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ft THE NEWRERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Normally U. S. motorists Mail ed 30 to 35 million now re placement tiros a year. In 1942 and 1943 combined, only about 17 million tiros will have reached vehicle owners through rationing of fices. Koroseal Is "Plasticized polyvinyl chloride," a B. F. Goodrich rubber- like material that before the war was used in more than 300 differ ent products. Koroseal has now gone to war. Wheel alignment means much to tiro mileago these days, with so many old cars in serv ice. Frequent checking of camber and toe-in in front wheels will prove a rubber and mileage saver. Iitum cz peace I REGoodrich I PIRST IN RUBBER rrr-^ Better Maps of Moon We have better maps of some parts of the moon’s surface than we have of some areas in the Polar regions. Just 2 drops Penetro Nose Drops In each nostril help yon breathe freer almost Instantly, so your head cold gets air. Only 25c—2Vf times as much for60c. Caution: Use only as directed. 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NOSE DROPS c If You •‘Tire Easily”, have low resistance to colds and minor ills—due to lack of the I Vital Elements—natural A & D Vitamins —try taking good-tasting Scott’s Emul sion dally the year around I National sur-. , vejr shows many doctors recommend Scott's to help build up resistance, bring back energy and stamina I Buy Scott’s today—at all druggists I Washington, D. C. COMPLAINTS OF ‘WASTED MANPOWER’ The fathers' draft has brought on a new series of complaints about “wasted manpower” in the armed services stationed in the U. S. A. Pending a call to action, a feeling of idleness and waste becomes a demoralizing factor. The men on the home front generally suffer most from the age-old service disease of “just waiting around.” The type of thing that happens in the waiting period is illustrated in a confidential survey made at the naval dirigible station at Lakehurst, N. J., which brought forth the fol lowing facts. 1. The navy uses 100 to 115 men to handle a blimp when it lands, whereas Goodyear handles the same blimp with 15 civilians. 2. As at many shore stations, duty usually consists of 24 hours on, then 24 hours stand-by (which means waiting around to see if anything happens), then 24 hours liberty. Then this is repeated. Many men complain that the 24 hours of loafing at stand-by could be used for some constructive type of work. 3. More than 1,000 civilians are employed to recondition ships at high rates of pay, while enlisted men who could do the job and need the training lie around idle. 4. A high wire fence, guarded by armed sailors, surrounds Lakehurst. Then, inside the fence, a marine guards the outside of each hangar. Then, inside the hangar, two civil ians also stand guard. 5. The Lakehurst commissary, which handles about 100 customers per day, is staffed to handle about 1,000. It has 10 clerks, 2 commis sioned officers and 1 cashier. Any civilian groceryman plus an assist ant could easily handle the whole business. Multiply Lakehurst’s wasted man power by the navy’s many other shore stations and it runs into thou sands of men. Note: The men themselves are not to blame. Most of them chafe at inactivity, want to see action. Effect on the Men. One significant indication of how glutted the navy is with manpower is in the boot-training camps, de signed to transform a civilian into a sailor. This training used to last three weeks. Now it has been run ning four months or more. And aft er finishing this boot-training, thou sands of men lie around for months in OGU’s (outgoing units) awaiting assignment to a school or other ac tivity. In the past year, also, many en listed men come to the conclusion that navy schools are being main tained mainly for the purpose of keeping them occupied. Slump in Draft Quotas. Most significant fact about the manpower situation is that, all last summer, the army and navy were getting less than the quota of men they requested from the draft boards, but did not complain. Few people outside the government real ized it, but even at the time the fathers’ draft was under vigorous discussion on Capitol Hill, the army and navy were not complaining about the failure of draft boards to fill the quotas. During the first months of 1943, draft boards overfilled their quotas. But in April, they began to slump off. In that month, the army-navy asked for 334,000 men but actually got only 299,000. This would not have been significant if it had occurred in one month only. But in May, the services asked Selective Service for 303,000 men, got only 264,000. How ever, there was no complaint from either the army or navy. Again, in June, the services asked for 320,000 men, but got only 288,000. In July, they asked for 355,000 but got only 289,000, only slightly more than the June figure despite the fact that the quota requested by the army and navy had been increased. In August, the army-navy request dropped to 299,000,' and the draft boards