Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UlMHintjfen \ Washington, May 8? Moat of tttffi wih.K'h Hoaaioin* of tha House have taken up In consideration of a bli; to empower the President to purchase or requisition for our use,during this emergency any aud all fdr,.u? vessels now idle in our harbors. Thefe are 83 such immobilised ships in our ports: 1 is Belgium; 30 are Danish; 14 are French; 2 are German; 2 are Estonion; 1 is Rumanian; l i* Lithuanian; and 20 are Italian. H 1h anticipated that Borne of the ahlps will be paid for by us and transferred to Great Britain, or that, diey will be used by the United j states to replace some of our ships; lha, are now being transferred to Britain. After three days' debate the bill was passed J>y a vote of over two | to one and now* goes to the Senate. | The raging question before the Country now is whether or not American battleships and planea will be ordered to convoy war materials to Croat Britain. 'Until recently it had been understood that. a largo proportion of the ships carrying war materials from this country to Britain have been sunk by the Germans, but figures released here yesterday do not show this to be the case. The figures published by Admiral Land revealed that out of over 200 ships, leaving American ports for Great Britain during the last three months, only 8 or 9 have been loBt. .It is therefore evident that little less than 95 per cent of the material we have boen sending has reached its destination. It is also generally understood that armed convoys mean our immediate participation in the , war. In view of the fact that the President has declared that "convoys, mean shooting and shooting means war" it is assumed that no such steps will be taken by the Presideqt as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and - Navy without submitting the question | to Congress, as Congress under the Constitution is vested with the responsibility of declaring war. It [ is a very serious question and each and every member of Congress feels ' the weight of this grave responsibility News that the Army is going , to operate 10 officer tralulhg sphpols for especially qualified men in the ranks, beginning July 1, has brought hope to 402,000 selective service men. Gen. George C. Marshall, chief, of staff, who started his own army career as a private, disclosed plans recently to send 2,300 selectees to these schools for the initial threemonth coufses. The- men must be endowed with real leadership qualifications and must have served six months in the Army. It means that the selectee can be promoted to a .second lieutenancy at the end of nine 1 months of service. Originally the ' Army had planned to operate only , four officer schools for 500 men. This will be ? big improvement over the system used in the last war, vGien many men upon the declaration of war rushed*to the colors and Joined the army as privates, only to find that they had little or no chajace Of promotioii to a commission. .In 1917 Officers Training Camps were organized and applicants were mainly accepted from civilian life and very f< w men who had already entered the. ranks had the chance. to attend them. The result was that there wore many officers of the United States Army who had only had from three to six months military training with no actqal experience in the ' ranks, except la the training camp Itself. This system was necessary at the time because ' the Uulted States Army did not have sufficient officers 1q the Heserve. During this emergency conditions are dlfferout, however, as . for a number of years the army has been feeding Into the Reserve trained youug R. O. T. C. ' officers who, 1 am confident, will All the bill splendidly. More than 8,000 young officers will jm called to active Army duty as second' lieutenants this summer on their graduation from college and completion of training in the Reserve Officers' Trlaning Corps. Those who have not completed their R. O. T.'C. work or are under 21 years of ago at the time of their graduation are not to be called Immediately, the War Department said, but all others are ' to be nrflrged with the Army At the earliest possible timfe. .The War Department announcement was made iu collection with ?tbe preparations for summer R. O. T. C. training at 81 Army posts beginning in June. President Roosevelt has signed the i annual Navy supply, mil, totaling * $3,416,621,760. Meanwhile, the House, I Naval Committee approved leglsla| tlon authorizing a $67,760,000 aircraft | station develbpment program for uge by Navy patrol blimps. The meaaj ure would authorize six main' operating bases, provision of station facilities at five unnamed locations outside continental United States and the construction - of auxiliary bases at various coastal points as part of a two-year program. Main bases would be situated In the Boston area, at Elizabeth City, North Carolina; at Sunnyvale, California; | near Miami, Florida; in the Southern California area and on Puget Sound. ' *1 i There is a family in San Pedro, Calif., In which for four generations no daughters has been bora, although there have been 36 sons. notice