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HcCQRMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, Number 9, 1944
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VcCOUMICK MRSSliNUlitt
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BOMBINGS • • • routine
How do the people of Germany
stand up under that night and day
• bombing which you would think
would unnerve any human being?
' How did the English take it when
tor weeks German bombers poured
Are on their cities with the regu-
. Jarity of clockwork?
I think most Americans wonder
about that. Most of us take for
• granted that if the English and Ger-
.mans can survive such day-after
day attacks we undoubtedly could
• do it too, but we will probably never
i yate understand why life is not en
tirely disrupted during an almost
v continual “baptism by fire.'*
• I was interested in the explana-
’ tion of a British flier who was in
: London throughout the blitz. He
r Sound a partial answer in a philos-
.- «pby of “ routine.” The British
, housewives, he said, live according
■ t» schedule. They get up at the
aame time every morning. Their
r meal hours never vary. They have
regular bed-time. They spend
• certain hours cleaning, other spe-
, » eilic hours cooking and have a set
• time for doing their daily shopping.
c During the first few days of the
- blitz, he said, their schedules were
severely upset. But after a few "
t <Jays they learned that the Ger-
\ =nans came over at the same time
‘‘•each night — a little after five
• of clock. So, within a week,- they
^-had fit these raids into their sched-
. ules. They worked it out so that as
■soon as supper was over the next
. step was to go to a shelter. It be-
’ eame just a matter of habit, part of
• the daily routine.
‘NERVES .... let-up
Naturally, this flier said, there
; was a great deal of tragedy and
heart-break caused by the blitz.
Many people were killed or hurt,
homes were destroyed and, in many
eases, children were separated
•from their families. But the Brit-
. ishers, he said, seemed to harden
themselves very quickly to these
• conditions and few had any great
;fear, from night to night, that their
own family would be among the
unlucky ones.
For several weeks the Germans
‘ kept to their routine of bombing at
the same hour and the Londoners
stuck to their routine of going to
> the shelters after supper.
. He then told me about the gradual
/. «et-up in the raids and offered a
philosophy which I had never con-
jAtdered, but which might apply in
;o«r country almost as much as it
;^did in London. He said that as long
the raids continued on sched*
inle, Londoners continued to accept
;1bem as part of their daily routine.
But when they began to let up—
, when the sirens didn’t blow at five
tf clock—the family routine was up- 1
wt almost as much as when the'
raids first started. When supper
was over the people automatically
^prepared to go to the shelters
jand then realized that maybe it
wasn’t necessary.’ They became un-
Icertain and upset about what they
aliould do during the evenings.
iFran the standpoint of reason they
welcomed the relief from bombings,
Imt the gradual need for a new
noajor revision in their daily sched-
• :*iles, coupled with an uncertainty
‘•over how long any new schedule
might last, seemed to be more
nerve-wracking than the continua-
1km of raids.
AMERICANS . . . change
Most # Americans, it seems to me.
can understand that reaction. For
' even though we may not think
much about it, we fight continually
against changes in our routine and
i.ean cope with major difficulties aft-
’er they become part of that routine.
! This applies to little things as well
'as important ones. If we suddenly
’have to move to a new place to
Kve, if we change jobs, if our chil
dren leave home or return home
[after being away, if a relative
comes to live with us, if our incohne
goes up or down, if we have to
4eal with new storekeepers, if sick-
wess develops in the family—those
ere the types of things which de
mand a change in schedule and
apset the “even tenor of our ways”
during the adjustment period.
As creatures of routine, we often
!prefer to accept hardships rather
ffran to seek change. Men will
keep jobs they don’t like rather
than face the mental turmoil which
would accompany a change. Wom-
cn will put up with a home they
•don't like in preference to adjust-
themselves to new neighbors
.awd new conditions. And even chil
dren, until they get used to it, are
.apt to dread the advent of a new
‘teacher, a new brother or sister, or
’a change in environment which
calls for readjustment. t .
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JSmtum
t REV. ROBERT H HARPER t
Th* Church During War and Peace.
Lesson for November 12: Isaiah 2:
\4; -9:6, 7; Matthew 5:23-48; Romans
13:1-7.
■ Golden Text: Matthew 5:9.
