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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ AUGUST 21, 1942
Washington, D. C.
WOODEN SAILING SHIPS
When Undersecretary of Com
merce Wayne C. Taylor was flying
to Rio for the Inter-America con
ference, he remarked:
“Our toughest problem is shipping.
We have to find something that will
give us the most cargo space, using
the least critical material. That’s
the formula.”
Then he looked out of the plane
window and saw a tiny sailing vessel
below. “You may laugh,” he said,
“but we may even come to that.”
That was last January. What Tay
lor had said on an impulse stuck in
his mind. At Rio he talked it over
with Brazilians who were worried
about moving their coffee crop. He
was sure he had the answer to the
submarine campaign—ships requir
ing no critical materials, ships that
would coast along in shallow waters
and keep alive the trade among the
Americas.
But he struck a snag in Washing
ton. The Maritime commission was
not interested. Skeptics said it was
a reversion to the “horse-and-buggy
days” of the sea. Three times Tay
lor worked up his project in revised
forms, but each time it failed to
click.
Then he tried another tack. He
published an account of the project
in a trade weekly of the department
of commerce. Immediately it struck
fire. Boat builders all over the coun
try wanted to take part in the enter
prise. Official interest was kindled.
Result was that RFC allocated
$10,000,000, with which the Rocke
feller Office is setting up a corpora
tion to build and acquire wooden
sailing vessels for inter-American
trade.
Two designs have been completed,
one for a shallow draft vessel and
one for a heavy sea vessel. Yards
have been selected in Latin Amer
ica, and contracts are being let.
There will be an endless belt of
300-ton sailing ships, making long
and short voyages, using auxiliary
engines when necessary, but saving
fuel by using, most of the time, the
trade winds that made the Carib
bean famous in the days of Clipper
ships.
* • *
VICE PRESIDENT’S
RECREATION
On a hot August morning, when
residents of the Wardman Park
hotel had fans turned on full blast,
they looked with surprise to see four
figures come out on the tennis court.
They looked a second time. It was
the vice president and a party of
friends out for a set of doubles.
Henry Wallace took off a pair of
slacks, threw them into a corner,
and trotted out onto the court in
white shorts and a white sports
shirt. It was eight o’clock as the
game began.
Wearing no hat or eyeshade, and
wielding the racket in his left hand,
Wallace entered into the game with
the gusto of a high school boy. It
was not tennis of professional qual
ity, but it was high class amateur
play. Frequently the ball was re
turned eight or ten times in a single
exchange. Once when Wallace was
at the net, he made five returns in
succession, finally won the point.
At 9:05 the set ended. Wallace
retreated to the corner of the court,
pulled on his slacks, headed back
to his apartment for a shower.
Other apartment dwellers, still sit
ting in front of the fans, sighed and
shook their heads in wonderment.
• • *
MERRY-GO-ROUND
C. Red Cross Boss Norman Davis
remarked on the “excellent service”
when he lunched at the local Red
Cross canteen for service men the
other day. But he didn’t know that
his waitress was Mrs. Jed Johnson,
wife of the congressman from Okla
homa.
C. Popular, white-thatched Repre
sentative Joseph J. (“Judge”)
Mansfield of Texas, who gets around
in a wheel chair faster than most
people walk, was telling colleagues
about a political opponent in his dis
trict “who’s always trying to make
people believe I am 89.” Remarked
GOP Representative Charles A.
Eaton of New Jersey: “Shucks,
Judge, you’d just be getting started
at 89.”
C. Greatest pals of Rumania’s exiled
King Carol and the titian-haired
Madame Lupescu in Mexico City
are U. S. Ambassador George Mes-
sersmith and wife. The Messer-
smiths got to know the couple when
they came to Cuba while Messer-
smith was ambassador there. In
Mexico City they played bridge to
gether frequently.
C. Ex-Ambassador Josephus Dan
iels, now editor of the Raleigh News
and Observer, is writing more pun
gent editorials at 80 than most edi
tors at 40.
* • •
NO BOASTER
The 43rd division’s signal com
pany from Rhode Island has a young
buck private who has a great future
before him—of some kind.
