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The Bee: Danville Va Saturday May 11 1946 The Judgment of Paris WITH OTHER EDITORS TH EHIVE biVER SATURDAY MAY 11 1946 late that new instruments 1 the Reducing Joterest Rate Loans Reduclna lntereet Kate Loans Redacinj lntemt Rate Loans Redortnf 2 HOME OWNING came MADE EASY very BUY OR BUILD YOUR HOME me WITH Small Monthly Payments un fig rear wall PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST (Pn iiK'iiU Raxed On 13 to 15 Year Loans) arts1 Telephone unap which MUTUAL SPECIAL BUSES TO THE RODEO 3 SUNDAY ATERNOON 11 8 taper October give the we have some month origi all of her her discounts any chance effect on weather or connection with the drift he points out to survey a of customers 'ttPAV' NEREMCt No 21 No 333 No 334 The Creeks were the first' peo ple to use bedsprings They made them of braided leather thong! hung between heavy boards at the sides of the bed a such radio around the 2 The Spartans of ancient Laco nia who were noted for tacitur nity gave the word laconic to the 1 English language Poliomyelitis epidemics usually Look At This Chart And See How Small Your Monthly Payments May Be See The Mutual Be fore You Borrow When Borrow Be Sure Your Payments Are Small So That You Will Not Over Obligate Yourself 8 3 ABOARD USS MOUNT McKIN LEY Enroute to Bikini May 11 ARCADE BLDG TELEPHONE 103 A Pallon President Perry Burns Secretary ZED The fkelfton of a horse estimated at 100000 years old I uaj discovered in a Switzerland coal mine Ah they still may find the one we bet on! ORGA To Be Tested or Radioactivity La Guardia of UNRRA Russian occupied zones need in actual hunger real So is it also on 3 6 I The House That Service Built Artists Complain Of Spending Limit 1 9 0 HOME SHARING REQUIRES TOLERANCE So you and your husband are going to live with your family or with his for a while? Or one set of parents is coming to live with you? All over the country such doub ling up is the only way out of the housing shortage for thousands of families And after a few' months of such crowded living tensions are bound to arise When the inevitable crisis comes then perhaps you had better have on hand an article from the May issue of McCall's magazine called Can Lose Your It's a sensible article which makes no bones about the problems that na turally come up when two or more families live under one roof If every member of a mixed and crowded household would lead it many minor irritations would be recognized as inevitable instead of being regarded as tragic and personal DANGEROUS PROXIMITY Says the author of this expose of the business of doubling up: will be wise to recognize at the outset that it be an easy job But unless we find a way of handling it we may do vast harm to the relationships we value 1 The last part of that sentence should be kept constantly in mind by all families sharing homes with others The housing shortage will be over eventually and when it is families can go back to living alone But the shortage will have sad and lasting effects on family relationships unless those who have to double up for the present recognize the prob lems involved and manage to solve them with good nature toler ance and common sense' cam to induce Americans to i There always have been some things that money and now there are more things that money buy The federal government nally planned to reserve Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska the Dakotas and parts of Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota for perma nent residences of the Indians ITS ANYWHERE A peg round won't fit bound In any hole thal's square: But if a man that's square is 'rond He'll fit anywhere Little Betty was all eyes at fashonable church wedding: Little Betty (whispering to Did the lady change mind? Mother No dear What makes you think so? Little Betty 'Cause she went up the aisle with one man and back with another points will either feel or hear the blast Navy Lieutenant A Humph rey of (683 Luch Street) Memphis (Tenn assistant aerological officer ifor the task force is working hard on his charts and records comput ing chances of the weather being clear at Bikini He said the per centage of cloud cover was the losses is a little difficult If people still believe in the wiles of the conjuror if they are thrown into a bedlam of fear I when some total stranger tells him that his money is i and that he had better turn it over to him or if a wad of bills suddenly disappears while being there is not very much that can be done for them in the form of logical argument ties that only delicate can register it It is theorized that activity would drift world numerous times in the upper air currents at 70000 feet or more Plans also are being made to set up supersensilive microbaro graphs at Guam Midway Wake and Honolulu to see whether the shock wave from the airburst of I the bomb will register at points up to two thousand miles off Like the radioactivity test the shock wave experiment is purely a scien TOKYO May ifty painters and sculptors complained to the ministry of finance today that nobody could buy their works because government regulations limit spending 500 yen ($33) a month per person Vice Minister Tanemi Yamada suggested they "produce thing for the 500 yen a people" are insulting fine snapped an artist The artists went away peased when Yamada proposed that they concentrate on work for tea rooms and restaurants could pay them in food SEVEN DAYS TO CHAOS The men whose business it is to maintain the