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SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS
of Main Street and the World
MacArhur Given Hero's Welcome;
Divided Nation Questions Issues
AN AROUSED NATION—No one event in the recent history ol the
United States has caused as much comment among the people on the
Main Streets of the little towns and big towns of the nation as
that of the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur from his commands
in the far east. It was a shocked and angry nation that gathered on Main
Street when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It was a happy nation
that demonstrated at the end of World War IL Bt it was a divided
nation that questioned the removal of MacArthur!
The storm raged from grocery
store to filling station, from hard
ware store to the courthouse. Indig
nation, sorrow, righteousness, worry,
fear and hysteria found their way in
to the controversy.
The issues of civil power vs mili
tary, Europe vs Asia, the personality
of MacArthur vs Truman, politics vs
statecraft, all entered into the story.
For a week it was violent and then
the general came home for the first
time in 14 years to the acclaim of a
grateful and sentimental nation.
But by now the first shock and
anger of the President's action had
given way to considerable sober
thinking. For the first time the
people of Main Street got a look
through the fog of personal grudges
and politics at some of the deeper
issues. Although it was .a divided
nation still, hysteria was abating.
There was still confusion, but the
people along Main Street were calm
er.
And many of them realized that
they had witnessed a turning point
in history. Whether it would be for
the best interests of the country and
the world they could not decide—
only time would telL
THE WORLD— Although at first
glance it seems a long way from
the Main Streets of the small towns
of the nation to Europe and Asia, the
majority of the hometowners today
realize we live in “one world,” and
for that reason they were listening
to what others had to say about the
MacArthur-Truman controversy.
This is some of the reaction
abroad: London—'* . , . His (Mac
Arthur) removal was accepted as
an augury of peace”; Paris—“The
French feel that his dismissal
means less chance of total war . . Bonn—“Most Germans believe that
at worst General MacArthur’s impulsiveness would involve the United
States in a general war.”
THE PRESS—Back of the national scene the home town press took
a more temperate view of the incident than expressed by the thousands
of telegrams that were received by senators and congressmen. The home
town editors were concerned about constitutional rights and which is more
important to world peace, Asia, as believed by MacArthur, or Europe, as
believed by Truman.
A survey of 78 leading newspapers in the daily field showed this
division of opinion: Truman right, 38; Truman wrong 26; neutral, 14. The
daily press, too, was deeply concerned over issues concealed in the first
blast of tempers.
New Commanders
Lt. Gen. Ridgway
Lt. Gen. Van Fleet
With tb« removal of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur from bis
commands in the Pacific, Lt.
Gen. Ridgway has taken over
Mac Arthur's posts in Tokyo. Lt.
Gen. van Fleet assumed com
mand of the %th army in Korea,
succeeding Ridgway.
THE CONGRESS—And while the Truman-MacArthur controversy
raged along the Main Streets of the nation, the debate reached the boil
ing point in the house and senate. It can be said with all truthfulness that
the dispute reached the stage where those two bodies of men, representing
the people of the United States, stripped themselves of what little dignity
remained after three years of battling over domestic and foreign issues.
The debate, for the most part, was along party lines with the Repub
licans backing MacArthur and the Democrats plugging the President.
Both sides hurled the label of “war party” at the other. There were in
dications, however, that the two parties might get together for a sweep
ing investigation of the administration's far eastern policy.
ANOTHER LONG WAIT—While the nation talked of the Truman-
MacArthur controversy, the house passed its version of a draft bill. But
the mothers and fathers in the small towns of the nation appear in for an
other long wait before they learn the fate of their sons.
The measure now goes to a house-senate conference committee that
has the senate version of a draft. The conferees face a long and hard
struggle to work out a compromise. Long-range training features of the
two measures pose the greatest obstacle to quick agreement. There
are, however, numerous other conflicts that will require time to adjust.
At the moment it appears very likely that a compromise bill might
not become law much before July 9. the expiration date of the present
selective service act.
FARM MACHINERY OUTPUT— The long-awaited cutback in farm
equipment output is expected during the next three months, industry
spokesmen reported, with production of about 75 per cent of the indus
try’s capacity. Production of farm tractors for the first quarter of this
year was higher than in 1950, but material shortages are expected to re
duce schedules.
From January through March, 152,260 farm tractors were produced.
In the corresponding months of 1950 the total was 147,972 units. The
Increase was attributed to use of materials stockpiled during last fall’s
strikes. Accumulated materials have been used up, however, and manu
facturers are having difficulty securing quantities to keep pace with pro
duction schedules.
