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THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C- FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1939 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE German Comer on Munitions * Makes U. S. Embargo Provision Help Reich’s Cause, Is Charge (EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinions sre expressed in these columns, they sre those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) — Released by Western Newspaper Union. NEUTRALITY: Co-operation? German domination over lesser European nations need not only mean dependence on the Reich for peacetime manufactured goods. If such was the case last year, Adolf Hitler’s aggression this spring add ed military domination to the al ready pressing economic leverage. Reason: Already boss of Germany’s mighty Krupp works, Berlin cap tured the even mightier Skoda plants when Czecho-Slovakia fell before the conquerer. Until then southeast Europe’s minor nations (like Rumania, Greece, Turkey and Jugoslavia) had Skoda guns and shells to ward oft the aggressive Reich. Today Skoda munitions go mainly to Germany and can be / CZECHIA’S SKODA WORKS It may change V. S. policy. bought by lesser nations only in ex change for concessions. Aggravating the situation is the Anglo-French rearmament pro gram, which demands domestic consumption of all munitions pro duced in those nations’ plants. Lesser countries get none. This forceful argument against current U. S. neutrality legislation was apparently saved for the crucial moment. Not offered early this ses sion during house and senate com mittee hearings, it was plumped in their laps unexpectedly by Secre tary of State Cordell Hull just as the two houses seemed likely to give neutrality an airing. It seemed a fairly sound basis for changing U. S. policy, isolationists notwithstanding. Since the Nazi government has become No. 1 source of military supplies, more over since practically continuous German mobilization aggravates the situation, Mr. Hull joined Ne vada’s Sen. Key Pittman in demand ing repeal of the neutrality act’s embargo provision. (Thit provision stipulates that once the President finds a state of tear exists in any foreign conflict, the tale of V. S. arms and munitions it prohibited.) Best anti-embargo argument: That it actually places the U. S. in a position of co-operating with N?zi Germany in freezing out smaller na tions by depriving them qf muni tions. On the surface less pressing when war scares have temporarily died down, neutrality revision seemed out of the question if congress is to consider tax revision, relief appro priations and social security and still adjourn by July 15. PENSIONS: Revision Downed in the house 302 to 97 was Dr. Francis E. Townsend’s visionary plan to give everyone over 60 about $200 a month through a $20,000,000,000-a-year 3 per cent transaction tax. This was beaten before it reached the floor, much to the embarrassment of representa tives who accepted Townsend sup port last election. But by adjourn ment time congress will probably liberalize social security to start paying 65-year-oldsters next year on ... r . ONWARD TELEPHONE—If the 560,000 telephone wires under one New York corner were strung above ground, 9,000 strings of poles would be needed to carry them. Laid underground, cable com pactness has heretofore reached such efficiency that one cable 2% inches in diameter would carry 3,636 wires. Newest exploit: Plac ing 4,242 insulated wires in a ca ble the same thickness. HANGOVER—Air sickness, dis covered Dr. Arnold D. Tuttle of United airlines’ medical depart ment, results from lack of oxy gen. Finding that air travelers with hangovers suffered most, Dr. Tuttle decided that morning- after feeling is characterized by pronounced want of oxygen. Therefore he thinks mild doses of pure oxygen should be an anti dote for too much alcohol, open ing the way for drug store oxy gen bars. r m basis of their average previous wages rather than on their pay roll tax accumulations: Method. Under present rules, so cial security taxes would rise from 1 per cent to 1% per cent against both employer and employee on Jan uary 1, 1940; to 2 per cent in 1943; 2Vi per cent in 1946; and 3 per cent in 1949. Probable revision: Current 1 per cent rate against each will be frozen for three years. Results. At present a worker