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THE NEWBERRY gPM
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1943
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARMFIELD ~
Editor and Publisher
One Year One Dollar
Published Every Friday In The Year
Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937,
at the postoffice at Newberry. South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
PROOF OF THE PUDDING
After Pearl Harbor a plan had to
be worked out for war risk insurance.
Here was the chance to put govern
ment into the insurance business on
a grand scale. To the credit of those
in charge, and to the lasting benefit
of the country, this was not done.
Congress provided that the Recon
struction Finance Corporation could
invest up to a billion dollars in the
capital stock f the War Damage Cor
pora ton then created. Instead of
building a gigantic new bureau to
handle these war risks, the volumin
ous details of insuring the property
of the American people is handled: by
directors of the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation through 546 in
surance companies acting as fiduciary
agents. These companies had in ex
istence more than 150,000 insurance
agents, reporting to more than 1,400
policy issuing offices. Arrangements
were made to pay small commissions
and reimburse insurance companies
for actual out-of-pocket expense in
connection with war damage business.
The RFC accounting department
takes care of the figures and the
Federal Reserve banks receive the
funds. Thus was an indispensable
service provided without great cost to
the taxpayers.
This is the way government and in
dustry should cooperate in a free
country where the government exists
for the people rather than the people
existing for the government.
This emergency job was carried
out with the use of machinery created
by private enterprise, thus proving
the flexibility of our American sys-1
tern. We don’t need to junk our
American way of doing things, n«
some have suggested, to fight the
dictators.
“There are period* in * lifetime
when it it' more difficult to live for
your country than it would be to risk
your life for your country. You and
I are living in such a time today.
We must fight for our principles, our
rights, and our convictions at home
even if in that fight, the opponent is
our own government.”—Carl W.
Ackerman, Dean, Columbia Univer
sity.
A NOTE TO “SPOT"
“To Spot, my favorite dog:
“Old boy, I guess by now the
sharp scent of quail must be drifting
in from the frost-covered fields and
the naked forests. You must be
nearly frantic with eagerness—you
have forgotten the bones hidden in
the garden and the cats at the barn.
You are dreaming of the field, the
roar of the flushed covey, the crack
of a gun, and a pat on the head.
“I am sorry I can’t be with you. I
wish I could trade this gun for the
shotgun in the comer, but you see
this is a different kind of hunt—the
biggest ever I guess.
“I had to go on this hunt without
you, Spot, but I promise when it is
over we’ll hunt from dawn till dark,
we’ll go often to our special place,
that deep wild valley where we found
so many birds.
“Spot, this hunt is to make • the
world a safe place for dogs like you
and fellows like me.
“Until it is over you can keep Dad
and Mother company, cheer them up
when they are blue. You can find
some birds for Dad and as a secret
between you and me, make out like
you want to hunt with aim, but I
will know you are longing for me.
" Your pal,
“Jimmy”
DUCKS CARRY BIBLICAL TEXTS
Holly HilL—A mallard banded in
1941 by a Canadian was shot in the
Santee-Cooper basin by Keaton Fel
der, of Holly Hill. The metal tag on
the duck bore the inscription, “Jack
Miner, Kingsville, Ontario, Canada,
1941.’
Mr. Felder wrote to *Mr. Miner and
a reply from Manly F. Miner, his
secretary, says that the Canadian has
been banding ducks since 1909. The
reports from hunters about the
birds give him information as to
their migration routes and habits.
On each hand, says Mr. Miner’s
letter, is the year and the letter S
or F, to indicate whether the bird was
banded in the spring or fall. In ad
dition, there is a brief verse from th e
Bible “to cause others to think more
and read their Bibles more.”
The Bible verses are used by the
missionaries among the Eskimos and
Indians for, when the natives shoot
a handed duck or goose, the metal
tag is brought to the missionary for
an explanation. Then the missionary
will use that verse for the text of
his next sermon, and “all the natives
turn out to see 'whet God said this
time”.
