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k V PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941 NEWS FACTS ^GEORGE CANTONftmk. BECAUSE SHIH KWANTUNG COULD NOT COME FROM SINGAPORE FOR HIS MARRIAGE CEREMONY, THE BRIDES PARENTS SELECTED A HANDSOME ROOSTER TO TAKE HIS PLACE/ NEW YORK, H *. GEORGE M.COHAN, SAYS, THAT HE WAS THE FIRST ACTOR TO OWN AND OPERATE AN AUTOMOBILE. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT OF25 MILES AN HOUR ON BROADWAY/ NO USE FOR FACTORIES Augusta, Ga., April 25.—Declaring that “if we do not win this war your factories will be of no use to you anyway,” Maj. Gen. Edmund B. Gregory, the United States army quartermaster general, urged textile men today not to allow any “profit able” civilian order to interfere with filling war department needs. “You must not let the petty an noyances and opposition to war de partment regulations that kept you from doing business with us in the past keep you from doing business with us now,” General Gregory said. The quartermaster general ad dressed representatives of Southern cotton mills attending: the convention of the American Cotton Manufac turers’ association. “Before the present emergency army demands on industry were not great,” General Gregory said. “As a result many large textile manufac turers felt that government business was too much trouble to bother with and therefore didn’t seek to sell us anything:. “We have spent $672,000,000 for clothing 1 this year. That is 70 times what we normally spent before. “So the problem now becomes yours. When you have to furnish the war department with 70 times more clothing within a few months you can readily see the problem is big. We are up against a serious problem whether we like is or not. There fore, we must have the co-operation of every person engaged in the manu facture of textiles.” Another convention speaker was George A. Sloan, New York Indus trialist, who declared defense strikes are not the result of a “deliberate conspiracy” but of “misguided leader ship.” Strikes, he said, are not “saboteurs.” ARTHRITIS Don’t despair of relief from terrible Arthri tis aches or pains. The NEW Colloidal Iodized Sulphur capsules called SULPHO-KAPS often bring wel come relief in Arthritis due to Sulphur de ficiency. Small daily cost. Mon ey back if no relief after 30 daya’ dosage. T0!)AY.* kln * YourDnu^jistJhMSULPH^KAPS Carpenter’s Make your plans now for a varied summer. Come select your clothes * to see you prettily through the coming season’s busy schedule. We’re adding daily new Dresses . . Millinery .. and Accessories of all kinds purchased on our recent trip to New York. Carpenter’s AIRPLANE ENGINES NEAR PRODUCTION Ford’s New, Supercharged Motors Set to Come Off Cast Blocks in June. Detroit, Apiil 26.—Henry Ford’s airplane engines, an advance into new tields of power and performance will be ready for production in June, officials disclose. Tests on a two-cylinder .segment of the motor have been completed and only a few details of the supercharg er system must be worked out before actual production orders are placed. Army officials, anxious to get the powerful new motors into fighting planes, lhave closely watched tests thorugh all stages and are exerting pressure on Ford engineers to rush final details, an official said. The Ford engine, twelve-cylinder, V-type, will be the third liquid-cooled job to be used in American warplanes. The Allison, of slightly more than 1,000 horsepower, currently is power ing Bell, Curtiss and Lockbred pur suit ships, while the Rolls-Royce Mer lin, a British engine, soon will be turned out for the same jobs by the Packard Motor Car oompany. Weight to Be Reduced Ford officials say the new power plant will ©ut-perfbrm any other ^of the same cubic inch cylinder dis placement now in use. It is expected to churn up between 1,800 and 2,000 horsepower at 3,600 R. P. M„ and send the weigbt-to-power ratio be low one pound per horsepower. The lightest engine now in use in the army air corps weighs about 1.2 pounds per horsepower. Ford engineers said the basis for most of the extra power is the supercharger, which will be in use 100 per cent at all altitudes. It is driven by an exhaust turbine with no mechanical connection to the en gine, a revolutionary principle which achieves a perfect areo-dynamic con dition because the air intake and 1 ex haust are in the direction of flight so there is no drag from the intake and; a proplusion effect fro the ex haust. Injection of fuel directly into the cylinder without going through a carburator makes it possible for the supercharger to 'push air alone into the chamber, better cooling the ex haust valves and piston head, it was said. New Supercharging System Supercharging at ground level— not currently practiced—increases horsepower 100 per cent over the normal output, engineers said. Typical Ford automobile mass pro duction methods are to be used in the engine and special features to make production short-cuts have been developed. One is the casting of certaiin parts such as cylinder sleeves and crankshaft instead of forging them to an approximate dhape and spending tedious hours machining them to required size. An example of the time saved in casting an engine part is in the cy linder sleeve which, when forged, weighs about 100 pounds. When fin ished it weighs nine pounds, leaving eighty-nine pounds of metal to be scraped and bone out. By a centrifu gal casting a rough sleeve weighing only thirty-seven pounds is produced. The casting also is stronger, engin eers