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£ ^ ' ^ f “ ' m THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1939 . . V >— J * ■ - 1 "f WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE New Government Lending Plan Will Hit Trouble, Say Experts; Strikes Spending Key for 1940 (EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinions mre expressed in these columns, they ore those of the news nnmlyst snd not necessarily of this newspaper.) by Western Newspaper Union. POLITICS: Looking to 1940 “A year ago when the President sent his {4^00,000,000 lends pend message to congress, 1 said it was like putting a shin plaster on a cancer. This plan now is fust another shin plaster.” What looks like a shin plaster to North Carolina’s Sen. Josiah W. Bai ley looks to dubious U. S. business men as a timely reiteration of the politico-economic, philosophy Presi dent Roosevelt expounded before congress last January 4, namely, that “government investment” in U. S. financial stability should not merely be an emergency stop gap, but a long-range standard policy. The new plan: Government agencies would issue extra-budgetary federal-guaranteed securities for financing self-liquidat ing projects. Special U. S. authori- C ( SENATOR BAILEY Shin plaster for a cancer. ties would loan a total of $3,860,000,- 000 within periods ranging from two to seven years, the total program to be divided as follows: Non-federal public work* like bridges, hospitals and waterworks (350,000.000 Toll roads, express highways, city by passes. etc 750,000,000 Railroad equipment to be leased to carriers 500,000,000 Rural electrification expansion 460.000,000 Farm tenancy program 500,000,000 Increase In 17. S. Housing Authority's borrowing power 800,000,000 Loans to foreign nations to purchase V. S. surpluses 500,000,000 While Senate Majority Leader Al- ben Barkley assured reporters the measure would pass immediately, political wiseacres took great pains to make an undiluted election issue of it. Almost universally overlooked was the White House’s violent re treat from the costly, ineffectual pump-priming methods it has tried before, which consisted not of loans but straight spending. Also over looked was the small size of a seven- year $3,860,000,000 program com pared with $20,678,000,000 the New Deal spent on recovery and relief from 1933 to 1938. Nevertheless many a vital hole and many a politi cal portent could be read from the measure: Politics. With 10,000,000 still un employed and national income about $12,000,000,000 under the “ideal” of $80,000,000,000 a year, the adminis tration will obviously seek to per petuate itself in 1940 by stimulating a temporary recovery as in 1938. Re publicans and conservative Demo- * HEADLINERS REAR ADM. HARRY YARNELL A pop-eyed Japanese consul in Shanghai received an unex pectedly brusque message recent ly for transmittal to Tokyo. It said that the American navy will go “wherev er necessary” to protect American citizens and that it expects no in terference from Japan, who has been trying to shove Occidentals out of the Orient. The message came from Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, spare native of Inde pendence, Iowa, director of America’s Asiatic fleet and un official Far Eastern diplomatic representative since October, 1936. It was almost the parting shot of a man who has won virtu ally all disputes with Japan grow ing out of the Chinese war. For Mr. Yarnell, who meantime has won the admiration and even the respect of Japan, will reach stat utory retirement age in July. Veteran of the Spanish-Ameri- can war, Philippine insurrection, Boxer campaign, Vera Cruz occu pation and World war (where he commanded the U. S. S. Nash ville), his most difficult assign ment is the present one. He will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, possibly return ing to his prairie home after a job well done. crats point out that the new lending plan provides $870,000,000 to be spent next year; with FHA’s new lending power ($800,000,000), with the emergency relief appropriation (*1,735,000,000) and record agricul tural subsidies ($1,000,000,000) the coming fiscal year will bring ex penditures of $4,405,000,000 as a pre lude to the campaign and election. However sincere the President’s in tentions for recovery, the political connection is inescapable and leads many observers to believe Mr. Roosevelt will positively seek a third term. Finance. Fears of orthodox U. S. financiers went unnoticed