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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON AND WAR’S END Washington officials who watch the trend of the war admit now pri vately that “things will happen very fast” in the next few months. If pressed, they even make flat predic tions that Germany will fold before summer. Publicly, they stick to the line that it will be a long war. This is the only sound position to take, as an official line, since no war can be suc cessfully waged if the people spend their time peeping around the corner for the approach of peace. But the facts allow a hopeful ex pectation. Unquestionably the inva sion of Europe will be a winter in vasion. For many reasons, spring will be too late. February is the likeliest month. The exact time will be no secret to the Nazis, because we will be pounding the French coast well in advance. The offensive will be a tremendous operation, combining a cross-chan nel invasion with heavy drives from Russia and Italy, plus all-out air attacks everywhere. (The Balkan in vasion urged by Churchill is doubt ful.) Some experts go as far as to name the length of time—in days—which this big operation will require, be fore the end. One highly placed of ficial says it will take three months and twenty days. Thus, if the in vasion starts by mid-February, this would mean the end by early June. But military experts won’t say such things out loud, because they fear the U. S. public will overlook the fact that the days between Feb ruary and June will be the bloodiest days in the history of all the world’s wars. • • « ARMY POSTAL SERVICE On a recent visit to the front lines, Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark found a soldier busy scribbling a V-mail let ter on his mess-kit. The soldier looked as though he had lost his last friend, so General Clark asked him what was wrong. “Oh, I’m getting a little weary of this life, sir,” replied the soldier. “What’s your trouble?” asked General Clark. “Why, I haven’t received a letter in five days, General,” replied the soldier. “What does the post office department think we are over here —a bunch of archeologists?” “Personally, I think five days is pretty good service from the United States to the front lines, son,” re plied Clark. “But I’ll talk to the postal service officials and see if you can’t get your love letters quick, er. I see your point, soldier.” • • • VETERANS EXPAND The Ramspeck committee inves tigating civil service has spent most of its time trimming the numbers of government workers. But it has now stumbled into a situation re quiring a complete change of policy. The Veterans administration, in stead of submitting to a reduction of personnel, is asking for more—thou sands more. Men are being dis charged from military service so fast that the task of Veterans ad ministration is going up like a sky rocket. Now employing 45,000 work ers all over the country, V. A. will soon have to double its staff. • • * BACK TO PEACETIME INDUSTRY Donald Nelson is engaged in a behind-the-scenes race with Elder Statesman Bernie Baruch to work out plans for the reconversion of American industry and see who can get it done first. This was behind the war production board meeting last wees when Nelson called in his top aides and outlined a big post war program of civilian production. Nelson wants plans for the change over of industry to begin at once. This does not mean the actual re conversion of factories, since a lot of them may be busy on war orders for some time. But it does mean full speed ahead on plans for recan 1 - version. This may provide one clue on how soon the administration expects the war to be over in Europe. However, insiders who know something about personal rivalries of Washington, sea in it also the desire of Donald Neson to grab the ball away from Baruch and “Assist ant President” Jimmie Byrnes. These two long have wanted to get Nelson out, and at one time FDR actually signed a letter appointing Baruch chairman of a special com mittee to take over all war produc tion. Note: Before Nelson got busy on reconversion, Baruch had been asked by the White House to study plans for converting industry back to a peace basis. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF 41. The war department is keeping a watchful eye on the labor policies of hard-working Lieut. