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Little Iron Curtain
F OR MOST of one day I have
driven along what is sometimes
called “the little iron curtain”—
the border where Yugoslavia and
Albania meet, for Yugoslavia en
joys the unenviable distinction of
being squeezed between two sections
of the iron curtain with Bulgaria
and Hungary on one side and Al
bania on the other.
How tiny, primitive Albania —
chiefly a Mohammedan country—
happened to fall for Russian com
munism has always been a mystery
to me. I lived on the Albanian bor
der for two years after the first
World War, once crossed it on
horseback, and its people at that
time were rugged individualists who
hated all governments, including
their own, with the passion of
Pennsylvania’s high-t a r i f f Joe
Grundy. Perhaps the explanation is
that Albania is a nation of extreme
poverty where the people have noth
ing to lose by trying new experi
ments plus the fact that any nation
torn by a never-ending series of
wars is an easy mark for com-
munism.
At any rate, the border between
Russianized Albania and anti-Rus
sian Yugoslavia now is studded with
armed guards, and strangers are
not permitted within 20 kilometers
(about 12% miles).
I managed to remember enough
of the local language to talk my
way past the first guard in the re
stricted zone and thereafter man
aged to talk my way past guards
who stopped our jeep every half
hour until we had passed through
the old Turkish Albanian city of
Prizerend, the border town of Ja-
kovitza, and Deceny monastery-
one of the oldest in Serbia, but it
now bristles with armament.
Denounce Russians
My purpose in visiting this iso
lated, desolate part of the Balkans
was partly sentimental, partly to
see whether the United States is
getting credit for its good program,
partly to gauge Yugoslav sentiment
toward Russia and the United States
in an area far from the official
blarney handed out by the diplomats
in Belgrade.
Regarding the food program,
the United States baa given the
Yugoslav government JO,000,-
060 worth of floor with the un
derstanding that they sell it
through their regular ration sys
tem but making it clear that
the flour comes from us. Its
distribution was organised un
der Richard Allen of Carmel,
Calif., a former Hoover food
man who has also arranged for
American inspectors to travel
through the country. I traveled
part of the time with one of
these inspectors — efficient
George Trett—as he interviewed
local officials and local farmers
and It appears the United States
is getting credit.
Lesson for U. S.
Thirty years ago I had charge of
100 Bulgar prisoners in a diminu
live Serbian village called Dobro
Do, which means good valley—but
the valley wasn’t good, because it
had been burned out by the Bul
garian army and my job was to re
build the homes of Serbian widows,
using Bulgarian prisoners for labor.
We also had a transport company of
100 mules and 100 conscripted Al
banian mule drivers who every
night sat around campfires—the Al
banians, the Bulgar prisoners and
their Serbian guards discussing war
and what caused war.
That was in 1919 and they re
called that in 1912 Serbia and
Greece had fought Turkey, then in
1913 Bulgaria had fought Serbia and
Greece, and in 1914 the World War
started. Thus for six long years the
Balkans were plunged in war—war
which neither the Serbian guards
nor their Bulgarian prisoners nor
the Albanian conscripts wanted.
R Their hope, they said, was Woodrow
Wilson—he was going to proclaim
o new world in which there wouM
be eternal peace.
Well, the years have come and
gone since then. Woodrow Wil
son tried and failed, and Dobro
Do since then once again was
ravished—this time by the Ger
mans, later by the Italians—and
S then liberated by the Russians
who, at times, acted more like
conquerors than liberators.
This is the history of a typical
Balkan village and when you look
round at the poverty whichr always
follows in the wake of war you un
derstand why there is communism
in the Balkans, for people who are
poor, who are bled white, who have
nothing to lose, turn in their des
peration to desperate remedies.
Rental Racket
A new racket has sprung up in
crowded west coast cities, such
as San Diego and Los Angeles.
Rental agents are trying to cash in
on the housing shortage by selling
leads to apartment hunters. A fee
of five or ten dollars is charged for
rental leads, which usually turn out
to be apartments already rented.
This practice may not be illegal.
However, in San Diego, the better
business bureau has privately
.warned some rental agents.
