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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. Washington, D. C, ARMY DOCTORS It was lost in the news shuffle, but Dr. John H. Musser of the Tulane university medical school, a mem ber of a special committee named by Secretary of War Henry Stim- son to study medical conditions in the army, made some startling ad missions recently at a senate com mittee hearing on the utilization of doctors by the war department. Testifying before the Pepper sub committee on wartime health and education at a hearing in Pasca goula, Miss., Musser was asked if the army had too many doctors. “Yes," he replied. “There has been too much indiscriminate re cruiting of medical men without due regard for civilian needs.’’ “Do you think that the army has utilized its doctors properly?" he was asked. “Definitely no,” replied the Tu lane professor. “The present sys tem of medical service in the army is based on a procedure that dates back to the Spanish-American war and calls for the recruiting of a disproportionate number of physi cians from civilian life.” To illustrate his point, Doctor Musser pointed out that Tulane uni versity’s unit of doctors in the army medical corps had spent more than a year “twiddling their thumbs” at Camp Benning, Georgia, while awaiting a call for overseas duty. At this time. Doctor Musser said, there was a crying need for doc tors by civilians. Doctor Musser said he realized that the need for doctors was far greater than in the last war, but that the army medical corps wasn’t mak ing the fullest use of its personnel. • • * WILD ANIMALS’ HOLIDAY Since the army has a priority on guns and shells, there hasn’t been much hunting for two years, with the result that wild animals are creeping up on civilization. Both farmers and state officials are de manding cartridges to drive off this Invasion. War production board has re ceived urgent messages from state officials in every part of the country. Pennsylvania is alarmed at the bold ness of bears and deer. New York says rabbits eat Victory gardens. Louisiana needs shotguns to drive off the flocks of rice birds. This explosive situation was the last task handled by Maury Mav erick before he left WPB’s govern ment division, to become WPB vice chairman in charge of the small plants division. He tried to raise the civilian car- ti'idge quota from 12 per cent of normal to 50 per cent. At first, the army was willing. But that was be fore Cairo-Teheran. After*the Big Three powwow the army hinted that it would need everything for the invasion, and declined to pass the ammunition. When the news reached the back- woods, says Maverick, the deer did a dance, and bears celebrated with Hg bear hugs. • * * COSMOPOLITAN CONGRESS The farm bloc is all-powerful in the house of representatives, but you’d never guess it to judge by the number of members who are real, active farmers. There are only 30. Lawyers, because of their natural bent for politics, continue to domi nate the house membership by an overwhelming majority. Out of a total 435 members, 234 are lawyers. Business men rank next, with a del egation of 60. There are 27 teachers and, profes sors, 23 writers and newspaper men, 9 former government officials, 9 in surance agents, 4 doctors, 2 engi neers, 2 dentists, and 2 certified public accountants. Only one minister holds a con gressional seat, Rep. Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey, former rector of the Madison Avenue Baptist church in New York city, although Rep. Walter H. Judd of Minnesota was a medical missionary in China for several years. The sports world is represented chiefly by Congressmen Joseph O’Brien of New York, former pro fessional wrestler and football play er; Samuel Weiss of Pennsylvania, a football referee who still officiates In National Pro league games; and La Vern R. Dilweg of Wisconsin, for mer All-America footballer at Mar quette university. The rest of the membership hails from a miscellany of trades and pro fessions, including a number of la boring men, miners and mill work ers, two druggists—Representatives Carl Durham of North Carolina and Harve Tibbott of Pennsylvania—and • a veterinarian. Congressman George W. Gillie of Indiana. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF C, D. B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men, privately denounces Bill Green’s statement that the railroad strike would never have been pulled. Robertson says he and his men meant ever word of it. Because of his interest in Com munism, singer Paul Robeson has been prevented from making USO concert tours of U. S. army camps. The state department even denies him a passport to go to England, where he is immensely popular. TELEVISION NEWSPAPERS General Electric published a newspaper by television the other day. Fifty editors saw the dem onstration. None rushed out and sold his paper, but all agreed the stunt had bewildering possibilities. For one thing, for the first time in history newspaper men may have to be well dressed and handsome. * The test of the city editor of the future may not be whether he has a great nose for news but whether he has the right eyes for screening. And a telegraph editor may be unable to get a job unless he has a winning personality. • If the television newspaper is per fected a bulb may become as im