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\ \ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1938 News Review of Current Events TAX BILL NOT SIGNED President Lets It Become Law, Calling Attention to "Unwise" Modification of Profits and Gains Levies m ■Mgm 1 ii mi m ill kv Adolpho Echagaray Somohano, commander of the Mexican federal troops engaged in suppressing the revolt in San Luis Potosi state led by Saturnino Cedillo, is here seen, right, giving orders to two of his officers. US. J&udcsJodL IS 'M fiTTMMAT?T7.FS THP! WOPT.r SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK C Western Newspaper Union. President Roosevelt Tax Bill Unsigned But Law E\DR the first time since he entered " the White House, President Roose velt permitted an act of congress to become law without his signature. He took this course with the tax revision bill in order to em phasize his objection to “those unwise parts of the bill” which removed all but the skeleton of the undistributed profits tax and dras tically modified the levies upon capital gains. The President an nounced his action in a speech delivered to 148 mountain families of the New Deal-sponsored rehabilitation community of Arthur- dale, W. Va., at the graduation exer cises of 13 high school students. His words, however, were carried to the nation by radio networks. “I call the definite attention of the American people,” said Mr. Roosevelt, “to those unwise parts of the bill I have talked to you about today—one of them which may re store in the future certain forms of tax avoidance, and of concentrated investment power, which we had be gun to end, and the other a definite abandonment of a principle of tax policy long ago accepted as part of our American system.” The President declared that he had no objection to removing any obstacles to little business which might be contained in the revenue laws but he reiterated the adminis tration’s determination not to allow the use of corporate forms to avoid what it considers legitimate tax bur dens. Mr. Roosevelt made plain that he hoped for a future revision of the revenue laws in line with the objec tives he seeks. Such revisions, he said, should be designed to encour age new investment and the entry of private capital into new fields. Immediately after the address, Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt left for Hyde Park, where they spent the Memorial day week-end. —* Strike Back at Morgan 'Testifying before the joint A congressional committee of in vestigation, David E. Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan, directors of the Tennessee Valley authority, accused Dr. Arthur E. Mor gan, their ousted coUeague, with try ing to sabotage the TVA’s legal defense in a court case in volving the constitu tionality of the au thority. They said, too, that he had en gaged in a cam paign of dissent and obstruction. These charges, together with a general denial of Arthur Morgan’s accusations against themselves, constituted in the main their defense statements. Referring to the trial last winter of the suit of 18 private utility concerns against the TVA, Lilien thal said: “It is a record which suggests that he was seeking to find a way to obtain a judicial decision against his own agency. It is a record of tampering with prospec tive witnesses for the government and of obstructing and harassing counsel and witnesses in the very heat of the trial of a crucial con stitutional case.” Former Chairman Morgan told his side of the long, bitter controver sy on the first day of the inquiry, charging his fellow directors with dishonest management. He ex plained he did not mean David Lil ienthal and Harcourt Morgan took bribes or stole money, but that they deceived the President, congress and the public; that they covered up important facts tending to throw doubt on the advisability of the gov- , ; .;X 5 4# David E. Lilienthal I emment’s huge social experiment; reported a false electric power yard stick, and were subservient to polit ical and other special interests. Concerning the Berry marble claims, Lilienthal said: “Any as sertion that we (Harcourt Morgan and himself) by word or attitude encouraged any one to pull punches on Berry’s claims is an outright falsehood. There was absolutely no evidence upon which any charge of fraud could have been based; there were only rumors and suspicions.” Chairman Donahey recessed the hearings until after the adjournment of congress. * Qil Group to Fay Fines T WAS announced by the Depart ment of Justice in Washington that 14 oil companies and 11 execu tives awaiting trial at Madison, Wis., on anti-trust charges, plan to enter nolo contendere pleas and pay maximum fines and costs totaling $400,000. The department said that the pleas, “amounting virtually to pleas of guilty,” had been accepted by the department and recommended to the Madison court. The defendants comprise the sec ond group to be brought before the Madison court, where 46 defendants were convicted on similar charges last winter. These cases have been appealed. The present indictments charge the oil companies and their execu tives on three counts with violation of the Sherman anti-trust act by a series of