The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, January 2, 1948 Page: 3
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UMT Stresses Integration
Of Youthful Personalities
By BAUKIIAGE
News Analyst and Commentator
In this tbe third of a series on universal military training furtber dlU
ferentet between this system and Previous training methods are discussed
WASHINGTON Aside from the loss of hisjfreedom
which I discussed in a previous column the youngjnen called
upon for military training object to having their schooling in-
terrupted or the securing of a job postponed
The national security training act would answer those objections
this way a The trainee gets educational and vocational advantages
under UMT which In many cases he would not otherwise have and b
Be literally earns while he learns <
Let me quote from the November
Issue of the Army Information Di-
gest
Each trainee during the first
phase and If he elects to take a sec
ond six months
would receive a
30 cash allow
ance monthly If
he Is the chief
family support
he would qualify
for a dependency
allowance which
would be paid
wholly by the
government This
allowance would
be 50 a month
for one depend
1 ent and 65 a
month for two or
more dependents
During initial training the trainee
would be entitled to benefits of the
soldiers and sailors civil relief act
of 1040 and to the death and dis-
ability benefit furnished civilian
employees of the government
As to the educational factor the
report of the subcommittee on edu-
cation a division of the UMT civil-
ian advisory committee which vis-
its the Fort Knox experimental unit
regularly set forth the principle
that UMT should be so flexible that
a man could return to school or to
his civilian occupation without a
loss of considerable time and there-
fore It Is more advantageous to
maintain the sixmonth period of
Initial training with a minimum of
education than to prolong this pe-
riod of training and permit Inclu-
sion of a comprehensive educational
program
To ensure that the trainee docs
not lose sight of his life objec-
tive a wellplanned counselling
program Is recommended It
would be conducted by an edu-
cational staff Including a trained
psychologist
The slxmonth training period
where the accent Is on the military
Is by no means ALL military Bay-
onet practice and dirty fighting
have been eliminated and out of the
entire six months only 880 hours are
devoted to actual training the rest
to processing and orientation
There Is a onceaweek lecture on
citizenship and morality and gen
eral information Is Included In the
regular troop information period In
Apprentice training In plastics
and other vocations are some of
the extra doty acttvltlea offered
by UMT experimental unit at
Fort Knox
the experimental unit at Fort Knox
says the Army Information Digest
It Is not uncommon for the officer
of the day while Inspecting a rifle
at dally guard mount to ask the
trainee Who Is the secretary of
war or Who heads our diplomatic
mission to Moscow
The relationship between
trainer and trainee according
to the Digest U not that of ser-
geant and recruit but rather of
Instructor and pupil
Nearly 0 per cent of the men at
Fort Knox participate In the off
duty educational program and some
have completed graduation from1
high school by this route
According to the Digest report
made in June the barracks smell
id profanity and obscenity does
not exist Without In any way sac-
rificing virility the Digest claims
that a new way of looking at things
has been created Sex has Its place
In Instruction The trainee gets a
healthy understanding of the nor-
mal place of sex In raising a fanv
ily Is taught that the only sure way
to avoid venereal disease Is contin-
ence
Plenty of entertainment Is
provided at Fort Knox Includ-
ing a canteen where soft drinks
and snacks sire available but he
dcuhelle beverages are void
So much for the first six months
After that period there are a num-
ber of options which the trainee can
exercise He can remain for an addi-
tional six months training In the
national security training corps he
can enlist in the armed services
the national guard or the enlisted
reserve corps with assignment to an
organized unit he can enter one of
the service academies take special-
ist or technical work at an ap-
proved college or exercise other
alternatives
For those who cannot accept any
of the abovenamed options there Is
enlistment In the enlisted reserve
corps for six years with active
duty requirements of not more than
30 days a year
The first experimental unit at
Fort Knox has just about completed
