Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S, C, APRIL 23. 1943 WHITE HOUSE SPRING DATS When the White House butler says “Dinner is served," it doesn’t mean what it used to mean. Most of the time, it’s nothing more than a sim ple three-course meal for two or three persons, served not in the state dining room, or even in the family dining room on the first floor, but in the President’s study on the second floor. Except for the occasional visit of a South American president, social activity at the Wh^e House has dis appeared. Roosevelt dines with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hopkins, Justice Byrnes, Judge Sam Rosenman, or perhaps with Grace Tully, his blue eyed, white-haired private secre tary. Mrs. Roosevelt is off-again, on-again, as usual. A friend of Gen. “Pa” Watson, aide to the President, sent him some finnan haddie the other day, and Watson passed it along to the Presi dent. “Meat,” said Watson, “or anything that passes for meat, is as precious as gold these days.” The President enjoyed the free finnan haddie. If Grace Tully is there for din ner, it means work after dinner. On the average of two evenings a week, the dictation isn’t finished in the daytime, and Grace stays over. For the war has not decreased the Pres ident’s dictation. Jimmy Byrnes re marked the other day, “I don’t see how he can handle sb much paper work.” Fact is, the President is leaning heavily on letters, and cutting down interviews. His appointments run from 10:30 to lunch, with an occa sional conference at two o’clock. But afternoons are reserved for dictating to Grace Tully. The only thing to throw this regimen out of gear is an afternoon press conference, a talk with a man like Anthony Eden—or the spring sunshine. Sometimes the President swings around from his desk, takes a quick look at the sunshine over the South Grounds, and says to his Scottie, “Let’s go for a ride—what do you say, Falla?” A Ride in the Country. This means a quiet tour into the country, without motorcycle escort, in a car which looks like anybody else’s shiny limousine, and stops at the traffic lights like the car of any ordinary citizen. Members of the President’s inti mate staff insist they see no change in him under the pressure of war. The war hasn’t altered his mood or his methods. He still laughs heartily, eats well, and dictates me thodically, with never a “read that back to me.” Grace Tully explains it by saying the President is a psychologist, and he keeps a good temper for the sake of the people around him. The slackened social activity doesn’t shut out the house guests, however. Any day, Mrs. Roosevelt is likely to get a letter from old friends or relatives who are coming to town, and she replies. “Won’t you stay with us?” They do. They come for a day or two, sometimes for a week. But they go their ways, and see little of the President. He will dine with them once in the course of the visit, but the rest of the time, “dinner is served” for two or three in the private study. In short, evenings are very quiet at the White House, and except for the President’s own late hours at his desk, the electric light bill is the lowest in years. • • • MERRY GO ROUND C Efficient Governor Holland of Florida is not expected to run against efficient Claude Pepper for the senate . . . The last time Claude ran he was vacationing in Scotland shortly after his nomination when a voice called his hotel room. “Sena tor, I am an American Press repre sentative in Scotland and we have a cable that your election in Florida has been contested.” “I’ll be right down,” replied the alarmed Pepper. It was Jesse Jones, with Stewart MacDonald, Federal Housing admin istrator, playing a practical joke. C. Nicest compliment Rep. Warren Magnuson of Washington received on his report for the naval affairs committee regarding ship-building bottlenecks came from the navy de partment, which Magnuson criticized for delays in submitting shipbuild ing plans and specifications as well as in furnishing materials . . . Un dersecretary James V. Forrestal wrote: “I want to congratulate you both on the thoroughness with which your work was done and the re straint with which your criticism and suggestions were phrased.” C. Supreme Court Justice Roberts agrees with Vice President Wallace that the difficulties of the Consti tutional convention after the Revo lutionary war were similar to the \ difficulties of establishing world gov- , ernment now—but not insurmounta ble. C. Abolition of the Austrian Legion under Crown Prince Otto as a U. S. army unit came as the result of vio lent protests from Austrians, Hun garians, Slovaks inside the army who were glad to fight for the U.S.A. but not for the return of the Haps- j burgs. When China’s Air Alarm System Warns of Jap Planes China’s air alarm system Is the world’s best, giving Chungking residents two hours’ warning of the approach of Jap planes. In the picture at right, Chinese residents of Chungking walk unhurriedly to their cave shelter in the hills: Left: Entrance to a typical cave air raid shelter. The people seem to be more interested in the cameraman than in the Jap planes, which are to appear overhead in a matter of minutes. Inset: Hillside sig nal system, neir Chungking. Making Big Guns That Will Thunder for Allies The Washington, D. C., navy yard turns out big 16-inch rifles that thunder trom battleships, as well as the eight and six-inch guns for heavy and light cruisers. Also deadly five-inch dual purpose guns. At left, an overhead crane swings a partial assembly of a five-inch dual purpose gun over the partial assembly of a six-inch triple mount (foreground). Center: A white-haired inspector minutely examines small caliber cartridge cases before they are sent on to receive their lethal load. Right: Cartridge cases getting their final inspection. Their destination is the breech of a five-inch gun trained on an Axis warship or plane. Doughnut Time for White House Guards Joy and Sorrow Steel-kelmeted soldiers