Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 119, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949 Page: 2 of 6
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Editorials
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GLADEWATEK. (TEX.) DAILY MIRROR
Thursday, August 4, 1949
n»e Tessa Slate College lot Women at Den-
ton is trying an eiperimeiM that other colleges
may find it profitable to follow. Beginning with
the fall aeaaion, September 19, ISCt will set
aside one at the smaller dormitoriea for mothers
with children.
This is the first time, so far as we know,
that any college has given any consideration to
young mothers who may wish to return to school
and continue their education. Young fathers
who have a yen for more knowledge have
received plenty of attention in recent years,
lhe rush of veterans to the colleges following
the close of the war, because of the Gl Bill of
Rights, created quite an unusual situation on
many campuses. Old happy-go-lucky Joe College,
with his lettered sweater and freshman cap,
gave way to a serious-minded young chap who
more than likely, was found strolling down the
campus walks, his wife by hia side, pushing a
preambulator. This young fellow was not of
the rah-rah type, fie had been places and seen
things — things he often wished he could forget.
He had lost some of the best years of his
life, sleeping in European foxholes or treading
through a steaming South Pacific jungle, and
now a grateful government was trying to make
it up to him for what*he had sacrificed by
enabling him to continue his interrupted
education at public expense.
The Gl’s with families — and it seemed that
most of them had families — created quite a
housing problem for the colleges. New housing
projects sprang up; barracks were erected;
people wete asked to provide quarters for the
students. The age-line of college students
seemed to have advanced several years, and
callow youths became almost as scarce on the
campuses as men with gray hair.
But nearly all these GI’s were men. Little
was done for the young mothers who desired
to return to school. The wives of the Gl's
looked after the children and kept house while
their husbands went to college.
Now things are changing. The Gl's are van-
ishing from the campuses as they complete
their training, and the college boys and girls
are returning, but the young mothers with
children, who, up to now, have been neglected,
are having their inning. At least one college is
preparing to provide for them. No doubt, others
will follow- suit.
This new interest in education on the part of
mothers, old and young, is part of awakened
interest in adult education which we see every-
where. Some may deplore it as a sign of national
frustration, but we cannot see it that way. It
indicates an intellectual curiosity on the part
of adults which is wholesome. And why, after
all, shouldn't mothers be iust as eager to learn
as fathers’ „ •"
The Notth Atlantic Defense Pact has been
signed, but that did not end the responsibility
of the United States to the signatory nations
of Uestem Europe. In fact, it committed us
even more fully than we had been before. The
nations of Western Europe, the United States
and Canada have mutually agreed to go to war
in defense of any member of the Pact who is
attacked by an aggressor. It’s "each for all,
and all for each." But there is a little hitch
here. All these nations must be armed and
'prepared for war. And one nation will have
to provide and pay for the arms—the United
States.
There is some opposition in Congress to
the plan of the I nited States to supply arms
to all the nations of Europe. Some members
of the Senate and House think that it will cost
us too much and that we cannot afford this
extra burden at the present time.
There is a great deal of validity to this
argument. But the question naturally arises:
< an we afford not to arm Europe? 4 ill it cost us
more to provide aims for the defense of Europe,
now than it would to provide arms for these'
nations after they have been attacked?
Military observers, returning from Europe,
report that the democratic nations of Western
Europe almost are totally unprepared for war.
If they should be attacked suddenly by some
strong military power, such as Soviet Russia,
they would be unable to defend themselves.
These observers predict that, should Russia
attack the Western European countries, her
armies could overrun them in a matter of weeks.
Once Europe was occupied by the Russiaos,
it might take months, or even years, to displace
them. Ve know how long it required to rescue
Europe from the control of the Nazis.
So, the United States today is faced with
something of s Hobson's Choice. We must
either arm Europe now, or take a chance of the
Continent being overrun by the Soviets. It is
going to cost us either way, but it probably
will prove cheaper in the long run to arm
Europe for defense than it will to pay for a war
after it has started—and maybe help fight it,
too.
