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MONDAY, MAY 21, 1951 ' rHE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE . ue SEVENTEEN Hobo Ranks Being Cut By Pension Cheques, And Lack of Hand-Outs New York -- (AP)---Because ot increasing paternalism in govern- ment and the high cost of living, the American hobo is rapidly be- coming extinct, "If this keeps up, there won't be one left in 20 years," says Ben Benson, four-time King of the Ho- boes ("Don't," he warns, "go putting quotes around my title because it's official, damn it."). Ben is five feet tall, weighs 110 pounds, uses a hearing aid and talks faster than a used-car sales- man. In the last 50 years of bum- ming, he has covered more than 500,000 miles, he estimates. "Been on the road since I was 17," he says. Never seen any- thing like it. Not one-tenth of boys travelling nowadays there was 10, 15 years ago. ' "Right here in New York, out of 10,000 men on the Bowery, maybe 6,000 used to be travelling bums, now they're on relief or old age pensions. Can't travel. Got to show permanent residence to get those cheques." Migratory workers, Ben reports, don't get the work they used to around harvest time because of the increased mechanization of farms. Besides, freight trains operate more efficiently, with fewer stops for block signals. Diesel engines pick up speed faster than the old loco- motives and it's harder for a bobo to jump a freight. Such conditions are converting many 'bums into "rubber tramps"-- hitch-hiking. Once a "House Cat" "Been doing a lot of that myseM lately," Ben says. 'More comfort- able. Meet a better class of peo- ple, who slip you a buck or a meal now and then. Also, much clean- er than the hot , shots. (Fast freights). "The high cost of living is chang- ing everything. I used to special- ize as a house cat. Sure, I ate in jungles now and then, but most of the time I bummed at the back doors of houses. In the old days, when food was cheap, they wouldn't turn you away. "Now, they don't have enough food for i A ed Why even the Salvation Army and other missions don't put up the feed the way they used to." 5 The character of American ho- boes is changing, too. They used to be more intelligent, Ben re- orts, more intérested in the work- ng man, if not interested in work- ing themselves. "Now everybody is afraid of be- ing called a Communist," he says. "Last summer, out in Colorado, a farmer asked me if I wanted a short job. How much? I says. Dol- Jar a day, he says. Nothing doing, I says. I want three dollars a day, good food and a good place to sleep, not in the barn next to the cows. He called me a Red." Ben was elected to his feurth term as King of the Hoboes at a convention last year in Britt, Ia. He is 67. "I positivelv won't run for a fifth term." he insists. "I want to get out of the hobo movement. Want to got into the youth movement." OSHAWA CHADBURN SQUADRON No. 151 R.CA.C. .By Cpl. Steffen Tuesday night was vhe last Tues- day night before Inspection, and both the drill and rifle squads wogied extra hard on their pro- grams. The drill was carried on outside until dark and then those on the rifle squad brushed up on same movements. After the drill the cadets were informed that films would be shown after the inspection and cokes will be given out free. After the inspection, the two nights of the squadron will -prob- ably be cut down to one, and that will be a sports night. No more uni- forms need be worn after Tuesday night until camp. The list for the cadets going to eamp has reached 25 and there is only room for three more to go. However any cadet who does not attend the inspection or have a very good reason for not attending will not be allowed to go to camp. Every Wednesday night Art has the rifle club in the basement and they have the hall all to them- selves all evening. The club is still looking for new members and any- one who comes down will be wel- come, On Thursday night 24 cadets showed up and their drill so im- essed S/L, Beal that they were eos off after only half an hour of it. If we get anywhere near the showing of last Thursday night at the inspection the squadron should be very proud of itself. After the drill on Thursday S/L .Beal passed out six books of car tickets and more were requested. All the cadets stiould sell at least one book as it helps our sponsors when they sell it. On Thursday night the cadets should be there by 7:15 and not later as the inspection will start by that time. Buttons and shoes should be shined, pants pressed and any cadets whom you know that are not turning out should be brought along. All the parents of the cadets are invited to attend, and afterwards look around the hall and classes and talk to the officers and in- structors. FIGHTING BUZZARDS Clyro, Radnorshire, Wales -- (CP) ~Two buzzards locked in mid-air combat plunged down on to the neck of a horse ridden by John Morgan and one bird embedded a talon in his hand. Mr, Morgan kiMed the birds. N thinning Apples With Chemicals Ottawa -- Chemical sprays have been used successfully for apple thinning. Althugh not foolproof, this orchard practice can serve as a great economical boost to the or- chardist. Chemical thinning is preferable to hand thinning, for not only does it