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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C- OCTOBER 16, 1942
Washington, D. C.
FARM PARITY FIGHT
To Roosevelt advisers, the farm
parity fight was an ominous runner-
up of what many of them expect
during the next two years—IF the
November elections turn sour for the
Democrats. It left people a little
worried around the White House.
Up until now, the White House has
been confident that the house of rep
resentatives would remain Demo
cratic—despite the warning of Chair
man Ed Flynn that the Middle West
and probably California would go
Republican.
So the fight over farm parity was
a shock; and administration leaders
shrink from the prospect of fac
ing that type of congressional bat
tling for two long years to come.
But, if the Republicans organize the
house, or even if the Democratic
majority is appreciably cut, that is
exactly what will happen.
Three reasons are given, back-
stage, for the faulty handling which
resulted in the terrific farm battle.
1. The President himself, who
couched his message to congress in
terms of such a strong ultimatum,
rather than the usual Roosevelt pep-
talk strategy at which he is so adept.
Incidentally, the speech was writ
ten in large part by brusque, bull
dozing Leon Henderson.
2. Speaker Sam Rayburn, who
dropped his usual kindliness and
stormily told congressional friends
that the President had promised him
not to send a farm price stabilization
message until later. Rayburn’s at
titude was a tip-off in deeds if not
words “To vote as you please,
boys.”
3. Price Czar Leon Henderson,
who was considered the political
ogre and bogeyman for whom the
farm stabilization bill was being
passed.
• • •
WAR BONDS
A war savings bond salesman in
Buchanan county, Iowa, was non
plussed when the spokesman for a
colony of 75 families flatly refused
to buy even so much as a 10-cent
stamp . . . The salesman was about
to leave, but was called back and
handed $6,450 in cash as the colo
ny’s donation to the war effort . . .
Seeking an explanation, the bewil
dered bond seller was told that the
community was composed of Amish
families and that their religious
creed forbids them to make a profit
out of war . . . They were willing
to make a gift of the money, but
could not buy interest-bearing bonds.
Presidential adviser Isador Lubin,
after 36 straight hours of hard work,
went to bed one morning at nine
o’clock, slept until nine the next
morning.
The infantry company at Fort
Devens, Mass., boasts that every
member of the company is buying
war bonds, and it is 101 per cent
correct.
• • •
ARMY SHOES
If you are a draftee with high
arches or low arches, one flat foot
or two flat feet, or even if your
right foot is a half size larger than
your left foot—it doesn’t matter.
The quartermaster will fit you any
way.
Even if no one of the 238 different
sizes of army shoes fits you, instruc
tions to army posts are that every
foot shall be fitted, and fitted com
fortably. This order is to be obeyed
even if it means making a plaster
cast of the odd foot and making a
special shoe from an individual last.
In such cases, the individual last
is tagged with the name of the sol
dier and filed away until he needs
another pair of shoes. Such service
would cost $25 a pair in private life.
Army experts declare that a sol
dier with sore feet is worthless.
• • •
NO CELLOPHANE COMMISSION
Siegfried Bechhold, president of
the Armored Tank corporation, is
now a private in the army. After
making a small fortune in manufac
turing tanks, Bechhold joined the
army as a private, age 42, was sent
to Camp Lee, Va. Friends expected
to find him unhappy after exchang
ing his soft life for the rigors of
the army. But when Bechhold got
away for his first week-end, he de
clared :
‘This experience is making a man
of me, and 1 wouldn’t miss it for the
world! I’ve served in other armies,
but there’s no army to compare with
this one. You talk about ‘morale’—
the soldiers don’t need ‘morale’;
they already have it.
“You have to get out of Washing
ton to learn what Uncle Sam’s army
is really like. If 1 had ten sons, I
would tell them all to join the
army.”
* * *
MERRY-GO-ROUND
C. Some doctors who passed their
physical examination for the army
three months ago have not yet been
called. Yet the army is still appeal
ing for more doctors.
