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- * i THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. WSEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS' Bernadotte’s Murder Dramatizes Question of Palestine Before U.N.; East-West Crisis Hits Final Peak -By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer- Bernadotte W- Shrinkage 1 ✓ ,93 \ -fuo -MM = -57 (Graph by Family Economics Bu reau. Northwestern National Life In surance company.) Since 1939 the total number of dollars in circulation in the U. S. has more than trebled—from 33 billion to nearly 109 billion—while our industrial production of goods to buy has less than doubled. Result: Cheaper money. Each dollar’s proportionate worth in goods lias fallen until it now takes 1.76 dollars to buy as much as one dollar would buy in 1939. Over three times as many dollars bidding frantically for less than twice as much goods equals in flation. HOLY LAND: Murder The sullen-faced, uniformed men in the jeep didn’t say a word after they had stopped the procession of United Nations cars that was wind ing through the Katamon section of Jerusalem. Carrying a machine gun, one of them walked up to the automobile in which Count Folke Bemadotte and Col. Andre Pierre Ser- rot were sitting, looked inside and started shooting. The two killers fled, leaving Serrot dead and Berna- dotte mv tall y wounded. The U. N. Palestine mediator died as he was be ing carried into Badassah hospital on a stretcher. For Bemadotte, head of the Swedish Red Cross, nephew of the king of Sweden, diplomat and hu manitarian, it was a wretched, fu tile end. His death was mourned not only by governments but by millions of ordinary citizens, yet he died not knowing when or if ever his assidu ous and sincere efforts to organize peace in the Holy Land would be fulfilled. Bernadette’s assassination brought Jerusalem—and all of Palestine, for that matter—perilously close to the brink of general violence. There was danger, tco, that the uneasy Arab-Jewish truce might fall to pieces under the circumstances. For the time being, Bemadotte’s killers remained unidentified. The Israeli government called it the work of Stern gang terrorists and issued an edict outlawing that ex tremist group. In Oslo, Norway, U. N. Secre tary-General Trygve Lie added his panegyric to the praise that was be ing heaped on the martyred Bema dotte: "He burned with eagerness to bring about an understanding be- tweens Arabs and Jews. He thought always of justice and peace.” FINAL REPORT: ‘End It Now’ As the United Nations general as sembly convened for its fateful 1948-49 session in the Palais de Chail- lot the member nations took time out to pay somber tribute to Count Folke Bemadotte, their representa tive in Palestine who had died while trying to implement the peace of which they were supposed to be the architects. Then they began consideration of the plan for an enforced Palestine settlement that Bemadotte had sub mitted before his death. THE SWEDISH COUNT’S final 35,- 000-word report recommended that the Arab-Jewish war should be “pro nounced formally ended.” "If the Arabs and Jews refuse to make peace, the U. N. should do so itself, the report said. . It calls for changes in the bound aries of the U. N. partition plan adopted in November, 1947, pro posing that the Negeb desert be giv en to the Arabs and that the Jews should receive all of Galilee instead of only the eastern parj. Other recommendations include: 1. INTERNATIONALIZATION of Jerusalem by placing it under U. N. controL 2. ESTABLISHMENT of a techni cal boundaries commission to delim it the new frontiers. * 8. CREATION of a Palestine con ciliation commission to deal with population exchanges and supervise Other parts of U. N. decisions. 4. SETTLEMENT of the problem of 360,000 Arab refugees by giving them the right to return to their homes in Jewish territory or to re ceive compensation if they choose not to return. It was a good plan, the United States thought, and Secretary of State Marshall announced that this nation would back it to the fullest extent. Said Marshall: •THE UNITED STATES consid ers that the conclusions contained in the final report of Count Bema dotte offer a generally fair basis for settlement of the Palestine ques tion.” He called it “the best possible basis for bringing peace to a dis- .tracted land,” adding that “No plan Ruld be proposed which would be ptirely satisfactory in all respects every interested party.” ? Current Events ? If you haven’t been spending all your evenings taking the dog for a walk or fixing the hen house, chances . are you’ve been reading about some of the events on which the following five questions are based. Can you answer them? 1. The United Nations general assembly recently convened in Paris for a 10 or 12-week fall session. What is the name of the elaborate building in which the assembly is meeting? 2. The American, British and French ambassadors who have been conferring with Molotov re cently took their leave of Mos cow. Can you name them? ^ 3. This year, 16 years after he soared 10 miles into the strato sphere in a balloon, a Belgian scientist-explorer plans to plunge two miles under water to investi gate the deep sea world. Who is he? 4. Who is the man who took the assassinated Count Bemadotte’s place as U. N. mediator In Pal estine? 