supplied only 221,000 men, a scant 75 per cent of the number asked for. In September, the army- navy quota was 343,000 men, but they got only 214,000 or 70 per cent of what they asked for. However, at no time did the armed services make any protest. They seemed content to coast along with what the draft boards were giv ing them. This was all during the period when the father-draft was under serious discussion and when the ad ministration was taking a vigorous stand that father! had to be drafted. What the answer is, no one quite knows. Highup army-navy officers probably know but won’t talk. How ever, the Truman committee may ask some potent questions. • « • MERRY-GO-ROUND C. New Democratic National Chair man Bob Hannegan is boosting Dan Nee, Internal Revenue collector at Kansas City, to be his successor as Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Thus the commissionership would be merely shifted from one end of Missouri, St. Louis, home town of Hannegan, to the other end of Mis souri, Kansas City, home town of Nee. C. Tom Corcoran, the ex-Brain trust er, has had a shot in his arm pre paratory to going to China. TT HAS always been our contention that it is just as impossible for us to sell Great Britain or any other foreign country our games of base ball and football as it would be to have Great Britain sell us cricket and rug by. It just can’t be done — and it’s a waste of time to try it. For example, my friend, Colonel Red O’Hare, a former West Point tackle, now abroad in the active zone, sends me a column writ ten by a well-known Welsh sporting writer on American football as it looked to him. Here are just a few brief selections: “I noticed that In the two hours time to play the game the ball was in motion only 14 minutes— “The men taking part are so close ly bunched together that a lot of obstruction is inevitable. Kicking is discouraged because it puts the oth er side in possession of the ball. It is the last resort. “The game did not appear to be nearly as fast as our own. No one taking part in it seemed to run very far, for nearly always when we were getting set for excitement the runner was promptly downed or the referee blew his whistle: “Altogether it was a colorful ad venture, but American Rugger must be an acquired taste.” (Like olives or spinach’) “They tackled fiercely and there was a sigh of relief when it was shown the runner or ball carrier was still alive. The Welsh impres sion is that the numerous stoppages, the crowding together of friend and foe, do not lend themselves to speed, excitement and to constructive en deavor. It was the lack of continued speed, of unbroken motion, that left its most depressing effect.” .A Rather Fair Analysis Many American football followers will resent this slant. But as Bobby Burns once said: “Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us “To see ourselves as ithers see us.” Over in England, Scotland and Wales they don’t like American foot ball largely for the reason that after two hours the ball is in motion or the men are in motion only 14 min utes of the 120 minutes consumed. No one can dispute this flaw or weakness in our game, looking at the show from one angle. Rugby and soccer football have far more continued action, just as basketball and hockey do. But against this we can give you the game of cricket. This isn’t what you would call the fastest or the speediest game ever invented, not even barring chess. I recall years ago talking with Red Donahue, who pitched for the Phillies and for Cleveland in the time of Nap Lajoie. Red also went out for cricket in Philadelphia, then the U. S. cricket hot spot. Red abandoned cricket shortly aft er taking up the game and doing quite well with it. “Why did you happen to give up cricket?” I asked Donahue one day. “I’ll tell you, Grant,” he said, “why I decided to abandon this very estimable competition. “We had been playing two days in this match against English invad ers and I asked how things stood. They told me we were now playing the second inning. I promptly re tired. I wasn’t busy but I never had time to give a week to one game, including time out for tea.” So you can see how it works both ways. In many ways we don’t like the games they play, and they don’t like the games we play. Both are either too fast or too slow, if not too young or too old. International Games There are still certain internafion- al games played around a somewhat battered and harassed planet. These games include golf, tennis, boxing and to a certain extent soccer foot ball and basketball. And of course track and field, the basis of all Olym pic sport. Track and field are the world-wide competitions where running and jumping and heaving missiles go back to the Cave Man era, requiring no extensive complications. For example, in golf Hagen and Sarazen, beyond the United States, have had some of their hottest matches in England, Scotland, France, Japan, Australia, India, South Africa and South America. Golf even outranges tennis in this respect, although