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PAGE PCUR ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JULY 3, ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Published by Alton Telegraph Printing Company P. a COUS1XY Managing Editor Published daily: subscription price 30 ecats weekly by carrier; by mail. 16 a year within 100 miles: beyond 100 miles. Entered as second-clan matter at the postoffiee. at Alton, HI.

act of Congress, March 1 1879 or rut DM AMocUtcd exeltutotir eattucd te tot oobUeattoB a all dtnwteno te It er aot mOStta to caoer te loot Ui. Alteo. OL HotUdty Co. rort nxtnm Bnl Courses in fundamentals of rvlrmmnf. water ijfetv.

and life-saving will be offered it VTood River rrunlcipaj poo! next week, providing a 25 Years Ago July 5, 1921 The July 4 holiday turned out to be anything but safe msA sane. Approximately 10,000 people Jammed into the long valley known at Rock Spring Park, tweitered and mopped their drank sodas, spent money at concession stands. The occasion was the first big picnic to be staged by the American Legion Post The mott of the esded about 4 p. nu, when a heavy windstorm bore down on the area, at first bending over trees, then snapping a few'of them oft A telephone pole fell aver on a tent and Mlts Daisy Rice, school health nurse, was Injured. She was the only known casualty.

However, panic spread through the crowd as 1U ers tried to reach shelter. woman, apparently a bit affected by the heal of the early part of injt the JTCS of those who ventured into trticherouj with no knowledge of the art of swimming. chance lor and iduhs to karn an art that i the was seen pointing a finger at a. hall in which his been for the of many a oar.ee was being staged, and screaming for the oc- Many art the storiss of only fair wmrrxrj WT- capants to "leave that house of tin." Some left tn haste. Police Patrolman Chris Wallace, who was among the policemen stationed at the park entrance to direct traffic, run over by a motorist.

Police Chief John Lind said the motorist had been stopped and the proper way for him to travel had been outlined for him. Lind said that he then tamed his back on the motorist and the next thing he was the automobile passing over Wallace. Efforts to trace the driver through license numbers were being made. Vi'ith the facilities at hand for reaching of the ccurie and with the ipaciouineis of the Wood River pool allowing for the handling large pircnts should urge their children to take advantage of the opportunity to learn to swim. Swimming claws ire jpontortd by Wood River Socul Planning Council arid the pool management, and courses provided by Alton High-lights of the picnic were a beauty contest, a Y.M.C.A.

fireworks display and a parachute jump. The fjre- For those who have already learned to swim, Alton-Wood River Red Cross chapter will offer courses for water jafexy Lnitructorj, and in junior and senior life-iaving. Red Croit course! qualify graduates to teach water safety to other swimmen. Life-saving courses arc dciigntd to teach swimmers basics of water rescue which day may enable them to works and the parachute jump were handled by pro- Miss Vera Manbeck, daughter of C. B.

Manbeck, manager of Standard OU refinery at Wood save a life. Two drownings in the Telegraph area already this year emphasize the importance of the ability to swim. Community service groups are now offering the public a chance to team a valuable art and those who avail themselves of the opportunity will un iloubwdly find worth-while the time spent in classes Qualified will direct classes and th experience gained will be of value to the student ant to those with whom he associates. Mississippi's Sad Spectacle Congress will have to suffer the presence of Sen ator Bilbo and Representative Rankin for anothe full term again, since Mississippi chose to renominate them in the Democratic primary Tuesday. In Mississippi, the Democratic nomination is equivalent election.

Despite the findings of the United States Su premc Court and a ruling by Attorney-General Tom Clark that Negroes were entitled to vote in the pri mary, both Rankin and Bilbo attempted to coerc them against exercising their rights as citizens. Bilbo urged "every rcd-bloodtd Anglo-Saxon" to employ "whatever means necessary" to keep Negro citizen from the polls, a thinly-disguiwd appeal to mob vio Icncc. He openly defied the power of the federal gov cmment to guarantee the right of franchise to Ne groei. Rankin demanded that "law-abiding" Negroes remain away from the polls, apparently confusin; own with the statutes. As a result, no more than 1000 Negroes voted, although they com prise 1,074,000 of Mississippi's 2,200,000 residents.

Neither of these men, when they resume the! places in Congress, will be functioning as a true rep resenutivc his state. More than a million Miss mippiam will be voiceless in Congress because the shadow of the noose fell between them and the vot Ing booth. The presence of these two men in our leg illative halls besmirches the democratic process. They are there now, and will have to be tolerated. Bui their "election" by a fraction of the electorate raise: grave doubts about the wisdom of President Lincoln's course during the Civil War.

