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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—When a reporter interviews a federal big-wig on the record, the result usually is blah, The head-man dares not tell what he really belteves, on penalty of being slapped down by his boss, congress, Democrats, Republicans, or the interna-

tional association of doorknob manufacturers, The Sapo dould have spent his time better quaffing a

gr 0 when an official knows he’s not going to see his name in print does he loosen his shoe laces and tell all the truth, I have been talking to such a one under such relaxed conditions and I've got news both 800d and bad about that new house you want, The bad is plain awful; the good probably is better than you expect. Let's consider the cheerful side first: The national housing agency will announce within a few more days that 600,000 houses have been started s0 far this year. The new rules for lumber yards and building supply dealers are tough. They've got to hold on to better than 75 per cent of their materials for sale to veterans building homes. “This isn’t for 30 days or even 60, but indennitely.” " my man said. “In a very few more weeks we lieve they will be looking up priority holders, be

ging them to buy shingles and bathtubs and electrich.eo; to owners of new houses.

light fixtures. A steady supply of materials will bring down the costs of houses, simply by eliminating delays. We have every hope that these 600,000 new houses will be finished this year, and that many more thousands will be begun.”

Some Houses Are All Right.

THAT TAKES care of the good. The bad gives the housing men, themselves, the shudders. The average age of world war veterans is 23; the housing

(Donna Mikels is on vacation. Inside Indianapolis will be resumed on her return.)

Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. Aug. 20.—~When I told Edmund B. Rogers, superintendent of the park, that his campgrounds were overcrowded and his facilities inadequate, he nodded in agreement. They have been through the mill this season— he and his staff. In 1941, Yellowstone's biggest prewar year, 394,680 people visited the park. This year’s record will be approximately 40 per cent larger. And, of course, the park has a short season—June through September. This place is snowed under in the winter. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the U. S.—66 below zero—was here, says Mr. Rogers. This record-breaking season started before the park had recovered from the war and was ready for it. There has been no increase in the size of the staff although it has handled about 2000 more people a day than ever before. The roads are chopped up because of the lack of repair equipment. “We turned over most of our road machinery to the army,” Mr. Rogers explains, “and we haven't yet received any to take its place. In 1941 we had 17 power graders. Now we have only five in serviceable condition.” Normally the park has about 200 trucks. Now it has just about half that number. And Yellowstone has an area of 3472 square miles, The Yellowstone Park Co. has the concession for furnishing the public with housing, meals, and sightseeing buses. It operates the hotels and cabin camps. Lake Hotel, one of the biggest, and Camp Roosevelt have not been open this season. The company, Mr. Rogers says, has been unable to get sufficient linen, other equipment and help.

Has 2300 Employees

THE YELLOWSTONE PARK CO. usually has about 2300 employees. This season it has about 1600. Two other organizations have the general-store concessions. Mr. Rogers explained about those campgrounds that we found so inadequate. Fishing Bridge has a good campground, but is overcrowded. The one at Canyon was to be discontinued to make room for a new road. The war halted construction so now there is neither a road nor an attractive campground.

Aviation

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—When junlor goes back to school this fall, he may find an agreeable surprise in store for him—a course in aviation. In fact he may even find aviation all mixed up in his history,

science and other so-called liberal arts courses. So far, almost half the 48 states are offering aviation courses in some of their high schools. Fewer than half the colleges so far have out-and-out aviation courses, but the number is growing constantly. In a few years, educators expect to add a liberal dosage of aviation to all courses from kindergarten on up. New York state, which at this point is one of the leaders in the trend of aerodynamic education, is planning to .inject the study of aviation into most science courses as well as in geography, economics, and other fields. For instance, for the first time primary courses in physics will place more emphasis on the study of internal combustion aviation engines and less on the steam engine, And studies will be made in the basic principles of nuclear energy and jet propulsion as far as the education level permits. The Civil Aeronautics Administration is pushing the idea for all schools, Right now, the CAA boasts that 20 states have comprehensive aviation education programs, another expects to have such a program in operation in September. Twelve others, plus Hawail and Alaska, have asked for CAA aid in getting their classrooms air-minded,

CAA Assigns Consultants

THE CAA’S goal is well-planned aviation courses in both high and elementary schools of all 48 states. It has assigned education consultants to all its regional offices to help develop such programs, to lec~ ture to educational groups, and to supply instructional material. In addition, the government is offering surplus aeronautical equipment of all kinds to tax-supported