MAIN*
STREET
FEATURE
SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS
of Main Street and the World
Eisenhower Says He Would Employ
A-Bomb Under Certain Conditions
DECISION— "To my mind the use of the atomic bomb would be on this
basis.
"Does it advantage me, or does it not, when 1 get into a war? Now, if
I felt that the material destruction that I was going to accomplish was not
equal to the moral or great reaction otherwise to this act, then l would ab
stain.
"If I thought the net was on my side, l would use it instantly, because
/ proceed from this basis: The United
States is not going to declare war or
conduct an aggressive campaign. It
is merely going to defend itself, and
if someone, in spite of its peaceful
purpose, jumps on it, l believe in
using what we have in defending
ourselves."
With these words Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower told the world—
friend and foe alike—just how far
he would go to defend western Eu
rope. It was the kind of clear-headed, logical reasoning that people in
the home towns of the nation could understand. It reaffirmed their
faith in the man chosen to fill the most important post in modern history.
It is this kind of reasoning and determination that the Communist
nations of the world understand. And if the world understands this rea
soning, it could rhean another step toward the preservation of peace.
18-YEAR-OLDS— would be difficult to say at this point who was
more surprised by the 79 to 5 senate vote that passed the bill to draft
18-year-olds, opponents or supporters of the measure.
For weeks the debate had raged in the senate over lowering the
draft age from the 19-year-old limit. And although the bill must go to
the house for action, it appeared that much of the pressure against the
administration’s defense plans has been relieved. Most observers were
inclined to believe the bill will eventually reach the President’s desk.
The senate vote caused
const derable speculation
across the nation. In the
first place, the man on
main street wanted to know
is it possible for five sen
ators—the number who
voted against the measure
—to bombard the U. S. sen
ate with so much propa
ganda that it completely
ties up important legisla
tion for weeks? Second,
what happened to the other
senators who had ranted
and raged against drafting
the 18-year-olds? And third,
were the statements by op
ponents that the mothers of
the nation flooded Washing
ton with telegrams against
the draft entirely true?
NO! NO! NO!— After
a full week of conferences,
watched anxiously by the
“average man” who do«
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Striving desperately to make peace
between labor and the administration^
Eric Johnston (center), economic sta
bilizer, met several times with onion
leaders in Washington. Shown with
Johnston (left to right) are: Meany,
AFL; Leighty, RLEZ; Hayes, IAM;
Morphy, presidential conncil; and Gold
berg, CIO.
not understand very clearly the niceties of diplomatic language and ma
neuvers, the foreign ministers’ deputies of the United States, France,
Britain and Russia, meeting in Paris, had nothing to report.
The only statements were “no, no” issued by Russia’s Andrei Gro
myko to every proposal put forth by the western powers.
Gromyko first gained the attention of the home-towners of the na
tion as the “no” man of the United Nations.
The main point of difference between the west and east remained
the subject of rearming Germany. ,<->
KOREAN BATTLE Slowly, methodically United Nations troops
advanced in Korea, storming the hills, digging the Communists out of
foxholes with bayonets, stopping and breaking a Red attack at other
points, but always pushing toward the 38th parallel.
U. N. commanders continued to expect a spring offensive by the
Reds, scheduled for some time during the last part of March or ApriL
Meanwhile, the Chinese suffered severe casualties as U. S. troops pushed
ahead, estimated by some observers at 20,000 to 30,000 in twe weeks.
There were reports that the Communists had 200,000 men in the
front lines below the parallel. In addition they were reported to have 100,
000 more troops in immediate reserve in North Korea and a great
reservoir, perhaps more than 300,000, across the Yalu river in Man
churia.
RUSSIAN ARMS According to Russian reports the Supreme Soviet
(Parliament) has adopted a 1951 budget of 451% billion rubles, of which
96 billion would go for defense purposes.
Russia has placed a value on the ruble of four to the American
dollar, but since there are so many imponderables involved, the rate
does not reflect the true
position of the ruble. If the
rate is taken, it would in-
dicate a total defense budget
of $24 billion.
However, Soviet produc-
tion, through use of forced
labor and purchases from
dominated countries at ex
tremely favorable rates, is
considerably cheaper than
that of the United States.