5. Princess Elizabeth of Eng land was in the world spotlight when she got married last No vember. Now she Is in the news again for a different reason. What is it? ANSWERS 1. Palais de Challlot. 2. Walter BedeU Smith (U. S.). Frank Roberts (British). Yves Cha- taigneau (French). 3. Prof. Auguste Piccard. 4. Ralph Bunche, an American. Bemadotte's assistant. 5. She is expecting a baby In No vember. RUSSIANS: Western Stand Those who, in commenting on the strained relationship between the East and West, have been wont to say, “It'll get worse before it gets any better,” probably had reached the end of their rhetorical rope. For it was unlikely that it could get any worse without producing armed conflict of some kind. This, it appeared, was the top of the heap of crises that had been piling up for two years. There were these developments: THE AMERICAN, British and French ambassadors, who had been talking with Soviet Foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov and Premier Stalin in Moscow for six weeks, left the Russian capital, presumably ending the four-power discussions. THE THREE western powers asked the Kremlin for a simple and final “yes or no” on the question of whether Russia will lift its block- ade of Berlin. U. S. SECRETARY of State George Marshall, speaking before the U. N. general assembly, warned the Soviet Union that American pa tience should not be mistaken for weakness. With the Moscow talks at an end the center- of action in the crisis had shifted to Paris where the is sue would be debated in the U. N. The western nations—the U. S., France and Great Britain—plainly had had enough and were deter mined not to give another inch. In an hour-long speech before parliament, British Foreign Secre tary Ernest Bevin expressed his na tion's determination: "We are firm ly resolved to go on with our pol icy. “I AM NOT SAYING by that that we are committed to war and all the other things that might ensue. We have not reached that stage yet.” , Speaking to the United Nations in Paris, George Marshall, U. S. sec retary of state, outlined the basic U. S. foreign policy in much the same manner as Bevin. The United States, he said, would not “com promise the essential principles” or "barter away the rights and freedoms of other peoples.” HOME OWNERS: Record High One of the most maddening of all the modem paradoxes is that while millions of American families are searching desperately for decent places to live, at the same time more American families own their own hoipes now than ever before in history. About 49 per cent of the nation’s non-farm families owned their homes at the beginning of this year, it has been revealed by a federal reserve board survey. That comes to a total of 18.5 million city and town families. Although the survey did not take up farm families, the proportion of home owners among that group tra ditionally has been much higher than among city dwellers. PRICE AID: Sure Things One thing is dead sure about the coming election: No matter who gets into office, farm price supports will be continued. Governor Dewey is on record as favoring the Hope-Aiken law passed by congress last June, and Presi dent Truman says he is in favor of farm price supports and has been all along. BOTH SIDES have promised their help to the nation’s farmers. As a result of the growing amount of light that has been shed upon the idea of price supports there has been a lot of argument as to wheth er they keep up costs of living in the city and, hence,»contribute gen erally toward inflation. The system was started in the 1930s to save farmers from bank ruptcy caused by surplus production and lack of consumer buying. It accomplished that end. IT WAS CHANGED during the war to make farmers produce more food than the country needed to feed less fortunate nations who were fighting the Axis. It did that. After the war this incentive sys tem was continued to keep greater amounts of food flowing into flesti- tute areas abroad. It was success ful in that, also. Now, however, as a result of this artificial stimulation, production is beginning to pile up in the U. S. The wartime pattern of price sup port no longer fits the American market. THE POTATO situation is a case in point. As the government con tinues to stimulate the production of potatoes the guaranteed prices keep consumers from getting the surplus crops at bargain prices, and at the same time the system keeps farmers growing too many potatoes. Congress this year elected to re vise the price jupport program, ef fective in 1950, by providing new parity prices based on modern farm practices and by allowing a fluctu ation in support levels to conform with generc.l economic conditions. Dewey and Eggs Iowa Air Director Says Planes Keep Youth on Farms DES MOINES, IOWA. — Robert Locke, director of the Iowa Aero nautics commission, reveals that there are 2,500 farmer-aviators in Iowa, a large portion of whom have their own planes. “The airplane is having a very definite effect on keeping our young men and women on the farm,” Locke claims. "A plane takes the monotony out of farm life,” he explains. ‘The city no longer is as far away as it used to be? even with automo biles. And a plane has its social advantages as well as its practical benefits.” Among the young folks, the