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THE LEHI SUN. LEHI. UTAH WHAT'S IN A NAME Wider Vista of U. S. Policy Minted Nation May Be Embarking Colorful Nicknames Abound In Underworld, FBI Learns WNU Features.

"Cotton Patch Molly," "Bowlegged Bessie," Iron Foot Florence," "Butcher Knife Lizz," "High Ball Lill," "Mustache Annie! These probably aren't the type of nicknames which the typical American woman would choose for herself, but they are among the colorful and unusual appellations by which female characters of the underworld are known. This is revealed by the identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which uti- On Major Teacef are' Effort I ''I 'kr lip By BAUKHAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON. It was a sizzling day in the capital. The town moved slowly like a lazy setter stretching and hunting the shade.

Even the trees were half asleep. The air pushed hard against your brow and cheeks. The asphalt yielded to one's footfalls like brown grasses in a trodden field. But we had to attend the regular press and radio conference of the secretary of state. Nature languished, but we knew the dispatch room was spluttering and sparking in sharp shudders with the news of an anguished world.

America we sensed (but didn't understand quite how) was em This new word of mine (which Marshall might have used, had he known it) is "peacefare." It was used in a paragraph of a "letter to the editor" in the New York Times. The writer was A. M. Meerloo, wartime chief of the psychological branch of the Dutch war ministry and a member of the inter-Allied psychological study group in England. This is the paragraph: "In those (wartime) days, when the success or failure of the war was at stake, psychologists and specialists in allied fields mobilized ev- DESIGNED FOR THE LIVING model paraplegic house, built as hospital on Staten island, N.

He is being wheeled by Michelle the unit will be made available to his own home. NEWS REVIEW New Farm Plan Studied; Fruit Crop Favorable a First up the ramp to the new a special housing unit at Halloran is Louis Novell! of Machnaqua, Pa. Parker, Red Cross nurse. Plans of any paraplegic who desires to build FRUITED PLAINS: Apple Outlook Rosy Despite a late spring and some frost damage In eastern fruit areas, prospects continue generally favor able for this- year's crop of apples and other deciduous fruits, a de partment, of agriculture report has disclosed. The 1947 strawberry crop is estimated to be nearly a fourth larger than the 1946 crop, but still a tenth below average.

However, the peach crop in 10 early southern states is expected to set a new record of more than 25 million bushels this year, the third successive large crop from those states. In California, the sweet cherry crop of 29,000 tons is 15 per cent smaller than last year, but still 16 per cent larger than the 1938-44 average. California's plum crop is slightly below 1946. TRAINING: Hearings Begin Although congress is scheduled to adjourn July 28, the senate armed services 'committee has voted to proceed with hearings on universal military training. But in a formal statement the committee added that if a report cannot be made ready by July 28, it will attempt to have a report prepared for congress when it convenes again.

Decision of the senate group was reached as the Very Rev. Edmund A. Walshj a member of President Truman's universal military training, commission, told a house committee that "the politburo in Moscow is not going to adjourn for the summer as its forces creep across Europe." Father Walsh said thai America is definitely on the Soviet agenda ol conquest, and Russia will be ready to start her "shooting war" as soon as her atom bombs are in production. TAX PLANS: To Think Over Congress has been presented with four tax-revision plans to think over until.it gets ready to have another go at. the income tax problem.

The treasury department has given the house ways and means committee studies of four plans to equalize federal income taxes on married couples in all 48 states. One of the proposals would save 4,900,000 couples- three-quarters ol a billion dollars annually by giving those living in 38 states the same "income splitting" rights now enjoyed by couples living in 10 states which have community property laws. Secretary' of the Treasury John Snyder has indicated that the administration considers the proposed plans to be among the "right kind" of changes in the tax setup. 1945 Low general assistance rolls increased 6C per cent between March, 1946, and March, 1947, the report declared. Unemployment benefits in New York City have Increased ninefold, from 23,212 in August, 1945, to about 203,000 at the present time, it wai asserted.

Total general relief caseload foi the nation in February was 344.0OC compared with 258,000 a year ear lier. In a year general relief cost! increased 97 per cent in Delaware 90.8 pef cent in Wyoming, 75.8 pel cent in Ohio, 67 per cent in California and 55 per cent in Indiana the report disclosed. weapon at their command to wage psychological warfare. Why cannot we now, when the peace is at stake, mobilize as carefully for psychological peacefare?" All right, there you have it "peacefare." Not simply "psychological" peacefare now, but economic and political and moral peace-fare. That is what I am hoping and praying the unspoken plan of Secretary Hull will embody.