said. Liberty Engine Recalled Refinement of many other de tails has increased the output of the motor, which has the same displace ment as the old Liberty engine of World war days—a job that delivered 450 horsepower at 1,700 R. P. M. A pilot controlling the speed of a Ford-powered plane will have the throttle wide open all the time, reg ulating pressure in the manifold 1 and the pitch of the propeller blades to get more or less power, engineers said. Ford already is in partial produc tion on the Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp plane engine, a radial air-cool ed eighteen-cylinder type developing about 2,000 horsepower. It is planned to assemble Ford’s own engine in the same new building, or if Pratt and Whitney production takes up all tho space, another building will be er ected, officials said. FORMER HEAD OF STOCK EXCHANGE AT CAMP Martin Expresses Desire to Become Good Soldier While at Croft William MoChesney Martin, former $48,000 per year president of the New York stock exchange is now Private Martin of Company “B”, Thirty-ninth infantry training (rifle) battalion, Camp Croft. His chief desires are: To become a good soldier, and for the public and his fellow battalion mates to forget ibis background with the world’s greatest financial institution and help ham become just plain Pri vate Martin. The young man, who will become 35 years of age next December 17, has often been described as the “boy wonder of Wall Street,” reach ing the pinnacle of his career with in but a few years after he entered the field of finance. , TRUSTEES AND PATRONS MEET The trustees and patrons of Sil- venstreet Consolidated High School, District No. 58, are calling a meet ing of all interested 1 parties at the Silverstreet High School on Friday, May 2, at 8:00 p. m., for the purpose of discussing school finances. " — ■ i Ford Airplane Engine Plant Emerges from ‘Cocoon’ Workmen have begun tearing down the huge fiberboard canopv which sheltered the $21,000,000 Ford airplane engine plant at Dear born, Mich., during winter construction. This view shows the front section of the plant. The entire building will be completed early in April—little more than six months from thfe time ground was broken. Ordinarily such a project would require 12 to 14 months, but the shelter built over the structure enabled crews to work around the clock through the dead of winter. H-D COLUMN By ETHEL L. COUNTS With the arrival of warm weather and rainy days usually comes cocci- diosis, especially if the chickens are brooded on ground that was used for this porpose last year. This disease is caused by tiny parasites that can not be seen by the naked eye. These parasite®, or coccidia, may live in the ground from season, to season and for this reason dhicks should not be allowed to range on the same ground for two yeads in succession. Chicks should never be allowed to range with the laying flock as most hens are carrier® of coccodJa. The symptoms of coccidiosis are usu ally drooping wings, sleepy appear ances and the chicks are pale and anemic looking. Bloody droppings fre quently occur and the chicks rapidly lose weight. The least indication of the presence of this disease should result in a thor ough cleaning of the house immed iately and the practicing of strict sanitation. All the dirt and refuse from the floor should be removed. The floor and walls should be thor oughly disinfected with lye or one of the coal tar preparations. After the house is allowed to dry, clean litter should be supplied before the chicks are returned to the house. Clean, scrub and disinfect the hoppers and fountains before replacing the chicks. Remove litter every other dhy after cleaning is started, keeping this up for at least two weeks. Trials conducted at several experiment sta tions show that cleaning is about the only thing that aids in checking this disease. Edison salts, given at the rate of one pound to each 300 birds weighing 1 1-2 pounds, at the out break of coccidiosis, may be advisable. This should be given in the drinking water and kept before the chicks for one day. One-third teaspoon of pow dered crude catechu may be used for birds for only a few days and should not be used unless it is known that cooc^iosis is the diseasd causing the trouble. It was thought for a long time that the feeding of a large quantity of milk would aid in checking coccidiosis. Some investigators are now advising not to feed milk in large quantities because their experiments have shown that milk has little or no value in checking the disease, and a high milk ration will cause a Watery diah- rhea which creates an ideal condition for coccidia to develop. The flower show at the .County Council of Farm Women meeting on FViday, May the 2nd at Bush River is expected to he of much interest. All members are urged to arrive at Bush River early and! enter their exhibits. ROCKEFELLER URGES FULL AID TO BRITAIN New York, April 27.