portant as a managing editor and a little knob on a radio set may re place the pressroom. Whether you get your paper may depend on radio reception rather than on the news boy. • General Electric gave the dem onstration in cooperation with the Albany Times Union. The printed pages came hurtling through the ozone so clearly you would have thought Sinatra was publisher. * Cartoons, columns, classified ads and department store ads came out of the atmosphere, with real live models in the cloak and suit ads. Anybody present could see the pos sibilities; beer ads with real suds, fuel ads showing real lumps of coal and delicatessen store ads showing just how the clerk uses a razor to slice meat for those sandwiches. * Television ads will bring right into your home the gnat which that fellow has been trying to sell for $16 all these years. And when you see the left-my-bed-and-board per sonals you will see the actual bed. • When there is a murder mystery you will see a reporter enacting the crime and the editor’s stenographer posing as the victim, if she has the right personality for murder cases. • However, we are not scared by the threat of a television press. Not many people who listen to the radio can read anyhow. And nothing can destroy the average American’s de termination to sit over in a quiet corner and read his newspapers. Well, maybe they’re not reading, but it’s an established way of avoiding conversation. • • • ‘BUTCH’ O’HARE (“Butch’s lights went out, and then he was gone.’’—From a fellow flier’s story of the death of Lieut. Com. Eddie O’Hare.) “Then he was gone.” . . . The kid who in that day When fright was in our eyes So clearly showed toe way I Th>s Irish lad Who in those first dark hours Of our new war So stirred these hearts of ours I “Then he was gone.” . . . This lad with deep-set eyes Who, when the chips were down. So terrorized far skies; Who in green days When none of us could tell How brave our youngsters were, Had flashed the “All is well!” This "Butch” G’Hare, Whose name could stir your soul And speed your pulse And make your past unrolll , ( , “Then he was gone” . . . A red gull in the dark— The bucko with toe stuff— The courage red and stark. “Then he was gone” . . . This ripping, tearing ace. The silent one Who “put ’em in their place”; Whose feat of five-a-day In war’s first hour Had symbolized our guts And socking pow’r. "Then he was gone” . . . The slashing, slamming guy— “The Socko Kid”— “The King Hawk of the sky”— The kind we have, Thank God, in days of dread To take the torch For our heroic dead! Peace tc you, “Butch” . . . There in some distant blue With all who kept our faith. The Christian and toe Jew . . . Now have you joined Our hosts who knew no fear: Paul Jones and Nathan Hale And Lawrence and Revere! » • • The Leader Has he got “that winning look”? That’s Ike; Does he Nazi gooses cook? That’s Ike; Can he jab and can he hook? Does he love to throw toe book At that paperhanging crook? That’s Ike. Has he got a winning smile? Has he got a certain style? That’s Ike; Is he slugging all toe while? That’s Ike. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bfble Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. AVfHO are toe greatest 12 football v ' players that ever walked on a field? This has nothing to do with all-star or all-time outfits, picked by position. It is all man by man, regardless of position. I worked out this idea With Steve Owen, head coach of the Giants, and Frank Thomas, head coach of Ala bama. This debate lasted until a Louisi ana sun came creep ing in through toe window. With no thohght of any ranking in any set order, here was toe list we finally agreed upon. Jim Thorpe, Car lisle Indians, Canton Bulldogs. Pudge Heffelfinger, Yale, and pro-contests after he had passed 50. Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota and Chicago Bears. Sammy Baugh, TCU and Washing ton Redskins. Don Hutson, Alabama and Green Bay. Red Grange, Illinois and Chicago Bears. Mel Hein, Washington State and New York Giants. Wilbur (“Fats”) Henry, W. and J., Canton Bulldogs. Ernie Nevers, Stanford, Dnluth Eskimos and Chicagp Cards. George Gipp, Notre Dame. Bill Hewitt, Michigan and Chicago Bears. Cal Hubbard, Centenary, Geneva, Giants and Green Bay. Facing the Blast This list will face quite a blast. Hurry-up Yost will be hurt because we left off Willie Heston, who played before the forward pass. Coach Stagg will feel toe same way about Walter Eckersall, and Yale men will wonder why Frank Hinkey or Tom Shevlin were ditched. Both were brilliant. But there are many points to C'.jv sider here. One is length of service. For example, take toe case of Mel Hein. Hein was a high school star for three years. He was a college star for three years. After that he just completed 13 years with the New York Giants, in which time he was picked as all-pro center seven times, an amazing record. Hein is one of the greatest linemen that ever played. There could be no argument about such men as Jim Thorpe, who could do every thing, Bronko Nagurski, a great tackle, a great end and a great fullback. One of the greatest. The same goes for Don Hutson, one of the most amazing of toe en tire crop. A great artist for many years. Certainly no one could leave off Red Grange. “Not only one of the great ball carriers of all time,” Steve Owen says, “but also