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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, MAY 15, 1942
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PLEDGE FOR AN AMERICAN
X would rather pay taxes to Uncle
Sam than tribute to Hirohito.
I would rather be socked by Wash
ington than hocked by Tokyo.
I would rather give till it hurts
than to be blackjacked when my
feelings won’t make any difference.
I would rather go all out for
America NOW than to find my
self “all in” under the Japs and
Nazis.
• • •
Valley Forge was tough, but any
existence under Japan or Adolf
would make it seem like a Valhalla.
A democracy fumbles, hesitates,
muddles and bungles, but I still pre
fer it to any form of government
that concentrates on dirty work to
such an extent that it gets most
of the high marks in gangsterism.
• • •
I would rather be exasperated by
Washington, D. C., than silenced by
Tokyo or Berlin.
I would rather excuse some of
the blunders by my form of gov
ernment than not be permitted to
hear about the blunders of a new
form of government.
I prefer to co-operate with my
American leaders in every way
rather than to take a chance on
a leadership in which what I
want to do will make no differ
ence whatever.
I think the need of the moment is
a switch from the More Abundant to
the LESS ABUNDANT LIFE, and
that it should be made while there
is still a choice.
* * •
I believe that The Forgotten Man
is in danger of becoming The For
gotten Manikin unless he wakes up
and becomes the Patriot Who Never
Forgets.
• • •
I would rather get suggestions
from Roosevelt than orders from
Hitler.
I prefer instructions from the
White House to orders from the
Reich or Diet.
I would rather perish in the
spirit of MacArthnr than sur
vive under the yoke of the Nip
ponese or Nazis.
I think the 44-hour week of work
should have no place in our calcu
lations when defeat in this war may
mean 100 years of slavery.
I would rather work overtime just
now, regardless of the money, than
to work on a non-stop basis for the
rest of my life without being con
sulted.
• * V |
When I know that American pris
oners of war are toiling in road
gangs in Japan for a bowl of rice a
day I am resolved not to impede
their rescue by quibbling over an
other 20 cents an hour and time and
a half for giving up my Sunday
auto excursion.
• • •
Whenever my impulses prompt
me to squawk, “But I’m not get
ting a square deal,” I am resolved
to pull out a little card upon which
I have written “What about the men
of Bataan, Corregidor and Wake Is
land?”
• • •
My 1942 motto is, “The hell with
worrying about social programs of
the future! Let’s concentrate on just
being sure there IS a future!”
• • *
A SONG FOR TODAY
(To the tune of “Brother, Can You
Spare a Dime?”)
Once I had some toothpaste, long
ago,
Gosh, I sure was a boob!
Now I’m out of toothpaste, moanin’
low—
Brother, can you spare a tube?
Used to have my whiskers shaved
each day.
Now I look like a Rube;
Shaving cream costs more than I
can pay—
Brother, can you spare a tube?
I’m all-out for Vict’ry, beard and
all,
Let’s slice those Japs into cubes!
Meanwhile, can’t you hear me sadly
call—
Brother, can you spare some
tubes?
—Frank M. Schmitt.
• • •
Mrs. Roosevelt says she may have
a White House vegetable garden this
year. All we can say is that it ruins
a railroad trip if you have to worry
about weeding.
Our fear is that the First Lady,
becoming quite confused, may get
the timetable and the seed store
folder mixed. It is pretty exasper
ating to find that string beans leave
on track eight daily except holidays
and carry a diner, while the 8:15
for Chicago must be planted in rows
one foot apart and watched for bugs
and worms.
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
NJEW YORK.—It will come hard
to think of Gen. James H. Doo
little as the Jimmy Doolittle who
used to be the bantamweight boxing
Top Boxer, Racer,
Air Stunter—He’s But there’s
Now Gen. Doolittle The^ewly
elevated general, nominated by
President Roosevelt, is none other
than the weather-beaten, tanned,
wrinkled, rumpled, bandy-legged
roughhouse fighter and flier of a few
years back. He has grown gray
in the air, and much of his hair has
been wafted out into the wind-
stream, since the days when he first
became known as a speed demon.
He won’t be long in opening up
his own fighting front, somewhere,
somehow—judging by the way he
did the same in a boxing match in
which we once saw him.
