~he 1946 fo o tb 11 ae s on o e to e nd od y on the f i r s t d ~ o 1947. That's a cus t om made in e vit&ble by the oomp ratively reoent n . d s p e0t t1 oul 'll" innov a tion of bout · our hun red thousand fans attanded tbese v~rious oonteate in the far eat, southwest and south. bd 1 there were o.bout four hun&re thousand compl in.ta about the weather. It was eitber too bot or to rainy or too cold. Only at Paeadena's Rose Howl spectacle, the 4adt, ot thflD 11, w a the wea,her just auout right. the weather was b e tter tban the e • . or raat Illinois U nivereity team, or s ome rea on the un erdogs in pre- me etting, swa ,ea 00 et oh p iona, or ty · ·1v e t o i ourteen. Illinois E eo ore he irat time t its h i. nds on . e b 11, . ().)- f rom ther f n nd it Y • At the · u r :> owl 1 e in ' ew Orle ne th e we t her w scold-- out the ootb a ll t errific, with Georgia fin 117 downing n orth arolina twenty to tan. · In t a ct, ohill1 though it may have been for the apeot tors, the layers g ot ao be ted up to their wort tbe.t the last quarter • · a 0D17 one part f ootball, the ~eat -- free f or ll. At K1am1, Whera, the Orange bowl wae w e ther w a hot -- t emperatures 1n the high el~~!:9 moe t of the d 11 7. Rioe ttat,en..,.. of T exas, w a a the - viotor there,/lei g ht to nothing over enneaaee. o much r in f ell 1n Dallas that only thirty thousand of the 1 orty.f1Te thousand ticket holders to the cotton bowl contest showed up. l'he players ~ could n • t do much under the oondi t ions ' .lDd Arkane s and L o uisi ana j t te p l yed a not h in -not hing tie. F u rt • r t ' , n o nio , . et .:itorm fo r e post .o n e ent o the Vu c n o~ l T e co untr y - wi e con cen u i 0 0 o otb all , u m e t • Th r t ' . h o w t h 1 4 1 o otb 1 1 e s on en e u on o· Y rs ' "' e e _ Ub ... i c . s ., re ·:' .::n 1 t c haJ l n ;.-e , 11 s be r1 a •o i e 1 e t in · he ... ena t e. .. la 8 • e 4 ~ cl 1 b7 !'n, t or - ~ o f h i o, t r olal nr etin ot the GOP ,._. e t e po1 1 c J c :n lttee. R e a 1 · \ h e oo lttN fayorecl What en · or a f t o lled- - •etopplll :a 11bo , the d oor." He p ut it in th••• wor4a: "!!he to the Tie• tba~ he aboul4 I,) • atopp e 4 •• \he 4oor, lilt not be p e rm1tte4 to tab tbe oath.• !hat la -•f--• • taot that, aa the ne• Coagre■a aaaabl••• tile neirlr eleote4 Suatora are seated 1D alphaoetlo 1 order, aa4 B ilbo, be g inning with "B•, la an7 up at the top of the ., liat. He comes aeoond in t a at.~at stage of the p roceedillge, the De m oora~• •111 still have a aaajorit7 -- ~ ma :oritr that will be wipe · out aa newi, eleoted re ublio • m s are sea t ed. lhen the n • im• lH lbo i s o lled, the p ro 9 0rtione ill be --thirt y e m oor te to twenty nine ~e ubli 'Ul a, a D e o c r t ic m aj ority o f on e . ~ en tor a ft s a ys t he R ep u blic ns be l ieve t hey o n p e reu de a couple of Demo c r te to vote inst 1lbo -- th ua tting a majority for a refusal to 1ve him h1'a s en a te se a t. Informed of these R e p ublic n pl a na 1 aator li1lbo st a ted tod a y tha&, if the GOP trle ■ to toea him nt, he'll oall upon the aouthem m•b•n f or euppori--4 Bilbo aune■ted a f111buater; He r . . . rked that ther~ are poaelb111t1ea ot taking things up b7 debate. "lhen theJ obleot to-, tatiag the oath,• ald the M laa1N1ppt s eaalor, There •111 ha.Te to be dlaousaioa.• '9d he a44e4: ~ experlenoe for twelv• 7e a ra show s me that ,__. k1AI of 41aouaa1ou are Yer7 extended -- aometimea 1ndefinlte.• enator aft, on th e o~b , r hand, makes the re■ponse -.. tbat be doea('n•t, 1D his orde, • p ut muoh s t oc k 1n a ';, filibu s t e r." -o- ) ill It -·Ml~ '- n i tone eourity oounoil - - deb ~t e on orld die rm ~m ent ru: oee n p o st oned f or he instruo t iona from their bvernmenta. The •or14'a two grel!tteat m111tar1 powera, Ruaala an4 the Uni te4 ~ta tea, . appear readJ to plunge headlong -16 1nt~l1aarmament ueation. and thia eagerneaa on their part leal.