Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ APRIL 2, 1943 Washington, D. C. SOPHOMORE CONGRESSMEN The President’s heralded meeting with congressional freshmen had an unheralded sequel on Capitol Hill. Day after the White House party, 19 second-term house Democrats held a luncheon in Speaker Sam Rayburn’s private dining room, at which there was considerable good- natured, and some not so good-na tured, grousing about the Presi dent’s relations with congress. Object of the luncheon, arranged by Rep. Oren Harris of Arkansas, was to enable the second-termers to “console” each other for not being invited to the White House for a party when they were freshmen. Among others. Rep. Sam Russell and Eugene Worley of Texas took great delight in joshing Rayburn: “Sam, why can’t you get us an in vitation to the White House?” However, the luncheon took a se rious turn when scrappy Rep. Ed ward Hebert of Louisiana lambasted the White House for not consulting with congress on new legislation, and criticized his colleagues for submit ting to White House “dictates.” Ob serving that only 26 of the 45 Demo cratic freshmen of the last ses sion survived the November elec tions, the Louisianan declared: “If a lot of us had paid more at tention to oyr constituents instead of to White House advisers, there wouldn’t be so few of us here to day. In the last year of Huey Long’s tenure, he controlled both houses of the Louisiana legislature complete ly except for one man. But Huey lidn’t try to ram through any bills without letting each man know what was going on and making him feel like he had a stake in the program. We in congress haven’t been treated like that.” Hebert said he held no enmity against the House leadership, add ing to Rayburn: “I’ve always been very fond of you, but I’ve never been able to vote for you on a national ticket. I hope I will be able to cast my ballot for you next year, either as top man or running mate on the Democratic ticket.” This brought loud cheers from the luncheoners and blushes from Ray- bum, who responded with a fatherly lecture urging those present not to let personal animosities influence their actions in congress. • • » AMERICAN COMBERS Despite the criticism you may hear of American planes, U. S. air men who have studied the current bombings of Europe say privately that one American bomber is worth five of the British. American planes are heavily armed and heavily armored. Able to protect themselves, they oper ate in the daylight, wfth precision bombing, whereas the British planes, flying at night, must lay down a pattern of bombs over a whole! area, hoping that the princi pal target will be hit. British planes can carry a heavi er load of .bombs, but the fewer bombs carried by the American planes are more effective because they go straight to the target. Further, American planes have suffered fewer losses proportionately than the British, both operational and combat losses. In fact the American contribu tion is so important that the all- out bombing of Germany must await the availability of more U. S. planes. Most people think there is a heavy concentration of American planes in England now, and that the current round-the-clock bombings are the big show. Neither is correct. There was a concentration of U. S. planes in England last summer and fall, made with intended publicity. This had the effect of sending the Nazis scurrying all over western Eu rope to mend their defenses. Then U. S. air strength was pulled out of England for the mission it had been intended for—the invasion of North Africa. U. S. air strength in England is now being built up again, and when the time comes, the two air forces combined will stage the show in intended to knock Germany out of the war. • • • MEXICO BARS MIGRATION No one is advertising it, but Mex ico has slapped a temporary ban on the recruitment of its workers for farm jobs in the United States. This was expected to be one of our big sources of farm labor in the Southwest. However, no Mexi can laborers have been imported in more than a month, despite feverish efforts by the Farm Security ad ministration to bring in approxi mately 50,000. Mexico is not keen about the re cruiting program, and some time ago notified the state department that it was reserving the right to specify the sections of Mexico where labor could be recruited. Rea son given was that Mexico couldn’t afford to have labor drained from industrial sections. Meanwhile the Farm Security ad ministration has submitted orders for 6,000 Mexicans, but is still wait ing for an okay to begin recruiting. Note: So far we have imported 8,300 Mexican farm workers under 30-to-90 day work contracts. Here come the paratroopers! Picture at right (top) gives a worm’s eye view of U, S. army paratroopers floating down from carrying planes during maneuvers in Alabama. They’re landing in the most advanta geous spot from which they may start an attack on a village. Below: Now, with a blast of machine gun and rifle fire, the troops advance toward the “village” they’re to occupy. They watch for snipers’ fire and booby traps. Having reached the outskirts of the village (upper left), each man chooses his own route of approach as the unit advances from house to house. Child Care Reduces Absenteeism at Aircraft Plant Mrs. Ethelmae Woodbury (left) is a carefree mother as she performs | her drilling job at the Grumman aviation plant, Freeport, Long Is land, because she knows her chil dren are being cared for during working hours at the plant’s child care center. This plan has cut ab senteeism to the bone. Two views of kiddies who are under protection during their parents’ eight hour ab- [ sences at the plant are also shown. •y; Wl ■<r Yanks Stop General Rommel’s Drive Blind Assembly General Rommel’s drive at Kasserine Pass in Tunisia was tempo rarily stopped when American forces staged a successful counter attack at that point. Armored forces smashed ahead through Italian and Ger man positions, capturing many prisoners and crushing heavily armed enemy posts. Here the driver of a wrecked Italian car is being removed by American soldiers, after the attack. This blindfold test of disassembly and assembly of 20-mm. cannon is a requisite for completion of the course for servicemen at the arma