The other morning, while on K.P.
duty, he offered to bet the mess ser
geant $5 that he could eat two good-
sized watermelons in ten minutes
flat. The sergeant was suspicious.
“What makes you think you can?”
he parried.
“Because,” was the reply, “I just
polished off two when you weren’t
looking.”
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“Pausing for a moment between
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There it is. Thank you. And
back to the war news!”
* * *
RETORT
The reason why a quart of beer
Displeases you is very clear;
For this I say, devoid of fear,
A quart is practically NO BEER.
—Dr. Fell.
* • •
The U. S. post office department
reports a big loss. It seems to us
that most of the income must go to
designing and issuing newer and
bigger postage stamps.
* * *
Henry Ford has reached his 79th
year. And we hope somebody was
thoughtful enough to bake him a
birthday cake with 79 gas coupons
on it.
• • •
If Major Andre were alive today
what a defense he could make! He
could say he just came ashore for
his hat.
• • •
Most men can’t help wonder
ing how a WAAC reacts to a
sharp command “Right dress!”
• • »
Unwelcome Visitors for Herr Rommel
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The new M-4 tanks, built at Hammond, Ind., and said to be the
most formidable tanks in the world, are shown lined up on flat cars inside
the plant awaiting final inspection. This huge tank carries a 75-mm.
cannon on a revolving turret which enables the gunner to swing in a
complete circle. Just to look at them is most reassuring.
Tea for Three—Dregs for Germany
With all the talk of bombing Germany out of the war, this meeting of
the U. S. and British bomber chiefs in London is significant. Shown hav
ing tea are (left to right): Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, bomber chief U. S.
air force in Britain; Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander U. S. air forces in
Britain; and A. T. Harris, chief of Britain’s bomber command.
Queen Mother at ‘Ack Ack’ Station
Dowager Queen Mary, mother of the reigning King George of Eng
land, is shown watching a gunner operate his heavy anti-aircraft gun at a
post in the British capital. These “ack-ack” crews drill every day to
keep hand and eye in tune for action, in case a Stuka or a Messerschmidt
should venture within range.
Can You Remember—
Away back before husbands
went down to the station to see
their wives oil to an army
camp?
• • •
Things have reached a point
on the highways of America
where drivers of horses and bug
gies are urged to go slow so they
won’t frighten automobiles.
* • •
NO HOPE!
Four gallons a week.
Four gallons a week;
If my car’s thirsty
Its future is bleak.
* • *
The Danbury Fair has been
called off on account of the gas
and rubber shortage. This is
going to throw a lot of cooch
dancers, snake charmers, side
show freaks and terrible ham-
burg cooks out of autumn work.
• • •
It is Elmer Twitchell’s belief that
few things harm the morale of
America more than listening to
United States congressmen on the
Forum of the Air. “You don’t know
what incoherency is until you have
heard ’em,” insists Mr. Twitchell.
Nazis Conscript Polish Laborers
This photo, released in London, shows m party of Polish labor con
scripts being drilled by a German officer. The men have been put
into uniform and are now subject to German military law. They are
forced to build military establishments, such as aerodromes, roads, rail
ways and supply depots.
William Dudley Pelley, 52, former
leader of the Silver Shirts of Amer
ica, who was convicted by a federal
court at Indianapolis, Ind., on 11
counts of criminal sedition and con
spiracy. The Fellowship Press,
Inc., Pelley’s publishing house, war
also convicted.
‘Victory Queen’
Dorese Bell, 20, who was crowned
United Nations “Victory Queen” at
Philadelphia. She was selected for
leadership in war fund activities by
members of United Nations Victory
Girls, a group of government, busi
ness and school girls from 30 states.
Hole in One
Here is Sam Snead, P.G.A. cham
pion, who has just completed five
weeks of training at the naval train
ing station at Norfolk, Va. He will
be assigned to duty as a physical
instructor. Sam is demonstrating
bayonet technique here.
