The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, February 05, 1943, Image 4
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1943
THE NEWBERRY SUN
HITLER COULDN’T DO BETTER
O. F. ARMFIELD
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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
Gaptain Eddie Rickenbacker, after
returning from his gruelling exper
ience in, the South S®as and hi? in 7
spection of fighting fronts, is the only
man who said what the American peo
ple needed to hear in connection with
production problems. . In the news-
paipers and in the news reels he said
that if the soldiers could be transfer
red from the hell holes they occupy
on the battlefronts, to our factories,
and if the employes in the factories
could be transferred to the battle-
fronts, production in this country
would double in thirty days.
By the tone of his voice and his ex
pression, you could see that he was
disgusted with the Pollyanna talk
about workers at home being classed
as filling “battle stations.”
Captain Rickenbacker emphasized
that nothing the people in this coun
try can do will in any measure equal
what the boys on the battle lines are
doing. They don’t get overtime pay
and they work day and night if nec-
sary.
The people agree with Captain-Rick
enbacker. Just because som e of us
west'“tin hats’’ at home, we don’t
want to became swelled up with the
idea that we are filling “battle sta
tions”—we are not. Battle Stations
are where the bullets fly and men are
dying; where men work as long as
there is something to do; where or
ders are obeyed; where overtime pay
and profits are not an issue; and
where the perpetuation of liberty and
freedom for the individual are the
guiding stars.
66 It Takes Both"
It takes an Isbell and a Hutson . . .
a Sammy Baugh and a Dick Todd to
form a forward pass combination. It
takes both ... - War Bonds and Taxes
to provide the necessary finances to
win this war—a war for freedom ahd
humanity. Are you doing your part?
I U. S. Treasury Department
DILUTED FAITH
This nation haj always been un
beatable because the people have had
fiaith in their form of government and
in private enterprise. Their faith
brought them freedom—spiritual,
economic, and political. It also
brought them unprecedented comfort
und security- Any mqn or woman,
regardless of race, color or creed,
was free to come and go as he plpas-
qd, work for whom he pleased, and
by thrift, bring security arjd well
being to himself and his family. He
qould go into business for hipiself
4nd if ht made good no one resented
Ijis success. Yesterday these things
Were so, without question.
We now hear predictions that we
\bll have some measure of socialism
affter the war. tye hear warnings
t rat the people intend to have “total
s )cial security.” If they cannot get
i. 100 per cent under the present sys-
t :m, the implication is they will de
mand it under some other system.
J [aterial comfort with many has
c early taken precedent over things
of th e spirit, although lip service is
s ill paid to American traditions. Fed
eral bureaus and many public offi-
c als promote this counterfeit doc-
t •iiie.
A good example of diluted faith in
America was contained in a recent
n^ws report from Washington, which
seated that in the near .future an
ejiergy resoqjpes czar.,would be ap-
ppinted to “control production and
distribution of coal, oil and electric
ppwer.” The long-range purpose of
t^is and similar official planning is
tt pave tlhe way for the ultimate tak
ing over by the government of all
nhtural resource industries—sociali
zation, i
‘ Natural resource industries are the
foundation of free enterprise. They
,ve served the nation well.. They
ve, contributed to stable employr
.t and higher living standards.'
ere is no sound reason for making
bisic chqgcs in their ownership or
tleir methods of operation. Propo
sals for .their socialization mean that
officials with “diluted faith” are try-
iijg to straddle a pplitical fence. This
i^ not the kind of “faith” that built
this nation.
“Reverses in a war are part of
wter . . . neither side in a war tells
ita people just what it is up against.
Alt a time when truth is most needed,
tilth becomes illegal.”—J. French
Rpbinson, President, East Ohio Gas
Cpmpany.
An incident is taking place in Puck
to»Jtico which should be brought to
ttention ofi fcyery American citi-
As an -tec^kory of the
bd States, StW-be&i/r used as a
!a ejg- fqr/sociai experiments at
e Wianifc 'of/ socialist politicians
working under-cover off emergency
war powers granted by jthe people of
this country to their government for
the efficient prosecution of the war.
It is an abuse of power that should
make a fair minded bbserVtY set’ red.'
The war is being fought to pre
serve and reestablish the principles
of
dividual rights. But the same offi
cials who pay lip serTfjce. to these war
aims.fifv^pr^eedfi^ ijcj aRO U4ifr in
Puerto Ripp. A? ^fii\Nfiw Yoi;k. 1 T*m«s
recently pqinrtefi put, ,at,$.he insistence
of ^.merican gojverranjptyt .officials the
Legislature of Puerto Rico in th* last
two sessions has: “(I) provided,.for
govqrijmen,^ ( ownership of ..move .than
half ,).h e is)apd>,.spgw lands; ,12)
turned all of the sugar mills into, pub
lic utilities, subject, to,regulations, of
the Ppblu; SfSt.vjee . Commission;, A&)
authprjzed,.the goyewment tO) ..pur
chase .and operate ,aJJ .forms oticomn-
munication;, (4) provided for govern
ment ownership of all means of, trans
portation; (5) created a .government
bank., in jvbifib.sll insular revenues
may be deposited; and. (6)iauthorized
tihe formation of a development com
pany through which, thei government
may, engage:in,any. form of. private
business.”., t .» - . h. •..» « ■
The people of Puerto Rico . have
futilely oppose the destruction of'pri
vate , ownership, i American .courts
have: condemned • it, pointing’out that
the emergency powers of government
were.never,intended for such applica
tion. But the .process, continues.
