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10 Mar. 4, 1952 Editor's Notebook By Harold Schoelkopf Broadway Stardom mm OSCAR Www $fc mtmmw The Times Sees It, South Curbs Truman 's Bid INCREASING evidence appears that President Truman is heading into serious trouble if he elects to seek the Democratic nomination for president. There are some authorities who feel he already is effectually blocked. Source of the difficulty, of, course, is the southern bloc of states, traditionally known in Democratic circles as the "Solid While Mr. Truman won in 1948 without the electoral votes of the solid south, some political prophets believe he could not do it again.

The announced candidacy of Richard Russell of Georgia is regarded as a warning that the southern revolt is in the making, and that it will result in denying Mr. Truman at least 128 electoral votes. With a fair degree of deflection among border states, the total "revolt" cost might run to 176 electoral votes. Without them Mr. Truman could hardly win, even with a strong showing in the north.

At the moment it appears that Sen. Robert Taft would be the first beneficiary of a southern revolt in the Democratic ranks. The Stassen band wagon is rolling along but has been hurt by the emasculated Minnesota primary which, with good competition, might have given him a strong impetus. The Eisenhower forces are increasingly embarrassed by the general's hands-off attitude. A 1952 ticket with Taft and Truman and Russell is not impossible.

According to the U.S. News and World Report, Truman might get 219 electoral votes out of 266 needed to win. Russell may poll up to a maximum of 176 and Taft, at a very minimum, can count on 136. With that lineup, there would be no winner and the election could go to the house. The new house (after 1952 elections) would do the voting, and the balance of power is anybody's guess.

By Mark Barron New York A broadway manager sent out a notice for a "Female Dancer who can also sing and who can ACT That's the problems of the unemployed on Broadway. They dont have to BE beautiful. But they have to ACT beautiful. It is such calls that make beautiful showgirls walk around Broadway looking for jobs and, at the same time, look somewhat like they are on the verge of hysteria. This is the time of year when summer theaters are getting ready to blossom.

But it isn't quite yet the time for the summer theaters to announce their programs. In trying to lure actors, directors and playwrights to consult with them about their forthcoming programs, some managers still are cautiously promising that "heat will be provided on cold nights." This promise bewildered me. I called up a veteran summer theater manager, realizing that most such playhouses do not start their programs until well into the warm season. "At this time of he explained, "we are more busy recruiting players, especially stars, than we are bothering about attracting audiences. The competition of getting name stars is terrific between summer theaters.

Naturally, most of the stars with 'names that have big drawing power at the box-office are veterans either on Broadway or in the movies. "They like to come out to these rural spots where the summer theaters are located because there is sunshine in the daytime. But, what bothers them is when nightfall comes the air begins to get more than a trifle cool. "So we advertise that "heat will Toe provided on cold night' so we can lure in topflight actors and actresses for our summer season. We aren't worried about our ences.

They, we realize, are living In the county and they will necessarily be warmly clothed no matter if rain and wind makes the air a bit chilled outside. Incidentally, the summer theater season this year is shaping up into what appears to be a good one. Not only are there scores of new shows which are scheduled to be tried out on the hayloft circuits, in addition to the ones which already have been hits on Broadway, but the number of theaters planned to open are a large increase above the rural stages which open customarily. Hal Boyle You Can Fool People By Just Telling the Truth Alton Smalley Political Fever Is Spreading The old time political rally Is making a comeback In Minnesota under the Republican banner. Years ago, such rallies were important elements of election campaigns.

Candidates really stumped the state from end to end. And people would walk miles to attend a meeting. However, the picture changed in the past few years. One factor was radio. Candidates took to the air.

Rallies continued to be held but the voters didnt seem too interested in leaving their homes. However, according to reports from throughout the state, the Republican political rallies are drawing exceptionally large crowds, reminiscent of the pre -radio and pre-television days. As an example, the standing room only sign was out for a rally last week in the Stillwater Junior High school. The meeting was hailed as the most enthusiastic Washington county Republican rally in a number of years. Large audiences have been turning out throughout the state at rallies to hear Harold E.

Stassen, former Minnesota who is stumping Minnesota as a candidate for president. Recent Lincoln da dinners exceeded attendance estimates in most cases. Naturally pleased by the success of these rallies, Republican leaders are planning numerous such gatherings in line with the grass roots campaigning to be emphasized up to the elections next November. Three candidates will be on the ballots for the Minnesota presidential primary March 18. The candidates are Harold E.

