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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, MARCH 19, 1943
Washington, D. C.
ENDING ABSENTEEISM
Undersecretary of War Patter
son’s labor advisers have a one-point
program for ending absenteeism in
war plants. Here is the one point:
Communities should adjust them
selves to the hours of the factories.
Stores, banks, doctors, lawyers, plus
other services should be available
not merely for one shift of workers
but for all shifts.
At present workers on the swing
shift, beginning at midnight, find
themselves out of gear with the life
of the community. The greatest ab
senteeism is among workers on the
odd shifts, and can be attributed not
to indifference to winning the war
but to the inconvenience of trying
to live and buy food and get Johnny
to the doctor, while the swing shift
turns night into day.
Absenteeism is higher among
women than men, which may mean
nothing more than trouble with the
ration board. A woman will take
a day off from the factory because
she has to register for canned foods,
or because a child is sick in the
family, or because she hasn’t had
time to buy a new dress at the store.
Remedy for this is nothing less
than two or three shifts on the part
of the services that serve the work
ers. The ration board, it is suggest
ed, should come to the factory.
In many cases, war department
advisers say, absenteeism is caused
not by loafing but by overwork. In
certain machine-tool areas, such as
New England, men have been work
ing 50 and 56 hours a week for ■
years. They are simply exhausted.
Incidentally, this factor is the
principal cause of absenteeism in
Germany, where workers are worn
down by unremitting labor and long
hours.
Note: There is little sympathy in
Undersecretary Patterson’s office for
the Rickenbacker crusade against
labor. It is regarded as useless and
unsound to try to appeal to workers
over their leaders.
• • •
NO RUSSIAN HURRAHS
American observers in Russia re
port that the public is not throwing
its red cap in the air over current
military successes. The reaction is
not much different, in fact, from the
reaction to losses.
“The mood of the Russian peo
ple,” says one report, “hasn’t
changed much since last summer
when they were being driven back
to the Volga. Nor has it changed
much from the years of peace.”
It is explained that Russians have
become accustomed to tumult and
personal danger. For 25 years they
have lived in an atmosphere of revo
lution, purges, and starvation. War
has brought no sudden shock to them
as to us.
Even in the face of the terrific
losses Russia has suffered in this
war, the losses forced upon Russia
by her own government ten years
ago remain almost unsurpassed.
When the Soviet govemmant was
imposing on the people, the unwel
come system of collective farming,
farmers were denied seed for plant
ing, and a vast number of people,
estimated between two and five mil
lion, starved to death.
The Russian* are stolid, taking de
feat or victory in their stride.
• • •
SPANISH DAGGER AT U. S. BACK
Here is the lowdown on the visit
of Franco’s special representative,
ex-Spanish Foreign Minister Beigbe-
der, to this country.
Franco’s regular representative,
Ambassador Juan Cardenas, has
been sending him what he wanted to
hear, rather than the truth about
the way the American people have
put their hearts into the war. Car
denas has emphasized the clash of
personalities and inefficiency of war
production which get into the head
lines but is not the general rule.
When U. S. officials learned of
this, they conceived the idea of
bringing a special Franco envoy to
the U. S. A. to get the real picture.
Actually it was the war department,
not the state department, which
hatched the inspiration and which is
taking him on a tour of war plants
and army posts to drink in the real
spirit of the war effort.
Note: Many high-up officials here
believe Franco is an opportunist
who, regardless of pledges, will
jump whichever way he sees the war
is going in the spring. He could,
if he wished, plunge a dagger into
the back of U. S. forces in North
Africa. Beigbeder has a background
of friendship for the United States.
• • •
CAPITAL CHAFF
C. It is said of Woodrow Wilson
that he was a professor surrounded
by politicians, and that FDR is a
politician surrounded by professors.
C. It is said of Madame Chiang Kai-
shek’s huge reception that it out-
caviared the Baruch party for Mrs.
Harry Hopkins.
C. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker is
making it clear to friends that he
has no presidential ambitions de
spite the fact that Gerald K. Smith
is hurrahing for him. Incidentally
most people don’t know it, but Rick
enbacker saw the hand-writing on
the wall as far as isolation is con
cerned and resigned from the Amer
ica First committee on January 16,
1941, nearly one year before Pearl
Harbor.
