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World Week
A National Magazine of Social Studies
and International Affairs. Published
Weekly During the School Year
EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL STAFF
Maurice R. Robinson, President and Publisher
Kenneth M. Gould, Editor-in-Chief
John W. Studebaker, Vice-President and Chair-
man of the Editorial Board
Jack K. Lippert, Executive Editor
Sturges F. Cary, Associate Editor, World Week;
Assistant Editors: Robert Stearns, Irving DeW.
Talmadge (Foreign Affairs), Ruth Imler (Fea-
tures), Jean F. Merrill (Movies), Herman Mosin
(Sports), William Favel (Vocational); Mary Jane
Dunton (Art Director), Sarah McC. Gorman,
(Production Chief), William D. Boutwell (Editor,
Scholastic Teacher), Lavinia Dobler (Librarian),
Lucy Evankow (Library Research), David J. Lane
(Teacher Edition).
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Treasurer ? Don Layman, Vice-President and
Director of Sales Promotion ? C. Elwood Drake,
Associate Director of Field Service ? Agnes
Laurino, Business Manager.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD, 1951-1952
Mr. William M. Barr, Millburn High School,
Millburn, N. J.
Dr. Stanley E. Dimond, Professor of Education,
University of Michigan.
Miss Corlie Dunster, Shelby High School,
Shelby, Montana.
Dr. Clyde F. Kohn, Professor of Geography,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Miss Dorothy J. Fouls, Soldan-Blewett High
School, St. Louis, Mo.
Dr. Wallace W. Taylor, New York State College
for Teachers, Albany,1 N. Y.
Mr. Leo Weitz, Curriculunl-Coordinator for High
Schools, New Yorl ' City.
WORLD WEEK, published weekly dur-
ing the school year September through 47
May inclusive except during school holidays and
at mid-term. Entered as second-class matter at Post
Office at Dayton, Ohio, under Act of March 3,
1879. Contents copyright, 1951, by Scholastic Cor-
poration, and may not be renroduced without
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CONTENTS THIS ISSUE
Newsmakers 6
Quick Look at the News 7
World News in Review 8
United Nations News 10
Special Unit: KOREA TODAY_ 1'i-16
Pro-Con: Missouri Basin Flood Control 18
Good Citizens: Touring Classrooms 20
Crossword Puzzle 22
High School Hi-Lights 25
Vocational: Truck Driver 26
Sports 28
Words at Work 30
How Would You Solve It? 31
Ask Gay Head 32
How's Your Health? 34
Say What You Please! 35
Movie Check List 37
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1. A little over a hundred
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tooth pulled out as much as
he feared leaving it in. His
dilemma brought about an
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2. His dentist, William Morton, told him of a strange vapor
that reportedly made men insensible to pain. Morton also
warned that little was known of this substance and it might
prove dangerous. The man was in such a state of mind that
he asked to try the substance regardless of the consequences.
4. There is much dispute as to who discovered ether. The honor is
generally credited to Dr. Crawford W. Long of Georgia. Morton,
however, made it known to the world when he was allowed to try
it on a surgical case before an audience of medical men.
6. Early forms of ether were impure, undependable and even dan-
gerous. Not until Dr. Edward Robinson Squibb developed the
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Newsmakers
YOUNG MAN GOING PLACES
WE NOMINATE for "Explorer
of the Year" a young Californian
still in his twenties. He is Wendell
Phillips, 29, the man at left in our
cover picture. A few months ago he
rediscovered the Kingdom of Sheba,
lost for centuries amid drifting sands
of the Arabian desert.
Phillips was only 17 when he
signed up as water boy and handy
man on an expedition to Indian sites
in New Mexico. He has been explor-
ing ever since. On a trip to the Mid=
dle East, he met the fabulously rich
Aga Khan, father-in-law of Rita
Hayworth of the movies. The Aga
Khan urged Phillips to go to Yemen,
in southern Arabia, to look for the
Kingdom of Sheba. The Bible tells
.that, 3,000 years ago, the mighty
Queen of Sheba came to visit King
Solomon.
"MISTER ITALY"
"MISTER ITALY" will visit Pres-
ident Truman this month. He is 70-
year-old Alcide de Gasperi, Italy's
premier and foreign minister.
He leads the middle-of-the-road
Christian Democratic party.
When De Gasperi became premier
in 1945, many observers thought he
was a compromise candidate who
wouldn't last long. But he was so
good at making compromises among
Italy's bickering political parties that
he still heads Italy's government aft-
er seven changes of cabinet. No pre-
mier in the. Western European de-
mocracies has held office as long as
De Gasperi, except Attlee of Britain.
One subject on which' De Gasperi
doesn't compromise is communism.
His bitterest battles are with Italy's
Communist party, the largest and
toughest Communist party in West-
ern Europe.
De Gasperi's home town is a
mountain village in the Tyrol, at the
northern edge of Italy. This region,
the Trentino, used to be part of Aus-
tria. The people are mostly of Ital-
ian descent. At 17, De Gasperi
joined agitators who were clamoring
to have the region joined to Italy.
Twice he went to jail. Later, elected
Before Europeans found sea routes
to Asia, camel caravans brought the
drugs and spices of the East over-
land to sell to European merchants.
Some of the "spice routes" crossed
Arabia. Along these routes rich and
powerful cities grew up. Phillips
found the long-buried sites of two
of these vanished cities-Timna, and
nearby Mareb, capital of the Queen
of Sheba. Phillips' discoveries are
writing a new chapter in our knowl-
edge of ancient Arabia.
Mr. Phillips is now in the U. S. to
arrange for another Arabian expedi-
tion. Meanwhile, digging continues
at Mareb under the direction of 20-
year-old George Farrier (at right in
our cover picture). The two men
are standing by a stone obelisk
which they unearthed in the center
of Timna.
-American Foundation photo
Wide World photo
Alcide de Gasperi
to the Austrian parliament, he ar-
gued openly for the cause.
After World War I the Trentino
became part of Italy. De Gasperi
won a seat in Italy's parliament. He
was a leader in the opposition to
Mussolini, who seized power its
Italy's dictator in 1922. De Gasperi
had to go into hiding but fnalh was
caught and sent to jail. After his re-
lease he took refuge in Vatican City
and worked as a librarian. Vatican
City is in Rome but is not under the
government of Italy. It is a tiny bit
of land ruled by the Pope.
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 Quick Look at the News
INSIDE WORLD WEEK: IN NEWS PAGES (pp. 8-
l0)-Japanese treaty signed; Indian soldier, barred from
burial in Iowa, is laid to rest at Arlington; contracts
let to build A-plane and A-sub; Conant says-"no World
War III"; millionth U. S. soldier death recorded, mil-
lionth traffic accident victim due in December; copper
strike halted.
KAESONG ATTACK: Ten. times the U. N. denied
Communist charges that U. N. forces had violated the
Kaesong neutral zone, scene of Korean peace talks last
month (see page 11). Last week came Case No. 11. This
time the U. N. was in the wrong. A U. N. flyer, making
a mistake in his target, machine-gunned Kaesong. The
U. N. apologized. Meanwhile the Reds refused the
U. N. invitation to resume talks at some new site-not
Kaesong.
QUICK CURE FOR MALARIA? Malaria kills more
people than any other disease. Its sufferers, who live
mostly in tropical and semi-tropical regions, are num-
bered in the hundreds of millions. The United States
has 3,000,000 cases a year, in spite of our constant war-
fare on mosquitoes. (The anopheles mosquito carries
the malaria parasite.) Now a new source of malaria in-
fection is reaching our shores. More than 800 malaria
victims have been found among G. I.'s coming home
from the Korean war. Most of them never knew they
had the disease, because they were dosed regularly
with drugs which suppress the disease without curing
it. But the Army has new weapon that may squelch
malaria for good and all. This new drug, called prima-
quine, hunts down and kills the malaria "bug" in its
hiding places in body tissues. Soldiers rotated home
from Korea are being treated with primaquine.
WORLD WEEK SALUTES: Teen-agers who are mak-
ing their mark in the world of sport-Maureen Connolly,
tennis champ (see page 10); Mike Wayland, 18, Wash-
ington, Kansas, winner of the national trap-shooting
championship; swim champs Ford Konno, 18, of Hawaii,
and Mary Freeman, 17, of Washington, D. C.; Olympic
Games prospect Mary McNabb, 17, of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, who broke the women's U. S. 200-meter sprint
record; "Ham" Richardson, 18, quarter-finalist in men's
national tennis singles championship; and-oh yes!-
national chess champ Larry Evans, 19, of CCNY.
THEY SOUGHT FREEDOM: We've heard of many
heroic escapes from behind the Iron Curtain: on foot,
in rickety handmade planes, in boats whose sailors mut-
inied and captured their officers in order to sail to the
free world. But one of the strangest flights from com-
munism was the case of the Czech railroad engineer
who raced his express train across the border of his Red-
ruled country last week and into the U. S. zone of Ger-
many. The engineer skipped his last stop in Czecho-
slovakia and switched to freight tracks leading into
Germany. Twenty-four of the 111 passengers and the
engineer want to stay in Germany as refugees.
