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Maragon Still Favored A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOP MENT has taken place inside the justice department regarding the amazing John Maragon, close friend of General Vaughan and once a frequent caller at the V/hite House. Higher-ups in justice have given orders to Morris Fay, efficient U. S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to give them e full re port on the perjury case against Maragon and to make no move without consulting the justice de partment. This has not been done in other important cafes. General Benny Meyers also faced a perjury charge, but no such order went to Fay from the justice department. He was convicted and jailed with out any delay or consultation. John Maragon not only faces an almost identical perjury charge, but Sen. Clyde Hoey of North Caro lina, chairman of the senate ex penditures subcommittee, official ly sent the case to the justice de partment with a request for prose cution. Furthermore, Hoey went to extra precautions to have a quor um of his subcommittee present when Maragon was questioned so there would be no legal loophole for a wriggling out of a perjury prosecution. Finally, it has been three full , months since the senate sent ; its report to the justice depart ment, and still no action. Ordi- : narily, it takes a*bout one week to bring a case of this kind | before a grand jury. Maragon, of course, has had a special White House pass, has sup plied liquor to Gen. Harry Vaughan, has ridden on special presidential trains, stood on the bridge of a battleship with the President when he reviewed the fleet in New York, and at one time had access *o the White House at almost any time ol the day or night. So while Gen Benny Meyers can’t even get pa role, Maragon isn’t even indicted. • • • Riluctant Justice Failure to act in the Maragon case brings up a point regarding the justice department which most people don’t realize. The public generally thinks of the justice de partment as the protective branch of the U. S. government, which reaches out to punish dishonesty wherever found and does its best to keep the federal government dean. A review of important cases, however; indicates that the justice department is extremely reluctant to go after the big boys in govern ment, and that most of the cleanup cases have been developed eithei by committees of congress or by the newspapers. Frequently it isn’t until after a crime has been thor oughly aired by the press and on capitol hill that the so-called up holders of the law in the justice de partment move in. And if some friend or high political figure is in volved, such as John Maragon, sometimes they don’t move at all. Here are a few notable cases in point: Alger Hiss—Now on trial for per jury. This case was developed by the house un-American activities committee, which turned up the famed pumpkin papers. Since the justice department finally moved in, however, its lawyers have done an efficient and persistent job. Congressman Andrew May ol Kentucky—Now sentenced to jail. Various hints of May’s peculiai activities were published by this column and others for some years, but it took the senate investigating committee, under Sen. Jim Mead of New York, to bring out the facts. Aftef that the justice department t-il acted. Congressman Parnell Thom- as—Now sentenced to jail. It took a newspaperman to dig out Thomas’s afculduggery. Aft er the canceled checks in Thomas's kickback deals, plus an important witness, were turned over to the justice de partment, it carried through thoroughly and efficiently. However, Alex Campbell, dy namic chief of the criminal di vision, who carried the ball, had to buck some opposition near the top. Gen. Benny Meyers—The first public revelation that General Mey era had been up to no good wa> published in this column on July 29, 1947, when it was stated tha' Meyers had speculated in the stock market with as much as lour mil lion dollars. Arabian Oil — It was also the Brewster committee wtflch devel 'Hi °P ed the amazing numner in whicl certain admirals and the navy hac over-charged the U. S. govemmen for Arabian oil during the war. The justice department, for reason] . best known to itself, never prose cuted this scandal, but exposure a the facts resulted in new oil con tracts and a saving to the taxpay ers of millions of dollars. Why th< justice department has not prose cuted those responsible for th4 is another Washingtor I J Huge Crop Surpluses May Bring On Widespread Federal Farm Controls; Three Pact Nations Unify Defense (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.; CROP REPORT: Punitive