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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938 Weekly News Review ‘SelbOut’ of Czechoslovakia Fails to Erase War Dangers By Joseph W. La Bine Foreign A month ago, long before Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler challenged the world at his Nuremberg Nazi con gress, before Geoffrey Dawson’s London Times editorialized on the advisability of giving Germany her way. Great Britain showed signs of weakening in the struggle to keep Czechoslovakia intact. All summer her Viscount Runciman had tried to make peace between Prague and 3,500,000 Sudeten Germans who wanted autonomy and eventual an nexation by Germany, yet nothing was accomplished. Moreover, though Britain was pledged to aid France, who has a pact with Czech oslovakia, it has long been apparent that what England wanted, above all, was pdace. Fortnight ago, as Berlin and Prague veered on the edge of war. Prime Minister Neville Chamber- lain took his first airplane ride, speeding to Fuehrer Hitler’s chalet at Berchtesgaden in a desperate ef fort to stave off a conflict that would certainly involve all Europe. Next day he flew back, hastily calling his cabinet into session. To France went an invitation: Would Premier Edouard Daladier and Foreign Min ister Georges Bonnet come to Lon don for a conference? They would, and did, rushing across the channel like hungry dogs after a bone. By this time it was apparent Europe’s two greatest democracies were playing ball with Adolf Hitler, were willing to sacrifice Czechoslo vakia to keep Der Fuehrer satis fied. After a week-end’s study, the French statesmen went home. A few hours later, from simultaneous cabinet meetings in London and Paris, came announcement of the scheme that spelled Prague’s doom. The scheme: (1) Cession to Ger many of Sudeten areas in Czecho slovakia which are overwhelmingly German; (2) a plebiscite to deter mine future status of Sudeten areas where German population is more than 50 per cent; (3) international guarantee of Czechoslovakia’s re maining boundaries. It was plain that Prague had been sold down the river without a hear ing, since the British-French plan received French cabinet approval before Czech Minister Stefan Osus- ky was officially notified in Paris. When he finally was told, Minister Osusky’s lips trembled as he asked newsmen: “Do you want to see a man convicted without a hearing? Here I stand.’’ Though immediate responsibility for the sell-out was directed first at Neville Chamberlain, observers soon placed it on France’s doorstep. Actually, Premier Daladier had in spired the English conversation with Hitler, had urged Britain to back down on Franco-British agree ment of April 29 to defend Czecho slovakia. But whatever the cause of this capitulation, it probably cost both Premier Daladier and Cham berlain a good-sized chunk of public support. As before, democracy had capitulated before the bluff of a totalitarian state. Still left to straddle was Czecho slovakia’s unequivocable opposition to the scheme. Shouted Premier Milan Hodza: “In the name of the lawful authorities of this state I de clare that . . . the government will defend completely the integrity of the state. A plebiscite would be unacceptable.’’ While Hungary and Poland began looking for liberation of their minorities in Czechoslo vakia, while Soviet Russia consid ered coming to Prague’s aid, a moot question was whether the orphaned nation might not become another Spain* in which Communistic Rus sia and Nazi Germany would fur nish the manpower for a civil war. Business In the U. S. last year were $65,- 648,000,000 in securities wholly or partly exempt from federal income tax. Of these, $50,522,000,000 were eligible for assessment if the U. S. should change its mind about ex empting government securities (federal, state, local). In 1937, this investment brought security holders an estimated $1,544,000,000 interest, which at the 4 per cent normal tax rate would yield $62,160,000. Actu ally, the tax would be higher, since most exempt securities are held by individuals and corporations paying a higher tax rate. For years, men have run for of fice on a promise of outlawing tax exempt securities, and next winter’s congress will have a chance to ful fill the promise. Backed by White House favor, new tax measures will include not only this feature, but also a plan for levies reciprocally arranged on salaries of state, local, federal officers. Still uncertain is a proposal to broaden the tax base by including lower income brackets. • Labor Mushroomed in little more than a year from 20,000 to 400,000 mem bers, C. I. O.’s United Automobile Workers of America is headed by Homer Martin, one-time preacher, is run by young zealots who split last June into two factions accusing each other of communistic leanings. Result was President Martin’s dis missal of three vice presidents and a secretary-treasurer, temporary suspension of another vice presi