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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, NOVEMBER 13, 1942 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON Consolidated Features.—WNU Release. XJEW YORK.—In this war, it ap- ^ pears that newly appointed commanders always look more promising than the men they suc- Adm. Halsey Jr. ^ eed - The ' dossier re- Has Both His Sea veals a sea- r _ , soned war- Legs and Wings rior> usually “friendly and democratic but a stiff disciplinarian.” There is note of his medals and his popularity among the men. There is not available any such body of objective criticism as in the theater or the arts. The free-swinging critiques of sports and politics also are out, so far as mili tary science is concerned, and the bleachers take on faith with the new man in the lineup. When Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. replaced Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley in command of the Solomon Islands action, we took a couple of days to look for a pro fessionally informed and disinterest ed appraisal of Admiral Halsey’s qualifications for his critically im portant job. The report is encour aging, for reasons other than those disclosed in mill-run navy biogra phies. As an officer, his emphasis, and his proven ability, has been in adaptiveness and mobility. With Rear Admirals John H. Towers and Arthur B. Cook, he has combined the skills and furthered the techniques of men who, like himself, can both sail and fly. That, we are assured, is wbat it takes in the Solomon Islands today. This air-sea do main is a highly specialized and rapidly evolving new zone of strategy, or perhaps more pre cisely tactics, as the latter word puts the emphasis on knowing what to do next, rather than on what traditionally is done. He once said: “I believe in vio lating rules. We violate them every day. We do the unexpected.” At the age of 60, he pilots his own plane and gets close in where action is real or impend ing. He is one of the most ex perienced men in the navy in operations such as those in the Solomons today, having been awarded the Distinguished Serv ice medal for planning and car rying through the raids in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. If it should happen that the des perate need of the hour, or the minute, should be for a brilliant improviser and the text books forgotten, Admiral Halsey is the man for the job. Admiral Halsey was born and grew up in Elizabeth, N. J., and en tered Annapolis in 1900. He rode destroyers for a few years and later was a member of the Annapolis ex ecutive staff. A BOUT two years ago, the British discovered that their industrial tempo was set to the pace of “Auld Lang Syne,” or “Cornin’ Through sup. Up T.P.PO Of War Industry ing classical With Vital Mu tic ultra-modern music, suddenly re formed and started tapping out hot music for factory hands. It was played in the factories to step up the punch-press and sledge-hammer rhythms. It worked. All reports were that they thus greatly in creased the flow of war goods. Over here, we got the point of the experiment. Professor Har old Burris-Meyer reports on re searches, which he made with one of his colleagues, showing that factory music in eastern factories has stepped up produc tion in a range from 1.3 to 11.1 per cent. But that is just a start, says Professor Burris-Meyer. He notes that “the leisure mu sic is not the idiom of the mod ern industrial plant.” They’re setting this war to music and it is to be vital music. In May, 1935, Professor Burris- Meyer unveiled a sound machine which, working with an audience “would induce hysteria within 30 seconds.” For 12 years, at Stevens, he has pioneered the field of sound stimuli, as an augmentation of dramatic effects. Previously, he had taught at Washington and Jefferson and C.C.N.Y. IT IS not clear whether Karl Her- mann Frank has decided to ex terminate the Czech people, but he appears to be thinking it over. Herr Frank is state secretary of the Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate. Berne quotes him: “The murder of Heydrich has not yet been expiated and it still constitutes a blood guilt that incriminates the Czech people in its entirety.” Herr Frank was active in the early stages of the Sudeten gangster build up, serving as a diligent inciter of hatred and savagery. Women Purchasers Can Aid U. S. Farmers 4>- Fitting Family’s Diet With Farm Production Helps U. S. War Effort America’s 6,000,000 farmers today aren’t feeding a mere 132,000,000 citizens of the United States. They are also responsi ble for filling huge gaps in the food supplies of most of the free world—the uniformed and civilian. This is a large order. They will need all the help they’*’" can get from the consumer at home if they are to continue to fill steadily growing lend-lease orders from the United Nations. The consumer is a woman. If you’re a man, you’ll probably say, “Hey! What about me?” Well, Mister, you’re practically nobody when it comes to deciding what you’ll eat and what you’ll wear. Women buy 80 per cent of the food