C. President Ernest M. Hopkins of
Dartmouth will be campaign man
ager for Republican Senator Styles
Bridges of New Hampshire against
ex-Republican Francis Murphy, now
Democrat. Like Bridges, President
Hopkins has been a militant sup
porter of Roosevelt’s foreign poli
cies.
‘THE WAR CONTRACT’ OR
‘WHERE AM I?’
Mr. Wimple wanted to find out
about a pin. It was a little pin
required as part of a gun mechan
ism. The government needed this
type of pin in large quantities in a
hurry. Wimple, who made pins,
had been told. He had received a
letter from the PDQ or something
urging him to convert his shop for
an all-out production of pins. He
replied, asking about a few particu
lars and got back a letter from the
PDQ saying that the BBA now had
charge of the matter.
n
Mr. Wimple decided he had better
go to Washington and get things
straightened out. He went to the
building which housed the BBA to
see the chairman, a Mr. Zoofus. He
was told to wait in an anteroom.
After a few hours a clerk came out
and told him that Mr. Zoofus had
been assigned to another bureau
and that he would have to see a Mr.
Bilch. Mr. Bilch was in the office
of the PQX or something 15 blocks
south, “take your next left.”
III
Mr. Wimple couldn’t get a taxi so
he walked. At the office of the PQX
he was told that Mr. Bilch was in
conference with officials of the HQA
about a VCB matter. But Mr. Gim-
py was present.
“State your business,” said the
attendant.
“I stated it three hours ago,” said
Mr. Wimple.
“Oh,” said the attendant, “just a
minute, please.”
He disappeared and came back
presently. “Mr. Gimpy took a plane
to Oshkosh about an hour ago,” he
explained. “He left word he couldn’t
discuss those bolts today.”
“Not bolts,” corrected Wim
ple. “Pins!”
“Oh, pins!” exclaimed the attend
ant. “The man you want to see is
Mr. Tookle over at the DPBA. That’s
in the Effadoofus Building.”
IV
He finally reached the Effadoofus
Building and found the DPBA head
quarters. Mr. Tookle was in. What
did he wish to see him about? About
pins. Take a chair, please! After
a while Mr. Tookle sent out word
that he was not prepared to discuss,
those brass washers yet.
“Pins,” groaned Mr. Wimple,
“not washers.”
Mr. Tookle came out, a little ex
asperated. “Pins?” he asked. “You
don’t mean gaskets, do you?”
“Pins,” said Mr. Wimple
wearily. “I’m Wimple, the pin
manufacturer. Maybe this cor
respondence will clear it all up.”
He showed a packet of letters
from Washington.
“Oh,” said Mr. Tookle, “this is
about pins, not ratchets. You will
have to see Charlie Zamm. He’s
co-ordinating that matter. Three
miles north, take your left at the
ninth traffic light. Good day!”
V
Mr. Wimple now stole a motor
cycle. He was getting desperate
and was determined to cover ground
more rapidly. He made the next
building in fair time. Was Mr.
Zamm in? Which Zamm, Charles
or Joseph? Charles, he thought. No,
Charlie Zamm was in Moscow but
Joseph Zamm would be glad to dis
cuss those metal clips with him.
“Pins,” said Mr. Wimple.
“Take a chair; Mr. Joseph Zamm
will be back any minute.”
VI
It was pretty dark now. Mr. Wim
ple was thinking of calling it all off
when Mr. Zamm appeared. “Sorry
to hold you up,” said Zamm. “I’m
glad you came down, we need those
hub-caps as fast as you can turn ’em
out.”
“Pins,” said Mr. Wimple, weakly.
“I thought you were the hub-cap
contractor,” said Mr. Zamm.
“There is some confusion here.”
“Nuts,” said Mr. Wimple,
leaping through the window.
(P. S.—He joined up with the marines.
It seemed to be the only way to help win
the war without too much delay.)
• * *
Some Excuse.
Some think the woolly Hottentot
Undoubtedly has gotten hot
From many futile desert charges
Toward equatorial mirages;
So if in some secluded spot
A Hotten-man (or Hotten-tot)
Throws in a skinny visionary
Who says he is a missionary,
I urge that we abhor such pranks
For he has drawn so many
blanks.