Stassen and Edward C. Slettedahl, Republicans, and U. S. Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Democrat.

Slettedahl, a St. Paul resident, is state chairman of Fighters for MacArthur, an organization backing Gen. MacArthur for president. The list of candidates "was whittled down to three because of decisions by the Minnesota supreme court. Previous to action by the court, candidates also included U.

S. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, Democrat, and Republicans Gen. Eisenhower and Gen. MacArthur, all of whom had been filed by petition without their permission.

Kefauver and MacArthur had requested names be withdrawn, but had certified they were not candidates for president, as required by the law affecting withdrawals. The supreme court ordered the Eisenhower name removed from the ballot on grounds that the petitions were not made out properly. In a ruling also affecting Mac-Arthur's filing, the court held the state could not force Kefauver to disavow his candidacy in order to withdraw. The last decision took both Mac-Arthur and Kefauver out of the primary contest. The voters in the primary may ask for either a Republican or a Democratic ballot.

They cannot vote both. Stassen and Slettedahl will be on the Republican ballot. Slettedahl filed personally because he anticipated MacArthur's withdrawal. Stassen, who also filed personally, was the first candidate to enter the primary. Although Humphrey will be the only Democratic candidate, a Democratic ballot must be printed so the canvassing boards car.

certify to an election. Humphrey filed at the request of President Truman, who fears a test of standing at the Minnesota polls at this time. Each of the three candidates will have a slate of delegates at the national convention of his party. The names of the delegates will be printed on the ballot. The Republican and the Democratic national conventions will be in July in Chicago, the Republican meeting being held first.

U. S. Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia is the second Democrat to publicly announce his candidacy for president, Kefauyer is the other candidate.

Russell characterizes himself as a "Jeffersonian Democrat who believes' in the greatest practicable degree of local self-government." Truman still is keeping his intentions a secret. He said he will not make an announcement at least until his return from a Florida vacation probably late In March. THE MONTH of March gave us a gentle hint over the weekend that the winter season is still with us even though the calendar is moving steadily in the direction of spring. A. moderate wet snowfall put a slick touch on streets and highways and added new hazards to motor traffic and pedestrian travel.

You can take a measure of comfort in the matter of the season's heating duration. According to the degree days formula, you have now advanced through 80 percent of the normal number of days when heat is required in your home or business establishment. The remaining 20 percent, however, will be strung out over a longer length of time. In fact you can. still look for days cool enough to require artificial heat way up through the month of May.

WE WERE not exactly on our good behavior all of the time during 1951, but we committed fewer of the major crimes. That information was included in a report made public by John J. Tierney, the efficient head of the state crime bureau. Mr. Tierney noted a substantial decrease in murders, manslaughter cases, assaults and other major violations, but on the other hand found the total number of crimes in 1951 larger than in 1950.

Burglaries seemed togain in popularity as a hobby. There were many more of them last year than the year before. All in all we had a total of 20,409 crimes in Minnesota in 1951, or 966 more than for the previous 12 months. Mr. Tierney's crime bureau is marking its 25th year of operation now with a staff of 10 agents.

A ROUND of applause for the Cathedral High school basketball team which finished in a strong third place in the state Catholic tournament and which had one of its best seasons in many years. Coach Jim Fitzharris produced a team of scrapping lads who lacked height but made up for it in team play and competitive spirit. Coach Les Luymes of the Teachers college here fielded a powerful club, too, that nnished in third place in the state teachers college conference, yielding only to Bemidji and kato for premier honors. This week marks the beginning of the 19th district tournament, the winner to go to the regional, and the regional winner to go into state play. Coach Warren Kasch, whose Tigers won the Central loop crown for the first time since 1944, will be a threat, with a smoothly functioning attack and a better than average defense.

YOU WILL be able to secure two brand new auto license tags for your jalopy in 1953, the state has declared, since there will be enough steel allocated for that purpose. There was fear expressed for a while that a steel shortage might require us to use this year's plates a second year, plus a 1953 tab. The present blue and gold tags, however, that are a startling departure from the conventional drab tone in recent years, will be no more. In 1953 we will go back to the sombre pattern of white letters on black background. According to current plans, the plates will again be made at the St.