sold and 75 per cent of the clothing. Further than that, they influence almost all customer pur chasing. This is where the housewife can offer one of the greatest contributions to winning the war. She can see to it that the diet of her family fits in with farm production and the short ages created by the war. She should be informed on the prob lems involved in producing the goods she wants and getting them into her hands. As the buyers for some 34 million households from coast to coast, women have a tremendous respon sibility to the families they feed and clothe. During 1942 the farmer has marked the highest production level CONSUMER’S CREED I will buy what is plentiful. I will buy what is fresh. I will buy what is produced lo cally. I will buy what the government asks me to buy through the Victory Food Program. I will not hoard or waste food. in history. At the same time, an nual income payments nationally have increased some 20 billions of dollars. But crop goals met and passed, and an income increase of over 17 per cent, don’t mean that the house wife can go out and buy whatever she wants and as much as she wants. Since Pearl Harbor, the consumer picture has undergone radical changes. “Scarcity,” “ceiling price” and “rationing” have become com mon words. Food is no longer readily available if the housewife has the price to pay. Some of her old - time staples are on the “scarce” list, items such as tea, bananas, coffee and sugar. Off-the-farm consumers, the urban group, comprise over 75 per cent of the population of the United States. Foodstuffs and clothing combined account for about 40 per cent of ev ery dollar spent by the average ur ban family. It is therefore obvious that at no previous time has women’s good management in buying been more important. Give Consumer Prote-tion. Urging consumers—and remem ber that means women—to take heed of the farmer’s problems, brings out the little-known fact that the U. S. department of agriculture in return does not forget consumer protection in its farming for free dom program. When the housewife buys fresh vegetables from day to day, she isn’t likely to think much about the fact that the vegetables arrived on season schedule, that they were in sufficient quantity and that the price was “right.” It’s only when those conditions didn’t exist that she might begin to wonder how her ta ble is served. Then she would learn that by tak ing the “long view” for both farmer and consumer safety, the over-all agricultural program results in uni form distribution of farm commodi ties, an even flow of goods into Fresh vegetables head the market list of this housewife. Her family is well-nourished because America’s farmers are doing their part for wartime health and efficiency. homes, prevention of market scarci ties and glutted markets, and pro vision of benefits in price and qual ity. The Victory Specials, an nounced from week to week, are a part of this plan. They use up products which are plentiful, often preventing waste and loss to the farmer, and allowing the buyer to take advantage of diet variations at a better price. Whether or not the consumer’s needs are met really depends upon the accuracy with which produc tion has been scheduled to obtain an adequate and steady supply of food at prices fair alike to producers and consumers. This is the consumer’s best insurance against the problems of scarcity. Something known as “acreage al lotment” is now being used to in crease production of certain crops needed for the war, a part of the change-over from normal peace-time farming to all-out war production. The farmer is converting his fields to war production just as surely as the manufacturer turns his machines from automobiles to airplanes. Production Without adjustment would be inexcusable waste at any time. In wartime it is criminal. What Crop Reserves Do. Probably Mrs. Average Housewife wouldn’t be able to tell you what an Ever-Normal granary is—but she’s enjoying the advantages of living under a farming system that pro vides for crop reserves. In recent years, lots of wheat, corn and other products have been stored against a time when crops might be smaller or demands greater. When drouth once pushed corn production as much as 40 per cent below normal, meat prices skyrocketed and con sumers suffered hardships. But now with the Ever-Normal granary’s stored reserves of more than 25 per cent of a normal year’s crop, there is plenty of feed to convert into meat, eggs, and dairy products. “Crop insurance” has a formi dable sound, but it is si simple procedure that pays big divi dends to the consumer as well as to the producer who meets the premiums. Such insurance keeps farmers in business producing needed goods by guaranteeing them, for example, some wheat or cotton income every year even if a crop fails. This pro tection gives farmers the as surance they need to go in for production of critical war crops. That’s consumer protection for ev erybody, even if it doesn’t occur to the woman who buys a loaf of bread. Housewives are currently faced with the necessity of cutting down on