The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 05, 1942, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
HOT Oil THE |Et) I
Jtf THE SKIPPER. I
-:ee! is to bo released in Can
making lawn mowers, l'er
jjj.,. doesn't cut any ico with
H, 11,?>pto. but it doesn't cut any ^
'
y,?. tliink lhat'a a rather willy
B |?- mo add in view of the fact
B( [ti. tv will be 110 steel for mowers
^^H might get real cute and remark,
Ui.it s all there Is, there isn't
nton
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in a military book which
Brl,( likened to a who's who that
K oftner list his commercial pur.
H ;is a relentless chase for beer".'
Hnt you imagine that fellow fighting
midst an ale of shrapnel.
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H'rh-nd of mine here in Camden who
Heded a new set of teeth used the j
Hnes lie had saved for the set in 1
Hying a defense bond. Good for bim.'
Hat's putting teeth into America's
^Er effort by Jimminy. j
Byes Wfllie. Sunday is the first day
H the weak. It Is a day of rest and
^^B minuu* commercials.
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just think folks, In one week last
Harih 2:5.000.000 people In the United
H&tes suffered from colds and the
Hvico preferred by the rest of the
Hipulation.
?
H A in t radio something fierce of late.
H's hard to tell whether tweetie-weeHes.
or whatever it may be, are interH'P'i!'-'
the war, or the war Inter-.
?Hmrim: rwt'^ie^W&fi.tles.
I Musings of the wqek:?The map
Hhh tin* red nose may not be bibulHu
at all as he may have got that
Hay from keeping his nose too much
H>1 the grindstone. For many a deHu.ame
who has gone in for war
Hrork. a revolving lathe is now fashion
s whirl. Wooden tires will never
Birove popuhir for the folks in the
Humble seat. No matter how old a
Har may be. If it stops for every
Hhumber on the road, it will have
^Hleuty of pickup. Since the use of
Hutomobiles is more or less curtailed
Hnd niany folks are going to return to
^Bu)rse<*. there have been countless ln quiri-s
made as to harness a horse.
Hour advice is" Don't." If this Idea of't
^ woodi'ti tires inflated with saw dust
Hgets tinder way, filling stations will j
be offering motorists a saw anl a
cedar log. If the enemy is really able j
to extract useful information from (
radio quiz, we have been underestiHinatuu'
him again.
i ii*:ver could see any sense in
coftables until I found out they;
B wer- just ttie right height to rest my;
te*'r 1
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Th most annoying thing about the
I have been suffering from
tor th. past two weeks is that it has
Reriu;i>ly interrupted me when I have
been giving advice as to how to cure
a told.
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How about someone writing a song
ano give it the title of "What do I
war.; with sugar as long as I have
you.
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They used to gay about a man
he is worth his salt. Today he should
say he is worth his sugar.
Signs of The Times
Myrtle Beach, May 27. ? A hotel t
here has adopted the old surfy of j
ante-bellum days for transporting its
lues's to and from the beach.
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[ ROSES and THORNS |
Thorns to the guy who manipulated
iho tire alarm Snnday at noon.
The walling caused hundreds of people
to believe It was an air-raid
alarm, and believe you me, there
sure was some excitement in our fuir
city. We think it might bo a good
idea to avoid these mistakes. You've
all heard the story of the boy who
cried "wolf" too often.
?
Looking ovt*r at the new armory
and wondering when the unsightly
piles of lumber and debris would be
removed from each side of the building
and some effort made to fill up
and landscape the area.
?
Gazing at the roadway lending
from U. S. Highway No. 1 into the
depot area and wondering if something
cannot be done to clean out the
jungle now growing up around the
depot and drive. Man alive, what an
opportunity for some construclive
landscaping by the garden club.
*
That fire at the airport attracted
a parade of cars'to the scene. The
fire was in a pile of lumber back of
the bujlding used by the Daniels'
Construction Company and madq a
plenty of smoke.
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The city pumper was stationed at
the swimming pool in front of the
canttfeik building and sent a stream
I . ft I ,1 . il * 1 I ?i J
of water licaidy a quart t?r of a mile
through" a line of hose to the scene
of the fire.