A hard, long, expensive campaign. But one launched not against anybody but for everybody; a campaign to stop war to save humanity. I say "everybody" because Marshall pointed out that he envisioned Russia as a part of this plan for the economic rehabilitation of Europe. Without this economic rehabilitation, there can be no rehabilitation of the body politic or the body (and soul) moral. It must be a campaign to banish fear fear of the atomiq bomb which we possess for the moment; fear of the far more terrible weapons of destruction that any madman might put to use.

It is a campaign to banish the hate bred by fear. A campaign to nourish the body so that bodily things may be forgotten and man may pursue his spiritual destiny toward freedom, toward decency, toward a world where the major effort is dedication to the common good. Nothing like this has ever been attempted before. Nations have loaned money for the purpose of earning a neat dividend or to wring some political advantage from an impecunious princeljng or bankrupt government. Many fair promises and high sounding ideals have been written into covenants signed only to be broken when opportunism dictated a reverse English.

But here is something new and different. Something rather bright and idealistic has been added, what we hope is an honest effort to wage peacefare, to outroot the malice of the few, in the spirit of charity toward all. It may be all eyewash, I know. I've seen a lot of castles But my feeling is that' if we get out of the scoffer's seat for a moment, if we drop the cynic pose and put peacefare into the national vocabulary, we may make it work. Spur Inquiries The success of Rochester, N.

in providing living space has brought in an impressive list of queries from other communities which haven't yet solved their hous ing problems. Chambers of com- merce in Bristol, and Far- .11 Da 3 1. relL and in half a dozen New York and Massachusetts towns have inquired. Twenty-nine banks in 14 states and one in Canada have written in for details. Housing committees in Ann Arbor, and San Antonio, have asked for the story, as have a dozen other committees in cities nearer to Rochester.

The stories I printed were only a few of the many communities which had the will that finds the way. I wish I could print them all. lizes nicknames as means of tracking down criminals in its relentless drive against law violators. Files on nicknames, palm prints, footprints and general appearance data are maintained by the FBI for identification purposes to supplement its collection of fingerprints, largest in the world. Indicative of the FBI's thorough and systematic effort to maintain complete data on members of the underworld mob, the file contained 469,515 nicknames at the start of the year.

During the past year 47,580 nicknames were added to the list. Although an individual may change his real name many times, as a general rule his nickname sticks, FBI agents point out in emphasizing the effectiveness of this means of identification. This has been found particularly true in cases involving check forgers, Impersonators and extortionists. The women have no corner on the unique nicknames found in FBI files. Also included in this category are such cognomens as "Alibi Good Kid," "Am I Blue," 'Barrell House Shorty," "Beef Stake Bob," "Blue Shirt Slim," "Chew Tobacco Lewie," "Gold -Tooth Frenchy," "Liver Lip," "Sweet Cakes" and "Whoop Em Up Willie." Notorious public enemies of the 1930s are recognized more often by their nicknames than their- true names.

The given name of "Baby-face" Nelson was Lester M. Gillis. "The Owl" was in actuality Basil Hugh Banghart. "Pollynose" Kator, a member of the Touhy gang, was 'FATSO' AND 'POLLYNOSE' Nicknames Stick the nickname of August John Lamar. Roger Touhy was commonly known as "Black" Roger.

Joseph Raymond Negri, associate of "Babyface" Nelson was dubbed "Fatso." Members of the Barker-Karpis gang also had their nicknames. "Ma" Barker was the name accorded Kate Barker by her sons and their underworld pals. Arthur Barker was known as "Doc." Alvin Karpis was nicknamed "Old Creepy" because of his cold stare and precision in carrying out his crimes. Charles Arthur Floyd was widely known as "Pretty Boy." A criminal may receive a nickname because of some physical characteristic, unusual personality trait or criminal specialty. "Cockeye Mary" was labeled as such by her underworld pals because of her facial appearance.

Another criminal's extensive vocabulary prompted the nickname of "Dictionary." "Sweet Lips" did not live up to his name, FBI agents ascertaining, that be had been in custody of police several times for offenses ranging from vagrancy through counterfeiting. The nickname, "Wildflower," also proved misleading. The individual bearing that name was arrested for assault. In many instances law enforcement agencies will have little, if any, Information about a wanted criminal except perhaps a nickname and a smattering of descriptive data. When this information is forwarded to the FBI, a search through the nickname file sometimes results in an identification.

"Kentucky Red" was the only name known for an individual who was selling drugs in New York City. FBI nickname files furnished his correct name, descriptive data and his whereabouts at the time. Nicknames have not been confined to the criminal element "Machine Gun" Kelly originated a nickname for the special agents of the FBI when they apprehended him in a dawn raid at Memphis, on September 26, 1933. "Don't shoot, G-men, shoot!" he cried. This name caught the fancy of the public as well as that of the underworld.