sugar, once so much a part of their regular purchases that they Marketing his produce is the final step in the farmer’s program of supplying the American table. Paint Your House Gutters, Downspouts Gutters and downspouts, if dam aged or ruined by rust or corrosion in this wartime period of metal scarcity, are likely to result in high discomfort to the owner, to say noth ing of the further damage that may be caused by inability to carry the water from rains away from the house. Many a home owner who has failed to give attention to these im portant parts of his house has been dismayed to find them full of holes and leaks, and sometimes actually collapsing. Such neglect is a sad waste at any time, but in wartime, with such items becoming practical ly irreplaceable for the duration, it becomes a near tragedy. The best insurance against such loss is thor ough removal of all surface rust and corrosion, followed by prompt protection of the metal by painting or varnishing. All gutters and down spouts should be painted. just took it for granted. Curtail ment of shipping, due to the war, cut off important sources of raw ma terials, of which sugar is one. At the same time, industrial uses of sugar have increased. Today’s price ceiling on sugar, however, is lower than might have been expected. For this the buyer can thank a sugar program which provides payments to growers that are helping them step up produc tion. Conservation on the farm may seem a far cry from top quality let tuce or potatoes or green beans. It may seem even farther from tender meats or milk rich in butter fat. And farther still from lower prices. But farmers know, and consum ers should be aware, that soil-build ing and soil-conserving practices mean larger yields and better quali ty. Well-nourished land produces better crops than depleted soil. Wbolesomeness Guaranteed. Regulatory laws administered by the United States department of ag riculture directly affect homes and consumer income and buying power. Consumers are protected against mis-branding, substitutions and swin dling by the Pure Food and Drug act. It provides a safeguard for wholesome foodstuffs, thereby pro tecting both health and pocketbook. Research activities of the depart ment are equally related to consum er interests. Sixty-five research “laboratories” have experiments constantly in process. They don’t just develop cloth from milk and plastics from soybeans. They also determine methods of in creasing production and strengthen ing the quality of farm products. Foods are carefully analyzed by experts so that their vitamin and mineral content can be accurately given. Nutrition studies set up min imum food requirements, show how they may be met at the least cost and what available foods may be sub stituted for those on the scarce list or headed that way. Steering Food Purchases. These nutrition studies are of par ticular interest to the housewife. She is faced with the problem of provid ing her family with enough to eat to maintain health and efficiency. This young homemaker is choos ing her dinner vegetables from the wide variety sent to market every day by the nation’s farmers. Her family will get plenty of vitamins. She must steer her food buying so that supplies may be used to the best advantage and at the same time provide the highest consumer satisfaction. The individual buyer these days must think always of her purchases as they relate to those of the 34 million other American housewives —what the result would be if that buying were multiplied by 34 mil lion. Would it create new scarcity or make a scarce food non-existent? Or would it have the effect of uti lizing the foods that are available in abundance? Alarm over possible increased food costs has been evidenced by some homemakers. The retail cost of a basket of foods, representing annual family purchases, amounted to $405 in September, 1942, an in crease of $73 over the price of the same foods in the period from 1935- 39, but the cost was still $10 lower than in 1929. Workingmen’s families today can buy a basket of specified food prod ucts for the smallest share of family income on record since 1913. In Sep tember, 1942, it required only 22 per cent of the family income. During the preceding five years the same food basket accounted for 27 per cent of the income. Average family income has been rising more rapid ly than food prices during the last three years and through the first 10 months of 1942. Reasons include higher wage rates, more hours of work per week with over-time pay ments, and more persons employed. The family averaging five persons this fall reached a wage level 57 per cent higher than the pre-war aver age for 1935-39. Tliis seems to indicate that the housewife’s food problems will not be those of capacity to buy but rath er of the market’s ability to supply her needs. Reaching her goal—just as the farmer meets his production goal— will mean that scarcity of some par ticular type of food will be a mat ter of unconcern to any American, so long as he is able to eat what b« needs. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Woman’s Rights Champion TpHE recent election of Mrs. Myra Brad well to the Editor’s Hall ol Fame at the University of Illinois, because she was the first woman to become a member of the Illinois Press association, was an event ol more than local significance. For Mrs. Bradwell, the able editor ol the Chicago Legal News who was three times elected vice president of the state press association, was also an attorney and as such she became a national figure as one ol the pioneers in the fight for equal rights for women. Born in Manchester, Vt., on Feb ruary 12, 1831, Myra Colby emi grated to Illinois in the early 1840s. She was educated at a "ladies semi nary” in Elgin, 111., where she later became a teacher. After teaching school for a time in Memphis, Tenn., she returned to Chicago where she met and mar ried Judge B. Bradwell. With no idea of becoming a practitioner, she began studying law under the tutelage of her husband. Later she decided that she might be a valu able assistant to Judge Bradwell in his business, so she applied herself vigorously to her studies and passed the Illinois bar examinations. But she had to obtain a formal license, since the Illinois statutes provided that no “person” could practice law In the state without obtaining a li cense from two of the justices of the supreme court. Therefore in 1872 she presented her application and was surprised to learn that she was not a “person.” As a married woman, Mrs. Brad well could not make a contract, the court said. Since she could not make a contract, she was not a person! “And, even if the legislature did not exclude women from the practice of law, it must have intended to do so because we adopted the common law of England and for a woman to have entered the courts of West minster hall as a barrister would have created hardly less astonish ment than if she should be elected to the house of commons” the learn ed justices continued. But Myra Bradwell was not con vinced by this logic. She cited the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con stitution of the United States, enacted four years earlier, which said that no law could abridge the privileges and immunities of a citizen of the United States. She was a citizen of the United States, then why should her privilege to practice law be abridged? Evidently the Il linois justices didn’t recognize the Fourteenth amendment for they re fused to grant her a license. Thereupon Mrs. Bradwell sued out a writ of error against the state of Illinois in the Supreme court of the United States. Her case was argued by United States Senator Matt. Car penter of Wisconsin, but the Su preme court not only upheld and approved the ruling of the Illinois court but made some additions of its own. Instead of only one opinion being handed down, there were many affirming the decision. However one was different. At the conclusion of all the opinions was this notation: “The Chief Justice, Samuel Portland Chase, dissented from the judgment of the Court, and I from all the opinions.” But that was small satisfaction to Myra Brad well. She had appealed to the high est court in the land for justice and it had been refused. She never again renewed her application for a license to practice law. Several years later she was much surprised to receive a certificate of admission from the Illinois supreme court, the very court that had first refused her original application! Thus she also became the first woman member of the Illinois Bar association. Mrs. Bradwell established the Chicago Legal News, the publication which won her membership in the | Illinois Press association, in 1869. ; It was the first weekly legal news paper ever published in the western states and Mrs. Bradwell was both its editor and business manager for | many years. The Illinois state legis lature gave her a special charter for her paper and passed several acts making its contents evidence in 1 the courts and a valid medium for the publication of legal notices. She was also “a leader in promoting professional ideals in journalism.” OH, DEAR! A little Scotch girl was taken by her father to an old-fashioned church for the first time. She stared for a while at the old Highland minister, shut up in a box pulpit, thumping the Bible and waving his arms about. Then, unable to stand it any long er, she whispered in a frightened voice: “Father, what’ll we dae if he gets oot?” TIP OFF “I know I’m not half good enough for you, darling.” “Well, I’ll marry you if you’ll promise to maintain that same atti tude after we’re married.” Case History Draft Bo»ird Inquirer—Was there ever any insanity in your family? Drafted Man—I am told my father was insane right up to his death. Draft Board Inquirer—How was that? Drafted Man—Well, right up until father died he thought he was boss of our house. Spell Binder First Statesman—How do you know your speech made such a pro found impression? There wasn’t very much cheering. Second Statesman—That’s just the point. I am one of the few orators to whom my constituents would rath er listen than hear themselves ap plaud. Fast Talker The