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FACE FOUR ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Published by Alton Telegraph Printing Company P. B. COU3LEY Managing Editor Published dally; subscription price 20 cents weekly by carrier; by mall, $6 a year within 100 miles; $9 beyond 100 Entered ns second-class matter at the postoffice, at Alton, 111., net of Congress, March 3, 1879. OP TIIB ASSOCIATED FHT.tt The Amoelated Prtst la exclusively entitled to the (or publlrntlon of all newt dtapMcnM credited to It or not otherwIiA credited to thli paper to the local newi DUbllflhed herein Local Advertising Rates nnd contract Information on ppllrntmn nl the Telegraph biulnesn office, 111 Eail Broadway, Alton. III.

Natlonnl Advertising Repreientatlve. West Holllday Co. New York. Chicago Detroit Vole in the Primary With more content than usu.il for county office nomin.itiom in both m.ijor p.irtics, the vote at the April 9 primary may exceed tli.it of recent years, hut: even increase woul'J mean total far under what should lie c.iu by an interested Americans wage war for their rights, they give lives and treasure tn maintain their liberties, yet are careless nbout exercising the rights for which they fight. The right to vote is one of man's greatest privileges, yet we Americans regard it, so lightly only 3 small percentage of those eligible to do so bother to go to the polls.

At the April 9 primary, candidates will be nominated for important state and county offices. And with contests for important positions, the voter is without the long-used excuse "it doesn't make any difference." In county races, the Democrats will have contests on three officers, all important in the conduct of the county's business: sheriff, county judge, and coroner. The Republicans will have four contests: jhcriff, county judge, county treasurer, and probate judge. The person who fails to vote usually is the first to complain about the caliber of public office-holders. The voter who deplores, at a general election, the kind of candidates before him, usually is the one who failed to vote in the primary of a few months before.

While the primary campaign to date has lacked the fireworks that marked elections in the past, this is no excuse for the qualified voter who stays away from the polls. Indeed, a campaign without ballyhoo, should give better opportunity for the voter calmly to consider the qualifications of the candidates. It is the voter's duty as a citizen to go to the polls on April 9 and cast his ballot. City License Increases The city has before it proposals to make increases in salaries of city employes, but to make the increases more money must be provided. The city's revenue would have to bj heavily increased to meet the higher expenses.

A proposal to increase licenses 50 including tavern to be the most likely plan to get part of the money. The business licenses in Alton are not heavy enough to serve as any great burden to the business houses paying the licenses. Increase of tavern licenses would give the biggest help if the SO percent rise is decided upon. Probably there wili be opposition to any license increase. That is always the case.

The council must choose between voting to boost licenses or reject the plea for higher pay for city employe's. The business licenses were cut 50 percent several years ago and since then heavier burdens have been put upon the city. Municipal expenses have been steadily increasing without much attention being given to ways and means of getting the money. When the increase in salaries of police and firemen -was made necessary by court decisions based on a state law fixing minimum pay for those city employes, the problem was met by making a sufficient reduction in both police and firemen so that those remaining could get the statutory minimum pay. That desperate resort cannot be repeated.

The point has been reached where the city must provide more money for every increase in cost of operating the city. It's Up to You The measures necessary to free sufficient wheat for Europe have been drafted, and they can be met so easily that failure of the program will be nothing less than an indictment of America's charity. Restaurants arc asked to serve only one piece of bread or one roll with each meal. Housewives can meet the reduction by serving open-face sandwiches, by frequently substituting fruit and similar-desserts for pastries. The total reduction in consumption of wheat we arc asked to make is only 40 percent, and we can make the cut in whatever way we please.

Outside of a 20 percent reduction in use of fats and oils, this is the only infringement that Europe's terrible plight is making on our present diet. We still have our choice of God's great plenty. The reduction we are asked to make cannot be dignified with the name of sacrifice. We will still be far and away the best-fed nation in the world. The program is voluntary, and if our consciences permit, we can violate it freely.

But the pitiful stare of Europe's undernourished children is fastened upon us all. Their misery will be measured by the extent that our forgctfulness or unconcern allows the conservation plan to fail. The City Dog Pound The decision of the city not to establish a dog pound on the Central avenue location will meet with popular approval as fair to the residents of that locality. The city dump is the site where least trouble could be caused by impounding dogs. No matter how much the dogs would be fed there would be distressing sounds coming from the pound.

