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i by Indianapolis Times Publishing Snow has fallen through the night, = he a} Maryland St. Postal Zone 9. Covering the earth with a robe of white,

© Member of United Press, Scripps-HOWArd, mpeeq are bare of summer's green : Alliance, NEA Service, and Audit’ giganding out to view, in snowy sheen; u of Circulations. From their branches looking down - .n Marion County, 5 cents a copy; de Perch winter birds in feathered gown, livered by carrier, 25¢ a week, | Children playing with skates and sled,

Mail rates in Indiana, $5 a year; all other| Are bundled up from toe to head, states, U. B. possessions, Canada and Mexico, Some are plodding along the street,

$1.10 a month. Telephone RI ley 5561.| Calling greetings to friends they meet.

Snow balls too, are made and thrown, @ive 140As ans the People Will Ping Ther Own Woy And the snow man comes into his own.

: Bd : There a something very special about a snowy Soviet Double Talk | Like, a Ygontle benediction, snow falls, then JT has been suggested that Russia and the western powers melts away.” Nox A > MOREFORD.

could get along together, if only they could understand Wi Thomas hs Ald ciao : E Eye am hoamsick fer good ole Indianny!

Because 50 few Russians are permitted to 560 OUT | mig mow drift Tuck a grow big trackter

| civilization, and so few non-Communists are permitted to two git us out. We air a seein’ awl the sites § sosiRussia, wo have to exchatige information na ideas in| 1% Delton but will hey’ Lvbil wih the . words. ‘even after they have been transla , words | an’ DON'T WALK. An’ pirt near awl the ty always mean the same thing to the two peoples. | Decpll mind thim sines 'ept me an’ Molly, a ‘are some who argue that Moscow has not vio- By MAGGIE MUGWUMP, lated the various agreements solemnly made by Messrs. : Terniphill, Punkinville Bullyvard, : hl seems Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, but has observed them Duightan, 0, pi lL RX quential. But when a thoughtful citizen con. swigtrictly, as she understood them. It is our fault, they feel, : : 0K siders with the indifference of the a ‘that we did not understand those words and phrases the | DON'T BE BLUE | ‘ NOON voter toward his government, its officers, civic ‘same as Stalin, Molotov and Vishinsky did. Don't be blus, what fe the use : ; IR fea ger yopciated Puls | IN HOPE f . di fut a da tandi : You'll have Jour stare of trouble NY Rig officers, violation of the law, miscarriage of i of avoiding some future mis rs ngs e rest of us 00.

! here are a few definitions of words and phrases constantly | S80 when yoirte fed up with life

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| _ And everything seems stale ; . : . - \ ‘used by Soviet and Communist spokesmen, which mean | Remember sunshine follows rain For verification of the foregoing one has {something different to them than to us: "Twas never known to fail. . only to read the current history of Spain, Italy, Re Ad nt Any pt by a non t" Ration | Jishough our trouies like the rain $ pio ’ France and Germany. yn ‘=. Aggression: attempt b -Sovie a May last for qu while 3 ; to encourage or help a small country resist Soviet inter igi aged dh he : ~MAUD SPAHR. ; Collective bargaining: For Russian workers, a process | * oo © : {by which they are permitted to ask for small favors. Yor | THE CROSSROAD GRAPEVINE . | American workers, the right of the workers to deman Tobe Deegaw hez give up the id aisin’ | _ ; whit they want from the boss—or else. | the price. uv haircuts since Slim. Kester cut | OUR TOWN « « o By Anton Scherrer

th : : Co-operation: Unquestioning acceptance of the Soviet Sums wvithe boys hair with his horse clippers. | : - f rr. ‘Miserables was a fortunate one. That, really a yd viewpoin Miss Roberty C t h { 3 Fi 60 Y | group of five stories, I've read twice. will and ee at the S Soviet. or by nts all ready ia Bs oh pa ap Smart orses Oo ea rs : EE Re Beatin, A logiriaturs ie por. | oy leatons, Sha ln Iurner Jo 2a Furiimr | | 7OR No reason whatever save the sterusl were rented fo 8 trot sot | by . pe x gh some of the folks Nvim wonder of things in general, I got out of bed gretto of Schubert's Opus 78.

nearby wisht it were, ‘ if it limits itself to ratifying decisions of the Soviet | CATFISH. PRTE this morning thinking about the smart horses in ©n drivers between the ages of Tie, <

and back, too * Indianapolis some 60 years ago when I was a kid. rows Ell Lan, 16, No. %) ad