By'the way, getting over to the
subject of gas rationing, in view of
the number of X cards issued to congress.
it is interesting to note, says
the Columbia State, that a member
of th*e House of Commons in England
gets only two gallons a week?or one
gallon less than our A cards permit.
'
What with sugar rationing, gas rationing,
home seeking and what not,
the telephone in the office of the
Chamber of Commerce is working
overtime?although we confess there
are proper units to contact the sugar
and gas problems. One of the questions
that has come to us quite fre-"
quently of late concerns the use of a
motor car for a vacation jaunt. We
made inquiry and have been advised
that vacation jaunts are not essential
and as such are taboo undel( the
rationing law. While we confess we
do not know just what the penalty
might be, we have a sneaking idea
that when the next rationing takes
place in July, some birds will hud
their X cards or B-3's taken away
from them. After all, it's a hell of
an unpatriotic act.
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Sport Potpourri:
BY THE SKIPPER
They had better have a lot of hot
dogs on hand at the New York polo
grounds for baseball's all-star game
July 6. This game is to be a daylight
affair, beginning at 5:30 o'clock because
of the dimout restrictions. That
will mean that office workers and
other baseball fans with day jobs
may get to see the all-star game,
but instead of going home for dinner,
they can go to the polo grounds
and munch hot dogs.
?
Quite a number of Camden fight
fans listened in on the Ray RobinsonMarty
Servel fight last Thursday
night. The decision of the Judges in
giving this fight to Robinson almost
precipitated a riot ou the part of some
I&.tMH) epeetatora, for It waa plainly
evident that Servel had au edge over
his dusky opponent deaplte the fact
he loat one round for hitting low.
The decision smacked of rankneaa
aud waa plainly rendered because of
Robinson's coming bout with Champion
Cochrane.
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Lou Nova's dream of another crack
at Joe Louis and the world heavyweight
title was shuttered last Monday
night when Lee SavoUi, Des
Moines heavyweight, scored a technical
knockout over the sturdy Californiau
In the nlneth round of a ten
round tight. A crowd of 16.000 people
saw this ringside upset which came
while Nova was undergoing the routine
of his seconds, uwaltlng the gong
which would start the nlneth round.
Former welterweight champion.
Fritz Kivic. of Pittsburgh, pounded former
lightweight champion Lew Jenkins
of Sweet Water, Texas,Into a gory
mess last Monday night.
Wo listened with a great deal of interest
to a local baseball expert doscribe
the strategy of a baseball manager
in Jockeying around with piuch
hitters with the opposing manager
was doing likewise with pitchers. In
other words, it was an effort to put
a right hand batter against a left
bunded pitcher. For some reason or
other, a lot of baseball fans have
an Idea that a left handed pitcher
has the mastery over a left handed
butter and a right handed pitcher
over a right handed batter As far
back as this writer can remember
managers have been manipulating pitchers
and batters because of belief
in this strategy. If it works, it proves
that they are smart; but if it fails,
which happens Just as often, why,
that Is Just an accident.
The truth of the matter is that the
whole business Is a myth. From our
own observation however, a pitcher
has just one advantage, or supposed
advantage, over a batter of the same
variety. A curve breaks only one way.
He can vary it. If he throws overhand,
the break is downward! threequarter
sidearm, down and away (toward
his other side); sidearm, away
or even up a little up as wejl as away.
So a right hander can break his curve
away from a right handed batter, and
a left handed pitcher can break his
curve awav from a left handed Latter.
*
The theoretical advantage of this
lies in the fact that most hitters are
"pull"' hitters and develop more pewer
when they can hit a straight ball
or a curve breaking into them. They
are supposed to be weaker hitting a
breakaway ball.
i ' Although a pitcher's curve breaks
only one way, freak pltchs spch as
the screwball, the knuckle ball, etc.,
will break the other way. That is why
a smart pitcher tries to add such a
pitch to his repertory. Larry French,
at 33, Is reported to be learning how
to throw a knuckler, with Fred Fitzsimtnons
as his tutor.
We note by the press where the
Darlington high school baseball team
gets the state title by virtue of a
defeat of the Columbia Caps by a 2
to 1 score in the second game, which
proved to be the deciding one, in a
championship series. We saw the Darlington
team play?nuff sed. All we
can say is that high school baseball
in the Palmetto state has sure hit
a basement level.