N«w Attitude Needed
The International Association of Machinists,
one of the largest labor unions in the country,
has called upon Congress to make it unlawful
for an employer to fire, demote, or refuse to hire
workers because of their age. This law was ask-
ed as a measure to cope with the growing dis-
crimination one finds in industry against work-
er of 4? or older.
As an alternative, the union propose! that
the present retirement age of 65 under the So-
cial Security Act be lowered to enable dis-
place I workers to draw benefits when they are
forced to leave their jobs before the retire-
ment ace is reachel.
All this a mere groping for the solution of a
problem that is fast becoming a source of worn
[>oth to national ami industrial leaders, to say
nothing of the workers themselves. The plight
of the middle-aged and elderly worker is draw-
ing the attention of sociologists and industrial-
ists and it seems to be getting further from solu-
tion than ever. With times tightening and un-
employment increasing, thousands of workers
above J5 are facing loss of their jobs, with no
hope of obtaining other employment. In times
of depression, employers are inclined to keep
their younger workers and let the older ones go.
This is natural, but it works » terrific hardship
on the older workers, few of whr— have any
source of income. <ince *-*kets cannot draw
their 'social Security benefits until they ire 65,
and are being laid off at 45 or younger, a tragic
hiatus exism*. One can get might) hungry in 20
year** time.
However, we doubt that passing laws will
remedy the situation. The only way to solve it
is for employers to take a more humane ami en-
lightened attitude on the subject and stop lay-
ing off workers merely because they have pass-
ed a certain age line. Henrv Ford and others
have proved that elderly workers are oftentimes
mote efficient than younger workers, and no man
should be cast on to the scrapheap merely be-
cause he has attained the age of 15, or any
other age. Some men are highly efficient at 60,
while others are inefficient at AO. It all lies in
the workers themselves. Y'ou can’t determine a
man’s worth to industry simply by looking up
the date of his birth.
ON THE LINE
la it because the best things
in life are free that we think
there*a no point in learning how
to enjoy them?
Or do we only assume that we
come factory-equipped with an
instinctive rapacity to appreciate
all the matchless pleaairea
nature lavishes on us?
Whatever the reason, moat of
us go tlirough life deaf and blind
to countless satisfactions the
world holds out to us at every
turn in the road. Only occasion-
ally do we sense even dimly
what we are missing.
We can see a gorgeous sunset
almost anywhere, and the incom-
parable magic of moonlight on
water with a hare minimum of
effort. So we look at them
vacuously, say "Isn’t it pretty’’’
and sjuale off to some clip-
joint where, for a fancy fee, we
can "Oh1” and "Ah’” about the
(here” -- a synthetic
commodity conjured up by ham
Interior decorators with mirrors,
paint, potted plants and colored
light bulbs.
Lack of intelligent perception
doesn’t cost us anything - at
least not anything we can measure
readily. So we don’t place much
value on the beautlea it hides
from us.
Suppose we could see enchant-
ing moonlight or a breath-taking
sunset only In a hole-in-the-wall
New York theater. TTien we'd
strain all oix connections for
weeks trying to wangle tickets
at racketeers prices.
We'd read all the beat reviews
and parrot the reviewers’ opinions
wherever we could contrive to
horn them in. We'd study books
from the library and find out
what makes sunsets beautiful
and why moonlight brings out
the Casanova in us.
The broader knowledge and
deeper insight would enhance
the thrills and satisfactions such
things can give ua.
But we don't bother to smarten
up in these lines. We smugly
fancy oirselves bom connoisseurs
of the be autiea of nature. We
don’t need any instruction or
practice. Our perceptive appara-
tus has fixed focua, like a )3
camera, and about the sensitivity
of a hamburger-stand radio.