one of the best of all defensive backs. Grange and Battles were the two best ball carriers I ever saw—out side of Jim Thorpe.” Bo McMillin picks the 260-pound Cal Hubbard as the greatest single football player, the most valuable star he ever saw. Hubbard was a great end—a great tackle and a master at backing up the line where his 260 pounds and his start ing speed made him invaluable. Frank Thomas threatened to leave our board if we left off George Gipp, who never played pro football. “Gipp was a great runner,” Thomas said, “a fine passer, a brilliant kicker and a winning gambler on the field. I have known only one Gipp.” “Wilbur Henry of W. and J. was to line play what Thorpe was to back- field play.” Both Owen and Thomas voted. “Henry is the greatest line man that ever played football.” Any way Henry stands out as one of the all-time stars. Beating 11 Nagurskis Bill Hewitt was one of the great ends of all time. There were games where he figured in practically ev ery play. There are those who be lieve 11 Hewitts could beat 11 Na gurskis, which is praise enough. I wanted Ken Strong on this squad, but they figured that injuries had cut down his top speed. Strong is still something to remember as a great football player. Naturally there were many others. But those who had entered toe pro circuit got the call. Anyway this is a list that is open to any challengers that might come in. At least it’s an interesting argu ment with a list sifted .from all the thousands who came along—and starred through so many years. • • • Pro vs. College Football Those college players who take up pro football and then get busy tell ing everyone that pro football is the cleaner, harder game, in which toe player can have much more fun, are simply lacking in sportsmanship. Any football player with the right spirit should still be for his college and the college game that gave him a chance to turn pro. Professional baseball can get along without col lege baseball, although many big league stars are ex-college men. Lesson for February 6 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. JESUS FEEDS THE MULTITUDES LESSON TEXT—Mark 6:35-M; 8:1-9. GOLDEN TEXT—I am the bread ot life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.—John 6:35. Hungry! That word describes the crying need of toe greater part of the world’s population. Men who have vaunted themselves because of their ability and ingenuity have brought the nations of the earth into such awful confusion that even God’s abundant provision cannqt reach the needy ones. God is concerned about man’s physical need just as truly as He is about spiritual needs. This story brings Christianity into action on a level that all will appreciate—the need of food for toe body. It works there as it does everywhere. The supply of every need of man is God. “My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). Countless Christians have found it to be true that we may trust God— completely—and for everything. The stories of toe feeding of toe twp groups of people show the wrong and toe right attitude toward man’s need. In two approaches to toe problem the disciples were wrong. Then Christ showed them toe right way. I. They Can Take Care of Their Own Need (6:35, 36). “Send them away”—that was the plea of the disciples when the multi tude of those who had followed Him became hungry. The people were there because they were interested in Christ. They had come in a hurry (v. 33) and had not brought food. The problem was on the disciples’ hands, and they sought the easiest way out. Let them shift for them selves—“Send them away.” The church has followed their ex ample in dealing with toe social problems of the people down through the years. The result is that being denied fellowship, comfort, and help by a church which was too busy building up a vast organization or a beautiful order of worship, the common people have respond ed to the appeal of political leaders who have provided a substitute for what toe church should have given them. v When Jesus put upon them the di rect responsibility to feed toe people, the disciples changed their “slogan” and said: II. We Should Like to Help, but We Cannot (6:37). Reckoning hastily on what a small boy had brought for his lunch (trust an alert boy to be ready!), toe disciples soon demonstrated that it was impossible to feed this great throng. (See similar reasoning in Mark 8:4). Logic is such a devastating thing when it operates apart from faith in God. They were absolutely right in their reasoning and in their calcula tions, but they had forgotten toe one factor that really counted. Jesus was there, and Jesus is God, and God is omnipotent. As we face toe need of toe world now and after toe war, we wonder how toe peoples of other lands can be fed without depriving our own land of what it needs. It is a great problem, and we ought to pray for those who must work with it. But let us not forget that all that we have comes from God, and that He is able to do "exceeding abun dantly above all that we ask or think” (Eph. 3:20). The Christ who multiplied toe loaves and fishes is our Living Lord today, and ready and able to do it again. HI. Jesus Said, “I Have Com passion on the Multitude” (6:38-44; 8:1-9). He started right. Instead of shut ting His heart against the tender de sire to help, He let His love for toe people