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PERILOUS PLAYTHINGS
The “arsenal of democracy” al
ready is or rapidly is becoming
the arsenal for what easily could
be the greatest crime wave this
country ever has known.
Manufacturers of lethal wea
pons are making no contribution \
whatever to this arsenal. It’s com-,
ing from souvenirs—deadly wea-1
pons from the world’s battle fronts
smuggled into this country by GIs
and officers for collections.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover;
warns that “hundreds of thou
sands of such weapons” already
are cached in the United States.
The armed services long ago
took cognizance of the danger,
even to the extent of developing
the “inspectroscope” — an X-ray
machine that examines all pack
ages and luggage for contraband,
especially weapons.
The Marine Corps magazine.
Leatherneck, has studied the sit
uation and reported it in an arti
cle titled “Murderous Mementos.”
Police chiefs of major cities
have placed it No. 1 on their
problem agenda and recently took
home with them from a meeting
in Washington Director Hoover’s
outlines for a scrap drive to help
ward off the danger.
Attorney General Tom Clark
recently asserted that an “orgy of
crime” already is sweeping the
country, with a 12.3 percent over
all increase in serious crimes last
year over 1944; but with a 23.9
percent increase in robberies and
a 17.3 percent increase in burglar
ies—in which deadly weapons
generally are used.
Leatherneck indulges in what
some may laugh off as a little
crime fantasy — the blasting of
money-carrying armored trucks
with a bazooka. Don’t think the
armored truck companies have
laughed it off. FBI officials here
tell me that worried questions al
ready have been put to them by
some of these companies.
J. Edgar Hoover doesn’t laugh
it off either. Bazookas undoubted
ly have been smuggled into pri
vate homes as souvenirs. And
Hoover and his boys remember
the Brady-Shafer gang.
In the park of a small Indiana
town not so many years ago,
thieves stole a World War I ma
chine gun. Some time later, the
FBI, after a gun battle in Bangor.
Me., captured the Brady-Shafer
gang. In their arsenal was that
machine gun.
Hoover resents “the libel placed
on the doorstep” of ex-service
men that the postwar crime wave
will be due to them. He’s con
vinced that the veteran generally
is a better citizen than when he
went off to war. But through un
scrupulous “hockshops,” too-good
to resist offers, trades, theft and
carelessness, the weapons seep
down to the criminal level. That’s
when trouble starts for law-abid
ing citizens.
New Stars On Flag?
If either Hawaii or Alaska
comes into the Union it will mean
that a 49th star will have to be
added to "Old Glory.”
Reports from Washington indi
cate that there is considerable
talk as to where that star would
be placed. The present 48 stars
make a square with eight stars
across and six down. If one more
were added the stars could be ar
ranged in rows of seven each way.
What happens, though, if both
Hawaii and Alaska come in? How
would we arrange 50 stars?
Time was when the flag was
changed so often that flag design
ers had plenty of practice. But it
has now been 34 years since the
last “remodeling” and the design
ers have grown rather rusty.
Of one thing we can be sure,
however, that if any when we
have 49 or 50 states we’ll have
, that many stars—even though
Betsy Ross won’t be on hand to
lend her assistance in arranging
Expand Hospital Program
Dr. John K. Moore, left above, chief surgeon of the Shrinera* Hospital
In Philadelphia, explains a new type of brace for treatment of crippled
tItlMren to Imperial Potentate IVnodflrld (center) and IV. Freeland Kendrick,
chairman of the hospitals* national board of trustees.
NEW YORK CITY—The fignt
against all crippling diseases af
fecting children will be acceler
ated on a nation-wide scale
through the 15 Shriners’ Hospi
• tals for . Crippled Children, it
was announced here by William
H. Woodfield, Jr., of San Fran
cisco, Imperial Potentate of the
Shrine of North America.
The new program has been
approved by Dr. J. Albert Key,
president of the American Ortho
pedic Association.
The Shriners are awarding
three fellowships in orthopedic
surgery, and three scholarships
in orthopedic nursing. A research
project is underway. Convales
cent homes at all Shriners* Hos
pitals will provide occupational
therapy courses. Present facili
ties and equipment of the 15 hos
pitals are being expanded.
During the past twenty-five
years more than 100,000 children,
admitted without regard to race,
creed or color, have been either
healed or greatly improved in
Shriners’ Hospitals.
“It is our hope,” Imperial Po
tentate Woodfleld said, “that
eventually no child suffering any
orthopedic ailment will ever, be
cause of lack of funds, suffer the
slightest neglect.**
Churchill in U.S.A.
MIAMI, FLA. — Soundphoto —
Miami Daily News Photo by Ted
Lucas — Former Prime Minister
Winston Churchill of Great Britain,
who is vacationing on Miami Beach,
poses in his painter’s smock while
taking a short pause in his week
ef painting.
17 Years Without Crime
Cramps Lawyer’s Style
BISMARCK, N. D., (/P)—Oliver
I County states attorney Burton
Wilcox is proud of his country’s
i law abiding record but he has one
complaint. It doesn’t afford him
much opportunity for perfecting
his jury technique.
Wilcox, starting his 18th con
secutive year as state’s attorney,
never has had occasion to prose
cute a crim nal case before a iury.
“We haven’t had a major crime
in 17 years,” he said. There have
been a few isolated instances of
petty crime, but the offenders
either pleaded guilty or asked for j
t~nl by judge without jury.”
them.—Denver Monitor.
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By Charlotte Adamt
ASPARAGUS IN SAUCE
1 can asparagus tips
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1/3 cup chicken or vegetable stock
3 tablespoons cream
1 egg yolk
Vfe tablespoon lemon juice
Heat asparagus thoroughly.
Melt buter and blend in flour.
When smooth add chicken or veg
etable stock mixed with cream.
Stir until sauce boils. Pour over
egg yolk mixed with lemon juice
and stir and heat without boiling.
Serve over the asparagus.
By Charlotte Adams
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GRATED CHEESE
3 or 4 large potatoes
Boiling salted water
Salt and pepper
Melted butter
Grated cheese
Cayenne pepper
Parsley
Cook potatoes in boiling salted
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one-half inch slices lengthwise.
Place on broiler rack. Sprinkle
with salt and pepper and brush
with melted butter. Broil until
they begin to brown. Turn over
and sprinkle lightly with grated
cheese mixed with a bit of cay
enne. Broil until cheese melts.
Serve garnished with finely chop
ped parsley.
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