The only way to silence the dogs, outside of dispatching them, would be to their throats so they could not birk and howl and that would be improper until after owners had decided not to redeem them. The Central avenue location is no place to have dog pounds. Too live in the neighborhood whose peace must be considered. A Chicago clubman has come out for speechless dinners. How would we ever keep track of Pat and Mike and the couple of Scotchmen? In a few weeks, lazy people will be calling it spring fever.

-S 25 Years Ago March 15, 1921 Jersey County residents were called to ft meeting at Chautnuqua to discuss plans to boost the creation of a slatr park on the Mississippi Bluffs between Ehnh and Chnutnuqua. Tho project involved the purchase of 3000 ncres of land. Boosting the proposi tion were J. M. Page, Moses Hanes and Ed Lock.

Aldcrmnn William Haas, who had withdrawn as a candidate for mayor, re-entered the race. The Allied reparations commission that tho squeeze would be clamped onto Germanj it one billion gold marks were not deposited In Eng llsh, French or American banks on or before March 23. Another payment of the some size would be made on or before May else, the commission stated Tho "or else," it was hinted, would mean a 50-percent tax on everything In Germany, which would be collected by Allied armed forces. The United States was taking a liberal attitude toward the Germans but the French, led by Premier Briand, were insisting that the Germans had far more resources than the Allies hod been led to believe. The French contended that the Germans had virtually staged an economic recovery from the war.

With the more conservative elements in the United States, Britain and Franco looking hopefully lor nn overthrow of the Bolshevik regime In Russia, It was announced that Ivan Narodant, New York dancing teacher, would go to Kronstadt to take command of Russian troops rebelling against the Soviet state. Narodant, who had been a leader in a rebellion against the czar, prior to the Bolshevik seizure of the government, had fled to New York, where he maintained himself by working as a dancing teacher. Mrs. John Morgan of West Bluff street entertained the State Street Bridge Club. Prizes were won by Mrs.

William Levis and Miss Effle Beall. A magnolia tree was in bloom at the home of Shelby Mather in Mather Heights. East Alton business men met at the office of W. A. Hale to form a protective organization.

First move, It was decided, was to raise $1000, which would be offered as a reward for arrest and conviction of anyone robbing one of the members. The Willing Workers Society of East Alton Methodist Church was entertained at the home of Mrs. William Gentry, Bowman avenue, East Alton. The American Legion announced that It favored making land grants In Alaska to former servicemen who wanted to live there. The move was made on behalf of those ex-servicemen who had been stationed In Alaska during the war and wanted to return there.

At the request of the American Legion, the As- stjciated Press announced that it would not mention In crime stories the fact that a criminal was or was not an ex-servicernan unless such Information was essential to the story. Numerous stories, in which it was mentioned only incidentally that a person guilty of a crime was a former soldier or sailor, had caused the Legion to make the request. Walter Sloan of Godfrey announced that asparagus boxes had arrived and were available at his place. 50 Years Ago March 15, 1896 A 6-horsepower naphtha engine for the yacht Outing had arrived and was to be installed in time for early-spring launching of the boat which was regarded as a running mate of the better-known Nina. Sevei-ol yacht owners took advantage of the Sunday holiday to launch their craft.

The Ullrich- Unterbrlnk yacht, Cecil, was given a trial trip. Edward Yager was to take his pointer, Punk, to St. Louis for entry in the dog show. Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Mohr were made happy by birth of a daughter. Joseph Faulstlch planned to open an undertaking establishment at Second and Henry, and was to conduct a wallpaper and carpet business in connection. Ralph C. Wayne of Edwardsville was here to make arrangements for a grocery he and T. P.

Dooling were to establish on State street. President Porter of Alton Railway Illuminating Co. left for New York, taking with him the bids received for construction of the State street carline extension. Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

E. A. Smith, fell while at play, breaking her arm at the wrist. Harry Ashlock suffered a head bruise when struck by a small medicine bottle that fell from the second story window of a Second street building as he was walking past. Mrs.