unlawful agreements be tween 1931 and December, 1936. * War Pensions Boosted PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT signed * a bill to increase the pensions of certain soldiers, sailors and nurses who served in the Spanish war, Phil ippine insurrection or China relief expedition. The act provides a $60 monthly pension for veterans sixty-five years old who served at least 90 days and to those who served less than 90 days and were discharged for dis ability incurred in service. X Alicante Is Bombed FRANCO’S war planes attacked 1 the city of Alicante in what was described as the most disastrous single air raid of the Spanish war. At least 250 persons were killed and 1,000 injured when six huge insur gent bombing planes circled sudden ly in the sky and dropped their mis siles squarely in the market place where hundreds of women waited in queues to buy food. Air raids also were made on Sa- gunto and other cities. Government troops started an am bitious offensive on the Catalan front but were checked by hastily rein forced insurgent forces. * Nazi Inquiry Voted 'T'HE house voted for an investiga- tion of un-American propaganda activities in the United States fol lowing a charge by Representative Martin Dies of Texas that a mem ber of the German-American bund had advocated the assassination of President Roosevelt. Dies, who presented the resolution for an inquiry, said he based his statement on affidavits which he had seen. The suggestion that the Pres ident be slain was made, he said, jn a speech at a Nazi camp. ^ Events Here and There (CHARLES YATES of Atlanta, Ga., ^ won the British amateur golf championship. Floyd Roberts of California won the 500-mile automobile race at In dianapolis, setting new record of 117.2 miles an hour average. Body of twelve-year-old Peter Le vine, kidnaped from New Rochelle, N. Y., February 24, was found in Long Island sound, mutilated and bound with wire. Four winners of Canadian “stork derby” received $100,000 each. WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON XJEW YORK.—President Getulio Vargas of Brazil was a far- western frontiersman in his youth, still wearing “bombachos,” or gaucho trousers, Pres. Vargas for informal dress, Handy With and quite in char- Six-Shooter acter pumping a six-gun at the pal ace, and putting down a Graustark- ian revolt. A swarthy, stocky little man, quick on the draw, he has never been gun-shy, and impromptu shooting has been an occasional obligato in his rise to supreme power. When he established his totali tarian state on November 10 of last year, there were those who said he was dealing in the dark of the moon with the green shirts —that here was where Germany and fascism got a toe-hold on this continent. The green shirt revolt and its vig orous suppression by Sr. Vargas seems to be an answer to that, even if he had not previously made it clear that his authoritarian state was not of the European model. Brazil has a complex racial make up which provides no proscribed „ — . group or racial Home Talent myth, the first re- Expert at quirement in fas- Strong Arm cist technique, and furthermore, when it comes to strong-arm government, all South American countries have plenty of home talent and indige nous skill. Sr. Vargas recruited his political following as a liberal. He denounced monopoly and promised the over throw of the “coffee plantation kings.” He seized power in 1930 by the overthrow of President Washington Luiz, with the aid of bis lifetime friend, old General Aurelio Monteiri. Luiz had won the election against him, but Vargas raised a cry of fraud. From the first he ruled partially by decree, now entirely, since the . adoption of the Denies All constitution of No- Rights of vember 10. His re- Free Speech organization of the country fol lowed established dictatorial prac tice in the formatio-n of labor “syndicates,” the fixing of maxi mum and minimum wages, and the denial of all rights of free press and free assemblage. He is a famous orator, speaking a fluent and flowery Portuguese, us ing the radio a great deal in na tional appeals. He is credited with just about the shrewdest political intelligence in South America. In his prairie town, he attended a pri vate college, later enrolled in a military college, but was diverted to the law. His rise through minor offices to the national congress parallels the standard career chart of our con gressional record biographies—dis trict attorney, state legislature and all the rest of it. npHE make-believe war in which A the eastern seaboard was de fended against “black” expedition ary forces from overseas was the . first large-scale Air Forces work-out of our Defend V. S. “flying fortresses” in Mock War under a unified command. Major General Frank M. Andrews, run ning the show, is one of the few flying generals. He gathered up the strands of the unified service when the GHQ air force, which he commands, moved into the huge air base at Langley field, March 1, 1935. Called the “handsomest man in the service,” he is quietly ef fective and the last man in the world to be called a swivel-chair officer. He warns the country against a shortage of fliers and urges civilian training. He was