His father, a carpenter and
prospector of Alameda, Calif.,
took his family to Alaska and
there young James bucked bliz
zards, mushed with sourdoughs
and got generally case-hardened
for his latter adventurous career.
Back in the States, he enlisted
in the army air service.
Outside loops were to him just like
skipping the rope and he quickly be-
cartie the army’s crac ! > slunt-flier
and racing pilot, instructing rookies
at San Diego. He studied at the
army’s technical school at Dayton,
Ohio, and later enrolled at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 1925, he won the Schneider
cup for the army, hitting a speed
of 232 miles per hour. These
exploits of his daredevil years
qualified him for some hair-
raising adventures in demon
strating American planes to
foreign governments. In 1928,
showing off fighting planes in
Chile, he fell from a window
ledge and broke both ankles.
The next day, when a competing
German pilot went aloft to give
his plane a sales workout, Doo
little had himself lifted into the
cockpit of his plane, with his
broken ankles tied to a rudder
bar. Then by clever and hazard
ous maneuvering he forced his
rival to the ground, and tore off
a few snap-rolls around the tall
peaks of the Andes.
His stunt brought to the Curtiss
company one of the largest contracts
ever awarded to an American com
pany.
I5ARNEY OLDFIELD, the auto-
mobile racing driver, pulled up
in a race to change a tire. There
was a bit of bungling on the job.
E.„il—Th. Thing
That Slama Out spoke up:
n . • .. ot. “Meester
Piers in Jig Time Oldfield
what zis crew needs is esprit.”
“Go out and buy one!” bellowed
Barney. “We gotta win this race.”
It’s like that in war. We can’t
buy the “esprit,” although we are
fanning up quite a lot of it. Some
how we’ve got to get the teamwork.
In the meantime, there is observ
able in these parts a serial dem
onstration of fast double-play team
work between management and la
bor, which is heartening.
We cite the George Rogers Con
struction Co., demon pier-builders,
who recently finished a 700-foot pier
and shipway in 43 working days—
25 days, or more than 30 per cent,
faster than any previous record for
a job of this type. This company
has been slamming out similar piers
since 1869. It is crucially important
war work, as on these piers, fighting
ships are repaired or remodeled.
There’s no involved incentive
plan for employees. The work
ers are old-line shipbuilders
who know what they are build
ing for. George W. Rogers,
grandson of the founder of the
firm, and now its head, says of
his workers: “At mass meet
ings of the various shifts on the
job the men themselves have
helped provide the driving force
required to maintain the record-
breaking schedule.”
Mr. Rogers studied engineering at
Cornell university, with no intention
of ever being a “dock-walloper,” as
he calls his occupation. He went to
Cornell and won his letters in bas
ketball, football and track. When
his father died, he took up the
family business.
In the last war, he served in the
navy as a deck officer on a battle
ship, and did convoy duty and saw
action with submarines. With the
outbreak of this war he tried to get
back in the navy, but they offered
him three stripes and a desk and he
decided he would be more useful in
kicking out piers in a hurry—which
is an old family custom. He lives
in Forest Hills, and has two daugh
ters, one 19 years of age and the
other 21. They are studying in one
of the defense projects, learning to
be motor mechanics, dismounting
and assembling engines.
Smartly Tailored Woolknits
Are Ideal for All-Day Wear
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
A S EVERY woman knows, now
** that our country is in an out-
and-out war, there are busy days
ahead for all. One of the reactions
brought about by the present war
condition is the developing of a
new psychology in dress which car
ries an urge to choose clothes that
are simple and goodlooking at the
same time that they underwrite a
guarantee of dependable wearabil
ity.
For a perfect answer to the prob
lem, let your quest lead you into the
realm of woolknitted apparel, and
you will be elated with what you
will see in the way of smart clothes
to victoriously keep you looking spic-
and-span, fashion right and attrac
tive through every hour of each
busy day.
Gay deceivers they are, these new
knitted suits. You’d never dream
they were machine knitted until you
test the “feel” of them as well as
the “look.” At first glance many
a stunning woolknit looks as if it
might be tailored of tweed or other
material, for modern woolknits
have a fabric-like appearance which
is simply baffling. They glory in the
fact that they sag not (neither do
they stretch), and they are non
wrinkling. To which add a styling
that embodies all the intriguing de
tails of expert tailoring. Which is
the same as telling you that a mod
ern knit suit has everything that
makes for a victory clothes program
for patriotic women.