Puerto Rico is fast becoming a social
ized state, under the jurisdiction of
the United.States.. What irenyl
* Is.his a preview, of ‘tthe.brave'new
world” .we may.expect.to'see in ex
panded form in this country and otto*-
er countries which this nation is now
helping to liberate?-
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DIVIDED THEY FALL
Surrounded by big government, big
business and big labor organizations,
the farmer who. tries to struggle
along by himself today is rather help
less. He finds agencies on every side
telling him what to do, what not M
do, when he can do it',' and when he
can’t do it.. ■ ‘
Planting a crop; milking a cow,
raising a hog or selling a steer have
all become acts which virtually re
quire a lawyer’s advice. ' 1 >•«<•
So today more than ever,'a farmer
npeds the help of cooperative market
ing organizations. He needs the' ad
vice of experts. Acting 1 individually,
he is sunk. Adting cbllectively, he
can compete with the power and the
influence arrayed "against him.
It is up to the farmer 1 to solve 1 his
own problems by 'intelligent action
through his own 1 fvetm !, orgahization
speaking for him.
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Housewives Will
Soon Learn Point
Rationing System
This nation’s fighting forces, are
growing, and their requirements of
food, clothing and ammunition also
are increasjpg daily. For those whp
remain ,a£ home these thing? have
made ratioping necqssary. Ration
ing on the hopif front is essential
in order to make sqre that the .na
tion’s . fighting forces will have the
supplies and mupitipns they .need.
Rationing assures all citizens a fair
^hare of the goods that are scarce
but are necessary, to ..protect their
health and to keep them working.
Ratioping does not restrict supplies.
The purpose of a rationing program
is to make available to all people
the largest possible amount of goods
which the war has made scarce. Ra
tioning is designed to make sure that
a^I citizens shall share. alike—that
'one citizen shall not have more than
he actually needs while his neighn
bors are unable to obtain what they
actually require to remain well-nour
ished. ,, . I I.'
England’s war experience indicates
clearly that “point rationing” is the
rationing system that works best in
a country at war. The,United States
government has decided to adopt the
point rationing system, and arrange-,
ments now are being made to inaugv
urate this system in a short time.
Here in South Carolina more than
two million copies of the new War
Ration Book Two will be distributed
by rationing boards throughout the
state just before-pomt rationing gets
under way. * i • '
War Ration Book Two — the most
unusual book of this war—is a neat
booklet with a 1 brown-shaded manild
cover. It is about the stame size ■ as
the sugar book, but slightly wider and
more substantially put together. It
contains the usual blanks for iden
tification of the owner, and there’ is
a serial number in the comer.-
There are- several p-iges of blue
Stamps and of red stamps.- Each
stamp is marked with a letter of
the • alphabet and with a number.
Two letters of the -, alphabet have
been omitted and “0” — so
that War Ration Book'Two contains
24 instead wf 26 letters of the alpha-
i- " >
There is a reason for placing both
blue and red stamps in the book. The
blue stamps will be -Used when the
government begins rationing pro-
ceased foods-^such as canned goods,
dried fruits and vegetables, and fro
zen foods. Rationing of these foods
prill begin in a very short time.
The red- stamps will be used’ for
buying meats. Rationing of meat
will start some time soon .probably
a short time after lationing of pro
cessed foods begins.
Some of the-"-stamps in War Ra
tion Book Two bear the numeral “8’’,
same “5”, some “2’’ and the others
will be allotted a certain number of
points during a rationing period, she
will be constantly on the^
n o ur i s tepe e tafSf yi
values. 1 ^
will hav hMjt ipoii
•se, whil Idmipoin
/(given to f( ods that ari
irvt values of
foodi will not-remain tile-
all tim4s, however, for some fi
may be plentiful one month and very
scarce a little later. Point values of
foods which South Carolina house
wives will want to buy will be an
nounced from time to time by the
government, and shoppers will be in-
fored of changes as they ogAif.'
The government plans to make such
information available promptly so
that housewives will be able to buy
intelligently, equipped with knowl
edge of recent changes in “point val
ues” before they plan their shopping
trips. in ,i .
Housewives need to remember that
each, commodity: rationed will be giv
en a point value. Each person will
be allowed so any points worth of
tihe commodity in a certain group
during a specified period of time.
Each individual may spend his points
to fiuy any of the items in a point-
rationed group in any way he likes.
