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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, MARCH 20, 1942 Washington, D. C. The furious battle over the bill to suspend the 40-hour week in war plants caused a personal rift be tween two house leaders that may take a long time to heal. When Rep. John McCormack, Massachusetts liberal, was elected Democratic floor leader, one of his strongest supporters was a col league who had nothing in common with McCormack except friendship —anti-New Deal, anti-labor Rep. Gene Cox of Georgia. It was with hushed astonishment, therefore, that the house listened to Cox’s bitter attack against McCor mack during the stormy debate over the anti-40 hour proposal. His voice strident in anger, Cox denounced McCormack on the ground that his opposition to abolishing the 40-hour week was “not good sportsmanship, and I wonder if it is good leader ship.” “I have hoped,” the Georgian thundered, “that at some time the gentleman from Massachusetts would come to a realization that he is supposed to speak for the major ity of this house rather than for somebody else.” Friends rushed to McCormack’s defense, but he made no reply. Next day, however, under McCormack’s leadership, the bill was defeated 226 to 62—a taily which left no doubts about who spoke for the “majority.” Note: Two undercover factors were responsible for this vote, which probably did not reflect the general sentiment of the country. One was a tremendous pressure drive by the A. F. of L. and C.I.O. in the district of each congressman. This was par ticularly effective with Republicans, who, with their eyes on next fall’s congressional elections, are very po litical-minded. Second, was the fail ure of the farm bloc to support the bill because it feared labor reprisals against the parity and other boodle grabs which the farm bloc is after. The bloc has been counted on to kill the 40-hour week, but the laborites served blunt notice that if the bill was passed, labor would ax the farmers. Result, the farm bloc ran for cover and the bill went into the ashcan. • • * WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED The other day Harry Hopkins had a visitor in the person of Aubrey Williams, head of the National Youth administration, who has been one of his closest friends for many years. “Harry,” said Williams, looking around the room in the naval hos pital, “how many bottles of medi cine have you got there?” “About 18,” replied the lend-lease administrator. “About 18 too many,” commented the National Youth administrator. “And how many doctors have you got?” Hopkins told him. “Well, Harry, what’s the use of your fooling around with all these doctors and all this medicine,” said his friend. “You know that the more doctors you have the more this whole thing gets on your nerves. Now there’s only one doctor who really knew what ailed you, and that’s Andy Rivers out at Mayo’s in Rochester. Why don’t you have Dr. Rivers come East and get you fixed up?” Harry Hopkins acted on his old friend’s advice, sent for Dr. Rivers, and now is out of the hospital. He says he has forgotten about medicine and doctors, and feels bet ter than he has in months. Fur thermore, Dr. Rivers has told him that without any question he can recover entirely. NEW G.O.P. CHAIRMAN? It’s very shush-shush, but in cer tain inner Republican circles there have been secret pow-wows on re placing Rep. Joe Martin as national chairman. The hard-working little Bay Stater wanted to quit last year, but party chiefs decided that the wisest course would be to persuade Martin to stay for the sake of harmony. Now some of the strongest advo cates of his retention are after his scalp. The hostile fire is from two sources. One is from Mid-West leaders, sour on Martin, (1) for his failure to give them recognition in national headquarters; (2) for his secret financial wooing of Pennsylvania oil millionaire Joseph Pew and Penn sylvania steel millionaire Ernest Weir. In the farm belt the two big-money contributors are political dynamite and the Mid-West G.O.P. chiefs can’t understand why Martin is palling around with them. So they feel the time has come for one of their group to be named either national chair man or executive director. FRENCH PROBLEM When you get them out of official earshot, exiled members of the old French cabinet now in Washington, are very suspicious of what the Vichy government is doing in Mar tinique and Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is a less publicized French island near Martinique, and certain coded messages have been intercepted indicating pro-German activities on both islands. Suspi cion is strong that Guadeloupe is be ing used as a submarine refuelling base for Nazi submarines operating in the Caribbean. STILL