Wide world photo
NEW LOOK IN SCOUT UNIFORMS: Don't be
fooled by the Scotch look of these laddies! They're
American Boy Scouts coming home from the World
Jamboree in Austria last month (WW. Sept. 19, p. 5).
When they weren't "Scouting," the Scouts at the Jam-
boree were swapping clothes and gear with boys from
other countries.
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES-THE SOIL: Flood
waters surged over more than 30,000 farms during the
Kansas-Missouri floods this summer (see page 18). Now
thousands of acres are pock-marked with pools of water
and buried under two to 10 feet of muck, sand, and
gravel. Federal officials say the crop-wrecking, soil-ruin-
ing flood wiped out a tenth of the nation's food produc-
tion. Much of the land, experts fear, can't be reclaimed-
at least, not for growing rich wheat crops.
KEEP YOUR EYES ON:
NEW DEAL FOR GERMANY-Now that Japan is
being set up in business again as a nation (see page 8),
`Allied leaders are trying to do the same thing for West-
ern Germany. The U. S., Britain, and France plan to
make an agreement this fall with the Federal Republic
of Germany (western Germany). This contract would
make the Republic practically an independent country
for the first time since Germany's defeat in World War
II. But the Allies will keep the right to say "whoa!" and
step in if they find that communism or reviving Naziism
threatens German democracy.
ENDQUOTE: President Truman, at the Japanese
peace conference (see page 8): "Making peace is like
repairing the many strands of an international cable.
Each strand must be spliced separately and patiently,
until the full flow of communication has been restored.
There is no other way to bring lasting peace than this
slow patient process, step by step."
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Re-birth of a Nation
Is a new Great Power arising In
the Far East? Will the new Japan
be a ' democratic, peace-loving
member of the free world, or will
she turn back to her warlike past?
Will she fall under control of her
Communist neighbors on the main-
land of Asia?
These questions were in the minds
of 100 men from 48 nations this
month as they took one of history's
most generous gambles. At San Fran-
cisco on September 8, they signed
a peace treaty with Japan-a peace
without harsh punishment-a peace
that offered Japan friendship and
partnership with the free world. (See
last week's issue for details.)
Represented at the conference
were 51 nations which fought Japan
in World War II. Before the confer-
ence, John Foster Dulles of the U. S.
State Department, chief author of
the treaty, and his staff had con-
sulted the other nations on the terms
of the treaty.
Three nations, at the conference
did not sign the treaty. They were
Russia and her satellites Poland and
Czechoslovakia. They came to the
conference to try to block the treaty.
They failed.
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet deputy
foreign minister, fumed that the
treaty was part of an "imperialist"
plot by the U. S. to seize control of
Asia. But all seven Asian nations at
the meeting signed the treaty. They
were: Ceylon, Pakistan, Indonesia,
the Philippines, and the Indo-China
states of Viet Nam, Laos, and Cam-
bodia. Two other Asian nations, In-
dia and Burma, did not attend the
TV Spans the Nation ~.~
Television now has a coast-to-coast audi-
ence that comprises about 30 per cent
of the American people. This month-
just in time to televise the Japanese
treaty conference at San Francisco (see
story above)-the American Telephone
& Telegraph Company opened an
Omaha-to-San Francisco relay system.
It ties in with the previous Omaha-to-
New York network. (Solid line on map
shows route.) The photo shows models
of the relay stations which pick up the.
TV signals and send them along to the
next relay station on the next horizon.
An A. T. & T. official is pointing to the
type of relay station used in western
mountains. Network telecasts now reach
all but 11 of the 65 cities with TV sta-
tions and 94 of the 107 TV stations.
World
News IN REVW
conference because they opposed
the treaty.
The Philippines, Australia, and
New Zealand fear revival of Japa-
nese power. To relieve their minds,
the United States made defense
treaties with these nations just be-
fore the Japanese treaty conference.
Japan and the U. S. signed an
agreement permitting the U. S. to
keep troops and bases in Japan.
Japan has no armed forces, although
the treaty permits her to rearm.
What's Behind It: If you're a boy,
you're likely to be drafted in a few
months or a few years. Whether
you'll have to fight in the Pacific
some day may depend on how well
the Japanese treaty works. Gromyko
says it "sowed the seeds of a new
war in the Far East." The U. S. be-
lieves Japan will work with the
United States in our efforts to pre-
serve peace and prevent Commu-
nism from spreading in Asia.
Probably you've seen in the stores
recently many knick-knacks and toys
labelled "Made in Occupied Japan."
Will we, the consumers, have to buy
more Japanese goods so that we, the
taxpayers, can get rid of the cost of
supporting Japan? The U. S. has
sent Japan two billion dollars worth
of aid since World War II.
Japan must use her well devel-
oped industry to make goods to sell
abroad, or her crowded land will
starve. If you live in a textile or
glass-making town, you may soon
hear complaints that business is bad
because Japanese products are
underselling home town goods.
Britain and some Asian countries
fear Japanese trade competition
more than the U. S. does.
And there's the problem of China,
which took nearly a third of Japan's
exports before World War II. Some
Japanese officials believe Japan must
revive her trade with China. Com-
munists now run that country.
Would trade links with Red China
pull Japan into the Communist
camp? Would the U. S. Senate hesi-
tate to ratify the treaty if Japan re-
stores trade with Red China?
Our Honored Dead
An American Indian, denied bur-
ial in Iowa because of his race,
received a hero's funeral this month
at Arlington National Cemetery.
August, 1950, was the U. N.'s
darkest hour in Korea. The U. S.
rushed troops to hold our shrinking
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beachhead around Pusan. Among
them was Sgt. John R. Rice, an
American Indian. Two weeks after
he landed in Korea he fell in battle.
Last month his widow arranged for
%burial in a cemetery in Sioux City,
Iowa, near the Winnebago Indian
Reservation where the Rice family
lived. Just as the body was about
to be lowered into the grave, the
cemetery director called a halt. He
said that the articles of incorpora-
tion, under which the cemetery was
created, limited burials to "members
of the Caucasian race."
President Truman read about the.
case in the papers the next morning.
He telegraphed .an indignant pro-
test to Sioux City's mayor. "National
appreciation should not be limited to
race, color, or creed," the President
said. He notified the Rice family
that Rice could be laid to rest among
the hero dead of Arlington, across
the Potomac, from Washington, D. C.
Officials of Sioux City (named for
an Indian tribe) apologized to Mrs,
Rice and offered a free lot for her
husband's burial. But she chose to
accept. the President's offer.
Meanwhile, in Isle, Minn., the
American Legion conducted a hero's
burial for Paul Moose-another
American Indian soldier.
In 1949 Felix Longoria, an Ameri-
can soldier of Mexican descent, was
buried at Arlington after burial was
refused in his home town of Three
Rivers, Texas.
Atoms Aloft and A-sea
The atom is
to swim.
learning to fly and
PLASTIC PROPHET
A century ago billiard players
were calling for a cheap substitute
for the ivory billiard ball then in
use. One result was the invention
in 1868 of. celluloid, the first plastic.
Today we have many kinds of plas-
tics serving countless purposes. It's
one of the many miracles of modern
chemistry.
This month one of America's most
distinguished chemists peered into
his ".crystal ball-to be sure, a plastic
one, as befits a chemical age"-and
foresaw new miracles. The speaker
was Dr. James Bryant Conant, pres-
ident of Harvard University. The oc-
casion was the Diamond (75th) an-
niversary meeting of the American
Chemical Society,
By 1976, he predicted, power gen-
erated from the sun's rays "is al-
ready of significance. . . The eco-
nomical production of fresh water
from sea water becomes a reality
(about 1985)." Liquid fuels such
as oil will be made in quantity
from carbon monoxide gas and
hydrogen.
Meanwhile, he forecast, "worried
humanity [will] find a way out of
the Atomic Age" without crushing
mankind with atomic bombs.
In fact, Dr. Conant believes, in 15
or 20 years the world will find that
atomic enegy isn't worth all the
trouble it causes-especially the
problem of getting rid of radioactive
wastes. These wastes are now being
buried. Some may be radioactive for
thousands of years, endangering fu-
ture generations.
Dr. Conant was confident that
there would be no World War III in
1950, when the U. N. went to the
aid of invaded South Korea, "col-
lective security became a reality."
By the mid-fifties, he,said, the At-
lantic Treaty forces would be so
strong that Russia will hesitate to
attack western Europe. By the 1960s
1. The A-plane
This month the U. S. Air Force
gave Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
Corporation the job of building the
world's first atomic-powered air-
plane. Consolidated Vultee manu-
factures the B-36, world's largest
bomber. An Air Force contract to
make the atomic engine for the
plane went to General Electric Com-
pany last March.