He might have done better to let Mississippi secede from the Union Percentage, Again Price reductions on consumer's goods in Russia average 40 percent. As expressed in dollars, this meini that men's leather shoes, reduced 42 percent now sell at S1J6 to $)08; women's leather shoes cut 42 percent, from $156 to J566. The official ruble rate is J.2 to the dollar, while diplomats may purchase 12 rubles at 12 to the dollar. One reading of a 40-percent cut might be overjoyed until he saw th.it he still would pay $156 for pair of Percentages, like statistics, can be misleading. Which recalls the story of the three men who went to the railroad station, and finding the train late stepped across the street to do a bit of elbow-bending.

They returned to the station as the train was pulling out. Two of the men ran and boarded the train. The guard said to the lagging thud: "That pretty good percentage, two out ol three made it." To which the puffing nun replied: "Pcrcentase? Huh! Those two guy, came down to njc off." Import Domestic Servants Discussion is starting on a question of admitting to this country under accumulated quotas, of hundreds of thousands of displaced person, who are seeking homes. There arc some lines of employment in this country which could absorb a lot of those du- placed persons, as they would be displacing no one here. One of these conspicuous lines is to supply housekeepers with kitchen help.

Hundreds of thousands of people willing to work as domestic servants could be placed without trouble in jobs where utter vacancies exist with no takers. Of course, to bring this about would call for un of Congress. To housekeepers this would be the most welcome piece of legislation ever proposed if there should be enough gond cooks and house servants among the disphced persons to supply even a small part of" the demand in llus country. Alton alone could take on hundreds of the right and female. Notice, Mr.

Wimpy Newest West Coast idea is an automatic dispenser. Just drop a nickel in the slot and out drop's a red-hot frankfurter, neatly folded into a bun. Nest will probably be a hamburger dispenser, but how will the machine get the pickle in the middle and the muttard on top? And how about the onion? River, won the beauty contest, with Miss Selma Ash, second; Miss Violet Trout, third. Emil Michelbuch of the Citizen's National Bank served as cashier for the picnic. The post was expected to dear about $2000.

The Rev. Roy Tolbert, pastor, was laying plans for the dedication of South Wood River Methodist Church on July 10. The Rev. C. Hall, district superintendent, was to be in of the ceremonies.

The German Supreme Court acquitted Lt. Gen. Carl Stenger of a charge of ordering his men to take no prisoners, but to kill all wounded. This was alleged to have happened during August, 1914. The charge wag brought against Stenger by the French government.

A German major, tried on the same charge, was sentenced to two years of confinement, but was not shorn of his commission nor his uniform. Former two-man street cars were now being used as one-man cars. Ben Page running a two-man car over the Washington-State line, but was the sole crew member. Mrs. Fred Bender ol Wood River, who had been hospitalized two weeks, was able to return home.

Tillle Reaper, a race horse owned by Albert Kles of Godfrey, set the track record for pacers at the July 4 races at Jerseyvuie, Hopes Atomic Tests Wfll Increase Uses For Civilian Good SIDE GLANCES ByGaBmftti 50 Years Ago July 5, 1896 Because of the many attractions and entertainment opportunities that were afforded, the Fourth had given Alton one of the "Hvest" holidays in many years. Considering the great pmlclpating, mishaps were few. Edgar and Austin Larmer, sons of E. C. Larmer of 18 East Seventh, received burns In two separate fireworks accidents, and Austin's Injuries were severe.

In the second mishap, some powder was accidentally touched off, this igniting the fuses of a pack of firecrackers In Austin's pocket. Edgar burned his hands In trying to aid his brother. Dr. G. Taphorn was called to aitend the boys.

Lyman Bunker of Upper Alton suffered partial loss of one ear due to cannon cracker being exploded under a n. Alton Railway Illuminating Co. hao" a lion's share of bad luck. First, a new steam engine at the power house failed, and power to operate street cars was curtailed. Second, two cars collided on State, and one was so damaged it had to be taken out of service.

Third, the brakes failed on a car descending State. The motorman was able in check speed of the cnr so it held to the rails, and after giving passengers a wild ride, the car finally was stopped after turning from Third Into Pinsa. The grand opening at Rock Spring Park drew great atlendanee of any events of Ihe day. Robert Curdle presided at exercises arranged by A.O.U.W. Grand Master Rcxdale ond William Armstrong gave talkf, curtailed by gathe'rlng of storm clouds.

