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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1943
Washington, D. C.
CHURCHILL’S TIP
One significant phase of Winston
Churchill’s conversations here has
just leaked out. He volunteered
some valuable advice on the make
up of the U. S. delegation to the
peace conference.
Talking to a closed-door session
of the senate and house foreign rela
tions committees, he was reminded
that if Woodrow Wilson had given
more thought to the makeup of the
U. S. delegation, his efforts to enroll
the Unked States in a League of
Nations might not have been such
a failure.
Churchill at first tactfully side
stepped comment, explaining he
didn’t want to stick his nose in
American affairs. However, he final
ly observed with a grin that he knew
a little about politics himself and
probably could offer one suggestion.
“What is it?” chorused several of
the politicos.
“Appoint a delegation that is
strictly bi-partisan,” Churchill re
plied, “half Democrat and half Re
publican.”
If the President named such a
commission of outstanding leaders
of both parties, the prime minister
added, his chances of winning con
gressional approval of a treaty
among the Allied powers would be
greatly enhanced.
• • •
LEARNING JAP LANGUAGE
Officer Candidate schools have a
reputation for being tough, but the
Naval Intelligence Japanese Lan
guage school at Boulder, Colo., sets
a new record. Hand-picked candi
dates from colleges and graduate
schools pore over Japanese "Kanji”
(word pictures) 16 hours a day, 6
days a week, for 14 months.
These 800 students are given inti
mate high pressure instruction in
classes of only five men each. The
faculty consists of 150 Japanese-
Americans, former professional and
business men, recruited from the
East and West coast Japanese colo
nies.
The course is intensive, and the
students are given no job except the
principal one of learning the dif
ficult Japanese language. Unlike
other officer candidates, they have
no guard duty, KP, or night biv
ouacs. Their job is to learn Japa
nese, learn it quickly, and learn it
well.
• * *
SENATOR GLASS
Much-loved 85-year-old Senator
Carter Glass of Virginia is expected
by friends to drop out of the senate
before many months. He has served
as Woodrow Wilson’s secretary of
the treasury, 23 faithful years in the
senate and 17 years in the house.
Virginia politicos close to Gover
nor Darden are passing out the tip
that when Glass retires, Darden will
appoint as the senator’s successor,
not 55-year-old Congressman Cliff
Woodrum, the most outstanding con
gressman from Virginia, but 73-
year-old Congressman Tom Burch.
* * *
WHO OWNS THE FARMS?
Most people have the idea that
Washington postwar planners are
thinking only of the people in for
eign countries. But that isn’t the
case. They are also thinking of how
the land of America can be returned
to the people of America.
Realjfact is that much of the big
land holdings in the U. S. A. are
in the hands of insurance com
panies and absentee landlords, as
strikingly brought out by latest AAA
conservation and parity payments.
In four of the country’s biggest
farming states, largest payments
were made not to individual farm
ers but to life insurance companies.
Here are the actual payments, each
one being the highest payment in
that state:
Ohio—Union Central Life Insur
ance company, Cincinnati, $49,153;
Wisconsin — Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company, Mil
waukee, $47,517; Iowa—Equitable
Life Insurance company, Des
Moines, $33,418; Missouri—General
American Life Insurance company,
St. Louis, $52,170.
In Mississippi, the largest pay
ment went to an absentee landlord,
the British owners of Delta and Pine
Land company, Scott, Miss. The
property is managed by a former
AAA official, Oscar Johnston. The
payment was $50,141.
Highest payment in Illinois went
to the First Trust Joint Stock Land
bank, Chicago, $29,152. Highest in
Nebraska went to the Federal Land
Bank of Omaha, $77,605, while the
same thing was true in Minnesota,
where the largest payment, $75,761,
went to the Federal Land Bank of
St. Paul. The land banks hold a
lot of property as a result of mort
gage foreclosures in the lean years.
Largest payments in the four larg
est agricultural states of the north
east also went to insurance com
panies.
