The Washington-Merry-Go-Round —
Secret Information Sources Are Drying Up;
Soviet Shakeup Details Are Not Known
* By DREW PEARSON
Reds May Hit Iran
The iron curtain around the
The real truth about the So
viet cabinet shakeup is that no
British or American observer
really knows what’s going on
inside the Kremlin—and this in
cludes our super-secret mili
tary intelligence men as well.
Kremlin is almost impenetrable,
and all the speculation as to
what the Molotov-Vishinsky
shift means was nothing more
than that—mere speculation.
There was a time when the
United States was able to get
reasonably accurate inside
Kremlin information from the
Czechs and the Poles but since
the Czech Communist purge and
the tightening up in Poland,
those sources have dried up.
However, if past precedents
are any criterion, the Rus
sians will not take the North
Atlantic pact lying down.
They are more than likely to
^ move—and may move in the
opposite direction.
That is behind feverish Amer
ican plans to fortify Iran, also
behind U. S. Ambassador John
Wiley’s frantic cables from Teh
eran. He seems convinced the
Russians will move there next.
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"S. O. B." User Rebuker
The vice-president of the Unit
ed States isn’t advertising it, but
he once participated in a severe
note of censure of a congress
man who used the same S. O. B.
initials recently used by the
President of the United States.
The vote of censure was
taken against Rep. Thomas L.
Blanton, Democrat of Texas.
Passed unanimously by the
house of representatives when
Alben Barkley was a mem
ber, the resolution stated:
“Whereas Thomas L. Blanton
. . . inserted in the Congression
al Record, a letter which was
mCecent, obscene, vulger and
vile;
“Whereas the said Thomas L.
Blanton . . . has offered an in
dignity to the house and to the
people represented by the mem
bership in congress . . . for which
he deserves the severest rebuke
and drastic censure, therefore be
it
“Resolved that the speaker of
the house is hereby directed to
summon him to the bar of the
house and deliver to him its
reprimand and censure.”
The obscene matter which
Blanton had inserted in the Re
cord on Oct. 22, 1921, was a let
ter written by Millard French,
an employee in the government
printing office, addressed to
George H. Carter, public print
er. The letter contained the ab
breviation S. O. B.
* • •
Narrowly Escaped Ouster
Nevertheless, Blanton escaped
being expelled from congress by
only an eight-vote margin. A to
tal of 293 congressmen voted to
expel him.
Among those in congress at
the time were such close
friends of President Truman
as James F. Byrnes, later
Truman's secretary of state;
Tom Conally of Texas, now
chairman of the senate for
eign relations committee;
Speaker Sam Rayburn and
Vice President Barkley.
All the above voted to ex
punge Blanto’s S. O. B. abbre
viation from the record but
none of the above opposed the
resolution of censure, though
they did not vote to expel.
The attack against Blanton
was led by the late Rep. Frank
Mondell, of Wyoming, and Nich
olas Longworth, late speaker of
the house, also now deceased.
Mondell, urging that Blanton be
expelled said: “Anyone utter
ing in public anywhere the
words placed in the Congres
sional Record by the member
from Texas should be subject to
fine and imprisonment. While
we cannot repeat the words
which form the basis of this
charge, it can be said that they
are unspeakably foul, vile, pro
fane, filthy, blasphemous, and
obscene.”
After the resolution of censure
was voted, Blanton was called
before the speaker’s rostrum,
where Speaker Fred Gillett
stated:
"I have been directed to
censure you because, when
you had been allowed by the
courtesy of the house to print
a speech, you inserted in it
foul and obscene matter . . .
and that disgusting matter
was transmitted as part of the
* proceedings of the house to
thousands of homes and libr
aries throughout the country
to be read by men and wo
men, and, worst of all, by chil
dren. In accordance with the
instructions of the house and
as its representative, I pro
nounce upon you its censure."
As Blanton left the floor of
the house he collapsed in the
corridor, struck his head on the
marble floor and had to be as
sisted to his office.
Normal Trainers Plan
for Field Work —
ATKINSON — Normal train
ing girls, who are to do practice
teaching in rural schools April
25 to 29, are: Anita Ford, Eil
een Prange, Cleone Doolittle,
Hilda Albrecht, Gloria Lech, II
ene Dickau, Mavis Coburn and
Bonnie Dickau.
Mrs. Marguerite Baker is the
normal training instructor.
There are 10 soda fountains
in the United States to every
one in Europe.
Doreen Held a
Bride at Orchard
PAGE—Miss Doreen Held and
Robert Wood were married at
Orchard on Sunday. March 27,
at St. Peter’s Lutheran church
parsonage. Rev. Phillip P. Wirth
performed the double-ring cere
mony.
The couple was attended by
the bride’s sister. Miss Melba
Held, and Clarence Juracek.
The bride wore a coral rose
dress with black accessories and
her attendant wore an aqua
shade dress.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Held, of
Venus. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood,
of Page, and is a World War II
veteran.
They will make thier home at
Orchard where Mr. Wood is em
ployed at the Gotten Motor Co.