defenses of the Unit ed States have reported to con gress that the Army will need a force of 1550000 on July 1 and that we shall be short of this num ber by at least 130000 and pos sibly by 200000 if the Selective Service Act is pemitted to die on May 15 What will be some of the consequences of' this shortage tf it comes? American occupation armies in still vengeful Germany and still treacherous Japan will have to be reduced below' the safety point American contingents now' helping to keep the peace and serving as a protective shield against coup d'etatsthat might instantly jeo pardize the peace in such trouble zones as Austria Northern Italy and Korea will have to be pared down American soldiers w'ho have already had long periods of service overseas will have to be kept at more hazardous posts for a still longer period of service The plans of the War Department for an orderly transition to a peace time basis will be thrown into chaos or near chaos And the whole world will treated to the spectacle of a great nation vic torious in ar now shirking the re sponsibilities of peace' This is the certain prospect un less Selective Service is continued as a necessary safeguard for an other year And how near is con gress to affirmative action on this question with the deadline just a week away? The House of Representatives has passed a fraudulent bill osten sibly Selective Serv ice for nine months but actually forbidding the Army to make any use of it for the first five of these nine The Senate has done noth ing Seven days remain for congress to decide whether it will respect the advice of the men in charge of our national defense or take one of the greatest gambles in modern history LWICEGOOD UNERAL HOME You Can Get A Home With A Mutual Low Cost Loan Scientists To Explore Stratosphere Debunking A Legend Alcatraz In America's imagination was one of those places steeped in grim foreboding It was the place where par excellence one abandoned all hope on reaching the shores of the small penal island It was recognized as be i ing run on typical federal business like and humane prin clples And one grew up with the thought that Alcatraz i never yielded a fugitive that few people came from it alive and that it was the last word in foolproof devices against revolt and Internal disorders We had movie scenes based on it Guards with machine guns at every corner stores of lachrymose gas and guns every convict checked over every day And yet now that the recent rebellion has been tho roughly examined one man with a draughtsman's square set at naught all of these clever safeguards got the upper hand of the guards released other desperate men who to gether with one rifle one pistol and some seventy cartridges held out for thirty six hours and were subdued by death only after some tough Marines who fought the Japs made a land ing and poured hand grenades and machine gun fire as well as tear gas into the final stronghold I Two guards were killed fourteen were wounded and three convicts were killed To the average person the theory behind the break for (liberty seems odd because escape from Alcatraz is next to impossible by swimming because of the rip raps or the surg ing currents which carry the swimmer down and carry him away from land in shark frequented waters 1 But to the student ol penology it is not so strange for there are men who become so defiant so scheming and so a cruel as to attempt the impossible simply because of the fierce resentment at the prospect of a futile empty life within the Rock It is the desire for human liberty which carries cour i age to the lengths of foolhardiness which has cither rhyme I nor reason But we know now that Alcatraz is not the Impregnable fastness it was supposed to be It has been defied and tem porarily humbled by the most Inoffensive of gadgets whooping much ho needs An currently quotes Brigadier General isher of our occupation forces as saying the German farms are the most prosperous in the world An other similar report of equal au thority says there are no starv ing Bavarians The British minis try has announced sufficient stores of food in that nation to meet ra tioning quotas in all lines even butter and cheese which are prac tically non existent in white mar kets here The European shortages are largely in the Russian occupied areas plus Italy and Greece and some parts of rance The two ships from England by Headman went to Yet the areas is the other side of the world India China and the Philippines To meet these needs we have entered upon a complete upset ting of our own economy to the point of promoting further reduc ed production particularly of live stock all forms of animal foods poultry hogs sheep and beef cattle Our beef cattle popu lation which last year numbered 82000000 has run below 80000 000 and is going down fast On a pre war ratio to population we should have over 100000000 beef cattle The pig crop has been limited to 31000000 which is about three fourths of what could be considered normal These cur tailments were forced because wheat and corn feed stocks have been cut in order to send them to the rest of the world In short by sending feed abroad we can do no more than produce three fourths our usual number of pigs A government order denies chick en feed to any poultry raiser hav ing more than 80 per cent of the number of chickens he had last year This will force a 20 per cent reduction in poultry population While there are no particular re strictions on beef cattle feed it cannot be purchased and