New York—Metropolitan Life In
surance company, New York city,
$101,863. Incidentally, this was the
largest payment made in the entire
country. Connecticut — Connecticut
Genera] Life Insurance company,
Hartford, $48,437. Pennsylvania—
Providence Mutual Life Insurance
company, Philadelphia, $13,022. New
Jersey—Mutual Benefit Life Insur
ance company of Newark, received
payment of $82,126.
NAME IN A CASUALTY LIST
In Africa, Wilbur Smith, Willow
Falls, Mass.; next of kin, mother,
Mrs. Charles Smith, Willow Falls.
• • •
Somehow that entry in the casual
ty lists brings the war home. Wil
bur Smith . . . why, he was "Red”
Smith’s boy . . . the Argyle Road
Smiths!
Wilbur was just a kid romping
around the fields of Willow Falls . . .
fishing in the Wepawaug . . . play
ing “catch” on the school ball team
. . . taking off gates on Hallowe’en
night . . . and swiping loose wood
for the Fourth of July bonfires!
* • •
He was such a good-natured,
pleasure-loving youngster.
He could take care of himself in
a scrap, but he was the easy-going,
tolerant, hard-to-arouse type. He
was always grinning.
I remember running over to the
Smiths on a Christmas Eve once
and helping trim the tree, the first
one Wilbur was old enough to com
prehend . . . There were all sorts
of presents, but I remember a set
of toy soldiers most of all now!
• « •
It seems only a few days ago that
he was toddling around the Smith
porch, just learning to walk . . .
falling down ... getting up . . .
tumbling over again, but always get
ting up laughing. I got a picture of
Wilbur on his first three-wheeler,
tearing up and down the street, mak
ing a noise be seemed to think was
like a siren.
• • *
Then one day I saw him in a foot
ball uniform, looking a little ridicu
lous, but coming back from prac
tice. He had a shiner. And it sort
of disturbed Mrs. Smith. But Wil
bur kept saying: “Aw, mom, it’s all
in the game. Y’gotta expect to get
hurt a little now and then.”
• • •
Then there was the time a big,
gangling boy came to cut the grass.
It was Wilbur, but I didn’t know
him, he’d grown so. He used to de
liver the paper and sell us the Post,
too ... I can see him now, drop
ping the lawn mower at the tinkle of
the Good Humor cart ... or forget
ting all about the grass while he
followed the flight of a robin to a
nest in the fir . . . and climbed up
to get a look at the young ones.
• • *
He kept pigeons and bantams
*nd liked to hunt squirrels ... He
was the typical barefoot boy with
cheek of tan.
With thy turned-up pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes;
With thy red lips, redder still
Kissed by strawberries on the hill;
With the sunshine on thy face,
Through thy torn brim’s jaunty
grace . . .
* * *
It couldn’t have been longer ago
than last year that I saw his pic
ture in the village paper as the boy
voted “the best liked in his high
school graduation class.”
• • •
I remember seeing a crowd at the
station one fall morning and asking,
“What’s up?”
“Big crowd of boys going out
today,” said Eb Hill.
It was another group of lads off
for the draft camp . . . Wilbur was
there . . .
• • •
I hadn't seen the Smiths in a long
time.
I’d forgotten about Wilbur.
And now . . . “In Africa, Wilbur
Smith, Willow Falls” . . .
That sort of does it to me, inside.
Those words keep coming back,
“Aw, mom, it’s all in the game.
Y’gotta expect to get hurt a little
now and then . . .”
• • •
AXIS VIEWPOINT
(Hitler and Mussolini, denouncing
aerial warfare, call Americans
bombing gangsters.)
A bomber is a wondrous thing
As bombs it freely showers—
Provided that it is, of course,
A bomber that is OURS!
A bombing blitz is splendid war—
Its purpose we defend—
With other people and not us
On the receiving end.
• • •
Congress is a large body of irresolu
tion entirely surrounded by chaos.
• • •
From the definitions of pleasure
driving the OPA is a poor judge of
fun.