From all we can learn by reading
the papers and hearing the folks from
the other towns talk, baseball is not
a popular sport from a spectator
standpoint in the midsouth, although
the area has contributed some outstanding
players to the major leagues.
We don't blame the youngsters for
not getting very enthusiastic?In the
face of the small crowds that gather
for the games.
The same Is true of golf. In most
places this writer has lived the people
turn out in goodly numbers for
the pasture pool sport. But not here.
We hope that the program to make
Legion baseball a success can be put
over. It was mighty nice of Alderman
Clyburn Smith and his hustling
lieutenant Donald McGulre Morrison
to arrange to put the ball park in fit
and fine shape for the season.
Dr. Carl West, State Legion Athletic
Director, addressed a message
to all the papers of the state, the subject
matter relating to Legion baseball.
We hope that Dr. Carl gets cooperation
in his program.
Looks rather bad for Legion baseball
here in Camden. \Vylle Sheorn
and Arthuh Clark have been trying to ]
get some action in the matter but
most of the folks think the effort
would be futile in view of the lack of
sufficient material and the problems '
engendered by the gas and tiro sit* '
uation. i '
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Personally, come hell or high wa- (
ter, we would like to see baseball '
played in Camden this summer, if we (
had to start a kids league. It's the '
grand old sport of the nation and '
Camden of all places should make a '
go of it. *
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We are quite pleased with the re- 1
sponse to our sofetball program. The 1
boys are' taking a lot of Interest in 1
the sport and the fans are tqrning
out well for the games. The eutry
of the Yanks, a team made up from
the ranks of the merchandizing establishments
of the city, was the high
light of the program so far. When
you can get such fine fellows as Cliff
McKain and Dan Davis and others
back of the project you're getting
somewhere.
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This will be good news to the motorists.
The OPA has issued a notice
to eastern motorists to reduce their
automobile mileage as much as possible
and not to worry If they failed
to use the gasoline allowed on their
first ration cards. Joel Dean, O. P. A.
fuel rationing chief, said failure to
use up a ration card would not place
the holder under any disadvantage?
either under the present temporary
setup or under the permanent coupon
plan which will be Inaugurated In
about three weeks.
*
It seems holders of "B" cards had
expressed fears that failure to use
their allowance might be accepted
evidence they had "padded" their
mileage estimates.
Do you remember the old saw
that "he who lives by the sword shall
perish by the same." Well, for a
fact, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
went sound to sleep while listening
to a recording of his own sp??ch. t
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To our many friends who daily
hurl sarcastic recriminations at me
because I will not agree with them
that the war will be over by Christmas?may
I ask that you specify
which Christmas?also what war.
At a Winconsin teacher's college a
food schedule has been worked out
by which a family of five may live
on $10 a week. Not "on and on"?
Just "on".
Well, the suits with the pants without
the cuffs ai'e being seen nowadays.
Removing the cuffs was only
a starter. This all-out war is going
to take the lounge right out of .the
lounge suit.
Red Cross Grads
Receive Certificates
(Continued from first page)
n front of tho church were mini:>ers
of the executive committee of
lie Red Cross chapter, representa;ives
of branch orgunlzutlons, the
dergy, hospital officials, Chamber of
Commerce officials, Mayor F. N. Mc?orkle
and city officials, officers of
'he Home Guard, officers of the 102nd
Cavalry from Fort Jackson and memtjers
of tho Red Cross graduating
L-lass of 1917.
Following the program in tho
churchyard the members of the band
and visiting officers were entertained
at a supper served in tho Guild
Hall of tho Episcopal church by the
members of the canteen corps under
the chairmanship of Mrs. A. Clifton
McKain. J , .
The exercises in the churchyard
were opened with the singing of
''America", with A. Clifton McKain
as leader. The invocation was given
by Rev. A. D. McArn, of the Presbyterian
church and the address of welcome
was given by Mayor F. N, McCorkle.