UNO HOO.
» • •
BULL’S-EYE!
“People assume that if a business
man is big he’s got to be good.
That’s all wrong. The battle of pro
duction has got to be won by the
small fellows and by the man with
grease under his nails and plenty
of ‘know-how’ between his ears.”—
Guy Holcomb. ,
Never was a truer word spo
ken. The big business man has
only one thing on the small busi
ness man: he gets to work lat
er, quits earlier and takes twice
as long for lunch.
Don’t Cuss Weatherman—It’s Weatherwomen Now
Milady has finally stormed one of the last bastions of man’s exclusive field by establishing a beachhead
in the Washington, D. C., weather barean. Girl at left fills the ballast balloon with its quota of gas. This bal
loon will be attached to helium-filled balloon that carries radiosonde aloft. Center: Radiosonde about to be
sent into stratosphere in search of weather data. Right: Assistant Weather Observer Barbara Ritchie gives Jun
ior Flight Dispatcher J. R. Wells the weather dope at Washington airport.
U. S. Commandos of Jungle Prepare for All Comers
“Bushmasters,” Uncle Sam’s Commandos of the jungle, are shown at left building a “wiki-up” in the
dense, rainy forests of Panama. It’s a pup tent raised from the ground to keep the men dry and protected
from snakes. Right: Wearing gas masks, these crack jungle-Commando infantry men offer grim evidence of
the deadly surprise awaiting any enemy attack in the Panama area.
Torpedoed U. S. Tanker Beats Raging Fire
When a tanker is burning as fiercely as this U. S. tanker (top photo)
it usually must be abandoned. Despite this raging fire, caused by an
Axis torpedo, crew members brought the flames under control. Below:
The 18,000 ton tanker, a gaping torpedo hole amidships, stands by after
the fire. It was towed to port by a U. S. navy ship and is now being
repaired.
‘Sgt. York’ No. 2
Sergt. Alvin York captured 132
Germans in World War I. Sergt.
Keith Elliott of New Zealand, cap
tured 130 Germans near Ruweisat,
in the Alamein line in Egypt. He is
pictured after the exploit, which won
him the Victoria cross. Enemy tanks
attacked three sides of his battalion
and 19 men were left of Company B.
Elliott led them in charge after
charge. While capturing a German
machine-gun nest single-handed he
got three wounds in the back and
legs. He handed over the entire
batch of 130 prisoners.
British Awards for U. S. Instructors
Held in Nazi Zoo
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander is shov.n giving British decorations to three
U. S. officers in recognition of their services as tank instructors with
British forces in the Middle East on the first anniversary of American
participation in Middle East fighting. Left to right: Col. William Cornog,
Augusta, Ga.; Capt. J. W. Smothers, Princeton, Ind.; and Lieut. Kindle
Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bedaux, at
whose chateau the duke of Windsor
was married, who were reported to
be among hundreds of Americans
rounded up in Paris by French
police. The captives were interned
in the zoo monkey house.
For extra flavor in dark fruit
cakes use cider or spiced fruit
juices for the liquid.
• • •
"THERE was a certain cluttered
-*■ up road leading somewhere be
tween Avocourt and Montfaucon in
France, late in September, 1918. The
night was dark and the rain was
even wetter than usual. There was
I an artillery captain, getting his bat-
I tery through this muddle and mire,
j and he wasn’t very gentle about get
ting the right of way.
“These guns go through,” he
barked, and you could see he wasn’t
particular about how
they got through.
Through the jumble
and the tangle and
the rain and mud
and darkness this
battery moved on
its way.
The artillery cap
tain was a fellow by
the name of Larry
MacPhail. He was
a rough and ready
Grantland Rice officer looking for
action, and he has
been the same ever since.
Now he is on his way back to his
old artillery job, and whether you
like him or not, the army will. And
that happens to be the main idea.
Then and Now
Larry MacPhail is no longer a
kid. It has been i.Lrnost 24 years
since that night in France where
refugees, stray army outfits and
complete confusion almost blocked
the road which MacPhail helped to
open for his guns.