dent. Fearful lest his pet union be torn asunder, disliking U. A. W.’s pub licity, John L. Lewis finally secured Homer Martin’s permission to inter vene after the latter insisted U. A. W.’s autonomy be preserved. To Detroit went C. I. O.’s Sidney Hill man and Phillip Murray for a two- week study. Outcome was labor peace, tempo rarily at least. Though Homer Mar tin won his autonomy plea, he gave in on other points, allowing Peacemakers Hillman and Murray to decide whether U. A. W.’s sus pended officials shall be reinstated. In the future, they will help U. A. W, settle inter-union squabbles. Politics Among candidates in Pennsyl vania’s primary election were Phil adelphia Mayor S. Davis Wilson and Gov. George H. Earle, both running for Democratic senatorial nomina tion. Candidate Wilson lost, was subsequently indicted for miscon duct in office by a grand jury sum moned by Candidate Earle. In an other phase of the campaign, Atty. Gen. Charles J. Margiotti raq for gubernatorial nomination, using as campaign fodder the charges that Governor Earle had extorted money from state contractors and em ployees,* and “sold” legislation. Appointed to investigate was ? Dauphin county grand jury. Almost immediately Governor Earle sprang into action, summoned the legisla ture and rushed through special bills which would defeat the grand jury’s investigation, would instead leave the quiz up to the governor’s hand-picked legislative committee. Fortnight ago this committee met, yawning politely over six days of perfunctory testimony. Not until Accuser Margiotti himself took the stand was there much interest. His testimony: (1) That Governor Earle’s administration leaders had “sold” legislation to beer and movie interests for $150,000; (2) that Gov ernor Earle prompted him to go ahead with the probe of Philadel phia politics; (3) that the governor had borrc*ved money from Matthew H. McCloskey Jr., contractor work ing on many state jobs. When Wit ness Margiotti had finished, admin- GOV. GEORGE H. EARLE He was busy investigating himself. istration critics admitted he had been permitted to speak more freely than they expected. Still to be heard from were scores of witnesses including State Rep. Charles Melchiorre, Philadelphia Democrat, and Governor Earle him self, whose senatorial campaign will be decided a bare two months hence. Also to be heard from was the state Supreme court which is deciding legality of the legislature’s “rubber stamp” bills, one of which would remove District Atty. Carl B. Shelley ^ from supervision over the grand jury quiz. In his place would be Atty. Gen. Guy K. Bard, a gov ernor’s appointee. Moreover, no one knew if the grand jury would be permitted to investigate before the legislative committee concluded it# hearings. People Died: At Beverly Hills, Calif., of acute asthma and heart ailment, Pauline Fredrick, 53, one-time star of -stage and silent screen. Star Dust ★ Trimming Stars "to Chaplin*s Find 'At Hidden Ambitions By Virginia Vale ASU PITTS has been having a lot of fun on her personal appearance tour, and has learned a good many things about her own box office value. She has brought crowds to the the aters where she has appeared, and motion picture ex hibitors have told her that it hasn’t been their fault that they haven’t shown her pictures. They’ve begged for them. Any picture that she is in makes money for them, it seems, no matter who else appears with her. “But you just haven’t been mak- Jig any pictures. Miss Pitts,” they said to her. There’s a good reason why Miss Pitts hasn’t been making pictures, these last months. A number of other actors, also big ones, haven’t been making pictures either. Not that she hasn’t been offered roles that she really wanted to play. But the companies who sent for her wanted to cut her salary to the bone. These days the big money is likely, it seems, to go to new comers to the screen—foreign im portations, cute girls who are being built up. Some of the big players have to swallow their pride, and do, and take the cut; others stay off the screen. Maybe that’s why you’ve been missing some of your favor ites. Miss Pitts has two opportunities to make her debut in New York as an actress; one in a musical show that, because of its authors, is prac tically sure to be a hit, the other in a play. If her husband and chil dren weren’t so firmly established in California she wouldn’t hesitate about accepting one. —* Remember passing mention that was made here some time ago of Charlie Chaplin’s new screen find, Dorothy Comingore? He had seen her in a little theater performance Zasu Pitts FREDRIC MARCH at Carmel-by-the-Sea, where he had gone to work out the script of a new picture. Just in case you have wondered what happened next, she has changed her name to Linda Winters, and you’ll see her in “Trade Winds” with Joan Bennett and Fredric March. Here’s a chance to see if you agree with the great comedian on what constitutes good screen material. — When you see “The Great Waltz” you’ll