The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 21, 1943, Image 4
HAGE FOUR
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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.
CHEERY LETTERS TO SERVICE
MEN URGED BY BISHOP
LEONARD
Lancaster people in geJier;;! and
Methodists in particular were shock
ed by the news of the death of Bishop
Leonard of the Methodist church in
the same airplane crash in which
General Frank Andrews, command
er of the American air forcis was
killed.
Bishop Leonard, it developed, had
been asked by the President to visit
American soldiers in foreign lands
seeking ways of further helping them
through religious influences. In a
letter written just before his death
he touched upon the importance of
the .people back home writing cheery
letters to the men in the service.
‘You have beard that the hap
piest dav at an army post or naval
has e is the day the mail arrives,” he
wrote on the basis of his latest ex
periences with ;he troops. ‘‘But I
have found hat there are times when
it is the unhappies day.
‘Too many mothers, sisters, and j
sweethearts sob out their fears and
their loneliness in letters. This is
still true even after many appeals
have been made to show more bra
very.
“Here in England many cfUcers
and chaplains, and not a few en
listed men, have told of the depress
ing effect that word from home
often has. One Red Cross worker
said to me: ‘I sometimes dread to
see the mail come, because so many
of the letters discourage our men.
Please tell the people in America to
write cheerful letters ,noi doleful
ones.’
“Concerning the second point,
chaplains tell me they are being
asked constantly by enlisted men
about what is going to happen when
they return after the wai The men
often worry about whether they will
be able to obtain jobs. One Virginia
lad said to me that he knew the men
would give a better account of them
selves if they could be assured that
after their job overseas is done, they
will find Other work waiting for
them art; home.
“One magnificent thing to se e is
the attitude of the soldiers and sail
ors over aere. I have talked now
with scores who have returned re
cent from some combat zone. There
is no whining, no complaining. They,
of course, want the war to be over
as soon as possible, and the injured
are eager to return to battle to get
on with the job.
“In one of he base hospitals I vis
ited there were a number of British
and American soldiers who had been
wounded in Tunisia. I talked for
some time with a lad from Illinois,
who was recovering from wounds in
the arm and leg. When I asked how
he felt about being away from home
and in a hospital, he replied: ‘Well,
I should like to see my folks ,but you
know we must finish up the job, and
I hope to be in Tunisia when the
Allies take over.’
“The importance of music — fam-
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U. & Treasury Department
These Women
“I’m sorry, dear. He insisted on bringing me home to dinner!”
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1943
HAVIRD RECRUITS WAACS
Silverstreet, May 15.—Sgt. Berley
M. Havird, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
Mayer Havird of Silverstreet, has
been transferred from the Armed
Forces Induction Station at Camp
Croft, to the United State® Army
Recruiting Station, Miami, Florida.
In a recent letter to his parents he
stated that his duties were very
pleasant in that he is assigned to
recruiting WAACS. Berley had
been in the recruiting service ever
since having been inducted into the
army. He was principal of the
Taylor’s high school.
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Mrs. Thompson Dennis arid son,
Calvin, left Saturday f .- a two
week’s visit with Mrs. Lem:s’ nep
hew, Dr. Louis Boosy, and family in
Union City, N. J.
iliar American music — to these men
was illustrated on oma of my jaunts
to visit a number of units. The trip
was rather long and wearisome.
Presently, a soldier was heard to
hum a part of a well-known opera.
He was asked to sing, and rendered
parts of three operas. We learned
later that he was Master Sergeant
Emil P. Jalouk of New York City,
borni in Palestine, a naturalized
American citizen, a graduate of Err-
ory university. Soon he had the en
tire car singing. They sang ‘Old
Man River’ and ‘Silver Threads
Among the Gold’; then ‘Jingle Bells’
and ‘The Man on the Flying Tra
peze.’ After a moment's pause, our
Sergeant led the group in singing
‘Rock of Ages, Cleft For Me.’ Verse
after verse of that hymn was sung
with an intensity of feeling I have
seldbm if ever heard equaled.
“To be associated with our chap
lains and our servicemen for days
at a time is a rare privilege. Never
have I been more proud of being an
American.”
COAL USERS URGED MAKE
PURCHASES NOW
Bituminous coal users in South
Carolina are being urged both by
government and industry to place
orders now for the coal they will
need next winter and to store it as
the mines and dealers can make it
available this spring and summer,
the Office of War Information says.
Prevention of the bituminous coal
emergency next winter is the objec
tive of this coal buying campaign,
and the campaign’s benefits are ex
pected to be two fold. First, by
making possible the mining and dis
tribution of sufficient coal this spring
and summer so that production and
transportation facilities will not be
overburdened when tht next heating
season opens; and second, by prov
iding users with adequate stocks in
hand to protect themselves against
delayed Shipments or other- wartime
disruptions in the coal supply next
winter.