farm owned plane has been useful in some relatively long distance court ships. A farm youth in one comer of the state can schedule week-end’ dates with a girl who lives in the other. ♦The oldsters as well as the youngsters are taking advantage of airplanes. A farmer now can leave his place after morning chores, fly to a distant lake to fish and be home in time for evening milking. “There’s a lot of that being done,” Locke says. Many farmers have landing fa cilities in their pastures and have their own small hangars. g “The airplane is making life on the farm ip Iowa a lot easier,” Locke said, “and the use of a plane is becoming more and more practicaL “The average flying farmer makes about 100 trips a month to cities near or far for parts or sup plies. In the harvest or planting seasons he uses his plane more times than that." Mutilator of Poster Makes ‘Gift’ to Campaign Fund HOUSTON, TEX.—E. T. Mor gan, a candidate for county com missioner, got sweet revenge against a man who mutilated one of his campaign posters. The man lost his wallet con taining $134, Morgan said, “while beating my poster with a broom handle.” Morgan said he would be hap py to return the money to its owner—provided the ownqr had the effrontery to call for it in person. “But if he doesn’t claim the $134,” the candidate triumphed, “I’ll be forced to use it to start my campaign funu.” THERE’S NO EXCUSE America's Rural Fire Loss Can Be Cut Although fire prevention week is over for this year, the danger of farm fires is not over and possibly never will be. But that seeming inevitability is no excuse. As a matter of fact, fire protection experts say. there is no longer any excuse for America’s 100-million-dollar annual farm fire loss. The means to reduce it are avail able to almost any community that wants to make the effort. Principal means of cutting rural fire losses, according to the Nation al Board of Fire Underwriters, is a good volunteer fire department, quartered in a small town but serv ing the surrounding area that has been organized into a fire protec tion district, such as now is author ized in 39 states. Michigan Medical School Reduces Childbirth Pains ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Child birth pains are just an old wives’ tale to 80 per cent of the mothers yho have babies at University of Michigan hospital. The hospital’s maternity ward makes extensive use c f caudal anes thesia, which virtually eliminates pain while the mother remains awake all during the birth process. Dr. Raymond L. Haas, assistant professor of obstetrics and gyne cology at the university medical schoolj pointed out that caudal anesthesia is entirely different from spinal anesthesia, an alternate method of reducing labor pains. “In caudal anesthesia, the drug is injected in the lower end of the spine and blocks the nerves to the organs of birth. In the spinal meth od the drug is put directly into the spinal fluid,” Dr. Haas said. Dr. Haas said caudal anesthesia is not routed through the lungs and does not interfere with either the mother’s or the baby’s breathing process. Use of caudal anesthesia has not become extensive -because of the special training required to admin ister it. Dr. Haas said. In sharp contrast to Henry Wal lace’s unsavory experience with eggs in the South, the ^product of the hen brought nothing but good to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, GOP presidential candidate. At his Pawling, N. Y., farm he was made honorary member of the national “Good Egg” club and was pre sented with an egg-bedecked plaque by Hobart Creighton (left), GOP nominee for governor of In diana and president of the Poul try and Egg national board. ANSWER MAN: Brannan When it comes to questions Secre tary of Agriculture Charles Bran- nan gets all kinds, many of which have nothing to do with farming. Pouring in at the rate of 3,000 a day, the queries vary from: “How do I bury cats in the ground?” to "What was Little Eva’s last name in the play, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin?’” and “Can you recommend a lonely hearts club? Three of us girls are Interested.” Californian Hits Jackpot On Ice-Making Machine SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.-'- A young man approached an ice vending machine and inserted two dimes for a 25-pound cake of ice. He got it, but 31 more of like size, followed in succession. Be fore the excited operators of the ice plant could put an end to the frigid deluge, the ice was scattered over a wide area. The frightened, unidentified cus tomer, meanwhile, had taken sanc tuary behind his motor car. Timidly, when the big thaw ended, he crossed cautiously over several cakes, selected one that suited his fancy, put it in his car and, unmindful of the fact he had hit the jackpot, departed. Boy’s Kite String Delays Airliner for 15 Minutes ST. LOUIS.