Want a Jeep Fast? Use Glider
The air borne aviation engineers of the army air force give a demon
stration of how they transport heavy pieces of mechanized equipment in
the fastest possible time through the use of gliders and transport planes,
at Westover Field, Mass. Here, with the nose of the glider hinged open,
and a crew of four men raising the tail so that the nose will contact the
ground, the jeep is driven into the fuselage for the flight.
Member of an Allied medical corps administers first aid to fallen
Arabs wounded by German guns during a successful raid on German-
Italian stronghold of De Sened, Tunisia. Tanks and half-tracks predomi
nated in the Allied attack.
Two Camera ‘Shots’ in New Guinea
A Jap Zero plane, shot down near Giropa Point in New Guinea, is
shown in picture at top. Lieut. Col. Edward Schmidt, of Manitowoc, Wis.,
stands by the plane. Below: Coconut grove near Buna Mission in New
Guinea, showing how trees were shredded bv bullets and shells. Native
carrier in foreground has an American army canteen hung on his belt.
Off to the Wars
Stephen T. Early, secretary to
President Roosevelt, is here shown
bidding a fatherly farewell to bis
son, Stephen Jr., who has reported
to the army for service. The elder
Early served as an officer in the
first World war.
Kits for Castaways
Earl Roman, fishing editor of a
Florida newspaper, is shown with
two of the fishing kits designed as
part of the equipment of the rub
ber rafts carried on military and
naval planes. The small kit, worn
like a vest, is intended for small
rafts. The large one in the can ho
holds is for larger rafts and life
boats. Kits are for use to catch fish
that would supply food for casta
ways. They were tested off th*
Florida keys.
Came Through O. K.
Technical Sergt. Alexander S. Ben
nett, of Fort Meade, Fla., stands on
a barrel to study a piece of anti
aircraft gun metal which ripped the
oil line of the motor of a Liberator
bomber while the plane was bomb
ing a target in Sicily from a base in
Malta. Bennett, the plane’s engi
neer, is talking to Staff Sergt. Frank
J. Mickus, tail gunner, who hails
from Chicago. They’re on their
Maltese airfield.
THE TWITCHELLS ON
CANNED GOODS, ETC.
He—How did you finish with the
grocer in today’s shopping?
She—I had him by five points in
that first period but then I got a
terrible break. After I had made a
50-yard run for 12 cans of asparagus
nine cans were ruled illegal on the
ground my backfield was in motion.
• • •
He—I know a woman who ran
up 23 points over her grocer in
the first ten minutes of play and
had to give up everything but a
jar of marmalade for unneces
sary roughness. What are we
having for lunch, dear?
She—You’re getting about U
points.
He—Eleven points of what?
She—I don’t know, I’ve got
twenty minutes yet to hear from
OPA.
• • •
He—That was a nice breakfast we
had. The red coupon one, wasn’t it?
She—Yes, that was my red coupon
special breakfast combination with
buttered toast a la Prentiss Brown.
He—In other words no butter. The
Jenks are coming to dinner. I hope
we will have something nice for
them.
She—Oh, yes, I’ve taken care of
that. We’re having some coffee I’ve
been saving since November 8, 1942.
He—Immediately after saying
grace I’ll read the penalty for that.
I think it’s ten years and $10,000.
She—What lovely penalties they’re
putting out with the groceries this
year.
He—Yes, indeed, much better than
last season. By the way, dear,
there’s something I want to speak
to you about. I don’t want to be an
old crab, but really . . .
She—Don’t fumble so. What is it?
He—Well, er, it’s all right to want
food, of course, and er, er, that is
to say, I suppose every woman did
a lot of last minute shopping but,
er.
She—Oh, out with it! What’s both
ering you.
He—Well, after all, I can’t take
a bath when the tub is full of canned
tuna fish!
She—I had to put it somewhere.
He—And my clothes closet . . .
when I opened the door to get a
fresh suit a hundred cans of meat
loaf fell on me. Pretty trying, you
know.
She—Dear, it was careless of me.
He—Oh, I can overlook all that.
Food is food and we’ve got to live.
But I draw the line on my medicine
cabinet. Don’t look innocent. You
know all about it. I got up in the
night in the dark for my cough medi
cine and drank half a can of canned
vegetable juices. But that isn’t the
worst of it. Look at my head.
She—Why, my dear, you’re all
blood!