All parties Indebted to the estate of Ettft T. Perry are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, haying claims against the said estate will present likewise, duly "attested, within 5he time prescribed ty law*. R. M. PERRY, Administrator. Camden, S. 0., April 1941. wt "BuildJJp" Relief Explained to Women A simple method has saved many women a lot of sqfferfogf < r* _I It is based on the fset that headsches, nervousness, cramp-like psin are often Symptoms of functional dysmenorrhea doe to malnutrition. Help for this condition so oftsB / follows the use ef CARDUI, be- , cause it usually increases the ap-_ petite and the flow of gastric Juice; thus aids dlgsstioB gnd bstps build Physlcal# resistance. Usual result ia Use periodic rilid?I. Many who take CABDUI n few days Wore-and during "the tin** have found this helps jpWyflrtsdlc Ripeness Important In 'Combining' Grain r > i. i .i . ..? Farmer** who are planning to use combines for harvesting their small grain crops may profit by a word of caution again this year, says county agent W. C. McCarley. pointing out the Importance of letting the grain ripen thoroughly before starting the combine. During the past few years there have been some criticisms of the combine method on account of the grain spoiling after harvest. This difficulty. however, was probably due In most cases of harvesting the grain; before It was dead ripe, the county. agent explains. In harvesting most cereal grain the ( combine should not bo started until ten days to two weekB after it la oustomary to begin harvesting with a binder. If the threshed grain feels damp or is. easily dented with the fingernail, the moisture content is too high for safe storage. If there is any doubt as to the safekeeping qualities of the grain after being harvested with a combine, it should be spread out on the floor of some shed or other building and stirred frequently for several days. Another method that has been recommended is to sack the grain in Backs that are not more than twothirds full and Btack the sacks In rows so that air can circulate freely on at least two sifies. It is also advisable to move the sacks once or twice at'day to insure better ventilation. Largest brain ever reported by Mexlean physicians was that of Leon Trotsky, which weighed 3 1-2 ponds. Largest evbr recorded in* medical history was that of a Russlon novelist, Ivan Turgenoff, whcih weighed 4 pounds, 10 ounces. ? * L Fines Assessed For Careless Fires Columbia, April *5 A flue of nfiy dollars baa just been paid, -by persona responsible for the ear ape of Ave Ares, In Magistrate San ford Scrugg's Court at Dentsvllle. The alternative was seventy flvo days In Jail. The total acreage burned in theae Ave Area total 145 ucrua. .< 'Pho Area escaped from the brush burning activities of telephone rightof-way clearing crews. The.Aroa occurred during the dry windy period of April 12 to 19 when anyone who was careless with Are from Malno to Florida and west to Texas was Inviting a holocaust similar to that which destroyed homos and forests in New Jersey and Massachusetts. The Ave fires broke out on the west aide of the Columbia?Camdon Highway which is XT. 8. Highway No 1. Traffic was Impeded and driving was mado dangerous when the smoke covered the highway. One of tho Ares swept across the railroad right-of-way which had boen previously made safe by burning and ! then also crossed the highway and Ignited one corner of Sosqul-Centennlal State Park. However, quick work on the part of the Are-fighters prevented It from spreading through the park. The Ares were detected by Towerman R. E. Paschal, whose station Is in thp Park tower end they were fought by County Ranger T. W. Cooper's forces under the direction of Warden Ho\rard Snelling. The warden had the assistance of three County Protective Association Crews, twenty boys from the Pontine ^C. C. C. Camp and twenty-Ave volunteer workers. State Forester Smith said "The folly of being careless with Are, particularly when burning brush or when passing through grassy fields and woodland 1b being graphically portrayod lu the newspapers, In tho news roola and over tho radio In showing the great loss' of valuable property In the North and Eaat. "It can happen hore, too, lu. our own resort sections, In rural communities and in our military camps, "The thinking public of South Carolina is fast coining to the conclusion that the coat of woods fires la a "luxury" we cannot afford. "The state Are laws need to be vigorously applied by all law enforcement agencies and Are cases brought before magistrate and courts deserve their most serious consideration. "Several South Carolina counties have in force laws requiring brush burners to obtain permits to burn before setting Are to Inflammable material. Other counties are introducing similar legislation. It Is believed tha^ these laws have done much to call attention of tenants and others to the danger of fires adjacent to woodlands." Our earth not only turns on its axis every 24 hours and whirls around the sun once every 366 days, but It also travels ceaselessly lu a northerly direction at the rate of 43,200 miles