A NJW JOLT— The ad-
ministration’s price stabili-
ration effort which has been
called nearly everything, in
cluding “fraud”, received
another jolt, this time in the
black and white of the
wholesale price index.
The bureau of labor sta
tistics’ index hit an all time
peak of 17 per cent above
pre-Korean war prices and 20.2 per cent over a year ago. The bureau
•aid all major commodities advanced except building materials.
The new figures wiped out any hope that the stabilization effort had
finally started taking effect and a leveling-off was about to take place.
The figures also brought renewed charges from labor that it would take
a law “with teeth in it” to stop the inflation spiral.
Michael V. DiSalle, price director, told worried housewives in a
television speech that it would be three more months before ceiling
prices on food will be posted in stores. It couldn’t be done sooner, he
reported, because food prices vary by localities.
LAST HOPE— The supreme court refused by a vote of 6 to 0 to re
view tiie case of Alger Hiss, convicted of giving government secrets to
a Russian spy ring before World War IL It was Hiss’ last hope of escap
ing a five year prison sentence.
The Hiss trial made headlines in the nation's press for months. A
guilty verdict and prison sentence was returned after a second trial.
The slender, brilliant attorney has stubbornly denied the charges of
giving away government secrets.
The U. S. air force has ordered of
Glenn L. Martin of Baltimore, Md., an
undisclosed number of the British Can
berra twin-jet bomber above. Britain
gave the U. S. the plans for the plane
as a part of the mutual aid pact be
tween the two nations.
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Doomed by Hodgin’s disease.
Nurse Evelyn Crutcher takes the
blood pressure of a patient at a
Houston hospital. Death may wait
as long as 15 years, during which
time the nurse plans to help
others.
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COST OF LIBERTY
1,000,000th Man to Die for Country
The cost of liberty is high for this
Republic.
As mothers and fathers through
out the nation ponder over the
world's ills and worry about their
sons in service, or soon to join the
armed forces, somewhere in the
mud and filth of Korea the 1,000,-
000th soldier to die for this nation
may already be a casualty.
Adding in the Korea casualties.
995,100 men have died in defense of
this Republic. This total, however,
is not up to date since reporting of
Korean casualties is two to four
weeks behind. The latest Korean
total stood at 52,448. Of these, 8,853
were dead of all causes and 9,899
missing. The remainder were
wounded. This amounted to 300
weekly since the war started last
June.
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RACE FROM KOREA ... A race
to the bedside of his mother, crit
ically ill with peritonitis, brought
Marine Corporal Thomas Grant
from Korea to a Brooklyn hospital
for a reunion with his mother
whom he hadn’t seen In 2% years.
FIRST MARINES ARRIVE ON ROTATION ... A long procession of
cars bearing feted marines, returned from Korea under the armed
services’ rotation plan, proceeds down Montgomery street in San Fran
cisco through the financial district as the city pays homage to the
first group of marines returned under the new plan. These men, 774
fighting men along with 400 wounded, are fresh from the Korean war
front and are given a welcome that is due heroes.
SHOPPER'S
CORNER
By DOROTHY BARCLAY
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POLIO PREVENTIVE? ... Dr.
Louis Gebhardt, University of
Utah bacteriologist, has announced
Isolation of three types of polio
virus. The discovery is expected
to lead to a polio vaccine. It cli
maxed two years of research.
SOLDIERS RUN FOR SHELTER CARRYING WOUNDED ... A United
States lieutenant, two soldiers and a Republic of Korea soldier run for
the nearest shelter bearing a wounded United Nations officer on a Ut
ter. They are under the direct fire of an enemy burp gun, as the grim-
^ness of their faces testifies. *
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HOUSEWIVES, ALERT
H AVE YOU been watching the
ads for dress and suit sales?
Housewives alert! for clothes-prices
are going higher and > higher, with
the government prying up that lid on
retail price-controls. So hurry, hu* 1 '-
ry, hurry to your favorite dress-
store! And if you can’t find just
what you want for that spring ward
robe, why not whip up your own?
Home sewing has become the
American woman’s top hobby, and
a most practical
one it is these
days of mounting
clothes prices. To
day 28,500,000 wo
men are stretch
ing their budgets
by making their
own clothes—and
many of their home furnishings.