reduce the cost greatly, but it also permits an earlier operation. By early thinning, that is, before fruit bud differentiation, there is less chance of the trees being bien- nial in habit, and the remaining apples tend to have greater size and improved quality. Phe set of fruit depends on many factors: inheritance of the variety, soil, vigour of tree; conditions of the previous season and the suitability of the weather for insect pollin- ation. A knowledge of these factors will aid greatly in deciding whether or not these thinning sprays should be used, say D. S. Blair and S. H. Nelson, Division of Horticulture, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa. The dinitros have given fairly constant and satisfactory results with heavy setting varieties such as Melba, applications being made when sevenfy-five per cent of the blossoms are out and the king blos- soms pollinated. The sprays are caustic in effect, destroying both the dehisced and indehisced pollen. However, if the pollen tube has penetrated more "than two milli- metres down the style, fertilization is not prevented. For this reason, good judgment on the part of the grower is essential as a delay of twelve to twenty-four hours may make the difference between suc- cess and failure. The other floral parts and young leaves present are often severely injured by the sprays. However, the trees recover quickly and appear normal at harvest time. The dinitros are likely to overthin in cool humid weather or on trees in areas of poor drainage. The hormone sprays containing naphthaleneacetic acid can be ap- plied from petal fall till three weeks later. The later applications, while taking a high concentration and sacrificing some 'size and annual bearing, allows the grower to ascer- tain the needs of thinning. The ef- fect of the hormone is not im- mediate. At first there may appear to be an increased set. However, there will be a heavy drop of young fruit which would normally adhere and thus an overall thinning. The hormones are not caustic; but wilt- ing does occur immediately after application. This later results in some dwarfing and crinkling along the midrib of the foliage which per- sists throughout the season. This injury has been largely avoided by later applications. Due to seasonal and varietal dif- ferences, it is doubtful if the use of chemicals can ever be recom- mended universally. A grower must study his own set of conditions and, for a start, only a few trees of a variety should be sprayed. The dinitro materials should be used at the rate of 1% pints or % of a pound per 100 Imperial gallons in full bloom, while the powdered naphthaleneacetic acid preparations should be used at 5%ozs. per 100 Imperial gallons at calyx or 8 oz. per 100 Imperial gallons two weeks later. Liquid naphthaleneacetic acid preparations should be used accord- ing to manufacturer's directions. YANK PLANES BEST Savannah, Ga., May 21--(AP) -- Gen, Hoyt Vandenberg, chief of the United States Air Force, said Sat- urday night the U.S. has better war planes than Russia but the Soviets have more of them. And, Vandenberg told an armed forces celebration day, Russia is expand- ing its jet fighter force swiftly, THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW By Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten Wien WINTER CAME AND SUMMER WAS Pet. HE ROWED ON DRY LAND TO KEEP IN THE PINK Bur vow WITH FISHING SEASON BACK, AT LAST | HOW FAR DOES HE ROW? WELL , WHAT DO YOU THINK! $2509 FOR 7¢%u CONTRAPTION? IF WANT EXERCISE BAD WHY DON'T ou, SHOVEL OFF THE SIDEWALK! SYRACUSE N.Y. NEA (PUFF) BUT THIS 16 SCIENTIFIC! IT TONES EVERY THATS RIGHT! THE BEST OUTBOARD MOTOR YOu GOT IN THE JOINT!YOU DON'T CATCH ME BUSTING MY BACK ON THE CURRENT EN THIS Re Mexico City--(CP)--A Canadian plan for organizing world-wide dis- tribution of food, first advanced two years ago, will again be one of the leading topics of discussion at the fifth annual conference of the International Federation of Agri- cultural Producers. The federation is an internation- al farmers' organization with mem- bership in 26 countries. It will meet here May 29. It acts in an advisory capacity to the food and agricultural organization of the United Nations. : In 1949 the federation met at Guelph, Ont, and elected H. H. Hannam of Ottawa as president. Mr, Hannam, president of the Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture, still holds the post. At that 1949 conference, Cana- da's delegation suggested that food distribution be organized under an international agency which would strive to see that needy nations were fed at prices they could afford. There was also a plea for in- creased production at that time. This year again, Mr. Hannam says, the plan for orderly distribution will be discussed by the federation. Labor is Topic Another subject important to Canadians will be the international movement of farm workers. Dele- gates have been seeking a method of 'moving workers across inter- national boundaries to do farm work, both on a seasonal and year-round basis. Such a system, it is felt, would provide labor in areas when and where needed. The federation will hear a report from the United Nations on the status of plans to relieve and re- construct