not an A. E. F. flier. In 1934 he made the unusual jump from lieutenant-colonel to brigadier- general and was made a major-gen eral in 1935. He was graduatecLfrom West Point in 1906 and was with the cavalry on the Mexican border, be fore he found his wings. ® Consolidated News Features. WNU Service. The Mayflower Party The Mayflower brought 41 men and their families—102 in all. The Speedwell, which set out with the Mayflower, proved unseaworthy and turned back. The Mayflower was followed the next year by the For tune of 55 tons, which arrived at Plymouth in November, 1621, with some 30 additional emigrants. In 1623 the Ann and the James of 140 and 44 tons, respectively, arrived with 60 more members for the col ony. The passengers in these ves sels completed the list of those who are usually called first-comers. WHAT to EAT and WHY 4jou.lton (foudtll IVatnl ■flaeinlt Food Fads and Fallacies Nationally Known Food Authority Explains How They May Endanger Health By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 East 39th St., New York City. A S SCIENCE and civilization have progressed, painstaking investigators have sought to replace ignorance with knowledge, to substitute truth for superstition. But in spite of their efforts, our eating habits are still influenced by a multitude of food fads and fancies, which should have no place in this enlightened age. <8> Some of these are harmless; others may endanger health. And the homemaker must learn to distinguish between fact and fancy. —★— Fish Is Not a Brain Food One of the most persistent fallacies is the notion that certain kinds of food are es pecially beneficial for certain parts of the body. Many peo ple believe that fish is a brain food and celery a nerve tonic. Let tuce is thought to be a soporific. None of these things is true. The idea regarding fish probably arose because fish contains phos phorus and the brain also contains phosphorus. How simple it would be if one could in crease brain power merely by eating fish. Unfortunate ly, there is nothing' to it! The brain, like other parts of the body, requires a balanced diet. No case has ever been reported of a man soothing the irritated nerves of his wife by feeding her celery. And as for lettuce, it is a fine source of minerals, vitamins and gentle roughage, but it does not contain any narcotic drug that in duces sleep. —★— Other Fallacies Disproved Science has exploded many common notions about vegetables which may change your ideas of what is best to buy and eat. Many homemakers prefer lettuce that is light green in color and they be lieve that string beans which snap are superior in quality. But it has been demonstrated that deep green lettuce is much richer in vitamins and that a snap in string beans merely indicates that the beans have been kept in a cold, moist place. —★— False Notions About Fruit A score of superstitions cling to the eating of fruits. There is a false notion that acid-tasting fruits cause or aggravate rheumatism, because they produce “acidity.” The truth is that most fruits, re gardless of their acid taste, leave an alkaline ash following diges tion. One often hears that fruit should not be taken at the same time as milk because the fruit acids will cause the milk to curdle. But the fact is that milk is always cur dled in the stomach by the hydro chloric acid. —★— Not Necessary to Sip Milk Another false idea is the wide spread notion that milk must be sipped slowly or it will be difficult to digest. This has been refuted by a widely known investigator who made many tests. One day he fed a man a pint of milk in 10 seconds. The next day the same man was fed the same amount of milk in 10 minutes. On both oc casions the contents of the stom ach were examined a half hour later. It was discovered that the milk which was drunk in 10 seconds had formed smaller curds than the milk which was sipped in 10 min utes. And in both cases, the curds were of practically the same con sistency. t —★— Water With Meals? It is widely held that water should not be taken with meals, the argument being that it dilutes the gastric juice and thus inter feres with digestion. This sounds logical and many people have been fooled. But the truth of the matter is that water stimulates the flow of the digestive juices and careful research has estab lished that normally, water taken with meals in reasonable quanti ties aids digestion. —★— Danger of Half Truths The most insidious food falla cies are those which contain some portion of truth—for example, the belief that cooked fruit is more wholesome than raw fruit. It is true that cooking increases the di gestibility of some fruits and also has a sterilizing effect. On the other hand, most fruits are easily digested in the raw state, are more palatable and richer in vita mins. A widespread belief which has a small portion, but only a small portion of truth, is that whole wheat bread is vastly superior to white bread. Whole wheat bread contains more minerals, vitamins and roughage than white bread. But the minerals and vitamins lacking in white bread can easily be supplied by other common foods, and there is no justification for going to the extreme of omit ting white bread