There never was or never will be
a better time to jo(n the 28,500,000
than today. Tomorrow, with the
drain fen* defense needs, fabrics
may not be so plentiful, but today
there’s a larger selection than ever
before. Wool jersey, double-layered
for the tubular treatment, flannels,
colorful prints in both rayon an<
silk are all available for spring.
RIBBONS AND BOWS
Plentiful too are ribbons and
other trimmings to dress up your old
clothes or give that good suit a new
touch, and to furbish the new
clothes you make or buy. There
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FATEFUL RING ... Mrs. Emma
Homeyer fingers ring that be
longed to her husband Charles'
sixth wife, Anna. Police say he
confessed to dismembering body
of Anna after the discovery of a
human skull in concrete beneath
Factoryville. Pa., home.
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CONVERSATION PIECE . . .
Seems Leon Rappoport, latest
suspect in basketball "fix" scan
dal, is pleading with his reflection
in New York police station. He
was long sought as the mysterious
"Stanley."
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MAN THREATENS LEAP . . . Convict Thomas Blackburn, atop water
tower at Joliet penitentiary, turns a deaf ear as Prison Chaplain E.
Grey Wininger pleads with him to come down. After shouting insults
at prison guards for five hours, Blackburn descended of his own will.
Warden Joseph E. Ragen said that Convict Blackburn refused to give
any reason for his act. The water tower is 90-feet tall. Blackburn is
shown .in middle of tower catwalk.
NICE COOKIES . . . Four GI’s in Korea sent word to New York's
Hunter College saying they'd heard of the classic beauty of the coeds,
but while pinups were fine, a cake or a cookie was finer. So three
students in the home economics department, Eileen Walsh, Florence
Henninger and Elaine Brooks, got to work and cooked up this batch
for the boys. Here they are tasting the cookies which they hope the
boys wiU appreciate more than pinup pictures. \
Larger Number
Of Small Town
Students Urged
ChAaGO, HI.—An increase in
the number of medical students
from rural areas was suggested
as a means of increasing the num
ber of physicians practicing in such
areas. This might be accomplished
either by preferential consideration
of applicants from rural commu
nities or by encouraging and as
sisting well-qualified students from
small towns to attend medical
schooL
This opinion was expressed by
Dr. Harold S. Diehl of Minneapolis,
dean of the medical sciences. Uni
versity of Minnesota. Dr. Diehl
was a speaker at the 47th annual
congress on medical education and
licensure.
Dr. Diehl reported the results of
a study of the present practice
location of 545 graduates of the Uni
versity of Minnesota medical school
in relation to the type of community
in which they grew up. For the pur
pose of tabulation and analysis,
communities were divided in three
groups: (1) with a population of
less than 5,000; (2) with a popula
tion of 5,000 to 100,000, excluding
Rochester, where the Mayo clinic
constitutes a special situation; (3)
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth.
Of the 199 doctors who grew up
in small communities of less than
5,000, 116 returned to small towns
to practice, 35 went to towns with
a population of 5,000 to 100,000, and
48 went to one of the three large
cities.
Of the 104 doctors who grew up
in towns of 5,000 to 100,000 popula
tion, only 25 went to small towns
and rural communities. Of the 242
who were raised in large cities,
53 went into rural community prac
tice.
This tabulation. Dr. Diehl pointed
out, indicates that the chances of a
student brought up in a small town
of returning to such a town are
more than 2% times as great as
the chances of a student from a
large city going into a small com
munity to practice.
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are patterns galore published in
your newspapers and magazines,
and ’available at your general or
dry-goods stores. And think of the
saving of cost and taxes!
Even that ne^r bonnet would be
a cinch for your Creative imagi
nation and capable needle. You’d
never see another like it, at
until your frineds asked “Where
did you get that hat? Make me one
like itl”
While you’re about it, why not
make your own slip-covers? After
all, they’re just chair dresses, aren’t
they? Fabrics for slip-covers and
drapes are also new and many, and
with furniture getting scarcer and
more expensive, why not preserve
what you have with new slip cov
ers?
As for knitting—that’s the one
form of dress-creation possible to
the TV fan.
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