Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 30 January 1948 — TELLS OF MAC’S POPULARITY; COULD WIN AN ELECTION [ARTICLE]

TELLS OF MAC’S POPULARITY; COULD WIN AN ELECTION

If (ion. MacArthur ran for election as head of Japan’s government today, he would win over any opponent three to one, Dr. William M. McGovern said Tuesday night. Dr. McGovern, chairman of the department of government *at Northwestern university and world affairs advisor to the government during the war made this statement before 450 members and guests at the East Chicago chamber of commerce annual dinner. Speaking of the world problems facing the United States, he said that any power that dominates Europe Would be only a potential menace to this country, while any power that dominated Asia, and especially, China, would be a | “deadly menace.” Advisor To Joint Chiefs Of Staff, i A veteran of both wars, Dr. McGovern recently was advisor to i the joint chiefs of staff while a commander in the navy, and served recently as consultant to the Senate foreign affairs committee.! He was principal speaker at,i the dinner that saw the installation of Ivar Larson, reelected as president of the chamber. George ; FI. Applegate, new secretary- manager of the group, was introduced after a short period of silence

in memory .of his predecessor, Harold B. Wqodlief, who died last fall. Other officers installed were Directors: D. R. Cornell and B. M. Stubblefield, new directors, and H. M. Rishel, reelected; all from the industrial division; Allan E. Lewis, reelected, and Irving Lewin and E. J. Sprengelmeyer, new directors. Mr. and Mrs. Otto DeYoung were in Chicago last Sunday and Mrs. Felthouse returned home with them.

BLACK CAR! BLOOD! WIFE GONE! HELP! South Bend, Ind., Jan. 29.—The sheriff’s office, had a frantic call from ‘Glenn E. Smith. He had just returned to his home near Granger in time to see a black automobile drive away, a trail of blood-stains out through the door and his wife missing. Sleuthing deputies finally found Mrs. Smith attending a committee meeting at the Granger school —and the familys dog, still bleeding from an accidental cut in .one paw.