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Des Moines Register P00 Apr. 14, 1955 DAIRY GOODS SURPLUS CUT Over the Coffee Ht i. Pit. Offle. By Millur Gen.

Peyton March Dies; World War I Chief of Staff WASHINGTON, D. C. Gen. Peyton C. March, who became army chief of staff in the most critical hour of World War died Wednesday at the age of 90.

the high point of 435 million pounds reached last September. Buying during the year just ended was 153 million pounds, compared to 452 million pounds the preceding 12 months. Disposals totaled 297 million pounds, over five times as much as the 55 million pounds disposed of in the preceding year. First Summary. The report was the first summary of a full year's experience under a price support level of lion pounds of surplus butter.

In the year ending two weeks sgo CCC bought only 210 million pounds. Lowered purchasing was not the only factor in cutting CCC stocks, the report showed. Dispositions via donations here and abroad, transfers to the army, and sales came to 337 million pounds, compared to 139 million pounds the year before. The figures on cheese tell a similar story. On Mar.

31, the CCC stock stood at 328 million pound compared to up under price support programs. Figures released Wednesday by the agriculture department on the first full year of operation under lower dairy price supports show that the butter holdings of, commodity credit corporation (CCC) were cut from 466 million pounds last July to 236 million pounds at the end of March a cut of almost one-half. Buying Down. In the year that ended Mar. 31, 1954, CCC bought 380 mil STATE PHONE GROUP ELECTS All officers of the Iowa Independent Telephone Association were re-elected as the group imported Italian cotton By Charles Bailey.

(Of Th Reglat.r'a Washington Bureau.) WASHINGTON, D. The administration's farm program has not pleased all farmers, but it has enabled the government to reduce its huge stores of surplus butter and cheese piled iliy 1. For the petite figure, five button jacket with convertible Peter Pan collar, low yoke effect and optional belt. Grey, beige or navy. 10 to 20.

2. Especially for the half sie figure, shawl collared suit with detachable, embroidered overcollar. Black, navy or Dior blue. 122 to 2214. Death came in the army Walter Reed General Hospital, where the rail-thin bearded gen- a 1 observed his last birthday with a quiet family party Dec.

27. He had been hospitalized since February, 1954, having suffered a broken hip in a fall shortly before that. Famous in his day, though overshadowed in public acclaim march. by Gen. John J.

Pershing, March retired from the army three years after World War I ended and lived on to become one of history's almost forgotten men. He became chief of staff In March, 1918, when the last great German thrust for victory was getting under way. Ruthlessly Tough. The need for American manpower to bolster the battered British and French lines was desperate. March was credited with probably the greatest single role in the almost incredible accomplishment of transporting 2 million American soldiers to European battlefields within a few months.

He wax a tough artilleryman serving under Pershing when the chief of staff appointment came. He was tough to the point of ruth-lessness when called upon to get the troops where were needed. March's feats won him respect and gratitude but not always friendship. He gained the rank of four-star general temporarily during World War I but dropped back to his permanent rank of major general afterward. A move to give him back his wartime rank permanently failed and he retired with two stars at1 the age of 57.

Nine years later, in 1930, he got the four stars in retirement. The general had a day in the limelight one war later when, in a birthday interview, he warned of terrible casualties ahead in the invasion of the European mainland and in the struggle against Japan. Advice to F. D. R.

He advised President Roose velt and Gen. George C. Marshall, then army chief of staff, to "tell the people the truth." "They've got to know how tough it is, anyhow," he said. "If they don't learn soon enough the result may be too shocking to contemplate." Then, perhaps with a twinge of oldtimn resentment, he said the public should give the chief of staff tl. credit he deserves and not bestow all the glory on the "more glamorous" field commanders.

During last year's Army-Mc Carthy hearings, March spoke out in tribute to Army Secre tary Robert T. Stevens. In a letter to the Washington Star, he said "I want to stand and be counted as one who greatly ad mires Mr. Stevens both as a man and as a public official. I consider him one of the greatest secretaries the army has ever had." Brilliant Student.

A native of Easton, March was a brilliant student at West Point and won decorations fof gallantry in the field during I the Spanish-American War. He was a graduate of Lafayette College, Easton. March is survived by his second wife, the former Cora V. McEntee; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Swing, whose husband, a retired general, is U.

S. commissioner of immigration, and Mrs. John Millikin, also the wife of a retired general. His first wife died in 1904. Saylor Township Sets Dog Tieup The Saylor township board of trustees Wednesday night or dered a tieup of all dogs in the township from Apr.

15 through May 20. The trustees, sitting as a township board of health, issued the order as a precaution against an outbreak of rabies such as occurred in Saylor township two years ago when a group of chil dren attending Canary Lake school were bitten by a rabid dog. closed its fifty-ninth annual convention Wednesday noon at Hotel Fort Des Moines. The officers are: Edward G. Carlson, Cres- g.

ton, president; Ross Vernon, Sioux Center, vice presidept; John J. Mcln- tosh. Cedar carlsov. Rapids, second vice-president; Clyde McFarlin, Montezuma, counsel; and William F. Miller, Des Moines, secretary-treasurer.