Maria L. Ambrose, 93, had died at the home of her son, John S. Roper. Twice happily married, she had outlived bolh husbands, with each of whom she had observed a silver wedding anniversary. Mrs.

Rebecca Appel Jm-ony, wife of Anton Jacoby, died at 42 after extended ill health. Six children survived her, in addition to her husband. Funeral services were to bo from German M. E. Church.

Miss Nellie Webb Lane, 22, well-known here, died in St. Louis. The Rev. G. W.

Smith conducted the funeral of Mrs. Mary McKenzie, one of the oldest members of First Presbyterian Church, and the pallbearers were Samuel Pitts, W. T. Norton, E. P.

Wade, S. R. McClure, J. A. Cousley, and O.

S. Stowell. John McCarthy, 73, died after 43 years residence here, leaving his widow, three sons, oml a daughter. Alton Horticultural Society mot at the J. M.

Pearson home at Godfrey, E. H. Riehl presiding, and William Jackson serving as secretary pro tern. A revised constitution was adopted, and F. Hoffmelster was named a committee to have printed copies made.

William Atkinson was confined to his home by a heart attack. Ward committees were urging J. H. Booth, Thomas Nolan, and U. S.

Nixon to seek council membership. NORTH Mamie Haberer, wife of John Haberer, died after a short Illness at age of 23, leaving, besides her husband, two infant children. Funeral rites were' to be in the Cathedral. UPPER and Thomas Flanders attended the wedding In Havana of their brother, Charles. Mrs.

A. M. Jackson was to be hostess at the Woman's Club meeting. Ed Rafferty was visiting his parents in Roodhouse. The Rev.

James Osborne filled the East Alton Baptist pulpit. So They Say- Farmers believe that labor trouble will not disappear until it is recognized that production Is the basis of all wealth, and regardless of the political philosophy that prevails, we cannot have a high standard of living without full production. R. B. Corbett, secretary-treasurer American Farm Bureau Federation.

Says Russ, Losing Friends in America, May Reverse Stand By, DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, March American people will have to get Used to frnquent crises In world affairs and particularly to the vious ways of power politics. The assumption of the man on the street is that when two powerful nations happen to differ and there are big headlines about in the press, it is an occasion fm alarm or apprehension and that war is In 'he offing. Actually the si Hint ion precipitated by Russia is I IIP direct result of the entrance of the United States Into European affairs as pledged In the famous Yalta conference in When the United Slates government, through the fiction of the late President Roosevelt, promised to underwrite the peace of Europe and to engaci in separate agreements with Britain and Russia relative to the setting- up of new governments In tho knns and the Near East, this country acquired responsibilities it never before had to discharge. The late president felt dot, In the Interest of preventing another world war. American participation in European matters was imperative.

He hoped, of course, that the power politics of a Big Three setup would be superseded by the proceedings of the United Nations, bui unfortunately Russia's insistence on the exercise of a veto power in the security council threw whole problem back on the Bie Three. So today Great Britain, the United States and Russia are engaged in a long-range discussion on how to readjust the power of the world. The British have specific Interests In preserving their empire and its lifeline to India through southern Europe and the Suez canal. The Russians feel their newly won power and prestige and see no reason why Russia should not dominate Europe and the approaches to her territory in Asia. Hitler had hoped to dominate Europe and failed.

He thought Britain the real barrier to Germany's ambitions, and he hoped to put Russia out of the way as he fought. But when Hitler's efforts failed, this left Russia and Britain to struggle for the mastery of Europe. America, as the single mediating Influence without any direct interest in European territory, can perhaps hold the scales even. But many of the Soviet's actions are Inscrutable and the United States government is finding it increasingly difficult to reconcile Russia's professed interest in the peaceful methods of the United Nations Organization with the troop movements that always seem to precede her use of military pressure upon sovereign nations. The reason the Red armies aren't being' withdrawn on time from Iran probably is related to the Russian desire to place her troops strategically on the Turkisn border so as to coerce Turkey.

It is the Dardanelles and the Mediterranean which Russia is aiming at rather than domination of Iran alone. Russia wants control of as much territory and resources as she can get. She knows Britain today is powerless to stop her. Hence Moscow is quick to'accuse Britain of being desirous of lining up America on the side of the British. That is why Churchill's speech was so bitterly denounced by the controlled press of Russia.