unless the farmer has corn oats and hay he must sell his cattle Similarly the government is promoting the sale of hogs at lighter weights than usual which will decrease production further Where we go from here is a problem of many If we do not undertake a world food ex port program another year we may restore normal livestock sup plies in two or three years Only poultry and pigs can be restored in less time and pigs require about nine months If we have a good crop our own food situation will be no worse than related above but the optimistic govern ment expectations on the wheat crop are already running into doubt Officially they talk of more than a billion bushels but (he local moisture situation has in dicated the winter wheat crop will not justify any such guess on the year as a whole and the spring wheat crop is still indeterminable You might ask why the govern ment does not promote expansion of production It got aroused about food a little too late for 'that To feed abroad there is I nothing to be done now except tocurtail domestic consumption and inter the country largely upon a fruit and vegetable diet for anindefinite period Black Magic Some fifteen years ago nomadic fortune tellers of swarthy hue who came to Danville a by strange incantations and impostures on the credulous The then Chief of Police James Martin gave orders to the police force to see to it that these strangers did not tarry in Danville because the alleged dividends front nimble fingers and the arts of black magic had been quite sizeable There was always a serious question whether Mr Martin had the right to run anybody out of town but legal or not the word spread and from that time on until quite recently Danville has been free of them and credulous persons have not been victims of the hypnotic arts But they seem to have come and it is surprising to read that twenty were rounded up by the police a few days ago for various forms of law violation It is surprising also that Danville which was supposed to have emerged long since from the provincialism of an earlier day has a fortune telling establishment right in the heart of our business sec tion How to cure the evil and to spare people from needless Reducing Inter rut Bata Luana Reducing Ititereit Kate luana Rediiclng Interert Rate Luana ReBaeizg WHY WERE THEY SO ALL IRED CALM? GREAT ALLS I Throe fire trucks raced up to the Union bus station and three I streams of water doused a blaze licking briskly up the of Ibe building The chief went inside the damage and found unperturbed coffee calmly siping their morning java and discussing the unseasonable dry spell Mr Truce John explanation that his calling a twelve day truce to the coal strike is the Mine contri bution to our insults the intelligence of all Americans It is too late for John Lewis to claim that he is making any sort of contribution other than hardship economic loss misery and misfortune to the whole country If he was pre pared' to make a to the national economy he should have called a truce before the lapse of 40 days of strike by 400000 miners so impoverishing the national supply of fuel that it will be months before the country can gear it self to full pitch reconversion and production John Lewis will find it difficult to excuse himself or defend himself on a nation wide indictment of having wrecked this country sufficiently to set it back six months which means that we shall have to muddle along with shortages and deficiencies one year after the end of the war John Lewis has plunged this country into a welter of discomfort that was not even recorded while we were fight ing a cruel war three thousand miles from home He has moreover shown himself to be the ultimate na tional dictator He called the strike against a mass of na tional objection he turned a deaf ear to the nation as the economic lights began to go out one by one He ignored the President' the public weal and Congress and with a nod started the mines workingagain in his own good time with the very broad insinuation that unless the country does as he wan'ts well the whole nation will have to suffer again because he will call out the miners again and they will go Employ I hear you were away ill yesterday Snooks Snooks Yes sir Employer You look very ill when I saw you it the races in the afternoon ft Snooks if sir? You should have seen me after the fin ish of the third race oo i YOU MAY HAVE MET HER Mary had a little car She drove in manner deft But every time she signalled The little car turned left Todd oo Daughter (arguing) But Dad I think we ought to buy an automo bile now before the price goes up You can buy one for a song now ather' Ogreeingi Un huh! I know the The Hill To The Poor oo Many cities are installing park ing meters The hope is expressed that this will discourage merchants in those cities from leaving their cars on the street all day 1OC RANKLIN TURNPIKE BUS CO LOWER MAIN ST AT BRIDGE AND PATTON Deathh Stalks The Highway! All during the War in hundreds of government warehouses all over America there have been stored thousands of automobile tires This storage has not done the ties a bit of Rood hundreds if not thousands have the fabric rotted out On the surface they remain the same as when they left the factory Sure outwardly they are tires but they are OLD These tires will find their way to the market They are due to be released and sold to the Ameri can Public You may be fortiinate enough to get a NEW with NEW fresh tires but people who need new tires for old cars will get the