its take during one year was $75,000,000. The influence of corrupt political bosses on national affairs cannot be overestimated. Many lawmakers are merely errand boys for local ward heelers. A reporter recently snapped: "This is truly a mechan ical age. Even public officials are frequently machine made." All Is fair in love, war and poli tics. Sen. George Norris' political opponents once persuaded a grocer named George Norris to enter the primary against the U. S. senator. The Big Idea was to confuse votars - by having similar names on the bal lots. But the scheme was called off when it was spotlighted by tha press. Mark Twain used his pungent pen to attack the shady schemes of Tam many. The death of a Tammany leader inspired one of Twain's famed quips: "I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it!" New York Side-Show: Be itarted working for i Well Streeter nearly e rear ace. . . . Under the tmpresalon his em ployer was wealthy. . . . He practiced forcing the bees' sig nature. . . . After 1* months or so?he tried passing a cheek "signed" with the employer's name?to see If It worked. . . . He wrote it eat for only |M. .. . It came back marked "Insnf Orient Fonda"! Mussolini's daughter, Edda, who has been "amnestied" by Italy, has applied for entry into Argentina be cause there's no spot in Italy where she would be welcome. But the pass port hasn't been okayed yet. . . . Belgian monarchists are perturbed over the 16-year-old crown prince of Belgium, who would prefer enter ing a monastery to assuming the throne, if the king (as expected) abdicates. . . . The most quoted gag (in the foreign bars in Shang hai) goes this way: "The Russians will probably obtain the atomic bomb in the Shanghai market." . . . Los Angeles, they say, is be tag Hooded with phony ten spots. By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Feature A balance has been struck In Wisconsin where the happiest combination of farm and. fac tory has been found! The state is rural in appear ance, its industry so wide spread that it is never far from a dairy barn to a factory door. The truck and garden plot, the orchard and the country home are but a step from the gears of in dustry. In Wisconsin, the neighbor liness and friendliness of the small town is never lost. The milk of hu man kindness is never evaporated in the fiery ovens of a factory. A great industrial state, with more factories and mills than you can count, Wisconsin remains the land of milk cows, cheese, butter, apples ?and more milk cows! Everything grown in the north temperate zone is produced in Wis consin in grains, vegetables and fruits. So varied is its agriculture that the state produces corn, wheat, rye, barley, hay, flaxseed, potatoes, sugar beets, tobacco (for cigar wrappers), hops, peas, sorghum and maple syrup. More peas are canned there than in any other state, and more hemp is raised. The state t ranks high in cranberry production and also produces apples, cherries, plums and other fruits. Wisconsin remains a leader in the number of dairy cows, in cheese production and in the output of condensed milk products. Industries Are Varied. "Made in Wisconsin" stamps thousands of articles used all over the world, from the smallest radio part to tha greatest earth-moving machinery. The state has miscel laneous mining and quarrying, saw mills and lumbering, paper mills and wood products factories, brew eries and flour mills, cheese fac tories and creameries. Manufac tured goods include sheet metal | work, foundry products, farm ma chinery, electrical goods, engines and pumps, plumbing supplies, tools and hardware, automobiles | and tractors, refrigerators, preci sion Instruments and countlesa oth er articles. During World War ? its hundreds of factories produced tools of war for the army and navy, backing U. & fighting men on ev ery front. Wisconsin is one of the most for I tunate of states in transportation facilities. Steamboats ply the Mis sissippi and other rivers. Lake ships dock at Superior, Green Bay. Mil waukee, Racine and other points, and Great Lakes traffic is consid erable. Fast, modern railroads speed across the state. Truck traf fic from city to city, and from Wis cons in to the rest of the United States, is increasing steadily. Lived 'Like Badgers.' The pioneers found Wisconsin a vast wilderness. They cleared it, broke it, and built upon it. They dug deep into lead mines and often lived in holes In the ground?"like badgers," some said. (That is why it is often called the Badger State.) But the people of Wisconsin, for all their industry, always have loved to play, to enjoy life, and to find re freshment in the state's great play grounds. TWO CANOES ... Wisconsin's lakes sad forests are never ending, and are always a source of pleasure for those who lore the outdoors. - F18HIN' . . . Tws Great Lakes, Superior and MlehJfma. tad has dreds af aul aaas tars taksr mea la Wtir?rta The northern hell ot Wisconsin Is a great forest, smelling of pine pitch and brush fires. Rivers thun der over trap-rock ledges or flow quietly on clean sand beds. There are hidden ponds, many swamps and uncounted lakes. A third of the northern boundary Juts out into Lake Superior, and the entire east ern length of the state is washed by the waters of Lake Michigan. In the southwest sprawls the coulee country, often steep and irregular, veined by streams and rivers, trib utaries of the Mississippi. Apple orchards smother the ridges with their pink and white blossoms while the slopes are covered with sugar bush and abandoned gingseng beds. Wisconsin has 8,300 counted lakes, 10,000 miles of trout streams, 300 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, in numerable rivers and springs. It has lakes for swimming, boating, fishing and all water sports?Lake Winnebago, Lake Geneva, and the lakes around Madison, to name a few. On the Great Lakes, trim sail ing craft course out to the horizon, while outboards and racing boats split the water near the shores. Jean Nlcolet was the first arhlte man known to have set foot on Wisconsin soil. He came to the Green Bay area in 1(34 and visited the Winnebago Indians who lived along the shore (and almas de scendants still lire in Wianais). Ten Mi j Organised. In April, ISM, over 300 years aft er Nicolet's visit, the "Territory at Wiskonsan" was organized to m elude what is now Wisconsin, Iowa. Minnesota and parts of the Dakotas and Illinois. The townsite of Mads ?nn r*ar>rtal ma aiirwaft ami platted that year. Gradually, how ever. the territory shrunk in aa after long and bitter boundary quar rels. To give Illinois an outlet oat the Great Lakes, the boundary was moved northward and Chicago was lost. The northern peninsula, a re gion rich in copper and iron, was given to Michigan to replace terri tory taken from Michigan by Ohio. Other boundary adjustments fol lowed as the drive for statehood was accelerated. On May 19, 1MB, Wisconsin became a state. The years following Wisconsin's admission as a state brought n great influx of German and Scan dinavian immigrants. Population doubled and trebled each decade. Railroads opened the rich interior of the state to farmers and han bermen. Wheat became a basic commodity, with flour and grist mills springing up everywhere. In troduction of livestock brought about Wisconsin's noted dairy te dustry. By 1880 many towns were offer ing inducements to industry, and manufacturing was begim. Paper and pulp mills began operating, oori meat packing was introduced. Shoes and leather products followed nat urally. The metal industry, now one of Wisconsin's greatest, grew rapidly because of the state's loca tion halfway between Minnesota's iron ore deposits and coal Adds in Illinois Tfyiiiwa The land of green woods and cool waters continues to grow and pro gress Its industry, agriculture and good homes make life better. Wis consin is a serene and balanced land. LIFELONG RESIDENT . . . W.L , ter S. Goodisad, (oreraar rf Wb taasla. is a satire sea, ban Is Skuas Dsccssber tt, 1M. Ha has heca s Ufelcac resMeat af Ms satire state, harMf haea aa- ? ia(td iKctwJrfly as a acheet j Usher, msyer aI WssMa. fsnasr I aai Ueateaaat fareraar^ haters tire. Ba task the aath aa gaaar !T. 11*"* iuriwcm/i L AKE i'michigam o 9? MADMON IL L I N~0 I 5 I* ul r
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