2. The A-boat
Last month the Navy awarded a
contract to the Electric Boat Com-
papy of Groton, Conn., to build the
hull for an atomic-powered subma-
rine. Westinghouse Electric Com-
pany received the order to make the
atomic engine for the sub.
Target date for completing the
A-plane and A-boat is-any time be-
tween 1953 and 1956.
the first constructive steps away from
war would be taken, and by 1965
or 1970 the U. N. would be able to
begin control of atomic weapons."
This second half of the twentieth
century may yet prove to be a peri-
od of gradual disarmament and
peace," he said.
What's behind it: Dr. Conant is
talking about the half-century in
which you will be doing your life-
work. What do you expect your
world to be like during your adult
years?
Wide World
Test pilot Bill Bridgeman took a rocket-
powered Douglas Skyrocket to a record
height of 72,394 feet (about 14'/2 miles)
for a world's record. Speed was around
1,000 miles an hour. The tiny plane
was dropped from bomb bay of a super-
fortress at 35,000 feet. The four rocket
tubes burned up the plane's three-
ton fuel supply in three minutes.
1,000,000th to Die
"G. I. -X"-the millionth American
to die in U. S. wars-fell on the Ko-
rean battlefield this month.
His name? Casualty records aren't
accurate enough to show that. But
the association of Casualty and Sure-
ty Companies say U. S. military
deaths in all wars of our 176-year
history passed the 1,000.000 mark
about Labor Day.
About Christmas of this year. the
Association predicts. "G. I. -X" will
be joined by "Motorist \." another
unknown millionth victim. "Motorist
X" will be the 1,000,000th American
to die in traffic accidents since the
automobile was invented.
On the same Labor Day weekend
when "G. I. -X" lost his life, 461
Americans died in traffic accidents.
That was an all-time-high death
record for the Labor Dav weekend.
Since the Korean war began, autos
have killed four times as many Amer-
icans as have died in Korea. On the
average, one American dies every 15
minutes in an automobile accidentt.
What's Behind It: DO YOU share
the blame for our terrifying accident
record? Do you sometimes jaywalk.
cut corners against the red light,
swing your bike in traffic without
signaling?
If you drive a car, (l) von keep
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your mind on the "rules of the
road"?
We hope you do. But do you know
that drivers aged 16 to 20 have five
times as many accidents, in propor-
tion to their numbers, as drivers
aged 45 to 60? That the accident
rate for drivers aged 18 to 24 is
double that of any other age-group?
What can we do to make young
drivers better drivers? Massachu-
setts found that high school driver
training works. Officials traced the
driving records of two groups of
high schoolers (500 in each group).
In a year and a half, those who
took the school driving course had
35 accidents or traffic violations.
Those who hadn't had driver train-
ing were involved in 99 accidents or
violations.
Nearly 9,000 U. S. high schools
offered driving courses last year.
f
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
SCHOOL BELLS RANG this month
for more than one fifth of the na-
tion's population. More than 33,000,-
000 young people, the largest num-
ber in history, are enrolled in U. S.
schools and colleges this year. And
there are plenty more to come! In
1940 there were 32,972,000 children
under age 15. In 1950 there were
40,926,000 in that age-group. School
populations will keep on rising. So
far most of the increase is in the
elementary school, but the great
wave of rising enrollment will hit
the high schools in a few years.
COPPER MINERS are back at
work. Nearly all U. S'. copper mines
were closed for two weeks recently
in a strike that cut deeply into sup-
plies of copper, one of the scarcest
defense metals. President Truman,
who detests the Taft-Hartley labor
relations law, had to use it to stop
the strike. Under the terms of this
law, a Federal court granted an 80-
day injunction forbidding the strike
because it imperilled "national health
and safety."
The copper-workers' union (the
left-wing Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers,) called off the strike. Now
Federal mediators are trying to ar-
range a permanent settlement.
NEW ZEALAND this month gave
the Nationalist government of Prime
Minister Sidney Holland a new lease
on life. Holland called for new elec-
tions when the opposition Labor
party criticized his drastic measures
for crushing a Communist-backed
waterfront strike last spring. The
voters gave Holland's party a bigger
majority (47 seats to 33 for the Lab-
orites) than it had previously.
United Nations News
ECOSOC on Oatis Case,
The case of William N. Oatis, As-
sociated Press correspondent who is
in jail behind the Iron Curtain,
cropped up in ECOSOC's 13th ses-
sion this summer, in Geneva, Swit-
zerland.
ECOSOC is the Economic and So-
cial Council, one of the six prin-
cipal organs of the United Nations.
It is composed of 18 nations, elected
by the U. N. General Assembly. Its
task is to promote better living con-
ditions in all countries.
Oatis was AP correspondent in
Prague, Czechoslovakia. A Czech
court sentenced him to 10 years in
jail for "spying." The U. S. contends
that he was jailed for doing his
ditty as a newspaper reporter.
ECOSOC approved, over the oppo-
sition of the Soviet bloc, an Ameri-
can resolution denouncing the pun-
ishment by governments of foreign
correspondents who" try, to perform
their duties.
Said Walter Kotschnig, the U. S.
deputy delegate, "I hope that as one
result of this resolution, the Czech
government will free an innocent
man who faithfully and loyally pur-
sued his calling as a foreign corres-
pondent."
The U. N. Technical Assistance
Board reported that it has made
agreements with 45 countries to sup-
ply them with 741 technical experts.
The Board expects to assign 674
more experts this year. Cost of U. N.
technical aid in 1952 was estimated
at $33,168,000.
Technical Assistance is the U. N.'s
version of Point Four, the U. S.
N'ide R'orld
TEEN-AGE CHAMP: No wonder
Maureen Connolly is wearing a big
smile. The cup she's holding is her
trophy for winning the national wom-
en's singles tennis championship this
month. She is the youngest champion
since 1904. Maureen who turned 17 on
Sept. 17, was graduated last June from
Cathedral High School, San Diego, Calif.
program for giving expert advice to
underdeveloped countries to help
them use their resources. The aim is
to improve living standards.
ON THE NEWS
1. Underline each of the following
with which the United States recently
signed peace or defense treaties: ja-
pan. Russia, New Zealand, the
pines, India, Australia, China.
2. This Atomic Age: The U. S. armed
forces recently let contracts for two
projects for using atomic energy in
transportation. These projects tie:
president of Harvard t'oiver,.h I)I.
that the problem of (li i' i;l,.l of
hinder widespread use of atomic energy.
3. ECOSOC is the U. N ...............
....
4. The percentage of the U. S. pop-
ulation in school this fall is about (one
tenth; one fifth; one third).
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 The "Yo-yo' Ware (see maps below)
The maps below show why our G. I.'s
call the Korean fighting "the yo-yo war."
Like a yo-yo bobbing up and down, the
war front has moved back and forth
across Korea. Red colored areas are
held by Communists.
PHASE 1, June to Sept. 1950
Striking across the 38th Parallel,
north Koreans overran most of south
Korea. United Nations forces retreated
to a beachhead around the port of
Pusan (left map).
PHASE 2, Sept. to Nov. 1950
Strengthened by supplies and fresh
troops pouring into Pusan, the U. N.
wound up and swung a haymaker-in
fact, two haymakers. One force landed
by sea at Inchon, near Seoul. Another
smashed out of the Pusan beachhead.
In two months the U. N. had crushed
the north Korean army and stood almost
on the border of Manchuria (second
map from left).
PHASE 3, Nov. 1950 to Jan. 1951
Chinese Communists entered the war
on the north Korean side. The Com-
munists hurled U. N. forces back across
the 38th Parallel (third map from left).
PHASE 4, Jan. to Sept. 1951
Instead of trying to grab territory,
U. N. troops concentrated on destroying
enemy forces. The chewed-up Red
army retreated, but launched a massive
offensive last spring. The U. N. stopped
the Reds with tremendous Communist
losses. By late spring the U. N. again
crossed the 38th Parallel. This summer
the battle line did not change greatly.
U. N. forces made many small gains
(right map). In peace talks this sum-
mer (see next column) the U. N. de-
manded a cease-fire line along or near
the present battlefront. The Commu-
nists insisted on the 38th Parallel.
Unusual words in this issue are defined and
pronounced on page 30.
Will it be war or peace?
War or peace in Korea?
The question is still unanswered
as we go to press.
TOWARD WAR?
Peace talks are still stalled. The
talks, as you read in World Week's
special unit last week, began this
summer at Kaesong, near the 38th
Parallel. The Communists broke off
the talks after charging that U. N.
troops and planes bombed and at-
tacked the Kaesong neutral zone.
The U. N. calls these charges "fakes"
and "frame-ups."
The Reds have been massing
troops and planes. They are be-
lieved to have 650,000 to 850,000
men and 1,000 planes ready for a
possible new offensive. The U. N.
says that Russian satellite states in
eastern Europe have sent large forces
to join the Communist armies in
Korea.
