The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 09, 1943, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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Vou folk* who have read "Mission;
to Moscow" by Joe Davie* will recall
that D.ivies di*cribes Stalin as being
BlijjMt, mild appearing and self-effacing
but that he gives off an aura of
tremendous strength.. Aw mel That
pipe again.
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An Item in h scientific magazine
says that moans have boon found to
remove the crow from a rooster. Well,
after which the hatchet is cleaned
neatly and the rooator put on to boil.
Out In a Montana city, a press dispatch
relates, a dentist picked up a
gun and shot a lynx from the office
window which prompts us to say that
it was probably an old magazine rifle
left lying on the table In the waiting
room.
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We noted an Item the other day in
which a medical publicist was asked
about a condition In which a woman
tries out of only one eye. Our own
opinion is that this condition permits
In r to keep the other eye- on the fur
coat of her dreams.
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Roses
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Thorns
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Roses to this story. Two negro soldiers
were discussing the relative
merits of their company buglers.
Said one: "Fella, when dat boy of
ouahs plays pay call, hit sounds 'zactly
like de Boston Symphone playln'
de Rosary'."
The second colored boy snorted.
Brothah, you ain't got no bugler
atall! When Snowball Jones wrops
his lips aroun' dat bugle of hlsn'n an'
plays mess call, I looks down at mah
beans an' I sez: 'Strawberries, behavel
You Is kickin' de whipped cream
out of de plate'."
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The second best bet as the story of
the wook it* uit follow*. A woman
wont to the burrock* to see hor son,
w*ho hud Joint*! up some tlmo ago. und,
art hi* tiumo wu* Brown. It was difficult
to locale him. The sergeant on
Kuurd tuild to her:
"There's a man named Brown In
the officers' inoas. 1 wonder If that's
him?"
"Ytja, that's 'Iiii, all right," she replied.
" 'E witM always In some meus
or another when he waa at 'otne, ao
I I'm 'im, right enough."
This Is too pood to keep. Especially
In view of the fact that It concerns a
Camden matron. This very attractive
lady recently told her four year old
daughter a secret, requesting a promise
not to tell any body, not even her
little playmateau The promise was
given. Then the fond mother said:
"You are going to have a little brother
or a little sister pretty soon."
The little girl just danced with Joy.
But suddently she stopped, looked up
Into her mother's face and In a very
pretty pleading voice said: "Mama,
can't I Just tell Daddy?"
In as much " as I have iho sanw
ideas about Mrs. Eleanor RooBevelt
us a lot of other folks, the story about
the name the British have labeled the
wife of tbe President with is worth
repeating. Tbe manner In which the
"first lady" flits about -old Mother
Earth caused the British journalists
to dub her "Rover." When Eleanor
had some trouble In locating one of
her sons, one of the news scribes
wired to his paper: "Rover has lost
her pup."
As you folks all know, I same from
Milwaukee. And when I read in the
press Sunday that Company K, formerly
a Milwaukee unit of the Wisconsin
National Guard, had returned from
the Papuan ' campaign i was .very
much interested. I am proud of that
company. Damned proud if I may
say so. For it was singled out for
special commendation and praise by
Lieut. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger.
When the company arrived in the
Bupa area by plane it had 157 enlisted
men and five officers. When
the company returned to Milwaukee
recently on furlough its effective
strength was just 12 of the original
162. Can you wonder why Commander
Eichelberger singled the unit out
for special praise. It was because it
had suffered the greatest losses of
any other company unit in the American
army.
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Usually this writer Indulges in a
bit of whimsy in this column. ' But
when you hear what war means to
some people, it takes the whimsical
ideas out of one's mind. Our one and
only whimsy cojg^rns the installation
of gyroscopes ifi~ everything from
planes to ships to "relieve
them oF^thelr roll." As if Morgantihau
and his gang hadn't done that
very effectually.