ment training school of a Detroit plant. Cincinnati Reds Train in Indiana Manager of the Cincinnati Reds, Bill “Deacon” McKechnie No. 1, tells the National leaguers what their “ground rules” will be during ipring training at Indiana university, in Bloomington, Ind. The squad listens almost reverently. Lonnie Frey, second baseman, is on bended knee in center of. circle. Raises Silk Worms James V. Leong of Los Angeles visualizes a billion dollar silk indus try in America after a year of ex periment, in which he raised a triple crop of silk worm eggs. Leong shows spools of fine threads ready for weaving. Motor-driven machine spins the fine silk from cocoon. LJ IS name is Gordon Buck. Less A -*■ than two years ago he was just another young caddie at the Shore- haven Golf club, located at South Norwalk, Connecti cut. Not quite “just another caddie,” for he showed such alertness at locat ing wild slices and wilder hooks, driv en into wild land scapes, that he soon drew the nickname of “Gazer.” Gazer Buck. His golf club soon discovered that Gazer could follow the flight of the most erratic blows that ever ca reened from wood or iron. Then war and the shadow of war came along. So Gazer, who was then in high school, decided to take a shot at the air corps He tried and flunked his examination. In place of quitting he took a four- months workout with one of his high-school teachers. He worked day and night. After a long summer’s effort he took the examination again —and this time he passed. Gazer Buck wanted to be a pilot. No one worked harder for the test ahead—but they washed him out. Here was another heavy jolt—an other strong temptation to call it off. But Gazer Buck wasn’t built that way. Recalling the fact that he had been able to follow the incredible in accuracies of his club members and locate golf balls in places that even wild life shunned, he decided to take a crack at navigation. In other words, the Gazer decided to be a stargazer where the celes tial rough and the high heavens of fered an even tougher job than golf could produce. The Next Step First turned down by the air corps, then washed out as a pilot, Gazer Buck switched over to the naviga tors’ school. He gave this third shot everything he had. His club members at Shore- haven had lost track of the eager, hustling, sweaty and often dirty- faced kid who had left them to help his country. Somewhat to their surprise, the Gazer suddenly arrived in New York from his training in Texas. But he was no longer the scraggly little caddie they had known. He was now Lieutenant Gordon “Gazer” Buck, the chief navigator of a four-motored bomber, on his way to one of the major fronts. The Gazer had on his new uni form. He had the poise and cool ness of a veteran. But he still had the same grin, and in many ways he was still the same .young caddie his club members had known from a short while ago. Not so many remembered that the Gazer had discarded the eight-hour day, the ten-hour day and the 12- hour day. In the face of every discourage ment that could be thrown into the heart of a kid, he had given the air force and his country a 16-hour day, with no thought of pay, to play out his part in winning the war. He came out of Texas as one of the best young navigators, the air force has yet known. The Caddie Gazer of golf has now turned into the stargazer of a big bomber. And this has all happened in less than two years. And Lieu tenant Gordon “Gazer” Buck isn’t the only caddie you’ll hear from later on. For most cf these caddies have just about everything it takes, if you give them a chance. They are great kids. They were once the Hagens, Sarazens, Ouimets, Chick Evanses, Ben Hogans, Byron Nel sons of a happier day. • • • The Spice of Life Some philosopher once said that "variety is the spice of life.” This new 1943 baseball season will at least be loaded with variety and spice. It begins as an unknown quantity and the unknown part will soon be come more and more pronounced. We continue to get more and more indignant letters asking why ath letes able to play baseball are not strong enough, or healthy enough, to serve in the armed forces, while so many clerks, elevator boys, boot blacks and whatnots are passed through. This is a problem that belongs to the draft boards. It is one of the great many things about which we know nothing. But there should be no feeling of any sort against the ballplayers. Their names, ages, their complete records, are all in the hands or un der the eyes of the country’s draft boards. The ballplayers I know, many of them leading stars, are ac cepting the army and navy laws laid down. Most of them have families. Wives and children. They are waiting to be told where they are needed most. They are willing to do their part— when they know what their part is. So don’t blame the ballplayers. Send your explosive comments to Washington and the draft boards. And this will get you nowhere. Gran tland Rice Beautiful Quilt Made From Scraps of Silk V/TANY an old-time art is beirg J - VA revived today and the art of making old-fashioned crazy patch quilts is one that fits into our times. All you need is scraps of silk and odds and eqds of embroid ery thread. The pieces are sewn to a foundation of light weight cot ton material with a variety of em broidery stitches. This colorful patchwork may then be used for a new cover for a comforter. Another idea is to cover a worn blanket with it. • • • NOTE—Book 7 of the series available to readers shows another crazy patch de sign and gives directions for more than 20 stitches and combinations of stitches to be used for this work. Book 3 of the series gives directions for 42 other stitches that you will want to use for your quilt. Books are 15 cents each, and requests should be sent direct to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer M Enclose 13 cents for each book desired. Name Address Hacking Too High There are a thousand hacking at the branches of Evil to one who is hacking at the root.—Thoreau. IGHT OUGHS YOUR CHILD'S coughing at night —caused by throat “tickle’' or ir ritation, mouth breathing, due to a cold—can often be prevented by rubbing throat and chest with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. 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