TOWARD PEACE?
Peace talks have stalled-but are
not necessarily ended. The Commu-
nists say they're ready to talk if the
U. N. will "admit" the so-called vio-
lations of the neutral zone. General
Matthew B. Ridgway proposed shift-
ing the talks away from Kaesong to
a new site where the Reds won't be
able to fake incidents like the alleged
Kaesong attack. (Turn page.)
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THE KOREANS: Their past
HO W KOREA
WAS CUT
IN TWO
DO you know that Koreans in-
vented printing with movable
metal type before Gutenberg started
the printing industry in Europe? Do
you know that Koreans built the first
iron-clad warship (to fight the Japa-
nese 400 years ago) and the first
suspension bridge? That Koreans in-
vented the heated=floor method of
home heating (see page 13), and a
simple alphabet, easy to read?
Where did this talented people
come from? Probably it happened
something like this:
Some 4,000 years ago, wandering
tribes from north-central Asia were
toiling across the bleak windswept
plains of Manchuria. Ahead loomed
snow-capped mountains clad with
mighty forests. Entering this rugged
land, the wanderers found crystal
streams that raced down the slopes
into cool green valleys.
Most of the wanderers settled
down in the lowland valleys of the
south and southwest. Here they
could grow two, and sometimes
three rice crops a year.
LAND OF THE MORNING CALM
From the Chinese, their next-door
neighbors, Koreans learned a lot
about farming, building houses,
making pottery, writing, and the
other arts and skills of civilization.
Several times armies from China in-
vaded Korea. China's rulers consid-
ered that they were rulers of Korea.
But the Chinese didn't bother Korea
much. The Chinese emperors were
satisfied to have Korea send presents
now and then. And the Koreans did
as they pleased in their own land. In
those days Korea deserved her old
name-"land of the morning calm."
The name, Korea, comes from
"Koryu." That was the name of the
realm founded a thousand years ago
by a warrior-king, Wang Kien. He
united all Korea under one rule.
Korea is the shortest land route
between China and Japan. Over this
pathway, civilization came from
China to the half-savage Japanese.
The rising sun of Japan proved to be
the setting sun of Korea. In the 1590s
Ride World t,hoto
Old-style Korea sees the new: village
elders, in traditional horsehair hats and
baggy white cotton clothes, watch U. S.
Marines. Note mountain background.
reap exiles begged the great nations
for help. At last, during World War
I, the Allies promised that "in due
course Korea shall become free and
independent."
In 1945 the Allies liberated Korea.
Russian troops entered Korea from
the north and U. S. soldiers landed
in southern Korea. Military com-
manders agreed that Japanese troops
north of the 38th Parallel should sur-
render to the Russians, and those
Japanese invaders laid waste the south of 38 degrees to the U, S.
"land of the morning calm," but KOREA CUT IN TWO
were finally driven away. The 38th Parallel wasn't intended
Three hundred years later Japan to be a boundary. But that's what it
came knocking at Korea's door again, became. The Russians threw up bar-
In 1894 Japan attacked China, which ricades and stopped trade and travel.
still claimed to be overlord of Korea. When Russia and the U. S. couldn't
Russia, too, wanted control of Ko- agree on how to unite Korea, the
rea. Japan got rid of that rival by U. N. tried. In 1948 the U. N. helped
beating Russia in a war in 1904-05. run an election of a National As-
Japan annexed Korea in 191Q and sembly. Communist north Korea
built a new and modern Korea. Fine wouldn't take part in the election.
cities sprang up. Mines were opened So the Assembly created a new Ha-
to tap the iron and copper and gold tion, the Republic of Korea_ south of
of Korea's mountains. Factories were the 38th Parallel. Three weeks later
built. Mountain streams were har- the Communist "Democratic People's
nessed for water power. New land Republic ,af Korea" was set up in
was opened for cultivation, north Korea.
Did the Koreans benefit? Not at On June 25, 1950, the north Ko-
all. They toiled to turn out rice and rears invaded south Korea.
minerals and cloth-for the Japanese. How did the United Nations meet
Koreans yearned for freedom. Ko- this crisis? See page 14.
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THE KOREANS TODAY
TEEN-AGE
REFUGEE
MY given name is Nam Pyo. It This photo was taken recently minnrsouth
means "south star." My grand- Korea. What differences does it suggest
parents chose this name for me. In between the life of this country girl and
Korea the grandparents, not the par- that of a city boy like Suh Nam Pyo?
ents, pick names for the cfffldren. My
last name is Suh. In Korea we write refugees are even more crowded.
the family name first. So my name is Sometimes more than a dozen people
Until last year I lived in Seoul.
Before the war it was the Republic
of Korea's capital and largest city.
The war drove my family away.
Now we're refugees.
In fact, we're refugees for the sec-
ond time. Last year, when the North
Korean Communists attacked, we
went to live with relatives out in the
country near Seoul. The Communists
overran most of Korea. But in the
fall U. N. troops liberated Korea.
Then my family went home to Seoul.
rice. We also eat water-cress soup,
pickled peppers, and bean sprout
salad. For supper my family usually
ate meat, chicken, or fish. Most Ko-
rean families do without meat except
on holidays.
In Seoul I was in junior high
school. My school was destroyed dur-
Back in Seoul we lived in a bi
g
home with eight rooms. It was near Ing the fighting in Seoul. Now I am
Seoul National University, where my sc what is called a "mountain-top
father is the dean. There were two school." It isn't ruuch like our old
one-story buildings, surrounded by school' We sit in the open air with
a garden and a low stone wall. The stones for seats and desks. The teach-
buildings had tiled roofs made of er tells us svhates-cr he can rernem-
carved slate, and oaken walls six her about nhvsics_ mathcnutNcs. and
inches thick. other subjects. There are no text-
Our house was always snug and books or blackboards. We haven't
warm; no matter how cold the wind. ny pencils or paper to riritc down
The stone floor was covered with what he says. he do our hest to re_
thin layers of clay, cement, and member what he tells us.
I have no
h
h
Th
s
oes.
at is not ,or,w-
eavy paper. Beneath the floor were
FLEEING FROM COMMUNISTS many tunnels, or openings, leading thing to complain of. Instead. that
Last winter we had to flee again. into the kitchen fireplace, which was teaches me to stand up (irmis our the
That was during the great attack by below floor level. The cooking fires soil of my beautiful t. the s.
the Chinese Communists. There was sent hot air rushing into the tunnels. As I Waite be seen. the sky is d~?k.
no time to pack. We could take This warmed the for and heated No star ip be seen. The ssocird roar-
nothing but what we could carry on up the house. The stones hold the wg e, Th roar comes from
our backs. We traveled south as fast heat for hours. Many Korean homes wluc'r'e The roar srnnuls iike threat-
threat-
as we could during the bitter winter have below-the-floor heating cuing deg ils.
svs- tip cold. Sometimes we got rides in tems. Our ancestors adopted this I have made las~ ated not to
trucks. We walked most of the way. way of heating hundreds of years know My clast dy l and I
On the train, before the war, it took ago. know that we mast study hard to
eight hours to go from Seoul to I don't know whether our house beunme rehuilders of rnn dc~stroved
Pusan. We were on -the road two even exists now. Bombs and shells c?'try.
weeks. My elder b
th
di
ro
er
sappeared have wrecked a great deal of Seoul.
and we never saw him again. I'll Here in Pusan, where food is
never forget that terrible journey. scarce, I think of the good meals we
Here in Pusan, my mother, my used to have at home. Like most
sisters, and I live in one room. Other Koreans, our favorite food is boiled
Nam Pyo's story Was cirri mc(l from Iris
letters, which were translated for World
Week by his father, D. S. Still. wl. Sul,
is studying at Colrnnhi,r t'niteli/lrt in
York City.
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KOREA: U. N. Test Tube
LOOK at the maps on page 11.
You'll see that Korea is shaped
something like a test tube. And
Korea is a test tube for the United
Nations. There the U. N. is experi-
menting in making war as a means
of making peace.
THE TEST TUBE WAR
In Korea, the U. N. learned to
fight a brand-new kind of war.
For one thing, it's a war with some
brand-new weapons and methods. A
few examples are giant bazookas to
stop tanks, jet fighter planes, helicop-
ter rescue1squads.
The Korean war is unusual, too, in
bringing fighting men from 17 na-
tions and every continent to serve
under a single banner, the U. N. flag.
Most of the troops are from two na-
tions-the Republic of Korea (south
Korea) and the United States.
But what is really unique about
the Korean war is not its weapons or
its organization, but its purpose. The
United Nations was founded to keep
world peace-just and lasting peace.
There can be no peace while aggres-
sor nations roam at will like mad
dogs.
On June 25, 1950, north Koreans
brutally invaded south Korea.
"If the north Koreans get away
with this," said the U. N. Security
Council, "every would-be aggressor
will see that it's safe for him to strike
at his weaker neighbors. In the long'
run, the rest of us peace-loving na-
tions will be gobbled up."