• • •
REACTION TO
A MOSCOW MOVE
The Stalin is red,
The Browder is blue;
I’m a skeptic
And so are you!
• • •
“America means business.—
Judge Byrnes.
And this is one business that will
be let alone.
• • •
Old slogan revised for aerial visi
tors: “See Naples and dive!”
* * •
A mother was found with an in
fant child in a New York barroom
and quite a fuss was made over it.
This shows how far behind the times
the police are. Lots of cafes have
now put in cradles and high chairs
for the kiddies.
A RMY officers have been criti-
cized more than a mere trifle
for inability to “understand the need
of hard, competitive sport.”
This isn’t true of the large major
ity of army officers. They have had
nothing to say about
it.
The decision was
made by a small
leading group, and
the army in general
has disliked the rul
ing as much as any
one else.
This applies espe
cially to football in
various colleges
which the army has
taken over.
Colleges under
navy control will be able to play
any student who cares to play, who
is up in his work and who has the
GrantlandRice
time.
If West Point and Annapolis, who
have a 16 hours per day schedule,
can find time for intercollegiate
competition, there is certainly no
reason why the colleges can’t.
Football’s Problem
Several colleges will be starting
summer practice soon. Bat foot
ball’s main problem will be in fac
ing the army edict that prevents any
budding soldier from taking part in
intercollegiate sport.
Those colleges that have drawn
army students will either have to
give up football completely or else
depend upon the few available men
left.
They will be badly outclassed by
the navy school. We understand
there is an effort under way to drag
the navy over to the army’s side of
the argument.
As the navy has the stronger side
of the case, this would be a bad mis
take.
• • •
Racing’s Splurge
A number of noncombatants can’t
understand why racing has come in
for such a boom and why so much
money is bet at various tracks.
This is simple enough. As a start
er there is something like 12 billion
extra dollars loose around the map,
with many spending outlets under a
blockade.
For one example, you see few
people buying cars today.
In the second instance, there is a
greater demand for quick action on
the side of thrills, which to many
only a bet can satisfy.
Belmont is sure to end its sum
mer season with the highest average
ever sent through track mutuels,
well beyond the million dollar mark.
Even with the big crowds that
once traveled to Santa Anita, a $700,-
000 daily average was considered
on the high side.
You can understand how strong
the fever gets to be when so many
thousands are willing to walk so
far in order to buck 11 or 12 per
cent.
* • *
Bing Crosby’s Winner
And speaking of racing-, a well-
worn radio gag has been wrecked
and dismantled.
It rests today in ruins. It all hap
pened at Belmont park recently
when Bing Crosby’s Argentine horse,
Don Bingo, came spinning along to
the front.
Don Bingo made it two in a row.
Not only that, but he ran away from
strong fields, coasting into the wire.
This ends all that talk about Cros
by’s stable. I happened to be with
Bing when Don Bingo won his last
start.
As his Argentine entry came
sweeping to the front, Bing began
calling:
“Where is Bob Hope? Will some
one please page Bob Hope?”
* * £.
Armstrong and Angott
There is still a healthy doubt
around the landscape as to whether
even the windmill or whirlwind style
of Henry Armstrong can force Sam
my Angott away from his wrestling
holds.
Sammy remains the Human Py
thon, a hard man to beat, but a
harder man to watch.
It may be that Armstrong’s meth
od of tearing in will finally leave
Angott in an untangled situation,
where be will do his own share of
punching.
But he will have to prove that to
quite a chunk of his fellow citizens
before they will believe it.
Still, it would be no thick surprise
to see Armstrong return to his old
spot on top of the lightweight heap
before the scramble is over, not for
getting Montgomery and Beau Jack.
SPORTLIGHT BRIEFS:
C, Before joining the Yankees in
1921, Ed Barrow had served as pres
ident of two minor leagues and
manager of seven clubs.
<] Joe McCarthy says Ewald Pyle,
Washington left-hander, is the best
pitching recruit of the American
league this season.