Plenty It was an ironical twist that American farmers, by producing in 1949 the second largest crop in all U.S. history, may have shackled themselves with broad government controls for years to come. x The year’s harvest acreage was the largest since 1932 when depres sion-ridden farmers sought to off set declining prices by expanding production. Except for bad weather during the growing season in some sec tions of the nation, the 1949 crop total might easily have set a new record. Even so, the harvest was so large that the U.S. department of agriculture felt called upon to invoke production controls of var ious kinds to reduce the volume next year. These controls prob ably would extend to cotton, pea nuts, major types of tobacco, rice, potatoes and soybeans. The agriculture department said the huge harvest was the result of uniformly large production of most crops, rather than record volumes of a few individual ones. Records were marked up only for rice, dry beans and peas. The figures: Corn, three billion, 378 million bushel^; livestock feed-grain, 126 million tons; vegetable oil-seeds: soybeans, flaxseed, peanuts, cot- ton-seed, 15.33 million tons; tobac co, two billion pounds; fruit pro duction, nine million, 800 thousand tons. Yields per acre were above av erage for most crops, although wheat, flaxseed and dry peas were notable exceptions. Nearly 163 million tons of the eight grains were harvested during the year. COMIC BOOKS: Get Last Laugh There may not be any laughs in current comic books—as so many psychologists, psychiatrists, educa tors and ministers have charged— But there was certainly more than an abdominal chuckle for the com ic book entrepreneurs, themselves, in a spectacular respectability re cently accorded their products. For, as amazing as it may seem, the U.S. state department was to incorporate the comic book tech nique in its latest bid for the minds of non-Communist Asiatics. WITH THEIR THEMES based on the lives of American heroes, 260,000 copies of the picture-series books had been scheduled for de livery early in January. The books were to be sent to South Korea, Thailand, French Indo-China and Indonesia. The hope was that through hand-to- hand circulation information about the history and background of the United States would be spread widely in areas under strong Com munist pressure but which, as yet, had not capitulated. THE SERIES was to include 32- page books of the lives of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Carnegie, Jane Addams, Thomas A. Edison, and George Washington Carver. Libraries and other agencies of the state department’s public af fairs division, already on the scene, would distribute the books at public showings of American documentary films and other such occasions. American libraries op erate in all countries where the books are to be distributed. PANCAKE DAY: Idea Spreading A familiar and popular event in some United States communities, unknown in many more. National Pancake day is beginning to catch on in many localities. An ancient as far as internation al observance goes, the event has been observed elsewhere in the world for hundreds of years. No artificial “Johnny - come - lately” idea, the day has long been ob served in Great Britain and many other countries in Europe—always on the day before Lent begins. THE NEXT Pancake day falls on February 21, 1950, when here, in the United States, some com munities will mark the day in city wide celebration, a sort of mid winter fair at which everyone eats pancakes. In many other commu nities, church groups (frequently Episcopalians) have long observed the day with quiet breakfasts, luncheons and suppers—all of which feature pancakes. UMBRELLA: For Amphitheatre Most everyone has speculated about if and when it would come, but now, apparently, it has ar rived—a revolutionary rain-defy ing umbrella for an amphitheatre. According to the designers, it can cover the amphitheatre in two and one-half minutes at the flick of a switch. The device isn’t actual ly on the market yet, but will be built next fall to house activities o< the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. Raps Big Steel Everett Kassarow, execu tive secretary of the CIO, tells a congressional committee that big steel’s hiking the price of steel is a “scandalous situa tion” and asks the committee to investigate it. In the recent price raise, the steel industry said recent welfare and pen sion concessions to labor made the increase necessary. PACT DEFENSE: One Broad Pattern Probably pointing the way to ward a general North Atlantic pact policy, the United States, Great Britain and Canada have worked out procedures