We are well enough satisfied
with Us sleazy performance that
we ask for nothing better. We
let the schools give our children
only a fuzzy conception of their
natural environment, in terms
of flgires, dates and artificial
lines on maps. If the youngsters
HOLLYWOOD
• • • • •
lith the atom bomb as powerful as *c is, it
looks like the next war is goinj; to be a big bust.
• • • • •
The recession is passing, says an economist.
That is good news for everyone except the
manufacturers of red ink.
• • • • •
Mapzine writer asks readers what books they
would like to have with them if they were
marooned on a desert island. Most of ua, no
doubt, would like to have one on "How to
Build a Boat."
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 2 -(INSJ-
Prlnce Aly Khan sent his private
plane to Milan to take Joan and
Harry Cohn to Deauville to dis-
cuss the possibility of Kits Hay-
worth doing "Sirocco" with
Charles Vidor directing.
Hut now that Klta haa officially
confirmed by telephone that she
expects a baby in February, I
doubt If she will make a picture
before next spring, although she
worked up to the last moment
when she was expecting Rebecca,
It isn’t necessary, however,
for her to work. Sie will want
to look her heat In her Time back
movie. "Sirocco” la practically
ready to go, and it is a story that
Rita approved a long time ago.
was frank with her and told her
he didn't expert her to make the
plctiae for him if there was any-
thing she liked better. She didn't.
• • • • •
Hft'll to W«lcom«
• “ • ■*—
Interesting that the husband
of Zorina, Goddard Llbemon, has
lust sold his novel, "Three for
Hedroom C," for a Milton l*en
and Hill Seiler production. Llber-
son is taking a leave of absence
as vice-president of the Columbia
Records Corporation, to come
here to prepare the script.
Both Milt and Hill are excited
over the rough cut of "Border-
line," their first, and especially
happy that Claire TYevnr (Mrs,
Bren In private life), will again
he the top lady In "Three for
Bedroom C."
Ever since Claire won that
Academy Award she’a had more
Jobs than she can accept. Milton
If you remember the movies of
Rat mu, greatest of French actors
until his death, you have not
forgotten Gaby Andre, who made
three pictures with him.
1 had supposed she was still
in France doing a psrle»vous
francaise, until a call from MOM
the other day announced Gaby
gets a role in "Pleaae Relieve
Me," with Deborah Kerr and
Robert Walker.
As a matter of fact, the French
actress has been In this country
six months. She came with her
American husband. Colonel Ell
Smith, whom she met right after
the war. Director Norman Taurog
spotted Oaby at a party and of-
fered her the Job.
Athens.
He writes very Interestingly
about his experiences when he
was "knighted" bv King George.
He confesses he was never so
scared in his life - and if he
hadn’t been i wouldn’t have
thought much of him.
• • • • •
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., flew
from Parts to Athens on a secret
mission for the American Govern-
ment, While there he had a con-
ference with the President of
Greece, and will be s guest at
the American F'.moasny at s
reception tomorrow.
I keep hearing great things about
young Doug, who, while in Paris,
distributed a half million CARE
packages. He is also arranging
for CARE distribution while In
Snapshots of Hollywood col-
lected at random.
The hottest romance in town
at the moment is George Fisher,
popular commentator, and Florence
Marly, French actress.
According to someone who
went to the gala at Monte Carlo,
FJrol Flynn startled the natives
when he waiked Into the Casino
Impeccably dressed, but wearing
red socks. Leslie rharteria. the
mystery st<rv writer, had u good
laugh because in Nassau last
year F'lvnn kidded him because
he wore a red handkerchief with
a dinner Jacket.
I’m sorry In my column about
the wonderful show the boys at
Birmingham Hospital put on that
I give the’ Impression that other
entertainers did the show. lhe
boys, veterans of the wheel
chair, themselves, were the actors,
and were wonderful.
Jerry Wald is discussing arith
Danny Kaye the idea of doing
"Nature Roy," based on s satire
of the famous song.
That’s all lodav. see vou
tomorrow’
(Distributed by Iniaruaiioual
learn to recite the capitals of
the states and name the principal
prnducta of Maine and Texas, we
are content.