But when 'he has spent all his-points
for the period, he will not be able
to buy any of the rationed items un
til the next ration period begins. So
it wiU.be wise always to play safe
and not, spend a U your points dur
ing the early part of a ration period.
Many .housewives may find it wise
to “pool” the point stamps for the
.entire family and then plan to use
,them in ways that will best cover the
needs and suit the tastes of all mem*-
bers. of the family. -Members of the
. family group who prefer foods with
high point values either will have to
.eat less of their favorites or learn to
like other foods whose point values
,are lower.
There will be problems for every
housewife when point rationing be
gins, of course, but they will be solv
ed when each housewife remembers
that this point rationing program on
the home front will help the fighting
men on the distant battle . fronts.
Point rationing actually offers every
housewife an opportunity to contri
bute to the war effort—and to Vic
tory. ,
WISE SAYS HE WOULD NOT
HAVE STAYED
reply to
d.
news-
^<Chester, Jan.,-30.—John M. W2?*-
who resigned as, chairman, ; ^jT^tiic
state indtrtrtriat comir.issipivSAtndfie
ublic today A Tetter to Ghternoif Ofln
Johnston ia which "W said he
uld not have been persuaded to re-
ain head of the commission.
Wise announced he would resign
Thursday, 24 hours after John B.
Dukes, former chairman of the
commission, was .appointed to- >sua-.
ceed W. B. Todd, a member at the
commission since 1939.
Wise’s-letter was in
telegram <fro*i Johnston
governor said, “Sorry
to talk with y»u before^
Read about it in tihe af^
paper about t^e sapie time I receiv
ed your letter -of resignation.”
The 66-year-old former senator
fro mChester told the governor in
his letter:
"Your telegrah-T'accepting' m'y'^esl
ignation as chairfnan' of tfie South','
Ckrolfrta industrial
ceived at my’
(January 29)
I had no means of knowing tihat
you cared to , talk with poe. about this
- Plotter, and I. therefore did not,, .at
tempt to do sp, Tfie' ( result|., ( ,YW«^,i,
have been the same had , we,,, cop;,;
ferred about it/ ”, *,
“In reply tp the,.following in ,your
telegram, ‘Read about it in ( the after-
i oon paper about the same time, I
eceived your letter of resignation.’ „
I beg to ,say : tihat my . letter, of .reaig-. y
nation was delivered: by a -messenger, i
your office about, 2:3i5> (o’clock oaf.
esterday (Thursday) afternoon, and .
it was not given to the newspaper*
until after the messenger said that if
had been delivered at your voffioe. T
Have three friends, who. will hew me
out in this statement.”. ,
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The
ese numerals represent tihe
“point values” of the stamps. For ex
ample, an “8” stamp, means that the
stjamp has a value of 8 points when-
.it, is taken to a merchant to make a
purchase. ■ If the pu rc-hases you make
have a total “point value" of 16-, then
you- bould use two “8” stamps, or
y<Ju could use an “8”, b “6”, a “2”
and a ‘1’ in order to give the mer
chant stamps totaling 16 points in
value. I. f.' •<« «« -
Stamps in War Ration Book Two
have been given different point val
ues because the foods to be rationed
will be given various point values.
Just for example, a can of tomatoes
might have a point value of “1”,
while a can of asparagus might have
a point Value of “2". Or, as another
example, a pound of hamburger
might have a point value of “5”,
while a' pound of sirloin 'steak might
have a point value of “8”.
WJjdn the housewife goes to her
’s to jbny foods, she will find
tl e '^poi^d; ijatyf 8 '! of all foods post-
e< In conspicuoiis; places on bins,
counters, and at cash registers.
S'lejWjll.bejdbUiltoidetorfcjino, as she
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NYA TRAINING FOR WAR JOBS
All NYA training projects in this
state are now under the control of
the War Manpower commission.
Youth a re being trained for defi
nite war . jobs. Camp Victory, locat
ed near West Columbia, can accom
modate 160 boys and 160 girls. Af
ter training for twelve weeks in
shipfitting, radio, mechanics, or
welding, a youth can find quick em
ployment in any shipyard or airplane
plant at a high rate of pay.
Misses Clara Dennis and Helen
Summers of Newberry county have
completed a course in shipfitting at
Cian»p Victory. They will join the
big army of women welders in the
Savannah shipyard at an early date
Rhett Werts of Newberry went to
Camp Victory Sunday to- take a
course in radio.
’ All youths between the ages of 16
and 25, married or single, who are
interested in training for a defense
job, should see Mrs. Mamie S. Sum
mer at the local NYA office any
nioming at 8:30.o’clock.
In a statement made here the day
he resigned, Wise said he was dis
appointed that Todd had not been
renamed to the commission. “I am
eorry he. (the governor) did not ver
appoint Mr. Todd because he (Todd)
is one of the most honorable men in
South Carolina...”
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firing us any anmosrtt. R. DERRILL
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