A comparison of what Churchill really said about Russia with what Secretary Byrnes said In his address in New York a few days earlier indicates that the two men issued much the same warning about Russia's aggressive tendencies. Mr. Byrnes wasn't attacked by Moscow, though it is significant an effort is being made inside the United possibly traceable to certain left- undermine the secretary by putting out frequent rumors about his resignation whicl- arc absolutely without foundation. Russia plays a peculiar game but the American people will have to get accustomed to the Russian propaganda methods and the use of force and pressure against weaker countries. Sooner or later the opportunity to deny Russia things she most needs will come to the United States government as a trading point.

There isn't a remote chance Russia will ever get the atom bomb secret from us. She will find it increasingly difficult to rehabilitate her own country, because she will Have alienated the American peo- SIDE GLANCES By Galbralth tT NM JKHVICt INC. T. M. W.

0. S. Ml Oft. "You were with Pattern's Army, weren't you? How about taking tomorrow off and escorting my wife on a shopping tour to help her capture some scarce merchandise?" Tfte Daily WASHINGTON MERRY GO -ROUND By Drew Pearson Former Gov. Gardner One of Truman's Best Appointments Drew Pearson awards the Brass Ring, good for one free ride on the Washington Merry-Go Round to Ex-Gov.

O. Max Gardner of North Carolina.) WASHINGTON, March 15. There has been so much Senate furore over President Truman's Pauleyesque appointments that one official quietly took the oath the other day almost unnoticed. He is 0. Max Gardr.or, ex-governor of North Carolina, now under secretary of the treasury, an early planner of 'the New Deal, but first and foremost a friend of man.

Max Gardner came to Washington in 1933 with the Roosevelt administration. When lie arrived, he did exactly the opposite of Ed Pauley. He opened a law office, but simultaneously he resigned from the Democratic National Committee. Politics and a personal luw practice, he felt, did not mix. If Ed Pauley had done the same, no important voice would have been raised against him in the Senate, Before he came to Washington, Max Gardner, then governor of North Carolina, had come to know Franklin D.

Roosevelt, then governor of New York. And, on July 22,1932, just after Roosevelt's nomination, Gardner wrote him a letter suggesting the New Deal and setting down with amazing foresight the left-of-center policy which Roosevelt later followed. Gardner Devises New Deal "It is my opinion," Gardner wrote FDR, "that the American people are on the move, and I Eirmly believe that your liberalism, if you go far enough, is bound to have a stabilizing effect in its appeal to the ultimate hope of the nation. If I were you, I would become more liberal, because I tell you the masses are marching and we are to save this nation, it has jot to be saved by the liberal in- of tne sentiments now ruling in the hearts of men. who could be very helpful to ier.

Russia is losing friends inside America very rapidly and it may je that before long she will come to realize it and execute a complete reversal. Such somersaults also are to be expected as part of the devices of the communistic school of Jiought. (Reproduction Righti Reserved) TOONERVILLE FOI KS By Fontaine Fox FLEM PROPPY SHOULP BE MADE FIRE CHIEF "I am satisfied that we are in the day of a new deal and that many of our preconceived ideas anc formulas are going to be thrown into the discard. We are more than blind if we can think the American people will stand hitched to the status quo. "The camp fires of the past are being abandoned and the frontiers of thinking have extended beyonc the limit heretofore held sacred by the conservative minds of this country." Josephus Daniels Needles Down in his home state, some North Carolinians haven't always considered Gardner, a liberal.

One of these is Josephus Daniels, ex secretary of the navy, who foi years has attacked the "Gardner machine," which has appointee elected governors and put Max's own brother-in-law in the governor's mansion and the Senate. Sometimes after Josephus had blasted Max with his most scorching editorials, Gov. and Mrs. Gardner would invite the Daniels to dinner! Josephus would say grace, they would forget the editoriaJ blasts in the morning paper, and all would be for the evening. As years have passed, Josephus Daniels end Max Gardner have become better friends.

