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THE JACKSBORO GAZETTE
You Should Know
Your Government
GOVERNMENT
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White House Marriages
: T-J AS a President ever been mar-
ried in the White House?
Yes, Grover Cleveland married
his ward, Frances Folsom, in the
‘White House on June 4, 1886.
Do you know which two Presidents died
4n the White House? Why the secretaries
of agriculture, labor and commerce can-
‘not succeed to the Presidency, while other
cabinet members can?
Our Reader Service Booklet No. 202 an-
swers hundreds of interesting questions
about our government: history, tradition,
facts and figures. Send 25 cents (coin)
for “Know Vour Government” to Weekly
Newspaper Service, 243 West 17th St.,
New York 11, N. Y. Print name, address,
booklet title and No. 202.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS-
Soviets Seek To Outlaw Atom;
No Slump—Readjustment Seen;
Postal Rates May Be Increased
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GIANT’S DEATH:
End of an Era?
The battleship Oklahoma, first of
the so-called "super-dreadnaughts,”
might well be recorded in history
as an accurate symbol of the era
during which it ploughed the seas
for the U. S. navy—heroic but futile.
In her 31 years of steel-clad exist-
ence she never fired a shot at an
enemy.
Based at Berehaven, Ireland, dur-
ing World War I, she saw no action;
and on December 7, 1941, five Japa-
nese torpedoes sent the sturdy old
ship lunging to the bottom of Pearl
Harbor before her crew could man
the guns.
Raised to the surface and then
abandoned as not worth salvaging,
the Oklahoma was consigned to jthe
scrap heap and taken in tow for the
last long voyage across the Pacific.
Suddenly, 540 miles northeast of
Pearl Harbor, the tragic battleship
listed heavily, as If tired of war and
its aftermath, and slipped into the
sea, three miles deep at that point,
for her final escape from the era of
violence that had been her lifespan.
Improved
SUNDAY
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
II SCHOOL
LESSON-:-
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
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MAKING REFORMS SUCCEED
LESSON TEXT—II Kings 22:10. 1IJ
23:1-5, 21.
MEMORY SELECTION—Give me un-
derstanding, and I shall keep thy law.—
Psalm 119:34.
ANOTHER
\ A General Quiz ]
The Questions
1. How far below the surface of
the earth do earthquakes start?
2. What is white gold?
3. How long does it take an or-
chid to bloom?
4. Did the Italians invent maca-
roni?
5. What word in the English lan-
guage has the most definitions?
6. Bobby Feller was clocked ai
throwing a ball at what speed?
The Answers
Happy about the whole thing are Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker (cen-
ter) and pilots Mac Johnson (left) and Dick Merrill as they arrive at
La Guardia field, New York, after setting a new official record for a
commercial plane flight from Miami to New York. They made the dis-
tance in a new Constellation In three hours, 29 minutes and 45 seconds.
1. No more than 6 or 8 miles
down.
2. Gold combined with nickel
and zinc.
3. Ten to twelve years.
4. No, the Chinese did. It was
introduced into Europe by the Ger-
mans, who taught the Italians how
to make it.
5. The word “set.” In Webster’s
New International dictionary it has
235 major definitions.
6. At 98.6 miles per hour.
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ATOM BAN:
Russia's Goal
Rejecting the American plan for
International supervision of atomic
energy, Andrei
A. Gromyko, So-
viet delegate to
the United Na-
tions, called for
an immediate
decision to out-
law the use of
atomic weapons.
He described
present United GROMYKO
States monopoly
of the atom as “an illusion" and
predicted that this country’s domi-
nance in the field might be over-
come soon by other nations.
Gromyko presented a four-point
outline of Russia’s position in the
debate over the atom:
—1. Prohibition of atomic and
mass destruction weapons is the
greatest problem before the United
Nations.
—2. Russia is willing to submit to
international control and inspection
only if the atomic bomb is previ-
ously discarded.
—3. Inspection must be limited in
authority to "the necessity of ensur-
ing the use of atomic energy for
peaceful purposes only,” and it
must not interfere with the internal
Soviet economy.
—4. Ownership and management
of atomic energy production facili-
ties cannot be placed in the hands
of an international authority.
POSTAL RATES:
May Go Up
A measure embodying the first
j general revision of postal rates
j since 1879 which would add about
110 million dollars a year to post
office revenues has been introduced
in the house of representatives.
The bill provides for a 30 per cent
increase in parcel post rates and
would revise the air mail rate from
five to six cents an ounce. In
addition, the new plan would add
about 30 per cent a year to present
scales for second-class mailing of
newspapers and periodicals sent out-
side the county in which they are
published.