the second cycle of its training
the first cycle having ended In July
UMT program centers on a se-
lective ascbedule of Instructive
military training
Since last January a civilian ad-
visory Committee of 34 men and
women has served continuously vis-
iting the unit individually and in
groups They have observed the
trainees at work at play on leave
In and around Louisville
This committee by the way
represents a fair crosssection
of the parents educators religi-
ous leaders newspapermen and
public officials whose Interest
either personal professional or
patriotic makes nnlversal
training Important to them
This committee says that as a re-
sult of this year of training the boys
have benefitted by definite spiritual
and moral training selfexpression
through Individual hobbles training
for leadership and respect for au-
thority and the rights of others as
weil as gaining military skills
which are taught under discipline
not regimentation
As one man from Louisville
put It to me Its an entirely
different thing from ordinary
OI experiences The boys
themselves are the best wit-
nesses
According to the 20th Century
fund cotton supplies more than
threefourths of all fiber consumption
In the United States Now I know
what they put Into my breakfast
food
The housing problem seems high-
ly explosive Frnnk Creedon who
recently resigned as housing ex-
pediter to join an atomic energy
project probably finds splitting
atoms safer
They have a national letter1 writ-
ing week I understand Letter writ-
ing makes me weak any week
BEAUTIFUL SPRING
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HEMPHIUi COUNTY NEWS CANADIAN TEXAS
CIIICKABACK The mother chicken a purebred Sllkle aeemi
to be glaring Whats It to you as the camera catches her with a
chick on her shoulder The youngster is still in the down atage bat
soon wlU develop the silky plumage from which the breed gets Its
name
NEWS REVIEW
London Meet Dissolves
Inflation Bill Defeated
The lethargic uninspired ending
of the Big Four foreign ministers
conference in London was reminis-
cent of nothing so much as the
rather dreary business of tossing
out the Christmas tree after the
holidays
There was a small amount of nos-
talgia and regret expressed over the
abrupt finish of the unsuccessful dis-
cussions but there was also a thinly
veiled feeling that perhaps after
all it was a good thing the affair
was over
As seen dimly through clouds of
futility and frustration what the
windup of the German and Aus-
trian peace treaty talks amounted
to was this The western powers
had failed utterly to reach any kind
of agreement with Russia on the
fate of Germany and the failure
leaves Europe more firmly divided
than at any time since the war
ended
Although the delegates were un-
able to agree on any single Issue on
their agenda the point upon which
the conference balloon burst was
the problem of German reparations
To the inevitable question What
now diplomatic authorities were
answering with a prediction that the
United States Great Britain and
France would begin negotiations
socn among themselves concerning
the unification of western Germany
Russia would be out of Jt and there
was no prospect of another four
power meeting In 2948 or In any
other year
CONGRESS
Straw Man
Of the two pressing reasons why
President Truman called congress
Into special session In November
one had been disposed ox but the
other kept hanging around like an
evil spirit as the year drew to a
close
The senate and house had voted
strongly In favor of authorizing up
to 697 million dollars or emergency
winter relief for France Italy Aus-
tria and China but no such accord
was displayed in dealing with the
problem of inflation at home
Rejecting President Trumans 10
point proposal for fighting inflation
by Imposing wage and price con-
trols and selective rationing house
Hepubllcans offered an antlinfiatlon
bill based upon voluntary agree-
ments for price reductions
Wlth a twothirds vote needed for
passage the Republican measure
went down to defeat 202 to 188 The
house split almost exactly along
party lines over the bill not one
Democrat breaking ranks to vote In
favor of It
The President has asked for
bread and you have given him a
stone said Rep Brent Spence
Dem Ky In summing up the de-
bate for the Democrats Rep A S
Mike Monroney Dem Okla
dusted oft another bromide when he
charged the JGOP majority with
setting up a straw man to combat
the menace of Inflation
That was the swan song for any
antiInflation legislation during the
special session Although the senate
was preparing to act on the house