Executive committee members re-elected are; Carlson, as chairman; Howard C. Amick, Des Moines; Mcintosh; C. C. Pearce, Riceville, and Vernon. Art Long of Sloan was named to the 21-member board of directors, replacing Frank Gordon, Fort Dodge.

More than 735 members from every county in the state and representing 250 telephone companies were here during the two-day session. Carlson, concluding the program with his president's address, said there were only eight independent dial exchanges in Iowa at the end of world war II and now there are 150, most being converted since 1950. Observed Planes For 8,000 Hours COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. UP) A Montana grandmother has been given a medal for defying bad weather and a broken ankle to report more than 3,000 aircraft in 8,000 hours of sky watching as a vol unteer in the observer corps. But she's far from catching the flying bug.

"I think I'd rather stay on the ground," said Mrs. Earl Aiken when she was presented with a special medal at continental air defense command headquarters here. Mrs. Aiken lives 50 miles south of the Canadian border, at Williams, Mont. our new Queen's Mink Capes All Natural Let-Out -Mink Capes: Royal Pastel Cerulean (Sapphire) Silverblu (Platinum) Ranch Easy terms up to 12 months to pay plut 10 federal exciie tax All jurs labeled to short country of origin oj imported furs Fur Salon: Second Floor; Weil ab.l you can trust when you buy mink 1 -MM 1 Shop: Second Floor; East 75 per cent of parity on dairy products.

Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson dropped the supports to 75 per cent from their previous 90 per cent level on Apr. 1, 1954. His action, which cut the price levels of manufacturing milk main ingredient in butter and cheese has brought loud protests from dairy farmere whose incomes have dropped. CMAIL ORDERS If you care to keep up with lli latest Smart Saying from DM's high schools, here It Is: "Get out of town or I'll report on to the Better Business Bu-reau. Who remembers when the most rutting: retort of the twenties was "Why don't you gret out of town?" We were fairly witty too.

An Iowa warrior just back from martial service in Japan reports how far the influence of the American occupation has gone: No. 1 on the Jap "hit parade" now is a song called "I'm a Fujiyama Mama I'm About to Blow My Top." Would they sing it nasal or throaty? I've always wanted to know the facts about suckling pigs: How they taste, how big they are, what they cost Now comes a piece of "literature" from the of Conrad, Iowa, offering to sell me a barbecue-smoked pig (hickory flavor) for a cool $32.50, which makes my mouth water. one tiny pig enough for SO Vaguely I remember an adventurous family here which invited a houseful of people to eat a suckling pig; it turned out to be not much bigger than spring chicken This one is described as big enough to feed 30 people, so it must definitely be much bigger. But before I Invited SO people I'd like to know what it weighs. Not since the first atom bomb explosion the release of the Kinsey report on Sex has there been such a roseate hush breathless awe in the air as accompanied the Salk report on polio vaccine.

People looked at each other fearfully, with a wild surmise. Won't parents have to worry any moref Will the kids be immune? Or will the polio bugs develop Immunity to the vaccine Life is endless serial story with the punch always in the next installment. A new gigantic $15,000,000 hotel in Miami Beach, occupying momentarily the lofty niche once filled by the Wofford the Roney Plaza, is playing it cagy in an attempt to seem exclusive. One evening It was so jammed with the gentry from Brooklyn the Bronx 3,000 of 'em, celebrating for an evening that it hung out an SRO sign at the door by posting sentries, at which point it seemed about as exclusive as the Western League ballpark. Tart of my "poor boy" complex Is that I hate to see edible food thrown away.

At our house, as we grew up, my mother never allowed a slice of bread to be wasted. When I see bread tossed out I'm reminded of the American general who was inspecting an army mess hall, to the staffs alarm. -if a general could, the cook could, too" As usual, he looked In the garbage cans, found there some bread with butter meat jam peanut butter He fished out a slice Si began to munch at it, to the horror of the mess cooks. "It's good," he said. "Why was it thrown away? If I can eat It, you can." And he made the head cook Si the mess officer prepare themselves' sandwiches Si eat 'em, right out of the garbage cans.

I've had a few inquiries about our 22 pieces of luggage. Not that I'm proud of this outrage-ously high number, but there WERE 3 of us; the 22 pieces included typewriters, cameras in shoulder-strap cases, briefcases, one wicker hamper of files albums, A at least 2 small cases of koorking equipment. I laid down th law, though; Next vacation only 1 big bag, 1 small one, per person, that includes typewriters. Maybe I can put it over. More dangerous than sting rays or barracuda (neither of which bit me) was the conch chowder, which did It is a formidable dish, cooked with all the hot sharp spices they hap pen to have handy.

We boiled all our water 10 minutes, though th3 natives drink it un boiled with impunity. They eat conch chowder with impunity, too. Their immunity is stronger, After decades of choosing a beauteous furrlner to art as Drake Relays Queen, there's talk in University Flace of choosing a Drake girl in the future. Why not? We've had quite a procession of Texas beauties, Si I'm sure Texas Isn't going to run out of pretty girls. Some universities won't risk sending their beauties off their campus.

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