Phone No. 1 for your next order
of JOB PRINTING.
Home
Demo n s tration
News
Those in charge of food produc
tion in our county tell us that Amer
ica needs millions of Victory gardens
in 1943. It must have at least six
million farm gardens and twelve
million city, town and suburban gar
dens. Vegetables and fruits from
these gardens will make a real con
tribution to the total civilian food
supply. One fourth of our total food
production will be needed for our
armed forces and to help supply our
fighting allies and the workers who
make the weapons.
Our gardens will reduce the de
mand on commercial supplies and
make more bailable for military
and lend-lease needs and for the
needs of those who cannot have c ar *
dens.
The Department of Agriculture
considers that good food habits re
quire eating from four to seven
servings of vegetables and fruits
daily.
Now is the time to make plans, be
sure we have seeds, equipment, etc.
so that we will be ready for work, the
very first day that weather permits.
Time is going to be precious and no
thing saves time as much as careful
planning.
Four-H club members have a big
part in this Victory garden program.
They have helped produce the varie
ty of products called for by Uncle
Sam, to first feed their own families,
This man was tauqht not to drink water
W ATER TVT just plain drinking
water : : : is a mighty scarce item
to American soldiers now in the North
African deserts. And what little water
. they can find, often isn’t fit to drink. *“•
jty So before our soldiers were landed in
j Africa, they were put through a stiff course
■ of training to wean them away from drink-
| ing water! ''They were taught to dip water
| from streams in cups, and add a dash of
> iodine before drinking. This served the
! double purpose of disinfecting the water,
and of making it taste pretty terrible.
|f Each time, a heavier dash of iodine was
added (but never enough to be dangerous),
i until finally the soldiers lost all desire for
| drinking water except in prepared drinks.
An American soldier's favorite drink
w The favorite prepared drink of the Amer
ican soldier is good, old-fashioned lemon
ade! But how were our boys to carry
lemonade around with them?
i The Desert Warfare Board found the
answer to that one . ; . in what they call
Field Ration K. This provides three
meals for one man, each in a separate box,
with a total weight of 33 ounces, and a
total value of 3700 calories. ^
Field Ration K provides meat three times
a day . . . veal luncheon meat for break
fast, pork luncheon meat for dinner at
noon, and cervelat sausage at supper time.
It provides coffee for breakfast, bouillon;
for dinner, and a package of lemon juice
powder to make lemonade for supper.
Ration K also includes malted milk tab
lets, biscuits, a bar of chocolate, and three
sticks of chewing gum. !
) Sounds like “good earin’” for those
American boys in Africa, doesn’t it?
Makes you feel mighty good to know
.they’re so well cared for! We'll all agree
that the best of everything is none too good
for our boys! |
The things our fighting men need and
deserve, cost money. They cost so much
money that if we are to provide th-m, it
will mean that each of us will have to
invest at least 10% of his or her income
in War Bonds and Stamps. '' > 41
Perhaps you are already putting 10% of
your pay in War Bonds every payday;
But can’t you boost that 10% . . . just a
little? You can if you’ll try . . . and
you’ll try all right, if yor.’ll just stop and
think how badly that money is needed! j|
Think, too, about what a swell investment
War Bonds are. Safest investment in the
world . . . and, for every $3 you invest in
War Bonds today, you get back $4 ten
years from now! v
Wounded Soldiers
Recover Rapidly
Chicago—Wlunded holdiers, sailors
and marinw of today’s global con
flict have a far greater chance of sur
vive! then did Uncle Sam’s injured
fighting men of World War 1.
The advancement of medical
science, use of more mobile medi
cal units than were available in
1917-18, and the rapid transport of
the wounded by plane to .base hos
pitals are among the factors respon
sible for reducing morality among
the American wounded.