killed bill there appeared to be-
little likelihood that the Republicans
would be able to put through their
proposals
Thrift rian
Meanwhile although congress
had given Its approval to the propo-
sition that Interim relief should be
rushed to Europe and China the
emergency aid issue continued to
send forth echoes
This time the struggle arose over
the actual bill to appropriate the
597 million dollars previously ap-
proved by congress The house ap-
propriations committee showing
the same cutting ways it had ex-
hibited earlier in the year toward
budget requests knocked 88 million
dollars oft the original figure In pre-
paring the bill for floor action
Thus the bill carried only 509 mil-
lion for winter relief The appro-
priations committee headed by
Rep John Taber Rep N Y said
the cut was represented by Items
which would have been used by
France and Italy for payment of
interest on their foreign debts and
for making payments on commer-
cial accounts
Aroused at the Republican dis
play of economy Democrats la
belled the committees action as an
undercover attempt to hamstring
the aid program They served no
tice that they would attempt to re-
store the cut
TRAINING
In Driving
If a training course In automobile
driving were made a requirement
In the curriculum of every high
school traffic deaths could be re-
duced by 5000 to 10000 a year ac-
cording to Dr Wayne Hughes direc-
tor of National Safety councils col-
lege and school division
A safety council survey made
among Cleveland high schools be-
tween 1939 and 1941 showed that ef-
fectual driver training reduced traf-
fic accidents by 50 per cent the
cquncil said
It is our firm belief that If ev-
ery high school In the nation would
put Into effect such a course we
would see miracles within five
years Dr Hughes asserted
Officials pointed out that statistics
for 1946 proved that milesfor mile
the 1524 age group was a third more
dangerous behind the wheel than
any other comparable segment of
the population That group account
ed for 33 8 per cent of the nations
fatalities In 1946
At present only 10 per cent of the
25000 high schools in the U S have
what the council regards as ade
quate driver training courses And
only a part of the schools conduct-
ing such courses have actual auto
mobiles in operation
Guard Strength Up
Members of the U S national
guard totaled 201041 on November
30 1047 a strength larger than that
of the prewar national guard In any
year except 1040 according to an
announcement by Maj Gen Ken-
neth F Cramer
Projected strength of the national
guard on June 30 1948 Is 271000
men 250000 of whom will be In
approximately 4500 army units and
21000 In 363 air units he said
inflation to Burst into Bloom
Where price Inflation Is concerned
there Is no such thing as a last
word More words more gloomy
predictions always follow
Latest verbal foreboding by pri-
vate and government forecasters
holds that next April and May will
mark a probable crisis peak In the
continuing upward trend of retail
and wholesale prices
Flat predictions that meat and
tome other food prices are likely to
soar as winter ends have been made
by political officials and confirmed
by government and other econo-
mists >
Experts In retail dry goods prices
are saying that the shelves emptied
by the Christmas buying rush will
be restocked with good that ril be
priced much higher The goods
were being bought In the garment
trade centers at wholesale prices
nearly equal to last springs retail
prices
Another factor boosting the Infla-
tion bubble Is expected to be the
peak In foreign demand for food and
other Items In Europe scheduled to
como as winter bows out
The construction Industry which
hit an alltime high in dollar values
as the 1947 season ended probably
will begin the 1818 season under an
extraordinarily high demand pres-
sure lorbulldlng materials
Another considerable Influence 1
CIO President Philip Murray re-
cent declaration that unions In hla
organization will seek another
round of wage Increases thus help
lng to form another price bulge
Pressure for higher wages Is ex-
pected to build up during the late
winter months
In Washington political leaders of
both Democratic and Republican
persuasion are giving all these signs
serious and concentrated study and
both sides are convinced that some-
thing must be done
It Is not considered likely that
these Indications of further Inflation
will add up to a nationwide bust
next summer Their biggest signi-
ficance Is that they make up a pack-
age of political dynamite which
probably will explodewith an earth-
shaking Impact sometime around