My Day

HYDE PARK, Wednesday.—I went to New York City Monday afternoon in order to be at Democratic state committee . headquarters Tuesday morning to meet Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick and a number of other Democratic leaders. We had a very pleasant meeting, at which they formally requested me to be temporary chairman and keynoter of the Democratic state convention

which opens in Albany next Tuesday. understand this is the first ‘time that a woman has been asked to be temporary chairman of a New York Democratic convention. I realize, of course, that this honor has been given to me in deference to my husband's memory and in the recognition of the importance of women in the party—that there is nothing personal in the designation. I only hope I will be able to

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> my part If possible, I would like not only to” express the hopes and purposes of the women in the Democratic party in this state, but to speak, too, of the things the party as a whole, men and women together, feel are essential to our success in the state and in the nation as well. : New York state has often in the past pioneered in Democratic thinking, and I hope it will again in the future.

Presents Prize at Fair : I WAS BACK here at Hyde Park yesterday in’

~ fime to entertain two very pleasant guests at lunch- ' son, and then

plo our Dutchess Pram for the opening of the flower show. :

* lecting a phase of education that has urgent im-

By F. CG Othman

experts know that most of them don't want to buy houses; they want to rent. Only nobody much is building flats and apartments; they cost so much they're punk investments,

“So the desperate veteran is buying a house instead of renting it,” my official said. “Some of these Others are jerry-built, The veteran gets his loan, moves into such a place, and ouch, He finds he's been stung and when riots He

houses are all right,

come down in a few years, he moves out. have lost his own cash investment and the taxpayers probably will be stuck with his house.”

Guarantee Everything but Profit

HE MENTIONED potential slum areas, where rows of cracker boxes for veterans now are rising. | down many such deals, but that he did not believe the loan

He said the federal loan inspectors had tu

standards were stiff enough to assure every house buyer his money's worth. Prefabricated houes so far have been a bitter

disappointment, not because they're not good, but|

because so few have been produced. The virtual end of commercial building is worrying the men who ordered it; they know that new factories mean jobs

Next year, they hope, enough of a start will have been made on putting roofs over the heads of the homeless that they can give a little more cement and sewer pipe to the store and factory folks. Now they've got their fingers crossed and if you kindly would build a four-family flat for rent to veterans, they'd appreciate it. They'd even insure 90 per cent of the cost. They'd buy you a good cigar. They'd do everything, except—and this is the rub—guarantee you a profit,

By Eldon Roark

As for the campground at Lake, the one without water and plumbing, it was “abandoned” some years ago. But so many people swarmed into the park that it had to be used. People have camped in many other places listed officially as closed. En route to the park headquarters at Mammoth, we took the west route by Thumb, Old Faithful, Madison Junction, and Norris Geyser Basin. The campgrounds didn't seem to be so crowded as they were on the east side. “But that’s because you passed there early in the day,” Mr. Rogers said. “Go back this afternoon and you'll get a different picture.”

All Parks Combined in One YELLOWSTONE has everything — geysers, hot springs, mud volcanoes, mountains, blue and green lakes, waterfalls, cascades, canyons, animals. It is all the other parks combined into one. The two most popular features, Mr. Rogers says, are Old Faithful and the bears. Other geysers spout steam and hot water higher and roar louder than Old Faithful, but they are temperamental. You never know when they will put on a show. Old Faithful erupts every hour. This hasn't been a good bear season from a tourist viewpoint. Bears breed every other year. This wasn't the year for cubs. Despite all warnings, people continue to feed the bears at close range and to stick cameras in their faces. “They'll get more intimate with a bear than they will with their neighbor's dog,” Mr. Rogers says. “And yet, these are wild animals. If you get between a mother bear and her cub, and the cub happens to get frightened, you're in for trouble.” Buffaloes are the only animals fed during the winter. The others look out for themselves. There are two enormous herds of elk in the park. About 8000 elk are in the herd in the northern end ot the park and from 12,000 to 15,000 in the herd in the southern end. Yellowstone Park was created by an act of congress in 1872. At that time Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho were territories, and when they became states later they relinquished all claims to the park. So Yellowstone technically is not a part of any state.

By Marc J. Parsons

or non-profit schools for the asking and upon payment of shipping expenses. Senator William F. Knowland (R. Cal), has been pushing the program in congress. He charges that schools without aviation programs “are neg-

plications for the future.”