an hour. MRS. MINNIE RAY DEAD Mrs. Minnie Hay, 69, of Hagood died lit the Camden hospital Monday alter an illness of four days. She w?h the widow of Thomas Hay. Funeral services wore conducted Theaday at 4 p. in. from l'ine drove baptist church. Interment was in the church cemetery. She is survived by one son, John Kay, Camden; four daughters, Mrs. T. H. Hay, llugood; Mrs. L. It. Kay and Mrs. J. K. Blackwell, St. Mat life we; Mrs. George Wilson. Cauulen. HUMAN NATURE In complacement momentH It la s not unusual for us to loan back In a comfortable chair ami commune with ourselves to the effect, that civilian* tlon has wrought munjJ advances. ineluding improvement In man hlmaolf, May ho so. but as one surveys the world today, and the people In it. he baa occasion to wonder lhick in the stone ago, care men pounded ouch other with rocks and claim to gal, 11 possession of the woman that happened to be the apple of their eyes. Today men and nations are bombing 'each other from the skies1 for the possession of sections of land and exploitation of Ideas. Keully, tho cause of tho cave man seems the more laudable. And then again, there Is tho selfish trait In human nature?tho looking out for one's self and letting the devil take the himlormost. Prosecution of tho defense program and aid to Britain is taking the materials and men that buld for us automobiles apd Ice boxes. Present demand for tAese articles exceeds the supply, because everyone and,his brother Is changing his car or tho cooler because they are hound to ho scarcer, higher priced ahd of poorer quality another year. The snme selfish streak that caused . the Greatest Man the world has over known to be sold out for thirty pieces of silvor still abides with us as Individuals. Human nature has not changed very much down through the centuries.?Leroy (N. Y.) Gazette. i mn,m An oil painting of a man of distinguished features was hung In the office of the district judge In the courthouse at Galveston, Tex., for 40 years. No one knows who the man is or wqb, and the judgo has been trying to learn hla Identity for more than five years. \SSSSSBBBBOm\ , . | | | g , .y . 4 ' 4 . -?AVfOC O xloes itagain! a J \ . . . ' \ ' . / .The Company that gave America its- FIRST - special motor fuel is now FIRST AGAIN...with ...... ... new, mightier HYDRO-FORMED AMOCO! | *V . Over twenty-five years ago, thp American Oil Company gave Amoco-Gas to the public. It was the first special motor fuel ?making possible the high compression automobile motor. r- . - y : ' . ? ?v? At first people smiled ? wondered why a special " fuel was necessary. Then they tried Amoco-Gas, and discovered that they obtained performance and . , economy absolutely impossible for any ordinary gasoline to deliver. | \ Steadity Improved, Year by Year T~ v ; v As motors became more powerful, as compression increased, as operating temperatures moved v up, Amoco-Gas kept pace, stepping up quality and | ^ * ' efficiency with each motor improvement. ; , i,jr. . ? Amoco Does It Again !> For years chemists and engineers have striven to improve gasoline efficiency even more, l>y reguf r lating its combustion in the cylinders. They knew that if a way could be found to cut down violent, explosive shock> much power-waste could be elimiMfc't nated?transformed into useful energy. ' Hydro-forming Solves The Problem! ' ' ' tionary new Hydro-forming Process of refining gasoline, pioneered by the American Oft Company, and used to make Hydro-formed Amoco-Gas. Hydro-formpig imparts new and even mightier qualities to Amoco. Most important of all, /permits combustion control ?Flame Control! jdM gg Flame Control Gives Cushioned Power! Hydro-formed Amoco-Gas burns in a different - way. Flame ControL reduces violent, explosive shock, cuts down waste, and produces more useful energy. Cushioned Power now replaces severe detonation ? delivers a satin-soft, s-m-o-o-t-h surge of | energy ? a flow of driving power that follows the pistons through their entire coitrse. Vibration is hushed ? destructive pounding on bearings and moving parts is reduced. . ^ i "* * Better Road Octane ! ^ Official results of road tests by Industry Com- . mittees show that conventional gasolines, on the average, lose octanes on the road. Hydro-formed 4 Amoco-Gas actually gains them ? surpassing laboratory figures .because its knock^arreating constituents become vaporized, distributed more evenly and impartially to all cylinders alike. ' An All-time High in Quality ! ^ Good as Amoco-Gas has always been, it is now mightier .than ever ? reaching an all-time high in quality and efficiency. Everything that makes for outstanding performance moves to new levela. ^ Point for point, ifls the finest motor fuel.we have ever produced." Test Hydro-formed Amoco-Gas yourself I Com* t pare it feature for feature* with any other gas you have ever used. See how it outdates your old conception of <juick starting, of getaway and pickup, of pulling power and mileage. Never before have we made such a Sk 39 AMERICAN OIL CO. /jfjUHSssi Always the best?now better than ever! *7 !"*" t'vS * ~ ' ~i?mjv- - ?*m*mc"?n.^"'*l?li ' wffc?iii?m?mii ~i * i m