Representative groups of woolknit
fashions are made up, to a large ex
tent, of just such eye-appealing suits
as the three shown in the above il
lustration. A closeup study of the
woolknit suit to the right reveals
highly significant details such as,
for instance, the skirt which is a
new achievement in machine knit
ting. It is full-fashioned just like a
handknitted garment and conse
quently won’t sag, stretch or spring.
The jacket is softly styled with a
ribbed waistband that lends the ex
clusive look of being hand done. The
original model is in melon pink en
hanced with plastic flower buttons.
The sailor, by Sally Victor, is in a
sheer lacy woolknit fabric. Here is
a perfect outfit for town and coun
try wear now that the major trend
is toward bright hues for suits. In
navy, so extremely important this
year, this woolknit suit and hat will
fit perfectly into the program of a
busy woman.
Dress and jacket ensembles that
look like suits but, without the jack
et, give you a charming little frock
for many an occasion are topnotch
favorites this season. See illustrat
ed to the left in the above picture
a citrus green dress-and-jacket two-
piece ensemble done in woolknit
with a fine cord stitch, with red ar
rows and pipings for smart accent.
With its jacket it has every appear
ance of a suit and gives you the
tailored look you want for general
practical wear. When that short-
notice invitation to afternoon bridge
or tea comes unexpectedly this little
knitted frock without the jacket will
happily meet the occasion. Its
simulated pleated skirt is an
achievement in woolknit technique
in that it is full fashioned. It can’t
and won’t sag, and the miracle of it
is you can’t tell it from handknit.
The hat by Jeanne Tete is made of
matching citrus green woolknit fab
ric. It’s very smart nowadays for
hats and accessories to be made
of the same print or the same fab
ric as dress, blouse or jacket. The
big envelope bag is especially de
signed of matching woolknit green
fabric with a border of bright red.
Quite “dress-up” is the lightweight
woolknit tunic dress centered in the
above group. Harlequin dots em
broidered in red, green, brown and
yellow are appliqued on the tunic
top. Machine knitted to simulate
hand knitting, it is gay in bright
green. The scarf hat is a wool jer
sey draped turban with a clipped
wool yarn border and top twist.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Red Coat
There has been a record-breaking
call for red coats this season and
the demand is still going strong.
The attractive all-purpose coat pic
tured above is made of bright red
woolknit tricot-cord fabric in coating
weight. Both in material and in
styling it is outstanding. The bloused
raglan sleeves which tie at the
wrists and the casual swing of this
coat, which is deftly tied at the
neck, make it wonderful to wear
over sports, daytime or evening
clothes. Red coats have become
such a sensation that “the little red
coat” may join “the little black
dress” as a favored tradition.
Cotton Hats Match
Slacks or Dresses
Milliners are fashioning cunning
hats of gingham, seersucker, pique,
flowery chintz and quilted calico.
They are a fitting complement to
slacks and culotte outfits.
In fact, some of them are so
smartly styled into little sailors and
brim effects that they seem to be
made especially for the new print
suits and black cotton dresses. When
you have a piece of dress goods left
over, go into conference with your
milliner. She can make a highly
fashionable chapeau, matched to the
dress with which it is to be worn.
This matter of making the hat of
the identical material of the dress or
blouse with which it is to be worn
offers an intriguing program. Par
ticularly smart are hat and neck
wear sets made of taffeta silk. The
little sailor type is stunning done
in taffeta. Tie a huge bow of the
taffeta to pose at the neck of your
blouse or to wear with your smart
new coat or suit.
FIRST-AID
to the
AILING HOUSE
ty ROGER R. WHITMAN
Another Variation on
Cotton Theme Is Lace
In speaking of the practicality of
cotton weaves for summer wear, it
is encouraging to know that a series
of cotton laces have been produced
that can be depended upon to wear
perfectly.
These come in the loveliest pas
tels and also in navy. Made up into
pretty daytime frocks they answer
the demand for a dress that looks
charming but has a sturdiness back
of it that takes it into the class of
assured dependable wearability.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
TOY SNAKES WILL KEEP
PIGEONS FROM ROOSTING
ON BUILDINGS
'TP HERE is a great fascination in
-*■ watching flocks of pigeons. To
owners of buildings, however, pig
eons may mean trouble and un
pleasantness. As the birds are pro
tected by law, nothing can be done
to keep them off that will be in any
way harmful and injurious to them,
and there has seemed to be no way
in which they could be kept from
roosting on cornices and other parts.