Cloud reformatory, which has done an excellent production job the past few years. OUT IN the balmy state of California a move is underway to send a million shirts to congressmen. Not that the congressmen need them, exactly, but the plan is to symbolize the fact that the current tax rates are taking our shirts. Now if congressmen were suddenly over- whelmed with shipments of a million shirts not exactly new ones either it might drive home the point that the taxpayers back home are thinking in terms of relief from the present burdens. YOU CAN ADD this one to the problems about which to ponder.

A man in New York has entered suit for $6,000 against the state for -damages caused when he was injured in a traffic accident. There is nothing particularly strange about that except that the basis of his suit is a claim of negligence on the part of the state. The driver of the other vehicle had been in trouble before and the state had suspended his driver license. He was driving anyway when the accident occurred, and the injured motorist claimed the state should have made it impossible for the licenseless driver to drive. Interesting point.

We have a lot of drivers on the roads today whose licenses have been suspended, but who go merrily on their way New York () Do you know the greatest feat of magic ever performed? John J. McManus, a corporation attorney who owns the world's largest collection of magic apparatus, says you don't have to be a Houdini to perform it. Anybody can do it. "The best magic trick I know of is to tell the truth," he said dryly. "You can fool more people that way than you can by telling lies." McManus, former president of the Rolls Royce company of America, knows far more about magic than most men who make it a career.

He has assembled a library of 2,000 volumes on the occult and 3,000 props used by the great pro- fessional magicians of the past. Part of his collection, valued at more than $100,000 will be shown at the national antiques show in Madison Square Garden next week. An accomplished amateur magician himself, he found his hobby to be a source of unexpected profit during the last war, when his firm handled many multi-million dollar defense contracts. "I used magic in Washington to amuse the high brass," he said, grinning. "During one intense negotiating session I cut the crds-off the window shades and performed a few simple rope tricks.

That broke the tension." He believes magic plays a greater role in people's lives than they ever realize, that some form of it surrounds our every step. "Take hypnotism, for example," he said. "The most common form Order Exempts Miss Perkins from Law Washington (JP) President Truman has signed an executive order exempting Frances Perkins, a member of the civil service commission, from compulsory retirement next april 10 when she will be 70 years old. Mr. Truman's order said "the public interest" required her exemption from the general law providing for retirement at age 70.

Miss Perkins was secretary of labor in the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet. President Truman appointed her to the civil service commission in 1946. The post pays $15,000 a year. Lincoln Made Errors, Still Won Civil War By Bob Price THE MILITARY GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Brig.

Gen. Colin R. Ballard (World Publishing; $5) It is appropriate that the Lincoln's birthday season should bring trds first American edition of a noted study of the Emancipator's talents in military affairs. It may not add materially to our knowledge of Lincoln, but it assuredly deepens our appreciation of him. Fletcher Pratt writes in his introduction "such a bock should have been written afte rWorld War II showed that the kind of command Lincoln exercised had become a permanent feature of war." To learn that it actually was written shortly after World War I is surprising, but "increases rather than destroys its validity today." The point is that Lincoln grasped and carried out the functions of what we regard today as the High Command, long before any such central group had become an accepted part of the conduct of war.

He did it without a chiefs-of staff to advise him, he did it at the same time he was performing all the other myriad duties that go with the administration of a nation at war. And he was an amateur in militar affairs! Gen. Ballard does not try to make out that Lincoln was inf allible. He acknowledges the mistakes so did Lincoln. Lincoln was not afflicted with the cocksureness and braggadocio which were the chief characteristics of some of his generals.

He had a faculty for knowing when to act and when to stay in the background, when to order and when to suggest. Lincoln set his own precedents. He was unconventional. He realized the value of superior naval power and made the most of it through the blockade of the Confederacy. He didn't ask too much of the raw troops that composed the Union armies at the start of the war.

Ballard quotes a principle of Napoleon: "In war the men are nothing; It is the man who is everything." Ballard says "that is an exaggeration there were many men who earned immortal fame and helped to hold the Union But the man was Abraham of that is marriage. "World leaders, from the days of medieval English kings on, often have guided the destinies of their subjects by the advice of private spiritualists, astrologers and palmists. "The last Russian czar had his Rasputin; Mussolina and Hitler nad their astrologers. And you'd be surprised by how many big businessmen and government officials still consult fortune tellers. "Maybe some of us feel we don't believe in any of this, and may regard it all as nonsense, but we are subjected to others who use it in their dealing with public affairs." McManus recalled how the art of Robert-Houdin, the great French magacian, was put to political use to quell a North African uprising in the last century.