for prac tically a complete exchange of in formation concerning military weapons and fighting techniques each country develops. THE OFFICIAL announcement to that effect was a guarded one, but defense department spokes men said the three nations will pool all data on just about every thing in the way of conventional weapons used by their respective fighting forces and together will study such advanced weapons as guided missiles. There was no in dication of the atomic bomb in this “share-the-know-how” deal. The goal, according to the an nouncement, was to make not only standard weapons interchange able, but to draw on the incentive techniques of scientists and the “operational procedures" de veloped by military planners. THE STEP, in any manner of speaking, was a prudent one if the democracies are convinced that among the best avenues of peace is one that leads to the ultimate in preparedness. There is a most plausible school of thought among international diplomats, that if a consolidation of sufficient strength is mustered by the western powers, there need be no fear of World War III, no matter how much the Russians might desire one. For whatever else may be said of Russia’s Stalin, he has never been branded as a complete idiot. After Stalin, of course, anything might happen, for ambitious men ofttimes let their ambition cloud their vision to the extent that they can’t see where they are going. Give such men enough power, and the war everyone fears might well be in the making. TOP 10 MEN: Rated Outstanamg More than 1,500 newspapermen had been called upon to choose, in their opinion, the 10 outstanding men of the world during 1949. At first blush that would appear to be a staggering assignment, but there is no newsman worthy the name who won’t give you an opin ion on anything at any time. THE TEN “outstanding men of the year,” as announced in the 1949 Year News Annual were: Dr. Albert Schweitzer, religion; Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of state, statesmanship; Dr. Ralph Bunche, world peace; Dr. Charles Seymour, Yale university presi dent, education; Walter Reuther, president of the CIO-UAW, labor; Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman, sports; Serge Koussevitsky, Boston symphony orchestra, music; Arthur Miller, “Death of A Salesman,” drama; Stanley Kramer, producer of the movie “Home of The Brave,” movies; Milton Berle, radio and television. CRITICS of these selections might charge that the selectors let the headlines of the year, rather than the gentlemen’s accomplish ments, get in their eyes when they made their choices. II ’New Probe Asked Whatever else might occupy con gressmen, there appeared to be no lacking of probe subjects. For in stance, Representative Buchanan (D., Pa.) announced that a special house lobbying investigating com mittee would begin looking into real estate and medical issues. Buchanan is chairman of the committee which will do the look ing. The committee also will in vestigate “other-side” lobbying. RUSSIA: Going fo Sea Tom Paine’s phrase, “sunshine patriot,” might well apply to any segment of the Russian army, since the Soviets have no warm water port for winter operations; but if the authoritative publication, Jane’s Fighting Ships, was to be- believed, the Russians must be planning to change all that. ACCORDING to the article, Russia is building three 35,000-ton battleships equipped to fire radio- controlled aerial torpedoes. It said the Soviet navy also is speed ing construction on a fleet of 1,000 submarines Including a type “with a great range and a very high sub merged speed.” How did Jane's penetrate the iron curtain to a degree necessary to glean that information? The publication itself says merely that a “hitherto reliable source” relayed the report, and added that it passed along “with reserve . . . conflicting Information in the in formant’s report” that one of the three battleships is still in the yards, but “two others of the same class are believed to be in com mission.” Jane’s emphasized that it had “no substantiation of this report.” THE ARTICLE noted that the United States and Great Britain have only one battleship in service between them—and that is the U.S.S. MissourL But, it added, “there are signs that new fleets are in the making.” Continuing, the article declared: “Warships are being designed not as improvements or developments of previous classes, but from first principles for a specific role of countering a potential enemy type. In the next few years we are likely to see . . . the atomic-bomber car rier, the guided-missile control vessel, the task-force command ship, the anti-submarine cruiser, rocket