And when you look around at the public schools of North Carolina, its high literacy. its tolerance, you have to conclude that either the Gardner machine or the way Josephus Daniels has kept it on its toes, or both, have been a healthy thing. Duchess of Windsor Despite the fact that he ha represented Coca Cola, Pan American Airways and various shipping lines, Max Gardner has become more liberal with the years. But he has never lost his southern charm and hi? ability to under stand people. One day the Duchess of Windsor, meeting Gardner on one of her Washington visits, exclaimed: "Oh, it was so nice at Annapolis, just as beautiful and charming as in the old days.

It hasn't changed a bit." To which Max replied: "Lady there is nothing remarkable about the unchanged beauty of Annapo Us. I just heard a friend of remark that he hadn't seen you for ten years and that you were just as lovely and beautiful and unchanged as before you met the King of England." "I wish I could believe you countered tlie duchess. "But that's just the old blarney of the south "My dear," replied Gov. Gardner, can always believe she southern politician any time except when he is running for office. And since I am not a candidate, you must believe me also when I tell you that when we talk with you and the duke, we feel we nre talk- Ing In the presence of history." Family Tragedy Gardner has never run for office or wanted public office since he left the governor's mansion in North Carolina.

He was offered soveral jobs by President Roosevelt but turned them down, preferring to spend whatever spare whe rocking hey" to buy Mn 1 N. in nn old chair given to him by the of Shelby 35 years ago contributed 20 cents each him a wedding present But rece nll toax of his- eldest son, was a bitter blow. James the manager of the Gardner mills near Shelby. The other were all away In the ices, end there was no the family to carry on. to rumors that the mill sold.

At this point. Max Gardner post es It had been rayoi boy's; serv- left in This 1-d would be James armed one Answers To Questions Mall inquiries to Information Bureau Haskln Service, 318 Eye N. Washington, D. C. Enclose 3 (or return postage.

Q. Who originated the nickname Sacrerl Cow for the President's airplane? S. B. A. The War Department says that no single originator is claimed for the nickname of the aircraft.

The plane was clothed In secrecy during the war and as a result officials cnme to refer to it by the unofficial code word Sacred Cow. Q. Do birds eat ants? J. C. R.

A. Ants are eaten by many birds, particularly sot.ie woodpeckers. The flicker feeds on ground-living ants. It opens their hills and with its long tongue, covered with a sticky secretion, licks the insects into Its mouth. One flicker examined had 5040 ants in its stomach.

Q. Which is the biggest day In the florist business, Christmas or Easter? J. W. A. Easter, Christmas, and Mothers' Day, in this order, are the three biggest selling days In the business.

Q. Is the assault upon Okinawa considered to be the most difficult operation of the war In the Pacific? C. L. B. A.

In his report Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King says, "From many standpoints the Okinawa operation was the most difficult ever undertaken by our forces In the Pacific." Q. Can water be compressed? M. M. A.

Water is very slightly compressible, nnd even at a depth of a mile a cubic foot of water will weigh only about a half a pound more than at the surface. Q. Is the base of the Great Pyramid in Egypt a perfect square? S. D. M.

A. The sides of the pyramid are equal in length to within six-tenths of an inch. This Is a remarkable achievement and demonstrates the fact that the ancient Egyptians were outstanding In the mastery of measurements. Q. Where is uranium found besides Canada and Belgian Congo? G.

R. B. A. Uranium is widely distributed over the earth but it Is not abundant. The localities mentioned have the only known deposits of economic worth, and these are in remote places.

Q. My husband, a veteran of World War is suffering from a service-connected He allowed his U. S. Government life (converted) insurance to lapse ed a notice in his notice typical of his philosophy of life. It read: "As president and principle owner of the Cleveland cloth mills, I oesire to say that the mill is not for sale and that no ihange in plant personnel or policy is con- remplated.

"As soon as my son, O. Max Gardner, returns from Japan, he will take his plact 3 as a member of the staff and carry on the traditions of the family. "It was the pride and joy of James Webb, 'Decker 1 as you called him, to feel a deep Interest in every employe of this mill and to know them by their first names and to regard them as one large family. I hope and pray that this fine human relationship will be maintained. "I regret that James Webb did not live to announce an agreed policy that commences Feb.