DEFENSE JOBS GO BEGGING—The people of the home towns of the
nation are not rushing into defense jobs as fast as some government agen
cies desire.
Robert C. Goodwin, director of the bureau of employment security,
reported that 50,000 unfilled jobs clog the rolls of state employment of-
iices as the nation’s defense program shifts into second gear.
The unfilled jobs are for workers in professional, managerial, skilled,
service, .clerical and sales, semiskilled, and unskilled fields. Thirty-six
states reported openings.
DECISION SOON— Since March 5, when deputies of Great Britain,
France, Russia, and the United States began meetings in Paris in hope of
agreeing on an agenda for another foreign ministers’ conference, the
people in the home towns of America have waited patiently for an an
nouncement that perhaps the big four could get together.
A decision should be reached any day now and the democratic nations
believe the Soviet Union will agree to the conference. U.S. diplomats
believe the Russians will agree for three reasons: (1) To stall, or at
least put a brake on the accelerated defense programs of the free na
tions of the Atlantic alliance; (2) To exploit and widen whatever differ
ence may still exist among the western powers and to divide them on
important policy issues, if possible; and (3) To use the proposed con
ference, bound to be one of the most widely reported events in recent
history, as an organ of propaganda for Soviet “peace aims.”
FARM SECURITY TAXES
First Farm Social Security Report Due
Ike first social security tax and
infpnpatian returns for farm and
hafttihold employees, together with
payment of taxes, was due on or be
fore April 30.
The social security tax and infor
mation return covers the quarterly
period of January, February, and
March, 1951. The farm and house
hold employees involved those who
were brought into the federal old-
age and survivors insurance sys
tern on January 1.
Whether or not a farm or house
hold employee’s wages are subject
to the taxes depends on the number
of days worked for the employer
and the amount of cash earnings. If
in doubt concerning taxes due,
farmers are urged to see the near
est internal revenue collector at
once.
Geese Wintering
That a good many wild ducks and
geese winter in West Virginia is
the opinion of Alan W. Souder, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service agent.
Souder expressed this opinion fol
lowing a wild fowl count he made
in January in cooperation with the
Conservation Commission. Approxi
mately 12,000 ducks and geese were
sighted. The commission’s air
plane, with Pilot Edsel France at
the controls, was used in making
the surveys on Jan. 10 and 11. Do
ing the counting were Souder and
Chief C. O. Handley of the com
mission’s game management divi
sion.
The plane on the first day flew
over the Bluestone dam and up the
Greenbrier River and its tribu
taries; also the Kanawha and most
of its large tributaries. On the Blue-
stone 3,500 ducks, mostly mallards
and golden eyes, were counted. The
Kanawha flight added about 5,000
to the day’s “bag,” most of these
being blacks and mallards found
near Leon. Thirty-four Canadian
geese also were seen.
The following day a flight was
made over the Ohio from its junc
tion with the Kanawha to New Mar
tinsville. About 3,000 ducks were
sighted. These were in scattered
flocks ranging in number from five
to six to 100 birds.
“There is no doubt in my mind,”
said Souder, “that many of these
birds are wintering in West Vir
ginia. This is indicated strongly by
the inaccessibility of the places
where they were found.”
AAA
Proper Retrieve
Retrieving the lure should begin
immediately when it hits the water.
This is done by turning the crank
handle which in most cases auto
matically engages the pick-up arm.
This in turn picks up the line and
starts to level wind the line on the
spooL
The speed of retrieve depends
upon the lure used. When a fish
strikes, set the hook immediately
and continue to reel in the line.
The hooked fish will be played from
the reel, the drag having been pre
viously adjusted to the proper ten
sion. This adjustment depends on
the weight of the line used. If too
much tension is made on a light
line, it is liable to break when the
strike is made.
The fish should be played until it
is completely tired, then brought
to the angler. If it is necessary to
use a net, the fish can be taken
in the usual manner; however,
many fish can be taken without
using a net as long as the fish are
completely tired. Large fish of
course should be netted or gaffed,
depending upon the situation.
AAA
The yak, native of Asia, has a pe
culiar voice resembling the grunt of
a pig. -
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Deep Trolling
Wall-eyed pike go to considerable
depths, particularly during warm
summer months. They sometimes
leave these deep waters to feed
in the shallows, more especially
during high water and at night,
whereas wise anglers at such times
are wont to leave their bed and
sleep. Yet, even in midday and in
August better takes of wall-eyes
from sixty and even more feet of
water may be secured by the use
of deep trolling Monel and for
which purpose the twisted or braid
ed line is suitable. Wall-eyes are
prone to school up in considerable
numbers as do their smaller rela
tives, the yellow perch.