Another provision would maintain
the current three-cent local and non-
local rate for first class mail beyond
the July 1 deadline when those rates
were slated to revert to the former
two-cent level.
The new rates would go into ef-
fect 60 days after the bill is passed
and signed by the President.
READJUSTMENT:
No Depression
Not a depression but a price “re-,
adjustment” is in store for tha
United States, the federal reserve
board has predicted.
Reserve board economists ex-
plained that heartening news by
pointing out that a downtrend in
prices is "necessary, healthy and
Inevitable.” The inconsistencies in
the national economy, which have
arisen out of the fact that our econ-
omy is part rigged and part free,
will have to be eliminated.
For instance: About 14 million or-
ganized workers have derived bene-
fits through forcing higher wage
levels. Twice that many unorgan-
ized workers have not shared to an
equal extent in the wage increases.
A number of industries, able to
control prices, have driven them
upward. Others, at the same time,
have been held down by govern-
ment controls.
The main reason that farm and
food product prices soared after the
war was that there was little else
the consumer could purchase. Now,
with production making a come-
back, the previously scarce radios,
refrigerators, automobiles and so
on are competing for the consum-
er's money.
Federal reserve board economists
say that farm prices are expected
to stabilize about 25 per cent under
the 1946 peaks. They also express
confidence that they can put the
brakes on any further inflation if
congress provides the necessary
assistance.
PORK SUPPLY:
Seek More Pigs
Seeking to boost the nation’s pork
supply during the spring and sum-
mer of 1948, the department of agri-,
culture has recommended a general
15 per cent increase in pig produc-
tion this fall.
The increase, achievement of
which would bring an additional
five million pigs to market next
spring and summer, is being sought
because present prospects indicate
that supplies of beef and veal will
be shorter in 1948.
Fanners will have no difficulty in
getting sufficient amounts of feed to
fatten a larger fall crop, the
partment said.
While the national goal calls for
an overall increase of 15 per cent,
the recommended regional in-
creases would be 18 per cent in
western states, 16 per cent In the
Midwest corn belt and in the North-
east, 12 per cent in East Central
states and 13 per cent in the South
SURPLUS SUGAR:
Many Protests
Unless surplus sugar stocks are
released to needy housewives, a
congressional group will demand
immediate repeal of sugar control,
according to Senator McCarthy
God can bring blessing out of the
most unpromising of circumstances.
Yes, and men can make chaos out
of God’s greatest gifts.
The good Josiah became king at
eight years of age, and was sur-
rounded by godly counselors who
helped him become an outstanding
ruler for God. When he was sixteen
he had a real religious experience
(II Chron. 34:3), and at twenty he
began to purge Judah and Jerusa-
lem of idols and wickedness.
- I. A Book Found and Read (22:10,
11; 23:1, 2).
The Word of God had been neg-
lected for about sixty years. How
sad! Yes and how sad that in our
homes the Bible is so often neg-
lected—on a book shelf, or in a
trunk, or gathering dust on a living
room table. A lost Bible, and a
people living in sin! How much we
need to push aside the rubbish in
our lives and bring out our "lost”
de-1 Bibles.
Observe that they not only found
the book, but they read it. That was
true of the ones who found it as
well as of those to whom they
passed it on. What a good thought
we have there: read the Bible, yes,
but be sure to get someone else
reading it too.
In Josiah’s day it was thus first
received
1. By the King.
The ruler or rulers of the people
need to return to God’s Word in our
day. It is all too often neglected in
the council chambers of the nations.
Josiah was moved by what he
read to real repentance. He realized
that the judgment of God must
(Rep., Wis.) who is at the head of ' come_ inquiry at Jerusalem brought
Fire Losses Zoom
Losses from fire in the United
States followed the general trend
of the times during the past year.
They went ’way up.
Summing up for the past year,
the national hoard of fire under-
writers reported the greatest fire
loss for any 12-month period in
history of the nation.
Total amount was $616,,408,000,
making an increase of 22 per cent
over the $497,153,000 in fire losses
lor the preceding year. Losses dur-
ing the first four months of this
year were greater than those re-
corded in either 1935, 1937 ~~
1938.
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te details on Weedead. Burger & Co.,
3 Columbus Rd., Cleveland 13, Ohio.
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NET PROFITS:
Industries Gain
J Top money maker In the United
J States in 1946 was the textile indus-
try which, according to a Wall
Street Journal survey, rode the sell-
er’s market harder than any other
group to register a 219.9 per cent
increase in net profits over 1945.
Fourteen textile corporations
were reported to have net profits of
$109,435,562 in 1946, compared with
$34,206,787 the previous year,
Profits 78.9 per cent above 1945
were recorded by food products and
packing house industries, those
which lie closest to the family
coffers.
