Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. CU FEBRUARY 27, 1942 Washington, D. C. HOODOOED NORMANDIE There is not much consolation to be had in connection with the virtual sinking of the S. S. Normandie—ex cept for one thing. The French had gone to a lot of expense to build the giant vessel so that she could be converted to an airplane carrier in wartime. To this end, special funnels were arranged on the side of the deck, to give space for runways; especially large eleva tors were installed at each end of the ship; and the top deck consisted of the biggest “sports” deck in the world. However, U. S. naval engineers decided that despite all the French preparations, the Normandie’s upper decks were not strong enough to hold a flock of planes. The French had sacrificed reinforcements below, for the purpose of beauty in the pas senger salons. As a troop ship the Normandie was considered useful, but not near ly so useful proportionately as a medium-sized vessel, such as the Manhattan. Reason: big ships draw so much water that they could not efficiently carry troops to Dakar or West African ports. Small boats would be necessary to take soldiers and cargo ashore. Also the Normandie was too big to get through the Suez canal. • a • SINKING V. S. TANKERS The navy is being more hush-hush than usual regarding the sinkings of oil tankers off the Atlantic coast. However, here are a few important facts about the situation which are not military secrets. First fact is encouraging. The tankers sunk were old, small and slow. All of them were 20 years old or over, and the largest, Standard Oil’s India Arrow, was 8,327 tons. On the surface, this would indi cate that oil and gasoline losses on the East coast would not be heavy. However, this is not the case. For .all of the big, new American tank ers have been taken over by the navy. This was under an arrange ment whereby the maritime com mission had lent the oil companies around $800,000 per vessel to build fast modern tankers making 19 knots. This is so fast that they can avoid submarines and also keep up with the fleet. However, these new tankers, built in co-operation with the navy, are now with the fleet. —Bay Defense Bonds— HEAVY LOSSES Two other factors indicate the im portance of the sinkings on the At lantic coast. One is an announce ment made by the British last week that sinkings for the entire Atlantic, including the East Coast of the Unit ed States, has been heavier in Janu ary than ever before. The other is the fact that comprehensive rationing of oil and gasoline for the East coast is now a certainty. In other words, oil and tanker losses have been very heavy. Reason for these losses is easy to understand. It requires no official explanation. As everyone knows, especially the enemy, we had to rush various kinds of shipping to the Pacific to replace the damage done at Pearl Harbor. Also we had a large number of warships busy convoying vessels across the North Atlantic. Hence we have been caught short- handed on the East coast. Note: Most people don’t realize it, but the oil shortage along the At lantic could be relieved considera bly by a curtailment of tank car rates on gasoline and fuel oil. Last fall the rail rates were reduced on crude oil but not on gasoline or fuel oil. • • • POLITICAL-GO-ROUND Democratic insiders are predict ing that Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York will be persuaded to run for a fourth term this year. Lehman has told party chiefs he doesn’t want another term, but they urge him to be a candidate again on the ground of wartime duty . . . Meanwhile, former District Attorney Tom Dew ey is busy behind-the-scenes organiz ing his political fences for another try at the governorship. This will be the springboard for a second shot at the G.O.P. presidential nomina tion in 1944. Wisconsin’s Gov. Julius Heil will run for a third term this year to get himself in position to take on isolationist Sen. Alex Wiley when he comes up for re-election in 1944. Both are Republicans, but privately no love is lost between them. Fiorello LaGuardia’s ambition al ways has been to become a U. S. senator after he steps out as mayor of New York city. —Buy Defense Bonds— MERRY-GO-ROUND In Trenton, N. J., the giant Gen eral Electric company will be tried on charges of monopolistic control of electric light globe patents. It will be one of the most important anti trust trials in history. If the govern ment wins the case, the effect will have far-reaching consequences on all patent controls. • • • The treasury department has or dered customs officials to wear black silk neckties with their new uniforms. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! If you are among those American adults who hesitantly applaud the flag at the movies and remain strangely unemotional when view of the fleet or of our fighting men are shown, you should attend a chil dren’s movie matinee. We did so the other day, and the way the kid dies stamped, clapped and shrieked at every view of Old Glory, an American warship or an American fighter appeared on the screen was good for the soul. • • • What’s wrong with the grown ups? Go into any movie and ob serve their feeble response to the same pictures. It’s incredi ble. And a little depressing. • • » EXPLAINED! An inquiry into fatal auto acci dents in a small American town shows that 57 per cent of the school children have figured in at least one auto crash and that 28 per cent drive without licenses. Now we know why all those rural motorcycle cops hide in the side streets and behind shrub bery. They’re afraid to come out in the open. • • • CURFEW JINGLES A congressman who has intro duced a bill to require a ten o’clock curfew for all female employees of the government in Washington in the interest of efficiency puts his idea in verse: Early to bed and early to rise Will help your complexion and brighten your eyes. » • • It strikes us that this doesn’t quite get the point over. How about these? Promptly at ten leave your sky larking chums; Next