4. There will be a wage increase of 15 percent, effective as of that Having posted this notice, Max Gardner yielded to the urging of his old friend, Secretary of the Treasury Vinson, to become under secretary of the treasury and help him run the difficult, all-important fiscal policies of the nation. Despite the lack of senatorial headlines, it was one of the best appointments Harry Truman has made. (Copyright, 1048, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.I A. If a veteran Is not in health and his physical disability is the resul of or disease which is ted he may yf.

Br after the date ofVpl" vlded he Is not totally disabled, 1 Isfactory to the Veterans' Islratlon to that the required est. Is there such a thing Allied Forces Ribbon or authorized for Americans ed in the forces of the N. tlons in World War A. The Allied Forces nnd Medal does exist, hut It authorized by the War fo rm may n0t bC 'he What are the four 0 battleships in the world'i -A. The Navy Department that the battleships Wisconsin sourl, Iowa, and the New of the U.

S. Navy are the Br In the world. These vcsseh place 45,000 tons each. Q. What department of A.

Retirement pay in the avy Is paid-through the Special ments Division, Reserve and tired Pay Section, Field Branch i Bureau of Supplies and Accounts' Cleveland 15, Ohio. Q. What Is meant by inactivaJ tion of a division of the Army? K. If an organization has been inactivated, It no longer has any personnel attached to it. Some or- ganlzations are inactivated overseas, and men not eligible for discharge are transferred for duly to other organizations; men eligible for discharge are transferred to organizations scheduled to return to the United States.

If an organization is scheduled to return the United States for inactivation 1 men who are eligible for discharge will be returned with it, and men I not eligible for discharge will be returned with it, and men not ellgi- ble for discharge will be transferred to other outfits. Q. After a woman has been i honorably discharged from the WAVES, is she entitled to her former job as a veteran of war? M. L. P.

A. As veterans, women members of the armed forces, separated from active duty under honorable conditions, are eligible for reemployment in their former positions provided they are qualified and desire reinstatement. Q. If a veteran receives a yellow discharge from the Navy can he keep his insurance? J. F.

S. A. Yes. National Service Insur-, ance is forfeited only when a man is found guilty of mutiny, treason, spying or desertion, or when he, because of conscientious objections, refuses to perform service or to i wear the uniform. Q.

How long is the overseas tour of duty in the army of occupation for an enlisted man in the Regular Army? P. S. M. A. Effective' March 1, 1946, oversea service will not exceed 2'i i years unless the soldier in question volunteers.

Q. A letter written to our son overseas was returned with the letters E. U. S. stamped on it.

What does this mean? A. L. B. A. The abbreviations stand for Evacuated to the United States and indicate that your son is returning to this country.

Q. When a wife joins her bus-1 band overseas, must she remain there for the full term of her husband's enlistment? T. D. A. According to the War parlment, first priority will be given to wives and dependents of servicemen who state that the? will remain overseas two years, There is no authority for the Army to pay the transportation of wives and dependents except to a permanent change of station.

However, if a wife desires to return to' the United States before her husband, there is no law forbidding such a change, but the Army will not pay her transportation. Bombay is the center of India'! cotton industry. U. S. Governor I i 7 Slight 8 Rumanian town 9 Gods' drink 11 Discharged 12 Weed 13 Top 16 Solitary 17 Finishes 24 Augment 25 Distress call 26 Sack 27 Ventilate 30 Diminutive suffix HORIZONTAL 6 Symbol for 1 Pictured U.

S. sodium governor, Coke 10 Forbearance 11 Step 14 Silver (symbol 15 Relative 18 Glad 19 Behold! 20 Short staff 21 Mineral rock 22 Also 23 He is governor of 26 Exposes 28 Perform 29 Three-toed sloth 30 Habitat plant forms 33 Troy weights 37 Greek letter 38 English letter 39 Savor 42 Area measure 44 Different 48 Debar 47 Note of scale 48 Regimens 49 Counterfeit 52 Essential VERTICAL 1 Serbian town 2 English party 3 Spanish article 4 Calf meat 5 31 Case (fclE. 41 Heroic form) 42 Sorrowful cry 32 Capital of his 43 Rodents state 34 Pain 35 Encounter 36 Indian weights 40 Volunw 44 Smell 45 Wee 50 Tellurium (symbol) 51 Indian army.