•• the other members of the eleyen .. power-eeo111'lt7 oounoll aOllllrllere ln the af144le, not ;vet decide d who•• Tlewa to au Dp ort or why. For instance, the United ~tatea wants the oounoll to g1Te first priority to the problem of atomio oontrol. Gro1D7lto, the Ruaaian, demands thAt oner 1 program for outl win 11 we p ons ~T• preoedenoe. In a ny eTent, the dis rmament issue is d ue to be aired so on, "'.Uld th t'a th re as on or overtime ork on the p rt o f so m ny di lo mate this holid~y ..,e _ on. The eouritJ · OO une 11 h us t c uire d thr e e new me m bers -- ii el ium, Jr1a and o lombi , ti:;l~ ~ ~ n e e d ti me 0 le t fi nd ou t · ~ t le oing on. An even t h e three other ---- p e~nent m•ben of the oounoil, tre a t b r1ta1n, Franc•• ~ . 4 , 9 Q • ~ - ~ tllld China~••~ ul te sure 1et Where t hq a t aa4 cm -o- 1 -- • · 1 _ t i n e. / In _ a l stin e t od ay , ri tish t r o ops r i ded -- "the Yemenite V iney a rd." n a t' s in l' el Tiv, t h e uarter oooupi 4 U 7 the Tcenite Jewa j rn T el \ viv, etroft• Of uonlam, 7ou'll find pepple from 11 this earth-• a nd nou . more interestin g than the Jen who oome f rom Y•-• T hat' ■ ;.._ ~ .. ~ .... t~:r the esneme eoutbAof lrabia~ld M o s l e m l.lllld,~rlch n4 fertile-• w here there's a Jewish population tbat 4atee baok to Pf JS di remote t imea. ome of them baTe ha~nael to th• 0 ~ 11 o f Zion, ~nd he.Te gone to Paleatiae, to fel AY1T, to pla1 a part in the raYlT&l of Iha J•lai nation. It ls t7ploal of the Yemen, ■o rloh aa4 fen11• an4 unlik e the Arabian d eae9rt that the Y■-alla Jen ot and violent aembera of the Jewish 11Ddergroa4 are fro■ the Yemen, terror1ata of Irg,m Z T&l Leual, ■embera of •the b la ok aqua4,• ~ hat'• a d esperate band, a grou p - - - of un e rgrotnd fig hte i- a to w hioh Irg,m Z n l L e umi ss lp;ns the :n ost , . n erous ask -- vhe bl c k, u d . (~e - - - ritish believe tha t t he recent f l ogg in of Qritish soldiers a nd offioera we re the doing of Ye'11te ~ members o the Bl ck quad of Irgan Z n.1 Leumi. The floggings h ve angered the Bri t!ah as few . thinga aould baTI 4on,, ant the:;: 4eterm1na4 to aatoh the oulprit■•) ~o todaJ, for a house-to-house aearoh, Britiah a ir bor• troops toot po ■aeaa1on of the Ye-lte Ylne,az-4. !o thla a■peot ot the ,1otue■que ie a4te4 a ••~r• an4 tJ>reatenlng faot, (• British m111t■r7 onrt tot•~ aeateaoe4 to death a ■•i»er of Iztgan Zftl Le111d, a tU'l'Ol'l■t oaught 1a f.Lll attaot on a pelloe ■tat ioa, la whloh an Arab polloell&ll wa■ •llled. Irgan Z T&l Leal haa threatened dead.17 repr1aa1■, lf the oapltal senteao• la oarr1e4 out,) Bo Hol7 l nd. Durin then'• a . . . ollmu of tension la the the tri a l. the prisoner taoing the oourt ma intain ed a n ttltude of bitter defianoe. When the death aentenoe w a a p ronounoed on hi■, he orie d out: 1th blood nd ire Jud ea fe ll. 1th Dlood and f ire Judea will ariae.• -0- A late dip toh from London et t ee that the Britieh high oomm&■aioner baa left erua a lem nd is on h1a wa7 to London - !or urgent oonault ~ tionaa with the Britlela goTeftlllent. One report p raiata that the high oeaalaaioaer, General Sir Alan Cunninghaa, la going to reoommal the lmpo ■ lt1on of aartlal 1•• throughov.t th• Roi, 1aa4. fill• ezpeote4, an ant1o1pate4 flarnp of the l•l•h 'IID4•r~1111& la••• o~t,reats of Tlol•••• A atlll laler cllapa,ell leeorll••• the lenor ill Paleat la• •• aea.rlag tile lar•kllts Polat. -0- I .., · -1 - n· / . ... , . A t L ittle .Oak, - rkans e, th e re as strsn e d de dly d rama of olice. ~ oday a j ewe ler o f the city wa1 out r bbit hunting, when on a lonely nd r e~ ote road, he ■tumbled on the bodtes of the ahief of Little Root 4e t eot1Tea ond a police lieut e nant -- shot to death. Iaquiey disoloaed that this morning, ubief Ona Martin, hea4 of