manager, interviewing a can didate for the position of traveler, said: “We must have a man with great persuasive powers.” “Persuasive powers!” said the ap plicant. "Why, last week I talked a fellow out of four brand new tires.” Well, He Was Teacher—Mary, what important event took place in 1732? Mary—George Washington was bom. Teacher—Correct. Henry, what happened in 1742? Henry—George was ten years old. Could Be Wife—Weren’t you a little drunk last night, dear? Hubby—Drunk? Why I— Wife—Anyway, you lay on the floor and kept repeating, “I’ll climb thia wall if it takes me all night.” Magnetic Two women were discussing a mu tual acquaintance. “She has a very magnetic personality,” said one. “She ought to have,” commented the other, “everything she has on is charged.” Being Specific “Speaking of snow storms—” “You were about to say, I pre sume, that this isn’t a marker to on* you remember in 1880?” “No, it was in ’72.” One Sided Tramp—Yes; once I, too, was hap pily married. Lady—And—? Tramp—My wife wasn’t. Limited Mother—Now, Daisy, how good will you be if I give you five cents? Daisy—About a nickel’s worth, I guess. COMMENTARY “So you were at the Gray-Bel] wedding, eh?” “Yes.” “Who gave the bride away?” “No one. She married money.” How Tragie “What is the matter with your car lady?” “Well, there is only one part of it that doesn’t make a noise and that’s the Horn.” And the Ears? Elsie—After I wash my face I look in the mirror to see if it’s clean. Don’t you? Bobby—Don’t have to. I look at the towel. No Bookworm “Has your friend any histrionic aspirations?” “Oh, he don’t bother any about history. He wants to be an actor.” Swing It “Why do you prefer Wagner?” “Beoause he composed about the only kind of music one can hear above the conversation.” Shearing “Think I’ll take a good shave to morrow.” “What’s coming off then?” “Only my beard.” Opinion “What a lot of difference marriage makes.” “And what a lot of differencea.” WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY s< Awo LO< At the Bottom He that is down needs fear no fall.—Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Prog ress.” A Gentle Way to Treat Constipation! Get up and cheer, constipation sufferers! If you are one of the millions of people with normal intestines who suffer due to lack of "bulk'' In the diet — here's news of a gentler, pleasanter way to win welcome relief! You see, many medicinal lax atives prod the intestines into ac tion or draw moisture Into them from other parts of the body. But KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN, a crisp, delicious cereal, acts quite , differently. It works principally on the contents of your colon, helping you to have easy and normal elimination. Eat It often and drink plenty of water. ALL-BRAN Is made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek. If your condition Is not helped, by this simple treatment, see your doctor. v y Making Perfect Piece out your imperfections with your thoughts.—Shakespeare. Syndicate. Rsssgw4» W# famous * ^ ” relieve coughing of CNESTCOLDS At the first signs which may warn of • cold—the Dionne Quintuplets’ chests, throats and backs are rubbed with Musterole—a product made especially to promptly relieve coughs due to colds, make breathing easier and break up local congestion in the upper bronchial tract. Musterole gives such wonderful re sults because it’s MORE than just an ordinary “salve’’. It's what so many Doctors and Nurses call a modern counler- irritant. Since Musterole is used on the Quints—you may be sum it’s just about the BEST cold-relief made! IN 3 STRENGTHS: Children's Mfld Musterole for children and people with tender skin. Regular for ordinary case* and Extra Strength for stubborn cases. Gas on Stomach Mtemd la 5 adaetw er i When excess stomach acid e Ing gas, sour stomach and heartburn. »»«*/,• w. w ., prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known for symptomatic relief—medicines like those in Bell-ano Tablets. No laxative. BeU-ans brings comfort In a Jiffy or double your money bock on return of bottlo tons, tteati HELPS PREVENT MANY COLDS from developing Put a few drops of Va-tro-nol up eadt nostril at the very first sniflle or sneeze. Its quick action aids Nature’s defenses against colds. Follow VICKS Kair VA-TRO-NOL SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER controls about 89% Regardless of whether synthetic rob ber is made from petroleum, grain, shrubs or chemicals it will be somo time before car owners will be able to purchase synthetic rubber tiree. Wax purposes have first call. A tombstone near Sussex, England, whore a tire that had served Its owner.IS years was ceremoniously burled* 300 rubber parts, not including tiree and tubes, are used in the modem automobile. Without rubber the car would truly be a "jolt" wagon. There Is talk these days of re capping 25,000,000 tires a year I Quite a lump from the 3,600,000 recapped - retreaded mark of 1937. Automobiles were on over 58% of all U. S. farms in 1940; 15.5% ol the farms had motor trucks and 23.1% motor tractors. ht umoi peace REGoodrieh | nkst in rubber