forming part of the White House guard are shown being served coffee and doughnuts by Red Cross workers from their new clubmobile, a mobile kitchen equipped with a doughnut-making machine and large coffee urns. Two flashes from a captured Ger man newsreel, made at the time the Germans released French prisoners of war who had been held in German camps. At top, a wife embraces the husband she hadn’t seen since 1940. Below, two youngsters who watched the reunion weep because the father they expected home had not come. Beware the Booby Trap First Lady Signs JUST GLOBAL The scene is any home of the post war period, if the global mood goes on unchecked and aviation continues to develop by leaps and bounds. Father — Where is everybody, dear? The house seems so quiet in the last hours. Mother—Oh, nothing special. I hadn’t noticed it. Father—But all the kids—where are they all of a sudden? They were here a moment ago. Mother—Oh, the children! They’re just running around the neighbor hood between now and lunch. Father—Where’s Junior? Mother—Junior went out just a minute ago—to Moscow, I think, he said, someplace like that. Father—He went ,to Moscow yes terday. Mother—But it’s all right if he goes again today, isn’t it? Father—I don’t like him going there every day, you know. Where’s Aletia? Mother (nonchalantly)—She put on her hat and coat, so I guess she ran over to Brazil or Dakar. I think she said something about Dakar— but one never knows. She’s so rest less. * * • Father — Where’s Walter? I just saw him in the yard. Mother—Walter had an hour or so on his hands and he took a run over to see that Stevens girl in Asia. Father—What Stevens girl in Asia? Mother — The Burma Road one, I think. Father — She’s quite a nice girl. Mother—Oh, did you meet her? Father—Of course. Don’t you remember she was at that din ner we went to night before last in Fuchow? Mother—What a bore that party was. I wish we had gone to the other one. Father—What other one? Mother—We were invited to bridge with the Biffeils in Se bastopol the same night. If I’m going out for a whole evening I like Sebastopol. Father—Where’s Jennie? Mother — You know very well where Jennie goes every day. Father—Where? Mother—To school, of course. Father—What school now? Mother—Mrs. Crumpsell’s Acade my in Madagascar. Father—I thought she was at Mrs. Bertinn’s school in Zanzibar. Mother—No, we took her out of that. She hated being so close to home. Father—Where’s the baby? ■ Mother—You still call Millicent the baby—she’s almost five years old now. Father—Where is she? I haven’t seen her since breakfast. Mother—The two little children next door came over and wanted to take her some place to play. Father — Where did they go? Haven’t we got a big yard? Mother—Oh, Chidsey, you’re so old-fashioned and provincial. Father—Where did they go? Mother—I’m not sure. The Col lins child wanted to go to some park in India; the Adams girl preferred French Morocco. They’ll be back presently! (Blackout as pop collapses.) • • • WAR IS WAR! Attempts to link up the global war with various merchandise is getting more and more amusing. We saw one that made us dizzy the other day: a dress house proclaiming the “Four Freedoms Models.” There was the Freedom of Religion, the Freedom From Want, the Freedom From Fear and the Freedom of Speech models. • • • We were intrigued by the “Free dom From Fear” frock; asymmetric lines in a deep throated neckline and graceful draped skirt with multi colored background. And the “Freedom of Religion” wasn’t bad. “A button down the front dress with a pull-through bow at the neckline. In all colors,” the ad said. And then there’s the “Freedom Red Lipstick” believe it or not. * * • British soldiers learned from experience never to touch an object in eaptured territory until sappers announce that the territory is safe. Tanks are profiting by British experience. The U. S. soldier on the left is mak ing a mistake in touching the camera on the body of this German soldier. Photo on right shows how it was wired to explode at slightest touch. Mrs. Roosevelt signs “short snort er’s” dollar bill. Short snorters are persons who have flown across an ocean and who have been initiated. If one does not produce his auto graphed bill on demand he must pay the other a dollar or buy a drink. Mrs. Roosevelt had her bill with her. There’s a terrible oversight in the new OPA meat chart. No point value is fixed for butchers’ thumbs. • • • Coming complaint: “I'm to hungry l could eat a chart.” • • • Ima Dodo asks, “If I ask for meat and get it do I yell ‘Bingo!’?” • • • Query from any husband: “Do you think points grow on trees?” • • • “Mrs. Roosevelt will then attend a Conference To End Discrimina tion, to which admission will be by invitation only.”—New Haven Jour nal-Courier. Oh, well, maybe just a little dis crimination. * • • SELF-PRESERVATION My strong box once held deeds and cash; With jewels it was a-clutter; Today it guards, instead of trash. My share of meat and butter. Pier. lUOUSEHOLD IniMTS^ Foods to be stored in freezer- lockers should be in a moisture- vaporproof container. • • • Boiling diapers at least once a week is advisable to prevent diaper rash appearing on the baby’s tender skin. * • * When rolling doors get rusty and hard to open and shut, simply put a little axle grease on the track. Then the doors will open and shut like new. • • • Alter, mend, remodel, dye, tint, patch, and darn decoratively. All may extend the wear of your pres ent wardrobe and keep you abreast with wartime styles. • • • Perfect balance in grouping fur niture makes a rambling and ir regular living-room inviting. • • • If the butter is too hard, heat a pan with hot water or otherwise, pour water out and invert pan over butter dish. This does the trick and softens the butter evenly. • • • In putting on window screens, be sure that they are securely fastened. Otherwise a tragedy may result should a child lean against the screen. 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