Election: A poll in which voters can. vote for one | Northwest Airlines is going to give pas- There was Lady Lord, for instance. She was Which reminds me of Mr. Renner,

approved list of candidates or—if they dare—can vote | Tae hae a or the ralitoads we | the pick of the so-called smith of our neighborhood when

against it, but not for an opposition slate. | know would try this they would probably go | “Crown Hill horses” in Wood One morning when Mr. Renner Ss 34 open his

Fascist: One who criticizes the Soviet Union, praises = “okrupt rat @ & Foudrays Mery stable, , : | . . » ry n or objects to having native Communists work when a horse and buggy was belonging to a dray driver living on Union: St. at i tnat when the Old Testament was being comTHROUGH THE a ho waa the time the Soviet Union against the interests of their own YEARS the only way to reach the iced ; : plied ‘trom. all_over the Oejent . : : |- Your first sweet smile cemetery unless, of course, one Shoe Missing; Splinter in Foot If you can recreate human experience clev- . A brown-eye'd gaze : : wanted to walk. "THE HORSE appeared to be in distress and erly, emotionally and intimately in the low The sweetness of your baby days. To be sure, thé water com- Kept ing its foot on the 4. When Mr The stumbling way you learned to walk . | Pany people occasionally used Tt Bo, Bu tiscversd, that The lisping words of baby talk, the Canal as a means of transportation for this of its shoes was missing. It had a splinter in And later on purpose. As a rule, the boats started at the ne oe ae erything py a ; The bedtime Yellow Bridge (Michigan St. and Indiana Ave.). ant, 100. w Pal ] Actually, the They. never started later than the crack of dawn the horse to its owner. At the same {ime he pre- for any appr : After a cruise of four hours, the passengers sented ms bij for Ssrvices vendared. £ bis ho ammunition were dumped in the neighborhood of what is now dray Wan At oy TS€ | enthralled. Her products and of a type whic known as Golden Hill. From that terminal, the [AXING Comard bls FRE CUR th wouldn't | later writers are merely risque voyagers had to find their way on foot to the = ha Re repo Sous, except t | thing to recommend them. cemetery. These trips, however, were in the na- 7 Anion, ’ WY tor he Ay more and Canadian Jewry novel, for instance. ture of excusions reserved for holidays (Decora “8 et Wopd n snoug or . rse to hear. It It appears to me many best sellers, tion Day, for example). They were of on help °° Pers F He nner returning to his shop | ne Smith Sisters’ stories and Steinbeck’s i to people who felt an immediate urge to visit °MPty-handed. was madder than hops! Been Son min, 2 Gist, pied Ts er a Whatever you do, don’t confuse a horse of . “ | walls, have no compensa! ‘Lady Lord's intellectual attainments with those Stead of ising Unjen St, as was his habit, he Important pe ithe 3 serve as vehion. 3 .. used to. haul funeral, processions. The, so-called arent Up Meridian | > ures plain cussedness, just | for salable lechery, And condemnation an by p Crown Hill horses, of which y Lord was the * Kk = : attempts to suppress that stuff is its best adver no place By Feople prize example, were sleepy old jog-trots who could When the horse saw Mr. Renner standing In | ising, as we all know. : \ : be trusted not to run away with a woman driver front of his shop, it gave him a-wink and started TE Ap : ¢¢® o behind them. No self-respecting man would hire running. At Merrill St., the horse got out of hand. ‘ : | ; eg AR At South St. it ran into a baker's wagon and | Not Much Chance for Peace FOSTER'S FOLLIES ss smashed it to smithereens. You couldn't recog- | pp Adelman, 2051 N. New Jersey St; City. : (MONTGOMERY, Ala—Southéraser Has | LOdy Lord Knew a Woman's Age EE hroner heard | History may repeat itself soon, again. How d them. (Adjective) Only communism and | ° on White House") .. | LADY LORD was so smart that she could tell his money or not. acon, depends on he Sue 1 fakes for anmirts ‘With a forthrightness most wholesome, = -| a& woman's age. No fooling. When a woman cus- There's a story, too, that once upon.a time a | Seneration to group, war material Shemy everybody else Comes a Southern Democrat, tomer came to Wood's stable, Lady Lord would horse walked into Dr. Pritchard’s office. All by | nation can aceum 1 ), ho Re . ; Alabama's Big Jim Folsom, walk around her several times, sort of size her up himself, mind you. It turned out that the horse the 3, 3. may Jgain Supply) et . . To toss in his cam hat. and figure out the kind of trot necessary to get had such a bad case of colic that it took the old gan Sau ’ Sovereign nation; One controlled by Moscow, but per : paige her safely to Crown Hill. veterinarian hours to get it fixed up. I wouldnt | We can find out that the*enemy is on the war its own officials, provided they are selected ‘While his optimism's human, For a woman over 60 years old, Lady Lord had know whether the story is true or not. It hap- | path. i - Jin may be quite sad in June, | a trot approximately the tempo of the Largo con pened! outside my bailiwick. I wouldn't palm’ off Gold Star Mothers suffer in silence, lots of When a pianist named Truman gran expressione of Beethoven's Opus 7, It was anything in this column that wasn't the gospel | people prosper during war, so there is not Finds that all.is in attune, the slowest gait of her repertoire. Those under 40 truth. . much chance for peace. I hope I'm wrong.

