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William “Tubby” Colby, 19-year-old son of Mrs. James Colby of Lake Placid, has received word from the New York Yankee headquarters to report for their early season tryouts at St. Petersburg, Fla., on Jan. 1.

Young Colby, who has been a high school sensation in this area for the past three years and also one of the top hurlers in the Champlain Valley League during the summer months, attended the New York Yankee baseball school in Plattsburgh during August where he was surveyed by Yankee scouts.

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Marshall Plan support

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Charging that “unless we get food to Western Europe immediately,” the Russians, because of the bumper crop will do it for political reasons, Harold Weston of St. Huberts, a member of the Food For Freedom program of the government for more than five years, told members of the Lions Club here Tuesday that “World War III would be inevitable unless the Marshall Plan was carried out.”

“The success of the Marshall Plan,” Mr. Weston asserted, “would strengthen Europe against Russia, and in strengthening Europe, world peace would be realized much sooner.”

“However,” Mr. Weston added, “we’re a hundred million bushels short of what could be sent over because of crop failures. Therefore, it is imperative we solidly back the voluntary food saving plan.”

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Food rationing

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Voluntary food rationing was favored at the October meeting of the Adirondack Business and Professional Women’s Club of Saranac Lake and Lake Placid held here at the Homestead.

Participating in a national poll conducted by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, the local organization favored voluntary rationing and a special session of Congress to deal with the food situation.

A graphic picture of the growth of the Adirondack area since the coming of the pioneers in the 18th century was given by Mrs. Marjorie Porter, editor of the Essex County Republican.

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Ski Trail Amendment

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Gov. Dewey, Republican and Democratic state committees, outdoor organizations and a host of informed individuals have urged a large vote in favor of the Ski Trail Amendment, appearing on Election Day on the voting machines as No. 6.

Briefly, No. 6 amends the Constitution so as to permit construction of ski trails on state land on Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills and Gore Mountain in the Adirondacks.

The amendment is similar to the one passed in 1941 which enabled development of Whiteface Mountain as a ski center. Necessary money for development would have to be authorized by the Legislature after passage of the amendment.

Opposition is based largely on the assumption that such an amendment is an invasion of the Forest Preserve, an entering wedge for commercial interests.

However, the attorney general has already ruled that any development on state land must be made by a state agency such as the Conservation Department and cannot be made by private interests.