Shortly afterward a torrent of rain fell nml hundreds of picnickers were soaked, shelter being insufficient for the large throng present. Rnin also shortened the racing card at Alton Driving Park wh'ere 1500 gathered. Electant of L. S. McCormlck Co.

won Ihe 2:25 trot; and Gov. Strong of Foote, with three straight heats, took the 2:16 trot. Rain then left the track so muddy remainder of the card was postponed to July 6. Illlnl Yacht Club regatta drew hundreds of vis- tors to Clifton. The Marion of Capu Wiggins won the wllbont race.

An ll-mlle handicap race took place between the steam yachts Ouatoga, Virginia, and Rambler. A wnlcr carnival with display of fireworks was Ihe evening attraction. Turners, Maennerchor members, and White Hus- ars gave a ball In Turner Hall. Krug's botanical opened with a floral display In the afternoon, and an evening danco by Golden Star Club, "or which Mathle's orchestra provided music. With close of the flint factories at the glass works or the summer, six young men were named as ap- trentlces lo start their four-year training before be- omlng journeymen blowers.

They were William toiler, Julius Wolf, Charles Bailey, Joseph Bund, oseph Klcbolt, Frank Ohley. Committees of the 'lints made use ot the holiday weekend for final reparations for the opening here of the nlneteenlh onventlon of A.F.GAV.U. in GUI's Hull, Odd Fellows of North Alton formulated a pro- ect for erection of a lodge building to Include retail ore rooms mi auditorium al estimated cost of 12,000, By DAVID LAWRENCE- WASHINGTON, July er the dropping of the atomic bomb at Bikini was a "success" or "failure" depends entirely on an understanding of what the in- tention behind the test was. i The scientists were convinced that the atomic bomb would de-' stroy all human life on the fleet of ships, and apparently not all the living things died. The ver-: diet here is uncertain.

The naval strategists were convinced that naval vessels couid stay all of them, but many of them. They were proved correct. But of what use are vessels without officers or crews? The army air forces were con-; vinced that controlled planes could be sent into areas where atomic i bombs were being dropped and that such could be recov-1 cred. They were proved correct, Military and naval men generally were convinced that the atomic- bomb would require changes in systems and weapons of warfare and they, too, are proved correct. After examinations of the damage done to surface vessels, it probable that the naval craft of the future will be built dfflerently than those of today Unfortunately, many of the headlines about the atomic bomb gave emphasis to the fact that certain ships were found afloat and certain ones were sunk.

This was all the Information available at the tune but it was meaningless. For anyone who knows anything about aerial warfare and naval 'defense knows that fleet strategists wouldn't concentrate vessels in such a small area and invite attack from bombs of any kind. If ships were to be set up as they were in the Bikini lagoon, it would take only a few B-29's to destroy all the vessels there last Monday. In that sense a more devastating job could be done in one fell swoop by planes than by a single atomic bomb. But the object of the test was not to find out how many ships would be sunk or how many would stay afloat It was hoped that enough vessels would stay afloat to afford an opportunity to determine the effect on steel armor plate, on deck and ammunition compartments, on machinery and on electrical apparatus.

When this Is known, there can be changes in design or scientific researcn to protect ships against complete destruction. Naturally navy men were anxious to refute the notion that navies are obsolete. Those who believe in naval power aren't any less interested in the atomic bomb because of these tests, but they can insist that the last word has not been spoken on the part which navies will play in future warfare. The next two tests will be underwater detonations of the atomic bomb. These are regarded as the most Important of all.

If submarines can survive at great depths, Ihen the whole character of naval warfare may be changed. Just as armies and heavy bombing have broughl underground defenses on land, so the atomic bomb may revolutionize underwater fighting It would seem logical that the Navy.Department now would give special attention to undersea warfare. Unfortunately, the submarine branch has not been given Ihe recognition It deserves in the staff set-up in the Navy Department. There Is as much radical change possible Ihrough undersea warfare as there has been in Ihe air force operallons of the several years. last Some naval experts see Ihe probability of oulldlng huge aircraft carriers to move entirely under Ihe waler.

These would be able to rise at night and send out planes carrying atomic bombs or else guided missiles. The us- of submarines to attack coastlines with guided missiles Is in ils infancy. It is here that the navy has a chance to provide means of attack and defense not now en- vsloned by military men of the old schools of thought. The atomic bomb test was neither a success nor a no weapon that promises such destruction can be characterized as a "success" for any nation. principal governments of The the world are today discussing the abolition of atomic bombs altogether.