—John D. Rockefeller, Jr., warned tonight that war materials and foodstuffs are valueless unless laid down at Bri tain’s door and he asserted that this nation and all the Americas Should aid the British “to the limit and at any cost.” “ . . . I would rather die fighting the brutal, barbarous, inhuman force represented by Hitlerism than live in a world which is dominated by that force,” he stated. Rockefeller stated his views on the relation of the Americas to the European war in a letter to Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times and trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation. The letter was made public by Rockefeller. He called for united support of labor, industry and the general public solidly behind President Roose velt, thus eliminating strikes, lock- ounts and stoppages whidh, he said have been due to some extent to Nazi or Communists fifth column activi ties. He said he has hated war all his life, and always 'has preferred the days of peace and has followed them wherever possible. “But,” he said, “when all peace ful methods have failed and the is sue was worth standing for at any price, even if it meant a fight, I have never hesitated to see it through on that basis . . .” DR. ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE TO LECTURE HERE MAY 22 Ask Belt Governors to Push Campaign Plans are being made toy the Wo man’s club and Newberry college for the forthcoming visit of Dr. Rut ledge, poet-laureate of South Carolina who will Iceture in Newberry Thurs day afternoon, May 22. SAVING AND USING FOOD TO LOWER LIVING COSTS Columbia, April 19.—Costs of food in local communities might be lower ed considerably by cooperative efforts in saving and using the food that is produced or can be produced in the communities, suggests the State Nu trition Commlittee’s subcommittee on distribution and costs of food. The subcommittee, headed by Fran cis Dean of the State Department of Public Welfare, oal'ls attenltdoin to the fact that under the present system of agricultural production and dis tribution, most foodstuffs are pro duced in a commercial basis in areas best adapted to production and are distributed to other sections needing them. This system would be all right so long as those sections needling foods from other sections have sufficient earning power to buy the needed foods. But since we in South Caro lina have depended mainly on cash crops like cotton and tobacco, many cotton and tobacco growers, follow ing decreased demand and lower ! prices for these products, do not have enough income to buy their food needs. From its 'studies the commitee feels, says Mr. Dean, there are sev eral ways in which distribution can be improved and costs reduced. These include: 1. Farm people should produce a supply of foods and! take advantage of the AAA program which offers help. 2. More foods raised on the farm should be canned where facilities are available. 3. People in villages should use fa cilities for gardens to a greater ex tent. 4. Refrigeration for each locality for storing and preserving vege table, fruit, beef, pork, poultry, eggs, and other perishable foods should be provided. 5. Consumer groups should cooper ate in making quantity purchases of food. 6. The stamp program of distribu tion of foods to needy families should be expanded! and improved. 7. The hot lunch program ini the schools should be carried on by the educational bodies themselves regard less of whether or not WPA facili ties are available. NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY WILL BE OBSERVED MAY 11 National Hospital Day will be ob served by Newberry County Hospital on May 11. The (hospital will hold open 'house from one to five o’clock, p. m., invit ing the public to come and learn first hand of the service which it renders to the community. The hospital provides the scientific equipment and trained personnel which aid in the marvelous accomplishment of medi cine and surgery. This hospital is the birthplace of more than 100 babies a year, its doors are open and its per sonnel ready 24 hours a day for any emergency; it is the guardian of the health of the community. We cor dially invite you to visit us and in spect our facilities and services. We will be prepared to give Birth Certificates to all babies born in this hospital since its organization in 1925. We will expect all who wish birth certificates to be present in person. If possible we would like to have the name of your baby, the date and hour of its birth, the maiden name of the mother and full name of the father before this day, so we may have your certificate ready before Sunday, May 11. The President of our Hospital board, Mr. Z. F. Wright will make a talk at four o’clock. Long-tailed monkeys come from South America, none from Africa and Asia. For Observance of Cotton Week s Oversea Trade Losses Increase Cotton Week Importance, Says Johnson Memphis, Term.—President Oscar Johnson of the Natiohal Cotton Coun cil today asked governors of the sev enteen cotton producing state to join the Council and Outturn-Textile Insti tute in the program for increased consumption by issuing prodlamatkms designating May 16-24 as National Cotton Week. The Council leader pointed out to the chief, executives that despite the fact that domestic consumption for the 1940-41 cotton year win ex ceed all previous records, the carry over at the end of the year will be the greatest in history. “The loss of our foreign markets for at least the duration of the sec ond world war makes it imperative that we of the Cotton Belt make ev ery. effort to increase the consump tion of cotton and cottonseed! products in the United States, the one great market left open to us,” Mr. Johnson said. Increased Tonnage Consumption “Through such means as National Cotton Week and other great nation wide cotton merchandising events we can greatly accelerate the tonnage consumption of cotton products. There is a part in the Cotton Week program for every person in the Cotton Belt, and we of $he cotton industry call on the governors to lead the way in their states by issuing official Cotton Week proctamatioins.” ■Mr. Johnston