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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWRKRRY. S. C. Washington, D. C. More U. S. Troops tor India? Certain senators, even including some of the President’s supporters, are irked over curtailment of the Australian army, simultaneous with British requests that we send more U. S. troops to India. The British request was made by Field Marshal Sir John Dill, former British Chief of Staff, now liaison officer in Washington. Sir John, per sonally one of the most charming and popular members of the British embassy, suggested to U. S. war chiefs that, in view of the Jap in vasion of India, the United States might send more troops to that area. The reply he got was: “What about the tremendous army you al ready have in India?” Sir John had to admit that this huge British army is spread out through India largely for the pur pose of preventing internal revolt. Senators who have learned about this conversation are all set to do some blasting, should the White House send more U. S. troops to save the British Empire in India. However, they probably won’t have to blast, because the President him self is understood to feel strongly on that subject. • • • KAISER’S NEW PLANE ?ery little has been heard of the giant wooden transport plane which Henry Kaiser proposed building more than a year ago. However, the plane is nearing completion— though with no thtnks to the navy. Behind the scenes, the navy has done all it could to block the plane \nd at one time proposed cancelling iie contract. Some insiders attribute this to pressure from the Martin bomber plant, which has already constructed a giant flying boat, Mars, for the navy. However, the new Kaiser wooden transport plane will be so big that the Mars could almost be carried inside. Its fuselage alone will be big enough to hold a freight car. Its wing spread is 100 yards and it can carry a pay load of 60 tons, in addition to gasoline. At one time, the navy got so in sistent that the contract for the plane be cancelled that famous rec ord-holder Howard Hughes, now a partner of Kaiser’s, had to plead with the RFC to let him continue. The big flying boat is being financed by RFC funds, and Hughes actually promised to put up a $500,000 per formance bond in case of non-ful fillment of contract, plus a guaran tee to pay all costs personally be yond a certain date. The big plane should be finished early in the summer. • • • FARMERS GET A BREAK Chalk up a score for Congress man Lyndon Johnson of Texas and Economic Czar Fred Vinson in help ing the farmer on the price of eggs; also in cutting the profits of dried- egg manufacturers to the tune of several million dollars a week. It happened through a queer quirk in price ceilings. The price on dried eggs had been fixed by the OPA at 25 cents a pound, but meanwhile the price at which farmers were sell ing their eggs to the dried-egg proc essors dropped from around 40 cents a dozen to 20 cents a dozen. Despite this drop in price, the dried- egg processors continued to get the benefit of the high ceiling price, while buying eggs from the farmers at one-half what they did before. The spread between what the farmers got paid and what the egg processors sold for was so great that the processors were making money at the stupendous rate of $6,000,000 a week — until Texas’ Lyndon Johnson stepped in with pro tests to Judge Vinson. The latter has now upped the price which the farmer gets for his eggs. • • • RUSSIAN WEARINESS U. S. officials just back from Rus sia report a war weariness among the Russian people. This is not to be confused with military strength or weakness. Obviously, the mili tary machine is operating with an efficiency such as never before. For 25 years, Russia has been torn by war, revolution, or internal strain. Even during days of peace, the severe economic effort deprived the ordinary citizen of many elemen tary comforts of life. But now, they see victory around the corner and want it to come quickly. Beyond that, they see se curity coming from cooperation with the other big powers of the world, giving them the time necessary to build up a state in which, according to the precepts of the Soviet philoso phy, the dignity of the individual can be recognized and enjoyed. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND C. Judge Sam Rosenman now occu pies the suite of offices vacated by the late Marvin McIntyre, White House secretary. Rosenman for merly had only a tiny cubicle under the eaves . . . White House intimates suggest that the President probably doesn’t intend to fill Mac’s place. Instead of three secretaries Steve Early, "Pa” Watson and McIntyre) he will have only two, plus Sam Rosenman as counsel ... If FDR intended to run again, he might be more anxious to fill the vacant post. J Spnd Chandler TTNLESS baseball is further •scrambled by various and shift ing draft codes and regulations, there will be, in addition to closer ,races, more than a few warm con tests on the individual side. For example, such stars as Mort Cooper, Spud Chandler, Rip Sewell, Whit Wyatt and several others will have lighter hitting to face on a gen eral average. In the same way the stronger hit ters from the two big leagues will have somewhat softer pitching to swing against, outside of the top men. So there is a good chance to bring back a 30- game winner on the pitching side and a .400-hitter on the batting side, which should help general in terest where the individual plays such an important part as long as he remains around the front of the parade. Mort Cooper and Spud Chandler, certainly two of the best as long as they remain on the scene, should be headed in the general direction of 30 winning games, for more often than not they will be facing pitchers well below their high levels. Each league should have enough outstanding pitchers to feature a season, always depending on the sweep of the draft broom which seems to change direction from week to week. I still think Chandler and Cooper are the two best, and they could be rated with the best in any season. Whit Wyatt belongs with either when he is physically right. Mort Cooper allowed only 1.77 earned runs in 1942 and Spud Chandler allowed only 1.64 of the same last season. This is pitching of a high degree. The Finest Pitching There are two men who, since 1912 when such earned run records were listed, head the long list with some thing to spare. And both were pretty fair country throwers. The leader is a fellow by the name of Grover Cleveland Alex ander. His runner-up was Walter Johnson. Here is Alexander’s record of earned runs—read it—and wonder— 1915— With PhUadelphia—1.22. 1916— With PhUadelphia—1.55. 1917— With PhUadelphia—1.83. 1919— With Chicago (after serving in the army)—1.72. 1920— With Chicago—1.91. Here is an amazing pitching rec ord which included 16 shutouts in 1916. In 1913 Walter Johnson with Wash ington aUowed 1.14 earned runs; in 1915, 1.55 earned runs; in 1918, 1.28 earned runs; and in 1919, 1.49 earned runs. Johnson had the best four years—Alexander had the call at five seasons. I doubt very much that two greater pitchers ever threw a ball by hostile bats. As Johnny Evers told me once— “Alexander was the only pitcher I ever faced who made me want to throw my bat away before I started for the plate.” Johnson had the blinding, blazing speed—Alexander had the control and the cunning—and both had great hearts. They worked for shutouts. If averages mean anything, here are your two greatest pitchers. Before and After a War There have been arguments back and forth about the comparative val ue of athletes, whatever the game, before and after a war is over. What about Joe Louis, Joe DiMag- gio, Bob Feller, Ted Williams, Sam my Snead, Ben Hogan, Billy Conn, etc.? Suppose we look at the case of Grover Cleveland Alexander. Alex ander broke in with the PhilUes in 1911. He was 31 years old when he was called into army service, where he served abroad in 1918. And Old Pete had his share of rough service. Yet in 1919, after the war, 32 years old, his earned run average was 1.72 and at 33 he pitched 363 innings, a total of more than 40 baU games, with a mark fixed at 1.91. This is proof enough that those who had it will stiU have it left upon their return. Bob Feller, for example, won’t be until next November. Joe Di- Maggio will be 30 in November. Ted Williams will be only 26 next Octo ber. These, and many other stars with the luck to return, will have many big years left. Baseball in 1944 In addition to the demands of the draft, the two major leagues have run into the worst training weather of many years. But as Harry Greb told me once, —“I get in shape by fighting.” My angle is that if football, box ing, basketball, hockey, indoor track and field, bowling—and especially racing, facing a record season—can get along, it would be something of a shock to find that baseball, the so-called National Game—couldn’t survive. UPhillipr CAMPAIGN AGAINST SUPERSTITION (“The tear production board proposes a campaign to overcome the superstition against lighting three cigarettes on the same match. It would save matches.”— New« item.) The scene is the WPB office. The characters are a JPPB chief and two advertising experts. Chief—Now what we want to do is to overcome this aversion to three on a match. It is a ridiculous su perstition, don’t you think? First Advertising Expert (nervously watching the chief light a second cigarette with the same match)—Absolutely. And thank.you for blowing that one out! » Chief—You’d be surprised how many Americans are wasting matches. First Advertising Expert (lighting his own and carefully throwing the match away)—It’s really startling. Second Advertising Expert—And all so silly. Chief (secretly rubbing a rabbit’s foot) —What we’ve got to do is to start a campaign against superstition. First Advertising Expert — We could try it out in the 13 origuial states as a starter. ^ Second Advertising Expert (uneasily) —Let’s make it twelve or fourteen. I don’t believe