see some lovely bits of scen ery used as background, American scenery in Geneseo, N. Y. The rea son is that Richard Rosson, Metro director, lived there for a while when he was a boy; now he’s back in the old home town, shooting it for the public. * Cal Tinney has had such fun on the air with his “If I Had the Chance” broadcasts that he’s been tackling his co-workers in the stu dio and quizzing them about their hidden ambitions. Fred Allen said he’d like to run a grocery store in a small town in Maine, and Jack Benny declared that he’d like to be a racing driver, and find out what it’s like to tear across the salt flats at Bonneville, Utah, at 350 miles per hour. As for Cal himself, bis suppressed desire isn’t so hard to attain; he just wants to learn to play the piano. —*— ODDS AND ENDS—“Carefree" isn't up to the usual Rogers-Astaire standard . . . Jon Hall was rushed back from New York to Hollywood in order to be sent to Eng land to make “The Thief of Bagdad" . . . “Sing You Sinners" is such a good picture that it's a hit in London—first time that's happened to a Crosby picture—and Para mount will make a sequel to it .. . The Voice of Experience took a vacation that included a tour of Oregon and a visit to Joe E. Brown in Hollywood, and now is back in New York and on the air . . . Remember “Asia," the dog in “The Thin Man" and its sequel? . . . You'll see him soon with Constance Bennett in “Topper Takes a Trip" . . . Spencer Tracy has or* other grand part in “Boys Town." • Western Newspaper Union. a WHAT to EAT and WHY C. Houston Goudiss Discusses Sugar, Sirup and Molasses; Describes Correct Use of Sweets, Peerless Body Fuel By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS T HERE is an old saying that good things come in small packages. That is particularly apt when we pause to consider the nutritive value of sugar in its various forms. For two scant tablespoons of sugar supply as much caloric value as does three-fourths cup of cooked farina, or one and one-third eggs, or the lean meat of one lamb chop. Sugar is a highly' concen-<S> trated fuel food which burns quickly and completely in the body furnace. The Sugar Bowl Is a Dynamo It has been said that our pres ent day civilization could not have reached its present heights without the driving force that sugar gives to men and women. And it is a fact that un til comparatively recent times, only the very wealthy could afford this quick energy food which we now con sume at the rate of more than 4,000,000 or more than 100 pounds annually for every man, woman and child. This peerless fuel food was once regarded almost as a medicine because of its ability to relieve fatigue and sustain vitality. And no wonder! For sugar is trans formed into heat and power in less time and with less effort than any other foodstuff. But recent investigations suggest that the teeth are far more likely to deteriorate because the proper minerals and vitamins have not been included in the diet. It is, however, desirable to re strict the amount of sugar given to children. That is because it quickly satisfies the appetite and may therefore decrease the con sumption of other good and neces sary foods, particularly those con taining an abundance of minerals and vitamins. Children therefore can best take sweets in the form of sweetened puddings, gelatin, cooked and fresh fruits, and fruit juice and milk beverages. A Food of Many Forms The quick pick-up of sugar can be obtained in many forms be sides the sparkling crystals of granulated sugar with which we are most familiar, or the brown <S ■■ - sugar which is quite similar in composition, except for a larger moisture content, despite popular notions to the contrary. Most fruits contain easily di gestible sugars, the percentage in dried fruits ranging from 50 to 75 per cent. Milk sugar is also easily digested. Honey, molasses, corn sirup and the popular blended sirups are usually eaten in com bination with oiber^foods and are therefore unlikely to be con sumed in too large amounts. Corn sirup is often added to. milk, fruits, vegetables, cereals, breads and desserts. It helps to make these foods more palatable and adds 60 calories with every tablespoon. It is so easily digest ed that it is often used in infant feeding. Molasses provides significant amounts of both calcium and iron and is a good sweet for growing children. One and one-half table spoons of molasses supplies as much calcium as one and one-half cups of diced carrots. It is a wise mother, therefore, who uses it in making the cookies that chil dren like so well. The mixed or blended sirups that are so popular with griddle cakes , and french toast on cool fall days, also add palate appeal and energy values to the diet. For in whatever form sugar is consumed, it remains nature’s shortcut to press-the-button heat and quick, healthful stimulation. <D—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938—30. A Real Stimulant While starchy foods require an average of