now making $106 a month would get nothing but a smqll lump sum set tlement in 1940. Under revisions, he would begin getting $25.75 a month if single and $38.63 if mar ried. Significance. By cutting payroll contributions and boosting pensions, congress will upset the elaborately planned program for a $48,000,000,- 000 old-age reserve account by 1980, scheduled to draw 3 per cent inter est as it grew through the years. Proposed amendments, however, are merely being realistic about the fact that the current $2,000,000,000 reserve is ajl I. O. U.’s from the treasury, whose interest is paid by be rrowii.j more money and thus raising taxes. COMMUNICATIONS: Free Speech? Fourteen U. S. radio stations are ’‘international,” i.e., they direct broadcasts to foreign continents (chiefly Latin America) as well as to home listeners. European stations do likewise, but under government orders they propagandize programs in a way that the U. S. Constitution would forbid as an impediment to guaranteed free speech. Surprised and puzzled, therefore, were the 14 international stations when Washington’s unpopular fed eral communications Commission or dered that beginning November 1 their programs must “promote in ternational good will, understanding and co-operation.” When time comes to renew their year-by-year licenses, stations must show their programs have reflected the “culture of this country." What FCC denied was censorship, nevertheless seemed th^t way to more than one congressman. PEOPLE: Men at Work Three new jobs for the following men may soon make news: GROVER CLEVE- iLAND BERGDOLL, no torious World war draft [dodger, now in military prison after returning from Germany, says he will use his wealth to re lieve U. S. employment by opening his Philadel phia brewery and other inherited property. Oth er plans include a private building project on his j 24% acre farm near Phil adelphia. ADM. WILLIAM D. LEAHY, retiring chief | of U. S. naval opera tions, whose projected | appointment as Puerto | Rican governor to sue-1 :eed Blanton Winship I was mysteriously! dropped, is now expect ed to succeed Claude A. ||p Swanson as secretary of & the navy. Already pastaf retirement age. Admiral ^- Leahy is remaining as ^ , naval chief temporarily. < JESSE JONES, Tex- jan chairman of the Re construction Finance corporation, is expect ed to be named admin istrator of the consoli dated federal lending agency effective July 1 [ under President Roose- Ivelt’s first government reorganization plan. [Mr. Jones may also ad- I minister the proposed [program of loans to * small business. TREASURY: News Notes June 15 is quarterly U. S. treas ury refinancing time. Only re financing this June is an offer to exchange $426,554,600 in 1% per cent notes maturing next September for new five year, % per cent notes maturing June 15, 1944. No new money will be needed until Septem ber. Other treasury news: C. During the first 11 months of the 1938-39 fiscal year the U. S. operated with a deficit of $3,240,467,092, which will probably hit $4,000,000,- 000 by year’s end on June 30. C. Secretary Morgenthau revealed only 49 Americans had million-dol- lar incomes in 1937, compared with 61 in 1936. Yet 6,350,148 people filed 1937 income tax returns, compared with only 5,413,499 in 1936. C. Okayed by. the senate was a meas ure to remove the $30,000,000 limit on federal bond insurance, though the total debt limit cf $45,000,000,000 (to be reached next fiscal year) re mains undisturbed. PUZZLERS Know your news? Answer all these questions and you’re excellent ; answer three and you’re good; two, fair: one, poor. North Sea [BIRKENHEAD 1. In above map, note the spot marked “X.” What disaster took place there recently? 2. True or false: Homer Mar tin’s United Automobile Workers of America, big link in the C. I. O., has refused to join the Ameri can Federation of Labor despite a squabble with C. I. O. 3. What infantile paralysis suf ferer is returning from a pilgrim age to France’s Lourdes shrine? 