entirely from the diet. —★— Fad Diets Lack Balance Far more harmful than the fal lacies regarding individual foods are the fad diets constantly put forth by those who seek to ex ploit the homemaker’s desire for dietetic knowledge. Foods Not Incompatible A fad diet which has gained a large number of adherents in re cent years is based on the notion that certain foods — notably starches and proteins—are incom patible and should not be con sumed at the same meal because they cannot be digested, at the Are You Dretweiaht ? You con REDUCE Safety. Sorely. ComfoitaMy Send for This Free Bulletin Offered by C. Houston Gondm Readers ofthis newspaper are invited to write to C. Houston Goudiss, at 6 East 39th Street, New York City, for his scien tific Reducing Bulletin, which shows how to reduce by the safe and sane method of counting calories. • The bulletin is chart showing t plete with n chart showing the caloric value of all the commonly used foods and contains sample menus that you can npie menus that you can use as a guide to comfortable and healthful weight reduction. / same time. It is interesting t« note that this fad has been con demned by the medical profession and that a physician of the high est standing has proved clinically that starches and proteins do not interfere with one another in the stomach. The fallacy of this theory is fur ther appreciated when one real izes that there are few pure pro teins or pure carbohydrates, most foods containing varying propor tions of protein, carbohydrate and fat. Such foods as dried peas and beans and whole grain cereals contain a substantial percentage of both starch and protein. ( Dangers of Fasting v Fasting is urged by some fad dists as a means of “detoxifying” the body. Advocates of this prac tice claim that it is nature’s meth od of housecleaning. As a matter of fact, fasting for any length of time may be dangerous to health,' because it may result in the ac cumulation of incomplete oxida tion products of fat, and the de velopment of acidosis. Homemakers must put aside su perstitions, half-truths and food fallacies if they are to nourish their families properly. Pat your faith only in estab lished food facts. Remember that upon your knowledge and breadth of vision depend, to a great de gree, not only the health but the happiness of your family. Mrs. A. F. R., Jr.—Light corn syrup yields nothing but energy values, but dark corn syrup is a good source of iron. Pure molas ses is rich in calcium and iron. Miss M. F.—Nut protein is simi lar to the protein of meat and fish and nuts may be used in place of these foods when desired. They should not replace milk and eggs, however, as with few exceptions, they are low in minerals and can not compare with eggs or milk as a source of vitamins. © WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938—14 OP?. SEW Ruth Wyeth Spears <^3^ TP HE diagram shows how the *• contrasting squares are ar ranged to give the rug its inter esting design. Whatever color scheme you use, black will be most effective for joining the Do You Want to Learn Houi to Plan a laKatiUB Diet? Get This Free Bulletin Offered by C. Houston Goudiss R EADERS of this newspaper are invited to write to C. Houston Goudiss, 6 East 39th Street, New York City, for a free copy of his bulletin, “Help ful Hints on Planning a Laxa tive Diet.” The bulletin gives concrete suggestions for combatting faulty elimination through cor rect eating and proper habits of hygiene. It gives a list of laxa tive foods and contains a full week's sample menus. A post card is sufficient to carry your request. 1GREEN 2 MIXED COLORS 3 YELLOW S\\w\ vww'sakX'SN squares and for an edging of sin gle crochet around the outside of the rug. If the materials you have are not the colors you want, don’t forget there is always the dye pot. Producing your own colors may be the most exciting part of rug making. A crocheted rag rug like the one shown here uses odds and ends. Wool rags make a nicer rug than cotton, or rug yarn may be substituted if desired. Either a wood or large steel crochet hook is used. The rug shown here measures 36 by 21 inches. The 5-inch squares are made separate ly in single crochet stitch and Noble Indifference Beware of ambition for wealth; for there is nothing so character istic of narrowness and littleness of soul as the love of riches; and there is nothing more honorable and noble than indifference to money.—Cicero. then joined with crochet SMjv- stitch. If rags are used, tear or cut the strips not more than IV4 inches wide, and work with the raw edges turned in as shown here at A. Measure each square carefully so they will all be exactly the same size. Full instructions for slip covers for side chairs like the one shown are in the book offered below. NOTE: Every Homemaker should have a copy of Mrs. Spears* book SEWING, for the Home Dec orator. Forty-eight pages of illus trated directions for making slip covers and curtains; also dressing tables; lampshades and other use ful articles for the home. Price 25 cents postpaid (coin preferred). Address Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Des- plaines St., Chicago, 111. 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