. Beginning with Isaiah’s picture
)f Christ’s kingdom as one of right
eousness and peace, and continu
ing with a prophecy of the Prince
of peace (Isaiah 9:6, 7), we come
^o the teaching of Jesus concern
ing love to enemies.
: We find a contrast between love
to neighbors with hatred of enemies
and a love that includes enemies,
in the latter we have the ex
ample of God Himself, who sends
His blessings on all alike.
\ From Paul’s teachings of the ori
gin of government, we conclude
that good citizenship is Christian
Iduty. During war the Christian’s
attitude should be determined by
^iis duty of allegiance to constituted
authority. Violence done by an indi
vidual in defiance of law is differ
ent from that done by the Govern
ment in opposing violence. The
Church should support the Govern
ment in war against aggression.
While urging that war be waged
without hatred and with the aim of
bringing a just peace.
I In time of peace, the Church
should labor to inform, inspire and
(Support the government in putting
down the enemies that attack the
[country from within. These enemies
•know no truce, respect no rights,
regard not the morals and welfare
of our people, and seize the oppor*
'tunity to work their evil within the
country while war is being waged
upon enemies without. Eternal
vigilance and determined opposi
tion to monstrous evils in our midst
will be the price of safety. And the
people have the right to expect that
the Church shall lead in making out
country safe at home.
Ration Calendar For
Week Of November 6
mower, window and door screens
and awningSfalWpuUaway for the
winter. f * -
Before the’smamtools* are stored
tflean and oil thenuJfow is a good*
time to make any necessary re-j
pairs, too. The lawn* mower should
be well cleaned and well oiled. It
‘would pay ^o- have it sharpened
ready for use next spring. These
jobs done now save time in the
spring’s rush hours..
When the screens aie taken offj
the windows and doors, brush,
them well and then paint the [
wire with kerosene. Store them |
carefully so that they won’t warp'
and are safe from bumps that’
might break either wire or frames, j
* Small awnings that are taken;
care of at home should be thorough-'
ly brushed before folding carefully’
and storing where they will keep
clean.
Lawn and porch furniture can be;
put away now. Give metal furniture-
a coat of kerosene to prevent rust
* and be sure it is stored in a dry;
■ place.
^ In the garden there are a few'
a odd jobs still to be done.
* Old rhubarb plants will produce'
* better next year if this fall you cov-j
r er them well with manure. It canl
be dug in next spring. i
Clean the garden well before 1
mulching any plants. Cut offj
all withered stalks and clear away
all fallen leaves. Then begin
mulching when the ground freezes^
Peonies and bulbs that were set
out late will need a light mulch—j
just enough to keep the ground
frozen so that it won’t thaw anq
tear the roots loose. i
Perennials with soft crowns —t
foxgloves especially — should btj
protfected first with berry baskets
or a frame of twigs lest the mulclvj
ing leaves rot them.
Sift coal ashes around delphini
ums. j
When chrysanthemums have fir*
ished flowering cut them back to
few inches. .
It’s a good idea to fork up thi
vegetable garden and leave il
rough during the winter. This wi'J
kill many grub pests.
Don’t forget to remove and burl
any yellowing iris leaves when yoj
are cleaning up the perennial bon
der.
Pull up and burn all weeds an
any annuals that have been kille.i
h” light frosts. [
The cleaner your garden goc(
into the winter the less troublt
you'll have with weeds and diseasi
next summer.
If you have an asparagus bei
cut <'ff the foliage and give it :
rrrich of well rotted manure a
aeon as the ground freezes.
PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8
through W5 (Book 4) now valid at
10 points each. Good indefinitely.
MEATS AND FATS: Red A8
through P5 (Bonk 4) now valid at
10 points each for use v/ith tokens.
Good indefinitely. t
SUGAR: Sugar stamps No. 33,
No. 31, No. 32 and No. 33 now good
for five pounds each indefinitely.
CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp
No. 40 good for five ‘pounds can
ning sugar until February 28, 1945.
SHQES: Airplane stamps No. 1
and No. 2 valid indefinitely.
FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou
pons from last year and Period 1
coupons for this season now val-
id.
GASOLINE: A-11 coupons valid
in Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas
and Virginia through November
8. Three A-13 coupons in the new
book will become valid for four
gallons each November 9. Regis
tration for new books in progress
now.
