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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. Washington, D. C. PRESIDENT’S HEALTH When congressional leaders called at the White House for the first leg islative conference following the President’s return from South Caro lina, he looked fit as a fiddle. How ever, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley popped the question that has had the capital worried because of those wild rumors about the Com- inander-in-Chief s health. “How do you feel?” asked the Kentuckian. “Great,” replied Roosevelt. He added that he had got in 12 hours of sleep a night and plenty of sun shine. He was brown as a berry and buoyant as ever. However, congres sional leaders noted that his f&ce was a little thinner. Admiral Ross T. Mclntire, the President’s physi cian, accepts responsibility for this. Roosevelt has knocked off 10 pounds under Mclntire’s orders. He is still five pounds overweight according to his physician’s standards, but Mc lntire figures that this can be cor rected by proper dieting. • » • NAZI CHANNEL DEFENSES Of all the variegated defenses Hit ler has conceived to block the Sec ond Front — from rocket-guns to flame on the Channel—the one which the Allies are worried most about is the plain, relatively old-fashioned machine-gun nest. The Nazis have developed a new type of machine-gun nest, tried it out at Cassino, and it was one reason for our failure to advance. This pillbox is of very heavy concrete, quite small, extends only a foot or so above the ground and is extremely diffi cult to see from the air. The pillbox usually houses two ma chine guns, hitched together so that one man can fire both. One Nazi is in each pillbox so that if he is hit only one man is lost. But it takes almost a direct bomb hit to knock him out, so air pounding of them from overhead is not too effective. These pillboxes, buried in the mountains at Cassino, were terrifically effective, and more of them are reported lying in wait behind the shore along the coast of western Europe. • • * DISCHARGE BUTTONS With more than a million men now honorably discharged from the army for wounds, health or age, the question of honorable discharge but tons becomes more and more im portant. It took the army some time to design a discharge button, but now that it is designed, men and officers have a hard time getting it—unbroken. The buttons are made of plastic and when mailed to veterans, usually ar rive in broken pieces. One discharged air force captain got his discharge button all right in an envelope from Maj. Jesse C. Hicks, assistant quartermaster, Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. But there was no packing around it and it was in several pieces. When he wrote back for a new button, Major Hicks re plied: “There are no provisions for re placing broken buttons. Therefore, we are unable to comply with your request.” Note—Some of the boys think that with all the gold we have buried at Fort Knox, we could spare some for those discharged. STATE DEPARTMENT HARANGUE Dignified, delightful British Am bassador Lord Halifax called on Un dersecretary of State Stettinius some time ago on a secret matter. While they were closeted together, Assist ant Secretary of State Adolf Berle, diminutive and precocious, joined them. Soon, high-pitched scolding voices came from Stettinius’ office. Call ers in his anteroom could not help ovt rhearing the harangue as it re verberated even through the heavy mahogany doors of the state depart ment. Finally, Lord Halifax was ushered out. Later Stettinius came out, fol lowed by Berle, who looked a bit agitated. “Was I too tough with him?” asked Berle. “No,” said Stettinius, “you were just right." “I felt,” said Berle, with the air of a parent who has just de livered a good spanking, “that it simply had to be done.” What it was all about was not di vulged, but Berle has been carrying on long discussions and arguments with the British regarding the fu ture air routes of the world. • • • JEEP INVESTIGATION Government bureaucrats were tak en for a sleigh ride behind closed doors when they attempted to justi fy budget requests for “investigat ing” jeeps, during hearings on the supplemental national defense bill. Engineering experts of the depart ment of agriculture sprang the jeep scheme, claiming that they needed $15,000 to determine the value of the jeep for farm work “as a substitute for tractor power.” It was noted that the current tractor shortage might get worse after the war. Grantland Rice TN SWEDEN and Norway only tf per cent of the youths 18 years old or younger are reported unfit for war service. In Germany be fore the war the average was only 7 per cent. In the United States out of every 100,000 18-year-old army prospects, 25,000 are turned back. This is a situation that must be corrected at the earliest possible date. The fact a major war is under way makes the cor rection even more necessary. The first point Is this—why should 25 per cent of our youth be unfit at 18 years? Here is one angle —we have given the better part of our training and devel opment to (he few who need it least—those better qual ified to make up winning football teams, track teams, basketball teams, baseball teams, etc. In this way the great majority who need proper training most, get it least. The mass has been too badly over looked in the concentration on those already fit to run, jump, swim, block and tackle. Having been with Comdr. Jack Dempsoy at his coast guard post I can verify everything he says—in cluding his statement that over 50 per cent of the recruits that come in can’t play any sort of game—in cluding the not too subtle act of chinning themselves. “Many of them,” Jack says, “can’t even tell a left hand from a right when they first get in. The whole picture is far worse than most people know.” Starting Too Late This physical development and physical improvement must begin at earlier school ages. * There is no reason why kids of ten should not be taught at least