He—Not quite. I reached for my
hair tonic and what do you think I
found? CATSUP!
• • •
ALL DONE BY BANKS
(“The German armies are engaged in
a fierce struggle against a world peril in
spired by the banking houses of London
and New York."—Hitler)
Backward my Nazi forces reel;
Quite helpless are my super tanks
Against the weather and, of course,
Those London and those New York
banks!
This winter has been bad again—
The snow has been an awful
curse—
But, ach! I must admit the banks
Of London and New York are
worse.
My men have done their very best,
Hard pressed at every turn and
fork
By ice and snow and mud and
muck—
And banks in London and New
York!
Big blizzards smote my weary men,
And when they’d turn in bleak
despair
They’d find a bank attacking here—
And find a bank attacking there.
Mme. Chiang ‘Captures’ New York
‘Baby’ Colonel
Adet Lieu and Florence Chu “say it with flowers” as they greet
Madame Chiang Kai-shek on her arrival to make a tour of New York city.
Mayor and Mrs. LaGuardia extend the official welcome of the city to the
distinguished guest. China’s first lady, despite a recent illness, undertook
a campaign of public appearance more strenuous than many a robust
politician might be expected to endure.
Col. Clinton D. Vincent, 28, one of
the youngest colonels in the army.
He is the youngest in the China-
Burma-India theater of operations,
where he is executive officer to Gen.
Chennault’s China air task force.
I never saw so many banks
In any Russian winter yet;
The way the banks cleared Stalin
grad
Was something I cannot forget.
• • •
SONG OF THE POINT VALVE CARD
The maid is in the kitchen
Studying the table:
The cook is in the pantry
Quoting points to Mabel;
Mother’s in the parlor
Standing on her “bean"—
Oh, that task of finding
What the point-charts mean)
erne
“What are you getting to a can of
soup these days anyhow?” asked a
husband the other day.
“About five plates,” said tbe wife.
“You’ve got to get a leaner mix
ture,” snapped hubby.
• • •
Elmer denies he sent a can of
spinach to have it recapped.
• • •
“Are you the Leatherneck type?" we
asked a girl friend about to join the Lady
Marines.
“No," she replied. “That’s just where
my throat got chapped."
Make Slip Covers for
That Unusual Chair
*TpHIS cover was a twofold con-
servation measure in the most
literal sense. Its purpose was
not to cover shabby upholstery
but to protect handsome damask
from everyday wear and tear.
If you have an especially diffi
cult chair to cover, you will savei
time by fitting a muslin pat-*
tern first. Then you can snip until
it fits perfectly around arms and
other supports and, if you make
a mistake in the pattern just
stitch a patch over it and start
over again. Before removing tbe|
pattern from the chair, plan the
openings so that they will lap neat-'
ly and be sure they are long'
enough. In the finished cover ei
ther bindings or facings may be
used for irregular edges.
• • •
NOTE—This chair is from Mrs. Spears’
Sewing Book 3, which also contains direc
tions for smart new curtains; and numer
ous things to make from odds and ends, 1
as well as new materials. To get copy of
Book 3 send name and address Witt IS
cents in coins to: i
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New Torlc
Drawer It
Enclose IS cents for Book No. 3.
Name
Address
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Blinded Understanding
But when Fate destines one to
ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding. — Jam is
Fraser.
Beware Coughs
from comma eoMs
That Hang On
Creomulston relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat at the
trouble to help loosen and cscpel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Ten your druggist to sen you
a bottle of Creomulston with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you arc
to have your money back.
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SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
Akron, Ohio hod Its boginnlnj os
•ho WORLD’S RUB&ER MANUFAC
TURING CAPITAL In 1*70 whoa*
Its first rvbbor plant was fftortod
by Dr, B. F. Goodrich.
Tho switching of Dakar, French W#*t
Africa, to tho side of tho United
Nations meant tho establishment for
tho Allies of an important port for
tho shipment of crude rubber, among
other important war essentials.
nine. Is serving to step op the
coiocNow of nibhsr In the mo-
loHe-Infested (wngiee nf Brasil.
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the gathering of si natural prod-
duct that Is rapldhr being re
placed by syntboflee In tho
placoe
United
Ordinary tires are now cured in
molds at factories in 40 to 50 min
utes. Before organic accelerators
were developed by .'3. F. Goodrich it
took about five horns to vulcanise a
tire.
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