Dressed to Kill
On maneuvers in North Carolina,
Lieut. Col. Frank Murphy, who has
taken a holiday from the bench of
the supreme court of the United
States “for the duration,” is shown
in his tankman’s uniform, “armed
to the teeth.”
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
White House Wedding
HEN Harry Hopkins, adviser
to President Roosevelt, and
Mrs. Louise Macy, New York fash
ion writer, were married in the
White House recently, it marked the
15th time that the halls of the Ex
ecutive Mansion had resounded to
the strains of the wedding march.
The first was back in 1811 during
President Madison’s administration
and the last was 103 years later
while Woodrow Wilson was Presi
dent. Here is the chronological rec
ord:
1811— Thomas Todd, associate jus
tice of the Supreme court, and Lucy
Payne Washington, the widow of
George Washington’s nephew and
the sister of Dolly Madison, the
President’s wife.
1812— Congressman John J. Jack-
son, a greatuncle of Gen. T. J.
(“Stonewall”) Jackson, and Anna
Todd, a cousin of Dolly Madison.
1820—Samuel L. Gouvemeur and
Marie Hester Monroe, daughter of
President James Monroe.
1828— John Adams, son of Presi
dent John Quincy Adams, and Marie
Helen Jackson, niece of Mrs. John
Quincy Adams.
1829— Alphonse Joseph Pageot, a
member of the French legation, and
Miss Delia Lewis, daughter of a
member of President Jackson’s
“kitchen cabinet.”
1831—Lewis Donaldson, grandson
of Thomas Jefferson, and Emily
Martin, niece of President Andrew
Jackson.
1835—Lucien B. Polk, related to
James K. Polk, and Mary Easton,
niece of President Andrew Jackson.
1842—William Waller and Eliza
beth Tyler, daughter of President
John Tyler.
1874—Algernon C. F. Sartoris, an
officer of the British legation', and
Nellie Grant, daughter of President
U. S. Grant.
1878—Russell Hastings, United
States army officer, and Emily
Platt, niece of President Ruther
ford B. Hayes.
1886—President Grover Cleveland
ahd Miss Frances Folsom.
1906—Congressman Nicholas Long-
worth and Alice Roosevelt, daughter
of President Theodore Roosevelt.
1913— Francis B. Sayre and Jessie
Woodrow Wilson, daughter of Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson.
1914— William Gibbs McAdoo, sec
retary of the treasury, and Eleanor
Wilson, daughter of President Wil
son.
Of all the weddings that have
taken place in the White House, the
ceremony on June
2, 1886, was out
standing. For on
that date Grover
Cleveland, one of
our two Presi
dents who entered
the White House
as a bachelor but
V the only Chief
Executive to be
married there,
was wedded to
Frances Folsom,
Grover Cleveland the daughter of
his former law
partner. The beauty of the bride and
the advance newspaper accounts of
the President’s wedding gift to her
(it was a superb
diamond neck
lace) and of the
lavish display of
flowers which
were to decorate
the Blue Room,
where the cer
emony was to be
held — all com
bined to create
great public in
terest in the event.
According to a
contempor ary
newspaper de
scription, “the fireplaces were filled
with red begonias to represent burn
ing fires, with centaureas scattered
at their base to imitate ashes, while
blossoms were laid below in the form
of tiles. One mantelpiece was banked
with dark pansies, bearing the date
in light pansies; the other with red
roses.”
Although only a few relatives of the
bride and high public officials were
invited to the ceremony, a vast crowd
gathered around the door of the
White House to hear the music of
the United States marine band when
the ceremony began. It was still there
when the newlyweds tried to slip out
the back door of the White House
and it showered them with rice and
old slippers. Grover Cleveland may
have been President of the United
States but on that day he was a
bridegroom and American democ
racy insisted upon exercising its
traditional right of treating him as
one!
Frances Folsom
President Cleveland’s Wedding.
Embroidered Chair Set.
W HAT fun to embroider this
pretty bowl of flowers in gay
colors!—And when you’ve made
the last lazy daisy stitch and fin
ished the cut-v/ork bowl, you’re
ready to add beauty to chair or
buffet!
• • •
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