He called In the native leaders and showed them a box on his desk. Lifting it easily, he put it down again and asked them to try. They couldnt budge it. "I have taken away your strength," the magician said, and the natives fled in terror. Robert-Houdin naturally didn't bother to explain the box contained a strong magnet, making it impossible to lift when he flipped on an electric current.

"Phrenology was employed by the Union forces in our own civil war," McManus continued. "Women spy candidates were tested to be sure they had what was called 'the bump of secretiveness'." McManus said magic and magic apparatus is still a factor "in the operation of every group from the couches of psychiatry to the ticker in a strockbroker's office. "But the trouble with magic today," he concluded dolefully, "is there are too many hacks in it." Business managements might take a tip from him, however. What better way could be found to take the stockholders' minds off then-own woes at the annual meeting than by sawing a vice president or two in half? "Even if they botched the trick," said McManus. "who would miss the vice president?" Empty Space There are still many unexplored parts of the world, but they are in its most uninviting regions.

It is natural that the more desirable lands are already well known. The goal of a group of British scientists is the interior of Greenland, world's largest island whose forbidding climate belies its name. The journey is to be made largely by air, the first stop will be at a newiy found lake 150 miles inland. While Greenland is a land of cold, it has an advantage over its rival, the Antarctic continent. Antarctica is cold all the time, with only a short annual period of temperatures above freezing.

Greenland has a brief summer worthy of the name, in which the temperature may reach 70 and grass and flowers come to life. Donald MacMillan, Maine explorer who has been to Greenland more than thirty times, comments on the beauty of the summer landscape. Perhaps its brief time of beauty explains why the Norse discoverers called the bleak island by such a summery name. The briefness of its summer kept travelers from learning much about Greenland. The modern explorer cannot be daunted by such obstacles.

Modern Pied Piper Offers Aid in City (From The Daily Times Forty Years Ago, March 4, 1912) Minneapolis man offers to rid St. Cloud of rats and mice in three months for $12,000. Uses red powder. He is a chemist and says ability to destroy rats is limited only by the supply of rats. Thirtyltwo births and five deaths in St.

Cloud during February. (From The Daily Times Twenty-five Years Ago, March 4, 1927) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bemis moved to bungalow on Seventh avenue north. Hugh Walpole, distinguished English novelist, will lecture at Tech High auditorium March 9 on "The Victorian and Modern Novel Contrasted." Mayor J.

Arthur Bensen elected to place on executive committee of Minnesota Tax conference. Washington Daybook No Time For Relaxing. But President's Remark May Hold High Hope of Peace hit an independent newspaper, printing the new impartially, support-ing hat it believe to be right ana opposing mhat it believes to be wrong. Spy Stories Today Birthday Entered at Postofflce, St. Cloud Minn, January 1st, 1941, as Second Class Matter under the Act of March 3rd.

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MARITAL bliss as reported by the New York Herald-Tribune: "Friends said the Smiths seemed as hoppy as any other newly-wed couple." 1868 Fred Schllplln 1949 By Jane Eads Washington Mrs. Carlos Romulo, wife of the new Philippine ambassador, recalls with vividness the war years she spent hiding in the hills from the Japanese invaders, but she remembers happy times too. Busy putting a "feminine touch" to an embassy presided over since 1948 by machelor Joaquin M. Elizal-de, she took time to tell me of her romance with her husband, of her pride in her four sons, and how the family has built a modern new home in Manila to replace the bombed-out one. Mrs.

Romula was chosen "Miss Philippines," Queen of the Manila Carnival, in 1922. "My husband was king consort against his will," she laughed. She said she was a candidate of the Philippines Herald, the newspaper on which her husband was assistant editor. They were married in 1924. During the war they were parted when he went off to fight.

The two elder sons joined the guerillas, and Mrs. Romulo and the tw younger sons spent 3 years in hiding. "We were like hunted animals, a price on our heads," she said. "When the Japs came up the mountains we went down to the villages and the only help we got was from the guerillas. Just before the liberation I had to barter my colthes for food for the children." my four boys know what war is, not from reading, but from actual experience," she added.