If doesn’t worry us that they
Vow old and die without ever
understanding why same areas
produce luscious beefsteak while
others jroduce only balsam pil-
lows. Or that they know trees
only as trees, flowers only as
flowers and grass only as grass -
and therefore never appreciate
what it is that makes the scenery
of vacaUonlanda so fascinating.
We leave it to the Boy Scouts
to teach them how to build a
fire and stay afloat in water.
Fire, water and such things are
only the fundamentals of otr
earthly environment, on which
oig whole structwe of living
values is nased. Why learn anv
more about them than we can
absorb through casual obaerv a-
lion?
The answer is prettv obvious.
Schooled observation enriches
experience and intensifies satis-
factions. Think how much more
you can enjoy even a bellyache
if you know what function of
which organ la being fouled up
by what bug.
(Copyright. 1949, King Features
Syndicate, tnc.y
NEW YORK. Aug. J-lIRSV-
H fftjl ipr—
We have wrttUu previously of
the New York waiter named l.ep-
salter who refuses in twit eve
thtf his son, an Air IN’roe see
geant was killed In Prance In
July. 1944. He and the boy’s
mother have devoted their lives
to proving that the War Depart-
ment wire of regrets was wmng.
It haa hear a Homeric and
heaft-tnudiing task. When the
man of the Air Force Aswiria-
lion met In Mew York laid year
the elderly couple paraded through
swarms of ex-airman, -saying
pictures of their bny captioned,
pathetically. “Have you seer our
son**’
Lapeeiter himself went ki
France and Belgium last • umner
on the save forlorn and fruitless
search. He spent most of th*r
money on pnaern printed In man/
languages, non tacked on puttie
bulletin boards from U.K. vrderans
hospitals to Tel Aviv.
Now. out of the ttue. they have
a letter fair the French Cnnaul-
ate tr. New York elating abivv
lutely that the bny was known to
be alive in s hospital near Brus-
sels in Septan ha of l')44. two
months ster the War f ig'srtmait
tel c gra>h of. its regrets. This
confirms tht report that he was
seen in the same luispital hp
M.H, Tudier. lh»si an Air Force
non-com and. like yung I epseller
a P.O.W. The French Qmraiiale
will stk its agency in Diuesele
In fnllow up the ^.tiess search.
Hie Lepselters nave been tor-
mented lately by r-nsten is mes-
sages fmm one Hr. r> Gardet, a
Parisian who offeree tus senn-a
to them after raadint our original
story in a F’reni-h ressraer.
Gardet hail written ant wire.) that
the tmy ia alive and Mr where-
abouts are known. Ho the -nan
asks tor time to arrange a visa to
tetng him out (Gardet agy- he IS
in the Russian Zone of w-manyr.
Tile elder Lepaeiter racenUjr con-
tacted Gardet t-y telepfMne,
ahnnklng the family’s air-at.
modest hinds, and begged him P
give more details. Re offered ti
give the man what money ne hail,
but the Frenchman said ne a t
not want mousy, and that he ould
tell Lepaeiter no more at this
time.
This, Lepaeiter decider! was
the gesture of an honest man.
But a cousin of Lepaeiter. locking
up Gardet in Palis, sent back a
•holly different rapert on the
fellow. The Army has a!an cjuew-
By LOUELLA O. PARSONS
INS Motion Picture Editor
IIAFIOM. ISiWN ON mi NFWM
R» krdtur "Itoga" Baer
tasort tailed by la Man atonal hews
service
We were startled to see
picture Of Hob raft aniline ...
our famous Kufftown character
•Win ate the banana sldewav*.
a
like
Bob has had spasms of affw
hllltv and attacks of friendliness
recently. Hut he assures vs he
Isn’t practicing on government
time.
The secretary of the United
.States Treasury and the comp-
troller of currency are ex-offlrto
members of the Federal Reserve
Board.