So the U. N. went to war-not to
grab territory, not even in direct
self-defense (except in the case of
the Republic of Korea)-but to de-
fend peace itself.
Our Government also has some
special reasons for defending Korea.
Korea, in Communist hands, would
be a good base to strike at our bases
in Japan. And by aiding the Republic
A U. S. Army Catholic chaplain conducts
a burial service in a military cemetery
near Pusan. Nearly 14,000 Americans
have died in Korea. Total dead, wound-
ed, and missing are about 300,000 on
U. N. side, 1,300,000 on Communist side.
1f
Meanwhile, the U. N. sought to
keep the war from spilling over be-
yond Korea. U. N. forces got orders
not to attack or bomb China or Rus-
sia, Korea's northern neighbors. The
U. N. feared that such an attack
might bring on a new world-wide
war-World War III.
of Korea, we encourage free nations General Douglas MacArthur, U. N.
everywhere to have faith that Amer- commander in Korea, boiled over at
ica
keep
will help in their own fight to the decision to keep the war strictly
free from communism. inside Korea. He pointed out that
TEST TUBE FOR PEACE
The U. N. faces the aggressors
with a gun in one hand and the
olive branch of peace in the other.
From the day the Korean war broke
out, the U. N. has searched for a way
to stop the conflict.
At first, nothing worked. On the
day fighting started, the U. N. Se-
curity Council called on the north
Koreans to stop fighting and go.back
to their own side of the 38th Paral-
lel. The north Koreans paid no at-
tention.
In the fall of 1950 the Chinese
Communists entered the war. The
General Assembly appealed to Red
China to cease fire and join in efforts
to settle the problems of the Far
East. Red China paid no attention.
The Assembly sent a three-man
committee to look for some way to
settle the Korean conflict. Red China
wouldn't have anything to do with
the committee.
supplies for the Communist armies
came mostly from Manchuria (in
north China) and from Russia. Mac-
Arthur wanted to bomb Manchuria.
President Truman relieved MacAr-
thur of his command and replaced
him with General Matthew B. Ridg-
way.
Many people believe that the
north Koreans and Chinese aren't the
real aggressors in Korea. Would
China and north Korea dare to strike
without the backing of their ally.
Russia? Probably not. Russia, a U. N.
member, has never admitted helping
the Communist aggressors.
However, the first hint of a new
path toward peace came from Rus-
sia. Jacob Malik, Russian delegate to
the U. N., suggested lone 23 that a
cease-fire in Korea could be ar-
ranged. Result: truce talks began
(see page 11). Whatever their out-
come, the U. N. plans to continue
its patient search for a just and last-
ing peace.
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If.
Peace
Comes ...-
What Then?
"riA UNIFIED, independent, and might have to keep forces in Korea opponents claim that anybody who
democratic government of all for a long time to protect it from opposes Rhee is likely to be called a
Korea." Communist aggression. Last month Communist and may be jailed by
That is the U. N. plan for Korea's the U. S. announced plans to the national police. They say Rhee
future. It is set forth in a resolution strengthen South Korea's army. One is too closely allied with rich land-
passed by the U. N. General Assem- purpose is to help Korea protect its owners and is to blame for the slow
bly last fall. freedom after the war.
UNITY. For a thousand ears, u progress in breaking up large estates
years, up If Korea were united, it might de- to provide land for poor farmers.
to 1945, the Korean peninsula was a velop into a sturdy, self-reliant na- Rhee says he must use a firm hand
united country. Koreans, north and tion. In population (over 29 million), to check communism and keep the
south, are the same people in race, a united Korea would be about the country going until his people have
appearance, language,, and customs. 12th largest nation in the world. In more training in self-government.
The south grows most of Korea's area, it would be nearly as large as RECONSTRUCTION. Even more ur-
food. The north produces most of its Great Britain. Korea has many of gent than unity, independence, and
manufactured goods, fertilizer, and the resources for becoming an indus- democracy, is the need to rebuild
electric power. Koreans, north and trial country. For power, Korea has shattered Korea. Bombs and shells
south, need one another's products. coal and plenty of rushing mountain have smashed a million homes and
The U. N. aims to, put divided streams which can be harnessed to buildings, including nearly all the
Korea back together again. The produce electricity. In Korea's moon- factories of north Korea. One person
U. N. wants free elections in all Ko- tains are large deposits of iron and in five is a refugee, like Nam Pvo
rea to set up a single government. gold, as well as zinc, copper, and (see page 1-3). One person in 10 is a
a What if the war ends with the other minerals. Probably Korea could casualty of war-dead, wounded,
Communists still in control of part grow enough food for its people. missing, or sick as a result of war's
of Korea? Would they forbid the DEMOCRACY. .Ko rpA lacks experi- privations.
U. N. to hold elections in Communist enced leaders. During their 35-year Relief workers have set up refugee
territory, as they did in 1948 (see rule, the Japanese never allowed the camps and are passing page 12)? Koreans to run their own country. clothing, and medicine. Most ofothe
One suggestion is that the U. N. In north Korea, Communists run funds come from the United States.
itself might rule Korea temporarily. the government. We can be sure that The U. N. Korean Reconstruction
Proposals for making Korea a U. N. the people there aren't learning Agency has charge of post-war re-
trust territory for five years were about democracy as we know it. building. Forty-five nations have
made in 1945. Koreans were angrry. The Republic of Korea has a promised a quarter-billion dollars for
They demanded immediate- democratic constitution. The people the first year of UNKRA's work. Thi.,
INDEPENDENCE. The U. N. aims elect the Assembly (legislature) by U. N. agency plans to build hospitals
to help Korea become a fully popular vote. and schools, repair roads and rail-
governing and independent nation. Under the constitution, the presi- ways and power stations. It will ship
But an independent Korea would dent, who is elected by the Assem- cotton, coal, and other raw materials
have dangerous neighbors-Commu- bly, has great power. The president for the factories, fertilizer and work
nist Russia and China. The U. N. is 76-year-old Syngman Rhee. His cattle for farms. timber for homes.
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1. LET'S MAKE A MAP
Here's an outline map of a part of the world you've
been reading about in our Special Unit.
1. Write in its ,proper place the names of: the penin-
sula (center), the nations adjoining the peninsula, the
island-nation in the lower right corner of the map.
2. Locate (by marking a dot on the map), and label,
the cities of Seoul and Pusan.
3. Label the dotted line which crosses the map.
4. Shade lightly that part of the map which is Com-
munist-held territory.
5. Write "ROK" on the Republic of Korea.
6. Draw a line to show the shortest distance between
Korea and Japan, and mark above the line the approxi-
mate distance.
7. In what general direction did Nam Pyo travel 'in
going from Seoul to Pusan?
.II. TRUE, FALSE, OR OPINION?
In the blank space in front of each statement, write
T if it is true,. F if it is false, 0 if it is an opinion.
_1. The United Nations is already taking steps toward
rebuilding war-torn Korea.
-2. A united Korea would have more than 29,000,000
people.
_3. A free and united Korea would eventually become
a strong nation.
-4. A U. N. victory in Korea would help stop the
spread of communism in Asia.
-5. Many observers believe that one of Korea's great
weaknesses is a lack of experienced leaders.
6. The Communists want the U. N. to hold a free
election in all Korea to set up a united country.
-7. The real aggressor in Korea is not Red China or
north Korea, but Russia.
-8. The chief farming region of Korea is in the south,
and the north is the chief factory and mining region.
III. WHAT'S MISSING?
Fill in the missing words.
1. The war in Korea began on ,
when soldiers from crossed
the parallel of north latitude and invaded
2. The United Nations sent to Korea a fighting force
commanded (at first) by
who was replaced by
3. Following a suggestion June 23 by Russia's U. N.
delegate, Jacob ____ , talks between the
U. N. and the Communists began at the Korean town
with the aim of
The talks stopped in
August after the Communists charged
IV. PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP
Why is a U. N. victory in Korea important to the free
world? (Answer on separate sheet of paper.)
What You Can Do to Help Korea
September is "National Clothing Collection Month
for Korea." You can send clothing or shoes to the near-
est warehouse of American Relief for Korea. ARK
warehouses are in Maspeth, N. Y., St. Louis, Mo., and
Oakland, Calif. No further address is needed. School
supplies, like pencils, composition books, crayons, and
chalk, can be sent to Save the Children, 8 Washing-
ton Place, New York City. All money donations, no
matter how small, are welcome at both places. Con-
tributions sent to CARE, New York City, will speed
packages of food to Korea.
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The Missouri Basin debates flood control
When Water Runs Wild
Hesse (St. Louis Globe-Democrat cartoon-
ist) titled this cartoon: "Never Got
Around to Calling a Plumber." The car-
toon stresses Federal responsibility for
flood control. What should states, com-
munities, and individuals do about it?
" HAT a lovely day, Mother!