U.S. Can't Rest on Laurels

“IN THIS atomic age in which we live, the United States must keep ahead of the fleld in both civil and military aviation,” he says. “There can be no resting on past laurels, Out of our schools will come those who will make sure that we maintain our place of leadership.” Most concerted non-governmental effort to inJect aviation into the nation's schools and colleges recently was made here at the World Congress on Air Age Education, first such meeting to deal with the problem exclusively. “From the classrooms and laboratories of our colleges and universities must come young men and young women soundly versed and trained to meet the technical needs of America’s future progress in the air,” Joseph T., Gueting Jr. of the Aircraft Industries association, told the congress. “They must also be trained in the popular sense to understand and to be aware of all that aviation can promise in their lives.” Mrs. Pearl Wanamaker, president of the National Education association, warned the congress that “whether we like it or not we are the last earth bound generation.” : “Air age education is not all science, mathematics, industrial arts and mechanics. Its social implications are tremendous,” she said. She recommended a teaching program that integrates air education with all other courses of instruction below college and junior college level, after which emphasis: should be placed upon technical aspects of the field.

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By Eleanor Roosevelt

I presented the prize for the day for the .best allaround exhibit, Mrs, Lynch of Barrytown, who won the. prize, had a charmingly decorated tea cart with an awning over it and bells on the side—which she said they used for wheeling food around out of doors. For this exhibit, she had filled the cart with many colored gourds of various shapes and sizes which made a very charming picture.

Flower Hats Txhibited

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POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 29.—The stage is set for trouble in Alaska. In this Far Northern territory,, located astraddle important world-girdling commercial routes over the -top of the world, rich in oils and minerals but poor in population, American and Russian interests may soon collide. It will be the story of Iran all over again: Oil. Just how much oil Alaska holds beneath the tons of ice which pack her northern wastes, no one knows or will guess — yet. The answer lies two months, six months, a year in the future. But with oil will come trouble. All the signposts are here. Authorities repsonsible for the defense of Alaska fear they are sit~ ting on a time bomb with its fuse at Point Barrow, where the navy is drilling for oil on its 35,000 square mile reserve, Navy is seriously alarmed. On July 14, after months of operating in tiie open, it classified as secret all of Petroleum Four, the Point Barrow exploration project, » .

» NAVY'SEXPLANATION was that no accommodations were avail-

order sealed all reports and forbids contractors to discuss their work in public, ~ Although recent developments are secret, it is known that the navy already has found oil in quantities and is now sinking its major well. Point Barrow oil requires no heating before pumping. If the field produces—a foregone conclusion— the navy probably will lay a pipeline from Barrow to Fairbanks, and perhaps even to Seward, the icefree port on the Gulf of Alaska.

Canada Army Maneuvers on

Alaskan Road

By FRANK ANGELO Times Foreign Correspondent DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 29.—A small Canadian army contingent headed up the Alaska highway today on an important defense assignment. The expedition, designated “Exercise North,” is composed of about 100 men, armed with nothing more potent than maps and notebooks. But, what they jot down on those papers, and the conclusions they reach after a 1000-mile automotive Journey will serve as a basis for future planning of defenses along the “highway that must be held” in case of another war, : » » » OFFICIALLY, the purpose of the trip is two-fold: ONE: To acquaint Canadian army personnel with the road and the terrain of this northwest country. TWO: To scour the area for | future military-training sites. On the way, however, attention also will be given the problems of defending the key positions and air strips that line the highway as part of the northwest staging route. Maj. Gen. F. F. Worthington recently named commandant of Canada’s western (and largest) army area, will direct the exercise. The motorcade will disband at White-

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1946

Bulldozers serve as locomotives for this supply tralp moving inland from Point Barrow, some of the world’s heaviest construction equipment over the icy wastes.

ALASKA—FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE . . . By Jim Lucas

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oil operations. Tractor sleds moved

During most of this year Point Barrow, lonely A retie outpost ié accessible only by alr. Here a naval able for visitors. The classification alr transport service plane is greeted by Eskimos and their harnessed huskies,

quired 14 days to get back to safe

row from fields in Oklahoma, Texas,

siderable distances and at large expense. Rotary drills must be heated to force their way through centuries of accumulated ice, perma-frost and snow,