Muskellunge and great northern
pike often follow the schools of
perch and other food fish into the
deeper waters. Both these species
of big fresh water pikes are more
solitary of nature than are the
perch clans. The big pikes have a
habit of watchful waiting where
food and natural camouflage com
bine.
AAA
Rabid Beavers?
A rabies-ridden beaver was killed
recently by a Boone county, Mis
souri man after the rodent attacked
his dog. The incident was reported
by the Montana Game and Fish De
partment.
The farmer, Derby Bass, rushed
outside that night when he heard
sounds of a vicious struggle, and
found his dog engaged in a fight
with the mad beaver. Bass made
attempts to drive the beast off, but
when it tried to attack him, he had
to shoot it.
University of Missouri veterinary
experts said they had never before
heard of a beaver having rabies.
AAA
Temperatures
One qf the most important fac
tors in/determining where to fish is
the temperature of the water. This
is true in both lakes and streams.
Fish are cold blooded, which means
that the body of the fish takes on
the dame temperature of the water.
Forty years ago, the few fisher
men who realized the bearing of
water temperature on fishing were
ridiculed. Today, thousands of
stream jmglers have thermometers
in their tackle boxes.
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
Over Butter's Future
Per Capita Consumption
Continues to Decline
Dairy farmers throughout the
nation, especially in the midwest,
are giving serious thought to one
phase of the industry—the future
of butter. Long the economic foun
dation of the industry, butter has
continued to decline in per capita
consumption.
Since 1940 consumption has de
clined from 16.9 to 10.5 pounds per
person per year, while margarine,
with a per capita consumption of
2.4 pounds in 1940, has increased
1940
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to 6.1 pounds during the past year.
The war hurt the sale of butter
more than anything in recent years.
People learned to do without and
then when ceilings were lifted the
price jumped above $1 a- pound.
The price was just too much for
the average American family.
Shortly thereafter came the but-
ter-oleo battle. Industry leaders
now believe that was a serious mis
take.
These are the rea.ons the indus
try is worried over their future.
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National Farm Safety Weel
Scheduled for July 22-28
If farm residents adopt safe prac
tices throughout 1951, accidents may
not kill an average of 47 farm peo
ple every day as they are now do
ing.
This will mean an important sav
ing of America’s manpower and
production, especially vital now in
view of the national emergency.
Ned H. Dearborn, president, of
the National Safety Council, recent
ly urged this method of strengthen
ing America’s defense measures in
announcing that the eighth annual
National Farm Safety Week will be
observed July 22-28.
“The purpose of this week is to
encourage all farm people to adopt
safe practices on the farm and in
all phases of farm life the year
around,” Mr. Dearbor nsaid.
The American Farm Bureau
Federation, the Farmer’s Union,
the National Grange, the Farm
Equipment Institute and many other
organizations interested in farm life
and agriculture have joined with
the council and the U.S. depart
ment of agriculture in promoting
the observance of National Farm
Safety Week.
Turkey Nests
To prevent fighting among
hens and to check egg break
age, a movable section of
nests has been devised by a
number of turkey raisers. The
entrance guards are carefully
balanced and rotate on pipe.
When a hen enters a nest, the
guard closes, giving privacy
until she leaves. The top is re
movable and the nests are
sometimes built on low runners
so they can be moved easily.
Holstein Holds World's
Record for Butterfat
The world’s record for butterfat
production is held by a Holstein
cow. Carnation Homestead Daisy
Madcap. This animal produced
1,412.6 pounds of butterfat from
34,553 pounds of milk, showing an
average test for one year of 4.1 per
cent. This is equivalent to 1,767
pounds of butter and 16,071 quarts
of milk. On one day of the test the
animal produced 123.3 pounds of
mlllr.
Serve Family Breakfast
That Tastes Wonderful
And Looks Good, Too
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COULD YOU RESIST a breakfast
that smelled irresistible, looked
good and tasted wonderful? Could
you pass up a well-balanced meal
that someone
cooked with en
thusiasm, and
hummed happily
while they did it?
No, chances are
/ou couldn’t, end
neither will your family if you set
this pleasant pace every morning.