—A big airliner ran afoul of twine apparently abandoned by a kite-flying youngster at Lam bert - St. Louis municipal air port and took off 15 minutes late because it had to be unsnarled. One hundred feet of twine got tangled up in a propeller while a Chicago-bound American Airlines passenger plane taxied along a run way. The string is believed to have been lying on the runway and to nave been sucked up by the pro peller. It took a mechanic a quarter- nour to unwind the string. Scientists Probe Rain Secrets of Mother Nature WASHINGTON. — How does na ture pull the trigger in a cloud to release rain? Scientists working on the secret have found three ways to make rain, but they haven’t wrested the whole story from na ture. Some of these are the same scientists who were working on hurricane-busting projects. They have given up that job temporarily for more intensive laboratory studies of man-made weather-in miniature and for) investigations of clouds. Dr. Irving Langmuir, a leading rain-making scientist, has said that if some present experiments are successful it may be possible to decrease winter cloudiness in northern parts of the United elates and increase average winter temperatures. j Among other possibilities that scientists have discussed are these: Thunderstorms may be broken up before lightning occurs, which might save some of the timber now destroyed every year by lightning- caused forest fires. Some of the damaging ice storms that occur in many parts of the nation might be. prevented. Move Clouds to pesert Moisture-carrying clouds might be “floated” to drought or desert regions and then triggered open. Airports could be kept free of clouds or fog. As for far-distant possibilities, can electricity that causes light ning be harnessed for power? Ex periments indicate there may be millions of volts in clouds. Military applications of weather control also have been widely dis cussed. Besides clearing skies for bombing operations, such opera tions as scattering disease germs in clouds and then causing them to fall in rain have been talked about. Thus far scientists know these basic facts: I 1. A tiny bit of dry ice dropped into a “super-cooledV cloud al ways will cause ice crystals to form. These fall as rain if the air below is not too dry. A "super cooled” cloud is below the freezing point but is filled with tiny parti cles of moisture that haven’t yet frozen. These are fairly com mon in northern latitudes, espe cially in winter. Drop Small Crystals 2. If small crystals that closely resemble snow crystals are dropped in a super-cooled cloud they, too, will cause moisture to fall under certain conditions. 3. If water or ice is dropped into certain clouds above the freezing point it sometimes causes rain. Such clouds are common over the United States in summer. These are the triggers that man uses to start rain. Nature ap parently has others, too, and scien tists are trying to find out what they are. One of the major rain research studies is called "Project Cirrus,” sponsored by the army signal corps, the navy and General Elec tric company. It is spending close to one million dollars a year. There also is (a thunderstorm- studying project at Wilmington, Ohio, sponsored by the navy, the air force, the weather bureau and the national advisory committee cn aeronautics. Senses Play Important Roles In American Merchandising NEW YORK.—If you havi ears, brother — you’re any sale man’s prospect. If you see well and have a sense of touch, you’re the apple of his eye. But if you can smell things and also taste them, you’re a sitting duck. The sad tale of the man who goes out to buy a necktie and comes back with four suits, a bird, cage and a string of saddle ponies is all too familiar. Our senses betray us. They are an open door through which any modern salesman leaps with a ring ing American hurrah. This frank appeal to the senses is in no small way responsible for retail sales in the United States which, last . year, amounted to more than 117 billion dollars. Florida Honey Producers Use Boats to Raise Bees WEWAHITCHKA, FLA. — West Floridans say you need a boat to be a successful tupelo honey pro ducer. And they say the only place in the world where tupelo honey is produced in quantity is along the swampy banks of the lower Apa lachicola river, where tupelo trees are found in great numbers. There every year bees are brought by boat from the farm lands where they have spent the winter. Many of the hives are placed on high platforms by the edge of the river to protect them from spring floods. During the brief tupelo season, the bees ignore other flowers to concentrate on the tree blossoms. The honey they produce is unique because it never crystalizes. ^ 08 Gems of Thought Love of gain turns wise men into fools. Prayer is not a substitute for action. To live without loving is not reaUy living.—Moliere. Worms wind themselves in our sweetest flowers.—Cowper. Quick Cross Stitches HUNGRY AS A BEAR Seosonings, Sauces Make Savory Vegetables (See recipes below) • Let's Eat Vegetables A NEIGHBOR OF MINE recent ly had a dinner party for which she engaged a cater- ess. When I asked her how the party turned out, she replied, “Oh wonderful! Of course we had a fancy fessert and everything on the platters was fixed nicely, but the thing that impressed me most was how good the vegetables were. We have the same vegetables that she served but mine never taste so good, yet there wasn’t, anything particularly hard about the way she prepared them.” Here again, it’s the little things that make the difference between everyday eating and special enter taining. But as my neighbor told me, the tricks were simple ones. Carrots were Scraped shiny and bright, left whole and dusted with parsley and butter