C. Bill McGowan is the oldest um
pire in the major leagues in point
of service. This is his 19th season
C. Connie Mack caught his last garm
for Pittsburgh in 1896. In his 664
game career he had 842 assists.
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* * *
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signed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Cor
responding bust measurements 30, 32, 34,
36 and 38. Size 14 (32) bodice requires,
with short sleeves, IV2 yards 39-inch ma
terial; skirt 2% yards; 6 yards ribbon
trimming.
Favorite Apron
A PEONS are certainly turning
^out to be fashion’s pet these
days and this one, with patchwork
border, is one of the favorite mod
els.
* * *
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1741-B de
signed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42 and
44. Size 16 (34) requires 2 1 / 8 yards 35-inch
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Due to an unusually large demand and
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The Questions
1. What is the khamsin which
was mentioned jo often in news
reports from Africa?
2. What country flies its flag up
side down while at war?
3. What per cent of the numeri
cal strength of modern air armies
is in training planes?
4. How do military experts rate
the two biggest factors, produc
tion and supply, and battle, in win
ning this war?
5. What is anchor ice?
6. Before Henry J. Kaiser built
ships, of what three great dams
did he head the construction?
7. When does the vice president
have a vote in the senate?
8. What does the First amend
ment to the Constitution guaran
tee?
9. What is an atoll?
10. Why is no one allowed to
whistle on board a navy ship?
The Answers
1. It is a hot African wind which
fills the air with sand.
2. The Commonwealth of the
Philippines is the only country in
the world that flies its national
flag upside down while at war.
3. Approximately 60 per cent.
4. Seventy-five per cent rests on
production and supply and 25 per
cent on battle.
5. Ice formed at the bottom of a
body of water.
6. Grand Coulee, Boulder and
Bonneville dams.
7. In the case of a tie.
8. The freedom of speech, of the
press, and the right to petition.
9. A coral island.
10. The boatswain’s pipe, which
is blown to exact silence before he
makes announcements or gives or
ders, has the pitch of a human
whistle. Hence, to avoid confu
sion, navy men are forbidden to
whistle.
When you hear a Marine called
a “Leatherneck,” it has nothing to
do with the epidermis of his neck.
Years ago the Marine uniform was
equipped with a high stiff leather
collar. From that time on, “Leath
erneck” has been the word for a
Marine. The word for his favorite
cigarette is “Camel”—the favorite
cigarette also of men in the Army,
Navy, and Coast Guard. (Based
on actual sales records from serv
ice men’s stores.) And though
there are Post Office restrictions
on packages to overseas Army
men, you can still send Camels
to soldiers in the U. S., and to men
in the Navy, Marines, and Coast
Guard wherever they are.—Adv.
Hubby’s Caution Seriously
Cramped Wife’s Efforts
“It’s rumored about that Mrs.
Grumpus hasn’t spoken to her hus
band since she got her First Aid
certificate, more than a month
ago,” gushed Mrs. Gibblegabber.
“You don’t say!” returned Mrs.
Cackleclack. “What seems to be
the trouble?”
“Well, before she took up First
Aid, almost every day her hus
band came home from work with
a bruise, cut, or other kind of in
jury,” informed Mrs. Gibblegab
ber; “but now that she has her
certificate, he hasn’t suffered as
much as a scratch, and she’s con
vinced he’s being careful on pur
pose!”
Tanks to Good Use
Our men in the Solomons use
the auxiliary gas tanks from taken
Japanese airplanes for bathtubs.
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SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
From 1907 to 1912, guayulo
rubber from Mexico repre
sented about 7 per cent of
the world's rubber supply.
In 1941, It was less than 1
per cent.
More than 86,000,000 motor vehi
cles have been produced in the
United States since 1900, with an
average of five tires per vehicle.
That gives you an idea of the num
ber of tires that have been made
to maintain motor transportation!
A Spanish historian back in
1519 described a ball made
of the gum of a tree that
grows in "hot countries." He
was referring to what we
now call rubber.
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