• • •
The woodcock feeds in early
morning and at duak on worms,
beetles or small crustaceans
The quantity of food consumed
le very large
• • e
Tnnoto Natural bridge, near
Payaon. Aria, la formed of
white limestone and rad coral,
ft la 1M feet above the bed of
the stream.
• • •
Woonsocket, R. I, waa set-
tled ahoot MMHI; Incorporated
as a town in 1M7. and char-
tered as a city In IlM
• • •
The water-hen or moor-hen la
a bird which lives in Europe
and North Africa, and la related
to the rails
“Lubber's point” la a pointer
on a line Inside the howl of a
magnetic compass which Is used
aa a reference mark in comput-
ing the angle between the ahlp'a
course and the geographical
meridian.
e • e
City Island In Long Island
sound owes Its name to a
scheme devised by ita inhabi-
tants in 17g] to build a city
and port to compete with New
York City. The scheme fell
through.
The city of Lowell. Mass . has
within Ita limits IS A miles of
watercourses (rivers. canals,
brooks I, which are spanned by
2A0 bridges
see
The wryneck, a member of
the woodpecker family, geta Ita
name from Ita habit of writh-
ing Ita head and neck quickly
The domesticated yak forms a
great part .if lhe wealth of the
Inhabitants of central Asia It
Is about the height of an Eng-
Hah ox, hut la covered all over
with a thick coat of hair
• • •
“Petroieuee" waa a name
given to women of the French
Commune In 1971. because they
helped bum public buildings by
Igniting petroleum poured on
them.
Lublin. Poland, waa In exist-
ence in the 10th century, and
haa a church said to have been
built in 9N6
• • •
In 1420. Duke John IV of
Brabant founded the famous
university of Louvain. Belgium
Hie watermelon la a native of
tropical Africa
He will celebrate hia sixtieth
Mrthdav In Septerrlwr bv launching
hln.self for highest rfflre the
Republicans --an lose.
In addition in smtllrg. Hob Is
writing s newspaper collar, n,
-road ra*U ns. and lecturing on
International conditions. la It
possible that Hob will come >ut
if the next Presidential campaign
with the title of Laughing Hov’
What Goes
On Inside a
Light Tube?
R» WILLIAM ri.UHft.Rt
International Newt Sect Ire
Staff C orrespondent
PITTRMl RGM. Aug. 3 .|N8
When iht fluoirarent kght* go oul.
VVeaiingnnuM tries) ares I
down is the rallsr rating wauer-
kraut.
Thav re atudvlng what g»ta os in
•Ida iha light tube is an effort in
determine Sow eacl'ad
behave is a gae filled lube
anetver mav mean improved
reerent tuhee. and possibly revolu-
tionary now light nun re
.41 urttea Iha* tai have ehow n that
the elect rice discharge ia a fluor-
earent lamp Iota not go oul the in-
•lant the gwgrh la fllrkod The Ml-
Horn of light producing etomi Is-
olds the tube donl got wiee in tbo
fort lhal the power la off for a
ft act ton of a ee. ond afterwards
Radiation Imprteoaed In Tubs
Whai htppona la that radiation to
atoms
Tbo
rtuo-
tioaad Gardet bul, until ion. has
hoi laid Lepaeiter wbal 11 laiairo
The bark*, hopeful man ol|| see
the Adjutant G«m<rnl la Waahkig
Ion on FrtrWy.
The publicity the Lap sell*
caaa received haa ptongXed .
number or U. g. parents wtx> |„„
boys la the war in write Wai they
ton. are certain their lada will
return. Their Inters are al oner
the epitome of aadaess and fUith
They are braced la that faith by
occasional accounts of amnesia
sufferers who, recovering their
minds, find thatr way back u>
ihelr homes. Th la, and the letter
firm tbs French consul, has made
Lepaeiter want u> take the rod
of his life’s savings, go to Pans
and beg Gardet to teU whai be
knows, if anything. Ha will ask
the Adjutant General for his ad-
vice on that plan.