To this day FBI agents are known as "G-men." Youth To Mow Lawn As Penalty for Prank COLUMBUS, Frank Bangert is getting her lawn mowed all summer by a not too willing boy of 13. Because he had been denied the right to string a toy telephone line across Mrs. Bangert's property, the. boy bad stuffed a 17-incb garden snake into her home through the front door mail slot A juvenile court judge assessed the unusual junishment FRIENDLY WORDS Mme. Andrei Gromyko, wife of Soviet delegate to the United Nations, made radio address from U.

N. information and hospitality center. She took as her subject international friendship. Her audience was composed of United Nations personnel and their families. TELLS OF RED PLANS Dr.

George Dimitrov, former head of Bulgarian Agrarian party, said Communist operations in Bulgaria and Balkans are part of conspiracy to plunge all of Europe under Soviet domination. GOOD SCOUT Rachel Claris, 17-year-old representative of Great Britain's Girl Guides, arrived in New York to attend first world encampment of Girl Scouts to be held since 1937. GIVES THANKS Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, primate of Hungary, expressed his country's gratitude to the National Catholic Welfare in America for sending 14,000 meals daily to starving Hungary. HOUSING PROBLEM Just as though the housing problem weren't bad enough, the Los Angeles home and building exposition sponsors this hat composed of hammers, saws, T-squares, blueprints and flowers. i I fpj AVIATION NOTES Airport Chatter Fliers from several Midwestern states participated in the first all-Upper Peninsula tour conducted under auspices of -the Michigan state department of aeronautics.

The flight covered 289 miles, stops being made at eight cities. Ten charter members have signed up for the recently-organized Decorah Flying club at Decorah, Iowa. The club has purchased an Aeronca Chief plane. Dedication services for the new Worthington, airport are scheduled July 5 and 6. More than 120 private plane owners have been invited to participate in the ceremonies.

Plans- for a series of district meetings and flight breakfasts were perfected at the annual meeting of Flying Farmers of Iowa, held at the Ames municipal airport. The statewide organization, founded March 18, 1946, at a meeting on the Iowa State college campus, now numbers more than 500 members from some 70 counties. An air show will be among the headline attractions at the American Legion summer jubilee at Harper, July 16-19. Aerial Detective Mark up another use for the airplane in agriculture. W.

V. Allington, plant pathologist of the department of agriculture, is using an aerial survey to spot evidence of a fungus disease brown stem rot that is reducing soybean yields in the Midwest. Allington, who is stationed at the regional soybean laboratory at Ur-bana, uses his privately-owned plane to make aerial photographs of soybean acreage over a wide In the pictures, plants in infected fields show up much lighter in color than those in non-infected fields. By comparing his aerial pictures with road maps, Allington locates the fields where the fungus infection appears to be most serious. 't Girl Scouts have taken to the air in a big way.

More than 5,000 Girl Scouts receive pre-flight training and flight experience as members ef 315 Wing Scout troops in 42 states and Hawaii. "Wing Scout" is the name of the organization's own Cub plane, presented to them by William T. Piper. It is the only airplane owned and used by a national youth-serving agency. i Civic Cooperation Cliiriaxing an unprecedented example of practical cooperation' between two cities, dedication ceremonies were held for the joint municipal airport at Arkansas City and Winfield, Kas.

The two progressive communities in a rich oil and agricultural belt of southeastern Kansas buried the hatchet to acquire Stro-ther field, former AAF fighter training base, as a joint project in August, 1946. Facilities offered by the field permitted the two cities to secure a new industry, the Fairchild personal planes division. Gov. Frank Carlson of Kansas made the dedicatory address at a program which featured an elaborate air fair. Starting with a dawn patrol breakfast, the day's program included an exhibition and demonstration of personal planes, military aviation display, model airplane demonstration, flights by women pilots and fliers over the age of 40, parade and trap shoot 'KNEELING DOWN A bending nose gear which enables a fighter plane to kneel down" on the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier is a feature of one of the navy's fastest airplanes, North American Aviation's all-jet XFJ-1.

The equipment is devised to facilitate handling of the fighter on the ground and stowage on deck. Sky Lab Nine flying lightning rods have teamed up at Clinton county army air field at Wilmington, Ohio, in a modern version of Ben Franklin's invitation to the lightning to blister his hand by way of kite, key and ring. Purpose of the scientific adventure into the rain clouds, which is being conducted by the air materia command, is to determine the behavior of an electrical storm by jumping right into the middle of it with cameras, instruments and trained observers. barking on a colossal undertaking. j- We walked down the air-cooled corridors of this new state department building which in wartime housed the brass hats of the high command.