Almost everyone agrees they
should eat a good breakfast, but
they have • all sorts of reasons for
not doing so: a few more minutes
of sleep, lack of time, lack of ap
petite and interest. What’s more,
they know it would do them good,
but they just don’t get around to it.
Every homemaker can help her
family off to a good start by plan
ning this first meal as they do the
others. When delightful odors come
from the kitchen early in the morn
ing, they can do more good than an
alarm clock. If the meal is varied
and interesting, she can have the
family practically tumbling over
each other getting to the table.
Start things off with a peppy eye-
opener: plump, luscious strawber
ries, tall glasses of tomato, grape
fruit or orange juice, juicy halves
of grapefruit, colorful cranberry or
refreshing pineapple juice.
Follow this with a bowl of steam
ing, fragrant cereal served with
raisins and brown sugar and cream
or crisp, already sugared prepared
cereal with fruit-in-season.
If the family likes a hearty break
fast, try bacon rings with eggs or
poached eggs in sausage nests.
Maybe they’d like fried mush with
apple rings, pancake drizzled with
hot syrup, French toast with cherry
preserves or plump omelet with
Canadian bacon.
• • •
•Fluffy Scrambled Eggs
(Serves 4)
6 eggs, well beaten
% cup light cream
94 teaspoon salt
94 teaspoon pepper
94 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce, if desired
Combine eggs, cream and sea
sonings. Cook in double boiler until
just lightly set, or in a lightly
greased skillet, stirring frequently.
Serve on buttered toast with crisp
ly cooked sausage, Canadian bacon
Circles or broiled bacon.
• 0 •
Golden Mush
PACKED COOKED cornmeal
mush in tin can which has been
rinsed in cold water. Cover and
chill thoroughly. Slice and brown
in hot fat in skillet until golden
brown. Serve
with sausage
patties, glazed
apple slices and
hot syrup. The
mush may be
prepared the
night before to
chill thoroughly.
Slow cooking gives the patties the
desired crispness.
• • •
Crisp Badon and Eggs
(Serves 4)
6 slices bacon, chopped
1 cup soft bread crumbs
94 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
3 eggs, beaten
Fry bacon until crisp. Remove
lean; add bread crumbs to the drip
pings and *heat until the crumbs are
crisp and brown. Add milk and sea
sonings to eggs. Scramble in bacon
drippings. When nearly set, add
crumbs and bacon.
Wake up to a really good morn
ing and get a running start on
the day's work with a breakfast
of fruit, cereal, appetizing hot
bread, eggs and beverage. With
a fresh and attractive table set
ting, you can enjoy breakfast
and take time to enjoy it.
LYNN SAYS:
Imaginative Tricks
Make Foods Delightful
t.«t» crab cakes? You’ll like them
even more if you roll the cakes in
finely chopped nuts before frying
them.
Try egg balls for garnishing soup
the next time you have guests.
Moisten the sieved and seasoned
yolks of two hard-cooked eggs with
enough raw egg to moisten. Shape
in tiny balls and drop into the soup
during the last few minutes of cook
ing.
Whiffs of fragrant pineapple
kuchen will send the family run
ning to breakfast. A bread such
as this which uses nonfat dry
milk, rich in portein, calcium,
riboflavin and lactose is a good
way of adding nutrients to the
daily diet.
• LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU
Chilled Orange-Grapefruit Juice
Sugar-Coated Cereal with
Strawberries
•Fluffy Scrambled Eggs
Canadian Bacon *Popovers
Beverage
•Recipes Given
IF YOU WANT your popovers to
be crusty and crisp, use the oven
for them alone. If anything else
needs baking, do it first. You’ll like
these for a gay breakfast with
strawberry preserves or honey:
•Crusty Popovers
(Makes 6-8)
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
94 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted shortening
Beat eggs thoroughly. Add milk,
then sifted dry ingredients. Add
shortening. Beat until smooth with
a rotary beater. Fill oiled custard
cups one-half
full. Bake in a
very hot (450 a )
oven for 15 min
utes, then re
duce he at to
moderate (350°)
and bake until
firm, about 30
minutes. Two or
three minutes
before removing
from oven, prick to let steam es
cape.
• * •
Pineapple Kuchen
(Makes one 8”x8”x2” cake) •
Cake:
294 cups sifted flour
3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
94 cup sugar
394 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, slightly‘beaten
1 cup water
94 cup shortening, melted
Topping:
94 cup coarse graham cracker
crambs
2 tablespoons nonfat dry
milk
2 tablespoons floor
94 cup sugar
94 enp butter
94 cup crashed pineapple,
drained
To make cake, sift together flour
nonfat dry milk, sugar, baking
powder and salt. To beaten egg* add
water and slightly cooled, melted
shortening. Make a well in dry in
gredients. Add liquid ingredients all
at once to dry ingredients. Mix
lightly just enough to combine dry
and wet ingredients. Do not beat.