However, one eastern city has
worked out a plan for the protection
of its city hall, on which the pigeons
have been roosting in great num
bers. This was the placing of
toy snakes on cornices and other
parts where the pigeons were in the
habit of roosting. The effect was
almost miraculous, for the birds
took it for granted that the snakes
were alive, and gave them a wide
berth. The plan worked so well that
it was adopted by other building
owners, and to such an extent that
the stocks of toy snakes in the city
were quickly exhausted. Of course,
the plan has no ill effect on the pi
geons, but it should not be followed
during the nesting season, when the
parent birds might be kept from
the nestlings.
Fieldstone Fireplace
Question: Our new house has a
large fieldstone fireplace, the stones
of which are held together by large
gobs of black cement, which give the
whole thing the looks of an adobe
job. Could you suggest a treatment
for this black, depressing cement,
in order to lighten the effect?
Answer: Rake out the black mor
tar joints to a depth of a half-inch
or more. Clean out all loose parti
cles of the mortar, wet the sur
faces with clear water, then refill
the joints with a stiff mixture of
1 part Portland cement and 3 parts
sand. If a light colored joint is de
sired, use a cement color mixed
with white Portland cement. All
these ingredients can be had at your
local mason material supply yard.
Ninety-Five Degree Heat
Question: A three-story frame
house occupied by old folks is heat
ed with a hot air furnace up to 95
degrees. Is this temperature too
high for safety?
Answer: That is an exceptionally
high temperature to maintain, and
naturally taxes the furnace to the
limit. But if the chimney is in good
condition and all inflammable ma
terial is kept a safe distance away
from the furnace, which is develop
ing such high temperatures, I be
lieve the house will be safe. A
higher percentage of humidity in the
air of the house may make it possi
ble to reduce the temperature.
Repairing Furniture
Question: I am interested in get
ting information on the restoration
and refinishing of antique furniture.
What can you suggest?
Answer; Much interesting infor
mation on this subject is published
by the New York State College of
Home Economics, Ithaca, N. Y. One
is Extension Bulletin E-256, “Recon
ditioning Furniture,” and the other
is Extension Bulletin E-295, “Refin
ishing Old Furniture.” There is no
charge for these to residents of
New York state. Non-residents are
charged 10 cents for E-256, and five
cents for E-295.
Cracked Enamel
Question: The white enamel in my
kitchen has cracked and looks as if
it were covered with cobwebs. How
can I make the walls smooth again?
Answer: The cracks are probably
only on the surface and are caused
by applying hard drying enamel over
softer drying undercoats. In using
enamel, it is safest to use it over
undercoats made by the same man
ufacturer. To improve your wall,
cut through the surface with sand
paper to destroy the gloss, and ap
ply another coat of enamel.
Saw Sharpening
Question: Is it proper to file a
saw at an angle?
Answer: Sawteeth must be filed at
an angle, so that each one will have
a cutting edge. The large saw man
ufacturers publish instructions for
the proper filing of saws, which you
can get from a dealer or direct.
Floor Finishes
Question: Oak and maple flooring
is to be given a natural finish. How
can they be treated?
Answer: After sanding and clean
ing, you can get good results with
one of the new floor seals or with
good quality floor varnish, followed
by waxing.
Rusty Nail Heads
Question: In my house rusty nail
heads show through the paint. In
repainting, how can this be pre
vented?
Answer: Rub the nail heads with
sandpaper until they are bright,
and then coat them with aluminum
paint.
Tree Roots in Sewer
Question: You have advised using
copper sulphate to destroy tree roots
in a sewer. How much should be
used and how often? Will it have
any effect on the pipe?
Answer: A half-pound of copper
sulphate (blue vitriol) dissolved in a
basin full of water should have a
killing effect on the roots, and will
not injure either metal pipes or clay
tile. If the growth of trees near the
line of pipe is heavy, so that there
are , many roots to contend with,
the treatment can be given once
every week or two.
COLOR BLIND?