Rationing rules now require that
every car owner write his license
number and state on all gasoline
coupons in his possession, as soon
as they are issued him by his ra
tioning board.
Faced with a continuing flood
of applications for Grade 1 pas
senger car tires, E. H. Talbert, dis
trict OPA director, said today No
vember quotas, raised slightly ov
er October quotas, are still insuf
ficient to take care of an appre
ciable number, if any, of the
“back-log” of applications on
hand at most local War Price and
Rationing Boards.
Mr. Talbert said November quo
tas of commercial tires were also
too small to allow for any relaxa
tion of rigid rationing require
ments or strict observance of tire
conservation rules by consumers.
“The new quotas reemphasize the
need for greater use of recapping
as a means of keeping present
tires in operation,” he said.
November tire quotas for the
Columbia district are 18,736.
Issuance of flat dollar-and-cent:
ceiling prices at wholesale level on j
cooked corned beef has set the
basis for a general reduction in
average retail prices of at least 10
cents a pound, E. H. Talbert, dis
trict director of the Office of Price
Administration, said today.
The action, effective November
8, revokes a previous order estab
lishing cooked corn beef price a-
no higher than the March, 1942,
price.
Shoes containing small quanti
ties of leathr - reenforce fabric
uppers, manui'ctured or imported
before Nover .ber 6, have been
made ration-free by the Office of
Price Administration.
The action, affecting mostly
men’s and boys’ type shoes such
as rubbersoled gymnasium shoes,
was taken to enable shoe dealers
to move current stocks, OPA said.
Maximum prices on cucumbers,
suspended because of heavy crop
damage in the recent hurricane,
will be restored at previously es
tablished ceilings on January 1,
1945, the Office of Price Adminis
tration said today.
The previously established prices
are $2.90 per 28 pound lug and $5
per 48 pound bushel, f. o. b. ship
ping points in Florida and Cali
fornia, for the period from Janu
ary 1 to April 30. These prices at
grower level will mean retail prices
of about 16 cents per pound in the
Southeast.
OPA said ceiling prices on cu
cumbers, except grown in hothous
es, were suspended from Novem
ber to January 1 because the re
cent hurricane resulted in neavy
crop losses in Florida and reduced
the national supply of cucumbers
to about 15 per cent of the 10-
year average.
Primitive Methods
Need Not
Be
Followed
in
Advertising
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4 Be Modern
ADVERTISE HERE!!
Retail prices of fresh snap beans
are expected to be about six cents
a pound higher as the result of
action by the Office of Price Ad
ministration of increasing maxi
mum prices by $1.55 per bushel
from November 1 through Novem
ber 30.
OPA said the action affecting
all snap beans produced in the
Southeast was mandatorv under
the “disaster” clause of the Sta
bilization Extension Act to com
pensate growers for crop losses
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CLAUDE WICKARD, Secretary of r.^ricullure ;
asks you to try this
FOREST QU/Z
Can you give the correct answers to these ques
tions about America's forests? Try it—then
check the answers at the bottom ot the page.
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1. About bow many five-
room frame homes could be
built with the amount ot tim
ber that is killed by United
States forest fires each year?
50,000 homes? 125,000
homes? 215,000 homes?
2 Is the total area burned
over by the 210.000 forest
tires we have each year
about as big as—
Yosemite National Park?
Lake Michigan? New
York State?
3. How many fighter planes
could be built with the num
ber ot man-hours of labor
tied up each year in fighting
United States forest tires?
100? 800? 500?
4. What causes the majority
of forest tires?
Lightning? Man? Spon
taneous combustion?
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1. More than 215,000 five-
room homes—enough to
house the entire 1940 popu
lation ot Washington, D. C.
2. Close to 31,000,000 acres,
more than the land area oi
New York State.
3. More than 800 fighter
planes can be built with the
ANSWERS (Don't peek!)
almost 1,000,000 man-days
of labor which United States
forest and woods fires drain
each year from factories and
farms.
4. Man causes 90 percent of
all United States forest fires.
Pure and simple carelessness
on the part of honest, law-
abiding American citizens—
5. Why are forest fires
a greater danger than
ever?
like you—accounts for the
vast majority of the destruc
tion.