Pour into well-greased 8* x 8* x 2*
cake pan. Sprinkle pineapple top
ping evenly over top of batter. Bake
in a moderate (375°) oven until
golden brown and firm when
pressed with finger, about 40 min
utes. Serve warm.
To make topping for cake, com
bine graham crackers, nonfat dry
milk, flour and sugar. Cut in butter
with two knives or pastry blender to
make crumbs. Combine pineapple
with crumbs. Spread evenly over
batter.
• • •
Bacon Muffins
(Makes 12)
2 slices bacon
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cap milk
1 egg, beaten
1 cop flour
'4 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup cornmeal
Cut bacon in small pieces and fry
slowly until crisp. Add sugar, milk
and egg. Sift flour with salt and
baking powder. Mix with cornmeal.
Add first mixture and stir until dry
ingredients are moistened. Fill
greased muffin pans two-thirds full.
Bake in a hot (425°) oven for 20
to 25 minutes.
You can make simple vanilla ice
cream a special dessert by pouring
a spoonful of maple syrup over it
and dusting with gingersnap
crumbs. <
Sharp and pungent flavor in your
cheese rarebit is the desired thing,
of course. Make the rarebit with
sharp cheese, then serve it on toast
buttered and spread with just a bit
of anchovy paste.
Doughnuts will do especially nice
ly for dessert if you split them and
spread with cream cheese and
chopped nuts.
SCRIPTURE: II Samuel S—8; I Chron
icles 22:17—19.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 89:
20—29.
What Is Greatness?
Lesson for May 6, 1951
Dr. Foreman
set
W HAT is a great man? Some
men have been called great
who were not so; they were only
prominent. Hitler, for example, was
certainly prominent
enough; but he was
not great. Men -can
truly be called
g r e a t for various
good reasons. Some
may be artists,
some may be sol
diers, others states
men or prophets.
Once in a while a
man is born who is
great in more ways than one.
• • •
David the Ideal King
S UCH a man was David, King of
Israel and one of the world’s
most famous men. The United
Kingdom of Israel had a short his
tory, only three kings reigning over
it—Saul, David and Solomon. Of
the three, David was by all odds
the greatest man and greatest king.
Neither Saul nor Solomon was
capable of holding for a lifetime
to a M|rh ideal. Neither was
capable of whole-hearted deve-
tion to God. Neither one could
gain and hold the loyalty of the
nation.
It was only David who could do
these things. It is no accident that
forever after, when a Hebrew
thought of the ideal king, he would
think neither of Israel’s first king
nor of the wealthiest, but of David
the best and most beloved.
*/ * *
Military Genius
D AVID was great, in part because
of his power in battle. What no
one since Joshua ha<| been able to
do, David did: he welded the quar
reling, jealous, weak tribes of Is
rael into a ‘single sword.” The
times called for military genius,
and David had it. He gave Israel
the military might that was es
sential for their peace and pros
perity.
So, often since David's time,
there have been great soldiers
who have used their military
genius not for conquest in it
self bat in order to win some
place in the son for peace-
loving nations. One thinks of
Charles Martel, who saved Eu
rope from barbarian conquest;
of William of Orange who
the Dutch free from Spanish
• tyranny; of Washington, /fa
ther’' of a great nation; and of
many others.
# The great soldiers of history have
been more than professionally
skilled and successful killers of
men; they have been like David,
men whose skill was used to pre
serve nations, not tp destroy them.
• • • •
Lovable Leadership
I N OUR times Hitler brought the
word “Leader” under a shadow,
because his leadership was in the
wrong direction. But there is such
a thing aa noble and wise leader
ship, and David had this quality in
a high degree.
It is true, success has some
thing to do with H. Men will
flock to a winner who would
have nothing to do with him if
he were a loser. But still it
is a fact that most of the world's
great leaders who have come
np from obscurity, as David did,
have arisen at the head of
groups of devoted men who have
followed them loyally throngh
the darkest times.
So it was with David. During bis
years as leader of the* “under
ground” (literally so, since for some
time his headquarters were in a
great limestone cave), he developed
the hard core of the army he com
manded at a later time, a core of
men who would rather lose with
David than win against him.