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, commanding officer in Hawaii. He is suspected of playing in too close with the big sugar barons. C The Russians plan to relieve Len ingrad without firing a shot—chiefly by a drive through Latvia and Lithuania to the Baltic sea. This would cut off the Germans around Leningrad unless they could execute a Dunkirk THE FUEHRER AND AMERICAN MOVIES Adolf Hitler, it develops, is a rab id movie fan and especially likes to get American films for some strange reason, and have them run off for him at Berchtesgaden. When the Drottningholm, prisoner ship, was returning from Scotland, the Nazis confiscated a batch of them for the Fuehrer. They-included Dis ney’s “Eambi,” Betty Grable in "Coney Island” and the films “Crash Dive” and “Cairo.” • He had better be careful how far he goes. If he goes in for our double-features he will get that breakdown, after all. • Of course it is just possible that Hitler doesn’t really like American films. He may merely take them to Berchtesgaden so he can spend an evening booing. * Still, Adolf is the type who would be a movie fanatic. He likes dark ness, bad air, blatant credit lines, Donald Duck, Popeye, the Dracula sort of thing and a chance to argue with ushers. . Scene in the Chancellery. Adolf (to Goering)—Well, did we seize any American films this week? Goering—Fuehrer, our forces to the north won another tremendous victory. They seized "I Dood It,” “Lassie Comes Home” and “The Gang’s All Here.” On the west, we took “Buffalo Bill,” “Looney Toons” and “Wintertime.” Adolf (shuddering —Ach, give ’em back that last one! It gives me the creeps. Any word from Rom mel? Goering—He almost got “Always a Bridesmaid” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls" but had to retreat at the last moment. Adolf—How is Kesselring doing? Goering—I have a wire from him that he has brought up reserves and is within ten miles of a new Carmen Miranda vehicle. Adolf—Anything new on the Rus sian front? Goering—The situation there is pretty clouded. Adolf—I remember when every thing on that front was in techni color. • • • Goering—There are reports that in the Minsk sector we are threatening “Mission to Moscow” and “North Star.” Adolf (fiercely)—They don’t even exist any more. The Warner Bro thers have been exterminated, not to rise again for a thousand years. Goering—Here’s a message from our U-boats. Adolf—Yes, yes, what is it? Goering — They have torpedoed “Yankee Doodle,” “Victory Through Air Power” and “Salute to the Ma rines.” • • • The radio program of the year is the one just put on the air by Variety, the show-world magazine. What an idea! It takes outstanding performances of the week in the amusement business and puts on a Sunday night program. To us the best thing about it is that it intro duces new talent, picking up able entertainers who haven’t had the breaks and sweeping them into na tional fame overnight. • • • Prepared Although my husband’s gone to war, He’s just as safe now as before. He had some first-rate inside tip: To make fast work of nasty “Nips.” He’s just as safe rs he can be, FOR HE’S LEARNED SELF-DE- FENSE FROM ME! Romayn Allen • • • A new weather forecaster has been named for New York and promises an improvement in gen eral conditions. • • • Ima Dodo went to see “Sahara” last night and says she coughed all day from the sand in her nose and throat. • • • Baseball is to get a livelier ball next season. One thing the Teheran and Cairo conferees have Just real ized is that more home runs, say what you may, are one of the main essentials to a bright new world. * * • Elmer Twitchell hears that the re volt in Bolivia was caused by the fact that President Penaranda for got to send a Christmas card to Major Villarroroel. * * * What this country needs is a cigar maker with a good five-ceut con science. . • . Can You Remember— Away back when you could dis pose of many Christmas problems by merely going to the bank and saying: “Ten $5 gold pieces, please”? • Away back in prohibition days when prices were reasonable? And when you said, “Oh, I’m not asking for liquor back, I’d be satisfied with light wines and beers”? • When you could say, “I’ll take a cigar this time” and get it? Grantland Rice W E HOLD no grudge against the ballyhoo set up for such young er entries as Col. Matt Winn, 82, Connie Mack, 81, Lonnie Stagg, 81, or Col. Ed Bradley, 83. They have all had more than their share of the headlines for over 60 years. But we’d like to make anothei nomination that even tops this list when it comes to the matter of cele brating another New Year. His name is Arlie Latham, now 84 years old, and looking somewhere in the early 60s. Arlie is now a guardian of the press box in New York. But there was a time some 60-odd years ago when he was a star infielder for the St. Louis Browns in the crazy days of Chris von der Ahe. And it was the irrepressible