the presidential election In Novem-
ber
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Lice Inflict Heavy
Damage on Cattle
DDT Treatment Cuts
High Winter Losses
Uce are injurious to all types of
cattle Animals produce less meat
and milk li lice are unchecked
Young animals and poorlynour
ished old animals suffer most from
lice
The winter season Is the time lice
are bad on cattle The louse popula-
tion builds up then Dr Harold
Gunderson extension entomologist
at Iowa State college says one louse
unchecked in fall means 1000 the
following March
m
For lice control on cattle DDT Is
being used successfully Early In
fall before cold weather arrives It
is mixed with water and sprayed
on the animals After cold weather
comes a DDT dust Is recommended
Farmers are being advised to use a
dust containing 10 per cent DDT
Some of the powdered louse killers
on the market contain less than 10
per cent DDT but have other ef-
fective insecticides combined with
the DDT
The rotenone dusts recommended
for cattle grub control can be used
for Uce control Usually they are
diluted for Uce to cover greater
area and reduce the cost For in-
stance one pound of a cattle grub
dust containing IVi per cent rote-
none can be mixed with two pounds
of flour to make an effective louse
killer
Worlds Largest Potato
Yard Found in Chicago
The worlds largest potato yard is
located not In Idaho nor in Maine
but In the largest city near the
geographical center of the nation
Chicago
In the Wood street yards of the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad
an average of 20000 carloads of po-
tatoes are handled annually Many
thousands of tons of other vegeta-
bles also pass through this yard
The yard Is the central market-
Ing point for potatoes which come
In from virtually every state In the
union Dealers and brokers assem-
ble In the yard each day before
dawn to buy sell or reconsign an
average of 36000 bushels dally The
Wood street yard Is a far cry from
the wooden platform which served
as a terminal years ago
Milk Testing Traced
To Michigan Farmers
Dy Louis Sellers
Forty years ago a few progressive
dairy farmers in Michigan organ-
Ized the first cowtesting association
In the United States They wanted to
improve the profitableness of their
herds They hired a tester to weigh
Part of the Increase In produc-
tion can be credited to progres-
sive Michigan dairy farmers
and test the milk of each cow and to
keep a record of her feed cost and
Income They wanted that lnforma
tlon so they could cull the low pro-
ducers from their herds and feed
the rest more economically
In the first four years of their pio-
neer effort these Michigan farmers
doubled the average profit per cow
Since then thousands of other dairy
farmers have followed their exam
pie with equally striking results
New Chemical Utilized
For Grasshopper Poison
Research men at various state
colleges after trying benzene hexs <
chloride a chemical discovered In
Europe and brought to this country
for experimental use as a grass
hopper poison believe It Is the best
thing yet discovered for hog mange
as well as grasshopper control The
compound Is wettable powder that
can be used as either a spray or dip
orhog and Is sold under various
trade names
Pag Three
Be Hit o the Parly
By Telling Fortunes
X7lIO gets nil the attention at
v parties The person who
keeps the crowd amused of
course I And how better to enter-
tain than by telling fortunes
Deck yourself In a colorful turban aad
dangling earrings nnd bs a crystal gazer
Or there are nine thrilling ways of telling
fortunes by cards
And dont overlook the tea leaves dice
domlnoei and of course horoscopes All
theie methods explained In our booklet
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CL Sihikiwf StoSLip
An American League umpire
named Jack Kerns had a phobia
against calling games No matter
how dark It got Kerns felt that a
ball game was nine innings or
more One day when Kerns refused
to call a game the pitcher In des-
peration huddled with his catcher
and whispered Listen you keep
the ball in your mitt Ill wind up
and pretend to throw it You pop
it into your glove as though youd
caught it
There were two strikes on the
batter The pitcher went through
his motions the catcher popped his
mitt Strike three and out bel-
lowed Kerns
Strike screamed the batter
Why that ball was two feet out-
side
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, January 2, 1948, newspaper, January 2, 1948; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47536/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.