rotted or partially rotted tires So while your own car may be safe you depend on the pre war cars that have new tires These rotten tires will deteriorate faster than fresh tires When they get hot these tires will blow out like a ourth of July ire Cracker It may not be your car per haps it will be the car ahead of you or one that is passing you whose fire cracker tires may cause YOU to have a serious or fatal ac cident particularly now because the 35 mile an hour speed limit has been lifted If your car is new and your tires are fresh not government storage: it may be safe for you to drive 45 to 60 miles an hour But it is not for you or the other cars that are equipped with one or more government storage tires Better think it over Published Every Week Day AfterBooB THE REGISTER PUBLISHING CO DANVILLB VA TELEPHONES Business and Circulation Departments Editor and Reporters Society Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES THE BEE tn the city and suburbs is served by carriers on their awn account at 20c a week and sold by newsboys at 5c a copy THE BEE bv mail 750 a year $400 six months $2 00 three months or 75c a month payable invariably in advance NOTE: The above rates apply only to postal sones 1 2 and 3 Rates be yond 3rd rones given on request Notice is mailed before expira tion Subscribers should give prompt attention to renewals Member Of The Associated Press The Associated Press la exclu aively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches nnt rttkaHutcR In tils D8DC Hid ImC Cl UllCU IU it U1 MVS 11 local news published herein All rights of republication of apeclal dispatches herein are also reserved Member Audit Bureau Of Circulations National Advertising Representative: The John Budd Company New York Chicago Atlanta Dallas San rancbco Loa Angele St Louis Portland Seattle Entered at Dawlle Va Port Offic as second class mall matter cause of the danger of poisonou cloud drift over inhabited islands As for cloud cover Humphrey says July may have seven opera tional days when a bomber can see the target' eight questionable days and sixteen non operational He points out that United States experts are forced to make their estimates on the records for the Marshall Islands which corer only one year whereas it is desirable to have weather records for at least ten years in making such esti mates The bomb explosion could createa local thundershower Humphrey says but he of a general climate In bomb cloud that it is possible for rain falling through clouds to wash down with it some poisonous radio particles 1 I i Iinntia (j iniuhif ll II I OLD ASHIONED WAY The world has changed so much Since Hector was a pup Its really hard for guys like To always keep right up Its this and that! "Time marches they say But some things I still like tKe best In that good old fashioned way oo riend Can you tell me how to wash spinach so as to get all the sand off it? Grocer Sure Tie it on the end of a fishing pole and hang it der Niagara alls viter uie nmuu atom jf j( sludv and there jg n0 expw(a explosion scientists are going to tidn that residents at those distant explore the stratosphere for radio activity at points as far away as Washington Sounding balloons carrying Gei ger counters to record any radio activity will be sent up at various points including Washington Coco Solo in the Canal Zone Honolulu Wake and Guam Exnerls sav them is nn dancer to people from such high altitude most important factor in the air radioactivity however because it drop test although estimating the is present in such minute quanti wind direction is important be nf nf loud have erani Me' 1 Jersey sound II picnickers and hikers are ilready blaz k'in sXXSS taper oil in October building and Coan Association By PAI MALLON (Distributed by King ea tures Syndicate reproduction in whole or in part strictly prohi bited) WASHINGTON May The food campaign is running into ever deepening difficulties The sweeping publicity uaign save for the hungry in the rest of the world ceased the moment the coal strike became serious but on ly temporarily There was no use considering food saving when a fuel tie up and transportation curtailment threatened spoilage of indefinite proportions But the tenor of the campaign had made everyone believe that the problem of alleviating world hunger was simplv dependent upon a resolu tion by the American people to eat less Any objective investigation Will prove these following greater facts to the contrary: (A) No matter what our savings we will not be able to world the bulk of foods promised (B) We have moved so ve are not simply taking food from our tables but have become involved in promises which will cause a fast and sharp decline in our own food production (C) or this year and possibly two or three we will get less meat butter and cheese than in the war years of rationing and our diets will be changed to cereals vege tables and fruits which should be available in sufficient quantities to stave off widespread hunger here The need of many sections of the world for food has now been established beyond question al though the earlier up campaign contained kum about non existent Army news resume I INUlIRHMUUli URMiilMiRIMMRH I WE THE WOMEN jKjUl 7 I 4 1 IV Mr Mr I fc I raiK a 1 I i 1 7 9 3 3 OB I I I I I I i 2 I I I i I 1 i 3 3 I A I 3980 (AMOUNT I PAYMENTS AReI LOAN AS LOW AS I 1000 773 to 961 2O66 1546 to 1922 3000 23' 19 to 2883 400(P 3092 to 3844 5bb64 3865 to 4805 6000 4638 to 5766 1WT 541 1 to6727 8O6O 6184 to 6957 to8649 10000 7730 to 96J0.