The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 10, 1942, Image 9
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S C
Page Nine
HERSHEY TO REMAIN
DRAFT DIRECTOR
*
McKutt Is Monpwer
Chief. New 38-Year Age
Limit for Draftees.
Washington, Dec. 6. — Manpower
Commissioner Paul V. McNutt plans
to retain Majbr General Lewis B.
Hershey as director of selectiye ser
vice under the new setup which gives
McNutt overall charge of the assign
ment of the nation’s armed and ci
vilian manpower. *
The forty-nine year old Hershey
has been in charge of the selective
service system since July 31, 1941,
and before that was deputy director
under Dr. Clarence Dykstra, who
headed tne system after its establish
ment in 1940.
As far back as last January, Her
shey urged Secretaries Stimson and
Knox to stop recruiting volunteers
for the army, navy and marine corps
and rely exclusively on selective ser
vice;
This came about Saturday when
President Roosevelt ended voluntary
enlistments of men eighteen to thirty-
eight as part of his order putting Mc
Nutt in charge of both armed and
civilian manpower. At the same time,
the army suspended the induction of
men thirty-eight and over and clear
ed the way for honorable discharge
from the army of those over that age
who would be more useful in war in
dustry.
Suspending the induction of single
as well as married men over thirty-
eight obviously will make it neces
sary for draft boards to take more
married men under thirty-eight than
otherwise would have - been called,
following exhaustion Of the pool of
single men. still available and the
eighteen and nineteen-year-olds who
will become available after their reg
istration this month.
Among other matters to be worked
out is the question of how the selec
tees will be assigned as among the
army, navy, marines and coast guard.
The president’s order said that the
secretaries ■ of war and navy, after
consultation with McNutt, should de
termine the number of men required
to be selected each month to fulfill
the respective requirements of the
services.
The calls now to be made upon se
lective Service by the navy will not
result in increasing the monthly quo
tas of the states, officials explained,
because the quotas in the past have
covered both selectees and volunteers
for all the armed services and the
navy’s needs have been included in
them.
While the question still remained
undecided today, a number of those
directly interested in the problem
thought that the individual draftee
would be given his choice of services,
at least at the outset.
Laurens Man Is
Seriously Burned
Laurens, Dec. 7.—Machen H. Mon
roe, mechanic’s assistant at Laurens
airport, was badly burned about the
shoulders, neck and feet today when
a can of chemical fluid exploded in
the office near the heater in which
he was in the act of starting a fire.
G. L. Lucas, shop manager, quoted
Mr. Monroe as saying he did not
see the container but heard the ex
plosion and immediately was en
veloped by the flaming liquid.
In efforts to beat back the flames,
he tripped and fell before making
his escape from the room. Alone and
half clad he drove to his home in
the city and was at once taken to
the local hospital. He was reported
to be resting fairly well early to
night.
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Roving Reporter
Checks Oldest
Christmas Gifts
Even in the doll world, science has
come through with its help.
Jt has perfected an "almost hu
man” doll-whose heart beat can
be distinguished by means of the
stethoscope that is furnished with
the doll's layette. So now little Jan-
ey, if she becomes worried about
the condition of her "little baby’s”
PROVE IT, LAD
Army VCollege Boys Musi
Show Aptitude for Learning.
1
The army’s plan to convert many
colleges and universities into train
ing bases is a tipoff that the war de
partment expects a long, hard war.
ly the system is in need of an over
hauling job. If the army's jrtmng men
are required to prove their right to -
higher learning, might not a scheme
of that sort be worked upon the
younger generations of the future?—|
The Charlotte News."
In Chicago, a roving reporter for
a daily newspaper was given the as
signment to go out and ask various Some 250,000 soldiers are to be sent
persons what were the oldest pres- (to school for technical and scientific
ents they had saved .from past jtraining soon, the plan to be an-
Christmas holidays. nounced within two > weeks. 1 But
What he learned from a young mu- ! though campuses are to take on a
sician was that when he was 12 new air, and the country’s education-
years old his parents gave him a , al facilities diverted toward a full
red, white and blue decorated snare |war program, the greater significance
drum. That very drum started him .of the move seems to us to be this
on his professional music career. 1 innovation in educational policies.