devastated areas, and will discuss practical steps which it might take to aid such work. Leading speakers include Dr. Hugh Keenleyside, former Cana- To Discuss Canadian Plan For Distribution of Food dian deputy minister of mines and resources, now director of the technical assistance division of the U.N. and Nelson Rockefeller, chair- man of the US, advisory com- mittee. Canada's delegation will number about 30 and will be led by W. J. Barker, vice-president of the Can- adian Federation of Agriculture and president of the Manitoba Pool Elevators, and J. A. Marion, second vice-president of the federation, who is president of Quebec's French-language farm organiza- tion. . The coal industry of Western Canada provides a livelihood for 25,000 Canadians and indirectly gives employment to thousands more. BE PREPARED FOR HOSPITALITY WITH and just for two, is the porch that's painted a Capri Blue. RULCREFT J) Cor Sehame building hundreds of bombers and making atomic bombs. CANADIAN LEGION BINGO NO BINGO Monday, May 21 Due to Monster Bingo NEXT BINGO Monday, June 4 8 p.m. 3 -- JACKPOTS -- 3 Off for o Now vy the AN ; ov can HOWARD HUGHES' production uiLaw STARRING JANE JACK BUETEL RUSSELL THOMAS MITCHELL WALTER HUSTON sed by cR FAS J ACTON TRICG SMOKE ~ + LOGES REGENT]. A FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE o Pict IT Coupee Add [ ADULT ENTERTAINMENT o LUE ODAY "SHEEP DOG" LATEST WORLD NEWS screen #@ year... it q 5 1% Ly! 7 Lak 'gle see ION PL i 70 DESCRIBE! Gleam COLOR CARTOON | FEATURE SHOWN TODAY AT... 1.30 - 3.30 - 5.30 - 7.35 - 9.40 WAST EL AER, rn > | JAPAN HIKES EXPORTS Tokyo, May 21--(Reuters)--Jap- an plans to export textile fabrics valued at $719,000,000 this year -- 52 per cent of her export earnings. The figure was disclosed Sunday in a government draft trade program for this fiscal year which estimated Japan would spend $1,375,310,000 on imports. EIGHT DROWN Doyle, Tenn.,, May 21 -- (AP) -- Eight persons--seven of them mem- bers of one family--drowned on a fishing trip in the Calfkiller River Saturday night. Thing of Beauty Not Joy Forever Says Maughan London-- (CP) --Somerset Maugh- am says that beauty is as transitory as everything in this world. Beauty, he said in a speech at the Royal Academy's annual banquet, "depends of the climate of sensibil- ity and' that changes with the years." The T7-year-old British writer, perhaps the most widely read of living authors, delighted a distin guished audience--including hon- orary extraoriinary member Win- ston Churchill--with an anecdote of the "lady who deesn't know any- thing about art but knows what she likes." This was an elderly woman in well-cut tweeds, a woman who was going to "do" the academy with her nephew, a woman who was a little nervous because her nephew said he had had to scrap Cezanne because he was really too pretty-pretty--in short, the woman everyone had heard about but never met. Maugham quoted the woman as saying she herself didn't know any- thing about art but what she al- ways said was, a thing of beauty is a joy forever, Maugham said he agreed that Keats had said that-- but only orce. He added: "And then I said that if Keats said that it always retained its beauty he was wrong, because beau- ty is as transitory as everything in this world. "Sometimes it has long life, like classic Greek sculpture, But classic Greek art, partly owing to the con- tact we have made with Chinese and Negroe art, is no longer having a long life." Maugham sat down amid plause and laughter. Afterwards he said he had committed his speeeh to memory. PACKED WITH ADVENTURE In Far Away Climes! | "TAMPICO" EDWARD G. ROBINSON VICTOR McLAGLEN ~~ Coming -- Moy 24th ™ 3 Technicolor Musical "3 LITTLE WORDS" Red Skelton Fred Astaire $ -- with -- THERE'S (/RAN/(/M IN THE PASTURE ~~ A NEW BABY IN SoS back ol he old iy where the dod began! ? THEATRE * 5 CUIiDL / Drive In -- "Raw Deal" and "Boys of the City." Starting at dusk. Plaza -- "Ma and Pa Kettle Back On the Farm," 1.40, 3.40, 5.40, 7.40, 9.40. Last complete show, 9 p.m, Regent -- "The Outlaw," 1.30, 3.30, 5.30, 735 940. Last complete show, 9.20. Marks --.-"The Admiral Was A Lady," 2.15, 450, 17.30, 10.10: "Smuggler's Gold," 1.05, 3.40, 6.20, 9.00. Last complete show, 9.00 p.m, Biltmore -- "Kidnapped," 1.00, 3.31, 6.16 and 9.13 p.m. "Tampico," 2.12, 5.01, 7.46 and 1043 p.m. Last complete show, 9,13 p.m. CUT BEEF FRICES Wachington, May 21--(AP) --A government program designed to cut retail beef prices by 10 cents a pound by Oct. 1 went into effect Sunday. Packers are required to buy cattle at prices averaging 10 per cent below January levels, The live cattle roolback is designed to eliminate the squeeze on wholesale and retail beef price ceilings now in effect. Cattle price rollbacks of 4%-per-cent each have been set for Aug. 1 and Oct. 1. DANCE RECITAL by pupils of Irene Harvey, ACCM., RM.T. MON. MAY 28, 8 p.m. 0.C.V.l. Auditorium' SIMCOE NORTH Hosting the Screen with T-MREN smyt . A RELIANCE PISTURL starting Denis O'KEEFE - Claire TREVOR - Marsha HUNT AN EAGLE LION (Hollywood) RELEASE » 2BIGHITS o MODERN REFRESHM Ws ENT BAR NIGHTLY { FIRST SHOW AT. DUSK | ALBERT S. ROGELL and JACK M. WARNER present "EDMOND OBRIEN WANDA HENDRIX (@ Yel AMANDA BLA} CARL BENTON REID