With the exception of the eldest son, Carlos, 26, who is studying law at the University of the Philippines and living in the family's new home on a hilltop outside of Manila, the Romulos are all together again. Gregoria is getting his doctor's degree In philosophy at Georgetown university. Also attending Georgetown are Ricardo Jose, prize winner in last year's national oratorical contest. Roberto, 13, whom everybody calls "Bobby" is a student at Georgetown "prep." Frederick Schllplln President and Publisher Harold Schoelkopf Editor Otto A. Rupp Business Manager 32 years in that Pacific territory, 12 as superintendent of public instruction.

He first went to Hawaii as a social settlement worker, served as educational Official Paper of Stearns County mni City of St Cloud A Other Editor The recent death of Hilary Saunders, a British historian, brings to mind the romances of international intrigue which appeared under the name of Francis Beeding. The name was the pseudonym of a team of writers, Saunders and John Palmer, who died some time ago. They created the character of Colonel Granby, British master, spy. The Beeding stories were unusually good specimens of a fairly new type of popular fiction, the spy yarn. Probably it could be- regarded as a special variety of the mystery tale.

Though there were some earlier examples, relatively few spy stories appeared before World. War when novel readers in general were inttroduced to plots in which hostile nations fought not only with troops and weapons but also with thefts of important secret information. Now that it is established, the adventure story of international intrigue will probably remain a popular fiction type as long as war remains a cause of general By Don Whitehead (For James Mario) Washington (P) A couple of days ago a well-known American stood on the steps of the White House and told a teen-age group: "I rather think we are going to have a peaceful world over the next century." The remark came from President Truman who described himself to his young visitors as "an optimist." It was an offhand remark. It wasn't framed by a ghost-writer It wasn't uttered in any relation to pontics or legislation or to influence any issue. It appeared to be merely a casual statement.

It may be the Present sensed that the youngsters all high school seniorswere worried about their future at a time when there is omin-ious talk of a war much greater than the Korean war. It may be he was thinking of this and wanted to give them some reassurance. But whatever the reason, the little tableau on the White House steps was important because it possibly revealed the inner thoughts of a man who is in a better position than any other American to know whether a general war is threatening the world now or in the foreseeable future. It indicated thatthe President does not think war is imminent or that it is even over the horizon. And if this be true, then the news should relieve the anxieties of millions of Americans.

It's difficult not to be filled with anxieties right now. Each year about this time, the talk of another great war grows heavy in this jungle of words on the Potomac. For this is budget time. And most of the budget billions are earmarked for spending which it is hoped will prevent war. This being the case, the logical argument for the spending is that If the money is not appropriated, then our defenses against war will be weakened, therefore war will be more likely.

Such arguments, no matter how logical, tend to create an uneasy fear throughout the land. It takes careful reading of the news to get a balanced picture of the struggle being waged for security. It requires careful sifting of the news and faith In the ultimate right of our rambling Democratic processes not to become discouraged. Good news doesn't mean there can be any relaxing in the fight for a peaceful world. But for the time being, it is reassuring for the President of the United States to be -ing: "I rather think we are going to have a peaceful world over the next century.

director of the Army YMCA in World War and later as a school principaL annurBTO OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ths Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed In this newspaper, as well as all Af news dispatches HEIGH HO, SPACEMEN Collier's magazine has just brought to our attention the fact that the juvenile world is divided into two cultural areas. One of these is the thrilling new zone of television, in which the small fry spends its waking hours soaking up the daring deeds of inter-planetary adventurers. The other, by. inference, is the primitive region in which the kids still have to take their trips to the third galaxy the old fashioned way; via comic books. When television finally gets here well probably regard it all in a different light, but right now there's some comfort in the thought that to read comic books the kids first have to learn to read.

i Enderlin N. D. Independent SUBSCRIPTION RATES States except Women Who Burned Children Released Santa Ana, Calif. (JP) Two women convicted of burning the wrists of three pupils of the Bethel Christian school near here have been given suspended sentences and were placed on probation for three years. Mrs.

Julia Elizabeth Ward, 47, wife of the superintendent of the school, was given year's suspended sentence and Mrs. Carolyn Jane Munger, 26, a secretary, was given three ytntHg Coast Coast Stats States and and Minn. Canada Canada $0.90 81.15 8123 1.60 2.00 2.20 2.30 2.85 3.15 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months a months 1 year 4 JO 5.30 5.85 6.30 7.85 8.65 8.00 10.00.