to swim, run and jump. Between the ages of 12 and 16, they should not only be taught games, but in addi tion should be given better instruc tion and closer inspection. One or two leading teams are nev er enough. There should be as many teams as space will allow. Nurmi once told me that as a kid he had to jog to school, 12 miles away, and then walk or jog back. “On a general average,” he said, “I covered around 25 miles a day on foot. So did many other kids in our neighborhood.” Strong, active legs are among the essentials and legs don’t happen to thrive on lack of use. West Point and Annapolis have ideal athletic programs for every one. Many colleges have good pro grams. But as a rule these pro grams start about four years late. Ty Cobb was a good ballplayer at the age of 12 and his legs car ried him through 24 years of rugged big-league competition. Bobby Jones was playing golf at the age of eight and his legs were a strong factor through his 12 major championships later on. Bob Feller was building up stout legs and a strong right arm when he was ten. Millions of kids get no such chance. But they should be given a far better chance than they have known in past years—or know today. When 100,000 march up to an army base and 25,000 must turn back, no further argument is required. But mere words are not going to help. Some vital and early action is need ed today more than ever before. And if such action had been taken before, more than 2,000,000 addition al fit fighters would now be in our army and navy. College Football College football has now come to a crisis which must be met. This crisis concerns certain rule changes, notably the present kickoff night mare, which must be met to help give the college game a fair break with the professional side. Any ad vancement among such lines has been blocked so far by Bill Bingham of Harvard, chairman of the rules committee, Dana Bible of Texas and others who have become stubborn and completely out of line with the wishes of the players, the public, and 95 per cent of the coaches. This latter group wants an early meeting that will clear up the mud dled atmosphere and put college football back where it belongs. Lou Little, Columbia’s able coach, and one of the smartest football men 1 ever knew, has been working des perately to have such a meeting. The Main Arguments The main arguments at hand, first of all, concern the present out-of- bounds college kickoff rule. This made a joke and a travesty out of the game all last season. What happens now—the big crowd waits expectantly for the kick down the field and the run back—which may go from 10 yards to a touch down. But what takes place? The kickofl side promptly kicks out of bounds, giving the ball to the other team on the 35 yard line. THE ‘OUT-D UCTION CAMP’ The army has come across with a grand idea. It will turn some of its induction camps into “out-duction” camps. * Just as he was processed to fit into the army a veteran will be proc essed to fit back into everyday life. « We await news of the following routine at an “out-duction” center: Monday. 1. Injections to render a veteran immune to the “bugs” which have made pretty poor specimens of many civilian patriots. 2. Field training to harden him sufficiently to endure the picture of soft-living civilians, black market operators, chiselers, etc. 3. Lectures on how to eat off regu lar china. 4. Instructions on how to get into a three-piece business suit. Tuesday. Quiz. Sample questions: 1. What does the word “hot” mean on a bathtub fixture? 2. Give the meaning of the fol lowing words: (1) glass goblet; (2) silverwarer (3) chafing dish; (4) box springs; (5) lingerie wear; (6) pew ter pitcher; (7) alarm clock; (8) porch hammock. 3. What is a vest? A white collar? A pair of pajamas? 4. What is the meaning of the words “You are wanted on the tele phone”? 5. Define the meaning of a sign reading “Do Not Disturb,” and state in no more than ten words what you will do when you see one. Wednesday. 1. Field exercise in how to shave with hot water. 2. Demonstrations in how to place an order for breakfast specifying a determination to achieve results. 3. Instructions in how to adjust self to a job in which no shooting is permitted or expected. 4. Lectures: “Revising One’s At titude Toward t>-“ Potato”; “The Art of Leaving Disnes on the Table In stead of Taking Them Out to Wash Them in a Barrel”; “Breakfast in Bed and the Approach Thereto.” Thursday. 1. Hikes through rural country for purposes of becoming accustomed to turning a comer without awaiting word from scouts. 2. Hikes through thickly congested centers for purposes of accustoming eyes to intact buildings. Friday. Home Operations: These will con sist wholly of preparing a dis charged soldier to approach any building or home in America with out first exploring for hidden mines. Saturday. 1. Lecture on “The Silk Shirt and Its Part in Civilization.” 2. Illustrated talk on “The Secret of Becoming Used to Going Around in Dry Clothes.” 3. Athletic Contests: (1) Hurling the Spam; (2) Tossing the Canned Egg; (3) Casting the Baked Bean; (4) Javelin Throwing, with live ser geants as targets. Take it from there, army! • • • THE FIELD MARSHAL AND SPRING (“Field Marshal Rommel, observing the spring flowers covering the fields at a point near the channel ports remarked ‘How wonderful to think that beneath those flowers thousands of mines are con cealed!’ ”—News item.) The Nazi Marshal’s face grew bright— A twinkle came into his eyes— His mood grew, oh so gay and light As he observed the flowers rise; The fields stretched out in colors gay, The buds illumined hill and glen; The marshal loved the fields that way— They helped to murder many men! The tulips and the daffodils Waved beautifully in the sun; They warmed the valleys and the hills As Rommel gazed and tapped his gun; “Exquisite are the days of spring— How charming are the buttercups!” He said, “They make me wish to sing Of nature’s charms . . . and those of Krupps!” Beside the lake, beneath the trees, He saw the flowers Wordsworth saw And said, “It takes things such as these The lofty moods of man to draw . . . Continuous as each star that shines And twinkles in the milky way The posies hide my deadly mines That wait to cripple and to slay!” • • • A two-man torpedo is now in serv ice. Two sailors ride it to an enemy ship, attach the time-fuse “warhead” and ride home. A constant thought in the mind of any man under such a circumstance must be, “Am 1 sure I am on the right end of this thing?” * • * No Justice! The Chinese have an awful time— There seems to be no solace; And, now, on top of all their woes We send them Henry Wallace. H. G. SMITH. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIS", D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newrpaper Uaion. s Lesson for June 4 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts ■ fected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PAUL IN EPHESUS LESSON TEXT—Acts 19:8-10; Ephesians 3:14-19. GOLDEN TEXT—We are his workman ship, created In Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.—Ephesians 2:10. Not peace—but a sword! With such graphic words Jesus indicated that His coming into tha world would set men apart, either for or against Him (see Matt. 10:34-42). The gospel is the good news of re demption for all mankind, but the attitude of men toward the gospel divides them sharply, into the saved and the lost. Which are you? Our lesson, telling of Paul’s min istry at Ephesus and giving part of his letter to the Ephesians, shows that the gospel does divide, but that it also gives quickening grace and strength for Christian living. I. Dividing (Acts 19:8-10). Paul had a long ministry at Ephe sus and a very successful one, but at the same time it was a stormy, trying experience. After all, do not those elements often go together? Paul began in the synagogue. That was the proper way, and his cus tom. He ran into opposition, and after three months he had to seek another place to meet the people. But notice, he did not give up and leave town. The teaching of any truth results in division, and especially is that true of the gospel. It was found before long (vv. 23-41) that winning people to Christ interfered with the heathen business interests, and then things began to stir. One wonders why modern busi ness set for the destruction of men’s souls by rotten plays, movies, books, amusements, and by the saloon is so content to let the church alone. Is it because our testimony does not harm their business? If so, we are certainly not walking in the foot steps of Paul or of Christ. Christ is a divider of men. Yes, but those who stand on the right side of that divide also receive II. Quickening (Eph. 2:4-10). Dead men, spiritually, come to life when they meet Christ and believe on Him. We were all dead in tres passes and sins, entirely unable to help ourselves, when God in mercy and grace quickened us. He did this for us, but also for His own glory. That really is the most adequate explanation of grace. It was and is for His glory, a show ing forth (v. 7) of, the exceeding riches of His grace, through all the ages to come. Being saved, then, is not (as some describe it) a foolish thing of little import, that takes place in some mis sion or little crossroads Sunday school. It does happen there, thank God for that, but it reaches clear up to the highest heavens, and on into all eternity. This business of bringing men and women, boys and girls to Christ is the greatest of all occupations. Let’s be busy about it! Be sure to note in verses 8-10 that it is all of grace. No works can enter into salvation. We are “his workmanship,” not the result of a cooperative enterprise or creation. But at the same time do not fail to stress that we are created “unto good works” (v. 10). The professed Christian who talks about being saved by grace, but who does not live it out in the good works which God has ordained as the proper ex pression of salvation by grace, should not be surprised if the testi mony of his lips is not believed. If we are quickened to newness of fife in Christ, we ought to bring forth fruit. That is not possible in our own puny strength. But wait, the gospel which divides and quick ens is also— III. Strengthening (Eph. 3:14-19). Paul prayed for the Ephesians, but somehow one feels that ha prayed for the Christians of all time, for every member of “the whole family in heaven and earth” (v. 15) who bear the name of Christ. The writer is rejoicing today that he be longs to that family, but he wonder* how it is with you who read these lines. Do you belong? Paul prayed in the Spirit, that is evident as one reads these sublime words. It is a comforting and en couraging thought, too, for Paul here asks for a Christian experience foi his readers, which seems quite im possible of attainment, except foi one thing. It is the power of God which is to bring it about. Prayei in the Spirit is prayer that God an swers, always and fully. So we read with confidence thesi magnificent, enriching petitions, and we say: “O God, make me that kind of a Christian, a real Christian.” Observe that there is to be i strengthening of the inward man bj the Holy Spirit. This is not some thing “put on" or acquired. It it God’s gift. Note also that it has a norma! development, a growth in the knowl edge of Christ because of an abilit3 to “comprehend” (v. 18). Is not that our great need? We are un speakably rich in Christ, but we dc not seem to know enough to take out our inheritance. Strawberry Patch Quilt A “STRAWBERRY patch” quilt makes one of the loveliest quilts you’ve ever seen! Big, fat berries about 5% inches across are appliqued—plain blocks have white strawberry flower designs to be quilted—leaf design around bor der is quilted in pale green thread. • • • You will obtain complete cutting pat tern tor Strawberry Quilt (Pattern No. 5397), quantiUes of materials specified, fin ishing directions and quilting directions. 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