SQUAWKING Elmer Twitchell says that when he asked the OCD for some data on gas masks the other day he got auto graphed photos of two movie stars and that his request for some dope on air raid shelters brought him a pamphlet on the care of baby’s teeth. Leon Henderson has put a ceiling on canned fruits and vegetables, in cluding fruit cocktails, corn, peas, spinach, sauerkraut and tomato juice. This just about throws a pro tective covering around the typical American dinner these days. m m m Prevent the average house wife from getting those things and canned frankfurters and the husbands of America would starve to death. * * • Alphabetical Story of America in 1917—A.E.F. 1919 to 1929—F.O.B. 1929 to 1930—S.O.S. 1931— P.D.Q. 1932— F.D.R. 1933— WPA, HOLC and FHA 1934— SEC. 1935— NLRB 1936— CCC. 1937 to 1939—(See 1932 through 1936) 1940— Oh! Oh! Oh! 1941— J.A.P. 1942— OCD. * • • QUESTION IN A CRISIS Have we been fed on pap too many years? Have we seen life as something on a screen? Have platitudes and boastings stuffed our ears To all the lessons our traditions mean? Have we put all our faith in micro phones And only liked our music sweet and soft? Have we insisted on the softest tones And murmured “Don’t disturb, please!” once too oft? Have we put speeches and fine pledges first— And in the amplifiers put our trust, Refusing to face facts and see the worst, And substituting “Some day” for the “Must”? Have we thought of the world as but a play And lightly viewed the acting and the plot? Have we been blind and stupid all the way? Here’s hoping, deeply hoping we have not! • • • Sign reported over a movie house: “One Foot in Heaven and Hellzapoppin.” • • • The lunch-room man asked Elmer Twitchell, “How many lumps?” when he ordered coffee the other day. “One in the cup” replied Mr. Twitchell, “and one to take out.” • • « PRIORITY MOTHER GOOSE To market, to market To buy a fat pig Before there’s a ruling With Henderson’s “sig.” • • • Why is h that the names of so many men in a British cabinet al ways sound like hotels, ointments or polo fields? • • • “Washington authorities explained that a deficiency in anti-aircraft am munition such as was reported on an American warship did not necessari ly mean it would fail to go off, but rather that it would go off without full force. A 30 per cent normal shell would attain a height of 10,000 feet instead of 30,000.”—Newspaper Item. • • • Just in case that makes you feel better. * • • Donald Mason, Rochester, Minn., pilot who sent the famous message, “Sighted Sub; Sank Same,” has been promoted and commended for valor. We trust the navy notifica tion came to him in one of these forms: Message quoted; You’re promoted. Nice going; Future glowing. Don: Okay; Medal on way. * * * SIMILES He was in as many places at once as the Japs. She was as cold as a Russian winter.—Jt. Roelofs Jr. • » • ON TO NIAGARA FALLS! “Married: Marian Walk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walk to Mr. Allen Tripp of Detroit.”—Millsboro Ohio News. • • • The best man was Willie Hike. • • • “Then the lights come on and Miss Lamarr stands there, hands in pock ets, hair down and informal hands on a built-up brass rail facing s blank screen.”—Phila. Inquirer. R.A.F. Raid on Paris Reverberates in U. S. A view of part of the huge Renault automobile plant in the suburbs of Paris is shown at left. This plant was the main target of R.A.F. bombers that blasted the Paris area, killing and wounding hundreds. Renault has been working on German contracts for over a year. Right: French Ambassador Gaston Henri-Haye (right) expresses strong indignation over the British bombing to a reporter in Washington, after talking with Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state. As Java—Land of Bridges—Prepared for Japs In the United States an ordinary railroad line would count its bridges and trestles by the scores or by the hundreds. In Java they are numbered in the thousands. Bridges are seen everywhere spanning rivers and ra vines. And so, before Java fell to the invading Japs, the Netherlands East Indies mountain army became ex perts in demolition. At left they are seen as they mined a bridge. Right: A small pontoon bridge for infantry crossing is shown as it was destroyed by a well-placed shell. Reds’ Manager Does a Bit of Explaining Royal Rough Rider Even baseball comes in for a streamlining these modern days. Here Manager Bill McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds (left) explains the opera tion of a new automatic pitching machine to pitcher Paul Derringer. The device is in use at the Reds training camp at Tampa, saving much wear and tear on valuable pitching arms. Reunion After Escape From Hong Kong Crown Prince Olaf of Norway (left) and