in such things, but on the other hand, why go out of your way? Chief—Nonsense. Thirteen is no more unlucky than any other num ber. Ahem. Still, let’s make it 12 states. » First Advertising Expert—Suppose we take a few days and whip up a few suggestions for an anti-supersti tion campaign? Second Advertising Expert — We could get something ready by Fri day. First Advertising Expert (wincing) —Not Friday, please! Chief—Make it Monday. I’d feel better, too. Now, have you any sug gestions in a general way? (They take another cigarette. He lights his own and holds the match for the First Advertising Expert.) First Advertising Expert — Let’s each light our own. » Second Advertising Expert—May be we had better call it off for today. Come to think of it, I got out of bed on the wrong side this morning. Chief—We want to be in the right mood when we start this war on su perstitions. I’m willing to forget it for today. (The two advertising men start to leave, but return and sit down at once after open ing the doorj First Advertising Expert — We can’t leave now. Chief—Why not? First Advertising Expert—Some body put a ladder in the hall right over the doorway! • • • THE TELEPHONE TAX IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for May 7 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. Of all the new taxes the increase in those on telephone calls seem the hardest to understand. From now on you will pay 25 per cent on every out-of-town call and 15 per cent on every local call. That runs into folding money. • And we can’t see the logic. Does Washington hold that telephoning is an amusement? • Would anybody claim it’s a pleasure under war conditions? * And no matter how ornamental those telephone instruments may be manufactured, you can’t classify them as costume jewelry, can you? » Maybe the tax framers hold that conversation is a luxury. Perhaps Washington feels we are all talking too much. • We had come to think the tele phone was a household necessity, almost like water and gas. We used to possess a phone in the belief it was an economical convenience. Now we just sit around worrying over a fear that somebody may use it for an outside call. • The old-time light-hearted man ner of the average telephone user is shrinking up. There used to be laughter and gay chatter on the wire. Now it’s a business venture. • A 25 per cent tax on out-of-town calls is terrific, even if you refuse to pay it. It is almost as expensive to go out of town by telephone as it is by auto. • And if she is a slow talker you’re slated for bankruptcy. * And a tax of 15 per cent on your bill for local calls from your own bungalow is disturbing. You’re los ing money the minute you take off the receiver and give central the number. • By the time you’ve said "Is this you, honey?” you’re in debt over your head. “Call me up some time,” used te be accepted as a friendly expression of regard. It now becomes an invita tion to extravagance. PAUL CROSSES INTO EUROPE LESSON TEXT: Acti 16:13-IS; PhfllppUng 3:7-14. GOLDEN TEXT: I pres* on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling at God in Christ Jesus.—Philippian* 3:14. Pressing "toward the mark” (Phil. 3:14) well describes the zeal and intense devotion with which Paul lived his life for Christ. He was wholehearted in giving himself to the preaching of the gospel. Our lesson tells of his carrying of the gospel into Europe by the guidance and blessing of the Holy Spirit. It seems appropriate to consider the two Scripture portions in re verse order, looking first at Paul’s declaration in Philippians of his pas sion to know Christ, and then in Acts of his purpose to make Him known. The man with vision is eager _ to serve. “A task without a vision makes a man a drudge; a vision without a task makes him a vis ionary; a task and a vision makes him a missionary.” I. Paul’s Passion to Know Christ (Phil. 3:7-14). There were many things in Paul’s life of which he was proud, until he met Christ, and then everything else lost its importance and interest. All things in life are lelative in value and our attachment to them is determined by our heart attitude. Now being spiritually minded and having found in Christ real satis faction for his soul, the Christian counts as refuse the things in which the world takes such pride and sat- isfaction. " To “know Him” calls for a depth of experience, sacrifice and of joy which is not easy to describe _ in words. It begins with a divine righteousness imparted by faith. Self-righteousness will not suffice. This is not a matter of law, but of grace. It is a resurrection faith and there fore powerful. It is a faith which accepts suffering for Christ as a part of' fellowship with Him—not only bearable but glorious because it is in the power of His resur rection. That fellowship is one day to be complete and eternal, for there is to be for Paul the assured experi ence of a personal resurrection out Atom among the dead (v. 11). The faith of a Christian looks beyond the grave. All this has to