told the governors that the 1941 National Cotton Week program calls for the cooperation of stores, newspapers, theatres, radio stations, outdoor poster companies, chambers of commerce, civic clubs and public officials. He stressed the importance ox whole-hearted cooperation from the people of the Cotton Belt, declaring that “if we are to appeal for the as sistance of those beyond the Belt in this vital program, we must parti cipate in it to the fullest extent of our abilities.” \ Wasting Energy and Space News & Courier. In Georgia, Governor TaJmadge is publishing in his newspaper the names of old age, crippled and blind state 'pensioners, already he has printed the names of 4,489 and', completed, the list will have about 60,000 names. But the federal government is op posing the publication and has amended the federal law, forbidding it after July 1. Mr. Talmadge may not surrender his state right to tell his Georgians 'to whom State money goes. Why is 'the federal government bent on secrecy ? One of its regional social security board officials, John H. McGinnis says that publication “tends to embarrass those people and retard efforts at rehabilitation”. Now you know that is ridiculous. Publication' of names protect the 'deserving. If it exposes persons on- worthy, persons not entitled to pen sions, more money remains for the pensions of the worthy. For protection of the deserving against favoritism and fraud, nothing is so effective as publicity. Why should a deserving person be embarrassed” by the publication? Do not the searchers for ancestors go to the pension lists of 140 or 120 years ago as the main source of evi dence of their origins? The ugly truth is that in nearly all these “humantariani enterprises” off ■the laiSt eight yeans the federal gov ernment has been reluctant to tell the people who put up the money what it is doing with it. Only under 'Pressure, after vexatious delays, can the facts and figures about the “-bene volences” be had 1 . A few months ago a list of the salary-drawers of WPA in South Carolina was pririted. The News and Courier had been request ing similar information two or three years—and could not get it. Last year it was divulged that the firm of a Georgian who was an officer of the national Democratic committee had received $936,000 from govern ment in a year, and he resigned his party office. Not even the New Deal ers, with all their “philosophy” could stand for him as party “magnate”. A year or two ago it came out that a South Carolinian high up in WPA management, drawing a salary of about $8,000 a year, with offices in a distant State, had made about seventy round trips to Columbia, at the gov ernment’s expense, in twenty months —and in Columbia is a state mana ger of WPA drawing $6,000 a year. The trips probably cost $4,000 or more. The waste and extravagance of government in its “humanlitarion en terprises” are colossal. No one hears of the shameful proceedings in Ken tucky, Pennsylvania, other states, un til after the money has been spent— usually in election years. You hear about the scandals of the Harding administration. They were big and nasty. When, in a future day, the hide shall be tom from the agencies of government throughout the United ’States, the Harding ad ministration scandals will look like thanty cents. Speaking of waste, it is a waste of energy and space for The News and Courier to write and print protest against the secrecy of the govern ments, federal and state. THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS THURSDAY The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 4:00 oVlock Thursday after noon at the home of Mrs. C. H. Al brecht. Mrs. Holland Slogh, Mrs. Tom Hayes, Mrs. J. W. White, and Mrs. Jas. G. Brown are associate hostesses. The State President, Mrs. Taylor Stukes, will be here and it is hoped that each member will take this op portunity to hear her. Don’t forget your iced tea glass for the shower. HUGE COTTON TENT TO COVER DAM SITE Seattle, Wash.—What will be one of the world’s largest cotton canvas tents is now being constructed in Seattle, the National Cotton Council reports. The tent will be spread over the site of the Mud Mountain s dam in Washington State serving as a protective cohering for workers on the project. The tent will require 13,000 square yards of ton-once waterproof cotton canvass. Weighing 30,000 pounds when dry, the .tent will be suspended over the work site by a network of steel cables. A foot of snow will increase the weight to 640,000 pounds. A total of 29,000 feet of rope will be used in the manufacture of the tent. MT. TABOR LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. D. M. Shull, Pastor i Mt. Pilgrim: Saturday at 3:30 meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society and the Children of the Church with Mrs. Ira Dominick. 10:00 a. in., Sunday school. Mr. B. O. Lovelace, Supt. 11:00 a. m.. The Service. Mt. Olivelt: 2:30 p. to., Sunday 'School. Mr. H. C. Martin, Sppt. 3:30 p. m., The Service followed by meeting of Missionary Society and Luther League. Mt. Tabor: 10:00 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. J. W. Balierttine, Supt. On Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, our delegates will attend the Spring meeting ^ . Conference ait Bethany church, Newberry. On the same dates at 8:00 p. m., our officers, leaders and teachers are to attend' a meeting and Conference on Parish Education which will be held in Grace Church Prosperity on Friday and at Holy Trinity dhunefh Little Mountain on Saturday.