from three to four hours for digestion, the body be gins to burn a ration of sugar from 10 to 30 minutes after it is eaten. It reaches the blood and mus cles in a few minutes—as rapidly in fact as alcohol! That is why concentrated sweets, which are largely sugar, are so effective in combating fatigue. Athletic coaches are well aware of the unique power of sugar as a stimulant and restorative of en ergy. That is why school and col lege youths are so frequently giv en highly sweetened beverages and other concentrated sweets be fore engaging in athletic compe tition. Military leaders also appreciate how it increases endurance, and sweets are an important part of the soldier’s ration. During the World war civilians were urged to reduce their consumption of sugar in order to make larger amounts available for the army, and most people found it difficult indeed to forego this agreeable food. Indispensable for Most People Sugar is such an indispensable ingredient in cakes, cookies, pies, puddings and ice creams, it is so necessary in beverages, on break fast cereals and with fruits that it seems a great hardship to do with out it even for one meal. We are extremely fortunate, most people will agree, to live in an age when sugar is so high in quality and so reasonable in price. In the Thirteenth century when sugar was introduced to England through India, it cost the equiva lent of ten dollars a pound in the monetary terms of today. Refined sugar is now priced at a few cents a pound and one pound supplies over 1,800 calories! More over, when you buy a branded product, backed by a well-known name, you have the assurance that quality and purity are of the highest. Moderate Use Desirable Like all sources of great power, however, sugar must be handled with care. Too much sugar may prove as disastrous as too little. Possibly because of this, several false notions have grown up re garding this splendid food. It is often charged that sweets cause indigestion, and it is true that when consumed in excess, they may ferment and result in irritation. Therefore, moderation should be the watchword. But that is an excellent rule to follow in regard to all kinds of foods. For when consumed to ex cess, any food ceases to be bene ficial. It has also been charged that sweets are harmful to the teeth. M. S. writes: “I followed the directions in Book 2 for a fabric hat and it was so satisfactory that I wonder if you could tell me how to use a piece of woolen material that I have to make a hat for my little girl who is just starting to school?” Here is a cunning hat that is easy to make. Two pieces of goods are required—one for the hat and one for the lining. They may either match or contrast. Each piece should be 1-inch longer than the measurement around the largest part of the child’s head. The depth of the pieces should be half their length. The diagram at the upper right of this sketch shows how to make a paper pat tern for the hat. Cut a square piece of paper %-inch wider and deeper than half the head meas urement. Mark point A on the right edge half way between the top and bottom as shown. Points B and C are marked at the center toif and bottom of the paper. The dotted lines are guide lines,to help B IT AROUND if THE HOUSE Keeping Cut Flowers.—Cut gar den flowers will keep fresh and wiltless longer if they are sub merged up to the flower heads for four or five hours before they are arranged. * * • Family Bulletin Board.—A bul letin board where notices, remind ers, and instructions can be posted may be a good idea for busy fam ilies in which the members come and go at different hours. • * * Use for Wax Paper.—Wax paper that comes around store bread should not be thrown away, for it can be used to good advantage. Wipe off the gas range after every meal with this paper, for it pol ishes as well as cleans. * * • Chamois for Cleaning Furni ture.—A piece of chamois wrung out of cold water and rubbed over polished furniture will remove fin ger marks. Polish with dry chamois. shape the curved lines between A and B and C and D. Point D is the center front of the top of the hat pattern and is placed on a fold of the goods in cutting each of the two layers. The diagonal line from A to C is the center back= seam line. Stitch the back seam of both hat . and lining and press it open as at E. Now, place the two pieces right sides together and stitch as at F. Turn right side out, baste along turned edge and stitch as at G. Gather the top as at H and finish with a ribbon or a stitched fabric bow and a feather. NOTE: Use what you have on hand to make things of real value. You can save by doing—instead of doing without. Mrs. Spears planned Book 2—Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery—to help you. Every page contains complete, clearly illustrated directions fol things you can make at almost ne cost. Enclose 25 cents and address Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. 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