4. On what charge was former U. S. Judge Martin T. Manton convicted in New York city? (Answers at bottom of column.) - w SENATOR HOLT The question: Resolve or not? John N. Garner and Postmaster General James A. Farley fear a showdown. Reason: If the resolu tion were defeated after much-pub licized Senate debate, the public might interpret it as a vote of confi dence in President Roosevelt, thus encouraging him to run again. Contrariwise, Republicans and anti-New Deal senators favor a vote immediately, win or lose. Reason: The badly split Democratic party’s No. 1 need is an immediate de cision by President Roosevelt. If the resolution carried, that decision will be made for him; if it is de feated, he will be forced to say whether or not he will run. AGRICULTURE: Downgrade In booming 1929 U. S. gross farm income was $12,791,000,000. In de pression-ridden 1932 it was less than half, or $5,562,000,000. Returning prosperity zoomed it to $10,350,000,- 000 in 1937. But in 1938, according to bureau of agricultural economics reports, it dropped again to $9,220,- 000,000. This was not unexpected, since farm income always fellows the gen eral economic trend. Chief interest ing revelations: (1) That, contrary to popular belief, the U. S. farm problem is not confined to a few major crops like cotton and wheat; (2) that the $482,000,000 in U. S. sub sidies for 1938 was 31 per cent more than in 1937 ($367,000,000), yet total income went down anyway. Two possible deductions: (1) That all the U. S. government’s costly farm relief measures have been in effective; (2) that on the contrary they have been effective in bolster ing farm income during natural “off” years. Sample comparative incomes: Crop 1938 1937 Com « 291,315,000..$ 248,914,000 Wheat 443.554,000.. 617,547,000 Oata 41.608,000.. 66,126,000 Cotton Lint . 575,741,000.. 770,377,000 Cotton Seed . 91,494,000.. 113,399.000 Tobacco 294.063.000.. 318.305.000 Truck Crops 318,176,000.. 360,204,000 Citrus Fruits 81,349,000.. 138.755,000 Apples 102,756,000.. 143,170,000 CatUe 1,165,079,000.. 1,237,422,000 Hogs 1,072,800,000.. 1,161,157.000 Sheep 163,055,000.. 194,956,000 Milk 1,778,813,000.. 1,960,922,000 Eggs 608,015,000.. 651.496.000 Answers to Puzzlers 1. The British submarine The tis went down with a loss of 98 lives. 2. False. In a referendum among 70,000 U. A. W. members, 96 per cent voted in favor of af filiation with A. F. of L. 3. Fred Snite Jr. of Chicago. 4. Conspiracy to obstruct jus tice and to deprive the U. S. of his impartial services, ie., for selling “justice.” OATMEAL MEAT PATTIES Sec Recipe Below. POLITICS: Showdown When asked about a third term, President Roosevelt promptly dis cusses the weather, a habit chiefly distressful to West Virginia’s anti- New Deal Sen. Rush D. Holt. Strong ly against a third term, Rush Holt would need only a hint from the Sphynx-like White House to demand senate confirmation of a resolution he has kept pocketed more than a year. That resolution would forbid a third term. Paridoxically, two New Dealers who least want a Roosevelt third term are greatest battlers against the Holt resolution. Both potential 1940 candidates, Vice President When the Allowance Is Low Lucky is the homemaker who has tucked away on her pantry shelf a package or two of oatmeal, and in her recipe file a half-dozen clever suggestions for using it in her menus. For oatmeal is a quick change artist, and with a little in genuity you can turn out a whole array of tempting, unusual dishes as delicious to eat. as they are inexpen sive to eat. For example, have you ever tried making light, flavorsome raisin muf fins with oat meal? Or have you used oatmeal in a thick, hearty vegetable soup to give it that “stick - to - the- ribs” quality so much to be de sired for active families? Had you thought of using it to stretch the meat budget, by making a little meat go a long way in meat patties or meat loaf? You’ve used oatmeal for luscious, soft, chewy cookies, of course, but have you tried it for making the crust for a delectable apple pudding, or have you substituted it for nut meats in a rich-tasting torte? You see, besides adding interest and variety to meals, and doing a first-class job of budget stretching, oatmeal may be trusted to add a large amount of low-cost food ener gy to the diet. Oatmeal, moreover, is an excellent source of vitamin B, modemly called thiamin. This vita min is absolutely necessary to en able the body to transform food (es pecially carbohydrates) into muscu lar energy. Thiamin stimulates the appetite, too, and it helps in over coming constipation, and acts as a prevention of nervousness. Here, theit, is a brand new series of carefully tested recipes, all of which contain oatmeal, all of which will be family favorites