When buttering sandwiches dip
knife in hot water frequently and
it will be much easier to dpread
the butter.
• • •
Sift spices with flour so they will
be distributed properly throughout
the batter or dough.
• • •
For a flavorful top coating for
meat loaves, spread with a thin
layer of chili sauce the last 20
minutes of the cooking period.
« • •
Squash are very tender and so
easily injured by frost that care
must be taken to cover them in
the field against injury. They
should be allowed to harden in the
field and then should be removed
from the vines without breaking
the stems.
• • •
Grass stains usually come out
when saturated with lard or other
fat, then washed several hours
later in warm soapy water.
• • •
If pears have to stand a little
while when you’re canning them,
it’s best to keep them covered in
salt water so they won’t darken.
Use two tablespoons of salt to a
gallon of water. To help keep
pears used in appetizers, salads
or desserts from darkening, sprin
kle them with a little orange, lem
on, lime or grapefruit juice as
soon as they are peeled and store
in a cold place.
Since that time he has been the
major factor in building up two pen
nant winners in the National league
—first, Cincinnati’s Reds, then
Brooklyn’s Dodgers.
There have been many times
when he looked to be hard and ruth
less, but he was always smart. As
someone has said, “MacPhail’s mis
takes, and he had made many, have
always been about minor matters.
He has yet to make a mistake that
was important.”
If the charge that he has been
hard and ruthless is true, there
could be no bigger boost when it
comes to the matter of winning this
war.
McPhail and the Dodgers
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
MacPhail was talking about the
Dodgers of 1942.
“When the season opened,” he
said, “I thought we could win. We
had done all we
could to strengthen
a team good enough
to win the pennant
the year before. But
when we were ten
games in front you
will remember I
told you that I was
worried about what
might happen.
“The year before
we were only think
ing about winning
^ e Pennant. MacPhail
Through this sum
mer we have been thinking only
about meeting and beating the Yan
kees. It was easy enough to see our
pitching was crumbling. It was also
easy to see that we were no longer
hitting. The box scores showed that
better than any large bale of words
could hope to do. No one could fig
ure at that time that the Cardinals,
a young hustling team, would sud
denly move into a .900 per cent pace.
But that’s what they did.
“Then there came the injury to
Pete Reiser, who suddenly changed
from a .355 hitter to a .240 hitter.
These are no aljbis. The Cardinals
had their share of hard luck last
year.
Indiscriminate Defense
The indiscriminate defense of
right and wrong contracts the un
derstanding, while it hardens the
heart.—Junius.
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“The main point is that we ran
into a change in mental attitudes.
Last season we were pennant-hun
gry and world series money-hungry.
By this season we’d gotten ours.
The Cardinals hadn’t. And don’t
forget this Cardinal team is quite a
ball club. I mean skill, speed, and
spirit.
The Difference
“Mental attitude,” MacPhail con
tinued, “is one of the big factors in
any game. I’ve heard Bobby Jones
say it was at least 75 per cent of
golf. Any football coach will tell
you the big part it plays in his sport.
Of course, skill is important, speed
is important and power is impor
tant. So is experience. But mental
attitude is even more important.
“I recall late last summer when
Whit Wyatt would walk into the
clubhouse before some hard game
and say, ‘Listen, you bums, give me
one run today. That’s all I need.’
“And when the pinch came, that’s
all Whit needed. This season you
had the feeling that for many of our
pitchers even three or four runs
were not quite enough.”
About Football
Lou Little said some time ago that
1942 would be ‘ootball’s best offen
sive season. Columbia’s mandarin
makes few bad guesses. It will
take some remarkable defensive
formations to keep the combined
speed and power under check which
most teams have to meet.
That Missouri backfield will be
ofie of the best. It has speed, drive
and experience, headed by one of
the best in Steuber, a big fellow who
can move.
Find the Scrap to •
• ‘ Eliminate the Jap
^ The buyer’s assurance is the advrrti*
^ tng he or she reads in the newspaper.
V That is the buyer’s guide. It tells the
S prices one must expect to pay. Let the
? idler who tries to charge more bewarel