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THE DOCTOR IN WARTIME
A short time ago, an American
Medical Association official ob
served that doctor calls might
have to be “rationed” for the
duration. The reason behind this
is the immense number of doc
tors being called for service in the
military forces. According to
army heads, thousands more will
be needed in the future.
American medicine is rising to
this emergency with its typical
spirit. Retired doctors are com
ing back into harness, and taking
over the practices of younger men
who have joined the Army and
Navy. Other doctors are working
harder, and serving an increased
number of patients. And during
this difficult period, the patient
himself can help keep medical
practices at the high standards
to which we are accustomed.
Don’t waste your doctor’s time.
Don’t ask him to make a house
call when you are perfectly capa
ble of going to his office. Don’t
make his visits a social occasion,
and expect him to sit around
and visit for an hour after he
gets through treating you. If,
through your thoughtlessness, the
doctor is forced to dissipate time,
some one who urgently needs his
attention may have to go without.
. American medicine can serve
both the armed forces and the
civilian population with effici
ency if patients will cooperate.
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TODAY
and
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
SLAP 1865
In a recent column I told a
story about a couple of women
riding in a bu§ who were over
heard discussing the war.
One of them said she didn’t
care how long the war lasted be
cause her husband was making
more money than he had ever
made before in his life. A man
sitting behind her, according to
the story, arose, went up to her
and gave her a resounding slap in
the face. “That for my son who
was killed in Pearl Harbor,” he
said.
I believed it was a true story
because a man I trust told it to
me. He said that a close friend
of his actually saw it happen.
But I received a letter from a
woman in Colorado who said she
had first heard the story in 1917
—that at that time she heard of
it happening on a street car in
Memphis, Tenn., later in Seattle,
Wash., and again in Denver. She
admitted she hadn’t heard it be
fore 1917, but said a Civil war
veteran claims to have heard the
same approximate story in 1865—
it happened on a horse car some
where in Tennessee that year.
INVENTION . . . emotions
chances are that my story
was pure invention on somebody’s
part. It is quite possible that slap
?'i the face has been “resounding”
since 1865.
When I checked with the man
who told it to me, he finally ad
mitted that maybe his friend
hadn’t seen it happen; it might
have been a friend of his friend
who was riding on the bus when
the woman got slapped. If I had
wanted to make a nuisance of
myself and had checked each
friend and each friend’s friend,
I probably would have found that
the search would go on forever,
and I never would have arrived
at its original source.
Of course, a story like that,
whether true or not true, offers a
dramatic way of appealing to the
emotions. In this case the story
was probably invented for morale-
building, since anyone who heard
it would immediately be incensed j
against those who are profiteer
ing out of the war without regard
to the men who are giving their
lives for their country.
Such a story, whether true or
not, may do more good than
harm. It crystallizes a general
feeling, arouses the right emotions
—and spreads like wildfire from
one person to another.
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CIGARETTES . leper
But we have to guard against
“invented” stories, for those in
vented to do harm often spread
more quickly than helpful ones.
I remember, about ten years
ago, when someone warned me not
to smoke a certain well-known
brand of cigarette because it had
just been discovered that a leper
was working in the factory where
that cigarette was made.
Within the period of a month
I probably heard that story from
a dozen different people and
after that it disappeared. But a
couple of years ago I again heard
the same leper story—this time
another well-known cigarette fac
tory being the leper’s employer.
Then there have been stories
about rusty nails being found in
certain bottled foods, ground up
glass in well-known lines of can
ned goods and poison used to
color certain lines of candy. None
of those stories, so far as I could
find out, were based on fact, but
they undoubtedly were believd by
a lot Of people who heard them
and damaged the reputation of
businesses concerned.
WHISPERERS . methods
Organized “whispering cam
paigns” aimed at hurting busi
nesses, destroying reputations and
spreading propaganda have often
been carriet| on. In fact, in sev
eral cities there have been com
panies established for the very
purpose of spreading stories.
It’s easy to see how such a
vicious business can make head
way. In a political campaign, for
example, a firm which we might
call “Whisperers, Inc.” is employed
to ruin the character, of a certain
candidate to prevent his election.
Whisperers, Inc., will send, out
whisperers in couples, who will
head for crowded places such as
subway trains, street cars, hotel
lobbies, bar rooms and railroad
stations. When a crowd is
around, the two whisperers will
appear to be in argument and
when things quiet one will shout
to his friend, “You won’t catch
me voting for that wife-beater
John Smith! Why his neighbors
say they can hear that poor wom
an screaming almost every night.
He ought to be in jail instead of
running for office!”
Having said their little speech,
they then go on to another crowd
ed spot and repeat it—or start
some new rumor to besmirch still
further the character of this po
litical aspirant.
Such methods have been em
ployed off and on for years. But
today we want to be particularly
careful of all whispering cam
paigns we run into—for the big
gest. organization in the busi
ness right now is the firm of
hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito.
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•Fire Insurance And Al)
Other Kinds of Insurance In
eluding Life Insurance.
HUGH C. BROWN,
McCORMICK, S. C.
Slattery Commends
Record Of Little
River Electric Coop.