For those working for peace, it is a little depressing to pass those stark murals depicting war at its worst or best, which is probably the same We were still interested in the implications of the statements on for eign policy. Each I statement pulled a little wider the curtain on the I theater which was neither a theater of war nor a theater of peace'. Againfand again the questions came in like darts. Efforts to pierce what we all felt was a screen concealing vistas much wider than Baukhage the formal state ments had yet revealed. Was there a greater plan lying behind this program for aid to stricken countries the program outlined by Secretary Marshall at Harvard? The question was asked although we knew that even if the secretary had a vision wider than ours, he could not reveal it yet.

His answer, frank enough under the circumstances and not unexpected, was that if there was some further plan behind the one already revealed piecemeal, he was not going to talk about it. He did reveal that Russia was not outside the pale of America's rehabilitation efforts in theory at least. This was surprising to some who had studied President Truman's, Marshall's and Ben Cohen's most recent statements, and yet not sosurprising as we recalled the nature of other talks, not public, which had hinted at larger things. Is this a real effort to achieve a fair understanding with Russia? (Rapproachement is the diplomatic word.) Words. I am wondering whether those unspoken words of the secretary of state could possibly describe the immensity of America's task, the task which is envisioned in the plans which Secretary Marshall "would not talk about." I say this because I have learned a new word which, it seems to me, might bear within it a vital, a hopeful concept.

Like Hauptmann, in "The Sunken Bell" when he said: "Tear! All the gladness, all the sorrow of the world sparkles within it." Think of the dynamic quality of other words: Fame Riches Fair Play Charity Honor! Building Plans I don't know how interested you readers have been in my reports of what American ingenuity in different communities has done to make brick (and other building material for veterans' homes) without the straw (of readily available materials and labor) which we seem to lack in this otherwise rich and prosperous land of ours. But I can tell you that a lot of people who thought they could go and do likewise were heard from. Yakima, whose achievement was the first described in this column, has had requests for information from 41 cities and 18 states. Nearjjy communities have sent people Yakima to get first-hand in person. Delegations hav come to Yakima from Spo-kar Seattle, Walla Walla, Ephrata, Pa Prosser, Ellensburg and Br in Washington, and from Prrtland and Pendleton in Oregon.

JTbe Salem plan, under which the is subsidizing the conversion cf extra space new apartments, has drawn comment from a number of other Massachusetts towns. Gloucester already has copied part of the plan, and inquiries have come in from five other cities in the Bay state, and from state offices of Am-vets, VFW and American Legion. The veterans' co-operative which has been so successful in building moderate cost housing in Albuquerque, N. has been busy answering questions, too. Requests have come from Houston and Amarillo, from Syracuse, N.

Chicopee, Las Cruces, N. Great Falls, Erie, Berkeley, Oklahoma City. Detroit and elsewhere. if 1 FARM CONTROLS: Opposition Grows American Farm Bureau federation, powerful farm group which sponsored most of the agricultural legislation now in force, is considering recommendations for total abandonment of all farm price and crop controls by the government Edward A. O'Neal, president of the federation, said the board is not satisfied with the old AAA, established during President Roosevelt's first term.

He revealed that a better a 1 cultural program than the one the farmers now have is being sought. The AAA authorizes to farmers O'Neal for reducing acreages in the basic crops of wheat, corn, cotton, rice, tobacco, and. peanuts. Farmers from the North Northwest have consistently and ap posed federal subsidies, and sentiment was reported to be growing among the producers for letting farm products seek their own price level as a permanent policy. In the South, however, cotton and tobacco growers are known to be satisfied with the situation as it stands, favoring tight controls if prices start to slip.

One of the federation's economists predicted at least a 10-year period of good prices for farmers at levels slightly below those prevailing now. FARM ROYALTY This dimpled, smiling beauty is Vicky Os-trowski, 19 year old farmer's daughter, who was chosen "Dairy-land Queen" at the annual Dairy-land Festival in Watertown, N. Y. A real farm girl, she drives a tractor, milks the cows and helps with other farm chores. "a sharp incline which current signs indicate is typical of many states," the association said.

Several state legislatures have granted bigger state relief funds to meet the rising need. Pennsylvania boosted assistance for 1947-1948 to an increase of $10,000,000 from the 1945 appropriation. Monthly relief costs in the state for May were $1,260,000 compared to a total of $520,000 in June, 1945, and the monthly caseload -increased more than 60 per cent. Highest current increase in cities is reported in Washington, where WIDESPREAD INCREASES Relief Cases Double WASHINGTON. As evidence that public assistance problems are becoming critical throughout the nation, American Public Welfare association reveals that general relief caseloads have reached a level more than 50 per cent above the low point of 1945.

Current unemployment is centered among unskilled workers who have been displaced by skilled veterans, according to the report. Marked increases in unemployed rolls have been reported from 22 major labor centers. Minnesota's family relief caseload increased per cent in 1946,.