The presentation of the certificates
was made under the direction
of Major Brailsford with the
personal presentation by him to the
graduates of the first aid and motor
corps courses, and by MrB. Warren
Harris to the graduates of the
nutrition and canteen units as well
as the Nurses aides.
Colonel D. W. McGowan of the
102nd Cavalry presented the certificates
to the convoy and blackout
driving motor transport corps members.
Following the presentation of
the certificates, a volunteer service
pledge was recited by all the graduates.
In turn came a song, "Angels
of Mercy", by Mrs. Joe Brunson, after
which Miss Petigo, a Red Cross
Field Representative, gave a brief
talk. This was followed by the presentation
of the service ribbon bar
to Mrs. MayfleltJ. The program came
to a close with the benediction by Dr.
Maurice Clarke of Grace Episcopal
church, followed by the singing of the
national anthem. The band gave a
short concert concluding with the inspiring
southern number "Dixie".
The committee on formation consisted
of Mrs. Thelma Moody, Mrs.
Pearl Pittman,, Miss Helen Harman
Mrs. H. O. Wilson, Mrs. L. P. Tobln,
Major Brailsford, Miss Margaret Fewell,
Mrs. O. J. Smyrl, and Miss Lillian
Byrd.
"REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR"
TIMELY AND THRILLING THEME
As timely as tomorrow'* newspaper
headlines and oven twice a* exciting
is "Remember Pearl Harbor", the
Republic action drama which will be
soon for the last time at the Halglar
Theatre tonight.
Magnificently enacted by a splendid ,
cast which Includes Donald M. Hurry,
Alluu Curtis. Fay McKeiuie, lthya
Williams, Klg Unman and Maynard
| Holmes, and brilliantly directed by
| Joseph Santley. this new motion picture
is one of the most vivid and entertaining
films produced In many
years.
The battle scenes at the climax are,
of course, entirely fictional. Nevertheless
they have been splendidly
staged and rank among the moHt
spectacular ever tllmed in Hollywood,
Harry, Curtis, and Holmes are seen
as throe soldier pals stationed at a
IT. y. Army post In the Phllllpplnea.
Harry Is the "rugged individualist" of
the trio whose blithe dlsVogard for
rules and regulations keeps not only
himself, but the other two as well,
constantly in hot wal.ei\~~
However, in the critical moment, he
is found to be nor wanting In courage
and resourcefulness. When, with the
opening of war between the United
States and Japan, a contingent of enemy
troops attempt to land near the
army post, his undaunted bravery
serves as an inspiration to the Jiardtlghtlng
Americans. \
The, accent In the picture Is definitely
on action, but there's romance
too?with Harry and Curtis vlolng
for the affections of lovely Fay McKenzte.
State Convention To
Meet Here In July
(Continued from first page)
close with tho singing of "Blest Bo
The Tie That Binds."
A moot ins w?s held hero Tuesday
afternoon at which tho executive secretary
of tho Chamber of Commerce
was In conference with the officials
of the Carriers' Association regarding
plans for tho Camden mooting. With
Mr. Heath at the meeting were C. L.
Moseley,' Camden representative of
the Association; those present at the
conTtTronce were president Golightly,
of Inman; vice president Ira S. Harper,
of Lancaster; secretary-treasurer
L. 8. Griffin of Central, J. I). Vlckary,
editor of Rural Letter Carriers' Association
of (he State, from Central,
and ICmo?McG-ee, secretary of tho
executive committee, from Fountain
Inn.
SOLDIER'S FOXHOLE DIVERSION ?Private Vincent Costante
at Fort Benning, Georgia, models a sculptured likeness of the girl
hack home. Active service in the foxholes has no terrors for the
United States Army soldier of 1012. Possessed of talent, ingenuity
and a will to win, he finds diversion wherever he may bo. It is ar
old American trait. At Valley Forge after a dreary winter had
passed the Continentals played a game which since has been evolved
into baseball. Confederate cavalrymen with "Jeb" Stuart rodo theii
best when they joined in rollicking song, and veterans of tho old
155th Pennsylvania Infantry used to tell of their lively cPrd games
on tho frocks of Little Round Top during Pickett's chargo at ^
Gettysburg. It's the same indomitable spirit that so long has kept
chins up over on Corregidor.
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