WKnsas City looks like her old
,elf lagain. That lbflood
this summer seems likea bad
dream."
"That was no dream, Joan," re-
plied Mrs. McIntire grimly. "Oh,
the stench when we first came back'
home after the water went down!
And those inches of slime all over
the house! When the junkman carted
away the piano and all our new liv-
ing-room furniture, I said to myself:
`We've got to see that this sort of
thing never happens again."'
"And it can be done," put in Mr.
McIntire. "It's up to Congress. Gen-
eral Pick of the Army Engineers says
this last flood wouldn't have done
any damage to speak of, if Congress
had put up $300,000,000 more for
dams under the Pick-Sloan plan. For
lack of 300 million, we Midwestern-
ers have two billion dollars worth of
damage to clean up!"
The Pick-Sloan Plan
"This Pick-Sloan plan, Dad-how
would it stop floods?"
"Well, Joan, this is the idea. The
Army Engineers would build 105
dams and reservoirs along the Mis-
souri River and the rivers that feed
into the Missouri. In flood times, the
dams would hold back the water un-
til it could be fed into the streams
without overflowing them. At other
times, the water would be used to
irrigate farm land, to generate elec-
tric power, and to keep enough wa-
ter in the main rivers for river boats
In other words, we need more forest.
planting, seeding of bare lands with
grass, and terracing of farm fields.
We need to build thousands of little
dams
t th
h
a
e
eadwaters of streams.
to use the streams safely. In addi- Soil conservation is the answer, I
tion, levees are being built to keep say."
the lower Missouri within bounds. "Now, Bob, you farmers would
What do you farmers think of Pick- keep your ponds so full of water for
Sloan, Bob?" livestock that they wouldn't hold any
"Not much," replied Bob Salerno, more water in flood times," Mr. Mc-
Mr. McIntire's cousin from the up- Intire retorted. "Anyway, after such
per Missouri valley. "It's a hodge- torrents of rain as we had this sum-
podge of projects thrown together mer, we're sure to have a flood unless
without enough study of how they'll we have reservoirs with enormous
affect the river basin as a whole. For storage space. And did you stop to
instance, the Army Engineers- think that it's cheaper to build a
they're the Pick half of Pick-Sloan- hundred deep lakes than thousands
want a nine-foot-deep navigation of the shallow ponds you're talking
channel on the lower Missouri up to about?"
Si
oux City, Iowa. But the Bureau of
Reclamation-the Sloan half of Pick-
Sloan-says you couldn't keep the
channel full without using water we
farmers need for irrigation in the
upper valley. There's no central au-
thority to get the full facts and to
decide who's right.
"Congress makes things worse by
approving projects piecemeal-a dam
here, a reservoir there-without con-
sidering how each ties in with other
projects. And after seven years of
Pick-Sloan, only about a dozen dams
are finished or under way.
"Anyway, the whole idea of Pick-
Sloan is off base. Instead of building
these giant dams to stop floods after
they're already started, we should
stop floods from getting under way.
TVA and MVA
"Isn't there another way to work
this out, Dad?" asked Joan. "I've
been reading about the Tennessee
Valley Authority. It's set up by Con-
gress to improve the Tennessee
River valley as a whole. As I get it,
this TVA ties together in one big
program all the things you've been
talking about-flood control, power,
soil conservation, navigation, forest
planting, plus other things, like im-
proving farm methods and schools,
that help the people of the valley."
"Yes, Joan, we know about TVA.
President Truman has proposed
something like it, a Missouri Valley
Authority, for our basin. But the job
seems too big for any one group of
men. Why, the Missouri basin is an
empire 13 times larger than the Ten-
nessee valley. And many of us fear
that an MVA corporation would be
a super-government over which the
people of the basin had no control."
"Well, one thing is certain," said
Bob Salerno. "Right here in our Mis-
souri valley, the biggest river engi-
neering job in the history of the
world is going on. With what's al-
ready been done, surely we can find
a way to use this mighty river to
develop a better life for all of us."
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 You're sitting with the rest of your family
in your farm kitchen in Ohio back in the
I870's. As usual, the light is an unsteady
glow from tallow candles and whale oil
lamps.
Then-Dad walks in with a great new dis-
covery. It's a lamp-but what a difference.
He lights it-and the entire room seems to
blaze. Yes sir-this is the !gist genuine kero-
sene lamp in your part of the county!
Today a kerosene lamp is a poor excuse for
light. But it marked the beginning of an
important event in the automobile world.
You see, kerosene was one of the first prac-
tical uses to which petroleum could be put.
And men kept looking for petroleum, drill-
ing for it, to get kerosene from it. Then
came the discovery of the automobile
engine-which needed gasoline-and gaso-
line is made from petroleum. Just as with
kerosene, it's done by distillation-heating
the petroleum and condensing the vapors.
Of course, the first gasoline would seem as
crude today as a kerosene lamp. Soon com-
panies like General Motors discovered that
tkt&t~ie waz~to az~omokvepower
e Lamp
to step up engine power and efficiency,
they would have to improve gasoline.
Otherwise the engine would "knock"-and
this knock kept power down.
So GM men found a way to cut down
knock by adding tetraethyl lead to the
gasoline-making what we now call Ethyl
gasoline.
This was the beginning. Since then, GM
men kept watching gasoline burning inside
engines, through special quartz windows.
They kept studying one-cylinder engines
in their laboratories - and discovered the
amazing new performance that could be
derived from automotive fuel by rearrang-
ing its molecules, as you've studied them
in chemistry.
The results' Better automotive power and
big savings in gasoline. For instance, two
gallons of gasoline do as much work in
today's GM cars as three did in models of
25 years ago. And there are even greater
results.
Building more and better cars led to more
and better jobs. At GM alone there are
more than 450,000 men and women where
there were once only a few thoilsand. And
yet-the average employe earns consider-
ably more these days, while working fewer
hours each week.
In short, there are two illuminating facts
about General Motors. One-as many car-
owners will tell you-"you can't beat a GM
car for value." Two-as the record shows-
you can't beat a company like G\I for
making more and better jobs.
* *
Getting More Out of Engines and Fnc-ls-here you
see GM Research Inca .steadily tEorking away to
get more power out of less gasoline. Their arc
studying a laboratory engine in actin,,-using
special meters to check its per'fornrnrox'.
"MORE AND BETTER THINGS FOR MORE PEOPLE" G-F1 IVER AT f MOTOR,S
THE KEY TO A GENERAL MOTORS CAR
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GOOD CITIZENS AT WORK
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A Flying Classroom
A "FLYING CLASSROOM" soared
over the eastern U. S. and Can-
ada last May.
It was a giant transport plane,
filled with 55 high school students
from Orono (Maine) High School.
F
or two exciting days, the stu-
dents flew over a 1,500-mile-long
route across seven states and part of
Canada. They saw at first-hand
many of the places they had studied
about in textbooks.
Old ideas took on new meanings.
Said one youth high over New Eng-
land: "I never realized how irregu-
lar the Maine coastline is. Now I
know the true meaning of the
phrase, `rocky coast of Maine."'
Said another, over the Great
Lakes: "I always pictured that you
could look across them. But they
are awfully big. They are like seas."
There were two stopovers. At
Hartford, Connecticut, the students
landed to visit industrial plants and
historical sites. Another stop at Ot-
tawa, Canada's capital city, gave
these young Americans a glimpse of
life in
our great neighbor-nation.
What They Learned
Their high school science teacher,
Albert J. Fortier, lectured briefly
along the way, In notebooks (gifts
of the airline) the students jotted
down what they had learned. At the
end of the trip, an Orono high
schooler called it "one of the most
valuable experiences of my school
career. We had a chance to learn
about our neighbors here in New
England and Canada. And we also
got to know our classmates better by
spending the trip with them."
The Maine teen-agers began work
on their "Classroom of the Air" proj-
ect two years ago. Teachers helped
them plan it. Parents gave their con-
sent. The students earned most of
th
e money needed.
Through their own employment
agency, they landed jobs as baby
sitters, snow shovelers, and odd-job
men. They worked at any and every
part-time job they could find. At the
same time, they studied up on the
places they'd see on their air adven-
ture.
When they came home from their
trips, America meant a lot more to
them than ever before.
Classroom-in-a-Bus
Other "touring classrooms," on the
ground, cover a lot of the U. S. every
year. For example, one group of
students regularly travels across the
nation in their own school bus. The
principal drives. The tour goes on
during "school time."
On board are the senior students
of Ozark (Arkan-sas) High School.
Last year the young Arkansans trav-
eled to Washington, D. C., Phila-
delphia, and New York, and returned
by way of Canada. They saw the
Tennessee Valley country, West Vir-
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at Hartford zd d airport.
ginia's coal fields, Lincoln's birth-
place, and Lee's tomb. At the U. N.,
the students watched a Soviet.dele-
gate angrily walk out of a commis-
sion meeting,
"Probably for a year we'll
l
sti
l be
talking about the trip," said Sue
Adams, class valedictorian. "We'll
never forget the wonderful things
we've seen and done."