destroyers, fast, low-lying frigates and gas-turbine ships.” Which would indicate that the navy hasn’t been as dormant as the air force might have liked it to appear in the unification rows in congress. HOUSING: For 'Forgotten' According to an impression prev alent in the capital. President Tru man intends to press congress for some action to spur construction of medium-priced housing. And, as must have been in evitable, the “forgotten man” was again brought into the picture. The capital sources mentioned that Mr. Truman’s administration would recommend that this housing be designed to help the so-called “for gotten man” in housing—the mid dle-income worker of the nation— to own his own home or get better rental accommodations. IF ANYTHING can be don? in that respect, the “forgotten man” would surely be most grateful— but the manner in which the hous ing problem has been kicked around in Washington could be blamed if the “forgotten man” adopted an attitude of ‘Til be lieve it when I see it.” The new housing program, ac cording to reports, will be on the “must” list of early consideration by the lawmakers, but that “must” isn’t as formidable as it sounds, for most Americans will remember that Mr. Truman was unable to get any action on a lot of “must” legislation in the first session of the 81st congress. However, no one could be ruled out for trying, and if any success ful housing venture should result, there would probably be an air of forgiveness all ’round. THE LEGISLATION which the President is reported as ready to sponsor is said to rely mainly on pri vate industry to do the job. Talks for H iss Francis B. Sayre, former U.S. assistant secretary of state, testified that Alger Hiss, former state department at tache who is on trial for per jury in connection with stolen secret documents, had a “very good” reputation for integrity and veracity in 1938 when Hiss was Sayre’s “right hand man.” DIPLOMACY: Classes for Japs As part of the policy of speeding readmission of Japan into the world family of nations, U.S. state department officials have disclosed that this nation soon will start training more “important” Japan ese diplomats to aid in that effort. It was disclosed at the same time that plans have been made to bring several hundred Japanese mem bers of parliament, newsmen, gov emment officials, and students. r-v: .• >vr < m • jf- REPAIRING THE DAMAGE . . . Mrs. Vicki La Motta tenderly min isters to the battered eye of the family breadwinner, world’s middle weight champion Jake La Motta. The champ ran into a Frenchman name of Robert Villema at Madison Square Garden. Jake, who won his title from another Frenchman, the late Marcel Cerdan, didn’t do so well against the second Frenchman, and took a shellacking. He re tained his title, because it was not at stake in the boat. CONGRESSMAN INCARCERATED . . . Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R., N. J.), sentenced to six to 18 months in prison and fined $10,000 for fraud recently, is flanked by U.S. deputy marshalls as he leaves the district building in Washington, D. C., to begin his term at the Dan bury, Conn., federal penitentiary. At the same time, Thomas* wife disclosed that her husband had resigned his house seat and that she will ran for the office lately occupied by her husband. SOUGHT AULD SOD . . . Pierce Farley, 52-year-old waiter, doffs his hat as he steps from a Pan American plane at Idlewild airport. New York City, on his return from Ireland. He had a hankering to see the home of his ancestors once again, so with four days to spare, he flew to the anld sod and back, with only 12 hours of sightseeing in Limerick. I Classified Department BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPQR. BEAUTY SHOP— equipped for 4 opera tors, efficiency in rear. Good equipment. Long established. Make offer. 14S2 D reset Are.. Miami Beaeh, Fla. FLOUR MILL—For sale. Midget Marvel in good condition. New price $4,360.00, our price $900.00. Hateliisen Milling Co., West Union, Bonth Carolina. * DOGS. CATS, PETS. ETC KERRY . BLUE TERRIER PUPPIES. We deliver. Beriya. Bos 6$, West Springfield, Maoo. FARM MACHINERY A EQUIP URANIUM TYCOON . . . Holding tamples of the preciour stuff to Boris Pregel, reputedly the nrani- um king of the world. A esartot Russian who has lived in exOe in France and the United States, he was one of the first to predict im portance of uranium in atom re search. TWO International UD-*4 power units, new factory warranty, conventional ram- ator or heat exchanger. Grayson . hlllips, MA. 4440 or CH. 4*40. IMW Wtilteta*.l at., B.W., Atlanta,-Georgia. ^ _ FARMS AND RANCH^ RAISE CATTLE, CROPS OR NURSERY OTOCK