in your rec ipe box. Oatmeal Apple Torte. (Makes eight servings) CRUST: 2 cups flour % cup oatmeal (uncooked) % teaspoon salt 1 cup brown sugar Vt cup butter (melted) Combine the ingredients in the or der in which they are listed. Re serve one cup of this mixture for the top. Pack the remainder into the bottom of an eight-inch square FILLING: 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch % teaspoon salt 1 cup water 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups apples (pared and chopped} Combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add the water and butter, and cook over a low flame for about 10 minutes, stirring frequent ly. Cool and add the vanilla and apples. Pour the filling over the crust, and cover with one cup of crust mixture reserved for this. Bake in a moderately slow oven (325 degrees) for about one hour. Serve warm with plain or whipped cream. Oatmeal Raisin Mnffins. (Makes 16-18 small muffins) 1 cup general purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder Vt teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 2 cups oatmeal % cup seedless raisins 1 egg 1 cup milk 3 tablespoons shortening (melted) Sift together the flour, baking pow der, salt and sugar. Add oatmeal and the raisins. Beat the egg, add milk and melted shortening. Com bine with, dry ingredients and mix very lightly. Pour into greased muf fin pans and bake in a hot oven (400 degrees) for approximately 20 min utes. Vegetable Oatmeal Soup. (Serves eight) 2 pounds soup bone (% bone, % meat) 2 tablespoons fat 2 quarts water 4 teaspoons salt % teaspoon pepper 2 cups tomatoes (canned) 1 cup carrots (cubed) Vt cup onion (chopped) % cup celery (chopped) % cup oatmeal or 1 cup regular rolled oats (uncooked) Remove part of meat from cracked soup bone, cut meat into cubes and brown lightly in hot fat. Place meat, soup bone, water, salt and pepper in soup kettle. Cover tightly and simmer approximately two hours. Cool, strain, and chill sufficiently so that excess fat may be skimmed off. There should be 6% cups of soup stock. Return stock to kettle and add vegetables. Bring to a boil, then slowly add oatmeal. Cover and simmer approximately % hour, or until vegetables are ten der. Soup meat used in making the stock may be cut in small pieces and added. Serve with finely chopped parsley, if desired. Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies. (Makes five dozen) % cup shortening 1% cups dark brown sugar 1% cups general purpose flour % teaspoon salt % teaspoon soda 3 cups oatmeal % cup sour milk % teaspoon vanilla Cream the shortening and sugar thoroughly. Sift together the flour, salt, and soda, and combine with oatmeal. Add to the creamed niix- ture, alternately, with the milk. Stir in the vanil la. Roll out to Vi- inch thickness on a lightly floured board. Cut into 2%-inch rounds with a floured oookie cutter. Bake on a greased cookie sheet in a moderately hot oven (375 degrees) for about 10 minutes. Meat Patties. (Serves six) 6 slices bacon % pound beef (ground) Va pound pork (ground) 1 egg (beaten) 1 tablespoon onion (chopped) 1 cup tomatoes (canned or fresh) Vt cup milk Vi cup oatmeal % teaspoon salt Dash of pepper Line six muffin tins with strips of bacon. Combine remaining ingredi ents and mix well. Put into the muffin tins. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for approximate ly one hour. As a Breakfast Food. Modern homemakers serve oat meal porridge often and for variety add chopped dates, figs, seedless raisins, or dried prunes or apricots (cut in strips) while cooking. Get This New Cook Book. Of course the man in your family has very special recipe likes and dislikes. So has every other he- man. And, of course, they all like a big, juicy steak, apple pie a la mode, potatoes au gratin, etc. This new cook book contains over 125 rec ipes that men like. Send 10 cents in coin to Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111., and get a postage prepaid copy of “Feeding Father.” , MpROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDOUIST. D. D. ~ ody Bible Institute Dean of The Moody : of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 18 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used bar permission. PAUL WRITES PERSONAL LETTERS LESSON TEXT—n Timothy 1:1-0, Phile mon 1-7, 21. 