Gains also were made by distill-
ers, whose net profits soared 144.6
per cent, and iron and steel with a
53.7 per cent increase despite dam-
aging strikes.
Long, Long Trial
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, military
governor of the American zone in
Germany, has predicted that at the
rate German denazification courts
are proceeding it will take several
years to dispose of the huge number
of cases still pending.
He revealed that 3,277,790 of the
11,825,600 Germans In the American
zone were chargeable under law,
and that the cases of 223.449 have
been completed. So far, 450 of the
Germans tried were major offend-
ers, subject to a maximum sentence
of 10 years in a labor camp.
SEAWAY:
Soon a Reality?
Despite powerful opposition, the
long - sought St. Lawrence - Great
Lakes seaway which would make
ocean ports of at least three large
inland cities may become a reality
in the near future.
The combined seaway and elec-
tric power project, designed to
bring vessels from the Atlantic
ocean along a 2,300-mile waterway
to Chicago, Detroit, Duluth and
other cities, has been advocated by
every president since Taft.
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (Rep.,
Mich.) has introduced a bill which
would make the vast project self- i
liquidating within 10 years by
means of exacting toll charges from
vessels passing through the route.
Previous proposals entailed the
spending of hundreds of millions of
dollars as a public works project.
If the bill is passed by both
houses of congress and if American
cooperation with Canada is author-
ized, real work on the seaway may
be expected to begin within a year.
Total cost of the project to the
United States and Canada is esti-
mated at about 500 million dollars.
A Working Whistle
Naval .-esearch scientists are
working or an extremely shrill—al-
most supersonic—whistle as a de-
vice to disperse airfield fogs.
The plan is to send out powerful
vibration waves with a frequency
just at the border of audible sound.
Such waves cause fog vapor to
gather in larger drops, and when
the whistle stops they drop to the
ground, difficulty is that the whis-
the movement.
Protests against the department
of agriculture’s sugar control pro-
gram have been sent to congress-
men from all parts of the country,
McCarthy revealed.
"The department of agriculture is
trying to make people believe there
is a scarcity when there is a large
surplus,” he said, and added, "They |
are permitting industrial users to
stock up, but are denying house- j
wives the same privilege at the be- I
ginning of the canning season when
it is needed most."
END THE WAR:
Students Riot
Demonstrating violently in open
defiance of Chiang Kai-shek’s order
to quiet down, thousands of univer-
sity students in several Chinese cit-
; les fortified their demand that the
civil war be ended immediately by
calling for a general strike.
Declaring sternly that the student
riots were instigated by Commu-
nists, Chiang said they would be
quelled forcibly if necessary. The
1 students reacted with further pa-
rade and violence in Shanghai, Nan-
king and Peiping.
! About 25,000 students were on
! strike from 16 universities, with
their demands including everything
from a better system of grading pa-
pers to higher government living al-
lowances and an end to the war
You’ll Pay Him
word from Huldah the prophetess
that it would come, but not in
Josiah’s day.
The king was not content to keep
this word to himself, and insisted
that it be read
2. By the religious leaders.
The priests and the prophets who
were doubly guilty in neglecting it
were now brought face to face with
God’s revelation.
Who will say that the great need
in America is not just this, that its
preachers and denominational lead-
ers get back to the reading and
teaching of God’s Word. Book re-
views, lectures in economics and
politics, discussions of one world—
almost anything but*the Bible. Such
is the fare of many of our preach-
ers. No wonder that they and their
people are spiritually starved.
Josiah knew what was needed
and the Word was now read
3. By the people. *-
Applying that to our day, it is
true that the Bible is our best seller,
that it is available to every home,
and that most decent households
have not one but many Bibles. But
are they being read? The answer is
obviously no. Let’s correct that
dreadful situation. Read your Bible!
II. A Book Believed and Prac-
ticed (23:3-5, 21):
Josiah saw that it was not enough
to read and rejoice over the Word
of God. Something must be done
about it, and he did it.
1. The king made a covenant with
God.
Standing in a prominent place be-
fore his people, he humbly and
solemnly renewed his consecration
to the Lord, and promised to
abide by his Word with all his heart
Brief-Sleeved Dress
A DELIGHTFULLY cool house
dress for warm summer days.
Brief sleeves are so comfortable,
a nipped-in waist insures a neat
fit. Two handy pockets are shaped
like tulips and finished with color-
ful binding to match the neckline.
Pattern 1607 comes in sizes 34 , 36. 38,
40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36, 4 yards of
35 or 39-inch; 2(2 yards trimming.
An old toothbrush handle is an
excellent means for opening up
or running a cord through a
starched hem.
—•—
Have several round pot holders
on hand as well as square ones.