Brig. Gen. R. W. Case, commander of the army’s proving ground at Aberdeen, Md., just be fore the prince donned coveralls and took a ride in one of the army’s new tanks over a test course. ‘Bundles for Japs’ China’s most famous family were reunited in Chungking following Madame Sun Yat-Sen’s dramatic escape by air from Hong Kong to the wartime capital. This photo, taken before his trip to India, shows Gen. Chiang Kai-shek with the three Soong sisters, Madame Chiang (left), Madame H. H. Kung, and Madame Sun Yat-Sen. “Hirohito’s Mail Pouch” might be the name for this tincanful of de struction being loaded by a gunnery student at Harlingen, Texas. Each “message” is a .30 caliber machine gun bullet. HpHE eyes of a smart catcher -*■ should be able to study batting form at closest range. This being true. Bill Dickey’^ slant on Ted Williams is worth noting. Dickey was working in Hollywood on the Lou Gehrig picture when the argument was started about great hitters. “In my opinion,” Bill said, “Ted Williams last season was the great est single-year hitter I ever saw, and I’ve been around quite a while. I’ve also seen a lot of good ones, or bet ter than good. “But Williams in 1941 was super good. I worked on him with our pitchers in something like 22 games and 1 know what a tough job it was to get him out or keep him off the bases. He was always a hundred per cent poison.” What Makes Great Hitters? “What were the main factors in the Williams swing?” I asked the Yankee catcher. "There were a flock of main fac tors,” Dickey answered. “In the first place, you just can’t get Ted to hit at a bad ball—even one only an inch or two wide. He must have eyes like a hawk. You've got to get it over or he’ll wait -and walk. Time and again I’ve seen him let balls slip by that couldn’t have missed the plate by more than an Inch. “In the second place, William^ has a great pair of hands, wrists and forearms. Weighing only 170 or maybe 175 pounds, he has almost as much power as the Babe and Lou used to have. His timing is per fect. He seems to wait until the ball TED WILLIAMS is almost in your mitt before he swings. I’ve never seen a hitter who could wait longer before taking his cut. Few can do this. Every one is a little too anxious at the bat and quick hitting or swinging is a general fault. But not with- Ted Williams.” No Weak Spots “Another thing about Williams,” Dickey continued, “is that he has no weak spots. We’ve tried every thing against him—keeping them low—keeping them up—fast balls and slow balls—curves and every thing else. But his bat seems to be in the road, no matter what he is served. “Remember, Ted is still a kid— around 23, as I recall it. There isn’t any telling how many records he might have broken if there had been no war. “Joe DiMaggio is another great hitter who knows how to wait on a pitch. Joe also keeps a pitcher at work. He hits at few bad balls and you pever see him rushing any swing. I’ve heard that good timing was simply taking your time, and that seems to fit both Williams and DiMaggio.” Another Good Year It might be noted here that the Arkansas Sniper is apparently head ed for another big year. “I’m feeling physically better than I have felt in a long time,” Bill said. “I’d like to catch another hun dred games again and I’d like to get back in the .300 class.” It might be remembered that Dickey broke all major league rec ords last season by catching 100 or more games for the 13th time. He came to the Yankees around 1928 and the tali Arkansas entry has been a mighty factor in the Yankee march ever since. Always a great hitter in the clutches, Dickey’s main success has been in the matter of handling young pitchers—or any brand of pitching. You never see him excited or up set, no matter what the crucial spot. In the midst of wild and turbulent innings Dickey remains cooler than the heart of an iceberg. His knowledge of rival batters is astonishing. He can tell you the weakness and strength of every hit ter in his league. His pitchers can take his judg ment in full confidence. He has a soothing influence on the young en try, a vital factor in the way of con trol. “There is much more to pitching than a strong arm, much more than speed and a curve ball,” he tells you. “A big part of pitching is put ting the ball where you want it. I’ve seen more than a few smart pitch ers, with little left in the old arm, tie up batters by fine control, pitch ing to the right spots.” Bill figures the easiest job he has Is handling Red Ruffing. Do You Like Jingle Contests? Raleigh Cigarettes are now run ning another series of weekly con tests for those who can supply the best last line to a jingle. Over 100 liberal prizes each week. Watch this paper for details.—Adv. 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