5. Lumber, a critical war
material, is vital in peace
time reconstruction. With
the shortage of manpower,
fewer people are available
to watch for and put out
forest fires.
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It to imp®***®* ,hot
• YOU
.erne-*®' th»*
1. CRUSH OUT
rette, y°ui cigar, y
ashes. .
before you leave.
4 ASK ABOUT
LAW-and ® P^ow sa
every
UT THE
>rmit—if y° u
SCLXO
jail evexy
S. AlWA-rSBECSSETOt;
An extra Watersheds
— j’hundred years ot forest
7ms /S AN EMERGENCY/
Something's got to be done right now about brush
and woods and forest fires in America. We face
enormous losses—in watersheds, timber, water power
and manpower—unless you who might start such
fires are extra carefuL Please read these rules.
Please memorize them. Remember that year,
with so many men away, there may be GREATER
DANGER THAN EVER to America's woodlands
and forests,)'
-"AN EVER/
M. G.
Sponsored By
& J. J. DORN, INC.
McCormick, S. C.
from the recent hurricane.
Action by the Offcie of Price
Administration of raising the
maximum price of fresh cranber
ries by 25 cents per box to grow
ers was expected to result in an
increase of about one cent per
pound at retail.
OPA said the maximum price
was raised in compliance with the
Stabilization Extension Act after
information indicated crop losses
have cut production in the nation
44 per cent of the ten-year aver
age.
at all levels, to compensate manu
facturers for increased costs. Re
tailers may not raise their prices
until notified by their wholesalers
and, likewise, wholsalers must be
notified by their manufacturer.
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Big Barn Dance Show
Municipal Auditorium, Aug4 ta,
One Night Only, Thursday,
November 16th
Acting to boost hog production,
the Office of Price Administration;
has extended ceiling prices of $14.-
75 a hundredweight, Chicago basis,
to hogs weighing up to 270 pounds.
Previously, OPA said, the $14.75
price extended only to hogs weigh
ing up to 240 pounds.
The action was possible because
of the greatly improved feed situ
ation nationally, OPA said.
The five-cent plug of chewing
tobacco will cost consumers six
cents and the ten-cent plug twelve
cents under a new schedule of ceil
ing prices made effective Novem
ber 8 by the Office of Price Ad
ministration.
OPA said previous maximum
prices were increased 20 per cent
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 4. — The
greatest Barn Dance Show ever
assembled will appear at the Mu
nicipal Auditorium, Augusta, ' on
next Thursday evening, November
16th, at 8:30. Rufe Davis, number
one hillbilly and motion picture
star, known all over America for
his ability to imitate anything
that flies, crawls or scoots, wheth
er it be human or animal, appears
as star of the show, along with 25
other stars of radio, movie and
records.
Supporting Rufe will be such
outstanding stars as — The Mon
tana Kid — famous cowboy movie
star and his famous horse Coley
Bay. The Montana Kid will ride
Coley Bay onto the stage of the
Auditorium singing cowboy songs
familiar to everyone and Coley
Bay will perform in such a way
as to be astounding as well as
entertaining.
The Four Original Hickory Nuts,
who play everything except the
kitchen stove, is headed by Chub
by Chuck Roe, ace comic, who
plays string bass hnd banjo, as
well as the saw and a rubber bal-
oon. The Hickory Nuts are
screams. Charlie Althoff, number
one cld timer fiddler, known to
all movie goers for his many ap
pearances in gold rush films as
the ragged fiddler. Althoff has
been in the movies for 32 years
and was starred with Tom Mix
and Buck Jones in many of their
pictures.
Bert Wayne and his eight “B”
j Ranch Boys, have a style all their
own and play hillbilly music from
; “Turkey in the Straw” to “Pistol
Packing Mama”. Their music is a
solid click, featuring Bert Wayne,
his harmonica and guitar.
The Campbell Sisters—Esta and
Fiesta—now rated as the best fe
male yodelers west of the Swiss
Alps who, for the past two years,
have been making best seller rec
ords for the OKeh Record Com
pany.
These outstanding stars, togeth
er with others, make up the big
gest barn dance show of the year
—two solid hours of fun, music
and frolic—a show long to be re
membered* ’ i '
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