So the world may truly hope that the tests will prove wholly superfluous in a military eon. tr tu toivicfc T. M. ute. MT.

on. "Aren't you wasting time reading, Dorothy? The only thing men seem to notice in summer is figures they don't think about brains till winter!" The Doily WASHINGTON MERRY GO ROUND By Drew Pearson Says May Got $4000 Expenses For Handling Lumber Mill Sale WASHINGTON, July may and who served in the army be news to the congressional col- six weeks, after which Congress leagues of the chairman of the man "Yiechel" May got him ou House military affairs committee, on a medical discharge. but to certain war contractors who made millions from the army, pious Representative Andrew Jackson May of Kentucky was known as "Yiechel." Congressman May probably doesn't know it, but "Yiechel" is Yiddish and it means "anybody." This undignified name happened to be the code name which ex- ejcutives of the Erie Basin, Metal Products Co. used In referring to their chief congressional friend in Washington. Without him, it is believed the Erie Basin company never could have made its lush war profits.

As head of the powerful military affairs committee, "Yiechel" May was in a position to be extremely useful. Phantom Company The Erie Basin Metal Products despite Its imposing name sprang up from nowhere. It didn't exist before the war. It hadn't even incorporated at the time it got its big war contract Yet it was given a $3,000,000 order to manufacture 4,2 mortar shells for the army. Organizers of this amazing war baby were two almost unheard-of brothers: Murray Garsson anc Henry Garsson.

Murray Garsson first became faintly known in Washington when he served In the Labor Department under Hoover's secretary of labor, William Nuckels Doak. Working with the Garsson brothers was one Joseph Freeman, who operated the Washington office of the Erie Basin company. It was his job to take the generals and the colonels of the War Department out to dinner, and to dance with their wives. He did both to perfection. One dinner commemorating an E-award to Erie cost $16,000.

Strangely enough, some of Freeman's checks, to the tune of 546,000, were cashed by Sam Beard, famous Washington gambler. Another member of the company's staff was Louis Sarelas, whose real name was Sarelachous, sense and that the lessons learned may be useful in the civilian uses of atomic energy. (Reproduction BighU Reserved) TOONERVILLE FOLKS By Fontaine Fo, So They Say- We have come a long way towards meeting the most pressing demands end In a few more months the flow of low-cost apparel to consumers should ap- pronch a normal Director John D. Small. Not until the fall of 1947 is there any hope that world food suppllei will come Into balance with the urgent of State Dean ANie- son.

EMERGENCY STOPJ Mysterious Letter Disappears One of the officers whom Con gressman May had transferred ou of Washington, according to a former employe of the Erie Basin Company, was Gen. Paul X. Eng lish, procurement chief of th Chemical Warfare Service. Gen English originally awarded th mortar-Shell contract to Erie and in testimony before the Mead com mittee, claimed they had done an excellent production job. However, on Feb.

1, 1944, Gen English was suddenly transferred Asked why he was transferred, the general said he did not know. He said he had wanted to go over seas. Instead, however, h'e wa; sent to Omaha, to a rela lively unimportant job as chie of staff of the Seventh Service Command. Shortly before his transfer, Gen English had suddenly discovered an 18-month-old letter in arm files, which, if he had seen i earlier, might have prevented the war-contract award to Erie Basin The letter was from Col. A.

Kuhn of the New York office of Chemical Warfare, quoting Louis Segal of the Segal Lock Co. as saymg the Erie Basin company was not a subsidiary of SegaJ Earlier, when the Garsson brothers first contacted the War Department, they claimed to be subsidiary of Segal Lock Co hn WM dated Feb but Gen. English did not discover it until the end of 1943 Shortly after discovering it he was transferred to Omaha. "Yiechel's ors Lumber Deal the "Hi- committee happened War cont Howe ver. hi tato roTI congressman, for instance received "expense from the be ber fc connectl with they purchased in tucky.

The Garssons gave the Wend a check for $28.000 or he 23, In- The remaining S4000 he kept Us. he informed investigate' to reimburse him for and other expense. KVn St the congressman from Kentucky could spend $4000 travel and expenses helped to enrich by influence with the War ment. Thus, Indirectly gressman's $4000 of travel money" came ment contracts. It Is against the law and a inal offense for a member of press to receive a fee for usW influence In connection with, a ornment contract, or anv nth type of lobbying.