It will he hard advice k> give.
And harder to withhold.
The announcement that the (?.&,
Is masn-ppuiuclng A-bombs will
cause pa cl 8 St and ilia re-the tmmb-
secret virrlea In this country b>
rmeo u.rtr roars of disappinval.
That seif-sly I ed diamplnn -if peace
Russia, working night and day to
pinduce a bomb, will decty in Ita
am Willed press the wickerhtess
of s nation whim tiara’t the
ahgnteid intention of using Its
A- tup ba unless hit find. By Rua-
ala for iniganre.
Prof. Albeit Flnttetn, whose
cl asm r theory of "Fliergy equals
M C square’1 was proved by the
tximb. nan beer. aaxr>rtaled with
part flan -nog of nia t|fe. More
recently hr joined ar vrrai gmupx.
left of center, aruch have tlietr'
own notions about controlling a
west "n already we||.cr>ntroUed.
Hut. curiously, It was Pmf.
Finaletn whr find used Hit word
'■|v>yib" in connection with tne
U gen very -if the release of rwan-
•aJe alone energy. In bis hi*
tone leUrf to F.D.R. in IM9,
breaking the news In the Presi-
dent that mgMmdh had been friund
U- release l»e energy he asserted
tt probably could he -wade into a
t«>mt-. He «• th* hnmtvoMb*
future a» a montdmua thing, go
'Vge that the user would have to
transport tt by whip tn an eneev
nartr-t, and there blow up !»dh
"hii sng uarinr.
Intngtiad. Mr. Pnoarvelt %et itv-
U -notion the i’i*-gram which
wajkal 1 v produced at n anal of
«?.-HX),tjno.(Xio-the vrr» bomb
which the t mfesanr now nraittlv
deplores.
“It Says Here”
By Bah Hop*
(Copyright »4« by King
Feature Syndics!* Inc.)
l.el’a neg get terJmtctoiy tech-
nical. F’peelally In tectmlmlnr.
Humphrey Dogart recent!’ -an
he would not pi ay • professional
part unless there was a technics
director nrart-v at Ml tir,»w.
A technical director |B m f).
pert jmugiit m by , *>■
ikirert. p, make -wire that ail the
srrftea *r>- authentic. He i •. a ri
of AlffW'l .'ItchIT.ck With g John
Kl rran 'two*! ex.
t remeirt^f Utr technical M-
rrc*or who was called in for t
PI ct ire stout Vetl-Ti to make sufe
Ml (he siesta mhes wrrr authen-
tic. He’d hayy hem tern Ac 11
they ir-uld hate g«pt film awttie.
And one «jy studied twenty
years yp became a technical
ti rector, but now he cxn’t g*<
work. It lenev they’re not -aking
any pictures about the love life
of a eucai vptu« tr»-».
And th«m there was that old
an I saw ig uic stutt - gates ye»
tepiay, siuv.-nng aM holding a
to b’«gs. He lept veiling,
I m a technical director <>n the
(Better Age."
impiiMined maul# tpr tube and the
lighi ke*|» bouncing (rum atom to
atom of marrurv vayor until •(
aveniuaily escapes
Vt •aunghouae raaaaicaera • an
measure in* ahott term III* of ia
dial ion h> means of a high speed
device lhal can turn ullia-violet
lights on and off is leaa than s
millionth of a second
Th» apparatus ran meaaur* ac-
curately the number of limes one
atom ralrhea a piece of radiation
or whaiaver you call a piers of
radiation and tosses It from
atom in atom
New knowledge of 'imprisoned
radiation' known aa leaananr*
lsillation fills a foimec gap in
I* owl edge of gae filled luhea.
which eaperte iav will lead to Im
provement* and possibly discovery
of new ways of producing light
Research on eniymes is rapid);
forging ahead In taboralorl#
throughout the world.
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Greep, J. Walter. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 119, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1949, newspaper, August 4, 1949; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008228/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lee Public Library.