in the del uge of political comment. Among the fears: C. It was recalled that even Brain- truoter Adolf Berle Jr., assistant secretary of state, recently said such lending methods must eventu ally lead to government absorption of the country’s most productive plants. fi. Mr. Roosevelt’s insistence that the so-called “self liquidating” bonds be taxable brought investigation which revealed many projects are self- sustaining by so close a margin that to tax the bonds would make them a losing investment. C. Loans to municipalities will be blocked in many cases by local laws and state regulations covering mu nicipal indebtedness. Most large cit ies, moreover, have already reached their debt limit. C. Since the Johnson act fortfds new loans to nations already indebted to the U. S., only South America and Scandinavian countries could use the $500,000,000 trade - boosting loan. Financiers fear a loss here, since there is no method to force collec tion short of war. C. Leasing of equipment to rail roads would, it is alleged, be an un satisfactory substitute for the reme dial legislation necessary to place U. S. carriers back on their feet. Restoration of rail prosperity is re garded as far preferable. FRANCE: Lesson When French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet signed a mutual as sistance pact with Turkish Ambas sador Suad Davaz, Italo-German ag gression into the eastern Mediter ranean seemed effectively stymied. Moreover, for Signor Benito Musso lini it was an object lesson in gen tlemanly behavior. Results: (1) Tur key is wooed away from the Rome- Berlin axis; (2) Anglo-French war time control of the strategic Darda nelles makes German invasion of vEURQPE yOQ mewterranIanc? ftHATAYL rrs. cca | ffl y\FRICA;>* BSggSABif fK TURKEY’S GAIN It pays to be a gentleman. the Balkans less likely; (3) pro-Nazi Bulgaria is isolated; (4) Turkey’s big neighbor, Russia, should now be more willing to enter a military agreement with Britain. Mussolini’s object lesson was that Turkey won the strategic Republic of Hatay (Syrian Alexandretta) in return. Though the transfer was probably illegal in League of Na tions’ eyes, under whose mandate France ruled it, Turkey neverthe less gained by negotiation what Italy has been unable to gain by threat. Stubborn Frenchmen still refuse to bow before Mussolini’s demands for Suez canal rights, the Addis Ababa- Djibouti railroad and Italian minor ity rights in Tunisia. NAVY: Speed-Up Fiscal year’s start July 1 means new funds for new work in most U. S. government departments. Big gest appropriations for the 1939-40 fiscal year cover rearmament, and before July has passed into history the navy will be well under way with three new jobs: Bases. Costing $65,000,000 are 12 plane and submarine bases for which congress has appropriated $31,621,000 to handle the first year’s work. Outlying bases will be at San Juan, Puerto Rico; Kaneohe and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Sitka and Kodiak, Alaska; Midway island; Johnston island and Palmyra island in the western Pacific. Continental bases will be at Pensacola and Jack sonville, Fia., and Tongue Point, Ore. Ships. Early June found 75 war ships under construction, the pro gram running ahead of last year. Meanwhile 24 new ships are being rushed, including two 45,000-ton “su per” battleships. All will be laid down in 1940 and will cost about $350,000,000. Planes. Effective immediately the “speed-up” policy will be applied to 500 new airships, whose completion during the 1939-40 fiscal year will bring the navy’s total to 2,132. How It Works ANGLO-C. S. BARTER PACT Most nations are deficient in some natural resources and have too much of others. In wartime, inability to export non-essentials and import essentials would be a military handicap. Friendly na tions can prepare in advance against such emergencies with out disturbing their economic bal ances. Under the new American- British barter treaty, the U. S. will give England $30,000,000 worth (or 600,000 bales) of surplus O ^ 4^^ 1 * ^ ^ w (fc? H # xi**'» (t ,-# '«•*voAv ### ST: -W 1 .