before serving. The cauliflower had a cheese sauce, and the tomatoes, dusted with bread crumbs and broiled, were really delicious. Little mounds of green peas were still green when served, and they just had some but ter, salt ancTa few mushroom caps among them. All the vegetables were placed on a large platter with the cauli flower in the center. And the vege tables made as big a hit as the des sert! Vegetable tricks are simple ones. The first caution to observe is not to overcook, thus destroying color, texture and vitamins—even though you can’t see the latter. ... IF APPETITES are a little jad ed, use clever seasoning tricks on vegetables -o enhance their nat ural flavors. There are many interesting sea sonings that can be tucked into vegetates to add interest as well as appetite appeal. Horseradish can be used with beets, cauliflower or green beans. A dusting of nutmeg lifts spinach out of the ordinary class. Onions go well in many things such as po tatoes, peas, green beans or beets. Other combinations that may strike your fancy include cheese, chives, mustard, parsley or curry. • • • DON’T SEASON every vegetable you serve with high seasonings es pecially if you are serving a combi nation. For example, if your vege table platter consist of string beans, carrots and, potatoes, leave the po tatoes completely natural. Boil in their jackets to be served with butter, salt and pepper. Carrots can be parsley buttered, and green beans can be served with a smooth creamy horseradish sauce, as follows: •Creamy Horseradish Sauce (Serves 6) 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour % teaspoon salt Ms teaspoon pepper 1!4 cups milk 3 to 4 tablespoons drained horseradish Melt butter, add flour and season ings; blend smooth. Gradually add milk while stirring, and cook until smooth and thick. Stir in drained horseradish. This makes enough sauce for one and one-half pounds of green beans. LYNN SAYS: Vary Basic Recipes With New Flavors Why not add chopped apples and raisins to the bread stuffing you use for bread dressing in pork chops or fowl? Families will cheer the change. Add a cup of cranberries to your favorite white flour muffin recipe along with a bit of extra sugar for a colorful hot bread. Cream butter with a bit of lemon juice when you make sandwiches. They’ll taste fresher. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Barbecued Spareribs Oven Browned Potatoes •Green Beans with Horseradish Sauce Crusty Rolls Butter Blackberry Pie Beverage •Recipe Given F CUTE AS A KITTEI 7314 WANT TO DO something special with potatoes? Here’s a company- mannered potato dish which can be served with a roast: Broiled Potato Puff (Serves 6) 8 or 9 medium potatoes, peeled 3 tablespoons butter % to 1 cup scalded milk 2 teaspoons salt % teaspoon pepper H cup thick cream, whipped % cup grated American cheese Cook potatoes until tender; drain and mash thoroughly. Add butter and gradually beat in milk. Beat until light and fluffy. Add salt and pepper and blend. Pile potatoes into a shallow casse role. Top with whipped cream and grated cheese. Slip into a slow to moderate (325 degree) oven for 10 to 12 minutes to heat through the potatoes and melt the cheese. If Dad is away for dinner, you and the kiddies can make a meal out of the delectable dish: Asparagus Mimosa (Serves 6) 4 tablespoons butter V& cup sliced mushroom*, if desired % cup chopped celery , 4 tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon curry powder 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 6 hard-cooked eggs 2 cups diced, cooked or canned asparagus Melt butter in top of double boil er; add celery and mushrooms. Cook until vege tables are soft; blend in flour, add milk and cook until thick ened. Add salt and curry pow der. Mix with asparagus and hard-cooked eggs, and heat through. Serve, dusted with paprika. Braised Red Cabbage (Serves 6) 2 tablespoons bacon drippings 1 medium-sized head red cabbage / 2 tablespoons vinegar >4 cup water 1% teaspoons salt >4 teaspoon pepper % teaspoon cloves 3 tablespoons honey or corn syrup 3 tablespoons lemon juice Slice red cabbage fine. Add half the cabbage to the drippings in a heavy sauce pan. Sprinkle with half the vinegar; add remaining cabbage and vinegar. Pour on wa ter, cover and cook slowly until cabbage can be pierced with a fork. Season with salt, pepper and cloves. Add honey and lemon juice, mix thoroughly and serve hot. Released by WNU Features. Baked pears are a delicious des sert when baked in brown sugar and served chilled with cream and a sprinkling of nutmeg. Did you know that you coutd layer sliced apples in a casserole, buttered, of course, with peanut brittle, butter and lemon juice and bake them all for a delicious des sert? For kabobs that are delicious try sausage balls put on the same stick with apples and onions. Broil until well browned and thoroughly cooked. FRISKY AS A PUP TUST six • cross-stitches to the •J inch! These gay and frisky lit tle motifs are so easy to embroider for kitchen towels—look like giBg> ham! v * • • Give these to daughter l«r her first embroidery! Pattern 7314; transfer. 9 motifs eVgrtlVu inches. Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 564 W. Randolph St. Chicago 80. IB. Enclose 20 cents for pattern. 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