Davis Cup matches almost circle the so-called globe. Boxing? For over 20 years there have been almost no good ring fight ers outside of the U. S., although Schmeling of Germany and Camera of Italy won two rather shady titles. For all that the U. S. of A. can still get along pretty well with its own version of football and base ball. These are two of the games the many millions love and under stand—the games they will stick to until Grand Old Gehenna is packed with icebergs. Grantland Rice BOBBY JONES AND THE WAR Bobby Jones, famous golf star, is now a majbr in the U. S. Intelli gence service in Europe. There is no better man to size up the dis tance, get the range and advise whether a bazooka or a mashie is needed on the next shot. * Bobby is on the job right now analyzing the enemy’s form, finding out what clubs he has in his bag, determining whether the Nazis are lying about the score, and report ing whether their “new weapon” has an iron or a metal shaft. ♦ There are rumors that the Ger mans are breaking their clubs, yell ing at the caddies and blaming ev erything on the greens committees. Such a psychology as that is the prelude to defeat, as any golfer can testify. Bobby’s job is to make an official report. • Possible File by Mr. Jones. 7893-A (A. Hitler).—All inquiries and observations regarding this par ty indicate he is through as a big- time competitor. He doesn’t even talk a good game today. Now changes his stance frequently, wig gles the club too much, yells con stantly for quiet when addressing the ball and hits from outside in. Recently used a putter to get ball out of a mudhole, on “hunch.” Lost 17 holes in an 18-hole match the other day and called it a successfdL- dis' ngagement according to plan. Should not be taken seriously in class competition. • 3582-B (Goermg).—Now takes out five or six clubs before deciding which one to use. Has shifted from wood to irons on driving tees in the argument that he would rather keep straight than get distance. Keeps talking about a super club he used to have. Has shortened backswing so much it resembles preparation for a six-foot putt. Very irritable on the greens. Some idea of his state of mind can be obtained from the fact he recently tried wearing medals on his golf pants to see if they gave him more confidence that way. No luck. « 4992-C (Goebbels). — Now putts with a chipper, approaches with a driver and tries a spoon in traps. Constantly complains there is some thing wrong with the ball. Took nine putts on a green the other day and delivered a long harangue claiming that in spirit and morale he was stronger than ever. Is trying to drive with the left hand but that’s no good either. » 3330-H (Himmler).—Still thinks he can win by hanging his competitors, shooting the caddies and burning the scorecards. Is so nervous now that he won’t even come to the first tee without his personal firing squad. • • • THOUGHTS ON A JET PLANE The jet plane intrigues us. It is a cross between an airplane, a sky* rocket and a comet, with an instru ment board. It is a quantity-produc tion meteor. • Science and engineering are mov ing too fast. By the time a pilot gets any new plane back from a test flight it’s old-fashioned. It had become obsolete in midair. » This jet plane strikes us as some thing born of a nightmare, the thrill- er-diller funnies and the radio hair- raisers. It is a hot flame with pas senger accommodations. • Man is ceasing to be a man and is becoming a Roman candle, a piece of fireworks, a skyrocket with a hat and coat. • A speed of 500 or 600 miles an hour is promised by jet planes. That’s traveling, as the seagull chirped as he went through the wind shield of a runaway bus going in the opposite direction. • You can’t visualize such speed unless you have seen a man chase his hat through a wind-tunnel on roller skates. * It’s faster than sound. A pilot gets to his destination before he hears his orders and gets back be fore the echo has been verified. • It has no propellers. They would only get in the way I * “It’s all done by gas,” explained Elmer Twitchell, the well-known avi ator engineer, pinochle shark and stamp collector, today. “Yes, sir, all done by gas and air pressures, with black magic, and live sparks thrown in.” * “I have just made a flight in one,” said Elmer, who looked pretty scared. “At least, that’s what the doctors told me it was.” * “I just stepped in,” he exclaimed, “the skipper touched a button and— presto—I was going so fast that ra dio messages had to move to the right to let faster moving vehicles pass.” • “Just what’s to be gained?” we asked. "The other fellow is bound to get a 600-mile-an-hour plane, too.” —i* - Two Pinafores. /"VNE is just as cute as the other; both are ruffled, both button down the back. Little sister’s how ever, has matching panties 1 Battle Posts Below Deck Few men on American battle ships ever see their vessel in action because most battle stations are below deck or under cover. 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