Ozark's high schoolers pitch in to
help pay the tour's costs (about
$1,000),
The class of '50 cut more than
seven tons of seed potatoes for a
grower ($50), and shocked peanuts
for six hours ($18). The boys set
out 10,000 pine trees seedlings on an
eroded farm ($50).
Baby sitting, house cleaning, grass
cutting jobs earned $30. "Co Slow,
Mary," the senior play, netted $120;
a basketball tournament, $100; and
a square dance, $32. The high school
piano teacher gave an organ recital
and donated $27. The Parent-Teach-
er Association helped out with $100.
Other earnings and donations com-
pleted the fund.
Students from many schools wind
up their senior terms with extensive
tours. One out of every 50 U. S.
school buses is used in the "class-
room-on-wheels" movement.
(Continued on page 22)
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 22
Flying Classroom
(Continued from page 20)
Other high schools use buses char-
tered from private companies. One
is Denton (Texas) High School.
Last year, 26 Denton science stu-
dents took a 4,500-mile three-week
tour by bus. They cruised through
more than 20 states. and part of
Canada.
On 44 stops, they inspected mam-
moth industrial plants and factories.
They saw how science works for in-
dustry, how high school "book-learn-
ing" is used on the job, how educa-
tion increases earning power.
Science teacher Wayne Taylor
went along to answer questions. Said
one student, on return: "While we
were on the trip, it seemed that we
weren't learning a thing. But after
we got home, it was amazing how
much knowledge we had picked up.
I stayed up until five the morning we
got home, telling my family about
the trip."
Last year a cavalcade of nine
chartered buses rolled into our na-
Batter Up!
tion's capital. The buses carried 260
high school students from 11 differ-
ent schools in Indiana. Their "tour-
ing classrooms" were out to see
America-on a 2,000 mile trip through
nine states.
The students themselves had
raised most of their expenses. Par-
ents and townspeople had backed
their drives.
Was it worth it? Said one Indiana
youth: "I can't take the Govern-
ment for granted after this." Said
another: "We came back, deter-
mined to really deserve our govern-
ment, by being active citizens."
A Church's Tour
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, there's
a church that sends teen-agers on
"good-citizen" tours. Last spring, the
Fountain Street Baptist Church sent
30 teen-agers on a two-week 2,200
mile bus trip. It was called the "Citi-
zenship Workshop Tour."
The 30 teen-age travelers came
from nine schools in the area. They
visited Philadelphia, New York City,
and Washington, D. C., and saw In-
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lication in Scholastic Magazines. Each puzzle should be built
around one subject, which may be drawn from History, Art,
Science, or any other field of knowledge. Maximum about 50
words, of which at least 10 must be related to the theme. For'
each puzzle published we will pay $10. Entries must include puz-
zle design, definitions, answers on separate sheets, design with
answers filled in, and statement by student that the puzzle is
original and his own work. Give name, address, school, and grads.
Address Puzzle Editor, World Week, 351 Fourth Ave., New
York 10, N. Y. Answers in next week's issue.
dependence Hall, the U. N., and
the Supreme Court.
How does democracy really work?
What can we do for a better world?
These are the questions the young
travelers set out to answer.
The minister, Bob Hauserman,
encouraged them. The teen-agers
worked hard to earn money for the
tour. Their elders helped with cash
contributions as an "investment" in
the future-to help make good citi-
zens who would make America
greater.
Did the church's "investment" pay
off? Did the teen-agers find the an-
swers to their questions?
Said one: "We caught something
of the history of our country. The
trip made the history courses we
took in school take on real mean-
ing."
Said another: "Just seeing the
people who run our national govern-
ment was important to me. There
are many problems that still need to
be solved. Kids in our generation
can help solve them. What we do in
the future IS important."
" 1. Used in a sacrifice.
" 4. Cincinnati - - - -.
8. Fraud.
? 9. American League (abbr.).
011. Ball hit out of bounds.
13. English country festival.
14. Lubricates.
16. George (abbr.).
17. International League
(abbr.).
'18. The umpire calls a (1
Down) and a - - - -
20. 12th President of the U. S.
(initials). 21. Acquire.
22. You feel this when you dis-
agree with the umpire.
24. It is the umpire's right to
a man from the
diamond.
?25. Preacher - - -, Dodger.
27. - - - Whitney.
28. Unit of electrical resistance.
30. A division of geologic time.
32. European Recovery Program
(abbr.).
34. Author of "Common Sense"
(initials).
38. Line from center of circle
to circumference.
39. Tungsten (abbr.).
40. Grain for men and horses.
042. Used to clout baseballs.
43. Pamphlet (abbr.).
44. It is the manager's job to
46. Doctor of Science (abbr.).
047. Chicago - - - -.
48. Dairy product. 49. Charts.
? 1. The umpire calls a - - - -
and a (18 Across).
2. Musical instrument.
3. Northeastern (abbr.).
5. Home field of Dodgers
(abbr.).
6. Man's best friend.
7. Canal connecting Mediter-
ranean Sea with Bed Sea.
8. To fall short.
9. What we breathe.
10. Lord Lt. of Ireland (abbr.).
12. Small portions of land.
?14. National League star, Mel
15. Used for winter snow sport.
18. Last year of high school.
"19. Mistakes.
21. Strong wind
23. Except as otherwise herein
provided (abbr.).
24. Exist.
26. Unit of measure for printed
matter.
?29. A position, short
31. Seize.
32. Abbr. of Eusebius, church
historian.
?:33. Brooklyn, - - - -.
35. Part of the hand.
37. Father.
38. Contraction for "it is."
39. To keep count of.
41. People of Indo-China.
43. Young dog.
?45. National League (abbr.).
47. Calcium (abbr.).
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ERNEST R. "ERNIE" BIGGS, Athletic Trainer,
Ohio State University, says:
"A balanced diet is of prime importance at the
training table and no diet is completely balanced
without enriched bread. Bread, definitely, is the
staff of life and no athletic training menu is complete
without it."
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 September Choices-7 Fine Books
MYSTERIES ? NOVELS ? TRUE STORIES ? FILM HITS ? DICTIONARY
,~effio T4B 04 *44u:
Beginning this fall each member
has a wider choice of books than
ever,.before. Seven selections for Sep-
tember and for every month to come.
One of the selections is what every
student needs as the school year be-
gins-a good Dictionary.
Is your TAB Club already under
way? Now is the time. Your teacher
is likely to welcome a proposal to
increase the reading of good books.
TAB Club offers a rare bargain-
for every four books you order from
fall selections' you may choose one
free book from the January dividend
list. Since the books cost 25 or 35
cents each this means you get five
books for every $1 or a few cents
more you invest.
If you want TAB's service, ask
your teacher to mail us the coupon
in her Scholastic Teacher. We'll send
full details.
And, now, here are
books for September
1. ANNA & THE KING OF SIAM
Margaret Landon
True story of what
happened when
Margaret Landon
accepted the job
of teaching the 67
children of the
King of Siam. Also
his wives. A movie
and Broadway hit.
LNOT BOB
Henry Gregor
Felsen
Thirty minutes to
Trenton. Forty
miles away. Bud
Crayne, 17, tried
to do it in his
souped-up jalopy-
with three police cars screaming be-
hind. Recommended-Bob Pearson, Ar-
gentine H. S., Kansas City, Kan.
3. THE OLD DARK HOUSE
J. B. Priestley
ANA garet Waverton and three e others seek
Al ~ WV ~ Yt rl is
eek
shelter in an old .dark house during a
National office storm. Strange things happen.
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11. ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM (250)
2. HOT ROD (250
13. OLD DARK HOUSE (250)
14. HI THERE, HIGH SCHOOL (250)
1 5 . SUE BARTON, SENIOR NURSE (350) I
16. OREGON TRAIL (350)
17. MERRIAM-WE BSTER POCKET
I DICTIONARY (350)
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4. HI THERE, HIGH SCHOOL!
Gay Head
How can you make a success of high
school? Hi There, High School! offers
44 pages of concise counsel. Read about
"musts" in dating, clothes, friends.
5. SUE BARTON, SENIOR
NURSE
Helen Dore Boylston
Oopsl That was
the head nurse Sue
Barton doused
with soapy water.
Laughter mixes
with tears before
Sue wins the black
band on her cap.
And then - should
she marry, or continue her career?
6e OREGON TRAIL
Francis Parkman
Epic account of pioneers on the way
West. Granddaddy of all "westerns."
Ride beyond the frontier!
7. THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER
POCKET DICTIONARY
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1. SCARAMOUCHE, Rafael Sabatini 250
Sword play and romance.
2. THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, Capt. Ted W.
Lawson
First air raid on Japan.
250
3. NIGHT FLIGHT, Antoine de St. Exupery
Pioneering air line across Atlantic.