morning when typing you won’t be all thumbs. • • • Cut out late suppers and scorn syncopation And you won’t fall asleep while taking dictation. • • • Get lots of rest; keep your head very clear And your written “Dear Sir” may not come out “Dir Sear.” • • • AMERICAN DIALOGUES What time is it? War time, daylight saving, East ern standard, Chicago or will you take whatever I can give you? • • • Then there is the fellow who when asked for the time replied, “Right or wrong?” —Buy Defense Bonds— Private Purkey got a letter from a friend asking if the draft board would pass men with bad teeth. "With bad teeth!” he exclaimed in reply. “They’ll take you now if you have gums left.” • • • England is rationing soap. From now on when two or more people are in one tab they must use the same cake. • • • Famous loft words: “Will you have two lumps or three, Mr. Henderson?” • • • Heifer Hooksey has been reading so much about rationing cards, stamps, etc., that as soon as day light saving came in he went to a bureau and asked for a stamp en titling him to the right time. • • • Elmer Twitchell says he is losing his morale listening to some of the morale builders. • • It is this department’s feeling that behind the Normandie disaster is a great part of the story of America’s major faults: a complete loss of ef ficiency as it was once interpreted, an "Oh yeah” attitude of the work er toward the boss, a decline in thoroughness and an almost total eclipse of pride in a job well done. • • • Ideal combination for the hunch- player of daily doubles, as observed the other day at Hialeah: Dreamy Eyes and Sizzling Pan. —Buy Defense Bonds— No more cans can be used for packing dog food. Now Ima Dodo will begin teaching Fido to eat reg ular table food. • • • We have a swell idea for a Dog Show cartoon: Hitler and Tojo stand ing in front of a kennel of wolf hounds and chirping, “Almost hu man, aren’t they?” • • » Elmer Twitchell says he is going to stop drinking the min ute beer begins coming through in cardboard containers. • • • Under Daylight Saving we seem to be rationing nightlife! • • • “WANTED—Large feather pillow in A-l condition; must be reason able. Sullivan 27-4-11.” — Lansing Spectator. Listen, maybe you had better give up the whole idea of fancy skating. • # * L. K. Morehead says that a girl on duty as a plane spotter in Mor ristown, N. J., excitedly reported to the interceptor command that two planes and submarine were flying high over her post. It’s Not Such a Long Way to Tipperary Now An historical occasion—the vanguard of the great American Expeditionary force promised to Britain by President Roosevelt, lands at a North Ireland port. At left is a general view as first troops land. Right: Men of the first A.E.F. of World War II march through the streets of the unidentified Ulster city at which they landed, after safe voyage across the Atlantic. Inset: The duke of Abercorn, governor of Northern Ireland, raises his hand in salute as A.E.F. soldiers disembark. It Blows Hot and Cold for Hitler’s Hordes South African troops of the British imperial forces make a close examination (left) of a huge German Mark 4 tank captured on the desert. Of especial interest is the huge short-barreled cannon mounted in the side of the tank. By way of contrast, picture at right gives some idea of the intense cold of the Russian- German battiefront. Red army machine gunners were photographed in the firing line as they slowly pressed the German hordes back. Scanning Western Sky for Hostile Wings Forced Landing For the first time since the days of the Civil war, the Pacific coast, the only part of the continental United States so designated, has become a theater of war. Throughout this district the armed forces are on a con stant alert. Above photo, showing 155-mm. gun, illustrates the activity. Two marine fliers escaped injury when this low-wing monoplane bur ied its nose in the recreational area of Fairlawn park, Anacostia, Wash ington, D. C. The aviators were Maj. R. D. Salmon and Staff Sergt. Andrew Marshall. Preparing for Second Attack on Hawaii Masking the Bushman This approved picture shows U. S. army tanks maneuvering over the rough terrain of the Hawaiian islands, as troops in occupation prepare for future eventualities. A hot reception is assured for all comers—if and when. This photo, made in Australian territory, shows a native being in troduced to that blessing of modern civilization, the gas mask. The war rior seemed quite pleased with it. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) ‘First Business Man* /7[EORGE WASHINGTON — in- dustrialist and business man— is a distinction that might well be added to the traditional title of “Father of His Country” in describ ing our first President, whose 210th birthday anniversary is being cele brated by his fellow Americans throughout the nation. Washington is remembered best as a -soldier and statesman. Yet his entire life from his early days as a journeyman surveyor to his last years as a farmer, represent the career of a shrewd, hard-headed, successful business man. Were he alive today there is no doubt that he would be in the thick of the war production effort. The machines, the munitions and the magnitude of the job might dwarf what he was accustomed to in 1776. But the mind and ability that made him No. 1 man of his era would make him right at home in the mammoth task of producing the guns, the planes, the tanks, the ships and foodstuffs needed to beat the Axis. Matter-of-fact entries in Washing ton’s many-volumed diaries testify to the profitable success of his numer ous business enterprises. Washing ton was a large-scale manufacturer He was the foremost producer and exporter of flour in the Colonies, op erating three mills at one time. Mount Vernon carried on an exten sive weaving trade that produced a variety of cloth, much of which was sold. Washington’s employees op erated a tannery He engaged in a fishing business on the Potomac. Washington was an expert on water transportation and helped sponsor the construction of