The musician said it was more than i Logically enough, only boys able
“just a gift” for it had influenced to demonstrate their aptitude and
his whole life. ability to absorb higher education;
Then the roving reporter asked a will be enrolled in courses lasting
housewife what gift she had saved ithrough 1945. And that represents
health—even though its cheeks are
rosy—need but put the stethoscope
to use. The health, of course, all
depends on Janey’s decision.
There are today, even little doll-
babies that eat from a spoon, make
use of a, nursery bottle like any lit
tle veteran of the crib, and even
blow bubbles. Why, if -Janey wants
them to, they'll even walk along with
her, provided, Of course, she-holds
at least one hand. You will note,
too, wh°ei^ Janey and her little doll
do go qut for a walk, the doll walks
much more gracefully than ever be
fore.
v Little Janey will also notice that
this year reaches a new high in
smart clothing for her doll. The
right style wardrobes and even ac
cessories for all occasions have been
designed.
Miss Janey is going to have a fine
time with her new, modem doll this
Christmas.
from her early days- She replied
that it was a doll given by her
mother. Since her mother is dead,
she keeps it in her memory for it
has great sentimental value.
Another woman, a "collection cor
respondent,” told the reporter that
when she was eight years old an
aunt gave her a doll. She, too, as
a fitting remembrance of her aunt,
has kept the doll even though little
of the original remains, haying had
to replace its head and clothes. It
Still retains its charm, she said.
Another young man, a cutter by
trade, was stopped and asked what
he had. saved. He said that the
Christmas following the death of
his mother, his father gave him her
ring. He had it made over to fit
his finger and has worn it ever
since. He has hopes of passing it
on to a child of his own.
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Ironically enough, several strange
and important war activities have
taken place on Christmas day.
One which many of the British
and German soldiers of the last
World war remember is the strange
Christmas day that took place on
the 1914 front. The World war was
definitely on, but for a short time,
on Christmas day, there was a pe
riod of peace on earth between the
fighting soldiers.
In the Flanders sector, German
apd British soldiers ceased firing
by mutual agreement, and went over
to each other’s trenches and dugouts
to spend the day in feasting and
celebration.
A very important military event
in colonial American history also
took place on Christmas day. George
Washington, leading his brave, but
weather-beaten'army of 2,400 men
across the Delaware, captured the
city of Trenton, N. J., which British
and Hessian troops were then oc
cupying. Over 1,500 enemy troops
were captured in the surprise
march.
Gay Christmas Plants
IVill Appeal to Mother
Here is a suggestion tor the young
men and ladies, around 10 or 15,
who have been saving their money
for mother’s Christmas present, yet
don’t know what to get for her:
Get her a Christmas, plant!
She’ll enjoy it as much as any
of the many others. Of all the
Christmas plants,
the one which tru
ly reflects the sea
son of the year
(almost as much
as the -Christmas
tree) is the poin-
settia. This red-
leafed plant has
a soft, yet force
ful, beauty to it
that has, as yet,
failed to attract
the eye of those
who are suscepti
ble to any fqrm
of color.
Other red flowers are popular, too,
but not as easily obtainable as the
pleasant poinset-
tia. There is the
Jerusalem cher
ry, the red cycla
men.
an almost revolutionary principle.!
For generations, thousands of Ameri-!
can youngsters have gone to college |
who had no business' there, who de-
j rived little benefit from exposure to
learning. .
College students have not been se
lected by any system. Those who
could pay, or work their way, poured
through the gates of knowledge and
out again in ever-increasing num
bers. . %
With the army in an emergency,
however, things are different. Real
ism popped out because the war de
partment, for now ahd later, had
need of men with technical and sci
entific training. They will leave noth
ing ' to chance, and there wiil be
nothing of the Joe College in the uni
formed students'who appear in num
bers in the classrooms of Alma Ma
ter. They’ll be there to learn, and
solely because they haVe shown they
can and want to learn.
That certainly might be used as an
opening -.wedge in a national cam
paign to put advanced public school
ing on a selective basis, and certain-
WICKARD SAYS WILL
INFORM PEOPLE ON
FOOD SITUATION
Memphis, Dec. 7.-^The nation’s
newly-appointed food czar pledged-
himself today to keep the people'
“better informed concerning the cur
rent fod situation” that they may 1
cooperate willingly.