Clarence—Have you anything spe
cial on this evening?
Jane—Goodness! Can’t you see I
Have?
AT LEAST
“How’s your better half this
morning, old man?”
“Better half? What do you mean
by that?”
“Why, your wife, of course.”
“Huh! She’s not my better half;
she’s the whole thing.”
HALF AND HALF
“Why do you wear that costun e?
It looks like half mourning.”
“Well, every evening when you
come home from the office you com
plain of being half dead.”
THE GIANTS!
Teacher—Oh, young Lochinvar is
come out of the West!
Bobby—Gee! What team did he
play on, teacher?
EAT ’EM ALIVE
“My dear, I wish you would go
get yourself ready for dinner be
fore the company arrives.”
“My gosh! Are they cannibals?”
LAZY DAZY
“Has he an interest in the busi
ness?”
“No; only a mild curiosity.”
NOT FUNNY
“And so you were married?”
“I told you I was going to be.”
“But I thought it was a joke.”
“It isn’t.”
NO CENTS
“The man I married didn’t have
a dollar.”
“Nor any sense, either, I imag
ine.”
HIS FORMULA
“What is necessary to success?”
“A willingness to take a chance
on being a failure.”
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Wilkins Was at Winning
Post and Kneiv It Not
Wilkins felt that he could never
ask Valerie to become his wife be
cause she was an angel, whereas
he himself had many Ijttle weak
nesses of which no angel would
approve. Valerie, on the other
hand, kept thinking it was about
time he popped the question.
One moonlight night, he spoke.
“Valerie, w-will you-you m-mar-
ry me?” he stuttered, hardly dar
ing to hope she had heard him.
“You bet!” she replied, briskly,
already deciding on white satin
and four bridesmaids.
“I know, darling. I know,” he
almost wept, “but if you’ll only say
‘Yes’ I’ll never back another horse
as long as I live!”
Three-Mile Painting
The longest painting on record
was the Panorama of the Missis
sippi, a canvas nearly 16,000 feeti
in length, which depicted the l,300i
miles of landscape of the river be-,
tween the mouth of the Missouri!
and New Orleans, says Collier’s.'
Executed by John Banvard be
tween 1840 and 1846, this picture'
was exhibited by being passed be-J
tween two upright revolving cyl-,
inders and required two hours to
be shown in its entirety. I
“■“■KK-ZSe
J. Fuller Pep
By JERRY LINK
"Fuller,” says Aunt Netty, the
other day. "Folks are like wine.
Some sour with age. and some,
like yoti, get better!"
"Mebbe,” says I, pickin' up that
little compliment, “that’s because
I feel so good most of the time.”
For, you know, folks, when you
feel good your disposition's apt to
be good, too. But to do that, you
got to eat right, which Includes
gettln' all your vitamins. And
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the two most often short In ordi
nary meals—vitamins Bi and D.
Mighty fine-tastin’, too. Try Itl
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serrmg: 1/2 daily weed of vitamin D; 4/5
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DON’T LET
CONSTIPATION
SLOW YGOi UP
• When bowels are sluggish and you tedk
irritable, headachy and everything you
do is an effort, do as millions do — chew
FEEN-A-MINT, ‘the modern chewing
gum laxative. Simply chew FEEN-A-
MINT before you go to bed—sleep with
out being disturbed—next morning gentle,
thorough relief, helping you feel swell
again, full of your normal pep. Try
FEEN-A-MINT. Tastes good, is handy
and economical. A generous family supply
FEEN-fl-MINTTol
WNU—7 19—42
Sentinels
of Health
Don’t Neglect Them!
Nature designed the kidneys to do a
marvelous job. Their task is to keep the
flowing blood stream free of an excess of
toxic impurities. The act of living—life
itself—is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys v ^t remove from
the blood if good heath is to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function aa
Nature intended, there is retention of
waste that may cause body-wide dis
tress. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puf&ness
under the eyes—feel tired, nervous, all
worn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning passages
are sometimes further evidence of kid
ney or bladder disturbance. %
The recognized and proper treatment
is a diuretic medicine to help the kidneys
I et rid of excess poisonous body waste.
Fse Doan's Pills. They have had more
than forty years of public approval. Are
endorsed the country over. Insist on
Doan’s. Sold at all drug stores.
Doans pills