do with the present, as well as the blessed future. The man who has this kind of spiritual experience shares the purpose of Paul expressed in verses 12-14. Here there is no resting back in self- satisfied comfort, no pride in one’s past victories, no sense of having “arrived.” Paul saw not only the necessity but the blessedness of going from victory to victory. Too many Chris tians of today are entirely satisfied with what they have attained (and it is usually all too little). There is a prize to be gained, the prize of our “high calling in Christ Jesus.” Let us, like Paul, be Oiled with holy dissatisfaction with ourselves until we reach that bless ed goal. ’the man who had such a vision was ready for God’s call to carry the gospel into Europe. ‘ n. Paul’s Purpose to Make Christ Known (Acts 16:13-15). The story of the conversion of Lydia has many elements of spe cial interest. It presents the turn ing point in the progress of the gospel, which by the grace and lead ing of God brought it northward to Europe rather than southward into Africa. Many of us have heard because of the way Paul was led, and one wonders if Europe and America might not otherwise have been the “dark continents” rather than Africa. We are what we are by the grace of God. Then we note that the first con vert was a woman. She was not the last woman to give an attentive ear and a believing heart to the gospel message. The church through all its history has been blessed by the readiness of women to bear and heed the gospel. We like to note that she set a pat tern of hospitality and service which her sisters in the church have main tained (see v. 15). She ”con- ctrained” the visiting preachers to enjoy the comforts of her fine home, and thus put forward the work of Christ (see III John 5-8). It is encouraging to note how per fectly the leading of the Holy Spirit worked out in the experience of Paul and his brethren. The Lord sent His prepared messenger to the place where there was a prepared heart waiting to receive the Word with gladness. We may confidently go en the er rands of our God, knowing that when Ke leads. He goes before and pre pares the way. That does not mean that there will be no trials and dif ficulties. Paul had plenty of them (see II Cor. 11:23-33). But it does mean that we may go with the as surance of blessed results, in IBs lame, and with the grace to bear whatever comes along the way—for His glory. 1936 11-19 Debonair x TpHE new low neckline, edged with a frill, the ribbon side-lac ing, topped with a dainty flower applique design, makes it a mem orable dress. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1936 la de signed for sizes 11. 13. 19. 17 and 19. Size 13, short Sleeves, requires 3H y v.vr 39- inch material; 3 yards ribbon. ASK Me *"*1 ? ? ? ? ? ? (be <ta fw <Ve (he (te {W gw (W AMOTHEK ? A General Quiz Th* Question* 1. How great an area does the Vatican City cover? 2. “Ad valorem” is a duty lev ied according to what? 3. How long will it take 1,000 airplane workers on a 40-hour week to replace 60 bombers lost? 4. January 25, 1944, was the start of what year for China? 5. -A febrile person is what? 6. What is the average length of an adult porpoise? 7. What country is on Mexico’s southern border? 8. Which way is shorter to Japan from San Francisco—by way of the Aleutians or via Hawaii? 9. James J. Davis was secre tary of labor under how many Presidents? 10. In business what is meant by a silent partner? The Answer* 1. The Vatican City covers about 100 acres. 2. -Value. 3. One year. 4. The 4641st year. 5. Feverish. 6. Five and one-half feet. 7. Guatemala. 8. By way of the Aleutians is shorter by 1,700 miles. 9. Three—Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. 10. One who has invested money in the business without having as sumed an active role in its ad ministration. Wealth Changes Things The newly rich oil farmer, un able to write, deposited his first royalty check in the bank and ar ranged that his signature should be two crosses. Soon a check showed up signed with three crosses and the banker summoned the farmer for an explanation. Well, my wife is getin’ into soci ety,” he explained, “and she thinks I should have a middle name.” 1938 6-14 yn. For Sommer Parties JUST the sort of flattering part> J dress any young girl likes to wear—it can be made In silk crepes or in crisp dotted muslins. Done in percales it is a splendid school frock. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1938 is de signed for sizes 8. 8, 10, 13 and 14 years. Size 8, short sleeves, requires 2Vi yards of 39-inch material; Vi yard contrast foe collar. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. WO South Wells St. Chicago Enclose 20 cents in coins for cadi pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name , Address TAME Give It chat wen groomed _ look. Add lustre. Keep your UNRULY hair lying flat Always use ■ sam Moroline Hair Tonic. Large IjAIK bottle 39c. Sold everywhere. 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