• • •
Leader in Faith
D AVID had yet another quality of
greatness, and for this he ia
perhaps best remembered. He was
a man of deep religion. But religion
for him was not merely a personal
matter; he carried his faith into
public life, he made his faith con
tagious. He did his best to make
faith in God central, as it had
never been, in the life of his na
tion.
Religion for him was not a
stick with which to beat other
people about the head, bat a
rod and staff to lean upon. It
was not a secret locked in his
own heart but something he de
sired to share with all his peo
ple. It was not a device to
keep his subjects contented; it
was an acid test for his own
life.
And though he sometimes slipped
and terribly fell, he could always
rise again, for his religion gave
him that rarest of all qualities in
great men: humility before God
and man.
Foreign Polity
Grass Roots Vote Killed
ROCKFORD, 111.—Plans for a
grass roots referendum on Unit
ed States foreign policy in the
Rockford city election April 3
were killed by the city council.
The council, which had ap
proved such a public opinion
sampling at a previous meeting,
decided that it wasn’t a good idea
after all and reversed the vote.
The reasons for the decision
not to hold the referendum in
cluded unfavorable reaction by
the public, expense of such a
poll, and the idea—expressed by
one alderman—that ,“we don’t
need a poll to determine how the
Republican majority in itockford
feels.”
—
Citizen's Committee
In Small Town Bars
Court From Meeting
BENTON, Tenn. — A “citizens
committee” of several hundred
gathered at the Benton court
recently and prevented the quai
ly court from meeting. Benton
the scene of election violence
1948 in which three persons
Polk county has been divided i
two political camps since 1948,
the Good Government Let
dominated by many former
swept the long entrenched
cratic organization from pov
The national guard was order
Benton, population 600 and
the county government, on that
tion day after three persons
shot to death and others
The new clash followed
exchange of political author
time from the G.G.L. to
crats.
The league won last fall’s
tion, but G.G.L. member frt
ery was unseated as state
sentative after Democrat T
Johnson filed a contest cl
fraud.
One of Johnston’s first act
push through the state lef
laws to remove the county
ment from the G.G.L.-instaUed
mission to country court. Oth<
originated by Johnson
offices held by G.G.L. m<
The only G.G.L. member
ing a major office is Shei
Edwards.
The league committee
that court chairman W. A. ‘
and a new member, C. E. /
resign. They also asked the rc
tion of the entire school
supervisor and the cqun
If these conditions were
the Democrats, the “citizens
mittee” was reported ready to
the court meet#
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Staff of Weekly Pi
Takes Off to Go Fis
OKEECHOBEE, Fla.—The
town 'Of Okeechobee (po;
1,600) Was Startled recently
the town weekly newspaper
its office for a week and the
staff took off to go fishing.
Its edition that week carried
ing but advertisements and
photographs which had app*
previously in its pages.
The cuts carried no captions.
“Everybody -knows evei
else anyhow,” explained a
front page note to the readers.
The note by publisher Ammon
Clellan said: ? t). ^
“The wanderlust struck the
tire news staff this week. They
all down in the Big Cypress ai
. . . Cady, the janitor, will 1
charge of the news office
week.
“The paper this week isl
with pictures used in the past .
we didn’t want to bother with
stories that go with these pictures
since everybody has read them once
and there was no use in boring you
—anyhow, we want to go fishing.”
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Sparta Motorists Give
Rides, Shelter to Gl's
SPARTA, Wis. — The town of
Sparta, located near Camp McCoy,
Wisconsin, decided recently to do
something to help the soldiers.
The town announced it planned to
construct four roadside shelters
where the soldiers may get protec
tion from the rain and snow while
waiting for a sympathetic motorist!'®
to come along.
Hitchhiking is against the law in
Wisconsin, but that didn’t prevent
the Sparta Rotary cluh from agree
ing to put up one of the shelters
and urging other civic clubs to do
the same. Soldiers have to ask for
rides to stretch their pay, it was
explained.
The Sparta high school max
arts department will assemble
buildings at a cost of $100 each.
Flash Floods Destroy
Numerous Farm Animi
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — A
flood in the Arkadelphia area
cently caused thousands of
in damage and considerable
livestock.
A large ranch a few miles
Arkadelphia reported the lose
head of fine hereford steers
at between $3,000 and $4,000.
hands were able to save 45 <
that took refuge on an islax.d
Ouachita river.
Other losses were reported
county as streams rose raj
ar a record five-inch rain.