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The 505th Parachute Division has
recovered the bundle of equipment
lost on the recent Watere? river
bridge attack. J. C. King of McBee,
read ths report of the loss of the
mortar as given out by the Camden
News Service and immediately wrote
to the Camden Chamber of Commerce.
In turn the Chamber notified the command
at Fort Brpjg and that unit arranged
to aend for the mortar. The
Camden News Service might use the
slogan of th^ Atlanta Journal that it
"Covers Dixie Like the Dew." For
there are few points In Dixie Land
that the News Service does not have
an outlet today.
Sport Potpourri:
BY THE SKIPPER
Hammering Henry Armstrong chased
Beau Jack around a Madison
Square Garden ring for eight rounds
but the usual New York gang that
presides as judges and what not at all
these garden fights gave the fight to
Jack. I happened to be tuned in to
the scrap and the 20,000 fans in the
Garden raised hell In general over the
unfair decision.
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For a fact, the manner in which
Uuan Jack flctl about the enclosure
reminded one of a seven day bike
race.
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For the benefit of the fight fans
In this here neck of the hills, let it
be said that the New York Athletic
commission or whatever outfit selects
,the judges for the fights, always sees
that some one is on the job who has
the best interests of the club in mind.
Hence, future prospects for money
gate.8 arc always foremost.
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Of course, if Bill Jones knocks
Tommy Smith cold, that's a differon
t story, but if the fight is mighty
close, the judges will rule the best
future gate getter as the winner.
By the way?Dorothy Kirby, a gal
golfer from Atlanta, gave Jane Crum,
the Orangeburg dame, a swell trimming
at Pinehurat last Friday. Dottle
won 5-3, which as you golfers know,
is really winning going away.
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It wont be long now before the softball
league games will be drawing big
crowds to the athletic field at I*aurens
and Fair streets. There will be
six teams In the league and games
will be played every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday evenings, to start
at 7 p. m.
Later as the evenings get longer
from a daylight standpoint, the starting
time will be moved back to 7:15
and this will permit of interested people
having their lunch, see the game
and still reach the movies in time for
the second show. All games will be
nine inning affairs and only one game
will be played an evening.
The program is to be under the supervision
of the recreational unit of
the Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation
with the committee on
recreation of the county civic council
of which Rev. Henry Collins is the
committee chairman.
Rifmor had it for a while that sports
broadcasting would go by the board
because of the war. We didn't like
the prediction any more than you did,
so it's with no little pleasure that we
sound an optimistic note on the sub
Ject for the months to come. According
to the network experts, there will
be no letdown in sports broadcsstlng
because of the present upheaval. In
fact, If anything, people in the know
are of the opinion that there will be
more of It.
As Bill Stern of NBC sees It, the
activities of iorvice teams will come
in for a share of the radio spotilght
this year. Besides, with travel restrictions
tending to keep fans at
home listening, there will arise a decided
need for more sports broadcasting.
Or so thinks Tom Slater of the
Mutual Broadcasting System. Ted
Husing of CBS, while not desiring to
make a forecast, expects the usual ac*
tive year, including the Kentucky
Derby as a starting high spot.
(Irandpapyy Jenkins. a potential
Victory gardener, emerges from the j
pages of his seed catalog Just long
enough to wonder if Nature will clamp
a ceiling on plant posts.
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Help Us
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"One of the biggest tasks facing
our Navy in this war is the
building of sufficient escort
vessels to protect our
ships in convoy, against the
torpedoes of prowling 'U'
boats.
"The long distance tele- ?
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the building of these sturdy
ships that help keep our
shipping lanes clear. From
keel to top deck and from
bow to stern, thousands of
telephone calls assist the
speedy launching of each ,
powerful vesselcalls to
suppliers and shippers in all
parts of the country.
"How important It is
then, that long distance telephone
lines to war-busy
centers be kept free of unessential
calls.
^hose who build the
tools to destroy our enemies
we counting on you to help
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Sgt Hill Shoorn of Camp Gordon.
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