Joab live in idleness on public charity better than Russian WORLD AFFAIRS +« + By William Philip Simms ~~ - {IN WASHINGTON . «+ By Peter Edson

ama Holy Land Blood Bath (| fides, |Crain Market Drop

War monger: One who criticizes any action of the

Soviet Union, or disagrees with any statement of its S TR | : i | 5 Lan) PCRS EE C P H SN { Ji ~ ‘spokesmen. Includes the compiler of this glossary. eems nevita e oon . : auses Lo : itica itters : WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—A blood-bath in the Holy Landis : ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Grain market breaks have made 8

Looked at Another Way ably this pring of summer, © a3 is It,” meaning the depression is here. - 3 ie “ gil . retically, the tragedy could be averted by one of three : » = If the break is only te rves HOUSE Republicans back a $6 billion tax cut. things: Armed intervention by the United States; armed inter- |. \ fuller redlization of Ry iy yors % Yet SN B Syst - That's a good round fi Suppose instead of yestios by the Soviet Union, or armed intervention by the United | “|| a good thing & “ os infistion, 4-ea v gure. ’ ations. : : . ; reducing taxes by that amount, the $6 billion were collect. In practice, however, none of these seems likely. There is | : =a 7 : © A break on the commodity market is not considered sufficient od and used to-reduce the national debt. To weigh the | not the slightest chance Congress would authorize the sending | ; 46.7 4 evidence on which to base a prediction of immediate disaster,

A a 3 of an American Expeditionary Force. The Western powers would ; ) ? — : sa; benefits that would flow therefrom, let's eXamIne some lever consent to Russian intervention for that would mean ' ¥- govern] Srouomuts; Fr is thing, thy break has bees

other round figures: Sovietization of the Middle East. And the United Nations hasn't : J || of short duration. Department of Agriculture has been saying Public debt—$256 billion. 3 . | any forces to send. : : since last fall that the price of wheat was unrealistically high. ! # oni : A fourth alternative-~and possibly the only one which might J ! i in view of the 1,400,000,000 bushel supply. The present drop may = “Interest charge on public debt—$5,250,000,000. TEE Werk would ‘be for the United Nations to postpone ita attempt _- . BS Pri “1 ‘Dex natural price readjustment, ge S—_—— Population of U. 8. A.—140 million. - at efiforcement for a while, and prevail upon the British to stay : The grain market is only one part’ of the economy.

* Per capita share of public debt—$1828.57. Sh the job until the United Nations could examine the situation | . N Pa / Employment is still high. Industrial production is still high. A $6 billion’ cut in the debt would— ' 3

| LY Profits are still high.” Wages have not dropped. General price Reduce the per capita share of the debt $42.85. UN Bites Off More Than It Can Chew y levels are still high. And the stock markét—which did not follow Which would be quite an average saving for American AS MATTERS stand, the United Nations has bitten off more | . the commodity markets on their postwar rise—has not followed

than it can chew. With scarcely enough police to maintain | on the first major postwar decline. order at Lake Buccess, and in the face ‘of the armed opposition | . ‘

of the entire Arab League, it nevertheless handed down a decl- Ce ’ p | J > Recessio ocls sion which it is powerless to enforce. . n Could Have Many Eff

3 Since then, the Holy Land situation has gone from bad to 7 AT THIS crucial time, even a mild recession can have grest Subsidizing the Little Foxes worse. Jews and Arabs are being killed daily despite efforts | A effect on Marshall Plan legislation, on the tax program, on coming [FASHIONS in furs have changed, it seems, and, as a re- | Of the British. When the British pull out—as they are sched- JN) wage-increase demands, on rent control, price control, rationing

sult, silver foxes aren't the salable commodity they uled to do by May 15-—there is no telling what will happen. lloathc ; : and other anti-inflationary proposals now before Congress. It once were. So fox farmers are asking government loans Arabs Virtually Declare War may influence results of the November elections.