IN AMERICA'S FINEST HUNTING A FISHING TERRITORY The territory near Beaufort, South Caro lina, has an ideal climate with a sum mer average of 76* winter 57*. It* p- proximates that of Los AngeleSjCaUtor- nia, or Gainesville. Florida. There in abundance of fresh water. Favorable climate makes possible year round grac ing and production of adequate hay and silage for prize winning cattle and hogs. We can offer various sice and priced truck farms which give three or four crops yearly. Good markets. Along with many tine values in farms, ranches and homes, we also offer two excellent glad- oli. camelia or evergreen farms, in tha South Carolina coastal plain. All terri tory near Beaufort affords fine deer, quail, duck hunting- and flahlng in sea- AH* properties advertised are priced by owners. We receive realty comm'— only. No land selling schemes. W descriptive details. References, ) Bank. Beaufort, jS. C. McTEER REALTY COMPANY, ^ ' “ ~ Beastort, S. C. Dept. W, 89 Bay Street, HELP WANTED—MEN mm Agents-Salesmeo. Hard workers can make over $100 weekly selling Defros' automatic refrigerator defrosters, home needs one. All terrlter* Act Now and make big money. $12.95. Your price $7.50. Send Money Order for sample. Get business for yourself. Once! Write to Derr ISO N.E. 1st 8k. Miami, Fla. SELL the aew spiral M saws. Huge profits. Sold Angeles first 30 d< CO., Los Angeles lays. HUH $5. Calif. BRAHMS TO BOP . . . Miml Ben- sell to latest of bright stars for saking the classics for bop, leav ing Metropolitan Opera roles to star in Gershwin's “Embraceable You.” MACHINERY A SU1 FOR SALE—Planer and mat American 77-A, ball bearing, tx file. Excellent mechanical and condition. Now in operation, spection Invited. Ceaaeil Weed Orahgebarg, 8. C. PI I - vv\ NEW N. A. M. HEAD . . . Claude A. Putnam, Keene, N. H., ma chinery manufacturer, waa elect ed 1950 president of the National Association of Manufacturers. MISCELLANEOUS NEW BLANKETS: Gray color, L 20% rayon. 60~x80". Bales of 20 or $3.00 each. Cash with order. War Sarplas Sales, 1418 Statsst Charlotte, N.C. SrSSOS. ONE 40 h.p. Ne. 1*5 Kewaaee type boiler, complete with ~ trols, return system and new Siam excellent condition and priced ‘or <, sale. Applied Engineering Ce., P.O. 506, Ornngebnrg, 8.C. Robber Rain Cent $4.68. Flout ture, 8 bulbs. $5.50. Busto~_ . stamps 81.25. 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YOUR CHILDREN •• ' i ' - >■ >/, Need to learn to play tome musical Instru- M ment to help them make a tueeett off life Write for our list of bargains, men. tlonlng what kind of instrument you need and you will save money. Terms easy. Used pianos as low as $95. and new Spinet pianos, S495. E. E. FORBES * SONS PIANO CO., INC. Birmingham, Ala. Braaebes: Anniston, Deentar. Gads den, Flereaee and Montgomery. POULTRY, CHICKS A EQUIP. FIRST CLASS COCKEREL CHICKS $3.00 per 100 and UP White Leghorn cockerels Friday and Sat urday. $3.00 per 100 at the hatchery or, $3.75 postpaid, cash with order. Heavy Red Cockerels Tuesday and Wednesday $9.00 per 100 at the hatchery or $8.73 id cash with order. Fees added COD shipments. 100% live arrival guar anteed. DURR-SCHAFFNER HATCH ERY, Bex B, SOS Peters 8k, 8. W., Atlanta 8, Ga. GRANDVIEW FARM A HATCHERY^ We are hatching every Friday Sc Tues. Place your order early for white leg horns Sc New Hampshire wool top, noted for high egg producer. Chrlstt stock noted for broilers. JOHN RUFFING Bk S, Bex 145 Dade City. Fla. REAL ESTATE—HOUSES THE Perfert snet te semi-retire (Busk ness Climate) for MD’s, DD’s, Osteo paths, Grocers, Rl. Estate men, etc. 9 story corner brick home on busiest st. to Sk Petersburg, 3 car gar. Live up stairs in fum. apts, have business down. Will SELL or LEASE. Write Owner, W. B. Batcher, 70S M erne rial Herr., Tampa, Fie rid*. * Buy U.S. Savings Bonds! WNU—7 01—50 DANCE OF THE DELEGATE . . . Warren R. Austin, permanent United States delegate to the United Nations, dances with his wife at a spectacular masked ball at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. The U. N. delegate from Burlington, Ya., was only one of the many glittering names from the world of diplomacy, the stage, and society who were present for this gala benefit affair to help the pension fond of the New York philharmonic symphony. DROP HEAD COLO REVEALS VIRUS ... Dr. Harvey Blank, University of Pennsylva nia, Philadelphia, disclosed re cently that the virus causing cold sores has been seen mder an elec tron microscope. He said the vims to like that which cai at 1 drops of Penetro Nose Prof* In each nostril check sniffles, ■nooses. You feel quick relief, breathe eerier this 2-drop way. ZgsT PBEIU NOSE IttRl