Arlie who contributed his full share to the incipient lunacy of old Chris, one of the rarest characters basehall ever knew. Arlie Latham came to the Browns around 1880. He was an able in fielder, a good clutch hitter, base ball’s top clown and also an in spiring entry. Arlie was one of the smartest men that ever played baseball, in any league or at any time. He had a keen, quick wit that dominated any situation where repartee might figure. From the Browns Latham came to Cincinnati’s Reds in company with such famous old timers as Long John Riley, Bid McPhee, Tommy Corcoran, Tin O’Neil, Elton Cham- oerlain, Tony Mullane, Jim Keenan, Jim Duryea, Billy Earl, Billy Rhines, Germany Smith and others. This old Red team was oi.e of the most colorful casts that base ball has ever known. They were a rather rough and rowdy bunch, in many respects, but they could play baseball—and Arlie was then one of the best. Looking Back I first ran across Arlie Latham after he had finished his playing career. This was back in Atlanta in 1903 when Latham was a Southern league umpire. He was something more than an umpire. He was a riot. His quick wit and his sarcastic comeback were much too fast for the ballplayers of 1903—and for that it would have been the same for the ballplayers of 1943. Arlie came south as umpire at the time the north was sending us such veterans as Gus Weyhing, The odore Breitenstein, Red Ehret, Amos Rusie, King Bailey and a few others who bad been pitching 70 or 80 games a year before the fading soupbone needed a touch of south ern sun. The best of the crop that came from the north in those days was Theodore Breitenstein, the “$10,*000 beauty,” a mighty sum in any sale in those days. “Breit had a tragic baseball fin ish,” Arlie told me recently. “The most tragic finish baseball ever knew. He was getting on at the time—around 40 or maybe 42. He came to the close of the ninth in ning with two men out and a sure no-hit game in sight. Nothing like a hit—up to that spot. One man left. The one man left drove a low liner through the box that broke Breit’s ankle, wrecked his no-hit game and closed out his baseball career. “They were a grand bunch in those days,” Arlie tells you. “Some of them were nuts—but who isn’t? One way or another. I can look back and see ’em now—Bid McPhee— Heiny Peitz, Red Ehret, Tony Mul lane—all the others. “In those days a pitcher who didn’t work in 60 or 70 games, may be more, must have lost both arms." Connie the Bat-Tipper “Do you remember Connie Mack? ” I asked. “Connie was younger than I was,” Arlie said, “but I remember him. I’d call him the Bill Dickey of 60 years ago as a catcher, but he couldn’t hit within a mile of Dickey. Connie was only a fair hitter. But he was the best bat-tipper I ever saw. The batter would be all set to swing at a fast one coming in—and then miss the ball two feet and start a young war. Connie had tipped his bat with a fast-working hand. His idea was to win the ball game, any way he could, and the umpires were not so strict in those days. Connie was always smart. “Don’t forget those old timers could play a lot of baseball,” Arlie said. “Baseball was their life. There were no motor cars in those days, no motion pictures, no radios. “There was nothing for them but baseball—and not too much cash. Do you remember the time Larry Lajoie, then with the Phillies, batting .400, held out for $2,500? So did Ed Dele- hanty, one of the greatest hitters I ever saw. Lajoie and Delehanty could hit for me.” The main point is that Arlie Lath am at 84, a veteran who can look back over 60 years, even beyond the days of Connie Mack and Matt Winn and Lonnie Stagg, 30 years before Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth were ever known, is still hale, hearty and active. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAY I ichool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for January 23 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES LESSON TEXT—Mark 4:1-9. 28-32. GOLDEN TEXT—If any man hath can to hear, let him hear.