Under mandate of President
Roosevelt to help provide food for
the armed forces, the Allies and lib
erated countries. Secretary of Agri
culture Claude R. Wickard said “I’m
sure that working together we can
make food one of the most decisive
factors in winning the war.”
The secretary came here to ad
dress farm war board representa
tives of 14 states with an appeal for*
planned farm programs ahd produc
tion of more fod for home need*.
Wickard told newsmen betweeni
conference sessions that he had ftalK
confidence in cooperation of the peo
ple "provided they are fully inform
ed of what they should do and why."*
“It is my hope,” he said, “that
can keep not only producers,
cessors and distributors of food well
informed concerning the current food
situation but that we can keep the;
housewives better informed: I’d Bhe -
to make that kind of pledge to
housewives.”
Be sure—Insure with ST
FARM Insurance. See
D. Lynn.
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If you do pur
chase mother a
poinsettia set it
in an attractive
colored pot (wrap
it in colored
Christmas paper)
and tie a little
red ribbon with a bow on it. That
will put the "finishing touch” to a
Christmas gift that ia different.
IBM
Decorate Christmas Tree
1,300 Feet Under Ground
When Your
Back Hurts*
And Your Strength and
la Below Par
About ten years ago, in Ishpe-
ming. Mich., timber haulers were on
their way to a mine to put up
some trussing, found a small Christ
mas tree on the side of the road
which had probably fallen from a
truck.
One of the*men picked up the tree
and threw it on top of the timber.
At the mine the tree was sent down
1,300 feet into the mine. One of the
miners picked it up, put it on the
aide of the passageway. At lunch
1 time some of the miners decorated
the ttee with bits of paper from
their lunch kits.
"Let’s do this every year," one
ot them suggested.
Since then a small Christmas tree
la set up in that Michigan mine pas
sageway. And not only the miners,
but their guests, gather ’round the
tree at 6 a. m., exchange gifts and
indulge in small talk for about a
half hour before starting their shift
It majr b* «MMd by diaordar of Md-
noy function that permit* poisonous
to aoeuralato. For truly many
and asioarablo
from tbo
people fool tired,
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adds and other waato m
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Y* kidneys or Madder.
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Here Is a Festive
Hard Sauce to Go
With Yule Pudding
American Spirit Is Noted
In Tots’ Homemade Toys
With a typical American wartime
spirit, the people of the nation have
started to manufacture many of
their own Christmas toys.
For instance, in those shops where
bits of wood are left from repair
work, such lumber remnants can
ha used tor the building of toys.
Smoothly sawed off pieces make fine
building blocks.
Spools and wooden cigar ooxes
come in for use as toys, too. The
boxes can be made into trains, and
spools can be used as wheels for
them. Spools can «ven be strung
together for beads, or lined up for
imitation trains to be drawn along
the floor by the baby.
Even the tasty hard sauce now
corner to the table in a gala dress.
For instance here are these holiday
hard sauce pinwheels to serve with
your favorite steamed pudding.
*Hard Sanee Pinwheels
cup butter.
1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
Mi teaspoon grated lemon rind '
ft tablespoon cream
2 teaspoons orange juice
Vfc teaspoon grated orange rind
Orange food coloring
Cream butter until soft and grad
ually beat in sugar. Divide mix
ture in half and add cream and grat
ed lemon rind to one portion and
the orange juice and rind to the
other portion. Add food coloring to
orange flavored portion to tint a del
icate orange. Spread lemon flavored
portion on a cold damp cloth and
spread orange mixture over it Roll
as for jelly roll and place In refrig-
erator^When hard, cut in slices and
serve with steamed puddings or
mince pie.
Not Santa, but ‘Nisson’
Visits Danish Children
The Danish children do not have
a Santa Claus, but instead a Christ
mas brownie, called "Nisson,” a lit
tle old man with a long, gray beard
who supposedly Uvea under the
ground.
The chief features of a Danish
Christmas dinnar are roast goose,
rice and apple fritters.
’ When the storks have left their
nesta in autumn, boatloads of coarse
brown crockery in the shape of lit-,
tie pigs, with a slit in the back, are
brought to Denmark and bought , by
the children. They are savings hanks
into which the children drop their
pennies. The image is not broken
until Christmas time.
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