: Lowe proba tage . totaling $8 million to keep them in business. Their request THE ARAB higher committee has sent the United Nations ! { cutters Fie vil HY York» 89 4dvay u we! ‘has been approved by the agriculture committees of the what amounts to a formal declaration of war against any at || com see .M. REO. ¥. § PAY. OF, 2-13 : y argue that since the long-predicted depressio ap ; tempt to set up independent. Jewish and Arab states in Pales- : ! ; Is now at hand, business will need a shot in the arm. Senate and House. tne Reports from Moslem Jendguatiers in Cairo tell. of rap. “I'm not going to have any steady gifl {ill they abolish valentines— Fourteen CIO ifidtistrial unions and three railway brother: ; ; y maturing plans to set this war motion. + Arms are bi h!" - hoods We don’t know if the full membership of Congress will ing collected and there are rumors of possible shipments from ps uch mus : ) Row have wage increase demands pending. nationally grant the loans. If it does, the country’s taxpayers may | Czechoslovakia, in the Soviet zone. : Hundreds of local AFL unions also want more pay. All demands count themselves lucky that this idea was not thqught of There is, of course, a potential Jewish. army: in Palestine. [SO THEY SAY “oe oe Names in News | are based on increased living costs. All labor unions have been

before. If it had been they would probably still be support- Thete 1a a Jewish Police Loge Ad I A Today, whether You work on a farm, in a shop, an office or protesting high prices. So it, is only natural to expect that, if

tihe Commission has asked for formation of a Jewish militia | ) ing the makers of fringe-topped surreys, whalebone cor-| of, say; 30.000 men. But equipment is lacking and—so far, at store, in a production line or with a pick and shovel, about trying to offset demands for further inflationary wage increases,

A J . . least, as the United’ States is concerned—there is an embargo | 25 to 30 cents of every dollar you earn goes directly or indirectly | ®™Ployers will use any recession argument they can grab bold sets, buggy whips, gas mantles ‘and sundry other departed on Arms. | to support the government. —Sen. a F. Byrd (D. Va.). of to prove prices are coming down, or at least aren't going

: But even if there were no embargo—and the Jews are en- ¢ any higher. = To “filled to arms (0 defend & position created for (hem by the i ; “threcotd war; B® - ox | United Nations—a war ‘between Jews and .Arabs is hardly what | But even if we should accept every charge made agiinst the May Be Used fo Block Price Controls : | the world peace organization could call an ideal solution. - If all | Russians it does not excuse an Anferican policy which runs .

! ; . . ; . IN CONGRESS, the b be Too Much Bipartisanship ' | Islam and possibly the Soviet Union, back the Arabs with arms | contrary to American principles.—Hénry Wallace, outlining a | used to block labor as or Pray ict wit ii

Cg REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHERRY says it was, §0,| And the United States does the same for the Jews, it would be | program for European Tecolorye . that since the country is now past the price peak, there is no

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or . the beginning of World War IIL 4 : | need for putting ¢o . Truman Astra the GOP that killed ‘the OPA, so there. With that | It is already clear that the Palestine Commission “vill not 1 have made it a practice not to comment on other candidates | leaders dont x a Tt way Bdge! statement he takes issue with Republican Senator Taft and be able to restore order when it takes over after May 15: Nor = or supposed candidates or their personalities —Sén. Robeft'A. | Is that the inflationary threat is not yet over. They are still

Lh i v is it likely. that an effective United Nations “police force” could aft (R. 0.), Republican presidential ' candidate. ‘ saying that, unl * takes sides with Democratic President Truman. be orgraiaed Tr the wext 90 days, 1 Fait IR. Ode e ¢ 9 8 nless more control machinery is-set up, there if

: i : J . danger prices will go still higher Maybe the gentlemen in Washington are carrying this The United Nations® resolution recommending partition set | ° Either undertake fo meet the requirements of th bl If & new depression should develop, it is unlikely that pA . t business too far ‘It's fine ny Be Aug. 1 as the ‘deadline for British withdrawal. The British | (European aid) or don’t undertake it{ at Bearer of State Repotiionns wt say the President’ fears * A Fr on | all Aagreemen 400 1.8L 81 | Should be requested to remain at least until then, if not longer. | Marshall. e” fre Qiks sm wrong. But what the President has ly been afraid of 8 election years are confusing enough at best Maanwhile, the United Nations should buckle down to the Job | A ol Ey aa the crash that has always followed uncontrolled infation. = ing. bs : _» paper—solution. Jews and Arabs administration seems to Want to take : nore ups for a purely. political 5% the dination Soviet Tuseia. 1s BOING as fast aa country in There ia probably nothing the Republicans would like more

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