> ,■ COTTON, such as Britain needs for shells like these. It will come from 11,300,000 bales held by the U. S. as security for loans to farmers, thereby reliev ing pressure on the domestic market. In return, Britain will give the U. S. 85,000 tons of RUBBER, such as the army would need in wartime for pur poses like tires for the above anti tank gun. Britain will buy the rubber on open market. Each nation will hold the reserves for seven years as war stocks. Lat er other materials may be bar tered, for America needs items like tin, chromium and manga nese. Although the U. S. de plores barter as fostered by Germany, the new arrangement will merely supplement existing ‘favored nation” treaties and is not a basic economic tenet. AGRICULTURE: Strange Feeling America’s “dust bowl” lies rough ly in the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Kansas. In 1936, at the drouth’s depth, some 16,000,000 acres of once-valuable grain and grazing land lost part of its topsoil under ferocious winds that brought no moisture. Keclamatio* followed, featured chiefly by conservation of rainfall and "fastening down” of the soil with hardy vegetation. Thousands of square miles were terraced and cultivated in contour furrows that held the moisture and Stopped ero sion. By this spring the 16,000,000 “blow” acres were reduced to 800,000. As wind-weary farmers began harvesting the summer’s crop, they could look back on a prodigious job well done. Whereas 1935 yielded a wheat crop of only 4,000,000 bushels, the dust bowl’s elevator men ex pect from 15,000,000 to 25,000,000 bushels when this season’s grain is threshed. Smiling, likewise, were drouth- ridden farmers of northern plains states (Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana). Though their land was still quite dry and this year’s prospects none too good, they have felt something unusual this summer—rain. TRANSPORTATION: Pedestrians “He has been sadly neglected and has had to shift for himself. He has evolved the simple philosophy that his job is to get across the street as best he can. He joins with other pedestrians in mass vio lation of traffic lights. In rural areas he walks on the pavement, on the wrong side of the road, and wears dark cloth ing at night.” This, said the National Safety Council’s Leslie X Sorenson, is the plight of U. S. pedestrians who in 1938 accounted for three out of ev ery five persons killed in traffic ac cidents. What made the situation more startling were figures showing two-thirds of pedestrians killed were violating a traffic ordinance or com mitting an unsafe act. Thirteen per cent of them had been drinking; only 9 per cent of drivers involved in fatal accidents had been drinking. Suggested cure: Make pedestrians obey stop signals and other traffic regulations just as automobile driv ers must do; build sidewalks in the country. FORECAST PURGE—Succeeding retiring Gov. Richard W. Leche, the late Huey Long’s brother Earl is ex pected to “purge” the political machine created by his illustrious brother, thereby preserving an air - tight organization being threatened by dissension. First to leave: Dr. James Monroe Smith, whom Huey Long named president of Louisiana State uni versity. WRECK—Evidencing the need for better submarine rescue equipment, salvagers of the sunk en U. S. submarine Squalus pre dict the boat will not be raised until at least late July. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute (Released by Western 'ewspaper Union.) Lesson for July 9 To Be Saved When a man is saved he is saved from something that does him harm. But that isn’t all. He is saved to something that is good for him and everybody he comes in contact with. Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. JEROBOAM: A MAN WITH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY LESSON TEXT—I Kings 11:28-31. 37-53. GOLDEN TEXT—In all thy way* acknowl edge him, and he shall direct thy paths.— Proverbs 1:6. Strengtn of personality Apart from good character will not assure suc cess but will, on the other hand, cause only intensified failure and disaster. We may even add divine promises of blessing which are given on condition of right living, and the man of courage and strength without good moral or spir itual character will only dissipate both promise and power and will become what is even worse than a failure—a bad example and a lead er of wickedness. I. Opportunity and Treachery (w. 26-28). Opportunity misused may become a curse, but that is the result when a man takes what might be a bless ing and turns it into a blight. The life of Jeroboam is a warning against such sinfulness and at the same time it offers us an occasion to encourage young people to make the most of their opportunities for the glory of God. That which commended Jero boam to Solomon was that he was a man of courage and industry (v. 28). That combination will