250
4. MOBY DICK (abridged), Herman Melville
Classic of men in wooden ships.
250
5. SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES 350
The Tempest, Twelfth Night, As You Like It,
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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 High School Afloat
The Good Ship
Moored in the East River in New
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JOHN W BRAWN
-one of the most unusual high schools
in the U. S. Up its gangplank every
school day tramp more than 300 teen-
age boys. They are studying mari-
time trades at first hand.
During World War II, this 10,000
ton Liberty ship sailed the seas as a
cargo vessel and troop ship. In 1946,
"WHEELHOUSE ROUTINE": Students are getting instruction
in the technique of piloting a steamship in and out of port.
ENGINE ROOM: The instructor explains hhow, the ship runs.
Notice that engine parts are lettered for identification.
Instructor, in bosun's chair, watches
teen-age "tar" paint cargo boom. The
school awards the standard high school
diploma, plus U. S. Coast Guard cer-
tificates of service as ordinary seamen,
wipers, electricians, messmen, or second
cooks, for jobs on merchant ships.
It was loaned by the U. S. Mari-
time Commission to New York's
Metropolitan Vocational High School.
Most graduates become merchant sea-
men or join the Navy. The curriculum
includes the usual high school studies,
plus a choice of seven sea courses:
Deck, Engine, Radio, Steward, Boat-
building, Maritime Business, and Ma-
rine Electrical.
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He Rolls
the
Big Trucks
BILLY WADE has driven trucks
over American highways for
more than 1,000,000 miles.
We met Billy recently at the New
York City truck terminal of Asso-
ciated Transport. Inc., . the biggest
trucking firm in the United States.
"Sorry to rout you out of, bed at
11:00 a.m.," we said. "We know that
you got in from Washington at three
o'clock this morning."
"That's okay," Billy grinned. "I'm
rarely tired after an eight-hour run.
Th
e run from Washington
York is about eight hours."
"How did you happen to
a truck driver?" we asked
Here is what Billy told us.
Billy's First Job
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cense issued by the state of North
Carolina, where his truck is regis-
tered. Once a year he takes it stiff ex-
amination-physical, oral, and writ-
ten-before his license is renewed.
"What qualifications must a young
man have to become a truck driver
for Associated Transport?" we asked.
Job Requirements
We learned that it beginner driver
must be at least 21 years old and
have one year's experience (all four
seasons) to drive a truck inside a
city. To drive on the highways, a
truck driver must he at least 25
years old and nave two years' ex-
perience driving with a superior rec-
ord for safe driving.
To get this required experience,
boys drive farm trucks, delivery
trucks for stores, and bigger trucks
for small firms which sometimes
have easier requireineuts for begin-
ners. Associated Transport requires
a job applicant to pass a stiff physi-
cal examination. He must demon-
strate driving ability and be able to
answer numerous oral and written
questions about the traffic laws and
regulations. Drivers also must be
able to read regulations, be able to
write well enough to make clear
reports, and to be competent in
everyday arithmetic.
The Trucking Industry
There are more than S6000,10
Billy Wade and his big "rig. , at~uun
"rig.-
"Tell us about your trip last night",
we urged Billy.
Billy reported at the Washington
truck terminal at 8:30 p.m. to check
his tires (called "biscuits"), his
lights, and safety equipment (flares,
fuses, etc.). He rolled his "rig"
(truckers' name for any trucks) out
of the terminal at 9:00 p.m. It was
loaded with rayon, nylon h
i
o
sery,
and other goods coming up to New
York from Burlington, N. C. (An-
other driver bro
h
ug
t the truck to
Billy was born in High Point, Washington.) N. C., and he went to nearby Trinity After a run of one hour and 20
High School. When he left school in minutes, Billy stopped his truck at
1930, he decided to become a truck the Dixie Diner on the outskirts of
driver. He knew a man who hauled Baltimore. Drivers stop their trucks
furniture fro
Hi
h
m
g
Point to Pitts-
burgh, Pa. This man took an interest
in Billy and taught him to drive. He
started with a one ,and one-half ton
truck. These were depression years
and Billy earned $15 a week.
Then Billy went to work for Barn-
well Brothers in Burlington, N. C.
He drove a big truck with a 30-foot
trailer. It carried general freight-
canned goods, cloth, etc.-from Burl-
ington to Alexandria, Va. Billy
earned $41.40 a week.
During World War 11, Billy was
a shipyard welder at Wilmington,
N. C. In 1945 he went to work for
Associated Transport. He trucks gen-
eral freight between New York and
Washington, D. C. He earns $90 a .
week plus overtime. He drives three
rou
d a__
n
every few hours to rest thei
r eyes
and relax.
At Newcastle, Delaware, Billy got
a 45-minute rest while his big truck
was ferried acr~f~ss the Delaware
River to Penn sville, N..j. Billy had a
bite to eat at the Silver 'Moon Diner
near Camden, N. J., before he drove
on to New York City.
When Billy is in New York City,
his firm pays for a room for him at 'a
small hotel near the truck terminal
close to the North River. Usually
Billy stays in New York from 15 to
24 hours before he leaves on the
return trip to Washington. Billy
lives with his wife and Young daugh-
ter in Alexandria, Va.
Billy drives with a chauffeur's li-
.
ARTI
Zoeia Jezowski. eomm,.rrial arti,t.
Unusual words in this issue are defined and
pronounced on page 30
trucks in the United States, giving
direct employment to more than
5,500,000 workers. Nearly nine out
o ten trucks are designed to carry
loads of 1'2' tons or less.
There are about 400,000 trucks
with a gross weight (truck and load)
of eight tons or more. Some of the
smaller trucks in this category can
"swallow" a houseful of furniture.
Some of the larger units, many of
which never operate on the high-
ways but serve mining and other
off-highway projects, can carry 40
tons of ore in a single load. Others,
including logging trucks, operate
only on private roads in the forests
and not on public highways.
-WILLIAM FAVCi.. Vocational Editor
NEXT CAREER CI
UR
CLE:
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quiz:
Are you
?O6Ted?
QUESTION: What square dance step are these
couples doing?
ANSWER: It's the Grand Chain. The "gents"
move in one direction, and the "ladies" move in
the opposite direction, alternating right and left
hands with each dancer they meet. It's gay and
lively-and takes plenty of "bounce" (or energy).
A smart person knows that his "bounce" denenrty
w aauy upon the foods he eats.
lbso
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NUTS
lbS/S
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... for instance,
Post's new Sugar Crisp
ated with sugar
and honey.
For snacks it's so handy,
"As a cereal it's dandy,
If " The Famo5 Or eat it like candy!"
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Corn Makes;
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QUESTION: What was man's first sweet?
ANSWER : Honey, which was known and eaten
centuries before man learned to grind wheat into
flour. People at that time ate honey simply be-
cause they enjoyed its delightful taste. Today,
we know it is also one of the best energy foods,
and very easy to digest.
QUESTION: What kind of breakfast will build
up your "bounce"?
ANSWER: Breakfast of bread and butter (or
fortified margarine), cereal,* milk, and fruit or
fruit juice. It will put "bounce" into your school-
work, athletics, and social activities. Don't slow
down by neglecting this necessary meal. Eat a
good breakfast-and "bounce" through the day.
,S'UGAR
CRISP
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A Feller ..
on the Except for the Pitching, 1951
Phone club isn't as strong all the the and
Herman L. as the '48 tea e way around
Masin and Jean F enced and m. We aren't experi F. Merrill were weak as as hit -
S we By write this Positions. In we1948 Ina number of
A faintest idea w , we haven't the everybod
ho'll c "Truth' is I' ting the ball and Y was hit-
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can Lea ue Op t
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g pennant. The T.t;.,.. the start of the r
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"Wait
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comeback is or it. a thousand - control is now you've been arocrn nments. He figures st,
the year. the baseball story of Have y way? g' know most of th pyrite a while and
Back in April, stylNeoin you changed your pitching You play a amthe teams and the men
Bob
everybwas ody32figuYearreds ol that know and that you know
was through He .
enough to keep d; mY delivery's no different. 1 He's fair in p 'ourself in
games since 1947; I can't throw as fast as I used to, team. all his dealing, condition
and his once mi h but I can still break off a with the
he hadn't won 2 d curve. What advice worild give to
sizzled, "Too g ' fast ball no longer And there aren't too goo
bad," the experts clucked,
" was great when he ball hitters, many good curve- schoolboy you had it." If You can put that bitions? '/ pitchers with hig_league am-
he turned out just where curve
All sure this into
ing, indeed. By be dumb cluck- You want it, you'll do all just don't
mid -season Fwas right.
the talk of y jtunp
the dugouts. His Feller "Incidentally I haven' sports before finishing p'?fessional
showed 12 victories a 2 record d - as much the t been `slipping' college you 1i'glr school-and
against only 2 de- as texperts believ have the
feafs. The die-h
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