These are very handy for remov-
ing pies and puddings from the
oven as there are no corners to
drop into the food and make the
holder sticky.
—•—
After rinsing your slips and
gowns, dip them in very light
starch to which a few drops of
cologne have been added. This
will make slips stay clean longer,
avoid clinging, and keep them
looking new.
—•—-
It’s all right to leave opened
canned goods in the original tin
cans in the refrigerator for a short
period. But cover the can to pre-
vent absorption of other flavors
and odors.
—•—
Corned beef, tongue, and fish
dishes are given an unusual zest
with horseradish salad dressing.
Combing one-half cup cooked sal-
ad dressing or mayonnaise with
two tablespoons grated horserad-
ish to achieve a new dressing.
—•—
Lunch-box vegetables (such as
carrot strips and celery) stay
fresh longer if they’re sliced small
enough to fit into a waxed paper
cup. An ice cube in their midst
will keep them ice-box fresh. This
1628
10.20
Summer Frock
I^XPERTLY designed with »
■L' youthful air is this smart frock
for all your summer activities.
Bold ric rac accents the cap
sleeves and upper skirt, and not®
how cleverly the large button*
trim the bodice.
Pattern No. 1628 is for sizes 10, 12, 14,
16, 18 and 20, Slzq 12, cap sleeves, 3‘,l
yards of 35 or 39-inch; 3 yards ric rac.
The Summer FASHION has a wealth of
sewing information for every home dress-
maker, Fashions by top-flight designers,
special children’s page, free pattern print-
ed inside the book. 25 cents.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St. Chicago 7, 111.
Enclose 25 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No__Size.
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Georgia Family Has 18
Additional Fingers, Toes
The family record for having
polydactylism, the possession of an
abnormal number of fingers and
toes, is believed to be held by the
Johnsons, a Negro family living to-
day in Colquitt county, Georgia,
says Collier’s.
Inheriting the condition from her
father, the mother transmitted it
to seven of her ten children, and
the eight together have 18 addi-
tional normal digits, ranging from
one extra toe on a son to two ex-
tra toes and three extra fingers on
a daughter.
WHY BE A SLAVE TO
HARSH LAXATIVES?
Healthful Fresh Fruit Drink
Has Restored Millions to
Normal Regularity!
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don't, cause* ever
ity to feel highly
hear and gome
’one in the vicin-
icomfortabl*.
Perhaps you have never seen
George J. Schoeneman before,
but he’ll be hearing from you be-
fore next March 15. He has been
named commissioner of internal
revenue by President Truman,
and in that capacity he will re-
ceive your income tax payments.
Army Fears Employers
Because more army reserves
than ever before will be called to
active duty for two-week training
programs this year, army officials
are a little afraid of what the re-
action of employers will be when
they find substantial numbers of
employees asking for annual leaves.
So the war department is preparing
• memorandum to large industrial
employers, explaining the purpose
and operation of the reserve train-
ing program in order to win their
cooperation.
and soul (v. 3). Such a leader could I will make a hit, with lunch-box
diners.
—e—
In buying fish, select the ones
with bright bulging eyes, if you
want tasty ones.
—- e—
Your iron won’t stick if it’s run
over salt that is sprinkled on a
paper towel.
—e—
In doing a small plaster repair
job it is well to remember to wet
the inside as well as the outside
surface of the crack. The reason
for this is that old plaster is like
a sponge, in a way. It will suck
the moisture out of the new plas-
ter and make it virtually worth-
less.
not but inspire his people to do the
same.
What a blessing it is to us when
we hear of some man promi-
nent in the affairs of the nation or
state who loves the Lord, and keeps
his commandments. He is not only
an inspiring example, but a real
witness for God.
2. The priests cast out the idols
(w. 4, 5).
The king required this of them,
and they proceeded thus to cleanse
the places of worship and prepare
the way for a true devotion to God.
Here again we say that when re-
ligious leaders get back to their first
devotion to God and put away the
empty philosophies of this world, we
shall see a revival.
What did the people do? Josiah
saw that they needed some positive
expression of their faith. It was not
enough to tear down the idols; they
must re-establish the true worship
of God. So we find that
3. The people kept the Passover,
This was the great feast of the
Jews which spoke of redemption
from bondage. It pointed forward to
Christ the Redeemer from sin. He
is our Passover (I Cor. 5:7).
In these dark and bewildering
days people are looking to Christian
leaders to prepare a feast of re-
membrance of the death of Christ
and of his glorious redemption. Let
the people gather round him and,
cleansed by his precious blood, keep
the feast with joy and purity of
heart (I Cor. 5:8).
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Lemon and water is good for you.
Lemons are among the richest sources
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