~ » ” TEMPERATURES FALL to 60 or 90 degrees below zero, and there is always danger of exposure and resulting loss of arm, a finger, a leg. Mosquitos — which frequently drive polar bears insane—swarm over the Northland, forcing drillers to wear headnets as they work. Supplies can be brought in only by air and, for 15 days during August, by convoy. Two navy freight transports which left the Aleutian islands, Aug. 5, arrived Aug. 10. Navy's PBYs flew an ice patrol over the convoy, warning the ships when, where and how to avoid ice floes and icebergs. This is the third convoy to make Point Barrow. In 1945 the convoy was stalled for some time at Point Hope and was able to proceed only after ice-breaking tugs had cleared a path. The convoy narrowly escaped being frozen in and it re-

THE practice of closing schools during epidemics is a popular public expression of our desire to protect our children from disease, but {there is no evidence that any, epi- | demic has ever been checked by the closing of schools. Closing or deferring the opening of city schools is of less value than is almost any other measure in controlling contagious diseases, City-school children as a rule come from the same district in which the epidemic is raging. » n »

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horse, Yukon, on Sept. 4. “This marks an important step in thinking of future Canadian defenses,” Gen, Worthington ex-| plained. “And when we talk of |

| Canadian defenses, we talk of the

defense of North America.” He indicated that “Exercise North,” in effect, was a preliminary maneuver

flowers—a lovely table set by Mrs. Saulpaugh, of Red Hook, was a symphony in blue, The children’s exhibits were varied baskets of| vegetables as well as arrangements of flowers, | Germantown and Tivoli had joined in a very, original exhibit—a hat shop with flower hats, This caught and held my eye and made me feel | there were many ways in which one could change] or freshen up last year’s hat if one used a little | imagination. All of us. will agree, I think, that housing not | only for veterans but for many other people is most | important now. And it is regrettable to find that our governor feels that our New York state program is impeded by the priorities which have been set .to Speed the federal program. It. would seem that there must be some lack of co-ordination when the state and the nation cannot co-operate to build the housing which is most needed, pooling their efforts rather than desiring, apparently, to have the kudos for being “the” agency to produce

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» » » THE START of the trek served to draw attention once more to the | much-discussed United States-built highway, which was turned over to | {the Canadians in April, Its costs (estimated at $140,000,1000), the manner of its upkeep and the delay in making the highway {available for tourist traffic have | been aired. : Only limited civilian travel is permitted now. Plans are being speeded, Joking to Gen. Worthington, to allow greater access by 1947. “There just aren't the proper 1acilities on the road, at present, in the way of gasoline stations, hotels, and so forth,” he pointed out. “But they are being established and they

. should bs available by next year.” |

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tween these children in their play and in the neighborhood shopping district, and nothing is gained by keeping them away from one another in a school building. The chief advantage of leaving schools open during an epidemic is the fact that sick children thus may be granted medical attention more quickly. Even though the school may not enjoy the services of a school nurse or a school physician, the teachers usually can detect illness in any child. A teacher checks daily on the progress of each child in her room, and she may be more efficient in

closer to the child. ” ~ ~ MOST infectious diseases are contagiolis during the later part of the incubation period, just before the symptoms develop. The failure of quarantine to be completely effective even when sick children are sent home at once results from our inability to detect carriers and to recognize those who are ‘coming down with the infec-

Roughnecks flown to Point Bar-

California and South and Central America have found Arctic oil exploration a bafling problem. Fresh water must be pumped in over con-

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to start their “children to school during an epidemic, do not count absences at such a time and parents are permitted to use their own judgment as to when their

{children return to school,

~ » » THE usual experience {s that after a few weeks the .majority of children - drift back to school. If the schools are closed, much more time may be lost, * Country children, who come from different parts of the district and

Proves Honesty Is Best Policy

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (U, P).— Magistrate James A. Blanchfield was convinced yesterday that he has found an honest woman, , When he called up the case of Miss Estelle Rice, he discovered that she had made a special trip to New York from her home in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, to answer a charge of having walked on park department grass. Miss Rice spent $7.07 for her round-trip ticket. The judge pointed out” that she could not have been extradited for violation of such a minor ordinance. But, Miss Rice said, answering the summons seemed the “only proper, thing to do.” She admitted she had walked on the park grass while visiting her sister here some time ago. “Let me compliment you,” the judge said, in suspending sentence. “Your appearance here is a welcome interruption in a continuing

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Once a convoy gets to Barrow, the clock around so the ships can get out before the winter freeze sets in. Ships trapped in. the ice would be

Point Barrow becomes a “second Iran” is an unknown factor, Certainly, Russia will be interested. Native Alaskans have been told for many years that the U.S.8.R. does not admit legality of the czar’s sale of Alaska in 1867. An authority who spent three years at Cold bay supervising the transfer of lend-lease ships to the Russians, said he failed to contact one Russian officer who did not