‘The adequacy of next winter’s
bituminous coal supply will depend
to a great extent upon the success
of the program now opening.” Solid
Fuels Administrator Harold L. Ickes
said in announcing the launching of
the program. “Since coal generally
cannot be mined and delivered until
it has been ordered, the consumer
holds the key to the sufficiency of
next winter’s coal supply.
HOME DEHYDRATORS TO BE
DISTRIBUTED BY GOVERN
MENT SOON
Washington, May 15.—The gov
ernment soon will distribute 39,009
newly developed home size food :1c-
hjdrators tc housewives in south
eastern states in a campaign to pre
serve food that otherwise would be
wasted beeiosj of the latk of pro
cessing machinery.
The plan vas reveal'd to the
senate agricultural sub-committee
during hearings cm food pro duct ion.
It is being delayed until priorities
can be secured on the re.-onu coda-
ticn of the agriculture department to
the war proci'.ction board
Senator George A. Aiken, Republi
can, Vermont, chairman of the sub
committee, has appointed Senator
Tom Stewait, Democrat, Tennessee,
to confer with agriculture depart
ment officials in an effort to speou
a favorable report on the project so
that the units may be put ro use m
treating early summer crops.
The deh/orator exhiuice 1 before
the senate group was. developed by
the Tennessee Valley Authority in
cooperation with the Rural Electri
fication administration and Southern
Land Grant colleges.
The wood aid insulation board
cabinet stands three feet high and
contains five 2v)U-watt electric light
bulbs to provide heat and a fan to
circulate air over eight glass trays
containing the fruits or vegetables
to be treated. Less than two pounds
of critical metals is necessary for
construction.
Operation is comparatively simple
and will be taught to housewives by
trained operators. This instruction
is essential since without the proper
handling of sulphur dioxide gas to
stabilize color and kill enzymes, re
sults will be inferior and waste will
occur.
The TVA dehydrator has a capac
ity of about on© bushel and if used
for the 77 days of crop harvesting
is expected to preserve more than
1,500 pounds of produce. On this
basis every 1,000 units would con
serve 1,530,000 pounds of fresh
fruit and vegetables and would re
lease about 765,000 containers for
other uses.
With materials priorities secured',
manufacturers have promised to
build the cabinets to sell at retail
for $25 with the fans, and ?20 with
out.
REPLY
A tourist strolling about a bus
station in Florida was watching a
negro porter as he swept the floor.
Deftly But slowly the man made lit
tle piles of the scattered cigjre.te
ends, half burnt matches, and litter
which had accumulated. The morn
ing was rather warm and clouds
were gathering in the sky.
“Sambo,” said the tourist, “don’t
you think there is an excessive
amount of humidity in the atmos
phere today?”
“Wha’s dat?” exclaimed the ne
gro, wiping perspiration from his
face.
“I was merely extending an inter
rogation to learn if you thought it
wta 8 going to rain,” answered the
tourist.
“Well, I nevah!” said the porter.
“Doe you reckon I would be wastin’
my time pushing dis broom if I had
enough sense to prognosticate de
percipitation?”
IN THE ARMY
“So your husband’s in the Army
now, Mrs. Worritt?’
“Yes, they’ve made him u gunner,
an’ that’s what he’s 'been ever since
I married him!”
“Always been a gunner?”
“Yes, ever since I knew him he’s
been ‘gunner do this’ and ‘gunner do
that,’ hut he never did anything,"
MARK OF A LIAR
“My friends,” said the preacher,
“you will remember that I promised
to speak to you tonight on “The
| World’s Greatest Liars,’ and that I
i asked you to prepare your minds by
reading the 17th chapter of Mark.
Kindly raise your hands if you
have done so.” All hands went up.
“Thank you,’ continued the preach
er. “As there are only 16 chapters
in Mark, my subject will not be en
tirely inappropriate.”
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Fm tired tonight
-and Ym proud
of it!” 1
Yes, Tom is going home tired tonight...
just like last night . . . and the night before.
Tired and proud!
You see, Tom is a typical member of the
Southern Railway Family. And, when
America was plunged into war, something
happened to him . . . and to the forty-two
thousand men and women who make up
this Family.
Overnight, every Southern railroader be
came a soldier . . . every Southern car and
locomotive became a weapon of war . . .
every transportation job, a chance to hasten
America’s day of final Victory.
Since Pearl Harbor, this mighty army
has struck many powerful blows for free
dom ... by keeping the wheels rolling under
the biggest transportation load in all the long
history of the Southern Railway System.
Rain and shine, day and night, troop
trains and war freight . . . tank cars and
passenger trains... are rolling continuously
and swiftly on the Southern.
It’s a big job... a tough job... a vital job.
But it’s being done ... and done right!
That’s why Tom and the other men and
women of the Southern are tired when they
go home from the job these days . . . and
“proud of it.”
They’re proud, too, because they know
that the work they are doing so well today
is paving the way for the new and greater
Southland that lies beyond the Victory
they’re helping to win.
Prraidant
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY SYSTEM