The Little River Electric Coop
erative, Abbeville, has receiv
ed a letter from REA Adminstra-
tor Harry Slattery, commending it
on its record of repaying its REA
loan in advance of the date due,
Supt. F. Willard Brown announc
ed. The Little River Cooperative
was one of 35 systems that made
advance payments of $135,112 dur
ing the month of April alone.
The cooperative had made ad
vance payments amounting to
$1,000 as ot May 1. This money
was repaid before any -principal
or interest became due the REA
under the cooperative’s loan. REA
has loaned the Little River Coop
erative $153,061 which has enabled
it to develop 227 miles of distribu
tion lines now furnishing electric
ity to 591 rural consumers in the
area.
Mr. Slattery’s letter to the coop
erative follows:
St. Louis, Mo., June 11, 1942.
Little River Electric Cooperative,
Abbeville, South Carolina,
Attention: Mr. F. Willard Brown,
Superintendent.
Gentlemen:
Subject: SC 35 Abbeville.
You are to be commended on the
contribution you have made to
the war effort by making pay
ments on your REA loan in ad
vance of the due date. Your co
operative was one of the 35 REA
financed rural electric systems in
14 states that made advance pay
ments totalling $135,112 during
the month of April alone.
The way farmer-owners of REA
lines are using their increased in
come to reduce their indebtedness
ahead of schedule is giving me
great pleasure. Besides providing
additional evidence of the finan
cial soundness of the REA pro
gram and laying up a cushion of
credit agaist less favorable times,
REA cooperatives are carrying out
he Treasury’s request that money
be taken out of circulation for
the retirement of debts in order to
forestall the dangers of inflation.
An advanced payment on your REA
loan helps the government’s war-
inancing program more than
would the same amount invested
n War Savings Bonds.
Every advance payment you
make is also a guarantee that
"hen victory has been won, your
system will be in an excellent fi
nancial position to continue its
urogram of bringing power to the
farms in your area which are still
without electricity.
I am highly pleased with the re
ports coming to me from all over
the country which tell how indi
vidual members of the REA coop
eratives are investing large parts
of their personal income in War
Bonds. This also is in line with
the national drive to keep down
the cost of living.
Sincerely,
Harry Slattery,
Administrator.
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A total of 1,549^267 persons wit
nessed the 77 night baseball
games played in the major leagues
'ast season . . . Ty Cobb’s life
time batting average was .367;
Babe Ruth’s .342 . . Larry Mac-
Phail has had only two mana
gers since he went to Brooklyn—
Burleigh Grimes and Leo Duro-
cher. But he has hired 11 coaches
. . Eddie Joost, Cincinnati in-
fielder. is only 25, but has had
nine years of pro baseball experi
ence.
Vic Niethammer, flashy fresh
man right halfback at Notre
Dame last fall, won't attend
that school next year. He’s re
ported headed for either Colorado
U. or the University of Wyoming.
He hails from Casper, Wyo. . .
Fourteen former pupils of Larry
Gilbert, manager of the Nash
ville club in the Southern asso
ciation, are playing regularly with
major league teams.
Umpire Art Passarela made the
jump to the major leagues after
only four years of training. An
American l”"" ^ he is 33
years old. His f^her wanted him
to be a musio ? '' . Fred Dan-
nenfelser, capta ,M of Michigan’s
1941 golf ' ensign at
the Mare I 01 ' nrd ....
Doc ProU’'- nphis
wore a
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S. O. S.
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More people go to
CHEVROLET
DEMERS
FOR SERVICE
than to any other dealer organization
. because for years more people have purchdled Chevrolets
than any other make of car.
. because for years more people have purchased used cars from
Chevrolet dealers than from any other dealer organization.
. because Chevrolet dealers specialize in giving skilled, de
pendable service on all makes of cars and trucks.
Check and Rotate
Tires
^ Get Regular Lubri-
“ cation
Service Engine Car
buretor Battery
4 T<est
Brakes
Cheek Steering and
W heel Alignment
Check Clutch. Trans
mission. Rear Axle
Check Cooling
System
Protect and Preserve
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McCORMICK, S. C.
the coaching lines during a game.
His total was 2.3 miles.
Mickey Owens didn’t catch a
losing game for the Dodgers from
May 3 to May 20 . . .First pitch
er to beat the Yankees twice this
season was Elden Auker of the
Browns . . Andy Farkos. Wash
ington Redskin halfback, is work
ing in an airplane factory at
Dearborn.
Store Vegetable Seed
Properly To Protect
Future Food Supply
Clemson, June 20.—With the ne
cessity for maintaining food pro
duction at a record level to meet
wartime requirements and insure
victory, it is more important than
ever before for South Carolina
farmers to conserve vegetable seed
supplies through proper storage,
says A. E. Schilletter, Clemson ex
tension horticulturist.
Proper care in the transporta
tion and storage of vegetable seeds
will prevent deterioration and re
duce the chance that seeds saved
for the next crop or for larger
plantings to meet production goals
will not come up, Schilletter ex
plains.
The combination of high tem
perature and high humidity, of
ten found in our summer climate
spells death to many vegetable
seeds. The remedy is to dry the
seed and store in airtight contain
ers in a dry place. He cites ex
periments by the Federal Bureau
of Plant Industry which show that
many vegetable seed were worthless
for planting after nine weeks sto
rage at 80 degrees F. and 30 per
cent humidity, and others showed
loss of germination under similar
storage conditions.
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