Spokesmen at the American Medi
cal association say that the mortali
ty rate of wounded men in the Solo
mons has been only about one per
cent, compared to a 7 per cent aver
age in World War 1.
Speed in treatment is today’s
watchword and there is a wide va
riety of medical techniques employ
ed which were entirely unknown in
1917.
Among the new developments is a
portable X-ray machine which can
be transported by airplane and set
up in a few minutes. Within forty
seconds a bullet or a piece of shrap
nel can be located and its depth re
corded so the surgeon knows preeise-
iy where to probe for it.
Today—thanks to the discovery
that parts of the blood can be pre
served, stored and used at some fu
ture time—transfusions which are
vitally important in combating, the
shock of burns and wounds, are
give right on the field of action,
whereas in World War I precious
time was unavoidably lost because
the wounded had to be taken to base
hospitals for direct transfusions.
The modern technique involves the
use of plasma, the liquid portion of
the blood. It can be reduced to pow
dered form for preservation and
changed back to a liquid quickly for
intravenous transfusions.
Out of (he plasma technique there
recently came a new development—
the use of albumin which is contained
in the plasma. The American Medi
cal association’s Journal reported
that only one-fifth as much human
serum albumin ie required for trans
fusions as is needed when the entire
plasma is used.
In the field of preventive medi
cine today’s medical corps also have
powerful weapons to ward off di
seases commonly found in the United
States—typhus, yellow fever and the
plague, for all of which vaccines for
immunization are given. To prevent
tetanus—a common complication of
battle wounds in the first World
War—a form of serum kown as tox
oid is available. Its use is credited
with prevention of tetanus among
the hundreds wounded in the Japan
ese attack on Pearl Harbor.
“The use of the new vaccines and
the toxoid is particularly impor
tant,” the A. M. A. spokesman said,
“because of the global aspects of
the war. With the armed forces
engaged in all parts of the world
they are exposed to a wide variety
of disease conditions not normally
encountered in the United States.”
The sulfonamides—members of th e
sulfanilamide family of drugs—are
sprinkled on open wounds to prevent
infections, and are administered by
mouth to Tight successfully agaist
pneumonia. These drugs are well-
known today but were unavailable to
the doughboys qf 1917.
Other developments since World
War I include:
Several new techniques for treat
ing burns, including the envelop
method developed in England. A
watertight silk envelope with an in
let and outlet is placed over the in
ured portion and is used to irrigate
the burn with a pain-relieving solu
tion, eliminating the necessity of
changing surgical dressings.
The plaster-ca^t method of treat
ing inflammation of the bone and
compound fractures. A cleaner and
more effective healing is produced
when the wound is enclosed in plas
ter of parts.
The invention of »n electro-mag
netic induction apparatus by Dr.
John J. Moorehead of New York
which i g equipped with a dial that
indicates not only the surface loca
tion on the body of metals—such as
shell fragments—but which also
registers the sub-surface depth.
then the nation, and allies. South
Carolina Four-H club members had
9,900 gardens last year. These club
members also gave pennies to help
buy an ambulance for the Red Cross.
Pennies are now being gathered for
an ambulance for the army.
SAVE WITH U.S.WAR BONDS
EVERYBODY. .EVERY PAYDAY...
AT LEAST 10%
This space is a contribution to America’s all-out war effort by
JOHN B. SCURRY, Cotton
Miss Hattie B. Layton, Assistant
Home Demonstration Agent has
many friends in the county who will
be sad to hear of her passing at her
home in Rock Hill early Monday
morning. She was sick only a short
time.
Mis* Layton has been in Extension
work in South Carolina for twenty
years. She will be greatly missed,
but her influence will be felt long in
the future.
PREACHES IN OLD CHARGE
Rev. J. B. Harman braved about
the worst day of winter last Sunday
to fill an appoinment at Calvary
Lutheran church, near Johnston. Mr.
Harman formerly wae poster at
Calvary and Johnston and is muck
loved by the people of that section.