Con Gene Cox of Georgia got laklng a $2500 lobbying ee ln nectlon with a radio station required all the influence of' er Sam Rayburn and Cox's otw friends on Capitol Hill to keep the Answers To Questions Mail inquiries to IntonnatlOD Bureau. Haskln Servlea, 316 Eye St, N. Washington. Endow 3 cants tor return postage. What baseball club in the major leagues holds the record for most games won at the beginning of a season? R.

F. A. The Sperling News says that the St Louis Club of 1884, playing in the Union Association, holds the all-time record of 20 consecutive victories at Ihe slarl of Ihe season. The National League record of 12 is held by Ihe New York Gunts of 1884. The American League record of nine is held by the St.

Louis Browns of 1944, Q. How many presidents has France had since the end of the hostililies? L. Y. A. Georges Bidaull is the Ihird poslwar president.

De Gaulle was the first. He was succeeded by Felix Gouin. Q. Is Ihere a close similarily between Ihe fishes that live in the Arctic and Ihose that are found in Antarctic walers? G. G.

S. A. Fishes in the Arctic and Anlarctic, Ihough widely separated, are similar in form. They resemble each other much more than either group resembles the tropical forms, Q. Do all Stales 'have laws requiring a barber lo oblain a 11 cense lo practice? W.

A. A. Virginia is now the only State without such a law. New York recently passed a license law for barbers and beauty operators. Q.

What work was the first thai Schubert composed for money? L. C. A. A canlala for the name day of Professor Watlrot von Draxler (as Ihe name appears in Schubert's diary record). Professor Heinrich Watteroth was a professor of political science.

The cantata, Pro- methus, earned for Schubert the fee of 100 florins. Q. Who originally used the expression, "Let them eat R. B. A.

Although Marie Antoinette of France (1755 93) is often spoken of as the author, the phrase is to be found in Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confession, written In 173741. Q. How many persons have emigrated to Russia from the United Stales in the last 10 years? V. N. A.

Emigration from the United States to the Soviet Union was as follows: 1936, 172; 1937, 197 1938, 108; 1939, 112; 1940, 114 1941, 138; 1942, 17; 1943, 23; 1944 19; 1945, 73. Q. What were the mosl commonly used lypes of landing craft during the war? L. C. H.

A. The U. S. Navy, in its amphi bious landing operations, employee mostly LCMs (Landing Craft-Me dium) and LCPs (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel). Q.

Is the Distinguished Unit Ci tation the same as Ihe Presidenlial Unil Cilation? I. N. E. A. The Distinguished Unit Ci tation is an Army award distin guishable from the Navy's Presidential Unit Cilation by its separate badge which is dark blue bordered in gold.

Q. What arc the duties of a paratrooper in peacetime? L. H. A. The War Department says that they are the same as those of any other type of unit, depending on whether in Ihe Uniled Slates or in a Foreign Thealer.

In a For Justice department from prosecuting. The Kentucky congressman's lobbying may or may not be in a different category. Certainly It would be know what the Justice De- parlmenl thinks of a congressman who helped a company with war contracts and then received $4000 in expense money for arranging the purchase of a lumber company Whatever the law, "Yiechel" May is a very-versatile man. (Copyright, 1946. By the Bell Inc.) 8971 yrt.

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Whether is in a Foreign Theater or in United States, paratroop training! for paratroop units continues. Q. Was the carrier Roosevelt I in any engagements In the war! I S. D. R.

I A. The USS Franklin R. Roose-l velt, the new super car-1 rier, was not commissioned until I October 27, 1945, too late for participation in hostilities. After hi shakedown cruise in the Caribbea. the Roosevelt went on a goodwill I voyage Jo Brazil.

She carried 1321 planes and her crew of 3,500 the inauguration of Maj. Gen. En-1 rrco Gasper Dutra, the new Presl-j dent of Brazil, on January 31. Tin I carrier is the flagship of Read miral John Cassady, of Carrier Division I. Q.

Where is the La Carnta! Cemetery in France? A. E. M. I A. The La Cambe Cemetery if located approximately 17 mlleil north of St Lo, in northwest France.

Q. If the widow of a soldier I who was killed'in action in War II is receiving insurance payments, Is she also entitled to a I widow's pension for herself and her child? G. L. A. A widow of a soldier killed I in World War is entitled to pension as well as any insurant I which may be due her.

A minor child (or children) Is also entitled to a pension. Application should be filed at the nearest Regional Office of the Veterans' Adminls-j tration. U. S. Official Prrvloiu Pilule HORIZONTAL 1,6 Pictured coordinator of U.

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