canals running in ward from the Virginia and Mary land seaboard. He was a capitalist, placing his loans chiefly on landed security He was a road builder. GEORGE WASHINGTON He was eminent as a professional engineer. He was a canny dealer in land. A phase of Washington’s career frequently overlooked was the busi ness-like methods he used in organ izing the Continental army. His military leadership rested not so much on strategy, as on his dogged ability to keep an army everlasting ly in the field, in spite of nearly fatal shortages of food and supplies. He won the Revolutionary war as much by his ability to recruit sol diers, feed, clothe and supply them, handle his officers shrewdly, deal ef fectively with governors and the Continental congress and secure loans from patriotic citizens, as by his feats as commander-in-chief of the Continental army. But of all of Washington s business enterprises, he showed perhaps the greatest ability as a scientific farm er. Moreover, he made contributions to agriculture’s development that are followed by farmers everywhere today. The list of things he pio neered is surprising. Washington practiced crop rota tion before anyone else in the col onies tried it. He was the first American to grow alfalfa. He was the first to carry on experiments with clover as a soil-building crop. He introduced timothy hay to North America. Thr»re-quarters of a cen tury before soil chemistry was dis covered he carried on experiments with fertilizers in an attempt to re store exhausted fields. These ex periments helped pave the way for soil improvement as it is carried out today The reason for Washington’s con tinued study of crops and farming methods was because much of his Mount Vernon lands were not very fertile, and he was the first Virginian to see that tobacco culture was suck ing fertility out of the soil and not restoring it to the owner’s pocket. In those days there were no means for testing the soil and determining its need for nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. Modern fertilizers were not in existence; there were no state agricultural colleges, no department of agriculture and no county agents to assist the farmer as there are today Washington had to rely on personal investigation. Thus Mount Vernon became a veritable agricul tural experiment station. Washing ton’s efforts to put back into the soil plant foods removed by growing crops are reminiscent of what in telligent farmers accomplish today. Fot Luck Missionary—Poor man! So you know nothing of religion? Cannibal—Oh, yes, we got a taste of it when the last mission ary was here. A reformer wants to let his con science be your guide. Perhaps So Teacher — In what battle did General Wolfe cry:’ “I die hap py”? Johnny—I think it was his last battle. Another Crow Recruit—How far is it to camp? Sergeant—/ 'tout ten miles as the crow flies. Recruit—How far is it if the crow hud to walk and carry a pack and rifle? No Trouble George—I’m going to have a hard time meeting expenses these days. How about you? Joe—Not at all. I meet ’em at every turn. TONIGHTS to colds’ miseries. Slip away from achey muscles, sniffles, into sleep. Here’s dou ble help that acts almost instantly. Rub with Penetro. 25c. DFimTD A Use as directed. ■ klwEa I law Model Plane Maneuvers Through radio-controlled equip ment, model airplanes, weighing as little as five pounds, have been put through such maneuvers as takeoffs, spot landings^ flights to an objective and return, figure eights, power dives, spins, loops and smoke writing. Pull the Trigger on Lazy Bowels, with Ease for Stomach, too When constipation brings on add in digestion, stomach upset, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste and bad breath, your stomach is probably “crying the blues" because your bowels don’t move. It calls for Laxative-Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels, combined with Syrup Pepsin for perfect ease to your stomach in taking. For years, many Doctors have given pepsin prepa rations in their prescriptions to make medicine more agreeable to a touchy stom ach. So be sure your laxative contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pep sin. See bow wonderfully the Laxative Senna wakes up lazy nerves and musdes in your intestines to bring welcome relief from constipation. And the good old Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so com fortable and easy on your stomach. Even finicky children love the taste of this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Cald well’s Laxative Senna at your druggist today. Try one laxative combined with Syrup Pepsin for ease to your stomach, too. Long Distance Runner One of the greatest cross-coun try runners was Mensen Ernst, a Norwegian who was at the peak of his fame in the 1830s. Once he ran from Constantinople to Calcut ta and back, a distance of 5,625 miles, in 59 days. RHEUMATI5Mr EURm? I LUMBAGC Do With Might Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.—Ecclesi astes. T °«& COLDS quickly ult LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUCH DROPS WNU—7 8—42 Great Wealth He who owns land, owns up to the sky.—Law Maxim. Watch Your Kidneys/ Help Them Cleanse the Blood of Harmful Body Waste Your kidneys are constantly filtering waste matter from the blood stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do not act as Nature intended—fail to re move impurities that, if retained, may K ison the system and upset the whole dy machinery. Symptoms may be nagging backauw, persistent headache, attacks of dizziness, getting up nights, swelling, pu^ffiness under the eyes—a feeling of nervous anxiety and loss of pep and strength. Other signs of kidney or bladder dis order are sometimes burning, scanty or too frequent urination. There should be no doubt that prompt treatment is wiser than neglect. Use Doan’s Pills. Doan’s have been winning new friends for more than forty years. They have a nation-wide reputation. Are recommended by grateful people the | country over. Ask your neighbor! Doans Pills