22. GOLDEN TEXT—Study to snow thyself approved unto God, a workman that need- eth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.—II Timothy 2:15. Letters—what interest we all take in them I We go to town to get the mail, or we stop our work at the fa miliar signal of the postman. Too little thought is given to the possi bility that our letters may be a means of blessing in God’s hand. Paul has given us model Christian epistles. In considering our lesson it is dif ficult to indicate specific verses, but the reader can readily identify the truth taken from the lesson under each division. I. Remembrance. Paul did not write letters which were impersonal and distant in spir it. The warmth of a loving heart, the refreshing recollection of past fellowship, a gerfuine interest in the joys and sorrows of his brethren put love into every sentence of his letters. We need to learn the art of writ ing letters. Even so-called business communications may often carry a touch of encouragement or inspi ration. Personal letters should certainly be a constant medium of keeping bright the flame of affec tion between parents and children, brothers and sisters, and Christian friends separated by distance. Observe that the remembrance of Paul had to do with both personal and spiritual matters, and note how naturally and easily the two blend. There should be no need of being offensively “preachy” in writing let ters. The personal and spiritual in terests of our lives should be so close together that we normally and without effort can put them forth as one in spirit. H. Inspiration. Who has not had the unforgetta ble experience of receiving a letter just when its cheering word was needed. Many a man has beer, saved from despair and possible destruc tion by such “a word fitly spoken” which is “like apples of gold in pic tures of silver” (Prov. 25:11). “A word spoken in due season, how good is it!” (Prov. 15:23). We enjoy receiving such letters— do we make an effort to write them to others? OF do we excuse our selves by saying, “You know I am such a poor letter-writer!” when the fact is that we are probably lazy or indifferent to the needs of our friends? Notice that Paul’s inspiration and Instruction to his friends revolved around two points—his constant prayers on their behalf and his faith ful presentation of the teaching of God’s Word. If we would follow his example we must first really pray and then study God’s Word for our selves before we shall be ready to pass it on to others. III. Admonition. Scolding has no place in a letter, but kindly admonition is quite in or der. Paul improved every oppor tunity to urge his readers to per sona] piety, Christian fellowship, at tendance upon the means of grace, prayer, and the study of God’s Word. He also urged his young brother in the Lord’s service to “stir up the gift of God” which was in him. The influence of the world, the pressure of work, or some bur den of spirit might cause a man to bog down in the slough of despond or of mediocrity. A letter from a true Christian friend at such a time might well be the means in God’s hand of renewing holy resolves and of stimulating renewed endeavor. Do you think of someone who is waiting for that kind of a letter from you? IV. Co-operation. Friendship and fellowship are not one-sided. The very words demand the existence and interaction of two personal beings. “A man that hath friends must show himself friendly” (Prov. 18:24). Paul recognized this, and when he wrote to Philemon he gave him opportunity to respond in loving obedience to a request while at the same time he showed the highest degree of Christian consid eration and courtesy toward Phile mon. The epistle is a “masterpiece of persuasive tact and delicacy and an enduring model of truest Chris tian courtesy” (Ellicott). No right thinking person is satis fied to be the constant recipient of the love and thoughtfulness of anoth er with no opportunity to recipro cate. The smallest child or the hum blest individual who must receive help wants to sho v his loving ap preciation. A consiaerate friend will therefore open such an opportunity, not as a command or in a spirit of expecting something in return, but as an act of Christian courtesy. Charming Patterns For Smart Fashions Old License Plates Useful An old license plate comes in handy when painting the woodwork of a room. Be sure that it is clean. 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