carry a man or woman to unlimited heights. The world is so full of timid and lazy folk, that the one who has a heart of valor and a willingness to work hard stands out in bold relief. Every sensible employer knows that fact and is quick to lay hold of and advance suc.i an individual. Times are hard and work is scarce, but opportunity still knocks at the door of the boy or girl, man or woman who is brave and diligent. The sad thing was that there was treachery in the heart of Jero boam. Had he bee.i willing to wait God’s time he would have received all that he did ultimately receive and more, but his strength of per sonality did not include good char acter, and he at once began to plot against the king who had given him his chance to develop and advance. Let us teach our young people to be loyal and true, as well as to be brave and ambitious.- n. Promise and Condition (w. 29- 31, 37-39). God had reached the end of His patience with Solomon. He who had begun on his knees in the house of God, seeking wisdom that he might rule his people aright, had come to the end of his life in apostasy and in wicked indulgence of the wishes of his heathen wives. Through His prophet Ahijah, God made known the purpose to divide the kingdom into ten tribes and two—a separa tion which knew no reunion while Israel was in- the land. Jeroboam was promised the ten tribes with the assurance of the great blessing which had been given to David, but this was definitely on the condition that he would “hearken—walk—do—keep” (v. 38) God’s statutes. The fact that he failed only emphasizes the folly and wickedness of the man, for he went on his way to destruction in spite of opportunity and blessing. Men are doing the same thing today Oh, that we who teach this lesson might be enabled to stop some such prod igal on this coming Lord’s Day. III. Danger and Exile (v. 40). Although Jeroboam in accordance with God’s promise did ultimately come to his throne, it was by way of danger and a flight into Egypt. Solomon determined to destroy him and Jeroboam had to flee into exile. If he had gone God’s way to the throne and had abided God’s time, he might have spared himself both danger and exile in a heathen land. Perchance some one who reads these lines is just now languishing in the exile of an Egypt of despair because he has failed to obey God. To such a one we say, do not fol low Jeroboam who went from exile on into greater sin and sorrow. Turn back now, seek God in con fession and contrition, and if need be, in salvation. Get back to God’s way and enjoy His blessing. In making application of the les sons learned from the life of Jero boam, let us not fail to point out that all down through the historical records he is referred to repeatedly as the man “who made Israel to sin.” “Jeroboam’s sins were not the sins of a common man. It is only kings, and kings’ counselors, and popes, and bishops, and minis ters, and elders, and such like, who can sin and make nations and churches and congregations to sin. But they can do it. And they are doing it every day . . . The com monest and meanest man among us has more than enough of this terri ble power of both sinning himself and making other men to sin’’ (Alexander Whyte). BAKED EGGS IN HAM NESTS See Recipe Below. Meals That Are Different A slice of golden-yellow cheese with a time-mellowed sharpness of flavor is the perfect accompaniment for a piece of rich, juicy, apple pie —but all too often we forget that its usefulness doesn’t stop there. There are so many varieties of cheese, and so many uses for each, that menu making with this versatile food is fun. There are rich, full-flavored cheeses, cheeses with a tempting sharpness of flavor, and delicate, mild cheeses—cheeses to suit every taste, and for every use, from appe tizer to dessert. Because cheese is high in food value and comparatively low in cost, meals built around it are nu tritious and eco nomical, too. And if you’re feeding a family that won’t drink milk, remember that serving cheese is an excellent way of getting more milk into the diet, for most cheese is concentrated whole milk (or milk which has been partially skimmed). This group of cheese recipes, which I’ve found temptingly deli cious, will help you to plan meals that are different and very good to eat. There are new flavor combi nations—the sharp tang of mustard added to the mellow taste of old cheese, pungent chives with cottage cheese, and an old favorite—ham and eggs with richly flavored cheese to bring out the best in both. These recipes, which have been tested in my own kitchen, are practical and easy to use. Swiss Cheese French Toast. 