the police cleteotiTe buua, reporte4 al laea4quner■ fO't dut7, aa4 i•e41atei, oallel hl■ aooo11p11111 hla, and the two 4rOTe off la a polloe eal'. !bat na the la■ t • • • of th• utll tlaelr bo4tea .... l'•P• t ed blaata from a polio• rlot ■hotpn, ant then ktllet. himself with hie own ■enloe reTolTer. The lateet 1■ thst the Chie f of D eteot1Te ■ waa &fr 14 tba t he w a about to be indicted by a grand j1U7 fo r lleged oonneations with gamblers. Re had been brooding about that -- q,nd suepeoted that the p olioe lieutenant assist nt d been g1Ylng information a inst hla. That aeeu to be the explanation of the polloe tr gedJ at Little Root. -o- 0 In J p o.n, a man m d e & _ ew Year's resolution, and deoided to turn over a new l ea f. He did it with B funeral. lrbtn a oere m o111 ia needed, leave it to the J panese to figure out something od4 and oriental. 0701an Shibata l• one of the rlobeet men 1li the pref ture ot IbanJd.. I don't mow nat lblbata hall b . . doiag to provoke noh a draatla •e• Year's reaolutloa •• he likecl to lllblb• ioo freei, of the rloe •Sa• oallel aatl. 111 aq oaee, he anaouaoed tlat he wae ut onl7 golag iio tum over a new leaf ---Ile waa goina+o 'begla a new llta. to do that properl~, he bal to die flrat -• at leaet IIJID'bolloalq. • lo he arranged for a f uner a l tor himself. Shibata, ••lag riah, oould give himself a trul7 epeotaaular :t'UDeral. He hired a battalion o f uh into pr1eats to oonduot the ritual-- '1114 hired three thouaand mourners. At a looal temple, heh d hims lf uh r o uded in wh ite robes and plaoed in- 'l coffin - -u ooffin wnp tuou s • t n d ex :n ens 1ve. He ap ed \ round him ere five hundred re th e of flowers -- whioh he provided. An . ao today the uner l was held, with hibata pl y in g dead 1n moat convincing wa1. That 1a, until the moment oame to t 4 ke hlm out and burJ hi■ -- or cr••t• iasa. Juat ln till• ~o avoid that, Shibata aat up la hl• oottla ant anno,moe4 hla Bew Year'• re1olatlon. Be aa14 he na taeglnniag a • • llfe. He told of tbe Tlrtuea he 1Jlt•lel to p~••'tl•, ant laTlte4 a1rt1ae prl . . ta ant the thl-ee th0uaa4 mov.men io hl• hou• for ,ea. lell, I au))]>oae ,hen are a lot of ua 1lhe •4e Sn Year'• resolutions to4a7 -- but hardlJ la ■uoll epeotaealar taahion. -o- • 11 1 t or. ' t I o Jl ODd 111, eor 1 , a W O n w a e ized b7 n a ... 11 ~ 41 tor, a-~w• ei ht o~~~t■ a 4of the alligator clr a g in her, hea r gged t he a lli ga tor into her bouee. -a4 shot it t hl'Ough the he 4 with a p1ato1. ult• an exploit for lad). ~ be la Jira V llaon7 -- who, 1th her huab!lll4, operate■ a Geor!':l a a nimal tan. lira Kaon, n■ out ohaalag a mouq, trJing to oatob the oritter, whea ■Ile pt too oloae to the alligator, wh1oh aeiae& her arm witla a grip - Jira llaoa~ me• enough abo1lt Georgia •amp llfe to reall•• that there waa onlJ one nJ to make tbat alligator let go. In her house there waa a p l■tol, ao she atar'et 4ragg1n p; the elght ' foot reptile. s l\e ma d e it., hauled tile alli tor right into the house and reached for the piatol. A shot rm g; out, d the 3 ll1gator let go-• a d e d alll tor. l London --- In London h ie Y ar'a y. there were a p pe ranoea 1n • olioe court -- v. 1th a .aniq members of Landoni ■ ArtJ - rt set doing the ppearin. This •allowed a riot lan n1 . ght 1n whioh all ihe London traditions of dlgnlt7 BD4 deool'WI ••r• oomplete11 shattered. Wbe Chelsea na ooatu.a• ball was held•• for the flr~t t i • slaoe ttie .. - beginalng of worll war nuaber two. London•• artiailo Boheiala gatheret la ropl Albert Hall, where the nnl17 - • p n louder ond lo•l•r, un tll the 011- at the airoke of attalghle &loag •1th the••• Yeai, there entered two exoeaa of olothea. The orow4 of flTe thouaaDI ~811111e4 a re 111 oloae look, al mbe~ed abo rd a float-• wh1oh waa ten f et hi h. Fifty o hers follo ed suit, the mob awarmlllg - • ..