REHEARSALS BEGUN
ATKINSON—Rehearsals have
begun on the senior class play,
“Aaron Slick from Punkin’
Crick,” to be given the latter
part of April. Mrs. Marguerite
Baker is assisting Randall Smith,
class sponsor; in directing the
play.
To Plant Trees —
PAGE — The Page Improve
ment club met with Mrs. Allen
Haynes Monday evening with
I 13 members present. Mrs. John
| Lamason, Mrs. Neil Asher. Mrs.
| Soren Sorensen and Mrs. Frank
Snyder were guests. Mrs. Lama
son and Mrs. Asher joined the
club at this meeting. It wras vot
ed to hire some one to trim the
trees in the city park and also
to plant a tree there on Arbor
day.
Other Page News
Mr. and Mrs. Larbee Kelly re
turned home bv train from Ra
pid Citv, S. D..' where they had
gone to attend funeral services
for Mrs. Kelly’s brother, Clyde
Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. Soren Sorensen,
sr„ and Soren. jr., drove to
Creighton Saturday where they
expected to visit their son and
brother. Russell Sorensen, and
family. Because of bad roads,
they were unable to see them
They visited a cousin, Mary Sor
ensen, at the Walton Morrison
home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Leach, of
Bellingham. Wash., who had
spent the Winter in Florida,
came Tuesday, March 29, to visit
Mrs. Leach’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Williamson, and
her brother-in-law and sister,
Mrs. I. O. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Nissen and
son. of Plainview, spent Sunday
afternoon at the P. E. Nissen
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Held and
family visited Mrs. Held’s par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Edson,
at Creighton Friday evening.
Mrs. Myrta Van Conett re
turned home Saturday from
Kansas City, Mo., where she had
gone two weeks ago to visit &t
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Harold Swansen, and family.
Mrs. Swansen came to Page with
her to spend a few days. Mrs.
Van Conett’s son-in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Cooke, of Chambers, had accom
panied her to Kansas City. Mr.
Cooke secured employment in
that city where the family will
make their home.
Classes of the Page school
were resumed on Wednesday,
March 30, following the burning
of the Page school house the
preceding Friday. Because of
the storm there was no school
last Thursday.
W. E. Snyder and Mrs. Roy
Snyder, of Ainsworth, and Mrs.
Melvin Carson, of Page, return
ed from Lincoln Saturday after
taking almost two days to get
here because of bad roads. Mr.
Snyder and Mrs. Roy Snyder
continued on to their homes the
same day. They had visited at
the Lowell Miller home at Lin
coln.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Smith
and daughter, Linda, of Page,
and Ernest Trowbridge, of In
man, drove to Ralston Tuesday,
March 29. to visit at the home of
Mrs. Smith’s brother, Ivan Stu
art. and family. Mr. Smith at
tended a welders’ convention at
Omaha They also attended the
Ice Capades there and returned
home Friday.
BROTHER DIES
INMAN—Mrs. M. L. Harkins
has received word of the death
of her brother. David E. Mar
tin, at North Platte. Funeral
services were held on Monday
but due to weather and road
conditions Mrs. Harkins was un
able to attend.
Other Inman News
Pfc. George Geary, who is
stationed at Spokane, Wash., ar
rived Tuesday afternoon, March
29, and will spend a 15-day fur
lough with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Geary, and Pvt. Paul
Hartigan, of Ft. Bliss. Tex., ar
rived Saturday for a 10-day fur
lough which he will spend with
his mother, Mrs. Mary Cullen,
and Pat; his grandparents. Mrs.
Jessie Hartigan and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Cary.
Mrs. Sam Henry and Lyle
Ruth Jackson, of Omaha, have
spent the past week here visit
ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Kelley, and helping with
the care of Mrs. Kelley, who has
been ill.
Walter Jacox, of Carbondale,
Colo,, arrived Tuesday after
noon, March 29, and spent sever
al days calling on old friends
and looking after property inter
ests here. The Jacox family
formerly lived here.
Ernest Trowbridge spent sev
eral days in Omaha the past
week, returning home on Satur
day.
Mrs. John Gallagher went to
Tilden on Friday afternoon and
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. George Winkler and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hines, of O’
Neill. have rented and moved
into the Charles Sobotka rent
property in the South part of
town.
Charles Young, James and
Rufus Sholes and John Mattson
drove to Long Pine Friday and
spent the day trout fishing.
Sunday visitors in town in
cluded: Mr. and Mrs. Vere But
ler and family, of Noligh, in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. But
ler; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wat
son, of O’Neill, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson; Mr.
and Mrs. William Thompson, of
Norfolk, in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Thompson; Mr. and
Mrs. Stuart Hartigan, of Oak
dale, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Barnhardt. of Ewing, in the
home of Mrs. Mary Cullen.
G. Ezra Moor returned to
Beatrice on Monday after spend
ing the past week here looking
after farm interests.
James Sholes spent the week
end in Sioux City visiting his
nephew, Gordon Sholes, who is
a patient at the Lutheran hos
pital there.
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