8 slices bread Vt cup butter 4 square slices Swiss cheese (Vi-inch thick) 3 eggs 3 tablespoons milk Vi teaspoon salt Dash pepper Dash paprika Vi cup butter Remove crusts Spread one side of bread with creamed butter. Make sandwiches of cheese and bread, firmly pressing edges to gether. Beat eggs and add milk, salt, pepper and paprika. Melt re maining butter in a skillet. Dip sandwiches in egg mixture and fry in hot butter. When golden brov/n on both sides, remove from pan and serve very hot. Macaroni and Cheese. 1 cup macaroni (uncooked) Vi cup grated cheese 1 teaspoon salt Black pepper 2 tablespoons butter Vi teaspoon paprika 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons prepared mustard Break macaroni in short lengths, cover with boiling salted water, and cook until soft (25-30 minutes). Drain thoroughly, and place layers of the macaroni, grated cheese, salt and pepper in a baking dish. Dot with butter. Garnish with paprika. Mix the milk and prepared mustard together and pour over the maca roni. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) about one-half hour. Baked Eggs in Ham Nests. Baked or boiled ham Eggs English muffins American cheese (grated) Line custard cups with thin slices of baked or boiled ham. Drop a raw egg into each cup, and bake them in a moderate oven, 325 de grees Fahrenheit, 15 to 20 minutes, or until the eggs are done. Split the muffins, toast them, then sprinkle each half generously with from bread, of each slice grated cheese. Return to a mod erate oven, 325 degrees Fahrenheit, fo melt the cheese. Remove the egg and ham nests from the custard cups and place one on each muffin half. Serve immediately. Cheese Sonffie. (Serves 5) IV* cups milk 1 cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon butter V4 pound American cheese (sliced thin) 4 eggs (separated) Vfc teaspoon paprika 2 drops tabasco sauce % teaspoon salt Combine milk, bread crumbs, ana butter in the upper part of a double boiler and heat. Add the cheese, and stir until the cheese is melted. Beat egg yolks until very light, add paprika, and tabasco sauce, and gradually stir in the cheese mixture. Add salt to egg whites, beat until stiff, and fold into a hot cheese mix ture. Pour into greased baking dish and bake in a slow oven (300 de grees Fahrenheit) for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Serve immediately. Hot Cheese Dreams. (Serves 4-5) 6 slices bread 6 slices American cheese Vi cup chili sauce 6 slices bacon Remove crusts from bread. Toast one side of each slice. On the un toasted side place a slice of cheese and a tablespoon of chili sauce. Cut bacon slices in halves and ar range two strips of th„ bacon on each sandwich. Broil until the bacon is crisp and brown. Serve with small sweet pickles. Tomato Jelly Salad With Cottage Cheese. i>4 cups canned tomatoes % teaspoon salt Dash of pepper 1 bay leaf Vi cup celery (chopped) 1 tablespoon onion (chopped) 4 whole cloves 2 tablespoons gelatin Vi cup water Vi teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Combine the tomatoes, salt, pep per, bay leaf, celery, onion and cloves. Cook gently for 10 minutes and strain. Soak gelatin in cold water and add to the hot tomato mixture, together with Worcester shire sauce, stirring well. 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Rooms furnished after tins Southern colonial manner in love ly Chippendale, Sheraton or Heppel- white pieces need find damask or satin draperies and upholsteries. Scratched Furniture If furniture becomes scratched take a small paint brush, dip it into iodine and paint the place marred. When dry, polish with any good fur niture polish. — Jtsk Me Another % A General Quiz The Questions 1. When a gun is fired, do you see the flash or hear the report first? 2. What is the difference be tween an immigrant and an emi grant? 3. Where are the Plains of Abra ham? 4. What is a prestidigitator? 5. Define equilibrium with one word. 6. Who was Mollie Pitcher? 7. Where does ambergris, used largely in perfume, come from? 8. ’2/ho built the Hanging Gar dens of Babylon? 9. Has a robot umpire been in vented? Thu Answers 1. The flash. Light travels fast er than sound. 2. An immigrant enters a place, and an emigrant leaves a place. 3. Quebec. 4. A juggler or magician.' 5. Balance. 6. 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