—Mark 4:23. Parables were often used by our Lord, particularly when He had truth to reveal which was not for unbelieving hearts that had hard ened themselves against it (see Matt. 13:10-16). The method is that of telling an earthly story, true to life (hence, not a fable), which is placed alongside of the spiritual truth it is designed to teach. It thus differs from an allegory, which gives the meaning with the story (see John 15:1-6). Jesus used parables in our lesson to teach the truth that the good seed of the Word of God will be received in various ways and will bring forth widely differing results. He—the Lord—was the Sower, and the field was the world (Matt. 13:37, 38). We note first that in that field there were and are— I. Feur Kinds of Soil (Mark 4:1-9). The reception of the seed is de termined by the condition of the soil. The great field was essentially of one kind of soil, but it had become wide ly different in its ability to take in the seed and bear fruit. The interpretation of this parable is given by our Lord in the verses immediately following (w. 3-20). It has striking application to our day. A road, or beaten pathway, was a common thing in the fields of Pales tine. On such hard soil a seed found no place to grow, and the birds car ried it away. Such is the condition of a man who permits the heavy and sinful traffic of this world to harden his heart against spiritual truth. If our heart has reached that stage we should ask God to break it up. The birds (always a symbol of evil in the Bible) are Satan and his emissaries. They are always busy about carrying away the Word of God when it is truly preached. The rocky soil was a thin layer of good soil on a rocky ledge. At first this caused rapid growth, but with out deep roots it could not survive the heat of summer. This is the one who enthusiastically responds to the gospel appeal, but being without real conviction and repentance, he has no stability when persecution comes. The thorny ground—where the growing grain was choked by weeds —typifies the professed believer who lives in woridliness. The friend of the world is God’s enemy (James 4:4). Note the things which destroy spiritual life (v. 19), and shun them. In the good ground—open to receive and ready to yield itself for the growth of the seed—there is abun dant harvest. Even here there is a difference in the amount of fruit. Why not be a "hundredfold” be liever? „ Changing the picture -a little our Lord now speaks of— II. Norma] Growth and a Good Harvest (4:26-29). This parable, found only in Mark, has a lesson for the sower. He is not to expect the harvest immedi ately after the time of sowing. There is a period of patient waiting while God is producing the growth (and only He can do itl)—then the joy of harvest. There are many lessons to learn here. We who serve the Lord in teaching or preaching the Word are too impatient, too eager to be able to announce results. God is always willing that things should mature naturally and in due season. Let us wait for Him and be at rest in our spirits (v. 27). Then let us be glad as the seed begins to show signs, of maturing, but let us not be slow to gather the harvest when it is ready. Some forget to gather the spiritual fruit of their labors, possibly having long since lost patience and interest. We should also be encouraged by this parable to continue sowing the seed, knowing that it will find place in the hearts of some and bring forth fruit unto eternal life. Next we are warned to be on our guard against accepting or approv ing— III. Abnormal Growth and an Evil Harvest (4:30-32). The mustard is an herb, not a tree; hence this parable gave warn ing that there would be an over grown religious system calling itself Christian. The birds are (as in the parable of the kinds of soil) evil men, or “isms,” or organizations eager to take shelter in a religious system without spiritual power. The church had such an abnormal growth when Constantine espoused Christianity as a political move, mixed it with paganism, and ele vated it to a position of worldly power. All this was and still is contrary to God’s plan for the church. He wanted a spiritual body distinguished by lowliness, meekness and service. These are the tilings that mark the true Christian spirit. The marks of true Christianity are always those of likeness to Him who said: “I am meek and lowly in heart,” who came “not to be ministered unto but to minister.” ON THE HOME FRONT RUTH WYETH SPEARS U OW to cut a flared dressing *• 1 table skirt without fullness at the top, is something worth know ing. You may be making a smart ly tailored affair of white pique with pink bindings and buttons, like the one shown here; or an un der lining for a full skirt of trans parent material. The diagram shows how to make a pattern for half of the skirt. The center front may be placed on a fold of the goods in cutting if there is no front opening. Cut the paper by the dimensions in the diagram. Mark point A in 14-inches from the upper left corner. Measure up from the lower right corner a dis tance equaling the length of the skirt from A to ttfe left edge of the paper and mark point C. 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