control. Then instead of magnifying the difficulties. He mul tiplied the provisions. And lo, there was enough for all, and to spare. “He commanded . . and they did all eat” (w. 39, 42). When God speaks, all toe limitations of the finite disappear, and the needs of men are fully met—with “twelve baskets full of fragments” left over! Note toe orderly manner in which our Lord met this situation. Five thousand men, with women and chil dren to swell the throng, were seat ed on toe grass. Jesus took the loaves and fishes and blessed them. You who forget to return thanks at the table, notice that quiet and mean ingful act. Then He broke the loaves and divided toe fishes. No doubt they were multiplied as the disciples passed them out to the people. God is able to do that very thing even in our day. Perhaps not in just the same manner, but surely those who serve Him have marveled as they have seen that "little is much when God is in it.” Let those who labor in difficult places with limited resources take heart—and trust God. Note the care with which the frag ments were collected for future use. It took this war to teach America how shamefully wasteful it has been. Sammy Baugh PATTERNS SEWING CIRCLE JTL ' pOULD nrinrA : A Gift Set any intimate gift be more acceptable than this slip of smooth contour and toe match ing panties? Lace edging puts both these pieces into toe luxury class! • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1912 la de signed for sizes 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Cor responding bust measurements 29, 31, 33, 35 and 37. Size 13 (31) slip and panties re quire 3% yards 39-inch material; 4 yards lace to trim. Place a flat dish under toe ash tray and if a cigarette should fall off the tray it merely drops to toe dish instead of on toe tablecloth. LJ ERE’S a jumper and jacket t* *■ play many roles in your ward robe ! The jumper with a bloose makes a smart office costume. The jumper with jacket is smart for shopping, travel and office, too. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1918 Is As signed for sizes 12, M, 16. 18, 20; 4S asA 42. Corresponding bust measurements 3a 32. 34. 36. 38, 40 and 42. Size 14 (32) as semble requires, with short sleeves, 4% yards 39-incb material. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPE. 530 South Wells St. Cblears Enclose 20 cents in coins for pattern desired. Pattern No Size... Name Address DISCOVERYthbCOLBS’REUEF (home medicated mutton soet)—< grandma used for coughing—nasal gention, muscle aches of colds— modern mothers to follow her So thefr families get relief from colds’ miseries with Penetro, the with modern medication in a base taining old fashioned mutton suet, double supply 35c. Demand A clean burlap sack folded twice to make four thicknesses and blanket-stitched around toe edges with yarn or cord, makes a wash able, durable door mat. •' e e If milk tarns sour, make it into cottage cheese. Let it stand until It wheys, then turn it into a cheese cloth bag and hang up to drain dry. ass Wash off the mud on your work shoes with warm water. Then rub oil or grease into the leather while wet. Stuff the shoes with soft pa per to hold them in shape and to absorb moisture from toe inside. Let dry where it is not too warm, s a • Here’s a tip for toe teen-age girl who likes sweater necks and sleeves to retain a snug fit. When not in use keep a rubber band around them to prevent toe bands from becoming stretched. • • • Here’s a time and patience sav er when stringing beads. Instead of using a needle, make a “string ing tip” on the thread \y coating with nail polish—then Work with out a needle. • • • And now it develops that those good housekeepers who always keep their pots and pans sliek and shining haven’t so much to be smug about after all. A blacked pan, say home economists of toe department of agriculture, uses less fuel than a bright one because a dull surface absorbs heat while a bright ohe reflects it. CARMEN BRAND TEA- PLANT FERRY’S SE£t > s Help the Good Barth ptxxfiioe to ita greatest capacity by planting Ferry*a Seeds. On display at your local dcalcm FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. SAN PBANOSCO DETSOH Southeastern ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULL Sole and Show ALBANY, GEORGIA February 14-15 4 Cf| Dl || | C —Southeastern Aberdeen-Angus breeders. In cooperation with 4bm E?UL.L-«J American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association, sre offering at pab- lic auction this great collection of Angus herd sires. This is the largest sale of AngnsbsJMi ever held in the South and your opportunity to buy one, or a carload, at your own price. Regardless of the color of you- cow herd you can make more monejr with Ang— hulls. Angus bulls sire calves that are hornless, thick and meaty, and of uniform appeaff, ance. Aberdeen-Angus are the south’s most popular beef breed because of their hi mi nr Mi disease resistance and rustling ability. These 150 bulls are from leading herds of Georgia, North Carolina and Tenneaam and have been raised under practical farm conditions. They will be judged Monday Feb. 14, and will sell at auction on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Buy your Angus bulls at Albany. AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION 7 Dexter Park Avenoe - Chicago 9, Rliaaie