Russians stationed in Alaska contended that the United States had occupied St. Lawrence island—midway between Alaska and Siberia in the Bering sea—illegally, since it is not mentioned specifically in the purchase Heads of Russian mis~ sions in Alaska argued that the purchase price of $7,200,000 is proof enough that the sale was not made

Tension is high. When a canoe carrying 12 natives from Big Dio-

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ests are anxiously awaiting announcement of navy policy, They would like to see Point Barrow opened for immediate exploitation, but fear the navy will seal it for future needs. Exploitation now would mean a second Klondike for this sparsely settled territory. And population is badly needed, but in a military sense. Equally concerned are the army air forces, which also need oil. Air force officers fear they missed the boat and that the navy will monopolize Point Barrow's output. Overshadowing all other considerations, however, is the shadow of the Russian Bear, which stands across the Bering straits, straining his eyes through the overcast to catch a glimpse of what goes on at Barrow,

TOMORROW — World war 11 defenses decay; whole job must be redone.

in Epidemics—

may see little of one another outside of school, pose a different] problem, the problem of new exposures. Some authorities believe that {bringing children who lead a secluded life together at school increases the chances for exposure of susceptibles.

» ~ » THE SAME rule should apply, at the beginning of a school year, to boarding schools attended by young children from different sections of the county. If country or boarding schools are opened, parents should not” be required to send their children unless they wish to . To help control the spread of disease in schools, society should provide a healthful environment (for the children. Adequate washroom and toilet facilities, individual drinking fountains, a clean building, and a good medical and nursing service are essential, ” . » QUESTION: What is the cause of eczema of the hands and of the body below the abdomen? Is it caused by the things one eats? ANSWER: Eczema in adults is a form of allergy in which a strong nervous element is involved. The

develops, the more likely it is to be mainly a nervous disorder, The patient may, however, be sensitive to something in his diet. A physician should be consulted.

BRIDAL VEIL 18 OFT-USED CORNISH, N. H. (U. P).—The

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144.Day Strike | Slows Up Many Auto Factories

and you can draw a bead on costly one--costly to Erle Tnageman} tional Screw and Manufacturing Co., ‘here,

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machinery important to the economic system. There's nothing fancied-up about this feud. It's like a others. That only adds to the wone Set of why some way isn't found to abate these things before they boll over into a battle. The United Auto Workers unios (C. I. 0) in 1944 won a

the ind average and says it eould not competition if it agreed to the union's demands. It proposed a current wage increase of 12 cents an hour plus four cents an hour increase granted in January.

tialed an “O. K.” to provisions ia contract agreed upon then did an about-face ommended disapproval to the membership. The union the contract offered. On its side, the Union up figures it claims show pany’s financial ability to increase sought, It says pany talks nonsense when it it would have to go out of busie ness if it raised prices, because everyone knows the big auto come panies and others, now for bolts and nuts, would be happy to pay almost any price for them, The union says the company has a long anti-labor redord, and that the contract it is offering isn's even as good as the one given a Souipny union in the plant before 1944,

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» » . STRANGELY FAMILIAR, al} these arguments. Yet they're the stuff of which limping reconver sion to peace is made. Wage losses to National Screw and Manuface turing employees are estimated ag more than $1,500,000 now, and the company says it would take more than three years for the Average employee to make up his loss. And Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Fisher Body, Studebaker and a long list of other companies are hare rassed by bolt, nut and screw shortages. And you wait for automobiles.

We, The Wome Vacation Tour | Doesn't Change | For Mom, Dad

By RUTH MILLETT

WELL, MAMA and papa are again hitting the highways for thas two weeks’ vacation. And things aren't so different from the prewar days, after all Mama still wants to take 1% easy and Papa still wants to make time. Mama still wants to stop for lel surely meals 'at--places she has heard about, and Papa still wants to grab a hamburger, so he can say with satisfaction as he climbs back behind the wheel, “Weil, lunch didn't slow us up much.” » " » MAMA STILL wants to stop along the way to telephone college friends she hasn't even thought about in years, just because she happens to be passing through their towns. And Papa still thinks that is silly. Mama still thinks she hasn't seen a city until she has been inside ite department stores, and Papa is still trying to argue her out of wasting time like that. They are still arguing over when to start out each morning, Paps wanting to “get an early start” ang Mama asking “Is this supposed te be'a vacation, or isn’t it?”

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